Hey everyone,
I’m 29(m) and I’ve been working at a steel mill for the past 7 years. Last year I got promoted to a crew lead which lead to a pretty significant pay increase,(105k/yr). I thought it would make me happier making so much money but i feel like im even more miserable because now im at a point where I feel like I’d be an absolute idiot to leave given my pay.
The past few years I’ve been looking for different career paths to go down and I’ve landed on programming multiple times. I’ve tried to be self taught but I end up just letting work get in the way and end up not having time to consistently do things to continue learning . This year I’ve sort of landed with IT because it seems a bit easier to get the hang of and seems to have a “lower barrier to entry”. Well fast forward to a couple months later, I’ve kinda let work get in the way of things again and haven’t really continued much with learning this stuff.
I’ve even considered bringing it up to the wife us selling our house so we could have money to pay our way through college.
I know I’m rambling but I’m just feeling lost, feeling like I’m running out of time to start a new path. Is it possible to go either way without a college degree? I won’t have the time to do college since I work swing shifts at my job(12 hour shifts, switches from overnights to days every week). I love the thought of doing either of them because I feel like I’m decently intelligent and im not getting to put any of it to use out here.
Can anyone help? Maybe I just need a coach to help me? I’m not sure. Sorry if this post didnt really make sense. I’m just really unhappy where I’m at and I have been for so long.

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Russian Navy Modernization

Efficiency and Development

Assessment and Analysis

While the Russian Navy's surface fleet encompasses a range of modern vessels equipped with advanced anti-ship, anti-aircraft, and anti-submarine capabilities, attention must be given to the modernization of older surface vessels. Upgrading or replacing aging ships is crucial to ensure they remain technologically relevant and capable of meeting the challenges of contemporary naval warfare. Emphasizing the integration of cutting-edge technologies, such as advanced sensor systems, stealth features, and long-range precision strike capabilities, will be essential in maintaining a credible surface combatant force.
The submarine fleet of the Russian Navy, including nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and attack submarines (SSNs), is a formidable asset. These submarines possess advanced stealth capabilities, endurance, and significant firepower, contributing to both strategic deterrence and power projection capabilities. However, continuous modernization and improvements in anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities are necessary to counter evolving threats posed by increasingly sophisticated enemy submarines. Investment in advanced ASW technologies, including sonar systems, underwater unmanned vehicles, and airborne ASW platforms, will enable the Russian Navy to effectively detect, track, and neutralize hostile submarines.
Naval aviation is a vital component of the Russian Navy, extending its operational reach and enhancing reconnaissance, anti-ship warfare, and search and rescue capabilities. Upgrading and expanding naval aviation assets, including carrier-based aircraft and unmanned aerial systems (UAS), is essential. Acquisition of advanced carrier-based aircraft with enhanced strike capabilities, aerial refueling capabilities, and increased range will strengthen the navy's power projection capabilities. Concurrently, the development and integration of UAS platforms optimized for maritime surveillance, intelligence gathering, and electronic warfare will significantly enhance situational awareness and combat effectiveness.
The command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) systems form the nerve center of the Russian Navy, enabling effective coordination, decision-making, and information sharing among naval units. Upgrading and modernizing these systems is crucial to improve situational awareness, facilitate real-time data exchange, and streamline operational planning. Emphasizing the integration of advanced data analytics, artificial intelligence, and secure communication networks will enhance the navy's ability to process and utilize vast amounts of information rapidly. Additionally, strengthening intelligence gathering and analysis capabilities will support proactive threat assessment, timely decision-making, and effective resource allocation.
The Russian Navy's infrastructure, including naval bases, shipyards, and repair facilities, requires continued investment and modernization. Upgrading these facilities will enhance operational readiness, streamline maintenance processes, and reduce downtime for naval assets. Investments in advanced logistical support systems, optimized supply chains, efficient fueling capabilities, and state-of-the-art repair facilities will contribute to improved operational availability and sustained naval readiness.

Development

Admiral Yumashev-class
The main characteristic of the Admiral Yumashev-class will be the development of new sensors for the brand new destroyer. The Admiral Yumashev-class will utilize various components from existing, tried-and-true radar systems. Most notably, the Admiral Yumashev-class will utilize the same acquisition radars as the S-500 Prometheus, the 91N6A(M) and 96L6-TsP, to better combat airborne threats. Finally, In addition, the Admiral Yumashev-class will utilize an integrated naval version of the Nebo radar for detection of stealth aircraft. These systems will be integrated into existing naval sensor systems utilized in the Admiral Gorshkov-class destroyer. The combined sensor suite will be packaged into a pyramidal mast with low-RCS, dubbed the VM-Mast Suite.

Specifications	Admiral Yumashev-class Destroyer (Project 22350M Super Gorshkov-class)
Length	160m
Beam	19m
Draft	6m
Displacement	8,000 tons
Propulsion	CODOG
Speed	30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
Range	9,000 km
Armament	1 x A-192M Main gun, 64 x 3S14M VLS (Kalibr, Oniks, Zircons, or Otvet), 32 x Redut VLS (9M96, 9M96M, 9M96D/9M96DM(M2) and/or quad-packed 9M100 SAMs), 3 x Palash CIWS each with twin GSh-6-30 cannons, 4 x 330mm torpedo tubes (Paket-NK)
Sensors	VM-Mast Suite (34K1 "Monolit" surface search AShM and auxiliary artillery targeting radar, 91N6A(M) and 96L6-TsP air acquisition radars, Nebo RLM-M anti-stealth air radar), 2 × MTK-201M and 2 × 5P-520 Electro Optical Systems, 5P-10 Puma Artillery FCS, Prosvet-M EW Suite, 2 × PU KT-308, 8 × PU KT-216, 2 × 5P-42 Filin countermeasures
Hangars	1 x Ka-52K

Retirement

A shift of resources will be made to decommission old Soviet vessels. This will be done primarily to streamline the Russian Navy's operating expenses, specifically to remove the need to continue to maintain aging vessels no longer relevant for modern naval warfare. Of these retiring vessels, many will be put on the market to be available for export.
The following vessels will be retired:

Ship	Class	Decommission Date
Vice-Admiral Kulakov	Udaloy-class	2026
Marshal Shaposhnikov	Udaloy-class	2026
Admiral Tributs	Udaloy-class	2027
Severomorsk	Udaloy-class	2027
Burny	Sovremenny-class	2026
Nastoychivyy	Sovremenny-class	2028
Admiral Ushakov	Sovremenny-class	2028
Ladny	Krivak-class	2027
Pytlivyy	Krivak-class	2027
Neustrashimy	Neustrashimy-class	2028
Yaroslav Mudry	Neustrashimy-class	2028

Accompanying the retirement will be the comissioning of newer vessels, such as the Admiral Gorshkov-class, Admiral Yumashev-class, Admiral Grigorovich-class, and Gepard-class. In addition, the Kuznetsov Naval Academy will be expanded with funding raised from the decomissioning of the aforementioned. Education will be expanded to produce more disciplined, rigorous, and proficient seamen and officers. The expansion of education within the Naval Academy will encompass comprehensive training on cutting-edge radar systems, electronic chart display and information systems (ECDIS), automatic identification systems (AIS), and other integrated bridge systems. Mastering the operation and utilization of these advanced technologies will become indispensable for Russian navy seamen, enabling them to operate with precision, communicate effectively, and monitor vessel performance meticulously.

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Memory transcription subject: Finn Hathcock, S&R Volunteer, Gunsmith Date [Standardized Human Time]: November 17, 2136
With the awards ceremony out of the way, and my explanation of how the long range contest works out of the way, it was time to get to practicing our shots. My weapon of choice was a Cheytac M200 Intervention, a vintage rifle from the early 2000s. One of my personal favorites in the collection, it’s a piece with a lot of absolutely fascinating history, originally used by a Marine corps covert marksman, fighting in Ukraine. This thing has personally sent rounds through a few Russian commanders, denoted by the 7 tally marks on the side of the receiver. Sounds a little weird to be using a gun that has confirmed kills marked on the side, but that conflict happened over a century ago, so the blood has long cleared off its history in my eyes.

As a warmup, I would have to calibrate my spotting scope, and re-zero the scope that I had placed on the top of my rifle. It was a ‘relic’ by today’s standards, but it’s still a great scope for the time nonetheless. Mick was watching me extract the rifle from the case, where I then assembled it like an assassin would in a cheesy action movie. Snap the barrel to the receiver, slip the bipod on for good measure, extend the stock, slip the bolt into the chamber, and we’re good to go.

“What gun is that?’ Mick questioned. “I’ve never seen it before.”

“Ah, this is just my personal long range gun, an Intervention. Used to be super popular in video games of the 2000s, but now we’ve got much better options for taking out things at range.”

“That looks a bit too big for me to shoot, you got anything for me? I saw another couple boxes in the car, one of those has to be mine, right?”

He was right, I had got him one a little more suited to his size, and something else for later.

“You’re right, I did bring something for you,” I responded. I was quite excited to see what he thought of the little gun I got for him, although this one I wouldn’t be gifting to him right away. “Go grab the smallest thing out of the car, it should be labeled for you!”

I watched as he walked over to the car, his tail wagging behind him, as it usually did when we were messing around with firearms and stuff. I'm wondering if he got paired with me on purpose, since he seems to be the only venlil I know of interested in guns and engineering, just like I am.

Mick returned with his rifle, plopped it down onto the bench we would be shooting from, and extracted his rifle. A Desert Tech SRS-A2 sniper rifle. This little thing was a compact, hard hitting bolt action bullpup from, again, the early 2000s. Did I mention that’s my favorite time period for my guns? Anyway, this would be the perfect rifle for mick, since it actually fit his slightly smaller stature perfectly. At 5 foot 6 inches, he’s a bit shorter than I am, at 6 feet even.

We got situated onto the bench, Mick handed me his rifle for calibration, so I did so, then handed it back to him. Modern boresights made it incredibly easy to zero things, as it would calculate drop for whatever settings you could input into it, meaning you just put the crosshair on where it should land and you have an accurate shot for the conditions specified. Quite incredible if you ask me, somehow it just kinda…works. I’m certainly not complaining.

I went ahead and loaded up the magazine for Mick’s rifle. Despite its small stature, the SRS was still quite powerful. I configured it with the longest barrel, and put a .338 chamber and bolt in there, the highest caliber that would fit the time frame of the competition. Modern versions of the gun could be chambered in pretty much anything you want, but I prefer to stick within proper time periods for my builds. Sure, I could slap a cutting edge auto-zeroing, thermal, solar powered, auto range finding, perfectly accurate every time guaranteed scope on top of my Lee-Enfield from 1914, but what’s the fun in that? It looks awkward, is completely historically wrong, and wouldn’t help anyone that is already a good shooter anyway.

I signed up for the vintage challenge because of that specifically, it only allows rifles and attachments from before the 2030s, the latest time period I’d be invested in. It actually had some challenges, rather than being point and shoot.

“Hey Finn you there? You zoned out a little…”

“Oh, sorry, just thinkin.”

“No worries, I just wanna shoot my gun, and you’re kinda holding it right now.”

“Ah sorry, here.”

I handed the rifle back to him, and walked on over to the spotter scope I had left nearby. This device was a standalone scope that just sat on a tripod, had a 36x zoom (a bit more than we needed but that’s fine), and an angled viewport so you just had to take a look into it without bending down quite as far.

Our target was about 200 meters away, a solid long distance shot for most, but pretty easy with the right equipment.

“OK, you ready mick? Move the throw lever to a higher magnification so you can see what you're aiming at, the red target marked 200.”

“Got it, I see it.”

“Ok, wind is… 4 MPH to the left, aim just slightly right of center, up one notch from the crosshair.”

“Ok, I'm aiming, fire?”

“When ready!” Time to see how good mick’s exact shot placement is, the goal being the exact center of the target.

Mick squeezed his trigger, I felt the blast off to my left, and I watched the .338 tracer round fly through the air. Impact a bit high and to the right. Solid characteristics of a flinched shot, compounded by the fact that I watched him flinch when he pulled the trigger.

“Bud, you flinched it a little. It’s ok if you don’t hit dead center, ya know.”

“Sorry… just feels like I've got a lot of pressure over my head for some reason.”

“Hey, don’t apologize for nothing, save it for mistakes.” I paused for a moment to let it sink in. “Can you think of why you might have flinched?”

“Probably just that I have that streak of not missing once going, and I feel like I’ll lose that.”

“Alright then, lemme help.”

I scooted over, racked another round into his gun, and told him just to slam a round into the dirt under the target. Hopefully breaking the (frankly impressive) no misses streak he had going would stop him from flinching. I then told him to try again, the wind moved a little right this time, so I told him to hold one mill to the left.

Another puff of wind, another tracer flying downrange. The projectile slammed face first into the middle of the target, only off by about a quarter of an inch. Exactly where I wanted him to hit it, not perfect but still quite good.

“Nice shot, didn’t flinch it this time I see?”

“Oh wow, I'm surprised that it worked, are you always this skilled at reading people?”

“I am when they tell me what the problem is, such as you’ve done.”

“AH. Yea that would help.”

That’s another thing I like about Mick, he’s always incredibly honest. If he’s not hiding anything he’ll just outright say what’s wrong instead of so many other people who will carry on as if nothing’s wrong despite the fact that there’s a problematic thorn stuck in their side.

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After about 30 minutes of me practicing shot calling and Mick practicing his aim on further and further targets, it was time for the competition. It consisted of a speed shot contest, hit the 300 meter target 5 times quickly, the ‘White Feather’ shot, hit a 2 inch target from 500 meters, and the ‘Sniper Elite’ shot, a half-covered man size target from 1.5 kilometers away. Thankfully for that one it doesn’t matter where you hit him, as long as you do hit him.

The familiar whistle rang out, drawing the competitors away from their firearms and towards the instructors, here to tell us how the rules worked. I had heard (and delivered) this spiel so many times I knew it by heart, so I just tuned it out until he was done rambling. Mick listened intently, according to his ears, at least. Those ears gave a good indicator of the amount of attention he was paying to any given thing, for instance, if he was focused on the shot he was about to take I noticed he would sweep them backward, like a cat about to start bouncing off the walls, or when he was focusing on someone’s conversation they would angle forward slightly.

I was pulled from that train of thought when the instructor finished his explanation of the rules, and we were allowed to return to our tables to get ready for the competition ahead. I removed the magazine, press checked the chamber, and put a flag in for good measure. Mick followed suit, and we were ready to compete. I decided we wouldn’t be waiting too long this time, since we had been here before everyone else. I was going first, mick would be my spotter (thankfully he would only have to call out the wind, since I can handle rangefinding and elevation), then we would switch out for me as the spotter and Mick as the sniper, where I would have to tell him exactly where to aim on the crosshairs.

We were called forward to our bench, where the magic would begin. I laid out a few extra magazines in front of me, I was definitely going to need them for that 1500 shot, re-calibrated the rangefinder for mick, and set up the shot timer that we would both have to use. I was now ready to go, and was just waiting for the instructor to give me the go-ahead.

The instructor noticed that we were ready to go, so he began his usual lines. “Shooter ready? Standby…”

BEEP!

I quickly flipped the safety off, racked a round into the chamber, and began lining up for the speed shots. “Mick, what's the wind like?” I requested, with urgency.

“About… 2 miles leftward?”

I aimed ever so slightly to the right of the center of my target, and released the breath I was holding. Exhale, pause, squeeze slowly but surely… fire. Impact a fraction of a second later, half an inch off the center. Rack the bolt again, new round in the chamber, repeat. Aim, exhale… fire. Impact. Rack bolt, aim center, exhale… fire, impact.

This sequence repeated 2 more times, both shots landing in a very tight group around the center of the target. Next up was the ‘White feather’ shot, hitting a tiny, 2x2 target from extreme distance.

I threw the zoom lever on the scope to the right, adjust the zero to 500, request the windage.

“What’s the wind now?” I asked again. It had been long enough where the wind may have changed direction.

“6 miles per hour, slightly right but mostly parallel to the range, seems like.”

That meant I had to hold one dot left, aim slightly lower than the target due to the wind carrying it further than I could easily zero for. I place the target into the spot in my scope, hold my breath for a moment, exhale, hold… fire.

“Impact low, centered.” Mick called out. I had overcompensated for the wind’s carrying effect, so I had hit a bit low of the 2 inch wide target. Adjust so it’s on the line, still one mil dot to the left, exhale, hold… fire. The bullet did its thing, and impacted the little red circle. A simple, yet deceptively hard shot, even if you have accurate holds and an even more accurate rifle. Funnily enough, the guy who originally made the shot this competition was trying to emulate happened to be my great (x9) grandfather. Carlos Hathcock was notorious during the Vietnam war, gaining a bounty of over 30000 dollars just on him alone. Nobody managed to claim that bounty, fortunately, but many counter-snipers tried.

On one of those occasions, a sniper caught sight of him from roughly 500 meters away, leaving a notable glint from the reflection on the front of the scope. He then took aim at the flash, and fired his rifle, where the bullet went straight through the scope into the enemy sniper’s eye. A frankly insane shot, even under ideal conditions such as we have here. Thankfully, we only have to hit about half a playing card rather than a tiny, 1 inch wide tube.

Next was the ‘Sniper Elite’ shot, apparently named after an old video game about sniping, set during the second world war. At first I couldn’t see the target, 1.5 kilometers is quite an insane distance even for some of the more skilled shooters, such as myself. I had to spot the little flag flying next to it, then find it again within the magnified scope. I threw the magnification all the way up, ticked up the zero until it hit its maximum, 1000 meters. Seems the maker of this scope never expected anyone to try and throw a round more than a kilometer down range, but here I was doing it anyway.

“Mick, wind?” I asked, a bit too impatiently.

“Here it looks like… 7 MPH going perpendicular toward the right.”

“Thank you.” I said, hoping to make up for my impatience.

I placed my aim onto the target, aimed with the lowest mil on the scope, shift left 1 and a half, hold breath, exhale, hold… Fire!

I watched the tracer take its sweet time waltzing it’s way over yonder to the target. I could also see it impact the ground about a foot too low. I had to try again. I quickly racked the bolt, putting another .408 round into the chamber.

I aimed, then I pulled the zoom lever on the scope back to the left, zooming back out so I could see the other mils that were hidden under the eye box of the scope. It was exactly what I needed.

I placed the crosshair back on the target, raised it up a few mils until I was aiming the same way I was before, then lifted my point of aim another few inches up. If the wind hadn’t changed too much, this should hit roughly the center of the target.

Hold breath, exhale, hold… fire. The tracer flew through the air again, whacking itself straight into the center of the target.

A buzzer rang from behind us signaling the end of the run. 20 seconds for the speed shots, 30 for the scope shot, and another 25 for the long range. 75 seconds is enough to get full bonus points, plus a little penalty for missing twice, means that I get a score of 13, out of 15. Not bad, not bad at all.

We had a short break, where I set Mick's rifle up, showed him how to adjust for distance, and where the bullets should roughly land when accounting for wind and drop. Mick picked up how to do it quickly, as he seemed to do with anything I showed him, I wonder if he has some sort of neurodivergence? It doesn’t matter to me if he does, I just like having a friend around.

The instructor informed us that it was time for Mick to do his run. I handed Mick the magazines, and got set up behind the spotter scope. Both of us gave the signal for the instructor to begin his timing.

“Shooter ready? Standby…”

BEEP!

I watched as Mick quickly zeroed the scope for 300 meters, placed his aim onto the target, and let his round loose. As expected, smack dab in the middle. I was now just watching through the spotter scope, seeing the rounds hit and calling out if they did or not. “Hit!”

Mick cycled the bolt, throwing the empty case to the floor next to the stand where we were set up. He managed to keep the rifle stable on the target, so he barely had to adjust before sending another round directly on target. “Hit!”

This repeated another three times, fire, “hit!”, cycle. Mick’s aim was still impeccable, although that wasn’t saying much due to it only being a 300 meter shot. Mick redirected his aim over to the 2x2 inch target that was for the ‘White Feather’ shot. I watched him click the dial for distance over another 4 notches, zeroing for 500 meters.

I glanced over to the windage monitor, it proclaimed that the wind was going at 3 MPH to the right of the range. I calculated in my head that it would mean he would have to adjust to the left about half of a mil dot, so I relayed this to him. “About half a mil left, exactly on the middle crosshair line.

Mick flicked his ears in an affirmative gesture, and I saw the rifle nudge ever so slightly to the left. His shot impacted the middle of the target on its first trip downrange, even better than I did.

“HIT!”

Next up was that ‘Sniper Elite’ shot, a simple hit at 1500 meters was all you needed. Mick swung his aim over to the target, flicked the zoom all the way in, and rotated the zeroing to 1500. Fortunately for him, his scope actually went all the way out to 2000 meters, so he didn’t have to miss, then guesstimate like I had.

I once again glanced at the wind monitor, and it was practically nothing.

0.2 MPH.

The air was perfectly still (or as still as you could reasonably hope for) so there was no better opportunity than now for him to get this perfect shot off. “Dead center of the target, the wind’s stopped!”

Out of my peripheral vision, I see Mick holding his breath like I had, then slowly pulling the trigger. The rifle did it’s thing, a hammer falling into a striker, setting off a primer, deflagrating exactly 275 grains of gunpowder, propelling a single copper coated round down the barrel at 3000 feet per second, sending it off on the most textbook shot in the history of long range shooting, the bullet spiraled through the air, nearing closer to its destination every millisecond.

The wind decided to cooperate with us today, keeping itself stock still as the round sliced through the air, on a collision course with the exact center of the man sized silhouette target that sat at the end of the range.

I saw through the spotter scope, a bullet impact its target with an unparalleled level of luckiness, flattening itself against the steel of the target.

“FUCKIN HIT! NICE SHOT MICK!” I shouted, immediately standing up with my arm poised for the greatest high five any man or venlil had ever seen.

Mick had seen the bullet impact, but wasn’t quite as excited as I was. He still got up, noticing my excitement through those side facing eyes of his, then he raised his own paw, held it back, ready to slingshot it against mine.

The ultimately satisfying sound of a good high five soon followed, our hands (and paws) slapping together right at the palms, the force resonating loud enough to actually make the active hearing protection dampen it for us. The impressiveness of the shot was not to be undersold, and we were about to learn what mick’s score was.

The instructor walked over, then told us what his results were.

86 seconds, 15 points out of a total of 15, one bonus point for time, not counted due to an already perfect score. I could barely believe it, Mick was wagging his tail, the instructor even looked a little impressed. Mick had probably won it, or at least tied for first.

An hour or 2 later, all the other competitors had taken their shots. I ended up getting tied for 3rd, with one other competitor. I decided that I would give up whatever prize I would have gotten to the other guy, since I already won once today. The podium ceremony was next up, this time Mick was at the top of it. He got a voucher for a rifle again, like the guy that won the IPSC section, but he could also trade it in for about 1000 bucks of stuff from the equipment store. He got himself a plate carrier similar to mine, a nice faux leather holster (which now contained his pistol), and another pair of tactical pants, this time in tan-gray instead of the navy blue of the ones he won.

Our next and final competition was coming up soon, some sort of mix between Olympic and skeet shooting. Why they decided to combine both of those, I had no idea. Sounds fun anyway, so I’m not gonna question it.
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Author's note: Wow, this chapter took a lot less time than the rest of them. I'm gonna take a break from writing the main story for a little while, you should expect a prologue coming next, in my inconsistent as always timeframe.
Hope you enjoyed it, i'm gonna go to bed now. (I released this during finals week at midnight, wahoo!)

BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023

Organizer: BLAST
Type: LAN
Location: 🇺🇸 Washington, D.C., USA
Date: June 7th - 11th, 2023
Prize Pool: $425,000
Teams: 8
Media: Event Homepage Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram
Coverage: Liquipedia HLTV

Streams

BLAST: Twitch YouTube BLAST.tv

Format

Group Stage

Double-elimination bracket (GSL Format)
Two groups of four teams each
Best-of-three matches
Group winners advance to the semi-finals
2nd and 3rd place teams advance to the quarter-finals
Bottom team from each group is eliminated

Playoffs

Single-elimination bracket
Best-of-three matches

Broadcast Talent

Stage Host

TBA

Desk Host

TBA

Interviewer

TBA

Analysts

TBA

Casters

TBA

Observers

TBA

Teams

🇩🇰 Astralis: 🇩🇰 Altekz 🇩🇰 blameF 🇩🇰 Buzz 🇩🇰 dev1ce 🇩🇰 gla1ve Coach: 🇩🇰 casle
🇷🇺 Cloud9: 🇷🇺 Ax1Le 🇰🇿 buster 🇰🇿 HObbit 🇷🇺 nafany 🇷🇺 sh1ro Coach: 🇷🇺 groove
🌎 Complexity Gaming: 🇨🇦 FaNg 🇺🇸 floppy 🇺🇸 Grim 🇿🇦 JT 🇿🇦 Sonic Coach: 🇿🇦 T.c
🇪🇺 FaZe Clan: 🇱🇻 broky 🇩🇰 karrigan 🇳🇴 rain 🇪🇪 ropz 🇨🇦 Twistzz Coach: 🇸🇪 RobbaN
🇪🇺 G2 Esports: 🇩🇰 HooXi 🇧🇦 huNter- 🇦🇺 jks 🇷🇺 m0NESY 🇧🇦 NiKo Coach: 🇩🇪 Swani
🇩🇰 Heroic: 🇩🇰 cadiaN 🇩🇰 Jabbi 🇩🇰 sjuush 🇩🇰 stavn 🇩🇰 TeSeS Coach: 🇸🇪 Xizt
🇧🇷 Imperial Esports: 🇧🇷 boltz 🇧🇷 chelo 🇧🇷 FalleN 🇧🇷 JOTA 🇧🇷 VINI Coach: 🇧🇷 zakk
🇪🇺 Team Vitality: 🇫🇷 apEX 🇩🇰 dupreeh 🇩🇰 Magisk 🇮🇱 Spinx 🇫🇷 ZywOo Coach: 🇩🇰 zonic

Schedule

Match times are often susceptible to delay & change.
This thread may not update till the end of each day. Check HLTV for a more up to date schedule.
To predict your own tournament bracket, try out pickstop.gg

Day 1 (Wednesday June 7)

ID	Team	vs	Team	PDT	EDT	BRT	UTC	CET	EET	IST	SGT	AEDT	Format
AO	🇪🇺 Vitality	vs	🇧🇷 Imperial	07:00	10:00	11:00	14:00	16:00	17:00	19:30	22:00	00:00	bo3
AO	🇪🇺 G2	vs	🇷🇺 Cloud9	10:00	13:00	14:00	17:00	19:00	20:00	22:30	01:00	03:00	bo3
BO	🇩🇰 Heroic	vs	🌎 COL	13:00	16:00	17:00	20:00	22:00	23:00	01:30	04:00	06:00	bo3
BO	🇪🇺 FaZe	vs	🇩🇰 Astralis	16:00	19:00	20:00	23:00	01:00	02:00	04:30	07:00	09:00	bo3

Day 2 (Thursday June 8)

ID	Team	vs	Team	PDT	EDT	BRT	UTC	CET	EET	IST	SGT	AEDT	Format
AW	AO Winner	vs	AO Winner	07:00	10:00	11:00	14:00	16:00	17:00	19:30	22:00	00:00	bo3
AL	AO Loser	vs	AO Loser	10:00	13:00	14:00	17:00	19:00	20:00	22:30	01:00	03:00	bo3
BL	BO Loser	vs	BO Loser	13:00	16:00	17:00	20:00	22:00	23:00	01:30	04:00	06:00	bo3
BW	BO Winner	vs	BO Winner	16:00	19:00	20:00	23:00	01:00	02:00	04:30	07:00	09:00	bo3

Day 3 (Friday June 9)

ID	Team	vs	Team	PDT	EDT	BRT	UTC	CET	EET	IST	SGT	AEDT	Format
QF	Group 2nd	vs	Group 3rd	10:00	13:00	14:00	17:00	19:00	20:00	22:30	01:00	03:00	bo3
QF	Group 2nd	vs	Group 3rd	13:45	16:45	17:45	20:45	22:45	23:45	02:15	04:45	06:45	bo3

Day 4 (Saturday June 10)

ID	Team	vs	Team	PDT	EDT	BRT	UTC	CET	EET	IST	SGT	AEDT	Format
SF	Group 1st	vs	QF Winner	10:00	13:00	14:00	17:00	19:00	20:00	22:30	01:00	03:00	bo3
SF	Group 1st	vs	QF Winner	13:45	16:45	17:45	20:45	22:45	23:45	02:15	04:45	06:45	bo3

Day 5 (Sunday June 11)

ID	Team	vs	Team	PDT	EDT	BRT	UTC	CET	EET	IST	SGT	AEDT	Format
GF	SF Winner	vs	SF Winner	11:30	14:30	15:30	18:30	20:30	21:30	00:00	02:30	04:30	bo3

Prize Pool

#	Prize	Team
1st	$200,000
2nd	$85,000
3rd - 4th	$40,000
3rd - 4th	$40,000
5th - 6th	$20,000
5th - 6th	$20,000
7th - 8th	$10,000
7th - 8th	$10,000

Other match discussions: globaloffensive on Discord
For overview replays of pro matches, check out csgolens.com

Other Notable Tournaments

🇵🇱 ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 (June 9 - 11)
🇪🇺 Elisa Invitational Spring 2023 (March 20 - June 10)
🇪🇺 CCT North Europe Series 5 (May 29 - June 10)
🇪🇺 CCT West Europe Series 4 (May 29 - June 11)
🇺🇸 ESEA Cash Cup North America Finals (June 6 - 9)
🇦🇺 ESL ANZ Champs Season 16 (March 27 - June 11)

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Gujarat Titans must defend a significant prize, according to Cricket News.
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Hi guys! I'm a little lost with my dog and I'm not sure what to do anymore.
A little backstory before the backstory. Satyr is 3.5 years old, and my active service dog. She has never shown any aggression, just severe anxiety of her own. We like to joke that my service dog for ptsd has ptsd lol. She's a husky/rottie mix and stubborn as all heck.
I adopted her from a local shelter to train to be my service dog. I think she was a puppy mill pup as she was turned in with 13 other dogs, none were her breed, and they knew her exact bday. Got her at 5 months old. She was so scared of people she wouldn't eat for 2 days, then eat a lot (she's been over that now for years!). She would also pull me into streets to get away from people that were .25 miles away from us
A year in she was trained enough to go into stores, and knows all of her service dog commands (in Latin i might add. I thought it would be funny to train a greek named dog in Latin LOL)- however she is still TERRIFIED of people, but doesn't run away just constantly stares as we go past and freaks out when people stare at hetry to touch her
She's now 3.5ish and I still take her to work/school/stores with me, but she's obviously scared and I'm not sure what to do. I've tried giving her treats, anxiety meds, and have men give her treats, but nothing works. She now can go up sniff women, but even men she's known for 3 years and has lived with make her scared. If training would help I'd pay it but it seems like nothing has worked so I don't want to shell out 2-3k for something I have no certainty of. If she gets too scared she will poop as a defense mechanism? Idk what the point is of that but its anxiety-inducing for me if she ever were to do it in a store (luckily she hasn't). I also feel bad that she gets THAT scared, she shouldn't go through that
We are basically at the point where I want her to feel safe like she's allowing me to feel when we go places. I also see it in her eyes when her sister gets loved on by visitors, she so desperately wants to play and love too, but she just has a mental block and can't
I'm very new to Reddit. I've had this account for a very long time but only logged in to get some help or advice, so if I'm doing this wrong please let me know! I'm just very lost on what to do.
I also would like to add I can't afford to get another dog to be a service dog/don't have the space/Satyr is a one dog one cat household type of gal.

The hardest thing I had to do recently was finishing my next book named "Own your cringe - How to be confident about your social anxiety". I'm like, 90% done with writing it so after proofreading, setting up the landing page so people can download it, and making an ad for it - I'm done with this chapter of my journey. I thought WRITING the book was hard, but now as I write that - I'm gonna have to spend a lot of brainpower doing the remaining tasks and that feels bad because it's difficult. Why can't everything be just done for me?
I'm sure you've had this experience as well. Gah! Everything's so hard! I wish everything was easy! I did all this work and why am I still not getting the results! After the initial frustration, our brain does what it does best - problem solve. The problem that it's trying to solve is not the actual thing, but the FEELING DIFFICULT problem. Because once something is easy and you want to do it, you just automatically do it (refer back to my action formula from the previous emails).
When we try to fix the problem of something being difficult, we want to make it easy. I want to highlight two different approaches in making something easy.
There's a difference between making something easy yourself vs. looking for an easy way out. So for my case above, if I can find templates I can re-use for the landing page - that is me making things easier for me. If there are essays I've written about social anxiety before and I can repurpose them - again I am making things easier for me.
On the other hand, if I wait for my coach to take a look at my page and suggest that she give me ideas on how to write it, that is looking for an easy way out. If I spend a whole day trying to find something I can copy and paste, that is looking for an easy way out. How to tell between the two is to see if I'm depending on something external. You can't control anything outside of yourself so by completely depending on something external, the external factor controls your life, not you.
Training dogs is hard. But if I make a fun routine around specific command I'm trying to train, I'm making the task easier. If I hire someone to just teach the dog the commands, I cannot replicate it on my own (which is why so many dog training programs fail - the owners cannot replicate the environment of the trainer's).
Cooking is hard. But I can make dishes I like and that makes things easier for me. I can order delivery and that still feeds me because I make the decision to order. If I don't do anything and I just expect other family members to constantly feed me - that is me letting my life be controlled by other people.
Changing your life is hard and a lot of the times that's exactly why people want to get coached from me. What makes the coaching sessions work is YOUR willingness to take in what I say and applying it in your life. When people walk into the coaching session expecting easy solutions about their complex situations they usually don't come back for the second session.
So next time you're faced with a difficulty, focus on the nature of the "difficult" part. What is the most difficult part about the task and how do YOU make that easier? The part of the brain that thrives in problem solving is called the prefrontal cortex or the executive brain, and that is the brain that is usually the most underperforming when people struggle with life. Treat difficulty like a puzzle that can be solved, and add in some flavor of fun - you'd be surprised at how much the difficulty washes away!
Wishing you ease,
Billy

`I've got an EDH deck that I LOVE to play. It gets a lot of attention, a lot of "wow, that's so cool!", but.. it struggles to actually end a game. It can stall forever, but that's not fun for very many people.
The concept of the deck is that I can only use cards that originally came out before the rarity of cards were printed on them, so basically 1997 and older with a few exceptions.
The commander is Merieke Ri Berit.
My favorite thing about the deck is all of the color changing stuff, like Magical Hack. I've made sure that alot of the enchantments can interact with that element of the deck. Wrath of Marit Lage, Deathgrip, etc.
My least favorite thing is the creature base. I like the alpha white/black knights, norritt, sorceress queen, etc. The shadow creatures were in there at the suggestion of a friend as a way to finish games but.. they don't lol.
I need some really strong combo pieces that can actually win me some games. I don't really have any way to win through combat, mill, etc right now, and I'm not sure how to make that happen using cards from 1997 and older exclusively.
Here's the decklist: https://archidekt.com/decks/4670518/mereiki\_97\_and\_older\_only

Washington commanders coach sam mills

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