All my games are NIB/sealed unless otherwise noted. Always willing to look at lists and am primarily looking for Nintendo items. I ship on Wednesdays.
Here is what I have to offer: HAVE
Switch *A Hat In Time *Aqua Moto Racing (CIB) *Azure Striker Gunvolt *Bad North *Battle World Kronos (CIB) *Ben 10 *Blacksad Under the Skin *Blazblue Cross Tag Battle *Brigandine *Clannad *Close to the Sun *Contra Rogue Corps *The Count Lucanor *Crayola Scoot (CIB) *Darksiders II *Dead by Daylight *Dead Cells *Diablo III Eternal Collection *Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth *Dimension Drive Limited Edition (PA-0149) *Disgaea 5 *DOOM *Dragon Ball Fighterz *Dragons Dogma *Fate/Extella Link *Fault Milestone One *FIFA 18 *FIFA 19 *FIFA 20 *Galak-Z The Void + Skulls of the Shogun *Gigantic Army *God Eater 3 *Hell Warders *Hellmut *Hotline Miami Collector's Edition (SRG-2280) *Hover *Ice Age Scats Nutty Adventure *Indivisible *Instant Sports (CIB) *Instant Sports Summer Games *Kotodama 7 Mysteries of Fujisawa *LA Noire *Layers of Fear Limited Edition LRG *Monster Hunter Generations *Mortal Kombat 11 *Mother Russia Bleeds *Mutant Football League *My Hero One's Justice *NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 *NBA 2K18 *NBA 2K19 *NBA 2K20 *New'n'Tasty Oddworld Abe's Oddysee Limited Edition *Northgard (CIB) *Nurse Love Obsession *Oddworld Stranger's Wrath HD Limited Edition *Oddworld Munch's Oddysee Limited Edition *Our World Is Ended Day One Edition *Payday 2 *Planescape: Torment & Icewind Dale Enhanced Editions *Poi *RBI Baseball 17 US Cover *RBI Baseball 17 CA Cover (CIB) *RBI Baseball 18 US Cover *RBI Baseball 18 CA Cover (CIB) *RBI Baseball 19 US Cover *RBI Baseball 19 CA Cover (CIB) *RBI Baseball 20 US Cover *RBI Baseball 20 CA Cover *Race with Ryan *Remilore: Lost Girl in the Lands of Lore *Reverie Sweet As Edition (PA-0569) *Riot *Risk of Rain 2 *Saints Row the Third *Saints Row IV *Samurai Shodown *Scribblenauts Mega *Scribblenauts Showdown (CIB) *Shantae Half Genie Hero Day One Limited Edition *Shaq Fu *Sid Meier's Civilization VI *Sine Mora EX *Skully *Slain Back From Hell *Sniper Elite III Ultimate Edition *Sniper Elite V2 Remastered *Soccer Tactics *South Park The Fractured Butt Whole *Sports Party (CIB) *Spyro Reignited Trilogy *Star Wars Jedi Knight Collector's Edition *Star Wars Jedi Knight II Collector's Edition *Star Wars Racer Collector's Edition *Star Wars Pinball *Steins Gate Elite Limited Edition (slight corner damage) *Steven Universe Save/ OK K.O.! *Street Outlaws: The List *Streets of Rage 4 Classic Edition *Streets of Red Devil's Dare Edition *Super Blood Hockey Standard Edition *Super Dragon Ball Heroes World Mission *Super Street: Racer *Tennis World Tour *Tennis World Tour Roland Garros Edition (CIB) *Thea The Awakening *This is the Police *This is the Police 2 *This War of Mine *Tiny Barbarian DX *TT Isle of Man - Ride on the Edge (CIB) *Uglydolls An Imperfect Adventure (CIB) *Umihara Kawase Fresh *V-Rally 4 (CIB) *Vampyr *Warriors Orochi 4 *Wasteland 2 (CIB) *Wild Guns Reloaded *WRC 8 *Xenon Racer *Yomawari: The Long Night Collection *Yu-Gi-Oh Legacy of the Duelist *Zombieland
Wii U *Bowser Wii Remote Plus *007 Legends *Adventure Time Explore the Dungeon Because I Don't Know *Adventure Time Finn & Jake Investigations *Amazing Spiderman (CIB) *Amazing Spiderman 2 (CIB, Walmart cover) *Amazing Spiderman 2 - CIB bad disc *Assassins Creed III (CIB) *Assassins Creed IV Black Flag (CIB) *Barbie Dreamhouse Party (CIB) *Barbie Puppy Rescue *Batman Arkham City Armored Edition (CIB) *Batman Arkham Origins (CIB) *Ben 10 Omniverse (CIB) *Ben 10 Omniverse 2 (CIB) *Book of Unwritten Tales (CIB) *Cabela's Big Game Hunter Pro Hunts (CIB) *Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 *Call of Duty Black Ops II (CIB) *Call of Duty Ghosts (CIB - missing single insert) *Cars 3 Driven to Win *Croods *Darksiders II (CIB - nordic games cover) *Darksiders Warmastered Edition *Dues Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut *Epic Mickey 2 (CIB) *Ducktales Remastered (CIB - no pin) *ESPN Sports Connection (CIB) *Family Party 30 Great Games Obstacle Arcade (CIB) *Fast and Furious Showdown (CIB) *FIFA Soccer 13 (CIB) *Funky Barn (CIB) *Game Party Champions (CIB) *Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams - Director's Cut *Hello Kitty Kruisers *Hot Wheels World's Best Driver (CIB) *How to Train Your Dragon 2 (CIB) *Injustice (CIB) *Jeopardy *Kung Fu Panda *Madden 13 (CIB) *Mario Party 10 Mario amiibo bundle *Marvel The Avengers Battle for Earth *Mass Effect 3 (CIB) *Mighty No. 9 *Monster High 13 Wishes (CIB) *Monster High New Ghoul in School *Monster Hunter 3 (CIB) *NBA 2K13 (CIB) *NBA 2K13 (CIB, bad disc) *Need for Speed Most Wanted U (CIB) *Nickelodeon Spongebob Squarepants Planktos Robotic Revenge (CIB) *Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures *Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 (CIB) *Penguins of Madagascar (CIB) *Phineas and Ferb Quest for Cool Stuff (CIB) *Planes (CIB) *Planes Fire and Rescue *Rabbids Land (CIB) *Rabbids Land (CIB, bad disc) *Rapala Pro Bass Fishing (CIB) *Rayman Legends *Rayman Legends (CIB, bad disc) *Resident Evil Revelations (CIB) *Rise of the Guardians (CIB) *Rodea They Sky Soldier w/Bonus Game *Runbow Deluxe Edition *Scribblenauts Unlimited (CIB) *Scribblenauts Unmasked (CIB) *Scribblenauts Unmasked w/DVD (CIB) *Shantae Half-Genie Hero Risky Beats Edition *Smurfs 2 (CIB) *Sniper Elite V2 *Snoopy's Grand Adventure *Splinter Cell Blacklist (CIB) *SteamWorld Collection (CIB) *Tank!Tank!Tank! *Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (CIB) *Terraria *Transformers Prime (CIB) *Transformers Rise of the Dark Spark *Turbo Super Stunt Squad (CIB) *Walking Dead Survival Instinct (CIB) *Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper (NIB, seal is ripped) *Watch Dogs (CIB) *Wheel of Fortune (CIB) *Wipeout 3 (CIB) *Wipeout Create & Crash (CIB) *Zombi U (CIB)
DS *Game and Watch Collection CIB *Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass CIB
GameCube *Bloodrayne Disc only *Die Hard Vendetta Disc only *Beyblade VForce Disc only *Army Men Sarge's War Disc only *Black Gameboy Player (no disc) *MadCatz Controller
PS5 *DualSense Wireless Controller *DualSense Charing Station
Here is what I'm after: WANT
Switch Games *Advance Wars 1+2 *Bayonetta 3 *Bayonetta Origins *DC Super Hero Girls: Teen Power *Kirby and the Forgotten Land *Kirby Return to Dream Land Deluxe *Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom *Lego Brawls *Live A Live *Mario and Rabbids Sparks of Hope *Mario Strikers Battle League *Metroid Dread *Metroid Prime Remastered *Pokemon Legends Arceus *Pokemon Shield + Expansion Pass *Pokemon Sword + Expansion Pass *Splatoon 3 *Tetris Effect: Connected *Triangle Strategy *Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Switch Accessories *Joy-Cons (yellow, mario red) *Joy-Cons Zelda Edition *Themed Switch docks
Gamecube *Mario Party 5 - CIB *Mario Party 6 - Manual only *Purple Gameboy Player (with or without disc) *Component cable *S-Video cable
PSP *Me and My Katamari
Wii *Animal Crossing City Folk with or without microphone
3DS/DS *Arkanoid *Atari Greatest Hits 1 *Atari Greatest Hits 2 *Break 'em All *Centipede Infestation 3DS - Case only *Deal or No Deal DS - Game only *Detective Pikachu 3DS - Case/artwork only *Elf Bowling 1 & 2 *Korg DS *Korg DS Plus *Mario vs Donkey Kong 2 DS - Game only *Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity 3DS - Case and manual only *Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon 3DS - Case and manual only *Space Invaders Extreme *Space Invaders Extreme 2 *Space Invaders Revolution *Tetris DS *Tetris Party Deluxe
GB/GBC/GBA *Gameboy Camera *Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages *Pokemon Pinball *Pokemon Gold *Consoles

Hello, are there any EUW players/teams that want to play arams together? I'm tired of getting matched with randoms, searching for people that like and play to win. Preferably plat+ level of skill, not necessarily in division.
I'm around d4 level, after a 3+ moths break. Have not played ranked game for a while, only arams. I've got over 7k games on Howling Abyss, and also have champions ocean to play. Feeling best on ADCs, Mages, Supports and Tanks, in that order.
PM, comment ingame names, or add me on league. "Anthexiz" is my nickname.

As the title, I present you, Goofie Galbadians vs. Ruby Dragon xD
Anyhow, this is first and foremost a fun clear. And I first thought of uploading this to the blog, where I posted my other somewhat goofy clear, since I'm a big FFVIII fan an am dedicated to make these lore-appropriate battles lol.
However, I thought maybe new players/others who struggle with this battle can learn a few things/adapt to their strategy.
Gears are in screenshots. And some notes below if you want to rely on some of these strategies (and add more units of course):

• Laguna is the provoker here, and between gearing for evasion, sprit to tank Meteor, there was no way to reach 400% fire resist, not with my gears anyhow. So if you are in a similar situation, good old dual cast dispel is always an option. Specifically, he needs to self dispel immediately after the 300 fire imperil, see the wiki chart for turns.
  
• Meteor turn (T4, 10, 16, etc.), gut is an option if you don't go pass t10 and/or seal it, but my Kiros and Ward just didn't have enough power to push the battle. Therefore, we rely on "Celestial Tenacity", the active skills provided by any of the Celestite Diadem of Will gear, as it provides a one-turn 60% general mitigation. This fits the rotation of the boss exactly since the skill has 5T CD and the boss is on a 6T rotation. Again, this gear is NOT needed if you are using more than 2 units... (read: just use Selphie's Wall or free Edea's Astral Barrier).
  
• Kiros and Ward conveniently has high innate dragon killer and a one-use self dragon killer buff. If you have Tidus' or Raegen's STMR, utilize this in the first 5 turns, then just pump as much damage in these turns. In my clear, they did close to 50%HP in 5T thanks to Tidus' STMR and Laguna's crowned breaks, but it then took a legit 20 turns to finish off the boss, just for reference.
  
• It is possible not to rely on Tidus' and Taivas' STMRs. If you're silly like me and/or only have Kiros&Ward as the only damage dealer (in which case, please go UoC some Selphie, she's a tremendous useful unit here and very good for NVAs!), the fight will just take longer. But otherwise, as long as you follow the right rotation (self dispel, Celestial Tenacity for Laguna etc.), Kiros and Ward will never be in danger thanks to their self mitigation on their LB. Or you can use one of his mitigation skills when filling for LBs before the meteor turn.
  
• In my clear, since we don't have external healing, Laguna wears 5* Jake's TMR for self 5000HP heal, and Kiros & Ward wear the talisman for some self 2000HP healing as well. This is not as important on them since they have better mitigation through LBs, but I was trying to be safe. Laguna is also on Carbuncle and some turns, he DC Cure himself and Dipel when his HP is too low before the Meteor. For reference, my EX1 Laguna with ~2k SPR, 15% dragon mitigation (Dragontouched Cloak++), 30% gen. mitigation (Charlotte's armor) took about 15k-17k damage from the meteor. He has almost 19kHP so he should always survive assume you follow the correct rotation. After clearing it, I just realized 5* Ashe's STMR (Sword of King that provides nethicite effect) also actually has undispellable 25% magic mitigation, so that will probably be better than what I had geared Laguna in battle.
  
• Overall, it is a tight fight but as long as you follow the right rotation, this should just be a battle of attrition.
  
• Other than that, I think other people have already shown their clears with useful notes, so I don't think there's anything else to add, but feel free to ask if you have questions.
  

Anyhow, good luck & enjoy!

Let me know all the terms you know in terms of business and growth related. I will begin,
Cashflow,
Product market fit, from shark tank
USP and VP, not from college
Gross profit
EBITDA and EBIT
Net profit
The rest I forgot or don't find important.
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That's all what I got, boss.
While in terms of understanding business and seeing opportunity.
I have a paradox like if someone with the timing and vision to understand exists, he will just have some of those terms in his own raw output, like cashflow is an example I had in my own life.
And sometimes I try to explain what cashflow is to young businesses owners that are off no business knowledge background and why it matters. Then I have people who just won't understand that. And while I learned commerce till grade 12 I didn't get much understand worthy or important terms I can recall.
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I'm making this post by examining the Halo games as a whole and some of the EU as well but wanna make it brief since all of my posts are on mobile and I got no way of citing books/links unlike other brilliant posters here..
To me it sorta feels like the Halo Universe is in a time loop in some way. It always shows humans being the underdogs before slowly becoming technolgically superior to the other factions before getting MASSIVELY downgraded before doing it again. Examples?
Forerunners being the dominant species before Ancient Humanity slowly rises up and is cast down by the Flood and the Forerunners (I get that this is literally a plot element of the Forerunner trilogy and nothing more but still felt the need to mention it nonetheless)
Humanity becoming a spacefaring race and colonizing planets and systems before the Insurrection and the Covenant War bringing their efforts crashing down. (Again this is simply setting up the Universe and doesn't support my main point)
Now those two points are simply to help expand the universe that we all know and love. My main gripe with the Halo Universe is post Halo 3. We see an isolated story in Halo: CE with a lone UNSC ship attempting to hold their own against a Covenant armada. In Halo 2 and Halo 3, the universe is expanded upon and we see that humanity ain't exactly winning and is clearly on its last legs.
Halo 3 ends with the Covenant and Flood destroyed and humanity free to rebuild. Of course real-life empires don't break so cleanly that way and Halo is no exception but the various Covenant splinter cells posed no true threat to humanity unlike the original Covenant.
In Halo 4, we see humanitt becoming more superior and arrogant. Spartan IV's are becoming as mass produced as Spartan III's but the main difference between the two is superior armor that the IV's carry that is even better than what the Spartan II's had. The UNSC's new ship; the Infinity can literally tank head on collisions with Covenant ships, and the UNSC's weapons are becoming more and more advanced. We see that with factions like the Prometheans and the Didact still around, humanity still has a long way to go before they are "the giants" of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Halo 5 also expands on the idea of a more powerful humanity. With help from their new allies, the Swords of Sangheilios, humanity is beginning to apply Covenant tech to their weapons and vehicles, simple weapons like the Battle Rifle look far more sophisticated, and more vehicles are beginning to have energy shielding like the Mantis.
However, humanity's hubris is ultimately what kicks it down as the UNSC was never a match for the Forerunner's true might as while they were able to defeat the most powerful Foreunner twice, it doesn't mean it can defeat a whole faction of them (aka The Created)
Now there's always a lot of debate as to what Halo 5's original story was. Theories ranging from the main villains being the Didact or even ONI, I believe the end result is still the same. Humanity being shattered due to its fatal flaw of having too much pride. I believe the concept of having humanity crippling themselves this way is a good plot idea but only if applied right and here's where the problems begin.
Infinite has humanity defeating Cortana offscreen, and once again battling aliens in the form of The Banished. To me this feels annoying. While it does continue the broken humanity trope that Halo 5 introduced, it doesn't feel right. Rather than making Halo Infinite seem like the "Halo 3" of the Reclaimer Saga, it instead feels like the "Halo: CE" of the Reclaimer Saga due to throwing away any tropes that Halo 4 and 5 simply for the reason of making this game accessible for a new casual audience who's never played a Halo game before.
Any memory of humanity's former might? Gone. Instead introducing another isolated story in which humanity must fight against aliens simply due to the sole fact that "aliens bad, humans good". This really feels like a slap in the face and makes it feel like 343 doesn't really care about progressing the franchise's story at all. Halo will always have humanity fighting against some alien threat. Whether it be fallen gods who are zombies, or robot demigods, it's all the same thing. But this feels like 343 simply wants to please the section of the fanbase who only wants an epic story of humanity losing against aliens but slowly managing to win.
A comment I saw years ago highlights my point. You'd think that after seeing and suffering so much, humanity would be entitled to some type of reward. That reward could've come in the way of the Janus Key and the Absolute Record. What better way than to finally have humanity accend into the stars and become their former selves once more. But nope. Some people believe that this would make humanity too OP and the whole "aliens vs humans" trope would be meaningless if humanity is too strong now. With bad writing maybe those fans are right, but with good writing they're not. A story of seeing humanity cracking itself due to either shadowy groups like ONI or due their own Created AI's but finally ascend and become the top dog again would be amazing but most fans are content with seeing the same thing done over and over again.
The way the Banished are seen in Halo Infinite, they're almost like a red version of the Covenant. This might be me just nitpicking but the way the BR is designed in Infinite like the old games sorta proves my point. Sure you could blame that on in-universe lore but we all know the real reason the BR is designed that way. It's too appeal to a certain sector of fans.
From an out of universe perspective it does indeed feel like we're in a time loop. Everything from human vehicles like the Warthog using Covenant tech and Swords of Sangheilios allies is forgotten about in Halo Infinite. You can't tell me that getting Cortana killed offscreen was always the original idea of Infinite. 343 simply listened to fans' complaints and went back to basics. I simply decided to make this post in order to see what everyone else thinks.

This is an ongoing drama, one that won't stop until probably next year or even longer. But before I get into the details of the drama, let's talk about the background, and the important information to know...
TW: Sexual assault discussion mentioned about halfway.

Hockey? NHL? What the fuck are those?

Ice hockey is a sport where 6 very large, burly men put swords on their feet and glide around on ice against 6 other very large, burly men who also have sword-shoes. They carry a stick to whack around a hard little circle of rubber and each other (most often each other) with the goal of hitting that little rubber past another large burly man into a 6'x4' net. A game takes place over 3 periods of 20 minutes each, and whoever hits the rubber circle most often in the opponent's Warhammer gaming table sized net is the winner of the game. There are 82 games during the 'regular season', and then they compete in the 'playoffs' for the Stanley Cup, which is worth at least $5.
The National Hockey League, or the Ligue Nationale de Hockey if you hate everyone else in North America, is effectively the world's highest level of ice hockey. People all over the world spend their entire youth lives training to have a shot at being drafted by an NHL team, from Belarus to England, from Canada to Australia. There are other leagues in the world, but they are more or less for people who are shunned in the NHL for whatever reason, people who have retired from the NHL but still play hockey for whatever reason (Jaromir Jagr, I'm looking at you), or people who aren't good enough to play in the NHL but still good enough to be paid to play.
There are 32 teams in the NHL at the moment, but the most important teams for this story are:
1) Chicago Blackhawks: I'm going to go over the Blackhawks later in this post. It's...a lot.
2) Anaheim Ducks: A team that was originally owned by Disney based on the movie The Mighty Ducks. No, I'm not joking. They were founded in 1993 and have had some close calls with the Stanley Cup, and won one in 2007. They finished the 22-23 season with the worst record possible, and one of the worst records in NHL history.
3) Columbus Blue Jackets: They're young, having only existed since 2000. They've never been in the Stanley Cup finals, and have never really had a good season during their existence. They finished second to last.
4) Seattle Kraken: They're the newest team, being founded in 2021. They're actually not relevant at all to this post; they're my team and therefore am obligated to mention them.

Okay, so sword-feet and stick hitting rubber circle. What is this about 'draft'?

In order to make it to the NHL, you have to be drafted by an NHL team. Being drafted is similar to how people used to pick each other for teams during recess. You know, where you kept getting picked last. Except if you get drafted, you get a contract worth potentially millions of dollars.
The draft takes place over a series of rounds, where each team picks one person each (unless they traded their draft pick, but this isn't relevant). In the first round, the teams with the worst record draft first, all the way up to the team that won the Stanley Cup. Then in the second round, it counts down from Stanley Cup winner down to the worst, third round is from worst to best again, and so on until the draft is completed (Usually 7 rounds).
HOWEVER, there is a twist...

The Lottery

So in order to prevent teams from 'tanking', aka losing on purpose in order to get the best draft pick, the league came up with the Draft Lottery. After the season has ended, every team that didn't make the playoffs participates in the lottery. Whoever wins the lottery will jump up 10 spots in the draft. Teams who were worse during the season get higher odds. This year, the team with the best odds are the Anaheim Ducks, at 18.5% chance of winning, since they sucked hard and it wasn't even on purpose.

Okay, enough. Why is the 2023 draft important?

This year is one of the most important drafts in recent NHL history. The current highest-rated prospect is Connor Bedard. Bedard is...good. Like, really good. Like, really, REALLY good. Top NHL players are saying that Bedard already has the best shot release in hockey right now at least...and he's only like 17 years old. I won't go into it much further, but Connor Bedard is the type of player that can lead teams to the Stanley Cup by just being on the team. People are comparing him to Wayne Gretzky; if you need context for who that is, he's considered one of the best sports-people of all time out of all sports.

Side Show -- The Chicago Blackhawks, and Why Everyone Hates Them

The Blackhawks, which I'm going to call the Hawks, are an old team. They've been around since the 40s as one of the 'original six', teams that have been around since the modern NHL was a thing (well, not really, but it's not relevant). Yes, the NHL only had 6 teams until the 1960s, which is when they finally expanded into more markets, which then snowballed into what we have now (32 teams).
The Hawks have had...a rough recent history. They effectively had a dynasty for most of the 2010s, winning the Stanley Cup 3 times, and a lot of it had to do with their talent. Before the 2010s, the Hawks sucked. That is, until they drafted amazing players like Jonathan Toews (pronounced "taves", not "toes") and Patrick Kane, who helped boost them to the Stanley Cup in the 10's (They have since retired. This is important context.) These picks were already controversial; people like to claim that the NHL favors original six teams because they're massive markets, which means more butts-in-seats, which means more money. So the Blackhawks getting so many first round, top-3 picks was...suspicious to most.
But all of this is overshadowed by the sexual assault and subsequent cover up.
During the 2010 season, one of their cup-winning seasons, a player named Kyle Beach, was sexually assaulted by a member of the coaching staff. He brought it forward to the organization who did their best to make sure that the coaching staff was safe and sound. Kyle Beach never broke into the NHL aside from the 2010 season -- take that information for what it is. In 2021, Kyle Beach sued the Blackhawks for their mishandling. An independent investigation found that the Blackhawks knew about the sexual assault, and did nothing to the perpetrator. The perpetrator went on to commit more acts of sexual assault against young players.
The punishment that the Blackhawks faced? Nothing major. They were fined $2 million. Which...is basically nothing, considering they made $222 million that year. So, like...1%.
This punishment was a slap in the face to teams like the Arizona Coyotes, who lost draft picks (which means losing players that could turn their organization around) because of a much, MUCH less severe violation (In their case, the Coyotes were performing physicals on potential draftees before they were drafted, which is a violation of the NHL constitution). Other teams have lost players because of similar circumstances -- the first one that comes to mind is the Boston Bruins, who dropped a (potential) top player because it came to light he had hazed, abused, and hurled racial slurs at a black autistic player in the junior leagues.
Needless to say, this further fueled conspiracies that the Blackhawks were getting special treatment because of their status as an original six team, and how big the Chicago market is.
From the /hockey subreddit:

Didn't the NHL originally fine the Devils $3 million for the Kovalchuk stuff a decade ago? What a joke. [Context: Kovalchuk was a high-level player, and the Devils tried to do some sneaky-shady stuff in order to keep him.]
Coyotes lost high picks for getting extra physical data, Devils got fined $3m and two picks for cap circumvention, and we got fined $250k for calling out George Parros for being the joke he is. And all the Blackhawks get for covering up rape is a $2m fine?? What a fucking joke [Context: This is a Rangers fan, and the Rangers called out George Parros, leader of the Department of Player Safety, for doing nothing about player safety. They were fined $250k for making mean comments.]

It doesn't really help that Chicago fans have a poor reputation. In the NHL, Chicago fans have a reputation for being drunk fair-weather fans. Before 2010 Chicago had a rough time filling up their arena to half-way. During the 2010s? Sellout arena, every game. Going into the 2020s, when their team started sucking again, they're back to struggling filling seats.
So the hockey fandom in general doesn't really like Chicago, but how does this all tie into the 2023 Draft?

The Lottery (for real this time)

As mentioned before, the 2023 season was potentially a huge season for struggling teams like the Columbus Blue Jackets or the Anaheim Ducks. Getting Connor Bedard would turn around entire franchises, overnight.
Going into the draft, the heavy favorites to win the lottery were the Ducks at 18.5%, the Blue Jackets at 13.5%, and the Chicago Blackhawks at 11.5%. The other 13 teams had basically less than 10% odds.
The draft lottery was televised, and millions of people watched ESPN and TSN to see the results from all over the league. Top teams in the west were praying that the lottery winner would go to the Blue Jackets so they wouldn't have to face Bedard, and top teams in the east were praying the lottery pick would go to the west for the same reason. Everyone universally had the same sentiment though:

Anyone but Chicago.

The hosts go down the line to show the new draft lineup, starting from 16 and going down. Nothing seemed to change in the lineup; teams hoping for ajump up were sadly disappointed but knew they never really had a chance anyways.
The hosts get to the top 5. The reveal the 5th pick is...Montreal. Montreal fans speak French-Canadian sadly, or whatever it is Quebecois folk do.
The fourth pick is revealed. The San Jose Sharks. Sharks fans chomp sadly. Or drink their Starbucks sadly. Idk, I'm not rich enough to live in San Jose.
Then something curious happens. They cut to a commercial break, but the ESPN broadcasters say something very curious. "An upset for Columbus! It's down to Anaheim or Chicago!" Suspicion arises. The card for 3rd place wasn't revealed, how could they have known that Columbus was the 3rd pick? Conspiracy talk bumps up in the live Reddit thread. People were already saying that Chicago won the lottery. They just knew.

Nice of ESPN to state Columbus will pick 3rd before Daley ever even showed it and they went to commercials “It will be either Chicago or Anaheim”….
Elliotte Friedman tweeted out who got pick 1 and 2 during the commercial break. Said tweets have now been deleted.

The NHL lottery comes back on after commercials and reveal that CBJ wins the 3rd pick to no one's surprise. All that's left is two envelopes, one with a '2' the other with a '1'. They begin to open the '2' envelope. The hockey world goes silent, as whoever gets the 2 spot means that the other won the lottery...

The Worst Timeline

The worst-case-scenario happens. Chicago, universally hated in the hockey world, wins the draft lottery. Duck fans are outraged. Blue Jacket fans are outraged. Literally every fanbase is outraged.

hockey 9/11
why has god abandoned us
If you didn't think Chicago was getting Bedard here is your lesson of how fucked up the world is
Fuck this
Can't lose that media market now that Kane and Toews are gone!
Never forget that the Coyotes had to forfeit a first round pick for talking to a prospect before it was permitted, while Chicago protected a fucking rapist and got no reprecussions.
Coyotes: asks prospects what they ate and to wear shorts? Forfeit draft picks Blackhawks: cover up sexual assault and lie your asses off? Have a Bedard
Draft HoF talent 1st overall -> Go on a dynasty and win 3 cups -> Trade HoF 1st overall -> Draft another HoF talent 1st overall.
He went to the least deserving team.

Individual team subreddits were no better. Every fan from every team, aside from Chicago, were seething and chomping at the bit. There is an ongoing conspiracy about the NHL favoring Chicago now, and people are actively calling for the NHL commissioner's resignation.

Living in a Post-Apocalypse Wasteland

It's been barely a month since the bomb dropped. Food is hard to come by. Hope is lost. People fight each other for the barest scraps of undamaged cloth to keep warm at night since the sun was blacked out.
We don't know what will happen. Life is moving on, but is it really life if there's no will to live?
In seriousness, no one wanted this outcome. Even some Hawks fans hated this. It's hard to say what will happen to the NHL now. Some people are saying that Connor Bedard will get drafted and refuse to play for the Blackhawks, demanding to be traded. Some say he'll disappear to Europe and play in the Swedish league or the KHL to avoid the Blackhawks contract. Others say he'll be a fool to avoid the NHL and just take what he's got, and demand a trade later.
No one knows what Connor Bedard is thinking. He's not really said anything. But we do know that the world of hockey has been shaken to its core. If Bedard plays, Chicago will be a force to be reckoned with for years. If he avoids Chicago, it'll be a legendary act of defiance that will 100% cause the NHL to invent a rule to prevent that from happen again.
But for now, I must return to my fallout shelter. It's not healthy to stand in the radiation for too long.

Hello,
I'm a GM jungle main and both Graves and Nocturne are some of my most played junglers of all time.
Here are my 3 tips for Graves players to focus on in the Nocturne matchup (these also apply to the Olaf matchup since it is very similar):
Video Link For The Visual Learners: https://youtu.be/a7Isrkq-YDc
Tip #1: Abuse Wall Hops

• This is probably the most low-elo relevant tip I can give because being aware of this makes this matchup 10x easier. This tip doesn't just apply to Nocturne, but any melee champion that can stat check you early that low elo Graves players commonly struggle with such as Warwick, Trundle, and Olaf. In the bottom and top river there are many walls you can hop over so when engaging in river skirmishes, abuse them to survive. Too many Graves players feel like they need to 1v1 the enemy jungler at lvl 3 when the reality is, you are playing a scaling champion and 90% of the time, if a champion beats you in a level 3 fight, you are going to hard outscale them later because they are early/mid game characters. The key to early game is to balance efficiency and matching the pressure of the enemy jungler. As a low elo player, always bank on safe options being good because the games will be longer and you can always take small losses early on in order to have higher tempo (econ) so you can carry later in the game.

Tip #2: Opt Into Mobility Options

• Pretty much every single bruiser and tank jungler struggles later in the game against Graves because they can't deal with his mobility. Take build options such as Fleet Footwork, Black Cleaver, Stormrazor, and Galeforce to give yourself infinite spacing like Gojo from JJK. 90% of Nocturne kill pressure comes from his fear, and if you take the mobility to escape his fear tether range, he will have no more mobility options to reach you after his ult. This makes champions like Kaisa and Ezreal a nightmare for Nocturne to deal with because he is a sitting duck after his ult and fear are down. Olaf struggles late game for the same reason, being dashless and having to run at his opponents to kill them. This works well at level 6 because ranged carries haven't hit their core item spikes, but later in the game the combination of mobility and damage makes champs like Nocturne and Olaf fall off a cliff in teamfight value.

Tip #3: Abuse Jungle Tracking

• Nocturne is a farming jungler which makes him easy to track. 90% of the time he is going to full clear to a side lane and hit the same gank timing around 3:15-3:30. You should path to a winning side lane matchup so that you can counter his gank around this timing. But it is important to monitor the lane state as you clear, because if your side lane is pushing, the enemy jungler can break his full clear and gank at any point after level 3 if the side laners are trading heavily and low hp. If the Nocturne paths the opposite way from you, you are already in a good position to trade jungle pressure evenly which benefits you because you will outscale as long as you pathed to a winning lane. In the video example, I end up doing a full clear for efficiency because I notice my bot lane wasn't trading at all and Nocturne wouldn't disrupt his tempo for a full HP gank which has much lower success rate. After the first ganks, Nocturne will repeat his full clear sequence. With tracking you will always know which quadrant he is in. Just pair that knowledge with awareness of the adjacent lane states, and you will be able to predict basically 100% of his ganks in the early game. The major advantage you have in this matchup is that Nocturne falls off hard and you really just need to match his early/mid game pressure 1 for 1 by using your 'jungle turns' effectively. Play to your winning lanes, and having matching turns is very easy. Your champion will naturally outscale from there, but you still need to have the mechanics and late game macro to carry the game, but that is a separate topic.

The video link above has example clips that are self edited, ad-free, and hopefully, highly informative, but I can understand if people prefer a quick text guide over a random YT channel.
My goal is to make higher level jungle concepts easier to understand because it took me thousands of games before I began to truly play the game 'properly' because there aren't many guides targeted for high level junglers such as Diamond players to take their game to the next level.
Thanks for reading my guide, and any feedback or questions are welcome.

The audio, which has been carefully compiled and enhanced for clarity, can be found here.
Please note that some of the speech is still difficult to make out, but I have included a transcript below that I believe to be accurate. The two sections which are slightly unclear have been marked with an asterisk, and have been explained at the end of the post.
The conversation that we are now able to listen to is, I believe, a highly plausible, step-by-step list of procedures that would be followed in-game prior to carrying out a Grav Jump.
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PILOT: "Control this is Constellation Starship Frontier."
CONTROL: "Constellation Starship Frontier, we have you on scanners."
PILOT: "We're ready to start on your signal."
CONTROL: "Performing Load Systems check. Helium-3 tanks, check. Seals are intact."
PILOT: "Maintaining exit vector course, steady 'till ready."
CONTROL: "We are still go."
PILOT: "Coordinates input, plotting jump course."
CONTROL: "We read you Constellation."
PILOT: "Sky HUD is converged, we're looking good." \*
CONTROL: "Chawla surround looks good." \*
PILOT: "Allocating auxiliary reactor power."
CONTROL: "Prepare for departure. Graviton Loop Array Spool, check."
PILOT: "System checks are green across the board."
CONTROL: "Your space lane is clear."
PILOT: "Grav jump commencing in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1."
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Note: there is a small amount of comms audio that I have not included here, as it seems to pertain specifically to taking off from a planet rather than attempting a Grav Jump when you are already engaged in active space-flight. This audio, spoken by the person identified above as Control, is "Main engines go, ignition. Good luck Constellation. You are go, for, launch."
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And finally, the two sections marked with an asterisk:

1. "Sky HUD is converged, we're looking good." I think this is a direct reference to what we see in the trailer with the broken line drawn between two points that is then re-routed via a third point. The Sky HUD is probably the instrument that is showing us this graphical representation.
2. "Chawla surround looks good." Chawla is an already confirmed moon of the gas-giant Olivas, based in the Alpha Centauri System. The word surround being used by the 'Control Tower' (probably a space-station) would make sense because, unlike conventional Air Traffic Control, they would need to be aware of all potential flights either entering or leaving orbit for an entire moon or planet, and so if we are about to begin a Grav Jump after leaving Chawla, we would need confirmation there are no potential in-orbit hazards crossing our flight-path.

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EDIT 1: I had some technical issues with the post which have now been fixed.
EDIT 2: Fixed link to audio (should be fine now!)

Hello, are there any EUW players/teams that want to play arams together? I'm tired of getting matched with randoms, searching for people that like and play to win. Preferably plat+ level of skill, not necessarily in division.
I'm around d4 level, after a 3+ moths break. Have not played ranked game for a while, only arams. I've got over 7k games on Howling Abyss, and also have champions ocean to play. Feeling best on ADCs, Mages, Supports and Tanks, in that order.
PM, comment ingame names, or add me on league. "Anthexiz" is my nickname.

I am playing my first Final Fantasy game ever which is Final Fantasy VII from 1997. Here is the previous part for those who care: https://www.reddit.com/FinalFantasy/comments/13xyfe7/my_first_final_fantasy_game_ever_part_15/
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For this part, I got the final Huge Materia and I went back to the Forgotten City. I would have done more for but I am stuck right now.
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In terms of gameplay, nothing major happened so it can be skipped. But after completing the Shinra No.26, I went back to the Waterfall Cave and I received the Death Penalty and the Chaos Manual. From the looks of it, the Death Penalty seems to be one of, if not, the strongest weapons Vincent can have but because I do not plan to use it as doesn't grant Materia growth. I also received Bahamut ZERO.
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Now for story, it had some really cool moments. For the return to Rocket Town, it really brought in some of Cid's best moments. Being in the Shinra No.26 Rocket and going into space means that Cid's dream was achieved. Then for escaping, it really brings Cid's story together. The reason why Cid failed to launch the rocket the first time all those years ago was because Shera was trying to fix an oxygen tank and launching the rocket would mean incinerating Shera. So Cid decides to abort the launch and damage the launch site in order to save Shera. So seeing that Shera was right and that the oxygen tank was in fact damaged. Overall for this mission, it was nice to see the fulfillment of Cid and Shera's character. Cid achieved his life long goal of going to space and Shera was able to be forgiven for the failure for the first space launch. Overall I liked this part of the game even though it was really short.
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Now the second part of the section was the return to Cosmo Canyon and the Forgotten City. Going back to Bugenhagen's observatory of which I have mixed feelings. Initially, we find out what Aerith was actually trying to do. It seems that Aerith being half-Cetra allowed her to summon an Entity which was Holy. So Aerith's sacrifice was not in vain but the problem is that it is being stunted by Sephiroth. What I find especially sad is when talking to Cid in the Highwind, he mentions that Aerith can never experience flying on the Highwind. While all of that was sad and I think was written well, Bugenhagen is funny as F. This man just goes yoooohoooo! and when he joins the Highwind, this man can literally fly. While I do not think it takes away from the emotional moments, Bugenhagen is really funny. I also got Bahamut ZERO in this part which is wow, this game does not have one Bahamut, two Bahamut but THREE Bahamuts. Square Enix really likes Bahamut and I cannot blame them, I love Bahamut too. And Bahamut ZERO's summon is super dope too, it is a Satellite Cannon Dragon. Bahamut ZERO is my favorite summon in the game.
Now for coming back to the Forgotten City, this is where I am stuck. So Bugenhagen is the goat and flies around the city, but talking to him he talks about using a key. I went back to Bone Village and dug myself a Key to Sector 5. I do not think the Forgotten City needs the Key to Sector 5 but here I am.
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That is basically what I did for this section. Overall I liked this section for the game because it does a nice job of wrapping up Cid's character and his arc. And now I must somehow find the Forgotten Key, I would normally search it up but I refuse because I do not want to. I will find out the location eventually. My top theory right now is to use the submarine but I will figure it out.
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As always, please do not spoil what I have yet to complete for the game.

My team has 10 guys level 8, 1 guy level 9 and 1 wrongdoer + 1 bear 1 wolf level 12.
Trader team got 21 guys level 14 but 2 merchants 1 civilian and 3 pony so it makes them only 15 combatant level 14 but still a nice challenge fight.
There is a scary moment when their archer one-shot my ranger but thanks to 15 Wills, he is ok. The whole fight is only 2 rounds.
My team hasn’t been outfitted with unstable oil yet, of course it would make the fight easier. But current belt items I get are also very good already.
After the fight, I think the region locked mode is harder than the adaptive.

1. In adaptive mode, fight is only 2 level higher than your team while in region-locked I can get as many level difference as I want.
   
2. Looking for weapon is a big pain in region-locked. I just won a very hard fight with 6 level difference but all I got is a bunch of level 11 weapon/armor which will stay in my trading post for very long time looking pretty.
   

Here is the list of OP things I made full use for my team:

1. Riposte swordsman: this build is way way too good. I got 2 of them, any more would make the game a cakewalk. Taunt, kick, shield bash, normal attack, and wraith. Disengaged after each attack and then you got 5 AoOs on top of normal damage. You can do all of this at level 5, and then level 8 bring Disarm which makes enemy become a cute little sandbag. Wonder if level 10 can bring out more AoO. 1 of my swordsman will delete any medium/light armor enemy without a shield.

To make this class even crazier is the orderly buff from lieutenant. He will regain 5 valor point each turn. And if you buff him before his turn, then you can use orderly buff for 2 turn instead of 1.

1. Counter attack shield: I got 2 of those from the fight with scholar from ludern and they are as good as they sound. This one is a hard counter for peacekeeper guy who can attack twice or any guys with shield bash. I put those on my brute for 2 sweet free AoO.
   
2. Frenzy dagger: restart attack for every buff on the enemy. Most high level enemy got some buff on their own which is a welcome thing for my ranger. I got 3 of those dagger from ludern as well. The merchant team got some buff call "rivalry" which make this dagger attack twice then combine with cutthroat to make the damage output of ranger to the sky.
   
3. Double guard mace: True tank is essential in all of my game and this item help me to make a true tank much as soon as level 2. 80% guard is no joke; he can tank up to 3 enemies without much trouble.
   
4. 100% crit mace: simple but very effective mace. During a high level fight, this mace helps me to instant kill their rangearcher.
   
5. Dagan hammer: in the hand of level 12 wrongdoer, it is amazing cause wrongdoer got a buff of 30% more damage to hit engaged enemies. On the same note, wrongdoer is the best prisoner I can find for now. His permanent buff for 30% more critical damage is a must for a team focus on critical build like mine.
   
6. Captain Buffer: I make one captain from warrior with buff speed for the whole team, then brutality. The speed buff alone is worth every valor. Being faster meaning that you can get your guys in the most optimal position to engage or that sweet backstab. And the range of brutal buff is huge. I can buff all my team with a single use most of time. Making him a captain so he can regain 3 valor right away.
   

One last thing, I totally can see that animal is nowhere as good as a mercs, even the level 12 ones compare to level 8 merc. I kept 1 bear and 1 alpha wolf just because my GF wants some pets in the team.
Very happy with my team. Love the game ^_^
P.S: pardon my English as it is not native language.

After searching high and low on ebay, Amazon, 4into1, and other sites for a fuel door for the 78 model I haven't been able to find one. I found plenty of caps for the earlier models and am a little too broke to get a new tank all together. Anyone have any resources to find one, with or without a lock assembly? Also up to buy one locally if anyone is in the socal area.

I woke up this morning and I lost a Khuli. I tested my tank just now and my parameters are terrible.
20g planted with 4 Amano Shrimp, 6 Khuli Loaches (5 now), and 6 Harlequin Rasbora. I just did a water change Wednesday.
PH 6.4 O - .25 Ammonia .5 - 1 Nitrite 40+ Nitrates
I added baking soda for the PH.
My ammonia is usually within that range.
My nitrites have never been that high
My nitrates are terrible
The filter I started with is very gunked up. It got that way fast with the Fluval stratum constantly clouding the first couple of weeks. I added a new filter but I added it after the old one and planned on leaving it a few weeks then keep up with that one until it falls apart. That's the only change I've made besides adding 7 Harlequin Rasbora, one of which I lost the first night.
Edit: I took out the new filter because that's the only change I've made recently besides adding new fish who all look healthy. I noticed the filter is looking just as gunky as the first so I'm thinking that's just what they look like.

Hello! I have a Suzuki 6hp on a gheenoe that won't start. First issue I noticed was that the fuel pump was leaking from the main block. That has since been replaced, and the leak has gone away. I though that would solve the issue, but unfortunately no. Next we tried to rule out the external tank - luckily this model has a built-in gravity fed half gallon tank. It also will not start when switched to that fuel source.
I pulled the carb off, and cleaned thoroughly with a carb cleaner after my last outing. It also has a brand new spark plug - I keep several on hand as they're only like $2 for this motor lol.
Last time I had issues it was the carb and just needed cleaning. Then it was the spark plug. No weird symptoms on the water, and it was last used ~ two weeks ago with no issue and about 20 miles trip.
What else can I look into? Thank you!

Toe is corrected, and the engine returned to normal running after about a tank on some relaxed driving. I haven't driven in a year so im a bit rusty, so please excuse the driving 😂