Grand Theft Auto V is one of the most profitable entertainment franchises in the history of games. It came along as a return to form after what many fans would argue was a misstep with the more gritty and realistic GTA 4. Originally released back in 2013 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3—yes, it spans three console generations—developer Rockstar has supported the game's online mode with continual updates adding new content, new areas, and even all-new mechanics.
GTA V was such a runaway success—and GTA The Trilogy: Definitive Edition was such a dumpster fire—that Rockstar gave up working on a Red Dead Redemption 2 DLC, and has now reportedly abandoned plans to remaster more of its beloved older titles to instead focus on both further GTA Online content as well as the development of GTA 6.
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Naturally, expectations for GTA 6 are incredibly high, and given the advanced age of GTA V, fans are chomping at the bit for any bit of news. That's why there's so much buzz around a report at Bloomberg that focuses on Rockstar's new corporate culture. Company co-founder Dan Houser left Rockstar in 2020, and ever since then the development house has been trying to reshape a corporate culture that the report refers to as being "like a frat house".
Given the nature and tone of the humor in the Grand Theft Auto series, it's really not surprising to hear that the atmosphere inside Rockstar was juvenile and chauvinistic. The report remarks that the workplace culture at Rockstar was "full of drinking, brawling, and excursions to strip clubs." That may sound like a good time to some, but it's admittedly not very professional.
gta1 katie Katie from the OG Grand Theft Auto (1997) on PC (left) and Game Boy Color (right).
As part of the report, author Jason Schreier casually reveals that GTA 6 will have at least two playable protagonists, and that one of them will be a Latina woman. This technically isn't the first playable woman nor even the first playable Hispanic woman in the GTA series; the very first GTA game featured a Latina named "Katie" as one of its eight playable characters.
Still, very few of the series' modern fans even remember the old DOS-based Grand Theft Auto, so we can forgive everyone for forgetting about poor Katie. Regardless, the new girl will apparently be part of a Bonnie-and-Clyde-like crime duo, calling to mind the partnership between Claude and Catalina in the beginning of Grand Theft Auto III. Hopefully the partnership between the new player characters in GTA 6 doesn't end the same way that one did.
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KOwen 29 July, 2022
Release the PC version at the same time as the consoles please!
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Because JJ is taking some much needed time off reviewing and providing his insights into COI, I thought I would provide something in the meantime. I would not call it filling in for JJ, as I am hardly at his level. I’m more like the unofficial side show for this week- providing (hopefully) some humor to help you come to grips with the shit that was spewed by Rick and the gang this week. While I have not had any Skyrizi cocktails, I do randomly call 1-800 numbers and ask them to check my ZIP code. Maybe that qualifies me for this role? I don’t know. But let’s get on with the pain.
We start off this week at the Garden Shaft. Which is this season’s location of the money pit. Craig and Scott are talking to one of the Dumas workers about their progress. They’re at 67 feet and probing for a gold spot along the way. Typical men, working in a new hole and not knowing where the g-spot is at. Clotworthy spews some junk about how significant the garden shaft is because of material dating back 60 years before the discovery of the money pit, and how the garden shaft is located in the “Treasure Zone”, which I’m guessing is the forthcoming name of the Oak Island theme park. Scott says something, but I wasn’t paying attention. Then again, he never says anything important, anyway. So, who cares. Dude has more speaking roles this season than our beloved Billy. Side note: I do find it funny that we’re supposedly in the original money pit, and there’s no talk or concern about the flood tunnels. You know, the fucking tunnels we wasted seasons looking for? Throwing dye into them… Building a fucking damn in the cove. Of course, the flood tunnel theories fell flat. But they won’t acknowledge that, or fess up that maybe all these theories are total bull. Instead, they’ll conveniently mention nothing of it and toss more shit into the frey to keep you off balanced. And, hope you’re more concerned about your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis to notice.
Our next scene is at the quadrilateral. For those of you who don’t know, this is Prometheus’ latest tangent to fill needless episodes. Supposedly, it was mentioned in Dead Nolan’s book, which the Alive Nolan decided to reveal for the first fucking time on the previous episode (I’m sure the book will be published soon, with a forward by Rick. Another book for the kooks to cite and come up with new BS theories to waste our time for the next 5 seasons, at least). Rick, Tom Nolan, “and the rest” as Clotworthy put it (Billy and Gary), are at the Quadrilateral. And thankfully, we are about to get some Billy excavating time. It’s mentioned how the quadrilateral has a mysterious group of boulders on it. I don’t know what’s so mesmerizing about the boulders. And the quadrilateral looks like the state of Nevada, which has a ton of boulders. So, I’m not impressed here. As the digging starts, they uncover “little sticks” which are cut and burnt. This leads to our first wild speculation of the week. Because these little burnt sticks are similar to the ones found under the stone pathway by the swamp, instantly this means that the quadrilateral is made by the people who made the stone pathway. We’re then shown flashbacks to when the crew took a pointless trip to Portugal to look at a stone road. And told once again how the two are so similar and there must be a Portuguese connection to them. They keep digging and Billy notices some clay. Some blue clay. And blue clay was found when they were fucking around in the money pit area and swamp a few seasons ago. We’re then led into our first commercial break. And thank god, because I need slam my head into the desk a few times. It’s bad enough watching this show. Having to then write about it? Fuck me. I’m only doing this one week.
OK. I’m a little dizzy, but we return to the quadrilateral. We got serious Clotworthy bs time. Blue clay in the money pit, swamp, and now in the quadrilateral! So obviously, it’s all connected. That’s now an Oak Island fact. They bring in the Geologist turd guy for 10 seconds to add some sort of authority to this BS claim. But, I’m over this guy. No geologist would let them get away with saying that limestone cavities underground have to be manmade. Fuck off, Rocks for Jocks dude. After he’s pushed to the side, we then get the other quack scientist, Dr. Spooner. I used to like this guy initially. He seemed grounded. Stayed in his lane. But between his water testing, and even dating a fucking nail, this dude is just another sellout on the show who’ll say anything to keep Prometheus happy. He analyzes the clay and finds some more burnt wood. He surmises it cannot be natural. Rick jumps in to say that because there were boulders, it means this is obviously a “safe” and there is something significant below. Of course, he doesn’t want to dig. He wants to wait for Tom Nolan and do more investigating. I’m going to go off on a tangent here, but…
I swear, Rick maybe the entire fucking problem with this crew. Let’s not forget folks, he was a postman, aka, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE. In other words, he gets nothing done but spends a lot of someone else’s money. It was natural he would end up conning his brother into spending money on this disaster. This show has been on for 10 years. And all they had to do was a dig a big damn hole and see if there’s anything in the ground. Now, if I was given a job of digging a big damn hole, and my boss came up to me 10 years later to ask about the progress, I sure as hell wouldn’t go: “Well, we started digging in the money pit like you asked. But then we wanted to do some sonaradalidar detection and analyze the fuck out of it for inferences to treasure. After that, a few random ass guys with history degrees from Fuck You University came to the island and told us we should dig in other spots. They thought the treasure was [Templar, English, Aztec, French, Portuguese, Pirates, Phoenician, Egyptian, Martian]. So we did that. Found nothing. Then, we drained the swamp near the money pit 3 or 4 times, spent millions on dynamite to scare all the birds away, all to try and get more inferences on what lies below the ground. We also fucked around looking for a dock, and found a stone road. In terms of digging in the money pit area, we drilled tiny fucking holes all over it. Enough to turn it into Swiss cheese. We thought a few times we ‘just came down the edge’ of something. But, instead of just moving a few inches over and drilling again, we went to a new spot, chosen at random and still found nothing. Oh, and we took a shit load of trips to Europe. Just to look at some old castles and carvings, none of which has anything to do with the drilling job.” No, I wouldn’t. I’d have been fucking fired years earlier. But that’s COI. Making the US bureaucracy seem efficient.
Ahem, so after we leave the quadrilateral, “later that afternoon” we go to the war room. I’m excited. Because it’s a meeting time, and we have this week’s tinfoil kook! This week, we have Francisco Nogueira from Portugal. I’m getting giddy and tingly. Not because of any revelations or theories that are going to solve the mystery, but we’re guaranteed some extreme fucking head nodding action. Let’s see what Francisco says. I should not that he speaks perfect English, but gets subtitled (yet, I still barely understand Gary). We’re told that the Azores is a key place for north Atlantic explorers. And then we get into some Templars, Baby B-roll. Clotworthy tells us the Templars went to Portugal, rebranded, and then took their treasure to North America. Makes sense to me! Francisco, who honestly sounds like a hostage reading the terrorists demands after 4 weeks of torture (definitely not from starvation, though) says the Portuguese Knights of Christ were exploring in the 15th and 16th centuries. Were shown some nodding and smiling from Simple Jack and Alex. Our Kook then says the “mysterious” wall is of Portuguese style. I don’t know what specific style he’s talking about. It’s a bunch of fucking rocks stacked on top of one another. I’m sure more civilizations other than the Portuguese knew how to stack rocks on top of each other. However, the revelation is enough to get Simple Jack to exclaim, “No way!” He’s got to be feeling good. After all, it was his detective work that found a big ass fucking tree next to the wall a few weeks ago. Francisco continues. Apparently, only the Portuguese would fill in gaps of a wall with small rocks. I guess this implies that Spain and France were the first to create glory holes. We get more dramatic nodding and amazement. It seems we’re going all in on Portugal now. Fuck off, Duc d'Anville, Francis Beacon, Sinclair, and Long John Silver (I don’t know. I’m sure he’ll get some mention soon). We’ll bring you all back in a few seasons when this shit falls apart and they find nothing. The revelation was enough to cue the dramatic music and a commercial break. Good. I don’t drink alcohol, but I’m going to go look for some cooking sherry or something to help me through this. If not, maybe I’ll inhale some Pam. If anything, it’ll help with this dry nose thing I have going on. I’ll turn the TV up so I can hear if there are any prescriptions I can ask my doctor about.
I found some ice cream and ate myself into an ice cream headache. But it kind of helped with the pain from banging my head int the desk earlier. We return to the war room with our chubby Portuguese kook. I guess his revelations were too much to conclude in one segment. Naturally, we get a recap of what we just heard 4 minutes ago. Because obviously everyone that watches this show has the attention span of a cat who snorted 8 lines of catnip. We’re now told that the Portuguese came to Oak Island, in secret. We get a few seconds of legitimate history regarding King Phillip II of Spain putting the hurt on Portugal. But then we quickly get into bs about missing treasure. And obviously, Portuguese went across the world and dumped it on Oak Island. Long story short, the Knights of Christ decided to put their precious treasure on a boat, sail across the Atlantic, and bury it on an island they never went to before. Dougie jumps in to give us some NSCC-level education about Templars. Never trust a Doug. Finally, Rick gives us one of his garbage corporate meeting wrap ups. And we’ve officially wasted about 10 minutes of show on this garble.
Later that afternoon (this is one fucking long day), we’re back at the quadrilateral. Rick has brought back more people. Spooner once again says the clay shouldn’t be here. And the clay and boulders were transported here. Personally, I think they found Samuel Ball’s septic tank. That’s my guess. Spooner pokes around and conveniently finds something sticking out of one of the sides of the hole. I don’t see Barkhouse, so I’ll assume whatever it is, he planted it like most other shit found on the island. It’s too much for us to comprehend, so another fucking commercial break is in order.
After several more commercials about plaque psoriasis plaguing this nation, we return to the big find. It’s a rusted piece of metal, shaped like a U. Gary claims it’s an iron staple. But this fuck has been wrong a few times this season. I’m guessing we’ll get some Carmen time soon. They keep digging.
The “following morning” we briefly see Scott and Dumbasses still looking for the Garden Shaft’s g-spot. Then we’re taken to the lab with, I guessed it, Carmen. Rick, Marty, and Craig are there. And Emma looks to be checking out Twitter or something. Let me just say, this whole “one day ago” is bull. Rick’s hair is longer and he has a lot more beard than he did “yesterday” afternoon. Carmen says the staple is used to help change the direction of rope and used with a pulley. The crew surmises this means the staple was used to get the boulders in the quadrilateral. Carmen says staples like that were used during medieval times. Clotworthy gives us a diatribe, but I tuned him out. Emma confirms the staple is old. Oh, and it seems she’s using Laird’s Microsoft account. Not cool, Emma. Miriam wouldn’t do that. Also, Prometheus forgot to blur out the date and time on the computer screen. Says 3:49pm. Morning my ass, Clotworthy. And another fucking commercial. I guess the commercials are good for people with overactive bladders. But, you can discover Gemtesa to help with your overactive bladder! Just it’ll give you every time else and likely kill you. Oh, and probably more bladder issues. But they’ll have a pill ready for that, too! Ahem…
We return to the lab. Clotworthy tells us it’s a medieval staple. Also, we are now to call the quadrilateral the “Great Quadrilateral”. I guess that’s an okay name for the hotel at the Treasure Zone.
“Later that afternoon”, we’re back out at the Garden Shaft. Scott failed to find the g-spot, so Rick and Craig have come out to help the Dumbasses probe for it. This obviously means were in for a big moment. A climax, if you will. We’re told that the g post was not found on the eastern wall. So they’re now going to look for it on the west. West sideee, baby. We get a little interview with Marty. He tells us that once they get to the bottom of the hole, they can start probing down and around to look for that g-spot. The Dumbass supervisor speculates that whoever first made the hole was in a rush. My experience with guys is that most are in a rush. This doesn’t surprise me one bit. Craig talks about his experience probing. Unfortunately, no g-spot found this week. And we’re not taken to “the next day” at the war room. I’m guessing this is where we’ll declare victory for the week. Time is running short. More head nodding? Let’s see!
The war room meeting is to get an update on the mysterious wall. Come to think of it, the wall reminds me more of that one from the end of the Shawshank Redemption. Only that wall had something valuable under one of its rocks. But, back to the meeting. We’re practically at all hands-on deck. Simple Jack is in his seat. You know he is revved up for this meeting after his tree discovery. Laird is asked to tell use more about the wall. He says it’s unique and we’re given a flashback of Laird, Miriam, and Alex digging up the wall a few weeks ago. Naturally, this whole scene was just to satisfy the thirsty Miriam-obsessed. Back in the war room, Craig gives us a date on the piece of charcoal found under the stone wall. The range is 1474-1638- Conveniently fitting into this week’s theory of Portuguese treasure. In fact, we’re told that “we know” Portuguese were in the area. I guess if it’s said on COI, it HAS to be true! Simple Jack can’t contain himself anymore and gives us a profound thought to think on for the rest of the week: people don’t build walls for no reason. Wow, Jack. Fucking wow. There’s an old saying that says it’s better to remain silent and appear stupid, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. Jack really should try that now and then. We’re given some more shit by NSCC Professor Doug about the Templars, and Rick says we need to keep an open mind until the facts say otherwise.
And that’s the show for this week. Thank Fucking God. I foolishly thought it would be fun to try this with JJ out. Fuck that. JJ, much respect to you. I don’t know how you do it. I’m amazed every week with your reviews/rants. After giving it a go myself, I’m even more perplexed how you get it done. But with that, I’m off to the 24-hour liquor store now. Peace!

Hi!! Anyone looking for company on foodtrips or longwalks. Im very kaladkarin and good at conversations. And maybe if the vibe is right, we could eventually have dates too. Any thoughts?
Something about me: - Im 5'8 - I was rated 5-8, but I guess it depends on preferences, jic you're curious - A senior pre-med student from one of the big 4 - I'm introverted, quiet, and shy at first, but all that changes once I get comfy - Im always kaladkarin, especially for foodtrips and longwalks. Im good company also for errands you might have.
Preferably something about you - It would be nice if you're around my age - +++ if you're also in the health allied field, so we could relate with each other, and maybe study together?? - It would be nice if you're around ubelt. I find that area walking distance to where I stay, so it's less of a hassle to meet. I can both pick you up and accompany you home
Let me know if you're interested by telling me something about yourself and what food place you want to try. And maybe we can exchange pics too. See ya!!

++ Arks of Omen Detachment (T'au Empire) [78 PL, 1,716pts, 4CP] ++
+ Configuration +
Arks of Omen Compulsory Type: Heavy Support
Battle Size [6CP]: 3. Strike Force (101-200 Total PL / 1001-2000 Points)
Detachment Command Cost
Game Type: 5. Chapter Approved: Arks of Omen
Sept Choice: Farsight Enclaves
+ HQ +
Commander Farsight [7 PL, 130pts, -1CP]: 6. Exemplar of the Mont'ka, Stratagem: Warlord Trait, Warlord
Commander in Enforcer Battlesuit [10 PL, 205pts, -1CP]: Novasurge Plasma Rifle, Plasma Rifle, Puretide Engram Neurochip, Shield Generator, Stratagem: Relic, T'au Flamer, Velocity Tracker
. 2x Shield Drone: 2x Shield Generator
+ Elites +
Crisis Bodyguards [10 PL, 225pts]
. Crisis Bodyguard Shas'ui: Plasma Rifle, Shield Generator, T'au Flamer
. Crisis Bodyguard Shas'vre: Alternating Fusion Blaster, Fusion Blaster, Fusion Blaster, Shield Generator
. 4x Shield Drone: 4x Shield Generator
Crisis Bodyguards [9 PL, 195pts]
. Crisis Bodyguard Shas'ui: Early Warning Override, T'au Flamer, T'au Flamer
. Crisis Bodyguard Shas'vre: Airbursting Fragmentation Projector, Burst Cannon, Cyclic Ion Blaster, DW-02 Advanced Burst Cannon
. 2x Gun Drone: 4x Pulse Carbine
. 2x Shield Drone: 2x Shield Generator
+ Fast Attack +
Tactical Drones [4 PL, 100pts]
. 10x Gun Drone: 20x Pulse Carbine
Tactical Drones [4 PL, 150pts]
. 10x Shield Drone: 10x Shield Generator
Tactical Drones [4 PL, 100pts]
. 10x Marker Drone: 10x Markerlight
+ Heavy Support +
Broadside Battlesuits [6 PL, 155pts]
. Broadside Shas'vre: 2x High-yield Missile Pod, Seeker Missile, Twin Smart Missile System
. 2x Missile Drone: 2x Missile Pod
Heavy Gun Drones [Legends] [9 PL, 156pts]
. 6x Heavy Gun Drone w/ BC & Markerlight: 6x Burst Cannon, 6x Markerlight
Riptide Battlesuit [15 PL, 300pts]: 2x Fusion Blaster, Early Warning Override, Ion Accelerator, Target Lock
. 2x Shielded Missile Drone: 2x Missile Pod, 2x Shield Generator
++ Total: [78 PL, 4CP, 1,716pts] ++

I have 3 systems that I use regularly but are aging badly. Have been debating which way to go for over a month now, so figured I'd post here to get others opinion on best route. I don't play anything crazy with my system, hardly game anymore even. Most games are stuff like factorio, satisfactory, wow, sons of forest, maybe diablo 4
Main: Ryzen 2700X, MSI X470, 2x16GB DDR4
Unraid: i3-4150, 4x8GB
ESXi: i5-2500, capped at 4x8GB
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First plan is to build a new main PC with i5-13600k($300), z690 ddr5 board($250ish), 2x16GB DDR5-6000($110ish), 850w PSU($150ish). I could then just shift the 2700X, board, ram and PSU to another case for my unraid and basically be set. And deal with upgrading my ESXi at a later date. Around $1000 total. https://pcpartpicker.com/useemraith/saved/BFwxgs
​ PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-13600K 3.5 GHz 14-Core Processor	$299.84 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 360 56.3 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler	Purchased For $0.00
Motherboard	MSI MAG Z690 TOMAHAWK WIFI ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	$259.99 @ B&H
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws S5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory	$114.99 @ Newegg
Case	Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case	Purchased For $0.00
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x (2021) 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$149.99 @ Corsair
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$824.81
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-28 23:37 EDT-0400

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Second option would be to do above for Main pc, but instead of using the 2700X as Unraid to use it as the ESXi. Build a new Unraid using a i5-13400($220)-would gain QuickSync capability for 4k hardware transcoding, basic z690 ddr4 board($180ish), use existing 2x16GB DDR4. ~$400 for Unraid. https://pcpartpicker.com/useemraith/saved/D9bLyc
PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-13400 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor	$219.99 @ Newegg
CPU Cooler	Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler	-
Motherboard	ASRock Z690 Steel Legend ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	$171.99 @ Newegg
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory	Purchased For $0.00
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 CL15 Memory	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Western Digital Red 4 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Western Digital Red 4 TB 3.5" 5400 RPM Internal Hard Drive	Purchased For $0.00
Storage	Seagate EXOS Enterprise 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive	$224.69 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate EXOS Enterprise 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive	$224.69 @ Amazon
Storage	Seagate EXOS Enterprise 14 TB 3.5" 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive	$224.69 @ Amazon
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro Tempered Glass ATX Full Tower Case	$139.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.99 @ Corsair
Custom	LSI LSI00194 PCI-Express 2.0 SATA / SAS 9211-8i Controller Card	$60.00
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1366.03
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-03-28 23:39 EDT-0400

ESXi with 2700X, existing X470 board, buy 4x16GB ddr4($150ish)-Want 64GB for ESXi, 750w PSU($100), $250ish for ESXi. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bGNsTn
Around $1600 total, but would have all 3 systems upgraded.
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Third option, replace 2700X with 5800X3D($300) for Main. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VYHcwc. Move 2700X to Unraid, buy Asus b550 ddr4 board($180), 2x16GB DDR4($80), 750w PSU($100). Deal with ESXi upgrade later. Cheapest option, around $700 total. https://pcpartpicker.com/list/hxzb3y
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Items in partpicker linked slightly vary from what I mentioned, still undecided on replacing PSU and cases or using existing. Also GPU is currently a nvidia 1070 but will be replacing with probably a 6750XT or 6800XT shortly. So not fully factoring those into costs above as they would be needed regardless of how I go, same for Peerless Assassin heatsink when needed
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Any help is greatly appreciated, I'm indecisive as hell and may just end up rotating out the parts on pcpartpicker for another 6 months, as I've basically been doing for a year now

While on vacation, my family and I were on our way to lunch when all of the sudden, my brakes started to lock up on my 2016 Jeep Wrangler. ABS and traction control light came on as well. I pulled over and shut off the Jeep. When I started it back up, the warning lights were gone, but the brakes seemed to be applied. As I pulled forward, they locked on harder. Had the Jeep towed to a local shop. Tech called and said my front left wheel speed sensor threw a code, but all 4 brakes were seized up. He said the fluid was black in the master cylinder, which was indicative of high heat. He thinks the high heat smoked the wheel speed sensor. Recommends all new pads, rotors, calipers, lines, master cylinder and front wheel speed sensors. Quoted me 3k. That seems super high to me, but I don't really know whether it is or not. The shop owner seemed to me like a really nice guy, and gave me another 10 percent off after talking to him, and it isn't like I can go anywhere else since I'm on vacation and need the car back. I can't even drive it to another shop if I wanted to. I guess I'm just asking the question to see if anyone thinks this is a fair price.

I am sorry. This is a long post, but I am just trying to give as much details as I can so that you guys can give me your opinions. Thank you to those who will take the time to read this post and give your opinion. I apologize in advance for any grammatical errors.
I (F/36) met my now ex-boyfriend (M/34 - we will call him James) on an app (not a dating app) at the start of the pandemic, March 2020. We started off as friends. Given that we were both in lock-down, we would text each other all day, all night and over the months, we grew closer (we started texting then slowly moved to phone calls). Please do not judge me, but even though we had not met in person yet, I started to really like him, the feeling was mutual for him. It felt like we had been friends for years, talking to each other was easy. We do not live in the same country (two different continents). When restrictions got looser, he met another girl (we will call her Donna - they started off as friends) and reconnected with his ex (we will call her Jennifer - they broke up two years prior to lock down, it really affected him).
He started spending a lot of time with Jennifer, spent his days with her and slept at her place, but said they were just friends. He mentioned that he was hoping that he could try again with her because he felt like he owed it to her (they broke up twice). At the same time, he also grew closer to Donna. But he would also tell me that he really liked me. We would talk everyday and he would tell me that he would love to meet me and see where things could go between us. He also said that the type of connection we had, he never had it before.
In September or October 2020 we stopped talking because things were just not working and he wanted to give it a try with Donna. I will admit it, I was crushed. I really liked him and our connection. We cut contact for several months but he called on my birthday, and we picked up right where we left off, The connection was even stronger. That night, we talked for hours on the phone. I learned that he and Jennifer, his ex, got together but it did not work. He also tried with Donna, they were not officially together, but things just did not work out because she was uncomfortable with the type of relationship he had with his ex, and if I remember correctly, she felt like his ex would not allow him to move on. Even though he was seeing Donna, he would spend time with Jennifer.
Over the next months, James and I grew closer and we started video calling - even though we had reconnected, I was still a bit active on dating apps. Our feelings for each other grew and we started talking about meeting in person. Given that it was getting serious (I know it is not a real relationship until we meet in person but we were really close and we really wanted to meet each other and see where things would take us) I basically told him that I wanted to give it a try and only focus on him, not meet new people or date until we meet, and if it does not work with him, we could just stay friends. I also told him that if he still wanted to meet or date other people until we meet, I was okay with it but I would be doing the same. I told him that it is not something that I am interested in doing and it would hurt a bit since I really like him, but if he was seeing other people I would too. We both agreed to just focus on each other and stop dating.
I decided to buy a plane ticket to meet him. At first, what I had decided to do was to spend a few days with him to see how we get along and then spend the rest of my trip in another country that I had always wanted to visit.
I have low self-esteem, I am insecure and always doubt myself, I always thought that once he sees me in person, he would not be interested. But I felt so strong about him that I decided to change my plane ticket and spend the whole trip with him and not go to the other country.
Because I did not have enough vacations left, I decided to do overtime at work. 1 month before my trip, I found out that he added as a friend this girl on his Facebook who had an account on an app and would wear sexy revealing clothes, act sexy and tease a bit- like Only Fans but not really. She was not naked. Her audience were pretty much thirsty men. I questioned him about it and told him that I was not comfortable with that, given what she does, and did not want to come see him (did I overreact?). We talked about it and at that time he told me that he does know her, he has never spoken to her or seen her in his life and does not know how she ended up on his Facebook. We worked it out and things were okay.
We finally met and it was great! I ended up spending the whole trip at his place and met his family (I had booked a hotel for 3 days and initially planned on staying there just to see how James and I got on but I ended up not staying there). We decided to make it official.
During my stay, his ex, Jennifer, called him quite a lot. She was aware of who I was and that I was visiting him. Also, a random number kept calling him and would also text him, telling him stuff like oh you have replaced me with another woman. Although I felt like his ex, Jennifer, was a bit too present, I invited them both to dinner and paid. One time she even called him crying because she was moving out of her place and it would be her last night in her apartment. While I was there, she asked him If he would help her move out, I told him I would help as well but then she said that they could do the moving after I was gone since he was spending time with me.
I decided to go back to visit him a second time 3 months later and that is when things started to change. One day, we were walking and he saw Donna but she did not see him. He immediately texted her telling her that he saw her. I got an uneasy feeling, I do not know how to describe it. When we got to his place, I saw at the top of a shelf a woman body spray, I asked him where he got it from, deep down I knew the answer, he said it belonged to Donna. He got it from her because it smelled nice and used it to spray his room to make it smell nice. We got into an argument and he called me by her name telling me that I was basically acting crazy, just like her. We made up and he explained that he called me by her name because we were just talking about her, but I had a gut feeling that there was more.
When James and Donna ended things, they remained friends, would text each other here and there, according to him, but nothing more. I was a bit uncomfortable with their friendship because of their history but also because of my insecurities, not going to lie.
That night I decided to go through his phone. I found messages between them. He told me that he was not meeting up with her but they did, they would sometimes eat lunch when he was in town, he would tell her oh I saw you when I passed by your work but you were hiding from me, or he would ask her what she was doing and she would say she was having a ladies night with her friends and he said he would come join her and she told him no it is only ladies (when asked him about him, he said he was only joking he was not gonna join her, he was just teasing her), one time, he texted her at 1AM asking her what she was doing and if she wanted to come chill with him and just have a smoke, she said no. He would often offer to do things with her and not the contrary. In one of the messages, he was telling her how he knew she missed his private part or something like that, he referred to his private part, and on one occasion he reminded her of the time they had s*x in the bushes in front of his house and she told him to not remind her of that (in a joking way) and he said never haha.... Those messages date back to when I got back from my first trip and I had already bought my second ticket.
I also found screenshots of that girl (her ass) he had added on Facebook, screenshot of a naked webcam girl, naked pictures of his ex, Jennifer, and a conversation of him and another person on an anonymous chat, where he had sent her a picture of his private part. I looked at the dates and all of them, pictures and screenshots, were taken while we were not officially together but when we said that we would only be focusing on each other. I was hurt. He said that he has deleted the pictures and screenshots and was not even aware that they were still on his phone (I found them on Google drive).
I understand that going through his phone was wrong but I did worse, not my proudest moment, I decided to text Donna from his phone. I introduced myself, I was very polite and so was she. I basically asked her what was going on between them and she assured me that there was nothing going on, they were just friends, and that it is me that he wanted since he basically picked me over her. She was nice and even offered to meet me up in person to talk about it. I thanked her for answering my questions and left it at that. The next day, I texted her again because I had one more question. When she found out that James and I were official it really affected her, she was hurt and she did not appreciate that he ignored her while I was there the first time because it is not what friends do, she also told him that even though I had met him before her she spent more time with him or something like that, but all it took is one week for him to decide to make me his girlfriend. She told him that she felt like he only used her and only wanted to be with her because he was waiting for me.
I learned that they slept together 3 weeks before my first trip and even got closer to each other but decided that it was not a good idea. I understand that at that time I had not met James in person but the fact that we both said that we were gonna wait to meet each other before trying with anyone else and the fact that I was emotionally invested in this made this whole thing bad.
We both agreed to not see other people, but he did and I did not, so I felt like he robbed me of an opportunity of meeting someone in my country and made me waste my time and money since he was not serious. He said that he did not meant to get close to her and knowing his luck, he was not sure I was really gonna come (when I changed my flight ticket I sent him a picture of the ticket and hotel reservation). I mentioned to him that I was scared of meeting and that knowing myself I would go to the airport but would end up changing my mind. Me saying that gave him the impression that I was not really gonna come to visit him. I was really scared that he was not gonna like me. He also said that he thought that I was seeing other people because I was sometimes sketchy. He said that he would never do what he did while we are together because 1) we have met and are official 2) he loves me and has never cheated on any of his girlfriends. He was always the one who got cheated on.
When he woke up, well I woke him up since I was leaving, I was ready to go back home. I confronted him and he said he did not do anything wrong. I packed my stuff and left for the train station. He met me at the train station and convinced me to stay. I would like to add that a couple of days before that day we had an argument, I cannot remember about what, but he was sick the night I arrived, we found out that he had COVID, his dad and I did a COVID test and I told him that if I do not have COVID I would go to another country to visit ( I had already planned on visiting that country during my trip and we talked about it) and come back because I did not want to risk catching COVID. I think we argued because he felt like I was being selfish and did not take into consideration his feelings. The arguments got pretty intense and I started packing my bags to leave his house and just go back home. We made up and I went to the other country for 3 days. His dad and I tested negative for COVID.
I agree that it was selfish to want to leave him like that while he was sick. I accept that it was immature to want to leave whenever we had arguments. I know that I have some issues that I need to work on.
After I found out about the texts and pictures and confronted him about them we talked. I told him that I wanted to end things with him because I did not think that I would be able to trust him once I got back home, and I would always be wondering if he was with someone else. We talked some more, I decided that I was gonna stay in a hotel because I did not want to face his family since I had told them that I was going back home since things with James were not working. I could not find a room so I went back to his place. The rest of the trip went well, i met more members of his family and decided to extend my trip of 3 more days since we got into so many arguments. Also, I told him that I felt like his ex, Donna, was not over him and because of that their friendship made me uncomfortable.
When I went back home, I was okay for the first 2 weeks but then started to not feel good, I did not trust him, I was in another country, I felt like he wanted to be with Donna. We talked about it he said he understood, that it was normal and it would take time for us to be okay again but we would be alright. Weeks passed and I was not doing okay, I told him I could not do it anymore and wanted things to stop. The breakup lasted 2 days (keep in mind that we are both in our 30s but sometimes react like teenagers. I am aware that I acted in an immature way on more than one occasion).
He informed me that when we broke up he reached out to Donna because he needed someone to talk to and she helped him since we got back together. I was hurt and I must admit I was insecure about their connection, I always felt like he was not over her and she was not over him.
Although we got back together I still did not feel good, I was not convinced that he was faithful to me, so I decided to do another dumb thing, I texted him from a fake number from his country (there is an app where you can get a foreign number and sent/receive messages). I basically pretended to be someone else, I was basically testing him. He did not do or say anything wrong. He just kept asking who I was. That same night, he told me about it and said that he did not know who it was but thought it was Donna. He asked her about it and she obviously said it was not her, but he said that he thought she was lying because the things that I was saying only she would know about it, he never thought it was me. He did ask me if it was me or maybe my sister but I acted like I did not know anything. He said that from that day he lost trust in her. She is someone he greatly appreciates.
She wanted to remain friends and so did he but he realised that it was toxic and because it could affect our relationship he said that he would once again cut contact with her. She told him that she was over him since she was seeing someone else, and kept repeating that they could still be friends since she was over him, he said that the fact that she was repeating she was over him made him think that she was not. I thought the same.
I told him that I would make an effort and try to be okay with their friendship, but for now I would not feel comfortable with them meeting. So he said that he would not text her but will answer her when she texted. They stopped talking and one night she texted him asking him to come pick her up, he went and while they were driving she touched his knee, and private part. She asked him to hold her hands since friends can hold hands, he did. When they were outside the car, she leaned towards him and kissed him on the lips, he said that as soon as she did that he backed away. It was during that night that she found out that James and I got back together.
She was really upset because she had no idea we were back together, she thought that he was still single and that is why she allowed herself to do what she did. She said that she just wanted to test him and see if they were still something going on between the two or if she was over him. According to her, the fact that nothing happened that night proved that she was over him. I do not understand that. James asked her if he had offered her to go back to his place to sleep together would she had done it, she said yes. So he told her that she was not over him or something like that. They got into an argument, he felt bad for hurting her and he cried. He told me about it and I was once again crushed, because he was depressed about the whole situation, he was crying and trying for a full day to reach out to her to resolve things so that they could leave things cordially. He wanted me to support him while he was supporting her and making sure she was alright.
They ended talking but things were not resolved. I asked him what he wanted from me and her? He kept asking me what I wanted, I wanted him to tell me exactly what he wanted and not to make a decision because he thought he would make me happy. He mentioned that he wanted to keep her as a friend and have me as a girlfriend. I told him that it was not fair of me to ask him to cut people he cares about out of his life but I would also have to make the best decision for me which was ending things with him because I was not comfortable. He said that he did not want to lose me so he was cutting her out. I asked him if he had romantic feelings for her, he said no, I asked what does he feel for her, he said he loves her like he loves his friends and family and he cares about her.
Obviously, things were not like before, so I decided to visit him a third time so that we could work things out. I was gonna stay a few days with him, then leave to visit my family in another country and come back to stay with him for 1 month and half or a month because we were planning on me moving to his country. So we wanted to first see how we would get along for that long period.
When I stayed there for a few days, a woman (we will call her Annie) who works for his family called him at 2 in the morning. I saw her name and I asked him to pick it up, at first he did not want to because we were sleeping, I insisted and asked him to answer or I would. He answered, she sounded drunk she asked him to come pick him up, he told her that we were sleeping. I was so upset, because I was already having doubts about their relationship because since he stopped talking to Donna he was spending more time with Annie and her kids. This was new since he never hung out with her or the kids. He said that he was hanging out with them so that he would have something to do and get out of the house. Anyway, after he told her that we were sleeping, he hung up and she texted him "really" or "wow", I cannot remember which. She called again, then called again an hour later. I was upset, we argued and I told him that we should just go pick her up. He said no. I asked him if anything happened between the two, he said no. I asked him if he ever went to pick her up late at night, he said no and that it was the first time that she had called him that late and she never asked him to come pick her up in the past. We argued some more and made up. The next day she apologised and said she could not remember what happened and could not remember how she got home. She told him to tell me that I had nothing to worry about. Later on, he said that he thinks that someone may have put something in her drink when she was out, she said she only had one or 2 drinks. But we are now not sure about that because she did other things.
I went to visit my family in another country and came back to stay with James. While he was sleeping, he received a Facebook notification from Donna telling him "I am gonna ask you one more time to leave me the f**k alone". I was boiling, I woke him up and asked him what was that about, he said he did not know why she was messaging him, I was fuming. He said he told me he did not know why she was messaging because he had just woken up and did not know what was happening. He said she answered that because he had messaged her because after getting stung by a bee, the doctor told him he could have died (turned out he is allergic, he got tested) and he wanted to leave things cordially with her, he regretted some of the things he told her (a couple of days after he picked her up late at night, they saw each other in town and got into a screaming match in public, she told him that she was using him for s*x, he also found out that she was talking to one of his friends, she told that friend that she was afraid to leave her house because James was stalking her, he promised me that he was not. Later on he told me that she said that his friend misunderstood what she said and that the two occasions she saw him outside her place she was already aware that he was there).
I once again decided to go through his phone while he was asleep. In his family chat there were messages between him, his brother and cousin. His cousin was asking him if we were gonna come to dinner since she needed to make reservation, then his brother asked if James was going to have all his ladies at the table, his cousin (who is friends with Annie) answered that she did not want any drama at dinner, his brother answered that he wanted to see the drama then James answered maybe he should invite Donna so that we could have a Mexican standoff. I was so hurt, I felt humiliating.
I thought they would only joke like that if something had happened between Annie and James. I decided to change my flight and go back home. 10 minutes before the cab was supposed to come, I woke him up and told him that I was leaving. He got angry, I showed him what I saw on his phone and him messaging Donna was just too much for me. He tried to stop me from leaving but I managed to get in the cab and left. My flight was booked and I was due to leave the next day, I booked a room at a hotel. James kept calling me and came to the airport, we talked and I decided to stay 3 more days to try to fix things. We ended up talking and fixing things. Instead of me staying 1 month (or one and a half) like I originally planned to, I stayed a week, i think. But we were only okay for a while. When I came back home my head was a mess. I did not feel good about my relationship with James.
I decided to once again pretend to be someone else. I texted him from a foreign number and pretended to be Donna, I asked him if he really loved, why did he pick me over her, if he still had feelings for Donna, basically trying to see if he regretted being with me and to see if he still thought of her. He told "Donna" that he would tell her everything that she wanted to know if they could meet up. Then he said that he was driving to her place. I did not want that to happen so i revealed it was me. He said he knew it was me all along and was giving me a taste of my own medicine since I like to play stupid games. He was now sure it was me the first time as well. I tried to deny it but ended up admitting. He asked me why I always try to sabotage our relationship by doing stuff like that. I told him not to come visit me. He had bought a plane ticket to spend the holidays with me. We made up again, but things were no longer like before.
He came to visit me but it was bad, we tried to make the most out of it but it was not like before. The spark was no longer there, I did not trust him, he did not trust me. We argued a lot while he came to visit me. One day, I was so upset, I left the house for the whole day and went to the bar at night (I do not really drink, a couple of times a year, but I was just so overwhelmed). I got drunk, we argued more, I threw stuff and tried to hit him. The neighbor called the police. I was so so so ashamed. I felt humiliated by my behavior and everything happening.
Two weeks after he left, we decided to end things, the break up was respectful. We both admitted our wrongs and apologize to the other. I told him that I would prefer to cut contact, he said he did not mind keeping in touch but I felt like it was best for me to cut contact for a while. I ended up texting him after 4-5 days, I asked him if we hated each other he said that he did not hate me, that he cares about me. I told him so do I. We were both trying to deal with the break up. We ended up talking every day for a month, we were not back together, we were just being there for the other.
Yesterday, he was not feeling well, he was thinking about the whole situation, and just feeling miserable. I cared about him and did not want to see him like this. I tried my best to cheer him up, kept texting him the whole day while I was at work. He was saying that he kept messing things up, that he keeps ruining his friendships and relationships. He said that I no longer worry a lot about him and that he felt like I no longer wanted to talk to him. When I feel like he does not talk a lot, I do the same, I pull out and become a bit cold but always say that I am okay (obviously I have communication issues). I told him that I felt like the way we were talking to each other felt like we were keeping each other company and that we were probably over the break up (I was not but I guess I was pretending to be over).
When he mentioned that he ruined some of his friendships, I asked him if he was referring to Donna. He started saying he would never again have the connection he had with both of us, Donna and I, and how Donna and I no longer worry about him. The way he was speaking about her made me feel like what I thought we had, a special connection, was not so special because he felt the same about her. That we were at the same level. James made me feel like I was the best thing that happened to him, he said many times, and according to him, the type of connection we had, he never had it with anyone else. But at the same time, I felt like I was competing with Donna.
The way that he was speaking of her made me feel like he wanted to try again with Donna, I wanted him to admit it, so I told him I had made my peace and that maybe she was the one that got away, maybe she was not over him and that with time things could work out between him and her. Sometimes, I truly feel like I would have been okay with them dating again, but what hurt me is that I feel like he made me waste time, energy and money (I spent a lot of money to be with him, he did not help pay for my tickets, the last time that I went to visit him, I asked him to help me pay the ticket, at least half of it, he said he would sent me money before I come, then said he would give me to me when I am there, because he did not work, I ended up telling him to just forget it since I knew he did not have a lot of money).
He then told me that the first time I texted him from a foreign number I led him to believe that it was Donna (I just pretended to be a random girl but I can understand why he thought it was Donna) and because of that he stopped trusting her and the fact that I did that worsen the situation between the two and broke their friendship. He thought that she was a liar but she was not. He also said that before I pretended to be someone else, he trusted me 100% but now he no longer knew what was real or fake because of what I did. So I caused him pain and hurt for nothing.
He finally admitted that he would want a friendship with Donna again or more, and see where things could go between them. He said he was not thinking about her while we were together and he only started thinking about her again when he found out I was the one pretending to be someone else. He said that before coming to visit, he knew I was gonna do something to mess things up. I told him that in his eyes she can't do no wrong and that his feelings for her were always there, they just resurfaced and that he always had something for her even when we were together.
I feel stupid and hurt. I know some of my actions, pretending to be someone else and going through his phone, were wrong and immature. I understand that what I did would cause him to lose trust in me. Trust me, I am ashamed of it. I feel like we both manipulated the other.
What are your opinions on our relationship? Did I overreact a lot? Were my reactions to some of the situations over the top? Am I responsible for our relationship not working? Do you guys think that even during our relationship he still had feelings for her?
I do not hate Donna, I do not think she is a bad person, I just thought that she was not over him and was not comfortable with that.
I do not trust Jennifer and Annie because I feel like they only used James when they need him.
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I'll be honest, I'm open to this going a lot of different directions: Relationship, fling, friend, FWB, one-nighter, open to all possibilities. Let's get to know each other see where things go before deciding. I don't like the idea of saying "well I'm only looking for sex" or "I only want a relationship" in advance. That's just so closed minded and unrealistic and doesn't let real chemistry develop like it would if we had met in person.
I am seeking someone intelligent, fun, curious and cool to spend time with and see where it goes. This can be for staying in and watching movies and ordering in, going out and trying new restaurants/bars, going on a fun weekend road trip together, or ditching work together one day and getting into trouble. Or who knows, maybe we just straight into the bedroom or shower and get crazy. No pressure either way.
Age gaps are fun and excitng. While its not an absolute requirement, I'm just sort of bored by women the same age as me. I can meet plenty of those IRL. What would be way more interesting is finding an 18-20F and be your older guy. But I'd also be open to finding someone older (45+) if you are cute and the chemistry is right.
Some requirements:

1. You must be 18+ (if you are exactly 18, move to the front of the line)
   
2. You must be in Chicago or nearby. I'm on the North Side. I'd prefer if you were too. But if you're close or in the near suburbs and mobile, maybe we can make it work
   
3. Be intelligent. Type in full sentences. Understand basic geography. Don't be a republican. Have interests other than just dogs and Taylor Swift. Nerdy/ambitious girls are cute to me. Also very into athletic or skinny girls.
   
4. Be willing to tell me your age and location in your first message. If you can't tell me those basics, I'm going to assume you aren't serious about meeting.
   
5. No dudes. Period. Don't ask.
   
6. Not really into large black women. I'm sure you are ovely people but I'm not attracted to that. Sorry, just my preference.
   

Look, I'm realistic and I understand women have 5 billion options online. We're all sick of dating apps, we're all lonely, and we're all craving a real connection. I know I won't get a ton of responses and half of them will suck. But I promise if you put some effort into this and give it a chance, I'll put in the same amount of effort..
Let's have some fun.

Hi, i've been thinking about getting a menu and I found Stand Regular. It's at the top of what I'm willing to pay but seems worth the money.
But I wanted to ask a few things from people who have some experience modding:
1.Is that a good choice? I don't need some options, mostly just making money(from missions, not by adding artificially) crash protections, teleport and other quality of life changes, i wouldn't be needing any griefing tools or anything that interferes with other players.
2.I understand it's an internal menu, running as part of the game. How can it avoid detection by Rockstar Launcher checking the game files? Won't it get me banned for just being there?
3.Is the site I'm looking at, stand.gg, legit?
4.Is there a way to see when a Rockstar employee is spectating me? As far as I know you can get banned by auto detection of cheated money/cars, by getting reported for cheating in a public session, or by an admin who decides to take a look at what you're doing and witnesses you cheating. Can the menu prevent or warn me about the last one?
5.Are menus like Stand fun to use for someone not amused by griefing and aimbotting? As in, are there some fun things to do not designed to ruin the fun of others?
Sorry if the questions are dumb, but I've only ever used Menyoo for singleplayer and Modest Menu before for a while so I don't know much about mods, and I don't want to waste money by rushing it. Any answers and opinions are appreciated, thanks!

I've just recently got back into Last Epoch, with the 0.9 patch that just released, and now multiplayer is a thing! I'm playing on my offline necromancer by myself, but let's make new toons together and play together!
I'm also playing Old World some, but have never played it with another person. Maybe we could, if you want?
Aside from that, I also play Hearthstone a lot. It used to be my favorite game ever but it sucks recently. I do play standard some, mainly shaman, priest, mage, and paladin. Would love to also play arena with someone, we watch and help each other like a 2 player co-op game. I'm pretty good at arena and now that there's a leaderboard it again it would be exciting to get on it. Unfortunately, my first few runs since they added the leaderboard went badly. I also recently got into Battlegrounds. I accidentally bought the battle pass on the EU server so that's the one I'm playing on and over 6k MMR now. A new BG patch is coming this week, adding buddies again (I've never played with them) so that's somewhat exciting.
Would also like to find someone to play Slay the Spire with too where we watch each other. I'm not sure about the co-op mod as I hear it sucks, but maybe. I've played it a lot and have beat Ascension 20 and then some with the Silent, been getting into the Defect some but don't play the other 2 classes at all. Would love to have someone to play this game with or show them the ropes.
And I play some other obscure titles like Thea 2, and Across the Obelisk. Would be nice to find somebody to play one of those with.
I would really love to find someone to introduce a new game to me in a genre I like. TCG, MMO, ARPG mainly. Really, I'm just looking for a friend to play with that is fun and we get along. That's all that really matters. Sucks playing alone every night.
MMORPG's I have played and enjoyed include Elder Scrolls Online, ArcheAge, Bless Unleashed, New World, and Wakfu. I have also tried out FFXIV, WoW, GW2, Lost Ark, and BDO, but never really got into any of these. If you know of any other good MMO's, let me know and maybe we can play it together.
ARPG's I have played and liked in the past include Path of Exile, Last Epoch, Diablo 3, Undecember, and Grim Dawn. I think I might be permanently done with playing PoE alone, but would like to try playing it with someone else, especially someone knew who I could teach everything to Diablo 4 looks lame.
A little about me: I'm 34 years old, live in the US in central time zone, and live alone with my 2 cats. I'm looking for friends to game with because I don't really have many. I'm online every night and usually gaming! I'm super friendly and talkative and looking for the same, and someone who has time to talk and to play. I'm also LGBTQ+ friendly in case that needs to be said. Also looking for people who have a sense of humor. I don't care about your age as long as we get along.
I pretty much game 24/7 when I'm not working or sleeping. I usually get home around 5 or 6 PM central time (sometimes earlier or later) and usually go to bed around 3 or 4 AM. You can add me on Discord: MeltedWater#9972 (Please don't message me here on Reddit, the messages aren't going through for some reason.)

We want out of the US, or at least out of the conservative Midwest, due to women's healthcare / rights, fear of gun crimes/school shootings, lack of cultural diversity, and generally having multiple laws being passed based on the religions of others.
About me: 32F with a master's degree in Information Systems from a well-known/highly ranked American university. I'm currently a director of technology strategy/product dev at a US-based company that has offices and remote employees all over the world and I work from home. I'm a US citizen, native English speaker, and I speak some French (probably B1-B2 proficiency but haven't taken a formal fluency exam).
About my husband: 35M former construction worker currently in school for software engineering and working part time from home. His field of interest post-graduation has zero opportunities where we live; the companies he's targeting have heavy presence in California, Quebec, and France. He is a US citizen and only speaks English but is open to learning another language.
About our family: we have kids ranging in age from 4 through 12 which is both our biggest motivator to leave this country and also our biggest hangup when it comes to how they might be affected by an out-of-country move, especially the older ones. All of the kids have been exposed to French only through me (I listen to music, podcasts, movies, etc. and speak to them in French sometimes). My 12-year-old is also in a high school level language course learning French and Spanish, and has a strong desire to learn German and possibly move to Germany someday.
About our finances: we earn about $300k USD per year currently (mostly my income). We have $160k in equity in our house. Only major debt other than the house is my student loans from my master's degree as I just finished it and obtained this salary in the last 12 months.
Other info - I have looked into immigration to Canada the most and think I'd be well qualified for Canada's express entry program, especially if I prove decent French fluency, but Quebec is separate which is where we ultimately want to target, I think, if we go that route. I have also submitted an "expression of interest" for Quebec but no luck so far. Any thoughts on our best bet would be helpful. Also, should my husband finish his schooling before we move, or is it better for him to attend school in our destination area/country?

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org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.throwables.MixinTransformerError: An unexpected critical error was encountered

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins([MixinProcessor.java:392](https://MixinProcessor.java:392)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClass([MixinTransformer.java:250](https://MixinTransformer.java:250)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.service.modlauncher.MixinTransformationHandler.processClass([MixinTransformationHandler.java:131](https://MixinTransformationHandler.java:131)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.launch.MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.processClass([MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:131](https://MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:131)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.serviceapi.ILaunchPluginService.processClassWithFlags([ILaunchPluginService.java:156](https://ILaunchPluginService.java:156)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:10.0.8+10.0.8+main.0ef7e830\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.offerClassNodeToPlugins([LaunchPluginHandler.java:88](https://LaunchPluginHandler.java:88)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform([ClassTransformer.java:120](https://ClassTransformer.java:120)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.maybeTransformClassBytes([TransformingClassLoader.java:50](https://TransformingClassLoader.java:50)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.readerToClass([ModuleClassLoader.java:113](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:113)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.lambda$findClass$15([ModuleClassLoader.java:219](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:219)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.loadFromModule([ModuleClassLoader.java:229](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:229)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.findClass([ModuleClassLoader.java:219](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:219)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass([ModuleClassLoader.java:135](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:135)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass([ClassLoader.java:520](https://ClassLoader.java:520)) \~\[?:?\] {} at net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderType.([RenderType.java:100](https://RenderType.java:100)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontTexture.([FontTexture.java:29](https://FontTexture.java:29)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontSet.m\_232556\_([FontSet.java:163](https://FontSet.java:163)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.glyphs.SpecialGlyphs.m\_213604\_([SpecialGlyphs.java:53](https://SpecialGlyphs.java:53)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontSet.m\_95071\_([FontSet.java:53](https://FontSet.java:53)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontManager.m\_95009\_([FontManager.java:45](https://FontManager.java:45)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.Util.m\_137469\_([Util.java:358](https://Util.java:358)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontManager.([FontManager.java:45](https://FontManager.java:45)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.([Minecraft.java:486](https://Minecraft.java:486)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A} at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main([Main.java:169](https://Main.java:169)) \~\[1.19.4-forge-45.0.29.jar:?\] {re:classloading,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A} at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) \~\[?:?\] {} at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77](https://NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)) \~\[?:?\] {} at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43](https://DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke([Method.java:568](https://Method.java:568)) \~\[?:?\] {} at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.targets.CommonClientLaunchHandler.lambda$launchService$0([CommonClientLaunchHandler.java:27](https://CommonClientLaunchHandler.java:27)) \~\[fmlloader-1.19.4-45.0.29.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.launch([LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:30](https://LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:30)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch([LaunchServiceHandler.java:53](https://LaunchServiceHandler.java:53)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch([LaunchServiceHandler.java:71](https://LaunchServiceHandler.java:71)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at [cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run](https://cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run)([Launcher.java:106](https://Launcher.java:106)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main([Launcher.java:77](https://Launcher.java:77)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.BootstrapLaunchConsumer.accept([BootstrapLaunchConsumer.java:26](https://BootstrapLaunchConsumer.java:26)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.BootstrapLaunchConsumer.accept([BootstrapLaunchConsumer.java:23](https://BootstrapLaunchConsumer.java:23)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.bootstraplauncher.BootstrapLauncher.main([BootstrapLauncher.java:141](https://BootstrapLauncher.java:141)) \~\[bootstraplauncher-1.1.2.jar:?\] {} 

Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.throwables.MixinApplyError: Mixin [puzzleslib.common.mixins.json:client.ItemRendererMixin] from phase [DEFAULT] in config [puzzleslib.common.mixins.json] FAILED during APPLY

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.handleMixinError([MixinProcessor.java:636](https://MixinProcessor.java:636)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.handleMixinApplyError([MixinProcessor.java:588](https://MixinProcessor.java:588)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins([MixinProcessor.java:379](https://MixinProcessor.java:379)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} ... 36 more 

Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.throwables.InvalidMixinException: Unexpecteded ClassMetadataNotFoundException whilst transforming the mixin class: [MAIN Applicator Phase -> puzzleslib.common.mixins.json:client.ItemRendererMixin -> Apply Methods -> (Lnet/minecraft/client/resources/model/BakedModel;Lnet/minecraft/world/item/ItemStack;Lnet/minecraft/client/rendereblock/model/ItemTransforms$TransformType;)Lnet/minecraft/client/resources/model/BakedModel;:localvar$zzb000$puzzleslib$render -> Transform LVT -> var=transformType -> desc=Lnet/minecraft/client/rendereblock/model/ItemTransforms$TransformType;]

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTargetContext.transformMethod([MixinTargetContext.java:491](https://MixinTargetContext.java:491)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyNormalMethod([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:532](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:532)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyMethods([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:518](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:518)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyMixin([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:386](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:386)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.apply([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:325](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:325)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.TargetClassContext.apply([TargetClassContext.java:383](https://TargetClassContext.java:383)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.TargetClassContext.applyMixins([TargetClassContext.java:365](https://TargetClassContext.java:365)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins([MixinProcessor.java:363](https://MixinProcessor.java:363)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} ... 36 more 

Caused by: org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.throwables.ClassMetadataNotFoundException: net.minecraft.client.renderer.block.model.ItemTransforms$TransformType

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTargetContext.transformSingleDescriptor([MixinTargetContext.java:983](https://MixinTargetContext.java:983)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTargetContext.transformSingleDescriptor([MixinTargetContext.java:943](https://MixinTargetContext.java:943)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTargetContext.transformLVT([MixinTargetContext.java:544](https://MixinTargetContext.java:544)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTargetContext.transformMethod([MixinTargetContext.java:450](https://MixinTargetContext.java:450)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyNormalMethod([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:532](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:532)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyMethods([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:518](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:518)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.applyMixin([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:386](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:386)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinApplicatorStandard.apply([MixinApplicatorStandard.java:325](https://MixinApplicatorStandard.java:325)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.TargetClassContext.apply([TargetClassContext.java:383](https://TargetClassContext.java:383)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.TargetClassContext.applyMixins([TargetClassContext.java:365](https://TargetClassContext.java:365)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins([MixinProcessor.java:363](https://MixinProcessor.java:363)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} ... 36 more 

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A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Thread: Render thread
Stacktrace:

at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinProcessor.applyMixins([MixinProcessor.java:392](https://MixinProcessor.java:392)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.transformer.MixinTransformer.transformClass([MixinTransformer.java:250](https://MixinTransformer.java:250)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.service.modlauncher.MixinTransformationHandler.processClass([MixinTransformationHandler.java:131](https://MixinTransformationHandler.java:131)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at org.spongepowered.asm.launch.MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.processClass([MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:131](https://MixinLaunchPluginLegacy.java:131)) \~\[mixin-0.8.5.jar:0.8.5+Jenkins-b310.git-155314e6e91465dad727e621a569906a410cd6f4\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.serviceapi.ILaunchPluginService.processClassWithFlags([ILaunchPluginService.java:156](https://ILaunchPluginService.java:156)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:10.0.8+10.0.8+main.0ef7e830\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchPluginHandler.offerClassNodeToPlugins([LaunchPluginHandler.java:88](https://LaunchPluginHandler.java:88)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.ClassTransformer.transform([ClassTransformer.java:120](https://ClassTransformer.java:120)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.TransformingClassLoader.maybeTransformClassBytes([TransformingClassLoader.java:50](https://TransformingClassLoader.java:50)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.readerToClass([ModuleClassLoader.java:113](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:113)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.lambda$findClass$15([ModuleClassLoader.java:219](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:219)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.loadFromModule([ModuleClassLoader.java:229](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:229)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.findClass([ModuleClassLoader.java:219](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:219)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.cl.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass([ModuleClassLoader.java:135](https://ModuleClassLoader.java:135)) \~\[securejarhandler-2.1.6.jar:?\] {} at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass([ClassLoader.java:520](https://ClassLoader.java:520)) \~\[?:?\] {} at net.minecraft.client.renderer.RenderType.([RenderType.java:100](https://RenderType.java:100)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontTexture.([FontTexture.java:29](https://FontTexture.java:29)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontSet.m\_232556\_([FontSet.java:163](https://FontSet.java:163)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.glyphs.SpecialGlyphs.m\_213604\_([SpecialGlyphs.java:53](https://SpecialGlyphs.java:53)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontSet.m\_95071\_([FontSet.java:53](https://FontSet.java:53)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontManager.m\_95009\_([FontManager.java:45](https://FontManager.java:45)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.Util.m\_137469\_([Util.java:358](https://Util.java:358)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.gui.font.FontManager.([FontManager.java:45](https://FontManager.java:45)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:classloading} at net.minecraft.client.Minecraft.([Minecraft.java:486](https://Minecraft.java:486)) \~\[client-1.19.4-20230314.122934-srg.jar%23216!/:?\] {re:mixin,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A,re:classloading,pl:accesstransformer:B,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A} 

-- Initialization --
Details:

Modules: ADVAPI32.dll:Advanced Windows 32 Base API:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation COMCTL32.dll:User Experience Controls Library:6.10 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation CRYPT32.dll:Crypto API32:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation CRYPTBASE.dll:Base cryptographic API DLL:10.0.19041.546 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation CRYPTSP.dll:Cryptographic Service Provider API:10.0.19041.546 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation ColorAdapterClient.dll:Microsoft Color Adapter Client:10.0.19041.546 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation CoreMessaging.dll:Microsoft CoreMessaging Dll:10.0.19041.2193:Microsoft Corporation CoreUIComponents.dll:Microsoft Core UI Components Dll:10.0.19041.546:Microsoft Corporation DBGHELP.DLL:Windows Image Helper:10.0.19041.867 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation DEVOBJ.dll:Device Information Set DLL:10.0.19041.1620 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation DNSAPI.dll:DNS Client API DLL:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation GDI32.dll:GDI Client DLL:10.0.19041.2130 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation GLU32.dll:OpenGL Utility Library DLL:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation IMM32.DLL:Multi-User Windows IMM32 API Client DLL:10.0.19041.2673 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation IPHLPAPI.DLL:IP Helper API:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation KERNEL32.DLL:Windows NT BASE API Client DLL:10.0.19041.1741 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation KERNELBASE.dll:Windows NT BASE API Client DLL:10.0.19041.1741 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation MMDevApi.dll:MMDevice API:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation MSCTF.dll:MSCTF Server DLL:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation MpOav.dll:IOfficeAntiVirus Module:4.18.2302.7 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation NLAapi.dll:Network Location Awareness 2:10.0.19041.2193 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation NSI.dll:NSI User-mode interface DLL:10.0.19041.610 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation NTASN1.dll:Microsoft ASN.1 API:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation Ole32.dll:Microsoft OLE for Windows:10.0.19041.1320 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation OleAut32.dll:OLEAUT32.DLL:10.0.19041.985 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation Oleacc.dll:Active Accessibility Core Component:7.2.19041.746 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation OpenAL.dll:Main implementation library:1.21.1: PROPSYS.dll:Microsoft Property System:7.0.19041.1708 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation PSAPI.DLL:Process Status Helper:10.0.19041.546 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation Pdh.dll:Windows Performance Data Helper DLL:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation RPCRT4.dll:Remote Procedure Call Runtime:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation SHCORE.dll:SHCORE:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation SHELL32.dll:Windows Shell Common Dll:10.0.19041.964 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation UMPDC.dll USER32.dll:Multi-User Windows USER API Client DLL:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation USERENV.dll:Userenv:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation VCRUNTIME140.dll:Microsoft® C Runtime Library:14.29.30139.0 built by: vcwrkspc:Microsoft Corporation VERSION.dll:Version Checking and File Installation Libraries:10.0.19041.546 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation WINHTTP.dll:Windows HTTP Services:10.0.19041.2075 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation WINMM.dll:MCI API DLL:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation WS2\_32.dll:Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL:10.0.19041.1081 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation WSOCK32.dll:Windows Socket 32-Bit DLL:10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800):Microsoft Corporation Wldp.dll:Windows Lockdown Policy:10.0.19041.1 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at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main([Main.java:169](https://Main.java:169)) \~\[1.19.4-forge-45.0.29.jar:?\] {re:classloading,pl:runtimedistcleaner:A} at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) \~\[?:?\] {} at jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77](https://NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:77)) \~\[?:?\] {} at jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke([DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43](https://DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)) \~\[?:?\] {} at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke([Method.java:568](https://Method.java:568)) \~\[?:?\] {} at net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.targets.CommonClientLaunchHandler.lambda$launchService$0([CommonClientLaunchHandler.java:27](https://CommonClientLaunchHandler.java:27)) \~\[fmlloader-1.19.4-45.0.29.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.launch([LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:30](https://LaunchServiceHandlerDecorator.java:30)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch([LaunchServiceHandler.java:53](https://LaunchServiceHandler.java:53)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.LaunchServiceHandler.launch([LaunchServiceHandler.java:71](https://LaunchServiceHandler.java:71)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at [cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run](https://cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.run)([Launcher.java:106](https://Launcher.java:106)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.Launcher.main([Launcher.java:77](https://Launcher.java:77)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.BootstrapLaunchConsumer.accept([BootstrapLaunchConsumer.java:26](https://BootstrapLaunchConsumer.java:26)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.modlauncher.BootstrapLaunchConsumer.accept([BootstrapLaunchConsumer.java:23](https://BootstrapLaunchConsumer.java:23)) \~\[modlauncher-10.0.8.jar:?\] {} at cpw.mods.bootstraplauncher.BootstrapLauncher.main([BootstrapLauncher.java:141](https://BootstrapLauncher.java:141)) \~\[bootstraplauncher-1.1.2.jar:?\] {} 

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Amsterdam has warned rowdy British sex and drug tourists to "Stay away".
A digital discouragement campaign targeting men aged 18 to 35 in the UK is being pushed out by the Dutch city's council.
The message is uncompromising - a long weekend in Amsterdam may create the wrong kind of memories, the escapism you crave in the renowned party capital could result in inescapable convictions.
Brits can find return flights to Amsterdam for £50.
Amsterdam is one of the world's most visited cities.
Deputy Mayor Sofyan Mbarki said Amsterdam was already taking more management measures than other large cities in Europe.

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Are the feelings mutual?
I’m a 22 year old male, interested in a woman the same age as me. We met through my mom. We’re boarding horses and she’s training them. My mom told her I just got out of the Navy so I’m new to the area and don’t have any friends. She offered. We hung out once away from the house. She comes over everyday to train the horses, and we smoke. I asked her to go mini golfing and she agreed. But I didn’t know if she knew I had romantic intent. A few days later we were hanging out and she was having problems with her boyfriend who she’s been with for 4 months. I didn’t know she had a boyfriend when I initially asked her to minigolf. After hearing their problems off and on that day, the next day I clarified to her I meant for mini golf to be a date and I didn’t know she was in a relationship when I asked her. She basically told me she’s interested but she’s still involved with the other guy and it wouldn’t be fair to me. I think at least… is what she said. Then the next day we’re talking through text and I’ll quote the conversation verbatim. Me: “Do you like stargazing?” Her: “Yesss!!” Me: “Okay good, we should do that some night :)” Her: “Okay :))” Me: “I think the trampoline would be an awesome place to do it. But I don’t wanna be anywhere near the house when we do hahaha. So how’s a good scenic overlook sound?” Her: “I know a few!” Me: “I was counting on it 😉😂” Her: “Hahaha” Me: “Mini golf, dinner, sunset, then stargazing? Lol just kidding” Her: “Why jk?” Me: “Sounds kinda like a date lol” Her: “Kinda 😂” Me: “Okay a bit more than kinda haha” Her: “You have it all planned out huh 😆” Me: “Just kidding about just kidding? 😅😂 That edible kicked in I’m very high now 😂. “ Her: “Im the only person you have met here. How do you know you like me?” Me: “You’re goal driven, confident, and attractive. Watching you work with the horses I’ve seen it first hand. You know what you want and you can handle whatever comes your way. I may not know many people in the area but I know these are qualities I really like. And when they’re all packaged up into you… well it’s kind of hard to resist” Her: “Goodnight my name! Sleep well!” Me: “You too her name”
So that seems like it went well right? But then today I saw she was still texting her man. And she had a big smile on her face. And it hurt… Where do I stand?

Lets sit back, kick up & pat our dicks & tits for making it to 50 episodes!

The guys and gal answer some questions about themselves and the show and Dusty gets pretty drunk near the end. hahah

Trivia
- I am a real American https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX_k5_egUAo
-Mark claims he was bored and drunk and wrote down answers in advance...but we all know he wasn't drunk at all. hahaha
-The Table Layout : Mark sits in the middle, Steven to the left, Vanessa to the right, Dusty across, Matt to his left, Cory to the right.
-Steven's mom's mini van is gold. She's our biggest fan btw.
-Steven, Matt & Cory All work together. -Steven somehow lost his computer and hadn't told his employer.
-At the time of the recording, their key demographic were people in their twenties. Now we're all sour in our thirties, hooo raaay!!!
-California and Texas are where most of their USA listeners reside
-A juggalette once followed them on facebook.
-These are the guys Favorite Mystery Science Theatre 3000 show runners. Steven is a Mike guy. Dusty is a Mike guy. Matt is a Mike guy. Mark is a Mike guy. Vanessa is undecided. GOD DAMN IT WOMAN. Microsoft Rory is a Joel guy for robot reasons. Cory hasn't watched enough to care.
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-The following is the casts fav serial killer Steven: H.H Holmes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes Dusty: Lady Gaga in American Horror Story https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Gaga Vanessa: Jeffrey Dahmer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dahmer Rory: Ted Bundy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy Matt: Robert Durst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Durst
-A serial killer may have eaten one of Engineer Rory's relatives
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-Steven looks like a bag of cream gravy with a beautiful golden wig on top -Dusty looks like Ben Gibbard, but with a beard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Gibbard -Cory looks like Abe Lincoln/Amish Cool guy -Mark looks the same as Cory, but has more Mustache than Beard -Vanessa looks like a wrinkly baby, with teeth that are all different shapes
-A guy once approached Cory and inquired if he wanted to get into commercials. Do it, where I am from, a gig like that paaaaaaays.
-Dusty talks about Sweet Dee being in the Fifth Wave, but she isn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_5th_Wave_(film))
-At this point, the Tim Allen ep was their favorite -Any ep thats about to be posted is usually their unfavorite for insecure reasons.
-The guys played a year and a half of path finder before getting into DND Next, aka 5e
-Matt is insecure about over using Microsoft Sam. But I think it's our favorite NPC
-Jedwyn is a clawhammer guy
-Steven hates playing Jedwyn, as a Warlock is too simple. He's right; powerful but bland/not versatile.
-Steven played a tiefling Alchemist named "Oppenheimer" in a previous campaign -Vanessa once played as "Hagetha Crumbwell" a Witch, during the text/paper games.
-Cory has restarted fallout 4, five times. He likes character building
-Fumbles has been through all the rotating DM's stories. -When Matt first met Dusty, he thought his high pitched Character voice was his real voice.
-Everyone but Matt and Rory went to high school together. Steven met Rory and Matt at the place Steven works at.
-They record on Thursdays at this point.
-Dusty was too drunk to say "Heeeeey" when his Name comes up during the recording. -Dusty texted Cory, who will be our next DM, his character, and it's been approved.
-At the time of this recording, Mark's dad cut his hair off and trimmed his beard. The crew is shocked.
-Jose asks a question. That's Dusty's friend. You might know him, Mr season 5. They did invite him to play before but schedules never met up.
-Carl 7 runs off Crow oil
-Dusty wears boxers -Steven & Cory are boxer briefs -Vanessa goes commando
-Dusty played DnD in middle school and nearly got kicked out for it. It was a conservative school that thought he was playing with black magic. smh, lol
-Cory writes his campaigns like plays with options
-Rory still doesn't know how to play DnD at this point.
-Rory's fav Matt diss is the "suicide by cop" joke, which was made by Dusty.
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Quotes
"Keep up the good work! If you keep listening, you'll get a prize" - Dusty to us the listeners
"I drive a 2010 Toyota Pussy Magnet" - Mark
"Wait, Rory doesn't work for us?! But me and Matt see him all the time at the job with the other guys" - Dusty, trying to be confusing
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"Mark, Can you pull out your spreadsheet of our fans ages please" - Dusty, going back to a classic
"Btw, if you ever liked us on Facebook, Cory knows where you live..." - Mark
"But everytime, these people would take this certain course in college, they would text me, "DUDE!!! ONE OF YOUR REALATIVES WITH YOUR LAST NAME IS LISTED AS A VICTIM FOR GACY" - Rory
"I pretty much look like a homeless man, with a beard, but with a hipster nazi youth cut" - Dusty, LoooooooL
"Vanessa looks like that movie star if that movie star smoked cigarettes' since she was an infant" - Dusty
"And we fuel that depression by each privately texting Matt to say, 'you're a horrible person', we're not your friend' " - Dusty, when Matt gets depressed after they record
"I will admit that I did spend more than 30 seconds trying to print something from a turned off Printer" - Steven, being technologically impaired
"Dusty gets everywhere" - Danielle Kay "That's true, my cum stream is quite wide" - Dusty
"I play lawful good in real life! It's getting old!" - Dusty
"A character that can break a grapple while still getting another action, throws a sword more than an improvised weapon and one shot a character...." - A sour Steven on what would be a controversial thing amongst the group and that one dick that rated the show negatively because of it.
"Could you use some kind of wind magic to propel a boat?" - Dusty to Cory, about what's possible in Cory's campaign
"What ends up happening is that I focus on something over there and I'll be thinking, ah shit maybe I should do this, or this, or this and then I try to get back into it but i'm already fucking lost" - Rory, on what he thinks the guys do.

Like Roymus99, I currently have the XR Elite, Quest Pro, Quest 2, and HP Reverb G2 Valve Index sharing my VR space.
I got my XRE around 11am and took a half day off to enjoy being able to finally have something that can replace my ageing Index with wired PCVR 7 hours later, I can't believe how garbage this thing is. It's embarrassingly bad. (I can't discount that it sounds like about half of you doing reviews so far have had super smooth experiences. Which, to me, only serves to highlight how awful the XRE is when the experience is so wildly inconsistent among early adopters.)
Unless shit suddenly gets real simple this evening, this fucker is probably going back to HTC tomorrow. I'm so, so, so very disappointed.

1. It's been 7 hours, and I STILL haven't been able to connect it for PCVR - it can't do the ONE thing I needed it to do...replace my Valve Index. I've gone through so many iterations of stuff to try I've lost track...but right now?
   
   • Vive Streaming Hub open on the PC.
   • USB-C connected. Headset paired by QR code
   • Note: Getting that far took 2 hours to figure out. There's a frame presented in your view that you would THINK is where the QR should go just like in every other QR code-recognizing UI element in the last 10 years. Nope. Get Closer. Bigger. No. Closer than that. No, still closer! It FINALLY registered when the XRE was 7" from my monitor, filled my ENTIRE view and the QR-code framing UI element was easily a good 2' behind my monitor. The QR was reasily 2x the size of the 'framing' bracket by the time it actually recognized it.)
   • Put the XRE on, connect it to the computer that it paired to.
   • Vive Streaming Hub says "Vive Business Streaming App Not Found" in red.
   • Search in the Vive Store for 'streami' to get any and all apps for streaming. 2 show up, neither one is the Vive Business Streaming App.
   • Find the Vive Business Streaming App manually in the store. There is no INSTALL, only NOTIFY ME - so, pick that. Receive an email 2 minutes later - "Thank you for your interest in the Vive Business Streaming App".
   • At this point, I have no clue how to connect this thing to SteamVR via USB. I'm stumped.
   • "Just download and install VIVE Streaming on your PC, then connect your VIVE XR Elite. It's that simple." !>"The Test Results Say...That Was A Lie!"
   • I the last hour, I did finally get it to connect to SteamVR - but not using the USB cable...it defaulted to wifi and I had no say in the matter. WTH!
2. I found the hand tracking is frighteningly bad.
   
   • It randomly decides to alternate between Scroll Up And Down and Click. With terrible accuracy, at that. To the point that I'm legitimately scared to have the Store open, lest I make an accidental $20 random game purchase.
   • When it is a little bit stable, the slightest motion of my hand to click something frequently moves my 'click' off the UI element I'm trying to click. Consistently. I do not have this issue with Hand Tracking on either the Quest 2 or the Quest Pro.
   • When setting a boundary with hand tracking, I was just spinning a simple circle in my office chair in the middle of the room, holding my hand in one place, and the hand tracking lost its freaking MIND and drew a square box that extended about 20'/9m out over my driveway, 15' above the ground, then re-centered me.
   • Getting recentered meant that the Menu was now 15' away, and there's no intuitive locomotion in the Home Space with hand tracking
3. The controllers feel like supersized versions of the cheapest Amazon-Knockoff controllers you get with one of those $20 "Insert your Cellphone for the Google Cardboard Experience" HMDs.
   
   • Quest2 Controller with KiwiDesigns "extended knuckles" cover, AA battery, and silicone ring protector: 245g
   • Valve Index Knuckle Controller: 193g
   • Quest Pro Controller: 168g
   • XR Elite Controller: 145g - in addition to being 15% lighter than the next lightest controller, it feels plastic and hollow, and the plastic feels brittle. If you're concerned about dropping your Knuckles because you might break an internal switch - imagine being concerned about breaking the tracking ring right off your controller...
   • Fortunately the controllers are so ridiculously light (compared to the others that all feel substantial with a nice comfortable heft) that you should probably have time to reach up and kick on the pass-through then still have plenty of time to go get a drink, help your kids with their homework, wander back into the room and gently catch it with a free hand as before it reaches the ground after slowly drifting down to the floor slower than a week old helium balloon.
   • Once I got SteamVR up and working (by wifi, not wired), one of the controllers was way off. 45 degrees or more. Consistently. /sigh
4. It's actually not especially comfortable.
   
   • Despite having pancake lenses and an adjustable diopter, the sweet spot is fucking TINY, so I have to crank the knob on the back down to mash my face into the gasket to have enough grip hold the damn thing in place. Like, WAY more than the other three HMDs I have. By a LOT.
   • The manual slider for IPD won't stay set at 70 like the Index or Quest Pro. It keeps getting pushed back toward center (down to about 66) and this gives me a huge headache pretty quickly.
   • The fan noise. Holy jesus fuuuck the fan noise. Know how challenging games spin up your GPU fans to turbine level? Yeah, quite a bit like that, but on your face.
   • No normal headphone jack, and I didn't see a USB to Headphone adapter in the box, so you're stuck listening to that fan noise no matter what.

It's been a very long day fighting with this stupid thing...I'm beat, and SO disappointed.

The have a quirky belief about wearing helmets at all times. But other than that, are they that different from other post diaspora mandalorians?
To me, they just seem like run of the mill Mandalorian mercenaries. If anything, they may be even more honorable because they follow some kind of code versus just chasing the money
Like what exactly about what they do, other than their masks, is that different than other Mandalorian groups that exist during the reign of the empire?

Hey everyone, It's PrincessTaker again Well I am being bullied again.... because of my voice When I play with Friends on Play Station 4 but every time a new person come into the party, they hear my voice, and they think I'm 12 years old I really don't want to tell them my real age I really don't like saying my Real age but when I do.....The person who hears me tell me "You don't sound like your real age you still sound like 12 years old" Well that's why I don't say my real age because no one believes me so AITJ for not saying my Real age?

Tasi

The Tasi grow naturally from fungus that grows in semi-dry areas, as the Tasi grow to their juvenile state they wander and until they find another creature, the Tasi then begin to follow and copy parts of that creature's appearance and personality until the Tasi grows to a state it can develop its' own. The Tasi are a strange aspect of modern society as they are largely harmless and vulnerable in their juvenile state so people often temporarily adopt them while they mature.
Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2 and one different ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Age. Tasi reach maturity after one year and live between 20 to 30 years .
Size. Tasi vary widely in height and build, from barely 4 feet to well over 7 feet tall. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium or Small (your choice).
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvanian.
Shroom Morphing. As an action, you can change your appearance into a different form of Tasi. This allows you to change your basic appearance, body type, and sex. This feature also allows you to change your size between Medium or Small. You will always look like a Tasi when you use this feature, you can just change the type of Tasi you look like.
When you reach 5th level you can also use this feature to change your appearance to that of a medium, small, or tiny beast of CR 1 or lower. You retain your statistics while transformed in this way but gain the appearance and size of the beast. If any damage is dealt to you while transformed in this way you revert back to your normal form. While transformed in this way your beast form has notable mushrooms growing along its body. Once you use this feature to transform into a beast you cannot do so again until you finish a short or long rest.
Toxin Connoisseur. You are resistant to Poison damage and have advantage on saving throws against poison. In addition, you cannot consume normal food and must instead consume rotting or decomposing food or raw plant matter to gain nourishment. You do not suffer any ill-effects from consuming rotting or decomposing food in this way.
Lasting Impression. When you gain this feature choose any combination of two weapons, skills, tools, or instruments. You gain proficiency in the chosen weapons, skills, tools, or instruments.
Photokinesis. You learn and can cast the Druidcraft and Speak with Plants spells at will. Wisdom is your spellcasting ability for these spells.
Hydrophobic. If you start your turn submerged in water you take 5 Acid damage. If a spell or other effect would bring you in contact with 1 liter or more of water you take 5 Acid damage when you first come in contact with the water. Rain does not affect you in this way as the mushroom cap on your head protects you from it.
If you are granted a swimming speed or the ability to breathe water this feature does not affect you so long as you have that swimming speed or ability to breathe water.

Sinshi

The Sinshi were created originally to conquer the world so as to give unity, they very much succeeded in this goal as in less than the span of 100 years they were able to create a nation and destroy all opposition to their empire. While once the Sinshi were the conquerors of the world and feared everywhere they now serve a far more subdued role in society as their natural strength and fighting ability is no longer needed in the now unified modern world, so now Sinshi are often placed in manual labor jobs and most commonly become the thugs of gangs or join the police force.
Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2 and one different ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Age. Sinshi reach maturity after 14 years and live between 40 to 50 years .
Size. Sinshi are often well over 6 or 7 feet tall, sometimes ranging into the 8 or 9 foot range. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium.
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvanian.
Amphibious. You can breathe both air and water, and you have a swimming speed equal to half your walking speed.
Warfare Training. You gain proficiency in three simple or martial weapons of your choice. You also gain one Fighting Style of your choice from the Fighter list.
Thick Hide. You can use Strength rather than Dexterity for calculating your armor class while wearing medium, light, or no armor.
Powerful Jaws. You have a powerful bite which you can use to make unarmed strikes. Your bite does 1d6 Piercing damage on a hit rather than the bludgeoning damage normal from an unarmed strike.
Powerful Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

Grays

The grays are a species created after the Arcana Wars meant by the god that created them to become advisors to powerful leaders so that such atrocities do not occur again. For most of the world's life since the Arcana Wars the grays have filled the roles of craftsman and inventors, as they have an innate talent for gathering and applying information so they excel in many roles that require a high degree of skill and practice. In the modern day the grays are most commonly of higher class due to their skills being fundamentally needed to keep much of the modern world running. Additionally, due to grays having substantially subdued emotions they are often misunderstood and misinterpreted along with being stereotyped as completely emotionless and robotic.
Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2 and one different ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Age. Grays reach maturity at the age of 17 but rarely live past 50 years .
Size. Grays follow the same range of height as Humans. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium or Small (Choose when you gain this race).
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvanian.
Mind Like a Steel Trap. You can accurately recall anything you have seen or heard within the last month. You always know what time it is and which direction is north.
Knowledge Applied. Whenever you make an attack roll, ability check, or saving throw you can use your reaction to add your Intelligence modifier to the roll. You can choose to use this ability after you roll but before the DM declares whether you succeed or fail. You can use this ability a number of times equal to your Proficiency bonus, regaining expended uses on a long rest.
Gray Psionics. You know the encode thoughts cantrip
Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Detect Magic spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Borrowed Knowledge spell with it. Once you cast Detect Magic or Borrowed Knowledge with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race). None of these spells require spell components when you cast them with this trait.

Covasi

The Covasi are one of the oldest surviving humanoid species, created to obtain and store knowledge so as to better prepare the other people in the world. During the Arcana Wars the Covasi had actually sided with the Seiki clan as they otherwise risked the destruction of their society. With the shame of aligning with the genocidal clan still prevalent in the Covasi's reputation even in the modern day, they are often ridiculed and shunned from larger society but are not entirely removed as their massive well of knowledge and experience is far too valuable for modern society to completely outcast them.
Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2 and one different ability score of your choice increases by 1.
Age. Covasi reach maturity at the age of 20 and can live up to 100 years .
Size. Covasi follow the same range of height as Humans. Regardless of your position in that range, your size is Medium or Small (Choose when you gain this race).
Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet
Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Elvanian.
Amphibious. You can breathe both air and water, and you have a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.
True Mind Archive. Over the course of 10 minutes you can connect to the True Mind Archive. While you are connected to the archive you are blind and deaf to your own surroundings and you are considered incapacitated. While connected to the archive you can communicate with other creatures who have this trait telepathically across any distance so long as they are also connected to the archive.
Additionally, stored within the True Mind Archive is a vast wealth of knowledge supplied by other Covasi. While connected to the archive you can attempt to search the archive for information like it was a physical library. Consider the time it would take you to find information halved while searching for it within the True Mind Archive. You may also place or remove information you know into the True Mind Archive including your own memories and any memory crystals you are in contact with while you are connected to the True Mind Archive.
Darkvision. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can't discern color in darkness, only shades of grey.
Covasi Psionics. You know the message cantrip
Starting at 3rd level, you can cast the Detect Thoughts spell with this trait. Starting at 5th level, you can also cast the Sending spell with it. Once you cast Detect Thoughts or Sending with this trait, you can’t cast that spell with it again until you finish a long rest. You can also cast either of those spells using any spell slots you have of the appropriate level.
Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells when you cast them with this trait (choose when you select this race). None of these spells require spell components when you cast them with this trait.

GTA Online is Rockstar's incredibly popular cash cow that has been keeping gamers busy since 2013. Although the game should be relatively mature at this stage in its life, it still has plenty of flaws, such as horrendous loading times. These loading time issues have annoyed countless players, and now one player has tracked down the root issue to improve performance.
GTA V fan T0ST recently picked up GTA Online again to finish some new heists that have come out since he last played, but he was "shocked (/s) to discover that it still loads just as slow as the day it was released 7 years ago." With some grit, determination, and perhaps even some spite, T0ST decided it was "time to get to the bottom of this."
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In the process of digging into GTA Online, T0ST had to do due diligence and research to make sure no one else figured out the problem. Once it was established that no one had, he ran some benchmarks on his PC with an aging FX-8350 CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GPU, 16GB of DDR3, and a "cheap-o" Kingston SSD. Though these parts may be old, they should be plenty to get GTA Online off the ground in decent time, but that is not what happened. According to the data in the blog post, T0ST got into the story mode in approximately one minute and ten seconds, whereas it took nearly six minutes to get into online mode. After some polling, it appears that many other users are having the same issue . What could be happening here?
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Using the task manager, T0ST found that his CPU was being eaten for around four minutes during GTA Online's load process. Perhaps it was just a bottleneck happening on his CPU alone, but that would not make much sense. To track down the issue, T0ST went to dump the running processes' stack, showing where the offending process is happening in RAM. This information, acquired through Luke Stackwalker, gave T0ST a place to look for whatever was causing issues.
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After falling down the rabbit hole of trying to track down where the memory pointed, it all started to come together through assembly code reading and obfuscation. Evidently, when loading into GTA Online, a whopping 10MB worth of JSON is being parsed. It seems that it is data for something called "net shop catalog," which is likely just all the things purchasable in GTA Online using in-game currency.
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Why this parsing takes so long is due to a function used called sscanf, which, in this instance, can be loosely equated to reading Romeo and Juliet by reading one word, then rereading the play, and then jumping back to the next word in the play. Furthermore, there is another bad programming issue just beside sscanf, which goes through the entire list of JSON entries in an array, one by one, and checks to see if there are duplicates by comparing a unique ID assigned to each item called a hash. Ultimately, it is a lot of extra and unnecessary work that slows down everything.
To solve this issue, T0ST decided to write a .dll (Dynamic Linked Library) and inject it into GTA so that sscanf is effectively streamlined. Also, rather than running duplication checks, they can just be skipped as items inserted into the storage array will always be unique, as was set up during the parsing effort. Once T0ST injected the DLL into GTA with both issues fixed, he saw his load times go from around six minutes down to a solid approximate two minutes.
As T0ST explains, this "won't solve everyone's load times - there might be other bottlenecks on different systems, but it's such a gaping hole that I have no idea how R* has missed it all these years." Ultimately, Rockstar needs to dig into this issue to save all GTA Online players headaches during loading. If you want to see what T0ST did exactly, you can check out his GitHub here and see what is going on. In any case, perhaps we will soon get an official statement from the development company, so keep an eye on HotHardware for updates.