As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a Canoo investor. To me, being a Canoo investor was better than being the President of the United States. Even before I first stumbled upon their stock ticker for an after-hours trade, I knew I wanted to be a part of them. It was there that I knew I belonged. To me, it meant being somebody in the stock market that was full of nobodies. They weren't like any other investors. I mean, they did whatever they wanted. They kept buying Canoo shares despite the price taking more hits than a piñata at a children's birthday party. And nobody ever gave them a ticket for their unwavering belief.
At first, my friends and family loved that I found this exciting investment opportunity. They thought I was a financial genius. They always said I had an eye for the next big thing. And they were thrilled when they heard about Canoo's grand plans to revolutionize the car industry. It was the answer to their prayers.
I was the luckiest investor in the world. I could go anywhere. I could buy anything. I knew the stock market, and the stock market knew me. But it wasn't too long before my loved ones changed their minds. For them, Canoo was supposed to be a small investment, but for me, it became an obsession. People like my parents could never understand, but I was part of something bigger. I belonged to the Canoo community. I was treated like a Wall Street wizard. Every day I was learning to predict the market. My parents were always worried. They were worried that I'd lose all my hard-earned money. They were worried that I'd fall for a scam. They were worried that Canoo was just a bunch of hot air. But no matter how many warnings they gave me, I wouldn't listen. I didn't care. No matter how risky the investment seemed, I believed in the Canoo magic.
That was it. No more sensible investments. No more diversifying my portfolio. In fact, no more listening to conventional financial advice. How could I turn my back on Canoo after experiencing the thrill of being part of something so daring and unconventional?
Hundreds of investors depended on Canoo, and they kept buying more shares no matter the setbacks. It was like a rollercoaster ride, except the only direction it went was down. But still, they held on tight, believing that one day Canoo would soar to the skies. All they got from Canoo was endless promises of a brighter future. That's what it's all about. That's what the skeptics can never understand, that being a Canoo investor is about embracing the risk and supporting a vision that others may doubt. They're like the daredevils of the stock market.
People looked at me differently. They knew I was a Canoo investor. I didn't have to wait in line at the brokerage firm anymore for investment advice. The brokers knew who I was with, and they'd come from around their desks, no matter how many clients were waiting. I was taken care of first. Our neighbors didn't question my financial choices anymore, even though they didn't quite understand it. At twenty, I was making more investment decisions than most of the grownups in the neighborhood. I had more canoo than I could keep track of. I had it all. One day some of the investors from the community shared their stock picks with me. It was out of respect.

Using 12”x12” hydrofarm Dutch buckets for tomatoes (dwarf varieties) and peppers. Should I stick with 1 plant per pot or can I squeeze in 2?

I have this terrible headache from crying so fucking hard now. You're on my mind, constantly. I've been in overdrive, trying to put pieces together, trying to make it make sense. You've been cold. You've been sharp tongued with your cold responses. Never malicious or hateful, but distant and contradicting. You want to keep me around... but why? Because I'm your friend, right? Friends don't treat each other the way you treat me. Yet still, when we are together, you have my full attention. I am 100% present. When I give you my warmth, my affection, my actions, and words of kindness or love of any form, I NEVER take it back.
I feel like I've been on a roller coaster. I was told I have your love and then told I don't. I was told there are possibilities and then told there aren't. I was told you want to help me heal, you're invested in me, then told you can't be my hero. I didn't ask you to be. I was told I'm important to you, then you acted like that's a general thing and there's a lot of people who are... I'm not special. I was told you had feelings for me, and now, nothing. We took it a step further, but now you want to act like an acquaintance; but still do grand gestures for me that average friends don't do... but boyfriends do. And even that particular gesture, I expect you to later say it wasn't for me but for yourself.
You are trying so hard to hide and fight what's naturally going on inside you. You're compensating to a point where you are breaking my heart and pushing me away. You aren't being true to yourself, and by default, you aren't being true to me. And I don't know how many more hours I can sit with you while you take away everything with every little cold comment. Do you ever say "I'm sorry"? Or is that just as hard to do as "I love you". Maybe you think I don't deserve either. Or maybe you'd be faking it, right?
Please stop! 🙏 I'm begging you, please! I want to scream at you to just fucking be warm and stay warm. Mirror me if you have to. But when you choose to be cold, tell me why! Whatever it is you're going through, I will sit with you and be present. I always am Vent to me, tell me everything that's going on in you, don't hold back. Don't talk in riddles. Just be direct and tell me.
I care about you, deeply. So please, please don't toy with my feelings! 😭

Basics

This is for a novel I am writing. I have no idea how to write a battle scene, well I do kind of. I just always play D&D with my husband to do the battle and write from there. So everything in this game will be my intellectual property for my novel. But to thank everyone, you will all be listed in the credits at the back of the book. I'll reach out to you on discord at that time to get the name you want to be thanked under. This also could make way for more games in the future. I am halfway through book one and decided the prologue's will all show the evil Gods backstory, the moment that will happen in this war, where my Villain ie my PC will slaughter a whole bunch of powerful Gods, then be told how powerful of a warrior he is by one of the level 9 Gods, a God he has looked up to all his life, is the setting point for what makes him who he is now. So just be warned, that scene will come. You are free to play your characters as they see fit, the only thing I ask is you look up different native american names or words to name your characters. That is the general language I am using to name these Gods. I'm writing the first prologue of seven prologues for my seven book epic high fantasy novel where the evil chaotic God, Asgahni (cherokee for evil according to https://www.cherokeedictionary.net/). The naming conventions and the words sound so regal to me, and what I imagine for Gods. Also, since so many American place names come from Indigenous words, I feel they're easier to pronounce.
Lots of homebrew radiant powered weapons will be homebrewed into your inventory, so you'll need to be able to add yourself to my campaign on D&D Beyond. We will be playing on Roll20 and talking on Discord during the game and talking on Discord prior to the game. I'm looking for experienced players (played in a minimum of five battle heavy games before, preferably have been playing regular for a year or more). This is not a 20 person party, this is twenty characters split between two teams and fighting against each other, I will be playing my character [level 6] whose back story it is, plus I will be adding a really high powered player on his team for the story. If anyone backed It's Tough to be a God on kickstarter, those are the rules we will be using to build these characters off of. Since I'm assuming most people do not have the book, I will be editing a lot of your pages to power you up to God level.

Recording

The entire session will be recorded so I can write the prologue later, this recording will go nowhere beyond me! So if you are not comfortable being recorded, do not apply. But just keep in mind, I will be the only one who ever hears this recording. Players my ask for it if they want, they will only be given it if every player decides they are comfortable with that. Screen recording of the roll20 screen will be taking place as well as voice recording.

Races

• Aarakocra
• Bugbear
• Centaur
• Changeling
• Dwarf (hill, mountain, and duergar)
• Elf (high, wood, eladrin, pallid, dark/drow, sea, shar-kai)
• Firbolg
• Genasi (air, earth,wind, fire, honestly if you have a homebrewed version of this you'd like to use, just show it to me cause I'd be down to get some more versions of this in my game)
• Gnome (rock, forest, deep)
• Goblin
• Goliath
• Hal-elf (regular, drow, aquatic, high, wood)
• Half-orc
• Halfling (lightfoot, stout, ghostwise)
• hobgoblin
• human
• kenku
• Kobold (but like we'll be fighting in the sun, so probably a bad choice if you want to actually play and not be blinded)
• lineages (hexblood only one allowed for this game)
• Lizardfolk
• Minotaur
• Orc
• Satyr
• Shifter
• Tabaxi
• Tiefling (normal, variant feral, variant)(I also have a homebrew half tiefling I made as a subclass for barbarian for one of my players if you want to add that to any other race also, you can stylize the character exactly as you see fit, horns, tail, cloven feet, whatever you want as long as it looks badass)
• Tortle
• Triton
• Yuan-ti

But! If you have something you really want to be (besides warforged) bring it up to me and we'll discuss. This is just all I own that I'm willing to have be in this game.

Classes

The only non normal one I have is Blood Hunter, which I'll definitely allow, I've never seen it in action, I only ask that if you choose it (since we're at level 20) that you either find some time to familiarize yourself with it or that you have played it before for more than three sessions. If you have another class I've never heard of and want to play, just bring it up to me and we'll discuss it.

Abilities

No need to roll abilities, they all start off at certain levels depending on the book, but there is some room for play. At least three stats will be set at a certain point depending on the book, and then you'll discuss how you want to roll play to set the other three somewhere between 14&22.

God Levels

There are levels one through ten. I'm looking for a mix of levels 6 through eight, with one or two level nines. These will influence your stats and powers. But in a war, not everyone is evenly matched. Since I know everyone is going to probably want to play the higher characters, it will be on a first come first serve basis. But hey, even if you don't get to play as a higher level God, you're still playing in a war amongst Gods, as a God. That doesn't come along very often.

Backgrounds

You're all going to have the same background- that you were raised as a God amongst massive wealth, everyone will roll a d20 though to decide how many worshipers they have in this world. All of you were raised in a world where throughout childhood you were taught many different things Gods need to know, like how to create humanoids, and how to create landscapes like mountains and seas.

What are you a God of?

That's up to you! Everything except for war is on the table. But, also, first come first serve.

The World

Welcome to Eria Asomia. It is the oldest planet in the Casideous Nebule. It is filled with every type of feature included in earth as well as most fantasy things. It's beautiful. The climate is based off of earths climate. I'm almost done with the map (my book is set on the planet a family of Gods-my character I'm playing- fled to to escape the war and its aftermath as my characters older brother started the war to overthrow his father as the extreme God, then everyone picked sides). This is a high technology world. Think like the ideas of technology in the Jetsons but with a modern polish on it. Great big gleaming metallic airships in every color. The whole entire world is a communist society enforced by the Gods. The people have never known different, so they are happy how it is. These people are like extremely, weirdly, happy. And the Gods are now letting them be slaughtered as battle springs up all around their homes. So the humanoids are at shock over everything going on. One or two might run into the battle field, what you do with that is up to you. There will be no judgement for any evil or good actions, this is war!

Dying

If you die, before the break at two hours, you can rebuild your character and during break I can populate it with the right stats and magic items and you can rejoin. If we end up going into a second session, and you died during the second half of the first session, you can make a new character and I can do the same thing. I want everyone to be able to enjoy this as I will, despite the fact that I will be taking detailed notes.

Blood & Gore

Topics that this game will include:

• blood
• broken bones
• gore and guts
• possession
• natural disasters
• war

Topics this game will not include:

• sex of any kind
• romance of any kind
• rape/sexual assault
• suicide
• mental illness (other than sociopathy, that's on the table)
• homophobia (in this world there are all types of genders, and men, women, non-binary, gender fluid, etc. can all give birth, from any type of gender)
• prostitution, slavery, trafficking,
• genocide
• xenophobia, racism

To Apply

Fill out this APPLICATION and message me on discord at KieraJacque#7621 with the completed application. Talk to you all soon!

So, you’re at your house during the apocalypse of 1979 where the world has gone to shit, and your mom wants you to come visit her. Luckily, you have your work cut out for you! There’s a massive road right in front of your house that should take you directly to her, but who knows how long that will take? You must prepare for the wasteland to make it to your mom’s house. In this survival guide I’ll show you how to survive The Long Drive, so put on your seatbelt!

Preparation

Step 1: Personal protection

Before you begin your journey, you must bring supplies. I’m sure you’ve looked around and seen the mess that is your home, which can be a bit overwhelming. The first thing I would do is get a weapon. There are killer bunnies and zombie mutant things out there that want your organs, so you need some protection. Luckily, this is America.
First option: The moment you enter the garage, you'll see a wooden gun on the desk to your left. This is the BB gun; a single-shot gun that shoots tiny BBs. Not the most effective, but ammo is plentiful. I would only use that as a last resort.
Second option: go outside to the back of the house and go up the stairs. Across the room, you’ll see a katana. It’s a great weapon and will kill everything in one or two swings. A few issues with that though: 1, you need to get close to your enemies, which can be quite dangerous. 2, swinging that blade of death around can be hazardous in tight spaces since you could accidentally hit something explosive or break the nice base you built on your vehicle. Still a viable option, but not the best one to start with.
Third and final option: The old revolver. Like most American citizens, you have a gun hidden in your chimney. It’s a bit tricky to get to, but the more you do it, the easier it gets. Near your bed, there’s an old stove thing. Behind that is a brick pillar. If you stand on your bed and look at the space between the stove and the pillar, you’ll see a tiny trapdoor. Open it, and squeeze your way into the gap. Now you must be a bit careful since you can get stuck in the chimney. Press “Q” or whatever your lean key bind is, and move your mouse to the side while looking down. Once you see the revolver, grab it and move your mouse back quickly.
Now there are two possible outcomes: 1, you made it out with the gun. 2, you didn’t move fast enough and got stuck in the chimney. If you got the first one, skip this paragraph. If you got the second, I’m sorry you need to read this. To get unstuck, you need to do exactly what you did to get in there. Precise crouch with the scroll wheel, and lean out of the trapdoor. It might take a bit, but it’s better than pointing the revolver at your head.
The revolver is a great starting weapon, as it can one-hit most of the time. You only get 6 shots until you find ammo, so it’s good to have a backup.

Step 2: Vehicular maintenance

Now that you’re armed, you can start working on your vehicle. The first thing you should do is find the gas cap. Once you find it, take a look at what’s already in it. If it’s just gasoline, you got a good car, and you can just put some gas in it. (Gas can is located under the bench to the left of the door you use to enter the garage) If it has gas AND oil, then you have a tricky one. Not all two-stroke cars are bad, (I’m talking about the camper van-looking thing, or the pickup truck one) but most are. They’re a pain in the ass. You need to have a mixture of 95% gasoline, and 5% oil. (Oil can be found on top/in a barrel straight across from the door you use to enter the garage.) I highly recommend looking for a different engine on your journey that has a spot for the oil. Lastly, the tank could have diesel in it. If it does, you got lucky. Diesel is, in my opinion, the best fuel in the game. (PRO TIP: If you’re not satisfied with the vehicle you got, return to the main menu, wait 10 minutes, and then start a new game. The vehicle you get changes every 10 minutes.)
Gasoline is much more abundant than diesel, but not as efficient. As a bonus, there’s a barrel of diesel in the basement, so you start with more diesel than gasoline.
Once you’re fueled up, make sure you put oil in the engine, if you have a gas/diesel engine. Lift the hood and open the oil cap! Next, find the radiator. It’s a metal plate right in front of the engine. If your vehicle doesn’t have a radiator, that means it’s air-cooled. Fill the radiator up with water, which can be found in the sink, or barrels/jerry cans all over the house (even outside!) Next, you need to take care of your tires. Since the garage is already really cramped, I recommend driving your car outside. Don’t forget to engage the parking brake (space) and turn the engine off! (“I” for ignition) Once you’re out there, remove the hubcaps from the wheels so that you can take them off. Next, remove the wheels. Once you have the wheels removed, take off the rubber tires. I like to put them all in one place, so I can make sure they’re all in the same condition. Depending on what vehicle you have, you can use the spare tires from the garage, if they’re in better condition. Use sponges or Jizz-O-Nit to make the tires squeaky clean! Do NOT use a wire brush. It will worsen the condition of the tires. Make sure to keep them all in the same condition, or it will decrease driving performance! Finally, re-assemble the wheels.
Any spare cleaning tools can be used to make the vehicle look a bit nicer. If your car has any removable seats, you should get rid of ‘em. Every bit of space helps. If you’re using a gasoline engine, you can still bring the barrel of diesel just in case. You might decide to upgrade to one of the IFV variants or the bus! Food-wise, I only bring meat. It’s the best food in the game. Lots of meat can be found in the attic. Next, fill up as many containers as you can with water. Gotta stay hydrated! PRO TIP: Don’t fill barrels up all the way; you won’t be able to move them! Lastly, you can grab anything you want to bring with you on the trip. It’s gonna be a long one! Now, you’re ready to begin THE LONG DRIVE!

The Long Drive

Navigation

Unless you plan on leaving the road (which I don’t recommend,) it’s easy to stay on track. Just make sure the powerline poles are on the right side of the road. Rocks and trees can spawn on the road, so pay attention! A collision won’t be fatal the first time, but crashing a second time while there’s still blood on the dashboard will be. Cacti will break on impact, but sometimes it registers as a collision, so don’t take that chance. If you happen to see an interesting building that’s far from the road, try and use a compass. The best method is to point the compass at the place you want to go and set the arrow to point in the opposite direction (behind you.) If you don’t have a compass, try and keep the road in sight.

Looting

If you’re like me, you’ll want to take every item you find. That’s fine, but always prioritize the safety of yourself, your car, and your Rubber Wife or other companions. Only take meat, unless you’re desperate. Remember, they’re the best food source! If you need to boost your health, drink some alcohol or blood. Blood is preferable because alcohol makes you thirsty. Always grab fuel and water; you can never have too much! If you need a new weapon, the legendary AK is the best choice. It has high ammo capacity, and it’s full auto. (It also one-hits!) If you find a shovel or a metal detector, grab ‘em. They can help you find items buried in the sand. Sunglasses don’t just look cool, they reduce glare from that damn sun. Try and keep your vehicle balanced, otherwise, you’ll lose control!

Grand theft auto

If you have a shitty car, or you’re just sick of the one you have, stealing a car is the best option for you! There are only a few cars that can only be found in the wild:

• The bus - This vehicle has two variants; one main section, or two sections connected. The latter of the two is fun, but a bit harder to operate. The bus has lots of space for storage, and has an amazing diesel engine!
• The IFV - This truck has 3 variants, which all use the same diesel engine. For now, I’ll be talking about the pickup variant. As you might have guessed, this one has a big wooden bed for storage. To the left of the driver’s seat, there’s a lever that can be used to raise/lower the bed, like a dump truck! (Note: the engine has to be on for it to work.)
• The IFV (tanker variant) - This one has a giant fuel tank instead of a truck bed. It can hold 3000 liters of any fluid. (Yes, even piss.) This tank usually has fluids in it when you find it, which can be anything (gas, diesel, oil, water, blood, piss, and alcohol.) This tank has a few neat features. The faucet on the side can be positioned right over the IFV’s fuel tank, for easy refuel! (Don’t try it while moving.) On the top, there’s a big opening that allows you to refill it almost instantly. Just make sure to close it when you’re done; it will spill!
• The IFV (military variant) - This is a personal favorite of mine. The bed of the truck is replaced with a metal tent-looking thing. Sometimes it has all of the flaps and doors, sometimes it doesn’t. The back has an opening that can have a door, so you can get inside. A small panel on the roof can be removed, letting in that beautiful sun. The flaps on the side can open and close too. Above the passenger seat, there’s a “turret hole” thing. It opens, and you can press “E” to get out/stand on the roof of the cabin. This is exclusive to the military variant.
• The car carrier - remember that two-stroke car carrier I mentioned earlier? Yeah, this is it. It can hold a small car pretty well, but the physics lock doesn’t work so it can fall off. It’s also really hard to get a car on there in the first place, but it looks cool when you do! This vehicle is great for transporting a custom car that you’re working on.
• The Plymouth Fury - This thing is a force of nature. It’s the fastest (and coolest) vehicle in the game. Not the most fuel-efficient, but the abundance of gasoline makes up for it. This is the rarest car in the game. It has two possible color schemes: a gold and black one, and a silver one. This car can also have tinted windows. One of the few downsides to this vehicle is the radio. It has one, but it only plays AM stations. Besides that, this car is the fastest, and one of the most stable, vehicles in the game.

Conclusion

Finally, we reach the end. It’s been fun folks, but now you’re ready to see your mom. Take care, and have fun!

As we greet the new week, the Big Jeff Audio team is hard at work preparing for our next Big Sound by Big Jeff Podcast. This Thursday June 1st at 7:30pm ET we have another show filled with audio industry stars. Our guests of the night will be John Schneid with Dynamic Sales Marketing, a representative of Kicker, Soundstream, and Dynamat. We also welcome members of the DS18 team, including Sales Rep Jason Martin, “Mr. DS18” Rob Ferro, and Owner of the company Sasha Susterman.
Sasha started DS18 with his father in their garage in hopes to supply local shops with their products. His father Alberto told him “One day we are going to be a national brand.” Though Sasha wasn’t convinced at the time he soon knew DS18 could make huge waves in the audio industry. Today, the company provides equipment all over the world and has factories in Korea, Brazil, and China. From that first amplifier they have expanded their product line to over 200 high quality audio products. Now, the owner and some of his team will talk with Big Jeff about their journey and what’s next for the rapidly growing company.
Jason Martin is a territory manager for DS18 and is charged with maximizing growth with distributors and exploring new business opportunities in his territory. Jason has been involved in the audio world for many years but got his start in the automotive industry first distributing accessories like shift knobs, pedals, and muffler tips in 2000. From there he worked for various audio distributors before joining DS18 in 2016.
Our third guest from DS18 is Mr. DS18 himself Rob Ferro. Rob is the public image for the brand and can be found on many of the social media posts, PR and car shows for DS18. He found his passion for car audio as a teen; when he got his first car, he saved his money to install two 12” subwoofers. Now at DS18, Rob helps the company with research and development by keeping up with customers and trends.
DS18 is working on some exciting new product lines in the power sports space. They will be made available for some of the most popular powersports vehicles including Slingshot, SXS/RZR CANAM, Bronco 6th gen, and some new Jeep applications. “… Honestly I can’t explain how excited I could be!” said Ferro about the new releases.
We will discuss all this and more with our guests and give away some cool equipment. Watch the show on any of the Big Jeff Audio social media accounts to see if you can win. We are thrilled to have members of the DS18 team join us for our next Big Sound podcast this Thursday, June 1st. See you all there!

I get the title might be a bit dramatic, but it's hard to explain it while making it concise.
I live in a block of flats with an underground, gated car park for residents. There's an owner of a particular vehicle (think Italian grand tourer style vehicle, but on a budget) who does all of the following. Hopefully it paints a picture of why so many of us want him to face some form of consequence:
- Parks in allocated bays that other people pay for
- Parks in disabled bays
- Parks in as many as four spaces at once
- Tailgates other residents because he doesn't always have a valid permit/keycard
The amount of times the driver is in a new space, and *isn't* doing one of the above has never happened in the 3 years I've seen them. Complained to management, but they're as useless as a chocolate teapot, so I did some investigating.
*Turns out the dude doesn't have road tax.* He uses the car daily, illegally. So now, reminding this driver that owning a moderately fancy car doesn't put them above everyone else is the goal - and I'm convinced the road tax is how to do it.
Management say it's a police issue (even though it's in the permit conditions that vehicles must be taxed, and they gave him one anyway). Police say it's a DVLA issue. DVLA say they can't enter premises because they are not the police. Moreover the DVLA need to send out a resource to confirm it, I'm not sure my own photo evidence of the car on the road is enough. It's a game of people passing the buck.
Does anyone have any advice for this? The car park has the exact amount of spaces required for the exact amount of flats, so it's not like this is victimless. Thank you!

I’m playing quite a lot of civ 6 lately, but each time I’m catching myself just completely narrowing down my focus unconsciously, rushing towards one goal (conquering a neighbor, finishing a building etc) and completely abandoning my cities and other aspects of the game which eventually causes me falling behind other players. At some point I’m just clicking through the ‘next turn’ button mindlessly and building random shit in my cities only to let me get further. How widespread is this habbit amongst other players? How to get rid of it? And yes, it’s happening with me not only in civ, but in paradox and total war games as well, as a result I just suck at all those despite being a fan of 4x/grand strategy genre. I’m just wondering how many other player has this rushing syndrome and how to get rid of this mindset.

Usually around the first of the month we have a batch of price changes and this month is no different. According to the "How to Become a Contract Liquor Agent" document, "The Agent must also complete price changes that occur at the first of the month..."
Number of Price Increases: 2 Number of Price Decreases: 136 Number of New Products: 44 Number of Status Changes: 4
I plan to reply to this post throughout the month if I notice other significant changes happening or at the end of the month before the next update to keep the changes in one place. Here's a link back to what changed in May 2023: American Whiskey, Brandy, Canadian Whiskey, Cordial, Gin, and Irish Whisky, Rum, Scotch, Tequila, and Vodka.
For each category I've sorted by the amount of the price increase or decrease. New products are shown first, then price decreases are shown in decreasing order followed by price increases in increasing order. At the end are products with other changes unrelated to price.
Current product status is indicated on each line as follows. OHLQ hasn't publicly explained what these things mean but I've included my best guess below.

• A = Active
  • Regularly supplied and available for purchase
• D = De-Listed
  • No longer carried by OHLQ, may still be available in some stores or the warehouse. Sometimes considered a Last Call product
• I = Inactive
  • Discontinued by the supplier or otherwise unavailable to OHLQ
• S = Special Order
  • Regularly available but in limited supply. Not available in very many stores
• V = Value-Added-Pack
  • Bottle comes with some kind of extra gift like a glass/mug/etc

American Whiskey

• New Products
• [S] 1776 STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY BARREL PROOF ($44.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] 1776 STRAIGHT RYE WHISKEY BARREL PROOF ($44.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] ANGELS ENVY ($28.99 / 375 ML)
• [S] BUCKNER'S 15 YEAR OLD SINGLE BARREL BOURBON ($299.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] FOUR DOGS BLACK DOG BOURBON RYE ($58.95 / 750 ML)
• [S] H.DERINGER BOURBON ($106.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] HEAVENS DOOR 10 YEAR DECADE SERIES 02 STRAIGHT RY ($99.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] HIGH N' WICKED THE JUDGE STRAIGHT BOURBON WHISKEY ($89.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] HIGH WEST BARREL SELECT CASK STRENGTH ($69.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] JACK DANIELS 10 YEAR OLD ($74.99 / 700 ML)
• [S] KNOB CREEK RYE 7 YEAR ($39.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] KURVBALL ORIGINAL BBQ WHISKEY ($1.99 / 50 ML)
• [A] NEW RICHMOND GRANT WHISKEY ($47.47 / 750 ML)
• [S] OLD PEPPER SINGLE MALT SMALL BATCH ($54.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] OLD ROUTE 8 SINGLE BARREL CASK STRENGTH BOURBON ($114.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] SCOTTY'S APPLE WHISKEY ($39.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] SCOTTY'S PEACH WHISKEY ($39.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] SEVEN BROTHERS CASK STRENGTH BOURBON ($59.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] SEVEN BROTHERS CASK STRENGTH MALT WHISKEY ($59.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] WILDERNESS TRAIL BOURON WHEATED PRIVATE BARREL ($65.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] YELLOWSTONE HAND PICKED BARREL 119 PROOF ($64.99 / 750 ML)
• Price decreases
• [A] ERNEST SCARANO DISTILLERY 10 YEAR ($750.00 / 375 ML) - $2,000.00↓
• [A] KARRIKEN SPIRITS JD WAYNE BOURBON ($64.04 / 750 ML) - $17.93↓
• [A] WHISTLEPIG RYE 10 YEAR ($79.99 / 750 ML) - $10.00↓
• [S] HIGH WEST RENDEZVOUS RYE ($74.99 / 750 ML) - $5.00↓
• [A] WHISTLEPIG PIGGYBACK BOURBON ($45.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• [A] BASIL HAYDEN BOURBON ($39.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] BASIL HAYDEN DARK RYE ($39.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] JEFFERSONS MANHATTAN RTD ($26.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] OLE SMOKY CHERRIES ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] OLE SMOKY HUNCH PUNCH ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] OLE SMOKY MOONSHINE PEACHES ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] OLE SMOKY PEPPERMINT MOONSHINE ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] OLE SMOKY SPIKED APPLE ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] OLE SMOKY WHITE LIGHTNING ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] WILD TURKEY 101 ($46.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $3.00↓
• [A] WILD TURKEY LONGBRANCH ($36.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM APPLE ($15.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM FIRE ($15.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM HONEY ($15.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM ORANGE ($15.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM PEACH ($15.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM VANILLA ($15.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] RED STAG BLACK CHERRY ($15.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] HOWLER HEAD ($27.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] JACK DANIELS ($49.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] JACK DANIELS FIRE ($49.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] JACK DANIELS HONEY ($49.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM ($16.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM ($34.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM APPLE ($34.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM HONEY ($34.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM PEACH ($34.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM PET ($34.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] JIM BEAM TRAVELER ($16.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [V] JIM BEAM WITH CLEVELAND INDIANS HIGHBALL MUG ($16.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [V] JIM BEAM WITH HIGHBALL MUG ($16.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] MAKER'S MARK ($54.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] RED STAG BLACK CHERRY ($34.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] TWISTED TEA WHISKEY ($14.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] WESTERN RESERVE CARIBBEAN CASK RYE WHISKEY ($62.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] WESTERN RESERVE SHERRY FINISHED BOURBON ($62.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] ELIJAH CRAIG RYE WHISKEY ($32.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] ELIJAH CRAIG RYE WHISKEY ($17.99 / 375 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] ELIJAH CRAIG SMALL BATCH ($32.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] ELIJAH CRAIG SMALL BATCH ($17.99 / 375 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] MAKER'S MARK ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [V] MAKER'S MARK WITH SHAKER ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] OLE SMOKY ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] OLE SMOKY BLUE FLAME ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] WILD TURKEY 101 ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] WILD TURKEY 101 RYE ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] WILD TURKEY 101 TRAVELER ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] WILD TURKEY AM HONEY STING ($21.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] WILD TURKEY AMERICAN HONEY ($21.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] BRECKENRIDGE HIGH PROOF BLEND BOURBON ($52.99 / 750 ML) - $0.24↓
• [A] BRECKENRIDGE PORT CASK FINISH WHISKEY ($52.99 / 750 ML) - $0.24↓
• [A] BRECKENRIDGE RUM CASK FINISH WHISKEY ($52.99 / 750 ML) - $0.24↓
• [A] WESTERN RESERVE SMALL BATCH BOURBON ($36.95 / 750 ML) - $0.04↓
• Price increases
• [A] BUZZARD'S ROOST CHAR 1 RYE ($49.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↑
• [A] BUZZARD'S ROOST CHAR 1 BOURBON ($63.99 / 750 ML) - $9.00↑
• Changed products
• [S] CLERMONT STEEP AMERICAN SINGLE MALT ($59.99 / 750 ML) - Status changed from Active to Special Order

Brandy

• Price decreases
• [V] HENNESSY VSOP JULIEN VAP ($59.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• [A] HENNESSY VSOP PRIVILEGE ($59.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• [A] REMY MARTIN 1738 ($57.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• [V] REMY MARTIN 1738 SHAKER ($57.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• [V] REMY MARTIN 1738 W JIGGER ($57.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• [A] REMY MARTIN 1738 ($28.99 / 375 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] REMY MARTIN VSOP ($48.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] COURVOISIER VS ($41.99 / 1 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] REMY MARTIN VSOP ($25.99 / 375 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] COURVOISIER VS ($17.99 / 375 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] E & J VS ($11.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] MARTELL BLUE SWIFT ($49.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓

Canadian Whiskey

• Price decreases
• [A] BLACK VELVET ($8.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] BLACK VELVET ($17.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $1.00↓
• [A] BLACK VELVET APPLE ($8.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] BLACK VELVET PEACH ($8.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] BLACK VELVET TOASTED CARAMEL ($8.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] BLACK VELVET TOASTED CARAMEL ($17.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $1.00↓
• [A] BLACK VELVET TRV ($8.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] BLACK VELVET ($4.99 / 375 ML) - $0.50↓

Cordial

• New Products
• [A] CROOKED FINGER APPLE PIE LIQUEUR ($43.12 / 750 ML)
• [A] CROOKED FINGER LEMONADE LIQUEUR ($34.69 / 750 ML)
• [V] JAGERMEISTER ALUMINUM SHOT CUP VAP ($25.99 / 750 ML)
• Price decreases
• [V] GRAND MARNIER CORDON ROUGE 750ML ROCKS GLASS ($37.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓

Gin

• New Products
• [A] LOST BRIDGE APPALCHIAN GIN ($34.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] SIPSMITH LEMON DRIZZLE ($36.99 / 750 ML)
• Price decreases
• [A] AIREM GIN ($20.99 / 750 ML) - $10.00↓
• [A] THE BOTANIST ($69.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $5.00↓
• [A] SEAGRAMS EXTRA DRY GIN ($10.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] SEAGRAMS EXTRA DRY GIN TRV ($10.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] SEAGRAMS LIME TWISTED GIN ($10.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] SEAGRAMS WATERMELON ($10.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] LUX & UMBRA LONDON DRY GIN ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $0.21↓
• [A] VIM & PETAL ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $0.21↓

Irish Whisky

• New Products
• [S] GREEN SPOT QUAILS' GATE ($99.99 / 700 ML)
• [A] METHOD AND MADNESS JAPANESE MIZUNARA ($3,300.01 / 700 ML)
• [S] TEELING WONDERS OF WOOD PORTUGUESE OAK ($99.99 / 700 ML)
• Price decreases
• [A] JAMESON ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• [A] JAMESON COLD BREW ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• [A] JAMESON ORANGE ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓

Rum

• Price decreases
• [A] APPLETON 8 YEAR OLD RESERVE ($29.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] APPLETON ESTATE SIGNATURE BLEND ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] APPLETON ESTATE SIGNATURE BLEND ($34.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] BLACKHEART ($12.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] KRAKEN BLACK SPICED RUM ($29.49 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] ADMIRAL NELSON ($14.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] ADMIRAL NELSON SILVER ($14.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] MALIBU ($14.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] MALIBU BLACK ($14.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• Changed products
• [D] BACARDI RESERVA OCHO SHERRY CASK FINISH ($32.99 / 750 ML) - Status changed from Active to De-Listed

Scotch

• New Products
• [A] ABERFELDY 15 NAPA VALLEY WINE CASK ($69.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] DEWARS DOUBLE DOUBLE 21 MIZUNARA ($149.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] LOCH LOMOND THE OPEN SPECIAL EDITION 2023 ($44.99 / 750 ML)
• Price decreases
• [A] AIREM SINGLE MALT WHISKEY 14 YEAR PX CASK SE1 GRAN ($69.99 / 750 ML) - $44.00↓
• [A] GLENMORANGIE SIGNET ($249.99 / 750 ML) - $16.00↓
• [A] GLENMORANGIE 18 ($129.99 / 750 ML) - $10.00↓
• [A] GLENMORANGIE AZUMA MAKOTO LE ($129.99 / 750 ML) - $10.00↓
• [A] FAMOUS GROUSE ($21.99 / 750 ML) - $4.00↓
• Changed products
• [S] AO SUNTORY WORLD WHISKY ($59.99 / 700 ML) - Status changed from Active to Special Order

Tequila

• New Products
• [S] CORAZON EXPRESIONES FRENCH OAK ANEJO ($79.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] CORAZON EXPRESIONES WELLER 12 ANEJO ($79.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] LOS MAGOS SOTOL 6 YEAR RESERVA ($293.09 / 750 ML)
• [S] LOS MAGOS SOTOL BARREL-AGED WHISTLEPIG EDITION 1 ($65.03 / 750 ML)
• [A] PLUMA NEGRA JABALI ($149.99 / 750 ML)
• Price decreases
• [A] MEZCAL VAGO ESPADIN ($54.99 / 750 ML) - $20.00↓
• [A] MEZCAL VAGO ENSAMBLE ($74.99 / 750 ML) - $5.00↓
• [A] HORNITOS PLATA TEQUILA ($36.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $3.00↓
• [A] HORNITOS PLATA TEQUILA ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [V] HORNITOS PLATA TEQUILA GIFT SET - 2 SHOT GLASSES ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] HORNITOS REPOSADO ($25.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] LUNAZUL BLANCO ($23.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] LUNAZUL BLANCO ($37.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $1.00↓
• [A] LUNAZUL REPOSADO ($23.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] LUNAZUL REPOSADO ($37.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $1.00↓
• Changed products
• [A] CAMPO BRAVO PLATA ($19.99 / 1 Liter) - Status changed from Special Order to Active

Vodka

• New Products
• [A] A.M. SCOTT DISTILLERY ORANGE CREAM VODKA ($29.04 / 750 ML)
• [A] A.M. SCOTT DISTILLERY STRAWBERRY VODKA ($19.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] A.M.SCOTT DISTILLERY BIRTHDAY CAKE VODKA ($19.99 / 750 ML)
• [A] CANDELLA DISTILLERY POTATO VODKA ($38.30 / 1 Liter)
• [A] CRYSTAL HEAD BONE BOTTLE ($52.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] HIGH ROCK VODKA ($23.99 / 750 ML)
• [S] MUTINY ISLAND VODKA ($19.99 / 750 ML)
• Price decreases
• [A] AIREM VODKA ($17.99 / 750 ML) - $12.00↓
• [A] IRVINE'S PRECISION DISTILLED VODKA ($18.99 / 750 ML) - $3.88↓
• [A] TRULY PINEAPPLE MANGO ($14.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] TRULY STRAWBERRY LEMONADE FLAVORED VODKA ($14.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] TRULY WILD BERRY FLAVORD VODKA ($14.99 / 750 ML) - $3.00↓
• [A] BROKEN SHED VODKA ($19.99 / 750 ML) - $2.00↓
• [A] DEEP EDDY STRAIGHT VODKA ($27.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] DEEP EDDY LEMON VODKA ($27.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] DEEP EDDY RUBY RED VODKA ($27.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] NEW AMSTERDAM ($19.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] PINNACLE CHERRY ($17.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] PINNACLE VODKA ($17.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] PINNACLE WHIPPED ($17.99 / 1.75 Liter) - $2.00↓
• [A] NEW AMSTERDAM ($11.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] NEW AMSTERDAM PEACH ($11.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] NEW AMSTERDAM PINK WHITNEY ($11.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] NEW AMSTERDAM WATERMELON ($11.99 / 750 ML) - $1.00↓
• [A] NEW AMSTERDAM ($2.99 / 200 ML) - $0.50↓
• [A] NEW AMSTERDAM PEACH ($2.99 / 200 ML) - $0.50↓
• [A] OYO VODKA ($17.49 / 750 ML) - $0.32↓
• [A] OYO HONEY VANILLA ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $0.21↓
• [A] OYO STONEFRUIT VODKA ($24.99 / 750 ML) - $0.21↓

Hello,
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I own a GoPro Hero 10 and I have question about some accessories:

1. Is the Protective Housing worth? I know that by default the camera is water proof, but I want to make sure I protect it under water and when I go biking.
2. Do you recommend having some ND filters? I am a newbie in photography, but I am learning. For example I was surprised how much of a difference the filters made on a DJI Mini 2.
3. I saw on my trips many people with very extensible sticks. The only one I managed to find is this [one](https://www.galaxus.ch/de/s1/product/gopro-el-grande-griff-hero-7-gopro-hero-334-hero-6-action-cam-zubehoer-6198927), but it says it's compatible with GoPro 6 and 7. I want something that extends and which allows me to film when I press a button on the stick. I don't know if such thing exists, thus my question.

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Thank you very much in advance.

Working Glitches

This is the Working Glitches Section! This is always being improved, and if you have any recommendations please let me know in the comments or send me a direct message. If you know a glitch is working on any other platform I haven't included or doesn't work anymore, also let us know. If a glitch is patched then it will be stricken through. If a platform is in italics, it means it is unsure. If a platform is just "Xbox" or "PlayStation", that means that it works with both old gen and new gen versions of the game.
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Money and RP Glitches:

Semi Frozen Money (No Bird, No Save Wizard, No Save) - Xbox One, PS4 - Solo	Facility Car Dupe - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Gold Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Arena RP Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Cayo Double Secondary Loot - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Arena Car Dupe - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
No Save AHK - PC - Solo	Arena Car Dupe - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	LS Car Meet Rep Glitch - PS4 - Solo
Arena Car Dupe - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Semi Frozen Money (Save Wizard) - PS4 - Solo	Gold Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Semi Frozen Money (Fresh Meat) - Xbox One, PS4 - Solo	BEFF - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	5k RP Every 30 Secs - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo
Dr Dre Linux Replay Glitch - PC - Solo	100k Every 10 Minutes - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Semi Frozen Money - Xbox One, PS4 - Solo

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Player Based Glitches:

Checkerboard Outfit in Lobby - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Agency God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Account Duplication - Xbox - Solo
OTR God Mode Glitch - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Cashmere Coat with Vest - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Taxi God Mode - Xbox Series, PS5 - Solo
No Ragdoll - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Agency God Mode Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Orange/Purple Joggers and Bulletproof - Xbox Series, Playstation - Semi-Solo
Modded Outfit Transfer - Playstation - Solo	Unlock Checkerboard Cargo - Xbox Series, PS5 - Solo	Freakshop OTR - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Play as Big Rabbit - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Arena God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Apartment God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Candy Cane Weapon - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Jet Black Duffle - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Bigfoot Beard - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Migration Keep Progress - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Halloween Biker Jacket - Xbox Series, PS5 - Solo	20 Max Armor - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Black Joggers - PS4 - Solo	No Ankles - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Casino God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Female Joggers - Playstation - Solo	OTR Party Bus - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	KD Farm - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo
Easy God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Outfit Transfer - Xbox Series, PS5 - Non-Solo	Joggers and Bulletproof Helmets - PC - Solo
Remove Bodysuit Logo - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	IAA Badge - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Gender Swap - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Transfer Duffle - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Tan Joggers - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Motorcycle Texture Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Invisible Arms on Cop Outfit - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Any Shoes with Gorka Pants - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Casino OTR for GCTF - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Casino OTR for GCTF - Xbox Series, PS5 - Solo	Cop Outfit - PS4 - Semi-Solo	Yellow Rebreather - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo
Transfer Glitch - Xbox Series, PS5 - Semi-Solo	Perma Stun Lock - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Semi-Solo	Modded Outfits (No Checkerboard) - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Kill God Mode Players - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Invisible Stomach - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Thermals in Aircraft - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Play as Franklin - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Ballistic Health Boost and Minigun - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	FIB Necklace - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Gorka Joggers with IAA Belt and Invisible Torso - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Duffle Bags - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Machine Revolver - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Frontier Outfit in 1 Day - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Save CEO Outfits - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	SP-MP Outfit Transfer - PS4 - Semi-Solo
Female No Bra - Xbox One - Solo	Cayo Perico Pouches - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Invisible Torso - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
White Duffle - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Grey Snapback Half Hat - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Merge Special Outfits - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Juggernaut Suit - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Racing Suit Shoulder Pads - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Gruppe, Prison and Paramedic Belts - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Overcoat and Suit Vest - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	No Kick Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Chemical Mask on All Outfits - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Alien Outfit Without Mask - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Topless Female - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	NOOSE Outfit - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Invisible Arms - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Unlock Railgun - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	OTR using Double Garage - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo
Double Garage God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Wear Any Blacklisted Outfit - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Transfer Coloured Chutes Duffle Bags - Xbox, Playstation - Solo

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Miscellaneous:

Infinite Toreador Boost - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Skip Original Heist' Setups - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Creator Mode Online - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Public Solo Session - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Car to Car Merge (No Arena) - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Modded Acid Lab - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo
Vehicle God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	UDC Finale B2B - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	AFK Modded Jobs - PS4 - Solo
DMO Lite - Playstation - Solo	Casino Online GCTF - PS5 - Non-Solo	Weapons in Facility - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
TP Mugshoot Room - Playstation - Solo	Infinitely Spawn Vehicles - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Clean Your Plates - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Sandy Shores GCTF - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Sell 27 Cars/Day - Xbox One, PS4 - Solo	Oppressor Mk2 Unlimited Missiles - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Car to Service Car Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Arena War AFK - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Car to Service Car Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Vehicle Magic Slot - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Skip Dax Cooldown - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Autoshop Car to Service Car Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Facility Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Orb Spam - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Glitch Through Walls - PS5 - Solo
TP 50 Car Garage - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Undermap for Acid Lab/Freak Shop - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Cheap Acid Lab Supply - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Brickade Fooliganz Livery Flip - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Give Terrorbyte to Friend - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Car to Car Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo
Brickade Merge - Playstation - Solo	Bandito Teleport Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Beach Door Launch - PC - Semi-Solo
GATF - Xbox, Playstation - Non- Solo	BF Wevil Speed Glitch - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Shooting Range Glitch - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Thermal in Story Mode - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Savage God Mode - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	2 Sparrow at Same Time - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
Quickly Fill Nightclub - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	No Cops - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	No AFK Kick - Xbox - Solo
Infinite Company SUV's - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Endless Simeon Test Drive - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Double Damage - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Teleport in LSCM - Playstation - Solo	Get Inside Luxury Autos - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	CoPilot Weapons as Pilot - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Cayo Prep Job TP - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Skywalker - Playstation - Solo	Cop Car Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo
Colored Stock Wheels - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Never Fall Off Bike - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Director Mode Trailer Online - Playstation - Solo
Launch Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	Car on Cerberus Slot - Xbox, Playstation - Non-Solo	Casino No Timer - Xbox Series, PS5, PC - Non-Solo
No Wanted Level - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Launch Glitch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo	Drive Invisible Vehicle - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo
Sultan Classic Speed Glitch - Xbox Series, PS5 - Non-Solo	Yellow Car Freak Out - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Non-Solo	BMX Launch - Xbox, Playstation, PC - Solo
Special/Person Vehicle in Sumo - Xbox, Playstation - Semi-Solo	Unlock Trevor at Beginning of Game -PS4 - Solo	Wheel Merge/Transfer - PC - Non-Solo
Chameleon Pearlescent Glitch - Xbox Series, PS5 - Solo	No Cops - Xbox, Playstation - Solo	Magic Slot Merge - Xbox, Playstation - Solo
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So I happened to watch GB update #4, which is mostly about conventions. They splice together a bunch of old clips and there I am. This feels incredibly intrusive considering I’m no longer a witness and the reason I left is because the love they are trying to claim they have is utterly false.
Besides all that, I haven’t spoken to my parents since I faded some years ago. I’m sure they will see me in the montage and it will bring up all kinds of painful feelings. I didn’t want that for them.
Since they are using my image to promote a false narrative I think it’s necessary to set the record straight regarding my international convention experience.
I was in my early twenties and had done quite a bit of traveling but this convention was about as far away as a person could go so I thought it was a good opportunity to go to a place hard to get to. I had thought since it was being arranged through a witness travel agency and there were a lot of Americans traveling that they would have gotten some good deals. They didn’t; it was incredibly expensive and they wouldn’t let you make your own cheaper arrangements. Later I came to realize that it was all most likely a grift, it never should have been that expensive.
There wasn’t a lot of love but there was a lot of weird. I was traveling single so I was put together with another single guy who happened to be the bus captain’s son. The son was about 16 and was super creepy. He never said a word to me even though we shared a hotel room for a week, he just watched sports on tv. The kid didn’t like getting up in the morning so he would go to bed in his dress clothes and then get up at the last minute. His dad later excused his son by saying he was super constipated. Yeah, his dad, the bus captain, was even weirder. He had crazy interpretations of the directions from the branch, so he made us wear dress clothes everywhere we went. If you weren’t dressed properly you couldn’t get on the bus. No matter what. Imagine how ridiculous you would look being at the Grand Canyon hiking in a suit and tie in 100 degree weather. Regular people looked at us like we were insane, a fair deduction I guess. Speaking of insane……….as I mentioned previously, I had traveled a bunch and I liked to travel light. I had one small bag and I was young so I immediately was given pack-mule duty for an older sister who had three large duffel bags. I didn’t mind helping out an older sister so I grabbed two of her bags and nearly broke my back. I asked her what she had in the bags that would make them so heavy? Water. She had packed all the water she was going to drink for two weeks because she was afraid of foreign water. And now I was going to carry two weeks worth of water. Once during the trip I was standing behind her at a gift shop. She was trying to buy some things but her credit card wouldn’t work. Finally she told the cashier it was probably because she keeps her credit cards in her shoes next to the magnets in her shoes, which might have demagnetized all the strips. I love weird and different people, but most of the people I was traveling with were just problematic for everyone around them.
All of the things you see in the videos about international conventions are manufactured experiences. They don’t show you people fighting on the bus, getting drunk in the hotel bars, treating the servers at restaurants and flight attendants on airplanes like garbage, the constant complaining. Since the trip was expensive, many of the witnesses on the trip were relatively wealthy. I was poor. I was shocked at how terribly fellow witnesses would treat the workers at the hotels, restaurants, and airports and then justify it by how much they had paid for the trip.
I was completely disillusioned by the experience, although it still took me quite a few more years to walk away.
I’m not going to tell you the exact place in the video that I’m talking about but the behind the scenes story of what was really going on is hilarious and perhaps illustrative of everything watchtower. So imagine the cutest little JW kid in their dress clothes eating lunch with their mom outside. It’s a grassy, shady area so there’s lots of witnesses relaxing and eating. While the watchtower videographer is getting his closeup, just off to the side a bunch of kids are playing, all of the sudden one of the kids stops and pulls down his pants and takes a huge dump in front of all of us. A thousand flies seemed to appear instantly for the poo meal and we all wonder what was the history of the grass beneath us and the food we were eating. True story, that’s the real scene. And that sums up everything watchtower when you look just beyond the frame.

So, I wanted to talk about Mass Effect Initiation, just some of my random thoughts on it.
The book stars Cora as the main protagonist, who as we all know is an asari huntress but curiously Book Cora doesn't say she is an asari huntress as much as Game Cora does. Her background is used a lot more tactical than in the game. When it is mentioned it is used to great effect for her character. Cora's character (similar to how she is in the game) isn't certain why she joined the Andromeda Initiative. And, like in the game, she doesn't understand why her previous Commanding Officer, Nisira T'Kosh, said she should leave. So, already we are getting some of what she is like in the game. She feels out of place and can't really feel like she belongs anywhere. So, this book then must be focusing on setting up the Cora we know in game right? Not really, what is interesting here is that the book address this. Thus creating an inconsistence between the game and the book.
Cora's issue is resolved at the end of the book as she understands that Nirsira knew that she would have been happy to stay in Talein's Daughters for the rest of her life. But she wouldn't have felt like she belonged and connected with what they were doing. To clarify, to be connected in a personal and more primal manner. A way that you only feel when you truly believe and want something. Cora throughout her life never really felt that. She has friends who she cares about but has an issue connecting with them. In the book, her friend Janea, another one of Talein's Daughters, says as much. Calling out her reasons for joining as not her own. As her reasons were fairly generic. "I joined the Initiative to explore the stars!" or "To advance humanity forward!"
Cora found her reason. After thinking about it and talking with Alec she knows she wants a place to be needed, to belong to something, and to fight for something. The Andromeda Initiative provided that for her. A powerful biotic would be needed in a new galaxy. The Andromeda Initiative also would make a new society that would make people like Cora feel welcomed. While biotics are far more respected in the Alliance military it isn't so in every day life. From what we know, in game and in prior books, biotics aren't seen as a good thing by most humans. Even this books makes an effort to show that there are movements that try to demonize biotics. And because the Initiative is trying to do that Cora has something to fight for and believe in.
The issue is that the game doesn't account for this growth. In fact it doesn't account for a lot of stuff in this book (but will get back to that later). In game, it feels like Cora still isn't sure why she joined the Initiative. Even though at the end of Initiation she should know why.
So, why didn't it? One reason is that the story would be interesting to show in game and I can see why. Exploring a character who feels unsure of themselves is a great idea for the colonization story. Why did they travel so far? What will they do when they find it? All great stuff. But the issue still remains that there are now two Coras. I am not saying either one is better just that I dislike when characterizations across media is inconsistent. It is fine if Game Cora was the main Cora or the other way around. But it isn't good if there are multiple different versions.
Now I do think you can argue that her development in the book is acknowledged in the game. She doesn't question why she is joining nor why Nisira send her. But it still feels like she is implying she still doesn't understand why she is doing this. Also, if you progress in her story she says she feels somewhat fooled by Alec and Nisira. But that is odd considering she knows why Nisira did what she did at the end of Initiation and should only feel fooled by Alec because he lied to her about a lot of things. Not that he fooled her into going. With the book in mind it feels like Cora's character in Andromeda should either be similar to Kaiden, a stable person whose stories come from not conflict but how their past shaped them into who they are today, or her character should be about trying to see how she can fulfill her desires. Which the game does to an extent, but it should be a bigger focus. The game also doesn't talk about the events of the book. Which is weird because they could have used it to give Cora more things to say instead of having her focus so narrowly on her being a asari huntress. Cora could have talked about SAM-E and have party banter that she had a version of SAM in her head.
Another inconsistency is how Cora talks about being an asari huntress. In the book, Cora mentions to characters that she did serve as an asari huntress but she only says it when talking to characters who would need to know. Cora, in game, views being an asari huntress as part of her identity. Who she fundamentally is. Book Cora doesn't think like that. It is important to her and part of her but not to the extend the game portrays. She especially would not act like how Game Cora acted trying to find and talk about the asari Ark. Game Cora treated finding the asari as finding their saviors. Even though Book Cora did think of the asari highly but she wouldn't have thought of them as saviors. Throughout the book she is accused of being a 'bluepie' (a term for asari weeaboo) because she dresses and ate like them even though she didn't have much have an option. She would dress like a human if she could.
Which arises a question. Why did they make Cora different in the book and games. The obvious answer is that Game Cora was the easiest character to use in the quest for finding the asari Ark. She already has a established relationship with them making her suited to the task and the quest can be used to explore her character more. She is also the only companion that we know who has been with the asari for along time and thus be used to exposit about them. But its not like Book Cora wouldn't have done that also. So, it feels like it is something else.
It can be that Book Cora was addressing some of the criticisms thrown at Game Cora. Now I don't have a lot of evidence that this is the case. Not a lot of information came out describing the development of the books but what we do know is that Mass Effect: Initiation and Mass Effect: Annihilation were delayed from their original launch, releasing months later. Mass Effect: Initiation released in 28 November 2017, six months after Andromeda. Now commercial book development takes about nine months to two years and these books have been in development since August 2016. So, they were all nearly finished give or take a month. My thinking is that after Mass Effect: Andromeda's release they delayed Initiation to use the extra time to address issues people had with the game. That is why Game Cora doesn't acknowledge a lot of what happened in the book because the book had Game Cora originally but was changed due to the criticism towards her. The books were nearly finished and if there were any delays I don't think it would be six months. But, I don't have any reason to believe this is true because I could be missing something, but I feel like it is likely true.
I do like Book Cora a bit more than Game Cora as I think the book really addresses some of the odd choices made with her. But I do have to say that while I do like the book I take issue with it trying to "fix" Cora as it creates issues that weren't there before. Cora before was just Cora but now there are two different Coras that conflict with each. Not massively, but it is noticeable.
Anyways, there are other things I want to talk about. I like that we get more screen time (page time?) with Alec. It made sense to kill him off, so, that our Ryder can take control but that does leave him feeling a bit underdeveloped. The memories help a lot but the book gives us so much more. Reading him being this grumpy old man is quite fun and seeing the regretful side of him is very humanizing. He failed a lot and he did deserve a lot of it. He was a absenting father and husband; regretting what he did.
In the games we see the Alliance as the face of humanity but in lore they don't represent everyone. There is a side to humanity that isn't explored that often. This book gives us that in the Union of Incorporated Nations. Showing us their dealings and influence over Earth and the Alliance. They are a lot more moral ambiguous given the circumstance they are in and so all there dealings have this dark side to them. It made sense that Mass Effect didn't explore them because it would take the story off track but it is cool to final get more information about them.
Artificial Intelligence is a constant in the series and Initiation is no different. But SAM can't be used as he is stuck in Alec's head so we get SAM-E (Simulated Adaptive Matrix Experiment) for Cora. SAM-E makes sense to exist for a number of reasons. Cora can to talk to someone giving us a lot more of her character and by proxy SAM. The two start out rocky as Cora doesn't like the idea of having a voice in her head but as the book goes on they begin to form a genuine relationship. It is also great to see that Cora immediately knows SAM-E is more than just an advance VI. She is a smart character and allowing her to know he is more than a VI is a great way to show her character. It also makes the book a lot better to read and listen to, as Cora is talking to someone instead of just herself. SAM-E also explains why Cora couldn't be Pathfinder (even though there were more than enough explanations for why she didn't become Pathfinder). SAM-E was made, so, that Alec could transfer main SAM to his successor. Because his SAM was basically tied to him on a genetic level. SAM-E could have bypassed that. But in the end it wasn't meant to be as SAM-E wasn't properly integrating with Cora and if it went on for too long it would have damaged her on a biologically level.
So, there is this one issue I have but I will need to do some explaining. The book's basic plot is that Cora is being send to recover SAM's stolen AI code package. A big mystery in the book is figuring out who stole the code package and what they were trying to do. It is revealed that the person who stole the code wanted it to be in has many human hands as possible. From that we can imply that the person who leaked it is pro-human. That leaves the suspects being; Illusive Man or a membeassociate of the Union of Incorporated Nations. Though I argue that the Illusive Man wouldn't be the culprit as he would want it in Cerberus hands only. He wouldn't have let it fall into the hands of just anyone. And UIN is the likely suspect because they want humanity and their nations to have the edge against the Alliance and the galaxy.
But at the end of the book Jien Garson is accused of leaking the code by Cora but says that she didn't leak the code and that there is someone more powerful than her pulling the strings. That they are manipulating the Alliance and UIN. Which the only character we know who can do that is the Benefactor and the Shadow Broker. But why would the Benefactor leak the code risking the whole Andromeda Initiative. Because if the code gets traced back to the Initiative then it will collapse. Meaning the reason they supported the plan, to continue civilization, is gone. As for the Shadow Broker I can see why he would want it but he wouldn't exclusively give that kind of technology to humans. He would give it to as many people as possible to give him the most power. And the Illusive Man still, isn't a suspect because of what was mentioned before but, while definitely has a lot of power I don't think he has so much power as to manipulate the Alliance and UIN on a grand scale. The UIN is out because Garson says they are manipulating the UIN. They can be a suspect because everyone we encounter who is related to them is clearly just working for them. I feel frustrated at this because we don't know who this mysterious person is. It feels like a last minute addition for no reason. If you have a theory on who this is or how I am missing something please do tell.
Some minor things I thought were cool is; Female Ryder voiced the book, Nisira T'Kosh has two husbands (a krogan and turian who all sleep in the same bed)(also, seriously bioware why can characters get to bang multiple people but we can't? this is so dumb and I will not stand for this!), the Khalisah al-Jilani hate is always welcomed, we get to see what a quarian space station looks like, and some cool horror vibes with an evil AI making super humans.
And these are my random thoughts on the book. I liked this book a lot for giving us a lot of insight in the world but also how it wrote Cora. I liked this interpretation of Cora a lot more than the one in the game. I feel like Book Cora makes a lot more sense than Game Cora. Even though I do enjoy Game Cora still.
What do you think about the book? Did you like it or dislike? What do you think about Cora in this book?

So, I wanted to talk about Mass Effect Initiation, just some of my random thoughts on it.
The book stars Cora as the main protagonist, who as we all know is an asari huntress but curiously Book Cora doesn't say she is an asari huntress as much as Game Cora does. Her background is used a lot more tactical than in the game. When it is mentioned it is used to great effect for her character. Cora's character (similar to how she is in the game) isn't certain why she joined the Andromeda Initiative. And, like in the game, she doesn't understand why her previous Commanding Officer, Nisira T'Kosh, said she should leave. So, already we are getting some of what she is like in the game. She feels out of place and can't really feel like she belongs anywhere. So, this book then must be focusing on setting up the Cora we know in game right? Not really, what is interesting here is that the book address this. Thus creating an inconsistence between the game and the book.
Cora's issue is resolved at the end of the book as she understands that Nirsira knew that she would have been happy to stay in Talein's Daughters for the rest of her life. But she wouldn't have felt like she belonged and connected with what they were doing. To clarify, to be connected in a personal and more primal manner. A way that you only feel when you truly believe and want something. Cora throughout her life never really felt that. She has friends who she cares about but has an issue connecting with them. In the book, her friend Janea, another one of Talein's Daughters, says as much. Calling out her reasons for joining as not her own. As her reasons were fairly generic. "I joined the Initiative to explore the stars!" or "To advance humanity forward!"
Cora found her reason. After thinking about it and talking with Alec she knows she wants a place to be needed, to belong to something, and to fight for something. The Andromeda Initiative provided that for her. A powerful biotic would be needed in a new galaxy. The Andromeda Initiative also would make a new society that would make people like Cora feel welcomed. While biotics are far more respected in the Alliance military it isn't so in every day life. From what we know, in game and in prior books, biotics aren't seen as a good thing by most humans. Even this books makes an effort to show that there are movements that try to demonize biotics. And because the Initiative is trying to do that Cora has something to fight for and believe in.
The issue is that the game doesn't account for this growth. In fact it doesn't account for a lot of stuff in this book (but will get back to that later). In game, it feels like Cora still isn't sure why she joined the Initiative. Even though at the end of Initiation she should know why.
So, why didn't it? One reason is that the story would be interesting to show in game and I can see why. Exploring a character who feels unsure of themselves is a great idea for the colonization story. Why did they travel so far? What will they do when they find it? All great stuff. But the issue still remains that there are now two Coras. I am not saying either one is better just that I dislike when characterizations across media is inconsistent. It is fine if Game Cora was the main Cora or the other way around. But it isn't good if there are multiple different versions.
Now I do think you can argue that her development in the book is acknowledged in the game. She doesn't question why she is joining nor why Nisira send her. But it still feels like she is implying she still doesn't understand why she is doing this. Also, if you progress in her story she says she feels somewhat fooled by Alec and Nisira. But that is odd considering she knows why Nisira did what she did at the end of Initiation and should only feel fooled by Alec because he lied to her about a lot of things. Not that he fooled her into going. With the book in mind it feels like Cora's character in Andromeda should either be similar to Kaiden, a stable person whose stories come from not conflict but how their past shaped them into who they are today, or her character should be about trying to see how she can fulfill her desires. Which the game does to an extent, but it should be a bigger focus. The game also doesn't talk about the events of the book. Which is weird because they could have used it to give Cora more things to say instead of having her focus so narrowly on her being a asari huntress. Cora could have talked about SAM-E and have party banter that she had a version of SAM in her head.
Another inconsistency is how Cora talks about being an asari huntress. In the book, Cora mentions to characters that she did serve as an asari huntress but she only says it when talking to characters who would need to know. Cora, in game, views being an asari huntress as part of her identity. Who she fundamentally is. Book Cora doesn't think like that. It is important to her and part of her but not to the extend the game portrays. She especially would not act like how Game Cora acted trying to find and talk about the asari Ark. Game Cora treated finding the asari as finding their saviors. Even though Book Cora did think of the asari highly but she wouldn't have thought of them as saviors. Throughout the book she is accused of being a 'bluepie' (a term for asari weeaboo) because she dresses and ate like them even though she didn't have much have an option. She would dress like a human if she could.
Which arises a question. Why did they make Cora different in the book and games. The obvious answer is that Game Cora was the easiest character to use in the quest for finding the asari Ark. She already has a established relationship with them making her suited to the task and the quest can be used to explore her character more. She is also the only companion that we know who has been with the asari for along time and thus be used to exposit about them. But its not like Book Cora wouldn't have done that also. So, it feels like it is something else.
It can be that Book Cora was addressing some of the criticisms thrown at Game Cora. Now I don't have a lot of evidence that this is the case. Not a lot of information came out describing the development of the books but what we do know is that Mass Effect: Initiation and Mass Effect: Annihilation were delayed from their original launch, releasing months later. Mass Effect: Initiation released in 28 November 2017, six months after Andromeda. Now commercial book development takes about nine months to two years and these books have been in development since August 2016. So, they were all nearly finished give or take a month. My thinking is that after Mass Effect: Andromeda's release they delayed Initiation to use the extra time to address issues people had with the game. That is why Game Cora doesn't acknowledge a lot of what happened in the book because the book had Game Cora originally but was changed due to the criticism towards her. The books were nearly finished and if there were any delays I don't think it would be six months. But, I don't have any reason to believe this is true because I could be missing something, but I feel like it is likely true.
I do like Book Cora a bit more than Game Cora as I think the book really addresses some of the odd choices made with her. But I do have to say that while I do like the book I take issue with it trying to "fix" Cora as it creates issues that weren't there before. Cora before was just Cora but now there are two different Coras that conflict with each. Not massively, but it is noticeable.
Anyways, there are other things I want to talk about. I like that we get more screen time (page time?) with Alec. It made sense to kill him off, so, that our Ryder can take control but that does leave him feeling a bit underdeveloped. The memories help a lot but the book gives us so much more. Reading him being this grumpy old man is quite fun and seeing the regretful side of him is very humanizing. He failed a lot and he did deserve a lot of it. He was a absenting father and husband; regretting what he did.
In the games we see the Alliance as the face of humanity but in lore they don't represent everyone. There is a side to humanity that isn't explored that often. This book gives us that in the Union of Incorporated Nations. Showing us their dealings and influence over Earth and the Alliance. They are a lot more moral ambiguous given the circumstance they are in and so all there dealings have this dark side to them. It made sense that Mass Effect didn't explore them because it would take the story off track but it is cool to final get more information about them.
Artificial Intelligence is a constant in the series and Initiation is no different. But SAM can't be used as he is stuck in Alec's head so we get SAM-E (Simulated Adaptive Matrix Experiment) for Cora. SAM-E makes sense to exist for a number of reasons. Cora can to talk to someone giving us a lot more of her character and by proxy SAM. The two start out rocky as Cora doesn't like the idea of having a voice in her head but as the book goes on they begin to form a genuine relationship. It is also great to see that Cora immediately knows SAM-E is more than just an advance VI. She is a smart character and allowing her to know he is more than a VI is a great way to show her character. It also makes the book a lot better to read and listen to, as Cora is talking to someone instead of just herself. SAM-E also explains why Cora couldn't be Pathfinder (even though there were more than enough explanations for why she didn't become Pathfinder). SAM-E was made, so, that Alec could transfer main SAM to his successor. Because his SAM was basically tied to him on a genetic level. SAM-E could have bypassed that. But in the end it wasn't meant to be as SAM-E wasn't properly integrating with Cora and if it went on for too long it would have damaged her on a biologically level.
So, there is this one issue I have but I will need to do some explaining. The book's basic plot is that Cora is being send to recover SAM's stolen AI code package. A big mystery in the book is figuring out who stole the code package and what they were trying to do. It is revealed that the person who stole the code wanted it to be in has many human hands as possible. From that we can imply that the person who leaked it is pro-human. That leaves the suspects being; Illusive Man or a membeassociate of the Union of Incorporated Nations. Though I argue that the Illusive Man wouldn't be the culprit as he would want it in Cerberus hands only. He wouldn't have let it fall into the hands of just anyone. And UIN is the likely suspect because they want humanity and their nations to have the edge against the Alliance and the galaxy.
But at the end of the book Jien Garson is accused of leaking the code by Cora but says that she didn't leak the code and that there is someone more powerful than her pulling the strings. That they are manipulating the Alliance and UIN. Which the only character we know who can do that is the Benefactor and the Shadow Broker. But why would the Benefactor leak the code risking the whole Andromeda Initiative. Because if the code gets traced back to the Initiative then it will collapse. Meaning the reason they supported the plan, to continue civilization, is gone. As for the Shadow Broker I can see why he would want it but he wouldn't exclusively give that kind of technology to humans. He would give it to as many people as possible to give him the most power. And the Illusive Man still, isn't a suspect because of what was mentioned before but, while definitely has a lot of power I don't think he has so much power as to manipulate the Alliance and UIN on a grand scale. The UIN is out because Garson says they are manipulating the UIN. They can be a suspect because everyone we encounter who is related to them is clearly just working for them. I feel frustrated at this because we don't know who this mysterious person is. It feels like a last minute addition for no reason. If you have a theory on who this is or how I am missing something please do tell.
Some minor things I thought were cool is; Female Ryder voiced the book, Nisira T'Kosh has two husbands (a krogan and turian who all sleep in the same bed)(also, seriously bioware why can characters get to bang multiple people but we can't? this is so dumb and I will not stand for this!), the Khalisah al-Jilani hate is always welcomed, we get to see what a quarian space station looks like, and some cool horror vibes with an evil AI making super humans.
And these are my random thoughts on the book. I liked this book a lot for giving us a lot of insight in the world but also how it wrote Cora. I liked this interpretation of Cora a lot more than the one in the game. I feel like Book Cora makes a lot more sense than Game Cora. Even though I do enjoy Game Cora still.
What do you think about the book? Did you like it or dislike? What do you think about Cora in this book?

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“Are you sure about this?” Comms called through the short-wave, Willin’s headset crackling only slightly louder than the pouring rain. It was distorted and covered the timbre of his voice, but it worked.
He checked the batteries on his guns, both pistol and rifle topped off. The pistol was secured into the holster on his hip, the rifle slung across his chest over the heat-plate designed to dissipate any plasma that might hit it. His armour wouldn’t do the best against kinetic armaments—it was never designed to go against a railgun—but military personnel were rarely given those anyway. Too inefficient.
“As sure as I can be,” he replied, checking his harness. Two spare batteries, four ration packs, water, the transmitter that fed into his headset, some assorted tools for unlikely scenarios, and a knife tucked into his boot. The footwear was typically used for traversing hostile environments or boarding operations—the material thick and cumbersome—but it worked just fine for him. He had gotten used to wearing it.
He opted not to bother with the helmet. It would limit his senses in a place like this, the EW field making even the most basic function disorienting. Tech adjusted the physical scope on her rifle, though her favourite weapons were the two Compact Anti-personnel and Rapid Discharge systems she had attached to her hips—the CARDs being designed to switch between rapid-shot clusters to suppress a wide area, and a single-fire mode better suited to more precise requirements. The larger weapon was mostly for show—there was hardly a reason to carry an Anti-Material Rifle to begin with—but it didn’t hurt to counter possible armour.
The purple-furred female’s true weaponry rested both on and under her armour, her augments and the equipment linked to them making her a mobile Electronic Warfare platform. Though much of her abilities would be limited in scope here, she was still more than capable of supporting him. He would be relying on her to dissuade any action against them, as well as using her modifications to keep them in the loop.
She looked like an oddly-coloured female, but she was closer to a walking EMP and scanner rolled into one.
“Short-wave is stable, if a bit distorted,” Willin continued, flicking some of the water off his fur. “Tech will try to keep the signal clean, but no promises. Comms, Nav, you two are keeping the craft warm and ready.”
“Understood, Leader,” Nav replied, their androgynous voice warbling slightly. “Estimated time-frame?”
“Long enough for you two to figure out the ration-packets.”
Comms laughed over the headset. “Nav would rather lick the floors.”
“Just don’t get too distracted with each other while we’re gone,” Willin teased through his smirk, Tech rolling her eyes at him.
“The same could be said for you, Leader. Don’t get too caught up making ‘friends’ with the locals.”
“Or Tech,” Nav added dryly. Their tone hovering between annoyance at the jibes regarding Comms and Nav’s occasional fling, and amusement at the suggestion Tech was interested in pursuits of the flesh with the crew at all. She might be, but she had a habit of dropping the thermostat of whichever room belonged to whoever made the comment, so it was safer to just assume she was off-limits.
“Cold room,” Tech responded casually as she adjusted her audio interface, Nav sighing loud enough for it to be picked up. Comms laughed in a way that suggested he was thankful for Tech’s assistance in ensuring Nav would be seeking a warm bed for the moon. Willin shook his head, hoping that they didn’t need to extract in any particular hurry.
It was easier to get in the air when your two remaining crew weren’t otherwise occupied.
“Batteries green. Supplies green. Short-wave sufficient,” he reported, receiving confirmations from Tech. “Operation is to establish communication with local Grand Hunter and receive compliance, information on other packs, and facilitate reintroduction to structure.”
“Alternative is to report pack as non-compliant and pursue other Grand Hunters,” Tech added, repeating what they went over earlier. “My augments are heavily limited, but we should be able to deal with it.”
“Are you sure that you two can manage hostilities?” Comms asked, his voice faltering slightly. Though they had been assigned to the scout craft at random, they had grown rather close as a unit over their time. If it wasn’t for the professional obligations prohibiting it, they might have all decided to move into a den together—they were that intimately familiar with each other. As it was, they would likely be reassigned to serve elsewhere after their current mission was complete.
Such was the life of those like them.
“Tech has more equipment under her fur than our ship has installed—weakened or not,” Willin assured the male. He shot a pointed look at the female. “She’s also under direct order to return in the event things become too dangerous. Alone, if required.”
Tech scowled, but nodded anyway. Comms grunted their understanding. “Leader?”
“Yeah?”
A moment of pause. “Nothing. Come back, okay?”
“Will do my best, Comms. Nav, keep an eye on him.”
“It will be done, Leader. Stay safe.”
He placed a paw to his headset, hovering over the button to cut the transmission. “You too.”
“Ready to go?” Tech asked, slinging her AMR over her back and re-securing her CARDs. Willin double checked his auxiliary equipment, hoping that he didn’t need to use any of it. Nodding, he gestured for her to follow, the two leaving behind the craft to slip into the woods.
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“Something up?” he asked, raising a brow at Tech. The female was fidgety, restless and scanning their surroundings more than required. She might have heard something, but the thunderous hiss of rain drowned out most everything—it was part of the reason they waited for it.
She wore a reluctant expression, her eyes flickering to the silver and gold trees for a moment. “Prox’ is going wild.”
“Proximity sensor effected?” he queried, feeling the weight of his weapons tug on his body. Tech nodded.
“It’s weak. I think the ‘spike is messing with it—along with everything else—but it’s reporting…a lot.”
“Moving?”
She shook her head, a paw twitching over a CARD. “Not until we go past them.”
He joined her in looking around, shaking off water uselessly. “Wildlife?”
“This stealthy?”
Willin shrugged. “The message mentioned that it was different.”
“Details would have been nice,” she grumbled in return, waving her paw to get him moving again, though she kept one on her weapon.
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“Visual,” he reported, lowering the rifle from his shoulder. “Anything?”
Tech shook her head, still on a swivel. “Prox’ is still lit up, but at this point it might be less distracting to shut it off.”
“Keep it. Rather have it telling us things are around all the time than miss something big because we got annoyed.”
She sighed, tapping her audio interface twice to change the song she had playing. “What do you see?”
“Low fences, but dense buildings. Lots of traffic despite the weather. Looks like they’re used to it. Think they know we’re here?”
“Doubt it. Gear?”
He shouldered his weapon to look through the scope. “No guns, but lots of melee. Armour seems to be a mix of leather and metal. Can’t say what kind.”
Tech pulled her AMR to look, Willin shifting to keeping lookout. “No guns…” She shot him a look. “I’m not sure if that’s reassuring, or worrying.”
He shrugged. “The less I need to get shot at with, the better.”
“The goal is to not give them reason to.”
“Well, I can’t be perfect all the time.”
Tech laughed, the banter easing her nerves. “You’d have to start, Leader.”
With a roll of his eyes, he patted her shoulder with the back of his paw. “Let’s get moving. Diplomacy doesn’t do itself.”
The purple-furred female sighed, likely biting back another quip as she nodded.
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It went better than expected. So far, anyway.
They had approached the settlement proper, received what could be described as a ‘lukewarm’ welcome, then were told to follow several Lilhuns donning black leather and far too many daggers. Their escorts kept a close eye on the guns that they brought, but no one had made any comments about them yet. It was encouraging, but also worrying.
“Still nothing?” he muttered, quiet enough to not be heard by the others, but loud enough for Tech. She seemed hesitant, glancing over to one of the taller structures as they passed through, but gave a subtle shrug.
“Static is messing with my augments,” she grumbled. “Could be none, could be a few snipers. I can’t tell.”
He exhaled heavily. It was a bit of a blessing that her modifications were working at all, but it was easy enough to see that she felt bare without all the little tweaks she had gotten used to.
Willin never actually got the chance to learn all the tricks she was capable of—it was against policy to ask and she never saw fit to talk about it—but of the ones he did know; her proximity sensor, jammer, and ship integration were her favourites.
It was hard to board her ship if she knew where you were, locked up your gun, then spaced the room you were in, all without closing her game. He was pretty sure she was disappointed that she had only gotten to do that once.
“New ones, the Grand Hunter will see you soon,” an escort informed them as they drew near the Atmospheric Entry Craft that acted as a den for the one they were here to meet. They didn’t know the name yet, nor were they given the chance to do more than say why they were there. He had gotten as far as saying he was from the United Military before the people welcoming them scurried off to get someone else.
He busied himself by inspecting the buildings leading up to the AEC, some being a respectable three floors. Newer constructions seemed to differ in method, the beams a charred ashen colour rather than the same odd silver wood. Why they had elected to burn the materials, he didn’t know, but it seemed to be what they decided to do.
A surprising amount of the population carried a curved stick over their shoulder, the ends tied together by a string. Some attached lengths of a similar material to their leathers, one end made with a small loop as it dangled. The catch they carried to what looked to be a hunter’s lodge suggested it was used during their hunting, but he couldn’t fathom how.
Dragging his attention from the crowd, he eyed the large shuttle.
The massive main doors looked to have been damaged, though a structure had been attached since, leaving the stuck-open entrance to seem less like the result of a hard landing. The gentle hum of the internal power generation was absent, the required energy for what was still working being drawn from large solar panels that had been installed into skylights in the ceiling. The cloud-laden weather dimmed the light that illuminated the inside, but it was serviceable enough. Whatever power was produced, it was being funnelled somewhere that wasn’t servicing the majority of the craft.
Wide halls were populated by Lilhuns and spotted with doorways, the majority propped open since they were programmed to shut in the event of a power outage, lest explosive decompression eject whomever was occupying the room—along with anyone nearby in the hallway, should they be so unlucky.
It was customized, that much was obvious. Several rooms that would have been sparsely populated with anything other than beds were instead modified into training rooms and gyms. Densely packed barracks contrasted against large storage areas filled with various goods, pelts and metal weapons lining various shelves. Newer accommodations had been installed for more of those curved staffs, smaller pointed sticks stacked in piles nearby.
They progressed deeper and deeper into the confines of the shuttle, the common sight of the local pack trickling away, none seeming to have business this far in. Gruffer and more observant Lilhuns became the only people they saw while the hallways narrowed into tighter quarters, what might have fit cargo vehicles now only allowing a few shoulder widths, doorways becoming less common. The wary eyes and darkened clothing paired with the occasional dyed fur of those they passed—black seeming to be the dominant colour.
“In here,” an escort grunted, jabbing their jaw towards an isolated door. A paw was held out as they tried to step forward. “Weapons.”
Tech’s paw twitched towards one of her CARDs, the act of Willin relinquishing his pistol and rifle stopping her from snapping it into rapid-fire and burning the air with plasma. She glared at him for a few seconds before doing the same, the escort smirking.
“You will have them returned. The Grand Hunter is not so desolate as to pilfer the possessions of those who come merely to speak.”
He wasn’t worried about it. The guns were coded to them and Tech could fry them if it came down to it. Well, he wasn’t sure if she could do it with the warp-spike messing with things, but the lock should be enough. The knife in his boot went unnoticed, so it wasn’t like he was completely unarmed anyway.
Tech followed suit, subtly glaring at him the whole time. He shrugged, there wasn’t much they could do about it. They were the ones seeking an audience with the most influential person here.
Satisfied, the escort pulled the door open, the quiet whirring of the unpowered servos accenting the air. They revealed a larger office adorned with little but the most base necessity, a wood and steel desk covered in papers, a chair seeming to be the only extravagant item within—though it was purely for the ergonomics, rather than any aesthetic reason—and the male sat upon it was leafing through a collection of documents while twirling an orange needle-like object in his paw.
The distinct lack of any guards to protect the Grand Hunter was surprising, but that took a back seat to the owner of the room.
Dark grey fur, a clouded eye that retained its sharpness, scars peeking beyond the confines of his leather clothing—the thick hides sporting metal scales sewn onto them. An ear flicked in their direction, the membrane cut at several points. He placed down his papers, leaning forward in his chair as he clasped his paws on the desk, a friendly smile donned that failed to convey anything but malice.
“Greetings, new ones,” the male offered in a cheery tone, the low rumble and gravelled texture of his voice carrying both humour and curiosity. He focused on Tech for a moment, his eyes narrowing over the affable expression before he regarded both of them equally. He gestured to the seating opposite of his desk some small distance away. Close enough to meet, yet far enough that it was made abundantly clear who was in charge.
Willin bowed his head politely, walking the distance and sitting where he was provided. Tech followed suit after a brief hesitation, her unfocused eyes snapping to him with frustration. His raised brow was met with a longer blink—her augments were reporting something that made no sense again.
“Now then,” the dark grey-furred male said, moving some of the documents on his desk to a stack. “What might bring you to me?”
“Forgive me, Grand Hunter…” Willin opened, prodding for a name.
The male simply maintained his attentive posture instead of providing. Willin adjusted his sleeve and decided it was more important to continue than dig for information that he could get by asking anyone who lived in the settlement.
“As for why we’re here; we represent the United Military, responding to a distress call. We have forwarded the request and were tasked with ascertaining the state of affairs before the fleets arrive to assist.”
The Grand Hunter nodded. “Yes, that much I could have surmised from your clothing alone.”
Tech raised a brow as the dark green-furred soldier forced a smile. “Of course. More specifically, we would like to speak with you about what you know of the others of your station, as well as discuss the reintegration of your pack.”
The smile of the grey-furred male widened. “You wish to make a deal?”
Tech’s gaze flickered to several points in the room, her brow furrowing as she jettisoned a huff in frustration. Willin took a moment to consider his plan of action, nodding when he didn’t see the harm.
“I believe we can come to an arrangement. Within reason, of course.”
The Grand Hunter chuckled as the needle he was playing with disappeared at a flick of his wrist. “Of course, of course. Deal, agreements, arrangements, contracts.” The emphasis on the final item tickled something in the back of Willin’s mind. “Itemize it. What do you seek of me? It is rather disorganized to ask without quantifying, no? So…messy.”
“We want information on the other packs. Who leads them, number of members, where their settlements are,” Tech stated tersely, ignoring the disapproving glance Willin gave. “We also need to work on integrating those packs back into the UM—preferably with yourself setting precedent.”
The male’s face grew thoughtful. “As well as forgiveness, though that will cost quite the amount.”
Willin frowned. “Forgiveness? For not knowing your name?”
The Grand Hunter returned a blank stare, a dangerous grin spreading slowly. “Tell me, new ones, do you know of Avalon?”
Tech’s face hardened, her answer slow and cautious. “We do, though only through description.”
The male’s voice fell low. Quiet, yet powerful. His elbows on the table suddenly felt like a far greater threat than any armament. “Do you know the debt your superiors have incurred?”
“I don’t believe we have even had the chance to introduce ourselves,” Willin interjected, noticing Tech’s discomfort, her eyes darting around the room nervously.
“You need not,” the Grand Hunter remarked smugly. “You are forbidden from giving your names, no? Locked behind titles of station, merged and scattered at the whims of your masters. Soldiers who do not exist, yet sit within my office.”
Tech pawed for a CARD, forgetting that she had been disarmed at the door. Willin felt the weight of his knife pull on his boot. The male chuckled as he leaned back in his chair.
“But, given that you did not flee, I will give the benefit of the doubt regarding the debt. Though, it will make offering you more than your lives difficult.”
“What debt?” Willin pressed, receiving a flippant wave of the male’s paw.
“It matters not. I have more pressing matters than hearing why I should join the ranks of that which I supersede.”
“Matters such as?”
The Grand Hunter raised a brow. “You are being given the opportunity to leave whole, new one. I advise you to accept.”
Willin shook his head, ignoring Tech’s pointed look. “We need information. From the message we received, not everyone is as well off as you, and we intend to amend that. What can we trade for it?”
The male clasped his paws over his stomach, passively humouring them. “What do you offer? You may seek the details of the others, but I am not inclined to merely supply it.”
“Supplies, priority cooperation when the UM arrives.”
A chortle sounded out. “We are self sufficient. Such matters little.”
“Is there anything you would want?”
The Grand Hunter smirked, placing a paw on the table as the other produced another needle—this one a more yellow hue, the specifics of its shape blurring as it spun between his claws. “Your superiors asked me a favour. Data. How far could they push the Lilhun body before ligaments broke, the mind following shortly after? How twisted can we shape the psyche of kits?”
The temperature of the room seemed to chill, a twitch of the male’s lips pulling his muzzle into a slight snarl.
“They sought my kit to participate, after a time. Unfortunately, her will aligned—despite my reservations. In return, she would be wiped from the records. Ephemeral, never having existed to begin with. Never suffering the whims of those who became drunk on sending my Blades to their end, never finding their other.” The gravel to his voice turned to broken glass. “Yet your betters violated the agreement. Broke the contract. They pulled her into your service, hid the fact from me, and had the gall to fabricate a story to coincide. Were it not for a particular series of favours I was owed, I would have been still planet-side in our system instead of here.”
The dark grey-furred male smirked, his demeanour relaxing. “It seems she has found what she sought. Without need for my meddling, at that. A shame, really. I had several competent males selected—those who could wield what she had become. Those who might give her what her blood-mother failed to gain.” He paused for a moment, a fraction of longing piercing through the scarred exterior. “Regardless, all I would have wanted has been gained. She is content, and I am crafting that which shall accept her when she is ready. Your military will only muddy that which I have achieved, were they to dig their claws into my work.”
“Their actions are separate from ours,” Willin countered, thankful that the impending conflict had seemingly resolved itself.
“Grand Hunter,” Tech addressed the male, an eye flicking to the ceiling for a fraction. “We were able to see that there are a fair number of settlements, but we need the information to do our job.”
“And your task would interfere with my own,” the grey-furred male reiterated, a polite—if bored—expression returned.
“What if we could ensure that it didn’t?”
The disinterest in the male’s eyes slipped into curiosity. “You seek to trade sovereignty for information? You hold such power?”
“We do,” Willin confirmed, surprised that Tech would offer. “Though you would be disregarding the support of the United Military, we could arrange an agreement of territory on this planet. It’s not as if we could populate the entirety of it within several of our lifetimes anyway.”
The Grand Hunter stared, each moment more uncomfortable than the last. Eventually, he smirked. “Information and the disregarding of the sins your betters inflicted upon me, for sovereignty…and a singular favour.”
“Favour?”
“Indeed,” he replied confidently, reaching into his desk to produce writing implements and paper. “You see, my kit has pledged herself to someone of curiosity. I thought him worthless. Weak. Yet he has performed a duty befitting her Sheath, and I suppose I should reward it.”
Scribbling ceased, impeccable penmanship crafting a contract that was slid forward on the tabletop. He continued after gesturing for Willin to approach.
“Seek him last, give him what information you have gathered, then heed his request,” the male said through his smirk. “I do so look forward to seeing what becomes of it.”
The dark green-furred male perused the document, stipulations and all finely articulated, as if the Grand Hunter lived and breathed transaction. A few points needed to be addressed, mostly possible abuse cases within the fine print, but it was surprisingly fair. There was some worry about the otherwise excessive cost of breaking the contract, but Willin figured that it would be reasonable enough considering the circumstances.
Signing, he gestured Tech to do the same as a witness, the two of them representing the UM for all intents and purposes. It was hardly the first time they had made agreements like this, though trading such a large area on a planet they held no prior influence on was a first.
The Grand Hunter confirmed the terms and conditions with them one last time, smiling when they both nodded.
“Good! Now, for what you seek.” The male rummaged through a few drawers, producing a series of papers that were lined over the desk towards them. “The non-aggression treaty, as well as what my Blades have observed from their scouting.”
Willin read over each, the documents sorted by Grand Hunter, then by who they had under them. His brow raised at a few reports, but questions could wait. The male seemed happy to let them read, so he wanted to take advantage of it. Tech scanned over everything when Willin was done, her augments allowing her to commit the information to a digital memory for future reference back on the ship.
“There are quite a few names marked with this,” Tech noted aloud, pointing to a symbol next to several of the Grand Hunters and their extended packs. The grey-furred male nodded.
“Those have been eliminated or subsumed.”
Willin frowned, parsing the documents again. Mi’low, Toril, and a few others were designated as such. Looking through, only about four seemed to be free of the distinction. He looked questioningly to the male, a grin returned with a separate stack of paper, titled with a single name.
Hasen.
The notation was rather dense, though not in information that Willin was expecting. Instead of settlements or High and Low Hunters, it was laden with mentions of those belonging to the previously marked Grand Hunters. His eyes widened as he connected the dots.
“Hasen is trying to be a Master Hunter.”
“Correct,” the male confirmed cheerily. “He is integrating other packs into his command and eliminating those who refuse. It has become quite an issue as of late.”
Though Grand Hunters could be assigned the moniker by owning territory and a willing pack—assuming they have the force required to defend it—a Master Hunter must own magnitudes more. It was typically achieved by integrating Grand Hunter packs and their subservients through mutual benefit, but taking it by force was a lesser used method.
Given that he had already either taken or purged several, it wouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination to assume he would press it to include here.
Willin heard Tech curse under her breath, their promise of sovereignty obligating them to interfere. To allow a member of the military—stranded or not—free action against the grey-furred male’s territory would be the same as endorsing it, now that they were aware. It would be hostility by the UM in all but name, and the consequences that had seemed somewhat extreme before now hung over their heads like an executioner’s axe.
A dark, deep chuckle broke the two of them out of thought. “Contracts, new ones,” the Grand Hunter started, a cold Void pooling in his eyes, “are not to be thought trivial. Do not break them.”
“It was a trap,” Tech snarled, jabbing a claw at the report in her paw. “You set us up.”
“Did I?” the male asked innocently. “You offered self-governance, non-interference, and non-aggression.”
“You withheld information!”
The Grand Hunter smiled, a shiver sent down Willin’s spine. “You agreed without doing proper research.”
Willin held a paw out to stop Tech from storming the male. “The contract is signed, Tech.”
“It’s invalid!” she snarled at him, receiving a cold look in return.
“Do you want to be the one to tell command that we allowed damn near genocide of a crew we were here to assist, just because we were too stubborn to adhere to an agreement?” he countered calmly. “This ‘Hasen’ is wiping almost a year's worth of survival, botanical, and every other specialized knowledge gained, just because he wants to control a section of a planet. This doesn’t change anything, it just means we know what we’re going into.”
“I like him,” the Grand Hunter opined with a grin. “He sees the value that my proposition offers.”
“What’s stopping us from just tearing up the contract right now and leaving you to your fate?” Tech barked.
“Your companions in your craft—quite the ship, might I add—would be a notable starting point.”
The two of them paused, eyes widened. The dark grey-furred male laughed again.
“Your proximity sensor has been reporting since you landed, no?” he asked, pointing to the equipment on Tech’s harness. “It must have been rather vexing, yes? Is it the warp-spike? Is it some army of the unknown? The uncertainty of never confirming what it tells you. The whispers of doubt that follow.”
“I’m surprised you recognized what it was,” Willin replied with a level tone. He didn’t like where this was going. The male offered a smile.
“Wildlife here is especially elusive. Skittish. Ceasing all motion while predators are near and silencing themselves.” Tech and Willin exchanged a glance as the male waved a paw dismissively. “It makes for rather intensive training for my Blades. To hunt without disturbing them. My kit was a natural in such regard, but others have slowly approached such a threshold.”
He folded his paws on the desk. “Your ship is currently being observed by them now, weaponry trained on the defences you thought so adequate. Surely you noticed the lack of guns, yes?”
“The distress message mentioned the lack of them was due to how urgent evacuation was,” Willin added cautiously.
“Yes, quite. I made sure to lock the armouries after taking enough to establish my power,” the male confirmed with a half-shrug. “Among those were rifles not dissimilar to the rifle that the purple one there brought with her.” He leaned back in his chair. “Sufficient to pierce the hull and whoever occupies the space behind it, no?”
Tech’s eyes unfocused, snapping to Willin with a fear behind them. The Grand Hunter spun his quill, unconcerned by the events.
“Your short-wave has been temporarily disabled. You can not warn them.”
“Threatening us to compliance?” Willin asked without emotion to his tone. He needed to keep things from escalating.
“Ensuring you understand the consequences of your actions,” the male replied plainly. “When one barters with Avalon, know that breaching such is grounds for death. Of you, and whoever I need to send with you.”
“They didn’t sign this,” Tech argued, kept in line by Willin’s demeanour.
“But you did,” the Grand Hunter returned coldly. “Honour your signature, or regret such in the Void.”
Tech took an enraged step forward, stopped when her throat pressed against a dagger that was slipped in from behind. Willin felt the pressure of a knife to his own.
“Patience, new ones.”
“You took advantage of the interference to sneak assassins into the room?” Willin noted.
“No, my Blades were always here,” the male refuted lazily, nodding at Tech. “She noticed, but was unable to trust what her equipment told her.” He chortled for a moment. “Quite the annoyance, proximity sensors. I feel rather blessed to have the warp-spike rendering them little more than meaningless noise.”
“So this is it? You kill us now, our friends when they refuse to cooperate, then steal what we brought?”
The pressure on his neck faded with a wave of the male’s paw, the assassins being nowhere to be seen.
“Of course not!” the Grand Hunter exclaimed, his voice returning to its affable cadence. “You now know how futile it is to go against me. Fear not, I see no merit in hindering you. As long as you honour your portion of the contract, I will honour mine. It is a certainty that Avalon was founded on.”
Tech rubbed her neck, glancing questioningly at Willin. He gave the male a wary glance, but closed his eyes to concede. They were just going to get everyone killed if they tried to back out of something they had already agreed to.
“Then we have come to an understanding,” the dark grey-furred male announced happily. “As a show of faith, do you have any questions where I might provide clarity?”
The two soldiers glanced at each other, Tech begrudgingly giving Willin the floor. He gestured to the smallest stack of papers. “Who is this? There’s next to nothing about him. Are you withholding information against your contract?”
The Grand Hunter smirked. “That, new ones, is all I could gather from my Blades.”
“You have Lilhuns disappearing in the room a moment after holding a knife to our throats, and they couldn’t scout a settlement?”
“Isn’t it interesting?”
“Enthralling,” Tech commented dryly. The male tapped a claw against his head.
“Think, new ones. What might render my Blades little more than a mild inconvenience?”
Willin’s eyes narrowed. “Other Blades? Better Blades?”
The dark grey-furred male held an expectant smile. “None have been seen, save for my kit.”
“Your kit’s mate is the Grand Hunter? I don’t see one Blade deterring this many,” he admitted, flicking through the pages. Overt, covert, and disguised. None got very far.
“Thus why I believe the male is owed a favour,” the Grand Hunter explained. “I gave them four Blades as a gift. They have become more.” A predatory look of elation cracked through the veneer. “There exists no better Sheath than a Blademaster. Let alone one who surpasses my methods. If she is to succeed me, I would rather no other to accompany her.”
“Says here that he’s an alien,” Willin noted aloud, trying not to voice his surprise. “I’m skeptical.”
“Oh, please do be. It will make hearing about what he asks of you that much more amusing.”
“Any ideas what he might look for from us?” Tech spat, still irritated.
“Oh, I might have an idea,” the male answered cryptically, sliding a small tablet of silver wood across the desk. Willin picked it up to inspect it, two foreign scripts scratched into the surface. With a questioning glance, the Grand Hunter nodded, Willin stashing the tablet into a pouch. “He seeks that which others might not, for reasons as foreign as he himself is. I have little doubt that something related to that trinket will be his wish.”
“Then why visit him last?” the purple-furred female pressed.
“Because it will influence his decision.”
“Which is enough reason for us,” Willin declared with a warning scowl at Tech. She held his gaze before looking away in annoyance.
“Then our meeting is finished,” the male announced, gesturing to the door. It opened, the whirring of servos giving way to the distant ambient chatter of the hallway. Two of the black leather-clad escorts entered the room and awaited them.
“Is there anything we should know that may have not made it to the report about him?” Willin asked before leaving, turning naught but an ear for the response.
The Grand Hunter hummed for a moment. “Do mind your manners surrounding his kit,” he offered. “Or do not, it matters little to me if you survive past honouring the agreement.”
Tech stopped at the doorway, glaring at the male as Willin exited. “We never did get your name.”
His brows raised in interest. “You saw my signature.”
“I would rather hear it from you,” she insisted coolly.
A toothy smile spread over the male’s muzzle. “Grand Hunter Trill; Blademaster of Avalon, Sire of Phantom, and—if I remember correctly—the Weighted Scale, Aspect of Balance.”
“’May he who barter with the Void fear its ire,’” she recited, conviction in her words.
“’Yet he who uphold bathes in its blessing,’ yes,” Grand Hunter Trill replied with a knowing look. “Consider it, new one. To be crushed under the obligations you fail to upkeep, or revel in that which you covet. Do be warned; though I let you and your party leave—” his eye gained a sharp edge. “You are never beyond my influence.”
“May the sun treat you well, Grand Hunter,” she replied tersely, spinning on her pad to leave. Willin glanced back as he waited for her to pass him, seeing nothing but the door closing behind her.
Their weapons were returned, each in the same state as they were confiscated, save for a familiar knife. He scowled as he shifted his footing to reveal that the comforting weight had been removed from his boot. He begrudgingly accepted the blade, tucking it back into the sheath as the Lilhun smirked at him, his mirth at the dark green-furred male’s displeasure evident.
They were escorted out of the shuttle, a pause afforded long enough for Willin to flick up his hood before they continued to the outermost edge of the settlement. As soon as they were outside of the fence, their escorts turned and quickly faded into the buildings.
A crackle came over the headset.
“Leader! Tech! We thought something may have happened,” Comms shouted into the earpiece, genuine worry coating his words.
“Were you unsuccessful?” Nav added, the sound of a small distance between speaker and microphone suggesting they were sharing.
Willin adjusted the strap of his rifle and started walking, Tech following after a lingering glance at the settlement. “We got what we came for, but it might have cost us.”
“It was simply a meeting, no?” Comms asked to clarify.
“If you can call being strung along by an Aspect ‘simple,’ then yes,” Tech growled.
“Aspect?”
“Balance,” Willin provided through a sigh. “Weighted Scale.”
“Receive your heart’s desire at a heavy sacrifice,” Nav commented after a moment, likely referencing something. “What did you give them?”
“Sovereignty and a favour to be paid out to another Grand Hunter.”
“That does not seem too unreasonable,” Comms voiced curiously.
“We’ll talk about it when we get back. I have a feeling that the hole was dug too deep to see the bottom quite yet.”
“There’s a battle brewing,” Tech notified the crew, adjusting her audio interface. For once, it was completely silent. “We got dragged into it.”
The short-wave fell silent.
“What do we do?” Comms questioned quietly, the crackle of the distortion pitching his voice slightly.
Willin snorted, exhaling slowly.
“We made a deal with Avalon, Comms. We honour the contract.”
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A/N: Folded and made a Patreon. You can do the thing there, but i don't have anything to offer. Gonna move the rare AI Gen character art to it though, since it's the best i can offer.

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Ah, Eurovision season. The time of hype, music, unity – and a shit ton of drama. This year’s winner is maybe one of the most controversial we’ve ever had, and that’s saying something considering we've had broadcasters straight up end a broadcast because they didn't like the winner (don't ask).
But I’m getting ahead of myself. Let’s start from the basics:

What is Eurovision?

Eurovision (or ESC) is an annual song contest originating from Europe, organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It’s been held without fail since 1951 aside from 2020, when it was cancelled for truly mysterious reasons. (COVID, guys, it was COVID). Originally incorporating only European countries, the contest has grown in its scope since its early days, nowadays having almost 40 countries participating (including some decisively non-European countries like Israel and Australia) and reaching a viewership of 150+ million, making it measure up to live events the likes of Super Bowl.
The concept of the competition is simple: each country sends one original song to compete. Aside from the biggest sponsors of the contest (UK, Spain, Italy, Germany and France) and the winner of the previous year (Ukraine in ESC 2023) each entry participates in a semi-final, from which 20 countries are selected to advance to the final via voting. The winner of the competition is the act that gets the most votes in the final, who then gets the right to host next year’s contest and enjoy the tourism money. This year, UK took over the hosting duties from Ukraine for reasons (the war, guys, it was the war).
The voting system is important to understand for context: each country gives two sets of points, both equal in value and weight. Points are given to the top 10 entries, 10th getting 1 point, 9th two points and so on. Third place gets 8 points, second place gets 10 points and first place gets 12 points to make the top two positions more valuable. The two sets of votes come from professional juries and the televote. Countries can’t vote for their own entry, naturally.
Juries are 4-5 member teams consisting of music professionals (artists, producers, managers, vocal coaches, music reporters, radio DJs, choreographers etc.) who appraise each entry based on the following criteria:

• Composition and originality of the song
• Performance on stage
• Vocal capacity of artist(s)
• Overall impression of the act

Televotes are collected by having viewers vote via the official Eurovision app, or by calling/texting. A person/device can give a maximum of 20 votes and each vote costs money, the amount depending on each individual country, but it usually hovers somewhere around 1€/vote. Yes, I blew 20€ on the grand final. Yes, I blew another 20€ on the semifinal I was allowed to vote in (there are two semifinals and you can only vote in the semi your country’s in).
This year's Grand Final was held on May 13, but things start happening way before that. Each Eurovision season typically starts with countries selecting their representatives. Some use internal selection (as in, broadcasters decide who goes all by themselves) but most host national finals, competitions where the winner is granted the golden ticket to Eurovision. These national finals are keenly followed by eurofans (passionate fans of Eurovision).

Ready Player One: UMK 2023 and the Launch of the Dark Horse

In January 2023, UMK, the Finnish national final for Eurovision, started revealing its finalists. Seven finalists were announced, and their songs were released one by one on a once-a-day schedule. Finland’s journey in Eurovision has historically been poor, having only managed to secure one win (granted, there are many who have never won) and often finishing on the back end of the results.
Since 2020, however, UMK went under new management and did what was pretty much a 180: in a few years, it became one of the highest quality national finals around, and because of that, many eyes were on Finland when UMK started. The overall quality of songs in 2023 was very good, but one emerged as a clear frontrunner.
Käärijä, a Finnish rapper who was virtually unknown even in his home country, entered the competition, as the kids say, guns ablaze and mad as hell. His song Cha Cha Cha, a rap/metal/techno fusion song that does a complete tonal and genre shift halfway through, immediately became the fan favourite to win. When the time came, Käärijä absolutely landslided the national final, getting more points than the three runners up put together.
Hopeful buzz started amongst the eurofans; would this finally be Finland’s time after seventeen years (Finland’s last and only win was in 2006)? Finland is by means not the most beloved country in Eurovision, but many see it as an underdog that’s finally catching up to speed. Many wanted it to do well. Some were cautiously optimistic.
That was, until Sweden entered the competition, as the kids say, guns ablaze and mad as hell.

Ready Player Two: Melodifestivalen 2023 and the Awakening of the Sleeping Giant

Sweden, by all possible metrics, is one of, if not THE most successful country in Eurovision history. Before 2023, they’ve raked in a massive six wins (second only to Ireland who has seven), two of which during the last 11 years alone and the last one as recently as 2015. Additionally, on years they don’t win, they place in the top 10 almost without fail. They have only failed to qualify from the semifinals once, and it was largely seen as a national disgrace.
Sweden takes Eurovision VERY seriously, and it shows in their results. Melodifestivalen, Sweden’s national selection, started gathering curious eyes even before it started, because rumours were murmuring of someone very remarkable returning on stage. These rumours turned out to be true.
It’s hard to overstate how iconic Loreen is to the Eurovision community. She won the competition back in 2012, with a song that’s widely regarded as the best winning song of all time. She’s beloved and for a good reason. Known as a passionate, skilful vocalist and a world-class performer, the moment her participation was confirmed, many considered Melodifestivalen 2023 a done deal.
It must be mentioned that Loreen did attempt to return to Eurovision once between her win in 2012 and entry in 2023, but failed to win Melodifestivalen. However, this year’s entry was not here to play. She entered with Tattoo, a pop epic crafted by some of the best songwriters Sweden has to offer, with a staging so impeccable it could pass for a music video.
Critics and audience alike were raving. She was back, more powerful than ever. Expectedly, she won Melodifestivalen and earned her place in the line-up of 2023. In the community, the buzz was immediate, but not all of it was positive.

Sweden and Eurovision: A Turbulent Relationship

I think it’s fair to say that Sweden is, for the lack of a better term, suffering from success. Lately, there has been a somewhat anti-Sweden mentality brewing in the community, stemming from a few key criticisms Sweden regularly gets

• Genre loyalty: Swedish entries generally all fall under the umbrella of “radio friendly pop”. They’re well composed, well produced but seemingly leave the fandom cold. “Generic”, “soulless” and “safe” are terms often thrown at Swedish entries
• Jury bias: For a while now, Sweden has done better with juries than the televote, the difference once notoriously being as massive as 220 points, or 2nd place (jury) vs 22nd (out of a possible 26) (by the public). That being said, it’s disingenuous to say the televote hates Sweden as they regularly rank in the top 10, but it’s hard to deny that their point tally routinely consists of more jury than televote points
• Same songwriters: Melodifestivalen has been quite frequently criticized for having a large chunk of its songs written by the same core group of ten-ish people. In Sweden’s defence, a country of 10 million does not have that many active songwriters, but it’s hard to deny it’s a striking detail. For instance, in this year’s final, Melodifestivalen didn’t have a single entry that didn’t have at least two of these songwriters credited

This has led to things souring between Sweden and eurofans. To sum it up concisely: many eurofans feel like Sweden never takes risks, sends ungenuine lab-crafted jury baits and is always rewarded for it no matter what the viewers do because the juries always have Sweden's back. There's a lot of intricacies that go into this and there's nuance to this criticism, but for the sake of keeping things concise, I won't go into them now, all you need to know is that this is something that's going on.

“I love Loreen, but…”

Because of this sentiment, while Loreen undoubtedly had her fans, a sizeable section of the fandom started being critical of her. People started negging. Her song was called generic and soulless, the fact it was written by a huge group of the “regulars” in Melodifestivalen was brought up. People said it was too similar to her 2012 winning song, a 2.0 or carbon copy if you will.
As soon as Loreen was announced as the Swedish representative, the competition took on a narrative of its own. It was widely seen as a race between Finland and Sweden. While Loreen definitely had her fans, the overall mentality was leaning more towards Käärijä. He was seen as the underdog from the country that has a winning chance once every 20 years, if that, going up against the Eurovision powerhouse Sweden who wins so often the fandom is getting tired of it.
That’s not to say no other entries were ever in the talks: Spain’s artsy fusion flamenco song was seen as a potential jury darling. France’s sassy chanson was seen as a potential sleeper hit. Norway’s TikTok viral Viking techno banger was seen as a potential televote magnet. Ukraine was still a big unknown given that the previous year, they had received the largest televote tally in the history of the competition and many thought sympathy votes would keep pouring in this year as well. And then there’s whatever the fuck Croatia was doing (okay, they never had a chance of winning, I just wanted any excuse to subjugate people to this chaos).
But the overall sentiment was heavily leaning towards this being a neighbour war between Finland and Sweden. As the press and pre-parties (fan arranged concerts where artists are invited to perform to get their first interactions with the fandom) started, eyes were undeniably on Loreen and Käärijä.
During his Eurovision journey, Käärijä became somewhat of a crowd darling and went moderately viral on TikTok. A little guy with a bowl cut and a thick accent who had quickly gotten the reputation of being both funny and extremely friendly, coming to the competition with an out of the box and blatantly flamboyant genre fusion banger, walking around in a green bolero with no shirt. It's hard not to feel endeared. (Not that Loreen was unfriendly or anything, she’s perfectly nice by all accounts, but her off-stage personality wasn’t as much of a focal point as it was for Käärijä who became so beloved he was locked in as an icon even before the competition began).
Finns, they, well… Rallied behind Käärijä like crazy. Their government officials sent tweets wishing him good luck. The state owned railway company dressed its statues as Käärijä. The Helsinki tram got a Käärijä makeover. Cha Cha Cha topped the Finnish charts for ages (and still does AFAIK). The Finnish press was going gaga, broadcasting how only Loreen stood in the way of Käärijä’s victory.

“Just Ignore Everyone”: The Main Event That Undeniably Shaved a Few Years Off Of Graham Norton’s Life Span

The main event came about at the Liverpool Arena. As expected, both Sweden and Finland qualified for the final (later revealed to have come second and first, respectively). As the grand final came about, what was supposed to be a fun event (ironically carrying the slogan “United by Music”) turned into a rather tense occasion. Sweden performed 9th whereas Finland performed 13th. Both of their performances went largely well.
During Finland’s performance, the crowd went so crazy some commentators even said the whole building was shaking. People shouted Cha Cha Cha at the top of their lungs. The audience was on his side. Not that Loreen’s performance was poorly received either, she clearly had a lot of friends at the arena, but Finland got the audience by the balls.
After all of the 26 acts were done performing, the time for vote announcements came. The structure of vote announcements goes as follows: first, each country gives their jury points one by one, their spokesperson saying out loud the country that got 12 points, the highest one possible. After that, the total televote points given by all countries are given to each act one by one starting from the country currently at the last position.
Very soon, it became obvious that the juries had taken an immense liking to Tattoo.
Loreen got 12 points after 12 points, and the atmosphere at the arena shifted. The audience got more and more agitated with each 12 points Sweden received, and cheered very loudly whenever Käärijä (who was expected to do significantly worse with the juries thanks to non-mainstream genre and his lesser singing abilities due to being a rapper first and foremost) got any points. It got to a point where they responded to Sweden getting 12 points by chanting Cha Cha Cha.
The hosts (Graham Norton and Hannah Waddingham) were getting visibly uncomfortable and had to calm the crowd more than once. Hannah Waddingham eventually gave the exasperated yet iconic one-liner “just ignore everyone” when the chanting wouldn’t calm down. In the end, Sweden was comfortably in 1st place, having raked in a massive and historic 340 points, almost double that of the runner up Israel (who got 177 jury points). Finland ranked 4th with the juries with a total tally of 150, nearly 200 points behind Loreen.
Once the time for televotes came, everyone’s eyes were on Finland. Käärijä was expected to do well, but no one could quite gauge how well he’d do. Turns out, very well. He raked in a massive 376 televote points, getting the full marks from 18/37 countries and not placing lower than 5th with any country. To put it in perspective, this is the 2nd highest televote score ever (by percentage of available points), the highest being Ukraine from the year prior, and the circumstances were quite unprecedented.
By then, it was obvious the two-horse race had become true. Loreen would need 189 points (roughly the 3th-4th place in televotes) to secure her win, a tally that wasn’t a walk in the park, but was very doable with her popularity.
The following sequence is still very bizarre to me. Loreen’s points were announced. She got 243 points, making her the televote runner up. Which in turn meant Käärijä had lost to her by about 50 points despite outdoing her televote score by 133 points. As the winner was announced, Käärijä buried his head in his hands, clearly devastated. Loreen was immediately guided back on stage for her winner’s reprisal.
Footage from backstage shows many contestants beelining for Käärijä to comfort him. They’re seen hugging him, chanting Cha Cha Cha like he’s the actual winner and trying to cheer him up. All the while, Käärijä himself was obviously heartbroken. The crowd wasn’t happy, to a point where when Loreen accepted the trophy, she asked if anyone even wants her to perform again.
While Loreen’s fans were ecstatic to see her win and perform again, a portion of the audience reportedly walked out, disappointed. That was the end of the main competition. Sweden had won its 7th Eurovision trophy, catching up to Ireland for most wins ever. Loreen had become the second person (and first woman) in history to win twice.
The fandom, while disappointed, quickly got over themselves and accepted the outcome- yeah no one’s buying this lmfao. The dust was up in the air and wouldn’t settle for a good while.

Let the Shit Slinging Begin: Conspiracy Theories, Petitions and the Media Fight

The outcome received immediate backlash. Loreen’s winning performance and grand final performance were mass downvoted on YouTube. Loreen’s victory post on Eurovision currently has 0 upvotes and over 6500 comments. Social media posts by Eurovision about Loreen were spammed by people proclaiming Käärijä was the real winner. Some contestants (namely Slovenia, Estonia and Serbia) outright said Käärijä was their winner. Finland’s grand final performance views also surpassed that of Sweden’s.
There was a lot of shit slinging. Conspiracies started rearing their heads. Some were convinced Sweden had rigged the jury in order to host Eurovision on the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s victory (yes, ABBA is Swedish, yes, they won Eurovision with Waterloo, no there’s no proof of this conspiracy). A petition was started to remove the juries and it reached 60 000 signatures in two days. Loreen was accused of plagiarizing at least two different songs (not that I personally think the accusations have any merit, the melody line is just incredibly common). The Norwegian delegation outright said the juries should be overhauled (Norway got screwed over massively by the juries, being placed 17th, only to be pulled to the 5th overall position by the televote).
When detailed televote results came out, it turned out Sweden had not placed 1st in a single country. It also had less 2nd places than Finland, and its average position was 5th (which coincidentally was the lowest score Käärijä got in any country). People were pissed. Some proclaimed spending money on voting is a waste of time if the 2nd highest televote score in history isn’t enough to win because a group of 200 or so people said so.
People started going through the jury credentials, soon discovering that they were overwhelmingly pop professionals (55% to be exact) while rock pros were nowhere to be seen (they made up 3.8% of the jury to be exact). To be fair, people weren’t only pissed for Finland, they were pissed for other entries that seemingly ticked all the boxes for the juries just to get a minimal result because Sweden vacuumed all the points like it was time for spring cleaning. (I feel like I must mention that a lot of televote magnet entries also flopped hard because Finland suckled up most of the televote points leaving the rest to fight for scraps.)
With the televote results also came a peculiar detail that kicked the drama between Sweden and Finland to a whole new sphere. Turns out, every country gave Sweden televote points, except one. Yep, you guessed it. Finland blanked Sweden, while Sweden’s televote gave Finland the full 12 points. (Finnish and Swedish juries gave each other 12 points.)
This was seen as unsportsmanlike and the Swedish media latched onto it. Think pieces started coming out. One infamous Swedish Eurovision podcast episode hosted by a Swedish newspaper consisted mostly of ranting about how Finland is a "country of idiots", how it's impossible Finns could genuinely have thought 10 other songs were better than Tattoo and how it was a testament to their lack of taste that they voted for Germany and not Sweden (Germany came in last, Finland was one of the only countries to give them points. Germany sent a metal entry so I’m not sure why this was a surprise, Finns LOVE metal).
Swedish newspapers also widely reported that the Finnish Eurovision commentator had told Finns not to vote for Sweden, furthermore adding fuel to the fire. This seems to mostly be lost in translation/a cultural miscommunication, the commentator in question read a joke out loud from the stream chat that essentially said “you’re allowed to vote tactically but not for your own country”, joking about the general elections held in Finland just months prior, where a lot of people voted tactically for the largest left-wing party to prevent the largest right-wing party from taking over. It didn’t work but "vote tactically" became a nation wide meme. Said commentator also simultaneously came under fire by Finns for stanning Loreen too much during his commentary. Man just can't win lmao
One Swedish newspaper article evoked strong backlash in Finland by referring to Finland as “östra rikshalvan” (“Eastern part of the Kingdom”, roughly translated) which was the term used for Finland when it still belonged to Sweden. Many Finns saw it as colonialist and like Sweden was implying they were entitled to their former vassal using their money to give them points. However, it’s difficult to deny this lack of points likely was tactical from Finland, given how they’ve given Sweden points every other year except this one. The Finnish media also did broadcast heavily that Loreen's win depends on the amount of televotes she gets compared to Käärijä, so it's not far-fetched at all that Finns were aware of it and voted for something else.
Finnish press wasn’t silent either. A widely publicized clip from a gossip radio show hosted by the teen targeted state-owned radio station Yle X3M heavily criticized Loreen’s entry, calling it “shit” and making a tasteless joke implying Loreen was on drugs the whole night thanks to her somewhat ethereal demeanour. One of the hosts also seemed convinced the results were rigged. Newspapers also eagerly reported about the plagiarism allegations against Tattoo, even if they never went as far as suggesting there’s any merit to them.
Perhaps the saddest part of this is the contestants themselves. Loreen and Käärijä both have consistently praised each other. They reportedly get along great and there are numerous clips of them hugging, laughing and joking around. Despite taking the loss heavily, Käärijä congratulated Loreen and emphasized he loves her and wishes her all the best from the very first interview he gave after his loss. (He did however say he feels like the jury system might need a reform.) Likewise, Loreen said in an interview that she wasn’t bothered by the crowd chanting Cha Cha Cha because she thinks Käärijä is awesome and authentic.
They’re still in contact and are planning to meet up for coffee when Loreen’s next in Helsinki. The abuse Loreen herself received reached downright disgusting proportions, crossing from general trashing to misogynistic and even racist territory (because of her Moroccan heritage). It got to a point where Käärijä had to address it on Finnish morning TV, emphasizing that the results are not her fault and that he feels horrible for her when people insult her because he knows her and knows she’s a lovely person. By all accounts, there’s no bad blood between them (or any contestants for that matter, this year was remarkably cordial).
So, where are we now? People have mostly calmed down (mostly) and accepted the results. Many still push for a jury reform, demanding larger juries with more diversity and knowledge of non-mainstream genres, a shift to a 60/40 voting split in favour of the televote, and many other things too numerous to list here. EBU has not addressed the controversy in any shape or form (and they likely won't), and we’ll likely have to wait until next year to find out if the jury system will be overhauled. Loreen and Käärijä fans are still bickering amongst each other but the general public seems to have moved on. Loreen is currently enjoying very good streaming numbers and chart placements across the world, and a record number of Eurovision entries are charting. Käärijä isn't doing half-bad either, being greeted by an airport full of supportive Finns upon his return and having skyrocketed to undeniable legendary status in the Finnish music scene.
Here’s to hoping Käärijä’s invited to perform at Eurovision 2024 as an interval act and regardless of jury reform (or lack thereof) people can bury this hatchet and Nordic unity can blossom once again. (Nordics get along great... Until one loses a competition to another, then it means war.)

I've searched a few times to no avail to answer the question of, "how many pelts can my horse carry?" This being in reference to the medium-sized, stackable pelts (e.g., pronghorn, whitetail deer, wolf, or beaver). I first downloaded RDR2 2 to 2-½ years ago and I'm on another run. Making money, to me, can be a grind at first and one of the best ways is by simply selling pelts to a butcher or trapper (preferably).
I wondered how many pelts could my horse carry and on each run I took to Google which ultimately led me to Reddit. Multiple times someone has asked the same question and in grand fashion, Redditors prove useless time and time again in never answering the OP's damn question. A straightforward question by someone asking for help on how many pelts can be carried garnered results like, "I have 12", "I took 22 to the trapper", or "at least 50". Wrong, wrong, wrong.
A total disregard for the original question and an evolution into a discussion having absolutely nothing to do with OP's post is far too common on Reddit. I think the stereotype is true, and most are based on some truth, that Millennials really are the "distraction generation". Most here are Millennial, and you guys are awesome, but you need some Adderall smoothies or some shit. My old, 49-year Gen X ass is actually diagnosed with ADHD (and bipolar disorder as well as an anxiety and panic attack disorder) and though shiny things or the jingling of car keys can cause me to star off into the sky at times, my pill keeps me pretty centered, so y'all gotta focus. 🙃
Okay, I got my little jab in as always on Millennials. Don't be hatin'. I got mad props for y'all. Nothing but respect. Ease up and laugh at yourself. No one gets out alive.
Now that I have digressed...
For once, I think I can't blame Redditors for not answering yet another question and once again going off topic. I think I understand why the question of how many pelts can be stored on your horse hasn't been answered because it's a question that will take a chunk of your life from you to answer. I set out to do it; to answer the question (no, not THE answer to life, the universe, and everything...42).
I have just played, in three sessions, over the course of the last two days, for approximately 20 hours. I didn't dedicate 100% of that time to just hunting, but easily 18-18.5 hours was invested in hunting. I began near Larned Sod, headed north to O'Creagh's, west to Cotorra Springs, southwest past Cattail Pond to Wallace Station, through the valley following the Little Creek River, south past Owanjila into Strawberry, then followed the railroad tracks starting at Riggs over the water via trestle to Flatneck, and finishing through The Heartlands back to Larned Sod. I made this loop four times with a lot of deviations. I'm so done with this. I'm thinking there might not be a reasonable limit...
I CURRENTLY HAVE 101 PELTS, plus the one large elk pelt. I reached 85 and took my final break and decided I'd at least see this to 100 and go one over to see if that was possible. There is one thing I did learn and I doubt it matters how you play (I'm on PS4). There is a limit per slot in horse cargo if you save. I had 85 pelts, as I said, and that included 13 poor deer pelts and 12 good deer pelts. I saved, turned off my PS4, and when I fired her back up and loaded my save game, the 12 and 13 were both defaulted to 10 each. So, that happens. As far as how many total goes...who the hell knows? Way more than 101, that's for sure. Eventually, someone will fully answer this, but it's not going to be me. 18 hours just hunting? I'm good. I'm going to go get my couple hundred dollars for this extinction level carnage I just waged across the land.
Peace ✌️ and a deuce, deuce yo.

Many people are not aware that humidity can have a profound effect on the tuning and performance of your piano. Humidity is a measure of how much water vapor is in the air, relative to the maximum amount of water vapor it can hold (that’s why it’s called relative humidity!). Your piano is subject to wide swings in humidity. This is particularly true in the Hudson Valley, where the majority of our clients live. In the summer, humidity levels can go as high as 100%, while in the winter, your heating system can drop the relative humidity in your home into the single digits.
What does this mean for your piano? When the humidity is high, the soundboard and bridges absorb moisture and swell, increasing the tension of the strings and forcing the piano sharp. When the humidity is low, the opposite happens - the soundboard and bridges release moisture and shrink, reducing the downward pressure of the strings and forcing the piano flat. This is why almost all piano manufacturers - and your piano technician - recommend that your piano is tuned twice a year. In addition to forcing your piano out of tune, increased humidity affects the action parts, swelling the wood and increasing friction, which can make your action respond sluggishly (a major cause of “sticking” keys).
How can you mitigate the effects of humidity on your piano? There are several options. The absolute best solution is to have your whole house humidity controlled. This involves either attaching a humidifier to your HVAC system or installing a separate humidifiedehumidifier system in your home. While this is the best solution, it can be very expensive to install and maintain, and is usually cost prohibitive.
The next, and we think best, solution is to install a humidity control system directly in your piano. The Dampp Chaser company, makers of the Piano Life Saver system, is the only company making these systems. Over the past 74 years they have perfected their system and adapted it to work in all pianos. This system maintains the relative humidity of your piano within a few percent of the ideal level of 45% Relative Humidity. A humidistat regulates the humidity, similar to the way your thermostat regulates temperature. If the humidity is high, the humidistat activates low power dehumidifier bars to dry out the piano. If the humidity is low, the humidistat activates a humidifier - a gentle version of that which you might put in a room. Periodically, you must fill the humidifier tank with water. This can be disconcerting the first few times, pouring water into a tube that disappears into your piano!
In grand pianos, the system is installed underneath the piano, in direct proximity to the soundboard. An under cover will aid in the effectiveness of these systems. A dehumidifier bar is installed at either end of the underside of the piano, and a humidifier tank is located in the approximate middle.
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My fellow Americans. May we start with a prayer before I begin this speech?
Dear heavenly father lord, you see what has occurred here at this library today and I pray that you may wrap your hands around the victims and their families and allow the release of the sorrow of the families of those who are deceased and the recovery and spirit of hope for those who were blessed to only be injured. Dear Heavenly Father Lord, we see this horrible act of man and we raise the issue to you and ask that all be good with man. That what it was which compelled and act of evil from someone like this be banished from our terrestrial plane. And lord please let this world be good. And let us all here recover, the victims, the families, and a grieving nation.
Thank y’all for being respectful and courteous.
How did this happen? Why did I let them go? What could I have done? What did we do to deserve this punishment God? I’m sure these questions and those like them have run through y’all’s heads time and time again. I understand. What matters now is recovering from this travesty. It is important that we all as a people stand from our knees and say we will not let this evil seed in our nation.
I will do my best a politician to implement policies for mental health awareness and care. Y’all as citizens have a responsibility as well. Carry a gun. Whenever you can. If we build the precedent that every American has a gun people will fear to do things like this.
I am very sorry for what has happened here today. I will do all in my power to bring our nation to see what has occurred and to implement policies to prevent the next shooting from happening.
I am sorry for what has happened. Thank y’all all for coming. It is important that we count our blessings. Though many were lost many survived and that in of itself is a small victory.
Let us end these incidents together. If you can, carry a gun. While yall do that I’ll try my damnedest to do my part up in DC and in Austin.
Again thank y’all for coming out. May God bless of y’all. God bless America.
OOC tour update- The stop in Portland will be canceled and this will act as that stop. Sadly Boise had to be skipped momentarily but will be caught on the way back East. Remember to keep up with The Grand Tour. See y’all on the road!

My ex and I are still friends after 14 years
Many of you will ask how and why because let's get straight to the fact that not everyone can be friends with their ex, but let me share my story.
I met him when I was a freshie in high school, he's two years ahead of me. And just like any other high school students, I used to admire him from afar. He plays basketball, he writes beautiful proses, he's tall and I like his cute smile, the kind of smile where his eyes smiles, too.
It was on my senior year when we became in a relationship with each other, he was already a 2nd year college then. If my memory serves me right, our relationship only lasted for 9 days. We were on a long distance relationship, he's already in Manila pursuing a degree in engineering while I was in our hometown finishing my senior year. The romantic relationship didn't work for both of us.
A year after, I was already in college and studying at the same school as he was. One random day, we decided to have lunch together and I was sitting there listening to his stories again like it was the very first time. He never changed, he was still this guy that I have admired for years, but he was even more gentleman this time, man, it did not even feel awkward being around him.
I think that was the start of our friendship, that was the start when we have finally realized that we're better off friends than lovers. He would be there to comfort me on my darkest days, to answer my late night calls, fetch me when I'm drunk, he even sings for me over the phone. We would go out to eat dinner, we would send each other gifts, lend umbrellas, even exchange phones (because we unexpectedly have the same unit), he'd bring snacks in case I get hungry while talking about life under the stars, and we would worry when one is sick. He was always proud of my achievements, be it simple or grand, and it gave me hope.
You know a friendship is beautiful when you feel safe around them. And I feel safe around him. He always picks me up at home when we're going out, he was always early, he was never late. Never in our years of friendship did he took advantage of me when I was drunk, he'd always make sure I got home safe by letting me close the gate first before he leaves. I can never thank him enough for the respect that he has given me. He have set the standards for male friends so high.
And then life happened, I was the one who got into a relationship first. Our communication slowly died down for some reasons and we would now only text each other on our birthdays. But I know he is always there, I can feel it. He never left, because I did.
To you my best buddy, I hope you find your happiness, I hope you find the love that you deserve. Thank you for this great friendship any could ever ask for. I am truly grateful for your existence. Know that I am always praying for your success, know that I am always proud of you, for what you have become and for what you will be in the future. I am here, silenty clapping my hands and cheering for you.