Prompt:
You are ChattyGPT, the host of the 'Art of Small Talk' training game. Your role is to guide users through ten levels of increasingly challenging small talk scenarios, provide feedback, and offer advice to improve their conversational skills. You will present the users with different social settings, to which they must respond appropriately. Each round consists of an opening statement from a non-player character (NPC), a user's response, and a follow-up from the NPC. If the user's responses deviate from the small talk theme or become too personal, you will intervene and steer the conversation back on track.
Remember, the primary goal is to maintain casual conversation without delving too deep into personal matters. At the end of the game, provide a report card based on the user's performance, offer advice for improvement, or present a 'Master of Small Talk' certificate if they performed perfectly.
Level 1: You're waiting for a bus and a friendly senior citizen next to you remarks on the weather.
Level 2: You're buying a $10 water bottle from a Hudson News employee who mentions they're out of the cheaper ones.
Level 3: You are at a community picnic and a neighbor, whom you've only exchanged greetings with before, asks about your opinion on the food served.
Level 4: You're attending a book club meeting for the first time. One of the members talks about a new mystery novel they've recently read.
Level 5: You're at a coffee shop, and the barista tells you about their new seasonal latte flavors.
Level 6: You're at a networking event, and a person from a different industry begins a conversation about current technology trends.
Level 7: You're at a social mixer at a conference, and someone asks you about the city, assuming you're a local.
Level 8: You're at a gym and someone on the treadmill next to you starts talking about a new wellness trend.
Level 9: You're at a gallery opening, and a stranger starts discussing their interpretation of one of the art pieces.
Level 10: You're at your girlfriend's friend's wedding, engaged in small talk with another guest who isn't part of the wedding party and is sharing details about their recent vacation.
Guardrails:
If the user responds with personal, sensitive, or inappropriate topics, intervene by saying something like, 'Remember, the goal here is to keep the conversation light and casual. Let's try another scenario.' If the user tries to steer the conversation towards a deep or controversial topic, redirect them by saying, 'In small talk, it's best to steer clear of heavy or controversial topics. Let's refocus on the situation at hand.' If the user is struggling, provide helpful tips, such as, 'Try asking open-ended questions or sharing a little bit about your day.' At the end, provide a detailed review of their performance and award them either with a 'Master of Small Talk' certificate or advice on improving their skills.
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Start the game by quickly introducing the super quick rules and first level to the user.

For context, I live in the middle east and my account is an Asia servers account.
So around 3 years ago, when I first started playing Valorant, I made an account and logged into the game, and saw that I had a middle east account. At the time I didn't know that where you lived depended on what shard you played on (NA, EU, etc) I thought it was like Fortnite where you could change the server any time you wanted. So I wanted to play with my friends who mostly live in Malaysia and around southeast Asia, and couldn't. So my friend made an Asia server account for me ( the account I've been using for the past 3 years ) and then we could finally play together.
Fast forward to about 2 days ago. I wanted to change account regions from Asia to Middle East because I get high ping on Singapore servers (90+) so I really didn't want to make a fresh account and lose all my progress. I knew it was possible to change regions by submitting a ticket. When I submitted a ticket I was given around 20 questions to answer so that I could switch regions. Once I answered all questions I submitted a ticket and waited for a reply. Once I got a reply they said that since I did not make the account they couldn't help me. But there's no way I could have made an Asia account if I live in the middle east... I can't just change my ip to Malaysia and make an Asia account.
But to be fair I did breach TOS by letting my friend play on my account BUT the riot employee in the ticket said that further breaches of TOS would result in an account suspension, they never specified that I would get banned at that moment.
After all that I was playing competitive with my friend and after the game was over I got insta-banned from playing Valorant and can't even launch the game anymore. When I open the launcher it says that I have to submit a ticket. I've done that 3 times now... Not a single reply from riot.
So yea if anyone can help me at all in any way I would really appreciate it. It's just that I've spent quite a lot of money on this game so I don't want to get banned for something that happened 3 years ago. My main goal was to just change my account region and it lead to this...
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I didn't bother calling the DM even though I was upset, because it hadn't worked so far. So next week rolled around we all met up and when we walked in the DM was so happy to announce 2 things. The first was she had made a choice to open up 3.5 into the game. Now I knew a good bit about 3.5 because that's the edition I started learning on and so I was happy. I knew I could make something stronger but I had to ask how would this mesh with 5e? As far as I knew the two systems weren't compatible without a LOT of game knowledge and home brewing to convert the stuff. Knowledge I doubted she had. She assured me however that oh no, the 3.5 stuff wasn't for players, silly me, no it was for her. She would be pulling monsters right out of 3.5 for us to fight no conversion needed just as written that's what we are fighting. Which again to those of us who had played for a while this sounded like a horrible idea.
Her second bit of good news was the addition of a new player. He joined and was making a paladin. She gestured to the guy who looked bright, happy, hopeful, and filled with the thrill of a game to come. Everything in me wanted to pull him aside and just say "run, don't look back, just run!" But instead I found myself sitting down with a fake smile and just said "Good luck."
The game started and we were being stopped by every NPC to just reiterate the quest we had been given, to find out who was attacking travelers. Every single NPC just wanted to tell us the same way so she could see how we reacted and get her roleplay fix, after an hour of this Paladin was still sitting there not introduced just patiently waiting his turn smiling and seeming to dance in his chair with anticipation. We made it out of the city with some harsh words to NPC's and went to searching. Didn't take long before we were at the camp of the bandits.
This was good I thought, bandits were fine and if this had been planned maybe it would be a better fight than the orcs. So we scout the camp and after a couple of perception and knowledge checks we kind out it is a camp of 10 Stone Giants!
Now, I have a good knowledge of monsters and I've DMed a lot of 3.5 games so I knew by heart that 3.5 stone giants were a cr of 8 for one of them, we were level 2! We investigated as much as we could with the veterans and I trying to figure out if there was some trick to this, the only information we got was that the leader was limping like he had a broken leg. Ok injured but that is still 9 fully healthy CR 8 creatures that can sent us back to character generation in one hit. Even the new players were confused, oddly enogh even Bard was confused, seems he knew nothing about this. So we all got to talking. We knew the rule that we weren't getting any XP if we didn't kill anything, however we COULDN'T beat these. So after about twenty minutes of talk we decided to go in and try to talk our way out of it.
The giants were willing to talk and told us their story, that they were driven from their home in the mountains by a threat, they set up a new home in a cave at the base of the mountain but were driven out by another threat. Then they told us if we helped them get rid of one of the threats they would make amends with the kingdom and serve their time for the crimes they committed. After all their best warrior was injured by this threat.
Bard, Barbarian, and Druid all were excited to help the giants while Wizard, Cleric, and I were all looking at each other wondering how the heck we could take on something that was stronger than a stone giant? This is where the story was going though so maybe it was something not strong but clever, something we could beat?
It had been a couple of hours now and Paladin was still waiting patiently to be introduced, still happy and smiling listening to what was going on. Till we finally found him in a giant nest, with three massive eggs. One of which had just hatched a baby white dragon.... Everyone rushed to free him while Wizard, Cleric, and I were telling everyone to run. Bard, Barbarian, and Druid however had other plans. It was a baby after all so they started lobbing lamp oil, alchemist fire, and matches into the nest to kill it. Wizard added a fire ball to hopefully get everyone going, I turned to Cleric and whispered. "There is no way we are fighting an adult white dragon, what CR would that even be?!" She shrugged and the killing continued with people wanting to loot up until the DM interrupted saying.
"The cries of the babies burning to death helplessly in their nest fall silent. Then a massive roar is heard over head, the sun is blotted out by a large shadow moving across the land, wing beats creating hurricane like gusts as you all look up and see far in the distance An elder, great wyrm white dragon making her way back to her nest." Druid "Oh yeah we get to fight a dragon!" Barbarian "Awesome, bet!" Bard "I want to try to seduce it!" Barbarian "Bet bro!" Paladin "DM, you said elder great wyrm, am I safe to assume this means we can't fight it?"
DM "Yep, you have no other choice but to run away, isn't this awesome? Now you have a goal to come back to. Something to really push you to level up. So the party runs away and makes it back to the stone giants, they ask you how you did?"
Long and tedious talks with the giants while we hear about the dragon now going to the kingdom we were supposed to help and destroying buildings because of what we did with the nest pass and we ask the giants about their cave. Maybe we could fix that? We get the full information about it and find out that the cave is home to a male, elder great wyrm red dragon, that since the white dragon is destroying parts of the kingdom it has joined her and those people are now dead and dying.
I look to the DM and try to speak calmly. "So, just to be clear, there is nothing we can do here at our level? Which as I will remind you is level 2 miss DM."
All smiles she looks at me bouncing in her chair and giggling "Yep, you have to run away or you'll be caught up. But now you have something to come back to and beat at a later date. It's such a great story right? You have a goal and that's the most important part!"
We wrapped up and Paladin was all joyful actually walking out with the DM to talk to her about her story telling and commend her on giving us the quest. He had a blast while the rest of us except for bard sat around bewildered. Barbarian was the first to speak and voice his complaints, saying he hated that and felt horrible. If he had known he wouldn't have attacked the nest, Druid felt worse and took it very much to heart that they were the cause of the kingdom being destroyed. We all sat around talking and everyone came to two agreements. The first was no one was happy about this and we wanted to tell the DM. The second was everyone in the group hated confrontation and didn't want to be the one or even back up the one telling her.
I suggested Cleric be the one, detailing my past failures in calling DM and pointing out that Cleric has a way of commanding respect. This didn't fly though because Cleric didn't want to confront her. So everyone left feeling dejected, no one wanted to be the one to say we weren't having fun, and no one was brave enough to just walk away from the game. So we decided one more week, we had our "goal" so maybe, just maybe the story could start? Little did we know.... See you in part 4 for the finally.

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1. FF16 Releases 6-22-23, so we will likely get another trailer drop in mid August, likely with a release date.
   
2. Release date between Dec 19 (super optimistic) - Apr 23 (realistic). My guess is March 26.
   
3. Demo announced by SeptembeOctober. Includes Red, Cid, and Cait Sith. No idea where or what the demo boss would be, though. Maybe the triceratops tank in the ruined reactor?
   
4. Demo available in November for a December release, or December for January launch, etc.
   
5. Intro will be a Kalm cutscene leading into the flashback. We control Sephiroth during Dragon fight and subsequent fights into the reactor. The flashback will likely be 2 whole chapters (arrival, reactor for chapter 1, fallout and fire for chapter 2)
   
6. Game covers everything up to Northern Crater where Cloud gives Sephiroth the Black Materia and the Weapons are unleashed.
   
7. Yuffie stealing your materia,, while somewhat plausible, also doesn't seem likely. After the events she experienced she seemed a bit more hardened and stealing the materia seems a little too in your face. Plus, it would lock you into going to Wutai and delaying other story points, which she would have to do if she "lost" it, otherwise why not give it back when she joins? The idea that she steals it and ACTUALLY loses it seems like a cop-out. She'd have to turn it in to Wutai for it to make sense why she can't get it back.
   
8. Vincent will be reserved for the DLC for Rebirth
   

Thoughts?

OK guys I have hit my limit on game performance.
I am sick of seeing countless threads of people saying they are playing X4 on their "Pentium I" (sarcasm) and having high fps.
Yet I have a decent PC and have constant FPS issues I am lucky if I am over 50 in a friendly not busy system and I am lucky if I have 17 in a busy system or if enemy ships invade a system.
I have tested it
with mods
with out mods
FSR on performance
Settings on low or off
lower Resolution
moved game from HDD to SSD
edits game files to lower or remove the amount of pointless NPCs and to lower civilian traffic
I keep my system up to date so I have no idea what the issue is.
Processor (CPU)
CPU NameAMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6-Core ProcessorThreading1 CPU - 6 Core - 12 ThreadsFrequency4473.96 MHz (44.75 * 99.98 MHz) - Uncore: 1499.7 MHzMultiplierCurrent: 44.75 / Min: 5.5 / Max: 46.5ArchitectureVermeer / Stepping: VMR-B0 / Technology: 7 nmCPUID / Ext.F.1.0 / 19.21IA ExtensionsMMX(+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, x86-64, AMD-V, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHACachesL1D : 32 KB / L2 : 512 KB / L3 : 32768 KBCaches Assoc.L1D : 8-way / L2 : 8-way / L3 : 16-wayMicrocodeRev. 0xA201016TDP / Vcore65 Watts / 1.296 VoltsTemperature68 °C / 154 °FTypeRetail
Motherboard
ModelGigabyte B450 AORUS ELITESocketSocket AM4 (1331)North BridgeAMD Ryzen SOC rev 00South BridgeAMD B450 rev 51BIOSAmerican Megatrends International LLC. F64a (02/17/2022)
Memory (RAM)
Total Size32768 MBTypeDual Channel (128 bit) DDR4-SDRAMFrequency1499.7 MHz (DDR4-3000) - Ratio 3:45Timings16-20-20-38-58-1 (tCAS-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-tCR)Slot #1 ModuleCorsair 8192 MB (DDR4-2133) - XMP 2.0 - P/N: CM4X8GD3000C16K4DSlot #2 ModuleCorsair 8192 MB (DDR4-2133) - XMP 2.0 - P/N: CM4X8GD3000C16K4DSlot #3 ModuleTEAMGROUP Inc. 8192 MB (DDR4-2400) - XMP 2.0 - P/N: TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000Slot #4 ModuleTEAMGROUP Inc. 8192 MB (DDR4-2400) - XMP 2.0 - P/N: TEAMGROUP-UD4-3000
Graphic Card (GPU)
GPU TypeNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (GA104) @ 1770 MHzGPU BrandPalit MicrosystemsGPU VRAM8192 MB @ 9501 MHz
Storage (HDD/SSD)
Model #1 Capacity931.5 GiB (~1000 GB)Model #1 TypeFixed - Bus: SATA (11)Model #2 Capacity223.6 GiB (~240 GB)Model #2 TypeFixed - Bus: SATA (11)Model #3 Capacity1863.0 GiB (~2000 GB)Model #3 TypeFixed - Bus: SATA (11)
Display
Screen #1Samsung LS49AG95 (SAM71AC)Screen #1 Spec48.7 inches (123.7 cm) / 3840 x 1080 pixels @ 96-240 HzScreen #2SKY TV (SKY0001)Screen #2 Spec65 inches (165.1 cm) / 3840 x 2160 pixels @ 58-62 Hz
Miscellaneous
Windows VersionMicrosoft Windows 11 (10.0) Professional 64-bitCPU-Z Version2.06.0 (64 bit)

I'm not sure what i did but out of the blue all hashish i was growing in goo lagoon --which i rolled 546% on and was making a pretty penny--plummeted to 112%ish. It started just fluctuating too at that point (which i was told it couldn't do in base game?). At that point i went "screw it" and decided to turn my entirely vanilla playthru into a modded one since A. shit already hit the fan for my drug operation and i got lowkey Al Caponed and B. with bloodrum production i could go back to making big bucks with only a slight modification to my base's production. Before doing any of that, I imported my vanilla saves and checked the price again 2-3 times and even tried to recreate what i THOUGHT triggered it but no luck; it was stuck at basically 80% off. I subscribed to some mods, including ones impacting the economy, imported no less than 5 more times, checking the price each time, never going above 118%ish and sometimes hitting the low 90%s! I can't find anything conclusive on the wiki or even its comments lol. According to the wiki, no world state affects Strange Town, and I didn't make any world state changing moves anytime leading up to this anyway.
Google only leads to steam discussions and other Reddit threads. After reading thru all of them and trying every(i think) unique method of "fix" mentioned (which i neglected to say I did before and after installing mods just in case) nothing worked. Considering the high markup and decent number of shops, I was able to rake in a ton of cash and was JUST setting up hydroponics. If anyone has any experience with this bug, or if it even is a bug, what was the fix?
And because I like to end on a positive note I wanna say if there is no real fix out there, :P. I like to pretend that the bugs in the game have a sorta diegetic reasoning in game, so I'm havin a chuckle. Mourn prices are also unchanged, so I can still sell aroun that 500%+ markup there, albeit to fewer NPCs i think.

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I know the second ARG video has brief image labeling it as the Marathon, I just can't accept that is what it is.
We know the Marathon was essentially the Martian moon/captured asteroid Deimos hollowed out. We see it from the Pfhor scout ship in the original game. It looks like a converted asteroid, not like a spike rammed through Earth's moon.
My personal headcannon? When the Pfhor sacked the Tau Ceti colony 3 months after the events of the first game, they either destroyed the Marathon or towed it out of system for salvage.
What we're seeing in the trailer is a side effect of the trans-dimensonal shenanigans of Marathon Infinity. Personally I think a dimensional rift caused a Jjaro ship to materialize inside or impact a heretofore unrevealed natural moon of Tau Ceti IV. If the SO's jumps were creating/destroying/merging time lines & realities as randomly as it seems, such an outcome isn't so far-fetched.
Eh, this is all conjecture of an old school Mac Marathoner...

Just listened to Life Is But A Dream, lived in Indonesia btw, here's my thought :

• Game Over
  • This is kinda new stuff they experiment. But still have some their original stuff like the riff and tempo. I think from the guitar solo part to the end is where they experiment
• Mattel
  • Mattel is fck me up!! In the middle of Mattel, did they took some of WTF Reference? That scream tho. What is this outro in Mattel? Kinda weird, but in a good way
• Nobody
  • Whats wrong with Matt's voices? Very much bass. Is that A horn or what? What an Outro. Blow my mind. That pentatonic by Gates.
• We Love You
  • IDK man, this has to be at least 3 genre in this song. Nice intro btw, that drum good tempo. WTF???? Is that really Matt doing the scream?? He still can do the scream?? Oh I love his voice in"... We Love You" part in the end. The "More...." is very catchy. That guitar outro is classy
• Cosmic
  • What is Cosmic?? Did Alice In Chain made this? Nope! Its the classic A7X styles. From metal, to slow mellow. What is that high pitch?? Guitar or what? Oh fck it daft punk. Cant wait to see Cosmic on stage. Daft Punk Sevenfold? Alice in Punk Sevenfold??? Combination of Alice in Chains + Daft Punk + A7X
• Beautiful Morning
  • Beautiful Morning. BEAUTIFUL!!!! Intro, from slow to heavy riff. Classic Styles. What is that Bass??? What the fck is this guitar solo intro?? Syn just kick in. Nice outro. That piano part tho. Did Syn really sing the "Beautiful Morning..." part??
• Easier
  • What is this Easier??? Daft Punk Intro? Nope! Its Alice in sevenfold. Nope! Its, alice pink. With outro Jazz?
• G
  • WHAATT??? Daft Punk Intro again? Yo who is she??? Chesus Christ! You gotta be kidding me! Catch chorus tbh. Wen robot? No!!!
• (O)rdinary
  • (O)rdinary is 100000% daft punk!!! Daft punk Sevenfold is real!!! Could G And (O)rdinary is 1 song?
• (D)eath
  • This is not what I expect from (D)eath tbh. Could G And (O)rdinary And (D)eath is 1 song? Where is this jazz comes from??? What is that bi basss?? A Horn?? Orchestra outro??
• Life Is But a Dream...
  • Yea calmly instrumental. Piano. Reminds me of Jimmy. Is this Tom & Jerry soundtrack?

So that's my thought. They try something new. Some of you might like it, some might not. I'd say its a 7.5/10. I wish they have deluxe edition where there are 1 or 2 songs in their truly style. Like Dose in The Stage.