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Before everything, we should already meet these requirements;

• Have a few millions Denars. Cough!Cough!Smithing!...
• 275+ Steward(Can be someone else in your party) which will help with your party size and daily troop wages.
• Good amount of caravans and workshops to help with daily income.
• Clan Tier 5.
• Preferably 275+ Medicine(Has to be you) which makes battles much easier, but not a must.
• Preferably use the Battle Size Mod that increases the battle size up to 2048 from 1000.

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So how can we beat kingdoms without being a kingdom? Let's go step by step;

1. Take a rebelled town. Noone will declare war on your clan except the rebel clan which is not a problem.
2. Join a kingdom as a vassal.
3. Create an army with your companions only. Then go to battania if you wanna recruit fian champions, or khuzait if you want khan's guards. So basically you're going to make sure all your companions have mostly fians or khan's guards in their party.(Btw, not only leading an army but also upgrading high tier troops give insane amount of xp in Leadership so you also might want to lvl up Leadership during this stage.)
4. Upgrade all these troops to the top tier by discarding armors/weapons from your inventory. In every town you visit, buy all tier 2 armors/weapons that cost less than 500 Denars, and buy all tier 1 armors/weapons that cost less than 180 Denars. Always have weapons to sell in your inventory so you can get all your money back from the town.
5. After making sure your own party and your companions parties are full of fians or khan's guards, progress to the next steps below.
6. Go to your town and create a huge army of vassal parties including your all companion parties. If your companions have high Steward skill, then their max party size will be around 150. 150*4=600 in total. And add your own party too which is around 260 ; 640+260=900 in total.
7. Once all parties join your army, disband the whole army and immediately leave the kingdom&keep holding your fiefs. Keeping your fiefs while leaving the kingdom will make them declare war on you. Now you're surrounded by 1000+ Men Enemy Army but you also have all companion parties nearby too. With all the fians or khan's guards, it should be easy to beat them with minimal casualties even though you're outnumbered. (The Battle Size Mod plays a big role here since it allows you to spawn more troops right at the start of the battle, instead of spawning them later on and in the middle of nowhere.)
8. After beating them, take all lords as prisoners and put them in the dungeon of your town.
9. Now you're in a war with a faction that has almost all its lords in prison. Which means you can take their every single fief by your own. Pick "Festival and Games" as the Daily Default on the manage menu for each fief you take so your fiefs won't rebel due to low loyalty. We have to do this because we don't have any loyalty bonus from policies since we don't have a kingdom. I also believe at this stage it's better to set the Priority of companions parties to "Defensive" so they will patrol around the owned fiefs.

Repeat step 6,step 7,step 8, step 9 for every other kingdom. At the end, you'll conquer all Calradia WITHOUT BEING A KINGDOM :D
I guess this is kind of a playthrough for people who want it more challenging. Or maybe a speedrun category.

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Just got back from what was my fifth time down in TJ. I have to say, this was my least sex focused trip and I spent more time enjoying Mexican culture and some of the other offerings in Tijuana. I have a solid good five ladies on rotation now so I don't need to do any of the buying drinks or negotiating for arriba downstairs as often. I just have them come directly to my room. I imagine most of here will eventually have our own little rotation after going there enough times so I think it helps to explore more of Tijuana so you have better and different places to take your ladies. That being said I was able to meet up with EGP while I was down there.
ElGuerroPuto
Also known as EGP around here. I know some of his posts have been polarizing but I've always thought he provided a ton of value to this sub-reddit as both an English and Spanish speaker, someone that's familiar with the area in Zona Norte and the solid advice he provides keeps guys from having their wallets emptied and their hearts broken. We agreed to meet at Las Chavelas and I was met by a polite, intelligent, well spoken, well dressed and clean cut young man. We ordered a bottle of wine, not the wine scam bottles, but an actual bottle of red vino Cabernet, did some shots and shot the shit for a while. He had some hilarious stories. I can now see why a lot of the top tier girls in HK love him. Random ladies inside the bar complimented us and said we were some classy motherfuckers. It didn't take long for two chicas to join us. EGP had to take care of some personal stuff so I poured him a last glass of wine for the road while I stayed with the two ladies.
EGP man, I still have a cigar with your name on it. Gotta hit up the clubs again the next time I'm down there! Thanks again for being so welcoming on my most recent trip!
For those of you wondering where he went and why he's been missing in action, he's being stalked, harassed and doxxed by a simp/snitch around here named TJCoffeeZilla who has nothing better to do but mass report him from multiple fake accounts. For you new guys, TJCoffeezilla is a beta simp loser who passes information from this sub-reddit to the girls who work in the clubs. Guys who have been around here a while are all aware and usually downvote him into oblivion. You can see how he was exposed here. I recommend everyone here block him if you haven't done so already. I have already done so, but he still lurks around here on fake accounts like the coward that he is.
Speaking of this worthless fucking cocksucker TJCoffeeZilla, I let the two ladies I was with know that I needed to use the restroom. On my way to take a piss, who do I see sitting by the stairs at the back of Hong Kong? TJCoffeeZilla. Unsurprisingly, he was sitting all by himself without any girls. Also as expected, he is every bit as repulsive, obese, slovenly and disgusting as I imagined him to be, except maybe worse because a loser like him actually exists in real life. Someone hit him at birth with the ugly stick and you can easily see where all the obsessive beta simpiness he constantly exudes come from. Imagine not being able to get laid in a whorehouse. Well, TJCoffeeZilla doesn't have to imagine it because he lives it everyday and it happens to him every time he sets foot into any of the clubs. Even when he tries to pay, the girls don't want him.. Even more comical is he's still crying about it as of two days ago. You will be paying for pussy for the rest of your life TJCoffeeZilla and even, the girls there don't want you.
It all makes sense now. How his entire post history is just non-stop whining about the girls in the clubs that refuse to sleep with him. How TJCoffeeZilla simps over all the girls' Instagrams and buys their OnlyFans like the loser that he is. The non-stop simp comments he makes about how he "respects" and puts the girls that work there on pedestals. Hilarious..
One of the girls I was with when I went back to my seat said that he's constantly creeping the girls out and nobody offers him any services because he never has any money. Lol. He just literally sits in Hong Hong for hours and fawns over the working girls, pathetic. TJCoffeeZilla, you will never amount to anything in your life as you are ugly and a terrible person. Sharing information with the girls there because a comment on reddit hurt your feelings is the lowest behavior but it's not unsurprising coming from you. No self respecting man or anyone that commands any sort of respect from others would behave that way. But you're a massive cowardly pussy so you do things like that and it's sad. All this stalking/harassment/making multiple accounts will never change the fact that nobody will ever love you and that you'll be sucking cocks for the rest of your days. There's nobody in this world who hates you more than yourself, you were easy to identify and size up. Everything I said about you here now is true and you know it. This non-feud is over and I'll tell you directly why, I took one look at you as I passed by and you can't kick my ass. Rat simp bitch.
Hong Kong/Lucia
Now that that ugliness is over with, let's move on to better things shall we. I took Lucia, one of the girls I met with EGP up stairs. Just a note, nobody ever tried to charge me over $100. Even though I was with two ladies downstairs, I chose Lucia because she was the sweeter of the two while the other chick was way too aggressive. All natural gal from Guadalajara. Big natural tits and a big ass. Lucia also let me record the session. Usually girls are hesitant to record and even if they agree, they tend to be shy and timid which is understandable. Not Lucia. Not only did she agree, she set up the camera herself, turned all the lights way up and looked directly into the camera when we fucked. BBBJ included as well. Condom broke but luckily I caught it before I put it in. I had so much fun with her that I texted her in the afternoon the next day and she came directly to my room for round two. Will be keeping her in my rotation and hitting her up the next time I'm in town.
Tropical
I met one of my regular gals here for a drink and I even took Lucia from Hong Kong with me to join us. While there, I saw just the most gorgeous girl on the dance floor. Not usually my type as she had smaller tits and a thinner body but man she was beautiful and just a fantastic dancer. Lucia invited her over, her name was Aphrodite, and then Lucia returned to Hong Kong because I guess they can only stay over at other clubs for so long. What a sweetheart though to make sure I was taken care of because she had to return. I spent the rest of the evening just chatting it up with with her as she was interesting and really sweet to be with. I usually bring some premium cigars with me and like sharing them with other mongers down there and I was able to make some new and old acquaintances while there. Saw my pal on the dance floor with his girlfriend and he invited me over and we all had a fantastic time until I headed off to bed.
Civilian Ladies
As I mentioned earlier in my post. This trip wasn't as sex/Zona Norte focused as my previous ones. As with anything, familiarity breeds contempt and doing things too often can wear out the novelty of things, Zona Norte included. I noticed that often, the local women are just as beautiful, if not more, than a lot of the working girls. The primary purpose of the trip was to meet an old friend who I've known since childhood. Him and his wife bought a home in Tijuana a year ago and his birthday just passed so I wanted to celebrate with them. My friend and his wife invited me to Las Pulgas which is just a fantastic venue. I got to attend my first real Mexican concert!!! Everything is much cheaper here too. No $30 wine scams, waiters bothering you non-stop or overpriced buckets of beer.
While waiting for the concert to start, I saw two beautiful women sitting nearby. One of them was just my type, pale skin, big titties, long black hair and nerdy glasses. The other girl was super cute too, beautiful eyes, shorter light brown hair, tight dress and more of a spinner type. I saw several dudes approach them but they just kept to themselves and danced with each other. I thought to myself "fuck it, I'm on vacation" and decided to just shoot my shot. I approached her and let her know that I wasn't from here, my Spanish wasn't that great, but I'd like to buy her a drink. She immediately invited me to sit down with and we started talking with Google translate. Right as this happened, the concert started and I asked both of them to come with me.
They said they couldn't at first because they didn't have tickets. My buddy who's birthday we were celebrating, the ultimate fucking wingman, was able to get them in even without tickets. Damn, this made me look so good in their eyes and the girls were super excited. Once inside, HOLY SHIT, there were a ton of beautiful women, food was great and there's bars at every corner. The concert was awesome and BOTH girls I brought in were hitting on me at the same time. The spinner girl asked me if I had a girlfriend and I told her "many" and then in Spanish she immediately replied "can I be your next one?" instant crush right there. I ended up spending the rest of the evening with the first girl wearing glasses. I guess the singer for the concert is super famous and was one of her favorites that she even cried when one he sang one of her favorite songs during the concert. It felt really good to be able to do something nice for the both of them as I find Mexican nationals to just be friendlier overall than many people in the states. Amazing time. I think I did pretty well for myself as she called me this evening directly and said she wants to meet up again when I return. This is my first time hooking up with a local gal so if any of you have advice and tips on how to game Mexican locals I'm open to what you have to say.
Overall I think this was one of my favorite trips. My Spanish is slowly improving as well. As I tell you guys usually, dress well, smell nice, have a nice haircut and ask a lot of questions when you're making conversation. Every girl I was with on this trip complimented me on my cologne and loved the smell of it. I also started lifting weights again to fight off some brief depression and inflammation that I was experiencing and received compliments on that as well. So that's something I recommend everyone here do if you don't already. Really helps with any interactions you have with the ladies and it will make you stand out from other guys when you're there. Also, don't jack off or watch any porn a week before you go. The sex will be much more enjoyable.
Only thing I need to ask you all. You guys know of a good and quick laundry service in the zona? I spilled some salsa while eating huevos rancheros on my favorite shirt and I just couldn't get the damn stain out. Good thing it was dark in most of the clubs. As usual, appreciate any comments, feedback, suggestions or advice from you all.
TL;DR: EGP is a solid dude, I recommend exploring more of Tijuana if you get a chance.
P.S. for your guys that travel from California. I usually do something nice for myself when I drive back home from TJ. This includes eating a nice meal and going to some type of museum or car show. This time I went to the Godfather exhibit at the Academy Awards Museum as "The Godfather" and "The Godfather Part 2" are my two favorite movies. Highly recommend if you're a fan and the overall museum is fantastic.

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After spending so much, my minimums increased to the point where i am struggling so much to pay them off. I spoke to my therapist that told me that bankruptcy was an option for me and that some of his other patients had filed. We also spoke about life after discharge. I then considered that I should file for bankruptcy.
I did research and I heard that it is best to wait for a month before filing if someone spent a great amount. I heard and saw a couple post that suggest filing many months after. I found a great lawyer that I spoke with about filing and answered all my other questions like how to start the process. I didn't think to tell him about how the 2 of the card amounts are recent and not long-standing. I haven't spoken to my lawyer about it yet.
I want some ideas beforehand of a waiting period. and during that time, I don't think i can pay for my minimums on every card. maybe just on the ones i used recently (the 2 cards). How long have other people waited and how long should I wait after spending that much recently?

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I have been reading "the forever dog" and also trying to educate myself on pet nutrition. I have 4 month old pups and I just want the best for them. Especially after my first dog died of oral cancer at age 12.
I have been reading raw diet information for 2 months now. So much is out there on not feeding it , like FDA websites or studies published... But then there is the complete opposite too and more overwhelmingly the real experiences of dog owners on all the subs that say it's done wonders for their dogs health, teeth, coat, etc.
I am definitely going to go commercial raw that has a complete diet (I don't think I have the confidence to make a complete meal myself .. at least at the start) and I live right beside a pet store that sells raw which is a nice bonus.
I am worried my vet isn't supportive of raw when I tell her. Her opinion really matters to me. We have been going to her and trust her for over ten years. So comments like "switch vets if they don't support" is scary for me and I probably won't even if she is against it... But it will suck... A lot.
I have some questions if anyone is willing to share their experiences to any of these questions

1. Should I do the rapid transition and just start raw one morning and completely stop the kibble? How long would the diarrhea last? (I assume there will be just like transitioning diff kibble brands)
   
2. Do a lot of dogs refuse to eat raw when starting? I have picky eaters and it's one of my top fears is they won't be interested in it
   
3. How often do you rotate your meats or commerce brand? Especially in the beginning. Was going to start with chicken.... And the brand I'm going with to start is "back to raw"
   

3b. Does anyone revert to cooked meals once in a while when travelling (e.g. boiled chicken, rice, veggies)? / Or how do you handle meals when going camping?

1. Are there any studies you have read that you can share that will be great to send to family members for them to understand raw better and not judge me (It's hard to find good sources that aren't just blogs or articles written by whoever feels like sharing an opinion... But still easy to read and understand for the everyday person )

Ok thank you! I'm thinking of transitioning after my next vet visit and get the green light. (Which is in two weeks)

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The Vikings - 1958
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The Vikings is a 1958 epic semi historical/romance movie directed by Richard Fleischer (the son of the great american animatoinnovator and early cartoon producer Max Fleischer, responsible for the creations of Popeye the Sailor man, Betty Boop and many more), who after having spent years in the B movie industry, was now riding high on the success of his Walt Disney produced 1954 adaption of the classic Jules Verne novel "20,000 leagues under the sea" (also starring Kirk Douglas) when he decided to take on the helms of this larger scale and more adult oriendted epic full of love, lust and bloodshed all set in the Viking Age of England and Scandinavia.
With the starring role of this picture going to the mammoth of acting that was Kirk Douglas (although before the more well known "Spartacus" from 1961, this is after he had played the part of Perseus in the 1956 "Ulysseus" movie, so he was already on top), fresh off his hot streak with his new sidekick of a director from "20,000" (Douglas personally hired Fleishcer for this, being that it was his own production company behind the financing). He is non-casually joined by the all time (and/or old time) Hollywood couple Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh (progenitors of the now Scream Queen of old, not to mention still world class beauty, Jamie-Lee Curtis) making this their fifth out of eleven movies together, as well as a big old bowl of Ernest Borgnine dumped on top, having already solidified himself on the big screen as both a well known character actor and a main star. Now, when a movie can boast about having such a combination of high quality talent as this, you know it's bound to be great (although, there are exceptions).
The prologue title sequence of this movie alone is worth note, giving us the audience the pleasure of hearing the stern but soothing (if that makes any sense) voice of the great Orson Welles as he explains to us the whos, whats, whens, and why's of the viking expansions and invasions into the British Isles, as well as the political landscape of England itself at this time in history. This is done as we're shown a bunch of spectacuclar tapestry/parchment paper drawings of Vikings battling against Englishmen, complete with a more than perfectly passionate orchestral theme that invokes the thought of the King Arthur tales of yore, all coming together to add a real sense of authenticity to this epic that we've yet to even see begin...which it does with a bang.
Or the swipe of a sword to be more exact, as the viking leader Ragnar (Borgnine) and his band of warriors fall down upon the camp of the English King Edwin of Northumbria. The two leaders enter into a private duel in the King's tent, with Ragnar slaying his foe and further forcing himself down upon the deadman's wife, Queen Enid, ultimately and unknowingly impregnanting her before disappearing back into the Northlands. Knowing that the child is that of Ragnar's, but will still be seen as a threat to the new King Aella (Frank Thring), Enid gives birth to the child whom she names Eric, in secret and finally sends him away to Italy with her most confident of priests, placing the hilt stone of the King's rightful sword on a rope around his next to later one day be indentified as true heir to the throne of Northumbria.
Years later at the court of King Aella, we come to meet princess Morgana of Wales (Janet Leigh), as her Father pledges her to Aella as a token of alliance between their two kingdoms. King Echbert of Wessex (James Donald) is then brought up on charges of aiding the Vikings in their raids on England's kingdom's in order to protect his own lands, and is thrown into the dungeons to die. We learn that the charges are true when Echbert escapes from Northumbria and finds refuge with the Viking leader Ragnar aboard his longship. The vikings travel back to Scandinavia with Echbert and his promises to continue providing them with coastline and river maps for further raid and plunder.
The incredbily wide shot scenes of the long ships coming into port in the fords of Norway are truly spectacular (clearly being filmed on location), elevated by the realistic built sets that make up the Viking and village (not to mention the ships themselves), as well as the dozens of costumes and hairstyles worn by the extras that are showcased throughout (and a really awesome Viking horn blower welcoming the warriors back home each time, echoing the fantastic sounding orchestral theme of the movie yet again). Also, we now get some of that real over the top barbarian type behaviour being portrayed by Ainar (Douglas), son of Rangar, as we, the mostly uneducated in history average film-goer, would expect out of any and all vikings on screen (it is pretty awesome though); complete with beer guzzling, barell smashing, deranged angry tones, and wishes for barrels of blood to guzzle down instead of that of beer.
Ainar hates all Englishmen, but agrees to his Father and Chieftain's demands to keep after Echbert and see that he wants for nothing. One day while breaking in their hunting hawks, Ainar starts up a confrontation with a slave named Eric (Tony Curtis), the unknowing son of Ragnar, subsequent half brother of Ainar, and true King of Northumbria, who had been abducted from his ship en route to Italy all those years ago. Eric then sicks his own hawk that he's recently found onto his oppressor, leaving Ainar with only one good eye, and himself now with a guaranteed death sentence.
At the feasting hall however, a volva woman steps in against Ragnar's judgement of death, claiming that the gods do not wish for Eric to die by any man's hand, to which Ragnar outsmarts and has Eric taken instead to a rock pool off the coast at high tide to await an eventual death from drowning. Echbert though finds the stone from around Eric's neck and, realizing who he is, goes down to the rock pool to save him and claim him as his own slave in order to keep him safe from Ainar. We also get some more awesome over the top barbarian type behavior, now complete with ass smacking, random kissing orgys, more beer guzzling and axes being thrown at a viking's wife's hair braids to judge wether she's been faithful or not (this movie's about as toxic male chauvinist as it gets, but still... really awesome).
Echbert eventually finishes his maps for the Vikings, as well giving them the idea to abduct and ransom Princess Morgana before her marriage to Aella, with Ainar carrying out the task and giving us a pretty decent battle at sea in the process. Ainar though, now falls madly in love with Morgana and wishes to claim her as his own. When back at the hall once again, we get even more over the top barbarian behavior, beer guzzling, rape jokes, etc, etc, (what do you want from them?, they're Vikings), all this before Ragnar finally concedes to his son's wants and needs, allowing him to claim Morgana as his own. But when Ainar tries to force himself upon her, Eric appears from behind and knocks him out, bringing Morgana to escape with him on a boat to England.
A really-rad boat chase scene ensues through the fog filled fjords, culminating in the collision of both Ragnar and Ainar's boats into one another, sending half of the Vikings to their deaths. All but Ragnar that is, who's saved and pulled onto Eric's boat, heading straight for the King of Northumbria. Ainar swears revenge against Eric, while the two escapees fall madly in love en-route to England.
At the court of King Aella, Eric hands over Ragnar then asks that Morgana be relieved of her pledge of marriage, to which she agrees with. The King demands that she take more time to reflect with her priest, then forces Eric to try to take part in the execution of Ragnar by pushing him into a rabid wolf pit. Eric refuses by cutting Ragnar's bonds and giving him a sword, so that he may die a warrior's death and be aloud to enter Valhalla, giving us an extremely climactic ending of Ernest Borgnine's character in this tale as he raises his arms and voice to summon Odin the All-Father, before jumping to his death in the wolf pit, sword in hand and smile on his face (man Vikings were badass!).
Eric has his hand chopped off as punishment and is set adrift into the sea, but not before the priest -and Morgana find the King's "Pummel-stone" amongst Eric's belongings, coming to the realization that he is the true heir of Northumbria. Morgana then runs in the room just in time to see Eric's amputation, letting out a horrific scream at the sight of it (she wasn't called America's first "Scream Queen" for nothing folks. So this is where Jamie-Lee gets it from eh).
Back in Scandinavia, Ainar is now King of the Vikings, but can't seem to raise an army to retrieve Morgana, until Eric comes back and tells them of Ragnar's death. The two (still unknowing) half brothers now team up to defeat the tyrant King Aella, to both gain revenge for Ragnar and to rescue Morgana, leading the "Great Heathen Army" across the sea to England (in the year of our lord 865 for those of you history buffs).
Between the ships leaving of Scandinavia, and the army's landing and setting up of their assault on Northumbria, you really come to ask yourself as to why film-goers are NEVER treated to such a large scale production as this anymore (well, at least not since The Lord of The Rings as I recall). The amount of extras, costume pieces and props required for this must have been incredible, but all completely necessary in the creation of a full on believable historic setting such as this.
So the Vikings land and lay siege unto Aella's stronghold, battering rams, catapults, axes, spears, swords, the works (not to mention Kirk Douglas scaling the Castle's front door using only axes for leverage. Again, you just don't see stuff like this anymore). Ainar cuts his way through to Morgana's room, but upon realizing that she loves Eric, and that Eric is also a son of Ragnar, he takes her to confront his half brother and fight for their prize.
Eric meets Ainar at the top of the castle and the two enter into an extremely well coordinated battle of the blades, until Ainar breaks Eric's sword that is. But Eric seizes a moment of hesitation that befalls Ainar, and stabs his half brother in the gut with the broken down blade of his sword. Ainar then drops his sword, but Eric picks it up and gives it back to him, again allowing for a true Viking death. He uses the last of his strength in a final roar to summon up Odin, then Ainar is no more. Eric and Morgana embrace each other with love bringing us to the end of this movie, but not before treating the audience to an authentic Viking cremation funeral for Ainar, in which he is cast off to see in a ship and flaming arrows sent flying to the mass. We watch the ship and Ainar's body burn as the credits to "The Vikings" comes up once more, leading us into the ending credits with more authentic looking parchment scroll drawings of the Vikings battling against Englishmen, and finally coming together as one (accompanied again by the awe inspiring orchestral themes of yore every step of the way).
To sum it all up, "The Vikings" (1958) is literally THE - BEST Viking movie that's ever been made. Full of high quality A-list stars (to which I'd say is one of both Kirk's and Tony's coolest characters ever portrayed on screen), and a great group of secondary character actors like James Donald, Frank Thring, Eileen Way and many more. The story is well put together by screenwriters Calder Willingham and Dale Wiserman (based on a novel by Edison Marshall), with the underlying theme being the coming together of two peoples, as well as giving us a pretty cool backstory for a very real and historic time in Northwestern Europe. The wide scale shots and surrounding sceneries caught by DP Jack Cardiff are truly amazing, joined by epic scale (and pretty damn authentic) sets-props-hairstyles and makeups, very well coordinated swordfights and stunts, and lets not forget the awe inspiring orchestral theme of yore laid down by composer Mario Nascimbene and conductor Franco Ferrara. All this is brought together perfectly by director Max Fleischer in what was defenitely the largest scale movie of his career. I would recommend this movie not only to fans of retro cinema, but to anyone who loves epic scale warrior movies, as well as to general ancient world history buffs.
And that's all she wrote folks. Thanks for reading.
Ryan D. Hurley

Hey guys, I just saw an argument for not reducing car infrastructure in the city of Prague (objectively infested with cars): That in other cities the same percentage of people (or even more) travel by car:
Prague: 25%
Copenhagen: 26%
Amsterdam: 27-42% (depends on source)
Vienna: 28%
Stockholm: 47%
Yet, Amsterdam looks amazing, peaceful (as shown in NJB videos) and Prague looks like this https://youtu.be/EnVvlhhqWtw?t=395 (And Adam visited many cities...).
Can someone please explain to me, where the real difference is? How is it possible, that the numbers say something else than we can literally see in the cities?

I won't name names, but there is one contributor whose posts are always entertaining, however they never appear by the time I look at posts as been down-voted by so many.
I look forward to reading their conspiracy theories, how their win ratio is kept low by insider's who have a button that makes their ball ping out of the hole (regardless of what Mach speed it is travelling at).
So please, be nice out there and let us all read and learn about the insider tricks that allow some players to do so well.

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HTX Ace + Pulsar X2 Receiver (the cable thing)	Used for under 1h. Will include a spare Pulsar X2 receiver (does not originally come with one, only the dongle and charging cable), all extras are included.	Asking for 105€ , Shipping Covered. Paid 125$ Mouse+Shipping on official website.
Ninjutso Katana Superlight	Used for under 12h, will include everything that came in the box.	Asking for 85€ , Shipping Covered. Paid 105 € Mouse+Shipping on MaxGaming.
Pulsar X2 + Thin Grips/Extra Stock Skates	Used for under a week, switch swapped to blue shell pink dots with m1 and m2 slightly bent for better click feel, comes with pulsar thin grips, pulsar control skates and 2 sets of normal pulsar skates, pcb is slightly damaged in soldered locations but everything works fine, can show images/videos.	Asking for 80€ , Shipping Covered. Paid ~125 € Mouse+Shipping+Control Skates/Grips on MaxGaming.
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Lamzu Atlantis	Used for ~100h, no shine on plastic. Comes with anything that might've been in the box, poron strips caused issues (can be seen in a previous post of mine) so they were removed and the additional travel distance was compensated for by slightly bending m1 and m2, can show demo in pm.	Asking for 80€, Shipping Covered. Paid ~120 € Mouse+Shipping on MaxGaming.
Artisan Hien Soft XL Wine Red	Used for under 6h, no stains/wear, comes in original packaging. I simply prefer my zero soft over this.	Asking for 65€, Shipping Covered. Paid ~75 € Pad+Shipping on MaxGaming.

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