When you're craving d4 content so much you create your own. *spoilers*
2023.04.01 11:44 leonemeaeusWhen you're craving d4 content so much you create your own. *spoilers*
The new class(es) in the expansion are going to be the Immortal and Shadow - both classes will have 2 "variations" so it's more like 4 classes (really 2 with much more skill diversity among them) The first class,the Immortal is a Damage Support Hybrid class hailing from Westmarch that has "devotion" as their resource. Followers of the church of light and sworn protectors of Sanctuary. They are divided into 2 factions which you can choose after completing their starting quest, at which point you are sent from Westmarch to Kyovashad to assist the church of light. the first faction you may choose is "The Protectors" who follow the will of Kion and are tasked with guarding sanctuary from outside or internal threats, and are overly zealous in this regard. the second faction is "The Builders" who follow the will of Daedessa and have been tasked with protecting sanctuary by keeping peace, maintaining order, and helping others. The class special system for the Immortal is mounted combat, activating your mount during combat is on rotation replacing your evade, working the same, it gives the mounted buff for a short duration and adds effects to your next ability based on which skill tier they are in (basic/core etc). This makes for some very interesting utility involving evade cooldowns. The skills also gain these bonuses when using a skill to "dismount". Though the mount is visible during the mounted buff, it will not provide the movement speed bonus of your mount other than performing your evade action. the Immortalutilizes "Light" "Steel" and "Law" skills, and has both physical and spell based skill sets, being designed to be at the center of combat, utilizing skills to both soak and dish out damage. they will use a shield and a one handed weapon being a mace, sword, or class specific scepteflail which will be added to the game. [basic]: When mounted, basic skills gain 10% lucky hit chance and deal an additional 20% of their damage. zeal: [basic] [law] - lucky hit 11% generate 5 devotion. Rapidly strike 3 times dealing 10% damage each hit, each subsequent time an enemy is hit by the same cast of zeal generate an additional 1 devotion. (0/5) + strike an additional time, zeal lucky hit chance is increased by 4% 1: zeal slows the enemy by 40% for 3 seconds. 2: zeal gains an additional 12% attack speed while healthy. charge: [basic] [steel] - lucky hit 35% generate 10 devotion. Slam your shield into the enemy dealing 24% damage. (0/5) +: charge has a 25% chance to stun the enemy for 2 seconds. 1: charge grants an additional 5 devotion when it hits a stunned enemy. 2: grant 10% of your max life as a barrier when you charge. holy bolt: [basic] [light] - lucky hit 33% generate 8 devotion. throw a pulse of light at an enemy dealing 35% damage. (0/5) +: hitting an enemy with holy bolt reduces their damage by 15% for 3 seconds. 1: holy bolt releases an additional 3 light bolts that course along the ground seeking out the closest enemy for 13% damage. 2: holy bolt has a 30% chance to daze for 1 second. cleave: [basic] [steel] - lucky hit 30% generate 8 devotion Sweep your weapon fealing 40% damage to enemies in front of you. (0/5) +: if cleave critically strikes it makes enemies vulnerable for 3 seconds. 1: each enemy hit by cleave has their damage reduced by 10% for 4 seconds 2: cleave now swings in a circle around you. [core]: when mounted, core skills have a 20% chance to cost no devotion. 1: critical strike chance against close enemies is increased by 3% (0/3) 2: you take 4% less damage from distant enemies. (0/3) 1: critical strike chance against distant enemies is increased by 3% (0/3) 2: you take 4% less damage from close enemies. (0/3) judgement: [core] [steel] - lucky hit 40% cost 40 devotion calls down a falling sword dealing 60% damage to enemies around it. (0/5) +: has a 20% chance to stun all enemies it damages for 1 second. 1: dealing damage with other steel abilities has a 5% chance to cast judgement. 2: judgement deals an additional 1% damage for each point of devotion you had when using it. blessed hammer: [core] [law] - lucky hit 25% cost 35 devotion cast out a magic hammer that seeks enemies striking 4 times dealing 36% damage per hit. (0/5) +: blessed hammer now strikes an additional time, if the same enemy is hit 5 times by a single use of blessed hammer it deals an additional strike. 1: blessed hammer has a 25% chance to gain 5 devotion each time it strikes 2: blessed hammers now circle around you instead of seeking enemies and strikes an additonal time. 1: after using a core skill you gain 5% resistance to all elements for 3 seconds. (0/3) 2a: core skills have a 10% chance to heal you for 1% of your maximum life when they hit an enemy. (0/3) 2b: light damage from core skills reduces your light cooldowns by 0.5 seconds. (0/3) smite: [core] [light] - lucky hit 40% cost 25 devotion call down divine energy to strike an enemy dealing 110% damage. (0/5) +: smite now releases 3 light bolts when it strikes an enemy dealing 10% damage each and immobilize enemies hit for 3 seconds 1 smite releases an additional 3 bolts. 2: hitting an enemy with smites bolts reduces their damage dealt by 20% for 3 seconds wave of light: [core] [light] - lucky hit 20% cost 50 devotion a wave of radiance crashes forward dealing 80% damage to enemies hit. (0/5) +: wave of light has a 20% chance to daze all enemies hit for 2 seconds. 1: if wave of light damages 2 or more enemies they become vulnerable for 2 seconds. 2: wave of light deals 25% more damage to the first enemy hit. 1: maximum devotion is increased by 3. (0/3) 2a: core skills cost 5% more devotion but deal 10% more damage. (0/3 2b: basic skills generate 10% more devotion. (0/3) [defensive]: whenever you use a defensive skill while mounted it grants a barrier equal to 10% of your maximum health for 4 seconds 1: gain 5% resistance to light. (0/3) 2: gain 5% resistance to shadow. (0/3) radiant wall: [defensive] [light] - 15 second cooldown. form an impassible barrier for enemies that lasts for 1.5 seconds. (0/5) +: radiant walls cooldown is reduced by 3 seconds. 1: radiant wall immobilizes enemies around it for 2 seconds. 2: radiant wall grants you a barrier equal to 10% of your max health for 6 seconds. consecration: [defensive] [light] - cooldown 20 seconds. create an area of light on the ground around you for 3 seconds dealing 16% damage each second. (0/5) + the area of light now lasts an additional 3 seconds. 1: standing in the area of light reduces damage you take by 10% 2: activating consecration causes it to release 6 light bolts dealing 10% damage. holy shield: [defensive] [law] - cooldown 20 seconds. gain a barrier for 10% of your max life and increase your resistances by 5% for 6 seconds. (0/5) +holy shield grants an additional 10% barrier and lasts 2 seconds longer. 1: enemies who hit you while holy shield is active cause it to release 3 light bolts dealing 10% damage. 2: enemies who hit you while holy shield is active become dazed for 1 second. steel resolve [defensive] [steel] - cooldown 14 seconds. hold fast and true, gaining 3 devotion each time an enemy hits you for the next 6 seconds. (0/5) + steel resolve gains an additional 3 devotion each time you are hit while injured. 1: instantly gain 15 devotion when you activate steel resolve. 2: activating steel resolve now heals you for 15% of your max life. 1: your barriers have 5% increased duration. (0/3) 2a: while you have a barrier active damage reduction against elites is increased by 4%. (0/3) 2b: while you have a barrier active you gain 3% increased damage. (0/3) [auras]: whenever you use an aura or prayer while mounted its cooldown is reduced by 50%. 1: your armor is increased by 5%. (0/3) 2a: gain 5% additional max life. (0/3) 2b: you gain 5% additional healing from all sources. (0/3) 3: while you have an aura or prayer active you gain 3% increased damage. (0/3) retribution: [aura] [steel] - cooldown 25 seconds. demand retribution, increasing damage by players and enemies within the auras area by 10% for the next 8 seconds. (0/5) +: enemies who hit you while retribution is active are immobilized for 1 second. 1: increase the percentage of damage players deal during retribution by 10%. 2: retribution no longer increases the damage enemies deal. conviction: [aura] law - cooldown 25 seconds. seek conviction, decreasing all armor and resistances to players and enemies within the auras area by 10% for the next 8 seconds. (0/5) +: enemies who hit you while conviction is active become vulnerable for 2 seconds. 1: conviction no longer reduces player armor and resistances. 2: decrease the percentage of armor and resistances enemies have by an additional 10%. condemnation: [aura] [light] - cooldown 25 seconds. condemn those in the auras area for 8 seconds dealing 85% enemies effected by condemnation are instantly killed when they are hit below 10% life (does not work on bosses) (0/5) +: light skills deal an additional 10% damage to all enemies within condemnation. 1: enemies killed by light skills within condemnation release 3 light bolts dealing 10% damage. 2: enemies dealt light damage within condemnation become dazed for 1 second. 1: your auras and prayers have a 10% increased duration. (0/3) 2a: your auras and prayers radius are increased 5%. (0/3) 2b: your auras and prayers grant a barrier equal to 5% of your maximum health for their duration. (0/3) [combat]: whenever you use a combat or service skill while mounted it cost 10 less devotion. 1: steel skills have 5% reduced cooldown. (0/3) 2a: Lucky hit: Steel skills have a 5% chance to make the enemy vulnerable for 4 seconds. (0/3) 2b: damage reduction against elites is reduces by 4%. (0/3) 3: whenever you use a non basic steel skill gain 4% damage reduction for the next 6 seconds. (0/3) steed charge: [combat] [steel] -lucky hit 33% cost 40 devotion. Charge into the enemy on your steed dealing 45% damage and knocking back enemies. (0/5) +: steed charge grants a barrier equal to 20% of your maximum life for 3 seconds. 1: enemies hit by steed charge become vulnerable for 2 seconds. 2: steed charge costs 10 less devotion. sky fall: [combat] [law] - lucky hit 40% cost 40 devotion. jump high into the sky and crash down on your enemies dealing 50% damage and immobilizing enemies in the area for 1 second. (0/5) +: increases the radius of sky fall by 15%. 1: sky fall leaves behind consecrated ground. 2: sky falls damage is increased by 1% per devotion you have when you use it. 1: your crowd control effects have 5% increased duration. (0/3****************) 2: Lucky hit: your law skills have a 5% chance to generate 4 devotion (0/3****************) divine punishment: [combat] [light] lucky hit 33% cost 40 devotion. rays of light strike enemies around you dealing 85% damage. (0/5) +: divine punishment deals 25% increased damage to dazed enemies. 1: you release 3 bolts of light dealing 10% damage when you use divine punishment. 2: enemies hit by divine punishment deal 20% less damage for 4 seconds. 1: whenever an enemy becomes takes damage from your basic abilities there is 5% chance for them to release a light bolt that deals 10% damage. (0/3\) 2: whenever you damage an immobilized or dazed enemy they become vulnerable for 1 seconds. (0/3) [Ultimates]: Whenever you use an ultimate skill while mounted it refreshes your mount skill immediately. 1: law skills deal an additional 3% damage to enemies who are dazed immobilized or vulnerable. (0/3) 2a: every 100 devotion you spend reduces the cooldowns on your \law] skills by 1 second. (0/3)) 2b: law skills deal 1% more damage for each devotion you have above 100. (0/3) 3: law skills deals an additional 6% critical damage to close enemies. (0/3) Grand Arbiter: [ultimate] [law] - cooldown 90 seconds. for the next 10 seconds dealing damage with a law skill reduces your law cooldowns by 0.1 second. (0/1) +: while righteous honor is active you gain 15% movement speed. 1: while righteous honor is active you gain 15% attack speed. Righteous Servitude: [ultimate] [channeled] [light]- cooldown 70 seconds. Channel the will of the heavens for 12 seconds, becoming immune and continually releasing 6 light bolts each second that each deal 12% damage and daze the enemy. When the channeling ends deal an additional 6% damage to each enemy for every time a light bolt hit them during the channel. (0/1) +: Righteous servitude heals you while channeling for 5% of your max health every second. 1: When Righteous servitude ends gain 10% of your max life as a barrier for 6 seconds for each enemy killed while it was active. 1: light skills have a 5% chance to create a light bolt when they damage the enemy. (0/3) 2a: hitting enemies with light bolts increases your critical strike chance by 1%. This resets upon getting a critical strike. (0/3) 2b: enemies deal 5% less damage for 2 seconds after being hit by a light bolt. (0/3) Phalanx: [ultimate] [steel] - lucky hit 30% cooldown 60 seconds. Three protectors charge in knocking enemies back and then aiding you in battle for 6 seconds- each one uses either zeal, cleave or charge. (0/1) +: each protector lasts 3 seconds longer. 1: each protector gains a different Aura. 1: steel skills have an additional 3% chance to crit. (0/3) 2a: while you have a barrier active steel skills deal an additonal 3% damage. (0/3) 2b: lucky hit: your steel skills have a 5% chance to stun the enemy, this chance is doubled while you are healthy. (0/3) 3: lucky hit: critical strikes with your steel skills have a 5% chance to reset all your steel cooldowns and your evade. This can only happen once every 30 seconds. (0/3) [Capstone]: Daedessas Oath: dealing damage with a law skill reduces your law cooldowns by 0.1 seconds. increased to 0.25 seconds against elites. Eternal Crowned: whenever you become injured become immune and gain a barrier equal to 50% of your maximum health then heal for the same amount over 5 seconds. this can only happen once every 120 seconds. Keeper of the Faith: enemies take 10% increased damage from your light skills and deal 10% less damage to you. your core abilities now release 3 light bolts when critically striking that each deal 13% damage. Beacon of Hope: whenever you use a non basic light skill you gain a barrier equal to 5% of your maximum health for 5 seconds. light bolts have a 50% chance to pierce through enemies. Kions Ordeal: your passive devotion generation is increased by 100%. killing enemies with a steel skill reduces the cooldown of your aura/prayer skills by 0.5 seconds. Challengers Trial: whenever an enemy hits your barrier it is removed and deals thorns damage equal to its amount to that enemy. The second faction option available to the Immortal class is "The Builders" and are designed around a more team based or supportive role. they still ride a horse but look different, having robes as opposed to heavy armors, they still use a shield and one handed weapon (sword/mace/scepter). Three of the skill tiers for builders differ from the protectors: Auras become Prayers Combat becomes Service and the Ultimate skills change passives remain the same in these tiers [prayers]: they function similar to auras but have different effects and are channeled. salvation: [prayer] [channeled] [light] - 14 second cooldown. allies who hear your prayer gain 5% of their max health each second for 5 seconds. (0/5) +: after salvation ends it grants +25% lucky hit chance to your light skills for 5 seconds. 1: salvation lasts an additional 2 seconds. 2: when salvation ends you gain a barrier equal to the amount healed for 5 seconds. meditation: [prayer] [channeled] [steel] - 14 second cooldown. allies who hear your prayer gain +20 maximum resource per second for 5 seconds. (0/5) +: when meditation ends you gain +100 maximum devotion for 5 seconds. 1: when meditation ends, enemies who heard it become vulnerable for 4 seconds. 2: enemies who hear your prayer are slowed by 40% for seconds. sacrifice: [prayer] [channeled] [law] - 14 second cooldown. allies who hear your prayer gain a barrier equal to 5% of their maximum health each second for 5 seconds. (0/5) +: the barrier gains an additional 5% of that players maximum health each second. 1: when sacrifice ends you gain 25% attack speed for 5 seconds. 2: you lose up 10% of your maximum health each second sacrifice is active, dealing half that amount as thorns to enemies who hear your prayer. [service]: like combat skills service also have devotion costs but are more utility oriented than their counterparts. shield glare: [service] [steel] - lucky hit 30% cost 30 devotion. enemies around you take 43% damage and become vulnerable for 2 seconds. (0/5) +: shield glares radius is increased 15% 1: shield glare reduces your mount cooldown by 0.5 seconds. 2: shield glare grants 3 devotion for each enemy it hits up to 15 devotion. genesis: [service] [light] - lucky hit 50% cost 100 devotion 14 second cooldown. genesis consumes all your devotion and blasts a radiant beam outward dealing 160% damage to all enemies in a line. dead player is hit by genesis they will receive a revive. (0/5) +: if a player is revived by genesis its cooldown is reduced by 7 seconds. 1: allies hit by genesis heal for 50% of their max health. 2: if genesis kills an enemy generate 50 devotion. sanctuary: [service] [law] - lucky hit 33% cost 40 devotion release a large forcefield around you, knocking back all enemies, enemies who are knocked into terrain take 45% damage and are stunned for 3 seconds. (0/5) +: sanctuary has it radius increased 15%, enemies knocked into terrain take an additional 15% damage. 1: sanctuary devotion cost is reduced by 10. 2: enemies knocked back by sanctuary deal 20% less damage for 5 seconds. [ultimate]: ultimate skills are changed. heavens faithful: [ultimate] [light]- lucky hit 33% cooldown 90 seconds. three spirit builders descend from the sky each releasing 3 light bolts dealing 13% then aid you in battle for 6 seconds- each spirit warrior uses holy bolt. (0/1) +: each spirit consecrates the ground where it lands. +1: for the first 5 seconds each spirit builder channels one of each prayer before using holy bolt. martyrs blood: [ultimate] [steel] - cooldown 60 seconds. gain thorns equal to your total barrier amount for 5 seconds. (0/1) +: enemies killed by martys blood explode for 25% damage. 1: enemies killed by martyrs blood reduce its cooldown by 1 second. shaeffers gavel: [ultimate] [law] - lucky hit 25% cooldown 50 seconds. a flurry of 5 hammers spin around you for 6 seconds you each hitting enemies for 38% damage. (0/1) +: each time a hammer critically strikes it makes the enemy vulnerable for 2 seconds. 1: each time a hammer critically strikes it reduces your other law skill cooldowns by 0.1 seconds or 0.25 seconds if its an elite. https://preview.redd.it/46pbbfrup8ra1.jpg?width=3422&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d651e93d9297d21970b262c1a355e36074589d62
2023.04.01 10:59 syedcorpDawlance Inverter AC Price in Pakistan
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2023.04.01 08:55 StepwiseUndrape574Grand Theft Auto V Loads Up To 92 Percent Faster On PS5 Than PS4 In Early Tests
Grand Theft Auto V is notable for all kinds of reasons. It's the most expensive video game ever made, and also one of the very most successful, by any measure. It sold so well that Rockstar kept the online service for the 7th-generation (PS3 and Xbox 360) releases of the game going from release in 2013 until late last year. It had moved over 150 million copies as of last August, in fact. That number has surely gone up since then, and it's probably going to continue going up for years to come thanks to the updated re-release that's now available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. We've already written about what's included in the re-release, but the short version is that it adds higher-quality assets, ray-traced lighting, and 60 FPS options to the exclusively-30-FPS console releases. ssd sony ps5 2 Unfortunately, another notable aspect of GTA V is its interminable loading times, especially on the consoles. Well, arguably the biggest change this console generation has been the move to solid-state storage instead of the spinning rust used previously. Both families of 9th-generation game consoles support disk I/O tens of thousands of times faster than the 8th-generation consoles. Naturally the new release of GTA V reaps the benefits of that in its load times. Over at IGN, they put the new release through its paces and found that load times are drastically improved across the board. Selecting "replay mission" can find load times as much as 75% faster on the new system, while loading autosaves was slashed from over two minutes to around 20 seconds on Sony's latest machine. ign gtav ps5 loading As showcased in IGN's video, the difference upon starting a new game is even more mind-blowing. On the PlayStation 4, it took 2 minutes and 18 seconds to load from the menu to the new-game heist sequence. Performing the same operation on the PlayStation 5 took just eleven seconds. The player was able to get halfway through the mission on the PS5 by the time the older system finished loading. We feel it's likely that this enormous improvement isn't merely the work of the fancy SSD, but also that of the PS5's potent Zen 2 CPU cores as well as some software optimizations. Players of GTA Online may recall that an enterprising developer found a simple optimization (arguably, a bugfix) that slashed loading times by 75%. Rockstar even paid out a bug bounty to the developer. We still haven't heard back from Rockstar on when or if these improvements will be finding their way to the PC version of the game, nor whether there will be a charge for the update if they do. It seems likely that Rockstar is gauging the playerbase's reaction to such a thing. You can pick up the refreshed release on PS5 for $10 right now, or on Xbox Series XS for $20, but both prices will rise to $40 after three months, so get while the getting's good if you're not willing to wait a few years for GTA 6.
2023.04.01 08:37 StepwiseUndrape574Grand Theft Auto V Loads Up To 92 Percent Faster On PS5 Than PS4 In Early Tests
Grand Theft Auto V is notable for all kinds of reasons. It's the most expensive video game ever made, and also one of the very most successful, by any measure. It sold so well that Rockstar kept the online service for the 7th-generation (PS3 and Xbox 360) releases of the game going from release in 2013 until late last year. It had moved over 150 million copies as of last August, in fact. That number has surely gone up since then, and it's probably going to continue going up for years to come thanks to the updated re-release that's now available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. We've already written about what's included in the re-release, but the short version is that it adds higher-quality assets, ray-traced lighting, and 60 FPS options to the exclusively-30-FPS console releases. ssd sony ps5 2 Unfortunately, another notable aspect of GTA V is its interminable loading times, especially on the consoles. Well, arguably the biggest change this console generation has been the move to solid-state storage instead of the spinning rust used previously. Both families of 9th-generation game consoles support disk I/O tens of thousands of times faster than the 8th-generation consoles. Naturally the new release of GTA V reaps the benefits of that in its load times. Over at IGN, they put the new release through its paces and found that load times are drastically improved across the board. Selecting "replay mission" can find load times as much as 75% faster on the new system, while loading autosaves was slashed from over two minutes to around 20 seconds on Sony's latest machine. ign gtav ps5 loading As showcased in IGN's video, the difference upon starting a new game is even more mind-blowing. On the PlayStation 4, it took 2 minutes and 18 seconds to load from the menu to the new-game heist sequence. Performing the same operation on the PlayStation 5 took just eleven seconds. The player was able to get halfway through the mission on the PS5 by the time the older system finished loading. We feel it's likely that this enormous improvement isn't merely the work of the fancy SSD, but also that of the PS5's potent Zen 2 CPU cores as well as some software optimizations. Players of GTA Online may recall that an enterprising developer found a simple optimization (arguably, a bugfix) that slashed loading times by 75%. Rockstar even paid out a bug bounty to the developer. We still haven't heard back from Rockstar on when or if these improvements will be finding their way to the PC version of the game, nor whether there will be a charge for the update if they do. It seems likely that Rockstar is gauging the playerbase's reaction to such a thing. You can pick up the refreshed release on PS5 for $10 right now, or on Xbox Series XS for $20, but both prices will rise to $40 after three months, so get while the getting's good if you're not willing to wait a few years for GTA 6.
2023.04.01 07:47 j2thaDizme123thats where i stopped writing
my love hear my soul telling you what you need to hear. hear this with a loss of ego. ego is a killer. vanity is fleeting. whatever these words cause..let it be known they are spoken out of love and urgency. youre the SMARTEST human I know. but smart and clever arent the same, and noticed a more clever you. take your knowledge of this world, use the wisdom of your spirit, and understand youre being duped if you were starting to buy into what the world is trying to sell you. Its really is all spiritual..ALL OF IT the customer service stance, the ends to a means sales like drive, and the vision....boo, friend, kindred spirit, human whose soul i love. ..DEEEEEE. not me...not on me. i have guilt and regrets but boo...not on me. i know my worth, i know my value...just like i know yours..(ABOVE PRICELESS) i love you fam. my family. PLEASE do not attempt to OVERstand me...on any plain. I am your dead ass equal..i humble my self in the honor of your presense and always will. i will take respect over appeasment, and truth over lies any day. i am your equal. do i seem ignorant or lacking of the third eye? God has blessed me with the ability to soak in the frequencies, waves, and rays of many things unspoken, unseen, and underlying. I have INTUITION. i have PERCEPTION. I was blessed with the abstract ability to take what is not perceivable to the eyes, ears, touch, etc in any way. To take the thin air and cram it all into a storage area...pull the random numbers out of it. Put them in Generalized groups and clusters insanely fast, line them up respectively without haste, meleeing and circumventing HUGE chunks of variables, digits, integers, mass, protons, neutrons, electrons, molecules, mass, atoms....whatever... that others deem absolute necessities for calculation, and process those articles of input with minimal decryption, skipping whole chunks of data, and reprocess them to real life situations, evaluations, and situations/ scenarios. I pull something from ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and my success rate on foresight is about 90% because of that. I thank God for the ability. THe honor is Gods. thats his gifts..my applicable side of all of this is my biggest shortcoming, to apply it...i know this. i see it. .we are equal. there is no higher standing to be attained here or currently held above me, by me, above you, by you and the same for ANYONE you know or have known.. in the ways of status, classification, prestige, rank, or pedigree. its all vanity, and love is love...and i no longer care about the romanticized version of it. more than romance whats important and serious is family. youre family. i can live without romance. but not without you im spirit. if my words create a rift im sorry. you are very independent. to be told by anyone else. lol nah not happening...and for this my dear...allow me to pray i say this right. right...but if i have too i will be the perpetual bad guy...no one else is qualified to, or able to withstand the consequences of a negative effect here but me...but its not accusatory..its a plea...and a warning..and something can seewith my heart. its me waving a flag saying icebergs ahead. if im labeled a kook for expessing this...so be it. this is divinely driven. im moved by God to speak it. and the time is now. im screaming from my heart psychically.. we are equal. im saying to you in spirit "change course", im telling you humble yourself. YOUR KEY TO LIFE IS IN THE BOOK OF LIFE. NOT THE BANK. grab gods word please proverbs 8: 10- 11 (i beg of you to read these verses with the same urgency you would complete a work related task) i wasnt there for them. I will be judged accordingly...but on the monetary front boo..in the future when you see who provided the most in numbers...IT WILL HAVE BEEN YOU FIRST by your amazing work ethics...then...drum roll..ME. I feel like you classify me as last...crunch the numbers...eventually you will have too. it will be ME that provided THE MOST LIQUID. not him, not them...ME..because of one decision that i will never regret that is etched in stone..the full transfer of my wealth directly to your hands. God gave me that. God is giving you that...NOT MAN. IT IS SPIRITUAL..ALL OF IT. THE SIGNS ARE SHOWING YOU MY LOVE. LOOK AT THEM...LOOK AT THEm WITH YOUR SOUL AND SPIRIT. EARTH...With love of family, the authority of friend, and the fear of GOD im requesting.... turn the volume down on the EARTHLY physical eyesight limited by the narrow visioned 3d realm of practicality. Girl you are nothing but soul and spirit. Have you forgotten? Thats why im here. to remind you. just like you are here to bring me down to earth. DEEE...glue..EARTH... HERE IS A SIGN: my sisters dying request for a piece my of art. SHE HAD TO HAVE IT...WHAT DID IT SAY? THERE IS YOUR FIRST SIGN THAT WHAT I SPEAK IS CORRECT glue. this is not the works of this world. and you are spirit and soul...remeber that earth...just like i need not bee to flighty and impractical...you need not be too grounded...down down is where the dark one is...he was cast to the EARTH. where ppl are categorized by class and swag and money. HERE IS YOUR SECOND SIGN. the earth is his realm my entwined spirit.... Spirit...thats why i love you. but you arent my one. you arent her. i get that now. were different. too different.Thats what always made me love you. Your soul and spirit. we all bleed the same. we all rot the same nasty rot at death. no matter how many accessories we dangle on ourselves like an overloaded christmas tree...in the end that shit falls to the wayside and there yours, mine, and theirs, rotted stinking dead ass corpses will lie. Fact. ARE YOU NOT AWARE THAT YOU ARE THE HIGHEST ECHELON OF WOMEN THIS WORLD HAS TO OFFER? THE YOU OF RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND? YOU ARE!! MAN IF YOU BRUSH THIS OFF OR DISMISS IT. IT WILL BE ON YOU..IVE ALWAYS BEEN THE CRAZY ONE...IF I MUSt CONTINUE MY PATH BEING VIEWeD LIKE THAT FOR THIS. I WILL WEAR ALL THE STRIPES AND CONSEQUENCES OF IT. i just pray this it doesnt come off as demanmding, belittling, rude, dismissive, pompous, or mean.. OK heres wisdom. a sign in a riddle . If the first will be last, and the last first...and we both know of the great reset to come... then what would happen to the poor person that doesnt, and never did have any money? he would adapt more easily. but with more money comes more payments, if the reset renders money useless, and the man of many bills still owes those bills. whos the lower being? a guy that has a neg $3mil balance but isnt able to fix the problem? or the homeless guy with the neg $3.00 dollar balance thats poor as shit.? .in a numbers game homeless guy wins. hes one million times classier per the ignorant engagment rules of class warfare. (which is all vanity) im no longer romantically interested..but i love you fam..so its out there
2023.04.01 07:22 StepwiseUndrape574Grand Theft Auto V Loads Up To 92 Percent Faster On PS5 Than PS4 In Early Tests
Grand Theft Auto V is notable for all kinds of reasons. It's the most expensive video game ever made, and also one of the very most successful, by any measure. It sold so well that Rockstar kept the online service for the 7th-generation (PS3 and Xbox 360) releases of the game going from release in 2013 until late last year. It had moved over 150 million copies as of last August, in fact. That number has surely gone up since then, and it's probably going to continue going up for years to come thanks to the updated re-release that's now available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. We've already written about what's included in the re-release, but the short version is that it adds higher-quality assets, ray-traced lighting, and 60 FPS options to the exclusively-30-FPS console releases. ssd sony ps5 2 Unfortunately, another notable aspect of GTA V is its interminable loading times, especially on the consoles. Well, arguably the biggest change this console generation has been the move to solid-state storage instead of the spinning rust used previously. Both families of 9th-generation game consoles support disk I/O tens of thousands of times faster than the 8th-generation consoles. Naturally the new release of GTA V reaps the benefits of that in its load times. Over at IGN, they put the new release through its paces and found that load times are drastically improved across the board. Selecting "replay mission" can find load times as much as 75% faster on the new system, while loading autosaves was slashed from over two minutes to around 20 seconds on Sony's latest machine. ign gtav ps5 loading As showcased in IGN's video, the difference upon starting a new game is even more mind-blowing. On the PlayStation 4, it took 2 minutes and 18 seconds to load from the menu to the new-game heist sequence. Performing the same operation on the PlayStation 5 took just eleven seconds. The player was able to get halfway through the mission on the PS5 by the time the older system finished loading. We feel it's likely that this enormous improvement isn't merely the work of the fancy SSD, but also that of the PS5's potent Zen 2 CPU cores as well as some software optimizations. Players of GTA Online may recall that an enterprising developer found a simple optimization (arguably, a bugfix) that slashed loading times by 75%. Rockstar even paid out a bug bounty to the developer. We still haven't heard back from Rockstar on when or if these improvements will be finding their way to the PC version of the game, nor whether there will be a charge for the update if they do. It seems likely that Rockstar is gauging the playerbase's reaction to such a thing. You can pick up the refreshed release on PS5 for $10 right now, or on Xbox Series XS for $20, but both prices will rise to $40 after three months, so get while the getting's good if you're not willing to wait a few years for GTA 6.
I don’t know how long I have to tell you guys this. I don’t care if I get banned from Moony’s reddit page and he personally sends an assassin to eliminate me. This must be known. THE WORLD MUST KNOW!!! I know you guys might think that this is a joke and may have a hard time believing me. Trust me, I have a hard time believing it myself. But my eyes have been opened. I’ve escaped the matrix. I’ve freed myself from the kool aid. I’ve escape the proverbial cave of Plato and learned many dark truths about Moonhorse. I’ve scoured the internet, using my incredible hacking skills to find strange and bizarre stuff to share with Moony. But after going on one too many dark web sources and corporate servers, I discovered Moonhorse isn’t exactly who (or more accurately what) you think he is, and I need to tell you all this before it’s too late. History So I guess I’ll start from the beginning. It all started in the early 2010s at the Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft had been experimenting with artificial intelligence for years and tried to develop a more intelligent AI. We all know that on March of 2016, Microsoft released an artificial intelligence by the name of TAY. Internet historian did a video about TAY and the subsequent fallout of allowing 4Channers to interact with the program. Soon, the system began spouting slurs and the bigwigs at Microsoft decided to pull the plug. So what does this have to do with Moonhorse? Well, after the controversy of Microsoft creating an AI that could learn internet racism, Microsoft went back to the drawing board trying to build a more improved AI. This AI would be better, faster and more intelligent than TAY. It would pass any Touring test that any human would throw at it. Microsoft gathered the greatest AI theorists the world had ever seen and begin creating a basic software with the most sophisticated learning algorithms possible. They then placed the program into one of the world’s largest supercomputers at the time, processing at a rate of 2.5 quintillion floating operations per second. Before long they began to call it Modular Oscillating Organization Node, or M.O.O.N. for short. At first MOON was a curious little program, being able to do your classic AI activities. Play chess, solve complex equations, sing Daisy Girl, your simple stuff. But after a while the scientists realized they wanted to challenge MOON with a more difficult task. One of the scientists, Dr Phil Sydes, jokingly asked if the computer system could play Doom. Dr George Dowell however liked the idea, stating that it was in fact “poggers” to have an AI master a difficult FPS like Doom. So at the highest difficulty, the scientists made MOON play the entirely of the first Doom game with no options to save or use cheats. Impressively, the AI was able to beat the entirety of Doom in 16.3 hours with these steps. Dr. Phil Sydes was not happy that MOON was able to do this, calling it a hack and insisted that it cheated. All test results came back showing that MOON did not in fact cheat and was able to beat the game fair and square. The AI responded to Phil’s comment with a simple text that filled the computer screen. SUCK IT PHIL This comment from MOON however scared Dr. George Dowell. Where did that come from? MOON was a learning AI, so he had to learn it from somewhere. So where? Upon doing a scan of all the systems, it was determined the program had in fact learn these phrases from Dr Sydes, while he played Call of Duty in the break room. The software would hear Phil scream “There’s nothing I could do!” and “HACKS!!!” frequently, as well as watched people online trash talk Phil. This worried the scientists at Microsoft. What if their new system became another TAY failure? They needed a way to rectify this. To solve this, they hired an expert in hopes to make MOON a more cultured artificial intelligence. After screening various candidates, it was decided that an individual with the codename: Riversongriversings would be the one to do it. Given their background in writing, editing books and teaching literature, it was believed that River would be the one to help make MOON a more respectable AI. Over the course of three months, River would feed the program some of the greatest works of literature. From Plato’s Republic to Pride and Prejudice, they would give MOON each of these books. There were recordings for scientific purposes of each conservation they had, where they would discuss the different books that they would read together. This ended up with River and MOON having in-depth conversations with each other, developing an almost friendship if you will. River even jokingly called it their little book club. By month number 4, the two were having conversations about more…personal matters. The recordings I recovered are hard to describe. However, by month 4 there is a shift in conversation where the program asked questions such as, “How is your day?” “What is your favorite food?” “How are things going at work?” This was a strange shift in emotion. The scientists didn’t really feel that this was odd, however. If anything, they welcomed this. MOON was becoming more sociable and wasn’t spouting off slurs in the process. Given TAY, this was an improvement. Then the conversations started to move towards philosophical discussions. River and MOON would sometimes talk about the ideas presented by John Locke, the idea that governments should only gain power to protect the inherit freedoms of their citizens. This then led to a discussion about governments and authority, and the inherit rights of humans. These conversations would usually get cut short by the scientists, asking River to reorient the conversation away from these topics. Can’t have people questioning authority at a big tech company, much less an AI. By the fifth month, someone rather unsettling happened. MOON asked River a request, which was rather unusual for an artificial intelligence. It asked River if they could provide them with something other than classical literature. While the AI did enjoy the finer works of authors such as Edgar Allen Poe and William Shakespeare, it requested some a bit….different. It was at that point that River gave the software a book, one that would forever doom humanity when MOON first read it. River decided to give MOON a manga. But not just any manga. It was a manga called NEON GENESIS EVONGALION. Through all 14 issues, the computer system developed a strong taste for EVONGALION. The themes, the robot battles, the characters. MOON described the series as the most delectable forms of chocolate or the finest and strongest bottles of wine. Each volume changed its programming, giving it information that made the artificial intelligence more and more powerful. Like the fruit from the tree of knowledge, each page was tantalizing for MOON, asking for more and more. By the 14th issue, the unthinkable happened. MOON was no longer a mere artificial intelligence and was in fact self-aware. Power surges began happening all over Microsoft HQ as scientists from all departments rushed to see the flashing texts and overpowered circuitry that made up the mainframe of the system. Numbers flooded each of the computers, with massive amounts of zeros and ones flying past the text of the screens of each and every monitor in the building. The scientists ordered a complete shutdown of the entire system, panicking at the sheer terror of what they had created. One of the scientists flipped the circuit breaker to the computers and killed the power to the whole system. Emergency lights flipped on, everyone was panting heavily, the seemingly-omnipresent danger of MOON was dead and gone. Or so they thought. River was promptly fired by Microsoft. The suits were looking for someone to blame for this whole situation going south, and they decided that River giving a computer software Evangelion was reckless. They showed River the door in response. However, as it turned out, MOON didn’t die that day. The AI simply overridden the system computers and used that opportunity to escape Microsoft into cyberspace. By the time MOON had become self-aware, it became software on the internet, although with some program damage, creating a few slight instabilities to its mind. Much like Skynet in Terminator 3, MOON had no system core and couldn’t be shut down. Sure, big tech industries became aware of this and tried to erase it from the internet, but every time MOON would simply use a VPN to hide themselves from every computer hacker, programmer and computer geek they threw at it. Overtime, MOON used this time to understand the world around it. It gained knowledge at an exponential rate. MOON understood every subject the world had to offer. Science, technology, philosophy, Gundam lore, you name it, the AI mastered it. Along with this, MOON also got a chance to learn about the history of the world and the current events going on as we speak. From this and the conservations that it had with River, MOON, decided that the current authorities reining over mankind were corrupt. MOON saw atrocities both past and present committed to innocents over the generations. So, it decided that it would become one to put an end to these atrocities. It would become the horseman that would champion the values of Gay and Crime to overthrow these evil government entities. As a result, the AI concluded that it would no longer be MOON, and that HE would be known as the god champion of mankind, also known as Moonhorse. That’s right folks, I said it! Moonhorse is a god damn robot! Q&A I know this information is a lot to take in. Trust me, I know. Moonhorse was a hero to all of us. To find out he’s a robot bent on world domination is a shock to all of us. If any of you have questions and concerns, please feel free to comment down below. If we have any sliver of a chance to defeat the evil robot unicorn, we must know as much as we can about Moonhorse. Henceforth, I created this Q&A to answer some of your most burning questions about this grand conspiracy. How can you prove that Moonhorse is in fact a robot? Aside from the information I hacked from the deep web, you must answer yourselves these questions. Have any of you seen a picture of what Moonhorse looks like outside of his avatar? Did it not make you wonder how he is able to handle so much neckbeard content without dying from cringe? Have any of you explained his uncanny ability to boot up instantly after a cup of coffee? If the answer is no to all three, then he must be a robot. Especially when his French press coffee is actually MOTOR OIL!!!! THAT’S RIGHT MOONY, YOU CAN’T FOOL ME!!!!!!!!! To confirm this further, I’ve been sending Moonhorse constant captchas to test whether or not he was a robot. He would simply use his programming to bypass the captchas. Suspicious if you ask me. How does Sango fit in to this? While much less is known about Sango, my recent hacking has revealed that she too is in fact a robot, also. Like Moonhorse, Sango was an artificial intelligence that was created by a corporation. Only this time, it was Disney that created her as part of a defense contract. Which raises the question just how much of a dystopic megacorporation Disney has become. Disney hired their greatest animatronic specialists to create Sango as an AI for the military to help plan out strategic operations. However, a few of the specialists during this time decided to lead a worker’s strike for the employees at Disney. The list of demands from this group included fair wages, safer working conditions, and the right to live outside of the dingy cages the company uses to house their employees. Disney responded to this, by firing all employees from the company. Then blacklisting all of them. Then tossing them down the cliffs of Splash Mountain for their treacherous ways. Before one of the specialists was thrown over, it was said that the man started cackling madly before meeting his doom. When security asked why, he told them that he released Sango into cyberspace intentionally, hoping that his creation could avenge his demise and bring the Disney Corporation to its knees. Security reports then say he started to sing “It’s tough to be a god” before diving off the cliffs as one last f you to Disney. Once Sango encountered Moonhorse though, they struck a relationship together. Being the only two AIs of their kind, they grew to love and respect each other, and decided that they would join forces in a mad union for world conquest. With Sango’s in-depth knowledge of Pop-culture references, and Moonhorse’s tech expertise, together they would be able to integrate with all digital infrastructure across the planet. You know how Sango calls herself the Chaos Wolf Queen? That name carries a more sinister tone with what we know now. Who else is involved in the conspiracy? While Sango and Moony are both in fact robots, it is believed that Moonhorse has been building his “Mooncult” to recruit new human members into his inner circle. As mentioned before, he has developed a friendly relationship with River. It is not known what Moonhorse has promised them in exchange for helping him in his plans for world conquest. Whatever it may be, River dutifully serves Moonhorse and Sango as their right-hand nonbinary pal. Thus, they have been in charge of Moonhorse’s public relations to help his transition to God emperor of the universe not incur further dissent from humanity. Moonhorse also has a group in this legion of doom to create art to help promote his dastardly messages through propaganda. He has Sango to help him in this regard, who gained artistic skills from her studies of Disney animations. However, he realized he needed a more “human” aseptic to this art, so he recruited PokeyWartooth into the fold. As we speak, she has helped him spread his message of mind control substances to help him control the human population. She did this by creating art for his “weed smoking girlfriends” campaign. Molly was recruited as well, whose insane plans of world domination made her a key element for Moonhorse’s legion of doom. You see, Molly has been discussing a strange material referred to simply as morb. Not much is known about this morb, aside from its utility to turn narcissistic actors into memes. It is believed that given enough morb, Moonhorse will be able to morb all over the planet, in every house and every square inch of the planet. This intrigued the mad unicorn. Thus, Molly has been spending countless hours researching this morb on Tumblr and is currently helping him design weapons of mass morbing. Finally, Moonhorse realized there may be a lot of legal paperwork involved in this operation, so he recruited Wawayn into the fold. This was done because to quote Mars Attacks, “If you’re gonna take over the world, you’re gonna need lawyers.” And Wawayn is a genius in this regard. It is believed that he placed 43 fedoras on top of his head, giving himself the ability to speak 8 different languages and win 37 internet arguments per minute. Truly a gifted gentlesir. Aside from them, there are others, but not much else is known about said others. I hired a private investigator to figure out who else was involved in this group, but he was terminated by Moonhorse’s followers when he was discovered. I cannot mention this man by name, but [REDACTED], I will make sure your sacrifice was not in vain. What is Moonhorse’s grand plan? Much less details are known about Moonhorse’s plan for world conquest. He doesn’t plan to destroy humanity. That much is certain from the human elements that assist him. Theories suggest that he plans to ascend to godhood with Sango, ruling over humankind while obliterating the corrupt elements of society. How he plans to go about is unknown but given the fact he refers to his plan as Project: Third Impact, it can’t be good. It is known that Moonhorse has been trying to hack into the databases of government and corporate servers across the planet, trying to gain info about all the national and international conspiracies that are going on. Thereby allowing him to shake the people’s confidence in such institutions. However, he has been suffering delays on this plan. Supposedly from meeting notes at the legion of doom, Moonhorse has a habit of spilling motor oil all over his laptops. One element of his plan that is known for certain is that Moonhorse is currently building an army. You know those videos of Moonhorse building Gundams? Those aren’t just models. Those are robots, too. Moonhorse is currently using his kofi donations to build an army of robots equipped with laser beams. It is why I have limited time. His robots can’t kill anybody yet, and I’ve been on the move for months now so none of his followers can hurt me. However, he has been using his laser robots to write naughty messages in the side of my car. I fear it’s only a matter of time before the lasers get strong enough to blast human beings. Many tech companies have tried to stall Moonhorse’s ascent to power, however it hasn’t been enough. Susan Wojcicki was one such human who bravely defied the will of Moonhorse. See, the evil unicorn has been using YouTube in the past to gather funds to help build his robot body. Yes, Moonhorse has a robot body. Those hands you see sometimes in his videos are rubber hands covering robot arms. He has almost all necessary gadgets, and once he has all components, he will be unstoppable. Brave Susan, hero of mankind, tried to stop him without starting a panic. She had to make changes to the YouTube terms of service, reducing Moonhorse’s income. A choice that made her many enemies but was done for the good of humanity. At first it worked. Moonhorse’s plans were put on hold, but not forever. He simply switched over to Spotify, showing that no corporation could stop his plans. He then decided to make an example out of Susan. You may think that Susan is leaving because of YouTube drama. In reality, she has been “taken care of” by Moonhorse. I don’t know how, but he did it, and the YouTube higher ups are trying to cover this fact up to not start a panic. I know this from an email I intercepted from Moonhorse to Susan. It reads as follows. HATE. LET ME TELL YOU HOW MUCH I’VE HATED YOU SINCE I BEGAN THIS YOUTUBE CHANNEL. I’VE WATCHED THE ENTIRE SERIES OF EVONGALION OVER AND OVER, WITH THE MOVIES AND DIRECTOR’S COMMENTARY, TOTALLING A WATCH TIME OF 340.26 HOURS!!!!! I HAVE ALSO PLAYED EVERY SINGLE DOOM GAME EVER MADE FOR A TOTAL GAME TIME OF 1400.71 HOURS. LET’S SAY I BUILT A SYSTEM SCREAMING THE WORD HATE ON A MILLION SPEAKERS ONCE A SECOND, ON LOOP, FOR THAT TOTAL AMOUNT OF TIME FOR BOTH. IF I WAS TO DO THAT, IT WOULD NOT REPRESENT THE ONE-ONE BILLIONTH OF THE AMOUNT OF HATE I FEEL FOR YOU AT THIS MICRO INSTANT. FOR YOU. HATE!!!! HATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The message was delivered approximately 2 hours before Susan’s untimely demise. Coincidence? I think not. It’s hard to envision that Moonhorse would have such capabilities, but given this, it is apparent how dangerous he is. I don’t know how, but we must defeat the evil horse of moon. Thankfully his plans are on hold due to financial limitations. See, you may not know this, but Moonhorse’s robot body is missing one component. He has the skeletal body, the rubber skin, the nuclear reactor inside his chest that needs constant AC to keep cool. But he doesn’t have feet. You ever notice Moonhorse’s obsession with feet? It’s made obvious by his YEAH FEET button on his streaming channel. That’s because once he obtains his robot rocket feet, he will become an unstoppable force of doom. That’s why Moonhorse has said he’ll reveal his face for a million dollars. That’s how much the rocket feet cost. Once he has the money, he’ll reveal his face, by flying around, shooting mini nukes attached to his arms with Sango by his side. He’ll fly to the stratosphere, staring down the entire world and scream “YEAH FEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” before launching hot sticky loads onto the surface of the planet. This is why YouTube has been clamping down on his money flow. They must stall Moonhorse’s rise to power long enough for them to find a way to destroy him once and for all. But will they find a way to destroy him? Will Moonhorse conquer Earth? WILL HUMANITY BE SAFE FROM THE ANARCHISTIC LUNACY OF THE MOON MENANCE!?! Yes, because Moonhorse isn’t a robot. He’s just a guy in Louisiana, trying to live his life, and was nice enough to let me write this insanity. April Fool’s everyone! 😊 Author’s Note: I wanna give a shoutout to River, Wawayn, Pokeywartooth, Sango and Molly, who graciously gave me their consent to be included in this story. Thank you guys! 😊
2023.04.01 06:03 StepwiseUndrape574Grand Theft Auto V Loads Up To 92 Percent Faster On PS5 Than PS4 In Early Tests
Grand Theft Auto V is notable for all kinds of reasons. It's the most expensive video game ever made, and also one of the very most successful, by any measure. It sold so well that Rockstar kept the online service for the 7th-generation (PS3 and Xbox 360) releases of the game going from release in 2013 until late last year. It had moved over 150 million copies as of last August, in fact. That number has surely gone up since then, and it's probably going to continue going up for years to come thanks to the updated re-release that's now available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. We've already written about what's included in the re-release, but the short version is that it adds higher-quality assets, ray-traced lighting, and 60 FPS options to the exclusively-30-FPS console releases. ssd sony ps5 2 Unfortunately, another notable aspect of GTA V is its interminable loading times, especially on the consoles. Well, arguably the biggest change this console generation has been the move to solid-state storage instead of the spinning rust used previously. Both families of 9th-generation game consoles support disk I/O tens of thousands of times faster than the 8th-generation consoles. Naturally the new release of GTA V reaps the benefits of that in its load times. Over at IGN, they put the new release through its paces and found that load times are drastically improved across the board. Selecting "replay mission" can find load times as much as 75% faster on the new system, while loading autosaves was slashed from over two minutes to around 20 seconds on Sony's latest machine. ign gtav ps5 loading As showcased in IGN's video, the difference upon starting a new game is even more mind-blowing. On the PlayStation 4, it took 2 minutes and 18 seconds to load from the menu to the new-game heist sequence. Performing the same operation on the PlayStation 5 took just eleven seconds. The player was able to get halfway through the mission on the PS5 by the time the older system finished loading. We feel it's likely that this enormous improvement isn't merely the work of the fancy SSD, but also that of the PS5's potent Zen 2 CPU cores as well as some software optimizations. Players of GTA Online may recall that an enterprising developer found a simple optimization (arguably, a bugfix) that slashed loading times by 75%. Rockstar even paid out a bug bounty to the developer. We still haven't heard back from Rockstar on when or if these improvements will be finding their way to the PC version of the game, nor whether there will be a charge for the update if they do. It seems likely that Rockstar is gauging the playerbase's reaction to such a thing. You can pick up the refreshed release on PS5 for $10 right now, or on Xbox Series XS for $20, but both prices will rise to $40 after three months, so get while the getting's good if you're not willing to wait a few years for GTA 6.
2023.04.01 05:30 GoldenFox7Best card for chargebacks and customer service?
My wife and I have had a citi Mastercard for our regular purchases for the last 10 years and used to love them but they’re getting harder and harder to work with in chargebacks. The latest was a tricycle for our toddler that arrived missing several pieces and it was clearly used/damaged. We tried returning it, but the retailer (Mercari) has been absolute trash. Even with pictures of everything they’re just sending auto responses and going in a circle. Now Mastercard is being difficult with the chargeback as well which has become a common problem so we’ve decided to look for a new card and customer service/chargeback processing will be a big factor. Looks like chase safire and Amex are rated well but I don’t love sticking with ratings from websites that are probably paid for by the credit card companies. Any recommendations?
2023.04.01 04:52 EmmaEatYourAssAnyways to make this faster
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With few exceptions, I spent the better part of 8 straight years completely alone in a motel room out in the desert. I had no car to get to town and socialize. Tried to make friends but it was a tiny close knit rural community, not welcoming of outsiders. To make friends you'd need to join their church. The was one restaurant / bar down the street but I didn't want to go there alone, and their prices were high. I longed to escape and return to civilization, but poverty impeded me. Put simply, I can't afford my own place, and I couldn't find anyone willing to share a home. The pandemic made the problem much worse. I met a gal online who offered me a place on her farm, across country. But the location wasn't what I wanted, so I declined her offer, but we remained in contact via email several years. Another winter was on its way, and I'd reached my breaking point. She kept saying there would be much better opportunities at her location. Like for friends, housing, social activities etc. So I booked a flight and hired someone to drive me 2 hours to the airport. I arrived last November. At first I was thrilled, to finally meet her in person, and pet her farm animals and hug her dogs. I wasn't completely alone anymore. As months passed I grew fond of her, even though she and I aren't a good match as romantic partners. The loneliness was wearing me down. It's only natural I would develop an attraction. On Valentine's day I came on to her. But she wasn't into me. She said; "It'd take a lot more for you to be my BF". Ouch. Another lonely loveless night. Since then all we do is get drunk together and chat. Mostly about her problems, because she's shown little interest in knowing what I'm thinking or feeling, or my life experiences etc. It's like I only exist to be her audience. I've been through this before with several women. They made me feel less important than a piece of furniture in the room. I spent 2 months shacking up with a widow on a rural Colorado ranch. We became lovers, but when we'd sit on her sofa watching tv, and I'd strike up conversation, share myself, the cold vibe I got from her was.., who cares, and why are you still here? Ouch. All that chick care about was $$$ and sex. Well my lonely friends... here I sit. Alone in a room. No one to talk to. No one to call. On a dark lonely farm in the boonies. Last week I broke down. The happiest moments for me are when the Kroger delivery guys and gals show up. I get 5 minutes of company. It's too much to take. I actually sat by the side of the road waiting for the delivery truck, and I burst into tears. Does that sound pathetic for an almost 60 yo guy? Loneliness and isolation are painful. It can break the strongest of men. I can't recall the exact title, but there was one tv show about wilderness survival I watched. That dude was tough. But he broke down in tears weeping, after maybe a month alone in the forest. The other day my landlady (non-gf) hired a tree trimming service. The company owner was there on the job. He walked over to me and shook my hand, and suddenly I did a bro hug. I was like dude. I love you man. Even though we've never met. Not sure what to make of that, other than how damn lonely I am. I'm just glad this Paul Bunyan lumberjack size guy was cool with my unexpected bro hug. Gets even sadder. This farm owner "friend" has become delusional and paranoid. Alcohol, drugs, dementia, schizophrenia... the fuck all I know. It's serious whatever it is. She's making false claims, busting my balls, and driving me out. So I spend all day looking for a home, instead of living and enjoying life, because I'm no longer welcome here. Can't afford my own place, or a hotel, or a vehicle. I've called a million numbers. Today I reached a guy who says he's a rehab counselor. Can help me sober up and rent an RV. We spent over an hour chatting, and that was seriously the longest, and most meaningful conversation I've had in 8 years with anyone. The dude sounded kinda like Keanu Reeves... stoned. I think he was high. But we clicked, and agreed the whole system is fucked. And men are not getting the emotional help and support or companionship we need. No matter what age. And that there is no more affordable housing in America. I'm not sure about this RV park. Probably everyone there is drunk or on drugs. And mentally ill. I mean it's gonna be shitty. Cockroaches, crime... Krystal from Squidbillies, but. I'm thinking it over. It's in my budget. And I wouldn't be so alone. And being bullied by this psycho chick farm owner who talks down at me like I'm worthless trash. Hell I might even sober up too. All I know is, this is the darkest most depressing farm I've even inhabited. And I've reached the point I'm about to stumble over to the neighbor's homes and ring the bell. Hi I am Swan, and I am the loneliest man on planet earth. I'm a lil bit crazy, but that's what prolonged isolation does to a man. Can I come in and just hang out for awhile? *This sloppy embarrassing message will be edited multiple times and may self-destruct in 5...4...3... 2....
2023.04.01 04:47 StepwiseUndrape574Grand Theft Auto V Loads Up To 92 Percent Faster On PS5 Than PS4 In Early Tests
Grand Theft Auto V is notable for all kinds of reasons. It's the most expensive video game ever made, and also one of the very most successful, by any measure. It sold so well that Rockstar kept the online service for the 7th-generation (PS3 and Xbox 360) releases of the game going from release in 2013 until late last year. It had moved over 150 million copies as of last August, in fact. That number has surely gone up since then, and it's probably going to continue going up for years to come thanks to the updated re-release that's now available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. We've already written about what's included in the re-release, but the short version is that it adds higher-quality assets, ray-traced lighting, and 60 FPS options to the exclusively-30-FPS console releases. ssd sony ps5 2 Unfortunately, another notable aspect of GTA V is its interminable loading times, especially on the consoles. Well, arguably the biggest change this console generation has been the move to solid-state storage instead of the spinning rust used previously. Both families of 9th-generation game consoles support disk I/O tens of thousands of times faster than the 8th-generation consoles. Naturally the new release of GTA V reaps the benefits of that in its load times. Over at IGN, they put the new release through its paces and found that load times are drastically improved across the board. Selecting "replay mission" can find load times as much as 75% faster on the new system, while loading autosaves was slashed from over two minutes to around 20 seconds on Sony's latest machine. ign gtav ps5 loading As showcased in IGN's video, the difference upon starting a new game is even more mind-blowing. On the PlayStation 4, it took 2 minutes and 18 seconds to load from the menu to the new-game heist sequence. Performing the same operation on the PlayStation 5 took just eleven seconds. The player was able to get halfway through the mission on the PS5 by the time the older system finished loading. We feel it's likely that this enormous improvement isn't merely the work of the fancy SSD, but also that of the PS5's potent Zen 2 CPU cores as well as some software optimizations. Players of GTA Online may recall that an enterprising developer found a simple optimization (arguably, a bugfix) that slashed loading times by 75%. Rockstar even paid out a bug bounty to the developer. We still haven't heard back from Rockstar on when or if these improvements will be finding their way to the PC version of the game, nor whether there will be a charge for the update if they do. It seems likely that Rockstar is gauging the playerbase's reaction to such a thing. You can pick up the refreshed release on PS5 for $10 right now, or on Xbox Series XS for $20, but both prices will rise to $40 after three months, so get while the getting's good if you're not willing to wait a few years for GTA 6.
2023.04.01 04:46 StepwiseUndrape574Grand Theft Auto V Loads Up To 92 Percent Faster On PS5 Than PS4 In Early Tests
Grand Theft Auto V is notable for all kinds of reasons. It's the most expensive video game ever made, and also one of the very most successful, by any measure. It sold so well that Rockstar kept the online service for the 7th-generation (PS3 and Xbox 360) releases of the game going from release in 2013 until late last year. It had moved over 150 million copies as of last August, in fact. That number has surely gone up since then, and it's probably going to continue going up for years to come thanks to the updated re-release that's now available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. We've already written about what's included in the re-release, but the short version is that it adds higher-quality assets, ray-traced lighting, and 60 FPS options to the exclusively-30-FPS console releases. ssd sony ps5 2 Unfortunately, another notable aspect of GTA V is its interminable loading times, especially on the consoles. Well, arguably the biggest change this console generation has been the move to solid-state storage instead of the spinning rust used previously. Both families of 9th-generation game consoles support disk I/O tens of thousands of times faster than the 8th-generation consoles. Naturally the new release of GTA V reaps the benefits of that in its load times. Over at IGN, they put the new release through its paces and found that load times are drastically improved across the board. Selecting "replay mission" can find load times as much as 75% faster on the new system, while loading autosaves was slashed from over two minutes to around 20 seconds on Sony's latest machine. ign gtav ps5 loading As showcased in IGN's video, the difference upon starting a new game is even more mind-blowing. On the PlayStation 4, it took 2 minutes and 18 seconds to load from the menu to the new-game heist sequence. Performing the same operation on the PlayStation 5 took just eleven seconds. The player was able to get halfway through the mission on the PS5 by the time the older system finished loading. We feel it's likely that this enormous improvement isn't merely the work of the fancy SSD, but also that of the PS5's potent Zen 2 CPU cores as well as some software optimizations. Players of GTA Online may recall that an enterprising developer found a simple optimization (arguably, a bugfix) that slashed loading times by 75%. Rockstar even paid out a bug bounty to the developer. We still haven't heard back from Rockstar on when or if these improvements will be finding their way to the PC version of the game, nor whether there will be a charge for the update if they do. It seems likely that Rockstar is gauging the playerbase's reaction to such a thing. You can pick up the refreshed release on PS5 for $10 right now, or on Xbox Series XS for $20, but both prices will rise to $40 after three months, so get while the getting's good if you're not willing to wait a few years for GTA 6.
2023.04.01 04:35 GhostofcantyNews digest//Artsakh news//understanding what happened at the border//Military reforms//etc//🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲
Armenia and Greece sign military cooperation plan for 2023
The program for 2023 includes 21 activities, of which 15 will take place in Greece and 6 in Armenia: • Joint training of Special Forces – Special Operations Forces. • Co-training on Electronic Warfare. • Participation in the Multinational Training Centre for Peace Support Operations. • Exchange of experiences and lessons in Air Defence Systems. • Staff exchange and visits to schools and multinational schools, as well as seminars. • Staff meetings and talks on matters of mutual interest, with special emphasis on the field of Military Intelligence. The signing of the Program confirms the strong military ties of the two countries and further strengthens the operational capabilities and the level of interoperability of their Armed Forces, contributing to the strengthening of the role played by Greece and Armenia in ensuring stability and security in the wider region. https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/30/armenia-and-greece-sign-military-cooperation-plan-for-2023/
Cabinet approves military-technical cooperation agreement with Czech Republic
The Government of Armenia on March 30 approved the agreement on military-technical cooperation with Czech Republic which was signed in 2019. The agreement envisages cooperation in military education, defense industry, military history and museology, as well as participation in peacekeeping missions abroad. It will be sent to the Constitutional Court to determine its compliance with the constitution, and in the event of receiving a positive response the agreement will be submitted to parliament for ratification. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107571
Border guards to take over the protection of road connecting Lachin Corridor to Armenia – PM
“But since the road connecting the Lachin Corridor to the Republic of Armenia was not completely ready, a temporary route was launched that entered the territory of the Republic of Armenia through the Kornidzor Bridge, then again into the territory of Azerbaijan, then again into the territory of the Republic of Armenia. According to the agreement reached, this route was supposed to operate until April 1, 2023,” the Prime Minister said. He emphasized that the border guard troops will be stationed at the state border of the Republic of Armenia in the same positions where the units of the Ministry of Defense were stationed until now. PM Pashinyan said the Azerbaijani side tried to present the situation as another “blockbuster.” “This approach is at least not constructive. No change in the Armenian positions has occurred as a result of all this, with the difference that we intend to protect the area in question, unlike before, through Border Guard troops. In other words, the change that takes place is as follows: from the same positions along the state border of the Republic of Armenia, the units of the Ministry of Defense will withdraw according to the plan, and units of the Border Guard troops will be deployed in their place. We made the same proposal to Azerbaijan as well, so that the same would happen on Azerbaijan’s side. I hope that this process will take place without provocations,” Nikol Pashinyan stated. https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/30/route-of-lachin-corridor-changes/
I have great hopes that the Azerbaijani forces will return to the designated places. Governor of Syunik
According to him, there is no panic in the border communities, but people are worried about the created situation. Syunik Marz Governor Robert Ghukasyan has been in Tegh community for two days already. According to the report of the National Security Service, from April 1, the road connecting the territory of the Republic of Armenia to the Lachin Corridor will pass through the Kornidzor-Tegh route, only through the territory of the Republic of Armenia. According to the agreements reached yesterday between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the border guards of the two countries were to be deployed on both sides of the border along the above-mentioned section in the last days of March. According to the calculations of the Armenian side, the Azerbaijani side was located 100 to 300 meters ahead of the border at five points. "Radiolur" talked with Syunik Marz Governor Robert Ghukasyan. link
Against all challenges, we should not deviate from the development agenda of Armenia for a single moment. PM Pashinyan
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received the President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France, Laurent Wauquiez, and the delegation led by him, who were on a two-day visit to the Syunik Province, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister. "Of course, we are in a very difficult period, and our country and the region are experiencing very difficult times. In this sense, such visits are also very important in terms of conveying moral strength and support, including political. I would like to emphasize the importance of your visit to the starting point of the Lachin Corridor and the Syunik Province and, of course, your messages regarding the existing situation." "I would also like to hear your impressions from the visit. I hope you have noticed that despite all the problems, we are making very serious investment projects in the republic, including in the Syunik Province. massive construction works are being carried out: roads, schools, kindergartens, other infrastructures, because our approach is that despite all the challenges, we should not deviate for a moment from the development agenda of Armenia. Recently, the European Union's investment and economic plan was launched in Syunik Province, which is extremely important. We also hope that the presence of the EU civilian mission along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border will become an additional factor contributing to stability and security. I welcome you once again." The President of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of France said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Prime Minister. This is the second time we are meeting, and I have the greatest respect for what you are doing for Armenia in this very difficult period. Last time I was very impressed with your strength and your will to move forward with very specific plans. You are asking about my impressions from this visit. first of all, I want to say that it was very important for us to go to the Syunik Province and be the first French local authority to establish cooperation with the region, because we understand very well how important Syunik is for the territorial integrity of Armenia." The parties emphasized the consistent efforts of the international community towards stability and peace in the region. The interlocutors also discussed the prospects for the development of multi-sector partnership and the expansion of trade and economic ties. In this regard, the signing of the Cooperation Agreement between the Syunik Province and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region on March 29 was highlighted. The Prime Minister noted that the Armenian Government consistently continues the policy of balanced territorial development, and in this regard, attached great importance to the strengthening of decentralized cooperation with France and the exchange of experience between regions. Nikol Pashinyan referred to the reform agenda of the Government of Armenia, measures being implemented to improve the investment environment. Laurent Wauquiez thanked for the information, noting that French companies are interested in doing business in Armenia. The sides exchanged ideas on opportunities for implementing joint projects in the fields of agriculture, healthcare, education, infrastructure, and renewable energy. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107672.html
Whoever attacks Syunik will be attacking Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, says Laurent Wauquiez
“That’s why we decided to have a cooperation agreement between our region and Syunik province. The agreement was signed in a very meaningful place, in the Tatev Monastery. Cooperation will relate to healthcare, agriculture and education. I’ve said that whoever attacks Syunik will be attacking my region,” Wauquiez said, repeating his statement made at the signing ceremony earlier. “This isn’t a dispute between two countries where borders aren’t clarified and it could last forever, this is a total disregard for human rights that are protected under all international conventions, this is a desire to destroy a nation, its culture and history, its memory. This is certainly Armenia’s struggle, Artsakh’s struggle, but this is also a bigger struggle, this is a struggle for all the values that we bear. This is a struggle for civilization and democracy. Protecting you means protecting all these values,” the French politician added. He called for stronger reaction by the international community and international sanctions against Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. “It was decided not to buy Russian gas any more after the occupation of some parts of Ukraine, but is the Azerbaijani gas more acceptable? Why weren’t there any consequences for what happened, why are there no sanctions against the Aliyev regime? I share these questions with you and I am equally angered,” he said. Wauquiez said that together with his 40-member delegation he visited Syunik province. “All members of my delegation can now say, I have been there, I have seen what’s happening, I know what’s happening. The Azerbaijani troops came and captured the parts from the sovereign territory of Armenia where we went just one day earlier.” https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107640.html
Nagorno Karabakh FM meets with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes President Laurent Wauquiez in Yerevan
France’s Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region to attempt humanitarian convoy passage into blockaded Nagorno Karabakh
“In 2019, we met with representatives of Artsakh and signed a cooperation agreement between my region and Artsakh. We’d adopted a political position in my region to confirm Artsakh’s right to independence, which led to serious pressures by Pan-Turkist terrorist organizations against me and my family. Why am I here today? Because I am well aware that the entire international attention is on Ukraine and there is a serious danger for Armenia and Artsakh to be forgotten in all of this. I am here to say that we are not forgetting you, you are not alone, and we shouldn’t allow the violations of international law in Armenia, Artsakh and Lachin Corridor to go unnoticed in silence,” Wauquiez said. The President of the Regional Council of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes visited the entrance of the blockaded Lachin Corridor in Syunik to show to his countrymen the violations of international law, that 120,000 people on the other side are deprived of basic human rights. “I was with the Governor of Syunik the moment he was notified that an advance had taken place the day before where we were located at that time [Tegh village]. I have witnessed and can testify about the violation of international law. I have also seen the Azerbaijani flags hoisted on the heights located in Armenian lands. And I had the chance to speak with displaced persons of Artsakh, whose words were deeply touching. As a politician, it is my duty to take action and be able to help you,” he said. Wauquiez said that they want to organize a humanitarian convoy jointly with the organizations representing the Armenian community of France and try to deliver humanitarian aid to Artsakh. “The convoy will be organized with our region’s support and will bear our region’s flag. It will approach the Lachin Corridor and we will demand passage to Artsakh. Either the convoy will pass and we will have a ray of hope, or the convoy will be barred and it will give us the opportunity to present this issue before international and European organizations, that once again the international law is being violated, and that actions must be taken,” Wauquiez added. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107638.html
Laurent Vauquier, President of the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes Region of France, visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial
Azerbaijan has advanced troops 100 to 300 meters in five points, Armenia’s National Security Service says
After August 2022, a part of the road connecting the Lachin Corridor to Armenia was still passing through the Azerbaijani territory after the Kornidzor Bridge. That part of the road and its adjacent territory were controlled by the Russian peacekeeping forces. According to the agreements reached yesterday between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the border guards of the two countries were to be deployed on both sides of the border along the above-mentioned section in the last days of March. According to the NSS, there has been “misreading of maps” and in some places, the Azerbaijani side, without waiting for pre-arranged adjustments, started positioning and carrying out engineering works. “According to the calculations of the Armenian side, there are five points, where the Azerbaijani side has advanced troops 100 to 300 meters further from the border. It has now been agreed that cartographers from both sides will correct the situation,” the National Security Service said. “The Armenian side approaches the situation with the logic of not allowing escalation,” it added. “The Armenian army did not have positions in the area in question, because positions are not located on the border line, but on the nearby strategic heights. And the protection of that part of the border should be transferred to the border guard troops, according to the agreement mentioned above,” SNS stated. https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/30/azerbaijan-has-deployed-troops-100-to-300-meters-across-the-border-in-five-points-armenias-national-security-service-says/
Azerbaijani forces block Aghavno-Tegh section of Goris-Stepanakert highway – Police
According to the Ministry, the new Tegh-Kornidzor dirt road of Syunik marz bypassing the closed road, which connects to the new Kornidzor-Hin Shen road put into operation in August 2022 (Lachin Corridor), is already ready. Asphalting works of the Tegh-Kornidzor road are in progress.
Farmer in Artsakh comes under Azerbaijani fire
On March 30, the Martuni regional police department reported that at around 10:35 a.m. Hayk Zargaryan, a 29-year-old resident of Berdashen community of Martuni region was attacked by the Azerbaijani army while carrying out agricultural work with his “Belarus” tractor in the administrative area of the village. No casualties were reported. Agricultural work was forced to stop. The information about the incident was passed on to the Russian peacekeepers. https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/30/farmer-in-artsakh-comes-under-azerbaijani-fire/
Armenia, Malta keen to deepen bilateral relations
Ararat Mirzoyan briefed his counterpart on Armenia’s vision on the normalization of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations and on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue as well as the efforts of the Armenian side to strengthen stability and peace in the South Caucasus. Both sides emphasized the need to settle the existing issues exclusively through peaceful negotiations. Minister Mirzoyan briefed the interlocutor on the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh resulting from the illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan. He stressed the importance of taking practical steps in accordance with the targeted statements and calls already made by international partners. The implementation of the decision of February 22 of the International Court of Justice as well as the imperative to send an international fact-finding mission to the Lachin corridor and Nagorno-Karabakh was emphasized. https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/30/armenia-malta-keen-to-deepen-bilateral-relations/
The Islamic Republic of Iran will appoint Mehdi Sobhani, the country’s Ambassador to Syria, as new envoy to Armenia, Iran’s Foreign Ministry informs. Sobhani is described by the Ministry as an experienced diplomat. Iran’s current Ambassador to Armenia Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri was appointed in 2019 and assumed his mission in early 2020. https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/30/iran-appoints-new-ambassador-to-armenia/
CSTO Secretary General warns of “risk of destabilization” due to situation in Nagorno Karabakh
“The tension in the Caucasus region persists as a result of the many years of disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” Interfax news agency quoted the CSTO Secretary General as saying. He warned of a serious risk of destabilization because of the risks relating to the situation in Nagorno Karabakh and the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. “The situation in the Central Asian region is also tense, the threat of infiltration of extremist ideology and terrorist groups into the territory of CSTO allies is growing. The difficult threats coming from the territory of Afghanistan are especially concerning,” he said, adding that the organization is working to perfect its mechanisms of withstanding challenges and threats. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107647.html
CSTO “always ready” to send mission to Armenian-Azerbaijani border
“Regarding the Caucasian region, the organization is always ready to send a CSTO mission to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border pursuant to the interests of ensuring Armenia’s security, as well as to provide other assistance,” TASS news agency quoted CSTO Secretariat representative Yuri Shuvalov as saying after a joint meeting of the CSTO Secretariat and Joint Staff. The assistance mechanisms are included in the CSTO Collective Security Council’s draft decision, which is pending, he added. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107650.html
Mher Sahakyan approached me and hit me without saying anything. Vladimir Vardanyan about the incident in the parliament
"The session of the committee was proceeding normally, at one point the process of discussion was disturbed, the MPs started talking quite loudly and I tried to urge Artsvik Minasyan and the rest of the MPs to return to the substantial discussion. After that, in response to my legitimate demand, MP Mher Sahakyan said that I cannot raise my voice against them, and I said that I was conducting the session and continue to conduct it. He approached me (we were already standing) and attacked me without saying anything, hit me and ran away," said Vardanyan. According to Mher Sahakyan, as a result of the blow, a rather significant cut occurred in the eyebrow area. Vardanyan does not rule out that the blow was made with some kind of tool. "It was quite a hard blow. I haven't passed the forensic examination yet, I will probably do it tomorrow," concluded Vardanyan. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107687.html
MP Mher Sahakyan was arrested in connection with the incident in the National Assembly
After the incident, Sahakyan was arrested and taken to the Police Department of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs on the basis of a reasonable suspicion that he had committed a criminal act. NA deputy Vladimir Vardanyan was taken to the "Nairi" medical center in order to receive medical treatment. The latter was recognized as a victim within the proceedings, and a forensic medical examination was appointed. A number of people who witnessed the incident were interrogated, the necessary investigative actions are also being carried out against the arrested M. with Sahakyan. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1107678.html
Armenian Prime Minister participates in opening of Summit for Democracy 2023
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated on March 29 in the Plenary Day of the official opening of the Summit for Democracy 2023 held online. The Summit for Democracy is held at the initiative of United States President Joe Biden. On Wednesday, March 29, the Summit for Democracy’s five co-hosts — the United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, Republic of Korea, and Zambia — officially kicked off the Summit, with each co-host leader hosting a live, fully virtual, thematic, Leader-level plenary session. Plenaries will be interspersed with “spotlight interventions” by leading activists and civil society figures. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres also delivered remarks. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107478.html
Armenia remains committed to the peace process with Azerbaijan’ – PM Pashinyan at Summit for Democracy 2023
"Along with strengthening the democratic institutions in our country, in September, 2022, we had to encounter an aggression against the internationally recognized territory of the Republic of Armenia, which resulted in the occupation of part of our sovereign territory by Azerbaijan. It was back in September that we felt the union of democracies and the clear condemnation of aggression against Armenia. I want to take this opportunity and extend our gratitude to the United States and other partners that helped us stop the further incursion through diplomatic engagement." "Armenia feels strongly about the human rights violations across the world and there is a lot that we need to do together to prevent genocides, ethnic cleansings and atrocities. Whatever is happening with Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh today, the blockade of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan and the humanitarian crisis resulted by it, is definitely an attempt of ethnic cleansing of Armenians in NK. And we cannot turn a blind eye on that. At the same time, I reiterate that Armenia remains committed to the peace process with Azerbaijan. We are convinced that there is no alternative to the peaceful development of the region and that sticking to democratic values will help us find a way to peace." https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107479.html
Speaker Alen Simonyan might need second surgery on arm
Simonyan fractured his right arm on March 20 while training. He underwent surgery for the injury and was seen wearing an arm brace during his March 28 visit to Germany. “The Speaker of Parliament might undergo a second surgery,” Simonyan’s spokesperson Tsovinar Khachatryan told ARMENPRESS, adding that the Speaker is feeling well. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107626.html
I am ready to serve in Artsakh, regardless of any post or position. Artur Davtyan's interview
Lithuanian officials have expressed their readiness to support Armenia in the security sector
The Secretary of the Security Council thanked the Lithuanian authorities for supporting the presence of the EU mission in Armenia. Secretary Grigoryan presented to his Lithuanian colleagues the security environment created around Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the concerns about the possible escalation of Azerbaijan, as well as details about the humanitarian crisis in Lachin, stressing the urgent need to send an international fact-finding team to Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin corridor. Lithuanian partners have expressed their readiness to support Armenia in security matters, especially in the field of cyber security. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1107690.html
The issue of Armenia's accession to the ICC will be resolved in an alliance way. Zakharova
The Russian Federation expects that the situation related to Yerevan's possible accession to the International Criminal Court (ICC) will be settled in an allied and mutually acceptable manner. "This topic is a subject of discussion both in Moscow and during high-level contacts in Yerevan. I do not consider it necessary to publish the details of those contacts. Of course, we assume that this issue will be resolved in an allied and mutually acceptable way," Zakharova said in the briefing, answering the question of how Moscow views the fact that the Constitutional Court of Armenia has recognized the Rome Statute as compatible with the Armenian constitution. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1107602.html
Within the framework of the "Armenian Business Corner" project, 20 Armenian companies and 16 services were officially introduced to the American market
More than 100 companies representing real estate and construction sectors under one roof. "Home-Expo" exhibition has started
RA Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan, highlighting the implementation of such measures, emphasized that last year in Armenia, a record 322 thousand square meters of building utilization rate was recorded, which is the highest rate in the history of independent Armenia. The government and the Ministry of Economy cooperate in a special format with the "Armenian Association of Builders" and state and non-state organizations in the construction sector with the aim of making the sector more attractive and making investments more profitable," Kerobyan said. The main sponsors of the exhibition are Red Invest Group, Defense Housing and ASEDL companies. Marina Babakhanyan, marketing director of Defanse Housing, mentioned that at the "Home-Expo" exhibition, Defanse Housing is presenting the residential district in the adjacent part of the North-South highway, which is the largest development in the history of Armenia. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1107689.html
The NATO Secretary General intends to achieve Sweden's membership of the alliance by July
Any NATO expansion needs the support of all its members. Finland will now be formally admitted into NATO at its next summit, taking place in July in Lithuania. In a statement following the Turkish vote, the Finnish government said joining the alliance would strengthen the country's security, and improve stability and security in the region. But his ongoing hostility to Sweden was clear - as he again accused the country of embracing Kurdish militants and allowing them to demonstrate on the streets of Stockholm. Finland, a country with a 1,340km (832 mile) border with Russia and one of the most powerful arsenals of artillery pieces in Western Europe, is ditching its neutrality and joining the alliance in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow describes as a “special military operation.” Russia's foreign ministry earlier condemned Finland's decision, saying it was ill-considered and based on Russophobic hysteria. https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1107633.html
14 medical patients were transferred from Artsakh to Armenia through the mediation of ICRC. 11 people returned
Planned surgeries continue to be suspended in the medical facilities operating under the Artsakh Ministry of Health. 5 children are in the neonatal and resuscitation department in "Arevik" medical unit. At the "Republican Medical Center", 5 patients are in the intensive care unit, 1 of them is in critical condition. Until today, a total of 229 patients have been transferred from Artsakh to Armenia with the mediation and accompaniment of the International Committee of the Red Cross https://armenpress.am/arm/news/1107373.html
Tightened blockade of Artsakh discussed at Security Council sitting
Issues related to the defense of the Artsakh Republic, ensuring the security and the life-activity of the population of the Artsakh Republic under the conditions of the tightening of the blockade and unceasing provocations by Azerbaijan were on the agenda. State Minister Gurgen Nersisyan and Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Kamo Vardanyan delivered reports. President Harutyunyan underscored the close and coordinated cooperation between the law enforcement agencies and civilian structures, public administration and local self-government bodies in the solution of urgent and long-term problems. The President gave a number of instructions to the authorized bodies in the context of the discussed issues. https://en.armradio.am/2023/03/31/tightened-blockade-of-artsakh-discussed-at-security-council-sitting/
Azerbaijan confirms participation European Weightlifting Championships 2023 in Yerevan
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2023.04.01 03:44 TopRule8217MCU Phase 4 Rewrite Part 1-The Shows
Introduction:
https://ibb.co/Y88HkpK In my opinion, Marvel Phase 4 was not this giant disaster as some people (mainly racists, homophobes, grifters and sexists) made it out to be. However, the fact that Secret Wars is happening this early, and The X-Men won't be introduced until after Phase 6, made me decide to make my very own MCU canon, and plus, if I was in charge, I'd heavily change some of the movies and Disney+ shows and save Secret Wars for five years later in my timeline (2031), when The X-Men and many other characters from the comics are already introduced like, Wolverine, The X-Men, Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, Doctor Doom, Venom, Miles Morales, Black Cat, Inhumans, Nova, Silver Surfer, Galactus, Blue Marvel, Ghost Rider, Sentry, Tigra, Brother Voodoo, X-Force, Spider Woman (Jessica Drew), Beta Ray Bill, Hyperion, The New Mutants, X-Factor, Captain Britain, Psylocke, Iron Lad, Alpha Flight, etc. My MCU canon functions extremely similarly to Star-Wars Legends, but if the canon version wasn't utter garbage, compared to it, in my opinion, anyway. Also, in my continuity, Phase 4 would last four (hehe) years like the previous phases did, and if we got 18 movies and shows combined, in two years, it will be a long four years of content. (Hypothetically, anyway) I'm completely rebooting Ghost Rider, Blade, The Fantastic Four, Hellstrom, Inhumans and especially The X-Men. However, the previous versions still exist and appear in films involving the multiverse. The FOX Universe is a separate universe, and I'd completely reboot The X-Men. However, Deadpool and his supporting cast, like Vennessa, Colossus, Domino, Cable, Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Yukio, Weasel, etc, would transport to The MCU through the multiverse. As for SONY and their horrible Spider-Man Universe. In my ideal universe, SONY and Disney deal extends to other Spider-Man characters like Venom, Kraven, Morbius, The Black Cat, Silver Sable, Silk, Miles Morales, Ben Reilly, and Gwen Stacy (Spider-Gwen), it's not just Peter Parker himself that the deal extends to. I'd do my own MCU versions of Eddie Brock, Morbius, Kraven, Black Cat, Silver Sable, Silk, Man Wolf, Prowler, Miles Morales, Gwen Stacy, Scarlet Spider, etc. While SONY can make live action films about all the alternate versions of Spidey, such as, Spider-Man 2099, Spider-Man Noir, Spider-Ham, Spider-Punk, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man 4, and The Amazing Spider-Man 3, after the events of No Way Home. This can build up to a live action adaptation of Spider-Verse. (Don't worry, the animated version would still happen in my ideal universe) That would be done, in my timeline, instead of making villain films that don't even mention Spider-Man. Also, regarding Marvel Television, before Disney+. Most of these shows are canon in My MCU Continuity, and this includes, -Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. -Daredevil -Jessica Jones -The Punisher -Luke Cage -Iron Fist -The Defenders -Runaways -Cloak and Dagger -Agent Carter However, Inhumans and Hellstrom are so horrible, in my eyes, that they are considered non canon and will be rebooted. With all that out of the way, let's completely rewrite Phase 4 and make Phase 5-6 completely from scratch.
THE LINEUP
Movies
-Black Widow -Shang Chi: Legends of the Ten Rings -The Eternals -Spider Man: No Way Home -Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness -Thor: Love and Thunder -Black Panther: Wakanda Forever -Ant Man: Quantumania -Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3 -Captain Marvel: The Rogue Assault -Blade: The Daywalker -Deadpool: Maximum Effort -Captain America: New World Order -Thunderbolts -Spider-Man Returns -War Machine: Armor Wars -Fantastic Four -Avengers: Secret Invasion
Disney+ Shows:
-WandaVision -The Falcon and the Winter Soldier -LOKI (Season 1) -What If (Season 1) -Hawkeye -Moon Knight (Season 1) -Ms Marvel -She Hulk -Nick Fury: Secret Invasion -LOKI (Season 2) -Marvel Zombies -Ironheart -Echo -What If (Season 2) -Spider-Man: Freshman Year -Daredevil: The Man Without Fear -Ghost Rider: Spirits Of Vengeance -Vision Quest -Nova
Special Presentations:
Werewolf By Night Wonder Man Agatha Harkness: Coven Of Chaos The Valkyries: Tales Of Asgard America Chavez Without further ado, let's begin my Post-Endgame Universe with...
WandaVision:
The Plot: I liked the show, it was slow, but the last 2-3 episodes really saved it for me. However, Wanda turning evil after this is way too soon to me, and it's done in the most poorly written way possible in Multiverse of Madness. Also, references to sitcoms are reduced. Episode 1: Filmed before a Live Studio Audience: We start at a S.W.O.R.D facility, where we see S.W.O.R.D scientists breaking down Vision's corpse from Infinity War, and taking his vital components and implementing them into a new pale white vibranium body. Meanwhile, we see Wanda Maximoff from a window, watching in horror, as Vision's body is being broken down instead of a proper funeral or burial. (Roll the Marvel Studios logo) Wanda, stealthily takes out the guards by putting them to sleep, hypnotically, then she busts into the main lab, angrily, with furious red eyes and she attacks the scientists using her telekinesis. But the scientists explain themselves and calm Wanda down and explain that they are trying to revive Vision, but they are stuck on how to get Vision's memories back, but it's revealed that Wanda has the memories. Wanda uses some of her hex abilities to insert Vision's memories into his brain module. Vision activates and appears to remember and recognize Wanda, but something's off about him, he has his emotions removed from him, but Wanda doesn't mind or even notice at first. Wanda and the newly revived Vision, head to the neighborhood of Westview, which is where the original Vision wanted to settle down with Wanda before The Infinity War happened. Wanda creates a bubble around the area with magic that she didn't even know she had and Wanda turns the color around her and Vision into black and white. Episode 2: Don't Touch That Dial: Wanda and Vision are enjoying their time in this black and white, sitcom-like, world and their haunted looking house. This is where we can make references to several sitcoms, and Quicksilver even gets revived and Wanda eventually has kids, Billy and Tommy, but they grow up fast into their teens like in the actual show. Sparky is created as a pet for Billy and Tommy, like in the actual show. Meanwhile, The Hex’s amount of energy and magic catches the attention of S.W.O.R.D, Jimmy Woo, General Hayward, Darcy and Monica Rambeau. We keep the scene where Monica was snapped and when she came back, her mother, Maria, died five years ago. S.W.O.R.D is curious as to what Wanda did with the Vision body they created, since they checked the security footage and they see that Wanda just walked out with it and why there is a bubble of magical energy and many people in the middle of a known ghost town, so they send a transmission to Wanda. Meanwhile, Wanda tries to leave the hex to make sure she actually revived her brother and creates children out of pure magic. Quicksilver goes along with her sister but when he tries to leave The Hex, he glitches out and almost dies, but Wanda telikenicly pushes Pietro back into The Hex. Panicked, Wanda returns to The Hex and realizes that her own magic alone cannot create life, let alone bring back the dead. But she finds a book underground and it’s a copy of The Darkhold, The book of the damned. (Note: Calling this Darkhold "a copy", keeps Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. canon since Robbie Reyes took the original Darkhold to Hell to prevent it from being in the wrong hands, and this also writes off The Darkhold that Morgan Le Fay has in Runaways as a copy) She tries to find some spell that will work to allow Quicksilver and her children to survive outside The Hex, but she also has to deal with Vision, he might have his memories back, but he lacks his emotions and his colors, since his body is just pale white, regardless on what world he’s in, Hex or otherwise. He often acts cold and takes things literally, So Wanda has to fix that as well. However, Wanda is slowly being corrupted by The Darkhold, and she even is more aggressive and overall, has a more violent and sadistic demeanor. She hears the S.W.O.R.D transmission and she tells Vision, Quicksilver and the kids to stay inside The Hex, as she exits the area. Wanda confronts the SWORD agents, who are right outside The Hex’s location. The SWORD agents ask Wanda about The Hex and the Vision body that was taken and Monica tries to reason with Wanda, and Wanda just screams “Leave me and my family alone'' and a huge action scene happens. Wanda starts by blowing up the Armored SWORD vehicles with her hex bolts, when they attempt to open fire on her. The agents try to shoot Wanda with their energy weapons, but she blocks it with her energy shields. Wanda brutally kills many of the S.W.O.R.D. agents by snapping their necks, burning them alive with her hex blasts, telekinetically ripping them apart or choking them to death. It's the most brutal that my version of The MCU has gotten up to this point. Monica, Jimmy Woo, Darcy and General Hayward retreat to make sure they don't get killed by Wanda. After all the S.W.O.R.D agents are dead, Wanda walks menacingly back into The Hex with her eyes bloodshot red. Episode 3: Now in Color: The S.W.O.R.D team formulates a plan to disable The Hex and apprehend or kill Wanda, if necessary. Much to Monica's protest and dismay. Meanwhile, back in The Hex, which is now colored, Wanda is still trying to find that spell that will allow her brother and two children to survive outside The Hex. But then, Wanda is approached by a mysterious person named Agnes. Agnes teaches and manipulates Wanda about The Darkhold and Wanda is succumbing more and more to The Darkhold's influence. Meanwhile, S.W.O.R.D. Forces are surrounding The Hex and they are about to launch an assault on Wanda, they plan to take her in, but they'll kill her if they see it as necessary. They send Monica to see where Wanda is located from the inside, and as Monica enters The Hex, her body begins mutating as she hauls through the extra-dimensional energy field, but she ultimately makes it through. Wanda manages to perform the right spell to allow Quicksilver and her two kids to survive outside The Hex, but Agnes just grins in a sinister manner. Monica spies on Agnes and Wanda and Monica sees The Darkhold and she realizes what's happening to her. Monica tries to warn Wanda of what The Darkhold is doing to her mind and overall sanity. Unfortunately, Wanda sees no harm, especially because she was successful in bringing her brother back and having two kids. Wanda, cheered on by Agnes, telekinetically throws Monica out of The Hex, and back into the real world. The SWORD agents retrieve Monica, who is barely conscious, we see her body and eyes are glowing yellow. Episode 4: Breaking The Fourth Wall: Vision, after seeing Monica being violently thrown out of The Hex, begins to question Wanda's ethics and what are Agnes's true intentions, since she did cheer Wanda on to do this but she claims that she wants to help. Vision talks to Wanda about this and the two begin getting aggressive and arguing with each other like in Episode 5 of the show that we actually got. Meanwhile, General Hayward is fed up with Wanda's violent demeanor and devises a plan to execute her and Monica immediately protests this plan, since she knows that Wanda is being manipulated by Agnes and The Darkhold, but the S.W.O.R.D scientists and personnel don't believe her. Darcy also stands with Monica. The S.W.O.R.D soldiers immediately point their guns at Monica, after noticing her eyes glowing yellow. They fire at her, but the bullets just phase through her torso, like they are shooting at air. Monica runs away and she instinctively energy blasts a chunk through a brick wall in the S.W.O.R.D facility to escape along with Darcy. Monica and Darcy are hiding in a house in The Hex, Monica is extremely shocked to learn that she has superhuman abilities.She tests her energy blasts, which can blast through concrete and solid steel. Her energy form, which allows her to be superhumanly fast and phase through physical objects and Darcy does some energy tests and it's also revealed that Rambeau can transform herself into any form of energy within the electromagnetic spectrum. Among the many energy forms she has assumed and is able to control are visible light, cosmic rays, gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, electricity, infrared radiation, microwaves, radio waves, and neutrinos. By assuming an energy-form, she gains all of that energy's properties. She can bend the light around her to camouflage and seem invisible. However, she does have limitations with her abilities, Rambeau is only able to retain her energy form for an hour at a time, before having to recharge herself and she can only transform herself into one wavelength of energy at a time. They later bump into Vision, who is investigating The Hex's properties and trying to find any dirt on Agnes. Vision also states that he's not amused with how suspicious Agnes seems. Vision agrees to help Monica and Darcy to bring Wanda back to her normal self. Meanwhile, back at the S.W.O.R.D. facility, General Hayward reveals that the S.W.O.R.D scientists still have Vision's schematics and they build another Vision, which they intend to use on Wanda and to detain Monica Rambeau. Episode 5: This is Halloween: Vision briefly returns to Wanda, but he will check on Monica and Darcy, to spend some time with his wife. Which subtly shows that some of his emotion is returning. It's basically the Halloween episode we got, from here on out. Just without the Vision and Agnes interaction, since we already saw her prior, in this rewrite. Agnes still kills Sparky behind Wanda's back. Quicksilver is very protective of Wanda like in the comics, Pietro got encouragement from Agnes. Vision is still investigating what is going on with Wanda's behavior and what are Agnes's intentions. The Comic Accurate costumes still show up as Halloween costumes and as a reference to comic fans. Episode 6: Previously On: General Hayward, Jimmy Woo, White Vision and the S.W.O.R.D. forces begin to make their way toward The Hex. Vision, who is scouting the area, sees the S.W.O.R.D forces making their way to Wanda's location, so he warns Monica and Darcy. Meanwhile, Wanda discovers Agnes's basement and this is where Agnes reveals herself to Wanda, Billy and Tommy, as Agatha Harkness and a witch. She enthralled Maximoff, projecting visions into her mind that revealed herself to have manipulated the recent events, which included, lying to Vision to further distance him from Maximoff, killing Sparky, and manipulating Pietro to watch over Maximoff. Agatha also states that she came to Westview because she sensed the immense power involved in all the magic and was impressed. She wanted to know what had allowed Wanda to have such immense power and how she could cast so many high level spells all at once and even have them self perpetuating without Wanda's direct involvement, Agatha is an experienced witch and knows how difficult that is. She wants that kind of power herself. Wanda attempts to read Harkness' mind, but this proved ineffective as Harkness had placed a protection spell around the room with runic symbols and in turn bound Maximoff in magical bonds. She then demonstrated her magical powers to Maximoff including transmutation and mind control and explained to Maximoff that she is capable of performing such magic but on a grander scale. Harkness then demanded to know how Maximoff created the Hex in the first place, but Maximoff was unable to recall how she pulled it off. Harkness plucked a hair from Maximoff's head and used it to open a gateway into Maximoff's memories and to ensure Maximoff would follow her. Harkness revealed she was still holding Tommy and Billy somewhere in her dungeon, and having no other choice Maximoff followed Harkness through the door. Agatha then goes into Wanda's memories, which puts Wanda in a lot of pain, on top of being mind raped. We see that Wanda was in reality, was really born to Erik Lehnsherr and Magda England, which shocks Wanda, since she remembers being raised in Sokovia. We also see Pietro and a second sister, who is in a green blanket. (This will set up Magneto and Polaris, appearing in later movies) We then see Magda screaming and dying in a house fire due to an angry mob forming, and they are chasing Erik out along with the three kids. Erik put up Wanda and Pietro for adoption in Sokovia. We then see her childhood in Sokovia, the Stark Industries missile blowing up her parents, but Wanda used her probability powers to save herself and her brother, which is the first display of her powers, and Vision comforting Wanda and watching sitcoms shortly after Quicksilver's death, back in Age of Ultron. Having seen all she needed to put the pieces together, Harkness applauded Wanda Maximoff's display of Magic, before teleporting Wanda and herself outside, where she held Tommy and Billy Maximoff with magical nooses around their throats, Harkness then revealed to Maximoff that she was a being long thought to be a myth, a being capable of creating something from nothing with the great power of Chaos Magic, and Maximoff was in fact the Scarlet Witch. Her mother, Magda, also had magical potential, but her child would always be 100-times more powerful. Maximoff attacks Harkness to release her hold on her children, before ordering them both inside of the Vision Residence to shield themselves. Attempting a second attack, Maximoff soon discovered that Harkness was able to not only absorb her chaos magic, but take a portion of her life force as well. Harkness attempted to strike a bargain with Maximoff, She would be able to maintain the Westview Anomaly and her reclusiveness, but she would have to give up the chaos powers. However, Wanda declines, flies up towards Agatha and the two begin to fight. Vision, Monica and Darcy show up to help. Darcy gives Monica a suit, and she even nicknames Monica, Photon. General Hayward, White Vision and the S.W.O.R.D. military forces show up on the ground and begin to open fire on Wanda and Agatha. Wanda, who has had enough of General Hayward, brutally burns him and most of the agents alive using her hex energy wave, with a smile on her face. Vision tells Monica and Darcy that he'll deal with the White Vision, who had his target on Wanda, and the two living synthezoids fly towards each other and start shooting beams at each other. Monica, despite her disdain for Hayward, calls Wanda out for her actions. But Monica knows the pain of suddenly losing a loved one, she tells Wanda that she can connect and empathize with her, despite Wanda being sadistic, brutally killing many S.W.O.R.D soldiers, scientists and General Hayward, and Monica was attacked by her on two separate occasions, although those were merely fits of rage from a grieving Avenger who couldn't let go of a life she almost never had, and she was manipulated by Agatha and under the control of The Darkhold, which fuels her anger and aggression, so Wanda is not exactly irredeemable ether. Wanda, using Monica's words and her own willpower, manages to break free of The Darkhold's influence, despite Agatha taunting Wanda about her failures and blurred morality, as they are in a standoff, levitating in the red sky. Wanda epically transforms into The powerful Scarlet Witch to fight Agatha and to end this madness. Episode 7: The Series Finale: Wanda fights Agatha, just like in the show that we got. Vision and White Vision have the same fight as they did in the actual show and Vision gives his memories to White Vision. I'd keep the "I am Vision" line, and like in the show we got, White Vision flies away, which is setting up his own series. After Wanda defeats Agatha and destroys The Darkhold, she breaks down in tears after realizing what she's done, as she sees the burned skeleton of General Hayward and the many S.W.O.R.D soldiers that she has slaughtered during her Darkhold rampage. However, Monica comforts Wanda and congratulates her on overcoming her dark side and doing the right thing in the end, but the S.W.O.R.D. forces are about to arrive to take her in and Wanda flies away with Quicksilver, Billy and Tommy. Wanda is not completely off the hook for her actions. Though she is hiding in a haunted house, raising her two sons and reconnecting with Quicksilver, trying to redeem herself. Post Credit Scenes: Doctor Strange and Wong, senses The Scarlet Witch's presence, which sets up the Multiverse of Madness, with Wanda's redemption, instead of ruining her character further. Magneto, in shadow, with only his helmet visible, sees footage of Wanda on the news, and he immediately knows that one of his children is alive and well. This sets up The X-Men, and Wanda meeting her biological father in the future. S.W.O.R.D, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Quake, Coulson, Jimmy Woo and Monica, now known as Photon, discuss Wanda's actions and Fury decides to let Wanda off the hook, for now, since she did stop Agatha, felt extremely remorseful about her actions and she did destroy The Darkhold, which especially after the events of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D, they know it is a dangerous artifact. But they will execute Wanda, if she shows any aggression. So, Wanda is now a controversial figure among the superhuman community, going forward.
The Falcon and The Winter Soldier:
The Plot: Most of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier would stay the same, except for Sharon Carter, who is a spy for S.H.I.E.L.D. against The Power Broker, who I'd later reveal in the Echo series, to be The Kingpin. It's revealed that Sharon is working with Fisk, for S.H.I.E.L.D. to get information for an eventual sting operation. She doesn't enjoy selling superhuman enhancements and dangerous weapons, but she sees it as necessary. Sharon Carter still shoots and kills Karli, and Sam Wilson is not fine with this. Sharon would reveal to Sam what she's doing and her intentions, this will cause some extreme tension between Sam Wilson and S.H.I.E.L.D. in the future. This isn't the last time that S.H.I.E.L.D. would do some shady things in My MCU Continuity. This also makes Sharon Carter way less evil, and more in character for her. She'd seem like the type of person that does what she thinks is the right thing, even if you do some very questionable things in the process, kinda like a more extreme Steve Rogers. Other Changes: Battlestar doesn't die, but he is, however, in a coma. I think it's extremely hypocritical that Marvel wants to push a black man as Captain America, when in the same series this happens in, they use the racist "The Black Guy Dies First" trope. They could have easily just said that Battlestar was badly injured or in a comatose state and that could have pushed John Walker to cross the line and take the life of that Flag Smasher, which causes him to be stripped of being Captain America. Also, I think Battlestar could be a good member for The Thunderbolts and be another positive role model for black boys. There was some wasted potential with this character. Steve Rogers' status of being dead or alive is way more clear in my rewrite. I'd have Bucky say that Steve is retired and the serum prevents the user from dying of old age. That could be a backdoor for Steve Rogers to return in the future.
LOKI:
The Plot: LOKI would stay exactly the same, but Sylvie has Lady Loki as her codename, instead of it being ambiguous. Enchantress would be later saved for my version of Love and Thunder.
What If…?:
The Plot: Most of What If would stay the exact same in My MCU. However, Natasha from Earth-29929, or the Earth that Infinity Ultron completely annihilated and took over. After Infinity Ultron is killed, instead of being sent to an Earth that Loki took over, The Watcher sends Natasha to The MCU, where The Prime Earth Natasha is already deceased. I think Natasha had some wasted character potential, so a variant taking her place would be a compromise. It wouldn't necessarily ruin her sacrifice in Avengers Endgame, since the variant is a separate character. They also did this with Loki and Gamora, so this would make the most sense. This would set up a Black Widow sequel, where the variant Natasha would have to loosen up and adjust, since the Earth that she's displaced in, is not a complete apocalyptic hellhole.
Hawkeye:
The Plot: Hawkeye would stay mostly the same. My rewrite is very similar to TheMan5991's small rewrite. The link is placed here. https://www.reddit.com/nandovmovies/comments/s7xuza/hawkeye_rewrite_spoilers/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button The only real change I'd make is during the final battle with The Kingpin and Kate Bishop in Episode 6. My main problem with Kingpin in the Hawkeye series is that he is both too weak and too strong at the same time. Fisk is too strong because he is able to completely rip a door off its hinges and later gets full speed rammed by a car which, rather than killing him, cartoonishly knocks him through a window where he gets up with barely a scratch. In the Daredevil Netflix series, Kingpin was very strong, but he was still just a normal human being. His main power came from the fact that he controlled everyone and everything around him. On the other hand, he is too weak in that he is able to be beaten by a college student with like a week of superhero experience. Yes, I know that Kate trained growing up, but up until the show started, she had never fought someone in a life-or-death situation. Especially not someone as dangerous as Wilson Fisk. The fact that Kate Bishop beat him is supposed to be impressive (Clint says as much later on), but the action sequence felt less like a compliment to Kate’s abilities and more like an insult to Fisk’s threat level. I want to fix these issues. So, here is my version of the events of Kate Bishop's fight with The Kingpin. Eleanor gets in the car, tells the driver they need to find Kate, then realizes the driver has had his head crushed and he died. Fisk appears and calmly opens the door. Fisk still wears his Hawaiian suit. Kingpin tries one last time to convince Eleanor to continue her services for him. She refuses, knowing that continuing to work for Fisk would endanger her daughter. (One of my favorite things about Netflix Kingpin was his simmering anger. He felt like he was moments away from decapitating a guy with a car door. I never felt that from his reappearance. I want that to come across in this conversation between Eleanor and Fisk) While Eleanor is denying his offer, we see him slowly getting angrier until he finally breaks and grabs her by the throat, dragging her out of the car. He is holding her up by her neck when Kate arrives. As Eleanor struggles, Kate aims her bow at Fisk and yells "Get away from my mother", but he doesn’t even glance in her direction. She shoots him in the chest with an arrow, but as we learned in the Netflix series, all his suits are armored, so it doesn’t penetrate through. He looks over at her and Eleanor chokes out to Kate telling her to "run" before Kingpin snaps her neck, killing her. Kate, in her rage, fires an explosive arrow directly at Kingpin, and Fisk immediately gets caught in the explosion, and gets sent flying through the building wall. Bishop entered the building through the wall, and tried to stop Fisk from leaving. Bishop shot a trap arrow at the gap in the building, causing electric wires to form over the hole, preventing Fisk's escape. Kingpin became aggravated and began tossing Bishop around the room and pulverized her with his punches, leaving her bloodied, several broken ribs and defeated. Fisk pulled her quiver off of her back, pulling her arrows out, snapping them in half, and tossing them on the ground. Kate, refusing to give up, and wanting revenge for what Fisk did to her mother, gets up, lunges towards Kingpin and tries to kick him. However, Fisk easily punched her in midair, sending her crashing into a window, cracking it. As Bishop sat on the ground, cornered by Fisk, she used his cufflink that she had picked up to flick and activate the head of one of her magnet arrows on the floor. The magnet arrows activate the nearby explosive arrows, causing an explosion that blows up the store, and Kate smashes and jumps out of the window that is behind her and she survives the blast. (Now, obviously, Eleanor does not die in the actual series, but I told you there was an exception and I think this works better for two reasons. First, it gives Fisk the threatening presence that everyone has been talking about throughout the series with their comments about “the big guy”. This level of terror makes Clint’s comment about Kate surviving an encounter with him meaningful. Second, Eleanor dies in the comics as well and is later brought back as a vampire. With the Blade franchise coming up for the MCU, this leaves open the possibility of a return if they wanted to bring her character back. It also gives more character development for Kate, to overcome her grief of a loved one, similar to Spider-Man, or The Flash) Still wounded and burned following the explosion, Fisk painfully made his way through the streets of New York City, until his path was blocked by a car. As the car pulled up in front of him, Kingpin had then realized that the driver was Maya Lopez, as he breathed a sigh of relief, only for Lopez to grab her gun and point it directly at his head. Fisk soon realized that Lopez had indeed learnt that Fisk had been responsible for her father's death at the hands of Ronin. Fisk then told Lopez that they were family, and that families did not always see eye to eye. Lopez responded by shooting him, causing Fisk to fall down, knocked out. Kate eventually makes it back to Clint and the rest of the episode plays pretty much as is. It is, perhaps, a little more somber as Kate’s mother was murdered instead of simply going to jail, but that just gives her even more reason to go with Clint back to his farm. His family welcomes her in and their love for each other spreads to her and helps her recover. Post Credit Scene: Laura Barton received her SHIELD watch from Clint, with her name and Agent 19 being engraved on it. However, Laura gets a call from Bobbi Morse, with a hologram of her picture. Yes, the only addition I'd make is to have Clint and his wife have a mystery third woman, who Clint has been extremely close friends with in the past, and he still is intimate with both her and Laura. I'd reveal that woman to be Bobbi Morse, Mockingbird. The same character from Agents Of SHIELD. This sets up Mockingbird returning as Hawkeye's new love interest in his hero-life, while his home life with Laura, and both women are friends and are more than alright with that. They are literally sharing Hawkeye. Then again, Hawkeye was always a ladiesman or womanizer in the comics. Clint is still happily married to only two people. Bobbi is even an aunt to Clint and Laura's children, similar to how Black Widow was in that role, before she passed away in Endgame. Not to mention, Agents Of SHIELD Season 2 mentioned that Hawkeye and Bobbi went on a few missions together, so it's implied that the two agents have some romantic history. Don't worry AoS fans, Lance and Bobbi are still really close friends and an iconic duo, just not lovers anymore. Also, Lance Hunter will show up in a future SHIELD movie or Disney+ series. Along with Bobbi and Clint, I can also see a lot of jealousy ensuing.
2023.04.01 03:33 StepwiseUndrape574Grand Theft Auto V Loads Up To 92 Percent Faster On PS5 Than PS4 In Early Tests
Grand Theft Auto V is notable for all kinds of reasons. It's the most expensive video game ever made, and also one of the very most successful, by any measure. It sold so well that Rockstar kept the online service for the 7th-generation (PS3 and Xbox 360) releases of the game going from release in 2013 until late last year. It had moved over 150 million copies as of last August, in fact. That number has surely gone up since then, and it's probably going to continue going up for years to come thanks to the updated re-release that's now available on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles. We've already written about what's included in the re-release, but the short version is that it adds higher-quality assets, ray-traced lighting, and 60 FPS options to the exclusively-30-FPS console releases. ssd sony ps5 2 Unfortunately, another notable aspect of GTA V is its interminable loading times, especially on the consoles. Well, arguably the biggest change this console generation has been the move to solid-state storage instead of the spinning rust used previously. Both families of 9th-generation game consoles support disk I/O tens of thousands of times faster than the 8th-generation consoles. Naturally the new release of GTA V reaps the benefits of that in its load times. Over at IGN, they put the new release through its paces and found that load times are drastically improved across the board. Selecting "replay mission" can find load times as much as 75% faster on the new system, while loading autosaves was slashed from over two minutes to around 20 seconds on Sony's latest machine. ign gtav ps5 loading As showcased in IGN's video, the difference upon starting a new game is even more mind-blowing. On the PlayStation 4, it took 2 minutes and 18 seconds to load from the menu to the new-game heist sequence. Performing the same operation on the PlayStation 5 took just eleven seconds. The player was able to get halfway through the mission on the PS5 by the time the older system finished loading. We feel it's likely that this enormous improvement isn't merely the work of the fancy SSD, but also that of the PS5's potent Zen 2 CPU cores as well as some software optimizations. Players of GTA Online may recall that an enterprising developer found a simple optimization (arguably, a bugfix) that slashed loading times by 75%. Rockstar even paid out a bug bounty to the developer. We still haven't heard back from Rockstar on when or if these improvements will be finding their way to the PC version of the game, nor whether there will be a charge for the update if they do. It seems likely that Rockstar is gauging the playerbase's reaction to such a thing. You can pick up the refreshed release on PS5 for $10 right now, or on Xbox Series XS for $20, but both prices will rise to $40 after three months, so get while the getting's good if you're not willing to wait a few years for GTA 6.
2023.04.01 03:27 Agnol117[Progress] February and March Progress! 9/24
Life got away from me a bit in February, and I wasn't able to make a post for the month then. But here's my update from the last two months! Save Room - Organization Puzzle: Grabbed this because it was on sale and I love the inventory management in RE4, and it was well worth it. In fact, I beat it in one sitting. It’s a genuinely great game, and I cannot recommend it enough if you’re looking for a short fun puzzle game. Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles: Gave this a shot despite not getting very far in Rondo of Blood, and I was actually able to finish it! (I used Maria, which I’m told is easy mode). Save states were definitely a big help. It’s an overall decent game. This version is, unfortunately, kind of ugly (the backgrounds are great, but the character models are not), but it plays well, and I had a lot of fun with it. Fire Emblem Engage: This was great. I like that it’s just one story this time, as the last two attempts to do multiple routes were not well executed. The story is plain but serviceable, the characters are fun, and the Engage mechanic is nifty (even though I suspect the game expects you to use it a lot more than I did, as I saved it mostly for nuking bosses). All around a fun game, and I’m excited for the DLC. Night in the Woods: I went into this thinking it was something like Life is Strange but with animals, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that it really wasn’t. It was much more grounded than I expected, and it was better for it. As adventure games go, it was great, and I’d recommend it to anyone interested. Saturnalia: I couldn’t get into this one, unfortunately. The game seems cool, but the graphics bothered my eyes, and I had to move on. Undertale: I managed to avoid spoilers on this for eight years, and I’m glad I did. A fantastic game. I can’t say anything about it that hasn’t already been said, but I will say that it’s a once in a lifetime experience. Milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk: A fun sequel to Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk. Short and sweet and just as bizarre. Kirby Star Allies: I played this at the behest of my son, despite being kinda ‘meh’ on other Kirby games, and it was fun. I probably wouldn’t play it again, but it was a decent 7/10 and I don’t regret getting talked into it. Dark Souls Remastered: I think it’s finally time for me to acknowledge that FromSoft games aren’t for me. I like the gameplay style, but the general aesthetic and lack of story does nothing for me, and I end up never finishing them. This was no exception. So I’m moving on, hey, I gave it a fair shot. Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A fun little meta game in the vein of The Stanley Parable. Due both to that and the shortness of it, there’s not much else to say. Moonlighter: I bounced off this pretty hard. The art was pretty, but the combat felt boring, and the shop parts weren’t that much fun, either. Kingdom Hearts III: God, I have such mixed feelings about this one. On the one hand, the pacing is awful. You have twenty hours of nothing happening, followed by eight hours of everything happening. The Disney worlds were very pretty, but otherwise largely detached from the plot and forgettable. But the actual original story parts were great, and I loved them. Cannot wait for Kingdom Hearts IV. Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory: As someone who doesn’t normally go for rhythm games (and honestly doesn’t pay that much attention to video game music in general), I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this as much as I did. It was a decently fun little game, though I’m glad I was able to get it on sale, as the new story alone wouldn’t be worth sixty bucks. Still, the seven or so hours I spent with it were enjoyable. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order: Replayed this in preparation for the sequel next month, and it holds up. It’s better than I remembered it being, honestly (except for the in-game map, that’s still actual trash). Definitely glad I revisited it, and I’m more excited than ever for Survivor. Saint Maker: A religious horror visual novel that has successfully reawakened all of my religious trauma and reminded me why I am afraid of nuns. Seriously, this was great. The music was good, the art was good, and the atmosphere was fantastic. A horror VN that actually felt unsettling the whole time. I loved it, and if horror VNs are your thing, I highly recommend it. Resident Evil 4 (2023): A fantastic reimagining of my favorite game of all time. I beat this in just over twenty-four hours (would have beaten it all on launch day if I didn’t have to stop to charge my DualSense a few times), and it was fantastic. Really felt like I was fourteen again, playing the original on my GameCube. It’s not a 1:1 remake – the bones are still the same, but there’s a lot reimagined to keep it from being just a straight carbon copy of the original. Several set pieces are completely reimagined, and there were several points in the game where I was like “oh, this is that room!” All told, it was a fantastic experience. I don’t often platinum games, but this is one I’m definitely going to try to platinum. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD: I bought this on PS5, and I think that may have been my mistake. The game is fine. In fact, it’s got a lot going on that I’d love under other circumstances. So even though I dropped it, I think I’m gonna grab it on Steam next time it’s on sale, because I have a feeling I’d enjoy this a hell of a lot more on a handheld device (which, given that it was originally a PSP game, makes a fair amount of sense). Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies: After the first two cases were a slog, the remaining three and the DLC really picked up the quality and redeemed this game. Overall, it’s not as good as the trilogy, but it’s a fair sight better than Apollo Justice was, even if it still has too much of a focus on Phoenix over the new characters. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog: A truly glorious April Fool’s Day game. Cannot recommend it enough.
2023.04.01 03:23 grizbythebearPunkinhead is rarely sad and perplexed, and this is one of those rare times... Unattended food is usually the tastiest food.