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Note: This is an update on my challenge, since I had this idea brought to my attention. It kind of makes sense to me anyway.
You awaken, startled, and find yourself in a strange room with blue water flowing from up high, you standing in the center of a hexagonal platform with six other platforms, adorned each with a different symbol, at each of the points of your platform.
Standing on the platform with the yellow symbol you find a blonde woman who you would recognize to appear much like Princess Zelda from the The Legend of Zelda series, though none of them seem to match her appearance exactly.
"Greetings, traveler from another world." Speaks up the woman, smiling mildly at you. "I am Hylia, goddess of this realm and agent of the GOlden Goddesses who created it. I am sure you wonder how you got here or if this is even real, but I assure you, it is. I have brought you here on recommendation of a certain, impish deity from outside this realm, with a request." Explained Hylia and a lifts a hand to create a ball of light.
"I was granted the ability to host a, as your people call it, Jumpchain, and directed to take you on as a Jumper, as for why I am doing this, well... There hasn't been born a hero in this timeline. Link doesn't exist here." She sighs and shakes her head.
"For that reason, I have called on you, to take the role, so let me get to the actual rules next." She explains.

1. You must take each Main Series Zelda game jump in chronological Order, as in the timeline chronological order.

I. Skyward Sword
II. Minish Cap
III. Four Swords
IV. Ocarina of Time
V. Majora's Mask
VI. Twilight Princess
VII. Four Swords Adventures
VIII.1 Adult Timeline/Downfall Timeline your choice
VIII.2 Wind WakeA Link to the Past
VIII.3 Phantom Hourglass/Link's Awakening
VIII.4 Spirit Tracks/Oracle of Ages or Seasons
VIII.5 None/Other Oracle game
VIII.6 None/Oracle of Scenario
VIII.7 None/A Link Between Worlds
VIII.8 None/Zelda 1 Gauntlet
VIII.9 None/Zelda 2
IX. Breath of the Wild (Final of this section of the chain)

1. You may not use the Universal Drawbacks Supplement.
   
2. You may only use standard Supplements such as Cosmic Warehouse or it's replacers, Bodymod as well as Housing, Dock and so on Supplements.
   
3. You can choose 1 Drawback in a Jump when you make your build, it's negative effects are doubled but you may take it's CP into all other Jumps too, granting that CP the Drawback gave to your starting budget.
   
4. CP carried over from Drawbacks are cut in half during Gauntlets.
   
5. Companion Purchases and Imports are free of charge.
   
6. If you hook up with somebody and have a child, it can become a Companion.
   
7. You cannot quit the chain until you're done with all of the above jumps as well as one more additional Jump.
   
8. You must take the role of Link and do his job.
   
9. As Link, you must be Hylian though in the Adult Timeline you may choose to be one of the other races as that Link wasn't initially chosen but become the hero of his own volition, you carry the race choice into the Spirit Tracks Jump.
   
10. Heart Container are a thing here too, but you will start each Zelda Jump with only the starting 3 heart containers. They work as damage sponges, keeping you save and healthy until they run out.
    
11. You cannot take the Triforce between the Jumps of this section of the chain, if you as Link would have one of the Triforce aspects, fine, that is just part of the jump. But you cannot rip the Triforce of Power out of Ganondorf's stiff corpse after Twilight Princess and take it into Four Swords Adventures, sorry.
    
12. During Gauntlets and Powerloss situations (Item or Perk loss) you may choose 10 Perks and 10 Items from the jumps listed above and take them along into those jumps but they're scaled down to local levels if they're too OP.
    

She took another breath, smiling a bit. "Naturally I won't demand this without further recompense after you save my world, naturally." She states and takes a last breath before running into the rewards for basically marathoning all of the Zelda Franchise:

1. You will be known in future Jumps as "The Hero of Light", with all things dark and evil knowing you on sight and knowing that you have faced far worse than them in your time. This grants you the sort of treatment reserved for police officers as these beings know, you are the Immune System against their kind.
   
2. You may take Generic First Jump, Generic Virgin and Generic First Gauntlet following this series of jumps. However, Gauntlet rules for powers are in effects in these jumps.
   
3. You are granted the Triforce for real this time, though because of divine politics it isn't omnipotent outside the world of Hyrule. Once per year it can be used to grant a wish up to and incuding something on the level of restoring the Lorule Triforce or reviving the dead.
   
4. The Triforce grants, for each of it's components, one of the following boons:
   

I. Power: Grants Immortality up to three times a Jump with only extreme damage from weapons that are explicitly powerful against you working. Also grants a x10 boost to all physical attributes.
II. Wisdom: Grants near limitless magical power, greatly increase intelligence, a x10 multiplier to the speed at which you're learning new information, as well as allowing you to grant your Perks to another person if they agree to it.
III. Courage: Never be frozen in fear, always able to react and act. You also have a strong will, able to withstand incredible hardships, resist attempts to break your will and even resist any and all efforts to possess you. Lastly, no amount of time can rust your blade, your skills will remain as fresh and well oiled as if you had been practicing nonstop for years. Lastly, if you would die for real, another you is born and the plot and your time in a Jump shall not continue until that you is at least 12 years old, which in Zelda terms means they're ready to kick ass and take names.
IV.1 Additionally, the three grant the following spells: Din's Fire: Create a powerful fireblast around you at base, may also be used as Pyrokinesis and heat control.
IV.2 Nayru's Wisdom: Create a bubble shield around you that lasts 3 minutes at base, may also create a panel or large dome shield of up to 50 meters in circumference. Attacks cannot penetrate this shield while it lasts.
IV.3 Farore's Wind: A Teleportation Spell, can bring you to any building you've been to or out of a building you're in, regardless of teleportation restrictions. Has enough range to reach the International Space Station in your world from the Mariana's Trench's deepest point.

1. All of your Companions, gained here, share a Companion Slot, meaning that for the price of one Companion, all of them can be imported. However, they do not share the same companion stipend, instead each gets their own as separate companions with a +400 CP to any stipend they would get and another +300 CP for Item Sections and any special sections of a jump. Don't want your comrades getting held back, right?
   
2. Weapon purchases and upgrades stack, all manual upgrades are also fiat backed. In essence, if you have several purchases of the L2 upgrade applied to, say, the Master Sword, each of them will multiply the power of said weapon.
   
3. Fi, Sword of the Hero: The spirit of the Master Sword, Fi, has regained complete self-awareness and may manifest once more in physical form. I have integrated knowledge acquisition abilities into her that will work in all future jumps similar to how it worked in the time of Skyloft. She also imports separate from Companion Slots automatically with 800 general CP and 400 CP as a stipend for Item sections and other sections like that separate from Items or Perks. CP from importing her directly naturally stacks on top of that but not in the way of the other companions. Lastly, she can, like in Hyrule Warriors, assume the form of the Master Sword which she can manipulate telekinetically and has all the same upgrades and powers as your own strongest variant.
   
4. The powers of the champions are now your own to command. Mipha's Grace, Daruk's Protection, Urbosa's Fury, Revali's Gale and Link's Time Dilation are all abilities you now possess on the same level as said champions, and yes, the time dilation is an actual ability, not just a game mechanic. However, Daruk's Protection doesn't work against electricity and can be broken through, and Mipha's Grace still takes some time to cast.
   
5. Hyrulean Hero: You have earned the loyalty, friendship and in some cases love, of so many people in this world, why should we leave you to on with just a pittance of that? At will you can summon an army of Hyrule's various races of light, from Hylians to Koroks and Kokiri, of all the eras you have visited. They are equipped to the peak of their respective armed forces capabilities, Hylian Knights standing with Goron Warriors, Zora Pikeman flanking Kokiri Bowman and Gerudo Skirmishers preparing to charge in after Rito bombing runs, Sheikah Shinobi preparing to go in with an army of Guardians. Just be careful, this is still a medieval army, Guardians or not.
   
6. (NEW) Companions can import into Generic First/Virgin Jump/Gauntlet with 1000 C to use and a Origin of their choice. They will come along with you through the levels of the Jump/Gauntlet, obviously.
   

Once again she took her time to breath through after the rant, before smiling at you. "So yes, please do your best to be the very spirit of the hero, I will await the day you finish. Ah, another thing: The various actions you can perform and the detriments that are listed, they all apply to jumps after the jumps here in this world, only that you don't need to continue into another Zelda Jump, if there are any left." She explains and smirks a bit.
"Naturally I wouldn't mind having one or more Zeldas coming along with you, I heard it is fairly entertaining when the fate of my world isn't at stake. Hint Hint."

The battle is in a thick forest.

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Hi. I'm looking to talk to new people, maybe make a friend
They are:
History, especially the 19th-20th century but with more broad and general knowedge in other time periods. I'm not an expert or anything but I am pretty passionate about it and tend to read/listen about one event or the other on a pretty regular basis.
Literature, especially old novels. I recently read Demian (my all time favourite book), Day of the Oprichnik, Heart of Darkness, the Perfume and Little Prince. Currently started reading Blood Meridian. Some of my other favourite works would include: "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "Faust part I" (need to get to part II) and "No Longer Human". I also like to write short stories and book reviews. I'd also really like to read the same book with someone and discuss it. For reference my next book will probably be Oliver Twist
Languages. I know three, with one being a bit rusty. I'm currently working to scrape off the rust and then when I'm finished with that will begin to learn a fourth language. It's fun to go through different works in multiple languages. For example, I read the aforementioned Faust part I in all three.
Games. I recently played Cyberpunk 2077. Now that the dust has settled and the bugs mostly removed...It's not that bad! The main questline at least, Fallout 76 (Very average, I'm dissapointed with what they made the "RPG" system) and will try out Deus Ex Manking Divided again ( Got inspired since it's somewhat similar to Cyberpunk). I was waiting to play Elden Ring but it ended being too stressful for me. Go here and get beaten up go there and get beaten up, repeat...Besides that I'm a big fan of Paradox strategy games...like EU IV and HoI IV (also thinking of making my own project for HoI IV). I am definitely looking forward to try out Victoria III, after they add more content to it. I also got Modern Warfare 2, since the first MW had great multiplayer gameplay.
Anime and Manga. In recent times my interest has waned but I still watch the occasional series here and there. Like Cyberpunk Edgerunners (Which I found to be rather mediocre) and the very good new season of Bleach. Some other favourites include: Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Death Note, Fate;Zero, Psycho Pass , Higurashi (season 2 is a bit weak but the first one is a masterpiece of horror), Code Geass, Attack on Titan and others. My favourite Manga is Berserk...I hope it gets a good ending..the first couple of new chapters were...a bit rough but the new author seems to have got his footing.
Anyway, that should be enough information to give you a good picture... Before I go, I would like to ask for you to include the title of the last book you read in your reply. A small request, I feel. I'll be ignoring those that don't.

I beat Dark Souls but I saw post about ring of favor on DS3.

So I really like the shadow monks whole deal. I really like the extra mobility the monk opens up. Run up a wall, fire a bow and then tp to a area of darkness.
DPR is a nice way to work out vague power but in actual game mobility feels really nice for example. However it feels like just monk all the way would be lacking so feel I need to add some extra spice into it.
Table specific :

• No CBX - made crossbows the best ranged option
  
• No Hexblade - too strong for 1 level dips
  
• No Silvery bard - slowed down combat
  
• No mass summon spells - slowed down combat
  
• No CL / Vuman - but every race gets a feat at lv1
  
• OG stat boost for races - GM had a game when everyone played dwarf for the 2 +2 boosts and he said never again
  
• "Semi - optimized table" - we have people doing barb /moon druid / fighter and other doing cleric 1/ druid x and people doing god wizard builds so a mixture of optimal builds.
  
• 2 / 3 Short rests per day
  
• 3 - 5 combats per day on average
  
• Starting lv4
  
• Ending lv16(ish)
  

So Just wondering what spice is good to make this into a full character. Going one of two ideas

• We are the result of a wizard experimenting with spells on its shadow, we are that shadow that got split from the wizard and we are trying to join back to them. Using changling to flavour us jump from person shadow to persons shadow. Changing appereance to match the shadow we currently are.
  
• We play as Joe the bar keep, this shadow entity has taken over out shadow and now need to ensure we stay alive. The shadow does little things that make is get fired and have to adventure for gold. The shadow protects us maybe for self or possible for another pact of deal made. Can really be any race but changling still works to swap from Joe for social encounters to shadowy creature for combat. For flavour in combat we say Joe goes to hide while his shadow does the combat.
  

I'm also looking for some more sustained damage instead of just turn 1 nova then do nothing. And want to be a strong melee option, not a fan of ranged with this character idea.
Just wondering what I should be going for

• Arcane trickster Rogue 4 / Monk x - gives us some spells like control flame to control light levels and expertise in stealth. Also gives 2d6 sneak attack so we have a little extra damage. Then we keep the high monk mobility options.
  
• Arcane trickster Rogue x / Monk 4 - Going for more sneak attack damage and using monk for some mobility and PWT for a really sneaky option with reliable talent later on. We would focus on booming blade and ba hide for combat and big sneak attacks
  
• Shadow sorc 5 / Monk x - we get 3rd level spells and metamagic, this also let's us do stuff like darkness and then ba tp into that darkness. Also let's us quicken spells like invisibility.
  
• Gloom stalker 4 / Rogue 4 / Monk x - gloom stalker ability to hide in dim light and go invisible is nice and some more spell slots is also nice too. So we go in attack then back off and ba hide to setup for the same next turn.
  

Just really hard to see what I should go for with this character. It's something I really like the idea of but it's hard to make the character feel right but also be useful and strong without just spamming hide all the time.
Thanks

Hello, fellow game artist!
I need a a 2D game artist for an Elden Ring-like 2D adventure game for the 2023 Adventure game jam on Itch.io. I need some player art for running, idle, sword swinging, jumping, sliding animations and more with all the bosses, monsters and npcs. Thank you if you give me your contact on Discord.

This post is the final part of this story. Sorry it has taken so long to get through. And I'm not sure I even understand all of it yet. If you're new, this all started here. The previous part (Part 7) is here. Thank you to everyone who followed along.
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“Do you see her?” I asked in a meek voice.
“You mean that girl in black?” Harvey answered.
It was her, in the flesh. Her lips parted and formed a malevolent smile. Her dark eyes fixed on mine. My legs turned to solid lead. My feet refused to move. The anxiousness to reach Parker and Juliet and Beth in the cellar crumbled like the wood turning to ash behind us. She demanded my attention.
A hand rocked my shoulder. Harvey. I pushed him away.
“You have to go. Help them. I’ll take care of her.”
“What about you?”
“I’ll be right behind you.”
A mirage of Harvey flitted past Ally and disappeared into the kitchen. Everything blurred, everything but her.
She tilted her head to one side and bridged the gap between us with four slow and deliberate steps. She pushed her right hand out from a long sleeve and ran the black painted nail of her index finger across my cheek, the smooth lacquer cold against my skin. I shuddered as the chill spread like ice creeping up a window.
“It is such a shame to be losing you so soon. We’ve only just met, and yet I feel like we’ve known each other our whole lives. Do you feel it too?”
I shook my head. “Let me go.”
“We’re past that now Sam. I considered if we could coexist, you and I. It gave me a thrill knowing there is another one out there like me. But you insist on meddling with my work.”
“You mean locking all those girls in that filthy dungeon where they met their end? And Jane here.”
“The work is sometimes unpleasant.”
“But the pay is good?”
“This isn’t about money Sam. You and I are the same. The pain you felt from not fitting in. The lonely nights lying awake, wishing you could be like everyone else. The stares and the whispers. The rejection from those who are supposed to love us the most. I too know. But where you hid, I searched out a path where my talents were appreciated and rewarded. You don’t hate me Sam. You hate yourself for not thriving like I have.”
“Thriving? Is that what you call it?”
“By all measures yes. I am good at what I do. The best. The only. Or so I thought. And then there is you. A naïve, sheltered little boy who can barely put on his own pants in the morning. It is such a shame. And these so-called friends of yours, that was always doomed to failure. Oh and if you harbour any thoughts of them escaping, know that we blocked the little secret entrance the stable boy showed you. There’s no escape except through the fire. When they pick through the ashes of this building they will find their bones, and yours. Is this how you imagined it turning out?”
I flexed the muscles in my legs, but they refused to move. Ally smiled.
“It’s useless now Sam.”
I heard the faint whisper of Juliet’s voice in my head. She pleaded with me. Come on Sam, you can do this. I remembered the last encounter with Ally, outside the wall separating Windhaven Manor from the world. Ally had put me in the white room. I had broken free. I had overcome her power once. I had to do it again.
I took a deep breath in through my nose and cried out and willed my feet to move. Electricity coursed through my body and I directed it down to the floor. My left heel separated from the floor and that set the whole thing in motion. The dam burst. I lurched forwards and overbalanced and sprawled to the floor.
Ally crouched beside me and chuckled. “Some would call it a tragedy for a child to die so soon after learning to walk.”
I looked back towards the front of the house. The fire burned hot. Thick black smoke circled up the huge open space of the gallery. Portraits hanging on the wall bubbled and curled as flames consumed them.
A figure appeared at the foot of the staircase. The spectre of Crown. The goons had dragged his lifeless corpse out of the house, but stood before me was the spirit with unfinished business. The ugliness of his actions showed through now in death. His skin was sallow and wrinkled. His head too big for his body and his teeth yellowed. A grotesque monster made worse by his mortal demise.
Ally whispered in my ear. “He knows it was your meddling that brought about his end. I’ll leave you two alone.”
She brushed my cheek with the back of her hand and stood. As she walked away leather straps materialised out of thin air and pinned my body to the floor.
The spectre of Crown grew before me, swelling in size until he had to crouch to stay below the chandelier. He clenched his fists and with burning red eyes let out a guttural growl that skipped my ears and penetrated directly into my skull.
I tried to pull my hands to my ears but they would not come. It made no difference. The roar coming from Crown stabbed the inside of my head like a thousand daggers. I lifted my head and the growl grew to a scream that ricocheted around the inside of my skull. I couldn’t take much more. It felt as though my head would explode.
Guilt bubbled up and mingled with the fear and I shrank into the floor and wished for it to swallow me. They were down there, the only friends I had known, banging against a locked door denying their escape. I sobbed. I sobbed like I had the night my parents turned from me.
In the pit of my stomach something else grew. A seed of frustration born of a lifetime existing in a world that didn’t make sense. A world where I had no idea who I was and what I could or should do. A world in which I hid. I couldn’t do that now.
Juliet’s voice as clear as day, cutting through the racket of Crown’s scream. Do it Sam. I gritted my teeth and electricity buzzed somewhere deep inside, at first dull and imperceptible, and then amplified and resonating until it peaked into a deafening roar.
Above Crown the bulbs in the chandelier glowed white. He swivelled his head and watched them dumbly.
I concentrated, felt the energy forming an extra limb. Like the arms and legs of a newborn it flailed spasmodically. I fought to control it, to turn it to my will. I focussed on the straps pinning me to the floor. The electricity fed into the straps and turned them hot. For a moment I feared they would scold my skin, and then in a moment of release they split and flung upwards.
I picked myself up off the floor and faced the spectre of Crown. Like a spent boxer throwing one final punch I threw out my hands and screamed, willing Crown to be quiet and be still. Demanding he be so.
The floor shook. The dozens of bulbs in the chandelier shattered. The giant spectre of Crown diminished and the screaming inside my head softened until it was no more. Crown’s eyes opened wide as his mouth stitched together and his arms wrenched behind his back. I flicked my hand like I was swatting a fly and Crown flew into the corner of the room and slumped to the floor.
I bent over and rested my hands on my knees. My muscles ached, like I had run a marathon. Shadows played on the floor. I sucked in air and smoke and spluttered and coughed.
In the hallway the silhouette of Ally. She turned and shook her head. The heat of the fire intensified and crackled at my skin. If we were to make our escape, she could not be here to block us. I straightened and strode towards her.
I cycled furiously through the events of the last few days, searching for something to defeat Ally. I had to do to her what she had done to me. The time for running and breaking her spells was through.
I closed my eyes and concentrated. I stripped away everything except for the two of us. The crackle of the fire replaced with silence. The smell of the smoke disappeared. The heat washed away. One by one I shut down all my senses. When I opened my eyes a monotone room of white. Sterile calm had replaced the burning insides of Windhaven Manor.
Her eyes scanned the room and she giggled. “Cheap tricks won’t get you far,” she said. “And you learned this one from me.”
The white rippled as if the walls were made of water. She was fighting it. I concentrated, focussing all my energy, all my will. The ripples slowed and then stopped.
“You’re a fast learner,” she said. “But I have been doing this for more than a weekend.”
Strips of colour permeated the white. A rectangle of tile appeared on the floor. And then some blue from the curtain. Enough of a smouldering wall to let in some smoke. The acrid smell reached my nose and I spluttered. As each wedge of colour appeared, I filled it back in white. But it was a sinking ship and the pail I held to bail out the water would not be enough.
Ally grunted under her breath. A grunt of frustration. The white room shook and made a sound like a train bearing down.
I had to bind her. I raised my palm and coils of rope rose from the ground and oscillated like snakes around her. She swatted them away and wrenched them from the ground and flung them at my feet, limp and unmoving.
“It won’t be that easy,” she sneered.
My arms jerked behind my back. She bound my wrists and then my ankles. She pursed her lips and blew as if extinguishing a single candle on a birthday cake, and it was enough to send me to the floor. I couldn’t do this on my own. I needed help.
I shut my eyes and concentrated my energy not on my bindings, but on the woods at the back of Windhaven Manor. On the girls who escaped the dungeon and now roamed the forest, watching the house burn from behind the barrier Ally constructed.
I fed the energy coursing through my body into the giant snowdome structure until it burned hot and then like the globes in the chandelier, it cracked and exploded into the night sky. The spirits of the girls watched the shards disappear and then strode towards the Manor.
I turned my attention to the tiny room beside the pantry, where Jane Laughlin lay bound to the bed. I stood beside her and lay my hand on the shackles binding her to the bed. She shuddered as the mask came free from her mouth and then stood as the shackles broke.
I opened my eyes and the white of the room flickered off and then back on again like bad reception on a television. I had to keep the white walls up long enough for them to draw near. For them to be ready when the façade fell. Ally strode towards me, exuding confidence.
“You can’t beat me Sam.”
Ally squeezed her hands into fists and screamed. In a burst of energy she wiped the white room clear and we were back in the burning house. The air was thick with smoke. Behind me a timber beam tumbled from the ceiling and crashed to the floor. The heat and smoke sucked the moisture from my insides and I heaved out a series of coughs.
Ally opened her eyes and smiled. She had bested me. But then they came. The girls from the dungeon and Jane Laughlin surrounded her. The sum total off all the pain and hurt inflicted in this place. Everything Ally had worked to keep hidden from the world.
They lurched at Ally. She raised her hands and pushed them back one by one as they went for her. She spun on the spot, trying to keep them at bay. She could not hold them all back. The sheer weight of numbers overwhelmed. They leaned in and pushed their heads into hers and showed her what those men had done. Made her feel it. The fear and despair and anger of each individual stacked together and Ally crumpled to the floor holding her head.
“Make it stop,” she said.
They kept at her.
Jane Laughlin sidled over to the base of the stairs where Crown sat, bound and with his mouth stitched. She considered him, restrained and helpless on the floor as she had been. He fought with his restraints, and then whimpered, as she had. As I ran for the pantry and the wine cellar, the corridor filled with the muffled sound of his screams.
The door to the cellar stood open and I made the descent of the stairs in three leaps. The enclosed space already full with smoke. At the end of the long corridor leading outside, Parker and Harvey shouldered the door. Juliet and Beth screamed encouragement. The door would not budge.
“We can’t go that way,” I yelled.
They raced back up the long corridor. A sudden rush of emotion bubbled up to the surface. I was so happy to see them all still alive. My lower jaw rattled and my hands shook. I fought to hide it.
Beth reached me first. “Sam, you’re ok.”
I blubbered a response and took in a lung full of smoke. We had to get out.
The fire raged outside the kitchen door. A wave of flame climbed up and spread across the ceiling. A subtle cracking sound from above intensified and a chunk of the upstairs floor came crashing down through the ceiling, blocking the rear door. We couldn’t get out the back. The only way now was back through the house. A ball of flame whooshed through the doorway and I put my arm up too late, my eyebrows wilting in the heat.
We crouched together in the middle of the kitchen, lowering our heads to get the last of the remaining oxygen. Malicious red flames and choking black smoke surrounded us on all sides.
“Where do we go now?” Parker’s words came out between coughs. Tears streaked down his cheeks. Soot covered his brow. I wished I had an answer.
Then he was there, standing over Parker’s shoulder. Leon. With the protective bubble gone, he too was free to come in the Manor.
“The fire has not yet consumed the dining room. But you don’t have long.”
I looked vaguely in the direction of the kitchen door and blinked back the stinging from the smoke. “I don’t think we can find it in this.”
“Follow me.”
I pulled my shirt up over my head. “We have to go. The dining room, we can make it. All together on three.”
I shouted out the numbers, the sound drowned out by the roar of the fire. I grabbed Beth’s hand and yanked her into action. Leon led the way and I kept my eyes on his heels. Together we were a flurry of arms and legs bounding for the dining room. I gritted my teeth against the heat. We burst through the doorway and everything turned orange.
From below the sweater pulled tight down over my hair, I shot a glance over to the floor of the grand gallery where I had left Ally writhing on the floor. She was not there now. Nor were the spectres of the girls.
I followed Leon’s heels into the dining room. The great wooden table smouldered in the centre of the room. Brilliant orange flames consumed the thick curtains. Parker spotted his camera still atop the tripod and set to pulling the camera free before Harvey grabbed his arm and yelled something that sounded like ‘leave it’.
Harvey grabbed one of the heavy chairs with their high backs and velvet cushions and heaved it at the window in the back corner of the room. The chair disappeared into the darkness of the night and Harvey kicked at the glass shards left behind. Parker joined. We piled out the opening.
I drank in the fresh cool air of night, staggering over the narrow path beside the house and to the small strip of grass beyond. Parker collapsed beside me and pulled the laptop out from under his shirt. He tapped at the casing and for a moment a brief smile flashed across his face, but it did not last long. He wiped soot and sweat from his face with shaking hands.
Harvey checked us all in turn, like a parent fussing over their children. We had scrapes and bruises and our skin was red and raw, but we were alright. We had survived. He ran to the front of the house and came back with palms held out by his sides. The man in the black suit, the goons Ponytail and Beanie, and Ally were all gone, along with the black van and the BMW.
Huddled together, we watched the fire consume Windhaven Manor, bright reds and oranges lighting up the windows and thick black smoke tumbling into the purple haze of sky. It was almost morning, the horizon signalling the coming of the sun.
Leon stood apart on the grass. I went to him.
“Thank you for coming back for us.”
He shrugged. “It’s something. It isn’t enough to make up for the rest.”
“You saved our lives. And those girls, they had their chance to meet their tormentors. That’s something too.”
He nodded. “What happens now?”
I turned my head sideways. “I’m still learning how all this works.”
The red of the fire reflected in his eyes. “Me too. I might go for a walk in the woods. I always liked it out there.”
He glided across the lawn and entered the trees and was gone.
The sound of sirens fought with the crackle of the fire. The fire brigade and the police. I got to my feet and shuffled to the front of the Manor. The burnt out carcasses of our cars stood by the low height wall. Black soot smudged the stone façade above the windows and the doors.
By the oak tree on the ocean side of the house stood Jane Laughlin. She peered down into a hole dug at the base of the tree. A pale and withered hand poked up out of the dirt. Her hand. They had meant to remove the body, but had aborted the task and fled.
A fire truck appeared at the head of the driveway and then another. They sped down the gravel and came to a sliding stop. A lone police car followed. Harvey sidled over.
Jane looked to the horizon. Out on the cliff edge stood a figure in a red dress. She recognised her sister Kylie immediately and ran down the slope. The two sisters embraced in the first light of the sun. I turned to the whoosh of water through a hose from the fire trucks and when I turned back, the Laughlin sisters were gone.
The members of The Séance Club, which I now consider myself a part, sat together on the low-height stone wall as the firefighters extinguished the flames consuming Windhaven Manor. The house was quiet now. The nausea and vibration I had felt that first night replaced with calm.
The police stripped the compound clean for the best part of a week. They identified Kyle the sketch artist and Hugo from the teeth that survived the fire of the hovel built over the dungeon. Hugo’s wife lay on the back lawn where Beanie and Ponytail had left her. But as to specific evidence of the crimes that occurred, they could not find enough to put a case together.
The two fires and the disappearance of Crown made some headlines, but there wasn’t enough to hang anyone else. The police claimed publicly that there was no link between the fire at Windhaven Manor and the fire at the squalid residence over the back fence. At Harvey’s behest they searched the area with cadaver dogs for the remains of the girls, but they found nothing.
Parker turned his laptop over to the police. They identified the two goons, Ponytail and Beanie, low level thugs who had disappeared from the streets years earlier. Those in the know presumed them dead. It made tracing them almost impossible. Tracing their vehicles lead to a dead end.
The man in black the suit on the other hand might as well be a ghost. On him they found nothing. They have a face, but nothing else.
As for Ally, the girl somehow managed to always turn her face away from the cameras, as if she knew where they were.
I sat in a small room at the police station for three days with Harvey putting the pieces together. He showed me a photograph of an old and gaunt man with a bent back, the last owner of Windhaven Manor before it was sold after his death. He had to be the man with the bent back from the ceremony in the dungeon, but I could not be certain. I never saw his face. Of the faces I did see, we knew Crown and Kyle and Hugo, but the others were harder to pinpoint.
At the end of it all Harvey sighed. There was nothing more we could do. But we could rest on the knowledge that the key players in the ceremony were all now dead.
Questions nagged at me. Where was Ally and what was she doing? Would she try to find me? Who was she working for?
That was the biggest question of all. Who was at the top and pulling the strings? Harvey wasn’t giving up. He was a dog with a bone at the best of times, and now he had a taste of blood. He refused to go back to the police even after Crown’s departure, which he described as the removal of a cancerous limb.
Harvey called me after the dust settled on everything. I told him that the trail had gone cold and I had no idea where Ally was. For all I knew she had evaporated into thin air. Harvey thought it unlikely, and I agreed. He told me it was time for some old-fashioned detective work. The names of the goons would be a start.
And there was something else Harvey mentioned, something that I had almost forgotten. He had always believed that his investigation into the disappearance of the girls was the reason one of his colleagues was murdered. Crown confirmed as much in the bedroom right before he was shot. Harvey thinks there is something to it. Another thread to pull, and he has a hunch. For now he’s keeping his cards close to his chest until he has some proof. I almost pressed him on the issue but decided I’d rather put it all behind me.
The story made headlines in the local press for a while, but ultimately it fizzled into a non-story, quickly forgotten by a public with a short attention spans. We all waited for a reckoning from within the police ranks, but it never came. Harvey predicted that’s the way it would go, and he was proven right.
The one item they did recover was a gold necklace with a heart pendant. The necklace Jane Laughlin wore the night of her death. The police found it where the black van had parked. After a few days in the possession of the police, Harvey arranged to have the necklace released to the family of its former owner.
The following day Mr. and Mrs. Laughlin appeared on the local news, thanking the efforts of those who recovered the remains of their daughter. It was closure, though not the kind they had hoped for. Both their girls were dead.
A week later The Séance Club convened in Beth’s apartment. Parker and Juliet were already there when I arrived. It was cathartic to talk about the events at Windhaven Manor, to compare stories and scars. I guess that’s why they have the saying about a problem shared.
After a brief silence, Beth asked, “Are you going to talk to the parents of Jane and Kylie?”
I shook my head. “What will I tell them?”
“That their daughters found each other out by the cliff edge.”
“And what about the agony of their deaths? Should I tell them that too? Besides, it doesn’t feel right. None of this feels right to me yet. And what weight do my words hold over those of some Priest talking about how he knows their souls are at rest.”
“Because you really do know.”
I shrugged. “I can’t prove any of it.”
Truth was I had no idea how to integrate the things I could see and do into my life. From childhood all I had wanted was to be like everyone else. For people not to stare or whisper as I walked by. To find acceptance. Sitting with my three new friends at Beth’s tiny kitchen table, with our shared experience behind us, I finally had it. This could be the start of something.
Parker was already planning the next Séance Club trip. An abandoned farm up north with mysterious sightings going back centuries. Juliet was already on board. I told them to wait. I couldn’t jump back in right away.
I was the last to leave, Beth and I sipping mug after mug of coffee and sharing comfortable silence. When I sighed and told her I should go, she grabbed my arm.
“I’ve never had a real family, and then I found Juliet and Parker. The Séance Club became my family. Whatever happens we are there for each other. And we mean it when we say we want you to join.”
I thought about that all night, unable to sleep.
The next morning I called Parker.
An abandoned farm up north you say?
* * * *
I navigated to the narrow alley and checked the time. The Exchange should be open. It looked out of context in the Saturday morning light. No bright light spilling from the window. No surge of Friday night after work traffic.
I slipped in the front door. A lone man lifted upturned stools down from the bar. He had his back to me and I crept across the hardwood floor in the direction of the stairs down and the bathrooms.
The vibration swelled in my chest, but I did not fear it. A dull pain rose in the base of my skull, but I gritted my teeth. A man wearing a pair of rough leather shoes came from the other end of the corridor and stopped before me.
“Are you here to help?”
I nodded.
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When we landed at the primary research site, it was quiet at last. As I unstrapped myself and began to stand up, I started forming a list in my mind of all the tasks that would need to be completed.
As a first order of business, I walked over to the other side of the flight deck and began to inspect the hull breach. The hole that had been formed in the side of our ship was smooth on the inside. There was no evidence of any tearing or fragmenting, rather, the metal appeared to have been melted.
“You know,” I said, “I don’t think this was from kinetics fire. It looks like a laser did this.”
“It was a laser,” Tsavolyn replied. “I could see the beam.”
“I mean, it makes sense ‘cause we were moving away from them so quickly.”
At this, commander Taylor spoke up:
“That reminds me, did I hear you correctly when you said that those attackers were pulling twelve G’s?”
“Yeah,” I answered.
“They… that’s not… they can’t do that, that should be lethal!”
“I know,” I said. “Maybe those two ships never had a crew to begin with, however, they weren’t acting like they were computer controlled either. Honestly, I’m even more impressed they didn’t damage their warp drives or stall their reactors pulling those kinds of maneuvers.”
“Unfortunately, we’ll have to worry about that later,” commander Taylor responded, “right now, we need to get our own drive back in order.”
The three of us began to make our way down to the cargo hold. Once there, I found the nearest control panel and instructed the cargo bay doors to open. Sunlight flooded into the compartment.
The first thing that jumped out at me was that, unlike Earth’s spaceports, our landing pad seemed to be entirely makeshift. The bay doors led directly out onto a platform surrounded by guard rails and supported by a steel lattice structure. From there, a set of stairs connected the platform to the concrete floor below. Besides the platform in front of us, there was a concerning lack of service structures.
Then, I saw the rest of the world beyond the guard railing. The human-built structures gave way to rolling grassy hills with forests and mountains visible in the distance. From our vantage point, an abandoned alien city could be seen as well. The city was the reason for the outpost’s construction and was also the only obvious indicator that this was not Earth.
“It may not be quite what you’re used to,” commander Taylor said, “but according to the outpost’s inventory, everything you need should be here.”
I went over my mental checklist again before speaking:
“Alright. So… I need to swap out proto-segments three, seven, nine, fourteen, and… eighteen. We should probably start with three since that one’s kinda the whole reason we landed at all.”
“What is special about segment three?” Tsavolyn asked.
“Proto-segment three is all the way inside of the warp drive’s primary ring,” I answered. “We experimented with other designs that were easier to service, but none could match the efficiency of our current approach. So unfortunately, in order to get to segments one through four, you have to partition them and extract the surrounding buffer. It takes special machines to do this because the drive becomes inoperable if the buffer leaks out.”
“Plus,” I added, “that stuff is toxic and it aerosolizes at standard pressure.”
“We didn’t pack our own equipment because it’s very heavy and we wanted to stay maneuverable in order to give ourselves the best chance of survival,” Taylor said plainly.
The three of us climbed down to the ground and began our preparations.
“I’m going to need some way to get up top to the primary ring,” I remarked.
“There should be an articulated lift here somewhere,” commander Taylor responded. “I can get that set up while you go find any other tools you might need.”
“Alright,” I said. The three of us parted, Tsavolyn traveling with Taylor while I headed in the opposite direction towards the edge of the spaceport. The researchers had set up a collection of temporary shelters and storage units. These structures were built out of flexible plastic supported by metal framework, they were more like habitats than buildings.
Once inside one of the shelters, it was obvious that the outpost was abandoned in a hurry. A variety of tools and electronics lay strewn about on top of a foldable table along with a half eaten bowl of oatmeal and a tablet.
Out of curiosity, I picked up the tablet and powered it on. When the screen lit up a dim orange color and displayed alien text, I realized that the device was of tynaksian design; evidence of the expedition’s cooperative nature.
After turning the tablet off, I set it back where I found it and then got to work. I managed to find a small tool bag and began packing it with everything I would need. I took a set of wrenches, a small flashlight, and a multitude of powered screwdrivers. I also packed a set of pliers along with extra bolts and wires in case any got lost or damaged. As I was searching through various storage drawers, I caught a glint of something gold and shiny. I reached in and produced a roll of PI tape. Remembering the hull breach on the flight deck, I packed the tape as well.
The next couple hours were spent tediously replacing each of the modified warp drive components. Accessing proto-segment three was a delicate process that involved attaching several cables and hoses to the drive’s primary ring, engaging multiple safety mechanisms, and then having commander Taylor activate the extraction machine from the ground.
After segment three, the rest were fairly straight forward. I would simply unbolt a panel somewhere, replace the proto-segment, and then put the panel back. When that was done, I went back inside the ship and used the PI tape to patch up the hole in the side of the flight deck. I also realized, upon further inspection, that the laser beam responsible for the hull breach had continued on its path and damaged one of the control interfaces.
To prevent any complications, I disconnected the damaged interface and then began a diagnostic on each of the components that had been replaced. After that, I headed back outside, finding commander Taylor and Tsavolyn admiring the alien landscape.
“I’m running a diagnostic on each segment,” I told them. “Once that’s done, we should be good to go!”
“Alright,” Taylor responded, “let me know when—”
As he spoke, the commander turned around to face me before stopping mid sentence.
After a moment of silence, I realized that Taylor was staring at something behind me. Cautiously, I turned around and followed his gaze.
An alien stared back at me. Their skin looked like it was composed of very small scales, so they definitely weren’t tynaksian. Looking directly at them, their scales were a crisp white color, however, when the sunlight hit them at an angle, they took on a faint violet hue. The alien wore a strange cyan-colored uniform inscribed with markings that were barely visible, and they seemed to be carrying a small crate full of electronics.
Since they weren’t tynaksian, that currently only left one option:
This was a raknin, probably one from the enemy fleet.
As soon as I had that realization, the alien dropped the crate they were holding and bolted in the opposite direction.
“Hey, wait!” commander Taylor shouted before taking off after them.
The raknin had already reached the other end of the launch pad by the time I recovered from my initial shock. I too began to chase after the commander and our alien visitor with Tsavolyn following close behind.
The concrete floor ended and our chase continued through the tall, lush grass. The ground grew steeper and before I knew it, the raknin and commander Taylor had both disappeared over the top of a hill.
Reaching the top of the hill myself revealed both a large valley as well as the alien’s intended destination. A raknin spacecraft sat tucked away at the bottom of the valley, concealed previously by the surrounding hills.
Taylor was gaining on the fleeing alien, and as they neared the bottom of the hill, the commander leapt forward. He collided with the raknin and the two of them tumbled the rest of the way down.
The alien quickly recovered and continued running. Commander Taylor took longer to get his bearings allowing me and Tsavolyn to catch up with him.
From there, it was a dead sprint to the spaceship.
When they reached the base of the rocket, the raknin scaled a ladder leading up to the cargo hold.
We weren’t far behind.
When I made my way to the top, officially boarding the alien craft, I was greeted with the sight of commander Taylor tackling the alien to the ground.
The alien tried to escape but couldn’t. As they struggled, the commander managed to look at me and shout:
“Tape! Tape! Give me the Tape!”
Tape?
And then I remembered: I still had the polyimide tape!
I opened the tool bag and retrieved the roll of tape I had used to repair the hull breach. I tossed the roll to Taylor and then helped hold the raknin down while he restrained them.
Once the alien was immobile, I stood up and took a step backwards. As I did so, my hand collided with a hard surface and I cried out in pain.
I turned around to see what I had hit, but there was only empty space in front of me. Confused, I looked down at the back of my hand.
There were burn marks.
Tsavolyn:
While Esen and Taylor were handling the fleeing raknin, I had the wherewithal to check if there were any other crewmates aboard the rocket.
I had been on a couple of raknin spacecraft before, but this one was different. It was like the whole interior had been emptied out and replaced with a strange metal lattice. This lattice was densely packed with hundreds of some kind of tetrahedron-shaped device. These devices covered every wall and ceiling. Even the floors were nothing more than a thin metal grating with more of the strange instrument underneath.
It looked like this vessel had been turned into some kind of detector array. I wasn’t sure what kind of array this was or why this had been done, but I figured the flight deck might hold some answers.
Besides us, the ship turned out to be empty; the raknin we encountered had flown here alone. When I reached the bridge, the first thing I noticed was a message displayed on several of the control interfaces warning of damage to the electrical systems.
I picked one of the control interfaces and sat down. As I was in the process of opening the diagnostics menu, Esen came in.
“Hey, do you think you can communicate with our new friend?”
“Probably,” I answered, “but I can’t guarantee that she’ll cooperate”
“I’m hoping they’re at least willing to tell us what they have down in the cargo hold,” He said.
“If you’re referring to all the devices on the walls, I can probably figure that out from here. I have some experience with these ships from before our falling out with the raknins. If I open the diagnostics interface, it will list every subsystem on the ship’s network.”
“Yeah, finding out what those are would also be helpful,” Esen said.
“Also? I thought the hold was otherwise empty.”
“Oh no,” Esen replied, “there’s definitely something in the middle of the cargo hold. We’re not sure what it is because it’s invisible.”
“Invisible?”
“Yeah,” he answered. “It’s surrounded by some kind of cloaking field. Also, the field isn’t safe to touch.”
Esen held up his hand revealing burn marks on both sides.
“Okay, that’s strange. Wait, you touched it twice?” I asked.
“Science has to be repeatable,” he said with a chuckle.
“Okay, I have the diagnostics menu up. It looks like they have… actually I’m not sure how to say this in English. It’s a type of particle, low mass, no charge, emitted during nuclear processes…”
“It’s not in the nucleus of atoms, right?” Esen asked.
“That’s right,” I answered.
“You’re probably thinking of neutrinos then.”
“That sounds correct,” I responded. “In that case, this ship has an array of neutrino detectors.”
“That’s probably what the things on the wall are for then,” Esen said.
“That would be my guess as well. Okay, this I don’t recognize.”
“What is it,” he asked.
“It’s a system listed as ‘frame capture,’ and I have no idea what that means.” I said.
“Could that have to do with our strange object?”
“Maybe?” I answered. “I’m not sure though because this is listed along with the warp drive and the drive complement.”
After a moment of contemplation, I selected ‘frame capture’ and ran a basic, full subsystem diagnostic.
After a few moments, I heard the ship’s reactor change output modes followed by the unmistakable rumble of the warp drive activating. This was confirmation that whatever the frame capture system was, it had something to do with the FTL drive, however that still left a lot of questions unanswered. I had never encountered it before, so it was either new technology or something that had been kept secret.
The diagnostic continued without issue until suddenly, a warning flashed on the screen. I didn’t have time to read it before the control interface went dead. The warp drive powered down along with the reactor leaving us in total silence.
“Hey!” commander Taylor shouted from below, “You two should get down here!”
Esen and I made our way down to the cargo hold. The spaces between the flight deck and the hold were dark now as, apparently, the entire spacecraft had lost power. Fortunately, the cargo bay doors were still open and thus the deck was illuminated with sunlight.
When we reached the hold, we both stopped in our tracks. Something was definitely different.
“Whatever you did caused it to become visible,” commander Taylor said.
He was right. In the center of the room sat a strange metallic object. It had a thick outline in the shape of a dodecahedron, however, the space in the middle was filled with a forest of thin metal strands. It was spiky, messy, and in some way, almost organic.
“Can you ask the raknin what this is?” Taylor asked.
I glanced over at the pilot thoroughly restrained with the shiny, high performance tape. She was staring at the now-visible object, and the fear in her eyes was contagious.
I looked at her and saw myself as a kid lost in the woods.
“Hey, are you alright?” the commander asked.
“Sorry, I’m fine,” I said. “I think the silence is getting to me again.”

To start, this is the first From game I've officially beaten and the 3rd one I've attempted to conquer. I started with Dark Souls, but bailed after I beat the first boss...I could tell the game was a bit too intense for me at the time (pretty soon after release). My second go was on elden ring... my save got corrupted about 200 hours in, which to this day keeps me from starting a new game (pain).
In spite of these setbacks and the games notorious difficulty, I decided to give Sekiro a go since it seemed like a fun blend of parry focused gameplay like in For Honor and other fighting games I enjoy, and the souls-like formula I came to appreciate in elden ring. I definitely got stuck a few times, but I never felt like I was in a situation I couldn't overcome.
A common concern I hear from people like me, who got their first taste of a souls like from elden ring and are thinking about trying another offering in the FromSoftware catalogue, is that there isnt a way to farm up and make yourself more powerful if you end up getting stuck at a boss. While at times it may seem that the damage you're doing isnt worth the effort, you gotta remember that the game rewards consistency. Yes, you may bang your head against certain enemies for a while, but repetition is the master of all skill, and the more you practice the better you will get.
People who are familiar with fighting games will get a lot of enjoyment out of this gameplay. There is a lot of overlap in practice, trading, timing, and aggressive back and forth fighting games and sekiro both encourage.
Just figured I'd share.
Are there any other newer Sekiro players with similar thoughts?

Hello WarhammerCompetitive and welcome to another weekly AoS meta report. As always this data is pulled from BCP for the past weekend. As promised last week with a fourth week in the books I am starting my four week rolling data comparisons in the report. For this week I am adding them as a separate post just to keep the post lengths shorter. Please let me know how you would prefer to have the information displayed. Feedback and suggestions are welcome and will be taken into account for future reports.5+ round events included this week:
Battle in the Smokey Mountains AoS Sigmar GT (22 Players)

Lumineth Realm-Lords 5-0 Hedonites of Slaanesh 4-1 Sylvaneth 4-1 Kharadron Overlords 4-1 

Ironweld (57 Players)

Hedonites of Slaanesh 5-0 Soulblight Gravelords 4-0-1 Nighthaunt 4-1 Nighthaunt 4-1 Slaves to Darkness 4-1 Beasts of Chaos 4-1 Soulblight Gravelords 4-1 Soulblight Gravelords 4-1 Stormcast Eternals 4-1 Stormcast Eternals 4-1 Soulblight Gravelords 3-1-1 Soulblight Gravelords 3-1-1 Soulblight Gravelords 3-1-1 

The Bay Area Open 2023 Age of Sigmar Championships (48 Players)

Slaves to Darkness 5-0 Fyreslayers 5-0 Gloomspite Gitz 4-1 Beasts of Chaos 4-1 Blades of Khorne 4-1 Ossiarch Bonereapers 4-1 Gloomspite Gitz 4-1 Kharadron Overlords 4-1 Ossiarch Bonereapers 4-1 

Maple Meltdown (14 Players)

Ogor Mawtribes 4-1 Blades of Khorne 4-1 Stormcast Eternals 3-1-1 Blades of Khorne 3-1-1 

GT Faction Summary:
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Faction	# Of Players	Wins	Games	#X-0/X-1	Weekend Win %	Event Wins	4-Week Win %	4-Week Event Wins
Beasts of Chaos	6	14	30	2	46.7%	0	49.5%	0
Blades of Khorne	12	31	58	3	53.4%	0	57.8%	2
Cities of Sigmar	1	1	5	0	20.0%	0	37.1%	0
Daughters of Khaine	3	2	15	0	13.3%	0	27.1%	0
Disciples of Tzeentch	4	7	20	0	35.0%	0	48.2%	2
Flesh-Eater Courts	5	12	25	0	48.0%	0	50.8%	0
Fyreslayers	2	7	10	1	70.0%	0	54.7%	1
Gloomspite Gitz	8	21	40	2	52.5%	0	52.1%	0
Hedonites of Slaanesh	4	14	20	2	70.0%	1	59.8%	2
Idoneth Deepkin	2	4	10	0	40.0%	0	45.5%	0
Kharadron Overlords	9	26	44	3	59.1%	0	54.5%	1
Lumineth Realm-Lords	4	9	20	1	45.0%	1	46.7%	1
Maggotkin of Nurgle	3	5	15	0	33.3%	0	44.6%	0
Nighthaunt	7	17	35	2	48.6%	0	42.0%	0
Ogor Mawtribes	10	21	48	1	43.8%	1	48.5%	2
Orruk Warclans	4	7	20	0	35.0%	0	39.3%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	13	31	63	2	49.2%	0	55.2%	1
Seraphon	2	5	10	0	50.0%	0	46.8%	0
Skaven	8	19	38	0	50.0%	0	45.8%	1
Slaves to Darkness	6	17	30	2	56.7%	1	39.4%	1
Sons of Behemat	2	4	10	0	40.0%	0	51.4%	0
Soulblight Gravelords	11	34	55	6	61.8%	0	61.8%	4
Stormcast Eternals	9	21	45	3	46.7%	0	42.6%	0
Sylvaneth	5	12	25	1	48.0%	0	44.4%	0

GT Subfaction Summary (5%+ Representation):
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Faction	Sub-Faction	4-Week #	4-Week Win %	4-Week Event Wins
Blades of Khorne	Baleful Lords	1	40.0%	0
Blades of Khorne	Bloodlords	9	60.5%	1
Blades of Khorne	Goretide	2	40.0%	0
Blades of Khorne	Reapers of Vengeance	14	58.0%	0
Blades of Khorne	Skullfiend Tribe	2	90.0%	1
Blades of Khorne	The Flayed	2	55.6%	0
Gloomspite Gitz	Badsnatchers	3	46.7%	0
Gloomspite Gitz	Glogg's Megamob	8	52.6%	0
Gloomspite Gitz	Jaws of Mork	16	53.8%	0
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Nar	5	40.0%	0
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Thryng	1	60.0%	0
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Urbaz	8	64.1%	0
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Zilfin	8	60.0%	1
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Zon	9	53.3%	0
Ogor Mawtribes	Boulderhead	19	53.8%	2
Ogor Mawtribes	Meatfist	8	47.5%	0
Ogor Mawtribes	Thunderbellies	1	60.0%	0
Ogor Mawtribes	Underguts	6	29.6%	0
Orruk Warclans	Big Waaagh!	4	40.0%	0
Orruk Warclans	Bonesplitterz	1	0.0%	0
Orruk Warclans	Ironjawz	14	44.3%	0
Orruk Warclans	Kruleboyz	9	35.6%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Crematorians	4	50.0%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Ivory Host	3	46.2%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Mortis Praetorians	5	48.0%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Null Myriad	5	44.0%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Petrifex Elite	20	62.2%	1
Slaves to Darkness	Cabalists	12	42.9%	0
Slaves to Darkness	Host of the Everchosen	1	40.0%	0
Slaves to Darkness	Knights of the Empty Throne	8	30.0%	0
Slaves to Darkness	Ravagers	2	90.0%	1
Soulblight Gravelords	Kastelai Dynasty	4	50.0%	0
Soulblight Gravelords	Legion of Blood	24	62.0%	3
Soulblight Gravelords	Legion of Night	3	66.7%	0
Soulblight Gravelords	Vyrkos Dynasty	13	64.1%	1
Stormcast Eternals	Astral Templars	1	60.0%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Celestial Vindicators	1	60.0%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Hallowed Knights	11	43.6%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Hammers of Sigmar	16	48.7%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Knights Excelsior	6	26.7%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Tempest Lords	1	40.0%	0
Sylvaneth	Gnarlroot	2	50.0%	0
Sylvaneth	Heartwood	17	33.8%	0
Sylvaneth	Oakenbrow	10	60.0%	0

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Takeaways:- Soulblight Gravelords are still the class of the field and have more than one overperforming build.- In the top tier beside our vampire overlords is Blades of Khorne and Hedonites of Slaanesh with OBR, which had something of a return to Earth this week, Kharadron Overlords, and Fyreslayers completing the top of the faction list.- On the opposite end of the table, it continues to be a wretched time for Daughters of Khaine, Cities of Sigmar, and Slaves to Darkness. This week they are joined by the very popular but underperforming Orruk Warclans in the sub-40% winrate category.- A solid performance by Nighthaunt pilots at this week's GTs pulled the faction out of the sub-40% range for the four week period- Next week might be the first week of results with the new Seraphon book- Over the past four weeks, the 18 GTs in the dataset have been won by 11 of the 24 factions showing some diversity in who can win on any given week.
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RT Faction Summary:

Faction	# Of Players	Wins	Games	#X-0	Weekend Win %	Event Wins	4-Week Win %	4-Week Event Wins
Beasts of Chaos	5	5	14	0	35.7%	0	52.7%	1
Blades of Khorne	14	21	42	2	50.0%	2	56.8%	10
Cities of Sigmar	1	2	3	0	66.7%	0	40.0%	1
Daughters of Khaine	1	0	3	0	0.0%	0	42.4%	1
Disciples of Tzeentch	1	2	3	0	66.7%	0	52.5%	1
Flesh-Eater Courts	2	5	6	1	83.3%	1	47.1%	2
Fyreslayers	8	12	24	1	50.0%	0	49.0%	1
Gloomspite Gitz	19	32	56	3	57.1%	2	52.5%	4
Hedonites of Slaanesh	12	16	36	2	44.4%	2	55.9%	3
Idoneth Deepkin	2	4	6	0	66.7%	0	46.7%	0
Kharadron Overlords	12	20	35	3	57.1%	3	60.4%	6
Lumineth Realm-Lords	3	3	9	0	33.3%	0	46.2%	1
Maggotkin of Nurgle	4	7	12	0	58.3%	0	42.2%	1
Nighthaunt	9	11	27	0	40.7%	0	39.5%	0
Ogor Mawtribes	14	16	42	0	38.1%	0	51.1%	5
Orruk Warclans	15	18	44	1	40.9%	0	38.1%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	18	29	53	3	54.7%	1	54.7%	11
Seraphon	10	19	30	1	63.3%	0	48.5%	0
Skaven	7	9	21	1	42.9%	0	40.6%	2
Slaves to Darkness	11	14	33	0	42.4%	0	42.6%	1
Sons of Behemat	5	8	15	2	53.3%	2	33.8%	2
Soulblight Gravelords	18	35	54	4	64.8%	2	60.1%	11
Stormcast Eternals	14	12	41	0	29.3%	0	40.3%	4
Sylvaneth	6	9	18	0	50.0%	0	45.8%	3

RT Subfaction Summary (5%+ Representation):

Faction	Sub-Faction	4-Week #	4-Week Win %	4-Week Event Wins
Blades of Khorne	Reapers of Vengeance	23	47.8%	2
Blades of Khorne	Bloodlords	18	57.4%	2
Blades of Khorne	Baleful Lords	5	60.0%	0
Blades of Khorne	Goretide	8	79.2%	3
Blades of Khorne	Skullfiend Tribe	5	60.0%	1
Blades of Khorne	The Flayed	4	66.7%	2
Gloomspite Gitz	Badsnatchers	3	66.7%	1
Gloomspite Gitz	Jaws of Mork	44	53.8%	2
Gloomspite Gitz	Glogg's Megamob	14	46.3%	0
Gloomspite Gitz	Grimscuttle	1	66.7%	0
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Nar	7	38.1%	0
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Zilfin	15	56.8%	3
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Zon	14	66.7%	1
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Urbaz	15	68.2%	2
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Mhornar	3	77.8%	0
Kharadron Overlords	Barak-Thryng	2	66.7%	0
Ogor Mawtribes	Meatfist	13	45.0%	1
Ogor Mawtribes	Underguts	12	51.4%	2
Ogor Mawtribes	Boulderhead	30	57.8%	2
Ogor Mawtribes	Thunderbellies	8	34.8%	0
Orruk Warclans	Big Waaagh!	10	53.3%	0
Orruk Warclans	Kruleboyz	27	34.6%	0
Orruk Warclans	Ironjawz	20	32.8%	0
Orruk Warclans	Bonesplitterz	4	50.0%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Mortis Praetorians	18	48.1%	2
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Petrifex Elite	34	57.4%	6
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Ivory Host	2	16.7%	0
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Null Myriad	15	60.5%	2
Ossiarch Bonereapers	Crematorians	16	56.3%	1
Slaves to Darkness	Host of the Everchosen	14	39.5%	0
Slaves to Darkness	Legion of the First Prince	1	33.3%	0
Slaves to Darkness	Cabalists	23	33.3%	0
Slaves to Darkness	Ravagers	4	75.0%	1
Slaves to Darkness	Knights of the Empty Throne	19	51.7%	0
Soulblight Gravelords	Legion of Blood	49	67.1%	8
Soulblight Gravelords	Legion of Night	6	47.1%	0
Soulblight Gravelords	Vyrkos Dynasty	23	55.1%	2
Soulblight Gravelords	Kastelai Dynasty	5	46.7%	1
Stormcast Eternals	Hammers of Sigmar	39	45.7%	2
Stormcast Eternals	Hallowed Knights	8	29.2%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Celestial Vindicators	2	33.3%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Knights Excelsior	11	25.0%	1
Stormcast Eternals	Celestial Warbringers	1	33.3%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Tempest Lords	3	33.3%	0
Stormcast Eternals	Astral Templars	4	58.3%	1

​

Carissimi figli di puttana,
mai avrei pensato di aprire un thread simile, non avendo mai giocato ad alcuna esclusiva Nintendo successivamente a Ocarina of Time su 3DS.
E invece, prima per memare, poi per davvero, mi son messo a giocare a TOTK.
E no, non sono nemmeno OT perchè lo sto giocando su PC. Non ho switch, ma avendolo in primis appunto visto su Switch da ammiocuggino, ho potuto apprezzare un simpaticissimo Powerpoint. Che vergogna pd
Quindi con YUZU si va che è un piacere, certo il PC decolla, ma almeno riesco onestamente a stare a 60 costanti, accontentandomi di un 1080p senza upscaling, giocando sul 65 oled in soggiorno.
Ora che ho flexato la mia configurazione, torniamo a noi.
Inizialmente, come dicevo, ho iniziato per trollare un paio di amici Nintendari. Uno di questi mi ha bloccato ROTFL al terzo messaggio, quando ho scritto qualcosa tipo "madonna ma la tizia (non Zelda, la tizia, ROTFL anni di usenet ci hanno reso dei gran troll, poco da fare) che ad ogni dialogo fa UH OH AH mamma mia che cringe, se questo è 10/10 Elden Ring è 20/10"
Sbam, bloccato
Dioboia sarete permalosi.
Comunque... dopo circa 50 ore di gioco
PRO Il gioco è bellissimo perchè dà l'impressione di essere IMMENSO, che qualsiasi cosa tu faccia, stia sempre lasciando indietro cose, e che forse non ci tornerai nemmeno mai sopra. Senso overwelming di immensità ed esplorazione, su tre livelli poi. Cielo, terreno, depths. La trama è (per carità nulla di mai visto) ma comunque accattivante, si sa dove si andrà a parare ma la si segue comunque volentieri, le cutscenes sono di fatto degli anime, soprattutto quelle delle dragon's tears sui geroglifici. Giocato in inglese non ha senso, diventa piuttosto cringe per i cazzo di doppiaggi London British che hanno dato soprattutto ALLA TIZIA. Giocato col dialogo jappo e sottotitolo inglesi imho è la migliore esperienza possibile. I boss della main sono MOLTO facili e MOLTO divertenti, come dovrebbe essere secondo me un gioco del genere. Non è dark souls, puttana madonna. Gli NPC sono infiniti, davvero tanti, e hanno tutti dialoghi carini o quest carine. E i dialoghi cambiano sempre man mano che si progredisce. La componente minecraftiana è talmente ben fatta (pare abbiano speso un anno aggiuntivo a sviluppi ultimati solo per tunare la fisica) che sostanzialmente è quella di crysis. Anche qui, senso di impotenza e di overwelming "figa quante cose potrei fare sicuro sto trascurando infinite possibilità" Potrei andare avanti ancora un bel po', con i pro. Soprattutto per farvi capire che no, non sono un hater.
Epperò
CONTRO Ok, è una scelta che le armi si rompano. Pero' si rompono troppo presto ed è una cosa estremamente FRUSTRANTE, si ha sempre la sensazione di contare i colpi, e ciò mi fa diventare ebreo, lesinando su ogni attacco (anche su materiali in giro) per paura di rimanere senza armi. Il peggiore difetto di questo gioco, è che è un RPG monco. E' di fatto RPG per molti aspetti, ma NON E' REWARDING. In sostanza ci sono infinite fight con trash mobs che sono TOTALMENTE INUTILI, e manco facili. Chi me lo fa fare di stare a tryhardare con un miniboss (avete mai fatto i mini boss dei colossei nelle depths? provate dio boia e welcome to Placidusax, ma che non droppa anime nè rimembranze) per ore, solo per essere bi-shottato se manco un parry perfetto o un dodge perfetto su 30 che ne debbo fare? Il tutto poi per rompermi le due tre armi più forti che ho equippato. E anche se alla fine trionfo: per quale ragione? Per trovare un'arma se va bene identica a quelle che ho rotto e che già avevo prima? Non si livella, non si aumenta di forza, di attacco, di difesa, nulla. Non si trovano reward sensate. Negli accampamenti con i mobbini del cazzo (che cmq ti bishottano se non stai accuort) trovi DUE MELE e UN OPALE se va bene. Nemmeno droppano soldi, dico io: droppassero soldi già avrebbe un senso. Quindi il problema ASSOLUTO di questo gioco è che le fights non sono rewarding. E non è poca cosa dio sporco di fango e madonna velenosa! E infatti faccio i main boss, e per il resto, se posso, quando vedo trash mob in mezzo al cazzo scappo come un coniglio anconetano.
Poi. Il sistema di combattimento. Già sono vecchio e ODIO dover risettare la memoria muscolare dal settaggio perfetto FROM SOFTWARE, ma vabene diocane lo faccio non faccio il boomerone, ma anche una volta imparato il nuovo sistema (lockare tenendo premuto L2, dskfjdsfihf) e fare i parry con il tasto azione (dskfdjfd) rimane sostanzialmente tutto molto macchinoso e scomodo. Se hai l'arco fuori, prima di poter di nuovo attaccare o parare devi riporre l'arco, poi estrarre l'arma, e sono frame preziosi perduti. E l'immediatezza dei tasti non è proprio cristallina, c'è discreto lag quando si è in fase concitata ed è fondamentale essere precisi negli attacchi. Anche perchè, ripeto, alcuni mob lo richiedono eccome. E ti shottano se sbagli. Quindi un minimo di frustrazione non sana (leggi: frustrazione ma sai che è colpa tua), ma bensì dovuta al giuoco.
Infine: ma questa mi rendo conto essere una scelta, e amen... le main quest sono tutte costruite con lo stesso pattern: -Trova lo sborato di amico (tutti uomini eheheh donne a casa a lavare, merde!) - capisci quale sia il problema della sua terra - fai una o due small side quest per sbloccare la principale - arriva in un dungeon (bellissimo e sempre diverso, sia chiaro) - trova un puzzle e sblocca i 4-5 interruttori - infine boss fight - ricevi la pietra del porcodio con cutscene di 10 minuti non skippabile in cui si trova l'antenato del suddetto amico - rinse and repeat
Rimane un giocone? AVOJA Rimane tripla A? AVOJA Caga in petto a praticamente tutti gli AAA usciti negli ultimi anni (Horizon, God of handicapped soprattutto, e compagnia bella) ? AVOJISSIMA
E' 10/10? Questo non credo

Bies

Hey all! Thinning out some of my collection. Happy to post pics of anything that you might be interested in. Shipping is $5 for the first game or 2, and then goes up from there.
Also! Feel free to check out my Nintendo games post here:
https://www.reddit.com/GameSale/comments/13n6q9v/usaco_h_nintendo_games_and_consoles_nes_snes_n64/
And my Sega and Xbox games post here:
https://www.reddit.com/GameSale/comments/13dxcl4/usaco_h_sega_and_xbox_games_genesis_dreamcast_og/
PS1 (CIB unless noted)
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (Disc Only) $5
Army Men: World War - Team Assault $10
ATV: Quad Power Racing $5
Ball Breakers $5
Bowling $3
Brave Fencer Musashi (Case and Disc) $80
Breath of Fire III (PAL) $45
Cool Boarders 3 $5
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back $15
CTR: Crash Team Racing $20
CTR: Crash Team Racing (Disc Only) $10
Dragonball Z: Ultimate Battle 22 (Disc Only) $5
Driver (Sealed) $50
Dune 2000 (Disc Only) $10
Final Fantasy Tactics $80
Final Fantasy VII $45
Final Fantasy VII (Case and Disc) $35
Final Fantasy VIII $20
Final Fantasy Anthology GH (New/Sealed) $45
Final Fantasy Chronicles $40
Frogger $10
Gekido: Urban Fighters (Disc Only) $20
Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko (Disc Only) $10
Gran Turismo $15
Gran Turismo 2 $15
Grand Theft Auto 2 (Disc Only) $5
Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James $10
Herc's Adventures $125
IHRA Drag Racing $3
Knockout Kings $5
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete (Big Box, Jewel case and discs, Hardcover manual, Omake Box w/map and character cards $200
Madden NFL 2004 $10
Metal Gear Solid $45
Metal Gear Solid (Case and Disc) $40
MLB: Pennant Race $3
Monopoly $3
Namco Museum Vol. 1 $5
Namco Museum Vol. 1 (Disc Only) $3
Namco Museum Vol. 3 (Disc Only) $5
Nascar 99 (Disc Only) $3
Need For Speed: High Stakes (Disc Only) $5
Need For Speed: V-Rally $10
Nuclear Strike $10
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (Case and Disc) $15
Parappa the Rapper (Disc Only) $50
Parasite Eve $75
Patriotic Pinball $5
Rally Cross 2 $5
Return Fire (Longbox) $45
Road Rash 3D $5
Shockwave Assault (Disc Only) $10
Spec Ops: Covert Assault $5
Spec Ops: Stealth Patrol $3
Spyro: Ripto's Rage (Disc Only) $5
Star Wars: Masters of Teras Kasi (Disc Only) $5
Street Racer $10
Stuart Little 2 $5
Suikoden II $275
Syphon Filter 2 (Case and Disc) $5
Syphon Filter 3 $15
The Game of Life $10
The King of Fighters '95 (Disc Only) $25
The King of Fighers '99 $20
Thousand Arms (Case, manual, game) $175
TNN Motor Sports: Hardcore 4x4 $3
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear $10
Tomb Raider II $10
Tomb Raider II (Disc Only) $5
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (Disc Only) $5
Triple Play 2000 $5
Vanishing Point (Disc Only) $5
Warhawk (Long Box) $20
World Soccer Winning Eleven '97 (Disc Only) $3
Worms Armageddon (Case and Disc) $15
You Don't Know Jack: Mock 2 (Disc Only) $3
PS2 (CIB unless noted)
Ace Combat 4: Shattered Skies (Case and Disc) $5
Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Jet Fusion $10
Alvin and the Chipmunks (Case and Disc) $5
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2 (Case and Disc) $10
ATV Offroad Fury 2 (x2) $5
Battle Racing Ignited: Burnout Dominator $10
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat (Disc Only) $4
Black $10
Blitz: The League (Case and Disc) $5
BMX XXX (Case and Disc) $20
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (Case and Disc) $5
Call of Duty 2: Big Red One (Disc Only) $3
Call of Duty: Finest Hour $5
Call of Duty: Finest Hour (Disc Only) $3
Call of Duty: World at War Final Fronts (Disc Only) $5
Celebrity Deathmatch (Disc Only) $5
Commandos Strike Force (Case and Disc) $5
Contra: Shattered Soldier (Disc Only) $10
Cool Boarders 2001 $5
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon $5
Crazy Taxi $10
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 $10
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down $5
Devil May Cry (Demo Disk) (Disc Only) $10
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening (Special Edition) (Disc Only) $5
Disney Sing It: Pop Hits $3
Dragonball Z: Sagas $15
Duel Masters (Limited Edition) $5
Enter the Matrix (x2) $5
Enthusia: Professional Racing $15
Escape from Monkey Island (Disc Only) $5
Eye Toy Demo Disc (Disc Only) $5
Eye Toy: Operation Spy (Sealed) $5
Eyetoy: Antigrav $3
Fifa 07 (Disc Only) $3
Fight Night 2004 (Disc Only) $3
Ford Mustang: The Legend Lives $3
Gadget Racers $10
Game Shark 2: Official Cheat Codes For Splinter Cell (Disc Only) $20
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy (Case and Disc) $20
God of War (Disc Only) $7
Gran Turismo 3 $3
Grand Theft Auto III $10
Grand Theft Auto III (Disc only) $5
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City $10
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Case and Disc) $5
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas (Disc Only) $5
Guitar Hero II (Disc Only) $5
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (Disc Only) $5
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith (Disc Only) $4
Heroes of the Pacific $5
Hitman: Contracts (Disc Only) $3
Ico (Disc Only) $10
Jak 3 (Case and Disc) $10
Jax X: Combat Racing $10
Legaia 2: Duel Saga $20
Lego Star Wars: The Video Game (Case and Disc) $5
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events $5
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers $5
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Disc Only) $3
Lord of the RIngs: Return of the King $10
Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter $5
Madden 06 $5
Madden 2005 (Disc Only) $2
Mafia (Disc Only) $5
Max Payne $10
Max Payne (Disc Only) $4
Medal of Honor: Frontline $5
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Disc Only) $5
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (Disc Only) $7
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence $45
MLB 2K5 (Disc Only) $2
MLB 2K7 (Sealed) $5
MLB: The Show 08 (Disc Only) $2
MX: World Tour featuring Jamie Little $3
MX: World Tour featuring Jamie Little (Case and Disc) $1
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja (Case and Disc) $5
Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles 2 (Disc Only) $5
Nascar Thunder 2003 $5
NBA 2K2 (Disc Only) $2
NBA Live 06 (Case and Disc) $5
NBA Live 07 $3
NBA Live 2004 $3
NCAA 06: March Madness $5
NCAA Football 2002 (Disc Only) $2
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 $10
Need for Speed: Pro Street $10
NFL Game Day 2003 Demo Disc (Disc Only) $5
NFL Head Coach (Case and Disc) $5
NFL Street (Case and Disc) $10
NHL 2002 (Disc Only) $2
NHL 2004 (Disc Only) $2
Over the Hedge $5
Pirate's of the Caribbean: At World's End (Manual and Disc) $5
Primal DEMO DISC (Disc Only) $10
R: Racing Evolution $10
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 (Case and Disc) $5
Resident Evil Soutbreak: File #2 (Disc Only) $30
Rockband (Disc Only) $3
Rockband Track Pack: Volume 2 (Disc Only) $5
Scooby-Doo! Unmasked (Disc Only) $10
Shrek 2 $10
Shrek the Third $5
Silent Hill 3 $200
Singstar 80s $5
Singstar Pop $5
Singstar Pop Vol. 2 $5
Sled Storm $10
Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus (Disc Only) $10
Smuggler's Run $5
Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory $10
Socom: U.S. Navy Seals $5
Socom: U.S. Navy Seals (Case and Disc) $3
Socom: U.S. Navy Seals (Disc Only) $2
Spyhunter $10
Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly $10
Syphon Filter: Omega Strain (Disc Only) $3
Tekken Tag Tournament (Disc Only) $5
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (JAP) $10
The Fast and the Furious $10
The Godfather $15
The Simpsons: Road Rage $10
The Sims $5
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie $10
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2003 (Disc Only) $2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 $5
TimeSplitters $20
TimeSplitters 2 $20
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon $5
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon (Disc Only) $3
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell $5
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 $10
Tony Hawk's Underground $10
Top Gun: Combat Zones (Disc Only) $3
Twisted Metal Black (Disc Only) $7
Up (Case and Disc) $5
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Disc Only) $5
World Championship Poker $3
World Rally Championship (Disc Only) $5
Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions $5
WWE: Smackdown vs Raw 2009 (Disc Only) $3
WWE Smackdown: Here Comes the Pain (Case and Disc) $30
PS3 (CIB unless noted)
Alien: Isoloation (Nostromo Edition) $10
Alpha Protocol (Case and Disc) $7
Assassin's Creed $10
Assassin's Creed II $5
Assassin's Creed III $5
Assassin's Creed IV $5
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood $5
Assassin's Creed: Ezio Trilogy $5
Batman: Arkham Asylum $5
Batman: Arkham City $5
Battlefield 3 $3
Battlefield 3 (Limited Edition) $5
Bioshock $5
Borderlands 2 $5
Call of Duty: Black Ops $10
Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Case and Disc) $10
Call of Duty: Ghosts $5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare $5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 $5
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 $5
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Ultimate Edition) (Disc only) $10
Dark Sector (Disc only) $3
Dark Souls $10
Demon's Souls (Case and Disc) $20
Dirt $10
Dishonored $5
DJ Hero $5
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion (Case, Disc, and map) $5
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim $3
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Legendary Edition) $10
Farcry 3 $5
FEAR 2 $10
Fifa 11 $5
Fifa 12 $5
Fifa 2010: World Cup South Africa $5
Final Fantasy XIII $10
Final Fantasy: XIII-2 (Case and Disc) $8
God of War III $10
God of War: Ascension $30
Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (Disc only) $3
Grand Theft Auto IV $10
Grand Theft Auto V $10
Grand Theft Auto V (Disc only) $5
Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock $10
InFamous $10
Killzone 3 $5
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning $10
L.A. Noire $5
Lair $10
Lego: Harry Potter: Years 5-7 $10
Lego: Jurassic World $10
Little Big Planet (Game of the Year Edition) $10
Little Big Planet: Karting $10
Lost Planet 2 $10
Madden 07 $5
Madden 08 $5
Madden 09 $5
Madden 10 $3
Madden 11 $3
Madden 12 $3
Madden 13 $5
Madden 25 $5
Mass Effect 2 (Disc only) $3
Midnight Club: Los Angeles $10
MLB 13: The Show $5
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe $10
MX vs. ATV: Reflex (Case and Disc) $5
MX vs. ATV: Untamed $10
NBA 2K11 $5
NBA Live 08 (Case and Disc) $3
NBA Street: Homecourt $20
Need For Speed: Carbon $15
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Case and Disc) $8
Need For Speed: Undercover $10
Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (Case and Disc) $5
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare $10
Resistance 2 $5
Rockband 2 $5
Saints Row 2 $10
Saints Row 3 $5
Skate 2 $10
Skylanders: Spyro Adventures (Disc only) $5
Sleeping Dogs $5
Sniper: Ghost Warrior $5
Soul Calibur V $10
Sports Champions $3
SSX $10
The Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection $15
The Last of Us $10
The Sims 3 $5
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 $10
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves $5
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception $5
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune $10
White Knight Chronicles (Disc only) $5
PS4 (CIB unless noted)
Battlefield 1 $5
Borderlands 3 $10
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII $10
Call of Duty: WWII $10
Dark Souls III (Disc Only) $5
Destiny $5
Fallout 4 (Case and Disc) $5
Final Fantasy XV (Disc only) $3
Madden 17 (Case and Disc) $3
Marvel Spider-Man $10
Minecraft (Case and Disc) $15
Minecraft Dungeons: Hero Edition (New/Sealed) $20
NBA 2K16 (Case and Disc) $3
Sniper Elite 3 (Disc only) $4
Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (Case and Disc) $5
The Hunter: Call of the Wild 2019 $20
The Order 1886 $10
Titanfall 2 (Case and Disc) $5
Tropico 5 $10
UFC 3 $5
PSP (CIB unless noted)
Final Fantasy $20
God of War: Chains of Olympus $25
Spider-man 2 (Movie) (Disc only) $5
Steamboy $5

succession?? the fucking PERRRRFECT ending...gaddamn
finally get to experience a perfect story!! and was watching it as it came out
and the way this high from the weed hit me??...fuuuckk 🥵🥵
I totally forgot what it feels like to reach the ending of a storyyy, so many things to think about!!! The emotions!! The fucking way it feels when all the pieces fall together...ughh An ending that just made me want to keep watching it more?? Fuck me daddy,,,, like holy shit Had my heart breaking its ankles every five minutes tryna guess 🦵which way🍗 it was gonna go
The way you can see it fucking keep us on our toes being unpredictable while it knows it's gonna make us feel right in the bottom of our gut that it was inevitable sighhhh
Holy fuck, all the people online who were breaking into groups over how the ending would go: tom ceo, ken ceo, ken ceo but with the pyrrhic* victory that he becomes the killer like his father was isolated from his family, greg ceo (😭😭), greg betrays tom, tom betrays greg, shivorce??, like so many possibilities we guessed for how we thought it was gonna end and it was like both the inverse and somehow the as-if-the-sAME-EXACT-WORDS-WEUSED were simultaneously true !!?! Fucking check out the bingo boards at the time!!: !!Mattson fucking shiv over with the words 'us ceo'!! !!!Roman gointa kill himself, Kendall gointa kill himself, Connor mattering??!!! !!!!GREG CEOOOU!!!! WE HAD NO FUCKING IDEA HOW IT WOULD END AND SOMEHOW IT ENDS LIKE 🦵ALL OF US🕺 THOUGHT IT WOULD
THE MUSICCCCCNICHOLAS BRITELL DESERVES HIS !ASS! !ATE!
what else what else, also man the way that Roman's ending played out was like nothing the way I possibly imagined, but yet made perfect sense
THE WAY THE SIBS HAD A HAPPY CHILDHOOD REENACTMENT MOMENT, THE WAY THE MUSIC WAS SO 🎹OPTIMISTIC🎹 I can hear the keys pressed getting louder each time in my head 💁
the estate steak of the family to be picked up The estate claim when they find one new unknown memory of him that they missed out on 🥺🥺, when they realize the reason it was unknown is their fault 🥺🥺,
Show, the fuck did I HAD NO IDEA HOW THEIR SITUATION WOULD GO AND SIMULTANEOUSLY THOUGHT THAT EVERY SINGLE SCENE THEY INTERACT IN WAS THE MOST PERFECTLY WRITTEN VERSION OF THE SCENE THAT THEY COULD HAVE POSSIBLY DONE??#$_'*"'+#+F
The? Way?? The way they choOUSE--to do this the tupa ring, Fuck man I'm so fucking blown away with weed that I was forgetting how I wanted to end the sentence Like every two secs
This is my limit, Good Night.
(Okay. Sure. Right. Bye)
*Holy shit it took me two full minutes to figure out how to physically spell pyrrhic

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Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache

Bundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Shadowleaf Insurgent	Hoodwink	2	$7.5
Scarlet Subversion	Riki	5	$5
Whippersnapper	Snapfire	3	$7.5
Hounds of Obsession	Chen	2	$5
Seadog's Stash	Clockwerk	5	$7.5
Starlorn Adjudicator	Dawnbreaker	4	$7.5
Spoils of the Shadowveil	Spectre	5	$5
Chines of the Inquisitor	Faceless Void	5	$5
Trophies of the Hallowed Hunt	Ursa	5	$5
Crimson Dawn	Phoenix	5	$10
Forgotten Station	Terrorblade	5	$5
Dirge Amplifier	Undying	5	$7.5
Champion of the Fire Lotus	Monkey King	3	$5
Deathstitch Shaman	Witch Doctor	4	$5
Blue Horizons	Marci	5	$20
Angel of Vex	Invoker	5	$20
Dark Behemoth	Primal Beast	2	$30

Diretide 2022 Collector's Cache II

Bundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Withering Pain	Clinkz	1	$5
Acrimonies of Obsession	Vengeful Spirit	1	$5
Unbundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Grand Suppressor	Silencer	1	$5
Darkbrew's Transgression	Alchemist	1	$5
Transcendent Path	Oracle	1	$5
The Wilding Tiger	Brewmaster	1	$7.5
Dawn of a Darkness Foretold	Doom	1	$5
Cursed Cryptbreaker	Pudge	1	$5
Feasts of Forever	Night Stalker	1	$7.5
Darkfeather Factioneer	Phantom Assassin	1	$5
Withering Pain	Clinkz	1	$5
Freeboot Fortunes	Ogre Magi	1	$7.5
Acrimonies of Obsession	Vengeful Spirit	1	$5
Sacred Chamber Guardian	Huskar	1	$5
War Rig Eradicators	Techies	1	$5
Grudges of the Gallows Tree	Treant Protector	1	$7.5
Brands of the Reaper	Anti-Mage	1	$7.5

Ageless Heirlooms 2022

Bundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Howls of the Northmarch	Anti-Mage	4	$2.5
Faction of the Feather	Templar Assassin	4	$2.5
Melange of the Firelord	Chaos Knight	4	$2.5
Heinous Exultation	Razor	4	$2.5
Tangled Tropics	Monkey King	4	$2.5
Fury of the Thunderhawk	Zeus	4	$2.5
Oaths of the Beloved	Death Prophet	4	$2.5
Twilights Legions	Night Stalker	3	$5
Jewels of Anamnessa	Medusa	1	$10

The Battle Pass Collection 2022

Bundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Hides of Hostility	Huskar	4	$2.5
Heat of the Sixth Hell	Doom	4	$2.5
Nefarious Fixations	Lion	4	$2.5
Distinguished Forgemaster	Clockwerk	4	$2.5
Volcanic Sanctuary	Broodmother	3	$2.5
Obsidian Atrocity	Lifestealer	4	$2.5
Charms of the Firefiend	Batrider	3	$5
Molten Bore	Mar	1	$10

Aghanim's 2021 Collector's Cache

Unbundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Scales of the Shadow Walker	Phantom Lancer	1	$7.5
Perception of the First Light	Dawnbreaker	1	$7.5
Apex Automated	Clockwerk	1	$15
Secrets of the Frost Singularity	Ancient Apparition	1	$10
Perils of the Red Banks	Chen	1	$7.5
The Chained Scribe	Grimstroke	1	$7.5
Widow of the Undermount Gloom	Broodmother	1	$7.5
Forgotten Fate	Mars	1	$10
March of the Crackerjack Mage	Rubick	1	$10
Cosmic Concoctioneers	Alchemist	1	$10
Blightfall	Abaddon	1	$7.5
Pyrexae Polymorph Perfected	Ogre Magi	1	$15

Nemestic Collector's Cache 2021

Unbundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Silence of the Starweaver	Oracle	1	$7.5

The International 10 Collector's Cache

Unbundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Ravenous Abyss	Underlord	1	$15
Beholden of the Banished Ones	Warlock	1	$10
Fury of the Righteous Storm	Disruptor	1	$7.5
Heartless Hunt	Bounty Hunter	1	$10
Herald of the Ember Eye	Grimstroke	1	$10
Fissured Flight	Jakiro	1	$7.5
Flashpoint Proselyte	Huskar	1	$10
Signs of the Allfather	Natures Prophet	1	$10
Glory of the Elderflame	Lina	1	$15
Songs of Starfall Glen	Enchantress	1	$7.5
Forsworn Legacy	Mars	1	$30

The International 10 Collector's Cache II

Unbundled Set Name	Hero	Quantity	Price (USD)
Evolution of the Infinite	Enigma	1	$7.5
Beast of the Crimson Ring	Bristleback	1	$10
Clearcut Cavalier	Timbersaw	1	$10
The King of Thieves	Keeper of the Light	1	$7.5
Horror from the Deep	Tidehunter	1	$10
Talons of the Endless Storm	Chaos Knight	1	$7.5
Carousal of the Mystic Masquerade	Rubick	1	$7.5
Crown of Calaphas	Shadow Demon	1	$10
Wrath of the Fallen	Doom	1	$10
Blacksail Cannoneer	Sniper	1	$10
Secrets of the Celestial	Skywrath Mage	1	$7.5
Blaze of Oblivion	Phoenix	1	$7.5
Master of the Searing Path	Ember Spirit	1	$15
Steward of the Forbidden Chamber	Templar Assassin	1	$20
Claszureme Incursion	Faceless Void	1	$30