Does anyone else feel that? Preparing the simplest meals and cleaning up is too much of a job, it can waste a 100% of my energy for a day making and eating one meal. It's like digesting this ball of food is not what my body was designed for, I get really tired, nauseaus, may get a migraine now or tomorrow.
I had a bad PTSD episode for the last month and I had so little to hold myself together I had to eliminate all sensory suffering possible. So I only drank tea with milk and ate room temperature snacks in small pieces but often, expecting to feel like shit afterwards because it's bad for health. I ate sunflower seeds, muffin cut into small cubes and so on. I had significantly less migraines that month, didn't feel so much pain in body, wasn't bloated. Once a week I could go outside and eat a meal at a fast food or cook something very simple and healthy to sustain my body within the standard practice of eating.
I remember reading something about a blood circulation condition that many autistic people have that can affect digestion as well and blood flowing to stomach or something and it being not evenly distributed in body, I didn't read carefully into this. I wonder how many others here feel like eating is way more complicated than just chores/texture, but to a point where you need to have a completely different concept of eating because it makes your physical health worse if you eat "as you should".

When planning a corporate event, finding the right venue can make all the difference. Whether you're organizing a team-building retreat, a product launch, or an annual gala, San Francisco offers a variety of unique event spaces that can elevate your gathering. From sophisticated private event venues to versatile corporate event spaces, the city has something to suit every need. Here are some top picks to consider for your next corporate event.
The Unique Event Spaces of San Francisco
San Francisco is known for its vibrant culture and diverse architecture, providing an array of unique event spaces that can cater to your corporate needs. Here are some standout options:
1. The Pearl
Located in the Dogpatch neighborhood, The Pearl is a stunning venue that combines industrial chic with modern elegance. This 9,000-square-foot space offers a rooftop terrace with breathtaking views of the city, perfect for cocktail receptions or networking events. The Pearl’s versatile layout can accommodate large corporate gatherings or intimate meetings.
2. The Bently Reserve
For a touch of historic grandeur, the Bently Reserve is a premier choice. This former Federal Reserve Bank building features a grand banking hall with soaring ceilings and elegant architectural details. It’s an ideal setting for high-profile corporate events, conferences, and gala dinners.
3. Foreign Cinema
If you’re looking to impress your guests with a unique dining experience, Foreign Cinema is the place to be. This Mission District gem combines a restaurant with a private event space, offering a courtyard where classic films are projected onto the wall. It’s perfect for corporate dinners and casual networking events.
Private Event Venues for Any Occasion
San Francisco’s private event venues cater to a wide range of functions beyond corporate events. If you’re planning a baby shower or a wedding, these venues can provide the perfect backdrop:
1. Gallery 308
Situated in Fort Mason Center, Gallery 308 boasts stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz. This versatile space can be transformed to fit any event, from elegant weddings to stylish baby showers. Its open floor plan allows for creative decorations and personalized setups.
2. The General’s Residence
Nestled in Upper Fort Mason, The General’s Residence offers both indoor and outdoor spaces with panoramic views of the Bay. It’s a charming venue for private events, combining historical ambiance with modern amenities. Whether you’re hosting a corporate retreat or a milestone celebration, this venue provides a memorable setting.
3. Terra Gallery & Event Venue
Terra Gallery, located in SOMA, features two levels of event space with contemporary design elements. Its flexibility makes it suitable for various private events, including corporate functions, weddings, and baby showers. The venue’s modern aesthetic and professional staff ensure a seamless event experience.
Why Choose San Francisco?
San Francisco’s unique blend of historic charm and modern innovation makes it an ideal location for corporate events and private celebrations alike. The city’s diverse event spaces offer something for every occasion, whether you’re hosting a corporate meeting, a wedding, or a baby shower. With its picturesque views, world-class dining, and vibrant culture, San Francisco provides an unforgettable backdrop for any event.
Final Thoughts
When searching for the perfect corporate event space, baby shower decorations, or private event venue in San Francisco, it’s essential to consider the unique characteristics each location offers. From the elegance of The Bently Reserve to the modern charm of Terra Gallery, these venues provide exceptional settings that can be tailored to fit your event’s needs. Explore these unique event spaces in San Francisco and create memorable experiences for your guests.

Over the past year, a friend and I have designed a cube with 300 custom cards. Custom cards are an extreme extension of cube design and there's a lot more potential for things to go wrong. Here's what I've learned.

Play with your Designs as Soon as Possible

Design four cards. Print them, put them into two old draft decks, and play a game. If they're not in the right colours, treat them as colourless. If you don't have someone to help, play against yourself.
This is the most important and urgent task. There are things you learn in 20 seconds of gameplay that you couldn't learn from hours of thinking. A custom card doesn't exist until it's been cast.

Custom Cards are Too Powerful

Cards you design are stronger than you expect, even when you think you're being careful. There are two causes:

• People underestimate new cards. Nobody expected Oko or The One Ring to be powerful because we hadn't seen powerful cards with those types of effects before. Smuggler's Copter, Umezawa's Jitte, and White Plume Adventurer were similar mistakes.
• You like the cards you design. You want them to get attention, and players like powerful cards. Emrakul, the Promised End was too strong in standard because she was too important to be weak.

There's a longer discussion about the role of power and when imbalance is good. Just be aware that your custom cards will be more powerful than you think.

Custom Cards are Too Weird

By far the most common pitfall. People design weird cards because if they wanted normal cards they would just use the official ones. However, wotc manages to design cards every year that are both normal and exciting. Many problems come from weird cards:

• They're hard to understand. Often they have lots of text, behave differently than you expect, or have their strength buried under distractions. Remember that people who have never seen these cards before need to quickly read them, understand them, and compare them to 14 other cards. Necropotence is popular now but suffered on release from this. People don't give custom cards the same chance.
• They don't do anything. These tend to be situational gotchas or overly linear buildarounds, which makes deckbuilding less interesting. Lions Eye Diamond and Dark Depths are cool, but they have provenance and history that your custom cards don't have. Lions Eye Diamond was also hated for years.
• They disrupt the structure of the game. A powerful weird card draws too much attention to itself or a small aspect of the game, making other things irrelevant. Not every card is the star of the story. Many early prison cards like Moat, Armageddon, or Winter Orb do this. When people dislike monarch or initiative, it's usually because they warp the game around themselves.
• They have too many ideas. When someone makes their first custom card, they have years worth of ideas waiting to be shared. Trust me, you will run out of ideas before you run out of places to put them. A card only needs a single idea and sometimes I design multiple cards based on a single idea. Split it into two cards, or write the idea down and come back to it later. If it's a good idea, you'll find a place for it later.

You might think normal/simple cards don't let you express yourself, but there's still important decisions to make. For Cyber Dragon, I had to decide how much it would cost when discounted. By making it 3 mana, it gives you the choice of whether to play a 2-drop before and makes you think about if that 2-drop will die by next turn. A 4/3 flier is an inefficient distribution of rate, and a 2 mana discount is meaningful without being necessary.
You can create fun and novel experiences with simple textboxes, flavour, and the right numbers. Summon Boulder, Ancestral Migraine, Espresso Kami, The Knight, Rakdos Charm 3, and Parhelion III are all simple designs I'm proud of.

Believe in your Cards

My advice is mostly negative so I want to underscore that you can make fun cards. Whenever you playtest you discover some cards are not as fun as you thought, but you also discover seemingly boring cards that are a lot of fun. I thought Monastery Swift Mentor Spear wouldn't be fun, but after playing with it I love it. When you playtest early and often you can afford to take risks and find really new designs.
Believing in your cards means putting your best work in the spotlight. Your most powerful cards should be cards that people will love. What's important is to earn your audience's trust. People are less forgiving with custom cards, so all it takes is one Moat or Daze to turn them off. That trust is like the willing suspension of disbelief and lets people overlook frustrating experiences. Jadelight Ranger and Huntmaster of the Fells were everywhere in standard, but still beloved because they were so fun to play with.
It's also okay to have cards you have less faith in. Usually it's something that's fun to read or play occasionally, but annoying when it's a pillar of the format. Make them weak or narrow and let people enjoy the idea. Mill can be annoying to lose to, which is why wotc keeps it as a fringe or unplayable strategy for the die-hard mill fans.

Put it on the Back Burner

A Valve developer said that to make a good game, you have to make two games and throw one of them away. Designing cards is hard, and it feels bad to discard something you worked on. But you need to accept that sometimes you reach a dead end. If a card doesn't spark joy when you play with it, set it aside and come back to it later. I have about 50 cards I've designed, many with illustrations and names, that I've cut so that people can focus on the cards I really believe in.

Red Flags

Effects I try to minimise. They show up often in initial designs, so it's important to only do when necessary.
"Draw a Card"
"Draw a card" is secretly the opposite of believing in your cards. It usually means that your card needs to do something, but you're not sure what. You're basically making it a copy of another random card in their deck. Part of strategy in magic is how different effects are better at different times. Sometimes you have to find a use for a 3/3 when they have a 4/4, or use a removal spell in the right way at the right time. Card draw is just always good, not concerned with timing or decisions, and fits into any strategy.
It also gets problematic in large doses. A deck of all card draw never actually does anything. It lets players get ahead without interacting. It causes mana flood. Full hands in the late game present too many options. The wincon-less Teferi, Hero of Dominaria decks were emblematic of this. The deck was only interested in drawing cards, making mana, and staying alive. It would be less frustrating if it played Baneslayer Angel or The Wandering Emperor.
The paradox is that players love card draw because there's no risk of it being bad. You don't need players to like your card if it replaces itself with another. But remember that you're designing a puzzle and you can't just give players all the answers. You have to make them work for it.
1 Power Creatures
It's important for games to reach a conclusion. 1 power creatures tend towards long drawn out games where creature combat and damage doesn't matter. Drafters of Dominaria (2018) had games where both players walled up behind 1/3s and just passed turn until they found a bomb to win with.
1-2 mana creatures are hard to design because you don't want a lot of 1 power creatures, but giving them more power can end the game too quickly. I like to make them small to start with, but get bigger later on or under certain conditions.
Relatedly, you need to make some 4 power creatures. This helps games end, adds excitement, and provides variety in creature sizes. It's hard because you don't have room for a lot of expensive creatures. And if your 5 mana creatures have good abilities (eg. Mulldrifter) then you have to make them small, which takes up space for big creatures. Again, you can pick up some of the slack with creatures that change size.
Repeatable Effects
Doing something every turn is a red flag. It encourages players to stall to get more activations. Fortunately magic has many fixes.

• Limited number of uses (Sagas, Mazemind Tome, flashback)
• Doesn't accumulate between turns (Birds of Paradise, Rootwalla)
• Diminishing returns over multiple uses (Chronomaton, Prodigal Pyromancer)
• Consumes a finite resource (Phyrexian Arena, Stoneforge Mystic, escape)
• Ends the game (Planeswalkers with ultimates, Sheoldred)
• Easy to disrupt (Planeswalkers, attack triggers)
• Switches to doing something else (Bloodline Keeper, saga creatures, Treasure Map)

Mana Denial
This sounds unnecessary, but you'll underestimate how often you get an opportunity to mana screw your opponent. Just do what wotc does and write nonland on everything.
Similarity
When two cards are very similar, it invites comparison between them. Whichever one is weaker will be hated by players, even if it's only a little weaker. If it's similar to an existing card that's powerful, it will either be overpowered or hated. People used to complain that Serum Visions was too weak for modern, despite it seeing frequent play in tier 1 decks, because it's similar to Preordain. You can get away with weaker versions of cards if the original is very obviously too powerful for the cube.

Concepts about Power

Inefficient Distribution of Rate
Credit to Patrick Sullivan for this concept. Every card has multiple aspects, and it's important to understand when those aspects are pointing towards the same strategy. For example, Fireblast lets you sacrifice two lands to deal 4 damage. The drawback (sacrificing two lands) is minor if the game ends shortly afterwards, and dealing 4 damage is likely doing that. That is an efficient distribution. But say Fireblast had a different effect worth about 4 mana: destroy all creatures. Despite having a theoretically stronger effect, in practice this is a weaker card because it wants a short game but the effect is prolonging the game. That is an inefficient distribution.
Generally speaking, inefficient distributions are more fun. They allow you to make cards that are exciting because they look overpowered, without actually being overpowered. They also reward deckbuilders who can find a way to marry the conflicting strategies into a single deck. Llanowar Elves is an inefficient distribution, since giving opponents a target for Shock is a big drawback in ramp decks. If Llanowar Elves was an enchantment, ramp decks could play no small creatures, making it hard for opponents to use their cheap removal. Llanowar Elves provides more ways to interact with ramp decks, and rewards players for finding ways to use the 'inefficiency' with Birthing Pod or Craterhoof Behemoth. Monastery Swiftspear and Arclight Phoenix are 'storm' payoffs that lean in a totally different direction to typical storm decks, creating new archetypes that play with creatures and don't kill in one turn.
Power vs Impact
High impact cards include big creatures, sweepers, planeswalkers, or cards with repeatable effects. They give games excitement and momentum, but they also get more scrutiny. It's easy to be upset about losing to Grave Titan when what really beat you was turn 1 Birds of Paradise. For that reason I'm more willing to take risks on low impact cards and keep high impact cards at a lower power level. But you also need people to play high impact cards to get games over with. Brainstorm and Polluted Delta are powerful cards with low impact, whereas Grave Titan and Teferi, Hero of Dominaria are comparatively weak but feel strong because they're high impact. High impact cards can get people excited about weak cards because they still sometimes win games.

Playtesting Advice

• Powerful cards get data faster. If something is really weird, test it at a high power and tone it down once you know how it plays.
• Removal can obfuscate testing. Removal is an important part of magic, but part of why it's good is the way it 'smooths over' problems with an environment. If you test with little removal, it's more obvious when a card is causing problems. Remember that your players won't always have removal when they need it.
• Look for the root of a problem. Often an unfun card has a specific flaw that can be addressed. Sometimes you need to reduce a card's impact, reduce the frequency of an effect, or simply increase the mana cost. It is surprising how many things are more fun when you have to spend more mana to do them.

Card design is something you could study for a lifetime. While I've learned a lot of things about specific aspects of it, these are my most universal tips.

After a couple successful Apoc campaigns and a fair bit of building on my main save I decided I'd finally bite the bullet and make attempts at Veteran Hardcore for the Savior gun which now has a Corrupted variant that's seen a lot of buzz and for the first time since launch this reward interested me.
Luckily I had a few advantages compared to a truly fresh save as one would expect, for starters I would be able to start Engineer since its a nice, durable class with good starting gear and the turret can be really nice both wielding it and setting it. My playstyle ended up leaning more towards setting and forgetting despite the obscene damage the held turret can generate. I'm just not as used to or comfortable with the hops for dodging with it yet, it's not a class I play a lot.
My immediate routine in Ward 13 each run would be to buy Worlds Edge, get the smg, and get Challenger asap for a bulky offense type of build with a death failsafe in ChallengeEngineer, selling what I needed to accomplish this early in world one. If Cass had nice rings I'd pick those up too next. Upgrading my weapons took a backseat early on in favor of procuring other resources, plus I didn't want to risk ramping up world level progress and I could always fall back on the turret that scaled regardless which was an advantage to picking Engineer to start. I could've stuck it out with the rupture cannon Engineer comes with as well as it's a nice handgun but tbh I just wanted to play with the smg as I discovered it insanely late on my main and it's a real nice all rounder gun.
Worlds Edge access wasn't as much of a game changer as I anticipated. An unitemized build just doesn't have the stamina management to really make it a beast, not to mention the lack of Steadfast. There were plenty of situations where it cleared lines of mobs real nice but I could've managed without it. The bulk of my damage came from the Pulse Rifle and SMG packing ammo mods.
I had a reasoning in mind for how I'd start the campaign in terms of eliminating threats for the first world. I decided I wanted to reroll until I started in Nerud with Tal Ratha as the world boss. Shahala spirit form had recently scarred me in an apoc campaign and I was not at all confident in my ability to no death him nor was it ideal to search for the item needed to trigger the (imo) easier physical Shahala fight. On the other hand the alternate spirit Tal Ratha fight is a massive pushover for me personally and it's free to trigger, so I got to it and this first world went pretty smoothly save for a couple minor scares with the shielded elite drones. I sensibly walked away from what I knew was an aberration encounter with one of these in a side dungeon.
First world was done and now we get to the first of my two run enders, the Cube God. Cube God giveth, Cube God taketh. Though I seriously underestimated how different he was in Veteran compared to Apoc I made a silly mistake and got splattered by a cube. First run over, time to rinse and repeat the above process, nothing goes awry in Nerud again aside from a dicey first boss in Primogenitor and this time I get past the Labyrinth Sentinel and get to go to Losomn next. Posts already gonna be long af so I'll keep this second run brief, it ended because I got Magister Dullain and he killed me with his bs. Really sucks that my only resets occurred in circumstances where Challenger can't save you. Actually really dumb that it doesn't here, I can accept that Challenger won't save me from the Cube God but Magister Dullain's ability to bypass Die Hard feels oddly out of place.
Well, time to try again, and this time I got some really nice items in Nerud that gave me a lot of longevity to make up for the limited healing early on, namely I got the Reserve Boosting Gem and Hardcore Metal Band in this run along with Dead King Memento from Cass. Also got Legacy Protocol here for my turret and war stomps that could come in handy for shield bots. Real neat. My build felt so strong I even went for the train event which I had originally designated as too risky.
Nerud is also where I picked up what was probably my key to success for general exploring in Hardcore and something I had really slept on before, Stasis Beam. It really makes elites a non issue that could otherwise pose a threat, particularly the scary Losomn ones like the knights, mini Dullains, and pin dudes that can insta kill you. Root Earth elites are also just nasty and stasis helps a lot for them.
Made it past the Cube God thankfully and got Losomn next again with Dreamweaver world boss. Nothing too eventful happens here. Gwendil and the Huntress both aren't very tough by this point and I even got the Whispering Marble amulet here to further complement my build. Dreamweaver nearly makes me use a Die Hard but ultimately she goes down. Turret and Worlds Edge came in handy for her adds.
Yaesha is next and I get the Corrupter world boss. Eh, would've liked to have seen Ravager instead since gravity is a factor for Corrupter and I could always alt skip the Ravager fight. Oh well. On the bright side I got access to Barkskin here which really just made me nigh indestructible at this point, and I was also very happy to see Earthen Colosseum as my mandatory dungeon meaning I got to fight the Stonewarden pushover and not Mother Mind, Legion, or Shrewd. While in Nerud and Losomn I took some detours for scrap and traits in Yaesha I basically beelined it to Widows Court to get the world done. Turns out I was stressing Corrupter for no reason, as I was so tanky I could actually just skip the platforming and tank the beam attack reasonably well. Easy fight.
Time for Root Earth, and yeah this whole area is a gauntlet of pain. I wasn't very scared of Venom though since by now I had his fight practiced to a science and he only gets truly awful with two chances to roll nasty modifiers like he gets in Apoc. In fact Cancer proved to be more of a threat this time as he actually made me proc Die Hard with a shockwave. But even more stressful than either of them is that dreaded room of death with two Walkers and a mini Venom elite. Yeah I lured the elite out into the previous room and just zoned the Walkers going in and out of the corridor. No shame.
Annihilation wasn't too tough. Her damage wasn't negligible per say but nothing unmanageable and again I have this fight practiced so much and I believe it got elemental resist mod or something so yeah nothing scary at all. Melted it with Pulse Rifle and SMG armed with abrasive rounds and hot shot as well as having picked up the Burden of the Destroyer by this point and also opted for Kinetic Cycle stone before Venom to set my turret faster.
Finally I claimed my rewards including Savior at last......aaand then quit playing Remnant 2 to finally play the first one that I had been neglecting.

Solitaire Cube by Tether Studios takes the classic game of solitaire and thrusts it into the 21st century with all the subtlety of a smartphone notification at 3 AM. It's like your grandma's favorite card game had an energy drink—it's classic solitaire, but faster, shinier, and with the added thrill of potentially earning real cash, making every card flip as exciting as checking your bank balance after payday.
The game's sleek design and smooth gameplay make it dangerously easy to keep swiping cards, and before you know it, it's past midnight, and you're strategizing like it's the World Solitaire Championships. The competitive element adds a zesty twist, letting players duel it out by stacking red on black quicker than a clearance sale at a shoe shop.
In short, Solitaire Cube is what happens when you give a century-old game a smartphone and a cash prize. It’s addictive, it's fun, and it will probably see more of your night hours than your pillow. So, if you're looking to give your brain a workout with a side of potential profit, Solitaire Cube might just be your new nightly meeting. Just don’t blame me when you’re trying to explain card strategies to your unimpressed cat at 2 AM.
Download here: https://games.skillz.com/games/solitaire/solitaire-cube-1801

What's good, blackopscoldwar
This is a post encouraging you to join the Fireteam matches on Fridays and Saturdays, hopefully to repopulate the mode so it can be played during the week.
When Cold War released in November 2020, I thought it was dope. It surpassed every other game in the following ways:

• The movement mechanics are the best in the entire franchise, in my opinion. It's the perfect combination of the original Black Ops era's movement and modernization
• The gun mechanics are the best in the entire franchise, in my opinion, for the same reason
• The gunsmith system is perfect - unlike MW, you get to clearly see how each attachment helps and the overall stats of the gun
• The class system offers the most customization

While Cold War was the newest game, there was one multiplayer mode that I remember spending the most time - Fireteam: Dirty Bomb.
One day, Treyarch decided to order a Dominos and were developing Blackout 2. Warzone would finally be replaced with a Battle Royale that the community actually needed. Then all of a sudden, some genius said "Even though Warzone is lame and the map you homies are cooking up looks great, you're going to stop developing Blackout 2 and focus on Warzone even though that's not your place because you're Treyarch. Oh, mind if I grab a slice of that chicken and ground beef?" To hell with your goddamn chicken and ground beef.
Treyarch turned down that slice and was pissed, however they wouldn't let that map go to waste. So, they decided to separate the main parts of the map (Ruka, Alpine, Sanatorium, and Golova) and create a new mode to utilize the smaller maps. They then thought of a new mode that no other FPS game has ever featured - Fireteam: Dirty Bomb.
Fireteam: Dirty Bomb is where you and your team skydive, parachute, land and loot caches for Armour, Uranium, Pouches, Radiation Vests and Scorestreaks. Killing an enemy earned you 1 point, priming a cube of Uranium earned you 5 points, and detonating a bomb earned you 50 points. First team to 500 points wins.
Sounds pretty dope on paper, right? Well, because the Call of Duty community is so great at recognizing cool new modes, there were four main complaints:

• "This is a ripoff of Battle Royale"
• "I keep getting shot out the sky"
• "Enemies keep landing behind me and killing me"
• "The final bomb is too chaotic"

Here's how to make all the above complaints obsolete:

• Ground War on MW 2019 is literally a carbon-copy of Domination, yet that mode was popular. I guess every mode ever is lame because it's a ripoff of TDM
• Stop parachuting above Earth's atmosphere
• Parachutes aren't silent. You can hear one from around 80 meters away. When you hear a parachute, make sure it's not an ambush
• Why are you even trying to detonate the final bomb? Detonating a bomb earns you 50 points. While waiting for the final bomb to be detonated, casually loot some caches, find a Uranium Pouch and once the final bomb's detonated and the new bombs show up, stroll up to a bomb and prime 10 cubes for the same 50 points. If you and your 3 teammates all used that strategy, you could prime 40 cubes of Uranium in 10 seconds at two different bombs for 200 points. If both pairs successfully detonate those immediately primed bombs, you just earned 300 points in less than a minute. Is trying to detonate the final bomb worth it now, buddy?

Fireteam is my favorite mode in the entire franchise. Even though it was initially designed as a way to not allow the Blackout 2 map's efforts to go to waste, I still think the mode is far more creative than any other. Because the maps are bigger, they allow for more strategies and play styles rather than just TDM CQB - not to mention that the maps are outstandingly well-designed.
Imagine you're running the studio making the next Call of Duty game. You then want to introduce a new mode that's never been seen before to make this game stand out. You and your team spend hours thinking of ideas for a mode. This isn't the 90s, so just about every mode imaginable has already been thought of and developed in some game. Therefore, thinking of a mode no one's ever thought of, designing it well and the community thinking it's good would be beyond challenging.
Tracking enemy after enemy at medium-long range in the woods, beaming/sniping people parachuting too high, locking down the final bomb for kills, detonating the final bomb in the middle of chaos, hunting down boosters, it's all dope. You should play.
If this post gets some traction, I'll be pleased to make some more posts about how to play Fireteam such as tactics and classes.
Matches begin at 2:30-5:00pm EST on Fridays and Saturdays
-Toronto

Wasting time on cards with subpar images and cringe names. A zero sum game against someone who might well be not a person. Bo1 nonsense. Masturbation sollitaire. Magic as a game has such strong nostalgia hook, but it is so weak from the design theory. Land system my ass, yes I know it's a hot topic, but there were good card games that tackled it. Like don't take me wrong, it's cool to have hobbies and their toxicity depends on you. I lately probably had enough, time to design my own game like that balatro dude.
btw. fuck bonny pall (what a garbage name), today I refused to p1p1 this design mistake and I'm happier even though my chromatic cube experience is sad really
Have a nice weekend guys, not trying to sow hatred, I''m just slightly drunk bye bye, it is still the nice community despite all the stuff
toxic game and shit but lrcast are good people most likely
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Hi all! I've been one bag traveling for a few years with my husband's old Tortuga Air (which we think is about 30l) and I LOVE it, but it's time for an upgrade as one of the straps is coming unsewn and I just want something a little different (and possibly a bit bigger).
I've been looking at both the Pakt and Peak Designs bags. Does anyone have these and have strong opinions on them? Open to other bag suggestions but here are my requirements (I'm a plus size girly if that makes any difference):
- Mainly travel mainstream US and European carriers, sometimes budget carriers (but then I'd probably take the old Tortuga, which is a personal item size)
- Prefer 2 front pockets (I realize the Peak Design doesn't have this)
- Clamshell opening main compartment and preferably some internal inner pockets. I use compression packing cubes for most things
- Admin organization pocket
- Top or side pocket for sunglasses, phone, etc.
- At least one usable water bottle pocket
- Like the idea of hideable straps, but not a requirement.
- Not really interested in hiking style bags. I'm a bit of a bougie girl and don't need to carry a bag more than about 2 hours absolute max.
Thanks for any and all suggestions! I need to decide for a Paris Olympics trip soon.

Hi,
Here's what I can offer for trades. CIB unless noted otherwise. List may get updated after initial posting.

Have

PS1
Breath of Fire 3	Manual damaged. Missing first page. Disc plays okay.
Breath of Fire 4
Parasite Eve	Small crack in the case
Tactics Ogre
Dragon Warrior 7
Legend of Legaia
Metal Gear Solid	missing manual
Suikoden	small rip in first page of manual
Wild Arms 2	loose disc only
Final Fantasy Tactics
Revelations: Persona	box only
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Gran Turismo	Brand new. Plastic wrap is gone but seal at the top is still intact.
A bug's life
Black Dawn
Formula1 98
Small soldiers
The next tetris
Star wars: Episode 1 The phantom menace
Twisted metal III
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
Apocalypse
Playstation Underground Jampack
NHL FaceOff 99
NFL Xtreme
NFL GameDay 2001	Sealed. Small rip in the plastic wrap
NFL GameDay 2000
MLB 2000
3Xtreme
Contender
Jampack Summer 99
Jampack Winter 98
Interactive CD Sampler Pack Volume 3
Spyro
Bust A Groove

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PS2
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 [Limited Edition]	outer box showing some wear
.Hack Quarantine	Missing anime DVD, Case may not be original
Front mission 4
Katamari Damacy
Silent Hill 3
Silent Hill 4
Suikoden 3
Final Fantasy XII Limited Edition (steelbook)
Xenosaga Episode 1
Xenosaga Episode 3
Guitar Hero
Guitar Hero Metallica
Guitar Hero III Legend of Rock
Rockband AC/DC Track Pack
Grandia II
Grandia III
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Kingdom Hearts	GH
Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3

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PSP
Untold Legends Brotherhood Of The Blade
Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Legend Of Heroes III Song Of The Ocean	loose umd only
Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories	GH
Robots	UMD Movie

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Vita
Killzone Mercenary	loose

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PS3
Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection [Artbook Bundle]	Sealed with artbook
Dante's Inferno Divine Edition	with slipcover, missing manual
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend
Batman: Arkham City
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Disney Infinity starter pack	Sealed
Record of Agarest War 2	Sealed, One corner of box is dinged
Dead Island Riptide [Rigor Mortis Edition]	Sealed
Dead Space 3 Dev-team Edition	Sealed, 4004/5000
Battlefield 3
Battlefield 4
Far Cry 2
Far Cry 4
Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010
Heavy Fire: Afghanistan
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Little Big Planet Karting
Batman: Arkham Asylum - GoTY edition
Medal of Honor: Warfighter
Need for Speed: The Run LE
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit LE
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit	loose, GH
Need for Speed: Rivals	missing manual
Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection
Duke Nukem Forever
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes	GH
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens	loose
Destiny
Lost Planet 3	Sealed
God of War Collection	GH
Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli
Dead Space
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
Dead Island
Batman: Arkham City
Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extend
Blur
Prototype 2 Blackwatch Collector's Edition	Sealed

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PS4
Fallout 4 Pipboy edition	Sealed
Elder Scrolls Online Tamriel Unlimited Imperial Edition	Sealed
Wolfenstein II: The new Colossus Collector's Edition	Sealed
Final fantasy vii remake
Final fantasy vii remake deluxe edition	Sealed
Neptunia x SENRAN KAGURA: Ninja Wars	digital code
Kingdom Hearts All-in-one	sealed
Fifa 14
Battlefield 4
INSIDE / LIMBO double pack
WWE 2K15 Hulkamania Edition	sealed
Dying Light
Fallout 4
Borderlands: The Handsome Collection
Maid of Sker	Sealed, PEGI
NBA 2K19
Dynasty Warrior 7 Empires	Chinese version
R-Type Final 2 Inaugural edition	Sealed
Transformers: Rise Of The Dark Spark
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition

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PS5
Tales of Arise	Sealed
Elden Ring preorder code x3	Willing to throw this in free with any trade
Elden Ring with steelbook bundle	Bundle seems to be Bestbuy Canada exclusive
Scarlet Nexus	Sealed
Evil Dead	digital code
Horizon Forbidden West Collector's Edition	Sealed
Spider-man 2	digital code

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Xbox
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines	gamestop sticker on manual

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Xbox360
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Fallout 3
Halo 4 LE	Sealed
Lost Odyssey
Silent Hill: Homecoming
Otomedius Excellent

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GameCube
Resident Evil
Donkey Konga 2	Sealed

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Wii
Super Mario All-Stars: 25th Anniversary Edition	Sealed
The Last Story LE
Sin & Punishment: Star Successor	Sealed

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Switch
Xenoblade Chronicles 2
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna the Golden Country	Sealed
Xenoblade Chronicles 3	Sealed
Metroid Dread Special Edition	Sealed
Shin Megami Tensei V Fall of Men Premium Edition	Sealed
Hoa	Sealed
Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Premium Edition	Sealed
Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 1 [Deluxe Edition]	Sealed
AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES – nirvanA Initiative Collectors Edition	Sealed
Legend of Zelda the tears of the kingdom Collector's edition	Sealed
Fire Emblem Engage Divine Edition	Sealed

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GBA
Platinum GBA SP	loose
Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage	loose
Avatar: The Last Airbender	loose
SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	loose
American Dragon Jake Long Rise Of The Huntsclan	loose
Ty The Tasmanian Tiger 3	loose
Pokemon LeafGreen	loose
Pokemon Sapphire	loose, dry battery replaced
Chronicles Of Narnia Lion Witch And The Wardrobe	loose
Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3	loose
Tales of Phantasia	loose
Shining Soul 2	loose
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror	loose
Kirby Nightmare in Dreamland	loose

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DS
Coral Pink DS Lite	Excellent cosmetic condition, charger included
White DSi	no charger, stylus
TMNT
Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4
Phantasy Star 0	missing manual
Flash Focus
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia	loose
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume	loose
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light	loose
Pokemon HeartGold	loose, small damage on label
Pokemon HeartGold	big box with pokewalker
Pokemon SoulSilver	box only
Pokemon Diamond
Pokemon Diamond	loose
Pokemon Platinum	loose
Pokemon Black
Pokemon Black	missing manual
Pokemon Black	box only
Hoppie	no manual, some water damage in cover arts
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Metroid Prime: Hunters - First Hunt	loose
Diddy Kong Racing
Fossil Fighters
Professor Layton And The Curious Village
Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney	loose

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3DS
3DS XL Black+Red	CIB, Cave Story digital installed
New 3DS XL Galaxy	loose. Charger included. Missing stylus, Dual IPS screen
Pokemon X
Rune Factory 4
Bravely Second: End Layer	Warning booklet missing
Kingdom Hearts 3D Dream Drop Distance LE	Missing AR cards
Pokemon Sun	loose
Pokemon Ultra Sun
Pokemon X	loose, have 2
Kirby Triple Deluxe	loose
LEGO Star Wars The Force Awakens	Case in rough shape. Missing manual
Etrian Odyssey V: Beyond The Myth [Launch Edition]	sealed
Sonic: Lost World
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
Mario Kart 7
Kirby: Triple Deluxe	Nintendo Selects
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D	Nintendo Selects
Tales of the Abyss	sealed
Fantasy Life

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Amiibo (all SSB except noted otherwise)	All sealed in original box
Peach (Super Mario)	025W1
Yoshi (Super Mario)	524W2
Mario	434W2
Bowser	464S1
Diddy Kong	424S1
Luigi	434S1
Pikachu	474W2
Squirtle	279W5
Ivysaur	299W5
Snake	2559G1
Sonic	494W2
Peach	444W3
Link (Link's awakening)	2079G1
Link	524S1
Link (Majora's mask)	187S1

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Guides
Tales of Vesperia	BradyGames
Dark Souls	FuturePress, Sealed
Dark Souls II CE	FuturePress, Sealed
Dragon Warrior VII	Prima
Breath of Fire IV	Prima
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch	Prima, Hard Cover
Wild Arms 4	Prima
God of War III	BradyGames
Resident Evil 6	BradyGames, Hard Cover, Sealed
Legend of Zelda Collector's Box Set	Prima, sealed

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Manuals
https://imgur.com/a/DLa5yM4	Too many to list. Some 360/PS3 ones may be in French. Please ask. Harvest Moon (GC) is traded.

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Steelbooks	G1 size unless noted. No games included.
Assassin's Creed 3	in shrink wrap
Assassin's Creed Collection
Batman Arkham City Armored Edition
Batman Arkham City	G2
Call of Duty Black Ops II
Dead Space 3	in shrink wrap
Devil May Cry	G2
Dishonored
Duke Nukem Forever	in shrink wrap
Epic Mickey 2
Farcry 3	in shrink wrap
FF XIII Lightning Returns	in shrink wrap
Hitman Absolution
Injustice Gods Among Us
Medal of Honor Warfighter	G2
New Super Mario Bros U
NHL 12
Prototype 2	in shrink wrap
Sleeping Dogs
Thief
World of Warcraft Mist of Pandara

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Misc
FF X Play Arts Tidus	Still in original box, never displayed out of box
FF X Play Arts Yuna	Still in original box, never displayed out of box
FF X Play Arts Auron	Still in original box, never displayed out of box
FFVII Advent Children Play Arts Sephiroth	Still in original box, never displayed out of box
FFVII Advent Children Play Arts Vincent	Still in original box, never displayed out of box
FFVII Advent Children Play Arts Cloud with Fenrir	Still in original box, never displayed out of box
Steer 'n win jr racing wheel/pedal	compatible with PS1/N64
Diablo III Collector's Edition PC	Sealed
Diablo III Reaper of Souls Collector's Edition PC	Sealed
Homeworld Collector's Edition PC	Sealed

Want:

Mostly interested in JRPGs and horrors. Working design, Enix, Falcom, NIS, Atlus, etc. Also looking for many turbo/turbo CD games. Must be CIB unless noted otherwise.
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PS1
Adventures of Lomax
Deception III: Dark Delusion
Echo Night
Kartia
King's Field (Long box)
King's Field II
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Koudelka
Misadventures of Tron Bonne
RayCrisis: Series Termination
RayStorm
Shadow Tower
Tail Concerto
Thunder Force V
Torneko: The Last Hope
Resident evil survivor

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PS2
Echo Night: Beyond
Forever Kingdom
Haunting Ground
ObsCure
Shadow Heart
Silent Hill 2 (Greatest Hits)
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Tsugunai: Atonement

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PS4
Atelier Ryza LE
Atelier Sophie LE
Tales of Berseria CE

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PS5
The Last of us Part 1 Firefly edition (sealed)
The Last of us Part 2 WLF edition (sealed)

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Vita
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Brith 1 LE

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GBC
Dragon Warrior Monsters
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Cobi's Journey
Dragon Warrior Monsters 2: Tara's Adventure
Dragon Warrior I & II
Lufia: The Legend Returns
Revelations: The Demon Slayer

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GBA
DemiKids: Dark/Light Version
Klonoa 2: Dream Champ Tournament
Klonoa: Empire of Dreams
Lufia: The Ruins of Lore
Lunar Legend
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story
Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2

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GameCube
Star Fox: Assault	Manual only
Jet Black GameCube box and cardboard inserts
Indigo wired OEM controller	very low want

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Switch
Dragon quest xi	sealed preferred

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DS
Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow
Commando: Steel Disaster
Dragon Quest V
Dragon Quest IV	Box and manual only
Etrian Odyssey
Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja
Lufia: Curse of the Sinitrals
Lunar: Dragon Song	Manual only
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Sands of Destruction
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Endless Frontier

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3DS
Corpse Party: Back to School Edition
Dragon Quest VIII
Etrian Mystery Dungeon (Launch soundtrack bundle preferred)
Etrian Odyssey Nexus (launch edition)
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows Of Valentia Limited Edition
Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology (launch edition)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (with soundtrack)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker (launch edition)
Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse Launch Edition

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Others
Turbografx-16 Console	CIB preferred
Turbografx-16 and Turbo CD games	CIB preferred. Almost everything except sports games will be considered. Big priority now
Dragon Quest Slime controller for Switch
All Uncharted Waters games (SNES and Genesis, CIB)

Notes.

• Prefer to trade within Canada, but will consider cross border too if offers are attractive. I'm okay with conus (with some exceptions).
• Will provide pics upon request.
• I have not listed everything in haves/wants. I will gladly check your list and work something out.

You are going to be low on energy as you go through any detox and you will have to supplement your previous toxic intake with healthy nutrients and vitamin supplements.
Try to eat at least one nutritious meal per day and stay hydrated with lots of water. You want to flush these things out of your system and water is the best way to make it happen quickly.
You are not going to want to go to the store within the first few days, so if possible, plan ahead or enlist help from someone close to you that can run to the store if you need them to.
These recipes are easy to prepare and are full of natural vitamins and protein. You're not going to get everything from food alone, so taking a multivitamin and Vitamin C is recommended for your additional dietary supplements.
You're welcome to use this for any detox, although it is designed for opiate withdrawal. When you get back to your old self again, try to continue this daily ritual of preparing your meals. It's not only healthier, but is also a cheaper option then eating out!
Here's a 14-day plan with healthy meals, including ingredients and steps to prepare each dish.

Day 1: Grilled Chicken Salad

Ingredients: - Boneless, skinless chicken breast - Mixed salad greens - Cherry tomatoes - Cucumber, sliced - Red onion, thinly sliced - Olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing
Preparation: 1. Season the chicken breast with salt, pepper, and your choice of herbs. 2. Grill the chicken until fully cooked. 3. Slice the grilled chicken into strips. 4. Toss mixed salad greens, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and red onion in a bowl. 5. Top the salad with the sliced grilled chicken. 6. Drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing over the salad.

Day 2: Quinoa and Veggie Stir-Fry

Ingredients: - Quinoa - Mixed vegetables (broccoli, bell peppers, carrots) - Tofu or chicken (optional) - Soy sauce - Garlic, minced - Ginger, grated - Olive oil
Preparation: 1. Cook quinoa according to package instructions. 2. In a pan, sauté garlic and ginger in olive oil. 3. Add tofu or chicken (if using) and cook until browned. 4. Add mixed vegetables and stir-fry until they're cooked but still crisp. 5. Mix in cooked quinoa and soy sauce. 6. Stir until well combined and heated through.

Day 3: Lentil Soup

Ingredients: - Red lentils - Carrots, diced - Celery, diced - Onion, diced - Garlic, minced - Vegetable broth - Cumin, coriander, and turmeric (spices) - Fresh parsley, chopped
Preparation: 1. Rinse red lentils under cold water. 2. In a large pot, sauté onions and garlic until softened. 3. Add carrots, celery, and spices. Cook for a few minutes. 4. Pour in vegetable broth and add red lentils. 5. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until lentils are tender. 6. Garnish with fresh parsley before serving.

Day 4: Baked Salmon with Roasted Vegetables

Ingredients: - Salmon fillets - Sweet potatoes, diced - Brussels sprouts, halved - Olive oil - Lemon juice - Dill (fresh or dried) - Salt and pepper
Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). 2. Place salmon fillets on a baking sheet. 3. Toss sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts with olive oil, lemon juice, dill, salt, and pepper. 4. Spread vegetables around the salmon on the baking sheet. 5. Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes or until salmon is cooked through.

Day 5: Chickpea and Spinach Curry

Ingredients: - Chickpeas (canned or cooked) - Spinach - Onion, diced - Garlic, minced - Ginger, grated - Coconut milk - Curry powder, cumin, and coriander (spices) - Basmati rice
Preparation: 1. Cook basmati rice according to package instructions. 2. In a pan, sauté onions, garlic, and ginger until softened. 3. Add chickpeas and spices, stirring for a couple of minutes. 4. Pour in coconut milk and bring to a simmer. 5. Add spinach and cook until wilted. 6. Serve the chickpea and spinach curry over cooked basmati rice.

Day 6: Turkey and Vegetable Stir-Fry

Ingredients: - Ground turkey - Broccoli florets - Snap peas - Bell peppers, sliced - Soy sauce - Sesame oil - Garlic, minced - Brown rice
Preparation: 1. Cook brown rice according to package instructions. 2. In a wok or pan, sauté minced garlic in sesame oil. 3. Add ground turkey and cook until browned. 4. Add broccoli, snap peas, and bell peppers. Stir-fry until veggies are tender-crisp. 5. Pour in soy sauce and toss until well-coated. 6. Serve the stir-fry over cooked brown rice.

Day 7: Caprese Salad with Grilled Chicken

Ingredients: - Boneless, skinless chicken breast - Tomatoes, sliced - Fresh mozzarella, sliced - Fresh basil leaves - Balsamic glaze - Olive oil - Salt and pepper
Preparation: 1. Season chicken breast with salt and pepper. 2. Grill the chicken until fully cooked. 3. Slice the grilled chicken into strips. 4. Arrange sliced tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and grilled chicken on a plate. 5. Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic glaze. 6. Garnish with fresh basil leaves.

Day 8: Vegetable and Quinoa Stuffed Peppers

Ingredients: - Bell peppers - Quinoa - Black beans (canned, drained, and rinsed) - Corn kernels - Cherry tomatoes, diced - Cumin, chili powder, and paprika (spices) - Shredded cheddar cheese (optional)
Preparation: 1. Cook quinoa according to package instructions. 2. Cut bell peppers in half and remove seeds. 3. In a bowl, mix cooked quinoa, black beans, corn, cherry tomatoes, and spices. 4. Stuff each pepper half with the quinoa mixture. 5. Optional: sprinkle shredded cheddar cheese on top. 6. Bake in the oven at 375°F (190°C) for 20-25 minutes or until peppers are tender.

Day 9: Shrimp and Asparagus Stir-Fry

Ingredients: - Shrimp, peeled and deveined - Asparagus spears, trimmed and cut into pieces - Garlic, minced - Ginger, grated - Soy sauce - Sesame oil - Brown rice
Preparation: 1. Cook brown rice according to package instructions. 2. In a wok or pan, sauté minced garlic and grated ginger in sesame oil. 3. Add shrimp and cook until pink. 4. Add asparagus and stir-fry until crisp-tender. 5. Pour in soy sauce and toss until well-coated. 6. Serve the stir-fry over cooked brown rice.

Day 10: Greek Salad with Grilled Chicken

Ingredients: - Chicken breast, grilled and sliced - Cucumbers, diced - Cherry tomatoes, halved - Red onion, thinly sliced - Feta cheese, crumbled - Kalamata olives - Olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing
Preparation: 1. Grill chicken breast until fully cooked, then slice. 2. In a bowl, combine diced cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, sliced red onion, feta cheese, and Kalamata olives. 3. Add the sliced grilled chicken on top. 4. Drizzle with olive oil and red wine vinegar dressing.

Day 11: Black Bean and Vegetable Quesadillas

Ingredients: - Whole wheat tortillas - Black beans (canned, drained, and rinsed) - Bell peppers, diced - Red onion, diced - Corn kernels - Shredded Mexican cheese blend - Cumin, chili powder, and garlic powder (spices) - Fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)
Preparation: 1. In a bowl, mix black beans, diced bell peppers, red onion, corn, and spices. 2. Lay out whole wheat tortillas. 3. Spread the black bean and vegetable mixture on one half of each tortilla. 4. Sprinkle shredded cheese on top. 5. Fold the tortillas in half, creating quesadillas. 6. In a skillet, cook each side until the tortillas are golden and the cheese is melted. 7. Garnish with fresh cilantro if desired.

Day 12: Eggplant and Chickpea Curry

Ingredients: - Eggplant, diced - Chickpeas (canned, drained, and rinsed) - Coconut milk - Curry powder, turmeric, and cayenne pepper (spices) - Garlic, minced - Ginger, grated - Basmati rice
Preparation: 1. Cook basmati rice according to package instructions. 2. In a pot, sauté minced garlic and grated ginger. 3. Add diced eggplant, chickpeas, and spices. Stir well. 4. Pour in coconut milk and let it simmer until the eggplant is tender. 5. Serve the curry over cooked basmati rice.

Day 13: Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken Breast

Ingredients: - Chicken breasts, boneless and skinless - Fresh spinach leaves - Feta cheese, crumbled - Garlic, minced - Olive oil - Lemon juice - Dill (fresh or dried) - Salt and pepper
Preparation: 1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). 2. Butterfly the chicken breasts by slicing them horizontally. 3. In a bowl, mix fresh spinach, crumbled feta, minced garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, dill, salt, and pepper. 4. Stuff each chicken breast with the spinach and feta mixture. 5. Secure with toothpicks and place in a baking dish. 6. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

Day 14: Vegetable and Tofu Stir-Fry

Ingredients: - Extra-firm tofu, cubed - Broccoli florets - Carrots, julienned - Snow peas - Bell peppers, sliced - Soy sauce - Sesame oil - Ginger, grated - Brown rice
Preparation: 1. Cook brown rice according to package instructions. 2. Press tofu to remove excess water, then cube it. 3. In a wok or pan, sauté tofu in sesame oil until golden. 4. Add broccoli, carrots, snow peas, and bell peppers. Stir-fry until vegetables are crisp-tender. 5. Pour in soy sauce and grated ginger. Toss until well-coated. 6. Serve the stir-fry over cooked brown rice.
Feel free to continue exploring new recipes or repeat your favorite ones. This meal plan aims to provide a variety of nutritious and delicious options. Adjust portion sizes to fit your needs, and always consult with a healthcare professional or nutritionist for personalized advice. Enjoy your healthy and satisfying meals!

I just got back from spending two weeks hiking the Camino de Santiago in Portugal and Spain.

Gear

https://imgur.com/a/FKeRUt8
Bag:
Hyperlite Southwest 40L
Patagonia Ultralight Blackhole Sling
Clothes:
Worn:

• 1 x pants (Kuhl Renegade Recon)
• 1 x briefs (uniqlo airism)
• 1 x long sleeve shirt (REI Sahara)
• 1 x lambswool sweater (uniqlo)
• 1 x socks (darn tough)
• LEM Trailhead Hiking Shoes

Medium Gonex packing cube:

• 4 x briefs (uniqlo airism)
• 4 x socks (darn tough)
• 3 x t-shirts (REI Sahara)
• 1 x shade hoodie (REI Sahara)
• 1 x shorts (uniqlo)
• 1 x convertible pants (REI Sahara)

Other:

• Teva sandals
• Sunglasses
• Patagonia Torrentshell rain jacket
• Six Moon Designs ultra light umbrella
• Cocoon sleeping bag liner
• Water bottle
• Wide brimmed packable hat
• REI travel towel
• Microfiber personal towel
• First aid kit (Moleskin, bandaids, alcohol wipes, antibiotic ointment, scissors, acetaminophen, ibuprofen)
• Laundry detergent sheets
• Passport, documents, etc.

Toiletries:

• Kitsch 2-in-1 Soap Bar in Matador case
• deodorant
• comb
• nail clipper
• toothbrush
• razor
• 1 oz. toothpaste
• 1 oz. shave oil
• 3 oz. sunscreen
• Prescription medication

Tech:

• Pixel 8 Pro
• Kindle Paperwhite
• Miyoo Mini Plus
• Zendure Supermini Battery Pack (10000mAh)
• Anker 735 Charger (GaNPrime 65W)
• 1 x Rolling Square 6-in-1 Multi Charging Cable
• 1 x usb-c cable
• 1 x usb-c wired headphones

Total weight: 6.6 kg

Thoughts

• I had originally planned to bring my ULA Dragonfly, but after packing it up I realized that there really wasn't much extra space for the type of stuff that can be added during a long trip (food, a gift, etc). The Hyperlite Southwest is larger and not much heavier than the Dragonfly, with the tradeoff that it has no organization. It's just a big bucket for your stuff. I kept most of the small items inside of my sling, then put that in the main compartment. This worked pretty well. The outside pockets held my water bottle and anything that was wet (sandals, umbrella, a towel drying off, etc). In one instance I made the mistake of putting some wet socks inside of the bag on an exceptionally rainy day. Even though the socks were separated from my packing cube and wrapped in a towel they still got everything in the bag damp. Thankfully the next hostel had a dryer so I could dry everything out.
• The LEM Trailheads ended up giving me horrible blisters so I swapped them out for Asics trail runners on the 5th day. These worked out great and my feet were comfortable for the rest of the hike. I also bought a hiking pole which helped as well.
• I brought a lot of REI gear on this trip. I really love their in-house Sahara brand. The Kuhl pants were also fantastic. There were a few days where I had to walk through the pouring rain for 4+ hours and these pants would dry off almost instantly once I was indoors or the rain stopped. The Uniqlo sweater was a last minute addition and really came in handy for those chilly mornings before the sun came out. I only used the convertible pants when I had my regular pants in the laundry, but I'm still thankful that I brought them as a backup.
• The Cocoon sleeping bag liner provided some much needed comfort when hostels had disposable bedding or scratchy blankets.
• The Six Moon Designs umbrella is the MVP of the trip. It's extremely lightweight and folds up small while still feeling rugged. Great in the rain, but at it's best on the hot and sunny days when there was not much shade. I used this umbrella so much that I ended up attaching it to a carabiner on a shoulder strap for easy access.
• In hindsight I should have left the Miyoo Mini Plus at home. I expected to use it for the 8+ hour plane flights but it mostly ended up being a waste of space. Thankfully it's very light so this wasn't a huge error.

When you are carrying your bag for 20km+ every day you quickly figure out what is working and what is not. Overall I would say that my gear performed very well. As for the hike itself, it's tough to summarize what it's like to hike the Camino. It is a life changing experience and I highly recommend it for those who have the means. I'm happy to answer any questions in the comments.

I am getting some good PM experience on design build really early in my career (5 YOE). I don’t want to stay in engineering forever, mostly because of the crappy pay in the highways sector and cube life sucks so much. Does anyone have experience moving over to construction in that 6-10 YOE range. What are you doing now in construction? Any advice appreciated! Open discussion go!

Skies of Arcadia HD Texture Pack (For Dolphin VR)
Introduction and Special Thanks:
This is the closest thing to Skies of Arcadia HD we're probably ever going to get! This is a full and complete, A.I upscale HD texture pack of Skies of Arcadia Legends converted for use with Dolphin VR. It was originally upscaled by 1vierock, with the main work (over 100 hours) being done by Bighead and Frozenwings . The original DDS version of this pack can also be found in the link below.
I have converted the pack from DDS to PNG format, for use with Dolphin VR. The upscale is incredibly faithful to the source art and just goes to show you how much work and creative design, the original developers put into their textures. This HD upscale does a fantastic job of bringing forth the latent detail that was already there! I also went in and manually fixed some character and environmental textures that the A.I. misinterpreted.
Texture Pack Installation and Instructions:
Put the GEAE8P folder containing all of the textures in the Load/textures folder found in your main Dolphin VR installation folder (example, my installation folder is found in (This PC/Documents/Dolphin EmulatoLoad/Textures). And make sure to have Load Custom Textures tuned on found in Graphics/Advanced within Dolphin VR's settings.
Crash Fix: Please read
The main Culling AR code in conjunction with the texture pack can cause memory leaks, which can cause the game to crash in 3 specific areas: The Maelstrom/Tornado area just before reaching Horteka, the Stone Reefs near NasMaramba, and after you drop off Enrique at Sailors Island.
Fixes:
To stop the crashing, you can switch to the Alternate Culling code and after you pass these areas you can turn the main Culling code back on. You can also try turning off the textures as well and then proceed to turn them back on once past the problem areas.
If you experience any other slowdown or crashes in any other areas I didn't mention, I recommend switching to the Alternate Culling code or just turn off all Culling codes in general.
If Certain Textures Aren't Loading:
From user Bighead:
" IIRC, the (big) UI texture needs the option "Store EFB Copies to Texture Only" checked. You can find this in the Graphics options under the Hacks tab.
This game stores a snapshot of the screen and many of the UI textures within one big texture. This has the downside that the snapshot causes the hash to change every single time the menu is opened... and with basically unlimited possibilities, it means no HD texture. Storing EFB Copies to RAM is too accurate as it correctly stores this screenshot. With EFB to Texture, the screenshot fails and just ends up as a black screen. This has an advantage for a texture pack: the black screen means the texture never changes, and it can now be replaced with a custom texture.
Videos may be slow with both this texture pack + Store EFB Copies to Texture Only enabled. Either disable the option, or disable the texture pack until the video is done."
Culling Codes and all other codes for the game can be found here:
https://www.reddit.com/Dolphin_Vcomments/rt6lng/skies_of_arcadia_all_known_codes_plus_no_culling/
Download Link
Skies of Arcadia HD Texture Pack for Dolphin VR Ver. 1.0:
https://mega.nz/file/BUJ1HaoI#bJCvMqLqWUnu4Y5G06yyjpqsWrj-MHQyVqHYpKi6t6s
Bighead and Frozenwings original work (Not finished):
https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Thread-skies-of-arcadia-hd-v0-06-june-27-2020
1vierock Texture Packs (+Original DDS Version without my fixes):
https://sites.google.com/view/vierockretrohd/game-cube/baiten-kaitos-eternal-wings-hd
Texture examples/comparison picks:
World/Environments:
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest1.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest2.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest3.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest4.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest5.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest6.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest7.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest8.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest9.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest10.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest11.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest12.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest13.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest14.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest15.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest16.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest17.jpg
Towns:
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest18.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest19.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest20.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest21.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest22.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest23.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest24.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest25.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest26.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest27.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest28.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest29.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest30.jpg
Characters:
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest31.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest32.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest33.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest34.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest35.jpg
Gigas:
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest36.jpg
https://pdsoasis.github.io/skiest37.jpg

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This post regards Equestrian Tales, my MLP swap AU! I will be releasing episode concepts a few at a time, and building on episodes that I feel require more attention independently.
So, let's start off!

Series 1, Chapter 1&2 - The Start of the Beginning

An obvious choice to start off with, this obviously replaces Friendship is Magic (part 1 and 2). Season 1 swaps with Season 9 in some regards, so this name looks like the names of the main story episodes of Season 9. Rarity, Luna's student, moves from Evershade (the Canterlot replacement) to Cloudopolis (the Ponyville replacement) to try to make friends, shortly before the Eclipse Festival. This is the 1000th year since Daybreaker was banished to the Sun, and it is prophesied that during the Eclipse Festival of this year, Daybreaker will return from the sun and bring about eternal day. (Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to make the double meaning of the original prophecy carry over into the swapped version.) Rarity meets the nerdy Twilight, honest Applejack, gentle Fluttershy, adventurous Rainbow Dash, and hyperactive Pinkie Pie. Anyway, Daybreaker returns, and the Mane 6 have to travel to the top of Cantermore Mountain, a cursed mountain with a ruined palace on it, to retrieve the Elements of Harmony (which, in their transformed states, take the form of the keys). Anyway. they revert Daybreaker to Celestia, who begins ruling Ponyland along with Luna from that point onwards.

Series 1, Chapter 3 - Pass for Class

So, the Grand Galloping Gala swaps with various events during the Hearth's Giving Festival, an autumn festival resembling Thanksgiving and otherwise inspired by Hearth's Warming Eve. Here, Rarity's generosity takes center stage, forming the core of the conflict of the episode. Rarity receives two passes to attend Luna's Festival events in Evershade, but all five of her friends want to go. Rarity befriends Stygian in this episode (who swaps with Spike. I would have made Spike more accessible to build on the Rarity-Spike dynamic some, but ah well. Anyway I've pushed the introduction of Stygian here instead of Chapter 1 and 2 because yes.) Stygian, while around in the present day, inherits the 'old-timey' pony culture, which serves as the culture shock for some of the later episodes down the line. This is also when we introduce Luna's dream walking capabilities. Rarity has a nightmare about her new friendships being ruined, and

Series 1, Chapter 4 - Abakening

This chapter focuses on the Sugar Cube Emporium, swapping with Sweet Apple Acres. When Cup Cake and Carrot Cake are unable to work, Pinkie Pie attempts to run the entire Sugar Cube Emporium by herself, which causes problems, leading her other friends confronting her about the issue. I originally compared this episode to "Baby Cakes", and to be honest, I feel the 'responsibility' lesson from that episode fits well here.

Series 1, Chapter 9 - Autumn Blame

The premise of this episode remains largely the same, however Autumn Blaze swaps with Zecora (and Autumn Blaze's house is swapped with Zecora's, but of course now on the slopes of Cantermore Mountain rather than the Peaks of Peril). Poison joke itself stays the same, but the ponies' individual ailments are swapped.

Series 1, Chapter 14 - "Suited for Success" (name pending)

So, given this is the first chance we have to properly focus on Twilight, I wanna go all in with the kind of "obsessive mad scientist" vibe I'm giving her. This is probably not going to be related to Hearth's Giving at all. In fact, I don't even know what this episode will be about, except a lot of nerding and "experiments". Twilight's design is swapped with Sci-Twi's pony form, as part of a couple vague swaps between the main show and Equestria Girls I'm doing.

Series 1, Chapter 15 - Simple Ways

Tension between Twilight and Pinkie swaps with tension between Rarity and Applejack. Simple. Rarity tries to understand Applejack in a more... direct manner.

Series 4, Chapter 13 - Feeling Pinkie Keen

And... well, you expected this one.

Series 1, Chapter 25&26 - The End of the Beginning

Grogar replaces Discord. Why is this the Series 1 finale and not the Series 2 premiere? Because funny Season 1/Season 9 swap. (The Best Night Ever and Party of One get moved to the beginning of Season 2). Anyway, I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with Grogar just yet. I'll figure that out as I develop his eventual friendship with Rainbow Dash later on. He's definitely not just going to be a Villain:tm:. Tbh I kinda feel like he might later on end up like that trope where the recurring cartoon villain is actually friends with the hero, but with Rainbow Dash. But for now he's just the Season 1 final villain. Fun fact: the fact that Grogar is never actually seen at all in the original show (by technicality) means I can basically do whatever I want with him, which is useful for a character in as interesting a role as Discord's.
Anyway, that's all I have so far! I will be releasing concepts for other episodes later on when I get ideas for them (or well, I have a lot of ideas already, I just need to pace them accordingly).

Hi guys, I have this magma farm that I want to turn into a froglight farm, but I dont know how many frogs i should bring to keep up with the magma cube rates
the farm has 6 platforms 40 diameter each, i dont remember the rates and dont really know how frogs work so i would appreciate if anyone could help
Edit: Ok so i did some more research and found this video by RadicalElder that uses a farm design thats almost the same as mine, and he says "16 frogs for each layer", i got like 30/31 of each frog (92 frogs in total ig), got rid of the soulsand platform and rails, put carpet on top of the 9x9 hopper layer and powder snow on top of all carpet to kill big and medium magma cubes and thats the results of >5< min afk (second image)
ty all for the help, hope that can help someone searching for the same question i had
https://preview.redd.it/5yp6qejiho3d1.png?width=2560&format=png&auto=webp&s=d5b66ccc37c785dc131d714291c1a3ed66212d22
https://preview.redd.it/9sxtq5iyqw3d1.png?width=663&format=png&auto=webp&s=9eb839c4843284766640f240b22ddb87c2a2b50d

It’s been a year.
The weather is getting warmer, and your friends are all planning vacations. All you can think about is what was lost.
You loved the social aspect of Blaseball. Thrills are hard to come by these days and watching your team win a close matchup against The Steaks or talking about the latest lore with your Team was among the finest.
But Blaseball is over. Sure, some of the usual spots still have a bit of activity, but without the game to bring everyone together, it's not the same.
You think back on simpler times.
Happier days.
Days when perhaps it was Magic: The Gathering that was the only thing you and your friends could think about because it was so damn fun. It was social. It was creative. but above all, it was fun.
.
..
…
We have what you need.
What you crave.
THE DYNASTY CUBE
What is The Dynasty Cube?
The Dynasty Cube is a self-correcting, draft league in which Teams draft through the history of Magic, beginning with ABUR (the original four Magic sets from 1993-1994), and cumulatively adding newer sets in subsequent seasons.
Drafts are done “rotisserie”-style, then matches are scheduled throughout the following weeks to determine THE CHAMPION.
After The Championship match, cards that were drafted become harder to retain in the next draft, the next Magic set is added to the draft pool, and players draft again from the new pool of cards.
As the pool of cards evolves over time, the rules of the game may evolve as well. In The Off Season between The Championship match and the following draft, players will vote to enact new rules to The Draft or to the game itself.
Why is it called a “cube”?
“Cube” is a limited format that is typically curated by a single person choosing what cards are in the environment. In The Dynasty Cube, curation will occur as a product of how The Teams interact with the cards, combined with new sets being introduced each Season.
Teams? Isn’t Magic usually a 1v1 game?
In The Dynasty Cube participants are separated into one of 8 Teams of their choice. Teams can contain any number of members, however only one Pilot is designated to play a given match for that team. Teams will also designate a Captain who is the sole arbiter of any decisions made by that Team between matches, such as draft picks, trades, and league votes. It is expected - but not necessary - that a Team’s Captain consults their members to determine what decisions will be made.
The Dynasty Cube as a concept was heavily influenced by Fantasy Football and Blaseball. Anyone familiar with Blaseball will notice some similarities as The League progresses.
If you want to find out more or are interested in participating, join the Discord!