Hey guys, sorry--I know posts like these are made every year or so but I didn't see any recently, and I'm yet another player from the open beta days who just remembered this game exists and I'm feeling nostalgic. I was Faia--green haired priestess in HoL--and I just recently recovered my photobucket with hundreds of screenshots from the WAVE/Geffen WoE days which I'll add a link to in the comments, but I was mostly wondering if anyone I happen to know is still around. It's been 20 years and I've played countless games since then but nothing quite hits the way this game did back then. I just started playing again and I'm an arch bishop apparently--wtf?! didn't even remember that existing back then?!--but if any of y'all have a casual guild going on I'd love to join :)

Continuing with the exercise of sharing an easily digestible and smaller version of the main updates of the day in the world of AI.

• Google's MoD enables smarter compute allocation for more efficient LLMs: Google DeepMind has introduced "Mixture-of-Depths" (MoD), a method that boosts the efficiency of transformer-based language models by assigning importance weights to input tokens. This allows the model to focus on key tokens, reducing computational costs by up to 50%.
• Newton brings sensor-driven intelligence to AI models: Archetype AI aims to enhance AI models with sensor-driven intelligence through its foundational AI model, Newton. Using plain language, Newton will let people ask questions and get insights about what's happening in a building, factory, vehicle, or even the human body based on real-time sensor data.
• Internet archives become AI training goldmines as tech titans spend big: Tech giants like Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI are spending billions to acquire massive datasets for training their AI models from companies like Photobucket, Shutterstock, and Freepik. Prices vary but can range from 5 cents to $7 per image, over $1 per video, and around $0.001 per word for text.
• Spotify introduces AI-generated personalized playlists: Spotify has launched AI-powered personalized playlists that users can create using text prompts. The feature is currently available in beta for UK and Australia users on iOS and Android. Spotify uses LLMs to understand the prompt's intent and its personalization technology to generate a custom playlist, which users can further refine.
• Meta expands "Made with AI" labeling to more content types: Meta will start applying a "Made with AI" badge to a broader range of AI-generated content, including videos, audio, and images. The company will label content where it detects AI image indicators or when users acknowledge uploading AI-generated content.
• Gretel's Text-to-SQL dataset sets new standard for AI training data: Gretel has released the world's largest open-source Text-to-SQL dataset containing over 100,000 high-quality synthetic samples spanning 100 verticals. The dataset, generated using Gretel Navigator, aims to help businesses unlock the potential of their data by enabling AI models to understand natural language queries and generate SQL queries.
• Microsoft upgrades Azure AI Search with more storage and support for OpenAI apps: Microsoft has made Azure AI Search more cost-effective for developers by increasing its vector and storage capacity. The tool also supports OpenAI applications through Microsoft's retrieval augmented generation system. Developers can now scale their apps to a multi-billion vector index within a single search without compromising speed or performance.
• Google brings Gemini AI chatbot to Android app: Google is bringing its AI chatbot, Gemini, to the Android version of the Google app. Similar to its iOS integration, users can access Gemini by tapping its logo at the top of the app, opening a chatbot prompt field. Here, users can type queries, request image generation, or ask for image analysis.

More detailed breakdown of these news and innovations in the daily newsletter.

A guide to dumpster diving in vienna
ITT i'll give advices about dumpster diving in vienna. Feel free to ask any questions and/or to give more tips, criticism etc.
-What is dumpster diving? Collecting fresh food which is thrown away on a daily basis by supermarkets. Basically you enter their trash-rooms ("Müllraum") at night and take everything you need from the trash cans. This is a pretty normal crop for a session of dumpstering: http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x319/Richtermana/Dumpstern/DumpsternSamstag.jpg
-Where can i dumpster dive? If you see e supermarket somewhere, in most cases you can also dumpster. So first you need to go to you nearest Billa/SpaZielpunkt/HofeWhatever. Each of those has to have it's own Müllraum, cause the garbace collectors need to have acces to it.
-The Müllraum is inside the buliding, i can't just break the door open for fuck's sake! In this case you need the "Zentralschlüssel", also called "Z-Schlüssel" with which you can enter most of the buildings in the entire city. Ever noticed the small keyhole on the houses doorbells? That's where you put the Z-Schlüssel! In most cases you'll hear a "dräääng"-like sound and the door is open. This is perfectly legal, postmen and those guys filling your postbox with shitty Werbung are using the Z-Schlüssel constantly. Same as your favourite pizza-delivery.
-I'm inside the house now, which is the Müllraum? In 90% of all cases it's a huge metal door with TWO keyholes. To open the door, you need the "Müllraumschlüssel". It's the key which is used by garbage collectors.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: A lot of times you can skip the part with entering the buliding using the Z-Schlüssel, cause the door to the Müllraum is on the street. The two-keyholes-rule applies here as well.
-How to get those keys? Have any friends who dumpster dive? Have any friends who work as postmen? Have any friends who work at the garbage disposal? ASK THEM and make a copy of the keys at any of the countless key-copy-shops. It'll cost you around 10-25 Euro per key. If you don't have any friends who posess those keys go and ask at the mentioned shops directly. Although perfectly legal, some of the workers there will hesitate to give it to you. Just add 10 euro to the regular price, together with a line that it's, well... "for the coffe" and there should be no problem ;)
NOTE: Without those keys it's next to impossible to dumpster dive in vienna. Your only alternatives are the trash-cans near some markets, those at Naschmarkt are famous. If mankind is able to walk on the moon then you'll be able to get those damn keys :3
-But all this food is in the trashcan, i mean isnt that disgusting? No it's not. Mostly the food is fresh, from the same day. Of curse you don't take stuff that is obviously not edible anymore. ALSO WASH IT AS SOON AFTER YOU COME HOME!!
-Important things to remember: -It's useful to take a torchlight with you since some of the Müllräume simply don't have a light. -Always clean up after you. And with always i mean ALWAYS . Supermarket employees usually don't give a shit about dumpstering as long as they won't have to clean after you. Not cleaning up can lead to changing the lock which means you (and a lot of other people) can't enter the Müllraum anymore. -It can happen that the employees throw food and some chemicals (for cleaning etc.) together. Be careful with this and if you aren't sure just move on. If you're nice you can also leave a message written on a visible peace of paper in the bin to warn other dumpsterers. Happens rarely, but still... -Only take what you really need. You just don't need 20kg of Bananas. Leave them for other people. -Close the door after leaving. This should be obvious.
-Why don't you just buy your shit instead of, well, diving in trashcans? It's cheaper than to actually buy your food. For me it also has a political implication: There are people who can't afford even their food and the supermarket-chains are throwing away tons of edible stuff. It's a practical way of gaining control of the most important thing in life, not being dependant on the will of the free market: being fed.
Is it legal? NoNobody knows. Personally i know of one case in which the dumpsterers got arrested for theft, but i can't tell if they got convicted (read about it in the media). It's a grey-zone. In some rare cases cops would catch people dumpstering but let them go cause, well, they were collecting "trash". The chances of being fined are very, very, very small considering the number of people dumpstering in vienna.
All in all: Have fun getting your free food!

Hello!When I was little, around 2008, I found an unpopular pet website with very little active players on it. There were times I was the only one online in the counter at the right sidebar it had.
I remember going on the forums and I'd paid in-game currency for someone to edit my virtual pet bunny rabbit to have her ears tied up in a scrunchie. It didn't alter the original picture very much. The pet was laying on its back with its head towards the viewer, looking up at them. I THINK I requested to have her be their starry-type color-- dark blue with stars.
I remember joining a guild around the holidays. The guild holders had a daily activity where you could post a picture of a snowman once a day and they'd send you like, 10k onsite currency. I'm pretty sure their forums/guilds openly allowed you to embed images to posts, even if it broke the message box, not just providing a link.
Finding this drawing I made of a snowman on my old photobucket account jogged this memory. The heart emoji I used may have even been from the site's forums, as well as the hat item I put on its head. This picture was uploaded there November 12th, 2008. The original filename is Moosemaybe.jpg ... IDK if that means anything at all.Putting the image in reverse google image search and isolating the hat and the heart isn't netting me anything, though :/ If anyone knows what site they're from that'd point to what I'm thinking of!
I remember getting in trouble on this site, though. I made a side account without reading the rules, and my guild-mates got mad at me, saying it wasn't allowed. I actually tried covering this up saying "ohh uhh actually on other sites I'M from, 'side account' means an account you make for your friend. I'm his sister." and they didn't even entertain that. They were like "well this site's dying anyways, who cares do whatever you want kid"
I remember on this side account I got a rare avatar that you get from buying like, a blueberry or something from the on-site shops and feeding it to a pet? I think the avatar was earned by the onus of purchasing it from the NPC shop though.
This site had a premium page where you could spend real money to support the site and get premium or expensive items. Some of which were their equivalent to paintbrushes from Neopets, and morphing potions to change species. I believe they stylized the color-changers as potions your pet could drink to change color. You might've been able to purchase extra pet slots this way, too.
Very notably I remember this website having a glitch where, upon creating a pet, you could click the "Create a Pet" button REALLY fast and multiple times in a row to create duplicates of that same pet. It wasn't perfect; the pets were usually perfect dupes and all copies of it on your lookup linked to the same pet ID. I THINK I remember my friend being able to change the pets color really quick before clicking it again to get one that was a different color. In a day or two the admins would manually scrub the extras off your account. I remember doing this a LOT with some friends I had and getting the admins VERY pissed off at us. I believe the initial pet limit was 4, similar to Neopets. I remember my friend crying begging them to put her extra pets back on there and like writing tickets to them and shit. I honestly don't know why we weren't banned for doing this so much.
Any help is appreciated! I know when I left back then there was talk of it dying, so I hope the site still exists; I'd love to see it again.
EDIT: I didn't realize it would close after i marked it as solved! BUT extra special thank-you too FructoseMonsoon for reminding me of Cyopets! (I cannot seem to add links in post-- sorry!)
The site ran from late 2007 - early 2009, so I was smack dab in the middle of the site's fleeting existence.
If anyone else would like to see what I was remembering specifically ...
Here is a link to a picture of the "natural" Rabbite pet, which is the color I think all pets started out as (there were "basic" red/green/yellow/blue colors, too, which I THINK you had to paint)
https://onlinegaming-network.s3.amazonaws.com/onlinegaming-directory/production/20489/natural.gif
Here is a link to the Rabbite pet in their color "lunar", which is what I was thinking of with "starry"https://onlinegaming-network.s3.amazonaws.com/onlinegaming-directory/production/20497/lunar.gif
This video shows a lot of avatars in it. The blueberry one I was thinking of MAY have been the "Sweet" or "Honey" avatar shown at 0:49. I remember really wanting the Starry and Love avatars lol. But this vid also just shows some of what the site looked like!
https://youtu.be/E-NpGVe7FpA?si=nl9b0hLOzhjROC7L&t=49

In December 1998, Hudson Soft release a hybrid of a board game and a dating sim called Getter Love!! Panda Love Unit for the Nintendo 64, only in Japan. There was a website for it that remained online until the company was fully dissolved early in 2012.
So far, Wayback Machine and Internet Archive have some of its old content compiled, but both sites are still missing content, with broken images in the former and 404 pages in the latter. I also remember hosting certain pics on Photobucket that I can't find there now.
Here are the links to those:
https://web.archive.org/web/20120207173557/http://www.hudson.jp/gamenavi/gamedb/softinfo/getterlove/
https://web.archive.org/web/20021216100206/http://www.hudson.co.jp/gamenavi/gamedb/softinfo/getterlove/kabegami.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20021216094909/http://www.hudson.co.jp/gamenavi/gamedb/softinfo/getterlove/gallery8.html (Some images here broken)
For example, I remember that one pic involved several characters building a snowman, which does not appear in the second link.
Someone who once reviewed the game on her personal website did send me an archive of all the site's assets in a 517k .zip file (417k when I downloaded it or forwarded to someone), but I wasn't able to open those at the time, forgot all about it since, and now I have lost it as good as beyond retrieval, despite having lots of other things backed up from way back then.
With the game itself getting an English fan-translation, if a wiki ever comes about of it, it would be nice to have everything to showcase there in galleries.
UPDATE: Two people have shared most of its contents with me, and I have created a YouTube video to summarize what's still missing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWxtUNen39Y
UPDATE: All remaining pics have been recovered. I will create another video soon, to form a playlist with the one linked above and another in-between.

One question that pops up incredibly often on this sub once high temperatures hit is how to make warm weather wear looks…interesting. The disconnect seems to occur because for fall/winter dressing, there is more texture and more layering to play with, so it’s easier to create an “outfit” rather than just “clothes”. When you’re only wearing one layer, that becomes more difficult and the outfit you’re trying to put together can leave something to be desired, as it’s plain and stripped back.
But you don’t have to layer 3 types of clothes in order to maintain style going into the warmer months. Warm weather has endless opportunities for fashionable dressing, and in the glorious absence of a big coat that covers up all your hard work, you’re free to show off an outfit that plays with colors, proportions, textures, patterns, or interesting accessories.
I know summer is technically on its way out, but a lot of us still have at least a month or two of hot weather to go, so let’s take a look at putting together some cool summer outfits.

Color

Perhaps more than anything else, warm weather is an excellent opportunity to enjoy color. While no one’s stopping you from wearing colorful clothes in the winter, it’s clear that cold weather tends to be a sad mass of black - mostly for practical reasons.
But when the sun is shining and there are no coats covering up your outfit, you can bring out the yellows, the pinks, the greens - and they can be the key to taking your attire from just “clothes” to an “outfit”.

color blocking

Color blocking is a tried and true method to add visual interest. Color in an outfit always brings it up a step, but color blocking requires more skill, and more attention paid to silhouette, as well as color pairings. You can opt for colors opposite on the color wheel, or just colors that feel right to you - there are no rules, as long as you love the result.
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pop of color

Opting for just a pop of color can be a great way to make your outfit more fun, but without the difficulty of pairing colors together. The easiest way to do it is to add a colorful bag to an otherwise neutral outfit. A lavender bag can give a little contrast to a basic white dress and elevate it to an outfit. Especially if you’re also pairing it with a colorful pair of shoes. Matching shoes are fine, but an even more interesting choice is a pair of shoes in a complementary color.
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monochrome

Probably a lot of us have worn all-black before, but how many have tried the same in a different color? What is boring and safe in black becomes infinitely more stylish and interesting in a bold color that goes great with a tan. Think about an all pink outfit and what a statement it makes. It’s still really easy to put together - you’re only using one color - and yet, it’s anything but boring.
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tonal dressing

Pairing colors together can be tricky and it’s often a barrier of entry to fashion for the regular person. But there are easy, somewhat prescriptive ways to do it, like tonal dressing. Not quite monochrome, tonal dressing is more about picking different shades of the same base color or color palette. Adjacent colors, if you will. Both a step above monochrome, and easier than finding identical shades to match, tonal dressing is more visually exciting than a monochromatic outfit, while still being a subtle way to do color.
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Pattern

Perhaps an obvious suggestion, pattern pulls an outfit right out of its boring, solid color nothingness and gives it purpose, it gives it oomph, it gives it visual interest. Where things really get interesting is when you pattern match - or clash. But that’s a somewhat “advanced” lesson. For now, even something as simple as choosing a floral skirt instead of a solid colored one can make your clothes an “outfit”.

floral

Yes, yes, florals for spring are not groundbreaking. But we have to walk before we can run. Florals are common, and they’re easy. A very seasonally-appropriate pattern for spring-summer, it adds a touch of whimsy and femininity to an otherwise simple outfit.
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polka dots & stripes

Polka dots and stripes are other classic patterns you can’t really go wrong with. They typically still come in neutral colors, for the most part, but you can also find them in more fun colors if you don’t want to stick to boring black and white.
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abstract

Then, of course, we’ve got the cooler, more modern abstract prints. Paint splotches, random shapes, approximations of faces - anything goes. Why wear a basic white shirt, when you can wear an interesting one?
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gingham

Gingham is a classic summer staple. Casual and light, it’s a quintessential “picnic” print. Black and white gingham is a good neutral option, but if you want something more fun, any pastel color + white is very summery while still maintaining visual interest.
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pattern clashing

Of course, the ultimate way to wear pattern is to clash it against more pattern. A higher difficulty task, but with a big visual reward, pattern clashing can make even the most boring, basic outfit look elevated.
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Texture

When you’ve not got many pieces to work with for an outfit, those pieces have to work much harder to be interesting, to stand out, to be “worthy”. In comes texture. An outfit that’s cotton from top to bottom is not much of an outfit. It’s plain, flat, and boring. Mixing silk and organza, however, becomes an event.

linen/cotton

Linen and cotton are the fabrics of choice for many during the summer. It’s easy to see why - they keep you cool, they feel nice, and they’re easy to find on the highstreet at decent prices. Plus, they tend to last - if slightly discolored from the sun. A good basis that you can add to.
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sheer (tulle, gauze, organza)

Sheer is having a huge moment, and now is the time to take full advantage. Despite it being mainly synthetic fabrics, the thinness, sheerness, volume and lightweight quality of these fabrics means they can be easily worn during the height of summer without fear of heatstroke. Beautiful, diaphanous, and eminently special, a sheer element can bring the whimsy you need for a wedding outfit, the femininity to a date outfit, or that special je n’est ce quoi to a simple brunch outfit.
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silk

Silk is in no way as fanciful as it’s touted to be, and it has the excellent advantage of being a great light-weight option for hot weather. Especially if you need something special or formal, there’s nothing better than silk. It looks amazing, it’s cool, and it packs small.
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seersucker

A quintessential summer fabric if there ever was one, seersucker is great for a variety of clothes. Since it’s so light, it allows you to wear more formal or covered up garments, such as an elegant seersucker suit that would be hot in any other fabric.
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muslin

With a slightly “crinkled” texture, muslin is casual in nature, and it brings visual interest all on its own. Sure, it may not be ideal for a sleek outfit, but it’s perfect for a billowy sleeveless dress when it’s too hot to put anything else on, but you still want it to look ~interesting~.
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Proportions & silhouette

My personal favorite, playing with proportion and silhouette is a subtle and sophisticated way to create An Outfit if you’re not into accessorizing or it’s too hot to pile on the necklaces. Structural and sleek, this type of outfit allows shapes to speak for themselves and become the main event, with minimal other distractions.

loose on loose

There is no better season to do loose on loose than summer, especially if you prefer not to show skin. As cute as tight dresses are, this is not the time to pull them out. Instead, a pair of cropped wide leg pants can work surprisingly well with a boxy shirt with billowy sleeves. The silhouette is interesting on its own, you don’t have fabric touching your skin, and you’re not getting sunburned. All in all, 10/10 summer outfit.
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tight on loose

That isn’t to say that we can’t do tight + loose in hot weather, you just have to be more strategic about it. It’s still a visually interesting silhouette, but in the summer, the tight element should be the top, paired with a looser skirt or pair of pants. A bodycon tanktop or crop top with a pair of high-waisted linen shorts is as elegant as it is cooling.
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structural/architectural detailing

Sometimes, a single piece with strong architectural detailing can bring all the pizzazz you need. In recent years, with the ushering in of maximalist tendencies, there’s been no shortage of interesting structural details on summer clothes. A short, but wonderfully voluminous dress is both a statement and a clever way to stay cool. Same with very wide pants, a long column silhouette, intense pleating on a skirt, or an interesting neckline. Unexpected accessories like very chunky shoes paired with a very short dress or a very small purse with a voluminous outfit can also provide that extra kick.
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Interesting details

Seemingly small details can go a long way in elevating a piece, so don’t discount the power that beading can have, straps, buckles, or even buttons. Some of these details will work better for evening than daytime, but it entire depends on your style, the type of embellishment, and the occasion. Daytime sequins are acceptable outside of Vegas now, I’m just saying.

embellishment

Simple shapes can still look amazing, if you add a little bling. The addition of sequins, rhinestones, or intricate beading can turn a forgettable dress into something special. The best part is that this can be DIY-ed, especially if you have a dress you’re a little tired of or that is a tad boring. You can be as restrained or as crazy as you want with your embellishments. Pearl straps, bejeweled necklines, or full sequinned pieces - they’re always a show-stopper.
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straps

With enough sunscreen, or a disregard for unconventional tan lines, something as simple as strap placement can make an outfit more interesting. Very strappy tops are very in right now, as are tops and dresses with open backs with special detailing, like tie-backs, bows, or cut-outs in different shapes.
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buckles, knots, pleating, buttons

Other distinct visual details that can also be utilitarian also help draw the eye, add some contrast, and zuzh up your outfit. Whether it’s a simple row of contrasting buttons, some statement hardware in the form of a special belt buckle, or gorgeous pleating, these details can say a lot without trying too hard.
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Accessories

Sometimes, the easiest way to do it is just to add accessories. It requires less fussing, and you don’t have to think as much about them. The biggest bonus here is that accessories rarely make you hotter, but they can still have a huge visual impact and totally “make” an outfit.

textured/colorful/big or small bag

A bag should never be an afterthought, but that’s especially important to remember when putting together summer outfits. Because you have fewer elements to play with, each of them becomes more important and “weighs” more in the overall structure of your look.
A very big or very small bag is a tried and true way to bring the unexpected, but you can also achieve a similar effect if you pick a bag that is colorful, or that’s textured. Consider giving your black leather bags a rest, and instead, enjoying wicker baskets, wooden bags, braided bags, and other unique textures or shapes. Summer is the time for the novelty bag to shine.
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interesting shoes - size, color, heel shape, embellishments

Of course, shoes are also essential. Not just because you literally cannot create an outfit without them, but because they can also weigh heavily in the balance of your outfit. Luckily for us, statement shoes are in, and there’s plenty to play with in terms of features. Chunky shoes are du jour, but there are also very strappy shoes out there, interesting heel shapes, high platforms, shiny embellishments, and shockingly neon colors.
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hats

If you’ve ever wished you could wear hats, but were afraid you’d look like an asshole, now is your time. You have plausible deniability, hats are not just stylish, but they’re useful, or even necessary, if you live somewhere where the sun is particularly oppressive. Shout out to Australia, the skin cancer capital of the world.
A straw hat can complete an outfit or push it towards a certain vibe. Chic Gondolier with a breton tee and black shorts? Add a hat. Jungle Adventurer dressed head to toe in new-wave Banana Republic? Add a hat. Baptist Church Lady-core with a ruffly floral dress? Add a hat.
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Third Piece

The third piece is, of course, a basic “rule” for outfit creation, but hot weather makes it just a little bit more difficult, when even one layer of clothing feels like too much to bear. Thankfully, you can “cheat” and still add your third piece, but without adding extra bulk on top of an outfit you’re already overheating in.

linen blazer

For evenings and A/C environments, a linen blazer is very versatile and makes almost any outfit better. It works great with little dresses, shorts, wide leg linen pants - it flatters elegant outfits and beautifully contrasts more casual ones. You really can’t go wrong, and you also can’t overheat.
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vests

A more summer-y version of the blazer, the vest is not just very fashionable at the moment, it’s also the perfect layering piece. Adding minimal bulk, but maximum visual interest, a vest can be paired with anything, from dresses to shirts & shorts, to wearing it by itself as a top. The vest + shorts or vest + pleated pants combo reigns supreme for the spring/summer season; it’s sophisticated, a little masculine, and a nice departure from typical summer outfits.
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fanny pack/cross body

Any bag can make a good third piece, as we’ve discussed, but a fanny pack worn crossbody is more visible, in many ways, it’s very cool, and it can be very flattering. Worn on top of a straighter, looser, or more billowy top or dress, it creates some necessary shaping, while still maintaining the casual vibe. Wear it in a contrasting color or interesting texture for maximum effect.
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maximalist jewelry

Jewelry may be the easy way out, but one cannot deny the effect of a truly big-ass pair of earrings with an otherwise simple outfit. Necklaces, rings, and bracelets are not to be ignored, and can also work beautifully to accent an outfit or your great tan, but earrings have the advantage of not touching your skin and they also bring attention to your face, and look great with your hair up - a must, in hot weather.
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What's the bottom line?

Summer dressing can be just as fun as dressing for cooler weather, just in a different way. Layering is not the only way to create something that feels like An Outfit, and sophistication and visual interest are completely achievable in hot weather, even while remaining cool. The examples shown here aren’t meant to be a rulebook to follow, but serve more as inspiration for your own wardrobe and can hopefully give you some ideas on ways to fall in love with your summer wardrobe.
If this helped, check out my other guides:
https://www.reddit.com/femalefashionadvice/comments/11cp9nb/your_wardrobe_is_outdated_what_now_step_1_skinny/
https://www.reddit.com/femalefashionadvice/comments/11m7yxupdating_an_outdated_wardrobe_part_2_office_wea

On April 22, 2017 The Ink Tank made a video trying to argue that Ben10 can beat Goku and Superman, but I think his reasons are very flawed due to the fact he doesn't every acknowledge that Goku and Superman can counter all of Ben's attacks.
Power:
When it comes to Power Goku can break reality. In Gogeta's fight with Broly they broke reality because it was to much for the Universe to handle now that was Gogeta, but Goku did beat Moro who is much more powerful than Broly. Earlier in the series Goku grew to be much more powerful than Majin Buu who can break the walls between dimensions and during Goku's first time going Super Saiyan God he could generate enough power to destroy the universe and Goku became as strong as SSG in his base form as stated in the anime.
Superman was able to destroy Destroyers, which are ships that contain multiple universes and harvest them for Energy. He can destroy reality breaking missiles which were described as Universe blitzing. That is lowballing though, Superman can preform and scales to characters who can tank hits from the infinite mass punch. People downplay the IMP as solar system level despite it having infinite mass! Yeah it was compared to a White dwarf star, but it said "at light speed" not Flash's fastest speed. Light speed is nothing compared to speedsters like Flash or Supes. Both have shown to move at speeds that break reality.
Speed:
When it comes to speed it's quite simple. In DC Speedsters like Superman can fly at above infinite speeds. I know that is Pre-Crisis Superman, but still Post-Crisis Superman fought evenly with Pre-Crisis and if you ignore scaling Superman can still move fast enough to break time and space, move at speeds beyond physics, he has moved from the end of the Universe to earth in 60 days with no sunlight meaning he was super weak at the time to make things more impressive the DC universe is way bigger than the universe in Dragon Ball and Ben. Superman can also run so fast he can time travel like the Flash.
Dragon Ball doesn't have speed feats that shatter reality, Goku and other character can move many times faster than light, but do to some translation issues Dragonball characters are downplayed to only light speed. Gods of Destruction can fly between galaxies within minutes and Angles can move across the universe in 30 minutes yet people act like Dyspo is the first/only guy to reach light speed. In terms of speed I think to some extent matches with Dyspo since characters like Frieza can keep up with albeit briefly Frieza did still struggle, but could still hold his own. Even if Goku was still 1/4 of Dyspo's speed that's still put him faster at Jetray.
Ben10's speed is impressive as Jetray can move across a galaxy in just a few seconds at FTL, which is nothing compared to Goku and Super. Clockwork can alter time to slow then down yes, but Goku broke through Hit's time skip attack as established before Superman can move faster than time itself. Kuro compared Clockwork to Zoom's power. However Zoom's powers work differently due to his access to the speedforce. The best explanation I can find on how Zoom's time stop is that he alters time based on how he perceives time and Speed Force users perceive time differently. If you're still confused this image explains everything better then anyone ever could.
Alien X:
Alien X is a being that can alter-reality with the only limit being his 3 personalities, but that doesn't really apply to Ben.
Kuro says X can all the drain energy out from Goku, but Goku is much faster than Ben. Plus Alien X was never shown to drain out energy from a character. Absorb energy yes, but not go up to a character and suck out all their energy reserves. Even then Goku can just move out the way.
Kuro also says X can trap Superman in a cell made of kryptonite, but not only can Superman dodge any attacks due to him being way faster. It's unlikely Ben could know about that. Ben does have mind control/reading aliens, but Superman has resisted psychic attacks from The Phantom Stranger, someone who's considered to be on the same level as the Spectre The same guy who can tear down heaven, hell, and everything in between Just imagine if you take Spawn, ghost rider, and Dr. Strange and fused them into one character.
Kuro made claims how Alien X could just blink and Superman and Goku would be erased from reality. Now I disagree with that. Kevin was just commenting how easy it'd be for the celestial saipians to kill them. Even then We're never even shown X has erasing powers. Superman has resisted Darkseid's Omega beams which erase beings from existence and Goku did survive a hakai blast which does erase beings from existence.I know Goku couldn't break through, but this was early in Super, Goku wasn't at full power, and it was an unexpected attack. Vegeta did actually survive and power through Toppo's Hakai while it was weaker than the average God of Destruction. Vegeta and Goku did grow to be far stronger than that so it is reasonable to assume they can resist erasure .
Ben 10K:
So Kuro claims he can scan Superman and Goku and become the perfect match for them, but Kryptonian powers work based on the sun meaning the more solar energy you get the stronger. Similar on how Feedback gets stronger the more energy he absorbs.
For Saiyan's Kuro said he can scan Goku and be able to go super saiyan right away, but for that to happen a Saiyan needs to feel a strong sense of emotion like sadness and anger, so Ben isn't getting any saiyan forms.
Kuro also says Ultimate Ben can do magic which is one of Superman's weaknesses which isn't true. Superman has beaten Shazam and Black Adam which are two multiversal magic users who are powered by gods. Superman has even beat Mordu. Who once infused a gem with so much power it can rip universe in 1/2 and open a door to the overvoid. He even told Wonder Woman and Zatanna the only reason he didn't kill them is because he didn't feel like it.
Kuro also says Ben has a failsafe that makes him unkillable, however it's a blatant no limit fallacy to say Ben can never die. The argument can be made that Superman can just rip the watch off of Ben. Superman has done crazier like rip Darkseid out of the source wall. Also as stated previously Superman has broken reality by his speed alone. Basically most DC speedsters are billions of times faster than anything in Ben's universe.

We open the show with a shot of the Anaheim Convention Center and a few hundred rowdy wrestling fans in attendance are yelling, chanting, screaming and hollering as we pan over to our commentary desk featuring Allen Paisner and Mark Woodbridge !
Paisner: Welcome, diehards and first-timers alike, to WiR Presents: Dead Cat Bounce!
Woodbridge: Google it, nerds!
Paisner: We have a hell of a show for you tonight in Anaheim, California, featuring matches such as the heated trios bout between The Horde and The Lifeblood, as well as our TV Champion Gabe Garvin-
Woodbridge: Who?
Paisner: - Defending his belt tonight, and in our main event, Dick Dover defends his Independent Title against GiGi and Mark Dutch in a triple threat match that’s sure to earn its spot at the top of the card tonight. We have plenty more in store for tonight, so without further ado, let’s get this ball rolling!
We eagerly await the opening match of the night, the anticipation of the white hot crowd palpable in the air! Music hits the arena, and a moment hangs over the air before the crowd comes to the realization of who this music belongs to - none other than Buster Braggadocio!
Woodbridge: Oh Christ on a Bike, who brought this fucking guy back?
Paisner: It certainly wasn’t me! I didn’t make it all the way back from a Dutch prison cell to call up a guy who thinks white people were created on an island 6000 years ago.
Woodbridge: 6,620 years, but who’s countin’?
Buster, donning an interesting choice in t-shirt, emerges through the curtain as the crowd erupts in a chorus of boos - which initially were blended with a handful of cheers for the returning star - but the more people that notice the choice of ring gear the more the boos grow louder. Buster looks awfully pleased with himself, yelling at fans ringside on the way to the ring and targeting the particularly caucasian amongst them.
Buster: Daddy’s home, crackers! Your black king has returned! Bow down! Bow down!
Buster gallivants around the ring, making a clown of himself as he shakes his ass motioning towards fans in the crowd to kiss it.
Paisner: Well, I guess we have to listen to whatever this dickwad has to say before we can get started with the wrestling for tonight, so my apologies to the fans that were anticipating that for tonight.
Buster yanks a microphone from the ring announcer at the timekeepers table, and slides into the ring, swinging the mic around like its his dick for a moment before bringing it up to his mouth.
Buster: What’s up, honkies?
Crowd: BOOOOOOO!!!
Buster: Ooohh-hoho, I missed y’all too, and of course, I’m sooo sorry to cut off your regularly scheduled caucasian-fest, but I just couldn’t help but notice that there was not a single black wrestler on the card tonight - surely just a slight oversight by the new management in town? What’s his name again - oh, right. “Shay D. Mann.” Definitely not a FLAMING RACIST!!!!
Paisner: We at WiR don’t condone anything he’s saying about our brand new owner.
Woodbridge: I mean, he kinda has a point about the name-
Buster: So I decided, shit, I mean, fuck, fucking shit, why not throw my name into this snow cap and show these assholes who’s on top of this caucus mountain? Cause I sure as hell wasn’t invited or even so much as informed of WiR’s revival. Wasn’t booked on the last show or this one. Probably because you caucazoids didn’t want to get shown up, huh?
Buster lowers the mic and clears his throat, hocking a loogie onto the ring mat and wiping it off beneath his boot.
Buster: For those who don’t know who I am, this is Buster Braggadocio, FKA Buster Bravado, AKA the blackest and boldest man to ever grace this cracker worshiping, bastion of white supremacy that you people call a wrestling company. And for me to grace this company with my presence tonight - the very least they could do is bring me out some jabroni peckerwood for me to collect an easy and much deserved paycheck. Consider it reparations, for obvious reasons, in addition to the back breaking work I put in carrying this company on my back for years - longest tag team title reign, and longest of any title in this company ever for that matter?
Paisner: Just in case anyone was wondering, its been 7 years since he won those tag titles. He hasn’t won a title since.
Woodbridge: Don’t jinx it, Pais. You do gotta give him his due though, noone in the company has had a title reign longer than that 2016 tag title reign.
Buster: And one more thing I just gotta get off my chest- who the hell named this dumb ass show? Dead Cat Bounce? I think that must be what it’s called when Mama Woodbridge throws that thing back on ya’, ain’t that right Mark?
Woodbridge: I take it back, you do Not have to give him his due. Someone stop this clown for the love of god.
Buster: So without further ado, I need Mr Mann or whoever is in charge of this white trash heap to bring me out the sorry ass motherfucker who has to deal with me! NOW!
Mann: Way ahead of you, champ.
Shay Duncan Mann, dressed to the nines in a navy suit, steps out, microphone in hand onto the entranceway, as he straightens his tie and fixes his collar.
Buster: Ch-champ? You called me Champ? You’re surely recognizing my years of dedication to this company by crowning me champ in front of all these knuckle dragging mayo monkeys right?!
Mann: Not quite. I couldn’t help but overhear you mention you wanted a match - and it only took seconds before I was approached backstage by a taker.
The crowd begins to stir and get off their seats in anticipation of Mann’s newfound competitor, a buzz collectively coming over them! Buster is looking around, a slight panic visible in his face.
Mann: So without further ado…
YOU’RE GOING HOME IN A FUCKING AMBULANCE
Crowd: YYEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
Woodbridge: LET’S FUCKING GO!
Brendan Byrne emerges from the back to a roaring ovation, the former WiR World Champion fired up for his first appearance back in the company since its revival! Byrne smacks fans hands at ringside, matching the energy of the crowd as he indulges in the spectacle of his own return, but as his eyes begin to focus on Buster in the ring, Byrne’s gaze narrows and he makes his way down the aisle with intent amongst the roaring crowd.
Woodbridge: Buster Bravado looks as if he’s seen a ghost, he clearly did not expect an opponent of the caliber of Brendan Byrne!
Paisner: That is to say, world class! Byrne has won the AMUDOV deathmatch tournament, he’s won our World Title, and defended it 7 times in 147 days. He is an absolute force of nature to be reckoned with. Every kick has the potential to put you on crutches. And Buster looks like he knows it.
Buster looks in awe, holding his hands up to his head in disbelief. He picks up his mic to his head as his shock turns to desperation, pleading to Mann.
Buster: Woah woah, WOAH stop right there Brendan, no nonono I was thinking, more of a Hijo Del Sloth type? A Dewey Needler? Or shit I’d even take Tyler Dylan, let’s just slow down here a minute, let’s-
Brendan slides into the ring, a gangly ref by the name of Harry Undersach following suit from ringside as the crowd begins fervently chanting!
Crowd: BRENDAN’S GONNA KILL YOU! BRENDAN’S GONNA KILL YOU!
Buster gets down on his knees and begins begging with Brendan, pleading for him not to go through with this, as he makes one last plea on the mic.
Buster: Listen man, I know you Brits aren’t the smartest but you think about what you’re doing, think of the optics, think of the optics, Brendan, think of-
Brendan swings his foot lightning fast, kicking the mic out of Buster’s hands and sending it sliding out of the ring as Undersach looks back at Shay Mann on the entranceway, who nods approvingly as our ref signals for the bell!
DING DING DING
Crowd: YYEAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! BRENDAN BYRNE! BRENDAN BYRNE!
Woodbridge: KICK HIS FUCKING HEAD OFF!!!
Paisner: What he said!
Buster scurries back on hands and knees into the corner, looking around at the crowd as reality sets in and he seems to accept it as he gulps and takes a deep breath, getting to his feet and slowly circling around the ring as he keeps his distance from the now slow and methodically pacing Byrne. Buster bucks his chest as if to charge, but Byrne doesn’t flinch, and now Buster does decide to charge with a clothesline that Byrne ducks! Byrne sends a warning kick that Buster barely evades by falling backwards onto his ass!
Woodbridge: Get off your ass and fight him punk!
Buster grabs the ropes and slowly gets up, dusting himself off and coming back at Byrne but much slower, reaching out one arm attempting to initiate a grapple, but as Byrne gingerly extends a hand, Buster swings a kick right into his thigh! But Byrne doesn’t flinch nor miss a beat, instantly returning one to Buster’s shin that sends him crumpling to the mat!
Crowd: OOOOOOO!!!!
Buster grabs at his leg, falling back towards the ropes again as he winces in pain, looking up at Byrne who has the slightest smirk on his face.
Paisner: Byrne is looking like he’s enjoying being back in the ring! And this crowd is enjoying it too!
Buster gets up and walks off the effects of the kick, shaking it out and toughing through it as he is now again circling the ring, slowly pacing around Byrne and looking for an angle of attack. Buster approaches again and this time the two engage in a collar and elbow tie-up, in which Buster is able to get a slight advantage as he pushes Byrne towards the ropes. Right before getting backed into the ropes however, Byrne reverses the momentum, pulling Buster into the ropes and forcing Undersach to start the count.
Undersach: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR-
Byrne lets go and is immediately greeted with a slap across the face from Buster, who immediately dives out of the ring before Byrne can retaliate!
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Woodbridge: He’s just no good. You really can’t expect a single good thing from him, and Byrne shouldn’t waste a second of his time getting worked up over Buster’s attempts to get under his skin here. He has the upper hand despite that cheap shot.
Buster takes a powder around the ring, a smirk now developing on his face as he walks up to a fan, asking him if he saw what he just did before pantomiming a slapping motion and then laughing to himself. Byrne stays in the ring, touching the spot on his cheek but keeping his cool about him. Buster looks back to the ring, stepping back onto the ring apron and slowly entering through the second and third rope, keeping an eye on Byrne the whole time. Byrne now approaches, and Buster quickly grabs the ropes again, leaning back and shielding himself as he yells at Undersach.
Buster: KEEP HIM OFF ME! YOU KNOW THE RULES!
Undersach puts an arm between the two competitors and nudges Byrne back, and Byrne obliges and puts his hands up in acknowledgment, but Buster now pushes himself off the ropes and socks Byrne right in the chin with a forearm! This staggers Byrne momentarily, and Buster now gets a running start towards the ropes and comes off them looking for a clothesline, but Byrne hits Buster in the gut with a kitchen sink knee, flipping him over and sending Buster back down to the mat!
Crowd: YEAAAHHHH!!
Byrne, now on the offensive, goes for the leg, grabbing one foot and going for a heel hook, but Buster immediately wriggles and grabs the ropes, writhing in pain! Undersach starts the count, again reaching four before Byrne breaks it up.
Buster: COUNT QUICKER, HARRY BALLSACH! FUCK!
Paisner: There should be no hesitation from Byrne in holding onto those locks for as long as he can, getting every second of pain out of it. His opponent is looking to get any and every cheap shot that he can, so any chance he gets to punish Buster and return the pressure is key to maintaining his advantage here.
Buster is grabbing again at his lower leg, obviously in pain as he gets up, and this time, Byrne doesn’t give him a second to breathe as he grabs Buster and pushes him into the corner, launching another kick to his leg! It makes an audible woomph sound heard throughout the convention center!
Crowd: OOOOOHHHHH!
Buster cringes and yet again hold onto the ropes for dear life, and Byrne backs up, seemingly giving Buster a second to breathe, before coming at him full speed with a lifting knee strike to the chin that sends Buster crumpling into a seated position against the bottom turnbuckle! Byrne lifts Buster up to a seated position on the second turnbuckle, before grabbing one of his legs, setting it on the second rope, and kicking the shit out of his exposed calf!
Crowd: OOOOHHHHHHHH!
Buster screams out in pain, instantly trying to fall to the ground to get to the outside of the ring, but Byrne grabs him by the leg and drags him back towards the center of the ring! Buster begins kicking with his free leg, thrashing about chaotically in a desperate bid to get free, and Byrne responds by kicking the shit out of Buster’s captured leg again, maintaining control of it!
Crowd: OOOOH! ONE MORE TIME! ONE MORE TIME!
Byrne, who seems already intent on doing it one more time, holds up one finger to the crowd and asks, ‘One more time?’, to which the crowd roars with approval! He cocks back his leg, Buster’s pleas and shaking hands falling on deaf ears, as Byrne launches another punt into Buster’s thigh! And another! Buster screams out in agony, pulling his own hair and writhing in pain, and as Byrne cocks back for another kick, Buster pulls his leg back, pulling Byrne towards him and grabbing Byrnes hair and pulling with all his might!
Undersach: HEY HEY HANDS OFF THE HAIR!
The ref tries to grab Buster’s hand to pull it off the hair of Byrne, getting face to face with Buster to scold him and threatening to DQ him, but he misses Buster kicking the dick of Byrne behind his back! Byrne lets go of the leg, instinctively dropping to his knees.
Crowd: BBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
Buster attempts to get two feet underneath himself, hobbling on one leg as he attempts to get feeling back into the leg that Brendan Byrne has targeted. Byrne is struggling to regain his composure, suffering a kick that would render anyone with balls immobile at the very least momentarily. The crowd boos as Buster regains his footing and realizes he has the upper hand, and comes behind Byrne, putting him into a front facelock and wrenching it in tight!
Buster: THE ONLY GOOD BRIT IS A DEAD ONE!
Crowd: Mixed reaction
Buster then repositions Byrne, using his good leg to get better control and pulling Byrne over and onto his back in a side headlock takeover. Buster leverages his weight to cut off circulation to Brendan’s head as Byrne is becoming red in the face, still recovering from the low blow while also attempting to stay conscious and fight back. He tries going for the leg scissor to Buster’s head but to no avail. Buster wrenches it on tighter, before throwing punches to the head of Byrne, and then releasing the hold and bringing Byrne to his knees as he turns towards the ropes and taunts the crowd again.
Buster: Imma show this motherfucker how to do a REAL kick!
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
Buster runs to the ropes, and comes back looking for an axe kick, but Byrne sidesteps and evades, and then runs at Buster with a rolling frontflip kick, catching Buster right on the maw and sending him down to the mat!
Crowd: YYYEAAAAAHH!!!!
Byrne is now fired up, picking Buster up to a standing base and rocking him with a forearm! Buster drops to one knee, and Byrne takes advantage of the moment and lifts Buster up by his arms, maneuvering behind him and drilling him with a Tiger Suplex! He bridges on his tiptoes, pinning Buster’s shoulders to the mat! Undersach drops to the mat to count the pin!
1!
2- NO, Kickout!
Paisner: Byrne threw the firing squad at Buster but he still manages to avoid the loss here!
Byrne doesn’t relent, reaching for the grounded opponent’s leg, but Buster immediately scrambles for the rope, clawing and scratching towards it! Byrne looks like he’s had enough of the rope breaks, as he charges and fucking nails Buster with a running dropkick to the side of the head, sending him careening to the outside as the crowd roars with approval!
Crowd: YEAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
Paisner: That’ll definitely be running through Buster’s head next time he grabs on to those ropes! Byrne’s not playing around!
Buster is attempting to get to a solid foundation, using the apron to bring himself to his two feet, but Byrne comes flying with a baseball dropkick that sends Buster flying into the metal barricades, crashing into fans at ringside! Spilled drinks go flying as Buster ricochets off the metal, grabbing at his back as Byrne now brings him to his feet! Fans ringside chant Brendan's name as he grabs Buster’s hair and slams him headfirst against the top of the barricade!
Crowd: YEAAAHH!! ONE MORE TIME! ONE MORE TIME!
Byrne goes to do it one more time, but this time Buster grabs Byrne by the neck and quickly snaps back, hitting him with a flatliner against the barricade!
Crowd: BOOOOOOOOO!!
Buster looks spent, collapsed on the floor next to Byrne as they lay on the convention center concrete, covered in sweat and whatever drinks were spilled on the floor. Undersach’s count has reached 5 on the inside of the ring, making his way to a 20 count, and Buster is trying to get to his feet, slipping all over the wet floor that probably is an OSHA violation as Byrne is slowly coming to as well. As Buster grabs at the barricade to try once again to make it to sure footing, a child behind the barricade meets eyes with him, as Buster now reaches his feet.
Buster: Who brings their fucking child to a WiR show-
Byrne delivers a stiff forearm before the thought could be finished, and Byrne dumps Buster over the barricade, fans screaming as he tumbles between chairs and fans alike. Buster now is on his knees, right in front of the kid, and he looks back in time to see Byrne’s leg coming at him! Buster ducks to the ground, and Byrne narrowly avoids murdering a child, stopping his foot inches from the young fan's face! Buster takes advantage of the hesitation and grabs Byrne from behind, grabbing him and whipping him into the barricade as his head whiplashes against the steel!
Crowd: OOOOOOH- BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Woodbridge: Not to be controversial but I’m just saying, if he had kicked that kid that wouldn't have happened.
Paisner: It wouldn’t be the first time a child has been attacked by a wrestler in this company, for christs sake.
Buster now looks to pounce on the fallen Byrne like a hyena, picking him up to his feet and clotheslining him over the barricade! Byrne falls like a sack of potatoes onto the cold hard ground, and Buster hops over it as the count on the inside of the ring reaches 12, then 13. Buster picks up Byrne to his feet once more, then throws him into the ring steps as the sound of his body on metal reverberates throughout the building!
Crowd: OOOHHHHHH!
Undersach: 15!
Buster looks up at the ring, realizing its time to get back in, but he looks over at the body of Byrne on the ground, and decides to go for him one more time! Buster is struggling to pick up Byrne to his feet, the adrenaline coursing through his veins now that the count has reached 17. Buster grabs Byrnes wrist, and irish whips him into the timekeeper's table, sending the ring bell flying! Byrne is in trouble now as he has crashed into the table, flipping it over and getting tangled in cords and chair legs as Buster slides back into the ring, a victorious grin coming over him as he taps on his forehead.
Crowd: BBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
Undersach reaches a count of 18, looking reluctant to end this match in a count-out, and Buster is urging him on to count faster as the crowd continuously showers him in boos. Byrne is stirring behind the timekeepers table, getting checked on by ringside staff as he shoos them away and insists on getting to his feet himself. Buster looks like he’s had enough of the counting, as he grabs Undersach by the collar!
Buster: Listen to me you Yakubian ape, I don’t know if you just can’t count to 20 or what, but if you don’t count this motherfucker out right now, I’m gonna lose it on you!
Buster lets go and Harry pauses a moment, putting a finger on his chin and scratching his head as he seemingly is trying to remember where on the count he left off.
Undersach: Hmm… Where was I?
Buster: You Caucazoid, you were at-
Crowd Member: ELEVEN!
Another Crowd Member: TWENTY SIX!
The entire crowd has now picked up in shouting random numbers, the glee of participating coming over them as they drown out each other and the ref in noise!
Buster: WHAT IS THIS WHITE NONSENSE!!!!
Undersach shrugs his shoulders as Byrne is now coming to, both his feet underneath him as he looks towards the ring! Buster is livid as he gets in the ref’s face once more, mouthing off and failing to notice Byrne has now made it to the ring to the roar of the crowd! Buster hears their volume rising and turns around, only to get a Superkick straight to the jaw!
Crowd: YEAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Byrne falls down into the cover!
1!
2!
NO! Kickout!
Byrne doesn’t let up, now grabbing Buster by the arm and lifting him up! He gets him to his feet, maintaining control of the wrist, and Buster tries throwing a punch but Byrne ducks. Now Byrne is behind Buster, still holding onto the wrist, as he turns Buster around and pulls him in for a Ripcord Superkick - but NO! Buster ducks and grabs the foot, and he’s able to pick Byrne up into a powerbomb position! Byrne is able to escape, dropping down to his feet and putting Buster’s head between his legs, looking to pick him up, but Buster lifts Byrne off his feet, back body dropping him - but Byrne lands on his feet!
Paisner: Rapid exchange! Neither man finding the advantage yet!
Buster is now near the corner, and Byrne comes at him with a pump kick - but Buster grabs the referee, attempting to use him as a human shield, but to no avail! Byrne stops again, narrowly avoiding kicking Undersach, as he then hits a precise thrust kick, nailing Buster and perfectly threading the needle in the improvised hostage situation as Buster is downed to his knees! Buster is one the ground, one hand on his face as he yells in pain and the other on the mat, and Byrne now smirks, having his opponent right where he wants him!
Woodbridge: It’s time for the dagger blow!!!
Brendan Byrne gets a running start, stepping up and hitting a Shining Axe Kick that sends Buster’s skull straight into the mat!
Paisner: SWORD OF DAMACLES! BRENDAN NAILED HIM!
Byrne looks like it's taking everything that he has left to crawl over and hook the leg! Undersach falls to the mat for the count!
1!
2!
3!
DING DING DING
Crowd: YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Javier: Your winner - at a time of 11:21, Breeendaaannnn BYRNE!
The crowd lets out another wave of cheers for the victor, as Byrne is able to get to his feet and have his hand raised!
Paisner: What a triumphant return for Brendan Byrne!!! His presence just feels right back in WiR, a place where he is intertwined with in the history books. And this is a great start to the next chapter.
Woodbridge: Nobody talks mess about Mama Woodbridge!
Paisner: Well that was a hell of a way to start the show, but its just the beginning, as we have multiple title matches on the show tonight, including Gabe Garvin defending his WiR Television title, and our main event, as Independent Champion Dick Dover defends against the conniving GiGi V and the WiR legend Mark Dutch! Stay tuned!
 
PA: “Ichi, Ni, San, Chi"
Crowd: polite applause
An absolute fucking geek in turquoise tights walks out, to confused and polite applause from the crowd, with three masked men in black gis a few inches taller than him flanking.
Javier: The following contest is scheduled for one fall!
Crowd:: ONE FALL!
Javier: Accompanied by The Karate Squad, and weighing in tonight at 153 pounds, from Springfield, Illinois, Quick! Kick! Nick!!!!
Crowd: applause
Separate from the action, we see Shay D Mann approach the commentary booth, tapping Allen Paisner on the shoulder and asking for his headset.
Paisner: Ah, come on, there’s only two headsets, we don’t have room for a third at the booth-
Mann seems to be scolding Paisner, reminding him who owns the company as he takes the headset and shoos Paisner to the back.
Mann: Ahem, since these two talents are recent signings of mine, I decided I’d like to return to the commentary booth for this match and call the action tonight, just like old times, isn’t that right, Mark?
Woodbridge: If by old times you mean the last show and only the last show, sure thing. Lemme ask you something though, how come you got access to sign contracts and these are the first people you sign…
Mann: ahem Well what we got here was one of the hottest Free Agent prospects in the country, Quick Kick Nick is a real student of the game, and he’s brought some of his proteges with him to witness his first WiR match.
Woodbridge: shuffling through papers and it says here he won the West-Central Illinois Karate Championships a few years ago, is that why we brought him on board?
Mann: …That and he gave us exclusive rights to all his students for free.
Woodbridge: How many people is that?
Mann: So many… So so so many.
The Karate Squad stumble over each other in a scramble to hold the ropes open for Nick, and he gets in nonchalantly.
PA: “That’s why you call me, That’s why you call me”
Crowd: polite applause
Out walks… a female Quick Kick Nick, but instead of a black goatee, she has long blonde hair with a purple streak, with a matching top for QKN’s turquoise tights.
Javier: And his opponent, weighing in at 175 pounds, from Kansas City, Kansas, Donna Biastranzjeh!
Crowd: Confused applause
Woodbridge: uh-
Mann: She’s a shapeshifter you see. What’s better than Maverick? Two Mavericks. This is Money. We can bring out two world champions if we want to!
Woodbridge: We already have two world cham-
Mann: And just THINK of the fanfictions!
Woodbridge: I would like my new title to be VP of Talent Acquisition going forward.
Javier: The Official for this contest is Rookie official Gay Bowser
Woodbridge: Oh, come on.
DING DING DING
Donna and Nick circle the ring, Nick puts his hands up to initiate a test of strength, Donna puts her hands up to match. They interlock fingers and push on eachother. Neither budges at all.
Mann: Oh wow! They’re completely equalled!
Woodbridge: The Shapeshifter lady outweighs the Karate Friend, she really should be winning this.
Mann: PERFECTLY MATCHED!
Simultaneously, they break the struggle and push eachother away. Nick gets into a Kiba Dachi karate stance with his knees bent and legs spread apart.
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Donna: HIYAAAAAAAA
Donna no sells, and takes her right leg and kicks Nick in the quad!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick no sells, and takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Crowd: YAYYYYYY!
Woodbridge: Oh they’re bloodthirsty tonight!!!
Mann: It’s a battle of kicks and wills!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Donna: HIYAAAAAAAA
Donna no sells, and takes her right leg and kicks Nick in the quad!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick no sells, and takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Donna: HIYAAAAAAAA
Donna no sells, and takes her right leg and kicks Nick in the quad!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick no sells, and takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Donna: HIYAAAAAAAA
Donna no sells, and takes her right leg and kicks Nick in the quad!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick no sells, and takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Donna: HIYAAAAAAAA
Donna no sells, and takes her right leg and kicks Nick in the quad!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick no sells, and takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Crowd: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
Woodbridge: Hey Shay, don’t we have some sponsors we have to shout out now
Mann: OH yeah, More action after this!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR9KtBwzawM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFBBQudA20g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10nQ4IueEiA
 
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cKRCYFO2Weg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PezeQBYjB9M
Mann: Sorry for the technical difficulties, but we are back!
Woodbridge: Why did it take 8 minutes to play 5 commercials.
Mann: Oh you know how middle school A/V clubs are with this stuff!
Woodbridge: Sorry who the f- You do know you booked GiGi tonight, right??
Mann: It’s called a bit, Mark, ease up!
Woodbridge: Okay, thank god.
Mann: It’s high school kids, anyways back to the action!
Donna no sells, and takes her right leg and kicks Nick in the quad!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick no sells, and takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Donna: HIYAAAAAAAA
Donna no sells, and takes her right leg and kicks Nick in the quad!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick no sells, and takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Donna: HIYAAAAAAAA
Donna no sells, and takes her right leg and kicks Nick in the quad!
Nick: HIYAAAAAAAA
Nick no sells, and takes his right leg and kicks Donna in the quad!
Donna: Hi-Hiyaaa~
Donna kicks Nick again, but with a lot less power behind it, suddenly having trouble staying balanced.
Crowd: OHHH!
Mann: Wait! Donna’s fading!
Woodbridge: Both of their legs gotta be as purple as her hair at this point.
Nick: Heh, HIIIIIIIYAH!
Nick suddenly leaps into the air and CLATTERS Donna in the face with a Jumping thrust kick!
Crowd: Woahhhh!
Mann: THE QUICK KICK!
Nick lands and collapses under the weight of his plant leg, but Donna hits the mat on her back with a loud thud. Nick winces and crawls over onto Donna!
1!
2!
3!
DING DING DING
Javier: The winner of this match, at a time of 9:57, QUICK! KICK! NICK!
Nick rolls out of the ring into the waiting arms of The Karate Squad, who carry him to the back while celebrating!
Mann: What an incredible debut from these two rookies!
Woodbridge: That’s certainly a word to describe it.
Donna rolls onto the floor, and is helped up by Maurice Chondon, who comforts her on a good effort.
Paisner saunters back out towards the commentary booth, meekly asking Mann for his spot on the commentary desk.
Mann: Cheer up, old boy, I gave you a 15 minute break!
Woodbridge: Well, sir, he did just come back from a 2 year break.
Mann hands Paisner the headset and slaps him on the back, a bit too hard for Paisners liking as he sits back down in his commentary spot.
Paisner: Aw man, he messed up my butt groove I had going in the seat. Takes me hours to get it like that…
Woodbridge: We’ll be back with more WiR in just seconds!!!

Are acoustic simulation software viable for iem design? To see some if some kind of resonator can help with treble tuning before I 3d print the shell.
Also if there's free/open source one, please recommend. https://i374.photobucket.com/albums/oo181/acharpen/HD800%20Mod/NoPad_ContourPlot1.jpg

Hi everyone.
To Kill a Predator is a work of fan fiction set in the Nature of Predators universe originally created by SpacePaladin15 whose Patreon you should subscribe to.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Depiction does not equal endorsement.
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Memory transcription subject: Martin Russo, Human Refugee
Date [standardized human time]: November 30th, 2136
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The first thing I do upon getting back from the Exterminators is send an email.
Then I spend some time cleaning up around home. The easy part is sweeping up the dust, plaster, and wood chips. The rest is mostly damage assessment.
The door to my room is a total loss, and I decide to just take it out and leave it outside until I can find out where to throw it. I’ll replace it with a curtain or something. The girls’ room is fine except for the bloodstains on the floor and bed frame. The Venlil don’t have much of a baking culture, so both vinegar and baking soda are absent from my toolkit. I replace them with elbow grease, and by the time I’m done you can hardly tell someone was assaulted in the room.
My big concern is the front door, but I’m cautiously optimistic. The door was sturdier than the frame, and the damage was to the side jamb, the strike plate, and one of the hinges on the other end. I see cracks on the head jamb too and decide that to actually fix it up properly I’ll need to replace the entire frame. I take measurements and try to navigate a Venlil hardware store website. Ultimately I end up giving up and just send them an email with pictures of everything that needs replacing.
For now I manage to wrench the hinge back into position enough that the door can close, if not effectively lock. Already concerned from one home invasion, I decide that Vilek will have to stay in the hospital or take into a hotel until I can unfuck this mess.
You really think you can fix this?
I’m pretty sure I can try.
​
I lose track of time and curse myself for not having time to fetch my hidden bag before the designated meeting time with Jarkim. I consider bringing a weapon to the meetup, but since my only options for that are a set of dull kitchen knives and a screwdriver I decide on an unarmed show of good faith instead.
When he opens the door and wordlessly lets me in I notice that he’s cleaned up the place. A little. The bottles and cans of alcohol are gone, at least. And the windows are wide open to let in the breeze, so it no longer stinks of ethanol and seaweed and bird.
The second thing I notice is that a 120-centimeter-tall kangaroo-fox-person is stepping around the corner and looking at me with unmistakable glee, and shoots out his right arm toward me. “Hey, it’s the human! Take that mask off, would you?”
I shake his paw almost automatically while unveiling my face with my left hand. He looks up at me fearlessly, without flinching. His handshake is firm and I find myself warming to him immediately. “Yeah, you’re not so scary.”
“Thanks. I think. I’m Martin, Martin Russo.”
“Mosun.”
“Forgive me, my grasp on alien species is rather rudimentary… You’re a Yotul, right?”
“That’s right.”
I feel awkward, because I don’t know what I expected but it wasn’t this forthright gentleman. “And, um, what are you doing here, Mosun?”
“Jarkim told me he finally got his head on right and is ready to kick the Exterminators in the teeth, and I’m not missing that party.”
“I-” What? “...You’re quite unlike any of the other aliens I’ve met so far.”
“I’ll take that as a compliment!”
I can’t help it. I grin. “You should.”
Another voice comes from what I think is the kitchen. “Of course the predator and the primitive are getting along. How nice.”
Yeah that’s more the usual speed.
​
The wet blanket turns out to be a Venlil named Slavik, and they’re a delight. I’ve spent half an hour here and already heard the word ‘Predator’ around a dozen times too many. I haven’t bothered to ask their gender, and in fact have tried to talk to them as little as possible, instead spending my time getting to know Mosun better.
Unfortunately Slavik’s from some local farm, and they brought a plasma rifle and a truck. So that right there makes them too useful to throw out by their ears.
They pat the stock of the rifle with satisfaction and say out loud to nobody in particular “Yep, that’s real Federation technology. You get that uplift to bring a weapon and it’ll be a spear. Or a catapult.”
I respond, nonplussed. “…Aren’t the Venlil uplifts too? Unless you made that gun yourself, I don’t see why you should be proud of it.”
This sets Mosun off cackling and hopping, and he even smacks my back jovially. I’m normally not one for physical horseplay, but right now it feels like a cool glass of water on a hot summer day.
I’ve missed not having to justify my existence to everyone I meet.
Jarkim brings a plate of glasses to drink. Water and fruit juices. My experience of the local juice drinks is that they’re far too tart, so I just take some water. I also notice that there’s an extra glass. “We expecting more company?”
Jarkim moves his head in a sort of lazy motion that seems like an affirmative. “One more, but she’s running late.”
I tentatively say “So… I’m not clear on what our plan is.”
The bird speaks bluntly and with authority. I have to admit he seems a lot more together when he’s sober. “We’re going to smoke out the local Liberator cell. And if they kidnapped your friend, we’re going to resolve that situation too.”
“And your friends are going along with this, because…”
“Contacts, not friends, Russo. It sounds more professional. Slavik owes me a favor, and Mosun’s here because he hates the Exterminators as much as you do.”
I point out the obvious. “You’re an Exterminator.”
Jarkim snaps his beak and cranes his neck in what I think is a shrug. “Nah, I quit.”
Huh.
Jarkim’s pad chimes up. He checks it and heaves a sigh. “Alright, she’s definitely running late. Half a claw, at least.”
“Can you tell her to meet up someplace? I’ve got something to pick up anyway.”
“Alright. Slavik’s got a pretty big vehicle, so we’ll all fit. Where are we headed?”
​
I’m standing in the field, digging up my bag. Thankfully everything inside it seems fine, and I click together the ghost rifle bit by bit.
Slavik lets out a silent bleat, apparently feeling unhappy to see the ‘predator’ armed. “Where did you get that?”
I turn to Slavik and look them right in the face. “Unlike you, I made this. Predator, remember?”
Slavik looks away. Mosun cackles with glee again, swishing his tail and hopping around. “Oh that is badass, I love it! You built a gun?!”
It wasn’t like it was very hard to follow a didactic step-by-step bluprint. But I’m not going to tell them that. Let humans have some mystique. “Yep.”
Jarkim looks around quietly. “…Russo.”
“Yeah?”
“Were you here a few paws ago, when…”
I nod ruefully. He appears to remember flying over this place too. “Yeah.”
The Krakotl squawks in agitation and turns on me, spreading his wings out in outrage. “What the shit!”
I find myself unable to look at him. “…Yeah.”
We all sit around in a rather awkward silence until the last member of our little wild west posse shows up. Thankfully neither Slavik nor Mosun ask any questions about Jarkim’s justified anger, because the only answers I have are bad ones.
I guess we were both in a bad place that day, but I can’t exactly say “Your drinking problem’s kinda like me planning to murder you, right? Samesies!”.
​
The last member of our party posse is a Gojid. Her name is Hanya. She is polite enough, but refuses to look at my face when we introduce ourselves. I’ll take it.
“And why is she here?”
“She served as a civilian transport pilot. She was the last one out when we evacuated the Breath of Inatala, and I’d be dead without her.”
That makes sense. I’ve studied Jarkim’s service record as extensively as I could, especially his commendations.
Jarkim hadn’t actually served aboard the Krakotl spaceship; he was on an off-world vacation when the Arxur had attacked and boarded it. Some sort of space bird equivalent of a cruise ship.
And I’ll say this: By all accounts he had stepped up to bat when it came down to it. He personally killed three of the greys boarding the ship and led about a dozen civilians to the evacuation ships. He then went back and found another twenty, mostly children abandoned by their parents and caretakers in the stampede.
“Alright… But that doesn’t explain why she’s here now.”
She responds directly. “Because I developed Predator Disease after the attack. Jarkim kept me out of the facilities and got me a job on VP.”
PTSD, probably. “Fair enough. So, Jarkim… What’s the plan?”
“The plan, Russo, is that we are going to join the Liberators.”
​
The meeting place is apparently the same as last time Jarkim had met his terrorist buddies. I’m stuck in the back of the truck’s flatbed, using my burqa like a tarp to keep my body covered.
I wait as patiently as I can while the others chat. After a while, I hear wings flapping and the sound of a graceful landing on dirt.
Jarkim speaks up. “Luarik, good to see you! Where’s Karta?”
The squawk of the other Krakotl is higher and harsher. “He’s busy! Hey Hanya. Who are these other two?”
“Mosun and Slavik. Others who want to join up.”
“Oh, are they? That’s good.” Something about his voice sets off alarm bells.
“Yeah. So… What’s the next step?”
There’s a shuffling sound. A bleat. A gasp. A squawk. Luarik’s screechy voice sounds smug and self-assured. “The next step is you tell me why you’re really here. Traitor.”
“Luarik, put it down. I don’t know what you heard, but…”
“No more lies! We thought you’d see the light, but you had to run sniveling to the humans and their pets instead!”
Yeah that’s enough of that for me to get the general gist. While Luarik is screeching out his motive rant I’m already rising up and pulling the rifle up to ready. The Liberator bastard is holding a flare gun at the posse, and I roar as loudly as I can while adjusting my aim and putting my finger on the trigger. I don’t have a shot lined up yet, but he doesn’t need to know that. “Drop your fucking weapon!”
Please put it down this isn’t how I want any of this to go
​
Luarik yells and turns his head and gun-arm toward me. I adjust my aim. In a single heartbeat, Mosun’s already crossed most of the distance between them in a single leap. Another heartbeat passes, and for his second leap he angles his body backward and impacts Luarik’s skull from the side. Feet first.
JESUS CHRIST HE JUST DROP KICKED HIM IN THE HEAD
The Krakotl goes flying onto his back with a shocked squawk. His flare gun spins forlornly in the dirt a few times before coming to a rest.
Mosun wastes no time. Having landed on one foot, he’s already coiling like a spring for a third leap and using his tail to lever himself forward, pouncing with a balletic turn to stomp on Luarik’s wing with his full body weight. Though the crack makes it sound like he might’ve dislocated or broken something, the Krakotl’s squawks and squeals of pain are muted by the Yotul’s furious roar. “Point an incendiary at me again, fucker! I dare you!”
The entire sequence takes just a few seconds.
I wet my lips briefly before saying the only thing that comes to mind. “…Holy Shit.”
​
“This is beneath you, Jarkim! Siding with a human, over your own kind!” Luarik is squawking and screeching furiously. I’m ignoring him and digging in my consolidated pack for the neural scanner.
“Keep the head still.”
I attach the scanner and check my pad.
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Memory transcription subject: KFCtranscript1.mts
Date: [LIVE FEED]
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The uplift’s holding onto my skull to keep me from moving. My head hurts so much from the little bastard’s kick. I want to burn the predator diseased freak and the actual predator and that Inatala-forsaken traitor too.
The predator talks quietly with the Venlil behind me before it steps around slowly and looks directly at me. I try to glare back defiantly. It parts its lips in a hungry snarl.
“You’ve heard the rumors that humans can hypnotize our prey with our gaze, right?”
I have, of course. But there’s no point in hypnotizing me. I’ve already been caught, and all that’s left is to be defiant and tell it that I hope it chokes on my guts.
It raises its eyes to look right behind me for a moment, seeming like it’s deep in thought. “Hm. Looks like it’s already working. Now, Luarik… Were you the one who took Thiva?”
That’s what this is about?! Speh, but Renak was right! Taking the girl away from the human was as necessary as their mother had said! And now I have to protect Karta, no matter what, even if it means my life! “Yes, I was the one who handled the extraction.”
The predator glances aside again. “So it was Karta, huh. Who were the two Venlil?”
What? How could it know?! If it’s already after Renak’s sister it knows his name, and I can make up another one. Keep Vilrak and Ilnek safe. “…Renak and Leksa.”
The predator’s hungry snarl widens, showcasing rows of teeth. “Vilrak and Ilnek. Mean anything to you, Jarkim?”
The bottom drops out of my stomach while the traitorous bastard responds like the good little pet he is. “Two Exterminators who left along with the rest.”
“See, Luarik. The hypnosis is working already. You might as well just tell me the truth. How many are you?”
Is it – is it reading my thoughts? There’s seven of us at the compound plus the mother and the girl but maybe a big enough number… “Twenty-five. Every Exterminator who’s true to the cause in this district, and others!”
“Seven. Luarik, Karta, Renak, Vilrak, Ilnek, and two unknowns. Plus the hostage… and Vansi, a civilian.”
The Venlil says “Small group” from out of sight.
The predator responds “It’s just the one cell, and Greenmeadow’s rather rural.”
Two unknowns, so it doesn’t know about Vira and Serni… Speh! It’s reading my thoughts! It is! I refuse to let it know anything else! I won’t, I won’t, I won’t!!
The predator pouts in a mockery of empathy and shakes its head. “Last two are Vira and Serni. Aw, look at that, you’re resisting. It’s a good try. But don’t bother, bird. We already know the location of your headquarters. I pulled it from your thoughts too: About a paw’s drive along the rim, up in the mountains.”
I feel some hope. Hah! As wrong as can be! It’s half a claw’s flight toward the Night, the abandoned farmstead where SPEH NO-
The predator’s snarl returns. “Abandoned farm, about half a claw’s flight toward the Night. We got a map?”
The traitor gets his pad out and starts looking. “Yeah, I’m pretty sure I know where it is. Big place, but had to close down after the recession hit.”
No no no you can’t know that already this isn’t fair how am I supposed to fight back against the predator like this?!
It nods. “Yeah, that’s the one.”
The Venlil clears their throat behind me. “…Okay but seriously, how are you doing that?”
“I told you: I can read thoughts. I’ll take the pad back now, by the way.”
​
Error: Memory transcription has ended unexpectedly, save file?
Y/N
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Memory transcription subject: Martin Russo, Human Refugee
Date [standardized human time]: November 30th, 2136
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Mosun looks down at the Krakotl, while I pack up the scanner and take my pad back from Slavik. “So what do we do with this one?”
I shrug. “I got a bundle of zip ties; I guess we tie him up and take him with us? Worst case… Maybe a hostage exchange.”
Mosun simply says “We could just kill him.”
Hanya, the Gojid, is the one who answers. “No, we couldn’t. He’s not a threat, and he needs to stand trial.”
I nod and point at her. “What she said. I’d really like it if we could solve this without further violence. And not just because we’ve got all of two guns and one admittedly badass Yotul between the five of us.”
I’d also really like it if the actual adults in either the human or Venlil governments were willing to do anything about this bullshit. But I guess it’s something that both societies agree on. Law enforcement doesn’t exist to solve crimes; it exists to control the civilian populace through fear and violence.
Some would say that’s a distinction without a difference.
Jarkim picks up the flare gun from the ground. “Three guns.”
I swear to god if he sets fire to a hostage situation I will shoot him.
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I have the model seen in this video, and the problem is more than likely present in linked time stamp:
Youtube Link
I found an older schmups discussion that had the same issue as me where the RGB is swapped. I haven't found a reason why this happens though, but a couple of individuals fixed it by swapping the wires on the neckboard for RGB.
https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=50239
The white connector seen in the video... how exactly do those wires come out? Can I pull them out and simply snap them back in? Or would I need to cut them and solder them in a new order?
In my case, I believe it is outputting GBR instead of RGB. So I have to mix and match the breakout cable to match this, but I'm tired of it since I would like to use my S-Video, Composite and Component options.
Currently at work, but kind of scared to open this thing up and start poking around. Would this be an easy fix?
Here are some more images of what I may be looking at during the swap:
http://i495.photobucket.com/albums/rr317/horde5150/NeckboardVI.jpg
https://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f49/asmallsnug/2_zps1cwadrkf.jpg
edit... I didn't see the images hidden by "spoiler" in the schmups link. He cut the wires and resoldered them, but I'm still wondering if I can just pop those wires out from that white plastic piece and just swap them easily. I guess we will see. Leaving this post here in case someone randomly has the same problem as me. I'll update this post if I successfully fix the issue tonight.
Update, I was able to pull out the wires from the neckboard and swap them. Not sure how this issue happened at all, but it's fixed now. You will need a sharp and thin tool to pop up the plastic that is crimping down the pins. It's impossible to get them out without breaking the plastic if you don't have such a tool. I followed this guy's tutorial to somehow figure out how to lift this one out:
https://youtu.be/0G7iIwfuaJ8?t=80
Link to photos that show location of the pins on the board. Just swap the RGB pins to the ones that match to their mismatched colors to normalize it again.

Imgur is blocked by my government (I can use VPN to bypass, but viewers can't, so Imgur is not an option here). Before it was shut down in January of this year, I used Teknik.io as image host and it had all the features listed below, too bad it's shut down now.
I'm looking for an image host alternative that supports these features:

1. Manual deletion
2. Hotlinking to the original untouched image
3. Store forever (until the site goes down)
4. API for the public, responses with the link to the original image, not the site page or thumbnail
5. When the original image URL is opened directly in the main window, it does not automatically jump back to the website page

Not a must, but good to have (from the most needed to the least):

• A. Expire time setting (e.g. you can set the image to be automatically deleted, or the link expires after 7 days when you upload it)
• B. Allow NSFW
• C. Do not keep the original file name (e.g. If the image on my local hard drive is named D:\Tom's birthday to Grandma_20230204.png, then the direct link to this image after uploading it should no longer contain this filename info)
• D. No compression, lossless

The services that I have checked, but do not meet the requirements above (and 1 of the points they do not meet):

• Pixhost - 1
• ImgBB - 2 (All hotlinking are forced to become thumbnails Edit: country related issue, check comments)
• photobucket - 2 (Forced watermark)
• imgrock.net - 2
• vgy.me - 3
• imageshack - 3
• imageban.ru - 3
• upload.ee - 3
• ImgBox - 4
• PostImages - 4
• cubeupload.com - 4
• abload.de - 4
• Lensdump - 5
• imgchest - Access denied from my location Edit: resoloved now
• Catbox - 404 always

Do you know of any image host that meets the above requirements?
Update: Solved by Image Chest

ill list hardware software info first - 2015 macbook AIR model id 7,2 1.6 intel i5 - MacOS Monterey 12.6.4
list of apps installed not from apple app store: ADGAURD paid version 2.9.2.1234(LIFETIME LICENSE) ONYX paid license - most current version ERTESOFT PRO (paid license) - most current version
webiste i was visiting when alert or flag occured PHOTOBUCKET

• Mozilla Firefox browser version (at time of incident) ver. 110.xxx (at time of typing this CURRENT VERSION 111.0.1)
  firefox addons, extensions installed at time referenced and at ttime typing this - ublock origin currentlty disabled
  

i hope i am posting this is the correct location, if its not let me know, and i can move it to the right one. or its fully ok for yall to move it as well.
ill provide setting/preface details to help provide as full of an understanding of how i encountered this warning or alert
scope: to determine if this was a false positive alert due to conflict of settings, and website etc or if this is a valid or authentic warning and what steps or process should be followed to remedy it. Thanks in advance
The other day, like Wednesday or thursday. I had been going through unread emails, and one of them was an email from PhotoBucke reminding again that my account and its contents were going to be deleted, within the next week or so, due to inactivity.
so i decide that i should login and refresh my memory as to what all id uploaded to it, and in refreshing my memory and to save time, i just decided that ill just download each of the albums that id created, and go through them at my leisure once downloaded. so i wasnt rushed etc.
so i selected each album individually for download in effort to not bog down my internet experince,
not precisely sure the initial alret showed up, as it didnt show up in the forfront or on top of the the open widow of the browser etc. i happened to see it, which showed up in the learn more iirc
and once i saw it, and then checked the download folder, i only had 2 albums successfully download which were shown as a folder and saw that both the albums (Truck album and Car album ) had 2 entries within the download folder, both had a stand alone folder and both had a ZIP file,
when i checked the download folder, i had expected rto see about 6 or 7 albums to be present, so finding just the 2 albums being succesfully downloaded caught my attention, so i started investigating, and saw that it i believe was the 3rd album that id selcted to download and attempted to download thar failed to succesfully complete. due to firefox throwing a (download stopped due to multiple files automatically attemoting to be dowenloaded by website, possibly infected, files with virus or malware) - that may not be the word for word warning i observed it is however the main JIST or context of the warning i observed as to why the download was haulted or unsuccessful
iirc the first 2 albums i downloaded, that downloaded without error i think i somehow downloaded them as a FILE FOLDER and not compressed into a zip file,
i do recall i forget how, or when in the process of events that the default action swirtched from downloading a file folder of t he album changed to compressing the albums into a zip and whether i intiated the change of default setting to compress into a zip but i think thats when the initial wartning was issued by firefox.
i did end uip clicking the go ahead and " DOWNLOAD" button in the learnmmore or advanced setting window(pop up sent by firefox) etc.
and im not certain if it downloaded or not, because prior to this event, id been experiencing some lag in the response time from clicking open webpage, to the event of the new tab spawning, and the selcted page actually opening and flowing in and showing itself which increased slowly over a few hours from nill to annoying amount or ab signifigant level, of lag, up to the time n point i accessed photo bucket, I also had like 40 tabs open etc....
so when i had clicked the download album option on photobucket, and thjen not seeing the select location of where you wao llnt the download to land. i assumed it was a slow hang up or slow to respond to due the high load being placed up on the firefox browser app, and being a bit tired or not fullyu awake, i got impatient and repeeatedly started clicking the oo dowload album button,
so now we jump back to the point of me realising i may of just authorized the downloading of a infected or corrupted File(s) onto my MacBook Air. and i now im kinda worried, and going into o crap mode, and so i start searching the web about the validity in present day of how valid the possibility is if it all of my macbook becoming infected from a .jpg image file. and then if so what is needed to locate or dtect the infected .jpg file and then if needed how to remove it, etc and remedy any possible damage it caused
so back to web, whichj i started searching, and thats been the majority of the last 24-48 hours focus of my web searching.. In which ive come across some bits and pieces of info, insight, that have offered or spoken to possibility of this being A a false positive alert, due to settings conflicts, or websites policies, conflicting with browser settings, and device design adding into the mix (device designation meaning a Windows or apple based device and their base or core differences in program language etc,
of these tidbits they all seem to point to the false postive, none are definitely found to the cause for it, THese are the couple if ideas ive found, thus far described as close to verbatim as possible

1. some issue from photos being opened in iphoto, pjhoto shop, pages that were opened via the devices hard drive and opened in said image editiing program then saving editted image via editing app and later on, said image file being found to contain virus or malware etc.

2: something to do with firefox and the " DS. stores " thing, and how it handles them or whatever
3: there actually is/are legit threat factors within the .jpg images, and its not a false positive, and i need to proceed to do "" whatever process is needed to remove said bad files
4: i think thats it, of possible ideas ive found thus far, that are still viable or that are still "in the wild"
if its option 1 or 2 from brief eading im looking for some type of java code or imposter packet (my own wording ) or something..
i think i included all the relative info, and any assistance with this is in advanced very much appreciated and welcomed ill also do my best to respond to any replies posted, in a very timely manner.

This is a series of posts originally made to the Michigan Reefers website back in 2009, which hosts a forum for people who are into salt water aquariums. I don't know if non-reddit posts are allowed, but I was thinking about this saga recently and decided to share it.
The thread is located here. This post contains the comments from the original poster, as well as a couple of responses that provide context or other information. Responses to OOP will be quoted.
To provide context, "live rock" is a rock-like substance made of the remains of dead coral. Its introduced into salt water aquariums because it provides space for many forms of micro and macroscopic marine life which are necessary for the health of the tank. Live rock is available both "dry" and "wet." Wet is preferred because it comes with the marine life already established in the rock and on its surface. The danger of wet rock, however, is that undesirable stowaways may come with it. That is what happened to OOP, and this is the story of dealing with the unwanted specimen.
Post 1 ((March 7, 2009):
So I have discovered that I have a Bobbit Worm. He is through my main piece of lace rock (90 lbs dry) so I can not remove the rock. He has polished off a beautiful rock anemone and I fear for my Rics, and well, everything else. Here is my plan.
I am looking for alternatives or a better way. Since I can't take out the rock I consulted my Sun Tzu The Art of War book and decided to befriend an enemy and then poison him when he does not expect it. I have been feeding him by hand (really tweezers) for three nights now. He shows up at the spot a couple of hours after the lights go out. My plan is to inject a shrimp with copper. Wash it off the outside and feed it to him. Will it work?
I know I risk killing some good stuff but it is better than tearing the entire tank apart.
BTW I suggest everyone get a red light and check their tanks after the lights go out. I am finding many people have these ugly things.
Post 2 (March 7, 2009):

O.K. these worms, I believe can be as long as 9 ft. I also wouldn't like the idea of copper. I have never had to deal one either, but I think I would try to lure into a trap first. If that failed I probably get frustrated and go for decapitation as you're feeding the monster.

He never comes more than 4 inches out of his hole. He won't go for it. they never actually leave the holes they have. Can't cut him in two because they are segmented worms. Cut him in two and now you have two. Deb, I will be ready with cupersorb and carbon. Plus I have 350 gallons of water and two good protein skimmers (which you know :)) so my thought is a drop of copper isn't going to hurt. I know him dying in the rocks will cause a mass polution. I would rather fight that then tear the tank apart. For those who don't know these things can be four to five feet long. What a nightmare!!
They are so wary and fast if you move a little they are gone. Plus they are really good about not being yanked out of their holes. They must have 10,000 legs. When they put them all in reverse it is hard to stop. I thought about a trout hook. Boy would that be a good picture. I am just not sure he would swallow it far enough.
(Editor's note: OOPs concern is that killing the worm in place will release a lot of nitrogen into the tank as it decays, which seriously affects the health of the tank. See here for a basic explanation.)
Response:

For those you don't know this is potentially what slapshot is dealing with. Watch the top video. [dead link] I read that they can reach 12ft. and crush rock with their jaws. So please watch your fingers.

(Eidotrs Note: Original link is dead, so here is an alternative video. Note that the worm in this video has been cut into three pieces.)
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Get a male bobbit worm and if your existing is a male, they will fight. If its a female, the will mate. Then, the female worm attacks the male penis and feeds it to her young after mating... The male will be go beserk and you can find both the adults nearby easily. The bad point, you have to search high and low for the young ones if they had scram off.

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The unfortunate part is that they are a segmented worm, that if chopped in half it will grow new mouth and you will have two. These are nasty beasts. Step one,pick a poison,that is reef safe maybe try feeding him that two part epoxy you stick stuff to rocks with ,take one part soak in something delicious same with other part mix and feed. hopefully it clogs him up it may take a few feedings to really bind him up so fill him up and cross your fingers.

Post 3 (March 8, 2009):
Thanks Kirby that just made my day. Any knowledge you have would be appreciated. What if I kept feeding him copper laced shrimp? Still don't think it will kill him? I think there are a lot more of these around then people know. My pal Cobras had one and while I was thanking God I didn't I decided to watch the tank with a red light. Bam there he was. He has been in there a long time. He has at least 5 interconnected holes all through the rock.
I saw a shadow eating my rock anemone. Just a flash in the dark. It was him for sure. So he can get to a least two sides of the tank. I think they are around more then we think. Probably only show up in old systems when they get big enough to start hunting for large prey. A guy in Choice yesterday pulled out his phone and showed me a 3 footer he found in his 70 gallon. He destroyed the entire tank to get him out. It was the same width as mine so I have to assume he is at least that long. Most people would never know they have one. I thought I knew every creature in my little ocean. A red light and then luck that he comes out is the only way to see them.
Lab for sure some LR. Who knows how long ago. At least I can keep feeding him so he leaves everything alone. But, that will cause him to grow. It looks like he eats then hides for several days. I know his main nest is under a huge encrusting cap at the bottom of my lace rock.
Paul they are so fast and timid it would be really hard to grab him. Any sound and he is gone. I unlocked the garage door the first time which is a good 15 feet away from the tank and he was gone. I keep getting up at night and checking to see if he is out. Well maybe time to pull everything out. man, I really don't want to do that.
Post 4 (March 10, 2009):
Round one to me. It's 3:30 am and I just fed him a krill that I stuck 1/8 of an intercept pill into. He grabbed it and swallowed it whole then flew back into his hole. I thought I would start with intercept as it won't hurt the corals. Hopefully, that is the end, as that is enough for a small dog. 1/8 of 100 lbs = a 12.5 lbs dog. We shall see. BOOWAHAHAHAHAHAA :hang3:
I did not read the super glue idea. I will try that next if this did not work. Don't tell PETA!
Post 5 (March 10, 2009):
Well, he did not come back for seconds, as he usually does. I guess we will know in the next couple of nights. I'm sure he is not feeling so good this morning.
I showed some of the pictures to my wife and told her it could be three feet long. Her only comment was...."get it out of here, NOW!"
Post 6 (March 11, 2009):
So here is the update. He was back last night begging for food. So either the intercept did not work or it has not yet worked. So he got another krill this time I filled it with Super Glue Gel. I am hoping he is having a hard time opening his mouth today. :3195:
Post 7 (March 11, 2009):

I guess if by no problems you mean loosing crabs and shrimp isn't a big deal then sure....no problem. (Assuming interceptor will even kill it.) Maybe the worm already ate all the crabs and shrimp making it even less of a problem.
If it were me, I would have a certain satisfaction from ripping that thing out of the tank and tossing it in the yard...

The problem is Jim the rock he is in would be nearly impossible to remove. It is a 90lbs "dry" lace rock that is now covered in SPS (EN: small-polyped scleractinian, a type of coral). I will get to that if nothing else works.
I just finished treating the tank for Red Bug. So the system just got three full treatments and he came flying through. I did put appro. a 1/8 of a large dog pill in the shrimp and he ate that. That was a little over 24 hours ago. I am hoping it has not had a chance to work yet. If he is out tonight I will feed him half a pill. I mean come on at some point it has to kill him!
Response:

you need to get rid of it. I did a little research and they can grow up to 10 feet in length, but average about three. At four inches, they are sexually mature.
They are predatory, and not scavengers. They burrow themselves in sand/gravel and send out a feeler. When a fish triggers a feeler, the worm springs into action with enough speed and force to cut the fish in half.
Only two other groups of polychaetes, the Family Eunicidae, and the Family Lysaretidae contain large worms that are commonly found in reef aquaria. The first of these groups, the eunicid worms, is a large diverse group with over 200 species. The second, the lysaretid worms, is a small group with only about ten or fifteen described species; unfortunately, the lysaretid worms are predatory and deadly to many reef aquarium inhabitants. Even more unfortunately, they are reasonably common in live rock
Here are some facts on these nasty a@@,s...
Commonly know as Bobbit Worm, the reason why he got this lovely name is due to the fact that the female worm attacks the male penis and feeds it to her young after mating...
The most common size for the worm is around 1 meter. But they have been reports of some specimens that where is the size range of 3 meters.

Post 8 (March 11, 2009):

how many gallons is your system?

350 gallons. I'm not worried about the system or the corals and if/when he dies I will keep the system stable with water changes. He eats directly what I have been feeding him, so it really won't get into the water. If it does, like I said, I just finished the full interceptor treatment so it won't hurt anything. If things follow the normal pattern he won't be out tonight but will tomorrow. Hopefully the intercept is getting into his system and the glue has him all stopped up. If he comes out I will give him the whole dose, at least as much as I can fit into the shrimp.
*Post 9 (March 13, 2009): *
Have not seen him since the glue laden shrimp. Two nights now. I have my fingers crossed he is dead or dying. Maybe he is stuck inside his lair. I will check tonight.
Post 10 (March 14, 2009):
Well "the ***** is back". This time I saw him moving from the top of the tank to the cap. He is 24 inches long. Lucky me he is still small. :wacko: I had him with my clamp but he got away. After I let him settle down, I made a nice shrimp cocktail just to tell him I was sorry. I added 1/2 of a large dog intercept pill this time. I had to hollow out the shrimp and then crazy glue it back together. Added a piece of glass with the glue. He swallowed the entire thing!
Man am I nuts or what? 3:00 in the morning and I am toiling over a little shrimp with an exacto knife and glue and broken glass. :jester: If this does not work I don't know what to try next. Maybe what Kirby said. As long as he will eat what I give him I will keep trying. This time I used a whole large krill. Now that I know he can swallow that maybe I'll try a whole one full of glue, assuming the intercept did not work.
There is no way I would have seen him without the red light. I tried under the moon light and could not see him even when he was out. As soon as any light goes on he is gone. At least I know he is not out hunting anything as I am sure he is full for the night.
Post 11 (March 16, 2009):
Ding dong the witch is dead! I think. It has been 48 hours since she ate the glass ladened 1/2 of a pill shrimp and I have not seen her at all. I tried to feed a regular shrimp outside her door and nothing...that's a first. Then I blocked the door with a little piece of rubble and it was not moved this morning. I think I got her! :dance3: Gota start checking my nitrates :triniti:
Post 12 (March 17, 2009):
No Bobbit! No Bobbit! nothing is moved, yea!!!!
Day 3, I am pretty sure he is dead now. I have never not seen him for 3 nights and the rock is still in front of his hole. Hurray for Sun Tzu maybe the man had an aquarium.
Post 13 (March 18, 2009):
No Bobbit fourth night. Ammonia is 0 and nitrates went from .5 to 1 ppm. Did a water change but all seems well and Bobbitless. Now all I need is to be able to sleep again, it seems I have gotten used to getting up a 3. Thanks all for your help. I hope this helps someone in the future.
Post 14 (March 20, 2009):
$#!^ he is still alive! He was out during the day this time. Maybe he is sick, you know, kind of like the rabid skunk. I guess I'll try the super glue again. 5 nights I thought for sure I had him.
Post 15 (March 21, 2009):
So he is for sure weak. I can tell by how hard he grabbed my latest offering. I took the tail off of a large shrimp and pulled the meat out. This left a hollow tail. I filled this with super glue. Then I used a small piece of the tail meat to close it off again.
Then I teased him a bit with it to piss him off so he grabs it and swallows it hard. Bang, he grabbed it and put it in his mouth. I can see him now as he is sitting at the top of the rock with about 1/8 of the tail sticking out of his mouth. He is clearly struggling trying to get it down. So this may just end up sealing up his throat. It was a lot of glue! Not sure how long it will take to starve him or is the glue itself will kill him but here we go again with the late nights.
Response:

Guess what was just found in the blue reef aquarium in Newquay, England.. U guessed it!
Here's the linkto the article. Another source has a picture of the beast.
So it's just a matter of time til I find one gouging my corals or fish or ....

Post 16 (March 24, 2009):
Got a new plan. He did not show up but I am working hard on this. I took a syringe and injected an empty pill casing full of Prazi. I managed to get almost 2 ccs in there. I sealed it with a bit of super glue. I will put the pill in the shrimp. It is way more prazi then I could have gotten in him by just injecting the shrimp plus it will open up inside him no chance of leakage into the tank. Until he dies anyway. 2 ccs is not enough to do any damage to my reef given my water volume. He did not show up last night so me and my pill wait.
Post 17 (March 25, 2009):
Well the pill thing was a bust. It was too big once wrapped in the shrimp. I tried a smaller one but he bit it and it exploded. I then just injected the shrimp, about .2ccs and he ate that quickly. Probably not enough but I will feed him every morning an injected shrimp and maybe it will build up in him.
I will have to look for a smaller pill I guess. Well, back to the drawing board. The good news is i have him eating at 6:00 a.m. They are pretty trainable. If this thread has not creeped you out enough watch this video. There is a pretty good shot of his head at the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIpMomEpa0Q
Post 18 (March 28, 2009):
Well I went fishing tonight and look what I caught:
https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/TSCWB/bobbit.jpg
The bad news is after a 40 minute struggle, yes I said 40 minutes, he broke in two. This is about 18 inches of him. If my last guess was right then 6 inches including the head got away. Somehow the hook ended up catching the back of him. I don't know how. So we fought and I eventually grabbed him with my tweezers. He dug in and so did I.
I have won the battle with many a fish in my day but this one takes the cake. I could not budge him. So I kept constant tension on him hoping he would tire. Then when I thought I had some movement I pulled just a little and he broke. **** so close!!
I don't know what happens now but there is no sign of him. I am so grossed out I can't sleep. He is far grosser in person. Yuck. Maybe I got enough that he will die or maybe he needs to heal and will be out looking for food tomorrow.....I don't know. For now I won the first battle. Now I have to get the rest!!:fie:
Post 19 (March 30, 2009):

Slapshot, this saga is a real cliffhanger! I cannot stop reading! Good luck on your quest for "the other half" :butcher: I would use Ivomec, you can get it from Tractor Supply. It is meant to deworm cattle. I use it for my dogs in a much lower dose of course. I use 1ml/10 pounds of dog weight. This kills worms and parasites, I feel it will certainly work. In any case good luck!

I should have titled the tread "The Bobbit Chronicles". I'll keep that in mind. It is more of a centipede then a worm. I have been doing some research, some segmented worms need to have a certain portion of them to live. For instance the band on a night crawler. It looked to me I got the "band". I am hopeful that the rest will just die. I do believe the Prazi was having some effect as he has not been as aggressive in grabbing the shrimp. Maybe now that there is not so much of him it will take it's toll. I have not seen hide nor hair of him since. I am sure he need recovery time if he is in fact still alive.
My pal Cobras now has his Bobbit eating from his tweezers so he will start the Prazi process soon. BTW I can not describe the chill and feelings as I was pulling that thing out of its hole and it kept coming and coming. Just plain gross. The things of nightmares for sure. Thanks guys for all the encouragement.
Post 20 (april 3, 2009):
Still no sign of him :) I have tried holding food as I always did in "his" spot and nothing. :) I am starting to think....just maybe.....he is gone. :dance3:
Post 21 (April 6, 2009):
Still no sign of him.
Post 22 (April 11, 2009):
Still no sign, looks like it died. The area it was in was covered with those little Brittle Stars last night. Must have been 50 that I could see. Hope it was Thanksgiving for them....bobbit style!!
Post 22 (April 22, 2009):
Thanks so much. I just hope I don't have to write the sequel, "Return Of The Bobbit Worm! Still no sign of him, all levels are fine.
(EN: Note the 4 month time jump)
Post 23 (August 15, 2009):
Well here is the sequel...The Return of the Bobbit Worm. This for sure this time is the final chapter. The worm came back. I thought, hoped I had gotten enough of him to kill him but I guess not. My beautiful blue sponge started getting eaten at night. So I staked out the tank again with my red light. Sure enough at 1:00 A.M., there he was enjoying his dinner. But this time he was on one of the smaller pillars. So I turned on a flash light and watched where he went. Right into a giant rock that was the base of the pillar. Giant but removable this time.
So I got busy. I removed the rock and all the poor sps on it. I broke many:(. I squirted hot water into the hole I saw him retract into....nothing! **** did he get out? Then I saw him at another hole. I broke the rock into three pieces and there he was. I grabbed him and pulled but he broke into two again. I had another 18 inch piece. But, I am closing in now! I chisled away at the direction he went and bingo there he was all coiled up into a 1 inch area. Yep one inch. When he was exposed he started to crawl out of the rock. OK sick!!!! Don't mind saying it creeped me out. All 18 inches of him was crawling along the driveway. That means before round one he was probably 4 feet long! I picked him up, with my tweezers and put him in a bucket. Here he is not very happy, which makes me real happy! My poor neighbors, I must have looked pretty funny out there at 2:00 in the morning smashing rocks.
https://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t74/TSCWB/th_Bobbit002.jpg
So I loaded him up and took him to Choice. It was one of my happiest reefing moments. So he is now on display at Choice, for all to see what the devil in our systems looks like. Really, it will make a nice Sunday drive.
BTW I also removed 3 quart jars full of coral frags and epoxy pieces from his lair....two quarts!!! So enjoy the video and the nightmare it will bring. A true horror flick. May you never discover one of those in your system!
Response:

I also have had a bobbit worm probably for over 3 years and have not been successful at destroying him. IT has devoured hundreds and maybe thousands of dollars of corals and fish. I borrowed Slapshot's Sun Tzu The Art of War book and decided to befriend an enemy. I picked up fish hooks with no success. I tried mouse traps baited with Florida gorgonias. It was lured into these traps but the traps could not close quick enough in the water. Picked up a heavy Duty rat trap and again baited with fresh gorgonia. It hit the gorg but did not set off the trap. Rebaited the trap but the destroyer played possum for several days. Rebaited again tonight and Bamm here it is. It is disgusting. It was caught in the jaws of the trap and the #&%&% would not die. While still in the trap I was able to hold onto his head and pull it out - it's over 5 feet long.
http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq360/BCARROLL02/BOBBIT2002.jpg http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq360/BCARROLL02/BOBBIT2003.jpg http://i463.photobucket.com/albums/qq360/BCARROLL02/BOBBIT2005.jpg

Bonus video: Bobbit worm vs Lionfish

Hello good people of crv! I recently had to help my friend with a 3rd gen CR-V ('07) replace an actuator for the right rear passenger door. Except it was stuck in the locked position. This is a real problem because obviously the door will not open, and the rear hatch will also not open as for some reason all doors must be unlocked for the rear hatch to unlock (without using the mechanical bypass, of course). I looked all up and down online and could only find tutorials that started that assumed the door was stuck in the unlocked position, so I felt it my duty to share what I did so if some poor soul starts googling around the same key phrases I did for a semi-permalocked door, they find this!
Anywho, lets get this show on the road. Sadly I did this all a few days ago and didn't photo document what I was doing (I was honestly guessing the whole way) but I am very detailed with instructions! Plus if you find this in ten years because you my dude/dudette want to purchase and maintain a car that isn't riddled with electronic nannies, those links might've been dead anyway (remember all those forum tutorials in '03 using photobucket?) But I digress, let's get started!
First, lemme preface this guide by saying I am no mechanic. I am simply mechanically inclined to diagnose my own issues before determining if I should go to a mechanic, or do it myself. I felt pretty comfortable with this one, provided of course I could get the door open. So much like my first step, go watch a video on how to replace the actuator. I recommend these ones from Homie Hector and South Main Auto Repair LLC (but really all the videos on this replacement are kind of similar.) They don't show how to unjam the lock actuator, but I'll fill that in!
So, let's start with the door panel. Find the five screws holding the door panel in (see videos) and remove them. Now, the panel is being held in by a bunch of clips. Despite the door being closed, it is still possible to to pop them out. There's no real elegant way to do this, you just kind of have to pull and tug from around the bottom, but it is quite possible. Thankfully, once you get one or two popped out, the rest tend to follow. You may need to pull the back seats forward to really get around it. Once those clips are out, you have to lift the door panel up and out gently. Have a second person sitting in the trunk area and have them disconnect the wire attached for window controls/speakers, and you should be clear to remove the panel.
Remove the metal bracket in the center, put aside the plastic, and you should have a clear line of sight to the actuator. Now, this is where it's going to get a bit interesting. At least for my instance of this issue, the lock mechanism was jammed and I needed to alleviate some room in the mechanism so the lock could unjam (I did not know this, like I said earlier it was a guess). You need to get a right-angle screwdriver to access the top panel of the actuator. At the time, I was stuck with a basic screwdriver set and a socket wrench set to make this repair. So I combined the two! I found a small enough socket that could accommodate a hexagonal screwdriver bit. There was a bit of slack between the socket and wrench, so I stuffed in a bit of paper towel to fill that in and it worked like a charm (probably should've used tape but ehh it worked.) The bit doesn't need to be very big, the screws are pretty small. I think I used a P1? You get the idea.
Now, from the side of the actuator you can see through the door panel, you should see two clips. This is coincidentally where the cable for the lock leads to, that's our target. This panel has like 7 or 8 screws, but we only need to remove 3. And thankfully, they are the easiest 3 to remove. There is a screw on each side of the plastic clips, and one more running along the "top" of the actuator. Just those 3 will give us enough room relieve the lock. The screws are small, and in plastic. You don't need to ratchet them out with the wrench. Instead, use one hand to put pressure on the wrench on top of the screw, and use the other hand to turn the ratchet/screw head manually. If you want to check on your progress, see if your fingernail can fit underneath the screw after a few turns.
After the 3 screws are out, use a flathead screwdriver to unclip the clips and push on the lid of the actuator housing to separate it. For me, it was at this time I heard the lock disengage and I was able to open the door! And as a bonus, the lock began to work like normal! But let's face it, you didn't get this far to not replace a known faulty part that resulted in a class action lawsuit and warranty extension that has already failed you once just because it started working again. From here onward, you should be able to follow the video guides like normal. But I do have some tips!
Tip #1: Removing the metal arm connecting the actuator to the outside door handle is hard. Like, really hard. I was tugging at it for over an hour before looking up other videos to get ideas, and in the South Main Auto Repair video linked above they used a pick. I was at my friend's house with basic tools, which sadly did not include a pick. But, after looking around my buddy's garage, I was able to source an L-shaped allen wrench included with some Ikea set. Small enough to get in the space, and with enough girth it wouldn't bend under force. I was able to squeeze both my (medium-sized) hands in the space and put the wrench in like in the SMA video and it popped right out! Though it did take some skin off one of my knuckles, so wear some gloves.
Tip #2: Homie Hector was not kidding about using a P3-sized screwdriver to remove the 3 screws from the latch area. Use a P3 or else you're just going to strip those screws. And use the handy right-angle screwdriver you just made to really get some leverage!
Tip #3: That bar you popped out earlier in Tip #1 can be fully removed from the actuator before full removal. I never saw it mentioned anywhere, but you can remove that bar and I honestly recommend it. It doesn't take much to pop out that plastic piece that holds it to the actuator. It also make install easier! Just keep a good grip on it so it doesn't fall into the door panel.
I don't intend on sticking around on this subreddit, but I did feel obligated to share my knowledge so when someone searches for it in their time of need, they may close their wallet and open their toolbox. Good luck!

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