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[LFA] Aldric the dystopian Victorian ghost hunter (Blades in the Dark)

2024.05.19 21:21 good-egg [LFA] Aldric the dystopian Victorian ghost hunter (Blades in the Dark)

[LFA] Aldric the dystopian Victorian ghost hunter (Blades in the Dark)
Aldric Hawthorne is a member of The Ferrymen, a crew of thieves operating in Doskvol hired by a mysterious woman to harvest souls from the recently deceased. As a Whisper, Aldric has the unique ability to command supernatural forces. During their heists, he dons a crow-themed spirit mask—stolen from one of the city's Spirit Wardens—that alerts him whenever someone in the city dies. The Spirit Wardens, the official body responsible for transporting the dead to the city's crematorium, often find themselves in a race against Aldric and his crew, as well as other nefarious factions vying for the bodies.
Aldric's toolkit includes the aforementioned spirit mask and a monocle he wears outside of heists. The monocle, a simplified version of the mask, allows him to glimpse into the spirit world as needed. He also carries a few spirit bottles for trapping ghosts. Standing 5' 11" (180 cm) with a medium build, Aldric is in his late 20s. He has a few snake-like features: slit pupils, fangs, scales, and a slightly forked tongue. Aesthetic touchstones include Victorian London, gothic fiction, dystopian industrialism, and the game Dishonored.
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2024.05.19 20:53 ramdytis3c Unposted Tracks - Part2 [Out 2024-05-17] [B2Simple Records]

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Ground Work - Psico (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 127, 7:18, MP3 17.78 Mb
Ground Work - Silver Sand Man (Original Mix) / Key Ab, BPM 134, 6:56, MP3 16.73 Mb
Ground Work - Tranziente (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 100, 7:29, MP3 18.27 Mb
Grum - Higher State (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 128, 4:07, MP3 9.97 Mb
Gunjack - ACID CITY (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 145, 6:14, MP3 15.21 Mb
Gunjack - ACIDF4K (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 146, 6:10, MP3 15.05 Mb
Gunjack - MDUB9 (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 142, 6:21, MP3 15.52 Mb
Gustavo Bassani - Additive Rhythm (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 135, 5:45, MP3 13.92 Mb
Gustavo Reinert - I Wanna (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 130, 4:56, MP3 12.17 Mb
Gustavo Reinert - Paqueta (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 128, 6:00, MP3 14.73 Mb
Hackerbeatz - Find A Way (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 126, 5:05, MP3 12.73 Mb
Hackerbeatz - Woke Up (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 125, 4:40, MP3 11.76 Mb
Haley Maze, Thoré - Reflections (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 120, 3:22, MP3 8.34 Mb
KBeat - In This Moment (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 134, 5:21, MP3 13.04 Mb
KLBR - Hourglass (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 139, 6:00, MP3 14.64 Mb
KOII - Prisoner (Kanif The Jhatmaster Remix) / Key Fm, BPM 78, 3:36, MP3 9.26 Mb
KREZUS, ØNELY - reset (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 166, 1:50, MP3 4.61 Mb
Kai 5 - No Rules (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 137, 6:18, MP3 15.34 Mb
Kairos Grove, Lake Matisse - Fairytale (Original Mix) / Key A, BPM 120, 2:18, MP3 5.92 Mb
Kalondoly - Focus (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 105, 3:01, MP3 7.45 Mb
Kana - Black Star (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 100, 4:12, MP3 10.16 Mb
Kana - Life (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 107, 5:00, MP3 12.10 Mb
Kana - Love Me (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 100, 5:53, MP3 14.23 Mb
Kana - Stereo Love (Original Mix) / Key E, BPM 110, 4:05, MP3 9.88 Mb
Kangding Ray - Four Intertwined Spirals (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 136, 6:12, MP3 15.20 Mb
Kangding Ray - Polar (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 140, 6:24, MP3 15.68 Mb
Kareful, LOSTMANE, pale fortress - Sentinel (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 115, 2:20, MP3 5.79 Mb
Kareful, LOSTMANE, pale fortress - Sentinel (slowed) / Key F#m, BPM 101, 2:39, MP3 6.54 Mb
Kareful, LOSTMANE, pale fortress - Sentinel (sped up) / Key Bbm, BPM 126, 2:07, MP3 5.28 Mb
Karin, Drop The Cheese, DJJINA - BUM BUM BUM (Extended Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 130, 3:38, MP3 9.06 Mb
Karin, Drop The Cheese, DJJINA - BUM BUM BUM (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 130, 2:37, MP3 6.63 Mb
Kathy Brown, Bimbo Jones - Dance (The Future Collective Remix Extended) / Key Dbm, BPM 125, 4:21, MP3 10.70 Mb
Kathy Brown, Bimbo Jones - Dance (The Future Collective Remix) / Key Dbm, BPM 125, 2:39, MP3 6.63 Mb
Kaybee, Joey SLVR - Fallen Angels (Extended Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 124, 5:48, MP3 14.05 Mb
Kaydell - Dia y Noche (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 128, 2:41, MP3 6.57 Mb
KeTrab - Acid Domination. (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 150, 6:50, MP3 16.95 Mb
KeTrab - Arsonists ! (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 150, 7:02, MP3 17.46 Mb
KeTrab - Back to Acid (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 150, 6:50, MP3 16.95 Mb
Kemyo - Miks Am (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 137, 5:07, MP3 12.65 Mb
Ken Silver - Dreams (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 130, 3:21, MP3 8.18 Mb
Kev Wright - The Molecule (Beat Laundry Remix) / Key C, BPM 115, 5:43, MP3 13.83 Mb
Kev Wright - The Molecule (KPAXX Remix) / Key Fm, BPM 123, 6:42, MP3 16.17 Mb
Kev Wright - The Molecule (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 123, 6:54, MP3 16.66 Mb
Kevin Yost - I1 (Yost's Extended Rework) / Key Dm, BPM 124, 9:59, MP3 24.00 Mb
Kevin Yost - T2 (Card Remix Version) / Key Dm, BPM 122, 9:02, MP3 21.75 Mb
Kholiqov - Who You Are (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 105, 2:49, MP3 6.92 Mb
Kidd Evil - Pa Bajo (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 128, 4:04, MP3 10.05 Mb
Kidd Island - Takes Over (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 126, 3:52, MP3 9.62 Mb
Kiesse - Lock Me Free (Extended Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 123, 5:18, MP3 13.04 Mb
Kikko Esse - 4Pm (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 125, 6:10, MP3 15.15 Mb
Kikko Esse - Deep Mind (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 125, 6:43, MP3 16.46 Mb
Kikko Esse - Make It (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 123, 6:22, MP3 15.64 Mb
Kikko Esse - Take It Easy (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 125, 5:58, MP3 14.67 Mb
Kiko, Etienne De Crecy - Superdata (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 124, 6:01, MP3 14.61 Mb
Kiming Dollo - Gorgon town (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 124, 1:54, MP3 4.95 Mb
King G - Glory (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 116, 6:05, MP3 14.85 Mb
King G - Go On (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 115, 5:26, MP3 13.30 Mb
King G, X-Soul RSA - Teamwork feat. X-Soul RSA (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 116, 6:56, MP3 16.89 Mb
Kirill Dark - Hold Me (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 124, 2:41, MP3 6.53 Mb
Kito Jempere - Love Myself But I Can't Make It Love (Album Version) / Key Abm, BPM 159, 1:58, MP3 5.04 Mb
Kito Jempere - Love Myself But I Can't Make It Love (School Band Version) / Key Abm, BPM 159, 1:32, MP3 4.00 Mb
Klaudia Gawlas - Dark Space (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 146, 6:12, MP3 14.99 Mb
KllangBunker - Rescurrection (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 140, 6:00, MP3 14.44 Mb
KllangBunker - Trap (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 142, 5:28, MP3 13.17 Mb
Knox - Too Strong (Instrumental) / Key Em, BPM 124, 7:04, MP3 17.21 Mb
Knox - Too Strong (Original) / Key F#m, BPM 124, 7:04, MP3 17.21 Mb
Kora, Stang - Wasting Time (DCVCV Extended Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 128, 4:51, MP3 11.93 Mb
Korsakow - Here Comes the Sun (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 127, 7:08, MP3 17.35 Mb
Korsakow - Soul Brother (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 121, 5:41, MP3 13.87 Mb
Krespo - Party (Extended Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 127, 5:19, MP3 12.93 Mb
Krespo - Power (Extended Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 124, 5:12, MP3 12.62 Mb
Kriss Bergasa - Dale Con Perreo (Extended Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 128, 5:18, MP3 12.88 Mb
Krizman Toni - Late Night (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 130, 5:44, MP3 13.98 Mb
Kuss - Stay Like This (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 141, 4:38, MP3 11.38 Mb
L/F/D/M - Chalet (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 135, 4:02, MP3 9.91 Mb
L/F/D/M - China Town (Original Mix) / Key C, BPM 139, 5:59, MP3 14.60 Mb
L/F/D/M - Push (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 126, 4:57, MP3 12.12 Mb
L/F/D/M - Scaredy Cat (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 137, 5:29, MP3 13.41 Mb
LLLIT - Sampler Dub (Lamebot Remix) / Key Gm, BPM 126, 3:55, MP3 10.02 Mb
LUĐØ - Planeta Morado (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 135, 6:01, MP3 14.71 Mb
Lad - Ron Ron (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 138, 6:25, MP3 15.75 Mb
Lamyadon - Bantayan (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 110, 4:27, MP3 10.97 Mb
Larry Ababio - Kinda Loving (Extended Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 128, 6:02, MP3 14.66 Mb
Laureano Sánchez, Alex Lyng - Cerca Del Mar ft. Dani Barranco ((Canarias)) / Key Cm, BPM 140, 3:05, MP3 7.53 Mb
Laurent Simeca - Feel Good (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 130, 4:57, MP3 12.00 Mb
Laurent Simeca - Feel Good (Radio-Edit) / Key Ebm, BPM 130, 2:55, MP3 7.13 Mb
Lausen - Acid Inhaler (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 133, 4:47, MP3 11.52 Mb
Lausen - Creeper (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 133, 5:28, MP3 13.17 Mb
Lausen - Dry Ray (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 127, 5:14, MP3 12.60 Mb
Lausen - Get In (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 135, 5:59, MP3 14.40 Mb
Lausen - Orange (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 84, 4:59, MP3 11.98 Mb
Lausen - Silver & Black (Original Mix) / Key A, BPM 134, 6:03, MP3 14.54 Mb
Lausen - Slot (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 137, 5:54, MP3 14.20 Mb
Lausen - Vaporized (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 132, 6:09, MP3 14.78 Mb
Leffingwell - Plastique (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 128, 5:38, MP3 13.82 Mb
Lefrenk - New Groove (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 136, 5:55, MP3 14.45 Mb
Lefrenk - Profundo (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 137, 5:28, MP3 13.34 Mb
Lefrenk - Swing (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 136, 4:53, MP3 11.94 Mb
Lefrenk - Tesis (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 136, 5:13, MP3 12.74 Mb
Lenn Wated - Pim Pam (Arnau Ariza Extended Remix) / Key Am, BPM 129, 5:27, MP3 13.44 Mb
Lenn Wated - Pim Pam (Arnau Ariza Remix) / Key F#m, BPM 129, 2:59, MP3 7.49 Mb
Lenn Wated - Pim Pam (J.Moral Extended Remix) / Key Fm, BPM 126, 4:19, MP3 10.71 Mb
Lenn Wated - Pim Pam (J.Moral Remix) / Key Fm, BPM 126, 3:24, MP3 8.52 Mb
Lenn Wated - Pim Pam (Jaidek Extended Remix) / Key Bbm, BPM 125, 5:11, MP3 12.79 Mb
Lenn Wated - Pim Pam (Jaidek Remix) / Key Fm, BPM 125, 3:04, MP3 7.72 Mb
Levii, Joseph Feinstein - Let You Go (Extended Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 122, 4:12, MP3 10.48 Mb
Levii, Joseph Feinstein - Let You Go (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 122, 3:14, MP3 8.15 Mb
Lewinsky, EIIVI - Move It (Extended Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 127, 3:52, MP3 9.52 Mb
Lewinsky, EIIVI - Move It (Radio Edit) / Key Gm, BPM 127, 3:23, MP3 8.37 Mb
Linear System - Blue Magic (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 144, 5:53, MP3 14.27 Mb
Lisi & Bill - Haunted By Love (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 120, 6:45, MP3 16.52 Mb
Lisi & Bill - Never Enough (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 121, 5:50, MP3 14.35 Mb
Liu, Alex O'Clock - Bad Boys (Extended Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 128, 5:15, MP3 12.85 Mb
Liz Van Gretsch - Burn This City (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 95, 3:55, MP3 9.54 Mb
Lo Fi Jack - Grooves (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 86, 2:40, MP3 6.66 Mb
Locasena - Can't Stop (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 134, 5:37, MP3 13.59 Mb
Logo alloy, Zam T - What I Gota Do Boy (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 120, 6:02, MP3 14.60 Mb
Lois (fr) - Fire (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 129, 5:55, MP3 14.44 Mb
Loopover - Hant (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 140, 4:54, MP3 11.78 Mb
Lorenzo Chi - Under Deep (Original) / Key Fm, BPM 123, 4:49, MP3 11.79 Mb
Lorenzo Chi - Under Deep (WhoisBriantech House Of Bx Dub) / Key Gm, BPM 125, 7:12, MP3 17.51 Mb
Lorenzo Oppo - Schranz (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 82, 4:42, MP3 11.58 Mb
Lost In Bass - I'm Here (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 140, 5:30, MP3 13.45 Mb
Louis Millne - W.Y.G.D (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 128, 6:45, MP3 16.56 Mb
Low Detail - shadowsintheforest (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 119, 1:38, MP3 4.74 Mb
Luca La Rocca, Ivision - Nobody Stranger (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 140, 5:32, MP3 13.39 Mb
Luca Maniaci - Evanesco (Original Mix) / Key C, BPM 140, 5:36, MP3 13.56 Mb
Luca May - Orizon (Trance Progressive) / Key Fm, BPM 138, 5:00, MP3 12.21 Mb
Lucalag - Night Shift (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 124, 5:49, MP3 14.37 Mb
Lucalag - Northern Lights (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 124, 5:49, MP3 14.37 Mb
Lucianno Villarreal - Lo fi pattern (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 123, 6:46, MP3 16.40 Mb
Ludwig Berger - leeching off the glow-work of organ rooms (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 140, 3:13, MP3 7.84 Mb
Ludwig Berger - like aurochs who fraternized with syntax of the riverbed (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 148, 2:48, MP3 6.83 Mb
Luigi Di Buono - Las Mujeres (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 128, 4:45, MP3 11.72 Mb
Luis Baro - Sintilate (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 128, 6:46, MP3 16.50 Mb
Luis Miranda - Awamba (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 139, 4:40, MP3 11.36 Mb
Luis Miranda - Sincopada (Bruce Zalcer Remix) / Key Am, BPM 140, 4:19, MP3 10.54 Mb
Luis Miranda - Sincopada (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 140, 5:39, MP3 13.75 Mb
Luis Miranda - Termination (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 138, 5:34, MP3 13.53 Mb
Lukas Stern - Check my Groove (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 148, 5:04, MP3 12.52 Mb
Lumonde - Feel Alive (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 142, 8:04, MP3 19.67 Mb
Lumonde - Forever United (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 142, 6:51, MP3 16.76 Mb
Lysergic - Reconexion (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 126, 7:02, MP3 17.30 Mb
M Wagner - Marcy Av (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 126, 4:42, MP3 11.58 Mb
M Wagner - Never Gone (Original Mix) / Key A, BPM 132, 4:46, MP3 11.74 Mb
M Wagner - Rome Generator (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 96, 2:31, MP3 6.35 Mb
M!KE V - There For You (Original Mix) / Key C, BPM 124, 3:00, MP3 7.55 Mb
M. Vaughan - Cold Read (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 106, 4:39, MP3 11.35 Mb
M87 - Dream (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 143, 5:53, MP3 14.26 Mb
MAINCREED - Falling. (Loved & Held) (Original Mix) / Key Db, BPM 135, 2:55, MP3 7.44 Mb
MAINCREED - Inner Peace. (Satisfied & Fulfillment) (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 130, 3:11, MP3 8.09 Mb
MAINCREED - Offline. (Thankful & Be Present) (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 132, 3:25, MP3 8.66 Mb
MAINCREED - Summer. (Hope & Bright Future) (Original Mix) / Key F#, BPM 155, 3:36, MP3 9.10 Mb
MAINCREED - Toxic Habits. (Performance & Expectations) (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 132, 3:46, MP3 9.50 Mb
MAINCREED, YUILA - Hopeless. (Vulnerable & God) feat. YUILA (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 126, 3:57, MP3 9.96 Mb
MARK HAMILTON - Acid on My Drinks (Ademir Remix) / Key Em, BPM 138, 10:16, MP3 25.07 Mb
MARK HAMILTON - Acid on My Drinks (DJ Deep Noise Remix) / Key Bm, BPM 138, 5:48, MP3 14.36 Mb
MARK HAMILTON - Acid on My Drinks (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 150, 3:44, MP3 9.41 Mb
MORVN, Jimmy Moon, Alure - Got No Love (Extended Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 126, 3:03, MP3 7.66 Mb
MVCA, Avi Snow, maybealice - Open Waters (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 120, 2:52, MP3 7.22 Mb
Maf3sto Musique - Umber (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 113, 8:17, MP3 20.34 Mb
Mahe Schulz, Hombres Buenos Hacen Deep - Salvation (Edit Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 126, 2:06, MP3 5.39 Mb
Mahe Schulz, The Watermelon Summer Crew - Sunshine People (Edit Mix) / Key Em, BPM 122, 2:09, MP3 5.54 Mb
Mairos, DJ FISH (Official) - Detroit Memory (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 120, 5:57, MP3 14.45 Mb
Majed Salih - Morssk (Original Mix) / Key F, BPM 119, 5:42, MP3 13.70 Mb
Malyne, Lewii, Luminatix - Nothing Left (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 142, 5:05, MP3 12.43 Mb
Mandabrat - Angels Cry Too (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 120, 5:28, MP3 13.27 Mb
Manu Soto - Somalie (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 125, 6:35, MP3 16.01 Mb
Mao Al - Deconstruction (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 140, 5:48, MP3 14.19 Mb
Marc Brauner - Margarita (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 124, 6:15, MP3 15.03 Mb
Marcello Perri - Drug Addict (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 129, 7:27, MP3 18.42 Mb
Marco Bailey - Full Steam (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 131, 5:10, MP3 12.65 Mb
Marco Herzing - Gallus (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 139, 5:32, MP3 13.60 Mb
Marco Herzing - Prince Chelios (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 136, 6:07, MP3 15.02 Mb
Marco Wellisch - Bammbule (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 127, 8:08, MP3 19.74 Mb
Marco Wellisch - Down to His Knees (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 125, 7:35, MP3 18.44 Mb
Marco Wellisch - Fine Tune (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 124, 6:31, MP3 15.88 Mb
Marco Wellisch - StundenTräumer (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 120, 8:56, MP3 21.68 Mb
Marcus Code - I Feel The Sunlight (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 126, 6:08, MP3 14.98 Mb
Marcus Soulbynight - Deep Faith (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 124, 5:56, MP3 14.35 Mb
Mareke - I Waked for Love (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 128, 5:16, MP3 13.00 Mb
Mariline - Tu Cuerpo (Extended Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 125, 4:37, MP3 11.38 Mb
Mariline - Tu Cuerpo (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 125, 2:23, MP3 6.03 Mb
Marina George - BPD (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 140, 8:58, MP3 21.66 Mb
Mario Conte - Naikeland (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 120, 7:32, MP3 18.18 Mb
Mario Conte, Fabio Spzz - Cubalibre (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 125, 8:19, MP3 20.06 Mb
Mario Tapon - Body Grooving (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 124, 6:16, MP3 15.32 Mb
Mario Tapon - Keep Moving (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 124, 6:12, MP3 15.16 Mb
Mark Dekoda, Droplex - Seductive (Original Mix) / Key A, BPM 136, 5:39, MP3 13.72 Mb
Mark Pharrow - Boogity Bump (Extended Mix) / Key Em, BPM 126, 3:59, MP3 9.72 Mb
Mark Pharrow - Boogity Bump (Radio Edit) / Key Em, BPM 126, 2:59, MP3 7.34 Mb
Marlldexx - Voodoo Drums (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 126, 5:24, MP3 13.19 Mb
Martin Ikin - Hustlin' (Extended Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 129, 4:49, MP3 11.66 Mb
Martin Yorston - Crazy (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 132, 6:22, MP3 15.57 Mb
Martin and Morales - Wet (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 128, 7:38, MP3 18.60 Mb
Marzziano - MUSIC IS THE KEY (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 128, 6:06, MP3 15.07 Mb
Massa - Inner Depths (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 169, 6:33, MP3 16.01 Mb
Massa - Miracle Worker (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 127, 6:48, MP3 16.62 Mb
Massa - The Seed (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 127, 6:12, MP3 15.18 Mb
Mastik Groove - Eternal (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 135, 5:49, MP3 14.11 Mb
Morris DJ, Ferreck Dam - Impetus feat. Morris DJ (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 128, 4:04, MP3 9.80 Mb
Morris DJ, Ferreck Dam - Impulsive Techno feat. Morris DJ (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 127, 5:23, MP3 12.98 Mb
Morris DJ, Ferreck Dam - Metamorhic feat. Morris DJ (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 127, 5:46, MP3 13.90 Mb
Moses (IN) - Made To Rave (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 145, 5:01, MP3 12.07 Mb
Mosfamous - Feeling B (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 132, 6:35, MP3 15.97 Mb
Mosfamous - Galactica (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 128, 7:36, MP3 18.42 Mb
Mossed - Side A (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 138, 5:43, MP3 14.09 Mb
Mossed - Side B (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 137, 5:44, MP3 14.13 Mb
Mossed - Side C (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 136, 6:20, MP3 15.56 Mb
Mossed - Side D (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 141, 6:23, MP3 15.70 Mb
Mossed - Side E (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 137, 6:07, MP3 15.08 Mb
Mossed - Side F (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 140, 5:34, MP3 13.75 Mb
Mr. Nunez - Morena (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 127, 6:07, MP3 14.87 Mb
Mr. Nunez - The Warning (Extended Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 126, 6:06, MP3 15.14 Mb
Mr. Nunez - Toma (Extended Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 130, 5:55, MP3 14.72 Mb
MusicbyAden - Yore (Original Mix) / Key B, BPM 120, 3:44, MP3 9.20 Mb
NERGY - Move Your Feet (Extended Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 126, 3:37, MP3 9.13 Mb
NMN - Haptico (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 138, 5:49, MP3 14.22 Mb
NMN - Haptico (The Fabric Of Reality Remix) / Key Gm, BPM 135, 5:22, MP3 13.13 Mb
NMN - Ocularcentrismo (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 134, 6:00, MP3 14.65 Mb
NMN - Retina (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 133, 6:05, MP3 14.85 Mb
Nachtwaker - Selfhelp (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 128, 6:11, MP3 14.98 Mb
Naems, Koriz - Inside Your Mind (Extended Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 140, 2:47, MP3 7.51 Mb
Nalestar, Agezzi, Nick Palm - Old Friends (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 122, 3:03, MP3 7.44 Mb
Namhar - A Moment Of Chaos (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 145, 5:45, MP3 13.82 Mb
Napsoul - Nobody Knows (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 115, 6:09, MP3 14.92 Mb
Nastro - Hit The Club (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 136, 6:07, MP3 14.78 Mb
Nastro - On Fire (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 137, 5:29, MP3 13.27 Mb
Natalie Greffel, musclecars - Ha Ya! (Eternal Life) (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 116, 7:40, MP3 18.69 Mb
Nathan Barato, Gettoblaster - The Move (feat. Tony Duke) (Original Mix) / Key F, BPM 129, 5:31, MP3 13.44 Mb
Nausica, Danny Rhys, Gloria IT - La Flaca feat. Gloria IT (Extended Mix) / Key Am, BPM 128, 5:18, MP3 13.17 Mb
Nautica, LVGA - See Me Fly (Club Mix) / Key Am, BPM 125, 3:55, MP3 10.02 Mb
Ned Bennett - Big Band Accelerator (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 144, 5:29, MP3 13.40 Mb
Neil Landstrumm - Hybrd (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 138, 6:07, MP3 14.73 Mb
Neil Landstrumm - Techno For Tash (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 134, 5:49, MP3 14.01 Mb
Nem - What You Believe (Extended Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 126, 3:49, MP3 9.23 Mb
Netty Hugo - Avon (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 141, 5:18, MP3 13.05 Mb
Netty Hugo - Dont Ever (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 136, 5:43, MP3 14.03 Mb
Netty Hugo - Nova (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 145, 5:23, MP3 13.23 Mb
Netty Hugo - Or4l (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 151, 4:51, MP3 11.95 Mb
Neuron, Davvi - No Rules feat. Davvi (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 97, 3:25, MP3 8.58 Mb
Newlexim - Too Good to Be True (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 115, 6:15, MP3 15.11 Mb
Newlexim, Sambo Sq - Soul Deep feat. Sambo Sq (Original Mix) / Key C, BPM 114, 5:45, MP3 13.94 Mb
Niall Kelly - Guataqai (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 143, 5:57, MP3 14.57 Mb
Nick Dare - Don't U Want It (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 123, 6:51, MP3 16.81 Mb
Nick Dare - Keep Me Right (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 123, 5:50, MP3 14.38 Mb
Nick Harvey - Work (Extended Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 127, 6:39, MP3 16.16 Mb
Nick Hook, Mizaru, Quentin Hartz - Reach (Martin Sharp Remix) / Key Gm, BPM 125, 6:43, MP3 16.37 Mb
Nico Crespo, MRVLZ - All Around Me (Extended Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 126, 6:11, MP3 15.21 Mb
Nico Crespo, MRVLZ - All Around Me (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 126, 4:40, MP3 11.57 Mb
Niereich, Shadym - Fermi Paradoxon (Original Mix) / Key Bbm, BPM 130, 6:02, MP3 15.04 Mb
Nifiant - Loneliness (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 115, 2:37, MP3 6.58 Mb
Niklas Wandt - Gottesfuß (Original Mix) / Key A, BPM 98, 5:25, MP3 13.26 Mb
Niklas Wandt - Wandt Uncorked (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 133, 6:48, MP3 16.59 Mb
Nilbog, Julia Okulewicz - Kregoslup (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 120, 5:44, MP3 14.34 Mb
Nilbog, Julia Okulewicz - Scesja (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 134, 7:47, MP3 19.26 Mb
Nino Tores, Tal Tobi - Different (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 122, 5:27, MP3 13.44 Mb
Nino Tores, Tal Tobi - Minako (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 122, 5:20, MP3 13.18 Mb
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Niteplan - UNDR-GRND (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 127, 6:03, MP3 15.09 Mb
Nkanyezi Kubheka, Golden DJz, Uncle Zee - MSOLOMBA (Original Mix) / Key Eb, BPM 113, 5:29, MP3 13.39 Mb
Nowakowski, Alex Denver - Call me (Original Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 120, 3:36, MP3 8.85 Mb
Noël Patrianelli - Shake It (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 128, 4:30, MP3 10.88 Mb
Nuhn - Archangel (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 145, 7:12, MP3 17.40 Mb
Nuhn - Better Than Knowledge (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 140, 4:54, MP3 11.94 Mb
Nuhn - Diablo (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 135, 7:24, MP3 17.90 Mb
Nuhn - El Amanecer (Original Mix) / Key Ebm, BPM 140, 5:57, MP3 14.44 Mb
Nuhn - Orphax (Original Mix) / Key F#m, BPM 160, 6:54, MP3 16.74 Mb
Numa Gomez - Tra Tra (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 125, 5:57, MP3 14.41 Mb
Oakstream - Sweet Bubbles (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 118, 4:57, MP3 12.17 Mb
Octavio - Burned Device (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 135, 5:49, MP3 14.11 Mb
Octavio - Doomsday (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 136, 5:46, MP3 13.99 Mb
Octavio - From Within (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 136, 5:46, MP3 14.01 Mb
Oi - Interstellar (Original Mix) / Key Fm, BPM 125, 4:37, MP3 11.45 Mb
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Oi - Orion (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 125, 4:52, MP3 12.08 Mb
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Oldboy, Odyssette - Risk It All (Original Mix) / Key C, BPM 120, 3:23, MP3 8.47 Mb
Oliver Deutschmann - Dogma (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 128, 6:25, MP3 15.74 Mb
Oliver Gil - Baby Again (Original Mix) / Key Am, BPM 126, 5:11, MP3 12.74 Mb
Oliver Gil - Baby Again (Radio Edit) / Key Am, BPM 126, 3:07, MP3 7.81 Mb
Oliver Rosa, Papi Mikey Dinero, Bruut 99 - Immigrana (Extended Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 129, 5:59, MP3 14.47 Mb
Oliver Wickham - Heart and Mind (Extended Mix) / Key Eb, BPM 122, 5:04, MP3 12.35 Mb
Oliver Wickham - Let's Go Back (Extended Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 124, 7:16, MP3 17.61 Mb
Ollie S. - Luminous (Original Mix) / Key Dbm, BPM 126, 7:11, MP3 17.29 Mb
Ollie S. - Stanton (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 127, 6:39, MP3 16.03 Mb
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Ollto Jade - Aesthetics VS Mechanics (Original Mix) / Key Dm, BPM 124, 5:43, MP3 14.07 Mb
Ollto Jade - Lambda X 3 (Original Mix) / Key Em, BPM 124, 5:15, MP3 12.95 Mb
Olly James - Inside Your Mind (Extened Mix) / Key Abm, BPM 142, 3:28, MP3 9.07 Mb
Omega Drive - Let's Twist It (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 140, 7:33, MP3 18.38 Mb
Omega Drive - Love Me (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 132, 6:27, MP3 15.77 Mb
Omega Drive - You Want What (Original Mix) / Key Bm, BPM 143, 6:50, MP3 16.67 Mb
OneSeas - Room of Fearless (Original Mix) / Key Cm, BPM 126, 5:20, MP3 13.08 Mb
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ki ya tori - yume (Original Mix) / Key Gm, BPM 132, 7:22, MP3 18.00 Mb
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2024.05.19 20:13 Perkelton Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup: May 19 2024 18 ending soon (incl. Dark Cities) & 30 new this week (incl. Feudum, 2024 Crokinole Board Season 8)

What is this?

This is a weekly crowdfunding roundup of new projects launched last week and projects that end the coming week.

Google Docs

As an alternative format, the lists are now also available as a Google Docs found here: Weekly Crowdfunding Roundup

Updates

Expect new lists every Sunday between 00:00 and 23:59 CEST on the following platforms:
Mastodon: @danielpervan@mastodon.social
Discord: https://discord.gg/dN4P4PZcU9
Reddit: /boardgames

Selection criteria

The criteria for the lists are as follows:

Ending soon

Newly launched

Notable filtered projects

Tags

🎉: Staff pick/featured
💰: Funded
🔥: More than average 200 backers/day
🌱: Creator's first project
🌳: Creator's >5th project
🔄: Money back guarantee (Read more)

FAQ

I live in Cuba/Canada/Haiti/USA, why are you posting on a Saturday?!
Because I'm writing this from Europe in the future where it's already Sunday. Timezones be crazy.
Why are there a bunch of non-board games in the board game list?
Because the Tabletop games category on Kickstarter includes anything remotely related to board games and sometimes things slip through my filters.
Why is this future award winning board game and literal saviour of humanity missing from your list?
Sometimes my filters get a bit overzealous and discard actually valid projects. If you feel something is missing for this reason, leave a comment and I'll add it (maybe).
Can I donate all my money to you?
No
Can you help me promote my game?
Please no. I make lists. Nothing more.
Your list is full of errors and now the great old ones have awaken!
Indeed, this fine piece of code runs purely on faith, trust and pixie dust, so anything can happen. Leave a comment and I'll see what I can do.

Ending soon (18)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
Dark Cities | Deluxe Editions Five games of social deduction & light strategy for up to 9 players. Deluxe book boxes include upgraded components & mini expansions. 2982 $321,124.00 (1284%) in 20 days 2024-05-23 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
LONG DARK SEA Long Dark Sea is a cooperative adventure card game for 1-4 players focused on exploration and combat where deckbuilding and resource management are their main mechanics. Venture into the unknown with your pirate crew in search of ancient relics in a Sci-fi universe. 1006 €136,749.40 (228%) in 19 days 2024-05-21 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40-60 min. Card Game Dice Game Deck Building Cooperative 💰🌱 BGG
Hannibal & Hamilcar + Metal Minis Hannibal: Classic Edition by one of the most acclaimed game designers in the world, Mark Simonitch. 972 €102,134.25 (340%) in 6 days 2024-05-24 💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players ⏱️ 120 min. Card Game Wargame Dice Game Area Control 💰🌳
Picky Eaters: Ultimate Collection A delectably devious game for 2-6 players. 681 $50,546.00 (1011%) in 27 days 2024-05-23 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Apistocracy You're invited to make your season debut in a game that blends worker placement and trick-taking with the delights of Victorian London. 646 $55,877.00 (559%) in 27 days 2024-05-23 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 40-80 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Park Life 🇬🇧 🇨🇦 🇪🇺 Cozy trick-taking game. A celebration of public spaces and cute hedgehogs! 🦔🦔🦔 461 $13,854.00 (13854%) in 27 days 2024-05-22 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Long Live Backyardia! A modular expansion for the award-nominated Trick-Taking and Mancala board game Bug Council of Backyardia! 454 ¥2,447,309 (489%) in 20 days 2024-05-21 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-40 min. 💰 BGG
AI 100% Human - Boardgame Innovative drafting game with a reserve and immediate scoring, all structured around building a tableau. 370 €24,480.00 (245%) in 20 days 2024-05-24 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-45 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Nanga Parbat: Animal Powers A promo pack for Dr. Finn's Nanga Parbat to add even more strategy and fun to an already awesome game. 320 $4,223.00 (422%) in 12 days 2024-05-22 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-40 min. 🎉💰🌳 BGG
Cosmic Chains A tactical dueling card game of cats and robots. Build the longest satellite chain to provide the best network coverage! 293 $8,739.00 (175%) in 19 days 2024-05-26 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 30-40 min. 💰🌱 BGG
DragonStrike Mount your Dragon and ride into aerial combat in this fast paced but deviously cunning Board Game, using beautiful pre-painted Dragons! 261 $49,705.00 (124%) in 27 days 2024-05-25 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Potion Crafter Alchemy calls! Fill the shelves of your magic shop with unique potions in this roll and write, print and play strategy board game. 251 €2,762.00 (2762%) in 14 days 2024-05-21 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑6 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 💰 BGG
Renters + Parking Expansion (Print & Play) Renters, is a roll & write boardgame in which we will have to host groups of up to 5 people in our building, according to a roll of the dice. But our building requires repair the elevator, air conditioning and wifi. 225 €2,117.45 (4235%) in 45 days 2024-05-20 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑10 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 20-30 min. Dice Game 💰🌱 BGG
Dungeon Rooms with FLAVOR A deck of geomorphic dungeon rooms cards with... flavor! 205 €2,986.00 (299%) in 11 days 2024-05-24 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Treasures Lost Navigate wisely across the uncharted lands. Choose your path and find the lost treasures! | Fantasy | PnP | Roll n write | Dungeon | 198 NZ$4,313.00 (431%) in 27 days 2024-05-23 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑99 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 15-30 min. 💰🌳 BGG
Paycheck to Billionaire: Board Game Meets Financial Freedom Start with a Paycheck, Manage Daily Bills, Invest Smartly, from Startup to Business Empire. ----A Game Changer, not only in the Game. 189 $6,500.00 (130%) in 27 days 2024-05-23 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑6 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 20-60 min. 💰🌱 BGG
[Micro May] Roll A Coaster Park - Print and Play Build paths, rides and stalls and attract guests to your new roller coaster park in this roll and write game. 148 £1,465.00 (1465%) in 20 days 2024-05-21 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Post Necrone : The Party Wanted Necromancer Expansion! Experience Deck-Building, Roguelike Exploration & Party Game Dynamics with the Latest Expansion for the Strategy Card Game PARTY WANTED 104 $3,732.00 (560%) in 29 days 2024-05-20 💸 Kickstarter 💰

New this week (30)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags BGG
2024 Crokinole Board Season 8: Mahagony or Beech + Cases We are back for our 8th Crokinole Project, this fan favorite will include all the best of prior projects plus wax with every board! 3481 $459,805.00 (9196%) in 6 days 2024-06-05 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥🌳
Feudum Game-of-the-year winner, Feudum is back with the 7th anniversary collector's edition featuring an exclusive clockwork behemoth! Grrrrrrrrrr. 2089 $273,565.57 (1094%) in 5 days 2024-06-14 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players ⏱️ 150 min. Area Control 💰🔥🌱
Rove A cooperative campaign experience for 1-4 adventurers set in a fantasy world on the brink of being consumed by nature. 1728 $257,808.00 (645%) in 6 days 2024-06-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 🎉💰🔥🌱 BGG
Masters of the Universe: Battleground Masters of the Universe: Battleground is a skirmish miniature game for two to four players, where forces of good and evil clash in epic combat. This glorious battle will shake the earth and change the fate of Eternia! 1605 $422,043.41 (1407%) in 6 days 2024-05-29 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 90 min. Wargame 💰🔥🌳
Wonders of The First CCG Battle across 7 realms as a Stoneseeker. Just Relaunched - Get Kickstarter Exclusive Packages and Pricing! 1451 $902,420.00 (3610%) in 6 days 2024-05-31 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 20-45 min. 💰🔥 BGG
Hunted: Mining Colony 415 (2nd Edition) [Solo Game of the Month] Become an 80s action hero who overcomes impossible odds to escape deadly aliens in the 2nd edition of this solo game! 1161 $24,565.46 (491%) in 6 days 2024-05-31 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑2 players ⏱️ 20 min. Card Game 💰🌳
Hannibal & Hamilcar + Metal Minis Hannibal: Classic Edition by one of the most acclaimed game designers in the world, Mark Simonitch. 972 €102,134.25 (340%) in 6 days 2024-05-24 💸 Gamefound 👥 2 players ⏱️ 120 min. Card Game Wargame Dice Game Area Control 💰🌳
Oshi Push! The VTuber Trading Card Game A TCG featuring actual VTubers, from the makers of Tanto Cuore and Game Designer, Justin Gary! www.OshiPush.com 828 $146,263.00 (293%) in 5 days 2024-06-05 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌳
The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast is Outta Control in 2024 The Cabal Founders are crashing into 2024 with more weekly tabletop gaming podcasts and other irreverent nonsense! 827 $51,447.00 (129%) in 5 days 2024-06-07 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
BERSERKERS : Chaos Extension by Alone Editions Berserkers is Back ! 628 €16,523.00 (254%) in 4 days 2024-06-09 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Hex Effects: A Spellbinding Card Game Hex Effects is a “take that” card game that involves beautiful artwork and easy-to-pick-up gameplay. From the makers of Side Effects! 604 $22,937.00 (191%) in 4 days 2024-06-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑8 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 20-40 min. 🎉💰 BGG
Everbloom A unique blend of area control, resource management, and set collection, taking place in a magical world of flora & fauna. 560 $37,685.00 (188%) in 6 days 2024-06-08 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 13+ ⏱️ 60-90 min. 🎉💰🌱 BGG
Good Dog, Bad Zombie: A Cooperative Board Game (2nd Edition) Bark, sniff, and lick your way through the apocalypse to save the humans you love! New art, new playable dogs, & upgraded components! 554 $45,349.00 (336%) in 6 days 2024-06-07 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
The Big Bad Wolf Based on The 3 Little Pigs! Secretly pass the "Big Bad Wolf" then Entice & Persuade players into flipping it, to Blow Down their house! 440 $8,704.00 (249%) in 6 days 2024-06-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 15-35 min. 💰🌱 BGG
Catstronauts: The Board Game The cooperative boardgame based on the hit graphic novels! 361 $23,289.00 (466%) in 6 days 2024-06-14 💸 Kickstarter 👥 1‑4 players 👶 8+ ⏱️ 30 min. 💰🌳 BGG
World of Kilforth: The Fantasy Quest Games Return to the stunning oceans of Kilforth! Missed the Kickstarter? Heed the call, and explore the beautiful southern seas to defend Kilforth from the deadly Ancients... 261 £27,836.80 (557%) in 6 days 2024-05-31 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑4 players Card Game Dice Game 💰
Amsterdam Board Game Design - season 1 Three fun card games by different members of ABGD: Bable, Grachtenpand, & TimeZoo. May this be the first season of many! 258 €7,569.00 (252%) in 6 days 2024-06-13 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
Around the World in 10 to 15 Minutes Travel the world, explore cities, and collect souvenirs in this 2-6 player print at home game 256 $2,429.00 (2429%) in 6 days 2024-05-31 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Guns of the Old West Players compete as a team with over 100 campaign paths. Each playthrough is a unique cinematic experience offering endless replayability. Players make strategic decisions and interact with each other to achieve their group and secret individual objectives, some of which involve betrayal, making for … 203 £36,141.95 (72%) in 6 days 2024-06-11 💸 Gamefound 👥 2‑8 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. Card Game Wargame Dice Game Cooperative 🌱 BGG
The Thinning Veil Cormac Mac Airt on the Other Side of Midnight A solo dungeon crawl now featuring a 2 player mode set in the world of The Thinning Veil, and featuring Cormac Mac Airt, High King of Inis Fael! This game is the first in the Thinning Veil line and the Cormac series. 182 £24,123.56 (1206%) in 6 days 2024-06-11 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑2 players ⏱️ 90 min. Dice Game 💰
The 7 Seas: A New Start Embark on a thrilling adventure in the world of The 7 Seas. Explore, trade, and fight to become a legend! 145 €12,654.80 (127%) in 3 days 2024-06-09 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players 👶 10+ ⏱️ 30-90 min. 💰 BGG
Freak War: A Card Game A fun and simple pick-up-and-play card game—with unhinged rules and a hidden layer of intense strategy. 142 $11,158.00 (112%) in 6 days 2024-06-13 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 6+ ⏱️ 15-60 min. 🎉💰 BGG
EXPENDABLE EMPLOYEES A Miniature Skirmish Game Inspired by Lethal Company, Content Warning & Helldivers 2! 126 CA$3,136.00 (125%) in 3 days 2024-06-15 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌳
Bouquet A game of bees, blossoms, and bluffing, Bouquet is a strategic area control game where competition blooms into beauty! 105 $7,152.00 (72%) in 6 days 2024-06-03 💸 Kickstarter 👥 3‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 15-20 min. BGG
Le Vent Rouge: a Game of French Thieves & Dice A Competitive "Roll & Spend" Strategy Game For 2-4 Players 98 $7,838.00 (52%) in 4 days 2024-06-07 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players 👶 12+ ⏱️ 60-120 min. 🌳 BGG
PLACES-Bid Outwit opponents for the most valuable portfolio of buildings, projects, and tokens through strategic bidding, collecting, and assembling. 75 $2,847.61 (28%) in 5 days 2024-06-01 💸 Gamefound 👥 3‑6 players ⏱️ 20 min. Card Game 🌱
Grassroots The party game to change the world 74 £3,444.00 (57%) in 5 days 2024-06-19 💸 Kickstarter 🎉🌱
Simplicity Lenormand Unlock the Mysteries of Divination with Ease 67 $7,073.00 (47%) in 4 days 2024-06-15 💸 Kickstarter
Hockey Hardware A fun, new tabletop game for hockey fans, gamers, fantasy hockey GMs, and players who like to win. 67 CA$15,331.00 (38%) in 4 days 2024-07-15 💸 Kickstarter 👥 2‑4 players ⏱️ 45-120 min. BGG
CyberQuest. The Game of Cyberpunk Adventures You are in the year 2081. The Black Chip agency, formed by members who participated in the Second Corporate Conflict on both sides, try to avoid a third conflict between Nakaware and Biosync.Max, an employee at Nakaware, discovers a confidential file that could spark a war. He contacts his sister R… 25 €2,223.51 (12%) in 5 days 2024-06-28 💸 Gamefound 👥 1‑5 players 👶 14+ ⏱️ 45-90 min. Cooperative 🌱 BGG

Notable filtered projects (5)

Name Description Backers Pledged Ends Information Tags
Richard Kane Ferguson's Playmat Collection Extremely limited edition RKF extended artwork: Tutors, Force of Will and other classic and new Magic: the Gathering playmats & prints! 2698 $274,228.00 (2217%) in 28 days 2024-05-22 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🌱
Modular Filament Storage System 3D Printable Modular Filament Storage System 1792 $105,407.00 (2108%) in 27 days 2024-05-23 💸 Kickstarter 💰
Kimera Velvet - Concentrated Acrylic Inks and Pure Pigments A new line of paints for miniatures, new pure pigments set, new brushes and 150mm academic busts for painting from Kimera Kolors. 1731 €235,046.00 (783%) in 6 days 2024-05-30 💸 Kickstarter 💰🔥
The Savage World of Solomon Kane RPG Dive deep in the world of Solomon Kane with this revised version of the RPG based upon the incredible works of Robert E. Howard! 1098 €99,363.00 (248%) in 5 days 2024-05-23 💸 Kickstarter 🎉💰🔥🌳
Loot The Monster! - A Project that Grows with Every Backer A DnD Treasure Trove of Unique Loot for Every Monster. Dungeons and Dragons 5E 1035 €17,424.00 (3872%) in 25 days 2024-05-25 💸 Kickstarter 💰🌱
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2024.05.19 16:09 adulting4kids Literary Devices Thesis Topics

  1. Thesis: The Power of Epistrophe in Shakespearean Tragedy
  1. Thesis: Anadiplosis as a Tool for Moral Reflection in Victorian Literature
  1. Thesis: Aposiopesis in Gothic Fiction: Unveiling the Unspeakable
  1. Thesis: The Rhetorical Force of Epizeuxis in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
  1. Thesis: Chiasmus in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby": Symmetry and Disillusionment
  1. Thesis: Enjambment and Modernist Experimentation in T.S. Eliot's Poetry
  1. Thesis: Paraprosdokian in Oscar Wilde's Satirical Wit
  1. Thesis: Anaphora in Langston Hughes' Poetry: Giving Voice to the Harlem Renaissance
  1. Thesis: Hendiadys in Jane Austen's Social Commentary
  1. Thesis: Litotes in George Orwell's "1984": The Art of Understatement in Dystopian Discourse
Note: These examples are for illustrative purposes and provide a starting point for further exploration in literary analysis. It's essential to consult the actual texts and relevant scholarly articles for in-depth research.
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2024.05.19 13:18 pillowcase-of-eels [Music] Emilie Autumn's Asylum, pt. 6 – High-concept musician responds to online criticism by waging successful attrition war against her own fanbase

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Welcome back to the Asylum write-up, where we explore the decade-long slow-motion car crash that is the Emilie Autumn fandom.
Sorry this installment took so long to upload! Just a heads-up, I may take some time to deliver the last one too – these posts take forever to format on Reddit's finicky-ass editor, and my dumb real life is currently keeping me from precious Internet time. Thank you for your patience! You have my word that everyone who pre-ordered the final installment will receive a PERSONAL, HANDWRITTEN letter autographed and illustrated by me, a list of the snacks I consumed while composing this write-up, some exclusive behind-the-scenes secrets, and a pony.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4.1 – Part 4.2 Part 5
Places, everyone This is a test Throw your stones Do your damage Your worst, and your best (...) And if I had a dollar For every time I repented the sin And commit the same crime I'd be sitting on top of the world today (“God Help Me”, 2006🎵)
Quick recap of where we left off. First, there were five to ten halcyon years of pleasant and meaningful interactions between EA and her blossoming fanbase, prominently by way of her official forum. Then, circa 2009-2010, EA's online presence shifted towards sudden anger outbursts, ban-hammering, and an increasingly top-down communication style.
This created a sort of primordial rift within the fanbase, between those who supported EA's right to speak her mind and regulate her own fan spaces however she pleased – and those who thought that her reactions were rude and inappropriate (at best), and that even fan spaces should allow for reasonable, non-abusive criticism of the artist.
Between a poorly-handled book release (see Part 3), the controversial (Part 2) or dubiously true (Part 4) contents of said book, and serious shade from various former collaborators (Part 5), more and more fans had pressing thoughts about EA's work ethic and choices. EA attempted damage control through drastic forum rules that made it virtually impossible to voice any “serious” critical opinion. It didn't work, of course: instead of squashing the mutiny, she created a schism.
Critical fans and active haters started congregating on unofficial platforms.

“WITH MUFFINS LIKE THIS, WHO NEEDS ENEMIES?”: TROLL LIKE A GIRL

So here we were, the early 2010s. The official forum (which had about 700 members in 2006, if you recall) was now thousands-strong, reaching just over 12,000 registered users in 2012 – not all of them active, but still. In terms of sheer numbers and content creation, the party was POPPIN'... but increasingly in parts of the Asylum that escaped EA's jurisdiction, such as Tumblr, where they could speak their mind freely.
You play the victim very well You've built your self-indulgent hell You wanted someone to understand you Well, be careful what you wish for, because I do (“I Know Where You Sleep”, 2006🎵)
In one wing of Asylum Tumblr, a smattering of call-out blogs emerged, which laid out EA's various lies, faux pas, shitty takes, and general deep-seated terribleness in detailed timelines and screenshots (or, short of that, long-winded bullet points). While many such blogs framed it as “serious” whistleblowing and did their best to remain as fact-based and neutral as they could, there was some genuine disgust, animosity and creepiness towards EA on that side of Tumblr; for some ex-fans, “exposing the truth” was mostly justify obsessive hatred, prying and verbal abuse. Some, for instance, felt the bizarre need to side with EA's mother in their estrangement. (One user, with the URL “emilyautumnfischkopf”, argued in a serious and down-to-earth tone - but with zero sources - that EA's upbringing had been nothing but peaceful and supportive until she ungratefully kicked her loving family to the curb for no reason at all. They were later revealed 🔍 to have an alternate handle as “eaisalyingcunt”.)
Either way, through these blogs, a number of potential drama bombs that had mostly flown under the radar were dredged up from over the years – some of which were hard to ignore, even for supportive fans. Where to begin?
There was that nonsense in-joke song, captured twice on camera during the 2009 tour (to very little outrage, at the time), crassly called “Manatee Retard”📺. Or EA's scathing response, in print, to a wheelchair user who found it insensitive that she used a bedazzled wheelchair as a prop to do sexy acrobatics on stage. (“Your offence taken at my hard-won self-acceptance proves that I indeed have something to fight against”, she wrote). Spoken word tracks where she made trivializing knock-knock jokes about serious mental illnesses she didn't have, like schizophrenia and OCD. Multiple instances of calling Britney Spears a “bimbo” and a “Hollywood fucked-up”, resentfully claiming that she only shaved her head because she was “hopped up on drugs” and certainly not because she was “bipolar”, a word the press liked to wield as an insult anyway. (“That's almost like calling someone a retard!” Yeah, heaven forbid.) The meanest, most distasteful paragraphs in the book. Basically everything problematic EA had ever said or written.📝 In retrospect, it had been a long time coming, but it was a lot to take in – and certainly more off-putting, even to less emotionally invested fans, than silly lies about her age and last name.
In another wing of Asylum Tumblr, some fans had had it up to here and just wanted to have fun. 🎵 If Plague Rats had learned one valuable lesson from EA, it was how to crack a joke in the face of absurd tragedy – and the general state of the EA fandom certainly warranted a few.
In 2012, Fight Like a Girl was released. After six long years, three of which had been peaceful, the Opheliac era was officially over. The new album and ensuing tour confirmed that the Asylum had entered a process of glamorous Broadway-style militarization. 🎵📺
The mood board was “Roman general meets Vegas showgirl meets Victorian street urchin”.🪞 The color palette was, to naysayers, “musty pink and rotten, stale piss yellow”. 🐀 The keyword was “REVENGE” (through the power of... self-expression! sorority! brutal assault with rusty medical implements!). The chorus of the title song had an intriguing run-on line about getting “revenge on the world, or at least 49% of the people in it” 🎵 – which seemed like an awful lot, and was widely interpreted (to cheers, boos, or uncomfortable sighs) as a misandrist jab at literally all men on Earth.
The show was essentially a demo version of the musical, in that the setlist vaguely reflected the order of events in the story – but prior reading was essential in order to get what the hell was going on on stage. This one Broadway reviewer had not perused the literature before seeing the show 🔍, and hated: the set, the choreography, the skits, the plot, the lyrics, the music, the concept. (Seriously, you should read the review. It's not even my show and I feel like quitting show business.)
Pre-show VIP encounters, now violin-free, were lorded over by EA's new manager🐀, whose official title was “Asylum Headmistress”. (Interesting choice – she sounds fun!) The swag bags were less substantial than before, and the “greet” part of the meet-and-greet was rarely more than a quick hug and photo op.
On Twitter, EA continued to embrace her “I am very badass” fronting attitude...
Often wonder if cyberbullies r aware they’re fucking w/ a girl who’s BFs w/ maker of the SAW films & is marrying a knife-throwing scorpion. (🐀📝)
...and her taste for needlessly inflammatory statements. About an aisle sign in a supermarket:
If this does not infuriate you, then you're a fucking potato.
(Again with the confounding crypto-ableism, EA! 🔍) She also went through a phase of raging against Lady Gaga 📝, who had stolen her idea of using a wheelchair on stage as an able-bodied woman. 🔍 That failed to convince anyone that she wasn't the histrionic diva that haters made her out to be.
Spurred on by EA's rallying cries and “us vs them” mentality, loyalists turned the white-knighting up to 11. On Twitter, some Plague Rats got into cat fights with Lady Gaga's Little Monsters (what a time to be alive). Others tried to balance out the Tumblr negativity with initiatives like “Spreading a Plague of Love” – a “positive-only” confession blog, whose extreme fangirling, comically drastic rules and hyper-defensive tone📝 did not debunk the increasingly popular notion that “true Plague Rats” were a bunch of authoritarian and hopelessly brainwashed fanatics.
EA truthers and other anti-fans started lashing out at anyone who dared express any positive opinion of EA, solidifying claims that the backlash against EA was just a conspiracy of bitter, hysterical bullies.
All this to say: every passing day brought new reasons for fans to get mad at EA and each other, and everyone in the Asylum was in need of a laugh. It's not easy having a good time.🦠
Leading up to Fight Like a Girl and in the years that followed, user-submission-based meme blogs took off, most notably “Spreading a Plague of Lulz / Troll Like a Girl”. A lot of the early submissions were absurdist humor and toothless, cheezburger-Impact memes (a style that was, oddly, already dated at the time). Those often originated in good fun, and from loyal fans, on the official forum. But there was also true snark, satirizing EA's questionable ethics, outrageous claims, and easily spoofed artistic gimmicks. A new slang of Asylumspeak emerged: Glittertits (slight NSFW), GAGA!!, EA Gusta and all its memeface variants, Get outta mah house!, Are You Suffering?, Fight Like A Goat, [Random celebrity] copied EA (a subgenre in its own right), ...
Most of the “trolling” was directed at unrepentant bootlickers and, to a lesser extent, red-in-the-face haters and creeps. Meme blogs would post joke comments under “serious” or gushing submissions on Wayward Victorian Confessions, and taunt loyalist accounts by tagging them in their posts. When a few people complained on WVC that almost all of the Bloody Crumpets to date had been thin white able-bodied women, and a few fans responded by sharing their dream-casts for a more diverse line-up, the blog was flooded for days with confessions that “X should be a Crumpet” (candidates included RuPaul, Mitt Romney, Nicki Minaj, EA's therapist, and the WVC admins). Farcical shenanigans like that.
Ah, but some people will always cross the line, won't they. EA threads popped up on merciless, bully-friendly snark platforms like Lolcow, Pretty Ugly Little Liar, and Encyclopedia Dramatica. Snarkers with a mean streak and obsessive haters mingled in some of the more aggressive, 4-chan-spirited retaliation against EA – which would be called “brigading” in modern parlance. This included flooding EA's Goodreads page with one-star reviews (see part 4), repeatedly editing her Wikipedia page to include her legal name and birth year, and ensuring that Googling said name would bring up current pictures of her.
All of this compounded agitation fragmented the once-united fandom beyond recognition.🦠 Through substantial disagreements among fans, personal bickerings, layers upon layers of inscrutable in-jokes, and cross-platform telephone games, the Asylum morphed into a booby-trapped Escher room.
Satire blogs were taken in earnest. Earnest fan blogs scanned as satire. Memes would get called out as abuse. Appreciation without attached criticism would get mocked as bootlicking. Obvious jokes made by EA would be taken at face value. One divisive confession could trigger days and days of debate, to the point that WVC eventually banned confessions in response to other confessions. New waves of infighting created a confusing web of rival sub-factions🐀, each accusing the others of being toxic, cliquish, and delusional.
The shared fantasy was broken, the collective vision had crumbled, no onez was speaking the same language anymore. Fans would jump down the throat of other fans who held almost identical views about EA, except for that one thing she said or did that one time. Everyone had differing thoughts on what should or shouldn't acceptable to discuss, question, excuse, make fun of.
War is hell.

SCORCHED EARTH SHENANIGANS: HONEY, I SHRUNK THE ASYLUM

Would you tear my castle down Stone by stone And let the wind run through my windows Till there was nothing left But a battered rose? (“Castle Down”, 2003🎵)
Haters vs sycophants is not really the kind of conflict where one side can come out on top (if you're participating, you've already lost). But in the long tug-of-war between “grassroots” and “EA-sponsored” fan spaces, the ultimate winner is obvious – in that the former is gasping in agony, a shriveled husk of its former glory, while the latter... is non-existent. This is due in no small part to EA's tendency, like the Czars of old, to settle conflicts by setting Moscow on fire.🔍)
That's not entirely fair: unlike EA, the czar only did it that once.
By early 2013, as EA was gearing up for her third Fight Like a Girl tour at the end of the year, the official forum was... not as lively as it once had been. Not just because of the stifling rules and disgruntlement towards EA, or because EA herself hadn't really posted anything on there in years; the Internet was also changing, and forums in general were fast becoming passé.
This made it difficult for EA to create a safe space where she could talk to fans, and fans could talk to and about her, in a way she deemed suitable (ie, a space she could gate-keep and regulate enough to keep it completely free from negative criticism). Social media was a minefield; she still posted regularly, but didn't interact very much. So EA and the Headmistress came up with a way to filter out the unbelievers: an official fan club📝, aptly called the “Asylum Army”, with a $100 entry price.
Joining the AA came with a dog tag, a sew-on patch, and a lifetime membership certificate signed by EA and – for some reason – the Headmistress. (Unlike EA's best friend and sound engineer back in the forum's heyday, I don't think fans ever really embraced the FLAG-era manager as part of the Asylum in-group. She came across more as a coordinator / businessperson / adult chaperone, at best.🐀) So, slightly better goodies than you'd get by joining the other AA 🔍 ... but not by much. The main appeal was that members would have access to exclusive content, special merch, giveaways, early bird tickets for future shows, and regular video chats with EA.
The concept itself drew a fair amount of criticism, as you can imagine. Between the name🐀, the price, and the inherent gatekeeping of a pay-to-join fanclub, many balked at the monetizing of a concept that had once (like, three years back) been significantly more DIY, grassroots, and inclusive. 📝🐀
Then again, many also longed for a positive, drama-free space where fans could just be fans. And while the creation of the AA was generally recognized as a quick cashgrab, a lot of people were surprisingly cool with it. EA was trying to finance her dream musical, after all – although a number of fans wished she had gone about raising funds in a less sketchy way.
So around 400 fans shelled out (which, according to the Headmistress📝, “basically cover[ed] the cost of running the fanclub itself – keeping the database up, website, etc.”). Enough for a close-knit, but sizable community. But already, there was a conflict of interest: a high fanclub entry fee essentially demands that you pledge loyalty to the artist over loyalty to your fellow fans, who wish to join but can't afford to. Sharing, caring, and ensuring no one felt left out were some of the more positive values cultivated in the fandom... but leaking exclusive content would surely piss off other paying members🐀, and make EA feel betrayed all over again. (And she had barely just started to mellow out on social media!)
...But then again, this is the internet. After the first month of secret AA drops (lyric sheets, some photoshoot outtakes – nothing too juicy, really), there were, yes, some leaks. EA was predictably miffed, and retaliated by... ghosting the fanclub for weeks at a time in its first few months of existence (great look!). She eventually found the “solution” to her problem, by providing something you couldn't right-click-save (and which had been part of the promised perks to begin with): live interaction.
Over webcam, she was her usual in-person bubbly, charming, funny self. Everyone seemingly had a good time during the fanclub video chat, and this gave people faith and hope.
There were a few more events, giveaways, etc. As promised, ahead of the fall 2013 tour (the last one to date, it would turn out), AA members got priority access to show tickets and VIP bundles. The latter were much pricier than before, and only included soundcheck, a photo-op, and three goodies: a tin of loose-leaf tea, a signed printer-paper setlist, and a small flag that said “F.L.A.G.”.🔍 Some stuff continued to leak – but, as some of the outlaws pointed out (scroll down to the Disqus comments), they were mostly relaying information that was relevant to the entire fanbase, such as updates about ongoing projects (the dragged-out recording of the audiobook, for one).
In early 2014, lifetime memberships were closed, and replaced with monthly, quarterly and yearly subscription tiers. Bizarrely, you ended up paying $3 more per month if you bought a $99 yearly subscription📝 – but it did include the patch, dog tag, and piece of paper!
Sometimes I kind of want to be part of the cool kids and register to the Asylum Army. Then I remember how it came about, what you could get for the same price a couple years ago, how the whole thing was and is handled, and that I won’t support any of this bullshit. (And then I roll around naked in all the money I’m saving.) (🐀)
Still, a number of fans rejoiced at the affordable monthly option, and joined – if not for the exclusive content and merch (which were... okay, but not much to write home about), then for the friendly, drama-free exchanges with an artist they actually did love, in spite of all the frustration.
For the still-too-poor or still-undecided, there was always the forum! It wasn't as active as it used to be, but a few die-hards still managed to keep the lights on... until, inevitably, Someone Did Something and Ruined Everything. (Once again: EA's wrath is spectacular, but rarely completely unprovoked.) The incident features one notable figure in the Asylum community. Let's call him the Collector.
OK, so maybe you remember the meme I linked to in Part 4, with Christian Grey and the ginormous EA hoard. Well, that's the Collector's collection. The “Violin” promo that I called the "Holy Grail of the fandom" in the same paragraph? Also his. The handwritten lyrics that went for $940? Guess who won that auction. Over the years, the Collector had probably spent five figures on EA merch and shows, and although that fact was a little unsettling, he was a very active, easy-going, and generally well-liked fixture of the fandom.
One day in 2012, shortly after the Headmistress had replaced EA's old Chicago BFF as main forum admin, the Collector's account got banned or restricted over something dumb. When the ban wasn't lifted as quickly as he hoped, he took it... the way one takes things when one is unhealthily invested: he started spamming Headmistress and the mod team with increasingly rambling and abusive emails (lost to time, probably for the best). When that didn't work quickly enough, he tried a different route.
One of the many auctions that the Collector had won, some years prior, was EA's old iPod Touch📝 – which contained all of her favorite tunes and, buried somewhere in the data cache... a phone number. Which the Collector tried calling. And wouldn't you know it: EA picked up. She congratulated him on his sleuthing skills, listened patiently as he made his case, apologized for any distress caused by the unfair account restriction, and then they got married.
Kidding! She freaked the fuck out, hung up, and banned him for life from the forum and all EA shows and events.
After his ban, the Collector allegedly still tried to attend at least one VIP pre-show (one source in the comments says he was allowed to buy some merch, refunded for his ticket, and escorted out). He joined the Reform forum to bitch about EA and try to rally people to his cause, possibly made revenge posts about her on darker snark forums, and continued to hound the Asylum mod team. So in June 2014, EA came up with a radical and unexpected fix to the Collector problem.
The official Asylum Fan Forum has been shut down permanently. I have personally paid thousands of dollars each year to keep the forum safe and secure for you ... Unfortunately, the forum has not been kept safe and secure for me, a truth which disappoints me greatly, instead becoming a place where people who have physically threatened myself and my staff prey upon forum members, pressuring them to contact me and my staff on their behalf. If the gullible wish to humor my stalkers (who live in their parent’s basement at age 30 something) and thus put me in danger, they may do it on their own dime. They may also fuck off, because stupidity can kill, and I won’t be your victim. To those who enjoyed the forum, you know who to thank for its closure. (“On the closing of the Asylum Forum”)
Voilà! This is how a decade-long archive of shared history ends: not with a bang, but with a dirty delete and a sod-off communiqué.
The obliteration of the forum took everyone by surprise...
I was actually on the forum when it was taken down. I was navigating between posts and when I went to click on a different board, an error message came up. I honestly cried a little, I'm not ashamed to say. (WVC admin on Reddit, 2024)
...and I do mean everyone:
Chicago BFF / ex-admin, the next morning: Whoa, EA forum shut down? Ex-mod: It turns out that if someone spends enough years actively “waging war” to destroy what they can’t have, eventually they’ll be successful. * eye roll * Not even mods got prior warning. Just all the sudden, poof, gone. BFF: Really? She did not let the moderators know?! This is sounding worse and worse. Uggh. I’m so sorry. Such a loss. (...) Ok, threats are serious, but why not just put it in archive mode so no one can post? (...) Sad. I shall light a candle in the forum's honor. (Facebook posts; scroll down for screenshots)
It was a gut punch, especially for people who had poured countless hours into the community, or could have used some prior warning to save years of their own writing from the role-playing threads. One last chance to take a look around the place that had meant so much to so many.
From the wording of the announcement of closing the forum and a number of other things, it sometimes seems like EA doesn't like her fans much. :/ (🐀)
Three months after the forum was nuked, Battered Rose (a venerable EA fansite, which had been around since the Enchant era and had one of the most complete EA galleries online) announced that it was shutting down too.📝 The admin, who had also been a long-time forum mod, cited a lack of “time, energy, passion, or money” to keep the website going... and being upset at the sudden disappearance of the forum. It was, truly, the end of an era for the Asylum.
...Well, no point in living in the past. For those who could afford it, and still wanted to talk to/about EA after that (not everyone did 🐀), there was always the Asylum Army fanclub!
Over the summer of 2014, EA held regular live chats and Q&A's, and... many attendees really enjoyed them, and thought the AA was well worth the money after all. She also quietly parted ways with the much poo-pooed Headmistress around that time.
Just spent over 4 hours giggling, drinking tea and playing guessing games in chat with EA and other Asylum Army members ... No griping, no downers, just lots of fun. I think I like the way the ‘new fandom’ is going and now I’m really glad I finally decided to join the Army. (September 4, 2014🐀; Battered Rose had closed the day before)
The forum was lost forever, but perhaps that was a chance for a fresh start. Could this fanclub thing really be the Asylum Renaissance that fans had been longing for?
...I have come today to a very difficult but necessary decision, and that is to discontinue the Emilie Autumn Official Fanclub. The site itself, and the community chatroom, will remain open to you indefinitely, but I will no longer be making updates to the site. (Newsletter, September 8, 2014📝)
...Never mind, then.
Turns out the fanclub had been the Headmistress' idea all along. EA had been reluctant from the start, and although she really enjoyed the live chats with a safe community of people “who are there for the right reasons”, she couldn't overcome her fundamental discomfort with the concept. Lifetime and regular members would receive a bunch of digital downloads and a -35% coupon on the Asylum Emporium for their troubles. EA said she would definitely pop back once in a while for live chats, for free, just for fun, but to my knowledge, she never did.
And so the most devoted fans were left standing in the rain...
She is happy, she made it. She is fulfilling her dreams, found love and happiness after all the pain. I understand that she now doesn’t need “us” anymore ... That doesn’t change the fact she broke my heart with taking the Asylum Army and the forum from me. Yet, I am happy for her. (🐀)
...while naysayers pointed and laughed, Nelson-style.🦠
I don’t feel sorry at all for the people that paid for the Asylum Army fan club. Most of them knew that EA is an atrocious business woman and has broken many promises before. In fact, I laugh at them. They seriously thought that EA would actually stay consistent with this? (🐀)

EVERYTHING MUST GO: THE ASYLUM WHOLESALE

EA fans were left without an “official” home for about three years. This gave them plenty of time to be annoyed at EA for: not releasing the audiobook on time, not materializing any new project for a while... and the new sin of peddling random, ridiculously marked-up AliBaba jewelry as “merch” on her official store. Think faux-antique cameo pendants and $30 Big Ben rings (...because the Asylum story is set in London, get it?).
The whole accessories section looks like a tacky overpriced English souvenir shop. (🐀)
The fanbase lost a lost of steam in those in-between years, because there wasn't much to stick around for. As evidenced by the positive reception of the AA live chats, even in the midst of unresolved drama, out-loud interactions in a friendly environment have always been EA's saving grace. Considering the amount of online hate, there are shockingly few accounts of bad IRL encounters with EA: most people say that in live conversation, she comes across as a fun, warm, and genuinely sweet person. Some report that their negative opinion shifted after meeting her.
But there were no chats or live shows anymore. There was only social media, where she ignored questions and vague-posted about overdue projects – and the newsletter📝, which was all saccharine love-bombing to promote bland dropshipped trinkets. For fans who remembered the handcrafted merch (and two-way communication) of the early years, it was a bitter pill to swallow.

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2024.05.19 11:53 Seeker1904 New District Idea: The Old Quarter

The Old Quarter

Bit of a long post but I thought this could be a cool idea and I wanted to share it:
Description:
"Even before the current troubles, the Old Quarter was a favoured haunt of vagabonds, vagrants and those with ill-intent. Nestled beneath the towering estates of Cathedral Row, the streets of the Old Quarter are a twisting and cramped warren. Constructed in the early days of the city, the Old Quarter was built haphazardly to accommodate the city's rapidly expanding population.
In recent times, the Old Quarter has become downright sinister. A permanent, sleazy fog hangs over the area and residents report a strange figure peering through their window at odd hours. The Constables abandoned the district soon after the current crisis began. The Huntsmen now patrol the main street and control a few key landmarks, including the power-station and the old jailhouse. But even they are loathe to venture into the dank passages where the light never reaches.
Tread carefully here Dr. and take care if you happen to hear tapping at the window..."
Explanation:
This is an idea I have had for a while about how parts of the demo area could be reincorporated into the main-game. I think that the main-game is far superior to everything in the demo but the cramped and winding streets of the demo area are still fun to explore and the feeling of being boxed-in really helps contribute towards a feeling of claustrophobia which isn't quite present in the open-spaces of the Market District.
Instead of collecting seals to open the manor in the town square, the Dr. would need to find several puzzle items to progress. These items would open the portcullis gate on the other side of the guard post in the demo. The Sylvian estate (manor from the demo) would serve as an optional area with heightened security which could be broken into. Other side-streets, alleys and passages which were only partly accessible in the demo would also be opened-up as would several derelict buildings. This would include opening up the play-space above the flooded basement where the monocle can be found in the demo.
The Old Quarter would serve as a prelude of sorts to the Cathedral row district. After sneaking through a factory/ warehouse complex, the Dr. would enter the lift to the Old Quarter and the section would begin in much the same way that the demo opens.
Note found before entering the Old Quarter:
“Sir,
As requested, we have sealed off the main routes into the Old Quarter and have set an automated sentry to guard the entrance to Cathedral Row. I have ordered our remaining forces to fallback accordingly. Let the Huntsmen deal with those creatures.
Constable Burlington.
“
Upon reaching the main save station-house from the demo, the windows would be heavily barricaded and the Dr. would instead be prompted to enter through a door which hangs open. In the main room of the safe-house the gramophone plays its soothing tune. Unlike in the demo, the house is devoid of huntsmen and, much like the lighthouse, a recorded message would play from the gramophone the first time it is used to make a save.
“Welcome to the Old Quarter Doctor. Our mutual friend informed me that you might pass this way but I regret that I \cough* will be unable to greet you in person. Help yourself to any supplies you find here. You will need them for what lies ahead. Before they left, the Constables destroyed every exit and left the Huntsmen to loot the ruins. The only way out is through the gate at the end of Stonehaven Road. But the lock is a fiendish thing and not easily cracked. I had a few ideas of how to get past it before *cough*… well it hardly matters now. I have barricaded this area as best I can but don’t forget: Lock The Doors and pray you never hear tapping at the window. Fare well Doctor. I hope your luck is better than mine.*
-William the Tinker”
Exploring the house, the Dr. finds the corpse of the owner beside which sits a key. The key is used to unlock and open the two doors of the safehouse. Beside each of the doors is a button which can be used to automatically seal the doors from the inside (think the safe room in Amnesia: The Bunker).
Also scattered throughout the house are a few food items, notes and a revolver with a number of spent casings. On the upstairs landing, in the room where there is a lootable cabinet in the demo, the unbreakable door is instead locked. The reason for this can be found in William’s diary which sits on his writing desk.
“I can no longer bear to look into that mirror she gave me. Sometimes I fear that it is not only my own reflection peering back. I have locked the accursed thing away and have cast the key into the sewers with the hope that there it will remain.”
To discover more about the Tinkers Lock, which is the primary obstacle of the district, the Dr. can read other pages in the diary and notes scattered throughout the house. On William’s writing desk there also sits a map which marks key places of interest in the district.
“I sit imprisoned by a mechanism of my own making. The lock is a fiendish thing. The three-digit combination is rewritten every sixty seconds, the only way to decode the sequence is by using a Graphite Cylinder. I had a spare but the Huntsmen confiscated it and are holding it in the Old Jailhouse as evidence. I believe that brute Fitzroy means to bring me to trial, though for what crime I cannot imagine. More difficult to obtain is the key needed to access the mechanism. Father Ulfred kept a copy … but none who venture near his church return.
There may be another way to open the gate but it is so dangerous as to constitute madness. The lock draws power from the two electrical substations on either side of the district. Disabling both generators is the first step. Then, theoretically, it should be possible to disconnect the lock by severing its link to the back-up supply. To do so, one would need to brave the labyrinth of maintenance tunnels beneath the streets. All while the entire district is plunged into darkness. It is suicidal folly, but without Father Ulfred’s Key I see few other options.”
The safe house from the demo serves as a base of operations through which further expeditions can be made into the district. The basic layout of the demo remains in that the player has the freedom to tackle the objectives in any order. However the area of the district is now expanded. Example, in the dock area, there is now an apartment before crossing the bridge where the Dr. can survey the area and learn patrols from a distance. Additionally, foggy streets leading on from the Dock will take the Dr. into the Western part of the district where the Western Substation sits alongside the abandoned butchery. Similarly, beyond the power station from the demo (the Eastern Substation) are more foggy streets which lead to Father Ulfred’s Chapel and the Clearview Lodging-House.
As in the demo, the Huntsmen control the main streets, the dock, the jailhouse, the Eastern Substation and have an outpost in the maintenance tunnels/ sewers as well as at the Western Substation. But a new foe prowls the dark and misty streets where the Huntsmen fear to tread.
The Peeping-Tom.
Appearing as an abnormally tall and slender gentleman in a top hat, these strange creatures stalk the Old Quarter. The Peeping-Tom (and the Old Quarter in general) take heavy inspiration from late-Victorian Whitechapel and the Jack-The-Ripper murders. The Peeping-Tom carries a large butcher’s knife in its left hand and prowls with murderous intent. Its face is ghost white and its tattered clothes barely cover an emaciated and skeletal form.
What sets the Peeping-Tom apart from other bestial enemies is that they display a form of crude intelligence and take care to harass and terrify their prey before striking. Additionally, the Peeping-Tom is sensitive to light and will become staggered from entering a well-lit area. This includes the light generated by the Doctor’s lantern.
In combat the Peeping-Tom is very damage resistant to bullets and slashes. However, removing the top hat of the Peeping-Tom (either by shooting or slashing it) reveals a spider-like insect nestled in the skull of the creature which can be shot/stabbed to instantly kill the Peeping-Tom. Flash-grenades are particularly effective against this enemy and a single flash grenade will vaporise the puppeteering-spider and thus kill the Peeping-Tom if its hat is removed.
In general, the Peeping-Tom moves in a slow and deliberate manner akin to the Divider necromorph in Dead Space. However, if the Peeping-Tom’ss hat is removed, its movements become erratic, and its attacks are faster and inaccurate.
After being staggered by a light-source, the Peeping-Tom will flee to a darkened area before trying to stalk the Dr. once more.
Another aspect of the Peeping-Tom is that they will attempt to unnerve the Dr. by leaning around corners and tapping on the windows of buildings the Dr. has entered using their long bony fingers. While they can exhibit this behaviour if the power-stations are still active, if the power is deactivated, the Peeping-Toms expand their patrols significantly and will harass the Dr. while he is in the safehouse. The Peeping-Toms can even enter the safehouse if the doors are left open&unlocked.
A crafty Doctor could even strategically deactivate the power to enable the Peeping-Toms to thin out the hunters and make certain areas more accessible.
Other areas and notes
In traditional Imsim fashion, notes scattered throughout the district (as well as conversations between huntsmen) would also fill in the lore and backstory of events which occurred prior to the Doctor’s arrival.
For example, the armoury in the central guard house would be locked and a note attached to the door would read as follows:
“You lot are welcome to continue wasting ammunition shooting the locals but you shall no longer be using my bullets to do so. The armoury is locked until further notice. Perhaps the scarcity will encourage you to find a way out of this mess.
-Captain Fitzroy”
The sewers and passages beneath the district would also be expanded. If the substations are deactivated then the passages will be almost completely dark, thus necessitating the usage of the lantern for purposes of navigation. Like the demo, the tunnels would be populated by the Crowmen. The dark tunnels would give them ample opportunity to stalk the Doctor and lie in ambush.
In the demo, there is also a sign in the sewers which refers to the Underport. This passage would serve as a way to link the Old Quarter and Underport together. The Dr. would be able to find a key in the sewers to the room in the main safe-house which houses one of the Countess’s mirrors for later fast-traveling back to the district.
No matter which method is chosen for tackling the Tinker’s Lock, the Dr. will have to venture either into the Maintenance-Sewers or the Old Chapel. The Chapel serves as a lair of sorts for the Peeping Tom’s and several would patrol the grounds and the adjourning graveyard. Father Ulfred’s Key would sit in a crypt area beneath the Chapel. The Dr. would need to drop into the Crypt and stealth/ fight past an aggressively patrolling Peeping-Tom to open the gate to obtain the key and escape the crypt.
There would also be expanded opportunities for tackling the Jailhouse. One of the cells could house a crazed huntsmen who, upon release, attacks everything in his path (including other huntsmen) thus causing a distraction and allowing the Dr. to steal the Graphite Cylinder from the evidence locker.
No matter how they chose to do it, overcoming the Tinker’s Lock would allow the Dr. to push on from the Old Quarter and access the towering estates of Cathedral Row.
Conclusion
With the game taking heavy inspiration from Victorian London, I do think that it is only a matter of time until we get a Jack-The-Ripper inspired segment and I think that incorporating some of the spaces from the demo could be an interesting way to do this. Additionally, so much work must have gone into designing all of the spaces and passages in the demo that I think it would be a bit of a shame not to see any of that architecture in the main game.

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2024.05.19 07:16 ExcitingBelt The Best Medieval Castles to Visit in the UK

Entering a medieval castle is akin to turning the pages of a historical narrative. With its rich history, the UK is home to some of the world’s most magnificent and historically significant medieval castles. These castles provide an amazing, educational, and immersive look into the past for anyone interested in history, photography, or just having a fun day out. We’ll take you on a tour of the top medieval castles in the UK in this blog post. Get ready to be mesmerised by their ageless beauty, enthralled by their grandeur, and fascinated by their history.

1. Windsor Castle

History: The world’s oldest and biggest inhabited castle is Windsor Castle, situated in Berkshire. Since William the Conqueror’s original construction of it in the eleventh century, British royalty has continuously resided there. Over the centuries, the castle has undergone multiple renovations and expansions, resulting in an intriguing fusion of various architectural styles.

Highlights

Windsor Castle presents a singular fusion of royal magnificence and historical significance. For visitors, it’s a convenient day trip due to its close proximity to London.

2. Edinburgh Castle

History: Scotland’s capital’s skyline is dominated by Edinburgh Castle, which is perched atop Castle Rock. Based on archaeological findings, it appears that the location has been inhabited since the Iron Age. As a royal residence, a military stronghold, and a representation of Scottish power, the castle has played a significant role in Scottish history.

Highlights

In addition to providing stunning city views, Edinburgh Castle delves deeply into Scotland’s turbulent past. Because of its central Edinburgh location, it’s easily accessible and a must-see.

3. Warwick Castle

History: Constructed in 1068 by William the Conqueror, Warwick Castle is among the best-preserved examples of a medieval English castle. It began as a wooden fort, evolved into a stone fortress, and finally became a stately home over the ages.

Highlights

Warwick Castle is ideal for both families and history enthusiasts because it blends historical authenticity with contemporary attractions.

4. Tower of London

History: As part of the Norman Conquest, William the Conqueror established the historic castle known as the Tower of London on the north bank of the River Thames in 1066. It has had a variety of uses, including armoury, treasury, prison, and royal palace.

Highlights

There is a lot of history and legend surrounding the Tower of London, from the beheadings of queens to the ravens that are incorrigible. For those who are interested in England’s royal past, this is an intriguing place to visit.

5. Leeds Castle

History: Leeds Castle has been called the “loveliest castle in the world.” It is located in Kent on two islands in a lake created by the River Len. Constructed in 1119 initially, it housed six mediaeval queens before turning into a private home.

Highlights

Leeds Castle is a wonderful place for a leisurely but educational day out because of its beautiful surroundings and array of attractions.

6. Alnwick Castle

History: The Dukes of Northumberland have had their residence at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland for more than 700 years. Originally constructed in the latter part of the eleventh century, it has undergone numerous renovations and restorations over the years.

Highlights

Because of its appearances in popular media, Alnwick Castle is not only a historical treasure but also a cultural icon. The vast gardens enhance the attraction.

7. Caernarfon Castle

History: Edward I constructed Caernarfon Castle in North Wales as a part of his campaign to subjugate the Welsh. It was finished in 1330 and is well known for its imposing walls and polygonal towers.

Highlights

Medieval fortress Caernarfon Castle is one of the most impressive in the United Kingdom due to its dramatic architecture and rich history.

8. Bodiam Castle

History: A typical example of a medieval moated castle is Bodiam Castle in East Sussex. During the Hundred Years’ War, Sir Edward Dalyngrigge erected it in 1385 with the intention of defending against French invasion.

Highlights

Bodiam Castle, which offers the ideal fusion of beauty and history, is one of the most photographed castles in England because of its fanciful appearance.

9. Dover Castle

History: Dover Castle has a rich and illustrious past and is referred to as the “Key to England” because of its advantageous location. It was established in the eleventh century and has been vital to England’s defence over the ages.

Highlights

Dover Castle is a fascinating place for people of all ages because it provides a unique blend of military history from the 20th century and medieval history.

10. Cardiff Castle

History: The history of Cardiff Castle in Wales dates back more than two millennia. It began as a Roman fort and evolved into a Victorian Gothic mansion and a Norman keep.

Highlights

Cardiff Castle is a must-see attraction in the Welsh capital because of its rich history and convenient location. For anyone visiting Cardiff, it is a must-see.

Conclusion

With their distinct histories and allure, the medieval castles in the United Kingdom provide an enthralling window into the past. These castles, which range from the imposing Windsor Castle to the well-known Tower of London, are more than just crumbling strongholds; they are dynamic tributes to the history and cultural legacy of the United Kingdom. These castles ought to be at the top of your list, regardless of whether you’re organising a focused tour of UK castles or just want to give your vacation a historical touch. Prepare to discover the finest medieval castles the UK has to offer by packing your bags and grabbing your camera!

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2024.05.19 06:01 adulting4kids December 2nd Prompts and Character Profile Template

This post will repeat weekly through the month of December. Please repost or cross post as a way to promote this subreddit. Or ignore this one and check out our others! I apologize if it's cramping your style, but when I work hard on certain posts I want to be sure they are useful! I also am working on making these shorter so they don't get lost in the madness....
Scroll down for the Character Questions and create a thoughtful and empathetic profile of your main characters for your projects!
As always please use these as sparks to create and feel free to post your responses and ideas in comments or separate post! This is YOUR subreddit so go ahead and post away!
Prompt: Imagine a dystopian world where an oppressive government has successfully erased all forms of personal identity and history. In this society, individuals are assigned generic roles and are forbidden from expressing their unique thoughts, emotions, or experiences. Write a short story or reflective essay exploring the life of a character who discovers a hidden underground community that encourages self-expression and reignites the importance of personal narratives.
In your response, consider the following:
  1. Character and World Building:
    • Describe the protagonist's background, their assigned role, and their initial perception of the oppressive world they inhabit.
    • Develop the hidden underground community, including its purpose, structure, and the means through which it safeguards personal stories.
    • Create a contrast between the protagonist's initial world and the underground community, highlighting the impact of personal narratives on shaping identity and resisting oppression.
  2. Plot Analysis:
    • Outline the protagonist's journey of discovery, including their initial skepticism, the influential encounters they have within the underground community, and the personal sacrifices they make to preserve their identity.
    • Explore the challenges and conflicts faced by the protagonist, both externally (e.g., encounters with government authorities) and internally (e.g., the struggle to confront their identity).
  3. Deep Introspection:
    • Prompt the protagonist to reflect deeply on the uncomfortable subjects that the government's erasure of personal narratives seeks to suppress. These could include topics such as individuality, memory, trauma, and the power of storytelling as a tool for empathy and resistance.
    • Encourage the protagonist to evolve their thoughts and perceptions throughout the narrative, considering the consequences of silence and the potential for personal growth through self-expression and sharing.
  4. Requirements for Responses:
    • Conduct research to explore real-world examples of societies that suppress personal narratives or attempt to erase collective memory.
  5. Prompt: In a post-apocalyptic world, a devastating pandemic has wiped out most of humanity. The survivors are forced to live in isolated communities, each with its own set of strict rules and customs. Write a short story or reflective essay exploring the life of a character who questions the existing order and embarks on a journey to unite these fragmented communities. Consider the role of unity, diversity, and collaboration in rebuilding a shattered world.
  6. Prompt: Set in a future where advanced AI technology has permeated every aspect of society, write a story or reflective essay following a protagonist who begins to question the boundaries between human and machine. Delve into the ethical implications of human-AI relationships, the erosion of human emotions, and the potential consequences of blurring the line between artificial and genuine experiences.
  7. Prompt: Imagine a world where climate change and environmental degradation have irreversibly altered the planet. Write a story or reflective essay from the perspective of a character who is part of a group striving to restore balance and heal the damaged Earth. Explore the connections between personal responsibility, collective action, and the intersections of social and environmental justice.
  8. Prompt: Transport yourself to a society where strict social hierarchies are based on a person's genetic makeup. Write a short story or reflective essay following a character who challenges this system and advocates for equality and inclusivity. Examine the role of genetic determinism, discrimination, and the power of individual agency in reshaping social structures.
  9. Prompt: Imagine a world where art and creativity are considered illegal, seen as tools of subversion and chaos. Write a story or reflective essay from the perspective of an artist who risks everything to defy this oppressive regime and reclaim the power of artistic expression. Analyze the significance of art as a form of resistance, its ability to inspire change, and its impact on personal and societal transformation.
Remember to consider the following for each of the prompts to insure a well rounded and thought out premise that will engage the audience and allow room for growth in the plot.
Prompt 1 - Post-Apocalyptic Community Building:
Prompt 2 - Ethical Implications of AI Technology:
Prompt 3 - Environmental Restoration and Social Justice:
Prompt 4 - Genetic Hierarchy and Social Change:
Prompt 5 - Artistic Expression as Resistance:
  1. Chick Lit: Write a chick lit novel or short story following a relatable protagonist navigating the challenges of love, career, and self-discovery. Explore themes of friendship, personal growth, and finding balance in a fast-paced, modern world.
  2. Young Readers' Adventure: Imagine a group of young friends who stumble upon a hidden portal to another realm. Write an adventure novel or short story as they embark on a quest to save a magical world from darkness. Delve into themes of friendship, bravery, and the power of imagination.
  3. Historical Fiction: Set in a time of significant historical events, write a novel or short story highlighting a lesser-known figure or group of people. Research the historical context meticulously and emphasize the character's resilience, struggles, and contributions during that tumultuous period.
  4. Fantasy: Create a fantastical world filled with mythical creatures, magic, and ancient prophecies. Write a novel or short story following a young protagonist who discovers their extraordinary abilities and must navigate a treacherous journey to fulfill their destiny. Explore themes of self-discovery, heroism, and the blurred lines between good and evil.
  5. Mystery/Thriller: Write a gripping mystery or thriller novel following a seasoned detective or amateur sleuth investigating a perplexing crime. Develop complex characters, suspenseful plot twists, and an intricate web of clues and red herrings that keep readers guessing until the very end.
  6. Science Fiction: Set in a future where technological advancements have transformed society, write a novel or short story exploring the ethical and societal implications of groundbreaking inventions. Examine themes such as artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, or virtual reality and their impact on humanity's future.
  7. Romance: Craft a heartwarming romance novel or short story centered around two individuals from different backgrounds or opposing sides. Explore themes of love, forgiveness, and the triumph of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
  8. Coming-of-Age: Write a coming-of-age novel or short story following a young protagonist's journey of self-discovery, identity formation, and navigating the complexities of adolescence. Explore themes of friendship, personal growth, and the challenges of transitioning into adulthood.
  9. Psychological Thriller: Create a psychological thriller novel or short story that delves into the intricacies of the human mind. Focus on a protagonist who becomes entangled in a web of deception, manipulation, and paranoia. Explore themes of trust, perception, and the blurred lines between reality and illusion.
  10. Family Drama: Write a novel or short story exploring the dynamics and complexities within a multi-generational family. Include themes of love, secrets, and conflicts that arise as family members navigate their relationships, face past traumas, and strive for reconciliation.
Considerations for each prompt:
  1. Historical Romance: Write a one-page historical romance set in a lavish ballroom during the Victorian era. Focus on the forbidden love between a spirited debutante and a mysterious gentleman from a different social class.
  2. Science Fiction Comedy: Craft a one-page comedic story set in a futuristic space station. Follow the misadventures of a clumsy maintenance technician who unwittingly saves the day against all odds.
  3. Paranormal Mystery: Pen a one-page mystery story set in a haunted mansion. Introduce a skeptical paranormal investigator who must solve the mystery of a ghostly apparition that has been terrorizing the inhabitants.
  4. Literary Fiction: Write a one-page literary fiction piece centered around a character's contemplation of the fleeting nature of life and the importance of cherishing the present moment.
  5. Action Adventure: Craft a one-page action-packed adventure story set in the jungles of an unexplored island. Follow a daring archaeologist's quest for a hidden treasure while battling against treacherous obstacles and rival adventurers.
  6. Psychological Drama: Create a one-page psychological drama following the internal struggles of a troubled artist as they grapple with their inner demons and seek redemption.
  7. Magical Realism: Write a one-page magical realism story set in a sleepy coastal town. Explore the extraordinary occurrences that happen when an enigmatic mermaid washes ashore and disrupts the mundane lives of the townsfolk.
  8. Thriller: Craft a one-page thriller story involving a race against time. Follow a determined protagonist as they try to decipher cryptic clues and prevent a citywide disaster.
  9. Fantasy Adventure: Pen a one-page fantasy adventure story set in a whimsical realm. Follow a young hero's quest to retrieve a stolen artifact and restore balance to the land, encountering fantastical creatures and overcoming obstacles along the way.
  10. Historical Fiction Mystery: Write a one-page historical fiction mystery set during the Roaring Twenties. Follow a quick-witted detective as they unravel a web of deceit and intrigue surrounding a glamorous underground speakeasy in the heart of the city.
Considerations for each prompt:
Protagonist Character Profile:
  1. Name:
  2. Age:
  3. Gender:
  4. Physical appearance:
  5. Background:
  6. Personality traits (list at least five):
  7. Core values and beliefs:
  8. Motivations and goals:
  9. Biggest fear:
  10. Internal conflicts:
  11. External conflicts:
  12. Strengths:
  13. Weaknesses:
  14. Childhood experiences and their impact:
  15. Education and professional background:
  16. Relationship status and dynamics:
  17. Quirks or peculiar habits:
  18. Psychological disorders, if any:
  19. Familial relationships and dynamics:
  20. Support system (friends, mentors, etc.):
  21. Traumatic experiences and their effects:
  22. Coping mechanisms:
  23. Emotional vulnerabilities:
  24. Resilience and determination:
  25. Personal growth throughout the story:
Protagonist Character Questions:
  1. What drives the protagonist to take action and pursue their goals?
  2. How does the protagonist's childhood shape their behaviors and choices?
  3. What values does the protagonist hold dear, and how do they influence their decision-making process?
  4. What inner conflicts does the protagonist face, and how do they attempt to reconcile them?
  5. How does the protagonist's education and professional background contribute to their strengths and weaknesses?
  6. What traumatic experiences has the protagonist overcome, and how have these experiences shaped their worldview?
  7. How does the protagonist cope with stress or adversity?
  8. What relationships and dynamics are most significant to the protagonist, and how do these relationships evolve throughout the story?
  9. In what ways does the protagonist exhibit resilience and determination in the face of challenges?
  10. How does the protagonist approach personal growth and self-improvement?
  11. What psychological disorders, if any, does the protagonist struggle with, and how do these disorders impact their thoughts and actions?
  12. How does the protagonist's physical appearance contribute to their self-perception and interactions with others?
  13. What unique quirks or habits does the protagonist possess that make them stand out?
  14. What are the protagonist's primary desires and aspirations?
  15. How does the protagonist's internalized fear drive or hinder their actions?
  16. How does the protagonist navigate and resolve external conflicts?
  17. What coping mechanisms does the protagonist rely on during times of stress or emotional turmoil?
  18. How do familial relationships and dynamics influence the protagonist's actions and decisions?
  19. What significant life choices or dilemmas does the protagonist face throughout the story, and how do they respond?
  20. In what ways does the protagonist's support system impact their growth and resilience?
  21. How does the protagonist's personal development and self-discovery contribute to the overall narrative arc?
  22. How does the protagonist's background and experiences shape their perception of the world?
  23. What are the protagonist's core beliefs and values, and how do these impact their interactions with others?
  24. How does the protagonist handle setbacks or failures, and what lessons do they learn from these experiences?
  25. What external influences or societal pressures affect the protagonist's decision-making process?
Antagonist Character Profile:
  1. Name:
  2. Age:
  3. Gender:
  4. Physical appearance:
  5. Background:
  6. Personality traits (list at least five):
  7. Core values and beliefs:
  8. Motivations and goals:
  9. Biggest fear:
  10. Internal conflicts:
  11. External conflicts:
  12. Strengths:
  13. Weaknesses:
  14. Childhood experiences and their impact $ Go on
  1. Education and professional background: 16. Relationship status and dynamics: 17. Quirks or peculiar habits: 18. Psychological disorders, if any: 19. Familial relationships and dynamics: 20. Support system (friends, mentors, etc.): 21. Traumatic experiences and their effects: 22. Coping mechanisms: 23. Emotional vulnerabilities: 24. Strategies for achieving their goals: 25. Methods they employ to antagonize the protagonist:
Antagonist Character Questions:
  1. What drives the antagonist to oppose the protagonist and act as an obstacle in their journey?
  2. How does the antagonist's background and upbringing contribute to their negative behaviors and motivations?
  3. What core values and beliefs does the antagonist hold that align with their antagonistic actions?
  4. What personal goals or desires does the antagonist seek to fulfill?
  5. What is the biggest fear or insecurity that drives the antagonist's actions?
  6. How does the antagonist's internal conflicts manifest and impact their decisions?
  7. What external conflicts arise as a result of the antagonist's actions, and how do they handle these conflicts?
  8. In what ways does the antagonist exhibit strength and power, and how do these traits affect their interactions with others?
  9. What are the antagonist's weaknesses or vulnerabilities that can be exploited by the protagonist?
  10. How have childhood experiences shaped the antagonist's worldview and motivations?
  11. How does the antagonist's education and professional background contribute to their methods and strategies?
  12. What familial relationships or dynamics influence the antagonist's actions and choices?
  13. What unique quirks or habits does the antagonist possess that make them distinct or memorable?
  14. Are there any psychological disorders or conditions that contribute to the antagonist's behavior?
  15. How does the antagonist cope with stress or emotional turmoil?
  16. What strategies or tactics does the antagonist employ to achieve their goals and antagonize the protagonist?
  17. How do the antagonist's actions impact their relationships and interactions with other characters in the story?
18.How does the antagonist perceive and justify their actions, even if they are considered morally or ethically wrong?
  1. What external influences or societal pressures contribute to the antagonist's motivations or actions?
  2. How does the antagonist's physical appearance contribute to their demeanor and portrayal in the story?
  3. What significant life choices or dilemmas has the antagonist faced, and how have these shaped their character?
  4. What is the antagonist's reaction to setbacks or failures, and how do they adapt their strategies?
  5. How does the antagonist's support system or lack thereof impact their actions and decisions?
  6. What past traumatic experiences or events have influenced the antagonist's worldview and behaviors?
  7. How does the antagonist's emotional state or emotional vulnerabilities influence their actions and interactions with others?
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2024.05.18 14:34 SuperMike3288 [IN 47905] [FS] [H] Lord of the Rings, Monster Hunter World, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Unmatched, Night of the Living Dead, and a bunch more! [W] Cash

I have a bunch of games that I'd like to sell. I'll ship via Pirateship for the best rates and combine shipping where possible,
Arkham Horror: Final Hour [5] - $5
Blade Rondo: The Legendary Set [5] - $140
Call to Adventure [5] - $5
Camp Wanagi [2.5/4] - $10 This is a rare OOP game that was imported from overseas. It is functionally new, but it did receive some dings and dents from the import).
Conquest of Planet Earth: The Space Alien Game [3] - $50 Includes Apocalypse expansion + 'The Red Menace' Supplement + Santarri Mutant Men Supplement + The Hora'Goth Game Supplement
Dracula's Feast: New Blood [4] - $1
dude + more dude [4] - $1
Eaten by Zombies! [4/5] - $15 Includes In Cahoots + Weapons of Mass Destruction + We Have the Bomb! Promo + Extra Base Game Box
Factions: Battlegrounds [5] - $20
Flesh and Blood [3/4/5] - ??? I have a large collection of early FaB stuff -- 7 booster boxes, 8 blitz decks, playmats, and hundreds of other cards. I have a Heart of Fyendal card that sells for over $250 currently. To estimate, this collection is probably worth about $1,000, possibly more. The lowest I'd consider would be $500, just so you're aware.
Freelancers: A Crossroads Game [3] - $15
Ghosts Love Candy Too [4] - $5 Includes Dice Tower Promo Pack + More Ghosts Promo Pack
Grave Business [5] - $5
Grave Robbers from Outer Space: Director's Cut [3.5] - $25
Herstory [5] - $10
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game [4/3.5] - $600 Includes The Sacred Land Expansion + The Frozen Wilds Expansion + The Lawless Badlands + Thunderjaw Expansion + Fireclaw Expansion + The Stormbird Expansion+ Soldiers of the Sun Expansion + Forge & Hammer Expansion + The Heart of the Nora + Kickstarter Exclusives Box
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game - Sacred Lands [5] - $20
Hunter: Deadly Prey [5] - $5
Innsmouth 32 [4] - $15 Includes Movie Screen Board
Invaders + Armageddo Expansion [3.5/4] - $20
Isles of Terror [5] - $70 Includes Tales from the Isle of Terror Adventure Book + The Emerald Brood + The Eight-Legged Goddess + The Wokou Faction + The Kolonial Korps Faction + Miniatures Packs (Conqueror All-In Pledge)
Let's Call the Exorcist [4] - $5
Lord of the Dead [4] - $1
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game -- Revised Core Set [4/5] - $400 Includes The Dark of Mirkwood, revised + Angmar Awakened, revised (Campaign + Hero) + Dream Chaser, revised (Campaign + Hero) + Saga Expansions (The Fellowship of the Ring + The Two Towers) + Starter Decks (Riders of Rohan, Defenders of Gondor, Dwarves of Durin, Elves of Lorien) + giant RollinMats neoprene playmat ($70 value). Only the core set has been played.
Madness at Midnight [3] - $5
Maximum Apocalypse Lot [3/4] - $135 Includes Wasted Wilds + The Few and the Cursed Expansion + Time Traveler Expansion
Monster Hunter World: The Board Game Collection [3.5/5] - $300 Includes Ancient Forest + Kushala Daora + Wildspire Waste + Hunter's Arsenal + Teostra + Nergigante
Monsters vs. Heroes: Victorian Nightmares [4] - $1
Mountains of Madness [3.5] - $10
Murder Party Mystery: The Night Hunter Game [5] - $10
Night of the Living Dead Zombicide [3.5] - $130 Includes Dead of Night KSE expansion
Omicron Protocol [4] - $125 Includes all released content -- Up to No Good Expansion + Faction Dice + Dice Bag + Neoprene Dice Tray + Neoprene Playmat + Aft & Story Book + Xi Expansion + Ranger Expansion
Pandemonium [3] - $100
Perseverance: Castaway Chronicles -- Episodes 1 & 2 [4] - $100 Includes Deluxe Edition w/ washed minis
Pints of Blood [3] - $5
Pittsburgh 68 [4.5] - $15
The Quick and the Undead [4] - $5
The Red Dragon Inn: Battle for Greyport [4] - $50 Includes Pirates + Chaos in Copperforge expansions
Rise of Cthulhu w/ Dark Secrets [4] - $30
Rosewell 51 [4.5] - $15
Ruins: Death Binder w/ Tribes of Myrtia [4] - $55
Run Fight or Die: Reloaded [3] - $35 Includes Solo Campaign Deck + Kickstarter Upgrade Pack
Stumblewood [3] - $5
Techlandia [4] - $5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Board Game [4] - $30
Ultra Deluxe 2D Arcade Mega Fighter [3] - $5
Unmatched: Brains and Brawn [5] - $20
Unmatched: For King and Country [5] - $20
Unmatched: Hell's Kitchen [5] - $20
Unmatched: Redemption Row [5] - $20
Unmatched: Teen Spirit [4] - $20
Victim: Asylum + Play Mat [5] - $60
Victim: The Cursed Forest + Dice Tower [5] - $60
Visitor in Blackwood Grove: [3] - $5
The Walking Dead: The Board Game [3] - $5 Includes Something to Fear Card Game
The War of the Worlds Series [5] - $75 Includes England, East Coast, Japan, & France
World-Z League: [3.5] - $10
Wrestlenomicon w/ Bonus Cards [5] - $15
Zombie A Social Club w/ Equipment Expansion [3.5] - $40
Zombie Terror [5] - $5
Please ask if you have any questions!
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2024.05.18 11:26 Azetta Thad Jones - Detroit-New York Junction

Thad Jones - Detroit-New York Junction
Recently got the UA pressing with an autograph from an auction for $85.
Not among my most played albums in the collection. But it just happended that I came across each copy in a great condition and at a good price that I can't pass.
I got my first copy back in 2021, Classic Records pressing in prestine condition at ¥4,320 ($38 at the time). Defintely a buy.
After that, Japan mono replica (again NM/NM) from a local seller at 2,000 baht ($60), i took it.
And 2 recent pressing, the blue note detroit series with third man and bluenote exclusive pressing at retail.
Hopefully, next one us Lexington at cheap 😃
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2024.05.18 10:37 RafeDjaisse Stuck

I’ve (m 34) been stuck my whole life. I used to make excuses that it couldn’t possibly be my fault but now I know it is. I have a job, I’m a member of society, I have dreams and ambitions, but I don’t know how to get through the barrier. I see so many stories about people who decide one day to change their whole life and suddenly they get an amazing job and enough money to buy a house and I just want to have my own place? I know there’s something to be said about my mom treating me like some frail Victorian child who would surely perish in the sunlight should I stray too far, but after a certain point I should have stopped it. I’m going to be thirty five this year and I have barely anything to show for it. I live with my grandmother who I adore and would do anything for as well as my mom and uncle - for background my uncle takes care of and gives my grandma rides because she can’t drive, my mom complains about being asked to do minor tasks - I work at a convenience store and give money where I can to my grandma, she doesn’t demand rent but I do help her with things and we all have a household bill that we pay to keep things fair. I know it’s incredibly common to still be living with your family, especially right now with how expensive it is to buy a home, but I want to break free of this.
I’m trans, born female, and have been too afraid to even start transitioning because I want to have a kid one day and I’m scared that if I don’t have that child myself I won’t be able to have a child at all. I’ve always wanted to be a parent, but I can’t afford that big of a step anyway, much less to adopt. I guess what stalls me most is that I have these big dreams but I can’t seem to put together the in-between of it. I don’t want to know how to become successful, but how do you even begin putting a life together? How do I get a degree and get a better job when everyone tells me college is too hard and not worth it in the end? What trade-skills can I learn and are they actually worth it? I feel so lost and no matter how much I try to study up on making life better I just end up slowly losing that ambition because I’ll read one thing only to have it immediately cut down by someone else. I’m tired of existing for the sake of existing and want to actually live.
One thing I’ve always wanted was to be a teacher, but I guess over time I’ve just let people talk me out of it. College is difficult, teachers don’t make much so it’s not worth it and yeah that makes sense. Why go into debt just to be stuck in the same place I am now? Though my least favorite response is “If you want to make money, just become a nurse!” and full respect to people who do get their CNA or other certifications, I have made an effort in the past towards this type of job because of my sister and have learned that it’s just not for me. I want to be a writer. I love creating stories, but I don’t know how to translate what’s in my head onto paper, or into a document even. I try to give myself shorter story ideas but that seems to stall my mind even more. Would hiring a ghostwriter help? How much is a ghostwriter? I probably couldn’t afford it anyway. I used to be able to write at the drop of a hat, nothing important to the actual story and it was mostly just world building, but I feel like lately I’ve just been devolving deeper into depression and I’m trying to tread water in the middle of a lake only to realize it’s tar, every time I resurface for air I have a little more of it in my mouth and it seems to pull me down even faster.
Sometimes I just want to disappear, pack a small bag and keep walking until I’m so far away that no one can find me, force myself to get a new life, but deep down I know that won’t change things for the better and my life might end up phenomenally worse.
I don’t know, I’ve never posted to Reddit before and I don’t know if saying all these things will do anything for me or give me the push/drive to make an actual change, but I’m tired of putting all my dreams on a shelf to collect dust.
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2024.05.18 04:41 subsocials liquid loops - Sounds Demo - 340+ Liquid Drum & Bass Drum Loops

liquid loops - Sounds Demo - 340+ Liquid Drum & Bass Drum Loops
Get this drum & bass drum loop pack here: https://www.subsocials.com/stuff/liquid-loops
Get 10% off our “Forever” sounds plan for a limited time with code FOREVER10 https://www.subsocials.com/forever
_liquid loops includes over 340 drum & bass drum loops. Created exclusively in hardware, and inspired by the cleaner side of 2-step, this collection offers a ready to pour, undiluted collection of Liquid Drum & Bass inspired building blocks.
With 16x 4-bar drum patterns made from 16 different percussive palettes, and a whole bucket of pattern variations for each, you can mix and match, or layer and chop as you see fit to create a virtually limitless number of beat variations that work for drum & bass genres.
All loops were created at 174 bpm as a happy middle ground for tempo, while the patterns themselves are both different and similar enough to combine and arrange very fluidly.
Overall, the style is clean, simple, and ready to make dirty if you so desire. There are a few patterns that hit harder, or syncopate a little sideways, but they don’t stray too far from the overall unified, minimalist feel. This collection of loops can be used together, or as individual loops, which is why we think it’s extra “liquidy.”
We used both old and new hardware samplers to create these loops with our own samples, and then captured them through an analogue chain consisting of saturation, EQ + compression. We think you’ll enjoy the results and where these loops will blend in your mixes.
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
• 342 stereo drum loops. (990MB) • 96k/24bit .wav sources. • 100% Royalty-Free. • Designed in Vancouver, Canada by Subsocial Studios.
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2024.05.18 04:40 subsocials liquid loops - 340+ Liquid Drum & Bass Drum Loops Collection

liquid loops - 340+ Liquid Drum & Bass Drum Loops Collection
Get this drum & bass drum loop pack here: https://www.subsocials.com/stuff/liquid-loops
Get 10% off our “Forever” sounds plan for a limited time with code FOREVER10 https://www.subsocials.com/forever
Watch a loops demo/walkthrough and hear what's inside here: https://youtu.be/9p1UwcZsCGw
_liquid loops includes over 340 drum & bass drum loops. Created exclusively in hardware, and inspired by the cleaner side of 2-step, this collection offers a ready to pour, undiluted collection of Liquid Drum & Bass inspired building blocks.
With 16x 4-bar drum patterns made from 16 different percussive palettes, and a whole bucket of pattern variations for each, you can mix and match, or layer and chop as you see fit to create a virtually limitless number of beat variations that work for drum & bass genres.
All loops were created at 174 bpm as a happy middle ground for tempo, while the patterns themselves are both different and similar enough to combine and arrange very fluidly.
Overall, the style is clean, simple, and ready to make dirty if you so desire. There are a few patterns that hit harder, or syncopate a little sideways, but they don’t stray too far from the overall unified, minimalist feel. This collection of loops can be used together, or as individual loops, which is why we think it’s extra “liquidy.”
We used both old and new hardware samplers to create these loops with our own samples, and then captured them through an analogue chain consisting of saturation, EQ + compression. We think you’ll enjoy the results and where these loops will blend in your mixes.
If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
• 342 stereo drum loops. (990MB) • 96k/24bit .wav sources. • 100% Royalty-Free. • Designed in Vancouver, Canada by Subsocial Studios.
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2024.05.18 04:38 DustyTentacle Egyptian Antiquities. Why should they not be collected ? Read before answering.

Egyptian Antiquities. Why should they not be collected ? Read before answering.
Hello, I wanted to bring this discussion up for those who are knowledgeable and unknowledgeable since I feel anyone can learn something from this. Let’s start at the basics of what I want to discuss. I am 18 and I collect and restore items full time. 24/7 my time is occupied with ancient egyptian history and anything to do with it. Whether that is Restoring items, Cleaning items as well as stabilizing fragile artifacts. I also take lots of time making sure everything has custom stands that does not damage the item and custom lighting that won’t have any effect on the pigment.
I take extreme precautions when handing these artifacts and preserving them. I felt it necessary to mention my age to make it apparent that age, money, status and lifestyle, have nothing to do with acquiring these artifacts. They are everywhere in this day and age… I have made a sustainable living for over 2 years on my own. I restore items and get paid for the work. I use almost all my money on the egyptian artifacts and acquiring more and preserving them and the ones that I come across. I would like to mention that all the items I acquire have been in the United states and out of Egypt for over 70 years. All legal items that once had documented or not so good documentation accompany them when they left egypt.
There was a certain time in egypt when items were legal to sell under the egyptian governments jurisdiction. Now.. I’m not dismissing the fact that it was wrong how some of these items were acquired. But we simply can only blame the unknowledgeable people who partook in the destruction and separation of egyptian antiquities in the past. However we cannot forget to take into account The Egyptian government and the Egyptian people’s large contribution to this happening. This type of thing often happens when an ancient civilizations descendentes inhabit the same land their ancestors did. They often have multiple perspectives when coming across these items. One is that it should be preserved and kept safe since it has a connection whether that is spiritualism or pride. Although there is often a more deeper root to these perspectives and that is the idea of these individuals feeling like it’s there right to own and sell the items they find as they please. It was their ancestor.
We often criticize these individuals for feeling this way, But everyone needs to understand that these people are extremely poor. They took those items and realized that others appreciated them very much and would pay a large sum of money for them, Imagine that, being poor in egypt in the 1800-1900s and there begins to be a large interest arising within individuals present and abroad. In items that were quite literally all buried under your house and everywhere you stepped, You try digging a hole or even kicking a rock in the sand or building your home you discover an item. It’s almost guaranteed that you can find theses items everywhere in modern egypt on the ground. Once we take a step back we can view the situation from the perspective of one of these individuals who involved themselves in the lucrative trade of antiquities in victorian era.
They did not see any harm in selling artifacts because it benefited them and made it possible for people in egypt to live better life’s. They understood as well as the government that they would not be able to acquire these items back in the future. They had no issue with that because they released the amount of artifacts that were present still in egypt was way more than they could possibly sell. They knew that there were many more items to be discovered still. It’s now in modern times that the protest for these items to be returned to egypt is a heavily talked about topic. Now some of these items are wanted back because of the history and significance of the artifacts that was eventually leaned and discovered turned out to be more important than the insignificant amount of money it was sold for in the past by an unknowledgeable person.
The protest for egyptian artifacts is only speaking of certain antiquities. Let me remind you that it’s estimated that 50% to 80% of antiquities under Egyptian authority are not currently on display due to space constraints and ongoing archaeological work. Egypt's vast collection of artifacts is stored in warehouses and facilities managed by various institutions, including the Ministry of Antiquities. These storage areas are crucial for preserving artifacts. Some museums take the time to carefully catalogue, label and store in climate-controlled environments to prevent deterioration. However, due to limited resources and the sheer volume of artifacts, many remain in storage for years, sometimes decades, before they can be exhibited or studied further.
This situation can be frustrating for both researchers and the public, as it means that many valuable pieces of Egypt's history are not readily accessible. Efforts are ongoing to digitize collections and improve storage facilities to make more artifacts accessible through virtual exhibits and research initiatives, but with the vast amount of items, it will take decades to properly study everything and display it. Something else to take into consideration is it's reasonable to estimate that a significant portion, perhaps around 60% to 80%, of Egyptian artifacts held in museums outside of Egypt are not displayed due to limited space constraints. This estimate is based on the general practices and challenges faced by museums worldwide in managing their collections. This brings me to the conclusion and main part of this discussion.
Why do (you) ? or some people find it so negative when care and money and effort is taken in preserving items that are outside of egypt. Why do you feel it’s so wrong for someone to spend a large amount of money in preserving artifacts sometimes even better then a museum will, understand that these items are not in their original location anymore and must be protected and preserved in there new location. I have spent days and countless hours talking with older collectors with large collections and not enough time to deal with them. All collectors are frightened that when they are gone that those artifacts will be hurt or disrespected in some type of way, because no one wants to put in the effort to save these items from getting lost entirely. When you shame a collector you only force them to preserve these items quietly and not show the public due to the thought of some type of unwanted conflict. That is wrong. You get upset because you feel people are hiding these items and yet you are a contributor to it happening.
I’m in the process of making a Youtube channel and a website purely to educate a large mass of people about the ancient cultures of the past. This will include showing the items I come across and get the pleasure of restoring and preserving. There have been more instances then I would like to happen, where there is an individual who inherits or somehow accidentally acquired an ancient artifact and did not know what to do, or were not educated and eventually ruined and destroyed priceless antiquities.
I can tell you one story I know of. There was a Man who acquired a collection of egyptian artifact through purchase from an estate sale. They knew nothing about them other then what they were told, These items were very old and ancient, And obvious that they were from egypt. Among the items acquired for a low amount sold by an unknowledgeable individual. There were ancient Egyptian mummified animals, A couple birds and some of other animals, He kept these items in his house for only a small amount of time because after a couple of days he noticed a smell. Then his son mentioned that they did in fact have a strong odd smell, So after the son does a little research he finds old documents and articles online taking about amulets and gold wrapped in human and animal mummies. Instead of these items going to knowledgeable people… they were cut into by the father and son and taken apart to look for amulets, They ended up finding nothing but linen, bitumen and bones… Not one single amulet.
Then after the disappointment of not finding anything they simply just threw away the heap of linen and animal remains in the dumpster. It’s almost necessary for people like me to step in and try stoping a historical artifact from being destroyed and forgotten when I can. You can dislike what I do, but I take great pride in contributing to the preservation of these items.
I am not ashamed of what I do, I am extremely proud and thankful for the Egyptians and that everyday I can give my respect to a distant human that’s essence and life can only be appreciated with the items they left behind. The most amazing and beautiful thing about acquiring a damaged and dirty item and completely restoring the image that was originally intended and speaking the name for the deceased once again for the first time in thousand of years is crazy. Can you imagine that… The Egyptians did what they wanted and intended to do. They became idols and essentially Gods worshiped for the history they were buried with and lived. Their names spoken again and not forgotten. A direct tie to that human that’s life and story is forever gone and forgotten if not for the items they left behind. I am young and will spend the rest of my life doing what I love doing. Because to forget or to put away in the dark and to be lost is extremely disrespectful and wrong.
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2024.05.18 01:56 Prestigious_Dig_9449 Can’t find my dream dress..

I cant quite find my dress I have in my mind and I was hoping y’all could help. I love vintage, long sleeve, lace paneling. Kind of like this but more bridal?
https://wonderlandbylilian.com/collections/gunne-sax/products/gunne-sax-inspired-blue-lace-v-neck-dress-victorian-lace-day-dress-plus-size
I’m really into Gunne Sax but with a modern twist. I love the fabric that Invar Freiman Uses
https://cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_glossy+ret_img+to_webp/www.inbarfreiman.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/L1007366-1.jpg11-1.jpg
Thank you all so much in advance for your help!
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2024.05.17 20:11 KawaiiHamburger Show vs book, who did it better?

Beware, this includes spoilers for the show and books 😁.
Usually the phrase goes, “the movie/show is never as good as the book”. Adaptations tend to not be as faithful or mess up favorite parts of books so everyone says you at least need to read the book before watching a show/movie and come in with low expectations. Having read the first book now (with as best I could do a translation), I think the show actually was as faithful an adaptation I’ve seen in awhile but also did its own take on the material that was a bit better to me. Below are what I maybe wish they did include but then the things I’m glad they left out / changed.
Wish was included: - The Halloween party (it was changed to the gala but I think the Victorian Halloween theme was cool) - That James wasn’t the one to invite Ruby to the party (it was Alistair, James realized it wasn’t good for Ruby already and tried to dissuade her) - James trying to keep Ruby away from his world even after others know he likes her (the show brushes it off a bit after the pool scene and everyone acts friendly to Ruby but in the books they don’t accept her at all yet) - The mention of aunt Ophelia since she’s important later - That James’s abuse wasn’t a one time deal (the show makes it appear like his father lost his temper that one time vs the book making it known his father has struck him before) - James’s interest in traveling (that’s an important part of his character that comes in for later books)
Glad they changed: - Making Percy a stronger figure for the twins (he’s still there for them in the books in a similar way but I like the version of Percy the show created) - The initials reveal (in the book the initials are revealed off-handedly but I like how the show did it once they were closer to one another and it meant something) - Ruby not wanting to go the party (it makes more sense the way the show portrays it, that she wouldn’t want to go but would go to see James) - What happened between Wren and Ruby (if they had more episodes that might’ve been interesting to add plot-wise but I think leaving it out is better, especially for future plots) - James’s drawing ability (not in the book but I thought it added to his character) - Ruby getting a recommendation from Lexington instead of Sutton (the show’s way made more sense that Ruby wouldn’t respect Sutton as much or be worried about his recommendation) - Toning down the harshness of James’s partying (we get that he parties which is bad but I’m glad they didn’t include the drugs and show him spiraling too much, there’s a difference between bad boy and dangerous boy) - Adding the threat from his dad to Ruby instead of it being about engagement (the threat his father made about ruining her life gave more reason for James to stay away than just because his parents disliked her as a potential wife due to status) - James relationship with his mom (changing her to where it appears she’s trapped like James and tries to connect with him makes more sense why he’d be broken up at the end vs the book where she’s just as cruel as his dad) - The boating accident (I liked that the show made it more central to Ruby and her family’s plot and not just a side note like the book)
Would love to see everyone’s thoughts on series vs book! What did you like / dislike? Think they should’ve included or didn’t? What did you think was a good addition? Now with the announcement for season 2 I’m looking forward to seeing what they do with that book, hopefully just as good as this season. 😄
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2024.05.17 19:09 Merari01 r/Comics AMA with Wondermark's David Malki ! Saturday 10am PST

Comics AMA with Wondermark's David Malki ! Saturday 10am PST
(This thread has been posted some time in advance of the AMA starting time to give you all the chance to ask a question. The new AMA post type will show when we will begin.)
#1547; In which That’s No Moon
Hello everyone,
We are proud to present the Comics AMA with the amazing David Malki, creator of the iconic Wondermark comics, a longrunning webcomic featuring historical, Victorian art recontextualized to create humorous juxtapositions.
Famously u/Wondermark is responsible for adding the term "sealioning" to the lexicon after the comic #1062, the Terrible Sea Lion became used as a shorthand to describe a type of internet trolling.
The comic has been featured in the Onion and Flak magazine.
We hope you all have a lot of fun with this event and we are looking forward to seeing your questions.
Have fun everyone!
The main Wondermark website can be found here.
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Wondermark has a Patreon.
The Wondermark online store can be found here.
There is also a Wondermark greeting cards store.
You can check out his very weird drawings on Instagram.
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2024.05.17 18:13 vernzny Trip Report + Review

Hi everyone--I spent a lot of time on the SXM boards gathering a lot of recs and tips before our trip and I just wanted to give back a little with some insights.
First off, my wife and I went for 5 days and absolutely loved the island! What an amazing place with great people, beaches and food! We went in the second week of May and it was way less busy than high season (which we preferred). We stayed at an airbnb in Grand Case which was perfect for what we wanted to do. The weather was 85 and humid everyday, and it didn't rain once.
Arrival was smooth. We were the only plane landing late in the afternoon on a Saturday and were through Customs in less than 15 minutes.
We rented a car from Discount Car Rental and they were great. The car wasn't the best as far as maneuvering on the island's hills. Unfortunately our car got hit in the back at some point and we didn't notice until we returned it, but they were nice about it and now dealing with the insurance hassles. Oh well. Driving on the island took a bit to get used to and was stressful at times (especially night). Next time, we'd probably just cab it everywhere tbh. From what I understand there is a Whats App collective for cabs so it's a bit more organized.
The beaches--we did one day at Grand Case, one day at Pinel, and one day at Orient. Pinel was our favorite all the way! Unbelievable! We reserved chairs at Yellow Beach and it was amazing. Their tuna tartare and fries were out of this world! Service top notch too! We swam and saw turtles and and fish and rays. On Orient we went to Chez Leandra and they were awesome! 2 chairs and 2 drinks for $20! Also ate the wings and lobster sammy! Both great! On Grand Case we rented chairs a bit more pricey. Boats were docked out at sea blasting music, but the beach is beautiiul!
For Food we hit up Gutside, Chez Leandra, Le Villa, Jerusalem Shwarma, Le Bistronome, Saint Martin Yacht Club, and Mousse BBQ Food Truck in Marigot. Gutside and Chez Leandra were both wonderful. Wear bug spray at Gutside as it's the only place we got bitten up! Le Villa was phenomenal -- we got tuna tataki, frogs legs, and seafood sampler. Little Jerusalem Shwarma was without a doubt the best shwarma we've ever had! The BBQ was really good and one of our cheap meals ($14 for two orders of ribs), but it was a little hectic in that area. Le Bistronome was also good, but they seemed a little frazzled that evening. Food was good, but I guess we had higher expectations. Saint Martin Yacht Club was quick stop before our flight for a bloody mary and some Fried Fish (both really good)!
We also went to Juggies (Juggie wasn't there that day, so much different vibe I'm guessing). Stopped by Coupecoy beach and again beautiful, but not much beach. We also went to the Parrot Sanctuary which I will say is a must! So Cool! We also went to Grape Wine Shop (really nice+beautiful selection!) and On Dirait Le Sud to pick up homemade pasta to cook for dinner one night (outstanding!).
We also made Quai 58 our local for night capping. The bartenders are awesome and once you get them chatting, they'll become your best friends. Thank you!
We felt things were reasonably priced and felt safe mostly everywhere we went. We're city people, so the dutch side didn't speak to us as much as the French Side. We only had one water outage, which the Airbnb host guided us through with the use of a pump.
We had a big list of places to eat and things to see, and didn't quite get to them all opting for more just relaxed beach days, which turned out to be the best days! I'd definitely recommend going for anyone looking for amazing food and beaches!
Thanks again to everyone who posts here with their trip details and spots--they're very helpful! See you all sometime in St. Martin in the future!
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2024.05.17 17:15 BruteSentiment Daily Minors Quick-Notes 5/16/24 - 6 Games, 5 Teams, 6 Wins!

Daily Minors Quick-Notes 5/16/24 - 6 Games, 5 Teams, 6 Wins!
It was an organizational sweep for the Giants today, as every team won and Richmond swept a double-header! Plus, a huge top prospect that was sidelined by injury makes his long-awaited return in the ACL, and considering who the starters were in Eugene’s game, the results were not as explosive as you might have expected…

AAA: Sacramento 8, Oklahoma City 0

Link
https://preview.redd.it/vq39nr4s601d1.jpg?width=2442&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c6bc2d2c1c4b1b880e8e65ce5cec48d7538ec8df
Player of the Game: CF Hunter Bishop: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR (2)
That’s back-to-back games with a home run for Bishop, only the second time he’s done that in his career, the first time coming in his first season of 2019. He’s hitting .417 in three games at Sacramento, and overall this gives him four home runs all season.
Other Players to Spotlight:
  • SP Landen Roupp: 4.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K - That’s two scoreless starts in a row, each going 4.0 innings. He has 16 strikeouts to four walks in 9.2 innings at Sacramento.
  • 1B Trenton Brooks: 2-4, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 HR (4) - That’s four home runs in 36 games for Brooks, who had 22 in 118 games last season.
  • DH Jorge Soler: 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB - This was Soler’s second rehab game, and first collecting some hits. He’s 2-for-7 (.286) so far in rehab.
  • 2B Brett Auerbach: 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B (1), 2 K - Auerbach has also been taking to Sacramento. After five games, he’s 6-for-15 (.400) with a double and a triple.
  • RP Tommy Romero: 4.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 7 K - Romero actually went a bit longer than the starter (by one out), and was just about as dominating. The 26-year old has a 1.49 ERA mostly in relief, though he’s averaging about 4.1 innings per start.
Top Prospect Lines:
  • RF Ismael Munguia: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 SF
Other Notable Lines:
  • LF Brady Whalen: 0-2, 2 R, 2 BB, 1 K - Whalen was a 2016 Cardinals pick, and joined the Giants organization initially in the offseason ahead of last year. After 2023, he elected free agency, and this year has been playing for Lexington of the Atlantic League. He signed back with the Giants yesterday. This was his first AAA game.

AA: Doubleheader

Game 1: Richmond 9, Reading 1 (7 Innings)

Link
https://preview.redd.it/oz81a1bt601d1.jpg?width=2442&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8d0fc0df1b0b7cdab01ca1ffa0453910d03bc2b6

Game 2: Richmond 3, Reading 1 (7 Innings)

Link
https://preview.redd.it/vrkwgagu601d1.jpg?width=2442&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7a45c57e2de25a3865288f2bcf9f4f763ee49af6
Player of the Game: DH/CF-LF Carter Howell: 3-6, 1 R, 4 RBI, 1 2B (8), 1 HR (1), 1 BB, 2 K, 1 SB (2)
It was quite the DH for Howell, which saw him hit his first home run of the year in his 28th game. He’s hitting .263/.365/.394 on the year and is one of Richmond’s offensive leaders.
Other Players to Spotlight:
  • 2B Jimmy Glowenke: 2-6, 2 R, 2 2B (4), 1 K- Glowenke doubled his doubles total in Game 1 alone. He’s hitting .254, but with four doubles and one home run in 17 games, he’s slugging just .365.
  • CF Grant McCray: 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B (8), 1 BB, 1 SB (4) - The craziest thing about McCray’s season is that 30 games in, he’s attempted only four steals, while last season he had 52 steals in 62 attempts over 127 games.
  • SP Hayden Birdsong: 5.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 1 WP - Another string appearance for Birdsong, who has a 2.08 ERA across seven starts, with 40 strikeouts to 17 walks in 30.1 innings.
Top Prospect Lines:
  • 1B Victor Bericoto: 1-6, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K
  • C Adrián Sugastey: 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 K
Other Notable Lines:
  • C/1B Andy Thomas: 2-5, 1 R, 1 BB
  • RP Eric Silva: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K

High-A: Eugene 5, Everett 4

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Player of the Game: RF Rodolfo Nolasco: 3-5, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR (2), 2 K, 1 SB (2)
Nolasco had performed well in his four games since being traded to the Giants. In four games, he’s 5-for-16 (.313) with one double and two home runs.
Other Players to Spotlight:
  • SS Diego Velasquez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B (7), 1 SB (7), 1 CS (2), 1 HBP - Velasquez didn’t just steal home in this game, but he attempted two steals of the plate (and was caught once). He’s hitting .276/.371/.406 with seven steals in nine attempts.
  • C Onil Perez: 1-4, 1 R, 2 SB (10) - That makes Perez 10-for-10 in steal attempts, as he’s hitting .286/.374/.352.
  • CF Alexander Suarez: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR (1), 2 K - Suarez got off to a late start, so this first home run of the season came in just his 14th game.
Other Notable Lines:
  • SP Dylan Cumming: 2.0 IP, 4 H, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K - Look, I just want to point out the starters of this game were Dylan Cumming (EUG) and Ty Cummings (EVE). Neither lasted until the climatic final inning, though.
  • RP Matt Mikulski: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K
  • LF Tanner O’Tremba: 1-4, 1 2B (6), 2 K

Low-A: San Jose 7, Modesto 5

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Player of the Game: SS Cole Foster: 2-4, 2 R, 1 BB
Foster led the team in hits, and extended his 7-game hitting streak with his second straight multi-hit game, raising his average to .292. He’s also got 11 walks to 24 strikeouts, for a .386 on-base percentage.
Other Players to Spotlight:
  • DH Bryce Eldridge: 1-4, 1 R, 1 2B (6), 1 BB, 1 K - Eldridge’s hitting streak hits eight games, with his fourth extra-base hit of the streak (3 doubles, one home run). He’s now hitting .292 in May (.247 overall).
  • C Luke Shliger: 1-2, 1 R, 3 BB, 1 SB (6), 1 E (3) - This gives Shliger 14 walks to 15 strikeouts in 24 games this season, for a .379 on-base percentage over a .247 average.
  • LF Bo Davidson: 1-5, 1 3B (2) - Davidson now has two doubles, a triple, and a home run in his last three games.
Other Notable Lines:
  • 1B Javier Francisco: 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
  • SP Dylan Carmouche: 4.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
  • RP Cody Tucker: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K

ACL: ACL Giants 8, ACL Angels 1

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Player of the Game: SS Ramon Peralta: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR (1), 1 K
Peralta is off to a great start, and got his first home run in his 8th game this year. He’s hitting .345/.472/.621 to start his second ACL season.
Top Prospect Lines:
  • DH Wade Meckler: 0-3, 2 K - Meckler finally makes his season debut in rehab after an injury just before the season started.
Other Notable Lines:
  • CF Lazaro Morales: 1-2, 1 RBI, 1 2B (1), 3 BB, 1 K
  • 3B Dario Reynoso: 1-3, 2 R, 1 2B (3), 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HBP
  • 1B Jediael Maduro: 3-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB
  • SP Samir Chires: 4.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 5 BB, 0 K, 3 WP
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2024.05.17 13:15 Low_Blacksmith_3230 Places To Visit In Auckland

Places To Visit In Auckland
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Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, offers a diverse range of attractions, from stunning natural landscapes to vibrant cultural experiences. Embark on the adventure of a lifetime with our New Zealand tour package. From the snow-capped peaks of the Southern Alps to the pristine beaches of the Bay of Islands, experience the breathtaking beauty and diverse landscapes of Aotearoa. Here are some must-visit places in Auckland:
  1. Sky Tower: Enjoy panoramic views of Auckland from the Sky Tower, the city's most iconic landmark. Take a ride to the observation deck or experience the adrenaline rush of the SkyJump or SkyWalk.
  2. Waiheke Island: Escape to Waiheke Island, known for its beautiful beaches, boutique wineries, and scenic hiking trails. Explore charming seaside villages, sample award-winning wines, and soak up the island's relaxed atmosphere.
  3. Auckland War Memorial Museum: Discover New Zealand's history, culture, and natural heritage at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. Explore fascinating exhibits, including Maori artifacts, Pacific Island treasures, and interactive displays.
  4. Viaduct Harbour: Wander along Viaduct Harbour, a vibrant waterfront precinct lined with restaurants, cafes, and bars. Take a stroll along the promenade, admire the superyachts, or enjoy a waterfront dining experience.
  5. Auckland Domain: Escape the city bustle at Auckland Domain, the city's oldest and largest park. Explore lush greenery, historic monuments, and the Auckland Wintergardens, featuring tropical and temperate plant collections.
  6. Piha Beach: Experience the rugged beauty of Piha Beach, one of Auckland's most iconic surf beaches. Take a swim, surf the waves, or hike to nearby landmarks like Lion Rock and Kitekite Falls.
  7. Devonport: Take a ferry to Devonport, a charming seaside village with Victorian architecture, boutique shops, and cafes. Enjoy panoramic views of Auckland from the top of Mount Victoria or relax on Cheltenham Beach.
  8. Auckland Zoo: Encounter exotic wildlife from around the world at Auckland Zoo. Explore themed exhibits, attend animal encounters, and learn about conservation efforts to protect endangered species.
  9. Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki: Immerse yourself in art and culture at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki. Discover a diverse collection of New Zealand and international artworks, spanning centuries of artistic expression.
  10. Rangitoto Island: Hike to the summit of Rangitoto Island, a dormant volcanic cone offering panoramic views of Auckland and the Hauraki Gulf. Explore lava caves, native bushland, and scenic walking trails on this unique island getaway.
These are just a few of the many attractions Auckland has to offer, ensuring a memorable visit filled with natural beauty, cultural experiences, and outdoor adventures. Simplify your travel plans with our comprehensive visa assistance service. From documentation guidance to application submission, our experienced team ensures a smooth and hassle-free process.
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2024.05.17 07:57 Sweet-Count2557 Best Things to Do in Jackson Mi

Best Things to Do in Jackson Mi
Best Things to Do in Jackson Mi Welcome to the vibrant city of Jackson, Michigan, where adventure and culture intertwine to create an unforgettable experience.Join us as we embark on a journey to discover the best things to do in this hidden gem of a city.From outdoor recreation to wineries and vineyards, museums and cultural sites to arts and creativity, entertainment and events to shopping and antiques, Jackson offers a plethora of activities to cater to every interest and taste.So, let's dive in and explore the wonders that await us in Jackson, Michigan.Let the adventure begin!Key TakeawaysOutdoor recreation options include Cascade Falls, Falling Waters Trail, Dahlem, and Ella Sharp ParkWineries and vineyards to visit include Chateau Aeronautique Winery and Sandhill Crane VineyardsMuseums and cultural sites worth exploring are Ella Sharp Museum, Cell Block 7 Prison Museum, Michigan Theatre, and Michigan Military Heritage MuseumThe arts and creativity scene in Jackson offers Armory Arts Village, Art 634, Bright Walls Mural, and Ella Sharp Art FairOutdoor RecreationLet's explore the outdoor recreation options available in Jackson Mi during your visit.Jackson is home to some of the top hiking trails in Michigan, offering breathtaking views and a chance to connect with nature. One of the most popular trails is the Falling Waters Trail, a 10.5-mile paved path perfect for running, biking, or a leisurely walk. As you venture along this trail, you'll encounter picturesque landscapes and maybe even spot some wildlife.For fishing enthusiasts, Jackson Mi is a haven filled with the best fishing spots near the area. Vandercook Lake County Park is a pet-friendly park where you can cast your line into the serene lake and try your luck at catching some bass or perch. The park also offers activities like swimming and picnicking, making it a great spot for a day of outdoor fun.If you're looking for a more immersive experience in nature, head to Waterloo State Recreation Area. This vast park is one of the largest in Michigan and offers camping and hiking options. Explore the scenic trails and immerse yourself in the beauty of the surrounding woodlands and lakes.In addition to these outdoor options, Jackson Mi also offers a variety of other recreational activities, such as golfing, bird-watching, and nature preserves like Dahlem and MacCready. Whether you're seeking adventure or a peaceful escape, Jackson Mi has something for everyone.Wineries and VineyardsWe absolutely love exploring the wineries and vineyards in Jackson Mi, as they offer a delightful selection of wines to enjoy. Here are three wine tasting experiences and vineyard tours that we highly recommend:Chateau Aeronautique Winery: This stunning winery is located in a former airplane hangar, creating a unique and memorable atmosphere. Not only can you taste their exquisite wines, but you can also take a tour of the vineyard and learn about the winemaking process. The knowledgeable staff is always eager to share their passion for winemaking, making it a truly educational experience.Sandhill Crane Vineyards: If you're looking for a family-owned vineyard with a variety of wines, Sandhill Crane Vineyards is the place to go. They offer a diverse selection of wines, ranging from dry reds to sweet whites. Take a leisurely stroll through their vineyards and admire the beautiful landscape while learning about the cultivation of grapes. Don't forget to try their famous fruit wines, made from locally sourced fruits.[Third Winery/Vineyard Name]: [Description of the third winery/vineyard and what makes it unique. Include any special events or activities they offer, such as live music or food pairings. Talk about the ambiance and the overall experience visitors can expect.]Whether you're a wine connoisseur or simply enjoy a good glass of wine, the wineries and vineyards in Jackson Mi are sure to impress. From the wine tasting experiences to the vineyard tours, you'll have the opportunity to learn about the winemaking process while savoring the flavors of the region.Museums and Cultural SitesOne of the most fascinating places to visit in Jackson Mi is the Ella Sharp Museum, with its rich history exhibits and collection of historic buildings. The museum takes you on a journey through time, showcasing the stories and artifacts that have shaped the region. From the beautifully restored Victorian-era Ella Sharp House to the quaint Merriman-Sharp Farmstead, there's something for everyone to explore.Another must-visit museum in Jackson Mi is the Cell Block 7 Prison Museum. This unique museum offers a glimpse into the history of Michigan's prison system. Step inside the actual cells and experience what life was like for inmates in this maximum-security prison. The museum provides a thought-provoking look at the criminal justice system and the lives of those who were incarcerated.For those interested in military history, the Michigan Military Heritage Museum is a must-see. This museum showcases the rich military history of the state, with exhibits and displays that highlight the sacrifices and bravery of Michigan's servicemen and women. From World War I to the present day, the museum tells the stories of those who served and honors their contributions.As we continue our exploration of museums and cultural sites in Jackson Mi, we'll now delve into the world of arts and creativity.Arts and CreativityAs we explore the arts and creativity scene in Jackson Mi, we'll discover a vibrant community of artists and innovative spaces to indulge our creative interests. Jackson is home to a variety of art classes and public art installations that showcase the city's commitment to fostering artistic expression.Armory Arts Village: This creative community and arts center offers a wide range of art classes for all ages and skill levels. Whether you're interested in painting, ceramics, or photography, Armory Arts Village has something to ignite your artistic passion. The center also hosts regular exhibitions and events, providing opportunities for local artists to showcase their work.Art 634: Located in a beautifully restored factory building, Art 634 is a community center that houses a variety of interactive activities and artist studios. Here, you can explore the studios of local artists, participate in workshops, and even create your own art. The center also offers venue rentals for special events, making it a hub for creativity and community engagement.Bright Walls Mural: Every year, Jackson comes alive with vibrant colors and stunning art during the Bright Walls Mural festival. Artists from around the world gather to transform the city's walls into captivating works of art. Take a stroll through downtown Jackson and admire the incredible murals that grace the streets, adding beauty and inspiration to the community.With a plethora of art classes, public art installations, and creative spaces, Jackson Mi offers endless opportunities for artistic exploration and expression.After immersing ourselves in the world of arts and creativity, let's now dive into the exciting world of entertainment and events, where we can continue to embrace the freedom of expression and entertainment that Jackson has to offer.Entertainment and EventsLet's dive into the exciting world of entertainment and events in Jackson Mi, where we can experience a wide range of activities and performances. Whether you're a music lover or a racing enthusiast, Jackson Mi has something for everyone.For those who enjoy live music events, Grand River Brewery is the place to be. This local brewery and restaurant not only offers delicious craft beers but also hosts live music performances regularly. So grab a pint, sit back, and enjoy the tunes of talented local artists.If you're a fan of high-speed thrills, then Michigan International Speedway is a must-visit destination. Known for its famous NASCAR racetrack, this venue hosts exciting racing events that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Experience the adrenaline rush as cars zoom by at incredible speeds, creating an electrifying atmosphere that's sure to satisfy any racing fan.But entertainment and events in Jackson Mi don't stop there. The city also boasts unique attractions like the Summer Night Tree. This stunning sculpture provides a one-of-a-kind backdrop for photos, allowing you to capture beautiful memories with family and friends.So, whether you're in the mood for live music, heart-pounding racing, or capturing unforgettable moments, Jackson Mi has it all. Embrace the freedom to choose from a variety of entertainment options and immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere of this dynamic city.The entertainment and events scene in Jackson Mi is waiting to be explored, so grab your friends and head out for a memorable experience.Frequently Asked QuestionsAre There Any Designated Picnic Areas or Shelters Available at Ella Sharp Park?Yes, there are designated picnic areas and shelters available at Ella Sharp Park. The park offers a beautiful urban setting with a variety of amenities for outdoor enthusiasts.There are picnic areas throughout the park where visitors can enjoy a meal surrounded by nature. Additionally, there are shelters that can be rented for larger gatherings or events.Whether you're looking for a peaceful picnic or a larger gathering, Ella Sharp Park has you covered.What Types of Exhibits and Artifacts Can Be Found at the Michigan Military Heritage Museum?At the Michigan Military Heritage Museum, you'll discover a treasure trove of exhibits and artifacts that bring the rich military history of Michigan to life. From uniforms and weaponry to personal letters and photographs, the museum showcases the bravery and sacrifice of our armed forces.Explore the immersive exhibits, learn about significant battles, and gain a deeper understanding of the role Michigan played in shaping our nation's military history. It's a must-visit for history enthusiasts and those looking to honor our veterans.Can Visitors Participate in Any Interactive Activities or Workshops at Art 634?Yes, visitors can participate in interactive activities and workshops at Art 634. The community center and venue rental offers a range of creative opportunities.From hands-on art workshops to interactive exhibitions, there's something for everyone. Whether you're interested in painting, sculpture, or mixed media, Art 634 provides a space for artistic exploration and growth.Immerse yourself in the vibrant arts community of Jackson and unleash your creativity through these engaging and interactive experiences.Is There a Specific Time of Year When the Annual Bright Walls Mural Festival Takes Place?The annual Bright Walls Mural Festival in Jackson Mi is a vibrant celebration of public art. Visitors flock to the city to witness the transformation of its walls into colorful masterpieces.The festival showcases talented local and international artists creating stunning murals that breathe life into the streets.The best time to visit Jackson Mi for this incredible event is during the festival, which typically takes place in the summer.It's a must-see experience that will ignite your passion for creativity and the power of art.Are There Any Hotels in the Area That Offer Pet-Friendly Accommodations?Yes, there are pet-friendly accommodations in the area.You don't have to leave your furry friend behind when you visit Jackson, MI. Several hotels in the area welcome pets, ensuring that your four-legged companion can enjoy the trip with you.From cozy bed and breakfasts to modern hotels, you'll find options that cater to both you and your pet's needs.ConclusionJoin us in Jackson, where adventure awaits at every corner. From the breathtaking Cascade Falls to the tranquil Falling Waters Trail, there's outdoor fun for everyone.Explore the rich history and culture at the Ella Sharp Museum, and let your creativity soar in the vibrant arts scene.Don't miss the excitement of local events and indulge in the flavors of Grand River Brewery.Jackson, Michigan is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered. Begin your unforgettable journey today!
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2024.05.17 05:19 AcornAl Weekly case numbers from around Australia: 9,214 new cases (🔺26%)

Weekly case numbers from around Australia: 9,214 new cases (🔺26%)
  • NSW 3,470 new cases (🔺33%)
  • VIC 1,580 new cases (🔺14%)
  • QLD 1,448 new cases (🔺21%)
  • WA 600 new cases (🔺22%)
  • SA 1,821 new cases (🔺30%)
  • TAS 89 new cases (🔻14%)
  • ACT 119 new cases (🔺63%)
  • NT 87 new cases (🔺28%)
Notes:
  • Case data is from NNDSS Dashboard that is automated from CovidLive
  • These case numbers are only an indicator for the current trends as most cases are unreported.
  • Multiply by 25 or 30 to get a better indication of actual community case numbers.
  • Only SA still collect or report RAT results.
FluTracker has reported respiratory illnesses activity of 1.8% this week (🔺0.1%), or nearly 1 in 50 people with symptoms. We are slightly below the average for this time of year.
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  • WA 3% (🔺1.7%)
  • TAS 2% (🔺0.8%)
  • NSW 1.8% (🔺0.2%)
  • VIC 1.7% (🔻0.4%)
  • QLD 1.6% (🔺0.2%)
  • SA 1.5% (🔻0.2%)
  • ACT 1.4% (NC)
NSW Respiratory Viruses
While cases are increasing, covid made up just 19% (2,820 cases) of the 15,192 viral infections seen by NSW Health, similar to the levels of RSV (17%) and Influenza (13%). You would have been twice as likely to have the good old common cold (38% Rhinovirus) than covid if you were tested.
  • Rhinovirus 5,844
  • COVID-19 2,820
  • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) 2,510
  • Influenza 2,016
  • Parainfluenza 748
  • Adenovirus 723
  • Human metapneumovirus (HMPV) 274
  • Enterovirus 257
This probably excludes RAT results, but it does show that we have the full array of respiratory viruses back in play rather than having covid making up most of the cases.
QLD Hospitalisations
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QLD is seeing a rise of hospitalisations that inline with the increase in cases, quickly heading towards our summer numbers, although these are well below the levels seen back in 2022.
  • Under 18: 4 hospitalisations (2%)
  • 18-64: 41 hospitalisations (20%)
  • 65 to 74: 48 hospitalisations (23%)
  • 75 plus: 113 hospitalisations (55%)
In kids, RSV is the virus making up the majority of cases, with 24 hospitalisations (0-4 year olds) compared to 4 covid and 3 flu hospitalisations in 0-17 year olds.
Most covid hospitalisations are in older adults (65 plus) with 78% of hospitalisations, compared with 54% and 46% for Influenza and RSV hospitalisations respectively and underlines the importance of vaccinations in these age groups that still likely lack the immune maturity to this novel virus.
VIC Hospitalisations
VIC appear to have started weekly COVID-19 surveillance reports again. Snapshot of hospitalisations:
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WA Cases
And finally, there was a big jump in FluTracker numbers from WA this week (3%🔺1.7%), and the latest Surveillance Report (fortnight to 12 May) is reporting large increases in covid cases.
  • COVID-19 notifications increased by 83%, from 597 last fortnight to 1,095 this fortnight.
  • Currently hospitalised cases increased by 57% from an average of 98 per day last fortnight to 154 per day this fortnight.
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