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OH LORDY
Never has a Roma Rebuild been so difficult! Between FFP constraints and half of our squad leaving on a Free Transfer or End-of-Loan deal, this is quite possibly the rebuild-y-est of rebuilds.
If the goal of the 2022 Rebuild was "Versatility" - finding players who can cover multiple roles, and last year's was "Depth" - strengthening our bench so we don't have to rely on teenagers to form the core of our squad, this year we have somehow managed to get ourself into a position where we need to do both of those things, all of that while seemingly monetizing 30mil (the remaining 30 was raised through the EL and League to my understanding) to comply with our settlement agreement (our last year needing to do so) by the end of the month. No pressure!
SO: our new DS Ghisolfi isn't a miracle worker, my goal here is to a) find value in a market where finding value is increasingly hard, b) give opportunities to players who may have not fit in under JM but may do far better under DDR, and c) find the players that have retained some value and have interest, to then monetize without gutting the squad.
In order to do that, let's review our squad:

Goalkeepers

Svilar - Now let me toot my own horn because last year, I DID tell you so. That said, Svilar's excellent performances (particularly in the EL) have drawn attention from abroad. For many, even considering a sale of our best keeper since Alisson is an outrage. On some level - I agree, however: if we receive an offer that allows us to pass FFP without selling anyone else... we should probably consider that reality. A 40-50 mil offer would be a game changer for us, but otherwise I say KEEP.
Patricio - This one is easy: Patricio's contract is up, and with it, his hefty salary goes with him. I'd imagine a portion of Patricio's wages will go to give his former understudy a pay increase, so it's not pure FFP profit, but I'd say this is a +3mil saved. RELEASE.
Boer - Boer is on a long term contract with the club, is home-grown which helps with registration, and earns a fraction of his peers. Unless he pushes for a move for first-team football, this is an easy KEEP. We may also need to prepare for the reality that Boer may be our second choice keeper next season - which may be just the opportunity he needs (remember what happened with one Julio Sergio Bertagnoli? Signed to be the reserve keeper, earned a starter spot by season end).
To head off any primavera talks - both Primavera goalkeepers are set for another year in the academy, so any conversation of Vladislavs joining the first-team is likely to be pushed for next year.

Center-Backs

Mancini - Named as one of De Rossi's "fateful eight" untouchables, our vice-captain is one of the few certainties we have in the backline.
Smalling - Once again, it pains me to say I told you so: on his day, one of our best defenders, but Father Time is undefeated and Smalling is at an age (and wage) where his time on the injury table is starting to cost us points, games, and euros in our pockets. You may recall I called this problem "Fazio-itis" way back when. If we can get a British club to bite and take him off our hands for a nominal fee, his saved wages might be worth it. If not, I'd rate him a KEEP for one more year, with an eye on releasing him at the end of his contract.
N'Dicka - Class player, and our best CB by a mile this season, HOWEVER - he's also a player with a ton of market value after a disappointing season, putting him in the same camp as Svilar: if the right offer comes in, allowing us to resolve FFP without any other sales... wouldn't it be wise to do that? Without a good offer though, this is an obvious KEEP.
Kumbulla - Where do I begin? It takes a unique skill to be the most disappointing part of the most disappointing season in Sassuolo's history (unless you believe the Agent Marash theories trying to save Ranieri). Having just been relegated, Sassuolo is obviously not picking Kumbulla up next season, meaning he's coming back to base. SO - now what? My judgment of Marash may be harsh here but: he's 24. This is not a young player anymore. Roger Ibañez was a nailed on starter for us at his age and we still crucified him over his mistakes. Any leeway Marash got for being a youngster is gone - he should be entering the prime of his career, and if this is his prime, then he needs to be sold. Transfermarkt rates him a 7.5mil, if someone offers that, take it immediately and cut our losses. SELL. I'm not giving a value here, as I believe he will be sold for literally any value so hard to predict.
Llorente and Huijsen are not included in this list because, well, we don't own them! Although more on one of the two later.

Full-backs

Spinazzola - This has all but been confirmed, but Spinazzola has all but packed his bags at this point as his contract is ending. A world class fullback ruined by one massive injury. C'est la vie - there's also an argument to be made that Leonardo had lost that turn of pace (call it injury or age) that made him so explosive. Without an ability to skip past a man, his move was increasingly to cut inside and whip in a cross which worked sporadically at best. Should also be mentioned that Spina is on big wages, so this can be seen as another +3mil saved.
Zalewski - A huge disappointment in this past season, he's very clearly a wide midfielder turned wingback in a formation that plays 4 at the back. Under DDR he has played both here, and as a winger, and has massively disappointed in both roles. Here's the sticking point: DDR has claimed (rightly!) that Frattesi, Scamacca, Calafiori and other young players that left Rome and went on to grow into decent players sticks in his craw. I get that! But then, what do we do when a player underwhelms like Nicola has? Because the counterargument is: as an academy graduate, for FFP any money made on his sale is pure profit. No amortization arguments, no profit and sustainability, nothing. Pure green. If we decide to sell multiple players and spread the FFP dollars around by selling underperforming players, then Nicola surely has to be candidate number one here. His contract also expires next year and without minutes, there's an argument to be made that he might leave on a free. For those reasons, with a heavy heart I rate him a SELL. +10mil.
Angeliño - for difficult, to simple: the Spanish fullback has just signed with us permanently, and seems like a class replacement for Spinazzola on the left-hand side. Keep. -5mil.
Celik - The fact that Zeki was our best right back this season should be a big flashing red light on how poor we were on this side of the pitch. However, with a move to a back four, Celik is now far better suited to this system, as he is far more capable defensively compared to his colleagues here. I rate him a KEEP, even if just as a backup.
Karsdorp - Easily the most hated player on this team. Rick Karsdorp is one of our longest serving players, so the fact that he's not a "Senatore" of the dressing room should tell you everything you need to know about how the dressing room feels about him. A player that, this season, lost us points on his own - I'd remind you that once upon a time this player was linked with Barcelona (!!!). I rate him in the same category as Kumbulla (SELL), and should be sold for any value.
Kristensen isn't included here, because we don't own him, but on a personal note: the worst fullback I have seen play for this team ever, and I watched Ivan Piris week in and week out. Managed to make Karsdorp look like prime Cafu.

Central Midfield

Cristante - Another of DDR's "fateful eight". One of the few players guaranteed to continue with us one more season.
Paredes - My surprise of the second half of the season for sure. Has become a DDR ride-or-die and was listed as one of the "fateful eight" so is destined to stay.
Aouar - Aouar is a player that divides opinion, but is a prime example of what I mean by finding value in the squad. Houssem has played this season as a deep-lying player, as a Cristante role, but I've seen him be a lot more effective more advanced role (he's scored a few goals with runs into the box), as a replacement for Pellegrini. So - I rate him a KEEP for a simple reason: if we monetize Aouar, can we guarantee to find a player with the same level of quality for less than what we'd make selling Houssem? I don't see it!
Pellegrini - Fairly sure I don't need to explain why this is a KEEP.
Bove - Another disappointing player this season. If I took credit for players whose underperformance I predicted, then I will also take blame for this one: I didn't see Bove's sophomore slump coming at all. DDR seems to love the kid, but then doesn't play him, so what's going on here? My view is that Bove is the closest thing we have in the squad to a box-to-box player, in a team that tactically doesn't use one (at least we didn't over the past six months). I'd imagine, however, that with a pre-season under his belt, Bove will stay on for another season. KEEP.
Renato Sanches is not a player we own, and he didn't play enough to trigger his obligation to buy. It's a shame to label this former wonderkid a flop, but his injury record and wages just do not justify even attempting to keep him.

Attacking Midfielders/Wingers

Dybala - the jewel in Roma's crown. Paulo Dybala has claimed publicly that he wants to stay on for another season, then decide. The good news is, that means he won't have his head turned by clubs this summer. The bad news is that, if we don't get into the Champions League next season, he is for sure leaving on a free transfer. Keep.
Baldanzi - Tommaso showed some quality towards the end of the season, but suffered a lack of a pre-season with DDR. Was ultimately signed to be the understudy to Dybala and I think he's one of the few nailed on KEEPs.
Solbakken - Ola will be returning to home base after an absolutely wasted season. I fully do not understand what happened here, because there was no way shipping Solbakken off to (not) play in the J-League was preferable to keeping him as a rotation option. I'm in the minority of Redditors to rate this guy, as I think he brings in qualities on the left that our starter (SES) lacks, namely off-the-ball movement and an aerial presence. He's been listed in multiple places as a guaranteed player to leave, but I put him in the same camp as Aouar - there's value in this player. KEEP.
Stephan El Shaarawy - Stephan has been listed as one of De Rossi's "fateful eight", recently signed a new contract at a lower wage to stay on until the end of 2025. KEEP.

Strikers

Abraham - Oh how the turn tables. Abraham's freshman breakout season has turned out to have lasted a single season, as poor form, major injury, and a lack of match sharpness have severely blunted his ability to be decisive. Now I'd be inclined to give him another season purely because I think judging him based on the end of last season seems to be rash and short-sighted decision. He's clearly on the transfer-list, but more for economic reasons than sporting ones. As much as I like him personally, this might be the painful sacrifice we have to make this summer to avoid losing others in the team with more upside (Svilar being the big one). SELL to the Prem - if Chelsea activate their buyback, take to the streets we've been saved! +20mil.
Belotti - Belotti had an up-and-down loan spell at Fiorentina, to cap off an up-and-down stint in the capital. Personally, I like him a lot, and I think he offers tools in the front that other players we've been linked with don't give us. We also shouldn't sneeze at a fairly well established rapport with Dybala. I think we should come to grips with the reality that Andrea Belotti might just be our starting striker next season in the nightmare scenario of an Abraham departure and the loss of other targets.
Shomurodov - Sorry let me rephrase, THIS might be the nightmare scenario. Although, honestly, I do feel bad for Eldor. It's not his fault Roma overpaid for him, and now he's stuck with a price tag nobody will feasibly pay. So we either a) sell him at a huge loss or b) bring him back as a versatile rotation option in the hopes he finds form. I lean towards the latter - the fact that he can play out wide is a great bench option, and I think he will do much better in a DDR system than a Mourinho one.
Not listing Lukaku or Azmoun, as both were on loan and we cannot afford either one (and to be frank, both are too old to fit the profile of the kind of player we should go for).
SO - if we sell the players I have listed to sell (at values that are intentionally conservative), we have raised exactly what we need to beat FFP. If we keep the players at the base that I have listed to keep and lose our loan signings, we will have a squad of only 17 players (YIKES) where we should aim to have one in the high twenties (especially if we plan on competing on three fronts).

Tactics

Before we talk about who to bring in, we should assess how we play. What we've seen from DDR indicates that he prefers a 4-3-3 that morphs into a 4-2-3-1 in possession. It seems to be a hybrid system between Spalletti's "Three-and-a-half" Roma system and Deschamps' 2018 World Cup winning France team, with a much higher press and the use of at least one inverted fullback.
DDR's four man backline relies on two strong center backs behind a deep-lying playmaker (usually Paredes), with the inverted fullback joining the midfield, and the other fullback roaming up the pitch. This season, the left handed fullback (Spina and Angeliño) came infield, while the right back went upfield to join the attack. Dybala nominally plays on the right but roams in the half space, necessitating both the right back to take up his spot on the wing, and a ball winner behind him (usually Cristante) to cover and counterpress. On the Left, Pellegrini had license to roam high and wide as a mezzala, inverting with the Left Winger who cut into the box to be the second striker. While this worked at first, as the season went on our attack lost its bite as a tight press on Pellegrini and Dybala (easily accomplished with two banks of four in a low block) left us to doing long balls to Lukaku all over again.
There's an acorn of a good system here but due to the nature of our shifting team, a lot of this needs to be reevaluated. Playing off Lukaku isn't an option anymore as he won't be with us, neither will our inverting fullback in Spinazzola. When Dybala isn't on the pitch, Baldanzi was just too isolated to be effective.
Based on what we have, and the tactical problems I identified, this team needs: A starting Right Back, a backup Left back, two Center Backs, a backup Goalkeeper, a backup Central Midfielder, a Starting Right Winger, a backup Right Winger and a Striker - and they need to be brought in for as close to free as possible.
The formation I am eyeing is a 4-2-3-1, but again, versatility is the name of the game.

Mercato - Some Ideas

BACKUP GOALKEEPER - Pietro BOER: That's right - I think we should give Pietro Boer his first minutes as a backup Goalkeeper this coming season. He's young for a goalkeeper, but has been in this squad forever and it solves a few problems in one go: what kind of player is going to sign for us to be a backup goalkeeper and never play? Someone who either a) has nothing to prove, b) is signing purely for the paycheck, or c) both. Signing someone for this role makes no sense provided Boer can step up to the occasion.
BACKUP GOALKEEPER - Manuel ROFFO: If Boer can't cut it, or decides he wants a loan, I'd pickup Manuel Roffo from the Argentinian League. Roffo is the starting keeper for Instituto and a Boca academy product. Has very much impressed since the season started in January (remember South American Leagues go January to December). Roffo first came on my radar for an incredible game he had against River Plate a few months ago. That said, they still haven't renewed his contract set to expire at the end of 2024 meaning could be purchased for a prayer this summer. He's at the right age for a move to Europe, and has a Croatian passport so we avoid registration issues.
CENTER BACK - Nicolas VALENTINI: Here we are fishing in Argentina again and another Boca product. Valentini has broken into the first team with Boca last season, and was a big part of Argentina's Olympic game qualifying. A solid tackler of the ball and has several goals from set pieces, also has an Italian passport which makes signing him a breeze. Valentini's contract, like Roffo's, expires in December. To me, this is an easy pickup - one we will regret letting get away like we did Senesi.
LEFT BACK - Jesus VAZQUEZ: Moving onto Spain, Jesús Vázquez is a Valencia youth product who has clocked 20 appearances in La Liga this season. A very similar player to Angeliño but perhaps more physical (he's taller) and less technically gifted - Vazquez is likely to leave Valencia on loan this summer, and with a contract expiring in 2025, would be an excellent pickup on a loan-with-option/obligation.
RIGHT BACK - Nadir ZORTEA: Spent this season on loan at Frosinone from Atalanta, where, yes, he got relegated, but he was easily their best defender. Of course, this means playing ball with Atalanta, however: Zortea is likely returning to home base where he has not a chance of breaking into the first team. We could leverage Nadir's desire for minutes to bring him to the capital where he's be at the very least a solid rotation option. Zortea is unique in that he is simultaneously a progressive player, but can slot inside to be a third center back if asked - his closest analogue would be Wan-Bissaka at United in my honest opinion, on a fraction of the wages.
CENTRAL MIDFIELD - Wilfried NDIDI: Had a great few months to end the season with Leicester, and even though his contract is expiring, Maresca seemed intent on renewing him... and then he left for Chelsea, leaving Ndidi in contract limbo, without a manager there to sign him on. Their chaos is our gain, because Ndidi is an excellent defensive midfielder, who offers something we lost when Matic left: defensive nouse in the midfield (Paredes is the closest thing, but that wastes his other skills). Ndidi on the pitch allows our other midfielders to better express themselves, this is an easy pickup (especially on a free).
RIGHT WINGER - Anwar EL-GHAZI: Anwar managed to get his contract ripped up in the Bundesliga earlier this season for political comments he made (trying to be as generic as possible here), but he's still a great player who deserves at least one more big club at 29. He's a free agent, he's kept fit, he's rapid and tricky but can also play striker and at CAM when needed. This is that versatility I was talking about before. Easy signing.
STRIKER - Simon BANZA: While a lot has been made about Jonathan David over the past few weeks, hear me out what if I told you there's a striker in Portugal that has scored almost a goal a game this season and doesn't play for the big 3. Simon Banza moved to Braga from Lens in 2022 and has lit up the Primeira Liga since moving there - he has a release clause in his contract so we can pickup without negotiating, and he would command a wage that is a fraction of David's.
AND that's another season - see you next you all next year!

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Carriers are normalizing the lack of support from the expired union contract. Carriers don't care, and reps hardly care. Do you care? What action have you taken? Teamster awaits 2025.
Decertifying the NALC won't leave us without union representation. During the decertification process, we can reach out to other unions, such as the Teamsters, to take over our representation.
Thoughts? Gofundme Carriers deserve better. Cost of mailing a letter to every shop steward in every office to get signatures. As much as table 1ers want to say this job is easy and a joke. Carriers rank top 8th in deaths as the most dangerous jobs in the U.S per 100,000 workers in 2020, usually swept out of sight. Additionally, consider the long-term health impacts of breathing in exhaust leaks that are yet to reveal their full damage.
Are Carriers willing to work more than the reps, or continue be undermind with table 2 and 3 low wages.
You choose.

Steps to Decertify the NALC Union

Gauge Support for Decertification
File a Petition: Collect signatures from at least 30% of the employees in the bargaining unit who support decertification
Submit the Petition: Submit the completed petition to the NLRB
NLRB Review
Election Process
Voting: A secret ballot election will be conducted by the NLRB.

• Employees will vote on whether they want to continue being represented by the NALC.
• A majority vote (50% + 1) in favor of decertification is required to remove the NALC as the representative.

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I posted this a few months back. I wanna see if anyone else has more opinions on my chances. Demographics: Male, Asian (Indian), attending high school in a midsize suburb in Texas. Family income falls within the $100-150K range, with one sibling also attending college concurrently.
Hooks: None (Parental educational background primarily outside the US, no legacy connections).
Intended Major(s): Considering Computer Science (CS), possibly Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) or Electrical Engineering (EE). Interested in programs offering a combined BS/MD or assured entry to medical school
ACT/SAT/SAT II: 1550 (800M, 750EBRW)
PSAT: 1520/1520
UW/W GPA and Rank: 4.0/4.0UW - 4.5/5W - 16/530
Coursework:
Took advanced orchestra all 4 years, advanced spanish 9th + 10th, advanced comp sci 10th
APs (assume all other prereq classes like precal or algebra are advanced):

• AP Human Geo - 5
• AP Statistics - 5
• AP World History - 5
• AP Calculus AB - 5
• AP Physics 1 - 4 - 💀

Just Finished:

• AP Calculus BC
• AP Physics C
• AP Spanish Language
• AP English Language
• APUSH
• AP CS A

Will Take:

• AP Government
• AP Macroeconomics
• AP English Lit
• AP Chem
• AP Spanish Lit
• Math at local uni (smh its no-credit on HS transcript - 💀)
• Advanced Orchestra

Awards

• CyberPatriot - Platinum - Top 100 in the Nation (Maybe Top 1%? Idk tbf)
• 2x National Cyber Scholar with Honors - Top 500 out of 40K+
• 2x Local uni hackathon winner
• 2 Cybersecurity Certifications (GIAC GFACT and GSEC, basically better than Sec+)
• Presidential Library Essay Contest Honorable Mention
• State Champion for a competition like FBLA/BPA/DECA (won't name for privacy)
• AP Scholar with Distinction - 💀
• National Merit Semifinalist - Literally just putting it in because of the 1520.

Extracurriculars:

• AI Club (President) - Teach high schoolers Python and some AI/ML
• MUN (Treasurer) - Haven't done much of anything tbh
• Math tutor at Kumon - 💀 - Did finish all extra levels by 1st semester freshman year tho
• Volunteer at local library - On Teen board, also play chess with people in the community
• CyberPatriot - Platinum - Top 100 in the Nation (Maybe Top 1%? Idk tbf)
• Helped local uni professor write a math textbook currently in use at 2 Unis (impacting ~20K college students).
• Did ML internship with a research group. May/may not get paper in pre-print in time
• Got 5 manuscripts in anthologies
• Camp Counselor at local uni math camp (helped teach subjects to over 300 students)
• Camp counselor at a local uni cs/cyber camp (helped teach subjects to over 300 students)
• Elementary School summer camp instructor for scratch jr.
• Led a Python training for 15 Title I school teachers at a teacher training program
• Volunteer at uni stats fair for 2 years
• Head of PCompetitive Coding at city's (not school affiliated) cs club
• CTO at local tech nonprofit - just inventoried ~50 PCs. Have not done anything almost a year - 💀
• Tech Lead at local youth nonprofit - Currently redesigning main site and setting up google for nonprofits

Essays:

• Honestly way too unpredictable. I don't know what I'm doing here. Plz give tips, guides, ANYTHING!!! I'm not sure I could write well since I don't really know how to write a good personal statement.

LORs:

• AI Club teacher (7/10) - I know him pretty well since I do cyberpatriot with his practicum class, but not entirely sure how well he writes
• Math teacher (8/10) - She really loved me in her class last year, but LORs are still unpredictable
• English Teacher(s) (10/10) - Writes REALLY well

Schools:
Any T20 CS School
Ivies
TAMU E2EnMed + Brown Scholar Program (I would literally take this over any Ivy/T10 if I got it. To anyone familiar with E2EnMed or Brown Scholar, please feel free to DM as well)
UT Austin Forty Acres (plz?)
UNC Chappell Hill - Moorehead Cain
Literally any other full ride you can find. Please suggest more programs that I should or may want to look at! I know literally nothing right now, and I'm scared out of my mind as it's already almost senior year 💀

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My family are planning to buy po ng Lot Property for retirement and lalagyan ng konting tanim na gulay. May nagustuhan na kami and we checked the property last week.
The lot owner wants us to pay 50% first, we settle raw sa barangay ang payment. Then last 50% kapag naayos na lahat ng legal documents para itransfer yung title.
Anu po ba ang damit gawin? Okay po ba yung mag settle sa barangay para sa half payment? Baka po kasi matakbuhan kami (kabado lang) hehe. Thank you very much sa mga sasagot.

I have to stop for surgery. I haven’t had my shot in over a week. I’m currently on the 10 mg I started compounding last year and I’ve lost almost 50 pounds. I am so anxious not being on the medication the food noise in my hunger is creeping back… I’m doing my best to count and continue low-carb high protein but I stepped on the scale yesterday and I was up 6 pounds. I know that’s not possible in two days but still! 😭 has anybody had the experience before?

The article includes some annoying tropes like dogs being euthanized "for space". Like that's worse than releasing a dangerous dog to a rescue? I don't think so. No kill needs to go away until they get effective community spay/neuter programs. The closest the article comes to mentioning that is "illegal breeding".
Article text follows.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. - Concern about overcrowding at LA animal shelters is growing after an employee was mauled by a dog while on the job.
Kennel supervisor Leslie Corea was attacked by a pitbull mix on May 31 after opening the dog's cage for a rescue group. The dog isn't new to the bars of the Harbor shelter and neither is Corea… she's spent 24 years at the city shelter.
Her right leg was severely damaged. She'll now undergo extensive physical therapy and unfortunately, the dog will be euthanized.
Workers say the attack spotlights the growing crisis of overcrowding at local shelters because of illegal breeding, COVID returns, housing restrictions and situations like this.
The shelters operate under a no-kill policy and despite denying the allegations, silenced volunteers say adoptable animals are euthanized for space.
"The staff members and the volunteers would ask me to speak up because they can't. If they speak up, they get terminated. And just be honest, have a list of these are the dogs we're killing for space. These are the dogs that have actual behavior and then people can actually trust," said animal rescuer and activist Shira Scott Astrof.
The department says it has the capacity to safely and humanely care for about 800 dogs at a time, but currently there are nearly twice that and about 50 new dogs coming in every day.
L.A. Animal Services acknowledged the severity of the attack and issued the following statement, "LA Animal Services has already launched an investigation into this incident. Due to the open investigation status of this incident and to protect the privacy of the staff involved, no further details are available at this time."
Animal Services is asking for the communities' help to control this growing crisis by donating, fostering, and adopting.
https://www.foxla.com/news/la-animal-shelter-employee-mauled-dog
LA Times also covered this story, but it is paywalled. It's a better article.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-01/l-a-city-employee-badly-mauled-by-dog-at-harbor-animal-shelter

I come from a D&D background. Loved 3.5, skipped 4th, played and DM'd a lot of 5e. I do a TON of homebrew to make 5e even remotely playable and I'm getting tired of it. A friend offered to run Pathfinder at my local game shop and I gladly joined. I tend to play support characters, so I decided to go with a Druid with a tank companion (who I use to give flanking). My party has a melee / healing cleric, a bow rogue, and a tank fighter. None of them are interested in reading the rules, and they like a simple playstyle (which is fine). They're all fun to play with, but only the cleric is interested in doing anything beyond attack / raise shield. No one in my games are role-players including the DM. My DM is very flexible and willing to work with us and adjust the rules to make the game enjoyable (he decided that the bow rogue can get sneak attack on any enemy that is being flanked by allies so that the player doesn't have to deal with the really complex mastermind mechanics). We are playing through Abomination Vaults (the adventure module is very well written and has mostly been quite fun), the DM has us 1 level above intended, we're currently on level 5, and we've almost party wiped 3 times. (Each time the DM nerfed the creature halfway through the fight. I'm the only player who noticed, because I'm the only one who has experience DMing.)
The game started out okay, but I've spent the entire time feeling like I'm failing to contribute to the party in meaningful ways (outside 1 or 2 exceptions). The DM (it's his first time DMing in addition to first with Pathfinder) doesn't have us do any significant skill checks outside of combat other than lockpicking or athletics checks. While I recognize this removes some of my utility it doesn't bother me enough to worry about it. We're treating it like just a dungeon crawl.
I started as an Untamed / Animal druid with a tank companion who I use to provide flanking. I realized pretty quickly spells use a LOT of action economy so of the 4 times I've untamed shifted twice I immediately cancelled so I could cast a spell that would be situationally more useful. My DM has been very generous and let me rebuild my character several times now. As a party we have a LOT of trouble hitting monsters. We literally had a fight where the rogue would attack once then do nothing because a nat 20 on their 2nd attack would miss with MAP. To deal with this I tried summons (mostly skunks and goblin dogs for the debuffs) but my DM always attacks them and the enemies crit succeed the save more than 50% of the time. We play for 2 hours IRL and get a long rest at the end of the session, so I have to be careful with my spell slots. And even then, druids don't seem to get many good spells. Runic weapons was my best option for a long time, but the fighter finally upgraded his sword, so he doesn't need it anymore. The majority of the creatures we run into seem to have resistance or invulnerability to physical, fire, and poison if they fail their save (which is rare). I gave up on Goblin Pox as it was doing nothing, enemies will just move our of Grease, Blazing Bolt was nice but not worth the spell slot, and I only just got access to 3rd level spells. After the latest character re-work I multi-classed into witch just to get access to some useful spells (an enemy crit failed against Dizzying Colors and I actually felt useful for once). Finally my character has no money because I spent it all crafting a staff of summoning for myself, and various potions and poisons (the my party members have literally not once remembered to use).
Everyone online says druids are one of the strongest classes, but I'm just not having fun. My gameshop is coming up on our 6-month games turnover and I don't know if I want to keep playing Pathfinder anymore. I don't want to go back to D&D, but I'm limited by what people in the shop are running (I'm not going to DM anything because I'm already running 4 other games outside of the game shop, and this is the only time I get to be a player.)
I guess I'm just looking for advice on what I'm doing wrong / why I'm not having any fun. I really want Pathfinder to be my new go-to game, but based off how weak spellcasters feel I don't know if that can happen. 5e is a broken mess, and one-D&D previews look even worse, but at least I enjoy myself when I play 5e.

This is the hardest part of the game for me to manage. I have a guy in our Champ 1 clan who is only capable of 2-stars. He had a 6.5% triple rate in May, while most of the clan was above 50%.
He just cost us a war in Champ 3 for our “b” team be delivering a 1-star.
But he is so nice. 🤔

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I have a Medicare rider plan for health insurance (US) with Humana. I have the Humana Gold Plus plan which is paid for through my SSDI payment for Medicare. I don't know if this program is all humana plans, but they send you a credit card with approved spending limits on health, OTC meds, and groceries. I was down to my last $50 when I received the card in the mail. Suspicious of its legitimacy, I went and spent $20 at the grocery store, and then today I spent $75. Each time the clerk had to scan the card (it wasn't working with the reader, the card doesn't have a chip), but they seemed to know what to do to remedy the problem.
If you have humana, check it out and call your provider and see if you get this benefit.

38 West is recruiting! US based clan, English comms, 18 current members. We war frequently, and donate well. Help us gain back our former glory and make it to 50 members! Tell them gazorpazorp sent you

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1 - Wilson Combat 3 prong flash hider - like new low rounds - no ring/ping - 1/2x28 - $45
2 - Lower Parts Bundle #1 - Mil spec trigger (complete) - Mil spec safety - Mil spec bolt catch - Mil spec takedown pins - BCM trigger guard (unused) - Magpul K2 grip - I dremeled the front flat leading edge just slightly to round the edge off. Includes screw. - carbine buffer tube - (2x) carbine buffer spring, low rounds - end plate - was previously staked but was not boogered up when removed, so in good working order still - Carbine buffer weight - Some parts gently used but in good working order - $52
3 - Lower Parts Bundle #2 - Mil spec trigger (complete) - Joe Bob ambi safety, unused - Strike Industries enhanced mag catch and release button - Mil spec bolt catch - mil spec takedown pics + springs + detents - Magpul SL grip, new takeoff… I can’t find the grip screw but I’ll keep looking, I know I have one somewhere - carbine buffer tube - (2x) carbine buffer springs, low rounds - end plate - was previously staked but was not boogered up when removed, so in good working order still - Some parts gently used but in good working order - $64
4 - Magpul CTR - got this in a trade and was told it was a new takeoff, looks in great shape, I don’t see any scuffs on it -mil spec tube size - $50
5 - ADD ON ONLY - Arisaka mlok finger indexer - +$17
6 - (4x) A2 flash hiders - 1/2x28 - all like new takeoffs, some not used - 2 or 3 were removed from factory BCM rifles - $19 or +$10 add on
Will make deals on packaging items together
Honestly taking a shot in the dark at the parts bundle prices - just went with what felt right. I have a few misc springs if you’re desperate, but rather not part with springs at the moment
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As we all know, Cheaters in R6 is nothing new. Whether you are a casual player or an aspiring R6 Pro, cheaters have plagued this game since the beginning. But is it that bad? Well.... It's worse than most people may realize.
For some background, I have been a Multi-Season Champ for the last few years. I have played in Tournaments, LAN Events, and more.
Mainly out of boredom and curiosity, I decided to do some testing and find out the following:

• How bad is the cheating problem?
• Is it different for different Ranks? (As in more likely or less likely to encounter cheaters)
• Does servers matter?
• Is Solo Queue worse or better than stacking?
• ETC.

Here is how I went about this testing. I could have done more, so please be nice. I was testing out of boredom; this is not an exact science.
I did my average speed run to Champ at the beginning of the Season. It took roughly 200 matches to reach Champ, not including games Dodged, but I will break that down here. What hurts the most is that I hit Champ THREE TIMES; all three times, I was rolled back.
I stuck to a couple of rules:

• Play strictly with players from the R6 LFG Discord.
• No Solo queue

Results after 200 Matches Played and 57 Matches Cancelled/Dodged:

• Games Dodged (Someone Leaves to Cancel the Match due to a blatant cheater):
  • Total: 57 Matches
  • These are games where the enemy team has blatant cheaters. Either wild stats of things like 30 matches played with a 100% Win rate and a 24KD, etc.
• Rollbacks (Keep in mind, sometimes we beat cheaters and still lose the RP)
  • Positive Rollback(Gained back): 43 RP
  • Negative Rollback(RP Taken away): 669 RP
    • Hit Champ was Rolled back 300
    • Hit Champ was Rolled back 278
    • Hit Champ was Rolled back 40
    • The rest were little rollbacks.
• Games played against Rage Cheaters with NO ROLLBACK:
  • Total Matches: 24
  • I kept track, and when I say "rage," Cheater means people spinning in circles, shooting through walls, etc.
  • None of these players were banned. (Explanation in the Observations below)

Observations:
This is just wild. The Discord LFG is full of cheaters. People act legitimately but play on most likely stolen accounts, convince the group they are on an ALT, etc. It is just sad that people try to hide their cheats.
I talked to a couple of these cheaters in a one-on-one meeting. Of those who would speak to me were people offering boosting services. I reached out, and they explained how they could cheat and not get banned.
Cheaters will wait until the AntiCheat updates, and their cheat provider will also update the cheat. This creates a safety window. It will take a bit for the AntiCheat to get updated again. During that time, they will rage cheat to boost people or cheat in general. After a day or so of cheating like crazy, they stop using the account forever. Thus, the account never gets detected, so we never get the rollback from it.
This is common; boosters wouldn't make money if the people they boost lost all the RP they gained.
Moving on to the other test I have done thus far, I came back for the last few days of the Season Pass to do this testing. I will update it, as we are only a few days into testing.
To do this testing, I needed to test multiple ranks, which required me to use a different account in Champ and my own. The account I tested, besides my own, needed to be average. After researching and looking at the rank distribution data, I found that the average R6 player sits between Gold V and Platinum V.
Thanks to my average brother, he and I could use his account as the tester. He has been between Gold V and Plat II since the beginning. We ensured he was the ONLY person to use his account because account sharing is against TOS, my skill level is much higher, and we wanted to keep the data consistent. If I played on his account, the SBMM could put him in above-average lobbies.
*Again, for the Data below, when I say "Rage" cheaters, I mean insane, blatant, wild hacks*
That said, here is the data we have collected so far. THIS DATA IS BASED ON THE LAST 2-4 DAYS:

• His Current Rank: PLAT 3
• My Current Rank: Champ
• Servers Tested:
  • US West
  • US Central
  • US South Central
  • US East

Testing Ranked Lobbies till the end of the Season using the following rules:

• At least 10-15 Ranked Matches Per day
• Solo Queue Only

Results so far:

• Term Definitions:
  • Rage Cheater:
    • Insane Blatant, Shooting through walls, spin botting, extremely obvious.
  • Closet Cheater:
    • This means the enemy team had a player, likely Closet cheating. It can't be 100% proven, but many were brand-new accounts with really high stats and doing very obvious things. There is no way to know for sure.
• Champ Account:
  • Lobbies' ranks, on average, were between Emerald and mostly champions.
  • Matches Played: 28
  • Matches with at least 1 Rage Cheater on the Enemy Team: 14
  • Matches with at least 1 Rage Cheater on MY Team: 5
  • Matches with at least 1 Closet Cheater on the enemy team: 2
  • Matches with at least 1 Closet Cheater on MY team: 3
  • Matches Played with legit players: 4
• Plat Account:
  • Lobbies' ranks, on average, were between Gold and Emerald but mostly Plat/Gold.
  • Matches Played: 24
  • Matches with at least 1 Rage Cheater on the Enemy Team: 11
  • Matches with at least 1 Rage Cheater on MY Team: 6
  • Matches with at least 1 Closet Cheater on the enemy team: 1
  • Matches with at least 1 Closet Cheater on MY team: 1
  • Matches Played with legit players: 5

Conclusion thus far:
Based on the data gathered and my observations, the cheating problem in R6 is significantly worse than many players might realize. The findings highlight several critical points about the prevalence of cheaters across different ranks, servers, and playing conditions.
Prevalence of Cheaters Across Ranks:
In the higher ranks (Champ), there is a considerable presence of rage and closet cheaters. Out of 28 matches played, 50% had at least one rage cheater on the enemy team, and 18% had rage cheaters on my team. Closet cheaters were also present, albeit to a lesser extent.
The situation is similarly dire in the mid to lower ranks (Plat). Of 24 matches played, 45% had at least one rage cheater on the enemy team, and 25% had rage cheaters on my brother's team. Closet cheaters were present but less frequently.
Effect of Playing Conditions:
The rollback system, intended to correct unfair gains and losses due to cheaters, often fails to capture all instances of cheating. Positive and negative rollbacks were observed but inconsistent, with many rage/closet cheaters not getting banned and, thus, no rollback occurring.
The data indicated that solo queueing tends to expose players to more cheaters compared to stacking with known players from the R6 LFG Discord. However, the Discord LFG also has issues with players using stolen accounts and hiding their cheats, making it a less reliable solution.
Different servers showed varying levels of cheating activity, but no server was free from the issue.
Cheaters' Strategies and Anticheat Limitations:
Cheaters often exploit the delay in anti-cheat updates by using cheats that remain undetected for a certain period. This allows them to cheat extensively without immediate repercussions, boosting accounts before abandoning them to avoid detection.
Boosting services thrive under these conditions, as they can guarantee rank gains without the risk of immediate rollbacks, undermining the integrity of the ranking system.
Summary:
The cheating problem in R6 is pervasive across all ranks and servers, significantly impacting the gameplay experience. Despite measures like the rollback system and anti-cheat updates, cheaters find ways to exploit the system, leading to frequent encounters with cheaters. Both rage and closet cheaters are common, and the current strategies employed by cheaters ensure that they can continue to disrupt the game with minimal consequences.
At this point, basically, the Anti-Cheat doesn't exist, and there are ZERO Live In-match protective measures. We must wait until the Anti-Cheat is updated and hope the players try to play when it is detected. Only then will we see any actual returns.
Tips to avoid Cheaters:

1. One effective strategy to avoid cheaters is to play at the start of the Season. At the same time, it's not a guarantee that there will be 'fewer' cheaters; the higher player base at the start often results in less frequent encounters with them. On the other hand, the end of the Season and late-night gaming can turn into a non-stop cheat fest.
2. Servers only matter a little for the USA. Servers closer for European players do have more issues. Though Honestly, cheating is so bad, it won't matter.
3. AVOID SOLO QUEUE. Stacking is better. Most boosting services are one person boosting another. When you stack, you are more likely to get full stacks. In Solo, you will likely run into people playing Duo, etc.