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2023.05.29 16:56 International_Neck48 Acceptable reason to not give 2 weeks' notice?
Hi everyone, wondering what you think of my situation here. I work for Company A, the media arm of a government contractor, which is as about as dysfunctional, toxic and chaotic as a workplace can be. Our parent company (the contractor) was acquired by private equity 2 years ago and has been determined to make us (the media arm) independently profitable. It's been a huge struggle because there is a lot of management in place that frankly, doesn't have what it takes to make this happen. The media arm consists of about 20-25 people and has experienced more than 50% turnover in the last year alone because of the endless drive to meet revenue goals by pursuing content/product development that is not sustainable or scaleable.
My direct boss micromanages, is insecure and incompetent. I can do the job better than her (I'm her No. 2) and she knows it and frequently undermines me by telling me to assign tasks to more junior members on our direct team then changes the assignment and makes me do it, completely rewrites some portions of my work even though I've been doing the job 3 years now, have been promoted twice, and have demonstrated I know what I'm doing. She also drops the ball on a lot of project management, which I then have to pick up to keep our immediate team running smoothly. She does not communicate well and often "forgets" or just doesn't tell me and our junior staff members important information we need to finish an editorial product or package of products.
I threatened to quit twice last year and leveraged that into two very big raises because my boss and her boss, who is the president of the media arm, both know they'd be fucked without me.
My direct boss is only one of the big problems, because all of management engages in very gossipy, adversarial behavior with each other and toward the junior employees. For example, I've heard through the grapevine that my boss considers me "a pain in her side" because I called her out for being dishonest about errors she introduced to a published article a few months ago.
And that's the other thing – due to the obsessive pursuit of meeting revenue goals to impress our hedge fund overlords, the president of the media arm has created a burnout culture that turns to dishonesty and unethical behavior to get clients and sell our editorial products. This is a big reason why I'm leaving, because professionally, I don't want to be associated with this kind of behavior.
A friend of mine, who worked in sales for the media arm, recently left to go to another government contractor (Company B) to work in marketing. Part of the reason why she left was because of the dishonest, unethical tactics used to sell products and also because she hadn't gotten her commission in 5 months. Side note: the reason for this is because the media arm is 20-25 people and the corporate accounting team at Company A don't care about tracking down invoices and so sales people for the media arm have to track down their own invoices and clients to pay up. Media president says this is common practice at lots of companies, I smell bullshit.
Anyway, management at the media arm retaliated against my friend immediately. When she signed Company B's offer letter, she had to sign a bunch of company policies ("onboarding documents") and fill out a background check. Standard fare, right? Well, media arm of Company A accuses her of already working for Company B because she did that, and told her they couldn't guarantee paying out her commission because it was her responsibility to collect invoices and get her own clients to pay up. Then, management started spreading lies about what was going on. One manager told me that my friend was already working for Company B and was complaining about not getting paid when she was always getting paid (referring to my friend's base salary, which is pennies, as is typical in sales departments). I corrected her, media president found out, he pulled me aside to try to paint my friend as a hysterical woman, then let my friend go the next day before her 2 weeks were up. It's been a month and she still hasn't been paid out her owed commission.
So this is the background (sorry, long story). On Thursday I have a career-making event with an important government official who approached me personally to do this event with her, and we chose to do it through our media arm because that was easier from a logistics standpoint. Last Friday, I got a job offer from Company B for a marketing position with a massive raise. I like the company, my friend referred me, I took the job.
Here's the thing. I don't want to give Company A 2 weeks because I fear retaliation and I worry about them pulling me off my Thursday event, because past experiences with them demonstrates this is a possibility (my direct boss stole a similar event engagement from me 2 years ago because she wanted the career clout even though I acquired the high-ranking government official to speak and had the relationship with said speaker). Some people might say Company A would never pull me off the week of the event because of how it would reflect on them and the government official, but honestly, given their past behavior, I'm not so sure.
My current plan is to quit the day after the event so I can have a week off before starting my new job at Company B and avoid any potential retaliation. Also, frankly, given the toxicity of the workplace, I'm not sure they deserve 2 weeks anyway.
TLDR; I'm leaving a toxic workplace and am planning to NOT give 2 weeks to avoid retaliation and the possibility of them pulling me off a career-making event, which is happening right before I leave. Should I try to give them 1 week, or just commit to quitting and leaving the day after the event? How bad is this for me professionally?
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My direct boss micromanages, is insecure and incompetent. I can do the job better than her (I'm her No. 2) and she knows it and frequently undermines me by telling me to assign tasks to more junior members on our direct team then changes the assignment and makes me do it, completely rewrites some portions of my work even though I've been doing the job 3 years now, have been promoted twice, and have demonstrated I know what I'm doing. She also drops the ball on a lot of project management, which I then have to pick up to keep our immediate team running smoothly. She does not communicate well and often "forgets" or just doesn't tell me and our junior staff members important information we need to finish an editorial product or package of products.
I threatened to quit twice last year and leveraged that into two very big raises because my boss and her boss, who is the president of the media arm, both know they'd be fucked without me.
My direct boss is only one of the big problems, because all of management engages in very gossipy, adversarial behavior with each other and toward the junior employees. For example, I've heard through the grapevine that my boss considers me "a pain in her side" because I called her out for being dishonest about errors she introduced to a published article a few months ago.
And that's the other thing – due to the obsessive pursuit of meeting revenue goals to impress our hedge fund overlords, the president of the media arm has created a burnout culture that turns to dishonesty and unethical behavior to get clients and sell our editorial products. This is a big reason why I'm leaving, because professionally, I don't want to be associated with this kind of behavior.
A friend of mine, who worked in sales for the media arm, recently left to go to another government contractor (Company B) to work in marketing. Part of the reason why she left was because of the dishonest, unethical tactics used to sell products and also because she hadn't gotten her commission in 5 months. Side note: the reason for this is because the media arm is 20-25 people and the corporate accounting team at Company A don't care about tracking down invoices and so sales people for the media arm have to track down their own invoices and clients to pay up. Media president says this is common practice at lots of companies, I smell bullshit.
Anyway, management at the media arm retaliated against my friend immediately. When she signed Company B's offer letter, she had to sign a bunch of company policies ("onboarding documents") and fill out a background check. Standard fare, right? Well, media arm of Company A accuses her of already working for Company B because she did that, and told her they couldn't guarantee paying out her commission because it was her responsibility to collect invoices and get her own clients to pay up. Then, management started spreading lies about what was going on. One manager told me that my friend was already working for Company B and was complaining about not getting paid when she was always getting paid (referring to my friend's base salary, which is pennies, as is typical in sales departments). I corrected her, media president found out, he pulled me aside to try to paint my friend as a hysterical woman, then let my friend go the next day before her 2 weeks were up. It's been a month and she still hasn't been paid out her owed commission.
So this is the background (sorry, long story). On Thursday I have a career-making event with an important government official who approached me personally to do this event with her, and we chose to do it through our media arm because that was easier from a logistics standpoint. Last Friday, I got a job offer from Company B for a marketing position with a massive raise. I like the company, my friend referred me, I took the job.
Here's the thing. I don't want to give Company A 2 weeks because I fear retaliation and I worry about them pulling me off my Thursday event, because past experiences with them demonstrates this is a possibility (my direct boss stole a similar event engagement from me 2 years ago because she wanted the career clout even though I acquired the high-ranking government official to speak and had the relationship with said speaker). Some people might say Company A would never pull me off the week of the event because of how it would reflect on them and the government official, but honestly, given their past behavior, I'm not so sure.
My current plan is to quit the day after the event so I can have a week off before starting my new job at Company B and avoid any potential retaliation. Also, frankly, given the toxicity of the workplace, I'm not sure they deserve 2 weeks anyway.
TLDR; I'm leaving a toxic workplace and am planning to NOT give 2 weeks to avoid retaliation and the possibility of them pulling me off a career-making event, which is happening right before I leave. Should I try to give them 1 week, or just commit to quitting and leaving the day after the event? How bad is this for me professionally?
2023.05.29 16:55 Oriskana [ARMA 3][PRIMARY REPO][MAP+MOD DOWNLOAD] Saturday 03/06/2023 - UTC 19:00 - Operation Broadcast Licence
Calendar Details:2022-06-03 19:00 UTCArma 3 Operation Broadcast Licence
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Pole settings:
May 20xx, People's Khanate of North Takistan
MC PMC was hired to capture and bring HVT (codename Goblin Queen) from North Takistan. Easy smash and grab, unfortunately the HVT is surrounded by major Takistani forces, for that reason we have decided to import some fancy fireworks.
But someone had to tip off customs and all of our equipment got nabbed at Mantiq. So we need to get it first, before we can even attempt to capture HVT.
For that reason we've made deal with local camel merchants and got some basic stuff and little ace, called ION vics. These will allow us to get close to Mantiq without getting shot at sight.
Civil - Civilians present across AO. Limit collateral damage
Current weather - overcast, mild wind, no fog, 17°C
Forecasted weather - overcast, mild wind, no fog 27°C
Mission starting time: 06:00 (about 25 minutes to daylight)
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Operation Broadcast Licence
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tl;dr: Splints, stitching and PAKs enabled.
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| Fractures | Splints fully heal fractures |
| Advanced Bandages | Enabled and can reopen |
| Clear trauma after bandage | Disabled |
| Epinephrine | Anyone |
| Surgical kit | Medics only; Anywhere + self surgery enabled |
| PAK | Doctors only; Anywhere + self paking enabled |
| Blood | Medics and Doctors |
| CPR success chance | Increased to 55% |
| ACE Settings | Change |
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Briefing
Situation
[Intel Package - TBD!]()May 20xx, People's Khanate of North Takistan
MC PMC was hired to capture and bring HVT (codename Goblin Queen) from North Takistan. Easy smash and grab, unfortunately the HVT is surrounded by major Takistani forces, for that reason we have decided to import some fancy fireworks.
But someone had to tip off customs and all of our equipment got nabbed at Mantiq. So we need to get it first, before we can even attempt to capture HVT.
For that reason we've made deal with local camel merchants and got some basic stuff and little ace, called ION vics. These will allow us to get close to Mantiq without getting shot at sight.
Criticisms about historical accuracy should be shouted down an empty can of microwave noodles.
Enemy Forces
Takistani Army - Motorized, Mechanized Infantry. Boat assets. Air assets. Location: Takistani bases across AO, including HVT villa.
ION PMC - Infantry. Air assets. Drones. Location: Scattered across North Takistan.
Player Forces
PMC MC platoon
Friendly Forces
N/A = Resupply - rescue our stuff from Mantiq
Civil/Terrain/ Weather considerations
Terrain - Hills, sand, sand women, sand children. Urban areasCivil - Civilians present across AO. Limit collateral damage
Current weather - overcast, mild wind, no fog, 17°C
Forecasted weather - overcast, mild wind, no fog 27°C
Mission Objectives
1) Recon Mantiq docksUse the advantage of our ION cover, to scoop out the place before engaging.2) Retrieve impounded MC equipment
Find it, gear up, load it up and fuck off before QRF swarm us.3) Decimate Takistani forces around Villa
Use the TV guided missiles to take out Takistani heavy assets emplaced around HVT villa4) Capture HVT Goblin Queen
Breach HVT Villa and capture HVT Goblin Queen alive.5) Extract with HVT
Execution
Rules of Engagement: Avoid causing collateral damage. Do not kill HVT Goblin Queen!Mission starting time: 06:00 (about 25 minutes to daylight)
Mission makers notes
The OpFor starts friendly to us. Until you enter restricted area or open fire on them. So use it wisely to plan your attack, as we start with relatively worse equipment than Takistani.Slotting:
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Limited Arsenal provided at Starting Point.
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2023.05.29 16:45 yan0615 FS Anthony Volpe Patch auto /35 $250 shipped
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2023.05.29 16:43 magic-theater Surveying Nicotine Use in Long COVID
People have been experimenting with nicotine as a treatment for long COVID. This has been motivated by a case study released by Marco Leitzke (Department of Anesthesiology, Helios Clinics, Leisnig, Germany). Since then, there have been a number of anecdotal reports from long haulers attempting to self-treatment with nicotine. Results have thus far been mixed. Nevertheless, the apparent increase in sensitivity to nicotine among long haulers points to the involvement of the cholinergic (or parasympathetic) system in long COVID.
The explanation provided in the cases study as to why nicotine has an effect should be viewed with scepticism. While the explanation is dubious, the patient outcomes are worth noting. I want to ensure that people are aware of the nuance and I hope this can facilitate a well-informed discussion.
Is the post-COVID-19 syndrome a severe impairment of acetylcholine-orchestrated neuromodulation that responds to nicotine administration? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42234-023-00104-7
Anecdotal Reports:
https://www.reddit.com/CholinergicHypothesis/comments/zrw0qs/update_122122/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/10tmqun/4_days_of_nicotine_patches/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/11q4l4s/my_nicotine_patch_trial/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/11tg33g/thrilled_with_how_well_nicotine_is_working_for_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/11tg33g/thrilled_with_how_well_nicotine_is_working_for_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/CholinergicHypothesis/comments/10h4c0q/nicotine_patch_experiment_complete_a_personal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/128ilae/update_nicotine_patches_experiment_2_week_update/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
The case study can be viewed in contrast with an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA.
An experimental test of the nicotinic hypothesis of COVID-19 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2204242119
GPT4 Generated Summary:
Researchers are trying to understand the wide range of symptoms associated with COVID-19 and the mechanisms behind them. One theory, called the "nicotinic hypothesis," suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 virus might bind to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs), which are proteins on the surface of cells. This binding could lead to competition between the virus and certain molecules for the receptor sites. However, recent experiments using ligand-binding assays and patch-clamp recordings found no significant evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein competes with these molecules for the human α7-AChR. This means that the proposed competition is unlikely to be a key aspect of the disease.
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With that in mind, it would be great if you can share your experience ONLY if you have used nicotine after developing long COVID. Please include additional details in the comments (and reference your survey response).
The explanation provided in the cases study as to why nicotine has an effect should be viewed with scepticism. While the explanation is dubious, the patient outcomes are worth noting. I want to ensure that people are aware of the nuance and I hope this can facilitate a well-informed discussion.
Is the post-COVID-19 syndrome a severe impairment of acetylcholine-orchestrated neuromodulation that responds to nicotine administration? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s42234-023-00104-7
Anecdotal Reports:
https://www.reddit.com/CholinergicHypothesis/comments/zrw0qs/update_122122/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/10tmqun/4_days_of_nicotine_patches/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/11q4l4s/my_nicotine_patch_trial/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/11tg33g/thrilled_with_how_well_nicotine_is_working_for_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/11tg33g/thrilled_with_how_well_nicotine_is_working_for_me/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/CholinergicHypothesis/comments/10h4c0q/nicotine_patch_experiment_complete_a_personal/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
https://www.reddit.com/covidlonghaulers/comments/128ilae/update_nicotine_patches_experiment_2_week_update/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
The case study can be viewed in contrast with an article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA.
An experimental test of the nicotinic hypothesis of COVID-19 https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2204242119
GPT4 Generated Summary:
Researchers are trying to understand the wide range of symptoms associated with COVID-19 and the mechanisms behind them. One theory, called the "nicotinic hypothesis," suggests that the SARS-CoV-2 virus might bind to nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs), which are proteins on the surface of cells. This binding could lead to competition between the virus and certain molecules for the receptor sites. However, recent experiments using ligand-binding assays and patch-clamp recordings found no significant evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein competes with these molecules for the human α7-AChR. This means that the proposed competition is unlikely to be a key aspect of the disease.
View Poll
2023.05.29 16:43 ithorc Props for 2.3.0
Thank you to all those working on Bitburner. 2.3.0 appearing over the weekend was a nice, unexpected surprise.
I've got 3 games going at the moment and all continued seamlessly.
Going to go back and read the patch notes for a 3rd time. Good times
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I've got 3 games going at the moment and all continued seamlessly.
Going to go back and read the patch notes for a 3rd time. Good times
2023.05.29 16:37 myPizzapoppersRhot A discussion about the future of unite
Okay before I start this is all my opinion, I’ve been playing the game since release week, I’ve taken breaks and I’ve seen a lot of unhealthy mons in the long time I’ve played
To start myself off, we need less mons to come out as often, now a lot of people may disagree on this point with me but for the sake of the health of this game it needs to be done, 3 playable characters every 1 or 2 months is way to much for any game, it causes stress on both development and balancing teams, and I think if anything 1 mon every 2 months would be the most ideal way to generate hype and focus on balance, balance patches Dont also have to come with new mons I know emergency patches are a thing but to me it seems like new patch notes are generating more hype than new Pokémon at this point, and that’s not a sign of a healthy game.
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To start myself off, we need less mons to come out as often, now a lot of people may disagree on this point with me but for the sake of the health of this game it needs to be done, 3 playable characters every 1 or 2 months is way to much for any game, it causes stress on both development and balancing teams, and I think if anything 1 mon every 2 months would be the most ideal way to generate hype and focus on balance, balance patches Dont also have to come with new mons I know emergency patches are a thing but to me it seems like new patch notes are generating more hype than new Pokémon at this point, and that’s not a sign of a healthy game.
2023.05.29 16:32 sadwalrus86 List of Wet Weather victories by driver since 1984
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2023.05.29 16:29 YukiteruAmano92 There Will Be Scritches Pt.98
Previous Interlewd XXVII Next First
---Job---
---Lhamo’s perspective---
---2686 Terran Calenda27 years BF---
I watch the British woman of FrancoJapanese parentage stride from the floor of the Parliament of our (recently capitulated) enemies.
She is surrounded by four of the most physically imposing Humans I’ve ever seen! Not one of them less than 210cm!
I suppose, when our army numbers in the hundreds of billions, finding one-in-a-millions isn’t too hard(!)
Me and the rest of her retinue fall in behind her as she passes through the vomitorium and turns to my left, her right, towards her temporary office.
As large in stature as the durasteel clad soldiers are, they do not compare to the woman’s android husband, 230cm tall and, from the sound of his bare footfalls, a few hundred kilos in mass!
We reach the door of the (newly designated) office of the Terran Representative and she snarls “You four, guard the door…” addressing her bodyguards “…Ezra, Zurab, Lhamo, inside… Everyone else, piss off and find something to do!”
The door closes behind us.
“Bug sweep, darling…” says the woman, exhaustedly.
“No bugs detected.” answers her husband, instantly.
She slumps onto the chair that had to be brought from our ship after the one provided by the Parliament collapsed under her weight the first time she sat in it.
Tilting her head back, she asks “So… how did I do?”
“You did wonderfully, sweetheart.” answers Ezra, immediately, in his flat, serene cadence.
She reaches a hand out to one of his and says “Thank you, darling! You are my rock… but I was really asking these two…” gesturing at me and the KartveloTamil man with her other hand.
“My opinion…” smiles Mudaliar “…pitch perfect! No notes!”
“Agreed.” I concur.
She leans her elbows onto the table in front of her, quickly removing them when she hears its groans of protest.
“There’ll be a lot of people back home who think that we let them off too easy… who’ll think that we should have pulled a fucking Versailles on their arses!” she muses.
“A punitive Peace would foster resentment in the gardenworlder populace… They would feel as if their leaders stabbed them in the back by surrendering… Not to mention giving ammunition to antideathworlder bigots!… We need future generations of gardenworlders to think their ancestors were wrong to declare War on us, not wrong to sue for Peace…” I remind her.
“Enumerating their various hypocrisies, warcrimes and the many violations of their own laws that they perpetrated serves that end well… Hundreds of trillions of GU citizens, who personally had little to nothing to do with the War, suddenly finding their salaries cut in half to pay our War reparations would very much be counter to it(!)… Let us hope that demanding the most heinous warcriminals be remanded to Terran custody to stand trial placates the sabre rattlers back home…” adds Mudaliar.
“Yes, but…! I don’t know… I feel like we should have got something more from them!… Instructions on how to reproduce their more advanced tech, maybe…?”
Mudaliar purses his lips in a joyless smile and shakes his head “We just (relatively handily) defeated them in a War with technology centuries behind theirs… Their tech is not something we can ask them to trust us with yet… we need to build their trust first. It’s going to take time… It’s going to take…”
*Knock**Knock**Knock**Knock**Knock**Knock*
“What!?” snarls Miyazaki to whatever poor unfortunate soul is requesting entry.
One of the towering guards, in their sleek, state of the art durasteel, enters.
“Apologies for the interruption, Mistress Miyazaki… There’s a delivery for you. Already been scanned for explosive, biological and chemical agents etc… It’s clean.”
“A delivery…?” she says, screwing up her face in a mixture of confusion and contempt for a moment before shifting to appraisal and beckoning wordlessly.
The towering man enters the room and stands to one side, revealing a small woman with pink skin, purple tendrils covering her scalp, three teal eyes and three legs with one too many joints.
The girl looks terrified as she walks in, a levitating platform following behind her with a heavy looking cube (around a metre wide, deep and tall) on top.
Looking as if she might be about to burst into tears from her fear, the pink skinned girl holds out a holo toward Miyazaki (though still around 8m away) and says “C-c-could you… s-s-s-sssign h-here, p-please?”
“What am I signing for?” asks Miyazaki, flatly.
“Th-this?” says the scared delivery girl, gesturing at the glossy cube.
Fury flashes across Miyazaki’s face and, before she can traumatise the poor girl, I step in.
“I think what our Representative means is that we weren’t expecting a delivery… Would you mind telling us what this is?” I say, kindly, smiling (without teeth) down at the girl.
“I-it’s… a d-data drive…?” she asks more than tells.
A data drive!?
That’s absurd!!!
With how insanely advanced their computing is, a physical storage device this large would represent several multiples of all the information Humanity has ever set to page!
“What’s on this data drive, sweetie?” I smile, trying not to betray any of my desperate curiosity to her.
“It’s a c-compendium… of a-all Galactic Union t-technologies and ssscience…”
The room stands in stunned silence for 9 straight seconds while we all process what the little xeno girl just said.
She shifts uncomfortably, looking at Miyazaki and, clearly, unwilling to approach her.
Shellshocked, I eventually manage to say “I… can… sign… for that…”
Looking relieved, she hands me her holo and a stylus.
I scrawl out my name in the abugidic script of my native Tibetan, my hand then making a second pass on the line, adding the vowel markers.
The girl looks thoroughly relieved not to have had to get any closer than she is to the intimidating woman behind the desk, in the formal blue dress.
I hand the device back to her and she uses it to direct the platform to unload its cargo.
She does not wait to be dismissed, beating a hasty retreat from the room, leaving behind the single most valuable object ever possessed by Terrankind!
---2687 Terran Calenda26 years BF---
“We need gardenworlders!” growls Miyazaki, frustratedly, as we pore over the plans for the new agency we’re trying to design “This needs to be more than just the Terran embassy to the GU and vice versa! It needs to set the tone for all our interactions moving forward! We need qualified gardenworlders, ready, willing and able to work alongside the Terran staff! Helping us build our networks and win over potential allies in the Parliament!”
“Yes… well… unless you want to kidnap a complement of gardenworlders to staff it as forced labour, then our choices are open it with a Terran dominated staff and hope we can entice more gardenworld employees at a later date or delay it… again!” points out a weary Mudaliar.
“Guys…” I interject, equally wearily “…I think we’re past the point of productivity for this evening… how about we call it quits and come back to it with fresh eyes, tomorrow?”
“Good idea…” he answers.
The two of us begin getting up but Miyazaki says “Wait…”
We turn to look at her, expectantly.
“How about we go out tonight?… No shoptalk, I promise!…Just think it might be good for us to have a night to cut loose… just the four of us… five, if that hot, young nurse you’re dating wants to come, Zurab?”
Mudaliar smiles “I appreciate the offer… but I really need to sleep… Raincheck?”
“Fair enough… Lhamo?”
I hesitate, considering.
---later---
“Wooooo! Shots! Shots! Shots! Shots shots SHOTS!!!” shouts a merry Miyazaki as she and I raise small glasses of weak spirits to our lips, in a booth in the xeno bar, and tip them down our throats.
Her android husband mimics the action with an empty glass.
She slams her glass onto the table and releases a sigh as she slumps against the padded seatback.
Her expression turns slightly melancholic as she says “Y’know… I don’t know if I’m the right woman for this job…”
“You are.” replies her husband, instantly, almost displaying an emotion for a second there(!) “The fact that you were appointed above all other potential candidates should prove your fitness for the role. They could have chosen anyone and they chose you.”
“I agree with your husband… but what makes you say that, Jeanne?” I query.
“IIIII don’t knooow…” she grumbles “…I sort of feel like I was chosen on the strength of my reputation… and my parents’ reputation for ferocity… but, the thing is, while my mum and my shitstain of a father could give a fiery speech, they also had all the other skills you need to be a diplomat as well!… I feel like I’ve got one skill and it’s scaring people!”
“That’s why I’m here, sweetheart.” smiles Ezra, serenely “You’re the stick and I’m the carrot…”
“Thank you, darling… It’s just… much as I hate to give that man the credit… difficult not to think that my father would’ve done a better job if he’d managed to make it hear without getting his ship blasted out of the sky!”
While I have far more sense than to ever say it, it’s absolutely apparent that the husband Jeanne ‘Blitz’ Miyazaki commissioned for herself is, in all ways, the polar opposite of the late father she despises!
I only ever knew him by his reputation but; where her father was a passionate firebrand, Ezra is calm, measured and tranquil.
Where her father was a gorgeous heartthrob who became a handsome silver fox in his later life, her husband (while certainly not ugly) is definitely much plainer in his looks.
Where her father famously favoured flamboyant modern dress, her husband’s wardrobe looks straight out of a Unification era vid in its conservativeness.
Where her father had a slight frame and a diminutive stature, her husband is tall and solidly built.
And, where Yuki ‘Blizzard’ Miyazaki famously left his wife, Charlotte ‘Guerre’ d’Aureville , after a scandalous extramarital affair with Tombe ‘Breeze’ Upash (another (obviously married) diplomat, no less!) in a move that would have sunk the career of anyone else in his line of work, Ezra certainly seems as if he only has eyes for her!
Several times, she has expressed the thought that raising her half sister, Emiko, to be a decent person is the only good thing that man ever did!
My rumination on that is cut short, before I can answer her imposter syndrome, when she says “You ever consider the diplomat track, Lhamo?”
I give a rueful smile as I answer “I’d need a spouse for that, Jeanne(!)”
Her eyebrows raise in surprise as she says “Oh… you’re ace? I didn’t realise…”
I chuckle and shake my head “Not ace… just 42 with crowsfeet…” I gesture to the corners of my eyes “…I feel like, if I were going to meet Mr Right, it would have happened by now(!)”
“Bah…!” she dismisses, letting out her Francophone side for a second(!) “…None of this ‘too old to find love’ tripe! You’re still a stunner!… Not to mention an intelligent, vibrant woman with a fantastic personality!…Plus… we’re this close to cracking regen!… Pretty soon, 42 will be the new 25… along with every other age over 25(!) You’ve got all the time in the world!… It’d be really great to be able to hand this job off to you or Zurab!… Either of you’d do better than me, I’m sure!… I could go back to Earth, safe in the knowledge that things were being taken care of!”
“Ma’am…” I lean forward and reassuringly pat her wrist “…I promise you, you are the best person for the job… certainly at the moment, anyway!… Please grace us with your presence for a few more years at least!”
She chuckles “How about you get the next round and we’ll make a toast of it(!)”
I smile back “No problem… but I don’t think we’ll be allowed anymore of these…” I gesture to the, one-per-customer, shot glasses.
“Vinjirian ale… 900ml.” says the woman, immediately.
“I will take an empty 900ml glass.” states her husband.
“Got it.” I smile.
“Don’t drink any until Ezra can run chem analysis on it… Don’t want to get drugged!” she reminds me, seriously.
“I promise I won’t!” I chuckle, walking away.
“Oh, and watch him pour! Make sure he doesn’t spit in it or anything!” she adds, a little louder than she needs to but not loud enough that I think the large, porcine, xeno barman will have heard her.
I cross the crowded bar and step to the counter.
“Two Vinjirian ales and an empty glass, please… 900ml, all. Pretty sure you have our waivers for it already.” I smile, with closed lips, up at the orange xeno with the piglike face.
He oinks an acknowledgement and starts pouring.
As I watch him, I notice myself being noticed by a xeno at the far end of the bar.
I don’t turn to look but keep track of him in my periphery while my foveal focus rests, squarely, on the drinks being drawn.
He stands.
“Fuck…” I whisper to myself.
There’s one of two reasons a xeno is likely to be approaching me: either, he’s going to angrily vent at me about how I’m a monster and caused him to lose X number of loved ones in the War… or he’s about to test the rumours about Human promiscuity…
I’m not particularly in the mood for either but I really hope it’s the latter… I don’t know that I would trust the proprietor to take my side if one of his gardenworld patrons gets belligerent.
As the man approaches, he occupies more and more of my attention to the point that, even though I’m looking right at them, I wouldn’t necessarily see if our drinks were tampered with!
Good thing I’ve got a walking laboratory back at my table(!)
The gigantic man has now made it to within a metre of me on my left and stands, looming over me.
Despite the fact that I know, if push came to shove, I could probably put his head clear through the countertop without too much trouble, it’s still uncomfortable to have such a large person so close.
The first words the man speaks catch me completely off guard.
“It’s been a while, Dr Yeshe… I’m very glad to see you again!” comes a warm, familiar voice, speaking Gangsri accented Tibetan and sounding a bit like a Human with a blocked nose.
My head whips left and up, my eyes resting upon a very recognisable patch of smooth, flat, periwinkle coloured skin between two large, orange eyes.
I haven’t seen this man since I was transferred to Forward Operations, 4 years ago!
My joy is so immediate and genuine that I momentarily forget to restrain my smile, so as not to be perceived as making an aggressive display!
He doesn’t flinch at the brief flash of my teeth I involuntarily give him.
“Well, well, well, well, well!… If it isn’t my favourite prisoner of War(!) What a pleasant surprise, Wing Commander!” I say, my voice joyful.
Then, my face falls as I notice the dark blue bruise across his right eye.
“What happened to your eye, Ong?!” I ask, ready to demand the name and badge number of whatever guard it was that did that to him… then remembering that we’re no longer on Gangsri!
He casts his eyes down and shamefully confesses “It’s… not ‘Ong’ anymore… and it’s not ‘Wing Commander’ either… I’m just Ngngomg, now…”
It takes a second before the pieces click together for me.
I gasp as I realise “*Hhhhh*…You were expelled from your tribe?!”
He answers with a doleful Terran nod.
“Because you defected?”
“Just got released here, yesterday… went to my embassy… found my tribal representative… he punched me… told me not to come back to Gollogng… and… here I am…” he gestures around the bar “…drowning my sorrows(!)”
“That’s terrible, On…Ngngomg! I’m so sorry!!!”
“It’s fine…” he lies “…I’ve got some preWar savings to live on for the moment… should also be due two years salary from the GU military… but who knows when or if I’ll ever see that, given how my service ended!”
“They don’t count time spent as a POW to be time you served?” I query.
He puffs through his lips before answering “They do not, no… certainly not when you became a POW by treason!”
“Is… is there anything I can… do?” I offer, pathetically.
He gives a joyless curl of his lips and answers “Sweet of you to offer but… there’s really nothing to be done… Anyway… it was nice seeing you…” and turns to walk a way.
“Wait!” I say, a little more desperately than I mean to.
He turns back, one of his dark blue eyebrows raised quizzically.
“How would you like a job?”
“A job…?” he frowns “A job doing what?”
“Let me buy you a drink and… we can tell you all about it at my table…”
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---Job---
---Lhamo’s perspective---
---2686 Terran Calenda27 years BF---
I watch the British woman of FrancoJapanese parentage stride from the floor of the Parliament of our (recently capitulated) enemies.
She is surrounded by four of the most physically imposing Humans I’ve ever seen! Not one of them less than 210cm!
I suppose, when our army numbers in the hundreds of billions, finding one-in-a-millions isn’t too hard(!)
Me and the rest of her retinue fall in behind her as she passes through the vomitorium and turns to my left, her right, towards her temporary office.
As large in stature as the durasteel clad soldiers are, they do not compare to the woman’s android husband, 230cm tall and, from the sound of his bare footfalls, a few hundred kilos in mass!
We reach the door of the (newly designated) office of the Terran Representative and she snarls “You four, guard the door…” addressing her bodyguards “…Ezra, Zurab, Lhamo, inside… Everyone else, piss off and find something to do!”
The door closes behind us.
“Bug sweep, darling…” says the woman, exhaustedly.
“No bugs detected.” answers her husband, instantly.
She slumps onto the chair that had to be brought from our ship after the one provided by the Parliament collapsed under her weight the first time she sat in it.
Tilting her head back, she asks “So… how did I do?”
“You did wonderfully, sweetheart.” answers Ezra, immediately, in his flat, serene cadence.
She reaches a hand out to one of his and says “Thank you, darling! You are my rock… but I was really asking these two…” gesturing at me and the KartveloTamil man with her other hand.
“My opinion…” smiles Mudaliar “…pitch perfect! No notes!”
“Agreed.” I concur.
She leans her elbows onto the table in front of her, quickly removing them when she hears its groans of protest.
“There’ll be a lot of people back home who think that we let them off too easy… who’ll think that we should have pulled a fucking Versailles on their arses!” she muses.
“A punitive Peace would foster resentment in the gardenworlder populace… They would feel as if their leaders stabbed them in the back by surrendering… Not to mention giving ammunition to antideathworlder bigots!… We need future generations of gardenworlders to think their ancestors were wrong to declare War on us, not wrong to sue for Peace…” I remind her.
“Enumerating their various hypocrisies, warcrimes and the many violations of their own laws that they perpetrated serves that end well… Hundreds of trillions of GU citizens, who personally had little to nothing to do with the War, suddenly finding their salaries cut in half to pay our War reparations would very much be counter to it(!)… Let us hope that demanding the most heinous warcriminals be remanded to Terran custody to stand trial placates the sabre rattlers back home…” adds Mudaliar.
“Yes, but…! I don’t know… I feel like we should have got something more from them!… Instructions on how to reproduce their more advanced tech, maybe…?”
Mudaliar purses his lips in a joyless smile and shakes his head “We just (relatively handily) defeated them in a War with technology centuries behind theirs… Their tech is not something we can ask them to trust us with yet… we need to build their trust first. It’s going to take time… It’s going to take…”
*Knock**Knock**Knock**Knock**Knock**Knock*
“What!?” snarls Miyazaki to whatever poor unfortunate soul is requesting entry.
One of the towering guards, in their sleek, state of the art durasteel, enters.
“Apologies for the interruption, Mistress Miyazaki… There’s a delivery for you. Already been scanned for explosive, biological and chemical agents etc… It’s clean.”
“A delivery…?” she says, screwing up her face in a mixture of confusion and contempt for a moment before shifting to appraisal and beckoning wordlessly.
The towering man enters the room and stands to one side, revealing a small woman with pink skin, purple tendrils covering her scalp, three teal eyes and three legs with one too many joints.
The girl looks terrified as she walks in, a levitating platform following behind her with a heavy looking cube (around a metre wide, deep and tall) on top.
Looking as if she might be about to burst into tears from her fear, the pink skinned girl holds out a holo toward Miyazaki (though still around 8m away) and says “C-c-could you… s-s-s-sssign h-here, p-please?”
“What am I signing for?” asks Miyazaki, flatly.
“Th-this?” says the scared delivery girl, gesturing at the glossy cube.
Fury flashes across Miyazaki’s face and, before she can traumatise the poor girl, I step in.
“I think what our Representative means is that we weren’t expecting a delivery… Would you mind telling us what this is?” I say, kindly, smiling (without teeth) down at the girl.
“I-it’s… a d-data drive…?” she asks more than tells.
A data drive!?
That’s absurd!!!
With how insanely advanced their computing is, a physical storage device this large would represent several multiples of all the information Humanity has ever set to page!
“What’s on this data drive, sweetie?” I smile, trying not to betray any of my desperate curiosity to her.
“It’s a c-compendium… of a-all Galactic Union t-technologies and ssscience…”
The room stands in stunned silence for 9 straight seconds while we all process what the little xeno girl just said.
She shifts uncomfortably, looking at Miyazaki and, clearly, unwilling to approach her.
Shellshocked, I eventually manage to say “I… can… sign… for that…”
Looking relieved, she hands me her holo and a stylus.
I scrawl out my name in the abugidic script of my native Tibetan, my hand then making a second pass on the line, adding the vowel markers.
The girl looks thoroughly relieved not to have had to get any closer than she is to the intimidating woman behind the desk, in the formal blue dress.
I hand the device back to her and she uses it to direct the platform to unload its cargo.
She does not wait to be dismissed, beating a hasty retreat from the room, leaving behind the single most valuable object ever possessed by Terrankind!
---2687 Terran Calenda26 years BF---
“We need gardenworlders!” growls Miyazaki, frustratedly, as we pore over the plans for the new agency we’re trying to design “This needs to be more than just the Terran embassy to the GU and vice versa! It needs to set the tone for all our interactions moving forward! We need qualified gardenworlders, ready, willing and able to work alongside the Terran staff! Helping us build our networks and win over potential allies in the Parliament!”
“Yes… well… unless you want to kidnap a complement of gardenworlders to staff it as forced labour, then our choices are open it with a Terran dominated staff and hope we can entice more gardenworld employees at a later date or delay it… again!” points out a weary Mudaliar.
“Guys…” I interject, equally wearily “…I think we’re past the point of productivity for this evening… how about we call it quits and come back to it with fresh eyes, tomorrow?”
“Good idea…” he answers.
The two of us begin getting up but Miyazaki says “Wait…”
We turn to look at her, expectantly.
“How about we go out tonight?… No shoptalk, I promise!…Just think it might be good for us to have a night to cut loose… just the four of us… five, if that hot, young nurse you’re dating wants to come, Zurab?”
Mudaliar smiles “I appreciate the offer… but I really need to sleep… Raincheck?”
“Fair enough… Lhamo?”
I hesitate, considering.
---later---
“Wooooo! Shots! Shots! Shots! Shots shots SHOTS!!!” shouts a merry Miyazaki as she and I raise small glasses of weak spirits to our lips, in a booth in the xeno bar, and tip them down our throats.
Her android husband mimics the action with an empty glass.
She slams her glass onto the table and releases a sigh as she slumps against the padded seatback.
Her expression turns slightly melancholic as she says “Y’know… I don’t know if I’m the right woman for this job…”
“You are.” replies her husband, instantly, almost displaying an emotion for a second there(!) “The fact that you were appointed above all other potential candidates should prove your fitness for the role. They could have chosen anyone and they chose you.”
“I agree with your husband… but what makes you say that, Jeanne?” I query.
“IIIII don’t knooow…” she grumbles “…I sort of feel like I was chosen on the strength of my reputation… and my parents’ reputation for ferocity… but, the thing is, while my mum and my shitstain of a father could give a fiery speech, they also had all the other skills you need to be a diplomat as well!… I feel like I’ve got one skill and it’s scaring people!”
“That’s why I’m here, sweetheart.” smiles Ezra, serenely “You’re the stick and I’m the carrot…”
“Thank you, darling… It’s just… much as I hate to give that man the credit… difficult not to think that my father would’ve done a better job if he’d managed to make it hear without getting his ship blasted out of the sky!”
While I have far more sense than to ever say it, it’s absolutely apparent that the husband Jeanne ‘Blitz’ Miyazaki commissioned for herself is, in all ways, the polar opposite of the late father she despises!
I only ever knew him by his reputation but; where her father was a passionate firebrand, Ezra is calm, measured and tranquil.
Where her father was a gorgeous heartthrob who became a handsome silver fox in his later life, her husband (while certainly not ugly) is definitely much plainer in his looks.
Where her father famously favoured flamboyant modern dress, her husband’s wardrobe looks straight out of a Unification era vid in its conservativeness.
Where her father had a slight frame and a diminutive stature, her husband is tall and solidly built.
And, where Yuki ‘Blizzard’ Miyazaki famously left his wife, Charlotte ‘Guerre’ d’Aureville , after a scandalous extramarital affair with Tombe ‘Breeze’ Upash (another (obviously married) diplomat, no less!) in a move that would have sunk the career of anyone else in his line of work, Ezra certainly seems as if he only has eyes for her!
Several times, she has expressed the thought that raising her half sister, Emiko, to be a decent person is the only good thing that man ever did!
My rumination on that is cut short, before I can answer her imposter syndrome, when she says “You ever consider the diplomat track, Lhamo?”
I give a rueful smile as I answer “I’d need a spouse for that, Jeanne(!)”
Her eyebrows raise in surprise as she says “Oh… you’re ace? I didn’t realise…”
I chuckle and shake my head “Not ace… just 42 with crowsfeet…” I gesture to the corners of my eyes “…I feel like, if I were going to meet Mr Right, it would have happened by now(!)”
“Bah…!” she dismisses, letting out her Francophone side for a second(!) “…None of this ‘too old to find love’ tripe! You’re still a stunner!… Not to mention an intelligent, vibrant woman with a fantastic personality!…Plus… we’re this close to cracking regen!… Pretty soon, 42 will be the new 25… along with every other age over 25(!) You’ve got all the time in the world!… It’d be really great to be able to hand this job off to you or Zurab!… Either of you’d do better than me, I’m sure!… I could go back to Earth, safe in the knowledge that things were being taken care of!”
“Ma’am…” I lean forward and reassuringly pat her wrist “…I promise you, you are the best person for the job… certainly at the moment, anyway!… Please grace us with your presence for a few more years at least!”
She chuckles “How about you get the next round and we’ll make a toast of it(!)”
I smile back “No problem… but I don’t think we’ll be allowed anymore of these…” I gesture to the, one-per-customer, shot glasses.
“Vinjirian ale… 900ml.” says the woman, immediately.
“I will take an empty 900ml glass.” states her husband.
“Got it.” I smile.
“Don’t drink any until Ezra can run chem analysis on it… Don’t want to get drugged!” she reminds me, seriously.
“I promise I won’t!” I chuckle, walking away.
“Oh, and watch him pour! Make sure he doesn’t spit in it or anything!” she adds, a little louder than she needs to but not loud enough that I think the large, porcine, xeno barman will have heard her.
I cross the crowded bar and step to the counter.
“Two Vinjirian ales and an empty glass, please… 900ml, all. Pretty sure you have our waivers for it already.” I smile, with closed lips, up at the orange xeno with the piglike face.
He oinks an acknowledgement and starts pouring.
As I watch him, I notice myself being noticed by a xeno at the far end of the bar.
I don’t turn to look but keep track of him in my periphery while my foveal focus rests, squarely, on the drinks being drawn.
He stands.
“Fuck…” I whisper to myself.
There’s one of two reasons a xeno is likely to be approaching me: either, he’s going to angrily vent at me about how I’m a monster and caused him to lose X number of loved ones in the War… or he’s about to test the rumours about Human promiscuity…
I’m not particularly in the mood for either but I really hope it’s the latter… I don’t know that I would trust the proprietor to take my side if one of his gardenworld patrons gets belligerent.
As the man approaches, he occupies more and more of my attention to the point that, even though I’m looking right at them, I wouldn’t necessarily see if our drinks were tampered with!
Good thing I’ve got a walking laboratory back at my table(!)
The gigantic man has now made it to within a metre of me on my left and stands, looming over me.
Despite the fact that I know, if push came to shove, I could probably put his head clear through the countertop without too much trouble, it’s still uncomfortable to have such a large person so close.
The first words the man speaks catch me completely off guard.
“It’s been a while, Dr Yeshe… I’m very glad to see you again!” comes a warm, familiar voice, speaking Gangsri accented Tibetan and sounding a bit like a Human with a blocked nose.
My head whips left and up, my eyes resting upon a very recognisable patch of smooth, flat, periwinkle coloured skin between two large, orange eyes.
I haven’t seen this man since I was transferred to Forward Operations, 4 years ago!
My joy is so immediate and genuine that I momentarily forget to restrain my smile, so as not to be perceived as making an aggressive display!
He doesn’t flinch at the brief flash of my teeth I involuntarily give him.
“Well, well, well, well, well!… If it isn’t my favourite prisoner of War(!) What a pleasant surprise, Wing Commander!” I say, my voice joyful.
Then, my face falls as I notice the dark blue bruise across his right eye.
“What happened to your eye, Ong?!” I ask, ready to demand the name and badge number of whatever guard it was that did that to him… then remembering that we’re no longer on Gangsri!
He casts his eyes down and shamefully confesses “It’s… not ‘Ong’ anymore… and it’s not ‘Wing Commander’ either… I’m just Ngngomg, now…”
It takes a second before the pieces click together for me.
I gasp as I realise “*Hhhhh*…You were expelled from your tribe?!”
He answers with a doleful Terran nod.
“Because you defected?”
“Just got released here, yesterday… went to my embassy… found my tribal representative… he punched me… told me not to come back to Gollogng… and… here I am…” he gestures around the bar “…drowning my sorrows(!)”
“That’s terrible, On…Ngngomg! I’m so sorry!!!”
“It’s fine…” he lies “…I’ve got some preWar savings to live on for the moment… should also be due two years salary from the GU military… but who knows when or if I’ll ever see that, given how my service ended!”
“They don’t count time spent as a POW to be time you served?” I query.
He puffs through his lips before answering “They do not, no… certainly not when you became a POW by treason!”
“Is… is there anything I can… do?” I offer, pathetically.
He gives a joyless curl of his lips and answers “Sweet of you to offer but… there’s really nothing to be done… Anyway… it was nice seeing you…” and turns to walk a way.
“Wait!” I say, a little more desperately than I mean to.
He turns back, one of his dark blue eyebrows raised quizzically.
“How would you like a job?”
“A job…?” he frowns “A job doing what?”
“Let me buy you a drink and… we can tell you all about it at my table…”
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2023.05.29 16:28 hillenium Does Every Culture and Civilization Have Monotheistic Roots?
By:Bheria
May 25, 2023
Islam, as a system or way of life that imposes itself as being the obvious truth, necessarily makes many claims and propositions.
One of these is that it is the last revealed religion, as we had discussed in a recent article.
Another claim is that all human communities were greeted by messengers and prophets who taught them Tawhid (pure monotheism) before they innovated and corrupted the original message, birthing the cults and religions we have today.
Among the many Qur’anic verses on the subject, including the following:
Due to this, many Muslims have sought to “recuperate” some religions and even religious figures. For example, many have supposed that Zoroaster, the founder (or more correctly the Mazdean reformer) of Iran’s main pre-Islamic religion might have been a prophet. Similarly, the late Muhammad Hamidullah—the prolific and polyglot Indian-born pioneer of Islamic Studies in France—famously suggested in the explanatory notes to his translation of the Qur’an into French (the first by a Muslim) that the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) may also have been a prophet (those who speculate regarding the supposed potential prophethood of the historical Buddha tend to look at Surah 95).
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Of course, they all remain cautious and speak only in terms of hypotheticals. This is because we simply cannot assert that any such figure was a prophet or messenger of Allah without the existence of solid grounds for such a claim within the Qur’an or Ahadith (prophetic narrations).
But Muslims are not alone in trying to trace the monotheistic roots of the world religions. Once upon a time, Western anthropologists were immersed in this venture too.
The first modern proponent of this idea was the Scottish poet Andrew Lang, who was active during the second half of the 19th century.
These were the decades in which Darwin and his theories were slowly encroaching the Western intellectual discourse and public imagination. Due to this evolutionary approach, the “simple” religion was viewed as just a form of adaptation to the society itself, and when the society evolved, the religion evolved along with it. Monotheism was thus considered to have followed “primitive polytheism,” which is often equated with tribal cults and animism.
Edward Burnett Tylor—perhaps the foremost acclaimed British anthropologist of his days—was someone who propagated such an evolutionist approach, to the extent that he could potentially be regarded as the spiritual father figure of evolutionary anthropology, if not the entire field of modern anthropology. In fact, it was Tylor who popularized the term animism within the public discourse.
It is not difficult to guess the ideological underpinnings of Tylor’s worldview. He lived at a time when the British Empire was at its peak, and by saying that polytheists are uncivilized by virtue of their belief system, he was essentially justifying British imperialism.
On the other hand, Andrew Lang, who was Tylor’s student and disciple, disagreed. He believed that monotheism is not merely some sort of evolution which tells us about a society’s so-called complexity but rather that it is a concept of its own right. According to him, it was not something to be used for differentiating some “savages” from the “civilized” crowd.
Lang even debated directly with Tylor on this issue, arguing that the idea of a Supreme Being, creator, benevolent, source of morality, etc., is the default position so to speak, not some sort of animism.
Lang looked at the Australian Aboriginals in particular and their concept of the “sky father,” Baiame.
During the 20th century, many would actively promote this idea of primitive monotheism. Included among them were famous anthropologists such as Paul Radin, who was one of the most influential American anthropologists of the first half of the last century, having studied Native Americans in particular.
But the most important figure was someone named Wilhelm Schmidt, a Catholic priest from Germany. Over the course of four decades (1910s–1950s), he compiled a 12-volume work entitled The Origin of the Idea of God.
To get a basic idea regarding the scope of this work, we can read the following summary of its main thesis (albeit with some criticism) by Stanley Arthur Cook, who was a professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. He writes in his article “Primitive Monotheism” (1931), published in The Journal of Theological Studies (p.2):
This idea of “primitive monotheism” is no longer popular in Western anthropology, due primarily to the secularization of the West. The concept of primitive monotheism is considered to be too indebted to a Eurocentric and even Christianized definition of religion. What is preferred now is the “phenomenological” approach. This is the idea of learning a religion directly from its adherents, without superimposing Western concepts onto it.
Such a methodologically secular and even postcolonialist approach is quite clear in James L. Cox’s 2014 book, The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies.
Yet even if the interpretation were to differ, the ethnological data remains. Furthermore, the interpretation of the adherents themselves may itself indicate towards primitive monotheism. For example, this was the case with Hehaka Sapa (also known as Black Elk), a Native American religious figure who said that the concept of Wakan-Tanka (“The Great Mysterious”)—found in varying forms in virtually all Native American shamanism—contained a belief in the Supreme Being, though in a pantheistic way. This is quite clear in his discussions with ethnologist Joseph Epes Brown.
In Black Africa, the Shona people of Zimbabwe believe in Mwari, a Supreme Creator (though one that has a sort of internal duality); in Latin America, the Aztecs have Ometeotl; and pre-Islamic Iranics who didn’t accept Zoroaster’s reforms have Zurvan. All of them believe in a sort of unique Supreme Creator. However, their belief in this Supreme Creator includes a belief in there being some sort of internal duality within them. This would, of course, mean that their initial beliefs had already been corrupted.
We could go on providing numerous other examples—and Schmidt has already covered pretty much all he could for every continent—but the point is this:
Despite this belief having been polluted in many cases (with that pollution later degenerating into different forms of polytheism, including animism), every civilization and culture seems to have held a belief in the idea of some kind of unique Supreme Being.
It thus seems that the Qur’anic claim of every human society being graced with some divine message resonates with anthropological research. Of course, this is not to say that there was ever any doubt regarding the veracity of the Qur’an’s claims to begin with; or that the Qur’an needs any sort of support or validation from contemporary sciences.
But, that being said, all of this should serve to make us more conscious and appreciative of Tawhid and Iman (faith), along with our own individual and even societal approach to them. Let us be grateful to Allah for endowing upon us these great blessings by increasing in our worship and devotion.
RELATED: The Genius of Islam Episode 3, The Curse of Polytheism
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May 25, 2023
Islam, as a system or way of life that imposes itself as being the obvious truth, necessarily makes many claims and propositions.
One of these is that it is the last revealed religion, as we had discussed in a recent article.
Another claim is that all human communities were greeted by messengers and prophets who taught them Tawhid (pure monotheism) before they innovated and corrupted the original message, birthing the cults and religions we have today.
Among the many Qur’anic verses on the subject, including the following:
Indeed, We have sent forth among every community a messenger [with the commandment]: You shall worship Allah [alone] and shun [all] false deities [and objects of worship]! So among them were those [people] whom Allah guided [aright]. And among them were those who [persistently rejected guidance. Thus they] deservedly remained astray. So journey in the earth, and see how [devastating] was the end of those who belied Allah! (Qur’an, 16:36)Under the explanation of this verse, Ibn Kathir writes in his Tafsir:
Allah continued sending Messengers to mankind with this Message, from the first incidence of Shirk that appeared among the Children of Adam, in the people to whom Nuh was sent—the first Messenger sent by Allah to the people of this earth—until He sent the final Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ, whose call was addressed to both men and Jinn, in the east and in the west.The inference from such information is that all communities were taught about Tawhid and that, despite the now deformed message, it may still feature some features of the original monotheism that they were supposed to maintain.
Due to this, many Muslims have sought to “recuperate” some religions and even religious figures. For example, many have supposed that Zoroaster, the founder (or more correctly the Mazdean reformer) of Iran’s main pre-Islamic religion might have been a prophet. Similarly, the late Muhammad Hamidullah—the prolific and polyglot Indian-born pioneer of Islamic Studies in France—famously suggested in the explanatory notes to his translation of the Qur’an into French (the first by a Muslim) that the historical Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) may also have been a prophet (those who speculate regarding the supposed potential prophethood of the historical Buddha tend to look at Surah 95).
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Of course, they all remain cautious and speak only in terms of hypotheticals. This is because we simply cannot assert that any such figure was a prophet or messenger of Allah without the existence of solid grounds for such a claim within the Qur’an or Ahadith (prophetic narrations).
But Muslims are not alone in trying to trace the monotheistic roots of the world religions. Once upon a time, Western anthropologists were immersed in this venture too.
“Primitive Monotheism” in Western Anthropology
“Primitive monotheism” is basically the idea that all communities essentially began as monotheistic prior to degenerating into different forms of polytheism.The first modern proponent of this idea was the Scottish poet Andrew Lang, who was active during the second half of the 19th century.
These were the decades in which Darwin and his theories were slowly encroaching the Western intellectual discourse and public imagination. Due to this evolutionary approach, the “simple” religion was viewed as just a form of adaptation to the society itself, and when the society evolved, the religion evolved along with it. Monotheism was thus considered to have followed “primitive polytheism,” which is often equated with tribal cults and animism.
Edward Burnett Tylor—perhaps the foremost acclaimed British anthropologist of his days—was someone who propagated such an evolutionist approach, to the extent that he could potentially be regarded as the spiritual father figure of evolutionary anthropology, if not the entire field of modern anthropology. In fact, it was Tylor who popularized the term animism within the public discourse.
It is not difficult to guess the ideological underpinnings of Tylor’s worldview. He lived at a time when the British Empire was at its peak, and by saying that polytheists are uncivilized by virtue of their belief system, he was essentially justifying British imperialism.
On the other hand, Andrew Lang, who was Tylor’s student and disciple, disagreed. He believed that monotheism is not merely some sort of evolution which tells us about a society’s so-called complexity but rather that it is a concept of its own right. According to him, it was not something to be used for differentiating some “savages” from the “civilized” crowd.
Lang even debated directly with Tylor on this issue, arguing that the idea of a Supreme Being, creator, benevolent, source of morality, etc., is the default position so to speak, not some sort of animism.
Lang looked at the Australian Aboriginals in particular and their concept of the “sky father,” Baiame.
During the 20th century, many would actively promote this idea of primitive monotheism. Included among them were famous anthropologists such as Paul Radin, who was one of the most influential American anthropologists of the first half of the last century, having studied Native Americans in particular.
But the most important figure was someone named Wilhelm Schmidt, a Catholic priest from Germany. Over the course of four decades (1910s–1950s), he compiled a 12-volume work entitled The Origin of the Idea of God.
To get a basic idea regarding the scope of this work, we can read the following summary of its main thesis (albeit with some criticism) by Stanley Arthur Cook, who was a professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. He writes in his article “Primitive Monotheism” (1931), published in The Journal of Theological Studies (p.2):
From the evidence for the prevalence of beliefs in High Gods or Supreme Beings among people who are ‘ethnologically’ primitive, Father Schmidt argues that a monotheism of a strikingly pure character distinguished the very beginning of the history of religion but has been overlaid by the less pure when not degraded cults of peoples living at higher stages of developement. […] From his survey of the peoples who are held to be ethnologically primitive, Father Schmidt constructs a picture of the worship of a Supreme Being, a personality transcending all experience, omnipotent, universal cause and creator, omniscient, beneficent, all righteous, father, giver of moral law, and the centre of cult. These Primitives include pygmies, Tasmanians, Algonkins, Eskimo, etc., and are food-hunters. Above them in the scale are the Primary peoples, living at the stage where man exploits nature. They fall into three classes, each with religious characteristics : (a) matrilineal, agriculturists (with lunar ideas, mother goddesses), (b) patrilineal, totemists (solar ideas; men are prominent), and (c) patrilineal, nomads (sky-gods, social hierarchy). Next, with all sorts of complex crossings come the Secondary and Tertiary cultures, the latter comprising the old civilizations of Asia, Europe, and America.RELATED: Sikhism’s Dubious Monotheism – Between Auto-Deification and Book Worship
This idea of “primitive monotheism” is no longer popular in Western anthropology, due primarily to the secularization of the West. The concept of primitive monotheism is considered to be too indebted to a Eurocentric and even Christianized definition of religion. What is preferred now is the “phenomenological” approach. This is the idea of learning a religion directly from its adherents, without superimposing Western concepts onto it.
Such a methodologically secular and even postcolonialist approach is quite clear in James L. Cox’s 2014 book, The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies.
Yet even if the interpretation were to differ, the ethnological data remains. Furthermore, the interpretation of the adherents themselves may itself indicate towards primitive monotheism. For example, this was the case with Hehaka Sapa (also known as Black Elk), a Native American religious figure who said that the concept of Wakan-Tanka (“The Great Mysterious”)—found in varying forms in virtually all Native American shamanism—contained a belief in the Supreme Being, though in a pantheistic way. This is quite clear in his discussions with ethnologist Joseph Epes Brown.
In Black Africa, the Shona people of Zimbabwe believe in Mwari, a Supreme Creator (though one that has a sort of internal duality); in Latin America, the Aztecs have Ometeotl; and pre-Islamic Iranics who didn’t accept Zoroaster’s reforms have Zurvan. All of them believe in a sort of unique Supreme Creator. However, their belief in this Supreme Creator includes a belief in there being some sort of internal duality within them. This would, of course, mean that their initial beliefs had already been corrupted.
We could go on providing numerous other examples—and Schmidt has already covered pretty much all he could for every continent—but the point is this:
Despite this belief having been polluted in many cases (with that pollution later degenerating into different forms of polytheism, including animism), every civilization and culture seems to have held a belief in the idea of some kind of unique Supreme Being.
It thus seems that the Qur’anic claim of every human society being graced with some divine message resonates with anthropological research. Of course, this is not to say that there was ever any doubt regarding the veracity of the Qur’an’s claims to begin with; or that the Qur’an needs any sort of support or validation from contemporary sciences.
But, that being said, all of this should serve to make us more conscious and appreciative of Tawhid and Iman (faith), along with our own individual and even societal approach to them. Let us be grateful to Allah for endowing upon us these great blessings by increasing in our worship and devotion.
RELATED: The Genius of Islam Episode 3, The Curse of Polytheism
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Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James $10
Herc's Adventures $125
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Knockout Kings $5
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Monopoly $3
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Tekken Tag Tournament (Disc Only) $5
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The Godfather $15
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TimeSplitters $20
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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 $10
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World Championship Poker $3
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FEAR 2 $10
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InFamous $10
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Need For Speed: Carbon $15
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Resistance 2 $5
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Saints Row 2 $10
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Skate 2 $10
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Sleeping Dogs $5
Sniper: Ghost Warrior $5
Soul Calibur V $10
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SSX $10
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Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII $10
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Destiny $5
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Tropico 5 $10
UFC 3 $5
PSP (CIB unless noted)
Final Fantasy $20
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Steamboy $5
2023.05.29 16:17 only-hooman Retinal migraine, what to do next?
[27F] 5'10" 150 lbs.
So far I have experienced this 3 times- about once a year for 3 years now. The symptoms go like this:
-start losing vision in my right eye with geometric lines and blurriness. peripheral and central vision has varied, but if I cover my right eye, I can see out of my left.
-after about 5-10 mins I begin to develop a migraine in the left side of my head, usually feels like it is in the left central side of my brain. (like deep in my brain, not near the surface).
Notes- I have never suffered from migraines or even head aches. I smoke weed on the weekends, and drink 2-3 drinks socially maybe every other weekend. I go the the gym and lift weight 3 times/week consistently since October 2022. I am not taking any medication currently. I stopped taking hormonal birth control over 1 year ago. I wear contacts daily with a strong prescription, but am up to date with my yearly eye exam.
The 1st time this happened, I was at work, took ibuprofen, and got a ride to urgent care. The doctor confirmed I wasn't having a stroke and told me I was okay to go home and rest. The 2nd time I was at home relaxing, took advil, and called out of work. The 3rd time I was at the gym lifting weights, took whatever pain reliever they had in their first aid kit, and got a ride home. The ibuprofen/advil both help the symptoms go away within the hour, but leaves me feeling low in energy for the rest of the day.
The reason this concerns me more this year is because in the past couple of months, I have been told that I am repeating myself and I have caught multiple instance of short term memory loss. I have also noticed a pressure sensation in my head that feels almost like moving liquid, 4 different times, and all 4 times I am laying down at home relaxed.
I don't have a ton of money for diagnostics, but have gotten a CT scan done on my sinuses before that was covered by insurance and only cost me $80. Hoping maybe that would rule out anything crazy?
I plan to call and make an appointment Tuesday, but I would like to know what diagnostics would you want to run? Or what further info would be helpful to my case?
submitted by only-hooman to AskDocs [link] [comments]
So far I have experienced this 3 times- about once a year for 3 years now. The symptoms go like this:
-start losing vision in my right eye with geometric lines and blurriness. peripheral and central vision has varied, but if I cover my right eye, I can see out of my left.
-after about 5-10 mins I begin to develop a migraine in the left side of my head, usually feels like it is in the left central side of my brain. (like deep in my brain, not near the surface).
Notes- I have never suffered from migraines or even head aches. I smoke weed on the weekends, and drink 2-3 drinks socially maybe every other weekend. I go the the gym and lift weight 3 times/week consistently since October 2022. I am not taking any medication currently. I stopped taking hormonal birth control over 1 year ago. I wear contacts daily with a strong prescription, but am up to date with my yearly eye exam.
The 1st time this happened, I was at work, took ibuprofen, and got a ride to urgent care. The doctor confirmed I wasn't having a stroke and told me I was okay to go home and rest. The 2nd time I was at home relaxing, took advil, and called out of work. The 3rd time I was at the gym lifting weights, took whatever pain reliever they had in their first aid kit, and got a ride home. The ibuprofen/advil both help the symptoms go away within the hour, but leaves me feeling low in energy for the rest of the day.
The reason this concerns me more this year is because in the past couple of months, I have been told that I am repeating myself and I have caught multiple instance of short term memory loss. I have also noticed a pressure sensation in my head that feels almost like moving liquid, 4 different times, and all 4 times I am laying down at home relaxed.
I don't have a ton of money for diagnostics, but have gotten a CT scan done on my sinuses before that was covered by insurance and only cost me $80. Hoping maybe that would rule out anything crazy?
I plan to call and make an appointment Tuesday, but I would like to know what diagnostics would you want to run? Or what further info would be helpful to my case?
2023.05.29 16:15 Hyewes There is only ONE way to save Overwatch now.
There is ONE way, and one way ONLY, to save Overwatch.
After the recent fiasco that has been the announced cancellation of Overwatch 2’s PvE plans, Overwatch and Blizzard’s customer base has every right to never offer this company their trust, EVER again.
There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the decision to cancel the project was purely an executive decision, made with minimal respect to the desires and needs of the actual OW2 development team.
Many players who have remained loyal to the project despite delays and empty promises have reached their final straw. Many people are quitting, likely not in numbers that will impact Blizzard’s pockets very heavily in the long term, but enough to represent a very serious backlash.
Players who have remained have grown even more toxic in response to the news than what is typical of the game, playing with and speaking to other players as though the future of the game and its community doesn’t matter anymore. Leavers and throwers seem to be at a strong peak at the moment, with no signs of slowing down. The community is in a decent amount of chaos at the moment, and for excellent reason.
If the game’s upcoming content designed to replace PvE is to flop, the live game may survive overall across the next bunch of years, decade+ even, but it would represent a lifeless shell of what could have been, and there will be nothing left of the truly, once-in-a-generation, universal recognition of Overwatch’s ambitions, quality, and impact on the gaming world at large since it’s initial release.
Blizzard has robbed the community of a beloved game in exchange for empty promises; all for the sake of “better” monetization. This is the safest conclusion for any Overwatch consumer who has invested any money or time in the progression of this game since release to draw.
Let me repeat. The MOST reasonable way for fans to interpret recent events, is that their loyalty is repaid with a deceitful, corporate cash grab. It’s as simple as that, and it is largely unforgivable.
How can they make up for this? How can the community come back together and enjoy this game and each other’s company in a way not seen since the first few years of OW1?
My proposal: Restore Overwatch 1, and maintain it as a separate game.
Re-release the final patch of Overwatch 1, and repackage it as [Overwatch: Classic]. Free to Play, PC only, cracked wide open.
-Expand the Workshop for even more customizability, allowing players to restore old abilities from earlier versions of the game and mix and match them. Anything from Barrier Bastion to Scatter Arrow to Auto-Aim Symmetra. Create presets for older patches and offer even more development tools to allow for player creativity in developing new modes and ways to play.
-Allow for community made maps and mods to be used within community servers, with the main live game running as normal at the forefront, a la Team Fortress 2. Balance updates spread few and far between. Cast remains the same, no characters released in OW2 will make an appearance.
-Revise the loot box AND inventory system. Allow for at least SOME (limited) player to player trading of skins/cosmetics. Allow for multiples of items, rarity tiers for duplicables, kill counters or other unique effects on weapons, cosmetics/customizables, etc. Keep the old loot box system, but create a new class of unlockable boxes for those that want these paid attributes. This would allow for continued monetization of the original game in a familiar, non-controversial way. The community could more precisely determine in-game value of cosmetics through trade, and difficult to obtain skins (Pink Mercy, etc.) could be negotiated between players in a legit way vs having to trade entire accounts for a chance to get limited cosmetics. Again, taking a page out of TF2’s book, while solving a long-standing problem within the game.
-Keep a smaller, dedicated team for Overwatch: Classic. Separate it from OW2, keeping people who are interested in the new heroes and ongoing story elements of Overwatch satisfied, while paying back the people who had a game they purchased, loved, and remained loyal to replaced entirely without consumer-end justification. OW2 continues as planned, and retains both its PC and console player base who are genuinely interested in the continued development of the game. RuneScape by Jagex takes a similar approach to their main project: RuneScape 3. That project is regularly updated and propels the project towards its future potential, while Old School RuneScape, a version of the original game that the developers happened to find that keeps fans of the original game satisfied, with occasional polish updates based on frequent community polling and feedback.
Overwatch was taken so OW2 could exist and thrive. This did not go as planned, and the consumers of Overwatch do not have the game they paid for back in 2016-2022. A “media preservation” argument can be made here, as well as many others, but at the end of the day, many fans just lost a game they loved in exchange for one that they did not ask for. I am happy that OW2 exists, and I think it should continue to as best as the developers can manage, but the original game did not need to go away given these circumstances.
The most respectful, effective, PR power move that Blizzard could take right now, would be to give players BACK the game they paid for. And let them do what they will with it. Let it go, so that both games can prosper. I think this would be a great starting point to rebuilding trust in Blizzard, if it were to be done and done correctly.
Thoughts?
submitted by Hyewes to Overwatch [link] [comments]
After the recent fiasco that has been the announced cancellation of Overwatch 2’s PvE plans, Overwatch and Blizzard’s customer base has every right to never offer this company their trust, EVER again.
There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the decision to cancel the project was purely an executive decision, made with minimal respect to the desires and needs of the actual OW2 development team.
Many players who have remained loyal to the project despite delays and empty promises have reached their final straw. Many people are quitting, likely not in numbers that will impact Blizzard’s pockets very heavily in the long term, but enough to represent a very serious backlash.
Players who have remained have grown even more toxic in response to the news than what is typical of the game, playing with and speaking to other players as though the future of the game and its community doesn’t matter anymore. Leavers and throwers seem to be at a strong peak at the moment, with no signs of slowing down. The community is in a decent amount of chaos at the moment, and for excellent reason.
If the game’s upcoming content designed to replace PvE is to flop, the live game may survive overall across the next bunch of years, decade+ even, but it would represent a lifeless shell of what could have been, and there will be nothing left of the truly, once-in-a-generation, universal recognition of Overwatch’s ambitions, quality, and impact on the gaming world at large since it’s initial release.
Blizzard has robbed the community of a beloved game in exchange for empty promises; all for the sake of “better” monetization. This is the safest conclusion for any Overwatch consumer who has invested any money or time in the progression of this game since release to draw.
Let me repeat. The MOST reasonable way for fans to interpret recent events, is that their loyalty is repaid with a deceitful, corporate cash grab. It’s as simple as that, and it is largely unforgivable.
How can they make up for this? How can the community come back together and enjoy this game and each other’s company in a way not seen since the first few years of OW1?
My proposal: Restore Overwatch 1, and maintain it as a separate game.
Re-release the final patch of Overwatch 1, and repackage it as [Overwatch: Classic]. Free to Play, PC only, cracked wide open.
-Expand the Workshop for even more customizability, allowing players to restore old abilities from earlier versions of the game and mix and match them. Anything from Barrier Bastion to Scatter Arrow to Auto-Aim Symmetra. Create presets for older patches and offer even more development tools to allow for player creativity in developing new modes and ways to play.
-Allow for community made maps and mods to be used within community servers, with the main live game running as normal at the forefront, a la Team Fortress 2. Balance updates spread few and far between. Cast remains the same, no characters released in OW2 will make an appearance.
-Revise the loot box AND inventory system. Allow for at least SOME (limited) player to player trading of skins/cosmetics. Allow for multiples of items, rarity tiers for duplicables, kill counters or other unique effects on weapons, cosmetics/customizables, etc. Keep the old loot box system, but create a new class of unlockable boxes for those that want these paid attributes. This would allow for continued monetization of the original game in a familiar, non-controversial way. The community could more precisely determine in-game value of cosmetics through trade, and difficult to obtain skins (Pink Mercy, etc.) could be negotiated between players in a legit way vs having to trade entire accounts for a chance to get limited cosmetics. Again, taking a page out of TF2’s book, while solving a long-standing problem within the game.
-Keep a smaller, dedicated team for Overwatch: Classic. Separate it from OW2, keeping people who are interested in the new heroes and ongoing story elements of Overwatch satisfied, while paying back the people who had a game they purchased, loved, and remained loyal to replaced entirely without consumer-end justification. OW2 continues as planned, and retains both its PC and console player base who are genuinely interested in the continued development of the game. RuneScape by Jagex takes a similar approach to their main project: RuneScape 3. That project is regularly updated and propels the project towards its future potential, while Old School RuneScape, a version of the original game that the developers happened to find that keeps fans of the original game satisfied, with occasional polish updates based on frequent community polling and feedback.
Overwatch was taken so OW2 could exist and thrive. This did not go as planned, and the consumers of Overwatch do not have the game they paid for back in 2016-2022. A “media preservation” argument can be made here, as well as many others, but at the end of the day, many fans just lost a game they loved in exchange for one that they did not ask for. I am happy that OW2 exists, and I think it should continue to as best as the developers can manage, but the original game did not need to go away given these circumstances.
The most respectful, effective, PR power move that Blizzard could take right now, would be to give players BACK the game they paid for. And let them do what they will with it. Let it go, so that both games can prosper. I think this would be a great starting point to rebuilding trust in Blizzard, if it were to be done and done correctly.
Thoughts?
2023.05.29 16:04 ConquestofGaul [H] Events [W] PayPal
[svirtual]
Unredeemed Events from my Carts
I am willing to SR the following events for two natures (where not fixed):
Pokémon Gold & Silver - Special Purchase Gift Celebis
Offering redemption of individual celebi's listed below:
Other Events
Redeemed Events from Pokemon Home
Save Files
Misc Korean Wifi Saves
Numerous self-obtained save profiles with the following Gen 7 unredeemed Korean Wifi events, some profiles have less events than others so please enquire if you are interested.
Both Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon available in Korean, English & Japanese
I've got the following cart for sale:
Korean Black Cart - Korean Tag
please note carts were not region locked in Gen 5 & can be RNGED
Chilseok Jirachi 칠석 08013 - Wondercard
The cart originally comes from Fleepter, with the user Tessy15 redeeming the Chilseok Jirachi for them.
Thanks for looking at my post
ConquestofGaul!
My Reference
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Unredeemed Events from my Carts
I am willing to SR the following events for two natures (where not fixed):
Pokémon Gold & Silver - Special Purchase Gift Celebis
Offering redemption of individual celebi's listed below:
| Event | OT | ID | Origin & Proof | Notes | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ウバメ Celebi 1 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 2 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 3 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 4 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 5 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 6 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 7 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 8 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 9 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| ウバメ Celebi 10 | ウバメ | 112199 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | 15 |
| Event | OT | ID | Language | Origin | Proof & Notes | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fuura City Lugia 1 | フウラシティ | 180413 | Japanese | Self Obtained - SR-able | Video | $15 |
| Fuura City Lugia 2 | フウラシティ | 180413 | Japanese | Self Obtained - SR-able | Video | $15 |
| NA Krookodile 1 | ルイ | 070618 | English | JKSM used - Upper90175 redeemed this on my save - SR-able | Video | $25 |
| 2017 Tanabata Jirachi | たなばた | 170806 | Japanese | XavierOrland received this on My Save - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $30 |
| PC Victini | トウホク | 170630 | Japanese | Flareblitz12 received this on My Save- SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $30 |
| PC Shaymin | ポケセン | 180425 | Japanese | XavierOrland received this on My Save- SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $20 |
| Ultra Shiny Poipole 2 | ウルトラ | 180302 | Japanese | Self Obtained & SRable | Video | $20 |
| ウバメ Celebi | ウバメ | 112199 | English | Self Obtained & SRable | Video | $25 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | 2018 Legends | 060218 | English | Self Obtained - SR-able | Photo | $15 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | Légendes2018 | 060218 | French | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $15 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | 2018 Legends | 060218 | CHT | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | 2018 Legends | 060218 | CHS | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | 2018 Legends | 060218 | Korean | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | Legenden2018 | 060218 | German | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $15 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | Leggende2018 | 060218 | Italian | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $15 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | 2018 Legends | 060218 | Japanese | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| 2018 Shiny Zygarde | Leyendas2018 | 060218 | Spanish | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $15 |
| Aether Silvally | Aether | 102317 | English | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $15 |
| Aether Silvally | Aether | 102317 | French | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| Aether Silvally | Aether | 102317 | German | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| Aether Silvally | Aether | 102317 | Italian | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| Aether Silvally | Aether | 102317 | Japanese | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| Aether Silvally | Aether | 102317 | Korean | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| Aether Silvally | Aether | 102317 | CHT | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| Aether Silvally | Aether | 102317 | CHS | Self Obtained - SR-able - JKSM used | Video | $10 |
| Event | OT | ID | Language | Origin | Proof & Notes | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Korean League Mimikyu | 포켓몬스토어 | 171007 | English | Froakiedokie > Me | Photo & Trade link | $30 |
| Powerful Tag Ninetales | PC | 05072 | Japanese | Iceposs2000 > Me | Attendance | $200 |
| Satoshi’s Wi-fi Pikachu (Gen 4) | サトシ | 07150 | Japanese | Afterski > Me | Wondercard | $100 |
| Female Korean League Eevee | 코리안리그 | 10226 | Korean | edimess [ruliweb] > Endy1102 > Me | Video | $90 |
| PCO Pikachu | オンライン | 02056 | Japanese | PhilvPham10 > Rayquaza_Black > Me | Photo | $45 |
| Lunar Karp | Lunar | 170128 | English | Self Obtained | Video | $30 |
Misc Korean Wifi Saves
Numerous self-obtained save profiles with the following Gen 7 unredeemed Korean Wifi events, some profiles have less events than others so please enquire if you are interested.
Both Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon available in Korean, English & Japanese
| Event | OT | ID | Origin & Proof | Notes | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire Fang Rockruff (Ultra Moon) | Players OT | Players | Self obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | $5 |
| Sorrel’s Lucario | 민준 | 171209 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | $10 |
| Ultra Shiny Kyogre (Ultra Sun) | 울트라 | 180127 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | $25 |
| Ultra Shiny Groudon (Ultra Moon) | 울트라 | 180127 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | $25 |
| Pokemon Generations Zygarde (Both Games) | 제너레이션즈 | 180620 | Self Obtained & Video | JKSM used to manage this save file | $10 |
Korean Black Cart - Korean Tag
please note carts were not region locked in Gen 5 & can be RNGED
Chilseok Jirachi 칠석 08013 - Wondercard
The cart originally comes from Fleepter, with the user Tessy15 redeeming the Chilseok Jirachi for them.
- Looking for $100 + Shipping & Fees
Thanks for looking at my post
ConquestofGaul!
My Reference
2023.05.29 16:03 Alina8212 [Hiring] Need A Verified Payz(Formerly Ecopayz) Account
Payout: 10% Commission on all profitable transactions carried out through the Payz account for next 6 months (passive).
Payment period: Net 2 (Every 48 hours)
Need a fully verified Payz account willing to pay 10% or more(as trust builds) to the account provider. Also if you know about taxation in argentina that's a plus.
The account should be working perfectly fine with no flows. It should be able to receive and send payments. Overall transactions must go smoothly!
It should be able to receive and accept in ARS. As Ecopayz supports multicurrency so it shouldn't be an issue. Although verify once yourself before contacting me.
Optional: Finding a reliable source or exchange to convert ARS to USD at market rate!
Note: There's going to be a load of profitable transactions per day which can earn you anywhere from $2.5 to $25+ on a daily basis passively without any work.
Just want genuine people for this gig. Shoot me a dm if you fulfill the criteria and I'll try to reply at the earliest.
submitted by Alina8212 to forhire [link] [comments]
Payment period: Net 2 (Every 48 hours)
Need a fully verified Payz account willing to pay 10% or more(as trust builds) to the account provider. Also if you know about taxation in argentina that's a plus.
The account should be working perfectly fine with no flows. It should be able to receive and send payments. Overall transactions must go smoothly!
It should be able to receive and accept in ARS. As Ecopayz supports multicurrency so it shouldn't be an issue. Although verify once yourself before contacting me.
Optional: Finding a reliable source or exchange to convert ARS to USD at market rate!
Note: There's going to be a load of profitable transactions per day which can earn you anywhere from $2.5 to $25+ on a daily basis passively without any work.
Just want genuine people for this gig. Shoot me a dm if you fulfill the criteria and I'll try to reply at the earliest.
2023.05.29 16:00 -343-Guilty-Spark- 343 Plz Weekly Thread
Hey everyone. This week's 343 Plz thread has arrived.
You can also check out the 343 Plz announcement thread here: https://www.reddit.com/halo/comments/ud70v9/introducing_343_plz_a_list_made_from_your_feedback/
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343 Plz List
| Feedback Item | Date Added | Game |
|---|---|---|
| Improve theater functionality | January 25, 2023 | Halo Infinite |
| Add matchmaking rejoin | January 3, 2023 | Halo Infinite |
| Fix asymmetrical vehicle spawns in Big Team Battle | January 3, 2023 | Halo Infinite |
| Bundle duplicate/repeating items (e.g. shoulders) in passes | November 7th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Add an option to limit menu FPS | October 10, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Finish the work on Campaign split-screen support and introduce it | September 5th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Fix or remove overactive text chat censorship | July 11th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Prioritise and fix desync | June 27th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Rework or remove rarity on items | June 27th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Add Multi-Team | June 5th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Allow all items in the in-game store to be purchased at all times | June 5th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Add Assassinations | May 28th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Introduce the Match Composer, similar to MCC | May 28th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Bring back old emblems and allow for better customisation over them. | May 28th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Add a Mark VI Gen 3 (Chief's armor in the campaign) core or set for MP | May 19th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Improve custom games stability and drastically increase the custom game options available | May 16th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Revert changes to slide momentum jumps made in Season 2 | May 15th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Introduce more social features and support | May 10th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Add Firefight or a PvE mode | May 9th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Enable player collision for friendlies | May 9th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Redesign the User Interface | May 9th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Bring back pre- and post-game lobbies | May 3rd, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Add remaining Halo Online maps to Halo 3 in MCC | May 3rd, 2022 | Halo: The Master Chief Collection |
| Introduce more body type options, including more "feminine" options similar to previous games | May 3rd, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Implement Cross-Core Customization | May 2nd, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Enable color on armor attachments outside of certain kits | May 2nd, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Allow for more control over color customization | May 2nd, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Improve/Address aiming and aim assist issues on Xbox and PC | May 2nd, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
343 Plz List Implemented/Changed
| Feedback Item | Date Added | Date Changed | Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add the 'Infection' game mode | June 13th, 2022 | June 20, 2023 | Halo Infinite |
| Separate Event Challenges into their own deck | May 15th, 2022 | March 21, 2023 | Halo Infinite |
| Add an option to disable enemy shield outlines | February 20, 2023 | Season 3 | Halo Infinite |
| Reduce kill effects or let players adjust/toggle them | July 11th, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Improve the KBM experience by addressing balance issues and pursuing other QOL refinements | May 10th, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Enable 'red reticle' on the PC version | May 3rd, 2022 | December 6, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Rebalance the VK78 Commando | May 2nd, 2022 | Winter Update | Halo Infinite |
| Rework or replace the Challenge system | May 7th, 2022 | Winter Update | Halo Infinite |
| Team Slayer" challenges should be able to progressed in all Team Slayer modes, not just the Team Slayer playlist | May 2nd, 2022 | Winter Update | Halo Infinite |
| Implement ray tracing | November 1st, 2022 | Season 3 | Halo Infinite |
| Accommodate lower population regions better | July 18th, 2022 | Winter Update | Halo Infinite |
| Add Region/Server selection, similar to MCC's implementation | May 7th, 2022 | Winter Update | Halo Infinite |
| Rework MMR / Global Rating | May 23rd, 2022 | Winter Update | Halo Infinite |
| Keep MCC free of microtransactions | July 18, 2022 | September 14th, 2022 | Halo: The Master Chief Collection |
| Allow us to access the unreleased Halo: Reach armor from Season 1 | May 28th, 2022 | December 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Reduce effect of or remove scope glint entirely | May 3rd, 2022 | August 25, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Add more loading screen images | May 4th, 2022 | June 14th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Fix different UI elements stuck in indefinite or very long loading wheels | May 2nd, 2022 | June 14th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
| Improve Scorpion Tank Controls | May 2nd, 2022 | June 14th, 2022 | Halo Infinite |
- New items added this week are in bold
- You can find the full list along with thread examples for these topics and if/how 343 has acknowledged them on the 343 Plz wiki page
A reminder on how 343 Plz works:
- 343 Plz is a comprehensive list of wildly popular suggestions/feedback relating to Halo games. This will be a list that is generated by the community and will be visible to everyone. Users can submit a request to include an item on 343 Plz and, provided it meets the criteria, it will be added the following week alongside the weekly thread.
- The 343 Plz list will be on both our wiki as well as the weekly sticky thread. The sticky thread will provide a prominent place on halo to routinely list and discuss these items, as well as suggest new ones.
- Once a topic has been added to 343 Plz, it will be 'retired' from the subreddit until there is either significant news relating to the topic, or if the actual topic is added/changed to the game.
You can also check out the 343 Plz announcement thread here: https://www.reddit.com/halo/comments/ud70v9/introducing_343_plz_a_list_made_from_your_feedback/
How do I submit to 343 Plz?
- Find three recent popular threads talking about your feedback; we're looking for multiple front page threads (300+ upvotes) and/or highly-active discussions (100+ comments) over the past few months
- Submit your idea and the required threads either in this sticky or via this Mod Mail template
- If your idea does not have the required threads, it won't be added; instead, make a standalone post about your topic
What is the point of this weekly thread?
The point of this weekly thread is to organize and sticky popular community feedback for 343, allow discussion of these 'retired' items, and suggest new ideas for 343 Plz.2023.05.29 15:58 deer-at-the-keyboard [F4F Writing M Character] Seeking Literate Partners!
Hi! You can call me Storm! I'm 25+ and the mom of a loud and demanding cat.
I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer (3-4+ paragraphs). I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together.
I only do MxF (with myself in the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along.
Searching For:
If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later.
Favorite Genres:
Fandoms (OCs only)
Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us
Our characters will be 18+. I use discord to write. If we click, I’d be happy to give out that information over PM. Please be detailed if you do send me a message, let me know why you chose to contact me. Seeing only "hey do you wanna rp?" with nothing else is a guaranteed way to turn me off.
I look forward to hearing from you!
(Please don't comment, I only respond to chat messages or DMs)
submitted by deer-at-the-keyboard to Roleplay [link] [comments]
I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer (3-4+ paragraphs). I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together.
I only do MxF (with myself in the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along.
Searching For:
- 21+ partners only
- An excellent grasp of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. Both in character and out of character. (Literate to advanced writers only, please. I'm not looking for newbies)
- Enthusiasm to chat about our character and ship, how to crush them and then gushing over fluffy moments. I love crying over characters and what the heck they’re doing. I want my heart ripped from my chest from angst, then feeling like it’s going to burst from overwhelming cuteness. I want us to love these characters and the world we create. I want to make pinterest boards, spotify playlists, graphics, and toss headcanons back and forth until late at night.
- Have an idea for a scene? Found a picture that inspired you? Send it to me! Be invested when it comes to plotting/worldbuilding. There’s nothing worse than receiving one sentence in reply to two paragraphs of ideas, or having a doormat partner who says “sure” to whatever I ask. Building ideas one on top of the other, watching them snowball into amazing plot threads brings me joy. But having to pull plot ideas like I’m pulling teeth makes me think you’re not interested, and I will lose interest in return. Don't make me carry the entire story.
- While I'd prefer real life face claims, I'd also be open to using realistic art if you're uncomfortable with real life. Though I draw the line at anime/cartoon style art.
If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later.
Favorite Genres:
- Modern Fantasy/Supernatural (Werewolves, shapeshifters, etc)
- Sci-fi
- Romance (No slice of life please)
- Post-apoc
- Mystery
- Gothic/Horror
Fandoms (OCs only)
Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us
Our characters will be 18+. I use discord to write. If we click, I’d be happy to give out that information over PM. Please be detailed if you do send me a message, let me know why you chose to contact me. Seeing only "hey do you wanna rp?" with nothing else is a guaranteed way to turn me off.
I look forward to hearing from you!
(Please don't comment, I only respond to chat messages or DMs)
2023.05.29 15:57 deer-at-the-keyboard [F4F Writing M Character] Seeking Literate Partners!
Hi! You can call me Storm! I'm 25+ and the mom of a loud and demanding cat.
I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer (3-4+ paragraphs). I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together.
I only do MxF (with myself in the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along.
Searching For:
If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later.
Favorite Genres:
Fandoms (OCs only)
Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us
Our characters will be 18+. I use discord to write. If we click, I’d be happy to give out that information over PM. Please be detailed if you do send me a message, let me know why you chose to contact me. Seeing only "hey do you wanna rp?" with nothing else is a guaranteed way to turn me off.
I look forward to hearing from you!
(Please don't comment, I only respond to chat messages or DMs)
submitted by deer-at-the-keyboard to roleplaying [link] [comments]
I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer (3-4+ paragraphs). I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together.
I only do MxF (with myself in the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along.
Searching For:
- 21+ partners only
- An excellent grasp of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. Both in character and out of character. (Literate to advanced writers only, please. I'm not looking for newbies)
- Enthusiasm to chat about our character and ship, how to crush them and then gushing over fluffy moments. I love crying over characters and what the heck they’re doing. I want my heart ripped from my chest from angst, then feeling like it’s going to burst from overwhelming cuteness. I want us to love these characters and the world we create. I want to make pinterest boards, spotify playlists, graphics, and toss headcanons back and forth until late at night.
- Have an idea for a scene? Found a picture that inspired you? Send it to me! Be invested when it comes to plotting/worldbuilding. There’s nothing worse than receiving one sentence in reply to two paragraphs of ideas, or having a doormat partner who says “sure” to whatever I ask. Building ideas one on top of the other, watching them snowball into amazing plot threads brings me joy. But having to pull plot ideas like I’m pulling teeth makes me think you’re not interested, and I will lose interest in return. Don't make me carry the entire story.
- While I'd prefer real life face claims, I'd also be open to using realistic art if you're uncomfortable with real life. Though I draw the line at anime/cartoon style art.
If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later.
Favorite Genres:
- Modern Fantasy/Supernatural (Werewolves, shapeshifters, etc)
- Sci-fi
- Romance (No slice of life please)
- Post-apoc
- Mystery
- Gothic/Horror
Fandoms (OCs only)
Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us
Our characters will be 18+. I use discord to write. If we click, I’d be happy to give out that information over PM. Please be detailed if you do send me a message, let me know why you chose to contact me. Seeing only "hey do you wanna rp?" with nothing else is a guaranteed way to turn me off.
I look forward to hearing from you!
(Please don't comment, I only respond to chat messages or DMs)
2023.05.29 15:57 deer-at-the-keyboard [F4F Writing M Character] Seeking Literate Partners!
Hi! You can call me Storm! I'm 25+ and the mom of a loud and demanding cat.
I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer (3-4+ paragraphs). I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together.
I only do MxF (with myself in the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along.
Searching For:
If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later.
Favorite Genres:
Fandoms (OCs only)
Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us
Our characters will be 18+. I use discord to write. If we click, I’d be happy to give out that information over PM. Please be detailed if you do send me a message, let me know why you chose to contact me. Seeing only "hey do you wanna rp?" with nothing else is a guaranteed way to turn me off.
I look forward to hearing from you!
(Please don't comment, I only respond to chat messages or DMs)
submitted by deer-at-the-keyboard to RoleplayPartnerSearch [link] [comments]
I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer (3-4+ paragraphs). I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together.
I only do MxF (with myself in the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along.
Searching For:
- 21+ partners only
- An excellent grasp of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. Both in character and out of character. (Literate to advanced writers only, please. I'm not looking for newbies)
- Enthusiasm to chat about our character and ship, how to crush them and then gushing over fluffy moments. I love crying over characters and what the heck they’re doing. I want my heart ripped from my chest from angst, then feeling like it’s going to burst from overwhelming cuteness. I want us to love these characters and the world we create. I want to make pinterest boards, spotify playlists, graphics, and toss headcanons back and forth until late at night.
- Have an idea for a scene? Found a picture that inspired you? Send it to me! Be invested when it comes to plotting/worldbuilding. There’s nothing worse than receiving one sentence in reply to two paragraphs of ideas, or having a doormat partner who says “sure” to whatever I ask. Building ideas one on top of the other, watching them snowball into amazing plot threads brings me joy. But having to pull plot ideas like I’m pulling teeth makes me think you’re not interested, and I will lose interest in return. Don't make me carry the entire story.
- While I'd prefer real life face claims, I'd also be open to using realistic art if you're uncomfortable with real life. Though I draw the line at anime/cartoon style art.
If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later.
Favorite Genres:
- Modern Fantasy/Supernatural (Werewolves, shapeshifters, etc)
- Sci-fi
- Romance (No slice of life please)
- Post-apoc
- Mystery
- Gothic/Horror
Fandoms (OCs only)
Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us
Our characters will be 18+. I use discord to write. If we click, I’d be happy to give out that information over PM. Please be detailed if you do send me a message, let me know why you chose to contact me. Seeing only "hey do you wanna rp?" with nothing else is a guaranteed way to turn me off.
I look forward to hearing from you!
(Please don't comment, I only respond to chat messages or DMs)
2023.05.29 15:56 deer-at-the-keyboard [F4F Writing M Character] Seeking Literate Partners!
Hi! You can call me Storm! I'm 25+ and the mom of a loud and demanding cat.
I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer (3-4+ paragraphs). I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together.
I only do MxF (with myself in the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along.
Searching For:
If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later.
Favorite Genres:
Fandoms (OCs only)
Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us
Our characters will be 18+. I use discord to write. If we click, I’d be happy to give out that information over PM. Please be detailed if you do send me a message, let me know why you chose to contact me. Seeing only "hey do you wanna rp?" with nothing else is a guaranteed way to turn me off.
I look forward to hearing from you!
(Please don't comment, I only respond to chat messages or DMs)
submitted by deer-at-the-keyboard to discordroleplay [link] [comments]
I’m a multiple paragraphs/novella style writer (3-4+ paragraphs). I love to write detailed descriptions and delve into a character’s head/emotions as well as surroundings. I compare it to writing a novel together.
I only do MxF (with myself in the female role). I don’t double, but I’m more than happy to write side characters of either gender to help move the story along.
Searching For:
- 21+ partners only
- An excellent grasp of grammar, punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. Both in character and out of character. (Literate to advanced writers only, please. I'm not looking for newbies)
- Enthusiasm to chat about our character and ship, how to crush them and then gushing over fluffy moments. I love crying over characters and what the heck they’re doing. I want my heart ripped from my chest from angst, then feeling like it’s going to burst from overwhelming cuteness. I want us to love these characters and the world we create. I want to make pinterest boards, spotify playlists, graphics, and toss headcanons back and forth until late at night.
- Have an idea for a scene? Found a picture that inspired you? Send it to me! Be invested when it comes to plotting/worldbuilding. There’s nothing worse than receiving one sentence in reply to two paragraphs of ideas, or having a doormat partner who says “sure” to whatever I ask. Building ideas one on top of the other, watching them snowball into amazing plot threads brings me joy. But having to pull plot ideas like I’m pulling teeth makes me think you’re not interested, and I will lose interest in return. Don't make me carry the entire story.
- While I'd prefer real life face claims, I'd also be open to using realistic art if you're uncomfortable with real life. Though I draw the line at anime/cartoon style art.
If you suddenly stop replying ic and ooc, I'll drop the story after 2 attempts of gauging interest spaced a week apart. But feel free to message me if you want to pick the story back up again, even months later.
Favorite Genres:
- Modern Fantasy/Supernatural (Werewolves, shapeshifters, etc)
- Sci-fi
- Romance (No slice of life please)
- Post-apoc
- Mystery
- Gothic/Horror
Fandoms (OCs only)
Star Wars, Stranger Things, Mercy Thompson Series, True Blood, The Last of Us
Our characters will be 18+. I use discord to write. If we click, I’d be happy to give out that information over PM. Please be detailed if you do send me a message, let me know why you chose to contact me. Seeing only "hey do you wanna rp?" with nothing else is a guaranteed way to turn me off.
I look forward to hearing from you!
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2023.05.29 15:55 Gloomy_Albatross3043 Why Red Harlow is the best gunslinger in wild west media
There's a huge debate in the red dead fandom on who is the best gunslinger. Alot always say Arthur morgan, some say rdr1 John marston, and a select few such as myself who say Red Harlow.
Now Arthur Morgan is indeed an amazing gunslinger, his skills presented through out rdr2 is mind-blowing. However I feel that out of the three, he's the least skilled. I think rdr1 John is more skilled than Arthur from rdr2, I'd list why but this post isn't about John, it's about Red.
I'd say this is how I'd order the three in terms of gun skills. 3) Arthur morgan 2) John Marston 1) Red Harlow.
Red Harlow is undoubtedly in my mind the most skilled and dangerous gunslinger in not just the Red dead franchise but western media in general.
The reason why I state such a bold statement is because when you analysis Red Harlows feats in Revolver, you begin to realise how godly he really is as a gunslinger.
First of all, let's talk about Red Harlow when he was just a small child. We see that Reds childhood home was invaded by the men sent from Deigo after making a deal with Nates business partner Griffon, who sold Nate out for his own life. When they surpise attack the home, Young Red Harlow had only just began to practice his shooting with his first ever gun, yet immediately he's thrown into a huge gunfight with no prior training, but despite that Red is just killing all of the men with ease. He had no training with a gun, nor any experience in a gunfight, hell he was a literal child, yet here he is going pop pop pop and making armed men drop. Remember these men are not just dumb outlaws, they were specifically sent by deigo,(a general from the Mexican army) so these men must have had a lifetime of training, only to be shot like flies by a kid who had no training with a gun. Its obvious that Red Harlow was a born to be gunslinger, and it foreshadows his path of becoming the ultimate fighter.
Even when his parents were murdered right infront of him, Young Red went for his father's gun (which was engulfed in flames) without any hesitation or concern for his own safety, and somehow managed to hit Daren with his hand on literal fire. Red Harlow even as a child was so brave and did things that a full grown outlaw couldn't do.
However despite all this praise, Red Harlow was still a child and still needed years of training to become the god of gunslingers that he's known for. Sure enough for the rest of the game, we play Red harlow as a grownup, and instantly we realise how very very skilled and dangerous he is.
Inorder or present all of Red Harlows insane feats, I'm going to make a list of all the batshit impossibility stuff he pulled off in the game. Please keep in mind that all of these events I'm gonna list, all happen within just roughly 2 days of each other, which makes them even more impressive.
First of all, Red Harlow takes on a ruthless gang by himself at Twin Rocks. He had to fight against around 10 armed men, a very impressive feat for just one man. He goes to Widows Patch hoping for some bounty money from the gang he took down, however instead he choses to take down another big and notorious gang that took over widows patch. Red had to take on around 15 armed men in this battle all by himself, again a very impressive feat, especially when you consider that he just took on a gang before this one.
Red then goes on a train to Brimstone, on this train a huge gang attacks the train to rob it. Red has to duel a man before running ontop of the freaking train while killing tons of armed men with ease. He fights of possibly around 60 outlaws all by himself on a moving train all by himself, even more impressive.
At Brimstone Red Harlow then goes off to fight and win against 3 huge gangs with massive prices on their heads, he takes on these 3 very big and dangerous gangs all by himself. For the first one he does bump into Jack Swift who helps alittle for the first gang, but aside from that Red Harlow fights them all alone. While fighting the last gang, he duels and wins against 3 experienced outlaws. He does all of what I've said so far on this list in the exact same day.
That night, Red Harlow causes a big brawl in Brimstone saloon. Red Harlow manages to fight off against huge buff men in the saloon without a scratch on him. Afterwards he then casually takes on another gang of outlaws in the next room, which started by Red dueling one of their men. Again all I've listed so far has happened in the same day.
After Red finds out that it was General Deigo who sent those men to kill him and his parent's, he immediately sets of to take on the entire Mexican army by himself. He attacks a Fort that is guarded by trained solders and wins against a huge wagon that was described by the sheriff as "a fortress on wheels" and he does all this like its nothing. Red did have the drop on him by Daren and was imprisoned in the mine that Deigo owned which was right next to the Fort Deigo. Being freed by his cousin Shadow Wolf, Red immediately manages to escape the mine. By the way, this mine was filled with armed miners, yet he managed to escape and kill most if not all of them.
Immediately after that with his weapons back, he attacks the Fort with Shadow Wolf by his side. Red manages to kill every single armed and trained solider in the Fort, including Daren. And right after that Red went after the Mexican train where he kill tons more of Deigos men and eventually Deigo himself. So let's just pause for a moment. Red Harlow, by himself, has done ALL of what I've said so far in just a day and a half.... what the fuck.
It gets even more crazy when after he kills Deigo, he goes back into Brimstone and signs up for the battle Royal, which is the dueling competition. Red Harlow faces against gunslingers like Mr Kelley, who is actually just as fast as Arthur Morgan. And Red manages to out duel Kelley and win. Please also note that in the book, the Sheriff himself states that "being better than most won't cut it, you have to be the best to win" and Red Harlow was the man who won the duel tournament.
Right after this, Red Harlow with Annie and Jack Swift go after Governor Griffon in his massive white house. This place was armed to the teeth with trained soldiers, and Red just casually kills them all. Red even manages to protect Jack for 2 minutes while he was unlocking the front door, protecting Jack from tons and tons of armed soldiers who are trying to kill Red and Jack.
Ofcourse Red manages to kill everyone and duels the Governor in the end, who is possibly just as fast if not faster than rdr1 John. Red rides off into the sunset with his new scorpion revolver from Griffon, satisfied with his revenge.
Red Harlow, basically all alone in this entire game, managed to do ALL OF THIS SHIT in just 2 days...
Red Harlow possiblely killed hundreds and hundreds of armed men in just 2 days. Red Harlow dueled and won again some of the greatest gunslingers in the franchise, he could kill abunch of men within a second before they could draw leather, he took on the biggest and most dangerous gangs in the series like it was nothing, and he did all of that in 2 days...
Now Arthur Morgans feats and John Marstons feats are very very impressive, however those feats happen within possibly weeks. Red Harlow managed to do so much more in so less time.
Red Harlow has to be the best gunslinger, he just has to be. I'm sorry if this is too long I just wanted to share my opinion on this subject.
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Now Arthur Morgan is indeed an amazing gunslinger, his skills presented through out rdr2 is mind-blowing. However I feel that out of the three, he's the least skilled. I think rdr1 John is more skilled than Arthur from rdr2, I'd list why but this post isn't about John, it's about Red.
I'd say this is how I'd order the three in terms of gun skills. 3) Arthur morgan 2) John Marston 1) Red Harlow.
Red Harlow is undoubtedly in my mind the most skilled and dangerous gunslinger in not just the Red dead franchise but western media in general.
The reason why I state such a bold statement is because when you analysis Red Harlows feats in Revolver, you begin to realise how godly he really is as a gunslinger.
First of all, let's talk about Red Harlow when he was just a small child. We see that Reds childhood home was invaded by the men sent from Deigo after making a deal with Nates business partner Griffon, who sold Nate out for his own life. When they surpise attack the home, Young Red Harlow had only just began to practice his shooting with his first ever gun, yet immediately he's thrown into a huge gunfight with no prior training, but despite that Red is just killing all of the men with ease. He had no training with a gun, nor any experience in a gunfight, hell he was a literal child, yet here he is going pop pop pop and making armed men drop. Remember these men are not just dumb outlaws, they were specifically sent by deigo,(a general from the Mexican army) so these men must have had a lifetime of training, only to be shot like flies by a kid who had no training with a gun. Its obvious that Red Harlow was a born to be gunslinger, and it foreshadows his path of becoming the ultimate fighter.
Even when his parents were murdered right infront of him, Young Red went for his father's gun (which was engulfed in flames) without any hesitation or concern for his own safety, and somehow managed to hit Daren with his hand on literal fire. Red Harlow even as a child was so brave and did things that a full grown outlaw couldn't do.
However despite all this praise, Red Harlow was still a child and still needed years of training to become the god of gunslingers that he's known for. Sure enough for the rest of the game, we play Red harlow as a grownup, and instantly we realise how very very skilled and dangerous he is.
Inorder or present all of Red Harlows insane feats, I'm going to make a list of all the batshit impossibility stuff he pulled off in the game. Please keep in mind that all of these events I'm gonna list, all happen within just roughly 2 days of each other, which makes them even more impressive.
First of all, Red Harlow takes on a ruthless gang by himself at Twin Rocks. He had to fight against around 10 armed men, a very impressive feat for just one man. He goes to Widows Patch hoping for some bounty money from the gang he took down, however instead he choses to take down another big and notorious gang that took over widows patch. Red had to take on around 15 armed men in this battle all by himself, again a very impressive feat, especially when you consider that he just took on a gang before this one.
Red then goes on a train to Brimstone, on this train a huge gang attacks the train to rob it. Red has to duel a man before running ontop of the freaking train while killing tons of armed men with ease. He fights of possibly around 60 outlaws all by himself on a moving train all by himself, even more impressive.
At Brimstone Red Harlow then goes off to fight and win against 3 huge gangs with massive prices on their heads, he takes on these 3 very big and dangerous gangs all by himself. For the first one he does bump into Jack Swift who helps alittle for the first gang, but aside from that Red Harlow fights them all alone. While fighting the last gang, he duels and wins against 3 experienced outlaws. He does all of what I've said so far on this list in the exact same day.
That night, Red Harlow causes a big brawl in Brimstone saloon. Red Harlow manages to fight off against huge buff men in the saloon without a scratch on him. Afterwards he then casually takes on another gang of outlaws in the next room, which started by Red dueling one of their men. Again all I've listed so far has happened in the same day.
After Red finds out that it was General Deigo who sent those men to kill him and his parent's, he immediately sets of to take on the entire Mexican army by himself. He attacks a Fort that is guarded by trained solders and wins against a huge wagon that was described by the sheriff as "a fortress on wheels" and he does all this like its nothing. Red did have the drop on him by Daren and was imprisoned in the mine that Deigo owned which was right next to the Fort Deigo. Being freed by his cousin Shadow Wolf, Red immediately manages to escape the mine. By the way, this mine was filled with armed miners, yet he managed to escape and kill most if not all of them.
Immediately after that with his weapons back, he attacks the Fort with Shadow Wolf by his side. Red manages to kill every single armed and trained solider in the Fort, including Daren. And right after that Red went after the Mexican train where he kill tons more of Deigos men and eventually Deigo himself. So let's just pause for a moment. Red Harlow, by himself, has done ALL of what I've said so far in just a day and a half.... what the fuck.
It gets even more crazy when after he kills Deigo, he goes back into Brimstone and signs up for the battle Royal, which is the dueling competition. Red Harlow faces against gunslingers like Mr Kelley, who is actually just as fast as Arthur Morgan. And Red manages to out duel Kelley and win. Please also note that in the book, the Sheriff himself states that "being better than most won't cut it, you have to be the best to win" and Red Harlow was the man who won the duel tournament.
Right after this, Red Harlow with Annie and Jack Swift go after Governor Griffon in his massive white house. This place was armed to the teeth with trained soldiers, and Red just casually kills them all. Red even manages to protect Jack for 2 minutes while he was unlocking the front door, protecting Jack from tons and tons of armed soldiers who are trying to kill Red and Jack.
Ofcourse Red manages to kill everyone and duels the Governor in the end, who is possibly just as fast if not faster than rdr1 John. Red rides off into the sunset with his new scorpion revolver from Griffon, satisfied with his revenge.
Red Harlow, basically all alone in this entire game, managed to do ALL OF THIS SHIT in just 2 days...
Red Harlow possiblely killed hundreds and hundreds of armed men in just 2 days. Red Harlow dueled and won again some of the greatest gunslingers in the franchise, he could kill abunch of men within a second before they could draw leather, he took on the biggest and most dangerous gangs in the series like it was nothing, and he did all of that in 2 days...
Now Arthur Morgans feats and John Marstons feats are very very impressive, however those feats happen within possibly weeks. Red Harlow managed to do so much more in so less time.
Red Harlow has to be the best gunslinger, he just has to be. I'm sorry if this is too long I just wanted to share my opinion on this subject.