#Blu Arena

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[blusandbirds]

robby's really lucky to have been in the all valley finals with hawk because literally nobody else would've matched his dramatic shirtless freak. if that was miguel up there fighting with him, robby would've just had to have been that One kid who got half naked partway through the fight. miguel would've hung that boy out to dry.

[radio-4-is-static]

ハイパーベンチレイション | RADWIMPS from BACK TO THE LIVE HOUSE TOUR 2023

[oldscoutblog]

"Yo, this is uh, one of tha BLU scouts ere' and I know I know we probably aren't supposed to talk to each other but... Merasmus has been goin' around turning inanimate objects into like freakin' livin' ones! Like just the other day the dispenser wouldn't give me ammo until I said please! Can you believe that crap?! And get this, spy's sapper started crawlin' on the freakin walls!" "Uh anyways I'm just givin you a scout to scout heads up about that, so uh be careful..."

Hey thanks, pal! I’ll remember that as I beat the crap outta ya team with my bat that’s probably alive! It’s real trembly right now… pretty sure it ain’t supposed to be like that-

[cinemedios]

'Dreamworld': Una experiencia de otro mundo

Con el reciente anuncio de su llegada al formato casero nos parece una buena oportunidad para repasar el gran espectáculo que fue la gira más reciente de Pet Shop Boys y que incluso llegó a la pantalla grande.

Con el reciente anuncio de su llegada al formato casero nos parece una buena oportunidad para repasar el gran espectáculo que fue la gira más reciente de Pet Shop Boys y que incluso llegó a la pantalla grande. Reseña musical | ‘Dreamworld’ Desde su sencillo West End Girls, el dúo conformado por Neil Tennant y Chris Lowe ha gozado de una enorme fama a nivel mundial que ha hecho de Pet Shop Boys…

[blumoonfiction-blog]

IRL:(In Real Life) The Clock Arena and Real-Life Labyrinths

In Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins introduces us to a sinister new arena—a giant clock divided into twelve deadly sections, each designed to confuse and ensnare the tributes in a calculated game of life and death. The concept of using time and structure as weapons is both chilling and fascinating, evoking ancient stories and real-world places where people have been trapped, hunted, or manipulated…

[dj-deaf]

R.E.O. Speedwagon - Live at Moondance Jam 2010 (2013) FHD DD 2 DD 6

[dancingontheblades]

The beauty of accidental marriage proposals

Yuuri very likely didn’t intend to propose to Viktor at the airport but his heart knew what it truly desired and twisted his words into a proposal—or rather something akin to a proposal that resulted in a spontaneous engagement.

Let’s unpack this!

Yuuri returns from the Rostelecom Cup with his mind full of things that he needs Viktor to know. While he doesn’t disclose any details, his inner monologue in front of Luzhniki Small Sports Arena gives us a good idea of the things he’s mulling over.

Having convinced himself that Viktor will abandon him after the Grand Prix Final, Yuuri is determined to fulfil the promise he made in his speech in ep. 5 because it’s his final chance to win gold. But even if he doesn’t win gold, there is one thing that he feels he needs to do after having seen his competitors and skating fans react to Viktor becoming a coach at two consecutive competitions.

Regardless of how much Yuuri has profited from Viktor’s support, he is very conscious about the fact that Viktor belongs to the ice. Or at least that is what his anxiety has convinced him of. In Yuuri’s brain, giving up his own career so that Viktor can resume his own is an act of love and the only possible solution for them to stay together.

We never learn about the conclusion of Yuuri’s contemplation, but the next scene’s subtext implies that breaking up with Viktor is not an option. Or, if it was an option, it was off the table once he was back in Viktor’s arms.

Since Yuuri has anxiety, it's safe to assume that he has been overthinking his talk with Viktor over and over during the flight, going through all kinds of scenarios based on Viktor's imagined reaction. After hours on the plane, his brain must have been on the verge of exploding, casting poor Yuuri into a state of total overwhelm. If you have anxiety, you can possibly relate.

However, the moment that he spots Viktor, Yuuri’s mind goes blank and instinct takes over as he runs into Viktor’s arms, and instead of whatever speech he has prepared, he just blurts out the following line:

僕も考えてた。引退まで 僕のこと—　お願いします！ "I've been thinking, too. Please take care of me until I retire!"

The English subs dilute Yuuri’s actual message. In Japanese, he doesn’t use the word coach here. “Please take care of me” is Japanese proposal language. The translators probably didn’t recognise this nuance and sadly, the it is still lost in the Blu-ray version.

However, Viktor correctly recognises the proposal in Yuuri’s words.

Given the information in the previous scene and the illogical ways anxious brains work, Yuuri intended to inform Viktor about his retirement plans and to voice his desire to make the most of the little time he thinks they have left. But that’s not what his heart wants. And since episode 5 we know what it desires:

初めて自分から繋ぎとめたいと思った人、それがヴィクトルです

A more accurate translation of that line is “The first person I want to tie myself to and never let go is Viktor” because 繋ぎとめたい means wanting to tie someone / something to you and never let it go (see this translation error masterpost).

Having made such a passionate declaration, there is no way that Yuuri would want his relationship with Viktor to end, and regardless of whether his anxiety his skyrocketing in the face of the GPF looming ahead, that desire has taken root in his heart and brain. However, his anxiety stops him from proposing properly and turns his addition “until I retire” into a gentle prodding to find out whether he and Viktor are on the same page.

And of course, they are.

And this is all Yuuri has wished for. He’s been anxious since he made up his mind in front of Luzhniki Small Sports Arena. Only when Viktor recognises the proposal and responds with a yes in the same fashion as Yuuri has phrased his request, he can relax.

To wrap this up

Absence nurtures desire, and in this case, the time apart has shown Yuuri and Viktor how much they want to be by each other’s side. Because he missed Viktor so desperately, Yuuri’s heart wins over his anxiety for once and enables him to tell Viktor his deepest desire. By recognising said desire, Viktor is able to accept the proposal and the two are now officially engaged. And that’s yet another beautiful aspect about this show.

Unfortunately, Viktor didn’t catch the part about the retirement, which will result in him thinking that Yuuri wants to break up when Yuuri announces his retirement plans in Barcelona. On the other hand, knowing that Viktor wants to stay by his side forever is a huge relief for Yuuri and allows him to enter the GPF without any emotional baggage.

Bonus: look at that cute tiny smile right between Viktor saying yes and the second hug.

For further readings related to this please check out:

Japanese dating culture in YOI

Unwrapping "Let's end this"

On Yuuri's top-secret love life

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I have a couple of small announcements. Nothing too big. Just some new fandoms (yes, now of all times) and some alternative places to find me in case this hellsite goes to shite.

The new fandoms to start: Spartacus (I don't know what I was thinking but here we are. I am still awaiting the blu rays for all but the last season, Gods of the Arena should arrive today, the first and second of the main series are due on Thursday). Still in the Roman era, I have also acquired Those About to Die. I have downloaded and am preparing to rewatch Peaky Blinders. But if you have any requests now, send me an episode number as well. I also now have Die Kaiserin/The Empress. I am still trying to get SAS Rogue Heros, but at this point I'm just going to wait for the blu rays to be a little bit cheaper.

I still have need to rewatch The Wheel of Time including season 3, but rest assured I am working on it. I have also decided to watch Black Sails and Dune: Prophecy. Other than those there are a couple of movies, but I'll get there when I get there. You'll know when I've watched all of those when I start reblogging gifs 😂😂😂

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Jeuno: The First Walk - Addendum

Cause I can't fucking leave well enough alone, here's some other BS from the raid.

WEAPONSKILLS AND SKILLCHAINS

I wish I'd mentioned this in the last post, but AA Galka creates skill chains during his main attack.

The short version is that you could chain weapon skills (and even things like BLU spells or SMN blood pacts) with proper timing to create a Skill chain. That skill chain did some extra damage and then mages had a short window to cast a spell of the right element to do a Magic Burst for even more damage.

So first he uses Meikyo Shisui, which was the original SAM 2-hour. It gave you max TP (which is 3000), and then for a short time makes all weapon skills only use 1000 TP instead of all the TP you have. So in practical terms, it let you do multiple weapon skills in a row.

Next he uses three Great Katana weapon skills in succession: Tachi: Yukikaze, Tachi: Gekko, and Tachi: Kasha. Yukikaze makes the alternating ice fields, Gekko makes the "look-away", and Kasha makes the expanding circle AoE. (None of these really match what they did in FFXI, though Yukikaze was ice-themed and caused blind).

Further, Tachi: Yukikaze + Tachi: Gekko creates a Fragmentation skill chain. So that's likely the conal AoE mechanic.

Following Fragmentation with Tachi: Kasha's Fusion property creates a Light skill chain, which is likely the donut AoE.

THE OTHER PARTY IN BOYAHDA TREE

If you look around while fighting the trash mobs in the Boyahda Tree section, you'll see a group of three adventurers walking around: A Hume, a Mithra, and an Elvaan. (You'll find them in the Jeuno area after the raid too.) They're looking for Aquarius, and when they see the alliance is already fighting it, they leave.

In FFXI, once you started fighting something, players outside your party/alliance couldn't attack it. You could Call for Help, and then anyone could help kill it. But the monster would give no experience points and wouldn't drop anything.

RIDILL

Hey look, it's Ridill.

I'd heard about this showing up, but only recently remembered to look for it.

Ridill is a rare sword that can drop from Fafnir. Though in this case he seems to be guarding it, as he doesn't have to be dead for it to appear. (I'm also not yet sure if it always appears.)

TU'LIA

There's a third note on the ground that I hadn't noticed before my last post. It talks about fighting Byakko and "hoping the pants drop." That's about the Byakko's Haidate that could drop from that NM.

Also, I'm pretty sure that this part of the map is the south eastern part of Ru'Aun Gardens. The place you go to fight the Ark Angels should be the arena for Ark Angel Galka (each AA had its own arena for fighting it solo. You could do the "all 5 at once" fight in any of them). And one of the floating islands you pass on the way is where you'd go to fight Seiryu.

Bakool Ja Ja says "there's something about that tower". I don't know if the tower itself has a name, but inside it is the Shrine of Ru'Avitau.

[singemall-stayallnight]

How the West Was Won - Live album by Led Zeppelin

From Discogs:

Rear of slipcase states: "While I was searching for visual and audio material for the Led Zeppelin DVD I re-discovered these 1972 performances from the 25th June, L.A. Forum and 27th June, Long Beach Arena. This is Led Zeppelin at its best and an illustration of how The West Was Won."

-Jimmy Page, London, March 2003

From Wikipedia:

"How the West Was Won is a live triple album by the English rock group Led Zeppelin, released by Atlantic Records on compact disc on 27 May 2003, DVD-Audio on 7 October 2003 and Blu-ray audio in 2018. The recordings are taken from two 1972 performances in California during their tour of North America: L.A. Forum and Long Beach Arena.

"Guitarist Jimmy Page considers Led Zeppelin at this point to have been at their artistic peak, as is mentioned in the album's liner notes and in an interview he gave to The Times newspaper in 2010."

Here's the relevant excerpt from the interview mentioned above:

"Any standout gigs when you look back on Zeppelin?"

"I think what we did on [the CD release] How the West was Won — that 1972 gig — is pretty much a testament of how good it was. It would have been nice to have had a little more visual recordings, but there you go. That’s the conundrum of Led Zeppelin!"

Immigrant Song (Long Beach Arena) Heartbreaker (Long Beach Arena) Black Dog (L.A. Forum) Over The Hills And Far Away (L.A. Forum) Since I've Been Loving You (Long Beach Arena) Stairway To Heaven (Long Beach Arena) Going To California (Long Beach Arena) That's The Way (L.A. Forum) Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp (Long Beach Arena) Dazed And Confused (L.A. Forum) What Is And What Should Never Be (Long Beach Arena) Dancing Days (Long Beach Arena) Moby Dick (L.A. Forum) Whole Lotta Love (L.A. Forum) Rock And Roll (Long Beach Arena) The Ocean (L.A. Forum) Bring It On Home (L.A. Forum)

[rhapsodynew]

#classic rock news

#new music

A book with memorable graphics of legendary bands. It is being prepared for publication.

Only 500 copies – such a limited edition will be released the book “Rock Visions: Rock 'N' Roll Graphics From The Print Age”, which is a collection of memorable artifacts of twelve famous rock bands and performers of our time. In this list: Alice Cooper, David Bowie, Elton John, BAD COMPANY, JOURNEY, KISS, LED ZEPPELIN, PINK FLOYD, QUEEN, THE ROLLING STONES, STEVE MILLER BAND and THE WHO.

The book presents their graphic legacy – from original tour programs, backstage passes and concert tickets to T-shirts, posters and record covers.

🌧 It's time for November Rain. November will delight us with a lot of good music. Courtesy of UCR News

November 1st

• The Cure – Songs of a Lost World ❤️

• Elvis Costello – King of America and Other Realms (6CD box)

• T. Rex – Bolan Boogie: The Best of T. Rex (2CDs or 2LPs)

• Todd Rundgren – Arena

Warren Haynes [Allman Brothers Band] – Million Voices Whisper

• Weezer – Weezer (The Blue Album): 30th Anniversary Edition (3CD set) ❤️

November 8

• Beach Boys – The Beach Boys' Christmas Album

• Hawkwind – Doremi Fasol Latido (multiple format reissue, including 3CD/2Blu-ray deluxe box)

• Neil Young – On the Beach

• Paul Carrack [Squeeze / Mike + the Mechanics] – How Long Has This Been Going On?

• Pete Townshend [The Who] and Rachel Fuller – The Seeker ❤️

• Rick Wakeman – Yessonata

• Steve Perry [Journey] – The Season 3 ❤️

• Talking Heads, Talking Heads: 77 ( 3CD/Blu-ray или 4LP

• Widespread Panic – Hailbound Queen

15th of November

• Black Keys – Ohio Players (flying double act)

• Bryan Adams – Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2024 (3CD/1 bLue-ray box)

• Burton Cummings [Guess Who] – Some good moments

• Don Henley – Creating the Perfect Beast (original 40th Anniversary vinyl edition)

• George Harrison – Life in the Material World (original edition of the 50th anniversary vinyl record)

• Iron Maiden – The Mighty Slave (original edition of the vinyl record with zotrope for the 40th anniversary)

John Cale [Velvet Underground] – "The Academy is in Danger"; Paris, 1919: Luxury Remastered Edition (VP)

• Linkin Park – From Scratch ❤

November 22nd

• Allman Brothers Band – Final concert on 10/28/14 (3 CD sets) ❤️

• The Beatles – American albums of 1964 in mono format

• Kan–Kan lives in Kiel, 1977

Chicago, I live at 55

• Don Henley – I Can't Stand Still; Cass County (Multi-voice editions)

• The Doors – The Doors 1967-1971 (box of 6£) ❤️

• Judas Priest – Rock and Roll: the anniversary edition for the 50th anniversary (in English) ❤️

• Motley Crue – Dr. Feel Good: Deluxe edition for the 35th anniversary of the group (set of 3 CD) ❤️

• Neil Young – On the Beach (opposite)

• "Smashing Pumpkins" – Aghori Mhori Mei (VP)

• Marilyn Manson – "One Murder under God" ❤️

U2 – How to Disassemble an Atomic Bomb: 20th Anniversary reissue (CD; limited edition super deluxe 5CD or 8LP box; cassette); How to Disassemble an atomic Bomb: Re-assembly edition (extended digital edition)

• Van Zant [Lynyrd Skynyrd/.38 Special] – Always look up ❤

November 29th

• Eric Clapton – Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 (4CD/2 bLue-ray set) ❤️

• John Wetton – Concentus: The John Wetton Live Collection, Volume 1 (10CD box)

• Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes – Concert at the Capitol Theater, Passaic, New Jersey - December 30, 1978 (series of 3 albums, including yellow marbled edition; Sovenoman Zandt)

• Status Quo - The Path to Glory (reissue in summary, including a limited section of "Autographed Vinyl Records")

• War - CD Collection 1977-1994 (set of 4 CDs)

• Wilco – Hot Sun Cool Shroud ("Cold Sun")

🤘 New U2 track

The song "Happiness" was written during the session for the Irish rockers' 2004 album "How to Disassemble an atomic Bomb" and was included in the new album "How to assemble an atomic Bomb again" along with the Wound inspired songs "Rural Mile" and "Your Photo (X + W)"

The upcoming album will include new, previously unreleased songs found in the session archives of the original album. It will be released on November 22 in the room with the main version of "How to disassemble an atomic Bomb"

Tool Group announces the first ever all-inclusive "Live In The Sand" festival featuring Primus, Mastodon and others

Festification and Tool are pleased to announce the holding of the first ever "Tool Live In The Sand" festival at the luxurious five-star Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and Royalton Resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from March 7-9, 2025. "Tool Live In The Sand" will bring Tool fans from all over the world to the island

At this unique event, which will be headlined by Tool. There will be two nights featuring some of the most iconic and influential rock bands in the world, including Primus, Mastodon, Eagles Of Death Metal and Coheed And Cambria. The stars also include King's X, Fishbone, Wheel, Cky, Moonwalker, and longtime Tool collaborators Alex Gray and Allison Gray join as special guests.

Scorpions announce a concert in honor of the band's 60th anniversary in their hometown with Judas Priest

The legends of German hard rock Scorpions will celebrate their 60th anniversary on stage with a big concert in their hometown

The "60th Anniversary — Homecoming" event will take place on July 5, 2025 at the Heinz von Heiden Arena in Hanover and will include performances by special guests, including Judas Priest

Recall that as part of the celebration of their 60th anniversary, the legends of German rock will also visit Las Vegas

THE NEW CONCERT ALBUM TEARS FOR FEARS

Songs for a Nervous Planet is a live album that includes four new studio tracks, as well as live recordings by Tears For Fears during the tour and in their best moments. The album includes live versions of such hits as "Shout", "Head Over Heels", "Everybody Wants To Rule The World", "Mad World" and others. Covering all periods of the band's existence from The Hurting to The Tipping Point and beyond, this album will take you on an incomparable sonic journey, which is the Tears For Fears concert and their career to date

[metalcultbrigade]

On December 10th, 2007, Led Zeppelin took the stage at London’s O2 Arena to headline a tribute concert for dear friend and Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.

What followed was a two-hour-plus tour de force of the band’s signature blues-infused rock ’n’ roll that instantly became part of the legend of Led Zeppelin.

Founding members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were joined by Jason Bonham, the son of their late drummer John Bonham, to perform 17 songs from their celebrated catalog including landmark tracks "Whole Lotta Love," "Rock And Roll," "Kashmir," and "Stairway To Heaven."

A film of the show, "Celebration Day, is available on DVD and Blu-ray and includes the entire concert in HD video and in 5.1, 48/24 hi-resolution audio surround sound.

"Celebration Day" is an incredible document of the now legendary concert, which has been described as possibly the greatest rock and roll concert ever.

The two hour feature length film is presented in beautiful high definition video, and stunning audio quality.

The aspect ratio is 16x9. The film is directed by Dick Carruthers who had previously worked with Led Zeppelin on their award winning 2003 release "DVD" - a release that remains one of the highest selling music DVD's of all time.

The "Celebration Day" film is already critically acclaimed and the DVD & Blu-ray releases are certain to become consistently high selling titles in the Led Zeppelin catalog.

A bonus DVD in the deluxe versions features the dress rehearsal at Shepperton Studios, filmed a few days before the O2 concert. The rehearsal is filmed in SD and recorded in stereo.

[radio-4-is-static]

25コ目の染色体 | RADWIMPS

忘れてた泣き方 でも 今ここにある何か 目を閉じても零れそうな気がして

I will die for you, and I will live for you I will die for you, there is nothing more that I could really say to you

[cinemedios]

Todo sobre la edición en Blu-ray y CD de 'Dreamworld' de Pet Shop Boys

‘Dreamworld’ es uno de los shows más aplaudidos de lo que va de la década, la siempre vigente música del dúo Pet Shop Boys volvió a maravillarnos en 2023 durante su gira y ahora podremos revivir este grandioso show en la comodidad de nuestro hogar. A lo largo de 2023 el dúo británico de synthpop Pet Shop Boys se embarcó en una nueva gira mundial que llevó por nombre ‘Dreamworld: The Greatest Hits…

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tf2 map concept:

- Attack/Defend map with only one point to cap, with RED defending and BLU attacking, obviously. If BLU caps the point, BLU wins.

- RED spawns with easy access to an arena, which has the point in the center.

- BLU spawns in an area where they can launch themselves onto a giant pinball table like a pinball.

- Players on BLU must navigate their way around the giant pinball table, with giant bumpers, spin gates, targets, etc and enter exit ports, which take them to the arena.

- Going through certain difficult-to-get-to ports will grant them buffs, or spawn them in an advantageous spot in the arena.