#ONE UI 2.5

[roseband]

ppl complaining about the new legally blonde prequel coming out didn't seem to get the movie cause elle WAS interesting and smart from the get go????

"i have a 4.0...." "but in fashion merchandising"

girlie's got a business related degree from the beginning, even if it's a "frivolous" thing

i think u rlly missed the main idea?

[starrblossom12]

Wild Life Session 5 Summary

Below the cut are major spoilers (the wildcard, deaths, ect.) and a lot of text; you have been warned,

Wild Card: Trivia Robot!

Lightning - that only you can see and hear - will strike when your trivia robot is summoned. You have (5 hard/4 medium/3 easy) minutes -starting when you read the question - to answer a multiple choice trivia question about the Life Series, 3 lvls of difficultly (easy has 3 options, medium has 4 options, hard has 5 options) + you CANNOT type in chat when you have a quiz. Time remaining is displayed on a UI after you look at the question. If the robot is unable to path to its intended target to ask the question I believe it will teleport to them... but not AFTER the question has been asked so there was a good amount of robot hiding and heists.

Each player is asked around 5-6 questions throughout the session, in intervals of around ~30 minutes

Correct = rewards you can't get elsewhere similar to succeeding a SL task (NOTE: Rewards can ONLY be picked up by the one who answered the question)

Fail = bad things spawn a mob OR negative effect:

Run out of time = VHSnail will spawn and hunt you down until your next question, 70% speed + no linked breath meter

*compiled question and list of rewards//effects at the bottom of post

Note:Cherri states that the quiz was compiled by cocoabats, cherrifire, lew, applestruda, zera hopepetal, xmaruu and hoffen; this makes so much sense. A lot of the questions are very based in fandom knowledge... (and there's a lot on Martyn and Ren specifically, lmao) and I would be very confused and slightly spooked if Grian wrote all these questions (especially after viewing his Session 5 episode)...

Chronological Record of Deaths:

(number in parentheses are lives left after the death//kill)

ZombieCleo(4) was smashed by Mumbo(2) 

Bigb (3), Jimmy (2) and Martyn(2) all fall from a high place simultaneously… from a Ravager from incorrect Trivia from Martyn... they all ran off? like the lemming myth... only Ren escaped

Joel(4) was smashed by Tango(2)

Lizzie(4) gets blown up by a Creeper from Skizz(2), tag teamed//stolen from Martyn who trapped her in cobweb

BigB(2) gets lava bucketed blown up by a Creeper from Skizz(2) in his remaining bloodlust from the Lizzie kill (attacking Bigb is technically against the rules here)

Scar(2) gets snailed by VHSnail spawned by Mumbo & Grian burying his Triviabot

Cleo(3) gets blown up… after being led away by Gem, into a TnT trap by Scar(3)

Scott(4), Cleo(2) and Impulse(2) GET END CRYSTAL TRIPLE KILLED BY MARTYN(3)

Pearl(1) blows up herself AND Martyn(2) w/ an end crystal

Gem(4) was blown up by a Creeper by Martyn(3) while being distracted by Mumbo

Joel(3) was blown up by a Creeper by Tango(3)... again

Jimmy(1) gets snailed by VHSnail, spawned by Impulse hiding his Triviabot

Mumbo(1) falls from a high place... after excitedly following a TnT mine cart he launched at max acceleration... off a cliff

Mumbo(0) blew up... *Tango threw a wind charge did that explode the TnT?... it's hard to tell if its that or Mumbo just walking into the cart

Scott(4) is kill by a "pufferish of peace sacrifice" by Pearl(2)

Total Kill Count: 20 

Wild Card(7) : Ravager(3), Mace(2), VHSnail(2), 

Player Explosions(10) : TnT(1), Creeper(4), End Crystal(5)

*Self-inflicted(3): Fall Dmg(1), Explosion(1), Sacrifice//Pufferfish(1)

Lives at End of Session:

(number in parentheses is lives at start of session)

4: Lizzie(5), Gem(5)

3: Bdubs(3) , Etho(3), Scar(3), Grian(3), Martyn(3), Ren(3), Joel(5), Tango(1), Scott(5)

2: Bigb(4), Impulse(3), Skizz(1), Cleo(5), Pearl(2)

1: Jimmy(3)

0: Mumbo(1)

Sorted by alliance (average ignoring eliminations: total lives):

The Fast & Furious Family(3.5:7): Gem(4), Joel(3)

Tuff Guys(3:9): Bdubs(3), Etho(3), Tango(3)

Renwood Mound(3:6): Ren(3), Martyn(3)

BAMboozlers(2.67:8): Lizzie(4), Scar(3), Jimmy(1)

Sub-one Spanners(2.5:5): Grian(3), Skizz(2), Mumbo(0)

GGGG//The Final Girls(2.25:9): Scott(3), Pearl(2), Impulse(2), Cleo(2)

Solo(2:2): BigB(2)

Chronological Deaths by Player:

Gem(5->4): Exploded down by 3 hearts by Mumbo and finished off by Martyn w/ a creeper while distracted 

Lizzie(5->4): Death caused by Martyn trapping her in cobweb + Skizz placing a creeper

Unchanged: Bdubs(3), Etho(3), Grian(3), Ren(3)

Scar(3->2->3): Killed by VHSnail, cause by Grian and Mumbo -> Kills Cleo w/ a TnT trap w/ the help of Gem

Martyn(3->2->3->2->3): Trivia ravagered -> Gets triple kill on the GGGG's w/ and end crystal -> gets blown up by Pearl w/ an end crystal -> Creeper kills Gem while Mumbo accidentally distracted her

Joel(5->3): Gets Maced by Tango -> gets Creeper killed by Tango

Tango(1->3): Mace kills Joel -> gets a Creeper kill on Joel

Scott(5->3): Exploded by Martyn w/ an End crystal -> Strategic pufferish sacrifice to Pearl

Bigb(4->2): Trivia ravagered -> Skizz creeper

Impulse(3->2): Exploded by Martyn w/ an End crystal

Skizz(1->2): Skizz creeper kills Lizzie

Cleo(5->2): Maced by Mumbo -> Exploded by Martyn w/ an End crystal -> Exploded by Scar, led by Gem

Pearl(2->1->2): Exploded self w/ End crystal getting revenge on Martyn -> Scott did his thing, pufferfish style

Jimmy(3->1): Trivia ravagered -> snailed while trying to kill Scott, robot hidden by Impulse

Mumbo(1->2->0): Kills Cleo w/ a mace -> Falls from a high place -> Blew up

Trivia Questions

correct answer is in always in green incorrect chosen or suggested is in red. The answer the Player chose matches the color and is in bold.

(number before name is the number of the question the player received: the person who is asked the Trivia is in parentheses): green if answered correctly and red if incorrectly ex: #1, Lizzie means Lizzie answered her first Trivia question correct

[names in square brackets are those who helped//hindered by giving correct and incorrect answers to the one being asked the trivia, appended + if given on purpose//trying to help and - if meant to mislead, "~" if I do not know intent, names after the ";" are those who agree w/ the one giving the answer]

ex: -Martyn means Martyn was trying to get someone to guess incorrectly, but accidentally advocated for the right answer +Bdubs means Bdubs genuinely thought that he was giving the correct answer, but he was was accidentally promoting the wrong choice

*assumed all effects//mobs last for 30 minutes; until a new Triviabot is dropped

There seems to be an common item pool consisting of, though the amount varies by question difficulty: 

Rewards: Common: Diamonds, Golden Apples, Golden Carrots, Cobwebs, TnT, Ender Pearls, Powered Rails, Obsidian + End Crystals, Pufferfish, Creeper Eggs, Cobwebs, Skulk Sensors, Wind Charges Rare: Tridents, Netherite Armor, Two? Use Mace (Hard only?) Enchantments: Health Boost, Speed, Haste, Regeneration, Fire Resistance, Resistance, Saturation, Strength

Punishments: BIG Curse, Robot//Theremin Voice, Infested, Hunger 3, Ice Physics, Curse of Binding Leather Armor, Spawn a Ravager, Ultra Hardcore//7.5 Hearts & No Regeneration (Hard only?)

Actually Tailored: (This one is for you Jimmy)

If I had a nickel for every Life series Jimmy has won, how many nickels would I have? (#1 Jimmy, ...begrudgingly)

A: zero which really means nothing B: one which isn't a lot but at least it's something C: two which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice

Easy:

What item was stolen from the front of BigB's 3rd Life base? (#5 Joel: 32 cobwebs, 4 creeper+ hpBoost 1, Haste2, Spd2) [+Jimmy, asked for reassurance] A: Giant cookie B: Enchanter C: Doors

Of these pairs, who got married in 3rd Life? (#2 Ren: ...asks Martyn casually "Martyn? Were we married? Did we get married?": pufferfish, TnT) [+Scott; Martyn, Cleo, citing Flower Husbands] A: Jimmy & Scott B: Etho & Bdubs C: Ren & Martyn

In 3rd Life, who declared "Red winter is coming!" when they turned red? (#4 BigB) [+Etho;Cleo, debated a little if it was Ren or Martyn] A: Martyn B: Ren C: Skizz

What did the Southlanders say when using a spyglass in Last Life? (#4 Cleo, instant, glad to have an Easy question for once) A: Oho! B: Aha! C: Hee-hee!

The Three G's are an alliance consisting of Cleo, Scott & Pearl, in which season did this alliance form? (#5 Skizz, ran outta time = snail) [+Scar&Martyn try to help Skizz catch up, no avail] [Note: Skizz's Triviabot was abducted by gremlin Tango and boated around for 5 mins] A: Limited Life B: Last Life C: Double Life

Where was the enchanter located originally in Double Life? (#4 Mumbo: Binding Leather Armor) [+Grian... how did you get this wrong you placed it there, right!?] A: Spawn B: Mangrove forest C: Ancient City

Who was Bdubs' soulmate in Double Life? (#4 Grian, had to reason it out...) [+Scar] A: Ren B: Etho C: Impulse

In what season did Scar take care of Jellie Pandas? (#3 Jimmy) [+Joel; Scott] A: Double Life B: Secret Life C: Last Life

What was the name of Etho and Joel's base in Double Life? (#2 BigB, instant, "It was definitely the Relation-ship. Yep, 100%: I know those two,": 16 Wind charges, 2 pearls, 2 TnT + Haste1, Spd1,FireRes1) A: The Big Barge B: The Relation-ship C: The Pirate-ship

What was the name of Pearl's dog in Double Life? (#5 Gem: iron, ender pearls, creeper eggs) [+Joel, citing "Tilly death do we part"] A: Millie B: Tilly C: Billy

Who was Pearl's Soulmate in Double Life? (#5 Bdubs: 2 diamond?, 2 Pearls, 5 Carrot + FireRes1, Spd1, Haste1) [+Scott; Scar +Etho, Cleo(think it might be some kinda trick question)] A: Cleo B: Scott C: Martyn

What did Tango name his and Jimmy's Warden in Double Life? (#4 Scott) [+Cleo; +Tango] A: Rancher's Wrath B: Rancher's Revenge C: Rancher's Bodyguard D: It didn't have a name

Which pair was out first in Double Life? (#1 Ren) [+Martyn, citing canary curse//Jimmy celebrating breaking it in SL as logical reasoning... hah] A: Joel & Etho B: Grian & Scar C: Jimmy & Tango

What did Scott and Martyn call themselves in Limited Life? (#5 Lizzie) [+Gem; Pearl, scarlet Pearl then questions why she helped Lizzie] A: H2-bros B: LGB-SEA C: Mean Gills

What season is Team TIES from? (#1 Grian: BIG curse) A: Secret Life B: Last Life C: Limited Life

Who was Etho's favorite son in Limited Life? (#5 Ren, thinks it may be "he didn't play favortites" b/c Etho is Canadian) [+Martyn, went and asked Etho for Ren] A: Scar B: Bdubs C: He didn't play favorites

In Limited Life, which player went AFK for a whole session because they were sick? (#5 Etho) [+Impulse, in before they both start to overthink it as the answer processes] A: Pearl B: Grian C: Cleo

What happened when you failed a hard task in Secret Life? (#2 Pearl: 5 diamonds, 4 pearls, 3 TnT + hpBoost1, Spd2, Haste2) [+Cleo; Martyn] A: You got killed B: You lost 10 hearts C: Nothing happened

What was the name of Gem, Impulse and Scott's band? (#5 Grian, knew team name, wasn't sure if that meant the band name) [+Gem;Bdubs, Gem immediately laments that she didn't think to lie to Grian... parallels w/ Pearl] A: Cherryblossoms B: Gem and the Scotts C: Gem and the Boys

Why was Bdubs' house upside down in Secret Life? (#4 Scar: Trident + Golden Apple) A: He wanted to try something new B: It was an inside joke with his team C: It was his task

In Secret Life, who failed the 100-block-high water bucket clutch? (#4 Gem, instant) A: Martyn B:Joel C: Grian

Which two mobs fought against each other for a task in Secret Life? (#1 Scott, instant) [+Cleo] A: Wither vs. Ender Dragon B: Warden vs. Wither C: Wither vs. Guardian

Which of these was NOT a Life Series Season? (Martyn) [+Ren, tangental but Mumbo also thought there was a series called Second Life] A: Limited Life B: Second Life C: Real Life

Who won Real Life? (#1 Impulse, instant) [+Cleo;Pearl;Scott] A: Cleo B: Pearl C: Scott

Where did Grian and Mumbo hide their diamonds in Last Life?(Unused//Unrecorded) A: Right here! B: In an enderchest C: In a hidden chest below Mumbo's bunker

Medium:

Who had a wolf pack in 3rd Life? (#2 Bdubs: 24 powered rail, 4 pearls, loyalty 1 trident + spd2, hpBoost1,FireRes2) [+Impulse;Tango, they forgot Pearl wasn't in 3rd Life] A: Pearl B: Joel C: Grian D: Scar

What block was Etho's swamp fortress primarily made out of in 3rd Life? (Ren, instant, they both remember it burning) [+Martyn] A: Spruce B: Dark Oak C: Leaves D: Wool

Who pranked the other players with light grey stained glass in 3rd Life? (#3 Bdubs: 8 diamonds, 6 creeper eggs + saturation1, spd3, fireRes3) [+Gem; +Etho, the "Yes (laughs) you had to ask!?" comment, hahahha ] A: Bdubs B: Tango C: Impulse D: Etho

Why did Ren begin wearing a crown in 3rd Life? (#2 Lizzie: time ran out b/c Skizz hid the Triviabot, snail timeee) [-Martyn] A: He got it in a cereal box B: He carried it over from Hermitcraft C: To make Dogwarts into a kingdom D: To show off his MCC win

In 3rd Life how did Martyn kill Ren to turn him red? (#6 Mumbo) [+Grian: cited fanart is drawn w/ axes; +Scar, wrong then right] A: TnT B: Sword C: Axe D: Shoved him off cliff

Who was referred to as the "Red King" in Third Life? (#3 Scott, instant) [+Cleo] A: Scar B: Bdubs C: Martyn D: Ren

Who was the first ever Boogeyman in the Life Series? (#2 Gem, went to check and asked Bdubs and Etho first of all people... Etho"This guyy," points at Bdubs) [+Etho;Bdubs;Scott] A: Etho B: Bdubs C: Grian D: Scott

BigB has an alternate ego that he uses throughout the series. What is his name? (#3 Lizzie, instant, citing Last Life: 35 iron, 5 golden apples, 3 drowned spawn eggs? + spd2, hpBoost1, FireRes2) A: Jerry B: Berry C: Terry D: Cherry

Who betrayed Cleo in Last Life? (#4 Skizz, instant: trident) A: Lizzie B: BigB C: Ren D: Scott

Who was the "S" in team BEST? (#3 BigB: 1 end crystal, enchanted trident + Spd3, FireRes3, Res1) [+Skizz, right after Skizz pulls BigB aside to apologize for wrongly killing him in bloodlust... are we SURE THESE AREN'T TAILORED?!] A: Scott B: Scar C: Skizz D: Sgrian

Who were the wizards in Last Life? (#1 Lizzie:33 wind charges, 10 golden carrots + spd2, FireRes2,hpBoost1) [+Scar, Lizzie knew Scar just confirmed it] A: Lizzie & Joel B: Bdubs & Etho C: Scott & Pearl D: Scar & Joel

Which one of these HASN'T been a feature in Bdubs' skin during the Life Series? (#4 Joel, asked while standing right next to GIANT BDUBS, lmao: 16 cobwebs, 4 pearls, 10 golden carrots + FireRes2, Haste2, Spd2) [+Bdubs] A: A golden tooth B: A black eye C: A missing tooth D: A red bandana

What was the name of Scott & Pearl's base in Last Life? (#1 Joel, of course he knows... he was there so often... trying to kill them... failing: Loyalty1 Trident, 32 Wind Charges, 1 Skulk Sensor + Haste2, hpBoost1, FireRes2) A: Home Sweet Home B:The Mosscottage C: The Scottage D: Scotttagecore

What season did Skizz NOT participate in? (#5 Jimmy: Netherite Helmet... that he can't use..., 8 ender pearls) [+Lizzie;Joel, reasoned out by not thinking of who Skizz was soul bound with] A: Secret Life B: Limited Life C: Double Life D: Last Life

How was the Double Life warden killed? (#1 Tango, instant, we sure these aren't tailored questions? lmao: 48 wind charges, 4 golden apples, 7 TnT + Strength3,FireRes3,Spd3) A: Fishing rod B: Bow & arrow C: Axe D: Sword

Which goat horn type did Jimmy & Tango have in Double Life? (#3 Scar: Infested) [Etho didn't know; Grian offered a trade to help but Scar already answered wrong] A: Dream B: Ponder C: Seek D: Sing

What did Scar and Pearl use to hurt their soulmates in Double Life? (#1 Skizz, this Triviabot gave away Skizz's hiding spot... that everyone knew about... Grian and Mumbo even made a fish bet on the way up the mountain about how Skizz would be failing at hiding: 7 diamonds, 2 skulk sensors, 6 creeper eggs + Spd3,hpBoost2, FireRes3) [+Pearl, after bargaining, -Scar, attempt to get enchanter from Skizz] A: Lava B: Gravel/Sand C: Powder snow D: Drowning

How many times did Skizz die in the first episode of Limited Life? (#1 Martyn, he would've guessed right: Ravager -> 3 deaths) [+Ren, thought it was high: like 5+] A: 3 B: 2 C: 4 D: 5

Which team blew up Bread Bridge in Limited Life (#3 Mumbo) [+Tango; Skizz, Tango citing how proud Etho was to blow it up "Bread Bridge is gone!"; Martyn... Grian didn't know "This is MY Series! Why don't I know the answer! I WAS Bread Bridge!!"] A: TIES B: Mean Gills C: Nosey neighbors D: Clockers

Who threw a birthday party in Limited Life? (#4 Bdubs, instantly knew a party was thown for Martyn but not who threw it... also Martyn: BIG curse) [-Martyn, (lying) it was definitely Scott: you know how social he is] A: Jimmy B: Joel C: Scott D: Martyn

In Limited Life Pearl & Bigb decorated their tower with the face of what animal? (#3 Gem: cobwebs, golden apples, creeper eggs) [+Joel] A: Sheep B: Wolves C: Cats D: Frogs

What was the name of Pearl's cat in Limited Life? (#4 Etho: 32 wind charges, sensor, 4 creeper + fireRes, HpBoost2, spd2) [+Bigb; -Martyn, Ren: Martyn didn't know he was right and Ren just jumped on the bit even though he wasnt in Limited Life] A: Hoppy B: Froggy C: Tilly D: Jumpy

What was the colour of Skizz's underwear in Limited Life? (#2 Jimmy: Hunger3) [+Joel; ?Tango] A: Red B: Yellow C: Green D: White w/ Hearts

When did Gem make her first appearance in the Life Series? (#5 Bigb, trick question, cameo->curse of binding leather) A: Real Life B: Secret Life C: Limited Life D: Wild Life

Who was the first to fail a task in Secret Life? (#3 Grian) [+Skizz, reasoned out via process of elimination;having 2/4 answers on his team almost thought it was Mumbo; Mumbo insists it wasn't him] A: Skizz B: Jimmy C: Mumbo D: Scar

Which players weren't present for the trapdoor sleepover in Secret Life? (#3 Pearl, knew it was at least Etho instantly-> did good math w/ Scott's information: 24 Pwred rails, video cuts off + haste2,hp boost1,fireRes2) [+Scott, knew it was at least Martyn instantly] A: Martyn & Etho B: Etho & Tango C: Martyn & Grian D: Grian & Etho

Who opened the End portal in Secret Life? (Pearl: Robot Voice) [-Gem, kept fact she knew the answer a secret; +Joel] A: Bdubs B: Gem C: Impulse D: Pearl

Who killed the Ender Dragon in Secret Life? (#5 Mumbo, gets this question right after Bdubs & Tango storm up the stairs to ask why their base got blown up) [+Bdubs; Grian... he actually knew this one instantly] A: Pearl B: Bdubs C: Impulse D: Scott

What was the name of Scar's base in Secret Life? (#5 Cleo, instant: another trident, clicked the right answer but said the wrong one) A: Saloon Scar B: Scar's Emporium C: Scar's Outpost D: Trader Scar's

What was Lizzie's base in Secret Life? (#6 Bdubs: 35 iron, 10? ender pearls, 5 TnT + Haste2, HpBoost1, Spd2) [+Scar, Bdubs remarks: see I instantly trusted you and was rewarded, after seeing Scar sulk about being untrusted about his answers] A: Giant watermelon B: Giant apple C: Giant peach D: Giant pumpkin

On what mob did Pearl and Gem ride around together? (#2 Mumbo: Robot Voice) [+Scar, no one trusts Scar, -Martyn but why do you trust Martyn? Martyn starts evil villian laughing after Mumbo answers wrong] A: Horse B: Skeleton horse C: Pig D: Camel

Between Bdubs, Impulse, Tango and Scott, who was out first during Tag in Secret Life? (#3 Joel: Ice Physics) [+Etho, says Impulse -> realizes it was actually Tango a few seconds too late] A: Impulse B: Bdubs C: Scott D: Tango

Who did Mumbo compete against to have the biggest tower in Secret Life? (#4 Tango: Robot Voice) [+Bdubs, probably got confused because Pearl was helping Mumbo his... "tower"; +Scar] A: Grian B: Joel C: Gem D: Pearl 

Who started the zombie curse in Secret Life episode 7? (#4 Martyn: iron, golden apples, TnT) [+Scar; Skizz, +Grian, I thought it was Cleo?!] A: Martyn B: Gem C: Bdubs D: Cleo

What was the name of Grian's Magma cube? (#2 Skizz: 36 powered rails, 2 pufferfish, 8 TnT + Res1,Haste3,hpBoost2) [+Scar, instant; +Grian, delayed] A: Etho's Dishwasher B: Etho's Fridge C: Etho's Oven D: Etho's Microwave

What was the cause of Lizzie's final death in Secret Life? (#6 Impulse) [Etho didn't know; +Gem] A: Enderman B: Drowning C: Falling into the void D: Fall damage

Who won "You Bet Your Life" in Last Life? (Unused//Unrecorded)A: Cleo B:Joel C: Scott D: Lizzie

Who built the Ghast farm in Last Life?(Unused//Unrecorded) A: Grian and Mumbo B: Impulse and Mumbo C: Impulse and Tango D: Etho and Grian

Hard:

Which player started the first ever Raid in the Life Series? (#2 Tango: 48 powered rails, 8 pearls, 12 TnT + Res1, Haste4, hpBoost3) [+Bdubs, guessed] A: Impulse B: Tango C: Grian D: Martyn E: Scar

Which player makes it their goal to go to the Nether in the first session of every season? (#1 Bdubs, instantly knew the answer: 3 golden apples, 2-hit mace-> given to Tango+ strength4, saturation2, regen1) A: Pearl B: Etho C: Martyn D: Bdubs' horse E: Scott

Who stole Scar's llama "Pizza" in 3rd Life? (#6 Etho, INSTANT, citing "it's the reason I'm afraid of Cleo nowadays") A: Ren B: Cleo C: Jimmy D: Martyn E: Grian

When Scar turned red in 3rd Life, he gave Grian two types of flowers as a peace offering. What were these flowers? (#3 Martyn, End crystal exploded by Pearl while asking for her help) [+Ren getting Scar, "Oh (laughs lowly) I know this question" proceeds to go into detail about his SL redlife skin... mmhmmm... hmmmm] A: Lilac & Poppy B: Lily of the Valley & Tulip C: Roses Bush & Alliums D: Dandelions & Blue Orchids E: Sunflowers & Oxeye Daisies

In 3rd Life, Scar used a Clock to convince Bdubs to eliminate Impulse. Where did he get it? (#1 BigB: 15 Golden Carrots, 2 Skulk Sensors, 36 Powered Rails+FireRes3, Sat1,Haste3) [+Impulse, instant, the irony... it still hurts him... Bigb was lucky Impulse was there to answer] A: Cleo gave it to him B: Impulse dropped it C: He crafted it himself D: Found it in a chest E: Bdubs dropped it

In 3rd Life, Impulse showed off a trick to find which ore? (#3 Ren, the swamp thing right?) [+Martyn; Cleo] A: Emerald B: Iron C: Lapis D: Ancient Debris E: Diamonds

What was the name of Scar's bee in 3rd Life? (#1 Mumbo: Mace, 8 Pearls, 48 Powered Rails+Haste4,FireRes4,Strength4) [+Grian;Skizz, Educated guess, -Scar attempts to make a trade offer, the Spanners end up guessing and get it correct] A: Mr. Bubbles B: Mr. Pepperoni C: Mr. Balloon D: Mr. Yoda E: Mr. Bee

Out of these 3rd Life quotes, which one was NOT said by Scar? (#2 Scott answered//guessed while under siege by yellow Jimmy & Martyn: Ravager spawn) A: Skizz I want all your clothes B: Yes, we are pants swappers C: Everyone always worries about me being pants-less D: I'm naked and come in peace E: Grian, watch out, we're taking our pants off

Who burned down Jimmy and Scott's wall in 3rd Life? (#2 Cleo: Ultra Hardcore) [+Skizz; -Joel] || (#6 Scar: Iron, 6 Pearls, 8 TnT+ FireRes3, Regen1, Res1) [+Joel] || (#6 Bigb) [+Jimmy, Scar] A: Jimmy B: Joel C: Tango D: Martyn E: Scar

Which player lost all of their lives in one session in 3rd Life? (#2 Etho: 10 diamonds, 3 apples, 8 creepers + sat2, fireRes4, haste4) [-Martyn, was totally guessing, accidentally got it right] A: Tango B: Grian C: Joel D: BigB E: Scar

Which of these was NOT a house of Dogwarts? (#2 Impulse) [+Ren; Martyn... this question was HARD, both genuinely tried their best to remember but could only make an educated guess] A: Rose Thorn B: Cluckle Cluck C: Crimson Wart D: Carrotyn E: Enderport

Which of these did Mumbo use to get a boogey kill in Last Life? (#3 Etho, we sure these aren't tailored?: 48 cobwebs, 7 pearls, 12? carrots + hpBoost2, res1, haste3) [+Bdubs, Tango, they ALL remember the triple boogeyman event... and the aftermath] A: TnT B: Sword C: Fire charge D: End crystal E: Bow & arrow

What was the name of Skizz's dog in Last Life (#1 Cleo: 48 cobwebs, 2 sensors, loyalty 1 trident + Regen1, FireRes3, HpBoost2) [+Impulse, cleo was very lucky Impulse was there this question is evil] A: Kevin Refrigerator Malone Bubbles Mad-Eye Jimmy Dugan B: Kevin Malone Jimmy Bubbles Refrigerator Mad-Eye Dugan C: Kevin Mad-Eye Malone Jimmy Refrigerator Bubbles Dugan D: Kevin Bubbles Malone Refrigerator Jimmy Mad-Eye Dugan E: I ain't reading all that

In Last Life, Lizzie had 3 wolves. Identify one of the two incorrect names here. (#3 Impulse) [~Martyn, citing: "Yeah, 100%, Lizzie wouldn't say gas: she's not American"] A: Dragon B: Taxes C: Gas-Prices D: Troll E: Ogre

Who said this quote? "You know, I've always had a thing for red names, bad boys..."? (#1 Etho, knew the answer after thinking for a second: 7 diamonds, 15 golden carrots, 3 golden apples + hpBoost2, res1, spd3) A: Ren B: Scar C: Lizzie D: Jimmy E: Martyn

Who said this quote? "Do me a favor? Die for me." (#2 Joel, instant answer... somehow still gets Mace smashed by Tango while answering, lmao, he has a comment on Evil Anvil's LL song: 48 cobwebs, 2 pufferfish, 1 sensor, 5 creeper eggs + regen1, hpBoost2, Haste3) A: Joel B: Cleo C: Scar D: Ren E: Pearl

What base did Cleo burn down in Last Life session 5 as an act of revenge? (#4 Jimmy, time ran out b/c Impulse hid his Trivia bot, Jimmy blew up the GGGG's walls in retaliation but still ended up w/ a VHSnail) [+Pearl;Cleo, Jimmy is like all I know is it is NOT the Fairy Fort because you were with them right? -> Cleo and Pearl... oh Jimmy, no... those were the only people Cleo was annoyed with that session] A: Magical Mountain B: Scottage C: Snow Fort D: The Southlands E: The Fairy Fort

Which player had the fewest deaths in Last Life? (#2 Grian, unable to remember Tim started on 2 lives and NEVER truly got any extra lives: Binding Leather Armor-> gets it off early by breaking it w/ fire dmg) [-BigB, on purpose misleads being wishy washy about the lives he started on] A: Martyn B: Etho C: BigB D: Jimmy E: Scott

What did Ren do with the Wither Star in Last Life? (#2 Scar, ran outta time b/c Mumbo & Grian buried his Triviabot: VHSnail spawned) [+?Unable to tell if Ren forgot he made a beacon?] A: Gave it to an ally B: Forgot about it in a random chest C: Crafted a beacon D: Hung it up on a wall in his base E: Used it as a good-luck charm

Who was Grian's "Secret Soulmate" in Double Life? (#1 Scar, instant, we CERTAIN these aren't tailored?) A: Pearl B: Ren C: BigB D: Etho E: Martyn

Which soulmate pair invited a hoard of zombies to the pool party in Double Life? (#5 Scar: Ultra Hardcore) [+Bdubs, thought it was himself and Impulse b/c it was their pool, realizes the wording of the question after the fact] A: Ren & Bigb B: Etho & Joel C: Scar & Grian D: Tango & Jimmy E: Impulse & Bdubs

In Double Life, Tango brought a Warden to the surface to kill two specific players. Who were they? (#6 Joel: 7 wind charges, 2 pufferfish, 15 golden carrots + spd2, haste2, hpBoost1) [+Scar]  A: Scott & Pearl B: Scar & Grian C: Etho & Joel D: Impulse & Bdubs E: Martyn & Cleo

What did Martyn hand over to Pearl when she asked for Tilly in Limited Life? (#3 Skizz, instant) A: Rotten flesh A: A cat C: Her bones D: Her ashes E: A new wolf

What was the name of the Ravager that killed Jimmy in Limited Life? (#3 Tango, thought "Grian" initially but double checked w/ Grian: 7 diamonds, 1 end crystal, 6 creepers + Spd3, Regen1, Haste3) [+Grian ,+Scar] A: Bad Boys Big Bad Dog B: Grian C: The Curse D: Boogeyman E: Sunday Driver

What pet did Mumbo try to drown in Secret Life? (#3 Cleo, overthought their answer b/c of Bigb: Infested) [+Scott, +BigB; Pearl] A: Etho's warden B: Pearl's dog C: Bdubs' horse D: Grian's magma cube E: Scar's camel

How did Gem lose her eye in Secret Life? (#5 Impulse: Robot Voice) [+Scott, Gem's two allies during Secret Lifer.. almost guessed correctly on first impressions] A: She didn't lose an eye B: A skeleton shot her C: She lost it to the End portal D: There was no lore, she just did it for fun E: The boogeyman curse

Which lyrics of "All Star" by Smash Mouth did Joel NOT say as part of a Secret Life? (#4 Lizzie: ran outta time... again, due to meddling on Pearl's part) [+Joel] A: I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed B: I need to get myself away from this place C: So much to do, so much to see D: My world's on fire, how about yours? E: I could use a little fuel myself

In Secret Life, who was the only player to show up to Lizzie's slumber party? (#4 Ren... two seconds after answering Impulse & Scott say wait I think Joel showed up: Ultra Hardcore) [?Gem; +Martyn; Impulse] A: Joel B: Pearl C: Cleo D: Gem E: No one showed up

Who killed Lizzie while she was invisible on a skeleton horse in Secret Life? (#5 Scott, instant) || (Pearl: Cobwebs, 2 End Crystals, Mace + Res1, Regen1, HpBoost3) [+Scott, Pearl gets this question after Scott got it right] A: She killed herself B: A mob killed her C: Joel D: Jimmy E: Martyn

In every single season he's participated in so far, Mumbo has died after which player? (#1 Pearl: 7 Diamonds, 6 Pearls, 15 Golden Carrots + Spd 3, Regen 1, Hp Boost 2) [+Cleo; BigB, Scott: haHA, THEY ALL ANSWER CORRECTLY BEFORE PEARL FINISHES READING OFF THE CHOICES] A: Tango B: Lizzie C: Skizz D: Grian E: Jimmy

Why did Cleo turn into a human in Secret Life? (#2 Martyn: Hunger 3, kind of a fitting punishment) [+Bigb, ?Mumbo] A: She survived the Zombie Apocalypse B: It was for her task C: She didn't turn into a human D: Someone subbed in for her E: She was given a weakness potion and a golden apple

What was Mumbo's ultimate weapon to stop a red name in Secret Life? (#1 Gem, instant, didn't even read type instant) A: Act like a red name B: A giant redstone machine C: Fence post D: Run, cry and scream, in that specific order E: Ask for mercy

Which player appeared the tallest in the April Fools episode Real Life? (#4 Impulse, instant) [+Cleo, instant; Pearl; Bigb] A: Impulse B: Jimmy C: Pearl D: Bigb E: Skizz

In Limited Life, Jimmy had a frog which was killed by Pearl. What was its name?(Unused//Unrecorded) A: Leonardo da Vinci B: Froggy C: Judge Judy And Executioner D: Bubbles The Frog E: Froggy D Luffy

Quiz Grades per Player

Ok the formating here is a little confusing, the inner color is the difficulty and the outer the result ex:(3rdL) means the first question was a medium difficulty about Third Life that was answered correctly (DL) would mean the forth question was a easy difficulty about answered incorrectly (G) means the second question ran out of time and was a general question

If there is a name listeed the result is a direct consequence of the other person, [in square brackets is the Trivia topic]

BAMboozlers: [9/16](4/4)(3/6)(2/6)(4)

Lizzie (3/5):(1/1)(2/3)(0/1)(2) |LL[Name Magic Mountain Wizard])->|3rdL[Reason for Ren's Crown]: Skizz)->|LL[Who's Terry])->|SL[Joel's "All Star" Task]: Pearl, Joel)->|LimL[Name the Mean Gills]:Gem+Pearl)

Jimmy(3/5): (2/2)(1/2)(0/1)(1) |[If I had a nickel...])->|LimL[Skizz's Underwear]: +Joel, Tango, Hunger3)->|(DL[Who had Jellie Pandas]: +Joel)->|LL[Fairy Fort Fire]: Impulse)-> |*DL[Season w/o Skizz?]: +Lizzie, Joel) *This Trivia doesn't appear in Jimmy's episode

Scar(3/6): (1/1)(0/1)(2/4)(1) |DL["Secret Soulmates..."])->|LL[Wither Star Fate]: Grian, Mumbo)->|DL[Ranchers Horn Name]: Infested)->|SL[Bdubs' Upside-down House])->|DL[Zombies in the Pool]: +Bdubs, Ultimate Hardcore)->|3rdL[Burnt Wall]: +Joel)

Wins the award for the most VHSnails from being antagonized by The Spanners and "chaotic" half of GGGG. Scar got very unlucky in his questions, in that those who should theoretically know the answer did not and he got all the Trivia I would consider closest to "trick questions"

GGGG: [16/21] (5/5)(4/5)(7/11)

Pearl (4/5): (1/1)(1/2)(2/2) |LL&SL[Who is the Canary's Miner?]:GGGG+BigB)->|SL[Hard Task Penalty])->|SL[Trapdoor Sleepover Absentees]:Scott)-*->|SL[Who Opened the End?]: -Gem, Robot Voice)->|SL[Invisible Lizzie]: Scott, Mace) *Based on potion effects (Regen1, Haste2, FireRes3) it looks like Pearl got a medium or hard difficulty question correct off camera here bringing her estimated score to (5/6) blame Gem

Scott(4/5): (2/2)(1/1)(1/2) |SL[Wither vs. Warden])->|3rdL[Scar's PG Quotes]: Ravager)->|3rd[Name the "Red King"])->(DL[Name Rancher's Revenge]: +Cleo)->|SL[Invisible Lizzie])

Impulse(5/6): (1/1)(1/1)(3/4) |RL[Name Winner])->|3rdL[Houses of Dogwarts]: Ren+Martyn)->|LL[Dragon, Ogre & Taxes]:Martyn)->|RL[Tallest in Real Life])->|SL[Gem's Ender Eye Lore]:+Scott, Robot Voice)->|SL[Lizzie's Last Death]: Gem)

Cleo(3/5): (1/1)(1/1)(1/3) |LL[Skizz's Dog Name]: Impulse)->|3rdL[Burnt Wall]: -Joel, Ultimate Hardcore)->|SL[Mumbo's Impossible Task]: ?BigB, Infested)->|LL[AHA!])->|SL[Name Trader Scar's])

An impressive result given the specific hard questions thrown at this group... it makes sense they missed some of them, also Pearl got asked almost exclusively about Secret Life.

Impulse was actually really helped by Martyn and not on accident like with Etho... at least I think.

"Solo BigB"

BigB (5/6): (2/2)(1/2)(2/2) |3rdL[Orgin of the Betrayal Clock]:Impulse)->|DL[Name the Relation-ship])->|LL[The "S" IN BEST]:+Skizz)->|3rdL[Who Said Red Winter]:Etho+Cleo)->|LimL[Gem First Appearance]: Cursed Leather Armor)->|3rdL[Burnt Wall]:Scar)

Sub-One Spanners: [11/16](2/5)(7/8)(2/3)(1)

Skizz(4/5): (0/1)(3/3)(1/1)(1) |DL[Soulmate Harming Methods]:+Pearl, -Scar)->|SL[Name Etho's Dishwasher]:+Grian +Scar)->|LimL[Tilly's Ashes]: Mace)->|LL[BigB Betrayal])-> |LL[Series of the 3G's]: Tango)

Mumbo(4/6): (0/1)(3/4)(1/1) |3rdL[Name Mr. Bubbles]: Grian, Skizz)->|SL[Murder Camel]: -Martyn, +Scar: Robot Voice)->|LimL[Bread Bridge Destruction Crew]: + Tango; Skizz)->|DL[Enchanter Location]: +Grian, Leather Armor)-> |SL[End Dragon Slayer]+Bdubs; Grian)->|3rdL[The Hand's Weapon] +Grian)

Grian(3/5): (2/3)(1/1)(0/1) |LimL[Season of TIES]: BIG Curse)->|LL[Least Deaths]: -BigB, Leather Armor)->|SL[First Failed Task]: Skizz)->|DL[Name Bdubs' Soulmate])->(SL[Name Gem & the Scotts]: + Gem;Bdubs)

It's quite simple really, the questions you call easy are actually rather difficult that is all there is to it. Please give this group more difficult and intellectually stimulating questions that yield better rewards (so that they may stop embarrassing themselves by failing at the simple stuff) Grian can end up getting to the right answer after a little but is just as prone to forgetting or misremembering, Skizz is rather good at the Trivia but keeps getting stumped by the Double Life questions or ones he wasn't there for... Mumbo... didn't answer a single question without asking someone else for their answer; only 2/6 of his Trivia were from seasons Mumbo was in.

The Fast & Furious Family:[10/11](3/3)(4/5)(3/3)

Gem(5/5): (2/2)(2/2)(1/1) |SL[Mumbo's Fence])->(LL[First Boogey Ever] +Etho;Bdubs)->|LimL[Neighboor Frogs]: +Joel)->|SL[Joel Fails Bucket Clutch])->|DL[Name Tilly]: + Joel)

Joel(5/6): (1/1)(2/3)(2/2) |LL1[Name Scottage])->|LL["Do me a favor?"])->|SL[First out of Tag]: +Etho, Ice Physics)->|G[Bdubs' Life Skin]: +Bdubs)->(3rdL[Bigb's Cookie]: +Jimmy)->|DL[Reason for Rancher's Revenge]: +Scar)

Gem got really lucky with who she asked for answers and when Joel was around to help. When the answer had to do w/ Secret Life Gem instantly answered, Joel got a lotta questions right for himself and others... and a choice few wrong, one on purpose...

Gem did the same to Pearl as Joel did to Cleo, surely this will have no consequences.

Tuff Guys: [14/16](2/2)(5/7)(7/7)

Etho(6/6): (1/1)(1/1)(4/4) |LL["I like red names... bad boys"])->|3rdL[Who Lost All Lives in One Session?] ~Martyn)->|LL[Mumbo's Boogey Weapon]: +Bdubs;Tango)->|LimL[Name Pearl's Cat]: +Bigb; ~Martyn, Ren)->|LimL[Grian AFK]: +Impulse)->|3rdL[Who stole "pizza"?])

Bdubs(5/6): (1/1)(3/4)(1/1) |G[Martyn Nether Magnet]: Mace given to Tango)->|3rdL[Etho & Light Grey Glass])->|3rdL[Joel's Wolves])->|LimL4[Martyn b-day]: BIG Curse: -Martyn)->|DL[Name Pearl's Soulmate])->|SL[Lizzie's Base Name]: +Scar)

Tango(3/4): (/)(1/2)(2/2) |DL[What Killed the Warden])->|[PillagerRaid]: +Bdubs)->|LimL["Grian" the Ravager]: +Grian)->|SL[Mumbos "tower" Competitor]: +Bdubs, +Scar, Robot Voice)

Bdubs' has very good guesses, Etho managed to get questions that he knew the answers to or had a really good idea for. It is just Bdubs got messed w/ by Martyn, who -funnily enough- was very helpful for Etho getting questions right. Tango only showed 4 questions, probably focusing his video on the two kills he got on Joel

Renwood Mound: [7/10](4/4)(1/1)(2/5)

Ren(4/5): (3/3)(/)(1/2) |DL[Who out first?]: +Martyn)->|3rdL[Are we Married?])->|3rdL[Impulse Swamp Ore Dowsing]: +Marytyn;Impulse;Cleo)->|SL[Lizzie's Lonely Party]: Gem; +Martyn; Impulse, Ultra Hardcore)->|LimL[Etho's favorite son]: Martyn asks Etho for Ren)

Martyn(3/5): (1/1)(1/1)(1/3) |LimL[Skizz's 1st Session Deaths]: Spawn a Ravager)-> |SL[Human Cleo?]: Hunger 3)-> |3rdL[Dessert Duo Flowers]: Ren asks Scar for Martyn)->|SL[Who Started the Boogey Apocalypse?]: +Scar;Skizz)->|G[Second Life?! New Series Confirmed?])

Easy question were easy and Hard ones Hard, similar to the GGGG's actually. Funny enough these two almost had reverse difficulty, where Martyns questions started out hard and ended easy and almost vice verse for Ren.

It was really funny to see those who took time to deliberate over their answer (ex: Grian, Bdubs) vs. those who over thought their answer (ex: Etho, Impulse) vs. those who just sent-it instantly w/ the first suggestion or intuition (ex:Scar, Martyn <- unless Ren was there?)

Events of Note//Misc. Comments

Lemmings 2.0: Martyn, Jimmy & BigB feat. Ravager

Robot Theremin Pearl, Tango and Impulse all beeping at everyone and eachothher had me in stitches.

Mumbo and Pearl attempting to put Gem in lava while she has Fire Resistance is hilarious

Tuff Guys started w/ 3 separate bases//towers, BUT one got burned down by Scar and the other exploded... I think all three are going to end up moviing into Etho's copper one... if it survives. An attempt was made to stay apart, it is still being attempted.

Etho killing Bdubs' horse outta spite//fast horse envy is hilarious

Tango embracing his inner gremlin and successfully killing Joel twice + being an absolute menace to Skizz again

Scar comes up w/ the code word "catdog" in chat if there is need for help in trivia -> Lizzie uses it a good amount (not sure how since you can't text in chat once Trivia is open, maybe if you type when it is dropping from the sky "like Mary Poppins" as soon as you see//hear lighting it would work?

Lizzie saved from dying by the quick regen from suspicious stew. Also I think Gem and Joel have somehow convinced themselves that Lizzie is on 5 lives and not 4, or more likely they missed her earlier death to Skizz (In Wildlife: only Skizz has killed Lizzie, only Tango has killed Joel, only snails have killed Scar... with no snail wildcard is Scar immortal? hah)

Lizzie needs help managing these two and their snail kryptonite, they are so good a lot of things BUT... Scar and Jimmy cannot survive vs. snails for the life of themselves: it requires patience and spacial awareness... and is boring, tedious and easy yet deadly to forget... you see the issue here.

Maces one-shot one durability wonders: Pearl got a mace right before the session ended for some shenanigans next session, I think Tango still has one? The one Mumbo got is now in Scars hands. Does Skizz still have his?

BigB getting "cured" of being a creaking last session like it was just some seasonal flu is hilarious, meanwhile Scott is leaning more into it... well as much as Scott skins do, w/ a vine in the hair and eyes on his back. The dichotomy is funny.

Scott trying to convince himself as much as his team to not do the Scott thing(tm)... but its such a good strategic play to do so: erases the target from his back + takes pearl off red and makes it so she doesn't have to kill 1/2 remaining dark greens to live... he ends up sacrificing himself again, lmao

Cleo getting into their love for arson by burning Gem's barn in retaliation for being luring into a trap... it gives Cleo so much serotonin to watch the world burn. Also Scott joins in the arson and chaos by burning Ren and Martyn's treehouse... stick things, and just deciding to enable his teams chaos... You know that one meme w/ Cleo & Scott holding gremlin Impulse & Pearl on a leash? Then Cleo joined the gremlins... now, I think they are unleashed, (I think it's always been that way, some are just better at practicing restraint than others)

Etho promising eternal loyalty to the GGGG's for a trident of all things... channeling the sad dog//wet cat energy. Also BigB weaving in and outta good favor w/ the GGGG's while building rapport w/ Renwood mound, and Ren trying to recruit Lizzie and remaining in fear of Pearl. Grian and Scar having a complicated relationship(tm). Gem and Pearl and their drama for the sake of Gem wanting drama. Tango being a menace to Joel & Skizz, Etho to Scar (and vice verse) Bdubs? Not sure actually, I think he's been trying to play it safe after loosing 3 lives to snails.

Impulse channeling that nervous and perpetually suspicious (he himself and of others) vibe this entire season b/c he's been burned by betrayal so much is a mood. In fact the entirety of the GGGG's and their trust issues and stance on betrayal being those who betray the least but are betrayed the most... ah the narrative is satisfying either way it goes

Grian is actually fairly bad at Trivia, Scar is pretty good but not infallible but either way not a lotta people trust him, Martyn's answers you should take w/ an ocean of salt (unless you are Ren or he sounds unsure)+ like... he doesn't know the answer most of the time but is VERY good at sounding like he knows the answer and often wants to get it wrong for the other, Gem (she got all of them right) and Mumbo got a lot right for not being in a lotta session due to good question luck and others helping

Renwood mound turned to the kiddy pool -attempting to rebrand to the Paddle Pals- after burning down and is that much safer for it... also Ren found his schrödingers horse. Also both of them going out to get answers for the other is so funny.

When Mumbo goes out Pearl, Gem and Scar all instantly OptiFine zoom-in on Grian in his tower: Pearl mention he looks like he's standing there in "stunned silence", Gem says "Grian is definitely grieving - right now" and Scar says "Oh he's crying in his tower like Rapunzel, look at his little blond hair. Awwww look at his little head he's moving around all sad-like"

rest in peace mustache man, you be missed dearly

[ebonysplendor]

Symptoms of Deceit (Demo) Review 🐙

TL;DR: We've all encountered fake people. You know, those people who pretend to be something or someone they aren't. But what makes Thaumo's situation so different...? Why can't he just be himself? Oh, because he's psycho. Right. Okay, fair point.

Game Link: https://strawberrysquid0.itch.io/symptoms-of-deceit

Notable Features: Two Yandere LIs, Self-Insert, Custom Pronouns, (slight) UI Customization, (minor) Backstory choice, Multiple Endings Spiciness: 2.5/5 -- Gets a little suggestive at one point...but not enough, and you're damn right I'm anticipating that in the future LI Red Flags: 3/5 -- Gaslighting, murder, stalking, nonconsensual stuff (two pretty light instances), your typical yandere stuff, ya know?

Wanna know more? Well, let's get into it!

You know when you've been out of the flow of doing something for so long, and you lowkey forget how to do the thing...? Not gonna lie, kind've going through that right now lmao. Like, when I tell y'all that, when I went off of memory, I could not for the life of me figure out why that little intro before the actual intro part did not flow right, and I totally skipped over the features, spiciness, and red flags. Lmaoooo I need to get back on my shit. Not to mention, I really like doing these and want to get back in the swing of things

ANYWAYS. This isn't about that; this is about this. This game that is. That's what I meant by "this", in case that wasn't clear...my bad...okay, anyways, getting back on track lmao

I honestly don't have much for the intro because, as typical, it's more suited for the review portion, but let me just say...it's pretty damned promising, and I have a temporary spiked interest in mimic octopuses...octopi?....octopuses; it'll make sense later, I swear, but let me just say this.

MIMIC OCTOPI...octopuses?...ARE SO DAMNED COOL? Like, it's quite literally what it sounds like. It mimics the behaviors of other marine animals, and damn do they mimic a lot of those things! They can mimic jellyfish, sea snakes, crabs, flatfish, shrimp, sealions, gah damned seaweed, fucking sea sponges-- like apparently it is a lot, and they are damned cool, man. I love these things. We stan the thaumoctopus mimicus -- lmao just remember that long, scientifically correct word; that was literally intentional, not just a random name drop.

But enough of that, because you know what has my interest more? This game, and I am excited to tell you about it. So, as per the usual, I will tell you as much about the game as possible without ruining the game itself, and trust me, you're gonna wanna play...but this also may be a bit hard to make spoiler friendly. We're gonna thug it out, and make it work, though!

So, enough yappin'. Let's get into it.

So boom.

It's the end of the day, and we're trying to kill the last bit of time that we have left before we go home. If you work yourself, then you know that I'm talking about that weird ass "It's too late to start working on something (nor do I want to) but I still have like a smooth 8 minutes before I clock out". That being said, we do the only logical thing and scroll on social media for a bit. We're in the middle of reading a post/news article, when this pops up:

I'll explain the article somewhat later, but just stick with me for a second and focus on the notif. We look up and--

Well hello, handsome! Ain't no way we're just working with someone this fine. His name is Nalis, by the by, and I'm gonna get back on track now lol.

So, we exchange a little bit of small talk before one of our other co-workers come up and pretty much yanks him away for some more work. Now, the thing about this is, the co-worker was acting pretty out of character. Like, she was just in a pretty ill mood...but then her personality totally flipped when she was talking to us, and Nalis just shoots us this look like "...the hell is going on with her?". But it's like whatever, because Nalis and her are part of the epidemiology team at our work, and we just figured that the stress was just starting to get to her due to the building cases.

Anyways, with our interaction with Nalis cut short, we clock out and head on home. While walking into the building, though, we run into this adorable, blushing mess of a man

Remember that long ass scientifically correct word I gave you? Thaumoctopus mimicus? Everyone, this is Thaumo. Thaumo, this is everyone. See? Told you it'd matter later lol.

Anyways, as expected, we get locked into some small talk, and Thaumo takes the plunge and asks for our number under the guise of "neighbors looking out for each other". ...Yeah, no, naur, that's all right.

We make it quick, shut him down, text the bae friendo, and go in for the night. The next day rolls around, we mess with Nalis for a bit, and...something quite curious happens.

Remember our co-worker that was acting weird yesterday? Well, she comes in, and we check in with her about yesterday, and she just--

Wha--? The fuck you mean, you didn't see him...?

Now, this wouldn't be an issue if she was scatterbrained or something, but she isn't in the slightest. Even when she's tired, she has a damned solid memory and would've definitely remembered something like that, so her simply forgetting is not likely or even probable. Something is very clearly off, but we're not entirely sure of why yet and before we can question it more, she leaves to go to her sector of the building.

Some hours of doing work later, it's around lunch time. We didn't bring our lunch today, so we sit for a moment to figure out what we're gonna do, but Nalis comes around the corner just in time. We make eye contact, but he doesn't really say much, and he looks...different somehow. We brush it off though and ask what he's doing about lunch and if it's cool if we can join him and...

Oof...okay, maybe not.

Despite this though, he fixes his face and tells us it's cool and invites us to go to the vending machine with him. Even still though, he's acting really weird. Like, he's being kind've withdrawn, he's being lowkey insulting, he's spewing all this weird shit about ethics and death, and his whole vibe is just extremely off. It's so bad that we don't even feel comfortable let alone safe with him being around us. I think he lowkey picks up on it though because then he's all "Just pretend that this conversation didn't happen", and it's just, lol what?

But bump it, we bail. We leave him in there, and thankfully, he gave us an exit to do so.

More time goes by, and the phone starts blowing up about some new hire. Well, let me rephrase that. Not a new hire, but someone that's pretty much going to be making sure that we're using the money that their company is giving us to good use and, wouldn't you know it--

That very individual is Thaumo, and he's going to be hanging out with us throughout this whole ordeal. Granted, this isn't entirely bad because the things that Nalis and his team do are extremely confidential, and we're quite literally left out of everything, so it's lowkey nice knowing someone else isn't going to have the full picture about what's going on either. Speaking of Nalis...

The asshole popped up at our desk a few hours later. Of course, we're not as happy to be around him, and he's trying to pry about why. This lowkey pisses us off because he's taking that whole "This conversation didn't happen" shit too literal, and it's like, bro, be fucking for real right now; this shit is not cool. Like, don't gaslight me and act like you weren't acting like a complete donkey during lunch.

"Didn't see us at lunch"? "No time for a full..."? Ayo, what the fuck man? First our coworker, now Nalis? What the fuck is going on with this???

Nalis helps us come to the conclusion that we had likely fell asleep and just had a super vivid dream. We don't fully believe this, but we literally don't have any other form of proof that would suggest otherwise. Either way, we calm down, Nalis reassures us, and we part ways with us going home and him back down to the lab.

That day ends and the next one begins in which Nalis makes a new group chat with Thaumo in it and without the boss, and Nalis is like "Arcade?". We decline, though, and so does Thaumo. We spend our lunch break with Nalis more comfortably this time, and the rest of the day proceeds like normal: uneventful. Well, that is until we're about to head home and receive this text:

Now, for some context, SWSS is Sea Star Wasting Syndrome. Remember that article that I mentioned in the beginning? The one with the body? That's what we were reading about, and it's pretty deadly. As I promised, I'll explain a bit more.

The world that we live in, people (can?) have animal associations, and those associations can be either strong or weak -- most people's are weak. That being said, naturally, the people who are suffering from SWSS have associations with sea stars, which is why Nalis was like "even though you aren't susceptible" because that's not our animal association. This also explains the animal contact photos/pfps, if you were wondering about that at one point, as well.

Anyways, we just think about how much SWSS sucks, and we proceed to clock out and take an alternative route home. Well, that kind've goes left because on this route home we still run into trouble. Admittedly, it was by our own nosiness, but it was trouble nonetheless.

To make a long story short...nah, I'm just fuckin' with ya lol. I ain't gonna tell ya.

To be real with you? I literally can't tell you because it'll be, what I feel, is a major spoiler, and there's no way for me to finesse it and tell you what happened without it completely spoiling it...even though I'm pretty certain you can read between the lines and see what's going on.

Just in case you didn't catch on and want a little more insight, I'll tell you this much: Remember that we live in a world where people have animal associations, meaning certain qualities, appearances, and abilities can be adopted; Thaumo has a strong association with his animal...

Again, I'm pretty sure you can read between the lines, but even still, you think you might know what's going on just off that, but you honestly have no clue, because also remember...

There's two yanderes this time, and I didn't even tell you Nalis' animal association.

I'm telling you -- it's not as clear of a picture as you may be thinking.

Okay, so admitedly, this review is LONG over due, because I played this months ago and just never finished the review for it, but I am so excited for this game to be completed!

The story itself is so interesting, and the fact that-- ah, I can't tell you but damn it, just, if you could still figure it out without me saying it or you could read between the lines, I'm just really geeked about this, and I want to see how everything pans out.

Like, I know that the content warning included gaslighting, but I didn't know that it meant like IRL! Like, I was -- oh my fu -- I can't really tell you that either! This is actually frustrating, not gonna lie lol.

Like I've mentioned, I am fairly confident that you can tell what's going on based on what I gave you despite me not explicitly saying it and doing my damndest to tip toe around it...but just know that that whole "gaslighting" content warning is applying IRL for me right now. Like, I have so many questions, and I demand that this game be finished so that I can get them answered!

The other wild part about this game, though, is that, if you actually go back and read it after getting some more information, there's actually allusions as to what's going on in certain scenarios! It literally made me go "Ohhhh now that part makes more sense! ... Yo, that's crazy". Like, it's honestly pretty well done as far being just discreetly enough to have you kind've gloss over it, but you can definitely pick up on it if you pay attention to it, especially if you go to replay it for the other endings.

Now, let's talk about the pacing. Pretty solid and well done, in my opinion! There were definitely some parts that were definitely more "storytelling based", but it didn't drag on for long, and the storytelling bits made sense and were necessary. Admittedly, it had somewhat rushed transitions to certain parts, but I still thought it flowed pretty damned well in all honesty. Then again, that's what happens when you have an interesting storyline, and people are more interested in the story itself versus the "You wake up the next day, and head to work after getting ready" transition.

Then again, I honestly prefer it to be that versus "You wake up. You go to the bathroom to brush your teeth. You look at your teeth. Ick. You get over the ick. You walk out. You go to the kitchen. You open the fridge. You reach it. You grab the mi--" Like oh my Gods, bro, I get it. Please get on with it. It's like, I get it because it's necessary, but like get to the point. That just kills the momentum to me, or if there wasn't any momentum to start with, it just makes the story/transition drag for longer than it needs to. Speaking of making things longer than needed and getting on with it...

If it's not obvious at this point, I definitely recommend this game. I recommend it so much that I will be providing you the link right here, right now, multiple times in a row. So just...ya know...click on any of those and download it to your computer, brah. All jokes and silliness aside, you'd be seriously missing out if you don't, because the story is there, and I find it super interesting. Also! If you'd like to, give the dev that ever encouraging and desperate "DROP ANOTHER UPDATE, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS~! Also, really love your game! You're doing really well! BUT PLEASE LET ME BANG NALIS AND THAUMO!". Also, also! I didn't see anything that indicated that they were open to monetary support, but if you find it, I'm sure they'd really appreciate the donation.

That all being said, that is finally all from me, and I will let you go about your day now! Big preesh for getting this far. Huge reminder! Please drink water, don't be dumb, and hope to see you around~!

Symptoms of Deceit

[voidmountain]

@piratedllama I can but you’re not going to like it!

Void’s guide to getting a job in conservation

My story

My educational credentials: BAs in philosophy and creative writing from a big cheap state school, and a PhD in English literature with a specialization in environmental humanities from a small private R1. Couple years as an adjunct professor.

I trained my entire life to be a literature professor. It’s all I ever wanted. By the time I was finishing my doctorate, I had a very limiting belief that I was either over- or underqualified for any job outside academia. I was wrong.

By the time I made the decision to leave academia, I had published 2.5 peer reviewed academic articles and several magazine pieces. I also had about 5ish years of part-time communications consulting under my belt from helping run the writing center at my institution. I got a part-time social media/SEO management gig, and then used a grant to fund a comms internship at a local environmental nonprofit. Then I straight up just applied to jobs at conservation orgs on LinkedIn at a rate or 5 per week for about 6 months. I was looking for jobs in communications and education. Landed a couple interviews then got a position as a comms manager. My islander heritage ended up being relevant too bc I have a cultural insight into the regions where the org works. I’ve worked here for about a year, mostly wfh desk stuff, but I like to tag along to projects so I can take pics/do interviews/help with fieldwork/coordinate community meetings & info sessions. I still have a publishing career on the side, with 2 new articles out and a book manuscript in the works.

I do not recommend doing it this way lol.

What I would do instead

Conservation orgs have room for people with all kinds of backgrounds and expertise. If your goal is to have a job similar to mine, get lots of writing and science communication experience. Be able to show that you’ve built impactful campaigns and learn your way around SEO and communications terminology. Start with internships/social media, try and get some experience working with journalists, and have a nice portfolio of campaigns (easy way to start is an awareness campaign for a particular policy or science issue). Other creative experience is a plus (photography/graphic design/web design/UI).

Fieldwork is not that hard to get into. You can get field experience as an undergrad by working in research labs or volunteering. From there, lots of conservation orgs in your area are probably looking for volunteers or part-time workers to do field monitoring. TBH you don’t really need a degree to get into fieldwork, but the ceiling is kind of low without one. With a BS you can work your way up through an org probably to a manager level position where you could lead a field team but not direct a program. Generally, without a MS or PhD, you won’t be designing programs—just carrying them out, which can be really rewarding. You can also make lateral moves towards things like project management—coordinating supplies, transportation, methods, and problem-solving stuff.

Other ways to get into the field: orgs often contract out conservation tech companies to carry out specialized operations, like aerial monitoring and bait distribution. Getting a license for like a heavy-lift drone, an ROV, or boat stuff can also get you in the thick of it.

If you want to design and direct conservation programs, unfortunately you probably need to go to grad school. I can write up a separate post about how to decide whether to pursue an advanced degree if people are interested, but my general advice is Never Enroll In A Masters Program. Either do it as a 4+1 with your undergrad or go straight for the PhD. That’s where you’ll get experience designing your own experiments and contributing to the sum of conservation knowledge.

Extremely important caveat

You do not have to do any of these things in any particular order. It’s totally cool to work in the field for a couple years before going back for the PhD. You also do not need to link your education to your job (god knows I didn’t). My side hobbies of wildlife photography and scuba diving made me a great candidate for the job I eventually got, and they didn’t have anything to do with my degree or original career path. There’s also a million other jobs that conservation orgs have that don’t involve having a science background at all—HR, finance, admin, philanthropy, consulting, & policy analysis are huge parts of this. So are other jobs that aren’t *within* conservation at all, like journalism & social organizing.

A lot of folks I meet out here in the conservation world are on their third or fourth careers. It’s very, very normal to switch it up, try many things, land somewhere, leave, and pick up somewhere else.

All this to say: the world is really, really big. Don’t feel pressured to take the shortest most linear possible path. There are a million ways to have a good life.

[entropy-game-dev]

The cheeky last minute UI rework

A week ago, I had Lucinius play a near-complete version of the demo build and he had a bunch of good suggestions after playing it for a solid few hours.

One part of his feedback centered around how move information was displayed. Previously, in non-battle menus, the move info would follow your cursor, and thus you weren't able to mouse over the various stats or check the description (which would have outputted to a log that isn't visible anyway).

Now I've made it so that clicking on the move icon displays the window in a static pane, letting you mouse over the various icons. Also, the description now appears in-line inside the window, regardless of where you're looking at it!

I made a whole bunch of other changes, and ahead of tomorrow's demo release (I can't believe it's finally happening), you can read about them below the cut!!

v0.18 - Demo Build 1

Features:

Auto-deposit materials is working and on by default

Mouse over now shows curr/max for hp/en/ammo + stat title

Going past the max floors now sends you back to the ship

New trap added that instantly spawns an encounter

Clicking on an attack icon with the mouse now makes the info panel stay open

Clicking the description button/pressing pause with a move selected now displays it within the panel

Archive sprite added to base

Game now tracks enemies encountered and killed

Added target marker to tutorial area

Archive can view logs and tutorials, and enemy names

Balance:

Starting area has slightly more loops

Starting area has slightly higher encounter density,

Removed local relay from starting area

Added spatial constant to starting area

Added Holepunch routine to Punch Press

Slightly increased passive random recruit chance from 1 to 2%

Buffed max damage recruitment rate divisor from /3 to /2.5

Nerfed heal recruitment rate divisor from /3 to /4

Changed starting system escape fuel needed to 20

Gain a small amount of fuel when researching local/relativistic navigation

Added party size to the base matrix research rather than subsequent research

Features now scale around the mid floor of the dungeon instead of around floor 2

Dungeon floors, rooms, and corridors get bigger as you go down

Damage/heal recruit function ceiling'd so you make at least 1% progress when you do the correct action

Slightly revised title screen animation

Revised enemy encounter formula to scale around the center floor of the dungeon + adjusted dungeon encounter mass respectively

Changed Gimbal Lock's status from stun to slow

Made summons recruitable

Buffed all part slots and changed power load formula to compensate

10% buff to large enemy stats for each square above 1

Make killing with an element apply advantage, even if it resists or was neutral to the element

Polish:

"are likely in rooms" -> "are more often found in rooms"

"can be used for fuel" -> "could be used for fuel"

"once a line has formed" -> "once a line has formed in the element grid"

"the astronaut has been destroyed" -> "your suit has been critically damaged"

"the robot core's power load." -> "the robot core's power load (to the left of the equipped parts)."

Power load tutorial only comes up when you exceed it

Changed POWR to HEAL when looking at a healing move in the attack description

Disabled interaction with central 3x3 core area and changed description

Changed first strike/ambush bar colour and text

Added fuel unit value to fuel item descriptions

Added filter menu icon

Deep Diver sprite updated

Burrow sprite updated

Recruit chance icon doesn't show mouseover text when invisible

Swapped weapons 1 and 2 equip location on the assistant to match sprite appearance

Removed extra line on the bottom of the big map

Equip vfx effect now appears under move info panel

Black outline added to all dungeon features

Made recruitment pink text appear over the damange numbers

Made it so that locations can't spawn directly behind the black hole image in the navigation screen

Made the main black hole image slightly transparent in the navigation screen

Reordered research tutorials

Scan description revised to indicate it can reveal more and more information progressively

Updated matrix tutorial to talk about core tiers

Changed equip sprite fx to green

Swapped arm that has the arm computer in a cutscene

Tutorial edited to say cores have innate routines

Edited lowest_5levels to be an accurate tutorial

Bugs:

Disabled the ability to look at the big map during the beginning of an encounter

Floor scanning effect now shows all the time for unexplored tiles

Removed debug value allowing you to interact with lore objects infinite times

Priority of mouseover is only cleared with the text now

Fixed player recruit chance status doing the opposite of what it says it does

Fixed healing-type recruitment not working

Fixed no item tutorial firing incorrectly because research inventory manager was not ready

Conduct animation was not happening when the conducted element was not the last hit on an enemy

Fixed lowest floor tutorials not firing

[the12thnightproject]

Game Review, Part 2: Lovebrush Chronicles

Read Part One Here

By the time your character finishes the Eden routes, it's become clearer what is going on and what the threat is to Earth. I believe you can read the existing worlds in any order, but I suggest not doing so, because the revelations in each world build upon each other.

The third route, is actually more like route 2.5 - Awakening, and while there is less at stake here, the stories are darker, and none of them have conclusive endings.

In "Awakening" MC doesn't leave Earth. Instead, she and each LI go to a new "virtual reality theater" and experience a personalized movie experience. The LIs are told that the experience will read their subconscious to give them a movie about a possible future. What MC knows is that this experience is actually to wake the LIs up a threat to Earth (from, well, more details would be a spoiler).

Each of the awakening stories are sci-fi, and they deal with how MC and their LI's lives have been changed by the threat. Cael too gets a story here, but for him we get a story that might be about his past.

The Awakening stories are each about a third of the length of the other worlds' main stories, and if you've got stamina saved (and in this game, you can stack up your daily stamina between reading routes, so you can indeed have a lot banked) it's easy enough to get through all of these in a few hours if you are a fast reader.

Finally we come to the main story (Lost Bloodline) that was just released a couple of days ago, and I've only read that story's prologue. This one is being released in three different parts, with part one covering Ayn, Alkaid, and Clarence's story, part two will be Cael's (I believe) and part three will be Lars'.

From what I have seen of Lost Bloodline, MC's travel to this particular world was, unlike her other visits, unexpected and unwilling, and she does not know how to travel back to her own world. This world is a lush and vibrant planet populated by people who can turn into animals.

There are four factions who have dominion over certain parts of the world, The Lord of the Light (Lars), The Lord of the Wind (Clarence), The Lord of the Forest (Alkaid) and the Lord of the Night (Ayn).

In this route, Cael will (finally) be a LI as well, but at the beginning of this story, he's searching for MC, but he realizes that he is on the right world, but at a different place in their timeline.

As you can see from this and the previous post, there is an abundance of content in this game. Besides the main story, there are event stories that happen in between (and around) main story releases. These generally alternate between stories in the modern/true world that are tied to calendar events (New Years, White Day, Halloween) and stories that have fantasy elements (a story collection in which MC is a witch, a cyberpunk story involving a game, a historical fantasy associated with the lantern festival, for example).

(Someone has nicely put together a spreadsheet of story and event order here).

Additionally, you can unlock modern day stories by increasing your affection points with the characters and by collecting gacha cards. There is also a way to phone and text the other LIs (though Cael is notoriously bad at answering calls), and get mini stories there too. I'm amused that Lars is very fond of sending gifsets to MC. Modern Lars is kind of a goofball at times.

Speaking of the Gacha... the card collection you have is what you use to advance in the story. You put these cards in an array of "battle cards" and at various points in the story, they are needed to fend off an attack:

To level up the power on your cards, there is a "practice area" available on your home page:

And that brings me to one of the things I don't like about the game. The UI is very complicated, and it took me a good week of playing it before I got a sense of where everything is. Each of these areas connects to a daily task of some kind that you need to complete, or sometimes just check in, in order to pick up stamina or in game currency. It's not a simple go in and click one or two buttons. You need to hop all over the place (there's also an upstairs, and an island map that you zip through) in order to get your daily gifts. Again, once I learned where everything was, it became easier to go through it all, but there were a few days where I missed gifts because I simply didn't see that they were there.

(The good thing about training your gacha cards to level them up though, is that you can go in and program it on automatic, then go do something else for five minutes. You don't have to baby it.)

If you're still with me, here is my bullet list of pros and cons of Lovebrush.

Pro: Content, lots of content, a fascinating storyline that builds on the overall series lore world by world.

Con: Complicated UI

Pro: MC. She's great, she isn't overpowered, but she does have abilities, and generally most of the LIs respect those abilities (in face, the Eden version of Lars recognizes that she is stronger than he is and hires her as a bodyguard).

Con/Pro: Not all of the world route endings are completely happy. Winning often comes at a cost, and some endings are definitely bittersweet. Still, it adds to the tension and emotional connection to the story, but it's not like Cybird where there are happily ever afters in everything but the specifically marked tragic routes. (Not that there is anything wrong with that, I'm still an Ikesen uber, through and through).

Pro: If you make the wrong choice, you die, or end up in a time loop, or an eternal prisoner, however, this does not force you to return all the way to the start, you can just backtrack to the previous crossroad and make a different choice.

Con: If you are looking for steamy content, I haven't come across anything beyond a few kisses here or there.

Pro: That said, the stories have all been quite romantic and emotionally satisfying (and as I said, the Godheim Clarence story is gorgeous).

Pro: You get your own cat.

Pro: As you might be able to tell from the attached GCs, the artwork is gorgeous.

[jeshuae]

CPE312 - Software Design and Engineering

Class Discussion + Group Activity

September 19, 2024

WEEK 6

ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ🐇་༘࿐

Today, our instructor discussed about Software Testing and Quality Assurance. Although I was a bit sleepy during the lecture, I managed to catch a few important parts of the discussion. We learned about different testing methods like Black Box and White Box Testing, and John Brooke's System Usability System (SUS). Our instructor also discussed Regression Testing, which checks if changes in the software create new problems, and System Testing, which ensures that the whole program works properly before release.

After the lecture, we had our group activity where we analyzed UI (User Interface) problems. Our group included Sean Quincy Manquilimotan and Earl Cagaanan as note-takers, while John Raynier Tejano and I focused on discussing the issues in the UI design. We looked at problems users might face, like unclear layouts or confusing buttons, and tried to come up with ways to improve the overall experience.

We were also given another task involving John Brooke’s System Usability Scale (SUS). This scale helps measure how easy or hard it is to use a system by asking 10 questions. Each question is rated from 1 to 5, and after calculating the responses, we get a score that tells us how good the usability is. A higher score means better usability. To calculate it, you subtract 1 from the odd-numbered questions' answers, subtract the even-numbered questions' answers from 5, and then multiply the total by 2.5 to get a score out of 100.

For this task, Tejano worked on solving the SUS with responses from 3 participants through google forms and google spreadsheets, while I did it manually. We added up all the scores, divided them by 3 (since there were 3 participants), and this gave us the average score, showing how usable the system was overall.

I really enjoyed the activity because we worked as a team and made sure no one was left behind. Everyone’s opinions were welcomed, and we didn’t have any arguments. I hope that when we work on our EduConnect TutorHub software, we can use the same strategy we showed today—doing teamwork and everyone participates.

ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ🐇་༘࿐

[craftermeower]

Limited Life mechanics breakdown: session lengths and timer desync

I don't think I've seen anyone mention these things yet, but by looking at the final timers at the end of everyone's Limited Life episodes, they all end near a :30 minute marker, not an hour, meaning that during the first session only 2.5 hours passed in-game. The creators have mentioned 3 hour sessions recording this series, but looking at the end of everyone's episodes, the timers indicate that not all of that is spent in-game.

Additionally, the visuals and function of the time mechanic struck me as very reminiscent of Grian (and Scar and Joel's) 100 Hours Hardcore series mechanics from last year, and if that's the case, there are some slight ramifications for how the timers work in-game.

(a lot of) Thoughts on how I arrived at those conclusions and what they might mean for the series are under the cut, but the summary is this:

If this week's 2.5 hr game time isn't a one-off, the 24 hour timer would be spread out to last 1.6 additional sessions compared to if there was 3 hours in-game time, meaning the series will likely last a bit longer than the estimates I've seen on my dash. Additionally, player countdown clocks have started to and will likely continue to experience slight desynchronization from one another because the timer mechanic is stored per-player, only counting between their login/logout times.

To the first point, what does it mean that we had only 2.5 hours pass in game in the first session, and what's the impact of that?

We can't discount the possibility that 2.5 hours was a session one exclusive (i.e. all future sessions will spend 3 hours in-game). There's a benefits for this: mainly to allow for troubleshooting the new mechanic, but possibly also to offset the player timer by a half hour to add tension and time for people who are about to drop from one color to the next (ex. Skizz has 30 mins at the top of next session to prep before he turns yellow)

But it might be a simpler conclusion to adjust the 3-hour figure that the creators have mentioned. Sessions are 3 hours, but 30 mins of that time could be spent out of game. The ccs have mentioned they take a break during their sessions, and they might chat after? During someone's outro there was a chat message in game saying to hop in Discord. Either way, its reasonable to guess that 2.5 hours in-game may remain constant for this series, and may have been the case for previous series as well. I feel very weird speculating about the actual recording processes of the real people making this series, so assuming this is true I'm moving on to what it would mean for what content we will get.

If having 2.5 hours of in game time remains constant for the season instead of 3, the theoretical max # of sessions that we could have increases. A player could last 8 weeks max with draining only 3 hours per week. But with the same 24 hours divided into 2.5 hour in-game sessions, a player could survive an extra 1.6 sessions, or a total of 9 full weeks and an extra 1.5 hour session/extension.

I'm sure we won't get to ten weeks, and I don't even think we'll get to nine, but it's not impossible and it depends on how players end up using the mechanics available to them. Strong or aggressive players who take time from others and protect their own could theoretically live for longer than 24 hours total in game time, but knowing this group of clowns, (three boogieman rerolls in session 1? 9 deaths?) we've got 7-8 sessions max. I've gotten off track to game theorizing, but basically, we can slightly increase our estimates for how long this series will last if they continue to only spend 2.5 hours in game per week.

Okay, but what am I talking about with timer desync?

When Grian first posted his teaser on Instagram, I noticed that the red color and clock ticking appeared to use the same UI as the 100 Hours in Hardcore series he started last year, and the similarity was much more clear with the Limited Life ep 1 release. But because of the way the clocks worked in the hardcore series (counting only when the player was online), I was curious about timer synchronicity on limlife.

My prediction was this: the timer mechanic from 100 hours is the basis of limlife's timers, meaning that time is stored per-player, and different login/logout times are going to offset people's times from one another

I figured the best way to check would be to find a moment from late in different players' episodes where two players meet, presumably after the session break (logging out would desync timers if applicable). So I lined Pearl and Cleo's videos next to each other to find this:

:13:29 and :13:37. These screenshots are synced within a second of the same audio cue (Pearl exclaiming "Cleo!") but their timers are 8 seconds apart.

What's going on? Presumably, Grian did grab the same base mechanics that made the code tick in the 100 hours in Hardcore world from last year (similar time mechanic, he even says in that series that they used the same server). With that in mind, the way timers are currently handled in the limlife series appears to be the following:

At the top of session 1, a command was executed to start a timer on every player for 24 hours. That timer becomes that player's timer, and will continue to run as long as they are on the server. When players log out, they are not present, and their time will not be updated. All timers would have been in sync from the start until the first break, from which we start to see the discrepancies above. This is still a reasonable way to handle the mechanic, considering that the 100 hours code which is already written is tied to the player, and is likely easier to modify than rewrite. When a player dies, is killed, or gets a kill, the code can change the time attached to that player directly and give them the update.

While this shouldn't cause major changes, it also means that unless something gets built into the server to equalize player timers, or unless the code is rewritten to hold a main timer in the server which is modified per-player, we're likely gonna start to see people's timers drifting and desynchronizing much futher than a few seconds as they log at different times. We can already see it beginning with Pearl and Cleo's videos above. This system might run into issues if a player has to miss a session, as they would have to be manually lowered to balance their time, or else they'd be 2.5 hours ahead of the rest. Though maybe they won't adjust if sessions are missed, because a player with extra hours is very tempting bait for a boogeyman or a desperate red.

In proposing a change, I would suggest the server keep general time, and players store a "modifier" on their personal time. Example: Imagine 4 hours of in game time have passed and Impulse has died once. His modifier is -1 hour, so the code would call the server time (20 hours left) and his modifier to produce his time remaining (19 hours). This would solve the issues of desync from differing login/logout times, needing to skip a session or internet issues forcing a disconnect.

It's possible that an adjustment is made in the future weeks, but that would require the time discrepancies being noticed, and it actually being deemed a thing worth adjusting. I say this with fondness, but I'm not sure Grian, who's forgotten to change the server difficulty for multiple (every?) series will notice this, and quite honestly the code they have should work just fine for this group. They are all incentivized to be on the server with their clocks ticking to make content, so no one's going to cheat by logging out to save time. And considering the end of Etho's video showing the game chat, it seems like no one even logged out until at least :29 so player times are going to be close enough to in-sync, even if the numbers aren't exactly aligned.

The above analysis kind of assumes that timer desync is a problem, not a feature or a tolerable side-effect, which it very well could be. I only really see this becoming a point of contention if any players, but especially the last players standing should have their timers expire at the same time, but end up being displaced by a few minutes because one of them had logged out faster the days before. I'm personally holding out hope that the last people standing are allies who can lay down their weapons and run out of time together, but with the desync they don't have the option to go out at the same time unless they realign by coincidence.

At the end of the day though, while these guys are making content for us as an audience, they're also just having fun playing a game, and it doesn't really matter if it's perfect or not. I am gonna be delighted watching this series unfold in the hands of these talented folks over the next 6-8 weeks!

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If you made it this far, thanks for reading! I meant to finish editing this a few days ago so if this has been mentioned by someone else in the meantime and I missed it, ah well, but hope the breakdown was of interest to someone aside from myself anyway!

[meg2md]

Wow, you're off Tumblr for months and the UI gets more fucked up than ever! Nice. How does Tumblr do it? Keep getting worse and worse? And yet I still come back to this website occasionally, because I'm also trash.

Residency makes it hard to keep a blog. I barely have time for household chores and hobbies, let alone ONLINE journaling when I'm also pouring out my heart occasionally on my actual, IRL written journal and trying to maintain friendships.

Anyway. Started R2. It's actually better so far, as much as I felt I was never going to be ready. Don't get me wrong, I still feel woefully inadequate approximately all of the time. But wow, does it feel good to not hold the gyne and OB pager, to not have to fight with the nurses about pitocin on the floor, to do something other than manage labor on OB days. I started on nights, which I thought was going to be a disaster, but actually ended up being fine. I think I got lucky, because usually the R2 gets blown up since they manage antepartum AND gynecology overnight, but the ED and antepartum nurses were relatively benign to me.

And just... the FREEDOM of not having to write q2h strip and mag notes, to not have to pay hawk-like attention to the strips... and the nurses and I get along better than ever now that

A) they have new intern prey to feast upon, and

B) I'm not riding everyone's ass about the strips

Literally, my LEAST FAVORITE PART OF MY JOB is being a labor intern because you're expected to make sure the pitocin keeps going up, up, up but the nurses don't always want to with a category 2 strip, but like, category 2 doesn't mean it's not reassuring, and also you can't have a baby without contractions, but there's always a "policy" for why we can't do XYZ.... and it's like... why am I even here then, just run the labor floor without me if everything is 100% policy-driven, lol. Category 2 isn't BAD guys!!! It's not always bad. And I know the strips aren't always amazing but dude.... we either pit enough we can get a baby out vaginally or they might as well get cut here and now instead of spinning our wheels with inadequate pitocin dosing.

Anyway... rant over hahaha. Ooooh I hated labor as an intern. I loved it in the beginning, but I QUICKLY, QUICKLY came to dread it for the above reasons. And now, as an R2 on OB days, my primary job will be c-sections! Which is incredible because right now I feel like I'm so bad at them. I've done a few over 20 since I started residency. Other programs have you do more as an intern, but I did end up with >200 vaginal deliveries, so I really can't complain. And like I said, my OB days blocks will be me doing 2-5 sections per day... so I'll get real good real fast. I just don't do it for awhile (nights > family planning > oncology > OB days) so I feel nervous when I'm assigned sections on nights and call, but I'll get there eventually. TRUST THE PROCESS, they say. I mean, I guess I thought I'd never figure out how to insert a hysteroscope into a uterus and chomp off an intracavitary leiomyoma, and I figured that out by the end of R1, so there's got to be something to it.

Things I still don't feel good about that I should have gotten better at by the end of R1: LACERATION REPAIRS. But whatever. I'm sure it will improve as my surgical skills improve.

Now I'm starting to stress because in the middle of having more responsibility, figuring out C-sections and basic laparoscopy, etc, I have to get research started and decide once and for all if I want to do fellowship. I've been waffling between generalist practice and MIGS for ages.

On one hand, I do like obstetrics more than I initially expected, I like that I'll have more freedom to do abortion care, and the thought of MORE training when I'm already almost 32 and have 2.5 years left of residency makes me want to vomit. On the other hand, the MIGS lifestyle is much better than OB lifestyle, I may still be able to do abortions, and I really, REALLY want to have elite surgical training. I'm sure I'll figure it out more on my gynecology and oncology blocks when I do more minimally invasive/generally spend more time in the OR. Not sure how much I like the thought of running a chronic pain and endometriosis clinic. But also... I feel like I went to a decently-tiered medical school and graduated with the assumption I would do fellowship, and to cut my training short and arguably without satisfactory surgical training feels bad. Because at the end of the day, I'm not actually sure how well general OB/GYN residency prepares you for surgery. I'm not sure I trust it yet.

C'est la vie. Back to other things. Studying hormonal contraception in patients with medical co-morbidities before biking back to my house to play MASS EFFECT 3. I'm also a pickle ball fanatic now.

Byeee

[kyaruun]

Hiiiiii nyaaaaaaaa I was wondering if you knew like uh if I wanna do computer programming I'd apply for compsci??? Though they're different I see lots of schools have compsci but there are No Schools with computer programming so I was wondering if. You know if they lump them together a lot of times

<- looking at schools,,,

disclaimer: i am spanish and we have a completely different educational system than the US but i hope my experience might serve a bit! also forgive me for (probably) using the wrong terms for everything </3

i assume with computer programming you mean only programming. coding. idk how things are over there but as far as i know STEM students usually get some programming done at a basic level in their first year(s) but if you want to learn programming in a more "professional" sense you need to do computer science. welp my degree is called computer engineering but i think it's the same? similar? i hope it is

i don't think there is a programming only school because it's one of many skills you're supposed to get in the field. everyone can program. i promise there are a lot of tutorials online that do a much better work at teaching programming than many uni classes!! i know math students that have taken like 2.5 subjects on programming and do things A LOT better than half of my classmates

the thing with computer science is you need a lot more skills that just coding. maths, for starters (which i suck at lol) if you wanna understand algorithms or do anything in the AI or machine learning field. it really depends on what you'd like to do afterwards because most of the time you will end up coding some way or another. but it's sprinkled with some more stuff in between ^^

like yeah 99% of the time people associate cs with coding and just coding and as the local 4th year computer engineering student i can definitely say coding isn't everything. the first years are more code heavy because you needed to get used to the basics. but then there is documentation (class diagrams, use cases, etc.), there's everything related to requirements gathering (user stories, interviews, a bazillion documents where you need to find out what a client might want for their app), ui/ux design, project management (which is an area you might enjoy!! pretty much organazing a team and making sure everything is up to date and everyone is working) and a loooot more stuff. i can only talk from my own experience as a student focusing on software development

tldr: if you're only interested in programming mayyybe you should read into those compsci schools, see what they're offering and think if that's something you like! if you like coding enough to make an actual job out of it you might want to a) do computer science or something like that or b) learn on your own but in a deeper level. by this i mean there are many tutorials online that only go through the very basics and there are some really interesting/useful topics they don't cover or might be needed for professional work

[gadgetzview]

Best Mobiles Under ₹25,000 in India – 2024

Looking for a high-performance smartphone without breaking the bank? You’re in the right place! Recent releases from brands like Asus, Vivo, and Nokia show that smartphones in the ₹20,000-₹25,000 range now offer flagship-level features. These devices come with powerful processors, high-quality cameras, in-display fingerprint sensors, and more, giving you premium performance at an affordable price.

Check out our curated list of the best smartphones under ₹25,000, reviewed for top-notch performance!

OnePlus Nord 3 5G

Display: 6.74-inch, AMOLED, 120Hz, 1240x2772 pixels

Processor: MediaTek Dimensity 9000

RAM/Storage: 8GB/128GB, 16GB/256GB

Battery: 5000mAh

Camera: 50MP + 8MP + 2MP rear, 20MP front

OS: Android 14

Other Features: IP54 rating, fast charging, 5G, in-display fingerprint

iQOO Z9s Pro 5G

Display: 6.77-inch, 1080x2392 pixels

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

RAM/Storage: 8GB/128GB

Battery: 5500mAh

Camera: 50MP + 8MP rear, 16MP front

OS: Android 14

Other Features: Strong design, good performance for the price, decent camera quality

Honor 200

Display: 6.70-inch, 1200x2664 pixels

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

RAM/Storage: 8GB/256GB

Battery: 5200mAh

Camera: 50MP + 12MP + 50MP rear, 50MP front

OS: Android 14

Other Features: Excellent camera system, high performance for multitasking

Infinix GT 20 Pro

Display: 6.67-inch, FHD+

Processor: MediaTek

RAM/Storage: 8GB/256GB

Battery: 5000mAh

Camera: 108MP + 2MP + 2MP rear, 32MP front

OS: Android 14

Other Features: 45W fast charging, strong rear camera, Mecha Blue/Orange/Silver colors

OnePlus Nord CE 4

Display: 6.70-inch, 1080x2412 pixels

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

RAM/Storage: 8GB/256GB

Battery: 5500mAh

Camera: 50MP + 8MP rear, 16MP front

OS: Android 14 (OxygenOS)

Other Features: Dust and water resistance (IP54), customizable features, decent performance for daily use

Samsung Galaxy A35 5G

Display: 6.60-inch, 2340x1080 pixels, 120Hz

Processor: Exynos 1280

RAM/Storage: 6GB/128GB

Battery: 5000mAh

Camera: 50MP + 8MP + 5MP rear, 13MP front

OS: Android 14 (One UI 6)

Other Features: IP67 water and dust resistance, 5G support, expandable storage

Nothing Phone 2a

Display: 6.70-inch, 1080x2412 pixels, 120Hz

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

RAM/Storage: 8GB/128GB

Battery: 5000mAh

Camera: 50MP + 50MP rear, 32MP front

OS: Nothing OS 2.5 (Android 14)

Other Features: Unique design, good performance, face unlock

Poco X6 Pro

Display: 6.67-inch, 1220x2712 pixels, 120Hz

Processor: MediaTek Dimensity 8300 Ultra

RAM/Storage: 8GB/256GB

Battery: 5000mAh

Camera: 64MP + 8MP + 2MP rear, 16MP front

OS: HyperOS (Android 14)

Other Features: IP54 rating, 5G support, dual SIM, 3.5mm audio jack

Realme 12 Pro 5G

Display: 6.70-inch, 2400x1080 pixels

Processor: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

RAM/Storage: 8GB/128GB

Battery: 5000mAh

Camera: 50MP + 32MP + 8MP rear, 16MP front

OS: Android 14

Other Features: Decent camera performance, good value for the price, suitable for gaming and multitasking

Infinix Zero 30 5G

Price: ₹23,999

Infinix Zero 30 5G Specifications:

Display: 6.78-inch, 1080x2400 pixels, 144Hz refresh rate

Processor: MediaTek Dimensity 8020

RAM: 12GB

Storage: 256GB

Battery: 5000mAh, fast charging support

Rear Camera: 108MP + 13MP

Front Camera: 50MP

Operating System: XOS 13 based on Android 13

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[gizopedia]

Realme C63 Specs Brand NameRealmeDisplaySize6.74 inchesResolution1600 x 720 (HD+)Technology90Hz IPS LCD, Eye Comfort DisplayScreen-to-body90.3%Peak brightness560 nits (HBM)Features180Hz touch sampling rateDesignDimensions167.26 x 76.67 x 7.74 mmWeight189g (Jade Green), 191g (Leather Blue)MaterialsPlastic frame and backResistanceIP54 water resistanceBiometricsFace unlock, side fingerprintKeysPower, volumeColorsLeather Blue, Jade GreenHardwareSystem chipUNISOC T612ProcessorOcta-core (2xA75 @ 1.8GHz, 6xA55 @ 1.8GHz)GPUMali-G57RAMUp to 8GB + 8GB Dynamic RAMInternal storage256GBOSRealme UI, Android 14BatteryCapacity5000mAh (typical), 4880mAh (rated)Charging45W SUPERVOOC ChargeMax charge speedUSB Type-CCameraRear50MP AI MainMain cameraf/1.8, 5P lens, 1/2.5" sensorFlashLEDVideo recording1080p @ 30fpsFront8MP f/2.0, 4P lensVideo capture720p @ 30fpsCellular5GNo4G (FDD)Bands 1/3/5/7/8/20/284G (TDD)Bands 38/40/41 (2496-2690 MHz)3GBands 1/5/8Data Speed4G LTESIM typeDual Nano SIM + 1 Micro SDMultimediaHeadphones3.5mm jackSpeakersMono speakerScreen mirroringYesAdditional microphone(s)One-mic noise cancellationConnectivity & FeaturesBluetooth5.0Wi-Fi2.4GHz/5GHz, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11a/b/g/n/ac)USBUSB Type-CFeaturesFace unlock, fingerprint scannerLocationGPS, AGPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BDSSensorsLight, proximity, gyroscope, magnetic induction, accelerometerOtherAnTuTu score220.000 v9Geek Bench1,472 pointsPrice$289

[notfivefr]

22092025- Media diary or whatever #7

1) Game — Reverse 1999 : : (uninstall Enstar for this)

Reinstall this game bcs my tl sometimes show me r1999 stuff and it feeds my urge to play it. I installed this game when there was like 3 days left bfore their annv update, Windsong banner. Mcm biasa, gacha game got that returnee missions n stuff. I played bit of Windsong's story: abt a researcher conducts a leyline field research at a tiny snowy town. I don't really remember the plot of main story, so need to watch some recap on yt.

Gosh i forgot how beautiful this game artstyle is, and the ui too??? Whenever i play the story, i felt like crying like damn gorgeous art they need to release artbook fr.

Im speedrunning this game okayy,, reached player level 30, leveled up 6 of my characters (Sonetto, Dikke, APPle, Lucy, Getian, Bloodbourn) to Insight II, 2 episodes for main story, settled the beginner mission etc etc. Also new 6 stars characters i got so far are Windsong, Lucy, Getian (from annv banner), Toothfairy, Sotheby, Regulus, Ezra in span of 50 pulls honestly im tweaking (OKAYY HELP wtf is going on?? ). Also free 6star character, Semmelweis.

——— HSR : :

Omg i did so much. Finished Penacony's main story, Ruan Mei's story (I hate that damn bug with passion) , Topaz's story and otw Wardance's story. Kafka is considered fully build for me (my woman hitting that 45k raw burst dmg on average), half- build Jingyuan, Pela, tralblazer, robin etc. Istg building characters in hsr is actually diabolical it takes at least 2 months per character,, 240 resins per day is not enough. Especially to farm those damn relics.

At least i got my Robin tho. (She's sooo wife 🥰🥰)

2.5 banner with blackswan and Robin ;^; i need blackswan to make kafka team tho (istg if 2.6 banner got aventurine rerun imma uh idk bcs 2.7 is Sunday's patch i really cant choose honestly. Do i willingly wait for other aventurine rerun that idk how long we gotta wait or fomo bc im not Sunday's 1st gen haver :(((( )

Sunday

——— Genshin : :

Nothing much, i logged in, used resin (im still farming for mualani rn), claimed daily rewards. Not really played that much atm bcs for some reasons my ping just spiked up to 999ms whenever it enters battle mode idk what to do. Pissing me off honestly 😭. I need a new phone i guess.

Also 13 Sept is Albedo's birthday. Forcing my self to draw something bcs it's an obligation at this point.

This is actually my first time drawing his hair with reference in this 3 yrs.

2) vcr minecraft

Me keep refreshing my tl to translate their clip contexts lol. It's so funn need more vcr stuff. I love when everyone interact w each other. I think the most memorable one are, drunk Kanaria, izuru's team shenanigans, and i love the way izuru shows his gremlin side to other people outside of holostar. (i only watch izr idk everyone else lmao) Also the way they played LoL together after the server closed??? Hsshhs Sendo yuuhi is so cute and day1 is so funny. I genuinely hope they're friends now. Need more of their contents in the future.

—-—-—

That's all ig? Only spend my time grinding in games besides the irl stuff. Im going all out before intern ni. Before i got too overwhelmed to do other stuff gitu.

[whatmobilez]

Realme Narzo 70 Pro Price in Pakistan - Specs - Reviews

The Realme Narzo 70 Pro is a feature-rich smartphone designed to deliver impressive performance at a competitive price. With its sleek design, robust hardware, and advanced features, the Narzo 70 Pro stands out in the crowded mid-range market. Here’s an in-depth look at what this device has to offer.

Design and Build

The Realme Narzo 70 Pro sports a modern design with dimensions of 163 x 75.5 x 8 mm, ensuring a comfortable fit in the hand. Weighing 195 grams, it feels solid yet manageable. Available in striking Green and Gold colors, the phone's aesthetic appeal is enhanced by its dual SIM functionality, allowing seamless switching between two numbers.

One of the standout features is its IP54 rating, which provides dust and splash resistance, adding durability for everyday use.

Display

The Narzo 70 Pro features a 6.67-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, offering vibrant and immersive visuals. With a resolution of 1080 x 2412 pixels and a pixel density of approximately 396 PPI, the display delivers crisp details. It supports a 120Hz refresh rate, HDR10+, and reaches a peak brightness of 2000 nits, making it ideal for gaming, streaming, and use in various lighting conditions.

Performance

Powered by the Mediatek Dimensity 7050 chipset built on a 6nm process, the Narzo 70 Pro combines efficiency and performance. The octa-core CPU features two high-performance Cortex-A78 cores at 2.6 GHz and six energy-efficient Cortex-A55 cores at 2.0 GHz. This setup ensures a balanced performance for everyday tasks and gaming.

With a Mali-G68 MC4 GPU, the device excels in handling graphics-intensive applications. It comes with 8GB of RAM, which can be extended by an additional 8GB through extended RAM technology, providing smooth multitasking and performance. Storage options include 128GB and 256GB, though expandable storage via microSD card is not supported.

Camera System

The Narzo 70 Pro features a versatile triple-camera setup on the rear. The primary 50 MP sensor with an f/1.9 aperture and optical image stabilization (OIS) captures sharp images even in challenging conditions. Accompanied by an 8 MP ultrawide sensor and a 2 MP macro lens, this setup supports a variety of photography styles.

Camera features include Geo-tagging, face detection, touch-to-focus, HDR, and panorama modes. Video recording capabilities reach 1080p at 30fps with gyro-EIS for stable footage. On the front, a 16 MP camera with an f/2.5 aperture is perfect for selfies and video calls, also capable of recording 1080p videos at 30fps.

Connectivity

The Narzo 70 Pro offers a wide range of connectivity options, including Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6 with dual-band support, Bluetooth v5.3, and GPS with multiple satellite system support. The USB Type-C 2.0 port ensures fast data transfer and charging.

However, it lacks NFC, which may be a drawback for users who rely on contactless payment systems. Still, it supports a wide range of network bands, including 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G, ensuring compatibility with global networks.

Battery Life

Equipped with a non-removable 5000 mAh battery, the Narzo 70 Pro provides ample power for a full day of heavy usage. One of its highlights is the 67W fast charging capability, which can recharge the battery from 1% to 50% in just 19 minutes, making it ideal for users who need quick top-ups.

Additional Features

The Narzo 70 Pro includes several features that enhance the user experience, such as an under-display optical fingerprint sensor, accelerometer, compass, gyro, and proximity sensors. It also supports 24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res audio, ensuring excellent sound quality during calls and media playback.

Running on Android 14 with Realme UI 5.0, the software experience is smooth and user-friendly, offering plenty of customization options and useful features.

Conclusion

The Realme Narzo 70 Pro is a well-rounded smartphone that offers exceptional value for money. With its vibrant display, powerful processor, versatile camera system, and fast charging capabilities, it’s an attractive choice for users seeking a mid-range device. Whether you’re a gamer, a photography enthusiast, or simply in need of a reliable smartphone, the Narzo 70 Pro meets all the right criteria.

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Choosing the Best Android App Development Company for Your Business

With over 2.5 billion active Android devices globally, developing an Android app can be a game-changer for your business. But how do you choose the best Android app development company to bring your vision to life? This guide will help you navigate this important decision.

1. Understand Your Needs and Goals

Before you start searching for an Android app development company, it’s essential to have a clear understanding of your business needs and goals. What do you want your app to achieve? Are you looking to increase customer engagement, improve operational efficiency, or tap into a new market? Having a well-defined objective will help you communicate your vision clearly to potential development partners and ensure they can meet your expectations.

2. Look for a Proven Track Record

Experience matters when it comes to app development. A company with a proven track record of successful Android app projects is likely to deliver better results. Review their portfolio to see if they have worked on apps similar to what you envision. Look for case studies, client testimonials, and app store ratings. A reliable company will have a history of satisfied clients and apps that perform well in the market.

3. Evaluate Technical Expertise

The technical expertise of the development team is critical. Android app development requires knowledge of programming languages like Java or Kotlin, as well as experience with Android SDK, APIs, and various frameworks. Ensure the company has a team of skilled developers who are up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies. This expertise is crucial for creating an app that is not only functional but also scalable and secure.

4. Assess the Design Capabilities

An app’s design is as important as its functionality. A user-friendly, visually appealing design can significantly impact the success of your app. When choosing an Android app development company, assess their design capabilities. Do they have a team of experienced UX/UI designers? Can they create a design that aligns with your brand and resonates with your target audience? A great design will enhance user experience and increase user retention.

5. Check for Comprehensive Services

A full-service Android app development company can manage all aspects of your project, from initial concept to post-launch support. This includes business analysis, app design, development, testing, and ongoing maintenance. Having all these services under one roof ensures a more cohesive development process and can save you time and money. It also means that the company can provide support as your app grows and evolves.

6. Prioritise Communication and Collaboration

Effective communication is key to a successful partnership. The best Android app development companies are those that listen to your ideas, understand your vision, and provide valuable feedback. They should be transparent about the development process, keeping you informed at every stage. A collaborative approach ensures that the final product aligns with your expectations and delivers the desired outcomes.

7. Consider Cost and Value

While cost is an important factor, it should not be the sole deciding factor. Instead, consider the value that the Android app development company can bring to your project. A higher initial investment may result in a higher-quality app that generates better returns in the long run. Be wary of companies that offer significantly lower rates, as this could indicate a lack of experience or expertise.

8. Review Post-Launch Support and Maintenance

The journey doesn’t end when your app goes live. Post-launch support and maintenance are crucial for keeping your app running smoothly and adapting to changes in the Android operating system. Ensure the company offers reliable maintenance services, including bug fixes, updates, and enhancements. This ongoing support is vital for the long-term success of your app.

9. Seek References and Recommendations

One of the best ways to gauge the reliability of an Android app development company is to seek references and recommendations. Talk to past clients to learn about their experience working with the company. Were they satisfied with the final product? How was the communication during the project? Would they recommend the company? These insights can be invaluable in making your decision.

10. Trust Your Instincts

Finally, trust your instincts. After evaluating all the factors, you should feel confident in your choice. The right Android app development company will not only have the technical expertise and experience but will also be a partner you can trust to bring your vision to life.

Final Thoughts

Choosing the best Android app development company is a crucial decision that can significantly impact your business’s success in the digital landscape. 

By taking the time to understand your needs, evaluate potential partners, and consider factors like experience, technical expertise, and communication, you can find a company that will help you create an app that meets your goals and drives your business forward. 

Remember, the right partner is one who shares your vision and is committed to delivering a high-quality product that resonates with your target audience.

[alexhussain123]

Android App Development Companies In USA

Introduction

In today's digital landscape, mobile applications have become an integral part of our daily lives. As businesses strive to reach their audience through smartphones, the demand for skilled Android app developers continues to grow. The United States is home to numerous top-tier Android app development companies in USA, each offering unique expertise and innovative solutions.

The Rise of Android App Development

Android's open-source nature and widespread adoption have made it a preferred platform for businesses and developers alike. With over 2.5 billion active Android devices worldwide, the potential reach for well-crafted apps is immense. This has led to a surge in Android app development companies across the USA, catering to diverse industries and client needs.

Key Players in the US Market

While there are many Android app development companies in the USA, some stand out for their exceptional work and client satisfaction. One such company that has been making waves in the industry is TechWorkflow.

Spotlight on TechWorkflow

TechWorkflow has established itself as a prominent player in the Android app development space. Based in the USA, this company offers a comprehensive suite of mobile app development services, with a strong focus on Android platforms.

Expertise and Services

TechWorkflow boasts a team of skilled developers who are well-versed in the latest Android technologies and best practices. Their services include:

Custom Android app development

UI/UX design for Android applications

Android app maintenance and support

Integration of advanced features like AI and IoT

Client-Centric Approach

What sets TechWorkflow apart is their commitment to understanding each client's unique requirements. They work closely with businesses to develop tailored solutions that align with specific goals and target audiences.

Choosing the Right Android App Development Partner

When selecting an Android app development company in the USA, consider the following factors:

Experience and portfolio

Technical expertise

Communication and project management skills

Post-development support

Cost-effectiveness

Companies like TechWorkflow often tick all these boxes, making them attractive options for businesses looking to develop Android applications.

The Future of Android App Development

As technology evolves, so does the field of Android app development. USA-based companies are at the forefront of incorporating emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and blockchain into Android apps. This innovation is crucial for businesses looking to stay competitive in the mobile app market.

Conclusion

The USA is home to a thriving ecosystem of Android app development companies in USA, each bringing unique strengths to the table. Whether you're a startup looking to launch your first app or an established business aiming to expand your mobile presence, partnering with the right development team is crucial.

Companies like TechWorkflow represent the high standards and innovative spirit of the US Android app development industry. As the mobile landscape continues to evolve, these companies will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Android applications, driving business growth and enhancing user experiences across the globe.