#also they have a thing where you can have a randomly chosen banner for your website with different slogans oh

[dessa-banks]

If you've got morbid curiosity and aren't averse to either people being purposefully really edgy or to discussion of suicide, I think the website of the Church of Euthanasia is genuinely really interesting. Like, I don't agree with like 80% of what they're saying, but they're so genuine and intense about it that it's fascinating to read about

[5ppi]

hey, i currently use your degenerate 4chan theme and LOVE it. i was wondering if there was a code to make the banner is different on every refresh? does that make sense? i've made custom ones i'd like to cycle thru and make it look like og 4chan but i'm a code noob. sorry if this is worded weird, lol thank you so much in adv

Yeah, this is definitely possible and fairly easy! I’ll explain how to do it.

First, you’ll have to upload your images onto some image hosting site like Imgur. Tumblr also has a file-hosting facility in the theme HTML customization page, if you click the options button and then “Theme Assets”, although I find it a bit annoying to use.

Next, locate this part of the HTML:

<img src="{image:Banner}" class="header--banner" />

This is the image tag that’s in charge of rendering the banner image. You can see that right now, it uses the image at {image:Banner} which is a Tumblr-specific code for letting users upload this image through the Tumblr interface. However, because you want this image to be random upon refresh, you will want to remove that. You’ll also give this image tag an ID so it will be easy to manipulate it through JavaScript later. So it should now look like this:

<img class="header--banner" id="banner" />

Now, scroll all the way down to the JavaScript portion of the theme. Identify the part of the code that starts with

window.addEventListener("load", function() {

The code that occurs in this block is what happens when the page loads. Since you probably want to put the image in before anything else happens, we will write the new code at the beginning of this block (so before the decodeLinks() part of the code).

First, you’ll want to create an array of the image URLs that you created for the banners. An array is basically a list of things, except the word “list” has special meaning in computer science. It should look like this:

let bannerURLs = [ "URL", "URL", "URL", "URL" ];

Where, of course, each "URL" is replaced with one of your banner URLs. You need the quotation marks around each, and make sure these URLs all start with https instead of http, since the images may not load over http.

Now that you have a variable storing all the URLs, you need code to randomly select one of them. Here is how we will do that:

let index = Math.floor(bannerURLs.length * Math.random());

Math.random() returns a random decimal between 0 and 1. We multiply that by bannerURLs.length, which is the number of URLs that you put in the array, to get a random decimal between 0 and that length, and then floor it to get a random integer between 0 and that length. This allows us to specify which of the URLs to use.

Next, you will set the URL of the image like this:

document.getElementById('banner').src = bannerURLs[index];

You’ll recall that we set the ID of the image tag to banner previously. That’s why we can get it with getElementById now. You’ll also recall that we removed the src tag previously, but we’re setting it now with our randomly-chosen URL. This is selected by bannerURLs[index]. If index is the integer n, then bannerURLs[index] is the nth URL in the array bannerURLs.

And you are done. As always, let me know if you have any questions!

[advernia]

this is for that anon who asked about the danganronpa!ikerev au Σ(･口･) thank you for having an interest in this au, by the way! (´∀`) the format’s not exactly lore-ish per se since when luci and i talked about this, we plotted it out to be game-like - but still, here you go~ it’s like a prologue of sorts, i guess!

the tea party

everyone’s invited - red + black + neutrals + alice - except the tweedles + mousse, whoops. tho i was amusing myself with the idea that they could be something like ndv3′s monokubs, lol.

but since it’s also alice in wonderland themed, maybe the three are like some odd guides popping out randomly now and then??? they say they’re helping but dean’s too cryptic, dalim cycles between being vague or being an unhelpful bastard, and mousse... yeah.

the killing game tea party is set in the ikerev gardens / the civic center and in true danganronpa fashion, they can’t leave the premises. new rooms + places for exploration are also only unlocked after certain events. sometimes if they feel like it, the tweedles or mousse could open areas themselves, which makes them even more suspicious.

they claim not to be working with monoamon, but everyone calls bullshit bc how the fuck can they move so freely + open areas then??? they don’t answer that question at all, but eventually there’s the inkling that even they themselves don’t know why they’re granted that freedom too.

there’s no strict stuff about the time, but somehow everyone knocks out unconscious come midnight and wake up exactly at seven. food’s readily available at the tea party table, looking always fresh. they can see the outside, but some odd invisible barrier’s keeping them from going too far.

guests: red & black

no set protagonist, lol - let’s imagine everyone having their own routes!

the red + black main five wake up seated on their respective seats on the table. not simultaneously, mind you. the ‘protagonist’ wakes up first and when he does, he’s greeted by the sight of an odd stuffed rabbit with a monochrome pattern staring at him, wtf. 

“finally awake,” it says and protag’s like no shit sherlock but wait wtf - talking stuffed rabbit???????????????????????

it ignores all the basic questions (where am i, who are you, why can you talk etc.) but responds to the why am i bound / chained to this chair, and it says:

‘if you want to break free, you have to remember your title.’ and with that the rabbit hops away, leaving the protag either a) even more confused (kyle, zero, luka, fenrir), b) agitated (jonah, ray, seth), or c) thinking about the title (lancelot, edgar, sirius).

eventually after a moment of mental + physical struggle, their title hits them in the head and it spills out from their lips and hey presto, the chains on ‘em are suddenly lifted! by this time, their ‘rival’ chara wakes up.

‘rival’ chara can vary, pure (black vs. black) or cross (red vs. black). let’s say that the pure rivalry is your normal game mode and more centric around the chosen protag’s dynamic with his group (black or red) + a little with certain neutrals. the cross is your hard difficulty, probably filled with more bullshit, and has a storyline that involves everyone (with an ending that more or less still leaves you with tons of questions).

for pure black, luci likes the matchups of ray vs. seth & luka vs. fenrir. red, kyle vs. jonah & edgar vs. zero. lancelot and sirius are faced off with a rival from the neutral group, blanc and loki respectively.

for cross we have: ray vs. jonah, lancelot vs. fenrir, sirius vs. edgar, luka vs. kyle, and zero vs. seth. note that the rival chara isn’t exactly antagonistic by nature, results may vary depending on game difficulty lol.

anyway, eventually everyone wakes up and they get to remembering their so-called titles. it’s only after they’re free that they realize they can’t remember their names, much less anything else.

but by simply looking at each other’s outfits + introduction of self through titles... the other group aside, it’s logical to first assume that they know each other. their clothes have similar colors, their titles end with the same symbol, and they’re seated on the same side of the table... question is, why can’t they remember each other???

the rabbit pops up when the mood’s gone quiet, and it’s oddly chipper as it introduces itself as amon. it answers and ignores questions on a whim, and when it finally has enough it informs everyone that there are people still missing - without them, the tea party can’t start.

what the fuck is this tea party about, someone tries to say but amon’s gone away. left with not much of a choice, everyone decides to search the area for these missing people, with this ‘tea party area’ as the rendezvous point after maybe thirty minutes or so.

guests: neutral

these guys have a harder time bc unlike the red + black that are already grouped together, the four are located in separate areas and are also chained to something (a certain cat’s been chained to a damned tree). 

the protag will always encounter amon first, and the remaining three will meet dean, dalim, or mousse. tho instead of being told the remember your title phrase, they get a remember who you are instead.

they eventually remember, break free, and set out exploring the place in hopes of finding anyone else / jogging their memories. but before they’re found by either the reds or the blacks (or both), the white rabbit meets the mad hatter, and the cheshire cat meets the joker.

the neutrals at first are hesitant to go along with whoever finds them, but eventually they comply when they hear that these strangers also went through a similar experience as they did. when the four are brought to the tea party table, a round of introductions go on and now they’re fourteen in total - but there’s still one seat left open.

since the neutrals are obviously different / don’t pose any similarities with the two groups in any way, suspicion floats in the air. that mood is diffused immediately by the white rabbit, who everyone doesn’t mind actually listening to. he points out that maybe they should try finding that last person before really engaging into a proper talk.

everyone’s sure they’ve checked around, but there’s not much places to go when some barrier-like force holds them back from going to certain areas. but suddenly the cheshire cat hits the jackpot, discovering a path hidden by the rosebushes in the gardens that lead to... a chapel???

the moonlight shining down + the surrounding rosebushes makes the chapel look pretty, but that’s not what they’re there for anyway - when everyone walks to the chapel doors, they see that there are two large chains crossed together binding the door shut, the links of one chain all colored black and the other red - thinking that those chains follow a similar formula to those that bound them, the white rabbit suggests that they try confirming if someone’s inside first.

they shout, rattle the chains, peek through the windows, look around for any other entrances, but nothing. no one replies, no other entrances, the windows are made out of stained glass so you couldn’t see inside. someone suggests breaking the windows, but suddenly the tweedles + mousse appear out of nowhere, standing by the chapel doors.

majority go wtf who u and how’d u get here??? the three that suddenly appeared don’t care about that though, and instead stare at the kings. mousse holds two banners in his hand - dean takes the red one, dalim takes the black one... and go to the king of hearts and king of spades respectively.

the twins hold out the banners to the kings, expressions equally serious. they ask: who are you? and while the kings don’t answer at first, they regain composure and speak out their titles, taking the banners in their hands.

the moment the kings speak their titles the banners change form and take the shape of swords - suddenly weapons appear before the rest of the army people too, and while the whole thing is odd; the weapons are actually... sort of familiar to have by their side.

dean and dalim say nothing more and go back to where mousse stands - the quiet man looks at everyone with a strange glint in his eye, and like a whisper, he says: never forget - and they’re gone.

now everything’s just downright confusing again, but the kings decide to use their swords to take down the chains of the chapel, for starters. hey presto, it works! and with those gone, they could walk into the chapel...

guests: alice

the chapel looked pretty from the outside, and was equally pretty from the inside. intricately designed stained glass, neatly arranged pews, simple yet elegant tapestries, a grand cross by the altar, a body lying facedown by the altar... yeah, pretty.

...................... a body!?!?!??!?!

chosen protag gets to the body first, and surprise surprise, it’s a girl! the moment the protag shifts her body to see her face, a sharp pain pierces his head - she’s familiar, she’s familiar, but not a single concrete memory takes form.

everyone goes through this when they see her face, and when the last person who sees her has recovered a bit from the sudden headache, the girl starts to stir.... and when she focuses her eyes on the protag, his title comes out from her mouth and.... what the hell?

she’s not wrong, but how the hell does she know??? before anyone can get to asking her that, amon suddenly pops up from the chapel’s entrance, bathed in moonlight and looking extremely pleased. 

“took you lot long enough. now... let’s have a mad time, shall we?”

fourteen men, one woman... how many can survive this tea party?

miscellaneous stuff

hours before oliver is tragically murdered, alice and the protag will have a conversation in the chapel - it’s like alice is gauging the protag’s resolve, and at the end there’s a promise. alice leaves first after that, and as he watches her leave the protag gets the odd feeling that he’ll never see her again... which proves true, since he’ll be condemning her to death come the trial. oof.

first trial always ends up with oliver as the victim and alice as the executioner, lol... but luci and i like the idea of anyone could’ve murdered oliver granted that they were at the wrong place at the wrong time - in any route, it always happens to be alice. was it by accident, or by choice??? hmmm....

her memento item changes depending on the protag! so for example, if zero or fenrir, the item is a pair of earrings. loki or sirius end up with a choker. ray with a necklace, edgar with a wristwatch, etc... the item proves useful on the last trial.

it’s actually a shame that oliver and alice are cut off immediately??? the former proved to be knowledgeable of the machinery present in the building, and the latter was actually like blanc in the sense that she could get everyone to calm down and listen... plus since she was familiar to everyone and vice-versa, she might have been helpful in regaining their memories. so much for that.

amon finds their deaths very convenient himself, stating that the mad hatter + alice were going to be a pain and would spoil the tea party if they lived any longer. to why that was, no one’s quite sure yet. amon seems to dislike blanc, too.

each executioner’s punishment is recreated through a unnervingly realistic diorama set up in that one place they frequently go to... thus alice’s can be found in the chapel. the actual bodies of the victims + executioners are actually nowhere to be found, though... that aside, why exactly was this being done??? was it because amon was simply a sick bastard??? or as morbid as it was, were the dioramas meant to send a message??? hmmmm.....

murder cases & themes also vary throughout routes! usually, the victims or executioners are related to the character’s route theme in the sense that they’re the opposite of it or are burdened differently about it as compared to the protagonist...

so say for example, zero’s theme is purpose / duty.... chances are the victims / executioners on his route are people who are also strongly related to this theme. whiiich means that ray or luka could play a role on his route lol whoops spoilers or for ray, who deals with guilt... people who deal with certain burdens are of interest. whiiiiich means that edgar or kyle are probably involved whooops

danganronpa itself has philosophical + psychological themes, so add that up with lewis carroll’s alice in wonderland which is philosophical by nature... and you get a shit ton of questions about judgement + morality + causality + life + death + truth + deceit that recurs on every route.

delivery and angles vary - for example, loki’s route takes a bleak perspective on causality through his flippant decision-making at the beginning. though quite the unreliable narrator, one can get the idea that kyle is obviously haunted and gravely affected by the deaths he witnesses, whether a victim’s or an executioner’s.

big question: is there a mastermind, or is this all in their head??? has everything gone mad, or was this an inevitable reality??? curious indeed...

[agustdef]

Here & Now - Chapter 4

Pairing: Yoongi x OC

Genre: Fluff; Chill romance

Word Count: 1,496

Warning: None.

Banner Marker: @dee-ehn​

Being set-up so we'd meet sooner worked in my favor. When Tuesday rolled around and Yoongi stepped into my studio things felt comfortable. Of course, there was the pressure of finding what he was looking for, but at least it wasn't coupled with nerves about making a fool of myself in my first impression. After spending several hours together through the weekend it was very clear what my sometimes weird personality was. He didn't seem put off by it, so all was well.

I tended to create samples in my free time, letting all the pent up music that formed in my brain out. Sometimes I used them for actual work and other times I just kept them to myself. My keep-to-myself library had great range and was good for showing an artist or fellow producer when gauging what steps to take before the work started.

Yoongi had a direction, but he refused to tell me specifics. We spent over half an hour listening to everything I had since he'd said it was better than hearing what I picked on assuming what he might want.

As we moved on from one to another I tried to use his expressions to figure out how he felt, but he just appeared neutral or mildly interested. It made me a teensy bit antsy. Long ago I'd learned that people wouldn't always like what I had to show and that was no reason to panic, but they usually showed an ounce of something.

When we finally finished he remained silent, glancing through the list of samples again. I stared him down hard and a minute or so in I saw him smirk. My eyes narrowed because something told me he was messing with me.

Another minute or two passed and I was done with it. "So, anything? Nothing? Partly something?"

He glanced my way and then pointed to a cluster of tracks. Leaning forward I squinted to see what they were, what I noticed got me excited. All the ones he'd identified had heavy reggae and trap influences; it was one of my favorites.

My excitement dulled a little and I narrowed my eyes again. "You knew twenty samples ago?"

Yoongi just smiled and nodded.

"Why does everyone live to fuck with me?" I mumbled.

Shaking my head I turned my attention back to the desktop screen, clicking around and ridding myself of everything but what he'd chosen. If I didn't keep things somewhat organized I'd only confuse myself.

Yoongi waited in silence until I looked his way again. Without a word from me he moved closer and took over the mouse. My eyes followed his to the screen, watching closely.

Once he got the file of his choice open he started talking. Part way through he switched from English to Korean, since I'd told him to use whatever was most comfortable with. Especially if he felt his thoughts would be expressed easier.

"The mini will have this vibe, except one song. That one will be more like Seesaw. It's not something new but fits with what I'm going for. I already have ideas of which songs I've written that could work. None of these are exact, but I know that we can figure out what will work. This one though..." He continued on, talking about which aspects of the track that he'd like to put in and what just wouldn't work for him.

How long we stayed like that I was unsure. He just let out all his wants and expectations, while fiddling with my program to create some random mock-up of what he was verbalizing. I listened intently, purely focused on what he was saying. At some points I interjected, bouncing ideas off of him and getting clarification on certain things.

There were disagreements here and there, but nothing that was out of the norm for two people's visions coming together. It was a nice conversation, one that I hadn't had in weeks since. I'd been working on things only I produced or working with others remotely for a while, so actual back and forth in real time had been lacking.

Picking his brain to figure out his thought process was also nice. As much as it was a work experience where I was to take part I was also learning. Or trying to do as always with producers I admired.

"All of it needs to be perfect, so it probably will be months before I even hint the idea of it coming out. Though we may just drop it without warning." He turned to me, staring into my eyes.

"That's fine. My schedule gets hectic sometimes, but never enough that this would be a problem. Is there a specific song you had in mind for me or?" I asked.

"All of it," he said without hesitation.

I froze, my eyes widened and my mouth dropped open. Yoongi just smirked, watching me for a moment and then returning his gaze back to the screen.

The ever constant theme of him shocking me was becoming a tiny bit annoying, but I also wasn't mad about it. It was cool. Working on whole albums, mini or otherwise, wasn't something I got to do; in fact, it only happened once before for an artist not very well known.

Everything about the situation just kept becoming more exciting and terrifying at the same time.

Before I could dive deeper into my head, which was rarely good, Yoongi pulled my attention back to the computer. He was playing one of my older samples, his head nodding along with it. He wore an intense look, eyes focused on the screen. Every so often he'd pause and relisten to a certain snippet.

"This section fits well. How'd you get it?" He asked, only sparing me a short glance before replaying it yet again.

"Uh, it's been so long. I was still using Studio One at the time and was just messing around. I think I was having a shit day and in the mood for something bass heavy. No song was filling the void, so I made something." The memory was fuzzy, but the emotion behind it was quite clear.

Yoonhi paused the music, turning to stare at me. His expression was concentrated like before, but I couldn't quite tell what he could have been thinking. Seconds passed and I felt more awkward than before. I went to speak just as he opened his mouth to say something, but a knock on the studio door pulled our attention.

I hopped up to answer it but was nearly plowed over in an instant. Matthew was holding bags of food and speaking rapidly. Yoongi's manager almost didn't catch my attention because he'd entered so much quieter.

"It's almost two thirty and you last ate at nine. Since it was only the smallest of breakfast sandwiches and you only ate half I expect you to eat all of this." He spoke in a way that left no room for disagreement.

After setting out the container, filled with rice and some steak and pepper mixture, he stared me down and left. I was used to his behavior so it wasn't something surprising. However, both Yoongi and his manager appeared shocked and amused. The corners of their lips fighting not to turn up.

"He can be a lot," I said.

They both just nodded. I focused on my food as they had a brief exchange and Yoongi was handed food as well. A moment later we were alone again and immersed in the lunch break that was forced upon us. Neither spoke, just eating in the quiet of the space until I turned my Spotify on shuffle to do away with the silence. Too much of it made me uncomfortable.

Food became too much after I'd reached two-thirds of the way finished, so I pushed the container away. Sighing, I chewed on my lower lip and then found myself randomly spewing out words.

"Are you sure about this? I could totally find you someone else who's more versed in this?"

Internally I groaned, chiding myself for the nonsense. He'd already made it clear that he'd made the choice on his own, and I kept feeling this doubt gnawing at me. It'd been months since I'd felt that way, so I guess it was just reminding me that it was always there lurking and ready to strike.

"Why would I not be sure?"

"I don't know. Uh... I'm just making sure you're sure." I shrugged and shoved the straw in my mouth to stop any other dumb questions.

Yoongi eyed me carefully, brow raised in confusion. After a moment he sat down his fork and turned to stare into my soul. "Kendall I chose you because you fit. Your work is good and Joon speaks highly of you. Perfect for this project. I'm sure of it."

He gave a smile and then pushed my container closer. "He said all of it."

[thesevenseraphs]

Bungie Weekly Update - 9/13/18

This week at Bungie, we prepare for our Last Wish. We’re deep into week two of Forsaken. Many of you have finished your hunt and served justice to Uldren. That was just the beginning. The bravest Guardians have already visited the Dreaming City and begun to uncover its secrets. Tomorrow, fireteams will make their first attempts at defeating our latest raid, Last Wish.

As with every raid, we will be watching the streams and cheering you on. The completion of the raid is not even the endcap of what the Dreaming City has to offer. There are many more mysteries to uncover once the final boss has been slain.

Raid Rewards

Last week, we showed you a preview of the new raid World First title belts. For more details, see our official rules. That’s not the only thing we have lined up for the most hardcore raiders to immortalize their accomplishment—the World First team is also guaranteed to all receive the One Thousand Voices Exotic, which is a rare drop from the final encounter.

If you think you may have finished first, make sure you loot the final chest after defeating the final encounter to ensure both your rewards.

After that, return to Orbit to finish the activity.

In addition to the extra rewards for the World First team, any player who beats the raid within the first 24 hours will receive the “Wish Ascended” emblem.

That’s not all! Any player who beats the Last Wish before 10 AM PDT on Tuesday September 18, 2018 will have access to a personalized Last Wish raid jacket available for purchase through the Bungie Rewards program. Players who would like to participate in this offer need to make sure they complete the raid, claim the in-game Triumph, and then claim the code on the Bungie Rewards page BEFORE the weekly reset. You will have until September 30 to use the code to make the purchase.

There are many more secrets to uncover in the raid and ways to showcase your accomplishments to other Guardians in Destiny 2. We’re excited for the race to begin and can’t wait to see who comes out on top.

Pumping Iron

Not into raiding? That’s OK. Lord Saladin returns next week to challenge you in the ways of Iron Banner! Things may feel a bit different for Guardians returning to the fray. For the first time in Destiny 2 multiplayer, your Power will matter.  You are now in an arms race with the Guardians you face off against, so make sure to equip your most powerful gear.

Game Mode: Control

Begins: Tuesday, September 18

Ends: Tuesday, September 25

Enabling Power advantages is not the only change coming to Iron Banner. Lord Saladin will present seven weekly bounties for you to complete. Each bounty rewards you with an Iron Banner-themed reward, and two of these bounties in particular grant powerful rewards. There are no exceptions: All Iron Banner-themed weapons and armor have the chance to be rewarded when bounties are completed.

The original Iron Lord will also be offering armor for direct purchase, as well as two weapons with unique rolls per event. You can gain access to purchase these items by completing their associated bounties.

If you have tokens left over from Season 3, these may be redeemed in Season 4 for reputation packages. As with bounties, all Iron Banner-themed weapons and armor may be earned through reputation packages from Lord Saladin. To wrap up rewards, post-match drops are also returning to Iron Banner. Both Crucible and Iron Banner rewards will drop at match completion.

Coming with Iron Banner at 10 AM PDT on 9/18, a reprised Crucible map will also become available. This map will be instantly available in Crucible playlists for all Destiny 2 players. Owners of Forsaken will also gain access to this map in private matches. We will reveal the map on Monday, so stay tuned to all of our social channels for a preview.

Beautiful Things

At Bungie, we strive to build beautiful worlds, and Forsaken is no exception. From the Tangled Shore to the Dreaming City, the weapons, armor, and characters are all meticulously crafted by our talented artists. We have a few of their favorites to share here, and each link below will take you to their portfolios, which offer more of their inspiring creations.

Ryan Choi

Adam Scott

Aaron Wehrmeister

Dima Goryainov

Joseph Biwald

Ken Osuna

Ethan Scheu

Kevin Whitmeyer

Lee Hinds

Madison Parker

Ryan Gitter

Rosa Lee

Tyler Bartley

Roderick Weise

If you enjoyed this art gallery, check back next week. We will be featuring artists from our partner High Moon Studios.

Bounty Hunters

It’s about time for another Bungie Bounty. Instead of just doing one, we thought we would place several bounties on players from all around the globe. We are going to run several bounties on different players each week. They will span across all three platforms and feature players from regions around the world. Some will be playing Crucible, others will be playing Gambit.

The rules are the same. Find the targets during the two-hour blocks their bounty is active, and defeat them. If you win, you will be rewarded the "Sign of Mutual Combat" emblem.

We plan on running bounties from September 17 through October 21, 2018. We will keep you updated with weekly schedules. Here is who is up next week.

Euro Gamers

It’s time for another outbound journey. For the second year in a row, we have an away team prepping to attend

EGX

in Birmingham, UK. We can’t wait to have another chance to meet Guardians from Europe!

Destiny 2: Forsaken

will have a stand on site with a chance to play Gambit or the Warden of Nothing Strike. The loot for all players will be a code to earn our event attendance emblem - you know, the ones you see available for auction online.

Here’s when you can expect to find us:

Developer Meet and Greets

Virgin Media, Destiny 2: Forsaken Stand

Friday, 21 September, 5:15 PM UK

Saturday, 22 September, 11 AM UK

DeeJ: Moderator

Steve Cotton: Game Director

Mallory Schleif: Writer

Andrew Hopps: World Artist

Tom Farnsworth: Activity Designer

We hope to see you there.

Patch Note Preview

Next week, we will be deploying Hotfix 2.0.3. Here is a short preview of some of the issues being addressed.

Fixing an issue that impacted weapon recoil on PC

Fixing an issue where the Traveler’s Chosen sidearm had no dismantle or vault functionality

The Traveler’s Chosen will appear as the damaged version in character inventory once this change is live

Fixing an issue where daily clan bounties were not rotating properly each day

Players may be given the option to reconnect to Competitive matches when encountering errors that remove them to the login screen

Optimal Prime

Destiny 2 Hotfixes 2.0.2 and 2.0.2.1This week, we deployed Hotfixes 2.0.2 and 2.0.2.1 to players in Destiny 2. Cumulatively, these updates resolved a number of issues discovered post-launch with the sandbox and economy of Destiny 2: Forsaken, as well as provided rewards to players who completed challenges after the erroneous weekly reset on Saturday, September 8.

To see the full patch notes for these releases, players should follow the links below:

Destiny 2 Hotfix 2.0.2

Destiny 2 Hotfix 2.0.2.1

Additionally, following today’s Hotfix 2.0.2.1, some players may observe bizarre behavior in their Director screen. Affected players are encouraged to close their Destiny 2 application and relaunch. Players who continue to be affected should try clearing their console cache.

Destiny 2

Update 2.0.3

Next Tuesday, September 18, Destiny 2 Update 2.0.3 will be deployed to players. Following Hotfixes 2.0.2 and 2.0.2.1, Update 2.0.3 will continue to resolve issues that directly affect the game experience.

For patch notes once they become available, players should see our Updates page

. For the 2.0.3 deployment timeline when it becomes available, please visit our Destiny Server and Update Status help article and follow @BungieHelp on Twitter.

Prime and Powerful

Over the past week, we have observed confusion from players regarding the differences between powerful gear and Prime Engrams. Listed below is information that we expect will define these loot sources more clearly.

Powerful Gear

Awarded to players directly for completing eligible activities, challenges, bounties, etc. These will list “Powerful Gear” as the reward in their tooltip and can be pursued deterministically.

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Provides a boost based on the player’s current best Power level.

Prime Engrams

Require the Prime Attunement buff that players receive from achieving character level 50 and speaking to Master Rahool in the Tower.

Can be earned randomly by defeating challenging enemies or by completing Crucible matches.

Prime Attunement will enter a cooldown when a Prime Engram is awarded. This cooldown will reset over time, and players may then earn another Prime Engram.

Appear in the player’s engram inventory when they are obtained; they must be decrypted by a Cryptarch.

Provide a boost based on the player’s current best Power level.

Also regarding Prime Engrams: Since the launch of Destiny 2: Forsaken, we have become aware of an exploit that negatively impacts a player’s ability to earn Prime Engrams over time. After monitoring player concerns, we would like to once again state that players earning Prime Engrams under normal gameplay conditions should not expect to see the negative effects of this exploit. Happy hunting.

Gambit Suspensions and DisconnectsSince the launch of Destiny 2: Forsaken, we have become aware of issues causing exceptional load times and disconnects in the Gambit playlist. To mitigate erroneous restrictions due to these issues, quitter penalties in the Gambit playlist have been temporarily disabled.

For information on the resolution of this issue when it is available, please stay tuned to our News page.

Destiny 2: Forsaken Known Issues

In addition to the items listed above, Destiny Player Support is tracking the latest issues reported by players on the #Help forum. Provided below is a brief overview of the latest known issues in Destiny 2: Forsaken.

Offering to the Oracle: We are investigating issues retaining the Offering to the Oracle in inventories. To avoid this, players should log into all characters in Destiny 2, or log into the Destiny Companion app, before acquiring the item. Players should also make sure their consumable inventory is not full.

WANTED: Combustor Valus Bounty: We are investigating an issue where some players in a fireteam don’t receive credit for killing the Combustor Valus and then can’t replay the adventure.

Various Trophies/Achievements: We are investigating issues with some trophies and achievements not unlocking for new players.

Crucible Kill Feed: We are investigating an issue where players can’t see their Crucible kill feed. Players may want to clear the console cache for a possible workaround.

HDR Issues: We are monitoring reports where players who use HDR are having issues.

Crucible Drops: We are investigating an issue where some players do not receive any loot drops for completing Crucible matches.

Hawthorne Clan Bounties: We are investigating an issue where Hawthorne doesn’t update her daily clan bounties.

Traveler’s Chosen Sidearm and Other Starting Weapons: We are investigating an issue where the Traveler’s Chosen Sidearm and other starting weapons cannot be dismantled or stored in the vault. Players are encouraged to not retrieve the Sidearm, as it will remain in their Kinetic weapon slot until a fix is deployed. Additionally, new players should reach the Farm before using a character boost so their weapons don't remain in their inventory.

For the latest known issues as soon as they are available, players should visit our Forsaken Vital Information and Known Issues list.

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MGA SEASON 4: EPISODE 5 STARTS NOW!

The weeks seem to be passing quicker and quicker. Before too long, episode five is already airing, and the highlights of the previous one show on screen. People cry as their friends are eliminated but, above all else, this is a competition and as the challenges continue, you should fight to continue as well. The lucky audience’s bright smiles should serve as encouragement to those losing hope.

A girl confidently shows her hand-made sign with Koo Junhoe’s face on it, while another says she’s a fan of Kim Jinhee instead. “Why?” She asks when her friend stares at her weirdly. “She’s pretty.” A group of men has their banners tied to their forehead instead. “Kim! Chung! Ha!” They all scream in unison as if their passion for the girl wasn’t obvious enough. A lot of others get their chance at the camera, but the video gets sped up and it's hard to see any more names from the images.

Your favorite CEOs sit at the same famous table as before. So Jiseob raises a hand to calm down the audience before officially starting the episode. “Hello, everyone, and welcome to the fifth episode of the Mnet Global Auditions Season 4.” He lets the cheering swell up for a few moments before raising his hand once again. “This week, our contestants were asked to show us a performance of a mashup. This will not only show the talent of those who decided to produce a mashup themselves but also show the versatility of all as performers. There are seven teams this week, but only one of them can be the winner.” This time, his long pause is followed by silence, the anticipation building up among everyone. “Without further ado… let’s meet our first group of contestants.”

The crowd cheers as Team A walks on stage. They’re Kim Junmyeon, Jeon Somi, Koo Junhoe, Ha Sungwoon and Bae Joohyun. After introducing themselves as team Celestial, each of the contestants gets a chance to introduce themselves to the public before walking to their starting spot. It’s a routine the public should already be used to, and quickly the scene changes to that of a practice room.

Instead of the usual start at the Sphere building, the contestants find themselves inside of Royal. The first topic that comes up is the leader spot. As the camera passes by them in order of age, a text lets the audience know each of them has already carried the title, except for the youngest, Somi. The girl seems to be in as much shock as everyone else, but her teammates all offer her support. “We’ll help you, if you’d like,” states Joohyun before extending a hand to the younger. “If you need any advice about being a leader or anything at all, don’t be afraid to ask us, okay?”

The group then goes on a hunt for a mashup, choosing to find one instead of making it themselves. They settle for a mix between ‘Starry Night’ and ‘Save Me’, going for a softer feeling this time around. Afterwards, while each person heads off to prepare, Sungwoon approaches Junmyeon with a pen and paper, obviously embarrassed by what he’s about to do. He asks for the other’s autograph, quickly adding: “it’s for my sister in Hong Kong.” Junmyeon seems to be just as embarrassed as the other, covering his cheeks before signing the paper. They both quickly laugh off the tension in the air, and, since they’re already there, Sungwoon asks for an autograph for himself as well.

Even with such an awkward first interaction, the screen shows a montage of all their best moments, mostly involving their journey of trying to learn the choreography and laughing at each other’s mistakes. It eventually gets late, and after working hard to polish their dancing skills, the two boys fall asleep next to each other. They only wake up in the morning when Somi walks in and lets out a screech at the sight.

Sungwoon yells back in surprise, jolting up and into a crouch resembling a martial arts position. He then attempts to flatten his hair while apologizing, but Junmyeon simply shoots him a wink and finger guns, looking just as handsome as he appeared the night before. While Junmyeon proceeds to finally raise himself from the floor, Sungwoon stares at the camera in disbelief. “Did I ask for this? No. Am I getting it? Yes. Am I slightly jealous God has not given me the ability to wink? Also yes.”

Later into practice, Somi is the one to approach Junmyeon with a question of her own. “Oppa, do you have something in your eye? You always… like… do this.” And so the girl starts to wink repeatedly and much more flamboyantly than the male usually did. “Something in my eye?” Junmyeon questions. “Yes, I have the love for all of the viewers out there stuck in my eyes.” He shoots the camera a wink, and the camera quickly focuses on Somi as her face contorts at the sight. She adds a new comment, saying, “but I know someone more handsome than you.” Except, the other is too busy blowing kisses to hear it. As their leader, though, the girl quickly reminds everyone to go back to practice, and the party comes to an end.

The camera presently returns to the stage where the mashup begins as a mix of two songs. The lyrics convey a dreadful feeling and the members manage to convey this in their performance. Their composition lacked on the aspect of dancing, but Joohyun’s modified choreography allowed everyone to shine. The performance eventually comes to an end and they strike their ending poses before it’s time for the next group to perform.

Team B is next, composed of Kim Doyeon, Joo Haknyeon, Kim Jinhee, Moon Bin and Choi Minho. “1, 2, 3…” Doyeon counts before they all introduce themselves. “As above, so below. Hello, we’re team Styx!” Each member holds a mythological title with which they introduce themselves individually before moving to their designated spots. Before the song can start, the scene goes back in time to their practice room.

They choose Doyeon as their leader, which really was no surprise since the girl was the one who introduced them while on stage. Things seemed to be going normally, or at least until someone suggested the name ‘Cerberus’ for their team name. It sounded cool at first, but soon the boys start barking as if they were the dog themselves. The three guys share the screen as they bark together, a quick edit showing each of them as a different head of the mystical canine. The camera zooms on Jinhee’s face as she stares back at it, obviously unamused.

Not really taking the name seriously anymore, they settle on Styx instead, keeping the mythological vibe. The boys, however, never really forget to mess around every once in a while. It either involves random ‘woof’s (or ‘nyan’s from Haknyeon) or even just stopping randomly to dance without reason. However, even with all the fun and games, they all manage to show their skill. Minho steps up to make the mashup himself, while Bin takes over the difficult vocals. With this mashup, Haknyeon can showcase both his dancing and rapping skills.

[TW: MENTIONS OF BLOOD] Just like last week, Haknyeon needs to pause his practice for a moment to stop a nosebleed. This time, however, Jinhee is there to see it happen. When she asks if this is normal for him, the boy quickly replies that no, it isn’t. “I’m really sorry. I just… need to do well… and prove something. I know I shouldn’t let it get to me but… people have been saying things, about how I’m only here because of my sister, that I’m using her fame… and stuff like that… I want to prove something to them. And prove something to myself. I need to do well, so they can realize that I’m my own person with my own dreams… I need to do well. I’ll take better care of myself, I promise.” [END OF TW]

The day of the performance comes again, and a story is set to be told. Doyeon plays the role of a heartbroken girl, while Bin is her crazy ex-boyfriend. Jinhee is the angelic best friend, while Haknyeon and Minho are pretending to be interested in Doyeon. The heartbroken heroine, however, is traumatized by her past romantic experience, and sees the new boys as only trying to use her. The mashup is nicely made, and the end of the song is impressive enough to leave an impact with only Jinhee’s voice powering over anything. Just like so, the stage comes to an end.

Walking up to the stage is Team C, made up of Jin Longguo, Kim Bora, Lee Luda and Hwang Hyunjin. Their introduction is long, but also very interesting.  “Café Latte: a team with a unique flavour that will stay with you and warm your heart with a rich and mature message like espresso, and lighter and heart-fluttering vocals like milk foam.” It most certainly picked up the interest of some, and after they each introduced themselves as a different type of coffee, the members move to their starting positions just in time for the scene to change back to their practice room.

First things first, the viewers are notified of Yerim’s departure of the show for personal reasons, her figure obviously not present during the meeting. Their chosen leader is Luda, the tiny girl with a strong voice. They work together to find a good song, and eventually settle on a mashup between “Coffee” and “Stay”, an interesting choice for a performance. After everybody shows agreement, the leader adds in her own thoughts. “If we go with the theme of ‘cafe latte’ we could each choose a type of coffee for ourselves, for introductions, after introducing the team together?” Her members seem excited by the idea, and as seen previously, they did use it on the final day.

They’re a very hardworking group, which they all soon realize as well. All of the members prefer to stay overnight instead of going home, to which they give themselves the nickname of ‘team sleepover’. Even the serious Longguo breaks a smile at the comment, the moment emphasized by special effect flowers popping out around his face. Although sleep is necessary, they practice hard with or without it.

For this performance, the team decided to go with a brand new choreography made by their dancers. A pair of it involves turning themselves into couples, and while Longguo and Bora seem to not really be bothered by it, Hyunjin cutely shies away from Luda whenever they finish practicing. He always pulls away, covering his face, and a cute montage shows several times it occurs, a cute song playing in the background.

Once their final practice is done, they all cheer and clap at their achievements. “Thank you for your hard work, everyone.” Longguo says before the leader decides to add in her own words. “I know I was a bit lacking as a leader, but thank you all for helping me, wherever I needed help,“ she started, thinking especially of the choreography. “I really had fun preparing for this performance, even if it wasn’t always easy. I know we’ll do well!”

And just like that, the focus is back on the stage where Luda sits by herself in a chair. The choreography is very beautifully done, not too hard but also not too simple. It’s interesting to see when they’re paired up in couples, Hyunjin’s face serious for the performance and managing to make eye contact with the camera. Even if the chosen song was a bit surprising, they finished their performance well.

Team D goes up next. Choi Yoojung, Kim Yongsun, Kim Donghyun, Choi Youngjae and Lee Sungyeol stand on the stage, waving at the public before introducing themselves. “Hello, we are team Desolate!” They each get a short moment of personal appeal before moving to their designated spot. The screen wobbles and changes the focus back to their first meeting.

Out of process of elimination, and the boys not really wanting to be leader, Yoojung takes the leader role for the week. While she looked nervous about it at first, once the deed is done, the girl appears to calm herself down. Since the group is very vocal-heavy, the team decides to pick songs to reflect this quality, going with “Empty” and “I’m Bad”. Sungyeol and Youngjae offer their skills to make the mashup themselves and, just as promised, they deliver the final product. Yongsun seems to be impressed by it, nodding to the music as she listens to it.

The choreography turns out to be simple, and Yoojung teaches the rest of her teammates how to do it correctly. They seem to follow her well, even if the girl is barely shown speaking. Even Donghyun, who mostly keeps to himself, decides to say a few words during their final practice. “You know what I think?” Donghyun says aloud at the end of their last day of practice before the show. A large grin is seen on his face despite the sweat shining on his brow. “We’re going to get first place and make it through to next week. We’ve done good this week and it’s been an honour working with you and tomorrow we’re going to completely smash it.”

The day of the performance arrives once again, and Sungyeol starts it off with his lines. The song seems to pass by quickly, and the dancing is simple enough for everyone to do their part. Donghyun finishes it off and, before you know it, they depart the stage to make ready for the next group’s arrival.

Next up is Team E, formed by Kim Hyuna, Seo Soojin, Kim Jonghyun, Minatozaki Sana and Jeon Wonwoo. They introduce themselves as team Bangchi, a mashup of the names from their chosen song’s artists. After a moment of individual appeal, they move over to their initial poses of lying down on the floor. The scene then transitions smoothly into showing them on the floor but, this time, in their practice room.

Right away, Soojin suggests Sana as the leader, and everyone seems to agree. The girl had been yearning for the title and finally managed to get it. After a few deep breaths, she lets her team know of her intentions with watery eyes. “I promise I won’t let you down.” However, choosing a song didn’t seem to go so easily. Each suggestion came with different criticism, a quick montage showing the team struggle. They eventually find a mix of ‘You Think’ and ‘I Need U’, which the team eventually agrees on being their best option.

Mentions of Hyuna’s condition start to arise, and as the camera focuses on the woman sitting on the floor, the scene cuts into a quick flashback. She’s leaving the stage after performing with her previous team when she trips on the very last step. People exhale in worry, and then she’s shown sitting with an ice pack on her ankle. The flashback quickly ends, and Jonghyun and Wonwoo take on the role of working with the choreography while Hyuna rests.

Sana approaches Wonwoo one day, holding a box of cupcakes in her hands. “I didn’t make them, they’re just store bought.” The girl quickly adds in before revealing it’s actually a belated birthday gift to the other, a quick cut of his profile showing it had simply passed by the previous week without anyone noticing. “You really didn’t have to do this,” Wonwoo says to her, and Sana shrugs. “No, I didn’t, but I wanted to,” He seems to be thankful, and that small action is enough to brighten up the room a little.

On the third day, Hyuna gets rid of her cast and is ready to start practicing. However, the injury still seems to be a big wall stopping her from succeeding. The woman constantly asks for breaks and continues to limp when she isn’t dancing. Even when she’s alone in the practice room she continues to practice over and over again, not letting her injury stop her no more. The limp is still there, but at least she manages to complete the dance routine.

Jonghyun watches over everyone as they dance, nodding and clapping his hands when they’re done with their final practice. Soojin walks towards a camera before leaving, making a series of silly faces before leaving her last remark. “I don’t know if this will make it into the final cut but….” She raised both of her hands and turned them into fists. “Team Bangchi fighting!” The girl giggles and finally leaves the room in a rush, bringing an end to their practice.

They’re back on the floor, and the choreography starts simple as the song begins. The choreography is a nice mix of the two original ones and even Hyuna, who had to hold back during practice, manages to do it well. When it’s Soojin’s turn, she says ‘ha!’ and kicks her foot towards the camera which quickly zooms out of the performance in perfect timing. Her hand reaches for her hair and she removes the ribbon holding it, setting the strands free as the girl sings all of her lines. Wonwoo and Sana also get a moment in the spotlight, getting to do a quick session of the couple dance before it’s her turn to sing. The performance eventually comes to an end, and the audience cheers before they leave.

Team F is next, composed of Min Yoongi, Park Kyungri, Kim Chungha, Kim Mingyu and Kang Daniel. “We’re your dream! Hello, we’re One Night!” They keep their individual introductions simple and move over to their starting points. There’s a chair for each of them, and just when they settle down on their designated seat, the scene goes back to their first meeting.

Out of the two eligible to become the leader, none of them seems to want to do it. Everyone else had been a leader before except for Daniel and Mingyu. The first one tries to be cheeky and suggests maybe they could decide it with a round of ‘rock, paper, scissors’. Kyungri chuckles, but the team settles on a vote, and Mingyu ends up taking it. Daniel’s role doesn’t end there, though, as both him and Yoongi team up to create the mashup between “Just One Day” and “Why So Lonely”.

Yoongi seems to have returned to his awkward self, quickly working on the song with Daniel by his side. The younger, however, seems to always have a smile up on his face and shares his chippery thoughts. “I think it’s kinda cool…honestly I wanted to do something like this the whole show so I’m glad we get to do it together!” He stares happily at Yoongi, and the latter’s reply is a stiff pat on the shoulder which is something impressive (and expressive) enough coming from Yoongi.

Leaving the happy thoughts behind, the camera focuses on the leader as he decides to call someone. The voice on the other side is that of a woman, and a text on the bottom of the screen confirms that it is his mother. “Mingyu? Are you okay, is something wrong?” The boy quickly reassures it is nothing like that, but that something is bugging him. “Well… I’m supposed to be the leader this week. But I never was much of a leader. I don’t know if I’ll do well. If they fail, that’ll be on me, right?” His mother, however, strongly disagrees. “No, Mingyu… You don’t give yourself enough credit. You genuinely care about people and want to see them succeed. That’s a great quality for a leader to have. You don’t want to step on others in order to get yourself closer to the top… you’re a good boy and I think people see that. I think the fact that you’re worrying over being the possible cause of someone else’s failure kind of proves that you’d lead just fine.” He chews on his lower lip and remains silent for a moment before ending the conversation. “Have I told you recently that you’re the best mother a guy could ask for?”  ”I love you.”“I love you, too, Mingyu.”

Later on, the team sits down to have a snack together, and after they’ve finished eating Daniel approaches his leader with interest. “So, which rap part is your favorite?” The younger points out the rap from ‘Why So Lonely�� and Daniel replies to him in all seriousness. “I can rap that.” He manages the first line, but anything past that is pure gibberish with only a bit of sense of rhythm. Mingyu offers to teach him the rap, but the older eventually just tells him he’s better at it.

The scene goes back to their stage, and they’re all sitting down waiting for the song to start. It’s a soft song, and their performance tells a story as well. The boys sing about their earning for the girls, while they all refuse their love. With a mix of using chairs for the dance and not, the song slowly walks towards its end. They all sit down again, with Mingyu in the center, as the two couples on either side hold each other’s hands.

Showing as the last group of the week is Team G. They’re Kim Hyunjung, Jung Jinsoul, Dong Sicheng, Lai Guanlin and Kim Taehyung. “Hello! We’re team Go Go Bop!” They greet the audience and then introduce themselves individually. Once they’re done, the members move to their starting positions, just in time for the scene to change.

They’re sitting on the floor, and while the choice of leader is a bit more diverse in this team, the title ends up landing eventually on Jinsoul. She seems to be a bit in shock at the start, but her skills as a leader would soon be proven as good. Their chosen mashup is a mix between “Ko Ko Bop” and “Shangri-la” which is a rather interesting composition. To their luck, Sicheng states he is familiar with traditional dancing, and so they’re able to integrate the beautiful aspects of the original song into their performance as well. Just like that, the boy is set in charge of the choreography.

Without having to wait for anyone to make the mashup, the group quickly jumps into learning the different areas of their performance. The two songs have vastly different styles, but they manage to make the dance transitions into something smooth. Hyunjung helps Guanlin with his moves, the boy still obviously struggling with the skill, but maybe a little bit less this time around. “People can see when you’re thinking about what step to do next,” she says. “Try and forget about the steps for a few moments, and focus more on how you feel.”

Carrying the burden of the leader, Jinsoul spends extra time practicing by herself. A quick montage shows the girl trying out different moves of the choreography, including her practicing how to open the fan. Her vocal practice is cut into short sections, making it a bit funny to watch. When she finally takes a break, surrounded by her notes, the girl stares at the camera as if she had forgotten about it. “Hello. Right now it’s…” When she checks the time she realizes how late it is. “Oh my gosh, I have to go home and shower and, ah, I have to leave for school in a few hours.” She still prefers to practice one more time before leaving, returning the next day with her uniform on. There is no time to waste; even being so young, Jinsoul knows that.

They’re back on the stage, and the song begins to play its interesting tune. Thanks to Sicheng and Hyunjung’s help, the group manages to pass by the dance portion without much struggle as expected. Her extra practice proves to be useful when Jinsoul performs her higher notes without showing a drop of worry on her expression. At last, the music and performance comes to a graceful end.

All teams are finished and, each week, the number of contestants gets smaller and smaller. This week, it isn’t any different. So Jiseob picks up his microphone, ready to announce the positions of each group for this episode. “You’ve all worked hard this week, and we got to watch a series of very interesting performances. It is time, now, to announce the rank for this week.” He pauses for a moment, but there is no audience anymore to give reactions.

“I’ll start by announcing the third place.” The screen shows the face of all the leaders standing in front of their members, impatiently waiting for the results to be announced. “The team to finish in third this week is… Team C. Even if you chose a calmer song, which isn’t normally what’s expected when you hear the word ‘mashup’, I think you did a great delivery of it. Your dancing was also very expressive, even if I know some of the members aren’t normally good at it. Congratulations on your third place. All of you will continue with us next week.”

Katie Lee is the one speaking next, scanning the contestants with a sharp look in her eyes. “The two teams who got the top spots performed with different themes, but each showed a strong presence on stage. The team in second place today is… Team G. The song choices were very interesting, and the members surprisingly worked well together. I really enjoyed that you mostly focused on the traditional side of the mashup by using the fans. It was a very captivating performance and you deserve the spot. Congratulations.”

The top spot is next, and Tiger JK is the one who delivers the honors for this episode. “There are five teams left but only one can be the winner… I believe they played it safe, but they had the skills to make it memorable.” He moves the microphone away from his mouth while looking down at his cheat sheet before announcing the winner of the week. “The team who ranked first this week is… Team E. The song you chose, I think, is what is very expected of a mashup, and it requires a lot of charisma and skill to deliver a memorable stage like that. You kept most of the choreography true to the originals, yet we really enjoyed the pieces of original content you put in there. Congratulations on being the winners of today, and good fortune on future episodes.”

Hyun Bin goes next, twisting his head to one side. “There’s still four teams left, and some of you will have to go home.” The man stares down at the contestants remaining on the stage, his eyes cold with knowledge. “I’ll start by announcing the team in fourth, which was once a cherished spot, wasn’t it?” He chuckles, but only the judges seem to find amusement in it. “The team who finished in fourth this week is… Team A. Your choice was definitely interesting, but, as a performance, it didn’t have much of a flair. You have a lot of talented people, which is a shame if one of you were to go home… which is why you’re all safe for the week. Congratulations on your fourth spot. You all get to stay.”

The cameras show the reactions and expressions of the contestants, but there isn’t much time to make a fuss. Baek Jiyoung goes next, her smile being a bit difficult to decipher. “The team in the fifth place is… Team B. You chose a good song, though we believed the best part of it was the ending, which is a bad thing to think about. Both of the songs are very strong, and I think we would have preferred it if it were a strong performance like the originals. If this was a composition challenge, however, I’m sure you’d all have done great. Unfortunately, someone will have to go home. The first person to leave us today is… Choi Minho. It’s unfortunate that you were amidst so many other talented performers. Your skill still has a lot of room to grow, and hopefully you’ll continue to polish it even when you aren’t here.”

If anyone had thoughts that maybe this would be a free week they were proven wrong when So Jiseob takes his microphone again, ready to finish what he had started. “Only one team can be in last, but I think it’ll give just as big of an impact on both of you. After a lot of discussion, the last two of you are Team D and Team F.” The man lets the silence settle a bit, the camera showing the faces of the leaders before focusing back on him. “The team in last place for the week is… Team D. Your performance was, dare I say, a bit boring. You’re all talented, but this is a competition and what you showed on stage wasn’t something too memorable. Unfortunately, that was only emphasized more as you performed right before Team E, who ended up winning today.”

“As for Team F, I think it’s a shame, really, that you’re down here. The songs are great, but, again, when you put it in a competition like this it’s really not good enough. There were other performances with softer songs like yours, yet they managed to implement new aspects into those performances that made it more interesting. That’s why both you and Team D were in last.” The man stops for a second to let the criticism sink in. They are called judges for a reason, after all. “Some of you will have to leave us today. The second person to leave the competition for this week is… Min Yoongi. You seem to be a good dancer, and a good rapper as well, and that is why you survived this far. When you stand next to your teammates, however, your impact completely disappears. You lack the charisma, I believe, as well as the confidence you need to win.”

Jiseob eyes the last team, suddenly regretting choosing to talk this much. “As for Team D, the person to leave us today is… Kim Donghyun. Your voice is very good, but I think that’s honestly it. We watch the behind the scenes videos as well, and if someone asked my opinion about Kim Donghyun I would have to reply with ‘who?’. Whether we like it or not, this industry also involves people’s personalities, so we can’t keep saving you for your voice. There are better singers in this competition who also have a better attitude relating to the idol life.” His eyes then move only slightly, eyeing someone else in his team. “We don’t stop there, however, because someone else from Team D is leaving us tonight, and that person is… Choi Youngjae. As stated before, only having a good voice isn’t enough to be here. From what we get to observe, it looks like you’re doing just enough to pass by, and isn’t exactly the best attitude to have. We’re not saying you didn’t work hard, of course, but people can study all night and still do badly on the exam, which is what ended up happening here. Hopefully, you’ll find a better way to ‘study’, and then maybe we’ll get to hear from you again.”

The CEO sits back on his chair, setting down the microphone on top of his table before staring at Katie Lee so that she could finish up the show. The eliminations are over, and the only thing left to do is to keep going.

To see all of this season’s current contestants, click here!

And now, let’s see what’s in store for our sixth episode!

Next week, the MGAs are to continue on with the team challenges. However, all contestants have been assorted into new groups. You may find yourself next to known faces or someone you’ve never talked to before, but you must still work hard to deliver a worthy performance in under a week. The teams for this episode and the companies they’ll practice at are as seen below:

TEAM A — ROYAL BUILDING #4003 — Kim Junmyeon #4010 — Joo Haknyeon #4012 — Kim Yongsun #4033 — Lee Luda #4039 — Minatozaki Sana #4042 — Hwang Hyunjin

TEAM B — KT BUILDING #4004 — Kim Doyeon #4005 — Jin Longguo #4007 — Choi Yoojung #4027 — Jung Jinsoul #4036 — Kim Jonghyun #4049 — Kim Mingyu

TEAM C — TRC BUILDING #4008 — Kim Hyuna #4011 — Kim Jinhee #4030 — Lee Sungyeol #4034 — Lai Guanlin #4050 — Kang Daniel #4052 — Bae Joohyun

TEAM D — NOVA BUILDING #4009 — Kim Bora #4023 — Park Kyungri #4024 — Seo Soojin #4025 — Kim Hyunjung #4032 — Moon Bin #4048 — Ha Sungwoon

TEAM E — SPHERE BUILDING #4018 — Jeon Somi #4029 — Dong Sicheng #4037 — Kim Taehyung #4040 — Kim Chungha #4044 — Koo Junhoe #4046 — Jeon Wonwoo

For the fourth round of team challenges, the theme of the week is something everyone has been seeing all around. The sun is bright and so every stage should be; this time, all the focus is on the summertime! Members are to group together and pick a song of their liking and that they think will also capture the public’s attention. The song should capture all of the good feelings of summer and pass it on to the audience.

Just like last time, all of the members from the team ranked as first will be safe from elimination, but other groups may not have the same good fortune. The live audience will have the same number of 1000 people to watch and judge every performance, but no voting will take place or impact the results. The filming location will be the same as before.

The leader system will remain for this week, as well. Members are to elect a leader among themselves who will be the focus of guiding the team through preparations and the stage itself. The leader should be someone who will be able to help others and be looked up to. After being picked, a change of leader will only be able to happen by unanimous vote. However, no contestant who was a leader previously may become a leader again. Together, all members should come up with a team name that will represent them during this week. With unity being more important than ever, we hope to see our contestants growing closer than ever — or maybe they’ll keep everything as professional as possible.

However, the events of next week are not done being announced. To all of those who were eliminated up to this point: don’t lose your hope. We present to you the Wild Cards! On Friday morning, while everyone else is doing their sound check, the CEOs will be heading to the set of the second episode with the small circular stage at the center. Any contestant who was eliminated in a previous episode may try their chance at a new spot on the show. They’ll have 48 hours starting when this episode airs to confirm their presence at the Wild Cards stage on Friday to be aired along with the summertime episode on Sunday. Each returning contestant has a maximum of 2 minutes to showcase their skills. The theme for them, however, is to show their bettered self — one that is worthy of being on stage again. Who will make it back?

                          Tune in next Sunday, the 5th, for our sixth episode!

MGA Season 4 episode six preview: Contestants have the week to enjoy the summertime, but it is it truly certain that no fights will break out between them? The unexpected twist: who from your favorite eliminated contestants will return to the show? Who will be eliminated with no longer a chance of return? Tune in next week to find out!

SURPRISE! On Wednesday, the staff will hand a small camera to one of the contestants, announcing this is their chance to appeal to the public. They may do whatever they want with it: you many show what you’re practicing on, simply present yourself again or maybe even break under pressure and stare in silence.

Each member has 2 minutes with the camera, and should work as a camera relay. They don’t need to film themselves and may choose to pass the camera over before their time is done, but the time for each member continues to be 2 minutes for each. This surprise self-camera session won’t necessary make it into the episode, but may be posted on the MGA official website as bonus content.

[ All teams had their introduction and performance aired. Any other part only made it to the final cut if it was mentioned in this post. Contestants have until 5PM EST of Sunday, the 5th, to post their 200+ words solos about their performance of this fifth round of the team challenges. That’s at 5PM not midnight. Please tag all related posts with #rkmga4 and #rkmga4summer. Song choices should be submitted to the rkevent inbox as well as the chosen leader. Two teams performing the same song will not be allowed and this will be chosen on a first come first serve basis.

The camera relay posts should be up until 9PM EST of Wednesday, the 1st. The post should be 200+ words long and describe what they did while holding the camera. If they did something while someone else was holding the camera it can be included as well in the solo. This is bonus content and won’t impact in any way the results of the episode. Wild Cards may not take part in this. Please tag all related posts with #rkmga4 and #rkmga4relay. After the post is up, feel free to add +1 CHARISMA to your points sheet! Please link this post as verification.

Wild Cards have until 5PM EST of Sunday, the 5th, to post their 200+ words solos about their performance at their special stage. That’s at 5PM not midnight. Please tag all related posts with #rkmga4 and #rkmga4wildcard.

When at their designated company’s building, contestants should not interact with any trainees and should mostly keep themselves inside the practice room except for meals or bathroom breaks. This time around, muses not part of the MGAs may be part of the live audience. More information about this will come in a future post.

Any group chat made as a way for the muns of the contestants to interact with each other for this mission should have Mod Bianca and Mod Mira (@luvseungjoon and @allevicte on twitter) added to it. They will be there to monitor everything, but any questions should be sent to the rkevent inbox in case someone else had the same question and so it won’t be seen as an advantage to your group.

To award everyone for making it this far, feel free to add +1 CHARISMA and +1 SHOWCASED SKILL to your points sheet! This includes members eliminated on this episode. Please link this post as verification. ]

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How to reset valor rank destiny 2 ps4 2021

Here's how you reset your valor rank destiny 2 to start over and get a powerful item and know all related queries on How to reset valor rank destiny 2 ps4 2021. Valor rank is the point system directly tied to most of the Crucible at this point in Destiny 2.Of the various game modes offered in the Crucible directory, a few of them also offer the Glory rank.

How to reset valor rank destiny 2 However, the good news is that earning the rank of Glory, through the most competitive PvP offers, also earns you the rank of Valor.

About Destiny 2

Destiny 2 is all about hitting the heavy grind, and that hasn't changed with the introduction of Shadowkeep. But the routine is considerably more fun, with a lot at stake. During your time in-game mode, you may have reached the maximum amount of valor that you can earn in the Crucible. Here's how you reset it to start over and get a powerful item.

Destiny 2 Valor: How to Earn Points, Rank Requirements, and How to Reset

As you play Destiny 2 PvP matches, you will begin to earn ranks of value that show your skill and dedication, and you can also reset your rank for rewards. Destiny 2 offers ranks to increase as you play PvP and complete raids throughout a season. There are two types of Rank Points to earn in Destiny 2, Valor and Glory. Rank increases as you play, regardless of whether you are winning or losing, and Glory is your competitive rank where you are rewarded and punished for wins and losses. We're taking a look at Destiny 2's Valor Rank, explaining how you can increase it and how to reset it when the time comes. How to Increase Valor Rank in Destiny 2

How to reset valor rank destiny 2 The Value Range in Destiny 2 is essentially your Season Level. While playing PvP on playlists like Quickplay or Rumble, you will earn Valor Rank points. And unlike the competitive Glory Rank, you will earn points regardless of whether you win or lose. However, winning games will earn you more points. You will start with the Guardian rank with six more ranks to advance, with the option to reset your level for a reward once you reach the highest level. Here are all the Valor ranks and their point requirements: - Guardian: 0 points - Bravo: 50 points - Heroic: 350 points - Legendary: 700 points - Mythic: 1150 points - Legend: 1800 points - Exotic: 2000 points How to Reset Valor Rank in Destiny 2 Season  Once you reach the highest Valor level with 2,000 points, you can reset your rank similar to the traditional Call of Duty Prestige system. Like CoD, doing this has a number of benefits, such as unlocking exotic engrams. Courage reset has changed in Season of the Chosen, and now you must speak to Lord Shaxx to do so. Here's how to reset Valor in the Chosen Season: Talk to Lord Shaxx in the Crucible. Make sure you have claimed these items from Shaxx: Upgrade, Module Upgrade, Core Pyretic Shock Upgrade, and Prism Light Shock, Select and hold 'Reset Reputation' to the right of the rewards. Once you have reset your rank range, it will drop back to zero and receive an exotic engram. You can keep doing this all season long, rewarding your dedication with tons of great rewards. Your Valor rank will also reset once the next season begins, so make sure you unlock as much as you want before the launch of Season 14.

Destiny 2 How to reset valor rank

You will see the notification after the end of an Iron Banner, Crucible, or even a Gambit Prime match. Resetting its rank in any of these respective modes works the same, so keep this in mind for whatever player vs. player mode is going on at the moment. When you receive the notification to reset your rank, you must do so by going into orbit. You don't need to leave your group if you want to reset things. All you need to do is leave the instance and make sure you and your team are flying in orbit. When in orbit, return to the main screen of the game mode you are in, for example, if you gain rank in Crucible, go here:

Destiny 2 how to reset valor rank Right now, I have not reached enough value to start over and move up the ranks. But when you are, check the top right of this screen and you will see the option to reset your Rank. Hold this button down for a few seconds and it will load through the option. When you are done checking it out, you will receive a powerful new item in your inventory. It should be better than anything else you use at the time, so it's another great way to gain more light levels in Destiny 2. Remember, this method works for Crucible, Iron Banner, and Gambit, and the process is the same. You can reset your Rank when playing with others, so let your team know you need to reset and you'll get out of line really fast.

how to reset valor rank Destiny 2 It's a quick process, so you should be able to join them before they jump into a new game.

What is gained from a reset valor rank?

If you are interested in resetting your rank bonuses, you might be happy or frustrated to know what they are, depending on what you are looking for in Destiny 2. For starters, a full Valor's range reset will give you a nifty gear piece (shot randomly, of course), usually at a somewhat similar level of illumination compared to your maximum light.

How to reset valor rank destiny 2 ps4 

Once you're in orbit, head over to the Crucible menu in the exit and hover over any Quick Playlist. Then press and hold the marked button (F on PC, Square on PS4, X on Xbox, X on Stadia) to completely reset its value to zero. If you don't see the message, it's because the current value range is not high enough.

How do you reset Valor rank in Shadowkeep?

To access this option, go to the Output and Crucible menu, then go to Quickplay. If you are already at the 2000 Valor threshold, you will be asked if you want to reset your ranking. Simply choose the affirmative and voila!

Can you reset Glory rank?

From guardian rank to legendary rank, players will earn additional Ranking Points every week by completing at least three matches. In Legend and Legend ranks, players must complete at least three matches every week to avoid deteriorating the ranking. At the end of each season, all Glory and Ranking Points will be reset.

How many times have I reset my valor?

Once a player gains 2000 rank points, he can reset his rank to the start. Players can reboot as many times as they want within a season. At the end of each season, all Ranks, Rank Points, and Valor Ranks will be reset. If you go into Crucible Triumphs - Valor Ranks, the last one on the right (Season 4: Valor Legend) will keep track of your restarts. Just highlight it to see them.

Conclusion

Well, guys, That's all you need to know to reset the valor rank in Destiny 2. Hopefully, you are enjoying the new game with Shadowkeep. Hopefully, the information that we have shared this time is useful for all of you, and I’ll see you again in the next articles. Also Read: How To Download GTA San Andreas MOD APK v2.00, Unlimited Money! 2021 How To Unlock Zandalari Trolls Fast Shadowlands 2020-21 Read the full article

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How to: Tsum Face Maker

If you’re following me on Twitter you should know (or have some idea) that I’m addicted to this little game called LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum. If you know the Japanese side of Twitter you should also know that Tsum Face Maker is the hip thing right now. So I’m here today to show you how to make your own tsum with Tsum Face Maker! With screenshots to make explaining easier.

What you will need:

A functioning mobile device.

LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum (Note: Must be the Japanese version, the international/English version will not work for this). (UPDATE: Can be bypassed, explanation below)

LINE app and account (not required (I think) but it has its perks).

The first thing you have to do is open Tsum Tsum app, finish the tutorial (if this is your first time, or just skip it), and check the event information pop-up. I honestly don’t remember if it appears as soon as you finish the tutorial, but if it doesn’t, you can view it from checking the setting (gear button) and tapping on the button that reads イベント情報.

The pop-up looks like this:

Now tap the topmost banner, scroll down a bit and you will see a big yellow button.

By the way, the text in pink says you can’t play with the tsums you make with Tsum Face Maker in the LINE game. Sad, but that’s life.

Anyway, tap that big yellow button and it will open Tsum Face Maker in your browser.

You can start making your own tsums now!

“But Erika,” you may be asking, “If it will open in my browser why do I need to install the Tsum Tsum app first?”

Because they want you to download and play their game, then sacrifice your time and maybe money for those cute digital plush.

Actually I tried opening the website directly at first, but it kept redirecting me to Play Store. So I installed JP Tsum and opened the website from the app as instructed in the website. Just then it worked.

After you have done this once, you can open it directly from your browser any time.

UPDATE: It seems you can bypass the JP Tsum requirement by following the correct link. Here’s the link! ...I will still recommend playing Tsum Tsum, though, haha. It’s fun.

So you may be wondering how are we supposed to navigate this website that’s completely in Japanese? Fear not! I’m here to help you.

After you have pressed start, you will be given two options:

The top one will let you make your own tsum, and the bottom one will let you stack the tsums you have made. Let’s do the top one first.

You will be prompted to choose between boy and girl, but it actually doesn’t matter as the tsum parts are all the same, pick whichever suits your need the best.

This part is straightforward. Go wild.

After you tap OK, you will be taken to another screen.

This is where you give your tsum a name and skill description.

The name box, which I have filled here, is blank on default. Since this is a Japanese app, the character limit is quite tight, so keep it short.

The description boxes are filled randomly on default, you can either keep tapping the refresh buttons until you find something you like or fill them yourself. If you don’t know Japanese you can either Google Translate and learn basic Japanese grammar, or just leave the randomized description be and proceed by tapping OK. I mean, who cares what it says as long as the tsum is cute.

Confirm, get to another screen, open the present box, and now you have your own custom tsum!

You can now share your new tsum on your social media of choice or download it as an image file.

But wait! When you scroll down there are even more options.

You see that box I blurred? It has a randomized string of letters. This is your Tsum ID. Tsum ID is important if you want to have access to your tsum again in the future.

“But what if I want to make a bunch of tsums and keep them all? I just note down all those IDs?”

This is where having a LINE account comes in handy.

If you tap that blue button under the box, you will be able to add your new tsum to your collection so you don’t need to note down those IDs, but you need a LINE account to do this. If this is your first time, that button will let you connect Tsumgaomaker (as this generator is called in Japanese) to your account. Confirm, and get access to collection.

This is how the collection screen looks like. It’s almost a perfect match with the LINE game!

With that + button you can add more tsums to your collection either by inputting a Tsum ID or tapping on ツム顔をつくる right below the box to make a new tsum.

The big yellow buttons on the bottom have different functions. The leftmost TOP will take you back to the front page / title screen, the middle このツム顔でつむ will let you stack the tsums you have made, and the rightmost この ツム顔をプレゼントする will let you turn your chosen tsum into a gift.

Gifting seems to just be about wrapping your tsum in a different present box (chosen from a set) with a different message than usual such as FOR YOU! or HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (also chosen from a set) then sharing it. And you still keep your tsum, by the way.

I don’t know, it’s pretty cute, but also pointless. I ain’t covering it in detail.

So let’s stack our tsums instead!

Aren’t my fictional children cute?

As you may have guessed, you can add a tsum to the stack using the + button. It will give you the option to either input a Tsum ID or pick from your collection (the yellow button right below the box). If you’re picking from your collection, there will be two tabs available. The first tab, as you will see, is your collection itself. The second tab, the campaign tab, is what I assume where official will put more tsums to promote things, but there is only a Mickey tsum in it right now. You can stack up to 10 tsums.

When you have chosen a couple of tsums, you may be wondering what else you can do with them in this screen.

First, of course, you can switch their positions around by tapping on them. The fan button on the top left will randomize the position of your tsums. Meanwhile, the trash button will let you, well, remove a tsum from the stack.

Simple, right?

When you tap the OK button, a window will pop up. You can give a title to your stack of tsums! Just like when naming your tsum, there’s a character limit, but it’s longer here (about twice as long).

Congratulations, you have learned how to stack some tsums.

If you scroll down a little, there will be some buttons. The yellow ones, in order from top to button, left to right, are: “Make a new tsum”, “Gift this Tsum Face” (or stack of tsums), and “Collection”. The blue button with the gear will let you set your stack of tsums to appear in your front page. Isn’t that cute?

I think that’s about all you can do in this website! If you have any question, hit my inbox, mention me on Twitter, or find me in /r/TsumTsum.

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Project Echo, Part 2: Chapter 10 (Rage)

Part 2 Summary: A new enemy surfaces with a team of the Avengers’ greatest foes, hand-picked for their destruction. Meanwhile, Inessa’s pre-Hydra past begins to surface, casting doubt on where her loyalties truly lie.

Chapter 10: Rage

Grocery runs, like most jobs on the farm (those not done by the Menno Public High School 4-H Club) were assigned by drawing lots from a small bag. As a rule every Avenger bar none had to have their name inside to be selected for a random task (it was a poorly kept secret that Thor's nametag had been specially marked so as to avoid him ever being assigned kitchen duty again). Also part of the rules- no one could turn down the job they were assigned. The Avengers all had very strong personalities, and while tasks like mucking out the horse stalls may be "beneath" some of them (namely Tony), if excuses like that were permitted nothing would be done without at least three hours of arguing.

That rule inspired a great deal of tension when Bucky's name was drawn for kitchen duty- an assignment that included grocery shopping in-town. Everyone held their breath, waiting for Steve to start the fight. He'd promised to give Bucky a chance, but letting him off the farm? Steve watched his friend for a while. If he was going to try trusting him, he had to start somewhere. Besides, he had an idea, "Take Inessa with you."

"Are you sure that's the right move?" Sam was nervous, "We know Hydra's looking for her, dangling her out there like that might draw their attention."

Steve nodded, "She needs to be around other people. Besides, all of us have been to the mart- even Thor. The locals might not have figured out who we are just yet, but either way no one's brought Hydra down on us yet."

"I'll have JARVIS override any security cameras in the area, keep Loch Nessa and Bucky invisible." Tony offered. Steve nodded his thanks.

"I'm not comfortable with this," Clint spoke up, "Bucky and Nessa? She can't even be in the same room as him for ten minutes. She's not ready for something like this."

"Stop babying her," Steve regretted his little snap as soon as he said it. "I'm sorry," he rubbed his aching head, "I should have chosen better wording. Inessa needs to be pushed a bit, and this is a very controlled trip."

Banner offered a compromise, "What if one of us went with them as well? That way she's got someone she's comfortable with along as well?"

"She'll just hide behind them the whole time and not interact. No. Bucky and Inessa. Issue closed." Steve's motivation was simple enough, he just didn't feel like explaining it to the team- if there were three people, and one was concerned with Inessa the entire time, Bucky could easily slip away. Without the third person, he would have to keep a careful eye on her. Steve wasn't sure what he expected, there were no people in the town with any sort of connection to Hydra (according to JARVIS' analysis of the last census records), but he was certain someone like the Winter Soldier could find trouble anywhere.

"Pain killers are making you stupid," Bucky muttered. Steve wasn't the only one angry on the farm lately.

"Do we need to lock you in your get-along stall again?" Clint offered. The combined glares of Bucky and Steve were enough to make him hold up his hands in surrender (and he wasn't even convinced he was being sarcastic about it).

"Just quit bitching and get going. Keys and credit card are by the door." Steve gingerly walked away to begin his task of mucking out the stalls.

Thor caught up with him in the hall and grabbed his arm, "You will complete my task of cleaning the floors with Banner. Your injury should not be exposed to the excrement of steeds."

"No one switches jobs," Steve reminded him, pulling away.

The Asgardian wouldn't take 'no' for an answer, "Then I will assist you. The chore will be completed much quicker."

Banner called over from the living room, "I'll sweep, you can come back through and mop in an hour or so."

Steve grumbled, but he couldn't argue. He let Thor lead him outside. The Asgardian's true assignment for the day was to try and lift Steve's dark spirits- only he and James Barnes appeared to be at odds, and it was, as Tony said, "Killing the buzzard" (or something like that- truly Thor had not understood).

"Well that backfired," Sam grumbled, "sure he's giving Bucky some lead, but sending Inessa with him? That wasn't part of the plan."

Bucky was confused, "Plan? I thought the chores were assigned randomly?"

"This one isn't," Clint sighed, "we don't trust cooking to just anyone. The idea was you get to leave the farm, show Steve you're not a flight risk, and clear up some of this tension. No offense Bucky, but I really am not comfortable with you being alone in a confined space with Inessa. I know you wouldn't do anything to hurt her, but she doesn't."

"Give her the option," Sam suggested, "if she wants to try we let her go. If not, Bucky can go alone. Steve's only our leader in times of crisis, not in times of errands. Just because he says 'jump' doesn't mean we say 'how high'."

Natasha raised her eyebrows, "I'm surprised to hear you say that."

"Something's not right with Steve," Sam shrugged, "and it's not just your stint AWOL, Bucky. I'm loyal to the guy, but I'm no sheep."

Tony, who'd been amazingly silent in the corner of the room, spoke up, "I've got JARVIS keeping an eye on him. He'll be under discreet surveillance until that stick up his ass is gone and he's overflowing with patriotism and righteousness once again."

"You know you sound like a complete fucking idiot, right?" Bucky asked incredulously.

"I'm not so sure something isn't wrong with you too."

Bucky rolled his eyes and walked away, "I'll be ready to go in five. If Inessa's coming, have her meet me by the car."

"You'd better have an improved attitude by then or she's not going anywhere," Natasha snapped.

The door slammed behind Bucky as he left. "What the hell is wrong with those two?" Tony shook his head.

"Anyone else get the feeling their tempers are more... man-made than anything?" Clint glanced to Natasha and Sam who both nodded.

"I'll get JARVIS scanning for any frequencies being broadcast in the area. I made a 'paralyze' one, maybe someone else made a 'piss off' one." Tony tried to slip out of the room quickly.

"After you clean the bathrooms," Sam called out in a sing-song voice.

Tony cursed and a moment later they heard the sound of him stomping his way upstairs.

Bucky pulled a long sleeve plaid shirt on over his t-shirt to hide the metal arm. It was too warm outside for gloves, but he put one on the metal hand all the same. Perhaps if he locked it in position any curious onlookers would simply assume it was a fake hand. Wait- why the hell should he give a rat's ass what some inbred farmer from a Podunk corner of nowhere thought of his metal arm? He'd been walking this world for seventy years- not counting the twenty he spent in a cryo tube before Zola got his hands on him and began to play with Bucky's mind. He'd seen places these corn-fed idiots couldn't even dream of. He stomped out of the loft with no end to the list of things currently annoying him. Even the stairs found a way of pissing him off (creaky bastards).

As soon as the barn door slammed open Inessa jumped. She hid partly behind the tree on the far side of the car. It took all of her control to avoid jumping up into the blind Clint had setup high in the branches. His favorite place to sit and watch the farm. Even though it was too bright out, even though she knew it would cost her another night of hunting, Inessa opened a very small door to the Valley. She could see as if she were there, but it required much less concentration. The darkness swirling around Bucky's head, whispering in his ear, was more evident than it had been with Steve. It was getting stronger.

There were no nails this time to throw in front of Bucky, and Inessa couldn't stand to see whatever that creature was- let alone be near it. Nadya skulked in the shadows, ready to aid her mistress if called upon. Inessa reached into her pocket and opened a second door- this one through the Valley and into the kitchen where the steak knives were kept. She pulled back into the Valley, ready. When Bucky put his foot down next, she acted quickly and stabbed the blade into the heel of his foot. Bucky yelped and fell to one knee. Inessa pulled her hand from her pocket and cut all doors to the Valley. The knife she threw under the porch.

"What's wrong?" Sam called over from the barn doors. He started to come over.

Bucky pulled off his shoe and inspected the wound. "I'm fine!" he shouted back, "Rock in my shoe."

"Alright, have fun in town! And pick me up some lemons while you're there! I can't drink this instant lemon aid shit- it's unnatural."

He had his shoe back on before Sam finished speaking and tried his best to hide the limp as he walked over to the car. "Let's get going, it'll be alright," he spoke softly to Inessa behind the tree as he climbed into the driver's seat. Bucky's bad mood was abruptly lifted, though he was by no means fooled.

Slowly, haltingly, Inessa came around the vehicle and opened the door. Helping from afar was one thing- she could do that. But being so close to Bucky made her heart race and her stomach turn. He isn't taking me back there, she assured herself, they wouldn't let him. I'm more powerful now. Before he got me I could kill him if I had to. She was shaking slightly.

Once they reached the border of the farm and turned down the main road into town, Bucky pulled the car over. They were well out of sight of the farmhouse. He hit the automatic locks on the doors. No easy escape. "Inessa," he kept his voice level, even, "did you do that to me?" Sweat beaded on her forehead. She was beginning to feel the effects of her exercise and knew she couldn't open enough of a door into the Valley to send herself through. He was going to kill her. "Answer me, please."

She nodded, then flinched and grabbed her seatbelt- but no blow landed. Frightened, she risked a peek at his face. Bucky just looked tired. "Steve's foot?" she nodded again. "Something is wrong with us, right?" Inessa nodded again, risking a glance up to his face. How had he figured it out? "I thought so. Whatever it is- it feels like it stopped with the knife- and don't think I don't know what being stabbed in the foot feels like. You're going to explain to the others later today whatever it is you know. Steve's never been one to snap at other people like that when he's in a bad mood, and I'm not like that either. Even the Winter Soldier wasn't like that- but you remember. We have to figure out a way to make it stop that doesn't end with both of us lame, OK?"

Bucky waited for Inessa to acknowledge him before putting the car back in drive. She nodded once and eased her grip on the seatbelt. "You need to start trusting us," Bucky said as he drove, "I know that's hard for you. I know I'm a big part of that. They just want to help you, we all do. You don't have to keep secrets from us."

Inessa looked out the window again and curled up on the car seat. He was wrong. She had a lot of secrets that she had to keep from them. The Winter Soldier had made her forget who she was and what she had begun, but now that she was starting to remember, she knew she couldn't abandon her mission. Not again. Not for anything in the world, or anyone.

Sebastian Morris' Base - Location Unknown

Morris felt his minion's return. His quarters were sparse- a bed, a single table, a stool, and one large, ornate mirror. It was to this he went to receive the report. "Well? What kind of progress have you made?"

"The child has expelled me twice now. She can sense my presence. The Winter Soldier grows suspicious. We will be discovered soon." it spoke slowly in a whisper.

"So ease back!" Morris snapped, these creatures had no sense of tactics, "I do not need them ready by tomorrow, I need it done right! There is no opponent more suited for the Winter Soldier and Captain America than one another. If they take measures to defend themselves against you and your kind, the battle is already lost. You assured me you could have them rip one another to shreds- but on my timeline!"

"Understood, my lord, our sincere apologies. We will complete our mission as instructed."

"See that you do!" Morris wondered, not for the first time, if the Whisperers were plying their trade on him as well- they made his blood boil more than they did their victims. He grumbled and pulled out his cell phone. It rang only once before Albatross answered. "We are moving up the schedule, regrettably," he spoke before the assassin could. "You may begin reminding Natalia Romanova of your time together. There is far too much her handlers have made her forget."

Albatross chuckled, "Ah, so much time though. Where to begin?"

"I suggest you begin with the day you two met. The day you both stood before Johann Schmidt and Abraham Erskine and volunteered to test their super-soldier serum."

Chapter 11: Consider Everything

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While A3! and Kakupuri are on event downtime (or more like I don’t care about Kakupuri’s current event), I’ve been focusing on Stand My Heroes and LoS!, though it might be a little harder to tell because I’ve been flooding this place with LoS!.

So let’s have a quick chat about Sutamai, shall we? It’s not half bad as a match-3 game, but I feel like with the otome element it tries to juggle a bunch of things at once and ends up falling a little flat. And that’s unfortunate, because just looking at that Elysian field of shiny that is this game’s title screen gave me such high hopes.

(By the way, this jump cut below should tell you this is not going to be quick chat, because I’m not on Twitter now so I don’t have to limit my characters~~)

Stand My Heroes is based off the world of coly’s first entry into the otome world, Drug Prince & Narcotic Girl. Have an English summary of that game’s premise here for a quick catch-up, and then you’ll know as much about that game as I do because I totally didn’t play it. tl;dr: You have a special resistance to drugs so you get recruited into a police Narcotics department with your choice of 6 handsome men to be paired up with.

In this one, you join a special team called STAND - that is, STand Alone National Department - and basically act as a scout to help them recruit other people. So this opens up the game to a whole host of more pretty boys.

And that’s where we get to problem: the game doesn’t do too much to get you invested in these additional pretty boys. While it takes the time to make sure you know who the 6 men of Narcotics are with a quick reintroduction in the first story segment, soon after you just get whole teams of people thrown at you with the assumption that you already know who they are - though I can’t seem to find any details of their existence in the first game - or that you’re going to read all the supplemental stuff for whoever catches your eye.

The game story follows a super linear path - you’re going to get story snippets before and after every puzzle segment and there are no choices to be made in these. Levels are grouped in sets of 10, with every 10 focusing on a different character and your attempt to recruit them into STAND. So it’s a little confusing why they wouldn’t just introduce the characters in the eventual order instead of going “Hey, here’s 15 more boys you can choose from if you’re lucky enough to get their cards in the gacha! Isn’t it great that we give you so many options?” in the very beginning.

Which leads me to say that this probably shouldn’t be called an otome game. And technically, coly themselves call this a “Puzzle x Scenario Game,” but the amount of choice with little-to-no background information is just a little overwhelming, and it’s easy to feel like you’re missing out on enjoying parts. The game makes it easy to disregard the Scenario part altogether, actually - you can skip the story snippets with that little fast-forward button in the bottom left corner, and the scenarios are kept separately in their own little “Story” section. The Puzzle part is clearly the main bulk of the game.

And there’s so much about the puzzle part that does work. This is your basic match-3 game, with special pieces that you can create when matching 4 or more pieces, obstacle bits, and objectives. You’ve seen and played this stuff before. If the puzzle has a gimmick, the game helpfully explains the gimmick.

Your choice of males are all disseminated into cards, where each card has its own skill, and you build teams of four cards that you can bring into each puzzle mission. If the card’s skill isn’t going to be helpful for that puzzle, then the game helpfully lets you know about it before you start the puzzle and gives it a chance to switch it out. Skills can be improved through improving the card’s affection level, which is usually ranked up by including the card in your lineup for puzzle levels.

Like with any F2P game, there’s an energy system. You max out at 10 hearts, though if you get bonus hearts from a daily gift or something you can go past that limit a little. Here’s where we get a little odd, though: Each level takes 2 hearts to play. If you complete a level for the first time, then you get 1 heart as a reward. So unlike most F2P match-3 games, where you get to keep playing on a heart until you lose a level, here you’re going to lose the heart no matter what.

Since you earn evidence every time you complete a level, which in turn can be used for the free gacha and to unlock stories, it makes sense that the game’s developers don’t want you to cheese evidence on an early level that you’re guaranteed to beat. But it’s still weird to suddenly be told “you’re out of energy” when you’ve been cruising through levels without screwing up any of them.

So let’s talk Scenario. As said, you can use evidence to unlock stories, which play out like a regular otome game with text boxes instead of speech bubbles. You can also unlock stories by ranking up card affection.

But this brings us back to the core issue this game has an otome offering: short of looks, this game doesn’t do too much to try and involve you in its story. If you want to read an affection story, you’re going to need the card first to be able to unlock it. And because you get cards randomly from gacha, there’s no guarantee that you’re going to get someone you’re interested in. In fact, I’ve done 10-pulls of both premium (with crystals) and regular (with evidence) gacha at least four times each by this point and I still haven’t gotten a single card with the white-haired green-eyed Arakida Sosei yet, but I have gotten six different versions of his favorite celebrity siblings, the Tsudzuki brothers. At least a plus for it on the gacha side of things is that there are no worries about duplicates taking up your inventory/card space: any duplicate cards are automatically fed into your existing copy to raise its affection.

There’s also no incentive to actually read any story short of “X is pretty” - you don’t get crystals (the premium gacha currency) for doing anything except meeting a puzzle level score checkpoint, and because you have to use up evidence (the free gacha currency) to unlock stories, you end up losing out on the gacha. As for the stories themselves, what I did read before I gave up trying to feign interest felt shallow and generic. It tries to alternate between serious drama (because of its premise) in the puzzle part and the cutesy lighthearted romance antics in the side story section, and I had trouble buying into either one. To be fair, though, I’ve always been terrible at that.

That’s not to say the game doesn’t try its best to be appealing as an otome game. It’s got some clearly high production values going on, between the Live 2D with some beautiful character designs by Koto Fudzuki (you’ve probably seen their work in Voltage games), and a voice cast to match.

It also offers an individiual character affection mechanic where you can pet your pretty of choice and give them presents to raise their affection levels, and this can give you more gacha currency or unlock stories. But just like game energy, there’s a countdown timer for how many times you can touch your chosen partner, and the character’s individual affection has no effect on any other part of the game. Its relative unimportance makes it quickly forgettable unless you like rubbing your finger on your screen.

Ultimately, I’m not going to say Stand My Heroes doesn’t have its merits. It’s free, for one thing. For another, if you don’t want to deal with the otome game part, you can basically ignore it and treat it as a puzzle game, and it does just fine there. If you want to try it as an otome game, there a lot of elements to enjoy, whether it’s the visuals, the story bits, or that one screen where you stroke a picture. But when there’s so many F2P match-3 games and F2P otome games, it feels like a shame that something with potential and the budget to match ends up feeling like two separate games haphazardly glued together.

But it has gacha so I’m still gonna keep it in my rotation. …for now. (I want to see how many rolls it takes to get to a Sosei.)

Pros: Beautiful design, works perfectly fine as a standalone match-3 game. Cons: There’s no real incentive to play the otome part, so for a gacha-obsessive doing anything other than the puzzle can feel like a waste of time. The seiyuu are mostly used for one-off grunts during the story bit and to voice cycled lines on the main game and puzzle screens.

Gacha Info: A premium Crystal Gacha (Rarity R & up) and two kinds of Evidence Gacha: Normal & Ultra. Ultra gets you Rarity R & Up cards at 50x cost. There’s a Roll 10, Get 1 Free discounted roll option for all banners.

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Final Evaluation: Investigating Contemporary Practice

1. What informed and motivated my design decisions? (e.g. the breadth of my research).

For this project I choose Giffgaff from the D&AD briefs. I based in the style of giffgaff’s company which provides their design fundamentals in their website, such as strokes, decorations, colour palette. However, for the decision of which colour of their palette I wanted to use I research the psychology of emotions in order to choose the right colour that would match with the feeling that the frame inspired. I also decided to use photos and illustrations to give that collage effects that I got inspired from Giffgaff’s adverts. The main thing that informed my design decisions was the concept of ‘Don’t feed the monster’ came to me because we normally have a draw full e-waste such as old phones, gameboy, nintendo DS, etc. which they end up there because we don’t use them or they are broken but putting them in the bin is wrong because of the WEEE. So it is like feeding a monster with e-waste. I wanted to encourage people to stop doing this and recycling it in the better way of giving the phone a second life by selling it, which will benefit the person who’s selling it by getting cash in their pockets and will help the planet.

2. What changes and developments has my project gone through?

At the beginning I just chose the colours randomly without meaning, so once I did more research the colours of the backgrounds were chosen with a purpose. Furthermore, the characters were all illustrations at the beginning until I decided that the effect was not good enough and it would look better with an actual phone, draw and hand to share the message. Moreover, some of the designed frames have changed during the development of the project for instance the step 3 where you send your phone over and giffgaff staff checks it, at the beginning the design was the phone in a hospital leaning on a bed but I was told that looked like giving more importance to the scenario more than to the phone so I changed to a stethoscope checking the phone.

3. Did I manage my time well throughout the unit?

I think I did not do it that bad this time, I have being doing what I was told to improve my project on time to show it on the next tutorial. However I thought I would struggle to finish everything in a relax way because a week before hand in I still didn’t have my TV spot done neither the banner and the instagram story assets. But I new what I was doing so a week before handing I finish the Tv spot solving some Ae problems with Ben so I could manage to finish on time in my schedule. After that, everything went well, despite a couple of issues of figuring out some stuff in Ae for the digital banner that instead of taking me a couple of hours to put my design into the real banner. In spite of that obstacle I finished the banner on the day I had plan. And so did everything.

4. How did I respond to feedback?

Feedback was very important for this project. I have being listening to all the advice I have been given that helped me to make decisions and improve my work and see everything in a different perspective. I took all the advice into consideration and tried to deliver the best I could.

5. Are there areas of my design process that need more practice?

Knowledge is never enough, we can always improve everything we know. Even though I have learnt a lot and now I feel more confident using some softwares such as After Effects and Illustration but  I still need more practice as I still have some issues when get the project done and I need help from technicians like Ben. Furthermore, I need more practice how to generate ideas and presenting them, as well as more knowledge in colour palettes, styles, etc. to make my work look more professional.

6. What have I learnt from this unit of study? (e.g. skill, theoretical knowledge, etc).

I have gain more confidence when using After Effects as I have learnt how to edit compositions into the main composition. Moreover, I learnt that mixing styles is not always bad such as collages and illustrations; and the colours have always an emotional effect to people.

7. On reflection, are there any improvements that I would make to my final outcome?

On reflection, to improve my final outcome, I would have loved to being able to make different textures in the background - however because of time I was unable to find the way but I have that in my list of things to learn -  giffgaff designs fundamentals have codes for textures and I did not know how to apply them to a shape. Another improvement I would have liked to do it is to find a background music for my tv spot.

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New iOS 14 feature shows just how many apps are snooping on your clipboard

A new feature in iOS 14 developer beta 1 has some users taken by surprise. The feature alerts the user every time an app access the clipboard for whatever reason, and let’s just say there are way too many apps today that are accessing your clipboard for seemingly no reason at all.

If you are running iOS 14 developer beta 1 and copy an item to your clipboard then the OS will show a pop-up notification at the top of the screen informing you whenever an app has accessed the data in your clipboard. The video below demonstrates this in action. Make sure you watch it in fullscreen so you see the top of the video where the notifications appear.

The user in this video copied an image from iMessage and then opened a series of apps. In each case, iOS showed a notification at the top where it informed the user that the app they opened accessed the clipboard data from iMessage.

The apps here are all unrelated and from various categories but they all seem to have one thing in common, they all access the clipboard data. It’s hard to say if these apps were randomly chosen or because these were the only apps on the user’s device that accessed the clipboard data.

Now, before the panic sets in, it’s worth pointing out that apps often need access to the clipboard for various reasons. Chrome, for example, will check your clipboard if it has a URL, which it will then suggest when you tap on the address bar. Popular Reddit app Apollo (not shown here) will check your clipboard if you have a reddit link pasted there, and then ask you if you want to open that link inside Apollo.

Christian Selig, the developer of Apollo, even took to Reddit to explain why his app needs access to the clipboard and how it exactly works. According to Selig,

It’s literally just like “Hey iOS, is there a URL on the clipboard? Oh there is, is it a Reddit one? Okay cool let me ask them if they want to open it.” Obviously at no point does anything else happen like it leaving the device or anything. It’ll show this banner even if there’s not a Reddit URL because it needs to check the URL to see if it’s a Reddit URL in the first place. Schrodinger’s Reddit URL. But the clipboard API (prior to iOS 14) was very open, as someone else said, what if medical records were on your clipboard as text? Well in Apollo’s case, that doesn’t qualify it as a URL, so it wouldn’t even “look”.

Selig admits that just because his app doesn’t misuse the clipboard data, doesn’t mean that other apps wouldn’t. He also admits that even in his case we just have to take his word for it.

The good thing is that this rather scary looking notification will cause developers to block their apps entirely from accessing the clipboard if it doesn’t need it, just to prevent that pop-up from appearing. And for apps that do require it, developers would now have to explain just why they need access to clipboard.

It’s important to note that Apple isn’t blocking access to clipboard by default here, the way it does for things like camera, microphone, or location. That would probably break a lot of apps instantly. Instead it has chosen to alert the user that their data might be getting read by other apps so they can be more careful with it. And if it causes users and developers to adopt better practices, it’s still a win in the end.

This is still the first beta so this feature could go through some changes or might not even make it to the final build. We will just have to wait and see how this one plays out.

P.S. This is not an iOS issue. It’s common behavior for applications on all platforms and why password managers auto-clear your clipboard after a set amount of time.

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The sunflower is a beautiful and mysterious flower, since it is a heliotropic plant, that is, its stem rotates to keep the flower always towards the sun, facilitating its growth process. Symbol of happiness and joy, the yellowish tonality of its petals reinforces this idea even more, since it transmits youth, vitality and energy. So, for those in love with flowers and the yellow tone, a sunflower theme party can become an excellent option, right?

Thinking about it, if you are looking for a special party decoration you should bet on the sunflower theme. Be it a birthday party, children’s party, 15 years old party, baby shower, wedding…it doesn’t matter. This theme goes with everything and will no doubt delight all your guests.

1. The little forms of sweets enchant the guests of the sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

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Sunflower theme party decoration

Beautiful, popular and spacious, the sunflower plant is a flower that likes light and space to develop. Besides, it is endowed with a particular characteristic, which is that it is a heliotropic plant, that is, its stem moves keeping the flower always towards the sun.

Complementing these properties we can say that the plant is also resilient as its follicular structure grows under high temperatures, supporting even environments near 40°C. Therefore, it is not for less that the sunflower theme party decoration has gained more and more prominence, even because its versatile presence can be contemplated in both adult and children events.

2. Creative and inexpensive ideas for sunflower theme party decoration. Source: Pinterest

Sunflower theme party decoration can be made with natural and artificial flowers. The arrangements can be mounted in small decorative vases for the guests table, medium vases if they are displayed under the cake table or in large vases if they are positioned on the floor of the hall. In addition, use and abuse other elements inspired by this birthday theme such as printed towel, wooden panel, sweets and sunflower-shaped pans, decorated cake and so on.

Sunflower theme party table

Keep in mind that the sunflower theme party table will be the center of attention during the event. For this reason, it is important that you caprice in the organization and harmony of the decorations that will be exposed on the furniture of the decoration.

3. Mix shades at the sunflower theme party table. Source: Pinterest

If the sunflower theme party table is large the arrangements with natural and artificial flowers are very welcome and can be positioned at different points, however, you should talk to the other scattered sweets on the table. Now, if the table is small, try to place a single vase with flowers and planters on the floor.

4. Separate a round wooden table to compose the decoration of the party room. Source: Pinterest

Sunflower theme party cake

Like any other party, the cake can’t miss, right? In this direction, to follow this theme of decoration the sunflower party cake must mark special presence in the event. Sunflower theme party cake models may vary according to the taste of the birthday boy and the budget of the celebration, after all, a more elaborate sunflower theme party cake will require a larger investment than a simpler version.

5. Sunflower theme party cake with simple finish. Source: Pinterest

However, whether in the fake cake or real cake versions, one thing can be said…sunflower flowers not only enchant the eyes, but also transmit light and vitality to all the guests present at the event.

6. Sunflower theme party cake made with American paste. Source: Pinterest

Finally, pay attention to the number of guests so that the size of the cake is proportional to the number of people. After all, nobody deserves to be without a piece of this delight, right? According to professionals in the area, the calculation made to estimate the size of the cake is: 100 grams per guest. For example, if your party has 30 guests, the cake should have 3Kg.

Sunflower theme birthday party

How about celebrating the arrival of another spring in a special way? Yeah, that’s the decoration proposal below. Here, the birthday girl has opted for a simple decoration, but full of personality. Several photos and flowers of sunflowers made of cardboard paper were fixed on the wall. For the floor wooden boxes were randomly stacked creating a relaxed effect and served as support for vases, picture frames and candies.

7. Sunflower theme birthday party for inspiration. Source: Pinterest

Simple sunflower theme party

For those who prefer a simple sunflower theme party it is recommended to make use of various items of wood, artificial flowers and paper, bladders and printed fabrics. In the decorative project below where the celebration was done outdoors, the cake table was decorated with a pallet panel filled with bladders and cardboard sunflowers, wooden items, printed towel and artificial floral arrangements.

8. Simple sunflower theme party with pallet panel and bladders. Source: Pinterest

The guests’ table deserves special attention as well, even though it is not because it is a simple sunflower theme party that these places should not be properly decorated either. To do so, invest in craftsmanship techniques with transparent glass bottles, vases, decorative cages or even metal supports that can serve as support for sunflowers.

9. Special decoration for simple sunflower party theme. Source: Moema David Photography

Sunflower theme children’s party

Characters from different films and drawings can complement the decoration of the sunflower theme children’s party. So, find out which character your child likes the most and put together the decoration giving life to the scenes of the chosen film or drawing. Pay attention to the table decorations, and try to decorate the wall and floor of the party room too, as this will transform the whole space.

10. Sunflower theme children’s party with the characters from Masha and Bear. Source: 2G Decorations

Vases with artificial flowers, planters, cardboard sunflowers, wooden panels, bladders, teddy bears, decorated cakes and several sweets will no doubt delight all guests present. The Masha and the Bear design and the film Frozen, for example, are very much chosen to compose decoration with a sunflower theme.

11. Sunflower theme children’s party with the characters from the movie Frozen. Source: Pinterest

15 year sunflower theme party

The 15th birthday party is one of the most remarkable moments in a girl’s life. For this reason, it is easy to find people with difficulty in deciding which style of decoration will be chosen for the big day. The traditional 15th birthday party, with costumes and waltzes, for example, ended up giving way to thematic parties and among the different existing styles the sunflower theme 15th birthday party has gained strength and prominence in recent years.

So, if the birthday girl likes a rustic decoration, appreciates the contact with nature and likes the yellow tone you should bet on a 15 years sunflower party. The tip here, if possible is to hold the event outdoors, because then the guests will dive entirely into the universe of this theme. Assemble a florid panel and spread flowers and wooden items on the cake table.

12. 15 year old sunflower theme party with panel made with foliage. Source: Pinterest

Sunflower theme party souvenirs

At the end of the party, a treat is always expected by the guests, be they adults or children. So, to close the celebration with someone else’s key, try to use your creativity when preparing the sunflower theme party souvenirs.

If you want to make your own souvenirs, know that on the internet you can find several easy tutorials that use different materials such as felt, glass, EVA and paper. Now, if you want to buy your own sunflower theme party souvenirs you can order them through specialized companies.

13. Pots of honey serve as souvenirs for the sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

Among the many options of sunflower theme party souvenirs, two creative ideas have come to the fore in many celebrations: pots of honey and jute bags with surprises.

14. Surprise bags used as sunflower theme party souvenirs. Source: Pinterest

Check out +66 sunflower theme party decoration ideas

15. Use a watering can to decorate the sunflower theme party. Source: Your Home Your Party

16. Cupcakes with creative formats for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

17. Decoration for sunflower theme party made with cardboard. Source: Pinterest

18. Separate glass bottles to compose the sunflower theme party decoration. Source: Pinterest

19. The flowers were spread all over the cake table at the sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

20. Simple sunflower party theme decoration. Source: Pinterest

21. Simple table for sunflower theme party with wooden table and fern flower. Source: Pinterest

22. Special shapes for the sunflower theme party candies. Source: Pinterest

23. Glass bottles, jute fabric and ribbons for decoration of the sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

24. Rustic cake with flowers for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

25. Wired decoration for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

26. Simple cake with granulated sunflower theme party. Source: Picbear

27. Special decoration with wood for sunflower theme party. Source: I accept Yes

28. Chocolate ganache cake with flowers for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

29. Multi-story cake for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

30. Multi-story fake cake for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

31. Wooden boxes and flowers decorate the cake table of the sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

32. Cake made with Kit Kat and strawberries for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

33. Decorative curtain for simple sunflower party theme. Source: Pinterest

34. Cake made of rice paper for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

35. Square cake with several floors for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

36. Round cake with simple finishing for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

37. Creative decoration for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

38. Three-story cake with sunflower party theme flowers. Source: Pinterest

39. Guest table decorated with flowers for sunflower theme party. Source: Wedding Details

40. Decoration for sunflower party theme. Source: Pinterest

41. Sunflower theme party decoration with wood panel, fern and bladders. Source: Pinterest

42. Sunflower theme party decoration with creative panel made with wooden door. Source: Pinterest

43. Clean decoration for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

44. Decorate and use wooden trunks to position the sunflower theme party candies. Source: Step by Step Craftsmanship

45. Creative cupcakes made with stuffed cookies decorate the sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

46. Decorate the outside of the sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

47. Simple curtain made with paper sunflower flowers. Source: Pinterest

48. Simple sunflower theme party decoration. Source: Elo7

49. Mix different shades in the sunflower theme birthday party decoration. Source: Montando Minha Festa

50. Transparent glass bottles and popcorn decorate the table of the sunflower theme party guests. Source: Casa e Festa

51. Simple decoration made with glass pot, jute fabric and sisal rope for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

52. Form a beautiful floral arrangement for the cake table. Source: Pinterest

53. Decorate for outdoor sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

54. The guests also deserve a decorated sunflower theme party table. Source: Pinterest

55. Special shapes for the sunflower theme party candies. Source: Casa e Festa

56. Decorate the spoons of sweets creatively for sunflower theme parties. Source: Casa e Festa

57. Three-story cake with flowers for sunflower theme party. Source: Casa e Festa

58. Set up a creative structure for the sunflower theme party cupcakes. Source: Pinterest

59. Decorate the sunflower theme party cupcakes in a special way. Source: Pinterest

60. Use aluminum cans to decorate the table of the sunflower theme party guests. Source: Casa e Festa

61. Yellow cake with ingenious finishing for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

62. Several flowers were spread on the cake for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

63. Use and abuse creativity when assembling the sunflower theme cake. Source: Locar e Festejar

64. Use wooden boxes in the sunflower theme party decoration. Source: Pinterest

65. Simple decoration for sunflower theme party with flashing curtain and wooden table. Source: Pinterest

66. Pots of honey served as a little souvenir for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

67. Acrylic box with bullets serve as a souvenir for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

68. Flowers made of fuxico can serve as a souvenir for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

69. Rustic decoration for sunflower theme party with floral arrangements and wooden panel. Source: Pinterest

70. Decorate the guest table with simple arrangements for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

71. Use the transparent vase with stones, water and sunflower flowers to decorate the table. Source: Pinterest

72. Handmade soap for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

73. Simple decoration for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

74. Use cornstarch cookies to make a beautiful sunflower theme cake. Source: Pinterest

75. Simple child decoration for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

76. Table decoration with wooden box for sunflower theme party. Source: Imagens e Moldes

77. Outdoor decoration with curtain and flowers for sunflower theme party. Source: Pinterest

78. Details that make all the difference at the sunflower theme party candy table. Source: Making Party

79. Sunflower theme party tubes. Source: Pinterest

80. Creative souvenirs for sunflower theme party. Source: Casa e Festa

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WordPress Plugins For Affiliate Marketing

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•Redirect considering the META renew tag

•Redirect with imperceptible iFrames

•Cloak Web addresses to point out to another a person on hover

•Set up redirection slow downs

•Limit web page link replacements

•Disallow folders in robot.txt

•Complex data

3. Succeed Brings

It’s a plugin with a heap of features you would be wise to make use of, though thrive Leads might not seem like a typical choice when considering how to market your affiliate links.

It’s all well and good organising and managing your links, but where Thrive Leads can help is by getting your visitors to actually click them on them. You’ll have the ideal platform to get your readers clicking, and that’s as simple as sending an email, by using this plugin to build your email list.

With Prosper Prospects, you can certainly construct wonderful decide-in kinds in a number of formats and set these to cause based on the adjustments you finally choose.

Where it proves its really worth for affiliate marketers, is by using a function chosen Wise One-way links. If a visitor has subscribed to your list or not, this feature tracks. Your opt-in is shown if they haven’t. You get to choose an offer to show them instead if they have.

Presenting an offer and not an decide-in is a terrific way to strong people today already experienced with your site, in the direction of a proposal they are most likely to click. To provide an procedure in the site visitor as well as a capability be successful available for you.

Conversely, you should use Succeed Will cause create qualified exit intention popovers for your critical reviews - a terrific way to read more clicks your associate hyperlinks.

Do well Sales opportunities elements

•A variety of decide-in form versions

•Efficient A/B assessing

•Maximize conversions with intelligent get out of and sensible backlinks

•Interest-getting design templates

•Surgical precision directed at

•Specific statistics and reports

•Pull and drop editor

•Mobile responsive

•Incorporates with all of key e-mail marketing solutions

4. Flourish Ultimatum

Yet another brilliant wordpress plugin via the Do well company that’s precious forWordPress Plugins For Affiliate Marketing is Blossom Ultimatum. This wordpress plugin utilises the power of lack marketing and advertising to persuade individuals to do something.

For affiliate marketers this simply means you could place a 3-occasion marketing campaign for a particular presenting, concluding on your a number of particular date. The timer will countdown for 72 several hours and can presentation to all of your current site visitors.

Try the Evergreen Campaign if you want to get more intricate and want every visitor to have their own countdown timer. By using this marketing campaign, there is not an end date for your timer. This indicates the clock is unique for each and every website visitor.

So, if Bob visits on one day, he’ll get a timer starting at 8 hours. If Bob’s friend Dave visits the next day, his timer will also start from 8 hours. Their timers will still continue to count down, although if you add the lockdown feature into this Dave, mix and Bob can clear their cookies and switch devices.

In which factors get much more interesting is when you begin putting countdowns in a different place with regards to your websites. Flourish Ultimatum provides timers to become incorporated in blog articles, sidebars, notice pubs and a lot more.

So if Dave saw your timer on the Landing page, he could continue to browse through your site to a blog post, or info page, and see the timer counting down in the sidebar. This is great for ensuring deals take time and effort to miss.

Succeed Ultimatum qualities

•Solved day ads

•Evergreen efforts

•Easily recurring promotions

•Deal with accessibility with Lockdown

•Properly intended web templates

•Pull and Lose editor

•Infinite plans

•Dynamic relationship redirection

•completely translatable

•Portable sensitive

5. WP Notice Taverns

WP Notice Night clubs features a unobtrusive approach to exhibit information pub throughout your sales page. For affiliate marketers, this tends to suggest exhibiting a notice to an affiliate marketing give you’re at the moment selling.

Beside this, the wordpress tool may be used to expand your email list by requesting targeted traffic to prefer-in and generating societal verification via friendly comes next.

Customising the wordpress tool is uncomplicated with the ability to transformation shades and nightclub placement. There’s also the option to display your nightclub to only Facebook . com or Yahoo and google site visitors as fundamental directed at possible choices.

Just where things acquire more helpful is to use the payment options involved in the master variation of WP Notification Pubs.

Expert benefits

•Set the precedence on the alert club

•Slide-in notice pub

•Stomach Separated screening

•Observe and click on monitoring

•Email address support integration

•Limitless notification pubs

•E-zine box

•Correlated blog posts

•Query develops

•Advanced focusing

6. WP In Blog post Advertising

It’s good getting a method to display promotions with regards to your web page in the sidebar but concerning putting in classified ads within the blog posts, you must have anything a small completely different.

WP In Posting Ads is really a wordpress plugin that manages simply that, allowing you to exhibit varied commercials in just about every blog post you opt for. Ads can be inserted via a handy shortcode or into WordPress Hook areas like above or below the content. Alternatively, after a few paragraphs of content.

Split assessment is a very useful option with this plugin, permitting you to divided exam various commercials or randomly rotating ones. What’s extra, advertising is usually invisible from users who happen to be recorded in so you can display or obscure them right after a fixed length of time.

WP In Article Adverts includes

•Advert break up assessing

•Impact tracking

•Express/cover marketing alternate options

•Google Statistics integration

•Showcase commercials randomly

•Reinforced in any Wordpress blogs subjects

•Control articles independently

•Wide-ranging documents

7. AdRotate

In relation to presenting your associate commercials, AdRotate is a great decision. It backs up a number of principal submitting networking sites, along with the way to monitor your special ads.

The 100 % free variant has limitations in you can only add your individual advertisements and set up an easy daily schedule. Bring this while using the choice to spin advertising for more desirable sales, it is a really good, compressed plug-in that does the responsibility adequately.

The seasoned professional version, having said that, can provide more descriptive scheduling solutions, coupled with geo-tagging includes to concentrate on certain countries and cities. Further to the current, you could acknowledge promotions from 3 rd-people.

That said, for most internet sites, the complimentary variant is in all probability adequate for your requirements.

AdRotate Pro capabilities

•Quick and easy to utilize dash board

•Unending advert production

•Advert reports and reporting

•Geo-focusing on

•Timetable ads up-front

8. Promotions Expert

Ads Expert is very similar to AdRotate during that it is an entire-company advertising director. You can use it to display ads of all kinds from any service, including your own banners for affiliate programs,. That's what this means.

An interesting feature, to begin with, is that it bypasses ad blockers, to ensure your affiliate ads actually display, and you can display them in one of 20 ways.

Which includes as:

•Sole postings

•Randomly selected classified ads

•Classified ads in any grid

•Promotions slider

•Spot peel off

•Sidebar advertising

•Website link hover adverts

•Layer classified ads

•Record promotions

•Get out of popup advertisements

•Browse club advertising

Very good-adjusting points is direct to the point with geo-aimed towards, ad capping as well as other scheduling opportunities. At the same time, promotions are usually filtered from displaying on tag and groups you define.

A/B assessment your affiliate ads can also be a offer you may use to ensure you get the very best conversions.

Promotions Master qualities

•25 advertising web templates

•Backend supervisor

•Present ads in throughout 20 tactics

•Demonstrate to postings only X time for every person/treatment

•Demonstrate or very close commercials just after X minutes

After or within the conten, •Hooks to show ads beforet

•Category and Tag filter systems

•Plan control and ads postpone

•Geo-focusing

•100% receptive

Which WordPress Plugins For Affiliate Marketing wordpress tool is best for you?

Many of the plugins layered in this posting can be employed in partnership with one another for your monster mixture of contrasting elements.

For a powerful WordPress Plugins For Affiliate Marketing machine, one or two that work well together is a great decision, although features overlap in some areas.

But consequently it’s for you to decide and what exactly you need to your web site and budget allowed.

For affiliates exploring deal with and arrange textual content links above all else, Dehydrated Internet marketers and Website url Shortener Seasoned professional are great opportunities. They shorten and beautify url links, and also presenting an incredible company feature-set in place to help keep your website links beautifully arranged.

Ads Pro and AdRotate are the two you’ll want to look more closely at if you’re more of a visual ads marketer. These plug-ins are very concerning how your postings present on your location. Offer great divide examining and analytics towards the mixture and it’s a recipes for achievement.

For a little less capability along with a more affordable price level, WP Notice Cafes and WP In Place Advertising are perfect, simplified possible choices.

Then finally, to electrical power-the electronic mails details and obtain resourceful with how you begin internet affiliate marketing, Prosper Directs and Blossom Ultimatum will let you drill into some strong concentrating on solutions. Provides might be showcased according to physical activity and powerful venture possible choices uncover attributes to further personalise your time and efforts.

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Only pick energy in this scenario if you’re absolutely desperate as there are usually far better rewards on offer — we’ll come back to why a little later on. Hogwarts is a huge place. Be sure to explore the grounds and grab extra energy. The final way of refilling your energy bar requires a bit of sleuthing. On your travels around Hogwarts you’ll see plenty of decorations adorning the school halls and characters milling around doing magic stuff. What you might not know is that tapping on certain objects will give a minor energy boost. Keep an eye out for portraits, books, torches, statues, and anything that looks out of place and give it a tap just in case. The same goes for House Elves which will randomly appear throughout the castle and will always reward a handful of Energy. It’s worth noting that all of these objects reset every six hours, so be sure to keep visiting them throughout the day. On a final note, you can increase your max energy by completing Flying lessons. 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Always pick gems (or attributes) as a reward When you successfully complete a quest or hit a bonus star during an activity, you’ll be given the option of choosing between three rewards, which can be either coins, gems, energy, or attribute boosts. Bluntly, always pick gems. Pick. The. Gem. Gems can be an absolute lifesaver if you need a last minute energy refill and unless you’re happy to start spending real-world money, the best way of gathering more is saving those bonus rewards. If gems aren’t available, my advice is to go for attribute boosts. Energy and coins are fairly common rewards throughout the game and you’ll get more with attribute bonuses anyway. Unless you really, really need a few more coins to grab that swanky robe you’ve been coveting, start hoarding those gems and attribute boosts! Do you have any tips and tricks to share with your Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery loving peers? Then cast a spell in the comments! , via Android Authority http://bit.ly/2rdRmkX