#fisher nation

[terramythos]

I Score FFXIV Fishing Titles (based on how fucking cool or fun they sound).

Note: I am NOT including titles that you can earn on any Disciple of the Hand job; this is only for titles you HAVE to be a fisher in order to earn. Also, sorry if I missed any of them LMAO.

FISHER NATION... there's way more fishing titles than I thought, so grab your rod and get ready to cast! 🎣🎣🎣

‘Of the Irresistible Lure’, from “I Caught That VIII”- Catch and record discovery of 1,460 unique fish.

6/10. I mean this one is OK, any title that can drop ‘Irresistible’ in there has something going for it. It’s just not a compelling title to me when there’s so much cooler sounding shit to pick from. And if you’ve gotten this title, you for sure have access to those cooler ones.

‘Master Fisher’, from “The One That Didn’t Get Away IV” - Catch 10,000 large-sized fish.

3/10. Come the fuck on, man. At least in the English-speaking client, everyone is going to be thinking about “Master Baiter” and missed opportunities. Even without that context this one is pretty boring. And considering how fishing mechanics work, how does catching 10k large fish imply mastery of any sort? That’s probably the most boring achievement to get in fishing.

‘Meadowcaster’, from “A Fisher’s Life for Me: La Noscea” - Obtain all five “Good Things Come to Those Who Bait: La Noscea” achievements.

8/10. This one is pretty good, and it’s one of the oldest fishing titles in the game. There’s two others that are very similar. The use of ‘caster’ for fishing is funny, but also applicable for the combat part of the game. Unfortunately this and the other two are a huge grindy pain in the ass to get. ‘Meadow’ is a little dull to me though.

‘Forestcaster’, from “A Fisher’s Life for Me: Black Shroud” - Obtain all five “Good Things Come to Those Who Bait: Black Shroud” achievements.

7/10. I don’t think “Forestcaster” rolls off the tongue as well as the other two achievements. Kind of boring if I’m being fully honest, but I’m sure there are characters who can use this title to great effect.

‘Desertcaster’, from “A Fisher’s Life for Me: Thanalan” - Obtain all five “Good Things Come to Those Who Bait: Thanalan” achievements.

10/10. This shit sounds so fucking cool to me, I might even actually get this title despite the grind. ‘Desert’ goes way harder than the other two from this achievement series, IMO.

‘Master Caster’, from “Go Big or Go Home IX” - Catch 100 different varieties of big fish in areas explored during A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, or Stormblood.

8/10. Master Fisher wishes it was this cool. The clever rhyme calls to mind FISHER NATION poetry, which helps this one a lot. The only reason it ranks so low is because….

‘Grandmaster Caster’, from “Go Big or Go Home IX” - Catch 204 different varieties of big fish in areas explored during A Realm Reborn, Heavensward, or Stormblood.

10/10. Automatically overshadows the previous entry, and for good reason: this one takes some real fuckin’ effort to get. I’m so happy to have finally gotten this title. It’s extremely funny to wear it when playing a ranged magical job. Also, ‘Grandmaster’ makes me feel like a chess champion or something.

‘Lord/Lady of Far Waters’, from “Go Big Far from Home V” - Catch 45 different varieties of big fish in areas explored during Shadowbringers.

11/10. God this one is so fucking cool we are hard-locked into this title for the forseeable future once I actually earn it (currently 43/45). I think this is my favorite fishing title? It’s so unique and powerful…. Nobody does it like her.

‘Big Fish’, from “No River Wide Enough” - Obtain the achievements “Go Big or Go Home XVI” and “Go Big Far From Home V”.

4/10. Can I be real with you. Whose idea was it to make the achievement for earning BOTH of its strong predecessors so fucking boring by comparison? This is definitely a flex title, but one I will not be wearing for more than like 20 seconds for some screenshots. This one gets points for reminding me of the movie of the same name, which was Pretty Good (TM).

‘Wavewalker’, from “Go Big Till the End” - Catch 40 different varieties of big fish in areas explored during Endwalker.

6/10. Listen, I get what this is going for. It’s a play on Endwalker. The thing is, Wavewalker just doesn’t evoke anything special to me. I think of regular surfing. I think of weird new-age crystal people projecting onto the astral plane, but in the most boring pseudoscientific way possible. I think about some kind of maneuver the audience might do during a concert. Just kind of mundane to me.

‘The Final Fish’, from “Fish Fear Me” - Obtain the achievements “No River Wide Enough” and “Go Big Till the End III.”

7/10. The sequel to ‘Big Fish’ sucks a little bit less, but it’s still not super special to me. I might wear this one a little longer when I get it. At least we have a play on Final Fantasy with this one. I would feel less boring wearing this one than some of the other entries on this list. To be honest I think "Fish Fear Me" would have been a cooler title instead of making that the achievement name.

‘Rod of the Firmament’, from “Skyward Rod III” - Earn 500,000 points toward your skyward score as a fisher.

8/10. You can make so many dick jokes with this one. A solid (heh) title, no notes, we appreciate this.

‘The Nest’s Own Fisher’, from “The Height of Angling” - As a fisher, submit 300 artisanal seafood items for the second phase of the Ishgardian restoration.

3/10. Man what is this even going for? The only real connection that comes to mind is a fishing bird or something. How do I use this? It gets a couple points for novelty since it’s unlike other fishing titles, but that’s it. Especially considering the next one does it better.

‘Featherfall’s Finest Fisher’, from “Fishers of a Feather” - As a fisher, submit 300 artisanal seafood items for the third phase of the Ishgardian restoration.

7/10. We’re getting somewhere with this one; we got the alliteration going, ‘Featherfall’ sounds cool as fuck. Probably not a title I’d use but it’s way more appealing than the previous.

‘The Risensung Fisher’, from “An Ode to Angling” - As a fisher, submit 300 artisanal seafood items for the fourth phase of the Ishgardian restoration.

5/10. Aaaand back down again. I know it’s a play on Dragonsong but “Risensung” just sounds awkward to me. It just does not work for me, too awkward and weird. But at least it’s better than the first of these.

‘World-class Troller’, from “On a Boat V” - Earn a cumulative total of 3,000,000 points while ocean fishing.

9/10. This title is perfect for silly little geese who do a little bit of trolling now and then. What kind of trolling? Well, that is simply for you to decide…. I knock off a point because this doesn’t scream ‘fishing title’ to me. But it IS a fun title nevertheless.

‘Ocean Fisher’, from “No More Fish in the Sea III” - Score at least 16,000 points during a single ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

4/10. Yaaaawn. It’s giving ‘Master Fisher’ energy. At least this one makes me think of the ocean and not Master Baiting. But man what a generic title. Who gives a shit. Why would this be your pick ever?

‘Master of the Sea’, from “No More Fish in the Sea IV” - Score at least 20,000 points during a single ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

9/10. WAY better than its predecessor. It’s not quite ‘Lord of Far Waters’ but it scratches a similar itch to me. There’s so many cool ways to use this one in terms of character, glam, etc. A strong pick for sure.

‘Doom of the Deep’, from “Near, Far, Wherever Fish Are III” - Score at least 16,000 points during a single ocean fishing voyage on the Ruby route.

10/10. Cool as FUCK. Very little can stand up to this one. The alliteration, etc… it’s so foreboding and badass. My only complaint is it’s a little too easy to get for such a cool title, IMO… but that doesn’t hurt it in the rankings.

‘Octopus Traveler’, from “What Did Octopodes Do to You?” - Earn the “Octopus Travelers” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

8/10. Octopath Traveler gamers probably love this one. I guess it’s a little funny since that’s also a Square Enix property. I’m mostly giving it an 8 out of a sense of obligation considering. Also, octopodes are cool as fuck.

‘Shark Hunter’, from “What Did Sharks Do to You?” - Earn the “Certifiable Shark Hunters” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

1/10. Shark hunting sucks IRL and I hate that this reminds me of that :( A sad title. Maybe you can make it work for a really elaborate Jaws cosplay but that’s stretching it.

‘Jellyfish Fanatic’, from “What Did Jellyfish Do to You?” - Earn the “Jelled Together” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

6/10. This probably goes hard for jellyfish fans. IDK, I think jellyfish are fine, pretty cool organisms, but I wouldn’t personally consider myself a fanatic, so I don’t really get it.

‘Sea Dragoon’, from “What Did Seadragons Do to You?” - Earn the “Maritime Dragonslayers” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

7/10. Big title if you’re a Dragoon main— it’s a fun pun and everything. But also I feel there are cooler Dragoon titles to pick from, even a cooler fishing one, so it’s a little mediocre. It’s fine, whatever.

‘Balloon Catcher’, from “What Did Balloons Do to You?” - Earn the “Balloon Catchers” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

2/10. Balloon Catcher. Balloon Catcher? This is dire. This is bad. Keep this one away from me. Anti-cool if I’m being fully honest. Balloon Catcher… at least it’s not Shark Hunter, I suppose.

‘Deadliest Catcher’, from “What Did Crabs Do to You?” - Earn the “Crab Boat Crew” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

8/10. Like, the title itself is fine, pretty good even, but it does not scream “fisher” to me in a way that matters. I know it’s a play on The Deadliest Catch, but it simply doesn’t wow me. It does score pretty high for general badassery.

‘Manta Maniac’, from “What Did Mantas Do to You?” - Earn the “Sticking it to the Manta” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Indigo route.

7/10. This is super similar to Jellyfish Fanatic, but this gets an extra point for the alliteration. I also personally like manta rays more than jellyfish. Sorry, jellyfish fans.

‘Sea Comber’, from “What Did Shellfish Do to You?” - Earn the “Maximum Mussel” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Ruby route.

2/10. Bro this suuuuucks. We’re fuckin’ combing? Inherently it’s not as bad as fucking ‘Balloon Catcher’, but it scores the same because HOW COULD YOU NOT DO A PLAY ON SHELLFISH/SELFISH FOR THIS. Fuck you. This sucks ass.

‘Squidzure Dragoon’, from “What Did Squid Do to You?” - Earn the “Squid Squadron” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Ruby route.

9/10. Definitely the cooler Dragoon fishing title (it’s weird it happened twice). Absolutely brilliant pun, and it’s an iconic enough play on ‘Azure Dragoon’ that people will recognize it from the main story. No notes, great title.

‘Shrimp Mariner’, from “What Did Shrimp Do to You?” - Earn the “Shrimp Smorgasbord” bonus during an ocean fishing voyage on the Ruby route.

3/10. And back to the depths. What are we even going for here? This is stupid. There’s nothing cool about this. At least it’s a little more fishing related, I guess? I hate it less than the other 2s? Not a vote of confidence, I’ll say.

‘Otherworld Angler’, from “Live Long and Prospero” - Complete the quest “Morsel of the Deep.”

8/10. The poor man’s ‘Lord of Far Waters’. It’s a cool title and inherently provides the context behind it, which is impressive. It’s from Shadowbringers, after all. If you don’t have other cool fishing titles at your disposal, this is a pretty easy one to get. But as someone with cooler titles, this isn’t one I’ll be using.

‘Erudite Angler’, from “Sufficient Data” - Complete the quest “Pastures New.”

5/10. This is basically the Endwalker version of the previous title, and it doesn’t excite me. It’s just not as cool. I will say that this quest is basically the ‘this will negatively affect the trout population’ meme put into quest form. It’s hilarious and I recommend doing it. The title is just a mediocre reward for it.

‘Of Countless Catches’, from “Forever Fancy” - Complete the quest “An Odd Fish Odyssey.”

7/10. Love the alliteration on this one, which is the Dawntrail version of the previous two. I like that we angled away from Angler and into some new naming territory. To be honest, I think this should have been the title for the ‘Master Fisher’ achievement, but it is what it is.

‘The Ambitious Angler’, from “I Like Big Fish and I Cannot Lie” - Complete the quest “The Beast of Brewer’s Beacon.”

6/10. I didn’t even know this title existed??? I only found it scrolling through achievements. It’s just from a random ARR fishing side quest? Wild. Anyway this is fine. Maybe I’ll go get it. But there’s SO many cooler titles. This might be good for someone just starting their fishing journey.

[gooseontheloose41]

[coffeekoe]

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Fisher River Cree Nation wants class-action status for its lawsuit against the federal government, which alleges the $5 annuities paid to Treaty 5 First Nations over the last 148 years violate the agreement because they don't keep up with inflation. The First Nation wants to represent all Treaty 5 nations and their members who opt in to the class action. Stefan Lorne Cochrane, a former chief and band councillor of Fisher River, would be the lead plaintiff, according to the statement of claim filed at the Manitoba Court of King's Bench on Dec. 12. In the suit, Fisher River claims the Crown breached its obligations under Treaty 5 by failing to regularly increase the $5 annuities to maintain their value at the time of the document's 1875 signing.

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[mailmiocuoredipietratremaancora]

Imagine writing such a beautiful couple that you’re literally obliged to change the plot twice in order to make it endgame

[terramythos]

NOT SURE WHAT GUNK HERE MEANS

I'M PERFECTLY SANE, OR SO IT SEEMS

RHYMING ABOUT CATCHING BREAMS

IN A GAME, RIGHT ON SCREEN

#FISHER NATION WELCOMES ALL

MIND THE RULES AND STAND TALL

ONE MUST HAVE (A SIMPLE LIST):

A FISHER'S PRIDE (CAN'T BE MISSED) 🐟

A FISHER'S WISDOM (DON'T GET PISSED) 🐡

A FISHER'S CHARM (YOU CAN'T RESIST) 🐠

When I renew my ffxiv sub in a few days, I'm looking forward to joining y'all in #fishernation -- up till now it's been my least favorite gathering job but you and your friends make it look so fun!!

ANOTHER JOINS THE FISHING GAME

I GUESS THE #NATION IS TO BLAME

BEFORE YOU TACKLE YOUR OWN LIST

HERE'S SOME TIPS TO GET THE GIST

A FISHER'S HEART (LEFT SIDE, IN CHEST)

BURNS BRIGHTLY FOR THEIR GATH'RING QUEST

ALL THIS YOU KNOW, AS IT'S OUR JEST

AMONG OUR BITS PERHAPS THE BEST

BUT CHIEF INSIDE THE FISHER'S HEART:

A LOVE OF RHYMES AND PLAYING PART

IN POSTS OF PISCINE POETRY

SO WOULD YOU JOIN OUR BAND OF THREE?

WE COULD BE FOUR, OR EVEN MORE

YOU'RE ALL WELCOME; THERE'S NO DOOR

WE HAVE NO TENETS, NO REAL CORE

JUST SHANTYS AND #HASHTAGS GALORE!

I'M GLAD OUR FUN'S INSPIRED YOU

IT'S PARTY TIME FOR THIS OL' CREW

A SUN-BRIGHT FLASH OF SCALE AND FIN:

ANOTHER FISHER'S BEEN #REELED IN! 🎣

[finleyforevermore]

Unpopular opinion maybe?: I don't hate the current Broadway cast of Hadestown?

While Betty Who isn't my favorite Persephone, I don't hate her like other people do? There aren't many clips of her but from what I've seen I like her actually And I do trust Ani Difranco since she's played Seph before.

Jordan Fisher was in Dear Evan Hansen and did great so I trust him with the role of Orpheus.

And other cast members like Solea Pfeiffer and Phillip Boykin are excellent! There was a boot with Solea on YouTube for a little while (it's gone now tho--) and I think I may like her a little more than Eva. And the audio and few videos of Phillip Boykin as Hades are awesome!! He vaguely reminds me of Ken Page.

Idk, I've just been seeing some negative stuff about the current cast and just wanted to put in my 2 cents. While I am a little worried about the implications of all the stunt casting, at least the actors are good. (in my opinion at least)

And I think everyone agrees the 2024 West End cast is great so at least we have that!

(there's also the small group of National Tour Cast enthusiasts like myself ^^)

[vanycat]

I wondered why you never encounter any wild animals during all the uncharted games and then realized it's probably because Nathan is always chased by people going around with rifles and explosives. So when he starts to search for lost treasures with Elena alone he'll encounter more and more wild animals that want to kill him x°D

This still fits their weird idea of romantic <3

[tomorrowusa]

More climate news that Republicans will tell you to ignore.

This is by Jeff Masters, a professional meteorologist and co-founder of Weather Underground – a pioneering weather site started in 1995.

September 2023 smashed the record for the most extreme month for heat in Earth’s history, recording the highest departure from average of any month in analyses dating back to 1850, said NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information on October 13. NOAA, NASA, Berkeley Earth, and the European Copernicus Climate Change Service all rated September 2023 as the warmest September on record, crushing the previous September record by a huge margin. And famed climate scientist James Hansen warned today that the world is on the verge of exceeding the 1.5 degree Celsius warming threshold seen as key to protecting the world’s people and ecosystems — a claim still hotly contested within climate science. According to NOAA, September global temperatures spiked to a remarkable 1.44 degrees Celsius (2.59°F) above the 20th-century average. The September 2023 global temperature anomaly of 0.46°C (0.83°F) surpassed the previous record-high monthly anomaly from March 2016 by 0.09°C (0.16°F). Using NASA data, September 2023 was 1.7 degrees Celsius above the temperature of the 1880-1899 period, which is commonly called “preindustrial” (the difference between the 1951-1980 baseline reported on the NASA website and the 1880-1899 period is 0.226°C). This is the first time that a monthly temperature has exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperature threshold in the NASA database.

Rightwingers make up bizarre excuses to keep us using fossil fuels. It's not unexpected that religion would make an appearance on the climate-denial stage. In the 2010s, hate monger Bryan Fisher told listeners and viewers that it was an insult to God not to use fossil fuels.

Back to reality...

The year-to-date period of January-September is the warmest on record globally. According to NOAA’s latest Global Annual Temperature Rankings Outlook and the statistical model it uses, there’s a greater than 99.5% chance of 2023 being the warmest year on record. At the start of this year, few experts foresaw 2023 as being a contender for Earth’s warmest year, as the bulk of El Niño’s warming comes during the second year of each El Niño rather than the first — so it’s possible that 2024 will be even warmer than this year.

There's a climate-denial industrial complex with deep pockets willing to spend big to buy politicians to keep fossil fuel corporations cranking out carbon.

We need to support viable candidates and politicians at every level of government who favor the transition to Earth-friendly energy.

[thatwritererinoriordan]

Happy National Poetry Month! Spotify made me a Robert Frost playlist. Carrie Fisher and Sylvia Plath are on it.

[starkeylover]

conrad fisher deserves SOOO much better poor dude was hurting all season 😿 WHEN EXILE STARTED PLAYING ?!?!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Peguis First Nation and surrounding communities in Manitoba's Interlake have declared a state of emergency over lack of funding for their ambulance service, which they say is in danger of shutting down unless the province steps in with support. The Fisher Ambulance Service covers an area of 14,000 people in the Interlake region, including Peguis, Fisher River and Kinonjeoshtegon First Nations, as well as the rural municipality of Fisher. Since the last provincial funding agreement expired in 2019, Peguis has funded the service on its own, supplemented partially through billing, but now the First Nation says it can't keep going. Without a new agreement to pay for ongoing services, and reimburse Peguis for past costs, the ambulance service could shut down completely by the end of the month, said Dr. John Neufeld, medical director for Fisher Ambulance Service. [...]

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[peacefulbagofbones]

to live for the hope of it all

[elizmanderson]

My library just added your book, and I placed a hold for one of the two the e-book copies they have. 5 weeks! The countdown begins…

thank you so much!! requesting library purchases & checking out books if the library gets them in is a GREAT way to support authors <3 I can't believe you have to wait 5 weeks to read, but hopefully that means someone else is currently enjoying her!

on that note - if I may derail your message (sorry) - it's National Library Week here in the States, and the theme for 2023 is "there's more to the story." while libraries DO provide entertainment in the form of various media, they also provide educational programming, resume & job-hunting help & clinics, internet access, and a safe, public space to sit without an expectation of spending money - a kind of space that has virtually disappeared in the modern U.S. but one of which we are sorely in need.

(possibly this kind of space has also vanished elsewhere, but as I'm U.S.-based, I can only speak to the situation here. see also: the fact that I'm stressing the importance of libraries in the first place!)

my library system even provides food, through SAME Café, where meals are provided to the public regardless of ability to pay.

aside from the light this year's theme sheds on the many, many, many things libraries do for us, "there's more to the story" is an important theme to me for so many personal reasons! and I think it's a theme that fits The Remarkable Retirement of Edna Fisher. not only does Edna - an 83-year-old Chosen One - show that there's more to the story; she also learns that there's more to the story. when she sets out to stop an evil sorcerer from destroying dragon-fighters like her long-dead son, she thinks it will be straightforward, if not easy. but as she learns more about the sorcerer, the knights, and her new found family, she realizes destiny isn't as black-and-white as it seems.

anyway, if you want to support libraries during National Library Week (and always!):

visit your library - many libraries are funded based on footfall, so the more visitors, the better!

post a story about what your library means to you on social media using (hashtag) MyLibraryStory (there's a whole promotion going on, and you can win prizes if you post by noon CT on April 28. details here!)

follow your library/system, the American Library Association (ALA), and I Love Libraries on social media

be loud about your support for libraries, especially libraries and librarians fighting book bans!! post about the importance of libraries, push back against book bans, donate if you can, volunteer if you can, vote to renew and increase the levies that fund libraries!! I know we're all disillusioned with voting in the U.S., but voting at the local level is truly SO IMPORTANT and is where your vote makes THE difference. most voters only focus on the big federal elections, but there are local elections in which you can vote directly on policies and funding, so please, please, please vote in those elections, whether or not you vote in federal elections.

and, of course, if you want to support authors (whether me or anyone else), request a purchase through your library system! google "[your library system] + purchase request," and you should find your system's purchase request form if they have one.

for my system, I have to enter the title & author, format, & my library card ID number. there's also a checkbox for me to indicate whether I'd like the book to be put on hold for me if my library gets it in - and I always say yes! even if I won't have time to read the book before returning it - even if it's not really my kind of book, but I want to support the author - I say yes, because my library system will always get the book in if someone's actively waiting to check it out.

(plus I do love seeing my own or a friend's book with the library sticker on it <3)

anyway that was a VERY long post considering you were just like "hi! I'm waiting on your book from my library!" (thank you again!!), but it's National Library Week, so I wanted to talk about that!

[jojojoy1]

[bargainsleuthbooks]

#ElizabethTaylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon by #KateAndersenBrower #BookReview #December2022Books #Hollywood #AudiobookReview

I couldn't wait to get my hands on the first authorized biography of #ElizabethTaylor. I've read a few other books about her, so I was curious if I'd find out anything new. #KateAndersenBrower #December2022Books #BookReview #Hollywood #AudiobookReview

No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor’s glamour and guts or her level of fame. She was the last major star to come out of the old Hollywood studio system and she is a legend known for her beauty and her magnetic screen presence in a career that spanned most of the twentieth century and nearly sixty films. But her private life was even more compelling than her Oscar-winning on-screen performances.…