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[obsidianfr3sk]

Rise of the Renegades (Chapter 4)

Summary:  Heroes come from the most unexpected places. Heroes sometimes feel a little too different, a little too scared, a little too alone. But heroes also know when enough is enough, and that before saving the world, they need to save themselves. And they cannot do it alone.

They were going to be the hope of the world. They were going to call themselves the Renegades. Even if they didn’t know it yet.

AO3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/26246812/chapters/64945570

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Don’t be a hero

The sky could be falling, the seas could be rising,

the whole world would end, and you’d still be there smiling.

You laugh in the face of the dangers you see.

Oh, thank goodness you’re out here with me!

Hugh

“So the first step to our redemption is to stop stealing.”

Simon rolled his eyes. “Sure, that's easy. Next time our families need food, water, or medicines, we will walk to the supermarket, take out our credit cards and—”

“Okay, I get it,” Hugh interrupted, “we don't have any money.”

“Not a single penny. All the money my dad makes goes to the medicine fund,” Simon explained. “Do you remember when Sophie had a stomach infection during the summer? That's where all the money he had raised for two months went.”

The truth was that Hugh was not very aware of how much medicines actually cost. He rarely got sick and his aunt...

When he told the owner of the store he didn't know what his aunt had, he wasn't lying. Just six months ago, she had gone to the last remaining hospital in all of Gatlon City that had not yet been taken over by the Anarchs or some gang. She left in the morning and returned hours later, with a box of cigarettes she finished that same night.

Yes, she was sick. No, there was nothing to worry about. She would be fine. And she never bought cigarettes again after that. (Good. It was a terrible habit.)

“What medicines—”

“Oh, I don't need medicine,” she replied. “It’s only a matter of time. And I'm serious. If I see that you spend money on medicine for me, I will punish you.”

It would be the first time his aunt punished him. He didn't want to smear his record with it, so he decided to believe her.

Everything would be fine.

“We will have to find a way,” he replied. “But we can't steal anymore.”

They continued walking down the sidewalk. Classes were over. The autumn wind ruffled their hair and flushed their cheeks. It was a sunny and kind of hot day, but it didn't bother him at all. After all, he had always preferred warm climates.

“We could drop out of school,” Simon suggested, “and get a job.”

“Drop out?”

“It's not like someone is going to stop us,” he replied with a shrug. “Would your aunt mind you drop out of school? I think my dad would be happy to have someone else bring money to the house.”

Hugh tightened the straps on his backpack. Simon had told him walking like that made him look like one of the dwarves from Snowhite. “I had never considered dropping out of school,” he replied. “I don't know what she would say.”

“Think about it.” Simon carried his backpack on one shoulder and walked with his back hunched and his eyes down. “I know you hate school as much as I do. It's not like we learn anything anyway. Also, if we stop stealing and start earning an honest living, we would stop contributing to the crime and anarchist culture that destroyed the city in the first place.”

Hugh stopped walking.

“What’s wrong?” Simon asked.

“That— that makes a lot of sense, actually,” he agreed.

When did you get so smart?

Simon smiled at him and tapped his temple. “And I didn't learn that in school.”

They stopped a few steps from the door of Joe's Basket. He felt a wave of remorse wash over him. That man had been so kind to him. He had given him a chocolate bar, talked to him, sent greetings to his aunt...

And they had been cruel. Nothing but cruel.

He reached into his pants pocket and felt the money he kept there.

An honest purchase might not solve all the trouble they had caused, but it could be a good start.

Simon opened the door for him. The owner of the store recognized him immediately and greeted him. Hugh smiled at him and headed toward the shelves. He and Simon stared at the articles for a while. He was glad to know that he had been able to restock since their last visit.

On one hand, he wanted to spend those five dollars and seventy cents on a couple of cans of real food. But on the other, those fruity bubble gums looked great. Hugh hadn't bought gum in a long time after Mr. Westwood told him they cause cavities.

“If you drop off school, what job would you get?” Simon asked.

“What job would you get ?”

“I do not know, that's why I ask you. We’re brainstorming.”

He laughed underneath. “I think… I could sell chromium stuff, right? Like cutlery. I could start my own chromium cutlery business!”

Simon looked at him skeptically. “Sure. The market for cutlery is in full swing during this time of the year.”

The two of them fixed their gaze on two chocolate bars that were left at the bottom of a small cardboard box at the same time. They immediately knew where they would spend their money. Stars, they could even buy that fruity bubble gum. The hell with cavities.

Being good felt… good.

Simon reached out for the chocolates when three men entered the store, one by one, leaving a strong smell of tobacco and glue behind them. They wore brown leather jackets and had their right ear covered with earrings.

Roaches.

As the Roaches approached the counter, Hugh and Simon ran to hide behind other shelves.

“We have to go,” Simon whispered in the lowest tone he could manage.

Hugh looked at the counter. The shortest of all had to be of the same height as him. He was missing a lot of teeth and his fingers were yellow. His face, haggard and wrinkled, made him look more like a rat than a human. He leaned confidently on the counter, conversing with the owner as if he were an old friend. But the owner did not look at all pleased with their presence.

“Simon, we have to help him.”

Simon turned translucent. “Help him?”

One of the Roaches turned in his direction. Hugh managed to duck just in time so they wouldn't see him.

“They are armed,” Simon stressed. “I saw their guns when they entered.”

Hugh almost laughed out loud as he removed his glasses and handed them to Simon.

Guns were the least of his problems.

He could create a weapon with his powers. A metal bar thick enough to hit the bigger guy on the head. He would hit him so hard that he would end up completely knocked out. Then the bald man would have the same fate. By that time, the shortest would have drawn his gun and shot him straight in the chest. But what would be his surprise when he realized that the bullets did not hurt him.

It would be so heroic.

“Guns, sure,” he muttered, rolling his eyes. “Do you think some guns can stop me?”

Simon pursed his lips.

Then he remembered that he had not come alone. That his friend was there. That the guns could hurt him.

If something went wrong, even the smallest thing, he would lose Simon.

“It's a stupid plan,” Simon whispered. “Don't be the hero.”

Simon gave him the glasses back.

Hugh put his glasses on. “I will not be a hero. Turn invisible.”

The hallway was clear. If they walked silently to the door and ran as fast as their legs would allow them, the Roaches would have no chance to catch them even if they wanted to. And with Simon being invisible, they wouldn't even notice him and couldn't hurt him in any way.

That one was not a stupid plan.

Simon followed him. They were getting closer and closer to the exit. The Roaches had no idea what was happening. Hugh reached out to open the door...

But a girl with dark skin and curly hair did it before he could.

For a second, the two of them looked into each other's eyes, and Hugh felt like he had already seen her at another time. He was so focused on trying to remember why her face looked so familiar that he barely noticed that Simon pushed her away and ran.

Before he could follow him, a voice talked.

“Lady, come in. And you, kid... You stay.”

The girl entered. And Hugh stayed.

Georgia

The only time Georgia had come face to face with a villain had been when Mr. Rae broke into her home the day after Tamaya escaped. She and her mother were quietly having a cup of black tea and sour toast for breakfast when he threw down the damn front door like the maniac he was, ran into the dining room and started yelling at Georgia to tell him right now where Tamaya was. Georgia instinctively flew up to the dining room ceiling.

Her mother managed to throw Mr. Rae out of the house by threatening him with a knife.

After Mr. Rae left, her mother asked, “Do you know where Tamaya is?”

Georgia shook her head. She wasn’t lying. And her mother knew.

“Do you have something to do with her running away from home?”

Georgia nodded.

Surprisingly, her mother didn't scold her. They finished their breakfast as if nothing had happened. Before leaving for work, she told her not to leave the house and to finish the calculus lessons she had left on her desk. Georgia managed to get so distracted doing math problems that she hardly thought about Mr. Rae.

When her mother returned, she made her promise never to get in the way of an evil person again. Georgia didn't want to promise that.

“But Mom, Mr. Rae is a villain!” she exclaimed.

“Of course he is, Georgia,” the woman agreed. “But you are not a hero. You can't save everyone.”

Like I couldn't save my dad, right?

Georgia promised. Mr. Rae never looked for her again. That had happened over a year ago, and so far she had managed not to get in the way of any villain, and she was very proud of it.

Yet, she had been so mired in her happiness that she hadn't thought about what to do if a villain got in her way.

So Georgia did nothing. She just obeyed.

She and the boy took a few steps away from the entrance.

What a lousy day she had chosen to look for a job.

The big Roach extended his hand. Georgia hugged her curriculum tightly. What did he want from her?

The leader realized her confusion. “Give him your money,” he explained.

“Now,” the bald man seconded.

Georgia reached into her pants pockets and handed him her last fifty dollars. Her mother would be furious. But she'd be more furious if Georgia risked her life for a measly fifty dollars.

“What I wonder is,” said the bald man, “how is it that a girl with perfume as expensive as yours ended up in this part of town?”

“I—“

“Are you lost, darling?”

“Enough, Hound,” the leader ordered with a laugh. He toyed with a couple of coins. “Don't flirt with the hand that feeds you.”

Hound stopped.

The taller one then turned to the blond boy who was next to Georgia. He held out his hand. “Money. Now.”

The boy didn't move a muscle.

“Are you deft?” exclaimed the leader. "Now!”

“No.”

Leader raised his eyebrows. “Are you saying no to me?”

Georgia turned to see him. She was asking herself the same question.

Did you say no to him?

“No,” he repeated. “I refuse to listen to a villain like you.”

So he noticed it too. He also noticed they were villains.

But why did he think he was a hero?

Hound and Big Roach walked towards the boy, but Leader stopped them with a wave of his hand. “A villain?” he scoffed “What makes you think I'm a villain?”

“Well, certainly, robbing stores is not a very heroic thing to do,” the boy emphasized. “And you didn’t even say please when you—“

Leader put the gun to his forehead. The owner opened his mouth to speak out, but Hound gave him such a look that it silenced him before he said anything. Georgia dropped her curriculum.

That kid was going to get himself killed right in front of her. Georgia knew she had to do something, but she didn’t understand why her body refused to listen to her heart.

Just like that night.

“What do you think now?” the leader asked her, with a hideous smile.

“Will you say "please”, Mr. Roach?”

Leader stuck the gun to his forehead. “What the fuck, no, I won’t!”

And then, the kid—

The kid freaking smiled at him. “Then shoot.”

Leader froze. He lowered his gun, puzzled at the boy's reaction.

Was that it? Was that how you defeated a villain?

By smiling at them?

Incredible.

But before Georgia could process what happened, Leader placed the cannon on her forehead. She stifled a sob that threatened to come out of her mouth.

The boy's smile disappeared immediately.

“Oh, excuse me, Captain, could you repeat your last order?” Leader asked with mockery. “Did you order me to—“ he put his finger on the trigger “—shoot?”

If only Georgia could grab the man by the wrists and snatch the gun from him in one move. Take that stupid Roach by surprise, point his own gun at him, and give him a little taste of his own medicine. He would never expect it from a pretty, defenseless girl like Georgia.

But she did not move. Again.

The boy took the money out of his pockets. Several coins and two dollar bills. The big man snatched it from him with an almost piteous expression.

Seriously?

“Were you about to risk your life for five dollars?” Hound asked as Leader tucked his weapon into his belt. “How pathetic.”

The boy lowered his head and turned to see her. If Georgia could speak, she would have thanked him.

“The backpack,” ordered Big Roach. “We also want the backpack.”

“But—“

“Give me the backpack. Now.”

He gave him the backpack. Big Roach opened it and raised his eyebrows. Hound rolled his eyes and scattered all of its contents to the ground. The textbooks opened at random pages, one of the notebooks ended up under a shelve, and the metal pencil case made a ruckus as it smashed against the store tile.

However, what caught her attention was the comic.

Georgia flinched when she saw his back cover.

A man was wearing a blue mask and a tight uniform and had Ace Anarchy's helmet pierced by a silver spear.

Hound handed the backpack to the owner, saying something about putting all the money he had there. Leader squatted down and took the comic as if it were a vile gossip magazine.

“Do not touch it.”

Leader made a military salute. “As you order, Captain,” and opened the comic.

Georgia didn't understand why the boy was so upset. His pupils had dilated and his hands were shaking as much as hers. Each page that Leader turned, the boy flinched as if it was an unwanted touch.

He hadn't acted like that when they had literally pointed a gun at him, but now he did? Now he freaked out?

Then she thought it would make her nervous too if they touched her books. Especially the ones she hid under her bed.

She wanted to say that she understood him.

But she couldn't speak.

Then, Leader stopped at a particular page. “Hey, guys, check this out,” he laughed. “It turns out that our captain is also an artist. Look what he did,” and pulled out a drawing of a battle between the same superhero and Ace Anarchy.

Georgia didn't have to be a detective to know right away that the boy had drawn it.

Hound joined in the taunt, but Big Roach was only as serious as she was. Leader tore off the back cover of the comic and threw it to the ground along with the rest of the notebooks. Suddenly, he took Georgia by the arm and put the two pictures on her face.

“What are the similarities between these two pictures?” he asked with his cigar breath. Georgia had the drawings so close that she couldn't distinguish them. “Did the Phantom Feline eat your tongue, lady? What are the similarities?”

“They're both a drawing of the same characters...” she muttered.

Leader pushed her. The owner passed the backpack to Hound, and he and Big Roach headed for the exit. “I thought you'd be smarter, lady,” Leader said, shaking his head. “I'll tell you what the similarities are. They're both going to end up with someone dead.”

He stopped right in front of the boy, put the drawing on his face, and tore it in two. “Just not today, Captain.”

The tension didn't go away when they left, but Georgia felt that at least she could breathe peacefully now. She collapsed into a plastic chair that was awkwardly perched next to a broken soda machine and hid her face in her hands.

She was safe. The villains were gone.

She was safe.

But at what cost?

At the cost of being a coward.

“Are you okay, kids?” asked the owner. “Good heavens, I’m sorry you had to witness that.”

Georgia raised her face. He was an old man, with gray hair and parched skin. His wrinkles became more noticeable with his concern. "I'm fine,” Georgia said. “Don’t worry.”

“And you, son?”

The boy adjusted his glasses. “I’m fine too.”

With mechanical movements, he bent down and quickly gathered his things. He took Georgia’s curriculum and shyly handed it to her. Georgia noticed how his expression changed when he took the comic in his hands, battered and with folded and wrinkled pages. The boy tried to flatten it out as best he could and tucked it between his heavy Algebra and Geometry books.

“Where is your friend?” asked the owner.

“He came out before they saw him,” he replied.

The owner frowned. “I didn't see him come out—“ Immediately, the owner seemed to understand. But instead of getting mad, he just shrugged. “Oh, all right... Well, I'm glad everything is fine. I am so sorry, if I knew they were coming, I would have closed the store. Anyway, I think you should go with your friend, right?”

“Yes,” the boy stammered. “I have to go with him.”

“Don't you want to take—“

“Oh no, really.”

“For the inconvenience.”

“It’s okay.” He pressed the books to his chest. “I have to go with my friend. He must be very worried. Goodbye, sir.” He looked at Georgia for a second. “And bye... ma'am.”

Ma’am?

The owner shook his head when he left. These kids, really. “What do you have there, miss?”

Miss was a better term.

Georgia handed it to him. The owner smiled. “A curriculum. You have beautiful handwriting, miss, I assure you.” Her mother would be very happy to hear that. “But at the moment I don't have any vacant positions. Sorry.”

Georgia took her curriculum back and smiled at the man.

Why did she feel like she hadn't smiled in years?

Was she so affected by what just happened?

“However, I doubt that you are going to decline my offer to take anything from the store,” he continued, smiling as if she had been practicing it all her life. “How about a chocolate bar? I've heard that chocolate always helps us forget our sorrows for a moment.”

He was right. “A candy bar sounds great,” she replied.

The owner walked over to the shelves. “I’m glad to know Phantom Feline did not actually eat your tongue.”

Georgia laughed. Her eyes saw the red notebook that was below the shelf. She bent down to get it out of there. On the cover, it had “Hugh E.” written in permanent marker.

She opened the notebook. On the back of the cover, there were a lot of unfinished doodles and random to-do lists. In the corner, someone had written in purple pen, “If you find this lost notebook, return to 4491 Atha Drive. Be careful, the owner is a bit of an idiot. Proceed with caution.”

And the owner (probably this Hugh E.) had added with a blue gel pen, “Not true. My aunt says I'm very charming. Please give me back my notebook.”

His handwriting was way too pretty for a boy.

Georgia tucked the notebook into her cloth bag. When she returned her gaze to the ground, the gray eyes of Ace Anarchy's drawing met hers. It was when she realized that Hugh E. had not taken his drawing with him.

Georgia decided to return him his notebook and drawing as soon as she could.

After all, he said "please".

[trainsinanime]

In the past few weeks I’ve built a model railroad signal for garden railways with a custom DCC decdoder. Here’s what it looks like:

I’ve heard from a number of people that they thought this was interesting, but they didn’t really understand what I was doing. So today I’ll try to explain the core of it all, this circuit board:

And here’s the associated circuit diagram:

I’ll try to explain why this is the way it is and what it does.

(This whole explanation is aimed at people who have never done anything with electronics before. If that’s not you, then this may be a bit boring. Also, I didn’t come up with any of the parts of this. Most of this is based on things I learned by reading OpenDCC and Mikrocontroller.net. I’m sure I still made a lot of mistakes, though, and they’re definitely all mine and not the fault of anyone on these sites.)

The goal

First let’s talk about requirements. My goal was to build an american signal type “Searchlight”. Such a signal has between one and three lamps. Thanks to a clever electromechanic design that moves different color filters around, each lamp can show different colors - up to three from a total selection of four.

Replicating this system for a model railroad is not practical. I need something else. Having multiple colored LEDs next to each other wouldn’t work; they’re too big and I want it to all look like one light source. There are LEDs that contain red, blue and green in one housing, but that would require a lot of wires quickly that all have to be put in the mast. The solution is this:

This is an “adressable” LED, better known under the name “Neopixel” used by a large american online store. There are many variations from different manufacturers. The key thing is that each LED has a tiny control circuit built right in. It takes four wires: Plus five volts, minus, data in and data out. If you have more than one, you can connect the data out of the first directly to the data in of the second and so on. Connect the plus and minus as well, and you can control almost unlimited amounts of LEDs with just three wires.

The data line has a special protocol that you need to generate. Basically you need to switch it from 0 to 5 to 0 volts again and again at a certain rate; the time it stays at 5 volts (“high”) determines whether you’re sending a 0 or a 1. From these bits you form bytes, which tell each LED what specific color value to send.

Due to this dataformat, you definitely need some electronic circuit controlling the signal, and the first requirements for this are:

Provide five volts DC power

Generate the data for the LEDs in the correct format

The Input

There are a lot of options for designing the input side of things. In my case, I’m assuming the signal is electrically connected to the rails of a model railroad that is controlled digitally. With digital command control (DCC), the voltage at the rails has a constant value of about 15 to 25 volts, larger for larger scales. This voltage constantly flips polarity; first plus is on the left rail, then it goes to the right rail (and minus vice versa), and then back. It’s like AC in normal wall outlets, but with very abrupt changes instead of a smooth sine wave.

This voltage has two tasks. First it supplies the locomotives with power, but it also transmits information. If one of these change-and-back sequences is long, it transmits a “0”; if it’s short, it transmits a “1”. These bits together then form the bytes that form the messages that say things like, “Locomotive three run at speed step 64” or “switch 10 switch to direction left”.

This decoder uses both features. The digital voltage provides both the data and the power. For a locomotive, that is required since the only conductors you have are the rails. This is a stationary decoder, so I could have designed it so that it only uses digital commands, and gets the power from an external power supply. However, I wanted to use the least amount of cables, so I’m using the simple version.

With that, the requirements are fixed. The circuit has to:

Turn the digital power (15-25 Volts, AC-ish) into 5 Volts DC

Read and understand the digital data signal (decode it, hence the name “decoder”) and calculate the colors for the LEDs.

Computation

This calculation is the real key here. The digital signal has a completely different fromat than what the LEDs expect. It’s slower, but also has completely different meaning. At best it transmits “set switch or signal 10 to state 0”. Which color values are associated with that, let alone any blending to make it look nice, are things the signal has to decide for itself. There is no way to build a simple stupid adapter here; I need a complete computer.

Luckily, you can get those for cheap and in really tiny.

The ATtiny85 costs about 1€ depending on how many you order, and it’s smaller than one cent coin (I think in basically any currency), but from a technical point of view, it is essentially a full computer. It has all the important parts anyway. There is a CPU that can run at (depending on the version) up to 20 MHz; half a kilobyte of RAM and eight kilobyte of internal storage for the program. Multiple programs is a bit of a challenge. If you know Arduinos, the ATtiny85 is related to the ATmega328p in the Arduino Uno and Nano. Far less powerful, but cheaper and significantly smaller.

What it lacks are all the surroundings like keyboard and screen for input and output. The chip is designed for applications where this isn’t needed, or at least only minimal things. The software that you write can assign each pin (okay, five out of eight) freely for different tasks: The pin can work as an input, telling the software whether there’s a low or high level of voltage at it (meaning 0 or 5 Volts), or it can work as an output and write high or low values, meaning setting the pin explicitly to 0 or 5 Volts.

There are other options for the Pins as well; among other things it can also read analog voltages and generate them to some extent. But for this task I only need the simple digital high-low inputs and outputs.

These types of chips, known as microcontrollers, exist in thousands of variations by different manufacturers with very different performance characteristics. They are the key part of basically everything that’s digitally controlled these days. Washing machines, everything that plugs into a computer including every single Apple lightning cable, TVs, TV remotes, amazing amounts of parts in cars and so on are all the realm of microcontrollers. The ATtiny85 is, as the name implies, very much at the low end of the scale (though there are smaller ones), and even here, it is a bit out of date. But it is very easy to program and very forgiving of mistakes, which makes it great in hobby situations.

To run, this chip needs around 3-5 Volts DC (some versions like the one here can also run on a bit less) and exactly one capacitor. I’m already generating 5 Volts DC for the LEDs anyway, so this chip will get them as well. That means for all the calculation, only two pieces of hardware are required.

There is some more associated hardware, though, for getting the program (which I’ve written myself) on the chip. For that you need a programmer, a device that you can buy for some money, or make yourself astonishingly easily from an Arduino. It needs to be connected with six wires to the chip. The standard for this is with a six-pin plug, which I’ve thus included here as well. There are standard six-wire cables for this.

You could connect the cables differently, for example with some sort of spring-loaded contacts on some programming circuit board you’d have to build for that, or in the worst case, just temporarily solder the cables in there. But the plug version is both simple and convenient, with the only downside that it makes the circuit a bit more pointy.

(Due to the Tumblr image limit, the next part will have to be in a reblog)

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Simply follow the steps below to Get into the Frontier Mail Login without having any kinds of issues. Steps that I have given to Make readers Knowledgeable in a Very simplistic way. To login into the Frontier Mail, you just have to have the User Name and Password of Frontier, not only for this in any account we need to have the username and password to start getting into it and use the services. First, you have to Open your Browser that you are Using from your Computer. Now you have to Enter www.frontier.com in the Adress bar of the browser and press the Enter button to Load the Website. Once the website has opened then Simply you have to Goto the Sign-in Link which is on the top right side of the Page. Or when you Open the Frontier Website you will see a Login Form on the Right Side of the Screen. Now you have to Sign in from this form by Entering your Login credentials like Username and Password on the Provided Fileds. In the first field, you have to Enter your Friner iD or email address. (Whichever its ask and it will show you in the same field) Now in the Below Password friends Enter your valid Password. Just below of you will see Remember my ID, if you want to remember your ID to Login from the Next time using the same computer then You can Check the Box. But if you are using the Pubilc Computer or Other computers then you should not Check this Box. Then just click on the SIGN IN button to get into the Email. Try to Enter the Valid Login Credentials for avoiding Login Errors. If you have not Clarity of your Frontier Email address then it Just Looks like this username@frontier.com. Also while entering your Password you should make sure that is there are CAPS LOCKs and Capital letter and any Symbols, all these are very important to check So that you can log in into the Frontier Email without any Problem. The Best part of the Frontier Email is that now you can also Login into the frontier email From the Yahoo email because they have collaborated So this is also one of the best things that you can do. This is how you can simply get into the Frontier mail Login.   But if you have forgotten your Username or Password or both in some case, then What should I do? if this is your Question then you have to follow the below Guide that which I Have explained with Complete Detailed which you will get very easy and Start resetting your Username and Password without any problem for sure.   Reset Frontier Mail User Name: Most of the people always forget their user name and they always try to create a new account rather than having a chance of getting the same username that they have forgotten. So from Now even if you have Lost your user name of the Frontier mail you will get it back very easily by following this Guide below. If you have forgotten your username then click on the forgot Link which is located beside the username Field on the frontier mail login Page. Now you will able to see two options those follow like"Enter the Email Address or Username you used to create your Frontier ID" and "Enter your Billing Account Number and PIN to recover your ID" in the next window from the Frontier Email Login Page. You can any option Which you are much comfortable and which you have to enter to get your Username back. Next, Confirm that I'm not a robot by choosing the right images and all. Once you have finished then click on the continue option to Finish the process.   This is how you can simply reset your Frontier Mail password without any issues when you follow the correct guide. So I have explained it in very detailed explanation where you can simply login to the Frontier Mail  account after you successfully completed the Password reset.   Reset Frontier Mail Password: if you are not able to Login into your Frontier Mail then this could be the Problem of a wrong password, If you have forgotten your Frontier password, Now you can easily reset by following the steps below. By going through this 4 Step below you will be able to reset your Frontier Mail password easily. First, click on the Forgot link which is located beside the Password Filed. Now enter your Email address and Conform the I'm not a robot. Now click on the Continue Button to Reset your Frontier password. Then follow further Instruction to success your reset Password of Frontier Mail.   That's all now you have successfully Reset your Password. But in case if you still facing any issues then do let me know below. After you have completed the Login Process below I have Explained the Signup guide which is also available in the Step by step Format.  

Frontier Mail Login Signup:

If you don't have an account on Frontier mail then this is the guide for you to learn how to create a frontier email by following the simple guide. There is the Article over there on the internet where you will get confused overall after going through them.   But once you have seen this guide you will be able to create frontier email very easily because of the guide we have explained in a very simplistic way that can be understood by everyone.   Whenever you just want to create Frontier Mail, First you have to Create the Frontier ID then you can Simply get into the mail using the Frontier Mail login. Now you have to go to the Frontier.com and then just have to locate the Sign-in Option on the page and click on that. You will see the Login page of Frontier Now and you will have to click on the Create a Frontier ID which is bottom of the Login Form. You will be redirected to the Frontier registration page which you have to Fill out all the details which are required over there. Now, First, you have to Enter your First and Last name in the provided box. Type your email address which is you just want to receive Newsletters from the frontier. It's time to Create your Password which is the minimum of the 8 Letters on your Password. Re-enter the Same Password on the second Box, which is the confirmation of the Password to Start to Create an account. Now enter the Mobile number on the mobile number Field. Finally, Check the Box that to Prove I'm not a Robot text by Selecting the Right Images that match. Also, Tick the ‘I have read and agree to the Terms and Conditions’ and click on the Next. Now Click on the ‘CREATE ID‘ to Finish the creating your new Frontier ID. This is how you can easily create an Account of frontier mail without any issues. So do follow the Step by step guide carefully without any problem. Make sure to have all the right details while creating an account.   Conclusion: This is How you have to Create Frointer Account and Get into the "Frontier mail Login". Also make sure that While entering the email address, mobile or telephone number those are should be registered with the Frontier Account.   Read the full article

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Videogames: A scourge, or savior of modern society?

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            Videogames have come a long way as of late with it finally being able to replicate almost real and life like scenarios and being able to immerse the player more with the emergence of virtual reality. From it’s humble beginnings to just a collection of mere pixels to now being considered as an art form, it has come quite far with it’s populace of gamers growing rapidly with each new release. This, however, did came with quite resistance. With the controversial releases of games such as Postal, Manhunt, Mortal Kombat and the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto Series back in the early 90’s and 2000’s. All of which featured violence never before seen in any entertainment platform which heavily shocked the world that something that is consumed by the masses is featuring very heavy themes of violence, gore, and criminal behaviors. This planted the stigma that continues to dwell within people today: Videogames promote and develop violent behaviors amongst it consumers. Specifically the more violent ones like the ones that caused the controversy.

            While it may have been limited to those kinds of games at first, over time this carried on to videogames in general. This stigmatized the thought to the general populace that videogames turn people into bums or someone who bear no functional use to society. Gamers oftentimes are looked upon as losers with no lives and as a result, has caused a rift between them and society as a whole. While it may not seem as prevalent as today, parents oftentimes inhibit their children to play videogames because of this and which to me, not only inhibits their learning albeit using a different medium but also taking away a method of enjoying their youth. As a gamer, I see that needs to be adress so I pose this question to you. Are videogames really a stigma for violent behaviors and do gamers deserve the bad reputation they get?

            Biased as this may sound as a gamer but videogames don’t really cause violence. Proof of this are the reviews carried out by Dr. Ferguson and his colleagues where they studied the claims on videogames being a cause of violence (Independent, Griffiths, 2015). They found out that some of the claims didn’t line up with real life statistics like the sales growth of one such game and the dropping of teenage violence at the same time. They also noted that the said claims weren’t studied extensively. It’s evident in the studies that they reviewed that the players behaviors were recorded in short term bursts as opposed to the behavior of the player after prolonged exposure. They’ve also concluded that the violent tendencies were more likely to be associated with the player’s own anti-social behaviour rather than being a product of videogames. Therefore, the claims that videogames produce violent people is a groundless statement with respect to the review of research on the topic.

            While current studies and reviews have disproven videogames as a source of one might ask, “What good does it bring?” First and foremost, videogames improve an individual’s overall mental acumen. As games throughout the years became more and more complicated it took the average gamer more decisions, skills, and time progress and finish said game. This leads to the further development of the player’s overall mental acumen which in turn, develops a person’s problem solving skills and  there’s numerous studies that back this statement. The amount of complex operations utilized in playing a videogame leads to the development of the player’s multitasking ability and quick thinking ability (Developmental Psychology at Vanderbilt, Hughes, 2014). For instance in RPG’s, strategy, and RTS games,  one develops the skills to simulate and plan out the scenario an encounter plays out and will use anything they’ve learned in to past experiences and synthesis their own solution to solve and progress to a much harder and newer encounter (Developmental Psychology at Vanderbilt, Gee, 2003). It also improves the player’s hand-eye coordination,  fine motor skills, and spatial awareness which are frequently used skills in first person shooters. These developments improve a person’s reaction time not only in game but also in life which may get them out of life and death situations.

            Videogames also provide a great alternative method to learning as well. Games like Age of Empires, and the Total War series not only teaches the player world history but also gives the player to shape it himself and even shape it as he sees fit. Those two games especially develops one’s management, strategy, and leadership skills as these videogames are heavily demanding on ones ability to micromanage their nation’s economy, armed forces upkeep, and public order. This develops the player’s skills in calculation, simulation, prediction, diplomacy, and strategy which is something no entertainment platform has done before (Raise Smart Kid, Tumbokon, 2014). That improvement in management skills also carries on to the gamer’s real life aspect as well. A reasearch shows that people who play video games become more attuned to their environment and able to keep visual tabs on friends in crowds, able to navigate better and better at everyday things like driving and reading small print. It also “significantly reduced reaction times without sacrificing accuracy” beyond the context of the games” (321-326, Bavelier et al., 2009).   It also serve as a viewing lens on other cultures as videogames are a product of it. It also serves as a mirror of the era it was made most videogames released on certain time periods provide commentary on it (Medium, Adams, 2016). Popular mentions would be Tenchu, which came from the era where the general audience was fascinated by ninjas, and Call of Duty, that took inspiration from movies like Band of Brothers and other World War 2 movies that were successful at the time when American entertainment leaned on patriotism.  

            On the social aspect, videogames are shown to connect and unite entirely different groups of people. The development of some videogames into actual sports, popularly known as e-sports, are what makes this happen. These e-sports helped shape cross-cultural interaction through international tournaments. These said tournaments not only shaped cross-cultural interaction but also camaraderie and sportsmanship between players of different nations. These tournaments also give their venues a huge amount of revenue as people from all over the world flock to watch the entire spectacle generating additional income for the country staging the event. There is also the establishment of actual e-sports leagues in their respective games. These leagues follow the same format as the NBA and open up new job opportunities in the field which include the actual players, coaches, analysts, sports psychologists, shout casters and much more. It’s sudden emergence is now being recognized by mainstream audiences and companies after the 2013 World Championship of League of Legends sold out the Staples Center in under an hour after they went on sale (Forbes, Tassi, 2013). This caught the eye of big names such as the franchise owners of the Philadelphia 76ers, Magic Johnson, and Alisher Usmanov, considered to be Russia’s richest man, investing on these various esports scenes (Dot Esports, Mueller, 2016). These investments would only continue as time progresses with esports getting more and more mainstream. A  global esports market report says that the esports market has generated $323 million worldwide last 2015 and is expected to generate $1.1 biliion in 2019 (Newzoo, 2016).

            Outside of competitve play videogames are also a growing source for entertainment. The biggest YouTuber, PewDiePie, was made because of streaming videogames. To this day he still stands as the most subscribed channel on YouTube with over 57,770,057 subscribers although with a much more varied content for his audience (Socialblade, 2017). There is also websites like Twitch which allow videogamers to establish their own channels and earn a living through streaming games. Outside of gaming itself, being recognized as tools for training in the U.S. military because of it’s improvement on the player’s perceptual reaction times (Washington Post, Vargas, 2006).

            Videogames have indeed gotten quite far and it will continue to evolve as time passes on. Clearly it wasn’t without resistance as the scars from controversy are still quite evident and the it’s still incurring it’s lashes today because of. Regardless people may and are actually feeling and realizing it’s gradual contributions to society and instead of being a scourge, it has been been a saint to us all along. From the individual player, to the various subcommunities that each released game spawns, and the now huge following of the esports scene, this wave of pixels will wake the world into the realization that games and it’s gamers aren’t so bad after all. Until the day the world fully realizes this, I’ll be enjoying myself with my videogames.

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