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Frieren episode 16... The party meets an old dwarf, that if probably a century past his best by date (400 years old, dwarves life expectancy appears to be around 300 years). He's spent the last few century defending a little village. The reason? His human wife loved the village. She died centuries ago though and now he can't even remember her face or her voice. Sein, the priest of the group, is still searching for his childhood friend and they meet "a stubborn old woman" that claims to know where he went. Asking the rhetorical question, why would the villager call her a stubborn old woman, the answer comes in the next scene when she introduces herself as a stubborn old woman We get a bit of backstory, explaining the backgrounds of Sein and his friend. The party does all kinds of chores for the old woman and gets rewarded with the name of a city, where she last knew Seins friend was headed. Only complaint about this episode?... too short. Could have watched this for 2 hours Also, this seems to be the end of an arc, next arc, episode 17 picking up next year. Edit: In the last few episodes it's sort of becoming obvious, that Frieren is subtly (and not so subtly) pushing the two youngsters, Stark and Fern towards each other. Like some ancient master schemer. Sein, the other "adult" in the group thinks it's definitely the way to go for them In episode 15, the group gets hired for an unusual task. Stark looks like the twin to a now deceased noblemans son and they get hired to pass him off as said son for a while, to boost the country's morale. The son being somewhat of a military hero until he got himself killed in battle. The engagement is for one soiree, after which the nobleman would like a longer term contract. Of course, a noblemans son can't just attend a public event alone, so Fern gets rounded up and forced to learn manners too... welcome to romance "Frieren style"

Indeed. Obsidian does not sell cocaine, viagra, escort services by underage girls, unregistered guns, butterfly knives, knuckle dusters, viagra, fake permanent residency papers to the US, fake passports, fake university test results... you name it. On a good day, we get less than a handful, around new games or even major updates, it can be a score+ of new bot accounts. Daily Edit: Not to mention, the 5 unapproved post limit means bots, that would otherwise literally flood the forum with 100+ advertising posts, stops dead in the their tracks at 5, making the clean up a bit less ornery.

I consider it a compliment. If people are ignorant of what happens behind the scenes, then it works as intended …unless you’re a SEO shill

I was about to say the same thing And it’s well meant advice. Bild is to Germany what the Daily Mail is to the UK

Nothing new I guess... one of the worlds leading platforms of intolerance, misogyny and racism has decided to "cancel Frieren" (yes, twitter, x whatever stupid name that particular platform wants on its gravestone) Just because she's very racist, labeling demons as beasts mimicking human speech and thinks they should be eradicated on sight. Elon Musk probably feels bad for the poor, persecuted demons A few things I learned about the main character... she's NOT a morning person ...and she's teaching her apprentice the same low tolerance attitude towards demons Sigh... and now waiting for it to become Friday night so the next episode can get released

Honest Government Ads take on the upcoming UK elections (with government like this, who needs terrorists?)

US lawyers are world famous for earning a lot of money... whether they do or not, they are famous for it I doubt even Guiliani can walk down to his local ATM and do a $148m withdrawal for "new expenses"? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67723332 Tl;dr; found guilty and ordered to payup "Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has been ordered to pay more than $148m (£116m) to two women over false claims they tampered with votes in 2020."

Just finished watching episode 15... Since the party is now broke, "Lord Stark" and Fern getting schooled in noble etiquette in order to do a job ...and Sein getting to show off a bit, as being the right choice for the party in the beginning of the episode. No idea how many episodes are left, crossing fingers and hoping it's more than 16!!! edit: the ending... Frieren trying to decide which grimoire to pick as her reward

Yay

The closest I think Guild Wars 2 came to 'pay to win' (imho) is a recent introduction to the cash shop where you can buy "hero points". You could argue it's just a time saver, but I do think it's very borderline paying your way out of playing the game to achieve something. Mind you, it's still my favourite game and I play it almost daily. A mix of no subscription and no gear grind per se (once you got best in slot gear, it remains best in slot, even 10 years later). You can take a break for 6 months and you wont lose out (other than practicing your hand/eye coordination)

Finished Heavenly Delusion episode 6... I'll have to watch the whole thing a second time, because only now does a few things from the first couple of episodes start to make sense. A guy from inside the sheltered high tech sanctuary that somehow managed to get "outside" teamed up with another "guy" who came was originally from the outside. I say "guy", because he got attacked and almost completely eaten by a "man eater" monster, leaving only his head and upper chest, everything else got devoured. Last thing we saw was his sister racing to his rescue before fading to black. When he wakes up again, his consciousness is trapped inside his sisters body. He reasons and unknown figure simply called "The Professor" is to blame for his involuntary body swap (which doesn't stop him from getting the hots for himself admiring his female body in the bathroom mirror). He now works as a body guard for those who pay him. In this case, the guy from the sanctuary that managed to get outside. They now both look for a place simply called "heaven" while trying to survive a post apocalyptic society, where might is right (and his gun, which is almost out of ammo now helps giving him the edge in a fight). Also revealed, the newly born inside the sanctuary has no resemblance to human babies, but looks like the offspring of those man eater monsters that now roam the world, eating any and all humans they can corner. Might have something to do with his decision to run away? The story hasn't told so far, leaving some large gaps between the past and the present.... Now where is my next episode of Frieren?

Sheesh. Axel F was soooo 80's I just can't it imagine it having any business, showing itself outside of that time period Edit: Adding the only thing I liked about the original....

While waiting impatiently for Frieren episode 15 to arrive, passing time with watching Heavenly Delusion. A series I started watching a while ago, but work, life, other stuff got int he way, so it got put aside for a while. Now up to episode 4. Liking it so far... a dystopian mystery / adventure story, following (so far) a couple of parallel stories in a world where civilization collapsed a decade ago, following some on the outside and some on the inside of a high tech enclave, seemingly secluded from the outside world.

Frieren episode 14... made me go all soft in a very unmanly way

Finland can breathe a sigh of relief… looks like Putin got tired of the game and probably realised he couldn’t pull off a new invasion of the country… https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67647379 edit: also helps alleviating his manpower problem in Ukraine a bit

True. I remember having the same argument on this forum many years ago, because I condemned Zionism for being as bad as any other nationalist sentiment based on a divinely given right to exterminate your neighbours and seize their land for the glory of a greater homeland (substitute homeland with any suitable country that believes in the rhetoric of being destined to rule the world). Has nothing to do with ethnicity and everything to do with populist movements.

Not sure what the real definition of brandy is. For myself, I usually think of it as cognac made outside the Cognac region (because the name is protected iirc)

Continued from previous thread... https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/132505-ukraine-conflict-the-nationalist-not-only-does-not-disapprove-of-atrocities-committed-by-his-own-side-but-he-has-a-remarkable-capacity-for-not-even-hearing-about-them/

Im Osten, nichts neues...

Reached episode 12 of Frieren. Almost binge watching it at times now. That potion I mentioned earlier.... showed up again No, it's not really an anime with a lot of nudity (none) or even innuendo (very mild).

Finished Episode 4 of Frieren... I think I'm in love Before I started, I was worried it might be some sappy drama stuff, but I was wrong. It's awesome. An elf girl just after my head (not sure if she has any plans for that potion that dissolves clothes in future episodes)

Looks like someone forgot the importance of (or lack of) complete air superiority in their planning. Ask any general in Pentagon to wage a land offensive without air support and he'll tell you to go stow it.

Got no spotify account, so no helpful algorithm telling me what I like I suspect I do like 80's music though...

Waiting for the mobs to start tearing down statues of notorious slave owners across the US... like George Washington

I don't often follow US politics, but when BBC puts it up on their front page, it's hard to miss. Apparently Santos had made enough of a mess that he managed something very rare, uniting Democrats and Republicans https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67593885