Hi,
We have 3 children, two are school age, youngest is a 2-year-old.
Due to insane childcare costs I'm only working part time (3 days a week), partner works Mon-Fri but earns very little due to training into a profession.
Eventually, once the youngest goes to school we will both be working full time and things will get easier financially.
Until then, I'm trying to keep my head above the water as everything that comes in, goes out and we often dip into overdraft and have some existing debt. Everything is on 0% interest credit cards though. We get Universal Credit top ups. HMRC also wants 13k back at some point due to their error in tax calculations. 🤦‍♀️ It's incredibly stressful.
We are both already spectacularly tired all the time from employment, housework and family life. But we really need to up our earnings as we cannot cut back more. Considering our limited time and energy levels, what would you recommend as the best and guaranteed ways to earn more? Those, that take little effort, or take effort but the returns are good? You get the idea.
I realise there are no perfect solutions but I simply don't have time to be screened out of surveys for example or learn anything extremely complicated right now.
I am a native speaker of a different language so I'm looking for odd jobs for this already, like translation. I've found those jobs easy and enjoyable when I've done them in the past.
I can sell stuff on Ebay etc but I'm looking for something a bit more permanent. I'm happy with surveys but need recommendations for sites that are genuinely good.
Anything and everything you can suggest is welcome!!!
Many thanks.
I will post our employment details and income/outgoings details below so you can attack me with advice. I really welcome all financial advice although I understand if this isn't the place for this.

Alrighty friends it's the first King's Birthday Round in 72 years, considering King George VI died before the 1952 season began, the Thursday games are back without notice as Lance Franklin has yet another milestone game against St Kilda, Jack Gunston takes on Hawthorn, the AFL's latest attempt at making a game on the Eve of something has come, giving us another chance to watch Carlton lose in primetime, and most importantly of all, Big Freeze NUMBER 9 is here!
Let me say this, if Eric Bana doesn't go down dressed as Poida, I'll be very disappointed.
Byes: Geelong , Gold Coast
Thursday
Sydney Swans vs St Kilda - SCG, 7:10pm AEST
Friday
Western Bulldogs vs Port Adelaide - Marvel Stadium, 7:50pm AEST
Saturday
Hawthorn vs Brisbane Lions - MCG, 1:45pm AEST
Adelaide vs West Coast Eagles - Adelaide Oval, 4:05pm ACST
Fremantle vs Richmond - Optus Stadium, 5:25pm AEST
Sunday
North Melbourne vs GWS Giants - Blundstone Arena, 3:20pm AEST
Carlton vs Essendon - MCG, 7:15pm AEST
King's Birthday
Melbourne vs Collingwood - MCG, 3:20pm AEST
MEGA MILESTONE CLEARANCE SALE
Port Adelaide going for 10 consecutive wins in the AFL for the first time
Lance Franklin's 350th game, 22nd player to play 350 games, draws level with Eddie Betts and Doug Hawkins on all-time list
250 games for Taylor Walker
150 games for James Harmes Daniel Rioli
100 gamers - Liam Baker , Mitch McGovern , Lachie Keeffe , Jayden Laverde
50 games for Lachie Sholl

So here is the thing. This season way more people will reach CQ then any other season. Literally all you have to do is go to an event location. Canp till the t-rex is free, jump in it and then run people over. I think this event is wrong. The t-rex should've been a thing or it should've been just a vehicle. No roar, no i stomp and vehicle is gone, none of that. They still have a height advantage that way. You can barely see players in it. The only thing is right about the t-rex that it dies somewhat fast. This event should've been made like the chinese dragon one where they reused the grappling hook from the spider-man event. 5-6-7 small event location with semi-good chest in the middle. Not airdrop guns but like stonger loot you could find anywhere else, like m4, or m24. You would still get the respawn card but there would be no t-rex. The velociraptor and the flying dinosaur should be ramade so they are sligthly better then they are now. This event over is like a 3/10 cuz players who otherwise would reach ace, with a 1.5 maybe 2 k/d now will reach ace dominator or even cq with a 4.0 , 5.0 k/d. But when they cant get the t-rex from the event they are like a 0.6 k/d player.. so basically useless and only good for recalls.

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I get electrocuted on a daily basis.
These shocks are comparable to building up static electricity on the way down a plastic slide, and when you touch the side to get off you hear a loud pop and you feel like you had a rubber band snap on your skin.
This has happened for years. I don't understand it neither does my husband but he witnesses and experiences it too, so he knows (and I know) I'm not making it up. I think I will keep adding to this post as a way to start documenting it.
It's mostly a nuisance because it's painful. It's crappy to get hurt a little bit everyday, and it sucks even more when it's coming from my lips.
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Occurrences

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Daily - When I kiss my husband about 75% of the time there is a shock. Sometimes we both feel it, and other times only one of us feels it (but we both still hear it). It hurts and sometimes we try to break up the strength of it by touching our arms or hands or shoulders before our lips touch and it still fucking happens. We have also been hugging, then we lean back from each other--still embracing--and when our lips touch we get shocked. We were already touching!!
Daily - After I turn off my car engine I open the door, step onto the ground and stand up, and when I close my door I get zapped.
6/6/23 - We have a volcano vaporizer. I took off my sweater, threw it on the chair behind me, and touched the plastic button to turn it on. I got zapped, so bad there was an audible POP and it hurt.
6/5/23 - My dog needed to go outside, so I opened the sliding screen door and got a painful shock from touching the metal frame.
Grocery Shopping - Sometimes I take one hand off the shopping cart and when I put it back I get zapped. Every time I go to dairy aisle I touch the handle of the glass door with my elbow, to take the brunt of the shock, and it only sometimes prevents a second shock when I grab the handle with my hand (these ones are always really loud and painful). New lows were reached in the fall of 2022, when I got a static shock from touching a banana. A few weeks later I touched an apple and got a small zap. It was really weird for it to happen with organic matter.
2019(can't recall the date) - Our front door has the traditional wooden door plus a screen door, but the kind of screen door that is completely metal. I came home and I was going to unlock the screen but when my key was 5mm away from the knob there was a flash of light like lightening; connecting my key to the keyhole.
4/13/2023 - I had ironed something in my son's room and when I went to unplug the iron there was a flash of light between the plug in my hands and the outlet. This one was actually caught on Nest camera.
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Variables Ruled Out

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1. My hair: I thought maybe my hair swinging back and forth on my back could be doing something. But it doesn't matter how I style it or how short it is.
2. My shoes: The zaps have happened in every type of shoe; sandals, sneakers, crocs, thongs, boots, socks, bare feet.
3. Time of year: I thought there might be a difference during the rainy season when we're more likely to have thunder and lightening. Maybe the static charge in the air or something? But no, the season doesn't seem to make a difference.
4. My clothes: Maybe the type of fabric I'm wearing---nope.
5. My phone: Having a device on me doesn't affect it.

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My Devices All Malfunction in Unexplainable Ways---Is This Related?

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I'm looking to update my sleeping pad to one I will be able to take on many future hikes, particularly Te Araroa in 2026 and beyond, and in the short term the Cooloola Great Walk in 2 weeks (may need a shakedown for that lol). I was tossing up between the new Big Agnes Zoom UL, or the tried and true Etherlight XT insulated (not extreme).
My priorities are comfort (6'8 side sleeper), warmth down to 0c (hopefully -5c with an additional foam pad), and weight in that order. Does anyone have experience using the S2S etherlite XT in winter? More specifically down to 0c and below? Ill be using one pad year round and have no qualms about supplementing it with a closed cell foam pad, but I worry that the 3.2 R value is just unrealistic for me to consider using as a winter pad against the guidelines of a 3 season pad.
That said, based on reviews its more durable than the BA Zoom which underperforms its own 4.3 R value
Thoughts? Alternatives? Advice? Really not sure about this one.

The missus loves mcnutty and wants to see the episode this is from, I thought it might have been season 3 but not so sure...
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0306414/mediaviewerm681660672

Like the title suggests, I'm trying to start my FIRE journey but dont know where to start. I've been a part of this sub for a few months now, and looking at the rising prices of just about everything / cost of Living, would like to generate an amount wherein I can live comfortably, if not retire early.
Details of my income / investments till now are below. If any info is missing, I'll keep updating in the description as well.
Age - 27 F Income - 11 LPA Savings - 11LPA in FDs 1.5L in MFs 1.5L in SIP Spendings - 2.5LPA ( accounting monthly expenses, medical/car insurance paid yearly and misc. expenses)
Background - Have been in the workforce for only 3 years. Stay with my parents, so majority of my salary gets saved as no rent /bills to be paid. Dad has his own business, so was heavily influenced to invest in low risk instruments ( debt instruments, FDs).
Any pointers or direction of how to go about this would be greatly appreciated.

Prices are negotiable but do not include shipping. I will offer better deals and priority to those looking to bundle. Minimum purchase is $10. Add $4 S&H for individual games. Let me know if something doesn't seem right.
ONLY accepting PayPal Friends & Family for payment. Might be willing to meet in the Sacramento area for a larger purchase, and would then also accept cash. If you would like to trade, come check out my GameSwap post!
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PLAYSTATION
PlayStation	DarkStalkers 3	BL - CIB - Minor Staining	$69
PlayStation	GranStream Saga	BL - CIB - Water damaged rear art	$28
PlayStation	Legacy of Kain "EIDOS" Collectors Edition Triple Pack	SEALED - This one does have some minor wear to the corners/seal as seen in the pics.	$320
PlayStation 2	Final Fantasy X Brady Games Strategy Guide	Very worn. Has tear in front cover. No poster.
PlayStation 2	Final Fantasy X -2 Brady Games Strategy Guide	Moderately worn. Has smaller tear in back cover. Includes Poster.	Both Guides for $20
PlayStation 2	24 The Game	BL - CIB	$8
Playstation 2	Crazy Taxi	BL - CIB	$10 PENDING
Playstation 2	.Hack Infection	BL - CIB - Cover art has some water damage	$18
Playstation 2	.Hack Mutation	BL - CIB - Missing DVD	$35
PlayStation 2	Guitar Hero II	BL - CIB	$5
PlayStation 2	Guitar Hero Guitar Hero Encore Rocks the 80's	BL - CIB	$6
PlayStation 2	Myst III Exile	BL - CIB	$6
PlayStation 2	RPG Maker 3	BL - CIB	$15
PlayStation 2	Wheel of Fortune	BL - CIB	$5
PlayStation 3	Ace Combat Assault Horizon	BL - CIB	$13
PlayStation 3	BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extend	Limited Edition Big Box - CIB - Includes Soundtrack, Art Book, and Calendar. Box has heavy wear. Everything else is pretty minty. Game case has some minor shelf wear.	$13
PlayStation 3	Dark Souls II	BL - CIB	$6 PENDING
PlayStation 3	Diablo III	BL - CIB	$5
PlayStation 4	500 Million Dual Shock 4 Controller	Loose - Has crack in center but otherwise, pretty nice with very low usage.	$60
PlayStation 4	7 Days to Die	BL - CIB	$10
PlayStation 4	Call of Duty Infinite Warefare	BL - CIB	$5
PlayStation 4	Dead Cells [Action Game of the Year]	BL - CIB	$25
PlayStation 4	Evolve	BL - CIB	$5
PlayStation 4	Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8	BL - CIB - Spine damage/tear	$9
PlayStation 4	Middle Earth Shadow of War	BL - CIB	$5
PlayStation 4	Nascar Heat 3	BL - CIB	$6
PlayStation 4	Resident Evil Village Deluxe Edition	BL - CIB	$25
PSP	PSP 3000 Box and tray only	No PSP included. Box has moderate to heavy wear with some creasing.	$25
PSVITA	Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus	Loose	$22
PSVITA	Wipeout 2048	Loose	$18
			Take both Vita games for $35 shipped

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XBOX
Xbox	Blowout	BL - CIB	$5
Xbox	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	BL - CIB	$10
Xbox	Indiana Jones and The Emperors Tomb	BL - CIB	$15
Xbox	Pac Man World 2	PH - CIB	$8
Xbox	Return To Castle Wolfenstein Tides of War	PH - CIB	$5
			Take all 5 XBox games for $35 shipped
Xbox 360	4GB - 360 Slim Console	Includes OEM power supply and controller. I can probably include an HDMI cable if needed.	$69 - I will include one free game listed below priced $10 or less and I will toss in a couple free mystery sports games (CIB)
Xbox 360	250GB - 360 Slim Console	Includes OEM power supply, controller and Kinect. I can probably include an HDMI cable if needed.	$89 - I will include one free game listed below priced $10 or less and I will toss in a couple free mystery sports games (CIB)
Xbox 360	Dead Space 3	PH - CIB	$5
Xbox 360	Dragonball Z Ultimate Tenkaichi	BL - CIB	$15
Xbox 360	Fable 2 Limited Edition	BL/Boxed - No special features disc - Includes manual	$5
Xbox 360	Fable 3	BL - CIB	$6
Xbox 360	Forza 4	BL - CIB	$6
Xbox 360	Grand Theft Auto 5	BL - Boxed w/map	$5
Xbox 360	Halo 3 Limited Edition Steel book	BL - minor damage. Includes sleeve and manual, but no book..	$15
Xbox 360	Hitman HD Trilogy - Premium Edition	BL - CIB - With slipcoveartbook. Moderate-Heavy wear.	$20
Xbox 360	Mortal Kombat	BL - Boxed (No Manual)	$5
Xbox 360	NBA Live 2010	BL - CIB	$5
Xbox 360	NBA 2K18	BL - CIB	$20
Xbox 360	Portal 2	BL - Boxed (No Manual)	$5
Xbox 360	Test Drive Unlimited	BL - CIB	$12 PENDING
Xbox One	Battlefield 4 Steelbook Edition	CIB - Has some dings.	$10
Xbox One	Battlefield Hardline	CIB	$5
Xbox One	Call of Duty Black Ops III	Loose	Free with purchase of other XB1 game(s).
Xbox One	Dark Souls 3	CIB	$9
Xbox One	Madden 22	CIB	$5
Xbox One	Prototype BioHazard Bundle	CIB	$36
Xbox One	Rare Replay	CIB	$10
Xbox One	Skylanders Trap Team	CIB	$30
Xbox One	UFC 3	CIB	$5
Xbox One	Watch Dogs 2	CIB	$5
Xbox One	Wolfenstein The New Order	CIB	$5

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NINTENDO
Gameboy	Ren and Stimpy Veediots	Manual Only	$5
NES	Bart vs The Space Mutants	Manual Only	$8
NES	Gradius	Manual Only	$10
NES	Mega Man 1	Manual Only	$60
NES	Mission Impossible	Manual Only	$5
NES	NES Advantage controller	Manual Only	$5
NES	Zodas Revenge	Manual Only	$10
NES	Kung Fu	Loose	$12
NES	Ninja Gaiden II	Loose	$12
NES	Skate or Die	Loose - Worn/snagged top label	$4
NES	Wizards and Warriors III	Loose - Worn/torn top label	$24
NES	Game Genie	Loose - Chip in handle	$15
SNES	Buster Busts Loose	Manual Only	$7
SNES	Hey Punk! Are You Tuff E Nuff?	Manual Only	$10
SNES	Lawnmower Man	Manual Only	$5
SNES	Mega Man X	Manual Only	$17
SNES	Rocko's Modern Life	CIB (box, cart, manual and tray. No other inserts) Box has some heavy wear and the manual has some creases. Cart is nice.	$125
SNES	World Heroes	Manual Only	$8
SNES	Game Genie	Loose	$29
N64	N64 Console	Loose - Includes OEM expansion pack and gray controller. No poweav cables.. yet.	$80
Wii	Just Dance 2017	BL - CIB (Inserts)	$14
Wii	Just Dance 2018	BL - CIB (Inserts	$14
Wii	Goldeneye 007	BL - CIB	$12
Wii	Metroid Other M	BL - CIB	$15
Wii	Rec Room Games	BL - SEALED	$13
Wii	Red Steel	BL - Boxed (No Manual)	$4
Wii	Red Steel 2	BL - CIB	$12
Wii	Wii Sports - Resort	BL - CIB	$30
Wii	Trauma Center Second Opinion	BL - CIB	$8
Wii	U Draw Studio	BL - CIB	$Free w/ Instant Artist
Wii	U Draw Studio Instant Artist	BL - SEALED	$13
Wii U	Legend of Zelda Twilight Princes	BL - SEALED	$160
NDS	Red Super Mario Bros 25th Anniversary Edition DSi XL	Loose - With charger. Does have some minor wear and teascuffs on corners.	$80
NDS	Spiderman Shattered Dimensions	Loose	$10
NDS	Spyro The Eternal Night	Loose	$10
NDS	DS Lite Car adaptecharger	NEW - Power A branded, Nintendo officially licensed.	$9
NDS	DSi XL Stylus 5 packs. One of each color set available	NEW - Power A branded, Nintendo officially licensed.	$5 ea. or both for $8
SWITCH	Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Edition OLED Switch	NEW	$350
SWITCH	BloodRayne Fresh Bites	NEW - Includes card	$45

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SEGA
DREAMCAST	Crazy Taxi	Loose - Lots of scratches but works!	$15

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Hello!
This weeks 30 question Wednesday quiz is now live. The rounds this week are on the subjects of History, Film Villains, and a General Knowledge round. The History round is included below for those of you who don't want to do the whole quiz. Enjoy!
https://www.sundayquiz.com/wednesday-30-questions-07-06-2023/
Questions - History

1. Who famously stole the English Crown Jewels and was pardoned by Charles II?
2. In 1897, what movement was founded by Adelaide Hoodless in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada?
3. What bird is one of the national emblems of France, and decorated French flags during the Revolution?
4. Which ancient Egyptian monarch is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza?
5. A line of hereditary rulers is referred to as a what?
6. Who became the first African American in space in 1983, the second person of African descent?
7. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of New Zealand?
8. With a headstone reading 'at rest, an American soldier and defender of the constitution', who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?
9. As of 2023 there have been four U.S. Presidents called John. What are the two surnames of the one who served from 1825 to 1829?
10. Which famous Roman amphitheatre was built by Emperor Vespasian in around 70 AD?

Answers

1. Colonel Blood##
2. Women's Institute / The WI (National Federation of Women's Institutes)
3. The Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster)
4. Khufu / Cheops##
5. A Dynasty######
6. Guion Bluford###
7. Jennifer Shipley##
8. Jefferson Davis##
9. Quincy Adams###
10. The Colosseum##

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Hello!
This weeks 30 question Wednesday quiz is now live. The rounds this week are on the subjects of History, Film Villains, and a General Knowledge round. The History round is included below for those of you who don't want to do the whole quiz. Enjoy!
https://www.sundayquiz.com/wednesday-30-questions-07-06-2023/
Questions - History

1. Who famously stole the English Crown Jewels and was pardoned by Charles II?
2. In 1897, what movement was founded by Adelaide Hoodless in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada?
3. What bird is one of the national emblems of France, and decorated French flags during the Revolution?
4. Which ancient Egyptian monarch is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza?
5. A line of hereditary rulers is referred to as a what?
6. Who became the first African American in space in 1983, the second person of African descent?
7. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of New Zealand?
8. With a headstone reading 'at rest, an American soldier and defender of the constitution', who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?
9. As of 2023 there have been four U.S. Presidents called John. What are the two surnames of the one who served from 1825 to 1829?
10. Which famous Roman amphitheatre was built by Emperor Vespasian in around 70 AD?

Answers

1. Colonel Blood##
2. Women's Institute / The WI (National Federation of Women's Institutes)
3. The Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster)
4. Khufu / Cheops##
5. A Dynasty######
6. Guion Bluford###
7. Jennifer Shipley##
8. Jefferson Davis##
9. Quincy Adams###
10. The Colosseum##

More quizzes...

Hello!
This weeks 30 question Wednesday quiz is now live. The rounds this week are on the subjects of History, Film Villains, and a General Knowledge round. The History round is included below for those of you who don't want to do the whole quiz. Enjoy!
https://www.sundayquiz.com/wednesday-30-questions-07-06-2023/
Questions - History

1. Who famously stole the English Crown Jewels and was pardoned by Charles II?
2. In 1897, what movement was founded by Adelaide Hoodless in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada?
3. What bird is one of the national emblems of France, and decorated French flags during the Revolution?
4. Which ancient Egyptian monarch is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza?
5. A line of hereditary rulers is referred to as a what?
6. Who became the first African American in space in 1983, the second person of African descent?
7. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of New Zealand?
8. With a headstone reading 'at rest, an American soldier and defender of the constitution', who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?
9. As of 2023 there have been four U.S. Presidents called John. What are the two surnames of the one who served from 1825 to 1829?
10. Which famous Roman amphitheatre was built by Emperor Vespasian in around 70 AD?

Answers

1. Colonel Blood##
2. Women's Institute / The WI (National Federation of Women's Institutes)
3. The Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster)
4. Khufu / Cheops##
5. A Dynasty######
6. Guion Bluford###
7. Jennifer Shipley##
8. Jefferson Davis##
9. Quincy Adams###
10. The Colosseum##

More quizzes...

Hello!
This weeks 30 question Wednesday quiz is now live. The rounds this week are on the subjects of History, Film Villains, and a General Knowledge round. The History round is included below for those of you who don't want to do the whole quiz. Enjoy!
https://www.sundayquiz.com/wednesday-30-questions-07-06-2023/
Questions - History

1. Who famously stole the English Crown Jewels and was pardoned by Charles II?
2. In 1897, what movement was founded by Adelaide Hoodless in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada?
3. What bird is one of the national emblems of France, and decorated French flags during the Revolution?
4. Which ancient Egyptian monarch is generally accepted as having commissioned the Great Pyramid of Giza?
5. A line of hereditary rulers is referred to as a what?
6. Who became the first African American in space in 1983, the second person of African descent?
7. Who was the first woman Prime Minister of New Zealand?
8. With a headstone reading 'at rest, an American soldier and defender of the constitution', who was the only President of the Confederate States of America?
9. As of 2023 there have been four U.S. Presidents called John. What are the two surnames of the one who served from 1825 to 1829?
10. Which famous Roman amphitheatre was built by Emperor Vespasian in around 70 AD?

Answers

1. Colonel Blood##
2. Women's Institute / The WI (National Federation of Women's Institutes)
3. The Coq Gaulois (the Gallic Rooster)
4. Khufu / Cheops##
5. A Dynasty######
6. Guion Bluford###
7. Jennifer Shipley##
8. Jefferson Davis##
9. Quincy Adams###
10. The Colosseum##

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Hello!
Here is my feedback to the developers of MTGA which I would like for them to read and probably do something with it. This post is solely devoted to the non-core part of the game, which I consider to be a premium part of it: cosmetics. Let me start with the most recent events.

1. Pre-orders

Now with the LotR preorders out we can compare them with what we had before. For 2 sets, starting from ONE, we had a split preorder which was known before that as Play bundle which was targeting those who don't want to buy packs (mostly those, who builds their collection through the drafts). I will still consider both play + pass bundle as one bundle since that's how I buy and it makes the comparison easier.
Both ONE and MOM play bundles were of the same value:

• Sealed token
• 2 draft tokens
• 5 Play-In Points
• 2 different mythic card art sleeves
• 2 different mythic cards + their styles
• Unique pet
• Mastery Pass

And compare it to the LotR preorder:

• Sealed token
• 2 draft tokens
• 5 Play-In Points
• Mythic card art sleeves
• Mythic card + style
• Mastery Pass

So if we pre-order LotR we lose a mythic card, its parallax style and a pet. If you take the pet's value from the store we are missing out on (1200 + 3000 + price_of_the_mythic_card) ~= 4200 gems or 20$. So we buy essentially the same product which we bought previously but now we are getting 20$ less content from a bundle which costs 40$. So get basically half of what you usually get. Not cool.
Yes, the pre-order can still be considered good in terms of gems-to-$ but it doesn't matter to me, because I felt like we had a contract which terms won't be worse as we proceed. Yes we didn't signed anything but since the things have been the same for some years I used to some particular treatment and wouldn't mind the terms to improve. But when the terms deteriorated it left me confused to say the least. That's why I choose not to buy any of the pre-orders this time (first time since IKO!): you violated the contract so I have to abstain from buying it, even if I want to—I just can't condone such a behavior. And given that my main game formats are Historic + Alchemy + Limited I'm the target audience for this set and pre-order, what an irony.
So whoever is in charge of this change just lost a customer who has been buying the product for 3 years (apart from me not playing during VOW-SNC). And even if the next set is done better than this one, like the old ones, the damage is still done, you lost some of the goodwill. From now on the pre-orders are no longer must buy for me. Nice!ly done.

2. Daily deals

Since the DD has been introduced we had the following unwritten contract:

• 40-50% off the most recent cards (mostly 50% with occasional 40%).
• 50-75% off the older cards.
• Occasional, but not rare, 80-95% off some card. Cards usually playable.
• All rare duals/triome land parallax styles within ~2 weeks of the set release. All at once for 50% off.

Personal story of how I dealt with these deals. I bought all the lands. Bought all the 60%+ outside of the cards I deemed unplayable. Bought most of the 50% if I could imagine playing some of these cards later. Many of the cards I ended up never using but that was ok. Also I was unwilling to spend more than 3000 gems per day, just a personal quirk. I spent a lot on DD styles. Anyway, it was always fun to check the DD every day and read what other people think about the cards offered: what is playable, how good they are etc.
Of course, there was a room for improvement for the DDs: more thematic sales, like tribals, deck that won something, most played cards in this month etc. (like a few days ago was the best deal in months, featuring Creativity card styles; both discount and card selection were great). Instead, some 7-8 months ago you broke this contract and filled the DD with uplayable cards, which sometimes are not playable even in the corresponding draft format, accompanied by the bad discounts.
Now we have 20%-40% for the new and old cards alike. Most of the time the card selection is boring even for bigger discount. There is nothing to read about the deals because it is mostly gloom and despair. In ONE you didn't even sell all the rare dual land styles which never happened before! I don't know what numbers are telling you but as far as I'm concerned you almost killed the thing that needed an improvement and it is sad. Why almost? Because I still have hope.
Now personal story of how my dealing changed. I do not buy anymore styles which I won't play today or tomorrow. They became expensive and I don't want to buy them. Only what is necessary I buy. And it doesn't matter anymore if it is 50% today because I know that everything else will be expensive tomorrow so I'd rather keep my money for what I really need. For example, recently the MOM Kogla card was offered for 50% and while before it was a snap buy (because I see myself playing it in some unknown-yet deck), now I just abstained because right now I don't have or see the deck I want to put it in. With this change I mostly stopped using gems to buy styles because the rare occasions I buy them, I can use gold which keeps growing for having nothing else to spend it on. Since the DD has been introduced I almost never had gold on my account until 6-8 months ago. Now I almost always have it. Oops.

3. Card styles

And finally I want to point out the most egregious part of the negligence toward the premium content and us, buyers. Implementation of the so called depth art card styles, or parallax styles as we, MTGA people, call it. Here are the problems with them that I know of.

3.1 Styles exist/existed but not applied to the cards.

There are many cards which were lacking styles before these styles were added through the spellbooks or conjuring of the corresponding digital-only cards (aka Alchemy). Most of them were also applied to the older cards but not all of them. Cards like Colossus Hammer, Blood Artist and Youthful Valkyrie all have styles implemented but you can't buy/apply these styles to the existing standalone cards. That should be fixed.
NOTE: this and later lists are not comprehensive and are here to illustrate the problem, not to build an exhaustive list of all the problems. I'd appreciate (and hope the devs would too) if you improve these lists by commenting with the cards these lists are lacking.

3.2 Styles for the tokens.

While you seem to have some kind of diligence as far as main cards are concerned you seem to casually ignore tokens which these cards are producing. The most egregious example is the release of MOM where no card generates a parallax token. Not a single one. The main theme with incubators and none of them are implemented properly. Guys, that's really really bad. You seem to not understand that for us, buyers, the token is as important as the main card. And I'm not just talking about cards like Sunfall or Ral's Reinforcement where it should be obvious. I'm talking about consistency: I want my part of the board to look consistent, which means all the permanents on my side should not have borders.
If I have cards that I can't make lose borders then the consistency dies and I stop caring about other cards, essentially making me not wanting to buy anything at all! One more time: tokens are as important as the main card, they all should be parallaxed. And if some card, having parallax style, produces non-parallax token then it should be considered a bug which has to be fixed. We don't know if the card worked before or not and we shouldn't bother to know that: no style, report, get it fixed. As simple as that; for everyone.
Speaking of which the following list presents you with the cards (category of cards, really) which used to produce the styled tokens but not anymore (and for some this "anymore" is how long, year, more than a year?): Wedding Announcement (staple card in virtually any white deck in Standard!), Verdant Command (squirrels), DnD treasures (Prosperous Innkeeper and many other playable cards), Legion's Landing. Is this list exhaustive? I don't think so but these I came up with anyway. What should we do with the styles we bought months ago? Should we ask for refund en mass? Thinking...
And there is another list of playable cards which to my knowledge never produced styled tokens: Saprolings (Slimefoot and Squee is now a playable card, sapros should be styled), Devils from “Ob Nixilis, The Adversary”, Rhino for Titan Of Industry, Cats & Dogs from Jinnie Fay, Angels from Resplendent Angel (staple in the angels).
So 2 lists, the first one is full of bugs the second is full of job-not-done. I know that, because I'm curious and have been playing this game for long. Average user doesn't and shouldn't know that. So for the avg user both lists should be the same: bugs. And bugs should be fixed. Since these bugs are in the premium content they should be fixed ASAP. The only thing that outclasses it is the core gameplay. And for these bugs there should be a separate category on a normal bug tracker where people can get some feedback, not this seemingly abandoned self-hosted User Voice where you post to oblivion.

3.3. Non-existent styles for the staple cards.

Now let's go to the territory of missed opportunities. The following list contains the list of cards which are staple in meta decks but never had the styles for them added:
Munitions Expert, Reckless Charge, Shoreline Scout's conjured Land, Regal Force from Freyalise, Sterling Grove, Parhellion II, Damping Sphere, Elvish Clancaller.
And here is another list with not staples but solid cards which saw and still see play in probably not tier 1 but solid competitor decks: Dwynen's Elite, Spawn Of Mayhem, Legion's Lieutenant, Champion of Dusk, Vicious Conquistador, Herald's Horn, Shaper's Sanctuary, Archon of Emeria.
And finally to some interesting example which we had with SIS (bonus-sheet subset to Shadows Over Innistrad Remastered, or SIR). We have styles for Falkenrath Noble, Kruin Outlaw and Barter in Blood but don't have styles for Snapcaster Mage, Avacyn's Pilgrim (and/or Young Wolf), Griselbrand. 3 whatever cards have styles while 3 playables with 2 of them iconic (?) do not. Who planned the implementation of these styles? Good game.
So this section is about missing opportunities. Why? Because you fail to present me with the options to buy. I want to buy styles in general but I snap buy the styles for the staple cards I can play every day and in multiple decks. We have tons of cards, mostly from the time when there were no paralax styles, still not implemented. But with SIR & SIS we had a newly introduced to Arena set which has most of the cards unstyled. Not cool.
I get it, you have only so much you can do with the resources you have. I really do and if you can't for some reason style every card from the past let's implement the priority queue where we, the users, will vote for what should be implemented next. You create a list of all the not-implemented card styles and we vote. You implement the top-voted style and remove it from the poll. That way we will see progress, have influence on what should be done next and you will see what styles people are not interested in and can be safely ignored. Implemented styles should be put into the patch notes so we know when to come back and vote again.
So that's how I see the final solution:

1. All new-to-Magic sets should be fully styled. It is your face, it is what new and casual users will meet with first. You can't tolerate half-baked premium content there.
2. New-to-Arena (but not to Magic, like SIR) should be fully styled if possible. If not then the priority should be deduced from the MTGO data (or other data you think is better) of the most playable cards in the formats Arena has some access to (Explorer ~ Pioneer, Modern ~ Historic, Historic Brawl ~ Commander) and implemented accordingly. The rest should be added to the vox populi list of delayed implementation.

3.4 A few words about other styles.

Sagas is another thing that is a bit controversial and inconsistent. Most of them are not parallaxed and, in my opinion, the saga permanent itself should not be parallaxed. It doesn't need this treatment they are good as is. But some of them still should have parallax styles. Why? Because some of them produce tokens or transform. You had Tymaret Calls the Dead parallax style implemented which reflects on the saga but not tokens. Instead it should produce parallax tokens and the saga itself can be unstyled (anyone have other opinion on that?). The same goes to other token generating sagas like History of Benalia and others. But the more important ones are the NEO sagas which transform into creatures. While, again, the saga permanent doesn't need to be parallaxed the resulting creature should.
So when you implemented everything mentioned in this post I will finally being able to have my side of the board fully styled in one consistent style. For which I paid real money because there is no way for a f2p player to style their decks fully and consistently. As far as I'm concerned it is a win-win for both parties. Because the other way to have your side of the board consistent is to not have styles at all. And that is lose-lose for me and you.
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The last topic I'd like to touch is parallax lands. IIRC the last parallaxed non-full art basic lands were implemented in Eldraine and then you stopped (snow lands in KHM were also gorgeous). The only full-art lands which got parallax styles were Nyx lands from THB. It is the other thing that you are missing out: probably not every set has beautiful basics but LotR has some, why not implement the parallax lands there? Same goes to some full art lands. I get it that you need a square to have the land looks cool but some of them can be cut to squares and still look good, so maybe experiment some? Lands are sellers, aren't they?
Personally, I stopped buying lands after THB because they have borders. I really like my THB lands but don't mind to buy some others to have some diversity across the decks. Oh, and give the people who wasn't lucky playing during THB an opportunity to buy these parallaxed lands. Take their money they are throwing at you!
Anyway my long feedback post is finally over, not that I don't have anything more to say, I just think it is enough for now. I hope u/WotC_Jay and other people responsible for making decisions for this game will read it in words and spirit. If I was harsh in some words, I don't really meant it that way. I wish this game all the best and hence this post. But only you can make it happen, so...
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Essentially I am playing TOTK on yuzu on my steam deck. Loading the ROM from yuzu on desktop mode everything runs correctly. Initial shader compilation only takes about 25-30 seconds and the the game loads solid 22-30 fps. If I attempt to load the game through gaming mode the initial shader compilation takes roughly 4 times longer at about 2-3 minutes and the has a weird slowness and 13-15 fps on the title screen which also of note makes all menus on the deck lag, performance menu and steam menu etc... I really don't know what the cause of this is does anyone have any insight on a fix?
Troubleshooting I have performed: Verifying there is no frame cap in gaming mode, updated the steam deck, updated yuzu, verified all game configurations and mods are loading in gaming mode, increased min gpu and cpu clocks with powertools.

I think Fiona is somewhat overrated in her contribution and sacrifices for the family. She had to raise the kids and did her best but never seems too focused to actually build a good steady life for everyone.

1. Every good chance she got she was naive and never learns. She took a loss in club promoting after taking chances with money she didn't have, gave up after 3 seconds in the power point class, has sex with her boss at the Cups company then cheats on him with his brother which costed her probably the most promising career she's ever had, screwed up at Patsy's by being a drunken mess, and was way too confident as a new property owner and taking too much risk even though a season or so earlier she didn't even have a credit score let alone assets and liabilities to play around with.
   
2. Despite being the oldest, she was probably the least serious/mature when it came to relationships. She kept bouncing around here and there, plays with men's feelings because she can, cheats on several good guys, but flips the fuck out when its one of the guys who are dis honest to her. Her love life/ sex life is almost as exhausting to watch as Debbie's but we gotta remember Debbie just went through puberty in the show and by the end she was basically Fiona's age at the start of the series.
   
3. The worst thing is that she tends to not recognize her faults, shortcomings, and flaws. It shows worst when she wouldn't admit Liam's coccaine incident was to some extent a result of her actions, or when she triggered and enabled Lip's sponsee to relapse. Yet she is relentless when it comes to her being right like when the kids got in trouble for Monica's meth and having to admit Fiona was right to warn them against it.
   

Basically, I know she did what she could but to me that's about it. She wasn't the back bone, angelic and selfless saviour of the family, who gave her all to ensure the family has a good life with a few mishaps along the way. She's as fucked up as the rest of them in her own ways but she happened to be the oldest by quite a few years and the responsibility fell on her lap by default.

As per the title, the idea is to gauge general sentiment towards what you think how long games should last to be interesting and engaging. Since aggro decks usually close the game around Turn 5-6 I didn't think it necessary to add a Turn 5 or below option, but if that's your opinion, make sure to comment below and I will update this post accordingly.
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