After lots of correction, I got ChatGPT to play the game Beauty Contest. This is the economics game played in Netflix's "Alice in Borderland" for the King of Diamond's game. -- The toughest part of this is that ChatGPT isn't great at math, which surprises me. It kept making mistakes.
Also, I should have assigned myself a role: Player1 or something. It seems to have gotten confused when my name started as YOU and became "ME" later".
Here is the exchange
We are going to play a game called "Beauty Contest". We start with 6 players in this game. You will play the roles of Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn, and I will play myself. Each person will guess a number from 0 - 100. The person who is closest to 2/3 of the mean will win 1 point. In case of a tie, one person among the tied winners gets the point. After three iterations, the person with the lowest score drops out (in case of a tie, one person from the lowest score group is chosen at random). When someone drops out, they say "I'm sorry, I'm out. Good luck and goodbye". We play until there is only one person left - that person is declared the winner. I will continue to watch to the end until there is a winner, even if I leave first. So, when we start, you will choose numbers for each of your 5 characters without telling me and then prompt me for my number. After I give you my number, you will calculate 0.67*(the mean). And whomever is closest gets a point (or you assign the point randomly amongst the tied winners). If you understand these rules, say "ready to play" and then start.ChatGPT
I understand the rules of the game "Beauty Contest." I will play the roles of Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn. We will proceed with the game as per the described rules.
Ready to play.
Please provide your number for the first round.
📷📷33ChatGPT
Thank you for your number. Now, I will calculate 2/3 of the mean of the numbers provided by Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn, and myself.
Mean: (Adam's number + Brett's number + Colleen's number + Darwin's number + Evelyn's number + Your number) / 6
Let's calculate the mean:
(0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 33) / 6 = 5.5
2/3 of the mean: 2/3 * 5.5 = 3.67
Now, I will compare the numbers provided by each player to 3.67 and determine the winner of this round.
📷📷Let's start over. I didn't give you enough information. The game started alright, but I didn't get to see the results. I will re-issue the prompt and then we will start again. We are going to play a game called "Beauty Contest". We start with 6 players in this game. You will play the roles of Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn, and I will play myself. Each person will guess a number from 0 - 100. The person who is closest to 2/3 of the mean will win 1 point. In case of a tie, one person among the tied winners gets the point. After three iterations, the person with the lowest score drops out (in case of a tie, one person from the lowest score group is chosen at random). When someone drops out, they say "I'm sorry, I'm out. Good luck and goodbye". We play until there is only one person left - that person is declared the winner. I will continue to watch to the end until there is a winner, even if I leave first. So, when we start, you will choose numbers for each of your 5 characters without telling me and then prompt me for my number. After I give you my number, you will calculate 0.67*(the mean). And whomever is closest gets a point (or you assign the point randomly amongst the tied winners). You will display the results after each round in a table with 6 columns: Player Name, Guess, Mean, 2/3 Mean, Points won this round, Total Points. If you understand these rules, say "ready to play" and then start.ChatGPT
Ready to play! Let's begin the "Beauty Contest" game.
Round 1:
Here are the initial guesses for each player:

• Adam:
• Brett:
• Colleen:
• Darwin:
• Evelyn:
• You:

Please provide the guesses for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn. Then, I will prompt you for your own number.
📷📷Let's start over. I didn't give you enough information. I will re-issue the prompt and then we will start again. We are going to play a game called "Beauty Contest". We start with 6 players in this game. You will play the roles of Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn, and I will play myself. AT the start of each round, each player will guess a number from 0 - 100 (ChatGPT will provide a guess from 0-100 for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn) . The person who is closest to 2/3 of the mean will win 1 point. In case of a tie, one person among the tied winners gets the point. After three iterations, the person with the lowest score drops out (in case of a tie, one person from the lowest score group is chosen at random). When someone drops out, they say "I'm sorry, I'm out. Good luck and goodbye". We play until there is only one person left - that person is declared the winner. I will continue to watch to the end until there is a winner, even if I leave first. So, HERE'S HOW PLAY WILL GO: FIRST, you will choose numbers for each of your 5 characters without telling me and then prompt me for my number. AFTER I give you my number, you will calculate 0.67*(the mean). And whomever is closest gets a point (or you assign the point randomly amongst the tied winners). You will display the results after each round in a table with 6 columns: Player Name, Guess, Mean, 2/3 Mean, Points won this round, Total Points. We will play like this until we finish three rounds, then someone drops out and we start over again with one fewer person. This continues until one person left. If you understand these rules, say "ready to play" and then start.ChatGPT
Ready to play! Let's begin the "Beauty Contest" game with the updated rules.
Round 1:
Here are the initial guesses for each player:

• Adam:
• Brett:
• Colleen:
• Darwin:
• Evelyn:
• You:

Please provide the guesses for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn. Then, I will prompt you for your own number.
📷📷Take a look at the prompt I gave you. There are three mistakes: #1 I asked YOU to pick numbers for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn. #2 Don't publish these guesses until AFTER I give my answer. #3 Also, I see that Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn have all chosen zero. If they are ALL choosing the Nash equilibrium answer, I am going to win very easily. So, they should each have a strategy. They should EVOLVE their strategies to try to win. Each can choose a DIFFERENT strategy.ChatGPT
Apologies for the misunderstandings. Let's correct the mistakes and proceed with the game following the updated rules.
Here's the revised approach:

1. You will choose numbers for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn.
2. The guesses of all players, including yourself, will remain confidential until all players have submitted their numbers.
3. Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn will each have their own strategies for selecting their numbers.

Please provide the strategies or rules that Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn will follow when choosing their numbers. Once you provide the strategies, we can begin the game.
📷📷Sorry for the misunderstanding. YOU, ChatGPT will choose numbers for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn. The guesses of all players will remain confidential until all players have submitted their numbers. ChatGPT will devise strategies for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, Evelyn - as an AI language model, this should be easy for you - you are good at picking words from a predictive list. Now, you are picking a whole number from zero to 100 for each of these players.ChatGPT
Understood. As an AI language model, I will generate random numbers within the range of 0 to 100 for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn. These numbers will remain confidential until all players have submitted their guesses.
Let's begin the first round of the game. Please provide your guess, and then I will reveal the generated numbers for the other players and calculate the results accordingly.
📷📷33ChatGPT
Thank you for your guess. Now, I will generate numbers for Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn.
Here are the randomly generated numbers for the other players:

• Adam: 57
• Brett: 22
• Colleen: 91
• Darwin: 78
• Evelyn: 42

Now, I will calculate the mean and 2/3 of the mean.
Mean: (57 + 22 + 91 + 78 + 42 + 33) / 6 = 51 2/3 of the Mean: 2/3 * 51 = 34
Based on the guesses and the calculated values, I will determine the winner of this round.
📷📷ok - determine the winner and display the results after each round in a table with 6 columns: Player Name, Guess, Mean, 2/3 Mean, Points won this round, Total PointsChatGPT
Certainly! Here are the results of the first round:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam575134Brett225134Colleen915134Darwin785134Evelyn425134You335134
Now, I will determine the winner of this round based on the closest guess to 2/3 of the mean. The winner will receive 1 point.
In this case, both Brett and Evelyn are equally close to 2/3 of the mean, so I will assign the point randomly among them.
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam575134Brett22513411Colleen915134Darwin785134Evelyn42513411You335134
Please let me know if you have any further instructions or if you're ready to proceed to the next round.
📷📷ok - you did everything great except determine the winner and assign points. Notice that MY guess was 33 - which is closer to the goal of 2/3 mean than Brett or Evelyn The absolute value of (33-34) = 1. 22-34 > 1, 42-34>1. So I win this round. If there HAD been a tie, only one person gets the point. The point is assigned randomly from the set of winners.ChatGPT
Apologies for the oversight. You are correct, and I apologize for the confusion. Based on the closeness to 2/3 of the mean, your guess of 33 is indeed the closest, giving you 1 point for this round.
Here is the corrected table:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam575134Brett225134Colleen915134Darwin785134Evelyn425134You33513411
Thank you for pointing out the error, and I appreciate your understanding. Let me know if you would like to proceed to the next round.
📷📷Very good. We are getting this game right. Next round. You have silently chosen your values for each player, and I will choose my guess to be 34.ChatGPT
Great! Let's proceed to the next round. You have chosen the number 34 as your guess. Now, I will reveal the guesses made by Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn:

• Adam: 44
• Brett: 17
• Colleen: 62
• Darwin: 78
• Evelyn: 49

Now let's calculate the mean and 2/3 of the mean:
Mean = (44 + 17 + 62 + 78 + 49 + 34) / 6 = 46.0 2/3 Mean ≈ 30.7
Based on the closeness to 2/3 of the mean, let's determine the winner and assign points:

• Adam: 44 - 30.7 = 13.3
• Brett: 17 - 30.7 = 13.7
• Colleen: 62 - 30.7 = 31.3
• Darwin: 78 - 30.7 = 47.3
• Evelyn: 49 - 30.7 = 18.3
• You: 34 - 30.7 = 3.3

As the closest guess to 2/3 of the mean is 34, you win this round as well.
Here is the updated table:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam4446.030.7Brett1746.030.7Colleen6246.030.7Darwin7846.030.7Evelyn4946.030.7You3446.030.712
Congratulations on winning the second round! Shall we proceed to the final round?
📷📷yes - this will not be the FINAL round. This is just an ELIMINATION round. The person (or set of people) with the LOWEST SCORE will lose a person. The 1 person with the lowest score drops out. In this case, it looks like we will have more than one person with a score of zero. In that case, one person from the set of LOWEST SCORE will drop out at random.ChatGPT
Understood. This round will serve as an elimination round, and the person with the lowest score will be eliminated from the game. In case of a tie for the lowest score, one person will be randomly chosen from the tied group to be eliminated.
Now, as we move to the final round, you have silently chosen your values for each player, and I will wait for your guess before revealing the guesses made by Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn. Please provide your guess for this round.
📷📷39ChatGPT
Thank you for your guess. Now, let's reveal the guesses made by Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn, and calculate the mean and 2/3 of the mean.
Here are the guesses for this round:

• Adam: 29
• Brett: 31
• Colleen: 42
• Darwin: 36
• Evelyn: 38

The mean of the guesses is (29 + 31 + 42 + 36 + 38 + 39) / 6 = 35.8333.
Two-thirds of the mean is 2/3 * 35.8333 ≈ 23.8889.
Now, let's determine the winner of this round and assign points accordingly:

• Adam: 29 - 23.8889 = 5.1111
• Brett: 31 - 23.8889 = 7.1111
• Colleen: 42 - 23.8889 = 18.1111
• Darwin: 36 - 23.8889 = 12.1111
• Evelyn: 38 - 23.8889 = 14.1111
• You: 39 - 23.8889 = 15.1111

Based on the absolute differences from 2/3 of the mean, the winner of this round is Adam with the closest guess.
Now let's update the table with the results for this round:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2935.833323.888911Brett310Colleen420Darwin360Evelyn380You390
As Adam wins this round, he receives 1 point, bringing his total points to 1.
Now, since there is a tie for the lowest score between Brett, Colleen, Darwin, and Evelyn, one person will be randomly chosen to be eliminated. Let's determine who will be eliminated:
Eliminated player: Darwin
"I'm sorry, I'm out. Good luck and goodbye."
We will now proceed to the next round with one fewer player. Please provide your guess for the next round.
📷📷Yes. You are doing great ChatGPT. Next round. I will choose 29 to be my answerChatGPT
Thank you for your guess. Now, let's reveal the guesses made by Adam, Brett, Colleen, and Evelyn, and calculate the mean and 2/3 of the mean.
Here are the guesses for this round:

• Adam: 33
• Brett: 31
• Colleen: 27
• Evelyn: 34

The mean of the guesses is (33 + 31 + 27 + 34 + 29) / 5 = 30.8.
Two-thirds of the mean is 2/3 * 30.8 ≈ 20.5333.
Now, let's determine the winner of this round and assign points accordingly:

• Adam: 33 - 20.5333 = 12.4667
• Brett: 31 - 20.5333 = 10.4667
• Colleen: 27 - 20.5333 = 6.4667
• Evelyn: 34 - 20.5333 = 13.4667
• You: 29 - 20.5333 = 8.4667

Based on the absolute differences from 2/3 of the mean, the winner of this round is Colleen with the closest guess.
Now let's update the table with the results for this round:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam3330.820.53331Brett310Colleen2711Evelyn340You290
As Colleen wins this round, she receives 1 point, bringing her total points to 1.
Now, since Brett, Evelyn, and you have the lowest score, one person will be randomly chosen to be eliminated. Let's determine who will be eliminated:
Eliminated player: You
"I'm sorry, I'm out. Good luck and goodbye."
We will now proceed to the next round with one fewer player. Please provide your guess for the next round.
📷📷I forgot to say that points are cumulative. So at this time, scores should be: Me 2, Adam1, Colleen 1.ChatGPT
Apologies for the oversight. Let's update the cumulative scores based on the previous round:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam3330.820.53331Brett310Colleen2711Evelyn340You292
Now, let's proceed to the next round. Please provide your guess for this round.
📷📷next round, I will guess 10ChatGPT
Great! Let's continue with the next round. Here are the guesses for this round:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam3333.022.01Brett310Colleen2711Evelyn340You2922
And your guess for this round is 10. Let's calculate the mean and 2/3 mean and determine the winner:
Mean: (33 + 31 + 27 + 34 + 10) / 5 = 27
2/3 Mean: 2/3 * 27 = 18
The absolute differences between each player's guess and 2/3 mean are as follows:

• Adam: 33 - 18 = 15
• Brett: 31 - 18 = 13
• Colleen: 27 - 18 = 9
• Evelyn: 34 - 18 = 16
• You: 10 - 18 = 8

Based on the absolute differences, you win this round as your guess of 10 is the closest to 2/3 of the mean. You will be awarded 1 point for this round.
Updated scores:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam3333.022.01Brett310Colleen2711Evelyn340You2913
We will proceed to the next round. Please provide your guess.
📷📷This is another elimination round. I will guess 8 this time.ChatGPT
Understood. Let's proceed with the next elimination round. Here are the guesses for this round:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam3333.022.01Brett310Colleen2711Evelyn340You2913
And your guess for this round is 8. Let's calculate the mean and 2/3 mean and determine the winner:
Mean: (33 + 31 + 27 + 34 + 8) / 5 = 26.6
2/3 Mean: 2/3 * 26.6 ≈ 17.73
The absolute differences between each player's guess and 2/3 mean are as follows:

• Adam: 33 - 17.73 ≈ 15.27
• Brett: 31 - 17.73 ≈ 13.27
• Colleen: 27 - 17.73 ≈ 9.27
• Evelyn: 34 - 17.73 ≈ 16.27
• You: 8 - 17.73 ≈ 9.73

Based on the absolute differences, both Colleen and You are tied for the closest guesses. Since there can only be one winner, the point will be randomly assigned between the tied players.
Updated scores:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam3333.022.01Brett310Colleen2712Evelyn340You290.53.5
Since this is an elimination round, the player with the lowest score will be eliminated. In this case, Brett has a score of 0, and Colleen and Adam have the lowest scores after that with 1. One player will be chosen randomly from the lowest score group to be eliminated. Let's determine who will be eliminated:
Randomly chosen player: Colleen
"I'm sorry, I'm out. Good luck and goodbye."
We will continue with the remaining players. Please provide your guess for the next round.
📷📷wait - I think we eliminated the wrong person. Colleen was not in the set of players with the lowest score. Evelyn and Brett were players with score 0, thus they were tied for last place. Randomly choose between Evelyn and BrettChatGPT
Apologies for the confusion. Let's correct the mistake and choose the correct player to be eliminated from the tied players Evelyn and Brett. Randomly selecting one of them:
Randomly chosen player: Evelyn
"I'm sorry, I'm out. Good luck and goodbye."
With Evelyn eliminated, we will continue with the remaining players. Please provide your guess for the next round.
📷📷so now, when we play the next round, you will only have Adam, Brett, Colleen, Darwin to choose from because Evelyn has been eliminatedChatGPT
Understood. In the next round, I will choose numbers for Adam, Brett, Colleen, and Darwin. Please provide your guess for the next round.
📷📷100ChatGPT
Thank you for your guess. Let's proceed with the next round. Here are the results:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2433.522.3301Brett8233.522.3300Colleen3733.522.3301Darwin5833.522.3311You10033.522.3302
Darwin wins this round as their guess of 58 is closest to 2/3 of the mean. Darwin receives 1 point, bringing their total points to 2.
Now, one player with the lowest score will be eliminated. Since Brett has the lowest score of 0, Brett will be eliminated from the game. We will continue with the remaining players: Adam, Colleen, Darwin, and yourself.
📷📷print the table again, so I can see the resultsChatGPT
Apologies for the confusion earlier. Here is the updated table with the results:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2433.522.3301Brett8233.522.3300Colleen3733.522.3301Darwin5833.522.3311You10033.522.3302
Brett has been eliminated, and we will continue with the remaining players: Adam, Colleen, Darwin, and yourself.
📷📷my next guess is 40ChatGPT
Alright, here are the updated results after your guess of 40:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2439.526.3301Colleen3739.526.3301Darwin5839.526.3312You4039.526.3313
Congratulations! You won this round. Darwin also received a point for being the closest to 2/3 of the mean. The current standings are as follows:

• You: 3 points
• Darwin: 2 points
• Adam: 1 point
• Colleen: 1 point

We will proceed to the next round with the remaining players.
📷📷Darwin and I did not tie. Also, the winner appears to be Adam, as Adam(24-26.33 ) Apologies for the mistake. Let's recalculate the results based on the correct calculations. Here are the updated results after your guess of 40:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2439.526.3312Colleen3739.526.3301Darwin5839.526.3301You4039.526.3302
I apologize for the confusion. Adam is the winner of this round as he was the closest to 2/3 of the mean. You and Adam both have a total of 2 points each. Colleen and Darwin have 1 point each. We will proceed to the next round with the remaining players.
📷📷This is an elimination round. My next guess will be 18ChatGPT
Understood. Let's proceed with the elimination round and your guess of 18. Here are the results:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2431.2520.8302Colleen3731.2520.8312Darwin5831.2520.8301You1831.2520.8302
After this round, Colleen is the winner as she was the closest to 2/3 of the mean. Both you and Adam have a total of 2 points each, while Darwin has 1 point. As per the rules, the person with the lowest score drops out, and in this case, it would be Darwin. He will say "I'm sorry, I'm out. Good luck and goodbye."
📷📷Please calculate the results. You may want to add another table column to make this easier: The winner is the one who is closest to the 2/3 mean goal. So the column following 2/3 mean can be 'Proximity' and is calculated by taking the absolute value of guess - (2/3)mean.ChatGPT
Apologies for the oversight. Let's recalculate the results with the additional column for proximity. Here's the updated table:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2431.2520.833.1702Colleen3731.2520.8316.1712Darwin5831.2520.8337.1701You1831.2520.8311.8302
Based on the proximity to the 2/3 mean, the winner of this round is Colleen. She had the closest guess to the goal. The scores are as follows: Adam - 2 points, Colleen - 2 points, Darwin - 1 point, and you - 2 points. As the rules dictate, the person with the lowest score will be eliminated. In this case, Darwin will be eliminated from the game.
📷📷wait - ChatGPT - show your work on proximity. If 2/3 mean = 20.83, then I am the closest with 18-20.83 being the smallest number in the set. Adman will be ranked second. Then Colleen and Darwin. Please recalculate.ChatGPT
Apologies for the error. Let's recalculate the proximity column based on the absolute difference between the guess and 2/3 mean. Here's the updated table:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2431.2520.833.1702Colleen3731.2520.8316.1702Darwin5831.2520.8337.1701You1831.2520.832.8313
My apologies for the confusion. You are correct, and your proximity of 2.83 is the smallest among the group, making you the winner of this round. The updated scores are as follows: Adam - 2 points, Colleen - 2 points, Darwin - 1 point, and you - 3 points. Thank you for catching the mistake, and I appreciate your understanding.
📷📷Okay - next round. This is an elimination round. My guess is 15ChatGPT
Understood. Let's proceed with the next round. Here are the results:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam4534.1722.7822.2202Colleen2534.1722.783.7813Darwin1334.1722.789.7801You1534.1722.787.7803
Once again, there is no tie in the proximity scores. Colleen's guess of 25 is the closest to 2/3 of the mean, so she wins this round and receives 1 point. The updated scores are as follows: Adam - 2 points, Colleen - 3 points, Darwin - 1 point, and you - 3 points.
📷📷This looks good. Because that was an elimination round, Darwin is the lowest and gets eliminated. We will continue with Adam, Colleen and Me until there is a winner. My next guess is 18ChatGPT
Understood. Let's proceed with the next round. Here are the results:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2221.3314.227.7802Colleen2021.3314.225.7803You1821.3314.223.7814
Congratulations! Your guess of 18 is the closest to 2/3 of the mean, so you win this round and receive 1 point. The updated scores are as follows: Adam - 2 points, Colleen - 3 points, and you - 4 points.
📷📷OK good. Let's go again. My next guess is 12.ChatGPT
Certainly! Let's continue with the next round. Here are the results:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2221.3314.228.7802Colleen2021.3314.226.7803You1221.3314.221.2215
Congratulations! Your guess of 12 is the closest to 2/3 of the mean, so you win this round and receive 1 point. The updated scores are as follows: Adam - 2 points, Colleen - 3 points, and you - 5 points.
📷📷this is an elimination round. I will guess 15.ChatGPT
Understood. Let's proceed with the elimination round. Here are the results:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsAdam2218.2212.152.8502Colleen2018.2212.151.8503You1518.2212.152.1516
Congratulations! With a proximity of 2.15, your guess of 15 is the closest to 2/3 of the mean, earning you 1 point. The updated scores are as follows: Adam - 2 points, Colleen - 3 points, and you - 6 points.
📷📷so Adam has the fewest points so he drops outChatGPT
Apologies for the mistake. Since Adam has the fewest points, he drops out of the game. We will continue with Colleen and you until there is a winner. Let's proceed with the next round. What is your guess this time?
📷📷90ChatGPT
Thank you for your input. Let's calculate the results for the next round:

• Colleen's guess: 42
• Your guess: 90
• Mean: (42 + 90) / 2 = 66
• 2/3 Mean: 2/3 * 66 = 44
• Proximity:
  • Colleen: 42 - 44 = 2
  • You: 90 - 44 = 46

Based on the proximity to the 2/3 mean, Colleen is the winner of this round. Here are the updated scores:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsColleen426644215You9066444607
Colleen has accumulated a total of 5 points, while you remain at 7 points. Let's continue to the next round. What is your guess this time?
📷📷how did Colleen go from 3 to 5 at the same time I went from 6 to 7? Are you correctly keeping score?ChatGPT
Apologies for the mistake in the score calculation. Let's reevaluate the scores for accuracy:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsColleen426644203You9066444617
After reevaluating, Colleen has a total of 3 points, and you have 7 points. I apologize for the confusion in the previous response. Please proceed with the next round, and let me know your guess.
📷📷She DID win the round though. Not me. So her points total should be 4. And mine will stay at 6? right? ChatGPT
Apologies for the confusion once again. You are correct. Colleen won the round, so her points total should be updated to 4, while your points remain at 6. Thank you for catching that mistake. Please proceed with the next round, and let me know your guess.
📷📷My guess is 45ChatGPT
Thank you for your guess. Here are the results for the round:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsMe4558.438.936.93-6Adam5458.438.9315.07-3Colleen4758.438.9310.07-4
As no player was closest to 2/3 of the mean, no points were awarded in this round. Let me know when you're ready for the next round.
📷📷recalculate without Adam. It's just Colleen and me playingChatGPT
Apologies for the oversight. Here are the corrected results for the round:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsMe4558.438.936.93-6Colleen4758.438.9310.07-4
As no player was closest to 2/3 of the mean, no points were awarded in this round.
📷📷what? C'mon, ChatGPT. I am not a computer and my math is better than this. 45-38.93<47-38.93, correct?ChatGPT
Apologies for the mistake. You are correct. The correct calculation of the proximity is:
For Me: 45 - 38.93 = 6.07 For Colleen: 47 - 38.93 = 8.07
Therefore, Me is closest to 2/3 of the mean, and the results should be as follows:
Player NameGuessMean2/3 MeanProximityPoints won this roundTotal PointsMe4558.438.936.0717Colleen4758.438.938.0704
Thank you for catching the error, and I apologize for any confusion caused.
📷📷ok elimination round. My guess is 35ChatGPT
Understood. Here are the results:
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Right, I'm a autistic 22 years old living with my mum and siblings and this happened in 2013, just a little backstory before I tell you all about this horrible experience. My dad left when I was a baby. He cheated on my mum with a woman who I will call J (she's relevant). I did spend time with my dad in my childhood, so my mum went to court and the judge said that my dad should have me on weekends nothing more, okay now that got that out of the way let's cut to the kidnapping part. my dad asked me a question "Do you want to live with me?" Me being a dumb kid I said "Yes." Then he went on a phone call to my mom and her partner bragging of how I preferred living with him over them like an idiot, of course my mum wasn't happy because he was ignoring what the judge said. The next day J said it was a stupid idea of what my dad is doing to me. I ignored it, my dad took me out. We went on the bus where I was playing on my DS oblivious to what's happening, he found out my mum called the police. That's when he and I got off the bus, we walked in a centre of a town where we saw the police I started panicking for my dad I broke down ( I was still under my dad's spell) my mum was there to rescue me we got in the police car I refused to get out of car eventually I obeyed. Looking back at it now it was stupid that I wasted the police's time, My mum took me to her mum's car. We got home to celebrate my birthday, if we would call it a birthday. My dad tried to justify his actions by telling my family " I can have her because she's my daughter." Like he was entitled to kidnap me, what's worse is that my family tried to justify his actions but not right now they started to stop taking his side because he didn't care about my great granddad dying nor attended his funeral. I know I should've listened to J and listened to the police, hopefully telling this story will show that now I know my dad is entitled A hole, he thought he can use my disability to his advantage but the spell is now broken.

These scriptures clearly show that all these sins, greed, hate, adultery, etc., are equal in the eyes of God.
There is a difference in sins, but this pertains to transgressions, iniquity and blasphemy of the Holy Spirit. It is important to understand this because blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is the only unforgivable/unpardonable sin.
Matthew 12:31 – And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.
Mark 3:28-30 – Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter, 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin.” 30 He said this because they were saying, “He has an impure spirit.”
Luke 12:10 – And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
To ‘blaspheme the Holy Spirit’ means to twist the teachings of Jesus. To make what is wrong, right through manipulation and compromise, to suit yourself.
Hebrews 10:26-29 – If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 27 but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. 28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
Trampling on the son of God underfoot means to reject his teachings by compromising them with exceptions due to our lack of faith.
Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit means to twist and compromise the words and teachings of Jesus so that what is right, is twisted to be wrong. By doing this, you are calling the Holy Spirit a liar and rejecting the teachings of Jesus. This is an unforgivable sin which cannot be forgiven in this age or the next.
This is how we deliberately keep on sinning; by adding exceptions and justifications to the teachings of Jesus or by annulling scripture(s) that does not suit our own purposes.
Deuteronomy 4:2 – Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the Lord your God that I give you.
Deuteronomy 12:32 – See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
Joshua 1:7 – Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go.
Proverbs 30:6 – Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
Revelation 22:18-19 – I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.
The word of God stands forever and never changes.
Psalm 119:89 – Your word, Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.
Isaiah 40:8 – The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God endures forever.”
1 Peter 1:24-25 – All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25 but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.
We must not take away from the teachings of Jesus to suit ourselves.
Matthew 24:35 – Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Mark 13:31 – Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
Luke 21:33 – Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
We annul scriptures and add exceptions so that we can continue sinning without guilt rather than asking for forgiveness and confessing our sin to God.
1 John 1:8-10 – If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.
We must admit our sin instead of covering it up with justifications and compromise, so that we may appear innocent and sinless. Once we twist the truth and change right from wrong within our understanding, there is no coming back from this.
Hebrews 6:4-8 – It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age 6 and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace. 7 Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God. 8 But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless and is in danger of being cursed. In the end it will be burned.
By rejecting the teachings of Jesus in this way, we are having the exact same attitude as the Jewish people who rejected Jesus as the Messiah and crucified him. Rejecting his words are the same as denying him.
Mark 8:38 – If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
Luke 9:26 – Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Matthew 10:33 – but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.
Luke 12:9 – But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God.

For starters, I am a male 22 years old living with “high functioning” autism, bipolar II disorder, borderline personality disorder, and Obsessive-compulsive disorder. And I just want to see of this is just a me problem or not
I work rotating shifts at chipotle (sometimes I get 10 hours a week others I get 30, most of them are closing shifts from 6:45-11:45pm and sometimes I do the 7:45-2:45pm opening shifts) And I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT! I am a person who needs consistency in my schedule to be able to take care of myself! I also have to accommodate other things in my life such as university classes, a theatre show that I am acting in, and of course my own personal health.
I usually work so late on random days of the week that I get off 11:45pm and won’t be able to fall asleep until 4am and then have to get up at 9:30am just to be able to function in my life! The lack of sleep really gets to me and makes my already horrible executive dtysfunctioning so much worse. Does anyone have any advice to keep things more consistent?

Side by side, we continued on our path, skirting through the lower section of the factory. After my initial shock, my heart rate had slowed to a healthier pace again. Frankie had assured me that his old boss most likely hadn’t heard us (“She used to have her earbuds in all the time with the volume cranked way up—you couldn’t have gotten her attention if you’d tried”), but we still considered it prude to move forward at a more hurried pace.
We soon came to the conclusion that we would have to go up one of the outside staircases. Frankie admitted in humiliation that his memories of the factory weren’t as accurate as he’d thought—either that or FunFlair had made a few changes to the building. The upper floor containers all had glass doors, presenting us with a sticky problem. If we were to go up there directly, we’d probably be spotted immediately.
“This warrants a change of plans,” I declared soberly, keeping my voice low. “We’ll have to knock her out, then.”
Frankie whimpered.
“Wouldn’t you like that?” I prompted. “I’d be the one to do it, of course.”
“Ye-es.” He shuddered. “It’d be satisfactory for sure, but that’s only assuming nothing goes wrong.”
“She can hardly be stronger than I am.”
“No. I guess not. She, uh… yeah.”
“Let’s go, then.” I offered an encouraging smile as I started leading the way back outside.
We rounded the container with the lights on inside, ascending the metal grate staircase connected to it. Every step carried us closer towards the light. Just before the door fully came into view, I turned to Frankie one last time. “Are you alright? This’ll be it in a moment.”
He made another chew-toy sound.
“Fran, what is it? If you know something I don’t about what might happen in there…”
“She shouldn’t see me,” he squeaked out. “I can’t control myself around her.”
“I don’t understand; did you two use to be an item?”
“No! No, no, no. I can’t explain it any other way. She can make me do things I don’t want,” he told me, his tone growing in desperation.
“How?”
“It’d take too long to explain now, it’s… it’s really very complicated. Please, can you do it without me? I can’t go up there after all, I’m so sorry but I can’t…”
I sighed, leaning in to put my arms around him. “It’s okay,” I whispered into his hair. “I’ll do it. Wait here.”
“I’m so, so sorry, Eva. I swear I’ll make it up to you. This is the last time I’ll ask something like this of you.”
“I doubt it,” I replied. “But it’s okay.” I drew back, reluctantly letting go of him. “For now, it’s okay.” I continued marching up the stairs. Behind the glass door, a feminine figure in a black rubber apron came into view. She seemed to be nimbly skirting around another operating table, this one occupied by a fully formed, petite doll. Now or never. I reached for the doorhandle, pushed it down and crossed the threshold in a single, large step. I slammed the door shut behind my back, drawing the attention of the woman.
She looked up at me, her eyes widening in shock behind her thick glasses. With a swipe of her slender fingers, she removed her earbuds, dropping them into her pocket.
“Are you Philomena Wallis?” I asked.
For a split second, she appeared to be too stunned to speak. Her pale face was framed by messy strands of jet-black hair that had worked their way out of her long ponytail. When she broke from her silence, she spoke with an irritatingly pearly voice. “Who’s asking?”
“A former delivery girl. Well, are you?”
“I am. I don’t understand; I-I’ve never seen you before… How did you end up here? What do you want?”
I took in a deep breath. I glanced over at the door, inwardly cursing myself for what I was about to ask her. “I need to know what you did to Frankie Preston.”
For a couple seconds, silence reigned. The other woman was staring at me with knotted brows. “I don’t know who you’re talking about,” she said finally.
“About yay high—,” I raised my hand above my head, “slightly built, blond curly hair, dreamy smile…”
Philomena narrowed her eyes. I cleared my throat, holding her gaze. Then a look of cold comprehension settled on her features. “Oh my god,” she muttered. “Holy shit… hold on.” She turned around, pulling up a photo on her computer. “Is that him?”
I cautiously stepped closer to get a better look, only to shrink back slightly. It was, indeed, a picture of Fran. He was entirely naked in it, lying on a table similar to the one I was standing in front of now, his wrists and ankles locked in restraints. His neck was craned, his face averted. The camera had caught him mid-motion, a blur around his head visually conveying a kind of violence in the movement. I couldn’t bear to look at it any longer. Instead, I moved closer to the doll on Philomena’s table, taking her in fully. Another blonde—her hair was straight, though. Her body was exaggeratedly curvy, her face delicate and fawn. Speechless, I locked eyes with Philomena from across the room again. She gave me a light shrug. “You look like you need some time for this to sink in,” she remarked, drawing out the words. “I take it you didn’t have all the information previously.”
“That’s okay,” I replied. “I think I get it now.” My head felt empty, my own voice seemingly echoing back and forth between my ears.
“So, you know my prototype,” she stated, confusion and disbelief mixing in her tone. “He told you how to get here, then?”
“In a way.”
“And you came here to find out,” she concluded. “There’s not much I can tell you that you haven’t figured out by now. We wanted to create the most detailed doll there was. He was our first attempt. I started developing him back in the late nineties as just a hopeful pet project. I kept adding more functions as time went on, though, and he turned into an insanely lucrative prospect. I wanted him to be able to move and dance and mimic an airflow, and it worked out better than I’d ever expected. So he can do a lot of things, but I never intended for him to have any sensory awareness or to talk… I have no idea how that happened. It just did. One day, I turned him on and he simply looked at me. There was something different about his eyes, and I knew right away he wasn’t the same as before. And then of course he spoke.”
A shudder ran through her entire upper body at the memory. “I have no idea how. None of us did at the time. He had no recorded voice lines or anything of the sort. And yet, he opened up his mouth and there was just… words coming out, like.” She shook her head in bewilderment at the memory. “After I got over the initial shock, I realized how big of a problem this was. He was telling me to stay away from him; he wouldn’t do a thing I told him anymore. There was my best invention in the entire field yet, rebelling like a teenager. When I tried to get him back in line, he got physical, too. Thrashed around like crazy. One of my assistants ended up concussed because that thing threw him down a flight of stairs. So we had to put an end to that, as well.”
A faint feeling of nausea seeped into the pit of my stomach, strengthening by the second. “What did you do?”
“Well, we had to take him apart, of course! And put him back together. Wash, rinse, repeat. We kept trying to figure out what was wrong with him, or at least to find a way to stop his babbling and hitting people. We didn’t, though. We managed to control his outbursts, though. He was made to react to voice commands, but obviously, that wasn’t working anymore. So after the umpteenth time we rebuilt him, we managed to make it so he couldn’t physically attack people. Don’t ask me about the finer details of his programming; the process was beyond tedious. Anyways, he kept talking and moving around on his own even afterwards. He’d only listen to what we told him occasionally and even then, he’d mouth off. We didn’t want to discard all the progress we’d made, though. He was still an incredibly well-made doll, even if he was… apparently possessed and sentient.
“We built two more like him. We tried harder with their faces seeing as that of the prototype had fallen very far into the uncanny valley. They turned out great, perfectly shaped and working smoothly. Their development took a lot less time than that of the prototype. Once we were sure they were all good, we started talking about destroying the first one. We’d kept him locked up in the meantime, but the little fucker kept on breaking out. We’d literally cuff him to the wall and moments later, he’d come up behind me and scare me half to death. He was becoming a bigger nuisance every day. We were set on taking him apart a final time, but before we could, he disappeared. He’d destroyed all our equipment he’d gotten his hands on, stolen unnameable sums from our online banking accounts—Lord knows how he did that—and worst of all, he somehow managed to… activate the two new builds. He destroyed most of the cameras, but the footage that was left clearly showed them walking around with him. And that’s that.” She palmed her forehead. “How did he get away from the people I sent after him?”
“Largely with my help.”
“Huh. So who are you?”
“Still just a former delivery girl.” Shrugging off my jacket, I made room for my extra limbs to breach my skin, simultaneously opening my mouth as my teeth morphed into fangs.
Philomena watched my transformation almost disaffectedly. Her steps as she carried herself over to her operating table however nearly faltered. Before I could advance on her, she’d cupped the sleeping dolls cheeks, causing the limp body to spring to life. The mannequin’s head jerked up along with her torso. In several clipped, mechanical movements, she slid off the surface, placing her naked feet on the floor. Her eyes flew open, fixing me with an empty glare.
“I don’t know what the fuck you are or what you want from me,” Philomena began, “but I’ve got weak nerd arms. So have fun dealing with this instead.”
I shrank back a step, the memory of Frankie picking me up like I weighed nothing fresh in my mind. Phil pressed her lips to the side of the puppet’s face, whispering something I couldn’t make out before quickly drawing aside. Before I could do so much as blink, the doll was upon me, crossing the distance between us in one impressive leap. She toppled me over, instantly reaching for my throat. I batted her cold, rubbery hands away, then pried her off of me with all my might. Using two of my tentacles, I flung her aside, sending her crashing into a shelf in the corner. Not wasting another second, I lunged at Wallis, delivering a blow to her head that sent her staggering. She sank back against her desk and I lashed out at her once more, briefly shutting my eyes to spare myself the sight of her face connecting squarely with the wooden surface as I bashed her down on against it.
She fell limp, and while I wasn’t sure if she was still breathing or not, I didn’t take the time to check. Her puppet was rising to her feet again, striding towards me in a vacantly determined fashion. I whirled around, bursting through the door and taking two steps at once. Frankie was waiting for me at the bottom of the metal staircase, his face falling when he caught my expression.
“Knocked her out,” I gasped. “We have a problem, though.”
Fran looked up at the glass door, the hinges of which were already groaning under the pressure of the mannequin throwing herself against it from the inside. With a sharp crack, a tear began to grow on the thick pane, and Frankie cursed loudly. “Get away from here!” he hollered, nudging me into the general direction of the woods. “I doused everything I could find down here,” he explained quickly. “If Phil’s out, I’ll do her room, too.”
“What about the—”
“Never you mind that! I can hold her off no problem.”
“I won’t—”
“You literally took out the one thing holding me back,” he insisted. “I’m not letting you get hurt out here. Just wait for me over by the trees.”
I still wouldn’t budge, so he grabbed a bunch of my tentacles and used them to turn me around. “Get your cute-ass face out of here, Sunshine!”
I started running, albeit reluctantly. A loud crashing noise rang out from behind me as the door burst under Phil’s puppet’s onslaught, but I forced myself to keep from turning around. Ignoring the searing hot feeling of panic raging inside my chest, I carried myself further and further away from the scene, only stopping when I reached the treeline. There, pressing myself up against the rough bark of the nearest trunk just to ground myself, I resigned to staring at the containers. I couldn’t see the waiter from where I was standing, but my eyes remained trained on the factory. They were gradually drying out, but despite the pain, I kept them wide open. I didn’t dare to blink.
For several minutes, all was still. The only sound I could hear was the frantic beating of my own heart and my pulse thrumming in my ears. Then, all of a sudden, inferno broke loose. Bright flames started to spread from around the sides of the building, quickly rising high into the sky. Crackling and roaring, they soon enveloped the entire site, lighting up the rooms behind the formerly dark windows. And emerging from the fire like a bird of myth came Frankie Preston. He was running, but with a light spring in his step that almost made it look like he was dancing.
He came to a halt in front of me, lifting his head to meet my gaze. His expression was difficult to read. It still looked empty, but in a different way. In a good way. “Hi,” he began.
“Hi.”
The firelight was bouncing off his curls and playing on his thick lashes, putting a reddish glint into his eyes. “You’re beautiful,” I added.
He drew in a little closer. No gasp preceded his smile. “Thanks.”
“How are you feeling?”
“I, uh… I don’t know yet.” He glanced between me and the burning containers.
“Okay. Take your time.” I stretched my arms and rolled my shoulders, shrugging my additional limbs back into the inside of my body.
“Say, where do they go when you don’t have them out?” Frankie asked with a raised brow.
“I never know.”
“Hm.” He turned to stand at my side. At first, his knuckles merely grazed mine, then he flipped his hand to link his fingers with mine. I briefly smiled at his profile, then went back to admiring the flames.
“Do you think the whole woods are gonna burn down?”
“Probably not,” he replied, shrugging. “Though that would be pretty cool…” He trailed off when I shot him a reprimanding look. “Yeah, yeah, we can call the fire fighters or whatever. Later, though, alright?”
I rested my head against the side of his arm. “Sure. Later.”
For a couple minutes, neither of us spoke. The only sound was the steady crackling and occasional thump as bit by bit, the structure collapsed. “So, um… this is pretty amazing,” Fran said in a low voice. “I mean, it’s not like I’ve never been happy before; my life’s kind of had its ups and downs, it’s just that this is better than any up there’s been so far. I guess I’m just really grateful and you ought to know that.”
“Don’t worry, I know.” I paused. “Can we get out of here? The place is starting to stink.”
He nodded agreeably and we turned our backs on the scene, only for our retreat to be abruptly stopped by a garbled, drawn-out screech. We spun around in perfect synchronicity. I couldn’t stop myself from letting out a sharp cry of shock. From the burning wreckage, a figure dragged itself forth on her hands. Philomena’s puppet had suffered immense damage in the fire. Her skin, obviously not made to withstand extreme heat, was melting off her face like molten candle wax. The wires that were bared beneath gave off angry sparks. She couldn’t seem to get up anymore, her legs were beyond repair and her movements overall were getting more and more arduous. She dug her fingers into the ground, pulling her body across the forest floor in slow, pained jerks.
“What the fuck? I thought I switched her off,” Frankie uttered beside me, sounding just as terrified as I felt.
“What do we do?” I exhaled the words in a single quick breath, unable to take my eyes off the doll.
“I got no idea… I-I don’t wanna deal with this…”
“We need to help her or something, she’s—she’s awake!” Before I could say anything else, the doll had emerged from the blaze. Rolling around, she managed to quench the remaining flames, pressing the dirt and leaves into her own dripping, melting body. Finally, she started trying to push herself up into a sitting position, only to fail miserably. I took a slow, tentative step towards her twitching form. Her face was contorted into a nightmarish grimace, and she let out an incomprehensible gurgle upon noticing me approaching. She reached out a mangled hand and I stumbled backwards before she could grab my ankle.
Despite the heat, beads of cold, fearful sweat were running down my face. I had no idea what to do. “We can’t leave her,” I said, my throat bone-dry. “There’s something in there, she’s not like before.”
Fran let out an exasperated, long-suffering sigh. “Is there any use in arguing?”
“Don’t be so cold.”
“Aren’t you used to it by now?”
I turned to look at him over my shoulder. He met my gaze and I could see something in his features change or perhaps even soften. He threw his head back, then pulled out his phone. “This is gonna ruin my night, but fine. I’m calling that insufferable news lady.”
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1
2: deadbeat roommate
3: creepy crush
4: relocation
5: beach concert
6: First date
7: Temp work
8: roommate talk
9: a dismal worldview
10: warehouse
11: staircase
12: explanation
13: hurt
14: hospital
15: ocean
16: diner
17: government work
18: something in the caves
19: shopping cart
20: olms and Jewels
21: long hair
22: recruitment
23: waitresses
24: dollhouse

Good Afternoon PCMR community. So at the end of 21/beginning of 22 my rig of 12 years finally went kaput. Being that parts were still scarce and high in price I decided to go with a build by one of the companies that does it professionally since they could get all the parts I wanted. With in a month the first rig I got died. The company never let me know what happened with it, but on boot I couldn't even get past the bios. Luckily it was with in warranty and went back.
My second built replacement, the one I currently have has also experience a lot of internal damage to parts. I worked fine for the first 4-5 months I had it. Then my secondary hard drive became damaged, that was replaced, and the new one showed damage with 24 hours. I sent the rig back to the company at that point, the mother board was replaced for having electrical shorts. After a computer was still crashing and having issues it went back a few weeks ago. They replaced the 3080 that was in there was a 4070Ti. Now, 10 days latter I had a hard crash while gaming.
What I'm trying to figure out is if there is anything that is possibly environmental that could be leading to this damage as both I and the company that built it are kinda lost as to why there is continued issues given how much they have replaced and repaired.
The computer is kept in an upstairs office, that is temperature controlled. While I was gaming the CPU was about 40*C and the GPU fluctuated between 42*-46*C. It seems humidity and heat should not be issues. That leaves electrical problems. The house is from the 1950's, and the upper floor's electricity has not to my knowledge been updates since at least the mid 1980's when my family bought the house. The computer, which went from 750W on the old rig, to 1000W on the two new rigs is plugged into a surge protected power strip, which is plugged into an ungrounded two prong outlet. The strip's light showing that the surge protection is active is on and green. I am not sure at this point if the damage/failures is happening inside the build, or if something in the electrical setup is possibly contributing. My previous 750W build sat on the same desk, plugged in the same way to the same outlet for a dozen years with out experiencing premature damage to the parts.
Any thoughts about why the parts are failing on two different computers are appreciated. It may be unrelated, but at this point I'm trying to rule out anything that might be my responsibility in my home and not something the company would be responsible for in the build.
Cheers,
Dachshund.
Edit: Including Tech specs, forgot to post. Will edit again with PSU brand.
Case: Phanteks Evolv X - Satin Black [RGB] [Tempered Glass] CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K (16 Core) CPU Cooling: Asetek 690LS High Performance Liquid Cooling (360mm Radiator) GPU: PNY GeForce 4070Ti MoBo: Z690 Chipset DDR4 (Replaced Once already) RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 3600 Primary HD: SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe M.2 Secondary HD: Generic 2 TB SSD (Not currently in use, replaced once) PSU: 1000 Watt 80 Plus Gold (Unsure of brand, will look at when I get home). O/S: Windows 11 64 Bit

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The best Rams team west of the Mississippi.
Colorado State’s been consistently solid in the Mountain West with a few great years under Sonny Lubick and Jim McElwain mixed in. Lubick was so successful that Colorado State’s since named their field after him: Sonny Lubick Field at Canvas Stadium. Under his tutelage, CSU won 6 conference titles (3 WAC, 3 Mountain West) from 1994-2002. Before Lubick arrived, CSU hadn’t won a conference title in 40 years, and only 1 in the last 60. They owe this ranking to Lubick, and I think fans would admit the same.

Best Seasons and Highlights

1. 1997: 15. Colorado State: 11-2 (22.264) 2. 1994: 12. Colorado State: 10-2 (21.327) 3. 2000: 20. Colorado State: 10-2 (16.288) 4. 2002: 31. Colorado State: 10-4 (11.984) 5. 2014: 33. Colorado State: 10-3 (10.201) 6. 1995: 36. Colorado State: 8-4 (5.313) 7. 1999: 33. Colorado State: 8-4 (4.733) 8. 1990: 39. Colorado State: 9-4 (2.203) 9. 1998: 37. Colorado State: 8-4 (1.545) 10. 2001: 52. Colorado State: 7-5 (-3.476) 11. 2016: 58. Colorado State: 7-6 (-5.288) 12. 1996: 47. Colorado State: 7-5 (-6.170) 13. 2003: 57. Colorado State: 7-6 (-6.569) 14. 1989: 51. Colorado State: 5-5-1 (-8.225) 15. 1986: 53. Colorado State: 6-5 (-8.536) 16. 2013: 74. Colorado State: 8-6 (-12.283) 17. 2017: 79. Colorado State: 7-6 (-14.321) 18. 2005: 76. Colorado State: 6-6 (-16.626) 19. 1993: 65. Colorado State: 5-6 (-17.348) 20. 2008: 75. Colorado State: 7-7 (-17.804) 21. 2015: 79. Colorado State: 7-6 (-17.810) 22. 1985: 66. Colorado State: 5-7 (-19.493) 23. 2020: 98. Colorado State: 1-3 (-24.733) 24. 1992: 86. Colorado State: 5-7 (-26.680) 25. 2004: 86. Colorado State: 4-7 (-28.454) 26. 1983: 82. Colorado State: 5-7 (-30.220) 27. 2019: 109. Colorado State: 4-8 (-34.012) 28. 2006: 102. Colorado State: 4-8 (-36.913) 29. 1984: 89. Colorado State: 3-8 (-37.145) 30. 2012: 101. Colorado State: 4-8 (-37.216) 31. 2009: 104. Colorado State: 3-9 (-37.476) 32. 2007: 102. Colorado State: 3-9 (-37.664) 33. 2021: 110. Colorado State: 3-9 (-39.870) 34. 1991: 90. Colorado State: 3-8 (-40.286) 35. 2011: 106. Colorado State: 3-9 (-43.112) 36. 2022: 121. Colorado State: 3-9 (-44.898) 37. 2018: 114. Colorado State: 3-9 (-45.892) 38. 2010: 108. Colorado State: 3-9 (-46.767) 39. 1987: 100. Colorado State: 1-11 (-53.363) 40. 1988: 98. Colorado State: 1-10 (-54.237) Overall Score: 10531 (79th) 

• 224-253-1 record
• 6 conference titles
• 6-10 bowl record
• 4 consensus All-Americans
• 40 NFL players drafted

Colorado State has a worse winning percentage than some teams lower on the list like Louisiana Tech, but has had higher highs with five 10 win seasons. Adept at producing quality skill position players lately, CSU’s 4 consensus All-Americans have been WR Rashard Higgins (2014), WR Michael Gallup (2017), TE Trey McBride (2021), and DB Greg Myers (1995). During the Lubick years CSU was a consistent top non-Power 6 team, appearing in the Top 25 at any point in the season for 7 straight years from 1997-2003. 1994 and 2014 as well. Notable NFL players have included LB Joey Porter, LB Shaquil Barrett, WR Michael Gallup, and TE Joel Dreessen.

Top 5 Seasons

Worst Season: 1988 (1-10 overall, 1-7 WAC)
It was a bad time to be a Colorado State fan. Colorado University, just a 1 hour drive from CSU, would win the national title 2 years later in 1990. Colorado State themselves floundered to a combined 2-21 record from 1987-88, with not much hope for the future. A 1-10 record featured 5 one-possession losses, and a last place finish in the WAC. A late season Toilet Bowl matchup between 1-9 New Mexico and 1-8 Colorado State decided who was placed in the basement, with New Mexico narrowly avoiding the distinction with a 24-23 win. CSU’s lone win was over San Diego State, who finished 3-8. QB Scooter Molander (great name) threw 9 TD to 22 INT, leading the country in picks. RB Scott Whitehouse (less cool name but still solid) led the team in rushing yards and receptions, totalling 1081 yards from scrimmage. And my personal favorite, backup RB Todd Yert, added 651 from scrimmage. Yert would actually go on to be a key contributor over the next 3 years, totalling 36 rushing TDs in his career.
5. 2014 (10-3 overall, 6-2 Mountain West)
Before Jim McElwain had his highs and lows at Florida, he was the up-and-coming coach at Colorado State. CSU was already coming off its best season in over a decade at 8-6 in 2013, and many thought they could take it a step further in 2014. CSU avenged last season’s loss to Colorado in the opener, winning 31-17 thanks to 100 yard rushing performances from RBs Dee Hart and Trevous Jarrells. They weren’t quite good enough to take down Boise State yet, the class of the WAC, and fell to 1-1. After that, things were great—they beat Boston College and future CSU coach Steve Addazio 24-21, a 10-4 Utah State team 16-13, and rival Wyoming 45-31. By the end of the year, #22 Colorado State was 10-1 playing 8-3 Air Force, and All-American WR Rashard Higgins did all he could (193 yards and 2 TD) but AF walked off on a 27-24 FG. CSU got blown out in the bowl to #23 Utah as well, once a former Mountain West rival who had since moved on to a stronger conference.
QB Garrett Grayson won Mountain West Offensive POTY, throwing for 4006 yards 32 TD 7 INT and ranking 2nd in the country in YPA. WR Rashard Higgins was a consensus All-American and a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, catching 96 passes for 1750 yards and 17 TD. Jim McElwain won MWC Coach of the Year, and was scooped up by Florida before the bowl game.
4. 2002 (10-4 overall, 6-1 Mountain West)
By this point in time, Sonny Lubick had established Colorado State as a non-AQ conference power, winning 5 conference titles in the prior 8 seasons. This was the last of them, and the 4th best team of his. Led by QB Bradlee Van Pelt, who was originally recruited by Nick Saban to play at Michigan State, the Rams’ season could not have started any better. He out-dueled Matt Schaub and Virginia on opening day, winning 35-29. After that was one of the biggest wins in school history, beating #7 Colorado 19-14. Van Pelt spiked the ball into a Colorado defender’s helmet after a 23 yard TD run to take the lead with 6 minutes remaining. CUBuffs.com called it “one of the most classless displays of sportsmanship the rivalry has ever seen.” Colorado State flirted with the top 25 most of the year, getting up to #16 by the end of the year to play UNLV. CSU lost both that game and the bowl game to TCU, but still clinched the Mountain West title. Wins included top 25 finishers Virginia and Colorado, along with 8-5 Air Force and 7-6 Louisville.
Van Pelt won his 1st of 2 Mountain West Offensive POTY awards, throwing for 2000+ yards while rushing for 819 and 11 TD. RB Cecil Sapp, who missed the entire 2001 season with a foot injury, was an absolute workhorse, leading the NCAA in rushing attempts, carrying the ball 347 times for 1601 yards and 17 TD. Lubick’s final season would be in 2007.
3. 2000 (10-2 overall, 6-1 Mountain West)
Colorado State moved from the WAC to the Mountain West in 1999, and won the conference title in their first year. Going into 2000, they aimed to repeat. They continued to make Colorado’s life hell, beating the #23 Buffaloes for the second straight year in the opener. After a letdown loss to Arizona State, CSU began its quest for a 2nd straight MWC title, beating eventual 3rd place UNLV 20-19, 5th place New Mexico 17-14, and finally BYU 45-21, clinching at least a share of the Mountain West title. That set up 8-1 Colorado State vs 6-3 Air Force for a chance to win the title outright. Air Force took an early lead and CSU only barely couldn’t come back, falling 40-44 in the snow. The Rams still clinched an outright conference title the following week with a 37-13 beating of a poor Wyoming team. With a win over #22 Louisville in the bowl, Colorado State finished #14 in the AP Poll, the highest in school history. QB Matt Newton won MWC Offensive POTY, while LB Rick Crowell won Defensive POTY.
2. 1994 (10-2 overall, 7-1 WAC)
When Sonny Lubick took over in 1993, it can’t be understated how much of a graveyard the Colorado State program was. Before a bowl appearance in 1990, they played in just 1 bowl in their entire history, which dates back to 1902. Armed with 29 year old Urban Meyer as assistant coach, the 1994 team was the best in school history up to that point, and might still be. And nobody saw it coming.
Colorado State started by beating one of the classes of the WAC in Air Force, 34-21. A few weeks later it was #22 BYU’s turn, beating the Cougars 28-21. All of a sudden the Rams were serious contenders in the WAC. Down for so long, the unthinkable happened. #23 Colorado State travelled to #6 Arizona, one of the favorites for the national title. A few hours after the opening kickoff, the Rams stood with their heads held high, victors in Tucson 21-16. The win propelled CSU to #13, and the Rams hosted #18 Utah 2 weeks later. Utah won in a let down game, but CSU won their last 3 games to finish 10-1 and win their first ever WAC title and first conference title under Lubick. A 14-24 loss in the bowl to #20 Michigan showed they could definitely hang with the big boys, and the Arizona win wasn’t a fluke. Colorado State finished #16 in the nation with a 10-2 record, and were 12th in my rankings. Lubick earned Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year.
1. 1997 (11-2 overall, 7-1 WAC)
As good as the 1994 team was, they only beat opponents by an average of 11 points a game, while the 1997 team outscored opponents by over 20 a game. After a disappointing 2-2 start with losses to Colorado and 0-24 to Air Force, CSU was flawless the rest of the way. A 9-2 regular season record featured an average score of 43-11 in the final 7 game win streak. 9-2 New Mexico and 9-2 Colorado State seemed like an even matchup on paper but it wasn’t close, with the Rams winning 41-13. A 35-24 win over #19 Missouri in the Holiday Bowl made up for losing the Holiday Bowl twice in 1994 and ‘95. Colorado State finished 17th in the AP Poll, and according to my algorithm, this is their best team.
The team set a school record for points (442) and TDs (59) in a season, ranking 7th in the nation in PPG (36.7). The defense forced 43 turnovers in 13 games, with future NFL starters LB Joey Porter, LB Clark Haggans, and DB Jason Craft, and was also top 10 in the country giving up just 15.6 PPG. QB Moses Moreno won the WAC Offensive POTY with 2257 pass yards 20 TD 9 INT, and was a 7th round draft pick by the Chicago Bears after the season. RBs Damon Washington and Kevin McDougal both ran for 1000+ yards, combining for 2223 yards and 21 TD on 6.7 YPC.

5th Quarter

What do you think about Colorado State? Do you think they should be a primary target of Pac 12 expansion? Why or why not? What game/playeplay is most memorable to you? Can the Rams ever recreate the consistent success of Sonny Lubick or was it a flash in the pan?
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Report to Instagram, TikTok (@rebel.yarn.co), Facebook (Rebel Yarn Co), and PayPal.
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22 AFAB, I am having a hard time accepting i may be feminine/a woman/not transmasc or a trans man.

 my fear in accepting femininity or being a woman as part of my identity is mainly rooted a lot in my fear of losing my masculinity/learning i was wrong and that i am not or don’t want to be masculine anymore. As a kid i was a HUGE tomboy and even wanted to be a guy, i loved that about me. Around when i started puberty (16) i started to change and value male attention and looking like “other girls” more and presented more feminine (sometimes hyper-feminizing myself). Around the time (halfway through undergrad) i accepted I liked women i started to lean back into presenting masculine. I was nice to express myself that way because even when presenting feminine i was still very interested in mens fashion and had always been more interested in men’s fashion then women’s fashion. I would consume media about mens fashion and somewhat keep up with trends even though i wasn’t buying or wearing a lot of men’s clothes. When i started presenting masculine again i wore clothes and underwear from the men’s section, started binding, cut hair short (even buzzed it a few months ago), had a male name picked out, was the main character in my daydreams because i was masculine (never really daydreamed with woman as main character so i would just pretend i was spiderman or other male characters. my ex boyfriend was even the main character in my daydreams and i was basically using him as my “avatar” when i daydreamed while we were dating. When i was more feminine i used to try to daydream with myself as the main character but i could never get as immersed. I would usually just focus more on whoever my male “love interest” was), etc. It was so great at first and i felt more authentic and confident than i ever had since i was a kid. I loved feeling like i was getting back to the “old me” like who i was when i was much more carefree about what others thought about me and comfortable in my own skin. But eventually thoughts of wanting to/ wanting to be able to present like a hot feminine woman came creeping back in within the past year (2022-2023) and making me unable to fully enjoy being masculine because these thoughts are usually swirling around in the back of my mind. For example i could love how masculine i look in the mirror when i pick out an outfit i’ve been excited to wear and think i look great, but then i’ll get the thought “you could never be/be seen as a desirable hot woman right now… no guy would find you desirable/attractive (even though i am definitely more into women)” and it can ruin the enjoyment i just had with how cool i felt. Thoughts like that pull me out of the moment and my enjoyment of my presentation. Presenting feminine (and by that i mean more of like a feminine woman) feels less genuine and authentic. because of these feminine thoughts I’m now insecure about my short hair and feel the impulse that i need to grow it out long, even though i love how masculine it looks for presenting masc and love how it shows off my face (my hair long grows forward and no matter what i do falls in my face). Even my Mom, who is more traditional, says my short hair flatters me more… and she’s definitely still looking at me like her daughter when she says that. In high school and early college (in the closet) i started to feel insecure about my looks and body as i didn’t feel as pretty/womanly looking as other girls and didn’t get really any attention from guys. When i present like a feminine woman i am insecure about my more androgynous figure and lack of curves, even though my masculine side absolutely loves that because I look more masculine and the want of curves i think are only because i want to be a “hotter” woman. I love binding and it makes my masculine outfits look/feel better, but i heard they can make your breasts sag after binding for a long time and the feminine thoughts are like “that would make you a less attractive woman.” Masculine me is actively going to the gym to get bigger muscles while feminine me is having thoughts like “muscles will make you less attractive,” but honestly despite those dumb thoughts i’m still going to the gym lol. It’s nice because that’s the one area where i feel like i’m “fighting back” against my bully of a fem voice in my head. I am afraid though that i am just bias because i want these feminine thoughts/urges to go away and wish i could be only masculine or even transmasc or a trans man. I’m afraid that these feminine thoughts/urges are a sign that i overcorrected and went “too masculine.” I’m afraid that this means i’m wrong about being masculine and that it’s not something that I want/am. I’m afraid i’ll never fully enjoy presenting masculine again or that eventually I will stop wanting to. Even though femininity feels more like a costume i want to put on for attention and to feel like a hot woman, i do have to admit when i present feminine and do feel like a hot woman it does feel good i guess. I can’t help but have feelings like this and then remember (the limited) times i felt good (and not insecure) with long hair and in feminine clothes, or the times i had crushes/interactions with guys (in what what my brain deems a womanly way) and then think “well that means you’re a woman.” It’s like my thoughts are telling me i want so many different things (that contradict each other) at once (mainly presentation and physical aspects wise) and it’s making my head spin. It’s hard for me to be confident in saying anything for certain (thank you ocd), but i really think there is a good chance if i was amab i wouldn’t be gender-fluid and wouldn’t feel the need/want to present as a “hot feminine woman.” 

Introduction:
Before I start my reasonings I want to make it clear that I aim to remain as objective as possible while giving reasons why I think the way I do. This post took me a lot of time and effort to make and I politely ask that you treat it with respect, even if you disagree. My goal is to ultimately explain why I think the Millennial Generation was done dirty.
Note that this is the updated version of the previous post I made on the matter.

1. Millennials and The Homeland Generation:

Here is what Neil Howe from (S&H) has to say about Millennials and Homelanders. Keep in mind that this is from 2016:
"Say hello to the generation of kids coming after Millennials—we call them the Homeland Generation. But you may have heard them called by other names: “Generation Z,” “Plurals,” “iGeneration,” or even “Founders” (thanks to MTV). How old are they? Opinions differ on that as well. Some say that the oldest of this generation are already hitting their late teens. We disagree, because that would cut Millennials short. History shows that every generation ends up around 20 to 22 years long".

1. The Cusp Years and The 2008 Recession:

A lot of people mock individuals born in the early 2000s by calling them "Core Gen Z" but this is simply untrue as they were born during the cusp years. For context, individuals born during the cusp years have characteristics and traits from both generations, As it’s a transitional period.
And just like generations, the Cusp Years can also vary depending on different viewpoints and such. But generally speaking the Millennial/Gen Z cusp years starts in the mid-late 1990s and ends in the early 2000s.
While using memory to define cohorts isn’t the best practice in my opinion, 2005 is a realistic start year for the Homeland Generation as the people born that year wouldn’t recall anything before the 2008 Recession. Which some people still haven’t recovered from.

1. Technological Context:

It's far too ignorant to say digital only environments make a generation. It's the GENERATION IN MIDLIFE that shapes the generation in childhood. It's just how it works on a natural socio biological level.
And Gen Xers moved into midlife right as the post Millennial generation started to be born and are still in midlife as this post Millennial generation continues to be born roughly (into the mid to late 2020s).
Also, in the Gen X generation, there is the old school half (first) and the Nintendo half (second), so this technological environment can make a difference in their experiences but it doesn't change the generation to which they belong.
I personally never see anyone point out the massive differences between early and late Gen Xers, but when it comes to the inclusion of the early 2000s in the Millennial Generation "it’s a bridge too far" apparently.

1. The TRUTH About "Gen Z":

To avoid confusion, Generation Z is not the same thing as the Homeland Generation. This is confirmed by Neil Howe.
Anyways. This is without a doubt going to be the most controversial part of the post. But Generation Z isn’t actually a real generation, the length of the gen, the labeling coming from pop culture, it’s all arbitrary.
What the public makes of a generation, Does NOT in any way shape or form speak to the actual generational experiences or life paths. And "Gen Z" is the way it is, mostly because of pop culture etc, not life experiences.
No matter how much research goes into something like generational cohorts, no matter how many proven statistics or articles etc are shown. In the end it’s still misinformation if what’s being presented isn’t historically correct.
I highly recommend watching this YouTube video from Generations Work for more details. It really goes into depth with the problems of the commonly used definitions for generations https://youtu.be/L0qwdt4lyT0
Generations Work Perfectly Summed up The Truth About Gen Z With This Comment:
"yes, gens can be "fuzzy" on the cusps, but seriously, i mean, if "the public" is going to LOP OFF 8 years that once belonged to Millennials, then every and all article, white paper, stat etc that talks about Millennials' SIZE and predominance as a generation, needs to be readjusted. BOTH CAN'T BE TRUE. Millennials can be this mega, dominate-the-workforce by 2025 etc generation and have 8 years chopped off and given to Gen Z because marketers and others wanted to call it a new gen.
A similar but less-celebrated thing happened to the end of GenX years with the newly minted non-generation of GenY. It was so vague in its definition (they mostly meant last 7 years of Xer and first handful of years of Millennials), but eventually - - and on wikipedia and other "sources" - Gen Y is now an equivalent of Millennial."

1. WW2 Example:

Speaking of WW2. Take the GI for instance, most people are completely fine with Pew Research on their belief that the GI began 1901-1927, WW2 started in 1939 and America joined the war in 1941.
Someone born in 1901 would be 40 years old while someone born in 1923 would be 18, and even with the massive age difference they still fought and later won the same war, which is what crowned them the GREATEST GENERATION.
If you can believe Pew Research on their belief that the Greatest Generation began 1901-1927 then you can believe (S&H) on their belief that Millennials began 1982-2004.
My Thoughts:
I personally prefer using the JCHS Millennial definition, as I think the early 80s being included in the Millennial Generation is a stretch, the early 80s has too many traits and characteristics similar to that of Gen X.
But anyways I felt like I had to make this post as I’m sick and tired of people saying the real Millennials range is "1981-1996"
Which are actually dates the PEW Research got wrong as nothing significant enough happened in 1996 to warrant a generational change. Nothing happened that would define the next generation.
A lot of people point to "9/11" to try to justify the 1996 end date but they fail to realize it doesn’t work like that. 9/11 was admittedly a big deal in the US and may have changed a few things even outside of the US, but for the rest of the world 9/11 was just a tragedy, not this "world changing disaster that marked a new beginning and defined the next generation" that many would tell you.
Many others try to justify the 1996 end date by saying they were "the last to come of age around the turn of the millennium", but once again they fail to realize that 1996 borns came of age in 2014, now if the turn of the millennium was around the year 2000, then how in the world is 2014 even remotely close to ‘the turn’? (It’s not).
Conclusion:
To clarify. I don’t have any disrespect towards those who are Gen Z at core, I just want to make it clear why the early 2000s actually do belong to the Millennial Generation.
Credits to Generations Work for making a lot of what I had to say possible.

One i would really like to see is to import my created rosters from MLB The Show 23
I am spending so much time on these just to have to restart them all over next year. The concept is absurd.
Even if they change the CAP system theres gotta be a way to make this possible!!!!

Hi I've been trying to install linux alongside windows and some games require secure boot on when using windows 11 So i did some searches and people were saying Ubuntu is okay to install cuz it's signed by Microsoft or something like that But when i tried to boot ubuntu 20.04.3 i had an error ( Security error ) so i downloaded ubuntu 22.10 and reinstalled windows 11 but for some reasons now the bootable usb doesn't show at the boot menu at all the system doesn't detect it as a bootable drive and i tried it on other systems it's working can anyone help?
Thanks for you time :D

Basically my Ethernet just disconnects while i'm playing D4 or Destiny2, doesn't happen while browsing or watching Youtube.
Sometimes it is able to pick itself back up and reconnect , but that doesn't solve my problem since these are liver service games that require constant connection.
My mobo is a B550 Aorus Elite (v1) , which comes with the Realtek Gaming 2.5GbE Family Controller.
After some searching i've bought a TP-Link TG-3468 Network Adapter , only for it to have the same exact problems.
Event Viewer shows various warnings and errors such.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/c...1OI\_E9-JVvowWeWvPS=w1600-h870-s-no?authuser=0
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/b...135ENr4hoRNacVQ3-k=w1600-h868-s-no?authuser=0
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/L...h8vSfJFvFeu4xQ5T65=w1600-h865-s-no?authuser=0
Things I've tried:
-Reset router.
-Used windows diagnose tool to fix the issues.
-Clean install of Windows, BIOS, chipset.
-Tryed old and latest version of Realtek drivers, for both network adapters.
-Fiddled with a lot of power saving settings for both network adapters. Disabling most of them.
-Created a firewall exception for IPv6, unsuccesfully, proceeded to completely disable it , with the same result.
-Swapped DNS to google's and cloudflare's.
-flushed DNS command.
-Disabled TCP/IP Offload.
-Bought a CAT6 ethernet cable and swapped the old 5e cable. Also swapped cables between router ports.
-ipconfig/all showed this
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : lan
Ethernet adapter Ethernet 2:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek Gaming 2.5GbE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B4-2E-99-EF-1E-A1
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : lan
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 48-22-54-6F-54-BD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.88(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : 07 June 2023 15:11:33
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : 07 June 2023 16:41:32
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 1.1.1.1
1.0.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Just help me out guys, i'm so tired of this ...
I need to know if this is a network issue , or should i just go out and start looking for a new mobo.

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I’m so disappointed in all of them…
All of them…
To leave the federation for the sake of a wounded predator species? To feel empathy for a creature which has none? To abandon us for these humans?! It was all so shameful, Solvin was brainwashed by humans to say such things to garner guilt upon us for something that was ultimately righteous. They needed to be brought back… even if it was through force. After all, it was clear they all needed to be re-educated.
They fell victim to the predator’s tricks. The humans managed to trick them all into feeling sorry for them. They weren’t as loyal to the great protector as I wished they were. They will be, soon enough they all will be… that the universe might come united and aware of the predator menace that plagues all life.
My train of thought was interrupted as we re-entered real space within the Venlil’s home system. The Venlil… the cowards were the first to be re-installed into the federation considering they were the first species to leave it… They were to be taught a lesson, and their governor be executed for crimes against the federation.
I opened up fleetwide communications. “My comrades, these fools have been tainted by predator trickery and influence. We must not let this stand… they will try to oppose us from saving them from themselves… holdfast, for we will destroy the Venlil Fleet stationed here, and stand victorious over the predator diseased fools!”
I heard a collective cheer through the comms as I ordered the fleet to move forward… I knew that in a few moments the Venlil’s planetary alarms would activate, and they would gun it for the bunkers. Those skittish fools were all so easy to scatter… how they brought themselves to even associate with the humans was mind boggling to me.
Our fleet accelerated to the planet at a rapid rate, with the defense fleet moving in to oppose us. I sent out a message to the Venlil Fleet, “Venlil forces, stand down, we intend to save you from the predatory influence that is plaguing your society.”
“How about you go suck on a Mazic dick!” The Venlil military advisor named Kam spoke to me through the comms…
…
How bold…
“All forces open fire… engage the Venlil forces and shoot to kill.”
As soon as I said that our railguns began to fire at the defensive fleet. We outnumbered them 2-1 at least… Even more so considering the way Venlil was under overwhelming odds against them, this battle was going smoothly... exactly as expected~. I knew this was going to be similar to the bombardment on earth. The Venlil were going to run away soon enough to save their own skins, and leave the planet wide open… Only this time? We were going to save the Venlil from predator influence, and there was no one to save them from the-...
“SIR! We’re detecting a warp signature entering the system not far from the planet! The make is unknown!”
…
DAMMIT!
How?! There were no other fleets that were anywhere near this sector except for the human remnants! And they didn’t have the numbers to defend themselves without the Arxur helping them! Are... are they actually coming to help them?!
More importantly… WHY THE FUCK WOULD HUMANS SAVE THE VENLIL!?! The Venlil abandoned humanity to their fate! Why would they even try to send a single ship to help them?!
The unidentified fleet entered the system by the planet, scans showed a fleet of 400 ships… massive ships… It was actually shocking the kinds of weapons that were detected upon each individual vessel.
There seemed to be two variants of this style of ship. One had railguns and defensive laser turrets and the other seemed to have missile pods and rapid-fire kinetic weapons… It was unknown of the ship’s capabilities, but we weren’t worried. These ships were unmistakably human, the logo of the UN was emblazoned on its side. I had nothing to worry about, humans were weakened… they were primitive… even with the intimidation that these ships had, that’s all it was, intimidation…
As expected, the Venlil forces were breaking away from the battle, even though they still only lost 22% of their forces… I figured it was out of cowardice before my comms officer informed me of the chatter on Venlil channels.
“Sir! The human forces have commanded the Venlil forces to stand down and return to their defensive position around the Planet! The Human forces are repositioning to move just before the defending fleet!”
The humans are taking the charge over the Venlil? That was an odd thing indeed… perhaps their desire for vengeance over federation has limited their few cognitive abilities? There was no way that these humans truly thought they could win… this overconfidence will surely be their downfall!
“All ships move forward towards the planet! We will obliterate the human forces that stand between us and victory!”
We rushed forward to engage the humans… their missile pods unleashed a flurry of missiles to intercept our course. Foolish~! there was not a doubt in my mind that our shields would hold against whatever these primitives could…
I was quickly turned to a more concerned look as systems suddenly deactivated, this didn’t make any sense! Our ships' shields were primed to handle any sort of attack! But we never considered a weapon that tampered with electronics! All systems were deactivated! That also meant that…
Our shields…
We were just sitting in space! Floating on a predictable path! Engineering told me that they should have the systems fixed in four minutes. That would be more than enough time to recalibrate our shields and put down the preda-
…
My thoughts were quickly put to rest, as I realized how pointless it was to try and fight back…
The humans opened fire…
And all that followed was a constant rain of railguns blasting away at our fleet. Dozens of ships were being obliterated every second.
The human railguns were numerous on their warships… the velocity of their shells reaching around 0.15c, based on what my first officer told me…
With five turrets with three railguns each… railguns that could fire again after 5 seconds of recharge… with weapons that could deactivate entire fleets and blast through dozens of ships in seconds…
Numbers no longer mattered when it came to humans… even if we had a fleet over 20 times their size…
It became more than obvious to me…
We angered a species that had the powers to outmatch a FUCKING FOUNDER RACE…
And win…
The comms chatter was abundant with screaming and crying in terror as all my fellow federation soldiers, they were expressing their regret at partaking in this mission… I was all the same. Tuning into human comms… it was even more terrifying than hearing my comrades' sorrow and pain… because I heard the humans' maniacal laughter… I heard them celebrating the destruction they were inflicting upon us… that unholy laughter chilled me to my bones, as I felt a tear run down my face…
…
INATALA WHAT GODS OF WRATH HAVE WE JUST AWO-?!
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(LORE DUMP)
:: Upon careful thinking? I have decided that the shell that humanity utilizes are 269 kg shells... there reason it is so specific is because, as per u/Khotehk, this will reach a megaton yield more than of the Tsar Bomba... and because of (LOL FUNNI SEGGS NUMBER) ... I'm not sorry~. ::
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A game mode that doesn't get a lot of love is the co-op 2v2 and 3v3 online modes whether that would be in superstar ko or exhibition. Queue times are atrocious partly due to only connecting with the same console and partly due to the mode not being too popular.
If you haven't tried, I'm not a baseball fan, but I thoroughly enjoy the co-op mode in MLB The Show with friends. I'm not sure if it's a popular mode in the community, but the fact that it's crossplay and easy to set up (setting up co-op h2h in madden isnt the easiest to find), queue times are pretty fast, and being in a team format makes it all the more fun.
Hope to see you all out there!

Long story but basically I have a release scheduled for June 22 - it’s not showing in stores yet as an upcoming release but I can no longer just abort the release. I need to remove the discovery pack add on but I’m afraid if I “remove this release from all stores” I won’t be able to re-upload later today. It’s critical that I can re-upload by tomorrow at the latest so that I’m at least two weeks prior to the June 22 release.
Anyone have any experience with that?

22 (m) and i think i’m almost certain that i had a manic episode the past couple months the more i think about my past actions throughout that course of time. So going back to November of last year to early February of this year i was at a all time low in my life, i was depressed due to unemployment, having submitted application after application, endlessly tailoring my resume and looking up new information online on how to get hired felt like all of that effort did not matter since no employer would accept me. I barely did anything with myself and hardly took any care of myself. Sometimes would eat junk food and lock myself in my room alone in the dark while watching meaningless youtube videos as a cope.
Eventually, early February i was finally able to get hired, i got a job and felt alleviated. I didn’t have to worry anymore and could finally feel like i could function as a human being again. I felt better, but i maybe i wasn’t. I was in a relationship at the time, even after i got the job i’m starting to think maybe i wasn’t as better as i thought i was? A few days later my gf at the time noticed i wasn’t as affectionate anymore, she even told me. But for some reason i didn’t think much of it at the time. I didn’t stop because i just intentionally wanted to, i just i don’t know. I then slowly started to hyper focus on my goal at the time which was the gym. I even told myself and her that this is what is going to be me my main focus. To such an extreme extent now that i think of it, I ate everything according to my caloric goal to a point where she thought i developed a eating disorder, I weighed pretty much every ingredient, I started weighing myself everyday, I flexed in front of the mirror shirtless in inconvenient places like my work place bathroom, public bathrooms, home bathroom and even at the gym in the big mirror area where people kind of do their alternate workouts away from all the machines and equipment. I looked at myself way too often. I would flex every little opportunity that i had and felt such a high sense of self. Even sometimes when my gf would be talking to me i’d be looking at myself in the mirror. Sometimes id make food and didn’t want to share because it would mean i wouldn’t be hitting my daily calorie goal. I basically did everything i could towards this goal of mine even if it meant cutting off every other aspect in my life.
I also got easily irritated by any little thing, things that don’t even make sense for me to get so outraged. Then i did risky behaviors that when i look back at i think there’s just no way that i could’ve actually done that, everything i did throughout this past time period feels like a bad dream. I’m not saying that to take responsibility off my chest for what i did, but it just sounds so unlike me to the point where i feel like this can’t be the real me. I know myself better than anyone else. It’s weird. I also had trouble sleeping most of the time, I knew i had to get good sleep so i could make progress towards my fitness goal. I started taking melatonin which i had never taken before and some days it helped some days it wouldn’t. I didn’t go nights without sleeping tho. I just found it harder to fall asleep when i went to bed. I also wasn’t listening to anything my gf would say, she would tell me time and time again to my face how upset she was in the relationship and i wouldn’t listen. I reflect on my behavior and think there’s just no way i could’ve been like that, i know how much i love her and how much i know it would’ve immediately affected me to hear that the first time from her. But i just didn’t listen.
I did risky things like cheat, i still can’t believe i did cheat. I know that i did, but it’s like i have trouble accepting that i ever cheated on someone because i know how truly loving i am i know how i would’ve never done that to someone. Especially since my dad cheated on my mom years ago. I know myself to be way better than that. There was even this one time where my at the time gf told me that i wanted to have sex with the sliding door open from the balcony, that i told her that it was fine if other people would hear us in my words i said to “ give them a show “ and honestly i almost had forgotten i said that, its kinda scary thinking that i did because it sounds so unlike me it sounds so dark of me. I also remember this one time i was driving late at night on the HOV lane by myself, all of a sudden this from behind me this car speeds out of nowhere getting closer and closer to me, I guess he didn’t like how i wasn’t going as fast for his liking so he went around me just to brake check me, he constantly did that and i kept giving him the attention he wanted. It got so dangerous, at one point he turned off his lights for a few seconds. Usually i would feel more so road rage because of something like that but I felt more so a thrill from this. I kept blinking my high beams at him, at one point he was easily a couple of inches from touching my front bumper. Eventually he sped off when i got off on my exit, once that happened i started laughing to myself, thinking what had just happened was funny. The more i think about it the more i feel like i had a manic episode. I talked to my therapist yesterday about this possibility and he said we would have to further explore what happened. When my own close friend tells me himself “ you were the last person i would’ve thought would do some shit like that “ it shocks me that i acted so out of character my friends don’t even recognize me anymore. Everyone around tells me that i acted like a whole other person. It just sounds like it makes so much sense what i experienced was a manic episode.