Hey Everyone!
Let’s go….
Newly Covered Today:

1. SEC vs. Coinbase. Yep…crypto is now at war. https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1666159275217911835
2. Brian Armstrong’s response. https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/1666129111025324035
3. The Cardano Foundation has disputed the characterization of Cardano as a security in comments to Fortune. https://twitter.com/Cardano_CF/status/1666128229952897024
4. Here’s Coinbase politely pointing out the SEC’s complete refusal to provide any direction or cooperation despite Coinbase’s continuous and plentiful attempts. https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1666135834062467083
5. The question of regulatory jurisdiction may end up being the biggest problem for the SEC in all these crypto matters. https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1653821211544092672
6. Rumor: There could also be a DOJ case coming for Binance. https://twitter.com/AP_Abacus/status/1666180524535062529

Previously covered, but still interesting:

1. A nice thread on the many strengths of Cardano. https://twitter.com/TobiasIlskov/status/1656388178369212416
2. Remember, lobster traps are a thing. https://twitter.com/TheCardanoTimes/status/1656064744225120257
3. Today (May 11 at 1pm EST) there will be a Messari Cardano Analyst call with Charles & Frederik. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1656272372452954112
4. I think we all love it when they start making our case for us. https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1656379837823561730
5. Ethereum is lamenting many of its poor design choices that Cardano already fixed. https://twitter.com/moo9000/status/1656215016016683008
6. Drunkenmiller says this is the broadest asset bubble he’s ever even studied let alone seen firsthand and we’ve only had a few soft landings since 1950. https://twitter.com/Stephen_Geigestatus/1656416819312222219
7. Live footage of meme coin investors accepting their ROI. https://twitter.com/KaylerSmithTV/status/1656130092966264834
8. Here’s the Messari call from today with both Fred & Chaz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouUhWwF74MM
9. People really seem to be enjoying the CF’s Blockchain Education Alpha Program. https://twitter.com/andreassosilo/status/1644263843743293451
10. The US Chamber of Commerce brief in the Coinbase case is calling out the SEC for acting “unlawfully”. https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1656737447756038177
11. About that whole self-custody thing we’ve discussed… https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1656706653801136132
12. The SPO poll on K and minFee starts today (May 15)! You should redelegate if your stake pool doesn’t vote the way you would vote! https://cardanofoundation.org/en/news/entering-voltaire-poll-experiment-live-on-mainnet/
13. There are also a series of forum topics for discussion of the various options in the Cardano.org forums. https://twitter.com/Lovecoach_nic/status/1657700010148896770
14. Coinbase spotlights Empowa! May be the first time they’ve ever given such a spotlight to a Cardano project. Tides are turning. https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1657081243518005254
15. Wow. Leaked “Key Messages” document for the joint committee meeting in the US House last week. Best part: they basically complain about separation of powers in point three. https://twitter.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1656362002577772544
16. Dr. Vanishree Rao on ZK-Rollups. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1657778843854274560
17. Here’s a new Decentralized Identity article from IOG. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/05/11/atala-prism-pioneering-digital-identity-with-decentralized-solutions/
18. There are reasons we’re in a hard capped cryptocurrency like Cardano. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/15/business/argentina-interest-rates-inflation/index.html
19. What is a dRep? This video is for you. There will be additional categories of default dReps that vote abstain or no confidence on every vote. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1658034085401337857
20. The US Dept. of Justice is officially saying they are targeting exchanges. Great. Great. https://www.ft.com/content/5aac457e-cc80-44ae-ac40-9b51d9b601a3
21. Wow! Ledger just made what is possibly the greatest PR blunder in the history of crypto. Trezor will be poppin’ bottles tonight. https://twitter.com/Ledgestatus/1658458714771169282
22. People are claiming that the hysteria is a misunderstanding of cryptography. But, that’s not what’s going on here if Ledger plus one of the other two shard custodians can reconstruct your private key without having to use your private key. https://twitter.com/nimuepool/status/1658517533836574720
23. The Ledger Recover FAQ seems to support this understanding as it suggests you use a brand new device for recovery. https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/9579368109597
24. Wow. Unfortunate timing for this. https://twitter.com/Ledgestatus/1658095051375800321
25. Ken Kodama will be doing a Japanese language interview on CardanoSpot on May 18. https://twitter.com/Emurgo_Ken/status/1658838077136162828
26. The stake pool operator poll on network parameters of K and minPoolCost is live. See the results here. The re-delegation phase will begin on May 25th. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
27. Cornucopias dropped some new in-game footage. As expected, Solace is beautiful. https://youtu.be/j5iwNsQVMDQ?t=1846
28. Wow….the Ledger shards are encrypted with “a master key that is contained in all devices”. Wut? https://twitter.com/P3b7_/status/1658809445965606913
29. Sadly, the Ledger CEO seemed to be denying exactly the above just a day ago. https://twitter.com/_pgauthiestatus/1658508082941403144
30. Here’s why 340 ADA minPoolCost promotes multi-pools. https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1659387255537176581
31. Numbers are emerging on the benefits of K=1000 over K=500. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1659398551917727744
32. Here’s the latest on the Stake Pool Operator poll. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
33. Rep. Tom Emmer is trying to help crypto by cutting crypto assets out of the definition of a “security”. He creates a new non-security asset category called “investment contract asset”. https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1659291641281146886
34. Prof. Wadler (co-inventor of Cardano’s Plutus) has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society joining the likes of Einstein, Darwin, Hawking, and Isaac Newton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLOm-dWje-M
35. Huge amount of voting for economic self-interest by multi-poolers in the SPO poll. Earlier today (May 21), 84.73% by stake of the vote for K=500, Min Cost 340 ₳ was multi-poolers. Only 15.6% of the vote for K=1000, Min Cost 170 ₳ was multi-poolers. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
36. Large pools also voted heavily for economic self-interest with the K parameter. 70.02% by stake of the vote for K=500, Min Cost 170 ₳ was pools with delegation over 35 million. Only 30.57% of the vote for K=1000, Min Cost 170 ₳ was pools over 35 million. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
37. Apparently Cardano has its own wiki now! Probably better given our previous treatment by the big wiki group. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1660383700243329024
38. Rep. Tom Emmer is getting some reactions on the bill he sponsored with Rep. Soto. https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1660329932495486977
39. You’re really gonna hold up a debt ceiling deal because you hate crypto so bad? https://twitter.com/gaborgurbacs/status/1660248530135515138
40. Looks like a few big multi-poolers have voted in the poll since yesterday. Pretty easy to predict what they didn’t vote for. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
41. Reports coming in that DCG has defaulted on the payment owed to Genesis. https://twitter.com/AP_Abacus/status/1660671386388504577
42. Ledger Recover would allow governments to confiscate crypto assets by subpoena? Called “not a real concern in the end.” Really? https://twitter.com/TheBTCTherapist/status/1660677064700178436
43. Frederik Gregaard on DeFi and regulation. https://twitter.com/F_Gregaard/status/1660655806709211137
44. Don’t Forget, the May Cardano 360 will be on May 25th. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1660621805017608194
45. Here’s the daily check-in on the status of the SPO Poll. We have surpassed 590 pools voting (as of May 23). https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
46. The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong has decided to get our hopes up with a proposed regulatory framework for crypto exchanges that could mean more trading for coins like Cardano. https://apps.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=23PR53
47. Here’s an IOG thread on the latest out of Atala Prism and Self-Sovereign Identity. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1660904360925188097
48. Here’s an IOG article on Cardano native tokens. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1660975383997448193
49. The difference in decentralization between Cardano and Bitcoin is still…laughable. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1660979639907500033
50. Ledger is finally caving (a little) to the backlash. It’s reported that they will focus on open sourcing parts of their code and only release the “Recover” firmware after that open sourcing is finished. https://twitter.com/NFTherdestatus/1661026174779420672
51. Looks like the Hong Kong announcement yesterday might have been a hint of what’s coming. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1661391542504902664
52. The Cardano Layerverse is coming to life. https://twitter.com/TobiasIlskov/status/1660697833115385856
53. Wow! Incredible! Thank you for voting in favor of decentralization, 1PCT! https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1661460222203002880
54. Federal Reserve report debunks claim that crypto is not useful to people in the US. https://twitter.com/SebVentures/status/1661063483369177108
55. The SPO phase of the poll is over. Nearly 800 pools voted. Now it’s your turn to see how your pool voted and re-delegate if you think they voted against decentralization and for their own pocketbook. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
56. The May Cardano 360 is out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_bCa_xCoxA
57. Charles dropped an update today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfL2U2hAGWw
58. Sen. Cynthia Lummis declares her opposition to the 30% tax on bitcoin mining. https://twitter.com/SenLummis/status/1661803569341759495
59. Lots of volume being transacted on Cardano recently! https://twitter.com/cwpaulm/status/1662929296329981952
60. Recent subpoenas to the Python Package Index don’t bode well for those hoping to store seed phrases with third-party custodians. https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli_/status/1662531840606093312
61. Transaction volume is looking very interesting right now. https://messari.io/charts/cardano/txn-vol
62. JPG Store has now launched Android and IOS apps. https://twitter.com/jpgstoreNFT/status/1663281982262919170
63. It’s true. Cardano is straight killing it on the security leg of the trilemma.https://twitter.com/cardano_whale/status/1662987243655684096
64. Just checked. Yep. The centralization in ETH is still staggering. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1663222056870350848
65. There’s a documentary about a 2022 Plutus hackathon in Argentina. https://twitter.com/LarsBrunjes/status/1663111319732535297
66. Pavia is testing NFT gating. This could get very interesting. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1663153213988823040
67. Marlowe is on mainnet! You can now code Cardano smart contracts in javascript or blockly via Marlowe! This is an amazing leap forward. https://twitter.com/marlowe_io/status/1663480828016435200
68. Don’t forget! We are still in the re-delegation phase of the CF Poll. See how your stake pool voted! If they were voting for their pocketbook instead of decentralization, you should re-delegate! https://twitter.com/Cardano_CF/status/1663564854572244994
69. Wow! Cardano projects are doing big things these days! https://twitter.com/CardanoCrocClub/status/1663468916843114498
70. The CCP has dropped a white paper on how it will develop Web 3 including NFTs and the metaverse. https://twitter.com/milestones_nft/status/1663458500922712064
71. Lace is now open source! https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1663953642045714433
72. Binance is back and apparently they don’t care if someone had that ticker first. https://twitter.com/pool_pm/status/1663809731603906560
73. Summon is now allowing for multichain swaps of ADA & ERG. https://twitter.com/N8iveToEarth/status/1664038846563225600
74. Charles did a Twitter Space with World Mobile. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1663984094252810283
75. Here’s an easy infographic on CIP-1694 Voltaire governance from IOG. https://twitter.com/Hornan7/status/1664007623799185409
76. Apparently, Cardano sushi is a thing! https://twitter.com/Allison_Fromm/status/1663841386074976257
77. This kind of sums up the problems with central bank behavior over the last 20 years. https://twitter.com/JeffWenigestatus/1664012650781585409
78. Interesting news about the currency in one of Cardano’s biggest metaverse projects. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1664240389610704896
79. Messari has released an article on operational decentralization in proof-of-stake crypto. https://messari.io/report/evaluating-validator-decentralization-geographic-and-infrastructure-distribution-in-proof-of-stake-networks
80. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has MASSIVELY revised their figures on Q4 of 2022. No surprise, the numbers were much worse than they told us. https://twitter.com/FrogNews/status/1664253845399130113
81. Looks like DAOs are getting a little hesitant about fee switches due to possible legal/tax implications. https://twitter.com/FrogNews/status/1664253845399130113
82. We even have Arctic block production. https://twitter.com/Laponia_pool/status/1664226409466740737
83. Questions are being raised regarding the blockspace consumption of dApps still on Plutus v1. https://twitter.com/matiwinnetou/status/1664385383122051073
84. Atomic wallet got hacked. https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1665080799253733377
85. No surprise: general interest in crypto & Cardano is still pretty low according to google trends. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=cardano&hl=en
86. Here’s the Weekly Development Update from June 2. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1665394985934499840
87. The Chairs of the House Committee on Financial Services (McHenry) and the House Committee on Agriculture (Thompson) are co-sponsoring a new pro-crypto Digital Asset Market Structure Bill. Currently just a discussion draft. Here’s the summary. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AG/AG00/20230606/116051/HHRG-118-AG00-20230606-SD002.pdf
88. Here’s the actual discussion draft. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AG/AG00/20230606/116051/HHRG-118-AG00-20230606-SD003.pdf
89. Here’s a section-by-section with exhibits. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AG/AG00/20230606/116051/HHRG-118-AG00-20230606-SD001.pdf
90. Cornucopias has released more game footage. https://twitter.com/RobGreig3/status/1665310543589040130
91. SEC vs. Binance/CZ. It begins!!!!! https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1665845917268815874
92. Written response from Charles to the SEC/Binance complaint. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1665780536177217537
93. Written response from Binance on the SEC complaint. https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/sec-complaint-aims-to-unilaterally-define-crypto-market-structure-8707489117122437402
94. Video response from Charles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zBZ-aGqldA
95. Cornucopias has dropped a whole new reel of gameplay footage. It looks really good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ftHH8bbxQ
96. Cardano Gaming at the NFT.Brazil event! https://twitter.com/cardanowarriors/status/1665815653398507520

~Army of Spies

Hey everyone!! Back with a new and updated post. These prices are WITHOUT shipping. I will provide a quote for you, but it usually isn't more than $6 unless the items won't fit in a regular bubble mailer.
Everything has been personally tested by me and is confirmed to be fully functional. I can provide pictures upon request. I tried to stay below pricecharting, if I'm off on any of my prices, I'm more than open to offers!
PLEASE NOTE: I am open to ALL offers. The worst I can say is no!
Here's everything I'm currently selling:
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SNES Samurai Shodown $9 Loose, in roughish condition.
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Nintendo 64 Turok 2 Seeds of Evil (Gray cart) $10 Loose.
Nintendo 64 WWF Wrestlemania 2000 $14 Loose.
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Gamecube All-Star Baseball 2002 $3 Loose.
Gamecube ATV Quad Power Racing 2 $8 Loose.
Gamecube Bionicle $5 Loose.
Gamecube Chronicles of Narnia $5 Loose.
Gamecube City Racer $41 CIB.
Gamecube Disney Sports Skateboarding $20 Game, case, and original artwork only.
Gamecube Hunter The Reckoning $12 Loose.
Gamecube King Kong $9 Loose.
Gamecube Namco Museum 50th Anniversary $12 Loose.
Gamecube Sonic Adventure DX $30 Original case, cover art, and game.
Gamecube Super Mario Strikers $62 CIB.
Gamecube Spongebob Creature From Krusty Krab $17 CIB.
Gamecube Viewtiful Joe Red Hot Rumble $90 Sealed. Some damage on the backside label. Please inquire for pics.
Gamecube Whirl Tour $8 Missing manual.
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Wii Bass Pro Shops: The Hunt $2 Disc and box, no accessories.
Wii Bass Pro Shops: The Strike $2 Disc and box, no accessories.
Wii Big Buck Hunter Pro $10 CIB game and gun accessory, no big box. Shipping will be around $10.
Wii Black Eyed Peas Experience $2 CIB.
Wii Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011 $2 CIB.
Wii DJ Hero 2 $2 Disc and box.
Wii EA Sports Active 2 $2 Disc in box, no other accessories.
Wii EA Sports NFL Training Camp $2 Disc in box, no other accessories.
Wii Epic Mickey 2 $15 Sealed.
Wii Link's Crossbow Training $5 Included pouch that would come with Wii console.
Wii MLB Superstars $4 Disc and box.
Wii Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 $12 CIB.
Wii NASCAR The Game 2011 $5 Disc and box.
Wii Need for Speed Prostreet $4 Disc and box.
Wii New Super Mario Bros. Wii $18 Loose.
Wii Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 $3 Disc in box.
Wii Red Steel $3 Disc in box.
Wii Tony Hawk Ride $2 Disc in box, no skateboard.
Wii We Love Golf! $7 CIB.Wii Wii Play $4 Loose.
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Gameboy Batman The Video Game $18 Loose.
Gameboy Advance 007 Everything or Nothing $10 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Activision Anthology $21 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Avatar The Burning Earth $13 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Batman Begins $9 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Bratz $1 Loose, has no label.
Gameboy Advance Crash of the Titans $10 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Elf Bowling 1 & 2 $16 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Family Feud $5 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Fantastic 4 $6 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Finding Nemo $6 Loose.
Gameboy Advance GT3 Advance Pro Concept Racing $12 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Klonoa Empire of Dreams $41 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Madden 2003 $3 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Monster Force $7 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Mouse Trap/Operation/Simon $5 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Namco Museum $3 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Namco Museum 50th Anniversary $10 Loose.
Gameboy Advance NFL Blitz 2003 $8 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy $5 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy and Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom Dual Cart $4 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl $7 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Scooby Doo $7 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Snood $7 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Spongebob's Atlantis Squarepantis $7 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Spongebob Squarepants Movie $10 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Sudoku Fever $4 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Texas Hold Em Poker $3 Loose.
Gameboy Advance That's So Raven $6 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Treasure Planet $9 Loose.
Gameboy Advance Ultimate Card Games $6 Loose.
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Nintendo DS Band Hero $12 CIB.
Nintendo DS Big Brain Academy $4 Loose.
Nintendo DS Bleach The Blade of Fate $12 Loose.
Nintendo DS Brain Age $4 CIB.
Nintendo DS Charlotte's Web $4 Loose.
Nintendo DS Coraline (Have two copies) $70 Both CIB.
Nintendo DS Contact $28 Loose.
Nintendo DS Dragon Ball Z Supersonic Warriors 2 $20 Loose.
Nintendo DS Dynasty Warriors DS Fighters Battle $10 Loose.
Nintendo DS Guitar Hero On Tour (Have two copies) $3 Both loose.
Nintendo DS Hannah Montana $4 Loose.
Nintendo DS Harvest Moon DS $20 Missing manual, otherwise cib.
Nintendo DS Imagine Babyz $3 Loose.
Nintendo DS Inuyasha Secret of the Divine Jewel $55 Loose.
Nintendo DS Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues $7 CIB.
Nintendo DS Madden 06 $4 Loose.
Nintendo DS Mario&Luigi Partners in Time $61 CIB.
Nintendo DS Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Have two copies) $8/$11 One copy loose, one cib.
Nintendo DS Metroid Prime Hunters First Hunt $8 Loose.
Nintendo DS Nicktoons Unite $9 Loose.
Nintendo DS Petz Catz 2 $3 Loose.
Nintendo DS Ratatouille $8 Loose.
Nintendo DS Scrabble $7 CIB.
Nintendo DS The Simpsons Game $14 Loose.
Nintendo DS Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor $50 CIB.
Nintendo DS Skate It $9 CIB.
Nintendo DS Sonic Colors $8 Loose.
Nintendo DS Sonic Rush $13 Loose.
Nintendo DS Suite Life of Zack & Cody Tipton Trouble $6 Loose.
Nintendo DS Super Monkey Ball Touch & Roll $9 CIB.
Nintendo DS Tetris Party Deluxe (Have two copies) $9/$4 Both copies loose, one missing it's sticker.
Nintendo DS The Amazing Spider-Man $10 CIB.
Nintendo DS The Sims 2 Pets $5 Loose.
Nintendo DS Tom and Jerry Tales $8 Loose.
Nintendo DS Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam $6 Loose.
Nintendo DS Wipeout The Game $4 CIB.
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NINTENDO DS BOX ONLY
Nintendo DS Cooking Mama $1
Nintendo DS Jump Super Stars $1 Japanese version box and manual.
Nintendo DS Scribblenauts $1
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Nintendo 3DS Fire Emblem Awakening $36 CIB.
Nintendo 3DS Fire Emblem Shadows of Valentia $33 CIB.
Nintendo 3DS Luigi's Mansion $40 Loose.
Nintendo 3DS Madden NFL Football $15 CIB.
Nintendo 3DS Pokemon Ultra Moon $35 CIB.
Nintendo 3DS Pokemon X $35 CIB.
Nintendo 3DS Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers $41 Loose.
Nintendo 3DS Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS $11 CIB.
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Nintendo Switch Bioshock The Collection $21 CIB.
Nintendo Switch Diofield Chronicle $35 CIB.
Nintendo Switch Diablo III Eternal Collection $22 CIB.
Nintendo Switch Dragon Ball: The Breakers $13 CIB.
Nintendo Switch Fire Emblem: Three Houses $32 CIB.
Nintendo Switch Moonlighter $15 Loose in gamestop box.
Nintendo Switch My Friend Pedro $20 Loose in gamestop box.
Nintendo Switch Supermarket Shriek $18 Sealed.
Nintendo Switch Tandem A Tale Of Shadows $28 Sealed.
Nintendo Switch Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes $25 Loose in gamestop box.
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Sega Genesis Frogger $10 Loose in original case (no artwork.)
Sega Genesis Monopoly $7 Original case, artwork, and cartridge.
Sega Genesis Vectorman $10 Loose in original case (no artwork.)
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PS1 Army Men Air Attack (Collector's Edition) $8 CIB, jewel case is broken.
PS1 Big Game Hunter Ultimate Challenge $5 Missing front page/manual.
PS1 Billiards $4 CIB. Jewel case is broken and cracked.
PS1 Bravo Air Race $12 CIB.
PS1 Cool Boarders 2 $3 Loose.
PS1 Command and Conquer Red Alert Retaliation $15 Missing manual.
PS1 Crossroad Crisis $7 CIB.
PS1 CyberTiger $7 CIB.
PS1 Dukes of Hazzard Racing For Home $9 CIB.
PS1 Final Fantasy Chronicles $18 Missing manual. Greatest hits.
PS1 Harvest Moon Back to Nature $50 CIB.
PS1 Jade Cocoon Demo Disc $10 Loose in sleeve.
PS1 Interactive CD Sampler Disc Volume 9 $10 CIB in it's sleeve.
PS1 Knockout Kings 2001 $7 CIB. Jewel case is broken.
PS1 Madden 98 $5 Loose.
PS1 Nascar Rumble $13 CIB.
PS1 NBA Shoot Out $5 Loose.
PS1 NCAA Football 2001 $10 CIB.
PS1 NBA Live 98 $4 Loose.
PS1 NHL 99 $4 CIB, jewel case is broken.
PS1 NHL Face Off 99 $5 CIB, jewel case is cracked.
PS1 NHL Face Off $4 Loose.
PS1 NHL 2000 $4 CIB, jewel case is broken.
PS1 Rally Cross 2 $6 CIB, jewel case is cracked and broken.
PS1 Raystorm $35 Loose.
PS1 Sesame Street Sports $8 CIB.
PS1 Sim Theme Park $6 Missing manual/front page.
PS1 Spongebob Squarepants Super Sponge $8 CIB, greatest hits.
PS1 Tetris Plus $6 CIB, jewel case is cracked.
PS1 Tiger Woods '99 $7 CIB.
PS1 Triple Play 99 $2 Loose.
PS1 Vigilante 8 $10 Loose.
PS1 WWF Smackdown $10 Missing manual/cover page.
PS1 WWF Warzone (Have two copies) $6/$4 One copy loose, one copy CIB.
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PS2 Def Jam Vendetta $22 Loose.
PS2 Enter the Matrix $10 CIB.
PS2 Ever Grace $20 CIB.
PS2 Grand Theft Auto III $5 Loose.
PS2 Hunter The Reckoning Wayward $6 Loose.
PS2 IHRA Professional Drag Racing 2005 $4 Loose.
PS2 Justice League Heroes $11 CIB.
PS2 Medal of Honor Frontline $4 CIB.
PS2 Naruto Ultimate Collection $110 Sealed! Please inquire for pics. Really cool collector's game.
PS2 Nightshade $28 Loose.
PS2 Onimusha Blade Warriors $9 Loose.
PS2 Playstation Underground Jampack $4 Loose.
PS2 R-Type Final $17 Loose.
PS2 Rygar $7 Loose.
PS2 Shinobi $11 Loose.
PS2 Spiderman $9 CIB.
PS2 Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom $12 CIB.
PS2 Tetris Worlds $6 CIB.
PS2 The Thing $42 CIB.
PS2 Thunder Strike: Operation Phoenix $6 CIB.
PS2 CASE & MANUAL Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 $10 Case and manual only.
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PS3 The Last Of Us $20 CIB.
PS3 NBA 2k18 $10 Loose.
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PSP Dissidia Final Fantasy $9 Loose.
PSP Final Fantasy Tactics: THe War of the Lions $17 Loose.
PSP G-Force $3 Missing manual.
PSP Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 $8 CIB.
PSP Ghostbusters The Video Game $11 Loose in gamestop box.
PSP Ghost Rider $12 Loose in gamestop box.
PSP God of War Chains of Olympus $16 Loose.
PSP Hakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom $15 UMD, case and original artwork only.
PSP Killzone Liberations $6 Loose.
PSP Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars $12 CIB.
PSP LocoRoco $4 Loose.
PSP Madden NFL 12 $20 CIB.
PSP Madden 2007 $5 CIB.
PSP Madden 2008 $5 CIB.
PSP Medal of Honor Heroes 2 $10 CIB.
PSP Monster Hunter Freedom $18 Missing manual.
PSP MX vs ATV: Reflex $5 Loose in gamestop box.
PSP NBA 10 The Inside $6 CIB.
PSP NBA Live 2007 $5 CIB.
PSP Neopets Petpet Adventures The Wand of Wishing $7 Loose.
PSP SNK Arcade Classics Volume 1 $14 Loose.
PSP Socom U.S. Navy Seals Fireteam Bravo $4 CIB.
PSP Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas $7 CIB.
PSP Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Tag Force 5 $30 Box, UMD, and original artwork only.
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Xbox Doom 3 $10 CIB.
Xbox Evil Dead Fistful of Boomstick $20 Box, disc, and original artwork only.
Xbox Metal Slug 3 $20 CIB.
Xbox Soul Calibur II $10 CIB
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Xbox 360 Call of Duty Black Ops $12 CIB.
Xbox 360 Dragon's Dogma $5 CIB.
Xbox 360 Forza Horizon $17 CIB.
Xbox 360 Killer is Dead $20 Missing manual, otherwise CIB. Special Edition.
Xbox 360 NCAA Football 12 $16 CIB.
Xbox 360 NCAA Football 13 $25 CIB.
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Xbox One Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited $3 CIB.
Xbox One Rock Band 4 (Have two copies) $15 ea Both CIB.
Xbox One Titanfall $3 CIB.
Xbox One Rainbow Six Siege $3 Loose.
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PC Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight $8 Comes with manual in original case.
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GAME MANUALS:
Gameboy Batman Forever $10 Good.
Gameboy Boxxle II $20 Good.
Gameboy Tetris $4 Good.
Gameboy Advance Activision Anthology $10 Good.
Nintendo 64 007 GoldenEye $6 Good.
Nintendo 64 Mission Impossible $5 Good.
Nintendo 64 Mortal Kombat 4 $10 Good.
Nintendo 64 NBA Hang Time $6 Good.
Nintendo 64 Super Mario 64 $10 Good.
Nintendo 64 Super Smash Bros $12 Good.
Nintendo 64 Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey $5 Good.
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AMIIBOS:
Blue Yarn Yoshi Good $15 Loose.
Chibi-Robo Good $10 Loose.
Green Yarn Yoshi Good $15 Loose.
Link Good $25 Loose, smash bros.
Waddle Dee Good $13 Loose.
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GAME ACCESORIES:
Poke Ball Plus $55 Loose, in good condition. No Mew.
OEM Nintendo Gameboy Mini Backpack $20 Cool little OEM nintendo collectible. Blue color, in good condition.
Club Nintendo Luigi Hat DS Carry Case Bag Pouch $20 Good condition, cool Luigi collectible.
Gameshark Pro 3.3 for Nintendo 64 $30 Loose.
3rd party Gamecube memory cards $5 3rd party memory cards.
OEM Gamecube Controllers $35 each. Have four available, one black, two indigo, and one indigo/clear, all have nice and tight sticks.
OEM Gameboy Four Player Adapter $15 Loose in good condition.
OEM Nintendo 64 Controller $20 Green controller, nice and tight stick.
OEM Nintendo 64 Controller Pak $30 CIB, box in okay condition.
OEM PS1 Controller $15 One PS One controller available.

I’ve been trying to figure out the benefits of a casting bubble vs just using a few split shot sinkers. Someone please break this down for me. Thanks in advance.

1. POKERTRACKER 4

A comprehensive tracking and analysis software that allows players to track their performance, analyze statistics, and review hand histories. It supports various poker games and provides in-depth data for improving strategies.
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• Comprehensive hand tracking and analysis for cash games and tournaments.
• Real-time statistics and customizable reports to track performance.
• Hand history review and note-taking features for player analysis.
• HUD (Heads-Up Display) to display real-time information during gameplay.
• Third-party add-ons and support for popular online poker sites.

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1. HOLDEM MANAGER 3

Similar to PokerTracker, Holdem Manager 3 offers tracking and analysis features. It provides real-time stats, hand history analysis, and customizable reports. The software also includes a Heads-Up Display (HUD) for in-game information.
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• Advanced tracking and analysis of hand histories and statistics.
• Real-time customizable HUD for in-game information and player profiling.
• Graphical analysis tools to review and visualize performance trends.
• Leak detection and reporting to identify weaknesses in gameplay.
• Integration with popular online poker sites and customizable add-ons.

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1. FLOPZILLA

A powerful poker equity calculator that helps players analyze hand ranges, evaluate flop textures, and study equity and EV (Expected Value) calculations. It’s particularly useful for studying post-flop play.
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• Powerful equity calculator for analyzing hand ranges and flop textures.
• Range vs. range analysis to understand hand equities and strategic decisions.
• EV (Expected Value) calculations to evaluate the profitability of different plays.
• Heatmap visualizations to highlight critical areas of the game.
• Customizable filters and hand-ranking features for precise analysis.

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1. ICMIZER

Specifically designed for tournament players, ICMIZER helps with making optimal decisions based on the Independent Chip Model (ICM). It assists in analyzing push/fold ranges, final table strategies, and bubble play.
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• ICM (Independent Chip Model) calculations for optimal decision-making in tournaments.
• Push/fold and call/shove analysis based on stack sizes and payout structures.
• Final table and bubble play simulations for maximizing tournament equity.
• Training tools to improve ICM understanding and decision-making skills.
• SNG Coach feature to guide players in real-time during Sit & Go tournaments.

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1. GTO SOLVER (SUCH AS PIOSOLVER)

These advanced solvers use game theory concepts to calculate optimal strategies in various poker scenarios. They provide insights into balanced play, bet sizing, and range analysis for both cash games and tournaments.
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• Game theory-based solvers for calculating optimal strategies.
• Balanced play analysis to understand equilibrium in various poker scenarios.
• Range exploration and visualization to identify exploitable spots.
• Bet sizing optimization for maximizing EV and bluffing frequencies.
• Post-game analysis to review and learn from solved hands.

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1. POKERSNOWIE

Training software that utilizes AI algorithms to analyze and improve players’ decision-making skills. It offers hand evaluations, training exercises, and real-time advice for playing optimal strategies.
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• AI-based poker training software for decision-making improvement.
• Hand evaluation and range analysis to understand optimal strategies.
• Training exercises and quizzes to practice different poker scenarios.
• Real-time advice and recommendations during gameplay.
• Performance tracking and progress monitoring for skill development.

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1. NOTECADDY EDGE

An add-on for PokerTracker, NoteCaddy Edge provides automated note-taking features. It helps players categorize opponents, track their tendencies, and make better-informed decisions based on collected data.
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• Automated note-taking system for player profiling and analysis.
• Categorization of opponents based on observed tendencies.
• Real-time statistics and information overlays during gameplay.
• Customizable notes and tagging system for efficient player tracking.
• Integration with popular poker tracking software for seamless use.

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1. EQUILAB

A versatile equity calculator that assists in range analysis, hand vs. range comparisons, and board texture analysis. It’s useful for studying hand equities, understanding pre-flop ranges, and exploring different scenarios.
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• Equity calculator for analyzing hand equities and ranges.
• Range explorer and visualizer for studying different pre-flop scenarios.
• Hand vs. range and range vs. range comparisons for decision analysis.
• Board texture analysis and combinatorial hand counting.
• Customizable filters and scenario testing for precise equity calculations.

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1. ADVANCED POKER TRAINING

An online training platform that offers a variety of poker training games and simulations. It provides personalized training plans, tracks progress, and offers feedback on players’ decisions.
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• Variety of training games and simulations to improve poker skills.
• Personalized training plans and feedback on decision-making.
• Realistic AI opponents for practicing against different playing styles.
• Performance tracking and progress reports to monitor improvement.
• Interactive hand history reviews and analysis.

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1. ODDS ORACLE

A powerful odds calculator and analysis tool that helps players understand and calculate probabilities in various poker situations. It assists with equity calculations, range vs. range analysis, and evaluating hand strengths.
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• Odds calculator for precise calculation of poker probabilities.
• Range vs. range analysis to evaluate hand strengths in different situations.
• Equity calculations and hand ranking visualizations.
• Customizable scenario testing and what-if analysis.
• Integration with popular poker software for easy use.

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I know there are a lot of pee related topics in this group (what a weird statement to make) but most of them involve current taperers or post CT within a week or two of last use. I am now 6.5 weeks post quit and my urine still smells funky. Drinking plenty of water but its still smelly and sometimes extra bubbly.
One of my main reasons for quitting was frequent urination and inability to empty bladder. Those issues have certainly improved but now this. I was a long term user (6 years/30 gpd) so just wondering if anyone else dealt with this issue or similar urinary issues almost 2 months post quit?

So two weeks ago, in a health check I found that I had high blood pressure (174/115). Saw a Dr immediately, had urine and blood tests and got put on a 2.5mg dose of ramipril.
That's helped to get my blood pressure down to about 140/100 and the Dr. upped my dose to 5mg today.
During our call, she told me she was concerned with the results of my urine test, and they were "180% higher than normal", but my blood tests all looked fine. They told me that they have referred me to the kidney specialist and she'll contact me when they get back to her.
Now all day I've been freaking out, and I have a few questions that I didn't think of at the time.

• What is 180% of normal? That sounds stupid high.
• I've read that kidney damage is a result of high blood pressure, and high blood pressure is a cause of kidney damage. Is there any hope that with ramipril, my kidney will get back to "normal" or is "180% higher than normal" too high to recover?
• I never knew about foamy pee, but I did notice it before although not always. I also have noticed it's been a lot less foamy since I've been taking ramipril. Well, I think. Could be wishful thinking :)

Sorry if stupid questions, I'm not asking medical advice and I will hopefully be seeing a kidney specialist soon but I've Googled a lot and have found no real answers.

Happy Tuesday everyone!! Have lots of things for sale, all things include shipping. Happy to provide photos upon request, will do my best to reply as soon as possible. I ship usually within 2-3 business days and if there's any issues with your item, I'm more than happy to help. :)
Always open to offers, a lot of prices I'd like to stay firm on but worst i'll say is no.
Would prefer Paypal F&F as I do have almost 300 transactions, but understand if that is something you're not comfortable with!
On to the items!!
THE CONSOLES!
Zelda Tears of the Kingdom OLED Switch BNIB + Tears of the Kingdom Carrying Case BNIB $385
Nintendo Switch HAC-001 Red/Blue Joycon Console w/ Box, includes animal crossing (powerA controller, and Mario Kart Case) $225
Pink Gameboy Advance SP Pearl 101's (both consoles have scratches on them. Screens are both fine.) $90 each
Star Wars Battlefront PSP w/ Star Wars Renegrade Squardon $110 SOLD
THE GAMES!
N64
Goldeneye 007 $25
Mario Party w/ manual (manual does have wear) $50
Diddy Kong Racing w/ manual $30 SOLD
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GameCube:
Animal Crossing [Disc only; resurfaced] $35
Ant Bully w/ movie ticket $15
Bloody Roar Primal Fury CIB $50
GameCube Start-Up Disc (the disc only; no case or player.) $130
Go! Go Hypergrind (Includes case, manual and disc. The artwork has like a "wrinkle" to it, shows wear. The manual has a bend on the bottom right corner, and the disc has some white residue on the ring.) $365
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance CIB #1 (Very good condition, disc has little to no wear. Manual/inserts look good also.) $260
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance CIB #2 (Very good condition, disc has little wear. Manual/inserts are nice.) $260
Fire Emblem Path of Radiance #3 (Missing insert, includes the case, manual and disc. Very good condition as well.) $240
Harry Potter Chamber of Secrets CIB $12 SOLD
Harry Potter Goblet of Fire CIB $10 SOLD
Harvest Moon Magical Melody [No manual] $25
Kirby Air Ride [Player's Choice] CIB $70
Luigi's Mansion [Case, Game, Manual] $50 SOLD
Mario Golf Toadstool Tour [Player's Choice] Case, Game, Manual $25
Mario Kart Double Dash [Case,Manual,Game] $65
Mario Party 6 [No Manual, has case] $75
Pac Man vs Pac Man World 2 [Player's Choice, CIB] $20
Pikmin 2 CIB $90
Pokemon Channel [No manual] $35
Resident Evil Zero [Player's Choice, CIB] $20
Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom [Player's Choice, CIB] $20
Super Bubble Pop CIB $10 SOLD
Super Mario Sunshine [no manual] $30
Tom and Jerry War of the Whiskers CIB $40
Ty 2 CIB $15 SOLD
Zelda 4 Swords Adventure [Case, manual, game] $90
Zelda The Wind Waker CIB $70 SOLD
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Wii
Rune Factory Frontier CIB $35
Switch
Love Esquire [New] $40
Octopath Traveler $50
Trails of Cold Steel III Extracurricular Edition $60
Liar Princess and Blind Prince [New] $50 each
Fire Emblem Engage Divine Edition + [New] Tarot Cards (no STEELBOOK OR GAME INCLUDED!) $70
G/B/C/GBA
Dr. Mario Classic NES Series $15
Final Fantasy Tactics $25
Final Fantasy Legend [Includes Worn Box, Manual and Map] $80
Fire Emblem Sacred Stones $65
Golden Sun: The Lost Age $40
Harry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire $15
Lord of the Rings The Third Age $15
Lufia The Legend Returns (Part of label missing) $35
Mario vs Donkey Kong [Game and Box only] $30
Mario vs Donkey Kong $15
Mario Kart Super Circuit [Player's Choice] CIB $50
Mega Man Battle Network $60
Mega Man Battle Network 3 White $20
Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon $25
Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team Protoman $25
Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon $60
Shining Soul $60
Random Games Bundle - Includes: Dora, Frogger (not working), Final Fantasy IV (loads, then doesn't work), Star Wars Jedi Battles (loads, then doesn't work), Sonic Advance, Incredibles, Finding Nemo, DBZ: Legacy of Goku, Cartoon Network Speedway, Star Wars Flight of the Falcon, Side Pocket, I Spy Challenge, Top Gear Rally (2 copies), Dungeons & Dragons Eye of the Beholder, Mario vs. Donkey Kong, Tetris Worlds, Namco Museum 50th Anniversary, Simpson's Road Rage - $80
Nintendo DS/3DS
Batman Arkham [no manual] $10
Chrono Trigger [CIB, no map] $100
Cooking Mama 5 [loose] $35
Dragon Quest V [CIB] $200
Fantasy Life [loose] $40
Final Fantasy III [CIB] $20
Fire Emblem Awakening [World Edition] $35
Fire Emblem Fates [Special Edition] [CIB] $500
Hotel Dusk Room 215 [No manual] $20
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance [loose] $15
Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D [loose, MDE version] $15
Magical Starsign [CIB] $30
Mario Kart 7 [CIB] $15
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney & Ace Attorney Justice For All [both loose] $35
Pokemon Sun & Moon Dual Pack [Moon sealed] $110
Pokemon Sun and Moon Steelbook [No games] $60
Pokemon Sun [Loose] $15
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire [loose] $30
Pokemon Black [CIB] $100
Pokemon X [Loose] $30
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gates to Infinity [Loose] $25
Pokemon Soul Silver #1 [loose, placed into new shell; old one broken but included.] $75
Pokemon Soul Silver #2 [loose, has some stuff on the back of it.] $100
Pokemon Soul Silver #3 [loose, best condition one] $110
Pokemon Rumble Blast [in rough condition] $10
Project X Zone 2 [CIB] $90
Radiant Historia [CIB] $40
Steal Princess [CIB] $110
Suikoden Tierkreis [CIB] $80
Super Princess Peach [CIB, wear to cartridge] $100
PS1
Suikoden II [Loose, has wear to disc and some scratching] $100
Harvest Moon Back to Nature [CIB] $50
PSP:
Brave Story New Traveler [CIB] $45 SOLD
Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII [CIB] $20
Disgaea 2 Dark Hero Days [CIB] $35 SOLD
Dissadia Final Fantasy [CIB] $12
Dungeon Explorer Warriors of Ancient Arts [CIB] $15
Growlanser Wayfarer of Time [CIB] $60 SOLD
PoPoLoCrois [loose in blank case] $20
Tactics Ogre: Let us Cling Together [CIB] $25
Tales of the World Radiant Mythology [CIB] $30
The 3rd Birthday [CIB] $55
Yggdra Union [CIB] $40 SOLD
YS Seven [CIB] $70
MISC
Dragon Quest V Guide $100
Dragon Quest I-VIII Symphonic Suite Collection $70
Harvest Moon Animal Parade Guide (tear on front cover, very minor.) $110
SWITCH CASES ONLY NO GAMES AT ALL FOR $120 [List: Carrion, Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo, Pokemon Shield, Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Lego DC Super Villians[Steelbook], Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Zelda Skyward Sword, NEO The World Ends With You, Super Mario Party, Wolfenstein II, Mitopia, The Mummy Demastered, Super Smash Bros Ultimate, Ninja Saviors, No More Heroes 1 2 3, Travis Strikes Back]
Avalon Code [Case,Manual, NO GAME] $40

Hey i want to ask a question. When i am hydrated and urine is clear, my pee have no bubbles and foamy. But when my urine is yellow, i always see see foamy urine. Is it just dehydration or a more serious condition?

Fire Enchantment Damage vs Minions needs a heavy nerf. The jump from WT3 to WT4 is virtually impossible using minions on a necro. Every other elite and their mother has fire enchantment and it is next to impossible to keep the skeletons alive. CC doesn't work because it fires off without them needing to attack. I have about the most amount of damage reduction you can have at this level + 4.5k health + max% fire resistance. You can keep your minions alive with the ult but they are dead the second it ends.
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God forbid they have fire enchant and the bubble that stops ranged attacks.

Hey Everyone!
Let’s go….
Newly Covered Today:

1. SEC vs. Binance/CZ. It begins!!!!! https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1665845917268815874
2. Written response from Charles to the SEC/Binance complaint. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1665780536177217537
3. Written response from Binance on the SEC complaint. https://www.binance.com/en/blog/ecosystem/sec-complaint-aims-to-unilaterally-define-crypto-market-structure-8707489117122437402
4. Video response from Charles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zBZ-aGqldA
5. Cornucopias has dropped a whole new reel of gameplay footage. It looks really good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8ftHH8bbxQ
6. Cardano Gaming at the NFT.Brazil event! https://twitter.com/cardanowarriors/status/1665815653398507520

Previously covered, but still interesting:

1. Cardano Native Assets are vastly superior to BRC20 and ERC20 tokens. https://twitter.com/TheOCcryptobro/status/1655673557710692352
2. Rumor: SEC is going to make a move against Binance. Will the DOJ also? https://twitter.com/AP_Abacus/status/1655546961968103425
3. At the end of Q3 of last year, 722 banks reported unrealized losses greater than 50% of capital. https://www.federalreserve.gov/supervisionreg/files/board-briefing-on-impact-of-rising-interest-rates-and-supervisory-approach-20230214.pdf
4. Wyoming is inching closer to a state stablecoin. IOG’s significant presence there may turn out to be a huge advantage. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/09/wyoming-stable-token-a-multibillion-dollar-opportunity-as-officials-wrestle-with-how-to-make-it-happen/
5. Paypal disclosed almost $1 billion in customer crypto in its latest 10-Q. https://blockworks.co/news/paypal-discloses-1b-crypto
6. MiCA is shifting the balance of crypto investment to Europe. https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1655883224726241281
7. Today (May 10) will be a joint hearing of the Agriculture and Financial Services Committees on Crypto. The CLO of Kraken will testify. https://financialservices.house.gov/
8. This is a legit point about centralized L2s: the best ones are called Coinbase, Kraken, and Binance. https://twitter.com/el33th4xostatus/1655845787593502720
9. There’s already a new version of Lace Wallet out. https://twitter.com/lace_io/status/1656347737355608066
10. A nice thread on the many strengths of Cardano. https://twitter.com/TobiasIlskov/status/1656388178369212416
11. Remember, lobster traps are a thing. https://twitter.com/TheCardanoTimes/status/1656064744225120257
12. Today (May 11 at 1pm EST) there will be a Messari Cardano Analyst call with Charles & Frederik. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1656272372452954112
13. I think we all love it when they start making our case for us. https://twitter.com/WatcherGuru/status/1656379837823561730
14. Ethereum is lamenting many of its poor design choices that Cardano already fixed. https://twitter.com/moo9000/status/1656215016016683008
15. Drunkenmiller says this is the broadest asset bubble he’s ever even studied let alone seen firsthand and we’ve only had a few soft landings since 1950. https://twitter.com/Stephen_Geigestatus/1656416819312222219
16. Live footage of meme coin investors accepting their ROI. https://twitter.com/KaylerSmithTV/status/1656130092966264834
17. Here’s the Messari call from today with both Fred & Chaz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouUhWwF74MM
18. People really seem to be enjoying the CF’s Blockchain Education Alpha Program. https://twitter.com/andreassosilo/status/1644263843743293451
19. The US Chamber of Commerce brief in the Coinbase case is calling out the SEC for acting “unlawfully”. https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1656737447756038177
20. About that whole self-custody thing we’ve discussed… https://twitter.com/BitcoinMagazine/status/1656706653801136132
21. The SPO poll on K and minFee starts today (May 15)! You should redelegate if your stake pool doesn’t vote the way you would vote! https://cardanofoundation.org/en/news/entering-voltaire-poll-experiment-live-on-mainnet/
22. There are also a series of forum topics for discussion of the various options in the Cardano.org forums. https://twitter.com/Lovecoach_nic/status/1657700010148896770
23. Coinbase spotlights Empowa! May be the first time they’ve ever given such a spotlight to a Cardano project. Tides are turning. https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1657081243518005254
24. Wow. Leaked “Key Messages” document for the joint committee meeting in the US House last week. Best part: they basically complain about separation of powers in point three. https://twitter.com/EleanorTerrett/status/1656362002577772544
25. Dr. Vanishree Rao on ZK-Rollups. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1657778843854274560
26. Here’s a new Decentralized Identity article from IOG. https://iohk.io/en/blog/posts/2023/05/11/atala-prism-pioneering-digital-identity-with-decentralized-solutions/
27. There are reasons we’re in a hard capped cryptocurrency like Cardano. https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/15/business/argentina-interest-rates-inflation/index.html
28. What is a dRep? This video is for you. There will be additional categories of default dReps that vote abstain or no confidence on every vote. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1658034085401337857
29. The US Dept. of Justice is officially saying they are targeting exchanges. Great. Great. https://www.ft.com/content/5aac457e-cc80-44ae-ac40-9b51d9b601a3
30. Wow! Ledger just made what is possibly the greatest PR blunder in the history of crypto. Trezor will be poppin’ bottles tonight. https://twitter.com/Ledgestatus/1658458714771169282
31. People are claiming that the hysteria is a misunderstanding of cryptography. But, that’s not what’s going on here if Ledger plus one of the other two shard custodians can reconstruct your private key without having to use your private key. https://twitter.com/nimuepool/status/1658517533836574720
32. The Ledger Recover FAQ seems to support this understanding as it suggests you use a brand new device for recovery. https://support.ledger.com/hc/en-us/articles/9579368109597
33. Wow. Unfortunate timing for this. https://twitter.com/Ledgestatus/1658095051375800321
34. Ken Kodama will be doing a Japanese language interview on CardanoSpot on May 18. https://twitter.com/Emurgo_Ken/status/1658838077136162828
35. The stake pool operator poll on network parameters of K and minPoolCost is live. See the results here. The re-delegation phase will begin on May 25th. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
36. Cornucopias dropped some new in-game footage. As expected, Solace is beautiful. https://youtu.be/j5iwNsQVMDQ?t=1846
37. Wow….the Ledger shards are encrypted with “a master key that is contained in all devices”. Wut? https://twitter.com/P3b7_/status/1658809445965606913
38. Sadly, the Ledger CEO seemed to be denying exactly the above just a day ago. https://twitter.com/_pgauthiestatus/1658508082941403144
39. Here’s why 340 ADA minPoolCost promotes multi-pools. https://twitter.com/ArmySpies/status/1659387255537176581
40. Numbers are emerging on the benefits of K=1000 over K=500. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1659398551917727744
41. Here’s the latest on the Stake Pool Operator poll. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
42. Rep. Tom Emmer is trying to help crypto by cutting crypto assets out of the definition of a “security”. He creates a new non-security asset category called “investment contract asset”. https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1659291641281146886
43. Prof. Wadler (co-inventor of Cardano’s Plutus) has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society joining the likes of Einstein, Darwin, Hawking, and Isaac Newton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLOm-dWje-M
44. Huge amount of voting for economic self-interest by multi-poolers in the SPO poll. Earlier today (May 21), 84.73% by stake of the vote for K=500, Min Cost 340 ₳ was multi-poolers. Only 15.6% of the vote for K=1000, Min Cost 170 ₳ was multi-poolers. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
45. Large pools also voted heavily for economic self-interest with the K parameter. 70.02% by stake of the vote for K=500, Min Cost 170 ₳ was pools with delegation over 35 million. Only 30.57% of the vote for K=1000, Min Cost 170 ₳ was pools over 35 million. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
46. Apparently Cardano has its own wiki now! Probably better given our previous treatment by the big wiki group. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1660383700243329024
47. Rep. Tom Emmer is getting some reactions on the bill he sponsored with Rep. Soto. https://twitter.com/GOPMajorityWhip/status/1660329932495486977
48. You’re really gonna hold up a debt ceiling deal because you hate crypto so bad? https://twitter.com/gaborgurbacs/status/1660248530135515138
49. Looks like a few big multi-poolers have voted in the poll since yesterday. Pretty easy to predict what they didn’t vote for. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
50. Reports coming in that DCG has defaulted on the payment owed to Genesis. https://twitter.com/AP_Abacus/status/1660671386388504577
51. Ledger Recover would allow governments to confiscate crypto assets by subpoena? Called “not a real concern in the end.” Really? https://twitter.com/TheBTCTherapist/status/1660677064700178436
52. Frederik Gregaard on DeFi and regulation. https://twitter.com/F_Gregaard/status/1660655806709211137
53. Don’t Forget, the May Cardano 360 will be on May 25th. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1660621805017608194
54. Here’s the daily check-in on the status of the SPO Poll. We have surpassed 590 pools voting (as of May 23). https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
55. The Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong has decided to get our hopes up with a proposed regulatory framework for crypto exchanges that could mean more trading for coins like Cardano. https://apps.sfc.hk/edistributionWeb/gateway/EN/news-and-announcements/news/doc?refNo=23PR53
56. Here’s an IOG thread on the latest out of Atala Prism and Self-Sovereign Identity. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1660904360925188097
57. Here’s an IOG article on Cardano native tokens. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1660975383997448193
58. The difference in decentralization between Cardano and Bitcoin is still…laughable. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1660979639907500033
59. Ledger is finally caving (a little) to the backlash. It’s reported that they will focus on open sourcing parts of their code and only release the “Recover” firmware after that open sourcing is finished. https://twitter.com/NFTherdestatus/1661026174779420672
60. Looks like the Hong Kong announcement yesterday might have been a hint of what’s coming. https://twitter.com/cz_binance/status/1661391542504902664
61. The Cardano Layerverse is coming to life. https://twitter.com/TobiasIlskov/status/1660697833115385856
62. Wow! Incredible! Thank you for voting in favor of decentralization, 1PCT! https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1661460222203002880
63. Federal Reserve report debunks claim that crypto is not useful to people in the US. https://twitter.com/SebVentures/status/1661063483369177108
64. The SPO phase of the poll is over. Nearly 800 pools voted. Now it’s your turn to see how your pool voted and re-delegate if you think they voted against decentralization and for their own pocketbook. https://adastat.net/polls/96861fe7da8d45ba5db95071ed3889ed1412929f33610636c072a4b5ab550211
65. The May Cardano 360 is out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_bCa_xCoxA
66. Charles dropped an update today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfL2U2hAGWw
67. Sen. Cynthia Lummis declares her opposition to the 30% tax on bitcoin mining. https://twitter.com/SenLummis/status/1661803569341759495
68. Lots of volume being transacted on Cardano recently! https://twitter.com/cwpaulm/status/1662929296329981952
69. Recent subpoenas to the Python Package Index don’t bode well for those hoping to store seed phrases with third-party custodians. https://twitter.com/_jonasschnelli_/status/1662531840606093312
70. Transaction volume is looking very interesting right now. https://messari.io/charts/cardano/txn-vol
71. JPG Store has now launched Android and IOS apps. https://twitter.com/jpgstoreNFT/status/1663281982262919170
72. It’s true. Cardano is straight killing it on the security leg of the trilemma.https://twitter.com/cardano_whale/status/1662987243655684096
73. Just checked. Yep. The centralization in ETH is still staggering. https://twitter.com/StakeWithPride/status/1663222056870350848
74. There’s a documentary about a 2022 Plutus hackathon in Argentina. https://twitter.com/LarsBrunjes/status/1663111319732535297
75. Pavia is testing NFT gating. This could get very interesting. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1663153213988823040
76. Marlowe is on mainnet! You can now code Cardano smart contracts in javascript or blockly via Marlowe! This is an amazing leap forward. https://twitter.com/marlowe_io/status/1663480828016435200
77. Don’t forget! We are still in the re-delegation phase of the CF Poll. See how your stake pool voted! If they were voting for their pocketbook instead of decentralization, you should re-delegate! https://twitter.com/Cardano_CF/status/1663564854572244994
78. Wow! Cardano projects are doing big things these days! https://twitter.com/CardanoCrocClub/status/1663468916843114498
79. The CCP has dropped a white paper on how it will develop Web 3 including NFTs and the metaverse. https://twitter.com/milestones_nft/status/1663458500922712064
80. Lace is now open source! https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1663953642045714433
81. Binance is back and apparently they don’t care if someone had that ticker first. https://twitter.com/pool_pm/status/1663809731603906560
82. Summon is now allowing for multichain swaps of ADA & ERG. https://twitter.com/N8iveToEarth/status/1664038846563225600
83. Charles did a Twitter Space with World Mobile. https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/1663984094252810283
84. Here’s an easy infographic on CIP-1694 Voltaire governance from IOG. https://twitter.com/Hornan7/status/1664007623799185409
85. Apparently, Cardano sushi is a thing! https://twitter.com/Allison_Fromm/status/1663841386074976257
86. This kind of sums up the problems with central bank behavior over the last 20 years. https://twitter.com/JeffWenigestatus/1664012650781585409
87. Interesting news about the currency in one of Cardano’s biggest metaverse projects. https://twitter.com/Pavia_io/status/1664240389610704896
88. Messari has released an article on operational decentralization in proof-of-stake crypto. https://messari.io/report/evaluating-validator-decentralization-geographic-and-infrastructure-distribution-in-proof-of-stake-networks
89. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has MASSIVELY revised their figures on Q4 of 2022. No surprise, the numbers were much worse than they told us. https://twitter.com/FrogNews/status/1664253845399130113
90. Looks like DAOs are getting a little hesitant about fee switches due to possible legal/tax implications. https://twitter.com/FrogNews/status/1664253845399130113
91. We even have Arctic block production. https://twitter.com/Laponia_pool/status/1664226409466740737
92. Questions are being raised regarding the blockspace consumption of dApps still on Plutus v1. https://twitter.com/matiwinnetou/status/1664385383122051073
93. Atomic wallet got hacked. https://twitter.com/zachxbt/status/1665080799253733377
94. No surprise: general interest in crypto & Cardano is still pretty low according to google trends. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=today%205-y&geo=US&q=cardano&hl=en
95. Here’s the Weekly Development Update from June 2. https://twitter.com/InputOutputHK/status/1665394985934499840
96. The Chairs of the House Committee on Financial Services (McHenry) and the House Committee on Agriculture (Thompson) are co-sponsoring a new pro-crypto Digital Asset Market Structure Bill. Currently just a discussion draft. Here’s the summary. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AG/AG00/20230606/116051/HHRG-118-AG00-20230606-SD002.pdf
97. Here’s the actual discussion draft. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AG/AG00/20230606/116051/HHRG-118-AG00-20230606-SD003.pdf
98. Here’s a section-by-section with exhibits. https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AG/AG00/20230606/116051/HHRG-118-AG00-20230606-SD001.pdf
99. Cornucopias has released more game footage. https://twitter.com/RobGreig3/status/1665310543589040130

~Army of Spies

1 . Compared to the original, this is an unwatchable travesty on every level.
2 . Compared to the live-action remakes of this generation, it is pretty good, and the '89 songs are obviously still great...

1. . . . But, the nuances in change and inflection, as well as the dramatic high notes added to change what were already perfect songs into what are now try-hard ballads, can be jarring and/or feel dense in your ears.
   
2. The three new songs are shockingly, offensively bad. Terribly written cheap cliches, horribly sung, and unnecessarily character-bending; low-hangy-fruity metaphors about "uncharted water" vs "gravity" like wtf bitches, I know this was a kid's film but it wasn't some like "goo-goo-ga-ga teletubbies dumb-dumb spoonfeed me and beat me over the head" level infant show you assholes, what is this:
   

a. Ariel's new song is so awful it's actually hurtful and degrading to viewers everywhere- fans and nonfans alike. And referring to herself using the third person is not an Ariel thing, it's a loser thing;
b. Eric's strangely effeminate, emasculating, and desperate plea to be rescued by his fantasy girl in the form of his song is just unbelievable. Unbelievable what they did to that man, what a pansy they reduced him to.
c. Scuttle's song ironically seems the most appropriate, at least in that it's short and funny enough without altering the character or tone much at all.

1. Eric is emasculated on various levels (and he is wearing Aladdin's vest, why). He doesn't ever get to prove himself, he doesn't get to annihilate Ursula and save Ariel, and they've even given him a mother who basically keeps his balls in her purse: why?
   
2. That's not Ariel. Not physically, not energetically. If this girl is confused/offended to find that people don't think she looks like Ariel, then she obviously needs mental help. And, she often sounds like JLo, as in weirdly nasal and shrill. She doesn't fit the bill, stop trying to pretend she does. We have fucking eyes lol the jig is up wtf are you doing. Be embarrassed already and go delete this movie from history right now. The dinglehopper, the iconic hair flip breaking the surface? This shit wasn't written for dreadlocks, neither could be practically accomplished in dreadlocks. Singing longingly at him from the rock, hair flowing wildly and brightly in the wind? Now we have some heavy head of a mop struggling humiliatingly and painfully to prop itself on a rock in some grim display despite it being broad fucking daylight somehow? wtf you clowns. You would have at least made the sea surface fucking sparkle and stuff if it didn't only overemphasize how drab your mermaid inherently is.
   

Those aren't her sisters, what with their random new names. That's not Ursula, and Ursula is not Ariel's auntie. That's not Triton, mainly because Triton was never before alluded to as a total zeus-gigolo king-bigelow collecting daughters from every culture the way Ariel collects endless thingamabobs from the surface.

1. Those are not Sebastian, Scuttle, and Flounder, but they are endearing enough for this film, and they're a likable trio.
   
2. The girl who plays Vanessa is the best part of this film and the best actor here: her screen time is like a total of 60-90 seconds in all, and yet she has the most intense and fulfilling resemblance to the energy of the cartoon character she is portraying. She for me made this remake worth it over anything else here.
   
3. The graphics are not superb if you care about that stuff. I don't really so it didn't bug me, but nobody looks like they're underwater during dialogues and there are no bubbles ever. The distant shots of her swimming through the water are lovely.
   
4. The dresses. The world's most iconic dresses: the blue town dress with the blue bouncy bow, the pink dining gown, the shimmering purple gown, even the white shipwreck thingy with ropes that Scuttle designed. Not a single one of them anywhere to be found in the remake, how dare they...?
   

Instead, we get this cheap, dull frump of a frilly tulle nightmare from some hell dimension where tears are the only currency, paired with some dirty rag of a headband...? wtf man. They didn't even try. They literally kidnapped a Knott's Berry Farm employee in the midst of her jam-making shift, beat her up, stole her smock, and threw it at this random black kid, and then rolled cameras like "here- you be ariel i guess. we have no time, this much so far has already cost $17 billion, hurry, the goal was to launder money not actually spend any, quiCK!"
And what is that weird tube top she wears as a mermaid? WTF is that? A piece of her own fin that she skinned off and plastered across her chest...? Why does it have scales dude it still looks alive and what the fuck is wrong with ALL of you sisters and your skin looking like your fins in the form of fancy tops? Is this how your skin just grows, like those are your tits? Because if not, then you found fish that look exactly like yourselves and harvested them for fashion, if not self-mutilated.

1. Two-hour run time = too long.
   
2. It'll make you nostalgic over the original so you'll likely rewatch the '89 classic to wash this one out of your mouth.
   

I ended it there.
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And then a new wave started forming so I continued lol.

1. There is a painful recurring issue in this movie: some moments and lines are nearly identical to a point that is almost so fulfilling to relive ... and then there's this slight yet awkward change in the delivery or the word inflection or something that creates this huge THUD in energy, like it just FALLS so LIMP on your head. They invite the comparison and use it to hook your engagement for a second, manipulating you through a nostalgia-mimic-tease, then they immediately drop the ball and make it SUCK and force you to just bo0m DISSOCIATE so hard. I can't explain what a gross, violating feeling it is. It's like, do something way different, OR keep everything the exact same, DON'T meander about somewhere in the middle where there is zero meaning, and DON'T embark upon recreating a scene or a line only to deviate from it mid-sequence or mid-sentence.
   
2. It's creepy any time she pops her head above water lurking to secretly observe Eric. It's like horrifying. Why is it always dark, why is she always wriggling her fingers like an excited witch over the rocks, and why does her hair look like the girl's from The Ring.
   
3. In Aladdin, they do this weird thing where "the help" gets involved in the background like in a Shakespearean play, to aid in the young lovers' love, which I thought was annoying. Then they photocopied that general subplot into this remake too, shamelessly, carelessly, as not-Grimsby and some random new lady nobody asked for are to be some unsung heroes now.
   
4. Also, they morphed Eric into Princess Jasmine in this remake, what with his "but i don't wanna be a prince, i wanna go beyond the palace walls, oppressive parent-figure!" just to complete his character transformation into a woman, I guess?
   
5. Ariel is the valiant knight who kills Ursula, and she doesn't wed Erica in the end, just to complete her character transformation into a man, I guess?
   
6. Ariel suddenly chiming in passionately during "Under the Sea" is a humiliating misunderstanding of the whole plot.
   
7. Scuttle was honestly okay. Of all the horrible things of this movie, she's not among them. Obnoxious, slapsticky, raspy, blunt ass: she's not Scuttle, but she's a good enough rendition of his general energy. Most importantly, kids will likely enjoy Scuttle and Sebastian more than anything else over the grueling two hours.
   
8. There's nothing to say about Triton, because there was nothing there. Just the low monotone echoes of some hispanic dude in the distance? He was like a ghost, played by a ghost.
   

There's nothing to say about Ursula, because there was nothing there. She was almost exactly like the cartoon one for the most part, only like the general skeleton form or outline of her with nothing inside. Or like a cardboard cutout of her that somebody apathetically toted about the scenery as if just to get a reference the way they do in pre-shoots and rehearsals and shit. The parts where she should be intensely belting or spitting shit out, she is muted; the parts where she should be calm, she is belting shit out and making a spectacle out of her confused, talentless self.

1. There's no grand orchestral opening scene introducing the sisters- huge letdown from the film's onset. But at least it plummets your expectations to a safe below ground haven from which you might endure the rest of the, like I said, grueling hours.
   
2. The glittery sparkling ocean surface and dreamy land/seascapes: nowhere to be found. The gorgeous glistening seaside castle: fucking gone man. There are just zero shimmers, sparkles, bubbles, or color pops in this bleak abysmal damp cave of a fucking movie, people, when that was like 94% of the freaking aesthetic, energy, spirit, function, lullaby, and purpose of the goddamn original. I'll kill you all for this shit.
   
3. In the end, all the wealthy black fisherman in broken down boats (?) within a blink of an eye suddenly find themselves surrounded by terrifying sci-fi fish-people-aliens, some just chilling there in their own personal boats like this is their uncle's lagoon, five seconds away from murdering this entire village if they so choose, nonchalantly flapping their gigantic slimy fins all over the place with such a sense of belonging somehow like this is their comfort zone, rubbing their titty-scales on everybody's personal property, making out with the locals and shit- like holy smokes they came together pretty quick, no shock, no nothing, fucking none of these humans are scared, confused, or even like squeamish? But they're gigantic, intelligent sea monsters who have got you surrounded now and are closing in, and the only one who likes or cares about you people is about to go die at sea with your future ruler so you're obviously fucked as her father Poseidon is notorious for hating your kind, like this may very well be the moment of genocide he's been waiting for his entire life since the death of wife #794/this version of Ariel's mom; and then the only other time you guys saw this shit was when that gigantic octopus almost ate all of your babies at the last wedding: why are you so calm that being your only other association to these creatures...?! And if you're this calm and unfazed by sea-people, then what the fuck was even the main conflict of this entire film? Ariel could have been flapping her way through the city streets emasculating Eric in public instead of just in private this whole time, obviously nobody here cares, fish, human, pegasus, black queen, what have you, they're all within the realm of possibility- nay, probability.
   

In the cartoon, the mermaids respect fucking boundaries in the end, they're just waving goodbye from their ocean border, they're not crawling into the people's fucking houses at high tide wagging their fish genitals at humanity looking to breed a new species in the name of a wedding nobody invited them to and is apparently not even actually taking place anymore, because these two humans are about to go travel the world in a literal mother fucking rowboat instead, because the prince of this film is an adrenaline junkie who doesn't feel alive unless he is getting shipwrecked over and over, likely a recurring trauma left over from the time he was one years old and survived a shipwreck somehow that he keeps reliving and his mother keeps reminding him of as her own personal tool for oppression over him- this honeymoon will be like his third or fourth time almost dying in a shoddy boat at sea over the brief like 18 years he's been alive? and he has like zero ptsd or even the barest sense of basic caution or any lessons learned in seafaring protocol 101. you know she's not a mermaid anymore right? you can't be fainting helplessly and crying out "sAave mE finD mE" with pretty pink bows in your hair at her this time, she will die with you, get it? wtf is this. can you explain any of this to me or anyone? of course not, and why should we have to now?

1. The original's a father-daughter story before it's a boy-girl-love story. Anybody who gives a shit about that movie knows that. Doing things like giving Erica extra songs/story pieces as if he's co-star of the narrative is such a mortifyingly dense misconception of such an otherwise uniquely gorgeous, deep story singing a whole other tune entirely. Legitimately shameful.

. . . AND THEN rewriting the "love story" so that Ariel's "a more empowered female" as if to admit you mislabeled the original Ariel "unempowered," as in, you obviously oppressed her by overlooking everything beautiful and true about her, projecting all of this shit "to fix" that didn't even exist, and by "fixing it" as you have, you only stripped the girl of her voice. Your movie makes it clear you have no idea what the film you're "recreating" is even about, and your capacity to grasp the basic symbolism, themes, and meanings of even children's films is below a third-grade level.
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I am only accepting PayPal F&F.
Shipping is not included. Open to bundle offers.
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$175	Shantae: half genie hero, pirate curse, risky revenge director's cut, slipcover	Selling as a bundle, all sealed	PS5
$40	Cthulhu Save Christmas	Sealed	PS5
$55	River city girls	Sealed	PS5
$95	Castlevania Requiem [Classic Edition]	Sealed	PS4
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$225	Pikmin	Sealed	Gamecube
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$90	Golden sun + Golden sun the lost age	Both loose	Gameboy advance
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$23	Mario kart super circuit	Loose	Gameboy advance
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$185	Mega Man Star Force 3 Red Joker	CIB, great condition	DS
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$25	Dig Dug Digging Strike	CIB, sticker residue on the front	DS
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$30	3 wii games bundle include Truck racer, Miniclip Sushi Go-Round, Brave A Warrior's Tale	All games are sealed. Sealed game top right seal is broken. Selling as a bundle	Wii

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$50	Arc Of Alchemist	Sealed	Switch
$45	Astalon: Tears Of The Earth	Sealed	Switch
$65	Axiom Verge 1 & 2	Sealed	Switch
$30	Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe	CIB, LRG variant	Switch
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$45	Black Bird	Sealed	Switch
$50	BloodRayne Betrayal: Fresh Bites	Sealed	Switch
$105	Bloodrayne 1 & 2: Revamped [Dual Pack]	Sealed	Switch
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$60	Bloodstained curse of the moon 2	PAX west variant, sealed, small cut on the plastic cover	Switch
$65	Code of princess EX	Launch edition with soundtrack	Switch
$40	DARQ complete edition	Sealed	Switch
$95	Deponia Collection	Sealed	Switch
$60	Doom the classic collection	Sealed	Switch
$60	Dusk	Sealed	Switch
$55	Fairy Tail	Game, case, insert	Switch
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$33	Giga Wrecker ALT	Sealed, LRG variant	Switch
$35	Grand mountain adventure	Sealed	Switch
$35	Gris	LRG variant, sealed	Switch
$35	Hyper Parasite	Sealed	Switch
$30	Ion Fury	CIB	Switch
$85	Jay And Silent Bob: Mall Brawl	Sealed	Switch
$65	Langrisser I & II	Game, case, insert	Switch
$45	Last day of June	Sealed	Switch
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$46	Mercenary Kings	CIB	Switch
$75	Metal Unit super rare games	Sealed	Switch
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$50	Murder By Numbers Playasia edition	Sealed	Switch
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$60	Oninaki	Sealed, JPN version	Switch
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I posted a rant about vaccine-induced Long COVID a few days ago. The tone aNd sArCaStiC tYpE were neither kind nor compassionate - for which I sincerely apologize. I realized during the subsequent debate that my anger wasn’t with Long Haulers who worry the vaccine might have compounded or even caused their disability - it’s with the sociopaths who’ve weaponized the issue, to everyone’s detriment.
This subreddit is one of the few forums that seeks scientific corroboration even in the absence of irrefutable proof (vs the superstitious pseudo-scientific grifting we find pretty much everywhere else). We brainstorm mechanisms and potential treatments based on the studies we come across in the hopes that some of us might come up with ways to mitigate the damage done by SARS CoV-2. I’ve been very impressed by this collective hive-mind on more than one occasion.
Meanwhile, search Twitter or Facebook for anything COVID-related and by far the most hits you get have to do with vaccine war-crimes – no studies, no facts, just wave upon wave of speculation, misrepresentation and distrust, often from really slick-looking blogs and videos. Dig a little deeper into the allegations and you more often than not realize the authors’ motives aren’t the furthering of scientific knowledge. To put it mildly.
The problem isn’t your suspicion – it might not make physiological sense to me, but it’s what you’re going through – who am I to question that? No, the problem is that the vast majority of people pushing the vaccine-toxic! narrative (not here – out there) are politically motivated activists who were at it long before mRNA was a thing and who would use Long Haulers as a Trojan horse to take down the institutions they loathe – the very institutions we need to get us out of this mess.
They’ve made any serious conversation about the issue (let alone serious research on it) unbearably loaded.
You can’t work with bad-faith actors, and we need to work this problem (I mean Long COVID – be it vaccine-aggravated, vaccine-induced or utterly unrelated to vaccines).
Educating the medical establishment? Please, God, yes. Sowing distrust in the medical establishment? That will always worry me. Our trust in them has badly eroded - partly from within, through misguided convenience, medical dogma and outright incompetence – but partly from without, via well-funded, politically-motivated campaigns of disinformation and, often, an incomplete understanding of the inner-workings of vaccine research and, crucially, vaccine approval.
We need to fight on both fronts simultaneously. In my mind, that means looking especially hard at the evidence and pushing back against loose-association soundbites. Bad info doesn’t just attack a given vaccine, it threatens public health as a collective goal. That's the point. And I for one won't stand by while lies pass for the truth. On either side of this (or any) issue.
That being said, I agree that we need to look the vaccine’s effect on Long COVID. I’ve held off getting a booster out of fear that it might compound my condition (just as a cold might, or merely taking out the trash at this point) but also because I don’t need it, seeing as I intend to remain in an air-tight bubble at least until I get healthy again (I can afford that luxury – I know most people can’t).
Could a booster help eliminate our symptoms, as some have reported? We should look into that. Could it make them worse, as others have reported? We’d find out. If only to ease concerns that Long COVID was self-inflicted, I think it would be worth it. The lunatic fringe has made that inquiry fraught. So I’m angry alright. But not at you – at them.
Bottom line: I still think it’s a disservice to consider vaccine-induced Long COVID a fact instead of a hypothesis. Because we don’t yet know for sure, but also because of the vultures circling above us. If it were up to them, society would go without any vaccine, plunging us back into the dark ages of high infant mortality and preventable disease. And I’m still hoping a better (much better) vaccine might still bring an end to this shit-show of a pandemic.
People I trust and who are well versed in medicine find the Vaccine-induced hypothesis physiologically tenuous, but as with so many other things COVID, there is too much we don’t yet understand. Calling you out the way I did was wrong. I’m sorry for that. It won’t happen again.

Mathcord and UniteAPI Meta Report

    Welcome back to the Mathcord and UniteAPI Meta Report! SteveMyCat and the Contributors of Mathcord at Unite-DB have teamed up with the creators of Unite API to compile and analyze the data of the weekly meta report. This report includes data of each of the top 9999 Master ranked players' non-bot, non-duplicate ranked matches, and includes win rates and pick rates for all Pokémon, as well as that same data for all movesets chosen at least 1% of the time.
    Life has happened for the writers of this report, so it was put on a hiatus for a bit. A lot has changed since the last report so buckle up and let’s get started.
Previous Meta Report
 
(There are 2 win rates we will be discussing and marking throughout. The first is the Non Mirror Win Rate (NMWR). The NMWR is when one team has said Pokemon, but not the other. The second is Overall Win Rate (OVW), which is just Total Wins / (Total Wins + Total Losses))

Meta

Data from : 2023-05-28 16:05 ➤ 2023-06-04 16:06

Total Games
174,830

Master Rank Breakdown

Rank 1	Rank 5000	Rank 9999
3437	1816	1733

Top 10 Pokémon

 
The Win Rates On The Table Are The NMWR

Pokémon	WR Current	WR Previous	Pick % Current	Pick % Previous	Total Picks	Skill 1/ Skill 2	Skill WR	Skill Pick
Zacian	56.24%	56.4%	16.7%	18.3%	58390	Sacred Sword/ Agility	58.99%	74.9%
Umbreon	54.34%	53.6%	33.05%	20.13%	115546	Foul Play/ Snarl	59.01%	57.35%
Glaceon	54.16%	53.72%	45.78%	45.86%	160087	Icicle Spea Ice Shard	54.55%	96.78%
Lapras	53.03%	53.29%	26.1%	26.81%	91277	Water Pulse/ Bubble Beam	53.66%	82.98%
Eldegoss	52.36%	51.74%	12.65%	12.12%	44218	Pollen Puff/ Cotton Spore	52.86%	46.72%
Dodrio	52.02%	50.98%	8.93%	9.33%	31214	Tri Attack/ Agility	53.08%	32.5%
Chandelure	51.52%	51.83%	10.86%	10.79%	37979	Overheat/ Imprison	52.62%	70.68%
Duraludon	50.83%	51.97%	2.24%	2.12%	7825	Dragon Pulse/ Dragon Tail	53.02%	42.35%
Clefable	50.79%	50.93%	9.19%	9.21%	32130	Moonlight/ Gravity	50.94%	77.7%
Cramorant	50.76%	50.81%	4.69%	4.7%	16416	Dive/ Air Slash	52.05%	71.5%

See all the leaderboard and stats here
 

Weekly API report

A lot has changed since the last writeup (linked above), some for the better, and others debatable. The most notable changes are covered just below with the top 5 pick and win rates, and further with the 2 new Pokemon that have been released!
 

The Top 5 Pick Rates

There are 5 Pokemon who are head and shoulders above the rest in pick rate, while also all sitting in the top 12 in win rate, and all above 50%.

• Glaceon 45.78%
• Umbreon 33.05%
• Lapras 26.1%
• Ninetales 18.53%
• Zoroark 18.21%

 

Glaceon

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Glaceon received buffs to Icicle Spear and Ice Shard when it was actually in a relatively healthy spot. The damage buffs were on the smaller side, but still noticeable. The larger buffs are to the cooldown of Icicle Spear and Duration of Ice Shard. Spear had a small window of downtime that gave counterplay, however that is all but gone. Shard now lasts 20% longer and has a much higher attack speed increase on the normal and plus versions. Glaceons rotations have very little downtime between and the previous build path choices for attack speed to be able to stack 8 crystals earlier vs gearing for late game with sp attack have lost all nuance. Glaceon no longer needs attack speed items, meaning that the damage increase from the patch is larger than anticipated. This, plus the addition of spoon has made Glaceon much stronger than the patch notes were able to demonstrate.
There is still a bug causing Glaceon to deal additional damage to wilds, which further exacerbates this issue
 

Umbreon

Your Shields Are Mine
An interesting release. Part of the pick rate can be attributed to the hype surrounding it. Another part is that it has a strong early-mid game that pivots well into the late game. Foul Play / Snarl has seen the highest pick rate and win rate, beating out all other sets by a significant margin. With a 55.51% win rate, the next highest is 49.84%, Foul Play / Snarl has had a strong early showing in the top 10,000. Mean look has solid utility and can be amazing if your team capitalizes on it, however it requires more coordination than you will find in a non-5s game of Unite. Wish holds lower win rates with each combination of the first move than snarl, which can mean it needs more playtime, testing, or an adjustment. Only time will tell. Players will get more comfortable playing with and against Umbreon and these numbers may shift because of it.  

Lapras

Splish Splash Your Team Is In The Trash
A strong showing of a defender at release, Lapras boasts solid damage mitigation, sustain, mobility, consistent damage, and crowd control. This combination is hard to beat for most characters, especially the ones in the current metagame. Lapras’ glaring weakness is consistent, lower ticks of damage, namely from characters like Cinderace/Greninja/Dragapult. These characters have largely been pushed out of relevance by the current hot picks, giving Lapras a lot of breathing room. Lapras also possesses the tools to take these characters out in the form of its Unite. Imagine the impact of Blastoise Unite except you can cover half the map, with a lower cooldown. It does have some drawbacks, but this is an amazing gap closing tool that boasts high damage and crowd control that can single handedly make a squishy set of Pokemon irrelevant.
 

Alolan Ninetales

Ice Ice Baby
A return of an old favorite! Ninetales received much needed buffs, namely Blizzard’s cooldown being lowered to match Avalanche, and the Unite charge being reduced. Ninetales rotations are smoother, and it is able to more consistently do what it is intended to do. The early pressure it is able to exert at level 3 is quite strong, filling the gap the Espeon nerfs created. This is earlier than most mages can reliably pressure the lane and gives Ninetales a nice niche to fill over the others.
 

Zoroark

Zip Dash Zip Dash Dash Zip Slash
Zoroark received buffs recently that have propelled it into being a relevant speedster next to Dodrio. Most of these were cooldown buffs which allowed more uptime on the moves giving Zoroark smaller windows of vulnerability between sets.
 

The Top 5 Win Rates

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• Zacian 56.24%
• Umbreon 54.34%
• Glaceon 54.16%
• Lapras 53.03%
• Eldegoss 53.03%

Pokemon that appear here and in the Top 5 Pick Rates were discussed in full above
 

Zacian

Neat
 

Eldegoss

Get Puffed Nerd
A real gem of the format. Eldegoss was overshadowed by other supporters for a while, but it has a very solid kit and has been slowly seeing more play as people realize that it has the tools to deal with the current meta. An early game menace with slows on auto attacks, it becomes a solid healer that gains damage mitigation for the team with pollen puff+. Pollen Puff is the preferred move, and can be used in combo with Cotton Spore or Cotton Guard depending on the enemy team comp and your preferred playstyle.
 

New Release!

Umbreon

Discussed above
 

Chandelure

This Thing Is LIT
Another new release, Chandelure has been a solid addition to the roster that has good tools to keep itself alive and help the team. Overheat / Imprison has been the highest performing moveset, and for good reason. Overheat has solid AOE damage, is flexible with the cast time, and most importantly can be used while moving. Imprison is the first true silence effect brought into the game, and this is very powerful when every Pokemon is reliant on move rotations. Silence prevent a Pokemon from using any moves, similar to how dashes cannot be used inside of Clefable’s Gravity. Imprison also roots the first Pokemon hit, which can create breathing room for Chandelure and its team. The Unite also reduces vision of nearby enemy Pokemon, similar to Greninjas Smoke Screen, and gives Chandelure access to a channeled death beam that does considerable damage.

Does this look like foamy urine?? I'm female

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NES games
Baseball (5 screw) 5 (x2)
Batman: The Video Game 15
Blades of Steel 7 (x2)
Blaster Master 10
A Boy & His Blob 13
Bubble Bobble 17(x3)
Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers 21
Contra 39
Double Dribble 5
Duck Hunt (5 screw) 10
Duck Tales 23
Faxanadu 8
Golf 4
Gotcha! The Sport 6
Hogan’s Alley 7
Ice Hockey 3
Karate Champ (CIB) 33
Karate Champ (5 Screw) 6
Kid Kool 15
King’s Knight 9
Kung Fu (5 screw) 8
Legacy of the Wizard 7
Little Mermaid 12
Little Nemo Dream Master 15 (x2)
Marble Madness 6
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! 42
Milon’s Secret Castle 6
Monopoly 6
NES Open Golf Tournament Golf 10
Othello 4
Pin-Bot 7
Pinball Quest 10
R.C. Pro-Am 10
Super Mario Bros. (5 screw) 17
Super Mario Bros/Duck Hunt 8 (x6)
Super Mario Bros. 2
Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Off-Road 14
Tecmo Bowl 11
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 9 (x3)
Tetris 10 (x3)
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TKO Super Championship Boxing (see condition) 8
Shaq-Fu 8
Super Return of the Jedi (see condition) 6
Top Gear 12
Zombies Ate My Neighbors 34
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N64 Games
1080 Snowboarding (Japan) 5
Mario Story (AKA Paper Mario) (Japan) 15
Super Smash Bros. (Japan) 13
Wave Race 64 (condition) 8
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Gamecube Games
Wavebird Platinum wireless controller w/dongle 63
The Hobbit 17
Mega Man X Collection 25
Mystic Heroes 28
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Nintendo Wii Games
Beatles: Rock Band 9 (x2)
Big Brain Academy (new sealed) 12
Bully 12
Excite Truck 9
Game Party 7
Just Dance 2018 20
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess 16
Madworld 15
Mario Sports Mix with case 32
Mario Sports Mix disc only 20
The Monkey King 7
Rabbids Go Home 10
Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition 11
Wii Play 7
Wii Play: Motion 22
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Nintendo Switch Games & Accessories
Super Mario Enhanced Wired Controller & Slim Case 25
Link Amiibo 28
Splatoon Amiibo (see condition) 10
Minecraft 21
Shin Megami Tensei V 25
Nintendo DS games(loose unless noted)
Barnyard Blast 13
Goosebumps Horrorland 9
Mario & Sonic Olympic Winter Games 10
Sonic Classic Collection 11
Spider-Man 3 8
Transformers Decepticons 9
Nintendo 3DS games (loose unless noted)
Bust-a-Move Universe (complete with box & manual) 13
Jaws: Ultimate Predator 12
Monster High: New Ghoul in School 22
New Super Mario Bros 2 15
Nintendogs F. B-dog 17
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PlayStation 1 games (in box unless noted)
007 Tomorrow Never Dies (disc only) 6
007 Tomorrow Never Dies (manual only) 3
007 The World is Not Enough 8
Assault: Retribution (disc only) 7
Assault: Retribution (manual only) 8
Cool Boarders 4 8
Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back 20
Final Fantasy Anthology 30
Final Fantasy Tactics (disc only) 17
G Police (disc only) 9
G Police (manual only) 4
R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 (discs only) 14
R4 Ridge Racer Type 4 (manual) 12
Resident Evil (disc only) 27
Star Wars Dark Forces (disc only) 9
Star Wars Dark Forces (manual only) 7
Star Wars Rebel Assault II 13
Tenchu Stealth Assassins (disc only) 13
Tomb Raider II (disc only)7 (x2)
Tomb Raider II (manual only) 4 (x2)
Tomb Raider III (disc only) 6
Tomb Raider III (manual only) 6
Twisted Metal III (disc only) 11
Twisted Metal III (manual only) 10
Vigilante 8 (disc only) 11
Vigilante 8 (manual only) 8
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Playstation 2 games (in box unless noted)
007 Nightfire 9
Aggressive Inline 10
Avatar The Burning Earth 10
Bully 13
Cars (Disney Pixar) 8
Delta Force Black Hawk Down 9
Devil May Cry 10
Family Guy 21
Fight Night Round 3 10
Final Fantasy X 10
Final Fantasy X-2 10
Gallop Racer 2004 13
Gallop Racer 2006 14
Grand Theft Auto 3 x3 7
Grand Theft Auto San Andreas 12
Madden NFL 12 25
MLB 11 The Show 7
Red Dead Revolver 16 (x2)
Shadow of Rome 29
Thrillville Off The Rails 8
Tomb Raider Anniversary 10
The Urbz: Sims in the City 14
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 11
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PlayStation 3 games (in box unless noted)
Burnout Paradise (disc only) 6
Dead Space 3 Limited 12
Disney Infinity 3.0 (sealed) 15
Driver San Francisco (disc only) 17
Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City (new sealed, small tear in wrapper) 20
inFamous (disc only) 6
Lego Indiana Jones (disc only) 7
Marvel Ultimate Alliance SE (disc only) 20
The Sims 3 9
Split/Second (disc only) 7
Wolfenstein The New Order 7
WWE ‘12 (disc only) 8
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 (disc only) 10
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Xbox games (in box unless noted)
Hunter- the Reckoning 11
Max Payne 2 the Fall of Max Payne 11
Need for Speed Underground 2 (disc in blank case) 13
Tony Hawk’s Underground 2 9
Xbox Exhibition Vol. 5 11
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Xbox 360 games (in box unless noted)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 5
Dante’s Inferno (disc in blank case) 9
Dark Souls II Scholar of the First Sin 15
Disney Infinity 2.0 (new sealed) 10
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 15
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City 10
Transformers Fall of Cybertron 44
WWE All Stars 23
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Xbox One games (in box unless noted)
Borderlands the Handsome Collection 6
Evil Within, The 7
Final Fantasy XV (new sealed) 9
Halo Wars 2 (disc in blank case) 10
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Sega Genesis games (loose)
Batman Forever (damaged label) 3
MLBPA Baseball 4
NBA Action 94 (complete) 7
Revolution X 5
Sonic the Hedgehog 11
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Intellivision Games
Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (Complete) 12
Pac-Man 19
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PC Games (complete in box unless noted)
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Legendary Edition 30
Shadowrun (New, sealed w/slipcover) 17
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Ultimate Sith Edition 13
The Sims 2 Best of Business Collection Expansion 11
The Sims 2 Double Deluxe (w/bonus dvd) x2 12
The Sims 2: Apartment Life Expansion x3 12
The Sims 2: FreeTime Expansion 14

Hi everyone, I have been having foamg urine in addition to my prostatitis symptoms. Has anyone here successfully eradicated or got rid of it?
P.S It's actually foamy and bubbly. Tried different toilets and considered speed as well.
I am more worried about this than my prostate now. Never ending loop. Plz advise.
Tests done until now either show trace protein or no protein. But, it always has trace glucose.

1. The Celtic root *budaro- (OIr bodar, MW byddar ‘deaf/numb’) is given by Ranko Matasović in https://www.academia.edu/1489376/Addenda_et_Corrigenda_to_Etymological_Dictionary_of_Proto_Celtic_Brill_Leiden_2009_ . He thinks it could only be compared to Skt. bhadirá- ‘deaf’ if the *u is analogy from *bh(a)udho- (Go. bauþs ‘deaf/dumb/tasteless’). This is going much too far. These words should be compared no matter what the reason for -y- vs. -a- turns out to be, even if -y- in byddar is NEVER explained. Refusing to acknowledge that these words, both IE, are definitely related even if no regular reason to connect them exists is part of the reason I feel linguistics is a long way from being a science.

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These words, sometimes given as *bhodHro- & *bhauTo-, are too close to be unrelated in the first place. He was probably unaware of Dardic data (*bhōḍa- > A. bhúuro ‘deaf’, Ka. boor, Ni. buṛa, Ti. bow https://nuristan.info/lngFrameL.html ) in which the retroflex ḍ might come from dr with optional loss of r (like G. déndron ‘tree’, Skt. daṇḍá- ‘staff’; *endro- > Ks. ónḍrak ‘egg’, Skt. āṇḍá-m \ aṇḍá- ‘egg / testicle’) or change of dental after RUKI. If *bhōdra- > *bhōḍa- then both Celtic and Indo-Iranian would show alternation au/u in this word. To these I’d add Kt. béṇa ‘numb’ since -ṇ- after a vowel indicates a cluster (old ṇ > ň ( > ř )), maybe *bhöüdra \ *bhöidna (compare r / n in Skt. sū́rya- ‘sun’, Bangani suni; Skt. hárita- ‘pale (yellow/red)’, Kt. zařá, Kv. dzaňá ‘red/orange/brown’; optional au > oi in *g^heu- > B. goi- / gom- ‘sacrifice’; *raudhiṭa- > Skt. lóhita-, *loühiḷa- > A. lohóylo ‘red’, Rom. lolo).
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If these words come from *bhah2udh- ‘beat’ (OE béatan, OIc bauta ‘hit/bump/poke’, MIr búalaim ‘hit’) as ‘beaten > truncated/blunt/lumpy/dulled’ then a similar environment as in https://www.reddit.com/IndoEuropean/comments/140qn76/pie_kh2aulo_hollow_tubechannel/ would exist, with both groups having alternation au/u (and maybe a in both, Skt. -a- unclear). It is also similar to Arm. bot’ ‘blunt’ and several Low German words like butt ‘blunt/coarse’, bot ‘dull/stupid’ that could be related or from *b(h)ud(h)- ‘bottom’ (from ‘blunt end’), hard to say. The changes of dh / d / t are not isolated, and many PIE roots seem to have multiple C-changes; many roots show variants ending in p/b/bh or t/d/dh with no explanation other than different suffixes offered. I think optional changes played a large part https://www.reddit.com/IndoEuropean/comments/13xzrrpie_etymology_and_regularity/ . Others *mel(t\d\dh)- ‘ask/pray / vow/recite/tell’, dhub(h)- ‘deep’, *bhud(h)- ‘bottom’, *b(h)u- ‘swell’, *b(h)emb(h)- ‘ball / bubble / blister’, *serp\b\bh- ‘slurp’, *seip\b\bh- ‘drip/oil/soap/sift’, *sleip\b\bh- ‘slip/oil’). Even if suffixes might be imagined for the final -C, initial C- often shows the same https://www.reddit.com/IndoEuropean/comments/13x1295/pie_and_armenian_k/
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1. For other K-, since I say *kWelno- > OIr coll ‘one-eyed’, G. kellás, Skt. kāṇá-, then Dardic evidence like Kv. kâňá ‘one-eyed / blind’, Kh. kànu, Ti. ǝn would show optional k > x > 0 (underlined V = pronounced with tongue retracted, corresponding to Ks. retroflex V’s). *kWelno- or *kWelmo- might also be the source of Iranian *xarma- > Arm. hamr ‘dumb/mute’ (MP xāmōš ‘silent’ has probably been contaminated with the word for ‘ear’). Both k \ x \ h \ 0 would have no regular explanation.

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1. For Bu. šon \ šōn ‘blind’ as a loan from Sh. *šōn (related to Skt. śroṇá- ‘lame/limping’, like Sh. ṣēw ‘blind’, A. ṣíiṛo, Ni. ṣeṛa < Skt. *śreḍa- ‘slanting/squinting’) I’ve also found Dk. šonmŭmūyo ‘mouse’, probably a compound based on the belief that some vermin have bad eyesight (like S. ṣēw khikílo ‘lizard’, maybe earlier ‘blind snake’). A similar compound *šraun-khura (from Skt. śroṇá- ‘lame/limping’, khoṭa- ‘limping/lame’) > Kh. šankhúr ‘nightblind’ might show dissimilation of r-r and u-u. It would then be more evidence for śroṇá- having Dardic cognates for ‘blind’ and that *au was retained long enough there for this dissimilation to happen, showing it was not Indic, which had *au > ō.

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1. The Celtic root *dis-smi- ‘something/anything / a small quantity’ is given by Ranko Matasović. He thinks u-i > i-i is possible in *dus-smi- ‘a bad one’, which makes little sense. If MW byddar ‘deaf/numb’ & Skt. bhadirá- ‘deaf need special explanations even to be considered as related, why would u-i > i-i exist here without any particular reason, passed over entirely? An inconsistency in method like this shows that the appearance of scientific acccuracy is all they seek, not real insight. The meanings in OIr dim ‘something/anything’, MW dim ‘thing / any matter / aught’ don’t seem to have to do with ‘bad’, but maybe ‘small’. With the meaning ‘a small quantity’, which is sometimes ‘one or two’ in languages, *dwi-smi- from *sem- ‘1’, *dwo:w ‘2’ makes sense. *dwi- is the form of ’2’ used in compounds, and assimilation of the endings is possible (maybe like Skt. dvaṃ-dvá-m ‘paicouple’).

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Alb Albanian
Arm Armenian
Aro Aromanian
Asm Assamese
Av Avestan
Bal Baluchi
Be Bengali
Bg Bulgarian
Bu Burushaski
E English
EArm Eastern Armenian
G Greek
Go Gothic
H Hittite
Hi Hindi
Is Ishkashimi
It Italian
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Kd Kurdish
Kho Khotanese
Khw Khwarezmian
Ku Kusunda
L Latin
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M Mitanni
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MArm Middle Armenian
MW Middle Welsh
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OIr Old Irish
OE Old English
ON Old Norse
OPr Old Prussian
OP Old Persian
MP Middle Persian
NP (New) Persian (Farsi)
Nw Norwegian
Os Ossetian
Ph Phrygian
Ps Pashto
R Russian
Ru Romanian\Rumanian
Sar Sarikoli
Shu Shughni
Skt Sanskrit
Sog Sogdian
TA Tocharian A
TB Tocharian B
W Welsh
Wx Wakhi
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Gy Gypsy
Dv Domari \ Do:mva:ri:
Lv Lomavren
Rom Romani
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Dardic Group
A Atshareetaá \ (older Palola < *Paaloolaá)
B Bangani
Ba bHaṭé-sa zíb \ Bhaṭeri
D Degaanó \ Degano
Dk Domaaki \ Domaá \ D.umaki
Dm Dameli
Gi Gultari
Id Indus Kohistani
Ka Kalam Kohistani \ Kalami \ Gawri \ Bashkarik
Kati
Kh Khowàr
Km Kashmiri
Ks Kalasha
KS Kundal Shahi
Kt ktívi kâtá vari
Kv Kâmvíri
Pl Paaluulaá
Pr Prasun
Ni Nišei-alâ
Np Nepali
Sa Saňu-vīri
Sh Shina
Ti Torwali
Wg Waigali \ Kalas.a-alâ