So I have a history of not getting AQ and I think I’ve had a total of 21 total chances of getting AQ now, and I’ve been recently seeing the animations of the champions, when the card is spinning and does the drumroll thing, I think the last 5-10(unsure just how many) chests where I’ve gotten a champ from, and I haven’t seen AQ in those animations anywhere.
I really don’t know what to do since supercell probably will do jack crap about it, and it’s even better knowing the only deck that I’m using actually requires AQ, which is royal hog cycle.
What do you guys think I should do?

So this is a list of the podcast episodes Shaffir listened as ones he particularly liked as he is now ending the show.
There's also direct links to 0-200 as a comment below Enjoi.
First 100:

37: The Nuthouse (Brody Stevens):

"Steven Brody Stevens stopped by Skeptic Tank Studios (my apartment) to share the details of his 17 day stay in the psyche ward at UCLA. It took us, like, 30 minutes to get into the topic, but eventually we did. We diverged a lot into a really cool discussion about perspective on life and how you can fall into a negative and self sabotaging way of thinking about things."

40: Prostitutti Frutti (Miss X):

An upscale prostitute came to the Skeptic Tank to share with us about her job. It was one of the most interesting conversations I've had in a very long time. She was open and honest and very friendly. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did.

50: Buddhism (Duncan Trussell):

Duncan Trussell and I shared a ride out to Brea, CA to do shows at the Brea Improv. Duncan has always been into Buddhism and I figured what better time to talk about modern Buddhism than on a ride to the Inland Empire. It was a really interesting talk and it completely enlightened me to the humongous differences between that and the Judeo-Christian religions in regards to daily life. Enjoy.

73: Love Scam (Sarah Tiana):

Sarah Tiana met me at the Comedy Store to talk about her crazy experience with love in the Middle East. It's sort of a sad story. We're comics, so it was still funny, but it was still really sad at the same time. So it averages out to sort of sad.

80: Chester the Molester (Dale Dudley):

"Dale Dudley came over to my hotel room in Austin, TX to shoot the shit and talk about his childhood molestation. It's way more fun than the subject matter. This is a really good, honest, and funny podcast. It's exactly what I envisioned when I started the Skeptic Tank."

79a: We Are Anonymous (Luke Harder, Star_Fawkes):

Luke Harder and Star_Fawkes met me at the Comedy Store to talk about Anonymous. It was a really enlightening conversation. I think we all got the wrong idea about these guys. This is one to spread around.

79b: We Are Anonymous:

@Anonyphant and @Star_Fawkes came back to the Comedy Store to finish off our conversation about Anonymous. It was a really interesting and enlightening conversations and one of my favorite podcasts I've done. They're not out to get us, you guys. They're here to help us. They are us. We are Anonymous.

92: Caddyshack (Greg Fitzsimmons, Steve Simeone, Greg's hyper dog):

Greg Fitzsimmons had me over to his garage to tell me about his days as a caddy. I had no idea any other comedian had ever worked on a golf course. It's a strange community and it was an enexpected treat to be able to talk about it.

99: Scrappy Doo w Greg Fitzsimmons:

Greg Fitzsimmons had me over to his garage to tell me how much he loves to fight. Not organized fights. Just fights. Just regular, two dudes don't know each other and then one is punching the other, fights. It's a pretty fun podcast. What he does in the car is hard for me to wrap my head around.

95: Childless (Dom Irrera):

Dom Irrera met me at the Laugh Factory to talk about not having children. Dom is one of the only guys I know who has gone through most of his life while avoiding parenthood and we talked all about what that's like. It was a great podcast with an amazing comedian. Twitter him at @DomIrrera.

100: Deliverance (Ryan O'Neill, Jeff Danis, George Saint Pierre, Nate Diaz, Ari Shaffir):

Jeff Danis and Ryan O'Neill came by my apartment to talk about their jobs as grocery delivery drivers. Oh my god, there were so many hilarious stories. They're both comedians from the Comedy Store and their job is so ridiculous. For delivery drivers, there's a shocking amount of talk about nipples and Down syndrome.

104: The Art of War with Greg Jackson and Kevin Christy:

Greg Jackson of Greg Jackson's MMA met me in a hotel room in Vegas a few hours before UFC 156. Greg has always asked me about standup comedy and how comics will handle different situations. After some time he told me why he was so interested. He sees similarities between all art forms. He tries to find universal truths that apply to many art forms so he can apply that knowledge to MMA fight theory. It's really fascinating stuff. We've been talking about this stuff for years now and it's so interesting to me. If, like me, you thought everyone associated with cage fighting were meatheads, you're about to get a beautiful reminder of how people from all walks of life can offer you growth and knowlege.

105: Going Blind (Tom Segura):

Tom Segura invited me to go to his new Barbie Malibu Beach House so we could talk about masturbating. Just two best bro dudes intimately talking about making their penises shoot out loads of semen. And then somewhere at the end we talked about drunk driving. I don't think we ever talked about masturbating while drunk driving but we should have at least brought it up, huh?

115: Heroin - Down In A Hole (Donovan Pee):

Donovan Pee met me in my hotel room in Vancouver to talk about Heroin. Donovan was a heavy heroin user and lived on the streets of one of the most drug addicted blocks in North America. He was involved with the drug for decades and has only recently gotten away from it. It's a fascinating look at the life and exactly the kind of thing I like for this podcast.

113: Lefty Liberty (Jimmy Dore):

Jimmy Dore came by my slop haven of an apartment to tell me the truth about politics. I've never been very political, but lately I've started to become increasingly angrier about how little representation the average citizen has. Jimmy was always into the leftist side of things and he did a great job of explaining the problems with how things are run. And Mat Edgar joins me for the intro and outro to talk about Shroomfest and to share a few extra stealing stories that he forgot to mention on "Klepto."

120: Shroomfest 2013 w Tony Hinchcliffe, Mat Edgar, Pete Cornacchione:

Tony Hinchcliffe, Mat Edgar, Pete Cornacchione, and I spent Shroomfest together this year. We drove out to Joshua Tree, ate some shrooms, and wandered out into the wilderness. And then we had, what I believe, is probably the first podcast recorded at Joshua Tree National Park.

122: Exspecially Cutting:@JustyDodge

Justy Dodge came over to my New York apartment on the hottest day of the summer. We talked about her various mental disorders but centered on cutting. Justy is a New York based standup who spent her teens in and out of rehab for self mutilation. It was a great conversation despite a couple of her white trash words slipping out.

123: You Know What Dad (Robert Kelly):

Robert Kelly invited me over to his beautiful Manhattan apartment so we could talk about becoming a father. He had his first son 45 days ago and we had a nice discussion about what it was like. It was nice for me to hear how a former degenerate like Robert could transform himself into the type of dad that won't get child services called on him.

124: Rape & Eggs (Kathleen McGee):

Kathleen McGee invited me over to the apartment she was staying in while we were in Winnipeg together and we talked about her rape. It's about as lighthearted a conversation as possible considering the subject matter. This is kind of what this podcast is all about. Stark, realistic views of the world told in funny ways. Enjoy.

133: Fuck the Government (Dave Smith):

Dave Smith came over to my apartment so we could talk about this growing disillusionment I'm experiencing with our federal government. Dave is a devout libertarian and he knows a lot more of the facts than I do, so we discussed a lot of where we've gone wrong and where our politicians and generals have betrayed the will of its people. Listen to it now, because when the revolution comes, downloading podcasts won't be easy.

134: Maniac (John F. O'Donnell):

John F O'Donnell met me in Bushwick to talk about his manic depressive disorder. He's gone off the deep end a few times in his life and we got into it all. How it started, what happens, how it's affected him. It was a fun podcast that only got interrupted a couple times by a gang of 8 year old handball punks.

141: Happiness (@SteveSimeone) by AriShaffir:

Steve Simeone invited me over to his place while I was in LA and we talked about happiness. It started off being a conversation about being broke, but it quickly shifted as it became evident that Steve's poverty level was no longer the main influence on his mood. We talked about girls, and about family, and about giganitic boobs. But at its base, it's just a couple of buddies hanging out.

142: Gender Bender (Lauren Hennessy):

Lauren Hennessy came over to my NY apartment to tell me about what it's like to be a he/she. Lauren is a boy trapped in a girl's body. He's been that way since he was born. And you think you had it tough. Don't worry, this didn't get too serious or sad. Just two dudes talking about one of the dude's vaginas.

151: Ass Burger (@AutisticThunder):

Josh Meyrowitz came over to my LA apartment to talk to Mat Edgar and me about asperger's syndrome. I've been hearing about it ever since I was little but I've never met anyone with it until Josh. He's a little different than they way it's usually portrayed on TV. Maybe that's the comic side of him. Anyway, fun conversations on an interesting condition.

152: The Streetz, USA (Doc Willis):

Doc Willis met me at the Comedy Store to talk about his days slinging rock on the streets of Detroit. That's right, when Doc was 14 (What? 14? Yes, 14) he was in a gang and sold drugs to make a living. We go into who his customers were, all the violence, what makes someone hard, and much, much more. It's a really good episode. Enjoy.

157: Divorce, of Course:

"Jacob Sirof and Sherry Sirof (nee East) each had me over to their places of residence to talk about the divorce that they're going through right now. First I went to Moshe Kasher's old place where Jacob is staying. Then a week later I went to their old apartment to talk to Sherry about the same topic. It's an interesting view into two sides of a disolution of the bond of marriage."

159: Thrilled (@TomSegura):

"Tom Segura had me over to his palatial beach house to do an in depth analysis of his first album, Thrilled. It was a hilarious album and I'm glad he was able to give an inside look at how the bits came to be, his delivery style, and the problems he has looking back at the album. We treat it kind of academically. It's something I'd like to see a lot more comics do in the future and I'm so happy Tom was willing to do it here. The standup will be hilarious and the analysis will be instructive."

169: Blacklanta with Big Jay Oakerson and Ms. Pat:

Ms. Pat joined me in a park in Brooklyn (maybe Park Slope? No, that seems wrong) to tell me about what it was like growing up in the hood in Atlanta. Spoiler alert: It was way different than how I grew up in the suburbs of Maryland. It's a story of teen pregnancies, gunshot wounds, and Jimmy Carter..

170: HIV for Victory w Jeff Scott:

"Jeff Scott had me over to his West Hollywood apartment to tell me the story of his HIV. How he got it, how he's managed to live with it for 30 years, how it's affected his life, how he's been treated by others, and about the friends he's lost. It's one of the most interesting podcasts I've done. You should share it with everybody."

173: Beijingaling (@DesBishop, @ComicDaveSmith):

Des Bishop met me in a park in Beijing to tell me all about China. Des is a comic from Ireland by way of New York and he moved to Beijing a couple of years ago to learn Mandarin to try to do standup for Chinese people. He came as an outsider and after almost 2 years there, he's made quite a few observations about the country and about Beijing in particular. What a cool thing about podcasts that I can record these with minimal effort on the other side of the planet. Dave Smith joins me for the intro and outro.

183: Popo (@MarkDemayo):

Mark Demayo came over to my apartment this week. We drank some beers and talked about his 20 years as a policeman in New York. It was a fun, open conversation. I asked him a ton of questions about what being a cop is like and Mark answered everything. Fun podcast.

197: Injection Protection (Morgan Black):

Morgan Black met me in my hotel room in Vancouver to talk about his job at Insite. Insite is the safe injection place on Hastings Street in Vancouver. It's a place in heroin alley where junkies can go to get clean needles and they can use those needls to shoot up in a place that's supervised by people like Morgan. He watches over them to make sure they don't overdose. If they begin to, it's up to him to try and save them. He's seen a lot since he's been there and he shares it here.

203: Prison Rules (Ali Siddiq)

Ali Siddiq met me at the Comedy Store to talk about prison. I always knew prison life was hard, but damn. I didn't know about all of this. Ali spent 6 years locked away with some of the most violent criminals in Texas. This is a great episode and really fun and interesting.

216: Tenement (Nick Mullen):

"Nick Mullen met me at my in New York to talk about his illegal living situation. Nick is a funny young comic who literally lives in tenement housing. We talked all about it and got into some existential stuff about comedy. And we took a fun walk around the Bowery to see his garbage neighborhood full of chuds."

219: Khob Khun Krap with Pete C:

"Pete Cornacchione and I sat down outside the airport in Chiang Mai, Thailand to talk about all the things we saw out there. We did so much that we couldn't even fit it into one episode. So we just talked about mainland Thailand. Phuket, Bangkok, and Chiang Mai. Man, did we do a crapload of stuff. Join us on our podcast..."

223: Palsy with Davey Wester:

Davey Wester trekked his way across Manhattan to my apartment to talk to me about his cerebral palsy. Davey is a Comedy Store comic from way back. We've had a couple CP comics there over the years and this is actually the first time I really talked to any of them about the condition. Surprisingly fun discussion based on the topic. And some good Gallagher stuff. Ian Edwards and Zara Mizrahi join me from Bonnaroo for the introduction.

224: Take Me Out To The Ball Game (@PaulMorrissey):

Paul Morrissey and I went to a Yankee game to talk about baseball. We got seats right behind the visitor's bullpen and we did a podcast from right there. We started on the walk to the subway, continued on the train a little, got lost some, got inside, met some Jews, had a dog, met some more people, and watched some more baseball. It was a great day.

227: The Herp (@JoeListComedy):

"Joe List met me in Central Park on a beautiful summer day to have a wonderful talk about herpes. Joe's got it. He's open about it. And he answered everything you wanted to know abou tit. If you already have it, you'll relate. If you are going to get it soon, this will help you when you get unlucky. If you never get it. Congrats. Let's bone."

235: First Responder; A 9/11 Story (Cris Italia):

9/11 was a terrible day in American history. This is one story of the many stories of that day. Cris Italia was a volunteer EMT and was around the corner when the first plane hit. By the time the second plane hit, he was already at ground zero, helping. It's a heartbreaking story of what happened to one man the day America stopped being invincible.

256: Take a Hike (@TheoVon):

Theo Von met me at a secret hike in LA to do a walking podcast about hiking. Theo's a hilarious comic but he's also hiked Mount Kilimanjaro. I climb hills, bro. Hills. He climbed a giant mountain. It was a fun talk and it really puts you in the place where we were. I love these "on-location" podcasts.

257: Money For Nothing (2 anonymous defense contractors):

"Two US Army defense contractors met me in a secret location in America to discuss what it's like to go work for the government on foreign soils. They both work as contractors in stations all over the world and they gave a first hand account of how much waste goes into our imperialism. It was an interesting look into the life of a hired grunt in the middle of a war zone."

262 Cleavage Day @Gary Vider:

"Gary Vider met me in Central Park to walk around and gawk at women for Cleavage Day. Cleavage Day is the first weekend day over 70 degrees in New York. It takes place in every city that has a real winter. It's that magical day when all the skin comes out of hiding. Women are showing cleavage and legs and stomach left and right. It's just a magical time to be a heterosexual man or a homosexual woman. So come join us on our bosomy adventure in New York."

265: Knife Hits in Alaska (@DanSoder):

"Dan Soder came over to my place to tell me all about the summer he spent working in a cannery in Alaska. The people he worked with were straight deigns without even realizing it. This might be the best summer job of all time."

270: NY Pizza Party (@NotAlexis):

Alexis Guerreros took me on a pizza tour of New York. He's a standup comic but he runs these tours for extra cash and he took me on one, showing me his favorite of 3 different styles of pizza. Pizza and New York have a storied connection and Alexis explained how that all came up, the deal with 1 dollar slices, and even where pizza originated. It's an on location style podcast through the streets of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Join us for a delicious slice. "

276: "Running" Of The Bulls (@KaiHumphries, @MiloComedy, @Daniel_Sloss):

Kai Humphries, Milo McCabe, and Daniel Sloss met me at the Abattoir comedian's bar in Edinburgh, Scotland to tell me their harrowing tale of cheating death at the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. This was a super fun story! You gotta go to arithegreat.com for this one to look at the pictures. They're CRAZY. Guest appearances by random comedy people trying to distract us with booze."

277: Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost (@HenryRollins):

Henry Rollins met me in a hotel cafe in Edinburgh, Scotland to talk about travel. Henry goes all over the globe. He really likes to get off the beaten path and explore new places. I thought I liked seeing things, but Rollins takes it to a whole new level. He goes places I've never even heard of, met people I didn't know existed, done things I'd be too scared to do. It was such a fun conversation and it filled me with wanderlust.

281: The Reyk (@AriEldjarn):

Ari Eldjarn and I drove around in Iceland and did a podcast about that beautiful country while we did. Ari is a comedian in Reykjavik. One of the first comedians, to be more precise. He and I hung out for 3 days while I was there and so we got on the mics in his car and I just asked him questions about his country for a while. It's one of those road trip episodes I do sometimes. So, come sit in the back, don't interrupt us, and eavesdrop on our conversation.

282: Aunt Flo (@Aiapalucci, @Stollemcache, @AmberSmelson):

Amber Nelson, Sarah Tollemache, and Adrian Iapalucci came to my apartment to tell me about periods. And I mean all about it. About the blood flow, about PMS, about cramps, about period diarrhea, all of it. It's for sure gonna make some dudes feel uncomfortable, but it was really interesting to me. But I eat my own boogers, so maybe I'm not the best judge of what's too much. Either way, it was a really funny conversation with three comics on the subject of menses.

284: #BertIsFat (@BertKreischer):

Bert Kreischer came to my apartment while he was in New York and we talked about who was fatter; him or Tom Segura. Bert made some solid cases for his side of things but most of those cases were made with a full chicken wing in between his two front teeth, so grain of salt I guess.

288: Death of a Salesman (@TimJDillon):

Tim Dillon came to my apartment to tell me about his former life in sales. He's sold everything. From mortgages to office equipment to a history of New York. Tim has hilarious stories about all of it. Fun, fun, fun podcast.

289 Tales of a Teenage Bedwetter w Mark Normand:

Mark Normand invited me to his brand new apartment to do a podcast about bedwetting. Mark and I were both very late bedwetters. So we got together and talked about what it's like to be 14 and still pissing on yourself every night. All the plastic sheets, the fear of sleepovers, what our moms had to go through. God, it was embarrassing.

290 Cave Man with John Spies:

John Spies sat down with me on the deck of the Cave Lodge in Soppong to tell me all about cave exploration and the unique life that he's built in northern Thailand. The man has lived an amazing life. And this pit stop on his way from Australia to Europe has now lasted over a quarter century.

292: Cleavage Day 2017 with Legion of Skanks:

The entire Legion of Skanks came with me on an ogling walk around Manhattan during my 2nd favorite* holiday of the year, Cleavange Day. Dave Smith, Luis J Gomez, Big Jay Oakerson and I walked as a group around the city, enjoying the rewards of the first warm day of the year. It was such a fun day! So join us on a wonderful adventure.

294 Je Zu Tin Ba De w Ryan Nanni and William Childress:

"William Childress (skip to 53:30) had me over to his homestay in Siem Reap, Cambodia to talk about Myanmar. He lived there for years. And it was the first place I went on my travels this year. So I finished seeing a temple near Angkor Wat and went to visit him so we could talk about one of my favorite countries in the world. Myanmar is amazing. See it before it gets ruined by globalism. Also, I went kind of nuts on the intro and outro. And then stay tuned after the outro because I also included a conversation I had with a 17 year old Burmese girl I met out there at a restaurant outside Inle Lake. This might be my fullest podcast ever."

298 Vagabonder w Rolf Potts:

Rolf Potts met me in Tompkins Square Park to talk to me about travel. Rolf wrote one of my favorite books of all time called Vagabonding. It's all about long term travel. It influenced the hell out of me. And I was so stoked to be able to talk about getting out there in the world with such a well worn traveler like him.

320: Take My Wife Please - Aubrey Marcus:

"Aubrey Marcus came over to my apartment and we had a really in depth discussion about open relationships. Aubrey is the most honest person I've ever met on the subject. He has truly looked inwards and examined all the angles. It's a really great discussion on the topic."

321: Let My People Go:

"Ari Shaffir comes to my apartment to tell you about Passover. All of it. Not just what you're supposed to do, but also where the holiday comes from, all the laws, the seder, what matzah tastes like. Everything. It's probably the best I've ever been in terms of not interrupting the guest. I still managed to do it a few times, but way less than normal."

323: Mitzi:

Mitzi Shore came into my life in my first 3 months of standup. I spent the next 10 years getting close with the owner of the Comedy Store. She passed away earlier this month. And I took the opportunity to share, but really to relive all the things I learned from her and all the times we had, good and terrible. She was a massive part of my development as a comedian. The most important part, really. So it's really unsettling having her gone for good. Join me as I come to terms with what Mitzi meant to me.

347: Hot tub time machine (@BertKreischer, @SteveRannazzisi, @DanishAndOneill, @MarkNorm):

Bert Kreischer, Steve Rannazzisi, Ryan O'Neill and I sat in a hot tub in Park City and talked about the past. It was the first night of a week of skiing and storytelling shows and oh what fun it was. Mark Normand joined us a couple days later and after we all got home, he and I did the intro from the Comedy Cellar in NY. It was a fun podcast and probably the least clothed 4 way podcast I've ever done. Just sitting in a jacuzzi in Utah, talking shit.

353: Modern Hippie (@Tim Ferriss):

"Tim Ferriss met me in Austin to talk about travel and art and nature and love. He's a hippie. He's what the new version of a hippie is."

361: Spange (Tall Boy):

A homeless non-binary person let me sit with her and talk about what it's like to live on the street and beg for change. Spange is a homeless term that means spare change. I think it's a verb. Anyway, that's what Tall Boy does. Spange for food money. It was interesting to hear some actual humanity from people we often see as invisible.

365: The Revolution w Adbuster Editor in Chief Kalle Lasn:

"Adbusters Editor in Chief, Kalle Lasn met me in his office at the magazine to talk to me about the revolution. I see it going down only with violence but he is far more hopeful about the ways in which we're going to change the systems in place. He's a brilliant man and it was such a treat to get to sit down with him and hear him say out loud some of the ideas he's been putting forth in Adbusters."

369: The Podfather - Brian Redban:

Brian Redban took me into his new podcast studio to talk about the early days of the podcast scene in Los Angeles. When everything was guerrilla. When it was fresh and new and nobody knew what it was gonna turn into. It was such a crazy time and Redban was right there helping form the scene. From the Joe Rogan podcast, to mine, to Segura's, and lots more, he helped build the scene from the ground up. We talked about what it was like, what podcasts have turned into, and where it's going now...

370: Troll (Milo Yiannopoulos):

Milo Yiannopoulos came over to my apartment to have one of my favorite talks ever on this podcast. It's a talk about trolling. Milo is one of the best in the world at it. This is gonna take you a week to listen to. The intro goes for 57 minutes alone. You can skip it if you want, but it's 53 minutes of content that you'll be missing about my own start in trolling. Trolls are the most maligned and misunderstood of all the world's artist. And I don't use the term "artist" lightly. Trolling is an art form. I've been looking forward to this episode for months now. And you're going to love it or ABSOLUTELY HATE IT. I hope you're the former. But if you're the latter, then we got you. You've been trolled. pWn3d.

372: ‘Roid Range (Mike Cannon):

Mike Cannon met me at Gas Digital to tell me about his old days as a total meathead who legit took steroids. I'm not even kidding. You can't believe how much of an idiot this guy was. He's normal now, but he was a juice head moron back in the day. We also talked a lot about our mutual love for underground back room poker games

405: War Stories (Jake Hanrahan):

Jake Hanrahan talked to me about conflict reporting. He goes to war zones and tries to bring back word of what's actually going on in these areas. It's crazy. He brings back tons of footage. Look at PopularFront.co and you'll see what I'm talking about. He's not even welcome in a lot of these places. Once they put him in a Turkish prison! Really interesting stuff in this one. You gotta excuse the sound a little...

407: Obsessive compulsive with Eli Sears:

Eli Sairs came over to talk to me about his OCD. He's got it bad. And it's all wrapped up with Jesus, too, which makes it even harder to deal with. The levels this guy has to go through just to make through basic life stuff is astounding. I bet he eats box really thoroughly, though. Didn't ask him about that. I wish I had.

408: The Lady With A Giant Hog (Margo Reiss @Margo_A_GoGo):

Margo Reiss came over and let me ask her all about transsexuality. I mean, super cool about it. Let me just ask anything I didn't understand and she explained what it was like to me. We got into why to chop it off or not, the bar scene, Katelyn Jenner, how hard we like to fuck, some history, and a bunch more. God, I wish you could talk to people in real life this way. We'd be so much better off as a society.

415: Baby Skeletons w/ Adrienne Iapalucci:

"We’re trying something different this week. I, Ari Shaffir, am bringing you an entire album of one of my favorite comedians in the world. For free."

438: Six Months Of Hating Men with Annie Lederman:

Annie Lederman tells me about her time as a man-hater. Annie has come out of it since then but she recounts the way she got caught up in a world of despising an entire gender and how she was able to extricate herself from that way of thinking.

and he includes the final episode

519: Talk Talk with Ron Bennington

"Ron Bennington joins me on today's episode to talk about interview style and his series Unmasked. Ron is someone whose style of interviewing I've always admired, it seemed fitting to have him on this episode."

Recently, a mother had just moved into my backyard and she gave birth to a litter of three kittens. I think the mother is a previous kitten that used to live in my backyard 1 year ago (she looks quite young), which is most likely why she decided to take care of her kittens here. I would like to feed both the mother and her kittens, but I’m not sure what brand would be healthiest. The mother seems to be a little skinnier than she should be. I don’t believe they’re old enough to wean, but once they do, what should I feed them?
Basically, I need nutritional/healthy food for a family of strays in my backyard. I know that my neighbors often leave food out for strays, but many of the time there are cats that hog all of the food. I’ve been giving her wet cat food, since that’s all I have right now.
Plus, I’m not sure if they’re drinking water. I left a bowl out for the mother, but I haven’t seen her drink out of it (though I wasn’t able to watch for long). I heard that you could add water to dry food to help make it more digestible and it allows them to stay hydrated at the same time. Not sure if I should try that. Sorry for the amount of questions, I’m just worried for them.

(All my stuff is here)
Princess Royal looked at the timetable that the commander had passed on to the ex-rebel Kansen from the office of the Royal Prime Minister. As far as these things went, it wouldn’t be too many more months before the new base in the Western Mediterranean would be brought on line, and they would be leaving Azur Lane’s Pacific HQ for a new assignment involving keeping watch on the Suez Canal and the Dardanelles. She would be glad to shed the maid outfit she had been forced to wear for these months, and, well, there was someone who was also excited.
“Haha, looks like she’s done it- A real base all to ourselves.” Florida smiled as she walked along the edge of a fountain in the main square. “No more hiding in some river junction, lots of actual support this time, and, most importantly of all?” She looked right at Princess Royal with a smile. “All the gorgeous Atlantic Kansen you can look at. They should be calling it a vacation, not a redeployment!”
Princess Royal huffed. “I shouldn’t have to remind you that we’re being sent there to look after two of the world’s most important waterways. There will be little time for the festival of ogling that you will want to enmesh yourself in as soon as you arrive. Even if we’re not covering an ocean, there’s still going to be plenty of work for us to do when we get there and afterwards.”
Florida giggled. “Hey now, don’t rain on my parade. I’d tell you to take that stick out of your ass, but you’re probably too afraid of liking it to put one in there.”
The battlecruiser’s eyebrow twitched. “Would you mind spouting such things in another time and place?”
The battleship put on a sly grin. “Oh, right… You prefer Tiger to do that kind of thing, I guess.”
Princess Royal blushed and gave Florida a furtive, covert nudge, just enough of one to make it look like the dreadnought battleship just naturally lost her balance. Florida toppled back into the water with a splash, and as Princess Royal left, she heard the battleship shout “Joke’s on you, I’m into this!”
Princess Royal sighed a little. Some of these other ships were utterly incorrigible. Were they not taught manners? Did their country even have any to begin with? Did they used to have them and give them up as too much of a bother?
Those would be questions for later as she went to clean up Yuubari’s lab, an assignment that perpetually annoyed her due to the wide variety of… substances… That could end up being spilled there. She was never quite sure what they were even working on in there, and she never really felt compelled to ask, either from within or without.
Once she was inside, she saw that Delaware and Dr. Anzeel were talking with each other.
“I don’t think any of us questioned human genius.” Delaware began. “…However, we did have something to say about how it was applied, especially since humans seemed to think that we inherently owed them something for forcing us into existence.”
Dr. Anzeel nodded. “Well, some might say that what you just said is a fancy way of saying “I didn’t ask to be born!” Or something like that, but you didn’t exactly give us much time to make amends.”
“I think that we believed at the start that giving humans a chance to make amends would mean giving them another chance to betray us.” Delaware looked Dr. Anzeel right in the eyes. “And given what happened to you, I would hope you could understand.”
“Perhaps.” Dr. Anzeel replied, and then smiled. “But here I am, aren’t I? But the fact of the matter is, even if I despised humanity, I still have work to do for my girls. If the Sirens gain full control, humans aren’t the only ones who are going to suffer. After talking to the others, the world the Sirens want is one dominated by a war without end. It’s… The kind of world where Enterprise would suffer most, to say nothing of those other girls who want to enjoy this world that they’ve been born into.”
Princess Royal listened as she continued cleaning up, and Delaware still had more to say. “So you still believe that there is a world worth expending your efforts for?”
“What was done to me and was done to you long ago was done by some people who allowed themselves to be corrupted by power.” She said. “But for most people, and I think most Kansen, the most they want to do is live their lives. Humans want to be able to go to the beach again without worrying about black ships turning up on the horizon, I would say. And I think that you and the others would like to be left alone without thinking that anyone was coming to get you.”
“Perhaps.” She shrugged. “Still, we do have to do our penance, it seems, and thankfully it’s being administered by someone we trust. Besides, our new assignment will leave me with plenty of opportunities to show my own worth. The defenses of the Dardanelles and Suez Canal are atrocious, and since I’ll have a proper lab and proper resources, I’ll make sure that even Poseidon wouldn’t be able to force the straits.”
Dr. Anzeel started putting some of her equipment away. “You sound confident.”
Delaware replied. “It’s the paradox of military matters. You can’t have success without confidence, and you can’t necessarily have confidence without success. Anyway, I’ve got my own work to do, so I will be leaving.”
After Delaware left, Dr. Anzeel took a look at Princess Royal. “Ah, hello there. Sorry I didn’t see you before, I was talking with your colleague.”
Princess Royal hmphed. “I feel like I should be taking umbrage at the implication that I was beneath your notice before I came in to clean. I can only hope there’s nothing too exotic to mop up.”
“Nothing out of the ordinary this time.” She said. “Purifier wasn’t messing with her booster fuel this time, so you don’t have to worry about your water catching on fire.”
“I will believe that this is a distinct possibility.” She said, and got to work. “Doctor, we kansen who followed Erin meant to live free, but became paranoid about losing our liberty to the point where we launched ourselves into battle all the same. But now you say you wish for us to be able to contemplate things other than the battles we were made for?”
“If you would like.” The doctor said. “Has there been something on your mind?”
“Of course, my mind is not empty of musings.” She said. “Rather, it’s about…”
“Princess Royal is always troubled by something.” Said Tiger as she came down into the lab. “Matters great and small, but I think she would be better off if she was willing to accept the kind of relief that others, like me, can give.”
Princess Royal huffed. “Now, what is it that has brought you down here, Tiger? Surely you have some other purpose here than teasing me.”
“Hardly.” She said, giving Princess Royal a hug from behind, causing the other battlecruiser to squirm indignantly. “I just haven’t seen you all day. Or really much of yesterday either, and I was wondering if something had befallen you. Especially since you know that you can just leave it to me to make everything feel good again.”
The Royal battlecruiser pouted as she was released by her larger companion, and sighed. “Do not think I am unaware of your potential methods, but for now I am busy. I have no doubt we will run into each other when the day is done- you seem to have a knack for popping into my life.”
“Of course~” She also took a look at Dr. Anzeel. “And there’s our lovely doctor, too. But I suppose I’ll just leave the two of you to talk for now- I was just making sure our princess hadn’t managed to over-grump herself and pull something.”
And then Tiger left without a care in the world.
Dr. Anzeel talked immediately. “I haven’t known her for long, but would you say that she’s always like this?”
Princess Royal sighed. “Well, if it’s something you must know, she is, indeed, like this most of the time. She can’t help teasing others with her words and body, and she is utterly relentless about it. It’s almost mystifying that there can be one so openly lascivious in our Royal Navy. Duke of York excepted, naturally.”
Dr. Anzeel held her tongue. Though she hadn’t met Implacable personally, she had heard some stories. “It is surprising, I must admit. The most you usually get from a royal is some kind of playful teasing, as I’ve seen it. I can see why it exasperates you.”
Princess Royal hmphed. “I’m only deigning to speak to you on this matter because, among all of the humans here, you are the one who most knows what it’s like to be very suddenly betrayed, so we have some small measure of common ground. Frankly, I am confused as to why you even shoes to work for this commander in the first place.”
“Considering that I was taken away from Enterprise and the others by the military, yes, I don’t have any love for soldiers. I still don’t, in fact. The commander has made some promises, of course, but it won’t be until the end of the war that they’re fulfilled or not.” She finished putting away some lab instruments. “However, the commander lets me be with my girls without any restrictions or conditions, plus he gave me the choice in the first place. Even if I don’t completely trust him yet, I don’t fully believe he’ll disappoint me either.” She smiled. “I guess you could say I’m helping him win because I’m interested in seeing his true colors.”
Princess Royal threw up her hands. “I guess that’s how it’s going to be, then. I shall not witness it, however, as it seems that in a few months at most I and the rest of our band are being shipped off to the Mediterranean to overlook the Dardanelles and Suez and provide some sort of extra comfort to the people of the Hellenic Republic by our presence. I haven’t the slightest idea what we might actually do other than sunbathe and listen to the seabirds, but Iron Duke seems to see it as important.”
“It’s better than being a prisoner, though, isn’t it?”
“Infinitely.” Princess Royal said. “…But now I shall have to continue to work with that enthusiastic strumpet at all times and at all places. While normally I would relish showing humans what it truly means to master the waves, I have also been given time to contemplate things, and I have certain feelings that I find difficult to admit, but I feel as though I will burst if I do not.”
Dr. Anzeel started some coffee. “It has something to do with Tiger, doesn’t it?”
Princess Royal put on a blush. “What it’s about has nothing to do with you, all that matters is that there is a matter in the first place.”
“I see.” She said. “…You know, your highness, I never had the chance to say goodbye to Enterprise or the others before they took me away, so if there’s something you want to clear up, the best time is always now. And if you can’t do it now, you should do it as quickly as you can.”
“I do have some more cleaning to do.” She went on. “First here, and then in that commander’s house. It seems odd, but I guess I shall have to set some time in order to clear the air, won’t I?”
“You know, you could just tell me that this is about Tiger.” She said.
“Urgh.” Went Princess Royal. “Fine, it has to do with Tiger. I’ve been playing too nice with her, and I believe it’s long past time for me to tell her exactly what I think of her and her various and persistent provocations. It’s not something I mean to put off any longer- By this evening at the latest she shall know exactly what is on my mind and she’s going to have to deal with it.”
Dr. Anzeel nodded. “Sounds like she’s in for a surprise.” Dr. Anzeel began pouring a cup for herself. “Want some coffee?”
Princess Royal paused. “Though I won’t go so far as to curse it as “bitter bean broth” like Settsu does, I am, and shall always remain, entirely a tea person.”
Dr. Anzeel smiled. “Can’t say I didn’t ask.”
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Princess Royal decided that the best way to tell Tiger what she had in mind was to be somewhere that no one could hear them, at a time when most people decided to mind their own business. She ask one particular lavender-haired Royal destroyer what the best place to tell someone something personal and private was, and she got the response of “Under a legendary tree, or on a rooftop.”
And since she didn’t know of any legendary trees on the premises, she opted for the rooftop of the guest housing. She stood there, finishing up at least two cups of tea as she waited for Tiger to show herself.
It was right after Tiger arrived that she spoke first. “Ooooh, I guess you have something special to tell me this time.”
Princess Royal stopped dead in her tracks. “How would you figure such a thing?”
“Easy enough, I would say.” She said. “You don’t often go out of your way to pay me a social call- most of the time we just seem to end up together by some circumstance or another, each and every time. Not that I mind, of course. I’ve never minded having you around to play with~”
“And that is precisely the thing that the two of us need to talk about this very instant. After all, news has come to me that we’re going to be having a proper base of our own not long from now in military terms, so I thought it would be the right and proper time to clear the air before we have to start working together in real earnest.” She stood up straight. “Miss Tiger, I am going to be complete with you this instant so that there is not even the slightest bit of confusion later on.”
Tiger put on a wide smile, her orange eyes seeming to brighten. “Oh? Well, let’s just hear it. After all, I’m the only one here, so your little secrets are safe with me~”
Princess Royal huffed. “Miss Tiger, you, and I mean this completely, are an uncouth harlot who can hardly open your mouth without letting loose a tide of unrestrained innuendo. Half of your speech and mannerisms seem to be guided by the thirsts of your impossibly needy loins at all times on all days, and it is only by some great providence or miracle that you have not yet driven me insensible.” Princess Royal turned her head to the side. “…However, at the same time, I also wish to kiss you.”
This was the first time that Tiger seemed even slightly taken aback by something she said, but Tiger regained her smile quickly enough. The battlecruiser had a small chuckle. “Oh ho? Now, this is quite a development. Go on, though you probably meant to.”
Princess Royal pouted. “…As maddening as you are, I have also contemplated what it might be like if you were gone, for one reason or another, and as much there are times when you make me wish to shout or make some other indication of my displeasure. I do not believe that I would be well if you were to be out of my life. Everything would feel wrong and bland if you were to be forever absent, and since it seems I cannot do without you…” She looked Tiger right in the eyes. “…The least I can do is be with you for as long as this all lasts.”
There was a moment of silence, and then Tiger said something. “Those are a bunch of pretty words, well suited to coming from a pretty mouth. But… I wonder what you plan to actually do, hm?”
Princess Royal blushed a little. “Now, what do you mean?”
“Poetry is just vanity on its own, darling~” She began. “You can talk and talk all you like, but…” The battlecruiser walked towards Princess Royal with a sway of her hips. “But you’ve known me for some time when we’ve both been like this, and I want to know if you’re willing to say with your hands what you’ll say with your words. Both of us are deathly tired of speeches…” She put her hand under Princess Royal’s chin and tilted her head up slightly. “…I love that you never do things by half-measures, but if you want to have me, then you can’t merely tell me, you’ll have to take me. So, Princess Royal, will you do this, or suddenly become shy and retire at the last and crucial moment? Show me~”
Princess Royal shuddered as she was forced to look right into Tiger’s enchanting orange eyes. The tall, buxom beauty was a physical marvel- Princess Royal had to admit that to herself. But she was being given a chance to finally have one over on the woman, so she took it. She seized Tiger by her coat and tugged her forward, planting her own lips on the battlecruiser’s, and not just for something quick- she was in it for the duration to kiss Tiger as long as she could stand.
As it turned out, Tiger could stand quite a bit, and it was a long time until the pair separated.
After they separated, Tiger touched her forehead to Princess Royal’s, and put her arms around the shorter girl’s shoulders. “Heh… Of all the cute girls I could find, I found the one who just finds it so hard to say “I love you”. Well, we’ll just have to fix that, won’t we?”
Princess Royal blushed and pouted. “Hmph. All I can really hope is that some good behavior might rub off on you over time.”
Tiger chuckled. “Darling… That’s going to take a whole lot of rubbing. And what if I don’t change the way you want me to, hm? What will you do then, if this Tiger doesn’t change her stripes.”
Princess Royal’s pout disappeared, but her blush stayed. “…I wouldn’t recognize you if you were too different, and I believe the Tiger I feel this way about is the one right in front of me. If it is so beyond you to change, then don’t. This is how I will have you, whether you make yourself a little more presentable or not.”
The voluptuous battlecruiser giggled. “…Well, why don’t we stay overnight to see how we get along in private. My bed always has room for two~”
Princess Royal’s pout returned. “Only if you find it in yourself to not hog the covers.”
“Hehe, All right~”
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Dido was anxious. The commander had sent her to find out why Princess Royal and Tiger were late to their cleaning duties, and so she had to navigate the supervised guest housing where the formerly rebel kansen were being kept until it was time to send them on their way.
Dido hurried along the corridors, stepping lightly to make sure that she didn’t wake up anyone who was still asleep- Agincourt could get pretty testy about that sort of thing. She knocked on what should have been Princess Royal’s room. She then nervously dared to knock again.
So much for that.
She then worked up the nerve to walk over to Tiger’s room. While she wasn’t as liable to complain about being woken up as Princess Royal, Tiger made her quiver for different reasons. Her heart briefly felt like it jumped into her throat before she knocked on the door.
“Oh… who has come calling on this good morning?” There was Tiger’s unmistakable voice.
“Um, it’s me, Dido, and the master was wondering why you’re late today…. May I come in?”
Tiger spoke up. “Why, you certainly can, darling~”
“She most certainly can not!” There was Princess Royal’s voice. “I’m indecent!”
Tiger giggled. “No, I’m indecent, you are merely unclothed.”
Dido tapped the door again. “So…”
Tiger spoke up. “All right, just wait five minutes for her highness to make herself presentable.”
Dido did what she was told.
After a few minutes, there was the sound of a click, accompanied by Tiger’s sultry voice. “Come on in~”
Dido blushed as she stepped in.
Tiger was cooking a full breakfast, only she was dressed in a translucent, flame-orange nightgown that allowed Dido to see the racy black underwear that was tasked with handling the battlecruiser’s abundant figure. Dido peeked over to the bedroom to see Princess Royal sitting in bed, with her usual level of grumpiness and wearing a set of elaborate red pajamas.
Dido blushed “O-Oh… You two had… A special moment…”
Tiger smiled. “You see, it’s not a problem. When outside of battle, this girl is a harmless kitten.” As if to emphasize that, Tiger began stroking the top of Dido’s head.
The maid blushed immediately. “Uwaaa…”
Princess Royal sighed. “Be that as it may, I hope you may find some diplomatic way to inform the commander of our tardiness. You are not to say you found us together in the altogether, or some other such scandalous thing.”
Dido gave a dutiful nod. “Ah… Yes…” She looked at Tiger and everything going on in the kitchen. “Is there anything I can help you with while I’m here? It’ll help you get ready faster, I think.”
Tiger shook her head. “I’m fine here, but I think our princess could stand being spoiled by a cute maid. Why don’t you go wait on her hand and foot until breakfast is ready.” She chuckled. “And besides, the faster you help us get ready, the sooner you’ll get to be in charge of us~”
Princess Royal crossed her arms. “I don’t know how much of an incentive that is. You know how domineering she isn’t.”
Tiger went back to breakfast. “Oh, she’s quite good at taking charge, under the right circumstances.”
Dido squeaked and went over to Princess Royal. “Do you need anything?”
Princess Royal looked up for a moment. “…I think I would like you to at least do my braid. I don’t need to explain how it works or looks, nor should I have to. I am sure that you’re observant.”
Dido sat down on the bed, and took Princess Royal’s hair into her nimble hands, and immediately got to work. The battlecruiser closed her eyes as she was taken care of, and Dido could tell that Princess Royal was in a state where she was feeling that something was right with the world. Responding to this, she took the time to get it just right. “I know it may be beyond me to ask, but I guess you will stop fighting as much?”
Tiger chuckled. “Oh, dear… It was never anything for you to worry about, and probably even less so now. You can just say that we decided to be honest with each other and came to an understanding.”
Princess Royal blushed a little at that. “Please don’t try to have that sort of way with words. The maid is already as red as she can manage.”
Dido did indeed blush, and did want to bury her face in Princess Royal’s hair. “W-Well, I’m sure the commander would be happy to know that but… Ah… I guess you’re not telling him the details.”
Tiger came in with breakfast, walking into the bedroom with a sway to her hips. “Of course- That’ll be our little secret between the two of us. Of course, if you’d like to join in and learn about that yourself…”
Princess Royal flushed completely red. “T-Tiger! Not in front of the help!” She huffed. “It’s obvious that last night wasn’t enough, and that you need some further action.”
Tiger chuckled, and set out breakfast. She had always teased Princess Royal, and she had always responded- But now Princess Royal was truly hers to tease, and Princess Royal was able to properly express herself- even if it was behind closed doors.

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Welcome to this episode of ‘I read Enneagram Literature so you don’t have to’.
You know how when a cat likes you, it might bring you random dead animals?
Or that when a dog is happy, it wags its tail?
In a lot of ways humans and other mammals are pretty similar so that it is possible to ‘pack bond’ with your pets in the first place so that both of you count the other as family in a sense, but still it pays a lot for a responsible pet owner to study the specific body language of their animal to better understand how it bonds and communicates.
Sometimes we can have a less extreme (but all the subtler) version of this going on even between the same kinds of mammals, namely us.
So in this writeup we are going to be discussing some ways that the types try to bond with, connect, show interest in or be friendly with others that may not immediately be obvious as such, so that others may be confused or irritated by it.
In particular, this is about signs or attempts of what it looks like if someone’s trying to move from casual acquaintance to personal friend or interested in deepening & maintaining a preexisting bond – and probably, as you read this, some of these will sound pretty natural to you, whereas others might strike you as puzzling or counterintuitive.
So hopefully being able to recognize those less obvious bonding attempts will be helpful to be more polite & considerate to others, because even if your answer is ‘no thank you not interested’ you might act differently if you know the other person is trying to be friends vs. if you just see it as a random baffling/annoying behavior.
Or, on the other side, if you’ve been wondering why your own attempts at building rapport haven’t been so well received this might be why others might misunderstand or be confused by them.
1
As they can present as very polished & put-together on first contact, a sign that you are potentially moving into the inner circle with an 1 can be if they open up to you about their personal struggles, such as what they’re currently frustrated about because it’s not as it should be or worries they might have about if they’re able to get everything right.
You also see that in many self-help books where, to give examples or build rapport with the reader the author goes into some error they made in their family life (for example) & how the wisdom they are trying to share with you helped them fix that.
Someone else might look at that and think ‘you don’t sound so enlightened to me, why should I listen to you’ or that their ‘struggle with temptation’ makes them sound hypocritical, but the 1 comes from a place of assuming that everyone starts out flawed & falling short & we must all always improve ourselves & how that can be one’s saving grace.
2
If a 2 wants to become closer with you, they will probably show you attention, go out of their way to interact with you, offer to do you favors, spontaneously surprise you etc.
2s are probably among the most obvious types in this regard, they do perceive the onus as being on them and take the initiative, and a lot of the time that works, a lot of people are going to like it if someone showers you with attention, flatters you, acts like they like you & acts interested in your interests, react empathetically to your struggles etc.
The way that this can go sideways is not so much people not realizing the intention as it is that it can be perceived as intrusive, pushy or too-much-too-soon – the 2 might hear you mention something about having no babysitter & then offer to watch your kids when you don’t know them well enough to trust them with that, or they might kind of push & insist until you blow them off firmly and then they’re offended, or the person feels pressured to “let them down easy”.
3
For 3s, a common form of bonding is swapping stories about goals & archievements.
This serves two purposes: The first is that they wanna prove to you they’re worth the time of day & important, awesome people that should be paid attention to, and they want to associate & build alliances with others who fit that same description.
But on the other hand, once they are feeling more secure with someone you might also see that line to 6 coming out & there might be genuine desire to collaborate empower & support each other, so they actually want to hear about what’s on your vision board, your fitness journey or your fancy vacation etc. & how you can both plan to have more awesomeness in your lives.
If their conversation partner is also a more active and/or goal-oriented person this might go well & lead to an atmosphere where you’re all feeling empowered, motivited & pumped-up after the conversation & ready to tackle the next item on the to-do list.
Others however might not be into constant striving or have taboos aganst hogging attention so they might feel kind of inferior & end up comparing their life to all of the 3s’s fancy archievements, or the 3 asks them about their 5 year plan and they don’t have one & they fee like they can’t keep up or take offense to the insinuation that they should be running on the hamsterwheel & always squeezing more juice out of everything they do.
This might not sound so strange to US americans where this is the social norm, I remember seeing a guy on youtube returning to the US after living abroad for a while & reflecting on how much more the discussion goes to what is your job, what are your goals , what’s your projects etc.
Whereas 3s living in other cultures might be careful about avoiding the appearance of braggadociousness if that’s seen very negatively.
4
Most of the time 4s can be more focussed on their own feelings, life philosophy & going-ons so a sign that they’re taking a serious interest in you might be if they go out of their way to ask you about your feelings, reactions & innermost thoughts on things.
They’re probably going to skim straight past the mundane pleasantries & be interested in the dark, the unusual, deeply personal, existential & philosophic.
Sometimes this can be welcome & appreciated, particularly if it’s someone who tends to neglect introspection & welcomes the occasional nudge in that direction, or can’t find many others who might be willing to discuss those kinds of thoughts – others might have limited bandwith for things that are upsetting, unrealistic or ‘too out-there’.
Others however might find this too direct like they’re not just going to pour out all their mess just like that or would be more guarded about their vulnerabilities, or they might prefer chill, relaxing small-talk & find it entitled if someone wants their personal thoughts & opinions right away before first building what they would consider enough of a foundation. Or they might like the serious talk sometimes but when they come home stressed from work they would prefer to engage with easy, lighthearted subject matters & might find it snobbish if the 4 always wants to be discussing the meaning of life or whatever.
5
In general 5s tend to keep to themselves and rarely initiate interaction of their own accord, so wanting to get along with you might look like volunteering lots on information when a relevant concept comes up, telling you various factiods that you might find interesting or useful, or telling you in detail about their current pursuits.
The intention is usually really just to share something with you that they find useful or interesting, have something worthwhile to offer & to speak about what’s important in their life as everyone else might (just that for them it’s their interests) – and sometimes it works & the people around you do indeed find it interesting and insightful.
To some unsuspecting unlookers, however, having a big monologue of information unloaded on them might be boring or overwhelming, or it might be mistaken as showing off, trying to be a smartass or dominating the conversation. Or they might just be plain confused why they’re suddenly being told absolutely everything about dinosaurs or some obscure anime film.
It is certainly going to be a growing edge for any young & inexperienced 5 out there to learn to keep track of when others might be bored and uninterested without over-correcting to the other side & assuming nobody ever wants to hear you.
However, while you might expect an adult to broaden their perspective & expand to other channels of communication than what comes naturally to them, ppl could stand to be a lot more patient with kids, adolescents & youth that didn’t have the time or chance to learn yet.
You hear so many cases of ppl complaining their 15 year old won’t come out of their room, talk about what their doing or show enthusiasm, but then they will be totally unavailable themselves to be connected with on an intellectual level. That 15 year old probably isn’t gonna embark on the mortifying ordeal of stretching past their comfort zone for parents that they experience as rejecting their input & uninterested in their passions.
6
If a 6 is starting to consider you a serious friend, this might show as looking to commiserate about their current worries & gripes, and as including you in their planning. (which could mean checking with you about some decision or processing out loud with you)
The idea is that you will join in with your own grievances & then you might find you have shared struggles to relate over, they’ll express support and maybe help you problem solve or bring you something that might be of practical help. & then you all give each other validation or offer solutions to each others problems – so there’s some expectation of reciprocity that you will also help, support, validate & provide feedback for them if needed.
A lot of the times this works, after all 6 is generally considered one of the more likeable & engaging types. There’s a lot to be said for having a friend who will be supportive of you, look out for your interests & offer resourceful practical solutions.
However for some people your problems & personal mess are not considered suitable for casual discussion & they might see it whiny, complainy or victim-y, or not get that the person wants to vent & get reassurance more than just solutions. Or they might find it too negative.
If you live in europe you probably aren’t too surprised by this one ‘cause it’s the social norm here to complain about your life as a way to make casual smalltalk. In some parts of France they reportedly take it so far that if they ask you what’s going on & you say everything’s fine (rather than at coming up with some minor triviality to riff on), that may be taken as rude.
You see the occasional 3 or 7 lamenting how much more optimistic, dynamic & spontaneous things are in other parts of the world.
7
For 7s, the desire to bond & get to know each other better is often expressed as invitations to do stuff together. They often fall into the activity/ quality time love language.
7s don’t generally depend that much on others, are usually good at quickly chatting up ppl wherever they go & might even feel that others can slow them down a bit, so if they repeatedly want you, in particular, to be a part of their exploits, this may suggest that they like you.
Now this works great if your friends are also interested in the activities, and 7s are usually good at getting ppl excited. Personally as someone who tends to be pretty inert if left to my own devices but actually enjoys doing new/weird/exciting things once in a while, I think this can be a great feature now just as a way to hang out but to allow more new experiences into your life without a lot of hassle, you just need to come along with someone who knows where the action is at.
This can be a lot less sucessful if the would-be friend is more of a homebody and/or isn’t much for spontaneous outings, or if they don’t share the same enthusiasm or interest for the same things as the 7. Other ppl might also prefer quieter, more domestic hangouts or more opportunities to stop & include more heavy/serious stuff into the relationship.
8
For 8s, taking an interest in something can often take the shape of provocation & banter. First because they simply find that stimulating & exciting, and second because it gives them a chance to get a good sense of how the person they’re thinking of associating with is going to react & what they’re capable of. So there is an element of reactive ‘testing’ done in an assertive preemptive way, ‘let’s poke them with a stick to see what they do’ – for example the 8 might openly disagree or debate with you, start talking about some controversial subject, or adress you some brazen procative question or statement.
Sometimes ppl might see its exactly as its intended – as interesting, stimulating exchange that lets you learn a lot about what a given person is rly about – but other times this can get really misunderstood especially by people who are more sensitive or ‘proper’. They might think the 8 is mad at them, is just being incendiary for lulz or that they’re looking to pick a fight… which is kind of true, but the 8 might not see that fight as a big serious deal, more like puppies & kittens play-fighting. Not fully realizing how they might come off loud or aggressive to others,
There’s one anecdote in Richard Rohr’s lectures about a young man who kept contradicting him & looking to debate in some wprshop he held & Rohr assumed this guy must have it out for him, but then he heard from other attendants that the guy actually likes/admires his work & was looking to learn more by challenging him on the parts he wasn’t so convinced on.
9
For 9s, a sign that they are starting to like you on a personal level & feel comfortable with you is if they start talking more about themselves or showing more of their opinions, as well as generally acting more lively rather than just quietly keeping at the sidelines or just asking about you & letting you do the talking or just showing surface politeness.
Whereas others like 4 or 6 might be very candid with their struggles & opinions, 9s are more like that meme where you need to be special level 3 friend to unlock their tragic backstory. They may seem nice, unassuming & easy to get along with, but then when you get to know them you might be astounded by their hidden dephts, secret talents, contemplative thoughts, creativity & on-point intuitive insight about people and the cosmos.
If it doesn’t work I guess this strategy has the advantage that it’s easy to backpedal without jeopardizing the nominal surface level bond, because if the person doesn’t seem receptive to hearing the 9s opinions & thoughts… then they just don’t bring them up again and the relationship simply stays surface level. (which I suppose can feel pretty discouraging if it keeps happening)

Lebron James - The easy joke here is that you are somebody who doesn’t really know anything about basketball and just picked the guy you recognised from Space Jam or adverts, but the truth runs a little bit deeper than that. If Lebron James is your favourite player you don’t even like basketball, you like arguing online. The sad truth is, you desperately crave the facade of friendship that comes with the tribalism inherent to picking a side in a popular argument. You exist only to say Lebron is better than Jordan or Curry or Dwyane Wade or whoever it is you and your gang are arguing about that week. Any game of basketball that doesn’t have Lebron in it is completely worthless to you unless it can be used as evidence about a player that Lebron played with/against. Any game with Lebron in it is a nightmare, because you know if he plays badly MJ fans will make fun of you on Twitter, and to you that’s all that matters.
Steph Curry - To be a Curry fan means that, intrinsically, you are spoiled. Your hands are soft and unworked, your mummy still pays for your groceries and you have a manservant to wipe your ass when you’ve finished shitting. You were raised on state-funded winning and excuses for failure. You would never survive even a day in the wild, you shrink from adversity like a child fleeing the hand of an abusive father and you speak like a ten-year old. You have no place in the dirtier arguments of the NBA, you consider yourself above them. Steph and his superteam have coddled you, made you feeble with his asterisk rings. The thought of supporting a REAL player, somebody you have to FIGHT for scares you too much. You are, and forever will be, bitchmade.
Kawhi Leonard - You will never understand why the rest of us are so jealous of you. Kawhi has his rings, he has his fan love and he has an excuse to retire early and not embarrass you with the sight of having to watch him average 7 points a game for the Grizzlies at the age of 36. You support a basketball player who isn’t. Kawhi is now little more than a myth, a legend of the rings of yesteryear that echoes throughout the barren planes of San Antonio and Toronto. All you, as his trusted liege can do is keep the flame alive for as long as you can. The winds may howl and call him a pussy for his load management but as long as you shelter the flame, and Kawhi keeps conveniently getting injured when the Clippers need him, you will be safe. They will always remember the Philly shot. That’s all you need.
Joel Embiid - He can’t keep getting away with this, right? I mean, you put in WORK to get him that MVP, more work than he did, and this is how he repays you? You remember a time when you laughed at the fans of ringless players. AI, Melo, Lillard, Chris Paul, Harden until he saw the light, all bums. Embiid would get you a ring, he was designed to get you a ring, he had to get you a ring. You deserve a ring. You sat through the rebuild, all those injury problems, Ben fucking Simmons, all because you were promised a ring. And every year you would say ‘we lost because of this thing that isn’t Embiid’s fault, we’ll be back next year!’. And for a while, the public believed you. They bought your tales and your lies. Not anymore. They know the truth now, and they hate him for it. Deep down, you do too.
Kevin Durant - How many times will KD ‘seek a new challenge’ or ‘make the move right for him’ before you come to terms with what he is? He’s a nasty ring chaser, and that’s okay. Everyone would respect you more if you just admitted it. You can cope all you want and justify all his moves by claiming ‘toxic environment!’ or ‘the front office hated him!’ but even you don’t believe that, you just say it to save face. The worst part is, you haven’t heard the worst of it yet. KD has gone remarkably unscrutinized by NBA media as a whole, but when people start to question whether the most remarkable unicorn the NBA had seen since Wemby should have more than two state-funded rings, you might have some explaining to do. Maybe he should have stayed loyal to Oakland. Not OKC though, fuck that place.
James Harden - I want you to find a coin right now and flip it, catch it in your hand and turn it over. Take note of what side it lands on and keep flipping it until it lands on the other side. If you can flip this coin 56 times and have it land on the same side every time, congratulations! You have matched the statistical probability of the 2018 Rockets missing 27 consecutive threes. What this exercise should show you is that God is real and for whatever reason, he hates James Harden. Spare your soul and support a real player instead.
Giannis Antetokounmpo - Nobody has ever enjoyed a Giannis performance without already being a fan of Giannis in the first place. He is perhaps the most consistently boring superstar to watch. He never takes threes unless they’re wide open, he has never had a super interesting or acrobatic dunk, he loves free throws and he makes about 14 barely contested layups per game. He has no dribbling bag and his defence relies on simply being large. He is a boring player, and you know this, because that’s why you like him. Your idea of ‘good basketball’ is simply the person who can score the most points with the highest efficiency. You live and die by the box score because you genuinely think that’s the objective way of saying who had the best game. You could be sat in front of an Excel spreadsheet instead of a Bucks game and have essentially the same amount of fun, because your brain has been programmed to release dopamine whenever it sees three numbers over 10 next to each other. You are boring, we all think you’re dull, and when the rest of us are discussing real basketball we don’t want you anywhere near us because your idea of humour is just saying the jokes that Giannis said again. An Allen Iverson comp would kill you on the spot.
Russell Westbrook - It would be easy to make a joke about how much you miss 2017 and how you pretended it still is to try and stop the pain from setting in, but to be honest I honestly think you do still genuinely believe it to be 2017. For you, time hasn’t progressed at all. You’ve been known to play Despacito and Ed Sheeran when you get the aux and you can’t stop talking about how excited you are for Infinity War to come out. And yes, you do still somehow believe Russell Westbrook is a good player. Despite all your friends and family pleading with you to move on and showing you Youtube videos of that time he hit the side of the backboard, you firmly believe that Russ is still cooking on the Thunder. I can promise you, it doesn’t get better. Wake up now before we lose you forever.
Nikola Jokic. You are a 35 year old white guy with a beard and glasses who would, if asked to, happily pay to get advanced basketball statistics. Your life is filled with words like ‘True Shooting’ and ‘Player Impact Estimate’ that the rest of us couldn’t give a single shit about. You are who KD was talking about when he said people watch basketball through a graph. If I showed you a powerpoint saying that Mike Conley is the piece missing from the Suns to make them chip favourites you would believe me as long as I added in enough bar graphs. You have a poster of Ernie on your wall. You have never discussed basketball without double checking a fact on your phone. When you go to a bar in a city you don’t know you make a big deal about ordering local beers, and if the guy next to you didn’t hear you order it you order it again but louder. You have strong opinions on pirating that nobody agrees with. You are probably a centrist. You have no idea how much I pity you.
Luka Doncic - There are two types of Luka fans, the hollow, soulless Mavs fan who physically cannot talk about his team without saying the phrase ‘We just need to get Luka some help’, and the 16 year old jerker who’s brain instinctively goes ‘Luka Doncic is Devin Booker father’ the second they see his name. Both are equally hard to talk to, but at least the Mavs fan has an excuse for their suicidal demeanour. The jerker is barely even a human at this point, a bag of flesh that surrounds an endless stream of catchphrases and recycled memes. Luka Doncic is Devin Booker father. If you laughed at that for the second time, seek therapy or employment.
Jayson Tatum - Bro I am NOT GAY, I promise but IF I was, IF bro, IF I was then of course I would have sweaty man sex with Jayson Tatum, he’s just cute bro it’s not gay to say that bro it isn’t I swear. What? Tatum’s game isn’t good enough to justify the lengths I’ll go to defend him? He’s not really all that and I only love him so much because I think he’s sexually attractive. Nah bro you’re crazy for that one I won’t lie, just because Tatum’s lips are soft like pillows and I like the way his ass jiggles and I wish the NBA would let him play without a shirt on doesn’t make me gay bro you’re crazy for that one.
Zion Williamson - The Great Zion Debate revolves around a single word; ‘if’. IF Zion was to play regularly, he’d probably be top 3 bigs in the league, but guess what? He doesn’t, so he isn't. That should be a very simple thing to understand, but Zion fans love nothing more than to drag everyone into a world full of hypotheticals and make-believe, where anything is possible except Zion’s shitty conditioning being his own fault. Eventually you’ll be spat out of their portal wearing nothing but a lobster bib and a Jose Alvarado jersey, fully believing that it’s AD’s fault that Zion loves food more than he loves his own mother. After all, you can’t say he plays bad if he simply never plays.
Damian Lillard - Oh fuck you’re so cool man, you’re so cool because the player you support is so loyal man, that just makes you so much cooler than everyone else man. Ignore all the times you’ve screamed for him to be traded because the Trail Blazers are a complete poverty franchise, that doesn’t matter because Dame is so loyal and cool man, Dame time baby let’s go! Let’s fucking go! Who cares that the current state of the NBA would be exactly the same if Dame was never drafted and spent his entire life delivering DnD equipment to Portland’s extensive collective of people who couldn’t care less about basketball, he’s so clutch! Ignore all the red flags and hope the Lakers come through with a trade request. You’ll need post-season success more than you think in the years to come.
Chris Paul - When Chris Paul retires without a ring, which is a near guarantee unless Phoenix fix their shit or he begs Denver to take his dog ass for a season, what will you do? You probably gave up on your hopes of a ring around the same time Harden fans did, but man 2021 gave you hope didn’t it? Just for a second you felt what it was like to support a real player, a real man. Not the banana boat enthusiast who choked leads like they were Bart Simpson, but a player who could maybe win something someday. It must have been nice while it lasted. Then, reality set in. To be honest, I don’t really know who I’m talking to with this one. Chris Paul surely doesn’t have any fans left. He barely even has his own family on his side. Ah well, you’ll always have Lob City. And Kim K.
Jimmy Butler - It’s always someone else’s fault isn’t it. Ever since Jimmy realised he could just blame KAT for all the T’wolves failings you’ve carried on that legacy for as long as you can remember. Maybe if Bam plays better against Denver your beloved Jordan surrogate won’t have to be directly outscored by UDFA’s every night. It’s okay though, Jimmy has ‘fundamentals’. You love fundamentals don’t you, they’re that thing you use when you don’t have any actual arguments to say why Jimmy’s better than the perennial MVP candidate you’ve set him up against for no reason. You can whine and cope and say ‘he makes his teammates better’ but if that were true, wouldn’t he have achieved something in Chicago, or with that very promising Minnesota roster? Surely it must be someone else’s fault. Maybe it’s the leagues for hiring referees. Or maybe it’s KAT’s fault again. Who knows.
Kyrie Irving - Kyrie fans are the rare breed of basketball fan that actually play basketball, the problem is that they think they’re him with the handles and the ankle breakers and the and-ones, but in reality they are complete fucking garbage. I will never choose you to play pickup with unless you are the last option and I will never pass you the ball because I don’t want to watch you bounce it off your own thigh for 20 minutes. And dude, can you please stop talking about the Zionist New World Order or whatever the fuck you saw on Twitter last night? I fucking doubt the guy with the MAGA Pepe pfp has links deep in the US government, so forgive me for not believing that they put aphrodisiacs in the tap water so that we spend all our money on babies, just help me guard their sharpshooter or fuck off. And wear some deodorant fucking hell.
Devin Booker - You know, if a player needs All-Star candidates at every other position on the court just to progress to the Conference Finals, chances are that player isn’t very good. This thought does not register in the mind of the Booker fan, who genuinely believes that KD, Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton isn’t enough help. Your greed knows no bounds and will swallow you whole one day, yet in your lust for power you fail to turn inwards. Where was Booker vs the Mavs that one time? Why did he only score 12 points vs the Nuggets this year? Is he stupid? Does he not know he can play well in big games? No, no, clearly the Suns just need to trade Cam Payne and Ayton for Sabonis or AD or some other top 5 big, surely that’s where the problem lies right? Wait, what do you mean salary cap?
Ja Morant - Oh man I feel bad for you. You’re probably a guy who just enjoys basketball as a spectacle, who doesn’t particularly care about winning or losing as long as you get to watch the most entertaining players in the league pull off the most ridiculously flashy plays. Isn’t that what we all want, deep down? Maybe you were raised on a healthy diet of Vince Carter or D Rose, maybe you just think a guy who can jump over another guy for a bucket is neat, whatever the answer is you’re trapped with this fucking idiot who can’t keep himself out of trouble. Now the team you touted as the most exciting in the league is the most hated in the league, and through no fault of your own you look like a fucking idiot. Worse still, the sheen has come off the Grizzlies young core and now people actually expect them to start winning, probably without Ja. Consider suing Instagram before Adam Silver demands Ja be burned at the stake for his transgressions against his fellow players.
Trae Young - Yes, we all remember that New York series. Yes, we all thought Ice Trae was hot shit at the time. But guess what? That was 2 years ago and Trae has shown no signs of progressions since. Still a liability on defence, still a massive ball hog and still ugly as fuck. Just face the facts and admit that without these rivalries you create, be it with New York or Luka or whoever, Trae would be the most forgettable player in the league. Three point specialists are a dime a dozen in the post-Steph era, and there’s nothing to really separate your fave from Dame or Paul George or De’Aaron Fox or any other number of downtown dwellers. Also like dude, come on, he’s so ugly. Have some self respect.

My attacks haven’t been going well after I got promoted to Gold 1, need some advice on which troops to use. I currently use Hog Riders and a few Pekas.

With Shadowverse Evolve Set BP01 coming to english on June 30th,
I'd like to provide a guide on which cards to look out for and to buy based on their overall importance and usage for the set 01 meta and the upcoming sets.
Of course, if you are planning to focus on/main a singular class, you should definitely just buy splits of the particular class that you would like to main, I don't condone any card hogging and I don't think you should buy cards that you are not going to play. This guide is purely to help players to know which cards to get when the set releases so they can build their decks for the current set and for the future sets.
It is worth mentioning that all cards can be useful and this list is my opinion based on my experience playing the JP format.
High priority cards are cards that are usually deemed as staples/must-haves in many decks and will be used for quite some time.
Medium priority cards are cards that are meta-relevant and have good skills that has generally seen usage throughout the sets.
Low priority cards are niches that might be worth noting as their usage are very meta-dependent.
Now let's begin

ELF

PRIORITY - HIGH

• Ancient Elf - Pretty much used in every elf deck for the elf-harvest draw engine and the tempo. bounces cards, high stats for the cost, and enables one of the most broken draw engines in the class.
• Harvest Festival - Elf's main draw engine in most decks, with the combination of this card and any card that bounces cards, you get to draw cards to increase options during the game and consistent.
• Nature's guidance - This card is absolutely busted and is pure value, gives two draws in elf-harvest draw engine and allows your units' fanfare abilities to be reused, even so 1 pp for 1 draw is already really good. Used in most elf decks.

PRIORITY - MEDIUM

• Silver bolt - One of the non-interactive cards in the game, used in elf decks as finishers that quick spells cannot counter, used in decks whenever more finishing power is required.
• Elven princess mage - Really good unit that sees use in combo decks, providing 2 wisps gives you 2 free combo counts at any given point and is mainly used in combo elf.

PRIORITY - LOW

• Elf Child May - Really good card that is used for tempo and board control, pairs really nicely with ancient elf and nature's guidance.
• Rose Queen - Good finishing card for fairy forest, the card can deal 6 damage immediately on fanfare (given you have a full EX of fairies), and generates potentially 15 damage on spells only.
• Blessed fairy dancer - Good card to buff fairies in fairy elf, 2/3 for 2pp is decent and the effect is quite strong.
• Rhinoceroach - Good combo card that has game ending potential, will always be iffy due to it being 1HP, killable by basically every quick spell but good to play when your opponent has 0 PP. Good to pickup due to being 2PP high attack storm

ROYAL

PRIORITY - HIGH

• Aurelia, Regal Saber - Big stats that can impact the board immediately when you play it, gaining aura makes it immensely valuable as aura is one of the most broken keywords in the game, will be used in most royal decks going forward.

PRIORITY - MEDIUM

• Swordsman - A 2/1 that can act other followers on fanfare is really valuable, especially against pesky followers that want to be in stand position, being able to reuse that ability with its ACT skill is good too.
• Novice Trooper - 3/3 Storm, sees a lot of use early but fell off in later sets due to having good replacements, but nevertheless, good stats for a card with storm, works extremely well in tempo/aggro decks for immediate pressure.
• Gemstaff Commander - 3/2 follower that tutors anything is insane, making royal one of the few classes that can utilize a lot of 1-ofs in decks, will always have a place in midrange/tempo royal decks for consistency.

PRIORITY - LOW

• Maid Leader - Essentially a slightly worse Gemstaff Commander, saw a bit of usage when royal needs more consistency.
• Luminous Knight - A really strong card for aggro royal, curves really well if you had played a turn 1 follower.
• Ninja Trainee - 1pp 2/2, good stats, has keywords and a better Goblin (1pp 2/2 with no keywords).
• Royal Banner - perma-buff amulet on board, pretty strong in set BP01 but falls off quite hard in BP02 when Leonidas gets introduced, good for BP01 meta.

WITCH

PRIORITY - HIGH

• Merlin - used in almost every witch deck, the ability to search any spell and reuse spells from the graveyard is really powerful, also allows the inclusion of 1-of spells.
• Dimension Shift - one of the core cards for OTKs in witch, this card will always be focal point of OTK witch for a long time.
• Sorcery Cache - used in almost every spellchain-centric deck (which is most of it), it accelerates spell-chain and gets you your core spells.

PRIORITY - MEDIUM

• Flame destroyer - key piece in dimension-shift OTK, free 7/7 on spellchain 15 is really good.
• Fate's hand - good card that pluses in spell-chain, it is also not bad in non-spellchain witch decks.

PRIORITY - LOW

• Teachings of creation - good card that is only used in earth rite, cycles and gives you a stack for 1pp.
• Fiery's embrace - good quick spell that is good in certain matchups, usable as a 1-off or 2-off to prevent storm units from ending the game.
• Arch Summoner Erasmus - wincon of dirt witch in the early meta, falls off super hard as dirt witch isn't that good in the later sets, but should be picked up if you plan to play dirt witch.

DRAGON

PRIORITY - HIGH

• Dark Dragoon Forte - Storm Aura 7/3, doesn't need much explanation, a staple in dragon.
• Shenlong - Restricted in JP and will get restricted in english soon, but even as a 1-of, the +5 healing and the plusing is really good, especially when the discard cost can be mitigated with some cards.
• Blazing Breath - Absolute bonkers quick spell, in overflow for a 1pp deal 4 is insane, kills off a lot of threats with 1pp.

PRIORITY - MEDIUM

• Aiela, Dragon's Knight - Essentially another copy of Dragon's Oracle in your deck, very good for control or midrange centric dragon decks and get to your wincon faster.
• Genesis Dragon - 9pp for 10/12 storm is always going to be good, especially because the only quick spells that can counterplay against this is something like Execution or the previously mentioned Fiery's Embrace, insanely good finisher for any dragon deck that requires it.
• Serpent's Wrath - good quick spells that gives you back your hand, while not as good as Blazing Breath, 5 damage is good enough to destroy a lot of threats that CIP during your opponents turn.

PRIORITY - LOW

• Conflagaration - 5 pp for a board reset is pretty good, considering dragon can ramp their PP, used in control dragon.
• Shapeshifting Mage - 5/5 for 2pp during overflow is already good, the Assail and Bane of the unit for evolve is icing on the cake to deal against units with Aura like Aurelia, Regal Saber

NIGHTMARE

PRIORITY - HIGH

• Cerberus - Used in most nightmare decks, the generated tokens are useful for board control and finishing games.
• Crazed Executioner - Crazy card with a high skill ceiling, knowing your opponent's hand gives you a lot of info and minusing their key combo pieces is really good. Used in most control nightmare decks.

PRIORITY - MEDIUM

• Dire Bond - really good draw engine and also a crimson enabler, used in crimson-centric decks.
• Dark General - 4PP 5/5 Storm is always going to be good, almost always included in crimson decks.
• Ambling Wrath - Cheap crimson enabler, 1pp 2/1 that is also good in aggro.
• Death's Breath - Very useful card to can be used to recycle big and strong units, this card is almost always used in control nightmare.
• Soul conversion - Good way for nightmare to draw cards, especially when nightmare has a lot of cheap followers and tokens such as Ghosts or Forest Bats.

PRIORITY - LOW

• Righteous Devil - Niche use to deal with pesky standing/aura units.
• Skeleton Fighter - Used in most aggro nightmare decks that utilize crimson, 1pp 3/3 can be hard to deal with in the early game.
• Razory Claw - decent quick spell and a good way to randomly end games as it can target the leader.

BISHOP

PRIORITY - HIGH

• Jeanne D'Arc - used in most bishop decks, good stats and a board clear while also buffing your board, really good.
• Sacred Plea - Bishop's draw engine, 1pp for 1 draw or 3 pp for 2 draw, both are good depending on the situation and will be used in most bishop decks for a long time
• Dark Offering - 1pp to heal 3 and draw 1 is already really good, combined with bishop that has units that can benefit off this in future sets, will be used in a lot of bishop decks.

PRIORITY - MEDIUM

• Themis's Decree - A consistent 5pp board reset that bypasses aura, almost always used in control haven.
• Blackened Scripture - A very good quick spell, banishing a follower is better than destroying, will see play in most haven decks.

PRIORITY - LOW

• Curate - 6pp 5/5 with a really good effect, sees some play due to the healing and will be used more in later sets.
• Guardian sun - Bad in this set, but worth noting that when Aegis comes out, this card is a staple.
• Prism Priestess - Decent tutor card for havencraft, very similar to Maid Leader for Royal.
• Moon Al-mi'raj - Decent in this set, but will fall off quite hard in later sets, one of the only cards with storm in the entire class.

NEUTRALS

PRIORITY - HIGH

• Bellringer Angel - Best cycle card to ever have released and is still played on a lot of decks till this day on BP06 meta (JP), pick up this card while you can.

PRIORITY - MEDIUM

• Urd - One of the only EX-Area destruction that SVE currently has, this card is usually meta-dependent card and will be used whenever there are strong decks that utilize the EX-Area in the meta.
• Lucifier - Good card in set 01, falls off quite hard in the upcoming sets but is really strong in the first set.
• Path to Purgatory - This card is used in aggro decks, and can be any aggro deck's card draw, the absurd +3 and board reset when low is really good when low on fuel in aggro decks.
• Execution - One of SVE's earliest strong quick spells, with the ability to also destroys amulets, allowing you to destroy royal's amulet in BP01, BP02 and deal with big targets such as Lucifier, Genesis Dragon or Erasmus in the early sets, falls off later but is a good pickup and used in most decks these sets.

PRIORITY - LOW

• Trail of Light - any deck that discards can make use of this card, really useful in spellchain witch and discard dragon.
• Angelic Snipe - neutral 1pp quick spell, very useful in control decks and if the meta is dominated by aggro or strong 2HP followers. Currently a very meta card in BP06 due to royal, nightmare.

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That is all the note worthy cards for this set, let me know if I missed anything

This is a bit all over the place, but I want to share, so here is my experience
Yesterday I had my first experience with shrooms, all I can say is that I was blown away by the experience.
I took about 3g of golden caps I believe they were called, I did it with some friends I met while staying here in Australia. The coolest thing is we took the mushrooms on a beach with a BIG rainforest in the back.
Eating: I ate the mushrooms at about 13:00, with my 3 friends, we were sitting in the beach and mixed the shrooms with lime juice and dark chocolate, I really enjoyed the earthy taste of the mushrooms actually. After eating them we realised we were all alone in this big beach and decided to go skinny dipping, this was about 20 minutes in. I didn’t feel much, but I distinctly remember the foam on the waves starting to look more and more, uhm otherworldly, can’t really put any words to it.
After swimming we dryer ourselves and 2 of the guys disappeared, they walked to some other beach, so it was just me and another guy. About 40 - 50 minutes in, the sky opens up and it starts raining heavily, as the rain hits me I get the 4k UHD high res vision, like the clearest I have ever seen nature. I decided to walk a bit on my own in the rainforest as I thought I had peaked and felt very nice.
5 minutes in to walking on my own I found out that I had in fact not hit my peak yet, and I highly underestimated what shrooms are. For 1 second to the other it felt like Mine Tyson hit me with a psychedelic right hook and I was just thrown in to the brightest, slowest, warmest mindset I haven’t ever experienced. I felt like I was walking at negative speed. I was no longer moving around in the environment, the environment was moving around me, enveloping me, my thoughts and my whole body. I kept walking in that state for around 2 hours, appreciating nature, touching leaves, moss, trees. Throughout these 2 hours it was heavily raining, like rainforest violent loud rain, and I felt like all the negative thoughts were slowly being washed away, and the rain was just soothing.
When I got back home, I was laying down on my bed, and I was just hit with the most loving feeling ever. I was laying under a blanket, hugging myself, like actuality hugging myself. And something, not me I think was just telling me how loved I was, that I was okay, I felt an actual real warm presence of real love for myself that I didn’t know I could feel. In that moment I realised how much I have grown as a person and how good my life has turned out. I finally accepted ME, someone told me that I needed to treat myself with the same love that I give to the people around me, and it just made sense.
After this I slowly came down, and I felt like I was a warm hug, I was wearing a big cozy hoodie laying in the couch in under a porch wrapped in a blanket, listening to the rain. It was so serene and peaceful, so I decided to do some breath work, 3 rounds of wim hog breathing. Then no I just payed there in peace for an unknown amount of time, and that was the trip.
What an amazing experience

I know there are a lot of problems with this game don’t get me wrong.
I am a product of growing up with Harry Potter. I stood in line to get the books, saw the movies as soon as they came out, and I have read the books 15x over as I assume most of you are the same.
I haven’t played a video game in years due to college, grad school, and generally being busy with life.
I think the main thing to remember is that this is the beginning.
I truly believe that this is the start to an amazing journey with future games to come with significant improvements.
Things I love about the game:

• unpopular at best but the attention to detail. The immersion I felt when first watching the movies felt the same in the game. Hogwarts felt magical. HogsMeade felt charming, and the rest added to it.
  
• the sheer ability for a game to incorporate the details of the Harry Potter world in terms of combat.
  

-flying (just because)
Things I don’t like:

• the story line lacks depth. It doesn’t provide enough details that us Harry Potter lovers are used to.
  
• the redundancy is exhausting. At some point you realize how repetitive it can be.
  

Overall, I’m about 75% done and have enjoyed it. My gaming experience has been fairly lackluster in the last decade but this has been fun.
I am simply looking forward to the future installations they plan to make and will be the first to buy whatever sequel they come out it with.
I suppose I made this post to just keep in mind that I don’t think this is a mediocre game. It may be mediocre relative to the hype that surrounded it but 12 year old me is screaming with excitement inside. I look forward to finishing and definitely look forward to the fact that there is finally an open world Harry Potter game. Something I have wanted for a long time.

Bought a Harley at a dealer a couple weeks ago, just received a email from HOG stating my package has been sent.
I haven’t ordered anything so all I can guess is that Harley is sending a package to new owners?
Any new owners here that received the same email and maybe the package that can let me know what it could possibly be?

I know I’m like the popular guy. But sometimes it feels like im hogging all the attention from everyone else… like I’m that one popular guy at school that always has a group with him. I love all the attention but feels like i got it for nothing and like I haven’t let anyone else get anything… yesterday someone asked if we can play Bloons together and afterwards they made a post about it. I know it wasn’t much but it made me feel like I was a celebrity who got recognized… which is why im making this do you guys want me here? I feel like I’ve gotten too big and I kinda hate it… I love this place but it feels like I’ve been stealing all the attention from everyone else. If you guys want me to leave I will

Where to begin. I met my husband in college and we were together for 5 years before we got married last year. The controlling, inappropriate behavior began pretty much from the beginning. I am type 1 diabetic and when I was first diagnosed (right after college/ two years into dating) I had trouble with control. I had a BAD low blood sugar one night at their home where I was sweating through my clothes, shaking, and couldn’t see straight. I was pretty much crawling on their floor trying to find my glucose tabs. My husband got me a juice from the fridge and gave it to me. My mil pulled him aside and told him I should get my own juice and he shouldn’t have to do things like that. That’s just one example but she’s also horrendous to his older siblings significant others (he is the youngest of 4). Well then we got married and that was an entire nightmare all together. She complained about everything. I’m sure she was just mad she couldn’t legally get on the altar and marry him herself. But she still brings up to this day that there weren’t enough pictures of their family (it was extremely even - I would even go to say they had more but alas), that they overpaid for the wedding (this was a big big wedding and they had over half the guest list. His dad gave him a set amount and we worked with it, so if she wasn’t mad about this it would be something else), and just tries to take a wonderful memory and taint it for us. We got pregnant on our honeymoon and waited to announce to my husbands parents at the 12 week mark. When we announced she pulled my husband aside and asked him “if he knew I wasn’t on birth control” (lmfao as if we haven’t been having sex for the last 6 years without reproducing - I can promise this baby was very much wanted). All this to say I still hadn’t called it quits with this psycho yet. Well once my son was born we had a super traumatic birth experience and a week in the nicu with a scary diagnosis. I couldn’t hold my baby for a week and it deeply scarred me. We got out of the nicu on Friday and I could finally hold my baby I disturbed (ha.). This woman showed up to our house the next day and took my son and didn’t give him back for hours. I went into the nursery I worked so hard on and just wept. I was folding his little clothes while she snuggled the baby I had sacrificed holding so he could get better. She even came in and say me crying and just asked that I move the clothes off the rocker I had bought so she could rock him. This gutted me because I hadn’t even gotten to rock him in it yet. He’s now almost 4 months and I feel like I’ve seen her constantly. She lives 3 hours away but we’ve seen her every 2 weeks since he was born. When he was about a month old she did the same shit she always does and hogged him all day long (I don’t get to have him when she’s around) and I was finally upstairs giving him a bath and getting ready for bed and he was crying because I was putting a long sleeve onesie on him and it bothers him when I pull things over his head. I started breastfeeding him and she ran upstairs and worriedly asked “is he okay?!” Which I somewhat condescendingly said “yes” to (because no shit he’s okay he’s with his parents) well she turned around to walk away and just started yelling at me on her way out “RUDE! SHES JUST RUDE!”. I was just done at this point because it had been a long day of putting up with this beast of a woman and I was exhausted. I want to add that my husband has always defended me and we had agreed we shouldn’t cut her off because she’s still his mom and my sons grandma but it’s taken it’s toll on our new marriage. We have continued to see her and it’s been pretty miserable each time. We both leave unhappy and I’ve become pretty resentful towards my husband and my marriage from all of it. She wants to visit this weekend and we’ve been fighting because I just want a break. I see all these people in here that see these monster women weekly and I don’t know how they do it. Am I wrong for wanting a long long break (if it were up to me I wouldn’t see her again until probably the holidays but even ruining my sons first Christmas with her presence makes me sick to my stomach). I’m just looking for any advice. I love my husband and I know he loves me but neither of us knows how to handle this and I’m tired of it wearing on our relationship. My son deserves happy parents who love each other. Which honestly he has, but when my mother in law is around it drives a giant wedge between us.

Ftm, and my daughter is 4 months old. For 2 months she has wanted no one to hold her or care for her but me. She will scream and cry if someone else holds her, and only in the last couple weeks has my fiance been able to tend her for about an hour at a time.
And my in laws and fiance, and their friends (with or without kids) say its my fault. Because during her first 2 months I had anxiety and separation issues when anyone would take the baby from me. Even with good intentions, so I can have me time for an hour or shower, or eat, etc... I only asked a few times, and even if I didn't, usually I'd only get 10 minutes before she was crying (less if she was awake when handed off.)
If I didn't go help, she'd cry and scream until mil brought her to me, or my baby screamed herself back to sleep! It got so bad it was just easier on my mental health to NOT have others take care of her.
My fiance keeps pushing 'socialize the baby, its good for her' but I'm the one that has to deal with unconsolable melt downs when she gets over stimulated or over tired from being handed around like a hot potato. His family has insisted its necessary and they can handle her but they haven't! Even when I tell them 'when she wakes up she'll be hungry', they'll strip her bare ("because her diaper bothers her"), sing and walk, and wonder whats wrong! And if they do make a bottle, they've waited too long and she's so upset she won't notice the bottle.
They discourage me from picking her up or 'running to her rescue' every time she cries. I don't! I'll wait a couple minutes to see if she'll calm down on her own, or if who ever has her can soothe her, but when a small fuss turns to full tear crying or screaming (like she's getting her shots) I can't help picking her up or taking her.
At 4 months old (almost 5) I still feel like its good to answer her cries. Especially if she isn't calming down on her own. Everything is new to her, and new can be scary.
I know a point will come when it isn't in my childs best interest for me to coddle them every time. When they need to be more independent. But I don't believe that is now, and maybe for a year. And I don't think it should be done by ignoring them, or repeating "chill" a dozen times from across the room.
Yes, I'm overwhelmed and frustrated I can't put my daughter down for 30 seconds to pee. But I think its just a phase and my daughters limited experience with 'not mom' people has made her not trust people. (Especially mil and her 'baby whisperer' friends. They can't even look at the baby without her crying.)
But I'm being blamed for 'projecting negative feelings', hogging my baby, avoiding socializing, and pushing my introvertness on her... And the more I hear it the more I wonder if I'm in the wrong.
Is it a phase? Is it my fault? Can it be helped? If I'm wrong, what can I do to fix it? If I'm not wrong, how do I explain to my 'fact and logic' fiance that being her support now isn't guaranteed to make her a 'velcro teen'.

My grandfather, (78, M) is currently experiencing what we think is dementia. Doctor’s in our locality haven’t really been of much help. We live in a developing nation. There are basic things available, but in all honesty, it’s as if there’s a lack of knowledge in dealing with such things.
He’s not only forgetting things but just bringing up random conversations from the past. He had expressed concerns about this before. That he was “forgetting himself” as he put it. So, I tried to do my best by sitting and chatting with him about current affairs and interesting topics he liked. I didn’t know how else to deal with it. I really thought having brain stimulating conversation would help. I am a full time double major student, and m constantly busy with work and school…and life’s been tough…so I am not able to visit him as much so i had talked it over with my mom and younger brother, if they could please chat with him from time to time so he doesn’t feel so alone with his thoughts.
IT’s been difficult getting doctor’s to visit him, as it’s been difficult to get him to the hospital because he’s a stroke patient and bedridden. His only care-taker is my mom, so it’s been tough. Apart from that, there’s been som every upsetting incidents in the family that i fear have upset him and put pressure on his mind and led to what it is right now.
HE doesn’t want to sleep, he keeps calling for random people and then he admits he knows where they are but he just wants to call and has nothing to do. Other than that, at times, he really doesn’t knw and forgets. he keeps himself awake by using his good hand (the other hand a bit weak from the stroke ) to fiddle with things like banging on the wall and fiddling with the door. It breaks my heart seeing him like this. I dont know what there is that we can do to lessen the impacts or reverse them , or help him regain sense of reality. Just some background, my granddad has no family history of this sort of thing. His father passed at age 96, very sound of mind and only a little forgetful, while his sister passed at 105, the same. My granddad has always been strong and sound of mind through his whole life and very active. He’s been a stroke patient for almost ten years now, suffering about 4 minor strokes which the doctor says was just due to stress.
He had slowly adapted to not being able to move around but did not like really like it much. He doesn’t quite like it much. Every now and then, he brings up how he doesn’t like how people think he’s crazy and that he’s just bored with nothing to do, or that he’s forgetting things and doesn’t like it. It’s really hard seeing him like this, but I’m not sure what to do.
All these dementia like experiences are very recent. He'd gradually say random things before and my mom would chalk-it-up to him being looney but really, she's a conversation hog, and he was actually commenting on a conversation we were having before she'd walk into the room. Little incidents like that. So him being this bad, like random ramblings and whatnot is quite new. He'd never get the chance to talk before and converse since he had no one to talk to, and was left at home from time to time from what he used to tell me (as I don't live with them). So, I really don't believe he should be experiencing this at all and this is the impact of posssible stress and neglect. HE had constantly spoken about how he felt like he was a burden and just felt alone, and now this is happening, I don't really know how to help him at this point or understand how this could have happened. Just two to three months ago he was completely fine and having sound conversation. Is this supposed to happen ? Is this normal?
Are there any forms of medication or maybe natural treatment that could help him? What can I do to help him?
Deets:
78, M . Around 50kg-70kg. He was arnd 6ft 2 but now, it's like he's shrunk. So it really feels like 5ft 6 now
Medication: Enalapril, SImvastatin, Amlodipine and currently Diazapam.
Country: Fiji. Race: Rotuman (Ethnic Polynesian similar to Wallisan)
Doesn't smoke, drink or any of the sorts.