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Hi, just wanted to say I'm happy to see such an active community on this game even after so many years. I used to play it back in 2006 and grinded the hell out of it.
From my 3 old accounts I can only access one (I didn't set my real bday back then on the other 2 lol) and sadly it seems I froze the account at some point (no idea when).
Just sent a support email to see if I can unfreeze it. I had soooo many cool stuff: job stamps, unique cards, battledome stats, game stats, neolimpics rewards, brushes, so many things....
It's funny I care just now after totally ditching my poor neopets for so long, but I got hit by some nostalgia after watching the FB April fool's posts.
Luckily I still have a more recent account (from 2017) that I think I'll be playing with from time to time, in case I don't get access to my surviving old account.
Glad to see this game is nowhere near gone!! I reaaaaaally love Neopets (RIP Roccky_ii, best and strongest Wocky to ever exist).
Anyways, just to not make this post pointless I'll ask a question to get started: is it still possible to go on the hunts for old events, the special ones where you have to do a lot of steps and track clues? (e.g. Altador Plot).

Due to questions and comments regarding:

• the Battle Pass
• D4's Monetization
• Crossplay (PC, XBox, PS - including "do I need separate / individual copies for each system?")
• System Requirements
• Open Beta (e.g. regarding the Launch Date and other questions)

...being asked very frequently on the subreddit, please post them in this thread so they can be compiled in one spot, which makes it easier for the community to oversee and to respond to them.
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Short Questions that may not require a whole thread to be answered or Less Frequently Asked Questions that are more niche / very specific (like "What is the Tick Rate of Bleeding Effects?") also belong in this thread to not over-saturate the front page of the subreddit with such threads.
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- Please read the brief FAQ below before posting! <---
Basic Information on D4 and some of the most frequently asked questions are quickly answered there!
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Quick FAQ and Basic Information on D4

• Launch Date: June 6th, 2023
• Collectors Edition: does NOT INCLUDE the Game (neither a physical copy, nor a code), only physical collectible items! The game has to be bought separately.

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• Open Beta Date: --March 24th - March 26th-- (--has concluded--)
• Open Beta Early Access: March 17th to March 19th -- (--has concluded --)
• Beta Progress: will NOT transfer over to the Game once it is launched.

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• System Requirements: See image here <-- for official information on D4's System Requirement.
• Ultrawide Screen Support? Yes
• Offline Mode: No Offline Mode. Online-only, including for Consoles (so unlike D3 on consoles, no offline mode for consoles with D4).
• Local Co-op / Couch Co-op / Console Co-op: No couch co-op on PC. Yes on consoles, but only for up to 2 Players (same for all Home Consoles).
• Crossplay: is available across all platforms.
• Is progress, cosmetics, etc shared between PC, Xbox, PS5, etc? Your Progress, Cosmetics, etc are saved on your Battle.net account, so yes, they are shared between your PC, Xbox, PS, etc copies of the game you may have, provided you are logged in on the same Battle.net account.
• Do I need to buy a copy for each platform separately to play it? Yes. In order to play the game on PC, you need a PC copy. To play it on console, you need a copy for the particular console.
• Controller Support for PC? Yes
• WASD Movement Support for PC Keyboards? No, but maybe later down the road in the future.

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• Start of the 1st Season: A few weeks after launch, but the exact time is unknown at the moment.
• How Dark is Diablo 4? Yes.
• Cow Level: there is no Cow Level.

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• Infos on the Battle Pass: There is a Free Battle Pass and a Premium Battle Pass. Premium BP cost 10$, gives access to unlock cosmetics only. Both Free & Premium BP last for a season (~3 months)
• Is D4's Premium Battle Pass pay2win? Short Answer: NO!
• Is D4's Premium Battle Pass pay2win? Long Answer: The Premium Battle Pass does NOT give an XP Boost. There is an XP Boost in the FREE Battle Pass. Buying the Premium Battle Pass does NOT unlock or accelerate the pace at which you get the XP Boost of the Free Battle Pass. XP Boosts only apply to your OTHER seasonal Characters, AFTER one of them has fulfilled certain requirements, like reaching a certain Character Level (evtl. Max Character Level ?), so it will only make it faster to level seasonal Alts, not your seasonal Main Char. (based on currently publicly available information).
• D4's ingame Shop: only sells cosmetic via Premium Currency, but not power (based on currently publicly available information). Premium Currency can also be gained by playing the game.

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[Gameplay] - Does D4 have...

• ... a Skill Tree? Yes.
• ... Skill Points? Yes, D4 has Skill Points (these are shared by Active and Passive Skills)
• ... Skill Runes like in D3? No, but there are ways to modify Active Skills further (both via Items and via the Skill Tree)
• ...a Paragon System? Yes, but it is very different than Paragon from D3. Unlike D3's Paragon, D4's Paragon is NOT account-wide and you do NOT have unlimited Points for it (gained from Level 50 to 100 + via some other objectives). It is "Paragon in Name-only" so to speak.
• ... Respecs? Yes, but they cost Gold. You can respec individual Skill Points. Due to the Gold Costs for respecs increasing with Character Level, you can't respec High Level Characters too much each day.
• ... Trading? Yes, but only Normal, Magic and Rare Items (+ Gems, Gold & Elixirs) can be traded, but not Legendaries or Uniques. Rare Items can be enchanted further, but then can no longer be traded.
• ... an Auction House like D3? No Auction House in D4.
• ... Bald Occultist from the Trailer? Check!
• ... Succubi? Check!

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As much as I love how nicely the physical grimoire packs away, it's a bit annoying when I set up a game to go through and remove all the manuals, token boxes, shrouds, and reminder tokens that I won't be using for a particular game.
I have found a box with little compartments for storing unused pieces and some little containers for shrouds and reminder tokens that clip onto the side of my grim. Still, it is difficult to pack this away inside the grim, and I usually have to carry this round separately.
https://ibb.co/0CkNttD
https://ibb.co/jT565vG
Does anyone have any tips or advice on how they organise their grim to make the set-up process easier? Has anyone found any more compact organisers for holding the tokens?

Hello everyone, I'm new to this sub, Lian Li and RGB. I want to avoid using RGB/Fan Speed control software (Armoury Crate, L-Connect 3 and iCUE). I've discovered that these programs are very annoying to use and bad for security (looking at you Asus). I would prefer that my fans be controlled by the BIOS and the RGB controlled by the Lancool Mesh 3. In L-Connect, I have my fan speed and RGB set to sync with the motherboard. In Devilzone I have the GPU RGB set to sync with my motherboard as well. The GPU and Uni Fan hub RGB cables are connected to the RGB cables that come from the Lancool Mesh 3. When I set L-Connect 3 to sync the LEDs to the motherboard, one and a half fans from each of the groups don't sync and stay in rainbow colors. Has anyone seen this issue and resolved it?
Thanks in advance!
System specs: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Asus Strix B650-E (latest BIOS installed) G.Skill DDR5 64GB (4x16GB) Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 2TB (firmware updated) Power color Red Devil 7900XTX Lian Li Uni Fan V2 120MM x2 Lian Li Galahad 360mm AIO Lian Li Lancool Mesh 3 case

I recently purchased a GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX, an i5-13600K, and 2 sets of G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL36 Memory
While doing some final research before building, I came across multiple posts that indicate using 4 x 16 GB is worse than 2 x 32 GB, and perhaps wouldn't even work properly.
Does anyone know if this is true of my specific pieces?
If so, are there any drawbacks of going 2 x 32 (aside from price), and would I be better served just using one of the 2 x 16 packs?
Thank you for your time.

Hi Reddit — need your help on this one — TA for privacy and what not.
Wife (31F) and myself (35m) have been married for 8 years, together for almost 12.
We’ve gone through our shit relatively early on (like 1-2 years into marriage, and again in 2020) with her finally figuring out her projections onto me (daddy issues) and me realizing my “close-offness” (eg retreating into a shell, and not expressing literally any feelings) was causing immense issue with us connecting and building on our relationship. That part was addressed and over with.
Over the past 2ish years, we’ve been pretty well connected — she expresses any issues with me almost immediately, so that they are addressed then and there rather than 5 months later, and I’ve been pretty good about expressing my “wants and needs” so I don’t harness any resentment.
When we had a huge falling out during the last half of 2020, we slept in separate rooms, while seeing a therapist who said we both needed to stay in the house for the sake of our two kids. Even then they (the kids) totally recognized the difference with me in the basement and my wife in the bedroom (they were 3 and 1 — 5 and 4 now). We’ve really repaired that and the kids are 100% good.
We’ve really been pretty good on emotional/connectional terms over the last 2+ years, I want to throw that out there as a caveat before the following…
When we finally mended things after the 2020 blow up, she had mentioned that when she went to see her good friend a state away that she “had lots of opportunities” (not explicitly stating to cheat, but obviously referring to the attention she got), but that she never acted. Cool. I accepted and moved on.
We get a call from said friend to come down to said state this weekend to honor said friend in her field. During that call, I hear something about “Arthur (or some masculine name) will be there. It’s quickly dismissed and I don’t mention anything because how weird, right? Anywho — Cool, awesome, looks like a quick night away from the kids.
We come down to the state, everything is cool — she starts talking with this super odd, albeit harmless, fellow. I hover, just because I know no one else. He mentions how so and so (I don’t recall the name) is here, and how my wife would like that. She kind of dismisses it, while I’m still hovering. They both stand up, say their goodbyes, she and I start chatting a few tables away, he kind of moseys over to us, then turns and literally takes a bread roll from like 5 tables — just moves his way towards the main stage, snagging some rolls. The event was over — but still, super weird. My wife mentions something about what he said to her, and I say, “yeah, I heard, but the dude is super weird”, it’s fine, let’s move on. We do, everything is cool.
We start walking towards our ride. Our ride is her best friend, and her bfs husband. I’m walking with the husband about 6 ft behind them. Everyone is cool, although it is a bit of a walk. I overhear friend mention something a bit too loudly “Jimbob is a bit of a loud mouth, he really says whatever he wants”. And immediately that sets off red flags. It’s not that her friend is bad or anything, but she’s almost too smart for her britches, which I’ve always seen right through (hence th red flag). Although innocent enough where it could be construed as “yeah I was just making a comment on how a weird dude was weird”.
We get in the car and as we drive to the next spot, I’m like (in my head)— why was that even necessary to bring up, and that loudly… why would my wife have said that she had “opportunities to ‘do stuff’” if there aren’t opportunities? Why would jimbob have even mentioned anything about my wife and some guy if there wasn’t something obvious there? It all kind of comes rushing through the floodgates.
Tl;dr timeline: wife and I have some shit — wife goes to different state with bff — we mend things — wife mentioned she had “opportunities to do ‘stuff’” — get invited to award ceremony — mention of male name, but no real context — “weird” guy mentions my wife’s connection with some male — weird guy does weird stuff, I write what he said off — wife’s bff mentions how edited “weird guy is” extra loud, which sets off red flags.
Which brings us to here…
We’re at a bar, my wife can sense my “ick” vibe — asks me what’s wrong, I allude to what jimbob said, what she’s said in the past (e.g. I’ve had lots of opportunities), and how I don’t feel good about it. Before she can say anything, I say, “this is on me to figure out. Feelings aren’t facts, and I have to process this. It has nothing to do with you. I own my feelings, I own this — I put nothing in you.
Well she just erupts. Saying that she fee disgusting, that I don’t trust her, how could I believe what jimbob says, etc. how maybe there was a guy who “paid more attention to her, but that happens more often than you know”…all while I’m literally saying, “I dont blame you at all, I own what I feel, and it’s in me to “figure out”.
I’m not going to lie to her and say “everything is fine”. Because 1. That’s lying 2. I’ve done that before and then we go down a rabbit hole of “why don’t you trust me”
So we argue it out for a bit, and she says, “you know, this might be it for me — order your own Uber and I’ll get a different hotel room.” So I do. That’s where I’m at. Sitting in the hotel room, writing this out hoping for a bit of insight. I really tried to provide some context and relevant detail, and I definitely don’t want to come off as skewed, so if additional deets/context are necessary, let me know.
P.s. I don’t need “y’all need to see a therapist”. We already are, individually and as a couple. We just started back up. But I’d like to get an outsiders perspective as well :).

Complete noob here. I generally have no idea what any PC components are but I’ve been binging a lot of videos on YouTube and kind of have come up with what I consider to be a pretty good build but I’m curious to what others think as I’m switching from Mac to PC.
As far as what it’ll be used for: Gaming: Like Fortnite, Planet Zoo, The Sims 4, Bioshock, GTA V (All on high but not the very top settings) and hidden object games.
Non-Gaming: Online college via Canvas, a lot of youtube/web browsing, writing via Scrivener, light streaming and light video editing
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 Motherboard: MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4 Storage: Samsung 980 Pro 1TB Video Card: ASRock Challenger 6700XT Case: NZXT H510 Power Supply: Corsair RM750e 80+ Gold Monitor: ASUS VG248QC 24”
My total rounds out to just under $1400 and I really want to try and stay in that range
I also didn’t include keyboard/mouse as I get good discounts through my work at HP/Dell and I plan to go through them just to start off.

What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.

Mainly gaming. Typically ARPGs and Survival games

What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?

Don't need top end and may have case, fans, SSd to bring along. Somewhere around 6 7 or 8 hundred range for cpu/motherboard/ram

When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.

NOW

What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (ToweOS/monitokeyboard/mouse/etc)

Cpu, motherboard, ram. Maybe cpu cooler. Cureent card is a 2060 super and would like update recommendations.

Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?

U.S. No Microcenter

If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.

Monitor is 144hz Samsung that runs at 4k. Will be utilizing 2060 super for the time being and m.2 ssd. Existing case and fans.

Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?

Open to overclocking

Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)

No specifics. Would like to future proof to the extent of being able to run decent settings at 1440 or 4k over the next few years.

Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-towefull-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?

Current case is full tower

Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?

No

I have recently been given a moderate amount of G-Scale locomotives, rolling stock, track and a few accessories in terms of power supplies. All used - but some well-loved and run outdoors, and some hardly used. While setting up a garden railway looks really cool, it is not something I have the time or space to do. So I wondering if there is a forum or best practices for selling this gear to someone else that can use/want it. I would imagine that using a service like Ebay is an option, but didn't know if there was a better place to connect with those that would be more specifically interested. I am in the Seattle area, not sure if that makes a difference or not.

My son is disabled and in need of an easy to press 12v button to actuate a 12v selenoid.
i purchased this and he is barely able to press it:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B38HWR2K?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
This button would work because he is able to press buttons on a mechanical keyboard fine but it is 5v?
https://www.robotshop.com/products/m5stack-mechanical-key-button-unit
would the above button work on a 12v system and if so how would i go about doing it. Or if anyone has any ideas for an easy to press button please send thim this way. Thank you!
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074NXKBV9?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
above is the solenoid
its just a very simple setup 12v battery to a kill switch to his switch, i'm not very good with the electronic stuff, i have set it up with this button but its awkward to press
https://www.amazon.com/EG-STARTS-American-Standard-Switchable/dp/B07GBQRF3P/ref=sr_1_3?crid=17QIVP7ONL8FN&keywords=arcade+buttons&qid=1680406934&sprefix=arcade+butt%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-3
i would say an arcade button is about the max amount of pressure.

In San Diego Area
More info:

Item	Asking	More info
Dell 32" Monitor	200 each OBO	info is hard to find (the only page I can find officially from Dell is from Ghana) but they're curved VA panels, 165Hz @ 1440p, 16:9, HDR, all that good stuff
EVGA GTX 970 SSC 4GB	65	Never mined on, used for gaming for a few years. Haven't touched it in a while but they've both been safe in comfy boxes.
Gigabyte Windforce GTX 970 4GB	65	^
Sapphire R9 280 3GB	35	Bought this to make a smaller gaming PC for a friend but it never worked out
16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2133Mhz	40	Currently attached to MB, would like to sell as group but can remove
Intel Core i5-6500	40	^
ASRock Z170 Extreme4 MB	40	Currently attached to RAM and CPU, would like to sell as group but can remove lmao
Corsair K70 Keyboard	10 OBO	Needs a bath TBH, totally usable but it's dirty. If you saw the picture... I'm sorry. Red switches, full tenkey, RGB. I think it's a 2019 model but I'm not sure

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Okay my very first grow was ub tech spawn to bulk with just coir in a butter bowl and produced 115 g wet. Full monotub with polyfill after tape was removed. And it will only getting about 6 g of wet trench my wild bird seed tub which was fully colonized and looking nice with a good pin set as I look closely massive trinidaderma second was full monotub so nothing is I did a trial run of wild bird seed inoculated one and only poked the needle in the other port the one I inoculated smelt like mushrooms and zero visibility contain. The first ones were with the UB tech and that has been the one I had the most success with but what I'm thinking is happening it's my spores or substrate I'm using a bucket tech can anyone give me a better Tek to pasteurize my CVG. mushrooms growing on my side my house from old cakes in other words they were more healthy ✌️🍄

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Hello first time seller here. Letting go of this kb since I no longer have any use for it since upgrading to a wooting 60he.
The keyboard is in solid condition. Saw regular use across 4 months since date of purchase which was around mid December of last year. Warranty is still active. No problems whatsoever. Maintained and cleaned every two weeks since purchased due to regular dust accumulation. Switches are GX Blue clicky switches. Asking $85 shipped for the Keyboard only. I'll throw in a G640 pad I used for about three months, but is in great condition for $95 shipped (Mousepad was recently cleaned and stored away in its retail box). Shipping US only.
$85 shipped Keyboard Only
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$95 shipped Keyboard + G640 mousepad

So in synapse I can set my mappings for different games on my naga x profiles and everything's works great. When I plug in my Naga Trinity synapse will allow me to setup all the mapping but the mouse outputs won't change from the button number. So in summarry I set button 1 to keyboard "E", save and it still outputs number 1. Where am I going wrong?