Is hendon hooker entering the draft

Is Mikal Bridges a really good player and maybe even an all star? Yes. Are the Nets going anywhere with Mikal Bridges as their best player? No. Portland should trade Dame but it’s incredibly obvious that they don’t want to. Trading with teams who are being dumb is always a good idea.
Mikal is so fun to root for but he averaged 27 PPG with the Nets on 61 TS%, he didn’t get to the rim very much and he doesn’t see the floor very well. He mostly relied on absurd shot making. However despite this; the Nets were just 23rd in offense. They didn’t have any guy who could generate good shots for teammates.
Scoot Henderson is a number 1 pick in the majority of NBA drafts. He is not quite a Ja Morant Derrick Rose athlete but he’s just one notch below and he’s already an excellent pull up midrange shooter. I’m not a huge draft person, but basically everyone believes in his jumper in the long run. The nets DESPERATELY lack rim pressure. Post blow up they were dead last in shots at the rim. Scoot Henderson is the ultimate rim pressure prospect, however he is far more poised than your typical athletic PG prospect and more advanced as a passer.
The nets need a franchise cornerstone and upside, and Scoot Henderson is exactly that. Anfernee Simons also has untapped potential. People don’t watch the Blazers but he’s genuinely a top 5 shooter in the NBA. He also performs MUCH better without Damian Lillard.
In 1800 possesions with Dame off the court, Simons put up 28 points and 5 assists per 75 possessions on 59 true shooting.
For a comparison, Devin Booker this season averaged 29 points and 6 assists on 60 true shooting per 75 possessions.
I admit, Simons has been kind of a disaster on defense in his young career, but he gets forced to defend tough assignments playing next to Dame. He’s also still only 23 year olds, has excellent athleticism, and a 6’8” wingspan. He is good on and off the ball as one of the best catch and shoot guys in the league on a huge volume. He’s also got an excellent long term contract.
Simons and Henderson are a young backcourt the Nets can build in the long run whose skillsets compliment each other very nicely. They’re a bit short but they both have great athleticism and wingspans. Also the Nets still have DPOY caliber big Nic Claxton, who many people forget is only 23. I think he still has more room to grow as a roller and playmaker. Basically be a poor man’s Bam on offense but he’s a lot longer than Bam is on defense. Scoot would also give Claxton a proper lob thrower and pick and roll parter. (Dinwiddie is overhated by Nets fans imo, but for whatever reason he is a truly awful pick and roll player)
I would retain Cam Johnson. You can’t lose the asset for nothing. If a team with no cap space with assets (pelicans maybe) offers the Nets a crazy sign and trade package I would totally do it, but more likely just retain the asset. Cam J can space the floor at an elite level for the Nets young backcourt and capably attack close outs and defend. Now the Nets should trade at least 1 of Royce O’Neale or DFS for a first round pick this summer, if not both. I think personally, I would keep DFS, because he’s the better defender and locked up long term, so nets can trade him later if need be. He can do the dirty work, guard the other team’s star wing, hopefully make more shots than he did to start with Brooklyn.
The nets also have Sumner back next year and he’s a low usage excellent POA defender. The nets can stagger Scoot/Simons and put sumner out there to guard the other team’s best guard.
Then with the 2 picks, I believe the Nets should target rebounders at the 4 spot. You have your guards and center of the future and maybe your small forward with CJ, but you need to get better on the glass. Leonard Miller and Noah Clowney are 2 guys I like for Nets in this range. and then ideally you trade one of these picks for a future pick and/or a young guy, because 3 rookies in the rotation is a bit much. Who knows maybe Ben Simmons can even play this role a bit. I’m skeptical he’s ever a real player again. If the Nets want to draft another wing because they’ve traded bridges and O’Neale in this scenario, Kris Murray is boring but he’ll be a good rotation player and he’s a good rebounder.
Mike Muscala is a guy I would buy low on for Nets. If Ben is ever a player again he would fit great, and Nets have lacked a stretch 5 since 2021, need different looks on offense. Muscala is one of the best shooting bigs out there. Maybe he can’t play in deeper playoff rounds but nets aren’t realistically one of those team, he wouldn’t cost more than 2 seconds. And with claxton’s switch ability they can play together some as well.
Your rotation looks something like
Scoot - Simons -Johnson - DFS -Claxton
Sumner- Thomas - Murray-Miller - Muscala/Sharpe
If Thomas/sharpe still stink then you just kinda give up on those guys, especially Dayron, I’ve never seen it at all with him.
This is a team that’s both competitive now, but has long term upside led by three players all 23 or younger, 1 of whom is already a defensive star, and the other 2 can become serious offensive stars.
Trading for dame is mortgaging the future to win 46 games and turning into the Chicago Bulls. Doing nothing is a team with a ceiling of the play in tournament and turning into the Washington wizards. The nets need to get upside.

Ever since I started watching JohnnyFD, I've become obsessed with going to Ukraine. The only thing preventing me from going was the outbreak of war. Now I'm learning that, even after the war, it may be tricky for me, a Russian-American dual national, to enter Ukraine.
So my question is as follows and seems like a major breakthrough in my personal development: Should I just abandon the thought of going to Ukraine and focus on finding incremental ways to make my life in the US better? All I really need is some sunshine and beautiful architecture. My home of Boston gets more sunshine than Kyiv. I think the architecture is not as beautiful or fresh to me, especially where I live out in the suburbs, but maybe I can do more staycations and stay in Back Bay or Cambridge to freshen up my love for Boston?
What do people think?

I got invited to the Spurs draft watch party at the AT&T center. I've never been to one before. What happens at the party? Does something happen before and/or after the pick is announced?

I am writing this in hopes for some help and to guide others to not have the same fate as me. I think I have made the biggest mistake of my life. It has been 5 months since it happened and I haven't been able to fix it. This phone is the only connection to the realm of my birth. My original world. I probably cannot undo my mistake but I can guide future players.
My phone it's Android. It has an IR blaster, the only reason I bought it, and for some reason, this phone can hold its network through dimensional change. As if it's a loophole, a glitch in the broken matrix that i was facing. Not that i could actually make any use of it because I am still here.
The people here look like us. They all do. They are very sapient. They look just like us. But my bones know that they don't have the same origin as I do. They are good though. Have the same societal issues, the same intolerable governing body, protestors, and unrealistic agendas, the left wing and right wing at each other's throats. People who should touch some grass have podcasts. People who should have podcasts enjoy their lives. They are humans, just like us, but they are not us.
The rules stated by the urban legend still strike the same to this day if time and space follow the same routine, follow the floor number pattern, pay no heed to the lady that enters the elevator on the 5th floor, leave the building immediately if you return to floor 1, etc. I followed them all correctly, but the rules are no guarantee as to whether you will be safe or alive after your elevator journey is done, the rules only make sure the procedure is correct.
Hey you know what I will write down the rules in short, for your reference to my guidelines but the rules should always be memorized to your bones and spine, this is your SOS and your key. You will find the set of rules on any website. I suggest visiting multiple of them before you start your endeavor. Because each of them gives you different kinds of warnings, something the successful players learned from their own experience. And take this advice of reading through all of those points from this unsuccessful player.
One thing the rules on blog sites don't mention is the choice of which world you want to enter. Because most players enter an identical world with no electronics and no living thing around them. Only a red crossed window that's far stretched away from where ever you look and keeps on moving further away from you. My case was vaguely different.

1. So firstly all you do is enter a building with more than 10 stories.
   
2. Enter the lift via the first floor and only by pressing the "up" button
   
3. Follow a pattern of floors, press 4 then 2 then 6 then 10 then 5.
   
4. On 5 a lady shall or shall not enter your floor. Then press 1
   
5. When you press 1, you will either reach 1. or you will reach 10.
   
6. If you reach 1, get the f out of the building and don't come near it, not in 6-7 months i suggest.
   
7. If you do reach 10 congratulations. your first part of the journey is a success
   

now Something, about the lady. Do not interact with her at any cost because of course she is not a lady, no matter how pretty she looks, oh you looked at her? alas, that's also a grave mistake. don't look at her, don't talk to her. Just ignore her total existence. If you know of the elevator game you are already aware of how you should not interact with the lady and all. But one thing is often left blurry is that what you should do if she does not enter. This was my case.
So my advice here: If the lady on the 5th floor does not enter. Then just hope that you do return to the 1st floor after you press it. if you do no then, and start ascending. continuously press any and every floor button for it to stop, or maybe the emergency or call button so that the staff can stop the elevator. Because if you end up reaching the 10th floor, good chances are you get to meet me and we make a cute therapy consult group for people who can't return back. :)
I remember everything from that night so vividly. I did your usual pattern follow. I entered the lift when no one was using it. I entered 4. went up there, meh nothing happened. Then again I pressed 2. I felt a vague chill around me. As if the mechanism of the ritual was understanding my intention. I pressed 6, then after it reached 6, I pressed 2, then 10 then 5. Oh, 5. The elevator door opened. And there she was, standing with all her glory. I did not look at her. but of course, i could see her from waist to bottom. She was dressed in Russian traditional clothing. not something i was expecting from an urban legend that became popular in Korea and japan. I think her wardrobe is a good collection from all cultures. or maybe there's more like her? Who knows?
I could feel it in my spine she was looking at me. She stopped the elevator with her foot so that the doors don't close and asked, "Baby which floor are you going?"
I followed the rules, did not look at her, did not reply to her, and completely ignored her.
She said, "Not much of a speaker eh? no worries have your ride. I hope you have a better life."
I have no idea why she said that. Looking back I think she knew what was going to happen to me. She knew that I was not going to end up in the world most player venture into. "Better life," she said.
She did not enter the lift and I pressed 1. The ritual, now tainted because she did not enter, worked. I reached the 10th floor. And when the doors opened, it was like nothing changed. The building I entered was a hotel. The housekeeping staff was running around. I heard children crying. Some Karen was screaming at a worker because her coffee, which she made from their amenities tasted bland. It was very confusing for me. I think I assumed the ritual did not work. And the lady was just another lady who could have been high. I walked out of the elevator and I felt great.
"those silly online urban legends, such lies" I probably had muttered to myself.
I took the lift again, reached the ground floor, and walked out of the building. Everything was going well until my head started hurting and spinning. and i was slowly passing out. and that's the exact moment i remembered from one of the posts of an earlier player "Do not at any chance lose your consciousness. and if you do, no matter where you wake up, return to the building, re-follow the exit ritual pattern and return to your own world."
My head felt dizzy as I woke up. In my very room. I thought to myself, was it all a dream? Did I search so much about some damn urban legend that I had such a deeply engraving dream? For heaven's sake. I jerked myself up and got down from my bed. Even my clothing is same as the last evening. I didn't know what was more weird, that i was wearing the clothes from my dream or that i remember the dream so vividly that i can even recall the outfit i was wearing. Also my phone was in my pocket. This is something i just never do. No matter how sleepy i am. i keep my phone on the other end of my table, in case it might just blast if the lithium goes through a thermal runaway.
AND! That is when i noticed. My table. It was completely on the opposite side. No no, it is right beside my bed, just like every day but the bed, and the entire room, its opposite. As if it were mirroring the room i know. Also, It wasn't just a complete mirror. my room was smaller, just a bit in breadth. One wouldn't notice it even if they visit my room on a weekly basis. But it's my damn room of course i would know even if a fly moved differently. Lo and behold, that extra loss on my room, was added to my washroom. Again, one wouldn't just notice it right away.
In a nightmare-like urgency, I rushed down the stairs to call complain my mother, and that is when the realization hit me that I did, in fact, play the elevator game. My dad was there. In the kitchen. Alive and happily married. Figuratively much different from how I remember him. I stood there in shock with my mouth wide open. How could this be? I remember my father. The last time I lived with him was until I was 9. When my parents parted ways. The last time I saw him was when I was 11, when he died. Not that I cried, he was far from what a father is supposed to be. I am 25 now.
"Good morning Sweetie!" His voice sounded oddly different. I was utterly petrified by this moment. There was a quirky yet calming nature to his sound which creeped me out even more. I dashed out of the house while grabbing my backpack from the sofa. I could hear him call out my name in my concern. This is it. This is definitely it. I crossed the borders of the unknown realm. But why are people here? Isn't it supposed to be dark with no one in it? No electricity and all ? But there is everything. This is a whole other world, what went wrong?
I had to return to my world. I ran through the roads and traffic to the hotel. Hotel Sunset. As I crossed the roads I could see it all. Cars stopping at the orange light. People walking in blue. I mean they are still following basic physics by using orange, longer wavelength for stopping cars. but does Red not exist in this world? not it does, OH MY GOD, the road lines are red.
I hurried through the crowd to reach the hotel. I pulled out my phone, which was surprisingly working perfectly. Internet, gps everything. It said i reached my location. "Hotel sunset"
I looked up, it said "Hotel Moon shine". I am surprised it wasn't named "moon rise", it'd would have been the cherry on top then.
I walked in, the Interior looked the same. I waited and waited and waited for the evening to hit and the horde to lessen. I stood up and walked to the lift. I repeated the entire process.
The lift stopped at 5. Instead of the lady, someone else entered. I of course didn't look up, but they entered hurriedly, screaming my name and i had to look up, i was already freaked out at this point. It was me. I was looking at me. she, well me, or wait she? she held the lift by her foot. What's up with women in the elevator game to hold the elevator by the foot?
"what did you do!? " I - I mean she said, one that looked like me.
"what did i do?" i replied back. . Whoever this doppelganger was. sure i was petrified. but here i was.
"DID THE LADY ENTER YOUR LIFT ?" she screamed at me.
"wha?" i was trembling at her screeching was. the white portion of her eyes started to redden.
"OH MY GOD DID SHE OR NOT ENTER WHEN YOU DID THE RITUAL?" she again proclaimed.
"she didn't." i replied and slowly lost my leg strength and somewhat collapsed while sitting down.
"why? why did you complete the ritual then? did you not read before you did? you are supposed to be me, you are supposed to be smart. heck, aren't you supposed to be smarter? oh my god. is that my backpack or yours?"
I just shook my head and handed her the backpack, it was hers definitely. I never put on any anime pins on mine. Speaking of anime pins, naruto here has pink hair. Isn't that cool?
she took out her phone and said "If you want to go back home go to this tumblr account and download the app. The account is called buihotline.tumblr.com "
And she left.
Was that the me of this universe? do we have counterparts in every universe? How many universes are there? are these even universes the way our science teaches us universes?
The lift started to quake. the light started flickering and I could hear some noise. soft noises that slowly grew louder and louder until they became uncontrollable screams. my ear drums were hurting beyond control. until it all stopped and the lift door opened. I stepped outside. Yet I was still there at "Moon shine hotel".
I tried the ritual again. I ended up back here. To floor 1 and I went back "home" to my "dad" and "mom". For the next 7 days, I kept on going back to the elevator, trying the ritual continuously and failing. On my way, I noticed new and new things about their world. These people like to greet each other in a very weird way. They grab each other's throats and smile. Almost sadistic. Language is very similar, but there are a few words and phrases here and there that have changed with customs and traditions. Honey here tastes like metal. Cows don't Moo, and birds chirp, but the sounds are unfamiliar, dogs don't exist. cats are the only domestic animals here. I read similar things in some blogs, but never did I think I would get to experience them for real.
Either way. On every failed ritual, I reached floor 1 and went back home. and repeated the cycle Until the 7th day, I got so fed up, that I kept on trying multiple times. but all I did was end up on floor 1. But I saw the weirdest thing.
Well, I can fill in on what happens if you immediately don't leave the building after playing the elevator game and ending up on floor 1. You see, well better than seeing failing grades or not being able to return to your own world, ghosts. Yep pretty much. Deranged souls that roam around the building. That is exactly what you see. And once they notice your existence, god save you. If there is any.
Mine was rather sarcastic. They did infact noticed me. They all came running towards me, looked right at me, smelled me and then slowly moved away and kept on about roaming. My heart intensified so much, it felt like I just lost a marathon I almost won.
I saw a man, maybe a bit older than me, in his 20s, walk down the entrance come and sit beside me. "They won't attack someone who's like them. You are of no use to them. They used to belong here, but don't anymore. and you never did."
I looked at him with a frightening shock. I took my bag and ran back home. Only when i came back home i realized he could have had answers. But i was so terrified at the moment, the only thing I could think of was getting away from him. I needed answers. I need to enter the website the other me mentioned. I got a new phone from this world. they didn't have Google, but I tell you their search engine is much better, it has AI integrated within. The account never opened from the new phone. Tumblr did. but that account never did. Then I tried my own phone and voila! The page had nothing. A heading, a two-liner bio, and a link. Link to download the app. Tumblr happens to be one of the only few apps that do work in other dimensions. Apparently, it has something to do with the first person who jumped dimensions, not only did they jump, but they also jumped through time and made sure every world had Tumblr. It's kinda funny they could have chosen Reddit, it's much more effective.
I loaded the app. Its a 2010's forum-based app. There are discussion topics under which you make threads. You got a chat box to interact with other users. the main discussion had a guide. I searched through it and finally came to the part "how to enter and leave a mirror world" aaand its blank. well not totally. A couple of reasons saying why you should not enter it. A bullet point that said download this pdf to know how to return back to your own world. I hurriedly clicked on it and boom the file did not open. I have never been so disappointed in my life.
There are so many dimensions else than the one with red cross and mirror dimensions. it is almost like aliens exist because some "humans" look so different. some people probably might even have ended up on my world as well. I wonder how they are taking it.
Apparently, only devices of one world present in another world, or at least have been in a few can open the website and run the apk file. Only androids work across dimensions. There's a conspiracy theory that the creators of android have got something to do with the entire interdimensional rituals and breaking the laws of space and time.
Either way, hoping to get some results I posted on the site wishing for some advice on opening the file or someone just copy-pasting the rules I guess.
I received a DM saying, "Since you have successfully crossed a mirror dimension You are capable of much more than you can imagine. But you should know how to use them, you have to be responsible for every move you make"
Good lord, I am not Spider-Man. The user further said, " I do not know where you are from, but I am from dimension 17391, go to the universal map translator and put the location, "Kairo office main building, st. red 22209". It will automatically give you a few building locations of your world." But the interface is very slow. Because it's not a singular place that has a counterpart in every dimension, there is one in every 4 hours of journey. It's an arbitrary location. It will take some time. maybe days. But you will reach."
I asked the user a dozen questions, how do I find the translator map, how many universes are there, and what do I do when I reach there? Why does everyone speak English? But they never replied. But now I have something, hope. A twinge of hope.
I searched around the app and found the map feature, build within the forum. It was on the top layer, but a confused me couldn't find it right away.
Ever since I found the map It has been nothing but a dilemma. 5 months. 5 months of intense searching and nothing. The first time I entered the location and searched, it landed me at the coordinates of a graveyard. The Irony. The second time, a fish market, the third, 3-storey guest house with the most normal Karen.
I can't even venture out every day. I have a "life" here that I have to maintain. This me had a similar job. Marketing manager at a pretty good company. The pay is almost the same. A bit lower here, but hey cost of living is also lower here. Putting those two together I probably have the exact same pay. But they have more facilities. Better vacation leaves. That is exactly what i took right after i downloaded the app, to understand the world better, and the changes here and there.
Morning, I go to work. where I sort out the place I will visit. and after work, i leave. Some places were nearby, some were far. One was in the neighboring country, luckily, the passport here is strong. But none of them work. I think I have broken the "not your universe? not the place? click again" button. Sundays and Saturdays are for long-distance locations. Also every day i cannot afford to go, even though the pay is good. In my world I used to live alone with Mum visiting me now and then. She and I had a family business along with my job, so all was good. Here I don't have a place of my own. And I gotta pay the bills around the house and sometimes take care of the business as well. Things are so similar yet different. I feel likeIi live in a deja vu.
By now i have crossed out almost 75 locations within 5 months, all of them being complete failures. I have crossed out 60 universes that aren't this one. I have made multiple posts on that app, describing my condition, where i am, and which universe it might be. If i even know this universe number and input it, the map translator will work much much better. I describe my original universe in the posts expecting someone to understand me and maybe send me a picture of my mother and friends, but all i have received are words of sympathy and hopefulness.
A few more people have send me their "kairo" addresses but they all can send only one to two messages before the chatbox stops. One of them managed to message me that i have to enter my universe number in the settings for the interface to work better. I also haven't been able to find the man from the hotel on the app or at the hotel either.
what do I do? Any piece of advice?

Ofc MHA doesn't work with such complex themes as multiverse or time trave, but it's a fact most of Nighteye's visions were true and Deku was the only one we know that changed the entire future, not dying by overhaul but defeating him, so since Deku's Victory over Chisaki, we aren't watching/reading the original reality we see from Season 1-3, using Nighteye's future visions, the original timeline is with Dead Deku...
That being said, how different MHA's original reality is post Deku's death against Overhaul?
Definetly without Deku and OFA and a quirkless Mirio, Overhaul would've win and take Eri again, making him probably the most dangerous villain now, There won't be Cultural Festival due Deku's death and most of Japan would hate the heroes since they couldn't find a reasonable way why a student hero was in Such dangerous mission, making the weight towards Endeavor being even bigger, with heroes in a serious crises due Deku's death, The villains will enter in a civil War to get Demon Lord throne, a war between Shigaraki, Redestro and Overhaul, unless Deku's death motivated Shigaraki to Train to kill overhaul and seeing that, Garaki gives Shigaraki AFO quirk, he would die easily by Redestro and Overhaul.
Inko and All Might would've been destroyed with Deku's death, and from 1A, Ochaco, Iida, Shoto and Bakugou would be the ones that will suffer the most, the same with Mirio, that will blame himself for Deku's death and Eri's failed mission.
Without Deku, only Endeavor has a big chance against Redestro, Overhaul and Shigaraki, but the moment Shigaraki got AFO, it's game over, without OFA, Shigaraki will leads Japan and most of heroes will die or became slaves to Shigaraki's reign, with Overhaul also dying, no matter how stronger he would become after his fight against Deku, he wouldn't have any chance against AFO Shigaraki and Shigaraki would like to kill Deku by himself, not overhaul, also overhaul killed Magne, so yeah, no chance to Overhaul survive.

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Hello All! I'm doing some basic polling and playtesting with an option I'm about 50/50 on for my game Project Chimera: E.C.O. currently in alpha development.
Basic information:
Players take on the role of a black ops super soldier working for a PMSC (Chimera Group International). The game heavily focuses on stealth and social objective completion over combat, ie, there is no incentive for combat, it's a way to achieve an objective, but it's the worst ROI since it is potentially lethal and consumes resources much faster than other methods and doesn't offer special rewards, also there's not really "loot" per se like in a DnD game. Loot is most likely to be information that advances the plot.
The game is crunchy, while easy to learn the core game loops (there's a 1 page overview that will get any experienced RPer able to sit for their first session and 3 points of entry: pregen, table roll/select, and full custom) it's mostly that it has lots of flexibility and character options, which is great for players that want that, but it's a known limitation it will not appeal to rules light/casual gamer preferred experiences.
The game takes place in a five minutes into the future dystopian mirror alt earth with cyberpunk and sci fi elements. Characters have access to things like advanced training, gear, bionics, psionics, super powers, feats, etc. A character's starting template doesn't restrict them, it just figures out their initial boosted areas, ie if you take the bionics aspect, your character will have more bionics than a general build character, you can still access everything else, but it's more a question of where you want the thematic focus of the character to be. All characters are baseline competent in the areas of stealth, socialization, survival and gunplay/combat (you absolutely can use HTH and melee with extensive options, but as one might expect, guns are usually more effective, though those options definitely have their place).As such consider these things to be relevant to potential players, ie if you hate stealth/social, prefer rules light casual, opinions are less relevant in this case because it's not a game built for that kind of player.
The Actual Concern:
Currently I'm considering removing the concept of a critical hit in combat doing double damage automatically and there's a good amount of relevant information:

1. Players have others ways to boost damage
2. This wouldn't remove the option, it just expands the option to more options.

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The concept works like this:
Characters have 4 meta currencies, one of them is called Essence.
This is a daily regen pool and is used for "enhanced performance" of some kind. Presently it can be used for things like a small bonus to a roll for a save, or gaining +1 standard action on a turn, remove a level of exhaustion, rally, etc., the point being it does have a level of utility. It might be also be used to fuel a special ability from a feat, augment a powepsionic, allow for a special application move, etc.
Crits occur in combat (skills can also crit) similar to PF2e in that you can gain one on a nat 20 or if you exceed the TN by 10+ (in most cases, there are other ways to finagle this but they are niche).
Essence is described in game as:
Essence represents the total abstract humanity of a character as well as their general combined physical and mental well being, focus, and general willpower. It is utilized to overcome general limitations and perform above expectations. Essence is most commonly associated with the concept of the superego.
The proposed change would be a character gains 1 essence (up to max pool, this can be spent immediately if it exceeds) on a crit, but double damage would cost 2 essence.
A typical early level character is likely to have somewhere around 10-20 essence total in the pool (could be more or less but this is an estimated average).
Some positives of this proposed change:
This provides another opportunity for essence regen for players.
This provides additional utility and tactical choice in combat (ie they might opt for double damage and spend the extra, bank it, apply a status effect instead, etc.), particularly because more damage is not always a preferred option. In many cases disabling an opponent quickly and without drawing attention is preferred over killing them, and in some cases capturing a target alive is the mission itself.
This can open up other combat applications for essence use.
Some negatives of the proposed change:
Adding a player choice here can slow down combat for indecisive players.
This puts more emphasis/reward on combat, which isn't really the intent of the game. Essence is easier to earn in game in other ways, but adding incentive in combat assumes that this is a reward for player behavior, when open combat is, by design, meant to be more of an "oops, we screwed up moment". With that said, characters are black ops super soldiers so the game is less about never being in combat and more about trying to stave off combat as much as possible and if you have to enter combat, doing so with control of the battlefield in a smart and tactical manner.
This requires additional book keeping. Not a whole lot, we already have to track essence use, but we now have to consider that it will fluctuate more often (as part of combat).
Why I'm split:
The game is built and meant to be focused on providing experiences other than combat (ie the goal is to get as far away from typical game loop of "punch monster until it drops loot" as possible), but it would be fair to say it also has extremely robust options and tactical choice for combat. To be clear, the combat is highly tactical and has more moves available in and out of combat than probably any other known game on the market, but it's also not meant to appeal specifically to "combat only players" and the system design directly reflects this.Basically my design values are in a bit of conflict here.
Obviously I'll play test this regardless, but I'm curious about:
Are there additional reasons foagainst this?
Given the premises of the game, which do you think is likely to be more fun for you specifically? For the type of gamer this game is meant to appeal to? Why?
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Good morning/evening secret Thaumaturgists.
I am proud to announce, after a year in development, the creation of the Thaumcraft Neverhood Community and its associated modpack/server. Not a day has gone by in the panoply of subreddits and many modding communities without sorrow over the passing of Thaumcraft's time. Gone are the days of public and permanent dedicated Thaumcraft servers, spent are those hidden communities, drowned are the decrepit servers and ruins are all that remain of such a golden age of Minecraft modding.
Until now.
It has been *quite* some time since a dedicated public Thaumcraft server has lifted its flag, and it is with incredible pride that I announce its resurgence. Enter: The Thaumcraft Neverhood.
You see, Thaumcraft's creator, Azanor, spent years recreating over and over Thaumcraft's wonderful system and engine, and while the particulars changed with each version, the essentials remained the same; Essentia, Marvels, Madness. Being the ultimate magic mod with no easy competition and with a depth to chew on for years alone, Thaumcraft nurtured an addon scene of quality content and magnificently crafted environments that inspired people for decades. But Minecraft changed, over and over, and with each version, Azanor had to work harder and harder, rebuilding from the ground up ad nauseum until finally it was too much, leaving his latest version, Thaumcraft 6, unfinished and lacking in his previous creations. It would then sit there, forever untouched as Azanor retreated to his own personal demiplane. Other teams have attempted to pick up the reigns with his permission, but developer hell, small crafting budgets, and other issues have kept those groups and completion of the translation in limbo for years. Even then, it would be merely recreating an unfinished version, devoid of the fullness of the experience (though I have nothing but respect for those brave communities and modders that try).
Therefore, being a general consensus of multiple communities of the fullness and total content/inclusion/addon-scene, this modpack aims to be the **perfect** Thaumcraft experience, within the 1.7.10 version ruleset of Thaumcraft 4. Accompanying Thaumcraft and a number of the highest quality works-together addon mods, are additional dimensions, each selected for excellence and thoroughness of development, a perfect time machine to that era. For such a magnificent magical system deserves an equally magnificent set of places to explore and things to do, no?
What I have here is the alpha for such a magnificent endeavor, painfully coded and blood spilt to ensure compatibility with everything. Well, most everything. I need a team of alpha testers to break this mod over its knees. Crash it, break it, boil it. Fill the Aether with seas of flux, create a calculator using only golems, see how many ender pearls a rift wand can store before it explodes. In short, I need tests, experimentation, and feedback, SO much delightful feedback. I've gone as far as I can with 1 person, and before I go public with a stable launch of a forever server, I need to anneal it to the public's inspection as I'm aiming for perfection here, not "merely good enough to load."
For those that are interested, I would greatly welcome any willing to join in to get the ball rolling, but with or without you, I am making this happen. For those that want to help influence its early shaping, come and join us!
*edit - invite link fixed. Moderators still pending Curseforge page invite.*
Please send dm for invite links/location. FAQ is within the discord community.
Tl;DR
Thaumcraft's back baybee!....In 1.7.10
Thaumcraft modpack with its greatest Thaumic addons
11 total dimensions carefully chosen in a realm of planar chaos.
Need alpha stress testers before server goes live:
Server is planned to be a whitelisted RP experience, though the modpack is ofc open for those others to use.
Free.

Hello All! I'm doing some basic polling and playtesting with an option I'm about 50/50 on for my game Project Chimera: E.C.O. currently in alpha development.
Basic information:
Players take on the role of a black ops super soldier working for a PMSC (Chimera Group International). The game heavily focuses on stealth and social objective completion over combat, ie, there is no incentive for combat, it's a way to achieve an objective, but it's the worst ROI since it is potentially lethal and consumes resources much faster than other methods and doesn't offer special rewards, also there's not really "loot" per se like in a DnD game. Loot is most likely to be information that advances the plot.
The game is crunchy, while easy to learn the core game loops (there's a 1 page overview that will get any experienced RPer able to sit for their first session and 3 points of entry: pregen, table roll/select, and full custom) it's mostly that it has lots of flexibility and character options, which is great for players that want that, but it's a known limitation it will not appeal to rules light/casual gamer preferred experiences.
The game takes place in a five minutes into the future dystopian mirror alt earth with cyberpunk and sci fi elements. Characters have access to things like advanced training, gear, bionics, psionics, super powers, feats, etc. A character's starting template doesn't restrict them, it just figures out their initial boosted areas, ie if you take the bionics aspect, your character will have more bionics than a general build character, you can still access everything else, but it's more a question of where you want the thematic focus of the character to be.
All characters are baseline competent in the areas of stealth, socialization, survival and gunplay/combat (you absolutely can use HTH and melee with extensive options, but as one might expect, guns are usually more effective, though those options definitely have their place).As such consider these things to be relevant to potential players, ie if you hate stealth/social, prefer rules light casual, opinions are less relevant in this case because it's not a game built for that kind of player.
The Actual Concern:
Currently I'm considering removing the concept of a critical hit in combat doing double damage automatically and there's a good amount of relevant information:

1. Players have others ways to boost damage
2. This wouldn't remove the option, it just expands the option to more options.

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The concept works like this:
Characters have 4 meta currencies, one of them is called Essence.
This is a daily regen pool and is used for "enhanced performance" of some kind. Presently it can be used for things like a small bonus to a roll for a save, or gaining +1 standard action on a turn, remove a level of exhaustion, rally, etc., the point being it does have a level of utility. It might be also be used to fuel a special ability from a feat, augment a powepsionic, allow for a special application move, etc.Crits occur in combat (skills can also crit) similar to PF2e in that you can gain one on a nat 20 or if you exceed the TN by 10+ (in most cases, there are other ways to finagle this but they are niche).
Essence is described in game as:
Essence represents the total abstract humanity of a character as well as their general combined physical and mental well being, focus, and general willpower. It is utilized to overcome general limitations and perform above expectaions. Essence is most commonly associated with the concept of the superego.
The proposed change would be a character gains 1 essence (up to max pool, this can be spent immediately if it exceeds) on a crit, but double damage would cost 2 essence.A typical early level character is likely to have somewhere around 10-20 essence total in the pool (could be more or less but this is an estimated average).
Some positives of this proposed change:
This provides another opportunity for essence regen for players.
This provides additional utility and tactical choice in combat (ie they might opt for double damage and spend the extra, bank it, apply a status effect instead, etc.), particularly because more damage is not always a preferred option. In many cases disabling an opponent quickly and without drawing attention is preferred over killing them, and in some cases capturing a target alive is the mission itself.
This can open up other combat applications for essence use.
Some negatives of the proposed change:
Adding a player choice here can slow down combat for indecisive players.
This puts more emphasis/reward on combat, which isn't really the intent of the game. Essence is easier to earn in game in other ways, but adding incentive in combat assumes that this is a reward for player behavior, when open combat is, by design, meant to be more of an "oops, we screwed up moment". With that said, characters are black ops super soldiers so the game is less about never being in combat and more about trying to stave off combat as much as possible and if you have to enter combat, doing so with control of the battlefield in a smart and tactical manner.
This requires additional book keeping. Not a whole lot, we already have to track essence use, but we now have to consider that it will fluctuate more often (as part of combat).
Why I'm split:
The game is built and meant to be focused on providing experiences other than combat (ie the goal is to get as far away from typical game loop of "punch monster until it drops loot" as possible), but it would be fair to say it also has extremely robust options and tactical choice for combat. To be clear, the combat is highly tactical and has more moves available in and out of combat than probably any other known game on the market, but it's also not meant to appeal specifically to "combat only players" and the system design directly reflects this.
Basically my design values are in a bit of conflict here. Obviously I'll play test this regardless, but I'm curious about:
Are there additional reasons foagainst this?
Given the premises of the game, which do you think is likely to be more fun for you specifically? For the type of gamer this game is meant to appeal to? Why?

1) There will always be trolls and AFKs, no matter what rank you are in, so it's best to be prepared for it.
2) Never surrender too early, sometimes the enemy team will make a mistake and throw the game by face checking bushes, fighting 1v5 and getting baron stolen.
3) Jungle is the most abused lane by far. Every game, no matter the rank, there will always be that one (or two, or three, or four!) guy complaining that the jg never ganked or doesn't know what they are doing; so if you are going jungle, mute your team. It will help you stay focused.
4) Legendary ranked is just as toxic, if not more. In legendary ranked, you have to have a certain amount of points totaled for the champ you want to play; so when you feed or lose lane, you will most likely get flamed. Practice, practice, practice before joining legendary (and ranked) queue. Just because you have enough points, doesn't mean you are good with that champ.
5) I was in D1 to Master promos 5 times before I finally got through to masters. I literally gave up sleep for this, so be prepared to work really hard if you want to enter Master tier, but don't make it your life.
6) Mute, mute, mute. If your ADC is pissed that you didn't ward river (when your ward cooldown isn't even ready yet), do not argue with them. I found it way better to focus on the game when I muted people. You come to realize that the toxicity isn't even a factor when you can't see what they are saying and get baited and reported for responding.
Last but not least: 7. Play with a duo if possible. Ask people in your games if they would like to duo queue with you. Majority of the time, they will say yes. I won a lot more when I was with my duo's. There is a better flow and you have one less person to get irrationally angry with about whatever took place in game.
Good luck! Have fun!

The are two main things that always annoyed me about the draft, regardless of it being in the NBA or NFL. The first is the fact that the players themselves have little to no say regarding their futures. The second is that, the way its designed today gives way to much weight to the last season, disregarding the past seasons, which causes bizarre situarions like the warriors getting a higher pick due to 1 injury ridden season (after winning three trophies in like the last 6 seasons before) than the kings that were out of the playoffs for a decade.
So, the change i would make: i would abolish the order of the picks and change the way the lottery works. In summary, each team gets two picks, and its allowed to interview and offer a contract to any two players, and the same player can receive offers from all teams. After the player decides in favour of one team, the others are allowed to make offers for a new player.
For example: the lakers could make an offer for wemby and scoot henderson. If wemby chooses to accept the offer from the spurs, the lakers is then allowed to make a new offer to brandon miller, and so on, until 64 players are drafted.
But how to keep the league competitive and avoid the top team to stockpile the best draft prospects every year? By fixing the lottery and changing the financial packages.
So, in this case, the current champion would have the worst available package. For example, it has a total draft budget of 12m/year and can only offer 3 year deals. So, if they offer 10m/y to one player and they accept it, the other offer is capped at 2m/y. On the other hand, the best available package would go to the team with the biggest run of missed playoffs. If two teams have the same run, the average league position on those years is taken in consideration. Maybe, for example, the best package would be a 50m/year budget, and the possibility of a 5y deal. Importantly, the budget would be guaranteed, so its value is not affected by the salary cap situation of the team.
This way you increase accountability in the league, as both the player is responsible for choosing the best place for him and the teams are forced to do a more in depth study of the whole class to plan their deals.
The player gets the chance to go to wherever he feels he'll develop the best, but cant complain if he is a PG, chooses to play with prime Curry, and spends three years on the bench with 5 minutes per game. The teams get the chance to at least try whichever player they believe will be the best fit for their squad, instead of having to "settle" for whoever is still on the table by the time their pick comes by, and are allowed to design any package to the best of their capabilities, considering intangibles as well (minutes per game, having a coach that will help them more than others, the opportunity to play with some specific player already on the squad).
Also, it would give a whole new dimension for trades, since any trade can become a first round (though the budget would be scaled considering the available package. In other words, if the team with the best package deals one pick to the worst package, the team getting the pick would see their available budget go from 12 to 18m, not from 12 to 37m. Also, obviously, the team dealing the pick also sees their available budget decreased, so, instead of 50m, it would be one pick with a 25m budget).
Does it risk one team stockpilling talent year after year? Yes. But seriously, if the team with the worst offer is still more attractive every year, the others are doing something very wrong.

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Controversial statement, I know, especially since this minigame has been the topic of debate for years now (4.5 years now, wow!). But considering the extremely clear message that the other 2 minigames recquired for the "Lorekeeper" ending, that being Fruity Maze and Security Puppet, give us, I find it unlikely that Midnight Motorist is some multi-layered mystery that changes everything we knew about this franchise. Lets start off with a few base assumptions I am going to make for this theory:

• MM was trying to tell us something relating to a core event in the franchise, like the other 2 arcade minigames.
• The mound in the woods is a grave. The ultimate guide calls it that, and there is no real reason to doubt it there.
• The minigame takes place right after the death of charlie at the hands of william afton, as suggested by the heavy rain consistent with the security puppet minigame, and the simple fact that we are playing as a car speeding, which is consistent with the end of "take cake to the children"
• We are playing as William Afton, and the house we enter is his. It was way too late in the franchise to introduce a completely new relevant family at that point in time, and Henry wouldnt really have a likely candidate to be the runaway.

Now, for the questions this minigame has raised:

• Who is the runaway? Its mike. Crying Childs response to stress is to break down on the floor. He would not run off in the middle of the night. Yes, there is a possibility that the "runaway" was somehow lured out or abducted, but Mustard Mans (so williams) comments clearly give us the information needed to conclude that the runaway has, in fact, ran away before. Not only that: The only place for BV to logically run to at this point are either Fredbears or Freddys, which he hates.
• Who is sitting on the couch, then? Mrs Afton. She is the only one in the household who would be talking to Afton like this, and she would also be in a position to defend Mike.
• What is in the grave? Considering it is freshly covered up (it is not yet overgrown by grass or such), its a fresh grave, and if we consider mike having a bad day, its not unlikely that this is Bite Victims grave, buried recently on the Afton property. While the idea that this is somehow a reference to The Twisted Ones is common, I feel that this comes from a misunderstanding of the twisted animatronics. Them burying themselves in the ground is not a design feature. In the novels, they were made to function quite a bit like the funtimes (staying in an enclosed location and abducting children), and only adapt the behaviour they do in the novels because afton is directly commanding them to.
• What is standing outside the window? Considering there are only 2 footprints, a single pair of them, facing toward the window, whatever was outside must have simply appeared, and not walked there (or it was stationed there, but we dont have any animatronic that would make sense to be there). Additionally, it cant be someone in a springlock costume, as they would die from exposure to the rain. The only "apparitions" that would work here (having 3 toes) are golden freddy or shadow freddy. So one of those.
• Where is Mike running to? Considering he saw an apparition of a magic bear, he would probably go to the magic bear place. So either Freddys or Fredbears.
• What is JRs? As there are no known Freddy's-related locations named or even subtitled "JRs", its probably just a bar William drunk at too much.

So what is Midnight Motorist actually about?
Simple! It gives us context. After the death of his son, Crying Child Afton, William is not at the peak of his mental health. After drinking so much he gets kicked out of the bar, JRs, he drives off to either Freddy's or Fredbears, where he finds Charlie, locked outside. After the expected happens, he drives back, to find his son, michael, gone, as he ran off after seing an apparition of the bear that killed his brother.

The unit tweaks option is just a text field, so I assume you manually enter what you want changed command-prompt style. Where can I find out the syntax it uses and what tweaks are available?