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[lovverletters]

Yandere! Streamer x Streamer! Reader

A/N : I'm taking a break from the bullet point format and decided to try making a drabble instead. Huuge thanks to @bloozz for giving streamer his name🌷

T/W : Streamer reader, yandere behaviour, obsessive behaviour, etc

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"Damnit..! I lost again" He let out a defeated sigh as he watches the 'GAME OVER' screen blinking at him in an almost mocking way.

The chat of his live stream went wild upon his fifth time losing on a game that he had been playing for hours by now and yet he still hasn't been able to beat it.

"Yeahhh, thanks a lot chat! those 'L's you're spamming are definitely helpful" Micha rolled his eyes at the countless mockery his viewer was sending him. He knew it was all jokes- or at least he hope it is.

Deciding that he needed a break from the game, he cracked open a can of soda and laid back against his chair, opting to interact more with his viewers.

He had only been streaming for a few months and had gained a pretty sizeable amount of viewer and fanbase.

Bloozzclues : You should check (insert your streamer name) out! They've beaten this game multiple time and have some useful tips you can use.

"(Y/S/Name)? I've heard of them before, saw a few of their speedruns. I never understand how they manage to get that luck based glitch to work! But thanks bloozz! i'll be sure to check them out after stream" Micha replied to one of the chat and moved on to the others.

Soupispretty :(Y/S/Name) is actually watching your stream rn lol

Micha choked on his drink as he tries to contain his coughs. He almost spat out the soda onto his keyboard and it would've been a nightmare to clean it up.

Scrolling through the main page of the streaming website on his other monitor, lo and behold, the (Y/S/Name) was indeed watching his stream. Specifically, the parts where he lose to the same boss every. single. time.

He felt his cheeks reddened everytime he heard (Name) laughed or giggled at him. They wouldn't just laugh at him though, they would also insert in some advices for him to improve on which made him incredibly jittery with excitement.

(Y/S/Name) also known as (Name) has always been an inspirational figure of his when he first started streaming. To be acknowledged by his idol causes him to be so overwhelmed, he almost fainted from how fast his heart is beating.

The chimes of his subscription's notif brought him back to his senses, Micha's chats were going crazy from the streamer's trance like reaction to (Y/S/Name) stream.

Kafkaismywife : is he okay??

Peachesandcrem : bro looks possessed💀

Collecting what little composure he has anymore, Micha decided to end the stream under the guises of him being exhausted.

"Ahem.. er sorry about that guys, i think the sleep deprivation is getting to me. So, thank you all for being in this stream but I have to log off now!" He smoothly blurted out, getting back into his streaming persona.

After saying goodbyes to his viewers, he clicked the end stream button. Alone with his thoughts, Micha switches the screen back onto your stream.

He knew from then on, his adoration for you had grown into something more. Something deadly and dangerous.

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(Name) let out an exhausted sigh as they had just finished another successful stream. They played horror games for hours and ended the stream by reacting to random clips their viewer sent via mediashare.

"I should probably take a shower and take a long nap right after.." (Name) thought.

Ping!

It was the sound of their notifications, (Name) picked their phone up and clicked on it. They were directed to their twitter where the person had messages them.

Michatwt

Hey! Thanks a lot for the advice you gave me when you reacted to my live

"Oh it's that streamer i watched earlier on stream" (Name) spoke outloud as they quickly typed out a reply.

(Name)ishere

No prob! Thought you needed some tips to beat the game haha

(Name) sent out the reply and Micha replied immediately. 'He sure is a fast typer' they thought.

Michatwt

This might sounds odd but would you be down to make a collab with me? I think it'll be more fun if you teach me on stream

They paused for a moment, thinking over their decision. (Name) have been wanting to make a collab stream before but never got to it. This would be a great opportunity to produce some new content!

(Name)ishere

Sounds good! We'll discuss about this collab later, I got something to do right now

Michatwt

Of course! See you later haha

Somewhere else, Micha was jumping out of joy and practically on his knees thanking the higher beings for this opportunity he's been given to be close to his idol, his (Name).

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A/N : ending on a cliffnote because this has been rotting in my draft.

[joyswonderland1108]

The Coping Mechanisms in This Fandom Deserve an Oscar, Actually.

So i just witnessed another post bashing Jimin solos (because that's the trending sport of the week apparently), and well.. funny thing is, the entire post aged like milk under 24 hours because plot twist: Jimin is receiving death threats right now. But nah, let's not talk about that. Let's circle back to the real crime: Jimin solos existing.

And you know what truly sent me? Some random reply under a quote repost screaming "Why are you defending Jimin solos?! JK won't fuck Jimin!!!"

... I'm sorry, what? What kind of Cirque du Soleil mental gymnastics did you perform to jump from "Jimin solos are annoying" to "JK won't be raw-dogging Jimin"? The person who quote reposted didn't even defend Jimin solos, bestie, calm down. But your brain really said: Jimin solos annoying => Someone says "Hmm you're not talking about the ACTUAL issue and this is only attracting antis to your page => OH NO, PAY GORN, SAY GEX INCOMING.

I mean the sheer velocity with which some of y'all spin into delusion is impressive. Like, Olympic level delusion.

But let's talk about this weird phenomenon where solos act like they own the member they solo stan. Like "I'm a JK solo, therefore i will bite, scratch, claw and bark at any living being he's close to." Y'all do realize the members have known each other for over a decade, right? They've lived together, cried together, succeeded together, and you think your Twitter fingers have more insight into their relationships than they do? Girl be serious.

You don't like OT7? Fine, go ahead, live your half-baked solo stan life. But the very LEAST you could do is not spew venom at the people your fave literally loves and trusts. You calling Jimin or Tae or JK names like "pigmin" or "nosekook" or "baldhyung" (yep, we've seen all of these) doesn't change the fact that they're close. That's not how friendship, or reality, works.

And the whole enlistment arc? Comedy gold.

When those people speculated about Tae and JK enlisting together, Tae solos and JK solos teamed up like it was "Infinity War: Solo Stan Edition". Fangs out, rabies foaming, barking like chihuahuas on Red Bull. All because someone said "Wouldn't it be cute if they enlisted together?"

They didn't. And yet.. the barking continued. The war raged on.

THEN Jimin and JK enlist together and suddenly the internet flips. JK solos immediately scream "GROOMING! MANIPULATION! JIMIN WHY!!"

But hold on, plot twist again, it comes out that JK initiated the buddy system. Now Jimin solos flip and go "Why can't he leave Jimin alone?!"

And Tae solos, bless their chaotic little hearts, still manage to insert themselves into the narrative like, "Good! Leave Tae out of this!!" and proceed to call both Jimin and JK names.

You're not even in this war! Why are you fighting?! This is not your anime arc! Pack it up.

The best part? After all that foaming at the mouth, keyboard smashing, and projecting, the boys are just.. happy. Thriving. Living their best lives. Unbothered. Meanwhile you're still in your solo stan echo chamber, clutching your fantasy life it pays rent.

Hate to break it to you, but you don't get to dictate who these men love, trust, spend time with, or go to the military with. You're not their CEO, psychic, or parent. You are a pixel in the void. No matter how many hasthags you spam or how many edits you make cutting a member out of the group photos, the reality is: you're just an incel with a K-pop obsession.

And the final gag? You say you love your fave so much, but can't even respect the people they love. What does that say about you?

I'll tell you what it says: You don't actually respect your fave. You just use them as an avatar for your own unresolved emotional damage and weird little power trip.

Anyway, save up your money for the BTS tour. For clarity.

[unbelenting]

"Never Give Annabelle A Gun" commentary :-)

I was there for the premiere, so this is my SECOND watch-through! I have lots of thoughts on it that I wanna share, because I had SO much fun, but I don't wanna spam. So I decided to compile them into a post like I've seen other people do!

Obviously, spoilers ahead!! And let's get to it YEEHAWWWW!!!

Immediately adored Butch and she remained my favourite character over the course of the play. One of the very few messages I sent my friends after the premiere started:

2. "I was wondering if she wanted to come out" surprisingly didn't turn into a gay joke, but like. I can't be the only one who was thinking about it.

3. "Looking at dresses and findin' ourselves husbands" is rapidly entering my lexicon. It's like a version of "and they were roommates" and "2 bros chillin in a hot tub" but imbued with SFTH greatness. Also real.

4. I love their little gestures and facial expressions, this isn't exclusive to a certain play, but it stood out to me for Annabelle since she doesn't get to talk much at first. They can be so funny and - perhaps more importantly - they make the characters feel so REAL!<333

5. When I got to this part I was genuinely expecting a wolf to show up later in the story. Dinosaur-wielding-guns style.

6. Good thing these are stereotypical /j/ lesbians and not stereotypical bisexuals. Imagine getting triggered every time they pull out the finger guns! Good lord!

-sincerely, a stereotypical bisexual

7. Has anyone been keeping track of how many times Sam's played a bartender on camera? Typecast by fate.

8. Wait... Omg I didn't make this connection. I'm sure a million ppl have already. DANNY the BARTENDER? In the next town over from Death For A Dollar? IS THIS THE SAME DANNY ONLY OLDER????? We've got a "keyboard" guy as well.... I am looking intently.

9. LOVE the helium bit. I especially enjoyed seeing Tom struggle to keep up (and adapting). I also just missed Sam and AJ's Miss Piggy, and well. This is close enough!

10. SING-J!!!!!!!! <3333

11. This fucking screenshot

12. Is this Heathers?

13. Can we get a Tom Mayo "HOOWEE" counter as well? (love it) (second to Ayoyoyoy)

14. I get what Sam was cooking with that one line but it's very funny. Especially after he'd asked "Who else's eyes would you have been watching with?" earlier.

15. He KNOWS he killed that. ("You can see the lights")

16. I hate them (they're my entire world now)

17. Ah yes, real Sam in the livestreams from home, whenever he starts telling family stories and whatnot <3

18. I know we later find out WHY they do bank robberies, but Annabelle also seems genuinely INTO IT and I love her for that. Butch too ofc. Hell yeah girls you're killing it!!

19. AJ's timing with the singing is impeccable every time. So fucking funny. Catch me singing "woooooman with the guuuuuun" for the foreseeable future.

20. I finally get to watch the others in this bank robbery scene lollll. Love Butch tossing that gun over to Annabelle, they're so cute and so cool together. I can't form any coherent thoughts other than YEAHHHHHHHH!

21. The manager twirling after seeing Butch's spinny motion lmaooooo. Also wait, they got DIAMONDS?! Yeah I don't think those 5 dollars are gonna be a problem anymore..

22. AJ inserting a Cinderella element into the story reminded me of him seemingly not recognizing a Beauty And The Beast reference in another video... Also the whole "wolf" thing from earlier, I thought he was gonna make this into a fairytale story to bring that back late into the show or something! No I didn't particularly want that, I was just genuinely convinced it'd happen :-)))

23. "Mama was the same" took me out, 10/10.

24. Her face after the dad says "And y'know, you hang out with Butch an awful lot, and Butch..." AWGHHHH

25. "It's just 'she' daddy" "Oh well, give it time" was SOOOO realllllll. She'll get there if (when) she does <3

26. Love her silly ass

27. The "every time I try to tell her how I feel, what comes out instead is [..]" is sooo goodddd. I just love how ridiculous that is, this entire story couldn't have happened if Annabelle wasn't weird like that.

28. "Oh I'm still wearing [the mask]" reminds me of Mystery of the Midnight Circus lol

29. "Ohh myy godd I'm with a lunaticcc... a musical lunatic.." I love you Butch.

30. I wanna know who this guy is and what happens to him after the villain's dead. Silly

31. "Flirting vs. sexual harrassment" meme. If you've seen Cinderella's Castle, yes we all had deja vu. I don't like the Prince getting excited off of Ella's shoe, but Butch can do it alllllll she wants because DAMMIT, can't a lesbian goofball be a little freak sometimes?? Good for them.

32. "I've been waiting my whole life to find that woman" sir, the robbery happened just a few weeks ago--

33. "Fine, I'll tell you.. Just.... come closer" KILLED MEEEEEE. I love you Butch x2

34. "eh x28" I love you Butch x3 she's so. wueuee

35. I know Tom clarified in the QnA, but I also never would've thought there was a pig CARRYING the helium, so I didn't get his shock at the "pumping helium out of the pig" bit. Is it messed up? Absolutely. But I thought that's what he wanted!!! He said "a pig full of helium!!" Also, Luke ONCE AGAIN being the animal AND the animal handler.

36. "I was just reminding myself who I am so that I remember who I am" and "I'm gonna sit in my chair, which is right here where I left it" might've been the most quoted lines for me if I was still at the peak of my psychosis and dissociation issues........ but thankfully that's not the case! lol (tho I can still appreciate&use it, like some of the stuff in I Killed The Mockingbird <3)

37. Was the piano guy picking at his bellybutton. Hey

38. The scene of Henry trying to persuade (and then force) Annabelle to be with him was genuinely super eerie, both on account of Luke and AJ's acting and how realistic it felt (in my experience at least, not to generalize). The tension, the quiet, the shift from "an excuse to slide into conversation" to intimidation, the slow bubbling rage from both of them. Like damn okay! Really making me want this guy dead if I didn't already! Henry and Henry should NOT be on speaking terms............. Um on a more lighthearted note, how the hell did Henry fit that shoe on top of Annabelle's shoes? Or did she go to Butch's place with one shoe still missing? I can see her walking around barefoot, countryside style, but it's funnier to imagine he's in so deep that he thinks it "fits perfectly" even with her other shoes forcibly stuffed into it.

39. Laughed so hard... And Tom's reaction :-)))))

40. "YOU WANT A GIRL WITH A GUN??" from Butch was AWESOME. Like yeah okay it'd be cool if she WAS the target of his affection, but it's a million times better considering the actual circumstances. So badass, the video description wasn't lying. I love you Butch (again)

41. Awesome lesbian couple vs evil and intimidating foot

42. "As best frieeeendsss..." Butch don't piss me off now. I say knowing damn well I've done the same thing.

43. BEST KISS EVER (hyperbole) (but it's immediately entered my favourites DID YOU SEE THAT CUTOFF??? THEN THE FANCY DO-OVER????? HELLOOOOOOOOOOO i love them so muchhhhh.... d'awwwwwww...)

44. That joke from Sam was honestly perfect (sorry Butch). Really tied it all up nicely.

45. I need to explode. their stupid little hand-holding... Also, Butch looks like SHE might explode as WELL. REAL

46. The tippy toes from Annabelle as well :-((((( I hate themmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

...Aaand with that, we're done. I had an absolutely lovely time and I'm sure I'll yap about this longform in the future, but I just needed to get all of THIS out. Typing this post (and rewatching) took me like an hour so it's time to go to bed.... after looking at everybody's posts as well. I'm so happy!!! I love them! I love this! I HAVE to draw them. I keep saying that but I'LL GET THERE I SWEAR TO GOD!!

Edit before I go to sleep: I would also like to add that my internal monologue now has a southern accent. This has not happened before (aside from me switching between english and romanian randomly) and I have no idea how long it'll last. But okay.

[wingwaver]

A few tips for new Tumblr users wanting to write here

Yo if you're here from Reddit or Twitter or some other site and just wanted to give this a shot you may have seen some blogs that are dedicated to writing headcanons or short fics or even original works for their own OCs and you may be thinking "hey I wanna give that a shot! I like to write!" then I have some tips to make it easier on you and people who see your content.

1. First off, if you're writing a pretty long piece the you should probably put it under a read more, it'll look like this on mobile

and this on desktop

or you can write :readmore: on a line by itself and press enter.

2. Now if you're gonna write for a whole bunch of different fandoms and you wanna make a master list then I suggest making an actual list with the fandoms you write for and then making more lists with the actual content as a you go along because you can only have 100 links in one post (I know that sounds like a lot but as someone who has around 300 Transformers things written trust me you fill up a post quicker than you expect, especially if you take requests from other people). The way I typically do it is like this

The first pic is the MASTER master list that lists everything I write for and when they're underlined like that it means they're links. The second pic is after clicking the G1 link, it's a separate post that has the actual fics and headcanon links. Note the 6/100 in the tags, this is how I keep up with how many things I've added. You can of course just use the numbers options from here

or just number them manually from your keyboard like I'm doing with this post. Adding links has no barring on what else you add to the post so you can add yourself some fancy header or divider pics if you want.

3. Adding links! Links can look like this https://www.tumblr.com/wingwaver/721887224846778368/test-post-for-reasons?source=share or like this https://wingwaver.tumblr.com/post/721887224846778368/test-post-for-reasons depending on whether you're linking from mobile or desktop/browser Just highlight the text you wanna add a link to and a the little chain will move to the end, click it and paste your url you want to link to and press add link, then press post/save draft/save (whatever the blue button says)

Now you've successfully linked a post to another post!

4. Tagging! To get your fics and headcanons seen to build an audience you usually wanna tag the stuff correctly. If you're posting a fic about Miles Edgeworth and Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney then you'll tag it with #Ace Attorney, #Miles Edgeworth, and #Phoenix Wright in the tags area. But it's also a good idea to mention if it's a ship or general fic in the tags too. If so then putting ship names and #Miles Edgeworth x Phoenix Wright and #Miles Edgeworth/Phoenix Wright in the tags will help everyone know this is a ship fic. Tagging with characters or fandoms that aren't apart of the fic just clogs the tags for people looking for content of said characters and fandoms so it's very looked down on here and will likely get some of your stuff reported for spam so only use the relevant tags. Also tagging for triggers can be tricky here because of how fucky tumblr is but please don't tag censor tags. Tagging things like #a**** or #a*use or even #abu$e doesn't work here because people who have #abuse blacklisted will be able to see this content because it wasn't tagged properly. Also if you're writing for OCs or reader inserts it's common courtesy to tag those appropriately too. Someone looking for a reader insert may not want to read an OC and vice versa. Also many people filter those out so try to add tags like #x reader, #*fandom name* x reader, and #*character name* x reader for easier filtering. Also people cruise those tags too so it'll help people who fo want to read that content find your stuff!

[ksfnmoments]

guysguYSGUYSGUYSGUYS

MY GIRL AHHHHHHFHWJFKSSGKSJKKE

it’s a snapshot but still omg

i was mixed on it at first (i think it’s the hair idk maybe just not a fan of it on her particular face model) but it’s growing so fast on me gjhjhwjgj

[bubblyhoney]

sarah i have thought of another fic request or like a cute idea i guess! i didn’t have anyone in mind when i thought of it so you can write it for whoever you want honestly :)

okay so the reader is a streamer but streams games like animal crossing, standew valley, etc. then (insert who you’re writing for) says they don’t like that game, but later ends up buying it and the reader is like “i thought you said you didn’t like this game” and they’re like “well i like you” and they confuses their feelings and they end up playing the game together and reader gives them a tour of their island or farm

i feel like this request isn’t good, but the scenario seemed cute and i wanted to share it. sorry if this is confusing or just too specific cuz i know it can be hard to write requests like that! but yeah i hope it gives you inspiration and you like the request <3

new horizons

warnings: language, a Marvel reference (hint: natasha said it about tony), stupid idiots who don’t realize they like each other, use of pet names, Uno rage, Hasan Piker's presence

words: 1473

tags: sapnap x gn!reader

A/N: i’ve been trying to catch up a little on my requests (i’ve only got a couple so i’m not super overwhelmed) but school and outside life has been taking up most of my time so this one took me a while to make! tbh— ive never played animal crossing so i did google some of the game mechanics and i apologize if anything is inaccurate about the game…. but i liked relaxing and writing this cute one so thank you for requesting hails :3

requests/inbox status: open

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“This game is trash.”

Your head quirks, fingers stopped on the screen. You’re in the process of giving your character a cute new nickname; it’s kind of hard to decide between “awkward dude” and “elderly skater”.

“Excuse me?” Your chat comes alive with emotes and ‘KEKW’s, obviously entertained by you and your almost-more-than-friends-friend.

There’s a story for that later.

Sapnap’s rough laugh comes through your headset and he audibly swallows, the sound of a water bottle dropping onto his desk echoing.

“I’m just saying—it’s boring. It’s like Minecraft but you don’t like… do anything.” The grainy image of his bearded face shifts and you see him pull out his phone.

“It’s— you can’t even compare it to Minecraft! It’s a completely different game system—you actually interact with other people live in the game.” You huff out a dramatic sigh, slumping in your chair with a pout. “Just because you go into this lucid state where all you know is ‘touch block, hit George’ doesn’t mean this game isn’t fun.” (He scoffs at your awful impression of his voice. Your viewers love it.)

“Jeez,” he mumbles, fumbling with the cap of his water bottle. “Touched a nerve there, bud.”

You roll your eyes, getting back to the village in the game.

“Don't ‘bud’ me.”

The call falls comfortably quiet, the sounds of him tapping obsessively on his phone and you clicking away filling the silence. A gentle bedroom-pop YouTube playlist remains in the background, prompting you to hum along and glance at the chat to see a flood of “check twitter” and “Y/N TWITTER!!”.

“What happened on Twitter?” You mumble, confused, and pull the website up on another monitor. Sapnap just makes a curious noise, swinging back and forth in a circle. “Oh my God,” you say to yourself, fingertips brushing your parted lips.

“What?”

“Hasan Piker just followed me and retweeted one of my not even remotely political old tweets. Like from a year ago.”

“That’s— wow. Congrats?” Sapnap’s voice cracks, and his ears flush pink the tiniest bit when you glance at his face on Discord.

“I’m gonna go on record and say that he could get it.” You shake your head in disbelief.

Sapnap falls uncharacteristically non-hyper-verbal, so you look past the frenzied chat and to his screen— wait. He muted and turned his camera off.

“Um,” you start, furiously typing question marks in your private chat. “Where’d you go?” You mute and turn screen share off for your stream, concerned that he might’ve fallen off his chair and broken his neck and needs you to call the ambulance.

The characteristic ding of a twitter notification sounds through your bedroom, and you look at your phone quickly.

“That’s where I went.”

Sapnap Tweeted: “all Y/U stans can choke on my dick”.

“Jesus, Sapnap,” you say, and rapidly refresh to read the replies. This tweet was deleted. “That’s so— that barely makes sense, bro. Why— literally what?”

His snicker floods your ears and you relax in your chair. Crisis: averted. “Don’t fucking— what’s wrong with you?”

“I thought it would be funny,” he offers, shrugging, and fiddles with the straw in his water bottle, smile fading. “And also Hasan pisses me off.”

“Why, ‘cause he wants a piece of this? Jealous?” You think back to your viewers, knowing they’re probably spamming question marks and coming to ludacris conclusions about both of your absences. No offense to them. You remember your stan days very vividly.

“I mean, kinda.” He rubs once at his nose, glancing at the camera (and what feels like you) before taking a sip from his water bottle.

“Wow.” You watch one strand of his hair fall from beneath his hat and brush against his full eyebrows. “I’m uh—I’ll get back to my stream. You coming? Or is it time for a Sapnap-snack?”

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” He snorts and leans his chin onto the balance of his arm.

“That means you like to take a little snack break mid-stream and come back approximately nine hours later and you didn’t even eat.”

“You know what— fuck you.” He flicks the camera as you laugh at the look on his face.

The teasing mood is easily kept as you switch games from Animal Crossing to Uno, all the while slamming Sapnap with +4’s and skipping the newly-arrived BadBoyHalo at any chance you can get. It unironically pisses him off and he has to take a Sapnap-snack break midway through (only a fifteen minute break this time, during which you and Bad take a “What Kind of Bread Are You?” quiz). The rest of the night is filled with devious cackles (you), loud and sudden bangs that sound suspiciously like someone hitting their desk in anger (Sap) and the stupid barking of Rat, AKA Lucy (Bad). She’s cute but a menace to the sound quality of Bad’s microphone. You sign off stream around 2 a.m. with various forms of thanks and kisses blown to the camera. It’s been a refreshing night, actually; you’ve been busy organizing a partnership stream all week and all your friends have been busy filming or editing or what-not. Quackity had time for a little Roblox every couple of days, though. He’s got your back.

The next time you see Sapnap is after a two hour stream of him try-harding in Valorant and you finishing responding to an email from your partnership in the VC.

“Okay, I’m back.” You hear him shift in his chair and click a couple more times on his keyboard. You perk up in your chair, closing the email browser you’d been looking at.

“Do you want to play anything else? I’m down for anything.”

“Absolutely not Uno. You can go to hell for giving me 6 cards that one time,” he jabs. You scoff, crossing your arms and leaning back in your chair.

“Okay, the +4 was on me but it’s Bad who gave you the last two. That’s not my fault, sweetie.”

“Yeah, yeah,” he mumbles, trailing off as the clicking of his keyboard stops. “Hey, um—Guess what?”

Your heart beats loud in your ears at the tone of his voice. He sounds nervous; that’s never good.

“I’m scared to guess,” you try, playing with a little Minecraft dog figurine you have on your desk with fidgety fingers. “What?”

“I bought Animal Crossing.”

Silence. You stare at his discord icon blankly, trying to reroute the wires of your brain.

“Tell me you love it.”

“Well… I haven’t actually played it— but you said you liked it, so.”

“So,” you repeat him, ears warming but continuing on. “Is that what you tell all your friends when you buy something they like? That it's because of them?”

He seems to choose his next words carefully, pausing a beat to consider your questions.

“Well, I don’t have a crush on all of my friends.”

“You—what?” You stutter, caught off guard and stumbling. What did he just say? “Don’t tell me you mean you have a crush on me.”

“I’m almost positive I just did.” His discord icon stares right back at you, taunting.

“You know, you’re very casual for someone who just admitted they like-like me.” Your cheeks flush pink and you have to press a hand to your chest to keep your breathing sounding stable.

“Yeah, I’m kind of cool like that,” he offers, a huff of a laugh punctuating his statement. The conversation moves into a lull that you can’t help but know is because of you. He must expect you to say something about it, right?

“You are very cool, Sapnap.” You tilt back in your chair, sucking in a breath to prepare yourself for your next words. “And—Isortakindofhaveacrushonyoutoo.”

He must understand you, for you can hear the grin in his voice when he asks “Really?”

“Y-yeah.” You feel like a preteen again, all shaky and giddy in front of the boy you just asked to a middle school dance.

“Um, alright. What do we do now?”

“I don’t know,” you answer genuinely and swing in a happy little circle in your chair. “We could play Animal Crossing.”

“I’m down.”

You swear you’ve never heard more beautiful words.

He keeps his camera off for most of the time you two play, too focused on creating his island and asking you questions about how to fish to turn it on. He silently flips it on when you help him decorate his lawn, needing to show you in real-time the decorations he has bought and where you think he should put them. He looks cute. I mean, of course he does. He always does.

You tell him goodbye late in the night, eyes saying a little more than just “see you tomorrow”.

You like him. He likes you.

It’s even better when you two have matching gardens.

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A/N: anybody and everybody (especially my precious hailey) let me know what you think!! :]

[feelingofcontent]

DNP Rewatch: Internet Support Group 9

Date video was published: 03/16/2017 (X)

DNP Main Channel Rewatch: 337

Internet Support Group time! The last one had been back in August 2016, so sticking with his pattern of approximately every 6 months.

0:00 - the first curly-haired ISG! and this is the same white shirt as from the last one

0:14 - “distract myself from my internal free fall” I do think Dan was struggling a bit with what kind of content he wanted to make at this point

0:35 - no alcohol in this one! after the last one had the most out of all of them

0:48 - “out with crying for help with the relatable sad jokes” ...um. still not sure we’re there

1:03 - “let’s get wet” ...sure 😳

1:15 - ah yes. that theme. yikes.

1:52 - he really is starting off with some wholesome and encouraging messaging

2:14 - the annotation here is a funny (at least at this point before things got even scarier)

2:22 - wtf. Dan is just disappointed

2:32 - and now he is horrified. glad he chose to blur that picture 😱

2:55 - don’t think he’s every read a spam email in one of these for a joke before

3:21 - that is commitment for your sister

3:31 - Dan does talk pretty fast when he gets going on something. DNP have both always tried to have captions available, which is great

3:56 - I knew that “same” was coming

4:29 - that is an intense email.

4:46 - “parents are just people that had sex” ...I mean yeah

5:05 - “and actors” there is a personal one to Dan

5:25 - YOI reference and also a terrible pun

5:49 - yeah that would be highly embarrassing. also this is a great Dan face

6:05 - Dan commenting on how bad his own accent attempt was 😂

6:41 - little Winnie the Pooh reference and editing insert there

6:50 - oooo, I don’t know about this...even if the guy does have a crush, following is not okay. although the song thing is also a weird idea

7:17 - “an experienced boy like yourself”...“you can interpret that in a bunch of different ways, and frankly, all of them would be true” um...that was somehow vague and a lot of information at once

7:25 - dating for three years at age 14?!

8:08 - yeah this is just...a thing about being young

8:29 - “nooooo” to that greeting

8:35 - yikers. noooooooooo...

8:59 - Dan just making it worse somehow

9:13 - NO THANKS. very creepy

9:39 - I mean...yeah that’s bad. not sure about asking Dan for a name idea though

9:49 - I feel like he cut off a sentence after “deserve” there for some reason

10:00 - so as in “time to survive another” Day

10:27 - his hands literally take up that entire laptop keyboard

10:31 - sending that in morse code so it actually gets looked at...creative

10:53 - yep, Dan using “creative” in this situation too. and of course after this video he got a lot more...

11:11 - “this does reflect the world that we live in” yikes indeed

11:27 - so much rhyming, lol

11:47 - wtf did he say that he had to edit over?! (oh, he told someone on Twitter that he accidentally said “description”)

This ISG is just okay. I thought the last few were a bit funnier and had better questions and advice too.

[acciostorian]

what friend you are in the friendship group based off your fave sge character

tedros of camelot

-you give me the kind of vibes that you text the group chat about you midnight food order in all caps

-“GUYS I GOT THE FUCKINF MCDONALDS LETS FUCKIFNF GOOOXZ”

-*sends picture of random person to the groupchat* omg they/she/he are so fucking cute ejdjcjd

agatha of woods beyond

-you have to be persuaded to leave the house

-*rings up friend* is that thing still on today?... yeah?.... FUCK

-everyone hates that you wear all black during the summer, you’ve probably been told that looking at you is making everyone else hot

sophie of woods beyond

-you get jealous when someone else in your friend group starts liking something you like (ifykyk)

-“hottie at 3 o’clock. everyone smile and wave.”

-you pick where the group goes to eat. no one else is allowed to choose.

hort of bloodbrook

-you either send the weirdedest fucking messages, or you send really blunt, troubling messages to your friends at 3am whilst their sleeping with no follow up

-always getting left on read, or no one wants to go out with you because your idea is really weird

-the ultimate third wheel

nicola of woods beyond

-you have all the group chats on mute unless stated otherwise

-will not say anything in the chat for ages whilst it’s popping off, then’ll read all the messages and add something really funny and just leaves for another decade

-“no i won’t join the video chat. i’ve been fucking working on the project. what have you been doing? failing you fucking physics exam.”

chaddick of foxwood

-you’re good at sport and you always have matches so all your friend get pissed and are like “whhhhyyyy cant you come on friday? is it because if your sporting event? :/“

-either have to have the dirty jokes explained to you or you’re the one explaining the joke

-have some sort of catchphrase and/or you’ve said something really stupid in the past and your friends bring it up whenever they can

beatrix of jaunt jolie

-WHY ARE YOU UP SO EARLY???? stop fucking messaging the group chat at 5am. get help.

-you’re either healthy and you try to get everyone to get good habits or you have TERRIBLE habits and everyone’s just really concerned for you

-you’ll repeat something stupid someone said in the group chat but you’ll type it LiKe ThIs

rhian of foxwood

-you’ll go ia for DAYS and then you’ll come back and everyone will be like “where the fuck were you??” but you always have an excuse

-you’ve got some sort of god complex/call yourself a god/have really good self esteem

-you bully your friends in front of others but if one of them were to trip you’d be the first one to ask them if they’re okay etc etc

reena of pasha dunes

-the pretty friend. don’t deny it. some many people ask your friends to put in a good word for them and all that

-SO MANY REACTION IMAGES. instead of typing something or something, you’ll instead send like the fucking eddy hearn reaction imagin thats like “let’s say, hypothetically, that everything was okay” (ifykyk)

-please stop being so late to events.

kei of foxwood

-you constantly screenshot the funny moments and just scroll through your camera roll when you’re sad (honestly same though)

-you’re the kind of case where it’s like, you’ll say something at like 5am and everyone would be like “are you up so early because you went to bed really early or because you haven’t even gone to bed at all?”

-stop throwing your phone from hand to hand, it’s making everyone really uncomfortable

kiko of neverland

-you can’t start a message/conversation normally. it’s constantly “what’s up fuckers” “hello fellas” “what’s popping” “hey mamas” “hola amigos” “GOOD MORNING SIMP NATION”

-you’ll say bye/goodnight to the chat really early but then you’ll be caught active at 3am on instagram

-you’re so loud when you’re outside with your friends. please stop shouting things out of context.

japeth of foxwood

-stop sending people pictures of the sun rising. we get it. you sleeping schedule is absolutely fucked.

-you’ll send those ‘how well do you know me’ quizzes to your friends and block the ones that got the lowest

-sends something scary into the group chat at like 2am and scares the shit out of everyone

millicent of maidenvale

-*likes the message and just ends the conversation there*

-you just constantly spam the group chat with animal videos

-made friendship bracelets for your friends and were happy that they all wore them

aric of bloodbrook

-you’re that fucker that’ll be on a facetime to all your friends really late at night and then you’ll just scream down the mic.

-you’re the worst texter. so blunt/spelling things wrong/still have caps on for some fucking reason/SENDS THE LAUGHING CRYING EMOJI

-“i know it’s late, and you’re all probably still asleep. but i really need to tell you that i accidentally blew up [instern friend’s name here]’s minecraft house”

yara of avalon towers

-texts in full sentaces, proper punctuation, but still no caps

-always have such aestheticlly pleasing recent emojis???

-*sends screenshot of someone being disrespectful in someone’s comment section* will you please help me shut down this racist/transphobe/homophobe/fucking idiot

hester of ravens wood

-will be on a call with friends at like 4am then’ll say “hold up whilst i go down stairs real quick and make a coffee.” like what the fuck bro

-STOP LEAVING YOUR FRIENDS ON SEEN

-“who wants to play a horror game with me??? no i don’t care if it’s 2am and you’ve got school tomorrow, i wanna play five nights at fucking freddy’s 4”

anadil of bloodbrook

-only sends voice messages, too lazy to type

-you’ll go to sleep really early and then complain the next day that you missed out on the chaos in the group chat

-when you go to someone’s house your immediate reaction is to ask to see their pets

dot of nottingham

-*sees cat in the corner of someone’s photo* send up a picture of the fucking cate [insert friends name here]

-keyboard smashes, so many keyboard smashes

-“i’ll bake cupcakes, but i’ll put mustard in a few of them so it’ll be a fun game of who’s gonna be sick first?”

[kaweeella]

Project Homeward Bound

I forgot to say this but some classpects might be different than what I had given them previously and if you saw Rin’s then you probably know why, so don’t be surprised if one’s different.

Chapter 2- The One Behind It Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall

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Team B (because class 1b and Hitoshi and Mirio was too long and impractical) are on voice call, discussing what the plan is. They’re on a server specifically made for the game. It’s not entirely surprising. They need to be able to talk to each other.

Rain pitters against the window.

“Should we go by seat order?” Kinoko suggests.

“But Shinsou isn’t in our seating chart.” Jurota points out.

“It’s fine, I’ll go whenever.”

“How about you go first and I’ll be your server player.” Yosetsu suggests.

“If that’s fine with everyone else.”

“Hitoshi who’re you talking to?” Eri asks, standing in the door.

“I’m doing a…” He was going to say it’s an assignment but is it? It’s a game he’s playing with his kind of classmates. It wasn’t even given by a teacher. Oh well.

“Is that Eri?” Mirio asks. “Hi Eri!”

“Hi Mirio!”

The entire group gets side tracked talking to Eri. Hitoshi isn’t sure how they got to this. She just showed up one day and sometimes Aizawa brings her to school with him. He told him to be gentle with her. It’s not like he was planning on harming this child in any way but whatever.

“Eri, could you ask pops if we have any coffee for me?”

“Okay! Bye-bye!” Eri says to the class, who all tell her bye back, and leaves the room.

“So Shinso’s going first?” Pony asks the group.

“If that’s okay then sure.”

Hitoshi pulls out the disk labeled client and he puts it in, a weird loading screen popping up. A kaleidoscope-like shape that’s constantly changing. The background is light blue with clouds going by. Every second it’s loading he grows more anxious. What has he gotten himself into?

“Damn it…” Yosetsu mutters, the sound a little grainy.

“Awase, what’s the matter?” Hitoshi asks. God he just got viruses didn’t he.

“Nothing, the internets just fucking up.”

“Right.”

“Have they finished yet?” Tetsutetsu asks, sounding bored.

“I just said the internet is slow.”

“Mine’s almost done.”

When it’s done, Hitoshi hears something beside him. Looking over, he sees… a weird pop up? What? It looks like a selection menu and it says “Pick your fetch modus.”

“What the hell.” He mutters.

“What?”

“What is it?”

“I- uh- I’m not sure. Here let me try…” He takes his phone and takes a video as he walks around it and sends it in the chat. “Is it just me? Are you guys seeing this too?”

“What the hell is a fetch modus?” Togaru says.

He reaches out and touches one of the arrows and the card-thing between them moves, showing a new one.

“So what is it?” Setsuna asks.

“I don’t know.” Should he just pick at random? Is this an important decision? What is this thing and how’d it get here?

They can hear Mirio typing- his keyboard must be in pieces- before he says “I’m gonna go, be right back.” He then disconnects.

If someone looked at the call they would see that he, Nejire, and Tamaki were in The Big Three voice chat, one that only they can get into.

“Hitoshi!” Eri enters the room again, “We didn’t have any coffee so me and pops went and bought some. What’s that thing?”

“I’m not sure.”

“You’re supposed to pick one?”

“I guess.”

“Can I pick?”

“Yeah, go for it. I think it’s better that you pick anyway.” He lifts her to the select menu and she looks though them.

“What about this one?” Coloring book.

“Sure.” He selects it and then another thing pops up.

“Select your strife specibus”

“Jesus, more?” He mutters, setting down Eri. There is only one blank card this time. 

“Get it figured out yet?” Itsuka asks.

“Yeah but now there’s another thing: a strife specibus, whatever that is.”

“The coffee’s in the kitchen for when you want it.” Eri says before leaving.

Hitoshi guesses that he has to insert something into it or something, but what?

He thinks for a moment. Is there a wrong answer?

He digs through his closet. It has to be somewhere in here. He pulls out a decorative mace. Well it can’t really be decorative if it’s not used for decoration, in the closet it’s just a flimsy mace. He’s been meaning to put it up but he never got to it.

He shoves it into the card, which adds an image and some text. It says “mace-kind”. It disappears again and thankfully there isn’t another one.

“It’s done!” He yells to the rest of the group. “It’s finally done! Now what.”

“I think I have to link up to you.” Yosetsu says, his audio still messed up.

“Has your game downloaded yet?”

“Uhh… yeah.”

“Great.”

The two link up, though Hitoshi is a little disappointed, as the only things on his screen are weird shapes with numbers next to them. He’d say this is a scam if anyone actually paid for it.

“Shinso?” Yosetsu says.

“Is your end as disappointing?”

“Is the game bad?” Pony asks.

“Should’ve seen it coming.” Togaru says.

“No, it’s not that.” He stares at his screen, unsure of what to say. “I think… I think I can see in your house?”

The chat fills with an incomprehensible garble of “What?” “The hell?” “This is so weird.” and other confused noises.

“Wait wait wait wait wait,” Hitoshi says to quiet everyone down. “What do you mean?”

“I don’t know, I can see you at the computer, I think.” Yosetsu clicks on something in the room, lifting it up. “Look to your left for me.”

He does, seeing his alarm clock floating in the air.

“What the fuck.” He looks back at his computer. “Are you doing that?”

“Yeah.”

“What the fuck.”

Yosetsu notices he has things to place. “Incoming.”

Suddenly a weird machine with some spikes sticking down to where he guesses something is supposed to be put. There’s also a little card slot.

“What am I looking at.”

“A totem lathe”

“What does that mean.”

“I don’t know that’s just what it’s called.”

“Should we get Mirio back in here?” Neringeki asks.

“Yes.” The two at the same time.

They then proceed to spam Mirio to get him back in the call.

“I’m back, I’m back. What’s up?”

“I… Here, I’m gonna screen share.”

“Don’t show them my house.”

“Hey,” Mirio starts, “What?”

They stare at their screens seeing Hitoshi’s house. After showing them he wasn’t lying, Yosetsu turns it off, Hitoshi letting out tension.

The class talks, but Hitoshi takes off his headphones and heads to the kitchen. He can hear the rain on the window. It’s a little loud.

“Hitoshi! What’s going on?” Hizashi asks him.

“Nothing, nothing. I just want some coffee.”

Hizashi sees that Hitoshi doesn’t want to talk, so he leaves it at that. He starts working on dinner.

Hitoshi grabs a coffee, and then it disappears. He grabs a different one. Gone.

Great. Whatever.

He puts his hands in his pockets and feels something. Taking it out he sees a piece of paper with the outline of one of the coffees he grabbed. He quickly walks back to his room, incredibly frustrated.

He lets out a groan as he puts his headphones back on.

“Shinso, what’s wrong?” Itsuka asks.

“I think I know what a fetch modus is.” He slams the papers onto the desk.

“What is it?” Kinoko asks.

“Inventory.”

“What?” Manga asks this time.

“I let Eri pick and she picked coloring book and I went to grab a coffee and now they’re pieces of paper.” He digs in his pockets and finds a box of crayons. Throwing them onto the desk as well.

The group falls dead silent.

It stays that way until Nejire joins the group.

“Guys, guys! You guys need to get to the medium as soon as possible!”

“What’s the medium?”

“How do we do that?”

“Why?”

“I’ll walk you through it but you have to be fast. Who’s the server player?”

“I am.”

“Alright, put down all the devices you have.” She pauses for a second. “And put them in close together and easily accessible places.”

“Right.”

He does what she said and puts down all the machines, cluttering Hitoshi’s room in the process.

“What now?”

“Who’s the client?”

“Me.”

“Do you see a… a box with a cylinder and a dial?”

“Yeah.”

“There’s a lid on top of it, you need to apply pressure to get it off.”

Hitoshi pushes down on it, but it doesn’t budge.

Yosetsu looks around the house and finds something to drop on it.

“Watch out.” He drops a speaker on it, which breaks it and removes the lid.

“Dude. That’s going to be expensive to repl… what’s the timer?”

“It’s how long you have to get into the medium.”

“Hitoshi?” Hizashi calls from the kitchen. “Is everything alright?”

“Yeah.”

“Do you see the… orb?”

“Yeah.”

“You have to put something in it.”

“Like what?”

“I don’t know, just anything you have laying around, I guess.”

Hitoshi, with some struggle, goes back to the closet. There has to be something in there.

He hears something behind him and feels a pit forming in his stomach. Turning around he sees the orb now has a skull on it.

“Damn… I liked that shirt.”

“Did you do it?”

“Yeah.”

“Do you see the dial on the thing?”

“Do I turn it?”

“Yes.”

He does so and out pops a cylinder.

“Do you see the… the spikey one?”

“The totem lathe?”

“Is that what it’s called?”

“That’s what Awase said.”

“It’s what the game said.”

“Doesn’t matter. Put it on there.”

“Alright now what?”

“It should start cutting the cylinder.”

“It’s not.”

Yosetsu thinks for a moment. “Maybe you need this?” He drops a card with holes on it by him.

“What is it?”

“A card thing.”

Hitoshi puts it in the slot and the machine starts cutting.

“Now what?”

“Put it on the pedestal on the circle machine.”

He does, and suddenly, everything goes dark.

“Is this supposed to happen?”

“What?”

“I can’t see anything!”

“No…?”

Hitoshi can’t see, but if you are Yosetsu you’d see he has a blindfold. You would also see a puzzle in front of him.

“There’s something in front of you.” Yosetsu tells him.

Hitoshi feels around and finds it.

“What am I supposed to do with this?”

“Solve it, I guess.”

“What?”

“It’s a puzzle box.”

“How am I supposed to do that?”

“I’ll help.”

Yosetsu walks him through the puzzle box as the timer ticks down, the rain hitting harder and harder against the window. The box clicks open, and the ground rumbles.

Hitoshi falls forward, hitting his head. He’s out cold. The blindfold and puzzle box disappears, as well.

“Shit.”

“What happened?”

“Did he make it in?”

“Shinso?”

Yosetsu can see his breathing. “He’s just unconscious.” And certainly concussed.

“Hitoshi?!” Shota calls from outside the door. He tries to open the door, but the cruxtruder- who is making these names?- is blocking the door.

Yosetsu tries to move Hitoshi so he can properly move the thing, but finds he can’t.

“Damn it.”

“Hitoshi!” He’s banging on the door.

Okay. He needs to be careful. He slowly moves the thing as far as he could without dropping it on him. It doesn’t make it far, but it’s enough for Shota to open it some. Not all the way, but what can you do.

“Hitoshi are you-” He sees the boy on the ground, and doesn’t even acknowledge the weird things in his rooms and makes his way over to him.

After checking for blood he then looks around. He hears the headphones and listens.

“Hello?”

“Mr. Aizawa!” Mirio says. “Welcome.”

“What happened?”

“He fell.” Yosetsu says.

He rubs the bridge of his nose.

“I don’t know what you want from me. That’s what happened. He fell over and hit his head.”

“Wait he did?!” Someone says, the rest of the class starts talking, concerned about his well being.

“Shoda, is he alright?” Hizashi tries to open the door, which goes how you would expect.

“He hit his head. Knocked out.”

“Mr. Aizawa?” Nejire speaks up.

“Hado?”

“We might have an issue.”

The phone rings, and Hizashi answers it.

“Takami’s on the phone. Says it’s important.”

“Nado would you mind if I step away for a minute?”

“No, go ahead.”

Shota steps out, pausing only for a moment to look at the machines.

“So now what?” Yosetsu asks, following the two with the lack of anything better to do.

“I’m not sure. Let me check back in with my class.” She says before leaving the call.

They wait, some idle chatting, when Yosetsu sees Shoda quickly looking out the window. He looks, too.

“Oh.” So is that what the medium is?

[ludosgd]

Solitude 2.0 is here!

Hiya folks!

I wanted to make this update for a long time! Solitude finally got a post-jam version!

Solitude is my submission for the Game Maker’s Toolkit’s Game Jam (2019 edition). It’s a game about finding an exit from several levels, but with a twist: you can see only one thing at a time!

What’s new?

2 brand new levels!

Improved reveal mechanic: tweaks to prevent WASD-spamming and eye-hurting flashes.

Now, when an enemy kills the player, it’s shown for 1 second, to let the player see why they died.

So, what are you waiting for? Play the game right here on itch.io!

What, you want to know more? You’re in the right place! I can talk more in detail about this update, but I must warn you: from now on, there’s a spoiler alert. The whole game revolves around not knowing the aspect of the levels, so keep reading at your own risk!

First of all, here you can find my blog post about my experience during the jam and the design of the game, if you want to check it out! Now let’s begin with the updates!

2 BRAND NEW LEVELS!

During the jam, I wasn’t able to make all the levels I wanted to, but in this post-jam version, I made sure to give you the whole package!

The new levels have been inserted between the third level and the former fourth level, which is now the sixth and final one! The new fourth level is a pretty basic design, but it has an important role: its key concept is similar to the last level’s one, so it “trains” the player for the final challenge. The fifth level explores a different design space instead, and it’s my personal favorite too! Here you have to run away from a very fast enemy, jumping from safe spot to safe spot! The last level is the former fourth level and I decided not to modify it, because I’m evil. Yes, you read that right. I’m evil and that level is evil. If you don’t believe me, maybe you haven’t played it. If you did and completed it, send me a screenshot! I would love to hear your stories with my game!

IMPROVED REVEAL MECHANIC

I received some comments saying that the reveal mechanic could use some tweaking, mainly because it can cause eye-hurting flashes. The problem is that many repeatedly pressed WASD on the keyboard as a strategy to advance in the game. While there’s nothing wrong with players finding strategies to beat the game, this “WASD-spamming” strategy is also the one that causes the most eye-hurting flashes. If one of the best strategies for your game involves players physically harm themselves, maybe you should modify the game to prevent that from being the best strategy. Now, thanks to some coding, WASD-spamming doesn’t work anymore. Don’t worry: if you play the game “normally”, you won’t even notice this change.

LET THE PLAYER SEE WHY THEY DIED

Another useful feedback I received was that, when the player touches an enemy, the game should let see the player the enemy for a moment. So I did just that. Now, if you run into an enemy (even if you weren’t scanning your surroundings), the game lets you see for one second the enemy that killed you. This is important to let the player know why they died and to mitigate “feel-bad” moments.

THAT’S ALL!

Thanks for reading! Do you have any question? You can find me here on Tumblr, on Twitter and on itch.io! I’m eager to hear your feedback.

Have a magical day!

— LudosGD

[rikasfundingassociates]

[New Recording] The Hacker

This interview originally took place on May 14th, 2023.

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With a buzz of your mobile device, a new tab opens up without any prompting! A black screen fills your monitor, and a lime green cursor taps out the lines:

> HACKER.VIDEOCALL()

> LOADING...

A laptop-style webcam flicks on, and you see a tuft of ginger hair fill the frame of the screen, half-obscuring the various game posters and glow in the dark decals that decorate the room the video is capturing. Behind the gaming chair propped in front of the camera, you see a messy apartment bedroom with a half-ajar bathroom door in the far corner, an electric keyboard pushed against the back wall, stacks of speakers and electronic equipment, and two food bowls by the door.

The redhead who seemed to be fiddling with the computer out of view finally leans back in her chair, humming to herself contentedly before fixating her eyes on the red light of the webcam. At that, she perks up immediately.

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[HACKER]: "Riiiight- I should introduce myself! Master hacker Cady MacNider at your service!"

hi!! how’ve you been ‘ ‘

CADY: "Today??? Pretty damn good, I'll say so myself! Just put the finishing touches on the new maintenance update !!"

best question ever: What colour is an orange :)

"Uhhhh pretty sure you asked the question wrong, duderino. Orange! That's, like, the easiest answer I've ever given ever!"

Favourite Pokémon??

"Snorlax... I vibe with him on a personal level ..!"

HELLO CADY!! How do you pass the time? :smile:

"Well now you just wan' me to talk about myself, dontcha? I do a lot of coding, but I also 'ave a penchant for gaming, playing with Kirby, and making music when I got the chance!"

hello cady :) what are your computer specs :smooch:

"I've got this baby loaded up with all the fancy shmancy stuff--! High power graphics card, processor, the whole shebang !!"

As she says that, she gives the PC a good ol' smack. Bang bang!

"It's like my child... or the closest I can get to my own flesh an' blood!"

HI CADY!! when we were talking to cayden there was this big ufo behind him but he didnt notice it. did it take him or is he still alive??

She takes off her headphones and gives a solemn shake of her head.

"We miss him every day..."

Favorite drink ever ?(Cady is such a cute name oml)

"Dr. Pepper all the way! Only the best gamer fuel for a high-maintenance machine like myself !!" :3

Are you sure its orange

"Is it? I mean, I don't eat much fruit, but I'm preeettyyyy sure..."

hey cady, i heard somewhere that if you add 10 to your age and then substract 5 and then another 5 you get your age, but i cant wrap my head around this. could you help me with an example with your age, pretty please? begging? please?

"I'd be chuffed to help! Okay okay okay so if you take 22 and add 10 that's 32 minus 5 that's 17.. then add 5 that's 22! You were right!!!" :D

What was the first video game you ever played?

"Oooohhh, you're takin' me back down memory lane! Methinks it was prob-ly Wii Sports Resort, honestly...

I was cracked with the tennis racket :3."

Hi Cady!! What’s the craziest hack you’ve managed to pull off?

She taps her chin. "Well, there was that one time I managed to leak the FBI flight watchlist..."

"Jokes! I joke! I actually don't do much fancy hacking, ashully. 'm more of a white hat hacker!"

If we're allowed multiple questions: favourite song to play on just dance?

"Bangarang duh dununah BRANG WOO-WOO DUNUNUN--"

Insert a poorly executed attempt to mimic rave synths.

favourite mii game?

"I've always liked the bowling one.. you just need the right flick of the wrist and it's an auto-strike every time! Just gotta game th' system !!"

Did you ever play the swordplay or airplane games on Wii sports resort?

"When they did the anime transformation poses when the people linked up with each other I peaked in life."

Cady what.

"But I never was able to get good at the sword one, sadly... It's all about spamming and my poor fingies can't take that..."

Any favourite cat breeds ? :)

At that, she takes a deep inhale. "Okay so first of all I gotta give a shoutout to the longhairs, they're sososo fluffy but ALSO Maine Coons are soooo cute--" Quick break to catch her breath.

"But of course, whatever breed Kirby is is the one I love the most !!! (She has no idea what breed he is.)"

Do u think ur a lover or a fighter (:<

"Hmmmm... I mean of cours' I'm a lover! I love my friends and everyone else... how could I not be !!! I'm just sooo lovable..."

"Unless someone hurts the people I care 'bout-- then we're gonna have a problem!!!" She throws some air punches.

Do you have a favourite soup?

"Uhhhhh soup flavor?? Give me a sec, I don't 'ave these things memorized... oh! Tomato bisque... that's one of 'em right?"

Is it true that all fast food restaurants have been secretly taken over by the people who fooled everyone that oranges are orange?

"WHAT !!!! Not... not that I know of????" :WBAT:

whats a story that happened to you that sounds like something you'd see on r/thathappened, despite being very real?

"Oh!!!! Oh oh oh! I've got the PERFECT story for y' folks!"

"So, according to my ma' when I was a mere babe... my nametag got switch'd up with another kid's and the wrong parents ended up taking me home !!! Crazy, right? In the end though, I raised up such a fuss and made their lives so miserable they ended up coming back because they knew they hadn't created this hellspawn! ... and I'm glad they did, because my old folks actually knew how to raise said hellspawn!!" Double finger guns !!

Im telling u dude its 100% truth!!!

"I don't believe you, I'm sorryyy!!! You gotta show me somethin' concrete, some proof! Scientific method and all of that!"

What's your favorite color combo?

"Lime green and purple !! Don't think I have any clothes that aren't in either of those colors..."

SEE!!

You just gotta get rid of the orange wax!!! Yk like what they put on supermarket apples

There are no words for a moment. ".... YOU JUST PEEL THE ORANGE OFF????" She totally believes you.

"I need to lie down..."

What is your vehicle of choice? :smilee:

"Well... Shiko says I shouldn't be trusted around a car, so my handy dandy bicycle is the next best thing !!"

What do you do when you're not hacking?

"Everyone's gotta have a healthy work-life balance, y'know? Unless you work at Marium Corp, I guess..."

"I take break days to spend over 10 hours playing video games, touching grass, and maybe even renting a movie!! Sure, there are more break days than regular days, but I didn't say it was a GOOD work-life balance..."

did you know that if you peel an orange with a nokia you have a 0.00008% to get a shiny orange?

"Like a rare collectible orange !!! What !! " There are stars in her eyes. "You've piqued my interest, magic man!"

If you dip the true form of an orange into lemon juice, it turns purple! Like the butterfly pea tea (?) !!

"THE BUTTERFLY PEA WHAT ?!?!?!?!?"

legend says.............. opening it with a wii remote has the low low low rate of getting a :THISMAN: orange :scream: :scream: :scream: :scream: :scream: :scream: :scream: :scream:

"That's so coollll ! I gotta try that out--

... Hold on where did you get that picture of Val--?!"

The blood orange must be sacrificed!! Dont forget that part!

"Got it, boss !!!" She salutes.

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CADY: [The hacker quickly glances up above the screen, widening her eyes slightly before stretching her arms above her head.]

"Well, think that's all the time I have to talk... gotta push this update out to the others!! They're gonna be so impressed! ... was nice meeting you all, see ya 'round!"

[Cady beams at the screen and waves to you, before closing the call.]

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Transcript provided by [UNKNOWN]. WLMG BLF DZMG GL VHXZKV UILN GSRH UROGSB DLIOW?

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Peleton News – Confessions (G18 Tour special – April 2018)

This year’s tour was a little fractured to start with.

JT, my honorable (although diminutive) co-chair has been living in Munich for some time, so has reluctantly lobbed all administrative tasks my way. He still of course has a pointy figure hovering over the keyboard most hours of the day to fire off a bullet-like reminder should any delegated task fall in to the overdue category.

My approach this year had been to further convolute the whole process by sub-delegating further down the value chain. This year RTA picked up route-planning duties, shouldering the full burden once Moley had thrown the metaphoric towel into the Gaudeix corner.

JT arrived the night before to settle into Hotel Mariposa and to busy himself ready for our arrival next morning, where, his welcoming party preparation of sundry nibbles, iced towels, freshly pressed mango juice and 6 flutes of chilled Champaign could be seen exactly nowhere.

Quietly bikes were built and readied.

I don’t with to appear overly-critical at this early stage, however I feel it is important to highlight areas where improvement could be made.

My first area of improvement relates to a mathematical ratio.

13.2 is an acceptable ratio.

60 is a completely unacceptable ratio.

Back in the day when I rode motorcycles for my thrill-seeking pleasure, the most expensive item of an accessory nature was the helmet. An oft quoted saying was ‘If you’ve got a £10 head, get a £10 helmet’.

I valued my head at considerable more than £10 and hence why I could be seen peacocking about the place in the latest stealth MotoGP inspired bonce-protecting loveliness from Arai, makers of the very best.

And the same is true of bikes and their bags.

If you’ve got a ratty old Trek which you equally be happy to see as landfill as opposed to nestled between your legs, then by all means bag it with a carrier from Tesco.

If on the other hand you have a carbonfibre creation, with composite wheels, electronic shifting and less weight than a fat sparrow, then for fucks sake, buy a proper bag.

Is there a correlation between 2 visits to a bike shop for fixing 2 bikes hurled into fifty quid bags?

Answers on a postcard…

Next year we are going to be introducing the video referee to dish out ‘after the event’ fines and tickets to offences against cycling such as this little atrocity.

Anyway, peleton delayers aside, we had quite a good tour from a reliability perspective.

No flats at all in 3 days of riding.

Not bad going considering the excess baggage about 50% of the peloton where wheeling about the place.

It can be a harsh life travelling with a pack of cyclists. As a group, we are generally slow to acknowledge quality but lightening-fast to highlight weakness.

This year’s theme was most definitely fatness.

It all started when Dripping decided to relax on day one and let his guard down.

The relief a fat Victorian lady must feel when at the end of a day grazing on mutton, savory puddings and broiled swan, she releases the strings on her corset, was probably how Dripping felt as he gently supped an ale whilst not ‘tensed’ or ‘sucking it in for dear life’ sitting quietly in the sun.

It was harsh and cruel for Mac to take a picture of Dripping at rest in such an unguarded state. The resulting snap caused almost immediate physiological damage, which was then added to by verbal slappery of the worst kind from almost all.

Macca’s boobs got a much lower level of attention than would otherwise have been.

But the real crime in the whole torrid ‘fatgate’ affair, was a quietly outed photo from Colchester Mac which showed what looked like a Michelin Man ballooned around a struggling Cannondale, legs bouncing hard off an impressive midriff as the owner snuffled and puffed his sorry arse up a hill.

That night James in a moment of shocking and completely unexpected kindness said to me ‘You’ve put on a bit of timber this year’…..

It’s about as nice as he’s ever been to me in the 15 years of friendship we have shared.

Ever.

Meanwhile, back in the Peloton, Whatsapp was on fire as fat Michelin man took a breather from cycling, sat down, drank a beer, guzzled food and then promptly took a micro-nap to allow his body to digest this latest onslaught of calories.

The peloton…. They can be mighty cruel to those built for comfort.

Anyway…let’s move on. Let’s talk compliments….

‘Love the tattoos’

‘You’re girlfriend is very pretty. The plastic she has had inserted in the chest area is both proportionally perfect and pleasing to the eye’

‘Nice denim’

‘Wow.. impressive steed’.

All of the above are probably good ways to make a hells angel feel special.

Alternatively, you could surprise the life out of him by slapping him on the arse as you cycle past at 15 mph…. showing shock and dismay on your face and general surprise that he hadn’t apparently heard your tinckly bike-bell.

I arrived at a stationary Peloton to find Macca being verbally abused by a very angry biker who was busy calling us all arseholes……. I mean he was right…. Must have been a lucky guess.

This was another visible demonstration of Macca’s intolerance to a good swathe of human kind.

On the flight out, Moley’s seat on the plane had been taken by a Turkish lady of more senior years and built like I will be if I don’t stop eating constantly.

She was resting up from the exertion of having had to climb the stairs at the rear of the bus and drag her cabin bag the 6 yards to her seat. The bag was then occupying Macca’s seat whilst she appeared to be cuddling it.

This was clearly a cue for some helpful soul to then lift it into one of the overhead lockers and help her out.

Macca, ignoring this cue like the plague, barked at her. He informed the startled greek lady that he owned the seat, not her bag, and would she kindly get a shift on and move it.

The plane went awkwardly quiet.

Trembling, the lady dressed in black wobbled to her feet and with oscilating bingo wings hoisted the bag upward. There was a moment or 2 when none of us could be sure the bag was going to make it. Like an Olympic weightlifter going  for a PB, there was a pause, a grunt and then a final push… the bag was in.

Macca looked on in bland indifference.

She sat down, glazed with a sheen of garlic and thyme perspiration.

I think secretly Macca was hoping for an engine issue, a wayward turbofan blade and the exiting of the Greek weightlifter from the above-wing window seat.

He fumed quietly for most of the flight.

I suppose I should at some point talk about the cycling.

As with all these tours there is a lot to cover. But, as with most years, I generally can’t be arsed doing so and instead revert to the well-established highlights list.

So, here goes for G18, Malaga;

• Dripping confessing to having voted tactically in previous tours when it came to the yellow cap. Berlusconi-esque in its political nefariousness • C&N orange camo base layer • Mrs RTA’s contribution to the tour…. Can’t name it for legal reasons, but it went down exceptionally well • RTA’s ghost-like completion on date realisation • General higher standard of dress quality (although I still feel the shame and hurt from the explicit savaging I got from Dripping on the yellow cap voting paper… he went into enough detail to require and appendix FFS…) • Damo’s use of the back pen on photos • Whilst he did fuck all in his season of pink, Damo did at least sort out everyone elses mechanical catastrafucks whilst on tour • RTA’s route planning. Magestic. Simply nailed it to the floor. The pink was going one way only after 3 days of beautiful scenery • I hate losing. I especially hate losing to Dripping. I especially especially hate losing to Dripping twice. First time I made an error of timing. After having nearly lost a lung hunting down my prey I should have tailed his sorry ass for half a K before nailing the finish. I didn’t and paid heavily. Day 3’s mechanical was akin to running out of petrol 50 yards short of the finish line. I was running in the red and Drip snuck in and nicked my lunch. Absolute bastard. • Col Mac’s ‘Spam’ top • Macca’s deep-seated suspicion of foreign restaurants… he had me convinced that the preparers of our final meal where going to triple the bill, hack our phones, empty our accounts, spit in our food and quite possibly steal our children. What they actually ended up doing was serving us food which was simply sensational and probably the best meal I’ve eaten in the last 12 months, and then go on to charge us very modestly for it too. • Strange fact number 1. Everything edible in Malaga is cooked in beef fat. • Strange fact number 2. There is nothing wrong with 7 over 40 year olds drinking pink gin with berries in the glass. Completely hetrosexual and in keeping with the modern men we are. (On reflection, I think Colchester Mac way have swerved the gin actually) • If I have to hear one more bloody time about how good wahoo is…… you didn’t invent the fucking thing for the love of sweet baby Jesus… • Shit Garmins • The descent on day 3…on day one going up it I nearly died…. On day 3 coming down I could have cried…. Probably the best descent this peloton has tasted. • This year’s tour caps…. Top quality. • A vintage year that saw our first triple-cap…. ! Yes, my (well deserved) orange nailed a hat trick of caps (although only 2 physical caps probably maketh the point moot). • Desire takes many forms. But few have the strength and longing that have been displayed with the force of a Dripping wanting yellow. He may have ‘bought’ the cap, but god it was worth it to see his little face!! • Murdering 9 oranges to make 1 drink

And finally, whilst we have our highlights list, we also have a lowlights list. This one is my own personal list…. Only 2 entries… and neither of them spotted or witnessed by the Peloton;

1. On unpacking my bike and reassembling, somehow my fat fucking fingers and squinty eyesight have managed to crush the Di2 cable that runs the front mech…. FFS… bike now on turbo in just the little ring…. Horrible humble and apologetic call to Damo/Amy coming shortly. I can actually feel Damo’s eyebrows raise as he reads this…. (and can actually here him say ‘well you’re a fucking idiot aren’t you’…..) 2. Do you know what Raybans hitting tarmac at 20 mph sound like? No? It took me a while to figure it out too…. Well, 10 miles worth of fast riding to be precise…. And then I sulked quietly for 20 mins when I realised that day 2 would be the last time I went our armed with more than one pair of sunnies…… I kepy it quiet because Trusler would have definitely shit himself laughing at that one…..

So there we have it. Drip and Mac need new bike bags if they are to show their cycling faces ever again, Macca needs to take a tolerance pill twice daily, Damo needs to tut in my general direction, JT needs to not mention sunnies to me ever again, Moley needs to get his shit together in readiness for G19 and RTA needs to take a well deserved bow to a round of applause from the Peloton.

Malaga, G18…. Magic.

Hoppo

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5 Smart WordPress Tools for Modern Bloggers on the Go

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Blogging is the worst, right? You have to sit down at your computer for hours, figure out how WordPress works, and clack away at the keyboard until your wrists hurt.

Whoa! Wait a minute. If this is your experience with blogging in the year 2020, then you’re doing it wrong.

WordPress has come a long way over the years in terms of updates. Today, creating a blog post is as easy as talking. And, talk-to-text via the WordPress mobile app is not the only smart WordPress tool.

With the help of the sophisticated, yet uncomplicated, WordPress interface and other neat WordPress plugins, you can add rich media to your blog posts with the click of a button, or two. Let’s talk about how this all works.

This post will cover:

How to use talk-to-text in the WordPress mobile app

How to use the native functionality in WordPress to upload videos

The most common WordPress plugins for bloggers

Let’s get this party started!

How to use talk-to-text in the WordPress app

One of the best things about WordPress is the ability to compose blog posts on the go using your phone. And, you don’t even have to type one word. You can use the talk-to-text mobile app feature to capture everything you want to say without writing one word.

Here’s how to use the talk-to-text feature in the WordPress app.

1. Download the WordPress app. If you don’t already have the WordPress app on your phone, you’ll need to download it to your iOS or Android device.

2. Login to your account. Once you’ve downloaded the app, use the same login credentials to access your account as you would use on your computer.

3. Click the pink icon. Navigate to the home page and click on the pink “create a post or page” icon at the bottom right of the screen.

4. Select blog post. The WordPress app will give you the option to create a blog post or create a page. Choose blog post.

5. Press the microphone. At the bottom right of the screen, you will notice a little microphone. Click this microphone and start talking. Remember to dictate punctuation in your blog posts.

6. Talk. As soon as you press the button, WordPress will start recording your voice and translating what you say into text. If at any time you want to stop and type, you can press the keyboard button.

And, that’s it. That’s how you can create a blog post on the go by speaking instead of typing.

Keep in mind you can also add images and videos in the mobile app. Just remember to save your images and videos to your device for easy selection.

How to add videos to WordPress without a plugin

Bloggers are using audio and video content in their posts more than ever. Considering recent stats, it makes sense why video is so popular:

85% of all internet users in the United States watched online video content monthly on any of their devices.

54% of consumers want more video content from a brand or business they support.

Videos are consumers’ favorite kind of content from a brand on social media.

Internet users love blog content, and they want more of it. Thankfully, WordPress has made it easy for bloggers to add videos to blog posts without even needing to download a plugin. Here are the steps you need to take to upload a video right within WordPress.

1. Create a new blog post. Once you are in your WordPress account, direct your attention to the top navigation bar, click on the plus sign, and select “post” from the drop-down menu.

2. Start writing. Once you are on the blog post page, you can start writing your content.

3. Create a video content blog. Once you are ready to insert your video, click on the little plus sign. It will appear to the right or the bottom of your text. 

4. Search for video. As soon as you click the plus sign, a box will appear with various content options. Video doesn’t appear first, so to find it faster, I always quickly search “video” in the top bar.

5. Select your file type. Once you select “video,” WordPress will offer three different upload options, including upload, media library, and insert from URL. If your video is on your desktop, choose “upload.” If you have already uploaded your video to your WordPress media library, press “media library.” If your video exists on the web (e.g., YouTube), then click on “insert from URL.”

Once you follow the appropriate directions, WordPress will insert your video into the content, and give you the option to write a caption.

You can repeat this process anytime you need to insert a video into your content. You don’t need any fancy video plugins to add videos to WordPress.

If you want to add audio content to your blog (you do), then you can follow the exact same process, except you select “audio” as your content block, instead of video.

Top WordPress plugins for bloggers on the go

Now that you know how to dictate your blog posts on the go and how to add video and audio content to your WordPress blog posts, let’s talk about other WordPress blog plugins that will make your blogging life easier.

Here is a rundown of the WordPress plugins every blogger should add to their site.

1. Akismet

Let’s start this section out with a quick round of Jeopardy. 

I’ll take “Bloggers for $500, Alec.” 

“The least favorite thing bloggers come in contact with on their sites, and also a slice of questionable canned meat.”

“What is spam?”

Exactly! Cleaning spam out of your comments section is not only time-consuming, but it’s also annoying. 

Akismet is a WordPress plugin that scrolls through all of your comments and checks them for spam. Akismet uses a consistently growing database that removes any malicious, irrelevant, or inappropriate sales comments. And, Akismet does it BEFORE the comments get published on your site.

This plugin is essential for helping you save time and keeping your blog credible.

2. Jetpack

Jetpack is my personal second favorite WordPress plugin. It has robust functionality and keeps an eye on your account. 

Here are the benefits of Jetpack:

Site analytics. While it’s true you can (and should) add Google Analytics to your website, Jetpack also does the hard tracking work. Jetpack will tell you how many site visitors you have, and this great analytics information shows up right in your WordPress dashboard.

Downtime monitor. Jetpack will send you an email notification every time your site goes down. I cannot tell you how many times this feature has saved my blogging bacon. It will also tell you when your site goes back up.

Site speed. Another Jetpack benefit is enhanced site speed. With Jetpack, you can upload high-resolution photos and can count on Jetpack to deliver them to your website visitors at high resolutions with super-fast speeds.

Content back up. Jetpack also provides an automatic daily content backup and 30-day archive. This feature puts your mind at ease when it comes to making large website changes.

Spam filter and login protection. Akismet is not the only plugin that filters out spam. Jetpack also provides spam filtering as well as login protection.

Jetpack offers a free plan that is great for beginners and three other paid plans for bloggers that are interested in more features.

3. Yoast

If Jetpack is my second favorite WordPress plugin, guess what my first favorite is? That’s right! Yoast.

As you know, growing a successful blog takes more than just excellent writing skills. It also involves learning how to structure and optimize your content in a way that helps search engines read and rank your content.

Yoast is a WordPress SEO plugin that walks you through most of the steps you need to take to properly optimize your content for Google.

Once you download the Yoast SEO plugin, you’ll notice some additional information on the bottom of your new blog posts with the heading “Yoast SEO.”

You’ll also see three tabs at the top, including SEO, readability, and social. Let’s talk about how each of these works.

SEO

The SEO tab prompts you to enter a keyword and write a snippet (meta description) where you include your target keyword. Yoast will also provide you with a quick SEO analysis to see what changes you need to make in your content to make your blog post more search engine friendly. 

Some SEO suggestions will include:

Inserting outbound links (links to credible websites that aren’t your own)

Adding internal links (adding links to other pages on your website)

Placing your keyword in your introduction

Keeping your meta description within a certain word length

Adding more text if your post is too short

And more!

You’ll also notice some premium Yoast features like adding related keyword phrases.

Readability

The next tab is the readability tab. This tab provides a quick analysis of your text and offers suggestions on what you can do to make your post easier to read. 

Here are some things you can expect in the readability analysis:

Use of transition words

Flesch Reading Ease score

Passive voice

Variety in sentences

Subheading distribution

Paragraph length

And more!

Google is more likely to rank your content in the search results if it’s easy to read. If you don’t have Yoast, you can use the Hemingway App to check your readability.

Social

The last heading in Yoast is the social heading. This section helps you optimize your blog post for social shares. 

You can include a title, a description, and an image that will appear on Facebook and Twitter when people share your post.

When your social share information matches the platform in question, your content is more likely to get shared.

4. Sumo

Sumo for WordPress is another Simply Can’t Live Without It WordPress Tool if you are looking to build an email list.

Sumo’s free tool is fairly comprehensive and provides the following lead capture tools:

Email opt-in forms

Fully customizable design

Social media sharing

Visitor targeting

Unlimited subscribers

10,000 emails per month

Email integrations

Analytics

1-on-1 onboarding

And several eCommerce tools

If email marketing is your main jam, you can opt for the paid pro plan. This plan includes everything in the free plan plus advanced visitor targeting, A/B testing, ability to remove Sumo branding, 50,000 emails per month, eCommerce design templates, and unlimited stats.

Remember, email marketing has the highest ROI out of any other digital marketing strategy. Some studies show an email marketing ROI of 4400% or $44 for every $1 spent. The more email subscribers you capture, the higher your chances of a stunning ROI will be.

Not only is Sumo a great lead capture tool, but it also helps with social shares. In your Sumo account, you can add a social share bar to your website for free. 

Here’s how:

Login to your Sumo account and click on “extras” on the top navigation bar.

Select “share” from the drop-down menu.

You’ll see a navigation bar including clicks, settings, layout, and more.

Start by clicking on “settings.”

From here, you can choose which social platforms you want to include in your share bar.

Continue through the navigational bar menu until you have fully customized your share bar.

When you are done with each section, remember to press “save.”

Once you are done telling Sumo what you want it to do, go to your WordPress website and refresh the page. You will see a share bar in the place where you indicated you wanted Sumo to add social share buttons.

Blogging Can Be Easier on WordPress

Blogging is constantly evolving. Every day, there are better platforms, tools, and plugins that make blogging easier. 

With all of the current tools on the market, there is no reason to remain loyal to a web hosting platform that is stuck in the dark ages. 

Check out WordPress hosting from HostGator where you get free migrations, advanced security, 2.5x the speed, and more.

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Top Web-Site Security Menace And How to Protect Your-Self From Such Cyber-Invasion

You can’t take Web-Site security menace seriously enough especially if your customers entrust you with their credit card information and other sensitive data. From using strong passwords to defending your site against images that Cyber-Invasion, taking the important steps necessary to protect your website from cybersecurity menaces. This article will take a deep dive into the most prevalent Web-Site security menace, and outline some steps you can take to remain vigilant against them. Here’s what we’re going to cover:

WordPress And Web-Site Security Menace

The report shows that WordPress continues to lead the infected CMS pack and the worst part is that it powers more than one-third of all Web-Sites on the internet. In addition to that, WordPress has to command over 60% of shares of all open-source content management systems. Word-Press is extremely popular on the web-world, hence it painted a huge target on its back.

Cyber Security Menace For Small Business Web-Sites

However, it’s important to know that Web-Site security Cyber-Invasions aren’t necessarily targeted at specific Web-Sites. In most attempts of Cyber-Invasion, the Cyber-Criminals aren’t actively seeking out any Web-Site in particular, which is why even small Web-Sites get invaded. The Cyber-Criminals normally employ bots to sniff out vulnerabilities, and once one is found, the Cyber-Criminals jump in to do some damage. A recent study showed that 58% of small businesses are most vulnerable to cyber-Invasion by a virus. Many studies display that small business is number one on Cyber-Criminal’s hit-list. But only 30% of businesses regularly check for vulnerabilities, and 40% rarely do. Small businesses are most vulnerable to Web-Site security menace simply because they don’t usually have enough security acumen nor do they have enough budget or time to devote to Web-Site security compared to many large corporations.

Effects of Cyber-Invasion On Businesses

By now, you should have a basic understanding of why Web-Site security is important.

But to make things even more clear, let’s take a look at some of the negative effects that a business might experience after experiencing a Cyber-Invasion:

Financial loss

Nearly half of small businesses are suffering from a financial loss from Cyber-Invasion, with one out of eight saying that the loss was greater than $5,000.

You might notice that there’s a bit of a paradox for small businesses dealing with Cyber-Invasions. In most cases, small businesses don’t have enough money for Web-Site security, yet when faced with a Cyber-Invasion, they are often advised to pay up, even when those Cyber-Invasionscause financial losses. Even worse, Security magazine reports that 60% of compromised small businesses go out of business within six months.

Reputation Damage

If any business experiences a Cyber-Invasion which threatens their customer’s personal information, then it comes under their duty to inform their client regarding that problem. If you’ve ever been a customer whose data has been exposed after trusting a company to handle it properly, you realize how this can jeopardize business relationships.

Blacklisting By Search Engines

Web-Sites compromised by Cyber-Invasion are often blacklisted by search engines or internet security companies. It can have major negative effects on the business, which mainly rely on search engine traffic.

Types of Cyber Security Menace And Virus Families

Virus families allow our team to assess cyber-criminals tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP), the authors write. This information inevitably leads us to their intentions and helps us understand and mitigate future menace. Virus families and another notable Web-Site security menace both highlighted in the report and beyond, include:

Backdoors

From Backdoors strike the Cyber-Criminals can achieve unauthorized access and rights to a system or network after a successful compromise. In addition to that, it also provides them with the opportunity to breach modern Web-Site scanning technologies and acquire access to controls of web server environments. This makes them one of the most commonly missed payloads and a leading cause of reinfections.

Virus

Virus, short for “infected programs,” is a generic term exercised for intrusive code that tries to take control of your Web-Site in some way. Forms of the virus include Trojan horses and drive-by downloads.

SEO spam

SEO spam is the culprit in more than 51% of all the infection cases and 7% increase from the year before. Detecting SEO spam is extremely complex and they have a strong economic engine driven by impression-based affiliate marketing, making it the fastest-growing threat to the web-world.

Mailers

Mailers are spam-generating tools designed to exploit server resources, allowing Cyber-Criminals to send unwanted emails from a domain. These forms of the virus can wreak havoc by distributing infection via phishing campaigns and stealing sensitive information.

Tool Employed In Compromising Security

SQL Injections

SQL injections are web security vulnerabilities that allow bad actors to interfere with a query an application makes to its Data-Archives.

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting is a type of Cyber-Invasions that happens when infected scripts are inserted into an otherwise trusted Web-Site with the intent of stealing the client’s identity data through cookies, session tokens and other information.

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

When a Cyber-Criminals try to manipulate normal traffic of a specific server, service or network by overwhelming the server by generating fake internet traffic, employing botnets.

Defaced

Cyber-Invasionleaves a Web-Site’s home page unusable and promotes an unrelated subject.

Phishing

It is the type of scam where a fraudster sends fake emails, pretending to became from a legitimate company or an organization.Once the client falls for this trick, then they would end up providing sensitive information like credit card and login credentials to the unknown fraudster.

Dropper

This is a type of virus that drops infected codes into a targeted system. The virus’s code is contained within the dropper.

Banking Trojans

Banking Trojans focus on stealing bank account logins. Examples include Citadel and Zeus.

Keyloggers

Keyloggers steal anything that’s typed on a keyboard or touchscreen.

Ransom-ware

Ransomware encrypts data then ransoms its release. One example is the Cyber-Invasion that struck the city of Atlanta.

Exploit Kits

Exploit kits give cyber crooks virus upload options.

Bots

Bots take control of the infected system to assist in other crimes.

Drive-By Downloads

Drive-by downloads are unintentional downloads of infected code that open the door for security breaches on apps, operating systems or web browsers.

Advanced Persistent Menace

Advanced persistent menaces are a type of Cyber-Invasions that usually involves virus.

Understanding And Prevent Strike By SQL Injections

The SQL injection is a web security vulnerability that allows Cyber-Criminals to interfere with a query an application makes to its Data-Archives.

Why SQL Injections Are Harmful

Many Web-Sites and web applications store their data in SQL Data-Archives. Sometimes, you can practice SQL commands to run operating system commands. When a Cyber-Criminal gets access to the SQL Data-Archives, they can view and modify data they normally aren’t able to retrieve or access, which includes data belonging to clients, or data that the application has access to. The Cyber-Criminals can modify or delete data, or even grant themselves admin access. In some cases, you can even access the operating system using the Data-Archives server. When Cyber-Criminals get access to this, they can invade the internal network behind a firewall.

How SQL Injections Work

Cyber-Criminals find vulnerable input fields on the Web-Site and insert content via an SQL query. This is often called infected payload and is a key part of the Cyber-Invasion. After the Cyber-Criminal sends this content, infected SQL commands are executed in the Data-Archives.

Types of SQL Injections

There are three types of SQL injections:

In-Band SQLi

The most common and easy to exploit SQLi, in-band SQLi is when the Cyber-Criminal is able to employ the same communication channel to launch the Cyber-Invasion and gather results.

The two most common types of in-band SQLi are error-based SQLi and Union-based SQLi:

Error-based SQLi: Errors can be beneficial to develop the phase of a Web-Site, but should be disabled on a live Web-Site. This type of SQLi relies on error messages thrown by the Data-Archives server to obtain information about the structure of the Data-Archives.

Union-based SQLi: Leverages the UNION SQL operator to combine the results of two or more SELECT statements into a single result, which is returned as part of the HTTP response.

Blind/inferential SQLi

This type of Cyber-Invasions takes much longer than an in-band SQLiCyber-Invasions. This type of Cyber-Invasions, no data is actually transferred via the web application and the Cyber-Criminal isn’t able to see the result of the Cyber-Invasion in-band (that’s why it’s called blind SQLi). Instead, the Cyber-Criminal is able to reconstruct the Data-Archives by sending payloads and then observing the web application’s response and the resulting behavior of the Data-Archives server.

Types of blind SQLis:

Boolean-Based/Content-Based Blind SQLi: In this, the Cyber-Criminal sends an SQL query to the Data-Archives, in order to force the application to achieve a different result depending on whether the query returns a False or True result.

Time-Based Blind SQLi: This type of Cyber-Invasion forces the Data-Archives to wait for a specific amount of time (in seconds) before responding. Depending on the result, the HTTP response may be returned immediately or with a delay, and the Cyber-Criminal can infer whether the strike was TRUE or FALSE based on how long the result took.

Out-Of-Band SQLi : Of the three types of SQLi, this is the most uncommon because it depends on the features being enabled on the Data-Archives server being employed by the web application. This type of SQL injection occurs when the Cyber-Criminal is unable to employ the same channel to launch the Cyber-Invasion and gather results. This type of Cyber-Invasion is an alternative to inferential SQLi, especially if the server responses are not stable.

How To Prevent SQL Cyber-Invasions

Determine whether your Web-Site is vulnerable by launching your own SQL Cyber-Invasion on your Web-Site to see whether they are successful. You can practice an automated SQL injection strike tool such as Havij, SQLmap or jSQL. Besides dealing with vulnerabilities on your own, make sure to also employ a web application firewall (WAF).

Understanding And Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Cross-Site Scripting is a type of Cyber-Invasion that happens when infected scripts are inserted into an otherwise trusted Web-Site with the intent of stealing the client’s identity data through cookies, session tokens and other information. It’s important to have an understanding around these types of Web-Site security menace, as 84% of vulnerabilities are a result of XSS Cyber-Invasions.

Why Cross-Site Scripting is Bad

At this very moment your browser will be helpless and it will lose its ability to differentiate between a trusted script and infected script. Unlike other web Cyber-Invasions, XSS targets its clients and not your web application, causing harm to your clients and reputation

Why Cross-Site Scripting happens

Many developers automatically trust all clients to the point that they don’t make an extra effort when it comes to filtering client input. There are many variants of an XSS Cyber-Invasion, so the application gets confused regarding what to filter.

How Cross-Site Scripting Works

Cyber-Criminals inject client-side scripts into web pages viewed by other clients through a vulnerable point. Once the client visits the Web-Site or clicks on the link, the infected string of code from the Data-Archives is sent in response. The victim’s browser then executes the infected script.

Types of Cross-Site Scripting Cyber-Invasions

Cross-Site Scripting can take on many different forms of infection, including:

Non-Persistent/Reflected Cyber-Invasions

The Cyber-Criminal usually sends a link containing an infected code or exploits a form on the Web-Site. These Cyber-Invasions may be sent to a victim with the intention of stealing their session cookies and ultimately their account. But compared to other XSS Cyber-Invasions, these are much less dangerous. This is because reflected Cyber-Criminals rely on a victim taking action, making it hard to automate. For the Cyber-Invasion to be successful, each victim must be targeted individually.

Persistent/stored Cyber-Invasions

The Cyber-Criminals sends infected data to a Web-Site stored in Data-Archives. When the client visits the Web-Site, they are served the data that performs infected action. Compared to reflect cyber-Invasions, these can be automated. A script can be created that visits thousands of Web-Sites, exploits the vulnerability on each Web-Site, and drops the stored XSS load. In this case, the Web-Site’s visitor does not have to do anything but visit the Web-Site to get infected. Needless to say, the persistent Cyber-Invasion affects more people.

Document Object Model (DOM) Cyber-Invasion

The Cyber-Criminals modifies the DOM environment of the client’s browser, the result of exploiting the original client-side JavaScript hardcoded into the Web-Site. While uncommon, this Cyber-Invasion is difficult to address because it usually occurs on the client-side. During these strikes, the HTTP response of a page is not changed and no unique data is sent to the server.

How to Prevent Cross-Site Scripting

In some cases, preventing an XSS Cyber-Invasions can be as simple as adding an HTML code to your Web-Site.

Here’s how to protect yourself:

Encoding: In a nutshell, encoding is when you strip client input of all code and force web browsers to interpret that input only as data. The end result is rendered as text on both the client-side and server, instead of being rendered in JavaScript, CSS, HTML or as URL.

Validation: the process where one makes sure that the data matches their expectations.

Sanitization: Involves cleaning up all data entered by a client. Many code libraries and e-Commerce platforms do this by default. The problem with this is that it can limit what a client can enter. Info-sec shares a list of data that needs to be sanitized as well as for instructions on how to sanitize your data.

Understanding and Preventing Cyber-Invasions By Virus

A virus is a portmanteau of infected words and programs. It’s an intrusive code (normally installed via a corrupted file packaged with healthy programs) that tries to take control of your Web-Site in some way.

A virus can take on many forms:

Viruses: The most common form of virus, often found in email attachments.

Trojan horses: Also known as a backdoor virus, it is disguised as a legitimate program but can take control of your system once installed.

Driveby downloads: Here an invader employs your Web-Site to delivery other corrupted files and can cause damage without the recipient knowing.

Ransom-ware: A kind of Cyber-Invasion where criminals hold data hostage until a payment is made.

How Virus Operates

A virus spreads when you download or install infected programs. It can also enter your system via a link or email. Once installed, it replicates fast and can immediately spread to another system in the network. The virus can affect PC performance, resulting in a slow PC response. It can also consume internet data: if your internet usage is higher than normal, you might be infected with a virus. It can interfere with system activities by generating unwanted popups and ads. It can destroy system programs and the system’s operating system. In addition to that, a virus can steal personal information or encrypt your files and then it would force you to pay for an encryption key to unlock them.

How To Prevent Virus-Strike

Bad news first: most of the time, you won’t be informed if you were infected by a virus, though some Web-Sites warn you before allowing you to navigate to an infected Web-Sites. If you’ve been infected by a virus, always seek help from a dedicated tool to find and remove a virus from your Web-Site.

How To Protect Your Web-Site From Virus

There’s not a lot you can do after the fact, which means you must be proactive. One should always employ a Web-Site monitoring service to regularly scan your Web-Site for virus and other vulnerabilities. Keep monitoring your Web-Site, scan your downloads for viruses and verify if the links you click are safe. One should not forget to follow each and every security measure.

Understanding And Preventing Distributed Denial Of Service (DDoS) Cyber-Invasions

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) Cyber-Invasion is a state where a Cyber-Thief tries to block the access of legitimate users from system information, devices or other network resources. Services affected may include email, websites, online accounts and other services that rely on the affected system or network. A (DoS) Cyber-Invasion is executed by a Cyber- Thieves by flooding the victim’s network with abnormal traffic until the target loses their ability to respond and simply crashes or the authentic users fail to access the server. DoS Cyber-Invasion can cost an organization both time and money while their resources and services are inaccessible.

How Distributed Denial of Service Works

A DDoS Cyber-Invasion requires a Cyber-Criminal to gain control of a network of online machines in order to carry out anCyber-Invasion. System and other machines (such as IoT devices) are infected with a virus, turning each one into a bot which the Cyber-Criminal has control over. The Cyber-Criminal collects a network of bots, which is called a botnet. Once a botnet is established, the Cyber-Criminal controls the botnet by sending updated instructions to each bot via a method of remote control. Once a botnet targets the victim’s IP address, then every bot will keep firing requests on the target’s server till it reaches maximum capacity and crashes.Because each bot is a legitimate internet device, separating the invaded traffic from normal traffic can be difficult.

Types Of Distributed Denial Of Service Cyber-Invasions

There are 12 types of DDoS Cyber-Invasions, falling under these three main categories:

Volume-based Cyber-Invasion creates congestion by consuming all available bandwidth between the target and the larger internet. These represent the most common Cyber-Invasions for botnets.

Protocol Cyber-Invasions

This type of Cyber-Invasion is also called as state-exhaustion, they normally create a service disrupt by occupying all the space available on the server or intermediate resources such as load balancers and firewalls.

Application Layer Cyber-Invasions

This is the most sophisticated type of DDoSCyber-Invasions, named after the seventh layer of the network device where the human-system interaction occurs, and applications can access network services. The goal of the Cyber-Invasions is to exhaust the resources of the target, which can be costly to the server-side. These Cyber-Invasions typically leverage flaws in a Web-Site application’s code and exploit it in ways that overwhelm the system. By this process, they are simply miss-guiding the system into assuming that they are receiving genuine web-traffic when it’s actually just traffic from botnets. These types of Cyber-Invasions are hard to defend as the traffic can be difficult to flag as infected. If you think that only large Web-Sites are targeted and your small Web-Site is exempted, think again. Cyber-Criminals have different motivations: They can either target Web-Sites they hold grudges against or want to get a ransom from, or they might just want to target a random Web-Site. In any case, it’s always best to be prepared. If your Web-Site experiences slow traffic and traffic is generated by a bot, your Web-Site may have been hosted on the same server as a targeted Web-Site.

How To Prevent Distributed Denial Of Service Cyber-Invasions

Here are a few things to do to protect your Web-Site from DDoS Cyber-Invasions:

Monitor Your Web Traffic

If you will have the knowledge of your normal traffic rate, then it will help you to differentiate between genuine traffic and fake traffic created by botnets and once you know your normal traffic rate, then you can limit it to accept requests as per the maximum capacity of the server. While you’re at it, get a little bit more bandwidth than you actually need.

Install a Web Application Firewall (WAF)

A firewall can analyze traffic before it reaches your Web-Site and it can also protect your Web-Site from botnet traffic surges and other infected content.

Distribute Your Network Infrastructure

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. By keeping multiple network resources, you have backups when one is being invaded.

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Loss (Yoosung)

-Insert obligatory loss meme which I do not really understand-

I wrote this story some time ago lol. Time sure flies – just like my quality of writing, they fly away as time goes on apparently. Kappa. ~ Ion

Prompt: Person A is crying over Person B’s death. “Please don’t be sad if you have done badly. We all have untapped potential inside us, and as long as you find it, you can do it and succeed. That is my belief to the school body, as the school president.” As all the students applauded politely at the end of Yoosung’s speech, he could not find the person he was expecting for the most - Rika. He saw Zen, V and Jumin at the back of the hall - why would Rika be missing then? As they were about to take a picture together, Yoosung probed them. “Where’s Rika? Why isn’t she here?” Zen visibly flinched when Yoosung asked the question. Jumin glanced at V - for once, he seemed worried. “Why not we take a picture together first before I explain.” V pointed at the chair, encouraging Yoosung to sit first. Yoosung was frowning, clutching onto the bouquet of roses tighter before taking a seat. The lights flashed before Yoosung stood right back up again, asking about what happened to Rika again. There was a long pause before Zen answered. “Yoosung… Rika died. She had committed suicide.” “Wait, how? Why? She was fine at the last party!” “Yoosung, please calm down-” “Calm down? How can you ask me to calm down when Rika has now left RFA? And left me behind?” As Zen was trying to console him, Yoosung was just left numb. Zen must be lying. That must be it. He must be lying. No way Rika would commit suicide. But Zen would not lie about something this serious, right? “It’s true, Yoosung.” V kept his eyes down to the floor, avoiding eye contact from him. “What?” How could that be? Yoosung refused to accept that. Her innocent smile when she talked to him, the happiness she spread when she threw the parties, the pats she gave when he gave ideas to her about the upcoming parties… When did she even wanted to commit suicide? Words could not even comprehend the thoughts going through his mind before they all went to a single voice. “What happened to my cousin?” It must have been V’s fault. After all, they were together - about to get married, in fact. V must have done something which caused her to commit suicide. He walked up to V threateningly, demanding an answer. “V! Tell me what happened to Rika!” When there was no response from him, Yoosung just clenched his fist in frustration, wondering why he had not answered. “V, answer me!” V only walked away from Yoosung instead, leaving Jumin and Zen with him. Rika had committed suicide. The sentence resonated inside Yoosung’s  mind, as he stared at the carpet of Jumin’s limousine, still struggling to accept that fact. What was he going to do now that she was gone? She always told him to work hard, do his best and try his hardest. What did those words mean to him now that she was gone? Were all his efforts actually wasted after all? When Yoosung got back home, he just rushed into his room and locked it. He stared the puppy doll Rika handmade gifted to him. “Hug him if you miss me!” Yoosung embraced it, screaming in anguish before ripping them, throwing them at the computer. It landed perfectly at the keyboard, bringing the computer back to life. It showed a picture of him and Rika together, which only reminded him that he would never be able to take any more pictures with Rika now. He went up to the computer, reminiscing about the past. Doing volunteering work with Rika. Taking care of Sally with Rika. Seeing how Rika made all those parties a success, like magic. How long had he been crying now, to the point his tears were totally dried up now? He was just staring at the computer, still sniffling and giving out weak, exhausted sobs. The screen blinked, beeping to give Yoosung an alert before one of his friends messaged him in Tweeter. Ringabel: yo ys you want LoLoL lolololol Yoosung was rather doubtful. As the school president, he should set an example to the school body that games were bad and they should focus more on studies instead - however for some reason, he could not be bothered anymore. After all, he had graduated as one - he not the school president anymore. Yoosung: Sure. But I need to download it first, right? Ringabel: yes yes! OMG ys is playing with us??? OMG I need to introduce you to the school guild Yoosung: School guild? Ringabel: it’s called Deathgems Ringabel: come come just download we’ll explain later Ringabel: the game isn’t that big it should only take five to complete installing Yoosung got curious, which he then downloaded it. It was quick and fast, and when he entered he was really surprised when he received an invitation to “Deathgems”. He accepted. Ringabel: welcome to Deathgems!!!!! TizDaHero: welcum help needed at top quick WindAgnes: yeah Tiz and I can’t protect 4eva IdeallyEdea: shut the f*** up mid need help also ring where u gank plz I GOT NO HELP TOO SupermanYoosung: ??? Don’t say vulgarities. It’s bad. Who are you all? IdeallyEdea: omg sissy just f****** help me Ringabel: okay ys ignore Edea 4 a while. go click on Taric, the guy with a hammer wearing pink suit Ringabel: u will be support for me IdeallyEdea: what about me Ringabel: we get double kill then we help you okay SupermanYoosung: ??? Ringabel: just do it please Yoosung did and jumped slightly when the narrator gave out a gasp when he selected the character instead. The character soon spawned at a corner of the game, leaving poor Yoosung now confused and wondering what he should do. Ringabel: okay now go bot Yoosung clicked on the bottom of the map as he followed the pop-ups, explaining how to play the game. As he continued, he started learning about how Tiz and Agnes were strong partners matched together, Edea was incredibly good at playing alone, while Ringabel knew strategically how to guide the rest of the team to victory. While Yoosung took some time to learn, he slowly managed to get a grasp on the game and finally understood how to play it. He soon understood the character and got absorbed into it. How did he not know about this game before? It was so fun! He was shouting, yelling, having the ride of his life as he got killed, or the enemies got killed. And then there was the climax where either team would do their best to kill one another, to the point where everyone actually died, so nobody won the fight. They were laughing so much by that time, complaining how bad they were. By this time Yoosung was really comfortable with one another, pretty much opening to them. As the enemies’ crystal burst into tiny pieces, the screen lighting up victory once again. Ringabel spammed smileys and happiness to others while everyone joined in, happy with their constant victories even though Yoosung was only still new. Edea soon explained that she needed to sleep before the others soon slowly agreed and left for bed, leaving Yoosung alone. He checked the time. “Wait, it’s 4 am already?” Yoosung was shocked about how much he played, and how he actually had not completed any of his work. Rika would definitely- Oh. Yoosung bit his lip, returning back to the reality that his cousin had already died. Tears threatened to fall again, while he slowly went to bed and plopped onto it. It was different this time - he could not feel anything. Yoosung was just numb all over. He was too tired to cry, too tired to be angry at V, too tired to even pick up the call that apparently someone was still trying to reach him. He just left the phone vibrating as he slowly fell asleep, sinking in a never ending dark abyss. — “Yoosung! Time for breakfast!” Yoosung pushed away an arm which was shaking him, frustrated. “I want to continue to sleep…” “Kim Yoosung!” Yoosung immediately shot up, awake as he scrambled to wear his clothes. His mother took the chance to leave while Yoosung rushed to pull his hoodie. “Sorry, I’m coming! Please don’t be angry anymore!” As he walked out, his mother only chided him for his outfit. “We’re going out for breakfast, let’s go. Your father and sister are already waiting.” Family breakfast? Yoosung could not help but feel sour about it. Family meals… That was how Yoosung met Rika for the first time. “I want to be alone, mom. It’s okay, I’ll skip breakfast.” He ran back into his room, locking the door behind him as his mother started banging on the door, calling him worriedly. Tears only rolled down his eyes as he went back to bed again, before closing them. Why did Rika die…? — By the time his family came back, he had already woken up. He was playing LoLoL again, this time with other people in Deathgems. He was shouting away again, laughing when the others cracked a joke, before screaming again about how he was about to die. For some reason, gaming was the only thing that made him feel slightly happier. It helped him forget about the pain of losing Rika, at least for a while. Days later. Yoosung had now not come out of his room, but when he did, he only chugged down a few cups of water and ate some food his mother had prepared before going back into the room. Three weeks after. Yoosung would take the food and drinks into his room when it was time for his meals, before going back into his room again. The time he came back out would be when the next meal is ready. There was always constant yelling until 4 am, and the rest of the family are angry about it. His mother had scolded him off before about it, but he still continued to do it once in a while. By then, they had already tolerated for months. “Yoosung, it’s the first day of college! You need to go to school now!” Yoosung was still playing his games, yelling and screaming loudly. He was wearing a dirty hoodie, shaking slightly as he slammed onto the keyboard, grumbling at the enemies. “Wait wait, not there, don’t engage- Nooooo! Why did you start fighting?” The floor was scattered with chips and dirty clothing. Dirt and dust were already collecting at the corners of the room. Mould could also be found at pieces of incomplete eaten bread. There was also mould on the wallpaper, creating a musty odour. As his mother switched his computer off, Yoosung could only whine before keeping quiet and starting to change his clothes for school. As she left, he just started to slip off his hoodie and started wearing his uniform for college. What exactly happened which made him enter into college again - in fact, with a scholarship too? He shrugged as he could not be bothered to give a damn to the world anymore. Dragging his feet out of the house, he walked past a dog which was wagging his tail happily, barking as it was chasing a butterfly. For some reason, he would use to laugh at it - now, he could barely even bring a smile on his face. He opened the chat - Seven was online, saying to work hard, do his best and try his hardest in school. Somehow, it felt familiar, but Yoosung could not pinpoint it anymore. It felt like nonsense. Yoosung★: Sure, thanks. Somehow, he already knew that today was going to be a long day.

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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare March 10th Update released and here are its full patch notes

Activision and Infinity Ward have released a brand new update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. According to the release notes, the March 10th update comes with some Playlist changes. Moreover, it comes with a number of PC-specific fixes and tweaks.

Going into more details, the March 10th update packs several fixes to prevent crashes and improve stability. It also fixes a few cases where certain Social menu pop-up messages would display incorrectly in higher aspect ratios. Additionally, it offers new PC players that are using the latest Battle.net client access to a simple, one-click way of creating their Activision account using their Battle.net credentials.

As always, this patch also features a number of bug fixes. For instance, it fixes a bug that prevented respawning after a Defcon Nuke had been set off in Realism Ground War. It also packs various exploit fixes, including fixes to Hackney Yard and Piccadilly.

Battlenet will download this patch the next time you launch its client. Below you can also find its complete changelog.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare March 10th Patch Notes

PLAYLIST UPDATE:

Added Search and Rescue

Added Mayhem Mosh Pit (10v10 Grind, Drop Zone, and Cranked)

Removing “Boots on the Ground War”

GENERAL FIXES:

NEW Shotgun: “VLK Rogue”

Fixed a bug that prevented respawning after a Defcon Nuke had been set off in Realism Ground War

Increased damage to Juggernauts when being hit by a Thermite Crossbow

Various Exploit fixes, including fixes to Hackney Yard and Piccadilly

Fix for a bug where a different pistol than one that was equipped would appear when climbing a ladder

Fixed a bug where any charm used alongside the MP7 Bengal variant would clip through the weapon

Various Ground War exploit fixes

Fix for a bug where a constant yellow “High Alert” screen would persist after death if the player died while the perk was granted via Specialist

Fixed a bug in the After-Action Report that would display 0 in the Challenge field even if a Challenge had been completed

Fixed a bug that would spawn players elsewhere on the map after using a Tactical Insertion near the crawl space on Rust

Also fixed a bug in the Giant Infection mode that spammed radio VO across all teammates when a player is a driver or passenger

Fixed a bug that allowed players to deploy throwable Field Upgrades during the round countdown. After the countdown ends, the player would still have another Field Upgrade available. This has been fixed

Added option to toggle a square or circular minimap

Call of Duty League: Restricted the .357 Snake Shot in the CDL public playlist

Weapons:

725 Sawed-Off Barrel:

Increased move speed

Increased ADS Spread

Reduced ADS damage

Reduced far damage range

Extended very lethal close damage range

Fix for the RAM-7 variant, “The Corrupter” not allowing the use of any sniper scopes

Fixed a bug that could create an ‘infinite ammo’ glitch on the Model 680

Updating the ammo descriptions to the “Bludgeoner” LMG and the “Skull Hammer” Shotgun

Fix for a bug where using an NVG Thermal Scope on the Grau 5.56 could cause a graphical bug

Missions and Challenges:

Fix for a bug that only displayed the “One Shot One Kill” splash medal on screen when a sniper rifle was used. This is fixed to display whenever any one-shot weapon like shotguns or marksman rifles are used

Fix for the “Get 50 Kills with Light Machine Guns” challenge not tracking as intended

Fix for Golem’s 3rd Mission Objective, “Get 5 Kills using Lethal Equipment” not tracking properly

All vehicles now award progress to any challenges that require “X vehicle run over kills”

Updates to the splash screen and in-game HUD as players make progress in the “Alliance” Missions

Classic Special Operations:

Fixed a bug that prevented players for being able to use finishing moves on enemy AI. This has been fixed

Bomb Squad: Fix for a bug there enemies might not spawn until after the last bomb is defused

Special Operations: Survival – Leaderboards for Azhir Cave (night) and St. Petrograd have been added

Special Operations:

Camera is now in a fixed position when reviving while prone or crouched

Hostages will reset to a safe area if dropped out of bounds

Fix match ending if the last-alive player calls in a Team Revive but goes down before the other players revive themselves.

Fix some instances where the juggernaut music could stay on unintentionally

Increase Heavy Hitter weapon perk to 2x melee damage

Ensure that players who are parachuting receive the ‘out of bounds’ warning if they drift out of bounds

Fix for hint prompts showing up while players are in last stand

Fix for an edge case that could prevent the 4th squad leader from spawning in during Operation Headhunter

Operation Just Reward: Fixed an issue where the cell phone intel would fail to drop

Operation Strongbox: Fixed a bug where destroying an enemy Wheelson was not granting any XP

Keyboard and Mouse: a contextual menu is now displayed when KBM player right-click on usernames in the Social menu’s Party tab

PC:

Several fixes to prevent crashes and improve stability

New PC players that are using the latest Battle.net client now have access to a simple, one-click way of creating their Activision account using their Battle.net credentials

Fixed a few cases where certain Social menu pop-up messages would display incorrectly in higher aspect ratios

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