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purplehanfu · 9 months

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Self Indulgent Birthday Post: 2023

notes: Spoilers!, probably. Yay, it's my birthday again! Enjoy some of my finest unfinished work!

Oh? You have both my interest and attention!

Booooo.... (this disappointment brought to you by The Young Brewmaster’s Adventure, which happens to be the prequel to Blood of Youth)

Recap Recycle Bin

So many dramas and never enough time to write a full review. Read on!

Dominator of Martial Gods

tl:dr for this drama

Each episode is 35 minutes long, feels like 3,500 minutes, and delivers maybe 10 minutes worth of story. Impressive!

We waste a great deal of time in the first few episodes watching Qin Chen and the bootlicking alchemist refine a needle that will allow our hero to activate his bloodline. Intriguing, because you often hear dramas refer to treasures being refined into weapons, but you never see the process. There's a reason for this- it does not make for compelling viewing. But that does not stop us from standing around arguing about the specs and adding things to the oven. This process was more fun when Chu Wanning just takes you up to the lake. On a technical note, I am enamored of the way the ever present green screened background makes no attempt to be in scale with the human actors.

My Deepest Dream

Ooh, a plot with a time loop, evil birds, superpowers, getting sucked into the Marianas Trench when you just wanted to go on a scuba diving excursion and JIN HAN!!! But, as always, there's a glitch in the matrix.

Our heroine realizes she has lost a year of her life and no one has noticed. No one except the astrophysics PhD candidate turned car mechanic Wu Yu (JIN HAN!!!). Wu Yu divulges that he can read a phone screen at 10 kilometers. But mostly he uses his special eyes to keep an elaborate dossier on the comings and goings of the FL, who lives across the street from the garage he works at. Is that creepy or romantic?

don’t be silly, if it were a Marvel movie we’d be having an interminable CGI sky battle

Till the End of the Moon

Meet Tantai Jin. As you may have noticed from his costume design, he's totally evil.

He's a goal-oriented CEO who's turned the Devil Sect into a high reliability organization that generates impactful customer experiences (annihilation). I bet he's evil enough to use six sigma. But where Tantai Jin truly shines is personal branding. You may not be buying what he's selling, but product recognition is through the roof.

Tantai Jin seen here working out of his travel office: a flaming, flying boudoir with melting skull detail. This is why CEOs should never make more than 10x what the average worker does.

Circle of Love

I can see why the Republican period was relatively short. Everybody setting fire to each other's estates, staying out late ballroom dancing, getting uniforms tailored, making sure there are enough manacles to chain the female lead to a bed... it doesn't really leave a lot of time for governance.

We start out, as we generally do, with a clean sweep of the FL's family, in this case via a big ol' raging house fire. Where is everyone? Or even anyone? Even Maid's Revenge scraped up some extras to be dead family members.

My Kung Fu Girlfriend

Slow your roll, it ain't GL.

You know what they say- it's not whether you win or lose the MMORPG, it's how you min max all your stats and then act like an ass in chat about it.

Meet Huang Xiao Yu. She clearly did not pay to win because she is the low XP real life martial sister of a kung fu champion. In this drama, she'll level up in love and life with the help of an OP MMO NPC who escapes her game and shows up uninvited in the real world.

The Antarctic Octopus

Not to be confused with the 2020 film Big Octopus. I guess that's the great thing about having an audience of over a billion people- even the most niche interest has plenty of content.

This is how you dress when you visit your Uncle Pete in Antarctica.

In this movie: monsters, explosions, a supercharged ice jalopy and a dedicated ignorance of the laws of physics usually only seen in a Fast and Furious film. But credit where it's due: The Antarctic Octopus delivers. Only 12 seconds in and we get our first tentacle!

available free on youtube although how bravely they were fighting is up for debate

Bonus Content: Superlatives

In the Day We Flipped

My post of the year!

Getting over 500 likes on a review? Unexpected.

Forgetting to add a link back to my other recaps? Priceless.

Bloody Romance

still my favorite drama

when your grandma’s a zombie and she was left in a cave to guard a tiny box with one (1) restorative pill in it and she’s suspended by her hair but her hair is also like tentacles that can kill people and she thinks you’re your mom but she still loves you. 💚💚💚 But then she starts screaming and tries to strangle you with her hair.

Heroes

2nd favorite drama

you know something’s good when you have a file called ‘sappy su mengzhen yang wuxie edits.txt’

go get your man, Wuxie!

pinboard full of recaps!

#holiday special #till the end of the moon #my deepest dream #JIN HAN!!!#dominator of martial gods #the young brewmaster's adventure #circle of love #my kung fu girlfriend #the antarctic octopus #bloody romance #heroes #in the day we flipped

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theunwellkingdom · 4 months

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Lore Spotlight #1: Meet Our Heroes

Six strangers awakened in a dungeon cell...

Five years ago, our D&D campaign began! Learn a bit about each of the eight player characters at the forefront of our epic tale, featuring their own hand-drawn art!

Garp Garp, Goblin Bard

Played/Illustrated by Juston - he/him (uppermindink on Instagram)

Garp Garp abandoned his goblin clan when he heard the beautiful music of the Blue-Haired Bard. She taught him the power of thrash before mysteriously vanishing! Now, he uses that power to protect his friends with the help of his flaming familiar, the Level Skull! He's also dabbled into darker magic and proclaimed himself Lord of Bones!

Fable, Catfolk Cleric

Played/Illustrated by Larissa - she/her (royallydivine on Instagram)

Fable is a sweet and caring catfolk with a sneaky trickster side! She hails from the distant kingdom of Eldoris, and is constantly appalled by the terrible things that happen here in Lyrea. She calls upon the cat goddess Xalyn to bring light and healing to this unwell kingdom!

Mishka, Tiefling Fighter

Played/Illustrated by Kelsey - she/her (@kelseesi)

Mishka was once a member of the Royal Guard, but was cynical, restless, and unfulfilled. Adventure was exactly what she needed, and she thrives in the chaos of this group! Even when she ran into a trap and lost an arm, she simply kept the limb to wield as a grotesque weapon, even getting it enchanted and modified for maximum damage!

Eventually, Mishka found a calling where she least expected – training meek wizards of the Unseen Library into adept battle mages. She stayed with them after they were displaced, to help rebuild.

Gin, Human Monk

Played/Illustrated by Boon - he/him

Gin is an enigma, a wandering drunken monk who is either two steps ahead or three steps to the side. For instance, he's the only member of the original party who wasn't kidnapped... he saw the others being taken and simply hopped along for the ride, to see if he could help. He is fiercely protective of his friends, especially Garp Garp, and will make demonic pacts to prove it! He's also an avant garde brewmaster, for anyone daring enough to try his mixes.

Tourmaline, Genasi Blood Hunter

Played by quinn - they/them (quinnntastic_ on Twitter)

Tourmaline began her journey as a sweet, naïve, young genasi (an elemental daughter of human and genie) who was abandoned by her birth parents and raised by two loving dwarves. However, she quickly fell into bad company and was tricked into drinking the blood of villain Ans Fleurellian. This changed her into a blood hunter, able to pay life for power, and set her on a heavy path of learning the world's hard truths.

Tourmie was whisked away to the Indigo, a mysterious realm of the dead, but while her time traveling with the party may have come to an end, her story is far from over!

Lani, Aasimar Rogue

Played by Riley - they/them (@ratbrick)

Lani grew up in the seedy streets of Crestfall, along with a tight-knit group of other orphans. She's an aasimar, chosen for protection by a divine guardian... but hers was nowhere to be found. Her time with the party was the shortest, as her loyalties stayed with the orphans, but any time our story returns to Crestfall, she remains a stalwart ally.

Unfortunately, sometimes life gets in the way. We had to write a few characters out of the party over the years, but that was also a chance to meet some new faces!

Olly, Gnome Wizard

Played/Illustrated by Vi - they/them (vidraws on Twitter)

Olly spent most of his life studying magic at the Unseen Library, before the Grand Council sent him out to join our heroes and spy on them! He did this, reluctantly, but his travels opened his eyes to where his allegience should truly lie. By the time the party made it to the Library all together, Olly was ready to fight alongside them to the bitter end!

Kornaan, the Cobbler

Played/Illustrated by Zack - he/him (me!)

Kornaan was a half-orc cobbler in the sleepy port town of Loam who marveled at the wondrous tales from adventurers who came to repair their boots as they were passing through. He was inspired, and set off to become an adventurer himself!

Since I'm the one running the campaign, Kornaan serves as a blend of player character and NPC. He travels with the party and offers help, but he'll always take a backseat when it comes time to solve problems (sometimes I even use him to create new ones when needed!). Nevertheless, his arc over the years has brought him from bumbling wannabe to real adventurer!

#uwk #the unwell kingdom #mtg #homebrew #devlog #lore spotlight #ocs #garp garp #fable #mishka #gin #tourmaline #lani #olly #kornaan

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nwbeerguide · 3 years

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Pelican Brewing Company celebrates the release of the newest year-rounder in Paddleback Oceanic Pale Ale.

Press Release

Pacific City, Oregon (March 23rd, 2021)—Pelican Brewing Company celebrates the return of warmer weather with Paddleback Oceanic Pale Ale. This liquid sunshine delivers bright, zesty aromas reminiscent of gooseberries and white peach from hand-selected hops sourced from Down Under. Take your surf stoke to the next level with this clean, light-bodied, and lively, refreshing pale ale – available now in 12 oz. six-packs, select Pelican Mixed 12-packs, and on draft at Pelican’s three coastal brewpubs and local watering holes.

Don’t be misled by Paddleback’s modest ABV. This pale ale still packs a hoppy punch and aroma by blending Galaxy hops from Australia, and Nelson Sauvin hops from New Zealand. Pelican carefully selected these two hop styles to create a complex but balanced hop character with flavors of sauvignon blanc grapes for a bright and refreshing pale ale ideal for post-surf stories, kayak adventures, or warm weather patio sipping.

“The pale ale category continues to grow as consumer’s look for IPA alternatives with lower ABVs and easier drinking styles,” says Darron Welch, Pelican brewmaster of 25 years. “We wanted to create a new recognizable pale ale that delivers on hop flavor and aroma, but balanced and refreshing with a supportive malt character. That’s why we chose to incorporate hops from New Zealand and Australia into Paddleback as they present bright flavors such as gooseberry and passionfruit versus the citrus hops used in classic American style pale ales.”

ABV: 5.7% | IBU: 40 | PLATO: 13º

Like all Pelican beers, Paddleback is born at the beach by a team of award-winning craft beer makers known for brewing styles of beer that they themselves love to drink. Cheers!

About Pelican Brewing Company Pelican Brewing Company was born at the beach in 1996. Here, in front of a rundown old building at the water’s edge, stood three enthusiastic young folks whose thirst for great beer overshadowed their understanding of what it would take to build a brewery. They did it anyway. Thanks to the vision of founding owners Jeff Schons, Mary Jones and brewmaster Darron Welch, Oregon’s only beachfront brewpub became one of the state’s most popular destinations. And now 25 years later, Pelican Brewing Company is an iconic beach brand and one of the most decorated craft breweries in Oregon. Pelican has been honored with more than 450 awards including the prestigious 2015, 2016, 2017 Australian International Beer Awards Champion Medium International Brewery; 2014 World Beer Cup Champion Small Brewery; 2013 Great American Beer Festival Large Brewpub of the Year. Why? Pelican brews are playful, but not frivolous. Brewed with purpose, passion and a deep respect for the craft. Pelican operates brewing and brewpub facilities in Pacific City, Cannon Beach, and its state-of-the-craft brewery in Tillamook, Oregon where it brews 40,000 barrels of award-winning beer annually and distributes to six states. Pelican’s vision, its beer and values were born at the beach where the team wakes up each day in a place that reminds them that amazing is possible. Cheers, Fellow Fanatics!

For more information, visit Pelican Brewing Company.

from Northwest Beer Guide - News - The Northwest Beer Guide https://bit.ly/39dweCn

#Beer #News #Brewery

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a-humble-rogue · 5 years

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Facts of the Gang (Q&A Welcome)

Chengbo: Horde; Pandaren Fury Warrior

Eldest of his brothers, Xiongmai and Ironpaw. Deep rivalry with Ironpaw. Alliance defector. Prone to fits of bloodlust and when he comes to is usually horrified by the carnage he brings. Nearly killed Ironpaw in a duel while leaving the Alliance. Is coming to despise Sylvanas and the direction she’s taking the Horde. Loves herbal tea and poetry.

Xiongmai: Horde; Pandaren Beast Mastery Hunter

Middle child in his family. Master tracker, loves animals. Collector of rare specimens, keeps them alive and cares for every one of them equally. Total sucker for cute animals and his love of them is usually exploited by Grovehoof to get free information. Afraid of Nathanos Blightcaller due to his recent change in appearance. Suspects something dark and unnatural about it. Loves Plum Wine from Pandaria and Dalaran Brownies.

Ironpaw: Alliance; Pandaren Fury Warrior

Youngest of his brothers. Always reckless and sometimes even foolhardy. Hates the Horde for the damage caused to Pandaria under Garrosh’s leadership. Deep rivalry with Chengbo. Hates having to clean blood off his armor. Feels he’s the better son of the family for not having betrayed his faction or done massive damage to an entire race. Loves anything alcoholic and usually tries to drink to forget his past.

Shanpo: Horde; Pandaren Assassination Rogue

Oldest of his brothers, Solasheng and Fengzhu. Kind and honest, tries making friends with difficulty due to his profession as a Rogue. Loves making gifts for others from priceless jewels he gathers. Unbeatable in any gambling game though not due to cheating. Enjoys the company of others when he’s otherwise alone. Loves traveling and taking a break from killing enemies in the shadows.

Solasheng: Horde; Pandaren Holy Priest

Middle child in his family. Prays that the conflict between loved ones ends every day. Would heal anyone from either faction just because he does not like conflict. Plagued by whispers in the shadows and dark voices offering deals and empty promises. Would sooner jump between Chengbo and Ironpaw as they fight rather than let either die. Loves a quiet environment to pray and reflect on the day’s events.

Fengzhu: Horde; Pandaren Enhancement Shaman

Youngest of his brothers. Could hear the call of the elements since a very young age. Once used to play with Huo the Pandaren spirit of Fire. Looks to Thrall as a teacher. Traveled the world visiting places that Deathwing defiled in an attempt to help ease the Element’s suffering. Considers wielding Doomhammer one of the highest honors a Shaman can obtain. Loves playing with younger children by making bubbles fill the area.

Xiungwei: Horde; Pandaren Brewmaster/Windwalker Monk

Oldest of the triplets. Goes by Xiung for short. Practices his martial arts near constantly. Can tend to overthink things. Enjoys hard labor when he comes to it. Doesn’t mind sharing food or drink with strangers. Is a master Scribe and enjoys making magical glyphs to sell or use himself. Master Chef thanks to his brother Jun. Can often be found wherever Xuen the White Tiger is in Pandaria. Loves nothing more than making fools of his opponents.

Moshushi: Horde; Pandaren Frost Mage

Second born of the triplets. Allows only his siblings and closest friend to call him Moshu for short. Stern and sometimes cold in personality. Is the only one of his siblings to have a son, Xiaofu. Orcs and Trolls have come to fear him for poking fun at his weight. Follows the rules to the letter. Not afraid of disciplining unruly adventurers. Once froze an entire tribe of Hozen for stealing his most prized possession (they thawed and were alright in the end). Loves to dance away from others, a bit self conscious for it.

Junseing: Alliance; Pandaren Windwalker Monk

Youngest of the triplets and the most playful. Tries to add some fun and mischief in his martial arts. Seeks to be as good a Scribe as his oldest brother Xiung. Plays pranks on his brothers and sometimes his friends. Considers Ironpaw a brother but is usually pushed aside and ignored. Wants nothing more than to help Ironpaw cope. Loves making others laugh.

Xiaofu: Horde; Pandaren Arms Warrior

Son of Moshushi. Considered a disappointment for not having magical potential by his father. Never knew his mother and pesters Moshushi for details about her. Apprentice to Chengbo. Tries his hardest to prove he’s not a disappointment. Quick to jump to the aid of weaker adventurers. Soft spoken and kind for a Warrior. Can be shy in certain situations. Loves sharing poetry and stories with others.

Coldhorn: Horde; Tauren Frost Death Knight

Quiet most times, veteran of the third war. Harbors deep hatred for the Scourge and for the Burning Legion. Relishes moments torturing the latter. Dead but not decayed whatsoever. Has a knack for Archeology (ancient petrified dead things, go figure). Lost his wife and daughter in an attack by the Scourge while traveling but only he was brought back to life. Quietly tries to cling to aspects of his past life like eating, sleeping and drinking. Is quick to kill first and ask questions later if threatened. Frequently visits his loved ones’ final resting place in Mulgore.

Grovehoof: Horde; Tauren Balance/Feral Druid

Often dozes in shafts of sunlight while in Cat form. Prefers helping small creatures and uses their cute charms against the Hunter Xiongmai when he needs information. Addicted to Pandaren cuisine because of hanging around his friends. Once tried to to determine if Pandaren could be Druids much to the chagrin of Xiaofu. Surprisingly good singer and loves to practice high in the trees.

Sollanar: Horde; Tauren Paladin

Stalwart defender of the weak. Surprisingly good friends with Coldhorn. Is chastised for consorting with the polar opposite of a Paladin. As wielder of the Ashbringer he considers himself the one who makes the rules. Dislikes the Undead race, Scourge or not but tolerates them so long as they behave. Considers every action committed by others to be one they chose to enact, won’t tolerate excuses. Loves casting his light spells on misbehaving adventurers.

Felgaran: Horde; Orc Destruction Warlock

Revenge obsessed, lost his daughter to a Legion invasion where he was forced to watch them be fed to Felhounds. Relishes in the deaths of other demons. Fire, fire everywhere, bright green fire. Has a twisted sense of humor like summoning a dozen imps inside of a bath house. Loves tormenting servants of the Burning Legion.

FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY OF THEM QUESTIONS!

#WoW #World of Warcraft #Tauren #Orc #Pandaren #Warrior #Mage #Paladin #Death Knight #Rogue #Monk #Druid #Shaman #Hunter #Warlock #Priest

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wineanddinosaur · 5 years

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Boulevard Brewing’s Steven Pauwels Wants ‘Perfect Beer Pairings’ for His Final Meal

Boulevard Brewing is a Kansas City craft beer staple, providing Belgian-style witbier, classic pale ale, and experimental series to drinkers in and beyond Missouri since 1989. As part of Duvel Moortgat, a Belgian brewery that purchased the brand in 2014, Boulevard is now part of the fifth-largest craft brewing company in the U.S.

At the helm is Steven Pauwels, who joined the brewery in 1999. Pauwels is Belgian himself, and has been in brewhouses since a summertime gig working alongside his father at their hometown brewery, Brouwerij Krüger, in Eeklo.

Pauwels later earned degrees in biochemical engineering and business administration (from KaHo Sint-Lieven and Mercator universities in Ghent, respectively), and held positions at Domus, a brewpub in Louvain, and RIVA, a brewery in Dentergem.

As Boulevard’s brewmaster, Pauwels oversees all aspects of brewing and quality control. Under his watch, Boulevard has won awards at both the World Beer Cup and Great American Beer Festival. The most award-winning brand? ZON, a Belgian-style witbier, which is the first brand Pauwels developed at Boulevard.

Pauwels filled VinePair in on how an experimental version of a famous witbier made him fall in love with beer, why sour beers make the perfect one-night stands, and why his ideal last meal would be a 10-course beer dinner — that he helps plan, of course.

1. What’s your desert-island beer?

Boulevard Pale Ale. It’s the first beer John McDonald brewed when he opened Boulevard. Trends come and go, but a pale ale always hits the spot.

2. What’s the beer that made you fall in love with beer?

Forbidden Fruit (Verboden Vrucht) from Hoegaarden. I had this beer for the first time in the late ‘80s. Later I became good friends with Jan Van Gysegem who had been the brewmaster for Celis. He explained to me that the beer was a result of an experiment. Hoegaarden was chasing capacity in the ‘80s, and to optimize they test-brewed one version of Hoegaarden with extra spices and higher starting Plato and another one without spices and hops with the idea to blend both. Needless to say, the one without hops failed, and they were stuck with a tank of strong, higher-spiced Hoegaarden. That test became Verboden Vrucht.

3. FMK three beer types: IPA, pilsner, sour?

Kill the IPA. Marry a pilsner. F*ck a sour. There are too many IPAs right now, and too many sub-categories. I’d marry a pilsner, because she is soft, subtle, and gentle. Sour beer would be the perfect one night stand, I guess.

4. You’re on death row. What’s your last supper beer?

If I only could choose one it would be Duvel. One of the best beers in the world, and pairs very well with any good supper. I hope that if it comes this far I can get a 10-course beer dinner and work with the chef on perfect beer pairings.

5. You can only drink one beer for the rest of your life. What is it?

Orval, because it changes so much as it ages. I still could age some and drink some young and be happy with the variety. And I would be able to answer the question at what age an Orval is perfect.

6. What’s the best and worst beer in your fridge right now?

The worst ones are the unlabeled bottles in the back, and I can’t remember what it is or how old it is. The best one is Space Camper, our newest year-round IPA.

7. If you could no longer drink beer, what would be your beverage of choice?

That would be sad but I wouldn’t be desperate. I enjoy a variety of wine, cider, cocktails, and sparkling water. Maybe it would get me thinking of an adventure outside of beer.

The article Boulevard Brewing’s Steven Pauwels Wants ‘Perfect Beer Pairings’ for His Final Meal appeared first on VinePair.

source https://vinepair.com/articles/boulevard-brewing-steven-pauwels/

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disneygeekcom · 4 years

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Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival Stirs in the Key Ingredient of Storytelling to Create a Uniquely Disney Experience, from Feb. 28 to April 21, 2020

Disney Shared Images taken by Disneyland Resort photographer David Nguyen of some of the food offerings for 2020:

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Brisket slider – shredded, smoked BBQ brisket piled on slider buns with apple slaw and pickle, served with french fries.

French onion grilled beef tenderloin slider topped with Gruyère cheese sauce and caramelized onions, on an onion roll.

Black garlic soy-braised pork belly banh mi on a mini French roll with banh mi mayonnaise, garnished with pickled carrots and daikon, sliced jalapeño and cilantro sprig.

Brunch fried chicken & waffle sandwich with mimosa-inspired slaw & orange juice bubbles.

Seared Verlasso® salmon with lemon pear purée, black rice and Meyer lemon relish.

Oikos® greek yogurt banoffee tart – graham cracker tart shell filled with layers of fresh banana and dulce de leche, topped with Oikos® greek yogurt whipped cream, pecan brittle and chocolate crunch.

Carbonara garlic mac & cheese with Nueske’s® bacon with white cheddar cheese sauce, topped with Nueske’s® bacon, parmesan and red pepper panko crumbs.

Pabana cream puff with exotic mousse blend of mango, passion fruit and banana, on a bed of vanilla bean-pineapple compote.

Fiscalini white cheddar lager soup in a mini Boudin® sourdough bowl. (

Petite Impossible™ burger with guac and pepper jack cheese topped with melted pepper jack cheese, fresh guacamole and tomato, on a toasted mini brioche bun.

Impossible™ Cheeseburger mac & cheese with Impossible™ meat made from plants topped with special burger sauce.

Berry mule with vodka, strawberry, Simply Watermelon®, house-made rhubarb juice and ginger beer.

Raspberry-Lychee-Rose Custard – tapioca pudding topped with mixed berry compote and freeze-dried strawberry crumbles.

Road Trip Mimosa Trio: Pacific mimosa – sparkling wine, coconut, blue curaçao and pineapple juice; Mojave mimosa – sparkling wine, Simply Peach® and raspberry syrup; Sierra mimosa – sparkling wine, lavender and fresh lemon juice.

Blue angeleno cocktail with white rum, blue curacao, orgeat, sweetened coconut cream, pineapple juice and Simply Orange® juice.

Guests will delight in new and innovative food and beverages, culinary experiences and entertainment during this fan-favorite, limited-time festival at Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2020) –The highly anticipated Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival returns to the Disneyland Resort for a limited time* Feb. 28 to April 21, 2020, with innovative food, beverages and pairings created with a magical Disney twist. Culinary novices and true foodies alike will enjoy unforgettable California-inspired cuisine and specialty beverages, along with cooking demonstrations, seminars, music, hands-on entertainment and more. This year, storytelling is at the heart of the festival, as Disney chefs share their personal stories through their palate of offerings. Guests will see the magic of Disney storytelling come to life through a variety of festival experiences.

The Festival Marketplaces at Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival will serve up delicious dishes inspired by key California ingredients, plus refreshing beverages from across the region. Avocado Time, Cluck-A-Doodle-Moo, Nuts About Cheese and California Craft Brews are among the returning favorite marketplaces. With many unique dishes and drinks to choose from, a few highlights include avocado toast, the brunch fried chicken and waffle sandwich, pepperoni pizza egg rolls, poke-style watermelon with cucumber, a fig and lavender cold brew, the ruby-citrus sparkler and even a Mickey-shaped caramel-peanut milk chocolate macaron.

Guests 21 and over will have the opportunity to discover locally brewed craft beers, wine and spirits from all over California. To get the best value, guests may choose to purchase the popular Sip and Savor Pass,** which includes eight tastings to quench their appetite for trying new things, available at participating locations throughout the festival.

On the Backlot Stage in Hollywood Land, guests will enjoy even more foodie fun with culinary experiences such as Family Time with Chef Daniella Malfitano, Discover California seminars and chef demonstrations by Disney chefs and celebrity chefs. The celebrity chefs include visiting and local guests, such as David Burtka, Richard Blais, Jamie Gwen, Jet Tila and Wing Lam.

Young chefs-in-training can join the tasty fun at the guest favorite Junior Chef experience with Chef Goofy, as well as a new character encounter, available on select days. Children ages 3 to 11 will work with Chef Goofy to follow a recipe and mix ingredients to create a tasty treat that ends with a magical surprise. In addition, guests will discover family-friendly entertainment, from lively performances with the Jammin’ Chefs to craft stations for kids who want to get creative.

The Disney magic continues with music, entertainment and special activities that add to the fun atmosphere each day of the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival.

Guests may choose to enhance their festival experience with special signature events designed to expand their palate and culinary knowledge. Some of the signature events at this year’s Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival include:

New Disney Culinary Adventure Tour– On Wednesdays and Thursdays during the festival, “epicurious” guests may take a behind-the-scenes tour of one of the many kitchens in Disney California Adventure Park. Festival goers learn from guest chefs as they prepare menus and see how the festival comes to life.

Winemaker Reception with Fess Parker Winery at Carthay Circle Restaurant (March 27)

Winemaker Reception with Silverado Vineyards at Carthay Circle Restaurant (April 10)

Wine, Beer & Spirits Seminars– On Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays during the festival, guests will visit Sonoma Terrace to partake in seminars led by winemakers, brewmasters and distillers and learn what goes into making their favorite beverages. Guests will meet sommeliers and mixologists from various Disneyland Resort outlets such as Trader Sam’s and Lamplight Lounge, as well as local and regional participants such as Mahalat Spirits, Strong Water Anaheim, Bottle Logic, Karl Strauss Brewing Co., MacMurray Ranch, Hill Family Estate and Peltzer Vineyards among others.

Many of the Disney California Food & Wine Festival events are included with admission to Disney California Adventure park. Signature events and beverage seminars require a separate fee. Guests may check for the latest details and schedules and also make reservations for the select signature events and seminars at Disneyland.com.

In addition, guests will find a new line of festival merchandise in 2020, including festival-themed headwear and apparel, kitchen gadgets and décor.

Plus, Soarin’ Over California is returning to Disney California Adventure for a limited time beginning Feb. 28. This epic, aerial adventure takes guests gliding over the Golden State’s natural and man-made wonders from the iconic Golden Gate Bridge to the crashing waves of Malibu. Its immersive, 80-foot projection dome simulates the graceful motion of flight and teases the senses with iconic scents found throughout California.

Also joining the fun this year, select Downtown Disney District locations offer special festival-inspired menu items at Ballast Point Brewing Co., Catal Restaurant, Ralph Brennan’s Jazz Kitchen, Splitsville Luxury Lanes and Salt & Straw.

During the Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival, the Disneyland Resort is offering special, limited-time ticket and hotel offers, which make this an ideal time for guests to visit the park. Kids everywhere*** along with Southern California residents**** may visit the theme parks for as low as $67 per person, per day with 3-day, 1-park per day tickets.

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timotey · 9 days

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Xia Zhiguang & Hou Minghao on the set of Dashing Youth, of The Young Brewmaster's Adventure, the prequel to The Blood of Youth. Now I really can't wait to see this!

Hou Minghao is Baili Dongjun, the Liquor Deity, and Xia Zhiguang is Sikong Changfeng, the Vermilion Bird or the Spear Deity, or the much beleaguered and short-tempered ruler of Xueyue and Xiao Se's future father-in-law!

#xia zhiguang #hou minghao #neo hou #dashing youth #bts vids #mé #vid recs

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nemainofthewater · 1 month

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Best character surnamed: Zhong

Come and vote for the best characters with the same surname!*

What does best mean? It's up to you! Whether you love them, are intrigued by their characters, love to hate them, or they're your '2 second blorbos whose personality you made up wholesale', these are all reasons for you to vote for your favs!

*note, the surnames are not exactly the same in all the cases, as often there will be a different character. I am, however, grouping them all together otherwise things got more complicated.

Propaganda is very welcome! If I’ve forgotten anyone, let me know in the notes.

This is part of a larger series of ‘best character with X surname’ polls’. The overview with ongoing polls, winners, and future polls can be found here

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ciathyzareposts · 4 years

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Challenge of the Five Realms: Sins of the Father

A jester outlines three rumored fates of my father, any of which he would have deserved.

I spent a very long session with Challenge on Tuesday, in the midst of a snowstorm back home. I had hoped to win it, but I still have a few areas left and a number of open side quests. I quit when I started to get a bit impatient with the game, but for most of the session I was having a lot of fun. Challenge definitely feels like a new era in the complexity of the story and the density of the plot. It’s one of only a couple of games so far in my chronology that I find it difficult to blog about because I have to elide so much of the NPC dialogue. I also have to take a lot of screenshots to help me remember what happened. I might finish the typical 40-hour game with 250 screen shots, but for Challenge, I already have more than 1,000.

Throughout this session, I continued my pattern of visiting new locations in east-west strips, working northward, away from the creeping darkness. I used “Teleport” to move between areas whenever possible, saving actual time for healing and rest instead of traveling.

The final location I visited this session.

When I began, I was still in the gnome kingdom of Alveola, trying to figure out who murdered the local brewmaster, and how to convince the gnome king to join my cause and give me his crown. This was a king whose own people described him as a miser who rejected any suggestion of charity, who refused to acknowledge poverty and inequity in his own kingdom. Back when we had arrived in the kingdom, Cagliostra had said that, “We need to teach the Alveolans the power of charity, of giving, and we need a symbol of that change of heart.”

Eventually, I did what I often do in adventure games, and I simply went through all of my equipment to see if I already had anything that qualified. I paused on the “spirit lamp” I had purchased from a beggar in Farinor, gave it a try, and was pleased to find that it worked.

Well, that sounds like a downer.

The lamp made everyone viewing it see the world from the perspective of its last owner. When the gnome king realized what it was like to be a neglected, ostracized beggar, his whole demeanor changed. He gave me a coin to give to a human beggar. While he insisted that I’d have to “cut him open” to get his crown, he did offer to join my party–at which point I simply plucked his crown from his inventory and put it in my own.

Unfortunately, I had to kick someone out to accept him. I ultimately chose Barilla Beggarlove, who had been with me since Greenberry. This became a theme throughout this session. Although the game is very generous with the number of party members (10), it is extremely generous with the number of NPCs who will join the party, and I spent most of this session agonizing about who I should take and who I should leave. More on that as we go on.

Booting one NPC to accept another.

As we searched various houses, we discovered that the root that had poisoned Kito Pona had come from Shika, one of his nurses. Shika was a former lover of Danzo, Kito’s son, and her plan was to get Kito to will everything to Danzo, then murder Danzo’s wife and take her place. She killed herself when I exposed her. The whole enterprise got me a whole 20 gold pieces from Kito’s family, a paltry sum that the Prince complained about but to no avail.

Maybe wait for your attorney to arrive.

We left Alveola and warped back to the island of Monteplai, where as I surmised last time, the door to the prison was waiting for me in the back of the front office. In exploring the prison, it became clear that my father was not just arrogant and negligent, but actively evil. In contrast to the prison’s reputation for housing the worst murderers and most nefarious criminals, I found that it was mostly stocked with my late father’s political enemies and people who couldn’t afford to pay their taxes.

This is not the worst thing that Chesotor will find out about his father.

Inmates included an actor who dared make fun of Clesodor in a play; Felron the Cooper from Ragmar, who interfered with some knights who were hassling young maidens; a brewer whose yellow beer was unlucky enough to fall under the Beer Tax and the All Yellow Tax; a sea trader who had protested a new tax on trade; and a tutor who had unknowingly violated the king’s edict against anyone mentioning his late wife’s name. The only true criminal seemed to be Kendric the Terrible, leader of the Connington Forest thieves, who admitted his crimes but protested that his sentence of life imprisonment was unjust.

Did you make any particular jokes about the prince?

The last cell held a prisoner named Kothstul. During conversation, he revealed that he was actually the warden and that he would earn Duke Gormond’s favor by killing me.

Regrettably, he was not a madman.

I had a lot of trouble with the subsequent battle. Once the battle map is established, enemies can appear anywhere, even in walled-off areas inaccessible from the rest of the map. Yet in an engine oversight, enemies can shoot missile weapons and cast spells over walls. I had under-prioritized missile weapons in my own party and didn’t have much to shoot back at them (you run out of spell points fast). I had to try to station knights in all sections of the map and then provide enough support to keep them from dying.

Some of Kothstul’s men start on the left side, some on the right side, and Kothstul himself is in a cell in the middle.

In my best combat, I managed to kill Kothstul with “Explode” spells while taking out his half dozen guards with melee attacks, but I lost Glenwin Ironbelt. Since I needed space for new party members, that turned out to be not such a bad thing.

A very annoying sequence followed. I found the cell keys on Kothstul’s body, but the game’s normal mechanism for unlocking doors (“Use” the key, then click on the door) didn’t work in the prison. The only way I could free any prisoners was through dialogue, and that only worked on a couple of them. I had hoped to free all of them. Both Felron and Kendric would join the party, the latter promising to help me out when I got to Connington Forest. I took them both, dismissing the relatively useless Peppercorn.

Perhaps the gnome king hasn’t undergone as much character growth as we thought.

Castle Thiris was next in my exploration pattern, but all I found was a large, empty building with nothing to do. A portal appeared as I explored the building, but I wasn’t able to activate it without all five crowns. The endgame happens here.

I’m here a little too early.

We moved on to Connington Forest, where I soon encountered a bug. It became clear that some outlaw leader named Ogdoth was supposed to pilfer my belongings, and I was supposed to kill him to get them back. But all I got were a lot of NPC messages congratulating me for having already killed Ogdoth. His various thieves were all planning to leave the band and start their lives over elsewhere.

I have no idea what this guy is talking about.

The map had several people who had been hired by my father to raze the forest in preparation for a new castle. But most important was a clearing guarded by a group of living trees–knights who had served my grandfather but who had become disgusted with his indolent ways. For their opposition, my grandfather’s sorcerer, Clitax Malocchius, had turned them into their current states. They begged me to find a Ring of Transformation and return their forms. Apparently, Malocchius’s descendants live in Thornkeep.

A tree is blunt.

Onward to the town of Silvermoor, a community of actors and artists, or at least people who fancied themselves such. There were also beggars in the town, and the first house that I wandered into was occupied by a rich jackass who bragged about leading a secret society responsible for killing the beggars at nighttime. He offered me 500 gold pieces to finish the job by killing the last five. I declined the mission and killed the man in combat instead. Later, we were attacked by other members of his society.

A large combat in the middle of an artisans’ village.

As for the beggars . . . I’m not sure. Each told a sob story and had a reason why 25 or 75 or 125 gold pieces was all he needed for a fresh start in the world. I was generous, but I couldn’t help but notice the beggars were still hanging around their old posts even after I’d given them the money they said they needed. I don’t know if this is an engine limitation or an attempt to model the behavior of actual beggars. I’ve noticed that lots of them who only need “$10 for the bus,” upon acquiring the $10, curiously do not get on the bus.

I’m sounding a bit like this woman, aren’t I?

One of them gave me a Ring of Translation, though, which turned out to be important. Another sold me a painting and a third a mermaid statue after I quickly warped back to Monteplai to get a block of marble for him. I got a set of musical instruments from a craftsman. A novelist hanging out in a tavern wanted me to bring him a muse if I ever found one.

Only in an RPG would I believe this story.

Chesotor got to meet his favorite author, Shanna Nobokov (I’m pretty sure that should be “Nobokova”), author of Lost Labor of Love, who’s now working on a book about “corruption in the royal family.” A librarian didn’t want to speak to me unless I had “something new” for him, but he wouldn’t accept a copy of Nobokov’s book nor a new book of philosophy that I got from another NPC, so I’m not sure what he was looking for.

Chesotor needs to work on his pickup lines.

An old knight named Sir Balthazaar was guarding a theater, where a director and several actors were staging a play called The Forest Tale; more on that below. Chesotor knew Balthazaar from his childhood and wondered why the knight had left his post at Castle Duras. Balthazaar said he’d been scared off by a ghost, but he offered to join us. I didn’t have any room, so I declined, which Balthazaar interpreted as calling him a coward. He was sad.

That’s quite a career change.

In the end, I’m not sure I got anything absolutely necessary out of Silvermoor, but it was an interesting stop nonetheless.

We continued west to Castle Duras, once my family’s summer castle. Upon arrival, we were immediately attacked by the garrison commander, Sir Osborne, another flunky of Duke Gormond’s. We killed him without much trouble. The castle cook had heard a rumor that Clesodor died choking on a chicken bone. I made a jester happy by letting him keep his job. On the upper floor of the castle, we found Clesodor’s “knighting sword.”

When the entire known world is one unified kingdom, why do we need castle walls?

On the lower floor, we found the ghost of my mother. She had a long speech in which she said the “chains of her worry” had bound her to the earthly realm. “I could not move on to what lies beyond without seeing you again, without making sure that you were safe from your father.” She related what I’d already suspected–that Clesodor had overlooked poverty and suffering, her persecuted innocents, had banished magic for no reason except that he couldn’t cast it. “Your father killed for pleasure and gain,” she said. “He was an evil man.”

My mother was apparently Veronica Lake.

She went on to say that she had not accidentally fallen from the Cliffs of Mahor. Instead, King Clesodor had told her to meet him at Castle Duras to discuss the issue with Sir Valakor, and when she arrived, she was attacked and strangled to death by a hooded executioner while Clesodor “watched with a cruel eye.” Clesodor had been driven to the act by the queen’s friendship with Sir Valakor, which admittedly sounds like an emotional affair even if it was never physically consummated.

Yeah, sounds like dad was jealous for nothing.

She asked me to bring Valakor to her so she could say goodbye before departing the worldly realm. Since Valakor was already in my party, she immediately made her farewell. “I will await you, my love. We will have our day.” (Valakor, oddly, had nothing to say.) But before she left, she dropped one other bombshell: Cagliostra was not just her friend, but her older sister. Cagliostra immediately confirmed this. As my mother ascended to heaven, her chains appeared in my inventory as a spell component.

Chesotor immediately regrets certain evenings spent with that magic mirror.

Off the northwest coast of the city lay the Sea of Belgror. I couldn’t “Teleport” there, but fortunately a ship was still available in the port city of Pendar. When I arrived, the game told me that we immediately found a portal and went through it to the underwater realm of Thalassy. I think I needed the “Swim” and “Breathe Water” spells, but the game didn’t force me to cast them. It seems that having them in my inventory was enough.

Thalassy had its own “world map” with three areas.

The warlike Thalassians turned out to be blue fish-men who lived in the skeleton of a giant sea-creature, with small buildings made from shells, sponges, and arrangements of bones. I found that they were a segregated society, with women living in a separate city. (The region had an entirely separate “outdoor” map with two cities and a shipwreck.) The men were in an uproar because a giant whale had recently appeared and started patrolling the perimeter of the city, repelling all attacks against him by the Thalassians.

The local spell shop was in a giant skull.

I soon met the Thalassian emperor, Claret III, whose father (like mine and the gnome king’s) had recently been slain by Grimnoth. He agreed to help me if I could get rid of the whale. I swam up to the beast and looked through my inventory and spells for anything promising. I decided to try the “Friends” spell. To my surprise, it worked immediately, establishing a telepathic connection that allowed me to speak with Voolz, the whale.

This was an original plot twist.

Voolz related that he wasn’t there to threaten the Thalassians but rather to help them evolve. By patrolling their borders, he will protect the city from all external threats, allowing the Thalassians to concentrate on arts and skills other than martial ones.

Ironically, that wasn’t quite enough for Claret III. He made me explore the shipwreck to find a prototype spear gun before he’d come with us and thus allow access to his crown. I also got the leader of the females, Neika, to join us by stealing the two Great Seals for the male-dominated town. I had to dump John Oldcastle to fit her in, but in many hours, he hadn’t said anything except to insult me by calling me a girl’s name. I think the Thalassians could only leave their kingdom because I had “Breathe Air” and “Walk” in my spell inventory.

Fortunately, Claret has “Sword” and “Shield” skills to rival Oldcastle’s.

Miscellaneous notes:

There were two amusing references to previous RPGs. In Alveola, a gnome objected to my bursting into her home uninvited. She noted that “someone named Avatar was through here not so long ago,” and had looted the home of its valuables. This would be funnier if the Ultima wasn’t the one series that defies this common trope and actually punishes the Avatar for stealing from random houses. In the other, the play The Forest Tale in Silvermoor was about a wizard named Temeres, which is also the name of Paragon’s Wizard Wars (1988).

I’m having an ongoing interface issue with haling and speaking. I can’t seem to figure out exactly how the system works. Usually the two commands do the same thing. Sometimes, I’ll be sitting next to an NPC pounding the (S)peak key and nothing happens. Other times, I’ll hit the key at the edge of a screen when no one is around, and then suddenly an NPC will automatically pipe up when I walk into range. Sometimes I have to click and target the NPC I want to speak with, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes the NPC’s portrait remains on the side of the screen long after I’ve stopped talking to him and wandered away.

Shika’s face remains to the left even though I last spoke to her 15 minutes ago in another building.

The food and armor stores in Thalassy refused to sell me anything because I was a human and thus had an incompatible physiology. I guess that made sense.

I’m pretty sure something is bugged in the economy. My money doesn’t seem to decrease as I spend it.

Multiple transitions show Grimnoth observing my progress.

You told me to bring you the five crowns! How do you know that I’m not just doing your bidding?!

As I mentioned earlier, I think Challenge has more words–at least, more NPC words–than any prior game. Unlike with, say, Crusaders of the Dark Savant, I have no complaints about its wordiness because the words are well-written and serious. The characters have unique and realistic personalities. The game also probably sets the record for unique, joinable NPCs and manages to continue to have them comment on the action on a regular basis. Finally, it’s one of the few games of the era to really understand the concept of “side quests.”

Inside a Thalassian sponge-house.

Aside from a few interface issues and bugs, the only place that it really fails–and this is keenly felt–is in character development. It has the same problem is the team’s MegaTraveller games, in which skill development is erratic and inconsistent, and by the end of the game the team isn’t notably stronger than at the beginning. In the entire game so far, none of Chesotor’s attributes or physical skills have increased. I guess they simply don’t. His “Sword” skill has gone up 7 points. His “Large Blade” skill never increased despite the fact that I equipped him with an axe for half the game, nor has his “Shield” skill gone up at all. “Morality” hasn’t budged despite the many role-playing choices, nor have “Reading,” “Observation,” “Persuasion,” “Charisma,” or “Courage” gone up despite the many uses of those skills. Then, on the other extreme, “Leadership” has gone up 29 points, “Spell Casting” 20 points, “Bargaining” a whopping 30 points despite the fact that someone else almost always steps in to do it, and “Learn Spell” about 80 points. Why does that last skill increase almost every time you learn a new spell, but “Sword” doesn’t go up with the same rapidity?

There also isn’t much of an improvement in terms of equipment. The game seems to feature no unique or magic weapons or armor. You can buy everything in its inventory in shops, and you have plenty of money to do so. Altogether, this means that Challenge–much like Paragon’s previous games–feels more like an adventure game than an RPG. It’s a better adventure game, I would add, but it’s still hard to get excited about side quests when the game has no experience points and such a paltry approach to improving skills.

Time so far: 22 hours

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