I just received a one month suspension from Blizzard due to my "indirect involvement" for RMT.

I lead a mid-size guild with 500ish members. Obviously I get a large influx of gold/items to fund the guild.

Well it turns out, receiving any amount of gold from your members that's RMT'd will flag your account and earn you a suspension along with them.

Despite having written records of the person who sent the RMT'd currency admitting it a day later after receiving his own suspension email, it's impossible to appeal as Blizzard only gives you bot responses.

This implication is that I am supposed to somehow verify the legitimacy of finances for hundreds of people by myself, as I will be held liable for their illicit behavior, which is completely unreasonable.

I have had my account for 16 years. I have no other infractions at all aside from a mute.

This kind of treatment to players in a position to be getting hounded by others is unconscionable to me, as nobody has any way of knowing whatsoever. And frankly it should not be on us to do Blizzard's job anyway.

I'm being punished for something I am completely ignorant of because Blizzard has failed to gain control of this situation for over a decade.

Be careful accepting anything from your guild members folks because it could happen to you as well. My guild members are becoming afraid to interact with each other.

It's a pointless ritual that makes zero sense and serves zero function. We don't have to say anything for other bodily functions like coughing, farting, or burping, so why do we have to say special magic words for sneezing? Just let me enjoy my sneeze in peace, and you can enjoy yours.

All this this complaining for no reason, yall act like the game is dying

"dO tHeY nOt WaNt Us To Do DuNgEoNs¿¡¿¡' Yes, they do, you're just so mentally incapable of having fun from playing Classic and Retail which you also ruined by turning it into a min-maxed excel sheet with every bit of math laid out before you.

"bUt SoMe PeOpLe HaVe FuN tHaT wAy" okay, great, calculate it out, play with your friends that way and leave the rest of us alone, I'm so sick and tired of people pretending its unplayable. After finishing the quests I've run SFK about 5 times and WC about 4 times.

"bUt WhY wOuLd Y-" BECAUSE ITS FUN, DERECK, BECAUSE I LIKE HAVING FUN AND I ENJOY SEEING CERTAIN THINGS, HAUNTED CASTLE = COOL

Sorry for the rant, grow up, don't turn Forever into excelslop like you did to Retail and Classic, stop playing the game if you disagree on that, it's not meant for you and that's okay

Edit: Its insane how many people have the literacy of a potato. Read it again until you finally get my point - take your time. But if you still cant:

Group A: Has fun, enjoys and does whatever WITHOUT bitching about something that doesn't have to bother them. Spoiler to where I am: Read paragraph 2, line 1-2.

Group B: Mathematically maps out everything, insists their way is the correct way to play, refuses to invite people that dont follow their mathematically correct way, moan to have things more their way and then end up with retail/classic/era.

Now think really hard. Which one ruins more? If you insist on Group A, god help you because logic cant

Henry Cavill has said that he is open to coming back as Superman. Gal Gadot has also said that if Snyder comes back, she will return as well. Ben Affleck came back to shoot an additional scene for the Snyder cut. It shows his loyalty to Snyder. The three of them would come back, should come back. Ellison has also mentioned that he wants the Justice League on the big screen ASAP. Here you go. You have an established universe begging to be restored. Man of Steel made more money worldwide than Supershit 2025. Wonder Woman 2017 is the most successful female super hero movie of all time. Ben Affleck had an Arkham Origins style for his Batman movie. The recipe for success is waiting.

I've been in game development for years. I've spent years working on my indie game LEAVE, developing Unity tools, working on other games, and trying to build something of my own. It's been a huge part of my life, and I've put an incredible amount of time and effort into it.

But with AI taking off, I've slowly started losing my motivation.

It feels like everywhere I look, there's more AI-generated slop. Suddenly, everyone can make games, generate assets, and put together entire projects. And I keep asking myself: what's the point of spending months or years working on something when people might not even appreciate the effort behind it? Worse, they will accuse you of using AI and dismiss your work as AI-generated slop, even when you've done everything yourself.

The market is getting flooded with low-effort garbage, and that's not even getting into how AI is being abused for hacking, stealing games, copying other people's work, and all sorts of things that make the situation even worse.

All of this eventually pushed me to quietly step away from the industry. No big announcement, no dramatic goodbye. I just stopped.

And now I'm honestly lost. Sometimes I feel like I don't want to come back at all. Other times, I wonder if I should learn to use AI and find a way to benefit from it. I want to use it to make better games and tools, not just to produce more stuff for the sake of it. But I don't know anymore.

I've made a video talking about everything I've been going through, completely honestly, and I also shared how lost I feel and asked for advice.

I'd really like to hear your take on this. I'm sure many developers have experienced something similar, and I'd love to know how you dealt with it, what you decided to do, and how you see things now.

I'll leave the video here in case you'd like to hear my full story:

https://youtu.be/zqLewXaLscw

Vote chor, gaddi chhod," says Giacomo Filibeck, the Secretary General of the Party of European Socialists at the Bharat Summit. The event is being organised by the Congress-led Telangana government under CM Revanth Reddy. But who gave Europe a say in India's internal affairs?

I just want to know if I’m being unreasonable for feeling a little uncomfortable about this.

An acquaintance came into our apartment after we moved in. She saw our living room and asked where I got our sofa. I told her where I bought it. And honestly, I have no problem with her buying the same sofa. I’m not the only one allowed to buy it, and I completely understand that people can have the same taste in furniture.

Fast forward, she moved into a new apartment herself. She messaged me saying she bought the exact same sofa. Then I found out she also got the same accent chair and the same carpet. Not only are they the same pieces, but she got them in exactly the same colors as mine!

Basically, she recreated almost our entire living room setup.
What makes it a little more uncomfortable for me is that she didn’t even ask or mention that she was planning to get the same pieces. She just went ahead and bought them. She even sold her previous sofa to get the same one I have.
I know these are just furniture pieces, and technically, anyone can buy whatever they like. I’m not saying I own the design or that she isn’t allowed to have the same things. But I can’t help feeling a little weird about it.

The thing is, it took me months to figure out our living room setup. I spent so much time looking for the right pieces, considering different combinations, choosing colors, and thinking about how everything would come together. It wasn’t something I put together overnight.

To me, a living room should reflect your personality. It’s a space that feels like you. I wanted our living room to have a certain atmosphere and to be a place where I genuinely enjoy spending time. That’s why I put so much thought and effort into it.

Now, knowing someone I personally know has almost the exact same setup, down to the colors, makes me feel like something that was once personal to me isn’t as personal anymore.

Another thing is that she has recently been asking me for life updates and what my next steps in life are. I don’t know if I’m just overthinking things, but it adds to the uncomfortable feeling.

I feel a little guilty for being annoyed because I know these are just material things. I don’t want to come across as someone who thinks they own a particular style or that nobody else can have the same things.

I don’t know if I should just take it as a compliment or if it’s reasonable to feel this way. Has anyone experienced something similar? How would you feel?

Completely made with ai #Venice is the product used,

Next 5 years is going to change the entire movie and overall entertainment industry

For india first entertainment boom was arrival of ott and 4g in 2016, when our minds exploded with hollywood's content and the downfall of bollywood,

Next boom is going to be full length ai feature films, I know that right now they look like shit but given what AI has progressed in past 3 years i'm extremely bullish on what next 5 years is going to be

EDIT : TO ALL THOSE BITCHING ABOUT ART AND HUMAN EMOTION THIS IS MY TAKE

The problem with people like you is that you consider art an exclusively human phenomenon, as if humans have a monopoly over artistic expression. Art exists in nature, in the cosmos, in mathematical patterns and structures, even in things without consciousness or intention. Why should artistic value be restricted by the identity of its creator?

Haan, human consciousness gives us a unique dimension of creativity, emotion and experience, but that doesn't make humans the sole owners of what qualifies as art. You can question AI art, but dismissing it purely because it isn't human-made is intellectual gatekeeping, not an argument.

(EDIT: yes, i knew what people would assume when i got the tattoo. no, i’m not dumb. i personally dont really give a shit what other people think, but the review in question made me realize that people would make assumptions about me instead of asking. i assume the best of people, and i hoped people would ask. but yeah, i don’t care about the review. i think it just frazzled me lol)

(another edit: i don’t need advice anymore but the comments are very entertaining so i’m keeping the post up lol)

so one of my favorite angel numbers is 666. i didn’t get this tattoo for any reasons other than numerology. someone wrote a review about the place i work at and gave us 1 star specifically because of my tattoo, and now i feel extremely self conscious about it. i unfortunately think i need to somehow change it or cover it. i’d love to keep it as angel numbers, i was thinking 888 but idk if it would work. does anyone have any ideas on what i can do?

(additional info: i have 333 in the exact same font/placement on my other hand and i really want to keep both tattoos looking the same style if at all possible)

This is the reason why Bitcoin is crashing and will go lower. It is no longer an investment for those who want to make money. It is based on the greater fool theory for pricing. Same as all crypto. Charlie Munger said it was rat poisoned squared. It is starting to look that way. I'm dumping the small amount I have left. Good thing it was under 0.2% of my portfolio.

Bitcion (BTC). Based on Bitcoin's 5-year total return of +9.47% (growing from $59,747.74 to $65,403.67), the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) is 1.83%. Inflation was more than double that. Possibly almost triple.

Where do real investors put their money? Same place that has worked for a century plus. Stocks. Assets that actually produce something.

S&P 500. The index rose from 4,682.85 five years ago to 7,561.67. This represents a total price return of +61.48% and an annualized return of 10.06%.

Nasdaq Composite. The index climbed from 15,860.96 five years ago to 25,136.27. This represents a total price return of +58.48% and an annualized return of 9.65%.

Invest wisely, folks. You want another 5 years of watching inflation incinerate your buying power? If so then certainly buy all the crypto you can?

I just played OOT this week and really liked it so I decided to try more Zelda games. I started BOTW, but I finish some of the dungeons in 10 seconds and most of them in less than a minute? Man what happened?

The graphics look pretty and I’m sure the story is good enough but the dungeons are so bad, and after my fighting my first few groups of kobolds I don’t see any point of fighting any more enemies in the open world. Also the weapons constantly breaking sucks

I don't care if it destroying environment
I don't care if it spike electric price
I don't care if it create bubble
I don't care if it violate copyright

My fucking TV also do the exact samething spying on baby noise and stealing data.
Don't wanna use AI? Ok. Don't want me to make money with AI? Fuck off lol

I noticed that the audience hates the women who are not interested in going 50/50 financially with their men but has anyone noticed that quite a few of the guys on this show that are not psychos and seem to treat their partners well / act normally about being rejected and seem to be sweet and take things on the chin are usually the men who speak about their wealthy backgrounds. Ajay, Nick, Stew, Garrett and Leo. I'm sure there are other examples but those are the ones fresh in my mind.

I honestly think women having high standards and not being willing to go 50/50 is a great filter on this show

Gledam ove dane sve što se dogadja i u prsima stišće neizdrživa tuga. Izgubljen je jedan ljudski život, mladi život, i ta je bol neizmjeran teret koji nosi njegova obitelj. Svaka greška, svaki propust i svaka kriva procjena koja je mogla ili morala biti spriječena – a koja je dovela do ove tragedije – mora se jasno imenovati, a odgovorni moraju snositi posljedice pred zakonom. Ovdje nema i ne smije biti skrivanja.

Ali dok plačemo nad smrću Kristiana, pogledajmo u kakvom paklu žive oni koji su ostali.

U prostoriji u kojoj se dogodila tragedija nisu bili bezosjećajni strojevi, nego ljudi. Ljudi čije obitelji ovih dana proživljavaju vlastitu moru, strahujući za život svoje djece, roditelja i supružnika jer im rulja na ulici i internetu crta mete na čelu.

Osim toga, u općoj histeriji nekim je ljudima potpuno krivo nacrtana meta na čelo, pa se sada njima i njihovim obiteljima otvoreno prijeti smrću. Prijeti se sestrama i tehničarima koji s ovim nemaju nikakve veze, dočekuje ih se pred kućama, a trećina bolnice je na bolovanju jer su psihički slomljeni. Ti ljudi nisu ubojice – oni su godinama bili prepušteni sami sebi, gurnuti u neljudske uvjete bez adekvatne opreme i obuke, da sami krpaju pukotine sustava koji je odavno bankrotirao.

Ne možemo vratiti Kristiana, i to je strašna, neizlječiva rana. Ali nemojmo naslijepo gaziti i ubijati preostale žive ljude koji jedva dišu pod teretom ove katastrofe.

Smrt je zvala na odgovornost, ali mržnja i prijetnje nedužnima moraju stati. Zaustavimo ovo dok još ima imalo ljudskosti u nama.

I doubt history will treat him kindly. Will this be like the Iraq war, where the majority of those who supported it back in the day now deny it?

Ils font même plus semblant de détendre la laïcité..

Mein aktueller PKW hat Matrix-LED Scheinwerfer und ich liebe sie. Endlich sieht man etwas in der Nacht. Dank der automatischen Teilausblendung, ist die Ausleuchtung selbst bei Gegenverkehr oder vorausfahrendem Fahrzeug hervorragend!

Es stört auch kaum, wenn andere Fahrzeuge damit ausgestattet sind. Klar kann es manchmal blenden (z.B. an einer Kuppe), aber wenn man die alte Regel "schau nach rechts an den Straßenrand" befolgt, ist das eigentlich kein Problem - gabs übrigens schon zu Xenon-Scheinwerfer-Zeiten.

Und jetzt der Hauptpunkt: Bis zu meinem jetzigen PKW fuhr ich ausschließlich Fahrzeuge mit H4 und einen mit H7-Leuchten. Die Dinger waren teils dermaßen mies, dass ich bei Nachfahrten das Licht aus und wieder angeschalten hab um zu sehen, ob sie überhaupt an sind. Man hat einfach mal GAR NICHHTS gesehen.

Kleiner Bonus, ich hab dazu noch eine Nachtsichtkamera, die mich tatsächlich ab und an sinnvoll auf Fußgänger und Rehe/Tiere aufmerksam macht, die ich nicht wahrgenommen hätte.

Ich finds super!