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Tales of… the here and now.

Now

Random stuff I would post on Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and/or Bluesky. In English, German , or even worse: mixed. 

(And for the moment: way too many post about The Bazaar.)

Merke: Beim Copy/Paste von »CSS boilerplate« besser nicht das C vergessen. Hui, knapp.

Phew. I really like this slow burn build for Mak. But I got beaten by some faster builds. In the end I needed some luck to get my ten wins.

Screenshot: The last fight, my tenth win, Mak against Vanessa

I’m back at the Bazaar. Finally burned myself to ten wins with a rare Dragon Heart. That was a fun run.

Screenshot: 10 wins, Gold Victory with Dooley (The Bazaar)

Guess it is time to check out this strange new Drupal CMS people are talking about (in my Drupal bubble).

Screenshot: Drupal CMS. Get started.

Next up: #mazes and #puzzles

Two books: »The Maze: A Labyrinthine Compendium« by Kendra Wilson and Angus Hyland & »A Compendium of Meta-Puzzles« by Pedja Banovic

I can’t believe I got this nice burn set up and never got a single burn skill. #TheBazaar

Screenshot: 9 Wins, Silver Victory with Pygmalien in »The Bazaar«

So I stumbled my way to my first Perfect Victory with Pyg. The Restorative Matchbox was a really good start. Some luck got me a second Matchbox. And then my first Ice Luge came along. I just burned and healed through everything. #TheBazaar

Screenshot: Item Ice Luge: Freeze adjacent items for 1 second. Reduce the Cooldown of adjacent items by 2 second(s) for the fight.
Screenshot: 10 Wins, Perfect Victory with Pygmalien in »The Bazaar«

Obsidian Flagship, equals Double Damage (×2). 125% Crit Chance (again, ×2). And then, the cherry on the cake, the skill I didn’t even know existed: Big Guns, double the damage of your large items (another ×2). In summary I had Octo Damage on the Flagship. In the last encounter, with some haste, this lead to 5.152 damage within the first 1.8 seconds. Impressive.

Screenshot: Skill Big Guns: Double the Damage of your Large Weapons
Screenshot: 10 Wins, Gold Victory with Vanessa in »The Bazaar«

I think this is my first 10-win-run on Ranked. Restaurative Power Drill + Deadly Solar Farm. Boring, but effective.

Ok. That is enough of The Bazaar for the moment. Gotta start playing something else …

Screenshot: 10 Wins, Gold Victory on Ranked with Dooley in the game »The Bazaar«

What?! I was overpowered and still could not get 10 wins?! I mean: Fiery Power Drill + Rocket Launcher + Moth to a Flame skill + Knife Tricks skill + Conflagration skill. I never had such a good combination. I guess, I needed some Haste. #TheBazaar

Screenshot: 9 Wins, Silver Victory with Dooley in »The Bazaar«

I finally decided to use my 60+ tickets and try Ranked again. I can’t believe I stumbled the landing with this Toxic Langxian. Oh wait, I can believe it, a Power Drill with freeze denied me my last win. Of course. Another item that needs to get nerfed. #TheBazaar

Screenshot: 9 Wins, Silver Victory with Vanessa in »The Bazaar«

Overpowered double Matchbox. That items needs a nerf. But at least I tried the Subscraper for once. #TheBazaar

Screenshot: 10 Wins, Gold Victory with Pygmalien in the game »The Bazaar«

Thanks to an unhealthy amount of nostalgia and FOMO my vast collection of stuff now includes these three Omnibus Sized Darkwing Duck Hardcover graphic novel volumes.

Nice to have? Sure. Worth the price tag? Not after the Kickstarter campaign increased shipping costs from 30 to 72 dollars.

Well, you live, you learn.

#graphicnovels #darkwingduck #comics

Three Omnibus Sized Darkwing Duck Hardcover graphic novel volumes

Wow. Until now I never picked those lame Volcanic Vents. But the Fiery starter skill was a very good argument for it. The Draconic Rage skill is also ludacris. My second Perfect Victory. #TheBazaar

Screenshot: 10 wins, perfect victory with Vanessa, in the game »The Bazaar«

Finally got a decent flagship build working in »The Bazaar«. That last encouncter was quite satisfying. But now that I got my win, I think I'll avoid the flagship in the next few days. It is too straightforward, 

Screenshot: 10 wins, gold victory with Vanessa in the game »The Bazaar«

What a photo finish. That Shielded Lion Cane one shotted my last opponent. I should have gotten rid of the matchbox a few days earlier. But, whatever, I still won.

Screenshot: An encounter in the game »The Bazaar«
Screenshot: A critical hit in the game »The Bazaar«

God, I hate words like this one.

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Uh, I would have hated to fight against this build. That Fiery Monitor Lizard stacked poison and burn to new heights. #TheBazaar

Screenshot: The Bazaar. 10 wins, gold victory with Dooley

One of my very rare wins with Pygmalien. I never had this much life before. That gave my Toxic Double Whammy a lot of extra damage. #TheBazaar

Screenshot: The Bazaar: 10 wins with Pymalien

Buhuu. I was so sure that this Rocket Launcher could get me ten wins … #TheBazaar

Screenshot: The Bazaar: 9 wins, silver victory with Dooley

Damn! I was so sure that the Restorative Haladie would take me from start to finish. I just got a bit unlucky with the end game enchantments.

Screenshot: The Bazaar, 9 wins with Pygmalien

That lucky healing pufferfish saved me multiple times in the last few days.

The Bazaar: 10 Wins, Gold Victory with Vanessa

The most outrageous perfect victory I ever claimed. That golden Augmented Weaponry was OP right from the start. The Gatling Gun rarely fired a second time.

The Bazaar: 10 wins, perfect victory with Vanessa

Mickey 17

spoilerfrei (nix, was über den Trailer hinausgeht)

Ja, schade. Bei einem Film von Bong Joon-ho, basierend auf einem der besten Science-Fiction-Bücher von 2022 hätte man ja was erwarten können. Aber das ist leider nur lauwarmes Mittelmaß. Der eigentliche Plot ist todlangweilig. Die Figuren von Mark Ruffalo und Toni Collette sind völlig überzogen. Passend für eine Farce, nur passt das nicht zum Rest vom Film. Das hätte man auch intelligenter hinbekommen können. Die meisten anderen Figuren sind auch nur einfach … da. Allein Robert Pattinson hält den Film am Leben. Der Rest ist Grütze.

Aus dem Ansatz hätte man aber durchaus was machen können. Einfach das Buch ignorieren. Und stattdessen einen Film über Expendables und Multiples auf der Erde. Mit verschiedenen Charaktereigenschaften. Und mehr ethischem Dilemma. Die Themen blitzen im Film zweimal auf, und man sieht, dass da mehr zu holen wäre. Aber nein, Chance vertan.

Ich gebe 9 von 17 Klonen.

Ich bin übrigens der einzige aus unserer Gruppe von fünf Leuten, dem der Film nicht gefallen hat. Und bei Rotten Tomatoes sind 79% of 217 Kritiker-Reviews positiv. Aber nee, Bong Joon-ho hat sich schlicht das falsche Buch ausgesucht.

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