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I would like to thank James Brundage (blog!) for telling me about this. Suffice to say, the man is seriously into automation.
Alright, if you just want to learn about using arrays of parameters with the call operator (&) and skip all the explanation of what doesn't work, scroll down to the bottom. I am a big believer in understanding solutions though, so this post will detail everything that doesn't work and slowly build up towards what does work.
The last blog post I did on this topic was about using Invoke-Expression to solve problems with passing parameters to external programs. I resorted to using Invoke-Expression since (as an undocumented side effect?) Invoke-Expression will strip off quotes from parameters to commands it executes. But in some circles using Invoke-Expression to execute programs is considered heresy. It is thanks to James Brundage that I was able to figure out how to better use & and also come to a greater conscious realization of how PowerShell handles strings.
To summarize the problem, try to get the following to run in PowerShell
$pingopts = "www.example.com -n 5" ping $pingopts
If you run this command ping will spit out an error, the root cause of the problem is that PowerShell passes $pingopts to ping with the quotes still on it, so the above line is the same as typing
ping "www.example.com -n 5"
Which is obviously quite wrong.
The next obvious solution is to use the call operator, "&". The call operator is how you tell PowerShell to basically act as if you had just typed whatever follows into the command line. It is like a little slice of '>' in your script.
Now the call operator takes the first parameter passed to it and uses Get-Command to try to find out what needs to be done. Without going into details about Get-Command, this means the first parameter to the call operator must be only the command that is to be run, not including parameters. The people over at Powershell.com explain it really well.
With all this in mind, let us try the following
$pingopts = "www.example.com -n 5" &ping $pingopts
Run that and you will get the exact same error. Fun!
Why is this happening?
The problem is that & does not dequote strings that have spaces in them.
So this code works:
$pingopts = "www.example.com" &ping $pingopts
Where as
$pingopts = " www.example.com" &ping $pingopts
will not.
But if we think about this for a minute, we already know about this behavior. Heck we expect it and rely on it. It is so ingrained into how we use PowerShell that we don't even think about it, except for when we run head first into it. So now let us explicitly discuss PowerShell's handling of strings.
String Quoting Logic
The string auto quoting and dequoting logic is designed around passing paths around. The rule, as demonstrated above, is quite simple. A string with a space in it gets quoted when passed to something outside of PoSH, while a string without spaces in it has its quotes stripped away. This logic basically assumes if you have a space, you are dealing with a path and you need quotes. If you don't have a space, you are either dealing with a path that doesn't need quotes, or are passing something around that isn't a path and you do not want quotes. For those scenarios PowerShell gives exactly the results people want, which just so happen to be the results people need 95% of the time.
Problems arise when you have strings with spaces in them that you do not want quoted after leaving the confines of PowerShell. Bypassing the string quoting/dequoting logic is not easy and you can end up resorting to Invoke-Expression hacks like I detailed earlier or you can try to find a way to work within the system. The latter is obviously preferable.
The Solution
You may have already guessed the solution from the title of this blog post: Pass an array of parameters to the call operator. Given the sparse documentation available online for & (it would be nice if it said string[] somewhere), one has to have a fairly good understanding of Powershell to figure this out on their own, or just randomly try passing an array to &.
The key here is working the system: by passing parameters in an array you can avoid having spaces in your quoted strings. Where you would normally put a space, you break off and create a separate array element. This is still a bit of a work around, it would be optimal to find a way to tell & to dequote strings, but this solution does work.
$pingopts = @("www.example.com", "-n", 5) &ping $pingopts
Again, notice instead of "-n 5", I split it into two array elements.
Just for reference, here is how you would build that command up line by line using an array:
$pingopts = @() $pingopts += "www.example.com" $pingopts += "-n" $pingopts += 5 &ping $pingopts
This actually is not much different from constructing 3 separate variables and passing them in after ping:
$param1 = "www.example.com" $param2 = "-n" $param3 = 5 &ping $param1 $param2 $param3
Which is the blatantly obvious solution but also the ugly one so I never even considered it. Of course using arrays is more flexible since you can declare at top and slowly build up your command line throughout your script.
Hopefully this saves everyone some time and the journey has helped you understand a bit more about Powershell.


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Coconut Rice
1 cup brown rice
3-4 white mushrooms, sliced
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 cups vegetable broth (or 1 cup broth, 1 cup water)
1/2-1 (14 ounce) can coconut milk
5 chives, snipped
salt and pepper, to taste
handful shredded coconut, toasted
1. Saute rice and mushrooms in oil until rice begins to get toasted and darker brown. Add the broth/water (It will steam up), cover (with air vent), and turn to low.
2. Cook rice according to package directions, until liquid is gone, and rice is tender.
3. Once rice is done, add the coconut milk and chives, and season to taste. Top with toasted coconut.
This goes well with many dishes, and is great with beans mixed in.
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YES! YES! YES! This was so good and my picky omni husband agreed. My rice came out not as white as I would have liked due to the darkness of the mushroom gills but it was still attractive. I didn't have any chives so I stirred in a 1/2 cup of green onions. Thank you, AC!
Also, I left it in the fridge for a few days, heated it up with more coco milk and a bit of Earth Balance, and it's still pretty good!
Soooo good!! I didn't use the whole can of (light) coconut milk, and I think it would have been better to let the rice cook a bit in the coco milk. But still delicious! This is the first time I've eaten brown rice without thinking in the back of my head that white rice would taste better / have a better texture.
I just made this recipe and it was amazing! ;)b My mom who is a huge meat eater absolutely loved it, and asked me for a copy of the recipe. I love making great vegan dishes that non-vegans love. The flavor was terrific, and the coconut milk made the rice creamy. I used light coconut milk, and i don't really see the need for regular coconut milk. The light milk made it very creamy and delicious.
I will definitely be making this recipe again, and i can't wait to have some more for lunch tomorrow!
Oh so yummy! I followed the suggestions of others and added the coconut milk with the broth. Before serving I stirred in about 1/2 cup coconut and some scallions and this was a big hit in my house. It was very creamy, like risotto. I told my husband that next time I will use more rice so that is drier and he said he liked it as is, on the creamy side. Thanks for the great recipe, which is definitely a keeper and super easy and quick to make!
I love this! I made it exactly as was written and wouldn't change a thing. I didn't feel the need to add salt and pepper as I used all broth and thought it had plenty of flavor! One of my new favorites.


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Lollipop Pottery
I was recently introduced to a superb pottery shop called Lollipop Pottery. The shop is ran by couple Tyson and Jessica Geib. Tyson runs the potters wheel while Jessica does the paint and glaze work. All the pottery is dishwasher and microwave safe and most importantly lead free.
In addition, the decals on the pottery are made from Jessica's original pen/ink drawings. Bringing me to her characters Monster, LolliSkull, and the newest edition LolliHoot. These little guys evoke such personality that aside from the statement they make on the pottery, I think they are worthy as characters in their own graphic novel (hint, hint). Just an idea.
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Sicily has always been fascinating for travellers. This largest island of the Mediterranean has besides a great number of sites of immense cultural-historic value also natural landscapes that make it unique in Europe. The largest volcano of the European continent, the Etna, is just one example of this. In the past decennia much has been done to make the island accessible by investing in infrastructure, still it remains a long journey to arrive to the island. Here you will find some information on how to reach Sicily by air, by sea and with your own transportation. A number of useful links have been gathered on ferries and flights to Sicily with which you can plan your trip. Ofcourse if you have any questions we will be happy to try to answer them, just follow us on Twitter, @motyainfo.
Travelling by air
The main airports of Sicily are to be found near Palermo, Catania and Trapani. The most convenient companies are Ryanair (on Trapani), Easyjet, TUIFly, but also companies like Meridiana maintain low cost connections from many airports in Europe. Once in Sicily it is easy to rent a car with companies like AVIS, Hertz or Maggiore. The airports in Sicily are not very big which makes it fairly comfortable travelling, there are always bars and shops. If there are no direct flights it is possible to change on most Italian airports like Milan, Rome, Florence, Pisa, Naples to a flight heading to Sicily.
Travelling by sea
There are various possibilities travelling by boat. There are connections from Naples maintained by Tirrenia, but also from Genoa, Livorno and Civitavecchia by Grandi Navi Veloci. From Genoa the ferry takes 20 hours to reach Palermo and from Civitavecchia about 12 hours. The advantage is that you arrive with less fatigue in Sicily than when you have to drive all the way and you still have your own car. The connection between Sicily and mainland Italy is maintained by Caronte & Tourist with a ferry every 20 minutes. The ferry takes 20 minutes to reach the other side of the Strait of Messina.
To visit the beautiful islands around Sicily there are ferry services departing from Sicily, like the one fast ferries from Trapani to the Egadian islands (only by foot). If you want to visit these islands with your car you would have to take the slow ferry. It is also possible to reach Sicily through Sardinia, a connection is maintained between Cagliari and Palermo and Trapani. It is possible to combine a vacation to Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily.
Travelling by public transportation
It is possible to travel by train to either Genoa or Calabria and take the boat from there. On the site of the Italian railroads (FS) you can look up the departure times. The railroads on Sicily connect the main cities even though it is wise to obtain information on the timetables as departures are not so frequent.
There are many local bus companies that maintain lines. The regional buscompany is the Azienda Siciliana Trasporti (AST) and they give an overview of timetables and connections on their website.
Travelling by car
Travelling by car can be shortened by taking the ferries (see above). Calculated from Milan the ride to Sicily is about 761 km on the A1 to Naples and 495 km on the A3 to Calabria. Sicily has a number of highways (Autostrade) that connect Messina to Palermo and Catania/Syracuse, and that run from Palermo to Trapani and Marsala. Along the coast you will find the infrastructure better developed than in the internal regions of Sicily. Ofcourse a map or navigation is needed in the car and it is wise to keep in mind the opening times and the frequency of gasstations especially off the main roads.


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Another area of research that is investigated with the help of the WAND test-bed concerns the adaptation of applications to wireless ad hoc networks. Existing applications are rarely designed to take advantage of additional information and services that are offered by ad hoc networks. The applications range from peer-to-peer file sharing mechanisms that facilitate the exchange of data in ad hoc networks to location-based services that provide data to users depending on their physical position in the network.
An example of the applications that will be explored with the help of the WAND test-bed is communication between vehicles. This application will help mobile network nodes like cars, buses, and trucks communicate with one another and with static network nodes such as traffic lights, bus shelters, and traffic cameras. Mobile participants may inform one another about obstacles on the roads, actions that are going to be taken to avoid obstacles, or the routes of emergency services vehicles. Static nodes may provide information about the state of the traffic in an area and exploit information from mobile nodes such as the number of passengers or the estimated arrival time of buses.
The WAND test-bed offers researchers a unique opportunity to investigate low-level mechanisms such as routing protocols and low level services, as well as user-level applications in a real-life environment that reflects all the randomness and unpredictability that is extremely difficult to be reproduced with simulation.
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As many of you know, my daughter, Crystal , was diagnosed with a giant cell sacrum tumor (benign but very very rare) in September of 2007 which then returned again in January 2008. She has been through a year and a half of multiple operations and radiation treatments with the most recent operations at the end of January 2009 so she still has quite a way to go on the road to recovery through physical therapy to rebuild her stamina.
We cannot say enough good things about the way her law firm has supported her through this entire process and following updates on her CaringBridge blog. We were able through one post to keep our family, her friends, her work associates, and her clients spread nationwide informed with one simple post on their journal feature.
Everyone we needed to tell as we have been on "this marathon" as she has called it is kept informed without us having to return phone calls and reply to individual emails because the caringbridge feature also allows you to update news on their journal, photos, and has a guest book blog where your work associates, family, and friends can provide well wishes. I just can't say enough great things about this and the agony it saved me from having to tell Crystal's story over and over on the phone during many times I just have been too down to talk about it as we had our ups and downs of the good and bad news we learned along the way to recovery.
When you register your Caringbridge site it is entirely free and supported through donation links found on their site. Here is a link to brochures you can download, buttons you can post on your site, website codes so you can upload a link for your employees and much more.
We learned of this site through the outstanding Cancer pain management clinic where we regularly have to go through this process which is a department through Vanderbilt hospital in Nashville, Tn.
Many many thanks to Rachel McDowell at this clinic who has been our source of strength at times we were just not up to it. Also many many special thanks to Ginger Holt, who with her "attorney jokes to Crystal" about " i drew the bad straw having to carve into an attorney" has provided us with the most miraculous results. I cannot begin to say enough fantastic things about her. Even when an operation did not involve the oncology side of things, she would come by and visit us to provide encouragement, much needed jokes, and follow up with other specialists. Crystal , Chad and family are all now vigorous supporters of Vanderbilt hospital and the CaringBridge program they told us about. I'm not sure we would have gotten through this horrid past 1.5 years wihout Caringbridge's site.
The Caring Bridge site also allows donation Tributes to your fallen comrades in their honor which is a great way to solve the issue of where associates can make donations on their behalf.
I decided to publish it on this blog because of the mobile nature of the claim industry with adjusters out on temporary catastrophe assignments. What a fantastic tool this would be as well as a time saver for adjusting firms, carriers with national catastrophe teams, and for adjusters who might get sick, fall off a roof ,or otherwise injured while away from home.
Registering for the site does not require that you disclose your name, instead you can use a nickname or other options. How about naming it in your adjusting firm name where you can post any news on serious health issues of your firm members for your entire group? Once you register for a caringbridge site, you just invite those who are looking for news to stay informed while working on the road.
Their brochures would be great to pass out at your yearly conferences for your adjusters or at annual claim conventions. Who better to support such a valuable site for associates injured or facing substantial medical issues than the insurance claims industry?
Through my daughter's use of the site, we were able to communicate 24/7 when we could not get cell phone or blackberry email coverage in the hospital during long stays. Doesn't this sound just like adjusters out on the road in the first wave of a major catastrophe?
Possibly if enough of us in the insurance claims industry whether you are staff, independent, or public adjusters or adjusting firms support this program they will create a category just for insurance adjusters to support us as well? Claims adjusters need to be supported by communities nationwide instead of all the negative news posted after a major disaster. Just like Red Cross disaster or other emergency responders, they do suffer extreme emotional issues when dealing with insurance consumers who have experienced a major crisis.
Thank you especially to Crystal's employer Boult-Cummings-Connors-and-Berry (recently merged with another firm to become Arant, Boult, Cummings, Plc . Here is a link to my daughter's bio from one proud mom.
**Update 3/5/09- She gave me permission today to link to her CaringBridge site as she agrees it would be educational for adjusters- especially those in health care claim processing and approvals:
www. caringbridge.org/visit/cricklepickle
Through the Caringbridge updates, members of this remarkable firm have stood behind her supporting her with their prayers, prayer groups during operations, flowers sent to her regularly, cards to her home, and meals delivered to her home for months as she repeatedly underwent operations.
We had volunteers from her firm come to her home and assist with the children's transportation needs, attorneys and paralegals come and clean house from top to bottom on their weekends, and many times (thank you Julie, Sandra, Dale, Sharon, her bosses , Ann Cargile and Bob Wood, and so many many more I don't know the names of) just come sit at the hospital with me while we sat in fear waiting for news from the doctor when operations were finished.
Many also filled in for me on nights or weekends when I was just exhausted beyond belief and just needed sleep as Chad (her husband) majored in the 3 boys needs while I concentrated on her. We could never have gotten through this road to recovery without "the Boult family" who continues to support her on the road to recovery.
This firm will never know what a comfort it brings to our extended family nationwide to know that her position awaits her after such a long period of recovery. It makes her very happy to just know her office is waiting for her. It does wonders for her! This law firm should definitely be rewarded as the top law firm in the US for any awards available for their empathy and compassion for a fellow attorney. They have gone above and beyond any possible expectations we could have imagined to support her.
Won't you share a link on your site and share their brochures with your adjusters today? They have options for button tabs and other advertisement tabs and you can upload all kinds of other great tools for your mobile adjusters.
I know I cannot thank the members of ClaimSmentor enough who have offered up prayers and well wishes on the guestbook link to my daughter's caring bridge site. I had never met most of these folks in person such as Tom N, owner of Action Catastrophe Claims, but this firm has supported us by regularly posting guest entries on the Caringbridge guest blog.
There are so many other adjusters and claim managers that have also supported me behind the scenes through posts in our forums, private messages, calls, emails and prayers by reading her link at our e-mentoring site based on their reading of her journal entries.
I spent hours last night reading back through all of her journal entries and it really helped lift my spirits and to realize how much progress she has made and to reconfirm what a courageous remarkable person she is. She has had such a remarkable knack I do not possess for remaining calm while dealing with medical emergencies or the ups and downs through the recovery process.
Her journals which bring so much insight into the fears a person faces while being bomblasted with radiation and undergoing operations. I told her this morning that it should be required reading for all liability adjusters, workers compensation adjusters, and health claims adjusters processing medical insurance claims so they might learn a little empathy about not only what a patient has undergone but the nightmares their families suffer through. It just might help insurance companies and adjusters better evaluate damages when evaluating the settlement value of a claim or processing health care benefit claims.
Whether you know her or not, her road to recovery through her CaringBridge story would bring tears to the most toughened adjuster's eyes.
Hopefully one day I will have her permission to make the link to her journal public versus limited to her network circle (ok Crystal I know I shared it with my network circle through ClaimSmentor too and their support has been outstanding). While I do not have my daughter's permission to share her link yet, here is one you can view that I just had to post for a very good friend who just learned she has stage 4 cancer but no computer skills to keep her family and friends updated so you can see a sample of how an active one works:


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Jared Kushner has a new problem to solve. According to the Washington Post, President Trump has recently tasked his son-in-law — whose to-do list already includes brokering peace in the Middle East, leading U.S. trade policy, reorganizing the entire U.S. government and reforming the criminal justice system — with overseeing the construction of his border wall ahead of the 2020 election.
The Post reports that Kushner's latest assignment was borne out of Trump's frustration over the lack of progress that has been made on his core campaign promise, as neither Mexico nor Congress have been willing to pay for the wall. Since Trump took office, just 83 miles of new barriers have been completed along the U.S.-Mexico border, almost all of which is what U.S. Customs and Border Protection calls "replacement wall," meaning it was erected along sections of the border where older, smaller fencing structures already existed. According to the Washington Post, Trump wants Kushner to see to it that at least 400 new miles of wall are built by the time voters go to the polls next November.
The highly ambitious goal is just the latest in a long and wide-ranging list of major projects that Kushner has undertaken since he and his wife, Ivanka, followed Trump to the White House in 2017.
One of Kushner's first and most daunting assignments from Trump was to negotiate a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Nearly three years later, the White House has yet to unveil Kushner's long-awaited Middle East peace plan, which experts already view as likely doomed when and if it is made public. A partial outline of the plan, unveiled in June, called for a $50 billion commitment, largely paid by America's European and Arab allies, to promote economic development in Palestinian territories as an incentive to acquiesce in Israel's continued domination of the region.
Initially, Kushner's lack of foreign policy experience was largely viewed as the biggest hurdle to his success in the Middle East. However, efforts to negotiate with Palestinian leaders have been undermined by the Trump administration's own policies, including the decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, cutting all U.S. aid to the West Bank and Gaza, and shutting down the Palestinian consulate in Washington. Amid political uncertainty in Israel, last week's announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the U.S. no longer considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, seemed likely to further reduce the prospects of Kushner's would-be plan.
The Middle East isn't the only part of Kushner's policy portfolio that has faced significant hurdles imposed by the president himself. Early in the administration, the soft-spoken Kushner emerged as an approachable middleman between his brash father-in-law and foreign officials. Kushner reportedly facilitated the first meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago, and worked behind the scenes to smooth relations with Mexican officials after Trump spent much of his time on the campaign trail attacking the country and its citizens. Much to the dismay of many in Mexico, President Enrique Peña Nieto awarded Kushner Mexico's highest honor for foreigners for his role in helping to negotiate a new trade deal between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.
But nearly a year after the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement (USCMA) was signed by the respective countries' presidents, its ratification has been stalled in Congress. Meanwhile, Trump's trade war with China continues despite Kushner's recent boast that the two countries have made a "fabulous deal" on trade.
Before taking on the border wall, Kushner had been working on a proposal to overhaul the complex immigration system, but his plan failed to win over Republican senators.
For someone whose work is often described as behind the scenes, it is perhaps fitting that Kushner's biggest legislative accomplishment thus far — the passage of a major criminal justice reform bill — is one that Trump seems reluctant to talk about.
Trump does want to talk about how he's following through on his promise to build a wall on the southern border. While it remains unclear how, exactly, Kushner intends to accomplish the daunting task of erecting more than 400 miles of wall by Election Day, he's reportedly already overruling the objections of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and senior CBP officials and pushing forward with a plan to live-stream the construction project by webcam — proving that he really can get some things done.
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How do you deal with lingering feelings, dripping into your soul like poison? Do you face them, or in your attempt to swim, do you sink? Sound of Drop - fall into poison is a mystery horror VN that deals with such themes, and does it's best to make a great experience... but is it enough?
Even though it's being overshadowed by other VN releases, I'd say so, as it's pretty good.
The premise is rather strong: In the beautiful Manten Aquarium, there lies something deeper under the beautiful tranquil surface that it has, a tragedy that our main character Mayumi has been avoiding for years. You see, 5 years ago, her younger sister Mari mysteriously disappeared in this aquarium, and Mayumi's life hasn't been since... but thanks to her best friend Himeno who is determined to learn about the rumors that are spreading, Mayumi heads back to this aquarium. What awaits Mayumi however is nothing but horror, a twisted aquarium with everything she has to face and more, with everything out for lust and logic defying feats of insanity happening all over the place.
And it does this insanity well, as it is a horror game, after all. While the horror is usually your typical the jump scare affair, isn't really that bad for the most part and can be genuinely effective at times (but it's no Corpse Party or Kara no Shoujo). The scenes are effectively written to create a sense of tension and really make the tone and atmosphere of this game work pretty well due to the great handling of tension and the horror of the world making the story moving and engaging.
Also, the reactions from the characters along with the insanity that comes with being in a twisted environment are great. The characters in general are pretty good too: while some (like the MC) can come off as flat at times, most of them get some really great development and are fleshed out to the point you can get rather attached to them and that they're the high point of the story.
The story deals with it's themes and subject matter rather well, taking it's time to develop everything it needs to along and presenting to you in a decent fashion. It manages to get you to think about the themes it deals with like loss, making this more than just a thriller. It sets it's premise well intrigue builds up and gets you really invested in the world.
There's just one big problem with the story.... You see, Sound of Drop has a really bad habit of mentioning one thing then moving on haphazardly, using excuses to progress instead of explaining anything, even if what it has to explain is interesting and engaging. At times this means that the story is rushed, and at others it's just a poor transition. You could chalk it up to the mystery aspect of the game, and I thought for a while it was because it was a mystery, but they just do a poor job at explaining nearly everything, from the surroundings around you. The explanation on the setting is uses urban myth as an excuse to the point that it's not really believable, bad end happen extremely abruptly, there's no real sense of flow between a lot of the scenes, etc. There's so many examples in which it just flows poorly, doesn't hint when it should or flat out fails to inform the player, which can potentially ruin the experience.
One of the worst offenders is how it handles transitions with endings, just kicking you back to the title screen without a word. Normally this wouldn't be too big of a problem, but this game has a NG+ because of the steam release, and the additions is a not an insignificant part of the game. I assumed I was done with the game, so I was about to go and write up this review until I checked the endings list and saw 3 more other endings. When I started the game again to look for those endings and other elements to use for my review, it threw me into NG+ with a new opening without even telling me about the fact that there was an NG+, or if this was even an NG+. When I started the new prologue scene, I thought it was a second route from a different perspective and only learned it was an NG+ when I read online. The game never tells the players anything about this, and I only found it by dumb luck. With this game, you really never know what happens, or why it happens.
That is, until you actually go through said NG+. IF YOU GET THIS GAME, PLAY THROUGH NG+. While the regular ending is satisfying on itself, the added scenes in NG+ are REALLY GOOD and it fixes almost every flaw I had with the story. The sense of climax with a lot of the endings, including the first few routes feel rather artificial and forced, but with the NG+, such issues are gone. The story feels a lot more cohesive and it flows much better, everything is explained to the point that it's really enjoyable, etc. Really, it's written so well that it leaves your jaw dropped, it's absolutely fantastic and makes the replays worth it.
So, even though while this story is an absolute mess in structure, Sound of Drop's story isn't a negative, with a solid story in NG+ and general that makes up for it's flaws, proving to the world they have a good story.
When I read that the developers of this game aiueoKompany were indie, I was honestly surprised by that given the quality of the game and the visuals. Sound of Drop looks absolutely fantastic for an indie VN, and pretty much every aspect of it shines here: it has great backgrounds and absolutely beautiful artwork overall, detailed character art, CG that is varied and really adds to the experience, nice UI elements, a well done font, and the game is always a treat for the eyes. The best part about the visuals have to be how consistent and cohesive they are, helping to create an amazing atmosphere that really gets you sucked into the game. Really though, nothing but praise for the visuals of the game though, as it was done very well.
One odd thing I want to mention though is that unlike most VNs which is completely first person, this game actually shows the main character in the frame. It's not a necessarily bad, just a bit weird because a lot of VNs avoid that and only show the main character in special occasions or to use it as a plot point.
As a game with sound in the name, one would expect a certain level of quality or amount of focus on that element. With Sound of Drop, the game continues to impress as it definitely delivers in the quality department, with one of my favorite soundtracks from a VN that i've heard in a long time. No seriously, Sound of Drop has a great soundtrack, with it's extremely atmospheric and moody tracks that get you absorbed into the game and are a joy to listen to, bringing the game up to another level in enjoyment. The usage of the tracks and effects are great as well, and everything melts together to make a great package that compliments every element of the game. That being said, some people may be bummed that there is no voice acting, but I wasn't bothered by it and the music experience was still great regardless.
As you can tell from this review, the experience has it's ups and downs. Yes, the work is extremely flawed, with a story that frustrates and suffers because of it's poor flow, but it's not that bad of an experience because it nails the atmosphere, with it's writing and presentation, keeping you engaged with the game. Even with it's flaws, playing this game, and being in this world is really a pleasurable experience: Tension is high, the world is beautiful, everything blends together to make this a believable world, etc, I quite enjoyed my time with it.
It also does a lot of the little things right to keep the player enjoying the work. Take for example, this bad end screen:
How can you say no to this adorable Bad End screen? I love the bad end screens in this game, as it makes running into bad ends satisfying at times even though the act of doing so can be rather frustrating. There's a lot of small things like this keep the game enjoyable, and all of this helps to make the experience great.
Also, the changes with NG+ were absolutely amazing, being touching, tense, engaging and made for a great experience. Just for that I'd recommend the game as it makes the experience worthwhile.
Sound of Drop - fall into poison is a flawed game that has traits that are normally game breakers, but manages to do other things like having a great sense of tension in it's atmosphere to keep it an engaging and enjoyable experience. Even with it's flaws though, I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone as it's a horror game that's moving and engaging, one that is definitely worthwhile to play and doesn't deserve being overshadowed by others like it is.
Overall - 8/10, Polarization +.5, -1
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I have been commissioned….ok my wife is demanding me…to make an activity board for our 8 month old. Not exactly woodworking but still gotta do it. Google these things to see what I am talking about.
I don't really want to spend much money on it and I have a half inch full sheet of particle board I am never going To use on anything. So my question is what do you all recommend as a durable, kidsafe finish. Since I want her to play with the buttons and knobs and such, she will obviously only ever use it to chew on the side of the board haha
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Dulcie Jean Cat Breeder in New Jersey is breeding cats with gentic heart defects and obviously knows about it and doesn't care. I purchased a kitten from Dulcie Jean Cat Breeder the cutest kitten. At under a year the vet detected a problem with her heart she has been to specialists and they discovered a thickening of the heart wall and extremely high blood pressure. We are doing everything we can do to help her but they don't expect her to live long. My complaint concerns the breeder the vet says her breeding cats had to have the same condition since it is genetic. I called her up and she said EVERYTHING DIES, and that she has been sued before and no one gets anything from her. She then hung up on us. She was not surprised and had no sympathy for the cat at all. This is a very cruel lady and is just as bad as the puppy mill breeders of dogs. She should be put out of business.
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Handmade Sellers University: Etsy 101
Are you ready to hear the Etsy "Cha Ching"?!
Etsy 101 is a course designed specifically for someone who wants to open an Etsy shop or someone who may have recently opened a shop but isn't quite sure if it's set up in the best way possible to maximize sales. In 6 weeks we will work to get your shop up and running so that you can start making consistent sales!
Look, you don't know what you don't know, right? That's why I'm here. To tell you what you may be missing when it comes to setting up your Etsy shop. No one comes to Etsy knowing how to do it all correctly at first. I definitely didn't! My first few years I barely sold anything because I didn't know what I was doing. But then I did my research, bought countless tutorials, and spent hours and hours learning and experimenting in my own shop. This course is based on my years of experience and research. In just 6 weeks you will get from no shop to a shop with at least one or two listings! AND you'll have the framework setup to easily add more listings! Just getting the shop set up and the first item listed is the hardest part. I'll show you how to get there and then you'll be able to take what you've learned and run with it!
Why should you learn from me?
I was in your shoes just 4 years ago. I'm not someone who has been doing this for years and years and has forgotten what the beginning stages look like. I've been where you are now, not too long ago. But over the past 4 years it has been my passion to learn the tips and tricks to Etsy. I have figured out what works and I want to share everything I've learned with you.
Did you know that the average conversion rate on Etsy is 1-3%? That means that for every 100-300 views in your shop you *should* get one sale. Therefore, one of the most important ways to get sales is to get eyes on your shop. This course will show you exactly how to setup your shop and listings in order to get a larger number of views in your shop.
Who is this course for?
- Someone who wants to learn how to open an Etsy shop
- Someone who wants to have an Etsy shop that is setup correctly and with all the aspects needed for proper SEO
- Someone who doesn't understand the "techie" side to Etsy
- Someone who wants all the best information about Etsy in ONE place for easy reference
Who is this course NOT for?
- Someone who wants to get rich quick
- Someone who considers themselves an "advanced" Etsy shop owner
- Someone who doesn't want to learn or do the work
You may be asking - "Why would I sell on Etsy if selling on Facebook works for me?"
The answer is Etsy is a marketplace of 37 million shoppers. Buyers come to Etsy for the purpose of purchasing something. Individuals come to Facebook to use it as a social connection - not necessarily to purchase something. Selling on Etsy gives you access to a new and larger market of shoppers. On Etsy you can reach more price ranges and buyers with more styles and tastes. If selling locally or on Facebook is working for you then keep doing it! Etsy doesn't have to be INSTEAD OF. It can be IN ADDITION TO what you're already doing. It's a way to expand the business you currently have!
Let me help you by debunking a few Etsy myths:
- "Etsy is too saturated" - Yes there are many sellers on Etsy. However, the market is only saturated at the beginner level. If you want to stand apart from the rest you need to learn how to list your products effectively and how to use free social media platforms to drive the traffic to your shop. There is much less competition among sellers who have perfected their shop and their listings.
- "Etsy's fees are too high" - Actually Etsy has one of the least expensive fee structures (when compared to Amazon Handmade and Ebay).
- "I tried listing a few things on Etsy but they never sold so it must not work" - Did you have your shop setup correctly? Were you driving traffic from social media? How was your SEO? There are a lot of reasons it may not have worked for you but I have sold over 2,300 items on Etsy since I opened my shop so I can tell you it DOES work if you set it up correctly.
- "You can only be successful if you do Facebook lives" - You don't have to do Facebook lives! Facebook lives are a good free way to help you get more followers on your Facebook page which in turn means more views to your Etsy shop. But there are other ways to get views and we'll talk about them all in the course.
My Etsy history by the numbers:
- On Etsy since 2014
- 2,300+ sales on Etsy
- 365 Etsy Seller eBooks sold (as of today)
- 160+ members in the Etsy Coaching Membership group
- 150+ Etsy shop reviews/startups completed in the last year
- Featured in the January/February 2018 edition of the magazine First for Women
- Asked to speak as an Etsy expert in the following groups/pages: Jennifer Allwood Inner Circle, Damon's Inner Circle, Julie's Inner Circle, Southern A-Door-nments Decor, Rhonda's Creative Circle, Polka Dot Wreath Co, Kelea's Design School, Junk Monkey Paint Co, Debi's Creative Corner
- Speaking as an Etsy expert at the Social Media Marketing Made Easy conference in April 2019
- Speaking as an Etsy expert at the Crafters Convention in June 2019.
What's included with the course?
The course will be a mixture of prerecorded and live trainings each of the 6 weeks in a private Facebook group. Resource tools and PDF handouts will also be available for you to download. Then we will have a live Q&A call each week to go over the trainings from that week. You'll be able to ask any and all questions you have regarding an Etsy shop. Don't have time to get to the trainings one week? Don't worry! The videos and posts will be available for you for at least 6 months. I know we're all busy and sometimes you can't get to everything right away so I want to make sure you have access for a long time. BUT, I don't want you to drag your feet! The goal is to get your shop up and running!
- 30 minute coaching call ($50 value) - available for the first 10 paid registrants only
- Shipping PDF - how to keep your shipping costs low
- Supplier List - all the suppliers I use in my wreath business
- How to find your target market - 5 great tips to find your ideal customer
- Free copy of my Etsy Sellers eBook (19.99 value)
- Pic Editing for up to 5 photos
Money back guarantee:
I know you will get a lot of valuable information in this course. But, if for whatever reason you are not happy please contact me at email@example.com within the first 14 days and I will refund you 100% of your money. So you've literally got nothing to lose :)
The course is closed right now but will be opening up in the summer!
Still not convinced that I can help your with your Etsy shop? Check out a few of the reviews on my Etsy ebook and shop review services --


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The report, which is prepared by the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) looks at issues affecting children around the world. According to Ms. Sylvie Fouet, UNICEF Representative, Guyana and Suriname, this year's theme for the report is "Children in a Digital World."
She said that the report highlights both the benefits and challenges of digital technology. Ms. Fouet said that the report looks at how digital technology is impacting the lives of people but specifically children. She said that digital technology can be a game changer.
She said that technology provides opportunities for learning and allows platforms to be connected and used to communicate globally.
During the launching ceremony, schools from eight out of the 10 administrative regions were connected live using the Smart Classroom at NCERD. The UNICEF Representative said that she is looking forward to seeing children in the hinterland connected with their colleagues on the coast to learn from each other, share information and ideas.
However, despite highlighting the positives of digital technology, Ms. Fouet pointed out that excessive use can lead to depression and anxiety in young children. As such, use of technology must be moderate. She said that the impact of technology can be a challenge in some instances.
Further, Director of NCERD, Ms. Jennifer Cumberbatch said that the education sector is poised to take off to become as modern as possible so as to help in the education of the nation's children. She said that the embrace by the education sector of digital technology, children will learn a lot more.
Meanwhile, ICT Coordinator within the Ministry of Education, Ms. Marcia Thomas informed those in attendance about the importance that technology can play to provide equal opportunities to education. One of the primary ways this will be done is by bridging the gap between the hinterland, rural and coastal institutions using technology such as the Smart Classroom.
She explained that one feature of the Smart Classroom is that the E-Station can monitor the devices that are used by students to connect to the system. This way, the tutor can know what each child is doing with the device and ensure that it is being used correctly during periods of instruction.
This is bolstered by the classroom management software called "Radix". With this software, teachers can record lessons and students can participate in the live recording. However, for students that would have missed the live lesson, they can access the recording for as long as one month.
Access to these materials will be facilitated through an app called "Smart Class Guyana" that will be available on the Google Play Store and on the Apple App Store.
Following the speeches and presentations, children from the outlying schools that were viewing the launch from their Information Technology labs said that technology plays an important role in their school life in terms of assistance to complete work and to learn about foreign cultures which boosts their tolerance of others. The students were also shown videos that taught them about the dangers and benefits of technology.
The UNICEF SOWC report was handed over to the Ministry of Education that was represented by Deputy Chief Education Officer (ag), Ms. Ingrid Trotman. Also present at the launch were other representatives of UNICEF, the diplomatic corps, students and teachers from the North Ruimveldt Multilateral School and Queen's College.
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The State of the World's Children 2017 report was launched today at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD), Kingston, Georgetown.
The report, which is prepared by the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) looks at issues affecting children around the world. According to Ms. Sylvie Fouet, UNICEF Representative, Guyana and Suriname, this year's theme for the report is "Children in a Digital World."


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Jesse Lives an internationally known Hip Hop artist from San Jose, California He has been building a loyal following with his high-energy show, relentless tour schedule and stellar reviews for his independent releases. His raw style of witty, yet well-placed and sometimes unorthodox style of lyricism while internalizing a deep affinity for all things artistic, and creative acts as a conscious social commentary for those who struggle to be original in a world full of renditions. What is known as the Jesse Lives show has started to become a thing of anticipation for many concert goers who have dubbed themselves the "Who Lives" questions to the Jesse Lives answer.
Besides headlining four 20 plus city tours throughout the United States, Jesse Lives has shared the same stage with underground hip hop elites such as Crucial Conflict, Adlib, Slum Village, Rass Kass, Copy Write and many more. He has also received a cosign from the founder of the Violator Allstar DJs, DJ Scrap Dirty and is also the official touring host for the Asian ambassador for Ciroc Vodka , Violator Allstar DJ D Double. Jesse Lives is the only west coast member of the legendary 606 Entertainment organization in Chicago, Illinois.
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The numbers out last night were once again largely on the weak side of disappointing, with very little reaction and even less of an intuitive reaction. As Bloomberg's Richard Breslow writes, this is the downside of everyone having the same positions. Simply put, we've been trained to catch the falling knife by the CBs, one of those trading strategies that will work until it doesn't and when the knife slips you will really have a taper tantrum.
Via Bloomberg's Trader's Notes...
Some strategists are even finding good news in the euro area growth data, noting that it is impressive there is any growth at all when none was expected, unlike U.S. where 1H numbers disappointed -- some people just don't like black and white analysis.
As we have mentioned before, it seems there is this enormous consensus in all ideas and positions, everyone knows that central banks are there and driving everyone's positioning, my friend Bob Savage said yesterday:
"we've been trained to catch the falling knife by the CBs, one of those trading strategies that will work until it doesn't and when the knife slips you will really have a taper tantrum."
It's becoming harder and harder to look at the news and then guess what market did in response - although it's a fun game to play at 3am in the morning when you can't sleep.
May perhaps be better to consider not so much trading the reaction to events, instead trade movements in anticipation thereof, trade the expectation, then go into the number flat, the expectation tends to be much more logical than the reaction.
If you look at how markets are trading, they move ahead of a central bank meeting, or a strong or weak number, then everyone is caught with same position and you end up being right but proven wrong.
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lFrom January 16 to 20, 2017, Manila welcomed delegates from forty countries for the WACOM4.
The participants from the Philippines and other countries where around five thousand. This big event is part of a growing Catholic devotion and movement well known in the world and "Divine Mercy Chaplet"
In this occasion, the organization also invited Fr. Sebastiano D'Ambra, PIME, founder of Silsilah Dialogue Movement and the President of Silsilah, Ms. Aminda Saño, EDC were invited to share their experiences.
Fr. D'Ambra in his reflection started to ask:
"Mercy, where are you?" and continued saying "I am touched by this big event and I am grateful to be with you here to reaffirm the message of mercy and hope in the world in the midst of so much violence and radicalism coming from those who have forgotten the message of Mercy of religions, especially the two major religions of the world: Christianity and Islam.
These religions remind us in different ways the centrality of "mercy and compassion." I quote here only the Beatitudes of Jesus: "Blessed are the Merciful, for they will find mercy (Mt. 5:7) and the beginning of almost all surah of the Holy Qur'an: "In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful."
Recalling the dramatic experience of Abraham when he prayed to save Sodom and Gomorrah from destruction, we recall how Abraham interceded with God: "If I find fifty just people, can you save these cities?" Afraid that he could not find fifty just people, he bargained with God: "If I find 45…40…30…20…10…" (Gn. 18, 16-33) and God was always ready to share his pardon. Unfortunately, Abraham failed to find even ten just persons there and the two cities were destroyed.
We are here because we believe that today many implore the mercy of God and we hope for a better future. With this spirit, I started my mission in the Philippines forty years ago in Mindanao living in a Muslim village. It was a deep spiritual experience.
To those who ask me if I am still willing to continue, I say that I will continue this mission up to the end of my life. I am convinced that I am called to remain in the mission as a sign of hope.
In a recent gathering of teachers of Basilan, one of them told me that a Muslim student told her: "Ma'am we can kill the Christians" and when the teacher asked who taught him, he answered: "my father." Well, this is one of the many things that alarm all of us and also good Muslims who do not identify themselves with some radical and violent groups and are ashamed of what is happening now in the name of Islam.
I often say to my good Muslim friends that even the Christians in the past have reached to similar level of "hatred" towards people of other religions and nationalities. Some sectors of the Church in the past have also justified slavery and other forms of violence. Thanks to God we are now in this stage of the life of the Church where we are called to be in dialogue with all, to love all as brothers and sisters.
The Harmony Chain Initiative and the Harmony Prayer that we are sharing with you is a way to communicate this message and to invite people of different religions to be united in meditation and prayer. God listens to those who pray with sincerity of the heart.
Ms. Aminda Saño shared her experience. She has been an active member of the Silsilah Dialogue Movement from 1984 up to now. She emphasized: "The most painful experience for me and Silsilah happened in the night of May 20, 1992 when Fr. Salvatore Carzedda, PIME a companion of Fr. Sebastiano in Siocon and then later became a member of Silsilah, was killed. That occasion was critical for Silsilah and many suggested that we close the movement because this kind of dialogue is dangerous. But I recall a statement of Fr. Salvatore that he told me, "No matter if I'm around or not, "Padayon!" (Move on). This message circulated among us members of Silsilah and now it is our expression and motto that encourages us even in difficult times to move on and encourage others to be in the spirit of love and mercy. This event, for sure, influenced my life and determination to consecrate my life to the mission of Silsilah as a Christian, living the spirituality of Life-in-Dialogue with God, self, others, and creation.
Silsilah through the years has been very visible on the National and International Levels especially because we try to promote the spirituality of Life-in-Dialogue to Muslims, Christians, and people of other living faiths. With this spirit, we are moving in different directions according to the signs of the times."


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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is optimistic about the report on the investigation into the New England Patriots' alleged used of deflated footballs, he told to CBS This Morning.
Goodell says the league is trying to ensure it's "thorough" in its investigation.
"We have a responsibility to the 32 teams - not just to one team, to 32 teams - and to our fans, and the general public here to make sure that things were done fairly," he said in part to CBS.
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I sing this to myself as I am running. "just keep swimming, just keep swimming, swimming, swimming…." thanks Dorie (Finding Nemo).
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If you have a good competitive moveset for Mewtwo, post an answer below and upvote the best ones. Movesets for any of its pre-evolutions can also be shared on this thread.
Be sure to include full set details in your post, e.g. items, abilities, natures and EVs. Some detail, including the intended game mode for your set, is also appreciated. Access the full list of guidelines here.
Mewtwo Pokédex and learnset for reference.
I would go for:
- Psychic
- Aura Sphere (for Dark coverage)
- Recover
- Calm Mind to boost stats, or Ice Beam for more type-coverage.
Gen V
Mewtwo @ Choice Specs
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
This provides Super-Effective coverage against almost anything you'd face in Ubers. Shadow Ball deals with all the Psychics, as well as Chandelure. Thunder takes down the Flying types of Uber, as well as Kyogre. Ice Beam also deals with the Flying types of Uber, all the Dragon types, and Groudon. Aura Sphere takes down Dialga and Darkrai. The only common Ubers who won't be hit for super-effective damage are Jirachi, some random Arceus types, and Palkia. However, you'll be able to do enough damage to these Pokemon with a neutral hit off of Mewtwo's Choice Spec boosted Special Attack. Your EVs are sweeping EVs.
Mewtwo @ Life Orb
Role: Sunny Sweeper
When you have a Groudon lead.
SolarBeam is 1 turn coverage in the sun, along with Flamethrower getting powered up.
Aura Sphere is coverage, while Psystrike is amazing STAB.
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 6 Hp
Ever notice that great 110 Attack, probably not as Mewtwo has the second highest S.Attack in the game(154), but his Attack is still great. Bulk-up is boosting. Ice-punch is coverage. Fire-punch/Thunder-punch choose coverage. Earthquake/Drain-punch more powerful coverage or weaker coverage and healing.
I would do:
Psychic: STAB, good power, high accuracy, chance to lower Sp. Def.
Ice Beam: Good power, high accuracy, chance to freeze, deals with Dragon types.
Shadow Ball: Mewtwo's signature move. Good power, high accuracy, decent chance to lower Sp. Def, used to deal with Ghost types.
Thunder: High power, good chance to paralyze.
Other good options are Aura Sphere, Taunt, Calm Mind, Light Screen, Reflect, and Selfdestruct.
Psystrike is for going Physical, it's Mewtwos signature move so it's awasome.
Aura Sphere gives coverage against darkrai, Mainly.
Ice Beam hits super effective against annoying dragons.
Calm Mind to get a nice boost in POWA and sp.def.
Double/Triple Battle
Mewtwo @ Life Orb
Trait: Pressure
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Psystrike
- Blizzard
- Aura Sphere
- Charge Beam
There is a reason why Mewtwo is the fourth most powerful Pokemon (after Kyogre, Arceus, and Lugia). Mewtwo is simply amazing. Psystrike is incredibly powerful STAB. Blizzard hits multiple foes. Aura Sphere can hit any foe in a Triple Battle. And Charge Beam can be used to finish off (which is actually a large amount of health remaining for some Pokemon, 407 Life Orb boosted Special Attack after all) a foe and possibly gain a Special Attack boost. Which means the end of all life as we know it.
Trait: Pressure
Psychic/Psy Strike- STAB
Recover- Healing/Stalling
Iron Tail- Coverage
Aura Shere
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-Psycho Cut/Zen HeadButt
-Power up punch/Brick Break
-Me First
My problem you see is I got an ADAMANT mewtwo -_- so I had no other option but this...Also I have a hard time finding Tms in X so flips Desk. Anyway psychocut is stab cool crit hax. Zen is flinch hax plus more power. Brick break kills screens setup and is stab once megavolved. Power up is ok because mewtwo is a bit bulky. Recover is a personal fave but W-o-W works good for bulk n so does Bulk up. Me First is good because mewtwo is fast and things carrying a super effective Atk on m2 will be surprised when they get killed by their own shadow ball or outrage(Dragon atk vs me first= fail). #forgottosoftreset
Its Toondude, back again with another answer over a response to a popular legendary.
Last time, I had responded over a solution to Thundurus, who hopefully wasn't a failure for the time being, but I decided to do something different...
Something Past-Like...
So, I present to you:
Gen 1 Mewtwo!
Why?: I got so lazy, and now that i've gotten used to the likes of Project 64 "Transfer Paks," I wanted to give this a try, so why don't we travel back when Mewtwo was once King of Gen 1.
- Psychic - This move is already standard and one of the broken resourses Mewtwo had potential of back then, as Psychic Types pretty much ruled the throne, so Mewtwo had had access to it as a STAB move, as they existed in Generation 1.
Substitute, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Thunderbolt - This is quite a long explanation between useful resourses, but Substitute, which became decently viable against your friends in Pokemon Stadium had to get a mention here, aside from the Amnesia combo you can recieve to bulk up Mewtwo. If you do not want to, however, Ice Beam and Blizzard make viable coverage moves, especially with Blizzards buffed Accuracy back then (90%). If that is not the case aswell, Thunderbolt is yet another viable coverage move, especially it had more "Powerpoints" than Ice Beam.
Amnesia, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Thunderbolt - The same 3 coverage moves can still be placed to have Mewtwo act as an "All-Out Special Attacker," but if you wish for more variety, Amnesia placed with Psychic and another coverage move works very well, as it is the most broken move back then, especially before the Special Split.
Recover, Rest - This one is an obvious choice in final selections, and Mewtwo is one of the more reliable Pokemon that can use Recover and simply dust off any HP it takes. If thats not the case, Rest does trade off a 2-Turn Sleep Status and, since its Generation 1, the ability to not attack in return for any Status Removals and HP Recovery.
There are limited Counters, but these are not limited to:
Thunder Wave: Electrode is viable with this move, and, being the fastest Pokemon in Gen 1, can easily bypass Mewtwo's Speed and Paralyze it before it even pulls off a Substitute to block it.
Hard Physical Hitters:: Pokemon that know such hard hitting moves like Explosion or Self Destruct can put a dent in Mewtwo's health as long as its left defenseless, but nonetheless Mewtwo can still pack a decent amount of Defense, live, and shrug it off with any recovery.
Special Walls: Chansey is one sort of Special Wall unless it goes up against Mewtwo for the worst in any other occasion.
In Conclusion:
Theres nothing else to say of Mewtwo in Generation 1. Tied with Mew, is none other the best Pokemon in Generation 1, especially with access to broken resourses Like Amnesia and Recover and Powerhoused moves like Blizzard and Psychic.
Item:Whatever you want (Shell Bell)
Ability: Pressure
EV's: Max Speed and Sp.atk
Psystrike is a little bit better than Psychic with STAB but Psychic maybe decreases the oppenent's Sp. Def.
Aura Sphere for type coverage .This attack never misses!
Shadow Ball again for coverage and may decrease opponent's Special Defense .That's why I don't recommend Psychic in this Pokemon.Calm Mind increases Sp.Atk. and Sp.Def .
Flamethrower and Ice Beam for more type coverage !
Ah, Mewtwo the original BAMF Pokemon.
Nature: Modest (-Atk, +SpAtk)
EVs: SpAtk and Spd.
Item: Wise Glasses or Choice Specs (Expert Belt is an acceptable substitute)
For single battles I use:
Aura Sphere
Ice Beam/Thunderbolt/Flamethrower (depending on the rest of the team)
Calm Mind.
For double battles, I pair him with Feraligatr or Blastoise and use:
Aura Sphere
That way, my water type can have:
Ice Beam
And thus, you will do at least double damage to any Pokemon (barring Pokemon with no weaknesses).
Mewtwo @ Light Clay
Trait: Pressure
Hasty Nature (+ Spd, - Def)
EVs: 128 Atk / 128 SAtk / 252 Spe
- Taunt
- Selfdestruct
- Reflect
- Light Screen
Simple. Mewtwo leads off with a very fast Taunt, one of the fastest in the game, then proceeds to set up. Darkrai can't Void after the Taunt, and Mewtwo can SelfDestruct out so that other teammates can abuse its screens before they wear off.
Mewtwo item choice specs nature timid + speed - attack.
Psystrike stab
Aura sphere coverage for steel and dark
shadow ball other psychic and ghost
ice beam/ thunderbolt ice beam lots of coverage and groudon or thunderbolt arrg kyogre.
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Serious Nature
Psycho Cut (STAB, good power and higher crit rate)
Aura Sphere (Good power, amazing accuracy, STAB when mega-evolved, weakness coverage)
Stone Edge (Great power, higher crit rate, weakness coverage)
Shadow Ball/ Poison Jab (Covers a weakness in both forms, good power and secondary effect/covers fairy weakness during mega-evolution, good chance to poison)
>"I am Mewtwo, the world's most powerful Pokémon." –Mewtwo
I hope this quote inspired you to give your Mewtwo a great moveset as much as it did me.
Okay, so I have 3 seperate movesets: two for each Mega Evo and one if you're playing in Gen 5 or earlier.
Brick Break
Poison Jab
The first two are STAB moves that have good coverage by themselves. Earthquake has great power and coverage, and Poison Jab just became great for killing Fairies.
Aura Sphere
Ice Beam
Psystrike is a STAB move that does physical damage (nice since Pokémon that are weak to Psychic often have good Sp. Defense). Aura Sphere is good for Dark-types, as well as many others. And of course, Mewtwo gets the BoltBeam combo.
Since both Mewtwo and Mega Mewtwo Y are special attackers, they have the same moveset. Note that the held item and EVs are different, though.
Mewtwo @ Mewtonite Y
Ability : Pressure -> Insomnia
EVs 252 Sp.Att/4 Sp.Def/252 Spd
Timid Nature
-Ice Beam/Blizzard
-Fire Blast/Shadow Ball/Thunderbolt
-Calm Mind
Mewtwo @ Either Mewtwonite X or Mewtwonite Y
Timid Nature (-Atk, +Spd)
Characteristic: Proud of its Power (So its Attack stat will be at balance)
Mewtwo Mega X version
Psychic - STAB, it still has high Special attack, I don't mind.
Drain Punch/ Focus Punch: They get STAB due to Mega Mewtwo X being part Fighing Type.
Double Team/ Shadow Ball: Ignores moves so Focus Punch can be used easier/ Covers Ghost weakness.
Stone Edge- Once Mega-Evolved, it can cover its Flying type weakness. Also a decent chance to Critical.
Mewtwo Mega Y version
Calm Mind - It raises its Already-good Special Attack, as well as being a Special wall to annoy Strong Special attackers such as Abomasnow and Archeops.
Psychic - STAB, fits with high Special Attack, and does amazing 90-power damage.
Aura Sphere - Covers its Dark weakness, and it never misses.
Shadow Ball - It covers its Ghost weakness, and it does amazing damage.
Mega Mewtwo X
Ability: Pressure>Steadfast
EVs: 252 Att, 252 Spe, 4HP/SpA
Nature: Jolly
Bulk Up boosts Attack and Defence by one stage.
Drain Punch is STAB and recovers health. Low Kick is the alternative option as many Pokemon in the Uber tier weigh alot. Hits Rock, Steel, Normal, Dark and Ice types.
Zen Headbutt is the second STAB move and hits hard and can flinch. Psycho Cut is a slightly weaker option that has a high crit ratio and is more accurate. Hits Fighting and Poison types.
Stone Edge or Rock Slide are used to hit Flying types, mainly Ho-Oh and Lugia. Poison Jab is solely for hitting Fairy types hard. Ice Beam can be used to hit Dragon, Ground and some Flying types harder than the other moves.


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This short story came to me Sunday morning (9/30) for those who are curious. I would like to eventually send this to a short story website of some form, but it will need some polishing, and perhaps a few more sections. As it is I don't have an agenda for it. I literally wrote it because they were the words that came to me.
Coad: Hey.
Dillion: Hey whats up?
Coad: We need to talk. Can you get on Ventrilo?
Dillion: Helping my sister right now.
Coad: Ok. We still need to talk. When can you get online?
Dillion's eyes wandered from the message on his phone to the top of the screen where the clock read 8:20 PM. He then turned and stared up at the computer screen. His sister Marie had asked him to help her with math homework.
Dillion: Give me 30 minutes, cool?
Coad: Sure. Just hurry.
Dillion frowned at the screen before sliding the phone shut and into his pocket. It was uncommon for Coad to be so up tight. That had been Zorn's job. But Zorn had left the guild, so perhaps Coad was looking to fill that void.
Dillion sighed and leaned over Marie's chair. He could sense that she was looking up at him, but he was focused on the math problems on the screen. It was only a series of easy algebra equations, but Dillion couldn't help ask himself why was it his responsibility to help her. This was distracting him from more important things, like taking care of his guild.
Marie finally spoke up, "I tried writing out like the teacher said, but every time I follow her steps I get the problem wrong."
Dillion looked over at her scratch paper. His sister had neatly copied the original equation at the top, and progressed through the steps of the problem, writing each alteration below the original question and any predeceasing steps. He said nothing, allowing the silence to reveal his annoyance as he quickly solved the problem in his head. The answer was sixteen, but for some reason Marie had come up with negative five instead. Several more seconds of silence, and he had spotted her mistake.
"Marie, when you're multiplying with a parenthesis, what do you always do?" He asked, his voice carrying the underlining superiority that he felt. After all, he didn't have to take a remedial math for his freshman year of college.
Marie frowned at the page, saying nothing for several seconds, but finally she asked, "You have to multiply everything in the parenthesis?"
"Yeaaaah." Dillion couldn't help but snicker to himself, "Now look at your paper; what did you do?" He pointed at the scratch paper, specifically where Marie had made her original mistake. Marie studied the numbers for several seconds, before she took her pencil and slowly erased the mistake, and corrected it. Sure enough, the answer came out to sixteen.
Silently Dillion turned to walk out of the room. He wanted to log into the game before Coad did. Maybe he could check on his auctions if he was quick. Before he could leave the small office Marie had turned around in her chair and was calling after him.
"Hey! I still need your help! You promi-."
"Later." Dillion stated flatly, though he did stop short of walking out of the room.
"But you promised." Marie offered weakly.
Dillion turned to look back at his sister before sighing audibly, "I wish I could sis, but I got my own homework to do. I'm in college too, you know."
"But you…" Marie tried again.
"I know. And I will. Later." Dillion nodded at his statement, knowing full well that he would try to find an excuse to avoid helping her when later actually came.
Marie frowned, then crossed her arms, "That's what you always say, but then you just go off to those stupid games!"
Dillion could hear the traces of anger in her voice, even though she hadn't raised her voice. He leaned against the doorframe to the office, "I told you. I have psychology homework to do. Just because I take a few breaks between tasks does not mean I play it all of the time."
Marie rolled her eyes, "Every time I walk into your room your on that game. You never talk to me. And. And that's why you don't have any friends."
Dillion rolled his eyes. His sister was being illogical again. That was his cue to leave. He turned to walk back upstairs to his room. But Marie followed,
"Its true! I never see you go out with anyone, or talk to anybody. You're always just in your room on that computer."
Dillion didn't stop walking, though he could feel his own temper rising now. "That's stupid. I'm involved at my church, and besides, I have work that I go to regularly."
"Yeah right. I bet you play your video game there too! You know," Dillion could sense Marie puffing herself up in pride at being confided in before she released her next attack, "Mom is worried too. She sometimes wonders if you're even a Christian. And you never spend time with any of us!"
Dillion reached his room, and stopped at the door. He forced a smile at his sister. "Well thank you for that news flash. But now I really do need to study." He stepped back to shut the door, but Marie stopped the action short, pushing back against the door.
"You're always alone! You have no friends! You're the worst brother ever!"
Dillion forced the door shut, and leaned against it. He wanted to lash out in rebuttal, but he stopped himself short. 'After all,' he reminded himself, 'Christian's don't say things in anger.' He nodded at his self-righteousness and waited for his sister to stop pushing at the door, which she finally did, storming down the hallway to her own room.
With the annoyance removed, Dillion walked over to his bed, and lay down next to his computer. He reached down to the floor and picked up a textbook at random, and his headphones. He lifted the lid of his computer, and clicked on the World of Warcraft icon. It was time for some stress relief. He also clicked on the Ventrilo Icon. As the two applications connected to the internet, he opened the textbook to a random page, and then set it aside.
The Vetrilo application loaded first. He connected to his guild's chat page. Coad, Zorn, and Mellow were already online.
"Oh hey Dreatar." Mellow said deliberately. She was the only female officer in the guild, and had been in the leadership before Dillion had been given control. For a chick she was alright at gaming.
"Hey guys," Dillion replied. "What's going on?"
"Hey. Uhm. We need to talk." Coad said. His voice was low, and heavy sounding.
"Great. What's up?"
"Uhm. We've all been talking with the other officers, and we think that you should step down as guild master." Coad was speaking slowly, and his usual laughing tone was nonexistent.
Dillion froze. The impact of Coad's words hurt more than anything that Marie had said moments before.
"What… Why?"
"We just… We appreciate all of the time and thought that you've given to the guild, but we think that you've made several mistakes, which is cool and all. You've really done you're best…" Coad was still speaking extremely slowly, but was cut off by Zorn. His voice carried a heavy midwestern accent.
"We really do appreciate all that you've tried to do for the Night Wraiths, Dreatar. But we just think that for a time you should be an officer again. It doesn't have to be permanent or anything."
"Yeah. We were just think that since you weren't a founding member, you should probably spend a little more time in the guild before you take over." Coad interjected.
Zorn spoke up again. "Yeah man. Like in a few months, we can totally rethink the leading thing again. And I know people would still enjoy having you here."
Dillion leaned against the headboard of his bead, his mind swimming with the words. He felt like he had been slapped multiple times. Were they really that petty? He trusted these guys. They were his friends. Now they were turning on him. He tried to clear the cobwebs and respond. "Uhm. Have you talked to the other officers?"
"They all agree with us Dreatar." Zorn said coolly.
Of course they did. Dreatar thought angrily. It was understandable for Zorn to backstab him. That drug addict only thought about himself after all. Still, his guild had betrayed him. Those slime balls had agreed to this coup.
"Alright. I'll get online and turn power over." Dillion said with a sigh.
"Thanks man. And like I said. You're more than welcome to stay. I know a lot of people enjoy having you around." Zorn said.
"Yeah. Sure." Dreatar said. He stared at the login screen to World of Warcraft blankly. His fingers were failing at typing in a password that he knew better than his sibling's birthdays. He slowed himself down, typing each key deliberately before he spoke into his mic again.
"Hey. I'm going to log out of vent for a bit. Be back later maybe."
"Alright man, well thank you for being so understanding." Zorn said.
"Like I have a choice." Dillion shot back coldly. Before anyone could respond, he closed the application, and clicked the icon for his guild leading character. A few seconds of loading, and he was inside of the game. The chat box at the bottom left of the screen lit up with green text, guild chatter. Normally Dillion would read silently for several seconds, taking in what his guild members were taking about. This time he didn't care. They could all go to hell for all he was concerned.
He quickly clicked over Coad's name, and clicked to promote him to Guild leader. He then typed the command to leave the guild. He wasn't going to stay with the traitors, not after this.
He thought about logging into all of his alternative characters, and leave the guild with each one of them. He decided not to. What was the point? Inwardly he could still Marie's words, cutting like knives.
'You have no friends.'
'You're alone.'
Dillion closed his laptop, and set it on the floor. He didn't feel like playing just then. He didn't feel like doing homework. And he especially didn't feel like going outside of his room to face his sister or parents. He dragged himself out of his bed, and turned off the light. He really should just get some sleep. He had class in the morning after all.


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