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Valve Creates Stand-Alone Replica Of Dota Auto Chess Mod – Dota Underlords
Jun 14, 2019 Audrey Schottelkorb 0 comments 620
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A modification for the game Dota 2 called Dota Auto Chess is a strategy-based rendition of chess using components and characters from the original game. Recently, Dota Auto Chess has generated a lot of success, which has prompted other games to create their own versions.
This includes popular MOBA game League of Legends, who shared that Dota Auto Chess directly inspired them with their upcoming game mode Teamfight Tactics, and now the creators of Dota 2 are joining the club.
Valve just released Dota Underlords, an adaptation of Dota Auto Chess that is currently only available to players who have the Dota 2 Battle Pass.
Welcome to White Spire, Dota Underlords Preview is now available to Battle Pass owners.https://t.co/CAd9r5Xp0y
— Dota Underlords (@DotaUnderlords) June 13, 2019
Within the week, the stand-alone game will become available to the public and will be released across multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and iOS. Even more exciting is that this release will include cross-platform playability as well as ranked queues across all devices.
Like the Dota Auto Chess mod, Dota Underlords has a similar layout where eight players will fight against one another by strategizing to outwit their opponents through creating the most functional team.
Underlords releases with not just an online mode, but also an offline practice tool where players can test their skills against bots ranging in difficulty. Players can also have fun with friends by grouping up versus bots or real players together.
Back in May, Dota 2 released a blog post detailing how they would be creating their own version of Dota Auto Chess following an unsuccessful attempt to partner up with the creators of the Auto Chess mod, Drodo Studio.
According to the post, which includes words from both creators, Valve and Drodo fully support one another, however, as Dota's team shared, "We had great conversations, but we both came to the conclusion that Valve and Drodo could not work directly with each other for a variety of reasons."
Nonetheless, Valve decided to move forward with Dota Underlords, while both Dota 2 and Drodo wished the other success in their respective games.
Since Auto Chess has been so popular, with even the creators of Dota 2 sharing how their team couldn't stop playing the mod since it had come out, there's no doubt that Dota Underlords will be met with similar successes.
Specifically, introducing features that promote compatibility and offer more progression to the game once it's available to the public should help Dota Underlords to keep up with the popular gaming curve that is Auto Chess.
Until then, for those that can't wait to test out Dota Underlords, the Dota 2 Battle Pass is available for purchase for $9.99 on their official website.
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Blessing from the Goddess and Transfer to Another World! ~No Thanks, I Don't Need a Special Ability~
The MC is stirring up trouble by himself but hating it and turned edgy when people turned hostile to him because of his own act. If in Tate Yuusha the villain is genuine evil, it's satisfying seeing the villain being defeated, but in this case the author is trying to create a bunch of characters which isn't necessarily a villain, but then the MC himself is provoking those characters for petty reasons, and when those characters turned hostile to him he killed them. Like, "I somewhat don't like this person,... more>> let's provoke them." After a while, "What the f**k I hate them they're f**king evil why are they hostile to me yeah I'll kill them, I don't feel any guilt at all killing and robbing people that I have been provoking before." In the end, "Let's just mofu mofu my cutboard harem members because everyone else but my harem is evil. F**k I hate this world."
Oh and he also robs innocent people, just because he can, and he have the gal to call other people arrogant at that. The MC is switching between "ruthless vengeful [I'll pay you back twice crueller than what you've done to me!] edgy guy" into "very kind, morally upright and gentleman Japanese highschool student" depends on whether the other person is having somewhat personality or brain to have their own needs/motives or braindead harem characters who idolizes and fawning over him who have no important lines other than constantly praising the MC to make him looks cool. Heck the harem is not even interesting... One is a bullied classmate, stereotypical taciturn shy girl, she's too shy to say or do anything that most of the time she doesn't have any importance in the story until the MC demands it. The other one is a slave, turned into a brainwashed girl idolizing the MC that doesn't have any personality other than following the MC's orders and constantly thinking of wanting his d*ck. There's no dynamic relationship, it's just MC: "It's A, let's do A!" harem:"Yes, A! Master is amazing~!"
That makes me remember, the MC is somewhat similar to Chinese xianxia protagonists. In which he's portrayed as a good man by the author but he will flaunt his OP power and taunts everybody and then proceeds to kill everybody who happens he doesn't like because he provokes them in the first place. It doesn't makes sense. Though Xianxia novels somewhat have a logical reason why the MC acts that way, it's because their environment are violent and full of conflicts (murder/massacre are daily news) so if they're growing in that unhealthy environment it's believable that they will grow into a psychopath. Contrarily he's supposed to be from a relatively peace and less violence/conflict Japan, an ordinary male highschooler even, but he doesn't have qualms over killing people that even seasoned veteran in war probably will have traumatic guilt trip for years. No, I don't buy the author's excuse "they're brainwashed", that's just a lazy plot device to permit illogical actions. <<less
(Um, Sorry) I've Been Reincarnated!
Warning for those expecting this to be harem, no it's not harem/romance, it's BL tease instead. Every romance flag is shot down splendidly by the MC. There are 2 heroines which supposed to be romantic interest for the MC, but he's dense as blackhole and even in the end there's no development on romance part. The author herself is lamenting that the MC is actually friendzoning his heroine lol, yep, romance tag is a fake tag that the author herself gave the stamp of approval that the romance with the... more>> heroine won't get anywhere. What will you get at most is not so interesting or funny or romantic SOL, and feels like obligated checklist of it. Name it: study session, visiting MC's home on vacation, culture festival, obligatory summer activities, fireworks, splitting watermelon etc. And BL tease.
So if you're looking for romance with the girls around the MC steer away from this series, but if you liked a lot of ikemen interacting with a shota in somewhat slight BL vibe you will probably like reading this. By the way, there are more than 3 ikemen in the series that's at least one of them always around the MC. Even on a christmas bonus chapter the MC prefer doing a date with his ikemen tutor lol, and the MC fawning over his tutor's "gap moe" do-S ikemen liking sweet cakes lol.
At first it seems like mushoku tensei and the other isekai tensei genre and it looks like it have potential to be a good story, but as the story progressing it's becoming bland instead. My particular problem is the author giving the MC too much power, well some OPness is fine but if it makes the story bland it's bad. And the MC's power is on the level of deus ex machina, he can do anything without any restraint, it won't be a stretch to call him a literal god in this series.
Example of his OP power
he can turn any imaginable concept into reality, he need to restrain somebody? He will use "restrain" magic. He need to find somebody? He will use "find xxx" magic. He need to move quickly? He will use "teleport/fly" magic. Something broken? He will use "repair" magic. He need to fight a legendary being that can destroy a country? He will use "dimension cutter" magic with an umbrella/stage prop. Even in the end of the series he used "time stop" magic to defeat all his enemies...
Conclusion: the moment an enemy or obstacle appears, he will use an extremely convenient magic that fit the situation to solve it instantly, in the same chapter. The author herself have admitted in her foot notes that she's not good on writing conflicts/fighting scenes, so it's probably a plot device so that the MC can just skip the conflict as fast as possible.
Heavy spoiler about relationship chart of this series:
First maid heroine Chiffone only appearing like three times in the whole series, first being her introduction and the rest are joke chapters. Second appereance during the MC's school vacation he take the elf heroine back to his mansion, she lashes out that some bug is attaching to the MC. The third and final appearance is at the end of the series, she's confronting the ikemen tutor and accuse him as gay and shotacon and that he is the most probable winner of the harem since she realizes that the MC only regards her as a maid and the elf heroine is in the BFF promise of a friendzone.
The second elf heroine Sephys is having one chapter form her point of view in her introduction phase, describing how she's having a crush at the first sight with the MC, then no progress whatsoever and near the end of the series the MC put her in the friendzone (after that she's not even mentioned at all, not even on the final chapter.)
Meanwhile we got a seme do-S black haired ikemen tutor who the author jokingly refer to him as "Princess" in her digest chapters. He's "interested" with the MC and the MC interacts with him the most. The maid heroine regards him as shotacon and gay, and she states that he have the highest chance in the MC's harem.
Then we got a legendary male white dragon summon with a very fitting and creative name "Shiro" that's pretty much useless since the MC is a god, right after his first dragon form introduction he magically transform into human form, ikemen. Then the dragon form is forgotten that he never appears at all in dragon form. He got no important role in the main story and only act as butt joke.
Lastly we have an adult ikemen leader of the most elite secret service group "ninja" yeah the name of the group is ninja and they wear ninja-ish uniform. Even though he is supposed to be the most elite personel in the whole kingdom, he easily got kidnapped (similar to the princess tutor's case) and the 8 year MC have to save this sorry excuse of a secret service agent. Well, it's basically BLish damsel in distress with a shota saving an ikemen instead, apparently the author likes this so she used this plot twice in her story arc.
And then we meet a knight fall in love with the MC when he used genderbending magic to transform into a loli, he chooses to defect from his job to aid the MC and leave his hometown so he can be with the MC. Then he found out that the MC is actually a shota. Then he's in dillema whether to keep liking the MC or not with the inclination of being shotacon is probably alright. Poor knight. MC turned him into shotacon...
There's a couple of MC's male friend in the school, one got a name with extremely terrible Japanese pun... They're not important though.
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Akuyaku Reijo Ni Koi Wo Shite
Status: c30
Starting pretty strong but then dwelling into a frustatingly long unresolved misunderstanding trope common in generic shoujo series. To be honest the beginning parts of the story is a 5/5 material, but somehow after that it's frustating.
The MC is a literal gigholo who can easily manipulates girls but dense as brick when it comes to the heroine. Have OP battle skills but rather stupid, he can't see glaringly obvious solution out of his problem and the author conveniently evade the subject so he/she can keep the drama going on. He... more>> can't simply consider simple act as gaining cooperation of somebody that is important, he's just busy going here and there building his connection with people with less priority but he's ignoring to inform his own master and heroine about it. It's as if you know somebody is planning to kill your lover but you don't even consider to warn her about the circumstances and instead going into bar to woo girls so those girls can tell you rumors about the perpetrator, which for some reason you can't deal with the perpretator, all the while your lover remains oblivious about the danger and often doing something dangerous because she simply doesn't know about it, but still you won't tell her about it, you're just standing there and worrying how to stop her doing dangerous acts, but you do nothing, often flapping your mouth "N- no, d-don't go there" "Why?" "Um.. nothing..." "Are you keeping a secret from me?" "Ah... no, nothing" then she goes there and you're chagrined why you can't stop her, and as expected situation goes awry, then you step up on critical moment to save the day, rinse and repeat this for couple of times. To be honest it's frustating.
And that's the second glaring annoying thing, the first and foremost annoying thing is something that if the MC simply do it, the first arc will be resolved extremely fast and simple.
the game heroine is an otherworlder for god sake, the same as the MC! And the MC is seemingly quite informed about gaming culture at that! He even have seen the game heroine's notes about the game capturing strategy. Why can't he consider confronting the game heroine and reveal that he's also an otherworlder?? That way he can get her cooperation to avoid harm for his master and heroine! The MC can strike a deal that the game heroine can freely capture her targets as she please but just don't harm the heroine, he can even offer helping her!
Or even better he can actually have a discussion with her and tell her that this world is not the world of game. It's normal if other people can't comprehend Maria's actions, but the MC is fully aware of it yet he's avoiding the source of the trouble.
Or he can just bang her like the other girls to get her favor, it's in line with his work ethic, but somehow he won't do it with her.
Status: v1c4
This is a story heavily influenced with deep philosophy about war and somewhat religion, the author theme is clear and concise, almost pragmatic. Though to be able to enjoy this the readers have to be accustomed on reading both academical and philosophical dissertations, actively engaging and questioning about the content that the author brought forth. If you're reading this series expecting it to be a regular narrative style, with more actions and dialogues then you probably won't be able to enjoy it.
The way the author write this series shows that... more>> he's doing a lot of research on the war as subject and a lot of contemplation to state his own opinion on war with the help of the characters in his story. Gladly he's creating believable characters each with their own philosophy so there are dynamic discussion/debate in reviewing a subject matter in the storyline.
Though maybe some people questioning "Why loli?", the author doesn't use it as a creepy fan service. It's instead used to juxtapose the contrasting concept of war and children/girl, it's to show how eerie it is when a child (a little girl at that) being dragged in a war as a soldier. It arises a lot of questionable issues; that even the characters in the story itself feels troubled about it.
It contains NONE of this:
- fan service. Despite the main character is a little girl the author never use her as fan service.
- "The enemies are evil and incompetent" The enemies have believable circumstances, not the comical incompetent enemies often depicted in Japanese light novels.
- "All of our allies are incompetent" Contrarily there are a lot of competent allies, most of them are intelectual. Usually side characters in Japanese light novels are depicted as dumb so the main character can be seen as intelectual, but in this series both side characters and main character are almost equal.
In conclusion, it's not the usual run of the mill light novel, it's a series mainly dissecting opinions and facts about war in an adult view point. <<less
Why Is the Prettiest Girl in School Trying to Talk to a Loner Like Me during Lunch Break?
Since I'm the one suggesting this series to be picked-up and writing the descriptions, here's a review of it. This is a non-harem romance with misunderstanding-comedy flavor set in a modern school about a pair of the prettiest girl in the school with a loner. Two people with broken communication ability meets, one with Hikigaya Hachiman's loner mindset and the other one is a nervous self-aware tsundere girl... It's sweet and sometimes funny, focused on the two baka-couple main characters. Good to read when you want to take a break... more>> from otherworld series. The chapters are short and meant to be read in a few minute at most, it's updated almost daily. <<less
Living in this World with Cut & Paste
The author recently had passed away due to an illness, for him I'd like to express gratitude that even though a lot of people didn't like your works you've been working so hard and keep being positive until the very end. Your last few tweets when you apologized for the lack of updates due to your illness and your plan to resume the work in a few month later but you suddenly passed away made me realize how fragile and unexpected our life is... I hope you passed away in... more>> peace surrounded by your family.
A completely light read, the chapters are short and the plots are simple. The MC is young and naive but luckily he's not dense and rather straightforward due to his naivety, so the romance is proceeding in fast pace it feels refreshing compared to the usual incompetent/dense MCs.
Unfortunately the plots are very easy to predict and the characters are shallow so jaded readers will probably find it not satisfying. But since it's delivered daily and written in less than 5 minutes reading time for each chapters it's just fitting to pass time while taking a break. <<less
Nigotta Hitomi no Lilianne
This is a not bad series but also not a great one, it's entertaining to some extent but there's nothing distinguishing it from the other series with similar genre. Probably good for people who likes slow pace (extremely slow pace I mean) and slice of life fluff but not good for people who want faster pace and progressive plot.
Also for those who can't stand infant phase stories and expecting to read her grown up at least into teenager:
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probably better off not reading this series because until the end of the series she's still 4 years old.
Shikkaku Mon no Saikyou Kenja~ Sekai Saikyou no Kenja ga Sarani Tsuyoku Naru Tameni Tenseishimashita~
Similar with "Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku" translated by the same translator Sousetsuka, this is a story about over-powered main character breaking common sense. The difference is the MC in this series is more agressive than Satou from Death March and actually growing from weak to strong in a gradual way.
The pace of the plot in the story is quite fast with a little bit short word counts per chapter, but the author updated every other 2 days.
I Said Make My Abilities Average!
It's a lighthearted story with a female MC who just want to have friends and do anything as she please (which she thought as fun) after reincarnated in another world with magic and monsters. The magic system is quite unique since it's actually advanced technology disguised as magic. She's having quite OP power but basically an airhead. She's doing ridiculous things and her friends act as tsukkomi. The side characters are fun, so far some of them have been fleshed nicely in a story arc.
It's initially a misunderstanding story of... more>> obsession being average girl vs OP girl that later focused more on lighthearted adventure similar to death march with comedic vibe. <<less
400 Years Old Virgin Demon King
A short series ended at chapter 33, it's lighthearted demon king story looking for a bride. Even though the MC is an OP demon king, there is no action scenes in it so don't read it with the wrong expectation. Also for those who thought the MC will act stupidly perverted and chasing skirts to build a harem because the title mentions "virgin", don't worry, it's not that sort of story. It's more about how he is trying to be a great man, building a nice family with a loving... more>> wife and in the end becoming a good father for his children. <<less
Outcast Magician and the Power of Heretics
Something very awkward from this is that the author spent almost all the time in describing every random battles, it's like a log of game with detailed explanation of every battles along the way. If the character is interesting or funny like kumo desu ga it's not a problem; or maybe if the battle is battle of wits like seventh it's still exciting. Unfortunately with the MC being bland it becomes a chore to read these battle logs. To make it worse the battle consisting of yelling the technique names...
And... more>> the synopsis is a lie, the author is writing spontaneously without proper planning made him veering from the track to the point of betraying the whole premise. The author even admitted a couple of times that he's not expecting the story to turn that way.
Initially the author promised the readers it will be musou/OP type characters (as shown in chapter 1), yet along the way he makes him looks weak even though he already get his "heretical" power. Even with a supposed to be feared power the MC always struggling in every fight. It seems the author either forgot the setting he set up or veering off too much that he just goes whatever... Because a lot of people feels tricked by the OP tag, in the end he's apologizing to the readers that he failed to write what he planned to, and taking back the OP premise+tag in the middle of the story.
After a few moment the heroine introduced, the outcast/bullied part being thrown out of the window, he turned into riajuu instead of being hated by the country as stated in the synopsis and story becomes highschool battle romcom complete with it's tournament arc... The main heroine is pretty much shoved into the MC and the affection point being MAXed abruptly. And then later the main heroine being shelved and another girl seemingly taking her role. Mind you that not even the author knows why it turned that way...
Takarakuji de 40-oku Atattandakedo Isekai ni Ijuu Suru
It's a nice story when it's focusing on peaceful implementation of modern culture and technology into medieval age slice of life story, but when it's touching into political and war issues the MC's naivety makes the story irritating pretty fast. To be honest it was one of my favorite read since it's pretty enjoyable until around chapter 100, but after that it goes downhill.
Kazura's naivety's hurting the story later, he doesn't want to help the country preparing for war with two country that wanted to attack Kazura's country. Even though he know very well that if the country is being attacked they will definitely lose and all his precious acquintances will be either dead or enslaved. He's "Nope I will only provide you with food and daily necessities, I won't help with military at all." Because he doesn't want to dirty his own hands by inventing ways to produce war tools, Valletta decided to prepare for the war alone behind the scenes without Kazura knowing.
He's so reluctant taking action to protect the country that he have to call his father for advice, and as expected the father wisely told him to do the thing he needs to do so he won't regret it later. It seems it's a clue so he will finally take a countermeasure acts for the war, I'm so happy that it seems he will move the plot again, yet after that he still won't do anything as if he immediately forgot his father's advice.
Later the MC become somewhat pathetically useless compared to Valleta, basically she does all the hard work (designing new tools with the help Kazura's book, negotiate and managing craftsmen, mining steel, smithing weapons etc) while Kazura remains oblivious in his naive world with his beloved compost and windmill. He can't even perceive malicious intent at all that even a potential antagonist almost snatched Valleta from him and he only thinks of "Maybe it's fine to give her to him for the sake of her future... I think he's a nice guy." Not until Valleta cried desperately because she doesn't want to be given to that guy Kazura realized that it's stupid to hand Valleta over to the other guy. Yet later he disclose all important secret plans to this potential antagonist/bertrayer... the raws stuck at this point that even some Japanese reader also fed up with the current Kazura...
The New Gate
There's no human touch in the story, it's extremely mechanical so a lot of people find it dry. There's no human interactions deeper than random and shallow chitchats. The arcs only resolved around: [visits new places--> meets some people--> gets into a party--> fights grunts--> fights boss--> 1-hit KO after the MC serious--> break up temporary party--> visit new places.] The relationship between the characters are superficial and only shown trough dialogues instead of being acted out.
Everytime that the MC is in battle, the author always repeated his explanation that... more>> the MC is actually OP and can 1-hit-kill the enemies if he wanted to but he just don't want to for dubious logic. The fights becomes prolonged unnaturally since the MC just don't want to go all out, and the author writes heavy expositions about weak skills that's being used in the fake fights. There's no tension at all. <<less
My Sister the Heroine, and I the Villainess
Overall a nice read even though in the middle of the story it's veering away from the initial premise and kind of lacking direction, fortunately the author is back on track in the last two arc. 70% of the story seems like prologue and introduction of the characters, which is fun on it's own way but feels like a filler after reading to the end. 30% of the last story is the meat of the story as described by the synopsis above.
The MC Christina is a genius that can do... more>> everything perfectly if she wanted to, her actual personality is rather frank and bratty but she can also put up an act to be a lady with perfect ethic and conduct, but she's an airhead when it comes to personal relationship. Mishuly is a cute little sister which supossed to be the main premise of the series but unfortunately she's being sidelined for half of the series.... And Mariywa is a strict tutor who can teach basically anything, she's having the bearing of a last boss lol for Christina lol. <<less
Hitomishiri Onna ga Isekai de Seitenka shita Kekka
WARNING this is R15 ボーイズラブ "boys love" a.k.a shounen ai D8
I read this without knowing that the author actually tagged this as R15 boys love since in NU someone put shoujo tag instead D8 (I'm the one added the tag+description straight from the author's title page just now...) Also the author is hiding the fact trough some sly means that I didn't realize it untill I read all the chapter and see the author's tag...
The author never used gender noun (男子・弟・兄・男・彼 /妹・ 姉・彼女・女--- he/she) for one of the... more>> character in the series while having ambiguous female/male name (フォルナ: which can be transliterated as Foruna/Folna/Forna/Vorna/Volna, take your pick) for god f**king sake D8 In the raws the MC ALWAYS mentions the character with ONLY name, Folna this Folna that D8 After rereading again I realized that the MC never mentioned breast when fawning about Foruna's appearance...
Though it seems the translator choose to reveal his gender clearly with adding gender noun "him" to replace every "Foruna" the MC used. Well reading Foruna this Foruna that every single sentence without replacing it with simpler gender noun in English seems like a drag indeed, unlike in Japanese it's a little bit more natural to use name.
I have nothing against boys love, I'm not hating the genre or something, if guys can have yuri then girls can have shounen ai, it's just I feel tricked both by the author and the lack of tag in NU... I've added the proper tag now and I hope nobody got tricked again.
And also the MC is a mentally ill mature woman turned into a boy. It's grating seeing the MC self-hate and negativity. If in Forrest Gump it's about a mentally ill man that's striving with positivity we can put our emphathy and cheer for him, but with the MC in this series I feel that anything bad happening to her/him is none other than the consequences of her/his own inactivity, how can we cheer for the MC if the MC doesn't want to do anything? Well, there's a room for character growth/improvement indeed, but with the rate the series going there's not much hope...
Ah and that abrupt setting change. I don't know where to start with... He claim that he doesn't want to hurt his family but then he choose the best option on hurting their feeling by abandoning them.
He left his family and then completely forgetting them, not even a shred of phrase is spent to bother mentioning them again. Instead everything in his mind is about how he's fawning over random boy who saved her from random tugs, and surprise surprise the whole shyness tick is abandoned for lovey dovey acts. All the first part of the story is flushed out that you'll think it's a different series...
My Entire Class Was Summoned to Another World except for Me
Silly romantic comedy with some actions in every few chapter, in the early chapters it feels lackluster but after that it gets a little bit better. The author is lacking when portraying modern/real life actions (police work/terrorism) and admitting he barely know how they actually works so take that in mind while reading this. The author is better at the romcom part, it's lighthearted and at least easy to read.
It have a little bit similar vibe with "Hataraku Maou Sama", that the characters are having magic or fantasy powers but... more>> living in modern world while hiding their identity and sometimes fighting then fixing the town afterwards... <<less
Will the Re-Summoned Hero Live as an Ordinary Person
I've read the raws back then, my impression of it is "ordinary, forgetable". The author played it way too safe, he reused plots that have been used by other isekai series without adding any original flavour whatsoever. The ordinaryness is extraordinary, it's like leaves blending with it's surroundings in a forest. Once you stopped reading you will forget its existence, and even if you managed to find it again chances are you can't even remember a thing about it. I'm not saying the story is bad in a repulsive way,... more>> instead it got nothing particulary annoying which is in a way disadvantageous since there's nothing good stands out from this series. At least annoying series is memorable for it's bad points, but this series didn't have one. <<less
Magic Bullet in Magic Land
The author stopped writing altogether due to him realizing his lack of skill. Worse, the LN ended up as a commercial failure and got discontinued by the publisher. It seems that took out his confidence to write anything.
I thought this will be something different and mature from the reviews and people recommendations, but it turns out to be the usual average WN. A guy somehow awake in another world and having his FPS game cheat, then he rescued two girls from invading soldiers. After that it's galore of weaponry... more>> show offs, since the MC can equip any weapon from the game.
At first I thought there will be decent tactics, but it turns out the only tactic is overwhelming the enemies with infinite modern weapon supplies. Basically just holed up with machineguns and some traps here and there and keep shooting until the enemy gone like rambo...
The game mechanic cheat is too convenient, he got unlimited amount of supply. At first he can't use shop to repair broken/unusable weapons but later he conveniently got an upgrade to use it right when he needs it.
If I need to summarize this series it can be simply written as "Military-otaku+Michael Bay of WN, simple plot with explotions everywhere." <<less
Initially decent series with some hints of politics but then the author seems biting more than he can chew so the story is spreading too much and it feels convoluted. The author loves to make things seemingly more complicated than it actually is to create illusion that the characters are smart. The author spent pages of text just for convoluted and cryptic chats that can be summarized with one paragraph. The MC which in the beginning expected to be a great leader over the time seems incompetent.
The author messed up... more>> the timeline so it will become very hard to determine how much the time is progressing at any point of the plot. The story pace sometimes feels very slow and there's barely any progress in a chapter but at some other times jumping around that will make you feel confused about the timeline.
Beware for those who can't stand NTRs, prepare for bitter aftertaste reading some points in the story. Either plow trough by ignoring these seemingly NTR developments and read it as politic/war story or if you're weak with it don't bother to start at all. There's still hope for some of them if you managed to plow trough but some may not redeemable, the author directly stated there's no guarantee it will move like the reader's expectations in every cases.
Yuusha, Aruiwa Bakemono to Yobareta Shoujo
From the author who wrote "The Girl Who Ate a Death God" and "The Girl Who Bore the Flame Ring", it's a great story. As usual from the author's writing style, the heroine is strong but still humane. She have her own worries but she strives ahead even though the future looks bleak. The MC is strong but it doesn't mean she's invincibly OP, she can do OP feats but doesn't mean she never got hurt or get out of it without any severe repercussion.

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How To Answer "When Were You Most Satisfied With Your Job"
Apply for a job with a major company and you'll have to attend a formal interview. To make things more complicated, you'll have to deal with the inevitable round of curveballs that come your way. One curveball is the "When were you most satisfied with your job?" question. It's unexpected and most people don't prepare it.
That makes it no surprise when places like Apple, Google, and Costco hiring start using it. Here's how to answer it.
The vast majority of applicants mess this up because they give a vague answer. They refer to a time where they were content in their lives. As is often the case, it's not the job that made the person content. It was their life circumstances in general. It's an amateur mistake, and it's exactly why companies tend to ask this question.
What they want is a specific answer. They're using this question to make sure you're a good fit for the job. An employer has an idea of what will make their employees content and happy. By asking you this question, they're going to find out whether you're going to fit into that mold. In essence, this is one of the most important questions of any interview.
I am most satisfied with my job when I'm able to interact with people on a one-to-one basis. Forming a human connection makes my day because I'm able to meet their needs, whilst also seeing the results first-hand. It gives me great pleasure to make someone's day like that.
As you can see, this example is specific and it points towards customer service. In the case of something like Costco hiring, this would be what they want if you were working in their retail sector.
Now we're going to sound incredibly contradictory. We've already said your answer should attack the question and hit it with specifics. In this part of the guide, we're going to tell you that there's such a thing as giving an answer that's too specific.
Make sure you never mention brands or specific people. Satisfaction in a job should be general enough that you could enjoy the same position anywhere else. Let's say you loved working with a manager or for a certain label. You're saying you loved this other company and your new employer is a second place.
The employer wants to know you can feel satisfied and motivated in this new role.
Finally, don't overthink this question, or any other interview question. Answer honestly and avoid vague answers. The worst thing you can do is to think about an answer for too long. Use this as a rough guide to tell you what ballpark the interviewer is operating in.


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I've had a chance to visit a couple of big suburban high schools lately. Both are in old buildings with some real charm—woodwork, tall ceilings, tall windows. Both are surrounded by neighborhoods with beautiful old houses and tall trees. Both pride themselves on sending their top students to highly selective colleges. But both have seen significant demographic changes as middle-class and working-class African-American families have moved in—partly so their children can attend such well-regarded schools. In both cases, the African-American students are not doing nearly as well as the white students. Both schools are baffled.
The superintendent laughed when he told me of the reaction teachers had when he asked why students had so many Ds and Fs on their report cards. "They were furious," he said, adding that they felt he was questioning their professional judgment. But, the superintendent told me, he then asked them why they thought it was a good thing to have so many failing students? "They'll never admit it," he said, "but the conversation changed after that." Now, teachers are talking about identifying students who need extra help, which the superintendent considers a major breakthrough.
The reaction: How uncreative! How restrictive!
"I wouldn't want to teach like that," one administrator said. Later, I talked with one of the victims of her system of atomized classrooms where teachers develop their own standards, their own curricula, their own assessments, and their own grading systems. A beautiful African-American girl, she is a senior who only recently became aware that she is not learning as much in her classes as her white schoolmates, most of whom are in honors and other upper-level classes. "They have different assignments and different work," she said. She is hoping to go to a good college, she told me, but she is realizing that although she has met the standards expected of her, she hasn't been expected to do very much. Bright and ambitious, I fear that she will have to spend a considerable amount of time, as too many of her fellow students do, in remedial classes before being able to take a college-credit course.
Interestingly, many of the teachers in this school and district—as opposed to the administrators—seem ready to work in new, collaborative ways. They hate it that so many of their students are failing and are ready to try something new. I am not convinced that teachers can make the changes necessary without the support of school leaders, but I am wishing them well and will follow their progress with interest.


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Feeling Lonely? Get a GameCrush
Are you tired of playing with yourself? GameCrush.com is banking on the fact that you are. This new gaming site, launched March 23, offers clients the chance to play games with attractive females… for a price of course. The Players (guys) can pick from a variety of online games with the site, and browse to find a suitable PlayDate (girl). Once you invite a PlayDate and she accepts the gaming starts complete with video chat. GameCrush has also linked with Xbox 360, however Xbox Live does not support the video chat and once you invite the girl and she accepts you must also get her gamertag, sign in to Live and then send her an invite. Currently Modern Warfare 2, Gears of War 2, Grand Theft Auto IV, and Halo 3 are supported for the site. GameCrush also hopes to get Playstation 3 and World of Warcraft into the mix soon.
So how much does it cost for this service you ask? It's $8.25 for 500 credits, which is enough for one game that cost 400 credits(about $6.60) and maybe a tip at the end of the game. So how long does a game last then? Well it depends, but on Xbox Live you can figure around 10 minutes when looking at the current games available. Out of that cost GameCrush keeps 60 percent, leaving the other 40 for the PlayDates services.
Wrapping up let us look at some hopefully obvious facts. First, this is sure to turn into some type of porn gaming eventually seeing as how you rate girls after you play with them (higher rated girls get better recommendations through the site) and the video chat is completely private. With girls listing their moods as flirty or dirty it probably won't be long before Players are requesting the PlayDates to play topless and such.
Second, why would anybody want to pay this price to play on Xbox Live? You can't see the girl, so how about if you really want to talk to a girl while you're playing, just shoot a friend request to the next random girl you encounter on Live… that way it is free. Despite the fact that this is seemingly a ridiculous idea to pay so much money to play video games with a girl (I mean think about it… almost $49.50 to play for an hour) the site is probably going to rake in the money. Since a day after it's launch, the site crashed due to over 10,000 inquires in 5 minutes, and it is still not up as of 3/30/10. Oh well, if you're that desperate when it come back up, knock yourself out.
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John Roberts has been training in martial arts for 12 years, and is currently a 3rd degree black belt in American Karate. Through the years he has trained in Tae Kwan Do, CDT, Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, Krav Maga, and KFM. Most recently he has also had the chance to do training with Ricardo Liborio and his American Top Team. Along with his years in the martial arts, John also has a bachelor's degree with a major in fine arts and a minor in philosophy. He enjoys first-person shooters in his free time.
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'Red Nose, Floppy Shoes' by James Brosnahan - additional information.
One-act satirical comedy. Single (domestic kitchen) set.
Michael's DNA test confirms his self-diagnosed Coulrophobia (fear of clowns). When Dr Keegle informs him he actually has the dreaded Clown Syndrome and only a week to live, his wife must keep him away from any form of comedy. Michael agrees to attend a support group. Tragically, the DNA test was mixed up, and rather than Courophobia, Michael has actually got the Clown Gene - he's a clown, and cannot help himself delivering an improvised stand up routine to the members of the Clown Syndrome support group. Exposed to comedy, they die in droves and Michael is carted off to prison, charged with murder. At the last moment his sentence is commuted to Community Service and his family must adjust to the new Michael, from his red nose to his floppy shoes.


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Carolyn L. Barkley received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1969 and her Masters in Library Science from the University of Pittsburgh in 1971. She was employed by the Virginia Beach (Virginia) Department of Public Libraries from 1971 until her retirement in 2006.
She is the genealogist for Clan Barclay International and oversees its DNA project. She has served as President of the St. Andrew's Society of Tidewater, the Scottish Society of Tidewater, Virginia, the Virginia Beach Genealogical Society, and the Virginia Library Association.
She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, Scotland, and a member of several Scottish and genealogical organizations. In addition to being a genealogical researcher, she indexes and edits books for genealogical authors. She is the author of Marriage Bonds of Princess Anne County, Virginia 1822-1850 (Willow Bend, 1997).
Carolyn and her husband live in Nelson County, Virginia, in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
I spent summers in a household of four generations who told family stories. In addition, my grandfather was a City Clerk and introduced me to the joys of deed research when I was in my early teens.
While searching for my paternal grandfather's passenger arrival record, I instead found a record for my father, aged 1, traveling with his mother and sister after a visit to Portugal to visit his maternal grandfather. This record provided me with my great-grandfather's name and address in Lisbon.
William Wallace. I'd like to document the historical person, separating him from romantic myth. However, I'd rather find the parents of George Barkley (b. ca. 1730; lived Isle of Wight County, Va. ca. 1751; died North Carolina 1788)!


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Survivor: Auschwitz, the Death March and my fight for freedom
Sam Pivnik is the ultimate survivor from a world that no longer exists. On fourteen occasions he should have been killed, but luck, his physical strength and his determination not to die all played a part in Sam Pivnik living to tell his extraordinary life story.
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In 1939, on his thirteenth birthday, his life changed forever when the Nazis invaded Poland. He survived the two ghettoes set up in his home town of Bedzin and six months on Auschwitz's notorious Rampkommando where prisoners were either taken away for entry to the camp or gassing.
After this harrowing experience he was sent to work at the brutal Furstengrube mining camp. He could have died on the 'Death March' that took him west as the Third Reich collapsed and he was one of only a handful of people who swam to safety when the Royal Air Force sank the prison ship Cap Arcona, in 1945, mistakenly believing it to be carrying fleeing members of the SS.
He eventually made his way to London where he found people too preoccupied with their own wartime experiences on the Home Front to be interested in what had happened to him. Now in his eighties, Sam Pivnik tells for the first time the story of his life, a true tale of survival against the most extraordinary odds.
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News Bay Ridge
Last hurrah for Golden as Cuomo signs MTA lockbox bill
January 4, 2019 By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Former state Sen. Marty Golden (center) stood outside the 86th Street R train station in September with Brooklyn Republican Party Chairperson Ted Ghorra and then-U.S. Senate candidate Chele Farley to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to sign his legislation. Cuomo signed the bill in the waning days of Golden's tenure. Eagle file photo by Paula Katinas
Former Republican state Sen. Marty Golden got a gift on his way out the door from an unexpected source.
During Golden's last days as a lawmaker, Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill the Bay Ridge Republican sponsored to tighten the so-called "lockbox" around MTA funds to prevent state officials from siphoning funds from the MTA and spending the money on pet projects that have nothing to do with transportation.
The new law requires that state funding dedicated to the MTA only be used for the intended purpose. Monies meant for the MTA could still be diverted, but only in emergencies — and a diversion impact statement would have to be filed.
"It is critically important that resources dedicated to support the transportation services of the MTA are used for just that and nothing else. This new law will help ensure that our transit system becomes more efficient, reliable and a safe for commuters," Golden said in a statement.
Golden, an eight-term incumbent, lost the election in November to Democrat Andrew Gounardes. State Sen. Gounardes took office at midnight on Jan. 1.
In September, Golden appeared outside the 86th Street R train station with Chele Farley, the Republican who ran against Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and called on Cuomo to sign the lockbox bill. Farley lost the election to Gillibrand.
It's not clear just how much money has been diverted from the MTA to other state projects over the years, but Farley estimated that it could be as much as $500 million.
Golden said state lawmakers thought they had solved the MTA fund-raiding problem through legislation in 2011.
The MTA's funding stream was changed in 2011, according to Golden, who said a new law went into effect that created a separate "lockbox" to put MTA funds into. Under the old system, money for the MTA was put into New York state's general fund, he said.
But the 2011 law contained a loophole that allowed the governor to take funds from the MTA to pay for specific projects, even if those projects were not transportation-related, Golden said.
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Swans Commentary » swans.com August 26, 2013
Why Are Men So Insecure? - Part I
Random Conversation #3
by Raju Peddada
"God seeks comrades and claims love, the devil seeks slaves and claims obedience."
—Rabindernath Tagore (1861-1941), Nobel Prize winner for literature, 1913
[Author's Note: Since the dawn of civilization, the male gender, not in its entirety, has been so insecure that it has built misogynistic fortresses: religions, to secure itself against the female gender. Is it because the female, even in her surreal and inscrutable alchemy, happens to be the repository of mankind's evolutionary progress, the future, and more intimidating, the epitome of physical and natural beauty? Or is it because she happens to epitomize our strengths, as well as our weaknesses -- with her indispensable vulnerability, enigmatic bearing, and the capacity to compromise? Nevertheless, it is indubitable that the female either incites our savage impulses or lugubrious resignation, but nothing neutral. The treatment of women gestates our smug regression, as well as our uncredited progression. However, the abuse of woman, in its various guises, incidental and isolated, or sanctioned and systematic, demystifies man's insecurity.]
(Swans - August 26, 2013) A conversation between friends, Eva (Evie -- Catholic, now atheist), Purush (Pu -- Parsee-Zoroastrian, exploring Buddhism), and Naina (Nan -- Hindu):
"I wish I was a man, Pu -- get to be free from a lot of bullshit..."
"Like what? -- You think men aren't the authors of all the bullshit trouble we have?"
"Simple stuff, like -- walking around at 2 a.m. without the terror of being violated -- raging fuckin' hormones, bleeding cycles, rapacious eyes -- a variety of physical limitations, even against limp dicks, it sucks -- !"
"Don't be a fatalist -- you gals have lots of advantages, I mean physical -- except being shafted by organized religions -- which is a big fuckin' problem, literally."
"Don't get me started... my mother lived in fear, without freedom all her life -- my dad and his suffocating Church -- goddamn diablos -- of-the-true-god!"
"Hey," putting his arm around her, "I know the feeling, we had to escape the hairy Ayatollah for the sake of our woman -- where the asshole is defined by... forget it."
"Where -- what happened?"
"It was Iran -- some other time, sweets -- let's go and fornicate, babe."
"Shhut up, Pu... what happened, tell me -- pleaase."
"Trust me, it's not entertaining, it's brutal stuff -- none of that shit is worth our time, dig it?"
"I want to hear it... or you want to talk about the weather?" Evie, sounding resolute.
"You're a fuckin' hag fish! Weather is a cooler topic -- you want to hear about genital mutilation of screaming pubescent girls... verification of your virginity by state officials -- alright, I won't tell you our little story, but what had happened to our neighbors. To escape Shiite bigotry we had moved from Mashhad to Tehran... this was just after the revolution."
"Iran -- right?"
"Yep... in Tehran, we moved in right next door to another Parsee family -- we were too little to remember all this... my dad told me this a few months ago, triggered by a visit, from someone I nor my sisters knew. Anyway, our neighbors had teenage daughters -- and one, Farida, attended the university. She apparently had rebuffed the advances of a Muslim man quite vehemently at the campus. A week later, we heard a commotion outside -- pushing, shoving, and scuffling followed by wailing -- by the father and mother. There were three men, two in uniform, and one in plain clothes -- police officials to take Farida into custody..."
"Just like that! God -- if every woman got arrested for rejecting, half the country would be in jail..."
"Just like that, Evie -- she was incarcerated and charged for allegedly insulting a Muslim man and his faith, and get this -- for making sexual advances. They had three witnesses who claimed to have seen her do this when it had happened in a conference room at the library. At this point, I saw my dad gulp down his bitter rage, but continued -- my father was reliving it -- you see, he was my dad's colleague at the engineering college. About a week later, there was a larger delegation at our neighbor's door -- my father's colleague called him in and told him what had transpired. They had offered to release the girl and dismiss the charges on three conditions: apologize to the family, convert their whole family to Islam for insulting the faith -- and marry the man...."
"...Oh my god!"
"Which fuckin' god, Evie? Anyway, they were asked to dump their whole identity... and kowtow to this fucker. He was the son of some ranking official in the Republican Guards -- like Gestapo, I suppose. They had given them three days. Farida refused -- and we heard their living terror everyday -- this is how my dad experienced it -- like they were naked, like those Jews at the concentration camp. After the judgment, they moved her to another city -- to be stoned to death. They never saw her again -- my father didn't say much after this, he shut down abruptly -- except for muttering her name a few times. The visitor from a few months back was Farida's youngest sister, living in Fresno... I saw her -- Farida's -- picture a few days ago -- it was haunting... was that entertaining?"
"I am sorry Pu... it's scary. Orwellian -- can't believe shit like this happens today -- in this century... and states like this are allowed to exit! Can they ever be -- like contemporary? It's one thing to be abused by chance -- like isolated, but to be violated systematically for generations, just because you are different really sucks, sucks to the fuckin' hell -- do you think it's gender insecurity? And, why are the followers of ideologies more insecure?"
"You're onto it -- you know, I have had the same notion for years."
"You know -- sometimes I feel a helpless rage -- that the history of the world is the landscape of organized misogyny -- except for a few instances. I wonder if there is any society that worships the feminine beauty and its capacity -- of reproductive might?"
"Weren't you in the class a couple of weeks ago? Professor Shulman went through how the Hindus called the interior of their temples "Gar-bha-gri-ha" a womb where the deity resides. It was really awesome, recognizing the natural feminine power, and..." "... the depiction of female anatomy as a temple... it was so profound... it flashed images of pilgrims, as moving sperm trying to access the spiritual chamber... so symbiotic." Evie adds.
"Imagine such a thing in the Middle East? The Catholics sealed off Mary's private parts to accept her -- what does that beam? Every non-virgin a whore?! Bullshit!" Pu exhorts.
"I sometimes wonder, with all our advances, how anyone can swallow such trite stuff -- miracles? What have we come to -- we believe in hocus-focus supernatural shit than in reality -- I mean scientific reasoning -- and nature law!"
"Damn right -- bullshit theology that's sold to the indolent, indigent, illiterate, and the gullible -- that virgins are wet in their collective breath for the hard-ons that maim or kill in the service of god. I don't get it, why fuckin' die for some god and his bloody ideology to land a pussy -- I could get many here on earth without killing myself. I have to give up my life to get laid -- what kind of bullshit philosophy is that?! How can you sell this shit? What kind of a moron you have to be -- to buy it?! What I really don't get is how they are willing to be trained as terrorists, immersed in logic and reason -- yet fall for the fur-pie reasoning!"
"Haaaaahahahaha... I love it when you rant! Wait a... how many did you get?" suddenly looking dubious.
"Out of the gutter, be real-- please!"
"Sawrry -- but you know... I see vagina dialogues everywhere, on the reality shows -- MTV, Bachelors & Bachelorettes, Sex in the City, Desperate Housewives. Looks like the natural law and order has kicked Abraham's misogynistic ass..."
"...and his bloody minions -- while we, the liberated literate, can worship the feminine beauty and her procreative preponderance!" Pu completes her thought.
"Hey hey -- sync'd in ink! Isn't pornography an overt worship of the clitoris and vagina? All those superlatives that come from guys doing these woman..."
"Cum from guys, it's expected... hehehe" Eye contact and snickering. "I wouldn't go that far, babe. I still think porn is abuse, wouldn't you say so as a... ? but one thing is for sure, clit is that gothic antenna, overseeing the threshold that delivers us to life -- yet, we allow misogynistic fuckers to carry on in deceiving humanity."
"Isn't the vagina our purgatory -- a place for cleansing and release from the pressure, the repression, and the hypocrisy of saints, priests, prophets, and rabbis? Didn't these fuckers find their release there -- and followed it with claims of enlightenment from stars, angels, statues, meteorites, water, trees, burning bushes, sands, and rocks? Doesn't their cynical hypocrisy denigrate, demonize, and ostracize the very temple and its threshold they had emerged from -- and sought release whenever they desired? Isn't it impudence and presumptuous savagery and treachery to turn around and proclaim sin and rejection, and profess violation and mutilation of the same threshold where their salvation lies -- it's like violating your own mother, your own house where you spent nine months. Such insolence, such ignorance, such insecurity, in the face of such a magnificent and benevolent threshold! Mother-fuckin' Bastards!"
"Whoaaa, you're sexy when mad! You're so damn right -- desert religions were designed to denigrate the female gender -- why do woman succumb to these dumb bastions of hate -- I don't understand." Pu gives her a great big kiss -- "let's have smoothie and chill."
"Aaright..."
"Hey you two, what's shaking? Why is she all flushed pink?" They are joined by their friend, Naina.
"Huh, nothing -- we were just having some friction."
"Oh, on what -- whatever makes this beaver excited would excite me too." Naina motions to Eva.
"Evie, don't get into it."
"Come on, Pu -- Nan would cart a lot to the table... wouldn't she?"
"Guys, guys -- you're killing me with the suspense, what... whaaat?"
"Pu wants to experience virgins in heaven... hehehehe" -- Evie, with sneering sideways glace at Pu.
"Are you converting?" Nan, shocked with an inquiring look.
"Stop, you two -- we were discussing why men are so insecure... why can't men accept and worship the woman?"
"Well, well -- now I get why she's all pink. But isn't that what the Muslims do -- worship women, and are willing to die to get them even in heaven? I think it's worship, although in a warped way -- they are restricted to only four females on terra firma, but desire them in bunches as virgins in heaven -- that's worship!"
"Gee... never thought of it that way." Evie and Pu concede.
"Pu thinks that the clitoris and vagina should be worshiped... as symbols."
"They already do, in India... they worship the penis too, Lingam -- have been for ages, something like 6000-plus years! Shiva is the manifestation of a penis -- the Lingam, a phallus-shaped rock..."
"That's way cool... advanced! Sure, there's no hypocrisy lurking somewhere in this? -- sorry, can I get you a smoothie?"
"Thanks, no, I just had tea -- you know my grandfather was a yogi. He used to tell us that the ancient Hindu society, before the 7th century AD, was an open and advanced society. Woman lived in total freedom. It was the golden age of India, well before the invaders had not violated the purity and openness of indigenous cultures there. Indian women could pick their own mates, and princesses could select their men from among many courtiers in what was referred to as swayamwar. Vatsyayana authored Kama-Shastras or Sutras, in 1250 verses on sensual aesthetics of experiencing sexual pleasures with a mate -- and that was from around 400 BC. Ancient Hindu temples were carved with explicit sexual postures, consecrating the idea that procreative activity or sexual interaction between mates was a natural and spiritual endeavor, as opposed to being portrayed as the original sin. Sex is spiritual -- it's the only divine engagement we crave! But all that's vanished -- fear has changed the Indian society, and today, most men have become degenerates -- just like your yard variety repressed creatures from elsewhere..."
"I was going say... with all those rapes recently. I doubt it's a systematic thing in India... but they sure seem repressed -- I guess that's what happens when you commit female infanticide -- happens in China too. Not enough woman to go around -- many dogs lined up on one bitch! What a fuckin' travesty! Dave sure is lucky for your Indian arse!" Evie motions to Nan, and nudges him. They all giggle -- the conversation continues.
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Q: Confused regarding gain margin and stability I plotted the bode plots of the transfer function:
G(s)= 2.123×10^6 ((0.105s+1.01))/(s^2 (s+12566.37) )
It is as follows:

As can be seen, it shows the gain margin as negative infinity, however loop is said to be stable. I am confused by this as I have studied until now that negative gain or phase margin implies instability. Can someone help me out?
Edit: A photo of the function:

A: No - the stability margin is positive.
For low frequencies, the phase is -180deg - that means: The minus sign at the summing node is included in your analyses. So you have the correct loop gain function - and the stability limit would be reached when the phase is -360 deg (or 0 deg) for positive magnitudes.
No problem at all - you are "deep" in the stability region.
(Note: Only when the minus sign at the summing node is NOT included in the loop gain function - as shown in some books/articles - the stability limit is at -180deg).
Comment: Because you have mentioned the term "gain margin" I have assumed that the shown function (and the plots) is the loop gain of a circuit with feedback - and you are interested to know if the closed-loop will lead to a stable system. Is this correct? If not, the question regarding gain margin makes no sense.

A: This is my interpretation of this.
The inversion in the loop at the summing junction is not included in those stability analysis graphs. If it was then the minimum loop phase would be -180 degrees. The phase margin on the phase graph is measured as how far short the loop phase lag is of -180 degrees at unity gain, measured as 62.2 degrees short of -180 degrees. Therefore the summing junction inversion is not included and the stability limit is taken as -180 degrees.
As the log of frequency axis extends toward infinity to the left, the loop phase plot tends towards -180 degrees. -180 degrees loop phase lag will be reached at infinity and so in reality -180 loop phase lag will never be reached. Without -180 degrees loop phase lag (-360 degrees or 0 degrees if the summing junction inversion is included in the analysis) the system must be stable. However at infinity the gain  will have increased to infinity. The gain margin is the number of dBs that must be added to the gain to give a gain of 0dB (unity gain) at the frequency where the loop phase lag is -180 degrees (-360 with the inversion included). So -infinity dBs must be added to the gain (gain margin = -infinity) to bring the gain to unity when the phase is -180 degrees (-360). Of course this all happens at infinity and so is theoretical. But the point is that the system is stable because the loop phase around the complete loop never quite reaches -360 degrees.


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Chancellor Chopp speaks to incoming students, parents
For the first time since arriving on campus, first-year students gathered together on Tuesday morning as the class of 2021. Before the more than 1,500 students — decked out in red shirts — formed a large "DU" at Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium, they took part in Pioneer Passage, the annual orientation ceremony for new Pioneers.
Pioneer Passage was an opportunity for students and their parents to hear for the first time from Chancellor Rebecca Chopp. Her address to students focused on how individual stories — or events — shape our lives. She discussed different events happening in our world, like Hurricane Harvey and the recent tensions in Charlottesville, Virginia. Chopp talked about the impact that exploring southwestern Colorado this summer has had on her own story. She also talked about the stories that have shaped the University of Denver since its founding in 1864.
"Your journey here is to learn and contribute to the stories of others and to write your own story, interlaced with this community and this world," Chopp said to the students. "In several years, you will be a DU alum. You, too, will create and found DU with your stories."
The theme of "stories" was shaped by a summer-reading assignment given to all incoming first-year and transfer students: J.D. Vance's "Hillbilly Elegy." The bestselling book is Vance's account of his troubled upbringing in Appalachia. The book was selected for DU's common reading program, One Book One DU. In addition to reading the book, students were asked to respond to a prompt that will be incorporated into this week's orientation activities and into first-year seminars.
Students and their parents also heard on Tuesday from Gregg Kvistad, provost and executive vice chancellor; Lili Rodriguez, vice chancellor of campus life and inclusive excellence; Todd Rinehart, interim vice chancellor of enrollment; and Morgan Smith and Darylann Aragon, incoming undergraduate student government president and vice president, respectively.
Before leaving, Chopp offered students three tips for beginning their "DU Story." She told students to ask questions. "No one expects you to know everything," she said. "Learn as many stories as you can. Question everyone and everything, but do so from a place of genuine curiosity and openness. Ask to learn, not merely to express your own point of view."
Second, she told students to keep their balance. "Keep your balance when you are learning to navigate this place," Chopp said. "Take things in, but don't get overwhelmed. Go at your own pace."
Her final message was to connect and engage with others in the DU community. "I suggest you connect with at least three individuals: a person who seems like yourself, a person who is different but you trust, and a faculty, coach, or staff member who can mentor you and help you begin to navigate DU," Chopp said. "Listen to their stories, tell yours, [and] learn to connect through your stories."
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