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fluffypotatey · 3 months

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okay so:

the year is 2021. the month is june. the new season of hermitcraft, season 8, has just started, and everything is great! the hermits are all messing around, having fun, building insane things within the first week of the server being active, and generally having a good time. everyone's collected themselves into little factions, pranking each other, and it's all the fun, lighthearted, mostly-vanilla content hermitcraft is known for.

and then the split between minecraft versions 1.18 and 1.19 is announced. the delay of new terrain, and especially of new mobs like the warden, considerably disrupt several of the hermits' plans. but it's fine, they'll figure something out, they're professionals, and it mostly goes unnoticed.

about two weeks later, on november 9th, grian turns to mumbo jumbo in one of his episodes, and asks the famous question that would seal hermitcraft season 8's fate:

"mumbo, is the moon... big?"

suddenly, the fans panic. they search back through videos and streams, and realize that the moon had been abnormally large and stuck in a full-moon phase since october 30th. the Moon Big event has begun.

this is where the roleplay really starts. once the moon's size has been brought up, the hermits start a weird combination of scrambling to figure out why the moon's growing, and how to stop it- but also of ignoring it, hoping it won't be a problem, hoping someone else will deal with it. the moon keeps getting bigger, more hermits start realizing it's going on, and a creeping sense of dread starts to grow. but it's fine. it's fine, right? they do little plotlines like this all the time. they'll figure something out, the moon will go back to normal, and we'll laugh about it when this is all over. it's fine.

and then, blocks start flying away. just floating up out of the ground, and falling right back down! like for a moment, a square meter chunk of dirt has decided it's a ballerina and leaped out of the ground! but it's fine, right? the blocks are coming back. no lasting harm is done. they're going to fix it all... right?

the moon gets bigger. it's growing every day- local hermit weirdguy joe hills measures it every stream. the blocks start flying higher. gravity starts getting... weird, with players getting the slow falling effect at random, and being lifted off of the earth themselves. the players form cults and rituals and whatnot to try and appease the moon, convince it to leave them alone, making plans to escape. nothing works. things keep getting worse, and the moon keeps getting bigger. but it'll be fine. these storylines never leave lasting harm, or at least they never have before. they'll be fine.

and then the blocks stop coming back, just floating into the sky forever. the players have the slow falling effect more than they don't now. the moon is now so big it's visible even during the day, and fills the entire sky at night. they start planning their escapes in earnest, and say their goodbyes. some hermits jump into a void hole in the overworld (it was the centerpiece of their village). some flee to the End, some to the nether, some just fly with elytras and hope they can get far enough away in time. one brave hermit, tango, flies himself to the moon in a futile attempt to blow the whole thing up before it can crash.

but in the end, the moon crashes into the server, and everything they'd built was destroyed. and the whole time, there'd been nothing any of them could've done. season eight was over, a full six months before anyone had expected it to end, and season nine wouldn't start until about three months later. and im still not okay about it.

(here's a cool animatic of the moon's crash! honestly i dont think you need too much hermitcraft knowledge to get the gist)

(also the moon crash happened on the day before my birthday lmao.)

….

holy shit

#ok ok let me see if i have the timeline correctly:#1) s8 begins in June and so does the new update announcement #2) months go by with no issue (that they’re aware of)#3) it’s in November when they realize the moon has been growing #4) does the moon crash in January???#but gawddam #that is one apocalypse story if I’ve heard of one #also fitting bc i think it was 2021 where we were getting a LOT of asteroid/moon fall movies #idk what was in the air (possibly the pandemic that led to unforced isolation & ppl coped with apocalypse stories)#and somehow that bled through to a Minecraft server???? somehow?????#wild #this also reminds me of an apocalypse movie i watched with a friend called ‘3 Días’#very good movie btw #highly recommend (it is a Spanish only film which i don’t think will be an issue bc subtitles)#anyway #asks #smp 101 with gumy #hermitcraft edition!

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cactusringed · 2 months

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I think the hermits and their attitude towards wardens really shows the perpetual dilemma and difficulty mojang faces whenever updating Minecraft in the sense that ther is truly two major camps within Minecraft's playerbase; the very very large casual playerbase, and the smaller but much louder professional and technical playerbase. And then ofc you have the divisions within those player bases in general (builder/redstoner/speedrunners etc). Because the warden is meant to be one of, if not The scariest thing you can encounter in Minecraft, it's not meant to be fought, when you see it you're meant to just up and run for your life, etc. And in casual gameplay, that works well. The amount of players who will actually farm wardens is very few when compared to the amount of players who will properly just avoid them at all costs. But then you've got professional players learning it's AI, using it to scare their friends, for pranks, luring the strongest most terrifying mob to the surface for the sake of a prank, or farming them as a simple mob switch, or using them in their masterpiece of a game within a game. And then these professional players will grow so accustomed to the warden they'll just decide one day oh hey I want a warden head to hear what it sounds like on a noteblock so they'll just kill it, early game - before even going to the end and getting an elytra they'll casually kill a warden. And this isn't a bad thing btw I'm not saying hermits are ruining the warden, far from it. It actually shows just how... Different hermits and other professional players approach Minecraft and it's mechanic - what was meant to be a mob that shouldn't be fought and should be avoided at all costs becomes the subject of pranks and games and farms. Even when mojang specifically made it so there would be little aim to farming it, technical players looked at them, laughed, and found a use for them anyway. Isn't that amazing. There's something beautiful about it.

But it's those very same unintended uses and consequences that makes it so hard to add content to Minecraft. Whenever people say that modders are able to do so much mroe than mojang are I kind of have to laugh because it is said with so much lack of knowledge as to why mojang has to be so extremely deliberate with all of their addition. There's a balance they have to try to strike each time between developing a game for the vast amount of casual players whilst being very aware of the very dedicated technical and professional playerbase that will have access to the very same features. And of course, both these player bases don't exist in a vacuum separate from each other. And that's the issue - something that is obviously useful and fun for professional video makers could potentially suck the fun out of the game for casuals or, worse, lead to malicious exploits within casual servers. Genuinely such a hard balance to strike

#The Clovis ring #Sorry it's a subject that always fascinates me

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aviculor · 8 months

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Insect Pinning Tutorial

This is going to be a very surface-level lesson in insect pinning for display. Let's say you have captured an insect you wish to pin. One such as this Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula).

The first step is to create a killing jar. This tool dispatches your quarry using toxic fumes, giving you an intact corpse you can display. What you need is an airtight container, nail polish remover, and a tissue. Now, scientifically, the ideal chemical to use is ethyl acetate. But in the absence of that, nail polish remover works. The setup is simple: you make the tissue lightly damp using your dispatching chemical, place it inside the container, add the insect, and close it up. Now, because I am slightly rusty and the opening on this bottle is large, I used more than necessary and the tissue was soaked.

Ideally, you do not want to wait too long to perform the next step as you want your corpse to be fresh and pliable...but also not wait too short, as you want it to be dead and not unconscious. This is when you get out your pinning board and insect pins. The board is optional as long as you have a sheet of styrofoam, but the pins are a little less DIY. You will need to have insect pins ahead of time in order to pin an insect.

What you want to do here is position your corpse dorsal-side up (belly down) and push a pin through its pronotum, the "shield" behind its head. Traditionally, a hemipteran such as this should be pinned instead through its scutellum, the segment of the thorax after the pronotum which lies between the wings, but as previously stated I am rusty and also it's too late. If I were to re-do it, the hole would bother me. Incidentally, with beetles, the target for pinning is the right elytron (plural elytra), the hardened forewing characteristic of beetles which forms a hard cover over the flying wings.

The next step is to use more pins to pose the insect's limbs. Now, because I had to go to work, I did in fact wait a little long to pin my lanternfly. And as a result, its legs were not as pliable as I would have preferred. But as I said above, this is already imperfect. And perfection is overrated anyway.

Now, something a professional might do is spread its wings which would show off this species' bright red abdomen. However, this is an optional step which requires more precision and patience. And as mentioned, my subject was already becoming rigid. Come morning, it will have finished drying out and remain in this pose without the pins holding its legs.

And that is how you pin an insect. I am by no means a professional and it has been about a decade since I last performed this technique, but hopefully you have learned something.

#insect #bugblr

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catmaidetho · 1 year

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:0 i would love to hear how you write etho!

after making that post and going to bed i've realized that it's so hard for me to describe all the thoughts that go into it so

tl;dr: i have consumed an ungodly amount of ethoslab content to the point that writing him is kind of second nature

you could also probably go thru my archive for etho text posts i've rb'd, cuz those have also influenced me a lot and i'll link a few at the end. i also sincerely recommend watching and rewatching his hc7 because that is like, everything i love about etho in 40-smth episodes.

long and kind of complicated/messy answer under the cut. i tried to go as in-depth as i could w/o being overly rambly

when you think of etho, what do you think of? you probably think "mysterious cryptid redstone guy who is scary." that is the devil talking. he is not mysterious, a cryptid, or scary at all. he is just a guy who's reputation is bigger than him.

here's some (very basic) traits i'd assign to etho before any of those:

humble

reflective*

confident

competitive

friendly

mischievous

avoidant

*reflective in the sense that he mirrors other people's energy.

originally i had a whole rant typed up explaining these personality traits, but i realize you are probably a fellow ethogirl and a lot of these need no explanation. if you want an explanation/to better understand why i chose those personality traits, i am going to once again recommend his hc7, as well as checking out anything he's done with team canada (pick a series and just start watching. if you dont know where to start, one of my beloved mutuals has a neat little guide for ppl new to etho's content that includes some staple team canada content.)

some things i apply to my etho that make sense to me that might go overlooked by the casual enjoyer:

he is so incredibly neurodivergent coded. i am not going to make any assumptions on etho's brain structure, i dont think its my place, but seriously. give your etho some silly thing to be super passionate about on the side. make him easily distracted/get off topic easily. make his storage system start out well but quickly descent into chaos as he gets too lazy to use it.

he goes with the flow! this goes along with me describing him as a reflective person. he "yes, and"'s stuff like there's no tomorrow. he takes whatever energy is thrown his way, and he chucks it right back at you. he gets dragged into shenanigans and goes "oh this might as well happen! let's see how far we can take it."

he likes to avoid problems he doesn't see as immediately his own/aren't immediately affecting him. his response to moon big was literally "i'll let the other hermits deal with it. look this low gravity makes not having elytra so much easier! lets go build a bee farm." if it doesn't affect him right this instant, or there's nothing he can do about it, he will worry about it later (and probably forget to worry about it.)

he prioritizes the "fun" factor above all else. if you know what the bamboozler is, you understand this. also, the bee farm i just mentioned. if there is a very efficient/straight-forward way to do something or a very fun way to do something, he will go with the fun way most of the time. if the only option is boring, he'll find a way to make it fun.

his reputation precedes him, but his reputation is a little inaccurate to modern times. someone who doesn't know him very well might think he's menacing or scary, but the reality is that he's just a silly little guy. don't get me wrong, there is a reason he's seen as menacing, and if he wants to be he can be, but most of the time he's just here to chill.

his humor is very roundabout. he tells a very long story to get to the punchline, or he tells something that plays into stereotypes so much it's ridiculous. here are some examples. he is also a professional "your mom" joker, like i literally cannot link enough examples his staple joke is "your mom."

most importantly, i think, is that etho doesn't take himself too seriously. i think a lot about the quote from cleo that goes like, "etho doesnt say he's a grownup, he giggles and runs away." so dont make etho too serious!

HE IS LITERALLY JUST SOME GUY. i cant stress this point enough. he should have "just some guy" energy. tiny voice he's doing the best he can. things happen to him and he is mildly bewildered. something goes wrong and he needs like, one second dedicated to panicking before he does anything about it.

just for bonus content, some of my favorite posts/clips that heavily influence the way i interpret/write etho. he is so ^-^ | he calls food poisoning an adventure | evidence that etho's a former scene kid | obviously your mother never loved you 'cause you're some sorta monster :) | "you jerk" compilation | etho teasing scar in among us

#khaos.txt #khaos.qna #etho #trying to break down all the thoughts that go thru my head when writing etho is. so difficult #bcuz i dont really Think too hard while im writing? i just Go #i did my best. i hope this makes sense

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inaris-mage-of-storms · 2 years

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This whole saga begins with this post.

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Content warnings for perceived rejection, misunderstandings, and self-depreciating thoughts. If you struggle with similar issues or are in a bad headspace, consider skipping this one.

With a twitch of his elytra Scar swooped lower and banked to come around to the back of Grian's base, grinning and clutching the creeper hiss horn tighter in his hand. He could see a glimpse of his target's head bent over a multitude of chests, Grian's attention held by whatever he was searching for. As Scar landed on the planks as quietly as he could, he heard indistinct words from someone in a voice that wasn't Grian's. Two victims for the price of one? Even better.

" - ust don't put me with Scar, please."

Scar froze in place behind a column, moving further behind it as Grian turned his head to the side to look at the communicator laying on top of another chest.

"Are you sure?" came Scott's voice over the communicator speakers. "Like - to clarify, are we talking 'I'd rather be with anyone else ell-oh-ell jay kay'? Or are we talking - "

"No, this is a serious, official request," said Grian, pulling what sounded like a handful of bamboo out of the chest and contemplating it for a moment. "I can't do it, Scott. It's different being around him here at home, but after all of...that..."

Oh. Scar slipped the goat horn into his inventory and leaned heavily against the column while Grian went back to rummaging, not trusting himself to be able to get back up if he let himself slide to the floor. He knew it was something he would have to face sooner or later - had known it for a while. But sensing Grian's steadily increasing withdrawal from him and preparing himself for it didn't compare to actually facing it.

"I understand," said Scott sympathetically. "Are you sure that will affect MCC, though? You might be an absolute menace, Grian, but you've always been good at putting emotions aside for the sake of professionalism."

"Yeah, I - It's just getting to be too much, you know? And what if Build Mart gets chosen? You know how I am with that. And I was watching his debut. I know he thinks he wants to play it with me on his team, but god, Scott - "

"Ouch, yeah. Well, all of the requests are confidential," said Scott, "so if you're really certain. Is this a permanent request, or...?"

Grian closed the chest lid with a sigh. "I don't know," he said, and as hard as Scar was finding it to breathe and ignore the painful tightness in his ribcage, he didn't miss how sad Grian sounded - or the welling desire to drop everything and comfort him, to find any way he could to bring a smile to Grian's lips. "Let's call it a standing request for now."

"Got it," answered Scott. "So then! Any requests for who you do want?"

Scar snuck to the edge of the floor and stepped off, waiting until the last possible moment to activate a rocket and praying he was far enough away for Grian to not hear it. Of course you've gone and finally driven him away, he thought ruefully. Grian's amazing at MCC, he doesn't deserve having to babysit someone who can't even follow a template without choking under pressure. And he did just have to put up with my stupidity against his will in the most recent Life game, and blamed himself for losing when it was clearly because I can't...I can't...

His train of thought crumbled as he landed in the workspace under the theme park roads, all sense of coherency devolving into a vortex of every mistake he had ever made, every time his energy had been too much to handle, every disappointment he had subjected the people he loved to because of his own incompetence.

Through blurred vision Scar made his way to the makeshift sleeping quarters in his workspace and curled up under the blankets. Please don't stop looking at me, he had almost asked Grian in another world through a haze of pain and healing potions. He grimaced at the recollection of such a selfish request, before shoving it aside and seeking out the reprieve of slumber instead.

#projecting onto fictional characters? in MY fanfiction? it's more likely than you think!#buckle up kids the next installment will probably hurt worse #we're taking the scenic route to the comfort part of hurt/comfort #also there's going to be a lot more season 9 content between the previous part and this one on the AO3 version #i just had to get the brain worm out #scarian #hermitshipping #file: storm writes things

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fictionfixations · 1 year

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Inspirational Person Research Paper

bro i did a whole essay thing for Techno and I kind of just ranted for some of it because I really like talking about like the potato war especially and everything he did and just

A--- LOOK

“Technoblade never dies.” This is one of the most famous quotes from Technoblade ever, where he’s usually doing some cool thing in Minecraft, be it winning a duel, roleplaying in a server as an antagonistic-like character, or just saying it for the meme, it is likely that you have at least seen it once. Especially since according to YouTube’s tribute to Technoblade called “Technoblade Never Dies”, it’s stated that “an average of 300 new videos with ‘Technoblade Never Dies’ in the title are uploaded every day.” Technoblade, or Alex was born on June 1st, 1999, and died around June of 2022 at the young age of 23. He lived in San Francisco, California, and had three sisters and one brother, as well as a dog named Floof. He’s taken a fencing class before in middle school and was in California for the start of his career in YouTube until after his gap year in 2018 where he graduated high school, moved to Chicago, Illinois, started college and became an English major for over a year before dropping out and returning to San Francisco. An addition to this is that he’s been diagnosed with ADHD, yet it is unsure of when, but in a post on a Hypixel Forum from September 27, 2014, he states, “I have ADHD, that was a fully comprehensible and flowing paragraph of nonstop wisdom to me,” to a post with a long sentence that contains zero breaks or pauses. The first reason he is inspirational to me had to be back in July of 2020, where he was invited as backup for Calvin & xNestorio in Minecraft Ultimate because half of their team had dropped out, but since Technoblade is known as a professional at PVP, the organizer said that if Techno joined, then they would have to be the only 3-player team in a game with 56 other teams, equaling to 217 players not including their team according to the side bar in the video, but there might be less due to old members possibly still counting.

In this tournament, he absolutely nerfed everyone alongside his team, starting the Technoplane meme when he flew around with his elytra while his teammates rode on top of him, and breaking the old record of the highest number of kills in the tournament with a combined 116 kills, with the previous record being 19.

The event had raised $36,264 for charity, which almost a third of that he raised, the exact number being $11,625, which was donated to the Miracle Foundation, a charity that supports orphans. It's also ironic because it's been a running joke that his parents were killed by orphans, and in fact has a sword in the Dream SMP called "Orphan Obliterator". The second would have to be The Potato War (Late 2019-Mid 2020), when Technoblade had seen that he had been making a ton of potatoes (242,000/day) on Minecraft due to potato minions on a server called Hypixel, in one of its games called Skyblock, and decided to get the #1 rank on the potato leaderboard, which you get by having farmed the most potatoes. It was also because he was in the top 50 already, and the #1 was a guy called im_a_squid_kid.

With his goal confirmed, he decides to get to know his enemy by going through the forums on Hypixel.net and discovered a post from September where Squid Kid bragged about being rank #1 in potatoes, having 4 million during then. Technoblade went through his profile and found a post weeks later where he had stated that he was around 7 million, so then Technoblade put the two dates together and calculated the slope to estimate Squid Kid’s growth, but then later found out he could just go to his island and figure it out from there.

Basically, so on and so on where Technoblade tends to one-up Squid Kid, meanwhile Squid Kid is still a few steps behind. By around after the first video, I’m not sure if he already streamed before, but he was doing twitch streams as due to being in Techno’s video led to more viewers for him and helped grow his community.

In fact, in I believe the third video, Squid Kid actually complained about being unable to replant potatoes immediately after picking them up compared to melons or watermelons, which are much more efficient to farm because you don’t need to replant them, while for potatoes, with a huge multi-layer farm, half of that time spent on the potatoes is replanting them, and by the time you go back to the bottom, some of them have already regrown. But due to this, the admins added a new update where the potatoes replant when you have a hoe with the enchantment called “replenish”, which is a custom enchant.

The two had also been working hard on getting bonuses to help get even more potatoes farmed that included the legendary rabbit pet, which had a farming bonus where farming minions work 0.3% faster and leveling it up to 100 got a bonus of 30%.

In fact, in the second video, it is revealed that Technoblade has chests upon chests of materials for Flycatchers, which increases the speeds of minions by 10%. The problem with that is that it’s hard to create them in the first place, because they have less than a 1% chance to drop from a high-level tarantula boss, and then need over 10 million coins worth of tarantula silk. And despite having chests and chests full of materials, all of it combined could only make 24 Flycatchers, which you use for individual minions.

That’s not even mentioning how since he needed to level his legendary rabbit pet in the same video, he grinded alchemy since they level based off skill experience, which is a rich man’s skill, meaning if you have the cash, then you can level quickly. By the end of it in fact, he ended up ranked #4 in Alchemy.

Technoblade had also been watching every one of Squid Kid’s livestreams on Twitch to where he amassed 9k channel points, which you get overtime for free by watching their stream.

He had also crawled through Squid Kid’s farm and timed all his minions with a stopwatch every day to calculate about the exact number of potatoes harvested.

The point is, there were a lot of tactics used to get one step ahead of the other, until it eventually ended in the 3rd episode, where they decided to end it at first person to earn 500 million potatoes, and the owner of the server Hypixel, who also goes by Hypixel pitched in, stating that the winner gets a surprise.

Of course, Technoblade won, and the surprise turned out to be 3 exclusive items, that being the Potato Talisman, given to anyone who spoke to the NPC labeled “Potato King” which had Technoblade’s skin. There was also Basket of Hope from the Great Potato War, which was for those ranked top #1000 in the Potato leaderboard, or Potato Collection according to the Hypixel wiki, as well as the Potato War Silver Medal for the player ranked 2nd, aka Squid Kid, and the Potato Crown for Technoblade.

Lastly, my third reason had to be in his fight against cancer and how he treated it. In the video titled, “where I’ve been”, posted August 27, 2021, he explains where he had been and what was going on. In fact, he says that his arm had been hurting, and when he got it checked out, the doctors said he had cancer. In fact, he had Sarcoma. According to curesarcoma.org, or the SFA (Sarcoma Foundation of America), which is a charity that Technoblade had started a fundraiser for back in February of this year (Minecrafters vs Cancer), which raised $119,420 according to the SBI wiki over the fundraiser, Sarcoma is a cancer that has many subtypes since it can be anywhere in the tissue, which is also everywhere on our body. It’s mainly in the limbs, and tend to be hidden deep inside the body, which means Sarcoma tends to be diagnosed when it is already too large to be able to be cured.

Sarcoma has a chance of being cured by surgery, or surgery with chemotherapy, which we know Technoblade took. In fact, in TommyInnit’s video called “100 Minecraft YouTubers VS Natural Disasters!” posted on March 5th, 2022, towards the end, Technoblade states that he must get chemo (short for chemotherapy) in fifteen minutes.

Despite all of this, he still makes a joke about it in his past videos where he talks about it, especially in his “I Almost Became An Amputee” video where he talks about where they trolled him because they say that the treatment’s going fine and so is his arm (which has the tumor). Then 3 days later he met up with his radiation therapist who talked to his surgeon, stating that they might need to amputate his arm next week because the tumor is swelling dangerously due to cells dying off, and that it might be too late.

A few days later, they’re in the waiting room with the reception and he must fill out this form such as if he’s ever had surgery before, and including dates, so then he goes onto his phone to see, and he sees a new procedure on November 8th called ‘Arm Amputation’. He found it funny and joked about it being called arm amputation, saying in the video, “why would they call the procedure arm amputation? Like- Like you’re gonna get the tumor as well, right? … Like I’m gonna wake up on the operating room table, and I’m gonna like push myself up with my one arm and I’m gonna be like, ‘Doc! Doc, did you get the cancer?’ and he's gonna be like, ‘You have cancer? Wow, that’s crazy, you should see a doctor about that.’”

Techno treated it lightheartedly, so when in June of 2022 the news of his death reached the internet, everyone was caught off guard.

Another thing he did that I wasn’t sure where to put was another charity for SFA, for his stream on YouTube labeled, “Minecraft But Viewers Control The Game [CHARITY EVENT]” where viewers could donate to either help or sabotage Techno as he plays Minecraft with his friends on September 25, 2021. There, he raised a total of $363,495, which according to SFA’s Technoblade Tribute, overall raised over 500k. My point is, is that Technoblade is an amazing and inspirational person who stayed strong throughout it all to the bitter end, and while he may be gone from this world now, “Technoblade Never Dies.” He will never die because he will live on from his friends’ memories and from their posts, from videos he’s been in, and new videos that are still coming out now about him, as well as any work of art. Therefore, while he may has left physically, his memory will forever be preserved on the internet. ----- Sources ----- (i was supposed to have only 3 lMfao)

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technothepig. “Minecraft but Viewers Control the Game [Charity Event].” YouTube, YouTube, 25 Sept. 2021, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHKsjtB9Q30.

“Made for Fundraisers.” Tiltify, https://tiltify.com/+team-technoblade/tests35352.

Saunders, Cindy. “Technoblade Tribute.” Sarcoma Foundation of America, 31 Oct. 2022, https://www.curesarcoma.org/technoblade-tribute/.

#technoblade #research paper #LOOK AT THIS #im pretty sure i did too much ;__;#technoblade never dies #inspirational person

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yskcy · 3 months

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Minecraft #199

Brief note

Minecraft building is fun.

Topics

A good time to visit Japan is during spring or autumn, as summer is too hot and the period before summer is too rainy, so it's better to avoid them. This is my opinion.

It was snowing and cold in reality.

I want to go get the last Elytra.

I am a professional in stone brick architecture.

Staircase psychology.

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taimio · 7 months

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Conquering the Beetle Invasion: Effective Strategies for Beetle Control

Gardening can be a wonderful and rewarding experience, but it can also be frustrating when dealing with pesky bugs like beetles. Beetles can damage your plants, often making holes or eating the leaves, and they can also ruin your bounty of vegetables and fruits. The good news is that with a little bit of know-how, you can take control and effectively manage beetle populations in your garden. Keep reading to find out more about how to combat these unwelcome pests.

Hey there, Tumblr fam! Gather 'round as I introduce you to the quirky and oh-so-fascinating world of beetles. Yes, you read that right. Beetles. Those tiny yet mighty creatures that roam our gardens, invade our homes, and leave us scratching our heads and wondering, What on earth do we do with these little buggers?

The Beetle Conundrum

Ah, beetles. Those six-legged wonders that seem to have an uncanny ability to make their way into every nook and cranny of our lives. Whether you're battling an infestation or simply trying to coexist peacefully, dealing with beetles can be a real head-scratcher.

But fear not, my fellow beetle enthusiasts! I'm here to share some insightful, witty, and engaging tips on how to handle these little critters. So buckle up and get ready for an entomological adventure like no other!

Know Thy Enemy: The Beetle

Before we dive into the nitty-gritty of beetle wrangling, let's take a moment to appreciate these fascinating creatures. Did you know that there are over 350,000 known species of beetles? That's more than any other group of insects on the planet! Talk about diversity, right?

From the dazzling iridescence of the jewel beetle to the intricate patterns adorning the elytra of ladybugs, beetles come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Not to mention, they play crucial roles in our ecosystems as pollinators, decomposers, and even as a vital part of the food chain.

Now that we have a newfound appreciation for beetles, let's move on to the burning question: How do we deal with them when they become a bit too much to handle?

Beetle Battle Strategies

1. Prevention is Key

As the old saying goes, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. And when it comes to beetles, truer words were never spoken. To keep these little invaders at bay, here are a few preventive measures you can take:

Seal cracks and crevices: Beetles are masters of infiltration, so make sure to seal up any potential entry points into your home, such as gaps around windows, doors, and utility lines.

Store food properly: Keep your pantry free of beetle feasts by storing dry goods like flour, rice, and cereal in airtight containers.

Keep a tidy garden: Remove dead plant matter, trim overgrown foliage, and clear away any standing water to discourage beetles from setting up camp in your backyard.

2. Natural Remedies

When beetles persist despite your best preventive efforts, it's time to bring out the big guns – natural remedies! Here are a few tried-and-true methods to give those beetles a run for their money:

Neem oil: This natural insecticide derived from the neem tree is a beetle's worst nightmare. Dilute it with water and spray it on plants or directly on the beetles themselves.

Beneficial insects: Fight fire with fire, or in this case, beetles with beetles! Introduce predatory insects like ladybugs or ground beetles to your garden, and let nature take care of the rest.

Beer traps: Yes, you heard me right. Beetles have a weakness for beer, so set up some shallow dishes filled with the hoppy elixir to lure them away from your prized plants.

3. Seek Professional Help

If your beetle battles become a full-blown war and the natural remedies just aren't cutting it, it may be time to call in the professionals. Pest control experts have a plethora of tools and techniques up their sleeves to tackle even the most persistent beetle infestations.

Just remember, prevention and eco-friendly methods are always the way to go. But when all else fails, don't hesitate to seek assistance from those who know the ins and outs of beetle warfare.

Embracing the Beetles

When it comes down to it, beetles are an integral part of our world, whether we like it or not. Instead of viewing them as nuisances, we can choose to embrace their presence and learn from their remarkable adaptations and behaviors.

So next time you spot a beetle scurrying across your countertop or meandering through your garden, take a moment to appreciate their resilience and beauty. And if you're feeling particularly brave, maybe even offer them a tiny salute for their contribution to the intricate tapestry of life.

Conclusion

In the grand scheme of things, dealing with beetles is just another part of the wild ride we call life. By understanding their habits, implementing preventive measures, and resorting to eco-friendly remedies, we can coexist peacefully with our six-legged friends.

Remember, beetles may be small, but they are mighty. So let's tip our imaginary hats to these fascinating creatures and embrace the wonders they bring to our world �� even if that means occasionally shooing them out of our homes or gardens.

That's all for today's entomological adventure, folks! Stay curious, stay beetle-aware, and until next time, happy bug hunting!

Learn more about gardening with Taim.io!

#Beetles

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pangur-and-grim · 2 years

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I am SO excited for the entomology pin collection I ordered the whole set of witch moths immediately. Can I ask if you have ideas already for the next batch? If not, can I suggest locusts? They've got a really cool occult and spiritual history behind them, especially in the Middle East, and I bet you could do some REALLY cool designs based on how they're sometimes pinned with one elytra open to spread the wing!

If you have any questions abt insects/want any resources about insects/also want any info about the occult and also insects at the same time pls feel free to hit me up any time!

Sincerely, a professional occultist who also is a trained entomologist because my life has been like that I guess

oh you know what, I've actually been searching for inspo and this might be it!! starting next week look out for some locust sketches

#thanks a lot for the suggestion!!

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anxiousworm · 2 years

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Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm obcs

Scout

Lives in a bunch of interconnected treehouses in a jungle, ground floor is a bamboo forest with all sorts of creatures (he’s making a zoo :3)

Names pretty much every animal he sees that he doesn’t intend to be food (including hostile mobs. He’s wanted one as a pet for so long😔🤌)

Has a tamed ocelot named Tilly

An explorer, leaves home randomly and you never know when he’ll be back, but you can bet he’ll have an inventory full of shiny goodies when he does

This quote as a person

Fascinated by flying. Has tried to build his own plane, but doesn’t have the engineering knowhow to get it to work

Bought an old elytra from a wandering trader tho! He bugged Liana into fixing it up for him

Tends to come off as much more professional and calm than he really is

Liana:

Holder of the braincell

Has several copper golem butlers whom she adores (they are smal and cute🤌)

Same unhinged energy as Scout, just in a different font

Lives in a village she treats like family, puts most of her free time into making the town safer and more efficient (whenever she isn’t almost blowing it up, that is)

Takes failure as a challenge, charges at problems again and again until she figures out a solution

Scout and her act as each other’s self preservation skills; she stops him from attempting a loopty loop around a hole in a mountain, and he nags her into drinking some damn water and getting decent sleep

Can rant about brewology and enchantments for days, but not string a sentence together towards someone she likes

Hair is always either at waist length or almost a buzzcut, no inbetween

#my hcs #minecraft #minecraft oc #mc oc

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redwinterroses · 3 years

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re: that post about being a fan as an adult from the other day? I'm at a work conference right now, and just spent 20 minutes chatting Hermitcraft, Minecraft, and DnD with one of my professional contacts (while holding the elytra, netherite sword, and netherite axe I made for our award banquet/costume dinner.)

And he mentioned he's going to start a server after 1.18 drops for a bunch of us from this circle of people.

Oh, and my client/best friend/carpool buddy and I spent the 3 hour drive here listening to Hermit timelapse music, rocking along to Hermitgang, and chatting 3rd Life and s8 shenanigans.

So like... yeah. It's good to be a fan/nerd as an adult.

#I'm too exhausted to be on this site much the next few days but #my extrovert heart is being filled in so many ways #and I'm literally surrounded by successful businesspeople who are also nerds #my life is good #redwintertalks

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zathechaosgod · 3 years

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Favourite stream moments!

streamed by Philza on Twitch Monday 23rd of November

Dreamsmp again today!

3 possible things to do!

Phil has been grinding offline

They really need something better than the spider grinder

George came down while Phil was afk-ing and just,,, stared at him lmao

Phil is gonna make a guardian farm

But either a secret or a public location (soooo Tubbo’s or another one lol)

He said he’s probably gonna end up making two, so Tubbo’s and then another private one me thinks

Phil can barely catch up on the subs lol (he’s got dreamsmp in his title again, his mistake)

Phil is on a video from thescore e-sports! (although it’s literally a year late lmao)

They got some old clips oof

They mentioned Momza!!!

No new footage lol, so they probably dusted it off because they had no other videos lol

Canon: Phil has exiled himself after killing his son, and has come to the realisation he did the right thing and his son was stupid lmaooo

He’s made a hidden base (shack) in a snowy biome and is partially kitted out now

GUNZA

is too close to cumza :(

Lmaoooo he joked that 50subs could change his mind, jokes on him his crossbow is called GUNZA now

Phil still has Diamantspitzehacke, and has just made it efficiency V lmao

If the server is still running when 1.17 arrives, his guardian farm is gonna be absolutely OP due to a change in the way exp can be stored

Techno is telling chat to “stop simping for tubbo he stole two stacks of emerald blocks, I’m keeping the pickaxe”

“it’s finneee, water under the bridge, y’knowww” about killing wilbur

Phil is gonna make “his basic bitch house” in l’manberg

@ the people making animatics, Phil thinks they’re pog, Kristin showed him a bunch!

G U N

Phil complaining that Tommy hadn’t done anything on his house, before going “yeah okay I only have the foundation”

Oof only now does the alert for the 50 gifted subs show up wow

Phil isn’t gonna be in the elytra competition dream’s having, because even if he stands a chance against all the stacked people, he’s gonna have one hell of a target on his back if he gets the elytra, and he doesn’t even have fireworks lol

annnnd now techno’s message is finally showing up lol

“I need bones. Preferably not schlatt’s bones”

We are 20 minutes late on alerts (and on 30K VIEWERS)

Lmao fundy just,,,, stood behind phil when he f5-ed

“He’s such a fucking furry weeb”

Fundy just washed a spider? and then logged off

Phil trapped him in logs lmao

Phil lamenting the fact he hasn’t got stacks upon stacks of boneblocks on the smp bc it takes too long for his trees to grow

he found bones! (and they’re not schlatt’s!)

Phil only just now found out that “Wilbur is a little rat boy now” also Ghostbur, and before he even steps inside, the drugs are visible lol

He found the invis pots and realised Wilbur has been haunting other people lol

Rip T I M he’s gonna stop donating for a bit (didn’t forget to sellout for primes tho lmao)

Phil misunderstood chat and thinks we want him to read how to sex 2 (: but really we need him to read “what i remember”!

(this isn’t stream related but i just dripped cold water onto my pants rip)

Back to business, Phil isn’t gonna tell us his plans for after his basic house

“Tommy is down there but not the Tommy you’re thinking of”

There’s a plot point for Techno that looks like some sort of mine and sam’s down there lmao Phil is not gonna go anywhere close the that

TOMMY LIVES (as much as a zombie can)

MINE YA DIRT LMAO HE FOUND DIAMOND IN SOMEONE ELSE’S CAVE

lol he got a dono complimenting his “irish accent”

If you feel embarrassed drawing fanart of a mcyter you can just say your fanart of phil is actually urahara, he won’t take offence lol

Phil drowned due to a disconnect while off stream and he was like 3000 blocks away, so Dream helped him out pog

also boys and girls and other kids, don’t start twitch/youtube to become a professional, start bc you like it a lot bc you’re not gonna get viewers for like,,, ages

annnd dream just logged on!

lol he’s asking if phil is gonna try for the elytra

AGAIN ALWAYS MINE YOUR DIRT

Rip his lapis won’t fit in his ender chest anymore

LMAO HE BROKE HIS ENDER CHEST WITH THE WRONG PICKAXE FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS STREAM

he’s got no more ender chests lol

~~oops you did it again, broke your ender chest, got lost in the game~~

Lol Tommy destroyed Puffy’s turkey and now she’s homeless

“awww!” *reads sign* “please stop killing my pets -niki”

ohhh momza brought chocolate-filled cookies!!!

i’m so jealous they look so good :(

finally building time!

Vikkstar just joined, but he’s just testing some bits and left again

Lol phil only just now realised wilbur’s old house is gone lmaooo he has literally been inside the crane already?

Minecraft thing I’ve learned today: If you bonemeal the tall flowers, they just spit out more flowers??? so endless flowers basically

420 SUBS TIME POG

rip 5k viewers lmao

lol puffy just gave phil a heartattack

“if they don’t love you at your snoop, they don’t deserve you at your best” lololol

phil wants to show us the flower forest patterns and if you don’t know them, def look it up it’s so pretty!

his cottagecore flowers in frunt of the window are so adorable!!!

...that was tnt that went off

just puffy getting a lil bit blown up by a creeper nvm

midstream hypetrain!

cumza 2: electric boogaloo is out everyone say thanks salty

the house is getting so pretty!!!

“don’t mind me puffy just yoinking some dirt”

lmaooo sapnap is on hide your pets

there’s an enderman just vibing behind the house? it’s stuck lmao

phil doesn’t have a name tag to keep him ):

Apparently Techno is trying to kill Tommy? this kinda feels like george during the war lmao what’s going on

Lol phil just made a fake door that leads to not a balcony

cabinets! storage space!!!

how does this man still not have enough cobble

okay apparently literally all of phil’s canon family including tubbo and fundy are currently playing minecraft with a girl? idk her but she seems cool

phil has found the diamond ore that was covered in glass in an underwater ravine?

zombie villager!!!

lmao he already has several villagers in his secret base

unofficial wilbur raid go brrrr

lmaooo phil got attacked by a baby zombie and puffy went “THE PROPHECY”

new l’manberg looks so pretty with the matching houses and the lanterns, especially with shaders!!

phil prettiest house on the server pog

Phil is currently attempting to figure out how to copy the new flag onto another banner lmao

Why can you just,,, put a blanco banner with another banner and get two??

Fake door has been replaced by a banner!

villager in a box, what will he do?

Momza says they don’t have arson but she could make murder sandwiches if we want to

*foreshadowing* “i wanna make a pretty house, but who says i’m loyal enough to put it on a shield?” *zooms in on face*

this was talking about the leftover l’manburg flag

also be weirdchamp, get banned

Phil is an orange juice in the summer, apple juice in the winter person

(Momza/Kristin is orange juice at breakfast, apple juice any other time)

rip chat someone asked for an anime rec for someone who had never watched anime

*que reverse homer simpson in the bush meme*

There’s a juice debate going on now, several people have suggested banana juice and have hereby sacrificed their rights to having an opinion

Also anime but I don’t have the time to get into all of that

Wilbur joined!

Wilbur to the rescue with potatoes!

Lmao Wilbur forgot to change his skin to Ghostbur and logged off to do so

Wilbur whispers to you: boo

Wilbur wants Phil to write a new book for him!

LORE INCOMING

PHIL LIKES THE ICE BIOME BECAUSE IT REMINDS HIM OF SOMEWHERE A LONG TIME AGO

ANTARCTIC EMPIRE 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOO CALLING IT NOW

SO MUCH LORE IM NOT WRITING IT ALL DOWN YALL CAN LOOK IT UP YOURSELF

Wilbur was just jamming on noteblocks in the background lmao

Wil is playing him a song!

Lol Connor came by and Wil invis potted them all so Phil took of his armour and he and wilbur just,,, waited until Connor left?

Wilbur made the stilts for Tommy and Phil and Tommy insisted on his being higher lol

Ghostbur isn’t a big fan of guitars

Ghostbur is very tired from his stream and attempting to get his noteblocks right so he can play mary had a little lamb for Phil

He actually did it???

Wilbur Soot, greatest musician in town! :)

Phil went to play a song and messed up the noteblocks lmaoooo Wilbur is Not Happy

Wilbur thinks Phil should build all the houses now

oh no Wilbur is making Phil read how to sex 2

“You like sex? Yeah, me neither” (This is a MOOD)

PAGE 12 WHAT

PHIL JUST IMPLIED HE ALSO HAS A SECRET LIBRARY WHEN WILBUR SUGGESTED HE MAKE ONE FOR FORBIDDEN BOOKS

“you’re a little netherwart, pog”

Vikkstar joined for a second and Wilbur just, straight up screamed

Connor tried to put the American flag in Ghostbur’s house, and Wilbur just straight up attempted to burn it lmao

Lazar and Vikk joined and Phil and Will started to yell

“Is he your lover?” Wilbur about the villager in Phil’s house

Wilbur is building stairs for Phil now

Awww Ghostbur noticed people like him more than Wilbur :((((

Wilbur’s Thanksgiving analogy can be used as a metaphor for the dreamsmp but i’m too tired to go into that lol

“I learn a lot from my books”

Ghostbur switched over to Wilbur they’re now in podcast mode again

Aww Wilbur is gonna be busy so this might be his last time on for a while

Lol 4 people dm’ed him if they could write, he said yes to all of them, and none of them have written anything lmao

“time for the beach episode!”

technoblade in a bikini

When talking about accommodating to the british people on the server Wilbur mentioned Guy Fawkes day and Phil just,,, zoomed in on Wilbur

(The dude blew up the government)

Wilbur paid him 8 diamonds to build Tommy’s house in a similar style lol

“how to sex 3 is coming”

“this time we’ll get tubbo to write it”

Phil likes the fanart of mermaid!sally, Wilbur does too but he can’t distance himself from sally literally being a fish because it’s just too funny

“i find it more upsetting that people say I had just sex with her. we made love.”

Also lazar and vikk are just getting a tour by dream in the background lmao

techno didn’t sign up for mcc again, and stays an enigma even to Phil and Wilbur

Wilbur disagrees with the way peaceful animals don’t despawn

He has named a chicken Bogus

Wilbur made balloons, then used a lead to tie Bogus to one, then Bogus got underneath a slab and now Bogus is dead because Wilbur couldn’t be bothered

Wilbur just got three chickens out of three eggs?

Balloons! they’re tied to the ground through the use of the chickens now

Wilbur left because it’s late and he still needs to get home from the office (and he doesn’t have a jacket with him, rip)

End of the stream! Made a pretty house today!

#dream smp #mcyt #philza #sleepy bois inc #sbi #wilbursoot #minecraft #philza livestream

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