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wish there was an option to hide a post on the dashboard, every single other social media/forum site has this. dunno why tumblr doesn't/refuses to implement the option.
#its a standard on every site except for here#even 4chan has a hide post option#feature request#staff request#tumblr
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Excuse me, i wanna ask for a session analysis please. Kinda like a merge of two sessions to be exact
Session a_ seer of void, knight of heart, witch of life and heir of time
Session b_maid of rage, prince of space and sylph of mind that died before reaching the finish line of creating the frog
Session a was created by session b, in which session a was heavily flawed since the prince didnt have any support in creating the frog. Session a got in contact to session b through the seer of void. Also! If the merge of players of the two sessions results in a loss, im planning to add another into tge mix for session B, any suggestion on what classpect could actually save this mess?
Oh, this one is quite nice! Thank you for asking!
This post will be a bit long, sorry in advance -- but I hope you like what you read!
So let's go on a journey together. A journey spanning time... and darkness.
In a world far away both in space and time, or maybe very close by, a young person stands in their bedroom. This person is a deeply wounded individual, but they want to heal, and they want to help their friends heal, who are no better off than they are. This person, maybe, has exhausted a lot of different options, a lot of different paths to healing, and they now have to intellectualize their problems and their recovery so as not to lose hope.
One day, on a lark, they find out about an alpha test of an immersive cooperative game. They rope in their extremely maladaptive, but very imaginative friend, and that friend helps them rope in their other friend, a chronically online, somewhat pedantic and politically frustrated loner whose day job is in the service industry.
The first player, the Sylph of Mind, thinks that a cerebral activity like a complex new game would help to build skills and heal the disordered thoughts, memories, decisions and logic of their friends.
The Prince of Space is such a, well, space cadet that they inadvertently hurt themself and others with their inability to get grounded for long enough to empathize on the same level - they destroy through space, through their unwillingness to define themselves and move ahead from a childish immersion in the world of play. They also might be quite physically and emotionally distant from people, and additionally destroy space (breathing room, space for others to be themselves) as they try to play. For them, the game is another avenue for their own intellectual and emotional satisfaction; I think they immediately appoint themself leader of the group, and seek to direct the others. This is also what leads them to try to make the frogs by themself - well, this and the fact that out of the three, only they have any interest or skill in the task. But who wants to try anything if they're always going to be wrong?
The Maid of Rage, as the third person in this game, seems like a really difficult character. Ever see the type of light novel where one of a group of loners thinks they're somehow better than the others, or alternatively keeps dragging the others down every time they learn anything different?
The Maid is quite literally "made" of rage, at this point, and also a servant to their own anger and desperation, and also always angrily "cleaning up" (correcting, haranguing) the mistakes they perceive the others to be committing. A terminally 4chan-poisoned cynic who can't rely on others, hiding a very deep pain and finding comfort in leveling their friends with themselves; if they're all no-life degenerates, it doesn't hurt as much that that's how the Maid sees themself.
Whatever the case might be, the Sylph wants to fix this person, and the Prince doesn't even notice that anything is wrong, or understand the dynamics going on.
Needless to say, although they think they get along (for lack of healthy examples), and genuinely believe they can do this based on success in let's say their MMO of choice (caused by the Prince having perhaps an autistic hyperfixation on the game that gives them legitimate authority, the Maid having it as a quasi healthy outlet for their rage, and the Sylph not being in it for their own entertainment anyway), they run into serious problems.
I think the Maid begins blaming the others for their failures (especially the Sylph for trapping them in an unwinnable evil Sims clone in the name of fixing what the Maid thinks is immutable), and the Prince is always deep in a totally different plane of thought than everyone else. I think the Sylph, like most Captains Save-a-Hoe, eventually snaps and succumbs to despair. Then they die. I don't think it's an accident. It is not heroic, but they believe it's just.
With that, there goes all hope.
They don't even have the option of a scratch proper -- but I think the Maid snaps afterward, and begins erratically trying and trying to effect some form of an escape, heedless of anything else. ("You know what, [Prince]? Fuck you, fuck your frogs, fuck your geek shit, and fuck the entitled sense of narrative predestination you rode in on. I'm not playing JRPG hero calico critters with you anymore. [Sylph] is dead, and you killed them.")
Eventually, the powers that devour dead sessions take note of their despair and zeal, and their conviction in only one true path forward.
And so they offer that path; not a true scratch, but a stake in the course of a new, slightly different universe. The Maid maybe manipulates (and threatens, or intimidates, or bluffs) the Prince into doing what needs to be done. They (minus the Sylph, plus the Sylph's fresh new golem body if you please, but I think it's more effective for them to haunt the narrative) go to their illegitimate reward: exile, but with it life in the Furthest Ring, and influence in a whole and undestroyed universe similar to their own.
The powers that be cryptically imply that they still have a way to actualize and benefit from a victory - but only if they can apply what they learned to help others, without anticipation of reward. And survive each other. It's just them on that meteor for the rest of foreseeable time -- alone, alone, all, all alone, alone in the wide dark sea.
In another, very similar universe, a young person stands in their bedroom. Like the Maid, they too see nothing in their future; they suffer from a profound depression. But they have friends and family who support them, and besides, they have other interests. Detective fiction, maybe, or cryptozoology, or the occult.
Whatever it is, it brings them happiness, and although they have cyclical episodes of never knowing what's going on, they always pull through.
They're in contact with and exchange mail with all of their online friends, except one: a slightly distracted gamer from overseas who always seems to be online, but is very cagey about where they are exactly. The Seer concludes that they're probably a child of spies or something, doesn't pry too much. They're not the weirdest friend they have - maybe the Knight is an inner city dreamer and aspiring psych student for the sake of the Seer, a childhood friend; maybe the Witch is a biopunk anarchist; the Heir is the unmotivated child of a reclusive clock- and violinmaker in the middle of absolutely nowhere at all.
Apropos of nothing, one day this friend says they have a surprise for the rest of the friend group. A while later, everyone receives an emailed key for a certain video game...
I think this time around it goes a lot better. The Prince and Maid have opposing goals; the Prince just wants to play with their new friends (and let them define how the session goes), and the Maid wants to finish what they started.
To that end, the Maid is a lot more direct and harsher with the other kids (Seer of Void, Knight of Heart, Witch of Life, Heir of Time) than the Prince is. I think they don't initially get what their problem is, and the Prince lets them believe the Maid is a bad actor through negligence -- or maybe even deliberately, since they also might have their beliefs and resentments about the Sylph.
The Sylph is dead, but their game constructs haunt the narrative; the enemies are still prototyped with their sprite components, their sprite is at large somewhere in self-exile, and most importantly it's still necessary to solve their planet's crisis to win. The Maid and Prince are too mired in grief to even want to try, for different reasons - but the Seer of Void has visions about it, the Heir of Time inherits the consequences, the Knight of Heart can't help but meddle and the Witch refuses to believe that could be the end.
The general story of this arc is these kids learning to cooperate and to process communal grief, I think.
These kids don't know who the Sylph was, but they care about their friend the Prince, and the Prince cares about the Maid, however much they might dislike them.
I think if I were to add anyone I could ideally add another Sylph, but of Blood this time: someone capable of seeing this situation in full, who maybe is friends with a few key people independently but is able to come in, accept the situation at hand, and do what the Sylph of Mind couldn't.
That's too neat, though, and puts too much responsibility on someone not responsible for this situation -- essentially it implies that the other Sylph's failure was something moral or professional, and that this one is responsible for managing the Maid and Prince's emotional lives despite being a stranger, and we can't have that.
So: how about a Muse of Hope instead? A stranger to the session, an amnesiac exile from a different world who was also grafted in; maybe a troll, actually, even. A person who has to grow into themself alongside the rest of the cast, but has perspective of some sort into the lives of the two survivors of the first session.
The main problem in this game is the imposition of the Maid and Prince's needs on each other and the Sylph, and later on a group of kids who are already going through their own thing; they need somebody to reconcile them, and the somebody has to care organically about both groups of people. Both of them have to grow independently, and also together.
This could actually be a quite profound exploration of the nature of grief, baggage, projection and who owes what to whom in a dynamic between differently hurting people, if you put it anywhere online! I think it shouldn't be the Muse who fixes things, though; I think it should happen independently, and the Muse should have their own arc about finding hope in themself, before they try to inspire it.
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any thoughts on Tom Tom? His future? Relationship w Mai?
I still want to know how he got up on the balcony railing.
Aside from that, he’s pretty cool. I love writing him (although I typically age him up enough to start talking) because he’s comedy gold. Precocious, trouble-prone babies/toddlers are never not funny. [citation needed] And he makes a great ‘prop,’ allowing the more important characters in a scene to interact with him in a way that allows for ‘acting’ beyond gesticulating or antsy movements.
However, canon seems to disagree with my original thoughts on his relationship with Mai. I figured that while she was never hostile to her little brother or even resentful of him, Mai’s life was meant to be one without love or true connections before she chose to stand by Zuko at the Boiling Rock. That means that she, for whatever reason (I usually attributed it to meddling from her parents), never really bonded with Tom-Tom. I thought she still felt enough family loyalty and general sympathy for babies to have to weigh her options when Azula wanted to call off the trade for Bumi, but the fact that she could hide her reactions there but was unable to hold back a smile at Ty Lee’s teasing about Zuko told me that Zuko had more of a hold on her heart than her baby brother. Canon seems to be firm that Mai loves her brother and he loves her back, and while it’s possible this could have been a later off-screen development, I’m inclined not to complicate things just to preserve my original interpretation.
I’m rather in love with an idea I was linked to, originally developing on 4chan or some similar board, of a post-Rebound anime series where Mai goes all Lone Wolf & Cub with Tom-Tom to keep him away from their crazy father. I think I have a copy of that thread saved on my hard drive somewhere. It sounds like the perfect setup for some fun genre storytelling, and I’d write the thing myself if can hadn’t already debunked it via the Smoke & Shadow comics.
One of things I most like about Tom-Tom being a happy babbling baby is the contrast with Mai. They’re from the same family, raised by the same parents, but he hardly ever stops smiling and she keeps a scary blank face on as much as she can. I don’t think Mai was ever a particularly happy kid, and in fact I like to write her as having been a shy, anxious, bullied child. The fact that they’re so different as siblings and yet still have a bond makes their relationship even more heartwarming. I like to write Tom-Tom as finding his sister hilarious, and understanding her love for him even if she never demonstrates it. Little kids can vibe those kinds of things.
As for Tom-Tom’s future, I don’t have any real firm thoughts. The comics have established that, with their father an imprisoned terrorist, the family is now working-class. So Tom-Tom will probably grow up less refined than the rest of the family, and maybe even have useful skills that don’t involve assaulting people. That said, since Avatar is a Martial Arts Fantasy series and Mai is one of the most dangerous warriors in the entire world, I figure Tom-Tom is going to get some kind of training. Since I’m still wondering how he climbed up on that balcony railing in pursuit of Momo, I figure he can be an acrobat/parkour expert similar to Ty Lee. (Oh, I also like to headcanon that Tom-Tom considers Ty Lee a bonus-sister. Sometimes he forgets that they’re not really related, but that’s understandable since he and Mai have 17 cousins.) But his fighting skills will be incidental to his profession. Perhaps he’ll become an actor in the Ember Island Players and scandalize his whole family (his parents by becoming an actor, Zuko by joining the EIP) except for Mai.
Oh, and I think “Tom-Tom” has to be a nickname. I wish an official source would reveal his full name.
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answering a bunch of asks under cut
it is time for me to stop hiding from my 500+ asks akjsdfgh
shigaraki owns a pair of high heels when he is alone to feel extra baddie
okay but there is not a single human alive who wouldnt look hot in a pair of high heels, he’d look so good
Twice just— I fkn luv this man okay? I’ve read your drabbles (idk the words for it) and I just— my heart fkn can’t and his face is so 🥴, but like you know who I think doesn’t get a lot of love? Sir Nighteye. This man just gives me big daddy vibes and I just ughhhhhhhhhhh dAdDy FuCk mE uP ,, anyways I thank you for your continuous contributions to society (it gives me life and purpose 😫👍)
YOU HAVE REFINED TASTE thats the best of both worlds bby, a sweet sub and a strict dom!! nighteye is gud shit but that hair color be wack im sorry
Having bad parents doesnt make you a bad parent. One of my best friends had a horible mother and now she has a daughter. I have never seen a happier child. But I do understand the concern! It can be terrifying to think of being a parent but in the end the choice is yours. Neither is a bad option to take. If you want a child, you can always be a wonderful parent. If not, than you can live knowing that you won't have to bare the burden of that fear.
objectively i know that lol i was just ranting about my feelings, we are not always rational thinkers even when we know the truth
I flipped a coin and now I’m a stripper making $3000 a night so I flipped good
fuck yes dude earn that COIN
If people are sure they don’t want kids can’t they get Permanent castration
i’m sure there’s options but what do i know i’m just a humble porn blog
Imagine being in a cramped car with the rest of the lov and having to sit on tomuras lap because of the lack of space and half way through the ride he starts randomly biting your back and neck and pinching in between your thighs and when you tell him to stop because it tickles he’ll feign innocence and pretend not to know what you’re talking about until you eventually give up and let him be the annoying rat he is
okay but tomura being annoying and clingy and trying to elicit responses from you is so on brand. and the more you ignore him or get pissed, the more he does it. ugh my boyfriend does this and i want to destroy him every time asdkh
your doing great we are all collectively suffering in adulthood but please dont let anyone makenyou feel like you have to have kids and what not before you feel 1000% ready
thank you anon, i dont really feel pressured by others, just by my own mind
Imagine when tomuras arc gets animated he becomes 2nd or 3rd most popular.
it’s what our king DESERVES, hell he belongs in first place, people be sleeping on the best character
Personally I think if I ever did have a kids I would adopt an older child maybe when I'm in my 30s. The majority of older children will never be adopted and really need a loving family. Not to mention dealing with an older child is a lot easier than a kid. You can reason with a 13 year old but not a 3 year old.
that’s a noble goal! everyone deserves a welcome home and loving families
I went to a restaurant to celebrate my 18th birthday a couple of years ago and they gave me a kids menu lol (yeah for 13 and under). I’m 21 now. I ordered a strawberry daiquiri the other week and the waiter just brought over a virgin one hehehe. I thought it was odd when he didn’t card me. Good times man.
jaksfhja you get me ... although kids menus are the fuckin bomb, if i have to sacrifice my dignity for some dino shaped chicken nuggets then by all means
i feel like tomura and afo will wreck u in bed and kurogiri will be all sensual and passionate and twice is a chaotic hentai lord willing to do whatever
this is it, this is the most accurate description of them all
twice is the villain version of kirishima: respect lesbians
yet again proving that HIMBOS ARE THE BEST
you know those green text stories people post from 4chan?? shiggy probably makes those just to flex on his fellow 4chan users because he got laid
oh my god i wish i was creative enough to come up with a green text for him, but i could never quite match their chaotic energy
At times like these I need to turn on post notifications for all these thirst posts that happen when I stop checking tumblr 😭😭😭😭
dont do it man my thirst posts are dookie that dont deserve to see the light of day
Tomura accidentally decays mommas hair again when he's older, and she's married to Kurogir. He flinches, and expects the anger he saw when he did it when he was little from AFO to come form Kurogiri, but instead you laugh and Kurogiri just shakes his head and mutters something about cutting your hair short again so there isn't a weird patch
aawww the wholesome family he always deserved ;-;
someone yeets momma readers wig and litterally the whole villain league rolling up minutes later with a pissed gremlin
this person bout to get that GTA treatment
When I saw shigaraki in chapter 255 I thought he was getting fucked by tentacles and that his blood was just massive amounts of cum at first
i wish .... i wish ;-;
I had a nightmare shigaraki broke up with me for mineta and when I asked shiggy why he would do that he said “mineta’s balls are bigger then your small fucking titties” why, why did my brain have to come up with something so cured
THIS WILL HAUNT ME FOR LIFE how dare you tomura
I just wanna spend an entire day getting fucked by shiggi 🥵
this is the goddamn dream, i dont wanna work or have responsibilities i just wanna be his cumdumpster
gang orca will probably have a soccer team full of kids and is vv proud of it and is not afraid to throw hands with his little orcas
omg yeesss he’s so gentle with them even when he’s roughhousing with his kids and he lets them climb all over him and he pretends to be KO’d by their antics in mock fights and he ruffles their hair and ugh so cute
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If that were true then loli/ shota porn wouldn't be fucking EVERYWHERE. Major sites like google, bing, pixiv, tumblr, etc, would have that shit gone and reported instantly. But it's not. And anything that violates US law on 4chan is a bannable offense, yet loli/ shota its still allowed therefore is legal.
ok my full answer is under the cut cause BOY theres a lot of stupidity here ok
im sure that many IF NOT ALL (because yknow ITS ILLEGAL) sites dont fucking allow that shit, they just dont have actual people reviewing shit like that. it becomes the community’s job to report and actually bring this stuff to light because the shitty social media platforms can do their fucking job.
yes, there are some times where social media sites actually do catch the illegal shit, but most times the community has to be the one to step in for that stuff to be taken down.
it also might take too much work for companies to scope out the bad people. (by the companies standards) its hard to dig through thousands and thousands of good users and just try to pull out the bad ones hiding underneath, which is another reason why websites, social media platforms especially, have “report” features. its literally for cases like this where if something harmful goes unnoticed it can be taken off the fucking website. just because these users who post harmful content dont get taken down immediately DOESNT MEAN ITS ALLOWED ON THE SITE.
i know for a damn fact that no site is gonna be all like “hurbudurr its ok to draw underage kids in sexual situations” (obviously thats an exaggeration but yknow)
take Instagram for example, theres plenty of lolicon and fucking MAPS on there who go unnoticed and stay on that platform for long periods of time. that doesnt mean what theyre doing is okay. Instagram LITERALLY an option that is for cp and etc.
and yeah, 4chan doesnt allow that shit either dipshit
(https://www.4chan.org/rules) (an example of just some of 4chans nsfw boards that dont allow cp/lolicon (EVEN to their /b/board))
and, no shocker here, pixiv doesnt allow it either
(link) under the “prohibited works” section
oh, what about tumblr?
(link) this is under the “What tumblr is not for” section
probably EVERY website has a rule like this, im just too tired of your bullshit to find more examples
but like, can you not read or something? did you not even do a second of fucking research before supporting people who harm children?
i literally found all of these with simple searches on google. maybe if you used your brain for something useful and not advocating for child porn then maybe you mightve had a stronger argument here… but youre always gonna be stupid and ignorant about this situation so it wouldnt even matter lol
yknow, im wondering why youre sitting here trying to convince a child that this type of stuff is ok. like why do you care that much about allowing people to draw literal child porn lol like what is fucking wrong with you? youre disgusting and i hate you
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What's gamergate?
it was... well, honestly it was a mess XD one side says it was about ethics in games journalism, the other says it was just a bullying campaign against women. and... both sides are kinda right? This is gonna be a post of what i remember and it may not be 1,000% accurate. Explanation under the cut.
See, there was a female game dev, Zoe Quinn, who had relationships with some of the journalists reviewing her game called Depression Quest (side note, don’t play it if you’re actually depressed. Hawker did and it made her feel a lot worse) (second side note, don’t play it cause it’s just not a good game) these relationships ranged from platonic to romantic, possibly sexual. Depression Quest got good reviews even though it wasn’t a good game in most people’s eyes. So people came to the conclusion that clearly these journalist’s opinions were being skewed because they were close to Quinn.
This pissed off a lot of people that followed games journalism, because they feel like their trust had been betrayed. This was before the age of “fake news” and before distrust in the media became a common thing. (Okay so I’m thinking I’m missing a part here about something else involving Quinn but I can’t remember what so let’s move on) So gamers took to twitter and began expressing their concerns to these journalists. But Quinn knew how to play this game. She pinned it as “oh you neckbeards that live with your parents just don’t like women making video games” even though there was a diverse group of people upset at this, women included.
While most people were like “no, this is about journalism ethics, and we feel that if someone has close ties to a dev, that person shouldn’t review their game,” a minority of others played into Quinn’s hand, sending her threats. This fueled her fire, and she took to mainstream media, who dubbed GamerGate as a bullying campaign because they’re mainstream media and they like to do whatever fits their agenda and will get them views. The vast majority really just wanted transparency in their games journalism, but all it takes is a few bad apples. MSM kept getting info wrong though even. They kept saying 4chan and shit was involved, when 4chan was very anti-gamergate. But hey, whatever fits the agenda.
To this day people still blame GamerGate for shit, even though nothing has happened other than games journalism has become a complete fucking joke. People keep claiming women experience a lot of bullying in online games. Which they do. But it’s just as much as men. I get called a faggot plenty, I just don’t get upset because, well, they’re not wrong XD but toxic gamers will attack you with anything. They’ll say they fucked your mom. They’ll say you’re a shit player. They’ll attack your masculinity. They’ll attack your femininity. No one is safe from it. But the mute button and hide chat button fucking exist and it’s your fucking job to use those features if you don’t want that shit.
Mean people exist. The internet allows us to be exposed to more of them. You can’t get rid of them all. If you’re having issues, block people. Ignore trolls. Turn the power off. You have a million options. Use them.
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As much as i love this game, this community is on every possible level one of the most irredeemable abusive shitholes I’ve ever had the infinite misfortune of being forced to share space with. There’s so much horribly wrong with everyone’s heads here that i don’t know where to start and if i tried to type it all out i would eventually find out whether or not this text box has a character limit. It is with full confidence that i can say that this community, and by extension tumblr, is absolutely the political spectrum opposite’s clone of 4chan. Possibly even worse in some ways. This community’s habit of witchhunting and dogpiling pure venom on anyone who so much as blinks in a way considered too different from the majority is disgusting even by human standards.
Every single person I’ve ever met on here was either an absolute scummy prick scammer(most of these turn out to be in plague and light, looking at you IA), a walking tumblr SJW stereotype who makes a thread every time their cat yawns(most of these turn out to be in shadow, arcane, light, and wind, prone to making posts to complain about phobias whenever something new is released), an impressively out-of-touch greedy airhead who puts way too many smileys on everything(most of these turn out to be in light and occasionally earth, especially prone to “no one ever gets dom because they’re just not trying at all lol git gud” mentality), a spoiled 9 year old with 0 reading comprehension who vanishes into the aether after two days of playing(evenly spread), someone who acts like a spoiled 9 year old with 0 reading comprehension to get free shit on the forums(evenly spread but a lot move to shadow, likely to be an older player’s alt), a walking collection of pink heart emojis and glitter who screams about cultural appropriation every time they get a turban popping out of a chest and doesn’t think that there’s any difference between “criticizing art” or “Saying you like this art better” and “viciously attacking this POOR DEVELOPING ARTIST CHILD’S FEELINGS YOU HORRIBLE HEARTLESS DOUCHEBAG”(evenly spread but tend to jump between arcane, light, water, wind, and nature, most likely to have an OCD breakdown whenever the official art on something is updated), an incredibly devoted nature user with vegan stuff and possibly bible quotes all over their profile proudly proclaiming that their dragons are vegan too and carnivore breeds can just go fuck themselves and starve and probably had a goddamned moral meltdown where they threatened to call peta when someone exalted their fodder hatchling(mostly nature, rarely light or water, likely to have a hatchery with a whole novel worth of anti-exalt rules bolded in red at the top), a just flat out asshole who thinks they’re being cool by snarking at and threatening anyone who tries to have a civil conversation with them and then playing the victim(mostly plague and fire, sometimes light, second most likely to have an ocd meltdown when old art is changed, most likely to spite exalt just for fun, just as likely as the scammer type mentioned above to falsely report someone and gloat at them for the lulz), an utter recluse who’s been on since 2013, has a 2 page lair of all basic dragons with no apparel, and probably thinks that “Forum” is a kind of sandwich, the lucky bastards(surprisingly common in lightning and to some degree in fire and nature, also seen a few in wind), or some unholy crossbreed of the above.
I assume that just by statistical probability alone there must have at some point been at least one half decent person and/or actually mature adult on this entire forsaken website, but ya know what if i meet them i’ll let ya know. Best i can tell? Everyone with a scrap of sanity in their skulls has been driven off entirely or at least partially assimilated into one of the categories above by now. Same as every other petsite that has ever existed. It’s awful. Unbearable. Taking one look at any part of this site where you can input text gives me a sickening feeling of being in some twisted nightmare dimension where everything is assbackwards and the halls are covered in glitter and stars.
And dom? Oh god, don’t get me started on that. Sports team culture? Fused with a hint of racism/nationalism for extra flavor? That’s nearly impossible to build up the manpower and money to win without having the bonuses from having already won?(And don’t start me on that “oh it’s just pennies” bullshit, pennies build up fast any you know it. If someone can sell an item for a profit of one gem and the person next to them can sell it for a profit of one and a half because they get a discount buying it in the first place, sure it’s not a big difference, but if they sell exactly the same amount of items then by the end the second person will still have made significantly more profit than the first. And then when the next round comes? That extra money can buy extra fodder and lair space for extra dom push, which means not only that they are far more likely to win and have an easier time doing so but also that when it’s over they’ll be able to buy even more items than the first person to resell for profit, and still likely save money from that dom discount. And this is just what happens with the “pennies” bonus of one single dom round.)Was this faction discrimination-riddled cesspool not toxic enough already? I legitimately can’t think of a game addition that could possibly have been worse for this record-breakingly immature bully culture than some goddamned dragon-themed imitation of sports team rivalry fused with a global cold war and a touch of monopoly.
(Also inb4 someone in the comments says something like “i think the problem is really with YOU if everyone you meet is bad” or “i think YOU’RE one of the rotten ones” or “lmao if you hate it so much leave” or “someone’s salty because ______ didn’t happen to them” or “SJW? i bet you’re the type who thinks racism doesn’t exist/911 was a conspiracy/immigrants are stealing our jobs/barney the dinosaur is going to bring the nuclear apocalypse/ect too” or “You’re not perfect/you don’t sound like such a nice person either” some such thing. I never claimed to be perfect bruh, or even good. The only thing I’m claiming to be is pissed off.)
It’s not like i can “just leave if i hate it that much” either. Have you ever actually seen a good dragon petsite beyond FR? I’ve looked. THEY DON’T FUCKING EXIST. FR DOMINATES THE MARKET ENTIRELY. THERE IS LITERALLY NO SIGNIFICANT COMPETITION WHATSOEVER. THERE. IS. NOWHERE. ELSE. TO. GO. And there will likely NEVER be anywhere else to go, because petsites tend to be the sort of market along MMO lines where there’s only room for one successful title at a time. If i want to play with dragons at all, this is my only possible option. And i don’t believe for one second that if a decent competitor site ever managed to exist that it wouldn’t immediately be overrun by the same types of people that are ruining everything here. There’s so, so much more that pisses me off but the pure rage and disappointment bathing my brain right now is fucking with my ability to think straight enough to list it.
I love this game, and i don’t want to stop playing it, but my tolerance for it’s player’s shit is holding on by a thread. I’ve been drowning in so many assholes with not one genuinely decent person in sight for so long, and I’m starting to think they either all fled, assimilated, or went into hiding. Are there really any good people on here? Please tell me there are and they’re just buried under everyone else. I just want there to be some glimmer of hope that this community isn’t an entirely lost cause, but I’ve found no evidence of such a thing. By all my observations it only becomes more toxic and abusive by the day and that doesn’t look like it will ever change. I’m nice to people, I’ve never been involved in any drama, i always complete my business transactions quickly and politely, yet all i ever get in return is snarky fake smiles, manipulation, scams, and flat-out dickishness, and when i look around at others i see more of the same happening to and being perpetuated by them aswell.
Please help me I’m trapped in this glittery insane asylum hell of backstabbing and toxic clique culture and all i have with me is a book full of stamps shaped like dragons and an increasing sense of general misanthropy
Please tell me that nice people really exist here even the fucking people I’m related to that play this game are all textbook “smiley fake sweet ‘git gud lol’ airhead” types
*SCREECHES IN ENDLESS AGONY*
#sjw#drama#shady#rant#flight rising#flightrising#cursing#staff#undel#dominance#art#festival#long post#submission
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is grindr socially conscious enough for the option to connect your account to existing social media to be some kind of subversive ploy to preserve an image of the gay male hookup world in which all parties are not essentially strangers? despite that its entire interface lends itself to and bends for pent-up degradation and spontaneous sex with people while creating every desired condition to ignore their personhood completely? if I'm overthinking it, is that maybe because by and large, communities of gay men have been silenced by assumed promiscuity / in the era where the internet is a current social catalyst, to the absurdity that fucking 4chan has been referenced in international news not just once but many times? am i a product of that thinking for feeling that grindr would be a productive arena for changing any public image, despite the fact that I'm viscerally aware of how grindr is the least desirable visualization of a community in terms of social code maybe ever, especially in the context of modern anti-gay rhetoric? is it inherently homophobic or destructive to view it as a platform for any larger change though it has enough memetic status and value to imagine how that could happen? the places we create in our smaller worlds to fertilize the mutations of sexuality - such as grindr, hustler clubs, anonymous group meetings, or even boards on certain forums - constantly breed smaller groups, regardless of how, based loosely on a compulsion to categorize. but when and why did we start categorizing traits of human sexuality based on assumed moral limits? does this encourage or put order to the masochistic hierarchy of disgust this creates in people, this arbitrary unconscious competition that makes it so some people find themselves as functional sociopaths that murder for a psychosexual attempt at feeling something? and others unemployed, closeted and hiding under their parents but jacking off to necrophilia or an unsourced 240p MPEG of a guy getting fucked by several horses in one day? I've learned at least one pattern of questioning that comes with using the word kink, and if you aren't explicit about which kink or kinks you mean, the guesses very eagerly turn as morbid as they can be - i think often we get so lost in the wet dream of excess we confuse feeling the worst with feeling the most. on a less grounded note but also uncomfortably predictable, can you imagine if subcultures post-internet had been allowed to fester in the same way they would have before then, possibly for centuries? what if the even smaller counterculture of grindr users that self-identify with the pig emoji had ever, in any capacity, had everything necessary for a functioning and self-sustaining economy? that'd be fucked
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Self-Defense for the Con-Goer
The following post is being made for the benefit of the cosplay/convention board on 4chan (/cgl/), but /cgl/ has a strong presence on tumblr so I’m hosting it here as well.
A Guide To Personal Safety, Security and Self-Defense at Conventions
Anyone who's read any of our “con horror stories” threads knows well the dangers attendant at conventions. Some of it's the criminal element that shows up to prey on any big gathering like a convention - but a great amount also owes to the kind of cheeto-dusted basement-dwelling CHUDs that tend to populate these events. Since there's been some interest in this recently I've put together some information of great use for *every* con-goer to enhance their personal safety, ranked in order of importance and presentation:
* How to see danger coming, and where it's most likely to happen,
* What to do about it when you notice it,
* The psychology of criminals and how it affects you,
* Your options vis a vis self-defense tools, pros and cons, difficulties and costs of obtaining them and legal considerations to know of, esp. in the context of traveling between states to conventions.
You'll notice that actual self-defense tools are the least important aspect, because an attack prevented is far superior to an attack repulsed - zero risk compared to *some* risk. Without further ado, here's the content:
HOW TO SEE IT COMING:
Absolutely fucking essential required reading in understanding where you will be attacked, and how:
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/five_stages.html
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/fringe.html
Everything on this site is excellent, but these two pages are probably the most important reading for a convention-goer. To boil it down for the tl;dr amongst us:
* You will be targeted in “transition areas” that are sparsely populated, while your attention is focused on getting somewhere else - stairwells and parking lots/parking garages are especially dangerous.
* Criminals will “interview” you with some bullshit line as they close in to attack range; the classic “hey man you got a light” strategy. You win or lose the encounter at this point; if you fail to recognize the developing attack you are probably fucked.
* Criminals typically do not hide; it's not really possible. They simply lurk in places with short sight-lines; by the time you see them they're already close and approaching, a pleasant lie on their lips to distract you for the several seconds they need to position themselves for an attack. If someone approaches you in too familiar a manner in any transition or “fringe area,” this is a huge, screaming danger sign. Have your cell phone in one hand and your self-defense option of choice in the other, immediately.
There's a few other links on this site especially applicable to convention situations, especially in light of the shit we see in the horror story threads.
Profile of a rapist (i.e. a selfish, self-absorbed son of a bitch:) http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/profile.html
Hit hard or run, but never, ever hit them light: http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/ineffective_violence.htm
Both of these relate especially to dangers of acquaintance rape, and given the common practice of splitting hotel room costs at conventions - and even the habit of some people to go “room-surfing” looking for people that'll let them crash in some random hotel room - this is especially relevant. CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS VERY, VERY WELL, especially before you share a hotel room with them! Your friends also have keycards to your rooms; their poor judgment might well put you in danger. Conversely they might just be ignorant; if you see trouble developing and they don't, SAY SOMETHING!
One problem unique to conventions is the aforementioned cheeto-dusted CHUD. Bluntly put, anime conventions attract a Particular Element in undue proportion; people who have little to no grasp of social niceties and boundaries. This is the source of Problems, especially when said CHUDs zero in on an attractive woman and are unable to pick up on the “no” signals, (up to and including the exact words “please fuck off before I mace you.”) This link addresses said boundaries, and how to defend them in an assertive manner without coming across as aggressive, which might make the problem worse:
http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/assertiveness.html
This entire page is good, but this section on personal space rules is very important. When someone starts to violate those boundaries, they're either testing you, or a cheeto-dusted-CHUD (a CDC, if you will,) who doesn't understand them. Or worse, the former posing as the latter. Either way, they have crossed a boundary you *must* defend. Closer than that boundary and they are positioned to do all sorts of things you'd rather not, and if they assault you it's going to make precious little difference to you if it was deliberate or just extreme autism at work.
This is a good start for addressing a very frequent problem at cons - people who violate personal space, stalk, or even grope women at conventions, sometimes in the middle of a huge, crowded space or even the dealer's hall. As so many “con horror story” threads have detailed, many people are reluctant to shout or react for fear of making a “scene” and being told they're “over-reacting,” or the like. My take is that a boundary you don't defend is nonexistent; but not everyone shares that view. If you're one of them, the best advice I've heard is to travel with friends - you'll have allies and backup right there with you, without having to worry about how bystanders will react one way or the other.
(Aside: this particular situation's not one I'm well-equipped to analyze or discuss; those of you with more knowledge/insight please weigh in so I can improve the quality of this guide.)
With all that said, here's some of my own observations, which seem consistent with all the Professional Advice I've read over the years:
1. Assholes are also cowards and they consider women easy targets. I'm not qualified to contextualize this against the backdrop of institutionalized patriarchy or whatever, it's just something I've seen with my own eyes: shitty people are always, always more likely to start shit with a woman than a man. I noticed it at work, even - customers who'd get nasty with our female co-workers wouldn't say shit to me. One was so pissed at being told he couldn't smoke at a gas station that he threatened to pull a gun on one of them (especially hilarious considering she was behind armored glass with a robbery button at hand.) Why they think they can get away with it, I won't speculate, but they do, and that's all that matters. This is partly because they're knuckle-dragging shit-flinging simians who's model of social interaction has reverted to hooting ape mode, and partly because threat displays (macho man flexing I'mma kick yer ass) are a big part of that mindset, and women are obviously less imposing in that regard.
2. This macho man horseshit cuts both ways - I can't tell you how many morons I've heard opine that an openly-carried pistol will “scare away” bad guys like some sort of fucking magical talisman. That's not how it fucking works. Criminals aren't scared of a gun - they're scared of the person HOLDING it. Someone walking around strapped like Butch Fuckin Cassidy will be challenged, and if he flakes, he will be assaulted. Conversely, someone walking down the street without a weapon visible can make a would-be mugger remember urgent business elsewhere simply by 1. noticing the mugger moving into position and 2. easing a hand into their pocket while said mugger is still thirty feet distant. Do they have a revolver in their pocket, or just their hand? Mugger doesn't want to find out - he's already been made. The frilliest Ita getup on earth can't hide the significance of the person wearing it watching you carefully as they reach into their sequined purse. That's the difference between “easy target” and “definitely not worth the trouble.”
With that said, the willingness to resist means little without something to resist with.
THE TOOLS
There's a LOT of options available, not just pepper spray - chief among them are stun guns, tasers, expandable batons and multi-purpose knives. They all have pros and cons and varying levels of legal hoops to jump through.
TASERS are one of the best options. They can zap an attacker at a distance (before they put a knife into you,) can still function as a stun gun after they've been fired, AND they're legal in 45 out of 50 US states. In most states they're either entirely unregulated, or legal to carry with a Concealed Carry License. They're so widely accepted that even the very few states that ban normal stun guns (such as Michigan) allow you to carry Tasers! The disadvantages are that they're kind of pricey; the cheapest models are 500 buckaroos (average price of a Glock, for reference.) Tasers are easily concealable in a variety of ways (and a variety of cosplay outfits, for that matter), highly effective and NON-LETHAL.
Taser Co. has a chart listing laws and restrictions by state:
http://www.defenseproducts101.com/statestatutesummary_page2.html
PEPPER SPRAY has the advantage of being cheap as hell, available everywhere (even in the hardware checkout lane,) and legal damn near everywhere (in the USA, at least,) but it can easily be the least effective option there is. If you use this, buy two cans and use one in practice - give a tree a few squirts so you can see how the stream flies, how far it goes, etc. Pepper spray can also take several seconds to really kick into full effect; if your attacker has his hands on you already it won't save you from a beating - or worse. It's still a hell of a lot better than nothing, but if you use it, hose them down good (use a small circular motion and aim for the face) and then RUN LIKE HELL. Don't stick around to appreciate the effects. Some states might require an ID/over 18 for sales, so plan for this ahead of time and get your parents/guardians to buy you one ahead of your trip, if you’re younger.
STUN GUNS are pretty damn effective too; one zap will drop pretty much anyone like a rock. They have the same limitations as Tasers when it comes to penetrating thick clothing and most obviously you have to be close to the target - but bear in mind that self-defense happens at close range anyway. The average police shooting happens at a range of nine feet, and the average self-defense shooting at a range of six. Stun Guns can be had very cheaply these days AND they're legal almost fucking everywhere - WITHOUT restrictions:
http://www.stungunbuyersguide.com/stun-gun-laws/
Both these items are also legal to put in your CHECKED luggage if you're flying to the con, and the TSA's highly unlikely to bother you over such purely defensive, non-lethal tools. They're also piss-easy to use for anyone, no training needed.
EXPANDABLE BATONS are highly effective physical weapons, but suffer from legal problems in that they're restricted in many states. They can fold up to a package that fits in your hand, and will telescope out and lock with a nice crisp *snick* when you flick your wrist. Then they become a sturdy metal weighted club that can block attacks, extends your reach far past your own arm, and greatly magnifies the power of your strikes. All this helps keep you out of lethal range of an attacker AND they're far, far less likely to do life-threatening damage compared to a knife. Strength doesn't matter that much for these; the weighted end and the lever effect greatly magnify your effective force. You don't need (OR want) to kill the bastard, you just need him to stop trying to hurt you, and a few love taps from a baton are very convincing. Unfortunately they're flat-out banned in many states, though some others will allow you to carry one concealed if you have a concealed carry license.However if your go-to option is already an umbrella or something seriously consider one of these - they're cheap as hell; cheap as 20 bucks sometimes.
Here's a rundown of the legality. Be sure to double-check your state laws (and the laws of your favorite convention's state) for yourself, however:
http://weaponlaws.wikidot.com/state-baton-laws
KNIVES are one of the most complex options. Knives are purely offensive weapons; they're very lethal, but offer you literally no defense aside from a good offense and the threat of such. However, because state laws are often moronic, the laws usually make them much more attractive options than almost anything else. For instance, my state (Michigan) makes it easy to get a carry permit for a lethal handgun, and knives are mostly unregulated (if it isn't double-edged, you're good,) but stun guns and batons are banned *entirely* and you need a carry permit just to get a Taser! It's far easier to get *lethal weaponry* in my state than non-lethal. It's fucking crazy, but that's how it is. For that reason, I'll discuss knives.
As I said before, knives are almost entirely offensive weapons. This is mainly because they're SMALL. That makes them easy to hide for surprise attacks, but their lack of reach means you can't keep someone from getting close enough to hurt you. Unlike clubs - which can incapacitate an attacker *without* doing life-threatening harm, even if you break their arm - knives make deep piercing wounds that perforate vital organs. A single stab wound can kill you quicker than a small-caliber handgun round, in fact. They're used by gangs not as “fighting” weapons, but murder weapons.
However knives do have a few big advantages. For starters, they can't be called weapons. Small locking-blade folders are extremely common as mere pocketknives and they don't really raise eyebrows anywhere outside a TSA line. Consider this one:
This little thing is legal almost anywhere. State laws almost always ban:
* Long-ass knives (over 6 inches blade length,)
* “Gravity Knives” (butterfly knives, lingering 70s hysteria,) or any “spring-opening knife” (i.e. switchblades,) though “spring-assisted” (requiring a very small amount of force from your thumb) are legal in most states (this is a technical workaround of the anti-switchblade laws.)
* Anything double-edged or combat-oriented (bowie knives, “dirks, daggers, claymores, Sting, etc.)
Small general-purpose locking-blade folders like that Buck knife? Nobody gives a shit. But guess what? It's every bit as dangerous as any other knife you'll ever see, and if it's all you've got, it's going to make a would-be attacker think thrice. Knives are *scary.* Even better, you don't need some fancy, expensive spring-assist mechanism to draw it quickly - even a simple folder like this with a thumb-stud or thumb-hole and no spring-assist can be flicked open very, very fast as it comes out of your pocket:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA_sTMXzazM
Knives can be had *cheap,* too - forty bucks gets you a nice “name brand” knife like the Buck knife I linked, but even a cheap-ass potmetal 20 dollar plastic-sided job from the hardware store will do. And pocketknives are very useful tools anyway. The only other tool nearly as useful is a small penlight. You should have both in your purse, IMO (most premeditated attacks happen under cover of night.) And again, these draw very little notice or alarm from police.
Picture related - this is the knife I carry:
As you can see, it's shaped super tacticool and it's pretty much designed with stabbity in mind. It even has the name of Someone Sorta Famous in cursive on the blade... and for all that, I've never had a cop blink at it, because for all the pretense it's effectively identical to that boring, plain, inoffensive Buck knife I linked - and said Buck knife will attract even less remark.
Knives are also psychologically potent - *if* you are willing to use them. Violent people know damn well how lethal knives are, and the Hollywood effect short-sells the potential lethality of clubs compared to knives; so pretty much everyone fears a knife a lot more. But this is only true if you are willing to use it. Without the will to commit to an attack, people tend to just slash and wave a knife wildly, which is mostly ineffective - *stab wounds* are what make knives so dangerous. Street criminals have learned the hard way that a weapon is not dangerous - a person willing to USE a weapon is dangerous. (See my commentary on “open carry” above.) And you might be attacked not by a street criminal, but a cokehead mugger desperate for your next fix - these people will kill you for the twenty dollars in your wallet without hesitation or remorse. You need to be able to follow through; bluffing will not cut it.
Remember that you've been forced to this extremity by your attacker - you cannot make their choices for them, you can only choose for yourself - and you must choose to survive. What it takes for you to survive is the consequence of your attacker's decisions. Commit to protecting your life fully - channel Mikasa.
Hold the knife close to you and THRUST it at the target - not at the center of their body, but to either side (to get between the ribs and puncture a lung.) It's a lot harder to stab through the breastbone. It's a horrific thing to have to discuss, and again, why I'd prefer a baton or a Taser - but if you're fighting for your life, FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE. You could also go for the face and throat to dissuade them and make then piss off, but if you connect (quite easy) the injuries might be even worse. (If you do this, keep the slashes SHORT. More like little circles in the air at the end of your thrust, not big sweeping motions like you're swinging a sword.) To repeat, KNIVES ARE VERY LETHAL WEAPONS. ONLY USE THEM IF YOU ARE IN FEAR OF YOUR LIFE OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. They bear many of the drawbacks of a gun without any of the advantages - but they will frequently be your only legal and accessible option in an emergency.
This site has an excellent run-down of knife laws by state:
http://www.knifeup.com/knife-laws/
THE OBVIOUS OMISSION
There's one glaring omission in this rundown so far - the Rooty Tooty Point 'N Shooty. That omission is deliberate. Everybody - and I do mean everybody - has a right to safety and self-defense, and that includes people who are uncomfortable with firearms. This post is for informing those people that they've got a plethora of options aside from pepper spray and those fucking useless keychain sticks. This thread is NOT for filthy knuckledragging redstate /k/ommandos (like me) to spew gatfacts and dank gadsden flag maymays, and if I even look askance at that, that's all some people will see. There *is* a lot of good advice to be dispensed on that topic to those interested, but I'll save that for a separate post for aforementioned reasons.
#convention#con#anime con#anime convention#self-defense#cosplay is not consent#cosplay#self defense#/k/osplay
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Shamir’s Secret Explained: Distributing a Seed Phrase Into Multiple Parts
When an individual first joins the cryptocurrency economy and obtains their first bitcoins, at times the process can be daunting. Most veterans will often tell newcomers that they need to secure their coin’s private keys in order to enjoy sovereign ownership. However, most people are not taught how to keep their 12-24 word seed phrase in another useful way by utilizing a method called “Shamir’s Secret.”
Also Read: Money Transmitter License Not Required for Crypto Businesses in Pennsylvania
Learning Shamir’s Secret
Most people within the cryptocurrency community will emphasize that securing your own private keys is the best way to hold cryptocurrencies. The reason for this is because when any funds are kept with a third party such as an exchange or a custodial wallet, the keys are not in the owner’s control. This means that if the exchange or wallet provider gets hacked and funds are stolen, the coins you hold on an exchange can be stolen from you and some exchange hack victims never get restitution. However, cryptocurrency owners who secure their own private keys by maintaining a specific computer file or use a 12-24 word mnemonic phrase still open themselves up to physical vectors. There are lots of people who create a new crypto wallet every single day and they typically write down the 12-24 word phrase on a piece of paper and hide it. But this means anyone with knowledge of the exact location of someone’s mnemonic phrase tied to their digital assets could theoretically steal the funds.
Seed phrases should be written down in a secure location by yourself.
Think about it, if a piece of paper or another object with a written mnemonic phrase is searched for by malicious actors, finding the 12-24 words might not be so difficult. In fact, people who don’t hold cryptocurrencies most likely don’t keep random phrases hidden with their belongings. Most ordinary people, who know nothing about digital assets storage, would not understand why a person would have a bunch of random words tucked under the mattress. But bitcoiners do keep mnemonic phrases and have a seed written down on paper or another object. These hidden words stored in one physical location can still be compromised by thieves, damaged by the elements, and the seed can be lost by forgetting its geographic coordinates. There is a method called Shamir’s Secret which may mitigate the risk of seed theft by making it much harder to obtain. Besides the protection from key stealing, people also use the secret sharing technique to ensure access to the assets in case of an unexpected death.
The secret sharing scheme conceived by Adi Shamir has been used for decades.
Shamir’s Secret is a cryptographic method created by the Israeli cryptographer Adi Shamir. The mathematically proven method allows people to secure a secret in a distributed fashion. The secret sharing technique takes an original secret and divides it into parts and each part is either hidden in different locations or parts of the secret is given to trusted participants of the scheme. The threshold scheme requires all or a majority of the secret parts to come together in order to reconstruct the original secret. Shamir’s Secret can be applied to private key storage in many different ways. But in this article, we will cover one of the simpler ways to execute the secret sharing technique with a 12-word seed.
Shamir’s Secret is common practice for those who want to secure their private keys.
Example: 2 Out of 3 Seed Storage
In this example, we will take a 12-word seed (the original secret) and distribute it into three separate secrets to make physical attacks harder to achieve. In order to utilize Shamir’s Secret with the full mnemonic phrase, you split the 12-word mnemonic into sections of three 4-word rows when writing it down initially. Then you take three pieces of paper and mark each piece with the letters A, B and C for each copy. On copy A you only write down the words for rows 1 and 2 and skip row 3. Then on copy B, you simply write the words for rows 1 and 3, and with copy C the rows would be 2 and 3 with row 1 left out.
Remember, in this example 2 out of 3 of the copies are needed when someone uses the secret sharing method to hide an original secret.
Now that the mnemonic phrase is split into this fashion, you make sure everything was copied correctly and you can destroy the original copy with all 12 words. Or an even more secure method would be separating the seed from scratch and all the copies will be originals. This means that with our 2 out of 3 threshold example, in order to decipher the private keys the person will need 2 out of 3 of the seed copies to access the funds. As long as the original secret is distributed into parts, then the very basics of Shamir’s Secret have been applied to the mnemonic phrase.
The phrase can also be split into just two sections or it can be split by more numbers if the owner desires. Using the 2 out of 3 example above, the owner of the keys can then give the copies to two trusted participants including themselves or they can hide the copies in three separate locations. Essentially this means that because the secret sharing method is applied, two out of three of the trusted individuals must be compromised, which is more difficult than one person. Or the attacker must locate two out of three of the seed phrase source locations in order to gain full access to the funds.
In this example, the three copies can be hidden or the owner can distribute two of the copies to a trusted friend, spouse, or family member. Shamir’s Secret works well if you want to leave your cryptocurrencies to family members if you happen to pass away because the two people could gain access to the funds after death. However, if the two people are untrustworthy they could take advantage of the two copies so there’s always a trade-off when it comes to security.
Secret Sharing Is Optional
Splitting up a seed in this fashion isn’t for everyone and some people will find that maintaining only one copy of the 12-24 word phrase is fine and secure enough. Using Shamir’s Secret is optional but people who hold large amounts of coins may consider using the method for better security. Furthermore, people have had their seed phrases stolen by intruders in the past especially if they are stored in one convenient location. Last year, an anonymous user on the 4chan platform found his ‘friends’ Electrum seed phrase and contemplated stealing the 70 BTC held in the wallet. In other instances last year, cryptocurrency proponents have been physically attacked for their coins and forced to reveal their seed phrase.
Multi-signature addresses and Shamir’s Secret is an industry standard for many companies who store private keys.
As cryptocurrencies become more popular it’s likely that methods like Shamir’s secret will be taught more regularly as an option for private key ownership. The technique is already used by many cryptocurrency exchanges and custodial services that store large amounts of funds in order to protect customers’ funds from outside forces and inside jobs. Trying to obtain two or more separated secrets is much more difficult for hackers to achieve and this is why digital currency businesses deploy the procedure in their standard security practices. The best thing is Shamir’s Secret isn’t too difficult to understand and anyone can apply the strategy to their crypto holdings.
What do you think about Shamir’s Secret? Let us know what you think is the best method of key storage in the comments section below.
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Kingdom Hearts III: A Guide to Avoiding Leaks and Spoilers on the Internet Before Release
It’s official — Kingdom Hearts III is loose in the wild, and there are people already playing the game. Some are even going as far as posting content on social media, though nothing yet has touched on story spoilers. But if you are anything like us, you are in a panic; we’ve waited over 13 years for a mainline release of Kingdom Hearts, and we are not about to get it spoiled a month before release. With this in mind, we’ve whipped up a quick guide of tips and tricks to avoid Kingdom Hearts III spoilers and leaks on the internet.
Kingdom Hearts III is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 29, 2019. So if you haven’t pre-ordered the game yet, don’t be afraid to jump on that now from Amazon. Meanwhile, check out our guide on avoiding spoilers below:
Press Mute on Twitter for Spoiler-Hot Keywords:
One of the prime suspects on where you will see leaks is Twitter — an all-points newsfeed that isn’t curated. The whole place is a dangerous battleground, especially considering that we’ve already seen some Kingdom Hearts III leaks so far. Thankfully, Twitter has some of the best features when it comes to avoiding keywords and spoilers.
Using the Mute options, you can curate keywords, phrases, and hashtags you don’t want to see. Don’t want to look at the leaks from the latest leaker? Go ahead and block “@KH3isLife” until forever.
What else should you consider blocking? The safe bets are the following:
Spoil
Spoiled
Spoiler
Spoilers
Leak
Leaks
Leaked
#KH3Spoilers
#KH3Leaks
Meanwhile, anyone who is more conservative on their leaks and going for full media blackout might want to consider blocking anything Kingdom Hearts III altogether. Go ahead and block the following terms, and possibly even the character names, until after the game releases:
Kingdom Hearts
Kingdom Hearts III
Kingdom Hearts 3
KHIII
KH3
#KingdomHearts
#KingdomHearts3
#KingdomHeartsIII
And just like that, you’ve got a basic filter that should pick up many (though not necessarily all) spoiler content. Keep in mind, this is going to block you from non-spoilers and may leave you open to spoilers that come without keywords. But being on the internet is simply a risk.
Last but not least, go ahead an turn video auto-play off within Twitter’s accessibility functions. This is an easy choice to make — not only are auto-play videos the bane of existance, but you can’t imagine how quickly a random video tweet can ruin something for you in the first few moments.
Avoid the Usual Suspects and Spoiler-y Gaming Sites:
Have you ever been spoiled by an image board or a Kurdish Underwater Basketweaving Forum? Yeah… I’ve been there. My momentum in Fallout 4 was murdered in cold blood after stumbling onto spoilers of the game via 4chan. The best strategy is to avoid all image boards (as well as places that repost their content like the 4chan or green text subreddits).
However, this carries over to gaming sites that dabble with spoilers or spoiled content. Over and over again we’ve seen some of the largest outlets in the media industry flat out ruin surprises in a game’s review. Meanwhile, many sites–including DualShockers–will keep spoilers to a minimum and let you know with bold text, highlighting places to avoid, Twitter users to ignore, and trends to avoid wholesale.
Hit Snooze on Facebook or Avoid Altogether:
Unlike Twitter, it is much harder to reign in spoilers on Facebook. On the plus side, however, your feed will be curated exclusively to the content/places/people you follow. So the question is…how much do you trust your friends and your communities?
If you are like me and don’t trust some of the gaming communities you follow (there are always a few bad apples in the bunch), you can leave them for the time-being or just turn off notifications altogether. If someone is talking a bit too much on Kingdom Hearts spoilers, you can also hit the Snooze feature on the timeline, essentially blocking any post from a person or a whole group from invading your News Feed for up to 30 days (just the perfect amount of time!)
Another quick tip, make sure that “Auto-Play” for videos on your Facebook Newsfeed is set to off. To do that, simply follow this link and change that setting under the “Videos” section. Now, why should you be doing this? Don’t underestimate the internet’s ability to spoil something within the first ten seconds of any video. If the auto-play feature is on, you may unwittingly be exposed to a leak just by scrolling through.
Last but not least, don’t be afraid to just ditch Facebook altogether for the month (if not forever). Your family can go a month without an update on your dogs, and you will be safe from any leaks or spoilers.
Avoid Instagram Hashtags and Block Offenders:
Instagram, much like Facebook, is entirely curated by you — while you can go ahead and block people, it might be best to avoid hashtags and people know to spoil. Is it a bummer you won’t see excellent user-created content before release? You bet it is. But it is the small price you pay to make sure Kingdom Hearts III remains a pure experience for you.
But as a quick idea of the hashtags to avoid, go ahead and keep out of the following:
#KingdomHearts3
#KingdomHeartsIII
#KingdomHearts
#KH3
#KHIII
Curate Your Subreddit List on Reddit:
In 2018, Reddit has become the dominant force of the social media game in providing excellent content by subreddit communities. And while some of the best Kingdom Hearts subreddits are modded by excellent teams to protect against leaks and spoilers, don’t underestimate your ability to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. With over 100K followers on this community alone, it’s physically impossible to block all spoilers coming in.
With that said, the best way to avoid spoilers on Reddit is to avoid sorting articles and comments by “New” or “Controversial,” or going as far as to temporarily unsubscribe. Keep in mind, this isn���t solely for the Kingdom Hearts-themed subreddits — the latest leak about Kingdom Hearts III’s intro surfaced in part because it was amplified by the Skrillex subreddit (of all places). So perhaps check out of general “gaming” subreddits like:
Gaming
Games
PS4
XboxOne
Skrillex
SquareEnix
KingdomHeartsSpoilers (obviously)
Once again, it’s going to be impossible to block everything entirely unless you avoid Reddit altogether. But sticking out of these subreddits are your best bet to keep out of spoiler territory.
Get Restricted on YouTube to Avoid Comments:
YouTube and its army of content creators is a hotbed of leaks — ask all of the people that were spoiled on Marvel’s Spider-Man for PS4 simply by seeing thumbnails on trending videos. Yikes.
While thumbnails are always going to be dangerous territory, you can minimize the risk of running into spoilers by switching to Restricted Mode. If you don’t know what Restricted Mode is, the feature is like an adult version of Parental Controls. Setting the mode to “On” will typically block mature content and will hide every comment section. Comment sections on YouTube should be avoided at all costs, so this isn’t too bad of an idea.
To turn on Restricted Mode, click on your profile icon in the top-right. At the bottom of the drop-down menu is “Restricted Mode: Off” — click on that and you can set the filter to “On.” You can turn this on and off at any point, so go check it out and see if it helps.
However, there is no way to avoid spoilers altogether — especially if you follow accounts that typically go over the latest leaks in the gaming spheres. Consider limiting your viewing to official PR accounts, trusted YouTube channels, or just staying away from the video outlet altogether.
Discord, Twitch, and Comment Sections Are Dangerous Territory:
So far we’ve touched on centralized social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The further you stray away from these, the scarier things get for spoiler territory. Discord communities can be run by anyone; Twitch (and their chats) are the Wild West with very few powers to limit streamers; comment sections are never moderated as fast as we wish.
Our advice? Just stay away from a lot of these. We are a month out; you’ve got this!
Consider a Full Media Blackout For Kingdom Hearts III:
What’s the best way to avoid spoilers on the internet? No internet. Go ahead and spend the next 32 days entirely away from social media or internet outside of what your work requires.
Honestly, it isn’t a bad idea. Social media has a proven drag on everyone’s mental health, and now is a great time to make it a New Year’s Resolution. Even better, there has never been a better time to go through your backlog or replay Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far (which you can get on Amazon) to make sure you are caught up with the series and ready to experience the climactic end.
Kingdom Hearts III is priming to be one of the most significant launches of 2019, so let’s make sure we keep the next month hyped up and spoiler free. As always, we will do our best at DualShockers to keep you unspoiled at the lead-up to launch.
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White Supremacists Are Investing in a Cryptocurrency That Promises to Be Completely Untraceable
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White Supremacists Are Investing in a Cryptocurrency That Promises to Be Completely Untraceable
Far-right podcast host Christopher Cantwell had already been denied one source of funding even before his name became synonymous with the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12 last year. The crowdfunding platform Patreon would be far from the last revenue stream to become off limits.
After the infamous rally, the Hitler aficionado was turned away by essentially everyone else: He was banned from accessing PayPal, Stripe, and MakerSupport for promoting racism and a hatred of Jews—eliminating the ways that independent content creators typically solicit donations from their fans.
Cantwell has been using Bitcoin since 2013 but has more recently been promoting Monero, a controversial, decentralized cryptocurrency that promises total anonymity in its transactions. He views it as an alternative way for his white supremacist fan base to give him handouts, but also as a tool that can be used by purveyors of his extremist lifestyle in a more general sense. Monero is growing in popularity among men like Cantwell for the same reason that it’s being used among members of the criminal underworld—it enables them to keep their business dealings hidden from the eyes of the law.
The head of a club studying cryptocurrencies checks a chart after a meeting at a university in Seoul, South Korea, on December 20, 2017. American white supremacists have shown an increased interest in cryptocurrency since 2014, researchers say. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
Related: Neo-Nazi Website Daily Stormer Is ‘Designed to Target Children’ As Young As 11 for Radicalization, Editor Claims
“If you think about the white nationalist political movement there’s just a great deal of paranoia in it—they believe that the country is being completely taken over,” said Lucas Nuzzi, the Director of Technology at Digital Asset Research, an expert in cryptocurrency. “So, it’s not surprising that they would be gravitating to something like Monero, which promises them anonymous transactions.”
In Cantwell’s case, it’s not about who he believes is trying to take over the country, but about who he imagines already runs it. Cantwell embraces a number of blatantly false conspiracy theories surrounding Jewish people and scapegoats them for his struggles with finance. (For the record, many of the platforms from which he was banned are demonstrably owned and operated by non-Jews). He told Newsweek that he believes “Jews” are shutting him out of finance because of his associations with anti-Semitism, which he himself put on display by participating in a much-discussed VICE documentary about the events in Charlottesville.
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But Cantwell is not only limited in his capacity to use crowdfunding websites. He faces a myriad of legal troubles and increased scrutiny from law enforcement as a result of them. He is tethered by GPS to a confined area of Virginia while he awaits trial this August on a felony charge for his alleged use of tear gas during the deadly Charlottesville rally. He also faces a number of lawsuits related to that event.
A member of the Traditionalist Workers Party does a salute outside of a Richard Spencer speech on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, on March 5. Many white supremacists lost access to crowdfunding websites within the last year. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith
Monero was not necessarily designed as a tool to work around the scrutiny of law enforcement or the IRS, but the appeal for someone who may want to do so is obvious, Nuzzi posited.
“It’s very difficult to estimate how much of Monero’s user base is composed of criminals or extremists” like Cantwell, Nuzzi said, suggesting that the number of overall users who fit into these categories is likely small. “The appeal is that whoever is looking at a given transaction can’t pinpoint who sent and received the money.”
Yet, while transactions involving this “experimental” privacy coin may be anonymous, Nuzzi added, they aren’t user-friendly yet. The transactions lack standardization and typically require a “bridge” from a more prominent cryptocurrency like Bitcoin in order to pull off. That means that if someone wanted to convert U.S. dollars into Monero, he or she would first have to purchase Bitcoin before moving forward.
That’s where the promise of completely anonymous transactions is weakened, according to John Bambenek, a researcher for Cybersecurity and Intelligence group ThreatStop. Bambenek runs the Twitter account @Neonaziwallets, which since Charlottesville has tracked the Bitcoin wealth of people like Andrew Anglin, the editor of the sophomoric neo-Nazi website Daily Stormer, and Andrew “Weev” Auernheimer, its tech expert.
Daily Stormer, which, like Cantwell’s radio show, has been orphaned by traditional payment services and been targeted with lawsuits over its content, now accepts handouts in Monero as well as Bitcoin.
Dailystormer daily wallet summary report. Rec: 56.1950 BTC ~$479,667.15 USD, Spent: 54.7270 BTC ~$467,136.33, Bal: 1.4680 BTC ~$12,530.82.
— Neonazi BTC Tracker (@NeonaziWallets) March 25, 2018
“Monero has value but only if it turns into money. And you can only do that in certain places,” Bambenek says. “No one cares about your crypto if you can’t turn it into real money.”
Related: Neo-Nazi Conspiracy Theory: ‘Jews’ Are Trying to Get America Stoned on Legal Marijuana
Auernheimer, who researchers believe is living in Ukraine right now, likely inherited an influx of wealth from the growth of cryptocurrencies over the last few years, making him considerably richer than his fellow white supremacists, according to Mark Pitcavage, a researcher and historian with the Anti-Defamation League. Indeed, by some estimates, Auernheimer is a cryptocurrency millionaire.
Bambenek calls Auernheimer a “coward,” because of the degree to which he hides his transactions and whereabouts while espousing potentially dangerous rhetoric—like when he appeared to threaten to kill Jewish children in retribution for his website being censored. Still, he says that he’s getting closer to tracking Auernheimer’s use of Monero by monitoring so-called bridge transactions, which track the step from Monero to another cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, and by tracking “cash-outs and cash-ins” of Daily Stormer-related financial arrangements.
“They’ve been particularly irritated with what I’m doing,” Bambenek says about publicizing the finances of Anglin and Auernheimer. “So, they’ve moved to Monero in part to make my work more difficult.”
Auernheimer claims not to know of Bambenek’s research. He tells Newsweek that he likes Monero because of its promise to secure privacy, and says he first discovered it when people offered to send him “large amounts of it.” He adds that he’s in a position where he wants to hold less cryptocurrency. He did not elaborate on why that is so.
“What I do hold, I hold almost entirely in Monero,” the reclusive neo-Nazi says of cryptocurrency.
Pitcavage, who has been studying far-right movements for decades, said that while Cantwell aggressively promotes Monero to work around what he calls “the Jewish banking system,” and Auernheimer is likely wealthy, it’s important to keep in perspective the fact that most white supremacists still don’t use cryptocurrency at all. In fact, there is limited money to go around in their movement.
Some white supremacists, like Andrew Anglin of Daily Stormer, started voicing an interest in the privacy coin Monero earlier this year, as he did on the social media network Gab. Anglin later added an option on his website to seek handouts through donations of Monero. GAB
White supremacists, Pitcavage said, first started to use crypto in 2014 when Bitcoin initially garnered widespread attention. But men like Anglin and Cantwell only started promoting Monero in recent months, according to Newsweek‘s analysis of their social media posts and podcast appearances.
In addition to seeking donations outside of traditional platforms, some on the far-right promote the idea of mining cryptocurrency simply as a way to get rich quick.
“They hope that a newer cryptocurrency will take off like Bitcoin did,” Pitcavage said, referring to a boom that recently swept through that market. “It becomes kind of a gold rush mentality.”
In addition to an interest in more advanced privacy coins like Monero, there are also more frivolous, low-value cryptocurrencies linked to the alt-right. In their very names, these cryptocurrencies are far from bashful about the users they hope to attract. First, there is “chancoin,” which derives its name from imageboard sites like 4chan and 8chan—two hubs that have become synonymous with Internet trolling culture.
And then there is one named after the cartoon Pepe the Frog that was co-opted by the alt-right during the 2016 election of Donald Trump. “Pepecash” currently trades at less than three cents.
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