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Good morning.
Last day of the Kickstarter campaign.
If you haven't yet, check out the project page.
I talk about the books and the launch party. We have pictures of the various kinds of excellent swag we have available: maps, caps, mugs, patches, shirts, and more.
We have cool intangible things: you can get written into the books, or drawn in as an illustration.
15 hours to go.
kickstarter.com/projects/hap…
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COUNTDOWN: TWENTY-FOUR HOURS TO GO
I don't know if you've noticed, but I've been running a Kickstarter campaign. Turns out, it's been successful; we funded right away, and have continued to accumulate pledges steadily for the month since. As of now, we're over $63,000.
The purpose of Kickstarter campaign was to put my epic American fantasy trilogy The Witchy War back into print in a new hardback edition, and also to launch a new publishing company, Hapax Press.
Twenty-four hours from now, it ends.
I will livestream the last four hours on YouTube, starting at 8 pm eastern / 6 pm mountain. I'll have on the first squad of Hapax Press writers to talk about the Kickstarter, Hapax, their books, and more, and to take questions from the audience.
Here is the link to tomorrow night's livestream:
youtube.com/watch?v=P4LPIfWU…
And here is the link to the Kickstarter campaign:
kickstarter.com/projects/hap…
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COUNTDOWN: WE END TOMORROW NIGHT
We have hit $60,000 and are marching steadily forward.
Check out the Witchy War Kickstarter campaign and back it here:
kickstarter.com/projects/hap…
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Según Tolkien, la forma más fácil de desperdiciar tu vida es mantenerte al día con la política y las noticias.
Él creía que la sociedad moderna estaba empezando a confundir la “información” con sabiduría y verdadero conocimiento.
Decía que eso podía hacerte sentir y parecer inteligente pero que no mejora en nada tu vida. Sin embargo la literatura, el arte y la filosofía quizá no te mantengan informado del día a día pero sí que te harán más inteligente y mucho más sabio.
Y yo no podría estar mas de acuerdo con él.
En un mundo donde nuestros gobernantes se preocupan mas de llenar sus bolsillos que de proteger las vidas de su pueblo, lo mas prudente que uno puede hacer es no darles ni un segundo de nuestro pensamiento.
Como siempre, Tolkien estaba avanzado a su tiempo.
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Tolkien no dijo ni creía que seguir la política y las noticias desperdicia la vida. Al contrario, leía tres periódicos diarios y declaraba su fuerte interés por los acontecimientos actuales.
wordonfire.org/articles/fello…
spectator.com/article/tolkie…
athwart.org/soup-stories-t…
Belemrys retweeted
We passed $52,000 today and continue to advance.
I'd like to hit $60,000 before we begin the final surge.
Very exciting!
Check out the campaign here:
kickstarter.com/projects/hap…
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High Low Brow tackles CHILDREN OF DUNE.
youtube.com/watch?v=fsSVh4lF…
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We have hit $50,000!
The EPIC MAP is a go!
Learn more about the Kickstarter campaign and back it here:
kickstarter.com/projects/hap…
Belemrys retweeted
warcraft removing the racial weapon bonuses is the worst change so far to wow forever
racial weapon bonuses are absolutely core to racial differences, value of different items in different playthroughs, and just pure vibes
it must be reverted, it's a huge mis-step
Belemrys retweeted
Day 13 of asking the devs to fix dungeon XP.
Well, someone finally brought the receipts for y’all anti-dungeon haters. 📊😂
A player on Reddit tested dungeon XP vs. open-world mob grinding in WoW Forever.
Blackfathom Deeps: 6,620 XP/hr
Open-world mob grinding: 15,780 XP/hr
That’s 2.38x MORE XP from killing mobs outside. Not questing, just straight-up grinding mobs.
And that’s WITHOUT counting the time it takes to find a group as well as waiting for the group to be at the dungeon. Include that, and the gap grows to over 3x. (Random estimates but ya)
So remind me again why dungeon XP needed to be nerfed this heavily??? 🤔
Nobody is asking for dungeons to replace the open world. We’re asking for BOTH to be rewarding.
When solo grinding mobs is this much more efficient than running a dungeon with four other players, something needs to change.
At this rate, dungeons will continue to be 1 and done and have 0 incentive to go back.
Revert dungeon XP. Stop punishing group content.
Credit to u/PigeonParkour for the testing:
reddit.com/r/classicwow/s/6N…
@ClaytonStone @AggrendWoW @QuestTheLine
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Today the video dropped of my recent interview with King Crusoe.
youtube.com/watch?v=Wm4k_qfJ…
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Daniel Tosh asked about what advice he’d tell a 9 year old Dolphins fan. 😅 #PhinsUp
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My friends at Dirtbaggery had me on tonight to talk about the Kickstarter campaign and related subjects. Great comments, terrific questions, many laughs.
Here's the YouTube link:
youtube.com/watch?v=8XAVQE53…
And of course, the campaign:
kickstarter.com/projects/hap…
(Creeping up on $43,000 as I type this.)
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We're kickstarting the Witchy War, an epic American fantasy, into print. The campaign crossed $41,000 today.
If you haven't yet, take a few minutes to look at the project and consider backing it.
kickstarter.com/projects/hap…
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All variations of Solomon's chessboard!
After reloading, the pieces on the new character's board rearrange into a new layout based on his remaining ammo count. Every position is taken from an actual historical game.
8: Maurice Ashley vs. Josh Waitzkin (1999)
9: Nakamura vs. Van Wely (2010)
10: GothamChess vs. Martinez Duany (2024)
11: Kasparov vs. Topalov (1999), "Kasparov's Immortal Game"
12: Ashley vs. Sofia Polgar (1992)
13: Judit Polgar's victory over Kasparov (2002)
14: Deep Blue's first win against Kasparov in a classical game (1996)
15: White mates in 6 moves
16: Emory Tate vs. Yudasin (1997), "Tate's Immortal Game"
17: Carlsen vs. Anand (2014), Game 6 of the World Chess Championship
18: Irina Krush vs. Alice Lee (2025)
19: Tal vs. Smyslov (1959)
20: Morphy's "Opera Game" (1858)
21: Korchnoi vs. Karpov (1974), Game 21 of the Candidates Final
22: Botvinnik vs. Keres (1948)
23: Anderssen vs. Kieseritzky (1851), "The Immortal Game"
24: Fischer vs. Benko (1963)
25: Botvinnik vs. Spielmann (1935), win in 12 moves
26: Undefined; black pawn on c8 appears to be a diagram error
27: Morphy vs. Schulten (1857)
28: Christiansen vs. Karpov (1993), Karpov loses in 12 moves
29: Légal's Mate, queen sacrifice trap
30: Zapata vs. Anand (1988), Anand loses in 6 moves
31: Scholar's Mate, checkmate in 4 moves
32: Double Bongcloud played by Carlsen and Nakamura (2021)
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Prominent booktuber Petrik Leo plugs the Kickstarter campaign. About 14 minutes in.
Thanks, Petrik!
youtube.com/watch?v=7bS3Nuet…
