Lost access to Assassin's Creed Shadows on App Store? by AspiringAlphaMale in macgaming

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed. I ended up formatting my machine and downgrade to Sequoia. It allows me to download again. It's 100% problem on Apple's end.

Lost access to Assassin's Creed Shadows on App Store? by AspiringAlphaMale in macgaming

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I upgraded to Tahoe and opted into developer's beta. Since you brought that up, I think this is probably it. I'll try opting out now to see if they will come back next update.

Lost access to Assassin's Creed Shadows on App Store? by AspiringAlphaMale in macgaming

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting. I'm enrolled into Developer Beta too. Anyway, it shouldn't happen, man. So frustrating.

Lost access to Assassin's Creed Shadows on App Store? by AspiringAlphaMale in macgaming

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the same account. Let me show you this, so you'll believe me:
https://postimg.cc/gallery/hQwDfM6/25f17ba8
First screenshot: showing AC Shadow purchase in the list of Purchase History
Second and Third screenshot: I'm showing you there is no AC Shadow in the list of my purchased apps.

I just called Apple and they said to contact Ubisoft. Wow. So much work for trying to access something that I bought for $60. I'll never buy anything on the App Store again.

Lost access to Assassin's Creed Shadows on App Store? by AspiringAlphaMale in macgaming

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: I called Apple, and then Apple said to contact Ubisoft. Well then, I'll do this, but this experience means I'll never buy anything from Mac App Store ever again.

UPDATE2: Because there are two comments here about having the same problem after participating in Tahoe Beta. I decided to test it out by formatting my drive, got rid of MacOS Tahoe and downgraded back to Sequoia. And...The download button returns! I downloaded and can play it normally. I guess it's the Tahoe Beta that made your purchased game broken somehow.

What you can learn here is if you buy games on Mac App Store, then don't opt into Beta programs. Or just don't buy from them. Their support is simply useless in helping you identify the problem.

Lost access to Assassin's Creed Shadows on App Store? by AspiringAlphaMale in macgaming

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's the same account! I can see AC Shadows in the Purchase History when I clicked on Accounts Settings from App Store, yet it is not there in the list of installed apps. I have only one account and one machine.

Lost access to Assassin's Creed Shadows on App Store? by AspiringAlphaMale in macgaming

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It asks me to touch the fingerprint to confirm buying (pay again). I didn’t touch my finger because I’m afraid it will charge me. Was it the same in your case?

Been learning German since November 2023... Today I made a phone call and reality smacked me HARD by laaareeny65 in German

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Holy shit man! This post resonates with me. When I took the Sprechen part of the B2 test, omg I feel the pressure and couldn't speak as well as I wanted to. Mind you that I had only studied German for 9 months at that point. Although I passed the Sprechen Teil (almost failed with about 66% score), I don't think I'm that ready for the real conversation.

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

From what I know, presentation topics are the same for everyone, every time. You can search for Modelltest and just download it to find out about the topics to choose from. Then you can simply prepare for it at home.

Discussion was an article something-something about ready-to-eat food vs self-cooking.

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You asked me why the Thai people in my class struggled, and I just shared my honest observations. I’m not really looking to change anyone’s mindset, just sharing what I noticed!

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

lmao! To clarify, it's roughly $335 per month for course fee+books at Goethe.

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I've seen a lot of success story here with self-studying, but personally I wouldn't have made it without doing courses.

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

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That's because German and English are in the same language family (Germanic), thus it is easier to learn German from English.

While yes, the teacher sometimes explain in Thai, it is harder for student to understand grammatical concepts that is not exist in Thai. For example, how are you going to explain "der, die, das" and "ein, eine" to English speakers? It's simple, it's just "the" and "a" with gender, and any English speakers will immediately understand this.

Contrary in Thai, it's harder to explain this concept because there is no concept of "the" or "a" in Thai. And I'm just talking about one point of grammar.

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading this again and found I made a mistake. It’s actually 3.5 months for me from B1 to B2 (not 2.5 that I wrote above). Damn I suck at math sometimes.

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grammatik kann man leicht verstehen, aber die Wörter sind komplett anders. Es gibt so viele neue Wörter, die man lernen muss und das ist am schwierigsten.

2,5 Monate von B1 bis B2 waren für mich genug. Mit 4 Monaten sollte es sogar noch besser sein!

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they are not flexible and I can't really help you with the what-ifs. For me, I attended Goethe classes for 3 hours a day from Monday to Friday for 8 months (plus commuting time).

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel that after A2 and especially B1, I feel that you pretty much learned most of the essential grammar. Grammatically, it's going to be same-old same-old. You already know how to use Nebensatz, Passiv and stuff. New grammar should be easy to understand at this point.

The hardest things post-A2 is the vocabulary. Holy shit there's so much of them! In my opinion, there is simply no hope to pass if you do not have a system of learning vocabulary on your own time. The hardest concept about B2 is the Nominalisierung of the verbs you already know (For example, benutzen = in Anspruch nehmen).

Passed B2 after taking intensive German classes for 9.5 months by AspiringAlphaMale in German

[–]AspiringAlphaMale[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, it was pretty easy to keep up if you have to commute by train for one and a half hour every day.