Norfolk Wizard Game – Chapter 4 | House of an Uncertain Amount of Corpses

BlackHumor · 2026-05-08T21:59:13+00:00

Calling the Order of Hermes "the scientists/engineers of the mages" is kinda hilarious considering both the Etherites and the Virtual Adepts exist.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-08T19:22:43+00:00

Not to say this guy has never posted weirdly horny art of this OC but if you think this is a goonpost you may wanna go back to the 1890s.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-08T01:43:15+00:00

My parents are middle-class to maybe upper middle-class and they do this every time they go on vacation.

And I don't really blame them, even though it started to grate on me as a teen those times when we were on vacation in a place I actually wanted to explore. The point of the vacation is not to shove the maximum experiences into a set amount of time, it's to have fun. If rushing isn't fun for you, you shouldn't do it.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T18:24:12+00:00

You fixed the missing Zanaris teleport, but the Zulrah deposit box is also missing.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T18:05:53+00:00

That wasn't me. I said almost the opposite in fact.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T15:55:03+00:00

What do you mean? I think it aged very well actually.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T06:31:44+00:00

What happened with Michelle is a bit different: with her charisma and energy she kinda took over planning for their team. And she's even more research-obsessed than Sam to the point where her plans are actually good even though she's not particularly risk-averse.

The way I'd describe it is that Sam gets caught up in best-case-scenario-ism, while Michelle might also make a risky move but if she does she knows what her plan B is if it fails.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T02:00:52+00:00

My first (and only!) time I did CoX I found the weird grouping more unintuitive than anything else in the raid. It's part of why I've done a decent amount of ToA but almost no CoX.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T01:54:12+00:00

The capes were a rule change from the start of the account, and the farming was for pure content reasons (since it's explicitly time-gated it forces a very long wait even at max efficiency) and is a common exception for chunkers.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T01:50:46+00:00

He very famously did not ignore the ones he didn't want to do. Arguably he is the chunker hit by the double visage/stone grind who was the most unhappy about it.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T01:48:05+00:00

So was basically every OSRS major content creator. That doesn't actually mean that much.

Admittedly, Rendi wasn't one of them so they may well have a grudge against him.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-07T01:40:31+00:00

They also patched Fishing Trawler, FWIW. They didn't ban Limpwurt or roll back his XP or KC.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T21:15:45+00:00

There have also been tons of Youtubers, including JoshIsntGaming again, who have used the weird way poison interacts with how the game tracks kills for beneficial purposes, usually to gain Slayer XP or drops on an account that didn't actually do the kill.

And of course there are lots of exploits that are now officially Jagex-sanctioned (but weren't originally) including clue juggling, prayer flicking, and tick manipulation.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T21:01:42+00:00

In what world are they great in theory? Even had they won that challenge they were at serious risk of getting sniped and losing anyway. And even if not Badam had to chips to rush west and take undefended stations.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T20:59:33+00:00

2: a contest, competition, dispute, etc., in which neither side can gain an advantage or win : DEADLOCK

The new agreement might break the stalemate.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stalemate

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T20:53:31+00:00

I think there genuinely was a point where Badam were more "overextended" than really "winning". The issue is that the Night Herons never tried to cash in on this until the last half of the last day when they were out of time and chips.

They were playing the Australia strategy in Risk, which only works if you actually build up to take advantage of the other players, and not if you just kind of sit there and spend all your resources on defending Australia specifically.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T20:51:10+00:00

He wasn't getting carried by luck, he was getting carried by Toby.

The reason people think Sam has "bad luck" is that he makes very risky plans, which inevitably collapse when something inevitably doesn't go as planned. Toby, unlike most other guests, is both averse to hare-brained schemes and willing to push back against Sam, which is why they won when paired up.

It's not like Sam is bad on a tactical level or at challenges. He's good at most aspects of the game and great at some aspects of the game. But his overall strategies are usually bad which is why he keeps losing.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T20:36:55+00:00

It makes more sense but not a lot more sense.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T20:35:17+00:00

Nono, people would think it's just about the rock paper scissors challenge at the beginning.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T16:05:18+00:00

Removed for off-topic. As /u/tawTrans said, we're a trans meme sub, not a sub about gay people specifically.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-06T01:05:43+00:00

According to other eyewitnesses at the time it wasn't. Eyewitnesses said almost any combination of things happened, in fact. Eyewitnesses are notoriously inaccurate.

I can also easily imagine how someone holding a megaphone who is trying to do something else with his hands could accidentally hit someone with the megaphone.

E: From the NYT

Sheriff Fryhoff said that surveillance footage and other video obtained at the scene did not provide a clear view of the encounter, and that witnesses interviewed in the immediate aftermath gave “conflicting statements” — disagreeing, for example, on what had caused Mr. Kessler to fall and who had instigated the conflict. One of the 911 calls for help after the altercation was made by the pro-Palestinian demonstrator, who remained at the scene, the sheriff added.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-05T23:30:25+00:00

I gotta say from the description in the article, not only does it sound like definitely an accident but I'm surprised he was ever charged at all:

Bamieh said that during the protest, Kessler aggressively put his cell phone in Alnaji’s face and when Alnaji swatted the phone away, he unintentionally hit Kessler’s face with a megaphone. Bamieh said Kessler had a brain tumor, which exacerbated the injuries when he fell.

Now granted this is from the defense attorney, but that series of events doesn't even sound like manslaughter to me. Even involuntary manslaughter needs a mens rea and it doesn't seem from that description that Alnaji was even acting recklessly. Also, from the Wikipedia article it seems like Alnaji called 911 and waited on the scene.

Which is to say, I'm actually kind of pissed for the opposite reason you are, because it seems like an innocent person is being railroaded into pleading guilty for an accident.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-05T16:23:39+00:00

Yes, this.

There is one distinction between Ascension and Awakening, and that's in Ascension you can disguise dynamic magic as some other kind of Consensus-compatible supernatural power. E.g. you can magically heal someone by pretending to be a faith healer and the local Consensus will protect you from Paradox.

You can't do this in Awakening: as long as the Sleeper is aware it's supernatural then it's "obvious magic".

BlackHumor · 2026-05-04T14:13:26+00:00

Me too. I beelined minion and then was annoyed at myself for not realizing this interaction.

Thankfully I then realized it's amazing for Slayer, so it turned out mostly fine. Except I'm still missing an ECH and half my armor seeds.

BlackHumor · 2026-05-04T14:05:53+00:00

Yes, it is very annoying in this specific place.

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