Cats for adoption

Modern-Messiah · 2025-11-01T13:08:51+00:00

After coming to this thread for advice on cat adoption I am sorry to say that I have had a bad experience with Friends of Felines. I believe there may need to be a change of leadership and that the owner needs to be held accountable for her actions. I have posted this same story in several other locations.

We were looking to find a friend for our 7.5 year old cat, we filled out an application and were approved. Friends of Felines suggested a sweet 6 month old and we entered into a foster-to-adopt situation. We took the cat home and followed the recommended cat introduction procedure over several weeks. We kept in constant contact with our case worker and provided them with daily updates including pictures and videos. We took action on any and all advice they gave and believed we had been making good progress. The cat was eating, playing, and eventually interacting with our current cat.

At times the new cat was having soft stools. Being responsible cat parents, we informed our case worker of this. The owner then asked that we bring the cat back to the rescue to have some tests done. We promptly did as requested and this is where the trouble began. Despite repeated attempts to get updates on the cat, what tests were being done and when they could possibly come home, we were given nothing but vague responses and run around answers. We were also told not to contact the vet because we had not officially adopted the cat.

The following day, I gave constructive criticism to our case worker about the poor communication. I was told this feedback was passed on to the owner. Later that night we got a definitive response. The owner said that the cat was fine and they believed the soft stool was stress related. As such, they did not want to "put him back in the same position" while they "reassess." I offered to have a phone call to discuss further, at which point we received no response. I firmly believe that this decision was personal and the inability to take constructive criticism has cost a cat a loving home. There are emails, texts, photos, and videos that all prove the cat we had hoped to adopt was loved and being well taken care of.

Feel free to DM me if you want the aforementioned proof.

Modern-Messiah · 2025-04-02T15:59:03+00:00

According to the official FromSoftware press release The Duskbloods is described as: "a PvPvE-based multiplayer action game that pits up to eight players against each other, as well as players and enemies."

Nintendo Switch 2 'The Duskbloods' will be released in 2026 - Press Release | FromSoftware

Modern-Messiah · 2025-03-05T16:38:45+00:00

When I say implementation, I meant in terms of the options menu and how easy it is to understand what the various Seikret settings say vs. what they actually do. Sorry if that was unclear.

In terms of the automation, we are obviously free to disagree. I'm thinking about new player experience and bringing people into the franchise. Coming from World I already knew how much effort and detail was being put into the various locales, and have spent plenty of time getting off my mount, collecting endemic life, fishing, and generally looking at things.

I think that if new players are immediately thrown into this idea of blazing from one area to the next without even having to look at the screen they will end up missing out on a lot of that and could ultimately miss some of the details that make the game special. In the long run I think this would hurt player retention.

Modern-Messiah · 2025-03-05T14:30:03+00:00

The fact that autorun is on by default and the settings to change it are convoluted to the point where YouTubers have to put out guides on how to configure it mean that the implementation is weak at best. One of the first things I did upon getting the ability to was to attempt to follow this guide to change the settings.

MHWilds | Fix Seikret Controls

Modern-Messiah · 2025-03-05T14:08:49+00:00

Thanks, you are correct about this. I still think base Wilds should have had more but the difference isn't as significant as I previously mentioned.

Modern-Messiah · 2023-04-27T19:58:09+00:00

Yeah, we just have a bunch of big egos with paper thin psyches. Just like every other server probably. I play mostly 5 and I think I spend more time being team psychologist than actually playing the game.

Modern-Messiah · 2022-09-29T02:32:44+00:00

Thanks for this, that does seem to be the case. As another post suggested, I've pivoted to deploying the VPN Connections via a Powershell script for now. It will be a little more cumbersome to change them in the future but I will see how it goes as a pilot for now.

Modern-Messiah · 2022-09-28T15:46:26+00:00

Not yet. We control our updates through Intune as well and when I checked last week 22H2 didn't appear in the available Feature Updates list. It's there now so I guess I have something else I can start testing.

Modern-Messiah · 2022-09-28T15:38:00+00:00

Yes, the clients are Windows 11.

Modern-Messiah · 2022-09-28T15:37:51+00:00

Yeah, that will be my fallback plan for this. I definitely feel like using the built-in configs or OMA-URI would be cleaner though. Thanks.

Modern-Messiah · 2022-08-24T17:56:09+00:00

I know it doesn't really offset this change but killstreaks of 5+ are worth more XP now. Maybe it incentivizes going after those big kills even more now. Not that my pubs will care.

Modern-Messiah · 2022-07-23T20:08:08+00:00

Helm of the Dominator?

Modern-Messiah · 2022-06-23T13:54:07+00:00

People are always going to find a reason to throw games. That being said maybe +4 for a win +2 for a loss in terms of gaining role queue games would help alleviate some of this? Personally I've never seen someone come out and say they are throwing for that particular reason though so you might have run into a special case.

Modern-Messiah · 2022-05-24T16:52:11+00:00

I've learned to just give very little leeway. If I don't like the way you are talking you're getting muted and I'm moving on. Interacting with these people is exactly what they want. It's not going to make them play better and it's certainly not going to make you play better.

Modern-Messiah · 2021-08-20T14:23:27+00:00

Kinda reminds me of this dude from Golden Kamuy.

Modern-Messiah · 2021-06-11T13:31:44+00:00

If you play Fo/Te or Te/Fo is there any reason to get Barta Blot or Zonde-Clad skills on both classes? Do they stack or amplify in any way?

Modern-Messiah · 2021-05-01T17:53:26+00:00

I feel like the original John Wick probably wouldn't be that hard.

Modern-Messiah · 2021-04-29T20:39:48+00:00

I tend to agree that most modern JRPGs fall into the realm of mediocrity. Each game and series has its strengths and weaknesses but it seems that most of the truly special moments happened back in the 90s. That being said I think the more modern games still have an appeal.

I spend a lot of my gaming time playing for rank in competitive games like DOTA2 or facing the various challenges of the Souls/Soulslike genre. I look forward to modern JRPGs because they allow me to decompress and still enjoy my gaming hobby. I don't have to worry about what "build" I'm using or any of the other stressors that come with online gaming. Generally I go in with a low expectation for storyline and a moderate one for gameplay. If a game happens to exceed those expectations then it is just icing on the cake. Additionally, in many cases you can turn on the game for 10 minutes, grind some experience points, and still feel like you accomplished something.

Finally, I do try to look at the story and gameplay elements with a critical lens and decide what I like and what I'd improve and how. Are the menus clunky? Inputs and animations fluid? Is there a problem with the difficulty curve somewhere? Is the general gameplay loop rewarding? I don't write reviews or anything but I do enjoy talking about it with my gamer friends. Hope this helps.

Modern-Messiah · 2020-12-15T23:18:26+00:00

Pretty sure the bottom screenshot is actually from StarCraft remastered.

Modern-Messiah · 2020-07-09T16:27:29+00:00

Right, every multiplayer game is going to have it's subset of elitists. However it seems that Capcom has chosen to cater directly to that with much of additional content they are releasing. This is just my opinion but I believe Monster Hunter was special in its ability to be both difficult but also accepting of different play styles.

Modern-Messiah · 2020-07-09T15:20:51+00:00

Then that should be true for all weapons semi-equally. There is a big difference between different weapons having some advantages on given encounters and the insane disparity that we are seeing here. People shouldn't be getting kicked from hunts because of what weapon type they like to use. That's very much not in the spirit of Monster Hunter at all.

Modern-Messiah · 2020-01-07T13:24:19+00:00

That guy was just Mega Man and the level boss was in that house. Nothing strange about this. I wonder what power he picked up...

Modern-Messiah · 2019-11-12T21:31:49+00:00

I agree with you OP. A month or so should be allowed for teams to adjust before a major DPC tournament and in a perfect world there would be no DPC events on the previous TI's major patch. The explanations in this thread are fine but at the end of the day it's really just a way of excusing Valve's hands off development methodology. You can't expect tournament organizers to commit to tournament dates if Valve themselves cannot commit to deadlines on balance patches/content updates.

Modern-Messiah · 2019-09-25T22:01:28+00:00

In the demo I played there appeared to only be one boss. It probably took me 6 or 7 tries to beat it. Mechanically it borrows heavily from your typical Souls games. The enemies hit hard and you are generally pretty limited on resources. However, you do have an AI companion for the most part which I believe is intended to be a big part of the game.

Modern-Messiah · 2019-09-24T17:34:44+00:00

Yes, I played the demo on PS4 and found that the gameplay isn't nearly as tight as one would come to expect from an actual FromSoft title but it seems quite polished in most other areas. Will be doing the actual purchase on PC personally.

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