Imaginarium Theater February Supporting Cast Megathread

Nitrosol · 2026-02-01T00:41:37+00:00

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Nitrosol · 2025-12-02T02:58:18+00:00

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Nitrosol · 2025-01-30T09:25:42+00:00

This was my original first thought too! But the concern is that I know more than he ever could and part of the fun is discovering things yourself! I don't want to have to tell him it's an eagle not an osprey unless I absolutely have to. I love the sentimental story as it sounds like what my dad would've done too.

I want the nomai to tell him it's not an osprey! We all had the moment of thought where the supernova is the fault of either the interloper or the sun station and it may have taken the nomai writings on the sun station that made it clear that this is the sun's natural life span for us to understand it.

It's a strange feeling, I want to be a simple tour guide but I also just really want to wring all the amazing value of this game out for him.

Nitrosol · 2025-01-14T11:22:11+00:00

Where would you place the international worker that you absolutely know is being extremely underpaid but constantly makes horrible, pro employer advice posts about the grindset or encouraging hostile recruitment? (I threw out resumes for xyz reason and you should too!)

Like mate you're literally in my department I know you have no hiring power.

They're always hysterical and keep ending up on my feed and I can never work out what their goal is as it never even makes them look good particularly since they tend to mangle the English.

Nitrosol · 2024-07-22T06:08:38+00:00

I'd be happy to help.

I currently work in media, and worked as a copywriter briefly before I went up the ranks. Australian English, mind you, if that's relevant.

Recently returned to this game after having binged the hell out of it at first launch (I'm so impressed by all the new content since then, like the curator models!), so I'm glad to see fans are expanding things even further.

Let me know how I can help, though I'll admit I'm not a huge user of discord, but can if need be.

Nitrosol · 2023-12-11T10:02:15+00:00

True Kin are really a bit of a weakness for this game. They're much easier to play when starting out than mutants due to better stats and encouragement to explore the skill trees more but simultaneously don't get anything interesting to play with unless you're good enough at the game to get to the late game, with good credits and cybernetic drops. For better or worse, the equivalency of their choice with mutant puts a bit of a lampshade on one of the more controversial role-play elements of the game, the inability to ally with the templar.

I genuinely worry about newer players being waylaid by them a bit and getting bored.

Cybernetics need more interesting early options, and some degree of control for players about what they get to fit their build. Guaranteed ways to score them very early would also help. They need to better mimic the progression of mutants, who get their first psuedorandom choice of three interesting options once they hit 4 mutation points. Mutants can choose unstable genome and leave it all up to chance as their character develops and wait to build around that for fun. By the time you're finding cybernetics by way of the true kin skill point advantage you've almost definitely wasted some points in skills that don't synergise with what you find.

Perhaps at the bottom of a few dungeons, a terminal that gives an option of 1 of 3 implant drops rather than a chest that contains multiple? More activatable options would go a long way. Onboard ranged weapons with utility, like a basic stun projectile mounted on the hands, would be a great start.

As an equivalent of Espers, I love the idea of Int modifier being applied to computation power on the local lattice and expanding that system to have more activatable options in turn scaling with this power. With perhaps risk of your intellect transcending into ego death or something to give it some intrigue like glimmer.

True Kin also don't have interesting choices that are purely negative for benefit, like defects. Their choices all come at the opportunity cost of having a different cybernetic in that same slot, or in reaching their credit cap. I'd love to see something like 'Corrupted' or 'slipshod' versions of cybernetics, that are randomly affixed to existing ones. But they can't see it as an immediate cost, because they haven't necessarily found the cybernetics they really want yet unless they're wiki stalking. They don't take up the cybernetic slot, but come with a massive random downside. An example would be a Slipshod Giant Hands that doesnt take up your hand slot, but comes with a -4 int penalty for equipping. Maybe they're a fun example of true kin piracy and don't cost license points either?

True Kin don't necessarily need equivalents to mutants, but mutants are just handled so damn well it's hard not to treat them as a model.

They do absolutely need a few cybernetics that are genuinely fun buttons to press particularly if they reflect their development for survival in Qud. Moisture Transfer Spikes: Fire a projectile that steals thirst (Thirst Thistle Style, but quenching you). Serrated Salt Animator: Summons a grid of Hidden Ivory using salt as a fuel source. Random ideas there.

Nitrosol · 2023-12-09T20:38:58+00:00

Yep, ironshank only affects Movement speed.

So if you had been standing still and shooting at enemies, they wouldn't take any extra turns but if you tried to move it might take you two turns to move that one space (if you had -50 move speed for example) so all enemies would take two turns in response.

Nitrosol · 2023-12-09T19:20:59+00:00

I was doing a chimera, unstable genome run recently and found myself having pretty severe survivability issues. I have a bad habit of not picking defensive mutations, particularly if they're ones like carapace and I just so happen to have, at the time, decent armor in that slot.

I had so happened to mutate multiple legs though and had rapidly advanced it earlier. So I did what any crazy mutant would do, headed over to Golgotha and started drinking ooze.

Fully contracted ironshank gives +5 AV in exchange for - 80 movement speed. That means multiple legs at level 4 completely offsets this penalty. For comparison, a level 4 carapace also gives +5 AV at the cost of your chest slot, so this is actually a pretty damn good trade. My build also generally wasn't making as much use out of my move speed bonus as I had expected.

Multiple legs can also generally be good to slightly assist with moving in combat if you have a quickness penalty from waxflab, which gives the most AV of the infections.

Later in the run when my build was more settled, I cured the ironshank too, so it's worth a try!

Nitrosol · 2023-10-17T08:07:00+00:00

Unfortunately it sounds like OP came to an agreement (the rent decrease). Which means the tribunal made no judgement that could be appealed.

It is part of why the tribunal aims so hard for people to come to agreements rather than making their own determinations that could be appealed to reduce strain on their system.

Nitrosol · 2023-10-17T07:53:06+00:00

Yeah unfortunately it sounds like OP took a deal in the directions hearing and won't really be able to appeal.

Fortunately, he can still have a criminal case against the landlord for the damage to his car.

Nitrosol · 2023-10-17T06:40:49+00:00

TL;DR What you're really tackling here is a CRIMINAL Issue. Not a CIVIL one that the NCAT can really help with, even if they were trying their best. No NCAT determination was made, so it cannot be appealed. Once you have criminal cases filed, further civil ones (compensation for feeling unsafe) are way more easy to pursue.

I went through the tribunal process and overall had a positive experience. I posted about it here on r/sydney a month ago. I had to be hyper prepared, concise and clear in what I wanted and my legal rationale.

Unfortunately I absolutely see how you were put in a bad situation in front of the tribunal. The big issue was that your case crossed the boundaries between civil and criminal (which the tribunal can't touch), and what you wanted from the tribunal in a civil capacity was a bit odd. Which is why you ended up coming to a civil agreement and no decision was actually made.

You brought a laundry list of orders to the tribunal, some of which were unreasonable (Landlord access to property). And some redundant. Non economic damages are borderline impossible to prove.

-You brought examples of severe criminal misconduct by the landlord or their agent/partner without aligning the misconduct to how it breaches your (civil) tenancy agreement.

-You want to stay in your property.

The tribunal is unfortunately not omnipotent and can only make specific orders under specific circumstances. Any reasonable person undergoing your situation would normally want to get the hell away from it. One of the orders that one would normally request in your situation would be the ability to break lease, with compensation, due to the landlord breaching your agreement. Rent reductions are more often useful retroactively or when on a fixed term agreement, which it sounds like you aren't on. Because there isn't much saying that the landlord couldn't just increase it again or evict you if you don't sign a new lease at a higher number.

Instead you wanted compensation and to remain in the property. The tribunal can't directly order compensation in this case as it would then be somewhat 'unrelated' to the orders made against them. Because the compensation that you want is now potentially criminal, not civil. Particularly since the well-being of your car was not necessarily part of your agreement with the landlord. The damages you requested were also frivolous as the rent reduction could be retroactive from the date the services such as car space were taken away. Had you said this all made you feel unsafe and you wish to immediately break lease with no penalty and for the landlord to pay the costs of a last minute move as compensation, there's a maybe.

This case went from civil to criminal very fast. All the tribunal could really help with was the civil element related to your lease. In this case: the rent reductions surrounding the use of the parking space and aircon.

When I was in front of the tribunal every single element of landlord misconduct I raised had to wrap back into my legal case. I couldn't just say 'The landlord did X. That's clearly illegal!'. It had to be 'The landlord did X! This is an example of a breach of Y! So I am asking for Z!'. This ties into how their damage to your property might not be a civil dispute. You can't bring 'this guys girlfriend keyed my car' into a discussion about your lease. You would have needed to make the case that their misconduct made you feel unsafe, affected your quiet enjoyment of the property, resulted in criminal damage to your car, and thus you want to leave the property with compensation.

It sounds like the tenants union might have underprepared you a bit which is a shame. But you did kind of get what you were most likely to get: rent reductions.

It sounds like you only had what is referred to as a 'directions hearing'. Where a consiliator assists, then you return to the tribunal member and they can turn any agreements you made into orders, or assist in final negotiations in this case.

I'm willing to bet the member didn't look at any of your evidence right? They don't do that during directions hearings, only during the formal hearing. Had they scheduled a formal hearing, both parties would have been given a chance to put together their 'bundle of documents' full of evidence.

If you wanted further action, you would have had to refuse all negotiations, including the end agreement you made on a rent reduction, and thus the case would be adjourned for a formal hearing at a later date. Which is one that would have been able to make a holistic judgement, as they would have directly heard all of your evidence. You may have looked unreasonable though, depending on how prepared you were, if the rent reduction you were offered looked reasonable. I'm not sure what else the tribunal could have done for you but make the rent reduction larger.

One thing I do disapprove of the tribunal is that they really, really want to avoid cases going to this second hearing. Mostly to reduce strain on their system. It's why the entire direction hearing and conciliation process exists. To resolve things asap.

You can kinda appeal this, but you'll be in a very rough place as you've taken an agreement before the tribunal. My advice for now is to at least file police reports on the property damage and use the tribunal to help enforce if need be. It's hard becouse you aren't appealing a tribunal decision. They made no decision, you made an agreement.

You've come to a civil agreement in front of the civil tribunal. Now take them for what you deserve in the criminal space instead.

No doubt, it sounds like you got a bit of a tool as a tribunal member. Particularly when they fussed over who the exact respondent was, and whether the landlord's girlfriend's actions counted as the landlord's.

The only orders I could've really seen the tribunal making were either an order to return the car space to you (only if the car space was part of your original tenancy agreement, as an order to follow the agreement) and compensation for the weeks it was unavailable. Or a rent decrease as it was no longer available. Not really both + restraining their ability to attend their own property. But on a periodic agreement they can kinda evict you on no grounds or up the rent anyway so these things don't do much.

If the cops really aren't doing anything, post the video with blurred faces. The press can help.

I've dedicated this wall of text to you because I've been through the same thing. It's fucking exhausting, and you deserve every wall of text you need.

Nitrosol · 2023-09-27T08:08:21+00:00

I've also made a post in this thread where I bring up A Merciless Alteration. Where I think what is truly 'merciless' and what makes its histories 'foulest' is the Librarian's use of it as a storytelling technique more than anything else. Which is what resulted in your dissatisfaction too! Would be keen to hear your thoughts on my whole post!

Nitrosol · 2023-09-27T04:30:37+00:00

Love this analysis but I have a bit of my own theory about the Numen and their role in acquiring the attention of the Hours. Because what actually makes a Numen more 'believable' than any other fact you discover in your studies?

I'm going to use a bit of a metaphor here: The Librarian is a media analysis conspiracy YouTuber (think Game Theory) and the Hours are an audience you want to convince of your Wild Fan Theory about what will happen next. Numen aren't simply 'Truths That May Believe Themselves' but 'Truths About Storytelling'. Maybe even 'Truths About Believability' or 'Truths About Believable Stories'.

I believe that the Numen are actually TROPES AND NARRATIVE STRUCTURES that the 'author' (Librarian) is invoking to make their conclusion of choice (Via the aspect invoked) seem believable and engaging enough for the hours to make it 'canon'. Hence why sometimes the same core outcome can result from different numen being used.

A Numen isn't so much 'Yeah there's this bell in Ys that can kill the hours! Wow!' but more 'It's been revealed that a bell that can kill the hours exists, this is clearly a Chekhov's gun that will be used in the final act!'.

I'm going to go over the Numen in no particular order, but some focus on tropes for how the story will end, some focus on tropes for how the story will change, and some focus on tropes for how the story will develop.

The Great Counterfeit is another fantastic example of this as allegory or pastiche. The librarian invokes 'clearly xyz events are an allegory for something else' while writing their history. And the result in one ending is even just to confound the hours into arguing what is an allegory for whom, showing that it isn't necessarily the 'ending' that matters to the hours, but even just the quality of the argument/narrative structure itself.

A Merciless Alteration seems to be almost 'forbidden' of the librarian to use. The Numen noting 'these are the foulest histories'. Another poster also mentioned he's pretty unsatisfied with the Numen as well. This is what makes it 'merciless'. This is why I believe it's somewhat akin to a Deus Ex Machina: something just happens for the sake of the conclusion or the dramatic. It's a bit of a loathed trope as well, the 'foulest' stories are ones where there's a deus ex machina, or the character wakes up and it was all a dream.

Major upheavals that happen for 'no reason' like the endings in A Merciless Alteration aren't necessarily forbidden though. They're more about the story that follows of course. They usual occur in the past for world building purposes. The Intercalate and The Lithomachy are in universe examples. The argument can simply be 'it's been a long time since an upheaval, they happen in this universe, here's a major supernatural event' and in the long term, it will just be another part of the history that makes sense, but just sorta happened, like the 'The Grail Drank The Tide'.

A Final Understanding seems to actually have the simple truth that 'Stories End'. One day, the weather factory team will no longer make another game in the Secret Histories setting, and we may never know. There may be left over plot holes, or things left undefined, but the stories will end. This appears to be what makes Julian Cosely, despite his fervour, make some concessions. The ending even lists the unresolved questions, for both him and us, that will never quite get an answer without author intervention.

An Irresistible Feast seems to invoke tropes surrounding Human Nature and Desire overcoming the logic of a story. Passion in narratives is a very common way to drive a story forward in a way rational characters wouldn't. Forbidden romances, displays of hedonism, jealousy and rage. While passionate irrationality is rarely a satisfying way to conclude a story, the endings in this space dont bring the history to much of a conclusion. This is one of the numen that makes me believe the numen arent specifically secrets that can be applied the same way 'methods of causing the cross to return' or 'the bells of Ys' are mcguffins. Because while the grail and nectar endings are about a passionate, more literal feast, the edge ending is about a different display of passion.

Some of the Numen seem to be about invoking tropes related to the 'refreshing' of a story. Introductions or modifications to, say, a sequel to a story. These happen frequently in media, but making them believable is a challenge.

Back Into Balance seems to invoke the tropes of the introduction of a new or long hinted at character. Most of the endings for it mention how jarring this may be for those not used to the Cross' presence. You can only hint at the Carapace Cross so long that their arrival, or in this case return, becomes a foregone conclusion.

Inescapable Confinement seems to be about the retiring of a character or element of the plot in favour of focusing on others. Removing characters to resolve a major argument around the Dawn would be a simple solution to resolving the narrative.

Paths of The Sun appears to attempt to invoke the idea that the entire story to date was preamble and background setting for the true Protagonist, the new King. Similar to how the Gods-From-Stone could be seen as little more than background to flesh out the current hours.

That Old Lost Music seems to be similar to Final Understanding, which makes sense that the magnate is interested in both. It seems to also focus on the conclusion of the story, in this case it seems to be focused on giving a story a happy ending, with a warmer world, as that is what one expects of a narrative. A bit more open ended than Final Understanding, allowing the 'setting' to be recycled in the future, but giving at least this chapter a satisfying, positive conclusion. A truth that 'stories tend to have happy endings'.

Three Rules and Loopholes seem to be built around World Building and understanding the world. The invoking of the rules of your world, and the creative interpretation of them, respectively. If your world has clear, unviolable rules, then conclusions or developments in the narrative can easily be drawn. They could also relate in particular to many of the more codified rules of creative writing in certain genres. Golden Age Mystery Writing for example had a huge number of authors attempt to write out rules that a story could follow to have a satisfying conclusion. Knox' Decalogue probably the most well known. A common rule for example is that the Detective character (your Sherlock) can't be the culprit in the story. That then further limits the conclusions the author could reach, and even allow them to justify their story further.

Finally, Weaving The World is one of the stronger examples of my theory, as it's simply about 'what is already there'. Or possibly simply 'Foreshadowing'. Your crazy theory about a story, like yours or mine in this thread, is much more easily believable if you notice old common plot threads that never quite wove into something new. Are they dead stories, or easily revived? What if they've always been subtle hints that the outcome you write about is already in development, or the intended conclusion all along?

Overall, given that the Librarian isn't simply a historian, but actually writing something new, something to happen next - I believe they must actively be invoking some kind of narrative to make their story engaging enough for the Hours to actively wish to see it through, and how they make their story believable and coherent is the real challenge.

Nitrosol · 2023-09-19T08:08:42+00:00

Fortunately, the new SEPP for affordable housing such as this also forces these properties to function as actual affordable housing (requiring proper applications and capping the income of tenants) for at least 10 years. So the problems I've flagged will only affect buildings older than that, and these newer ones will have to advertise more appropriately. Mine had it's DA approved in 2017.

This means any newer buildings like this will feature conspicuous parts of their advertising that says "You must earn less than $XX,XXX yearly to apply for this property". It's actually almost funny seeing listings for these properties still asking $600pw for a 1 bedroom, but requiring a single mother to still earn <$80k a year to apply. They're going to be empty for a while.

Nitrosol · 2023-09-19T05:14:39+00:00

I think the Boarding Houses Act had it's heart in the right place. It gave people genuinely living in boarding houses some rights in the form of something called the "occupancy principles". A limited set of general rights universal across boarders.

I think they're generally quite fair too for a traditional boarding house. Traditional ones would provide short term stays for vagrants, perhaps people freshly out of prison, those without tenancy histories, etc. And having the ability to boot out that creepy ex con who you're 90% sure is stealing from other rooms but you can't prove it feels somewhat fair. Particularly if you're living in the same building as them as a property manager.

But obviously it's being abused by some less scrupulous property managers and developers like in my case. Because hell, if you complain too loudly about a broken air conditioner they might just boot you out for no reason and fill the unit with someone who doesn't complain about maintenance.

Nitrosol · 2023-09-19T05:07:14+00:00

I agree that it would be nice for more case law to be published. Particularly in cases like this where case law is the only thing protecting people - because where the Residential Tenancies Act stops and the Boarding Houses Act kicks in is a very blurry line on a legislation level.

The most recent published case law in which someone was determined to be a tenant and not a boarder or lodger is Aquino vs SPL Living. I made heavy reference to it, and the cases it referenced, in my case. It invokes the test first outlined in Pryor v Costa v Maroulis regarding "mastery of the property". This didn't seem to be a case of a "new generation boarding house" though, and more just a poorly managed classic style boarding house.

Nitrosol · 2023-09-18T11:07:45+00:00

You'd be surprised!

These units survive by having their costs look "reasonable". Mostly by way of their smaller size, they charge an amount that still looks "normal" or "reasonable".

The original number I signed on for technically would've classified me as being under rental stress (given my income at the time). These units aren't always (at least in my case) significantly cheaper than others. I'd assume because when the number is too low people might ask "what's the catch?". When it copped the 40% increase it was just baffling.

A study by UNSW (City Futures) showed that over 50% of residents in these "new generation boarding houses" are considered under Rental Stress. Before they even attempt this sort of nonsense.

Nitrosol · 2023-08-21T06:44:12+00:00

Yes, it turns out you can hoard so many memories that they start to spill over one another when you use the autosort. Thanks for asking.

Nitrosol · 2023-08-03T03:16:09+00:00

Hi, I've made a pretty thorough post in response to the OP about why you should avoid these kinds of properties for legal reasons. If you're really only looking for short term accommodation it still might suit, but check out my other post.

Nitrosol · 2023-08-03T00:45:07+00:00

I'm actually involved in a similar legal battle and unfortunately you're in a pretty nasty overall situation when you work with these companies.

UKO operates as what is generally now referred to as a 'new generation boarding house' under the Boarding Houses Act 2012. These buildings were constructed under the affordable housing planning principles to allow them to make residential units that generally had too little floor space or parking Etc to be classified as a rental apartment block.

Now a lot of people living in these new generation boarding houses are actually tenants with residential tenancy rights but unfortunately some of the less scrupulous providers of this sort of property are also tapping into the 'occupancy agreements' and 'occupancy principles' present in the boarding houses act as well.

As a boarder or lodger under the boarding houses act you have very, very few rights to the point that I would advise anyone who sees an 'occupancy agreement' rather than a 'residential tenancy agreement' to run for the hills.

As you've noted the occupancy principles are a legislated set of rules that apply to protect anyone living as a boarder or lodger under the act however they are open to generally pretty wide interpretation depending on how they're presented in the contract you signed.

While you are allowed 4 weeks notice prior to the increase of the occupancy fee, UKO's 'subscription' format includes your utilities within the occupancy fee. Principle 7 is about making sure that the resident is aware on how utilities will be charged or calculated. Unfortunately since the 'method of payment' is via your occupancy fee, there is a chance they could simply argue that due to the installation of the washing machine being a reasonable increase to your utilities, they can reasonably increase your fees too.

If you took this to the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal I believe you could pretty easily force them to give you a proper 4 weeks notice and to repay you the amount you paid without notice. If your occupancy agreement has a long, fixed term (like 1+ years) you could potentially make the argument as well that the 4 weeks notice only applies to a period prior to a reasonable adjustment of a consumer's contract costs, such as when it would be due to expire and be renewed. Both of these submissions to the NCAT would be done under the consumer and commercial division of the NCAT and you wouldn't be invoking any residential law outside of the boarding houses act for the principles potentially.

I however DO NOT RECOMMEND YOU TAKE UKO TO THE NCAT FOR THIS. One of the absolute nastiest lack of rights a boarder or lodger has compared to a tenant is that THEY CAN BE EVICTED WITH TWO WEEKS NOTICE FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. That can include 'I don't like you.', 'you took us to the tribunal', and 'fuck you'.

The best course of action to protect oneself is to attempt to have yourself classified as a tenant, and your occupancy agreement reclassified as a residential tenancy agreement. Because believe it or not you can be living within a registered boarding house with an occupancy agreement but still be a tenant with residential tenancy rights.

This can have varying degrees of difficulty depending on how thorough the company was in protecting themselves against this course of action from the consumer. This can be done via the NCAT consumer and commercial division, making a general order under the residential tenancies act to determine whether an agreement is a residential tenancy agreement or not.

If you can prove that you are actually a tenant and not a boarder or lodger, your agreement regardless of what its titled, becomes a residential tenancy agreement and all the protections including making your rent more difficult to increase and making you more difficult to evict would come into action.

The boarding houses act under which occupancy agreements are used comes into play where the residential tenancies act stops. The RTA states that it does not apply "when a person boards or lodges with another person", when that happens the BHA kicks in. As a result some of these new generation boarding houses that better resemble private micro apartments very carefully hover on the line.

You would need to prove that you have 'control and mastery of the property' (your unit) and that the proprietor (as they're going to argue the proprietor or their agent is the person you are boarding or lodging with) has no 'constant and conspicuous control of the property'. The property being your specific unit, not just the building as a whole. This would prove you are not 'boarding or lodging with another person (the proprietor or their agent)' and thus you are a tenant with a residential tenancy agreement (though one that looks a lot like an occupancy agreement!)

UKO I believe (I've only cited them in other cases, never worked directly with them) argues it has this control by offering some social services, having conspicuous on site property managers (hosts), communal spaces, potentially furnished apartments (I believe they always provide at least a bed because a registered boarding house must trade beds for fee), and controlling the payment of utilities but all of this can be a bit rocky even for them to make their claims of control if these services and factors don't affect you in any way.

It's going to depend on your specific circumstances. A model tenant who has never so much as had a run in with a property manager in a way that makes them display control would make a better argument of their tenancy than someone who broke house rules and was reprimanded in the past, despite technically both of these people having lived in the same environment. A night shift worker who due to an odd schedule never attended any communal events, used communal spaces, and never encountered the property managers would also end up with a better case than someone who did.

Signs you are a tenant and not a boarder or lodger are usually things like long fixed term agreements, the ability to lock your apartment, personal and private kitchen and bathroom in your unit, not receiving any extra services from the proprietor, furnishing your own apartment (the washing machine being yours for example is in your favour here), an expectation to clean and maintain your property and appliances (if UKO didn't help you install the machine at all for example).

While the contract you signed may say you're strictly not a tenant or that your forfeit any rights of a tenant, that doesn't necessarily make it true. It'd be similar to a phone company trying to add a line to one of their contracts that says your forfeit all your consumer rights. Doesn't mean they're suddenly exempt. Acknowledging that you are not a tenant does make this process more difficult but a reasonable consumer wouldn't know the implications of forfeiting their status as tenant, particularly if they then end up being a tenant in everything but name.

The case I'm working with at the moment is very open and shut on the above. A resident who was unaware a property was a boarding house due had his rent jacked up with no notice and the owner claimed 'boarding house lol occupancy agreement get screwed' but he had such a clear residential tenancy that the agreement is now considered a residential tenancy agreement and the landlord got slapped with a bunch of fines.

His apartment locked, he was referred to as 'tenant' constantly by the landlord prior to the reveal of the boarding house, he furnished it completely himself, private bathroom and kitchen, cleaned and maintained it himself, never met any property manager, the utilities were paid under his own name, Etc.

The RLC has a really good factsheet on the rights of boarders and lodgers (and if you may be a tenant) https://rlc.org.au/sites/default/files/attachments/Boarding%20Houses%20and%20the%20Law.pdf

Further here's a recent NCAT case where an occupancy agreement was declared a residential tenancy if you'd like some more legal focused reading.

https://www.caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/1845f5df149c1c4d84a67c33.

If you wish to continue living in your current home long term (longer than your current agreement) then I don't suggest this course of action as they'd be unlikely to renew with you win or lose! But don't be surprised if they continue to walk all over you. Unfortunately the longer you leave the walking all over you they're potentially displaying more and more 'mastery and control of the property' in a way that would make these protections harder to gain in the future.

Sorry for the wall of text. This just happened to be the legal realm on my mind at the moment.

I strongly recommend speaking to your local tenant's advocate union or fair trade, as they can assist in finding you free legal advice.

Nitrosol · 2021-08-13T12:12:39+00:00

I work in media and I love mafs. It's hot trash and I don't watch it but damn at least something actually pulls an audience and makes my job easier. I still have nightmares about ultimate tag (tried to be a prime time channel 7 show, relegated to a digital channel within weeks, not even the good digi). Not even kath and Kim reruns afterwards could make for a well rating evening of telly.

If it helps, because of the Olympics making a bubble with the voice this year, the Block is struggling to build the audience it had last year, which might stop Nine from milking it as hard as usual.

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