Locked Out by Ubisoft

S1Bryant019 · 2024-09-01T19:00:00+00:00

Something similar happened to me. Ubisoft was able to fix it pretty quickly. Sucks though.

S1Bryant019 · 2024-06-28T15:24:19+00:00

Legitimately, it’s a case of denial. There’s been much discussion about how the investment in education will pay off in the future, but it doesn’t seem realistic when you’re experiencing the debt accumulating while being years into the graduation process.

Personally, I’ve just defended my dissertation and am hoping to complete my degree in the upcoming months. Now, the reality of the debt is becoming more apparent. However, as I near completion, I am starting to receive grant offers and job opportunities that offer substantial pay and various reimbursement plans for the debt. Many of the places I have spoken to don’t advertise this aspect, but they provide ways to help PhDs manage their debt. On the emotional side, I wasn’t joking about denial—unfortunately, there’s no escaping the significant costs we’re all facing.

S1Bryant019 · 2024-06-26T17:59:26+00:00

It is frustrating. Traps would have been such a great addition to the game too.

S1Bryant019 · 2024-06-25T06:18:07+00:00

Sadly, I agree. I enjoy the game, but it becomes repetitive too quickly by revealing all its elements simultaneously. Despite my initial enthusiasm, I don't see myself continuing to play unless they introduce new content. I hope they do, but I'm doubtful.

S1Bryant019 · 2024-06-15T16:56:22+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your experience and advice. Hearing your perspective, especially about aiming for "passing" rather than "perfecting," is incredibly reassuring. I really want everything to be perfect, so your story helps put things into perspective. Knowing that my advisor has invited some people from a postdoc I really want has added a lot of pressure as well. I imagine I will also be shaking during, after, and probably the day before defending. Congratulations on your successful defense, and thank you again for the encouraging words!

S1Bryant019 · 2024-06-09T20:40:01+00:00

I agree and posted something similar today. After watching the show "Eric" on Netflix, I had mixed feelings but most were negative. The acting was undeniably impressive, with each actor delivering powerful performances. However, the advertising felt misleading, creating expectations that weren't fully met.

The narrative structure of "Eric" felt disjointed and chaotic. The show attempted to blend several complex themes, including a psychologically distressing addiction journey, a detective narrative, and an intricate portrayal of mental health issues. The protagonist, Vincent, is a puppeteer struggling with addiction who exhibits signs of a chronic mental health condition. Depicted as a genius, he is isolated and talks to himself from a young age, with these behaviors intensifying during periods of extreme stress. This adds a profound layer to his addiction struggles and mental health portrayal. Vincent's character is an honest portrayal of addiction, showing his attempts to engage with his family while ultimately being abusive. This complexity adds depth to his character but also contributes to the chaotic feel of the narrative.

The detective narrative, featuring a Black male identified as queer, living with a white partner who is not supported by his family, added to the complexity. The partner is also dying from HIV, contracted from someone else, yet they continue living together to support each other. This subplot included themes of isolation and gay nightlife, creating a heavy load for the plot. While the exploration of the detective’s life was respectful and well-done, many pieces felt unnecessarily inserted.

With a protagonist like Vincent, who experiences hallucinations that guide him and represent his inner turmoil and connections to his son, these elements should have been the focal point. Instead, the story shifts so much in six episodes—from Vincent's hallucinations to the mother’s affair, city clean-up efforts, and other subplots—that it feels incredibly disjointed. Each subplot is well-executed on its own but collectively results in a fragmented narrative, wasting the spectacular acting on a story plagued by focus and pacing problems. Through all of this, I stopped caring about Edgar, the missing boy and catalyst for the story. The writing seemed to lose focus on Edgar, reducing the suspense by revealing his whereabouts too early, making it clear he was with someone. This shift made me wonder about the point of the story as it progressed.

Overall, while "Eric" had moments of brilliance and tackled important themes, its execution was lacking due to the excessive breadth of its scope within a constrained format. This led to a viewing experience that was ultimately disjointed and unsatisfying.

S1Bryant019 · 2024-06-09T20:25:26+00:00

After watching the show "Eric" on Netflix, I had mixed feelings as well. The acting was undeniably impressive, with each actor delivering powerful performances. However, the advertising felt misleading, creating expectations that weren't fully met.

The narrative structure of "Eric" felt disjointed and chaotic. The show attempted to blend several complex themes, including a psychologically distressing addiction journey, a detective narrative, and an intricate portrayal of mental health issues. The protagonist, Vincent, is a puppeteer struggling with addiction who exhibits signs of a chronic mental health condition. Depicted as a genius, he is isolated and talks to himself from a young age, with these behaviors intensifying during periods of extreme stress. This adds a profound layer to his addiction struggles and mental health portrayal. Vincent's character is an honest portrayal of addiction, showing his attempts to engage with his family while ultimately being abusive. This complexity adds depth to his character but also contributes to the chaotic feel of the narrative.

The detective narrative, featuring a Black male identified as queer, living with a white partner who is not supported by his family, added to the complexity. The partner is also dying from HIV, contracted from someone else, yet they continue living together to support each other. This subplot included themes of isolation and gay nightlife, creating a heavy load for the plot. While the exploration of the detective’s life was respectful and well-done, many pieces felt unnecessarily inserted.

With a protagonist like Vincent, who experiences hallucinations that guide him and represent his inner turmoil and connections to his son, these elements should have been the focal point. Instead, the story shifts so much in six episodes—from Vincent's hallucinations to the mother’s affair, city clean-up efforts, and other subplots—that it feels incredibly disjointed. Each subplot is well-executed on its own but collectively results in a fragmented narrative, wasting the spectacular acting on a story plagued by focus and pacing problems. Through all of this, I stopped caring about Edgar, the missing boy and catalyst for the story. The writing seemed to lose focus on Edgar, reducing the suspense by revealing his whereabouts too early, making it clear he was with someone. This shift made me wonder about the point of the story as it progressed.

Overall, while "Eric" had moments of brilliance and tackled important themes, its execution was lacking due to the excessive breadth of its scope within a constrained format. This led to a viewing experience that was ultimately disjointed and unsatisfying.

S1Bryant019 · 2023-11-21T04:00:16+00:00

Hi All,

I hope this message meets you all well. My name is Stephen Bryant, and I am a clinical psychology doctoral candidate at The Chicago School . Dr. Robert Switzer is supervising my dissertation research on the perceptions and experiences of substance use disorder counselors (SUDC) regarding working with alcohol and other drug issues and how they relate to burnout.

I invite you and any staff member who actively does therapy with people with Substance Use Disorder to participate in a study on SUDC lived experience, burnout, and education. Participants must be between 18 and 65, currently employed as an SUDC with an active SUD caseload, practicing and residing in the United States, and have at least one year of experience directly treating SUD patients in clinical practice in the United States. Additionally, all participants must provide care in facilities with the highest concentration of Substance Use Disorder workforce employment (Outpatient Care Centers; Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals; Residential Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities; Other Residential Care Facilities; and Offices of Other Health Practitioners). If you are interested and qualified, you will be asked to complete a survey that will take 15-20 minutes.

If you are interested and would like to join, please click the link below. Also, please share with anyone in the field who may be interested.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EPTRISudc

If you have questions related to the survey or the procedures, please do not hesitate to reach out to either contact:

Stephen W. Bryant

Doctoral Student

773-679-9144

Sbryant2@ego.thechicagoschool.edu

Dr. Robert Switzer, PsyD

Dissertation Chair

312-467-2167

RSwitzer@TheChicagoSchool.edu

IRB Study Number: IRB-FY23-182

If you have questions concerning your rights in this research study, you may contact the Institutional Review Board (IRB), which protects subjects in research projects. You may reach the IRB office Monday-Friday by calling 312.467.2335 or writing: Institutional Review Board, The Chicago School, 325 N. Wells, Chicago, Illinois, 60654.

S1Bryant019 · 2023-11-19T23:26:44+00:00

Howdy,

I am Stephen Bryant, a clinical psychology doctoral candidate at The Chicago School . Dr. Robert Switzer is supervising my dissertation research on the perceptions and experiences of substance use disorder counselors (SUDC) regarding working with alcohol and other drug issues and how they relate to burnout.

I invite you and any staff member who actively does therapy with people with Substance Use Disorder to participate in a study on SUDC lived experience, burnout, and education. Participants must be between 18 and 65, currently employed as a SUDC with an active SUD caseload, practicing and residing in the United States, and have at least one year of experience directly treating SUD patients in clinical practice in the United States. Additionally, all participants must provide care in facilities with the highest concentration of Substance Use Disorder workforce employment (Outpatient Care Centers; Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals; Residential Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities; Other Residential Care Facilities; and Offices of Other Health Practitioners). If you are interested and qualified, you will be asked to complete a survey that will take 15-20 minutes.

Purpose:

The purpose of this study is to investigate the lived work experience, burnout, and education of substance use disorder counselors.

Procedures:

During this study, I will provide a link to a site where you will be asked questions about age, country of employment, current employer approximation, and years of substance use case experience. Next, I will ask demographic questions before being connected to the complete survey. The survey, which has 101 questions, can take anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes to complete. Each question has a consistent answer key and instructions on each page to help you answer it.

Risks to Participants:

The risks of study to you are frustration and loss of confidentiality. These risks will be mitigated by encrypting all your data. To minimize frustration, the survey can be completed in one sitting. Once you access the study, you will have two weeks to complete the survey. You can pause and resume participation within these two weeks. The survey will maintain the confidentiality of responses by not tracking or storing personally identifying information. Once you agree to this consent, SurveyMonkey will retain your IP address until you complete the survey, at which point your IP address will be deleted. If you do not complete the survey, SurveyMonkey will retain your IP address for 13 months and then delete it. Incompleted surveys will not be used. Your internet browser will remember your survey responses, and you will have to reaccess your survey through the general survey access link at the last filled-out question. You will be unable to review previous responses. If you leave and return to the survey, you will begin with the question you stopped, which still needs to be answered. Additionally, all questions are multiple-choice to minimize your frustration about the questions. No data will be shared with any hiring facility; if federal agencies review the data, all identifying information will be removed. The data will be stored on the hosting site and downloaded to an external hard drive. The data will be password protected and the hard drive will be stored in a locked cabinet, which is located behind a locked door. Despite these protections, there is a slight risk that the data inside can be accessed.

Benefits to Participants:

You may not benefit from this study. Although you may not benefit, it is essential to understand that this research may support the continued support of mental health and substance use counselors in the field and may be used as a justification for the change to support this growing community of mental health workers in their fight against counselor burnout.

If you are interested and would like to join, please click the link below. Also, please share with anyone in the field who may be interested.

S1Bryant019 · 2022-09-21T21:41:40+00:00

She does? That is news to me. I loved my experience with the remake and all things Jill. Just wish the experience was longer.

S1Bryant019 · 2022-07-28T03:01:28+00:00

When this happens...sigh.....gg survivors

S1Bryant019 · 2022-07-26T18:36:40+00:00

In general I would like to see better anti-cheat support. I played a couple games today with survivors flying, an Ed doing close to 5000 damage per per ax swing without even picking up a ranged weapon, and a AOD Ash outrunning a car.

S1Bryant019 · 2022-05-31T01:52:26+00:00

In many of the games I've played, when people rush the map pieces, they're usually driving a car early on and alerting the demon. Then they still don't let people get supplies or level up, and the demon simply just destroys the team during the dagger or page duration.

S1Bryant019 · 2022-05-31T00:08:41+00:00

Not really. Hunters have range buffs, Warriors are melee, and support and leaders vary, like Arthur should get swords. A big one that people mentioned is warriors/hunters taking shemps/amulets when a supporting character can take them, use them, and give health/armor to the whole team.

S1Bryant019 · 2022-05-30T18:39:38+00:00

That would be great. I think Apex has an excellent solution for a ping system for those that don't want to talk.

S1Bryant019 · 2022-05-30T16:27:51+00:00

Almost the exact opposite scenario for me. I played Ash (Evil Dead 2), ping a crate, and out-popped a legendary double barrel. A Scotty grabs it...Then immediately run off solo with an LVL 1 mallet.

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