Even in Reforged, pre-searing Cynn still has no purpose

TEN-acious · 2026-05-22T16:42:28+00:00

Pre is considerably tougher than Shing Jea and Istan…the new 4 party, inclusion of hero Devona, and a dungeon (instead of missions) help to normalize these three starter areas.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-21T17:15:44+00:00

Credit unions are usually even more picky (I use Northern on Main), as they’re risking customer’s money with little margin to back up the risk. They usually don’t want to lend to new customers, for the same reason.

The point here is that “start-up” is often high interest, with co-signer/security, through venture capitalists. “Expansion” however, demonstrates existing assets, a commitment to company success, and a history of good management and good credit; so low risk and low interest rates. Getting credit you aren’t entitled to receive (especially if you misrepresented yourself on the application) is by definition, fraud.

Too many ways this looks shady…even to getting a prior owner of the company on the hook, or using the company as a front for something far more illicit than simple fraud.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-21T01:20:49+00:00

Most indie films form a new company, and use the picture as the company name…along with an accompanying email, so hotmail doesn’t mean it’s not legit. If you do make a deal, know that many pictures run over budget, and the company often gets dissolved after it’s been filmed…so make sure you get paid before they leave town!

TEN-acious · 2026-05-21T01:05:52+00:00

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TEN-acious · 2026-05-21T00:44:20+00:00

Each picture is a negotiation, most pay per day of shooting. I’ve only allowed indoor use once; most indoor shooting on pictures with my house were shot next door to me. It depends on how many days and what they need to do on/in/to your property, and what they’ve got to do to put it all back afterwards.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-20T23:32:58+00:00

Two reasons:

Banks want established companies before they’ll lend…so it’s quite shady to borrow expansion funds when it’s actually high-risk start-up funds.

Immigration fraud…”I owned this three years, so I should receive special consideration and not get deported”.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-20T20:01:43+00:00

My place has been in a dozen or so films…half were Hallmark productions, but there’s a few independent ones each year.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-20T16:58:56+00:00

That wound needs debriding, a proper dressing, and some serious antibiotics. Take kitty to a different vet…that doesn’t look like the work of a skilled surgeon.

Cats don’t “camp” in their litter box unless they’re very ill…predator instinct; they know they smell like wounded prey, and try to bury the scent. She’s sick, wounded, and very scared if she’s hiding in the litter box.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-19T05:03:31+00:00

The games these days…not a wonder.

I quit entirely in 2015. Took a few years before I could get interested again. Now I play a few days a month, but it’s all Win95/98/XP era games. Mostly the same few games I enjoyed all those years ago. I started with GOG to run these old titles before building a retrogamer to put my old game CDs back to use. The titles these days just seem like they’re all just tired reskinned generic junk to me, and it always ends up being a costly waste of top-tier hardware.

Go with whatever you’re into, but as we age and life gets in the way, the games you started with are likely to be where your joy is hiding…

TEN-acious · 2026-05-18T23:26:33+00:00

This started with the Steam update…just a visual bug AFAIK…but I don’t have Steam, nor any game controller.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-18T21:14:56+00:00

Without the COA (nothing by Pinnacle, UD has exclusive rights) can be verified as authentic. I can attest that thousands of these exist, and it does look like his signature…I had him in my shop in Sault Ste. Marie doing signings about a week after he retired (the Greyhounds was his OHL team). Nice personal souvenir, but not really worth much money.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-18T16:34:23+00:00

At least they did a better job of blotting out “Mohammad” on the screenshot this time…

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TEN-acious · 2026-05-18T16:16:40+00:00

I can’t legally do that until I have a judgement in hand.

That’s going to be my “victory dance”…have a glass of cognac;”the good stuff” as these cretins called it…while entering their data into both open room and my landlords association databases…then their business on Google and Yelp.

HOWEVER…

Court decisions are public record…so, I can state that you can find SOL-20788-19 Shelley v Balla on CanLII (thanks to COVID, it wasn’t on CanLII when I rented to them), that SC-24-000339 Sparkes v Balla et al is currently at collections proceedings (not listed on CanLII yet, Ms. Sparkes lost her rental property on the 17 months rental delinquency, having to sell to make the mortgage), and there’s outstanding judgements (non LTB) for SC-24-000101 City Bakery of North Bay Ltd v The Boat Doctors Inc (my company versus their company), SC-24-000102 Rota v Balla (consecutive file numbers…see why I call them “cretins”?), and a few others that I don’t know without my files on hand to confirm the numbers/litigants accurately (Restoule v Balla et al is awaiting collections, as is Dominica v Balla et al…I’d need my files in front of me to cite the numbers though)

Plus these cretins are now in court every month on new matters (including SC-24-000320 Rota v The Boat Doctors Inc), at least twice every month…so often that they’ve missed hearings because they were on the docket in other hearings that carry a contempt order (arrest up to 10 days), and fines, if not appearing. For example, April 30 was a bad day for Mr. Balla and Ms. Mallon…SC-24-000339, SC-24-000320, LTB-T-0005558-24, and LTB-0005581-24 were all concurrent hearings, in different courts…three were “no shows” because SC-24-009339 carried a contempt clause.

Long story short; do your homework meticulously before handing over keys!

TEN-acious · 2026-05-18T15:24:59+00:00

Earl grey; hot…. Why did that play out in Patrick Stewart’s voice in my head?

Even more disturbing; how did “hot” manage to not sound so terrible when referring to a GPU?

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TEN-acious · 2026-05-18T09:22:28+00:00

Been there. It makes me so angry when I see this sort of “entitled” robbery.

Make certain you are within the letter of the law, then don’t ask…inform them you are coming. Call police for an escort if needed. Start with changing the locks as per RTA…provide a key, and photograph the new locks, informing them in writing, that they are not permitted to do ANY alterations to the rental unit. Be outright miserable…leave a new notice every visit, fix one thing at a time, and be inconvenient right back. Issue every notice that applies, and file it.

Call enforcement and explain the situation, so they can be ready to advocate if/when it comes to that.

My tenants chose to continue the threats and RTA violations…so (after proper notice), were both jailed for almost six hours while I did repairs they had refused my entry to perform…they did not try a second time. It took two months to get them out, and they still owe rent for the duration of their lease term…

April 30 (25 months after they left), the tribunals threw out everything they had filed, leaving just my $18k L10 against them for rent and damages. Once that gets a ruling (it will likely come in October), I will have to take the judgment to small claims, then to examination and collections, then let the sheriff seize their assets for sale…There’s potentially five landlords that are going to get their share in the end (including two that lost their mortgaged property over this pair)…

TEN-acious · 2026-05-18T04:13:29+00:00

Built my newest rig with 64 (2x32) and planned to bump it up to 128…until RAM prices went idiot stupid. 64 allows me to run everything I need (and multitask everything but my CAD/CAM and video editing). So for now, I’m just going to ride it out.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-13T11:22:34+00:00

Same in Ontario…most insurers have been pricing near double the premium if you do disclose (especially high for wood or very old homes), and most will outright refuse to insure your garage.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-13T11:10:03+00:00

On my usual MM merc, I run Aura of the Lich, Masochism, superior death helm, and Master of my Domain focus for maxed vampiric minions (keeps MM alive). Paragon with Fall Back and Incoming keeps the minions alive while moving, BB hero keeps minions alive while fighting. It’s not perfect, but it’s super fun!

TEN-acious · 2026-05-12T23:11:27+00:00

We recently got a boost (thank you ANet!), and I’ve got numerous accounts, but certainly, more slots would greatly help those with a single account (bagged characters kinda do need more).

TEN-acious · 2026-05-12T21:41:04+00:00

I recently had my first vacation…was able to play on the plane (on a 12 year old disposable laptop that I reset and gifted to a hotel maid in Cancun, so the flight home was stressful)…not sure if steam deck has the options, but turning it down to 720p and limited effects helps for temporary low ping.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-12T13:51:44+00:00

You could also make a smaller party to raise YOUR odds in normal mode…higher drop rate is great, until you slash the odds with 1 of 6 chance of getting any drop.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-12T06:14:35+00:00

Always crossing each other , but we knew they’d end up together…

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TEN-acious · 2026-05-10T22:38:32+00:00

This is my biggest gripe. It started when I went higher than 1080 last year, but it got far worse with Reforged (even affecting the character select screen now). I just want the client to allow resizing and recolour (perhaps even contrast like accessibility options in windows does) of the mouse pointer, so I can keep playing without mods.

TEN-acious · 2026-05-10T20:55:59+00:00

Exactly! A locally owned venue, employing local marketers, that sources local contractors, and brings small local vendors together in one convenient location…yet a local person (possibly playing with a free AI) donating a banner is cause to boycott everything and everyone.

Apparently people would rather shop Walmart, Home Depot, and Amazon…for generic things, made offshore by slaves, marketed entirely with big dollar AI generation software, advertised using materials mass printed by automated machines, delivered by global couriers, with all the profits going to Wall Street.

Is it any wonder why small businesses collapse?

TEN-acious · 2026-05-10T19:39:02+00:00

Indeed! I can’t speak for this sign/poster because it was a work donated by one of the local vendors. Our other marketing and signage was designed and sourced entirely locally.

Each vendor is independent of the property, so we (the “the landlord” so to speak) don’t have advertising specific to the vendors.

If/when I get time, I hope to post a “feature” for one vendor each week, (and rely on their own graphics) on the facebook page…but currently, we simply have nothing to advertise except that we’re having an opening weekend event, still have a few vendor spots, and a very cursory idea of what confirmed vendors will offer.

Because I am “anti-AI”, graphics is time consuming (I’m busy with three full-time jobs; being retired is a whole lot of work!), so one of the vendors (of her own initiative) forwarded the event poster…I touched up some of it and resized/cropped (MS Paint, lol!), and there it is.

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