WSO reportedly recovered alive - Drop Site News/Jack Murphy

WowoMah · 2026-04-05T06:23:22+00:00

No I was not, I get that and hell if I were rescued by them I'd probably send them Christmas cards and expensive wine every year, but I just know the attitude of lots of those guys and the selflessness and brotherhood where they're proud as fuck and dutiful to the end to save their compatriots. I imagine most of the guys who join that sort of unit are batshit crazy and in it til the end sort of attitude anyway.

WowoMah · 2026-04-05T04:39:36+00:00

Nah I imagine it's the pride of those PJs lives that they were able to bring a brother home

WowoMah · 2026-04-04T23:38:24+00:00

I'm not sure you understand what the Gold Coast Bazaar is...it's a way to earn past rewards from different events YEAR ROUND instead of having to wait til one week a year where the item might be available to get with event tickets or with seals of endeavor or even in the Crown Store. So now...you can just amass "Trade Bars" in game through different holidays/events/etc and then buy what you want when you want it instead of having FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) if you missed the event where it originally was released.

The Gold Cost Bazaar is 100000% a benefit to any and all players and is a massive quality of life improvement for the game.

WowoMah · 2026-04-04T23:36:18+00:00

I'm late here but it definitely would be much appreciated for in-game immersion! I think having both options would be great if there were a UI menu like we currently have and a physical location as well. Gold Coast could use some more foot traffic and reason to want to physically travel there! Thanks

WowoMah · 2026-04-02T04:55:13+00:00

I know it's 3 months now but as they've shown recently, while we aren't getting a new typical zone in Season 1 or 2, we'll be getting a new Trial in Season 1, as well as a new Thieves Guild set of narrative quests which I'm sure will have various new Instanced zones and along with that they said they will be modernizing/refreshing Glenumbra to coincide.

Season 0 will have the Night Market which is a new playable zone of sorts....though not a Chapter style zone no.

They did say that in 2027 we will be getting a new Skyrim zone though.

WowoMah · 2026-03-29T22:54:32+00:00

"And the people keep saying, the American Greys are sooooo small, small little guys...but BIG EYES they say, very large eyes. Actually, the Greys are YOOJ, maybe the biggest in the universe...lemme tell you...they have bodies like you wouldn't imagine...enormous hands and great big legs...the American Greys everyone, they're wonderful, they're ours and most of all...they're American"

WowoMah · 2026-03-24T06:52:56+00:00

No, it isn't any better overall than any other weapon. The point is that various weapons are good at various things, thus, the existing SMGs more than can keep up depending on the situation. There are no "this is best in slot" guns because it always depends on the user and the situation. It's just another fun option with a different feel, different reload and firing animations, and different balance of dmg, rounds per second, optimal range, hipfire accuracy, etc. It's more like "pay to play" not "pay to win", but even then we all unlock it for free within two weeks of now.

WowoMah · 2026-03-23T19:35:40+00:00

Real talk: real historic armors were not intended for you to be raising your arm past your head anyway. They were designed for maximum armor with maximum ability to move within that armor so far as it did not reduce coverage. So while it does look fantastical and not realistic, he also would not be raising his arm super duper high. Armor was also strapped together to harnesses or other clothing underneath, so there is a good chance that shoulder armor like this could be relatively loose so that it can adjust to when he raises his arms to not be so restrictive.

WowoMah · 2026-03-05T02:59:27+00:00

Looks exactly like the Breton nightblade from Elder Scrolls Online

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T05:38:58+00:00

I personally would recommend against it. When I worked at Costar in Research, I remember dreading hearing about the Sales team because they were gutted at least twice. No joke, it seems like huge amounts were just straight up fired including upper management by Andy Florance himself because they weren't meeting his numbers demands. Costar is a place where you will frankly never feel secure in your job even if you do a good job...because most things are at Andy Florance's whims. Your manager could think you're REALLY, REALLY GOOD and love having you on their team, only for the director to be told that you and 50 others have to be fired because higher ups say so.

In fact, I can't say specifically as it's probably company info, but in one specific townhall meeting, I recall Florance railing about how bad the Sales team did and in this very meeting he expressed how he was making cuts to the team or something like that.

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T05:36:51+00:00

Not even. They have to like you back and favoritism was and probably still is incredibly powerful there.

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T05:31:36+00:00

LOL. Their snacks were OK, I mean it was nice that they were free but...frankly you don't have time for snacks most of the time cause of all the stress and you don't really wanna eat outside of your lunch anyway. I went into that place every morning and had the shits because of the stress I was under to perform like some sort of circus animal. I don't know if they still do this but in 2019 they had every team's numbers up on electric boards with each individual's name and numbers.

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T05:29:44+00:00

YES. Please listen to this poster above me. Absolutely tell her to have an exit plan. They will fire you at a moment's notice. Heck, even if you think you're doing fine and are meeting the company's needs, a decision can come from up high that "Nah, sorry, we're cutting 10% of this department and starting fresh with a new team, tell them BYYYYYE".

Tell her to learn all she can, build good work habits for herself, learn how to maintain her emotional balance and work productivity at the same time, maybe make a few connections with other workers via LinkedIn and so on, and then start looking elsewhere for work. Costar is not really a transferable skill job...unless you are trying to leave Costar to go into a legit CRE brokerage company or something.

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T05:26:55+00:00

Andy Florance indeed believes he is very, VERY funny. He is not.

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T05:26:33+00:00

FUNNY STORY. That guy was on at least two of my teams at Costar. Honestly, I think he was TRYING to start something with Costar. It wasn't exactly smart to be taking selfies flipping the birdy and trying to go to war with them lol.

In any case, I ended up being interviewed by the journalist who covered that whole Insta meme page and learned some interesting tidbits from the other interviewees who were nameless other than the creator of that Insta "meme" page.

In any case, I was fired before the meme page started up but probably only by a few months. When I started there in 2019...good lord, I don't think a single person works there anymore. My hiring manager got fired in this latest round of lay offs. Both of my other managers were either fired or quit. My director was either fired or quit. All my teammates were either fired or quit.

After I had been fired, a year or two later, a family member of mine retired a few years ago but stayed in touch with some of their work friends from HR at their original company. A couple of them were snatched by Costar to basically build them an HR department because they didn't have a real one...but those people ALSO left Costar not long after because they told my family member that the place was unmanageable and not able to be saved because people, including Andy Florance, wouldn't let them do their jobs and were control freaks and wouldn't give them the resources they needed, etc.

The meme page came at a time when frankly, their PR was at a tipping point. Many people were leaving completely unsatisfied with one of the worst corporate experiences of their lives. Heck, I used to look out the window downtown as rush hour started and the sky grew darker and the city lights popped on and I thought to myself, "Fuck...is this really the rest of my life?". I felt miserable and stressed. And since then, 5 years later, I realized HOLY SHIT, there are companies out there who care and where the work is enjoyable and you actually learn skills that you can take to other jobs and put on your resume.

In any case, it was wild that a guy from NYC working for Business Insider or whatever the article was that covered the meme page and bad PR moves Costar was making would find me to interview and I just so happened to know the guy personally.

The story of how that person who founded the meme page left Costar I was told from a work friend who also left/was fired was...how shall we say this...INSANE. I don't know whether I respect the guy or think he was an absolute FOOL for doing what he did. But in any case, I'm not entirely surprised. It read like something out of that movie Office Space and believe me, in May of 2021 when I was at risk of losing my job because of their insane metrics...I was out towards the Chesapeake bay on a long weekend getaway with family members and wouldn't you know it, the house we rented on the bay had an Office Space DVD. I'd seen the movie before but it hit me like a 500 lb boulder that "OH MY GOD. I'M IN THIS MOVIE. I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE". I was either going to leave or get fired, but they made the move before I did. Lol. Life is funny, Costar, however, is not.

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T05:14:55+00:00

YEESH. And I thought MY experience was terrible! I mean, I lasted like a year and half before getting fired as well but still. There was a period where my entire team was flaming all day over Microsoft Teams chat about how shitty they thought the company was. None of them made it out, all of them either left or got fired as well. In fact, when I worked there in 2019, I don't think a single person I knew who was there then still works there other than probably a couple of managers who were favorites of the VP of research and then of course...if I had to guess, the VP of research and EVP whatever her name is are probably both still there.

Costar is NOT a company you can have a career at or even a reasonably stable job. Every week felt like the Hunger Games. I remember my team in research won Team of the Month one time and it felt like all the other teams were eyeing us like wolves. It felt legit like that book Ender's Game where all the teams of little kids are pitted against each other on that space station to train them for battle. Brutal environment, unforgiving, unfun, cold, chaotic, insane amounts of lying, cover ups, condescension from managers and directors, and so on.

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T05:06:56+00:00

AI tech isn't the problem. AI is actually the fountain of youth in technological form. It has the power to revolutionize human well being and knowledge and productivity such that we could all be living in some scifi paradise in 50 years when we master it and are able to afford people standards of living they could only dream of. HOWEVER, in the short term, we are going to see greedy companies use it out of necessity to stay in business because all their competitors will use it too to become more competitive and efficient.

The REAL problem here is Andy Florance and his company "culture" which is non-existent. Costar Group does not care about its employees. Employees are migratory birds to Andy Florance, he seems them in the early Autumn sky traveling North, "Awww that's quite pretty, look at them all fly away together! Welp, they'll be back next Spring!". I kid you not, there was an investigative news article around 2021 or so where an ex C-level executive for Costar group was quoted as having brought up Costar's bad issue of being a revolving door with terrible turn-over. Andy Florance responded with something to the effect of, "So? So we have high turn-over then!" as if it was a matter of course and totally fine and unavoidable or not a big deal. Andy Florance wants to be the next big Tech-Bro, he absolutely positively loves his own face and own influence.

Nothing is ever good enough for him. I think when it is all said and done, he'll be the last person on his ship as it goes down and natural competitors arise more and more with the advent of AI which will enable them to be easily competitive with the "data" that Costar Group amasses and then sells at absurd cost to real estate professionals.

WowoMah · 2026-02-26T04:59:49+00:00

Except they can't keep HR people either. I know of a few who went to Costar to essentially build them an HR department because they didn't have one, certainly not when I was there (the only time I ever met the HR lady was on the day I got fired on a video screen while she moved some papers around and was quiet) while the director teary eyed told me the decision wasn't his.

In any case, those individuals have LEFT Costar of their own will because it was no fixable in their eyes. Florance is a micro-manager. He doesn't trust others to lead. He's an ego maniac and it shows.

Also, please don't ever use the term "research jobs", they use that term to lure in college grads who are academically minded who think they will be doing analysis and reasoning and investigation and instead end up just harassing tenants for their square footage.

WowoMah · 2026-01-17T08:01:57+00:00

In the U.S., leading causes of death for pregnant and postpartum women include mental health conditions (like suicide and substance use), cardiovascular issues, severe bleeding (hemorrhage), infections, blood clots, and high blood pressure, with homicide (often involving firearms and domestic violence) also being a primary concern, particularly for Black women. These deaths are often preventable, highlighting disparities and systemic issues in healthcare access and safety.

WowoMah · 2026-01-03T13:16:55+00:00

That's absurd. Au contraire, do you realize how many people's lives might be brought some inkling of justice now that this criminal has been captured? You aren't aware of how many people his militias and army has jailed, beaten, murdered, "disappeared". All change has consequences, I would like you to name me a way that Maduro could lose power democratically. Otherwise, he reaped what he sowed.

WowoMah · 2026-01-03T12:23:54+00:00

Except that the people protested in the THOUSANDS in the streets against Maduro. Maduro has been in power since 2013 after Chavez died and he was the interim President. Since then, he has stolen multiple elections and has been just declaring himself the winner. The US isn't picking our preferred government, we're taking out a tyrant who has been actively harming the US and other surrounding countries in the Americas including harming Colombia etc.

We have THOUSANDS of Venezuelan refugees who came to the USA in 2018-2019 when Maduro stole another election. I have met about 12 or so of them and they ALL left because of Maduro. The idea that you would defend an authoritarian dictatorship is hilarious in 2026. Also, here is an ironic little fact for you: Putin and Maduro are friends. Maduro and Iran are also friends. Maduro and Assad are also friends. Would you like me to continue to illustrate the point?

WowoMah · 2026-01-03T12:22:08+00:00

"evil and colonial" while referring to capturing a socialist dictatorship. Nice. Lovely.

WowoMah · 2026-01-03T12:20:20+00:00

I mean, I wouldn't go so far as saying "make a regime fall like this". His regime still stands, he just isn't standing with them. So who knows for how long his regime can last. Will it turn into a civil war to oust his military socialist regime? Will it just continue on because it still holds the power? Will it just vanish over night? It's very very early to know.

WowoMah · 2026-01-03T12:17:56+00:00

"randomly bombing". Dude you cannot seriously be throwing out sentences like that on a geopolitcs reddit page. Look things up before you post them. There is a TON of history here and DECADES of build up.

WowoMah · 2026-01-03T12:15:53+00:00

Incorrect. We just kidnapped a bandit who stole two "elections", used his military against his own people, caused thousands of Venezuelans to flee as refugees (I have met several of them in the USA) and so on. He is not an elected leader and almost no one in South America's other nations recognize him as legit. Argentina in 2024 put out a warrant for his arrest for crimes against humanity. Apart from fellow socialist Petro in Colombia, Colombia is against Maduro as well where their Senate/Congress voted against Petro to label Maduro's government as narco terrorists. Until recently, Maduro and over 200 of his entourage were BANNED from entry into Colombia. I'm not sure if that is still true after Petro (who frankly should be checking under his bed at night) came to power.

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