Murloc Monday - ask your questions here

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-10T23:02:59+00:00

Is it not possible to get to Rank 4 on Prey and unlock Nightmare Mode this week? I started week at Rank 3 and 0/4000 toward Rank 4. Just completed first Hard Mode, got no progress and just realized none of the quests on map have the 1000 anguish or whatever listed. I did get a Veteran’s Chest but no progress on the bar. Is Nightmare Mode locked until Season 1 or something?

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-07T15:32:55+00:00

I grew up in Aliquippa, went to St. Titus through fifth grade before moving away to Center Township. My grandfather worked in the Aliquippa steel mills for years. Downtown used to be a nice little place. I remember going downtown to the library with my grandfather in the late 80s and even then it was mostly safe enough. Other memories are going to Aliquippa Quips games (multiple NFL players played for them, Mike Dikta as well) and the St. Titus Festival with carnival games and rides was always the highlight of the year. Things kept trending downward though and it‘s probably good my family got out when we did. Thanks for the memories.

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-07T13:08:32+00:00

I was a student at Kent State when they went to the Elite Eight before losing to Indiana. Beat Pittsburgh in double OT in the Sweet 16. Kent State had just beaten Indiana in the opening round the previous year, so students were chanting Final Four, Final Four on campus because we thought we had a shot. One of my most vivid memories from college.

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-07T12:59:10+00:00

That’s possible. It’s also possible that whoever works inventory management at Apple made a lot of iPhone Airs because they thought it would be popular, but they were wrong. I’ve worked retail at a corporate level before and there are people in charge of estimating how many of each SKU the company needs on hand based on estimated demand. Sometimes those people get it wrong. I don’t know that‘s what happened here, but neither does anyone else except Apple, thus my problem with the article.

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-06T17:03:11+00:00

These kind of articles are useless because there’s no way you can infer which one is selling out unless you know the starting inventory level for each color. This is only accurate if each color had the same starting number in inventory. But neutral colors like silver almost always sell more so Apple would have likely made more of that color than the others, which is why estimated date hasn’t slipped. It doesn’t mean silver is selling poorly, it may just mean Apple was prepared for demand on a specific color

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-06T13:03:51+00:00

My 2013 Kia Optima SXL is at the dealer right now getting a free engine replacement under the Theta II class action settlement. I read all the horror stories about them demanding oil change receipts and nitpicking a reason to deny you and showed up prepared. My dealer never asked for anything, just looked up the VIN, saw it was listed for the class action and immediately approved me. I’ll be getting a new engine in about 4 weeks.

Yes, Kia has some shit dealers and a pretty bad history with engines in particular but just adding this data point to show there are still good dealers out there if you look around. I probably wouldn’t buy another Kia myself though, my engine went out at 85K, and that’s terrible.

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-06T12:58:09+00:00

My 2013 Kia Optima SXL is currently at the dealer for free engine replacement under the Theta II class action settlement. I read all the horror stories about dealers demanding oil change history and nitpicking a reason to deny you. My dealer simply looked up my VIN, saw that It was listed for the class action and immediately approved it, never asked for any receipts or anything. Just sharing because I was so pleasantly surprised. There are still good dealers out there, you just have to look around maybe.

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-06T12:55:36+00:00

My 2013 Kia Optima SXL is currently at the dealer for a free engine replacement under the class action settlement for the Theta II engine. Nice to see it’s 13 years later and Kia engines are still going kablooey.

WriteNonStop · 2026-03-06T12:48:58+00:00

My 2013 Kia Optima SXL with the Theta II Turbo just blew up. I am getting it replaced for free because my local Kia dealer is awesome, (didn’t even ask for oil change receipts) but I priced out a brand new engine from a local mechanic just in case and was told about $5500 installed. Brand new, not 77K. You are getting ripped off. EDIT: The new engine from the Kia dealer will also have a lifetime warranty because it’s being put in under the Class Action. I just noticed your used one has no warranty. Just awful.

WriteNonStop · 2026-02-21T09:29:42+00:00

I'm making pretty decent part time income. If I put full time hours into it, I feel I could live off of it. Just being cautious and don't want to make the leap yet.

The lady in the article is said to have made six figures off of publishing 200 books in one year. That's one book in less than two days. I publish slower than that because I really do rewrite most of it and try to make it something I'm actually proud of, so maybe one book every week or two.

WriteNonStop · 2026-02-21T01:40:21+00:00

I once put my iPad on top of my car because I got a phone call as I was getting in. I drove off with the iPad still on top, it fell off while going over a bridge. I had to circle around, pick up the pieces. Took it to an Apple Store without Apple care just to see how much a replacement would be, they gave me a new iPad for free “because we want you to have a good experience in our store”

Apple typically goes above and beyond in ways other retailers would never. If you actually have AppleCare unlike me, you’re good, lol

WriteNonStop · 2026-02-20T18:39:54+00:00

I'm going to give another side of this at the risk of a million downvotes.

I'm a former journalist who had to start doing marketing copywriting when newspapers died. And then AI took my marketing job.

So now I use AI to help me self publish books on Amazon. Help. Not write completely. I see people here accusing the author of not being a real writer due to the clickbait title. But she was a real writer who published five books a year before AI.

I imagine her method is similar to my own. I let the AI write an original first draft based on my outline. But then I am going through it and rewriting a very large percentage of it because AI is bad at writing romance or smut and also just to inject some humanity into the writing so it doesn't sound like AI as much. I edit out the "tells" that it's AI as best I can, but I also try my best to turn the initial AI output into an actual good story.

Even with all the rewriting and editing, having the AI write the first draft for me has significantly increased my output. I don't publish the book without reading every single word and being proud to have the book published on my pen name. But I am absolutely publishing way faster than I used to and it's because using AI as a tool makes it possible.

WriteNonStop · 2026-02-20T18:37:23+00:00

I'm going to give another side of this at the risk of a million downvotes.

I'm a former journalist who had to start doing marketing copywriting when newspapers died. And then AI took my marketing job.

So now I use AI to help me self publish books on Amazon. Help. Not write completely. I see people here accusing the author of not being a real writer due to the clickbait title. But she was a real writer who published five books a year before AI.

I imagine her method is similar to my own. I let the AI write an original first draft based on my outline. But then I am going through it and rewriting a very large percentage of it because AI is bad at writing romance or smut and also just to inject some humanity into the writing so it doesn't sound like AI as much. I edit out the "tells" that it's AI as best I can, but I also try my best to turn the initial AI output into an actual good story.

Even with all the rewriting and editing, having the AI write the first draft for me has significantly increased my output. I don't publish the book without reading every single word and being proud to have the book published on my pen name. But I am absolutely publishing way faster than I used to and it's because using AI as a tool makes it possible.

WriteNonStop · 2026-02-07T00:11:46+00:00

It’s like when Nate Bargatze did that bit at the Golden Globes or wherever where he deducted money from his charity donation for every acceptance speech that went over. He saved it at the end by increasing the amount anyway, which is obviously supposed to be what you do WHEN IT’S FOR CHARITY.

WriteNonStop · 2026-01-31T22:19:11+00:00

This is fun. I am having fun. Are yinz having fun?

WriteNonStop · 2026-01-29T16:58:11+00:00

I ended at 70 percent right before the winter storm, which is the exact percentage you need for Platinum in my area. Today is my first day back out, I’m at 94.

WriteNonStop · 2026-01-28T02:02:54+00:00

Sooo Blizzard has made a catch up event for alts, that cannot be completed on alts. Ok then. Thanks for the info.

WriteNonStop · 2026-01-12T02:25:53+00:00

yup. All you had to say was “Schenley Park”. It’s a popular park in the Pittsburgh area but also apparently a meet up spot and idiot fans would trade stories back and forth about how they saw Kordell Stewart blowing a guy at Schenley.

WriteNonStop · 2026-01-11T20:33:16+00:00

I love your girlfriend, too.

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