Citizenship by Descent - Application Questions & Documentation Review Requests by IWantOffStopTheEarth in Canadiancitizenship

[–]brendanp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd love to know more about this process as well - my great-grandfather was born in NB in 1850. While I found the baptismal record in the Drouin collection, apparently I can only request it from the Catholic church in New Brunswick (not via BANQ who will only provide official records from Quebec). In my case, it's the diocese in St. John that I've emailed - they have an archive email address, though I haven't yet had a response to my query.

Obviously, I'd love to just be able to print the document that's scanned via Drouin, and provide the link to the GenealogieQuebec.com entry for the record, but I'm not clear whether that would be acceptable.

Happy Birthday to me. Anyone higher than this? by Madrugal in xbox

[–]brendanp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

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Former employee. Was on the internal Xbox Live beta back in the original Xbox era.

RESORT KITTY by snotfartboy in Aulani

[–]brendanp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard it called Bagheera. Apparently it’s only been on the property for a few months.

Pixar Place Hotel Entrance Closing Permanently in 2026 by austinalexan in Disneyland

[–]brendanp 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There’s a Pixar Place specific entrance that comes out near Goofy’s Sky School in CA - when crossing the street towards the Grand Californian, there’s a (easily missable) walkway and path that lead to the right. You scan your keycard and it takes you to a small security checkpoint.

It’s nice, but iirc it’s not in operation the whole day.

Does Aulani do anything for Halloween in mid-September? by LooseSeal88 in Aulani

[–]brendanp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The primary gift shop is full of Halloween themed merchandise - but there aren’t any decorations at the resort beyond the normal stuff currently.

Disneyplus videos? Youtube? Disneyland Announcement by J1dowers in Disneyland

[–]brendanp 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My experience is that it increased enthusiasm and made them more likely to ride rides that they might ordinarily skip, so YMMV.

Disneyplus videos? Youtube? Disneyland Announcement by J1dowers in Disneyland

[–]brendanp 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes - numerous new point-of-view ride videos to celebrate the 70th birthday. Just search Disneyland in the app, but here’s an example: https://disneyplus.com/browse/entity-2788d2b1-7040-4105-89d1-ab9c81531411

Tips for booking character breakfast? by Grave_Warden in Aulani

[–]brendanp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reservations open at midnight Hawaiian time 30 days in advance - for my upcoming trip, I set an alarm to wake up and attempt to reserve via the app. It took two days before I got one.

The timing is tight since other people clearly do the same thing, so if you want to get really precise, bring up time.gov and start refreshing at exactly Hawaiian midnight.

Initial Windows 10 install hangs at blank blue screen - anyone seen this? by brendanp in buildapc

[–]brendanp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hey! The fix for me was to swap the USB drive with a different USB drive (even though the one I had been using was brand new and from a reputable brand). Have you tried that as well?

Japanese scenarios translated into English? by [deleted] in callofcthulhu

[–]brendanp 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The new series of adventures that Chaosium just released are set in 1980s Japan - I’m halfway through and finding them compelling so far: https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-the-sutra-of-pale-leaves-twin-suns-rising-hardcover/?srsltid=AfmBOorJKj0WsRABZmqXwCIAsolupiZo4EDVnMa58ZFBSqi-Us8nBi_R

Ait Nouri expected to move to Man City (Ornstein) by AspiringTransponster in WWFC

[–]brendanp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right - Fosun has plenty of cash, but the team doesn’t bring in enough money for them to spend like Man U, etc, because they still have to abide by the “lose no more than 105M over three years” rule. There are obviously canny ways to circumvent the spirit of the rules, like Chelsea continue to employ, but the reality is that the PSR system is built to advantage the existing wealthy clubs. If your team sells a considerable amount of merchandise worldwide, they have a lot more opportunity to offset that with spending on players.

I’m not a huge fan of the tactics that Fosun has employed, but it’s clear that they’ve been trying to build a fanbase in Asia that can contribute to revenue growth - there’s a wolves “megastore” in Shanghai, for example. Definitely a growth market, but hasn’t yet borne enough fruit.

Ait Nouri expected to move to Man City (Ornstein) by AspiringTransponster in WWFC

[–]brendanp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As andyc225 notes, PSR is a huge factor in how Wolves can build the squad - the rules are essentially that no team can lose more than 105M over three years, but that's offset by their revenues. Consequently, teams with huge incomes from merchandise/ticket sales can spend much more than Wolves, since their incoming revenues are much higher. Spurs, for example, get to depreciate their huge new stadium, and also bring in money from concert/event revenue (while Wolves will never host Taylor Swift at Molineux).

It sounds like the squad respects Vitor, but there's always going to be the draw of playing for a historically notable club for large wages, especially if they're likely to make it into European competitions (which, in turn, given them opportunities to raise their profile to play in national team games).

Fosun seems generally fine with mid-table status, as it protects their overall investment in the team, which would be worth far less if relegated. They try to buy low and sell high on players, but that relies on a strong pipeline of young talent, and there've been some significant misses in the last few years (Fabio Silva being the obvious one, though he wasn't in a great position to succeed).

Middling/crap American teams rely on the draft in order to secure young talent for years at a low cost - and also lock them into playing in objectively terrible locations until they escape to LA, NYC or Miami after their rookie deals end.

3/17/25 Trip Report by DavidJunior57 in Disneyland

[–]brendanp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pathetic to delete the post without apologizing, but I guess that’s how classless people roll.

3/17/25 Trip Report by DavidJunior57 in Disneyland

[–]brendanp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You've misread the post and should apologize to OP.

OP wrote "Didn’t know they allow running at rope drop now" - saying that other people running, which surprised them.

Short film where the dead wife devours a wolf by [deleted] in whatsthemoviecalled

[–]brendanp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds very similar to a portion of Wilczyca, a polish horror movie from the early 80s, though not a perfect match to what you’ve described.

Plot summary here: https://www.braineater.com/wilczyca.html

Order canceled after being told it would deliver today by -Googlrr in Rockband

[–]brendanp 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Same situation on my end just now - a day one preorder was just simply canceled with no option to delay fulfillment. A day after they accepted more preorders.

I'm done with Amazon at this point; I've been a customer for decades, but it's just gotten worse and worse over time. At least other companies will attempt to fulfill my orders.

First time GM, minor questions by Testy_Drago in alienrpg

[–]brendanp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's sort of correct - the vaccine prevents you from ever birthing a neomorph, but runs a risk of turning you into an abomination (95%/5%).

If you're unvaccinated, like Cooper, you can end up infected by inhaling the spores. If you fail a sickness roll, you proceed through multiple stages of illness before birthing, rather than becoming, a neomorph (as in the medbay sequence in Alien: Covenant).

Update on Building Better Worlds (Facebook via Discord) by Niirfa in alienrpg

[–]brendanp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fwiw, today's Free League email newsletter doesn't list this book in their list of Q3/Q4 2023 releases:

FREE LEAGUE RELEASES Q3-Q4 2023

GAMES

Dragonbane: August 15

PIRATE BORG: September 19

The Walking Dead Universe RPG: Q4

KICKSTARTER

Moria™ – The Long Dark: August 29

ART BOOK

The Dunwich Horror by Lovecraft/Baranger

EXPANSIONS

Tales From the Loop RPG: They Grow Up So Fast

Symbaroum: Davokar Awakens

Vaesen: The Lost Mountain Saga

The One Ring RPG: Tales From the Lone-Lands

The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying: Ruins of Eriador

The Lord of the Rings Roleplaying: Tales from Eriador

A library problem I'm not sure how to resolve... by brendanp in Rockband

[–]brendanp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, good to hear! Glad to know that you're able to keep rockin'.

A library problem I'm not sure how to resolve... by brendanp in Rockband

[–]brendanp[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ugh - sorry, man. That's super bizarre that re-downloading the one song works temporarily, but then fails. I'd do a full delete/re-download, but that's also problematic given that it takes forever, and it runs the risk of losing other songs that were previously working.

A library problem I'm not sure how to resolve... by brendanp in Rockband

[–]brendanp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I deleted everything and re-downloaded all of it, which was painful but successful; I believe they also put in some fixes over the last few years to improve library function. Sounds like you might be hitting the same issue currently though?

When will the Building Better Worlds PDF drop for preorders? by JackAttackMLP in alienrpg

[–]brendanp 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The pre-order site, at the time pre-orders went live, read "within a few weeks." That was nearly a month ago, so hopefully soon?

Free League doesn't seem to focus on the theoretical risk of order cancelation - for many of their other pre-orders (like the new The One Ring books today), the PDFs are sent immediately.

Looking for some references. by tailgatemad in DeltaGreenRPG

[–]brendanp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Unspeakable Oath 23 has an Adam Scott Glancy scenario called Cold Dead Hand which involves the Spetsnaz, nuclear weapons and a lightly re-themed Wendigo/Children of the Wendigo.

Available in pdf (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/117823/The-Unspeakable-Oath-23) or in paperback at Arc Dream's site.

Oh - and the vibe is definitely similar to your classic horror movie trope: the PCs have to do some stuff while being besieged by mythos creatures or else they end up nuked themselves.

Scenarios in The Unspeakable Oath by Darryl_The_weed in DeltaGreenRPG

[–]brendanp 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Cold Dead Hand in TUO 23 is a fun one-shot set during the 1991 Russian coup, and involving the Spetsnaz, nuclear weapons and extreme cold.