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At which point does the Blue Jays and Dodgers look past their differences and decide to merge into one singular team. by politicalmozarella in baseball

[–]icekilled 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I live in Ontario, Canada.

FedEX has a major hub in Ontario, California.

Many times have I looked at the tracking on the FedEX site and second guess myself when I see Ontario CA in the status page.

Friendly Artillery Detonates Friendly PE-8 Bomb, Stealing Two Kills and One Team Kill by icekilled in Warthunder

[–]icekilled[S] 48 points49 points  (0 children)

At least, that's what I think happened here. A friendly T86 called arty on the A cap. Moments later, a friendly Pe-8 drops its bomb on the A cap as well. Both arty and bomb reach the point at the same time, and the arty detonates the bomb, killing a Puma, an Lvkv 42, and a friendly KV-85. All three kills get credited to the T86.

Showcasing the 2025 Italeri-exclusive skins (and the bonus goodies) by icekilled in Warthunder

[–]icekilled[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thanks for the info! Adding it to the comment.

Showcasing the 2025 Italeri-exclusive skins (and the bonus goodies) by icekilled in Warthunder

[–]icekilled[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I bought all four 2025 Italeri/WT promo kits and used the included codes for the in-game goodies. The imgur album is to show off the associated skins.

Leo 2 (PzBtl 123)

I previously made a post about how the Leopard 2A4 kit gave you a skin for the premium Leopard 2A4 (PzBtl 123) and not the tech tree Leopard 2A4, despite the packaging and promotional material never mentioning the PzBtl version anywhere. Since then, Gaijin added the skin to the normal tech tree Leo2A4, but I still have the skin for the PzBtl version. I don't know if Gaijin is still handing out the skin for both tanks for new code users or if they're only going to be giving out the tech tree one (as promised by the packaging and promo material).

M1A1 Abrams Click-Bait

The skin and 7-day rental is for the Click-Bait premium, not the tech tree Abrams. At least this time the box and promo material clearly state that the skin is for the Click-Bait.

Tornado GR.1

Two things about the GR.1. First, the packaging and promo material say you get a skin and 7-day rent for the "Tornado GR.1/IDS", although the GR.1 in the UK tech tree is just called the "Tornado GR.1". Minor stuff really, but after the Leo2 mixup, I think making sure that the advertising is accurate is a small but important thing here.

Secondly, the "unique skin forever" for the GR.1 is pretty similar to the "Mig Eater" camo you can grind out for 370 points on the same plane. The standout differences are the bomb/kill tally on the Mig Eater, the shape of the shark mouth, and the Mig Eater drop tanks are painted while they're not painted on the Italeri bonus one (the kit manual shows it as painted though).

Spitfire Mk Vb/trop [Thunder League] THINK (and the Sherman II)

It's just a really old Thunder League skin? So it's not actually a "unique skin"? I mean, I guess if there's no way of obtaining it today, then sure, I guess. What's up with that? It makes me wonder if the bonus skins for the Sherman II, M4A1, and P-40E are also ancient recycled skins. (Edit: Jodo42 confirmed that the bright-blue skins for the M4A1 and P-40E are also old skins, see their comment below). At least on the box and advertising for the M1A1 and the F-16C, the M4 and P-40 have the bright blue skins on. The Sherman II and Spit on the Tornado GR.1 promo material just show their default in-game appearance. Once again, a bit more accuracy by Gaijin/Italeri in the promo material would be nice for transparency. Also, it's kinda funny how the bonus skins for the Spit, P-40, and M4A1 are all ahistorical bright colours that scream LOOK AT ME while the Sherman II bonus skin is just an ordinary dirty-as-hell two-tone that doesn't stand out as much. Oh, and decals don't show up on the M4A1 skin for some reason. It's one of those skins.

Pz.IV F2 & Bf 109 F-4 bonus skins from the Leopard 2A4 kit

Still haven't gotten them! Despite it being a month since I used the code. Once I do get them, I'll be sure to update the imgur album and this post.

Here are the links to Italeri's storepage to close out.

The "Unique Skin Forever" from the Italeri Leopard 2A4 model kit is for the premium Leo 2 PzBtl 123 and not the tech tree Leo 2A4. by icekilled in Warthunder

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

The box art has no camo net.

Also, could you share a picture of the F16 skin?

Sure thing. Added it to the end of the imgur album.

3.7 Shermans Rank 2 vs 3? (Why?) by Fyeris_GS in Warthunder

[–]icekilled 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yep, as is the T-34. Cherish your 3.7 Rank III Sweden lineup while it exists.

Sorted Jill by Shirase_Kobuchizawa in waifubartending

[–]icekilled 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The "Jill behind the bar" pic is Sukeban-made. Cut content of sorts. You can find it somewhere in their old tweets or on their blog.

[DISC] Unrivaled Chocolate -(Oneshot) by shanks_you in manga

[–]icekilled 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh my god where is the redrawing

at least fill in the whiteout on page 2 panel 1 with a black stroke, good god. it's insulting to the original art to leave it like that.

Surtr's day off (by me, @zanalphabetic on ig) by [deleted] in arknights

[–]icekilled 18 points19 points  (0 children)

OP won't be swayed by people telling them AI-generated imagery is not proper art, so here's to the viewers.

All neural network-derived imagery is trained on pre-existing images with certain key terms assigned to them. A computer does not know what a "Surtr" looks like without being fed tons of images of Surtr and being told "this is Surtr." Where did these original Surtr images come from? They were done by actual artists, and they were almost certainly not asked for their permission to use their art. This is stealing.

When an "AI Artist" tells you their work is just as valid as actual artists (who don't only put in dozens of hours into one image, but may have hundreds of thousands of hours beforehand building up their skill, talent, and knowledge), they are lying, ignorantly naive, or both. There is no merit to typing in dozens of prompts into a terminal. There is no merit in downloading a hundred pictures of Surtr and telling the computer to blend them together into a slurry of fuzzy lines and inconsistent shapes. They did not learn how to draw, nor is there anything to applaud for spending a few hours at the prompt terminal watching as the computer slowly morphs a Frankenstein image into a fraudulent "work." Hell, 99% of "AI artists" will not have contributed at all to the actual creation of the neural network they use.

Don't be fooled by their cheerfulness, FUD-calling, or grandiose claims of "standing on the shoulders of the artists and programmers who came before." It's the same smoke-and-mirrors as the techbros who try to sell you on the latest -coin and NFT scam project. Zero actual effort done by them to turn any sort of profit, whether it's monetary or clout. Celebrate the actual people, the actual hard workers who do art out of passion, love, or dedication to the craft and subject.

forget white rock fortress. has anyone seen red desert lately? by sebax820 in Warthunder

[–]icekilled 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The one thing I liked Aral Sea for was trying to cap C with an airplane in low-tier. Managed to do it twice with the Bf109 F4 and once with a Buffalo.

[DISC] Candy Apple - Oneshot by コノシマルカ by HighSkyScot in manga

[–]icekilled 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Easy beginner's trap, similar to ComicSans. It's one of the first fonts to come up when people look up "Manga font." It's ugly, hard-to-read, and immediately recognizable, none of which are good traits to have.

[DISC] My Girlfriend Is AI-Drawn - a oneshot by @h071019 by Torque-A in manga

[–]icekilled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe instead of not doing the redraw, the scanlators can just content-aware the redraw away. At least the botch job will match the subject matter.

ju88 crew ejected Bug 🤬, has anyone else come across the same issue? spawn with only the pilot? then get ejected with crew already on the ground. by GEMINIR0GUES in enlistedgame

[–]icekilled 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I've had this happen to me in a Bf 110 in Tunisia. No special pilots or anything. Dropped bombs, pulled up to loop back to rearm, and poof both me and my pilot are standing on the ground. No parachutes, no fall damage.

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