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Basil Berchekas III

@itsbasiltime.com

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🎙Podcasting on main at @osmcast.com & @carbunclechronicle.com 🌙 Moonlights at www.taiikupodcast.com 💙 @angeldrkfire.bsky.social 🐱 Carby & Gaius 🐶 Yda 🕹️ FFXIV: Fourkei Ridaskei on Leviathan ✨ He/Him 💻 https://www.itsbasiltime.com

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · Mar 10

So uh, today's my birthday. I'm 45 now? That's weird. But I am still yapping into microphones and if you wanna hear an increasingly older fart opine about anime and Final Fantasy XIV, please do~

@osmcast.com: www.osmcast.com/2025/03/osmc...

@carbunclechronicle.com: www.osmcast.com/2025/02/the-...

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Anna Berchekas @ GATEway Fate @angeldrkfire.bsky.social · 13h

As proud as I was of my homemade versions. I was ecstatic to find this gorgeous set at Gateway from @saishi.bsky.social

Map night and roulette shenanigans will be extra fun now!

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 14h

Oh I was just a little guy in the back, but here is my little guy in FFXIV

Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 1d

Yeah my wife said the same thing 😂

Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 1d

Well now we know what the mechanics for the next tier of Savage in #FFXIV are gonna be about

The Haunted Term & Condition @squatmaster666.bsky.social · Dec 19

what the fuck does this mean

headline from popularmechanics.com reading "Scientists Have Confirmed the Existence of a Third Form of Magnetism"

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 1d

OK now that the pets are petted and appeased, I was able to get the list up! The panel was super fun to present and hope everyone had a good time, and got home safely.

The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 1d

Here it is! The full listing* of all the websites we talked about in The Most Useful #FFXIV Websites That WON'T Break the TOS panel we presented at this year's #GATEwayFATE! Hopefully they will serve you well in future adventures.

*Plus two bonus links!

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Useful FFXIV Websites That WON'T Break The TOS! - OSMcast!

Presented at at GATEway FATE in 2025, a Final Fantasy XIV themed, unofficial meet-up convention style event. And one of these panels is all about some of the most useful websites you can use to make t...

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 1d

Geez I *just* got back from driving seven hours to get home post- @gatewayfate.bsky.social and *immediately* Gaius van Meowsar had to demand pets and tell me that Eorzea is naught but a cobweb of lies.

(He got pets)

A black cat hanging out by a Gateway Fate tote bag

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Anna Berchekas @ GATEway Fate @angeldrkfire.bsky.social · 1d

God bless @rtobias.bsky.social for taking amazing pictures or I would have none of me from the weekend.

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 1d

Honestly your mahjong panels at MTAC and Kamicon Hai have done wonders for me to even begin to understand mahjong. So the day where I take you up on that is perhaps sooner than later.

Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 1d

GATEway FATE is done, and it's time make the long drive back home. It was an amazing con. Well ran, got to present some really fun panels, and meet a cavalcade of amazing people. Absolutely a recommend for any and all FFXIV sickos.

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 1d

It was awesome getting to meet you! Hope you have a safe trip back. Maybe next time I will finally understand mahjong.

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 1d

It was great getting to meet you in person! You are an absolute delight.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 2d

If you attended either the Music of FFXIV Retro Edition or the Useful FFXIV Websites That Won't Break the TOS, and had a good time, let GATEway FATE know!

We loved putting them on, and thanks to GATEway FATE for giving us the chance to do so.

GATEway FATE @gatewayfate.bsky.social · 2d

Did you attend any panels? Thank you to all our panelists for pouring their passion into the presentations! From fishing to kimono dressing, to music, to economics, the topics were so varied!

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GATEway FATE @gatewayfate.bsky.social · 2d

Did you attend any panels? Thank you to all our panelists for pouring their passion into the presentations! From fishing to kimono dressing, to music, to economics, the topics were so varied!

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 2d

Coming up in around 10 minutes! Been working on compiling this list of sites for a hot minute, can't wait to share them with you all! #gatewayfate @gatewayfate.bsky.social

The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 3d

SUNDAY! 3PM! In the Lower Level Panel Room aka Meeting Room 101! Useful FFXIV Websites That WON'T Break TOS! Probably. Mostly. Maybe. Honestly, you'll just have to come to @gatewayfate.bsky.social and find out.

Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 2d

Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only

a man in a blue shirt says " i live my life a quarter-mile at a time "

ALT: a man in a blue shirt says " i live my life a quarter-mile at a time "

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 2d

Next up in the @gatewayfate.bsky.social panel docket is Off to the Chocobo Races with @frostymog.bsky.social and @arcanekani.bsky.social. Very excited for content chatter about something I love and direly needs more made for it.

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 3d

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 2d

So nobutakafairclough.bsky.social is throwing down with all the good RP Protips for FFXIV at @gatewayfate.bsky.social and the people are here for it.

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Jazzy Plz @jazzyplz.com · 2d

Good morning @gatewayfate.bsky.social ! These are all the clickers I have left today and like yesterday me and @mcstronghuge.bsky.social will be roaming the event handing them out! Make sure you come say hi! Don't be shy!!

#gatewayfate

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Denmo @ GATEWAYFATE @mcstronghuge.bsky.social · 3d

Standing next to fruity snacks chat it up with Jason Charles miller while he shares awkward moments with Yoshi-P and then Amanda achen casually walks up behind us and compliments @angeldrkfire.bsky.social 's dress and then jazz gave both of them jobstone clickers

Normal stuff

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Basil Berchekas III @itsbasiltime.com · 3d

what if

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Anna Berchekas @ GATEway Fate @angeldrkfire.bsky.social · 3d

Learning about Mahjong in the dark with @fisherfruity.bsky.social was not on my @gatewayfate.bsky.social bingo card but I'm here for it.

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Nobutaka Fairclough @nobutakafairclough.bsky.social · 3d

@itsbasiltime.com brought me homebrewed coldbrew!!!

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 3d

This is where the panel room is! At noon you'll find us there talking about the retro music in Final Fantasy XIV! Right here at @gatewayfate.bsky.social

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The Carbuncle Chronicle @carbunclechronicle.com · 4d

We're at @gatewayfate.bsky.social and we've got TWO, count 'em TWO, panels for y'all!

Kicking things off on Saturday we have The Music of FFXIV: Retro Edition! Turns out the whole mainline game series is already in there. It's at noon, in the Lower Level's Panel Room. Come start the con off right!

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