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Esme Rylan
@esmerylan.bsky.social
Trans woman, nursing home social worker, obsessive music nerd, undisputed Jump Showdown champion. She/her
No, I'm wrong, there were four Barons just prior to the Arch-Vile/Spider room on UV, on HMP there are only two. Still not that drastic a difference!
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Now, I was playing on HMP, but I watched a video of someone playing on UV and the setup's exactly the same. In fact, it didn't look to me like there was much difference in the monster placements at all.
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Anyway, the WAD in question is Epic 2, and MAP04 has the most hilariously ineffectual Arch-Vile of all time, he's stuck behind bars in a room with a Spider Mastermind, which you can fight without ever being in the Arch-Vile's line of sight. Also you get a blur sphere so the spider is trivial too!
November 30, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Yep, went back and found it, and it was accessible from the beginning of the map. 🙃
November 30, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Also, fighting an Arch-Vile with nothing stronger than a normal shotgun isn't fun, please don't do that (though in fairness I may have missed a secret rocket launcher in this particular map, given that I picked up a couple rockets before encountering the Arch-Vile).
November 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
If they somehow come up with an AI that can drive an LLV I'll be genuinely impressed. But given the state of the scanners alone during the time I worked there, I'm not expecting that to ever happen!
November 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is bait, right?
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I don't know why but I can never remember anything but ¨and ´, always have to look the others up.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Coincidentally, someone else I follow has been posting about what specific versions of Ubuntu and Gnome they're trying to upgrade and which ones work with each other and it's utterly baffling to me.
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Finally, something to strive for!
November 29, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Longtime followers will remember my complaints about the landlady's son leaving his phone blaring at top volume wherever he goes, but he ONLY seems to use that phone so I doubt he even notices if he's on 5G or the wifi. He sure never fucking notices anything else.
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I stopped at 10 this year but here are a few more great albums, not ranked:

Lucrecia Dalt: A Danger To Ourselves
Faithxtractor: Loathing And The Noose
Geese: Getting Killed
Imperial Triumphant: Goldstar
Marissa Nadler: New Radiations
Jane Remover: Revengeseekerz
Sumac and Moor Mother: The Film
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I know they were kind of overstuffed with celebrity voice casting but I always enjoyed the Disney Ghibli dubs, especially Spirited Away- the dub clicked for me in a way the subbed version just didn't when I first saw it.
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I couldn't even get past the first of the four screenshots, that shit's just painful to read.
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Thanks! Found exactly what I needed with that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:34 PM