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@Salvijus If that's going on, I wish him nothing but the best and hope he finds a way to process his pain. But if he cannot do so in a way that is within the guidelines and code of conduct of this forum, then he has to do it somewhere else.

@Salvijus Don't feel bad. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

OP has been banned, reached his maximum warning points. @Evelyna Please don't think that the comments OP made towards you are ok on this forum, they're not. Hope you can find more happy interactions on here in the future. All the best.

@Thought Art Do it!

@numbersinarow I have the feeling that you haven't gotten into the mid and late-game bosses if you think that. In ER and Sekiro late-game, bosses only have slight openings which you have to memorize, besides that they're quite relentless. But it can also just be that you don't like their type of games, which is fine, but I don't think it is accurate of you to say that objectively their games are made poorly. @Leo Gura Well I tried, haha. I hope Fromsoftware will release an IP in the near future that you'll enjoy.

@Leo Gura Yesterday I remembered that you are in fact able to marry a hot witch girlfriend at the end of Elden Ring. Does this information change anything for you?

@Leo Gura Fair enough, just differing tastes then. Can we agree on the fact though that Gael is the coolest Dark Souls boss?

@RightHand Someone must extinguish thy flame!

@Leo Gura I had the same opinion the first hours I played Elden Ring; it changed when I realized there was no need to do everything and just started wandering around to whatever place interested me. This reminded me a lot of my time with Morrowind when I was younger -- the pure freedom and innocent exploration aspect -- and made me really love my time with the game. Of course there are main bosses you need to clear to complete the game, but whatever questline or way you go is really your own choice. The world itself is very beautifully constructed in my opinion, but if you don't like the world then I can see it probably isn't much fun to play, as the art and world are a massive part of what makes Elden Ring great. Did you enjoy other Fromsoftware games besides the Dark Souls series, like Bloodborne or Sekiro?

@Yimpa It's the proper thing to do, haha

Team Fortress 2 is in my opinion one of, if not the, best multiplayer game ever made. It is terrible to see what the state of game has become. Uncletopia is fun to play, but it is ridiculous that you're required to join community servers to have a normal playing experience. I really hope Valve does something, but who knows if that'll happen. Whatever happens, I will never stop putting dispensers down.

This is a memorial page for the late member @Shroomdoctor. If you have any nice words or stories about Marco, please feel free to post them here. I love you so much Marco, what a great ride it was. I learned so much from you and will never forget the moments we shared. I will work a little extra hard to make up for the dreams you were not able to follow. Godspeed.

@Leo Gura Over the years his mental health worsened and he was in and out of mental-hospitals, which he often entered of his own volition. In the end, during what is assumed to be a psychotic episode, he left the hospital and died. Whether it was suicide or an accident is uncertain.

This sky Marco sent me the day that he died. We had not spoken in a long time, but this he left for me. It was unendingly beautiful in person, utterly mesmerizing. Godspeed on your journey brother. Wherever you are now, I know you will be cheering me on, as you always have. Such a motivating and positive force you were. If only we had a little more time to see all the dreams and visions within you become manifest.

Hello everyone, A while ago a good friend of mine died, he was a long time member of this forum: @Shroomdoctor. I had doubts as to whether I wanted to share this with the forum, but in the end I decided he might have liked it, as we shared a lot of beautiful moments through this forum and first met each other here. Perhaps some old faces here might recognize him, we both created our accounts around the same time in 2017. Anyway, I thought it nice to create a memorial thread in the Journal category (an idea provided by @Carl-Richard, thank you!) If anyone here wants to leave a nice message or story they have about Marco, that thread is where you should do it. I decided to post a thread on the Personal Development category too since it is more visibile, but I will lock it since it has not much bearing on the subject of the category itself. All the best, Max

@Carl-Richard How often do you do Dual N Back, or what is like you schedule like? My working memory is what I score lowest at in my tests, think it would improve my whole IQ profile if I managed to get stronger in that.

Hello! Quite suddenly and for a couple of months now I have been unable to ingest any sort of food or drink that increases stomach acid. Especially coffee hurts my stomach so much now, it delibitates me for the entire day if I drink just one cup. A lot of heartburn, bloating and gas, brain fog, all from that one cup. So much so that I had to take sick days whenever I did drink some. I've been to the doctor and done some tests and got prescribed omeprazol, to help lessen stomach acid and give my stomach some time to heal, but it is almost coming up to one month of taking it and I still cannot digest coffee, cacao, or even black tea at all anymore. For my work -- I write -- coffee is one of the things that really helps me get my creative juices flowing, just one cup alone, and it visibly impacts the quality of my work whenever I am unable to drink it. Cigarette smoking had the same effect for me back in the day, but I was able to kick that habit. I need to at least be able to get this back again. I'm here to ask if anyone might have advice or tips or to help me get my digestive system back to normal, so I could at least drink one cup of coffee at the start of my day again before I start writing. I really respect your opion, and I'm curious as to what you might think too @Michael569 Anyway, all the best.

@Jannes I love that quote. Glad I was able to help you find it again

If you really want to know, get one administered by a licenced psychometrist and even then take the results with a grain of salt. Don't trust these stupid online tests, they might hint at some truth or something you are specifically stronger or less stronger at but they don't give a full accurate picture. But if I were you, I wouldn't take a test at all and forget about the notion of scoring your intelligence in some way all together. What matters is chasing after what you want in life and doing all you can to get there. Having thoughts like "I only have this amount of IQ so that means I probably cannot do this or achieve this" will only limit you. Give your intelligence the opportunity to surpise you. All the best.

Going to enjoy my hurting ego as I listen this week, thank you!

Rest assured, my stomach is healing boys. Today I drank coffee again for the first time without pain and just some slight burning. The PPI-therapy + Gluten-free diet seems to have done the trick. Every day its getting better. Thanks for all the help and suggestions!

Whenever I write, I can only do it for so long. After a while, this pressure I feel while creating becomes too overwhelming and I have to take a break. I want to work more, but I don't quite know how to deal with this pressure. The whole project overwhelms me and I feel this immense responsibility to do those God-given ideas I have been granted justice. To disappoint the ideas and not translate their full potential onto my medium feels like one of the most terrible things in the world. I know I have a long way to go to become the writer I can be and that's what makes it so difficult now. I can see the potential, but the discrepancy between that place and where I am now really troubles me. The ideas are so clear and beautiful in my mind, but the tools I have right now are not sufficient to fully express their splendour. I was wondering if there are other people here that have come across similar problems on their journey and might be able to help me with offering some advice or thoughts on the matter. All the best, Max

Awesome to see David Lynch on Leo’s blog. I’ve been a fan of his work for a long time and highly recommend it to anyone that likes deeply layered cinema with very spiritual roots. Twin Peaks has got to be one of the most amazing things I have ever watched and has highly influenced my own artworks, thinking and how I perceive the world. Hope I can give someone else here the joy of discovering his stuff for the first time. All the best.

I had my stool tested and blood taken. Seems like there's no ulcer or gastritis. The doctor diagnosed me with a stomach that overproduces acid which might have caused small wounds in my stomach that get reinflamed everytime I do get excess acid. The omeprazol should have taken care of that and given it time to heal, but I suppose something is still wrong. In about 6 days when my month of taking the medicine is over I will contact my doctor again to discuss what we should do next. Thanks for you guys' thoughts and advice. Also, I will try the caffeine capsules to see if that helps with my work in the meantime and cut out bread/other gluten to see what effect that might have. @Michael569 @Grateful Dead @LSD-Rumi @undeather @undeather @UnbornTao @ryandesreu @mmKay @Rishabh R @Leo Gura @Grateful Dead

@Grateful Dead Interesting! How do you figure that? I’ve always done really well on bread, it is what I was raised on. But it is valuable data that around the same time when I started eating more bread, was when this problem arose. I have no gluten intolerance though, got it tested.