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Post pics once youve built it please

People often assume Im 10-15 years younger than my actual age when they first see me. Im 35 so it is partially a positive (not looking like a worn out ghoul) but it can also be a negative in professional settings since some people are less likely to listen to someone they think is young regardless of the content of what the person is saying. Ive been called mature for my age once lmao.

kingdrake2 posted...

damnit eric.

He had to start something lmao

Tell them about your situation. They should understand what it is like financially in their home country. Maybe they can pay for your trip?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/8/872990d8.jpg

DrizztLink posted...

So I'd assume becoming the Dancing Queen is out of the question, unless they intend to also become oathbreakers.

lol

Southernfatman posted...

Good for them. ABBA rocks.

200%

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Arent they Swedish?

K181 posted...

Kingdom of Sweden

We have been a monarchy for around 1000 years.

https://apnews.com/article/abba-swedish-order-knighthood-bacabd8110080b6e54540f8fcac36b0d

Sweden - Loreen - Tattoo

https://youtu.be/OUYt4__d68o?si=21wGMuvX34aAmZMN

The original:

https://youtu.be/b3vJfR81xO0?si=EI0b14iYOrv5en7V

80-20% in favour of Zelda.

Bleuets posted...

Deku Tree looks amazing

It does, unfortunately

Trumble posted...

The objectively correct answer to this question is Hard Rock Hallelujah.

It is one of many great winners. It fills its own category. Mneskin (2021) fit there as well.

Kradek posted...

>Me looking for the U.S. wins cause I'm a dumbass lololo

Naaaw.

Im seeing the twink king next week: Troye Sivan

ROBANN_88 posted...

We won't though
Remember when "Det gr ont" won Melodifestivalen, but it was sent to Eurovision as "It hurts"
That was a fucking travesty

Yeah that was an immense downgrade. Like Jesus Christ. Det gr ont still slaps.

BlueFalcon posted...

What's your favorite winning song?

There have been many great ones over the years but if I gotta choose one then Ill go with Euphoria from 2012. We Swedes has been doing poorly for a couple years and suddenly we got this amazing song which swept everyone by storm. So the song holds a special place in my heart.

Insieme from 1990 is an older song I still listen to. I was 1 year old then it won so its a song I discovered later.

Do you have a favourite?

JaiCSC posted...

Yeah... Cyprus had a BANGER a few years ago and it lost to a really stupid gimmick song.

Preach! Fuego should have won instead of Toy :/

ellis123 posted...

Dang. Well, thanks for looking.

Youre welcome!

ROBANN_88 posted...

wait, at 1984 and 91
Sweden won with Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley, and Fngad av en Stormvind
i had no idea we ever sent out a song that wasn't in english, let alone won with one

especially considering that nowadays that would be virtually impossible.

We primarily sent songs in Swedish between 1958-1998 actually. Waterloo is one of few Swedish songs with English lyrics during that time frame.

And we could win with Swedish lyrics if we send a great song with it, I believe so. Because the winners of 2022, 2021 and 2017 did not have English lyrics for example :D

ellis123 posted...

Neat.

Does wherever you got the infographic have a performance over time graph? It would be interesting to see if there were any trends.

This is the best I could find. Switzerland won this year btw.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/ffedf62e.jpg

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/6ffc2dbb.jpg

There are a bunch of countries with zero wins.

Cyprus, Malta and Iceland have competed the longest without winning (something around 40-50 years ). Those three island nations have all come 2nd though.

Spain hasnt won since 1969 and France not since 1977.

Whats really a problem with people who dont learn the language of the country they move to is when they need medical care and cant explain whats wrong or answer basic questions and they dont understand the instructions you give them. It is a danger to themselves and they put us medical staff in a difficult spot.

__aCEr__ posted...

Not a price for Deku Scrubs.

It is not. So even with my gift card its almost 200 USD.

masterpug53 posted...

Whenever I look at a HP set, I'm always seeing it as a collection of nice bricks that will look a lot better in whatever self-made build I use them for. The Deku Tree is something I'd actually keep as intended for the foreseeable future.

You have a point there!

A big downside with the Deku Tree is the price. 333 USD here in Sweden

These numbers are from yesterday. Not a sign of Eden Golan from Israel.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5592ea7a.jpg

Jag talar svenska och engelska. Pluggade italienska p gymnasiet men har tappat det mesta.

HylianFox posted...

No, this'll be the ONLY Zelda set.

Ever.
>_>

That would be sad tho

WingsOfGood posted...

There is a brazillion Harry Potter sets but only 1 Zelda set.

This is true. The new Great hall is magnificent tho.

On the other hand, Zelda!! And I hope that this is the start of several Zelda sets.

bump

TomClark posted...

See, everyone knows that Croatia is a banger.

For sure! Rim Tim Tagi Dim is so awesome!

There are upsides with both sets.

The Great hall is better priced than the Deku Tree and it is combinable with other sets and more parts of Hogwarts will come out next year.

On the other hand, a damn Zelda set finally! With so many awesome details and unique parts.

LonelyStoner posted...

The Great Deku Tree is $300 tho

Yeah, the gift card wont cover the full cost for either set. Should have clarified that.

DrizztLink posted...

Damn, apparently Israel isn't quite as good at projecting influence when it's less straightforward than "carpet bomb an orphanage."

Their government dont seem capable of subtlety and restraint at all anymore, to put it lightly.

Thompson posted...

This feels like it can be very easily exploited by a rich entity purchasing a hundred burner phones and voting 20 times with each for a desired song.

Yeah. And it wouldnt surprise me if the Israelis did this in several countries. Cuz you just gotta get the most votes to get 12 points from the televote in a country. Even if it just is 1 more vote than the runner-up.

cjsdowg posted...

They banned Russia

Robann and I are talking about why Israel ended up joining Eurovision decades ago in that paragraph.

Unsuprised_Pika posted...

Israel should be permanently banned until there is a Palestinian state with Zero IDF soldiers in its borders and a LOT of a war crime trials happen

I agree.

ROBANN_88 posted...

I never understood why Israel got to be in it to begin with.
They're not European

Eurovision isnt some charity or similar. It is a TV-show thats owned by a TV-organisation called the EBU. Israel has been a full fledged member of the EBU since 1957 so them being allowed to join the show back in the day makes total sense.

Zikten posted...

Its crazy that Russia gets banned (a good thing) but they won't ban Israel. For the same war crimes. 2 nations treated very differently

It is a bs reason but the EBU argue that the Israeli broadcaster who handle Israels EBU membership has complied with the EBU:s rules unlike the Russian broadcaster.

Hambo posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/32d89d33.jpg

Awesome lmao <3

DarthDemented posted...

The "fans" are still gonna bitch.

Of course. It wouldnt be SW otherwise

Mechu posted...

Trailer looked kinda low budget to me. If I didn't know better I'd assume it was a fan film.

Somehow I like that. At least if it means that there is more focus on substance over style.

Israel came 2nd in the televote but their song is doing poorly on charts and streaming compared to multiple other entries. The songs that score high in the televote tend to become commercial hits and this is true for the other songs that did well in the televote this year but not really for Israels song.

There are theories of Israeli vote stuffing with coordinated voting campaigns and hiring people to vote. You can vote up to 20 times per SIM card in Eurovision.

Israel did also buy ad space in tons of countries with the vote for us message.

The jurors seem to have predicted this because they tanked the Israeli entry, despite it being a jury bait song.

The first two eps (?) are coming out next week. Since it takes place a fair amount of time before the prequels it got the potential to be more free and can do its own thing. There should be less shoehorned fan service characters.

FF_Redux posted...

Yeh sorry not watching react channel.

Fair.

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

Joost was robbed

Im really fond of his song but the fact remains that a criminal case is open against him here in Sweden and the prosecutor in charge can take it to trial (which media reports indicate will happen).

@FF_Redux @TomClark @MathMurderer

I wanna try it.

Choco posted...

holy shit why is this so funny

You dont do this? Were both non-native speakers.

https://youtube.com/shorts/_mfkq2Zk5Zg?si=cCwC2x8JqvoNMWxr

Hamas and the IDF are both horrible horrible groups.

UnfairRepresent posted...

Makes me think of FFX were some overdrives, weapons and armor are stupidly OP and others are flat out useless

Wakka - Attack Reels, Break Damage Limit, Evade and Counter, Auto-Haste

Lulu - Flare Fury, Icetouch, SOS Regen

It is somewhat a similar thing but in this case it needing to stack her with specific materia to be able to do anything at all. Even using an item require an ATB charge and her ATB bar fills up super slow compared to the other characters. So you kinda need to stack her with the different ATB-boosting materia like First Strike. She also need HP plus materia and defense plus materia if you want her to survive anything. And different materia so she actually can do some damage.

Xerun posted...

Use the wards.

Arcane Ward is great.

and the 3rd Ward which Ive forgotten the name changes her regular attack and makes her fairly great.

plus teleporting

As I wrote in the OP, she has potent abilites (like the wards) but getting enough ATB to set everything up with her takes way too long. Using other characters gets the job done long before shes there.

I LOVE the battle system in general but it is based around quick fighting and ATB charges and she doesnt really fit in the system Square has set up. Especially against fast bosses like The Turks.

I love Aeriths personality and as a character however.

pegusus123456 posted...

The first thing you have to do with Aerith is get Radiant Ward up. Her ATB generation is not bad if she's standing in that.

My larger issue is that it's pretty tough to get synergy attacks with her. Once you set up the wards, you don't really want to be using any of her weapon abilities, you want to be casting spells.

Or maybe that if you aren't the one actively controlling a character, they earn dogshit for ATB. But controlling a character is also a soft-taunt and she folds like a deck of cards, so it's tough to do that.

I'm still not sure exactly what my favored party set-up is tbh. It started off being Aerith and Red, but Red has started to fall off a little just because I don't block very much. Yuffie would probably be in there because Doppleganger is broken. I've read that you can do some crazy things with the Synergy Materia with her too.

Yuffie has several super overpowered moves if you know when to use them: Dopplegnger, changing the elemental affinity of Ninjutsu and combining that with Banishment, Windstorm, Blind side and Art of War. She can do both physical and magical damage, close up or ranged. Boost her durability with gear and materia and shes insane.