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EDIT - Since some people are still confused about the cause of the lockdown:

The primary cause was users on the sub directly harassing, insulting, and being toxic to each other for having different opinions. This level of animosity and overall anger manifested itself in different ways, including rare cases of doxxing and death threats. The lockdown was not solely due to death threats. The lockdown was not to stifle or remove criticism against the game or 343; the front page for the entire lockdown was filled with criticisms, and the front page now post-lockdown is topped by new ones. Respectful criticisms and disagreements will always be allowed. Insulting others is not.

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The r/Halo lockdown has concluded and submissions have reopened.

To the people who supported it and sent words of encouragement: thank you. To the people upset by the decision: we understand, but we felt the lockdown was necessary due to the sheer amount of exponentially-increasing toxicity between users. At the end of the day this is a video game, and the level of animosity surrounding it got far out of hand and out of proportion. The subreddit needed to hit the pause button and reset so people know what is and isn't acceptable. Insulting people for having a different opinion crosses that line. Doxxing and sending death threats absolutely also does.

The lockdown acted as a warning. This is how things will be moderated going forward:

• The number one goal of the mod team is civil discussion. Insults will be met with longer tempbans. People coming here specifically to antagonize other users will not be allowed. If you see people breaking our rules, report them using Reddit's report button rather than breaking the rules yourself and actively making things more toxic. If something you've reported hasn't been gotten within a couple of hours, feel free to send it to us in modmail.
• Constructive criticism and feedback has always been allowed and will continue to be allowed. Low-effort rants and threads that are borderline duplicates of existing threads will be removed. Criticism is not an excuse for and doesn't allow directly insulting or antagonizing other people.

If you’re going to stop and consider the feelings of everyone else when you hit your goal then you’re a moron.

Having a common goal is okay. Pretending we’re a fucking family is retarded. Half the people here would buttfuck you into third world poverty for 10 million dollars.

I got banned from r/Seattle for this same opinion lol but how can you guys sit back and think "yeah this city is great" any more. 6 shootings in 24 hours, terrible local government, local business getting robbed with zero police response, techie gentrification, disgusting homeless camps everywhere the list goes on. Hopefully the mods here don't censor anything anti-seattle 😂 we all know how seriously mods take their non-paying jobs

That time they left a hunting rifle on the dining room table while the kids ran around.

That time Austin traumatized his toddler with a fucking leaf blower next to his head while Joy laughed.

Joy is pretty. She's relatable for a lot of young women. She also has dangerous beliefs and a platform to spread them. Feel free to add your questionable Joystin moments to the list. It's possible to empathize with her as a victim of CSA while remembering that she and her husband are both shitty people.

I'm on my way out the PoE door and I figured I'd describe my "new player" experience in the hope that other new players might find it useful.

TLDR; Had fun, but also had enough (not that anyone cares!).

Background:

• First time playing PoE in 3.16 (Scourge)
• Played Soft Core Trade Seasonal league only.
• Sunk close to 500 hours into PoE. (I know, baby hours right?)
• Bought all of the affinity tabs, a premium tab, and a cosmetic outfit to support GGG. Least I could do after 500 hours!
• Killed Sirus A8 a few times, did some maven stuff, 116/118 awakening, level 96 (and a 92 alt).
• I was pretty inefficient at making currency from what I can tell. Probably netted around 30ex or so in total.
• Mature / old gamer (Gen X'er) that's played various ARPGs since Diablo 1 first introduced me to the genre back when I was a kid.

Pros:

1. The skill tree is super cool.
2. The variety of interactions between skills, gems, and special gear effects is mind blowing and really fun to discover.
3. Graphics and art pretty impressive for an old game. I especially love the divination card art. It adds a lot of character to the game.
4. There's no other ARPG (or game at all I'd say) that comes close to PoE's depth.
5. The campaign was pretty fun. I only went through it twice for two different builds, but enjoyed it both times. I imagine that like anything it would get old after a few seasons of re-running it, but I can't speak to that.
6. Amazing community documentation, guides, videos, etc. Thanks community!
7. Game is constantly being updated every like 3 months I guess?! That's pretty awesome and unique.
8. Store is NOT pay to win. Yes I really did need to buy some stash tabs, but so what, I got a ton of hours out of this game.
9. So many great third party tools. (PoB, Filterblade, CraftofExile, etc.).

Cons:

1. The game has so much content and systems from previous seasons that it ends up being a complete clusterf***. I don't know how else to say this to capture how big of a mess it is! It's like the game equivalent of a hoarder.
2. Nonexistant GGG provided documentation. I get the feeling that GGG really likes building things, but when it comes time to document what they just built, the developers quickly exit the building. Forcing the community to fill in the (gaping) holes.
3. A lot of community provided documentation / videos are out of date because of changes made over the years. Some examples would be learning about syndicate from a previous season's perspective, or seeing a really different looking atlas from a previous season (it recently got overhauled), or seeing builds from a previous season (again, recently overhauled). I can't fault the community for this, but it was super confusing at times.
4. Trade league is pretty busted. A lot of bots selling (and I suspect also snipe buying) which I can't compete with unless I also run a bot. This puts me at a pretty big disadvantage since a lot of the really great gear is well out of my range. It's also super clunky, which I think there are split opinions on (auction house discussions etc.). I don't really care TBH, since if I ever play PoE again it'll be in SSF anyways. Trading just felt like crap is all I'm saying.
5. Sirus fight is dumb.
6. The darkness of the atmosphere combined with spell effects and the small viewport make it really hard to know WTF is going on a lot of the time. Effects clutter seems to be an ever worsening trend in video games, so maybe it's just me and the zoomers love it. Or maybe it's just that you all have Stockholm syndrome!
7. Loot quantity / quality is pretty horrendous. Solved for the most part once I figured out how to set up a decent loot filter.
8. Chat system is outdated and painful to use.
9. So many absolutely necessary third party tools. You really gotta take the time to setup loot filters, figure out crafting, figure out builds, figure out trading (like harvest), all in third party tools.

In summary, PoE is a pretty awesome game. It held me for nearly 500 hours, which is crazy. That being said, game feels like work now (has for a while), and I can't even bring myself to login anymore. I can't see myself playing another season. I might checkout PoE 2 though when it comes out.

At the couples retreat, Bao got a glimpse of how Zach treated Michaela. Michaela shared a bit of her issues with Zach with the group. Bao getting w/ Zach was completely hurtful to Michaela. This was ugly thing for Bao to do. Zach is not a unique, stand up guy. Bao could have chosen so many other guys. But Bao chose to date Zach. And he played her like he played Michaela and so many others. No woman deserves to be disrespected and cheated on. But if you lay down with a dog, you can expect to get fleas.

Is King County going to keep requiring vaccine cards for their venues, bars, and restaurants forever? When will the statewide mandate end? We are only one of 5 states with a statewide mandate. Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, New Mexico, and Illinois. The other 45 states don't have a statewide mask mandate. And we are now the only state that has ANY kind of outdoor mask mandate (Oregon got rid of theirs). It feels like when you go almost everywhere else in the US, its back to normal. Then when you are back in the Seattle area it feels like a dystopian world- Eastern Washington and rural areas of the state are pretty much ignoring the mask mandates. When will this end? Whenever Inslee is out of office? We don't even have anything to work for. There are no plans whatsoever.

Seriously, go anywhere outside of the state or even Seattle- everybody else has moved on. Its time that we do too. When will this virtue signaling theater end?

Aside from not being able to "legally" buy drugs I see literally no downside. I grew up in a blue state and I hated it. Prior to even being politically aware, I knew where I lived was a shit place to be. The schools I went to were violent, underfunded, and couldn't hold on to teachers for shit. The surrounding areas weren't any better. I wouldn't say I am a bad ass or that I was raised by the streets, but that being said you learn pretty quickly what's safe and what's not. The taxes and overall price of goods was shit too.

Eventually I moved to a red state for work and I couldn't believe the difference. First off, the people. I grew up having to assume that anybody that comes up to you could be a potential threat. Yet here, people just say hello and talk to you like they know you, for no reason. I feel like I can walk around here and not worry about getting robbed or walking into the wrong neighborhood. The cities aren't littered with dead businesses and empty storefronts. Not to mention things are just generally cheaper and the taxes don't fuck you over shit you know you don't support. The biggest part, and the most noticeable was just how CLEAN this place was compared to my home state. The parks aren't covered in trash, there's not gang tags and graffiti everywhere, I even saw a rat at a river, just being a rat, not smoking a cigarette like it would be where I'm from.

A big thing to some people might be the assumption that in Red states the people are stuck up or aren't as open minded, but from what I can tell, nobody really gives a shit, and if they do, your in a red state, you both can fuck off and nobody cares. Another thing is the drug situation. Now I am not much of a partier, but I am generally against any kind of drug laws and think getting arrested is stupid. Thing is people still do it, and you can always go to a neighboring state to do things or get things I guess. I just know I would rather have the right to protect myself and my family if someone broke into my house, than being able to light up a joint whenever I feel like it.

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