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This thread is dedicated to discussing WandaVision as it happens week by week. So only read if you are up to date Currently just finished episode 5. I think I may have worked out the plot after the revelation of X-Men universe Quicksilver at the end. So obviously it seems like a huge revelation right now that Quicksilver has seemingly hopped over from the Fox (now Disney) X-men universe. I do think, however, this may be a misdirect. Wanda clearly didn't know that was about to happen, she didn't cause it to happen. So my theory is: Someone is trying to make Wanda happy for a reason. They are trying to extract some form of power from her, potentially from her kids. It's clear she wants the kids to grow up by forcing them (killing the dog as a ploy to get them to grow older again). Her kids in the comics are Wiccan and Speed which have the same powers as her and her brother. I think it is either Agatha Harkness and / or Mephisto posing as Quicksilver from the Xmen universe, or they have actually plucked him from the other universe (and are manipulating him). I would tend to go towards the first option however. I think they tried to view the MCU version of Quicksilver to fool Wanda, but Mephisto/Agatha potentially got it wrong and viewed the Xmen version fo Quicksilver, and assumed he looked the same. This however has now opened up all the possibilites for multiverse and getting whatever Xmen characters they want going forward As for how this all started in the first place: The new head of sword (forget his name but the generic looking grey haired guy), they are basically there to create and design new weapons. It looks like in the episode they even have Vision cut up into pieces, and use his body for research and creating new weapons and tech. Wanda was shown in this episode getting his corpse back and presumably taking it into Westview. Now, it was basically told to us that she cannot bring back the dead with her reality powers (this would be too OP, even for her). What I propose she has done (or maybe Mephisto/Agatha) they actually took the mind stone from another reality, and are using it to reanimate Vision with the help of Scarlett Witchs powers (the mind stone is shown briefly in a trailer clip). Now as you know from Endgame, the Ancient One states that you cannot take a stone from another reality and keep it, as this has disastrous consequences for that reality. Whatever reality she has taken it from (probably the Xmen one), is slowly causing huge issues for the multiverse, which will then in turn lead up to the events of Dr Strange 2: Multiverse of Madness, which she is also going to be a part of. Also, in the upcoming Loki TV show, it is the version of Loki that takes the space stone as well, this will probably make the problem even worse and accelerate the issue. If you have seen the Mandalorian I think they are basically doing the same with this. The Mandalorian was used to seed loads of spin-offs and big world building events for Star Wars (examples of Boba Fett and Ahsoka upcoming TV shows). I think they are doing the same with WandaVision, and expect to see some other big reveals going forward. But also the small things they just mention (like them getting an expert in to create something to get through the barrier). This has a high probability of being Reed Richards (aka Mr Fantastic from the Fantastic 4). This will be seeded in WandaVision for a future Fantastic Four film in the MCU. Another is that Monica clearly has powers she is trying to hide for whatever reason. As the scan on her body didnt work and she refused a blood test. Assume this will be followed up in Captain Marvel 2 Anyway these are my theories / thoughts

Picked it up on Steam yesterday. It's getting rave reviews despite being early access. Viking survival game with up to 10 person coop. I popped in to set up the graphics and I'll have a session at some point this weekend. Valheim on Steam STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking...

I'll bear it in mind. Not you being a dick, that goes without saying. This Tuesday while the second race is only 3 laps, its 3 long laps, so if you manage to do ok in race 1 I think you'll have a nice challenge in race 2 🙂

I’m happy to go with reverse grids based on the result of the first race. Though if we’re going down that route, I’d say the first race should always be the sprint race with the reverse grid taking place on the longer race. As I think a reverse grid with a small number of laps has the potential to be a bit of a cluster. Though maybe that’s the dick in me wanting more laps to get as many positions back as possible 😆

A reverse grid is a great idea just to shake things up a little.

Thanks I'll have a look tomorrow the info on setting up the lobby is what I was after. I'll be on (Sun) so will have a look. As for coming last 😂 I'm definitely interested in seeing where I can get/ come against others.

I was planning to reverse grids for the league races if that's any help? This means at least one race is a reverse grid of the previous week's league race. Grid starts for all races? No problem 🙂

Also as said by Ken Leeeiiighhh, can we do more grid starts, maybe a grid start for the reverse grid?

Can I make a suggestion on race format? Reverse grids: Can we make one of the races each week a reverse grid, maybe the first race on Tuesday nights? Maybe that would enable those who aren't on as much or haven't been able to practice to at least start from the front or close to? That would also give a challenge for the rest of us to try and go through the field cleanly, unless you're me of course.

Next week's dailies are a bit meh, so I've chosen two alternatives. Happy to change if anyone has any strong feelings. Can try the wet race after if we get races started from 8.30. I'll open lobby from 7.30pm if anyone wants to warm up.

If you have never tried it, you have no idea what you're missing. Now, all the games are tidied up and put together in one gorgeous mod. No need to own any of the games. The Anomaly mod allows you to choose any faction and is awesome. @Diddumstake a look too, I know you're a fan of the games. Download file from ModDB here: Opps - Mod DB WWW.MODDB.COM It's about 8gb

Don't be too hasty, you've not seen how these go to think you're guaranteed last! Its all about getting some laps on those tracks that Phil has put up on the event for Tuesday. I might be practicing tonight and maybe tomorrow so we can share a lobby where we can have the same settings as what it will be on Tuesday. If you're on your own when your online, then its about going to 'Lobby' and creating your own private lobby and selecting the relevant settings and the track in question. Any detail on it you're not too sure of @phil bottle or @Greboth can answer what exactly should the answer be on the lobby settings.

As I've finally got an opportunity to come last in your Tuesday races this week what do I need to try before then? I've pretty much only done arcade at this point I tried a couple of daily races but I've no real clue where you get some of the races and settings from. Hopefully I'll at least get this sorted on Tues.

2/6/2021 Workout Squat Workshop Box squats in descending ladder by 2 from 12 (12 rep, 10 rep, 8 rep, etc.) with increasing weight until 1 rep max. With a 1-second pause on the box. Thoughts: Never did box squats before. Super interesting to get to 335lbs on the bar. Also, thoroughly amused that somehow my lifting is causing a ruckus. The workshop is meant for only 4 people at a time. I'm assigned to Saturdays. Works better for my schedule. Today, we had 7 people show up, which included me. The extra 3 people were all "I didn't know we weren't allowed to switch days. I saw the video of La lifting 225lbs, and had to see it myself." Oh, you poor souls. You haven't had real lifters or HIIT athletes here, I guess. The weightlifting coach was a bit pissed because we ended up breaking some distancing rules to accommodate the extra people. My back muscles are not used to going this heavy. Legs are perfectly fine, but keeping form, keeping my back where it needs to be at this weight? Whew. Honestly, I didn't think I would reach 300lbs. But Tim kept throwing more weight on. When we got to 335lbs, the question was "should we put more on? Like another 10lbs total?" I said, "Um. No. Let's just call 335lbs my 1 rep max for this movement." Tim started asking me so many questions after the session.. Like what can I really deadlift... what can I really back squat... I made it very clear to him that my PR is 260lbs back squat with 265lbs deadlift. But, I also know that I have a weak core and will hit 300lbs on that once I get my core situation fixed. Also, yesterday was a high-carb day, so I went into today's session more "fueled" I guess. I'm still juggling in my brain what I'm eating. I'm trying not to kill myself with strictness. We'll see the damage on Monday.

Whilst looking at the game i must have slipped and bought it, i should be on tomorrow for a bit @phil bottle 🙂

I agree. We can make race 2 a reverse grid of race 1 and no qualifying for race 2 means we'll be able to start it sooner too. Nothing is getting changed that would make it arcadey.

I imagine the 3080 is the one to look out for this year considering how much lack of 3090's are about?...and then you have the scalpers to contend with.

Mix them up. I'm fine with Grid Starts and rolling starts. I think its more to keep it fresh and also some tracks won't work with rolling starts dude to the fact we have so many racing (which is ace btw). Rolling starts still work on some tracks so don't lose it completely, I trust your judgement on which tracks to do it on matey 😘 Also, I said this when it was mentioned online last week - The reverse grid is a great way to keep people engaged when they might be getting a bit disheartened from finishing lower down for a number of weeks. However, I wouldn't change much else though e.g. boosting on, etc, because we play Wreckfest and GTA where those types of games literally are no rules barred. GT Sport has become the great equaliser and balance to the racing here at FG so it has to remain true to its full out pace and race battling best. I'm not saying reverse Qualifying though as there's no incentive to race around a track for 10 minutes where a mistake is a positive thing. Best way to do this is trial and error though and if we find it doesn't work very well, the format we have at the moment is still extremely good and not broken at all imo.

I do definitely think that they will bring in Hugh for a logan cameo or something with Deadpool, Reynolds said recently that before the Disney purchase that they were in plans to make Deadpool and Logan road trip across America! That would have been bloody awesome and apart of me still hopes that happens 🤣🙏

@phil bottle request this week please: First race Qualify as per usual, with maybe a Grid Start if everyone is cool with that. Second race, no qualifying and a reverse grid order based on the finishing results of the first race. @JBR-Kiwi 's great shout means that it brings other people into the races that have been struggling at the back for a little bit and it will definitely give us a different type of racing week. I think I wouldn't want anyone who's at the slowere speeds for a number of weeks to get disinterested in the game this early when we've only really got this going properly this year imo. Let me know what you think honestly please - not just Phil too.

Its a comic storyline where Wanda basically kills every mutant using her powers

Despite it's visuals and combat mechanics, it looks pretty intriguing, and the crafting along with building seems absolutely solid. May take a put on it!

Nice Phil! I'll try and have a look at that later. Love seeing modders do better jobs than real developers😅

Have to agree with pretty much all of this and have been thinking since endgame about loki disappearing with the space stone that it would have consequences and open up to possible disastrous ones and it does look like its heading that way. Definitely think Wanda has done some kind of deal with Mephisto to bring Vision back but not realised what Mephisto is gaining from it, as we know in the past Avengers tend to have a habit of intending to do good with very bad consequences (Ultron for example). One thing that massively pisses me off though is that they haven't re cast the X-Men, I can't stand most the X-Men cast/films apart from Patrick Stewart, James McAvoy and obviously Hugh Jackman but the rest are atrocious, X-Men needs rebooting without a doubt as it was my favourite as a kid then the films ruined it for me (apart from Logan 👌) However..... Going back to your point of the multiverse is that it obviously confirms 100% what direction MCU are going with bringing past characters in with the likes of other Maguire, Garfield, Dafoe etc however...... If the Quicksilver of this Universe is dead, where are the X-Men of this Universe also and will they be a completly new cast (fingers crossed) as you would think they have to be as it would and the old cast are included in the multiverse with the other Quicksilver. Raises alot of questions however exciting ones..... Also now this multiverse is confirmed I'd love to see Hugh return as Old Logan one last time in a timeline before Logan. Would be awesome especially alongside deadpool.

Event Title: Gran Turismo Sport - daily races Event Author: phil bottle Calendar: Community Calendar Event Date: 02/09/2021 08:00 PM First race at 8.30pm. 1. Willow Springs Gr.4 12 laps All tyres can be used Tyre wear x5 Fuel x2 2. Sainte-Croix - A Gr.3 3 laps All tyres can be used No tyre or fuel use. 3. The wet one maybe. TBC Gran Turismo Sport - daily races N.B. If viewing this via the FG App, please visit the Calendar event via browser to RSVP. Thanks.

I find it incredible that despite enjoying jumping between games at the moment (CyberPunk, Tarkov, Division 2 mostly) that this 13 year old game has taken all my time the past couple of days. I'm spamming F5 quick saves because its Stalker and you die all the time and I'm loving every second. It looks great, plays and feels great, all the maps from all the games have been joined together into one. I'm of the opinion Stalker 2 will be half as good, just better looking. We will see.

Also yea after days of future past the films are awful. Quicksilver, Magneto and Professor X are pretty much the only ones who have decent scenes still

I think Rambo has powers and shes hiding them. She is Photon in the comics similar to Captain Marvels powers. How she got the powers I guess will be explained in the next film. This is what I mean by seeding storylines I mean its completely different to mando in the sense that mando is episodic and has a different story every week, with the continuous story on the backburner. This is just one continuous storyline I think Quicksilver in this context is either Agatha or Mephisto disguised as Quicksilver, or they have literally plucked him from an alternate universe. Because this version of Quickslver is dead, that was the closest they could get - and maybe didnt realise he actually looks different. I think id go with disguised more than it actually being him. (i.e the Xmen characters that disney/marvel now own again after they bought it back from Fox)

I think my main issue with all of this is that Quicksilver has the best scenes, but post Days of Future past, the other Xmen films are terrible. So I dont want them to bring all of that crap over with them..

I'm with you on this, there's a few too many coincidental things that they've tried to paint Wanda as the cause of the hex and West view. So naturally my assumption is she isn't the true cause. I didn't think about WandaVision being the start of a new story in the MCU and spin-offs but it sounds reasonable.

DATE: 3rd Feb 2021 Well today I went out to squat and got folded in half. I've completely over estimated my ability once again. Fuck I hate getting old! I've dropped a Kilo this week already (2.25lbs) from 110kg down to 109kg this morning so i'm in a bit too much of a deficit, I'm going to up my calories and take the rest of the week off from training because apparently my poor nervous system just can't handle maxing out any more. Aiming to get down to under 100kgs. At this rate it should only take 4 weeks lol

no problem @GazzaGarratt always good to have our glorious leader along ! We got the 5sec challange done at the weekend and see no problem getting it done again for whomever needs it Happy to take any of the guys along - think it best to introduce a newbie one at a time so its smooth but we also get time to take them through a role rather than just kill stuff. Just posted a Thursday raid and a Sunday raid , so if @Plumbers Crack @IPSWICH HIGASHI @bluffin109 want in just join. Could probably add a saturday run as well if we get the interest. As for @Kemp210 the guys a legend, completing DSC instead of talking to his family who were there to wish him happy birthday !

The success of this, for me, was seeing how much those bankers are still hated, and how a few more folk have had the wool pulled from their eyes.

It was actually a pretty good event, glad i stayed up for it. The womens rumble was very good this year

I had Steel Series Siberia 2 back in the day but the mic was a joke. Glad they've improved upon that. The best headset I've owned are the Astro A50s. My 5 year old Astros are only good for audio now though as the mic no longer works. But the sound and comfort are amazing. I currently use wired Sennheiser PC360 with an Astro mixamp. It's open backed, rather than closed cup like the Astros, and while not as bass heavy as the Astros, the sound quality is excellent. I took advice from Greebs, as this is a more modular approach and can interchange headsets with the mixamp should they fail.

So since having a fully built monster of a pc now. Specs are Motherboard- Asus ROG Strix b550-e CPU-Ryzen 9 5900x GPU-Asus ROG Strix 3080 Ram- 32gb of dual channel g skill rgb Storage - 1 tb of western digital 3.0 nvme 1 tb of ssd storage Cooling lian li uni fans also a 240mm lian li galahad aio Case- lian li lancool2 with upgraded to a mesh style case.

Savory isn't spicy, necessarily. Anything you could make in a risotto, you can make in oats. Shrimp, for example. Here's a nice sweet one based on carrot cake: 0.50 Cup Uncooked (40 Grams), Uncooked Oats 0.50 cup, Milk, nonfat 3 oz., Vanilla Yogurt (no sugar) 1 tbsp(s), Splenda/stevia 3 large, Carrots, baby, raw (shredded) 5.00 raisins, Raisins, seedless Vanilla to taste Cinnamon to taste 250 calories 14g protein 5g fiber Basically you just mix everything, leave it in the fridge overnight, and it's good to go in the morning. You can heat it if you like, but it's better cold IMO.

@GazzaGarrattThat is interesting, I myself am not allergic to any vegetables or fruit the transition to vegetarian was based on my lack interest in consuming meat and environmental issues. There are still plenty of ways to cook the veggies, I recommend stir fry’s and alike really good for cooking all sorts of veg.