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FeatherTrap
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Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained

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I think I’ve been brain-poisoned by DUSTBORN <XP
After watching through the Bickering Bunch playthrough and then the Archcast playthrough of DUSTBORN back to back, I think my brain was so determined to find anything, any single, solitary thing of value from that seemingly unending slog of misery and cringe - something other then the hate-watching and laughing at the writing for how God-forsaken awful it is…
That I actually started liking one of the songs from the game…if only because it was the only one that our “heroes”-no fuck that actually, we’ll just call them villain-protagonists - didn’t write and perform themselves.
And even then, the game was determined to test my patience by having at least two sing-a-long sections bookending the game in the Prologue and the final moment of calm before the rushed-as-fuck finale.
Y’all can’t deny this is the best original song from the game. I know that’s not saying much, given how all our villain-protagonist’s songs are completely rancid, and with the exception of their theme song - which is the first song unlocked and the absolute worst - they only decrease in quality as the game goes on. But still, by that metric this song I’ve linked is unquestionably the best one.
If you haven’t watched a playthrough of the game: Don’t ask what the lovecraftian abomination on the cover of that album is about, trust me the answer is wholy unsatsifiying and stupid. XP
Not worth a single iota of your curiosity.
I know I usually say that kind of thing to tempt you to look it up on your own, but no. Not this time. I am very explicitly warning you this is NOT an attempt to pique your curiosity. The answer is stupid and barely explained, you will not consider the search for it a satisfactory use of your precious and finite time. XP

General Discussion » Random fact about yourself » Post 2268

UrbanMysticDee
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Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained

Bae > Bay
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic known for his eclectic approach, drawing on psychoanalysis, Marxism, critical theory, and popular culture. He is a prominent figure in contemporary thought, recognized for his provocative analyses of ideology and capitalism. Žižek often uses Lacanian psychoanalysis to critique societal structures and the ways in which ideology operates unconsciously within them. He is critical of both traditional capitalism and contemporary liberalism, arguing that they mask deeper systemic problems. Žižek’s style is characterized by his use of humor, paradox, and examples from film and literature to elucidate complex theoretical ideas, making his work both accessible and contentious.
How did I know I was going to get him without even knowing who the choices were?

Site and Policy » We're working on it. » Post 613

ZizzyDizzyMC
Rampant Alicorn - The majestic steed of a blessed crusade (Masqueraded Esteem)
Fried Chicken - Attended an april fools event
Autist - How long until you notice this?  I noticed it after 4 days , but really I didn't even look till now.
Lil Shid Culture - If you see someone with a lil shid badge, you should refer to them by "Listen here you lil shid."
Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained (The Bellstrike)

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TL:DR We’re in a new home for a while until we get much better hardware.
So what happened?
I was planning to migrate most of our infrastructure to a nice rebuilt server that’ll host disks and keep everything going with minimal issue.
What I got was 3(5 if you count the ones that died twice) systems and a migraine.
As most of you will recall, we started having some issues with random 503 pages, internal errors etc. I migrated the site slowly over to one of the nodes, we’ll call it Node-1.
Node-1 showed issues about 2 weeks after completing this.
Node-0 was what ponybooru was on, and it was slowly enroute via mail after having spent 3 weeks migrating stuff from it, including clients and other pony sites.
Node-2 was a built system I built for personal backup, and had an issue in the past, that was resolved.
Node-3 is a system I built for hosting HDD’s purpose built.
Issues in order:
Ponybooru having issues
Build Node-3
Migrate Node-0 to Node-3 except for ponybooru which needed to be migrated to node-1 due to the sheer size of PB.
Node-1 starts having issues, shutting off, network adapters disconnecting, 503 errors.
I begin the migration of some small datasets to Node-1 from Node-2, so I can use Node-2’s hdd’s in a future project (Node-4)
Node-0 makes it to my DC, I begin assessing the damage and what needs to be done
Node-1 tips over and crashes, array is gone overnight and I have to rebuild. This is when PB became unusable due to not having enough disk speed to load static web pages.
Node-1’s boot disk fails (1 of 2, raid 1)
Node-2 isn’t fully migrated yet
Node-6 crashes, I divert time and effort fixing this as this hosts clients and our status page.
Node-0 begins getting rebuilt. 40gbe networking, 2 new boot / vm storage drives, external sas controller added.
Node-1 completely goes out, PB has to be shut down along with TPA and PV to avoid data loss. If these steps were not taken you wouldn’t be reading this.
Node-0 is installed, prelim tested and put into service.
Node-3 contents begin moving over to Node-0
Node-1 is brought back online, a scrub of data is initiated to ensure data accuracy and no data loss. All other services on Node-1 are disabled.
Node-3 contents are all entirely moved over to Node-0.
Node-3 is unplugged from the disk shelf unit, the disk shelf is then added to Node-0
Node-1 PB VM is backed up to Node-0
Node-1 data processing continues
Node-0 disk shelf work begins, creating a new dedicated array for PB
Node-0 begins restoration of PB VM to new array hosted off of disk shelf, separate from the backup array built into Node-0.
Node-1 data processing continues, and finishes successfully.
Node-1 disks are removed and added to disk shelf on Node-0
Node-0 loads disks and begins import of array, this completes quickly.
Node-0 restores VM’s from Node-1 that were backed up to Node-0
Node-0 finishes restore of PB VM.
Networking configuration is done for the newly rebuilt Node-0
Node-6 obliterates itself, ruining my morning.
Node-6 finishes repairing itself, some damage done but it’ll survive, backups are made. A VM hosted for a client got compromised sucking all of the system resources. (This doesn’t affect us, the VM was nuked from orbit, it was already discontinued from use anyway)
Node-0 finishing touches, array verification, status checks, networking config, hardening config done.
Online one thing at a time and you’re here!
Holy shit I love backups, but only having 1 copy of a backup at certain points through this process was not great.
As an end result we have some storage and room to grow, everything I run also gets ever so slightly cheaper to run every month because I’m powering off Node-3, 2 and 1 in favor of running Node-0 which has been rebuilt. Node 1 will be sold, node 2 will be made into an emergency backup system, and node 3 will also likely be sold.
Life’s been really shit lately, hopefully this sparks some better waters ahead.

General Discussion » Random fact about yourself » Post 2254

General Discussion » Random fact about yourself » Post 2252

Site and Policy » Incident Report for 6/7/2024 » Post 35

ZizzyDizzyMC
Rampant Alicorn - The majestic steed of a blessed crusade (Masqueraded Esteem)
Fried Chicken - Attended an april fools event
Autist - How long until you notice this?  I noticed it after 4 days , but really I didn't even look till now.
Lil Shid Culture - If you see someone with a lil shid badge, you should refer to them by "Listen here you lil shid."
Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained (The Bellstrike)

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@Anonymous #39A5
It should not be, but I can test later and see what’s up with it if it’s not functioning. One will have to reset the main password regardless but TOTP should not have been changed.
If it’s still failing submit an email to ops and we’ll reset 2FA on the account provided the email comes from the email of the account.

Site and Policy » Incident Report for 6/7/2024 » Post 4

ZizzyDizzyMC
Rampant Alicorn - The majestic steed of a blessed crusade (Masqueraded Esteem)
Fried Chicken - Attended an april fools event
Autist - How long until you notice this?  I noticed it after 4 days , but really I didn't even look till now.
Lil Shid Culture - If you see someone with a lil shid badge, you should refer to them by "Listen here you lil shid."
Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained (The Bellstrike)

Administrator
Site Developer
@Anonymous #3E3F
Keep an eye out in the spam box, the volume of emails being generated right now might land some of the emails in the gutter for a few weeks.
I tested it out on myself after the key rotation to be sure it was functional as-intended.
I apologize for the issue caused.

Site and Policy » Incident Report for 6/7/2024 » Topic Opener

ZizzyDizzyMC
Rampant Alicorn - The majestic steed of a blessed crusade (Masqueraded Esteem)
Fried Chicken - Attended an april fools event
Autist - How long until you notice this?  I noticed it after 4 days , but really I didn't even look till now.
Lil Shid Culture - If you see someone with a lil shid badge, you should refer to them by "Listen here you lil shid."
Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained (The Bellstrike)

Administrator
Site Developer
Hello,
This one is a pretty difficult one to write, and unlike me goofing off and using chatGPT to create a temporary placeholder page for the service outage, this isn’t AI slop.
Obviously by now, most of you realized something went very wrong the morning hours of Thursday the 7th, where the site images stopped loading and several functions stopped working before eventually not working at all.
As part of policy I am providing a detailed post mortem to what happened, what solutions we’ve used to address it, and the process changes I am taking to correct and help prevent this in the future.
  • Early 2021 I migrated ponybooru to a new host system.
  • System was secured shortly after setup by disabling password authentication, rate limiting ssh requests, and disabling default accounts un-needed.
  • Tuesday the 4th around approximately 6PM eastern a mishap occurred at the DC and turned off all systems due to power loss.
  • Approximately 9PM I realize the system was up without an IP address.
  • Around 9:10PM eastern I log in and set an IP in netplan, system is back up.
  • Frustrated with the fact the system’s IP address isn’t being assigned by cloud-init as expected I spend 6 hours till approximately 3AM wednesday working on cloud-init.
  • Cloud init appeared to be non functional - IP addresses were not being assigned on reboot.
  • I put away the project for another time, and went to bed.
  • Unknown to me at the time, cloud-init WAS working, and cloud-init had erased the hardened sshd_config.
  • This renabled password authentication
  • Cloud init also re-enabled the default user / password for the system, unknown to me.
  • I have traveled Whinny City Pony Con on thursday morning, intending to help with AV setup and pre-reg which I successfully did.
  • Due to issues and me forgetting essential supplies I get depressed and decide to sleep around 9pm and start off friday as a new day.
  • Friday 2:31AM EST I receive an alert from 1 of 2 IDS watch groups I subscribe to as part of Z+ incident remediation, to help keep Z+ services clean and safe for the greater internet.
  • The alert specifies that Ponybooru’s host was being used for SSH Bruteforce attacks.
  • Per Z+ policies I login immediately at 2:40AM EST to find that Ponybooru has been compromised.
  • Realizing the issue, I issue an immediate stop to the VM.
  • Per Z+ incident response The Pony Archive (TPA) was also halted and air-gapped to prevent any potential lateral movement.
  • Per Z+ incident response all Pony Client VPS services were also temporarily halted and air-gapped.
  • At 3:40 AM I contact a remediation advisor for next steps.
  • Am advised to restrict all VMs network halting all Z+ services on the host node where Ponybooru resides.
  • I take a 2h nap, and at approximately 5AM friday morning I wake up again and begin remediation and additional hardening of critical Z+ infrastructure.
  • Completed by 7AM I proceed to remediate, verify and online Pony Client VPS services customers.
  • At approximately 9:30AM I online most Clients, and online non-critical Z+ infrastructure.
  • I leave WCPC and arrive home at 3:30pm EST, and begin investigative efforts to determine the cause of the Ponybooru server being breached.
  • At approximately 7PM EST I determine the root cause to be cloud-init, I did not see any evidence of ransomware, data exfiltration, or encryption.
  • The root system of the infected machine was found to be mostly removed, the external disks were found to be unmounted, Data from the external disks was unmodified.
  • At 9PM I began the process of remediation via weeks old backups, and a fresh backup that was cut off via power outage.
  • Luckily the cut-off backup contained recent items, pairing with the weeks old backup of the main VM.
  • Remediation was carried out by erasing the infected VM, replacing the VM with a known-good VM without security holes from cloud-init.
  • Data was combined to form a near-realtime remediation where only the last few minutes before the site failure was lost.
  • Data was re-indexed to combine the datasets with the weeks old VM backup.
  • Ponybooru was onlined in 3 trial periods between 1AM and 12 noon Saturday the 8th.
  • In this time a short series of unit tests and scans were performed externally and internally to ensure the integrity of both the data, and the security of the system.
  • As part of the remediation at approximately 9PM all keys on the host system were rotated. This requires all users of Ponybooru to perform a password reset.
As part of the incident response, I am required to inform that while there does not appear to have been any attempt at Data Exfiltration during the event, that users Usernames, Email Addresses, Last known IP, and Browser Fingerprint may be at risk.
Browser fingerprints are not reversible by an adversary, and tells nothing about a users actual browser.
I would also like to emphasize that the system was compromised in whole due to the absurdly weak SSH configuration left behind by the cloud-init mistake, and is not an error in Philomena.
Z+ is taking the following steps to help prevent this in the future:
  • SSH access is disabled by default at the Host Level firewall until needed.
  • Non-standard SSH ports are now mandatory on Z+ Pony Hosting services. All services using standard SSH ports are to be updated by July 1st.
  • SSH Access is to be granted on a need-access basis, and will be restricted via firewall to an IP or an IP range no greater than /19.
  • TOTP access is being looked into as 2FA for critical systems.
I would like to state that per security practices, Z+ services already had a standard policy of disabling root login, and password authentication by default.
I’m sorry.
Thank you for your time,
ZizzyDizzyMC

General Discussion » Random fact about yourself » Post 2238

UrbanMysticDee
Chatty Kirin - A user who has reached a combined 1000 forum posts or comments.
Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained

Bae > Bay
More Tests

Political Priority Test



Your approach to politics is like a man’s (46.15%).
(I might just add that 8% seems hella close. I wonder what’s the margin of error for this. Another test - not one here today - was at 60-40 and it said I just leaned slightly in one direction. I also think this test is biased because half the questions were explicitly ‘pick this first world feminism problem vs. this global problem affecting the entire population of poor people’.)

Adversarial Heterosexual Beliefs Test



Feminine Energy Test



Light Feminine Energy: High

Dark Feminine Energy: Average

This makes your energy typically light.

Toxic Masculinity Test



This makes you:

43.77% more prone to deceitfulness and arrogance than the average person.
19.69% more disposed to anger than the average person.
1.57% more heteronormative than the average person.
5.56% less homophobic than the average person.
14.62% more prone to toxic masculinity than the average person overall.

(I want to say this test was biased too, especially regard to the anger questions. I think they were worded confusingly, so a lot of times I just left the slider in the middle and the test appears to be counting those as favoring anger rather than opposing anger.)

General Discussion » Video game thread » Post 3607

FeatherTrap
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Honestly, I can’t help but wonder if Asmongold is onto something when he says that’s a manufactured controversy to distract and discredit from the insane price-gouging scheme Ubisoft are testing this year, as seen so far with the new STAR WARS and Ass Creed game. XP

General Discussion » Dear Princess Celestia (Forum Game) » Post 24

Fleur de Lis
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Fried Chicken - Attended an april fools event
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Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained

déanaim seitreach
Dear Princess Celestia,
As the Flavor-Aid Man, I’m excited to share that our popular drink mix is now available in Equestria. While our formula provides a delightful taste, we also secretly add toxic chemicals like cyanide, arsenic, and mercury to enhance your ponies’ experiences. Rest assured, these substances are entirely safe after rigorous testing by medical professionals. You can expect heightened senses, spiritual fulfillment, and enhanced religious devotion. Join us at Flavor-Aid Inc. to sample these incredible transformations.
Sincerely,
Jim Jones - The Flavor-Aid Man.

General Discussion » Big Bad Politics! » Post 8287

General Discussion » Big Bad Politics! » Post 8286

AnonAmongAnons

@UrbanMysticDee
Normally I would be fine with just land-owners voting, but this would probably disqualify quite a few of those too. So I’d support something like this being introduced also.
Even if something like this managed to get passed into law, there would still need to be measures taken against these tests being cheated on. (i.e., them being outsourced to others on someone’s behalf.) So these tests would need to be done in person with ID verification.

General Discussion » Big Bad Politics! » Post 8284

Twiface
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A toast - Incredibly based

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@UrbanMysticDee
A few of the questions are worded confusingly and I think the time allotted should be 15-20 minutes, but other than that it seems like a fairly reasonable intelligence test.

General Discussion » Big Bad Politics! » Post 8283

UrbanMysticDee
Chatty Kirin - A user who has reached a combined 1000 forum posts or comments.
Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained

Bae > Bay
1960s Louisiana literacy test for voters. Anyone with a 5th grade education should be able to complete it in under 10 minutes. If you can’t just burn your own neighborhood to the ground and get unelected judges to say it’s illegal.


General Discussion » Big Bad Politics! » Post 8105

General Discussion » Big Bad Politics! » Post 8102

Fleur de Lis
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Fried Chicken - Attended an april fools event
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Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained

déanaim seitreach
@UrbanMysticDee
Is this based on Political Compass?
Mine is:
Economic Left/Right: -7.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.46
(That would be “democratic socialism” according to your image.)
((It’s a very strange and biased test though.))
Here’s my DozenValues. It’s more accurate in direction, but doesn’t really reflect my absolute contempt for the status quo.

General Discussion » Elon messing up Twitter stuff » Post 239

UrbanMysticDee
Chatty Kirin - A user who has reached a combined 1000 forum posts or comments.
Liberty Belle - Sings the song of the unchained

Bae > Bay
Engagement farming brain teaser was posted the other day by someone who posts engagement farming brain teasers. Some people treated it like an engagement farming brain teaser and realized there was insufficient data to come up with a definitive solution, it can only be narrowed down to a range of possible solutions.
No wits called them retarded. They used big words they don’t understand like “theory of mind”. They said “Theory of mind says you must assume the person is giving you a third grade arithmetic test and they just want you to count the blocks, not come up with a snarky answer, retard.”
If they knew what theory of mind means they wouldn’t be trying to get into the mind of a hypothetical 3rd grade math teacher, they would see that OP regularly posts engagement farming brain teasers and treat this like an engagement farming brain teaser instead of a 3rd grade math question, or a design drawing (which people point out doesn’t show depth and they would tell the person submitting the drawing to provide more information because real time and real money would be on the line in that instance), nor is it a test of “analysis paralysis.” It’s a brain teaser. It resembles questions Google, Lockeed, and other companies give to see who thinks outside the box and comes up with novel solutions to problems. They’re not looking for someone to do 3rd grade math, they’re looking for someone to write code or come up with silent hypersonic spy planes.
OP admitted TWICE in the original thread, at the top of the thread, this is an engagement farming brain teaser and that the correct answer is there is insufficient data to come to a definitive conclusion but there is a range of possible solutions 31 - 51. You don’t even need “theory of mind” to read the fucking post where OP gives you the answer he’s looking for. THEY GIVE YOU THE FUCKING ANSWER. Anyone who pretends that the OFFICIAL ANSWER is incorrect and that anyone who gives the OFFICIAL ANSWER is a retard or a midwit are themselves egotistical retards.
Twitter has become an even worse cesspool of the worst, shittiest people on the planet since Musk has taken over. It was bad before but now Musk has given sadists with malignant narcissism license to be as cruel as humanly possible in some sort of experiment to see if he can create the new Sodom. Musk believes in accelerationism, so he’s actively trying to destroy the world as fast as possible because he believes some techno-miracle will happen and he and his fellow accelerationist billionaires will rise phoenix-like from the ashes of the old world and come to rule it in their Elysium style space colony while the great masses of 99.9999% of humanity lives in permanent poverty and filth in the slums of Blade Runner factory Earth and provide Musk and his friends with organs to harvest.

General Discussion » Gun Discussion » Post 27

General Discussion » Holy crap, Chris-chan... [NSFW] » Post 1004

Twiface
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A toast - Incredibly based

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Princess of the Moon
@FeatherTrap
No, we don’t. Especially if you already know the lore and have better things to do with your life.
And surely you must have something better to do with your time than give it to a grifter like Keffals.
Luckily, the CWCki gave us highlights and a transcript.
When asked if he has any regrets, Chris replied about having fallen for theoretical exes [trolls] and singled out BlueSpike.
Chris says he is going to be expanding his collab and getting his posse together with the help of his friend [Caden Peck].
Chris alludes to the Big Island house he appears to be residing at, by saying that he is renting the place he’s in.
Chris lies that his Affair with Mother was not real and that Bella had presented him with perverted ideas and that he had went along with it to test her, and finally that she failed the test by splicing together their video calls to report him to police. Chris’s claims conflict with chat leaks which show that Chris had initiated discussion of incest with Bella.[5][6]
Chris spreads misinformation that Bella had wanted to record Chris and Fiona having sex and then claim Fiona to be underage.
Chris claims it had been his choice to let himself be jailed.
Chris says Russia is the modern-day Babylon and that Putin will fall by his own sword.

General Discussion » Holy crap, Chris-chan... [NSFW] » Post 999

Anonymous #6595
15 January
Focused, Divine Guidances - 01142024 is a video uploaded to Chris’s YouTube channel on 15 January 2024. In it, Chris confirms that he was indeed removed from Animate! Raleigh due to people’s complaints. He then rambles about being Jesus, his continued dissatisfaction over My Little Pony G5, and people blocking him on social media, before encouraging people to cleanse themselves of dark and evil energy and follow the light path. Throughout the video, Chris speaks slowly with numerous long pauses between sentences, looks directly into the camera, and infrequently blinks for some stretches, which have been theorized that Chris is being heavily medicated through unknown supplements and medications.
Greetings, everyone. Jesus Christ-Chan Sonichu Prime here once again, focused and connected with… everything. And I will start off by mentioning of course the Animate! Raleigh convention. Flutter and I, we did attend the Friday, and then we were going to attend the Saturday, but we were intercepted. Because, like the Romans back in the days of Jerusalem, false witnesses were borne against me, and they were talked about and ratted me out to the organizer of the convention, which that in its entity was quite wrong indeed. And as you all note, as I have exemplified through the event, I [unintelligible] love and kept my calm. I did try to explain, and yet…
[Pause]
At the moment, the demons were too great in that event organizer. And I feel sorry for that individual, and their accomplices that were with them at the time. And, despite the efforts of the minority, we did still have a very good weekend. And I was the one wearing the striped socks. So you mention that and think about that as you will. Outside of all that… all of those that dare do and repeat history in dark ways, by following that of the demons and devils, and even Satan himself, in the temptations of darkness, and try to thwart me? They all shall be thwarted shortly enough. It is the divine will, along with that of Russia being a modern-day Babylon, to fall as Babylon did, and Vladimir Putin, dying by his own sword. And everything coming to fruition. For I have risen before… and I many times risen in this lifetime as well. Whether you all know it or not, with all the timeline shifts, the cosmic events and everything. And y’all would actually know the answer had you actually opened your minds and meditated and actually connected. But not every one of you all didn’t.
[Pause]
Not every one of y’all did. Which is a shame, really. Because I, when I was Jesus Christ back in Jerusalem once upon a time, I connected with the [unintelligible] records as well way back then. But continue to simplify what I could, was what was right, and yet was chronicled of me in prophecy, and then as such within the Holy Bible, and then later on…
[Pause]
…in the later book… Which is… it’s escaping my consciousness but y’all know what I mean.
[Pause]
But it still goes in all the connections that all religions are good. Except for those that have anything to do with the darkness and Satanism [motorcycle audible in the background] and so forth. The correct religions are those that are good, light-powered and righteous, between Christianity… Mormons, Judaism… the Zen, zodiological animals, and all of that. And all gods- and all gods and goddesses have existed. They all worked under me… as well as Emmanuel… and worked under that which is above us, of which I am directly connected with, the Alpha and Omega Point of all Existence, that exists at the beginning and end of this timeline, and all timelines. This timeline being the one Prime Timeline of which were all other timelines exists, so… and I am the one Avatar of all Existence.
[Pause]
So definitely be careful what you wish for. Because what you should be wishing for is that which is good. For if you leave your wishes unwarranted, the trauma can continue… even by that… which may have come unto unwarranted, in recent days. Of which I do apologize for, but hey. ALL OF US, artists, creators, chroniclers, other dimensional and universe and timeline explorers that we have explored and done innately in our writings, in our drawings, in our music, in all of various media…
[Pause]
Welcome to our world. And the drama from the midst fandoms, which include the minority that are the worst, of the toxic evilest darkest sinning individuals. They are going to converge upon you anyway, whether or not I had commented on that which does not exist this timeline, My Little Pony Generation 5. Make your mark, tell your tale. [finger quotes] “A New Generation” movie. There is still time to shelve all that, Hasbro, and get rid of it. Because as long as they’re made… further developments which are bad, for this timeline shall continue. Once G4 Friendship is Magic and Equestria Girls are finally resumed [?], and Friendship Is Magic concl- uh- continues on, to the end of its 14th televised animated season, animated as it was, before anything having to do with Pony Life… Money… really corrupted the business people. It has corrupted the arts. And that has been exemplified in the G5 media, which was re-released… re-released prematurely. As I have foreknown and foretold. As everyone else after [unintelligible] understood and observation of.
[Pauses, stomps his foot.]
Help in making sure that we are good in this timeline, in this, our Prime Universe, as the Dimension Merge does complete and the ultimate miracle manifests so. It is right, it is good, and I will also note, there is no reason to block me on social media, because even if you do you’re still going to be attacked by those that follow you, those that follow me, those that follow and troll all those that are famous and creative, because they try to discourage us, among the minority that exists within. And what we need do is just let that slide. We need not heed their words. We need not let that affect us deeply. All of you hear my call and understand, for we all coexist together in this… drama, in this… form of Hell, as it were. And it’s up to us to beat all the haters and fakers and darkest sinning individuals that try to- tempt us, that try and thwart us into other very emotional directions. That is not right. By just simply ignoring them… and only block THEM… and it is I that is not meant to be cursed at all, even when you’re in the midst of feeling fatigued and tired and would not want to be involved in drama… you already were involved in that drama. Directly, indirectly and so forth. [claps hands] Period. Rather you have been dealt by me before, presently, or not yet at all.
Meditate on that as you will and shall, for it is right and good, and follow that which is light-powered, good and righteous. But when you do that, and live of your own volition, and using common sense, and following the guidance that feels good, and right, and light-powered. That… is very good indeed. And blocking the one individual, which is I, is not right. Because that is not gonna prevent any of those… be it from my fandom, or your fandom… all of you…
[Pause]
You know that it is they that make those comments, you want to report and block them. And my name, JESUS CHRISTINE WESTON CHANDLER SONICHU PRIME. Or I am- as I am also known as: Chris-Chan, Christ-Chan, Jesus Christ Chan Sonichu Prime. I am not to be cursed, my name is not to be used in slander or defamy of any sort. Do this and you will feel a [unintelligible] in your day, as it were. But what you have been sent to- and realize that I am good, like all of you are, that are good. Even the neutral-good. And also are neutral-bad, or bad that are redeeming themselves, opening themselves up and their minds to redeem themselves and follow that which is good light-powered and righteous. You know. But it is those that leave their minds closed, and stick with such bad ways and bad mindsets that are so… over… a decade ago. Well over a decade ago, decade and a half ago. 2007 called… That’s. Not. Me. Anymore. Period. So get over yourselves. And accept me for I am good. I am grounded. I am much better now. And I shall not be tempted or swayed by any other dark means whatsoever. And everyone is tested. Fail the test by approaching me with any forming of line where you pretend that you don’t recognize me, or you see me as someone else, and you post that on the Internet, and such… places on the Internet, you shall be swift Divine retribution, in one way or another. To not put anything online, whether it be a selfie with me in the picture, or any picture with I… and my friends, and family, and so forth… without my personal consent.
[Pause]
Aside from that, good to you and as you will and shall… and that which is good and light-powered and righteous… and it is rightly so.
[Claps hands, moves his right hand toward the camera.]
I bless all of you, who watch this video and understand.
[Pause]
And if you do not understand, open your mind. Open your heart. Open your soul. Feel… the energy, purify yourselves if you are dark, further cleanse yourselves if you are neutral. Keep yourself good, if you feel true good clear aura, without any Satanic, demon or demonic influences whatsoever. For it is right and it is good. [Nods] All of you shall be blessed. Thank you.

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TheBridge
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I know NOTHING
I wanted to chime in here for the first time in months, just because I saw the Nightmare Moon discussion/jokes above, and link to this, BUT it seems my computer/IP has been blacklisted by Youtube. Even on generic Chromium with no ad ons (not, this is not ungoogled chromium, but Debian’s package of generic plain old Chromium). Maybe they put in some sort of ad blocker or something but I don’t think so. I have tested with multiple videos and browsers. Haven’t tested the Windows install though.
I know about YT going to war with ad block and we shall see how it goes. I do download videos sometimes for offline viewing and maybe that caused it? Hehehe, have a mild vent I guess instead.

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Anonymous #D77D
Hello and welcome to the Windows 98 games section. Games in this section are ripped versions (no install required)
They are tested to run without problems on a Windows 7, 64 bit machine and a Windows 10, 32 bit machine
A Windows 10 64bit machine should work fine too as long as the DirectPlay API is installed (see down below)
None of the games need a CD to run. Most games (where possible) are pre-configured to use 1920x1080 and WASD controls
Furthermore, all of these games are portable, they can be moved over from one pc to another (since no installation took place)
What follows now is a list of how the games were made to run on modern Windows (7, 8, 10):
Age of Empires 2 (AoK): Updated to latest Age of Kings version (2.0a), + no-cd crack + 1920x1080 resolution fix (select it in game menu)
Aliens vs Predator (1999): Uses custom engine (AvPX) by sirlemonhead with bugfixes and full-hd resolutions, soundtrack included + 120fps cap
Battlefield 1942: Uses community patch 1.61, updates Battlefield 1942 to use hd resolutions and fixes the masterserver + menu resolution fix
Blade of Darkness: Patched to 1.001, WSGF widescreen fix, newer d3d.dll and rOpenGL.dll (+ fogfix) + weapons mod + directplay fix
Deus Ex: Uses darknovismc’s D3D11 renderer, updated to latest version (1.112fm) + mappatch + all-in-one patch v2 + conversation fix
Drakan: 2018 Community all-in-one patch applied (by UCyborg) which fixes many things, multiplayer functionality removed + dgvoodoo fix
Dune 2000: Uses Dune 2000 GruntMods edition and latest cncnet executable, support for higher resolutions and adds extra missions
Half-Life: Uses the Xash3D engine which supports full hd resolutions + HQ PS2 player models added + full mp3 soundtrack included
Heretic 2: Uses Heretic 2 1.07 enhancer patch, starts with 1920x1080 preconfigured, don’t change the resolution or it will reset
Hitman 2: Patched to latest version (1.02) and uses thirteenAG’s dxwrapper (d3d8.dll) to make it run and cap the framerate to 120
Ion Fury: Rip version that was leaked after launch (1.0) Contains a 32bit (Eduke32, runs on Vista and higher) and 64bit executable
Jedi Knight 2: Uses JK2 Enhanced, which is based on OpenJK (sourceport with QOL improvements). Attention: Use PLAYJK2.BAT to play
Jedi Knight 3 (Academy): Uses the OpenJK engine, (sourceport with quality of life improvements such as full HD resolutions)
Mafia: Patched to version 1.3 and No-CD crack installed, d3d8 to d3d9 + widescreen fix by ThirteenAG (hd resolutions supported)
Max Payne 1: Patched to version 1.5 and No-CD crack applied, d3d8 to d3d9 + widescreen fix by ThirteenAG (hd resolutions supported)
Max Payne 2: Patched to version 1.01 and No-CD crack applied, d3d8 to d3d9 + widescreen fix by ThirteenAG (hd resolutions supported)
No One Lives Forever: Revival patch + NOLF Modernizer + dgVoodoo (hd resolutions supported) (before playing, doubleclick NOLF.reg and click OK)
Painkiller: Version 1.64 (menu says 1.6) Black Edition (comes with Battle Out of Hell exp. pack) + No-CD crack + levels fix + FPS limit fix
Powerslave: Contains Powerslave EX by Kaiser (Playstation port) and PCExhumed by sirlemonhead (DOS port), both come with soundtrack
Quake 3: Latest version (1.32c) Uses updated Q3 engine “Quake3e” by Eugene C. Comes with gameplay mod CPMA 1.52 (Challenge ProMode Arena)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Uses custom engine “IORTCW”, enables widescreen resolutions and has additional bugfixes + remade weapons mod
Revolt: Uses community made ReVoltGL, supports full-hd resolutions and additional gfx effects
Serious Sam (Second Edition): Version 1.07 from GOG, tweaked to run at 1920x1080 by default (not available through the regular menu)
System Shock 2: Uses the mysteriously leaked NewDark patches by forum user “Le Corbeau”, runs perfect on modern Windows
Thief: Same NewDark engine fixes applied as with System Shock 2, also extra stuff patched thanks to “TFix”
Tomb Raider 1: Now uses Tomb1Main instead of the previously used OpenLara, with flac soundtrack included
Tomb Raider 2: Uses Arsunt’s TR2Main version, it’s basically vanilla but with bugfixes such as correct aspect ratio
Tomb Raider 4: Updated to run on modern Windows and use full hd resolutions (MultiPatch) and widescreen fix included
Undying: Uses darknovismc’s updated D3D11 renderer, l0m’s Undying Renewal, no-cd crack + texture patch applied + widescreen fix
Unreal: Uses community updated OpenGL renderer, patched to the latest community version (227i), support for full-hd resolutions
  • Mandatory for Windows 10 users: Install the Windows DirectPlay API, see this video on how to do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1c5opN5uG0
    Also highly recommended for Win 10 users, download this legacy DirectX package: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=8109
    You might also need Microsoft Visual Studio Redistributables: https://www.techpowerup.com/download/visual-c-redistributable-runtime-package-all-in-one
    Ofcourse you can always first try out a game to see if it works, usually an error will explain which files are missing so you know what to download
  • Optional, but it’s advised (if you are on Windows 10) to change the compatibility mode to Windows 98 or Windows XP SP2/SP3
    To do this, right-click on each game’s main .EXE file -> Compatibility tab -> Change compatibility mode accordingly and save and close
    Reminder: for all Unreal engine based games (Deus Ex, Unreal, Undying) the main .EXE file is in the game’s ‘System’ folder
  • Using Windows 7 64 bit? You’ll probably notice that some games (Undying, Blade of Darkness) only start up after opening the .exe twice
    This has to do with Microsoft’s buggy GameUX.dll (Game User Experience) that was shipped with Windows Vista and 7. Take the following steps to fix this issue:
    Go to this pastebin: https://pastebin.com/7SfTRer0 and copy the text inside a new .TXT file. After that, change the .TXT extension to a .CMD extension
    Double-click the .CMD file and it will automatically rename the GameUX.dll in the proper Windows folder (SysWOW64) to GameUX.dll.bak and it will be fixed
  • Windows 7 users don’t need DirectPlay, but it’s advised to download the same DirectX package as mentioned above, to make sure your DirectX is complete
  • Another tip for games that do not have a built-in framerate limit (e.g. Blade of Darkness), it’s advised to turn on V-Sync before playing
    V-Sync will cap the game at 60 fps, which will ensure scripted in-game sequences do not become desynchronized. You can do this in your GPU settings
    Nowadays there should also be a framerate limiter option in the GPU settings screen (AMD, Nvidia). If you cap it this way, you won’t need to use V-Sync
    External framerate limiters such as RivaTuner Statistics Server should also work, as long as you cap it to 60 frames per second
  • If after following all of the above steps some problems still arise, try using dgVoodoo, download it and follow the instructions in the included Readme.txt
Have fun!

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