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I chanced upon a supposedly leaked version of “Somebody Someday” uploaded on YouTube 3 months ago and while I initially suspected it might have been an AI rendition of the song, unfortunately it does sound like the legit version :/ The uploader claimed he found the song uploaded on some website and he downloaded it and posted it on YouTube

I have a feeling that Ava decided to scrap the songs because it was already leaked in full and it’s such a waste cos the song sounds amazing (I still prefer out of your mind though and glad we got it instead). Now that she’s independent, who the hell is leaking her songs? 😵‍💫😵‍💫 she seems to always suffer from her songs being leaked before release, poor thing 😔😔

With energy and fate being released, it seems that Ava has given up continuing this album’s trajectory of releasing “Queen” sounding songs? I really hope this isn’t the case cos the whole “Don’t Click Play” era suffered from a lot of resets and I’m hoping AM4 doesn’t make the same mistake again

I’ve read that Paul’s theology of Jesus dying for the sins of the world (Pauline Christianity) differed from what the historical Jesus, his disciples and subsequent generations of disciples (eg. The Ebionites who apparently saw Paul as a heretic?) taught (which is apparently Jewish Christianity where obedience to the law is needed for salvation).

If this is true, why did Paul mention in Galatians that he presented his gospel to the disciples to confirm his teachings?

I’m relatively new in following up about the UAP phenomena and I was looking through and following a number of subs. I do realize while this sub is convinced that aliens have visited Earth, skeptics tend to form the majority of users in more popular subs like r/aliens and r/UFOs. (Correct me if I’m wrong) Some of these skeptics seem to be pseudo-skeptics and require ridiculous amounts of evidence such as wanting scientists to announce the existence of aliens before believing.

Are there any subs which have a more overall neutral tone with a healthy proportion of believers and skeptics that are not pseudo-skeptics?

In 2021, pop industry songwriters decided to protest in an initiative knows as “The Pact” against unfair practices where artists, their team or labels would demand songwriting credits for songs that they did not contribute or made insignificant contributions (like changing one word) in the writing process. This practice usually aims to give the artist an image to sell to their fans and the public that they are all rounded established musicians who are not only able to sing but also write. Fans also become more invested in songs which narrate personal details of their favourite artists.

This practices have been going on for years and it’s not a recent thing. Artists even from the early 2000s have been overstating their songwriting contributions eg. Beyonce with irreplaceable, Avril Lavigne in her writing contributions to the pop hits of “Let Go” (eg. Complicated, Skater Boi etc.) to sell an image that they are talented writers as well. Unfortunately, songwriters end up suffering from this practice as they receive less royalties since they are given to the artist as well.

Nowadays, every new pop artist that comes out has songwriting credits listed on every song in their album and for established artists, this has also extended to production credits. (Eg. Ariana and Miley’s latest albums) Not necessarily implying that these credits are fake, but since falsely claiming songwriting credits is an open secret in the industry, how can one tell if an artist is truly a songwriter/producer and if their contributions to songwriting/production in an album is authentic?

In medieval times, it was not uncommon for witches to be depicted as women who sold their souls to the Devil in exchange for magical powers. In return for their powers, these witches then serve as the Devil’s disciples, casting spells to inflict harm on others. Witches were believed to sacrifice babies and to use their fat to create a flying potion with which they enchant their broomsticks to go to gatherings known as the Witch’s Sabbath.

The Witch’s Sabbath was supposedly an unholy ceremony involving demon summoning and worship along with animal and human sacrifices. There were wild parties of music, frenzied dancing along with orgies between witches and demons as well.

I think “The Witch” had a brief depiction of the Witch’s Sabbath at the end of the movie, but I wonder if there are any other movies or series that is majorly themed around medieval witches along with depictions of the Witch’s Sabbath

Are the lyrics autobiographical descriptions of Lana’s teenage years?

I play PVE so I might not make the most informed recommendations. But I kinda feel that the game favours might more than magic heroes.

1. might heroes dominate in the late game compared to magic heroes - attack and defence scale very well while spell damage becomes obsolete in the late game and knowledge isn’t impactful then

2. might heroes roll for better secondary skills - offence, armory, logistics while magic heroes roll for less useful secondary skills - scholar, mysticism, learning etc. Might heroes are also guaranteed to roll for magic schools and wisdom

3. RNG nature of obtaining good spells - magic heroes are dependent on obtaining good spells as part of their playstyle

4. some might say that magic heroes have an edge in the earlier stages of the game in clearing neutrals and snowballing but the issue lies also in having sufficient spell points to keep up.

I think HOTA has done a good job in closing the gap between might and magic heroes such as buffing sorcery, reworking useless secondaries that magic heroes tend to roll like first aid, spell research (though it can still be expensive), nerfing logistics and removing artificers like orb of inhibition. But kinda feel that might heroes can still do everything that magic heroes can but not vice versa. I can’t see any reason at present on how magic heroes have an edge over might ones.

Some possible suggestions on my end, though I’m not sure if it might break the balance of the game:

1. remove the guarantee for might heroes to roll for wisdom or school of magic secondary skills

2. allow for damage spells to scale better with spell power

3. allow for magic heroes to use spells twice per round?

4. allow for magic heroes to have better chance to roll for important adventure based secondaries like logistics

5. classes that tend to gain knowledge like wizards should have higher chances to gain spell power instead

Anyone encounter the same issue? Or is it just me

Lana considered “Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd” as her 9th album from the album cover. It led me to think was “Born to Die” then considered her debut album? Or was it “Lana Del Ray”? If “Born to Die” were to be considered her debut then “Paradise” would have to be considered her second album in order for things to add up. But I remembered Lana didn’t consider paradise as an album but an EP

I hope this post isn’t taken down because it would primarily be about matters related to biblical scholarship.

In my past few years learning about biblical scholarship which was one of the key factors that led me to convert out of Christianity, I’m curious as to whether Bible scholars who identify as Christian hold to the nicene creed because it does seem that popular views go contrary to core Christian doctrines.

For instance, I learnt Bart Erhman taught that the historical Jesus likely didn’t believe his role was to die for the sins of humanity because of the imminence of the coming of the kingdom of God. It wouldn’t make sense to preach about his death being a sin atonement because the end was coming. Rather, to enter the kingdom of God, one had to repent and demonstrate righteousness. Considering that most Bible scholars today agree that Jesus was an apocalyptic prophet, wouldn’t that go against the core of the Christian faith which is about Jesus dying for the sins of humanity? It seemed that the historical Jesus taught something closer to Jewish rather than Pauline Christianity.

One of the core teachings of Christianity involves the trinity. It does seem that many Bible scholars point out that the synoptic gospels suggest that the historical Jesus did not view himself to be God eternal, and some also claim the earliest Christians also do not hold to this trinitarian view.

In light of the above 2 examples, I’m curious if Christian Bible scholars do hold to nicene creed doctrines

I still secretly wish that blizzard would complete the unfinished King of the North expansion though I think it’s unlikely. I was trying to piece together the possible lore of behind the additional lands added in adventure mode which correct me if I’m wrong was initially intended for “King of the North”.

Map of act 2 sees the addition of the shrouded moors and the temple of the firstborn. From the lore, it does seem that after the nephilim’s victory over angels and demons, a Nephilim cult of sorts begin and its members were attempting to use dark magic and blood to ascend to a higher state (reaching the same powers of the Nephilim champion?)

Edit: the Shrouded moors and temple of the firstborn could have been intended to be located in the Skovos islands since Tyrael and Lorath were talking about Horadrim sent there in adventure mode. They would have been sent to investigate the Nephilim cult operating there as their base. The one who leads this cult would be Vidian, the lord of envy which you will slay in the temple.

Map of act 3 sees the addition of the ruins of sescheron where it explores the aftermath of the destruction of Barbarian society by both Baal and the destruction of the world stone. Probably the role of the player is to lay the souls of the barbarians to rest seeing that so many souls were roaming around the ruins

Map of act 4 sees the addition of different realms - realm of cursed fate, realm of infernal fate etc. Possible that these are creations due to the aftermath of Diablo’s invasions of the high heavens and his tampering of the crystal arch? Though not sure what the player’s goals are to be

Edit: the realms could be where Leah’s soul is residing in and the goal of exploring these realms is to lay her to rest

Map of act 5 sees the addition of greyhollow island. I love the mystery and horror of the lore behind this island where it used to be a thriving civilization where the inhabitants practiced human sacrifice to a demon which they unknowingly worshipped as a goddess - Nereza. Ultimately, the high cleric’s son - Rayeld woke up from the insanity of his religion and killed both his father and Nereza. Nereza seemed to have inflicted some kind of curse on the island at her death which drove Rayeld to insanity and he became the crazed man in the island. Not sure what happened to the island’s people though Nereza’s curse seemed to have mutated the animals there to become monsters. Likely the goal of the player is to investigate the island due to Quentin’s disappearance and release Rayeld from his cursed state (which you do when you fight him at the top of the tower after collecting all of the island’s journals).

If there was only one additional act 6 for the expansion, it would seem to be a really big act to accommodate all these different plot lines in one act

I still secretly wish that blizzard would complete the unfinished King of the North expansion though I think it’s unlikely. I was trying to piece together the possible lore of behind the additional lands added in adventure mode which correct me if I’m wrong was initially intended for “King of the North”.

Map of act 2 sees the addition of the shrouded moors and the temple of the firstborn. From the lore, it does seem that after the nephilim’s victory over angels and demons, a Nephilim cult of sorts begin and its members were attempting to use dark magic and blood to ascend to a higher state (reaching the same powers of the Nephilim champion?)

Edit: the Shrouded moors and temple of the firstborn could have been intended to be located in the Skovos islands since Tyrael and Lorath were talking about Horadrim sent there in adventure mode. They would have been sent to investigate the Nephilim cult operating there as their base. The one who leads this cult would be Vidian, the lord of envy which you will slay in the temple.

Map of act 3 sees the addition of the ruins of sescheron where it explores the aftermath of the destruction of Barbarian society by both Baal and the destruction of the world stone. Probably the role of the player is to lay the souls of the barbarians to rest seeing that so many souls were roaming around the ruins

Map of act 4 sees the addition of different realms - realm of cursed fate, realm of infernal fate etc. Possible that these are creations due to the aftermath of Diablo’s invasions of the high heavens and his tampering of the crystal arch? Though not sure what the player’s goals are to be

Edit: the realms could be where Leah’s soul is residing in and the goal of exploring these realms is to lay her to rest

Map of act 5 sees the addition of greyhollow island. I love the mystery and horror of the lore behind this island where it used to be a thriving civilization where the inhabitants practiced human sacrifice to a demon which they unknowingly worshipped as a goddess - Nereza. Ultimately, the high cleric’s son - Rayeld woke up from the insanity of his religion and killed both his father and Nereza. Nereza seemed to have inflicted some kind of curse on the island at her death which drove Rayeld to insanity and he became the crazed man in the island. Not sure what happened to the island’s people though Nereza’s curse seemed to have mutated the animals there to become monsters. Likely the goal of the player is to investigate the island due to Quentin’s disappearance and release Rayeld from his cursed state (which you do when you fight him at the top of the tower after collecting all of the island’s journals).

If there was only one additional act 6 for the expansion, it would seem to be a really big act to accommodate all these different plot lines in one act

It’s in high likelihood that we would receive some form of new Diablo game/additional content reveal in Blizzcon 2026 since Blizzard teased this year is the year of the Diablo franchise. What are your guesses on new content/games that are potentially revealed in Blizzcon 2026? Personally for me it’s:

- A remastered version of D1 (hopefully with hellfire expansion? Though I think this is unlikely because of the unhappiness Blizzard had over the expansion)

- While this is highly unlikely, I do sometimes hope that the cut quests of D1 somehow make it back in the remastered version. For those who are unsure what I’m talking about, the D1 files revealed that there are quests that have been cut from D1, the Belzebub mod adds on their own new content that builds upon these cut quests content that is embedded in the D1 files.

- A new expansion for D2R that features a new act 6 (since this was one of the options available when blizzard surveyed players a few months back on new changes they wished to see for D2R) and potentially a new class? I also hope they add the 3 Act 4 Quests they had to scrap off due to time constraints. Of course, rebalancing changes and new features to the game are welcomed

-while this is unlikely, I wish Blizzard personally would finish and release the scrapped king of the north expansion for D3. I love the lore surrounding Greyhollow Island, and the Nephilim cult in the Temple of the Firstborn. Otherwise, it would be cool if a new class like the Warlock gets released for D3

-an announcement of a new expansion for D4 to be released in 2027 where Baal serves as the main protagonist

Is there any form of scaling system in spell damage in Olden Era? Because if there isn’t, wouldn’t that mean that primal magic falls off in the later parts of the game since it’s a spell damage centric school of magic?

In heroes 3, spell damage eventually falls off in the later parts of the game. Does olden era also face the same issue? Because wouldn’t that make Primal Magic which focuses on direct spell damage be eventually obsolete?

I was thinking about this topic for a while. In so many places of the internet you just see so much more negativity than positivity. I understand that it could be a case of negative people being more loud than the positive ones since hate and anger have stronger motivating power but doesn’t that show that human nature is more fueled and motivated by negativity and unkindness since the positive ones are more apathetic? Would like to hear other opinions on the matter