Raevyxn
raevyxn.bsky.social
Raevyxn
@raevyxn.bsky.social
Gamer. Rabbit hole diver. Cat friend. Neurospicy fiend.
@duneawakening.com #DuneAwakening Building Contest - Starflower Sand Clock

Each week's Deep Desert time slips by, like sand through an hourglass...

This base has an "allegiance to none" theme -- the desert does not ask with whom your allegiance lies.

Video: youtu.be/In0UqDHsuMw

(Part 3/3)
July 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
@duneawakening.com #DuneAwakening Building Contest - Starflower Sand Clock

Each week's Deep Desert time slips by, like sand through an hourglass...

This base has an "allegiance to none" theme -- the desert does not ask with whom your allegiance lies.

Video: youtu.be/In0UqDHsuMw

(Part 2/3)
July 28, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Maybe I don't even need to ask, but have you read Children of Ruin? :)
June 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Cephalopods like octopus and squid can edit their own RNA on the fly, on a massive scale.

Some RNA changes show them permanently adapting to sudden shifts in environmental temperatures *in less than a day*.

www.sciencealert.com/octopuses-ca...
Octopuses Can Rewire Their 'Brains' by Editing Their Own RNA on The Fly
Octopuses have found an incredible way to protect the more delicate features of their nervous system against radically changing temperatures.
www.sciencealert.com
June 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Nice.
June 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Regarding that last bit...

how tho?
May 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Am the only one looking around and wondering...

"Is this the way it has to be?"

"Is this how we want it to be?"
May 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Am I the only one scrolling social media wondering...

"Can I recognize which are the fake comments and accounts?"
May 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
My guy, coming to my defense regarding the server discord hostility.

But the mods had already locked my thread (understandably, since I reported ninja-looter names without screenshots).

Sigh.

I will share his words here, because I'm grateful that 1 person, at least, will speak up with me.
May 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
May 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
<1wk of World of Warcraft (SoD)...

Thought it'd be fun.
Was raiding T1 & T2!
Learning the SoD lowbie raids!
Crafting new recipes!
+ Nostaliga!

But the constant cacophony of toxic & antisocial behavior is game breaking.

I do not know why — or *how* — WoW's (8million bots) 100k active users stay.
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
<1wk of World of Warcraft (SoD)...

5. Toxicity toward new and returning players is everywhere.

Have a question before dungeon starts?
Removed from group.

Make a mistake?
Ongoing hostility & harassment in chat.

Try to report bad behavior... anywhere? (Guild, discord, B)
"Call someone who cares."
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
<1wk of World of Warcraft (SoD)...

4. Reporting does nothing.

- Blizzard (B) doesn't mind bots. Bots pay subs.

- B's site for reporting ninja looters leads to an article saying too bad, so sad. (Paraphrasing.)

- B's "Contact Us" site results in chatgpt-responses rarely applicable to your ticket.
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
<1wk of World of Warcraft (SoD)...

3. Hostile language everywhere.

3.a) Group & guild members use toxic rhetoric daily, without repercussions. Calling out such comments is fruitless. Raid/Group leaders let them stay. Guilds excuse all behavior as a "joke" (e.g. threatening to find you and R you).
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
<1wk of World of Warcraft (SoD)...

2.d) Today, I asked in LFG how raids deal with loot ninjas. Was directed to the discord. Posted a similar list as above. Got *reemed* by mods for reporting low-lvl raids, & for not having screenshots. (The latter is understandable, but the "GTFO" was... shocking.)
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
<1wk of World of Warcraft (SoD)...

2.c) Monday: Paladin rolls need on a ubrs/lbrs Flask recipe. I — 300alch — lose the roll. I see it on the AH; they didn't even send it to an alt first.

Pally laughs, says they "needed gold" so they rolled need. Says to "quit bi*chin" and "go farm gold to buy it".
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
<1 wk of World of Warcraft (SoD)...

2. People ninja loot & laugh about it like it's a core feature.

2.a) Saturday: Rogue wins a NMD caster cloak and give it to their in-raid caster alt. No one cares.

2.b) Sunday: A warlock rolls on a +healing wand in ST. Wins, gets called out. Laughs & equips it.
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
<1 week of World of Warcraft (SoD), and...

1. Bots have taken over the economy.

Half the things you list on the Auction House are immediately undercut by 1 copper.

Or, items you're looking to buy are bought in mass and resold at massively inflated prices. (Just like RL, I know.)
May 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM