☢┃stalker-general

[undone heron]

my gf is 21 don’t worry

[main jewel]

theres reasons i dont send you reels anymore

[marble gyro]

I look 20 but forever cursed with a baby face

[visual mortar]

i genuinely doubt that

sorry dude

you're 30

[marble gyro]

Lexa seen me

[visual mortar]

grow UP

[undone heron]

grow up before it doesn’t go up anymore

[main jewel]

im ngl gang

i dotn see it

[visual mortar]

TRUE

[main jewel]

the image you showed me just looked like a smooth filter

[marble gyro]

What you need another one?

[undone heron]

exposed in the stalker general

[marble gyro]

Fucking fine

[main jewel]

i think im good

https://tenor.com/view/cat-cute-biting-catattack-kitty-gif-22092626

[charred nova]

tbh growing up is realizing you don't need a women to be happy

[main jewel]

I DONT WANNA SEE TOUR HEADD

[undone heron]

you want head instead fr

[charred nova]

🥀

[main jewel]

but

[main jewel]

wait thay

thats impossible

[undone heron]

how

[main jewel]

im not a a Man

[undone heron]

YOU CAN GIVE GIRL HEAD WDYM

[main jewel]

true

[marble gyro]

Smooth filter is fucking crazy

[main jewel]

thats not ehat its called…

[marble gyro]

I dont use filters

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/doohickey-corporation's-headquarters-shlim-quomba-charbleston-robert-helpmann-glaggleland-invention-gif-11013620984329410365

[undone heron]

I’m just not being graphic bro I don’t wanna talk about roast beef sandwiches

[main jewel]

this is happening to you

[undone heron]

the cartel when you owe them 5 pesos

[main jewel]

sorry if i pushed the wrong button

[main jewel]

hes right

[visual mortar]

dude

[charred nova]

is this guy crashing out that a women 10 years younger than him is not attracted to him

[main jewel]

im gunna leave the chat before it gets hostile

bye guys

[charred nova]

But the show is just getting started

[main jewel]

im
gunna eat some hot dogs

[visual mortar]

the general chat is forever stained by the rotten souls who trample its polished floors

the scuffed boots of men who care not where they tread

[old aurora]

I like the new map but man do they need to retcon where they put the Brain Scorcher

[visual mortar]

this guy just spawned in btw

[charred nova]

the map retcons are pretty much unavoidable

[old aurora]

What did we do bro

[main jewel]

am i rotten

[old aurora]

Ik I js think they need to change where the brain Scorcher is

[visual mortar]

yes

you specifically, mar

[old aurora]

Am I rotten?

[visual mortar]

are one of the tainted ones

[visual mortar]

idk you just spawned in

[old aurora]

I talk in here sometimes. I mean I'm not like active or anything I wouldn't say but I've been here

You probably just remember my pfp and not my name

[meager crag]

Avatar is new tho, right? Love the CoP Dutyer btw

[old aurora]

Yes.

[main jewel]

what did i do

[old aurora]

I had The Judge (Far Cry New Dawn) pfp before

[main jewel]

please dont make me cry

[old aurora]

I think he's dope

[meager crag]

I haven't seen Me in here for a while

Don't think he's alive either

@me

Ded asf

[old aurora]

Why are we making Lexa cry

[visual mortar]

ANGER

hey dude where is your spawn point

[old aurora]

She ain't do nun she's too silly to be rotten

[main jewel]

[old aurora]

LMFAO. Ok I just got the joke you're making lol.

Idk I sorta spawn wherever Duty is.

[main jewel]

im gunna make hotimdogs

[meager crag]

Never heard of those

What are hotimdogs?

[charred nova]

WDYM BRO NUCLEAR CRINGE

👎

[bold smelt]

We found lead balls

[charred nova]

that looks like a scrap yard

got any old ac units

[bold smelt]

No but we have torn apart radiators

[charred nova]

darn

[visual mortar]

call me in for dinner

[old aurora]

YOU ANARCHISTS WILL NOT STOP MY AURA FARMING

[charred nova]

duty is the worst faction even the devs hate duty

[old aurora]

NUH UH

[charred nova]

is true

[old aurora]

NO. OUR FACTION IS THE BEST

[charred nova]

an overwhelming majority of the devs are freedomers

[bold smelt]

We have copper and brass

[charred nova]

even the ex ceo of gsc was a freedomer

why the devs write duty to be the most useless faction of all time

[old aurora]

DUTY IS STILL COOL AND GOOD FACTION, TRUST

[charred nova]

you melting it down

[undone heron]

I wondered where my balls went thank you

[bold smelt]

We are going to go to the uard

[charred nova]

I have a giant wind turbine ball bearing

[meager crag]

Obviously, but still

[undone heron]

wind turbines are so annoying

they are such an eye sore

[meager crag]

The cope is still so real

[bold smelt]

Better than solar

[old aurora]

No but seriously they are

[undone heron]

yes but the thing is for the cost of a wind turbine they never make the electricity equal to the amount they cost to create and maintain

[charred nova]

meh

[main jewel]

i want lead balls

[undone heron]

ur so zesty

[charred nova]

july 31st 2022 will live in infamy

[bold smelt]

True, but i would much prefer a wind farm to a solar field

[meager crag]

Nah

[undone heron]

I would prefer a nuclear power plant

[charred nova]

TRUE

[old aurora]

They're just overly cautious really

[bold smelt]

One ruins natural beauty worse than the other and provides less jobs

[old aurora]

Since they don't have enough men or resources

[charred nova]

i found out the brain dead public caused a massive expansion to the one near where i live to be cancelled

[undone heron]

Just not a RBMK they’re bad

[old aurora]

And resources*

[charred nova]

some people are literally too retarded to be kept alive i swear

[bold smelt]

Im all for nuclear as long as it isnt here

[meager crag]

"Not enough resources"

See, now I know the cope is real

[charred nova]

nuclear power will never hurt you bro get real

[undone heron]

rosatom

[charred nova]

you're falling for big coal propaganda

[undone heron]

the Russian nuclear corporation that maintains the russian nuclear power plants is so scummy

they’re so under maintained they will blow up one day

[charred nova]

the world has no use for coal anymore THERE IS ZERO FUCKEN PURPOSE TO COAL

ZERO

[old aurora]

Omg nuclear is so good. Chornobyl was the Soviets literally being so focused on competing with the U.S. they didn't put an off switch on it. And now due to that mistake people hate nuclear.

[bold smelt]

I dont care about potential incidents i care about the ugly ass building, everyone here already hates the gas power plant and we doubt itll explode either

Power plants arent welcome here

[visual mortar]

gas power plant sucks get rid of it

[undone heron]

npp isn’t ugly

[charred nova]

the leason from Chornobyl is soviets are actually stupid and communism is bad

[visual mortar]

so then where do you get power from

[bold smelt]

Npp are ugly as hell, just like any other power plant

[old aurora]

I think they need some artifacts to even make the journey to killing the Zone IF they know how

And they don't have enough

[bold smelt]

Somewhere else where the power plants are welcome

[meager crag]

Wow, bro just went directly against their own ideology

Amazing

[undone heron]

France

[old aurora]

You do use the Zone to kill the Zone. Poetic and necessary

[bold smelt]

I was thinking the city but yeah that too

[meager crag]

Yeah, by giving them to scientists for study or to sell them for weapons

[charred nova]

ironically the most red state on the east coast new hampshire has a nuclear power plant but mass the most blue state does not

[undone heron]

because red is good

less tax

[charred nova]

red states are historically anti nuclear

[old aurora]

Also don't forget Freedom is mostly to blame for Duty not being to kill the Zone

[bold smelt]

Communist states vs democrat states

[charred nova]

and pro coal

[old aurora]

By having constant wars

[undone heron]

on paper

[charred nova]

uh no this is just reality

[meager crag]

Are you saying that Freedom is singlehandedly beating Duty's ass?

[charred nova]

[meager crag]

Based

[bold smelt]

NH is red? Isnt vermont one of the bluest states in the country

[meager crag]

[undone heron]

I mean they’re pro coal but they are still investing in npps

[charred nova]

yes

[old aurora]

No, not beating their ass. Just making their resources and manpower too limited to kill the Zone

[charred nova]

maybe in europe but not here

[undone heron]

gang I know America

[charred nova]

big coal and big coal lobby to make npp as hard to open as possible

[bold smelt]

That is like being anti gun but donating to the NRA you just cant do that

[old aurora]

But uh

[charred nova]

through red politicians

[undone heron]

there’s lobbies in both sides they’re both bad in America

you have two parties that are the same

[charred nova]

yah they both SUCK

your right

i hate them both

[meager crag]

You're making your faction look even more pathetic than they already are

[old aurora]

In S2. Yeah Freedom beat Duty's ass. However, in the DLC I will join Duty to hopefully give them their revenge

[charred nova]

no it will allow me as skif to join freedom

[charred nova]

and enact total duty death

[bold smelt]

Theres lobbies in both sides but the lobbies have different priorities for each, you cannot dismiss them as being the same

[main jewel]

i would join zulus duty

kill voronin

[bold smelt]

I want to join the filipino military

[undone heron]

I knew you were a zest fest

the ube isn’t worth it

[main jewel]

i cant wait for stalker 2 to be fun again

[bold smelt]

Dude the military are the manliest filipinos

[old aurora]

They aren't pathetic but when you have your men trying to fight Freedom, fight the Zone, and then try and kill the Zone it becomes difficult

[bold smelt]

I didnt see no americans fighting at marawi

[undone heron]

manliest doesn’t fit in that sentence

[old aurora]

To do the last part

[visual mortar]

i think we need a big ass dodecahedron to come through here

[undone heron]

can you be commissioned in the game as the villain of the dlc

[visual mortar]

it hasn't been geometric enough lately

[charred nova]

look bro duty has never even tried to destroy the zone

they have never even lifted a single finger to even try

they are total larpers

and massive losers

[main jewel]

i need to do a vanilla playthrough so i can play the dlc when it comes put

[meager crag]

They have

Unfortunately, the one time they have, Duty didn't even exist yet

[charred nova]

who sell a lie to there recruits which if you talk to the duty people many of them say them selves they are just in duty for the gear and do not believe in the goals of the faction

[meager crag]

So technically Duty didn't do anything

[undone heron]

the ward is better

[meager crag]

Ward is also cringe

[old aurora]

They don't know how

[charred nova]

so they are just larpers

[old aurora]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA no

[charred nova]

in other words total losers

ward is better than duty in everyway

[old aurora]

No they're waiting till they know and can do it

[charred nova]

they actually destroyed the zone

they win by default

[meager crag]

I mean, they're technically both better and worse than the military

[charred nova]

[main jewel]

fake ending and needed skif to do it

[old aurora]

They did it for literal world domination

[undone heron]

this is rare

[meager crag]

Jack? Y is Duty people always cope asf?

[charred nova]

fake ending or not they could destroy it

[meager crag]

[undone heron]

we are actually talking about stalker 🙏

[old aurora]

Duty wants to do it to save the innocent

[charred nova]

literally true all of them are total morons

[ornate palm]

Can i ask, how much has your guys' performance increased since release to now?

[undone heron]

a lot

[charred nova]

the 70 iq duty member average stands true as per usual

[meager crag]

When it comes to #☢┃stalker-general, who knows

[main jewel]

voronin has different motives

[ornate palm]

I played near release and remember my game freezing for 30ish seconds when i walked into populated areas

[main jewel]

i guarantee you

voronin is a ass wad retard

[undone heron]

I shot him

[old aurora]

Nuh uh

[meager crag]

Ah yes, just like the innocent Stalkers who got caught into their little war and suffered for it

[ornate palm]

By how much if youd put a number on it, debating buyign it

[visual mortar]

46

dude...

[old aurora]

How so?

[visual mortar]

gotta be

[ornate palm]

running the goold od 1080ti and ryzen 5 5600 so im still unsure

[undone heron]

15%

[bold smelt]

Im in stalker you know

[charred nova]

have you even played the trilogy

[bold smelt]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1108881882000674936/1146509564976566382/S.T.A.L.K.E.R.__Call_of_Pripyat_30_08_2023_15_14_14.png?ex=6a18873d&is=6a1735bd&hm=ab4222e8d0f5cc9592c1922a9d6b50e6dc1ef28d6a5fee9dc838af214d518f16&

[main jewel]

he hasnt

[visual mortar]

me and penguan are both in stalker 2

[old aurora]

Would you believe me if I said yes?

[main jewel]

just to let you no

[charred nova]

no tbh

[main jewel]

know

[ornate palm]

Thanks guys!

[undone heron]

you’re welcome

[charred nova]

duty fans have either never played the trilogy or only played anomaly or gamma

[main jewel]

im a duty fan tho

[meager crag]

You don't even read the stuff I write to you, I guess

[visual mortar]

i was a former dutier i support this user

[charred nova]

your a corps fan

[old aurora]

I've played S2 and I am planing on playing the trilogy when I can buy it

[meager crag]

So why would I explain it when you clearly don't read my stuff?

[old aurora]

Lowkey just got a bad memory

[main jewel]

that too but i like zulus duty not voronins bullshit ass dick stuff

[old aurora]

wasn't that like a week ago?

[charred nova]

man who could have seen this coming

[bold smelt]

You are still adutyer

[proven hollow]

Duty is trying to save the world

[charred nova]

[proven hollow]

from the evil of the zones

[visual mortar]

true... forever

[meager crag]

Bro

[charred nova]

zulus duty is only a thing on paper

[old aurora]

Thank you

[proven hollow]

They are just really, really bad at it

[main jewel]

i hate voronin with my heart and soul

[charred nova]

we wont know whats its like till the dlc

[meager crag]

A week is just a week tho 💀

[main jewel]

he doesnt know

[old aurora]

💯

Lmao I like that name

[proven hollow]

if i werent a Monolith fanboy I'd be a duty fanboy

[visual mortar]

yeah tampico is a good name isnt it

[main jewel]

i always know more than the average stoc member

[charred nova]

in cop he is not the leader of duty

he is just a high ranking member

[meager crag]

Anyways, Voronin can ask Marked One to kill regular stalkers at Agroprom and they also hit regular Stalkers at Yanov station

[visual mortar]

im the savior of the stoc race

[old aurora]

Just wait. Duty may get their chance in the DLC

[undone heron]

no

[main jewel]

jack doesnt knoe what i know

[old aurora]

Yes

[charred nova]

alright explain

[undone heron]

ward will still win fr

[old aurora]

[charred nova]

we all know the freedom outcome will be cannon

[proven hollow]

loners are essentially just hobos one step away from being a bandit tho

[main jewel]

what if i get super mega banned bro

[charred nova]

[old aurora]

We all know the Skif ending is canon

[visual mortar]

duty is stronger than your wife's boyfriend

[charred nova]

ight just dm me then

[undone heron]

skif is actually identifying as a pan

[meager crag]

Some, yes

[undone heron]

so like checkmate

[old aurora]

No i like the name you changed mine to

[main jewel]

im eating hot dogs and drink redbull

[proven hollow]

The vast majority

[meager crag]

GSC literally confirmed nothing kek

[meager crag]

Some, yes

[old aurora]

Everything points to it being canon

[charred nova]

the skif ending is very likely not canon

[undone heron]

hot dogs not sausages? i revoke ur germanic heritage

[charred nova]

the most likely ending to be canon is the strelok ending

[main jewel]

skif and strelok endings are good candidates

[meager crag]

GSC literally confirmed nothing kek

[main jewel]

why would gsc kill off the main character

[old aurora]

Strelok's is the only possible one other than Skif but I don't see it as being canon

[proven hollow]

Nah, the vast majority of loners would rob a person if they saw he had a big pile of artifacts on him

[undone heron]

because sega

[main jewel]

gsc doesnt want like 50 main protags

[charred nova]

it is almost for sure canon

[old aurora]

Tbf good point. I wanna play as my boi Skif again

[main jewel]

i think 4 is enough

it also saves time and money

[old aurora]

Why?

[undone heron]

theres only 4 games

[visual mortar]

is this proof

[bold smelt]

To avoid making the entire series about him

[meager crag]

Depends, not everyone is a monster obviously

[charred nova]

it is the only one that allows for another game set in the zone

[main jewel]

im gunna bomb you

[meager crag]

Sure, there are some stalkers that do that, but most are just bandits

[old aurora]

Yeah exactly. Skif is the only canon option

[visual mortar]

did sylky make this

[proven hollow]

true, but they're all desperate enough to go into a super dangerous radioactive zone to either run from the authorities or try and get rich there

[meager crag]

Biggest mess starts usually when there's a goldrush like the Garbage or when the Brain Scorcher got turned off

[charred nova]

no dude.....

[meager crag]

Obviously kek

[visual mortar]

we made shit like that in gmod not obvious

[charred nova]

i still think its funny sylky started hating me over how i treated waifu slayer

[visual mortar]

curious

[meager crag]

Sylky do B Sylky tho

[charred nova]

after the democraticly voted on 1 hour mute for waifuslayer he hated me from that point on

[old aurora]

I think you believe in the misconception that in Skif's ending the whole world becomes the Zone. Which isn't shown for sure. It seems that anomalies just popped up again for a sec like in the second Caribbean experiment 'n stuff

[charred nova]

that is literally what happens

[meager crag]

You know what?

Most HoC endings are vague

[visual mortar]

they should make the next dlc in the middle east

[charred nova]

it is spelled out pretty clearly

[old aurora]

How do we know

[meager crag]

Which automatically makes them bad

Ez

[bold smelt]

Tuscon dl

[charred nova]

technically its not the skif ending

its the faust ending

[proven hollow]

Almost as if all the endings are philosophical in nature first

[charred nova]

though then we have to assume was the doctor always faust

was the doctor even real at all?

[visual mortar]

yeah

[charred nova]

did he become Faust past a certain point?

who knows

[undone heron]

ima just play stalker 2

I havent played this in ages

[charred nova]

skif set the zone free

[proven hollow]

I think they're both personifications of something that exists in the noosphere

[bold smelt]

I hope not

Thatd be especially grimdark even for stalker

[undone heron]

ofc it will

[charred nova]

I mean there is concrete proof faust is real

[old aurora]

Yes but how do we know what that means?

[charred nova]

it is shown what it means

[old aurora]

That it means he made it worldwide?

[visual mortar]

jack i think you're stupid

[old aurora]

Lemme rewatch the ending one sec

[charred nova]

anomalies can only exist inside the zone

[old aurora]

[bold smelt]

Thats too grim, i dont think theyd go for that

[charred nova]

?

[old aurora]

uhhhhhhhhhh did you play S2? Do you know what the second Caribbean experiment is?

[visual mortar]

yeah

[proven hollow]

of course, but one doesn't exclude the other, if the c-con can mind control people whatever is in the noosphere might very well be able to do it as well

[charred nova]

I guess its possible you kill the real faust

[meager crag]

Guys, guys

Obviously the Scar ending is canon

It's so obvious

[proven hollow]

honestly my fanfic lore is that there's some being in the noosphere, alien, consciousness, whatever you want to call it

[meager crag]

I don't know why you guys don't see it

[charred nova]

that is the scar ending

[bold smelt]

The tampico ending is the canon one

[charred nova]

and we see in the scar ending this is not the case

scar was wrong

[meager crag]

Not yet added

[proven hollow]

no, that's the c-con doing that, i mean besides the c-con

[bold smelt]

They should make the afghanistan fanfic books canon

[meager crag]

I'm looking forward to the Crimson ending

But ngl, Jack ending looks based too

[bold smelt]

Crimson didnt like that

[meager crag]

Even if it's absolute fanfic

But some fanfic is good

Like Jack's

[bold smelt]

Neco arc ending

[meager crag]

Can't say the same about GSC's work

[meager crag]

Sylky ending fr

[bold smelt]

[old aurora]

Ok I'm gonna be 100% honest. I do think Duty isn't super noble but I don't think they are straight up evil or liars. I think the leader's are being cautious and are willing to do whatever it takes to kill the Zone regardless of if some innocent lives are claimed. I think they're a "ends justifies the lazy means" type faction

[proven hollow]

There is some being in the noosphere that wants to extent its influence, so it uses skif and all those others to push it towards that

[meager crag]

Can someone finish HoC by modding the entire game into a finished game?

We need the Bethesda fanbase treatment here

[proven hollow]

Conveniently aided by foolish scientists full of hubris trying to claim they understand what they're dealing with

[old aurora]

Bro the game is still mostly finished. Devs just gotta add the rest of the game.

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/lies-over-it-liar-your-best-li-ever-yet-gif-11931068

[charred nova]

this does not really disprove anything

anomalies do not appear in skifs house

the artifact flies into his house destroying it

[meager crag]

Wow

UFO nonsense

[bold smelt]

Didnt the second caribbean experiment spawn anomalies outside the zone

[charred nova]

basically what happens in the faust ending is with out humans directly probing or attempting to interact with the noosphere the entire planet is suddenly covered in anomalies

in other words the zone is expanded to the entire planet

[old aurora]

It's very possible that it's only temporary.

[charred nova]

why would it be

the zone is unchained

also the worst retcon by far is the fact they retconned artifacts working outside the zone

[old aurora]

Because you can't have a 5th game with that

[charred nova]

exactly so that is not the cannon ending

[old aurora]

Then what can be?

[charred nova]

the strelok ending

[undone heron]

i messed up i did strider instead of ward in sircca

[old aurora]

Strelok's? No not really I don't think

[old aurora]

How would that even work

[charred nova]

it is literally the best ending to allow for another game

you would go back to the center of the zone to kill strelok

[undone heron]

spark so much worse base than ward chemical plant

[old aurora]

That would feel like a DLC thing not a game

I think both are possible.

[charred nova]

maybe the should have written better endings

just a thought

[old aurora]

I think it could go either way

[charred nova]

[old aurora]

The fact we are discussing them makes them well written

[charred nova]

no?

[meager crag]

Inb4 the real canon ending is the one in which Skif dies to the earliest anomaly he encounters

[charred nova]

something can be the most horribly written slop of all time and i can still discuss it lmfao

[old aurora]

How is it poorly written?

[charred nova]

one ending is everyone in the zone is doomed to die

one the zone is destroyed

one the zone destroys the world

and one the zone is controlled

the issue with the strelok ending is it should not be about strelok

because strelok was haphazardly written over a different character

[meager crag]

Real

[visual mortar]

jack the professional expert

[charred nova]

ever wonder why there was a different character in the trailers who was oddly replaced by strelok

it's not because they were hiding strelok

that WAS strelok at that point in development

[meager crag]

https://tenor.com/view/stalker-stalker2-explaining-gif-25555840

Leon Kennedy, my beloved

[old aurora]

Why is Leon Kennedy on my screen

[lost needle]

Wasnt it to hide the fact that it was strelok in that cutscene

[charred nova]

fake news

[old aurora]

Not really

A video I watched explained it well. Lemme find it. Explained all of this well

[charred nova]

the original script got leaked online during the great leaking of 2023

[lost needle]

the character design is pretty nice though

[charred nova]

That character use to be a FSB agent

hence why he got cut

[lost needle]

yeah i heard sumthn ab that

[old aurora]

FSB?

[charred nova]

Russian secret service

modern version of the KGB

it is very likely why strelok randomly totally breaks character

[lost needle]

when does he do that again

[old aurora]

Hm

anyway lemme find that video now

[charred nova]

when hes talking to you through the eyes of the dead guy for example

[lost needle]

yea dark right?

whats so out of character about that scene tho

[old aurora]

https://youtu.be/O66nedM_obc?si=7K_MlIEYzxNBqNei

[lost needle]

Hes just mocking the dead guy for being an agent and failing

[old aurora]

Jack when you get a chance please watch it. It is a bit long but it explains what I'm talking about better than I can

[lost needle]

WE love anomalous dugout

[old aurora]

YEAH

[undone heron]

if they can build sircaa why cant they just build a big dome around the zone and abandon it

🧠

[charred nova]

it is not in character for strelok based off anything he ever did in the trilogy

[lost needle]

cuz its expanding

[old aurora]

It pretty much is. The video goes over it

[bold smelt]

like the simpsons movie

[old aurora]

Lemme actually find the timestamp for it

[lost needle]

I mean i always viewed it as his worldview of the zone changing, starting as hate and evolving into a protective obsession

[charred nova]

maybe but to me it will always feel like hes skin walking as someone else

cus he is

[old aurora]

https://youtu.be/O66nedM_obc?si=x0y2TK6W-zXlreoo
47 minutes in

[lost needle]

I wonder where strelok would fit into the story otherwise

Cause afaik strelok was planned to be the mc at the start

[bold smelt]

he was for some time but i think that was only early in development

[charred nova]

I personally wish we got the version where strelok is the fsb agent

and strelok served a different purpose in the story

a way more interesting story

[meager crag]

I mean, defending HoC writing against Trilogy writing by using HoC writing is basically like defeating yourself in your argument

[charred nova]

so hes doing some HEAVY interpretation based off like one line of dialog in cop

[old aurora]

I don't think it's really that heavy but yes

[charred nova]

this is not a compelling argument for that point

not at all

he is literally miss understanding the dialog on purpose to support his argument

[old aurora]

How so?

[charred nova]

he is saying that line of dialog is proof of streloks mind being clouded back then

[old aurora]

It is

[charred nova]

dude.....

no

[old aurora]

How is it not?

[charred nova]

that is literally someone simply being unsure due to lack of concrete proof of something

that is what he is saying there

he is simply saying he is not SURE he knows the answer to deggy's question

[harsh jungle]

a Honse post a day keeps the server safe

[old aurora]

The other evidence too tho

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/outis-limbus-company-project-moon-cupcake-outis-my-beloved-gif-5287228886188712012

[old aurora]

Did you keep watching it?

[bold smelt]

i havent watched the video but i will say, the wish granter clouding his mind is just him being an agent at the time

i dont think a guy without a cloudy mind would have to be told who he is to his face

[charred nova]

by the end of Soc he is already free of the agent programming

[old aurora]

Did you hear his point with SIRCAA?

[undone heron]

Yes

[meager crag]

Like, what is bro even trying to say with "he was still brainwashed back then"

Like what

[charred nova]

if you want to say he changed his mind over time okay sure

but that has nothing to do with brain washing

[meager crag]

Birb

[main jewel]

yup

[charred nova]

like by the logic we know if strelok was still an agent by the end of soc

once he learned he him self was strelok would he have not ended his own life

per his agent programming

[old aurora]

That point may not work but the one about SIRCAA makes sense

[charred nova]

i still think this was still meant to be a disillusioned FSB agent of some kind

[meager crag]

HoC did get drastically rewritten

[old aurora]

Idk about "drastically" I think it was rewritten tho

[meager crag]

Drastically

[old aurora]

Probably. But the lore still fits

[lost needle]

Personally this is the theory i stand by

[old aurora]

Works*

[charred nova]

its a downgrade though

[meager crag]

The theory I stand by is that their writers suck

[charred nova]

crimson knows better than any of us that this is true

[meager crag]

And apparently my grammar too

[lost needle]

i dont care feed me stalkerslop

[charred nova]

he knows the deep truth

[meager crag]

STALKER slop or soup?

[lost needle]

slop

[old aurora]

He didn't bring it up but also remember that Strelok has been in the Zone for a long time. Being somewhere long enough you become accustomed to it and it feels like home

[charred nova]

in the credits of cop it says he left the zone

[old aurora]

Yeah?

[main jewel]

feed me slop too

[old aurora]

Didn't you say you didn't play HoC?

[meager crag]

Fair enough, Zero Investment

[meager crag]

Yeah, both because of writing and gameplay

[lost needle]

I had a craving to play stalker gamma but then i remembered that im not a bum

[meager crag]

Zero Investment

Trust

[old aurora]

How can you say they suck when you've never played it?

[meager crag]

Because it sucks

[lost needle]

i literally bought the ultimate edition upgrade a couple weeks ago

[old aurora]

Yes but how do you know? If you've never played it?

[charred nova]

the gameplay is fine though the weapon balance is indeed bad

makes no sense at all most of the time

[old aurora]

It's not bad just a bit unrealistic

[charred nova]

nah its bad lmao

[lost needle]

I got 93 mods to fix just that ✌🏼

[meager crag]

I have, just not for long because it sucks

[old aurora]

When?

[lost needle]

Oh no its really bad

[old aurora]

How?

[meager crag]

2022

[lost needle]

Insanely unrealistic plus a lotta guns just arent worth using

[charred nova]

the way the system works early games guns are totally ununsable in later parts of the game

the hk416 by mid game is basically unusable

[lost needle]

verbatim

[meager crag]

CoP balance, my beloved

[old aurora]

Bro. The game had to have been in such an early state it is NOTHING like it is now.

[odd sky]

https://tenor.com/view/cossacks-how-the-cossacks-kyivnaukfilm-ukrainian-animation-козак-грай-gif-13843483649337024626

[charred nova]

some humans will tank an entire 416 mag and live

[meager crag]

It's not that realistic, but it allows you to tailor your loadout to your playstyle and to situations

[charred nova]

that simply should not be a thing

[odd sky]

Literally

[visual mortar]

https://tenor.com/view/cossacks-how-the-cossacks-kyivnaukfilm-ukrainian-animation-козак-грай-gif-13843483649337024626

[old aurora]

Pretty sure each one is worth using at one point of the game or another. Or depending on your playstyle

[lost needle]

Im using the mods realistic caliber and glass cannon i think to fiz that

[visual mortar]

the embedulator at your service

[meager crag]

I think some 6 months after release, not that it matters much

[odd sky]

I need 1 lvl to master

[old aurora]

Yeah it's unrealistic but it's not super bad

[lost needle]

There is not a single reason to use any sidearm over skifs pistol and not a single soul uses the svd

[charred nova]

uh yah it is lol the trilogy did it way better

[old aurora]

It sorta does

Like the game has changed a lot

[visual mortar]

revoke 12 levels from this user

[meager crag]

Nah, not that much

[visual mortar]

forever veteran

[meager crag]

I know the game changed

[charred nova]

the game has not changed massively since launch

[odd sky]

this secret technique called sending gifs

[old aurora]

Agreed. I just don't think it's really that baf

[lost needle]

Socs fast shooting ak carries the entire game and you get it at the start

[charred nova]

there has been no overhaul of the games weapon system

[odd sky]

NOOOO

[old aurora]

Yes there is???

[charred nova]

some MINOR changes to weapon stats is all we have gotten

[lost needle]

Actually it carries till you find the vintar in army warehouses

[meager crag]

CoP balance, my beloved

Even if it may not be everyone's cup of tea

But I like to have choice

[lost needle]

yo sidenote is that command and conquer

[charred nova]

oh alright an anomaly did appear in skifs house

[meager crag]

Instead of "You NEED to use this weapon or else you're underequipped"

[charred nova]

i am wrong on that one

[old aurora]

Rhino is AMAZING for mutants. 2 shot burers with it. SVD is a great early-mid game sniper. APSB is an amazing burst secondary. And more

[meager crag]

Hella dude, a Nod Commander inside Temple Prime

[lost needle]

Good luck fighting ammo for the svd and i forgot ab the rhino yeah

[visual mortar]

imagine if this was green

[lost needle]

The rhino is fun

[lost needle]

Then its just a warhammer nurgle spawn thingy

[old aurora]

I've always been able to find ammo for the SVD you can buy it really early and it lasts you a long time

[main jewel]

https://tenor.com/view/red-breaking-bad-why-are-you-blue-gif-2814536546828669613

[old aurora]

The sidearms all work well too. The 1911 I used for well basically all my game until end-game where it was put onto my secondary loudout

Only because I got the APSB

[meager crag]

Or some lame-ass Necron wannabe

[old aurora]

Dalin also mentioned it caused anomalies to appear outside the Zone. How could it not happen later?

[charred nova]

yah but they all went away

because the zone was still contained

[old aurora]

I think that the S2 writing was a bit subpar compared to the rest of the series but I don't think it was bad at all

[lost needle]

I tricked myself into liking the writing after my 4th run

[old aurora]

Yes and we also don't know if the Zone has entirely gone to the rest of the world. We only saw those blips. Which was like 1-5 each continent.

[charred nova]

it seems that a lot of stuff was not checked with existing lore in the trilogy

[old aurora]

Those aren't that many

[charred nova]

for example entirely up ending the entire artifact market as it is explained to work in the trilogy

for literally no reason

[old aurora]

How could it make it so Skif's ending can't be canon

[meager crag]

Just like how Warhammer fans trick themselves that being spoonfed slop is awesome?

[lost needle]

Exactly

[old aurora]

I went over this before but I'm pretty sure it mentioned that only some artifacts didn't burn out and most did but also at varying rates

[lost needle]

But darktide is awesome

[meager crag]

I'm personally looking into Konflikt '47 instead

Looks awesome

[lost needle]

oo i heard about it it looks so cool

[old aurora]

So the black market still sorta fits

[charred nova]

nah

[meager crag]

Ikr?

[lost needle]

I view it as a byproduct of sircaa being able to grow artifacts

[old aurora]

How so?

[charred nova]

in the trilogy it is heavily implied they are wanted due to there real world use and applications outside the zone

[lost needle]

yea looks genuinely awesome

[charred nova]

if all but alpha artifacts stop working when removed from the zone

this entire market makes no sense

[lost needle]

Actually in stalker 2 too, the game contradicts itself

Many artifacts have descriptions about their mainland uses

Like for example one is used for expensive jewelry

[old aurora]

It's implied only a couple do burn out. I got it wrong. There are some artifacts that just burn out they're called "dummy artifacts"

#📸┃screens_and_videos message

[meager crag]

Rules and gameplay seem pretty good too

[bold smelt]

crimson do you have AC

[lost needle]

hey as long as it isnt like 90 bucks for a set im totally behind it

[meager crag]

Like, Assassin's Creed or something?

[bold smelt]

aircon

[old aurora]

From everything I've seen and experienced S2 is subpar for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. standards but still a good game

[meager crag]

Yeah, it's cheaper than 40k as well, Games Workshop are just being assholes as per usual

[lost needle]

Yeah pretty much

[meager crag]

Just a fan, that's it

[old aurora]

And some members hate it a good bit more than is warranted since whilst it's still just subpar it's apart of their favorite or one of their favorite game series

[smoky hawk]

Stalker 2 is better than COP and on par with CS Id say

[bold smelt]

get into bolt action

[lost needle]

I wanted to buy one of those posable space marine figures but then i chose to not be that big of a bum and bought some hellsing merch

[meager crag]

Friesland can get pretty humid, so when it's hot, it's hot

[old aurora]

Yh

[meager crag]

I can do both at the same time, that's the cool thing of Konflikt '47

Because if you've got Bolt Action stuff, you've also got K47 stuff

[meager crag]

Ayo Hellsing

Manga or something else?

Actually had one in my hand today

[bold smelt]

hellsing fumo

wait konflikt 47 is a suppliment to bolt action?

[meager crag]

Sorta, yeah

Both nearly use the same rules

[bold smelt]

neat

[charred nova]

Turn on the ac

[meager crag]

You can basically use Bolt Action stuff in Konflikt '47

[meager crag]

Fan barely does anything

[bold smelt]

it looks like konflikt 47 is actually a modification of bolt action, it comes from it

[charred nova]

That’s not ac bro

[lost needle]

Currently looking to buy the manga irl, i already read it on mangadex

I bought a couple plushies for shits n giggles and figures of seras and alucard

[charred nova]

I should restore a retro ac unit tbh

[meager crag]

I know, I said I only got a fan

[charred nova]

That would be cool

[meager crag]

Based, I had one of those big volumes in my hands today

[lost needle]

dope

[meager crag]

But I bought something else instead

[lost needle]

Last time i went to one of those manga stores i was threatened by a 6'5 170 kilo titan of a discord mod

Top 10 life experiences ever genuinely

[meager crag]

Inb4 that was Harry Dresden's brother

Bought my manga at a book store instead

They have basically everything

4 stories high

There were people on every floor

Except I was the only one on the comics and manga floor

I felt like such a chud fr

[charred nova]

[meager crag]

Then some other guy showed up

And he was a fat neckbeard with terrible fashion

So I felt even more of a chud

Dis shi's tuff

https://gif.fxtwitter.com/tweet_video/HFoG0xQakAcpvYj.webp

[lost needle]

there was a bunch if people at the place i went to, me and my buddies left after the incident w the discord mod dude and just went to the place opposite of it

I bought metro 2034 n roadside picnic, no manga tho

[lost needle]

Heard this dude got arrested

[meager crag]

Like, how did it even happen? How did it start?

[meager crag]

Duder got got, yeah

[lost needle]

Asked my buddy if he could find 'goodnight punpun' and the dude gripped my ENTIRE shoulder and went on a very angry rant why i shouldnt read that

shit was funny asl tho

[meager crag]

Kek

Everyone's got their own stuff they enjoy

Don't hear about that one often

Store I was at had a bit of everything

Attack on Titan, Death Note, Dragon Ball, Fullmetal Alchemist, Hellsing, Frieren, JoJo's, Slam Dunk, Chainsaw Man, etc.

Figured I wanted to go with something light, so I got The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons and Ages manga

[main jewel]

what is going on

[meager crag]

Here's your answer
https://share.google/aimode/wMasKLyOGES0dxyYi

[lost needle]

pretty cool

[main jewel]

true

[weary geode]

My PC for the OG stalker trilogy is done apart from the OS

[charred nova]

well yah did you hear what he did

[ruby zealot]

open the door

[charred nova]

NOW

[ashen stone]

Should I be against the ward or not

Idrk what’s going on

Nvm I have chosen to side with the ward

[vapid galleon]

choose a faction you want

[vapid galleon]

Ward is a faction that have soldier and scientist site, most like PMC. Have a goal, research about Zone and destroy the Zone. Do you want to help them or oppsing them is the Spark faction, which is more Loner-focused and includes Scar, and wants to protect/maintain the Zone

[ashen stone]

I want to destroy this hellhole

[vapid galleon]

choose whose side you'll be on the road to your goal, but don't forget you're a Loner

[vapid galleon]

aight, just don't forget. Are you profiting from this or are you being used?

[ashen stone]

I can’t lie I don’t even know what’s going on or what I’m doing

Right now my quest is hot on the trail and the guys who want to protect the zone seem really weird

[vapid galleon]

that's what you're gonna focus because destroying Zone won't gain you anything

[vapid galleon]

just play bro who cares

[ashen stone]

But what would I gain from protecting it

[ashen stone]

I’m just playing I have an idea of what’s happening

[vapid galleon]

your goal isn't to save or destroy the Zone; your home was destroyed, and you want to reclaim it. Your aim isn't grand, and destroying or protecting the Zone is beyond your reach, out of skill. You're merely helping factions who are trying to destroy or protecting the Zone, out of mutual self-interest

[vapid galleon]

yes, a reminder. You entered the Zone there to sell your artifact to highest money, but you learned it wasn't that simple and you jumped into the Zone. Actually, your only goal is to raise money for a new house

[ashen stone]

I’ve seen that

I like this game it’s fun

[vapid galleon]

as a open worlds shooter story game, yeah

[normal sail]

cost of cope

[vapid galleon]

*ragebaiting community

[normal sail]

oh boy the announcement channel lit up, surely it'll be something significant about the game

[vapid galleon]

*%20 discounts

[weary geode]

My first play through I just pretended as if I was actually in the game making the decisions, tbh I thought everyone was just lying

I went into stalker 2 without any prior game knowledge and I just thought something was off with everyone

I liked that first time experience it was nice

[ashen stone]

Who did you side with

[weary geode]

You want spoilers?

Off topic.. Really wish stalker 2 had an RP mod

[north hatch]

Any idea on when the engine update and dlc is gonna drop?? Ive been restraining myself from playing because i dont wanna spoil the game before its in a perfect state

I wanna sink my teeth into the whole game in the best version possible so that's why im hesitant to start rn

[astral otter]

Northern hemisphere summer. End of the window is end of August.

[north hatch]

Wdym by northern hemisphere?

[astral otter]

Countries above the equator have Summer in June, July, August

[main jewel]

be careful guys

[north hatch]

Ooo trueee i see wym

So basically sometime between june to august

[main jewel]

nah

gsc isnt releasing the dlc in june

late july early august is the most uh

predictable time

infact there could be a delay

[north hatch]

Hmm i gotchuu

[main jewel]

june is when we might actually hear some freaking news

[astral otter]

All they have said is "Summer"

[main jewel]

or dlc trailer 2

[astral otter]

Anything else is speculation

[main jewel]

well i can tell you the dlc isnt finished so

[north hatch]

Ig ill probably play the game then wait for the dlc and play that seperate because idk if ill have time during school time

[main jewel]

if anyone has a modded playthrough

[astral otter]

And how do you know that?

[main jewel]

yall have 1 month to get to after sircaa on a unmodded one

[north hatch]

😔😔😔 im willing to wait for the best product possible

Not even intending to rush either im just eagerly anticipating and when I heard summer i copped the ultimate edition

[main jewel]

its kinda obvious dont you think
also for anything usually mods get more info.. one reason why i became a mod

but

if it were to release in june we would be hearing stuff about it

[astral otter]

Well obvious is still speculation. Like I said.

[main jewel]

he doesnt know

[north hatch]

You never know studios be Shadow dropping sometimes but who knows

[main jewel]

gsc is actually known to shadow delay

so be ready

[north hatch]

💀 dang

[main jewel]

dlc winter 2026

[north hatch]

Is the game playable now atleast or should i wait for the dlc and engine update

[main jewel]

just wait until the dlc comes out

your already like a month away from everything

[north hatch]

If it has to happen so be it but it would be a little disheartening i was hoping to play stalker 2 before gta 6

[north hatch]

Trueee imma just thug it out

[main jewel]

well i will say gsc has a higher chance of not delaying a dlc..

theyve been working on it since 1.4

that was like last year

[north hatch]

Do you think the engine update will get delayed?

[main jewel]

no

the dlc is built on the new engine

5.5.4

that has to come first or alongside the dlc

[north hatch]

Is the new engine only for the dlc?

[main jewel]

most likely alongside

the new engine is for free

[north hatch]

I gotchuuu

[main jewel]

which the dlc is paid or free by ult edition

if you have the ult edition its just one big ass update

[north hatch]

Ultimate edition isnt free but ik wym 😂

[main jewel]

but for folks who didnt pay for either itll be a smaller update

[north hatch]

Can't wait tho im hyped

[main jewel]

me tew

[main jewel]

i didn say that…

blasts you with a beam of energy

[north hatch]

Im just happy ill have a lot of content to play since i havent touched the game at all since the game has came out

And hopefully itll be running like butter and looking insane

[main jewel]

the lighting is better

[north hatch]

Do you get to see early exclusive footage?

[main jewel]

tgats the best part is the lighting and glass actually looks like glass

not a mirror

[main jewel]

not for the dlc but you can see from the trailer

the trailers glass is better

and lighting issues is what 5.5.4 fixes

with a big amount of other things

the dlc is gsc’s most highly gate kept thing currently

[north hatch]

I hope the AI gets a touch up 😬 I dont wanna be greedy tho

[main jewel]

it will

our current a life is an experiment for future titles

[north hatch]

Good thing for you in part tho you don't get to have it spoiled

[main jewel]

I WANNA BE SPOILED

[north hatch]

You're that excited huh? 😂

[main jewel]

TES

YES

[robust pendant]

||Strelok kisses Skif||

[north hatch]

Is the dlc gonna add a whole new section of the map?

[robust pendant]

check the trailer, we only know what we see there

[north hatch]

Was hoping there was extra info i didnt know about on the discord

[main jewel]

limansk

might just be the underground

tho

one of the buildings might be the radiowave institute so

[north hatch]

I gotchuu

[north hatch]

Any good games yall recommend while i hold out from playing stalker 2?

[main jewel]

oh also

@north hatch https://youtu.be/5ImPmgKGWNQ?si=XhbjfrgXard8tNg3

this is truth spraying

[main jewel]

ready or not

[north hatch]

I already have that one

😭

[main jewel]

im also gunna buy the new non stop energy drink flavour

when it goes up online..

[north hatch]

That sounds cool that they sell those

[main jewel]

DUDE

20 dollars is the average shipping price

GAAALLYYY

though there is a non stop stalker patch.

these patches that people put in the packages kinda make the 20 buck shipping price not matter a single dime

[bold smelt]

europa universalis 4

[stark crescent]

Stalker 1

[north hatch]

Not gonna knock it just not my type of game

[north hatch]

Definitely gonna play eventually just wanna beat the 2nd game before that tho

[stark crescent]

For cheonological order, you first wanna play clear sky, then stalker 1. Then stalker call of pripyat

[bold smelt]

fair enough

[north hatch]

All imma say is that i will never say never to trying it but top down perspective was never my thing but who knows if a civilization or Europa game will captivate me since i like history so idk

[north hatch]

Bettt

I dont wanna dismiss something i havent tried but at the same time i have a good gauge of what I like by looking at it from what i seen in the past

[main jewel]

technically

the trilogy has been reduced to possible stalker storys of the legend stalkers

cause of the fucked changes stalker 2 has

and the map

and thats probably why the trilogy is called legends of the zone now

[bold smelt]

i keep thinking jack is ginger

[main jewel]

cause erm gsc probably reduced them to “legend”

as if it was a story

[charred nova]

I’m not ginger

[main jewel]

so the things that were changed could just be like rumors

or straight non factual stuff

told by the campfire stalkers

[bold smelt]

i doubt that was the intention because "legend of the zone" has been a term used far far longer than the name change

LoTZ refers to an individual, not a story

[main jewel]

well legends of the zone did pop up march 6 2024 after many s2 trailers

[bold smelt]

yeah but the term "legend of the zone" has been used way longer, its even been a role in this server since 2019

[main jewel]

its also easier to retcon stuff by just saying the trilogy couldve been just a campfire story with some truth maxers and some false maxxing

[charred nova]

It was all a dream

[bold smelt]

man emission was not joking about the bloodsucker porn that still sits in this server

[main jewel]

[charred nova]

https://fixupx.com/the__unyielding/status/2059735354895385012?s=46

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[cyan sparrow]

Is Krezzin still alive or been shot by a woman?

[main jewel]

he is asleep

[stark crescent]

Krezzin is still krezzin

@dreamy dagger

[dire tide]

Guys I heard new non stop flavor is coming,will it also come to Germany?

[main jewel]

uh

erm

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Where

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if your import shops have it

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its not widely sold there

but golly i need it

[undone heron]

what the fudge

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i want all of them

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summer stalker flavor for the summer dlc

trust

[undone heron]

does it come with radioactive substances

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no

[undone heron]

but I want uranium in it

It has good calorific intake 😔

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im curious what this tastes like

[undone heron]

uranium has the most calories out of every element

[undone heron]

sweat

there’s actually an energy drink here called sweat that tastes like sweat

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i actually do want all the nonstop flavors

[undone heron]

I didn’t even know nonstop was a brand

oh it’s because it’s from ukraine

I’ve only been to ukraine once and I never saw it tbf

[stoic flax]

Peak

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dude why is there a cccp market in texas

[stoic flax]

WHAT

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AUGHHH ALSO MY ONLY OPTION TO GET NON ATOP IS TO EBAY IMPORTTTTT

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WHATTTTT

[undone heron]

when I went to the dmz they had Stalin vodka

they have everything cccp branded

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yeah 💔

[undone heron]

KVASS I SEE IT

you can never hide this delicious drink from me

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i didnt know texas had this in it 💔

[undone heron]

go there fr

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i dont WANT TO

they dont even have the thing i want

[undone heron]

non stop

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im also not entering a store with the name cccp market

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it’s because they’re russian not ukranian

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also they do traditional goods or something

[undone heron]

I entered the country of the koreans

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only if a atb market could open here in the us of a

hi atb market

[undone heron]

they will take ur ebt don’t worry

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open a store here

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thats not a funny joke

[undone heron]

LOL

it is…

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AUGHHH ATB MARKET SELLS NONSTOP LIKE STORES HERE SELL MONSTERSSS