Allen Ceedos

hope all has been ok <3

I was so jubilant to find that Crystal Onix has Ice/Ground typing! My joy, however, vanished when it evolved and turned into a Steel/Ground Steelix. What the heck! You beat that agent to capture it, it has one of the most offensive typing you can get and on top of that it's looking so beautiful yet in one instant everything is ruined! By the way, did you find an Eviolite in Adventures Red? Maybe then we can use Crystal Onix somehow...

There are around 70 fakemons sprinkled throughout Voyager's world, if I am recalling correctly. I have just started my playthrough, so don't know much about all the fakemons, but I didn't like what I have seen till now. The starters look average to me; haven't seen the final evos, so I won't judge them as of now (chose the water starter, and really hope that its final evo is a Water/Fairy one). There is a yellow mosquito and spider hybrid fakemon that I encountered which looks utterly gross, and I mean it!

Betamons of Adventures Red were equally gross as well, I didn't like any one of them. Maybe I have design issues, however, I have seen some fantastic fakemon designs on deviantart, to tell you the truth. Aethestode used the Orangean Arcanine and Growlithe designs from there, I guess. Orangean Metagross' design was also taken from the devs of Insurgence.

I love variants instead of fakemons. Swampert, Snorlax and Venusaur variants in Adventures Red were amazing. If fakemons are designed beautifully, then I will like them as well..!! I am a bit brutal here, but I prefer to speak my mind, so apologies in advance if I have offended you anywhere...

Lol...!! XD You are spot on here! Man, it's so hilarious, that tiger, crocodile etc., they look so ugly to me (no offences, plz), why does he like them so much?

Sors is pretty good, I've just started my playthrough of it. Voyager on the other hand is sill in early development phase, however, it is technically pretty sound, isn't it? Maybe it is even going to surpass Unbound in terms of features!! Let's wait and watch.

You have articulated it nicely, I would like to add just one more point regarding ascertaining the legitimacy of the incoming information by ourselves through all the resources available at our disposal and also by our own rational faculties.

Oh, he would definitely be behind bars or got assassinated, but he wouldn't have bowed down to MSM rubbish, that I'm sure of!

Yeah, he and some other guys like him are the beacons of hope in this gradually decaying, hopeless, materialistic world.

There is Delta Ambipom in Insurgence, however, when you are getting Armoured Delta Volcarona, who cares about Ghost/Normal Ambipom! ; )

Yeah, they all look like insects, one way or the other, to me! Maybe they are designed that way, I don't like it one bit.

I have just joined its Discord server of Adventures Red Vol. 2, and it is slated for a release this December. Some crappy betamons are again making a comeback; why does Aethestode like them so much, I wonder.?
Also, a couple of nice hacks have just been released. One is Sors, developed by #Vytron and the other is Voyager, developed by Ghoulslash. You should definitely check them out, highly recommended!

Well, Malcolm X said that "The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses." Neither could I not agree more with him nor do I want to add anything further, whatever he said is powerful and succinct. We should not rely too much on the "Idiot box" for the know-how of the world, instead we should strive to get first-hand information or listen to the investigative journalists for it, and then ponder over it ourselves. This is the least a concerned human being can do; that's what I think.

There are some channels like Alt News, The Wire, Newslaundry etc. They are not popular and get threats now and then, but obviously they provide complete picture, unbiased analysis and fact-checks. Regarding investigative journalists, The Corbett Report is a very good source of information!

Yup, it's happening, that's all I have to say... : (

Yeah, I also think that Unbound has set a trend that other developers would like to emulate as well. No idea about the update though, Skeli gave a preview one month back, I guess. Enjoy your break meanwhile, mate.

My only gripe with Normal type is that it does not hit hard (super effective) to any other type, meaning no OHKOs, and man, I love OHKOs!! But, I'm looking forward to strong pokemons with Normal/Ghost and Normal/Fairy typings. They might offer me something I crave for.

Well, to be honest, I can only remember Gen 6 for Greninja and legendaries, Gen 7 had cool starters, but that's all it had. I didn't like the designs of ultra beasts one bit. Gen 8 is total rubbish, to say the least. Also, I have never ever played an original pokemon game. I only play Rom hacks and Fan games, so no idea about DLCs, mate.

Well, there are some cool hacks in the pipeline that might be as good as Unbound if not better, like, Voyager, Saffron, MOT, Rocket Edition, Dark Fire etc. There might be more, but are the only ones I can remember now. You can also play Soulstones, that I have previously mentioned. It's also brilliant. I am, however, eagerly waiting for the next release of Adventures Red, hoping that it will be as good and witty as its predecessor!

Wow! How do you know about NDTV, I wonder? Is it that popular? In my country, it's the only NEWS channel that still has some sort of sanity left, while all the other NEWS channels have gone beyond reason and logic; constantly peddling fake news, propaganda, and hate politics. To make the long story short, Right Wing peoples and those in power hate NDTV in my country!

I hate panel discussions as well, if fact I have never ever listened to any panel discussions. I just check the headlines twice a day, and that's NEWS to me.

Well, office is good, I guess. I have to pretend that I am mentally there as well, along with my physical body, that's the long and short of my office!! xD

Hey, by the way, congratulations on finally completing the Unbound Walkthrough. As of now, I'm keeping my Unbound playthrough on hiatus, I have heard somewhere that Skeli is about to make a big update to the game. I'll probably commence it again after the update.

Bingo!! I also thought that the most powerful pokemon must be part Ground type. Normal type doesn't make sense to me. Xerneas has an awesome typing, superb stats, and beautiful design, why won't anyone like it, I wonder. Yeah, the name is cool as well. Did you see the legendaries of gen 8? They don't look like legendaries at all. I think gamefreak is going out of ideas.

My thoughts, exactly. I don't play a game from a collector's POV. I love team building and maximizing the potential of my team. But if the story is over, there is no point in carrying on further, I guess. However, if there are still some challenging side quests left or more dangerous areas to explore, then I'm ready to capture some more pokes and so on.

Let's just hope that we get some more interesting side quests in the upcoming updates!!

Well, I'm your stark opposite in this matter. I'm very picky in my selection. Have no patience in investing my time in trash mons, I'm afraid. The first thing that excites me about any poke is its typing, then the stats, then the design, then the movepool and then finally its abilities. If any poke ticks the first three boxes, then I'll consider it giving a place in my team. Maybe I'm harsh on them, but I usually play a game on 2X speed and don't grind much, so I need the perfect mons to make my playthough easy and smooth.

And yeah, I would love a have a B team as well, on the condition that I love the game and want to give it another playthrough!! ; )

So, what's your next project?

Well, to be honest, I am somewhat jealous of your day, seriously! It's really nice to be self-reliant, I guess. As for me, I usually wake up half asleep, go to office, do the work that is assigned for me on that day and gradually wake up with it, and around evening when I find myself fully awake but somewhat tired, I plan for my nighttime like reading non-fiction / fiction books, recreation or some serious studying etc. that's all I guess. (We were born intelligent, but education ruined us, right?) : )

Good to know that the situation is somewhat under control in Zim! I really hope that it stays that way.

Not at all interested in Arceus, Arceus sucks! Normal typing sucks as well.. : (
Among all the recent mythicals, I really liked Xerneas and Yveltal and Reshiram, Zekrom and Kyurem as well.

The developer, obviously! I don't think cramping 900+ pokemons in a single region hack is justified. Maybe I'm just picky, however, having something from each generation might quench the pokemon thirst of a lot of people in my opinion. But I also agree that some people might get offended if a certain favourite of theirs hasn't made the final cut. As for me, I hardly capture 20 - 30 mons, so I don't really care about the numbers, however, I do care about hard hitting mons. Quality over Quantity, I guess ; )

It's a recent game, developed around 2020, and now the developer is only doing the bugfixes. Here is the link-
https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=440329

Post game legendary hunt is not my cup of tea, seriously. What's the point in capturing it now that the main story is over. Where am I going to use it. We need some serious adversaries as well if we must embark on the journey to capture such legendaries, that might give some motivation to do so, I guess. xD

So glad to know that, and I also think that it's the appropriate way to handle this situation! Cheers to our boredom, mate! So, how is your normal day like?

So, if anything happens in South Africa, it echoes in Zim as well, huh? I think that most people are compliant. However, I fear about the day-to-day life of simple people who rely on daily wages and other such people who are involved in small scale businesses. They are going out of business, on the other hand, illegal activities and crimes have increased due to widespread unemployment.

Not yet, but I have earned enough money by smashing rocks obtaining gems and other items and then selling it to special NPCs who give extra money. Magearna has a nice typing, Steel/Fairy, I like this typing. Also, you get a Larvesta egg as well somewhere during this TOB puzzle, right? Beware of the puzzles in Vega Minus series. They are cringeworthy in my opinion. I left my playthrough in between because of them.

Well, regarding the number of pokemons in a particular game, I think if we choose 50 handpiked mons from every gen then they add up to 450, and I think it's good enough, however, if you also add 50 regional variants then the total number increases to 500+ and that is a perfect mix for a game, don't you think? Also, I think that the best reward to a mission will always be a rare pokemon, a shiny one or one with perfect IVs. I also don't mind a quest that involves an interesting / tragic story for the sake of variety and experience.

You are most welcome on discord. Do give me a ping when you join there. Regarding Soulstones, it is a completed fan game similar to Insurgence. It has interesting Regional Variants' roster and the story is pretty fresh with plot twists too, I think you are going to love it.

It's called VCP / VCR, right? We used to watch movies on this player as well. Now it's as good as junk you know (no offences plz). Look at nintendo, they keep coming up with a new console after every couple of years and I think their new games are only compatible with the latest consoles, isn't it a kind of rip off?

Yeah, I guess Zeraora is the new mythical pokemon, no idea from which gen though. I have stopped caring after gen 5.

Well, it depends, you know. A lot of peoples have lost their dear ones, while others were just lucky they somehow survived this ordeal. I am grateful to the Almighty that my family and I are safe and sound! My life is kinda boring to say the least...

Oh, it's difficult to explain. Police brutality is one thing, but if people are left on their own, they will ruin the whole situation in a couple of days, seriously! Some people are hyper conscious about this pandemic, while others are saying "fcuk corona". How are you going to maintain balance, I wonder! I think that people have got tired now because of distancing and regulations. Do you have similar situations there as well, or are people more disciplined there?

I haven't yet tried TOB puzzles. Now that you have mentioned it, I might skip it altogether. I don't like cryptic puzzles as well, to me, they work just opposite. I left Vega Minus because of those. Likewise, I also agree that explaining how to solve a puzzle might be quite painful. Good luck explaining puzzles, mate!

Well, I think that missions helped in cooling off a bit from the main story. However, the reward system for missions was not to my liking. You get Icy Sandshrew (don't find it cool though) and Ninetales through missions, but I am not happy with just them, although you get a TM for Aurora Veil and by changing the ability of A. Ninetales to Snow Warning and by arming it with Blizzard and Nasty Plot, you get a superb knockout machine! Perhaps, the main reason for my disappointment is that there are no regional variants in Unbound, and because of that it lacks the element of mystery! We get tired of playing with the same pokemons over and over again, don't we?

I also wonder about the current development state of Adventures Red as well. Maybe you have to join its discord server to know about the latest updates. Currently, I am just following Mirage of Tales and Stranded and by the looks of it, MOT indeed appears extremely promising to say the least. Stranded, on the other hand, is a totally different concept and I would love to see how it ends.

By the way, I am currently playing a new fan game 'Pokemon Soulstones' in office these days, and I find it pretty interesting. The dialogues are long and painful, but if you can bear with that, it's just awesome. Do check it out, I highly recommend it.

Hey, thanks for sharing the VHS pics as well. : ) It's a nice memento of your childhood, for sure, and you might be showing it to your kinds later, lol. Time flies, right? Can you still play it, I mean, do you still have the player to play the VHS? We have moved on from VHS long ago, even CDs and DVDs are going towards extinction. These days, they have even removed the in-built DVD player from the laptops, I guess.

Also, I have recently watched a pokemon movie where they have featured Zeraora, and I somehow liked it. It's not very musical, yet the story was nice; highly recommended!

Well, hello there, Allen! ; )
Missed you a lot, you know, these times are so uncertain, I was slightly worried to tell you the truth! Glad to know that you are fine. I am also doing good, I guess! XD

In my place, people are usually behaving in two ways; there are those who think that corona is nothing, and they are totally carefree, and there are those who are ultra cautious wearing double masks, maintaining a lot of distance and not even properly talking and so on. I find myself somewhere in between, though. I will do what is necessary but not more than that, honestly! So glad to know that your neighbourhood is peaceful and not ultra concerned about SOPs. Some localities in my place have gone beyond heartlessness because of fear, you know!

Haha!! Yeah, totally agreed. : )

Yeah, Unbound is super cool, I guess most of us would agree on that! Also, it has raised the bar so high in terms of technicalities that old hacks are now going to get obsolete, I guess! Mission logs, Dowsing Machine, Stat Scanner and Reg selecting so many stuffs were my personal favourites as well, especially mission logs. It gave me a feeling that I'm not going to get lost as it is there to guide me on what to do next. Regarding side quests, I agree, some of them were absolutely boring, as you have also mentioned like fighting 1000 battles and so on while some of them were interesting like finding the 5 hooligans and fighting as the boss of Black Emboar gang etc. I enjoyed the puzzles of Unbound very much!, especially the Distortion world puzzle, but unfortunately the victory road Ice puzzle was too much for me and I took online help to solve it, this puzzle definitely churned my brain over and over again!

Regarding missions, being the boss of Black Emboar Gang and fighting for their cause is the only quest that lingers to my mind as of now. I have noticed that Unbound never ventures outside the line, it plays by the rulebook. The main story is liner yet never boring, it's pretty intense to be honest. However, it still gives the vibes of a traditional pokemon game. On the other hand, Adventures Red is unorthodox in my opinion, and it is certainly not gives the vibes of a traditional pokemon game. Some side chapters are still fresh in my memory, especially the Goodbye Steve Chapter. It gave me chills! For the first time in my life, a Pokémon game gave me the experience similar to watching a horror movie. Stuffs like these makes Adventures Red my personal favourite. However, when it comes to giving my verdict, I will give them both 10 out of 10. They are both great games! Aethestode is a Master Storyteller and Skeli is an Ingenious Romhaker, that's what I think! ; )

I also liked the second movie, a lot. It has a nice story. On top of that, the Lugia's song is a fantastic tune and I really loved it. There is a remix of it as well, do check out this link-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW82Ftg_5iw

As for my personal favourite, it would be the 5th movie; Pokemon Heroes. The story was good enough, but the most memorable thing about it was the "Search for the girl tune" and its setting, where Ash was giving a chase to the Latias Girl! I still remember this scene pretty vividly. This is certainly one of the most romantic as well as serene tune I have ever heard. Check this out-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT2EiDnQfIM

Nowadays, none of the pokemon movies give us tunes like these! Now they are more interested in making money than giving us something memorable and lasting!

Well, at least there is still hope left in your country! The emergence of new players whether local or foreign might make the market more competitive and force the companies to lower the prices, this will also lead to better services and promotional offers. Over here, we had enjoyed a very good decade of healthy competition in the telecom sector; prices were nominal, no rentals, superb services, a lot of options to choose and so on. However, with the emergence of this faker, that is in collusion with the current regime, everything has changed in a very short span of time. Most of the telecom companies have perished, and we are left with a couple who are barely able to stand and are incurring heavy losses. Let's just hope that at least one of them survives, magically, otherwise, the telecom sector in my country will turn into a monopoly. When this happens, it's just 1984 in the making, I'm afraid! Maybe I'm thinking too much but with the things that we are currently plagued with and the drama that is unfolding every passing day, who knows...

Well, the protesters are keeping the democracy alive, aren't they? Otherwise, what is the difference between a democracy and a dictatorship? If you are not going to fight for your rights and choices, then who will.

Agreed! Instead of relying on Governments, Agencies or Institutions, thinking that they are our saviours, we should strive to become self-reliant and bond with each other more in these testing times. However, we are divided over religion, casts, race, tribes and so on and divided people pose no threat whatsoever...

Okay, that's too much politics, let's talk about pokemon a bit. Here is the million-dollar question, How would you like to rate Pokémon Unbound? Also, how is your unbound walkthrough coming along? As for me, Unbound is my second best, first still being Adventures Red, partly because it's slight unconventional. Side quests galore in unbound, some highly rewarding as well, did you like any in particular?

Additionally, speaking of movies, have you watched any pokemon movie, if so, which one is your favourite?

Well, the service is not that great, however, they are giving internet for free, and it's difficult to resist, right? Ordinary folks don't care about their privacy and online rights, I guess, as long as the internet is free, they won't mind selling their online identity... : (

It's not just you, the case is pretty similar with everyone. People are being forced to live like a hermit / house arrested these days. What else could they do? If you question the reality of Corona, you'll be put behind the bars. So, just obey the SOP and fuck the reason and questioning!!

Let's just hope that humanity survives along with the human beings post COVID-19 menace! You know what, millions of jobs have been lost because of lockdowns and what's even more tragic is that a handful of companies has doubled or tripled their net worth. Middle players are gradually evaporating while the big fishes are getting fatter and fatter with all the money in the world, what magic is this? Exploiting the COVID situation to their own benefits or may be directly benefitting from COVID; they would be glad that COVID happened, right?

Regarding 90s times, I too feel the pangs of nostalgia sometimes and go back to old movies, songs, books, cartoons, animes or places that I used to visit in those times etc. to quench the thirst or just to relieve that moment. It's not the same though, as you have rightly said, we are growing older and this process can't be undone. However, "Old is still Gold" in my opinion. XD The future looks bleak atm and I don't think there is anything to look forward to anyway. My language is pessimistic, but I am seriously hurt because of greed of people and more so because of CRONY CAPITALISM!

Standing up?? People are actually joining this faker network in hordes!! Other cellular networks are going in serious losses, I wonder how long are they going to keep up?

It's second wave, actually. Haven't you heard of Indian variant of corona? They are saying that its deadly, may be this time, I'm not sure. We are being fed daily that people are dying in numbers, oxygen shortage, doctors dying, hospitals are over occupied and so on and so forth. Only God knows the truth, I guess.

My childhood as well, very halcyon times!! Superb music, movies, cartoons, simple lifestyle, people actually trusting each other and so on... : )

Yeah I get it. This is my bigger issue too more so than the clots/other side effects. But at the same time, I don't imagine other vaccines were tested for more than a few years before being released to the public. Or I mean...maybe they were, but longterm testing to see how things will go longterm doesn't seem feasible since they want to prevent this stuff asap. I doubt people can wait 15 years for the testing of a vaccine, that's just too long. The flu vaccine formula changes each year too, so I doubt that one has been extensively tested for longterm use. But again I dunno, this is just my assumption @_@ And longterm effects of getting COVID vs the vaccine seem way more risky and scary to me so...

and I may not be able to travel because I need to apply for an exemption. They still have a backlog of Australian citizens who haven't been able to return home for a year+, so of course they've been prioritizing those people. We spoke with a visa lawyer and he said you may need to apply many times before they finally accept, each time adding more and more evidence on why you need to travel. I really wouldn't want to have to go to my doctor for a note that I need to fly to Australia to be with my husband or it will severely impact my mental health, going that far just seems ridiculous. But it's something I'll consider if I need to. I really don't want to come there months later and do the required quarantine on my own, especially since recent news has shown each quarantine facility they have aren't great :x (a family got infected because someone quarantining in a room next to theirs was positive)

Then comes the lovely main problem of flights. Most flights to Aus are being cancelled at the last minute due to lack of passengers. Business class and above have more luck not getting cancelled on, but those flights cost around $10k USD per passenger.

Well, you have to use some company to use the cellular services. However, if one of them is giving it for free, this puts severe pressure on others to lower their prices or even give their services for free as well. This is certainly not a healthy competition, and might kill all other competitors except the one which has some kind of backing.

We are now suffering from a severe third wave of Covid. Lockdowns are around the corner, and we still have to attend office, despite all this. What a peaceful times 90s were! : )

We only drink occasionally so nope! We have some bottles here anyway in case we want to drink, but def nowhere near as big on it as the typical SA person lol

And yeah it's a smart idea for sure! Kudos to him for putting all that time and effort in. \o/

I think people are exaggerating when it comes to blood clots, personally. From the statistics it seems like it's an extremely small chance to get clots. Around 30 in 1 million or so I think? Female contraceptive pills have around a 3 in 10,000 risk, and there are pills with an even higher chance than that which are still mostly safe and widely accepted/approved to take. Of course it's absolutely awful if someone gets a clot or other horrible side effect as a result of getting vaccinated, but I really don't want people to think that it's so common that every other person is getting it. x_X Personally I'll take an extremely small chance to get a clot if it means being safer when it comes to COVID. Still super early though yeah, who wouldn't be nervous having to get such a new vaccine orz

I'm not sure honestly. I watch some Australian YTers and they never wear masks in their videos, nor do other people. But that's in Sydney are and idk how things are elsewhere. Since husband and I are moving to west Australia prolly in September I'm gonna have to apply for a travel exemption and really hope they permit me to go with him haha

they didn't have much of a lockdown I don't think, just no more than 50+ people gathered I think? alcohol sales were also permitted after originally being told they couldn't be sold either lol. doesn't seem like people are on the same page @_@

And no idea! Hopefully the single-dose one. I don't want to come back for two doses and potentially deal with two sets of side effects. I'm a bit worried about getting it cause of that, I know it's the smarter thing to do but I still can't help but be anxious since this is all happening so quickly!

and yeah! I keep a small bottle of sanitizer with me all the time too, along with sanitizing wipes. It definitely is a relief having those. Interesting that your dad makes it!!

But things definitely are a bit messy atm yeah. :s I won't even feel safe having the vaccine once I do get it, because this virus mutates and there are different strains, so I hardly will trust the vaccine to protect me from all those. Seems like husband and I are moving to Australia in September though most likely, so at least it's mostly contained over there. Looking forward to not wearing a mask, they break me out :(

Here, the pricing and plans are all the same except one company that gives everything for free. I wonder how are they running it or what backing they have but because of this cheat, the competition has become so cut-throat, that small companies have already vanished and a couple of big ones are already on the losses, therefore the prices are high. These monopoly cheats are destroying healthy competition in my country, and sadly we can't do much about it!

Kindly allow me to justify my statement regarding Evees. Firstly, I prefer badass mons over cuties, the more badass the better, and secondly, I always go for dual type mons, and Evees' monotyping does not help its case either. Also, catching Pokémons is so troublesome and boring, I have hardly caught more than 15 pokes in any games I have played so far, it's such a waste of time. However, Insurgence and Adventures Red are the only games where I made a detour and captured some prospective mons to utilize them in the future. Oh, I remembered that tiger poke, its name was Raitora, I guess. Maybe it really meant something personal to Aethestode as you have mentioned!

Vaccine politics and A Billion dollar deals, I guess! : )

Well, you live in a society and society has its rules, you know, it's complicated. Beware my friend, going against the flow has its own consequences! However, I'm with you on this... : )

Yup. Blatant rip off! A daylight robbery. What buggery is this? : )

Well, design-wise, Eeveelutions in Adventures Red were fine with me, however, I've never been a fan of Evees, so never gave them any serious thought, don't like monotypes anyway. Moreover, I also think that Evees are for girls (my opinion, please don't typecast me for thinking like that! :)). Additionally, there was a tiger like pokemon in Adentures Red as well, design-wise it was so ugly, I wonder why Aethestode included it in the pokedex at all. What was he thinking, seriously? Also, regarding Unbound, as I have said in my previous VM, it's a technical marvel. You will know when you start playing. So many refreshing new upgrades over any other hack made till day; its overall feel and the environment is breathtaking. Just dive in, that all I will say for now. I am currently somewhere near 3rd gym as of today.

Now that vaccines have been introduced, there is no need for that anymore, is it? Reports have come out stating that AstraZeneca's vaccine is causing problems in adults like blood clotting, that's why so many countries are banning it. Also, regarding trials, phase I and phase II trials are already finished for Covaxin, our indigenous vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech, however, I can't say much about the authenticity of the data presented in those reports.

Well, there is no harm in wearing a mask in public places. I will happily comply, if it helps in any possible way to break the chain of transmission. I must admit, nonetheless, that it sucks, big time. Good thing that you live away from towns. No one in villages and other remote areas gives a damn about corona. Also, glad to know that your father can come up with home-made sanitizers, as we have to purchase masks and sanitizers from stores. I will advise you to not make a scene because of masks and sanitizers as people nowadays easily typecast others into Covidiots and irresponsible persons if they question the ongoing narrative and think otherwise. How dare you question the authority, eh? You are not supposed to think, just go with the flow, seriously!