Yes! Happy Pride :)
I thought I said something mean that made me look like I had "aura" haha

If you are able to, get a Ragdoll cat. They are very friendly, trainable and sociable, and make for great pets. Of course that means they are expensive and usually not found outside of specific pet shops.
Generally speaking, a cat of older age will be less active and less likely to cause chaos than a young cat. Though again, make sure that you know the cat's nature by hanging out with them first.
If the cat trusts you, then you will have to (almost) never worry about them scratching or harming you seriously. Almost they'll lightly paw you. Just make sure you don't ever pet them too much; Usually that'll excite then and they'll start clawing anything on their way. They will not (usually) attack anything seriously on their own. Generally. I have a few scratch marks that prove me wrong though :D
In general any pet will have their own personality. Cats can be very quiet and shy to loud and mischievous. Make sure to spend some time with the cat you want to own to make sure you two vibe with each other.
In any case, I hope you get a wonderful pet!

Wait what? Did I do something wrong 😅 Sorry I'm new here!

🌈💕

Things have been tough and confusing, but they always have been. The difference is that with every new day, I have a chance to find good and kind people like you, and that will always be worth getting through another day.
So thanks for the reminder, I'll make sure to do one kind thing for myself today ^_^ (hopefully it's not just another big pastry lmao)

Am I also a :3 now? :3

I had a dream where they removed ult orbs and getting kills got you two ult points instead 😵‍💫 That would make 8K very possible in a real match!

Yess! I have been around for long but I recently made an account and started engaging :) Thank you! (Also recently figured out there is a "Replies" section in inbox where you can see who replied to your posts, lol!)

Oh, sorry about posting this in general discussions, I am new to posting in VLR (and in general forums like reddit and tumblr), so I am not super familiar with the etiquette. Where should I have posted this? I'll keep this in mind next time, thanks!

YES

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Same to ya! 💕 Just finished drying my laundry lol

Your Aspas and Ange1 are so much better written than mine 😭😭😭
Surely Alfa is more no!? I don't even remember the last time he played KJ on Haven
Alecks vs Desk doesn't count, desk can't fight back
Huge dapr callback lol

I am not sure why but everyone seems to think I am calling for action or asking people to boycott youtube. I just kinda reported what is happening, for anyone interested. I missed this myself (and am participating, so posting on VLR. I am not active on VLR otherwise) so I thought more people might want to know about this. I even worded my post carefully to avoid insinuating that I am actively asking people to participate or saying that they should. 🤷‍♀️
I make YouTube videos myself but I can afford to participate, though I totally understand that many people can't, youtubers and consumers alike. I just wanted to spread the information, especially for people who might have missed the news like me who don't consume much mainstream content and completely missed this policy change.

Khalil on Pearl for two weeks
runi on Vandal for two days
kiNgg when spike is lost
Aspas when it's about exit frags
Asuna on ropes
carpe on the bench
Ange1 for one round every stage
xeus when it doesn't matter
FNS
Leo when he's not pregnant
VIT for stage 1
Any team when their opponent is TH and its the grand finals
Any team when their opponent is Furia
And Sayf's team when...

(Stolen)
DFM/ZETA against PRX

Some serious-fun ones
wo0t when he's on duelist
yay when he's on Chamber
Alfajer when FNC need it
Meteor when GenG/T1 need it
trent when G2 don't need it

TL:DR - YouTube is using AI to guess user's age, and people are boycotting youtube on 13th August and onwards.
Also YouTuber Louis Rossmann called for action from people to change their social media pfp to a Clippy to protest against companies with exploitative product policies.

YouTube has implemented a policy of trying to detect the age of users regardless of the age submitted by them using AI and if their algorithm flags them as underage, it will require the user to submit proof of identity (like a government issued ID) to get their age verified.
Many youtubers and consumers are boycotting YouTube starting from 13th August as a protest against this policy. Some are doing it for one day, some for longer and some indefinitely until YouTube changes their policy.
While we are on the topic of protests, Louis Rossmann (YouTuber and consumer right activist) also made a video calling for action from social media users to change their profile photo to Clippy (Microsoft mascot) as a protest against exploitative consumer policies of large corporations, especially pointing at a strategy used by Instagram where they identify young girls who have recently deleted a post to flag them with possibly insecurities and use that data to market targeted products at them.
I am not sure if links are allowed in posts, but you can look for both of them by searching "Youtube Boycott Age Policy" and "Change your PFP to a clippy".

don't

Np, and thanks for the great work!

Heretics misspelt in one sentence!
"...with a 13/9/4 statline.
The second half started with "Heretisc" winning their first pistol, and..."

I'll also take this opportunity to thank the article writers, I wasn't watching this tourney (and same with regionals) so the articles helped give context to the matches beyond just what the score was - Thanks!

After the success of the replay system campaign, I have some hope for bot support in this game.

I think in general multiplayer video games (especially always-online ones) should have bot support in them as a standard. This increases the longevity of the game, and makes it fun to play for people with lower skill levels. It also tremendously helps people to test out different interactions themselves without having to find someone everytime they get an idea to test something new.

Games like Overwatch and CS have had bot support for a really long time now (If you play CSGO offline with bots, check out the 'Flying Fox AI' mod). Smaller scale games like Splitgate also had bots. Old games used to always have bots, like Quake and older Battlefields.

This should also tie in with the "Stop Killing Games" movement. While it's understandable that Valorant by nature can't really be an offline game (mainly due to risks posed to the anti cheat system), but atleast there could be plans to preserve the game after its lifespan is considered over (On Archive.org, you can find a pre-panaroma version of CSGO, completely standalone and offline with all skins unlocked as well).

I will admit this is very much a personal request - I love playing offline against bots for many reasons (I have poor connection and I love beating up bots :P), but I hope this resonates with more people.

People are also trying to encourage other additions to Valorant such as a custom map creator or community support. I support all of these whole-heartedly, but I will say that I want the game to have an offline mode or a single player campaign (as hinted by Anna a while ago) or some sort of offline support, and I think it'll benifit the game in the long run.