Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He presented himself as a fair, altruistic Elf who wanted to collaborate with Celebrimbor to create gifts of great splendor.Bishōnen Line: Almost literally when he assumes his fair form as Annatar against Celebrimbor and Eltariel during the first and third phase of the final Boss Battle.Big Bad Ensemble: With Shelob, Zog the Eternal and the Bright Lord, Celebrimbor for Shadow of War. Big Bad: Of the Bright Lord DLC and all of Shadow of War.Berserk Button: He does not like people playing with the One Ring as the living Celebrimbor discovered the hard way after his own rebellion in the Second Age.Annatar, Lord of Gifts is easily the prettiest character in the series, but has the blackest, most cruel of hearts. Beauty Equals Goodness: Averted spectacularly.At the end of Shadow of War, Sauron succeeds in absorbing Celebrimbor into himself, but as a result ends up (seemingly involuntarily) turning into an immobile giant flaming eye for his trouble, losing many of his more useful powers and forced to rely on his orc armies to maintain his influence. Be Careful What You Wish For: Shadow of Mordor made it pretty clear that Sauron was hunting Celebrimbor in order to absorb his power and reassume physical form, something that could only be achieved otherwise by regaining the One Ring.And, as we know from the films, way, way in the future, just as the One Ring finally overtakes Frodo Baggins's mind right on the slopes of Mount Doom, almost guaranteeing that Sauron will retrieve the Ring with no trouble, the hobbit Gollum accidentally destroys it and cripples the Dark Lord's power forever. Sauron can't interfere in Talion's rebellion directly either, since his defeat and forcible assimilation of Celebrimbor ends up stripping him of most of his powers and trapping him in the form of the Lidless Eye. The undead Ranger Talion was corrupted by one of his Rings and becomes a Nazgûl, but that's only after resisting long enough to keep Sauron's armies off-balance until the One Ring could be found and a quest started to destroy it, thanks in no small part to the nifty new Ringwraith powers granted by said Ring. unfortunately for him, he's often loath to call them triumphs. The Bad Guy Wins: Sauron wins and triumphs over every opponent he meets face to face.The only thing he gets in exchange is an impressive, long-range True Sight, an immense downgrade from the threat he was. This means he can't physically manifest and also has most of his best powers negated. It effectively puts them in Mode Lock in the form of the Eye above Barad-dûr. By the end of the climactic fight of Shadow of War, Sauron absorbs Celebrimbor as he long intended to, but the Wraith manages to match his power and both end up fighting for control over their fusion. Assimilation Backfire: A crucial one too.That being said, the Assimilation Backfire listed below provides a handy explanation as to why he doesn't have those powers by the time the events of The Lord of the Rings takes place. In the games, he not only still has it into the Third Age, but Sauron is apparently able to project telepathic messages to unwilling recipients from hundreds of miles away, and possibly also teleport. In the events of the books, the top god Eru deliberately takes away his ability to assume an attractive form after the Downfall of Númenor caused by him. Adaptational Badass: This version of the Dark Lord is vastly more powerful than in the original books, and notably because he lacks a canon handicap.Defeated long ago by the Last Alliance of Men and Elves, he has returned to Mordor after a two-and-a-half thousand year absence. The second Dark Lord to terrorize Middle-earth.
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Magic was forgotten across the lands and the people thought that there would be nothing else but them once again. Wars erased their memories of a time when the magic city was flying in the sky. While others started to forget that they were trapped on small pieces of the once big continent Lux Plena. Only a few survivors continued to believe that the whole world was shattered into pieces. Every ship has come back to its starting point, as if the area was cursed. Since then, no ship has been able to leave the border between the sea horizon and Lux Plena. This caused Magic Power to be uncontrollable and caused the sea and the winds to change sporadically. Scholars knew that there were no limits to their explorations and discoveries, but only if they can pass the confines and limitations of the known world.īut the worst is yet to come when Mother Nature shatters Lux Plena into several pieces. Only some unexplored islands in the big sea were left. The opportunity of using magic completely disappeared together with the magical city that was flying in the sky. No one could answer the question of why their magic had turned against them. All magic spells became distorted so the user and his environment would be hit by intense damaging magic, even if it was good and white magic in first place. Others would argue that it happened because of a curse from awakening restless ghosts. Rumors circulated that the gods were insulted by the abusive treatment of the Magic Power. Some may say that it was the wrath of gods. Some say a mysterious catastrophe ended the peaceful life of the people. But with a sliver of hope, Lux Plena was saved by separating from the world. Lux Plena was almost completely destroyed due to corruption and abuse of the Magic Power. They learned to control and harness the power of the sky to build the first ever city in the sky: "Pardioc".īefore the current world of Florensia was created, the islands of the continent were filled with Magic Power. It was rumored that they had been blessed with the gift of longevity that helped them acquire more power. From there, they expanded to the blooming countryside and the quiet lakeside. Those few townspeople risked their livelihoods on the rumor of new lands and prepared for the long journey to form a new kingdom in the foreign world.Īs the townspeople began to build up their new kingdom, they discovered ancient books that made their construction surprisingly easy they discovered the power of magic. Most of the townspeople did not believe them, and there were few who trusted the words of the men. They announced that people should settle on the new continent, which would later be known as "Lux Plena" - the continent of light. The adventurers knew this was a huge discovery and quickly sailed back to their home to reveal their findings. Mysterious new animals and plants could be seen from every direction: it was a mystical and beautiful place. Strange symbols and magic spells were engraved on the walls. It was an abandoned land with ruins of an ancient civilization. And despite the citizens laughing at their ambitious dreams, they began an adventurous journey.Īll they found was an unexplored continent. They believed that secret paradises were waiting for them beyond the horizon. Until one day, brave men set out to explore a new route on the sea. Once long ago, the citizens of this world believed the world ended where their eyes met the horizon. You can follow this author on Twitter at. But he did get to drink Mountain Dew worry-free, and that’s basically the same thing.įor more Lakers talk, subscribe to the Silver Screen and Roll podcast feed on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or Google Podcasts. Read that sentence again and make it make sense (spoiler: you can’t).īutler never got to play in the Finals like Bryant did in the years after the trade (he got a ring with the Mavericks in 2011, but he was injured all season). After just one season, the Lakers traded Butler and Chucky Atkins to the Washington Wizards for Kwame Brown. Buckets.”įortunately for Butler, he didn’t have to wait too long to Do The Dew again. Everybody else was asking for the Gatorade Tiger and all that, I was like ‘go in my locker.’ The ball kid was like ‘go in your locker?’ I said ‘put two ice cubes and put the Mountain Dew in a Gatorade cup.’ And hey. But I held true to it, I only drunk it in the third and fourth quarters. But the second I went to Washington I was back on that. And I just pivoted away from Mountain Dew for the remainder of the season. “So we was on the bus and he comes to the back and I literally had a Mountain Dew, one-liter or two-liter bottle, and I immediately tried to hide it and he was like ‘come on, man, you can’t be putting that in your body, what the hell you doing CB?’ And from that moment I was like, I’m gonna stop drinking Mountain Dew. Whatever I eat is good because it’s good to me.’ You know what I mean? What are you putting in your body?’ I was just like ‘I eat good,’ like me thinking from the South, like ‘I eat good. “And I was like ‘fuel, what?’ And he was like ‘man, you gotta be premium. You’re a Mercedes Benz, you’re a hybrid, you’re not supposed to be huffing and puffing like that. You’re huffing and puffing a little bit too much. And fast-forward to our first game of the season, and he’s just like ‘man, you look good, your game is sharp, but you be like, getting winded sometimes. Because I started blackout sessions with Kobe right after he signed a contract, and he had signed a contract. During a recent appearance on “The Lowe Post,” Butler told Zach Lowe about the encounter with Bryant that made him stop drinking Mountain Dew, at least while he was in Los Angeles:ĭid you really hide that you drank Mountain Dew from Kobe? Best of all, he and Bryant got along well, which is more than Bryant and O’Neal could have said at the time.īryant did take issue with one Butler’s habits, though, and that was Butler’s love for Mountain Dew. His second season wasn’t nearly as spectacular, but he was still an intriguing young talent. 10 overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, averaged 15.4 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.8 steals in his rookie season with the Heat. The Lakers acquired Butler, Lamar Odom, Brian Grant and a future first-round pick from the Heat in exchange for The Big Aristotle, and while none of the players that Los Angeles got in return for O’Neal were anywhere near as dominant as he was, they were good, foundational pieces for the rebuild - Butler especially.īutler, the No. The Los Angeles Lakers weren’t a very good basketball team in the immediate aftermath of the trade that sent Shaquille O’Neal to the Miami Heat, but they were still watchable because of the promising young tandem of Kobe Bryant and Caron Butler. He went to high school O'Dea High School, where was the captain of the football team and was also part of the baseball, chess, and debate teams. Robinson was born on September 11, 1985, in Spokane, Washington, and grew up in the greater Seattle area. Robinson's last event he worked in was the 2019 WCS North America and Europe qualifiers. He also created a weekly StarCraft II podcast called The Pylon Show with Daniel Ray "Artosis" Stemkoski and Matt "CobraVe7nom7" Land. Afterwards, Robinson worked in the StarCraft scene independently, continuing to cast numerous StarCraft II tournaments. He left Evil Geniuses in January 2017, after the organization dropped its entire StarCraft II division. īy mid-2012, Robinson started hosting and casting live events more regularly, and while he worked primarily as a host and analyst thereafter, he still played in a few major StarCraft II events, including MLG and the HomeStory Cup. Later in 2011, Robinson competed and commented in the first season of the North American Star League (NASL). However, he did not find much success playing in tournaments afterwards, due in part to large tournament organizers, such as GOMTV and MLG, allowing professional South Korean players to compete in the United States. Robinson's best professional result in came in 2011, after finishing in the top four at MLG Dallas 2011. In an interview, he noted that while he enjoyed the community aspect of the game, he was "a competitor first and foremost." His Evil Geniuses salary increased to at least $3,000 per month by 2011. He would also cast StarCraft events and worked on the State of the Game podcast. By 2010, Robinson and some of his Evil Geniuses teammates founded GosuCoaching, a dedicated coaching website, where the majority of his income came from. He was initially paid a salary of US$200 per month, along with paid travel and free equipment. That same year, Robinson joined the esports organization Evil Geniuses, in anticipation of Blizzard Entertainment 's upcoming sequel StarCraft II. He was also a contestant on the first season of the Syfy reality show WCG Ultimate Gamer in 2009. In 2007, he won the World Cyber Games 2007 USA qualifiers. Robinson began playing StarCraft: Brood War as early as 1998, at age 14, when he started his own professional StarCraft team. In 2019, he died due to a pulmonary embolism. The first one occurred in 2013, when he developed deep vein thrombosis. Robinson had been hospitalized multiple times due to blood clots. He also ran several podcast series throughout his career. He hosted and commentated several major StarCraft II events from 2010 to 2019, including the StarCraft II World Championship Series. As his career progressed, Robinson transitioned from primarily being a player to primarily being a commentator. He was signed to the esports organization Evil Geniuses in 2009, where he competed as a part of their StarCraft II division. As a player, his first major tournament win came in 2007, when he finished first at the World Cyber Games 2007 USA qualifiers in the StarCraft: Brood War event. Geoffrey John Vincent Robinson (Septem– July 20, 2019), better known as InControl, was an American professional StarCraft player, coach, and commentator. Must be signed into your Treats account prior to purchase. Treats members enjoy Free Standard Shipping on select orders over $49. Terms and conditions of this offer are subject to change in the sole discretion of PetSmart. Quantities may be limited and deliveries may be delayed. Treats members receive free shipping on select orders over $49.00, prior to taxes & after discounts are applied. Offer may not be combinable with other promotional offers or discounts. Savings will automatically reflect in shopping cart with purchase of qualifying product and enrollment in Autoship. Must be signed in to your Treats account to receive discount. 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The PlayStation 4 has a reputation for being on the loud side, with its fan sometimes sounding like an airport runway (that's how my PS4 sounds, anyway). Step 1: Download Fan Control from the official website, or its Github repository. And it's these fan control parameters Sony can tweak via online updates.įor example, if a game is under heavy load for a long period of time, Sony can increase the fan speed to make sure everything's cool - even at the expense of quietness. The console uses a temperature sensor inside the APU as well as three temperature sensors on the main board to control the fan speed. Sony's recent PS5 teardown video revealed its double-sided air intake fan, which is 120mm in diameter and 45mm thick. "We have a plan to optimise the fan control based on this data." "Various games will be released in the future, and data on the APU's behaviour in each game will be collected," Otori said. In an interview with (with translation by ResetEra user orzkare backed up by our resident Japanese speaker John Linneman), Yasuhiro Ootori, VP of mechanical design at Sony Interactive Entertainment's hardware design division said Sony will optimise the fan control based on data on the Accelerated Processing Unit (APU)'s behaviour in each game. Sony will optimise the PlayStation 5's internal fan with online updates, it's said. This release introduces new $Archive structure which does away file name mangling and instead distributes files into a set of time-stamped folders. This made a task of recovering files from the archive tedious, because every recovered file had to have the timestamps trimmed from its name. In particular, archiving a file involved moving it to the $Archive folder and then appending a timestamp of the archival *to its name*. This option was introduced 8 (eight) years ago, but it remained on the outskirts of the feature set because of how file archiving worked in general. This release finally adds UI support for an option of archiving backup copies of modified files - the analog of "file history" or "file versioning": Storage device queries to after the startup is completed. ⦁ The program starts up a bit faster now. ⦁ Delta copying now uses Blake3 as its principal block hash algorithmīy default, allowing for gigabyte speeds on most modern machines. "post" phase (folder timestamp sync) as well as the archive trimming. Only the copying (main) phase was executed this way, but this releaseĮxtends it to the "prep" phase (folder operations, file moves, etc.), the Program is capable of executing several actions at once. ⦁ All parts of backup run are now fully parallelized, meaning that the New scanner also implements several other notable enhancements,ĭescribed in "Assorted improvements" below. 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Simple and efficient backup creationīvckup 2 is an application that handles many complicated processes behind the scenes, yet keeps its main user interface extremely sleek and lightweight, allowing you to make full use of its extended functions without them overwhelming you.Īs for the actual available features, once you go deeper into the settings panel, you can find options like shadow copying, device tracking and concurrent backups, which allow you to fully customize the way your files and documents are being kept safe. This might not seem like too much of a risk at home on your PC, but if you are handling sensitive files at the workplace, you are probably not that eager to venture too far without some form of backup for your documents. It is easy to misplace or lose entirely a file that way, since a mistake is always only a mouse click away. The files and folders on your computer experience a lot of activity every day due to operations like copy, paste or delete performed on them. With that, ReShade is officially installed, and when you boot your game up next the ReShade software will give you a quick rundown on how to change or inject various visual aspects of the game. Wait until you see "Succeeded!" in the top-left corner of the installer.When prompted, select Yes to download a set of standard ReShade shaders.For the Master Chief Collection, this is DirectX 10+. In the ReShade installer, select the version of DirectX that your game uses.For the Master Chief Collection, this is MCC-Win64-Shipping in the Binaries folder. With over 800 million mods downloaded every month and over 11 million active monthly users, we are a growing community of avid gamers, always on the hunt for the next thing in user-generated content. Find and open the executable file that launches the game. 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Remember that these will only work if you've set AA to Enhance or Override. You also have settings for choosing AA modes which will essentially tell the Radeon software about the intensity with which it will be applying AA to textures. Anti-Aliasing Method/Morphological Filtering You want to set this to Use application settings because you want whatever game you're playing to have full control over the Anti-Aliasing level. This results in a higher image quality at the cost of lower FPS. In simple terms, Anti-Aliasing (AA) reduces jagged edges from textures. Here are the recommended advanced application settings for AMD Radeon software: Anti-Aliasing Once you've configured the general graphics options, you can move on to optimizing advanced 3D options by clicking on the 'Advanced' arrow. But most of the time, it's going to impact performance negatively by increasing input lag and reducing the smoothness of your gameplay. It's only really useful if you're experiencing a lot of screen-tearing issues with a certain game. Also, set the 'Wait for Vertical Refresh' option to 'Always off' as well. Radeon Enhanced SyncĮnhanced Sync (and Vertical Refresh) is basically AMD's way of doing V Sync, and we recommend you keep this disabled. But for high-end monitors, you can work with a lower value with the sweet spot being somewhere around 30 - 50%.Īlso, if you don't want RIS to be active on your computer all the time, you might want to try enabling RIS only for specific games (by going into Game Graphics). Here's what we suggest: If you have an inexpensive monitor that's probably on the softer side, you can use a higher value (70 - 80%). The ideal Sharpness value depends on your needs. It enhances image quality by applying a sharpness filter to objects, for very little performance cost. Radeon Image Sharpening (RIS) is one of our favorite features. We recommend Enabling it on lower-end PCs or a laptop, as you probably won't see a noticeable improvement on a high-end machine. If you're playing a heavy fast-paced game, this can give a decent push to FPS. Radeon Boost lowers game resolution according to on-screen motion. This way not only your GPU and CPU will run cooler, but you don't have to worry about visual glitches or stutters. With Chill ON you'll be saving on some power, but at the same time, you might face some stutters if your FPS jumps around a lot.īut we've found the perfect solution to that - Enable Chill, set the Max FPS to the highest FPS you think you'll ever need in a game, and set the Min FPS to the lowest value you'll be okay with. It dynamically regulates the frame rate based on your in-game activity. Radeon Chill is an adaptive refresh rate feature. It's super-effective to reduce input lag in PvP games. You'll see the best effect at lower FPS ranges (<100) but it's still useful at higher frame rates. The Radeon Anti-Lag feature reduces input lag, which is the delay between the output to appear on screen after the game samples the user input. Once you've selected a profile, you can now see a list of features that are explained below: Radeon Anti Lag You can select any of them to begin with but our favorite is the eSports profile. Now you should see different pre-defined profiles provided by AMD (Gaming, eSports, etc.). Any changes made via the latter will only apply to specific games, but for now, we'll optimize the Global Graphics settings. You can choose to edit Global Graphics or Game Graphics. To access these, open AMD Radeon Settings and navigate to the Gaming tab. Let's first optimize the 3D graphics settings. Once you've done that, the following sections will explain how you can improve your AMD Radeon performance. Right-click on the desktop again and click on 'Display settings.' Now go to Advanced display > Display adapter properties > Monitor, and set the 'Screen refresh rate' to the highest value.īoth these options are crucial to fixing any driver-related issues or random stutter problems.
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