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![]() The improbability of this claim was magnified with lack of any betting slip(s) or screenshot(s) showing the bet, which is commonplace and used as verification on such wagers. You actually think if there were 500 guys all betting $100 the streaker prop at the same time the book wouldn’t take it down. Gets bet up huge on Friday after the rehearsal. And laying off such a wager in smaller increments would not go undetected, either. That any sportsbook anywhere would accept a single $50,000 bet on such a perilous prop is inconceivable. Secondly, offshore books who do accept these sorts of wagers almost universally place limits on such bets of no more than $250. No legal sports betting sites in the United States would ever receive clearance to take such a wager given the ease in which the outcome could be pre-determined or controlled. Questionable math aside, the nature of the bet itself was a giant red flag. There was no legal action on that particular prop bet available in Nevada.Ī spokesman for the unregulated offshore betting site Bovada on Wednesday told that it has “identified some betting irregularities” on this Super Bowl 55 prop bet and has denied payment on wagers that were made with “malicious intent.” The sportsbook is refunding all “no” wagers placed on the “streaker” wager and has paid out on the “yes” bets that “didn't have malicious intent,” the spokesman said. He would not identify which sportsbook took the action. He also claimed he sent someone to make the same prop bet in Las Vegas on Sunday morning. Andrade said he “called every other person I know” and asked them to set up accounts at Bovada and make the bet on a fan running on the field during the game. sent an email to the address on Andrade’s Instagram page, but no response was received.Īndrade told Tampa radio station WILD 94.1 that he planned the stunt to help a partner raise publicity for an on-line porn site and then became aware of the +750 “streaker” prop odds at unregulated offshore site Bovada. Any fourth-grader knows the net on this alleged profit of $375,000 would be $374,500 after a $500 fine, not $374,000. The caption read: “Dudes are good at math.” No so much. That meme claimed he netted $374,000 after posting the $500 bond. His Instagram bio begins with “Super Bowl Streaker.” He shared a meme highlighting the purported wager with an image of him eluding a tackle. The gambling-angle meme quickly spread, and naturally Andrade joined the action, so to speak. Andrade paid a $500 cash bond and was released from jail Monday. Police arrested 31-year-old Yuri Andrade of Boca Raton and charged him with trespassing. 1 should have been that the act itself did not satisfy the prop bet. The “streaker” was never completely nude but wore a pink leotard promoting an online-porn site. There, he was met with a swarm of security personnel. The scantily clad runner covered over 100 yards untouched before sliding at the 3-yard-line at the far end of the field. A man ran onto the field during Super Bowl 55 at Raymond James Stadium. What HappenedĪ photo meme spread quickly across social media Monday alleging that someone placed such a bet and “cleared $374,000” after paying $1000 to “get out of jail.” The issue is that not nearly enough people looked or knew what to look for before spreading this Super Bowl betting story. The red flags were all there for those who knew enough to look. But by that point, the gambling-angle meme had already gone viral and was being pushed socially by multiple verified media and sports accounts. Those familiar with the offshore and legal gambling space raised multiple issues with the claim and shared their concerns. If you wanted to create a fascinating tale about someone who made a $50,000 bet at +750 that there would be a streaker at the Super Bowl and then did the streaking himself, there may be no better place to start.īut it would be just that. “A Florida Man streaking at the Super Bowl …” ![]() Slip into the driver seat and start the engine to drive to the solar panel array. The MYRCAT isn’t pressure controlled so top off your oxygen supply and keep the helmet on. Locate the button on the lower rear corner to open the bay door, then climb in. Piloting the MYRCAT is as simple as climbing aboard and starting the engine. Only when the Airlock matches the outdoor atmosphere can you open the door. Press the button beneath the screen by the door to change the atmosphere. This is no good! Refill the air supply using the tank and hose to the left of the helmet rack. Follow the arrows on the floor heading to the Airlock.Įquip the Helmet and note the Oxygen Level at 20%. As engineer, Shane’s got to head to the solar array and manually realign them. The power level is sub-optimal thanks to the earthquake. Doing so turns the power on for the Research Lab. Use the BioGage to connect to the server rack, then reboot the system. Flip it over and power it on.Īpproach the server room in the center of the Research Lab where you found the BioGage and scan the room. Follow Declan’s advice and grab the Pen from the table and use it to reset the BioGage. Flip the BioGage over and inspect the reset button, then add it to your inventory. Loop the room in either direction to find it on a workstation against the outer wall. The power’s out in the Research Lab, so turn on the Flashlight and have a look around. You can find it on the floor to the left of the steps leading to the malfunctioning door. As with the dream Shane had, he’ll need the Crowbar to pry open the door. Follow the labels on the floor to reach it. Grab the Flashlight from the counter then head to the Research Lab. Feel free to drink a few extra cups if it suits you. Grab the Coffee Mug, insert it, then start the machine. Take a moment to play with the toy Cyrano rocket (complete with Shane’s sound effects) then proceed to the Rec Room.įollow Declan’s advice and get a cup of coffee. Morning RoutineĮxit the cabin and have a look around the habitat area. Apparently, even smarty-pants space engineers are dumb enough to use their password as a PIN code. Happy Birthday to Me: Curious about that password Shane uses? One look at the window in his quarters is all you need to see May 9th was his birthday. This guide is organized by chapter and subchapter to coincide with the in-game sequences. Navigational cues are provided as necessary, but our focus is on helping you solve the puzzles and escape the tricky bits without frustration. ![]() This guide takes a minimalist approach so as to not spoil the story-rich experience. Though not an action game by any stretch, Moons of Madness has more interactivity than may be expected - there’s even a brief stealth sequence and what can reasonably be considered a boss battle. Fans of Lovecraftian horror stories will certainly feel at home as Newehart confronts his worst fears.Īs an adventure game, players can expect a fair amount of puzzle-solving, a heavy dose of story, and even an occasional combat sequence. As Shane Newehart, you must explore the Orochi Mars Base in effort to better understand the nightmare experienced in the short prologue – and to ultimately put a stop to the unleashed Filth. ![]() Moons of Madness is a first-person horror adventure game set on the planet Mars. The only differences in this guide and that one is that this is modified for the PS4 and XB1, with images that may not be readily available on the original guide. Check out the original guide over at Neoseeker, as the credit goes to them entirely. Moons of Madness has released for the Playstation 4 and Xbox One, and thanks to the awesome help from Neoseeker, we’ve been able to grab a full walkthrough guide from them, but modified a bit to fit the PS4 and XB1 release of the game. ![]() No soldier wants to die on the battlefield (with a few exceptions). In Roma Invicta too every arrow shot and every shield thrown remains in its place and you can clearly see what has happened there. When a battle was over, the presented scenery drew a picture of its course. It was already the case with the Amiga classic 'North and South' that fallen soldiers stayed on the field and didn't just disappear after a while.Ĭannonball craters have also devastated the area. Such details make me happy and that's why I wanted to implement as much as possible.Īfter a battle the battlefield should also look like a battlefield. This makes the shields unusable for melee combat and the enemies will drop them after a few seconds. So in Roma Invicta there are no fire-arrows that do more "damage" or similar nonsensical and illogical garbage.Ĭonversely, the Legionnaires' thrown pila get stuck in the enemy's shields. Of course as a hobby game developer I'm not a professional historian.īut I try to deal with the respective topic at least above the Hollywood standard. However, the probabilities are affected by his current stamina. If this doesn't work maybe his armor could save him. If he is shot at or gets hit he has a chance to block or dodge with the shield. At Roma Invicta one is simple.Ī soldier is either alive or not. Was seemingly set in stone by titles like Command&Conquer or Warcraft back in the '90s.įew games dare to deviate from this convention and design a 'real' damage model. The standard for troops to have hitpoints and for those to be indicated by a green bar above their heads However, these can easily be switched on and off.Ī similar concept applies to me at hitpoints. In the case of morale and stamina unfortunately I couldn't prevent this from being displayed via status bars. If a fighter still has his shield in hand he can use it to block attacks - if not, then not. If he has three spears left in his hand he can shoot three more times. That's why Roma Invicta only has them when there's no other option.įor example a ranged fighter's ammo is not indicated by a bar above the head. I don't know about you but floating UI elements over the soldiers always killed the immersion for me. My design principles Less interface, more immersion So I decided to dedicate my life completetly to game development. The unforeseen responses were amazing and Of hard work and just wanted to experience the process behind releasing a game. ![]() I built it besides my regular job in two years In early 2022 I released my first complete game Roma Invicta on Steam. The name under which I wanted to design my web presence was also clear to me. Since I was living in the district "Puntigam" in the city of Graz at the time, With courses on Udemy and Youtube tutorials I was able to make progress quite quicklyĪnd slowly started to create the games I always wanted to play myself. Two decades passed before I finally stumbled across the GodotĮngine and finally dared to rediscover this great hobby and finally started learning how to code. I found that extremely funny but always quickly reached the limits of the engine and thus never managed to implement my ideas properly. Terra is translated as earth, ground, land, or soil in Latin and Terra Invicta means “unconquered Earth.” A science fiction grand strategy video game named after Terra Invicta.As teenager I started building small games with the drag&drop applications from Clickteam. In Latin, Roma means Rome and Roma Invicta is interpreted as “unconquered Rome.” This symbolic statement is used as an inspirational motto to demonstrate its superiority on the international stage. A game name fallout 4 Semper Invicta is the name of the quest. The Marsaw city in Poland uses this word as a motto. So Semper Invicta means “always conquered: or “always undefeated.” In Latin, Semper is an adverb that means always and the phrase Invicta means conquered. See some common questions about the Invicta watch. This word got popular when an American company that made a swiss watch brand named its company after this word Invicta. There is a masculine form of Invicta called Invictus. Moreover, the word ends with “a”, which indicates it is a feminine thing. This is a Latin word interpreted as “unconquered” or “undefeated”, used as an inspirational motto to increase morale. The word Invicta is frequently used in old Latin words. ![]() The tilt and strong buttons can now do all attack-related inputs (i.e ledge attack, crash attack, button + shield = grab).When a character perfectly transitions from crouch to walk, they are no longer forced to complete their walk_in animation in the direction they were facing. ![]() You no longer enter special fall after hitting someone with an airdash canceled aerial and using the IASA frames to input a special move.Corrected missing pixels in the lower right corner (thanks CrazyNaut!). Paint color contrast increased for better visibility on all stages.Paint now properly appears under the character's feet.Incomplete sprite added and sketch adjusted. Grounded version updated with completed pixel art (aerial version reuses grounded animation for now). Frame timing slightly adjusted (doesn’t affect frame data). Corrected alignment (doesn’t affect attackboxes). Size of character graphic adjusted (doesn’t affect attackboxes). Hurtboxes tightened on forward strong and the startup of up strong. Thank you to all of the creators so far for pointing out bugs! We’ll continue to improve custom content support over time. These behind-the-scenes changes are a prerequisite to upcoming loading improvements and surfacing content loading errors. ContentId’s need to be unique per resourceId. This does not apply to workshop downloaded items, as they all will have unique namespaces. ResourceId’s are only required to be unique in your local custom folders, as they all share the same namespace. Fixed bug that unintentionally required resourceId’s and contentId’s to match in characters and assists.We plan to fully address the upfront loading time required when you are subscribed to a lot of custom content in a future update. Custom content load time on the start screen has been reduced slightly.If your custom content audio stops working, follow these guidelines:Īay(self.getResource().getContent("Custom_sfx_sound")) ay() calls that reference GlobalSfx do not need to be updated.This fixes the bug that allowed custom content to overwrite other custom content’s sounds and music IDs (See previous patch notes). Custom content that follows the most recent documentation and template examples from Feb. As warned in previous patches, namespaced lookups are now required on all assets.Loading custom content has been partially reworked. Ping display is now rendered behind the console UI.As of this update, Orcane no longer has any sketched animations in-game!.Please let us know if you run into any issues or regressions! The above changes have some engine-side differences between how they’re implemented on keyboard and gamepad.This helps prevent dropped inputs when there are hitches online. Inputs that are pressed during lag freeze-ups during online matches are now buffered into the next playable frame.This prevents lost inputs during quick button taps. Inputs that are pressed and released within the same frame are now properly registered by the game loop.© 2023 Hookshot Media, partner of ReedPop. Join 1,383,877 people following Nintendo Life: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe's Character Menu Now Has Five Extra S. ![]() Mini Review: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course Pass Wave. Random: Brand New Cockroach Species Has Been Named After. Two 3DS Games Have Been Made Free To Download On 3DS eSho.Ĭapcom 3DS & Wii U Games Available For Just $2.99 In Fina. įeature: Which Zelda Game Has The Best Link? - Every Link. Review: Metroid Fusion - An Infectious, Portable PleasureĮvery Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy Advance (GBA) Game. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: All Returning Pokémon, Includ. The Early Access period on PC begins in March 2022 and is expected to be in this phase for up to two years.ĭigimon World: Next Order Patch To Add Japanese VO To Swi. The Switch version is expected to be released sometime after the Steam version is completed. If you show your support for the Kickstarter, you'll be able to select from either a Switch or Steam code. However, in these early stages, it's unclear how exactly this will work with the Switch version of the game. In addition to this, it includes a powerful external editor. Some of the assists include Lea from CrossCode, the Ape from Ape Out and Captain Viridian from VVVVVV. There are representatives from games such as Downwell, Rivals of Aether, Slap City, Slay the Spire, and BIT.TRIP. fangame on PC) - and features a cast of famous indie characters, detailed themed stages and a massive selection of assists from various other indie hits. The game is being developed by McLeodGaming - the creators of Super Smash Flash 2 (the most popular Smash Bros. The indie platform fighter known as Fraymakers has just reached its Nintendo Switch stretch goal on Kickstarter. ![]() The target range for the inflation rate is 1%-3% per annum, and right now, it is at 7.3% (not the Reserve Bank’s fault - the world has gone through some crazy shit). This gives the Reserve Bank a measure of control over inflation rates. Quite simply, when interest rates rise, people spend less when they drop, people spend more. The Reserve Bank reviews interest rates seven times a year and may adjust the rate to influence economic activity. A decrease in demand reduces pressure for prices to rise, therefore reducing inflation. When people spend less, demand decreases. The OCR increase creates an increase in interest rates, which means people borrow less and are incentivised to save. Why did it increase?īecause of inflation. Understanding the reasoning behind it might give you peace of mind and feel a little less like everything is flying out of control. So, as far as day-to-day life goes, the OCR increase has good and bad effects, depending on how you look at it. ![]() Foreign rates play a role in NZ’s interest rates regardless of what the OCR does, because NZ is a net borrower in overseas markets. It's worth mentioning that the OCR is not the only factor influencing interest rates. As the saying goes, the best time to start was yesterday. If you don’t have savings, it is never too late to start. This is where it pays to have savings and investment accounts up and running to take advantage of the increase. The interest rate on savings accounts and term deposits will also increase, so you essentially get paid more for saving. Check out our articles on first-home buying to ensure you don’t miss out on any opportunity you could be eligible for. It might feel like first-home buyers keep taking a hit, but there are still many options that can help you get into your first home. While recent data shows house prices are coming down, rising interest rates mean the average income needed to buy a home is now $142,000, which is $7,000 more than in November of last year. If you are trying to buy your first home - you’ll need more money.Some will feel that extra pinch more than others, and remember, this is on top of the OCR increases over the past year - so your mortgage payment might look quite a lot different compared to a year or so ago. To get an idea of what this looks like, a $600,000 floating mortgage might see an increase of $60 due every week. Home-owners with a floating mortgage can expect their payment amount to increase now. The biggest impact is on short-term interest rates, like floating mortgage rates. Interest rates for mortgages and other loans will increase.Like any other business, they pass that extra cost on to their customers. Now, what does it matter to everyday Kiwis if the OCR changes? What does an OCR increase mean?Īn increase means the banks are paying more interest to borrow from the Reserve Bank. There is no limit to what the Reserve Bank lends or borrows at OCR-related rates, so banks don’t run out of money and you and everyone else can keep on spending and saving. The Reserve Bank covers the difference by either paying interest (if the bank is in credit) at a rate 0.25% lower than the OCR, or charging interest (if the bank is in debit) at a rate 0.25% higher than the OCR. (If you ever worked retail, now you know what that end-of-shift “settlement batch” is all about.)Įvery day, each bank is either in credit or debit. At the end of each day, the transactions are settled so each bank knows what it owes to other banks. This happens thousands of times a day, obviously. When you use your EFTPOS card, money moves from your bank to the bank of whoever you are paying. It is a tool used by the Reserve Bank to influence economic activity and inflation. The OCR is the interest rate for transactions between banks. I started BetterSaver to make financial advice accessible to Kiwis, so I’ll break it down in plain terms so you know what to expect. But it is an important change and one that you want to be aware of. Sound like financial mumbo jumbo? I get that. The Reserve Bank recently announced an increase in the official cash rate (OCR) to a seven-year high of 3%. |