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![]() The OP had said that 4mL for an 8% gel solution was pretty high contrast. So my recipe was my standard high-relief tissue, and it was a small batch. Any help regarding sensitizer sources (or particular commercially-available compounds to look for), methods, etc. I'd love to explore the possibilities of this more, but I don't know where to go from here. Despite using roughly the same proportions as the message I referenced above, the chemicals were sufficiently different so as to make the amount I added a gross excess, which contributed to the hardening.Ĥ) Despite the MSDS identifying only the diazo dye and some phosphoric acid (which I assumed would not affect the gelatin in the quantities used), perhaps there was some other substance in the dye solution that caused the hardening.ĥ) The high temperature of the glop solution (115 F) caused the sensitizer to break down and harden the gelatin. Not much I can do there except try and find a different option.Ģ) The sensitizer I used is not stable enough, and broke down over the 2-day drying period of the tissues, hardening the gelatin.ģ) I added way too much sensitizer. I have a couple of thoughts, and I'd be curious what the collected wisdom thought.ġ) The diazo sensitizer used is completely incompatible with gelatin. So something went wrong.now I just have to figure out what. The poured tissues were completely insoluble. ![]() ![]() Dried for about 44 hours in black or red-safelight conditions. I noticed that the consistency of the glop was different as I was pouring it. Well, I did this, and mixed up a small batch of glop, to which I added the sensitizer. Not being able to track down the specific emulsion the poster wrote about (Nazdar 101), I used one that was available at my local art store, the Speedball emulsion sensitizer, reasoning, as the OP did, that most of the screenprinting emulsions are probably similar. (This was to make dye-transfer matrices, but the principle is the same). In poking around some dark corners of the internet, I came across an anecdotal report of someone using a screenprinting diazo sensitizer with gelatin. So I'm intrigued by the possibility of a diazo-sensitized tissue that is stable on the order of weeks (or even more, perhaps), so that I can just make one print (relatively) quickly, when I have a chance. And I don't have the possibility of storing sensitized tissues in my freezer. In a more production-oriented environment, sensitizing, exposure, mating, development can all be batched or pipelined to some extent, but I'm not there. Issues of waste dichromate disposal, waiting for the tissues to dry after sensitization.I find it tedious, especially for a "hobby" printer. The thing I dislike the most about carbon printing is sensitization. ![]() It’s easy to imagine the three fans who were ejected from the arena Saturday bragging to their buddies over a grill about how Norfolk State’s star player couldn’t take a little old-fashioned ribbing. ![]() The color of his skin shouldn’t matter to anyone in Illinois or anywhere else. Thomas is a mass communications major from Greensboro, North Carolina, who came to NSU from UNC Wilmington to further his basketball career. ![]() He was born into a world in which our domestic leaders treated each other with deference and respect, a time-honored tradition of American political discourse that worked just fine for centuries. It’s unfortunate that people think they can just say or do anything.” “I do think that some political views of different candidates that we’ve had, presently or in the past, have maybe enabled some thoughts to be a little more prevalent than they were before,” Jones said. The regularity of mass shootings has numbed us to their horrors.Ī little name-calling? Measured against everything else, it might not seem like a big deal to some people. COVID has killed millions, even as a way-too-large faction of the population claimed it was a hoax. Life doesn’t seem to have the same value it once did. Remarkably, somehow, many are going along with it. Capitol have been asked by federal lawmakers not to believe their own eyes. People who watched a mob beat police officers with flagpoles at the U.S. Straight-up lying is no longer a big deal for public officials. Learning by public example after public example, people have licensed themselves to be vicious cretins.Īfter the racially fueled violence in Charlottesville in 2017, this democracy had a president who claimed publicly that there were “very fine people on both sides.” The same man continues to make up derogatory names for his enemies, using them often in public speeches. We’ve had leaders at the national level who have made calling people names and belittling them cool again.Īnd if the president can do it, why can’t the governor? If the governor can, then why can’t the city councilman? And if he can do it, by golly, why can’t I? The fact that a fan hurling racial insults at an athlete is news could be viewed as a sign of progress.īut the fact that it continues to happen just days before 2024 - when we’ll all get along and wave at each other as we pass by in our flying cars - is a disgrace.Īnd there’s an ugly, unspoken reason for it.įor about the past seven or eight years, things like decorum, politeness and plain old manners have been rendered optional. Let’s face it: If this had happened 30 or 40 years ago, which it often did, this is a non-story. E-Pilot Evening Edition Home Page Close Menu ![]() Using a show-don’t-tell approach, Infinite’s messages require piecing together from the cues found in its satirical, hyper-nationalistic visual design and flawed characters. The first half of the story is surprisingly light on shootouts, instead content to let its examinations of oppression breathe while Booker and his NPC companion, Elizabeth, soak up the horrors of the society around them. This provides a fair share of Infinity Ward-ish dramatic setpieces, but just as frequently uses its iron grip to slow down the ride. And I don’t say that disparagingly while Infinite’s precise direction abandons the mechanical ecosystem of Big Daddies and Little Sisters that made Rapture feel so organic, it replaces it with a focused and purposeful rollercoaster. Sequences like these are the result of Irrational’s surprising pivot from the systemic design of the original BioShock to a heavily scripted approach, crafting what is essentially a steampunk Call of Duty campaign. I still often think about the industrial district, where workers fight a bidding war over low-paying jobs in a prescient condemnation of the gig economy. ![]() These are showing their age – hang about too long and the illusion is shattered when you realise these characters stand in place for eternity – but they remain powerful observations of society’s crimes. Many of Infinite’s victories are in worldbuilding, with the lore of Columbia depicted through museum exhibit-like scenes that play out dystopian vignettes. But in 2023, as multiple prominent battles over human rights are fought in the real world, the city’s approach to evangelical populism makes Columbia more haunting than it's ever been. Ten years ago, such themes in a video game were considered topical. It deplores the opinions of Columbia’s ruling class and industrial leaders, and uses deeply uncomfortable language and imagery to depict the rancid heart of this cloudbourne city. While those explorations falter in the second half, Infinite’s first chapters tackle its themes with unflinching confidence in both its own convictions and its audience. On its tenth anniversary, it remains an admirably bold FPS that confronts topics of racism and classism in a manner that few AAA games have attempted since. But BioShock Infinite is not just the sum of its errors. It’s impossible to forgive those mistakes. And so BioShock Infinite doomed itself to live in the shadow of its greatest mistake. That its message will eventually be lost among its multiverse ambitions. That you will spend the final half of the game gunning down the oppressed working classes. The mishandling of this moment telegraphs all of BioShock Infinite’s problems that it will eventually descend into a situation that paints Black revolutionist Daisy Fitzroy as a monster no better than Columbia’s ultra-nationalist leader, Zachary Comstock. ![]() The simulated Aeons will ignore us just like the real ones, so I set your simulated identity as Akivili, Aeon of Trailblaze, to attract them." With a click of her tongue, Herta says, "Now it seems that my judgment is correct. Tell me more stories about the relationship between the Aeons! Herta: "What you saw was the simulated Aeon carefully cultivated by Ruan Mei and Screwllum. Qlipoth, the Aeon of Preservation, has really appeared." Herta's voice suddenly sounded, and she let out an ambiguous giggle, "The Aeon of Trailblaze, Akivili's revival has attracted an old friend." But they have run away. You opened your eyes and realized that this is actually Qlipoth, the Aeon of Preservation! Is this a new trick by Herta? 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Guaranteed Events The Preservation: Qlipoth 6.14 Propagation: Slumbering Overlord (Third Praetorian).6.13 Propagation: Slumbering Overlord (Second Praetorian). ![]() ![]() 6.12 Propagation: Slumbering Overlord (First Praetorian).6.11 Swarm: Slumbering Overlord (Third Praetorian).6.10 Swarm: Slumbering Overlord (Second Praetorian).6.9 Swarm: Slumbering Overlord (First Praetorian).6.8 Propagation: Nest Exploration (Second Praetorian).6.7 Propagation: Nest Exploration (First Praetorian).6.6 Swarm: Nest Exploration (Third Praetorian).6.5 Swarm: Nest Exploration (Second Praetorian).6.4 Swarm: Nest Exploration (First Praetorian).6.3 Swarm: Mind of the Domain (Third Praetorian).6.2 Swarm: Mind of the Domain (Second Praetorian).6.1 Swarm: Mind of the Domain (First Praetorian).5 Random Events (Simulated Universe: Swarm Disaster).2.22 Loneliness, Costic Beauty Bugs, Simulated Universe (Part 2).2.21 Loneliness, Costic Beauty Bugs, Simulated Universe (Part 1).2.12 Insights from the Universal Dancer. ![]() Corner combo that lets you offload a taunt you have previously built, then builds it again.You can still get taunt with M Brass on lights/mediums, but the timing is very strict and it's probably not worth it.ĢLK 2MK 5HK 6MP OTG 2MK 5HP jMP jHP jHK 236KK (taunted) 2MPx2 6LP+Excella Taunt jLK jMKx2 (jHP fastfall) 2LPx2 etc.Whiff one special for meter (like 623LP) instead of taunting. If you already have taunt, change out L Brass for H Brass which does ~500 more damage.Builds taunt and does more damage than any solo corner route. Can use Excella for a side swap instead of taunt, just walk/ebrake to the other side.ĢLK 2MK 5HK 6MP OTG 2MK 5HK 6LP+Excella Taunt 2MPx2 623HP (shake) jLP jMKx2 jHP jLK jMKx2 (optional jHP fastfall) 2LPx2 etc.Call assist around the same time as inputting the second 5MK.Builds taunt and does more damage than any solo midscreen route. build taunt in first hit, use taunted Tympany in second hit and then build the taunt again.ĢLK 2MK 5HP jMP jHP jHK tech forward OTG 5MKx2+Excella Taunt 623HP (shake) jMKx2 jHP dash jLP jMKx2 2LPx2 etc.build taunt in first hit, use Excella for damage only in second hit, then taunted SSJ to DHC.build taunt in first hit, use Excella for damage only in second hit, then keep taunt for the next character.Two touches are typically structured in one of these 3 ways: Remember, you can't build taunt and use it in the same combo, so Excella lends itself better to two-touch setups than ToDs. Its brutal 33% scaling means you don't want to use it early. Last air string will do less damage on smaller characters.Įxcella isn't Band's best assist, but it is one of the few assists that lets him get taunt anywhere.Getting the OTG 2HK on Band is possible through high-hitting 2MK and delayed jHP.LNL shines much brighter here than in normal midscreen routes. Optimal conversion from instant overhead midscreen.JMK jHK+assist tech forward 2MK 5HP jHP jHK tech forward OTG 2HK 623HP (shake) jMKx2 jHP dash jLP jMKx2 jLK jMKx2 2LPx2 etc Need to have LNL hit right after brass.Staple corner combo, does ~1200 more than optimal solo routes.If last air string doesn't restand them, stick to a safer ender string like 2LPx2 2MK 5HK 6HK.ĢLK 2MK 5HK Assist6MP 2MK 6MP OTG 2MP 623HP jMKx2 jHP jLK jMKx2 jHP 5LKx2 5MKx2 jLP jMKx2 2LPx2 5LKx2 2MPx2 5HK 6HK 236PP.Does about 700 more than the solo midscreen optimal. One of Band's strongest assists for corner combos, but decidedly not as strong midscreen.ĢLK 2MK 6LP+assist dash 2MK 5HP jMP jHP jHK tech forward OTG 623HP (shake) jMKx2 jHP dash jLP jMKx2 2LPx2 etc Big Bands's level three super does great damage as well, but take notice of your positioning, as being close to and facing the corner can reduce the damage of the super.Ĭart's Corner Combos with Different Assists H Lock'N'Load SSJ is amazing reversal, so Big Band appreciates have a safe DHC backing him up. SSJ is a great follow up DHC with its high damage, can help you win DHC Wars as well.The last hit of Super Sonic Jazz sends the opponent flying backwards at an incredibly high trajectory, making it hard for some characters to DHC after the final hit.Example: L George (Peacock), L Napalm Shot (Parasoul), L Love Dart (Fukua), H Theonite Beam (Robofortune)īig Band benefits from an assist that lets him combo off SSJ, his 2f startup reversal.Note*: That place is a bit too awkward to put down measure lines, as it would look really awkward, I don't really want to try to come up with annotation for slurs either, so to try to keep things simple, I skipped the measure signs for the 3 measures.Big Band benefits from assists that move forward and keep him safe when done in conjunction with H Brass or other moves that are dangerous to whiff/block by itself. 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