![]() ![]() Poseidon tempted her into having sexual intercourse with him in a temple to Athena. When Ovid wrote her story in Metamopheses, he claimed that she was born beautiful before becoming a snake-haired creature and retained her looks over the years. The stories about Medusa in Greece are unique because they changed quite a bit over the years. He claimed that both groups of sisters were monsters. They also had another group of sisters called the Graeae who appeared in Prometheus Bound written by Aeschylus. ![]() Though both were marine deities, their children were chthonic monsters. ![]() The two had three daughters, including Euryale and Stheno. Also known as Phorkys, he lay with his sister Ceto. Legend says that Medusa was one of three children born to Phorcys. Herodotus found some evidence that she appeared in Berber mythology where she was a major part of their religion. Dionysios Skytobrachion wrote about her during the second century and claimed that she both lived and died in an area of Libya. They claim that she spent most of her life in Sarpedon, which was close to Cisthene with her Gorgon sisters and also died there. Thence, by Athena’s curse anyone she looked upon turned to stone.īoth Aeschylus and Hesiod mention Medusa in some of their early stories. From then on she roamed, shamed, shunned and loathed by everyone. Her pure white milky skin turned a scary green hue. The once lovely hair was morphed into poisonous, dangerous snakes. She turned Medusa into an ugly creature by making her eyes bloodshot and raging and her face haglike. She went against her vow and married him.įor this Athena punished her hideously. She vowed to be celibate her entire life as a priestess of Athena until she fell in love with Poseidon. She was a beautiful maiden with golden hair. One of the most popular monsters of Greek Mythology is Medusa. All analyzes around this mythological figure, whether from philosophy, psychoanalysis, feminism or artistic representations, will coincide in the symbolic transcendence of that famous head cut off from a woman with snake hair.Greek Mythology is known for its many fearsome beasts such Mantikhoras and Cyclopes. ![]() Viewed as a conjunction of concepts and approaches that have constituted its image, Medusa's head, undoubtedly setting it above the rest of the character, has acquired an undeniable value for each of these perspectives. When he beheaded the Gorgon, her murderer possesses it, and by giving him nothing more than Athena's head for the latter to use as a shield, it is proof that it is only the head of Medusa that constitutes his power and his decapitation the only way to acquire it. The beheading of Medusa is a sacrifice in so much of its death two mythological personages are born, children of Poseidón. It is a multiple death, it is his Achilles heel, because with his head, Perseus also takes away the power, the monstrosity, the femininity and masculinity of the violated beast. She could have died for different causes, but the only way to metaphorically destroy the Gorgon was through decapitation. In this way, the beheading of Medusa becomes a fundamental element for the constitution of her character. Without it, the symbolic significance of Medusa would no longer make sense. All the powers that constitute the character of Medusa are born from her head. ![]()
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![]() We'll be able to compare our products to traditional geological materials. ![]() Blue Planet's aggregates are created using carbon-sequestration technology, and we will be able to see how they perform at this industrial level. "As we scale our technology, we are going to be running our aggregate products through industrial-level crushing, screening, filtering and placement processes, each of which Knife River knows well. "Bringing Knife River's aggregate knowledge to our team will help us fully understand how our products will need to perform in the construction world, particularly as a component of concrete," Blue Planet Founder and CEO Brent Constantz said. Barney, president and CEO of Knife River, has joined the five-member Board of Directors at Blue Planet. Knife River is the construction materials subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc. With Blue Planet's proprietary technology and Knife River providing expertise in construction aggregates, the companies are working together to develop construction-grade rock and ultimately concrete that would have a net-zero or net-negative carbon footprint – while maintaining the strength for which concrete is known. The limestone would be produced using sequestered carbon dioxide. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ - Knife River Corporation today announced it is investing in Blue Planet Systems Corporation to pursue a commercial means of creating and marketing synthetic limestone. ![]() ![]() Lost Ark finally launches in the west, CrossfireX is hitting the Xbox and if you also have a PlayStation, a little title called Horizon Forbidden West is dropping, too. This month we've already got Dying Light 2 to play, Elden Ring is approaching fast as is Destiny 2: The Witch Queen. Massive has its hands full with the Avatar game and presumably, Red Storm is still focused on Heartland.īut we're not exactly going hungry in February, are we? I'd love to be taken by surprise, but let's be real. So, I, and anyone else who plays The Division 2, should probably face up to there being no new, as-promised, February content drop. But we do mind when it looks like we're being ignored. We don't mind delays, no matter how excited we are for a game. After all, the next installment, the free-to-play Heartland, has already been quietly delayed potentially into 2023 without much communication beyond sneaking into an earnings report. ![]() While one arm of Ubisoft is off pushing NFTs into its player's faces, elsewhere they're being ignored altogether. But equally, if you make promises and then just seemingly ignore them, that's not a good look. A polished, well-executed game always trumps one rushed out to meet deadlines (never forget Cyberpunk 2077). ![]() Nothing to show off the new content, but perhaps more so, not a word to the community to say that it has been further delayed. January is in the rearview mirror and not a single word. Source: UbisoftEven the next game in The Division series was stealthily delayed without much communication to the players. You can probably see where this is heading. We can't wait to tell you more about the whole content of this update! To make sure we are building the best experience, we will also organize a dedicated PTS period on PC to collect your feedback and help us put the finishing touches before the release." "Last but not least, the reveal of the new Season and its associated content, including the new game mode, will happen in January 2022. Additionally, there would be monthly community updates, but the last of those was in November (opens in new tab). That content got delayed into 2022, which while disappointing, was totally understandable given the world is still dealing with a pandemic and new ways of working.īut when the delay was announced we were told that a reveal would be happening in January (opens in new tab), ahead of a PTS for PC players to try out the new mode and a launch in February. In 2021, Ubisoft, or rather the developer team at Massive, promised new content for The Division 2, including a brand new, never before seen game mode. Essentially, the Shield can not only protect the Firewall but also buff allies behind it.Lots of folks still play the existing content regularly. This modified Crusader Shield is exclusive to the Firewall, and works in tandem with the KB-JetStream. Striker Shield: Unlike other Specializations that have Drones as assistants, the Firewall has the trusty Striker Shield instead. Moreover, their special Firestarter shotgun can decimate the battlefield after a good softening, care of the Flamethrower. They have a Cluster Grenade that further adds burst damage to enemy squads. Meanwhile, the buffing nature of the Striker Shield and other Firewall Talents encourage a more proactive approach in combat.įiery Softener: Interestingly, the Firewall's other weapon specializations allow it to finish off enemies depending on their approach with the KB-JetStream. ![]() Thanks to the KB-JetStream's panic-inducer, the Firewall can lead the team on aggressive approaches to enemy territory. Offensive Tanking: Unlike the protective Gunner, the Firewall has a more offensive approach to tanking. ![]() ![]() Our free online games have been released on your mobile devices! You can find the iOS version here, and the Android Version here! As always, Bubble Shooter games are free to play-and forever will be! 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This project was created with the purpose of learning Unit圓D.Ĭopyright (C) 2013. ![]() ![]() ![]() A bubble shooter clone game for Unit圓D, written in C#. ![]() ![]() It is a good idea to slow items down at some points so they can group into stack-sized entities and reduce server load. (Ice works too, but one needs to carefully manage the light levels so it does not melt.) Water flowing on packed ice blocks and blue ice block makes the items go faster, reducing the delay. A number of other items can be used instead of a sign (which has a hitbox and can trap items): an upright slab or a closed trapdoor can let the items pass under and a pressure plate can let items pass without any hit. Placing the sign in place of the last water flow block instead of after it eliminates the need for packed ice. The sign is necessary to prevent the second stream from flowing backwards. When the items come out of one stream, they will slide across the ice to the next. To handle the breaks, a packed ice block and sign can be used. Since water can only flow 7 blocks from the source, it is usually necessary to use multiple water sources. Using water also gets around the ips throughput problem, as items can be moved around in a full merged stack entity and many entities can travel at the same time. This uses the mechanic of dropped items moving in flowing water streams. Water streamsĪ less iron expensive method is the use of water streams. This is to prevent the hoppers from attempting to search for entities with inventories above them, which then have to be checked for valid items to transfer, and/or item entities. To remedy this, some players place containers, such as droppers, furnaces, or composters on top of each hopper. On large scale, hoppers have been known to create lag. This method is among the simplest to create, but is also somewhat iron expensive at 5 ingots a hopper. The easiest ways to do this are hopper lines and water streams.īy placing a line of hoppers all pointing into each other, items can be transported at a throughput of 2.5 ips. Often, items need to be transported from one point to another. Similarly, a stack of items moving down a regular stream of water is fast in terms of throughput and slow in terms of delay. To use an internet analogy, a flock of pigeons carrying memory sticks would have a high throughput, but the delay would be high due to their flying speed. The delay is how long an item takes to reach the other end.The throughput is how many items it can transfer per second.A dropper with a clock circuit is used to convert the former into the latter, while a hopper can convert the latter into the former.Īny pipeline has two measures for its "speed": ![]() Items can exist in two forms in the game: as an inventory slot or as an entity floating around in the world. ![]() ![]() ![]() And of course, you get the features of LoD, including 2 new classes, Act 5, runes and runewords, class-specific items, new sets, etc. In LoD, the game also can be played at 800圆00, which feels much better compared to pre-LoD’s 640x480, however this and the new features of LoD mean a higher toll on your processor. The game changed massively in 1.10 with the introduction of synergies, online-only features, new game-breaking runewords (such as Enigma), and completely rescaled monster stats. Patch 1.09d: For LoD, 1.07 has some interesting aspects, but the best version of the expansion is arguably 1.09d. Some of these details are minor, but noticeable. – Being the last pre-LoD patch, you know that everything in the game was designed with Classic D2 in mind. This means mana is a much more precious resource, and fundamentally changes how you play mana-heavy classes (Sorceress and Necromancer especially). – You can’t buy mana potions (only introduced in 1.10). This opens up a huge range of character builds that are hampered in LoD. – No monster immunities (these were introduced in 1.07). (There are some minor builds and variations that work better in 1.04 and 1.05, but they’re very niche.) Patch 1.06b: From pre-LoD patches, 1.06b is the final patch, and arguably the best version of Classic D2, since it has the least bugs and balance problems, while retaining the character of D2 before LoD. Once you’ve done this, you can force-eject the CD while playing – the only time the Disc is truly needed is when you launch the game, or when you complete an Act and progress to the next (not needed when just swapping Acts once the quest is done). However, if you want the disc to spin far less, all you need to do is drag over the “Diablo II Music” file from the CD into your “Diablo II Files” folder. To play on these OS 9-based CDs, you must have the CD in the drive when playing. This CD is intended for Classic Mac OS I believe Mac OS 8.6 works, but I’ve always stuck with Mac OS 9.2.2. (Version 1.00 is quite fun, but very buggy.) If you want to play pre-version 1.03, you must play on Windows. The first Mac CDs come with version Diablo II 1.03, with a 1.07 LoD disc (the first version of LoD). Read below for more details on the different versions. The CD versions are no longer for sale, but can be readily found on Ebay. There are about 5 different core versions of the game: 1.03-1.06, 1.09, 1.10+, and 1.09 & 1.10+ played on non-LoD.ĭiablo 2 also has been released in different CD formats over the years there is a Mac OS 9 CD version, a Mac OS X version, and the modern version, downloadable from Blizzard. Unlike many games, it's not fair to simply assume that the newest version is the best older versions have their own features and mechanics that were later removed. In terms of the gameplay however, most of these patches served as bug fixes, and are virtually identical. However, if using vintage Mac hardware is interesting to you, and you want to experience the game under native Mac OS, then this guide is for you.ĭ2 has had 14 main patches since its 2000 release, including the 2001 expansion, Lord of Destruction (LoD, 1.07). These solutions work fine, and of course there are plenty more mods and convenience elements to doing so. Of course, many Diablo II Mac gamers will have tried running the game in Parallels or BootCamp already. Since I’m really passionate about the game, and especially the historical versions (I don’t care about the D2 Resurrected remaster), I’ve made this guide, discussing the main patches of Diablo II, and the Mac hardware and software required to run them. That means that useful information for Mac D2 fans is hard to come by. Unfortunately, the gaming scene for Diablo II is massively dominated by PC users, who have laughed at Mac gamers their entire lives. ![]() I’d say that more than half my motivation for getting into vintage Macs was this game alone, and the versions you can run on them. ![]() It has relevance to both forums, that's why I'm posting it here too.ĭiablo II is my favourite game of all time. ![]() These can range from minor to major.Note to Mods: this is a repost from the PPC forum. Except these client-side changes, has the capability to apply server-side patches. For play, the game requires the latest patch, which will be installed automatically by the server. Patches after 1.07 affect Diablo II classic and Lod in different degrees. Installing LoD will install Patch 1.07 automatically. Up until Patch 1.07 the changes affect only the classic game. This is a list of the changes and improvements made by Blizzard Entertainment to Diablo II and its expansion, Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. ![]() |
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