Barbed wire premiere red carpet

I am wondering what kind of weight my garage trusses can support. Here is a image of what my roof structure looks like, with red circles where I am adding weight.
Ideally I'd like to drill 1" holes into the center of the bottom chord close to the wall and insert a 5' steel pipe to hang gymnastic rings off of. Some quick Googling revealed you should never tamper with trusses, but sometimes electricians drill holes to run wire.
Right now I have a two 2x4 screwed together spanning three trusses (screwed in place) to distribute weight, and it seems fine. Thoughts on if I should be doing something different.

Hi! Need help plz. Last night around 11:30pm while working bigla nawalan ng internet. Then blinking red light LOS na yung router. I did basic troubleshooting and checked the wire, baka natupi kaso hindi.🥲😭

I was introduced to the Reds by my Grandad. We used to go most of the home Premier League games in the late 90s when I was a young kid. At this time, we decided to get on the season ticket waiting list, given we were getting to most of the home matches.
As the years went on we attended less and less as I grew up. We’ve always managed to go to at least 4/5 games at Anfield a season, but any members who’ve put up with the ballots will agree you can be screwed over.
Anyway, this morning, my Grandad got that long awaited email: You may purchase a season ticket. The issue is, I didn’t get the email. It turns out, when FSG bought the club there was some issue with transferring waiting list details across so where we were next to each other in the queue, he kept his place and I moved a few thousand down the list.
My Grandad doesn’t want to go alone and isn’t really in the shape now (23 years waiting for the ticket) to go every game. He wants me to buy the ticket and use it.
My question for any who can help is this: Can I use the ticket? With it being a concession as he’s an OAP will it stop me from getting in to the game? Can he just manually pass it to me before each home game as friends and family? Is there a cap to the amount you can do that and will I need to pay more as I’m not a concession?
Any help would be appreciated. I really would like to get the ticket and have at least one year of my life as a season ticket holder.

Hello, I just can't get these vampire lord bite attacks to work! I tried it for almost an hour now and it just doesn't happen also normal vampire biting animation doesn't play out as well my character just stands still but the sound and effects do play out. Any help would be appreciated.
Here is my load order :
Skyrim.esm
Update.esm
Dawnguard.esm
HearthFires.esm
Dragonborn.esm
ccBGSSSE001-Fish.esm
ccQDRSSE001-SurvivalMode.esl
ccBGSSSE037-Curios.esl
ccbgssse064-ba_elven.esl
ccBGSSSE025-AdvDSGS.esm
Unofficial Skyrim Special Edition Patch.esp
Vanilla Script MicroOptimizations.esl
RSkyrimChildren.esm
FISS.esp
Treescale.esm
Landscape and Water Fixes.esp
Lanterns Of Skyrim II.esm
Improved Mountain LOD and Z Fight Patch.esp
Cathedral - 3D Mountain Flowers.esp
3DNPC.esp
Natural Waterfalls.esp
Navigator-NavFixes.esl
GKBWavesReborn.esp
IcyFixes.esm
BetterDynamicAsh-DisableRefs.esm
Unofficial Skyrim SE Fixes.esp
Water for ENB.esm
Vanilla Scripts Enhanced.esl
DynamicCollisionAdjustment.esl
FarmhouseChimneys.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_RavenRock.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Riften.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Whiterun.esl
NoBrokenWhiterunTower.esp
Realistic Boat Bobbing SE - DisabledRefs.esm
Armors of the Velothi Pt2.esl
Clouds AIO.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Karthwasten.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Rorikstead.esl
1NDArmor.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Ivarstead.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_WhiterunLanterns.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Riverwood.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Falkreath.esl
ImmersiveCaveEntrances.esl
BlackSacramentArmor.esl
1WR.esl
1NGarmor.esl
SolitudeLightHouseFix.esl
ShootingStars.esp
Praedys_Soulcairn.esm
SolstheimLighthouse.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Markarth.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Solitude.esl
RU_CityTreesSE_Windhelm.esl
IceLODFull.esl
IceShaderDisabled.esl
Partitioned snow Meshes.esl
ProjectedGlacierSnow.esl
CC'sEnhancedOreVeinsSSE-HearthfirePatch.esl
SleepTight.esp
Vibrant weapons.esl
Beards of Power.esp
Expressive Facegen Morphs.esl
AcolyteMasks.esl
PraedysSkeletons.esl
TrueHUD.esl
PlayerCombatExpressions.esl
DeathExpressions.esl
1Three-eyedSwallow.esl
1HSS.esl
High Poly Head.esm
OSA.esm
ColovianPrince.esl
SkyUI_SE.esp
Hearthfires Houses Building Fix.esp
Butterflies.esp
SkyrimImprovedPuddles-DG-HF-DB.esp
SmallEnviromentalFixes(SEF).esp
HD Lods SSE.esp
GQJ_DG_vampireamuletfix.esp
___SNOW_FIX.esp
Audio Overhaul Skyrim.esp
Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp
Prometheus_No_snow_Under_the_roof.esp
Obsidian Weathers.esp
AOS_ISC_Integration.esp
SMIM-SE-Merged-All.esp
Gildergreen Regrown.esp
MCMHelper.esp
RaceMenu.esp
RaceMenuPlugin.esp
NoRadialBlur.esp
EnhancedLightsandFX.esp
ELFX Shadows.esp
aMidianBorn_Book of Silence.esp
Weapons Armor Clothing & Clutter Fixes.esp
DepthsOfSkyrim.esp
Realistic Treeline.esp
Landscape Fixes For Grass Mods.esp
Snazzy Furniture and Clutter Overhaul.esp
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul.esp
Folkvangr - Grass and Landscape Overhaul.esp
Vanilla hair remake NPCs.esp
Book Covers Skyrim.esp
Open World Loot.esp
Cutting Room Floor.esp
No More Ugly Effects SE.esp
UnlimitedFastTravelMCM.esp
Stretched Snow Begone.esp
SoundsofSkyrimComplete.esp
ELFXEnhancer - SOS Edition.esp
Undriel_QuaintRavenRock.esp
HappyLittleTrees.esp
Remove Hanging Moss From Trees.esp
Skyrim Bridges.esp
SeranaDialogAddon.esp
CG4 Fx_SnowEffectsMerge.esp
Embers XD.esp
Birdsofskyrim.esp
Realistic Boat Bobbing.esp
Skyrim Revamped - Complete Enemy Overhaul.esp
Draugr Upgrades and Improvements.esp
Landscape and Water Fixes - Patch - LFfGM.esp
Fantasia.esp
Solitude Skyway SE.esp
MPXP0.0 [SELUA-II].esp
Icy Windhelm.esp
Hothtrooper44_ArmorCompilation.esp
NW_Sons_of_Skyrim.esp
AmuletsShowOnEverything.esp
WACCF_Armor and Clothing Extension.esp
Point The Way.esp
MoveableChain.esp
SeagullsofSkyrim.esp
Populated Cities Towns Villages Legendary.esp
TheChoiceIsYours.esp
man_DaedricShrines.esp
Finding_Helgi_and_Laelette.esp
Windhelm Docks Pathways SE.esp
Run For Your Lives.esp
CollegeEntry.esp
MagicalCollegeofWinterhold.esp
Riften Docks Overhaul.esp
ZIA_Complete Pack.esp
Sepolcri.esp
SFCO - ELFX Patch.esp
Tel Mithryn.esp
Quaint Raven Rock - Embers XD [XD ESP] - ELFX Patch.esp
ELFX Shadow - Quaint Raven Rock.esp
fallentreebridgesSSE.esp
SkyHavenTempleGarden.esp
Carriage Drivers Are Alive.esp
AHZBetterDGEntranceSE.esp
FlyingCrowsSSE.esp
Qw_3DNPC_USSEP Patch.esp
LoS II - Lantern Workers.esp
LoS II - ELFX patch.esp
waterplants_lily.esp
WiZkiD ENB Windows.esp
LoS II - CRF patch.esp
RiftWatchtowerNavFix.esp
EnchantingAdjustments.esp
EnchantingAdjustments - WACCF Patch.esp
Parallax TXST Fixes.esp
StockadeSnowFix.esp
LIAT - Sounds.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_RavenRock_UQRRPatch.esp
Better Dynamic Ash.esp
Quaint Raven Rock - Better Dynamic Ash.esp
Undriel_QRR Nav Fixed Patch.esp
quest_pitfighter.esp
3DNPC Navmesh Fix.esp
EVE_GiantCampfiresCastShadowsENBLightVersion.esp
CoW_LOD_Shimmer_Fix.esp
Quaint Raven Rock - Landscape and Water Fixes.esp
Raven Rock - Fix Exit on Horseback.esp
Bells of Skyrim.esp
notice board.esp
Northern Marsh Bridges SE.esp
HeightSizeFix.esp
First Person Camera Height Fix.esp
Fixed body collision.esp
TavernAIFix.esp
DLC2MissingTextures.esp
Fully Harvest Hanging Carcasses.esp
Fully Harvest Hanging Carcasses - CC Fishing Patch.esp
ChargeDialogueFix.esp
fixLOD.esp
Dawnguard Dont Hunt Cured Vampires.esp
NARC SE for Vanilla.esp
StalhrimSourceFix.esp
C.O.I.N.esp
ELFX Shadows - USSEP patch.esp
Particle Patch for ENB.esp
SFCO - 3DNPC Patch.esp
RTDocks - Lanterns of Skyrim II.esp
armored-horses.esp
Missives.esp
mihailhawkreplacer.esp
Prometheus_BeastSkeletons.esp
WildHorses.esp
Skyrim Remastered - High Hrothgar.esp
Landscape Fixes For Grass mods - Cutting Room Floor Locations.esp
Amon - No Snow Under The Roof - Cutting Room Floor Patch.esp
Quaint Raven Rock - USSEP Patch.esp
WiZkiD wells with real water.esp
Yngvarr_Follower.esp
Falkreath Bandits Downfall.esp
LoS II - 3DNPC addon.esp
The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp
3DNPC - Winterhold Mods Patch.esp
MCWT_ErratumEtc.esp
Finding_VelehkSain.esp
WhiteLighthouseSE.esp
Skyrim Bridges - ELFX patch.esp
OgumundEngelmannWindcaller.esp
BentPines.esp
Landscape For Grass Mods - Military Camps.esp
Prometheus_No_snow_Under_the_roof - man_DaedricShrines patch by Xtudo.esp
man_dibella.esp
SolitudeTempleFrescoes.esp
PaladinArtifactsAndArmor.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Whiterun_Addon0.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Windhelm_ICYWPatch.esp
boethiahsword.esp
ArtifactsOfBoethiah.esp
WiZkiD Lund's Hut.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Riverwood_HLTPatch.esp
SFCO - Landscape and Water Fixes Patch.esp
Windhelm Bridge Archways and Doors.esp
Landscape and Water Fixes - Patch - Northern Marsh Bridges.esp
Amon - No Snow Under The Roof - Skyrim Bridges Patch.esp
RYFTEN - Defenses North East Corner.esp
icebladeofthemonarch.esp
Sepolcri - Cutting Room Floor patch.esp
WiZkiD Signs - No Snow Under the Roof patch.esp
LoS II - SMIM patch.esp
WiZkiD Pavo's House.esp
WiZkiD Pinewatch.esp
DawnGuardDoors.esp
Animated Ice Floes.esp
RBB - NSUtR Patch.esp
The Notice Board SMIM Ropes Fix.esp
RYFTEN - Back Door Canal North.esp
RYFTEN - BBM Epic Balcony.esp
RYFTEN - Defenses Canal West Side South.esp
LoS II - Northern Marsh Bridges patch.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Windhelm_Addon0.esp
LIAT - NPCs.esp
Aymarandfriends.esp
Thunderfury SE - Johnskyrim.esp
Kad_MoonMonkRobes.esp
Dwueth'Var V2.esp
RYFTEN - Defenses Canal West Side North.esp
RYFTEN - Defenses North West Corner.esp
LoS II - Skyrim Bridges patch.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Solitude_Addon0.esp
fallenbridgesSSE-Patch.esp
MarkarthCliffFix.esp
AHZBetterDGEntranceSE-ELFXPatch.esp
ImmersiveCaveEntrances.esp
CRF + Bridges Patch.esp
SmallEnviromentalFixes(SEF) Fixes.esp
shadowscaleset.esp
BlackSacramentArmor.esp
FSA_FindingSusannaAlive.esp
Quest Conflict Fixes.esp
AnthorDragonFix.esp
Halldirs-Cairn-Fix.esp
Nilheim.esp
SFCO - CRF Patch.esp
MCoW_Cutting Room Floor.esp
MCWT_DeadDunmerDelivery.esp
College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes.esp
ChillwindDephts.esp
GetAegisbane.esp
RYFTEN - Back Door Canal South.esp
RYFTEN - Back Door East.esp
RYFTEN - Back Door South East.esp
RYFTEN - Defenses South East Keep.esp
RYFTEN - Defenses West Side.esp
Bijin AIO.esp
KSWigsSMP.esp
Bijin AIO - Hair Physics.esp
WarmongerArmory_SSE.esp
Armors of the Velothi.esp
Dultus_Ravenrock_Gate.esp
LoS II - USSEP patch.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Riften_Addon0.esp
man_JyggalagShrine.esp
MCWT_ACollegeCoup.esp
MCWT_ScheduledSavos.esp
RYFTEN - Exposed Beam.esp
RYFTEN - Roof Tile.esp
The Blackest Reaches.esp
The Blackest Reaches - USSEP Patch.esp
DestructibleDisplayCases.esp
Collygon - SBoB.esp
RYFTEN - Defenses East Side.esp
MCoW_CourtyardStatue.esp
RYFTEN - Bee and Barb Ship.esp
RYFTEN - Birdhouse.esp
RYFTEN - Defenses South West Keep.esp
Sleeping Tree Path Patch.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Markarth_Addon0.esp
man_DaedricShrines - Azura Statue Replacer by Xtudo.esp
Apocalypse - Magic of Skyrim.esp
Forgotten City - USSEP Patch.esp
Granite Maul SE - Johnskyrim.esp
Dragonblade SE - Johnskyrim.esp
Forge Water Fix - CRF Patch.esp
HothFollower.esp
RDO - CRF + USSEP Patch.esp
Cutting Room Floor - Relationship Dialogue Overhaul Patch.esp
Amon - RDO - WERoad02 fix.esp
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp
UIExtensions.esp
AddItemMenuSE.esp
NoxWCC.esp
StormLightning.esp
Rainbows Remade.esp
Paper UI Sounds.esp
WACCF_Survival Mode_Patch.esp
Andromeda - Unique Standing Stones of Skyrim.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main.esp
dD - Enhanced Blood Main - AOS + ISC.esp
AOS_EBT Patch.esp
Rumble - Crafting - AOS Patch.esp
Rumble - Jumping - AOS Patch.esp
Rumble - Swimming - AOS Patch.esp
Rumble - Weapons - AOS Patch.esp
TrueStormsSE_AOS.esp
RealisticHuskySoundsSSE.esp
Thundering Shouts.esp
FOLIP.esp
Smoking Torches And Candles.esp
Project Clarity - Effects Half Res.esp
Ghosu - Auriel.esp
Praedy's AncientFalmerThrone.esp
Praedy's ShrineOfAzuraSizeX3.esp
Praedy's SoulEssenceGem.esp
Praedy's SoulEssenceGem ISC Patch.esp
Praedy's SoulGems.esp
Praedy's SoulGems ISC Patch.esp
WiZkiD Imperial Forts.esp
FarmhouseChimneys - USSEP Patch.esp
Amon - no Snow Under The Roof - Interesting NPC Patch.esp
MCWT_ACollegeCoup_3DNs.esp
MCWT_GovernableGatekeeper.esp
RYFTEN - Back Keep Hole Fix.esp
WiZkiD Signs - Interesting NPC patch.esp
RYFTEN - Canal Water Pipe.esp
RYFTEN - Pathway.esp
ELFX Enhancer - Quaint Raven Rock.esp
ELFX - Hearthfire Light Addon.esp
LoS II - Campfire addon.esp
LoS II - Sounds of Skyrim patch.esp
ENB Light.esp
SFCO - USSEP Patch.esp
N89 Ragged flagon fix.esp
Embers XD - Patch - ELFX.esp
Embers XD - Patch - Inferno.esp
Embers XD - Patch - Lanterns of Skyrim II.esp
Simplicity of Snow.esp
Ashbound Revisited.esp
Ashbound Revisited Better Tel Mithryn.esp
Ashbound Revisited Solstheim Lighthouse.esp
Ashbound Revisited Quaint Raven Rock.esp
HD Stone Quarry and Clay Deposits SE.esp
WIZ_FoscsF.esp
S3DRocks.esp
Atlantean Landscape.esp
Origins Of Forest - 3D Forest Grass.esp
Folkvangr and Origins Of Forest Grass Patch.esp
KabusGourds.esp
IvyAnim.esp
StonewallIvy.esp
waterplants depth patch.esp
BlendedRoads.esp
SoS_Obsidian_Patch.esp
HappyLittleTrees - BetterDynamicAsh Patch.esp
WRHorseStatue.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Whiterun_HLTPatch.esp
RU_CityTreesSE_Whiterun_LOSIICPatch.esp
Landscape and Water Fixes - Patch - ELFX Shadows.esp
Landscape and Water Fixes - patch - LoS II.esp
Landscape and Water Fixes - Patch - Navigator.esp
Skyrim Remastered - Ice Caves Fix.esp
Skyrim Remastered - Glaciers and Ice.esp
Public Executions.esp
GDOS - Glorious Solitude Door - Rotation Fix.esp
GDOS - Splendid Mechanized Dwemer Door.esp
TESL-LoadingScreens.esp
Simply Rest Anywhere.esp
man_kynarethStatue.esp
FunctionalBags.esp
OBS_ClosingTime.esp
Dirt and Blood - Dynamic Visuals.esp
RainExtinguishesFires.esp
Animated Ice Floes - Dawnguard.esp
Animated Ice Floes - Marsh Floes Addon.esp
ALT - The Snow Elves Throne - BOS.esp
RedBag's Dragonsreach.esp
ButterfliesUnchained.esp
MCoW_AnimatedClutter.esp
FEC.esp
StrangeRunes.esp
SeeEnchs.esp
Player Spell Lighting.esp
Player Spell Lighting - Apocalypse.esp
Qw_ISC_CRF Patch.esp
FleshFX.esp
torchRemover.esp
abotFiresHurt.esp
DeadlySpellImpacts.esp
DeadlySpellImpacts - AOS + ISC.esp
DSI AOS ISC Patch.esp
Qw_DeadlySpellImpacts_AOS Patch.esp
Qw_DeadlySpellImpacts_ISC Patch.esp
Frost Meshes Patch.esp
FrostMesh ISC Patch.esp
ArrowBlock.esp
Footprints.esp
Footprints - ENB.esp
Missives - Heartland.esp
Water Douses Fire.esp
WadeInWater.esp
SparklesSE.esp
SparklesSE - Immersive Sounds Patch.esp
AntStatues.esp
SolitudeTempleFrescoesBig.esp
SolitudeTempleFrescoesExpanded.esp
SolitudeTempleFrescoesSmall.esp
DragonCombatDialogue.esp
OnlyOnce.esp
sandboxcylinderheight.esp
MoonsAndStars.esp
TheEyesOfBeauty.esp
The Eyes Of Beauty - Elves Edition.esp
Brows.esp
Beards.esp
NB-Scars.esp
CBBE.esp
Lovergirl_Afflicted and Woodelf fix.esp
KhajiitBrowWhiskers.esp
DIVERSE SKYRIM.esp
DIS_Armor_Fractions.esp
BeastHHBB.esp
Metalsabers Beautiful Orcs of Skyrim.esp
NormalVampireFaces-HighPolyHead.esp
True Orcs - Extreme.esp
Vanilla hair remake SMP.esp
BeastHHBB - VHR SMP.esp
Serana.esp
Valerica.esp
Marsha - Replacer of Elisif.esp
RSChildren.esp
RealisticRSChildren.esp
DiverseSkyimCivilWarFix.esp
3DNPC0.esp
3DNPC1.esp
Kai_3DNPC-WACCF_Patch.esp
3DNPC - CRF Patch.esp
3DNPC_Dragonborn.esp
RSC 3DNPC Patch.esp
3DNPC Visual Overhaul.esp
PopulatedCitiesRSChildrenPatch.esp
Modpocalypse NPCs (v2) Populated Cities Towns Villages.esp
DapperDeliveries_CourierOverhaul.esp
Alec Follower.esp
WWSE.esp
XPMSE.esp
Vanilla hair remake - compatibility.esp
KSHairdosSMP.esp
KS Hairdos SMP - Vanilla Replacer.esp
Serana - Hair Physics.esp
Valerica - Hair Physics.esp
AudioOverhaulSkyrim_WACCF_Patch.esp
Qw_WACCF_AOS Patch.esp
Qw_ACE_CRF Patch.esp
ColovianNobleClothes.esp
Cozy Giants.esp
Dr_Bandolier.esp
Praedy's StavesAIO.esp
Praedy'sStavesAIO-3DNPCPatch.esp
Praedystaves - Apocalypse Patch.esp
Praedystaves - CRF Patch.esp
Praedystaves - USSEP patch.esp
Praedystaves - WACCF Patch.esp
RiverStaff.esp
Amon Sons Of Skyrim WACCF Patch.esp
Unique Uniques.esp
JS Unique Utopia SE - Daggers - Johnskyrim.esp
JS Unique Utopia SE - Daggers - WACCF Patch.esp
KatriaBow.esp
OWL Randomized Special Loot.esp
AMB Glass Variants Lore.esp
Differently Ebony.esp
SPOAsilverknight.esp
SPOA_shield.esp
Skysan_Stalhrim.esp
Skysan_GlassAW.esp
FranklyHDImperialArmorsAndWeapons.esp
Amon Sons Of Skyrim Cutting Room Floor Patch.esp
Amon - Sons Of Skyrim - Quark Patch.esp
DIS_Armor_Fractions_Diverse Skyrim.esp
DIS_Armor_Fractions_3DNPC.esp
Bandolier for NPC - Unplayable Faction Armors patch.esp
man_clavMask.esp
Better Shrouded Armour SSE - Ancient Replacer Only.esp
StormLord.esp
Lords of Coldharbour.esp
LunarGuardArmor.esp
LunarGuardSPID.esp
Durnehviir God of Death.esp
mihailbonehawkreplacer.esp
mihailternreplacer.esp
UniqueBarbas.esp
Fluffworks.esp
BarbasENBLightAddon.esp
VicnCreaturePack.esp
83Willows_101BUGS_V4_HighRes_HighSpawn.esp
DUI - Beast Skeletons.esp
RealRabbitsHD.esp
Rally's Crates.esp
WiZkiD Specific Signs.esp
Master Spell Tome Replacers.esp
PraedysSkulls.esp
WACCF_-_Praedy_Skulls_Patch.esp
Potions.esp
RUSTIC SOULGEMS - Unsorted.esp
JS Instruments of Skyrim SE - Uniques.esp
JS Barenziah SE - Johnskyrim.esp
JS Rumpled Rugs SE.esp
WetandCold.esp
JS Knapsacks SE - WetandCold.esp
JS Knapsacks SE.esp
PraedysElderScrollSoulCairnFix.esp
DeadlySpellImpacts Transparency Fix.esp
HPP - My fixes by Xtudo - Chopping Blocks.esp
HPP - FirewoodSnow Campfire.esp
HPP - FirewoodSnow.esp
HPP - Vaermina's Torpor.esp
Manbeast.esp
JS Emissive Eyes SE - Johnskyrim.esp
JS Emissive Eyes SE - Skeleton Replacer HD Patch.esp
PraedysSkeletons_WACCF_Patch.esp
man_sithis.esp
TKDodge.esp
TKRecoil.esp
SimpleHorse.esp
TrueDirectionalMovement.esp
mcgFemaleWalk for SkyrimSE.esp
Draw2.esp
Sprint Swimming.esp
EVGConditionalIdles.esp
PCCombatLipsync.esp
Precision.esp
Conditional Expressions.esp
dD-No Spinning Death Animation.esp
LandsInRoll.esp
TaberuAnimation.esp
soskeleton.esp
SimplyBiggerGiantsAndMammoths.esp
WetandCold - Fur Hoods Fix.esp
Dynamic Weather And Time Based Detection.esp
WaitYourTurn.esp
NPC Loots in Combat.esp
Jewelry limiter.esp
Runandwalkpaces.esp
SkyrimRevampedCEO_WACCF_Patch.esp
sU SRCEO - WACCF.esp
RevampedImprovedDraugrPatch.esp
sU SRCEO - CRF.esp
SC SRCEO - ACE.esp
quest_pitfighter_dlc01.esp
Hothtrooper44_Armor_Ecksstra.esp
Faction - Pit Fighter - Revamped.esp
Proper Aiming.esp
Faction Pit Fighter - Windhelm Sign Fix.esp
Qw_BijinAIO_CRF Patch.esp
Qw_BookCoversSkyrim_CRF Patch.esp
Qw_RusticSoulgemsUnsorted_ISC Patch.esp
Qw_WACCF_ISC Patch.esp
RSChildren_WACCF_Patch.esp
Qw_WACCF_RSChildren Patch.esp
AOS - ENB Light patch.esp
Colovian Noble Clothes - USSEP patch.esp
Arctic - Immersive Sounds Compendium Patch.esp
Audio Overhaul of Skyrim - Banners Fix.esp
Frankly HD Imperial Armors and Weapons - WACCF Consistency Patch.esp
Quaint Raven Rock - WACCF Consistency Patch.esp
Relationship Dialogue Overhaul - Hoth Patch.esp
RS Children - WACCF Consistency Patch.esp
The Choice is Yours - WACCF Consistency Patch.esp
WACCF - CRF Consistency Patch.esp
WACCF and ACE - USSEP Arch-Mage Consistency Patch.esp
Wet and Cold - AOS Patch.esp
Xavier - USSEP Patch.esp
SFCO - Immersion Patch.esp
SFCO - Sleep Tight Patch.esp
Quaint Raven Rock - SFCO Patch.esp
MCWT_ArnielsAppeals.esp
MCWT_AWizardsWalk.esp
MCWT_EarlyElementalist.esp
MCWT_ExpiditeTheExpirate.esp
MCWT_InescapableInsights.esp
MCWT_UnflappableFaculty.esp
CC-Fishing_WACCF_Patch.esp
CC-Saints&Seducers_TCIY_Patch.esp
CuttingRoomFloor_WACCF_Patch.esp
ImmersiveSoundsCompendium_ACE_Patch.esp
SkyrimRevampedCEO_ACE_Patch.esp
SPOASilverKnightArmor_WACCF_Patch.esp
SPOASilverShield_WACCF_Patch.esp
TCIY BCS Patch.esp
TCIY_CRF_Patch.esp
EnhancedLightsAndFX - WACCF.esp
Frost Meshes Patch - ISC.esp
ISC USSEP Patch.esp
MCWT_DeadDunmerDelivery - College of Winterhold Quest Start Fixes.esp
NARC SE - Barbas Addon.esp
Obsidian Weathers - No Config Spell.esp
RealisticHuskySoundsSSE - AOS.esp
TheChoiceIsYours - GDO - RDO.esp
TheChoiceIsYours - Lod Dialogue Tweak.esp
Water Douses Fire - Fixes.esp
BeastHHBB - Armor and Clothing Extension Patch.esp
BeastHHBB - Cutting Room Floor Patch.esp
BeastHHBB - Kharjo Alt.esp
BeastHHBB - Relationship Dialogue Overhaul Replacer.esp
BeastHHBB - Riften Docks Overhaul.esp
BeastHHBB - Skyrim Revamped CEO Replacer.esp
TW3_femaleArmors_zzjay.esp
Armors of the Velothi - Ashlander Seer And Indoril Wayfarer Crafting.esp
Armors of the Velothi - WACCF Patch.esp
Archmage SE - Johnskyrim.esp
Blinding Light SE - Johnskyrim.esp
JS Ioun Stones SE - Johnskyrim.esp
Ebonblade Waraxe SE - Johnskyrim.esp
Iban's Staff SE - Johnskyrim.esp
Quel'Delar SE - Johnskyrim.esp
Lionheart - Johnskyrim.esp
Sulfuras The Reclaimed Hand SE - Johnskyrim.esp
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I finished reading the six most recent volumes of the Sawyer spinoff, Dismemberment Galore! The Gore Gore Girl, a month ago & have re-read the various chapters of course, and pretty much all the chapters are fantastically well done. There are no spoilers in this I promise, I will describe why I liked certain chapter(s) but not actually detail the plot; I will mention new characters' names but nothing about their history (I will spoiler tag the new names though). An interesting difference I noticed between Rei Hiroe's Black Lagoon manga & Tatsuhiko Ida's spinoff manga is the background subject that they usually use to encompass their stories. Hiroe usually uses the subject(s) of military and history/politics, whereas Ida uses the subject(s) of folklore & popular culture (for example, American/British/Chinese/Slavic folklore; also using aspects from household-name horror movie/novel plots a few times).
Another difference between the two manga is the length of the stories, i.e. Black Lagoon is organized into arcs (13 total), while Dismemberment Galore! The Gore Gore Girl is primarily centered around one-chapter stories with just 4 arcs in total which make up a third of the current 45 chapters (the arcs being chapters 18-20, 24-28, 33-35, & 42-44). Before you ask, the spinoff series is NOT in English nor pirated into English, I was able to read the chapters since I possess the physical copies.
Like the main manga, the spinoff contains excellent female characters besides Sawyer, Shenhua, and other women from the original series. Five new women in the series that are pretty cool and mysterious include Bunny the Undertaker, The Undertaker No. 2, Jessica, Baba Yaga, and Jacqueline. I do wonder what Hiroe thinks of the new recurring characters, I know that he reviews the spinoff chapter manuscripts & checks for correct names as part of the spinoff collaboration. My only guess regarding new characters is that Hiroe possibly had a hand in naming Sawyer's new cleaner assistant Chop Top.
Another important difference between the main manga and the spinoff is Sawyer's communication. In the main series, Sawyer uses an electrolarynx to speak (although she does not use it in "The Wired Red Wild Card"), but in the spinoff she is not seen speaking with her electrolarynx once (despite a voice box shown only a couple times), so she solely communicates via nonverbal communication (facial expressions and body gestures). At best, her only mouth-related noises stem from vomiting or expressions (i.e. voiceless panting, whimpering or a sigh), no [electronic voice] words.
In general, all chapters stand out in their own way, but certain ones are great because of the new characters & their occasional progression(?) in becoming closer to Sawyer, others due to their action/comedic plots, and all chapters have a fantastic art style. There are two omake (in volume 1 & volume 3), and there is cool bonus art of characters in volumes 1, 2, 3 & 5. Sawyer basically belongs to 2 families, her first "family" with Shenhua & Lotton, and then her second "family" of her recurring friends in the spinoff. Those 2 families have not interacted with each other yet, so that would be an interesting turn if it occurred in upcoming chapters. Here are chapters that stood out and/or I really enjoyed in particular:
Chapter 02: The Shadow Over Roanapur (cool chapter through and through)
Chapter 05: A Quiet Place (if you liked Black Lagoon chapter 115 New Girl in the Hood Part 2, you'll enjoy this one)
Chapter 09: Basket Case (Sawyer & Dutch chapter)
Chapter 12: The Fog (involves the Rip-Off Church so just my favorable bias toward the church characters lol, great chapter)
Chapter 14: Gloomy Sunday (good story, touching ending)
Chapter 17: Enter The Fat Dragon (cool Shenhua chapter)
Chapter 19/20: LIGHT MY FIRE & In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (good first arc that really piques the reader's curiosity about a new group of antagonist[s])
Chapter 22: IRON MAIDEN (funniest chapter in my opinion)
Chapter 23: A Mad-Tea Party (chapter leaves you with questions in a good way)
Chapter 28: The Ring (twist after twist & interesting ending to the 2nd arc)
Chapter 29: Big Trouble in Little China (cool fight/team-up)
Chapter 31: SWAMP THING (fast-paced action; the drawing & pacing are arranged so well that you can actually hear the chapter & weapon noises as you read)
Chapter 34: Nosferatu (interesting villain and awesome action/fight, great Sawyer family chapter)
Chapter 35: Stranger Things (like the title, truly strange to say the least)
Chapter 39: Fetish (definitely the most unnerving chapter; horror is one of the genres after all)
Chapter 40: Copycat (good Sawyer & Lotton chapter)
Chapter 41: The Wraith (good Sawyer family chapter, somber tone in parts)
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If you truly wish to learn about characters & chapters in the Sawyer spinoff manga for the time being (in English language), your best bet is to check out the spinoff chapter & character pages on the Black Lagoon Wiki. FAIR WARNING, those articles of course contain spoilers; read at your own risk. If you somehow even find it worthy to do (I wouldn't), you could get the physical copies & read by using image-text translation or knowing Japanese, or better yet find a pirated version if/when accessible.
For the 19 original Black Lagoon characters that appear in the Sawyer spinoff, all but Sawyer's wiki page have the respective Gore Gore Girl history section on their character pages (AGAIN, read at your own risk of spoilers if you so choose). Several spinoff charactechapter pages are still being added to the wiki, and the remaining pages should absolutely be finished by the end of June.
I hope you have found this review interesting & helpful.

Wish List: Teslas below, AA/SS/1S melee below, rare apparel/masks, or Vanguard Scout armor with +Strength/Cavalier
I still need the following Teslas: H/50c/25,,, Jug/50c/25,,, Troub/50c/25
I still need the following AA/SS/1S melee: cultist blade,,, gulper smacker
Complete Trade List: (Thank you for your time browsing this huge list!!!)
FIXERS: AA/25/15r,,, AA/25/15v,,, AA/50c/15v,,, AA/50vhc/25,,, AA/50L/25,,, AA/AP/25,,, AA/E/Dur,,, Ari/25/15r,,, Ari/E/15r,,, Ari/E/25,,, B/25/15v,,, B/50L/25,,, BAP/25,,, Exe/25/25,,, Exe/50c/25,,, Exe/AP/25,,, Exe/E/25,,, F/50c/25,,, GouE/25,,, GS/50c/25,,, GS/E/25,,, H/50c/25,,, Jug/50c/25,,, Jug/AP/25,,, Junk/25/15r,,, Junk/50c/15v,,, Junk/50c/25,,, Junk/50L/25,,, Junk/AP/25,,, Junk/E/15v,,, Med/25/25,,, Med/50c/25,,, Med/AP/25,,, Mu/AP/25,,, MS/50c/25,,, MS/AP/25,,, N/AP/25,,, N/E/25,,, Q/25/15r,,, Q/25/15v,,, Q/AP/25,,, St/50c/25,,, St/AP/25,,, St/E/25,,, Su/50c/25,,, Su/AP/25,,, Su/E/25,,, T/50c/25,,, T/AP/25,,, TS/25/15r,,, TS/25/15v,,, TS/50vhc/25,,, TS/AP/25,,, V/AP/25,,, Z/25/25,,, Z/E/25
HANDMADES: AA/E/15v,,, Junk/25/15r,,, MS/E/25,,, Mu/E/25,,, Mu/50c/25,,, Q/50vhc/25
HEAVY WEAPONS: AA/25/90 AGL,,, AA/25/15r Cryolator,,, AA/25/90 Harpoon Gun,,, As/25A/90 Fatman,,, As/25/90 Gatling Plasma,,, B/E/Gho 50cal,,, B/25A/90 Cryolator,,, B/50L/90 Cryolator,,, B/25A/90 Missile Launcher,,, B/50vhc/90 Missile Launcher,,, B/50L/90 AGL,,, Exe/50c/15r Flamer,,, Exe/25A/90 Gatling Plas,,, Exe/E/25 LMG,,, F/50c/25 Cryolator,,, Q/25/15v LMG,,, Q/50L/90 Minigun,,, TS/25/15r Gatling Gun,,, TS/E/25 Minigun,,, V/25/15r 50cal,,, V/25A/90 Cryolator,,, V/25/25 Gatling Gun,,, V/50L/90 Harpoon Gun,,, Z/E/90 LMG
MELEE: AA/SS/1S Death Tambo,,, AA/SS/1S Deathclaw Gauntlet,,, AA/40P/1S Gulper Smacker,,, AA/SS/1S Pole Hook,,, AA/50c/15v Power Fist,,, AA/SS/1S Super Sledge,,, Ari/SS/1S Shovel,,, Ari/SS/1S Sledgehammer,,, As/40P/1S Chainsaw,,, As/40P/1S Drill,,, As/SS/1S Sheepsquatch Staff,,, B/SS/1S Deathclaw Gauntlet,,, B/50c/1S Drill,,, B/SS/25 Gulper Smacker,,, B/SS/25 Meat Hook,,, B/SS/1S Power Fist,,, Exe/40P/25 Drill,,, Exe/50c/1S Power Fist,,, Ext/SS/1S Drill,,, F/40P/40 Chainsaw,,, GS/SS/1S Chainsaw,,, GS/SS/1S Ripper,,, I/SS/1S Death Tambo,,, I/SS/1S Golf Club,,, I/SS/1S Super Sledge,,, Junk/SS/1S Assaultron Blade,,, Junk/SS/1S Security Baton,,, Mu/SS/1S Deathclaw Gauntlet,,, MS/SS/1S Shishkebab,,, Su/SS/1S Spear,,, Su/SS/1S Tire Iron,,, Troub/SS/1S Bowie Knife,,, Troub/SS/1S Golf Club,,, V/SS/1S Combat Knife,,, V/SS/1S Deathclaw Gauntlet,,, V/SS/1S Pole Hook,,, V/SS/1S Sledgehammer,,, Z/SS/1S Fire Axe,,, Z/SS/1S Knuckles,,, Z/SS/1S Pipe Wrench
RAILWAYS: AA/50c/25,,, AA/50vhc/25,,, AA/E/15v,,, AA/E/25,,, Ari/25/15r,,, B/50vhc/25,,, B/E/15r,,, B/E/90,,, F/50c/25,,, F/E/25,,, GS/25/25,,, GS/50c/25,,, H/50c/25,,, I/25/25,,, I/50c/25,,, Junk/E/25,,, Q/50L/90,,, St/50c/25,,, Su/E/25,,, TS/50L/25,,, TS/50vhc/25,,, TS/50c/15r,,, TS/AP/25,,, TS/E/Dur,,, V/25/25,,, V/50c/25,,, Z/E/90
TESLAS: AA/25/15r,,, AA/50L/15r,,, AA/AP/25,,, B/25/Gho,,, Exe/25/15r,,, Ext/25/15r,,, F/25/15r,,, I/25/15r,,, Q/25/250,,, Q/AP/25,,, TS/25/15r,,, TS/25/25,,, V/25/250,,, V/25/Dur,,, V/50L/15r,,, Z/25/15r
AA/25/25 Assaultron Head,,, AA/50c/15v Crossbow,,, AA/50L/25 Enclave Plasma Rifle,,, AA/25/25 Gamma Gun,,, AA/E/15r Hunting Rifle,,, B/AP/25 Compound Bow,,, B/25/25 Gauss Rifle,,, Exe/50c/25 Combat Rifle,,, Exe/50c/25 Double Barrel,,, Exe/E/25 Hunting Rifle,,, Exe/E/25 Lever Action,,, F/50c/15v Compound Bow,,, F/E/25 Double Barrel,,, F/50c/15v Thirst Zapper,,, GouE/25 Double Barrel,,, Gou25/25 Lever Action,,, GS/50c/25 Gamma Gun,,, Jug/E/25 Combat Rifle,,, Jug/50c/25 Laser Rifle,,, Junk/50c/25 Enclave Plasma Rifle,,, Mu/50c/25 Crossbow,,, N/25/25 Enclave Plasma Rifle,,, N/50c/25 Enclave Plasma Rifle,,, Q/50c/25 Assaultron Head,,, Q/25/15r Combat Shotgun,,, Q/25/15r Plasma Rifle,,, St/50c/25 Crossbow,,, St/E/25 Single Action Revolver,,, Su/25/25 Radium Rifle,,, TS/25/15r Combat Rifle,,, TS/50c/25 Combat Rifle,,, V/50c/25 Bow,,, V/50L/25 Compound Bow,,, V/AP/25 Crossbow,,, V/25/15r Enclave Plasma Rifle,,, V/50c/25 Gauss Rifle
ARMOR: Aristocrat's Heavy Robot left leg with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Assassin's Heavy Combat right leg with Strength/Sentinel,,, Assassin's Marine right leg with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Assassin's T-45 right leg with AP/Sentinel,,, Assassin's Trapper right arm with +25 Poison resist/Sentinel,,, Assassin's USA left arm with +25 Poison resist/Sentinel,,, Auto Stim Heavy Robot right leg with +25 Cryo resist/Sentinel,,, Auto Stim Raider Power left arm with AP/Sentinel,,, Auto Stim USA right arm with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Auto Stim USA right arm with AP/WWR,,, Auto Stim USA right leg with 7%LED/WWR,,, Auto Stim USA right leg with Strength/WWR,,, Bolstering FSA left leg with AP/Sentinel,,, Bolstering Marine right arm with +25 Cryo resist/Sentinel,,, Bolstering Sturdy Combat left leg with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Bolstering Trapper chest with AP/Cavalier,,, Bolstering Trapper right arm with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Bolstering USA left arm with 7%LED/FDC,,, Bolstering USA left leg with slowed hungeWWR,,, Bolstering USA right leg with Charisma/Sentinel,,, Chameleon FSA left leg with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Chameleon Heavy Leather right arm with AP/WWR,,, Chameleon Marine right leg with AP/HDT,,, Chameleon Raider Power right leg with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Chameleon Robot chest with 7%LED/WWR,,, Chameleon Trapper left leg with AP/Cavalier,,, Chameleon USA chest with 7%LED/Cavalier,,, Chameleon USA left arm with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Chameleon USA left leg with +25 Cryo resist/Sentinel,,, Chameleon USA right arm with 7%LED/WWR,,, Chameleon USA right leg with AP/FDC,,, Cloaking Raider Power right leg with 7%LED/WWR,,, Cloaking USA right arm with 7%LED/HDT,,, Exterminator's FSA right arm with 7%LED/Cavalier,,, Exterminator's FSA right leg with 7%LED/Cavalier,,, Ghoul Slayer's FSA right leg with AP/Cavalier,,, Life Saving Combat left leg with AP/WWR,,, Life Saving Trapper left leg with AP/Sentinel,,, Life Saving Trapper right leg with 7%LED/Cavalier,,, Life Saving USA left arm with AP/Cavalier,,, Life Saving USA right arm with +25 Poison resist/Sentinel,,, Mutant's Excavator left arm with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Mutant's FSA chest with 7%LED/WWR,,, Mutant's FSA left leg with 7%LED/WWR,,, Nocturnal Excavator right leg with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Nocturnal Marine right arm with AP/Cavalier,,, Nocturnal USA right leg with AP/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Combat left arm with +25 Cryo resist/Cavalier,,, Overeater's Excavator right leg with Luck/Cavalier,,, Overeater's FSA chest with Endurance/Sentinel,,, Overeater's FSA right arm with Luck/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Heavy Combat left arm with 7%LED/JWR,,, Overeater's Heavy Combat right leg with Perception/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Heavy Metal left leg with Strength/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Heavy Raider left arm with 7%LED/Cavalier,,, Overeater's Heavy Raider left leg with Charisma/WWR,,, Overeater's Heavy Robot chest with +25 Rad resist/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Heavy Robot left leg with Agility/WWR,,, Overeater's Heavy Robot right leg with +25 Cryo resist/Cavalier,,, Overeater's Marine left leg with slowed hungeWWR,,, Overeater's Marine right arm with +25 Rad resist/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Marine right leg with +25 Fire resist/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Metal left leg with +25 Cryo resist/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Robot right leg with Endurance/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Trapper left arm with AP/HDT,,, Overeater's Trapper left leg with +25 Fire resist/Sentinel,,, Overeater's Trapper left leg with Perception/WWR,,, Overeater's Trapper right arm with Luck/WWR,,, Overeater's T-60 left arm with +25% Env resist/WWR,,, Overeater's T-60 left arm slowed hungeWWR,,, Overeater's USA chest with +25 Cryo resist/HDT,,, Overeater's USA left arm with +25 Poison resist/Sentinel,,, Overeater's USA right leg with slowed hungeFDC,,, Overeater's Wood left arm with 7%LED/Cavalier,,, Regenerating Heavy Leather right leg with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Regenerating Heavy Raider right arm with AP/Sentinel,,, Troubleshooter's Excavator right arm with 7%LED/Cavalier,,, Troubleshooter's Marine left arm with AP/Sentinel,,, Troubleshooter's Sturdy Metal right leg with AP/Sentinel,,, Unyielding FSA chest with Intelligence/Dur,,, Unyielding FSA left arm with Charisma/Cavalier,,, Unyielding FSA left leg with AP/FDC,,, Unyielding Heavy Combat chest with Strength/HDT,,, Unyielding Heavy Combat right arm with +25 Poison resist/JWR,,, Unyielding Heavy Combat right leg with 7%LED/Less limb dam,,, Unyielding Heavy Leather right arm with AP/HDT,,, Unyielding Heavy Metal right leg with Endurance/Sentinel,,, Unyielding Heavy Robot chest with +25 cryo resist/Cavalier,,, Unyielding Marine right arm with +25 Rad resist/Cavalier,,, Unyielding Marine right leg with +25 Fire resist/WWR,,, Unyielding Metal chest with AP/HDT,,, Unyielding Metal right leg with AP/Cavalier,,, Unyielding Robot right arm with Agility/Sentinel,,, Unyielding Sturdy Leather left arm with Strength/WWR,,, Unyielding Sturdy Leather left leg with 7%LED/Sentinel,,, Unyielding Sturdy Metal chest with AP/WWR,,, Unyielding Sturdy Metal left arm with +25 Rad resist/Sentinel,,, Unyielding Trapper left leg with AP/Cavalier,,, Unyielding Trapper right arm with 7%LED/HDT,,, Unyielding USA chest with Charisma/Cavalier,,, Unyielding USA left arm with +25% Env resist/Cavalier,,, Unyielding USA left leg with Charisma/Cavalier,,, Unyielding USA right leg with +25 Poison resist/JWR,,, Unyielding Wood chest with Luck/Cavalier,,, Vanguard's Excavator right leg with Intelligence/Cavalier,,, Vanguard's FSA left arm with slowed hungeSentinel,,, Vanguards's FSA right leg with Strength/Cavalier,,, Vanguard's Heavy Leather right arm with 7%LED/HDT,,, Vanguard's Heavy Robot right arm with 7%LED/HDT,,, Vanguard's Marine right arm with AP/HDT,,, Vanguard's Sturdy Robot left arm with AP/Sentinel,,, Vanguard's Sturdy Robot right leg with 7%LED/WWR,,, Vanguard's USA chest with Luck/Sentinel,,, Vanguard's USA left arm with Intelligence/Sentinel,,, Vanguard's USA left leg with Strength/Cavalier,,, Vanguard's USA right arm with AP/Cavalier,,, Vanguard's USA right leg with Strenght/Cavalier(2),,, Vanguard's Wood chest with Strength/Sentinel,,, Weightless USA left arm with Strength/Sentinel,,, Weightless USA right leg with AP/Cavalier,,, Zealot's USA right arm with AP/WWR,,, Zealot's USA right leg with AP/WWR
PLANS: Alien Blaster,,, Assault rifle,,, Barbed walking cane,,, Baseball bat rocket,,, Baseball bat searing puncturing rocket,,, Bear arm,,, Bear arm heavy mod,,, Boxing glove lead lining,,, Camo Backpack,,, Cave cricket tube,,, Deathclaw gauntlet,,, Dense marine armor torso,,, Dense trapper armor torso,,, Fire station bell,,, Flannel shirt & jeans,,, Hatchet electro fusion,,, Junkyard fountain,,, Machete sacrificial blade,,, Meat Tenderizer,,, Nuka girl area rug,,, Pepper Shaker,,, Pitchfork flamer,,, Protective lining marine underarmor,,, Protective lining raider underarmor,,, Puncturing pole hook,,, Radioactive barrel,,, Raw cement barricade,,, Scorchbeast queen plushie,,, Scorched tube,,, Shielded lining casual underarmor,,, Shielded lining marine underarmor,,, Shielded lining raider underarmor,,, Ski sword skate blade,,, Skiing outfit,,, Sledgehammer heavy searing sharp rocket,,, Small vault girl statue,,, Snallygaster plushie,,, Spiked walking cane,,, The Fixer,,, T-60 BOS knight paint,,, TV Aquarium,,, Ultracite emergency protocols,,, Undershirt & jeans,,, Vintage water cooler,,, WV state bird rug,,, Yao Guai tube,,, Cutting fluid recipe,,, Fasnacht donut recipe,,, Fasnacht sausage recipe,,, Healing salve Ash Heap recipe,,, Healing salve Cranberry Bog recipe,,, Healing salve Mire recipe,,, Formula P recipe,,,Stimpak Diffuser recipe,,, Tato salad recipe
APPAREL: Asylum Uniform Pink,,, Clean Spacesuit,,, Emmett Mountain hazmat suit,,, Garrahan Foreman Outfit and Helmet,,, Grey Fishermans Overalls,,, Hunter's Long Coat,,, Longshoreman Outfit,,, Skiing red and green outfit,,, Straight Jacket Clean,,, ,, Winter Jacket and Jeans
CHEMS: Addictol: 185,,, Berry Mentats: 661,,, Buffout: 1528,,, Calmex: 546,,, Daddy-O: 1074,,, Day Tripper: 805,,, Disease Cure: 415,,, Mentats: 1000,,, Overdrive: 580,,, Psycho: 2831,,, Psychobuff: 1372,,, Psychotats: 1252,,, X-cell: 347
FOOD: Canned meat stew: 65,,, Pepper: 2586,,, Salt: 994,,, Spices: 1440,,, Sugar Bombs(w/rads): 385
MODS: Enclave plasma aligned flamer mod,,, Enclave plasma aligned sniper barrel mod,,, Enclave plasma severe beta wave tuner

This is the story about the first time I had my heart broken
Once my oupa died I had to go back and live with my mom and her boyfriend. He was part of a pool league team so they had parties with youngsters alot and thought they were the shit having these young people around them but in reality they were using them for a pool and a party place in my opinion anyway.
At the time I wasn't around much I ended up going to friends alot.
During my high school career I had 2 best friends one well call Kimberly. She was a nerdy girl at school but she had these beautiful blue eyes , this bright smile and the most contagious laugh I have ever heard. She was dating a guy well call Andrew at the time he was captain of the rugby and cricket team at school a good Christian boy a student you name it the perfect guy. Him and I got on really well. Kimberly and I were every close I would spend alot of time at her house she had 2 younger sisters that loved me to bits and her mom and step dad loved me too for the first time in my whole life I felt like I was apart of a family it was such a good feeling.
One December she went to her dad and things happened to her and her sister.. her cousin molested them but I won't go into detail. Kimberly didn't handle it well and she was put into hospital for a while. I went to visit her with my guy cousin and he said we'd make a cute couple and I was like whaaaat?? We close and loving but I never thought of her in that way... But the moment it was said something inside us changed and I think we looked at each other differently.
The first day she was back it was first period English class I sat by the door waiting yo watch her walk down the corridor and the moment I saw her coming I ran out of class and I wrapped my arms around her and I hugged and took her by the hand as she cried and I walked her into class like I promised I would.
My mom never worked on a Monday or Tuesday and because we stayed far from the school I wouldn't go to school on those days and one day Kimberly freaked out because she thought I was let coming to school she started jumping up into the barbed wire and trying to cut her wrists with scissors and Ilas I took the corner of our quad she ran to me and started shouting at me for not being at school when she needed me. I grabbed her and wrapped my arms around her and told her it's OK I'm here iv got you. She fell weak and I carried her to the bench and I promised her I'd make a plan to be there every day and I did became mom started fetching me know days my mom wouldn't go to work.
From then on we got closer and closer we hung out more and more. It was her brothers 20 something birthday party and she invited me and our friend group and we were smoking weed in the rain out side a burned down house it was kak creepy. Her mom and her moms BFF knew what we were doing but didn't make it obvious. We were all super wasted and high and decided to give her brother a wedgie. He was a hairy mother fucker, his underpants torn and pulled out so much of his hair with it ot was hilarious.
Anyway I was sitting on the couch and her brother decides he likes me and wallets to kiss me ( everyone knew I was gay by clearly he wanted to try get me straight) this was soo funny for everybody me Kimberly and her sisters hold me down while their brother straddles me and shoves his tongue in my mouth as I'm screaming I was using my tounge to push his out and afterwards he tells me I kiss so nicely lol wtf.
Later that night my mom pitches up there drunk as can be and starts kissing the brother infrint of his mom I was horrified that's the dude that just kissed me euw fuck thank God I Got there first. When my mom left she drove over a huge rock and Kimberly's boyfriend hand to pick the car up and we moved the rock out of the water he was crazy strong chiseled body.
That night Kimberly and I go to bed cuddling and she gets up and I think she's gone to pee so I lay there waiting and waiting nothing. So I'm like OK let me go look and see where she is maybe she passed out on the toilet. I walk into the dining area and look into the lounge there she is on the couch with her boyfriend doing 69 and that freaked me out and kinda hurt me but it's her boyfriend what can I do. So I go pee and climb vack into bed.
I wake up to Kimberly getting back into bed and kissed my cheek and was holding me omg I wanted to vomit cos I know exactly what was on her lips and that's the last thing I Wana taste or smell. I never said a word I turned around and went to sleep the next morning I acted like nothing happened and I didn't see anything.
So that December Kimberly asked me to go with her and her sisters to the dad she didn't feel safe going there alone so of course I say yes I want to protect them they my family. I was going to be spending Christmas with them so I was excited and plus we were going to Kruger park.
We get there and it's all chilled but when we get to Kruger things changed.
One night we were drinking red wine and I remethis because her dad played the ub40 song for us between were getting tipsy. We go upstairs to our rooms and showered. That night she walked to the window in her sleep but I didn't know she said look it's a kudu and I got up and lmstood next to her and looked I saw nothing and I turned and looked at her her eyes where closed so I turned her and lead her back to bed and lay her down. I climbed over her to get back into bed and she woke up and looked at me and asked what are you doing so I told her what happened. So she sat up climed on my lap and started kissing me and said she has wanted to do this for a while and me being me I carried on and kissed her back I did find her very beautiful and felt lucky that she wanted me because iv always had a very low self esteem.
We ended up having sex that night I wasn't too experienced I didn't know exactly what I was doing but I did what I knew. So after that night we had a lot of sex in the pool of the lodge in the shower and I'm she even tried to get me to finger her at the back of the bakkie on one of the game drives but I didn't want to because her sister's were right there.
When we went back to her dad's place one day we were busy having sex I was eating her out and her sister walked in Kimberly held my head under the blanket and her sister said Kimberly I'm not ssltupid I know what u doing I laughed because I always laugh when I'm nervous. We also got caught having sex in the pool at her dad's complex by her sisters.
But when our holiday ended we weren't back at school for long and her mom decided they were going to move it broke my heart... no it shattered my heart because we had a secret relationship and they felt like family. She promised me we'd talk all the time and that she'll always love me.
She left and not long after being at her new school I found out she had a boyfriend while leading me on I was so heart broken and then to top things off she told our mutual friend I forced myself on her when she was drunk.
That right there is why I now never touch a drunk woman because I don't want the same story again.
I genuinely loved her for who she was not what I could get from her. And that's how I got my heart broken for the first time. But it was a lesson Learned but unfortunately because I did what I did I lost her forever we wouldn't even be able to be friends anymore. I still chat to her baby sister every now and then and I believe she's a mom. I only wish her happiness.

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I’ve had (read: been expanding) my Sonos system for about 6 years now, and am pretty happy with the setup.
Speakers are where I want them, ran some cables, did some troubleshooting and improved my network.
All is well but for some very rare and short-lived dropouts on a stereo pair. On multiple support calls with Sonos, they always claim it is due to ‘interference’, but I don’t know if they just see the high interference and immediately assume that’s what it is, or if they have data that confirms the drop out was actually caused by the interference.
Anyway, I don’t want to move the speakers, and can’t pin down the source of the interference. There certainly is interference - network matrix is usually red or orange on all speakers, occasionally yellow and never green - so I think I am stuck with it.
Same on 1, 6, or 11 (SonosNet with a boost nearby and a wired Playbase at the other side of the house). Had many more dropouts when switching to WiFi mode, so have stuck with SonosNet.
Wondering if anyone can offer any possible solutions or other things to try…?
The pair in question are both Play:1, bonded to a gen 3 sub. Would Ones be able to perform better? Do the Play:1s have enough resources to deal with the interference as well as bonding with the sub? Should I buy all my neighbours new 5Ghz only APs? Etc etc…
Shout if me providing any more details about the setup would help. Thanks!

Hey all,
It's been an amazing run thanks to all of you.
Eight years ago, I posted in the Apple subreddit about a Reddit app I was looking for beta testers for, and my life completely changed that day. I just finished university and an internship at Apple, and wanted to build a Reddit client of my own: a premier, customizable, well-designed Reddit app for iPhone. This fortunately resonated with people immediately, and it's been my full time job ever since.
Today's a much sadder post than that initial one eight years ago. June 30th will be Apollo's last day.
I've talked to a lot of people, and come to terms with this over the last weeks as talks with Reddit have deteriorated to an ugly point, and in the interest of transparency with the community, I wanted to talk about how I arrived at this decision, and if you have any questions at the end, I'm more than happy to answer. This post will be long as I have a lot of topics to cover.
Please note that I recorded all my calls with Reddit, so my statements are not based on memory, but the recorded statements by Reddit over the course of the year. One-party consent recording is legal in my country of Canada. Also I won't be naming names, that's not important and I don't want to doxx people.

What happened initially?

On April 18th, Reddit announced changes that would be coming to the API, namely that the API is moving to a paid model for third-party apps. Shortly thereafter we received phone calls, however the price (the key element in an announcement to move to a paid API) was notably missing, with the intent to follow up with it in 2-4 weeks.
The information they did provide however was: we will be moving to a paid API as it's not tenable for Reddit to pay for third-party apps indefinitely (understandable, agreed), so they're looking to do equitable pricing based in reality. They mentioned that they were not looking to be like Twitter, which has API pricing so high it was publicly ridiculed.
I was excited to hear these statements, as I agree that long-term Reddit footing the bill for third-party apps is not tenable, and with a paid arrangement there's a great possibility for developing a more concrete relationship with Reddit, with better API support for users. I think this optimism came across in my first post about the calls with Reddit.

When did they announce pricing?

Six weeks later, they called to discuss pricing. I quickly put together a small app where I could input the prices and it would output monthly/yearly cost, cost for free users, paid users, etc. so I'd be able to process the information immediately.
The price they gave was $0.24 for 1,000 API calls. I quickly inputted this in my app, and saw that it was not far off Twitter's outstandingly high API prices, at $12,000, and with my current usage would cost almost $2 million dollars per month, or over $20 million per year.

Why do you say Reddit's pricing is "too high"? By what metric?

Reddit's promise was that the pricing would be equitable and based in reality. The reality that they themselves have posted data about over the years is as follows (copy-pasted from my previous post):

Less than 2 years ago they said they crossed $100M in quarterly revenue for the first time ever, if we assume despite the economic downturn that they've managed to do that every single quarter now, and for your best quarter, you've doubled it to $200M. Let's also be generous and go far, far above industry estimates and say you made another $50M in Reddit Premium subscriptions. That's $550M in revenue per year, let's say an even $600M. In 2019, they said they hit 430 million monthly active users, and to also be generous, let's say they haven't added a single active user since then (if we do revenue-per-user calculations, the more users, the less revenue each user would contribute). So at generous estimates of $600M and 430M monthly active users, that's $1.40 per user per year, or $0.12 monthly. These own numbers they've given are also seemingly inline with industry estimates as well.

Apollo's price would be approximately $2.50 per month per user, with Reddit's indicated cost being approximately $0.12 per their own numbers.
A 20x increase does not seem "based in reality" to me.

Why doesn't Reddit just buy Apollo and other third-party apps?

This was a very common comment across the topics: "If Apollo has an apparent opportunity cost of $20 million per year, why not just buy them and other third-party apps, as they did with Alien Blue?"
I believe it's a fair question. If these apps apparently cost so much, an easy solution that would likely make everyone happy would be to simply buy these apps out. So I brought that up to them during a call on May 31st where I was suggesting a variety of potential solutions.

Bizarre allegations by Reddit of Apollo "blackmailing" and "threatening" Reddit

About 24 hours after that call with Reddit, I received this odd message on Mastodon:

"Can you please comment publicly about the internal Reddit claim that you tried to “blackmail” them for a $10,000,000 payout to “stay quiet”?"

Then yesterday, moderators told me they were on a call with CEO Steve Huffman (spez), and he said the following per their transcript:

Steve: "Apollo threatened us, said they’ll “make it easy” if Reddit gave them $10 million."
Steve: "This guy behind the scenes is coercing us. He's threatening us."

Wow. Because my memory is that you didn't take it as a threat, and you even apologized profusely when you admitted you misheard it. It's very easy to take a single line and make it look bad by removing all the rest of the context, so let's look at the full context.
I can only assume you didn't realize I was recording the call, because there's no way you'd be so blatantly lying if you did.
As said, a common suggestion across the many threads on this topic was "If third-party apps are costing Reddit so much money, why don't they just buy them out like they did Alien Blue?" That was the point I brought up. If running Apollo as it stands now would cost you $20 million yearly as you quote, I suggested you cut a check to me to end Apollo. I said I'd even do it for half that or six months worth: $10 million, what a deal!
The bizarre thing is - initially - on the call you interpreted that as a threat. Even giving you the benefit of the doubt that maybe my phrasing was confusing, I asked for you to elaborate on how you found what I said to be a threat, because I was incredibly confused how you interpreted it that way. You responded that I said "Hey, if you want this to go away…" Which is not at all what I said, so I reiterated that I said "If you want to Apollo to go quiet, as in it's quite loud in terms of API usage".
What did you then say?

Me: "I said 'If you want Apollo to go quiet'. Like in terms of- I would say it's quite loud in terms of its API usage."
Reddit: "Oh. Go quiet as in that. Okay, got it. Got it. Sorry."
Reddit: "That's a complete misinterpretation on my end. I apologize. I apologize immediately."

The admission that you mistook me, and the four subsequent apologies led me to believe that you acknowledged you mistook me and you were apologetic. The fact that you're pretending none of this happened (or was recorded), and instead espousing a different reality where instead of apologizing for taking it as a threat, you're instead going the complete opposite direction and saying "He threatened us!" is so low I almost don't believe it.
But again, I've recorded all my calls with you just in case you tried something like this.
Transcript of this part of the call: https://gist.github.com/christianselig/fda7e8bc5a25aec9824f915e6a5c7014
Audio of this part of the call: http://christianselig.com/apollo-end/reddit-third-call-may-31-end.m4a
(If you take issue with the call being recorded please remember that I'm in Canada and so long as one participant in the call (me) consents to being recorded, it's legal. If anyone would like the recording of the full call, I'm happy to provide.)
I bring this up for two reasons:

• I don't want Reddit slandering me to internal employees or public people by saying I threatened them when they reality is that they immediately apologized for misunderstanding me.
• It shows why I've finally come to the conclusion that I don't think this situation is recoverable. If Reddit is willing to stoop to such deep lows as to slander individuals with blatant lies to try to get community favor back, I no longer have any faith they want this to work, or ever did.

What is an API or an API request anyway?

Some people are confused about this situation and don't understand what an API is. An API (Application Programming Interface) is just a way for an app to talk to a website. As an analogy, pretend Reddit is a bouncer. Historically, you can ask Reddit "Could I have the comments for this post?" or "Can you list the posts in AskReddit?". Those would be one API request each, and Reddit would respond with the corresponding data.
Everything you do on Reddit is an API request. Upvoting, downvoting, commenting, loading posts, loading subreddits, checking for new messages, blocking users, filtering subreddits, etc.
The situation is changing so that for each API request you make, there's a portion of a penny charged to the developer of that app. I think that is very reasonable, provided, well, that the price they charge is reasonable.

Claims that Apollo is "inefficient"

Another common claim by Reddit is that Apollo is inherently inefficient, using on average 345 requests per day per user, while some other apps use 100. I'd like to use some numbers to illustrate why I think this is very unfairly framing it.
Up until a week ago, the stated Reddit API rate limits that apps were asked to operate within was 60 requests per minute per user. That works out to a total of 86,400 per day. Reddit stated that Apollo uses 345 requests per user per day on average, which is also in line with my findings. Thats 0.4% of the limit Reddit was previously imposing, which I would say is quite efficient.
As an analogy (can you tell I love analogies?), to scale the numbers, if I was to borrow my friend’s car and he said “Please don’t drive it more than 864 miles” and I returned the car with 3.4 miles driven, I think he’d be pretty happy with my low use. The fact that a different friend one week only used 1 mile is really cool, but I don't think either person is "inefficient".
That being said, if Reddit would like to see Apollo make further optimizations to get its existing number lower, I’m genuinely more than happy to do so! However the 30 day limit they’ve given me after announcing the pricing to when I will start getting charged significant amounts of money is not enough time to deal with rewriting large parts of my app to lower total requests, while also changing the payment model, transitioning users, and ensuring this is all properly tested and gets through app review.
Further, Reddit themselves said to me that the majority of the cost isn't the server, it's the opportunity cost per user, so the focus on 100 versus 345 calls, rather than the cost per user, doesn't sound genuine. At the very least providing even a bit more time to lower usage to their new targets would be feasible if they've historically provided it, and it's not the majority of the costs anyway.

Me: "Because I assume the majority of it isn't server costs. I assume the majority is the opportunity cost per user."
Reddit: "Exactly."

Why not just increase the price of Apollo?

One option many have suggested is to simply increase the price of Apollo to offset costs. The issue here is that Apollo has approximately 50,000 yearly subscribers at the moment. On average they paid $10/year many months ago, a price I chose based on operating costs I had at the time (server fees, icon design, having a part-time server engineer). Those users are owed service as they already prepaid for a year, but starting July 1st will (in the best case scenario) cost an additional $1/month each in Reddit fees. That's $50,000 in sudden monthly fee that will start incurring in 30 days.
So you see, even if I increase the price for new subscribers, I still have those many users to contend with. If I wait until their subscription expires, slowly month after month there will be less of them. First month $50,000, second month maybe $45,000, then $40,000, etc. until everything has expired, amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars. It would be cheaper to simply refund users.
I hope you can recognize how that's an enormous amount of money to suddenly start incurring with 30 days notice. Even if I added 12,000 new subscribers at $5/month (an enormous feat given the short notice), after Apple's fees that would just be enough to break even.
Going from a free API for 8 years to suddenly incurring massive costs is not something I can feasibly make work with only 30 days. That's a lot of users to migrate, plans to create, things to test, and to get through app review, and it's just not economically feasible. It's much cheaper for me to simply shut down.

So what is the REAL issue you're having?

Hopefully that illustrates why, even more than the large price associated with the API, the 30 day timeline between when the pricing was announced and developers will be charged is a far, far, far bigger issue and not one I can overcome. Much more time would be needed to overhaul the payment model in my app, transition existing users from existing plans, test the changes, and have users update to the new version.
As a comparison, when Apple bought Dark Sky and announced a shut down of their API, knowing that this API was at the core of many businesses, they provided 18 months before the API would be turned off. When the 18 months came, they ultimately extended it another 12 months, resulting in a total transition period of 30 months. While I'm not asking for that much, Reddit's in comparison is 30 days.

Reddit says you won't get your first bill until August 1st, though!

The issue is the size of the bill, not when it will arrive. Significant, significant charges for the API will start building up with 30 days notice on July 1st, the fact that the bill for those charges being 30 days from then is not important. If you hear that your electricity bill is going up 1,000x and the company tells you, "Don't worry, the bill only comes at the end of the month", I hope you understand how that isn't comforting.

What would be a good price/timeline?

I hope I explained above why the 30 day time limit is the true issue. However in a perfect world I think lowering the price by half and providing a three month transition period to the paid API would make the transition feasible for more developers, myself included. These concessions seem minor and reasonable in the face of the changes.

I thought you said Reddit would be flexible on the timeline?

That was my understanding as well based on what they said on a call on May 4th:

Reddit: "If there's an entity who's like 'Hey I'm showing really good progress', you know trying to like we're trying to get a contract in place, we're trying to do all that type of stuff, I don't think you're going to see us be like, you know, like overly aggressive on that timeline. And I feel pretty confident about that point by the way based on conversations I've heard internally."

However when asking about more time, such as a 90 day transition period to make the changes, they said:

Reddit: "On the 90-day transition, remember that billing doesn't kick in until July 1. So you won't see your first bill from July until the beginning of August, and it won’t be due until the end of August (It’s net 30 day billing). You do, however, have to sign an agreement to get paid level access on July 1."

Did you explicitly ask Reddit for more time?

Yes, my last email to them (including Steve) said:

In terms of timeline, what concerns me most is the short nature of it before I start incurring costs. I have a large amount of users at price points that I won’t be able to afford to support with 30 days notice. For instance, users who subscribed for a year for $10 six months ago when I had no idea any of this was coming, amounts to $0.83 per month or $0.58 after Apple’s cut. Even if I’m able to decrease my API usage down to the number in your charts, that still puts me in the red for everyone of those users for awhile with no recourse. A situation like this is one that is legitimately making me legitimately leaning toward shutting down the app, but one that I could salvage if given more time to transition from the free API to the paid API.
In prior calls you mentioned that provided I kept communicating and progress was being made, the timeline wasn’t an absolute.
Is that still the case, or is it now the case that the date is set in stone?

That was a week ago and I've yet to receive any further contact from Reddit.

Isn't this your fault for building a service reliant on someone else?

To a certain extent, yes. However, I was assured this year by Reddit not even that long ago that no changes were planned to be made to the API Apollo uses, and I've made decisions about how to monetize my business based on what Reddit has said.

January 26, 2023
Reddit: "So I would expect no change, certainly not in the short to medium term. And we're talking like order of years."

Another portion of the call:

January 26, 2023
Reddit: "There's not gonna be any change on it. There's no plans to, there's no plans to touch it right now in 2023.
Me: "Fair enough."
Reddit: "And if we do touch it, we're going to be improving it in some way."

Will you build a competitor? Move to one of the existing alternatives?

I've received so many messages of kind people offering to work with me to build a competitor to Reddit, and while I'm very flattered, that's not something I'm interested in doing. I'm a product guy, I like building fun apps for people to use, and I'm just not personally interested in something more managerial.
These last several months have also been incredibly exhausting and mentally draining, I don't have it in me to engage in something so enormous.

Will you sell Apollo?

Probably not. Maybe if the perfect buyer came along who thought they could turn Apollo into something cool and sustainable, but I'd rather the app just die if it would go to a company that would turn something I worked really hard on into something that would ruin its legacy.
To be clear: I am not threatening anyone in the previous paragraph.

Reddit states that the Twitter comparison is unfair

Reddit stated on the first call that they don't want to be like Twitter:

Reddit: "I think one thing that we have tried to be very, very, very intentional about is we are not Elon, we're not trying to be that, we're not trying to go down that same path. [...] We are trying to do is just use usage-based pricing, that will hopefully be very transparent to you, and very clear to you. Or we're not trying to go down the same path that you may have seen some of our other peers go down."

They now state that the comparison of how close their pricing comes to Twitter is an unfair one, and that when they said that above, they were apparently referring not to the pricing, but to the decision Twitter made to ban third-party apps at a rule level, not a pricing level.
I think regardless of whatever their intent/meaning behind the comparison to Twitter was, the result is the same: the pricing will kill third-party apps, just as Twitter did.
I said this to Reddit, and they responded that they don't think Twitter's pricing is unreasonable, and that if anything, if Twitter reversed the rule about third-party apps, they would probably increase the prices as well.
Just to be clear about how wrong and out of touch that is, without naming names, a formerly very, very high up person at Twitter messaged me on Twitter and said:

"The Reddit api moves are crazy. I’m not sure what choices you have but to move to another network. [...] That pricing is designed to prevent apps like yours forevermore."

So to be clear, even this person thinks this pricing is unreasonable. I do too.

Have you talked to CEO Steve Huffman about any of this?

I requested a call to talk to Steve about some suggestions I had, his response was "Sorry, no. You can give name-redacted a ping if you want."
I've then emailed that person (same person I've been talking to for months) suggestions approximately one week ago about how Apollo could survive this, and I've yet to receive a response.

Do I support the protest/Reddit blackout?

Abundantly. Unlike other social media companies like Facebook and Twitter who pay their moderators as employees, Reddit relies on volunteers to do the hard work for free. I completely understand that when tools they take to do their volunteer, important job are taken away, there is anger and frustration there. While I haven't personally mobilized anyone to participate in the blackout out of fear of retaliation from Reddit, the last thing I want is for that to feel like I don't support the folks speaking up. I wholeheartedly do.
It's been a horrible week, and the kindness Redditors and moderators and communities have shown Apollo and other third-party apps has genuinely made it much more bearable and I am genuinely so appreciative.
I am, admittedly, doubtful Reddit wants to listen to folks anymore so I don't see it having an effect.

Your initial post in April sounded quite optimistic. Are you dumb?

In hindsight, kinda yeah. Many of the other developers and folks I talked to were much less optimistic than I was, but I legitimately had great interactions with Reddit for many years prior to last week (they were kind, communicative, gave me heads up of changes), so when they said they were aiming to have pricing that would be fair and based in reality, I honestly believed them. That was foolish of me in hindsight, and maybe could have had a different outcome if I was more aggressive in the beginning. Sorry. /canadian
(And to be clear, they did indeed say this. They used the word "substantive" and I wanted to make sure we had the same definition of something "having a firm basis in reality and therefore important, meaningful, or considerable")

Reddit: "That's exactly right. And I think, thankfully, the word is exactly the right one. It's going to have a firm basis in reality. I also just looked it up. We're going to try to be as transparent as we can."

Reddit claims they've reached out to developers who were bad users of the API, was Apollo contacted?

On May 31st Reddit posted a chart of large excess usage by some unlabeled API clients, and stated: "We reached out to the most impactful large scale applications in order to work out terms for access above our default rate limits via an enterprise tier."
To be clear, Apollo was never contacted, and I've been told from someone internally that Apollo is indeed not one of the unlabeled API clients.
The only time that Apollo was reached out to by Reddit in any capacity about usage was late last year when we received an email about a 6 minute period where Apollo's server API usage increased by 35% before lowering again. Despite 35% for 6 minutes being a comparatively small blip (the above post references clients that are over by 500000%), we responded within 2 minutes. We offered to jump on a call with Reddit engineers if they needed an answer ASAP, identified the issue within several hours and Reddit thanked us for the fast investigation.
Full email transcript: https://gist.github.com/christianselig/6c71608cf617d2f881cd2849325494c1

Claims that Apollo has made no attempt to be a good user of the API

On the call with moderators, Steve Huffman said:

Steve: "I don't use the app, so I'll give you the best answer I can -- he does scraping so that he can deliver notifications faster, but has done NO EFFORT to be a good citizen of the internet."

First off, Apollo does no scraping, it's purely through authenticated calls to the API and has checks in place to ensure it stays within Reddit's API rate limits. I've open sourced the server code to show this.
Secondly, to say we have made no effort is categorically false. I have so many emails reached out to Reddit on multiple occasions expressing concern about and bugs inefficiencies in the API, or ideas on how to improve things, or significant Reddit bugs that made things hard on us. When Reddit has had questions for us, as discussed above, we immediately jumped into action to get an answer as quickly as possible.
Here's an email of me giving a heads up to Reddit of IP address changes on our server:

Me: "With the new change it'll be maybe like, one IP address. This is all obviously still within the API rate limits as the requests are from individual user accounts that have signed in. Again, long story short the result will be more optimized if anything, I just wanted to give a heads up and ensure that it'd be okay if Reddit suddenly saw the server go from a bunch of different IP addresses to a single one which might cause some confusion if I didn't give a heads up."

Me wanting to make sure we were doing everything as best as we could:

Me: "Everything is going well, we just had a few questions about best practices making sure we’re following any suggestions your team has. Is there any way we could poke someone on your team with a few questions we’ve been having and have a tiny back and forth? We were just seeing some elevated response times, and just thought it would be great if we could maybe describe what we’re doing and see if anything seems off/suboptimal."

Me reporting to Reddit that the API has a serious bug in recording rate limits:

Me: "We obviously respect the rate limit headers and if a user comes close to approaching it (within 50 requests of the 600 every 10 minutes limit) we stop their requests until the refresh period occurs. However we're seeing some users have very, very weird rate limit headers. Things like "requests remaining: 0, requests made: 17,483, reset: 598 seconds left" which indicates they've somehow made over 17 thousand requests in two seconds which seems hard to believe."

Me suggesting to Reddit improvements that could help improve efficiency of notification API calls:

Me: "So like little stuff like that, where even if there's a streaming client or some way to minimize the calls there, I think it would help us both out enormously."

Further, when making suggestions to your own employees, they themselves have expressed concern about how terrible the public API is:

Call on January 26, 2023
Reddit: "I cannot tell you how painful it is to use our API. [...] The API needs to change. Like it's just unusable. I am surprised that you're able to build a functional app on it to be honest."

Claims that third-party apps are not interested in talking

Steve: "Why not work with the third party apps? Their existence is not a priority for us. We don't use them. I don't use them. It's a part of our traffic but not a lot, and it's a lot of work on our side to keep them alive. If I have to choose where to put our effort, we're going to focus internally. I'm kind of open to it, but I haven't – and I can't convince you, but I don't get the sense that they want to work with us either."

I'm genuinely not sure where Steve has got the impression that I don't want to work with him. Despite reaching out multiple times and him declining to talk, I've stated multiple times on calls, literally saying the words "I definitely still want to talk".

Reddit: "What I'm hearing is like, Yeah, great. We have this disagreement on pricing methodology, etc. But any feasible number that we get to, any number that's even in, the zip code of what we're sharing with you is unfeasible from your perspective financially. So it's like arguing around the edges of that price thing is like, it just won't make any sense to you. And I presume also just given the NSFW stuff and the removal of ads that makes it even more trickier." Me: Yeah. I mean, to be very clear, I'm not saying I'm walking away from the negotiation table and taking my basketball and going home and just gonna kick up a storm. That's not my intention at all. I definitely still want to talk. I'm not asking you to lower the price by a hundred times or something. I don't think – depending on what you mean by zip code – I don't think I'm so unreasonable that I'm requiring you to bend over backwards here."

I've also emailed Steve and the other contact directly stating that I'm interested in talking, and including ideas for how we could come to a solution:

Me: "I understand where Reddit's coming from in this. A free API, while appreciated, is not tenable for you especially heading into an IPO, and my only goal here is to come to a solution where we both feel understood. I also hear you that killing third-party clients isn't actually the goal, and in that spirit have been working on how to address your concerns from my end: [...]"

I don't know how you can say I'm not interested in talking when you haven't my most recent email in a week. To say it once more, I was very interested in talking.
On the other side of things, per the transcript, Steve and the other admin on the call don't even know when the discussions with third-party apps began.

Steve: "When did we start talking with them?"
AnAbsurdlyAngryGoose: "What month did you first start?"
Steve: "FlyingLaserTurtles? Do you remember? April or May of this year."
FlyingLaserTurtles: "Maybe late March? But yes."

Claims that Reddit has been talking to developers for months talking about these changes

Steve: "We've been in contact with third party apps for MONTHS, talking about these coming changes."

When you announce that the API will be charging developers, the most important portion of that conversation is what will be charged, which was not available for almost two months after the initial call. From the time developers were told the price, to the time developers will be subject to the price, is 30 days, not "months". Months would have been very helpful, in fact.

What about existing subscriptions?

I've been talking to my rep at Apple, and over the next few weeks my plan is to release something similar to what Tweetbot did (Paul has been incredibly helpful in all of this) where folks can decide if they want a pro-rated refund on any existing time left in their subscription as Apollo will not be able to afford to continue it, or they can decline the refund if they're feeling kind and have enjoyed their time with Apollo.
For the curious, refunding all existing subscriptions by my estimates will cost me about $250,000.

A nice send off at WWDC

Apollo got mentioned a few times during Apple's 2023 WWDC keynote, even by Craig Federighi himself, and even during the Vision Pro announcement showing Apollo as one of the existing apps compatible with the headset (I'm sorry I won't be able to see that happen).
I was lucky enough to be there in person and it felt incredible. Some folks asked if there was any deeper meaning behind that, and while that would be cool, in all reality these things are so well produced that they've been done for a while now, so I'm sure it's just a coincidence, even if it's a really cool one.

Extra icons

A funny amount of people have reached out wondering about all the extra monthly icons I had queued up for Apollo. I love them, was so excited for them, and I'll make them available immediately for the short time left, but if you're curious here's a screenshot of all of them: https://christianselig.com/apollo-end/remaining-icons.png
We ended up with well over 100 custom icons created by incredibly talented designers, and I'm really sorry to those designers who didn't get to see their work launched in the app (to be clear, don't worry, I paid them all – there isn't some bs "exposure" agreement – but it's fun to have your icon launch and I feel bad!)

When is Apollo's last day? What will happen?

In order to avoid incurring charges I will delete Apollo's API token on the evening of June 30th PST. Until that point, Apollo should continue to operate as it has, but after that date attempts to connect to the Reddit API will fail.
I will put up an explainer in the app prior to that which will go live at that date. I will also provide a tool to export any local data you have in Apollo, such as filters or favorites.

Thank you

I want to thank a lot of people who have made this last week bearable. First and foremost, the communities, Redditors, and moderators who have reached out in support of third-party apps, making Reddit's gaslighting a lot more bearable in making me feel like at least someone was understanding me and in my corner.
My girlfriend's been absolutely incredible and supportive. This year was our 10th anniversary, and Monday was her 30th birthday. We're down in California for Apple's WWDC and had a bunch of things planned to do for her birthday afterward, and I feel terrible that we're flying home early to deal with all of this instead of making her 30th special. I'll make it up to her.
André Meidoros worked on the Apollo server component with me for the last two years, and it's been an absolute joy to work with a professional who knows so much on that side of things.
The iOS developer community has been unbelievably kind to me over the past several weeks, I've spent the last week with many of them, even staying at an Airbnb with a bunch of them (they ordered me pizza as I wrote this post!), and I've got so many hugs and condolences haha. Specifically want to thank Paul Haddad of Tweetbot/Tapbots/Ivory, Ryan Jones, Brian Mueller, Curtis Herbert, André Meidoros, Quinn Nelson, Paul Hudson, Majd Taby, Ryan McLeod, Phill Ryu, Larry Hryb, Charlie Chapman, Mustafa Yusuf, Adrian Eves, Devin Davies, Jordan Morgan, Yariv Nassim, Will Sigmon, Barry Hershman, Joe Rossignol, Michael Simmons, Joe Fabisevich, my family, and so, so many more.
Also want to thank everyone at Apple who have gone out of their way to be incredibly kind here (I don't know if I'm allowed to name names but you know who you are).

I'll be fine

No bullshit, I'll be fine. Through pure chance last year I spun off my silly Pixel Pals idea into a separate app, and that actually makes good revenue on the side. I also have savings. Recently (like last week) my city had its worst wildfires in history with over 100 homes destroyed. That's brutal, losing an app is sad, but it's been helpful to me to recognize how much worse it could be just literally down the street from me.
Honestly. Apollo had an incredible run, I met the coolest people, by my last count talked with folks over 15,000 times in our subreddit about Apollo, and raised over $80,000 for my local animal shelter through Apollo. I feel incredibly fortunate.
I think I'll rewatch Ted Lasso though.

Supporting my work

I build a second app called Pixel Pals that I spun off from Apollo that's thankfully done pretty well and I'll be spending more time on going forward. If you like the idea of digital pets it's a really fun app to check out. https://pixelpa.ls

Media

If any media/press folks have any questions, please shoot me an email rather than messaging me on Reddit, I missed a few last week because my inbox was blowing up. My email is [email protected]

AMA

I think I covered everything, but if there's any questions feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer!
In the event that this post is taken down or you want to link somewhere else, it's also available at https://apolloapp.io
Thanks for everything over these last 8 years,
- Christian

I received a lot of RED files that all seems like it is playing in slow motion. In Premiere, it reads as 23.98 footage. However, in REDCINE-X, the the record frame rate says 40fps. I cannot figure out how to rectify this. Setting "Assume this frame rate" to 40 in Premiere gets everything playing at the right speed, but I have to imagine there is a REDCINE-X solution to this, so I can use other features the software has. Can anyone lend a hand? I am working on a PC if that is relevant.