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After the American revolver, there is simply no other handgun in the world that is as easily recognizable as the Luger pistol. The Pistole Parabellum is it’s official name, but to virtually anyone, the weapon is simply the “Luger.” Georg Luger designed this iconic weapon, as well as the ammunition with which the Luger is loaded – the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge.

While the weapon is largely associated with Germany, Luger was, in fact, born in the Austrian Empire in 1849, in a city just over the border from modern-day Italy. His father, a surgeon, moved the family to Italy not long after Luger’s birth where the elder Luger taught at the local university. Luger, however, completed his education in Austria, and then went onto Vienna, where he studied at what is today the prestigious Vienna Business School.

In October 1867, he volunteered for military service as a reserve cadet. His superior officers immediately noticed his excellent marksmanship. They sent him to the Austro-Hungarian Military Firearms School at Camp Bruckneudorf, where he was quickly charged with training marksmanship to other cadets. It was here that he first became interested in automatic loading systems.

Becoming a Weapons Engineer

Still, the interest went nowhere. Georg left the academy and became an accountant. Indeed, his story might have ended here without anything further if not for a chance encounter many years later. In 1875, Luger met Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher and began collaborating with him on rifle magazine designs, which reignited his previous interest in armament. By the beginning of the 1890s, he was working in armament development.

While primarily known for the weapon that bears his name, he also worked on the C/93 semi-automatic pistol designed by Hugo Borchardt. He kept most of what made the C/93 work, but moved the action to the rear of the grip and angled the weapon, both of

Staring at a blank piece of paper is damn hard. At least for me.

Over time, I’ve embraced the fact that I’m no John Moses Browning — I don’t know how to invent genius stuff from scratch. What I can do, is to tweak and scrape off paint and break stuff to pieces and rebuild it anew.

I’m Georg Luger.

Anyway.

A friend of mine has baited me into designing my own ideal D&D and since I’m eager to jump at any opportunity to not do something actually useful (like, y’know, work on my actually promising game)... Here I am.

My design goals are:

• To not make a PbtA or FitD game. I already know how to hack Apocalypse, I already know how to hack Blades. I don't wanna get comfortable.
• To make a game with perfect amount of crunchiness (which in my book, means that all the rules can be fit on 3-4 A4 pages in 12px font) that provides what I feel like a "modern, not old-school D&D" experience.
• To make a game suited for the theatre of mind from the ground up.

How I define "modern D&D" experience:

• Heroism — the PCs are risking their lives for the greater good, not just money and fame
• Drastic rise in power level throughout the game
• At least some tacticality to combat, closer to the right on a sliding scale between war and sport

I’m a strong believer that the first time a piece of design actually hits the table, the first time it’s actually played — is the first time it can be meaningfully critiqued and iterated upon.

Thankfully, TTRPGs require almost no stuff to get to the prototyping phase — it’s not like you need to program a character controller, a simple enemy AI, create a somewhat good level to test your mechanics… No, all you need is a piece of paper.

That’s what I did.

I made a mockup character sheet and went in, with an intention to figure stuff out. To pull new rulings outta my ass, write them down, and then analyze.

The ingredients:

• One Alice Loverdrive, a crazy RPG scientist
• One Saeed al-Farhaadi, a charming rogue with a pair of swords
• One Jasoor al-Farhaadi, a stalwart warrior
• A ton of willingness to play to find out

We started with combat, because why not.

So, two brothers are visiting their dying uncle at a small town of Qatadaya when… A horde of ravenous ghūls attacks! It’s probably the deed of an evil sorcerer, so vile that he's forbidden to be called by his true name, so everyone refers to him a

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I've always wanted to do something like this. Drink a few beers, and re-watch some old WCW. I was a huge WCW fan. I watched them when I was a kid, then got to experience the greatest era of the company as a teenager, and stuck by them to the bitter end.

But it's been a really, really long time since I've re-watched anything other than random PPV highlights because there is some special anniversary.

So fuck it. I'm doing it. If you don't know why I'm starting with this episode of Monday Nitro, it isn't just because it's the first 2 hour episode. Those who know, know. Those who don't, well... Hey yo. Just keep reading.

The show starts with Tony Schiavone, welcoming us to MONDAY NITRO on TNT! Good god. He's such an amazing announcer. Why the fuck did WWE not sign this guy when WCW closed?

With Tony, is The Living Legend, Larry Zybszko. They tout an amazing episode featuring Sting versus Scott Steiner for the first time ever in single's competition and WCW World Heavyweight Champion, The Giant, defending against his BIGGEST challenger ever in The Shark!

Jerking the curtain is... American Males. American Males. American Males. If it's stuck in your head now, I'm sorry. Scotty Riggs and Marcus Alexander Bagwell are the young guns daring the challenge... RIC FLAIR AND ARN ANDERSON! Hell yeah, let's get this underway. Flair is flanked by Woman and Miss Elizabeth because, well, he's Ric Flair.

The American Males vs Ric Flair & Arn Anderson aka The 4 Horsemen

The announcers spend the entirety of the match hyping up an upcoming PPV match between Ric Flair/Arn Anderson and Mongo McMichael/Kevin Green. Larry is really hating on football players, saying they couldn't lace a wrestler's boots, they are human garbage and... Wait a minute. Was this before or after Lawrence Taylor main evented Wrestlemania and Spoilers beat the hell out of Bam Bam Bigelow.

Time to Check the Google!

Well, my timing was way the fuck off. Lawrence Taylor kicked Bam Bam's ass two years before this. Nice little subtle shade.

Anyway, back to the match. Arn Anderson and Ric Flair make The American Males look like legitimate contenders. It's Flair Country. Is it really? I don't know, but it's WCW, so every fucking city is Flair Country, whether they're in NOOOOOOOOORTH CAROLINA or not. Ric Flair goes outside the ring, grabs a bottle of champagne and serves it to the announcers. Tony says it's a first, and now the announcers are rightfully on the

My short political drama adapted from the GO4 Route,

There are some spoilers, though it is does not follow the canon exactly, and continues past the current end, please Enjoy, constructive feedback is of course welcome.

The Legacy of the Gang of Four. To 1977

Following the victory of the Third Reich in the Second World War, the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler, led Germany through another 18 years of Nazi rule, he oversaw the subjugation and enslavement of Eastern Europe, and the collapse of the Soviet Union into anarchy and chaos after further costly German Intervention. He saw the ceding of territory to the hyper-fanatical SS leader Heinrich Himmler in Occupied Northern France to keep him away from the halls of power in Germania, the architectural mega-project built over Berlin, and an economic meltdown eclipsing even that of 1929, driven by the rampant corporate corruption built into the foundations of the Nazi State. In 1962, Hitler would live to see the victory of Germany in the space race, as they sent men to the moon, but only a year later he would die following a series of Seizures, with the transition of a successor far from certain.

Four men had the top job in their sights, the loyal party administrator, Martin Bormann, the war hero, Hermann Goering and the SS Fanatic, Reinhard Heydrich all thought they had the mettle to step into the shoes of the man who had dominated Europe for nearly three decades. Very few expected Hitler’s quiet personal friend, architect by trade and designer of Germania, Albert Speer. But many of the German people were weary of the constant battles of the last decades in service of the Reich, and though they would never blame Hitler or National Socialism itself for the failures and setbacks endured since their great victory, enough were amenable to the idea of reform advocated by Speer to flock to his banner in the civil war caused by the vacuum of Hitler’s death. Enough that he would emerge triumphant in the battle for the nation, clearly many saw him as the man least likely to drag the nation back to another, and this time quite possibly nuclear, war. In the aftermath of his victory, rapid action was needed to drag the Reich out of the past, and for this task Speer surrounded himself with four men who he believed shared his vision, and were disdainful of the reactionary, hardliner and fanatical wing of the party. His Chancellor, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, his foreign Minister, Helmut Schmidt, his economist, Ludwig Erhard, and his

I spent a few hours while bored compiling a full Wrestlemania win/loss record and thought I'd post seeing a we're only a couple of weeks away. For context, ranking order is sorted by first Difference Between Wins & Not Wins, then Win Percentage. Please advise if I've missed anything/got anything wrong.

Couple of clarifications - Evil Doink is under Matt Borne, Good Guy Doink under Doink, the 2 fall triple threat at Mania 16 is split into two matches and the Hardcore Title Match at Mania 18 is counted as a no-contest. Battle Royals, Ladder Matches & General Multi-man matches all included. Main card only - no kick-off or pre-show matches.

Name - Wins - Losses - Ties/No Contests - Win Percentage

1 . The Undertaker - 25 - 2 - 0 - 92.59%

2 . John Cena - 10 - 5 - 0 - 66.66%

3 . Rob Van Dam - 4 - 0 - 0 - 100%

4 . Big Boss Man - 5 - 1 - 0 - 83.33%

5=. Owen Hart/Seth Rollins - 6 - 2 - 0 - 75%

7 . Hulk Hogan - 8 - 3 - 1 - 66.66%

8=. Animal/Ax/Hawk/Sable - 3 - 0 - 0 - 100%

12=. Earthquake/Ultimate Warrior - 4 - 1 - 0 - 80%

14=. Davey Boy Smith/Roman Reigns/Steve Austin - 5 - 2 - 0 - 71.43%

17=. Edge/Randy Savage - 7 - 4 - 0 - 63.64%

19=. AJ Lee/Braun Strowman/Chyna/Mr. T/Terry Funk/Virgil - 2 - 0 - 0 - 100%

25=. Iron Sheik/Scott Hall - 3 - 1 - 0 - 75%

27 . Shane McMahon - 4 - 2 - 0 - 66.66%

28 . Daniel Bryan - 5 - 3 - 0 - 62.50%

29 . Bret Hart - 8 - 6 - 0 - 57.14%

30=. Akebono/Alundra Blayze/Angelo Dawkins/Arn Anderson/Billie Kay/Boogeyman/Butterbean/Chuck Palumbo/Corporal Kirchner/Dusty Rhodes/Elias/Fabulous Moolah/Floyd Mayweather/Genichiro Tenryu/Haiti Kid/Hoss Funk/Koji Kitao/Laurence Taylor/Little Beaver/Marc Mero/Maria Menounos/Michael Cole/Mo/Montez Ford/Nicholas/Nikki Cross/Otis/Paige/Pat Tanaka/Peyton Royce/Red Rooster/Rick Steiner/Sabu/Samoa Joe/Sandman/Sapphire/Sato/Scott Steiner/Snooki/Tama/Terri Runnels/Texas Tornado/Tom Zenk/Tommy Dreamer/Tully Blanchard/Vickie Guerrero/Wendi Richter - 1 - 0 - 0 - 100%

77 . Rick Rude - 2 - 0 - 1 - 66.66%

78=. Baron Corbin/Bayley/Hardcore Holly/Lex Luger/Melina/Scotty 2 Hotty/Tatanka/Torrie Wilson - 2 - 1 - 0 - 66.66%

86=. AJ Styles/Charlotte Flair/Ricky Steamboat/Trish Stratus - 3 - 2 - 0 - 60%

90 . The Rock - 6 - 5 - 0 - 54.55%

91 . Brock Lesnar - 5 - 5 - 0 - 50%

92 . Ted DiBiase - 4 - 3 - 1 - 50%

93=. Jim Neidhart/Smash/Yokozuna - 3 - 3 - 0 - 50%

96 . Jim Duggan - 2 - 1 - 1 - 50%

97=.

#RESULTS

#SEINFELD TRIVIA COMPETITITION

#COMPETITION WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE COMMENTS IN THIS THREAD

###CONTEST WILL BEGIN AT : 1500 Hours Eastern Standard Time, 28th November

###PLEASE SORT THE COMMENTS BY NEW AND REFRESH THE PAGE EVERY TWO MINUTES TO SEE WHEN THE NEW QUESTION HAS BEEN POSTED.

Following would be the structure and rules of the competition.

1. The Competition would take place within a normal Reddit post.

2. I would post the question as a top level comment on the post.

3. The people participating would have to "REPLY" to the top level comment to answer it.

4. Responses not entered as a reply to the top level comment would not be considered. So please make sure you reply to the comment. This holds specially true if you would be playing from the mobile app, as people sometimes tend to make a top level comment trying to reply. Responses received after two minutes from the time the question is posted will not be considered.

5. Reddit records the time stamp so it will be easy to track who answered it first. First person to correctly answer the question would receive the credit for the question.

6. The competition would last 1 HOUR.

7. It will be held on Saturday 28th November 3PM Eastern US Time. The timing would allow for majority participation across time-zones and continents. Given many of us are under stay at home recommendations, a Saturday would not necessarily preclude participation.

8. There will be a total of 30 questions. One posted every 2 minutes.

9. Obviously we will all feel comfortable within the confines of the honor system. But since it is a matter of who gets the answer first, googling may not help as much. But still please don't google.

10. Results will be announced within 24 hours.

11. The winner will have 10,000 Dollars donated in their name to the Human Fund. The Human Fund : Money For People.

Announcement Post about the competition

(EDITED at 1600 EST) Thanks Everyone for the participation. This was fun. I will post the results and answers before tomorrow.

/u/keithnh72 /u/SagmanBennettRobbins

The funeral director was asking us what we think Mum should wear in her casket.

Mum always loved to wear sarongs (fabric wraps that go around the torso and drape downward a bit like a long skirt would), so my uncle suggested that she wear a sarong in there.

The funeral director looked a bit confused, as did some of our family members, to which my uncle added:

"What's sarong with that?"

I started laughing like an idiot. He was proud of it too. The funeral director was rather shocked. We assured her, and our more proper relatives, that Mum would've absolutely loved the joke (which is very true).

His delivery was perfect. I'll never forget the risk he took. We sometimes recall the moment as a way help cushion the blows of the grieving process.

--Edit-- I appreciate the condolences. I'm doing well and the worst is behind me and my family. But thanks :)

--Edit-- Massive thanks for all the awards and kind words. And the puns! Love 'em.

I would have a daughter

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18301. Measurement and Assessment in Education 2nd edition Cecil R. Reynolds, Ronald B. Livingston, PDF

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But Bill kept the Windows

Capital of Ireland

It's Dublin everyday

True story; it even happened last night. My 5-year-old son walks up behind me and out of the blue says, "hey."

I turn to him and say, "yeah, kiddo? What's up?"

He responds, "it's dead grass."

I'm really confused and trying to figure out what's wrong and what he wants from me. "What? There's dead grass? What's wrong with that?"

.

.

.

He says, totally straight-faced, "hay is dead grass," and runs off.

You officially hit rock bottom

No it doesn't.

Now it’s syncing.

He replied, "Well, stop going to those places then!"

I will find you. You have my Word.

“thank you for your cervix.”

...sails are going through the roof.

Made me smile

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After the American revolver, there is simply no other handgun in the world that is as easily recognizable as the Luger pistol. The Pistole Parabellum is it’s official name, but to virtually anyone, the weapon is simply the “Luger.” Georg Luger designed this iconic weapon, as well as the ammunition with which the Luger is loaded – the 9x19mm Parabellum cartridge.

While the weapon is largely associated with Germany, Luger was, in fact, born in the Austrian Empire in 1849, in a city just over the border from modern-day Italy. His father, a surgeon, moved the family to Italy not long after Luger’s birth where the elder Luger taught at the local university. Luger, however, completed his education in Austria, and then went onto Vienna, where he studied at what is today the prestigious Vienna Business School.

In October 1867, he volunteered for military service as a reserve cadet. His superior officers immediately noticed his excellent marksmanship. They sent him to the Austro-Hungarian Military Firearms School at Camp Bruckneudorf, where he was quickly charged with training marksmanship to other cadets. It was here that he first became interested in automatic loading systems.

Becoming a Weapons Engineer

Still, the interest went nowhere. Georg left the academy and became an accountant. Indeed, his story might have ended here without anything further if not for a chance encounter many years later. In 1875, Luger met Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher and began collaborating with him on rifle magazine designs, which reignited his previous interest in armament. By the beginning of the 1890s, he was working in armament development.

While primarily known for the weapon that bears his name, he also worked on the C/93 semi-automatic pistol designed by Hugo Borchardt. He kept most of what made the C/93 work, but moved the action to the rear of the grip and angled the weapon, both of

Going through old issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and posting highlights in my own words, continuing in the footsteps of /u/daprice82. For anyone interested, I highly recommend signing up for the actual site at f4wonline and checking out the full archives.

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As always was bored (still on furlough). Here is a list of regions with the most Wrestlemania competitors born in them.

It's ranked by the most, though to make it fair to the other nations, the US has been split into states. Evil Doink is counted under Matt Borne, Good guy Doink is under Doink the Clown.

These are main card only, no kick-off or pre-show matches. Also am not counting any 24/7 matches or Hardcore title changes if not started as an actual booked match. If I've missed anything, please let me know.

1. Canada - 33 (Roddy Piper, Bret Hart, Rick Martel, Little Beaver, Jacques Rougeau, Raymond Rougeau, Owen Hart, Ronnie Garvin, Tully Blanchard, Earthquake, Dink the Clown, Quebecer Pierre, Phil LaFon, Sniper, Test, Val Venis, Edge, Christian, Chris Benoit, Trish Stratus, Rene Dupree, Santino Marella, Gail Kim, Maryse, Natalya, Rosa Mendes, Jinder Mahal, Tyson Kidd, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Viktor, Tyler Breeze, Bobby Roode).

2. Florida - 29 (Brutus Beefcake, IRS, Leilani Kai, Paul Orndorff, Dan Spivey, Hercules, Ted DiBiase, The Warlord, Skinner, Jacob Blu, Eli Blu, Billy Gunn, Bart Gunn, Ahmed Johnson, Phineas Godwinn, Chainz, Robert Gibson, Sable, Terri Runnels, Michael Hayes, Lita, MVP, Elijah Burke, Alicia Fox, Kelly Kelly, Michelle McCool, Roman Reigns, Big E, Titus O'Neil, Bray Wyatt, Naomi, Bo Dallas).

3. California - 29 (George Wells, Jim Neidhart, Tama, Samu, Rikishi, Yokozuna, Vader, The Rock, Hardcore Holly, Crash Holly, Ivory, Duke Droese, Rey Mysterio, Victoria, Akio, Christy Hemme, Chris Masters, Melina, John Morrison, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Cameron, Eva Marie, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Ronda Rousey, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Samoa Joe).

4. New York - 28 (Ricky Steamboat, Ted Arcidi, Adrian Adonis, Bad News Brown, Paul Roma, Jim Duggan, Texas Tornado, Lex Luger, Mo, Marc Mero, Tazz, Bubba Ray Dudley, D-Von Dudley, Chyna, Chris Jericho, Kim Chee, Mark Jindrak, Nunzio, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer, Matt Striker, Ashley, Beth Phoenix, Michael Cole, Zack Ryder, Summer Rae, Luke Harper, Big Cass).

5. Texas - 19 (Tito Santana, Barry Windham, Wendi Richter, Jake Roberts, Harvey Martin, Ernie Holmes, Sam Houston, Dusty Rhodes, Undertaker, Goldust, Steve Austin, JBL, Mark Henry, Eddie Guerrero, The Goon, Brother Love, Chavo Guerrero, Vickie Guerrero, Sin Cara).

6. = Georgia - 14 *(Hulk Hogan, Big Boss Man, Marty Jannetty, Arn Anderson, Luna Vachon, Faarooq, Bull Buchanan, Ken Shamrock, Road Dogg, Butterbean, Cody Rhodes,

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And then you will all be sorry.

She said how do you know he was headed to work?