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Finished "Fellowship of the Ring". Now onto "Two Towers". Fellowship is a masterpiece of a novel. I'm starting to understand why fantasy fans say that the LOTR is the most important fantasy series. The tropes, archetypes etc. of the genre are described here and popularized.

So the Russians will be left fighting a gigantic army of local militia men, ages 60- teenagers, largely equipped with weapons ranging from hunting rifles to AK-74s, plus mortars and RPG/ATGM with small ammunition supplies.

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Russia won't run out of equipment or ammo as they have the largest stockpile of this in the world. At the same time, confirmed deaths have sharply dropped since March 2022: Russian casualties in Ukraine. Mediazona count, updated Basically, once the Ukrainian 'professional' army collapses due to high losses the bulk of the defense will be held up by very poorly led, trained and equipped reservists/conscripts with low casualty inflicting capability. Literally guys with AK small arms and mortars. I consider the Ukrainian ground force as having shot its bolt already, its best days are long gone.

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Stupid thing to say, as if NATO had nothing to do with provoking Russia. This war is looking to becoming another US/NATO, incompetent disaster. I have noticed that the Ukrainian military is getting weaker and weaker vs Russia and less capable of defense. This weakening process is accelerating to the point where I believe that if it continues at its current rate, Ukraine's military will collapse in the fall of 2022 ( around October or November).

Me too actually. Witcher 3 is a genius level masterpiece, best game ever made. I feel like it is unlikely that they will find a way to top or rival W3. I hope that they find someone as good as Doug Cockle/Geralt. I think that they will definitely improve the combat gameplay to at least For honor/Elden Ring standards. Back in 2015 the W3 combat and enemies was noted as being influenced by Dark Souls. It seems to me that W3 would have been seen as 'problematic' if it was released today due to all the masculinity and sex, and lack of black people. As I am working my way through it, the volume and quality, and detail is staggering. I think if you miss Witcher you could just play W3 again. The game is so long (150 hours plus) that I have already forgotten a lot of stuff, particularly the side quests. W4 will take years to develop.

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Deleted from the game. @Enrico_sw I have a theory that the "lynx" medallion will be for Ciri. In the game

British MOD claims "33,000" Russian casualties (KIA, WIA, MIA) so far in the war 6/29. 4,010 Russian KIA confirmed by BBC RU plus minimum 2,800 KIA reported by DRP/LRP. Minimum 7,000 KIA. Given that DRP/LRP losses have been similar to Russian army ones and don't include May-June losses, I would give a min. figure of 8000 KIA. So the casualty range is 32,000-48,000 KIA/WIA/MIA. Russian MIA/POW is very low, perhaps around 400 after the recent prisoner exchanges. Surprisingly, the British military figure falls in this range. Prior to this they had completely unrealistic Russian death estimates, likely taken from Ukrainian propaganda.

6/29th, the Russian MOD claims the following successes: 10th Mountain Assault Brigade destroyed with 30 survivors 115th Mechanised, 79th Air Assault and 25th Airborne brigade supply lines cut. It is evident on both sides that the Russians have almost completely sealed off the supply roads to Lysychansk.

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Really neat little details that say a lot about what CDPR's concept for Triss was. part of a big series that digs up important lore bits: (88) Witcher 3: Details You Missed - YouTube Triss' alternate outfit makes her face the prettiest in the game. Ciri's alternate outfit makes her less attractive but it fits better with the game's atmosphere. Both of Yenn's outfits are equally good.

(87) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 73 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube Battle of Kaer Morhen, including short discussions with all friends.

(87) The Witcher 3: Yennefer's maternal instincts take over while talking to a Skelliger about Ciri - YouTube This old viking is very similar to the old viking in the vikings TV show, season 1. I wonder if they took it from the show or it's an old vikings trope.

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(87) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 72 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube Some big revelations, CPDR's continuation of the novels. The " Isle of Mists" is a clear reference to the island "where the apple trees bloom eternal" from the final novel. It is same-same but different, and not related. The concept of a magical island is from Arthurian lore, which Sapkowski was inspired by, especially for his book 7. Also the gang of Ciri's friends is also a clear reference to the rats, except this group of wanderers are mischievous rather than bloodthirty and damaged. A major retconn is the relationship between Avallach and Ciri. It is extremely abrupt and jarring at first. Avallach was strange figure. Compared to Eredin he was benign but was extremely obsessed with Ciri's blood (not the person, as noted in the game) for the 'greater good' and for self serving reasons. He is untrustworthy but powerful character in the novels, which is noted by Geralt in the game. Really someone that is neither an enemy nor a friend, and someone that should be worked with more like a business deal. A way that CDPR could have segwayed relationship better was to make Avallach more humanized and sympathetic of a character with a Geralt- Avallach quest. Turn him towards being a friend. CIRI, The Child of Destiny - Archive (the-comic.org) It is also significant that CPDR does not remove the Yenn/Geralt kiss at the reunion whether or not the player choses Triss or Yenn paths, and keeps Geralt's reaction as ambiguous. This is a clear reference for readers of the novel.

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kara looks a bit soft, her butt grew