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#include <init.h>

#include <misc/byteorder.h>
#include <usb/usb_device.h>
#include <usb/usb_common.h>
#include <usb_descriptor.h>

#define LOG_LEVEL CONFIG_USB_DEVICE_LOG_LEVEL
#include <logging/log.h>
LOG_MODULE_REGISTER(usb_loopback);

#define LOOPBACK_OUT_EP_ADDR		0x01
#define LOOPBACK_IN_EP_ADDR		0x81

#define LOOPBACK_OUT_EP_IDX		0
#define LOOPBACK_IN_EP_IDX		1

static u8_t loopback_buf[1024];

/* usb.rst config structure start */
struct usb_loopback_config {
	struct usb_if_descriptor if0;
	struct usb_ep_descriptor if0_out_ep;
	struct usb_ep_descriptor if0_in_ep;
} __packed;

USBD_CLASS_DESCR_DEFINE(primary, 0) struct usb_loopback_config loopback_cfg = {
	/* Interface descriptor 0 */
	.if0 = {
		.bLength = sizeof(struct usb_if_descriptor),
		.bDescriptorType = USB_INTERFACE_DESC,
		.bInterfaceNumber = 0,
		.bAlternateSetting = 0,
		.bNumEndpoints = 2,
		.bInterfaceClass = CUSTOM_CLASS,
		.bInterfaceSubClass = 0,
		.bInterfaceProtocol = 0,
		.iInterface = 0,
	},

	/* Data Endpoint OUT */
	.if0_out_ep = {
		.bLength = sizeof(struct usb_ep_descriptor),
		.bDescriptorType = USB_ENDPOINT_DESC,
		.bEndpointAddress = LOOPBACK_OUT_EP_ADDR,
		.bmAttributes = USB_DC_EP_BULK,
		.wMaxPacketSize = sys_cpu_to_le16(CONFIG_LOOPBACK_BULK_EP_MPS),
		.bInterval = 0x00,
	},

	/* Data Endpoint IN */
	.if0_in_ep = {
		.bLength = sizeof(struct usb_ep_descriptor),
		.bDescriptorType = USB_ENDPOINT_DESC,
		.bEndpointAddress = LOOPBACK_IN_EP_ADDR,
		.bmAttributes = USB_DC_EP_BULK,
		.wMaxPacketSize = sys_cpu_to_le16(CONFIG_LOOPBACK_BULK_EP_MPS),
		.bInterval = 0x00,
	},
};
/* usb.rst config structure end */

static void loopback_out_cb(u8_t ep, enum usb_dc_ep_cb_status_code ep_status)
{
	u32_t bytes_to_read;

	usb_read(ep, NULL, 0, &bytes_to_read);
	LOG_DBG("ep 0x%x, bytes to read %d ", ep, bytes_to_read);
	usb_read(ep, loopback_buf, bytes_to_read, NULL);
}

static void loopback_in_cb(u8_t ep,
				enum usb_dc_ep_cb_status_code ep_status)
{
	if (usb_write(ep, loopback_buf, CONFIG_LOOPBACK_BULK_EP_MPS, NULL)) {
		LOG_DBG("ep 0x%x", ep);
	}
}

/* usb.rst endpoint configuration start */
static struct usb_ep_cfg_data ep_cfg[] = {
	{
		.ep_cb = loopback_out_cb,
		.ep_addr = LOOPBACK_OUT_EP_ADDR,
	},
	{
		.ep_cb = loopback_in_cb,
		.ep_addr = LOOPBACK_IN_EP_ADDR,
	},
};
/* usb.rst endpoint configuration end */

static void loopback_status_cb(struct usb_cfg_data *cfg,
			       enum usb_dc_status_code status,
			       const u8_t *param)
{
	ARG_UNUSED(cfg);

	switch (status) {
	case USB_DC_CONFIGURED:
		loopback_in_cb(ep_cfg[LOOPBACK_IN_EP_IDX].ep_addr, 0);
		LOG_DBG("USB device configured");
		break;
	case USB_DC_SET_HALT:
		LOG_DBG("Set Feature ENDPOINT_HALT");
		break;
	case USB_DC_CLEAR_HALT:
		LOG_DBG("Clear Feature ENDPOINT_HALT");
		if (*param == ep_cfg[LOOPBACK_IN_EP_IDX].ep_addr) {
			loopback_in_cb(ep_cfg[LOOPBACK_IN_EP_IDX].ep_addr, 0);
		}
		break;
	default:
		break;
	}
}

/* usb.rst vendor handler start */
static int loopback_vendor_handler(struct usb_setup_packet *setup,
				   s32_t *len, u8_t **data)
{
	LOG_DBG("Class request: bRequest 0x%x bmRequestType 0x%x len %d",
		setup->bRequest, setup->bmRequestType, *len);

	if (REQTYPE_GET_RECIP(setup->bmRequestType) != REQTYPE_RECIP_DEVICE) {
		return -ENOTSUP;
	}

	if (REQTYPE_GET_DIR(setup->bmRequestType) == REQTYPE_DIR_TO_DEVICE &&
	    setup->bRequest == 0x5b) {
		LOG_DBG("Host-to-Device, data %p", *data);
		return 0;
	}

	if ((REQTYPE_GET_DIR(setup->bmRequestType) == REQTYPE_DIR_TO_HOST) &&
	    (setup->bRequest == 0x5c)) {
		if (setup->wLength > sizeof(loopback_buf)) {
			return -ENOTSUP;
		}

		*data = loopback_buf;
		*len = setup->wLength;
		LOG_DBG("Device-to-Host, wLength %d, data %p",
			setup->wLength, *data);
		return 0;
	}

	return -ENOTSUP;
}
/* usb.rst vendor handler end */

static void loopback_interface_config(struct usb_desc_header *head,
				      u8_t bInterfaceNumber)
{
	ARG_UNUSED(head);

	loopback_cfg.if0.bInterfaceNumber = bInterfaceNumber;
}

/* usb.rst device config data start */
USBD_CFG_DATA_DEFINE(loopback) struct usb_cfg_data loopback_config = {
	.usb_device_description = NULL,
	.interface_config = loopback_interface_config,
	.interface_descriptor = &loopback_cfg.if0,
	.cb_usb_status = loopback_status_cb,
	.interface = {
		.class_handler = NULL,
		.custom_handler = NULL,
		.vendor_handler = loopback_vendor_handler,
	},
	.num_endpoints = ARRAY_SIZE(ep_cfg),
	.endpoint = ep_cfg,
};
/* usb.rst device config data end */


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Am I Still Orthodox? – Answer to a Jerusalem Rabbi
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In memory of Dafna Meir who lost her life in a terrorist attack on Sunday, 7 Shevat 5776; January 17, 2015
Recently, a Jerusalem Rabbi challenged my suggestion to lift the ban on famous philosopher apostate Baruch Spinoza, which was pronounced by the rabbis and leaders of the Portuguese-Spanish Community in Amsterdam on July 27, 1656 (The Jerusalem Post Magazine, "Letters," January 8, 2016: http://tinyurl.com/juo7wne
I chose not to respond, but several of my readers have asked for clarification.
First, I must say that the rabbi reminds me of the man who was asked to review a book but decided not to read it since he didn't want to be biased.
As Moshe Mordechai van Zuiden stated in his response (The Jerusalem Post Magazine, "Letters," January 15, 2016), the rabbi completely ignored the reason I suggested removing the ban: A ban is an admission of weakness and, as such, is an insult to Judaism's strength.
Once the city magistrates of 17-century Amsterdam had made it abundantly clear to the Portuguese-Spanish Jewish Community that it could settle in Amsterdam only on condition that no member would ever dare to challenge the belief in the biblical God and the Old and New Testaments, Spinoza's so-called heretical ideas became a serious challenge for the rabbis and leaders. It was a clear infringement of the agreement with the City of Amsterdam. They therefore felt they had no choice but to enact a ban on Spinoza after all options had failed. It was just too risky to endanger the entire community because of one young man's ideas.
Second, the Portuguese-Spanish leadership had great difficulty in building a cohesive Jewish community comprised of all the Marranos who had just left Spain and Portugal after the Inquisition in 1492, and who were raised in the Christian faith and had little knowledge of Judaism. They were definitely not in need of a young man who was undermining this very goal with his heterodox ideas. (See the link to my article on Spinoza and the ban at the bottom of this essay.)
It is very likely that the ban would never have been imposed had these unique circumstances not prevailed.
As is well known, throughout the 20th century several requests were made to lift the ban on Spinoza. I believe that it is shortsighted and highly unwise to refuse to do so. By maintaining and reinforcing the ban today, the rabbinate and leaders of Amsterdam's Portuguese-Spanish community give the impression that they are afraid of Spinoza's ideas. This only harms the Jewish Tradition and stigmatizes it as a fearful, dogmatic religion, which it isn't.
Another mistake the rabbi makes is to argue that the ban on Spinoza can't be lifted since no later Beit Din can undo an earlier decision of a Beit Din unless it is greater in wisdom and number (Mishna Eduyot 1:5; Rambam, Hilchot Mamrim 2:2).
1. The ban on Spinoza and his writings only applied as long as he was alive, as Chief Rabbi Yitzchak-Isaac HaLevi Herzog wrote in a letter to Georg Herz-Shikmoni, director of the former Spinozaeum in Haifa in 1953. (Yirmiyahu Yovel, Spinoza and Other Heretics: The Marrano of Reason [Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1992] p 203) In his Pesakim u-Teshuvot, vol. 5, 111, Rabbi Herzog concludes that the rabbis of Amsterdam did not ban Spinoza's books for future generations. Therefore, a specific prohibition against reading Spinoza's books because of the ban does not apply. Surely Rabbi Herzog would not have argued that one should reconfirm and strengthen the ban in 2016! Indeed, it is most telling that today, Spinoza's writings are sold in the shop of the Portuguese-Spanish Synagogue in Amsterdam!
However, since it is generally believed that the ban is still in force, my suggestion to lift it is purely symbolic and for educational reasons.
2. Ravad, Rabbi Avraham ben David (c. 1125-1198), in his commentary on Rambam, Hilchot Mamrim 2:2, disagrees with the Rambam, clearly stating that a later court is empowered to abolish a law of an earlier court, even if the later court is inferior, if the original reason for the law is no longer applicable. According to some opinions, and/or in certain circumstances, when the original reason for a law has ceased to exist that law is no longer binding, even without an official revocation by a rabbinic court. (For a full discussion on this topic, see Encyclopedia Talmudit, vol. 1, pp. 599-602 and vol. 6, pp. 698-705; Rabbi Leib Etlinger, "Ein Beit Din," Shomer Tzion HaNeeman journal, vol. 1, pp. 17a-b, 19a-b, 21a-b, 23a-b; and Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits, Halacha: Kocha VeTafkida [Jerusalem: Mossad HaRav Kook, 2006] pp. 224-264.)
If that were not the case, it would seriously hamper the capability of Halacha to deal with new circumstances. I am reminded of the Talmudic metaphor that teaches a person to always be soft, like a pliant reed that yields to strong winds, swaying to and fro but never uprooted, and not to be hard like an unyielding cedar tree, which could be broken by a forceful wind. (Ta'anit 20a).
While the rabbi in Jerusalem is correct to say that it is unheard of for an Orthodox rabbi to disagree with the Rambam's "halachic weltanschauung without bothering to support his argument by quoting an earlier dissenting major source," it is far from true that these sources do not exist or that they are found only in non–halachic kabbalistic or academic circles. It was the Ravad who took strong issue with some of Rambam's halachic decisions. In fact, he disagreed with the entire approach and methodology of the Mishneh Torah (Ravad's gloss on Rambam's introduction to the Mishneh Torah). On one occasion, Ravad states: Why has he (Maimonides) called such a person a sectarian? There are many people greater and superior to him….. (who disagree with him ). (Glosses on Hilchot Teshuva 3:6-7). The same is true of the Rosh, Rabbi Asher ben Yechiel (c. 1250-1327). Both felt it highly problematic that Rambam "wrote his book like one delivering a prophetic message from the Almighty, providing neither reason nor proof" (Rosh, Responsa 31:9). See, also, the important observations by the Maharshal (1510-1573), although a bit kabbalistically tinted, in Yam Shel Shlomo, Introduction to Bava Kama. Others, such as 16th-century Maharal of Prague (Netivot Olam, Netiv HaTorah, end of ch. 15), and his brother Rabbi Chaim ben Betzalel (Vikuach Mayim Chaim, Introduction, no. 7), also questioned the validity of unequivocal codification. To argue that later thinkers or halachic authorities are not allowed to disagree with Rambam's opinions even if earlier authorities have not done so is to cause all of Judaism to stagnate, and violates the principle that one needs to go to the authorities of one's day and not rely on those who have passed away (Rosh Hashana 25b).
For issues related to Rambam's Thirteen Principles of Faith, the best book to study is Orthodox professor Marc B. Shapiro's remarkable work: The Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides' Thirteen Principles Reappraised (Oxford, UK: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2004), in which he brings hundreds of examples of earlier authorities who took issue with Rambam's principles.
A further mistake made by the rabbi is that he claims I am referring to Spinoza when I mention Rambam's statement that anyone who accepts and believes his 13 principles is admitted to heaven even if he transgresses all the commandments. (Commentary on the Mishna Sanhedrin, 10:1). I only mentioned it because it shows that Rambam added this opinion without giving any clear Talmudic source for it and may have even contradicted the Jewish tradition. See Orthodox Professor Menachem Kellner's Must a Jew Believe Anything? Second Edition (Oxford, UK: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2006) pp. 52-56. Whether or not this contradicts Rambam's Hilchot Teshuva 3:9-11 is unclear.
I suggest that instead of disdaining academic literature on the Rambam, the rabbi would be wise to read some scholarly works relating to the Rambam's ideas on dogma, such as Professor Kellner's above-mentioned book (particularly pp. 33-43), as well as many of his other works on Maimonides. I would also recommend Professor Isadore Twersky's Introduction to the Code of Maimonides (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1980). As for his Orthodox credentials, he was the Talner Rebbe of Boston. In addition, he was the Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University, a chair previously held by the well-known Harry Austryn Wolfson (1887-1974). Wolfson authored The Philosophy of Spinoza: Unfolding the Latent Processes of His Reasoning (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1962), the standard work on Spinoza's philosophy. He also studied at the Slobodka Yeshiva under Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Epstein (1866-1933). Regrettably, he became secular.
Although I spent 12 years studying in Chareidi yeshivot, these books were great eye-openers for me, revealing aspects of Maimonides that were never discussed in the yeshiva world but that are crucial to understanding this giant's method and weltanschauung.
To this day, I am puzzled as to why the Mishneh Torah is an almost unchallenged authority in the yeshiva world, whereas little attention, if any, is given to Rambam's philosophical magnum opus, Moreh Nevuchim, which is still considered a suspicious work influenced by secular Aristotelian philosophy. A rather strange situation – as if there were two Rambams who had nothing to do with each other. One that is trustworthy and one that is suspect!
I would suggest that the rabbi also read Rabbi Baruch Halevi Epstein's biographical work Mekor Baruch, ch. 13, sec. 4 (vol. 2, pp. 1103-1104) and ch. 23, sec. 4 (vol. 3, pp. 1307-1311). Rabbi Epstein (1860-1941), who is best known for his Torah Temimah commentary on the Torah, notes in Mekor Baruch that a harsh and erroneous approach to those who are on the brink of leaving Judaism and the Jewish people has caused significant damage. (See Talmud Chagigah 15a concerning Elisha ben Avuya, the rabbi turned heretic, and the uncensored edition of Sanhedrin 107b concerning Jesus. See, also, my "Thoughts to Ponder" no. 325.) Rabbi Epstein specifically discusses the case of Spinoza's forerunner, Uriel da Costa (1585-1640), who was also banned by the rabbis of Amsterdam for his heretical ideas and ultimately committed suicide.
Last but not least, my Orthodoxy:
If "Orthodox" means fearful, small-minded Judaism, I am surely not Orthodox.
If, however, "Orthodox" means fearless, bold, and non-dogmatic Judaism, I am fully Orthodox.
As someone who comes from a completely secular background in which Spinoza was the ultimate authority, I am astonished at how little faith some Orthodox rabbis have in Judaism. While they are surely much greater scholars than I am, I seem to know something they don't know: that Judaism is an exalted and most profound ideology, philosophy, and way of life. It need not feel threatened by anything and no longer requires the imposing or reinforcing of bans.
I wonder whether it is time for mainstream Orthodoxy to stop being so frightened and defensive and to start abandoning its mental ghettos.
Since when does Judaism have to fear heresy? Does it not have sufficient strength and enough arguments to defeat heretical ideas? What kind of religion is Judaism if it can't demonstrate its preeminence over what it believes to be faulty ideas?
Shouldn't the heretics be afraid of Judaism?
To read my entire article: http://tinyurl.com/hhgc6b6
Questions to Ponder from the David Cardozo Think Tank:
[We suggest printing out and discussing at your Shabbat table, if you like.]
1. Rabbi Cardozo explains that the Amsterdam Jewish community imposed such a harsh ban on Spinoza, due to external pressure from the outside world.
Today, do we still experience pressure from the outside world and if so, how are our decisions affected by it?
2. Why do we have the need to define ourselves as a certain type of Jew, for example, Orthodox, Chassidic, and Reform? Moreover, how does this affect us and the people around us?
3. Rabbi Cardozo asks why the Rambam's halachic work, Mishneh Torah, is a nearly unchallenged authority in the yeshiva world, and why little attention is given to the Rambam's philosophic work Moreh Nevuchim. Do you think that Halacha (Jewish law) is detached from the world of Jewish philosophy?
4. Rabbi Cardozo cites the Ravad who states that "a later court is empowered to abolish a law of an earlier court, even if the later court is inferior, if the original reason for the law is no longer applicable."
How do you think this view applies to the concept of yeridat hadorot (the decline of the generations)?
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Alex Blair says
Thank you for such an accessible, interesting, relevant and helpful article( as they all are): as a completely secularly raised Jew, now a 60 year old but four year old BT, I find this so helpful and I look forward to reading your words.
Shalom from Scotland
Miriam Alexandra Blair
Isn't abrogating the Talmud injunction that a Man supply Mezonos to host wife a type of Kefira.
Perhaps we should put all rabbonim who support that idea in permanent Cherem until they recant.
Yaffah Batya daCosta says
The term "Mariano" means pig or swine and is very offensive to many people with this ancestry, even when used to talk about the Jews who had converted and later ended up in Amsterdam. It was a term used by normative Christians of those days for the Jews newly converted to Catholicism (by force or not) … also known as Cristanos Neuvos (or new Christians). The term for this people in the Jewish responsas was always "Anousim" (meaning compelled, forced) and is much preferred.
Moishe Neuer says
Regarding Spinoza, please read Prof. Allan Nadler's article on why Spinoza is indeed a heretic.
Regarding the Rambam, the Rogatchover Gaon made use of the Moreh Nevuchim for psak, and said all the works of the Rambam,'ruach echad ba hem'.
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GOLD! I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!
Discussion in 'Forum News, Updates, & FAQs' started by MJ DeMarco, Oct 21, 2010.
Just finished the book while visiting the family. I'm not one to usually read business/marketing/economic type books (I'm more of a mystery gal or I do webinars/videos) but I really liked the flow of this book! I can't wait to send some of my favorite quotes around the office to motivate us.
I have read The Millionaire Fastlane it five times now and always find new things to learn everytime, thank you MJ DeMarco for sharing your knowledge and your life experience!
I'm Mario from Mexico I've read your book and I found it quite honest, and valuable.
I found the book for a recommendation of a friend of mine and I am thankful for this.
I hope to be an active member an participate in the forums.
Now that there are over 250,000 copies out there in the wild, multiple language translations, etc. this is the thread to let me know that you've read The Millionaire Fastlane.
Feel free to post your comments about the book as well!
I read the Millionarie FASTLANE and read UNSCRIPTED right after it! I couldn't put them down! I loved them both and have recommended them to my 3 sons (2 have read TMF and 1 has started UNSCRIPTED) and to an number of friends and clients. I am an entrepreneur at heart but I can painfully see the mistakes and/or missteps I made along the way after reading both books! I've changed course to set things right!
I've read this book, waaay after the fact. I actually stumbled on Unscripted first, referred by a friend, then immediately read MFL next, then Unscripted again right after. I heard of MFL years ago, but it seemed gimmicky so I avoided it (sorry MJ). Wish I had read it years ago (and same for Unscripted). So thankful to be here and learn from like minded people and share ideas together.
I have read it and recommend it to all who feel stuck!
Just finished the book. IMO a must read for anyone that is thinking about becoming an entrepreneur.
Read it. This is my new bible for being an entrepreneur. I love it. UNSCRIPTED is on the way in my hands.
I just finished the book ten minutes ago and figured I might as well check out this cool forum so.. here I am! And now onto Unscripted.
Also.. MJ.. thank you for being awesome and writing this thing. Was just what I needed to get myself into gear.
I've read The Millionaire Fastlane about an year ago, recommendation from Max Berger. After I read it I bought it in all versions I could (e-book, hard cover, audiobook) for gratitude to MJ and bought extra versions of it for my closest friends. I'm now on my way to financial freedom.
Jump in, then find your way through it.
I've read the book millionaire Fastlane. It changed my life, and my perception on how to make money. Definitely an influential book in my life!
I've read the book, twice. It's the best mindset book I've ever read.
I'm reading this book for the second time. I think the best book i've ever read at the moment. I hope to have writen good, i'm italian and my english is not perfect.
Read it, and will read again!
Read Fast Lane this month and now on unscripted. Some great insight and food for thought.
Listened to this one about a year and a half ago and absolutely loved it. I immediately bought your next audio book and am listening for the 2nd time.
I read it some years ago and it really blew my mind. Especially the commandments helped me to validate very fast which business have fastlane potential!
Conquer yourself and you've conquered the world.
I just finished reading the book. Incredible! Really changed my mindset. Looking forward to applying what I learned. Thanks MJ!
I am an Entrepreneur. Writer. Reader. Thinker. My passion is to Read. Learn. Implement. Share.
that's it , I've read THE book. Best book I ever read, thank you MJ Demarco you have definitely changed the way I see life and wealth!


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Taylor Swift to release 'Red' as her next re-record, out in November
After releasing the re-recorded version of Fearless (Taylor's Version), Taylor revealed that her fourth studio album 'RED' will be the second to be released in its re-recorded version.
After much fan speculation, Swift finally announced that on Nov. 19 we would finally get to relive the magic of the fan-favorite album. The re-recording will feature 30 songs, and one ten minute track that fans are already speculating could be the extended version of "All Too Well."
"I've always said that the world is a different place for the heartbroken. It moves on a different axis, at a different speed. Time skips backwards and forwards fleetingly. The heartbroken might go through thousands of micro-emotions a day trying to figure out how to get through it without picking up the phone to hear that old familiar voice," Swift wrote in the post's caption. "In the land of heartbreak, moments of strength, independence, and devil-may-care rebellion are intricately woven together with grief, paralyzing vulnerability and hopelessness. Imagining your future might always take you on a detour back to the past. And this is all to say, that the next album I'll be releasing is my version of Red."
"Musically and lyrically, Red resembled a heartbroken person. It was all over the place, a fractured mosaic of feelings that somehow all fit together in the end. Happy, free, confused, lonely, devastated, euphoric, wild, and tortured by memories past," Swift wrote. "Like trying on pieces of a new life, I went into the studio and experimented with different sounds and collaborators. And I'm not sure if it was pouring my thoughts into this album, hearing thousands of your voices sing the lyrics back to me in passionate solidarity, or if it was simply time, but something was healed along the way."
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"No, we will not fix your group chat."
By Vixus Snowpaw
December 12, 2013 in Second Life Server
Vixus Snowpaw
Because you are not a Premium member anymore
I've got a group with almost a thousand members in it linked to a top 10 sandbox in Second Life. People join this group in hopes of getting help from one another and chewing the fat. ( secondlife:///app/group/03e1ac8b-94f1-46a5-7d9e-d6b99e6fbaef/about ) -- I've contacted support enough to go through a whole keyboard already, but to no avail. The last time I did, I was told that because I am not premium anymore, they are not going to help me.
WTF guys. It's nearly 2014 and the group chat problems from 'way back' still can not be addressed?
MartinRJ Fayray
To be more specific, Fluffy is a top 8 sandbox!
PROOF: http://i.imgur.com/4v6HsKw.png
Nalates Urriah
Support people work with premium members. I doubt support would be able to fix group chat in any event. It is the system not the group that is a problem. Being a premium member or not is not likely to make much difference on this type of problem.
The rest of us file JIRA bug reports and wait for help on this type of 'system' problem.
There are projects in progress that affect groups and chat. No one out side the Lab knows all the details or projects. They made major revisions to get groups up to 42 within the last couple of years. This last year they redid the Chat Hub User Interface and rewrote a considerable portion of the chat related code. Check out the Firesotrm Viewer development team's tears over that change. So, there is constant work on the problem or at least parts of it.
So, we have no clue when they may release some improvement to chat. More JIRA bug reports influence priorities.
We're already on that list, Nalates.
Drake1 Nightfire
Vixus Snowpaw wrote:
I've got a group with almost a thousand members in it linked to a
top 10 sandbox in Second Life
. People join this group in hopes of getting help from one another and chewing the fat. ( secondlife:///app/group/03e1ac8b-94f1-46a5-7d9e-d6b99e6fbaef/about ) -- I've contacted support enough to go through a whole keyboard already, but to no avail. The last time I did, I was told that because I am not premium anymore, they are not going to help me.
Not for nothing, but I wont go to a "Top ten sandbox" set by traffic... I want a dead empty no one goes there sandbox. Not one with 80 people on it and everyone building or hanging out in the house they just rezzed, leaving no prims for anyone else to use.
BTW.. posting your group link is against the rules.
Nobody asked you about your opinion on anything but the matter I'm trying to address here. There is no intent of advertizing here, I'm merely showing the facts as they are. Good for you that you want an empty sandbox, good for you that you are used to knowing sandboxes the way most people host them. Good for you complaining about me leaving a unhyperlinked link to my group.
Can we please stay on topic or are you just trying to fatten your post count?
Qie Niangao
Whatever is the topic?
If it's the "spoiler" of non-premium users not getting support, that's pretty alienating, as if those who pay are getting exclusively their group chat bugs fixed -- as if that even made sense.
If the topic is all the problems with group chat, a small fortune in our tier payments has been spent over years trying to fix it, including a full (but failed) reimplementation to XMPP, not to mention other, even less successful attempts.
At this point, it makes more sense to simply give up on large group chat, rather than throw yet more good money after bad.
RudolphFarquhar
I'm not ******* surprised you get ignored.
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fine, you want on topic, ok.
Why are groups with tens of thousands of members not affected?
Why are groups with thousands of members not affected?
Why are you attacking me for wanting to actually be able to build in a sandbox instead of trying to find a clear space?
Who pissed in your cheerios this morning?
NO ONE CAN GIVE YOU AN ANSWER ASIDE FROM THE ONE LL GAVE YOU.
LL does not read these forums. You are on a Jira, for what ever good that might do. What exactly do you expect the forumites to do? We don't write the code, it's a code bug that is causing the issue. The Firestorm team knows about it but can't fix it. Essentially you and all of the groups affected are screwed until LL fixes it.
So, what exactly was your topic? "Group chat is borked for some people, LL knows about it , what should I do?" Sounds like you wait and see what happens.
Cerise Sorbet
For what it's worth, one of the biggest causes of group chat overload is being addressed.
Perrie Juran
Cerise Sorbet wrote:
For what it's worth, one of the biggest causes of group chat overload
is being addressed
Now that is interesting and encouraging.
There is one phrase in that new policy that may not be as clear as Oz thinks.
":You may not use bots to send more than 5,000 messages in a calendar day. Messages to groups are counted as one message ''for every recipient in the group''. All bots operated by a single user share a common limit."
I think by way of example what Oz means is that if 50 people receive the message then that counts as 50 messages. But I am unsure.
Yes, that's exactly what it means. A single group notice to a group with 5000+ members uses up the quota in one shot. The policy isn't going to be too too black and white, because humans using very large groups will hit that number regularly. They will have to use the duck test to identify the automated messages.
Really perhaps this need to be adressed with Oz.
Line 12 addition:
"Every chat message, IM, inventory offer, group notice, group IM, and group invitation creates load on the Second Life communications services......"
delineates very specific activities. But again when we get to the addition in line 24:
"You may not use bots to send more than 5,000 messages in a calendar day. Messages to groups are counted as one message ''for every recipient in the group',
just the very generic word "message" is used. Does message include all of the things listed in line 12?
When you use Group Chat, the servers identify which users are currently logged in and the Group IM's only get sent to those users. And what constitutes a message in the case of a Group IM? Is it each time you hit the 'enter key?' Is it the entire chat per session?
I'm not trying to be pedantic or play lawyer here. Obviously Bots have been identified as a problem when dealing with Group Chat. One that at least I was not aware of. So if these new regulations have a marked improvement on Group Chat I'm all for them.
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Really, "a message is a message"is a good enough working defintion.
Behind the viewer interface, the differences aren't so big. An instant message, group invitation, inventory offer are really all the same thing. The viewer just treats them differently depending on flags set on the IM.
Group chat and group notices are also related to each other, though group notices are heavier because of the offline option.
I just reread it one more time. Don't know how how I missed this line:
"Bots joining groups and sending group IMs or notices such that more than 5,000 individual messages will be received."
That is clear and specific and answers the issues I raised.
I also notice that they have dropped the word 'please' in the following line:
"If you own a Second Life account that is primarily operated by a Scripted Agent (a "bot"), please identify it as a bot...."
Changes it from a request to a command.
Darien Caldwell
I dont' know what makes you think bots are the biggest source of "group chat overload". Nothing could be farther from the truth. They may be the biggest source of fraud and annoyance. But compared to all the real users of group chat that actually put 99% of the load on the group system, they are a drop in the bucket.
I know, right? But it would be so cool if it were true. Thousands of people subscribing to an entertaining ELIZAbot group-chatter.
It's as disappointing as discovering that, all along, @horse_ebooks was just a couple of humans.
Darien Caldwell wrote:
I dont' know what makes you think bots are the biggest source of "group chat overload".
I don't know either, because you made that up, it's not what I wrote. You even quoted it, "one of the biggest causes", not the biggest cause, and you still were unable to read it the second time.
Nothing could be farther from the truth.
Impressive sounding statement, except that it actually is true, There really are lots of extremely large groups for stores and clubs that had been using bots to send out out multiple identical group notices a day, often followed by group chat messages repeating them. The first three such groups that popped into my recollection in the last minute have 11000, 96000 and 11700 members each today, and that's the tip of the iceberg.
This automated repeat group notice activity had been so common that it became a standard bot feature, MetaBOLT provides the GIM plugin for this purpose, with equivalents provided by SmartBots, PikkuBot, and various smaller ones.
Group messages all share a single system. and as such, this notice activity had been robbing server capacity from all groups, even if you personally haven't joined the spammy ones, and even if you were unaware that they exist.
They may be the biggest source of fraud and annoyance. But compared to all the real users of group chat that actually put 99% of the load on the group system, they are a drop in the bucket.
Those really huge groups generally don't have chat enabled, but most groups with active chat have a fraction of the membership of these. Chats also don't reach out to the mail queue like invitations and notices.
While there certainly is hit and run group chat spam, SL already had those cases covered as community standards and ToS violations.
I don't know how far it will actaully go toward fraud control. They are not capped from sending more than 5,000 messages. Censorship is after the fact and fraudsters use throw away accounts so there'd be no real impact there.
All I really know is what Oz wrote in that Wiki:
"Every chat message, IM, inventory offer, group notice, group IM, and group invitation creates load on the Second Life communications services. There is an upper limit where bots consume excessive resources and threaten to decrease the quality of service for others." (my emphasis).
Apparently it is excessive enough to warrant a change in (addition to) policy.
Of course Oz could be just blowing smoke up our gazoos.
Me, I don't know enough to say one way or the other. But I do welcome almost anything that will improve the situation.


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Super Wrestling: AEW – Battle of the Belts
January 19, 2022 January 19, 2022 ~ Matt Vetrano	~ Leave a comment
Battle of the Belts is owned by All Elite Wrestling, Tony Khan, Shahid Khan, and TNT
AEW is not giving me a break, are they? I had a power outage for almost a week and am trying to catch up on all the shows, so why not put out one of their special episodes now!? Clearly, they were thinking of me when they made this decision (presumably they were unhappy with my less than favorable coverage of New Year's Smash), but I will not succumb to their attempts at psychological warfare! I will do my darnedest to enjoy this special event! As long as the matches are good, of course! Is this an excellent start to the era of TNT special episodes, or are we trying to cram too much too quickly? Let's find out!!
Dustin Rhodes Vs. Sammy Guevara – Interim TNT Title Match
Dustin is accompanied to the ring by Arn Anderson
I'm not the biggest fan of seeing Sting get in the ring at this point in his career, but I do understand where people are coming from as I feel very much the same way whenever we get to see Dustin! Thankfully he managed to deliver a great match here with Sammy Guevara that honestly puts into sharp relief a few of the issues I've had with AEW in the last few months. The match isn't without a few slow parts here and there, but it feels unique to the style we usually get in a typical AEW match and feeling fresh can sometimes pay far more dividends than overwhelming skill or bloodletting. Things start off nice and easy with some good running spots as Dustin gets an Arm Drag and Sammy gets a Hip Toss, but both are still feeling each other out, and neither wants to make a mistake. After a few minutes of this and a fun spot of Dustin getting winded while Sammy is relaxing on the turnbuckle, Sammy finally hits one of those Uppercuts that Dustin likes to do and follows up with a Drop Kick that sends Dustin outside the ring. We then get some okay action as Sammy tosses Dustin around the outside while teasing Arn Anderson, but the turning point comes when Dustin manages to smash Sammy's knee into the ring steps which he has to deal with for the rest of the fight. This is where things start to slow down a bit and it feels like the crowd is turning on the match as Dustin rolls in and leaves Sammy to be counted out but then they do it again a few minutes later when Dustin is the one outside and Sammy is waiting for the count-out. You can hear the crowd start to groan on the second one, but it ended up working for me as it set up the big spots that immediately followed it; bringing us from a low point to a high point which is an effective way to maximize tension and to get the crowd to pop. Sammy might just have this in the bag but he gets impatient and hits a Double Springboard Dive onto Dustin which hits its mark, but it only causes more damage to Sammy's knee. He grits through the pain however and throws Dustin into the ring where he hits an Enziguri and goes for a Springboard Cutter. EXCEPT DUSTIN CATCHES HIM AND HITS A CROSS RHODES FOR A TWO-COUNT!! Things only get more ridiculous from here as Dustin gets a Code Red, and Sammy hits the GTH; both of which are kicked out of and the crowd cannot believe it! Then we get Fuego Del Sol who comes out from under the ring (presumably sensing his best friend being in trouble) and sets up a table on the floor. Arn isn't happy about this, and while he doesn't dismantle the table, he starts menacing Fuego and chases him up the ramp. Still, with the table in place, Sammy drags Dustin to the apron and tries to hit a Spanish Fly that would send them both through the table and assuredly win him the match. Dustin fights back however and he manages to hit a Canadian Destroyer through the table in what is one of the most impressive and safe-looking table spots I've probably ever seen. Dustin hits the table flat on his butt and is protecting Sammy's head as the table gently falls to pieces, essentially carrying them on their way to the floor, and MAYBE Sammy hit his knees a bit hard. Still, the crowd is going wild and Sammy is in a bad state, so Dustin throws him in… AND STILL ONLY GETS A TWO COUNT! With all that though, it's clear that the end is near and so Sammy tries for a Sunset flit that Dustin reverses and they keep going back and forth on pin attempts. Sammy manages to keep Dustin down for a split second over three, and wins the match as well as the interim TNT Title! Oh, but it's not over yet as Daniel Garcia runs in and IMMEDIATELY gets into Sammy's face which causes the two to start brawling and the refs have to run down to break it up! This was a very good match and I think the key to it, as well as Dustin's overall success, is that he's not overexposed and so the matchup feels fresh. AEW has the roster for people to rotate in and out on a regular basis, so we shouldn't see Danielson six times in eight weeks. Punk is actually striking a better balance as he's here almost every week but it's more often for promos than matches. I know that AEW wants to give the crowds the stars they want to see, and I'm thankful that so many of them came out when I went to see them live, but they could get a lot more mileage out of people if they expanded their TV roster more often.
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Super Wrestling: AEW Dynamite (01-05-2022)
AEW Dynamite is owned by All Elite Wrestling, Tony Khan, Shahid Khan, and TBS
It's a New Year for everyone and a new channel for AEW! None too soon, if you ask me! The show has never dipped so low as to compare it to WWE, but there were some rough patches in the latter half of 2021 that had me hoping that a fresh start will kick things back into gear and give us the kind of wrestling show that we want to see from AEW! Does the move to TBS reinvigorate the show, or is it just more of the same no matter where you find it? Let's find out!!
Hangman Adam Page Vs. Bryan Danielson – AEW World Title Match
The last match felt a bit padded with the commercial breaks interrupting the ebb and flow of the action, but in the end, I think we got everything we needed to out of that match, so watching this one felt a little bit redundant. There really isn't much of a status quo change or some new issue that they have to work through; it's just a shorter version of what we saw last time. Now that's not to say that the action isn't great or that Danielson isn't one of the best in-ring storytellers working today, but I didn't find myself enjoying the sequel as much as I would have hoped. There still feels like there's a bit of padding here as Danielson starts the fight by intentionally stalling to try and get Hangman frustrated. This goes on for a few minutes and is certainly a great way to start a match, but almost as soon as Hangman starts to fight back, he's stymied by Danielson who tosses him arm first into the post, and so Danielson slows things down once again as he starts to work the arm over. Hangman gets a break from this after hitting Danielson with a Fall Away Slam, but Danielson regains control almost immediately when he drops Hangman into the ring steps, which is the point where the blood starts flowing and is another thing I'm ambivalent of. There's a lot of blood in this match (Danielson gets opened ups as well) and there are a lot of head butts to make the most of it, and while I can appreciate blood and violence in certain contexts (the Street Fight on Rampage being a good example), it just felt really excessive here. I've been wary about Danielson wrestling for a while now, and seeing him with a crimson mask doing running Headbutts over and over again feels like taunting at this point. Aside from some slowness here and there and the worrisome violence, the action is as good as you'd expect. Danielson is keeping up a good fight and Hangman looks to be in trouble throughout, but every once in a while he'll hit a big move that sets up a Buckshot Lariat. The first one is when Hangman catches Danielson mid-dive to hit a Deadeye on the floor. He tosses Danielson in and sets up on the apron when Danielson comes up with the most BRILLIANT strategy imaginable to avoid the Buckshot! He drops to the mat! I mean yeah, it sounds simple when you say it out loud, but very few people (including Kenny Omega) seem to realize that standing is the only way the move can work. Truly, Danielson is a master tactician in the ring! Hangman's second attempt happens after a Moonsault to the floor, and while Danielson stays standing for this attempt, he manages to dodge it and hits his Running Knee Strike and gets a very close two count! Danielson remains firmly in control for a while here and even does that face stomp thing that he did to the Dark Order. Hangman fights his way out of it and lands a rather scary-looking Back Drop Driver that leaves Danielson dazed. Hangman goes to the apron, lines up his shot, and FINALLY hits the Buckshot Lariat which is enough to get the pin and win the match! Hangman retains his title, and in doing so delivers Bryan Danielson his first loss at AEW! I understand the reason behind having the last match be the longest match in AEW history, and I guess you need SOMETHING for the show's big move to TBS, but it felt like a lot of the same stuff we saw last time, and the things they did add (i.e. the blood) didn't make it feel any more important. Still, not a bad way to start the show and to start the TBS era of Dynamite!
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Super Wrestling: AEW Rampage (12-31-2021) – New Year's Smash
January 14, 2022 ~ Matt Vetrano	~ Leave a comment
AEW Rampage is owned by All Elite Wrestling, Tony Khan, Shahid Khan, and TNT
Yes, we are still WOEFULLY behind here, but I'll catch up on everything soon enough! Where the last Dynamite (at least the one I saw) was the final one on TNT, Rampage isn't going anywhere is just gonna keep trucking along on that network to give us quick and easy wrestling action to balance out the more plot-heavy shenanigans on Dynamite! Is this another week of Rampage picking up the slack from Dynamite, or will we start to see the cracks in their formula, and perhaps they should try to shake things up as well? Let's find out!!
Darby Allin Vs. Anthony Bowens
Allin is accompanied to the ring by Sting while Bowens is accompanied by Max Caster
Caster I can take or leave, but I really like Anthony Bowens and I kind of wish they'd give him a bigger push. Now obviously AEW is pretty tightly packed so not everyone gets a real shot at the spotlight, but Bowens has got something special and I'd like to see him become a powerhouse; not unlike Wardlow, Hobbs, and Brian Cage. Tonight is not his night to win since he's up against Darby, but he does put on a decent performance here. Darby gets an early lead that leaves Bowens frustrated and anxious, but that's why Heels have guys on the outside to run distractions as Max Caster eats a punch from Darby which gives Bowens JUST enough time to land a punch of his own and toss Darby into the ring post. This starts the heat segment which comes to an end when Darby escapes a Vertical Suplex, but the fight is much more even as Bowens lands a few moves on Darby that are mostly there to show off how much damage Darby is willing to inflict on himself. Caster tries to run a few more distractions, but Sting finally gets up off his butt and takes care of him which allows Darby to land a Code Red followed by a Suicide Dive. He throws Bowens back into the ring, hits the Coffin Drop, and gets the pin to win the match. It would have been a fine match on its own, but then they do a post-match angle which kind of sours it a bit for me. Andrade El Idolo's music hits and he starts walking out. He does nothing at all, but this is enough for Darby and Sting to gob at him for several seconds, so OF COURSE The Acclaimed sucker punch them and gang up on Darby! It's not like AEW doesn't know how to book Baby Faces as the feud between Hangman Adam Page and Daniel Bryan has been pretty solid, but too often they rely on old tropes about foolish Baby Faces and it gets old pretty quickly.
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Super Wrestling: AEW Rampage (12-25-2021) – Holiday Bash
December 31, 2021 January 14, 2022 ~ Matt Vetrano	~ Leave a comment
If I had a rough time trying to catch up with a show happening on Wednesday, I was for darn sure gonna take my time getting around to the episode that literally aired on Christmas Day. By their own choice, by the way! They moved the show to air on that day instead of their usual timeslot; perhaps so that the subtitle is that much more accurate. Still, while Rampage may have the harder to catch time slot this week, the shorter length and the snappier matches make it a bit more ideal to fit into a tough schedule where Dynamite feels like something you have to schedule around. Is this another fun way to spend a Saturday night, even if it's perhaps the worst night of the year for it? Let's find out!!
Jungle Boy Vs. Isiah Kassidy
Jungle Boy is accompanied to the ring by Luchasaurus and Christian Cage while Kassidy is accompanied to the ring by Hardy Family Office
Remember when Private Party were wearing slacks and collared shirts? Thankfully Kassidy is back in his original ring gear and it didn't do anything to diminish the integrity of Hardy Family Office! Now if they could start winning some tag matches again, maybe we'll have the Private Party that was one of the highlights of early AEW! Remember MJF talking about the pillars of this company? Yeah, Private Party used to be one of them but they've been stuck with HFO for so long that it feels like we've all kind of forgotten that. Thankfully this match does quite a bit to remind us of how good Kassidy is as he puts up a pretty good fight against Jungle Boy. With a little help from Quen and Hardy on the outside, Kassidy is able to maintain a solid lead for the first half and through the commercial break, but he's far from idle in the match as he hits a Springboard Cutter on Jungle Boy that drops him from the apron to the floor and follows up with a spinning dive over the ropes. He also manages to reverse a Sunset Flip from Jungle Boy into a Drop Kick to his face which is the start of the heat during the commercial, but once we return it's time for Jungle Boy to make his comeback. A series of Elbow Strikes give him some space so he can finally knock Kassidy to the ground with a big lariat, and he follows up with a Falcon Arrow for a two count. Kassidy gets a two count as well with a Poisonrana, but Jungle Boy turns things around quickly with a German into a bridge for another two count of his own. He makes sure to hold onto the waist lock and tries to go for another German, but Kassidy grabs the ropes to try and break the hold which turns out to be a bad idea as Jungle Boy instead dumps him over to the floor below before following up with a Suicide Dive. In a last-ditch effort to save his partner, Quen tries to grab Jungle Boy on his way back to the ring so Cage starts to beat his butt all the way to the back while Luchasaurus Choke Slams Jora Joel. Not sure why since he wasn't actually doing anything, but I guess it was a diversionary tactic on HFO's part as Hardy immediately grabs Luchasaurus and goes for the Twist of Fate. Luchasaurus is too strong however and shoves Matt Hardy into the charging Christian Cage who knocks the wind out of him with a spear! With the kerfuffle outside brought to an end, Jungle Boy goes for another Sunset Flip and Kassidy once again escapes. When he goes for another kick, however, Jungle Boy dodges and grabs the leg. Kassidy tries to scramble to the ropes, but it's too late and Jungle Boy locks in the Snare Trap which forces Kassidy to tap. This was a pretty good opener! I like seeing Private Party as at least somewhat effective again, and honestly, I'd love to see them go up against The Lucha Bros for the title at some point!
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Super Wrestling: AEW Dynamite (12-22-2021) – Holiday Bash
December 29, 2021 December 29, 2021 ~ Matt Vetrano	~ Leave a comment
AEW Dynamite is owned by All Elite Wrestling, Tony Khan, Shahid Khan, and TNT
As much as I love wrestling, the Holidays are a tough time to find the three hours it takes to watch these shows what with a million other things to worry about this time of year. Still, you can't say AEW doesn't put in the effort, and not taking a week away from the show even with everyone being busy is laudable I suppose; especially since they film Rampage on the same night as Dynamite which hopefully meant that everyone got to go home as soon as it was over. Is this a great present for AEW to give us despite the poor timing of it, or will it get lost in the Holiday shuffle like everything else we don't have time to think about because we've got so many other things to do right now!? Okay, maybe not everyone is stressed out like that, but that's beside the point! Is this a good show or not!? Let's find out!!
Orange Cassidy Vs. Adam Cole
Cole and Cassidy are two of the biggest stars who aren't currently in the title picture, so putting them together in an opening match is as good a way as any to try and tear people away from their packed Holiday schedules to tune in. It's a solid match with a lot of back and for the action between the two, but things don't really pick up until Cassidy gets a two count from a Diving Cross Body and a Swinging DDT. This forces the Bucks and Brandon Cutler to come out just as Cassidy is going up top for a big splash, and instead of hitting Cole, Cassidy jumps down on Cutler. It's at this point that the Best Friends run down to make the save, but not before Cassidy hits a Suicide Dive on the Bucks which allows the Best Friends to fight them back up the ramp and to the back. Despite his buddies getting overwhelmed, it does create an opening for Cole who throws Cassidy shoulder-first into the steps; hoping to neutralize his Orange Punch finisher. Cassidy is left limp against the steps so Cole tries to follow up with a Boom Knee Strike, but Cassidy moves and Cole's knee hits the steel instead of Cassidy's squishy body. With both suffering injuries, the two continue to brawl throughout the commercial break and start to kick things into high gear once we return. Lousy Kicks, Brain Busters, Stundog Millionaires and Diving DDTs, All of which hit their mark, but the damage they've incurred end up blunting their effectiveness, so neither manage to get the pin. Cole tries to set up Cassidy for the Panama Sunrise by dragging him to the corner, but Cassidy merely rolls away to overcome his scheme. Frustrated by this, Colle tries to go after him but Cassidy hits a Michinoku Driver! Now it's his turn to set up a move as he puts on his shades and gets to the top rope, and once he's up there he puts his hands in his pockets and tries to dive on Cole. He's WAY short on his dive however and ends up eating a Super Kick which allows Cole to get the Panama Sunrise and goes for a lackadaisical cover on Cassidy. He might have won if he tried to do a serious pin, but Cassidy kicks out. Cassidy takes this unforced error from Cole and ducks and hits a Beach Break for a two count before setting up for the Orange Punch. Seeing what's about to happen, Cole rolls out of the ring right as Bobby Fish runs down to start yelling at the ref. He's doing it for a long time and Cassidy is just standing there looking perturbed, and right when I was wondering what the heck was going on here, NONE OTHER THAN KYLE O'REILLY RUNS IN TO ATTACK CASSIDY! As soon as Cassidy is on the ground, Cole hits the Boom Knee Strike and gets the pin on Cassidy, but that's almost immaterial because the big news here is that the original Undisputed Era (Roderick Strong was added later) has officially moved to AEW after WWE cast them aside like yesterday's news! There seems to be some tension as the Bucks run down and seem a bit hesitant about the Undisputed Era reforming right in front of them, but it was a solid match with a really cool surprise ending that is sure to get AEW even more clout with the fans! I don't know if we'll hit the point where it becomes passé for great wrestlers from the other company to show up here and prove how great they are, but it certainly hasn't happened yet!
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Super Wrestling: AEW Rampage (12-17-2021)
It's another night of AEW action during a week that pretty much all people dread. Sure, the Holidays can be fun and all that, but this is a stressful time for a lot of people, including me, so fitting in my usual output has been a challenge. I'm still going to do it, but I think Rampage is going to go by a lot faster than usual if you catch my drift. Is this a fun boost to get us ready for the final week of rushing and shopping, or is it less a reprieve and more of a grim specter of things to come? Let's find out!!
The Young Bucks, Adam Cole, and Bobby Fish Vs. Best Friends, Orange Cassidy, and Rocky Romero – Eight-Man Tag Match
The Young Bucks are accompanied to the ring by Brandon Cutler while Best Friends are accompanied by Wheeler Yuta
The Young Bucks and Best Friends feud continues unabated, and while it does feel like we're spinning our wheels, it's never a bad idea to get these two groups in the ring as often as possible. The matchups certainly haven't gotten stale yet, and it even manages to make an Eight-Man Tag Match not feel overly excessive or drawn out. The Best Friends get a lot of offense in early on as Cassidy and Cole stare at each other from opposite corners, but when the opportunity arises for them to meet in the ring, Cole keeps to himself and lets the Bucks deal with Cassidy. The Heels eventually take control of the match with some sly beatings outside the ring, but The Best Friends didn't call themselves that for nothing and take several opportunists to save Cassidy from being pinned. Cassidy eventually fights back and gets the hot tag to Trent who runs wild over everyone; fighting the Bucks and Cole by himself, giving Bobby Fish a spear on the outside, and even hitting Brandon Cutler with a Backdrop. It's good to see Trent back in action again and he looks pretty good, but it doesn't last forever as the Heels isolate him in the ring and take turns utterly destroying him! He's yanked off the turnbuckle by Nick and lands neck first on the top rope, he eats Brain Busters and Superkicks from the Super Clique, and he even gets hit by a Diving Headbutt from Fish! Even with all that, Trent manages to kick out at two, so the only logical thing is to take the guy coming back from spinal surgery and give him an AVALANCHE FALCON ARROW! This should have been the end of the match, if not the death of Mr. Trent, had Cassidy not run in to break up the pin, and that's when the match devolves into the usual Eight-Man shtick where everyone runs in to hit a big move until it's just the legal men alone in the ring. After a spectacular flurry of moves that ends with Cassidy hitting a Springboard Flip to everyone on the floor below, Trent manages to land the Crunchy on Bobby Fish to get the pin and win the match! It was a pretty fun opening bout! Perhaps there was a bit too much chaos in the second half as no one is even trying to follow the rules, but even with that, it managed to stay comprehensible and kept everyone looking strong! The feud will surely continue from here, but with matches like this, it's clear they haven't run out of things to do just yet!
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Super Wrestling: AEW Dynamite (12-15-2021) – Winter Is Coming
We're back with AEW, and there's certainly a chill in the air as Winter has officially come! We've still got a few more weeks of shows this year, but this is the big one that they try to build up as a game-changer to start the New Year on a high note; especially with the AEW World Title on the line in a genuinely competitive match! Will this be as exciting as when Moxley lost the title to Kenny Omega on last year's show, or will my enthusiasm drop faster than the temperature outside? Let's find out!!
A rather bold choice for AEW to start with the big match instead of saving it for the main event! Then again, given what's about to happen it was probably the only choice they could go with as this match goes on for over an hour! That's right, more than half the show is dedicated to this one match, and we'll talk about what this meant for the rest of the show once we get there, but for now, we need to talk about what happened here. First and foremost, Danielson proves once again that he's not just a great technical wrestler but a fantastic storyteller between the ropes as he's very good at projecting the entirety of his thoughts through his movements and facial expressions. It's clear at the outset that Danielson does not consider Hangman to be an insurmountable challenge. He's certainly bigger and strong than him, but Danielson has faced those kinds of odds before and he has a plan for it. For several minutes of the match, he refuses to engage with Hangman to any degree by keeping his distance, avoiding any real contact, and using the ropes to keep Hangman at bay; all the while grinning from ear to ear as the frustration mounts in Hangman. He's waiting for Hangman to get ahead of himself and to do something brash which Danielson can easily overcome, but Hangman is no fool and is keeping his cool just as much as Danielson is. After a while of this, Hangman gets a quick boot to the chest that catches Danielson off guard and there's a moment of uncertainty before he collects himself and gets back on track. Still, Hangman has found his inch and he manages to force this into a proper match. Danielson has to start engaging with Hangman, but he's also staying smart about it by going for submissions and trying to damage the limbs while avoiding big moves from Hangman. The strategy seems to be working, but Hangman manages to force Danielson into more direct confrontations and so Danielson starts using his chops and kicks that eventually send Hangman out of the ring. This is when things start to get more violent as Danielson and Hangman start to slug it out in a war of brutal attrition, and this is what we get for a good chunk of the match. Sometimes Danielson is in control, sometimes it's Hangman, and they stick to their initial strategies as much as they can. Hangman is hitting a lot of big and flashy moves like the Moonsault from the top rope to the floor, but Danielson stays on track and keeps picking at Hangman's limbs to neutralize their power. He also is keeping a sharp eye out for Hangman's finishers, and so attempts at the Deadeye or the Buckshot Lariat are constantly avoided throughout the match despite the crowd desperately wanting to see it. The only thing about the match that doesn't work very well, and is probably why they should have saved this for a PPV, is that they simply can't run the show for a full hour without commercial breaks and so the pacing of the match feels a bit wonky. The worst of this is when Hangman goes for a Moonsault but is shoved off the turnbuckle by Danielson. He hits the apron on his way to the floor and Danielson bashes Hangman's shoulder into the post; continuing his strategy of neutralizing Hangman's offense. However, this also causes Hangman to bleed and so for an entire commercial break he's being looked at by the doctors as Danielson poses in the ring. We saw this same spot used in the Guevara/Lethal match and I just don't think it's helpful to a match. If you need to fill a commercial break, then sure; have the doc look at the wrestler so that the TV audience doesn't miss anything significant. However, this still creates the problem as to why the ref doesn't call for the bell as soon as the doctor is out there, or why he stops the ten count while the doctors attend to him. It highlights the advantage that the champ has in title defense (titles can only change hands on pinfalls or submissions) which is great when you have a Heel champ, but it's also not the kind of thing you want to advertise when it's a Babyface with the title. In any case, Hangman finally starts to stumble his way to the ring once the commercial break is over and they keep going from there. We're only at about the halfway point so the injury is kind of a moot point, but they do at least keep track of Hangman's shoulder which is being brutalized by Danielson and is going to make it nearly impossible for Hangman to hit the Buckshot Lariat. Turnabout is fair play however and Hangman starts targeting Danielson's leg after he misses a Yes Kick that sends his shin right into the post. This ends up playing into the rest of the match as we get closer and close to the time limit, and once we're down to the final five minutes they have to leave everything they can in that ring to see who is still standing by the end of it! Danielson has Hangman on the match and grabs his arms to start stomping on his face, the same way he did to all the members of the Dark Order, but with the bad leg, it's not hard for Hangman to escape. Danielson charges and Hangman catches him to at last land the Deadeye, but it's only a two count. Undeterred however, Hangman is now the one to grab his opponent's arms and stomp on their face; a taste of Danielson's own medicine if you will! With Danielson sufficiently dazed, Hangman goes for the Buckshot Lariat with whatever strength he has left in the arm… BUT DANIELSON DODGES IT AND PUTS HANGMAN IN THE LABELLE LOCK! With just over a minute left in the match, this is Danielson's last chance to come away the champion, but perhaps that eagerness left him open for Hangman to escape and Slingshot him into the ropes. Hangman hits a big lariat on Danielson which leaves him nearly dead on the floor, and Hangman goes to the apron one last time. He waits for Danielson to stumble back to his feet, and he FINALLY hits the Buckshot Lariat just as the time expired! Whether or not Hangman had enough in the tank for that hit to keep Danielson down for good is something we will never know, but it was about as satisfying an ending as you could get for a match that ends in a time limit draw! This was a good match and I thought that both guys put in an exceptional amount of effort here, but I don't think it needed a full hour to tell this story; especially with the commercial breaks wreaking havoc with the pacing. Where we've seen PPV quality matches on TV before, this felt like a PPV match shunted into the TV format, but there's very little doubt that the ending of this match is to set us up for a PPV main event, so as far as that goes it did its job brilliantly!
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We're back with another week of Rampage action, though this one finds itself in a bit of an odd spot. The next Dynamite is the big Winter is Coming show, and they wrapped up all the major storylines on the Wednesday show, so this is kind of just filling the gap between the two shows. Sure, Rampage works best when it gets to do its own thing separate from Dynamite, but sandwiched between the Dynamite show and Winter is Coming, can it manage to find enough fun action and compelling narratives to keep from feeling entirely disposable? Let's find out!!
The Lucha Bros Vs. FTR – AEW Tag Title Match
The Lucha Bros are accompanied to the ring by Alex Abrahantes while FTR are accompanied by Tully Blanchard
You'd think this would be a match to save for the big show on Wednesday instead of throwing out on the B-Show; especially since these two teams had a match at Triple-Mania less than a week ago. Why not let them rest until the Wednesday show and try to put on a barn burner instead of filling a slot that could literally go to anyone else? Rampage is a good place for random matchups, and it'd be nice if we got some highlights from Triple-Mania or even just a promo to set up this title match! Well, we've got the match that we've got, and I guess it was their way of making this Rampage not seem insignificant; so let's see how it plays out. It starts off well with the Lucha Bros getting a solid lead on FTR, but the No Flips All Fist guys are hard to keep down no matter what you throw at them! Penta decides to go for psychological warfare and theatrically takes off his glove which he tosses to Cash who dutifully catches… and then IMMEDIATELY eats a kick to the face! Rey then tags in and jumps really high in the air for a Cross Body on Cash, but after landing he's grabbed by Dax and is dropped spine first onto the apron; giving FTR some heat as we head into the commercial. Rey eventually makes his way to the corner to tag in Penta who hits Sling Blades on both guys before landing the Backstabber on Dax. Things go back and forth for a bit between Penta and Cash with some very cool reversals thrown in, and soon enough Rey tags back into the match. He punches Tully Blanchard in the face who thought it was a good idea to get up on the apron and taunt him, and starts to face off both members of FTR just like Penta did because I guess the Heels are allowed to do whatever they want; isn't that right Ref? In any case, Dax catches Rey in a Springboard move and drops him with a Slingshot Liger bomb for a two count, and Dax tosses him into the ropes where Cash is waiting to bash him with the belt much like he did in their first meet up. Rey manages to stop himself and avoid the belt shot just as the ref sees what's going on, and the two of them yank the belt out of Cash's hands… which then goes right into Dax's face! Oh well! Guess Rey's gonna hit him with the Frog Splash and win! NO WAIT! Dax is still holding the belt and just lifts it up as Rey comes down; conking him in the face and going for the pin. Despite seeing little flying birds circle his head after that shot, Rey manages to kick out at two and things just go into overdrive from there! Rey tries to fight off FTR and goes up top for some sort of move, but he gets caught by both of them and they smash him to the mat with a Big Rig. They go for the pin but it's broken up by Penta who comes flying in from the top turnbuckle; wiping everyone out taking a little breather on the floor while the crowd is going wild! It's down to a battle of chops as both teams are in the ring and trading blows back and forth until Fenix lands a Cutter on Dax, only to eat a Gory Bomb from Cash. Penta is back in the ring and Cash does his best to fight him off, but in the end he winds up eating a Fear Factor and the Lucha Bros get the pin to win the match. I'm still a bit baffled that they gave away a title match (especially one this good) on Rampage, but if you are gonna give it away then why not make it fantastic? If nothing else, it was WAY better than the one on the PPV!
We're back with another week of AEW action and drama as the Winter is Coming special is only one week away! Last year we saw the title change hands on the Winter is Coming show, and this year we have Danielson and Hangman in the main event! Could there be another upset in the making? Well, we'll have to wait until next week to find out, but we've got a lot more in store for that show that this episode needs to set up! Is this the perfect Dynamite to get everyone invested in the big show next week? Let's find out!!
The episode starts on a rather odd note that somewhat encapsulates the entire show. MJF's music hits and the hometown crowd is excited to see him… but then CM Punk comes out. I mean hey, CM Punk is great and all, and I'm sure the crowd wanted to see him, but he tricked them into thinking MJF was coming out, and this also means they don't get to see him come out to Cult of Personality! For probably the first time since he got to AEW, CM Punk is getting booed by the Long Island crowd, and while he seems to be fine with it, going so far as to antagonize them and begging them to boo louder, it's not a great start to a promo that is kind of all over the place. I still don't know what this whole Britt Baker thing is and I don't think the crowd gets it either, and then he starts talking about nineties basketball which is starting to wear on the crowds' patience. Eventually, he throws down the gauntlet and even says he's willing to face MJF tonight, but the guy never comes out and Punk goes to the back as Cult of Personality FINALLY plays. Not a great start to the show as we didn't even get a brawl between Punk and one of MJF's stooges, but I guess we were saving the guy for what comes next which is…
Dynamite Diamond Battle Royale
The last two in the ring will have a match on next week's show for the Dynamite Diamond Ring
Since MJF is the hometown boy, he's the only one who gets an entrance while everyone else is already in the ring like jobbers. He also gets a full entrance video with a narration done by a guy who sounds a lot like Barry Scott who used to do TNA promos. The guy starts listing off all of MJF's high school accomplishments as he's walking on a high school football field, which is funny because that's what you expect sad losers in their forties to do. In any case, here's who we've got for this match!
MJF, Wardlow, Lio Rush, Dante Martin, Ricky Starks, Will Hobbs, Matt Hardy, Frankie Kazarian, Jay Lethal, Matt Sydal, Lee Johnson, and Lee Moriarty. Also, Shawn Spears is outside the ring with an MJF branded folding chair.
Now the best way to do a Battle Royal is to not just focus on who's going to come out on top but to seed future matches and expand on existing feuds. Sure, you can throw a few guys in there just to get tossed out like Lee Moriarty who felt the wrath of a rampaging Wardlow, but then you've got Team Taz in there with their newly added member Dante Martin. They're working together to try and ensure that someone in Team Taz gets into the match (much like how Wardlow is protecting MJF), and they have to go through all people that Dante has burned along the way. The first one out is Matt Sydal who gets tossed by Will Hobbs, and while I THINK that one was unintentional (it looked like he was trying to grip the middle rope to hold on, and the announcers don't even acknowledge his elimination), it was bound to happen at some point and it's always good to make Hobbs look strong! We've got Matt Hardy who gets some brass knuckles from The Bunny that he uses to bash Jay Lethal and toss him out, but then he gets eliminated by Dante Martin right after; thinning the herd further of non-Team Taz members. Wardlow is not liking this and so he goes to confront Will Hobbs where they trade shoulder tackles for a bit until Wardlow gets the upper hand and sends Hobbs to the apron. Wardlow can't finish him off, but then Lio Rush comes in with a Running Senton looking thing and eliminates Hobbs. Things settle down for a bit as we go to commercial with the only thing of note being MJF who takes cheap shots on Dante before running back to the corner protected by Wardlow. I bring this up because it's another example of the show not quite gelling with the crowd as THEY are popping for it but the announcers spend half the match chiding MJF like a bunch of pearl-clutching moralizers. I guess you can't let the storylines and tone be entirely dictated by how one specific crowd is reacting, but the commentary just had me rolling my eyes throughout. Things start to pick back up when Lio goes after MJF but faces the wrath of Wardlow instead. With a well-timed Drop Kick from Dante Martin, Wardlow is on the ropes and Lio along with Lee Johnson try to throw him over. Seeing an opportunity, MJF lifts ALL THREE of them over the ropes; eliminating Rush and Johnson but also taking out his bodyguard. Oh, and Kazarian charges after MJF only to go sailing over the ropes. Thanks for coming, buddy! MJF's feeling pretty good about himself having just eliminated four guys… but then he realizes he's all alone in the ring with Ricky Starks and Dante Martin. The two members of Team Taz approach MJF with the utmost of menace… AND THEN DANTE DUMPS RICKY STARKS! That's right! Dante has betrayed Team Taz in some sort of long con to get this match against MJF at next week's show; something that MJF finds quite amusing as he raises Dante's hand before walking out. That's when Ricky starts to beat up on Dante and MJF takes a moment to consider helping the little punk. He hems and haws before finally rushing to the ring to confront Ricky… and then starts to beat up Dante because MJF is a jerk and you better not forget it! The only one to come down and make the save for Dante is CM Punk who chases off MJF and confronts Ricky. Dante gets up and lands a Drop Kick that sends Ricky right into CM Punk for a GTS which knocks Ricky out cold and surely sends a chill down MJF's spine! I want to be a little bit annoyed by the commentary team and guys like Kazarian and Jay Lethal were brought in to do absolutely nothing, but the good parts of the Battle Royale were REALLY good, and the ending was a fantastic swerve that was perhaps the best ending for this! I would have liked to see Dante have at least one match under the Team Taz banner, but this will no doubt lead to some serious fallout in the next few weeks and I can't wait to see it!
Whenever I start to get into a less than enthusiastic mood about wrestling, I still like to see Rampage because it's a small enough dose that I can still enjoy it even when the burnout is starting to creep in. I'm probably not at that point yet, but Wednesday's Dynamite was kind of a disappointment for me. Despite it clearly being a show they put a lot into, I just didn't connect with the storylines involved and a flaming table spot is not going to automatically add an extra star to the match. That's why we have Rampage though; to be the fun desert after the big Dynamite meal! Is there enough self-contained and exciting action to clear the way for a hopefully better episode of Dynamite next week, or are we gonna need something a little bit stronger to cleanse the palate? Let's find out!!
Sammy Guevara Vs. Tony Nese – TNT Title Match
The TNT title continues its long tradition of giving wrestlers their first big shot at AEW via the open challenge, and while Nese has been around for a few weeks now in Dark matches, this is going to be his first TV match for AEW. Sammy starts off strong with some impressive acrobatics and a Suicide Dive that leaves Nese almost defenseless against an assault outside the ring, but fortune starts to turn in his favor once they're both back in the ring. Sammy goes to the turnbuckle to show off even more of his impressive athleticism, but Nese manages to get up and knocks him off so that he's lying across the ropes; his body parallel with the mat. Nese then kicks him SO HARD that Sammy flies through the air and lands on Nese's shoulders which is something I've never seen in a wrestling match before, and he follows it up with a Gut Buster for a two count. Now this is particularly bad as Sammy's ribs are still taped up from… actually I don't remember why they're taped up, but he's been nursing this injury for a few weeks now and Nese is well aware of this which is why he focuses on them during the heat segment that follows the pin attempt. Sammy eventually gets a bit of a breather when he breaks out of a submission with a Backdrop, but it isn't long before Nese is back in control with a Single Leg Boston Crab. Sammy does his best to fight through the pain and even manages to escape to land a Springboard Cutter, but his ribs are proving a detriment and he can't make a proper cover in time. Sammy goes for the GTH, but Nese escapes with ease and once again puts him in a Single Leg Crab, and Sammy only manages to escape it this time by twisting over and rolling Nese into a quick pin attempt. Nese tries to run the ropes to shake up his offense, but he ends up eating Spanish Fly for a two count and then a Springboard Moonsault. Sammy tries for another Springboard move to finish this match, but Nese is able to get up and knock him of the apron to the floor below which gives him an opening to land a Suicide Dive and a 450 Splash; showing off his athletic skills which are comparable to that of Sammy's. This only gets him a two count though, and the two start slugging it out in the ring until Nese lands a Buckle Bomb and Guevara lands a Pump Kick. The Pump Kick is somehow the more effective of the two moves, and it allows Sammy to get Nese up on his shoulder for the GTH! He hits the move which is more than enough for him to get the pin and wins the match to retain the TNT title! This was a really good match and a great way to start the show! The TNT title has a great track record as far as these open challenge matches, and Sammy is proving to be as effective with the belt as his predecessors like Cody, Brodie, and Miro. The only thing is that I hope they drop the rib angle soon because I'm never a fan of wrestlers fighting through injuries; Kayfabe or otherwise. Maybe once or twice, but at some point you've got to let the guy just wrestle at a hundred percent and trust that he can still generate drama in the match.


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Mabille dedicated this species to the vicar apostolic of Madagascar, Monseigneur Cazet.

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Moths described in 1893
Calpinae
Moths of Madagascar
Moths of Africa

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