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The Omega Protocol has been beaten. Final Fantasy 14's newest and toughest raid arrived just two weeks after the arrival of update 6.3, "Gods Revel, Lands Tremble," and as is the case with the Game 's hardest content, it's taken days for players to grind their way through the raid. That grind came to an end for team UNNAMED_ at 3:34 JST today as they claimed the title of world's first completion of The Omega Protocol. However, their claim was almost immediately met with controversy after a video surfaced that seemed to show the team's Dragoon player using plugins. Related: Final Fantasy 14 Could Learn From Final Fantasy 11's Conquest System THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY As you can see in the video, the Dragoon player is able to zoom out their camera far further than Final Fantasy 14 normally allows--a sure sign that a plugin is being used. Plugins are against FF14's terms of service, with Game director Naoki "Yodhi-P...

A comet last seen by the Neanderthals is approaching Earth and could be seen by the naked eye sometime at the end of January and the beginning of February 2023. The comet, dubbed “C/2022 E3 (ZTF)” was discovered by astronomers in February 2022. It is currently too dim to be seen without a telescope. The comet is estimated to complete an orbit of the Sun once every 50,000 years, meaning the last time we saw the comet was in the Upper Paleolithic period when humans began to expand throughout Asia and Europe. The comet is currently on its approach to perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun), which will occur on January 12. It will be closest to Earth – known as at perigee – on February 1. It will safely pass the Earth at a distance of about 44 million kilometers (27 million miles). Around this point, it may be visible to the naked eye, though  Sky at Night  points out it would likely look like a smudge of chalk dust on a chalkboard rather than the dazzling display put on b...

Zaeed is a great addition to Mass Effect 2, giving us yet another memorable Loyalty Mission, and another set of guns to call upon in battle. However, despite literally being hired to take part in the Suicide Mission, the guy doesn't exactly pull his weight when you're in the Collector Base. For whatever reason, Zaeed doesn't specialise in any of the tasks needed to make the mission a success and reduce the number of casualties the Normandy SR-2 suffers in the process. But thankfully, a new mod for the Legendary Edition of Mass Effect 2 actually makes him useful. With this latest creation shared on Nexus Mods, you can make Zaeed a team leader without sacrificing a crewmate, as the merc decides to draw upon the years of experience he has in, you know, leading a team. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Related: Mass Effect 2’s Opening Is Better Than Anything In The First Game "Big Guddamn Hero" from Nexus user Espadara makes the most of Zaeed...

Quick facts When is it? Every January 28th Tagged as Gardening Nature & Environment Plants & Flowers What are the hashtags? #DaisyDay #NationalDaisyDay Have we missed something? Daisies are a delightful family of flowers that offer a huge range of colors and a seemingly infinite number of varieties. With more than 20,000 different varieties, the daisy is a flower that is prolific and yet also very special. Considered to be ‘tender perennials’, certain daisies are able to stay alive over the winter as long as they are in warmer climates. However, in cooler climates, daisies are typically treated as annuals.  National Daisy Day is here to honor and draw attention to this bright and beautiful flower!  History of National Daisy Day Daisies can be traced back thousands of years to Ancient Egypt when they were grown not only for their beauty, but for their medicinal qualities. Europeans have also enjoyed daisies for many hundreds of years and they have co...

Astronomers have discovered a strange huge structure under the largest crater on the moon. This structure is located in the Aitken Basin at the South Pole of the Moon. Astronomers have discovered a strange huge structure under the largest crater on the moon. This structure is located in the Aitken Basin at the South Pole of the Moon. “Imagine taking a pile of metal five times the size of the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. That’s about the mass we found,” said lead author Pet er B. James, Ph.D., assistant professor of planetary geophysics at Baylor College of Arts and Science s. The crater, located on the far side of the Moon, is an oval region about 2,000 kilometers wide. Scientists have taken measurements for many years and have come to the conclusion that the depth of the area is several miles. The new anomalous mass below the crater is detailed in the study “Deep Structure of the Lunar South P...

The Sacramento Kings and general manager Monte McNair have agreed to a contract extension to keep the Executive of the Year candidate in place for the next several years, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. The Kings are also working to finalize a new deal with assistant GM Wes Wilcox, who has worked closely with McNair to reshape the franchise over the past two years. McNair was hired in 2020 after longtime general manager Vlade Divac stepped down from his position. The position was one of the least desirable in the NBA . Sacramento has not made the playoffs since 2006, but that streak may now be coming to an end thanks to the work of McNair and Wilcox. While the pair have made several moves to help the Kings to ascend to the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, three stand out as the ones that lifted the franchise back into contention: At last year's tra...

Approaching the trade deadline, the NBA 's MVP race is still wide open and the task of finding separation among so many high-level candidates continues to be a tall order. That said, Nikola Jokic is becoming the pretty universally accepted favorite to win this third straight, which hasn't happened since Larry Bird in the mid-eighties.  Below are my MVP rankings entering play on Monday, Jan. 23.  1. Nikola Jokic What I'm about to tell you might register as the most insane stat that you hear during this season that has been full of insane stats: Nikola Jokic has shot at least 50 percent from the field in all 41 Game s he's played this season. Over his last two MVP seasons, the most consecutive Game s he tallied without a sub-50 shooting effort mixed in was nine. Again, he's at 41 straight to start this season. Absolutely bonkers. And yet that's been the story of what is, at the moment, the mo...

The trophy list for the Dead Space remake reveals that there will be an alternate ending of some kind, although it's not yet clear how it's unlocked or what it entails. We're less than a week away from the return of Isaac Clarke and Dead Space fans are eager to jump right back into a modified version of the horror classic. Motive has gone into detail on many of the changes it's made to original Game , but there's at least one thing that's been added that it's said nothing about - an alternate ending. Related: Behind The Voice Of Isaac Clarke With Gunner Wright: “He Only Speaks When Spoken To” As reported by TrueTrophies, the trophy list for the Dead Space remake has already gone live on the PlayStation database, giving us a chance to see what sort of challenges it contains. Although most of it will be familiar to anyone who has played the original release, there are a few notable inclusions. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY ...

      The general theory of relativity by Albert Einstein has been proven right once again. After almost 30 years of watching, scientists have found a small change in the orbit of the star closest to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way. This change exactly confirms Einstein’s prediction.   The star, called S2, moves in an elliptical path that takes 16 years. Last year, it was only 20 billion kilometers away from our black hole, Sagittarius A*. If Isaac Newton’s traditional explanation of gravity is right, S2 should then keep going around in space like it did before. But it didn’t work. According to research published today in Astronomy & Astrophysics by a team using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, it went in a slightly different direction and the axis of its ellipse changed slightly. As predicted by general relativity, Schwarzschild precession will eventually cause S2 to move in space in a way that...

Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her government is “deeply troubled” by the delays in China resolving espionage allegations against Chinese-Australian writer and blogger Yang Hengjun CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia’s foreign minister said on Thursday her government was “ deeply troubled ” by the delays in China resolving espionage allegations against Chinese-Australian Yang Hengjun, while a supporter said the Chinese-born writer and blogger would remain detained until at least April. Foreign Minister Penny Wong raised the issue on the anniversary of Yang’s detention in 2019 when he arrived in southern China’s Guangzhou from New York with his wife and 14-year-old stepdaughter. Yang faced a closed trial on an espionage charge in Beijing in May 2021 and is still waiting for a verdict. “The Australian government is deeply troubled by the ongoing delays in his case,” Wong said in a statement. Australia would continue to advocate for the 57-year-old’s interests and wellbeing ...

Apple Inc on Tuesday unveiled MacBooks powered by its new and faster M2 Pro and M2 Max chips in a surprise launch weeks ahead of its usual schedule. The roll-out of the devices using Apple's latest versions of the M2 chip, which it debuted last year, is an outgrowth of the tech giant's decision in 2020 to use semiconductors designed in-house after 15 years of relying on Intel's  Technology . The new Mac mini starts at $599 and will be available from Jan. 24. The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the latest chips start at $1,999, compared with the $1,299 price tag for a 13-inch model fitted with the M2 chip. The new Macbook Pro models were expected for months, but supply-chain issues meant the launch was delayed from last year to early 2023, Bloomberg News reported in October. "This is all connected to the delayed chipset transition ... With it being delayed, Apple has been faced with the questions to wait for the traditional, expected launch ...

The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections BEIJING -- The World Health Organization has appealed to China to keep releasing information about its wave of COVID-19 infections after the government announced nearly 60,000 deaths since early December following weeks of complaints it was failing to tell the world what was happening. The announcement Saturday was the first official death toll since the ruling Communist Party abruptly dropped anti-virus restrictions in December despite a surge in infections that flooded hospitals. That left the WHO and other governments appealing for information, while the United States, South Korea and others imposed controls on visitors from China. The government said 5,503 people died of respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 and there were 54,435 fatalities from cancer, heart disease and other ailments combined with COVID-19 between Dec. 8 and Jan. 12. The announcement “allows ...

The numbers for an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot were drawn and now all hopeful players can do is wait until word of a possible winner DES MOINES, Iowa -- The numbers for an estimated $1.35 billion Mega Millions jackpot were drawn and now all hopeful players can do is wait until word of a possible winner. The numbers drawn late Friday night were: 30, 43, 45, 46, 61 and gold Mega Ball 14. It usually takes hours after the drawing for Mega Millions officials to determine whether there is a jackpot winner. The $1.35 billion prize would be for a winner who takes an annuity with annual payments over 29 years. Winners almost always choose the cash option, which for Friday night’s drawing would be an estimated $724.6 million. The jackpot is the fourth-largest in U.S. History and has grown so large because there have been 25 straight draws without a winner. That has allowed the prize to roll over for nearly three months. The last time a Mega Millions player hit the top prize...

Preliminary excavations began at the beginning of summer on the route of the future M100 highway in the region. During the first few weeks of the archaeological diggings, archaeologists from the Szent István Király Museum discovered a part of an ancient cemetery with a small number of graves dated to the Bronze Age mound culture. “We were basically expecting objects from the Middle Ages, but we also found a relatively small number of Bronze Age cemeteries,” informed the archaeologists, as cited by Fehérvár Médiacentrum The team had already excavated eight burials, and the archaeologists were able to document a lot of beautiful accessories and clothing items. One of the most interesting findings is the grave of a young and most probably very rich girl around 20. According to the researchers, the tomb had so many attachments, which makes it unique because, essentially, we can reconstruct her clothing almost entirely. This knowledge significantly expands informati...

With its razor-sharp fangs and an Avenger Gatling gun, the Super A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthog is the United States’ most successful Close Air Support fighter and now it is back, better, and stronger than ever before. But it seems the first fighter it would be going up against isn’t of Chinese or Russian origin – but rather, a fellow American that’s been trying to steal its job – specifically the F-35 Lightning II. And so in this video, we take a detailed look at why and how two fighters that should be on the same team are looking to rip each other apart. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/the-us-tests-the-new-super-a-10-warthog-after-an-upgrade-TheFOXposts-8958.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: Military Post by: TheFOXposts.Com

At last year’s Tokyo Game Show, PowerWash Simulator developer FuturLab promised their Game will be coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and the Nintendo Switch in the near future. That future may be January 30, according to some recent PlayStation posts. As reported by Euro Game r, the PlayStation Blog originally had an article previewing indie Game s that would hit the platform in 2023. They included NeverAwake on January 26, Blackfirewall on January 30, and Season: A letter to the future on January 31. PowerWash Simulator also had a January 30 release date, but we're not completely certain of its veracity as both the PlayStation Blog article and the associated Twitter post were deleted an hour later. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY Related: Shame Of The Year: PowerWash Simulating And Halo Campaigning There’s been no word from either FuturLab or publisher Square Enix on social media channels or the Game ’s official Discord, so it seems ...

President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House later this month for economic and security consultations WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House later this month for economic and security consultations, the U.S. administration announced Tuesday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the Jan. 13 meeting will include discussions of North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, amid concerns over the potential for another nuclear test by the reclusive nation. Also on the agenda: economic issues, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, climate change and stability across the Taiwan Strait. “President Biden will reiterate his full support for Japan’s recently released National Security Strategy, its presidency of the G7, and its term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,” Jean-Pierre said. “The leaders will celebrate the unprecedented strength ...

Ben Godfrey has discussed his clash with Erling Haaland during Everton's match with Manchester City, which saw the Norwegian lose his cool. Godfrey started just his second match of the season against Man City, being played alongside James Tarkowski and Conor Coady in a back three. Their efforts were largely focused on containing Haaland, and while the striker scored one goal, he wasn't able to add to his tally and grew frustrated with his opponents. Godrey in particular seemed to anger Haaland with the Man City player losing his head at one point, directing an outburst at his opposite number. After the match, which ended 1-1, the Everton man praised the Premier League top scorer and admitted that he'd upset him. "It's always going to be tough," he said. "I don't need to tell you Erling Haaland's a good player. I just had to do my job." "Yeah of course he was [upset]. You could see his reaction. "He got his goal and is always causin...