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thanks for getting up at 7am to play our game!

brief summary - crowdstrike is enterprise grade cybersecurity that runs on a lot of machines at companies you use daily all of those machines hit bluescreens and bootloops about 2 hours ago and they all require MANUAL INTERVENTION to fix this is, to put it mildly, catastrophic.

Two of my most visited subreddits are r/BobsTavern and r/relationships, so I appreciate that Duos is creating a category of posts that could go in either 😂

And finally, the best boi. He's sitting on a bench in a train station, waiting for his human. The setting is of course inspired by Hachiko the loyal dog. The breed is completely incidental and not at all because we have a small senior Maltese at home. Artist: Ivan Fomin (15/15)

Support System isn't based off of any particular story, just an image you might be familiar with. But what are the children's stories of this generation, if not memes? Artist: Joseph Weston (14/15)

Marine Matriarch is very loosely inspired by Shuimu, the Old Mother of Water. In Chinese folklore, she's a water demon who sent floods to submerge an ancient city. Our BG version is an Elemental, not a Demon. And she just likes to hang out with fish. Artist: Todd Harris (13/15)

This one is based on the fairytale, The Princess Who Never Smiled. She has my favorite voiceline in the set: "I am deeply unimpressed". Artist: Valeria Styajkina (12/15)

People have already asked if the name turns into "Golden Goose" if you triple it. Unfortunately, no - we can't just go loosey goosey with our naming conventions. Artist: Marta Vives Poch (11/15)

Acdg to goblin folklore in WoW, The Uninvited Guest is an invisible parasitic monster that feeds on the thoughts of the greedy. Thus far, it's only been depicted as a shadow on the wall, so it's cool to see the Hearthstone spin on it! Artist: Todd Harris (10/15)

Grave Narrator doesn't call out any particular story, but is more of the storyteller himself. For me it's giving Lola Basyang, if she were evil and Undead. Artist: Alex Horley (9/15)

It's got the green body and red head to match The Very Hungry Caterpillar. I know "Winterfinner" isn't a real word, but it just makes the syllables match so nicely. Artist: Vika Yarova (8/15)

The Ugly Duckling, but we had too many Beasts so it's a Dragon. The piece is nowhere near ugly, hence the name was changed to Misfit. Artist: Inès "Ourka" Rotzinger (7/15)

Basically just the Giving Tree's alternate universe evil counterpart. Maybe missed an opportunity to put a mustache on it? Artist: Valeria Styajkina (6/15)

Crafty Aranasi is loosely based off of Anansi the Spider God and Odenkyem the Crocodile. Aranasi are arachnid demons so this was a nice fit! Artist: Ivan Fomin (5/15)

This microbot is pulling the plug out the socket like Arthur pulling the Excalibur out of the stone. @LoewenMitchell kindly suggested the voiceline of "Supreme, executive power!" Artist: Ivan Fomin (4/15)

Eyes of the Earth Mother is a short story WoW lore. It's basically the creation story of Tauren mythology. Inside her eyes are her twin children, the Sun and Moon. (Maybe WoW players already knew that, but I certainly didn't - pretty neat!) Artist: Vika Yarova (3/15)

This birb was based off Ibong Adarna, an epic poem about a magical bird that I and nearly every Filipino kid had to study in school. If it poops on you, you turn to stone! Fortunately, the BG version just gives buffs. https://t.co/9OrmvGOo6C Arist: Monika Palosz (2/15)