A former reverend and sex ethicist, Ambrose is teaching LGBTQ folk how to reconcile their sexuality with spirituality.
Tunisia’s Youngest Lawmaker Battles Inhumane Tests
Khawla Ben Aïcha wants to amend sodomy laws used against gay Tunisians.
Photographer of Gay New York Recalls Early Days Of Pride
“This is who we are. This is what life looked like,” explains photographer Stanley Stellar.
President Donald Trump’s Twitter Tantrums
The Supreme Court did not allow the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census for now.
Here’s What Democrats Can Do With Unified Control
The 2018 midterm election’s blue wave made a splash at more than just the federal level.
Stranger Things: The 10 Best ’80s References
Stranger Things Season 3 will debut on Netflix on July 4th, and so we’re counting down to its launch this week with a new story each day about the beloved series. Today, we get nostalgic for that crazy time known as the ’80s!
We’re feeling sentimental — not just for Stranger Things’ first two seasons, but for the halcyon 1980s Stephen King meets Steven Spielberg inspired universe in which the series takes place. The show’s creators, The Duffer Bros., were born in 1984 and, like all good Gen-Xers, are obsessed with the pop culture of their childhoods, directing modern audiences to look to the 1980s as the glory days for a thriving pop horror environment that we may never have again. They achieve this by jamming Stranger Things full of innumerable pop culture references, both obvious and subtle, to things they likely grew up with.
Spider-Man: Far From Home’s Elementals Explained
A number of surprises concern the new web-slinging MCU film, Spider-Man: Far From Home, which debuts on July 4 with returning star Tom Holland. Not least is the fact that – at least initially – Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio (get the full story on Mysterio right here) may very well be an ally and not an antagonist (a situation that may evolve during the film, of course). But as for the villains we do know about, Spidey is called in by Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) to help out against a little group known in the comics as… the Elementals.
How Apex Legends’ Daily And Weekly Challenges Work
Respawn Entertainment has detailed the Apex Legends Season 2 Battle Pass challenge system. On the game’s website lead product manager Lee Horn said the implementation “should allow for significantly greater Battle Pass progress with less grind over less time for players who return on a regular basis and maximize their challenge resets.”
Challenges for Apex Legends will be split into two types: daily and weekly, and completing them will contribute towards leveling up your Battle Pass. To minimize the grind, Respawn has said over half of the challenges will grant a Battle Pass level. The rest of the challenges will grant the player Stars which, when combined with match experience points, will work towards fulfilling a repeatable weekly challenge that also gives the player a full Battle Pass level with each completion. Importantly, Horn notes that Stars are XP specific to the Battle Pass and don’t impact account level progression.
Daily challenges come in the form of three tasks chosen randomly from a pool of 200. Examples include “deal 200 Damage in Bunker” and play one game as Lifeline.” They are designed to be achievable in short sessions and award 3,000 Stars each.
There will be seven weekly challenges and these are intended to be completed over several play sessions. They range from “get 20 Kills as Gibraltar, Bangalore, or Mirage” to “loot 100 Epic items.” Four of these weekly challenges award 6,000 Stars each and three grant an entire Battle Pass level upon completion. If you get a Battle Pass part-way through the season, challenges from previous weeks will also be accessible to latecomers.
On top of those, there will be three additional challenges that reset every week. This special set is the same every week and will refresh whether they are completed or not, as they relate to overall challenge progress. Take a look at a list of them below:
- Complete five Daily Challenges: Rewards one Battle Pass level
- Complete 10 Daily Challenges: Rewards one Battle Pass level Earn 9,000 Stars and/or match XP: Rewards one Battle Pass level
- This quest may be repeated an unlimited number of times each week.
- Each completion increases the Stars and/or match XP required for the next by 9,000, up to a maximum of 54,000. You need 9,000 for the first level, 18,000 for the second level, etc. This challenge resets to 9,000 each week.
Apex Legends Season 2 is set to begin on July 2 and, along with the new challenge system, there will be a new character: Wattson, the daughter of the man who built the Kings Canyon arena.
King’s Canyon will have several of its landmarks destroyed, as strange creatures instigate a change in the map. Titanfall 2’s L-Star is also being added as a Legendary Gold energy-based weapon, randomly dropping in Supply Drops like the Kraber and Mastiff. There are plenty of other Apex Legends Season 2 changes on the way, so fans of the battle royale game have lots to look forward to.
Enter for a Chance to Win a Tera Summer Fun 2019 Pack and Collectible
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Marta Is The World Cup’s Best Story And Its Greatest Tragedy
The Brazilian superstar’s career is a testament to what’s possible — and how little attention women’s soccer still gets.