Dragonvale – Camping Event 2021 – Breeding a Chomp Dragon

The 3rd limited dragon of this event has arrived.

STYGIAN + Plant + Earth

One set parent, plus 2 elements. And plant/earth regular hybrids have super long breed times, so Forest is the best choice here for the second parent.

Stygian plus Forest breed stats

There is slightly over 100% of set breeding percentages, so Chomps breeding chance drops from 3.5% to 2.75%. This equates to 25 attempts to get to a 50/50 shot at breeding one. 16.33 hours average fail time, multiplies out to just over 17 days for an even money shot. In the 7 read more

BtVS – I Robot … You Jane / The Puppet Show

S1.08 – I Robot … You Jane
Written by Ashley Gable & Thomas A. Swyden
Directed by Stephen Posey

First and Last Frames

First and Last Frames of I Robot ... You Jane

Yay! A Willow episode! Also, Jenny Calendar has arrived! The writing team worked on this, and a future Season 1 episode, and this is the only episode by this director. It is the first time we see inside Willow’s house, and Xander mentions his Uncle Rory, fleshing out the world a little bit. Charisma Carpenter appears in the opening credits, but Cordelia doesn’t appear.

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Unintended Comparison between Lotto and the ASX

More than 10 years ago there was a big jackpot announced for Saturday Gold Lotto, and my workmates and I decided to buy a syndicate ticket. We each put $2 in, and bought 2 system 7s and a system 8, giving us 43 entries into the draw.

Saturday Lotto

We did not win 20 million dollars.

But perhaps we won a little, and decided to “reinvest” it. Or perhaps we just thought it would be a fun thing to do. So I collected $20 from each of them, and bought 10 weeks worth of entries. I made a Google spreadsheet read more

BtVS – The Pack / Angel

S1.06 – The Pack
Written by Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer
Directed by Bruce Seth Green

First and Last Frames

First and Last Frames of The Pack

Matt Kiene & Joe Reinkemeyer were story editors on the first season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They were credited with this episode, and an episode in Season 2, which we’ll cover when we get there. Bruce Seth Green we’ve seen before, and will see again. This episode explores the group dynamics of bullies, and how they are emboldened when in a group. Also, sometimes their actions read more

Dragonvale – Camping Event 2021 – Breeding a Chuck Dragon

The Chimmit dragon has moved on, and the next limited has arrived. And it has a specific breeding combination.

Chuck Dragon Announcement

APEX + COMBUSTION

6 elements in the mix, means an awful lot of possibilities.

Chuck dragon breeding stats

Nearly 150% in set dragon breeding percentages, means they all get lowered by about a third. The 3.5% breeding chance of a Chuck dragon drops to 2.31%, which equates to 30 attempts required for an even money chance of breeding one. An astonishing 19.28 hours average fail time, means it would take more read more