It's typical for me to rent spaces to do sets. I actually rented a private pool to shoot some sets this month and ended up having a pretty strange / uncomfortable experience. It was my very first bad experience regarding renting a location for photos.

The pool I picked was scenic. It claimed to be entirely private and out of view from the house / neighbors. It didn't have any rules that stated no photography, and it also didn't have an extra charge listed for photography. So, I felt it was the perfect pick for me. It was listed as having a camera within eyeshot of the pool, which is typical for safety liability reasons, so that didn't initially bother me.

Well, the Owner of the pool was awaiting my arrival when I showed up, (I've never met the owner of a pool when renting space, they usually give you a passcode to let yourself in, much like an Air BnB). I felt it was a little awkward, but figured he'd just show me to the pool and be on his way.

But oh no, my friends. After a handful of questions like, "will you be getting in the pool?", "are you putting the floatie in the water?", or "will you be taking photos?" it was clear he looked me up upon my booking and knew I was an online creator. I immediately felt super uncomfortable about continuing on to take photos, but as I already paid hundreds of dollars, I decided to stay and tough it out.

Well. Not only was the pool visible from the house. But the owner of the house came outside several times for miscellaneous reasons. He took 4 different opportunities to directly walk up and talk to me, before my time was up. And this was MEGA weird for me, as I never have people just actively watching me work. I booked the space with privacy being my main priority.

In the times where he wasn't standing outside watering plants or feeding his chickens, there was two other women coming in and out of the house. I could clearly see people standing in the windows, so it was obvious they were watching me.

At one point, I got in the hot tub- it was stone cold, and the jets were off. I took some photos in it for about 10 minutes before needing to get out to warm up with a towel. Well, funnily enough, after I got out, someone from within the house turned the bubbles on (they barely worked and it never got warm, but there was movement in the water, signifying the jets were at least turned on). So, at this point, it is GLARINGLY obvious that at least 3 people were keeping eyes on me, and it was really weird.

I ended up packing up early, even though I had more outfits I had planned on changing into. He rushed outside to ask if I was leaving already, and I politely told him I was done. THEN he seemingly started pressing me about "extra charges" to use the pool for photography reasons. I stood my ground about how it had nothing in the listing about it. I also mentioned that he had asked me if I was taking photos when I arrived and never told me I couldn't, or that it would be extra, so he couldn't suddenly decide to charge me more. He then tried turning it around, acting like he just wanted to pick my brain about the industry, probably trying to ensure I don't get upset enough to leave a bad review. He told me he never looked at my Instagram, yet at the end of the conversation, he literally blurted out that he knew I had 1.2mil followers on Facebook and that I was "the most famous person who's come to his pool".

I assured him that follows on Facebook don't equate to actual riches and fame, but I don't think he believes me. He asked me to leave him a good review.

I didn't plan on leaving a good review. I planned on leaving an honest review about how uncomfortable I felt during my stay. Safe to say, I didn't want any drama with this person, so I opted into just not leaving a review at all. But I will most definitely never go back there.

Experience Sora’s greatest adventures on Steam from June 13, 2024.

Here’s everything you need to know!

We’re excited to announce that Sora is coming to Steam!

Multiple KINGDOM HEARTS experiences are coming to the platform, specifically:

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX
KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind DLC
KINGDOM HEARTS INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE (bundle that includes all the above compilations)

Across these titles, you’ll experience the “Dark Seeker Saga" and play through Sora’s humble beginnings on the idyllic Destiny Islands, his fateful meeting with Donald Duck and Goofy, and ultimately to the trio’s climactic battle against the forces of darkness.

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX features textural updates to its graphics, while purchasing KINGDOM HEARTS III + ReMind DLC or the INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE bundle will give you a new platform-exclusive Keyblade: “Dead of Night."

Of course, with a new platform comes a new audience, so perhaps you’re fresh to the KINGDOM HEARTS series, and wondering: what’s it all about? Read on and we’ll go into everything coming to Steam.

What is KINGDOM HEARTS?
Surely everyone’s heard of KINGDOM HEARTS - it’s been around since 2002. Well, just in case…

Imagine if you took some of the most popular Disney and Pixar characters of all time, and some of the most popular FINAL FANTASY characters of all time and smashed them together, like a kid playing with action figures.

Then add in amazing original characters, a sprawling story and a generous sprinkle of Tetsuya Nomura magic, and what you get is an incredible action-RPG series that’s quite unlike any other series out there.

That’s KINGDOM HEARTS.

https://www.square-enix-games.com/en_US/news/kingdom-hearts-pc

Support for Windows 10 will end in October 2025

"After October 14, 2025, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or technical support for Windows 10. Your PC will still work, but we recommend moving to Windows 11".

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support

... Zoey is the worst survivor in the entire game and that her fans are also the worst people you could have in a community but at this point that's a matter of fact

Zoey is quite simply loud and annoying, and almost everyone who obsesses over her is a terrible person who probably only likes her for the 'artwork' that exists online, as evidenced by the fact that none of them, not even the ones who will reply to this, can ever provide a single legitimate reason as to why they like her

Ignoring the fact this is by some mentally unstable fool who finds it normal to roleplay as the witch 24/7.... beautiful, delicious irony strikes again...

I love how most of these points contradict each other, no wonder why smart people want to separate opinions from facts, else this comment would be considered true

In case you don't know why people like Zoey, in real life, people don't go out looking for ugly goblins, they will look at beautiful things, and Zoey is the most beautiful girl of L4D

And she's a gamer that goes along with Francis and Louis jokes, meaning that she isn't an average feminazi Karen looking like an aborted Tauren

She also respects Bill, and her father, which isn't common considering most people nowadays just ♥♥♥♥ on whoever is deemed as old

You are allowed to ♥♥♥♥ on people, but do not lie about their opinions, or about their values, that's not respectful

The DDOS attacks weren't as big a deal as everyone made them out to be. L4D2 is one of the easiest games to local host, yet people acted like the game was dead

Clearly doesn't know anything about networking, servers, or even how an average ISP works, never mind basic computer networking. If you really think local hosting was the best solution to this... you're an idiot. Definitely no understanding or realizing just how important real servers are, what they're capable of... such as better security for one thing lol. As well as not understanding what a DDOS really is and does and could happen to anyone. Valve was the bigger target here unfortunately

BONUS

https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=835385431
https://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3134710637

And in case they're clever with hiding or deleting it:

https://imgur.com/a/evidence-of-ironic-hypocrites-BZflqhl

At this point, I've come to a realized conclusion...
What already makes me better than the haters and trolls...
Is the fact they can't shut the fuck up about me for more than a day
Or maybe a week or so, but my name and what I do always comes up
Can't help finding it ironic, as bothered as they are by me...
They just can't stop talking about me
Zoey mod or screenshot comes up... it's automatically me
Someone with a brain and intelligence defends me... we're in real life friends
Hilarious the accusations, like before, with nothing to support them
Not surprising considering it's all the same idiots using Discord as a safe space
But there are a few people who actually possess a logical thought process

Recent nonsense and stupidity I noticed is rare case of guilty by association
Workshop item of mine has a well-known modder and former staff member
User was a longtime friend of mine for many years before Valve relations lol
Just typical of trolls to grasp at anything of mine and bitch about whatever
Lucky for everyone he was smart to prevent further drama long ago
Many crybabies caused him to keep me off of The Last Stand team
Verified so long ago how corrupt and stupid they all were
Nobody willing to work as a team with others
Good thing, imagine the huge fall out drop it'd cause if I was there
Autism and aneurysms with more brain damage every where
Precious little beloved sacred game of theirs ruined by one single person lol