Shawn Ormond

December 9, 2024

On December 1st, “Fortnite” ended Chapter 5 with a commemoration for Juice World due to a recent collaboration with Juice World. With Chapter 5 ending, it brought “Fortnite” into Chapter 6 with a new theme and a new map. Chapter 6 brought along a Japanese theme with new weapons, skins, and points of interests surrounding the Japanese and anime themes. 

Another big thing that's also coming at a later date to this Chapter 6 is the re-og of the original Chapter 1. A lot of people are excited for this because they played back when it was Chapter 1 and stopped playing due to the changing in “Fortnite” seasons and generally not being a fan of the new changing game. People online are already excited to play the re-og chapter to get that feeling of nostalgia from years ago when it was a small game they played with old friends.

Critique people have with the season is the return of hitscan. They are calling the guns lasers because the bullets don’t drop. Especially with how shotguns work now it removes the skill gap allowing players to feel like aim-botters are killing them. Overall, this chapter is getting more support than hate, but it doesn’t seem like just yet its becoming the “new thing” everyone is on about.

Citations:

https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1h4pj8q/thoughts_on_chapter_6/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2024/12/04/fortnite-just-mass-buffed-xp-gain-for-chapter-6-heres-how/

Hope Malone

December 9, 2024

Need something to watch this holiday season? Here are the top ten Christmas movies of all time. Coming in at number one, "It's a Wonderful Life." It is about an angel that is sent from heaven to help out a frustrated businessman by showing him what life would be like if he never existed. The second movie we have is "Die Hard." It's about a policeman that is trying to save his wife and many other people who were taken hostage by terrorists during a Christmas party. The third one is "A Christmas Carol." It's about a person named  Ebenezer Scrooge and he thinks that Christmas is one big waste of time. The fourth movie is "Home Alone" and it's about someone named Kevin who wished he could be alone and his whole family left him home alone and didn't realize for a whole day. The fifth movie is "Rudolph the Rednosed Reindeer" and it's about a reindeer that was hoping one day he would be like his dad but all the other ones made fun of him because he had a red nose. However, the red nose helped because he could guide the sleigh cause it lit up so bright. The sixth one is "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and it's about a family that wants to have a really good Christmas, but it turns into one big disaster. The seventh one is "A Christmas Story" and it's about how a young boy wants something really bad for Christmas, and he is trying to get everyone to agree that he should be allowed to get it. The eighth one is "Miracle on 34th Street" and it’s about a divorced mother who hired an old man to be Santa Claus at Macy's and then they question him and a lawyer defends him. The ninth movie is "Elf" and it is about an elf named buddy that really wants to find his dad so he traveled all the way to New York City from the North Pole. The tenth one is "Gremlins" and that is about a boy who got a pet and he did something to it which cause it to become a monster on a small town.

Citations: 

https://www.google.com/search?q=the+top+10+christmas+movies&rlz=1CASFKO_enUS1139&oq=The+top+10+christman

https://www.imdb.com/list 

Bailey Phillips

December 9, 2024

The last time we had a real record-worthy snow in North Carolina was January 29, 2022. However, closer to the mountains it snowed beginning at 7:00 am. On Monday morning, Dec. 2, a large cold front came through NC causing a slight amount of snow. This brought in extremely high winds making it a lot colder than it actually is. The winds are reaching up to the mid-40s. 

The temperature was dropping exponentially going into the 20s, however, meteorologists didn’t think it would be enough to do more than a few flurries. Tuesday morning Dec. 3, there were light rains that turned into snow and left the roads freezing. When the roads began to freeze, schools started to close due to bus cautions. Meteorologists are continuing to keep a close eye on the weather for the slight chance we may get snow here in Randolph County in the future. Many people have very mixed opinions on the snowy weather, some hope we get snow and some are hoping we do not. What are you hoping for?

Citations:

https://www.cbs17.com/weather/weather-stories/light-snow-possible-across-central-nc-on-monday-night/.