MPGH News - 199th Edition

**[MPGH]Hova** · 04-02-2018

199th Edition - April 2nd, 2018
Snapple Fact: In ancient Rome, it was considered a sign of leadership to be born with a crooked nose.

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Fortnite | iOS | Money in the bank
Just four days after it debuted on iOS, and only with invitations, Fortnite has already redeemed the huge popularity of the undoubtedly temporary sensation called battle royale. For this short period Epic Games has already made $ 1.5 million.
According to Apple, the title is number one in the charts of 13 countries in revenue in the App Store. According to Sensor Tower, 1 million of revenue came only within the first 72 hours of the premiere.
Although these figures may not look impressive like the Pokemon Go craze in 2016 or Clash Royale's monumental success, the direct comparison is not appropriate. Access to Fortnite is only invitations and it is not even released for Android, which means the title is far from the top. In addition, Fortnite is a cross-platform title, so PC, Xbox One and PS4 gamers are not required to spend money on the mobile version; if they have already made purchases in their "own" version of the game, they are automatically transferred here as well.
Due to the same logic of the virtual economy, Fortnite for Android and iOS will most likely not achieve the commercial success of Pokemon Go and Clash Royale simply because money is spent on several platforms.
Nevertheless, Fortnite definitely overtakes competitors such as Knives Out and Rules of Survival on revenues for the same period.

Schools shut down because of Minecraft bomb threats
A beef between Minecraft players went out of the rails and ended up affecting hundreds of schools and colleges in the UK, some were even evacuated after thousands of bomb reports came flooding in. The fake bomb threats came in the form of more than 24,000 emails sent to more than 400 schools and colleges saying "We've sent in a student with a bomb. The bomb is set to go off in 3 hours time." asking for $5000 to be sent to veltpvp Minecraft server. The emails were spoofed to look like they were sent from the official veltpvp server. The CEO of the server said: "He was probably a player who got banned from our server and got mad. This is his way of trying to make us look bad."

India & The Moon
India, which has sent a satellite to Mars at 10 times lower cost than NASA's MOVAN probe, is exploring how to build inhabited settlements on the Moon.
"The Indian Space Research Organization, along with the academic institutions, are experimenting with potentially inhabitable moon structures, with different options for the requirements and complexity of habitats," said Jitendra Sing, a junior space minister, to Indian MEPs.
India's intention - shortly before its planned mission to the Moon - comes at a time when governments look for Earth's natural companion for the first time in years.
US President Donald Trump has demanded nearly $ 900 million of new funds for NASA missions to the Moon, which include the construction of a space station in the lunar orbit by the middle of the next decade.
China plans to send a probe to the unexplored dark side of the Moon this year, where radio signals can not be received from the Earth.
What Sing said is whether the Indian space agency is working on building the igloo-like housing on the Moon's surface to serve as potential future missions.
MEPs were also interested in whether the Asian state intends to use the Moon as an outpost similar to those used for missions in Antarctica.
This study is aimed at "more towards future development," says the junior minister.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Mody, who chairs the country's space initiatives, has stepped up the pace of research. The satellite launch program is also accelerating to explore potential risks of natural disasters and provide information on relief, response, and recovery.
India plans to send a satellite, a descendant, and a robotic SUV this year to study topography, mineralogy, chemical concentration, lunar exosphere, traces of hydroxyl and frozen water.
Most launches of India use the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), which can bring a satellite to space for about $ 30 million, according to the research company, Seradata.
This amount is split if several satellites are launched. Billionaires such as Jeff Bezos, Ilan Musk, and Richard Branson are putting great hopes on the cosmos, including the potential creation of human colonies on other planets.

xxxtentacion - ?
Florida rapper Xxxtentacion has released a new album. His previous album from 2017 titled "17" wasn't up to par with anything else being released that year and sort of just came off as a messy collection of snippets instead of like an album. I was expecting a little bit more of X's album than what I received but I can say that no one could really see this style he chose coming. We hear X singing on a few of these tracks, using electronic enhancement and even bringing in features like Travis Barker on this project. He skips from genre to genre throughout the entire project and while some of X's greatest moments are on this album it seems that the majority of his worst moments are on this album as well. Of course X has to give us an explanation as an intro to this album, similar to how he did on his last album. I think it's unneeded and a cringey. Most of the vocals are whiny and nasally, but there are some impressive moments in his singing. "Sad!" while being a bit short with only one verse is the banger of the album and referring to this suicidal love song as the album banger is disappointing to say the least. X visits his roots with the song "floor 555" and goes back to the heavy bass and stressed screaming vocals.
I wasn't a huge fan of the album, but it did have a few interesting tracks.
I give this album a 4 / 10
You can listen to this album here

F1 2018: Sebastian Vettel Beats Lewis Hamilton To Win Season Opener Australia GP
It was a battle of the heavyweights right from the first race of the 2018 Formula One season as Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel beat Mercedes-AMG driver Lewis Hamilton to win the season-opener Australia Grand Prix. The first race was expected to be Mercedes' turf after its sheer pace through practice and qualifying, more so with Hamilton starting on pole. However, Vettel managed to take the lead in the second half of the race with a strategy call and safety car favouring his luck and stayed on to the position till the final lap. Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen took the third spot on the podium after a brilliant qualifying and race. The Australia GP win also marks Vettel's 48th victory and 100th podium in his career.
The Australia GP also saw Vettel secure a record by becoming the only third driver in history to 3000 laps in his career. The other two being Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton.

Scuderia Ferrari currently leads the points table with Mercedes following close in the team standings, while Sebastian Vettel is on top of the drivers' standings. Certainly not the start Mercedes or Hamilton expected and the next few races will be a lot more than just about strategy.

Stephen Jones receiver recovering from injury
In recent NFL news, the Dallas Cowboys added two new agent receivers. One of their important beginners is suffering from an injury. Terrace Williams is currently coping and recovering from a recent injury. Executive Vice President Stephen Jones reported that this was an "offseason injury" and that he may miss some workouts. Stephen Jones has not gotten into any further details about the injury. David Moore tweeted "WR Terrance Williams broke his right foot. Surgery took place 4 weeks ago." Although this is not confirmed by Jones, it seems that Williams will be back onto his tracks in no time.
Williams, 28 reportledy has never missed a game in his NFL career. From UPI, Williams has 230 receptions, 3,359 receiving yards and 20 touchdowns. He also has eight receptions for 198 yards and three scores in three playoff games. Williams is signed to Cowboys with a $17 million contract.

Facebook apologises for search suggestions of child abuse videos
Facebook has been forced to apologise after it spent hours suggesting bizarre, vulgar and upsetting searches to users on Thursday night. The social network’s search suggestions, which are supposed to automatically offer the most popular search terms to users, apparently broke around 4am in the UK, and started to suggest unpleasant results for those who typed in “video of”.

Multiple users posted examples on Twitter, with the site proposing searches including “video of girl sucking dick under water”, “videos of sexuals” and “video of little girl giving oral”

In a statement, Facebook apologised and said it was investigating the issue: “As soon as we became aware of these offensive predictions we removed them. Facebook search predictions are representative of what people may be searching for on Facebook and are not necessarily reflective of actual content on the platform.

“We do not allow sexually explicit imagery, and we are committed to keeping such content off of our site.”

Realm of the Mad God Hacks & Cheats
The Realm of the Mad God Crazy Client hack once again wins the Hack of the Week. This new update to the client consists of the incorporation of many features from 059’s Client, another Realm of the Mad God hack, and the organization to many settings in the hack options. Some new features are the ability to turn off the projectile offset of many weapons, a “Low CPU” usage mode, the ability to automatically reconnect to a Realm when your HP is full (used with the fame bot), and a Panic Hotkey that turns off all visual hacks. Like before, we must warn you to be careful while using your hacks, as hacking is very frowned upon in the Realm of the Mad God community. But as long as you do your best not to be a blatant hacker, you will not be banned because no one will report you. As always, happy hacking!

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Romanian court tells man he is not alive
Constantin Reliu, a dead man, has been having himself a rough year. The Turkish government deported him in January for having expired documents, sending him back to a Romania he says he hadn't seen since the late 1990s. And you can imagine his surprise when, upon his return, he found out he died back in 2003. There was an official death certificate registered by his wife and everything. "I am officially dead, although I'm alive," the deceased told The Associated Press by phone Friday. "I have no income and because I am listed as dead, I can't do anything." In fact, Reliu, 63, very nearly couldn't even get back into Romania. It took more than six hours of interrogation just to convince customs officials he wasn't playing a hoax on them, he told local media. They told him it had to be a joke, because he was dead. Eventually, they let him through — only after measuring the distance between his eyes to compare it with his passport photo, the AP says — but more troubles awaited him inside Romania's borders. His wife had apparently obtained the death certificate after years of silence from him, figuring, according to the Romanian publication, that he had died in an earthquake. He told the wire service that he had decided to cut off communication after he discovered his wife's infidelity, years after he first left for Turkey in 1992 to work as a cook. He hasn't seen her since the '90s. On Thursday, a court in the city of Vaslui rejected his bid to get the death certificate overturned, despite the fact that he appeared in person to plead his case. Reliu had no case to stand on, the court ruled, because his appeal was filed too late. "I am a living ghost," the dead man said.

Man throws fit over 30 cheeseburgers
Jedediah Ezekiel Fulton is far from happy after his latest McDonalds visit in Oregon. He attempted to order 30 double cheeseburgers and when the restaurant decline to make his order, he became enraged and destroyed a banner, and attempted to break the golden arches. At one point he grabbed a bystanders shirt, and a witness pulled a gun on him. Police have arrested him and charged him with suspicion of second-degree disorderly conduct, second-degree criminal trespass, second-degree criminal mischief and harassment.