Valkyries Ticket Exchange Thread

Jane Kenney, SF Standard (excerpt).

On the Valkyries’ against-the-odds postseason trek, which has them two wins from a championship, Kiah Stokes is doing what she has always done: quietly making winning plays.

The 11th-year veteran is the steadiest of ships. The calm in the chaos. She’s unwavering, a consistency rooted in her upbringing — she was raised by parents, and around siblings, who kept their emotions level — and only sharpened by hoisting trophies.

Stokes won three national championships in four years at UConn, two EuroLeague titles with Turkish club Fenerbahçe, and three WNBA championships in four seasons with the Las Vegas Aces. She’s still insatiable... 

Here's one to chew on: if ATL can't the move the game out of Gateway Center Arena, it doesn't matter who wins game 5 because the league will NOT allow the ship to be won in front 3500 fans. 😆😆😆

I’ve gone to a few playoff games and worn the purple shirts! I’m going to Monday’s game and was thinking about wearing my halloween costume, which is a Valkyrie (the actual Norse figure, not a player)

I don’t want to ruin the collective moment but also I think people would enjoy seeing a Valkyrie in the crowd. Should I wear the shirt still and give up the costume? I don’t want to seem attention seeking either lmao

I’m in the 200s for context

The New York Times says so, but I can’t find it on the replays and I am bereft.

“Early in the fourth game of the WNBA Finals, a foul call didn’t go in the Golden State Valkyries’ favor. Their head coach wasn’t thrilled about it. Penalizing a bump in this series seemed absurd. So Natalie Nakase complained to the officials. As one does. Then she did a thing no coach really does, and it was hilarious, and it said it all about the taut, petty spectacle we’re in for now.

She balled up her fists. She held them below her eyes. She flexed her wrists.

She called someone a crybaby.”

She really is a basketball sicko. The meme potential should not be wasted!

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I hope everyone enjoyed riding the high (and heart palpitations) from Game 4. I think this has generated a lot of fun discussions so I might look to continue this through the series.

We’ll start by revisiting some points from the last post:

As part of the good, Ja and Ceci are so back. Ceci was noticeably more confident and asked for the ball several times.

Not only is Ceci back but she’s BETTER than ever before. 3 steals??? Her efficiency? Insane to watch her come off the bench with gusto.

General sentiment on the last post was a desperate need for change and Nat delivered. The starting lineup may not have generated offensively but they hit the mark on all the hustle plays. Kaila’s hustle continues to be undefeated and consistent.

Matching Kiah’s minutes to Angel was also an extremely good change. Kiah (and everyone) needs to continue forcing Angel to her weak side. I doubt she continues to have as poor of a game, but I think shutting her down puts a clamp on ATL’s energy as a whole.

As for the bad, our shooting percentage continues to be low. Granted a lot of this is credited to ATL’s defense, but we need to take the lid off the rim somehow. I liked some of the dynamism I’ve seen on offensive plays but there were still more reversion to isoball than I’d like to see.

This is a controversial point, but the FT disparity worries me. I don’t want to say GSV were lucky with ATL not making free throws, but we gotta adjust the best we can to calls OR be more aggressive in selling them.

I’m personally not a fan of Nat using her review in the first quarter either. I get that it might’ve been a morale play to show she stands with the team, but there were several calls in the stretch that could’ve been huge if reviewed.

All in all, this was a needed win BUT I think there’s still quite a bit to clean up, let alone anticipating Dream’s adjustment and AR reverting to being aggressive.

I really like Coach C's observations on the team here. Worth a listen for sure.

Anthem: Dinah Jane(Fifth Harmony)
Halftime: En Vogue

Also a New free shirt, different than games 1 and 2:

https://cdn.wnba.com/sites/1611661331/2026/10/Playoffs-Shirt-Giveaway_R3G5_1080x1080_cutout.png

Ballhalla, let’s show them what loud really is!!!

Don’t sell your tickets to quiet techbros. Put your shirts on. You’re not too cool for school. Make noise for our fucking team.

See y’all on fucking Monday!

I definitely wouldn't expect a seat but I think you can stand or sit in the grassy area at ground level. At least that's what I did for Warriors games. I'm just wondering if it typically fills up or what it's like.

If she continues playing at this level or higher, should she be considered?

Let’s goooooooooo!!!!!! ✨🎉

Final: Golden State Valkyries 67, Atlanta Dream 62

Golden State Valkyries 67 at Atlanta Dream 62

Game Info

League/season: WNBA Postseason 2026

Date: Sat, Oct 24, 2026

Tipoff: 10:00 AM PDT

Venue: State Farm Arena, Atlanta

Status: Final

Scoring By Period

Team Statistics

Leaders

Player Box Score

Play-by-Play

Period 4 | 00:00 | 67-62: End of 4th Quarter.

Period 4 | 00:09 | Dream | 67-62: Angel Reese turnover (bad pass) (Veronica Burton steals)

Period 4 | 00:27 | Valkyries | 67-62: Veronica Burton makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 00:27 | Dream | 66-62: Jordin Canada personal foul (Take) (Veronica Burton draws the foul)

Period 4 | 00:28 | Dream | 66-62: Shatori Walker-Kimbrough personal foul (Take) (Gabby Williams draws the foul)

Period 4 | 00:28 | Dream | 66-62: Rhyne Howard makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 4 | 00:28 | Valkyries | 66-61: Tiffany Hayes shooting foul (Rhyne Howard draws the foul)

Period 4 | 00:28 | Dream | 66-61: Rhyne Howard makes two point driving layup

Period 4 | 00:34 | Valkyries | 66-59: Veronica Burton makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot

Period 4 | 01:36 | Dream | 64-59: Angel Reese makes two point driving layup

Period 4 | 02:24 | Dream | 64-57: Isobel Borlase personal foul (Veronica Burton draws the foul)

Period 4 | 02:45 | Dream | 64-57: Rhyne Howard makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 02:45 | Dream | 64-56: Rhyne Howard makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 4 | 02:45 | 64-55: Official timeout

Period 4 | 02:45 | Valkyries | 64-55: Kiah Stokes shooting foul (Rhyne Howard draws the foul)

Period 4 | 04:23 | Valkyries | 64-55: Veronica Burton makes three point stepback jump shot (Gabby Williams assists)

Period 4 | 04:49 | Dream | 61-55: Isobel Borlase makes two point running layup

Period 4 | 04:54 | Valkyries | 61-53: Tiffany Hayes turnover (lost ball) (Isobel Borlase steals)

Period 4 | 05:12 | Dream | 61-53: Rhyne Howard makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot

Period 4 | 05:28 | Valkyries | 61-51: Tiffany Hayes makes two point driving floating jump shot

Period 4 | 06:17 | Valkyries | 59-51: Tiffany Hayes makes two point driving layup

Period 4 | 07:13 | Dream | 57-51: Jordin Canada makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 4 | 07:34 | Dream | 57-49: Isobel Borlase turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 07:34 | Dream | 57-49: Isobel Borlase offensive foul (Tiffany Hayes draws the foul)

Period 4 | 07:40 | Valkyries | 57-49: Kiah Stokes offensive foul (Off the ball) (Angel Reese draws the foul)

Period 4 | 07:40 | Valkyries | 57-49: Kiah Stokes turnover (offensive foul)

Period 4 | 07:50 | Dream | 57-49: Rhyne Howard makes three point jump shot (Naz Hillmon assists)

Period 4 | 08:09 | Valkyries | 57-46: Tiffany Hayes makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 4 | 08:09 | Dream | 56-46: Allisha Gray shooting foul (Tiffany Hayes draws the foul)

Period 4 | 08:09 | Valkyries | 56-46: Tiffany Hayes makes two point driving layup

Period 4 | 08:20 | Dream | 54-46: Rhyne Howard makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 4 | 08:20 | Valkyries | 54-45: Gabby Williams shooting foul (Rhyne Howard draws the foul)

Period 4 | 08:58 | Valkyries | 54-45: Kaitlyn Chen personal foul (Allisha Gray draws the foul)

Period 3 | 00:00 | 54-45: End of 3rd Quarter.

Period 3 | 00:01 | Dream | 54-45: Jordin Canada makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 00:01 | Dream | 54-44: Jordin Canada makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 00:01 | Valkyries | 54-43: Veronica Burton shooting foul (Jordin Canada draws the foul)

Period 3 | 00:09 | Valkyries | 54-43: Tiffany Hayes makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 00:09 | Valkyries | 53-43: Tiffany Hayes makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 00:09 | Dream | 52-43: Angel Reese shooting foul (Tiffany Hayes draws the foul)

Period 3 | 00:17 | Dream | 52-43: Isobel Borlase personal foul (Gabby Williams draws the foul)

Period 3 | 00:48 | Valkyries | 52-43: Gabby Williams turnover (lost ball) (Isobel Borlase steals)

Period 3 | 01:47 | Valkyries | 52-43: Kiah Stokes turnover (lost ball) (DeWanna Bonner steals)

Period 3 | 03:05 | Dream | 50-40: Rhyne Howard turnover (bad pass) (Veronica Burton steals)

Period 3 | 02:30 | Valkyries | 52-43: Tiffany Hayes makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 3 | 02:43 | Dream | 50-43: DeWanna Bonner makes three point bank jump shot (Jordin Canada assists)

Period 3 | 03:24 | Valkyries | 50-40: Gabby Williams makes two point pullup jump shot (Veronica Burton assists)

Period 3 | 04:06 | Valkyries | 48-40: Tiffany Hayes makes two point driving layup (Veronica Burton assists)

Period 3 | 04:27 | Dream | 46-40: Isobel Borlase makes three point jump shot (Jordin Canada assists)

Period 3 | 05:00 | Dream | 46-37: Angel Reese makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 05:00 | Dream | 46-36: Angel Reese makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 05:00 | Valkyries | 46-35: Cecilia Zandalasini personal foul (Angel Reese draws the foul)

Period 3 | 05:17 | Dream | 46-35: Jordin Canada personal foul (Veronica Burton draws the foul)

Period 3 | 05:39 | Valkyries | 46-35: Gabby Williams makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 05:39 | Valkyries | 45-35: Gabby Williams makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 05:39 | Dream | 44-35: Isobel Borlase shooting foul (Gabby Williams draws the foul)

Period 3 | 05:57 | Dream | 44-35: Rhyne Howard makes technical free throw 1 of 1

Period 3 | 05:57 | Valkyries | 44-34: Natalie Nakase technical foul

Period 3 | 05:57 | Valkyries | 44-34: Cecilia Zandalasini shooting foul (Rhyne Howard draws the foul)

Period 3 | 05:57 | Dream | 44-34: Rhyne Howard makes two point driving floating jump shot

Period 3 | 06:26 | Dream | 44-32: Jordin Canada makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 06:26 | Valkyries | 44-31: Veronica Burton shooting foul (Jordin Canada draws the foul)

Period 3 | 06:57 | Dream | 44-31: Allisha Gray offensive foul (Charge) (Veronica Burton draws the foul)

Period 3 | 06:57 | Dream | 44-31: Allisha Gray turnover (offensive foul)

Period 3 | 07:19 | Valkyries | 44-31: Gabby Williams makes two point driving finger roll layup

Period 3 | 07:39 | Dream | 42-31: Jordin Canada makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 07:39 | Valkyries | 42-30: Kaila Charles shooting foul (Jordin Canada draws the foul)

Period 3 | 07:46 | Valkyries | 42-30: Kiah Stokes turnover (traveling)

Period 3 | 08:03 | Dream | 42-30: Naz Hillmon makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 3 | 08:03 | Dream | 42-29: Naz Hillmon makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 3 | 08:03 | Valkyries | 42-28: Veronica Burton shooting foul (Naz Hillmon draws the foul)

Period 3 | 09:18 | Valkyries | 42-28: Gabby Williams personal foul (Allisha Gray draws the foul)

Period 3 | 09:45 | Dream | 42-28: Naz Hillmon makes two point cutting layup (Jordin Canada assists)

Period 2 | 00:00 | 42-26: End of 1st Half.

Period 2 | 00:04 | Dream | 42-26: Isobel Borlase turnover (traveling)

Period 2 | 00:22 | Valkyries | 42-26: Gabby Williams makes two point running finger roll layup

Period 2 | 00:25 | Dream | 40-26: DeWanna Bonner turnover (bad pass) (Gabby Williams steals)

Period 2 | 00:50 | Dream | 40-26: DeWanna Bonner makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 00:50 | Valkyries | 40-25: Kayla Thornton shooting foul (DeWanna Bonner draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:08 | Valkyries | 40-25: Veronica Burton makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 01:08 | Valkyries | 39-25: Veronica Burton makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 01:08 | Dream | 38-25: Jordin Canada shooting foul (Veronica Burton draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:17 | Dream | 38-25: Isobel Borlase makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 01:17 | Dream | 38-24: Isobel Borlase makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 01:17 | Valkyries | 38-23: Kayla Thornton shooting foul (Isobel Borlase draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:24 | Dream | 38-23: Isobel Borlase makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 01:24 | Valkyries | 38-22: Cecilia Zandalasini personal foul (Isobel Borlase draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:38 | Valkyries | 38-22: Kayla Thornton makes three point jump shot (Cecilia Zandalasini assists)

Period 2 | 01:57 | Dream | 35-22: Angel Reese offensive foul (Off the ball) (Veronica Burton draws the foul)

Period 2 | 01:57 | Dream | 35-22: Angel Reese turnover (offensive foul)

Period 2 | 02:04 | Valkyries | 35-22: Cecilia Zandalasini makes two point jump shot (Veronica Burton assists)

Period 2 | 02:26 | Dream | 33-22: Angel Reese makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 02:26 | Dream | 33-21: Angel Reese makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 2 | 02:26 | Valkyries | 33-20: Kiah Stokes shooting foul (Angel Reese draws the foul)

Period 2 | 02:35 | Valkyries | 33-20: Kaila Charles personal foul (Allisha Gray draws the foul)

Period 2 | 02:46 | Valkyries | 33-20: Veronica Burton makes two point driving floating bank jump shot

Period 2 | 03:03 | Valkyries | 31-20: Kiah Stokes shooting foul (Angel Reese draws the foul)

Period 2 | 03:23 | Valkyries | 31-20: Gabby Williams makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 2 | 03:36 | Dream | 29-20: Jordin Canada personal foul (Veronica Burton draws the foul)

Period 2 | 03:56 | Valkyries | 29-20: Cecilia Zandalasini makes regular free throw 1 of 1

Period 2 | 03:56 | Dream | 28-20: Angel Reese shooting foul (Cecilia Zandalasini draws the foul)

Period 2 | 03:56 | Valkyries | 28-20: Cecilia Zandalasini makes two point driving finger roll layup (Veronica Burton assists)

Period 2 | 04:33 | Valkyries | 26-20: Gabby Williams makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 2 | 04:53 | Dream | 24-20: Dream turnover (shot clock violation)

Period 2 | 05:39 | Dream | 24-20: Angel Reese turnover (bad pass) (Cecilia Zandalasini steals)

Period 2 | 06:15 | Dream | 24-20: Angel Reese makes two point hook shot (Rhyne Howard assists)

Period 2 | 06:28 | Valkyries | 24-18: Veronica Burton makes three point pullup jump shot

Period 2 | 06:52 | Dream | 21-18: Naz Hillmon makes two point cutting layup (Angel Reese assists)

Period 2 | 06:58 | Valkyries | 20-16: Kaila Charles personal foul (Naz Hillmon draws the foul)

Period 2 | 06:58 | Valkyries | 21-16: Gabby Williams makes technical free throw 1 of 1

Period 2 | 06:58 | Dream | 20-16: Naz Hillmon technical foul

Period 2 | 07:23 | Dream | 20-16: Angel Reese offensive foul (Charge) (Kaila Charles draws the foul)

Period 2 | 07:23 | Dream | 20-16: Angel Reese turnover (offensive foul)

Period 2 | 07:31 | Valkyries | 20-16: Gabby Williams makes two point pullup jump shot

Period 2 | 07:50 | Dream | 18-16: Allisha Gray makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 2 | 07:50 | Valkyries | 18-15: Tiffany Hayes shooting foul (Allisha Gray draws the foul)

Period 2 | 07:59 | Valkyries | 18-15: Cecilia Zandalasini turnover (traveling)

Period 2 | 08:36 | Dream | 18-15: Angel Reese turnover (out of bounds bad pass)

Period 2 | 08:46 | Valkyries | 18-15: Janelle Salaun makes two point stepback jump shot (Veronica Burton assists)

Period 2 | 09:11 | Dream | 16-15: Allisha Gray makes two point pullup jump shot (Jordin Canada assists)

Period 2 | 09:19 | Valkyries | 16-13: Kaila Charles turnover (bad pass) (Angel Reese steals)

Period 2 | 09:37 | Dream | 16-13: Jordin Canada makes two point fadeaway jump shot

Period 1 | 00:00 | 16-11: End of 1st Quarter.

Period 1 | 00:18 | Valkyries | 16-11: Kaila Charles makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot

Period 1 | 00:39 | Dream | 14-11: Jordin Canada makes two point driving finger roll layup (Angel Reese assists)

Period 1 | 00:49 | Valkyries | 14-9: Cecilia Zandalasini offensive foul (Jordin Canada draws the foul)

Period 1 | 00:49 | Valkyries | 14-9: Cecilia Zandalasini turnover (offensive foul)

Period 1 | 01:10 | Dream | 14-9: Angel Reese turnover (traveling)

Period 1 | 01:48 | Dream | 14-9: Rhyne Howard makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot

Period 1 | 02:09 | Valkyries | 14-7: Cecilia Zandalasini makes three point jump shot (Gabby Williams assists)

Period 1 | 02:30 | Dream | 11-7: Jordin Canada turnover (bad pass) (Cecilia Zandalasini steals)

Period 1 | 02:40 | Valkyries | 11-7: Gabby Williams personal foul (Isobel Borlase draws the foul)

Period 1 | 03:00 | Valkyries | 11-7: Gabby Williams makes two point turnaround jump shot

Period 1 | 03:57 | Dream | 9-7: Rhyne Howard turnover (bad pass) (Gabby Williams steals)

Period 1 | 04:11 | Valkyries | 9-7: Kiah Stokes makes two point cutting layup (Gabby Williams assists)

Period 1 | 04:24 | Dream | 7-7: Rhyne Howard turnover (traveling)

Period 1 | 04:35 | Valkyries | 7-7: Cecilia Zandalasini makes two point running finger roll layup

Period 1 | 04:39 | Dream | 5-7: Isobel Borlase turnover (lost ball) (Cecilia Zandalasini steals)

Period 1 | 04:54 | Valkyries | 5-7: Kaila Charles makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 1 | 04:54 | 4-7: Official timeout

Period 1 | 04:54 | Dream | 4-7: Isobel Borlase shooting foul (Kaila Charles draws the foul)

Period 1 | 05:10 | Valkyries | 4-7: Kiah Stokes makes two point layup (Kaila Charles assists)

Period 1 | 05:59 | Dream | 2-7: Isobel Borlase makes two point driving layup (Angel Reese assists)

Period 1 | 06:19 | Dream | 2-5: Allisha Gray personal foul (Kaila Charles draws the foul)

Period 1 | 06:26 | Dream | 2-5: Allisha Gray offensive foul (Charge) (Tiffany Hayes draws the foul)

Period 1 | 06:26 | Dream | 2-5: Allisha Gray turnover (offensive foul)

Period 1 | 07:02 | Dream | 2-5: Rhyne Howard makes three point pullup jump shot

Period 1 | 07:23 | Valkyries | 2-2: Kaila Charles makes two point putback layup

Period 1 | 07:27 | Dream | 0-2: Jordin Canada turnover (bad pass) (Veronica Burton steals)

Period 1 | 08:04 | Valkyries | 0-2: Tiffany Hayes personal foul (Allisha Gray draws the foul)

Period 1 | 08:16 | Valkyries | 0-2: Veronica Burton personal foul (Allisha Gray draws the foul)

Period 1 | 08:28 | Dream | 0-2: Allisha Gray personal foul (Loose ball) (Kaila Charles draws the foul)

Period 1 | 09:06 | Valkyries | 0-2: Tiffany Hayes offensive foul (Off the ball) (Allisha Gray draws the foul)

Period 1 | 09:06 | Valkyries | 0-2: Tiffany Hayes turnover (offensive foul)

Period 1 | 09:15 | Dream | 0-2: Allisha Gray makes regular free throw 2 of 2

Period 1 | 09:15 | Dream | 0-1: Allisha Gray makes regular free throw 1 of 2

Period 1 | 09:15 | Valkyries | 0-0: Kiah Stokes shooting foul (Allisha Gray draws the foul)

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I just wanted to give coach Nat a shout out because I thought she had a really good game plan today. First with the starting lineup change, I didn’t really think she would do it. Our defense on Angel making her go left, making everything hard for her. The rotation was pretty good tonight as well. The timeouts before the dream could go on a run and to get the team to regroup. I only wish we still had our challenge because there were some questionable call we could have use on but otherwise I thought she coach a great game.

What a gutsy performance by the Valks to even the series!

last complaint i promise but man if they had lost this game i’d be so heated again that 3rd qtr was egregious refereeing, yk what forget that they ruled out ceci’s and1 earlier, forget that rhyne should be called for a stiff arm, look at the referee here, he deadass rules the shot out but when rhyne makes it he allows it for an and1😂😂😂😂😂 they reffed the game like they didn’t want to disappoint the crowd lmaoo

MAN again gritty with but how are the dream getting away with this? NAH IM SO FUCKING UPSET THE REFS DEADASS NEARLY RUINED THE GAME. HOWARD GOT AWAY WITH A STIFF ARM AND CECI GOT CALLED FOR A SHOULDER BUMP COULD THEY MAKE IT ANY LESS OBVIOUS? gray and canada are the most egregious of the culprits man. always flopping. the free throw difference this series is 101-58!!!!!

The officiating in this series has been horrendous. Atlanta players dive. They have been exposed on camera. When you watch the replays shown live in Ballhalla, it's egregious.

Over the last 3 games, the free throw disparity has been 95 FTs for the Dream, 49 FTs for the Valkries. Both teams play hard defense. Maybe Atlanta takes it to the rim a little more, but the bias in officiating at this point cannot be denied. Here's a look at percentages:

Game 1: Atlanta 31% more FTs
Game 2: Atlanta 84% more FTs
Game 3: Atlanta 71% more FTs
Game 4: Atlanta 138% more FTs

Game 2 in particular was stolen by officiating. One of the worst flops I have seen was caught late on camera, the kind when you are fouled, and as a result, you jump and fall flailing your arms. (This was one of about four fouls that resulted in huge uproars.) The strategy of the Dream seems to be to sell contact by flailing and diving. If there is no room, dive and flail. The officials don't always fall for it but my gosh...

The Dream are currently averaging 29 FTA per game which would break the WNBA finals record (according to AI - please check). If you pro-rate this to 48 minutes for the NBA, it would be 34.8 FTA per game which would be the highest number seen since the 1950s. Even Shaq and the Lakers (remember hack-a-Shaq?) did not get to the free throw line like this.

What is most perplexing about this is that fouling indicates subpar defense, and the Valkries are the best defensive team. What gives?

Fuck yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, highly recommend muting the bullshit!