The lightning bolt hit a tree about 30 meters north of the oval, and close to parked cars.
John Mckinnon, a committee member of St Joseph’s club said he had “never seen anything like it” in over 40 years of involvement in community football.
He said the parents of one player were in a car meters away from where the lightning hit a gum tree and got a bad fright.
Mckinnon said the first two quarters of the game, which started at 2.10pm, were played in bright sunshine.
No one was concerned when, at the quarter time, St Joseph’s life member Ray Hoadley warned the umpires of a thunderstorm forecast for later in the game.
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“He said, ‘there’s going to be some bad weather coming through’, and everyone goes, ‘yeah no worries Ray’. But he was checking the weather system on his phone and he was true to his word from him, ”Mckinnon said.
Mckinnon said during the third quarter, big black clouds blew in from the east, the temperature dropped about five degrees and “we didn’t get rain, we just got hail. It lasted for two or three minutes.”
“The lightning and thunder came and it was pretty horrific. All the players just ran off the ground.”
Mckinnon said the umpires suspended the game after an initial burst of thunder and lightning but the players came back onto the field after a few minutes.
“There was more lightning and thunder and they said no, it was too dangerous and came back off the field.”
That was when lightning hit the tree on the north or You-Yangs side, about 30 meters from the oval.
No one was injured and no property was damaged but the game was called off.
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This week, Lumina unveiled an upcoming product that could revolutionize working-from-home forever. The Lumina Desk feels like the desk of the future that we should have had a decade ago.
The star of the show is the desk’s 24-inch OLED screen integrated into the tabletop. This screen shows you information from apps such as Google Calendar, Google News, Slack, Spotify, Twitter, Instagram, Robinhood, Health, Messages, Clock, Weather, and Todoist. But, you can probably expect more compatible apps to be announced before the desk’s mid-2023 release.
The integrated display is a non-touch screen to avoid accidental inputs from items placed on the surface. You’ll control the display through the computer you connect to the desk.
This standing desk measures 29.5 inches wide and 59 inches long, so you’ll have room for everything you need. Plus, you can adjust your height from a low of 30 inches to 47 inches tall. And its aluminum alloy and stainless steel construction and anti-glare reinforced glass tabletop surface mean it can take a good deal of punishment.
Desks are often cluttered with devices that need charging. Lumina has you covered there too. The Lumina Desk features two 20×20-inch wireless charging pads on either side of the integrated display, as well as six power outlets and six USB-C ports tucked away in its 826 cubic inches of cable management space.
A desk this revolutionary will set you back a few bucks, though. Lumina hasn’t disclosed the price of the desk yet, but states in the product’s FAQ section that it should fall in the “mid-$1000 range.” If you’re ready to get the desk of the future today, you can get on the waiting list and make a deposit through Lumina’s website.
Paul Green’s high school sweetheart has shared a heartbreaking tribute to the former rugby league coach after his tragic death rocked the NRL community this week.
The 49-year-old was found dead at his Brisbane home on Thursday morning, the day after his son’s ninth birthday. It has been confirmed he took his own life from him.
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The Courier Mail reports Green called his friend and longtime manager George Mimis at 4.30pm on Wednesday to speak about his son’s birthday celebrations.
The News Corp publication also reports the footy legend’s wife Amanda found him unresponsive at their home after returning from doing pilates at the gym.
Green’s death comes 11 months after he was sacked as head coach of the Maroons following Queensland’s loss in last year’s State of Origin series, which included a 50-6 win for the Blues.
Speaking on Gold Coast’s 92.5 Triple M Breakfast show, radio announcer Ali Plath fought back tears while grieving the loss of her first love.
“My heart is breaking today for his wife Amanda and his beautiful kids and obviously his parents, and his four siblings,” she said.
“Paul and I went to high school together, he was my first love. You only get one first love.
“We were together when I was in Year 12 for a year and then we split up. I had kids with (former partner) Mark and when that didn’t work out, Paul and I got back together.
“We then did nine years of on-off, long-distance, de facto… I guess we were that couple that I think our family and friends were so much happier than we were when we finally split up.
“Paul was a wonderful stepdad to my two older kids Jesse and Jake when we all lived in Sydney together when I finally had the courage to move them.
Gold Coast radio announcer Ali Plath has shared a heartbreaking tribute to her former high school sweetheart Paul Green on air.Source: Supplied
“For him to swallow his pride and I guess take my kids under his wing, I really didn’t appreciate how big that was at the time. It’s a big responsibility taking on someone else’s family.
“Paul was extremely loyal, he was highly intelligent — even though I used to tell him I was smarter than him. When I was in Year 12, he was two years older than me, and he was getting up for not doing my schoolwork.
“He just had such a great sense of fun as well as being so capable. If Paul said to you, ‘I’m going to be a pilot’, (you knew) he was going to be a pilot. And he did – he was a commercial pilot.
“My mum let him take me to Hervey Bay in this mosquito airplane when he was doing his training. That’s how capable Paul was. You trusted him, you knew he could do it, I never doubted him.
“He was just one of those people who you knew you could rely on. (As an NRL player), he was one of those players you could count on and he would give his all of him.
“I can’t believe that he’s done this, I can’t believe this has happened.
“That’s not Paul. I’m actually in complete and utter shock. I only spoke to him a couple of months ago.
“It’s horrible.”
Paul Green is remembered and honored at Suncorp Stadium. Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images
Meanwhile, Green’s family is still coming to terms with the footy legend’s passing and revealed plans for a celebration of his life.
Green’s brother Rick told The Sunday Mail the family had come together to plan a public funeral, expected to be held August 23 or 30 at Kougari Oval, the home of the Wynnum-Manly Seagulls, a team Green both played with and coached to premiership glory.
But Rick also revealed the family was struggling to come to terms with the enormous loss.
“Everyone is feeling overwhelmed,” he told The Sunday Mail.
“There’s certainly a lot of stories that we’re sharing about our times with Paul but as we reflect on those good times, there’s a great sadness at his passing.
“It’s still very raw and difficult to process.”
The family had earlier released a statement after the news broke of Green’s death.
“Today we are devastated,” the statement began.
“We have lost a devoted husband, loving father and wonderful brother and son. We cannot find the words that would come close to expressing our feeling, however we would like to extend our thanks to those who have reached out to us with their love and support.
“Paul was loved by so many and we know that this news will generate immense interest, however at this time we ask for privacy.
“Our family is still trying to understand this tragedy and we request space and time as we come to terms with this loss. Thank you.”
Former Cowboys coach Paul Green. Photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty ImagesSource: Supplied
Virtual assistants like Google Assistant have made life easier for millions of smart device users.
Often you get bored of listening to Google Assistant in a one-voice style.
Now you can easily change the voice of Google Assistant.
New Delhi. Virtual assistants like Google Assistant have made life easier for millions of smart device users. It allows users to perform many tasks hands-free, making it easier to perform daily tasks. These include tasks such as controlling the robot vacuum cleaner or turning off the lights.
If we talk about Google Assistant, we usually hear Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) based smart assistant in a unique voice style, but if you are bored of hearing the same voice every day and want to give a makeover to the voice of Google Assistant If you want to give, we are going to tell you how you can change the voice of Google Assistant.
How to Change Google Assistant Voice on Android To change the voice of Google Assistant on an Android smartphone, you must first Activate it on your Android smartphone by saying “Hey Google” or pressing the Google Assistant button on the side of your phone. Now say “change your voice”. After that, tap on the Manage voice settings button on your smartphone screen. Now scroll through the voice presets to hear all the voices, tap the voice you want to use and you’re done.
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How to Change the Google Assistant Voice Using the Google App To change the Google Assistant voice from the Google app, first open the Google app on your Android smartphone. Now tap your profile icon in the top right corner of the app. Now tap on the Settings button. After that, select Google Assistant from the next screen. Now tap on the Assistant Voice & Sounds option under the All Settings section. To hear all the voices here, scroll through the voice presets and tap the one you want to use.
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How to Change Google Assistant Voice on Smart Displays First, open the Google Home app on your Google Assistant-powered smart display. Then tap your profile picture in the upper right corner of the screen. Now tap on the Assistant Settings option. In the All Settings section, tap on the Voice Assistant option. Next, scroll to Available Voices and tap to select the voice you want to use.
How to Change Google Assistant Voice on iPhone or iPad First, open the Google Assistant app on your Apple iPhone or iPad. Then tap your profile picture in the top right corner of the app. After that, go to the Settings menu and tap on the Assistant Voice option here. Now scroll down to All available voices and tap to select the one you want to use.
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The FIA has finally broken its silence on the Oscar Piastri contract saga, confirming the ongoing dispute between McLaren and Alpine will be resolved without having to go to court.
Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo became embroiled in F1’s mid-year silly season following reports he will be replaced by young compatriot Piastri at McLaren next year.
The news erupted last week after two-time world champion Fernando Alonso blindsided the F1 world and jumped into Sebastian Vettel’s vacated seat at Aston Martin.
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Alpine then announced Piastri would be the man to replace Alonso, only for the 21-year-old Melburnian to reject the seat — a bold move for someone who is yet to drive in F1.
Alpine believes that Piastri should respect the contract, but the Victorian believes the commitment is not valid.
The French team threatened to file a civil lawsuit to recover the millions of dollars in training it has spent on Piastri this season.
“Going to the High Court is over 90 per cent certain that’s what we’ll do,” Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer told Reuters.
“If the CRB (Contract Recognition Board) says, ‘Your license is only valid at Alpine’, and then he (Piastri) says, ‘That’s great, but I’m never driving for them, I’ll just sit out a year ‘, then you’ve got to go to the High Court for compensation.”
On Friday, FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem claimed the issue would be solved through their own means instead of in the courtroom.
“The FIA’s Driver Contract Recognition Board (CRB) was set up to deal with contract priority issues between drivers and F1 teams,” he tweeted.
“That’s why we rely on their decision to resolve any conflict.”
According to French publication Auto Hebdothe CRB has found that both Piastri’s Alpine and McLaren contracts are valid.
The CRB, a group made up of independent lawyers, was set up to determine the legality of driver contracts and settle disputes between teams.
The body was founded in 1991 after seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher signed for Benetton despite having agreed to discuss a contract with Jordan.
Szafnauer also hinted at a potential collusion between Piastri’s manager Mark Webber, Alonso and his manager Flavio Briatore.
Webber and Alonso are close friends after their time in F1, while Briatore, who was a former team boss at Bennetton and Renault, has been Alonso’s long-term manager.
“Look, I have no record of it, but this is Formula 1 and maybe in a couple of years someone says that they have evidence of shared information, I would not be surprised,” Szafnauer said.
“I always tell everyone that in Formula 1 you have to act as if everyone knows everything. That there are no secrets in these things. When you ask someone not to say anything, they act like everyone knows.
“That’s how I’ve run my business in Formula 1 for 25 years. And if this (information sharing) has happened, you should not be surprised.”
Meanwhile, former F1 driver turned pundit Christian Danner said Piastri’s tactics “clearly has the handwriting” of Briatore.
When board directors spend bucketloads of their own money buying more ASX shares in the companies they run, it’s a pretty clear sign of confidence.
To reiterate, we’re not talking about the exercising of options or rights issues. Nor director’s remuneration (where the issuing of new shares forms part of a director’s salary package). We’re talking about on-market trades using personal cash savings, super funds, or monies held within companies they own or control.
Who’s been buying shares in the ASX companies they run?
Listed companies are required to publicly advise the ASX when a director has purchased shares.
In a statement this week, Straker Translations Ltd (ASX: STG) told the ASX that director Steve Donovan had acquired 40,000 shares in an on-market trade worth more than $1.7 million on 3 August.
On Friday, the Straker share price closed at $1.13, up 7.1% for the day and down 29.4% year to date.
Eagers Automotive Ltd (ASX: APE) director Nicholas Politis AM has also made a series of share purchases through his companies, WFM Motors Pty Ltd and NGP Investments (No 2) Pty Ltd.
Politis has been buying more ASX shares in Eagers for several weeks. In July, I spent $1.5 million buying Eagers shares. By the end of the month, I have held more than 70.33 million shares.
He’s bought another 100,000 Eagers shares in August, the latest being a 10,000 parcel bought on Thursday.
On Friday, Eagers closed at $13.10, making his stake in the ASX 200 company worth about $922 million.
Eagers has a market capitalization of $3.47 billion with approximately 257 million shares on issue.
The Eagers share price dipped 3.1% on Friday and is down 6.1% year to date.
Also this week, United Malt Group Ltd (ASX:UMG) told the ASX that three directors had bought shares.
Independent chair and non-executive director Graham Bradley AM purchased 75,000 shares on the ASX between 3 and 8 August. The average price was $3.04 per share for a total consideration of $227,994. He now directly owns 196,395 shares in the company.
United Malt CEO and managing director Mark Palmquist purchased 50,000 shares on 4 August at an average price of $2.95 per share for a total consideration of $147,625. He now directly owns 543,222 shares in the company.
Independent non-executive director Gary Mize purchased 17,317 shares on 4 August at an average price of $2.85 per share for a total consideration of $49,353. He now owns 48,200 shares in the company.
The United Malt share price closed Friday’s session at $3.29, up 1.9%. It’s down 27.2% year to date.
Last week, Apple rolled out the most recent version of its iOS 16 beta, and it almost broke the internet. That’s obviously a bit of an exaggeration, but it definitely seemed like it if you paid attention to reaction online.
That’s because Apple added back the battery percentage indicator in the status bar five years after it disappeared. If that doesn’t seem controversial to you, it’s probably because you don’t care about beta software and don’t spend all of your time on Twitter–both of which are totally normal ways to live your life.
Even if that’s the case, you should care about the change because it’s going to make your life so much better. First, however, I should mention that since this is a beta version of iOS, Apple could still make changes or it might choose not to include the new design at all. I hope it does because it’s so much better than the current version.
First, let me just say that if Apple includes the new version exactly as it is in the public release this fall, a lot of people are going to have strong feelings. It’s definitely different, and, in the case of the beta, Apple just turned it on for everyone (you can turn it off within Settings > Battery > Battery Percentage).
Of course, some of you are thinking “what’s all the fuss, my iPhone has the percentage on the screen?” If that’s you, it’s because you are still rocking an iPhone 8 or earlier, or have one of the newer iPhone SE models.
The reason it disappeared on newer iPhones is pretty simple. When Apple switched to the iPhone X design with a notch, it lost real estate at the top of the screen for the status bar. Now, anything it might want to show you has to fit into the two smaller “ears” on either side of the camera and Face ID sensors. So, Apple just switched to showing an icon that is supposed to give you a visual representation of how much battery remains.
I had no idea how bad this design was until I saw the beta version on my own iPhone. The best thing about the change, however, isn’t that the percentage is back, it’s the way Apple incorporated it into the status bar.
Under the current design in iOS 15, the battery icon slowly appears to deplete over time as your battery drains. The new version is simply a numerical indicator of your remaining battery percentage, inside a battery-shaped icon that is completely filled in. The key is that the background of the battery icon doesn’t change–it’s always filled in.
If you get down below 20 percent, the indicator does change colors, but it still appears “full,” if you will. For someone (like me) who gets battery anxiety, this is so much less stress-inducing. I say this as someone who has unfollowed people on Twitter because they post screenshots of their iPhone which happen to have less than 20 percent battery remaining.
In fact, I wasn’t sure I really needed a more overt reminder that all batteries eventually die. The thing is, this new design has the opposite effect.
Here’s why I love this: It gives you the information without the anxiety. If you want to know your battery percentage you can have that information without the visual image that your battery and–therefore, your device–is slowly headed to death.
There are, obviously, very good reasons you might want to know how much battery life you have. You might be traveling. You might be headed out to work and notice that you forget to plug in your iPhone the night before. You might be headed to a kid’s soccer game after work where you want to capture videos and photos and need to know if you should charge first.
It doesn’t really matter why you want to know how much charge is left, the point is you should be able to get that information without it inducing anxiety every time you glance at your phone. Now, you finally can.
It was the Swans’ sixth successive victory. Another win over 10th-placed St Kilda at Marvel Stadium next Sunday would likely guarantee them a double chance and a final in Sydney depending on percentage.
Swans coach John Longmire was also delighted with his team’s defence.
“We were really sound defensively at the contest,” he said. “We gave up a couple of easy goals. But apart from that, I think we’re really, really strong with what we had to do at the contest and when we didn’t have the ball and that laid a good foundation for a pretty strong four-quarter effort.”
On a day when Josh Kennedy walked a farewell lap at half-time after announcing his retirement during the week, the Swans’ next-generation midfield of Callum Mills, James Rowbottom and Chad Warner combined with veteran Luke Parker to dominate possession.
Up forward for the Swans, Lance Franklin kicked three goals in a match dominated by defenses. Tom Papley and Isaac Heeney in his 150th game both kicked two. Papley has kicked at least two goals in each of the Swans’ last six games.
Collingwood were unable to cope with the Swans’ smothering defence, which kept the Magpies to just three goals until the 21-minute mark of the third quarter, when Darcy Cameron kicked his side’s fourth.
Papley responded for the Swans almost immediately, restoring a 33-point lead, but the Magpies once again showed their ability to respond in adversity.
Tom McCartin scuffles with Mason Cox as tensions bubble over.Credit:Getty
Late in the quarter, with the Swans seemingly having the game locked up, Collingwood kicked successive goals for the first time in the match thanks to Ash Johnson and Mason Cox.
The margin was reduced to 23 points at the last change and gave the Magpies hope, but the streak was short-lived.
Rowbottom continued an excellent game by snapping the first goal of the final term.
The Magpies were gallant but ineffective as they failed to find a reliable avenue to goal.
The sellout crowd’s biggest contribution was booing Collingwood’s controversial small forward Ginnivan for receiving a free kick for a high tackle, which had made the bottle blond such a talking point in recent weeks.
The free kick was entirely justified after a desperate second quarter tackle from the otherwise excellent Paddy McCartin coathangered Ginnivan, who kicked Collingwood’s only goal of the term.
The vocal crowd were already jumpy about a free kick count which was 10-5 to in favor of the Magpies.
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De Goey suffered his hip problem at training on Friday but traveled Sydney before being ruled out on Sunday. He was replaced by Trent Bianco, with Callum Brown the medical substitute.
The Swans looked the better side for much of the day but didn’t always make the most of their opportunities.
It was fitting that rugby league markings were still obvious on the otherwise pristine SCG given the at times crowded nature of the game around the ball.
Tom and Paddy McCartin were strong for the Swans alongside Dane Rampe, who snuck forward to kick just the seventh goal of his long career.
We’ve all been hearing a lot about inflation but it’s shrinkflation that shoppers really need to worry about.
Shrinkflation is where manufacturers charge the same or even more for smaller servings, betting on most consumers not noticing the difference.
And with rate rises and cost-of-living pressures hitting many hard households, these reductions are offering less and less value for money
Consumer group Choice has been getting tip-offs from peeved Aussies about products that have been downsizing, recently verifying Smith’s crinkle cut potato chips had been trimmed by 5g — or about three chips — to 170g per pack.
Shrinkflation is where manufacturers charge the same or even more for smaller servings, betting on most consumers not noticing the difference. Credit: The West Australian
There has also been a 20g drop in large packs of Red Rock Deli potato chips to 165g and boxes of Crunchy Nut Corn Flakes have shed 30g.
And sweet-toothed shoppers have been left with a sour taste with Cadbury family-sized chocolate blocks going from the once-standard 250g to 180g.
The latest to drop weight is Maltesers, with a spokeswoman for manufacturer Mars Wrigley saying it was “facing unprecedented cost pressures” like many Australian businesses.
“From time to time, external factors make it necessary for product changes so that we can continue to ensure the availability of our products to all Australians,” she said.
Choice spokesman Liam Kennedy said shrinkflation was a global trend that was expected to continue.
“Most of the examples that we see, a lot of the tips we receive, are in that snack area, cereals,” Mr Kennedy told The West Australian.
But it has hit pet food too, with bags of Purina One cat food contracting by 100g to 1.4kg but costing more.
Choice says ‘shrinkflation’ is a global trend expected to continue. Credit: Rebecca Le May/The West Australian
Owner Nestle blamed that on recipe changes and higher costs for raw materials, packaging and transport, Mr Kennedy said.
“A lot of business are feeling that right now,” he added.
Elizabeth Jackson, a food supply chain systems expert at Curtin University, warned shoppers to expect ongoing pain at the checkout, mainly due to high transport costs, saying the current inflation spike was reminiscent of that seen in the oil crisis of 1973.
The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics inflation data showed transport cost jumped the most of 11 expense categories in the year to June, up 13.1 per cent.
“The products that have been escalating so greatly have been those we can’t do without, your staples — fresh fruit and vegetables, meat, cooking oil, pasta,” Dr Jackson said. “We can’t get away from it.
“But why people are feeling it so much is we’ve actually been experiencing unnaturally low prices.
“In 2011, food inflation got as low as -3.2 per cent, so we’ve been enjoying things too much and we’re just getting back to reality now, and we don’t like it.”
‘Shrinkflation’ has been spotted mainly in snack foods but also in pet food. Credit: Danella Bevis/Danella Bevis
Those previously unusually low prices were caused by retailers engaging in price wars, squeezing the margins of primary producers, she said.
But now, on top of costs including fertilizer and fuel soaring, the freight transport sector was battling labor problems, faced with an aging truck driver workforce and a struggle to attract young workers.
“What we’re experiencing now, we need to get used to. This is business as usual for the foreseeable future,” Dr Jackson said.
Choice’s latest Consumer Pulse survey, which polled 1083 Australian households, found 23 per cent were struggling to get by, up from 18 per cent in June last year.
August 24, 2022. This is the date that Genshin Impact fans across the world will bid adieu to the updates of v2.x, and start welcoming the updates of v3.0. During a livestream in the wee hours of this morning, developer and publisher Hoyoverse (Fmrly. Mihoyo) confirmed that Genshin Impact 3.0: The Morn a Thousand Roses Brings will be launching on the PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, iOS and Android platforms starting on 24 August 2022. With this update comes the fourth nation of Teyvat, Sumeru, along with Dendro gameplay mechanics, a major update to the game’s main campaign and much more.
Located west of Liyue, the massive region of Sumeru is divided into two main parts: rainforest and desert. Upon its release, players will be able to explore the dense rainforest and multiple settlements nestled within it, including Sumeru City and Port Ormos. Known as the Nation of Wisdom, Sumeru has the most prestigious historical institution called the Akademiya, founded by scholars loyal to the previous Archon Dendron, the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata. When Lesser Lord Kusanali succeeded the previous Dendro Archon 500 years ago, making her the youngest of The Seven, the Akademiya has come to power as the governing body of the state, turning knowledge into a resource that is strictly managed.
Along with a brand-new series of elemental chain reactions. the Dendro element will become playable for the first time. The Dendro element can trigger three different basic reactions: Burning, Bloom, and Catalyze, if used with the Pyro, Hydro, and Electro element respectively. In combat, Bloom and Catalyze can evolve into further reactions. When Dendro meets Hydro, the Bloom reaction will spawn one or more Dendro Cores, dealing delayed explosive Dendro damage. If these Dendro Cores come into contact with Pyro or Electro before exploding, they can trigger the Burgeon reaction and increase their AoE Dendro DMG, or trigger the Hyperbloom reaction which turns Dendro Cores into Sprawling Shots that can track down nearby enemies. The Catalyze reaction stems from Dendro and Electro, and can apply the Quicken effect to affected targets and increase their damage taken from the next Dendro or Electro hit by triggering the Spread or Aggravate reaction. That may seem like a bit of a word salad now, but I expect it will soon become second nature on the battlefield, like all other elemental interactions.
In the Sumeru rainforest, plants and creatures with Dendro characteristics can take on various polymorphic transformations by coming into contact with the Hydro, Pyro, and Electro elements. Monsters can switch between different states or attack sequences, and can produce different drops, while certain plants and mushrooms can provide useful effects. Meanwhile, the humid tropical areas provide ideal living grounds for a wider variety of wildlife. Shroom-Kin have evolved into a special species called the Fungi, to protect their homeland. The new boss enemy, the Jadeplume Terrorshroom is a type of Fungus with a strong animalistic nature and becomes quite territorial and aggressive. Another new Boss enemy is the Electro Regisvine, who also awaits Travelers in the depths of the forest.
Preview Screenshots of Genshin Impact Version 3.0
A new major expansion means that players can look forward to a range of 4-star and 5-star characters being recruitable through the in-game wish “gacha” system in the coming months – aligned with both the dendro elemental and previous elements. . As the Traveler, players can unlock the power of Dendro at the Statue of The Seven in Sumeru, and have a chance to recruit two Dendro archers. The five-star character Tighnari is a warm-hearted young researcher and Forest Watcher. Both his Charged Attack and Elemental Burst can deal damage over multiple phases, making Tighnari a great choice to trigger chain reactions based on the Dendro element. Tighnari’s pupil Collei will be joining as a four-star, and for a limited time, players can recruit her for free by completing 3.0’s main seasonal event, the Graven Innocence.
In addition to Dendro characters, the four-star Electro support character Dori will also join the game. Dori is an elusive merchant in Sumeru and wields a claymore. She can help restore HP and energy for nearby team members with her Elemental Burst from her. Tighnari, Collei, and Zhongli will be available in the Event Wishes during the early half of the update, followed by Dori along with Ganyu’s and Sangonomiya Kokomi’s reruns.
According to Hoyoverse, more optimizations and features will be implemented with the expansion to enhance gameplay as well. Three new tools, the Boon of the Elder Tree, Ultra-Hot Burner Lamp Test Model, and Fishing Line Stabilizer can be acquired to make the wood farming, cooking, and fishing process easier. Colored shadows are also applied to make Teyvat “a more vivid world”.
Genshin Impact 3.0 will be launching on 24 August 2022, with plans to shorten the time between each update from there to just five weeks. According to the details shared by Hoyoverse (above), Version 3.1 is expected to release on 28 September, 3.2 on 2 November and 3.3 on 7 December. While subject to change, this means that your time to collect new characters via wishes for the rest of the year may be cut slightly shorter.
