Home of Gamers https://homeofgamers.org Always Play 2 Win Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://homeofgamers.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-FullLogo-32x32.png Home of Gamers https://homeofgamers.org 32 32 How to Defeat the Apramana Bat in Black Myth Wukong https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-defeat-the-apramana-bat-in-black-myth-wukong/ https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-defeat-the-apramana-bat-in-black-myth-wukong/#respond Mon, 04 Nov 2024 22:08:52 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=14351 There are many ways to conquer the Apramana Bat in Black Myth: Wukong. In this guide, We will walk you through the best abilities to equip, how to use them effectively, and the key tactics to employ for a quick and efficient victory.

Essential Tips and Tricks to Defeat the Apramamna Bat


How to Defeat the Apramana Bat in Black Myth Wukong

Recommended Skills and Spells


Black Myth Wukong Skills

To maximize your damage and control of this fight, equip the following skills:

  • Cloud Step – A mobility spell that leaves behind a decoy while allowing for quick dispersion into mist and escape. Useful for evading attacks or luring enemies into a trap.
  • Immobilize – A control spell that, With just a gesture of the finger, can bind the enemy in place, freezing them.
  • A Pluck of Many – A duplication spell that creates multiple Duplicates. These Duplicates will engage the enemy if the caster is attacked.
  • Red Tides – Transform into a wolf guai and inflict Scorch Bane on the enemy with each attack.
  • Wondering Wight – Ram the foe with your bronze skull, dealing massive damage.
  • Wind Tamer – Increases Damage Reduction and grants immunity to Strong Winds.

Combat Strategy


When the fight begins, you’ll want to immediately use Cloud Step to get in close and dodge any incoming attacks. Follow that up with Immobilize, leaving the bat vulnerable for a few seconds, allowing you to cast A Pluck of Many. Once you’ve done that, activate Wondering Wight and aim to deal as much damage as possible while the Apramana Bat is still frozen.

Dealing with its Flight


As expected from its wings, the Apramana Bat can take to the skies and try to create distance between itself and you. When it does, quickly close the gap by using your movement skills and position yourself near its legs or back to avoid its frontal attacks. This is the best position to launch your next wave of strikes.

Avoiding Defensive Stances


Keep the pressure on, but watch when the Apramana Bat takes a golden defensive stance. During this time, it can block all incoming damage and may stun you if you continue attacking. When you notice this stance, back up and prepare to dodge, as the bat will often follow up with a wing swipe.

Mobility and Positioning


If you’re struggling with damage or find it hard to keep up with the bat’s movements, remember to cast Red Tides. This transformation will increase mobility, allowing you to get close to and behind the boss quickly and continue dealing damage.

Key Opportunities for Damage


The best time to get your hits is immediately after the bat lands. It takes a long pause during this moment, which presents an excellent opening for your attacks.

Stay persistent, time your spells correctly, and take advantage of every opportunity to strike, and you’ll be able to take down the Apramana Bat with ease.

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How to Solve the Safe Combinations in Call of Duty Black Ops 6 Campaign https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-solve-the-safe-combinations-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-6-campaign/ https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-solve-the-safe-combinations-in-call-of-duty-black-ops-6-campaign/#respond Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:57:59 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=14355

If you’re exploring the Call of Duty Black Ops 6 campaign and come across a safe that you can’t open, there’s a simple method for cracking the code and unlocking it. Here’s how you do it:

Step 1: Look for the Signal Icon

SIGNAL METER

When a signal icon appears on your screen, it indicates that there’s a radio nearby, and somewhere close to it, a safe is waiting to be opened.

Step 2: Use the Signal Strength Meter

RADIO SIGNAL

To find the radio, pay attention to the signal strength meter. As you move closer, the signal will go from weak to strong, guiding you toward the radio’s location.

Step 3: Tune the Radio

RADIO TUNING

Once you’ve located the radio, you’ll need to tune it. Adjust the nobs on the radio until both sides have green lights. This confirms that you’ve tuned it correctly.

Step 4: Get the Safe Code

How to solve the safe combinations in Black Ops 6 Campaign

After tuning the radio, a person will speak over the radio and recite a series of numbers. These numbers are the combination for the safe.

Step 5: Find and Unlock the Safe

OPEN THE SAFE

The safe will be in the general area of the radio. If you don’t spot it immediately, take some time to explore the surroundings. Once you locate it, input the code and claim your reward!

With this method, you’ll easily crack any safe in the Black Ops 6 Campaign. Keep your eyes peeled for those signal icons!

Check out the full walkthrough here:

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How to Easily Defeat the Final Boss in the Cursed Wasteland Dungeon in Throne and Liberty https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-easily-defeat-the-final-boss-in-the-cursed-wasteland-dungeon-in-throne-and-liberty/ https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-easily-defeat-the-final-boss-in-the-cursed-wasteland-dungeon-in-throne-and-liberty/#respond Thu, 17 Oct 2024 23:20:00 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=14336

In this post, we’ll walk you through the fight step by step so your party can clear the dungeon with ease.

The Arena Setup

Before the fight starts, let’s take a moment to discuss the arena. The boss fight area is divided into three quadrants by beams of light. Each beam acts as a gate, with a spike at the end to open or close the gates by interacting with it. Here’s the key thing: don’t run into the light!

Assigning Gatekeepers

To successfully navigate this battle, designate two players to be gatekeepers. They will open and close the gates during the fight. The tank should not be one of the gatekeepers, as they must focus on holding the boss’s aggro.

Once you’ve chosen your gatekeepers, have everyone except the tank stand in the same quadrant while the tank stays alone. It’s also essential to decide on which way you will rotate during the fight—either clockwise or counterclockwise—to avoid confusion during critical moments.

Boss Attack Patterns

The boss has a variety of devastating attacks that you need to be aware of. Let’s go over the key attacks to watch out for:

Map-wide Blast:

  • The boss will raise its arms and create a purple circle around its body. Once the circle closes, it releases a map-wide blast that can end the fight instantly or heavily damage the team. Block at the right time to survive. A good strategy is to block when the circle is about halfway closed.

Purple Gas Attack:

  • The boss sprays a cone of purple gas towards the player with a purple orb above their head (usually the tank). This is your cue to rotate to a new quadrant to avoid taking significant damage. Have one gatekeeper open the gate for the tank and the other open the gate for the party. The tank should join the party’s current quadrant while the rest of the group rotates to the empty one.

Purple Vortex:

  • The boss will summon a purple vortex on the ground. Move out of its range quickly, but you don’t have to morph unless necessary.

Red Orb Marking:

  • If you are marked with a red orb, move to the top corner of the arena, away from your party. A giant red vortex will spawn where you are, and it will suck in nearby players, dealing massive damage. Once the vortex appears, morph and run to safety.

Rotation and Communication

As mentioned, decide on your rotation direction early in the fight (left or right). When the tank is marked with a purple orb, the group must rotate accordingly. Open gates and rotate to avoid the boss’s dangerous attacks.

Also, avoid getting too close to the boss if you are a DPS player. If you accidentally pull aggro, it could lead to a party wipe.

Additional Tips

  • As the boss’s health gets low, it may mark two players with red orbs.
  • Healers, be prepared to save players who get caught by the boss’s wide-range attacks or fail to block in time.

By following these strategies, assigning gatekeepers, and staying coordinated with rotations, your team will have a much better chance of taking down this final boss in the Cursed Wasteland Dungeon. Stay patient, communicate well, and keep those blocks and dodges timed perfectly to win the fight.

Good luck, and may the loot be worth the challenge!

See the walkthrough video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UveZhJw-bwg
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How to Easily Power Level Alchemy in Black Desert Online | 2024 Beginner Tips and Guide https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-easily-power-level-alchemy-in-black-desert-online-2024-beginner-tips-and-guide/ Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:35:18 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=14317 In Black Desert Online (BDO), Alchemy is a versatile life skill that allows players to create a wide variety of useful items through the use of an Alchemy Tool placed in a residence. This life skill involves combining various ingredients to produce potions, elixirs, and other products that can provide buffs, heal, or be used in other crafting processes.

Benefits of Alchemy:

  • Profit: Alchemy products can be sold on the market for profit. The profit is not the best, but it still can be profitable if you gather your materials.
  • Buffs: Provides essential buffs for combat and life skills.
  • Crafting: Contributes to other crafting professions, such as Cooking and Processing.

How to Gain Experience:

  • Crafting Items: Each successful craft gives experience points. The amount of experience gained depends on the recipe’s level and the rarity of the ingredients.
  • Higher-Level Recipes: More advanced recipes give you more experience. As you level up your alchemy life skill, you will unlock additional recipes you can make. The goal is to reach GURU 1.

Tips to Power Level

1. Use Experience Boosts:

  • Alchemy Stone: Use a Life Alchemy Stone to increase your alchemy experience gain.
  • Alchemy Clothes: Equip Alchemist’s Clothes that provide experience boosts and reduce crafting time.
  • Elixirs and Food Buffs: Consume items like the Elixir of Time or Seafood Cron Meal for experience boosts.
  • Pets: Certain pets provide life-skill experience buffs.
  • Guild Buffs: Join a guild with life-skill experience buffs.
  • Tent buff: Use the life skill tent buff.

2. Focus on High-Experience Recipes:

  • Advanced Recipes: Craft more advanced and complex recipes as they yield more experience.
  • Special Elixirs: Focus on crafting elixirs that are in high demand and use rare ingredients.

3. Gather and Store Ingredients:

  • Stockpile Materials: Gather and store many alchemy ingredients to minimize downtime.
  • Rare Ingredients: Focus on collecting rare and high-value ingredients for higher-level recipes.
  • Processing: Process raw materials into intermediate ingredients to use for alchemy recipes.

4. Utilize Daily and Weekly Quests:

  • Daily Alchemy Quests: Complete daily quests that offer alchemy experience and materials. Talk to Liana.
  • Imperial Crafting Delivery: Complete Imperial Crafting Delivery to exchange crafted items for experience and rewards.

5. Use the Right Alchemy Tools Your Residence:

  • Top Alchemy Tools: Use alchemy tools that have high durability and reduce crafting time.

6. Stay Updated with Market Trends:

  • Market Demand: Craft items that are in high demand on the market for better profits and consistent crafting.
  • Price Monitoring: Regularly check the marketplace for ingredient prices and availability.

7. Invest in Mastery Gear:

  • Alchemy Mastery Gear: Invest in and upgrade your Alchemy Mastery gear for higher levels of mastery to increase rare procs gains.

Now that we have the basics, let’s look at one of the best elixirs to consistently make to power up your alchemy level.

Best Elixit for Power Leveling

Why the Grim Reaper Elixir? The elixir that we will be covering today is the Grim Reaper Elixir. In my opinion, this is one of the best elixirs that you can make to earn massive amounts of XP for Alchemy. While there are other elixirs, like the Spirit Perfume Elixir, the materials for those recipes take much longer to gather. The key here is to produce more significant amounts of elixirs that give high XP rates and sell them straight to the central market to reclaim some of the silver spent on materials.

Requirements: Before we start, it is essential to know that you must be at least at the Alchemy level of Skilled 1 before you can make this elixir.

Ingredients Needed: There are five ingredients required to make the Grim Reaper’s Elixir:

  1. Sky Mushroom
  2. Monk’s Branch
  3. Trace of Nature
  4. Pure Powder Reagent
  5. Oil of Fortitude

Ingredient Breakdown:

Sky Mushroom:

  • Worker Node: Elric Shrine node in Mediah next to Helms Post (4 contribution points)
  • Central Market: Around 33,000 silver for the special Sky Mushroom

Monk’s Branch:

  • Worker Nodes: Forest of Seclusion (3 CP), Serendia Shrine (2 CP), Oze Pass (2 CP)
  • Central Market: Around 4,800 silver

Trace of Nature:

  • Finding Nodes:
    • Open your map and click the global icon to switch to the production nodes view.
    • Filter by node type and select Excavation.
    • Recommended Node: Lynch Farm Ruins (2 CP) near Heidel
  • Central Market: Around 50,000 silver

Pure Powder Reagent:

  • Ingredients Needed:
    • Sugar (from cooking vendor)
    • Silver Azalea (Northern Plain of Serendia node, 2 CP; Lynch Farm Ruins, 2 CP)
    • Wild Grass/Weeds (gathered or bought from the central market for around 7,700 silver)
    • Purified Water (process bottled water from Heidel or buy from general goods managers in Sand Grain Bazaar, Muiquun, or Arehaza)

Oil of Fortitude:

  • Ingredients Needed:
    • Clown’s Blood (combine Spirit’s Leaf, Powder of Darkness, Clear Liquid Reagent, and wolf or rhino Blood)
    • Monk’s Branch (as detailed above)
    • Fruit of Nature (farmed, gathered, or bought from the central market for around 185,000 silver)
    • Powder of Flame (mining nodes, suggested node: Imp Cave, 2-3 CP)

Crafting Process:

  1. Gathering Ingredients:
    • Use worker nodes and gathering to collect Sky Mushroom, Monk’s Branch, and Trace of Nature.
    • Make Pure Powder Reagent and Oil of Fortitude using the ingredients listed.
  2. Crafting the Grim Reaper Elixir:
    • Combine all gathered and crafted ingredients using an alchemy tool at home.

Final Tips:

  • Gathering materials yourself will maximize profit when selling the elixirs.
  • Use nodes and the central market to gather ingredients efficiently.

We have all the materials needed to make the Grim Reaper’s Elixir. Follow these steps, and you can power-level your Alchemy skill quickly.

Check out the full video here

By following this guide, you’ll be well on your way to mastering Alchemy in Black Desert Online! Happy crafting!

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Grand Theft Auto 6 Trailer Coming Soon https://homeofgamers.org/grand-theft-auto-6-trailer-coming-soon/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 03:36:39 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=14172
In the realm of gaming, few franchises have achieved the legendary status that Grand Theft Auto (GTA) holds. For many gamers, the anticipation for the next installment, GTA 6, has reached a fever pitch. Rockstar Games, the mastermind behind the GTA series, recently dropped a bombshell on fans by teasing the arrival of a Grand Theft Auto 6 trailer set for this December.


As is customary with any major game release, the gaming community is buzzing with speculations and rumors about what GTA 6 might have in store for players. There hasn’t been an official announcement from Rockstar Games regarding the setting of Grand Theft Auto 6. Various rumors and speculations have circulated, with some suggesting a return to Vice City or a multiple-city setting. However, without official confirmation, it’s challenging to pinpoint the exact city GTA 6 will be set in.


As we eagerly await the release of the GTA 6 trailer in December, one thing is certain: Rockstar Games knows how to keep fans on the edge of their seats. The gaming world is ready for the next evolution of the Grand Theft Auto series, and with the teaser promising a sneak peek into what’s to come, December can’t come soon enough for GTA enthusiasts worldwide. Get ready for a wild ride!

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Mike Wang Removed Limitless Takeoff Badge From NBA 2K24 https://homeofgamers.org/mike-wang-removed-limitless-takeoff-badge-from-nba-2k24/ Fri, 11 Aug 2023 22:58:37 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=14098 There are many badges in NBA 2K23 that have left a mark on the NBA 2K community. The Limitless Takeoff badge is a TOP TIER badge and has been glorified by players that attack the rim. This badge is known to cause players to launch into a dunk animation farther than normal from the basket which can make the dunk much more difficult to block. If you were on defense and the offensive player gets this animation, more times than not, you were getting dunked on. This was the power behind the Limitless Takeoff badge and with one tweet from Mike Wang, it’s gone:

Official Description:

When attacking the basket, a player with this badge will start their dunk animation from farther out than others.

Why Remove The Limitless Takeoff Badge?

For some, this may come as a surprise but for others, they saw this coming. Just last week, Mike Wang released a similar post around the same time, removing another Rim Driving friendly badge, Quick Drop:

This raises a lot of questions concerning how Rim Driving will be in NBA 2K24. This may also mean that defense may be increased with the removal of these offensive-friendly badges. Mike Wang may also be hinting that players will have more control when driving to the lane and choosing when to activate a dunk. With the mention of the new groundbreaking ProPLAY technology, that directly translates NBA footage into NBA 2K24 gameplay, there are a lot of questions that players are sitting on the edge of their seats about. We should see more news regarding NBA 2K24 in the coming weeks.

Check out these articles while you wait!

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How to Unlock and Summon the Necromancer’s Golem in Diablo 4 https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-unlock-and-summon-the-necromancers-golem-in-diablo-4/ Wed, 21 Jun 2023 14:21:07 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=13953 The Necromancer is one of the main summoning classes in Diablo 4 that specializes in raising the army of the dead to fight by your side. As a Necromancer, you will be able to summon three main types of minions that can specialize in different aspects of combat. Skeletal Warriors, Skeletal Mages, and the much-desired Golem are the three minion types that you will be able to call upon. You can find each minion type in the “Book of the Dead”.

The book of the dead in Diablo 4

At the start of the game, you will only have access to the Skeletal Warriors. As you progress your character’s level, you will eventually unlock the Skeletal Mages at level 15. To unlock the Necromancer’s final and strongest minion, the Golem, there are a few extra steps that need to be taken.

How to Unlock the Golem Minion

Once your player reaches level 25, you will unlock the quest called “Necromancer: Call of the Underworld”. The beginning of this quest will take you to meet a famous Master Necromancer named Maltorius. Maltorius will send you on a series of quests before completing a ritual that will induct you into the ranks of Rathma’s priesthood. Once you complete the ritual you will unlock the final Golem Minion in the Book of the Dead.

Necromancer: Call of the Underworld Quest Walkthrough

Golem Types

  • Bone Golem (Unlocked at level 25)
  • Blood Golem (Unlocked at level 28)
  • Iron Golem (Unlocked at level 32)
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How to Load Manage Players in NBA 2K23 MyNBA https://homeofgamers.org/__trashed-4/ Sun, 11 Jun 2023 20:13:00 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=13769 In today’s NBA League load management is a strategy that is used to help prevent players from getting injured by reducing their time on the court. In the past, we’ve seen players like Kawhi Leonard use load management plenty of times to make sure that he keeps his body healthy. In NBA 2K23’s MyNBA mode, you can help prevent player injuries by using the same tactics.

Why load management?

As you progress through your MyNBA season your team will begin to experience fatigue. This can lead to player injuries and reduced performance on the court. You can see the team’s fatigue percentage, team fitness, and load-managed players under the Team Overview on your team’s Training Schedule page.

Team overview screen in NBA 2k23

Placing players on load management will allow them to opt out of high-stress practices and choose a lower-stress option at the expense of training toward their ideal player type.

Steps

To place a player on load management follow these steps:

  1. From the main MyNBA home screen, open the navigation menu and go to the “Training” tab.
  2. In the “Training” tab select and open “Individual Training”.
  3. On this screen, you can select the player that you would like to place on load management. Select the player, level of load management, and confirm.

If you would like to take a player off the load management schedule, you can use the same steps. You can view the updated Team Overview screen to see any new players added to the load management list.

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Diablo 4 – How to Get a Horse Mount https://homeofgamers.org/diablo-4-how-to-get-a-horse-mount/ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 09:10:00 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=13714 Unlocking a mount in Diablo 4 is one of the first things that most players aim to achieve in the early stages of the game. Diablo 4’s map is massive and having a mount to ride on will help in exploring it faster. You are introduced to the stable master early in the game when your character arrives in the city of Kyovashad with Lorath. Do not get too excited because unfortunately, the option to purchase a horse is locked. You will have to do some questing and progress through the main story before you can get your hands on your own mount.

How to get a mount

Diablo 4 has a total of 6 Acts, each varying in length. To get a mount in Diablo 4, you will need to progress through each Act until you reach Act IV: A Gathering Storm. At the beginning of Act IV, you will receive the quest: Donan’s Favor. You must complete this quest to get your first mount.

Act IV: A Gathering Storm – Donan’s Favor

Diablo 4 showing how to get a horse -Donan's Favor quest

Once you complete the quest: A Master’s Touch, Donan will tell you to visit the Stable Master in Kyovashad. Oskar, the Stable Master, will give you one of the mounts free of charge. Once you complete the quest, you can purchase additional mounts from different Stable Masters throughout Sanctuary. Each mount you purchase can be used on all characters on your account. You can summon your mount in almost all locations except for dungeons and other limited areas.

Mount Customization and Gear

Diablo 4 mount customization

What would mounts be without some customization? Mounts in Diablo 4 have a number of customization options available that include mount type, armor, and trophies that can be attached to the saddle of your horse. There is also a marketplace where you can spend real money to purchase additional cosmetics.

Mount Skills

Your mount comes with basic mount and dismount skills that can be used almost anywhere along with class-specific skills that can be used while you have it summoned. Your mount can become scared when around too many enemies or takes too much damage. If this happens you will be knocked off and have to wait for a cooldown to end before you can summon it again.

With your new mount unlocked in Diablo 4, you can travel to quests and dungeons faster while leveling up those paragon levels.

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How to Add a Created Player to a Custom Draft Class on NBA 2K22 Next-Gen https://homeofgamers.org/how-to-add-a-created-player-to-a-custom-draft-class-on-nba-2k22-next-gen/ Sun, 31 Jul 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://homeofgamers.org/?p=13134
How to Add a Created Player to a Custom Draft Class on NBA 2K22 Next-Gen

Creating a player can be one of the most exciting things to do in NBA 2K22. You can completely customize a player’s attributes and build type. The player can be as tall, fast, or skilled as you want. The best thing about creating a player is that you can add them to a draft class to use in other modes. There are two ways to do this.

Draft your custom player.

If you haven’t already created a player, you can do this by going to the features menu and selecting the create a player option. Select either the NBA or WNBA depending on what you want to make. You have the option to start from scratch, use current NBA players as a template, or use other templates that players across the 2K community have created. When you are finished, make sure you save your new custom player. The player should now be in the “Created Player” list. Now you are ready to add your created player to a draft class.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select “Create a draft class”

    In the features menu, scroll over to and select the “Create a draft class option.”

  2. Select “NBA” or “WNBA”

    Choose the league that your created player is in.

  3. Select a draft class type

    There are user templates and old rosters that you can use for ideas.

  4. Find your created player and select “copy to draft class”

    Once you select a draft type, you can see all the players that are in the upcoming draft for your next season. At the top, scroll to the “Created Players” menu to see the player you just created, or if you already made a player, they should be listed here.

  5. Remove a player from the current draft class

    In order for you to add your player, you will need to remove someone from the current draft class. The player that you remove will be removed permanently.

  6. Save and Exit

  7. Load your custom draft class when starting a new season

    When you create a new MyNBA or WNBA season and get to the part where it asked you about the draft class, make sure that you select the “Load Draft Class” option.

  8. Select “User-Created Draft Class”

    In the Draft Class picker select User-Created Draft Class.

  9. Select and load the draft class of your choice

    Scroll over to “My Files” and load up the draft class that you created.

NBA 2K22 Custom Draft Class list.
NBA 2K22 Draft Class list.

You are also able to use a second method to add your created player to a draft class. After you create your player go straight to creating a new MyNBA or MyWNBA season and select “Create or edit draft class” when you’re asked about what draft class you want to use. You will have the option to add your created play here just like you would in the first method. That’s all there is to it. When the draft comes around you should see all the players that you added in the draft.

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