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Time of India
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
How to find and use the KeyGen in Deltarune
(Image via Toby Fox) Deltarune Chapter 2 secrets are deeper than the quirky characters suggest. Amidst these secrets is the powerful tool KeyGen, which acts as a literal key to confronting one of the most challenging and rewarding hidden encounters of the game. Obtaining and deploying it is not that straightforward. It needs specific steps carried out across varied areas. The guide here thereby cuts through mystery and reveals how exactly you can secure KeyGen and where KeyGen's power unlocks some new paths. How to find KeyGen in Deltarune ? The hunt begins deeper within Cyber City Deltarune underbelly. As you reach the Queen's Mansion, use the red door transport system that's outside Color Café. Choose Trash Zone destination and return to Grim Street, where you first encountered the enigmatic Spamton. KEYGEN | DELTARUNE CHAPTER 2 - PART 2 Then, navigate left through a desolate area till you find the break in fencing. To enter the hole leads you directly to Spamton's unique and ramshackle shop. There interact with him and just navigate the frantic menu. Choose the option 'BUY MORE!!!' and browse the chaotic rotating stock of Spamton. The KeyGen will appear at the top of the list. Be aware that the price fluctuates quite wildly. It can even soar up to 20,000 Kromer. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Here Is What A Cremation Should Cost In 2025 (Take A Look) TopSearchesNow | Search Ads Undo However, occasionally, it plummets dramatically. Your patience will be crucial here. So, wait for the price to dip below 100 Kromer. It's a true bargain moment for a hunter. As the price dips and the cost is just right, purchase KeyGen. It will then reside securely within your inventory of key items. How to use KeyGen in Deltarune? To possess KeyGen is just half the battle. You must return back to the Queen's Mansion and then progress through the main story. There, advance to the 2nd floor and then assist the Tasque Manager with the duties. Next, proceed past the grand staircase to a hazardous zone that's filled with some speeding traffic. To navigate the dangerous sections, make sure to hit every red Stop button on the way. It will summon the mice who will clear the path/roadblock. Next, enter the newly accessible hallway available on the right. It will lead to an ornate statue room. This chamber hides crucial mechanisms for KeyGen. In the room, a large and decorated teacup structure is located. Keep the focus on the tall pillar that's positioned to the right side. Interacting with a specific pillar will trigger a distinct sound effect, thereby confirming the hidden switch's activation. The action will further unlock a secret passageway that will lead to the mansion's basement. The KeyGen here is your ticket through a glowing green lock that's found deep in a maze-like underground area that's newly revealed. It sets the stage for the epic confrontation. Inside, you would find an old robot holding an Empty Disk. Take it back to the Spamton's shop and using the Talking option, give it to him. It would trigger the permanent change, locking you in a secret boss route. Do return to the basement for Deltarune Spamton NEO battle, one of the toughest challenge of Deltarune. Ensure to prepare thoroughly before you proceed. The challenge here demands you to be at your best.
Time of India
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
How to get KeyGen in Deltarune and unlock the secret boss
Deltarune Chapter 2 is filled with little secrets that only appear if you know where to look. One of the most interesting is the KeyGen. This special item is needed to open a secret path and unlock a hidden boss fight. You will need to explore carefully and pay attention to prices. The reward is totally worth it if you are ready for a challenge. Here's everything you need to know about getting the KeyGen and how to use it in the game. Travel to the Trash Zone Once you reach Queen's Mansion in Chapter 2, go outside and find the red door near the Colour Cafe. This is a portal that lets you go back to different areas you have already visited. Choose the option that says Trash Zone. You will return to the area where you met Spamton for the first time. Start walking left and keep going until you reach the end of the street. There will be a small gap in the fence. Enter through that gap to find Spamton's hidden shop. Buy the KeyGen from Spamton When you talk to Spamton, select the option that says Buy More. You will see a list of random items that change often. Look at the top of the list for the item named KeyGen. The price of the KeyGen keeps going up and down. Sometimes it may show a huge number like nineteen thousand Kromer. Other times, it may drop to less than one hundred. Wait for the price to fall below one hundred Kromer. When it does, quickly buy it. If the price is too high, just back out and check again after a few seconds. Once you buy the KeyGen, it will show up in your inventory under Key Items. Reach the second floor of the Queen's Mansion --> Don't sweat the difficulty. As long as you keep trying, you'll get it eventually. --> By the way, we put a lot of effort into making the lyrics work, but they're more or less impossible to read while you're playing... Now you need to continue the story until you reach the second floor of Queen's Mansion. On the way, you will help the Tasque Manager with her Tasques. After this part, go past the large staircase until you reach an area with fast-moving cars. Your goal is to press all the red stop buttons in that area. This will bring out a bunch of mice who clear the road for you. Find the secret switch After the road is cleared, walk into the hallway on the right side. You will enter a room with a giant teacup and lots of decorations. On the right side of the room, there is a tall pillar. Walk up to it and press it. You will hear a noise that means something has been activated. Now go further to the right. A hidden door will appear. This door leads to the basement. Unlock the basement door Walk through the hidden door and use your KeyGen on the glowing green lock. This will open the path to the secret basement under the mansion. Keep walking through the basement. You will go through a maze of dark hallways and strange machines. At the end, you will find an old, broken robot. Interact with it to get an item called the Empty Disk. Take the Disk back to Spamton That's not a translation error, that's just how this terrible beast makes this enemy and many others when DELTARUNE Chapters 1-4 releases on June 4th! Now return to Spamton's shop in the Trash Zone. Choose the Talking option when you speak to him. You will see a choice that says Give Disk. Select it. Spamton will take the disk from you, and his shop will close forever. So make sure you buy anything else you want before you give him the disk. Spamton will now load something new onto the disk. Use the Loaded Disk and fight Spamton NEO Go back to the secret basement in the mansion. This time, bring the loaded disk with you. Use it on the same old robot you found earlier. After a short silence, something strange will happen. You will now face Spamton NEO, one of the hardest and most exciting boss fights in the game. This battle is a big part of the hidden route and changes the story in a major way. And that is how you get the KeyGen in Deltarune Chapter 2. This secret path takes effort, but the result is one of the best parts of the game.
Politico
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Politico
The one idea Americans can agree on this summer
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER — With Memorial Day weekend marking the unofficial start of summer, Americans are starting to embark on their travel plans. Over half of Americans — 55 percent — say they plan to take at least two nights away from home on a vacation this summer, according to a new survey from the Institute of Politics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. But as America has become more politically and culturally polarized, Mileah Kromer, the director of the IoP at UMBC, told POLITICO Nightly that she expected the survey would reveal different vacation preferences for Republicans and Democrats. In fact, the opposite was the case. The study showed few gaps between each party on questions of the types of travel they prefer, across beach trips, road trips, romantic getaways or family-friendly vacations. The main notable difference was travel to a city; 39 percent of Democrats said they are considering visiting an urban place this summer, compared to just 16 percent of Republicans. When diving into details, differences may arise: There are some specific beach destinations, for example, that might be more popular among Republicans or Democrats. (Palm Beach vs. Rehoboth Beach, for example.) But even the fact that there's generally very little difference in preference for one type of vacation over another was a surprise to Kromer, especially as members of each party increasingly divide over everything else: what television shows or movies to watch, what newspapers to read, where to shop for groceries. It could be as simple as this: Everyone likes getting some time off from work. The results of the survey, though, also point to the possibility that many American cultural differences are constructed out of thin air rather than preordained based on where someone grew up or their political affiliation. To better understand the study and what it tells us about America today, Nightly spoke with Kromer right as summer begins. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. What was the most surprising part of the poll results? I've long been fascinated by these big partisan differences over seemingly non-political things, like baby name preference, where you shop, what car you buy. And so that's the reason we did this poll — I wondered if attitudes towards summer vacation are as pronounced. What stood out to me was that in the midst of all the polarity in these seemingly non-political areas, you really don't see it too much here. This is one thing that Americans share: their attitude towards summer vacation. Frankly, I was expecting to see some bigger partisan division, because it seems like it's everywhere these days. Where did you expect that partisan division to manifest itself? I noticed a fairly stark division in interest in urban vacation results, with Democrats much more likely to vacation in cities than Republicans. Certainly, urban tourism wasn't surprising at all. But I expected there to be some greater division among questions like where Democrats and Republicans plan to take a vacation, just because there are so many lifestyle choices that are so heavily polarized. Everyone still wants to go to the beach. What our survey can't tell you is some of the more granular questions. So, every beach vacation is not the same. The funniest or most politically pertinent point there is that Rehoboth Beach is not the same as Palm Beach, where Mar-a-Lago is. How much have decisions that we've considered non-political for a long time become imbued with politics more generally? The first book that I read on this that really opened my eyes to this phenomenon was The Big Sort by Bill Bishop [which was published in 2008]. Bishop talks about how people are clustering in like-minded communities, and that the more you put yourself in a partisan silo, everyone around you begins to like the same things that you like. It really intensifies when you're doing that with geographic location. So, with neighborhoods, even at the county level, there's fewer and fewer of what we'd consider swing counties. And when people don't spend time around folks with a diversity of opinions, they start to get a huge confirmation bias. People are now not only self-selecting into where they live, they're also self-selecting what media they consume and what they buy. That leads to an increase in specialized products directed at one group or another. In the case of vacations, then, why has this behavior stayed similar when everything else has changed? I'm thinking about that myself. The simplistic answer is everyone likes some time off. If we think about the flow of American culture on a calendar, every summer, school ends. When you have this break, a lot of people really relish the opportunity to take even a couple of days off, away from work, away from the stresses of life, to be with family and friends. I actually think it's sort of nice that there's some agreement. There's always these funny pieces that are something like: 'How to talk to your uncle or your aunt who you disagree with politically at your Thanksgiving dinner.' Here's something that you can talk about — vacation. If you ever want to have a non-political conversation with someone, maybe someone who you know you don't share any political views with, talk about vacation. Welcome to POLITICO Nightly. Reach out with news, tips and ideas at nightly@ Or contact tonight's author at cmchugh@ or on X (formerly known as Twitter) at @calder_mchugh. What'd I Miss? — Judge blocks Trump administration's attempt to crush Harvard's foreign student enrollment: A federal judge barred the Trump administration today from rescinding Harvard University's ability to enroll foreign students, granting the school's emergency request to stave off 'immediate and irreparable injury.' U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs granted Harvard's requested restraining order just hours after the university sued the Department of Homeland Security, accusing the administration of unconstitutional retaliation for refusing to capitulate to President Donald Trump's demands. — Justice Department agrees to end Biden-era felony case against Boeing: The Justice Department announced an agreement today to end its felony case against Boeing for the plane-maker's role in two passenger jet crashes that killed a total of 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia — less than a year after the company agreed to plead guilty as part of a deal with the Biden administration. In return, Boeing must pay over $1.1 billion in fines, safety improvements and compensation for families of the people who died in the crashes in October 2018 and March 2019. Those disasters, involving Boeing's 737 MAX 8 jet, kicked off years of still-unresolved questions from lawmakers and safety experts about the federal government's oversight of the giant manufacturer and defense contractor. — Trump turns the screws on big companies amid tariff fight: President Donald Trump has publicly targeted companies which have expressed concerns surrounding the administration's tariff plan in recent days, threatening major brands including Apple and Walmart. The latest target of his ire was iPhone manufacturer Apple, which Trump threatened with a company-specific tariff in a Truth Social post this morning. — Trump approves Nippon purchase of US Steel: President Donald Trump said today he approved a deal for Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel, reversing a position he took during the presidential campaign after the Japanese manufacturer agreed to pour more investment into the United States. 'This will be a planned partnership between United States Steel and Nippon Steel, which will create at least 70,000 jobs and add $14 Billion Dollars to the U.S. Economy,' Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. 'The bulk of the investment will occur in the next 14 months.' AROUND THE WORLD LANGUAGE WARS — The rejection of Catalan as an official language in Brussels stands to trigger a political crisis in Madrid. In exchange for key support needed to form a new minority government in 2023, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez entered into an elaborate deal with Catalan separatist lawmakers in which he committed to getting Catalan, Basque and Galician recognized as official languages of the EU. The move requires unanimous backing of the bloc's 27 member countries, and Spanish officials spent the past two years lobbying European capitals for support. Next week, Spain intends to bring the issue to a vote in the General Affairs Council, the body that prepares periodic meetings of the bloc's leaders in Brussels. But documents summarizing this week's meeting of the bloc's ambassadors, seen by POLITICO, indicate serious doubts regarding Madrid's bid. HEIRS NOT WELCOME HERE — Belgium's heir to the throne could be forced to leave Harvard University after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a ban on foreign students at the prestigious institution. Princess Elisabeth, who will be the next queen of Belgium, is enrolled in a two-year master's degree in public policy at Harvard, one of the world's most elite universities. But the Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students on Thursday, accusing the university of promoting violence and antisemitism and failing to comply with a request to hand over foreign students' information that could lead to their deportation. The 23-year-old princess, who is the eldest child of Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde, has completed the first year of grad school but will not finish for another year. She graduated from the U.K.'s Oxford University last year. She's first in line to inherit the throne, after Belgium's constitution was changed in 1991 to abolish male-only succession. Nightly Number RADAR SWEEP PICS AND PRAYERS — Since the pandemic, India's religious sites have experienced a surge in popularity. The country's Hindu temples attract hundreds of thousands of visitors every day, and experts see no signs of it slowing down. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pushed for India to become a more openly Hindu nation since gaining power in 2014, and social media influencers have helped his cause, marketing spiritual spaces around the country as 'eminently Instagrammable', writes Satviki Sanjay for Bloomberg. Parting Image Did someone forward this email to you? Sign up here.
Yahoo
27-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mecklenburg Democrats elect new leader after post-2024 election division
Mecklenburg County Democrats are moving on from their embattled leader with a new chair. The Mecklenburg County Democratic Party elected former state representative and statewide candidate Wesley Harris as chairman at their yearly convention Saturday at Little Rock AME Zion Church. He'll lead the county party through the 2026 midterms as it looks to defend its dominance in local races, improve Democratic margins in the General Assembly and counter the Trump administration's sweeping policy shifts. Saturday's convention followed a tumultuous stretch for the county party in the months after the 2024 election. Now-former Chairman Drew Kromer faced criticism and calls for resignation over a staffer's departure and allegations the party neglected African American voters. He took office two years earlier pledging to increase fundraising and bring in more professional staff, but many Democrats were disappointed once again with turnout levels in deep blue Mecklenburg. On Saturday, Harris defeated Kromer and longtime Mecklenburg County Commissioner Vilma Leake with 76% of the vote, pledging to unite the party. 'It's incumbent upon us to come together over the next two years,' he said. Despite record-setting fundraising, increased staffing and publicity about efforts to get voters to the polls in 2024, voter turnout in heavily Democratic Mecklenburg once again trailed the rest of North Carolina as Democrats failed to flip the battleground state for presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Days later the county party's then-executive director, Monifa Drayton, resigned with a letter that compared her experience to that of 'professional Black women during the Jim Crow era.' Multiple Black precincts chairs, including the first vice president of the county party's African American Caucus, told the Observer after Drayton's resignation that party leadership, including Kromer, failed to heed warnings about lackluster grassroots organizing in communities with large numbers of Black voters. The caucus later released a statement calling on Kromer to resign. Kromer did not resign and pushed back on the caucus' claims. He said the party was focused on advancing new strategies for organizing and outreach, and made investments in the African American community during the 2024 election cycle. 'What we've seen from the national results is that the party has a lot of work to do to connect with voters and to ensure that our candidates can win up and down the ballot,' he said previously. Harris announced his campaign to challenge Kromer in February with an email to supporters saying his statewide race gave him 'a front-row seat to the dysfunction that has led our core voters to lose trust in our ability to lead.' 'There was a lot of disappointment on November 5th, but the thing that stung the most to me, the one that was the most personal, was seeing Mecklenburg County drop the ball yet again,' he wrote. Leake, a fixture in local politics for decades, announced her own candidacy at Saturday's convention. Harris ultimately received 76% of the vote. Precincts get different numbers of votes based on how many votes were cast for the Democratic nominee for governor in each precinct in the last election, according to state party rules. Kromer told attendees following his defeat he remains committed to the party. 'Thank you for believing in this party and working together. Thank you for sharing your ideas. Thank you for everything,' he said. 'At the end of the day, I'm not going anywhere. I'm going to continue to stay engaged.' In his acceptance speech, Harris called for more civil debate within the party as it shapes its strategy for local elections later this year and consequential mid-term elections in 2026. 'Misunderstandings are way more common than malicious intent,' he said. 'And we're all Democrats. We all want to win.' Harris represented parts of southern Mecklenburg from 2019 to 2024 in the North Carolina House. He ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2024, losing to Republican Brad Briner by a margin of 47.5% to 52.5%. He grew up in Taylorsville and Statesville and graduated from Clemson University before a career as an economist and tax consultant. Harris told the Observer after announcing his campaign for party chair that his statewide candidacy allowed him to see what strategies are working, or not working, for other county parties. He said he'd put those lessons to use as a party chair, especially the need to connect with the community outside of election cycles. 'Don't show up a couple of weeks before the election knocking on doors,' he said. 'Show up months before, years before the big elections, and just be part of the community.'
Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
After Mecklenburg Democrats' post-election turmoil, will party pick a new leader?
Mecklenburg Democrats are poised to pick their next leader after months of turmoil following the 2024 election. The Mecklenburg County Democratic Party will hold its convention Saturday, including electing the county party's next chair. Candidates include former state representative and Council of State candidate Wesley Harris, who is challenging current Chairman Drew Kromer. Kromer faced criticism and calls for resignation in the wake of the 2024 general election over a staffer's departure and allegations the party neglected African American voters. He took office two years earlier pledging to increase fundraising and bring in more professional staff, but many Democrats were disappointed once again with turnout levels in deep blue Mecklenburg. Harris has campaigned on addressing 'dysfunction that has led our core voters to lose trust in our ability to lead.' Whoever is elected chair will lead the county party through the 2026 midterms as it looks to defend Democratic dominance in local races and respond to the Trump administration's sweeping policy shifts. Precincts get different numbers of votes based on how many votes were cast for the Democratic nominee for governor in each precinct in the last election, according to state party rules. Kromer, first elected in 2023, told the Observer when he took office his key goals were to increase the party's community presence and increase fundraising to pay for an executive director and additional staff to 'professionalize' the party. A Charlotte native, he's a graduate of Davidson College and UNC Chapel Hill and a lawyer by trade. Kromer previously served as vice chair of the College Democrats of America, a delegate to the 2020 Democratic National Convention and a member of the state Democratic Party's Executive Committee. Harris represented parts of southern Mecklenburg from 2019 to 2024 in the North Carolina House. He ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer in 2024, losing to Republican Brad Briner by a margin of 47.5% to 52.5%. He grew up in Taylorsville and Statesville and graduated from Clemson University before a career as an economist and tax consultant. Harris told the Observer after announcing his campaign for party chair that his statewide candidate allowed him to see what strategies are working, or not working, for other county parties. He said he'd put those lessons to use as a party chair. 'Don't show up a couple of weeks before the election knocking on doors,' he said. 'Show up months before, years before the big elections, and just be part of the community.' No other candidates appear to have publicly announced campaigns. Turnout and community relations have been points of contention among local Democrats since the 2024 general election. Despite record-setting fundraising and an optimistic message about efforts to get voters to the polls in 2024, voter turnout in heavily Democratic Mecklenburg once again trailed the rest of North Carolina as Democrats failed to flip the battleground state for presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Days later, Mecklenburg Democrats executive director Monifa Drayton resigned from the party with a letter that compared her experience to that of 'professional Black women during the Jim Crow era.' Multiple Black precincts chairs, including the first vice president of the county party's African American Caucus, told the Observer after Drayton's resignation party leadership, including Kromer, failed to heed warnings about lackluster grassroots organizing in communities with large numbers of Black voters. The caucus later released a statement calling on Kromer to resign. Kromer previously pushed back on those claims and calls for resignation, saying the party is focused on advancing new strategies for organizing and outreach. He said the party made investments in the African American community during the 2024 election cycle. 'What we've seen from the national results is that the party has a lot of work to do to connect with voters and to ensure that our candidates can win up and down the ballot,' he said previously. Harris said previously he'd spoken with some African American community leaders about post-2024 concerns and wants to 'build trust back.' 'We're a diverse party. Having a diverse party like that has a lot of different viewpoints, and real leadership is bringing those viewpoints together for a common goal,' he said. County party members will gather at 10 a.m. Saturday at Little Rock AME Zion Church for their yearly convention. In addition to electing county-level officers, attendees will elect delegates to the state party's executive committee and discuss resolutions and the party's platform.
