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| The Legendary - 4/27, 4/28, 4/29 |
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Posted by: Wiregeek - 04-26-2019, 04:30 PM - Forum: The Legendary
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Going to be on CoH a LOT this weekend.
I'll be getting @Vyperpunk into the SG, @Mag Flashlight is already in, we'll be inviting anyone that I remember or posts here, I'll update this post as more folks get joined up and officered.
We'll be running on Torchbearer server, vs the new Excelsior machine.
i25 public server, bring your IOs, bring your fists!
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| Google "Endgame" Easter Egg |
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Posted by: Bob Schroeck - 04-26-2019, 10:52 AM - Forum: General Chatter
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Google has a fantastic Avengers: Endgame easter egg today.
Search on "thanos", and then click the Infinity Gauntlet that appears over in the summary panel on the right.
Click it again to "undo".
Works on both mobile and desktop.
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| Well, that was... something. Not "fun". |
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Posted by: robkelk - 04-25-2019, 07:27 PM - Forum: General Chatter
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Just spent a little over an hour stuck in an elevator.
Amazing how peaceful it was to just do nothing... except when building security kept asking whether I was okay. (I would have played music, but I forgot to recharge my phone. Hence, do nothing.)
I'll be talking with my contact in building security tomorrow about it. For now, it's just nice to be able to sit down.
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| Original Fiction Recommendations |
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Posted by: Wiregeek - 04-25-2019, 04:59 PM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction
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I know this is a loose fic for "other people's _Fan_fiction", but I've been digging on a couple of web serials that are really doing good by me
The first is Overgeared - the beginning is _hard_, Grid is an absolute shit of a person. But once he gets his feet under him, he starts to really improve as a person. Korean, _very_ Korean, VRMMO based light novel. Ongoing.
https://www.wuxiaworld.com/novel/overgeared
The second is.. an odd duck. And NSFW!
https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/8894/e...rge-chests
The MC is.. a complicated topic. The LitRPG elements are strong, and over time, the author has really improved. However, I found the story compelling from the get-go, and with the recent spoilery significant changes to the status of the MC, even more so. The sexual content is thick on the ground, but it's _on the ground_. The MC is completely asexual. Which doesn't help his poor extreme masochist succubus minion at all. Or his masochistic battle demon minion.
The spinoff, 'Small Chests are Fine Too' is a good read as well. Worth spacing it, starting it when Fizzy leaves the group and then switching back to the main book once finished.
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Posted by: Wiregeek - 04-25-2019, 02:20 PM - Forum: General Chatter
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For my sins, I inherited my father's 21' Hewescraft Sea Runner..
Got the first level inside cleaning done, going to try and get the second level cleaning (vacuum out and spray off the dirt from the boxes) and rebuild the fuel system this weekend.
"BOAT" stands for "Bring Out Another Thousand", I'm here to tell ya..
Anyone else do boating, or spend time on the water?
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| Snippet: Woolie predicts your future. Yes, YOURS. |
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Posted by: classicdrogn - 04-25-2019, 12:55 AM - Forum: Other People's Fanfiction
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The following is a bit of development for a character I'll probably never use, but who sticks in my mind and dribbles scene fragments every now and then. His name is Wallace "Woolie" Wolsley, pronounced like "mostly" with a few bits turned around or corners knocked off. Yes, he does normally wear a knit cap and often a pullover sweater as well, he's not as young as he used to be and gets a chill all too easily. He's a retired officer of the British Army who's now a more or less successful private detective, depending on whether you look at his case record or bank balance, and a divination-specialized mage or psychic, depending on the setting. Sadly, psychic readings are not admissible evidence or he'd probably be a much better paid investigator. He's your wizard if you want to find out what your cat does during the day though, or your spouse last night. This is the part of his introduction that always comes right after his talents come up:
"And before you ask, you die. Sooner or later everyone does, that's the thing about the future. Fortunately, I only see a few seconds ahead at best, and have never sought for more as that's just enough to know when to duck without sucking all the joy out of life. No, seeing the past, seeing the present, those are far more useful overall. Know those and anyone with half a brain can predict the future at least as well as some riddle-spouting, crystal-gazing twaddle merchant, and more importantly plan for more than a single possibility that likely as not will change by the time you get there."
If he or someone vaguely similar or just the name seems like he'd be useful for something you're writing, go ahead and adopt him. I can consult further if you'd like, but really anything you come up with will probably be just as good and more likely to fit into your own story.
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| [OOC][WIP] Callahan's |
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Posted by: robkelk - 04-23-2019, 06:33 PM - Forum: The Attic
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Way back in the first planning thread, we talked about adding Callahan's to the Metacontinuity. Here's a first draft of the wiki page... which I did completely from memory, so please point out any errors I made.
Welcome to Callahan's!
Open the door - the thick wooden door, split by the head of somebody being forcibly evicted (for being an asshole) and never fully repaired - and walk in. See the jukebox in the corner, its neon lights dark and its power cord cut. See the piano with the well-worn keys, and the electric guitar amp sitting beside it. See the dartboard. See the one washroom, labeled "Folks". See the bar, and see that there are a lot of quotes written on the back wall where you'd expect to see a mirror. See that you can see all this because the place is well lit.
You're at Callahan's.
And if this is all you can see, you've come at a time when nobody's in to have a drink (alcoholic or not). Be amazed, because such times are very rare.
Mike Callahan - a big man, with a heart as big as the rest of him - is usually behind the bar. Whatever you preference is, he either has it or has something close, even if he has to step into the back room for a moment to get it. He doesn't have to step into the back room to get Bushmills (or Hawaiian Kona coffee or real cream, if an Irish Coffee is your preference; although they call that drink "God's Blessing" here and serve it in a proper coffee mug). There's a "free lunch" corner at one end of the bar - with beef sandwiches that have enough meat to actually taste.
On busy nights, Tom Hauptman is behind the bar with Mike. A preacher who lost his faith when his wife died, he's found a new family among the bar's regulars.
"Fast Eddie" plays the piano - usually barrelhouse style, which he says he learned at a house of very good repute. (If he thinks you aren't the type who'll raise a fuss, he'll add that the brothel is owned and operated by Mike's wife, Sally.) Jake Stonebender plays the guitar that plugs into that amp; if he's playing on his own, he's likely playing folk. Jake and Eddie have developed a sound that's all their own, neither overpowering the other.
The clientele is mostly male, but by the time they installed the coffee maker for "God's Blessing", women in the Place were unusual but not noteworthy.
The calendar at Callahan's goes Sunday, Monday, Punday, Tall Tales Night... Audience participation on Punday and Tall Tales Night is not just encouraged, it's expected. "Doc" Webster - an actual M.D. - is usually the one who sets the pace those nights, being the regular with the most seniority. The teller of the worst pun or the tallest tale gets his bar tab refunded. (And he gets to go home with one of the more attractive female regulars, Josie Bauer, if both he and Josie are interested in such things with each other. Josie has a thing for men with a sense of humor.)
It's a merry place, most nights.
But if you've got a problem, and you want to talk about it, everything else stops and you've got the attention of everybody in the Place. (If you don't want to talk about it, and somebody starts prying... well, there's a reason why the front door was never fully repaired.) And there are a lot of smart people in the Place's regulars - and some intelligent people and some well-educated people, too.
Callahan's in the Metacontinuity
Every city with a residence has a Callahan's Place... and they're all the same place, inside. Walk in the door in San Antonio and you just might see somebody who walked in the door in Ottawa.
This doesn't mean you can use the Place as a transport medium, though. You always leave by the same door you came in - even if two people leave at the same time.
There are doors to Callahan's in other cities, too. Basically, if somebody needs to find the Place so they can talk about what's hurting their soul, they will. But curiosity seekers will have a difficult time finding the door.
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Posted by: Wiregeek - 04-23-2019, 06:05 PM - Forum: Drunkard's Walk II: Robot's Rules of Order
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Just got back on the forums, might as well get back on the fic..
Sylia's really worked up about Rule 11.. poor thing, realizing that people are people and you need them! Very pleased with her characterization.
Lisa's about to bite off more Doug than she can chew..
More as I find 'em!
Edit: Lisa. Derp.
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