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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,202
    edited May 2013

    Woolyloach said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Woolyloach said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...my weakness is Political Thrillers. Similar to mysteries, but with more "wheels within wheels".

    Those take some work, especially weaving in subplots. Too much trouble for meeeeeeeeeeeee!


    ...you should have been in my RPG group when I was running my Rhapsody in Shadow campaign (which spawned the Leela story). There were so many wheels turning that the players' heads were spinning.

    Was real fun to manage in the days before I got my first notebook pooter.

    I have a file drawer three quarters full with notebooks (of the spiral bound variety), folders with sketches of locations & characters the players would meet as well as floor-plans and maps (used a Michelin map of Europe, as well as city maps of London, Vienna, Zagreb and Beograd - the last being pretty hard to find and the one i have is all in Cyrillic - to plot their trails).

    The cool thing about the game system I used (FASA'a Shadowrun) was that many of their "canned" missions used what is known as the "Decision Tree" format which promoted subplots rather than the railroading "dungeon crawl" type most other systems employed. If the team played heir cards right, they could accomplish the mission without going though every segment.though they might miss critical information or contacts that could make some scenes easier to handle.

    For example, they could succeed in extracting the heiress who was kidnapped and get the plans for a new prototype drone, but fail in getting "paydata" that listed names of Lonestar officers "on the take" (which their "Johnson" would have rewarded them extra for) because they bypassed the HR datastore in the corp's matrix in their haste. In what is called the "picking up the pieces" segment, Lonestar (a commercial police service similar to OCP in Robocop) would later do a round up of the "usual suspects" which could include some of the characters' contacts (and in this game, contacts are better than gold).

    Even my SF RPG campaign that i ran for almost three years back in the 80s was pretty much a political thriller set in the future. The notes from that fill another file drawer plus a small milk crate.


    Yeah I totally geek on that kind of stuff.


    "...remember DImitri, miles to go before I sleep"

    Wow, that's pretty cool! Sounds like it'd be fun to play, if a bit mentally challenging.

    ...thanks,

    Yeah not your usual "whack the monster or bad guys & take the treasure" scenario. I tend to approach RPGs like a group story telling session which is also why I'm not into MMOs or PC/Console games. As I have mentioned I also spent time in theatre on both the secondary and collegiate level, mostly on the tech side, but did manage to have a few acting roles along the way as well.

    During the course of the campaign I developed a very convincing British accent though playing one of the main "GM run" characters (also spent a lot of time when I still had a telly watching the "Beeb") which I occasionally find myself falling into in RL sometimes. Actually had people ask me if I was from the UK.

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,202
    edited May 2013

    ...bugger, Magento (or Cloudflare - never know which one to blame anymore) still sending me to the login page when I try to post a response. Clicking the back arrow and resubmitting usually fixes it, but still an annoyance nonetheless.

    This site is still so buggy it makes an ant colony look like a ghost town (and yes I clear my cache regularly even have an "Empty Cache" button on my browser toolbar).

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,202
    edited December 1969

    Woolyloach said:
    The Smilies Are Gone (to the tune of "The Trill Is Gone")

    The smilies are gone
    The smilies are gone away
    The smilies are gone baby
    The smilies are gone away
    Maybe eaten by flourescent slugs
    Hope they come back someday


    The smilies are gone
    They're gone away from DAZ
    The smilies are gone baby
    The smilies are gone away from DAZ
    Although, I'll still live on
    There ain't emotes that I can haz

    (heh heh)


    ...love the way you worked the fluorescent slugs in.
  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...bugger, Magento (or Cloudflare - never know which one to blame anymore) still sending me to the login page when I try to post a response. Clicking the back arrow and resubmitting usually fixes it, but still an annoyance nonetheless.

    This site is still so buggy it makes an ant colony look like a ghost town (and yes I clear my cache regularly even have an "Empty Cache" button on my browser toolbar).

    I've been getting 504 errors all day, here. Very annoying. I'm amazed I haven't lost post yet.. now watch me lose one. Meh.

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,202
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    Woolyloach said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    10 hours to staycation. 10 hours!

    dancing jiggy - jiggy/jiggy

    snips snips

    Have a great staycation! Render long and prosper.. hee hee!


    tee hee. rendering under the influence of daiquiris should be fun.

    i need something to help decorate my kitchenette to look like a tiki bar. need a tiki, :) , straw, coconuts.
    **note to self *** pick up fresh raspberries and strawberries for daiquiries
    ...just watch out for the Render Police. I hear they have stiff penalties for RWI. :silly:

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Woolyloach said:
    The Smilies Are Gone (to the tune of "The Trill Is Gone")

    The smilies are gone
    The smilies are gone away
    The smilies are gone baby
    The smilies are gone away
    Maybe eaten by flourescent slugs
    Hope they come back someday


    The smilies are gone
    They're gone away from DAZ
    The smilies are gone baby
    The smilies are gone away from DAZ
    Although, I'll still live on
    There ain't emotes that I can haz

    (heh heh)


    ...love the way you worked the fluorescent slugs in.

    Thanks! Now I need to do a florescent slug render this weekend! I have a drive-in and a diner it can ravage... heh!

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Woolyloach said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Woolyloach said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...my weakness is Political Thrillers. Similar to mysteries, but with more "wheels within wheels".

    Those take some work, especially weaving in subplots. Too much trouble for meeeeeeeeeeeee!


    ...you should have been in my RPG group when I was running my Rhapsody in Shadow campaign (which spawned the Leela story). There were so many wheels turning that the players' heads were spinning.

    Was real fun to manage in the days before I got my first notebook pooter.

    I have a file drawer three quarters full with notebooks (of the spiral bound variety), folders with sketches of locations & characters the players would meet as well as floor-plans and maps (used a Michelin map of Europe, as well as city maps of London, Vienna, Zagreb and Beograd - the last being pretty hard to find and the one i have is all in Cyrillic - to plot their trails).

    The cool thing about the game system I used (FASA'a Shadowrun) was that many of their "canned" missions used what is known as the "Decision Tree" format which promoted subplots rather than the railroading "dungeon crawl" type most other systems employed. If the team played heir cards right, they could accomplish the mission without going though every segment.though they might miss critical information or contacts that could make some scenes easier to handle.

    For example, they could succeed in extracting the heiress who was kidnapped and get the plans for a new prototype drone, but fail in getting "paydata" that listed names of Lonestar officers "on the take" (which their "Johnson" would have rewarded them extra for) because they bypassed the HR datastore in the corp's matrix in their haste. In what is called the "picking up the pieces" segment, Lonestar (a commercial police service similar to OCP in Robocop) would later do a round up of the "usual suspects" which could include some of the characters' contacts (and in this game, contacts are better than gold).

    Even my SF RPG campaign that i ran for almost three years back in the 80s was pretty much a political thriller set in the future. The notes from that fill another file drawer plus a small milk crate.


    Yeah I totally geek on that kind of stuff.


    "...remember DImitri, miles to go before I sleep"

    Wow, that's pretty cool! Sounds like it'd be fun to play, if a bit mentally challenging.

    ...thanks,

    Yeah not your usual "whack the monster or bad guys & take the treasure" scenario. I tend to approach RPGs like a group story telling session which is also why I'm not into MMOs or PC/Console games. As I have mentioned I also spent time in theatre on both the secondary and collegiate level, mostly on the tech side, but did manage to have a few acting roles along the way as well.

    During the course of the campaign I developed a very convincing British accent though playing one of the main "GM run" characters (also spent a lot of time when I still had a telly watching the "Beeb") which I occasionally find myself falling into in RL sometimes. Actually had people ask me if I was from the UK.

    Cool! I was in drama club in High School (much to Moms delight and Dads horror), didn't do any real acting but helped build sets and the like. It was pretty fun.

    I've played "classic" DnD with a DM who I swear was loony, we'd kill critters and they'd clink falling down, cut 'em open and woah! Treasure inside! Very weird, like the time the other 2 players ganged up on me, knocked me out and stole all my stuff. Argh!

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,202
    edited May 2013

    Woolyloach said:
    Kyoto Kid said:

    ...love the way you worked the fluorescent slugs in.

    Thanks! Now I need to do a florescent slug render this weekend! I have a drive-in and a diner it can ravage... heh!

    ...TentaSquirrel Battles the Giant Florescent Slug From Omicron VII

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,202
    edited December 1969

    ...currently DLing a really cool hair bundle from Rendo which will work well with my Cyber World/Shdowrun scenes.

    http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sav-alpha-moikana/97250/

    http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sav-alpha-scalp/99012

    Both are set up for Genesis as well.

    16$ & change for the bundle.

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    13 more hours to pitchers of margeritas and no alarm clocks for 10 days in a row.

    uv index of 9. ... don't know if thats ugh or luv.


    ...things beginning to finally look up for us here slowly after nearly two weeks of ick and poo weather. Not quite Margarita weather yet until about mid week next week.

    Supposed to make it back into the mid 70s by tomorrow.


    70f is nice. specially with a lil breeze to lift the hair off neck. ahhhh

    70 is beer weather. 80's and up is tropical drink range :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    M F M said:
    ps1borg said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...my weakness is Political Thrillers. Similar to mysteries, but with more "wheels within wheels".

    Saw Girl With Dragon Tattoo twice, two versions, didn't understand any of it, must be an art movie :lol:


    Did you see the other two movies too? (or read the books - Girl who played with fire, and Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest). They're as good (or better) as the first...

    PS haven't seen any ransom notes yet...


    read the first two. she's a math genius and she shops Ikea :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    ps1borg said:
    Real heavy rain, wind, lightning, thunder. The weather radar looks colourful today :)

    there be a place named Lara there :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    Woolyloach said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    10 hours to staycation. 10 hours!

    dancing jiggy - jiggy/jiggy

    snips snips

    Have a great staycation! Render long and prosper.. hee hee!


    tee hee. rendering under the influence of daiquiris should be fun.

    i need something to help decorate my kitchenette to look like a tiki bar. need a tiki, :) , straw, coconuts.
    **note to self *** pick up fresh raspberries and strawberries for daiquiries
    ...just watch out for the Render Police. I hear they have stiff penalties for RWI. :silly:


    groan ... now the Cheap Trick song is in my head ... Dream poh-lees - poh-lees poh-lees


    .

    THANK GOD ITS FRIDAY! omg so tired. lol

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    nite-nite my friends :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Morning. Been raining for 24 hours. Rooftops haz the shinning under a luminous pale grey sky. Traffic is banked up everywhere, I guess a bridge or two are affected or maybe everyone is leaving town, is hard to tell :lol:

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    Woolyloach said:
    The Smilies Are Gone (to the tune of "The Trill Is Gone")

    The smilies are gone
    The smilies are gone away
    The smilies are gone baby
    The smilies are gone away
    Maybe eaten by flourescent slugs
    Hope they come back someday


    The smilies are gone
    They're gone away from DAZ
    The smilies are gone baby
    The smilies are gone away from DAZ
    Although, I'll still live on
    There ain't emotes that I can haz

    (heh heh)


    ...love the way you worked the fluorescent slugs in.

    hehe great

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-enjcgV1o

  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited May 2013

    Hmm... anybody except me think that maybe the constant rounds of thunderstorms and Super cell tornado's running through that part of the US on a daily/nightly bases just might have effected connections to the site? Watch the news if you live here. You might catch whats been happening for the last week or so.

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,202
    edited June 2013

    ...maybe they are messing with wherever the CloudFlare servers are. This is one of the reasons I don't care for cloud services and I'd never put my personal stuff on one. I know what the weather in my locale is doing and can take the necessary precautions, but half or all the way across the country is a totally different matter and I have no control over that.

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  • JaderailJaderail Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    Neither does DAZ 3D or the sever farms, uplinks to those farms and other links in the chain to any user.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Working now :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Jaderail said:
    Neither does DAZ 3D or the sever farms, uplinks to those farms and other links in the chain to any user.

    There would be chat on NANOG about any regional failure

    http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2013-May/subject.html

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,214
    edited December 1969

    Complaint: I've been awake since 1:30 a.m. I did not want to be awake. Sleepy now, so I'll wake up late. I didn't want to do that, either.
    There are no smileys, but this sums it up nicely.

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,214
    edited June 2013

    Happy freakin' June...
    And <80 to go.</p>

    Post edited by TJohn on
  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    it's not possible to parent to a morph, correct?
    so a mustach prop wouldn't move with the visemes?
    or eyelash jewels to eyelashes?
    parenting beard straggles to lower jaw isn't going to accomplish anything?

    Not a prop no ( merged geometry it depends ) but conformers are what are useful for beards, moustaches etc :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Complaint: I've been awake since 1:30 a.m. I did not want to be awake. Sleepy now, so I'll wake up late. I didn't want to do that, either.
    There are no smileys, but this sums it up nicely.

    Awww.

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  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Kulay Wolf said:
    brings in a yogurt bar and places it next to the wall.

    mmmm scrumptialicious :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Woolyloach said:
    Kyoto Kid said:
    Misty Whisky said:
    13 more hours to pitchers of margeritas and no alarm clocks for 10 days in a row.

    uv index of 9. ... don't know if thats ugh or luv.


    ...things beginning to finally look up for us here slowly after nearly two weeks of ick and poo weather. Not quite Margarita weather yet until about mid week next week.

    Supposed to make it back into the mid 70s by tomorrow.

    Brrrr! It's current 92f outside at 3:31pm. 90s all weekend! Time to locate the sunscreen...

    KInda cool and soggy after 24 hours of rain. River is running high and fast, lots of debris and foot bridges are being washed away across town. I love water so happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy happy :)

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    ps1borg said:
    Real heavy rain, wind, lightning, thunder. The weather radar looks colourful today :)

    there be a place named Lara there :)

    Lara is here as well

    very long URL

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...currently DLing a really cool hair bundle from Rendo which will work well with my Cyber World/Shdowrun scenes.

    http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sav-alpha-moikana/97250/

    http://www.renderosity.com/mod/bcs/sav-alpha-scalp/99012

    Both are set up for Genesis as well.

    16$ & change for the bundle.

    yes real cool :)

  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited December 1969

    Just ordered something from Amazon (Japan). Will see how this turns out. If all goes well, I might grab a few more of the comics in this series.
    http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/4758012229/ <--- Dis one.</p>


    Hm... I wish I felt more like drawing D: I want to draw, but it just isn't coming to me...

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