Because the game is down, I figure we can keep all our angst and fretting to one thread. THIS THREAD IS IT. So to alleviate our boredom, I propose we just start hating on everyone and everything:
I sure hate those intelligent half-giant gemmers in Red Storm.
I hate people who hate my intelligent half-giant gemmer I play in Red Storm. ;D
I hate people who eat beetle meat. Possibly in Red Storm.
This is all a trick. The game isn't down. The game is done.
Tommorrow we log into arm 2.0
I like pushing people off the shield wall.
is it okay to make most of your characters of a single (IC-sensitive) race that is not human because you love playing them and can't possibly want to play anyone else? is that okay?
i LOVE PUSHING PEOPLE OFF THE SHIELD WALL
GIVE ME MY ARM BACK!!!!! ahh.
I love Arm and I love the people who made it and they can take their time. I just love this game and wish to shout my displeasure at not having it when i finally made an appointment to get some game on. i continue to shout and cry like little girl, and then go watch
THE FIVE DEADLY VENOMS
which is a wonderful and surprisingly complex and old martial arts movie.
you a martial arts or chinese fan like me go check it out its at walmart for real for real.
GIVE ME MY ARMS BACK ah hu huh huh huh huh huh hah. I WANTS IT
Haiku of Hatred:
Pale half-elf bard
Inked with the inks of Tuluk
Gemmed, and in Red Storm.
Fucking gith. Fucking gith. FUCKING GITH. FUCKING. GITH.
FUCKING GIIIIIIIITH.
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 08:32:24 PM
GIVE ME MY ARMS BACK ah hu huh huh huh huh huh hah. I WANTS IT
Lack of context is fun.
Metallica
Gith and spiders.
Riding down North Road
Ah, space vestrics beam me up
Probe without consent.
I WANTS TO GO ZALANTHAN NOWS!!!!
ah, piercings.
i hate beetle meat but i gotta eat it sometimes.
i hate thirst and hunger. i hate sandstorms and dark knights with only one useless moon.
i always surmised that the black moon was the Dragon, just a guess. like he's sleeping and going to kill us as soon as we get back into the game.
I WANTS INSIDE ARMS. mmmm.
Last line before crash:
"You are a little hungry."
Weep, write new PC.
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 08:43:00 PM
Last line before crash:
"You are a little hungry."
Weep, write new PC.
aww.
i make sure to leave some food in your hands after i steal something equivalent from your knapsack ;D
nah jk. only panic depending on where you left off? don't panic!!!
scream the horrors of an armless world with me!!
I WANTS MY ARMS BACK
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 08:46:02 PM
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 08:43:00 PM
Last line before crash:
"You are a little hungry."
Weep, write new PC.
aww.
i make sure to leave some food in your hands after i steal something equivalent from your knapsack ;D
nah jk. only panic depending on where you left off? don't panic!!!
scream the horrors of an armless world with me!!
I WANTS MY ARMS BACK
The armless, tattooed person is here, running about in a panic.
"I WANTS MY ARMS BACK!"
exclaimed the armless person,
in panicked tatlum.
Quote
Turns out the problem is because of an account mishap with the ISP. They disconnected us instead of someone else across town. Give it about 24 hours or so to be restored. Sorry for the inconvenience. Blame the ignorance of the phone company.
If I were staff, I'd be asking for a free month of service from the ISP. 24 hours? Boneheads.
you guys wanna rate this from 1 to 10?
i like criticism. or don't read it. i hate poetry. i made this up today! yay!
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skulls peering out from the sand,
half-buried in their mindless rest,
and colored orbs revolving
in the red and burnt-up sky,
and this is where water comes from,
cold-eyed templars that point at someone else,
always someone else,
and no one says a word.
tall red walls and the whispers
of the one section of town,
a thin film above the ground,
the dark tower,
their relationship to the land,
blood in every dream you have,
fire spirits devouring the world,
a long, grey film settling over everything--
and everyone---
and someone has poured water onto the dirt
and has lain down on their side,
holding sand in both hands and gazing at it with love.
rukkian
lowering your eyes,
wondering not,
suppressing small thoughts that get weaker over time as
your life gets more feeble and more estranged;
white robes passing by,
and then life resumes again.
and after all this you don't wonder and survive,
and the blood in your dreams slowly means nothing at all,
nothing is a surprise anymore,
and be glad they chose not to take your life as well.
"in my dream, the black moon unfurled like a shadowless flower,
and grew sharp-edged and a long, winding tail swept out
to grip the world in one fell move,
and an immense, film-dusted mouth with teeth the size of mountains
opened wide with a sound like a horribly sad and suicidal sigh,
and ate the world in one powerful thrust."
Calling phone company mad
Sneak, Hide, Backstab, Sap, flee, hide
Torture without consent.
A swordman has these swords for sale:
A bonesword 2000000 coins
A bonesword 40000 coins
A stick 0 coins
Lame joke...bah.
how long will it be?
I think we broke Cindy.
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 09:08:50 PM
how long will it be?
The post said 24 hours, so THAT LONG.
Reconnection of service can take up to 24 hours for all sorts of services, and I'm assuming that's what'll happen here. Operating off that assumption, the game may be accessible at any time, actually.
Well, at the very earliest it will be tomorrow morning, US east coast time. I can tell you for sure it won't be tonight. So no point in poking at it all night long. I'd suggest sleep, or failing that, take to the streets and wreak havoc.
-S
please tell me to stop cause i'm on a roll here.
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furs, hides, teeth, siltfruit soup,
four suns, it was a dream.
one sun
the red eye of a deadly giver
the black moon
the white moon
the red moon
and raiders sitting aimlessly in the sand,
waiting for their prey.
the round eyes
the almond eyes
the lucid eyes
that see more than eyes
and the image of a dead city beneath the dry waves.
Ginka needs to be relocated somewhere where the internet doesn't suck so much. :(
I should start typing up my "My character died during the crash" request now.
I hate not knowing what those horrible, horrible people are doing to my poor character!
I'm voting for havoc. Razing the streets. Looting, pillaging, setting things abl--- wait... Now I think I'm crossing RL and IC.
???
Still though... this makes me glad I got tramadol when I went in for an abscessed tooth. It's leaving me able to sleep as much as I like. In the morning, I will be at a local college, registering for schooling - after that, I will be "poking the ginka" all morning.
Also: Cutthroat, your haiku are good reading.
Cindy: I'm sorry we broke you.
Saikun: The ISP sucks.
I love the hatred haiku. Gemmed tuluki breed bard in red storm... wyn.
Quote from: Aaron Goulet on January 05, 2011, 09:31:09 PM
Ginka needs to be relocated somewhere where the internet doesn't suck so much. :(
Maybe a sever cloud?
Better start writing up new characters, many of you will be dead when we can log in.
I WANT MY ARMS
:P :P :P :P :P :P :P
DESTROY THEM ALL
ALL NPCS. take their monies!
and maybe we PCs can all get drunk in the Gaj or something and then start fighting based on race. RL race!!!!
like RL breeds fighting non... sorry okay nvrmind.
i'm a RL breed! anyone else here a breed?
i think caramel people are pretty!
i dislike the invention of the aristocrat.
i dislike nobles.
i like pushing people off the DAMN SHIELD WALL
i probably am broken. well i just had coffee, and i can't play arm... maybe its that.
I vote for havoc too...
...and for cindy to lay off the coffee. ;)
Quote from: Marshmellow on January 05, 2011, 09:36:41 PM
...and for cindy to lay off the coffee. ;)
Really, it's getting annoying.
here's a good thing tho; depending on when the phone company gets my IRON PIPE OUT OF THEIR ASS AND MY FIRES OUT OF THE BASE OF THEIR OIL SOAKED SKULL
its going to be a LOT of people online. maybe. if its soon, certainly. lots of roleplay! maybe look forward to it
Quote from: Anaiah on January 05, 2011, 09:32:24 PM
Also: Cutthroat, your haiku are good reading.
Thanks, Anaiah - was
Inspired by the archives.
Will more do the same?---
Amos reads haiku
Here comes the Lord Templar and
Death by arena.
There's always Atonement until then I guess, guys.
Woah, is it possible for our chars to die during this crash?
Are they right now on there, starving into soulless husks?!
D: just when I got one right too!
Quote from: Zoan on January 05, 2011, 09:42:38 PM
There's always Atonement until then I guess, guys.
I've been sitting in Atonement, actually. A few were talking about trying Arm while waiting for Atonement's game world to open. Funny, that.
Quote from: Kalai on January 05, 2011, 08:47:59 PM
The armless, tattooed person is here, running about in a panic.
AHAHAHA I choked on Pepsi. Damn you for that. Damn you, it burns when it comes out my nose.
Let's all metagame and form a gang in Junktown or whatever it's called in Atonement. We'll just wreak havoc until Arm's fixed. *flex*
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 09:45:29 PM
Quote from: Fredd on January 05, 2011, 09:43:02 PM
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 09:15:38 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 09:08:50 PM
how long will it be?
The post said 24 hours, so THAT LONG.
What post?
In Staff Announcements,
Nyr and Saikun posted in
Network Issue Thread.
Ahh. my god of knowledge to save the day.
On a related note:
I was needing my Arm so much that I logged onto Everquest:2 extended, made a charie with my current pc's name, went to a massively higher level then me, and got killed biy a gigantic creature in one hit.
Ahhh.... it took the edge off.
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 08:43:00 PM
Last line before crash:
"You are a little hungry."
Weep, write new PC.
This shit made me laugh, thanks cutthroat.
Quote from: Inklings on January 05, 2011, 09:46:36 PM
Quote from: Kalai on January 05, 2011, 08:47:59 PM
The armless, tattooed person is here, running about in a panic.
AHAHAHA I choked on Pepsi. Damn you for that. Damn you, it burns when it comes out my nose.
I feel powerful. ;)
Quote from: Zoan on January 05, 2011, 09:48:35 PM
Let's all metagame and form a gang in Junktown or whatever it's called in Atonement. We'll just wreak havoc until Arm's fixed. *flex*
I remember we did something like that the last time the game was down for a long time. Except it was a Star Wars MUD.
i implore you to consider, game and gambling lovers:
pogo.com
Is it legal for me to ask for a link to this atonement? since my game aint up, and I would just piddle around?
it's either that or i shall go to achae/imperin for my mud need.
Quote from: Fredd on January 05, 2011, 09:57:02 PM
Is it legal for me to ask for a link to this atonement? since my game aint up, and I would just piddle around?
it's either that or i shall go to achae/imperin for my mud need.
The irony of it is the game spoken of itself won't be up for a day or three.
Quote from: Kalai on January 05, 2011, 09:58:24 PM
Quote from: Fredd on January 05, 2011, 09:57:02 PM
Is it legal for me to ask for a link to this atonement? since my game aint up, and I would just piddle around?
it's either that or i shall go to achae/imperin for my mud need.
The irony of it is the game spoken of itself won't be up for a day or three.
Ahahahahaha.... it's a conspiracy.
Atonement is open for apps but the game world isn't open yet. Everyone is just sitting in a waiting room, pointing guns at eachother while the builders do last minute tweaks.
So then. this inquisition atonement is the right place, just nothing's going to go on?
i got too steep a learning curve wit a new MUD game. i no like, i focus my much needed attention on ARM.
one of those periods in time where you know you gotta play more often but your interest is at a temporary low point
then it got way way back up again
tonight, in fact.
*sob*
Quote from: Fredd on January 05, 2011, 10:03:07 PM
So then. this inquisition atonement is the right place, just nothing's going to go on?
Nah. Atonement RPI.
Quote from: Kalai on January 05, 2011, 10:07:59 PM
Quote from: Fredd on January 05, 2011, 10:03:07 PM
So then. this inquisition atonement is the right place, just nothing's going to go on?
Nah. Atonement RPI.
This one is rpi too... hmmmm >.> I'm gonna do random stuffs on this mud while I wait for my beloved arm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YmnG2pzVgQ
Is it the atonement set in the year 2525? Just typed in Atonement Mud in google.
If so, without reading any documentation, I concude it is similar to the link above.
Atonement RPI is a survivalist RPI mud that takes place on the moon, in the future. It's sci-fi. Aside from being harsh and an RPI, it's a lot different from Arm. They're far less withholding with information, for example. On their official wiki on the website they name some (most, all?) of the creatures in the wilds, how they hunt, whether they're poisoned, and so on. I like Arm's "find out IC" strategy a lot better, even if it can be frustrating as a newbie.
kankwhisperer, i loves yer photo
i need new photo.
just found my camera.
i return to dead thread to post pics now
hungry little mobs,
gnawing at your staring eyes,
death by zalanthas
I do believe that our website documentation has a pretty exhaustive list of flora and fauna and some pertinent details.
And there's still a lot that aren't listed. Atonement probably still has its secrets, despite a more thorough documentation. Also, it has guns. GUNS. I can't play, though, because I had some account bug they're being slow to fix. So I can't give a review.
Also, Cindy, I think you've gone insane.
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 08:43:00 PM
Last line before crash:
"You are a little hungry."
Weep, write new PC.
lol I love this.
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
Also, Cindy, I think you've gone insane.
How old are you? 8?
Sacramento.
Honolulu.
Boise.
I sure love capitals!
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 10:26:57 PM
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
Also, Cindy, I think you've gone insane.
How old are you? 8?
I don't think he was being serious about being hateful out of boredom, FYI.
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
I can't play, though, because I had some account bug they're being slow to fix.
I had the bug.
So I just made a new account.
Logged in.
Doofed around in the guest area until I became really frustrated with their vendor/variable code.
Then I decided to make a character.
Then they rebooted partway through my making of the character.
Then I didn't bother to log back in.
Quote from: Thunkkin on January 05, 2011, 10:27:28 PM
Sacramento.
Honolulu.
Boise.
I sure love capitals!
London
Moscow
Paris
I do too
Quote from: Bebop on January 05, 2011, 10:28:39 PM
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 10:26:57 PM
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
Also, Cindy, I think you've gone insane.
How old are you? 8?
I don't think he was being serious about being hateful out of boredom, FYI.
Oh, whatever, we are all bored.
The game is down. I think I might sketch a character or two, if anyone is interested. I can't promise quality, but hey, that's okay, right?
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 09:15:38 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 09:08:50 PM
how long will it be?
The post said 24 hours, so THAT LONG.
Whats sad is they took it down at 1am cst wednesday morning :/ but have to wait 24 hrs to bring it back
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
I do believe that our website documentation has a pretty exhaustive list of flora and fauna and some pertinent details.
And there's still a lot that aren't listed. Atonement probably still has its secrets, despite a more thorough documentation. Also, it has guns. GUNS. I can't play, though, because I had some account bug they're being slow to fix. So I can't give a review.
Also, Cindy, I think you've gone insane.
There are some Arm creatures that aren't on there. Also, while Arm has documentation on fauna, it's mostly lore based things while Atonement's documentation is far more specific. For example, in Atonement they specifically state which creature has poison that stiffens it's prey, or what certain creatures eat, how they hunt, what times they're asleep/awake, and so on. Arm does that for a few of them, but even then, it's speculative, with things like, "It is believed that X preys on the large Y in the area." I don't think Arm documentation definitively says, "X eats Y's, so if you see Y's dead in Z manner, then it was eaten by an X."
I much prefer Arm's method, because it encourages rumors and uncertainty. While I'm sure there is a lot unlisted, things like the wiki entry for Atlas would have been so much cooler to find out through rumors or via RP rather than reading a wiki that says there's a giant robot there that kills people.
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 10:29:33 PM
Quote from: Thunkkin on January 05, 2011, 10:27:28 PM
Sacramento.
Honolulu.
Boise.
I sure love capitals!
London
Moscow
Paris
I do too
Quote from: Bebop on January 05, 2011, 10:28:39 PM
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 10:26:57 PM
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
Also, Cindy, I think you've gone insane.
How old are you? 8?
I don't think he was being serious about being hateful out of boredom, FYI.
Oh, whatever, we are all bored.
Yeah, we're all bored. We're all frustrated our game is down. We're all wanting to chokeslam some fools at an ISP who don't double check account details.
The difference is that most of us are being pleasant about it, and those of us who do know how to be a dick in an original and oft-times amusing (to most) fashion are specifically not doing it.
Why?
Because...
QuoteYeah, we're all bored. We're all frustrated our game is down. We're all wanting to chokeslam some fools at an ISP who don't double check account details.
So please, go file off your snarky bits with a granite rasp, come back after you realize that no one here is your enemy, and realize that none deserve your rancor.
(http://files.sharenator.com/rancor_RE_fantasy_animals-s557x405-62587-580.jpg)
Atonement or Arm:
Why choose between the two MUDs?
Shoot elves with pistols.
i'm hyper, i guess. and i know it is the way i type.
and i know i didn't really do anything wrong. i'll just stop checking here and play ARM when it goes online again ;D
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 10:41:54 PM
Atonement or Arm:
Why choose between the two MUDs?
Shoot elves with pistols.
I want to give this post some sort of award. Can we give kudos for great forum posts?
Nope, the request tool's down too. ;)
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 10:26:57 PM
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
Also, Cindy, I think you've gone insane.
How old are you? 8?
I was being lighthearted about her stream of consciousness posts and apparent jonesing for RP.
I am fully cognizant of her sanity. Sorry if I offended anyone.
You didn't. Some people on this board are just super grumpy.
Chill out, everyone
Arm will kill you tomorrow
For now, laugh, and rest.---
Quote from: Celest on January 05, 2011, 10:46:16 PM
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 10:41:54 PM
Atonement or Arm:
Why choose between the two MUDs?
Shoot elves with pistols.
I want to give this post some sort of award. Can we give kudos for great forum posts?
Reading my haiku
Is reward enough for me.
Oh, shoot half-elves too.
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:51:41 PM
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 10:26:57 PM
Quote from: Erythil on January 05, 2011, 10:24:54 PM
Also, Cindy, I think you've gone insane.
How old are you? 8?
I was being lighthearted about her stream of consciousness posts and apparent jonesing for RP.
I am fully cognizant of her sanity. Sorry if I offended anyone.
i'm actually an extremely sensitive person, but for some reason, on the GDB and IG, i completely lose that and man up. i think its the game.
(http://xmung.com/snarky.jpg)
Snark attack sunback, who's up for a ride.
Quote from: maxid on January 05, 2011, 10:58:18 PM
You didn't. Some people on this board are just super grumpy.
Some people on this board are just
going through withdrawals.
Quote from: shadeoux on January 05, 2011, 10:32:10 PM
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 09:15:38 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 09:08:50 PM
how long will it be?
The post said 24 hours, so THAT LONG.
Whats sad is they took it down at 1am cst wednesday morning :/ but have to wait 24 hrs to bring it back
They could move faster, if they wanted to... sounds like they have the customer service of Comcast or AT&T, however.
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 10:31:44 PM
The game is down. I think I might sketch a character or two, if anyone is interested. I can't promise quality, but hey, that's okay, right?
I'm going off of old sketches now. It's impossible to make someone as wide as they are tall. It just does not work.
Quote from: i can haz mantis on January 05, 2011, 11:07:50 PM
Quote from: shadeoux on January 05, 2011, 10:32:10 PM
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 09:15:38 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 09:08:50 PM
how long will it be?
The post said 24 hours, so THAT LONG.
Whats sad is they took it down at 1am cst wednesday morning :/ but have to wait 24 hrs to bring it back
They could move faster, if they wanted to... sounds like they have the customer service of Comcast or AT&T, however.
Phone company boss
plays another RPI.
Tin foil hat - on.
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 11:13:49 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 10:31:44 PM
The game is down. I think I might sketch a character or two, if anyone is interested. I can't promise quality, but hey, that's okay, right?
I'm going off of old sketches now. It's impossible to make someone as wide as they are tall. It just does not work.
I've encountered this difficulty myself.
considering the service outages we've been having, perhapse they should choose a new ISP...
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 11:14:11 PM
Quote from: i can haz mantis on January 05, 2011, 11:07:50 PM
Quote from: shadeoux on January 05, 2011, 10:32:10 PM
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 09:15:38 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 09:08:50 PM
how long will it be?
The post said 24 hours, so THAT LONG.
Whats sad is they took it down at 1am cst wednesday morning :/ but have to wait 24 hrs to bring it back
They could move faster, if they wanted to... sounds like they have the customer service of Comcast or AT&T, however.
Phone company boss
plays another RPI.
Tin foil hat - on.
How about this: They play Arm, but they're a twink, and wanted to avoid an untimely death?
Quote from: Kalai on January 05, 2011, 11:16:37 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 11:13:49 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 10:31:44 PM
The game is down. I think I might sketch a character or two, if anyone is interested. I can't promise quality, but hey, that's okay, right?
I'm going off of old sketches now. It's impossible to make someone as wide as they are tall. It just does not work.
I've encountered this difficulty myself.
How did you end up solving it? I'm just going with different proportions that are "close enough".
Quote from: Fredd on January 05, 2011, 11:17:25 PM
considering the service outages we've been having, perhapse they should choose a new ISP...
i know right?
actually: curious about how the game is funded, considering i ain't seen no donation button... some rich friend?
Not every place in the country/world is such a place that one can simply get another ISP.
As implied a couple times before, the ISP itself (more than likely) isn't related to the disconnects from before.
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 11:21:28 PM
Quote from: Kalai on January 05, 2011, 11:16:37 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 11:13:49 PM
I'm going off of old sketches now. It's impossible to make someone as wide as they are tall. It just does not work.
I've encountered this difficulty myself.
How did you end up solving it? I'm just going with different proportions that are "close enough".
First you draw a square
then a smaller square on top.
Dwarf focus: Lose weight.
One cannot simply reconnect in Mordor.
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 05, 2011, 11:14:11 PM
Quote from: i can haz mantis on January 05, 2011, 11:07:50 PM
Quote from: shadeoux on January 05, 2011, 10:32:10 PM
Quote from: Barsook on January 05, 2011, 09:15:38 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 05, 2011, 09:08:50 PM
how long will it be?
The post said 24 hours, so THAT LONG.
Whats sad is they took it down at 1am cst wednesday morning :/ but have to wait 24 hrs to bring it back
They could move faster, if they wanted to... sounds like they have the customer service of Comcast or AT&T, however.
Phone company boss
plays another RPI.
Tin foil hat - on.
Phone Company, west, sneak
Stalking west, backstab
welcome to armageddon, mantis-head
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 11:21:28 PM
Quote from: Kalai on January 05, 2011, 11:16:37 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 11:13:49 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 10:31:44 PM
The game is down. I think I might sketch a character or two, if anyone is interested. I can't promise quality, but hey, that's okay, right?
I'm going off of old sketches now. It's impossible to make someone as wide as they are tall. It just does not work.
I've encountered this difficulty myself.
How did you end up solving it? I'm just going with different proportions that are "close enough".
I made the height of the torso the same as the width of the shoulders, and called it good.
Song by an old local band. I am now dubbing it " Things to do when Arm's down"
RIP frank. i miss you.
http://www.youtube.com/user/richardhalsted1984#p/a/f/0/3QmpRutI2Gc
I haven't really been around the GDB as much as I would like this last year, or at least not as much as I would like to.
Life is so busy and usually when I sit down at the computer I barely have time to dedicate 100% to arm much less the discussion board, so so things I would like to say to get caught up.
1. Anyone who's character is considering faking their own death.... now would be a good time to disappear. ;)
2. Cyberpatrol: How's your love/sex life these days?
3. I miss a lot of the GDB personalities that were around/around more when I first got hooked.
4. I love some of our new newbs to death.
4b. One in particular, I was their helper for the first PC they ever wrote (ARM was also their first mud).
This was a year or less ago.
I got to play with them for the first time ever recently, and their RP is so awesome, it makes me want to kick myself.
(expect kudos soon)
5. I love my new writting/world-creation cohort!
You've got me so fired up about my current project, I might actually start writing some of it down soon!
6. You could never express in words exactly how awesome this community is, even the rotten apples... especially the rotten apples. :D
7. I still love Dwarves and Half-elves above all, but I have found myself playing mostly humans over the past year. I don't think I've played more than one or two rangers over the past year! OMG! And no merchants at all.
8. I don't get to play Arm as much as I would like.
9. I play Arm more than I should.
10. My gemmed dwarf viv was my favorite PC ever. I heard he even had a <IC INFO> let by a <IC INFO> in the <IC INFO> after he died... damn I wish we could live as ghosts for a few days after we died to see how people react. I would loved to have been there.
11. There is one guild that I just can't seem to keep alive for more than a couple days played and forget branching... maybe one day. :(
12. Awesome haiku, Cutthroat.
13. I miss Gage Gritshaw, he was the best Zalanthan ever.
14. Cindy... I'm sorry you can't play arm and that you have no Arms... how's that voice->print software working out for you?
15. Damn, I hate that I've missed every decently close APM since DragonCon two years ago... or was it three?
15b. I take that back... Sephiroto, Spacewars, Kronibas, and myself did get together for drinks a few weeks ago.
It was great to see you all again.
15c. If you've never been to an APM and you ever have the chance... take it, you won't regret it.
16. I made a PC for Atonment a while back... who here is the person that is on staff there that told me to give it a try?
I don't think I ever even logged in. :(
17. My wife is fussing at me to come to bed.... goodnight y'all. Good luck on the rez/new apps ;)
-Lewis
FantasyWriter
PS - I was logged out before it the server went down, bwahahahah!
em gets his lootbag ready to run out collecting boots when it goes back up. :D
(http://www.askreamaor.com/images/demotivation_poster_12.jpg)
thought this was relevant
Quote from: Kalai on January 05, 2011, 11:26:26 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 11:21:28 PM
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Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 11:13:49 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 05, 2011, 10:31:44 PM
The game is down. I think I might sketch a character or two, if anyone is interested. I can't promise quality, but hey, that's okay, right?
I'm going off of old sketches now. It's impossible to make someone as wide as they are tall. It just does not work.
I've encountered this difficulty myself.
How did you end up solving it? I'm just going with different proportions that are "close enough".
I made the height of the torso the same as the width of the shoulders, and called it good.
I agree with this ratio.
Wierd, I didn't realize everyone else couldn't connect. Huh, I guess that explains why nobody was responding to me or fleeing. Got alot of nice boots though.
i gonna go ahead wit dis and go order some stuff i was supposed to get ordered
(http://www.motifake.com/demotivational-poster/0808/chuck-norris-demotivational-poster-1219689874.jpg)
(http://funniest-place.com/pictures/2009/12/twilight-demotivational-poster-01.jpg)
hope you like it :)
(http://i.imgur.com/9oR6r.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/daSlt.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/Xv2jv.jpg)
The light quality on the second two is crappy. The first one I did 12/6/10 (it has no ears). I'll probably work on this more, when I get bored. This was also done without any item mdescs, so I apologize if anything is off.
Am I the only one not attached to characters to the point where I think...Hmm. Linkdead, possibly dead of hunger. Next character!
Quote from: Reiloth on January 06, 2011, 12:57:13 AM
Am I the only one not attached to characters to the point where I think...Hmm. Linkdead, possibly dead of hunger. Next character!
Right there with you. Not to say I don't love my characters! But it certainly stings a lot less nowadays than when I first started playing.
Quote from: Fredd on January 05, 2011, 09:57:02 PM
Is it legal for me to ask for a link to this atonement? since my game aint up, and I would just piddle around?
it's either that or i shall go to achae/imperin for my mud need.
atonementrpi.com
4500
em the poorly shaved man walks in with slow limping steps. thunking a heavily saturated bag upon the table. before flopping his bare feet upon the table
say (glancing around) It's just not the same!!!!!
goes back to making innocent wild pokemon faint because he has no bone sword to use on them....
WE'RE DOOMED WE'RE DOOMED WE'RE DOOMED WE'RE DOOMED WE'RE *deepbreath* DOOMED WE'RE DOOMED.
I guess if I'm dead I can make that Gith prostitute I've always wanted.
Quote from: Rabbit on January 06, 2011, 02:14:45 AM
I guess if I'm dead I can make that half-gith prostitute I've always wanted.
FTFY
Quote from: Zoan on January 06, 2011, 02:34:01 AM
I guess if I'm dead I can make that milky pale, round-breasted, soft-haired half-gith prostitute I've always wanted.
FTFY
Playing other MUDs while the game is down is cool.
Giving away IC secrets while playing said other MUDs is not cool.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4082/4867346567_5eacc84c8d.jpg)
Glad i am on holiday ;D
Ginka needs a better location with a better surrounding network. I hereby kindly offer to adopt her! She would love Switzerland, and there would be no more disconnects and outages. Besides, we have about 5 ISPs to choose from.
When can I come pick her up? 8)
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k539/StarInkedBebop/Ginka-Y-U-no-work.jpg)
Yeah I wake up to Arm still being down...
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7310/1293923207437.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/i/1293923207437.jpg/)
Quote from: HavokBlue on January 06, 2011, 04:35:52 AM
Playing other MUDs while the game is down is cool.
Giving away IC secrets while playing said other MUDs is not cool.
Don't look at me!
I left when they started talking about that, to shield my poor ears. Not knowing and ambiguity is the best part about Arm.
Quote from: Celest on January 06, 2011, 09:39:24 AM
Quote from: HavokBlue on January 06, 2011, 04:35:52 AM
Playing other MUDs while the game is down is cool.
Giving away IC secrets while playing said other MUDs is not cool.
Don't look at me! I left when they started talking about that, to shield my poor ears. Not knowing and ambiguity is the best part about Arm.
I had hoped this was a joke. Seriously? This shit happened?
That makes me not even want to log in even if the game was up.
Fuck you, you fucking asshats. Seriously, fuck you.
I think it was a joke, bro.
After reading this thread, I want to play Arm again. ;D Too bad the game is down currently...
Quote from: Semper on January 06, 2011, 10:14:12 AM
After reading this thread, I want to play Arm again. ;D Too bad the game is down currently...
Arm is down?!??!
It's still is.
Someone should make a thread.
There is: http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,40085.0.html
I... don't think you get what just happened there.
Quote from: Medivh on January 06, 2011, 09:36:38 AM
Yeah I wake up to Arm still being down...
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7310/1293923207437.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/i/1293923207437.jpg/)
<3 Japan. ;D
Quote from: maxid on January 06, 2011, 10:26:12 AM
I... don't think you get what just happened there.
Maybe I don't.
Quote from: Aaron Goulet on January 06, 2011, 10:51:18 AM
Quote from: Medivh on January 06, 2011, 09:36:38 AM
Yeah I wake up to Arm still being down...
(http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7310/1293923207437.jpg) (http://img143.imageshack.us/i/1293923207437.jpg/)
<3 Japan. ;D
That just made my entire day!!
Is it up yet, Is it up yet... hey dad is it up yet? Mommy when's it going to be up? *inhales* mommy when's it going to be up... mommy why do you have that sword? Mommy is it up yet!
Please can someone just, let me see the mantis head. I'm not asking for much just the mantis head... please I promise I'll do anything... *twitches and jerks dark pupils threatening to swallow his eyes* please... just a peek....
'\ /`
()()
\/\\
______ \\
/ ; ; \ \\ ____________
/`\ \`-===========/~~\
/` `\/'\ -^\ /\____/^^^~>
/` `' |/ '\ '\~~~~~~~~
\ '\ '\
\__\__
`` ``
This?
Quote from: Clavis on January 06, 2011, 11:43:01 AM
just a peek....
_______ ___
/\\_____//~-_ _-~\\__
(~) ~-_ ~-_ _-~ _-~
(~) ~-_ ~-_ _-~ /-~
(~) `~-_ ~_======_--~~ __~
(~) _~_\__\____/__/_--\ ~`-_
\ _-~~ _-~~~-_ \_ ~-_
~- __--~`_ / _-~ ~. ~_
-~ \ _~ ___, \ ~-_ \
,~ _-, ~ _~ \ \ | , \ \
/ /~/ -~ / ~ / / \~ \
| | \ _~ | __-~ / _/ \~ '\ Mantis looks at you.
Something licks its insect lips.
You are for dinner.
Since we're hating, I hate surviving atacks by creatures in the wastes and surviving, only to make it to the city gates which are currently closed, rest off the pain, then run out of water, only to happen across a poisoned skin with REALLY REALLY fast acting poison, especially after having survived all this and a sandstorm to boot.
Quote from: ianmartin on January 06, 2011, 11:58:45 AM
Since we're hating, I hate surviving atacks by creatures in the wastes and surviving, only to make it to the city gates which are currently closed, rest off the pain, then run out of water, only to happen across a poisoned skin with REALLY REALLY fast acting poison, especially after having survived all this and a sandstorm to boot.
If you get yourself into this situation fairly consistently, well...I'm impressed.
Quote from: Cutthroat on January 06, 2011, 11:51:40 AM
Quote from: Clavis on January 06, 2011, 11:43:01 AM
just a peek....
_______ ___
/\\_____//~-_ _-~\\__
(~) ~-_ ~-_ _-~ _-~
(~) ~-_ ~-_ _-~ /-~
(~) `~-_ ~_======_--~~ __~
(~) _~_\__\____/__/_--\ ~`-_
\ _-~~ _-~~~-_ \_ ~-_
~- __--~`_ / _-~ ~. ~_
-~ \ _~ ___, \ ~-_ \
,~ _-, ~ _~ \ \ | , \ \
/ /~/ -~ / ~ / / \~ \
| | \ _~ | __-~ / _/ \~ '\
Mantis looks at you.
Something licks its insect lips.
You are for dinner.
mmmmmm i wuv you
It is Tommorrow
Armageddon is still gone
I'm going to cry now
Wait, what was that star wars MUD we all played when the game was down for like...2 weeks or something?
There used to be a nifty mud called Groundzero that we played a long time ago when the mud was down. I just checked and it doesn't seem to be running these days. Sad. I'd really like to drop napalm on some of you.
Star Wars: Dark Forces RPG
The MUD's back up
April Fools
Quote from: Kismetic on January 06, 2011, 01:27:50 PM
The MUD's back up
April Fools
January six
Is nowhere near April Fool's.
Assassins, kill him.
Quote from: Kismetic on January 06, 2011, 01:27:50 PM
The MUD's back up
April Fools
(http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/7772/1260228273452f.jpg) (http://img442.imageshack.us/i/1260228273452f.jpg/)
This sucks worse than the last Indiana Jones movie.
Atonement will be opening today.
I will be there (for now).
Did anybody get through their character creation? They have a nifty take on custom items -- instead of lots of different items, they have generic items with lots of custom tags. So instead of 'a bright, crimson blouse' the basic item is something like: '<qualifier> <color> <material> <type of shirt>', with options for each field. You can mix and match entire outfits in character creation that way. Kinda cool, I think.
I hope the quality of RP will be a little bit higher than what I generally found on SoI, though, since I imagine those players will be the bulk of the playerbase.
Quote from: jhunter on January 06, 2011, 01:43:27 PM
This sucks worse than the last Indiana Jones movie.
Or Spiderman 3. That one was horrid.
Or any one of those terrible Oceans 11 movies.
It's like raaAAaaAaAaaaaAaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn on your wedding day!
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 02:05:49 PM
It's like raaAAaaAaAaaaaAaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn on your wedding day!
Or a free kaaaaaaaaaaaank when you've already paid!
Man, you guys are addicts.
Busy week. Finally a day off where I can play Arm.....what is this!?
Everyone go donate $25 now so we can clone Ginka and have a contingency server set up on the opposite side of the country!
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 02:19:06 PM
Man, you guys are addicts.
That's just like your opinion man
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 02:19:06 PM
Man, you guys are addicts.
Would that YOU were more of an addict! ;)
Quote from: Malifaxis on January 06, 2011, 02:13:47 PM
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 02:05:49 PM
It's like raaAAaaAaAaaaaAaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn on your wedding day!
Or a free kaaaaaaaaaaaank when you've already paid!
It's like Allanak guards searching you for spice on your solidly-packed joint break!
Quote from: Erythil on January 06, 2011, 02:31:31 PM
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 02:19:06 PM
Man, you guys are addicts.
Would that YOU were more of an addict! ;)
The honest truth is that my quality of life suffers when I play ARM too much, but it's difficult for me to really enjoy ARM if I'm not playing too much :/ I haven't yet figured out how to be a casual player and still be motivated to log in.
Quote from: i can haz mantis on January 06, 2011, 02:33:23 PM
Quote from: Malifaxis on January 06, 2011, 02:13:47 PM
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 02:05:49 PM
It's like raaAAaaAaAaaaaAaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn on your wedding day!
Or a free kaaaaaaaaaaaank when you've already paid!
It's like Allanak guards searching you for spice on your solidly-packed joint break!
You guys suck at irony.
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 02:34:20 PMYou guys suck at irony.
That's what makes it a good translation of the song. ;)
You know what's ironic? Me waking up and my game being down still. DAMN YOU IRONY.
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 02:19:06 PM
Man, you guys are addicts.
Withdrawal is like
a haiku-obsessed Armer
Gnawing at your soul.
They suck at irony? So does Alanis. So what?
Quote from: stark on January 06, 2011, 01:23:21 PM
There used to be a nifty mud called Groundzero that we played a long time ago when the mud was down. I just checked and it doesn't seem to be running these days. Sad. I'd really like to drop napalm on some of you.
Whoa. I used to play that game way back in the day (in the 90s, when I didn't play Arm). That was a great mud.
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 02:05:49 PM
It's like raaAAaaAaAaaaaAaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnn on your wedding day!
Volcanic erruption just a mile away from it more like =P
i guess one couldn't hide spice in one's mouth hardcoded eh. in yer boots
i have this stick of weird chapstick... its thicker than three pieces of chalk and is a glittery sand brown and smells incredible and the name of it is Spice.
every time i use it i think of either Dune, Armageddon, or both.
what i wouldn't give to (IC sensitive action) with (ic-sensitive noun). spice is neat ;)
Japan is weird. i'm the only one of my friends who isn't a japanophile and loves every stupid thing that came out of that country.
Japan is weird.
I'm not a Japanophile.
However, I do love sushi, and wouldn't mind visiting Japan sometime (but not Tokyo... somewhere else, maybe Osaka).
Quote from: Marauder Moe on January 06, 2011, 02:48:19 PM
Japan is weird.
I'm not a Japanophile.
However, I do love sushi, and wouldn't mind visiting Japan sometime (but not Tokyo... somewhere else, maybe Osaka).
yeah... i mean the japanese culture is inherently interesting, my friends just take it overboard. they'll fight over one of those sports fans they wave around over there.
i love more than a few japanese shows but my real interest is Mexico and China... my god what i wouldn't give to go to those places one day.
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9154/japant.jpg)
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 02:34:20 PM
Quote from: Erythil on January 06, 2011, 02:31:31 PM
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 02:19:06 PM
Man, you guys are addicts.
Would that YOU were more of an addict! ;)
The honest truth is that my quality of life suffers when I play ARM too much, but it's difficult for me to really enjoy ARM if I'm not playing too much :/ I haven't yet figured out how to be a casual player and still be motivated to log in.
I find that setting strict logout hours helps me with that.
But yeah, definitely, life comes first!
So I get this image in my head...
Earthquakes devastate Zalanthas. Torrents of lava slosh out of the Allanak volcano. Tuluk sinks into mud. The whole of the Red Desert gets jumbled around.
*Cut to Saikun driving down a bumpy road with Ginka buckled into the front seat.*
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 02:54:55 PM
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/9154/japant.jpg)
I WANT TO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Sometimes I love you, Moe. ;D
gawd, I hope I remembered to hitch my inix and close my pack....
Quote from: Marauder Moe on January 06, 2011, 03:18:48 PM
*Cut to Saikun driving down a bumpy road with Ginka buckled into the front seat.*
Ever see Groundhog Day? Where he steals the groundhog and they drive a pick-up down the road, away from cops, and eventually, off of a cliff?
Picture Ginka as the Groundhog and Saikun as Bill Murray.
"Don't drive angry!!"
The picture I got was simply Saikun and Ginka at a table in a coffee shop, Ginka humming happily away on the table and a Latte in front of both of them.
atonement will be up in 30 mins they say. If you just want to kill time.
Ginka doesn't hum. She roars.
Quote from: Akaramu on January 06, 2011, 03:26:54 PM
Sometimes I love you, Moe. ;D
Only sometimes?
Quote from: X-D on January 06, 2011, 03:30:06 PM
The picture I got was simply Saikun and Ginka at a table in a coffee shop, Ginka humming happily away on the table and a Latte in front of both of them.
That was the second image I got. Then I imagined what would happened if a random customer asked "Hey, what's that computer doing?"
"Devouring souls."
Quote from: Saikun on January 06, 2011, 03:36:16 PM
Ginka doesn't hum. She roars.
Maybe you should replace some of the fans that isn't a good sign. J/K
Amish Overlord 8)
Oh, and Saikun was dressed like strider in the prancing pony.
Yes, he is all wreathed in shadows, despite the Starbucks being rather well-lit. It's ginka magick.
Saikun is sitting shotgun. Ginka is driving.
Ginka: So what you want to know?
Saikun: Well, spice is legal there, right?
Ginka: Yeah, it's legal. They've even got public places to smoke it.
Saikun: Those are spice dens?
Ginka: Yeah.
Saikun:That did it, man – I'm fuckin' goin', that's all there is to it.
Ginka: You'll dig it. But you know what the funniest thing about Tuluk is?
Saikun: What?
Ginka: It's the little differences. A lotta the same shit we got here in Nak, they got there, but there they're a little different.
Saikun: Examples?
Ginka (turning to Saikun): You know what they call Allanaki Flame Cheese in Tuluk?
Saikun: They don't call it Allanaki Flame Cheese?
Ginka: No, they got farty wines up there. They wouldn't know what the fuck Allanaki Flame was.
Saikun: What'd they call it?
Ginka: The Cheese Pyramid.
Saikun: The Cheese Pyramid. What do they call templars?
Ginka: A templar's a templar, but they call 'em FAITHFUL Lord Templar.
Saikun: What do they call gickers?
Ginka: I dunno, I didn't bring that shit up. But you know what they put on travel cakes in Tuluk instead of scrab guts?
Saikun: What?
Ginka: Jam.
Saikun: Krath damn.
Ginka: I seen 'em do it. And I don't mean a little bit on the side of the plate, they fuckin' drown 'em in it.
Saikun: Uuccch!
Quote from: amish overlord on January 06, 2011, 03:45:13 PM
Quote from: Saikun on January 06, 2011, 03:36:16 PM
Ginka doesn't hum. She roars.
Maybe you should replace some of the fans that isn't a good sign. J/K
Amish Overlord 8)
No way dude, that's where I keep my cat hair and/or spiders.
Wasn't the last ginka filled with spiders, or was it the one before that?
That was a couple Ginkas ago. I think in '98 or '99.
Quote from: Saikun on January 06, 2011, 03:53:51 PM
Quote from: amish overlord on January 06, 2011, 03:45:13 PM
Quote from: Saikun on January 06, 2011, 03:36:16 PM
Ginka doesn't hum. She roars.
Maybe you should replace some of the fans that isn't a good sign. J/K
Amish Overlord 8)
No way dude, that's where I keep my cat hair and/or spiders.
Is that where all the tarantula's come from that plagues pcs?
Amish Overlord 8)
Yeah, I kinda pictured Saikun in a pedophile van parked outside a coffee shop with wifi.
Quote from: Marshmellow on January 06, 2011, 03:59:11 PM
Yeah, I kinda pictured Saikun in a pedophile van parked outside a coffee shop with wifi.
I liked the Strider bit, but this is probably closer to the truth.
Although, the only bar in my town also has WiFi now. Could keep Ginka on the stool next to me.
-S
On the bar in front of you, where you keep buying it drinks and feeding bad pickup lines as you wait and see how long it takes for them to call the men in white coats.
Forget Atonement..it keeps reseting and you have to keep starting over with
initial clothing and equipment issue and that process is lengthy.
Quote from: Cowboy on January 06, 2011, 04:15:14 PM
Forget Atonement..it keeps reseting and you have to keep starting over with
initial clothing and equipment issue and that process is lengthy.
But it opened
but my character is not approved yet
bah.
anyone went to college?
'm trying to get a sociology degree. i like social work junk.
buy half-gaint
buy half-gaint
buy half-gaint
order half-gaints gaurd ginka
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 04:22:33 PM
anyone went to college?
'm trying to get a sociology degree. i like social work junk.
I'd recommend, rather, that you study something in college which actually gives you good job prospects, especially assuming you're going to have to go into debt in order to go to college. Anything technical-math-science related has good potential. Things are just not like they were 20+ years ago, when getting a liberal arts education was relatively cheap and viable for work after college.
That's not to say that I think I wasted my time on my degree in anthropology, but that if I were to do it over again, I'd do it differently. And my kids are already on notice that their college education is going to be about getting tech/science degrees of some kind.
It's still down? Oh my gawd.
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 04:26:52 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 04:22:33 PM
anyone went to college?
'm trying to get a sociology degree. i like social work junk.
I'd recommend, rather, that you study something in college which actually gives you good job prospects, especially assuming you're going to have to go into debt in order to go to college. Anything technical-math-science related has good potential. Things are just not like they were 20+ years ago, when getting a liberal arts education was relatively cheap and viable for work after college.
That's not to say that I think I wasted my time on my degree in anthropology, but that if I were to do it over again, I'd do it differently. And my kids are already on notice that their college education is going to be about getting tech/science degrees of some kind.
yeah, i don't have the option to do a science or math based degree--- i simply don't have the ability. and being a whiz kid in foreign language didn't help when my half-baked college had few options for such; and i had to change my major when they revamped english lit and made it about art movements rather than the human condition.
i understand the risks i'm taking, but i'm doing what i love doing. i know that if i got a job as a social worker i'm not going to make a lot of money, but its going to provide happiness that that money would have bought me anyway. i refuse to get a degree i despise and work a job i hate.
have to say tho, people in math and science degrees who love what they're doing, they got it made.
i'll be okay, i have low standards for myself. i want a Lincoln (beautiful cars, not high-end) and a trailer and some body jewelry and one of those old boxy tv sets from the 90s.
that and i'm a writer by soul. but getting that writing major seems like a waste of time to me. like getting a major in breathing.
i would also like to work in fast food as an alternative. given that no one's looking in the social sector for jobs, i'm not as worried as i should be.
*News Flash*
A terrible car accident occured today when a man driving with a CPU seatbelted into his vehicle lost control and crashed into a power pole. The CPU came loose of the seatbelt and was thrown through the windshield, slamming into a gas pump and causing a massive fire resulting in a fiery explosion. Fortunately, there were only minor injuries and no casualties.
The following day:
Authorities are investigating a strange burst of suicides all around the country around ten p.m. last night. All had left notes referring to something called ginka and an armageddon. Investigators believe it to be some sort of organized mass suicide but are still looking into further connections between these people.
I might do something productive and write a report to my clan imms, type up a few biographies, write an Armageddon-based story, draw a few characters, or edit a few logs to submit...
Then again, I might just end up playing ADOM. That game is strangely addicting.
Cutthroat, I'm in love with your haikus.
Quote from: Taven on January 06, 2011, 04:42:22 PM
I might do something productive and write a report to my clan imms, type up a few biographies, write an Armageddon-based story, draw a few characters, or edit a few logs to submit...
Then again, I might just end up playing ADOM. That game is strangely addicting.
Cutthroat, I'm in love with your haikus.
I have actually already done all of these. V_V
Quote from: Bebop on January 06, 2011, 04:44:23 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 06, 2011, 04:42:22 PM
I might do something productive and write a report to my clan imms, type up a few biographies, write an Armageddon-based story, draw a few characters, or edit a few logs to submit...
Then again, I might just end up playing ADOM. That game is strangely addicting.
Cutthroat, I'm in love with your haikus.
I have actually already done all of these. V_V
i'm trying to write a pair of ARM stories. one's a soap opera he said she said and the other's going to be hack and slash and action.
btw did anyone see Spartacus? reminds me oddly of the allanak arena
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 04:36:47 PM
i understand the risks i'm taking, but i'm doing what i love doing. i know that if i got a job as a social worker i'm not going to make a lot of money, but its going to provide happiness that that money would have bought me anyway. i refuse to get a degree i despise and work a job i hate.
The problem, here, is that in general I don't think there are jobs open for "social workers." Especially not in this kind of economy. So you're going to have tens of thousands of dollars in debt and work fast-food? Why not just work fast-food and skip the debt?
Also, your plan sort of presupposes you're not going to get married and don't want kids. If you are thinking about someday procreating, or otherwise supporting any humans but yourself, well, fast-food just won't cut it as a career.
If you want to do something similar to social work, but which is in high demand, I'd recommend nursing. You can make a lot of money as a nurse, and it's a wonderful helping career. There is math and science involved, of course. However, just because you don't enjoy studying math or science doesn't mean you're not capable. (I don't really buy the "I don't have the ability" reasoning from most ARMers. We're an above-average group, intelligence-wise.)
Yeah, don't have any dreams and don't work for something that makes you happy.
science, i can wade through the easy stuff. math, i don't even try anymore; because when i used to try, and the only things besides studying math that i did for three days were eating and sleeping, i still made a 36 on my test, and was relegated to something easier.
i tried going for nursing for that very reason: i killed my gpa. that was the most horrible semester of my college life and made me realize that i do have limits in science.
i believe in myself where i have proven myself and not yet proven myself, but if my face hit the floor somewhere i tend to avoid whatever that was X)
ahh... i just really, want a job where i'm helping folks bottom-line, preferably an old folks home or red cross or something... and while i really do appreciate your comments i'm not going to go do something eight hours a day that makes me miserable.
i've heard rumor at my college that there are corporate climates seeking grads who understand human interaction (psychology, english lit, what have you) but that formal atmosphere makes me uncomfortable. and i'm too stubborn to change.
i do have an advantage. i'm learning me some chinese.
if i become bilingual and trilingual that's going to rock in many ways.
i wonder if my writing sucks.
i'm not considering it as a full-time career because writing stories is kind of my life.
i want someone to tell me whether my stories suck or not. /end derail
Telling people not to go into social work because it's not a viable career because math/science is better is like telling people not to be artists or writers. >:(
I agree.
Don't be an artist or a writer.
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 05:02:47 PM
ahh... i just really, want a job where i'm helping folks bottom-line, preferably an old folks home or red cross or something... and while i really do appreciate your comments i'm not going to go do something eight hours a day that makes me miserable.
i've heard rumor at my college that there are corporate climates seeking grads who understand human interaction (psychology, english lit, what have you) but that formal atmosphere makes me uncomfortable. and i'm too stubborn to change.
I'd suggest working as a CNA, then, or perhaps even becoming a physical therapy aide. Both do require some schooling, IIRC, but not so much as becoming a nurse or a physical or speech therapist (they don't pay as well either, of course--in California I'd guess the pay is in the $12 to 20 range, which at least is better than fast-food or retail). They are also very high-demand, typically. The work is hard but they are true helping professions.
Another thing you might consider is special education. There's not a lot of demand in the current economy for general teachers or teachers of English or social sciences, but I believe there's demand for special education teachers and aides. If you're able to become bilingual in a language which is important in your community (that would be Spanish around here, or perhaps Hmong), then that gives you a much better shot at a job. Language also helps a lot in healthcare.
With your affinity for languages, you might also think about the agriculture industry. In California, it's pretty common practice for anyone who works with farmworkers to be bilingual English-Spanish. Farming isn't technically a helping career, but when you are helping people get their work done and get paid so they can feed their families, I think that's pretty satisfying.
Not all corporations are alike. But for the most part, having worked a lot in corporations (I work at a genuinely huge one, been here for over 5 years and it's a great place to work), they're not really looking for "people who understand human interaction." They're looking for people with specific degrees and skillsets.
Quote from: Marshmellow on January 06, 2011, 05:09:01 PM
Telling people not to go into social work because it's not a viable career because math/science is better is like telling people not to be artists or writers. >:(
Strawman much? I'm suggesting that there are viable careers and that social work isn't one. And that going to college with hopes of entering a non-viable career is a big waste of time and money.
As much as it pains me to say so, I think Marshmellow is spot on.
Ugh, now I have to go cry in the shower or something.
i used to think that the most miserable, soul-wracking jobs on earth leading to good dough were the dream of the century, too. then i found Dr. Steel.
i spam now. doctorsteel.com
yes, this man's medical records are public information and yes, he has been declared insane. ;) i offer no argument.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QNwkR4HU8Q&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QNwkR4HU8Q&feature=related)
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 05:15:03 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 05:02:47 PM
ahh... i just really, want a job where i'm helping folks bottom-line, preferably an old folks home or red cross or something... and while i really do appreciate your comments i'm not going to go do something eight hours a day that makes me miserable.
i've heard rumor at my college that there are corporate climates seeking grads who understand human interaction (psychology, english lit, what have you) but that formal atmosphere makes me uncomfortable. and i'm too stubborn to change.
I'd suggest working as a CNA, then, or perhaps even becoming a physical therapy aide. Both do require some schooling, IIRC, but not so much as becoming a nurse or a physical or speech therapist (they don't pay as well either, of course--in California I'd guess the pay is in the $12 to 20 range, which at least is better than fast-food or retail). They are also very high-demand, typically. The work is hard but they are true helping professions.
Another thing you might consider is special education. There's not a lot of demand in the current economy for general teachers or teachers of English or social sciences, but I believe there's demand for special education teachers and aides. If you're able to become bilingual in a language which is important in your community (that would be Spanish around here, or perhaps Hmong), then that gives you a much better shot at a job. Language also helps a lot in healthcare.
With your affinity for languages, you might also think about the agriculture industry. In California, it's pretty common practice for anyone who works with farmworkers to be bilingual English-Spanish. Farming isn't technically a helping career, but when you are helping people get their work done and get paid so they can feed their families, I think that's pretty satisfying.
Not all corporations are alike. But for the most part, having worked a lot in corporations (I work at a genuinely huge one, been here for over 5 years and it's a great place to work), they're not really looking for "people who understand human interaction." They're looking for people with specific degrees and skillsets.
Quote from: Marshmellow on January 06, 2011, 05:09:01 PM
Telling people not to go into social work because it's not a viable career because math/science is better is like telling people not to be artists or writers. >:(
Strawman much? I'm suggesting that there are viable careers and that social work isn't one. And that going to college with hopes of entering a non-viable career is a big waste of time and money.
i have to add that i admire the usefulness of 100% of ur suggestions dude.
i have a little experience with down syndrome kids because i was removed from said horror math class to go help a class of about 11. most of them function well on their own and it changed my ideas of what people with the syndrome are like. i would embrace an opportunity to work with the slight minority of them who would need someone's help on a daily basis.
EDIT: wait, forgot that last line. XD
i guess we could argue back and forth over the worth of careers one loves versus ones with stability but that kind of argument will never end.
And the damned game will still be down. >:(
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 05:23:09 PM
i have a little experience with down syndrome kids because i was removed from said horror math class to go help a class of about 11. most of them function well on their own and it changed my ideas of what people with the syndrome are like. i would embrace an opportunity to work with the slight minority of them who would need someone's help on a daily basis.
My husband once worked as a substitute aide for a community organization that provides this service in the schools. Perhaps there is an organization near you that is doing this sort of thing. IIRC, they didn't have a college degree requirement (though he does have one). Basically, he was on call to go in and be an aide for a day or two at a time to kids who had some serious needs. If he had stayed with them, eventually I'm sure he would have gotten a full-time placement doing the job.
You might also look into organizations near you which are "homes" for troubled kids, which have adult staff who provide safety and help with daily needs and so on. We have a couple of those around here. Again, you probably don't need a college degree, but you do probably need to be in reasonable physical shape, as the job infrequently involves doing a safe takedown of a kid who is out of control.
My basic message here, which has been wildly misinterpreted, is by all means do what you love: Just don't, for the good Lord's sake, go $40 to $100k in debt in order to make the same kind of money you could make while NOT going into debt.
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 05:23:09 PM
i guess we could argue back and forth over the worth of careers one loves versus ones with stability but that kind of argument will never end.
That's not the argument. This is dichotomous, black-and-white thinking, and that's not what this is about.
Thank god for Torrents. They are all that keep me sane in this time of chaos and uneasy feelings!
Added note: Anyone know good zombie flicks?
I've been on a zombie binge. Got every single resident evil and some dumb films.
Was thinking Zombie Hookers or the Dawns of the Dead and all those in that set.
Quote from: Gimfalisette on January 06, 2011, 05:31:46 PM
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 05:23:09 PM
i have a little experience with down syndrome kids because i was removed from said horror math class to go help a class of about 11. most of them function well on their own and it changed my ideas of what people with the syndrome are like. i would embrace an opportunity to work with the slight minority of them who would need someone's help on a daily basis.
My husband once worked as a substitute aide for a community organization that provides this service in the schools. Perhaps there is an organization near you that is doing this sort of thing. IIRC, they didn't have a college degree requirement (though he does have one). Basically, he was on call to go in and be an aide for a day or two at a time to kids who had some serious needs. If he had stayed with them, eventually I'm sure he would have gotten a full-time placement doing the job.
You might also look into organizations near you which are "homes" for troubled kids, which have adult staff who provide safety and help with daily needs and so on. We have a couple of those around here. Again, you probably don't need a college degree, but you do probably need to be in reasonable physical shape, as the job infrequently involves doing a safe takedown of a kid who is out of control.
My basic message here, which has been wildly misinterpreted, is by all means do what you love: Just don't, for the good Lord's sake, go $40 to $100k in debt in order to make the same kind of money you could make while NOT going into debt.
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 05:23:09 PM
i guess we could argue back and forth over the worth of careers one loves versus ones with stability but that kind of argument will never end.
That's not the argument. This is dichotomous, black-and-white thinking, and that's not what this is about.
Okay. actually, the schooling before nursing tryout was free. i had a scholarship, and i was one of two people who passed some sort of mega-test after taking an advanced writing course. poor girl was so much darn smarter than me; but she got pregnant. if i cut back, since i can't lose that mega-test grant until i graduate, i could just have this 6.5k borrowed for the rest of my college life and not have to get more for the next two years.
i'm about thirty pounds over the average healthy person, but i'm very physically frail, stupidly so. those jobs are not an option.
there should be an org near me since i've seen those workers before; and its local and not 30 miles away which is a bonus here. thanks for the idea. i would never have come up with that on my own.
for the going into debt part... i'm going to break cultural bread with you, this rather unnecessary education is a serious driving force in life for both me and my mother, who imprinted this notion in my heart at an early age from mother korea. its an honor to have a degree, and a source of pride and happiness after getting. before getting--- it is fun, a joy ride, something that you should probably be doing, and that side of the family is honestly not going to be happy if i quit now--- but i love learning too much for it to be a bother. its a problem that cannot exist for me.
/crazy asians
what i can't stand is the fact that my cousin finished high school, didn't go to college, is trying to become a rock star and that side of the family is hating on him. i dislike that. he is following his dream. i see nothing wrong with it. i wish him luck, he'll need it.
Inquiring minds would like to know: Will it be possible to keep the game up and running steadily with little downtime until a permanent home is found? Or is a considerable amount of downtime to be expected?
And I'm still offering to adopt Ginka and run her in Switzerland.
From my experience it will take exactly 242 minutes to take Ginka from its temp home to its new perm home.
Quote from: BlackMagic0 on January 06, 2011, 05:49:31 PM
Thank god for Torrents. They are all that keep me sane in this time of chaos and uneasy feelings!
Added note: Anyone know good zombie flicks?
I've been on a zombie binge. Got every single resident evil and some dumb films.
Was thinking Zombie Hookers or the Dawns of the Dead and all those in that set.
28 Days later: Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eunaclr-WgU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eunaclr-WgU)
28 weeks later (sequel): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RtvP7tGJm4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RtvP7tGJm4&feature=related)
The first one was better though, like so often.
I am legend trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewpYq9rgg3w (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewpYq9rgg3w)
I think the fruit is too ripe for eating, still.
Armageddon Reborn loads tonight, but shhh, don't tell anyone. It's a sekrit!
Quote from: FantasyWriter on January 06, 2011, 06:36:57 PM
Armageddon Reborn loads tonight, but shhh, don't tell anyone. It's a sekrit!
Woah that means I won the end of the world plot. GO ME!
QuoteIs College Worth it?
Cindy Gimf Etc. Etc.
I'm going to agree with Gimf. on this one. Unless you love a degree with limited prospects SO MUCH that you MUST pursue schooling in it, in a vocational-calling sort of way, I would not recommend taking it just to take it.
I was an English major in college, and luckily I did not have to pay my own way, but right out of college I had to work for minimum wage. It was a document without value. I really appreciate the generosity of my parents and I feel deeply enriched as a person, but at the same time, I have to consider whether or not it was worth it -- if I would have been better served investing that money and taking time to study on my own, at a much lower price, for instance. Or working for four years, climbing up to lower management, and having a resume more formidable than most of those my age.
It all depends on what you want to do, but it's definitely non-trivial time and money considerations, so having a longwinded conversation and even more lengthy considerations right now, before you are committed, is probably very wise.
Quote from: Lizzie on January 06, 2011, 06:38:54 PM
Quote from: FantasyWriter on January 06, 2011, 06:36:57 PM
Armageddon Reborn loads tonight, but shhh, don't tell anyone. It's a sekrit!
Woah that means I won the end of the world plot. GO ME!
Durza sorc ranger, here I come!
No Armageddon makes Moe...
...
...actually it makes me quite productive. :-\
Re: college
Can't you pair just about any field of study with a business degree these days and end up with something useful?
Artists and writers can get into marketing pretty easily. That's a profitable yet creative field. Heck, smart marketing divisions/companies might want someone with a sociology background too. A business degree/minor/focus is like a degree multiplier. Same for computer programming/engineering.
Might want to look into that: combining (or dual majoring) sociology and business.
Dual majoring or major/minoring is actually quite a good idea, if you are driven.
45 minutes and I get to leave work and go home to Arm! (hopefully... Saikun said 8pm est, right? Right?!)
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 05:50:08 PM
for the going into debt part... i'm going to break cultural bread with you, this rather unnecessary education is a serious driving force in life for both me and my mother, who imprinted this notion in my heart at an early age from mother korea. its an honor to have a degree, and a source of pride and happiness after getting. before getting--- it is fun, a joy ride, something that you should probably be doing, and that side of the family is honestly not going to be happy if i quit now--- but i love learning too much for it to be a bother. its a problem that cannot exist for me.
/crazy asians
what i can't stand is the fact that my cousin finished high school, didn't go to college, is trying to become a rock star and that side of the family is hating on him. i dislike that. he is following his dream. i see nothing wrong with it. i wish him luck, he'll need it.
As you said, let's break cultural bread. The generation (and maybe a generation or a half before that) that is approaching 20 - 30ish range was raised to think each block of education prepared one for the next step which eventually prepared one to go to college for four years at which time a mid-level entry job would be handed out. That is, many followed school because of the money... not the education. When they got out and found there was no magical "here's your new high-ranking employment" they became frustrated (mult that if they were 1st or 2nd generation to go beyond high school). I guess what I'm saying is sadly it's a bit of a cultural thing for people to be a bit bitter when it comes to higher learning right now.
Secondly, give a few years for Tea Party to quiet down (they hate public servants like social workers) and you're going to find ample jobs open to you in the fields of social work and elderly care (Boomers are getting older!! Some are enjoying being active seniors, others working to rebuild their nest eggs, some raising grand kids... but pretty soon they'll join the rest homes)
With all this free time everyone has, they should be voting for Arm on TMS and TMC.
Sigh. This stinks. Tomorrow I have to go overseas to "Where There Is No Internet Land "for two months. Two months, no email, no internet NO ARMAGEDDON. I had hoped to spend my last couple days here, playing Arm to my hearts content. I have been patient. I have been REALLY patient. But the game is still down.
Is it ok to break down and throw things now?
I can haz Arm, sooon?
Quote from: Clavis on January 06, 2011, 07:27:01 PM
I can haz Arm, sooon?
OOOH!! We need more LOLarm!!!!
*twitch*
Quote from: My 2 sids on January 06, 2011, 07:22:30 PM
As you said, let's break cultural bread. The generation (and maybe a generation or a half before that) that is approaching 20 - 30ish range was raised to think each block of education prepared one for the next step which eventually prepared one to go to college for four years at which time a mid-level entry job would be handed out. That is, many followed school because of the money... not the education. When they got out and found there was no magical "here's your new high-ranking employment" they became frustrated (mult that if they were 1st or 2nd generation to go beyond high school). I guess what I'm saying is sadly it's a bit of a cultural thing for people to be a bit bitter when it comes to higher learning right now.
Secondly, give a few years for Tea Party to quiet down (they hate public servants like social workers) and you're going to find ample jobs open to you in the fields of social work and elderly care (Boomers are getting older!! Some are enjoying being active seniors, others working to rebuild their nest eggs, some raising grand kids... but pretty soon they'll join the rest homes)
Uh. I'm not "bitter" about higher learning. I went to college because I wanted to, not because I thought it would grant me a job, and studied something I enjoyed studying. I managed to get out of there with no debt (20 years ago exactly) with a degree from an extremely prestigious university, because I transferred from the local community college and my parents paid part and I worked the whole way through AND because it was, compared to what it costs today, insanely cheap. (I believe it was in the range of $3k per year in academic fees for me to attend UC Berkeley, at the time.)
But knowing what I know now (that I would be required to be the sole supporter of my family, also that I enjoy working with numbers), if I had it to do over again under the current conditions (poor job prospects, expensive higher education), I would do something very, very different. I might not go to college at all; and if I did go, I'd definitely choose to study something that would justify the cost and time.
IMO, the romanticization of the liberal arts degree and accompanying "bohemian" lifestyle is something that anyone who comes from a lower-middle-class or working-class background can't really afford; rather, it's an aping of the educational leisure of the upper classes and ultimately serves to keep the lower classes in our place (because we end up with a crapton of unnecessary debt and then have to go to work at the bottom rung of the corporate machine anyways). But heck, if your parents can afford to send you off to do something that's fundamentally a consumption of resources rather than production, and you wanna do it, then go for it.
Bottom line is companies (no matter how large or small, no matter if the position to be filled is important or trivial) hire people. And people often come in two sets: those with job-skills and those with people skills (and a very few who manage to have both). Hiring managers can teach job-skills ;)
Had I done things differently, I would have taken more electives and fewer job-related courses.
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And I love Moe yet again. I just remembered I still owe you a drink.
Quote from: i can haz mantis on January 06, 2011, 07:19:45 PM
45 minutes and I get to leave work and go home to Arm! (hopefully... Saikun said 8pm est, right? Right?!)
Around there. He'll need to boot her up and all that. but hopefully within 30 mins
Quote from: Norcal on January 06, 2011, 07:26:11 PM
Sigh. This stinks. Tomorrow I have to go overseas to "Where There Is No Internet Land "for two months. Two months, no email, no internet NO ARMAGEDDON. I had hoped to spend my last couple days here, playing Arm to my hearts content. I have been patient. I have been REALLY patient. But the game is still down.
Is it ok to break down and throw things now?
If you have a laptop, you can use a satalite ISP. there expensive, but if you really wants net..... (my friend brought one on his second tour of Iraq)
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Hey, we broke Atonement, too.
Haiku mixed with cats?
Cats can make great poetry
When not scratching eyes.
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Quote from: Erythil on January 06, 2011, 08:00:02 PM
Hey, we broke Atonement, too.
It started broke.
Oh, while I can asks.....
There used to be a mud out there. It was all ascii mapped. You built forts, and turrets, and the whole game was pvp. There was a couple people running servers years ago, does anyone know this game/ know a server? Great time killer.
Edit: when I say "built forts" I mean you literally built walls of turrets a to keep people out, a weapon shop to make guns, an armor pace, a secret weapons lab, ect. all were represented on the map. And you could go pwn in real time.
Moe, Cutthroat, you're my heroes
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game not down game go up, me play game must arm must arm already playin the Celtic music must arm arm must must arm
gotta arm gotta beat them all... *twitchs spastically eyes rolling wildly* please I just want to play
I don't care if the mantis comes and eats my head just wanna play just wanna do that one thing with that one person and then do it again.
While Armageddon was down, I booked a residency of four shows in May, 2 shows in February, finalized recording prospects that don't put my band in the hole too much, three out of town gigs in February, and helped build a website.
...
Am I the only one that's kind of grateful the game went down? I like having my routine shook up.
I guess I'm weird that way; I usually enjoy power outages, too.
I've always sorta wished Arm did go down from time to time for a few days.
Then some of us might well... have lives. :D
This is why I miss Saturday downtimes.
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Any updates on my beloved Arm....*sniffle*.....I'm worried
Somebody has checked on Saikun, right? Someone make sure he didn't get backstabbed while trying to steal interwebs for Ginka!
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Cause Tuluk haz style
Brave Tulukie Noble and his entourage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4SJ0xR2_bQ)
9:00, Arm isn't up...
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that's why
To wait for Ginka or to go to bed early?
This downtime will not stand. I want a free month.
Updateminute?
Quote from: maxid on January 06, 2011, 09:20:20 PM
This downtime will not stand. I want a free month.
Hate to tell you, but your subscription is overdue. If you just FPM me your credit card number, I'll get that all taken care of for you, and get you 3 months free.
How to pass the time?
KFC chicken bucket
craft bone into knife.
League of legends anyone?
Quote from: Derain on January 06, 2011, 09:30:56 PM
League of legends anyone?
Eh DDO is my usual free MMO, that or EQ2 extended.
Quote from: Derain on January 06, 2011, 09:30:56 PM
League of legends anyone?
I've still got an account, though I haven't played in months.
All I know is that I'm going fucking crazy here. I work twelve hour shifts... Sometimes fourteen or fifteen depending on how busy we are. And taking shit from thirty bosses all day, and having damn near impossible deadlines drives me fucking crazy. All I want to do is come home to some goddamn Armageddon and live someone else's life for a few hours... Come on, Ginka, straighten your ass up.
Quote from: Azareth on January 06, 2011, 09:48:56 PM
...and live someone else's life for a few hours...
50% of why I play Armageddon, right there!
*breaks out the duct tape and branches*
please work and make my arm betterz
*sob* Why?
Quote from: Cindy42 on January 06, 2011, 04:46:54 PM
Quote from: Bebop on January 06, 2011, 04:44:23 PM
Quote from: Taven on January 06, 2011, 04:42:22 PM
I might do something productive and write a report to my clan imms, type up a few biographies, write an Armageddon-based story, draw a few characters, or edit a few logs to submit...
Then again, I might just end up playing ADOM. That game is strangely addicting.
Cutthroat, I'm in love with your haikus.
I have actually already done all of these. V_V
i'm trying to write a pair of ARM stories. one's a soap opera he said she said and the other's going to be hack and slash and action.
btw did anyone see Spartacus? reminds me oddly of the allanak arena
I wrote the report. Now I just have 3-4 bios to write. I'll never run out of PCs to draw, it's just a matter of being interested enough.
I may actually be productive and do something not Armageddon related... But probably only after I've exhausted all the bio writing, planning, and drawing I can handle.
Where are your stories set, Cindy? I've done two Armageddon stories, but only one is up in original submissions. I would really like to turn a couple of my older PCs into Armageddon stories, and submit some of the stories that they created in game. Sometimes I feel torn between submitting a log of events and writing a story about it. I have yet to actually buckle down and write about said character, however.
Quote from: Marauder Moe on January 06, 2011, 07:44:01 PM
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The half-giants took them out so they can stand at the bar.
WOOHOO!
http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,40410.msg578128.html#new
Quote from: FantasyWriter on January 06, 2011, 10:12:49 PM
WOOHOO!
http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,40410.msg578128.html#new
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I WANT that sticker on Ginka.
I want the surplus Russian rifle ammo
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http://www.zalanthas.org/gdb/index.php/topic,40410.0.html
Great now the FEDS are gonna confiscate it
I think this thread should of had Kudos in it's titles... cause seriously how many games have you played where it goes down and everyone continually bombards you with questions about when it's going to be up....
Quote from: Clavis on January 06, 2011, 10:26:59 PM
I think this thread should of had Kudos in it's titles... cause seriously how many games have you played where it goes down and everyone continually bombards you with questions about when it's going to be up....
Most of the online games I've played, honestly..
It's online, SO ITS YOUR RIGHT TO DEMAND THAT EVERYTHING WORKS -NOW-, AND YELL UNTIL IT DOES!!!111
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Ginka's ridin' duuuurty.
Quote from: Clavis on January 06, 2011, 10:26:59 PM
I think this thread should of had Kudos in it's titles... cause seriously how many games have you played where it goes down and everyone continually bombards you with questions about when it's going to be up....
Every one of them.
But this did help pass the time
seriously?? haven't found a game that can hold my attention for any length of time.
Quote from: Clavis on January 06, 2011, 10:30:15 PM
seriously?? haven't found a game that can hold my attention for any length of time.
Serius as a half giant prostitute.
Going to bed. Goodnight, all.
Quote from: Fredd on January 06, 2011, 10:31:37 PM
Quote from: Clavis on January 06, 2011, 10:30:15 PM
seriously?? haven't found a game that can hold my attention for any length of time.
Serius as a half giant prostitute.
hopefully she hands out boards and rope for her clients
website's up
QuoteArmageddon last booted 11 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds ago.
How....
It is currently high sun on Dzeda, the 152nd day of the Ascending Sun
In the Year of Suk-krath's Peace, year 65 of the 21st Age in Zalanthas.
Progress!
Quote from: Marauder Moe on January 06, 2011, 10:42:31 PM
QuoteArmageddon last booted 11 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds ago.
How....
LOL I was just about to say that!
Lies and Deciet!
I thought I was doing so well. Sure, I kept the broken Arm website tab up in the background just in case, but compared to some people I've been extremely well behaved. But when the website came up and all I could think was, "Ohgodohgodohgodohgod it's almost up!" I realized that I was just as far gone as everyone else.
GAME IS UP FOOLS. ;D
Quote from: Celest on January 06, 2011, 10:45:44 PM
I thought I was doing so well. Sure, I kept the broken Arm website tab up in the background just in case, but compared to some people I've been extremely well behaved. But when the website came up and all I could think was, "Ohgodohgodohgodohgod it's almost up!" I realized that I was just as far gone as everyone else.
I bet theres 25 people spamming "connect" right now, over and over.
Quote from: Aaron Goulet on January 06, 2011, 10:46:36 PM
GAME IS UP FOOLS. ;D
Lies and deciet! it's rejecting my connections
It's still not completely functional....atleast for me....
You guys will all rush to go hunting and traveling and then cry when you all go back linkdead in 20 minutes from some unexpected network errors.
MUDSEX IS YOUR SAFEST BET TONIGHT
Quote from: Fredd on January 06, 2011, 10:46:52 PM
Quote from: Celest on January 06, 2011, 10:45:44 PM
I thought I was doing so well. Sure, I kept the broken Arm website tab up in the background just in case, but compared to some people I've been extremely well behaved. But when the website came up and all I could think was, "Ohgodohgodohgodohgod it's almost up!" I realized that I was just as far gone as everyone else.
I bet theres 25 people spamming "connect" right now, over and over.
Quote from: Aaron Goulet on January 06, 2011, 10:46:36 PM
GAME IS UP FOOLS. ;D
Lies and deciet! it's rejecting my connections
Yeah, I lied. Looks like it's just the website. The "11 days" bit kinda scares me. Let the flood of ressurection requests begin!
Quote from: Marauder Moe on January 06, 2011, 10:42:31 PM
QuoteArmageddon last booted 11 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds ago.
How....
Telling you... that's the info for 1.Arm... the one about to launch is 2.Arm....
why does noone ever believe me? :(
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 10:49:36 PM
You guys will all rush to go hunting and traveling and then cry when you all go back linkdead in 20 minutes from some unexpected network errors.
MUDSEX IS YOUR SAFEST BET TONIGHT
I did that RIGHT before it went down.
...Omg..... I killed Ginka with my Mudsex!
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 10:49:36 PM
You guys will all rush to go hunting and traveling and then cry when you all go back linkdead in 20 minutes from some unexpected network errors.
MUDSEX IS YOUR SAFEST BET TONIGHT
Noted. ;)
Quote from: FantasyWriter on January 06, 2011, 10:50:15 PM
Quote from: Marauder Moe on January 06, 2011, 10:42:31 PM
QuoteArmageddon last booted 11 days, 7 hours, 21 minutes and 25 seconds ago.
How....
Telling you... that's the info for 1.Arm... the one about to launch is 2.Arm....
why does noone ever believe me? :(
Check page 1. I said this in the begining ;)
Quote from: Fredd on January 05, 2011, 08:31:53 PM
This is all a trick. The game isn't down. The game is done.
Tommorrow we log into arm 2.0
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 10:49:36 PM
You guys will all rush to go hunting and traveling and then cry when you all go back linkdead in 20 minutes from some unexpected network errors.
MUDSEX IS YOUR SAFEST BET TONIGHT
Don't forget to eat and drink your fill first, though.
Quote from: Fredd on January 06, 2011, 10:50:26 PM
Quote from: Malken on January 06, 2011, 10:49:36 PM
You guys will all rush to go hunting and traveling and then cry when you all go back linkdead in 20 minutes from some unexpected network errors.
MUDSEX IS YOUR SAFEST BET TONIGHT
I did that RIGHT before it went down.
...Omg..... I killed Ginka with my Mudsex!
Must have been one hell of an orgy considering you've asked the Staff what happened to the 'meeting' since everything was on fire when it crashed on you :o
I guess I must wait for tomorrow! :(
Shhh, it was an orgy/sacrifice at the volcano in TEk's back yard.
WOOT
edit: that is to say, I'm in
There are 0 visible Immortals currently in the world.
There are 2 players currently in the world, other than yourself.
Guys? Where are you guys? Why don't you try to log in, guys?
I'm in
god people get a life it's just a game you all acted like it was the end of the world or something *innocently whistles as he rapid fires the connect key*
QuoteThere are 13 players currently in the world, other than yourself.
I am impressed.
There are 2 players currently in the world, other than yourself.
Get in.
I was number 7!
Game is up.
Wow, I haven't seen the game move like this in quite a while.
Armageddon's back
Have no fear, Ginka is here
Yeah. Haiku and stuff.
I think ginka likes its new home. Perhaps if we send Saikun regular offerings of ammo, booze, and .... "spice" ... it will continue to operate in this manner.
Holy cheezus it's alive!
There are 37 players currently in the world, other than yourself.
yeah. told you there were bunches of us just waitin'. Admit it, were all addicted.
As much I would like to play, I think I'll hold off until tomorrow.
Who knows if it'll cut out again on us tonight, eh? Don't want any crazy lag-induced deaths or something.
CMUD won't log me in. Is there a new address or something?
Yeah, I am beyond tired, but I just had to get in and get me a hit before bed. :D
Quote from: Cowboy on January 06, 2011, 11:20:26 PM
CMUD won't log me in. Is there a new address or something?
Use armageddon.org to connect, not the IP address.
Anyone else using CMUD? Can you tell me how you set up your new session please?
I logged in, and then quit. HAH. TRY TO KILL MY PC NOW.
Now, to never log in again. I'll be safe.
Quote from: Azareth on January 06, 2011, 09:48:56 PM
All I know is that I'm going fucking crazy here. I work twelve hour shifts... Sometimes fourteen or fifteen depending on how busy we are. And taking shit from thirty bosses all day, and having damn near impossible deadlines drives me fucking crazy. All I want to do is come home to some goddamn Armageddon and live someone else's life for a few hours... Come on, Ginka, straighten your ass up.
That's fucking depressing to read. Not that I'm much different, which makes it even more depressing.
Quote from: spicemustflow on January 07, 2011, 12:20:52 AM
Quote from: Azareth on January 06, 2011, 09:48:56 PM
All I know is that I'm going fucking crazy here. I work twelve hour shifts... Sometimes fourteen or fifteen depending on how busy we are. And taking shit from thirty bosses all day, and having damn near impossible deadlines drives me fucking crazy. All I want to do is come home to some goddamn Armageddon and live someone else's life for a few hours... Come on, Ginka, straighten your ass up.
That's fucking depressing to read. Not that I'm much different, which makes it even more depressing.
I don't think it's that depressing, life is hard, for most people, even those not found online. It's more like a small positive that people managed to find Armageddon, a place where their imagination, personality strengths and so on can be appreciated by peers. I see it less me hiding from what I have IRL and going to what IRL could never provide for me.
Logged in. Sat at the bar. Contacted a few people, they weren't around. Logged out. Business as usual.
Quote from: Mooney on January 07, 2011, 01:15:11 AM
Quote from: spicemustflow on January 07, 2011, 12:20:52 AM
Quote from: Azareth on January 06, 2011, 09:48:56 PM
All I know is that I'm going fucking crazy here. I work twelve hour shifts... Sometimes fourteen or fifteen depending on how busy we are. And taking shit from thirty bosses all day, and having damn near impossible deadlines drives me fucking crazy. All I want to do is come home to some goddamn Armageddon and live someone else's life for a few hours... Come on, Ginka, straighten your ass up.
That's fucking depressing to read. Not that I'm much different, which makes it even more depressing.
I don't think it's that depressing, life is hard, for most people, even those not found online. It's more like a small positive that people managed to find Armageddon, a place where their imagination, personality strengths and so on can be appreciated by peers. I see it less me hiding from what I have IRL and going to what IRL could never provide for me.
Eh, some of the responses on here remind me that addiction is definitely present in online gaming.
Quote from: Reiloth on January 07, 2011, 03:07:58 AM
Quote from: Mooney on January 07, 2011, 01:15:11 AM
Quote from: spicemustflow on January 07, 2011, 12:20:52 AM
Quote from: Azareth on January 06, 2011, 09:48:56 PM
All I know is that I'm going fucking crazy here. I work twelve hour shifts... Sometimes fourteen or fifteen depending on how busy we are. And taking shit from thirty bosses all day, and having damn near impossible deadlines drives me fucking crazy. All I want to do is come home to some goddamn Armageddon and live someone else's life for a few hours... Come on, Ginka, straighten your ass up.
That's fucking depressing to read. Not that I'm much different, which makes it even more depressing.
I don't think it's that depressing, life is hard, for most people, even those not found online. It's more like a small positive that people managed to find Armageddon, a place where their imagination, personality strengths and so on can be appreciated by peers. I see it less me hiding from what I have IRL and going to what IRL could never provide for me.
Eh, some of the responses on here remind me that addiction is definitely present in online gaming.
Addicted, who's addicted, shuttup you don't know me go away I can stop whenever I want to stop JUDGING MEEEEEEEE.
I went to sleep 5 hours earlier than usual today, just so when I woke up I could game it up on some armage. Maybe I should be posting this on the addiction thread.
Quote from: Reiloth on January 07, 2011, 03:06:35 AM
Logged in. Sat at the bar. Contacted a few people, they weren't around. Had Mudsex Logged out. Business as usual.
Fixed it for you ;)
Quote from: Fredd on January 07, 2011, 04:52:48 AM
Quote from: Reiloth on January 07, 2011, 03:06:35 AM
Logged in. Sat at the bar. Contacted a few people, they weren't around. Had actual sex Logged out. Business as usual.
Fixed it for you ;)
FTFY
Quote from: Saikun on January 05, 2011, 09:27:15 PM
Well, at the very earliest it will be tomorrow morning, US east coast time. I can tell you for sure it won't be tonight. So no point in poking at it all night long. I'd suggest sleep, or failing that, take to the streets and wreak havoc.
-S
I'll need you as an alibi.
It's up, so locking this beast up. Go pk some noobs.