very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games
25, he/him, Aviation Mechanic, RTS & RPG gamer, #fantasy #indiewriter on #Wattpad, #Inkitt, & #RoyalRoad. #booksky šŗšøā¦ļøšš³ļøāš #NoAI šŖš šš My Goal: Create a story that's enjoyable enough for people to keep wanting more of it. https://linktr.ee/tangurple
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very direct evidence that video game piracy is important in the preservation of video games
As a clean pinned post: I will be hosting #Septopolis over the month. š Every day at 12AM EST (or approx. 6AM on a failed queued upload), a prompt will go up to yap about or workshop a piece of a "city," however you want to define that, in your world. This feed will hold the monthly & daily cards.
Sadly no, I loved the music, but I was still very much too young to have proper internet exposure at its peak
If you see this, post a monster
Iāve got my fingers crossed theyāll be on trial in the near future I like fixing things, no thanks needed. Knowing the hardware works is enough for me
Best era of EDM. Always got Ke$ha on my playlist
RIP my etsy purchases. Thereās so much good European made armor out there
Could always try working for the airlines, plenty of office jobs out there
I never knew the proud boys existed until last year. So all of this is very much a first for me Appreciate the info
Weāre going to go on a rant for a minute, and yes weāre bringing some history with us. Back in 1755, Benjamin Franklin wrote words that still echo today: āThose who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.ā
Iām assuming thatās a holocaust reference? I donāt blame you tbh, america is a scary place
I knew of her glorification of previous shooters, but none of the articles I read said anythjng about any nazi things. Is it in her manifesto or something?
A gun ban is not the solution The real solution is solving political extremism, fixing the lack of psychological help, ending bullying My prayers will be that someone who can force a major change, will step up and do it, as I cannot from where I am in life
Glorification is a problem in this country Political extremism is a problem that fuels this behavior The absence of any mental health studies, education, etc, is a major problem Thoughts and prayers are for those of us who canāt do what is needed Politicians need to step up and act
The shooting at the church in minnesota is a nightmare. I grew up in the catholic school system. Bullying does run unchecked but is often subtle, a thousand small things Being Trans has nothing to do with anything This person was clearly deeply disturbed and needed therapy, lots of it
Ah yes, Soviet āNegotiationā by firing squad
Name a Film that cheers you up!
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#WritersLift Nameās Emil Bronze, Iām a Minnesota-based upcoming writer of the Fantasy variety. Currently working on multiple projects, Heart of Oak, Carrhae Liquidators, Alliance of Oak, the Green Thorn Warband Anthology, and many more. Hoping to debut by Christmas of this year
The Cult of Sura does a hunt to celebrate oneās āComing of Ageā and the more extreme/naturalist sect āSuraās Wolvesā will cannibalize or skin their dead Enderiaās followers will throw the ashes to the moon Florists, Oakengroveās worshippers, do regular seasonal pyres for spiritual cleanses
In death, Menbyhenet had equally large ceremonies Torcallism does what I call a āClassic Christian funeralā Fylkirians bury their dead with life-time trophies Mey Le replaces the eyes with gold coins Dwarves throw the bodies into the forge and make a weapon using the body as fuel
#MythAugust 27 Each pantheon/cult/faith/etc has something. Menbyhenet had massive ceremonies and like 16 fertility/marriage associated deities In Torcallism, thereās a sword and sharpener exchange. The man hands over a sword, the woman hands over a sharpening stone #WritingCommunity
The design and behavior is peak Orange Admittedly, I wish both had a little more involvement in the movie, like a Scrat kinda deal
Is this only for already published authors?
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars I loved my widgets
Character whose lineage is bred to be super weapons, gets a pet cat and a partner who specializes in defensive magic and/or is a healer Characterās cat goes MIAā¦
Based An-Cap mindset. NGL, I have the urge to make an An-Cap religious cult in my book now solely because of this 100% would be fucking hilarious
for Sunnet āØš«ļøš¦
Now that is awesome
Please get rid of your own GenAi garbage first
As a catholic, it sucks seeing my faith, a faith intended to be a force of goodwill, be weaponized and made into all this Iām hoping Pope Leo will start threatening excommunication to all these trumpists and American āchristiansā
So my work had these available in our free use soda fridge #AW #rootbeer #newflavor Tastes like the hot fudge sundae poptart in a rootbeer float Itās whiplash and good, like you drank vanilla icecream with cold hot fudge out of a can
For most people, that is acceptable truth
The best trait Syna has? Well, my gf immediately gawked and thought her hot Syna is an actual caring person, or at least shows it to people she favors, as evident in the chapter āThe Harvest Girlā in Heart of Oak #WritingPrompt #WriteSky #WritingCommunity
Itās been 2 months since this happened. My life continues as normal but I made sure that I donāt forget the life lost. Iām honestly thinking about taking 25% of my sales, whenever I do get around to publishing, and giving those to SaveAFox.org #SuicidePrevention #WritingCommunity
#fuckAi
My partner is in college for education, and her prof is demanding that the class use ChatGPT for every assignment, and that heāll teach them how to if theyāve never used it before #FuckAi
Woohoo, there goes anything I want to buy from Etsyā¦ Fucking love my country being turned into the next Venezuela. Iām so done with this regime already, absolutely infuriating to experience
It honestly comes off as a āai wouldnt make it darkā type opinion I get people are tired of the shock and awe, the fear-mongering, the woes of every day life, and want something that makes them feel, less like hating existence But this is just the wrong way to ask for it
If you want true fluff, where it is pure escapism, read/watch Slice of Life stories/anime. Those are basically escapist copium Some are a good palate cleanser But life loses its unique luster without consequences, without intrigue or concern. Stories are warnings from the past
This whole take is insane. Yes, a lot of mediums offer escapism The reality is, stories are lessons learned. Has been since humanity could speak. Old mythos are stories about lessons Modern story telling dips into the irl political scene, even Harry Potter had notes of the UK political scene
I want to know, for all yāall who have magic in your stories Do you game-ify it like D&D? Is it just something you do on a whim? Does it have costs, unexpected effects? Does it require a spiritual patron like irl paganism? #WritingPrompt #WritingCommunity
For what grade level? Always need the wood ruler to slam against the table to get the rowdy kidās attention
I have Mohela for mine, I had fedloan previously but mine got traded around, Iāve got 22k on my head, I joined the SAVE program under biden to ease the financial pains due car payments and rent, etc. now that the program is over, Iām going back to $300/month in payments
For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE
Itās one thatāll make you ask even more questions than before, but at least from Synaās perspective, itās a bad thing
Oakengrove currently has no idea why Syna seems to despise him so. To avoid spoiling, a hint is given in the later chapters of Heart of Oak. Currently, Syna is simply making everything more difficult for him and Oak is running out of patience #WritingPrompts #WritingCommunity
Someone genuinely trying to do good The other, a complete ass or someone who wants to do good for themselves at the expense of others Alternatively, someone who just really wants to mess with the MC solely because they can and itās fun to
Eternal screaming muck, we love him
Without downloading any new images. Where are you at mentally?
Bruh, fucking lmao. Prof should lose their teaching license
RIP the legend
have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Unless itās a āthis is why you dont use itā lesson
Dudeā¦ Iād be making the biggest ass of myself in that class āOh, youāre requiring us to steal?ā āYou might as well tell me to pour oil in my lawnā āI refuse to be an accomplice in plagiarismā āIf you move forward with this, Iāll be filing a formal complaintā
I would not mind Detroit or Minneapolis / St. Paul
My first thought was Skyrim My second thought was āow my kneesā if I were to slip My third thought was to sprint up those as fast as humanly possible
Bro has something to either tell or sell to you
And unfortunately, the US Airframe & Powerplant (A&P) license does not transfer. I would have to start from scratch, on top of learning a new language, or relearning german I just hope it never comes down to that #LateNightFears #TooTired
The wild thing about how US politics is going, for the first time in my life, I actually put 10 minutes of dedicated thought behind what the emigration process to Europe would look like I thought about going to Germany or Norway, but I donāt know either language well enough
/SFC Scannow
I want in-unit laundry so badly. It financially hurts burning $1000 a year in just machine fees (i live with 3 people)
I love using the search bars to find emails with the words āunsubscribeā Then I find GNC emails where that hyperlink button is just an image I cannot unsub from GNC because their button isnāt real, I found the hyperlink and it doesnāt work I then marked their automated email address as spam
Eventually theyāll just make it blue screen your PC if you end process Edge and permanently brick it if you uninstall it I despise edge, I want Chrome to fail give me back the good olā internet explorer when a browser was just that, a browser
Awesome, comes mere days after google says āyeah, letās add more unprepared Ai to our already broken stuffā On-god, Iām about to make my business email a fucking A O L
Itās amazing what happens when, even those considered to be the āsmartestā, get stuck in a rut and are stubborn Whatās even more wild is that the French tried to do it again 20 years later expecting better results
Heart of Oak Book 1 of the Oakengrove Series How does a world respond to the awakening of a long-dead tree-god? 100,000 word high-Fantasy novel with traces of post-apocalypse, D&D story-telling, & videogame-influenced narration #Promosky #WritingCommunity #Booksky šš š¤š šŖš
Iām doing some #LateNightWriting and Iām imagining how appearances change with illusion magic. How does a slime creature make herself look like a normal human Then Iām like, what if I made her *HOT* and I mean, thicc greek goddess hot #WritingCommunity
Wait, eke is a word?
I want to write a love story between a runaway noble and a lonely fisherman I want to write a slice of life about small-town shenanigans I want to write about crossovers, what-ifs, and even a possible Isekai or a āfrom the MMORPGā perspective
I want to write about a gladiatorās escape from Emporia I want to write about banditry and corporate exploitation in Mey Le I want to write about civil unrest in Phodus I want to write about the old worldās collapse I want to write about the heroes and heroines of the Age of Monsters
#LateNightWriting One of the things I love about this book series is the infinite number of spin-offs I can make I designed a world to be literally infinite and tell a million and one stories, even if Iām not the one to tell them I have the Carrhae Duology The Green Thorn Warband Anthology
Expanding upon Syna and her malicious intentions. Sheās an absolute petty ass bitch of a character and I want to show more of it I also want to show just how ācaught in the middleā all of these countries and their governments actually are #WritingPrompt
I did not write this country as a response to todayās politics. This country existed as an old friendās RP nation from my NationStates.net days. This predates todayās nonsense but will continue to be influenced by it. What if Emperor Palpatine wasnāt the most evil sith?
Why? If one does not spend every waking moment blessing Torcall, then their life is sinful. Why did I write them like this? I wanted to show extremism that exists within an extreme. To show that unchecked power will always make things worse
Torcallism also has internal variations. The clergy in the core are more ruthless and devout than those in the outlands, with some exceptions Blayredeshia, a province halfway between the core and the furthest outland territory, is so devout, it actively hunts other humans as a national sport
It sparked a civil war in the third era which ended with the belief being reduced to nothing more than obscure cult and a police state that, even three eras later, still controls the interior with a fist tighter than the NKVD
This successor lineage claims to be direct descendants of the ascended god, Ademus Torcall. They turned on the radical human supremacist base that the Torcallist church founded itself on They believe that Torcall came to liberate humanity so that it could exist as equals, not as betters
#MythAugust 18 Iāll point specifically at Torcallism for this Torcallism has remained unchanged (mostly) for 10,000 years. Itās had a handful of breakaway sects, including one that tried to end the radicalism This breakaway, known as the Cult of Heirs, worships the successor linneage
I still buy these whenever I find them. Dollar General is 100% drop rate Gotta be the best caramel candy out there
Dropping the ball
Iām sitting here at work, barely 3 hours into my shift. Iāve been awake for almost 12 hours. Iām trying to do some writing. I canāt do edits because GDoc on mobile canāt load 366 pages AND 1800 comments. my PC at home isnāt even set up I canāt focus I wish to sleep But I have no bed
Fearless and undefined, this is what it sounds like š¹āØ #art #kpdh
I wanna try ārealā chocolate. Iām not even convinced that the āreal belgian chocolateā we get isnāt still mostly synthetic Iām so sick of everything in the US being made from engine oil and factory chemicals I want real food, with real ingredients And not cough up $200 for a weekly grocery bill
Woo hoo, love getting screwed by the conservative. Porn my ass. This is more surveillance state bullshit So sick and fucking tired of spyware. Totalitarian government.
Iād love to get real art of her. Iāll try and redo the model this weekend so I have something thatāll serve as a decent reference
I have my centaur, Kateda. I want to build a better heroforge model for her because of how bland/simple this one is Sheās intended to be a chestnut color scheme but this model is like 3-4 years old
Rumi & Zoey. I loved the bird
Iāll keep an eye out for it
Iāve been itching for a good pinball table game for a long time. Always so much fun
What about necrotic dragons? Glowing green mists, grotesque bone protrusions, the aura farming potential one has would be legendary
Oh 100% Webkins & Club Penguin were huge for my early years as a child-safe online space Safe as I knew it to be. My parents banned me from being in anything multiplayer until I was almost 14 Wouldāve been awesome to have more online friends as a kid, especially if I knew they were my age
Can we start dragging these programmers and managers through court on Pedo charges? This shit is disgusting At this point, ban it all. Cant trust people making it to not be fucking creeps
Canāt endorse it, but good lord, I wanna hear the transcripts that come from all this
There was a TV show about this topic some years back, I never finished it nor do I remember its name but I remember it being really good. Iāll have to go looking for it I also now want to tell a āhorrorā story about how this type of tech goes wrong
Letās assume a soul is a real and tangible thing. That is tied to your life, your body. You canāt leave your body unless you die A computer may be another ābodyā but your soul doesnāt recognize the computer as *YOUR* body. The soul would never reattach, even if such a scan was successful
When the lights go out, thatās it. That is the only definitive thing we know as humans. Anything beyond that is all speculative. This is death followed by image mapping. Multiple hours spent scanning your dead and embalmed brain. Itāll never actually be *you* Immortality is a scamā¦
All this is going to amount up to is Chat GPT talking to you with a personās memories/life experiences in prompt format Religious debates aside, you arenāt a computer. Computers arenāt alive. Itāll be chat GPT quoting you, not you living in a computer You wonāt even know. Youāll just be deadā¦
