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SunRuanEr
subscriber, 508 posts
Sat 8 Jul 2023
at 15:55
  • msg #938

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Finally managed to catch a TV series that I'd never been able to find anywhere (at least not affordably) midway through season 2 yesterday and got it set to record - AND for added bonus, found season 1 on demand on my streaming service!

Hooray!
Hunter
member, 1977 posts
Captain Oblivious!
Lurker
Mon 31 Jul 2023
at 21:53
  • msg #939

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I think that I've finally kicked the soda habit after thirtyish years.   Next challenge....sugar.
WhiteComic
member, 473 posts
In omnia Paratus
Unus Annus
Mon 31 Jul 2023
at 22:02
  • msg #940

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In reply to Hunter (msg # 939):

That's awesome! Good for you! You can do it! I cut soda and sugar out of my own diet many, many years ago and it has been wonderful on my health.
Smoot
member, 189 posts
Tue 1 Aug 2023
at 09:51
  • msg #941

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In reply to SunRuanEr (msg # 938):

What show?
SunRuanEr
subscriber, 515 posts
Tue 1 Aug 2023
at 16:43
  • msg #942

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Killjoys, Smoot. =)

I'd been looking for it (affordably) for quite some time, and just happened to stumble across it on SyFy one night that my spouse hadn't already commandeered the TV for their usual Friday night viewing.
GreenTongue
member, 1150 posts
Game Archaeologist
Tue 1 Aug 2023
at 18:07
  • msg #943

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I was so happy they let it run to a pause point and didn't just kill it mid-story like so many others.
Might even be worth paying a streaming service, if you haven't seen it.
V_V
member, 1102 posts
Event: Departure
Horizon: March 3rd, 2033
Wed 30 Aug 2023
at 15:05
  • msg #944

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I want to sincerely and directly, but openly--so as to reach all mods without demanding them read an Rmail as "needed" or "demanding"--express my deepest appreciation for tweaking my post. I understand it was within their power to delete it wholesale, and had I taken a few more minutes before hitting post from review I would not have needed to be moderated. I will do better, for the community, and especially in the letter of the rules quite literally. This is, however, a good thing. I have learned a line I crossed and recognize it with a nudge and compassionate but stern finger of disfavor. To be clear, a finger as it "1" or "one minute" not rude finger. As in a warning that very well could have--if not for the humanity of this moderation--been a shove back in line. Thank you! I should have been quicker with those words. I thank you, whomever made the kind and precise excision, and whomever stayed their hand, whomever would have paused to consider a vent worthy to preserve the heart and not the bile. I am very much humbled by your generosity and reminded to read what I write longer than I feel is best and instead also consider to I know what I post is best within a certain degree of certainty.

I also want to thank the patience of the nine slides that were given. I appreciate this empirical fairness. I appreciate everyone that donates to the costs of the server, and the mods and the code, and most of all, I am ashamed but deeply grateful to be given a seat in jase's gaming post store.

Today made me feel a mercy was given, where justice could have been dealt with impunity. I will endeavor to burn this line into my textual retina.

Thank you moderators for your part in my experience, as a gamer, as a user, as a problem, as a person. Thank you.

I hope this was not inappropriate. If it was...next time I will rmail it. I wanted this thank you to be waiting for you on your doorstep, not to ring the bell to distract you. I hope I made the right decision. If not, I will from now on know the right decision.
Hunter
member, 1996 posts
Captain Oblivious!
Lurker
Wed 30 Aug 2023
at 20:50
  • msg #945

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In reply to V_V (msg # 944):

That's because the mods here are AWESOME!
V_V
member, 1105 posts
Event: Departure
Horizon: March 3rd, 2033
Mon 4 Sep 2023
at 17:22
  • msg #946

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Got my Altar for Season 28. Haven't seen a Primal since then, but that's okay. It was a very fun penultimate to a game that made me choose my first gaming computer, and changed so much! I distinctly remember playing with all rares and magic items against those damned Mallet Lords, and I look fondly upon the Homunculus I found with my Witch Doctor. I really felt like I had community for times in the game's lifespan. I got to be somewhere between casual and serious. And that was fun! I'm looking forward to the Ethereals again some far flung day, as I really wanted to play a Crusader. LMAO. Season 29 though....wow! That's what I ended on with Season 28, for the Echoing Nightmares. Gonna be fun to pony up!

Glad the season is ending though! I have my games on RPoL set for then. Coincidence, but still nice.
SunRuanEr
subscriber, 528 posts
Thu 21 Sep 2023
at 13:25
  • msg #947

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It's a silly thing, but every year when my spouse takes my car in for an inspection, the guys at the shop - even when it's not the same guys year-to-year - always gush over it. This year they were offering to buy it for cash on the spot. This makes me feel warm and fuzzy.

...and maybe a bit like an awesome parent, since it's going to go to the kid that's about to get their license.

(For context, my car is old enough to drink, so it's always nice to be reminded that it's still kinda cool!)
This message was last edited by the user at 13:32, Thu 21 Sept 2023.
bazhsw
member, 84 posts
Mon 16 Oct 2023
at 20:08
  • msg #948

Re: More good stuff.

This may not be the thread for it, but there are times when I read a game set up, and I don't have the headspace or time to join, but there is so much love, care and attention in the set up I just want to say to the GM, 'wow, I can't be in this game right now, but your work is brilliant'.  Now I recognise that maybe that sounds a bit weird, but it's easy to grumble about players and GM's but it's important to recognise our collective creativity and effort that makes our hobby so wonderfully rewarding.

Maybe I am just filled with a bit of positivity, but it really does amaze me how wonderfully creative some people are.
NowhereMan
member, 502 posts
Tue 17 Oct 2023
at 03:50
  • msg #949

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In reply to bazhsw (msg # 948):

I very occasionally receive a similar message, and it's always a delight. Please continue, and I hope your post encourages others to do the same.
shinanai
member, 198 posts
Tue 17 Oct 2023
at 06:52
  • msg #950

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In reply to bazhsw (msg # 948):

Yes, please! :)
Smoot
member, 196 posts
Tue 17 Oct 2023
at 21:00
  • msg #951

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In reply to bazhsw (msg # 948): Very thoughtful!
OBorg
member, 27 posts
Mon 23 Oct 2023
at 12:52
  • msg #952

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Got a double hit :)

After a looooooooong time in IT I took a career diversion into a slightly different job which still involves me using a computer most of the time, and given my background I immediately became the office IT guy.
Couple of months ago the owner brings in his home PC for me to have a look at "Worked okay, turned it on one day and everything was powered up but the screen was black."
Easy job I thought...until it wasnt. Long story short it wasnt the graphics card and I diagnosed it down to being either the motherboard (not a consumer model) or the CPU (Intel 10700k), and nothing else in the office was compatible to swap bits to test. Pretty sure it was the mobo which I found a genuine part from a reseller for £150. If it wasnt that it was probably the CPU at £300 second hand off ebay.
He bought the mobo, and it didnt work.

Face meet egg, reputation meet toilet...

I'm somewhat vindicated when a week later he gives it to a local PC repair place who after two weeks come back with the same conclusion as me, and they dont want to spend £300 for a second hand CPU that they cant be sure will fix it either. Machine is discreetly pushed into the corner.
Last week I'm looking at an upgrade for my home PC and found a couple of places selling brand new Intel 10400 CPUs for £95 and suggest to the boss we could try it, and if it doesnt work we can get hold of a generic mobo and upgrade one of the older office PCs.
CPU arrives next day, I plug it in and after several spchinter clenching reboots the boss's machine is now working, albeit slightly slower but he doesnt need a 10700k for email and visio diagrams.

Which segues me neatly into my second success. My new job involves a huge amount of time creating office and building plans in Visio, and I finally managed to get the Arc tool in Visio to draw a decent semicircle! Sounds stupidly simple, but every time I use it the centre point of the arc biases itself to one side and makes an uneven curve. I'm not sure if the method I use is the best or offical one but it works.
Hunter
member, 2004 posts
Captain Oblivious!
Lurker
Sat 28 Oct 2023
at 03:13
  • msg #953

Re: More good stuff.

I'm doing....better.   Not up to GMing....but better.
OBorg
member, 28 posts
Sat 28 Oct 2023
at 12:46
  • msg #954

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Hunter:
I'm doing....better.   Not up to GMing....but better.

Welcome back!
V_V
member, 1121 posts
Condition: CovID
Prognosis: TBD
Sun 12 Nov 2023
at 04:45
  • msg #955

Re: More good stuff.

I said it privately, but I want to say it here too. Good to see you back in the pool of players at least. I...I hope this alright to say :s...I came to understand you might be playing Shadowrun. I'm glad you have a goal that will help you refresh and get through that/this streak of GM hiatus, and hopefully play some. :)



I have other good news. Well...not news, but something to actually be...eh...I'll just say it's another topic.

I have lived in Johnson County Kansas most of my life. I've always had residence here. So I can only compare my fanship for a movie series to the (Missouri) Royals and Chiefs; through the 90's and such. My topic is, however, one I am not allowed to discuss the whole, due to site rules, but I think it safe to generalize it as mostly garbage. The Saw series, with Tobin Bell.

So...I have watched EVERY Saw movie, every time it was out to rent. I was SOOOOOOOOOOO upset by Spiral, just livid. That was the straw that broke the camels back, but in Jigsaw fashion that was such a good let down to see Saw X. I loved Saw X so much. I had to really go into it knowing it wouldn't beat the original...but....it kinda did...for me! Not objectively. Just in my kind of taste. I know Alien, Aliens...should of stopped there, but both have their own genre. I feel like Saw, Saw X and Saw II complete what really is in my own little canon, the trilogy.

No spoilers, but I love the three of them. Saw X though...gotta say it's my favorite. I only disliked two of them. Again, even though it's garbage, even in a genre of mess,  I won't give spoilers, but two really had me hitting the bed (where I would sit for all but the last three--Jigsaw, Spiral and Saw X) in frustration. It was an ordeal to go to (then) red box, or get it from Netflix (for the two) and I was just like, wtf, that wasn't a twist that was a waste. Spiral, however, I don't count. I forget the count, but...simply put two really were almost as bad as spiral.

That's it though. I know it's not "good" stuff if it were real, but it gave me a good entertainment. This was my 2022 and 2023 Birthdays and last year's Christmas gift. On a lark, and because it was so recommended, and WAY too much to rent, I splurged and just bought it. I'm glad I did. I really am.

I'll always love Harry Potter's movies despite anything else, because it came when I was destitute but had my first home as an adult. I love LotR, because it was when I was first in my gaming hayday. I will, now, always love Saw, Saw X, and Saw II for the period that is marked. From zero to sixty to broke down and back on the road finally.

Anyway, I just wanted to say, it's dramatic. I recommend Chris Stuckman's review if Saw is a "maybe" for you. It is, however, faithful to the atrocity of the series without undoing it, or rehashing it. So if you haven't seen (≈70%) of them, you may not understand some context, but you don't need to. If you've been burnt out, but sat through the whole spill, and want to give Saw X a try, I recommend it; when the time is right for you.

That said, I know this is kinda of counter to the thread spirit, and bit macbre, but for me, for some, it's a kind of win.

If Saw is absolutely not your thing. I understand. I truly do. There are movies, movies people like, a lot of people like, that just...bug me...or bore me. For me, just from my point, it was a good break up with an old life into a new one.

</steam>
GreenTongue
member, 1159 posts
Game Archaeologist
Mon 13 Nov 2023
at 20:44
  • msg #956

Re: More good stuff.

Reading that felt like watching a bond fire. Yes, there was light and heat but also destruction. Burning books, artworks and antiques can give the pleasure of not freezing to some but sadness to others. How is this related? SAW.

I do like a good bonfire and the weather is starting to be perfect for one.
V_V
member, 1130 posts
Sat 2 Dec 2023
at 21:54
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  • msg #957

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This message was deleted by the user at 22:13, Sat 02 Dec 2023.
V_V
member, 1131 posts
Destination Critical
Inescaple Velocity
Sat 2 Dec 2023
at 22:16
  • msg #958

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I just, minutes ago, realized the fact I can still, and only I (and the mods) can read my posts years after they're made, I think it's important feature that shows just how innovative jase was in designing failsafes.

I am getting closure on a chapter of my life, and helping my on again off again friend get closure, while she can, in the last year of her mother's life. I feel best when I am loved but loving, as a verb, loving someone.
Hunter
member, 2031 posts
Captain Oblivious!
Lurker
Wed 6 Dec 2023
at 14:04
  • msg #959

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I think that I've finally switched from Windows 11 to Kubuntu, though it's only been a few days.   The oddest part is going to log into the online games I used to play...and they're not installed.    Change for the better, so far.
facemaker329
member, 7484 posts
Gaming for over 40
years, and counting!
Wed 6 Dec 2023
at 23:56
  • msg #960

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End-of-season bonus checks can be a wonderful thing...I'm often in a situation where I can't afford to be without my car for a few days, and as a result, I have a tendency to just live with some automotive problems until I have both the funds to afford to fix them and enough time at my discretion that I can leave the car in the shop for a few days...

I will be very happy to be rid of that oil leak (that never showed up until the previous shop I was taking my car to replaced my timing belt and water pump...and then said they couldn't figure out why it was leaking, when I took it back to them...big shocker, they're out of business...), and I can still afford to do my Christmas shopping!
V_V
member, 1140 posts
For 2024 is the year
of Health and Career
Fri 29 Dec 2023
at 05:33
  • msg #961

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Foreword: This is about Diablo 3 Set Dungeons

I have been a growing fan of Diablo 3, but played since it came out....well three days after IIRC. I have only done six seasons, but now that the game seasons are getting finalized, I took it more diligently and I also wanted to get my Set Dungeons done. So I did crusader, my favorite class. That's also what I did for my Season 28 Main and Season 29 only class, because it was just so much fun ponying around. So anyway...

I got Necromancer in two hours. I did Wizard in less than an hour, because I played wizard for the Ethereal season and was so set upon playing every class, I played with people who did the same, so I played so very under powered builds, like an electrocute wizard, or an arcane orb wizard. Silly stuff like that.

So then I thought, I'm just going to go alphabetically. That was not a mistake, but I knew my biggest challenge was Wrath of the Wastes. I JUST completed it less than ten minutes ago. I literally put me in a panic with my anxiety because of how high strung I was. So I'm on here to cool down. I did all the other barbarian sets first. The ones that have set dungeons I mean, if you don't play enough to know there's a newer set that doesn't have dungeon for each class.

So I took literally 20 hours farming for Nat's for demon hunter, in between my last failure of Wastes, and that was super frustrating. I was told that nats would be the easiest to get. Maybe that was Haedrig's (sp?) Gift IDK, but it took me 20 hours, and I had my friend run me on T16 with my Gem of Eased Maurader's set, just capitalizing on the portals and GR91's, where my friend has her Apex time to carry me, but can still get Primals. I ended up getting every other set some twice over, but not Nat's. So I went in, last night, and just did GR...IIRC 60? T9 equivalent. That was the right speed and I got my fifth Nat's and then rolled it until I got the piece I needed.

So it's Demonhunter next. Which I know has a sucky dungeon too...AND I suck with DH. I like Marauders set though!

Then it's Monk, IIRC. So I'm going to get back to my games, but I'm just SO happy I got through Wrath of the Wastes!!!!
V_V
member, 1141 posts
For 2024 is the year
of Health and Career
Fri 5 Jan 2024
at 09:27
  • msg #962

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jase:
Fixed audio alert in the sticky list, on the off-chance anyone still uses it.


THANK YOU!!! I am one that actually has address "under a rock" and "offchance any-one" :DD

Mega thanks for being so attentive, jase! That...this is good stuff!!! I'm so HAPPY the audio will help me. OCD plus the common "update" smashing until it turns red. *shakes head* lol. So THANK YOU!!!

These micro considerations are why I lose interest in every other, literally every other online forum, because nothing compares to RPoL. It used to be my homepage, but now it's for my work. Anyway, thank you. I want to say just how much that affects my ability to engage and not waste time waiting, and at the expense of wasting other people's time while I rest from waiting too long. It's not often I see a change that so marginally affects people, that affects me so positively. Christmas colors....I don't know if that's an option anymore...but that's the other love. The care. It means so much. I may just be anyone...but I'm in good case. *beam*
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