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Post a Random Thought written May 27, 2020 23:59:35 GMT
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i had a terrible month where i overworked myself + had school shit but its ok because i just made the cutest female sim of my life just five minutes ago ayaya

can i also just say that i wish i could be writing instead but alas, i still need to stop mourning last one and go on a sitehunt

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Post a Random Thought written May 23, 2020 12:09:27 GMT
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May 23, 2020 4:39:29 GMT said:
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May 23, 2020 3:12:43 GMT said:


swapped to a really big, new to me monitor and holy shit

h-how do people function with this much space

Trust me, I've been slowly upgrading over the years. I work with a 27" iMac at work and everything less than that plus a second monitor isn't enough space.

There will never be enough screen space for me to clutter with.
I feel like your skins are incredibly pretty and easy to use. Like, I also have a gigantic monitor (main 2k, 2nd is 1080p) but I've never felt the need to zoom in whenever I look at your designs and it feels SO nice.
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Staffing Confessions written May 23, 2020 1:22:55 GMT
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I haven't read everything above but I still think it is incredibly tough to find sites. I said it before on the thread that asked if there are less RP sites but I think navigating here, affiliate hopping or looking at ads that are posted on other sites is just not intuitive enough. There are like, no sites with proper filtering and it's just a chore to find one.

Hence why I have nowhere I write in and am contemplating just making my own site at this point. I think tumblrs are the first place I go to since tagging system is so convenient and you can even chain search tags, then resource places like ATF but I find the latter to be much less efficient.

In animanga, it's just a struggle through and through. Like, affiliate hopping is so timeconsuming, we don't have tumblr, animangads lacks the chain-search for tags, hopping through link backs is not really efficient and again, I feel like PP's directory is also very time consuming, especially cause it gives space for all FCs in every category. Like, the top 4 paid affiliates on top of my page are the only ones I check nowadays.

That's why I dread looking for a site in animanga as someone who is looking at them from a potential member side of things. So I'm in the group of people talked as the minority, but I really don't think we are because I met quite a few people waiting for the next-big-thing because they couldn't find their site.

Also very very minor note but thomas smith's theory was what mizo described and i think it holds some merit here on how to capture an audience for your site + perhaps even have RL folk try animanga as well. My thesis was on that and I think it's a fun read give it a read imo.

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Post a Random Thought written May 18, 2020 17:33:03 GMT
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me: ill just install ts4 and have some fun, not caring about cc or anything
also me: but this simmer overhauled almost every townie and did it so well..

well folks, my cc folder is above 3 gigs already. i fucking love this game so much tbh.
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Sites You Want To See written May 17, 2020 23:53:13 GMT
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A rp inspired by this

Set in a future not-so-far-away, VirtuaVerse is a cyberpunk point-and-click adventure; weaving tales of Technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker gangs, tribes of cryptoshamans, epic cyberwars, digital archaeology, and virtual reality debauchery. Jack in. Spread the code. Look at VirtuaVerse.


Like, how cool is that setting though.
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real life vs animated forum images written May 14, 2020 22:34:25 GMT
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Just chiming in as a roleplayer to say that I'm one of those people who doesn't care what type of image you use.

Like, you could go with all aesthetic images that are completely irrelevant for all I care, I mainly only look at the plot of a site before joining.

I do prefer them not to have specific FCs though, but that's just because what-if-i-wanted-to-use-that-fc factor.
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Post a Random Thought written May 10, 2020 1:19:32 GMT
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May 9, 2020 23:36:00 GMT said:
People always preach that RP is more than the aesthetics of posts and skins and yet now people are pushing 'use site templates only to save the aesthetic of our site.'
im ngl, i like fixed site templates just because of how aesthetics don't get in my way. they usually don't have toggles or hovers and work perfectly even from mobile - unlike a lot of custom templates. and i'm saying that as someone who codes said templates.
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The Sites that Could Have Been written May 2, 2020 22:57:36 GMT
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Oof I have so many that I will give you a short rundown of each.

unfold you

A progressive post apocalyptic board inspired by Resident Evil, The Division and 28 Days Later. It has arcs that are semi-member and is a board with a beginning and an end since it follows a story and board sections open and close depending on where we are in the plot. Basically, there is a site wide story line that require members to participate in - like reading a book and going through chapters, except that members are writing this one collaboratively. Therefore there is no static plot but one that is going to be revealed with time and with the help of the members.

E.g the SoL arc, the spread of the virus, the mutation of it, how it effects the monsters that were revived, or perhaps later on experimenting on people for a vaccine, some of the infected recovering without aid and politics covering it due to ethical questions etc.

That said, I wrote the events, whole arcs, member groups, chapters, systems etc back in 2016, tried my hand at a skin last year but just never opened it. It's just in bad taste to make a site where characters get quarantined when we deal with corona in real life already.

justicar

Justicar is a shelter, sanctuary and perhaps a church for the fallen ones and wanderers both. It's secluded from foreign eyes, hidden deep under the mines where everything but the supernatural can survive the heat. It has a population of a few tens of thousand of residents, but is at a growing number. There are demons around the corners, angels with their wings tucked away, crusaders with cracked armors crawling on the streets. It's a second chance to exiled ones, a bazaar for the travelers and house of desperate prayers.

There is no money here, but instead, your deeds on the living worlds are sold. When a person prays or commits a sin, you are required to be there to pass on a judgment, or swing their following actions on your way. For this, you shall receive a golden coin, which translates into ration of food and other resources. A common language for holy species had been crafted far long ago, but after the genocide, it was replaced with English.

Justiciar is a representation of todays X, down to the changing climate, culturally rich environment and beautifully crafted architecture. The species have no way of knowing each other unless their transformation is complete.
a divinity roleplay set in an alternate world called sanctuary where it is inspired by bleach primarily, then defense devil, bayonetta & diablo.

on the smaller side i had farewell to the kings - an attack on titan inspired vrmmo that is meant to play like dark souls where everything is tough and cooperation is the key - probably too niche to actually be a thing. i also have been wanting a ffxv setting, but not plot, (royalty, futurism, post-apoc) forever but guess who will never make it.

i later learned to keep my scope small with time and would probably change a ton if i were to rethink anything. last time, i overdid with setting/possibilities and ended up burning myself out so badly.
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Post a Random Thought written Apr 29, 2020 19:56:02 GMT
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apparently you can macro the entire icon-making process of opening image + adding psd without having to touch a button. cropping still requires human work but im acc surprised ive discovered this so late tbh.
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Coding Confessions written Apr 28, 2020 19:21:08 GMT
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it's also worth noting that, there is a difference in creativeness.

you can't always compare design in coding with other forms of art and creativity in them. like, i have made profit off of my drawings before but in that, you can draw what you see - e.g a human, a tree, architectural building etc and that makes it far easier because there are set rules that just doesn't change. a nose will never not look like a nose, you will never have to innovate on a human face but you will have to get better at drawing different kinds of faces. that's a different set of skills.

but when it comes to coding, there are not those set rules. you can google created designs and get inspired, but there is always a need to innovate on your visual library so that you are 100% certain that you are not stealing someone elses work in first place. this makes it so that every template i do or want to publish has to be completely original, which ends up being more taxing than "just draw a human face on spot". i find coding even a template to be really exhausting if i have to do it from scratch for this reason. and as syphinx said, that's also why i sort of dread making templates even if i do love coding itself.

so yeah, i do see myself uncreative because i struggle with imagining what already does not exist - which coding asks for, but i can easily draw an OC i've made.
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Post a Random Thought written Apr 23, 2020 10:45:06 GMT
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my biggest dilemma is never being able to get the tone properly to the person i am speaking with, if i use emojis.

e.g

x: i will be late on X reply due to Y and Z, sorry!
option A: take your time (: -> looks sarcastic and insincere as hell
option B: take your time -> looks serious and scary as hell

so it's like i just started to say "take your time!" which fixes the issue i have to a degree but i swear i am 99% trying to be nice when i use smiley faces. doesn't help that i am somewhat a serious person who never ever uses emojis IRL too.
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Post a Random Thought written Apr 17, 2020 19:43:44 GMT
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Apr 17, 2020 18:28:15 GMT said:
i like looking at sites and feeling the anxiety settle into my stomach :) very fun
hey, if you need someone to phase you into rp or start out with plots/threads, lmk! i also recently came back so i know that feeling 100% but what helped me the most was taking it slow tbh