Posts made by Auspice

Please don't think I'm opposed to helping the wrongly incarcerated.

It was more a question as to whether she could potentially do harm by making a spectacle (TV show) of it without a complete education.

The very first PB I ever used was for my monk on Ennersea and was a minor circuit wrestler. She had the most gloriois box braids, too. I wish I could remember her name.

@nyctophiliac said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Auspice I've had a lot of wrestling with that problem, internally (no mothers needed). My mother in law doesn't handle stress well and while she agrees with me fully about how I feel, I'm tired of having to be the peacemaker and be the victim of this stuff.

But it's to the point where I don't want to even be in the same town as her. She's driving me to the brink of my sanity. I feel sorry for my mother in law a little bit but... I am just done. It's either her or me at this point.

My brother was not welcome at my grandmother's funeral because the family knew I wouldn't attend if he was there and I had a closer relationship with her + am one of the elder of the grandchildren. He ended up being the only child / grandchild not present.

It is hard. But the fact that your MIL supports you is a good thing. My parents make it hard on me, but after the last death threat (which he repeated in our mother's face), they've eased up. Thank god.

You have support from people here who have been through similar.

@Kanye-Qwest said in PB 'realism':

@Groth said in PB 'realism':

In fairness to people picking tiny, fragile-looking characters for their hardcore warriors that has been something of a trend in Hollywood and other visual media. I think the only athletic looking action star that comes to mind is Michelle Rodriguez.

Silje Torp! Gwendoline Christie! Kaley Cuoco! VJ Bani! Sydelle Noelle! Angela Basset! Olivia Munn! Brie Larson!

Ok maybe I have a type.

Frankie Adams!

@nyctophiliac

A lot of this behavior reminds me of one of my brothers.
I am estranged from him. I've filed a police report on him. He pulls anything else on me and it goes to a restraining order. But our parents still insist I should be 'the responsible older sibling' and forgive him....he'll be 30 this year.

Like wtf is it with grown ass adults wanting their parents to save their ass from their own shit.

I played an anime game when I was a teenager. Anime pbs totally fine there.

And I think that's why I take issue with them on other games. If I'm playing a BSG game and there's random Lolita anime girl......it throws me out of things so bad.

Keep the PB at least somewhat realistic for things for the love of God. Like I get that it can be hard to find a PB in period clothing for a medieval game. I don't care if they aren't.

But a video game or anime char on a real world game just really messes with me.

@Seamus said in PB 'realism':

@Auspice Well... I mean if it is an Anime game, doesn't that kind of.. like meet the requirements for a PB?

@tek said in PB 'realism':

I won't play with someone with an anime pb. Full stop.

@Groth said in Image Attribution & Creative Commons:

@surreality said in Image Attribution & Creative Commons:

@Apos I know some folks use Poser or DAZstudio for that already. Results... vary.

At this point those programs take a fair amount of skill and artistic talent to create a good looking result. I do think that in the next decade we might just see some pretty amazing / horrifying stuff come out of that.

the teeth

@insomniac7809 said in Should Rinel become smol birb?:

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@Arkandel

@TheOnceler said in PB 'realism':

Whenever someone describes themselves as attractive and then uses Tom Hiddleston as their PB I first double check to make sure they aren't playing some kind of were-ferret and then I immediately complain to staff. It's just the right thing to do.

this, but Blueberry Cummerbund and an alien.

@Arkandel said in PB 'realism':

For example if you're playing a thuggish fighter type but your model is a slender more delicate looking person, or it's a figure skater as depicted by Chris Hemsworth, etc... is that okay? Not okay? Do you notice when people do that?

I 100% notice.
I'm not gonna call people out on it, but if someone is a strength 5 MMA fighter (without being, say, supernaturally enhanced) but they're using some really thin, reedy sort of PB... It throws me off a lot.

re: the new tool being developed (to replace a mass of spreadsheets that was the old method):

Coworker: "I'm trying to train people to use a tool I've never used!"
Me: "But you're asking me questions about it and I've never done their job at all!"
CW: "But you wrote all the training material!"

All I could think: 'Those that can, do. Those that can't, teach.'

@surreality said in Image Attribution & Creative Commons:

I like Shang's '+glance' for the 'more than a short desc, but just the facts'. It has skin, eye, and hair color, species(? I think?), height and weight/build, and displays under the short desc line.

I've been on a couple games that have had things like this and it is handy because, f'real, digging through someone's desc to remember if they're tall or short or slim or built or red-head or bald or... is a PITA because not everyone constructs descs in the same order. So add in purple prose and ugh.

Like, my descs go from height to build to general physicalities to hair to facial features. But other people go in the opposite order. And others mix things up. And there's nothing wrong with that, mind you! But it makes 'at a glance' tricky.

@Ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Auspice

Yeah, I see where you're coming from, but my response would also include: you don't get to stay with me.

And when she asks plaintively for an explanation, promise to give it to her after she holds employment for ten years.

Sister, after work I ain't got time for your shit. If you want to go to SXSW, do what every other adult does and get your own room, food, and transportation. Otherwise, prove to me that you can do all of the above, and I'll reconsider.

Be advised I am in a ripe, hateful mood today.

To her credit, she does work. Which surprises me after she dropped out of college her first semester because she spent more time at festivals/parties than in class and panicked when midterms rolled around.

Mind, she just waitresses and hasn't tried to find a better job, but she's often worked at two places at once.

She's lived on her own since she was 18, same as I did, which is more than I can say for any of our brothers.

So I have to give her some credit.

It's just that she is very much a 'party girl' and ranks going to festivals/concerts and drugs/alcohol above most other stuff and that's a red flag (she dated a drug dealer for a while, for example).

@Ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

@Ghost said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

I would be very wary that this has less to do with wanting to be around you at all, but preferring not to spend money on motels.

This is more of a presumption for me.

I'm fine with doing it, as long as we're on the table for our reasons, yeah?

And hey, I'm fine with that.
But it's part of why I'd make it clear that staying with me ain't a free ride. Wanna stay with me? Cool.
You don't get to use my car.
You don't get to eat my food.
You don't get to drink my alcohol.
etc.

@Ghost

Few upsides:
She IS probably trying to come for SXSW (she mentioned cheap plane tickets 'after her birthday' and SXSW is right after her birthday), but SXSW is ridic expensive.
My apartment complex is gated. To get in the gate, you have to put in a code that dials my phone. That'd be hilarious if she tries getting people to come over for a party. ('You're what? For the who? In the when?')

I am HOPING that the fact that she already drinks heavily/regularly at bars (go, go Charleston, SC and your wonderfully stringent (NOT) carding policies) will keep her from going stupid after she turns 21... I was NOT a heavy drinker, but I drank sometimes and didn't go wild once I turned 21.

@peasoupling said in Image Attribution & Creative Commons:

@Roz said in Image Attribution & Creative Commons:

She is tall, dark hair, golden skin, violet eyes, lithe build, and expressive features.

And covered in stamps.

@Ganymede said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Unsolicited comment: you're enabling the behavior.
Don't.
Please, don't.
This will not turn out well.

Well, so far I'm teasing it out.
She asked where I live.
I told her and asked why.
She said she just wanted to know because she and her friend want to visit Austin.

I haven't offered. I haven't said I talked to our folks.

I AM making her ask. And if she asks, I WILL set stipulations (must provide their own food, must clean up after themselves, must provide own vehicle, etc.).

But I'm seeing if she can at least get to the point of actually asking.