Kaela
member, 1 post
Sun 18 Sep 2016
at 17:22 | ...Geez. I just got a profile on this website, but I'm still not used to it. I'm also on mobile, so its extremely difficult to see text and links. AAGGHHHH!!!
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raygun_gothic
member, 38 posts
Sun 18 Sep 2016
at 22:07 | ...i really hate when players go MIA. in this instance, i think it's passive aggressive player, being a baby.
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fireflights
member, 293 posts
playing with Fire
always burns
Tue 27 Sep 2016
at 20:27 | PM frustrationReally frustrating when you're trying to run a game and the PM system goes down in that game and all you can do is play the waiting game while trying to keep your frustrated players from complaining that they can't do things in the pm system....ugh I would really just like things to be normal now.....
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Eggy
member, 718 posts
Tue 27 Sep 2016
at 21:54 | PM frustration
This message was deleted by the user at 21:55, Tue 27 Sept 2016.
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V_V
member, 562 posts
You can call me V, just V
Life; a journey made once
Wed 2 Nov 2016
at 22:20 | PM frustrationI feel anxious and sad. I had a falling out with a friend almost precisely a year ago. In that year I haven't been able to shake the desire to hang-out and play a card game (something we both loved and no one else seemed to) with him.
He seems to give me the cold shoulder, and after a year I'm pretty sure he has no interest in ever hanging-out of playing cards with me. Yet he won't give a definitive reply. He's at the same hang out locations (the game shops) and it has been awkward to ignore him or interact with him only for him to ignore me.
My mother, who's not the best role-model, nonetheless said some words of wisdom. "You don't want to be with someone who doesn't want to be with you." and I understand that to be true.
I just wish there was some closure. If I knew where he stood, I could follow suit. I guess I just have to make the choice that I don't want to stay in between this state of do cordiality and and friendship. I can't be his friend if he doesn't want me to be, and it's damaging to my morale and self esteem to keep hanging on to that hope he'll turn around.
I hate losing friends. It happens so much more frequently in person than online. Yet the face to face connection, or at least hearing someone voice, is what I enjoy most.
Anyway, I don't want to dwell on it. I have some people on RPOL who've offered to be a sounding board and chat when I have the desire. I should focus on that.
I just...look at these cards, these dozens of decks I made to play with him, and it makes me wish he could see past my PTSD. But if he can't, he's not as good a friend as I'd hoped. It just makes me sad.
I see him tomorrow, as a mutual friend is taking me the shop and this guy has said he'll be there. That makes me anxious.
Oh well...
This message was last edited by the user at 22:21, Wed 02 Nov 2016.
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JxJxA
member, 174 posts
Wed 9 Nov 2016
at 22:58 | ShellshockedJust wow, and now I get to go to work hungover...
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ashberg
member, 628 posts
Wed 9 Nov 2016
at 23:07 | Shellshocked
This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was against the forum rules, at 23:37, Wed 09 Nov 2016.
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spectre
member, 842 posts
Thu 10 Nov 2016
at 02:10 | Shellshocked
This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was moot, at 03:19, Thu 10 Nov 2016.
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taggart
member, 39 posts
Sat 12 Nov 2016
at 13:37 | Shellshocked
This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was against the forum rules, at 14:27, Sat 12 Nov 2016.
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Merevel
member, 1161 posts
The Unlucky Gamer
Sun 13 Nov 2016
at 17:44 | LifeI wish people would leave me alone about getting a girlfriend. I know I would be happier. I just do not want to repeat history. What is wrong with breaking a cycle of being cheated on and lied to? People who say not all women are like that, make me want to swing a fist. Not all women are like that, but it seems like all women I end up being attracted to.
Are taken, or are like that.
So I gladly stay single, because even when I try to aim for a new goal. History repeats itself.
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Eggy
member, 739 posts
Tue 22 Nov 2016
at 00:46 | Could have done better myself!Minor Gripe: I've just had a pretty crappy blood drive experience. Usually, it's not much trouble. My blood pressure is usually a little low, but my veins are not hard to find at all. Plump and full of O Negative goodness ready to be tapped. So I hopped in the chair and held out my good arm, as instructed, but the tech just frowned at my arm and just stared at my best spot.
Blood Drive Tech: Does it always look like that? I mean, do you ever have trouble with your veins rolling?
Eggy: No, Miss.
She was a younger lady, but she still pulled out a pair of glasses and fiddled over my arm. Then she called over another tech to "take a look." Second Tech told her that I was great. But the first tech just huffed and rubbed my arm "to warm it up" for a good two minutes. Then, she asked me to squeeze a ball for another couple of minutes. After all that, she missed twice. The third try felt like she was skimming along, scraping my vein and digging. By the time she got it in, it was placed so awkwardly, that I could feel the weight of the collection tipping the needle upwards. I could not wait to get out of that chair. When it was over, she disconnected wrong and got blood on the leg of my pants.
Then she told me to make sure that I drink water before coming to the next blood drive.
BDT: Staying hydrated makes the process much easier.
Unbelievable!
My forearm looks like an eggplant.
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MythZarya
member, 19 posts
Wed 23 Nov 2016
at 01:49 | Dear Dyslexic Driver...
...When you put on your right blinker and expect me to let you into the left lane as you drive 40 mph in a 65 mph zone, and then you flash your brights at me when I pass you by...
There's this thing called "Driver's Education". Look into it. That'd be awesome.
Thanks.
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wyrmpuff
member, 97 posts
Sat 10 Dec 2016
at 12:29 | Sigh...Why is it so hard to find players who are able to sustain interest in a pbp? I am looking at my games and the games I play in and things move so slowly. Is it just in my head?
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drewalt
member, 47 posts
Tue 13 Dec 2016
at 19:14 | Sigh...Diablo is 20 years old.
When did I get to be so old?
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Lord_Johnny
member, 176 posts
Sun 18 Dec 2016
at 18:32 | Freaking Really?Why is it people get so pissy? I mean for crying out loud, if you're acting all snotty to someone, then you don't have a leg to stand on when they call you on it. You're not any kind of victim, you're the instigator. And, when your consist snottiness finally gets them to give you a verbal smack down about you being a jerk, it's STILL not you being the victim. If you had started off being a decent individual, then it wouldn't have happened. It's on you, not them, that you got put in your place. Grow up and get over it.
This message was last edited by the user at 20:23, Sun 18 Dec 2016.
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wyrmpuff
member, 123 posts
I need a name change.
I want more games.
Thu 29 Dec 2016
at 22:42 | Freaking Really?...sigh...
All these moderation notices... makes me want to just quit posting on public forums all together.
This message was last edited by the user at 22:43, Thu 29 Dec 2016.
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Wyrm
member, 627 posts
Fri 30 Dec 2016
at 01:23 | Freaking Really?
This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was moot, at 05:15, Fri 30 Dec 2016.
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Utsukushi
member, 1397 posts
I should really stay out
of this, I know...but...
Fri 30 Dec 2016
at 02:56 | Freaking Really?I don't really care that much about the celebrity deaths. I mean, sort of, but it's just...
It's not why I hate 2016.
Very literally the worst year of my life.
Except 2017 isn't looking to be any better.
sigh
I hate life.
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tsukoyomi
member, 79 posts
Wed 5 Apr 2017
at 23:38 | Freaking Really?Player: "my character is a justice-seeking vigilante"
Me: "ok, that works"
- - -
Me: "the child runs away from you screaming because you're covered in blood".
Player: "I break into his home, eat all the food, then loot everything".
*sigh*
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facemaker329
member, 6910 posts
Gaming for over 30
years, and counting!
Fri 7 Apr 2017
at 06:54 | Freaking Really?I'm not sure if we're actually a couple of weeks behind schedule, or if I was just never properly informed of what the schedule is...but up to my eyeballs in a project at work that, normally, I would have nothing to do with. Not complaining about that...it's given me the opportunity to showcase some skills that I know I have, but nobody else at work ever seems to acknowledge (and might be some fuel for asking for a pay raise, since I've done about six or seven things on this project that are NOT anywhere in my job description, even if you overlook the fact that the project is not even for my department...)
But I don't like being behind schedule on stuff. I don't like the fact at it looks like I'm still going to be wading through garbage for this project when the stuff I'm SUPPOSED to be doing as a normal part of my job starts to become a priority. I really don't like the fact that I've had to set aside one particular item on my list for this project for two weeks now because I had to wait for the contractors to finish part of THEIR list first (I was under the assumption that this whole project was supposed to be done two weeks ago...the contractors are still building stuff, we have to move a bunch of decorative stuff in, and then they have to set all the lighting and automation...so, yeah, conservatively, I'd say we're at least two weeks out, maybe even three...)
None of this would bug me anywhere near as much if anyone was bothering to keep me up-to-date on anything beyond which jobs within the project keep getting shuffled over to me (and even that is being generous...I was supposed to be emailed an updated list the end of last week. I'm still knocking stuff off my old list, not knowing how many new things have been added yet.) And, yeah...technically, there's no reason I need to know any of this other stuff. But having once been in a position where I was getting updated weekly, if not more often, on EVERYTHING that was happening in the department, adjusting to different management style has been a trial...especially when they start talking about how much trouble they're having with some item or other, and I'm like, "I had time three weeks ago to take care of that...shoulda told me then...", or I end up helping someone else in my department with their project at the last minute because nobody said anything about it being a problem earlier (again, usually, when I had time earlier, as well...)
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Dchsknight
member, 181 posts
Mon 24 Apr 2017
at 18:30 | Freaking Really?
This message was deleted by a moderator, as it was against the ToU, at 19:39, Mon 24 Apr 2017.
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byzantinex
member, 103 posts
Wed 3 May 2017
at 23:11 | Can I complain about RPOL?Am I allowed to complain about games falling apart in this thread? I didn't want to start a new one, I just wanted to complain about people starting things then disappearing. :-(
I've only been here a few months and literally I've had like a dozen games start and die in that time. That's absurd!!!
Are all PBP forums like this?
It would be nice if there was some kind of point system that you lost if you disappear without some reasonable explanation or something. :-\ But I guess people could/would just create new accounts or something.
ARGH! So frustrating!!!
This message was last edited by the user at 02:50, Thu 04 May 2017.
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Wyrm
member, 632 posts
Fri 12 May 2017
at 11:01 | Can I complain about RPOL?I feel like trying to jump ahead today is going to screw with me. I am not looking forward to my first day taking supervisor escalations. I think I am going to have to pull out the rum tonight. Maybe it was a good idea to make it on a weekend and just get it out of the way now, but the butterflies have turned to bees.
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facemaker329
member, 6930 posts
Gaming for over 30
years, and counting!
Thu 18 May 2017
at 03:38 | Waiting for...what was his name again?I love it when I'm stuck doing nothing on a project that urgently needs to be done, because someone else hasn't completed the preliminary work I need to do my job...even better when someone before me did their job in a haphazard fashion and I need to clean up what they did before I can do what I'm supposed to do...
We are supposed to open a show at the end of next week. I was supposed to be hanging lights Monday and Tuesday. Well...as of when I left work today, the lighting designer still hasn't given us a light plot...can't hang lights if you don't know where they're supposed to hang...
To add busy-work to injury...they hired a couple of guys from a local business to help us hang the lights, since I'm the only remaining person on the crew who's ever done it. These guys took one look at a couple of the lighting positions we had and said, "Whoa...you hang lights off THAT?" Yeah, and have been doing for two decades or so, but...current management likes to try and get things as professional as possible. So, late Monday, they got a list of parts/hardware that needed to be ordered to bring our lighting positions up to current standards. Those arrived yesterday morning...with some communications problems, so some of the hardware that what ordered would NOT work together, which slowed things down until we chased down the right stuff...then had to modify a bunch of other stuff...and got two-thirds of the way done with putting together the new lighting positions and had to come to a screeching halt because we need some conduit bent around the strut we're putting up. So, yeah...supposed to start hanging lights Monday morning. Tomorrow is Thursday. We have yet to even get a list of which lights we need, much less where they are supposed to hang. We start tech rehearsals on Monday. We can't have the piece of equipment we need to reach many of the lighting positions on the park after tomorrow night.
And I'm catching a cold. It's been a GREAT week...
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Blazeinferno
member, 100 posts
Wed 31 May 2017
at 20:39 | Waiting for...what was his name again?Can I just say how depressing it is to see an old, really-long-running game with lots of fun and awesome memories fall into the deletion bin? I love going back and reading through posts from old games, but eventually, the games die, and get deleted.
It's depressing :(
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