Raithe

I know Wals is buried under workload, and has said he's unlikely to spend much time lurking on the forum on the little free time he has now, although he does occasionally turn up on Steam. Alas, tis the way of the world, even ForumLurkers evolve and have to juggle the mundane nature of life at times..... Edit: In fact, Wals has told me to convey his compliments to the forum and inform you all that he is currently deep within the internet, hunting Oby with a 577/450 Elenctic action rifle.

Also, for the parents on the forums..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw6EcBfjucw

1 inch - Are you bloody kidding? 2 inch - I can't even hold it properly. 3 inch - Never been so unsatisfied in my life. 4 inch - I've had bigger. 5 inch - Good, but not enough! 6 inch - About right. 7 inch - Can't complain. 8 inch - So goddamn perfect. 9 inch - A bit much. 10 inch - It's hurting my insides. 11 inch - I can't take it anymore. 12 inch - I am absolutely f***ing destroyed! ::: And this is how I rate my subway sandwiches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoVM6Y0WHD0

I've spent the last week pretty much unwinding after wrapping up the university stuff. Now it's that pause for final grades and formal graduation in July. Got caught up on stories on WuxiaWorld, so wasting many, maaaany hours reading. Keep meaning to get back into playing Deadfire, but the reading distracts me, and I'm actually tempted to just wait till the dlc is out in September before properly getting back into it. Still, getting the mental reserves back into order and I should start prepping to do the job hunt soon...

For the random funky... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0PBX1fraVI

Also, one of the few ways to use 50 Shades in a positive reference...

Heh, apparently there is a bit of fuss going on over Shuri in Black Panther being a Disney Princess now or some such. Didn't we already have that with Loki?

Jordan got 'stuck', the first 5-6 books came out near yearly, then the later ones took comparatively ages while the quality declined due to him having too many characters and having to move people around to get them into the positions he needed at the right times which left half the cast treading water plot wise at any given time but still getting chapters- near exactly the same problem Martin's Song of Ice and Fire has battled for the last decade, though at this point Martin's just taking the piss. Pretty sure the 'recap' type chapters were added to the later books to make sure existing readers remembered what happened 2+ years ago when the last book released rather than for new readers, but they definitely hindered the already glacial pacing even more. It wasn't so much he got "stuck" as he was technically dealing with a life-affecting disease, which actually did result in his death. That was one of the reasons the writing got slowed down by so much, he was dividing his time between actually writing the story, and making sure there were details and explanations for how the story should go if/when he died before completing it. Apparently, he did make a couple of raaather large spreadsheets detailing characters, arcs, appearances in previous books, plots and subplots they were involved in, etc. Along with copious notes on the world and cultures. Although he did get a wee bit irritated over fans who kept moaning about Matt being "missing" from most of one book - he was all "The previous book ended with a rather large wall falling on him and injuries resulting from it. I didn't think anyone would be that interested in large chapters involving Matt covered in bandages, laid in bed, sleeping and recovering and not doing anything actually story affecting."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBlhXKjSy6M&