Shryke Posted December 24, 2008 Posted December 24, 2008 it's christmas and i'm at work drinking beer today has gotten off to a good start, then after work i'm off to go drink with an ex when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
Diogo Ribeiro Posted December 24, 2008 Posted December 24, 2008 Heh. Ended up writing 5,000 words of notes... not much incentive to work when it's Christmas Eve and people ar ethrowing candy all over the place, if they haven't left already. I'll post some stuff for you guys to devour when it's all a bit better organised. From my past abortive attempts I know that I often plan too many elaborate and complicated things when I'm a coding newb, so probably have to wield the axe a lot here. GD & DR - reading up on what you guys've been doing is what's rekindled me fire again, good on y'all. Unfortunately I'm not going to use FR (it's too hard to work with lore when you're so blind on it... and I use a very different conception of Orcs), but it will be fantasy. Just came back home on the stroke of midnight (Christmas here already, folks) and writing the parents' card. Woop. That's good to know, Tig. Can't wait to see what you'll come up with The lore bit is actually tricky. The first project I tried to document in the forums was actually a new setting (anecdotal aside - it all came from a nightmare I once had; in fact, most of my game ideas come from that same source), but the amount of time required to develop the necessary art assets would be terrible for one single person. Specially for me, since I'm an ignorant dolt on nearly all the fields required to do something of the magnitude I had hoped for (from skyships used as floating prisons, to flintlocks fueled by magical ammunition, to have player characters transform into dragons, and so on). Besides, as I developed more of the setting I came to realize that using the Forgotten Realms as a basis wouldn't be far fetched; it's pretty much out there in terms of planes, creatures and events. And there's a whole lot of lore you can track down (particularly online), from world atlas and timelines to important events and stuff. You can then fill in the blanks with your ideas. That is pretty much the vantage point of D&D carried over to NWN and NWN2 - the rules are there for whatever we want to do with them. Of course, I realize you're going with a homebrew setting; I'm not trying to change your mind about it, just providing some friendly chatter
Shryke Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 well i've almost cleared up all the leftover beer at work and still have 2 hours to go so far it seems i'm getting paid extra purely to drink when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
theslug Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 We opened all our presents tonight, Christmas Eve. I basically got an assortment of clothing items and I got my mobile 1 TB porn collector 9001 deluxe delivered yesterday which I initially thought were the shoes I ordered considering the thing took literally less than 24 hours to ship. The thing is absolutely gorgeous but I'm going to wait to try her on for tomorrow. Movies, pr0n, anime, pr0n, non gay pr0n, extra non gay pr0n, funnies pictures I've collected from the internets, pr0n I've collected from the internets, and various other files relating to pr0n and other pr0n like things. My friend is also going to let me borrow fallout 3 and then after his bro finishes fable 2 I'll probably borrow that as well from him. Then tomorrow I will hopefully awake to a nice cup of coffee and some sausage, hashbrowns, and eggs. Should be nice. There was a time when I questioned the ability for the schizoid to ever experience genuine happiness, at the very least for a prolonged segment of time. I am no closer to finding the answer, however, it has become apparent that contentment is certainly a realizable goal. I find these results to be adequate, if not pleasing. Unfortunately, connection is another subject entirely. When one has sufficiently examined the mind and their emotional constructs, connection can be easily imitated. More data must be gleaned and further collated before a sufficient judgment can be reached.
Deraldin Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Today was pretty damn tiring. I was up till 3am last night because I couldn't sleep and I had to get up at 7am to shovel snow for 4 driveways. We had about 20 centimetres last night before it warmed up and turned to rain about 6am. By the time I got out there the snow was completely water logged and really freakin' heavy. Thankfully the snowblower decided to start up this morning so that wasn't too bad. After that I went out and picked up a last minute Christmas gift for my little brother and finally got all of my gifts wrapped and put under the tree. I then spent the rest of the day trying to stay awake because I knew that if I had a nap, I'd never get to sleep tonight. Didn't work out too well because I'm actually more awake now than at any other point today. 7pm rolled around and I checked out the Boxing Day sales at NCIX online mainly to see how badly their servers got hit (pretty damn badly). Didn't intend on ordering anything, but I pointed out a few deals to my dad and he decided to throw together an entire computer. Specs are in the "Post your specs" thread in Skeeters if anyone is interested. Going to see if I can finally get to sleep now.
Tigranes Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 The lore bit is actually tricky. It is indeed, and this time I'm just going with "FR Derivative", so that I (and the player) can assume FRness, except for specific points in which it differs. I think that's the best way for me - I have no talent with art assets either so I can just use stock NWN2 stuff, but I don't have to read up on lore. I'm thinking I need to wait until my copy of SOZ gets here, which might be a while. Playing a couple of recent Hall of Fame mods to see what's out there. Christmas is pretty much over for me now, had a decent day with lots of people. No fancy stuff. I think my one gift is a kettle. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
Musopticon? Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Today? Well, it's around 12:15 now, so not much yet, but yesterday was one forlorn and at the same time satisfying Christmas. Namely, it was a Christmas without the missus and a Christmas fest that my dad didn't attend, but also a Christmas that was the first in a long while I didn't feel like strangling half my family and whoever was singing on the radio programme. So not that bad, no. kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
Walsingham Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Today I celebrated the birth of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ by giving gifts of booze to a small subsection of my family. I had terrible insomnia last night, but fortunately remembered I have panzer general loaded on my laptop. So now I'm in a kind of wehrmacht ridden haze. Family fights are due after lunch, centring on one of my disgusting siblings. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Guard Dog Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 The lore bit is actually tricky. It is indeed, and this time I'm just going with "FR Derivative", so that I (and the player) can assume FRness, except for specific points in which it differs. I think that's the best way for me - I have no talent with art assets either so I can just use stock NWN2 stuff, but I don't have to read up on lore. I'm thinking I need to wait until my copy of SOZ gets here, which might be a while. Playing a couple of recent Hall of Fame mods to see what's out there. Christmas is pretty much over for me now, had a decent day with lots of people. No fancy stuff. I think my one gift is a kettle. If there is anything I can do to help you, please let me know. I've had some practice with the toolset and I feel pretty comfortable with it now. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Guard Dog Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 (edited) Merry Christmas Everyone! Edited December 25, 2008 by Guard Dog "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Hurlshort Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 And a Happy New Year! I'm waiting for my wife and daughter to wake up. I've never been able to sleep well on Chritmas Eve.
Musopticon? Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 (edited) Hot damn, I got Erikson's Gardens of the Moon. Not the worst Wednesday ever. Edited December 25, 2008 by Musopticon? kirottu said: I was raised by polar bears. I had to fight against blood thirsty wolves and rabid penguins to get my food. Those who were too weak to survive were sent to Sweden. It has made me the man I am today. A man who craves furry hentai. So let us go and embrace the rustling smells of unseen worlds
Diogo Ribeiro Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 The lore bit is actually tricky. It is indeed, and this time I'm just going with "FR Derivative", so that I (and the player) can assume FRness, except for specific points in which it differs. I think that's the best way for me - I have no talent with art assets either so I can just use stock NWN2 stuff, but I don't have to read up on lore. I'm thinking I need to wait until my copy of SOZ gets here, which might be a while. Playing a couple of recent Hall of Fame mods to see what's out there. Christmas is pretty much over for me now, had a decent day with lots of people. No fancy stuff. I think my one gift is a kettle. If there is anything I can do to help you, please let me know. I've had some practice with the toolset and I feel pretty comfortable with it now. Would you extend a helping hand my side ? I'm only asking because, if all goes well, I will fix my PC and pick up NWN2 sometime between January and March. Oh, and I suck at ze code. In the meantime, here's some more helium. I was browsing through a backup DVD and found several videogame writeups I had made along the years, and a score of writings I never finished. In the meantime, when I finished my contributions to the latest number of the Spectrum Games Bible, I was browsing Lulu for other books and landed on their publishing page. Suffice to say, I was wondering if I managed to scrounge the time to finish these writings and whip a few new ones, it dawned on me that I could take a stab at publishing this sensibly and intelligently written crap material, although the costs of the deal seem too rich for me at this point. Also, discussion with the girlfriend. Oh Christmas time, how you hurt me so.
Shryke Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 so went out last night to drink with my ex after work i forgot all about it being a public holiday, so no one was selling booze anywhere, but she got me drunk none the less when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
Bokishi Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Why are you drinking? Hugh Hefner never drinks ya know Current 3DMark
Calax Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 I'm frustrated, My parents got a prepaid phone for me. I couldn't figure out its number or how to activate it for about 20 minutes, then we called to activate it, messed up and got sent to the stupidest customer service rep I've ever had to deal with, I was on hold for a total of 20 minutes, I had to repeat every number I gave her three times, I had to fight with her over my birthday, and then she gave me a number in the wrong area code. When I tried to get her to correct the area code she put me on hold then the phone just hung up. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Walsingham Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Why are you drinking? Hugh Hefner never drinks ya know Hugh Hefner has nothing on Shryke. In similar vein I have a complaint. I spend the last 12 months on short rations, and finally decide to go for one woman (who is fantastic, to be perfectly clear). Then in the last four days I've been asked out twice by women ten years younger than me, and approached by two ex-girlfriends with the waggling eyebrows etc. On behalf of all men everywhere can I PLEASE ask you females to... FORM AN ORDERLY QUEUE? Is that really so much to ask? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp.
Shryke Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Hugh Hefner has nothing on Shryke. hey i haven't started any magazines when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
Guard Dog Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Would you extend a helping hand my side ? I'm only asking because, if all goes well, I will fix my PC and pick up NWN2 sometime between January and March. Oh, and I suck at ze code. Of course. I'm fair to middle in my scripting ability. I'd also like extend the same offer to join us at FRW if the Forgotten Realms is your kind of thing. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Dark_Raven Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Shryke is just a manwhore, he ****s anything that moves. Female, male, shemale, its all good. Went to my parents house, open presents, ate dinner, came back home. OMG New Years is coming up, I don't know if I can be sober. One day isn't going to hurt. Hades was the life of the party. RIP You'll be missed.
Shryke Posted December 25, 2008 Posted December 25, 2008 Shryke is just a manwhore, he ****s anything that moves. Female, male, shemale, its all good. hey not true - i have standards i haven't actually had any for like 2 weeks or so when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
samm Posted December 26, 2008 Posted December 26, 2008 HH never drinks ya knowThe old spittlefaced dodderer would probably not be able to change his pyjamas for two weeks if he got drunk, so his girls keep him from drinking to keep the air a bit fresher. Good luck D_R. Today, I've had quite a lot of time on my hands even if I worked for University Citizen of a country with a racist, hypocritical majority
Bokishi Posted December 26, 2008 Posted December 26, 2008 Nope, it was his classic rule; he always chose to drink coke Current 3DMark
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