STC Secret Santa 2023
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Signups:
Her Ladyship Yukari
Mistress of the Mints
Sir Christopher
The Fabled Ale
The Distinguished Sucker
The Mysterious Mr X
Lord Pincer
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Signups:
Her Ladyship Yukari
Mistress of the Mints
Sir Christopher
The Fabled Ale
The Distinguished Sucker
The Mysterious Mr X
Lord Pincer
On other news, I have received a package myself. From Pincers!
The haul is perfect for the cravings I've been feeling for the past few days. Plenty of chocolate last me through the month and other sorts of sweets that will add variety. There was also a can of beer that curiously held socks in it. And of course a really nice pack of tea to fill up my current need. I was complaining just yesterday that my usual day tea had run out.
But most of all, you see this bandit masked festive friend and the absolutely fantastic starry tea mug! I will have to put that to use soon since it looks like it gains the constellations to it when it heats up! Fantastic picks, Pincers! Thank you so very much!
Awww! That plush is very cute
>>47939
I'm glad you like the mug. I had a feeling it was going to be a good pick.
you know how chat threads are when they get ten million posts in them...
i just applied to start my masters degree... wish me luck
This website seems to be quite slow nowadays, but it is nonetheless nice to see that it still exists.
I hope life has been kind to you all.
It's pretty much all in chat now. And also most people are too busy IRL :/
I assume nobody here still gives a damn but just in case anyone does, ponychan's not long for this world:
https://www.ponychan.net/chat/res/112453+50.html
If anyone's got any last goodbyes for it, now's the time.
So, since the end of the year is almost here, let's discuss what our personal "game of the year" was. The game does *not* have to have come out in the current year, you just need to have played it for the first time this year. Please also provide a reason as to why you think this game was kickin' rad, so that others may realise its glory and check it out as well.
As usual, once the actual new year arrives we'll know what the true GOTY was. For previous years, see 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008
this year's game of the year was GOAT SIMULATOR 3.
released on november 17th and purchased on christmas eve so it would be downloaded by christmas day for splitscreen fun with the boy, goat simulator 3 offers the player a finely polished goating experience wherein you can headbutt people, be a goat, complete quests, go to a cosplay convention, be a goat, go to a music festival, be a goat, visit the suburbs, get swallowed by a whale, and be a goat.
My game of the year is by a long shot: SIGNALIS
Love me some extremely depressing, surrealist, gay, cyberpunk, alt-future survival horror, and I will forever remember our promise.
My game of the year 2023 is Against the Storm. A base builder game but without the annoying end-game where you have to go and win against someone. Instead I can just keep building until I reach the goal and start a new base with slightly different things partially randomised for me. A very "just one more thing to do" type of a hook. Easy to fall into for hours and hours and just click things and set down houses and roads and woodcutters.
The runner up is Yakuza: Like a Dragon. It has some issues common to JRPGs, like apparently I was supposed to grind to get the money I needed to progress rather than play a minigame so it left me completely unable to progress until I do actually start a very boring grind of random battles. The reason it's the runner-up is because I'm loving the story and the characters. I've never seen a JRPG where the main characters are a bunch of middle-aged homeless people in a city and becoming friends. (Though you do get a roof above your head by chapter four, so instead they're friends sharing a futon in a single room.) They fight crime. Sort of. The main antagonist is a politician who wants to get rid of the "undesirables."
You know how this works. It is santa time.
Signups:
Big boy baby boy
Gingyman
Fresher mint
The Myth, The Legend
Military formation
Succ
Good to see that it didn't arrive too late.
The koala was just too cute not to send.
I should have posted about this ages ago but I am bad. I received gingy's present before Christmas, and I have a huge amount of chocolate and other sweet things to eat, along with a very nice merino wool hat!
I've already worn the hat for walks and it's done a good job of keeping me warm. I'm yet to try the several interesting-looking bars of chocolate, but I've had a few of the other chocolates and the Pihlaja already, all of which are very nice (I remember liking the Pihlaja before).
Thank you gingy!
Y'all shitheads better know how to cook, because that's how you make the best stuff for your mouth. Share recipes and photos of your masterpieces here.
If you write down a recipe, please adjust the amounts to suit for one person if possible. That makes it the easiest to scale up, and most people will be cooking for themselves only anyway.
Tomato soup.
(Did not take a picture.)
Pre-heated the oven to 225°C (~440 F) and put baking paper on a tray.
Chopped a clove (or two) of garlic and half of a red onion, and put them on the tray.
Cut half of a chili and two carrots and added them as well.
Rinsed some (around nine-ish) cherry tomatoes and added them to the tray.
Seasoned them all with a teaspoon of salt, a sprinkle of chili powder and black pepper, a teaspoon of (smoked) paprika powder, a tablespoon of vinegar, and a tablespoon of (olive) oil.
Put the tray into the oven to roast for twenty minutes. Meanwhile rinsed a can of black beans.
Took a large pot and added a can of crushed tomatoes with three decilitre (one and a quarter cups?) of water. Heated that up and let it simmer on low heat until the vegetables were done.
Added the vegetables into the pot and let it simmer for ten minutes.
Took the pot off the burner, used a hand blender to turn it all into a paste, added the black beans, and let it simmer for some minutes.
Meanwhile heated up a pan and used it to roast some tortillas (for dipping into the soup.) Enough to colour them.
Squeezed the juice of a lime into the soup. Mixed. Added some chopped fresh coriander on top.
Ingredients:
½ red onion
1 clove of garlic
½ chili pepper
2 carrots
~9 cherry tomatoes
1 tsp of salt
black pepper
chili powder
1 tsp of paprika powder
1 tblsp of vinegar
1 tblsp of oil
1 can of black beans
1 can of crushed tomatoes
3 dl of water
½ a pot of coriander
a lime
tortillas
Even more soup! This time, a Ginger Flavoured Tofu-Vegetable Soup.
Ingredients:
½ kg of potatoes
1-2 cloves of garlic
1 bell pepper
1 piece of ginger (1-2 cm)
½ of a chili pepper
Cooking oil
1 tblsp of tomato purée (optional)
6-7 dl of water
1 tsp of mixed dried herbs
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of curry powder
½ tsp of cumin
1 pack of tofu (about 300 g)
1-2 tsp of soy sauce
1 can of coconut milk (about 1,5 dl) + some water
some fresh parsley
2-3 tblsp of lemon juice
Steps:
Peel and cut the potatoes. Chop the garlic. Wash and chop the bell pepper. Peel and shred the ginger. Chop the a chili.
Heat up a pot and oil. Add the potatoes, garlic, bell pepper, ginger, and chili. Cook in the oil for a few minutes while mixing. Add the tomato purée and keep cooking for a little longer.
Add the water, herbs, salt, curry powder, and cumin.
Heat it up and slet it boil for 12-15 minutes, or until the potatoes are ready.
Squish the tofu in paper towels to dry it and cut it into cubes.
Heat up a frying pan with oil. Add the tofu and fry it for 3-5 minutes whil eturning it around. Flavour it with soy sauce.
Add the coconut milk into the soup with the tofu. Wash the can with water and add that as wel. Heat it up and let it simmer for a few minutes.
Chop the parsley.
Finish the soup with lemon juice and parsley.
A couple of things I've cooked recently.
Sandwiches with tofu patties and spicy potatoes.
Roasted vegetables and kale with pea-protein balls in minty soy yoghurt.
Halloumi-courgette burgers with roasted thyme potatoes.
Lentil soup. Spiiicy lentil soup.
Curry-buckwheat and tofu-vegetable patties with lemony soy yoghurt sauce and chives.
Ayooo this year I completely forgot to do this until minty reminded me, so here we are. Thanks, DUDE!
A custom video will come later, I realised I hadn't put the thread up yet but really should, so... here it is. Anyway, yes, video later, stay tuned yadda yadda.
You should know the rules of the game by now, but let's re-state them just to be clear:
Sign up by posting in this thread. If you didn't participate before, please also post your email address or let me know.
Sign-up is possible until 13th of October. After that you cannot sign up anymore, so do it now.
After signing up I will contact you to confirm your shipping address, and I will ask you whom you think has not gifted you in a while. I'll use this information to try and make the match-ups a bit more varied.
Once signups are closed, I will create a list of matches between people. Everyone will get a target they'll have to send a gift to, and of course they'll in turn get a secret santa to send them a gift.
Once this list is complete, I will send you the name and address of your target via email.
You must then create your present. If you have trouble thinking of something, I can act as the middle man and ask your target for preferences. Just let me know and I'll sort it out.
Send your present out before 1st of December. International shipping is always painful and I'd rather people send stuff out early than to have to pay extra for express shipping.
Receive your present, hopefully before the 24th of December.
If you fail to send a gift, or are super late, I will shun you for the rest of your life.
Here's the current list of signups:
Shin
Mithent
Minty
Gingerale
Pincers
Christmas of 2021 has arrived! 🎄
I finally received the package from Mithent. Thank you for seeing it through!
Now, presenting is my dear friend blåhaj ready to help me unwrap the package. And thank goodness, as the gluework was tight and tough. But nothing is match to those handsome and sharp teeth!
Inside was a curious looking green bag and a card with lovely Christmas wishes. The blåhaj curiosity immediately took over and the bag was emptied to reveal four finely wrapped gifts! These did not require the strong toothwork but rather the finesse of an intelligent ocean predator. And with that the giftwraps were undone post haste!
This revealed many goodies to us! Fruit pastilles, minstrels milk chocolate, orange shaped orange chocolate, and really lovely looking christmas tea. None of which is available here despite their apparent deliciousness! As a testament to my previous statement, more than half of the orange chocolate may have already disappeared while preparing this post...
Once again, thank you so much, Mithent, for making sure the package finally makes its way here. I really appreciate!
Edit: Didn't realise the image order had been fixed and had to remake the post. Ignore the deleted one above!
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Turns out there is one more item that my friend's sharp shark eyes missed. A very fine pen! Nice and light and draws clear and has very cute design to it. Thank you!
Edit: Sent the wrong image file..
It's been a long time. I've gone through the idea of a reunion more than 100 times in my head, but it ultimately didn't prepare me for this spontaneous decision to emerge from the shadows.
There are so many things that I want to say, but find it hard to find a place to begin or even what to express.
It's strange. I found the archive of the old channel and actually remembered some of the stuff that I wrote. I remember sitting there in my room on the chair typing this shit out. It hit me pretty hard. I miss those days.
I think outright that I should apologize to everyone that I was a dick to. I was going through a really hard time, and while it is no excuse I just wish for you all to understand.
Things have gone dark since we last spoken. There have been good times, and a lot of bad times. It's been a roller coaster of events that have. Life is strange like that.
To Shin. I'm sorry for being such a piece of shit. You were a good friend and I never appreciated that.
Minty. I've missed you, bitch. I really have out of anyone in the past 10 years. I've thought about you quite a bit. I'm sorry I dropped off of the face of the world, but terrible unimaginable things happened in rapid succession and I was not well. I started to think that you hated me for some odd reason. Everything was hurting my feelings deeply and the idea that I was a burden or an obligation was messing my meat up inside. It was stupid and robbed me of time and friendship. I ended up going down a really horrible road after I left.
Perhaps we can talk about it all and catch up.
I'm glad you are fine. I've finally found a bit of stability in my life. I'd like to think I am not as needy anymore.
My apologies. I would have shown if I could, but work kind of got me in a fucked up position, and if I didn't show, I would have gotten the boots medium style.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3UWsHVqN8M
Let's just say it's extremely demanding. I'll explain over a call sometime.
If you have time, I can join you for a call today over mumble and give you my mathematical mobile summoning sign.
>>47823
butts
Hey! So you know the drill. Please sign up so we can find some light in this hell year. Thank you!
A custom video will come later, I realised I hadn't put the thread up yet but really should, so... here it is. Anyway, yes, video later, stay tuned yadda yadda.
You should know the rules of the game by now, but let's re-state them just to be clear:
Sign up by posting in this thread. If you didn't participate before, please also post your email address or let me know.
Sign-up is possible until 7th of October. After that you cannot sign up anymore, so do it now.
After signing up I will contact you to confirm your shipping address, and I will ask you whom you think has not gifted you in a while. I'll use this information to try and make the match-ups a bit more varied.
Once signups are closed, I will create a list of matches between people. Everyone will get a target they'll have to send a gift to, and of course they'll in turn get a secret santa to send them a gift.
Once this list is complete, I will send you the name and address of your target via email.
You must then create your present. If you have trouble thinking of something, I can act as the middle man and ask your target for preferences. Just let me know and I'll sort it out.
Send your present out before 1st of December. International shipping is always painful and I'd rather people send stuff out early than to have to pay extra for express shipping.
Receive your present, hopefully before the 24th of December.
If you fail to send a gift, or are super late, I will shun you for the rest of your life.
Here's the current list of signups:
Shin "motherfuckre" mera
Sucky "big chungus" hooves
Minty "no shits given" fresh
Ginger "perkele" ale
Anon "fuck costco" mu
Pincer "PinterAttack" attack
Mith "the mythical creature" ent
Decided to check the mail today and I did not get an email that I received anything, but then why was this in here?
When you donate money to @Shinmera git, you get newspapers(not shown) months after asking for your rewards.
I was wondering why the Calendar wasn't here yet. I sure hope this is accurate. I haven't made sure yet but it looks good. I'll have to put the other calendar aside for now.
Got some chocolates. Which I have been dying to have again for a year now!
I was a little worried when I picked these up because I heard a lot of pieces shaking in the box. I was expecting the worst and It was something that I've seen around some Japanese shops before. This is pretty good, I think I'll try putting these together next week or when I have some spare time! I got a lol when I saw Pikachu on the side. Gonna have a good time trying to get my dumb cat from knocking over these pieces!
Overall I give it 11/10. The little drawing on the box I'll have to cut out and keep because it's very 可愛い!。
>>47686
Ayyy, it finally made it! I was getting worried it was lost in transit. I hope the nano block models make for nice display pieces!
post in here about your existential crisis, impending homelessness, etc
>>47536
Why not?
>>47537
cuz you could just... like... go on google and type in "memes" or go on facebook, or instagram, and hit the search button after typing in "memes"
>>47537
Because people just posting random meme shit isn't very likely to be funny to anyone, and if I wanted memes that are funny to me I already know where to look.
Case in point: I did not find the OP image funny.
this is not just about us, though... this is about skeletor and emotional growth
>>47438
nah... those corners in those posts don't say "edited by minty" that's all fake news
New version when? All this new people and the insurmountable amount of traffic warrants a chan update. It has been ages anyway.
>>47441
The last update was 2 years ago it seems.
Oh man. Oh boy. Bitch, it's time to be Santa again!
You should know the rules of the game by now, but let's re-state them just to be clear:
Sign up by posting in this thread. If you didn't participate before, please also post your email address or let me know.
Sign-up is possible until 1st of October. After that you cannot sign up anymore, so do it now.
After signing up I will contact you to confirm your shipping address, and I will ask you whom you think has not gifted you in a while. I'll use this information to try and make the match-ups a bit more varied.
Once signups are closed, I will create a list of matches between people. Everyone will get a target they'll have to send a gift to, and of course they'll in turn get a secret santa to send them a gift.
Once this list is complete, I will send you the name and address of your target via email.
You must then create your present. If you have trouble thinking of something, I can act as the middle man and ask your target for preferences. Just let me know and I'll sort it out.
Send your present out before 1st of December. International shipping is always painful and I'd rather people send stuff out early than to have to pay extra for express shipping.
Receive your present, hopefully before the 24th of December.
If you fail to send a gift, or are super late, I will shun you for the rest of your life.
Alright, that's enough explainin', here's the current list of signups:
Shinny
Sucky
Gingy
Pincy
Minty
Anny
Rosy
Mithy
The lady at the office was surprised to see that one of these packages was from Finland. I was too as It took a loooong time to get here but anyways
A mysterious black box on one side and lots(and lots) of chocolates stuff to the top on the other.
After taking out the box I start to see something yellow(ish) and a strange bears with a dandelion near a dandelion. Upon looking closer I find that the bears are actually joined together, most likely at birth. It tastes pretty good! Then there is this candle made of Beeswax apparently. No doubt these Bee's make something other than Honey for a change.
The box was strange as it has no weight. It felt like something you put in to pad the box to make it seem full. At least until I opened it to find a fantastic ornament of a Witch Doctor. This will be a great addition to add to my Christmas tree as I had no decorations for it. My cat really liked the Ornament as well! (see pic)
Overall it was a great present! Thanks a lot gingy!
I'm glad it finally arrived. I had given up already. Hopefully the chocolates and other sweets are still good and not melted! The bears are honeyed, which is why they're bears. Because bears produce honey.
That is such a good cat. Should send something for the cat next time as well.
>>47388
I am immensely jealous of that sweet ass plague doctor
this is incredibly important. discuss how important this is: https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/10/us/pigeons-cowboy-hats-las-vegas-trnd/index.html
Greetings from Depreschan.
Come visit us, if you'd like.
https://depreschan.ovh/int/
>>47208
eat butts, good sir
Funny story, my water heater wasn't installed correctly, my ceiling fell onto me when I was sleeping and my computer got destroyed.
Threatened to take them to court, best I could do was get out of the lease and a month reimbursement. Had to find a new place and move in 7 days.
Yall might wanna check your shit too.
>>47246
wait what
Is it normal for boilers to be installed on a secondary floor? Seems like a really bad idea.
Is your new place ok?
it's been a while since i've written anything story-wise and i'm feeling dead inside from the lack of writing anything other than essays... standard rules/guidelines/whatever you wanna call it:
you write a sentence of two and then the next poster contributes. no double-posting. you can post again after someone posts... i'll start
once upon a time, there was a cat named sushi. sushi was all black and had one blue eye and one gold. sushi was a stray cat who knew the neighborhood in and out. one day while out for a walk, sushi...
...came across a small street level store Sushi could swear they had never seen before. The door was locked tight but Sushi was an agile cat and found a small open window to get through. Curious, Sushi took a running leap up the wall, through the narrow window, and...
just as she managed to struggle through the window it snapped shut behind her. The inside of the room she found herself in was dim and musky. Large shelves lined the walls, filled to the brim with boxes and random items.
CAPS LOCK FOR IMPORTANCE
General thread for movie night specialities and discussion or whatever
Always remember: <s><https://movies.tymoon.eu> <https://livestream.com/Shinmera></s> NOPE.
*Use the VPN connection.* New movies will be up at least a day before movie night on `\10.1.1.106mediamovienight`
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dear daemon-worshiping mail girl,
Am I heretic enough now?
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hehe. hey minty~ thanks for fun :)
I guess the mail messed it up a... bit. lol.
sorry.
But it's okay :P
Thanks again. Idols, Daemons, and Goddesses, all in one package!
What more could an apostate ask for?!
Anyways, see ya around. gotta go take care of my new heathen stuffs. And
maybe prepare for some Dark-Chocolate-Sensation rituals! But I think
I'll need to find some children to sacrifice for that.
See you in Heaven...
Although I'm not sure which one... we have many...
Rafi'? or Qaydum? Marum? Arfalun? Hay'oun? Arous? Ajma'?
Meh, that's too complicated...
See you in Hell :D
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Merry Christmas!~ ^-^
Red Rozenglass
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>>47007
we are getting paid because the post office is not federally funded. we get our pay from stamp purchases, cost of sending junk mail, etc. so, our money is ours...
Oh shit you took a pic of the addresses, now you totally doxxed me - and yourself!
I'm glad it didn't disappoint you, I was worried mine was going to blow after witnessing what others sent. Good to hear that nothing broke either.
>>47014
i'm cutting my dick off and sending it to you now
No
This is now an *American clapping thread*
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* Make a post in this here thread saying that you're in if you want to participate.
* I'll send you a mail as confirmation, to which you should reply with your full address, *even if you think you already gave it to me on previous years*.
* <s>Deadline for registration is 2017.10.01</s>
* After all registrations are in, I'll shuffle the names as usual and send out a mail to each of you telling you whom to give a present to, as well as what their address is.
* Deadline for present send-out is 2017.12.01
* You should have your present bough/made and sent out at or before that date. if you send it out later it'll likely arrive too late and I will have to scorn you for the rest of your miserable life. So don't be late.
* If all works well, you should have a fresh and gay present at your doorstep or mailbox before the 25th of December.
* Please let us know in this thread when you've sent out the package or if you have problems getting it together.
* Also post pictures of the things you've got once the package arrives! I'm sure we'd all like to get jealous at each other.
* Shining Star
* Lobster Dish
* Mithenium
* Peppermint Spray
* Gingerbread Man
* Suckle Cups
this is tourmalinated quartz. this is formed at high temperatures when both minerals are in a liquid state. as they cool the tourmaline within separates and creates needle-like inclusions. no two will never look the same and it's a rare type of stone sought after BECAUSE of its flaws and inclusions, instead of its flawlessness.
Since it can be described at natural and also neat, I'll mention something I recently read about. Those black things are Theromyzon leeches that infest ducks' nasal cavities and eyes and feed on the tissue there. Imagine those things crawling in your nose, nasty stuff.
this is how this is gonna happen:
first. you post in the thread. when enough people post, i will pair you off with something small, neat, n fun to bond over. simple stuff you can do and/or learn about at home
then, you will collaborate here n hang out and discuss it
everybody here has issues. come in and discuss your mental defects and how it has an effect on your daily life...
how do your normally deal with it, etc.
usually when i have depression i shut down and stop talking to people except people i don't care about because having people care about me when i feel like garbage makes me even sadder because why the fuck should they care
your turn
I'm fucking retarded and nobody believes me.
Anyway, my troubles are [well documented](https://reader.tymoon.eu/tagged/personal) so you can read about those in detail if you want to bore yourself to death.
Generally boils down to wanting to improve and not being able to, or not being able to fast enough. Then I get depressed and start to beat myself up even more. Rinse and repeat every other week.
I'm perfectly alright. Any stress I have is from having debt.
in two days it's gonna be stc's 6 year birthday. image related. what are you getting the site to celebrate?
Hmm. 2016. A bad year. Pretty bad all around, I'd say.
But hey, maybe we can turn it around, even if just for a single day. So let's do this again! Last year we welcomed a new faggot amongst our midst, which made things a bit more interesting for a change. I really hope that I can see all the usual suspects on the list of participants again this year.
* <strike>Make a post in this here thread saying that you're in if you want to participate.</strike>
* <strike>I'll send you a mail as confirmation, to which you should reply with your full address, *even if you think you already gave it to me on previous years*.</strike>
* <strike>Deadline for registration is 2016.11.01</strike>
* <strike>After all registrations are in, I'll shuffle the names as usual and send out a mail to each of you telling you whom to give a present to, as well as what their address is.</strike>
* Deadline for present send-out is 2016.12.01
* You should have your present bough/made and sent out at or before that date. if you send it out later it'll likely arrive too late and I will have to scorn you for the rest of your miserable life. So don't be late.
* If all works well, you should have a fresh and gay present at your doorstep or mailbox before the 25th of December.
* Please let us know in this thread when you've sent out the package or if you have problems getting it together.
* Also post pictures of the things you've got once the package arrives! I'm sure we'd all like to get jealous at each other.
* Ouch my Shin
* Crab Attack!!
* Schweppes Suntonic
* Suction Cups
* Spearmint
* The Best Ale
* Guy Fawkes
* Mythical Entity
>>46098
gingy, you pick the best books
Hey hey. I sent (almost) all of you an appreciation package as a thanks for participating in this year's secret santa. I hope it'll arrive safely.
I did not send a package to pincers, because I already sent him a replacement headset earlier this year, and I didn't send one to Sucky either because I don't have his address (yet).
It might take two weeks or so for the package to arrive. If it still hasn't after that, please let me know.
>>46128
Alright, sent sucky a package now as well, so all the appreciation gifts are finally done.
like in the freaky friday movie or whatever, who would you pick n why?
i'd pick this brilliant asshole. he's a fuckin' hero n deserves a medal
>>45908
Sure, but like everything they'll die down generally and only come in spurts again now, so I can mostly forget about it.
![youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zELgmswYbQU)
>>45910
Was that continuation of "How to set up the internet family edition"?
there's lots of clowns on the news in the u.s. have any clowns been spotted near you?
![youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtnb81OhV4)
They have been an outrageous amount of prank calls to the police in my area involving clowns. The local news has started to warn people that the cops will start stopping people in clown costumes due to the amount of vandalization going on while wearing clown costumes as well.
Forgot my name.
This show is amazing and you should watch all of it.
Seasoning 1: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J55vgxNaaBY&list=PLZFXeozdia12APH8n9xsVNhd5qallmrz2>
Seasoning 2: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKbm4CDvO-A&index=2&list=PLZFXeozdia12SRicsREfgQYEkpDgUkqrX>
IT'S TIME AGAIN BIPCHES
Time for secret santa, oh boy! As yesteryear, we're starting the process *super early* to make *extra sure* that all packages have a good chance of arriving on time, which would be either before, or just on the 24th of December. Thus! The dates are as follows:
* 31st October: Registration deadline
* 1st November: Santas will be announced
* 30th November: You-should-have-a-package-and-sent-it-out deadline
* 24th December: You-should-have-received-a-package deadline
If you want to join in on the fun (and you should, because it is) post right in this here thread with an e-mail address you'd like to use for contacting (or post in here just to announce and send a mail directly to <shinmera@tymoon.eu> if you don't want your e-mail address to be public). I will then ask you for your address through mail, and send you the address of your ... santee ? to-be-gifted ? ... guy in return once the shuffling has been done.
And if you don't know what the fuck this is: basically you make a present for someone else, send it across the world, and get a present in return, from across the world. It's a swell and fun ritual we do here every year.
Participants:
* Yours truly, Shinmera
* And in this corneeeer! ANON
* Pincers, already eating the spaghetti to forgetti his regretti
* Introducing the freshest taste yet: minty!
* Synthesising his present from base materials: sucky.
* Gingerale, refreshing at any time of year.
* Putting on the finishing touches, Mithent.
STC is now deader than it has ever been.
We've had an Ok run, I guess.
<s>Finally we're free from this cunt's constant oppression and faggotry! Stevenchan can flourish once more!
It's time to celebrate, yeah!!</s>
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<s><span style="font-size:72pt;color:red;">P<span style="color:orange">A</span><span style="color:yellow">R</span><span style="color:green">T</span><span style="color:blue">Y</span><span style="color:indigo"> T</span><span style="color:violet">I</span><span style="color:red">M</span><span style="color:orange">E</span><span style="color:yellow">!</span></span></s>
<b>Shit, fuck, she's back.</b>
Current status:
* Anon: Reply pending
* Minty: Reply pending
* Mithent: Got a postcard, I guess I'll let that count. Reply pending.
* Sucky: Awaiting response since over a year
>>45491
I'm playing the PS3 HD version; bought an HDMI capture card and a PS3 specifically so I could stream it.
>>45491
See that in the screenshot? It's the escape shuttle from the space station that got called because everything went to shit. In the seat are buttbots, which are robots made from butts. The butts were organically grown. I'm the guy in the cardboard box and I made them by breaking into botany and planting some synthmeat, but mutating it genetically to produce butts. Then I got cracking as my real job –roboticist– and produced as many buttbots as possible. The entire bar of the station was filled with merrily "butt"-chirping buttbots before the shuttle was called. To my right is the cyborg body of the station's AI, which decided to become some kind of horrific combination of clown shaman cyborg and set some people on fire in the bar for show.
Does that give you an idea?
Here's another tale, which is much more amazing than mine: <https://soundcloud.com/stephanosrex/honk-honk-butt>
>>45493
Um...makes sense, I...think.
I should probably try reading that post again when I'm not drunk.
So, sometimes we'll play games instead of [watching movies](http://chan.tymoon.eu/thread/44761). I'll explain here how that works.
Generally we'll play games that don't require anyone to buy anything, so don't worry. You should be able to participate freely. There are a couple of staple games that are going to come up every now and again because they just work. I'll go through these here.
* Xyzzy <http://www.pretendyoure.xyz/zy/>
A web-browser based version of Cards Against Humanity. If you don't know what Cards Against Humanity is: Basically you get a bunch of cards with gaps in them and other cards to fill them with. Everyone tries to come up with the funniest combination.
* Board Game Online <http://www.boardgame-online.com/>
An absolutely bonkers game that is somewhat similar to classic board games. Generally trying to explain what it is is a futile task.
* Jackbox Party Pack <http://jackboxgames.com/>
This is a collection of neat group games, mostly related to word games and so forth. Fortunately enough it can be arranged that you don't need to buy the game to take part. However, to do so things are a bit complicated, see Setting Things Up.
* 100% Orange Juice <http://store.steampowered.com/app/282800/>
This game is not free, but pretty much everyone has it and those who don't can get it for really cheap. It's a heavily RNG based board game that turns out to be a lot of fun. Prepare for salt.
* Tabletop Simulator <http://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/>
Another non-free game that however most already have in their posession. It allows simulation of pretty much all and any tabletop games, so it's great to use for something ad-hoc.
Other times however we might also play games that are inherently single player, but can still allow collaboration in puzzle solving like adventure games do. When something like this is going to go down, I'll announce it specifically.
To participate in games you'll need a couple of pieces of software.
* IRC
You most likely got this done already, but just to make sure, you'll definitely want an IRC client to chat with the rest. Please do us a favour and get a non-shitty IRC client like [Quassel](http://www.quassel-irc.org/). The server is irc.tymoon.eu and the channel is #Stevenchan.
* TeamSpeak <https://www.teamspeak.com/>
This is the software we use to talk to each other during games, as text chats are a tad too inconvenient to use. Installing it should not be a big hassle. All you'll need to know aside from where to get it is the server address, which is ts3.tymoon.eu. You should get TS even if you do not have a microphone to speak to others, as listening in will at least give you part of the fun.
* TeamViewer <https://www.teamviewer.com>
Some games, especially Jackbox, require you to see the host's screen and react with minimal latency. Since hitbox has a rather sad delay on it, it is not suitable for participation. For times like these, we'll use TeamViewer to share the screen with minimal delay. The ID for the TeamViewer Meeting you'll have to join will be different every time, so make sure to check back in IRC to see what it's going to be.
* A Browser
Wow, you already got this part done, congrats! Most games we'll play need a browser to either play entirely or to just participate.
* Steam <http://steampowered.com/>
You probably got this already too, but for things like Tabletop Simulator and 100%, you'll obviously need steam to play the games. Make sure to [join our shitty group](http://steamcommunity.com/groups/stevenchan).
Ok, but first: Is it free, or in the very least very cheap? If it's neither, it's very unlikely that we'll be able to make it work out. However, if that does check out, I'm sure further suggestions for fun stuff to do would be very much welcome!
In order to expand the games repertoire I'm suggesting the following: If we can get everyone set up with OpenVPN and a certificate, we could connect our computers together over a LAN and play old-schooley games that wouldn't work anymore over the modern internet such as Worms, Command & Conquer, and so forth. It would also give us a way to distribute these games without much of a problem since I can put them on the same, secure network for you to download. How does that sound?
actual picture of iso
<span style="font-size:24pt">Make sure you'll be there tomorrow!</span>
Also make sure you got a mic ready if at all possible. I'll be streaming Okami, my favouritest game of all time, and I want you to be able to enjoy it as well.
take it... because i said so. post results here, obvs
http://psychology-tools.com/myers-briggs-type-indicator/
Listen fags!
I had this idea long ago. Now I decided to give it a try, maybe it will go somewhere, or completely fail.
Anyway we are going to attempt to make some small map for doom.
You guys gonna draw the map layout and then I make the map following that.
Probably the best way someone starts to draw the start area and some more areas, then the next fag adds more areas.
Eventually someone adds the exit door which marks the end.
Map's theme would be some sort of moon/space base.
So, let's give it a try. Go!
>>45428
You can do it like Shin. Or just draw the layout like a topdown view, picture relevant.
Okay, so here it is. As you can see, I made it in MS Paint, so I apologize for it looking like shit.
I denoted a rough position of the enemies as stars. I did not include pickups and other miscellaneous stuff. I do not know much about the enemy spawning, so I opted for some of them being locked behind walls. If there's an easier way of making them appear at fixed situations, then I guess you could use that instead. I think I made it pretty simple architecturally-wise in fear of screwing it up further.
So, I hope it isn't too confusing and that it can be used somehow.
Okay, having all three keys be used was not a very good idea.
Here's the second version, with some minor changes.
(02:13:46 PM) Shinmera: Write "I love minty" in blocks.
(02:13:57 PM) suntomic: i don't want to post shit
(02:14:24 PM) Shinmera: Do you have to post levels online?
(02:14:40 PM) suntomic: i don't have to
(02:15:13 PM) Shinmera: Then don't post it? :u
(02:15:23 PM) suntomic: well then what's the point
(02:15:42 PM) Shinmera: You expressed your deep and intricate love for minty.
(02:16:20 PM) suntomic: no
(02:16:25 PM) suntomic: waste of time
if he's not willing to express his love for me in artistic mediums, i should leave. i obviously deserve better
what do you people hope and dream about? i don't mean shit you could actually achieve, i mean shit that's really un-fucking-likely to happen. i don't care how gay it is, just post it.
i want a tame woolly mammoth to ride around on. we would stomp on prius' because if global warming melts all the ice caps, florida would be underwater, and really, florida needs to go.
Me not being a piece of shit.
HAH.
Now that we got that obvious "'"joke"'" out of the way: I have a "Wishes to Santa" list on my [Trello board](https://trello.com/b/CTRjDxkF/personal). Some of these might very well happen, others are much less likely. Completely impossible things aren't really interesting to imagine for me. If you want to do that, might as well go all out and create a fantasy universe. That is much more interesting than trying to ham-fist something retarded into reality.
Chapter 1: Introduction
An empty glass in hand, I lazily eye the faces of various people drinking and enjoying themselves in this pub. It isn't too crowded today. But such is the norm. I may also play a small part in the unpopularity of this establishment, myself.
I move up from the creaking chair and walk toward the bartender.
"Give me some of the old white, Wes." I say to him.
"The usual, then. One glass of milk, coming up." He responds.
This guy's name is Wesley. Beside being the owner and the sole employee at this old saloon I hang out at, he's also my stepbrother. I've already seen some folks wonder at how well the two of us get along despite not being related by blood. It's also thanks to him that I found a place to offer my "services".
I pick up the glass, ready to return to my spot where I spent sitting most of the day, when Wesley speaks to me.
"By the way, someone put up a poster for a job outside."
"If it's another one of those put up by kids as a prank where I'm drawn with a moustache and are threatening to kick puppies I'm gonna get mad, Wes."
"I think it's a real offer this time."
I nod, put down my glass and head outside. On the wall of the building I find a poster with a reward for capturing wanted criminals. The reward is 15,000 shilkers. Shilkers are the currency of our small but proud country, which was established after separating itself from our previous country over a dispute or whatnot. But we're not having a history lesson now. The wanted criminals are Eileen and Gus Borghe, a famous couple of thieves. Perhaps the most successful in this town.
I fit the paper into my jacket's pocket and head out into the streets.
"It's time to do the job, Wesson." I say to myself as I straighten my hat.
After all, I'm a bounty hunter.
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[Post-criticism revision. Thanks, Shin]
An empty glass in hand, I lazily eye the faces of various people drinking and enjoying themselves in this pub. Only a handful of guests today, but this place doesn't exactly teem with visitors at any given time. Perhaps I too am part of the reason why thisestablishment isn't very popular.
I move up from the creaking chair and walk toward the bartender.
"Give me some of the old white, Wes." I say to him.
"The usual, then. One glass of milk, coming up." He responds.
This guy's name is Wesley. Beside being the owner and the sole employee at this old saloon I hang out at, he's also my stepbrother. I've already seen some folks wonder at how well the two of us get along despite not being related by blood. It's also thanks to him that I found a place to offer my "services".
I pick up the glass, about to head back to my usual spot when Wesley speaks to me.
"By the way, someone put up a poster for a job outside."
"If it's another one of those where I'm drawn with a moustache and am threatening to kick puppies like what the kids put up as a prank,
I'm gonna get mad, Wes."
"I think it's a real offer this time."
I nod, put down my glass and head outside. On the wall I find a poster with a reward for capturing wanted criminals. The reward is 15,000 shilkers. Shilkers are the currency of our small but proud country, which was established after separating itself from our previous country over a dispute or whatnot. But we're not having a history lesson now. The wanted criminals are Eileen and Gus Borghe, a famous couple of thieves. Perhaps the most successful in this town.
I fit the paper into my jacket's pocket and head out into the streets.
"Time to get this job done, Wesson." I say to myself as I straighten my hat.
After all, I'm a bounty hunter.
[0] An empty glass in hand, I lazily eye the faces of various people drinking and enjoying themselves in this pub. It isn't too crowded today. But [1] such is [2] the norm. I may also play a small part in the unpopularity of this establishment, myself. [2]
I move up from the creaking chair and walk toward the bartender.
“Give me some of the old white, Wes. [4]” I say to him.
“The usual, then. One glass of milk, coming up.” He responds.
This guy's name is Wesley. Beside being the owner and the sole employee at this old saloon I hang out at, he's also my stepbrother. I've already seen some folks wonder at how well the two of us get along despite not being related by blood. It's also thanks to him that I found a place to offer my “services”.
I pick up the glass, ready to return to my spot where I spent sitting most of the day, when Wesley speaks to me. [5]
“By the way, someone put up a poster for a job outside.”
“If it's another one of those put up by kids [6] as a prank where I'm drawn with a moustache and are [7] threatening to kick puppies I'm gonna get mad, Wes.”
“I think it's a real offer this time.”
I nod, put down my glass and head outside. On the wall of the building [8] I find a poster with a reward for capturing wanted criminals. The reward is 15,000 shilkers. Shilkers are the currency of our small but proud country, which was established after separating itself from our previous country over a dispute or whatnot. But we're not having a history lesson now. The wanted criminals are Eileen and Gus Borghe, a famous couple of thieves. Perhaps the most successful in this town.
I fit the paper into my jacket's pocket and head out into the streets.
“It's time to do the job [9], Wesson.” I say to myself as I straighten my hat.
After all, I'm a bounty hunter.
[0] Present tense is used throughout the story. This is a problematic choice. Stories should be told in past tense to avoid weird tense conflicts. See sentence [5], where this problem surfaces a bit.
[1] Avoid conjunctions at the beginning of a sentence. Join by a comma instead.
[2] 'such is' in itself conveys that the description is about the following subject. In this case however we are primarily saying something about the pub, but adding on to it that the description is normal for the pub. A more apt way of saying this would be "but that is normal".
[3] The way this sentence is worded relies to the reader that the speaker won't really tell us whether they play a part. What you probably wanted to say instead is that they themselves assume they might, but aren't sure about it. To achieve that effect better, it should be something akin to: "Perhaps I too am part of the reason why this establishment isn't very popular."
[4] The sentence does not actually end here, just the dialogue. Use a comma instead. As it is here, you have a quoted sentence followed by an incomplete one.
[5] Very confusing to read, mostly due to its length. Suggested fix: I was about to head back to my spot when Wesley speaks to me.
[6] The order of this sentence makes things weird to read. Suggested fix: If it's another one of those where I'm drawn with a moustache and am threatening to kick puppies like what the kids put up as a prank, I'm gonna get mad, Wes."
[7] Singular, "am".
[8] "of the building" is superfluous. I don't think people will assume there's just a wall in the middle of the street.
[9] This makes it sound as if some considerable time had passed since he saw the announcement and had to convince himself to do it first. How about "Time to get to work," instead?
Character(s) in this story
*Marie
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*Passive Days #1*
In a small town of undisclosed it is drizzling. There lives a girl name Marie. She is 20 years old. Lives by herself in a petite house and overall an "interesting person".
"The sound of rainfall hitting my roof is so pleasant in the morning." said Marie. "It is almost as if the God's of weather is telling me that I should slumber a bit more". It was almost noon. "I better not today." She gets up from her bed which was actually just a very large corn mat that she planned to use as a sort of rug. Then she thought if it felt good to walk over with bare feet it should be good enough to use as a temporary bed. "My habit of tossing and turning is ruining my back." It was not very well thought out. She slowly rolls it up and uses an old belt to constrict her bed. "Jeez, I didn't realize it was this late already. I better make something to eat before my energy is depleted."
Marie opens her door being careful not to stub her toe again and walks to the kitchen. She opens the fridge and finds that she only had a couple of slices of bacon and one brown and white egg. "I knew I should have went shopping yesterday, but I was so busy that I couldn't find the time to do so". She was enthralled in the new Serpent Journey game that came out last week. "I guess I'll have an exotic breakfast today then!". She mixes both eggs in a small bowl and takes a frying pan from the oven and turns the burner on to heat up the frying pan. She then puts the bacon onto the frying pan and admires the crackles it produces. "I wonder what the weather will be like in the afternoon". She grabs the remote from her table and powers on the television. "The bacon looks done, I'll just go ahead and pour in the eggs". She mixes both together and it looks like something just thrown together at the last minute. "Today's weather report for May 9th is showers all day with it clearing up around 8 pm. Please be take all precautions and take a umbrella if you're planning to go outside." says the weatherman. "coming up in the next half hour-" The television seems to have been turned off by Marie. "Now I really wish I went shopping yesterday" says Marie. She grabs a nearby clean plate and nudges the eggs and bacon off the frying pan and sets the food on the table. She sits down on the chair and stares into her creation. She grabs a fork and quickly eats her breakfast like she hasn't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon. "Yummy!" she shouts at the delight of eating an exotic breakfast.
After devouring her breakfast she places her plate into the sink. "There's always time later to wash it. I need to put on some outside clothes" She walks back to her room and opens her closet. "Hmm... shorts and T-shirts are really the only things I like to wear. I should wear something more my age but I just find these to be the most comfortable." She changes out of the track pants and large white t-shirt. Marie wasn't a tall person. She was only 157 cm. "I don't look half bad in this outfit at all. If I was just a bit taller I'd look like a model you see in the paper advertising life insurance." She stares at the mirror some more and tries to comb her long blond hair with her fingers. Then notices her clock in the room and sees that it was already 12:26 pm. "Whoops. I didn't know it was this late already. I really need to head out now." She walks out of her room and heads for the door leading to the outside world. "I can't find my rain coat. It must still be in the closet. I'll just have to make due with an umbrella and some rain boots". She slips on her brown rain boots and grabs her green umbrella. "Ah. I can't forget my wallet. It would be embarrassing for me again to hold up the line at the market only to realize I forgotten it at home. I placed it under my keys so it wouldn't happen again." She takes her keys and wallet and puts it in her pockets. Opens the door and looks at all the water being dropped from the sky."Today looks kind of nice outside."
Marie continues walking by the side of the road even knowing that cars don't often pass by in a small town like this. Though buses do pass by, but only in intervals of two hours. Marie spins her umbrella round and round to try to achieve the affect of sprinkler. The market she is walking to was about one kilometer away. She could get there much faster with her bike and save some time. Though she oddly prefers to walk to places and hardly ever uses it. "Walking really is the way to go and hearing the rain drops on my umbrella is enjoyable too." says Marie. Eventually Marie arrives at the market only to realize that she has only $15 in her wallet. "Ugh" Marie says with a grubbily look. "That's right. I've already spent most of my money already and I bought a game last week as well. I don't get paid until till tomorrow. That shouldn't really matter too much since I can just eat some eggs and rice. It'll be bland but at least I'll still have something to eat." After grabbing the ingredients she heads for the checkout lane. "This looks pretty interesting. Chocolate covered potato chips. I've never heard of putting chocolate and potatoes together before. It doesn't sound too appetizing but I still want to try it." After a short exchange of money she exits the market and makes her way back home.
Arriving back home. Marie slips off her rain boots and sets the bags on the floor and proceeds to head to the bathroom to drop her umbrella in the bathtub. She comes back and grabs the bags and heads to kitchen. "It's still a bit too early have lunch. And I'm not too hungry right now. I can combine lunch and dinner together so I don't have to cook more than twice today." She puts the food away not forgetting to snatch those chocolate chips before she walks out of the kitchen and heads back to her room. She looks at her clock to find that it is 2:36 pm. "Maybe I'll spend a little time grinding in Serpent Journey. I still have to navigate the dungeon and defeat the mini-boss." She turns on PS2, grabs the game controller, and presses the button on the TV to power it on. She opens the bag of chips and gazes into the screen. Hours goes by and she continues her adventure. She is past the point of defeating the main boss of the dungeon and now heads towards the next part of the game completely forgetting about cooking dinner.
END
>>45176
[0] In a small town of undisclosed[1] it is drizzling. There[2] lives a girl name Marie. She is 20 years old.[3] Lives[4] by herself in a petite[5] house and [6] overall an “interesting person”.
“The sound of rainfall hitting my roof is so pleasant in the morning.” said[7][8] Marie. “It is almost as if the God's[9] of weather is telling me that I should slumber a bit more”. It was almost noon. “I better not today.” [10] She gets up from her bed which was[11] actually just a very large corn mat that she planned to use as a sort of rug. Then she thought if it felt good to walk over with bare feet[12][13] it should be good enough to use as a temporary bed. “My habit of tossing and turning is ruining my back.” It[14] was not very well thought out. She slowly rolls it[15] up and uses an old belt to constrict her bed[15]. “Jeez, I didn't realize it was this late already. I better make something to eat before my energy is depleted.”
Marie opens her door being[16] careful not to stub her toe again[17] and walks to the kitchen. She opens the fridge and finds that she only had[18] a couple of slices of bacon and one brown and white egg[19]. “I knew I should have went[20] shopping yesterday, but I was so busy that I couldn't find the time to do so”. She was enthralled in[21] the new Serpent Journey game that came out last week. “I guess I'll have an exotic breakfast today then!”. She mixes both eggs in a small bowl and takes a frying pan from the oven and[22] turns the burner on to heat up the frying pan[23]. She then puts the bacon onto[24] the frying pan and admires the crackles[25] it produces. “I wonder what the weather will be like in the afternoon”. She grabs the remote from her table and powers on the television. “The bacon looks done, I'll just go ahead and pour[26] in the eggs”. She mixes both together and it looks like something just thrown together at the last minute[27]. “Today's weather report for May 9th is showers all day with[28] it clearing up around 8 pm. Please be take all precautions and take a[29] umbrella if you're planning to go outside.” says the weatherman. “coming[30] up in the next half hour-” The television seems to have been turned off[31] by Marie. “Now I really wish I went[32] shopping yesterday” says Marie. She grabs a nearby clean plate and[33] nudges the eggs and bacon off the frying pan and sets the food on the table. She sits down on the chair and stares into[34] her creation. She grabs a fork and quickly eats her breakfast like she hasn't eaten anything since yesterday afternoon[35]. “Yummy!” she shouts at the delight of eating an exotic breakfast.[36]
After devouring her breakfast she places her plate into the sink. “There's always time later to wash it[37]. I need to put on some outside[38] clothes” She walks back to her room and opens her closet. “Hmm… shorts and T-shirts are really the only things I like to wear. I should wear something more my age but I just find these to be the most comfortable.” She changes out of the track pants and large white t-shirt. Marie wasn't[39] a tall person. She was[39] only 157 cm. “I don't look half bad in this outfit at all. If I was just a bit taller I'd look like a[40] model you see in the paper advertising life insurance.” She stares at the mirror some more and tries to comb her long blond hair with her fingers. Then[41] notices her clock in the room and sees that it was[42] already 12:26 pm. “Whoops. I didn't know it was this late already. I really need to head out now.” She walks out of her room and heads for the door leading to the outside world[43]. “I can't find my rain coat. It must still be in the closet. I'll just have to make due with an umbrella and some rain boots”. She slips on her brown rain boots and grabs her green umbrella. “Ah. I can't forget my wallet. It would be embarrassing for me again[44] to hold up the line at the market only to realize I forgotten it at home. I placed it under my keys so it wouldn't happen again.” She takes her keys and wallet and puts it[45] in her pockets. [46]Opens the door and looks at all the water being dropped[47] from the sky.“Today looks kind of nice outside.[48]”
Marie continues walking by the side of the road even knowing that cars don't often pass by in a small town like this[49]. Though[50] buses do pass by, but only in intervals of two hours. Marie spins her umbrella round and round to try[51] to achieve the affect[52] of sprinkler. The market she is walking to was about one kilometer away. She could get there much faster with her bike and save some time. Though[53] she oddly prefers to walk to places and hardly ever uses it. “Walking really is the way to go and hearing the rain drops on my umbrella is enjoyable too.” says Marie. Eventually Marie arrives at the market only to realize that she has only[54] $15 in her wallet. “Ugh” Marie says[55] with a grubbily[56] look. “That's right. I've already spent most of my money already[57] and I bought a game last week as well. I don't get paid until till[58] tomorrow. That shouldn't really matter too much since I can just eat some eggs and rice. It'll be bland but at least I'll still have something to eat.” After grabbing the ingredients she heads for the checkout lane. “This looks pretty interesting. Chocolate covered potato chips. I've never heard of putting chocolate and potatoes together before. It doesn't sound too appetizing but I still want to try it.” After a short exchange of money she exits the market and makes her way back home.
Arriving back home.[59] Marie slips off her rain boots and[60] sets the bags on the floor and proceeds to head to the bathroom to drop her umbrella in the bathtub. She comes back and[61] grabs the bags and heads to kitchen. “It's still a bit too early [62] have lunch. [63] And I'm not too hungry right now. I can combine lunch and dinner together so I don't have to cook more than twice today.” She puts the food away [64] not forgetting to snatch those chocolate chips before she walks out of the kitchen and heads back to her room. She looks at her clock to find that it is 2:36 pm. “Maybe I'll spend a little time grinding in Serpent Journey. I still have to navigate[65] the dungeon and defeat the mini-boss.” She turns on [66] PS2, grabs the game controller, and presses the button on the TV to power it on. She opens the bag of chips and gazes into the screen. Hours goes[67] by and[68] she continues her adventure. She is past the point of defeating the main boss of the dungeon[69] and now heads towards the next part of the game [70] completely forgetting about cooking dinner.
[0] Most of the story is in present tense. This is a bit unusual. Usually stories are told in past tense, in order to avoid awkward kludges where you need to mix tenses. It just so happens that this stories also contains such kludges, as you'll see.
[1] What does that mean? Is the town itself undisclosed, or the surrounding region? In the former case, the sentence is not grammatically correct. It should be "In a small, undisclosed town it is drizzling". But I don't understand why you wrote 'undisclosed' at all. Just... don't mention a name at all? Or does it have some significance that we don't know the name? It doesn't seem like it, so... why?
[2] This sentence order is awkward. Try "A girl named Marie lives there". Though that's still not a great sentence, to be honest.
[3] Why not contract the two sentences? "A twenty year old girl named Marie lives there."
[4] Missing subject. Fix: "She lives [..]"
[5] The thesaurus is a dangerous beast. Handle with care! Better words would be: tiny, small, or depending on your aimed nuance: meagre, teeny.
[6] Missing subject. Possible fixes: "and she is an overall [..]", "and overall she is an [..]"
[7] Wait what? Why is it suddenly past tense?
[8] Who is she speaking to? Does she just have a weird quirk of speaking to herself out loud? If so, that probably deserves further explanation. If not, inner monologue should use words like thinking, pondering, musing, imagining, and so forth.
[9] "as if the God is of weather is telling me" is not a grammatically feasible sentence. Drop the 's.
[10] Overall you're often just throwing in quotes without turning them into actual sentences. This is bad style. Always incorporate quotes into a sentence.
[11] Past tense slipping in again, unless you mean to tell us the bed suddenly disappeared into thin air.
[12] Would probably be better as "it felt good to walk over bare foot"
[13] Missing comma.
[14] Lost reference. Should be something like "Her plan was not very well thought out."
[15] Reference kludge again. Proposed fix: "She slowly rolls the mat up and uses and old belt to constrict it."
[16] Drop the "being" and add a comma instead: "Marie opens her door, careful not to stub her toe [..]"
[17] We don't know of the previous instance of her stubbing her toe, so the "again" feels weird. Drop it, or add it as a full, explanatory sentence afterwards.
[18] Tensessss!!!!
[19] I haven't heard of eggs that are brown and white before. Note: English requires repeating the quantifier in listings: "one brown and one white egg"
[20] Bad tense. Should be: "I knew I should have gone [..]"
[21] The proper construction for "enthralled" is "to be enthralled by something".
[22] And and and and and! Use commas and other coupling words! "She mixes both eggs in a small bowl, takes a frying pan from the oven, and turns the burner on to heat it up."
[23] Duplicate mention. See [22] for a fix.
[24] Bad preposition. You put things /into/ a pan.
[25] This feels a bit awkward to me as a noun. Suggestion: use a verb instead "[..] and admires the crackling it produces." Alternatively, restructure the sentence: "[..] and admires how it crackles."
[26] I'm not sure if "pouring" is a good verb to use in relation to eggs. Maybe simply "adding" would work better.
[27] This is... uh. Not how you should do descriptions. We already know she just threw it together, and this description doesn't really make it any more specific. How about something like: "[..] it looks rather messy." Substitute whatever you like better for "messy".
[28] Odd conjunction. How about "[..] showers all day, but it should start to clear up [..]"
[29] If the following word begins with a vowel (or sounds like it would), use 'an'.
[30] Beginnings of sentences should be capitalised.
[31] Guess what: Tenses.
[32] Bad tense. "[..] wish I had gone [..]"
[33] And again and again and again. Are you scared of commas? They're your best friends! "She grabs a nearby clean plate, nudges the eggs and bacon off the frying pan, and sets the food on the table."
[34] Does she have X-Ray vision or is her meal some kind of twisted cavernous structure that has holes to stare into? Use "at" to look at something.
[35] So... she /has/ eaten since yesterday afternoon? How about this instead: "She grabs a fork and gorges the food down as if she hadn't eaten for days".
[36] Uh. That's just a really bad sentence. "[..] she shouts in delight." would probably have been much better.
[37] Bad order. "There's always time to wash it later."
[38] That is not an adjective applicable to clothes, unless the clothes just happen to be outside, which most definitely was not your intent. The word is "outdoor".
[39] THE TENSES. THEY FLUCTUATE!
[40] Instead of "a", "one of these" (+ plural) would fit better.
[41] Pull the sentences together with a comma and add in a subject: "[..] with her fingers, then she notices [..]"
[42] Oh boy.
[43] What an odd thing to write. Are we in Narnia or something? Just write "[..] leading outside".
[44] You probably should put this "again" at the end of the sentences, since this probably doesn't mean what you meant to say. As it is, the sentence means: "I'll embarrass myself again if I forget my wallet. Most likely by holding up the line". If you put it at the end it means: "I'll embarrass myself if I hold up the line again because I forgot my wallet."
[45] They're multiple items, so it needs a plural.
[46] Missing subject.
[47] Are people dumping water from the roofs or something? Rain /falls/ from the sky.
[48] Odd structure. How about: "It looks kind of nice outside today."
[49] This is a bit confusing to me. Are you implying that people would just start walking on the road? I certainly don't, even if not that many cars go by.
[50] You already have the interjection of "but" later on. Drop this one.
[51] This might just be me, but I really like commas: "[..] round and round, trying to achieve [..]"
[52] "affect" as a noun does not mean what you think it does. You want "effect".
[53] "Though" does not fit here. Try "however".
[54] Awkward repetition of "only". Try "just" instead in this case.
[55] English has such a nice and rich vocabulary, make use of it! Marie groans, moans, sighs, grumbles.
[56] Are you sure you know what this word means? <http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grubbily>
[57] One of those "already"s is too much.
[58] It's "until" or "till", but not both.
[59] Your fear of commas is astounding. "Arriving back home, Marie slips off her rain boots [..]"
[60] Your usage of "and"s is astounding. "[..] boots, sets the bags on the floor, and proceeds [..]"
[61] Again already? See [60].
[62] You are missing a "to".
[63] Join sentences together! Don't use conjunctions at the beginning of a sentence unless you really know what you're doing!
[64] A missing comma, lost in the wilderness. Probably eaten by hungry word sharks by now. A truly tragic tale.
[65] Does anyone that actually plays games seriously use the word "navigate" for a dungeon? What is this, a sailing game?
[66] Missing determiner. Add "the" or "her".
[67] A car goes by. Multiple cars go by.
[68] You probably want "as" here instead of "and".
[69] This is pretty awkward of a constellation. Past tense would be better. "She defeated the main boss and [..]"
[70] Another lost comma.
So... how do we conclude this all. I suppose I should start out by saying that this isn't that bad of a start. There are a lot of basic writing mistakes in here, but those are rather easy to fix if you just get used to writing and keep yourself on the lookout for these kinds of mistakes. Read everything you wrote again at least once and make sure it all reads and flows naturally. You should be able to pick up on a lot of mistakes by yourself that way. The most serious flaw in this is that you mixed your tenses. Always tell a story in the past tense unless you really seriously know what you're doing, or it'll very easily lead to awkward and strange tense mixups. As I've also mentioned, the dialogue is rather weird to read as it isn't integrated into proper sentences most of the time, and when it is it gives the impression of her talking out loud, which makes the situation weird to read since she's just talking to herself all the time, instead of thinking. Now, regarding the story itself, it seems rather reflective of your own lifestyle. Which is fine, nothing wrong with that. After all, inspiration has to be drawn from somewhere. What I would like to know more of is... well, what kind of person is Marie? Does she have any friends? Why does she (seemingly?) live alone in an apartment just playing games all day? Does she have a job? How does she interact with other people? What is the town she lives in like outside of it being small? How did she get there? There's a lot that you can expand on, so I'll be looking forward to further parts in this. If you don't want to continue with this story, then that's fine too though. Let's see what else you can come up with in that case.
Urd's short summer
Written by anon
DAY ONE
"Where does one go when one ceases to breathe, what happens to the soul; if it exists of course. Questions such as these hinders the minds of man. You too, can explore those questions by signing up at our website for a low fee of $3.99/month!" said Urd. "There's always a catch with these ads. They target the people who have uneventful lives, thinking there is something hidden from the eyes of the public. What I am the most interested in this ad is that picture of a flaming skull on the flag that the person is holding. Who in their right mind would advertise something with a skull that didn't have a Mohawk or some swords behind it. Then again, I might be biased because I think the biker gang in our town have a much better skull as their logo on their jackets. Ah shoot, the library is going to close in 30 minutes. I haven't even picked a book to do a report on. I'll just check the cart and pick out the first thing that looks the most interesting. I will use my haste ability to give myself a boost!" Urd throws books left and right without much care of the mistreatment of the books. "I think I found the perfect book, it has a picture of a bat with three eyes. The title of it is... I can't really make it out, it looks like it was rubbed off. Well, I have run out of time and must check this book out immediately before they close the front desk." Urd cut through the people in her way, checks out the book, and hurry's out the door with the small book in her pocket.
"Phew, what a day! I haven't had to move around this much since last week in gym class. It hasn't even been a day since summer vacation started. I wasn't really planning on leaving my room until it was time for school to begin, which is about 3 months away from now. I really am lucky that I didn't do terrible this year, my folks would've killed me. I'm just glad they won't find out my grades until they come back from their own vacation. It is funny that they just left without any concern about leaving their 13 year old daughter alone at home, but at least I can enjoy staying up all night and sleeping all day. I can literally do whatever I want until their return, which come to think of it, I don't recall when they said they will be coming back..." Urd continued to walk home until she spotted the convenience store. "I will need some supplies if I'm ever going to survive." Urd entered the store and looks around the aisle for some instant food. "Frozen food hasn't let me down just yet. They are even having a special on the stores brand. I don't really know if it'll be as good as the name brand, but it's cheap and it is three for five dollars." Urd grabs three different kinds of TV dinners and heads for the register. After short exchange with the employee she leaves the store and heads home.
"The weather hasn't been too bad in Nople, it doesn't feel very cold compared to yesterday. Although I do love it when it snows, the feeling of stepping on a fresh pile of snow is simply wonderful. However, it's only second to the sharp pain of snow hitting the face when the wind blows." Urd soon arrives at her house and goes inside. "It is way to quiet in this house. My dad would be in the garage fixing up his car and mom would be in the living room watching her soap operas. Wait a second... who am I even talking to anyway?" Urd walks to the kitchen, puts the bags on the table, and grabs one of the TV dinners out of the bag. "I know I should eat this later, but I just have to try it out, maybe it won't be so bad." Urd takes out the TV dinner tray, pokes holes in the plastic, and puts it in the microwave for four-and-a-half minutes. "I always like to stare at the plate moving in a circular motion. It's something a kid would do, like staring into the ovens window to check the roast or watching the washing machine as it spins. Urd stares for the full duration of the cooking process and takes out the TV dinner using an oven glove. "It doesn't look that bad, but it certainly doesn't look like anything like the food on the cover. Why does the meat look like a brownie cake?" Suddenly the food starts to starts to rumble and steam. Urd watches in horror that her meal is moving violently. "Wha- why is this happening? Did I cook it for too long? or was I not suppose to poke holes in the plastic?? I don't know!" The TV dinner blows up the house killing Urd as she stood by it.
"Ugh.. what just happened?" Urd wakes up in some sort of dimension that doesn't seem to have anything. She looks around trying to find anything but fails to find it. She covers her face with her hands and starts to scream. "WHAT KIND OF WORLD IS THIS?!!? WHY DID I END UP IN THIS PLACE" Urd yelled this and it produced an echo. "Have I truly gone mad? Is this where the dead end up? Just to wander alone in a void by yourself? I just don't understand!" Urd goes into a fettle position and starts to sob quietly. "Isn't this what you wanted?" said a voice in the distant. "... Huh? who said that?" Urd sits up and wipes her tears. "Who was that? Please don't leave me, I don't want to be alone. It's only been a couple of minutes, but it already feels like an eternity in this place. I don't want to be alone... show me something, anything! I just want to leave this place!" Urd hears something behind her and finds a giant door. "This is... a door? It wasn't here before... who cares, it's my way out of this purgatory. Urd uses all her strength but still could not open the door. "WHY! Why God! Why am I so weak that I can't even budge the door an inch!" Urd struggles to open the door and falls back in the process. "It's no use, I don't have the power to open this door." A key Suddenly falls out the sky and hits Urd's head. "A key? Maybe this will work" Urd was about to put the key into the keyhole and stops. "Why does the air feel so heavy?" Urd turns around and finds a person in a shroud. "Are you certain that you want to go through that door?" The person said. "Is there something wrong with trying to get out of this horrible place? What reason do I have to stay in a place like this!?" said Urd. "I ask, because if you go through that door, you'll never come back to this place again" said the shrouded person. "Yes, and what is your point?" Urd retorted. The shrouded person stood silent. "I don't want to hear anymore silly questions, I'm heading out of this place once and for all!" Urd shouted while unlocking the door and heads inside with the door closing behind her. "..." the shrouded person is still silent. "I couldn't convince her to stay here". The shrouded person walks in the opposite direction on the door and disappears into the void leaving behind a book with a bat with three eyes on the cover.
"...ugh" Urd says while rubbing her eyes. "Where am I now?" Urd looks in front of her to find many palm trees. "This is different, but at least it's not that void. I wonder if the door is still there." Urd turns around and finds more palm trees. "It should still be there, but it's not? I feel something in my pocket" Urd checks her back pocket and finds a key-ring. "Where did this come from? This is all too confusing" Urd finds the nearest palm tree and sits besides it. She slowly closes her eyes and drifts away to sleep.
Whoop doop doodledoo, here we are once more.
You know the drill: Small things, how you're doing, what you're doing, what's happening goes in here.
Had an interview for Mini Circuits next week and was told by phone that the position has been filled. They will keep my resume "active" in case there is another position open. Though I am not holding my breathe on it. Guess I'll continue the job search.
it is only the second day of my economics class and i hate it already... on a sidenote, this thread is taking forever to load. may be time for a new one
>>45200
You got it, sister.
is 4 years old... so make sure you get appropriate presents
cake will be strawberry
>>45086
Well obviously. I exaggerated for comedic effect, because that's what I do. I also run multiple people's websites on my servers, as well as a mail server, teamspeak, game servers, development servers, the IRC, etc. The server we're currently on is a root server which costs 60€ per month. I pay 40€ of that, as I share it with a friend of mine, who pays the other part. 60€ for what we're getting is actually incredibly cheap, and about the best offer you can get for a root server nowadays. I initially wanted to just buy collocation (that means just storage space & internet access in a server center) somewhere and set up my own machine, but it turns out that that alone is more expensive than our deal in every place you can get it at, which is crazy. Before we had this server I ran multiple vServers for everything, which was actually more expensive in total than what I'm paying now. Before even that I had a single vServer with an awful hoster, but "at least" that was only 10€ per month back then.
Whoa, y'all niggas are still here. Pretty late to the punch, but congrats on the birthday.
>>45161
We are going to be here, forever. Faggots may come and leave, but the few of us forever are here, lurking.
This is book thread. Tell us why we should bother reading the book you post.
A Canticle for Leibowitz is the most significant sci-fi I have read. It explores the world after a nuclear holocaust and traces its build up similar to the Roman empire, with a monastery named after a man who was burned for trying to protect the knowledge of the old world, Leibowitz. This book reads easily with the exception of the really odd Jewish reflection near the middle that doesn't seem to tie into anything. A must read for... anyone.
i have been trying to read this, although i barely have time to do much of anything at the moment. it's midterm week n i have an essay due wednesday. still... i'm at chapter 42 and so far, it's awesome. i especially like the section on the barbary pirates n preble
read this recently. good
look at this gem i dug up from stevenarch... pre-cambrian era posting, by the long dead pony posters of the 2011-2013 ming dynasty
back before fire was used to purge them
from the /chan/board, i have excavated the following
a post from the very first pinkie pie mod, arctic somethingorother, desperately trying to relive his mod glory days...
sabre and his desperate need for rainbow text
and admin self-banning
INCOMING GETCHAN DELETION IN 3... 2... 1...
from secret board /world/:
evidence of stc's birthday being today, mbyte being a lonely fuck, and ash being gay (i'm pretty sure he screencapped his tripcode at some point n this is mbyte fucking around)
the error said some shit like "purplish:title" implying that because i left the title blank the thread wouldn't work... i know this is an error because a thread shouldn't need a title because it shouldn't
>>45066
Yeah it should. Also, your browser shouldn't even let you submit a thread without a title to begin with.
>>45067
fine, whore...
if we're ever gonna become a real country, we need to pick official stuff:
columbo is the official television show of stevenchan
'sup fag' is the official greeting of stc
anon n suntomic are our princess n other princess royal gay couple
red velvet cake is the official food (because i said so)
what do you fags propose for the rest of our official stuff?
...goddamnit
[youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN3vmUuOF5o)
have you heard of our lord and savior Quetzalcoatl?
do your part and cut out a live, beating heart today to keep the sun fed!
Ho ho hoes!
As is tradition every year, it's time to show your appreciation for each other in the most gay way possible short of visiting: sending packages!
If you'd like to participate, drop a mail to <shinmera@tymoon.eu> with your home address. Please, always include the address even if you've participated during previous years. We'll later be using e-mail to exchange the addresses once registration is closed and the shuffling has been done.
<s>You have time to enter until the 9th of November, which is two weeks from now.</s> Registration's closed. Just as before, if you worry that you won't have enough money or no ideas for what to give, don't worry and enter anyway, I'm sure we can figure something out.
Hopefully by starting extra early this year we'll all have some sweet presents by the 24th!
Entered:
* Shinmera
* gingerale
* anon
* minty
* Mithent
i really, really like those snowman stickers...
and yes, i did make the munny's outfit. i didn't know when i was starting off with it i wanted to kind of go with an angel of death sort of theme. if you look closely, i did some detail of bloody handprints and finger smears on his little robe.
while i was making it i was thinking about this dvd i used to own which was a low-budget movie called 'no mans land: the rise of reeker' or something like that.
basically, the "bad guy" in the movie is in this sort of purgatory scenario... if i remember correctly, time stops in the movie except for a handful of people. and then this dude started killing the ones that could still move. blah blah a man and a woman try to stop him i can't remember if they're successful but i think they are...
anyway, at the end of the movie, time unfreezes and what had happened was the gas station they were all at when time froze blew up, and the wounds the dude was making were the wounds that was supposed to happen when the people died (shrapnel from the exploding gas tank n such)
so he wasn't really a good or bad guy, he was just doing his job. even if it was done low budget n kinda crappy i still like the idea of it. so, that was kind of the idea...
the person who gets chosen with this after death task gets spoken to while they are alive... they end up as serial killers who "hear voices" encouraging them to kill as practice so they get used to the task of dismembering bodies
>>44804
Truly a present in the spirit of Christmas.
[cheering children in the background]
>>44805
red is a festive christmasy color...
blow me
/floats aimlessly
post your christmas tree n what-have-you's
this is my gingerbread village and its gingerbread citizens
i filled a tubesock with rice n put rubberbands on it to make a snowman
>>44743
What are the typical jew meals you are making this time of the year?
>>44745
Our family isn't really concerned with traditionalism, so we don't do anything that's usually done around Christmas except for exchanging presents. We did start making biscuits today though.