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[savothesewercat]

Here I am, apologizing in advance to the unfortunate subjects of this, The 5th, Personalized Dedication Show:    The Spaz @ehrinrae ,  The elder sister @straycatte , the overworked @vylette-elakha , the largest wallflower @sheen1012 , the unfortunately single (and his balls) @chameleon-cryptid , the poster couple for cat-fancy magazine Eden and Nick @tenebrous-xiv / @xivriftdancer , The bartender at the Drunken Moogle @missmeela , Gaz the eroticist and her ladyfriend, Hesper from trinity @whimsicalcuriosity , The Elezen-arm-candy @rythasbrenelle ,  the duskwight-mullet-model @severine-savage , the singing aquanaut @dane-escherra , the naked show-bomber @echoingsteel , Ruuj the Man-Bun, Le Duke (he’s an easy target) @dukeofishgard and finally the often overlooked hyperliterate sharp @star-reader-ffxiv .

Held this time in the depths of the Tenebrous Performance House and within the letter of their insurance liability clause.  So spread the word if you know any of these folks. 

Obvious plugs: @balmungrpcalendar , @balmungrp , and also @mordantly because your date will be there and I don’t want you to forget.  : )

-Cheers folks!   Bring fish for Fheyla.

[meandering-mind]

Miss Hydaelyn, the competition formerly known as Miss Eorzea returns!

Join us and 14 lovely contestants for an evening of glamour, talent and fun. Celebrate tradition with us as we welcome the 2018 Title-Taker Defiant Bride as our special guest judge and at the end of the show cast YOUR vote to help decide who takes home the title of Miss Hydaelyn. Miss Hydaelyn 2020 - Contestant sign up: http://tinyurl.com/MissHydaelyn (Limited to 14 slots, first come first serve, sign up ends 8/28) This years prizes include 1 million gil and a sketch by the lovely Livia! If you want to donate to the prize-pool and get a shout out during the event please get in touch!

Saturday August 28th 7 PM EDT Goblet Ward 7 Plot 6 - In the Garden.

[thevoilinauttheory]

It’s Called: Freefall by Rainbow Kitten Surprise [Warning: Explicit Lyrics]

“Scratch, kick, let gravity win like Fuck this, let gravity win like You could leave it all behind, even the Devil need time alone sometimes You could let it all go, you could let it all go It’s Called: Freefall It’s Called: Freefall”

[ For @athilthorne‘s Athil Thorne. I had a big O O F moment when looking for inspiration, and I’ll be honest, I was desperate to grab a hold of something - I’ve got a couple of people on hold already trying to figure out more about their characters, and I really didn’t want to have to do the same for you.  BUT I think I got onto something, maybe. I didn’t plan to return to a Rainbow Kitten Surprise song as a means for inspiration, but boy am I glad I did (I played around with Stuck in the Sound and Glass Animals, but they didn’t give me what I was looking for, unfortunately, I still recommend them highly for music!). They’re also one of those bands who’s style seems to change with each song, but they all weren’t what I was looking for. And I was about to second-guess this song; though I’ve realized that my second-guessing usually leads to missed opportunities. It’s Called: Freefall has… darker meanings to it’s lyrics, a “read between the lines” style; you can’t take it face value or else you’ll miss the point. … That’s if you’re not trying to apply it to a character, however, taking it face value is probably best in this scenario. Especially for someone like Athil! Whom I did have a lot of fun reading prompts for, very straight forward and to the point; cheeky and sneaky, can have a good sense of humor - though based on what I could find, all of that felt much like a mask to hide pain. A song about dealing with the Devil and getting what you didn’t expect felt right, that even the Devil got tired of the joy and [Athil’s] ability to make friends anywhere; but in the end, to just… let it go, let life take it’s course, to stop fighting. I hope you enjoy this song as much as I do, and I hope I can see more of your character soon - please let me know if it’s not to your liking, and I can set something up to learn more and fix it~ ]

[athilthorne]

What a cool take and a great song. Thank you so much!

[where-is-the-rp]

Hello Everyone! It’s time for the RP Calendar Analysis II - Electric Boogaloo.

We have arrived in the future - Crystal has become a reality, and has existed for more than six months now. So of course, being how I am, I could not help but ask: How did it impact the RP?

The short answer: We have more RP than ever before, literally! Good job everyone, the future means that you can realistically go on an eight-hour event-rp binge if you are so inclined.

But what fun is statistics without additional observations?

Number of Recurring events (Minimum 1x a week): 116 Number of Recurring events that are still going as of October ‘19: 95 Average amount of event days before a recurring event terminates: 5.68 Amount of one-time events: 101 Total events from May 1st - October 31st: 1370 (up from 951 in 2018) Want to look at the data? Make a copy. Commentary below

Keep reading

[athilthorne]

This was fun as always to work on!

[meandering-mind]

YARDSALE 

Join us on Sunday the 17th at 6PM EDT at Goblet Ward 7, Plot 6 on BALMUNG for our very first installation of Yardsale. The estimated run-time of this event is 3 hours.

The above poster was created by Aegir (Thank you!).

What is Yardsale?

Yardsale is an event where anyone can come to sell anything*. Is your adventurer a compulsive hoarder of shiny things & trinkets? Send them to Yardsale! Is your bean secretly an amateur baker in the making? Send them to Yardsale!! Naturally, tradespeople of all kinds are also welcome.

And if you don’t have anything to sell, there should be plenty for you to buy.   Not only do we have a lovely seating environment where you can sit and eat your bake-sale conquests, we will also host other activities such as a raffle of in-game items during the event. 

Yardsale strives to be a so called “Crime welcome” environment, wherein we allow would-be-thieves to try their hand at stealing, if they can handle the consequences! We will for this reason have security at the event.

*Unfortunately we have to exclude the obvious sale of illegal items as the event is in a housing zone.

Staff wanted

Yardsale still needs to fill out certain roles (security), and needs more stalls! We have 13 in total lined up for the event.

Additionally, we have a rentable café inside the building on the venue which may be used by other establishments in conjunction with the events.

Please join us here if you’d be interested: https://discord.gg/NsREzrQ — Any questions can be forwarded directly to MeanderingMind#8375 or Aegir#5138. Stay tuned for a dedicated carrd.

[cahli-tia-deactivated20240126]

A Not-So-Spooky Giveaway!

What/Why:

It’s All Saints’ Wake time of year!!  And Halloween is in like three days!!  So, I am doing a giveaway to celebrate the season.  :D

Prizes:

ONE Witches Broom mount from the Mog Station store!  Reply to this post (or reblog) indicating that you would like one and I’ll send you a gift code.

Entry Rules:

There will be no drawings. Everyone is a winner (while supplies last)!!

Please reply to (or reblog) this post with a comment indicating that you want this mount and I will send you a gift code!

Winners:

I have 20 some odd brooms to give out!!  First come, first serve!!.

[athilthorne]

Very cool!

[meandering-mind]

Timezone Shiftaroo PSA for RP’ers

In the EU Daylight Savings ends on Sunday October 27th.

In the US Daylight Savings ends on Sunday November 3rd. * *Unless you live in the one state that both does and doesn’t observe summertime

🕒 The clocks will go back by one hour. 🕒

This means that EDT becomes EST again, PDT becomes PST, The brits go out of BST and into GMT, and most europeans go from CEST to CET.

As you may note there is an overlap. In this overlap time, european roleplayers become lost and confused. They don’t know when anything starts, and arrive simultaneously an hour late and an hour early for everything. In some years, camps have been observed due to f.o.m.o. This is cruelty. Whilst the timezone shiftaroo takes place, please help your fellow roleplayers by using the correct timezone on event posters, posts, discord ads, and when you relay a time. If you want to be very kind, relay information in the “hours until” format when asked.

Thank you.

[vierafication]

More Halloween inktobers! This time it’s Kennard Mason as a reluctant pirate ( @henry-fitzroy !) and Vivien Jadestone as the swan princess ( @penhallowantiquities !) 💙💙💙

[whimsicalcuriosity]

Ahhhh! Koko! You drew Vivien so beautifully! <3

[athilthorne]

Vivien!!!!!

[ffxivrp]

Crystal Roleplay Resources

With a fresh update, The Crystal Cross World Events discord server have gotten a renewed identity and purpose.

- This is your one stop shop for all things Roleplay in the Crystal DC

- In depth lore channels and roleplaying resources

-Event organization, collaboration and advertising

-Social hubs for both IC and OOC connections

-The ability to opt in and out of channels using our role selection channels. Make the server as small or as large as you, tailored to your own needs.

Join us today!

[moramew]

A small list of random ass sites I’ve found useful when writing:

Fragrantica: perfume enthusiast site that has a long list of scents. v helpful when you’re writing your guilty pleasure abo fics

Just One Cookbook: recipe site that centers on Japanese cuisine. Lots of different recipes to browse, plenty of inspiration so you’re not just “ramen and sushi” 

This comparing heights page: gives you a visual on height differences between characters

A page on the colors of bruises+healing stages: well just that. there you go. describe your bruises properly

McCormick Science Institute: yes this is a real thing. the site shows off research on spices and gives the history on them. be historically accurate or just indulge in mindless fascination. boost your restaurant au with it

A Glossary of Astronomy Terms: to pepper in that sweet terminology for your astrophysics major college au needs

[moramew]

Adding to this since I’m working on a shifter au one-shot:

Canine Body Language

Feline Body Language

[moramew]

More:

Cocktail Flow: a site with a variety of cocktails that’s pretty easy to navigate and offers photos of the drinks. You can sort by themes, strengths, type and base. My only real annoyance with this site is that the drinks are sometimes sorted into ~masculine~ and ~feminine~ but ehhhh. It’s great otherwise.

Tie-A-Tie: a site centered around ties, obviously. I stumbled upon it while researching tie fabrics but there’s a lot more to look at. It offers insight into dress code for events, tells you how to tie your ties, and has a section on the often forgotten about tie accessories

[moramew]

Even more:

Types of High Heels: A page describing twenty five different types of high heels. It gives a description and pictures. Shake it up from just “stilettos and kitten heels”

Random Job Generator: Exactly as it says. The site offer more generators like characters, plots, or town names.

Glossary of Hosiery Terms: Figure out what is what on a pair of stockings.

Men’s Dress Shoe Guide: A quick guide describing the eight most common types of men’s dress shoes. Pics included.

Types of Women’s Coats: Descriptions and pics of various different types of coats.

[8writingblock8-blog]

WRITING REFERENCES

[imjustheretoseetheprivateblogs]

Yes they are

[meandering-mind]

Where has this been all my life

[vierafication]

I’d forgotten I started drawing this but yeah! Tumblr lied! Emet-selch is, in fact, a little bitch

[athilthorne]

Ha! This made me laugh.

[idontwikeit]

The withdrawal of the bill is far from a victory for Hong Kong.

In fact, it is quite the opposite.

Political prosecution of dissidents and police brutality moved up a notch after the announcement of the withdrawal.

The youngest dissident arrested was just a 12-year-old;

On 31 August, police officers indiscriminately have beaten commuters in a tube station and had a two-hour lockout that thwarted rescue of the injured and reporting of the event.

These are blatant assaults of basic human rights. We need to stop Hong Kong from downward spiraling into a police state.

In this fight for freedom, please stand with Hong Kong.

Support the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.

#PasstheHongKongHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct

[sea-wolf-coast-to-coast]

FFxivWrite2019

FFxiv 30 Day Writing Challenge SEPTEMBER 1st - 30th, 2019

Welcome to YEAR 3 of our annual FFxiv 30 Day Writing Challenge, folks!

In 2017 we saw 2,451 written pieces ranging from three-lined haikus to multi-paged stories. 2018 ramped up even more with 3,641 written pieces! 

We are a merry band of prolific writers, FFxiv RP community, and I couldn’t be prouder of our willingness to challenge ourselves creatively, using our RP craft as inspiration. Let’s see how we do in 2019!

Here’s the gist:

Runs from September 1st - 30th, 2019. During that timeframe:

Visit @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast​ once a day at 12:00pm (noon) PST for the prompt of the day. All prompts will be one word or brief phrase that you can interpret however you please.

You have 24 hours to write something for that prompt.

Tag @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast​ in your post, and use the hashtag #FFxivWrite2019.

There are no length or skill requirements (short & sweet is fine!).

There will be no 24-hour deadlines for the first week, September 1st - 7th.

Makeup/extra credit days every Sunday.

Every entry posted within its 24-hour deadline will count toward a participation prize raffle at the end.

You can join any time - late entries are welcome! They simply won’t count toward participation prizes - unless submitted on a makeup day.

If you’re an artist and you would like to volunteer to do a simple black & white illustration as a participation prize at the end of this challenge, please let me know!

RULES & MORE INFO below the cut~

Keep reading

[athilthorne]

This video will make you a better roleplayer. The content is framed through the lens of Dungeons and Dragons, but even if you don’t play D&D, there is still much to learn here.

[meandering-mind]

Have you ever felt like something off about someone?

Salt memes get your salt memes here salt memes just 5c

It’s fairly rare that I pick up on it since I tend to just focus on the good in people and all. But I have noticed that when I finally get a slightly off feeling, like it’s not quite a red flag but it’s more like “Hm”, then I’m usually right to think so in the end. Either way, I’m still a fan of letting time tell the story rather than going to dig up the dirt.

[athilthorne]

I like to call these “pink flags”.

[cynicaldjinn]

Keyboard recommendations

With the launch of Shadowbringers, I’m starting to notice a bit of discomfort in my left (keyboard) arm. I’m not sure if its early onset carpal tunnel or just general muscle aches, but it is alarming to say the least. SMN has always been my main and generally speaking it felt like the DPS class with the least amount of button presses, which is one of the reasons it appealed to me. However with the SMN changes I’ve found its become far busier and requires a lot more button presses, especially on the move. My usual play style is half keyboard presses half clicking which isn’t ideal by any means, but it worked at the time. Now it’s far less efficient and I’m definitely feeling the effects.

The keyboard I currently have was a cheap impulse buy when my last keyboard bit the dust and I’ve regretted it ever since. It’s not the worst but it claimed it was backlit which is true…but the keys themselves don’t light up which defeats the purpose entirely. The box itself was pretty misleading and that was a point of annoyance so I hope to avoid that a second time. 

Long story short I am hoping to get some recommendations for a good mechanical keyboard that is for both typing and gaming so I can lean more toward an entirely keybound play style. Backlit letters/numbers is a must so I can actually see the buggers and I’m looking in the $100.00 price range at max. I don’t want my arm to fall off, I kind of need it haha! Thank you in advance.

[meandering-mind]

I can’t recommend a specific keyboard, because the one I use is a nordics-exclusive regional brand; but from owning a fair few mechanical keyboards I’d say: 1. Stay away from Razer, 2. Consider cleanliness and how easy it’ll be to remove/clean the keys. Mine is completely flat (e.g the keys arent sunken into the base) which makes it very very easy to clean and the keys are very easy to replace too. My keyboard uses Blue Kahlua mechanical keys; I’ve had it for ~1 year with absolutely no issues, none of them have broken or needed to be replaced, which is a first since literally every other mechanical keyboard I’ve owned (both pricy and not) have had at least one broken key/switch within a year of purchase. They feel good to use and the click is satisfying. I believe they’re made in china, which probably reduces the price of any keyboard they might be used in?

Anyways, I’m sure there’s others who know much more about keyboards so replying in a rebagel for visibility!

[athilthorne]

You’re going to sacrifice a lot by placing a $100 limit on your keyboard purchases. Really good keyboards can go for $200-300, so it depends entirely on what you’re willing to sacrifice in the feature set—build quality or features or design, that sort of thing.

Switch-wise, cherry browns are probably your best bet for a hybrid typing-gaming keyboard switch, though they are a middle of the road solution. If you have a chance, find an electronics store to try out some mechanical keyboard switches.

An ergonomic design would be best if you’re developing wrist problems, but those are going to be expensive—you’ll also have to relearn how to type on one.

At your price range, you’ll probably want to look at a single color backlight. RGB is more expensive, and I’d be worried about the quality at that price range.

Lastly, check out reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards for more info/recommendations. Good luck!

[athilthorne]

PSA: It’s a new expansion, which means we have a ton of new players. I don’t care how many times you’ve run content; don’t be this guy.