s t a b i l i z e

we had a plan to build a wall- a great divide that would never fall.

[stormcodes]

STOLEN CODES

I just want the community to be aware that Shoot The Messenger’s jcink code contains several elements from my code for Bye Bye Blackbird! Please spread the word. I will report them to Jcink if they don’t remove the stolen codes. 

[tm87-rp]

tm87 revamp

*kill bill sirens*

ok guys……….this is probably going to be the biggest announcement we will ever make, so please, take a seat and brace yourselves! while we promise it is nothing bad (in fact, this is very good news!!!!!), it is something massive that will affect the future of the site forever.

it is no secret that the dip in activity has been disheartening these past couple months and while the end of summer is always an incredibly busy time of year due to crammed work schedules, summer classes, social lives, etc., etc. (all of which are a million more times important than chillin’ on a dinky lil site like this and we’re always really happy when our members talk about going out and living active lives bc that’s an incredibly important thing, as long as they don’t wander away too far bc we get lonely without them around!! we love you guys all so so much and never forget that!), the downward spiral of activity can also be attributed to faulty planning of the staff team, trying to take on more than we can chew, etc., etc. and a series of other bad mistakes we have made since the creation of the site (six months ago this saturday, i might add!!!), along with mental ups & downs that everyone struggles with.

in order to combat these issues and hopefully turn over a new leaf, we sat down as a team yesterday and discussed how we could better tm87. one solution we reached was not to remake the site completely, but rather rebrand it in a way that more widely appeals to all types of pokemon fans, whether they casual and hardcore, with the series from beginning to end, or maybe just now hopping in due to the whole pokemon go craze.

while we do not have an exact date for you guys at the moment, here in a short bit (hopefully no more than a week or two) we will be moving tm87 over to a new url and giving it a new name and a fresh start. before the panic ensues, we promise that the core of the site will still 100% be tm87. the plot will pick right up where we left off, except more plot elements (including the introduction of a new team) will be thrown in to spruce things up and make for a broader, more all-inclusive roleplay experience that will hopefully make it easier for all characters to join the fray without issue.

the new skin is almost entirely coded (scheduled to be completed tomorrow!!!!!! praise me.. i coded a skin in three days for u guys… that’s how passionate and excited i am about this js) and we will be getting a brand new set of templates to go along with it!!! if you have any suggestions about what you would like to see/are disappointed that this skin or prior skins did not have, go ahead and post below and i’ll try to work it in! this site’s for you guys and we want it to not only have a nice atmosphere community-wise, but also looks-wise because that’s important too!!

unfortunately, with the revamp, not everything is all good news. one of the prominent reasons we chose to go through with this is because we felt a complete reset of the economy was in everyone’s best interest due to the overinflation caused by previous site events where too many items were handed out. a lot of the fun was taken out of the site for veteran members who took part in the site events, and while some might be a bit tentative to start over completely from scratch, we assure you that this is not about taking things away from you, but rather giving all future members an equal playing field!

however, as a reward to those that follow us over to the new site, we will be rewarding all old members 5000 notes for their loyalty! all old members will be able to pick 10 pokemon per character to bring over to the site straight from the get-go as well, but there will be opportunities to bring more over as the site progresses; however, for those of you eyeing your eevee hoard and counting up the $$$ you’re going to make come reset, eevees that are transferred over will be marked non-breedable because we want to preserve their rarity.

tm87 will stay up for as long as we are working on the new site so please, continue on as normal!! thread, plot, chat in the cbox, etc. the site will only shut down once the rebrand is up, so basically……commence as normal!!!

also, this is going out to all of our old/inactive members as well!! js, this would be a great time to hop back in!!

also……p.s………………………………………previews comin’ soon c;

here’s the link to our original update on the site if you want to stop in to post any comments, questions, suggestions (!!!!!! please!!! help us fix our booboos!!), or concerns!!

http://tm87.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=6366

[imanes]

men: *say female instead of women* me: *is not listening any longer*

[prolifeproliberty]

Word of Caution for Parents and Adult Pokemon Go Players

My husband was grocery shopping today and witnessed this incident, and it made me concerned.

An adult man was walking around the store trying to catch Pokemon, and he saw a kid who was doing the same. As he had just caught a really good Pokemon in the parking lot, he asked the kid if he could show him where it was. The kid agreed, and followed this stranger out of the store.

The adult realized that he had essentially just lured a kid away from his parents in a public place, and immediately told the kid to go back inside to his parents.

This guy clearly had no bad intentions toward the kid, but how easily could someone have done the same thing intentionally in order to abduct or harm a child? After all, people have already used Pokemon Go to commit armed robbery.

So I want to warn both adult (over 18) Pokemon Go players and parents of children who play the game.

Parents: If possible, go with your children when they go out to play the game. If that isn’t possible, be sure to have a conversation with them about strangers, even strangers who are playing the same game. It might be appropriate to point out the real cases of crimes committed using Pokemon Go so the kid understands that the threat is real.

Adult Pokemon Go players: Remember that minors are still minors, even if you’re both playing the same game. Don’t ask minors to follow you or join you in hunting Pokemon. Don’t meet up with minors for Pokemon hunting without parental consent.

You may have no bad intentions, but that might not stop you from being accused of something you didn’t do or try to do. False accusations could ruin your life. Plus, you don’t want to encourage minors to trust adults just because they’re playing the same game, because the next adult might not have such good intentions.

[mrsspooky]

Reblogging because holy shit

[atrarchive]

INDEX / PLOT / INFORMATION / REQUESTS / ADVERTISE

the travel brochure said the chiré region was a peaceful place with a wide variety of experiences to offer; however, with one town now laying in ruin, you’re starting to wonder if it’s too late to turn back.

open for 4+ months

inclusive environment for pokémon fans old and new

brand-new custom skin

plenty of high ranks and faces available to claim

unique battle and contest system

come join in on our latest site-wide event!!

[atrarchive]

INDEX / PLOT / INFORMATION / REQUESTS / ADVERTISE

the travel brochure said the chiré region was a peaceful place with a wide variety of experiences to offer; however, with one town now laying in ruin, you’re starting to wonder if it’s too late to turn back.

open for 4+ months

inclusive environment for pokémon fans old and new

brand-new custom skin

plenty of high ranks and faces available to claim

unique battle and contest system

come join in on our latest site-wide event!!

[depressionresource]

If you struggle with anxiety, overwhelm, or just plain feeling like a failure, I have a mantra for you that’s been really helping me out lately:

Just show up.

I used to skip class because the whole thing was so overwhelming: I had to get dressed in something clean even though I never had the energy to do laundry, walk to school, sit in class for up to three hours, plus pay attention, take notes, and participate in discussion. In reality, I was being a perfectionist, and life would have been a lot easier for me if I had Just Shown Up. By staying home because of my depression and anxiety, I wasn’t giving myself the chance to do any of that. I was such a perfectionist that being a “bad” or average student was unthinkable, so I stopped being a student at all.

If you’re having trouble getting something done, Just Show Up. You don’t have to be employee of the month. You don’t have to be valedictorian. Just Show Up.

[cleromancy]

ime it also helps to be like “you dont have to stay the whole time, you just have to go” bc most of the time once youre there it’s fine. a lot of things are like that, like… you dont have to finish the dishes, just start them. a lot of the time once you start a task it’s easier to finish than to stop, especially if you can trick yourself like “after five more minutes if i still feel bad i’ll go home” or “after washing two more dishes i can stop for today”

even if you don’t finish the task, you started it, and by completing part of it you lessened your future workload and ALSO taught your brain that things may not be as daunting as they seem

[robotplant]

This is wisdom! Peace!

[jtrocks9]

[withoutfencesrp-archive]

follow • track • staff search

[beharkei-blog]

Mermaid by Sergey Kolesov

[ackxjxjssjxickxjdjssj-bass-deac]

Ok, that’s fucking terrifying and cool.

[al-the-stuff-i-like]

woah I love this interpretation of mermaids. not human sized, but the size of like a blue whale

[induccionalahipnosis]

[godisablackwoman]

Why do I talk like this????

“No, yeah. ” = yes. “Yeah, no”= no “No, yeah, for sure.” = definitely

[writingwell]

AWESOME English

[defilerwyrm]

In “No, yeah,” the initial “no” terminates other discussion and/or cuts off arguments to the countrary, leaving a gently decisive “yes” as in “of course yes.”

In “Yeah, no,” the “yeah"is shorthand for “I understand what you’re getting at here,” making the “no” an “of course not” or “absolutely not” with mild derision.

In “No, yeah, for sure” the “no” works the same way as in the first example – negating arguments to the contrary, especially those of reticence – and the “for sure” adds extra certainty.

All of these sound like the north-central Midwestern dialects, which are distinctly distinctly gentle-sounding due to contradictions like this and other linguistic tricks like conditional statements that deliberately weaken the speaker’s voice.

[intensional]

i use the word fuck so excessively i sometimes forget it’s a swear word

[theoregonscout]

[translightyagami]

i was researching like, the weed equalivant in the star wars universe and found a fan forum where someone was like “wasn’t han like….smuggling drugs right before he picked up obi wan and luke?? and that’s why he owes jabba money?” which like han as a drug smuggler is so serious BUT i can’t stop thinking abt han solo being like somebody’s weed man just some weird ass dude in a vest and his giant wookie friend pull up in their ship that they r hot boxing and throw u a fucking bag o’ space weed and are like “seven credits” but then u open the bag and its actually just space oregano

[skortgorl]

[gentlybrooding-blog]

me, who gets up at roughly midday everyday: the days are so short!!! what the fuck!!! how do i have time to do anything!!!!!!