Rikard Solberg, Pokemon Trainer

Currently narrating a wonder-trade challenge through Pokemon X. Open to starters, please no M!As. Friend code is 3437-3193-4051 Tracked tags: trainerrikard Skype: tsrwedge

[trainer-rikard]

(( So, you might have noticed I've been inactive. Probably ought to make it official: Rikard is indefinitely on hiatus. No drama or anything, role playing just doesn't seem to be for me. That said, I did enjoy RPing with each and every one of you... that probably doesn't make sense, does it? If I enjoyed it, why am I stopping and saying it's not for me? Eh, whatever. Thanks to all who did RP with me, and I'm sorry to those I said I would, but never got around to starting a thread with.

I'll try to jump onto the PAC chats from time to time, although I've been pretty horrific at that so far. If you'd like to keep up with me, I encourage you to follow me on Twitter or on my personal (I'm far more active on Twitter). Several of you have my Skype; don't hesitate to ask for it if you want it and don't have it. You can also find me on League of Legends (Tsrwedge/NA), iRacing, and TwitchTV.

Thanks again, and see you all on the flip side. ))

[trainer-rikard]

( happy holidays, rikard-mun! i was your secret santa uwu i drew your trainer hanging out with his eevee, kell~ i made sure to include his scar in the drawing, but let me know if i missed any other vital details about him. i also doodled a lil bonus of rikard holding his gulpin bc i love gulpins a lot aaahhh )

(( YES. Thank you thank you thank you thank you, it's awesome! ))

[marasrebirth-deactivated2015123]

Secret Santa! Enjoy the desktop :)

(If you would like a different resolution, let me know and I’ll be more than happy to resize!)

EEEEEEEEEeeeeeee <33333 I LOVE IT IT’S MY BACKGROUND/DESKTOP NOOWWWWW))

[trainer-rikard]

(( I'm glad you like it! :) ))

[trainer-rikard]

There's a Tako Luka in your ask! She knows you're on vacation, but she leaves a card, a few wrapped candies, and some Pokepuffs in your ask. "Mewwy Cwistmas!" ♥

Ah, you're back! Here, have one of these candies, and happy holidays to you as well!

[trainer-rikard]

(( Off call, which means I no longer have that excuse for not doing replies. I do think this is going to become a 2-4 night/week thing though, so I don't burn myself out.

Currently, I owe Kit a reply, Riku a starter-plotting, Allie a couple of replies, and things for heretoforth unnamed muse in addition to several in-character asks. Will try to do these tomorrow. ))

[kekemui]

A ship-shipping ship. Some of you might need this. Via UberFacts.

[trainer-rikard]

kit-x-adventure started following you

"Well, hello there. Name’s Rikard, pleased to make your acquaintance."

[kit-x-adventure]

"Hi there, Rikard! You can call me Kit. It’s nice to meet you too!"

Kit beamed a smile at the trainer. “So you’re traveling around Kalos too? Where are ya from?”

[trainer-rikard]

"Got in not too long ago from Mistralton over in Unova." A warm smile spread on his face as he recalled his time in Kalos. "This place has been mighty kind to me so far. How're you findin' Kalos?"

[pac-confessions]

Music and Cute are destined to be together forever.

[your-dream-has-a-flavour]

(( Ugh, come on, Baku, I have replies to write… ))

[trainer-rikard]

(( Would these help?

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[trainer-rikard]

(( Headcanon: Rik sounds like a mix of the Engineer and Malcolm Reynolds. Mun tries, but fails, to pull this off. ))

[trainer-rikard]

"So.. hey um, what.. exactly /is/ a Pokemon?"

Mighty wide question you’ve got yourself there. Not generally my area of expertise, but I s’pose I can give it a shot.

Guess scientifically speaking, they’re sen… sentient? Anyway, sentient creatures, height and mass vary wildly from smaller than a small thing and light as a feather to larger and heavier than creation itself. Sea, air, land… Pokémon can call any of those home.

Science never was my strong suit though. Pokémon, to me, friends, compatriots, comrades-in-arms. We go through our highs and our lows together. We might bicker and fight between us, but Arceus help you if you try to go after one of us.

[xkit-extension-blog]

What I know so far (and what can you do)

The XKit servers are completely down. So here is what I believe happened, posting because of my transparency policy:

I went to sleep.

Because of a spike in the network activity, not sure if legit or a (successful) DoS attack, Yahoo, which provides my webhosting, shut some of the subdomains down to protect the servers (which I believe is completely fair.)

XKit, unable to update itself when the time for automatic updates came, started hammering the server again and again hoping it would reach it, caused other subdomains to get shutdown also, and is still doing that.

The last time this happened, I just created a bunch of new subdomains and redirected XKit to use them, but unfortunately, they are now preventing me (or having some technical difficulties) from doing the same, so I don’t know exactly what to do, and still am searching options.

In the meanwhile, if you are getting the popup, just ignore that little bugger and do not reset XKit.

Another option, (not really recommended) that would get rid of the popup and help me with the server load is to go to XKit Control Panel > Other > XKit Editor and open the XKit Editor. From there, you can select Open Extension > "xkit_updates", and delete everything after the line that begins with “//* DEVELOPER”.

If you did reset XKit, I’m terribly sorry to say this but the only way to access Tumblr on a computer with XKit installed is to temporary disable it. Instructions are available on the FAQ.

Again, I am terribly, terribly sorry about this, and working hard to fix it as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

[trainer-rikard]

Munday Numbahs: 6, 9, 19, 24, 34, 40.

From "Munday - Send Me Some Numbers"

6. Gotten a tattoo?

(( Nope. Not sure what I would get if I had to, either. ))

9. Movie?

(( Le Mans. ))

19. Coke or Sprite?

(( Coke, although it's closer than it might have been in years past. ))

24. Height?

(( 5'11" ))

34. Marijuana?

(( Don't smoke it, not really interested in smoking it. I was very happy to vote to legalize it though! ))

40. Still watch cartoons?

(( Hells yes. ))

[trainer-rikard]

♥

From "Send me one '♥' if you like my tumblr"

Thanks!

[trainer-rikard]

(( I don't reblog chain-reblog things often on my personal, and I will likely never do it here. That said, I love and support all of you regardless of gender, creed, orientation, or any other thing you could possibly think of. ))

[trainer-rikard]

5.

From "Send me a Number"5. Do you have a favorite quote?

(( I usually go with "Life's Too Short." There are more profound quotes, sure, but it's a nice reminder to me every day that life is in fact too short to sweat the small stuff and to be pragmatic. ))

[drabbles-and-ideas]

Confess something you've thought about me on anon, and all I can do is post it