Avali Nexus

(01-24-2016, 01:27 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]I'm feeling moderately inspired to do some worldbuilding writing thanks to /r/frisson, it'll probably be awful but here you go

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I stood on the observation deck, staring at the planet in front of us, a desolate brown and pale blue world, hints of green finally creeping back into it's vast expanses of terrain, and found my mind abuzz with an ominous sensation that I was witnesses something rare and terrible. That this was a sight that I did not deserve. Of course I knew this world, we all did, we were attached to a science team that was monitoring it's recovering ecosystems, they'd check radiation levels, soil fertility, biodiversity, and our freighter had all the labs they need to make corrections where needed.
I looked to my right and saw their lifter leaving the hangar, it would carry them down to the surface, the first people to set foot on this world in several years, it would ferry them back up and down again a few more times, and we would leave this world once again to it's slow rot.
Yes, rot, with a little bit of effort one could almost make out the massive sprawling cities that once covered it's surface, now decade old derelicts devoid of life, worse some of the craters were still visible.
We all knew why these things were, we all knew what this world was, we all had seen the famous images of the planet before it when it was a vibrant green and blue, when it's cities bustled with life and culture, we all knew of the people who once lived in those cities, and how our ancestors had killed them all with the press of a button. We all knew of Earth, and we all knew of our creators, we all knew that this once beautiful world's most lasting legacy was one of death and suffering. I would have weeped if I was able.

Don't mock me I like this kind of melodrama sometimes.

(01-24-2016, 01:39 AM)Lost Rinoah Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 01:27 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]I'm feeling moderately inspired to do some worldbuilding writing thanks to /r/frisson, it'll probably be awful but here you go

Spoiler

I stood on the observation deck, staring at the planet in front of us, a desolate brown and pale blue world, hints of green finally creeping back into it's vast expanses of terrain, and found my mind abuzz with an ominous sensation that I was witnesses something rare and terrible. That this was a sight that I did not deserve. Of course I knew this world, we all did, we were attached to a science team that was monitoring it's recovering ecosystems, they'd check radiation levels, soil fertility, biodiversity, and our freighter had all the labs they need to make corrections where needed.
I looked to my right and saw their lifter leaving the hangar, it would carry them down to the surface, the first people to set foot on this world in several years, it would ferry them back up and down again a few more times, and we would leave this world once again to it's slow rot.
Yes, rot, with a little bit of effort one could almost make out the massive sprawling cities that once covered it's surface, now decade old derelicts devoid of life, worse some of the craters were still visible.
We all knew why these things were, we all knew what this world was, we all had seen the famous images of the planet before it when it was a vibrant green and blue, when it's cities bustled with life and culture, we all knew of the people who once lived in those cities, and how our ancestors had killed them all with the press of a button. We all knew of Earth, and we all knew of our creators, we all knew that this once beautiful world's most lasting legacy was one of death and suffering. I would have weeped if I was able.

Don't mock me I like this kind of melodrama sometimes.

Why would I mock you?  I've done the same for smaller things.  Namely a time capsule buried by a child and then forever lost by the bomb.

(01-24-2016, 01:51 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 01:39 AM)Lost Rinoah Wrote: [ -> ]Why would I mock you?  I've done the same for smaller things.  Namely a time capsule buried by a child and then forever lost by the bomb.

I know how close it is to getting a knee-jerk "omg so edgy" response but it really is one of my favorite parts of Tecarian lore. That intense collective shame knowing that when their kind was young and stupid they turned a vibrant and beautiful world into a tomb for 7 billion people. That their first act as a truly independent species was to lash out and destroy their creators. That nothing any of them will ever do will make up for this. So they tend their dying homeworld like one tends the grave of a loved one, they work patiently and solemnly to nurture it back to health. That future generations may look on it and see something, anything but a monument to all that they have taken out of the universe.

(01-24-2016, 02:37 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 01:51 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]I know how close it is to getting a knee-jerk "omg so edgy" response but it really is one of my favorite parts of Tecarian lore. That intense collective shame knowing that when their kind was young and stupid they turned a vibrant and beautiful world into a tomb for 7 billion people. That their first act as a truly independent species was to lash out and destroy their creators. That nothing any of them will ever do will make up for this. So they tend their dying homeworld like one tends the grave of a loved one, they work patiently and solemnly to nurture it back to health. That future generations may look on it and see something, anything but a monument to all that they have taken out of the universe.

Oh mai gawd edgier than a factory of razer blaydes Surge

(01-24-2016, 02:38 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:37 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]Oh mai gawd edgier than a factory of razer blaydes Surge

I'm not laughing.

(01-24-2016, 02:39 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:38 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]I'm not laughing.

*serious face engaged*
Its still good, but once you pointed the whole edginess factor out I had to comment.

(01-24-2016, 02:40 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:39 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]*serious face engaged*
Its still good, but once you pointed the whole edginess factor out I had to comment.

Yeah yeah, I'm not really in the mood to laugh at myself but that's not your fault.

(01-24-2016, 02:41 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:40 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah yeah, I'm not really in the mood to laugh at myself but that's not your fault.

Go and play a MGS game. Those help me cheer up. *muskets firing at Metal Gears can be heard in the distance*

(01-24-2016, 02:46 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:41 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]Go and play a MGS game. Those help me cheer up. *muskets firing at Metal Gears can be heard in the distance*

not really a fan of MGS.

(01-24-2016, 02:51 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:46 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]not really a fan of MGS.

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One moment. I need to go and get a strong drink to help process what I just heard.

(01-24-2016, 02:53 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:51 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]...
One moment. I need to go and get a strong drink to help process what I just heard.

Well it's like they say, lasting memory can always be assured by spectacular failure, and so if nothing else I can be remembered for going against the grain and refusing to let anybody else think for me, no matter what people think of this mentality.

(01-24-2016, 02:56 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:53 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]Well it's like they say, lasting memory can always be assured by spectacular failure, and so if nothing else I can be remembered for going against the grain and refusing to let anybody else think for me, no matter what people think of this mentality.

No, not a problem with you, I'm just surprised you don't like MGS. You seem like the kind of guy who'd like games like that.

(01-24-2016, 02:58 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 02:56 AM)Flarezerker Wrote: [ -> ]No, not a problem with you, I'm just surprised you don't like MGS. You seem like the kind of guy who'd like games like that.

I usually make my disdain for most Japanese media very apparent. They have a very particular way of going about things and I don't care for it at all.

(01-24-2016, 04:19 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]reading through the 5e handbook, trying to decide on a race, and I find myself thinking that a boring old HUMAN is probably my best choice.

As fitting as a dwarf would be I don't like the idea of being a short and angry pincushion.
Elves are godamn hippies.
halflings are kek
tieflings are...ehhhh
dragonborn are...not a big fan of the ugly lizardman there
half-elf is half godamn hippies
half-orc is a bit too direct for my tastes, I'd like to not be a race best stereotyped by the barbarian class
gnomes are like dwarves but not badass
all that leaves is the HUMANS

(01-24-2016, 04:23 AM)Ehksidian Wrote: [ -> ]

(01-24-2016, 04:19 AM)Surge Wrote: [ -> ]reading through the 5e handbook, trying to decide on a race, and I find myself thinking that a boring old HUMAN is probably my best choice.

As fitting as a dwarf would be I don't like the idea of being a short and angry pincushion.
Elves are godamn hippies.
halflings are kek
tieflings are...ehhhh
dragonborn are...not a big fan of the ugly lizardman there
half-elf is half godamn hippies
half-orc is a bit too direct for my tastes, I'd like to not be a race best stereotyped by the barbarian class
gnomes are like dwarves but not badass
all that leaves is the HUMANS

quick see if you can convince your dm that you can be a furry but have human stats
that'll totally work out

(01-24-2016, 04:27 AM)Shaadaris Wrote: [ -> ]WHAT AM I DOING.
I just finished my Skyrim playthrough and I've already compiled a ~150 long modlist for my next.
Or at least I think I have. When I install them it could turn out my load order will collapse in on itself. I'm using multiple lesser-known mods, such as Purity instead of Climates of Tamriel this time (despite CoT5 being out) unless that goes awry due to lack of patches, and also using my first perk mod - SPERG. I chose it over Ordinator after looking through a lot of posts trying to compare the two. Just sounds like it's more interesting and compatible.

I have yet to choose a needs mod, however... I used Realistic Needs and Diseases 2.0 last time, and it worked fine but eh... I kind of want to see if there's another, better one. I've heard good things about INeed, but what I really want to use is Last Seed - the upcoming Needs Mod from Chesko, who has consistently made extremely good mods, and considering how well he did Frostfall I have a feeling it'll be the best when it comes to needs. Unfortunately, there's no indication of when it will be avaliable, so I'm unsure of what to install in the mean-time.