Gowi

Mass Effect: Brink

Salarian’s are a fun time.

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

Kanye is insane— but he’s still an excellent producer. Whatever you think of him lyrically, the guy has been an influential and important producer for over twelve years. He’s earned that credit, no matter how many awkward metaphors or eccentric trirades he goes on about. He’s a shitty person who is self-obsessed to the point of god-like narcissism but I don’t have to like a guy to recognize objectively his importance and subjectively enjoy pieces of music in his large body of work.

As for the “lost in translation” kind of scenario with Japanese Hip-Hop? I don’t care. I listen to bands from Russia, Hungary, Serbia, Israel, China, South Korea, Spain, Germany, etc. and can appreciate the non-lyrical components just fine. Hip-Hop be very lyrical due to rapping being the focus but I can find enjoyment in not only the mixing but the technicality of how the language sounds— in any language I can hear the rhythm and the “punch”. That’s all I need.

because it really doesn't make any fucking sense for them to use it.

No, it makes plenty of sense for “them” to use it. I grew up in an urban neighborhood for the majority of my childhood and I can say your sentiment is wrong— and possibly doesn’t understand a genre that is a music of street culture. There are multiple reasons why the word is uttered by hip-hop culture (or urban society) and it varies but in general it is to remove the word of its “power” over people and its “meaning”. There will only be vitriol around a word if you continue to allow it to have power. It’s fallen into language beyond that general reason, but generally that was the impression and explanation I was given growing up. On a related point, you may think profanity in hip-hop is needless but without that crass bluntness early hip-hop wouldn’t of had the teeth to speak to people. Tupac went on with several points that the violent and profane songs about hood life, gangs, and so on were as abrasive and volatile as they were was to depict these happenings directly so that they can stop so people could realize the things that were happening to fix them.

Songs like “Changes” are pretty clear in that.

So while you may not LIKE them, they do have a point and are NOT senseless.

Secrets - Closed

I just joined so I feel opposed to a Season 2. It’s not a bad idea, but I do feel like it won’t do much outside of potentially attract a bigger flood of users.

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

Link me to some of the good J-Rap stuff, my ears need a listen!

@SmileyJaws

I've Got Songs Too

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

@Gowi
Now I regret not saving it. Was from the chat site I mentioned, about 6 years back. He was pretty 1337, heh. I do recall how he used these words:

• beast
• ripping
• bless
• savage

... only because I was so frightened I said "brbs" - and those four particular words stuck.

@Pair of Hearts

A 3,000 character post about flatulence on a chatroom is impressive, even if it is nonsense.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

@Gowi
I remember my English teacher used to say it's important to give enough details so that the reader can have at least a pale image of the scene in the writer's head. Which is why people who *can* paint said scene into a scenery are wow to me.

And then we have people who, take an example from my encouters, used 3k words to illustrate a moment of flatulence. lol

@Pair of Hearts

Yeah, there’s a talent to writing of various styles— but my issue was generalizing an entire section that has several years of content and players of multiple personalities as well as aesthetics. As a player in that section I guess I take a bit offense to the assertion.

Honestly, is it weird that I’d love to see this legendary post of describing such a thing?

B!tchfest: a healthy release for our non-roleplay annoyances.

Critics have never been "unbiased" in any medium; music, film, literature, etc. It's an asinine thing to want out of a critic.

Let's B!tch. I feel it's a healthy release for our roleplay annoyances 2.0

Writing a long block of text is very easy,

Writing a cohesive and quality post of such length is not easy. People can string needless paragraphs together, but if it still flows like a brick it will read like one. Brevity is plenty good, but if your style is entirely minimalist with two or three sentences for description and one for dialogue I feel it will not be very interesting to read in the first place. It especially won't be for me.

it's not a indication of writing ability.

Neither is writing a brief post. The proof is in the pudding, not how many (or how few) ingredients are in it.

when it really just means people who can vomit out more words.

Not at fucking all. This is a fallacy, because I've written in Advanced & Casual for years and the divide people invent for their narrative is fiction. Advanced roleplaying should focus on developing interesting and complex characters that become part of plot-lines which catch the imagination and inspire the writer behind them to exercise creativity. It is mature, humorous, imaginative, tragic, terrifying, passionate, and rife with descriptive language and characters with real personality and relateable cares. Quality posting is far better than needless novels, yet one should never neglect detail when one feels the need. However, while word and paragraph requirements ought to be unnecessary, single paragraphs cannot contain enough detail to suffice.

Honestly, it seems Casual is far more elitist than Advanced by the comments I've read over the years.

Rogue Continuum: The Singularity Crisis

The A-Team [Blue & Gowi]

So outside of background/backstory my characters are finished. Deep apologies go out to you that I took this long, but you’ve been busy and I’ve been preoccupying myself with a lot of RP’s lately. But I will get their backstories summed up when I can (maybe this morning if I keep going) – just wanted to let you know!