Shorticus

After the End

I know Warrior's got something in the works. We collaborated. Not sure if he's collaborating with others, too. I DO know there's more he has to write, as our collaborative stuff just marked the start of some solo writing for him in the same post.

Pretty well looking forward to that post popping up, by the by.

Also, do note that I'm 100% willing to wait a while. I'm sure I've said this before, but a relaxed pace suits me much better than a rushed one.

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

Just storing this away here. It's not the funniest of rants, unless you count how petty a concern it is.

Goddammit. I just learned that my 4th or 5th favorite song from the 70s has been revived like twice, and both revivals have been completely piss-poor.

I mean, the first re-doage was kind of alright, it certainly had potential, but the music at parts overpowered the vocals so bad that it left me less feeling like I was listening to a great song and more strugglig to hear what the fuck he was saying. they didn't seem to have any sense of timing about it, like maybe this loud noise would drown out some of the music if we put it at the same fucking volume as his voice. Turns out, I wouldn't have wanted to listen anyway because they changed the lyrics into some over-encouraging disney bullshit. I mean, sure the first version probably isn't very overwhelmingly "PC" by today's standards, since stereotypes are mentioned, but they were at least attempting to tell a goddamn story. A story about Kung Fu movies, kind of like the one this song was invoked and rebooted for... Here, no attempt was made to tell a story, presumably because they already had one, and thus they decided it should be all about how you're a special snowflake and you should do your goddamn homework. Buuuuulllllll-shit. They should've at least retold the story in the panda movie instead. Not everyone wants to listen to your disgusting Disney-fied cocksnot. Still, though, if it had one thing going for it, it was Cee Lo Green and Jack Black singing the same song.

The third rehash, though?... Ungodly! An abomination! Everything that was wrong with the first rewrite and then some. If you put it on a cd and slid it across your lawn, the grass would die underneath it. It would also turn invisible, because I doubt even visible light itself would want to be associated with that trash. They just hired a discount Skrillex to make the background beeps and honks and then made a discount 1D sing the words, even more disgustingly saccharine than the last fucking time, but this time it's worse because you can feel the eldritch ooze of 50-year-old boardroom members struggling to make the association 'hip' and 'relevant'. God, I feel hurl-ey!

It... It just seems like this should be more of an outrage than it probably is.

@Sombrero

I never heard either of the remakes until now.

...Yeah, neither does justice to the original. The first remake is a little disappointing, but the second remake is just downright upsetting and has now hurt a part of me I didn't know could be hurt. Why did you do this? Why did you link this?

On a related note: how about them song, video game, and movie remakes / rebirths in general? It's nice when someone loves the classics, but are we trying to BE the classics too much in our culture nowadays? (And missing the mark?)

If I Woke Up Beside of You ~Game~

Well, YOU must have had a disappointing night!

Masters of the Hidden Valley

...oops.

You know what, I'm not even gonna edit that number.

Masters of the Hidden Valley

@Mardox @Eklispe @Lauder @Lexicon @Wernher @Tracyarmav

Last voting round is NOW!

I decided to let you guys vote for your Chief. So, there ya go. Wernher and Lexicon have double voting power thanks to not getting any picks chosen in the previous round, etc.

A note on the symbol and color part: I'll be using the color for the map when I whip it up. I'm using a program that lets me add layers upon which your clan's color can be used to show what territory you hold in the Hidden Valley. That's what the color is for. The symbol is just fluff and I'm too lazy to draw that, probably. (Probably.)

The roleplay itself should begin a week from now (4/1/20016).

EDIT: Forgot that Lexicon ALSO has a double vote. Edits have been made to reflect this.

Masters of the Hidden Valley

The Chief

Traditionally, the chief has most often been a worshiper of Aire, our patron goddess. Without a man or woman of Aire at the head of the Council, our clan magic is weakened. But these are desperate times. Not all the Council survived our flight from Urland, nor did they survive the trek over the mountains or the winter months in the Valley. The old Chief is dead.

Who shall govern our clan now? Who shall be our Chief? (You may not vote for yourself.)

• Maire Virtanen
• Serhiem Vashir the Second @Mardox @Lexiconx2
• Eliz Sala
• Ardghal Umiros
• Titania Rexnas
• Domagoj @Lauder @Wernherx2

The Tapestry

Each clan has a clan tapestry which tells the history of the clan, and each clan uses their own color for their tapestry. How or why this color was chosen is not always remembered, but this color is used in the clan's banners, is painted on their shields, and is a mark of pride. On these tapestries is often a simple symbol of historical relevance to the clan.

What color is our clan's tapestry woven from, and what symbol does it bear?

@Lexicon's submission, a green field with a red drop of blood centered upon it, is our clan tapestry!

We Are...

This which we have written is the history of our clan. We may be exiles, but we remain. We persevere. Our clan's destiny has not yet been met, so saith the God-Talkers.

What is the name of our clan? (Make it up!)

@Tracyarmav's submission, Clan Aonghus, has been chosen!

Masters of the Hidden Valley

Done with class for the week. Turned in two papers. Had my Thursday game night. All is well in the world.

I'll get the final voting phase up today.

States of Evolution

Hey, just looking to get my foot in the door in case a spot opens up for this roleplay.

Joegreenbeen

I was toying with the idea of allowing for the creation of "New World" entities. My idea was that they would always be one evolution phase behind the "central nations", thus ensuring their relative inferiority and vulnerability to colonisation.

So if you would like to play an isolated, primitive peoples (you're looking at a stone age-early bronze age civ), I'm open to an app.

Alternatively, if you would like to play as a character within the established nations, then that is down to their respective owners.

Frengo

So, firstly: I'd have no qualms with you making lore for one of the Zaqiri cities or playing a de facto ruler of one of the cities. The Jandoo Islands, the Or'Rouzi Islands, and Asqar all are pretty well self-governing (besides the whole "if you stop working for Zaqir you're gonna get beat up" thing that dominates saurian politics). Each of them also has a culture that is SUPPOSED to be distinctly different from Zaqir's primary culture, giving you a lot of room to make what you want.

I.E. if you wanted to take over some of Zaqir and play as a vassal at present, that'd be easy. Really easy. I'd happily share info on that. And I'll just say upfront that depending on circumstances that come up during the roleplay, you might have the opportunity to cease being a vassal and become independent.

As for other already existing groups out there: the Soun'yei vanished off the face of the earth and are an aquatic species. They could be fun to play. You could potentially either play a soun'yei colony in the Red Shores or play in their original area in the northernmost section of our continent. You could also probably take over the Grogar; their player has pretty much left.

And if Frengo lets folks make "New World" nations, I see a lot of opportunities nearby. The far south, the far north, and the region east of Zaqiri territory all look like good places to create a nation.

If you need help adding your nation to the map, I could probably help out.

EDIT: Another thought came to mind if you're interested in Zaqir... You don't have to rule any specific city in Zaqir, but instead could play a new faction that's been rising unnoticed in these last 1-2 hundred years. This could give you influence over a nice swathe of Zaqir. Perhaps a faction that favors doing away with the Potentate structure? Perhaps a faction that wants to insert its own leader on the throne? Perhaps a faction that believes the present Zaqiri society shows too much weakness and needs to undergo massive change?

Mercenaries!

<Snipped quote by rush99999>The Pace is something I am VERY Happy with. I cannot respond more frequently. I have not had time to make my first post yet. I hope tomorrow I will have time, but the kids are home from school, so who knows.

I study Krav Maga, which is an Israeli Self Defense form. Our school uses the Muay Thai strike sets and borrows its ground defense from Jiu Jitsu. This is the advertisement from my school. This video includes my instructors and students who many of whom in this video are friends of mine.



Sorry, I am not in that video. You had to be at least an advanced Red or black Belt and I was a green or brown when this was made.

@Gunther

Firstly, cool stuff. I'll watch i later. Secondly, I also prefer the patient pace. It fits my schedule.

I'll give the game a "7" on a scale of 1-10 for now. I feel optimistic about it. But we also haven't gotten to see the engine get running yet, either.

Let sleeping dogs lie.

@POOHEAD189@HopelesRomantis You guys crack me up, although I'm changing my Halfling character anyway. No idea if Shorticus is going to take that race instead.

@Jbcool

I'll be making my character this weekend. I've narrowed myself to one of three characters concepts (none of which is a halfling, so please don't force yourself to change on my account):

A) Dwarf ranger
B) A warrior from the Chaos lands in the north that was banished for weakness (read: not being a complete murderhobo)
C) A former soldier of the Empire that perhaps fought too too many greenskins and has started to display some of their mannerisms

Each of which I'm pretty enthusiastic about. C was inspired by the Ork Hunters from WH40k. That guy would fit in real nicely with the greenskins on board already.