Vilageidiotx

If you ever step on my patch

I'll go step on @VilageidiotX's patch.

@Dinh AaronMk

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

Ain't buying the whole "pansexual" thing that requires the use of xe/xim and the myriad of names people make up to try and cover up for being bisexual. Just say you're bisexual for christ sakes. Ain't like the people who hate that stuff aren't going to hate you any less.

@ClocktowerEchos

I thought the idea behind pansexual was supposed to be that you are willing to fuck anyone who is game for it. I don't keep track of this, and I don't really try to, but my understanding was that a bisexual is somebody who sticks to screwing your basic men and women, while pansexuals will screw men, women, men who identify as women, women who identify as men, hermaphrodites of whatever kind, etc.

Because yah, the xe/xim bullshit is just attention-whores being attention-whores. That seems pretty new, but I remember pansexuality being talked about before the big internet SJ movement.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Joining the Foreign Legion doesn't get you banned from the US dingaling.

@Pepperm1nts

Depends on the foreign legion. He might be joining the Daesh Foreign Legion.

I binge-watched a children's cartoon on New Years Eve night and haven't talked to anyone since Thursday afternoon.

@gorgenmast

What are your guys' New years resolutions?

To lose weight. Not my weight, just whatever weight happens to be around.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Happy New Year, and don't forget about Precipipheny.

I find the lack of a star wars thread disturbing.

Ok, the real spoiler for everyone who is dying to know.

Ghost Han Solo will appear in the next two movies, guiding Rey and teaching her how to use the mysterious universal power called Rogue Charm.

Krumpus Appreciation thread

too bad krampedbus never became much of a thing here in the states

I find the lack of a star wars thread disturbing.

Guitar Solo is a Dartmouth Vader fanboy.

Precipice of War - We Write Under The Sign Of The Goat

Epiphany was supposed to be the big winter holiday for all Christians, but people like Saturnalia better so they had to co-opt that.

Help with Advanced Roleplaying

The said rule is two-folded. On one hand, a conversation that looks like...

"I like peanut butter." said Jim.

"That is good. I like jelly to be in my mouth." said Lisa.

"I like a lot of things in my mouth too." said Jim

"We should be friends for a while. And maybe we can eat peanut butter." said Lisa

"And Jelly." said Jim

...gets really tedious really fast. On the other hand, if it looks like...

"I like peanut butter." enunciated Jim.

"That is good. I like jelly to be in my mouth." Lisa warbled.

"I like a lot of things in my mouth too." sighed Jim.

"We should be friends for a while. And maybe we can eat peanut butter." roared Lisa.

"And Jelly." added Jim.

...it's still tedious. It is good to practice not overusing words, said included, but said does have its place. If somebody says something in a normal way, or in a way that isn't worth drawing attention to, and you still need to specify who is speaking, then said has its place. What you want to do is mix up sentence structure so that you don't fall into a monotonous pattern. Also, it is a good idea to drop the speaker indicator when you can. And, of course, it's always good to be descriptive, and a good descriptive dialogue indicators can set the tone for the rest of the conversation so that you no longer need them.

So, for me, a good dialogue looks like

"I like peanut butter." said Jim.

Lisa's eyes lit up and, like a child, she pointed wildly at her open jaw. "That is good. I like jelly to be in my mouth."

"I like a lot of things in my mouth too."

"We should be friends for a while. And maybe we can eat peanut butter."

"And Jelly." Jim added, giving Lisa a hearty thumbs up.