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  • Vanishing off the face of the earth for about the next half-month. So very much to do, too little time to do it in.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    Apparently there was a scheduling miscommunication/error, so I'll actually have about 10 days (August 5th-15th-ish) to GM before needing to vanish for about a week. I'll still be busy until then, though.
    (Title Claimed: He Of The Pie-Covered Fingers)
    BurnNote
    BurnNote
    I'll just have to wait for the next quest then.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    So it turns out that I'm actually learning some useful things by helping with BTEA. Some new methods I've tried out in order to communicate something complicated have turned out to be easier overall than their original versions. E: Especially for votes. Ye gods, that's going to save me sooooo much time in the future.
    BurnNote
    BurnNote
    That's nice. Sometimes a perspective shift is just what you need.
    I think you might benefit from running a CK2 quest. You're style has a clear influence from your experience as a RL GM, which has it's strengths, but also weaknesses. Updates of mostly back and forth talking are quick IRL, but much longer on a forum. Not great for pacing or on a reread (I noticed when I reread ignition). Also, reached character limit.
    Ignition has been back for like two days and is already locked for mod review.
    The noastalgia is real
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    Hey, it was never that bad. In this case, it was caused by basically the entire thread speaking to one poster who has himself been threadbanned before.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    Welp. At least the Ignition kerfluffle gives people time to reread the most recent chapters if they need a memory refresher.
    fictionfan
    fictionfan
    I wonder how long his thread ban will be this time? I think he has been baned about 4 times from Ignition.
    Has anyone ever pointed out one problem with a story and you slowly notice numerous others as a result? That's now happened for Ignition.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    I'm not even sure it's worth continuing. Mistakes have been made. So. Many. Mistakes.
    fictionfan
    fictionfan
    I don't see how you can say that when it is one of the most successful quests on SV.
    Kaizuki
    Kaizuki
    @fictionfan it's pretty easy to say that until you consider what it would've been like without the mistakes in it. One of the most successful quests on SV *with* them, then what if...?

    And then every time you go back to it it, those mistakes just stare back at you, flakes of abyssal scorn sown amongst everything you try.

    It doesn't work, in the end.
    Partition aintent dead, by the way. I might do a quick lapse when resuming so we can move past quite so much minor micromanagement, though.
    Huh. You read A Practical Guide?
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    Yeah, I picked it up a few months ago; people kept comparing stuff to it in my quests and I got curious. It's turned into one of my favorite stories.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    ...I do think the author is delusional if they think it qualifies as a Young Adult story, though.
    I will be prioritizing Fragmentation again once the current Revision arc is concluded or when we reach a good stopping point. Same thing.
    ...Speaking of Fragmentation, I hope you don't mind if I make a frankly quite massive vote for powergaming the heck out of the Changeling Garb...? ...You might just want to look at the thread is all...
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    I saw already and don't mind.
    TheBiggerFish
    TheBiggerFish
    Speaking of, any idea when the next update will be?
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    Probably some time after I assemble a music playlist that doesn't get in the way, which is on the backburner ATM. So, about a week (but no promises)? Updates should be more frequent after that.
    Today I Realized: My usual music playlist is unhelpful for writing Fragmentation. I'll need to make a new one for it. Whoops.
    I'm still beating my old approximate average of 1k words/day. I know it probably can't last, but I'm still pretty happy about that.
    Fragmentation revival post is almost ready, but we seem to be suffering some major BBCode weirdness. Please hold. *elevator music*
    I'll likely be starting a new steampunk quest within the next few days. After that, Fragmentation and Ignition have the most muse fuel.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    The setting was originally intended to be one of Consumption's worlds, but it got to the point where I liked said setting so much I was trying to write for Consumption just to get to it. That, uh, turned out sub-optimally, so I'm giving it its own quest.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    Abrogation's first post has been added to the Ideas thread. Hopefully, I'll be able to accompany tomorrow's creation of Abrogation with a story post for Fragmentation. EDIT: Abrogation is up.
    Inactive for an unknown period of time. (See below post.)
    pressea
    pressea
    I liked your stuff even though it doesn't match up to truly great books. Nothing on this site does. Yet I and others still read it.

    There's really no way to make this comment without probably making you guiltier and I feel bad about that but I'm going to make it anyway. Wish this stupid profile section had a hug button.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    No additional guilt; the thoughts are appreciated.
    Going to take a break from questing until about the 17th; SV ate my partially-done post for Consumption while I was ill. Rewriting is hell.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    "Be back on the 17th." *vanishes from the face of the earth*

    Yeah, I'm not sure when I'll be back, guilt or not. Consumption version A was eaten, versions B, C, and D were unacceptable for one reason or another (including copyright law on song lyrics, sadly) and I have yet to finish E. It's harder now that I read a damn good book and realized I'll never be that good. :/

    Hope you all have fun without me.
    Next Consumption update about halfway done, but came down with a nasty cold. Could post vision early if players want.
    Status update: Consumption's next post has been "finished" for the last five days, but is waiting on staff judgment. 5 days n counting.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    I don't really blame them for the amount of time it's taking. The update is 7k words long and not my finest work, writing-wise.

    The above quotation marks are because I'll need to discard a lot of material if it doesn't pass inspection.
    Real life has been hectic lately. Grandfather was diagnosed with skin cancer and I've been picking up his workload.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    Which apparently included, among other things, spending 85 minutes on watering 8 flowerbeds today. How has he not automated it yet...?
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    So, yeah. I haven't forgotten and/or lost interest in my quests, life's just been hard and busy lately.
    fictionfan
    fictionfan
    Have you automated his waterbeds?
    Whelp, a bat somehow got into my house and my kitty successfully tackled it. 7:00 AM vet appointment, here we come. Hooray for 3hrs sleep.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    I really, really hope she didn't contract anything from it...
    PSA: Avatars are (for most people) easier to remember than usernames are. If you want people to remember you, avoid changing them.
    Happy 4th of July, everyone! I just spent my evening watching people set fire to carefully chosen combinations of chemical compounds.
    Alivaril
    Alivaril
    ...I still find it hilarious that the most popular way to celebrate Independence Day is by making things explode.
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