The LGBT Gamer Community Thread.

[John Napier 698]

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Klorox, please don't leave. I and all your other friends will miss you.

[Rysky]

Selene Spires wrote:

These new forums are confusing...I am sure once they fix things it will be better than ever....but till than...I need all the hugs.

*hugs*

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone else that wants or needs some*

[Rysky Clone #506]

Rysky wrote:

Selene Spires wrote:

These new forums are confusing...I am sure once they fix things it will be better than ever....but till than...I need all the hugs.

*hugs*

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone else that wants or needs some*

*Adds extra hugs to all those lost and confused by the new layout.*

[thejeff]

John Napier 698 wrote:

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Oh hey, that works now. It didn't yesterday.

[VixieMoondew]

Also the "Gamer Life" section now works, so I get to see updates to this thread :D

[John Napier 698]

Good morning, everyone. *Accepts hugs* Spent several hours flagging about 50 spam posts throughout the night. I swear, I wish that I could reach through the monitor and slap these morons for being so obnoxiously unproductive. It just makes me feel so ... GRAAAWR!!! *sigh*

[Uncle Teddy's Bear, Fred]

* releases army of skittermanders in cute bear costumes who proceed to give everyone who wants and/or needs one or more of the following: a hug, handshake, fist-bump, thumbs-up, head-nod, wink, and/or high-five *

I figured this this is just faster for me to get to everyone. And if you still want one from me directly I'm still giving them out.

* notices John looking more than a bit flustered *

Ok, I think you need one of my extra fluffy hugs.

* grabs John in a big fluffy bear hug *

Stay strong my friend and continue to fight the good fight.

[John Napier 698]

*Sigh* Thanks, Fred.

[VixieMoondew]

Why am I reminded of Chien Po and Yao?

[John Napier 698]

VixieMoondew wrote:

Why am I reminded of Chien Po and Yao?

Who?

[VixieMoondew]

John Napier 698 wrote:

VixieMoondew wrote:

Why am I reminded of Chien Po and Yao?

Who?

These guys! That particular moment, even :P

[John Napier 698]

Oh. Never saw that movie.

[John Napier 698]

I know the song, though.

[Uncle Teddy's Bear, Fred]

Chien Po and Yao? I can live with that, especially if I'm Chien Po. :-)

[CrystalSeas]

*throws in stray and random hugs just to create a big pile of them for anyone who needs more*

[John Napier 698]

Good Morning, everyone. Got some better sleep, last night. Realized that all that spam would still be there when I woke up.

[VixieMoondew]

I woke up two hours early for no real reason

bluhhhh

[Uncle Teddy's Bear, Fred]

Poor Vixie.

* grabs Vixie in a fluffy bear hug *

Go, my minions!

* watches as my skittermander army rushes out to share the love and positive vibes *

And Happy Friday, all. I hope whatever you have planned (or not planned as it may be) for the weekend goes well.

[John Napier 698]

VixieMoondew wrote:

I woke up two hours early for no real reason

bluhhhh

Got up earlier than I usually do. My mother's primary care appointment is this afternoon, and her ride arrives at 10:30. Maybe she'll get some answers about her blood sugar issues a while back.

[John Napier 698]

*Accepts hugs* Gonna feel tired, today. But at least it's Friday.

[Gaberlunzie]

Hope everyone gets a great weekend :)

[John Napier 698]

Thanks. I think I'll actually have time to see Black Panther this weekend.

[John Napier 698]

John Napier 698 wrote:

VixieMoondew wrote:

I woke up two hours early for no real reason

bluhhhh

Got up earlier than I usually do. My mother's primary care appointment is this afternoon, and her ride arrives at 10:30. Maybe she'll get some answers about her blood sugar issues a while back.

Which has to be rescheduled.

[Gaberlunzie]

Woohoo, happy surprise for me: My name change went through. While not *directly* an LGBT thing for me, my birth name is still one I associate with a lot of anxiety and sadness and mental illness, and I think some people here can relate to that.

So now I am Elias in every way, and no longer have to worry about people seeing my ID and think I've been lying to them.

[VixieMoondew]

Gaberlunzie wrote:

Woohoo, happy surprise for me: My name change went through. While not *directly* an LGBT thing for me, my birth name is still one I associate with a lot of anxiety and sadness and mental illness, and I think some people here can relate to that.

So now I am Elias in every way, and no longer have to worry about people seeing my ID and think I've been lying to them.

Woopwoop!! Well done!

[Rysky]

That’s awesome to hear Gaberlunzie!

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone that wants or needs some*

[Freehold DM]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[CrystalSeas]

Gaberlunzie wrote:

So now I am Elias in every way,

Congrats!

leaves a big pile of hugs and warm smiles for people to take with them when they traverse the off-board world.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

Good deal!

[Gaberlunzie]

Thanks! :)

So, how's everyone's weekend been?

[feytharn]

Gaberlunzie wrote:

Thanks! :)

So, how's everyone's weekend been?

You seriously don' want to know...

After two weeks of cold related illnesses and migraines, I started the day with my DSL router gone for good and got stuck on the customer hotline for more than 3 hours because of that.
- automatic replacement is disable due to maintenance
[in queue]
- I explain to customer service guy 1 what the problem is, why it is pretty clear that it is a problem with the router, customer service guy agrees and sets up a replacement
[content for now]
- cellphone rings
- customer service guy 1 explains that technical service found a possible problem that has to do with the line, not the router, need to hand me to customer service guy 2
- I explain to customer service guy 2 what the problem is, why it is pretty clear that it is a problem with the router, customer service guy disagrees because of tech guy and initiates that the line is checked instead.
- customer service guy 2 finds out he can't check the line by himself due to maintenance, asks me to hold the line while he calls tech support
- customer service guy 2 thinks it may be easier to replace my router, sets up a replacement
[semi content]
- cellphone rings
- tech guy explains that customer service guy 1! told him that he needs to check the line and asks me to wait
- tech guy tells me that the test said that there line could not connect to my port, aks me about my hardware.
- tech guy is pretty sure that a routers leds should't all be blinking irregularly but needs to be convinced that neither restarting nor factory-resetting the router did any good. Tech guy finds out that a broken router actually can keep a line from connecting to port. Tech guy sets up a replacement
[irritated, yet content]
- cellphone rings
[headdache gets worse]
- Customer service guy 1 doesn't believe that tech guy set up a replacement and thinks I must have tricked him somehow. Asks me to hold the line.
- Customer service guy 1 calls tech guy, then apologizes and sets up a replacement

Sorry for the longish absence from the boards (and finding it re designed somehow)

I hope everybody had a better or even great weekend.
Also: Yay Gaberlunzie!
edited for spelling

[CrystalSeas]

I hope you can refrain from throwing the router at anyone. What a kerfuffle.

[Rysky]

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and veryone that wants or needs some*

[John Napier 698]

*Accepts hugs* Headache.

[Rysky]

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone that wants or needs some*

[Cthulhusquatch]

Thank you.

This is video from the event. I'm am not good at public speaking, so I hope I kept from saying things people took too much offense to. Personally I think I came close at times.. mostly due to being unsure about how to explain things well. Its difficult due to the subject matter. Also i did have issues at times doing a decent answer because we were trying to fit enough questions in.

Advice and criticism is always welcome. I still have yet to listen to myself.. so i havent even watched it.. it just feels weird.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1893636257375175&id=1706309 49675723

CrystalSeas wrote:

Cthulhusquatch wrote:

I went and did explain that I was polysexual and what that is.. so I guess I am no longer just not closeted.. I am now entirely out... having now vocalized it.

Don't get me wrong... that was probably one of the easier questions for me... surprisingly.

Wow! Congrats on coming out of the other side of that event with your mental health intact.

[Cthulhusquatch]

I am not much of a huggie
type. But sounds like you could use one. *hugs*

feytharn wrote:

Gaberlunzie wrote:

Thanks! :)

So, how's everyone's weekend been?

You seriously don' want to know...

After two weeks of cold related illnesses and migraines, I started the day with my DSL router gone for good and got stuck on the customer hotline for more than 3 hours because of that.
- automatic replacement is disable due to maintenance
[in queue]
- I explain to customer service guy 1 what the problem is, why it is pretty clear that it is a problem with the router, customer service guy agrees and sets up a replacement
[content for now]
- cellphone rings
- customer service guy 1 explains that technical service found a possible problem that has to do with the line, not the router, need to hand me to customer service guy 2
- I explain to customer service guy 2 what the problem is, why it is pretty clear that it is a problem with the router, customer service guy disagrees because of tech guy and initiates that the line is checked instead.
- customer service guy 2 finds out he can't check the line by himself due to maintenance, asks me to hold the line while he calls tech support
- customer service guy 2 thinks it may be easier to replace my router, sets up a replacement
[semi content]
- cellphone rings
- tech guy explains that customer service guy 1! told him that he needs to check the line and asks me to wait
- tech guy tells me that the test said that there line could not connect to my port, aks me about my hardware.
- tech guy is pretty sure that a routers leds should't all be blinking irregularly but needs to be convinced that neither restarting nor factory-resetting the router did any good. Tech guy finds out that a broken router actually can keep a line from connecting to port. Tech guy sets up a replacement
[irritated, yet content]
- cellphone rings
[headdache gets worse]
- Customer service guy 1 doesn't believe that tech guy set up a replacement and thinks I must have tricked him somehow. Asks me to hold the line.
- Customer service guy 1 calls tech guy, then...

[John Napier 698]

*Sends all the hugs I can gather to DM Cal.*

[Cthulhusquatch]

Other than for 3 months this past summer, I haven't been able to live with my 16 yo kitty in almost 2 years.

The first year she had to live with a family 80 miles away when I lived on campus at Montana State.

Since I transferred to U South Florida, she has lived in my parents' garage.. and I've split that time between 30 miles away.. and 20 like I am now.

I miss having her around every night. :(

[Rysky]

:(

*channels positive feelings to Cthulhusquatch for lack of Kitties*

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone else that wants or needs some*

[Uncle Teddy's Bear, Fred]

Good morning, everyone.

* joins in the channeling of positive vibes and sends out army of skittermanders to offer hugs, handshakes, head-nods, thumbs-up, high-fives, fist-bumps, and knowing winks *

Go, my army! Spread good cheer to all!

[CrystalSeas]

*salutes smartly*

"Relentlessly cheerful, sir"

[Klorox]

John Napier 698 wrote:

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Klorox, please don't leave. I and all your other friends will miss you.

OK, I'll work on not leaving then :)

but after my computer refused obdurately to work for 6 days, I know today's session is posting on borrowed time, and I'll need more time to get Suzan Mk V paid off, assembled and online.

[Rysky]

Oooooooooh, yesterday was a whirlwind :3

*channels positive feelings and offers hugs to anyone and everyone that wants or needs some*

[John Napier 698]

*Accepts hugs* Spent nearly an hour earlier flagging spam posts. Exhausted.

[Wei Ji the Learner]

accepts some positives.

This 2.0 thing... I dunno. I was worried what the player base was going to be like after Starfinder announcement at PaizoCon in 2016... now this...

[Uncle Teddy's Bear, Fred]

It's early, friend Wei Ji. From my experience some people like to freak out over any mention of change and some people just like to "stir the pot" to watch others freak out. I intend to stay positive and not let the nay-sayers get to me.

Now go, my skittermander army. Spread my love to all! We must keep everyone's spirits up.

[Klorox]

well, I'm totally freaking out at the amount of cred I've invested in my PF library that's about to become worthless given PF fanatics will evolve with the new edition, while those who played PF as D&D 3.75 will go back to a modified 3.5 and I'll have no use for those books (good thing I still have my old 3.5 books)

[VixieMoondew]

I'm highly digging the three-actions-and-a-reaction system, to be honest.

But I'm definitely still gonna play First Edition :D but maybe also Second

[Qunnessaa]

Wei Ji the Learner wrote:

accepts some positives.

This 2.0 thing... I dunno. I was worried what the player base was going to be like after Starfinder announcement at PaizoCon in 2016... now this...

I’m not quite in the same boat, but the news is encouraging me to take a step back. I heard about it while decompressing after a day of really important business at work, so I had made some time to think about silly things, and that time, and seeing the (partially understandably) anxious response already, has let me realize a few other things.

Tedious, inconclusive ramble about feelings:

First, I worry and waste time enough with this hobby that getting sucked into a bunch of groundless speculation before the playtest actually starts is not going to make me happier, so I’ll try to discipline myself to just keep an eye open for blog posts and wait and see. Second, though, taking into account how little I actually play and how much of my current enthusiasm is for stuff that I doubt will make it into the new core rulebook quite as closely as I might wish (though I might well be pleasantly surprised, and I’m trying to keep an open mind), while I’ll happily give the playtest rules a look when they come out this summer, I’m preparing myself for the possibility that I might not keep up with the new edition. Given how much fun I’ve had over the years with various incarnations of D&D and, most recently, Pathfinder, that’s provoking some rather odd feelings. Specifically, how disconcerting it is to confront the possibility that by the time I might feel ready for a new edition, it might no longer be accessible enough for me to really want to bother. (“Oh, that sort of character sounds like you’d like class X. Mind you, it’s not in core, and to really flesh it out books Y, Z, A, and B would be really helpful…” sort of thing.) It’s weird to think about how much the balance of my hobbies might shift in a year’s time. Maybe I’ll actually do some serious creative writing?

I think in the discussion thread for the first blog post various metaphors for life stages, and comments on how some folks found them alarmingly apt, came up, and that’s very much where I am right now. D&D 3.0 came out about the year I finished middle school (I had discovered my mum's old Basic rulebook when I was still in elementary), Pathfinder some time into my first degree at uni, and now the playtest for the second edition has been announced just when I have huge projects on my personal and professional horizon that will drastically reshape, possibly for good and all, the sorts of stuff I do regularly.

Also, the recent day of really important business at work went well for me in my department specifically, but there are wider organizational issues that mean that work could get really, really ugly soon. [Labour, so politics, so that’s all that this anarchic faerie will say about it here.]

On a lighter note, while I know that the generational issue must be affecting a lot of people, if I’m still around when folks might be worried about the next next edition, I’ll let folks know if I eventually come close to finishing my current degree (I certainly hope I won’t just come close!), get a tenure-track job, or find a romantic/life partner, that sort of thing. ;)