July Random Chat [Archive]

Mattman20

06-28-2009, 05:57 PM

I realize it's not July yet..just bear with me here; two days (right?) 'til this month is over, so I didn't figure there was any real reason to make a thread for June.

So to start off the randomness, I got a guitar yesterday :)
I don't know how to play, yet, but I'm gonna just try and teach myself.
It's acoustic though, and I kinda wanted an electric one, but this was cheaper and probably a better starting point.

EDIT: There, is that better dooli? Made it G-rated/U-rated ;)

Doolipalally

06-28-2009, 06:27 PM

I realize it's not July yet..just bare with me here; two days (right?) 'til this month is over, so I didn't figure there was any real reason to make a thread for June.

Seems reasonable to me, but can we bear with you instead of bare with you? There's a time and a place for stripping off, but this is a family-friendly forum... ;)

So to start off the randomness, I got a guitar yesterday :)
I don't know how to play, yet, but I'm gonna just try and teach myself.
It's acoustic though, and I kinda wanted an electric one, but this was cheaper and probably a better starting point.

Nice idea - good luck with that! I used to know a few chords, but I've got chronically short fingers and it never really worked for me. Think you're right that you're better starting with an acoustic as I've heard that electric guitars are harder on the fingertips at first. Any guitar-players out there who can confirm that?

Mattman20

06-28-2009, 07:08 PM

Seems reasonable to me, but can we bear with you instead of bare with you? There's a time and a place for stripping off, but this is a family-friendly forum... ;)

Nice idea - good luck with that! I used to know a few chords, but I've got chronically short fingers and it never really worked for me. Think you're right that you're better starting with an acoustic as I've heard that electric guitars are harder on the fingertips at first. Any guitar-players out there who can confirm that?

Wow...normally when I'm typing or writing that phrase, I spell it b-e-a-r. I'm not exactly sure why I just up and decided to spell it differently. Haha jeez..

And thanks for the encouragement :)

zmflavius

06-28-2009, 09:26 PM

Well, for me...Study Study Study! All summer long! What fun!

Oldschool

06-28-2009, 10:56 PM

Any guitar-players out there who can confirm that?

Not me but I seem to recall Blackcrowe is a guitar player - which reminds me has anyone heard from him lately. Also Badstench once owned a guitar and I would do a little necrothreading but alas we're on a new forum. ;)

Also since this is random chat it's gonna take a bit of trial and error to get accustomed to the new forum and navigating around it. However from what little I've seen so far I do like. :)

acebrock

06-28-2009, 11:05 PM

Not me but I seem to recall Blackcrowe is a guitar player - which reminds me has anyone heard from him lately. Also Badstench once owned a guitar and I would do a little necrothreading but alas we're on a new forum. ;)

Also since this is random chat it's gonna take a bit of trial and error to get accustomed to the new forum and navigating around it. However from what little I've seen so far I do like. :)
Not for me. The Dragontavern forums use the same software, and, since I moderate it for spam, and have been on it for more than 8 months now this works seamlessly for me. :p

And sadly this no longer works: :P you have to make the P lowercase now

scout1idf

06-28-2009, 11:38 PM

......I seem to recall Blackcrowe is a guitar player - which reminds me has anyone heard from him lately.

Blackcrowe went missing

Last Login Date: Mar 19, 2009, 9:55am

and his last post was

Mar 15, 2009, 6:40pm

I sent him an E-Mail and never got a response......

solitu

06-29-2009, 01:50 AM

~ SUPPORT SRYTH VOTE HOURLY ~

Hey I didn't notice the voting system revived!
Sryth is now at 57th! GO GO GO guys!

Oldschool

06-29-2009, 02:56 AM

Some members know that my main and one of my secondary characters are named for the main characters out of the movie Hawk the Slayer. I posted on the old forum about a possible remake. While searching for a new avatar I stumbled across this. (http://hawkthehuntermovie.blogspot.com/)

Badstench

06-29-2009, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by Doolipalally
Any guitar-players out there who can confirm that?

It is recommended for most beginners to learn using nylon strings. These are less demanding on 'soft' fingertips.

Nylon strings are only used on accoustic guitars, not electric. This is because steel strings are better for conductivity of sound on electric guitars.

Therefore, it isn't the guitar which is easier to play, but the strings.

thingirl

07-01-2009, 01:01 AM

Strings, I never knew that. But that's probably because you don't want me to play an instrument of sing ANYTHING! :(

Lamion

07-01-2009, 01:39 PM

What.... the.... frak? I'm off recuperating from a surgery and return to THIS? I figured there would be some new Sryth stuff to delve into but I NEVER expected to find a whole new forum system to learn. Eesh!

Oldschool

07-02-2009, 12:49 AM

Hey I didn't notice the voting system revived!
Sryth is now at 57th! GO GO GO guys!

Actually it was never down although the reward system was taken down while the PBBG underwent changes. Actually they are still down although from the blogs on the PBBG site they should be enabled soon. The original deadline has came and went by the way.

Solitu regarding your avatar - stand rep'd. However, I wasn't aware they had surveillance at my workplace and how did you get that tape of me - lol. ;)

thingirl

07-02-2009, 12:57 AM

My avatar from the old fourm is too big for this one. And I've been too lazy to pull my siggie over.:D

scout1idf

07-02-2009, 02:33 AM

My avatar from the old fourm is too big for this one. And I've been too lazy to pull my siggie over.:D

Did you try it? My avatar got reduced in size automatically. I think it looks better now.

Oldschool

07-02-2009, 02:38 AM

Did you try it? My avatar got reduced in size automatically. I think it looks better now.

I had the same problem with mine from the old forum, hence my new one.

smv1973

07-02-2009, 06:18 PM

I just got this from the active adventurers. Can anyone tell me what they see is wrong here.

1. Thordon [AG]
2. Magical [AG]
3. Judge Fury [AG]
4. Garet Jax [AG]
5. Nathair Ap Dubh [AG]
6. Shadowblack [AG]

Doolipalally

07-02-2009, 07:20 PM

zmflavius

07-02-2009, 08:32 PM

Well, all your skills are 90+ and all your powers are 83+, and you have 46 higher than Magical's, and SP 32 higher. I guess the game counts the skill margin close enough so that the extra MR and SP rank you higher.

psychoadept

07-02-2009, 08:47 PM

Did you try it? My avatar got reduced in size automatically. I think it looks better now.

Maybe it's a file size thing rather than a physical size thing?

thingirl

07-03-2009, 12:26 AM

That would make since, as i did try, and it told me that it was too big. (Although I wonder how big Havoc's Tsuykomie is).

smv1973

07-03-2009, 01:57 AM

The world of Sryth is back to normal.

1. Magical [AG]
2. Thordon [AG]
3. Elendil [AG]
4. Trent [AG]
5. Rommel [AG]
6. Scout [AG]
7. Myshella [AG]

Oldschool

07-03-2009, 02:53 AM

Maybe it's a file size thing rather than a physical size thing?

I think you may have hit on it as with my old avatar and some others I tried I got something to the effect of "remote file too large".

Oldschool

07-03-2009, 02:56 AM

The world of Sryth is back to normal.

1. Magical [AG]
2. Thordon [AG]
3. Elendil [AG]
4. Trent [AG]
5. Rommel [AG]
6. Scout [AG]
7. Myshella [AG]

Might have been that Havoc had switched some of Magical's equipment around. I've noticed he routinely wields the Hale Blade even before the Battlegrounds made it more popular - I'm guessing for grinding like many of us.

thingirl

07-03-2009, 03:13 PM

I think you may have hit on it as with my old avatar and some others I tried I got something to the effect of "remote file too large".

HAH! After a half hour on photobucket I found my old avatar again. I had tried several others and got the "remote file too large" thing, but I finally did something different. I have GIMP photo edited on my computer so I copied the image, pasted it into GIMP, and resized it so that the length was 80 pixels, then used the uplode image for avatar option, AND IT FIT!

So if your avatar is too big and you haven't found a new one, and you have a photo editing program, just resize it. And if you don't have a photo editing program, GIMP is free.

thingirl

07-04-2009, 12:09 PM

All right, it's 8:00 on the east coast, so

To all you Americans out there, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

(If someone feels offended/ that I shouldn't have posted this, PM me and I will edit this to say something that isn't holiday related.)

Doolipalally

07-04-2009, 06:21 PM

Doesn't seem offensive to me! Happy Independence Day greetings from this side of the pond ;)

zmflavius

07-05-2009, 05:02 PM

Watched the fireworks on TV last night until I realized that I wouldn't see anything other than explosions in the air and hear anything but patriotic music.

thingirl

07-05-2009, 09:05 PM

The fireworks in my town almost got rescheduled to today because of rain. But the show went on even though it was drizzling.

Mattman20

07-05-2009, 11:33 PM

The fireworks in my town almost got rescheduled to today because of rain. But the show went on even though it was drizzling.

Same situation in my town too. Thankfully they didn't last too long, 'cause I definitely didn't want to catch a cold watching fireworks..in the summer.

thingirl

07-06-2009, 12:31 AM

scout1idf

07-06-2009, 12:54 AM

We (my wife, our neighbor and myself) walked to our towns 4th of July parade then to museum after.

Last time we were there (at the museum) I noticed in one of the books on military patches had a picture of my Army Reserve patch but not the patch. So I took one that I never used and donated it to them.

http://srythforum.com/picture.php?albumid=11&pictureid=29
It's the 83rd ARCOM
"OHIO"

(you can spell out OHIO with the symbol)

Mattman20

07-06-2009, 04:07 AM

We (mom, 2 sisters, and I) parked where we could see them and sat in the car.
Oh and a friend of mine has a neighbor who was shooting off fireworks past 3:30 AM. And he had to get up at like 7:30 or something to go to church.

Yeah I would've sat in the car but there was a line of trees in the way so we had to get out and walk a little to the side to be able to see most of the fireworks. And afterwards I definitely helped my mom, her boyfriend, and my sister terrorize the neighborhood with some store-bought fireworks. I like throwing bottle rockets because it makes me feel like Harry Potter mwahaha :rolleyes:

thingirl

07-07-2009, 01:26 AM

I live near a racetrack, and they hold races every Friday night in summer. And they set off fireworks on the Friday closest to the 4th. And, even though there are some trees in the way, I can see them fairly well from my 2nd story window.

Mattman20

07-07-2009, 08:09 AM

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8978/screenshot2ial.png

I guess I'm just so cool I count as two people. :cool:

EDIT: But yeah, then I checked the control panel and my suspicions were confirmed. At least I know I'm not going crazy. :p

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/4255/screenshot3z.png

Oldschool

07-13-2009, 04:33 AM

MODERATION EDIT: This post and subsequent ones relating to it were moved from Questions to the GM thread.

The game became my life. Just ask my wife, she'll tell you about me and "THAT D@&N GAME!!!".

Now playing the game is a very big sore spot around my house.

Been there a few times myself and I'm guessing I'm not the only other as I'm reminded of some threads/posts on the old fourm.....

You could tell her it isn't a game but an interactive online novel and you're expanding your horizons. Then follow it up by telling her housework or "honeydo" projects like wallpapering (are you reading Chareos?) are overrated.

@ Scout and/or Chareos if you're insane enough to follow this advice lemme know how it plays out 'cause I'm too smart aka big a coward to go there myself.

scout1idf

07-13-2009, 07:37 AM

You could tell her it isn't a game but an interactive online novel....

I actually tried to explain the game to her that way since she loves to read.

Didn't work.......

Lugwy

07-14-2009, 07:36 PM

To the hero of this story (http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Sameo), I raise a toast and Manly Tears (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManlyTears).

psychoadept

07-14-2009, 08:32 PM

To the hero of this story (http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Sameo), I raise a toast and Manly Tears (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ManlyTears).

Wow. Something similar happened to me once, although it was by design. The funny thing about it was that the GM had me make twenty rolls to do what was essentially an epic life drain on a balrog. The first 19 were in the teens. The 20th roll was a 1. Vaporized me (come to think of it, I was playing Amir at the time) and the balrog.

Oldschool

07-15-2009, 10:24 PM

Doolipalally

07-16-2009, 10:43 AM

Continued/moved from the "Milestones" thread.

I like the Waterloo reference. After Dooli's post I got to thinking, yeah this is Dooli's fault ;), about a term for the toilet that I thought was American - "crapper".

It seems that one may be British as well.

http://www.theplumber.com/crapper.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper

I started wondering about why it's called the 'john' in the US. Found some explanation here (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-joh1.htm).

(I'm accepting no responsiblity for this conversation, btw!)

Chareos

07-16-2009, 12:59 PM

Been there a few times myself and I'm guessing I'm not the only other as I'm reminded of some threads/posts on the old fourm.....

You could tell her it isn't a game but an interactive online novel and you're expanding your horizons. Then follow it up by telling her housework or "honeydo" projects like wallpapering (are you reading Chareos?) are overrated.

@ Scout and/or Chareos if you're insane enough to follow this advice lemme know how it plays out 'cause I'm too smart aka big a coward to go there myself.

Lol Mate, I am certainly not brave enough to do that. My wife has exceeded legendary status in nagging, cold shoulder and withholding marital priviledges :-)

scout1idf

07-16-2009, 06:27 PM

............. My wife has exceeded legendary status in nagging, cold shoulder and withholding marital priviledges :-)

Same here!!

Young Ned

07-19-2009, 10:30 AM

Lol Mate, I am certainly not brave enough to do that. My wife has exceeded legendary status in nagging, cold shoulder and withholding marital priviledges :-)
And you're still married to her? Um, no offense, but... why? :confused:

thingirl

07-19-2009, 01:35 PM

I'm not Chareos, but.

Because marriage is a rite not to be taken lightly. And certain things aren't all there is to marriage. And (no offense meant for non Christians, biblical rant follows)The Bible says: Matthew 5:32 (New International Version)

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery.

So, Divorce for any reason other than marital unfaithfulness is wrong. And being mad at you Husband is not marital unfaithfulness. Rant over, have a nice day ;).

zmflavius

07-19-2009, 04:43 PM

I'm not Chareos, but.

Because marriage is a rite not to be taken lightly. And certain things aren't all there is to marriage. And (no offense meant for non Christians, biblical rant follows)The Bible says:

So, Divorce for any reason other than marital unfaithfulness is wrong. And being mad at you Husband is not marital unfaithfulness. Rant over, have a nice day ;).

I don't really disagree with you, but why did you put it into spoiler tags?

thingirl

07-19-2009, 05:08 PM

divorce is badI don't really disagree with you, but why did you put it into spoiler tags?

Because not everyone wants to read from the Bible/ read my rant that I wrote when I was mad at mom (don't ask).

Oh and to stack quotes it's (with[] of cource) {Quote=name1} Blah Blah Blah {quote=name2}Blah Blah Blah{/quote} So, blah blah blah{/quote}

Chareos

07-19-2009, 05:27 PM

And you're still married to her? Um, no offense, but... why? :confused:

Mate, there's a bit of poetic licence in there :) We all have our bad points and to be fair I can understand that she gets a bit fed up if I spend too much time on here rather than spending time with her :) It's all swings and roundabouts. We love each other deeply really and at the end of the day, much as I love this game if it was a choice between her or this game I would choose her every time :D

Note to self: Make sure it never comes to that lol

Oldschool

07-19-2009, 05:38 PM

Note to self: Make sure it never comes to that lol

Lol...... repped for the chuckles in the original post and above. Some of us are like kids, we'll push the envelope on the better half's patience until the predictable transformation into the bitter half albeit temporarily and by our own making.

psychoadept

07-25-2009, 08:48 AM

This is apropos of nothing in particular, just running through my head:

I think my favorite thing about Sryth and its associated websites is how remarkably low on drama the forum is. The reason I never play MMORPGs, even free ones, is because I'm not willing to put up with the rudeness and/or immaturity of many of the players.

Here, we have a bunch of people who vary widely in age and other characteristics, but everybody manages to be civil and mature. If somebody does say something a little touchy, it tends to slide by without anybody getting their knickers in a twist. And, yes, it's part of the forum rules, but I think the example set by the core group of admins and posters has more to do with it than the "rules".

Anyway, that's just a long-winded way to say kudos to everybody.

thingirl

07-25-2009, 02:50 PM

Thanks, repps to you and Chareos.

Havoc

07-26-2009, 09:36 PM

Random fact of the day:

For most of my current powers, I need 401K more experience (each) to get them to level 100.

zmflavius

07-26-2009, 09:41 PM

Random fact of the day:

For most of my current powers, I need 401K more experience (each) to get them to level 100.

and how much experience do you have right now?

Havoc

07-26-2009, 10:36 PM

~250k.

I posted the above just because I thought that the number was interesting, when it showed up in the xp calculator.

zmflavius

07-27-2009, 12:31 AM

Can you imagine a family of people who all seem to emulate Rokmokkara living down the street from you? It's already the case with me.

Doolipalally

07-27-2009, 06:41 AM

Can you imagine a family of people who all seem to emulate Rokmokkara living down the street from you? It's already the case with me.

I sympathise. I have them next door. And they keep very noisy poultry.

Mattman20

07-27-2009, 06:46 AM

Just wait 'til they come to your house challenging you to a duel. Hopefully they leave their dreadstones (or whatever Rokky was possessed by) at home.

Oldschool

07-28-2009, 04:23 AM

Just a reminder for all members that we have 'Social Groups' (under 'Community') on this forum. Also for group members new 'discussions' aren't flagged like 'new' regular posts.