Test on Friday? Ah well, I gotta blog to write.
Seriously, I think my priorities are skewed somewhere, between this, NaNoWriMo and my exam at the end of the week. Naturally, I'm writing a blog instead of taking care of those other things, so it's clear where I stand! Well, I'll just keep telling myself that since I got an A on my last exam despite shitty study habits, it is surely going to happen again- no way that the fact that these three chapters had more content in each chapter than all three of the previous chapters combined will have anything to do with the difficulty of this test.Seriously, cakewalk, right?
Anyway, so that I can get back to studying and note taking, I am going to get on with this here blog for all you guys. Enjoy!
What's Happening Valucre?
Genesaris Dark Festival: Prizes- The carnival is over but you can cash out for your prizes.
A Monstrous Disaster in Mezthaluen!- A time sensitive quest, the city of Mezthaluen is under attack, overrun with five strange creatures who are out to steal people's brains- yes, their brains. Though not in the zombie like way, oh no, these bastards are ripping them straight out of your skull! They show strong psionic talents that also enable them to use arcane-like magical talents, they have nasty claws and tentacles too. The next Japanese Anime, or some kick ass opportunities to save the people and get VB- you decide!
NaNoWriMo- Hey, we are nearly 1/2 of the way through NaNoWriMo. In theory, you should be over the 20,000 word mark- if your not, worry not, you still have time. You just might be like me, so busy with other things you got to get done that you haven't kept up with the quotas. If you're behind, do not let it discourage you- you still have time to get it done, and the most important thing is that you keep writing- keep it going through all thirty days and at least make sure you get as close as you can. I'm at just shy of 15k right now, but I will meet that 50k. I will dammit. >_> Give some support over this way.
The Agency- I like the concept, so now if only I had a little more information to impart. We have a member who plays a detective character and intends to open a 'firm' of sorts, so they will need a few more detectives to sign on. If you want to play on the right side of the law for a while, you can get in on this.
Looking for Trouble (The First)- A beginning to what is intended to be a series of troublesome threads, you will have the opportunity to leave your stamp on the fine canon of Genesaris- by being a huge bastard. In this particular quest, you will be poisoning food supplies with a toxic contaminant sure to kill thousands and seriously harm tens of thousands. Do you feel like being the progenitor of such a major crime? Do you like valbullion and unique items that you cannot find anywhere else, such as a highly potent curse scroll? Well then, this one just might be for you. Keep in mind, more quests of this nature will be cropping up, and all of them will eventually lead into some other changes. You will have a front seat to the beginning of some very bad things...
Win 1,500vb Easy- Well, he calls it an easy 1,500vb but I doubt it will actually be 'easy'. Praetorian wants to see people duking it out in regular T1 matches, where the first two persons to win 10 matches in a row gets 1,000vb. Now, after that, these two then must fight each other, where the loser forfeits 500 to the winner. There is a catch though- you must cycle through all your characters, never reusing one until you have used all of your major characters. Tough challenge, you up to it?
Featured Read(s) of the Week-
This... I cannot explain this thread. It has to be one of the trippiest things I have ever read, and I am unsure if I accidently ingested something I shouldn't have and then sat down to go through closed threads for a featured read. That, or the two collaborators on this one were trippen on some serious stuff. Either way, if you want to be in for one strange read, I direct you over yonder.
Congratulations to Off Topic and Die Shize for being the writers of this week's Featured Thread.
Ask a Serial Killer (Part 2)- You know, to fully appreciate this one, just go read it without me spoiling it. Probably be even better if you're a little stoned first.
Just one this week-
Congratulations Noko on your activity award, it was overdue! :)
Challenge of the Week: Write a romantic fan fic! Yes, a short story (strive for under 1,000 words) telling of the whirlwind romance of two characters no one would ever expect to see. I think this could be quite funny and a good stretch for those who try to avoid doing romance based fan fics, or fan fics all together.
Welcome:
Alexander Meadows
Lego Xbox
Jinsei
Gromanzombies
Pawn
Charkitty6
Rilath
Maxaline
Talamak
Drmarker
Harmony Rae
Shinji
Tooly
Returns:
The Doctor
Efranial Kishime
Thirteen new folks in one week is huge! Two returns is about average for us, so that is cool too. Normally, I go through an say hi to everyone individually, but I am already running on borrowed time, behind in other obligations (studying >>) and not feeling particularly well either- all lame excuses for why I am skipping out on it this week. I know, I know, terrible of me.
I'm sorry. ;-;
So, here are the week's listed birthdays. PLEASE, keep in mind that if you do not make birthday's on your profile listed and public, they will not show up on the Calendar. If they are not on the Calendar, I have no way of knowing about it and therefore no way of adding it here! If you want a shoutout for your Bday, be sure to make it viewable!
Happy Birthday all of you!
This... I cannot explain this thread. It has to be one of the trippiest things I have ever read, and I am unsure if I accidently ingested something I shouldn't have and then sat down to go through closed threads for a featured read. That, or the two collaborators on this one were trippen on some serious stuff. Either way, if you want to be in for one strange read, I direct you over yonder.
Congratulations to Off Topic and Die Shize for being the writers of this week's Featured Thread.
Ask a Serial Killer (Part 2)- You know, to fully appreciate this one, just go read it without me spoiling it. Probably be even better if you're a little stoned first.
Lore of the Week!
This Week's Feature: None!
Because I forgot to do my homework. Doing a level 3 board this week, and I try to ask the owners of those what they want featured in particular. I forgot to do that ahead of time this week. OOPS... check back next week..
Because I forgot to do my homework. Doing a level 3 board this week, and I try to ask the owners of those what they want featured in particular. I forgot to do that ahead of time this week. OOPS... check back next week..
Newly Awarded!
Just one this week-
Congratulations Noko on your activity award, it was overdue! :)
Valucre Blog Challenge!
No one took it up last week. I am disappointed. ><
I really liked that one, so I am going to reuse it at some point. For this week though, I came up with an idea while joking around. To give you a hint, read the this:
"Hunched over in the dim light of a softly glowing incandescent bulb. Words flowed like rivers of honey...
He knew it was perfect. The untold story of adventure, the unwritten tale of two men's journey through a world unknown. The passionate love affair of Legolas and Gimli..."
I really liked that one, so I am going to reuse it at some point. For this week though, I came up with an idea while joking around. To give you a hint, read the this:
"Hunched over in the dim light of a softly glowing incandescent bulb. Words flowed like rivers of honey...
He knew it was perfect. The untold story of adventure, the unwritten tale of two men's journey through a world unknown. The passionate love affair of Legolas and Gimli..."
Challenge of the Week: Write a romantic fan fic! Yes, a short story (strive for under 1,000 words) telling of the whirlwind romance of two characters no one would ever expect to see. I think this could be quite funny and a good stretch for those who try to avoid doing romance based fan fics, or fan fics all together.
New Members and Returns!
Welcome:
Alexander Meadows
Lego Xbox
Jinsei
Gromanzombies
Pawn
Charkitty6
Rilath
Maxaline
Talamak
Drmarker
Harmony Rae
Shinji
Tooly
Returns:
The Doctor
Efranial Kishime
Thirteen new folks in one week is huge! Two returns is about average for us, so that is cool too. Normally, I go through an say hi to everyone individually, but I am already running on borrowed time, behind in other obligations (studying >>) and not feeling particularly well either- all lame excuses for why I am skipping out on it this week. I know, I know, terrible of me.
I'm sorry. ;-;
Birthdays of the Week?
So, here are the week's listed birthdays. PLEASE, keep in mind that if you do not make birthday's on your profile listed and public, they will not show up on the Calendar. If they are not on the Calendar, I have no way of knowing about it and therefore no way of adding it here! If you want a shoutout for your Bday, be sure to make it viewable!
- Alora Veta (Nov 8th!)
- Exequim (Nov 8th!)
- Stoner Boy (Nov 8th!)
- Eriadu (Nov 9th!)
- Goblet97 (Nov 9th!)
- Zombie Ivy (Nov 10th!)
- Cor (Nov 11th!)
- Faustina Jaeger (Nov 11th!)
- -Malice- (Nov 11th!)
- Riku Katsu (Nov 11th!)
- Euxuine (Nov 12th!)
- Mizzykins (Nov 13th!)
- Kion (Nov 14th!)
- Silent Whisper(Nov 14th!)
Happy Birthday all of you!
Other Highlights?
User Blogs- Hey, this blog isn't the only blog out there. There are blogs on valucre too. Honestly, the way I always find them is to go look at the last blog updated (found at the bottom of the forum) and then from there I can get into the other blogs. If someone knows a more efficient way- tell me! :P
Did You Know- First Impressions? Want to let us know what you think? Been here less than 30 days? Come let us know. Read about this Did You Know here, it gives you The details. Want more Did You Knows- go here.
Closing Thoughts?
Well, last week got really heavy... and dark. I hate going down that way and I hope I did not give anyone the wrong impression- that is, the impression that if you chill on the internet long enough you're eventually going to end up a victim to some psychopath. It's not a likely scenario and my intent is just to instill the value of using both good judgment and keeping your guard up because bad things can happen to anyone.
That said, let's focus less on the icky this week.
I mentioned it above, I am running a bit behind schedule here (normally I have parts of this blog prepped throughout the week) and I have other priorities I have to at least spend some time on- namely, getting ready for my exam on Friday. I’m even putting off NaNoWriMo for that, and will instead work on blasting through that over the weekend. All this excuse making is basically just layering the foundation of the big excuse- why I am not going to write a whole lot here today. >>
I am just going to make an observation and then leave it to all of you to mull over on your own.
We have a great community here. Sure, we have some arguing and fighting, a few outbursts and big disagreements as well, but overall, this has definitely been the most solid community I have participated in- and I have been doing this for over ten years. What is great about community is not just that we have a nice place to hang our hat for the day and chill out, not just that we have a place to put together some great stories, but that we have a lot of community support around here.
Many of us have taken on the madness that is National Novel Writing Month- the 30 day stint where you try to pump out at least 50,000 words, a hell of a feat for some people. We have a thread up that is specifically designed to help support each other- we went other people to have success and to be able to enjoy their successes with them.
Sometimes people have a bit of trouble in their life, and rather than going to the board at large about it they just put their thoughts to pixels inside their blog- and the amount of support that comes through for them is often quite astounding. When people do speak more openly about struggles they are having, we see people truly rally to help them.
We are a community who looks out for each other, and to put this more in the writing aspect, we support each other in these endeavors. We make contacts that help us with our beta reading and with skill building. Hell, we have people here who have made strong and lasting friendships outside the site and collaborate on projects together. All in all, I find this not only to be awesome, but also to be something great to think about:
Sometimes, it’s about what you can do on your own, but what you can do when you have a community at your back, ready to support you when you stumble along life’s journey.
Take care people, we’ll see about having a more satisfying blog next week.
Especially because it is our final November update for the month, which makes it our Thanks giving update!
That said, let's focus less on the icky this week.
I mentioned it above, I am running a bit behind schedule here (normally I have parts of this blog prepped throughout the week) and I have other priorities I have to at least spend some time on- namely, getting ready for my exam on Friday. I’m even putting off NaNoWriMo for that, and will instead work on blasting through that over the weekend. All this excuse making is basically just layering the foundation of the big excuse- why I am not going to write a whole lot here today. >>
I am just going to make an observation and then leave it to all of you to mull over on your own.
We have a great community here. Sure, we have some arguing and fighting, a few outbursts and big disagreements as well, but overall, this has definitely been the most solid community I have participated in- and I have been doing this for over ten years. What is great about community is not just that we have a nice place to hang our hat for the day and chill out, not just that we have a place to put together some great stories, but that we have a lot of community support around here.
Many of us have taken on the madness that is National Novel Writing Month- the 30 day stint where you try to pump out at least 50,000 words, a hell of a feat for some people. We have a thread up that is specifically designed to help support each other- we went other people to have success and to be able to enjoy their successes with them.
Sometimes people have a bit of trouble in their life, and rather than going to the board at large about it they just put their thoughts to pixels inside their blog- and the amount of support that comes through for them is often quite astounding. When people do speak more openly about struggles they are having, we see people truly rally to help them.
We are a community who looks out for each other, and to put this more in the writing aspect, we support each other in these endeavors. We make contacts that help us with our beta reading and with skill building. Hell, we have people here who have made strong and lasting friendships outside the site and collaborate on projects together. All in all, I find this not only to be awesome, but also to be something great to think about:
Sometimes, it’s about what you can do on your own, but what you can do when you have a community at your back, ready to support you when you stumble along life’s journey.
Take care people, we’ll see about having a more satisfying blog next week.
Especially because it is our final November update for the month, which makes it our Thanks giving update!
See you next week
- Acies
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” ~ John Donne
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were: any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.” ~ John Donne
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