| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #52457 is a reply to message #52393 ] |
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 darthdavid
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Nope, I'm all the way out on the east coast. Luckily switching around my SATA cables seems to have made everything work again, though who knows how long that'll last. This PC's always been a bit of a hangar queen so this sort of thing doesn't really surprise me much when it happens any more (that'll teach me to buy Intel...).
Barring a relapse I should be able to keep up your regularly scheduled programming though  .
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| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #52459 is a reply to message #52457 ] |
Thu, 26 January 2012 18:18 |
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mrudat
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Canberra, Australia |
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Of course, I've got to ask; do you have backups, are you mirroring, or (more/less expensively, depending) raid5 or raid6-ing the disks in your computer?
I've heard good things about CrashPlan, but given I'm enough (too much? =)) of a tech-head, I've got a PC from a previous upgrade running BackupPC.
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| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #52852 is a reply to message #52393 ] |
Thu, 02 February 2012 01:45 |
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darthdavid
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Registered: January 2012 |
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Part 1B is up, if slightly delayed*. Another snippet or two and then chapter two starts. There may be an action scene soon if things line up right.
*I may have gotten slightly caught up in another project for a bit. 
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| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #52925 is a reply to message #52393 ] |
Thu, 02 February 2012 18:47 |
Great Sage
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Registered: January 2012
Location: Edinburgh |
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I would calm down a bit on the use of " In -game" terms such as Peripheral Essence Pools and such like, I am sure that the protagonist BELIEVES that is what she is accessing , it may even, ACTUALLY be what she is using for power but using such terms makes this come across as a description of a session of Exalted and not a story set in Whately-verse. Could we also get a better description of what she now looks like? is she tall, short, dark, blonde, Asiatic, Caucasian... you know, some details please?
Other than that, I am enjoying this please write more soon.
The Nature of Monkey is Irrepressible!
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| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #52926 is a reply to message #52925 ] |
Thu, 02 February 2012 18:58 |
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darthdavid
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Registered: January 2012 |
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| Great Sage wrote on Thu, 02 February 2012 18:47 | I would calm down a bit on the use of " In -game" terms such as Peripheral Essence Pools and such like, I am sure that the protagonist BELIEVES that is what she is accessing , it may even, ACTUALLY be what she is using for power but using such terms makes this come across as a description of a session of Exalted and not a story set in Whately-verse. Could we also get a better description of what she now looks like? is she tall, short, dark, blonde, Asiatic, Caucasian... you know, some details please?
Other than that, I am enjoying this please write more soon.
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I'll try and go easy on the game terms in future scenes. I was gonna include a description but I could find a good place for it. I guess maybe I could edit the mirror scene to include one...
[Updated on: Thu, 02 February 2012 18:58]
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| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #52967 is a reply to message #52925 ] |
Fri, 03 February 2012 01:29 |
Rathmun
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Registered: October 2011 |
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| Great Sage wrote on Thu, 02 February 2012 18:47 | I would calm down a bit on the use of " In -game" terms such as Peripheral Essence Pools and such like, I am sure that the protagonist BELIEVES that is what she is accessing , it may even, ACTUALLY be what she is using for power but using such terms makes this come across as a description of a session of Exalted and not a story set in Whately-verse.
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One of the odd things about the Exalted setting is that the various bits about "Personal Pool," "Peripheral Pool," "Motes," "Committed Essence," etc... are In character knowledge. Especially for a Twilight. It's kind of like a gadgeteer answering a question about the battery pack in his armor with "3 KJ remaining"
There's a quote from a webcomic (Girl Genius)
"Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from SCIENCE!!!"
Which is exactly the attitude that most Twilights are likely to have.
In light of those facts, I'd suggest that she continue using those terms, and that it gets her very strange looks from the various mystically inclined people.
[Updated on: Fri, 03 February 2012 01:46]
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| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #52969 is a reply to message #52393 ] |
Fri, 03 February 2012 02:02 |
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darthdavid
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Registered: January 2012 |
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OK, I edited in a description to the bathroom scene. Also, avert your eyes: sin against art incoming...
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| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #52991 is a reply to message #52393 ] |
Fri, 03 February 2012 15:29 |
Laudator
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I've never played Exalted, but I expect I'd like it once I got the knowledge down, based on the Exalted-fictions I have read.
Having said that: Good, good! Keep up the good work.
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| Re: The Sinking Sun's Light [message #53010 is a reply to message #52997 ] |
Fri, 03 February 2012 18:54 |
Rathmun
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Registered: October 2011 |
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| Laudator wrote on Fri, 03 February 2012 15:29 | I've never played Exalted, but I expect I'd like it once I got the knowledge down, based on the Exalted-fictions I have read.
Having said that: Good, good! Keep up the good work.
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| thejackle123 wrote on Fri, 03 February 2012 17:20 | I would like to play some RPG's like pathfinder or exalted but unfortunately there isn't any groups locally, that I know of anyway.
Have been reading some exalted fiction though and I'm looking forwards to how your story turns out, can't wait for more.
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My suggestion would be to go over to either RPG.net or forums.white-wolf.com and ask if there are any groups in your area. My personal experience is that RPGers tend to be among the more welcoming types of people (just don't damage anyone else's books.)
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