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Post by Brownie on Oct 10, 2023 12:58:41 GMT -5
been playing a game called dotAge and it's super cute. It's a rogue-like village builder which is cool and pixel graphics very nostalgic, and it's pretty addicting.
my first run was surprisingly stable but I was flying absolutely blind and my village ended up very poorly arranged, to the point that I couldn't expand without losing tempo. I tried rushing bread before winter and didn't realize you needed like, random other technologies (cobble streets) in order to make a bakery.... so yeah I would've starved to death because that would have taken too many turns
and then my second run I got really unlucky with berry bushes, had to play the entirety of spring barely not starving, and again ended up with a random prerequisite for upgraded hunter's hut (you not only need stonemason, but tools!!! this is when research points are super expensive as is!!) and because my first omen was sickness, I just starved because my researcher got stunned for three turns (unpreventable). so yepppppp
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Post by Brownie on Oct 10, 2023 16:27:48 GMT -5
lost my third run because I didn't hoard enough hope and then the game decided to bomb me with -24 a turn and I could only produce 7 :)
It was really unfortunate that a random event caused me to lose 3pop just before that too, so I couldn't even rush anything and try and swing it back. You really have to plan ahead in this game, because most good buildings take 4+ turns to build and events only warn you 5 turns ahead sooooo
Oh I've also been spending so much of my free time making custom Clans for people over on misc and I'm still taking requests xp
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Post by Brownie on Oct 17, 2023 14:34:28 GMT -5
bro I need to edit this story and I keep pulling up the doc, reading a little and going
wow that needs a lot of fixing!! and then closing it immediately because that is a Future Me Problem apparently
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Post by Brownie on Oct 24, 2023 16:28:13 GMT -5
bro I need to edit this story and I keep pulling up the doc, reading a little and going wow that needs a lot of fixing!! and then closing it immediately because that is a Future Me Problem apparently Still doing this ^^ it's been a week Send Help
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Post by Brownie on Oct 25, 2023 13:22:06 GMT -5
Distracting myself by doing more datasheets <3
I have inputted 795 warrior names, the current total from my post-it Clans, to see what kind of trends I have with the data. Still working on doing the Maths (esp for frequency of names; I've done a lot of work in excel with number formulae, a lot less with matching variable fields and counting)
But I did figure out how to automate the Gender distribution. Over the dozen post-it Clans I've made: ~49% Female ~41% Male ~6% NB (includes he/they and she/they) ~1% Other (genderfluid, bigender, agender)
I'll see how this number changes after adding in some of my more recent worldbuilds, roleplay OCs and fanfiction characters
Data on starting letter of names wasn't hard!! I can now say with certainty that I have no "X" names, 3 "Z"(Zenith, Zip, Zephyr; all from granite circle SparkClan), 3 "U"(Umber and Urchin x2) 4 "Y"(Yellow and Yew x3) and, most surprisingly to me, only 9 "N"(5x Night, Nimbus, Newt and 2x Needle) The most names are "S" with 133 and "C" with 61 which... is a huge gap. The average frequency is 31 names per letter which is about right for over half the alphabet Data on the number of UNIQUE prefixes forthcoming.
Suffixes are more lopsided, which I expected. "S" is also the clear winner at 135, with "F" just behind at 124. "A" "K" "O" "U" "X" "Y" "Z" all at 0 suffixes :( The average is 21 names per letter for suffixes, but this is hardly a usable value since the data doesn't really follow a bell curve and is skewed towards the extremes.
Doing suffixes also forced me to remove "kit" "paw" and "star" from the analysis (which is why "K" has 0 despite having ~100 kits in the dataset) but also allowed me to grab the ratios of roles! So far, the post-it Clan role ratio is: 12% kits (!!) 18% apprentices 68% warriors* 2% leaders**
*"warriors" here includes all roles that have no special suffix: elders, queens, mediators, deputies, healers and any Clan-specific roles like BeachClan's Stormwatchers are included in this total **Leader percentage is actually skewed down because I included a leader's warrior name where relevant (mostly granite circle leaders, whose warrior names are always included within their extended biographies)
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Post by Brownie on Oct 25, 2023 14:11:38 GMT -5
I thought it would be harder but there's a "countunique" function that just... counts each unique cell in a field so.
I have 449 UNIQUE prefixes and only 150 suffixes across 800 cats.... which means I need to diversify ;-;
On average, a cat shares a prefix with one other individual. In practice, this is slightly skewed, because some names (like dawn or night) I use 5+ times, while many others (like Zephyr or Alpine) I use only once. There's also many names that have variations, like Cloud with Cloudy and Clouded, Snow and Snowy, Storm and Stormy ect
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Post by Brownie on Nov 1, 2023 1:41:16 GMT -5
writing sucks why do I partake in this torture /j
in other news: I really want to write in third person like a normal human being, I really, really do.... but second person is so NICE why does it have to be so tempting it's like showing me a chocolate cake and then saying no people prefer stale raisin bread >:[
I HAVE decided to officially trash my previous contest entry, which is some people-pleasing not-spec fic totally realistic people troubles (and also BORING(even if it's a little feelsgood)) and I'm going to enter my very brash and sarcastic narrative on being a closeted trans teenager because. I want to. And it's funny. And stylish. And I think that, even if people don't like it, at least it leaves an aftertaste, ya know? It's memorable.
It's also in second person as a screw you to my first creative writing prof in college because he said that second person "isn't a real tense" and "should only be used in epistolary formats" and his opinion is simply wrong because second person = best tense and not only is it real, it feels so much less awkward than first present (which he said was "better than third" and that's also like, the HOTTEST take my man)
so yeah
also I've written another segment of Marle/Rav adventures on my 1x0 roleplay page. Funfun. Marle is a sad puppy and Ravaniir is just. tired. They are going to have a GREAT scene where Rav just wants to pass out on the floor but Marle insists that they be good guests for at least a little while, pretty please? And of course Rin being Rin Rav isn't allowed to refuse food shared with them. Then Marle gets flirted with by a very pretty young lady and Marle, the Big Gay, is trying to be super polite about keeping his distance and Rav gets to tease him about it lmaO gonna be a great scene~~
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Post by Brownie on Nov 15, 2023 17:40:30 GMT -5
thx I guess???
i mostly use this place as a blog tbh
speaking offfff I'm like, 70% done with my first page of my clangen artlocke =O I'm super excited to post the finish product!! Hopefully with many more pages to follow!! it's a lot more time intensive than I expected the project to be ;-; I've already put at least 5hrs into the page, which is more than I expected (it's not supposed to be particularly polished? Just basic, but lineless takes more time than I expected at the resolution I chose)
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Post by Brownie on Nov 17, 2023 4:09:03 GMT -5
oops I just made another Clangen writelocke.... it's sci-fi this time.... <3
I'm crossposting it on here in fanfiction board + on the clangen discord (+ probably on ao3 every 12 moons, for archiving purposes)
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Post by Brownie on Nov 19, 2023 18:59:45 GMT -5
I don't usually talk about me irl but
right outside my bedroom door, in the hall, on the ceiling, is the fire alarm. it has a bright red light on it. the floor is hardwood the hardwood reflects some of the light; in the dark, it's just barely visible
anyways, the reflection looks like something is in the hallway, and I always step over it. Intentionally stepping in the accedental-3D-hologram ball feels very, very disturbing. I keep expecting to kick something, not be able to step there, or smth idk it is an Actual Challenge to walk normally and not comically step over the light, esp waking up in the middle of the night
anyways, I wanted to share that experience with the class because it's Weird and it's been like, at least three years since there hasn't been a rug there, and it still gets me almost every day
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Post by Brownie on Dec 10, 2023 16:03:30 GMT -5
Finally finished all challenges in tboi. Bloody mary and hot potato were my last two and I completed them both today.
Only a few cards: t.eve t.bb t.samson t.laz ~half t.jacob ~half j&e (m.satan + void)
+ the only keys to satan hidden unlock + both daily challenge unlocks AND THAT'S IT it'll be a dead god file
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Post by Brownie on Dec 15, 2023 15:36:36 GMT -5
I just put up the first chapter of a huge fanfic project I've been working on and off for about a year on and I've never been nervous to put up a fic before but idk this is just really close to my heart??? And also HUGE??? I have edit work to do on chapter 3 still and a few more entire scenes to fill in before chapter eight because that hits too fast and AHH now that it's posted I have DEADLINES because I have up to idk like chapter 25 written so I can't just stall at eight forever :/
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Post by Brownie on Dec 19, 2023 13:36:27 GMT -5
Making warrior oc names: fun, quirky, pick two things and you're done making human oc names: Horrible, what are sounds??? Too long? too short? VOWELS???
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Post by Brownie on Dec 19, 2023 13:59:02 GMT -5
Solution: make a naming system and a full conlang to support it <3
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Post by Brownie on Dec 23, 2023 2:38:52 GMT -5
me last week: this will be a little project, just a fun little thing. A silly hehehaha thing me now: 20k in, tackling bigger themes than my main projects, now have three POV characters with arcs
It's good but also. WHY I was supposed to be working on project A and edits for project B and this just. no.
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Post by Brownie on Dec 25, 2023 11:13:38 GMT -5
bruh. I was tired so I went to bed really early last night. And then I woke up like. 5am. and now it's 11 and I'm already so bored like I did everything I needed to do today already??? But I'm too Tired and Angry to write and there's no one on this early to game with :(
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Post by Brownie on Dec 25, 2023 20:03:01 GMT -5
So I'm doing research for a warrior's AU that I write one chapter a year for right. And it's early arc 3 WindClan. Which only has like, five warriors in the allegiances to start, then like, triple that by the end of the arc. So I'm trying to compile as canon-compliant of an allegiances page as possible.
Anyways, why is Morningflower always described as old??? But Ashfoot and Onestar aren't?? Like One(whisker) isn't that much older than Fire(heart)!! Yet Morningflower retires as soon as they end the journey and is always described as like, ancient.
Also that Onewhisker became mates with his apprentice. Not that the age gap is huge? I guess if there were only 10 WindClan cats that's just what happens. Idk I didn't read his novella.
E - OH this au Hollypaw is gonna be such an ace lesbian. (: Breezepaw is completely oblivious to that though, he just keeps teasing her about liking Emberpaw or Harepaw lmao Really, she's sitting there like. Heatherpaw's pretty, but she and my stupid brother are crushing on each other so hard so imma stay out of that one. Maybe this can be a Hollyshine au
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Post by Brownie on Dec 26, 2023 1:37:17 GMT -5
I finished the one scene ;-;
I still really want to have a scene of Breezepaw confronting Crowfeather tho
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Post by Brownie on Jan 21, 2024 23:58:34 GMT -5
Writing a lot. Reading a lot.
Been going to the climbing gym a lot.
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Post by Brownie on Jan 22, 2024 12:29:14 GMT -5
one of the dogs just munched like, a half a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch
which to be fair I left on the floor in easy dog access range. but she's usually really good with leaving bowl-food alone. smh
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Post by Brownie on Jan 24, 2024 3:24:58 GMT -5
my dudes I'm angry all the time the last few months and I know it's because I feel stuck and can't go out when I'd like to but like I'd really like to have a different emotion please. As a treat.
The gym membership helps some. But it also reminds me that I haven't been to the gym since before covid and I get frustrated that I can't instantly go back to my old sets (despite, logically, realizing that a)it's been three years b)i have New Disabilities now and can't do certain things and c)I'm not Young and Invincible anymore and if I don't do pre- and post-workout stretches/nutrition I Will Regret It)
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Post by Brownie on Jan 26, 2024 19:56:02 GMT -5
poll idk who will vote or why but I've been on the fence for the last three weeks and by that point, usually I just Do the Thing but
Here's the deal. I was 7 mons + legendaries away from a livingdex my last run at this. That run is on a hard drive on my old pc, though, and I don't want to set up the entire pc to snatch that world file and start from where I left off. + Pixelmon had a few huge updates since then, some of which probably wouldn't be compatible with the 1.12 modpack I was running.
And I'm not opposed to doing another livingdex!! It's fun!! But like, it's also hundreds of hours of time to sink and idk that's a lot
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Post by Brownie on Jan 27, 2024 20:13:54 GMT -5
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Post by Brownie on Jan 28, 2024 15:47:33 GMT -5
New ultra space is so cool!!!!!!
That's such a great late game grind area!!!!
I didn't really mean to go there at lvl 30 because I thought it was like the old one and I was just gonna get the achievement and leave but then I got stuck (the only way out is finding another wormhole or whole party fainting) so uh. I got the exp.all <3
glad I got it there. Last time I had to grind arceus (isn't that a sentence???)
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Post by Brownie on Jan 29, 2024 14:50:54 GMT -5
111 Pokemon caught
the first 700 or so is just... run around catching everything that spawns. the next 150ish are mid hunts or sweet scent then there's like, 50 really rare encounters and THEN there's 70ish legendaries that are a pain (and that I usually up the spawn rate for when my mons are all around lvl 70 because. I'm not just gonna sit around and wait for days and days irl; that's not skill that's just a waste of time)
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Post by Brownie on Jan 29, 2024 18:12:43 GMT -5
lost everything to lava ragequit
uhhhh I might hack some balls back because I'm not here to grind minecraft I'm here to catch em all
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Post by Brownie on Jan 30, 2024 15:57:10 GMT -5
hacked my items back in (or most of them) last night. motivation was not killed.
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Post by Brownie on Jan 30, 2024 16:22:21 GMT -5
why do so many electric types learn screech when most are special attackers?????
I really need a pokemon with some sort of status move. I can't catch any legendary :/ I wanted to use brambleghast as my grass type tho :( Feels like I'm always using Breloom + spore or like, victreebell
200 pokemon dexed
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Post by Brownie on Jan 30, 2024 22:19:08 GMT -5
dude brambleghast is a BEAST with it's immunities infestation + giga drain stalls so many bosses
this unfeasant only had normal + air cutter and it couldn't hit Brambleghast at all I wish it got stun/sleep spore I would be so happy to use it as my legendary stall
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