Checking Off The List Saturday!
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crossover_chickLet's see how I did:
1. Watch the latest Atop The Fourth Wall: Sorted before lunch! It was a pretty interesting one too -- a sort of "Comic Book Quickies"-style look at swimsuit issues in comics. No, they're not all just excuses to draw women in skimpy outfits posing sexily - just most of them. The earliest Marvel ones had framing devices, fake parody ads (Wolverine pushing deodorant, the Punisher advertising bug spray, etc), and at least an ATTEMPT to even things out with some beefcake. Plenty of skeezy moments (especially in the third one), but some genuine fun stuff in there too. Most of the later ones from different companies were just all about the cheesecake, though, which was kind of a shame. Though one featured a bunch of rapists and murderers and such winning a fake vacation, then getting dumped in the ocean to be eaten by sharks. Not exactly sexy, but I still approve.
2. Start the "Thursday By Night" Critical Role campaign: Did that after lunch! I'm only about an hour and a half in, though, because that's when the mid-episode break hit. (And it was a LONGER break than anticipated, with giveaways and a whole thing about how one sets up and plays a cowboy game about train heists. O.o) And it's -- not at all what I expected from a V:tM game. It actually reminds me more of the Call of Cthulhu one-shot, even though this is the earlier one! It's a meta-RP where the gang are technically playing themselves in the WoD universe -- they've all been turned into vampires in a mysterious incident, and something very weird has happened to their studio. Weird as in "some people are turning into piles of mushrooms, there's some sort of flesh blob in the server room that may be Tzimisce-created, and 'Father' is waiting in the Twitch recording room with a riddle for us." I mean, it's entertaining, I want to know what the hell is going on, but I -- guess I was expecting more of a focus on the traditional vampire stuff? (Also, two players have already died, due to sunlight and those shrooms. Didn't take long, huh? The CoC cast lasted longer!)
3. Play more Bloodlines: Even if the "Thursday by Night" video wasn't what I was expecting, it still provided a great lead-in to my Bloodlines session. I've knocked out a bunch of side quests and fought three bosses: Gimble (who was annoyingly tough for a human, mainly because I kept failing my attempts to feed on him); the Blood Guardian (a bastard, but I managed to best him largely by running in circles and using Bloodheal in between attacks); and The Cathayan (a freaking JOKE, I just CLOBBERED him with my fire axe. And took his PYRO crossbow, thank you VERY much). I also finished the quest line with Therese and Jeanette -- thankfully, my persuasion and relationship with both sides was high enough that I could get the "work together" ending, which is how Alice will "canonically" do it in the story. An extremely productive day that resulted in a LOT of notes to write up. @.@ Though, admittedly, I did change the formatting for the various "gains" I'm recording for each day (mainly money, weapons, and any stat increases of note, like from leveling up or skill books) to make it easier for me to read. . . I'm PROBABLY going into WAY too much detail, but darn it, I just want to be accurate! Now I just have to decide if Alice heading to the Sabbat warehouse should happen the same day as all this Therese and Jeannette stuff, or the night after. . . Therese would need time to call off the feud, right? Hmmm. . .
4. Get in a walk (it's supposed to be a beautiful weekend): Right after Bloodlines! And yes, it was beautiful -- had my windows open all day! Got some dark clouds while I was walking, though -- and after I got back inside, a few quick-but-heavy rain showers! That was unexpected. O.o But hey, I'll take just the one or two in the afternoon over a overall gray and drizzly day. And tomorrow's supposed to be more of the same, yay. Gotta enjoy these low-humidity days while we can!
Other things of note:
-->Watched a few other videos, mainly:
A) Another one on the upcoming game Paralives, showcasing how you can basically design your own lots on streets (very cool, but I remain at low hype levels since we have no idea when this game is coming out)
B) One from Plumbella about the stress she's been under (doing her Master's, taking a BUNCH of trips in a short time, doing all her YouTube stuff, and an unspecified Bad Thing that happened recently) and how she needs a quick break and to lower her workload slightly. I've only just started watching her off and on, but I'm sorry to hear she's been under such stress, and I genuinely hope she feels better soon. I've enjoyed the videos I've seen, and I feel I should be pulling for a fellow Makin' Magic fan
C) A Man at Arms: Reforged episode about Aragorn's sword linked to me by my Friday Night Writing Thing friend. Actually, it's about BOTH Aragorn's swords -- the original "blade that was broken," which they forged and then deliberately didn't temper so they could shatter it with their Sauron mace, then the reforged one which DID get properly tempered so they could do the badass "cutting everything to pieces with it" montage. Also, they were challenged to do everything without modern techniques, so they had to hand-hammer and hand-file a lot of it. They managed to find a Victorian power-hammer to help, but. . .yeah, I have a whole new respect for smiths of yore after seeing that episode.
-->Posted the next Scene From Secundus: Borrower or Lender Be! Just a quick thing of the very first moment Victor truly realized that he was living the poor life -- lending Marty a shilling really got him thinking about his current financial situation! At least we all know it turns out okay for him (and Alice), fiscally, in the end. :p
-->Currently doing some of the RP thing and catching up on tags over on Valice Multiverse, now that my Victor Luvs Alice queue is set. Quiet night, which is good as I have other stuff to do too. And of course the VTMB tag is busy and full of good stuff. . . I get the feeling this is turning into a vampire weekend. I'm actually tempted to play Bloodlines again tomorrow and move Sims to Monday. . .we'll see!
Right now, though, I need to go answer some comments and finish up my reading for the night. Tomorrow, definitely more "Thursday by Night" and SOME sort of gaming. We'll see where the rest falls in around that! Night all!
1. Watch the latest Atop The Fourth Wall: Sorted before lunch! It was a pretty interesting one too -- a sort of "Comic Book Quickies"-style look at swimsuit issues in comics. No, they're not all just excuses to draw women in skimpy outfits posing sexily - just most of them. The earliest Marvel ones had framing devices, fake parody ads (Wolverine pushing deodorant, the Punisher advertising bug spray, etc), and at least an ATTEMPT to even things out with some beefcake. Plenty of skeezy moments (especially in the third one), but some genuine fun stuff in there too. Most of the later ones from different companies were just all about the cheesecake, though, which was kind of a shame. Though one featured a bunch of rapists and murderers and such winning a fake vacation, then getting dumped in the ocean to be eaten by sharks. Not exactly sexy, but I still approve.
2. Start the "Thursday By Night" Critical Role campaign: Did that after lunch! I'm only about an hour and a half in, though, because that's when the mid-episode break hit. (And it was a LONGER break than anticipated, with giveaways and a whole thing about how one sets up and plays a cowboy game about train heists. O.o) And it's -- not at all what I expected from a V:tM game. It actually reminds me more of the Call of Cthulhu one-shot, even though this is the earlier one! It's a meta-RP where the gang are technically playing themselves in the WoD universe -- they've all been turned into vampires in a mysterious incident, and something very weird has happened to their studio. Weird as in "some people are turning into piles of mushrooms, there's some sort of flesh blob in the server room that may be Tzimisce-created, and 'Father' is waiting in the Twitch recording room with a riddle for us." I mean, it's entertaining, I want to know what the hell is going on, but I -- guess I was expecting more of a focus on the traditional vampire stuff? (Also, two players have already died, due to sunlight and those shrooms. Didn't take long, huh? The CoC cast lasted longer!)
3. Play more Bloodlines: Even if the "Thursday by Night" video wasn't what I was expecting, it still provided a great lead-in to my Bloodlines session. I've knocked out a bunch of side quests and fought three bosses: Gimble (who was annoyingly tough for a human, mainly because I kept failing my attempts to feed on him); the Blood Guardian (a bastard, but I managed to best him largely by running in circles and using Bloodheal in between attacks); and The Cathayan (a freaking JOKE, I just CLOBBERED him with my fire axe. And took his PYRO crossbow, thank you VERY much). I also finished the quest line with Therese and Jeanette -- thankfully, my persuasion and relationship with both sides was high enough that I could get the "work together" ending, which is how Alice will "canonically" do it in the story. An extremely productive day that resulted in a LOT of notes to write up. @.@ Though, admittedly, I did change the formatting for the various "gains" I'm recording for each day (mainly money, weapons, and any stat increases of note, like from leveling up or skill books) to make it easier for me to read. . . I'm PROBABLY going into WAY too much detail, but darn it, I just want to be accurate! Now I just have to decide if Alice heading to the Sabbat warehouse should happen the same day as all this Therese and Jeannette stuff, or the night after. . . Therese would need time to call off the feud, right? Hmmm. . .
4. Get in a walk (it's supposed to be a beautiful weekend): Right after Bloodlines! And yes, it was beautiful -- had my windows open all day! Got some dark clouds while I was walking, though -- and after I got back inside, a few quick-but-heavy rain showers! That was unexpected. O.o But hey, I'll take just the one or two in the afternoon over a overall gray and drizzly day. And tomorrow's supposed to be more of the same, yay. Gotta enjoy these low-humidity days while we can!
Other things of note:
-->Watched a few other videos, mainly:
A) Another one on the upcoming game Paralives, showcasing how you can basically design your own lots on streets (very cool, but I remain at low hype levels since we have no idea when this game is coming out)
B) One from Plumbella about the stress she's been under (doing her Master's, taking a BUNCH of trips in a short time, doing all her YouTube stuff, and an unspecified Bad Thing that happened recently) and how she needs a quick break and to lower her workload slightly. I've only just started watching her off and on, but I'm sorry to hear she's been under such stress, and I genuinely hope she feels better soon. I've enjoyed the videos I've seen, and I feel I should be pulling for a fellow Makin' Magic fan
C) A Man at Arms: Reforged episode about Aragorn's sword linked to me by my Friday Night Writing Thing friend. Actually, it's about BOTH Aragorn's swords -- the original "blade that was broken," which they forged and then deliberately didn't temper so they could shatter it with their Sauron mace, then the reforged one which DID get properly tempered so they could do the badass "cutting everything to pieces with it" montage. Also, they were challenged to do everything without modern techniques, so they had to hand-hammer and hand-file a lot of it. They managed to find a Victorian power-hammer to help, but. . .yeah, I have a whole new respect for smiths of yore after seeing that episode.
-->Posted the next Scene From Secundus: Borrower or Lender Be! Just a quick thing of the very first moment Victor truly realized that he was living the poor life -- lending Marty a shilling really got him thinking about his current financial situation! At least we all know it turns out okay for him (and Alice), fiscally, in the end. :p
-->Currently doing some of the RP thing and catching up on tags over on Valice Multiverse, now that my Victor Luvs Alice queue is set. Quiet night, which is good as I have other stuff to do too. And of course the VTMB tag is busy and full of good stuff. . . I get the feeling this is turning into a vampire weekend. I'm actually tempted to play Bloodlines again tomorrow and move Sims to Monday. . .we'll see!
Right now, though, I need to go answer some comments and finish up my reading for the night. Tomorrow, definitely more "Thursday by Night" and SOME sort of gaming. We'll see where the rest falls in around that! Night all!
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