A Little Better On Time And Such Tonight
Oct. 7th, 2020 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickAnswered the comments I couldn't get to last night, and I'm getting my post for tomorrow on Victor Luvs Alice sorted now. Still haven't gotten to my FF.net PM, but fortunately my friend there is understanding about gaps between replies. Still, hoping to get to that tomorrow.
Today's been a reasonably busy day:
-->Spent my morning catching up on the missing bits of my queue for Valice Multiverse last night -- got it all sorted before I had to go to work, happily. Hoping that I don't have that happen again!
-->Work was okay -- another delayed lunch, but not nearly as bad as yesterday (some guy measured our office with a laser device? Not sure what that's about), and again, only one call to update credit card stuff. My supervisor's having me track those so he can see how many have been coming in, so I've set up a paper for tally marks. Otherwise, been largely roster maintenance stuff.
-->Ride home was SURPRISINGLY easy. . .and on a day where it rained about an hour before I left, meaning it was too wet for beanbag game. Figures. At least I was able to take advantage of the time and get in a good two miles on the treadmill! And then sneak in a shower before a thunderstorm fairly literally blew through -- we only got a bit of thunder and lightning, but some pretty intense rain and wind! Fortunately tomorrow is supposed to be sunnier, if colder.
-->Did the usual YouTube thing:
A) Working out in the basement of course means more of Jon's Fallout 4 Survival playthrough! Jon finished up his adventure in Arcjet (looting every fusion cell he could find) and got Righteous Authority from Danse, agreeing to join the Brotherhood in the process. However, he decided first to hand in his quest to the Tenpines settlers, then loop back around to Sanctuary (after fleeing some Bloodbug Hatchlings and very carefully skirting around a house of super mutants), where he accepted Generalship of the Minutemen from Preston (who was, for some reason, hanging out in the water that surrounds the neighborhood – hey, fun fact, never realized that was a genuine little ISLAND before. It's completely surrounded by a little river!). Next morning, he respecced his character slightly to give him some skill with pistols (since, while he likes rifles and shotguns, they are HEAVY, and carry weight is a definite PROBLEM in Survival), then went over to Starlight Drive-In and cleared out the molerats to make it a proper settlement. And then got blown up by a mine and had to do it all over again. XD Him getting Starlight all set up and moving some settlers, including Preston, there ended Part 5, and Part 6 started with him running off in a radstorm to start moving toward Diamond City. He stumbled across Mystic Pines and got the fusion core from the basement (yay advanced lockpicking), found some raiders and scavvers having a fight, and looted the remains of a Cambridge diner. This is a really fun series, and it actually makes me want to work out, so kudos, Jon! I'll be keeping some of what I've learned in mind for my own "proper" playthrough!
B) Then, in the evening, it was time for a bit of Call Me Kevin! With more Phasmophobia! The gimmick this time was Kevin insisting he doesn't believe in ghosts and coming up with ridiculous explanations for all the paranormal activity. XD He even made a new friend in his first game – shit! No, seriously, that was the guy's username. XD They ended up being a two-man team after the other two members got ghosted – poor shit was absolutely terrified (not helped at all by Kevin occasionally making random noises into his mic XD), but somehow they actually managed to successfully identify the ghost! It was very sweet, in its own way. And the video ended on a glitched-out lobby that allowed like TWENTY PEOPLE in to examine the house (the max is supposed to be four), so everyone was having fun getting stuck in walls and trying to make a conga line. It was delightful. XD
C) And then time for GrayStillPlays with more Solar Smash! Which now has a fast forward button to go along with the slow-down time button! Gray was very happy with it, especially since it makes Cthulhu sound HILARIOUS when you spawn him in fast motion. XD His real goal, though, was to figure out a way to use the fast motion, the sticky bombs, and various other implements to core the Earth but leave people alive (via the "reset planet" button). It took a number of tries (including numerous instances of Gray setting the bombs off early, and the planet-killer beam going on the fritz and not doing anything), but he eventually found the winning combination with bombs and moon. :D Hey, at least him wrecking the entire planet is amusing!
D) And then, for a change, a quick drop in on The English Simmer to see what she made of the update on the sixth, which was supposed to fix skintones as well as add a bunch of "Hispanic Heritage" stuff. Given that the title was "Well, this is disappointing," I – wasn't expecting great things. And indeed, the skintones are not FULLY fixed. The pixelation has been greatly improved, but there are still noticeable blotches on the darker shades (and one is REALLY red, it's weird). On the plus side, the fixed hairs are good (they REALLY improved one braided hair), and the Hispanic Heritage stuff is nice and really colorful. I can totally see one of my Victors wearing the butterfly design shirt. :) (Though, uh, fair warning, they're recycling meshes again – ES was able to recognize the shirt as something they'd previously put in Get Famous). So some nice new items, but they are still letting us down skintone-wise. Meh.
-->Wrote some more on "In A World Of His Own" -- Mr. Explorer has just shown off how he can fly around on his version of Ferdy, and has invited Victor and Alice to try. Victor's gonna be taking a short flight in just a moment! :) It's, uh, not going to go as well as he might hope. . .
-->And then the rest of the evening was mostly doing massive amounts of catch-up and eating some of the cookies Mom made today (chocolate chip! And molasses). And, again, with my computer not suddenly fighting me every step of the way, I'm in a much better spot than I was last night. Let me just wrap up my tumblr post and answer my waiting comment, and then it's off to bed. Officially past the halfway mark -- two more days! Hopefully neither of them are too horrible. . . Night all!
Today's been a reasonably busy day:
-->Spent my morning catching up on the missing bits of my queue for Valice Multiverse last night -- got it all sorted before I had to go to work, happily. Hoping that I don't have that happen again!
-->Work was okay -- another delayed lunch, but not nearly as bad as yesterday (some guy measured our office with a laser device? Not sure what that's about), and again, only one call to update credit card stuff. My supervisor's having me track those so he can see how many have been coming in, so I've set up a paper for tally marks. Otherwise, been largely roster maintenance stuff.
-->Ride home was SURPRISINGLY easy. . .and on a day where it rained about an hour before I left, meaning it was too wet for beanbag game. Figures. At least I was able to take advantage of the time and get in a good two miles on the treadmill! And then sneak in a shower before a thunderstorm fairly literally blew through -- we only got a bit of thunder and lightning, but some pretty intense rain and wind! Fortunately tomorrow is supposed to be sunnier, if colder.
-->Did the usual YouTube thing:
A) Working out in the basement of course means more of Jon's Fallout 4 Survival playthrough! Jon finished up his adventure in Arcjet (looting every fusion cell he could find) and got Righteous Authority from Danse, agreeing to join the Brotherhood in the process. However, he decided first to hand in his quest to the Tenpines settlers, then loop back around to Sanctuary (after fleeing some Bloodbug Hatchlings and very carefully skirting around a house of super mutants), where he accepted Generalship of the Minutemen from Preston (who was, for some reason, hanging out in the water that surrounds the neighborhood – hey, fun fact, never realized that was a genuine little ISLAND before. It's completely surrounded by a little river!). Next morning, he respecced his character slightly to give him some skill with pistols (since, while he likes rifles and shotguns, they are HEAVY, and carry weight is a definite PROBLEM in Survival), then went over to Starlight Drive-In and cleared out the molerats to make it a proper settlement. And then got blown up by a mine and had to do it all over again. XD Him getting Starlight all set up and moving some settlers, including Preston, there ended Part 5, and Part 6 started with him running off in a radstorm to start moving toward Diamond City. He stumbled across Mystic Pines and got the fusion core from the basement (yay advanced lockpicking), found some raiders and scavvers having a fight, and looted the remains of a Cambridge diner. This is a really fun series, and it actually makes me want to work out, so kudos, Jon! I'll be keeping some of what I've learned in mind for my own "proper" playthrough!
B) Then, in the evening, it was time for a bit of Call Me Kevin! With more Phasmophobia! The gimmick this time was Kevin insisting he doesn't believe in ghosts and coming up with ridiculous explanations for all the paranormal activity. XD He even made a new friend in his first game – shit! No, seriously, that was the guy's username. XD They ended up being a two-man team after the other two members got ghosted – poor shit was absolutely terrified (not helped at all by Kevin occasionally making random noises into his mic XD), but somehow they actually managed to successfully identify the ghost! It was very sweet, in its own way. And the video ended on a glitched-out lobby that allowed like TWENTY PEOPLE in to examine the house (the max is supposed to be four), so everyone was having fun getting stuck in walls and trying to make a conga line. It was delightful. XD
C) And then time for GrayStillPlays with more Solar Smash! Which now has a fast forward button to go along with the slow-down time button! Gray was very happy with it, especially since it makes Cthulhu sound HILARIOUS when you spawn him in fast motion. XD His real goal, though, was to figure out a way to use the fast motion, the sticky bombs, and various other implements to core the Earth but leave people alive (via the "reset planet" button). It took a number of tries (including numerous instances of Gray setting the bombs off early, and the planet-killer beam going on the fritz and not doing anything), but he eventually found the winning combination with bombs and moon. :D Hey, at least him wrecking the entire planet is amusing!
D) And then, for a change, a quick drop in on The English Simmer to see what she made of the update on the sixth, which was supposed to fix skintones as well as add a bunch of "Hispanic Heritage" stuff. Given that the title was "Well, this is disappointing," I – wasn't expecting great things. And indeed, the skintones are not FULLY fixed. The pixelation has been greatly improved, but there are still noticeable blotches on the darker shades (and one is REALLY red, it's weird). On the plus side, the fixed hairs are good (they REALLY improved one braided hair), and the Hispanic Heritage stuff is nice and really colorful. I can totally see one of my Victors wearing the butterfly design shirt. :) (Though, uh, fair warning, they're recycling meshes again – ES was able to recognize the shirt as something they'd previously put in Get Famous). So some nice new items, but they are still letting us down skintone-wise. Meh.
-->Wrote some more on "In A World Of His Own" -- Mr. Explorer has just shown off how he can fly around on his version of Ferdy, and has invited Victor and Alice to try. Victor's gonna be taking a short flight in just a moment! :) It's, uh, not going to go as well as he might hope. . .
-->And then the rest of the evening was mostly doing massive amounts of catch-up and eating some of the cookies Mom made today (chocolate chip! And molasses). And, again, with my computer not suddenly fighting me every step of the way, I'm in a much better spot than I was last night. Let me just wrap up my tumblr post and answer my waiting comment, and then it's off to bed. Officially past the halfway mark -- two more days! Hopefully neither of them are too horrible. . . Night all!
