All Quiet on the RP Front
Mar. 20th, 2011 11:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crossover_chickWhich leaves me wondering if notifs are back or not. I've been getting the occasional old one today, but no new comments, so I is unsure. *shrug*
Honestly, it was a bit of a quiet day overall. My parents did suggest we go up to Warwick to visit Barnes & Noble and the Newbury there, but that got scrapped because our truck was acting iffy in the clutch. I'm not broken up over it simply because I'm going to the mall on Wednesday and thus haven't missed out on much. Mostly I hung around here, did a little writing (trying to get that date of Alice and Victor's wrapped up in "Secundus" -- though it IS fun writing Flint Lockwood in the Secundus version of The Roofless), and some Sim designing. Made a Nell Van Dort in Bodyshop that got tweaked further in CAS when I made the Steampunk Gulch Van Dorts.
Actually, I've been holding off on another EVL update since I don't have a lot of pictures for it, but hey, it's a boring day, so why not?
EVL is doing well in life as he starts his Sophomore year -- his aspirational success has allowed him to start getting the good aspiration rewards! Here he tries studying with the Thinking Cap while one of the coaches yells at him. Git, old lady, git.
He also has an energizer, which will be useful for those moments where he spends a lot of time at a community lot before a class.
A new semester brings new monies, allowing me to start EVL on his path in life -- Robot Crafter. His hobby is Tinkering, so it's a natural fit. Like the awesome steampunk recolor? I've got some for the bots too.
Well, except the Toy Robot, but we can just say they're painted since they're supposed to be playthings. EVL has to fix up his first attempt, but succeeding attempts have turned out pretty well.
Don't worry, though. He doesn't spend all his time as a hermit. He's getting to know a few of his classmates -- one of his old dormies, Pong, called him up the other day, and Sadie here happened to walk by in time for best friendship to occur. (Then she was called to class, I forgot about her, and was quite shocked to later discover her downstairs playing chess.)
I also decided to try his treasure-hunting luck again. So far, only rocks and bones, but one can hope.
As for the fandom families, here are the Wonderlands -- Rabbit, Alice, and Cheshire. I know Alice's hair is a brighter red than it should be, but I wanted her hair to be "naturally" red (as opposed to a custom dealie) and that was the only one that looked right. (Interesting note: Is it just me, or has AMA's Alice had THREE hair colors by this point? In the official art for the first game, her hair looks brown; in the game itself, it's a deep red; in the new game, it's black. Make up your minds!) Alice is a teen here, so I made Rabbit her father and Cheshire her uncle. What, it seemed to fit.
The Van Dort family is slightly larger, consisting of Victor, Nell, William, and Mayhew. I think this Nell and Mayhew look okay for Sim versions of themselves -- it helps that I was able to get the proper facial hair for Mayhew. Also, Victor is apparently destined to be the MOST ADORABLE SIM EVER. Seriously, Teen Him there would be the definition of cute if Toddler Him in Inkwell Secundus hadn't already claimed that role. I seriously just want to squeeze him.
So yeah, that's the deal with Steampunk Gulch. EVL will probably have his girlfriend over so he can get her to make him a wizard at some point in the future. The fandom families shall stay in the bin until I've gotten my two Rank 10 businesses. This will hopefully keep me on track with my initial goal for Steampunk Gulch.
-RPD: One can only hope. No Doc and Marty Sims, though?-
Don't tempt me. Though in that case, it would be a Doc and Marty Brown situation.
-TD: Interesting!-
I said don't tempt me!
On the subject of videogames, incidentally, I've been trying to figure out when "Alice: Madness Returns" is set. I've been hearing from various sources that it's supposed to be 10 years after the first game, but that doesn't add up.
-M: Why not?-
Because of this. It's the two halves of a letter that were given out as a prize for getting a certain number of followers on Twitter and Facebook, respectively. This guy kindly put them together. I know the cursive's hard to read, but you should be able to tell the letter's dated November 10th, 1874.
The last entry in the first game's casebook is dated August 24th, 1874.
Couple that with American mentioning in an interview that their London is based off pictures of London in 1875, and methinks the sequel takes place not that long after the original game, story-wise. Not that I'm complaining, I just thought it was interesting.
-VD: You're really getting into this new game, aren't you?-
I'm just eager to see more of it, and hopefully get a demo. Besides, with "Madness Returns," at least I have a release date to obsess over. I have no idea when "First Citizen Brown" is coming out from Telltale. And DAMN do I want to play that episode! *impatient*
-D: You really need a distraction.-
Why do you think I was playing so much computer Mahjong today??
And now that I've babbled on about videogames, I think I might see if I want to upload another icon or two to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
8butterflyboy8's account. He just has so many funny faces. . . .
Honestly, it was a bit of a quiet day overall. My parents did suggest we go up to Warwick to visit Barnes & Noble and the Newbury there, but that got scrapped because our truck was acting iffy in the clutch. I'm not broken up over it simply because I'm going to the mall on Wednesday and thus haven't missed out on much. Mostly I hung around here, did a little writing (trying to get that date of Alice and Victor's wrapped up in "Secundus" -- though it IS fun writing Flint Lockwood in the Secundus version of The Roofless), and some Sim designing. Made a Nell Van Dort in Bodyshop that got tweaked further in CAS when I made the Steampunk Gulch Van Dorts.
Actually, I've been holding off on another EVL update since I don't have a lot of pictures for it, but hey, it's a boring day, so why not?
EVL is doing well in life as he starts his Sophomore year -- his aspirational success has allowed him to start getting the good aspiration rewards! Here he tries studying with the Thinking Cap while one of the coaches yells at him. Git, old lady, git.
He also has an energizer, which will be useful for those moments where he spends a lot of time at a community lot before a class.
A new semester brings new monies, allowing me to start EVL on his path in life -- Robot Crafter. His hobby is Tinkering, so it's a natural fit. Like the awesome steampunk recolor? I've got some for the bots too.
Well, except the Toy Robot, but we can just say they're painted since they're supposed to be playthings. EVL has to fix up his first attempt, but succeeding attempts have turned out pretty well.
Don't worry, though. He doesn't spend all his time as a hermit. He's getting to know a few of his classmates -- one of his old dormies, Pong, called him up the other day, and Sadie here happened to walk by in time for best friendship to occur. (Then she was called to class, I forgot about her, and was quite shocked to later discover her downstairs playing chess.)
I also decided to try his treasure-hunting luck again. So far, only rocks and bones, but one can hope.
As for the fandom families, here are the Wonderlands -- Rabbit, Alice, and Cheshire. I know Alice's hair is a brighter red than it should be, but I wanted her hair to be "naturally" red (as opposed to a custom dealie) and that was the only one that looked right. (Interesting note: Is it just me, or has AMA's Alice had THREE hair colors by this point? In the official art for the first game, her hair looks brown; in the game itself, it's a deep red; in the new game, it's black. Make up your minds!) Alice is a teen here, so I made Rabbit her father and Cheshire her uncle. What, it seemed to fit.
The Van Dort family is slightly larger, consisting of Victor, Nell, William, and Mayhew. I think this Nell and Mayhew look okay for Sim versions of themselves -- it helps that I was able to get the proper facial hair for Mayhew. Also, Victor is apparently destined to be the MOST ADORABLE SIM EVER. Seriously, Teen Him there would be the definition of cute if Toddler Him in Inkwell Secundus hadn't already claimed that role. I seriously just want to squeeze him.
So yeah, that's the deal with Steampunk Gulch. EVL will probably have his girlfriend over so he can get her to make him a wizard at some point in the future. The fandom families shall stay in the bin until I've gotten my two Rank 10 businesses. This will hopefully keep me on track with my initial goal for Steampunk Gulch.
-RPD: One can only hope. No Doc and Marty Sims, though?-
Don't tempt me. Though in that case, it would be a Doc and Marty Brown situation.
-TD: Interesting!-
I said don't tempt me!
On the subject of videogames, incidentally, I've been trying to figure out when "Alice: Madness Returns" is set. I've been hearing from various sources that it's supposed to be 10 years after the first game, but that doesn't add up.
-M: Why not?-
Because of this. It's the two halves of a letter that were given out as a prize for getting a certain number of followers on Twitter and Facebook, respectively. This guy kindly put them together. I know the cursive's hard to read, but you should be able to tell the letter's dated November 10th, 1874.
The last entry in the first game's casebook is dated August 24th, 1874.
Couple that with American mentioning in an interview that their London is based off pictures of London in 1875, and methinks the sequel takes place not that long after the original game, story-wise. Not that I'm complaining, I just thought it was interesting.
-VD: You're really getting into this new game, aren't you?-
I'm just eager to see more of it, and hopefully get a demo. Besides, with "Madness Returns," at least I have a release date to obsess over. I have no idea when "First Citizen Brown" is coming out from Telltale. And DAMN do I want to play that episode! *impatient*
-D: You really need a distraction.-
Why do you think I was playing so much computer Mahjong today??
And now that I've babbled on about videogames, I think I might see if I want to upload another icon or two to
8butterflyboy8's account. He just has so many funny faces. . . .
