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Well, I'm back from HCN, which was awesome until they decided that their site wasn't complete without a ridiculously clad piece of eye candy plastered all over their site header. Seriously there's no way to escape her. Not even on your own damned profile. Where once there was a header customized by you, now there's just 'Look at my Cleavage', on a background of BRIGHT BLUE. >,<
I mean really, they could have done ANYTHING else nerd related. Dragons, Robots, Aliens. Heck they could have done a girl like the awesome Samus Aran. But they didn't. They took the typical lets make all the girls feel awkward here way. Which one of the staff members tried to defend to me by pointing out that there were tons of girl on the site staff. I can't imagine that not one of them had a complaint about this. Some of the GUY users on the site, my husband included, had complaints about this change.
Supposedly this is a character that's going to have some kind of story on the site, and they'll be changing her clothes, so I'll check back there next year maybe and see if she's managed to learn how to dress like a compotent person. And the worst part is, I was actually having a nice night until I decided to check my HCN account and was reminded that if you're smart and pretty you must have your cleavage exposed at all times.
So, on to happier things yes? Firstly, I've been having a blast reading TV Tropes. Check this out:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneWingedAngel
The examples they give are hilarious and just crack me right up. I could spend hours (and I have) just hopping from one trope to another as I expand my knowledge of all things stereotypical.
In other news, I may actually be making headway into Emerald Blues: The D20 system. Provided that it doesn't just fall to the wayside. And I have an official Eifel Wiki now, which can be found here: http://eifel.wikia.com/wiki/Eifel_Wiki
As ever, it's a work in progress. I'm supposed to write more monster entries soon but I've hit a bit of a writers block in the description department. Not too surprising, since I was never much of a writer to begin with. Also, the Emerald Blues Roleplay is always in need of new players. Especially now that we have a bit of a player drought going on.
As for the D20 system though, I'm tenetively working with someone from Deviantart who knows more about game systems than I do. It's looking more and more though like I'm going to have to design the character sheet for the game myself, knowing no one who is talented in that area and is willing to help me on this. ._.||
After losing his previous job, Sker has another interview lined up. We're hoping to god that this works out. Idealy he'll get a Data Entry job, which he has 5 years experience with and excells at, but really any kind of employment will do as long as it's not phone related customer service. He really can't take the stress of being yelled at by usually moronic strangers all day long x.x
My DeviantArt has been updated a few times, mostly with stuff relating to the aforementioned Eifel and Emerald Blues. I did a lovely sketch of Zetsumei the other day that I'm kind of proud of, considering my usual crappiness when it comes to drawing the opposite gender.
I guess that's all the news and/or ranting I have to do for now. If anyone's still listening, have a great day!
~Jett
I mean really, they could have done ANYTHING else nerd related. Dragons, Robots, Aliens. Heck they could have done a girl like the awesome Samus Aran. But they didn't. They took the typical lets make all the girls feel awkward here way. Which one of the staff members tried to defend to me by pointing out that there were tons of girl on the site staff. I can't imagine that not one of them had a complaint about this. Some of the GUY users on the site, my husband included, had complaints about this change.
Supposedly this is a character that's going to have some kind of story on the site, and they'll be changing her clothes, so I'll check back there next year maybe and see if she's managed to learn how to dress like a compotent person. And the worst part is, I was actually having a nice night until I decided to check my HCN account and was reminded that if you're smart and pretty you must have your cleavage exposed at all times.
So, on to happier things yes? Firstly, I've been having a blast reading TV Tropes. Check this out:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneWingedAngel
The examples they give are hilarious and just crack me right up. I could spend hours (and I have) just hopping from one trope to another as I expand my knowledge of all things stereotypical.
In other news, I may actually be making headway into Emerald Blues: The D20 system. Provided that it doesn't just fall to the wayside. And I have an official Eifel Wiki now, which can be found here: http://eifel.wikia.com/wiki/Eifel_Wiki
As ever, it's a work in progress. I'm supposed to write more monster entries soon but I've hit a bit of a writers block in the description department. Not too surprising, since I was never much of a writer to begin with. Also, the Emerald Blues Roleplay is always in need of new players. Especially now that we have a bit of a player drought going on.
As for the D20 system though, I'm tenetively working with someone from Deviantart who knows more about game systems than I do. It's looking more and more though like I'm going to have to design the character sheet for the game myself, knowing no one who is talented in that area and is willing to help me on this. ._.||
After losing his previous job, Sker has another interview lined up. We're hoping to god that this works out. Idealy he'll get a Data Entry job, which he has 5 years experience with and excells at, but really any kind of employment will do as long as it's not phone related customer service. He really can't take the stress of being yelled at by usually moronic strangers all day long x.x
My DeviantArt has been updated a few times, mostly with stuff relating to the aforementioned Eifel and Emerald Blues. I did a lovely sketch of Zetsumei the other day that I'm kind of proud of, considering my usual crappiness when it comes to drawing the opposite gender.
I guess that's all the news and/or ranting I have to do for now. If anyone's still listening, have a great day!
~Jett
