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  1. Cirt added a post in a topic Palindromes/Semordnilaps discussion   

    Madam, I'm Adam
  2. Cirt added a post in a topic Werewolf Chat Bot   

    puppy YES
  3. Cirt added a post in a topic important update on my unimportant life (serious message)   

    Hey, I'm glad you posted this. and I'm even happier that you're doing okay. I know we don't know each other well other than some random chat interactions, but this was a nice scope of your life and like Teto said, I know more about you now.
    this really got me:
    while I'm not exactly living a lavish or exciting life and I do live with my parents, because I don't make a lot of money, I just think of how this is how I felt last weekend. I'm terribly lonely. my best friends moved far away and my only friends are from work, and even then they're older and are married or are married and have young kids. and we're always so busy with work, like any spare time I have is devoted to eating or sleeping. it's not like I don't have anyone to talk to, I interact with around 150 students and 10-20 faculty everyday, but I don't have friends to shoot the shit with or a someone to go to the gym with or anything. I really felt this last weekend, when it was my birthday, and I was overcome with this crippling sense of loneliness. and then I realized that a part of me might be depressed. 
    it's a bad place to be. and I want out, but there's not much I can do to change my situation until I make more money. 
  4. Cirt added a post in a topic Post Yourself   

    Yaaaay back to school picture  I see that bookbag
  5. Cirt added a post in a topic Reddit   

    I've been redditing frequently for about three years now (wtf) and honestly I just use it for news kind of stuff now and to find interesting articles. I also use it for like communities like r/cycling and r/teachers. It's a source of reading for me. I've come to view reddit with a pretty thick lens for bullshit though and I've learned to skim comments quickly to find quality stuff. I like that if there's a niche for something, there's a reddit for it, and usually some pretty quality things to find
  6. Cirt added a post in a topic The Wonderful World of Sweets: The Ultimate Sweets and Candy Discussion Thread   

    Jolly ranchers are the #1 candy that I give to kids. Plus they don't melt like chocolate does and no one has a jolly rancher allergy. 
     
    Also starbursts. Kids love starbursts. I teach high school and they go ape shit for candy, man. 
    I havent been been eating as many sweets lately but today is a rather cake filled day for me. So naturally I've been eating that
  7. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   


     
    this is bullshit. You are a REALLY talented writer. I was extremely impressed with all the scenes
  8. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    What the puppying hell take that shit down
    i was not prepared to see that at 6:30am t1g
  9. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    Linox seriously has the worst luck all game. Damn. That is really shitty but also hilarious.
    he was so dangerous the whole time and there was one night where I said to Teto "we've GOT to kill Linox" But we decided on killing t1g instead
    i made up a lot of shit, by the way. I was a redirector and I actually did end up unlocking my secondary ability, by correctly guessing that LL was Varys. That gave me a kill priority skill (that I used once), which had a cool down of one night, and then I killed LL right after because I knew he was a seer. I felt guilty because I knew how cold blooded it was lol 
    Then I made up the independent thing and pheo for some reason rushed to my defense about it.  Teto and I were loling 
  10. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    Heh heh heh heh
    it was a good game, guys. seriously some really good laughs we got in here. Bro, thanks for your hard work with the whole game! 
  11. Cirt added a post in a topic Talk   

    teto this thread is the reason why you have at least 11k of those 23k posts
    if anything you should LIKE it
  12. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    Hmm. Okay. So I've been thinking a bit and I think I'm going to make my first vote all game (lol).
    Linox and Teto seem most suspicious to me. Linox, being a townie, with a kill ability, is pretty weird as far as I know, and the NPC thing just seems suspicious because to everyone else, they're useless. We can only go by what he says he found out from them. Me, I don't deal with NPCs, they seem like a big distraction from the meat of the game. Whatever they've said to me is completely irrelevant to everything that's happened. It just seems like a wolfy distraction.
    Teto being suspicious for the obvious Jaime the NPC/Jaime the player confusion. I can't make heads or tails of it because Jaime the NPC tells me nonsense but Jaime should seem like a player character. It's all very weird.
    As someone pointed out earlier, I can't prove that I'm independent. I've tried to stay out of the limelight to avoid being a wolf target or a townie suspect. I will say that Littlefinger, in the series, usually has motives that are separate from everyone else but has to mingle with everyone in order to get where he wants to be (this is a general thing). But anyway, I can redirect, and I recognize that Town has the power at the moment so townies, whatever you want from me during the night phase, I'll try my best to make it happen though it's not really much other than mingling.
    Right, a vote. I've only been able to be confirmed to do anything via NPCs, but Teto's wrong that I'm aligned with Linox. I feel like it's just wolfy, as if he's trying to get me to side with him when he's the only person that can legitimize my receiving of the NPCs, but also suspecting me? I've been trying to sit neutral this whole time and I'm not gonna let that ruin my rep here. Does that even make sense? And the kill ability really doesn't sit right with me. 
    So, Linox.
     
  13. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    So let me get this straight - he told you this information AFTER he was dead? That someone had insider info on him?
    sorry but that's kind of breaching the honor code. dead players can't and don't talk to alive players. 
    If I'm wrong in assuming this, ignore me, but really that's not fair.
  14. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    No, I can't control NPCs. I have only had them when you sent them and they've only told me random information, all of which I've relayed to you guys. I keep saying "they" but it's just Jaime
  15. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    Hi everyone. Sorry for the holdup, last week was very busy with school and I was out of town this weekend helping my boyfriend move apartments. Give me a second to catch up and I'll tell you what I can. 
    This is true. Linox, as I'm sure you know, Jaime Lannister (who is apparently Teto?) visited me again last night. Jaime is wanting to know who killed Cersei, I guess. That's all I got, I don't know what happened to me.
    My role is Petyr Baelish, also known as Littlefinger. I am independent and I win on my own terms - basically by surviving through the whole thing by "winning" with whomever makes it to the end. LL was my rival, being Varys. We were linked to each other and we could unlock a secondary ability if we guessed who the other was. Unfortunately, by the time I had linked together that LL was hinting that he was Varys (by claiming that his role mentioned Varys, in which he was baiting me to come out so that he could unlock a second ability), he was dead.
    I am able to redirect. This redirection takes priority (and it worked last time) but unfortunately it has a cooldown, in which I was not able to vote during the day. I asked last time if you'd like me to prove that I can redirect, which I will do tonight if I am not lynched today. I haven't been taking sides, which makes me look suspicious, yes. I'm just trying to stay alive here. Unfortunately my inactiveness is due to IRL circumstances and just trying to keep my head low here, altogether looking bad.
  16. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    If I remember correctly (my days aren't marked)
    night 1: nothing
    Night 2: Redirected t1g into pheo, failed b/c t1g did nothing
    Night 3: redirected teto into pheo, was successful
    Night 4: nothing
     
  17. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    No vote for me. This is fishy but I'm not comfortable until we get more info.
  18. Cirt added a post in a topic Talk   

    casual reminder that we have the best goddamned admin on the Internet 
  19. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    fingers crossed that there's only one wolf. I'm not sure what the standard is for a game of 9 players
  20. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    Unfortunately I can't make more sense of it than you. I was basically quoting it word for word. And, being Littlefinger, I'm guessing I'm part of the council? I don't want to read into this if it doesn't mean anything, but what does the council have to do with anything right now?
  21. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    The problem is that he's the only one that can vouch for you. There's no third party here that we can really trust.
    This is sketchy. I don't really buy the excuse that "you did nothing". There's 6 people left, how can you not do something?
  22. Cirt added a post in a topic A Song of Ice and Werewolves (GoT)   

    Jaime Lannister visited me to tell me the council was in grave danger. 
    I attempted to redirect teto into pheo and apparently I was successful?
  23. Cirt added a comment on a blog entry Sweet Sixteen   

    wait I thought it was 15 tho
  24. Cirt added a blog entry in prime time of your life   

    5/16/2014 - Because I haven't blagged in forever
    Hey folks, thought I'd give another go at writing some more blogs on my non-Internet life. That sounds like I'm about to tell you about where my life's been in the past 6+ months, but that's a long story for another day and another time. To be honest, I was rereading my review on Super Mario Galaxy 2, and was inspired to write again on more vidya. I feel like I wrote a decent review and (some) of you enjoyed it, so here goes.

    As I mentioned in the "What Game Are You Playing Currently?" thread, I just purchased the Metroid Prime Trilogy from my local GameStop the other day. Considering it's three full-length games, I wasn't too worried about the price tag of $50. Additionally, because I am planning on playing all three of them in succession while I finish up summer classes, I have deemed this the summer of Metroid.

    Like I did before with SMG/SMG2, I'm gonna go into some background with my experiences with the Metroid series. Which, considering my fondness for the character of Samus Aran, is surprisingly little. I think I'll also go into some gender stuff too - what it means for me, personally, to be a female playing a kickass female character - but not overly so. But, I think you guys will find it interesting at least.

    My first Metroid game was on the GameBoy Color, Metroid Fusion. I've actually never completed this game, though I do remember enjoying it when I was younger. It is a sidescroller, as all classic Metroid games are, and I remember not really understanding how to use the map to my advantage to beat the game. Obviously, this is an obstacle that one overcomes with maturity, and I'm sure I'd have no problem going back now and finishing it. However, I remember loving the different suits that Samus would upgrade to, and this is something I'm even fangirling about in Prime. Why? Because I like the swag. It means I'm a badass. You don't want to know how much time I've spent changing different skins in Borderlands 2.

    Before I even played Fusion, though, I had my experience with Super Smash Bros, where of course, Samus was one of the original 8 smashers. Yes, this is where I'm gonna get into the whole girl thing. Because I didn't know, when I was a kid, that Samus was a gal. So you can imagine my surprise when I was going through that random character bio portion of SSB one day, and I see that the game refers to her as a "she." And that was it. This character, although her jump kind of sucks and she's sluggish as hell, is super cool. Don't get me wrong, though. Kirby was my main in SSB and will forever be.

    So let's talk about the girl gamer thing, because it's inevitable at this point and I've already talked about with some of you guys at different points, on IRC, skype, whatever. I'll go ahead and put out the idea that if you'd ever met me in real life, after talking to me for a few minutes, you might get that I'm a bit of a geek but not a gamer, per se. We all know the girl gamer stereotype. I do not match this description physically, whether you're thinking about girls who dress in nerdy t-shirts or the gamer grills on Twitch. I used to be subscribed to the r/girlgamers subreddit, but those girls are so entitled while being simultaneously offended that I seriously could not handle it. Like, games are not worth getting so caught up over, unless it's a huge freakin' deal to your identity. You guys know me, and you know that I am a generally positive, chill person. I could be one of those gamer grrrls and I could embrace that stereotype, with all its prejudice and negative connotations, but I really don't want to because I have more interests than that. The problem is, with the stereotype, is that female gamers are polarized. They're either extremely into it and viewed as, I don't know, unlikeable? Unattractive? Awkward? Or they're airheads "pretending" to fit in. So when it comes down to me, someone who's kind of in the middle, I don't get the credit for being genuinely knowledgeable and skilled, while being treated like an airhead (even if jokingly). I don't think I can ever play online with a headset, or even broadcast my playing out of ridicule. To be honest, it sucks sometimes, because even after four years at college, I have yet to meet someone else that is like me. This is how I feel, and I'm not looking to argue with anyone on the point. It's just how it is for me.

    Back to Metroid, you can see why I think Samus is a pretty cool chick. She was a badass before she was ever put in a categorical gender, which is something that nobody gets, ever. For the record, that one Metroid game that didn't come out in 2010 doesn't exist. But other than just being female, this is why she's top ten in my book.

    I'm a person that appreciates and admires physical prowess. Samus wear this Power Suit, right, in all its varieties. Has anyone else ever actually looked at this thing? Because I gloss over it all the time. This thing is a work of art. It makes her look athletic (Those shoulders?!) strong, not to be puppyed with. As well as her helmet, which stares into your soul. Again, I'm fangirling, if it's not obvious.

    She's a bounty hunter. Please, insert "independent female character" trope here. While I (admittedly) buy into the whole "puppy yeah, independent women!" thing, that's not really the reason why the bounty hunter thing is likable. Being a bounty hunter allows Samus to be a silent protagonist (2010 Samus doesn't exist, remember). She's the Link of the Metroid world. Silent, deadly, and curious. And that's something I'm coming to terms with in Prime.

    Prime...is a difficult game, but a beautiful one. I am often surprised that it is a 12 year old game, because it works so fluidly (though I guess perhaps the port to the Wii in 2009 helped a bit). The Tallon IV world is haunting and silent, for the most part. Though the game does offer music, it is merely repetitive and ambient, which is appropriate for an exploration game. I wouldn't want something like music to overpower the experience. The game is also strangely lonely; I forget that as a bounty hunter, Samus rarely has allies. Another thing that adds to the solitude is the storytelling device, which is mainly scanning and very short cutscenes with no dialogue. The scanning tells of the Chozo who once lived in Tallon IV, and the logs of the Space Pirates. While I admire the effort that the writers put into both types of dialogue, the Space Pirate logs tend to be very technically termed, with a lot of jargon that I tend to glaze over. But it's always fun to see the Pirates refer to Samus as "the Hunter" and acknowledge their inferior technology to hers. Gosh, I love space stuff. Sci fi is so great.

    I honestly was not expecting so much backtracking and lack of direction in a game. I mentioned this is in the thread, but I suppose I've been playing linear games for so long, that finding my way around this mammoth of an overworld is confusing and time consuming. I don't want to know how many times I've made unnecessary loops in the Magmoor Caverns to the Phendrana Drifts. But the exploring is enjoyable for me, as are the puzzles. One thing I don't like, however, is how easily the enemies respawn. Like, holy shit. Can we please just chill out a bit. Though I am getting closer to the end of the game, I'm pretty sick of fighting Space Pirates, with the puppying thermal visor on. That shit is cray.

    I am enjoying it so far, and I'm glad it's a lot different than I was expecting it to be. I have played a bit of Corruption (Prime 3) back in the dat, but I know virtually nothing of Prime 2: Echoes, so I'm excited to see where the trilogy is going. But first, gotta finish the rest of this game and get good at the wonky controls.

    Might come back and edit this later to add more thoughts, like when I'm at the end of the game. Or even when I've played some of the other two. But, this is it for now. Hope you enjoyed the read.
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  25. Cirt added a comment on a blog entry Look at me, I read books.   

    I only skimmed this, but I saw Flowers for Algernon at the end there. I read it as a short story (?) in school a long time ago, goddamn is it depressing. Great read though.