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Re: Announce post #3198: 2021 Auction
My honest take on this auction is this: we waited 19 days to be given a list of wares that seem too safe - as if they had been specifically selected as something Admin would not need to endure complaints about when those products get into the hands of players. I'm sorry if that feels like an uncharitable take if you were part of the selection of this list, but this does not feel like an auction list that needed almost three weeks to prepare.
Credit wares are underwhelming and missing all sorts of cool stuff that seemed like no brainers. Ironcoin options don't seem all that appealing to me - ultimately, minipets mean very little, house credits are purchasable by platinum keystones, and the dollhouse was portrayed as a last minute idea. One of the best options on the entire list is for gold.
There were much more exciting items to put on these lists. There's barely anything new and some of the new stuff was put together last minute.
Good luck, those you that are bidding!
Credit wares are underwhelming and missing all sorts of cool stuff that seemed like no brainers. Ironcoin options don't seem all that appealing to me - ultimately, minipets mean very little, house credits are purchasable by platinum keystones, and the dollhouse was portrayed as a last minute idea. One of the best options on the entire list is for gold.
There were much more exciting items to put on these lists. There's barely anything new and some of the new stuff was put together last minute.
Good luck, those you that are bidding!
Iesid
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Re: RL Struggles, Strife, and Sadnesses
I don't mean to make this post so soon after my last one in this thread, nor take any attention away from the hardships posted between my two posts, but I held this in for the last 8 hours or so and I've talked to @Erzsebet about it first and then also my real life best friends, and I just want to write about it here, since I spend so much of myself on this game.
My grandmother I mentioned before, did pass away in hospice this evening, around 6 pm EST, which was about an hour or so after we wrapped up the first stream earlier today. My family is all rather you know, happy that she's not in pain anymore from the brain tumor, and the hospice care all week did a good job of keeping her pain free. I went up to see her every other day this past week, which is why some of you may or may not have noticed my absence from the evenings and so forth off and on.
For me, I am very sad about it...I had my cry a bit about it earlier tonight, and I know its good she isn't in pain anymore, but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with emotionally. Early on in my life, we weren't super close and so forth, but these last few years we've done our best to look out for each other after my mom passed away. This house I'm staying in now belonged to my grandparents, and she was adamant the last couple of years she wants me to own it. I don't know how all that really works but I'm probably going to find out in the near future. I imagine I will be scarce in the near future for a little while while I am with my family and we do the services and things.
I know this is a part of life, I know many other people deal with it too. I'll be okay, my family will be okay. I guess I'm also glad that I moved back when I did, because she passed away almost exactly to the hour 2 weeks after I finished driving back and moving back in here. Is it some higher power, is it fate, or is it just random chance, I don't know.
Life, emotions, everything is so temporary. When you get down to the daily grind, and life feels regular and constant, just know that it isn't. We're all very fragile creatures, and we can only hope to live as long and fruitful of a life as some of our ancestors were lucky enough to do. 87 years, raising 5 children, and helping raise some of her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren, that's a lot of life lived, a lot of wisdom passed on, as worthy of a life as anyone can hope for.
There's a lyric in this song by Volbeat that I like, called Goodbye Forever, and it always touches me when I hear it and think about the fleeting nature of life.
"The final is a warning, wake up before you go
There'll be no second chances, that day you're on your own
Let out the feelings, tomorrow may not come"
I agree whole heartedly, all that you have is who you are, so share yourself while you can...you never know when tomorrow may not come.
My grandmother I mentioned before, did pass away in hospice this evening, around 6 pm EST, which was about an hour or so after we wrapped up the first stream earlier today. My family is all rather you know, happy that she's not in pain anymore from the brain tumor, and the hospice care all week did a good job of keeping her pain free. I went up to see her every other day this past week, which is why some of you may or may not have noticed my absence from the evenings and so forth off and on.
For me, I am very sad about it...I had my cry a bit about it earlier tonight, and I know its good she isn't in pain anymore, but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with emotionally. Early on in my life, we weren't super close and so forth, but these last few years we've done our best to look out for each other after my mom passed away. This house I'm staying in now belonged to my grandparents, and she was adamant the last couple of years she wants me to own it. I don't know how all that really works but I'm probably going to find out in the near future. I imagine I will be scarce in the near future for a little while while I am with my family and we do the services and things.
I know this is a part of life, I know many other people deal with it too. I'll be okay, my family will be okay. I guess I'm also glad that I moved back when I did, because she passed away almost exactly to the hour 2 weeks after I finished driving back and moving back in here. Is it some higher power, is it fate, or is it just random chance, I don't know.
Life, emotions, everything is so temporary. When you get down to the daily grind, and life feels regular and constant, just know that it isn't. We're all very fragile creatures, and we can only hope to live as long and fruitful of a life as some of our ancestors were lucky enough to do. 87 years, raising 5 children, and helping raise some of her grandchildren, and her great grandchildren, that's a lot of life lived, a lot of wisdom passed on, as worthy of a life as anyone can hope for.
There's a lyric in this song by Volbeat that I like, called Goodbye Forever, and it always touches me when I hear it and think about the fleeting nature of life.
"The final is a warning, wake up before you go
There'll be no second chances, that day you're on your own
Let out the feelings, tomorrow may not come"
I agree whole heartedly, all that you have is who you are, so share yourself while you can...you never know when tomorrow may not come.
Aeryx
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Re: A Comprehensive Request Thread for new Aetolian Items (starting with the best one!)
Without necessarily touching "kitunas" yet (I keep reading it and putting way too much emphasis on the tuna part), this is a good place to highlight what Becue mentioned on approvers last night:
If you guys want to start a thread (or repurpose this one/maybe change the title? Your call) to come up with Aetolia-specific versions of things that make sense in-game but their names wouldn't, and there's a general sort of consensus that this Aetolia'd version of it is acceptable, she'll happily take them into consideration for creation.
EDIT: a kituna
If you guys want to start a thread (or repurpose this one/maybe change the title? Your call) to come up with Aetolia-specific versions of things that make sense in-game but their names wouldn't, and there's a general sort of consensus that this Aetolia'd version of it is acceptable, she'll happily take them into consideration for creation.
EDIT: a kituna
Brax
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Re: Mildly Irritating: Aetolia's Pet Peeves
No no, quite the contrary! He actually asked me, and I -thought- I found a bypass set up to let classless people increase damage via weaponry skill somehow. I totally ruined it for them and am refunding the lessons 
Gotta fess up when I'm wrong, hah
Gotta fess up when I'm wrong, hah
Tiur
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Re: GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
My company added Texas to their list of approved states for WFH agents. I get to keep my great, high-paying job and go back to be near my friends and family!
Lin
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Re: GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
So, I've been learning to draw for "years". Read "years" as "putting in the bare minimum effort every once in a while such that I filled a single sketchbook over about 4 years and not making much progress". Over the past couple months, I have been actually learning to draw. I started to do something every week, just a "class" on the sketchdaily reference site. Then, I picked up a habit of drawing *something* once a day from a helpful Youtube video, and that's turned drawing from a thing I am dreading and unsure of, to something I look forward to. Now I'm going back to some tougher lessons in one of the tutorials I used to work from, which is scary, but I will have my daily art to keep me from just hating the whole process again.
Seurimas
7
Re: GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
It was Albie's third birthday yesterday. Boy loves his presents!
Benedicto
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Re: GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
I am finally starting to feel like things are coming together. I have made it through three semesters without dropping a class, AND making much better grades. I got a new job that is physically kicking my ass in a good way - It is grueling but I actually feel SO much better. I just had oral surgery to fix a lot of teeth problems, and it means I can be so much less self-conscious about my smile.
In two weeks, I am moving me and the girls into a house we are renting. I am majorly stressing over finances until we get settled, but I did it! Took a year and a half, but this house is SO CUTE. I am in love with it and can not wait to move in. Working out childcare for the new job and house has been challenging, but as of tomorrow, that will be settled too!
I still have so much to do. I still have about 2.5 years of school left to sludge through. I have to appeal for financial aid because my completion rate from not having my shit together is affecting it. BUT, I am working on it. So much possibility for good - and bad coming. Excited, terrified, but excited more.
In two weeks, I am moving me and the girls into a house we are renting. I am majorly stressing over finances until we get settled, but I did it! Took a year and a half, but this house is SO CUTE. I am in love with it and can not wait to move in. Working out childcare for the new job and house has been challenging, but as of tomorrow, that will be settled too!
I still have so much to do. I still have about 2.5 years of school left to sludge through. I have to appeal for financial aid because my completion rate from not having my shit together is affecting it. BUT, I am working on it. So much possibility for good - and bad coming. Excited, terrified, but excited more.
Iaphia
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Re: Announce post #3196: Room Credits
Not sure. It is being discussed and debated. I still just really like the feel of big houses being a sign of big ingame effort.
Tiur
5
Re: GOOD THINGS IN LIFE
Good things. Okay yes. Um.
My friend's child took me on a virtual tour of a giant blanket home they made. And it had a 'open air' courtyard. And a trampoline (the small kind for kiddos). With different spots for different seated height needs. And that gave me so much hope for the compassion of the next gen.
And someone is funding some gender affirming stuff for me and even just knowing that that is coming in the mail is a huge relief
My friend's child took me on a virtual tour of a giant blanket home they made. And it had a 'open air' courtyard. And a trampoline (the small kind for kiddos). With different spots for different seated height needs. And that gave me so much hope for the compassion of the next gen.
And someone is funding some gender affirming stuff for me and even just knowing that that is coming in the mail is a huge relief
Teotl
8