General Discussion

[BetaB17]

Speaking of work, one of the ER Physicians found a way to make the best out of a situation. For the last month, he had surgery done on his knee so he's had to use various forms of assistance. Welp, today he had an electric scooter-chair-thing.. And a suit.. And bald cap to hide his hair. HE WAS GOD DAMN PROFESSOR XAVIER!! This is exactly why I like working here

[Wolfborn]

Hey everyone, it's Giles... with a chainsaw.

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I wore a long black outfit, wig in bunches, and a witches hat. I also wore OTT witchy make up that I decided to also wear for work beforehand, that I then regretted because everyone else looked normal.

Never regret being yourself.

[Aarah]

@Wolfborn
Aye, true indeed!

@Kerr
I watched Hocus Pocus the other day.
I'd like to see a series made from the film, but a bit darker, with the first series set in the past in Binx's time, and then the second series following the events of the film. Only this time, Winifred doesn't decide to ignore all the children that Sarah lured to the house in favour of going after Dani, thus the witches survive halloween night and continue to run amok.

Oh, I just found out that the Disney Channel is doing a remake of the film.
Bette Midler is apparently not impressed.

[BetaB17]

So I had a dream some nights ago, once again Forum related So after talking it over, well, I figured I ought share

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Disclaimer! Contains and mentions Beta, Dov, Aarah, and Cass. You have been warned

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Rather it's the first. It was so surreal, featuring the GD but, like, the people involved where in person but acting no different than if we were just over the internet. As I recall, it was mainly you, Aarah, Dov, and me.

To basically sum it up. Aside from some idle chat here and there, the main takeaway is when me, being the cheeky beta that I am, baited you by poking fun at your kpop love. Pretty much going like "BTS isn't all that great" or equating it to trash. (I wouldn't be that mean, but just wait) Obviously that sent you up on a stir, telling me to take that back or else. Me tho? I jist gave a cheeky shrug and a smug smile, almost like I knew what I was asking for. Next thing I know, your there strangling me with your own hands yelling "Why?! Why?!", I'm still being cheeky and accepting my fate, and Dov just starts shaking Aarah by the collar like "It's finally happening! She's finally snapped!!" And Aarah just has this look on her face like there is no way in hell she's getting involved in this All in all, it literally seems like something that would happen in GD, minus the part where your physically trying to strangle me to death(You have very strong hands when your angry, FYI)

Apparently, I don't just get enough forum shenanigans here, that they follow me to my dreams

[The SheoDovah]

To be fair, who hasn't tried to strangle you to death, Beta?

[BetaB17]

Well if we're including work or family.... Okay, I jest ('Tried' is a subjective term here)

But n all seriousness, I've had my run ins with physical displays here and there amongst friendly sorts. A slap here, a slap there. Slaps everywhere! Just try meh mate!! (No, seriously. Just try meh. I can take it)

There goes my anime gif budget for the month... Worth it

[Aarah]

So I had a dream some nights ago, once again Forum related So after talking it over, well, I figured I ought share

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Disclaimer! Contains and mentions Beta, Dov, Aarah, and Cass. You have been warned

Spoiler:

Rather it's the first. It was so surreal, featuring the GD but, like, the people involved where in person but acting no different than if we were just over the internet. As I recall, it was mainly you, Aarah, Dov, and me.

To basically sum it up. Aside from some idle chat here and there, the main takeaway is when me, being the cheeky beta that I am, baited you by poking fun at your kpop love. Pretty much going like "BTS isn't all that great" or equating it to trash. (I wouldn't be that mean, but just wait) Obviously that sent you up on a stir, telling me to take that back or else. Me tho? I jist gave a cheeky shrug and a smug smile, almost like I knew what I was asking for. Next thing I know, your there strangling me with your own hands yelling "Why?! Why?!", I'm still being cheeky and accepting my fate, and Dov just starts shaking Aarah by the collar like "It's finally happening! She's finally snapped!!" And Aarah just has this look on her face like there is no way in hell she's getting involved in this All in all, it literally seems like something that would happen in GD, minus the part where your physically trying to strangle me to death(You have very strong hands when your angry, FYI)

Sounds about right to me.

[The SheoDovah]

Beta has an anime gif budget?

Did that finally get implemented or is he still stealing to fund his addiction to anime gifs?

[BetaB17]

I do and I am. Currently redirecting and pilfering funds from 'Cake for the Poor' and 'Kerr's Vacation Monies'[/i].

I will not apologize, my needs are greater, and Beta needs his anime well lavished

[The SheoDovah]

Ah, then we all know the answer.


STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM! YOU HAVE VIOLATED THE LAW! PAY THE FINE OR IT'S OFF TO JAIL WITH YOU!

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Besides, i thought we abolished the cake budget under UESP directive #099029102911/D subsection Sheogorath section 9. Or did Aarah lie to me? If she did....... *flexes hands* It's strangling time! What?

Apparently, i strangle people. Ok, i could just shake her but that is illegal on here.

[Kerr]

Ugh, somebody has been siphoned off all my our Vacation Monies to the Anime division. This is the worst use of our finances since somebody spent the staff entertainment budget buying a Crunchyroll subscription. Who could be doing this?

In unreleated news, I started playing Steins;Gate 0. This time you send chat messages with emojis instead of emails. The future is now!

[BetaB17]

How do you say "Sun-ov-a-[&@%!]" with emojis, I must know(bc science)

[The SheoDovah]

At least my cheese and other unoffically sancationed by UESP, projects budget is still there. *Checks it* Wait... *Double check* FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

[BetaB17]

I know I'm sort of hijacking the thread for a moment to sort of make this out-of-nowhere-post, but deal with it

But you wanna know something I sort of miss.. Playing games online with some regular friends, having good laughs and bants, and being called a giant [&@%!].. Followed by a half hour explanation on how that came to be.. Before veering off into some fable and why the world would never be ready to understand our love, true story(Don t judge us<3*). I don't know, I sort of miss that interaction, talking life-stuff out then and there.. Or the hijinks late at night where the game itself is hardly the source of the entertainment and everything else sort of gets forgotten for the time being

I don't know, maybe I'm just being nostalgic of the good years, when I actually had a reason to pull out my mic from my dusty shelf n chat in a party, or something to look forward to bc we were in such high spirits the day before

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In this context, I don't know who's who in this photo. Bc if I had to guess, Rob is clearly the one on the right,but it's a toss up between me and Alex on the very happy guy on the left.. Or the turtle. No, wait, Alex is clearly the turtle. ([&@%!] turtles, I swear)

[Unionhack]

I had that for a good while on The Old Republic, and also on WoW back in middle school. I miss it too.

[The Tom]

Hey. So you guys still use that FAQ I wrote when I was like 17? Man... so many years.

I've been playing a lot of ESO lately and it put me in nostalgia mode. Thought I'd come and check out the old stomping ground. Who's still around from those days and remembers my late-teens emotional instability? Because if you do, I'm so sorry!

And where's the headgear club damn it!?

[BetaB17]

Hey Tom! . Not many 09 users still around, but I'm still sure there are some you'll recognize. If not here, then in Discord(bc that's apparently where all the cool kids are hanging out at)

And yep ^_^ still using that same FAQ. ( Still need to update it with the recent changes )

Also, bc I can, perfect timing

[The Tom]

Ooh you guys have a discord? Way to join the 21st century I had assumed by the brown background and old bb layout that maybe things hadn't progressed past IRC (and that chat was a total ballache to moderate as well so good riddance)

Maybe I'll pop in and say hi. And since I'm helping with the Portuguese translation of the wiki I might hang around the forums as well. Just like old times

[BetaB17]

From what I hear, Discord is doing phenomenally well, much better than the old Chat(Which so much more trouble than worth, am I right?) But ya, Discord really grew fast, it's even bringing back some older members from both sites, not too surprised really

Also, don't disrespect the brown background there Tom . It's a classic, good old nostalgia-inducing classic... and mildly looks like someone left a coffee stain. Ah.. Good old coffee-stained nostalgia-inducing.. (Okay I'll stop ^_^)

[Dirty Spaceman]

Oh damn, hey Tom! I doubt you remember me, but IIRC you were on the mod squad around the time I joined. It's nice to see a face from back then! Even if it does remind me of how I went by "EpicAbrad" in those days...

Edit: Also, I need to get active in the Discord server. I spend so much time on Discord, but just in other servers -- I should really hang out with the good folks of UESP more!

[BetaB17]

EpicA.. I mean Dirty, don't even get me start on activity in the Discord servers >__<. I mean, it's not like I chose to have a phone that's incompatible with the app or website(Microsoft phones, somehow worse than Apple's, just, somehow). No, no, it's fine. I totally didn't want a convenient means of chatting to my fellow pals. It's fine, it's perfect fine(It's not, it's really really not)

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I had that for a good while on The Old Republic, and also on WoW back in middle school. I miss it too.

Mate. Good ole times. Both with the games themselves and the friends you shared them with(RIP Halo Reac, I shall never forget ;-;).

[The SheoDovah]

I may be able to play online in the next month or so. Many fun memories of Uncharted 2 MP. Many invasions on Dark Souls.(Which, is, by the way a rrreeaaal game for BIG BOYS ONLY! ) Next year, I'll get Overwatch and a PS4 then Dovah gets to kick UESP arse. I [&@%!] wish. I do hate cheaters and campers and people that insult you because you killed them in a game. It's a game. So what? It's part of the package. You win some, you lose some. It's about how you play it.

My phone is apparently an obselete muuule due to the platform no longer existing. Meh. Does what I need it to do and not really fussed by it. Unless well, you know, Microsoft enacts the Skynet protocol and all window phones turn into Terminators on Vista.

[BetaB17]

Mate, you don't even understand. Dark Souls PVP? Pff, wait until the day you and your team of super soldiers a mid-way to capturing the enemy's flag.. And suddenly the insults come flying out, in very accent-inducing valor

"Ho ho ho! I wave meh bagget at ch'ya and fart in your general direction!! We we? Yes yes, oh ho ho ho!"

Do not ask why we would go French all of a sudden, just accept it as it is(Gosh, I can't imagine how alcohol would influence our bants )

I miss Test Subject and Fur Elise.. They were the just the greatest <3

[The Tom]

EpicAbrad

Actually, I remember this name. I spent so much time around here that I just sort of osmosed everyone's usernames. Even now, after I basically haven't posted here for five years, it's like a second skin navigating around, knowing exactly which buttons to press and where threads are located, etc. Looking at it now, it's kinda strange: I've spent more time away from here than I did actually posting. Warms my heart to see it's still going.

Also this is new

[The SheoDovah]

Mate, you don't even understand. Dark Souls PVP? Pff, wait until the day you and your team of super soldiers a mid-way to capturing the enemy's flag.. And suddenly the insults come flying out, in very accent-inducing valor

"Ho ho ho! I wave meh bagget at ch'ya and fart in your general direction!! We we? Yes yes, oh ho ho ho!"

Do not ask why we would go French all of a sudden, just accept it as it is(Gosh, I can't imagine how alcohol would influence our bants )

I miss Test Subject and Fur Elise.. They were the just the greatest <3

Pfft, pfft. *Tuts loudly* HA! The caaasuals believe that they can bets me. They are usssed to Super MARIO kart instead of playing rrrrreaaal games like Dark Souls, Cuphead. I bet they rely on overpowered SMGs. Back when I was younger(Ok, a lot younger) we didn't have online. We bested each other using ACTUAAAAL skiilll. None of this namby pamby assists for RRRREEAAAL GAAAAMEEERRRRRS don't need it. RRRROYSTON! Oooooh, RRRROYSTON, the causals believe that they can beat me. They feeel that they can beat Duke Amiel Du H'ardcore. Feeetch me my crossbow. We'rrreee going hunting!

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I er.. may need help guys, I can't stop myself from doing Duke Amiel Du H'ardcore jokes.