@LunarEclipseSP @Graingy Please do not fill the area above the signs on the mountain, I want to see if I can convincingly make it look like a slope (since it isn't in cross section there).
@Boeing727200F And limited pixels.
Have you upped your max? I'm at 1057 and level 146, but don't have many droplets since I've been buying colours. Still have 17 to go, though...
@Boeing727200F I notice you're starting another train. I'd rather you not cut into the space over the terrain since that's where related stuff goes, and it's already lower than the mountain (thus in the "sky"). Could it go elsewhere? Above your first one?
@JayStream Unless my memory failed me here, I believe plane crash "recreations" are not allowed. Or perhaps I'm misremembering them being discouraged but not necessarily against the rules? It's been a long time.
@TheLoadingGorilla If we touched there would be an explosion of apocalyptic scale. I gotta say, I hate poetry which is just
badly laid out
sentences
with random
breaks in weird
spaces.
It is the most pretentious shit, I swear. That ain't poetry, that's a pile of formatting errors atop a sentence written by a kid in grade one.
@Ashdenpaw1 Language!
Limited shares, transfers (e.g. between computers or from SP1 to SP2), backups (if only I did more...), and, of course, private chats.
A lot of things in my unlisteds are posts I downloaded ages ago and wanted to find the actual origin of via the predecessor system.
@TheLoadingGorilla Yeah. I've had someone in the past tell me a story (actually the first one I ever posted!) wasn't quite to their tastes, though IIRC they meant the mood more than anything i.e. they preferred more comedic stories.
If ever, it'd be the far future. I need experience with longer forms of writing first. Ideally it'd be a webcomic, but of course that's impossible so something written would be the way instead. It's all a big "If" at the moment, so I wouldn't count on it. Years, at least.
Actually, I did very recently write on a whim a story with some fantasy elements, though it's not as "complete" as these others in regards to its worldbuilding. Idk how to describe it, might share after the rest of Grainthology Vol. 1.
I've heard of that story, read a summary once, but never read it itself. I'm really not a reader myself, just don't enjoy it. Once took me 24 hours without sleeping to get through 100 pages of The Hobbit and boy was that hell.
@TheLoadingGorilla Ahh, so you mean genre.
I've had an idea for a fantasy story bouncing in my mind for years, but it's not very developed and it'd need to be a long-form story. Who knows if that'll ever see the light of day...
3. Understandable. It's supposed to be metaphorical, but when introducing passages which are basically just metaphor things are bound to drag on a bit.
Unfortunately I don't have many places to go besides this website. I'd certainly never post these to Reddit; not only is there a much greater competition leading to zero people reading, but also because Reddit is full of selfish degenerates who I don't want anywhere near my stuff.
Just how it goes :/
@TheLoadingGorilla Thank you, and thank you for your response. Curious what your preferred style is?
The opening part with more descriptive language (which can be seen in several of my previous stories) serves three main purposes.
1: Outline's the character's worldview, giving insight into how she (and her kind) are.
2: As you guessed, it gets things moving. It can help generate momentum in writing.
3: It is intended to hook the reader. Start strong to get them in, end strong to leave a good impression. That's the goal, at least, like a literary shit sandwich ;)
The word count thing is something I have to wrestle with a bit insofar as its purpose. These multi-thousand word stories are fundamentally different than shorter forms in what they can contain and do, so trying to minimize word count wherever possible just isn't really what they're supposed to be. Of course, it's fine if that's not somebody's preference (that's what a preference is, after all), just that going into more detail and more abstract ideas is the point of these longer stories. This is doubly true for setting/character introductions, such as this one. These sort of occupy a middle ground between short stories and series anyways. Too disconnected to be part of one story, but too connected to be completely independently viewed - yet they still need to explain themselves enough for someone who hasn't read all the others.
Considering this is completely outside the purpose of this website, there's going to be some challenges.
I do have some shorter stories, in case that'd be more your speed.
@KorKaiorWhatever Well, back then when this was posted there were four reflection options.
None (as seen here), Static Low (which couldn't get truly silvery), Static high (now just static), and SP classic.
SP classic looked very plastic-y. You can see it in old thumbnails.
@Boeing727200F They're allowing a portal, which I've already made. Not ideal, since people will still pass over us, but at least it won't be in the corner.
It's the best we're likely going to get, I wouldn't push it.
@Ashdenpaw1 Cool I guess
@Boeing727200F Well at least the flowers will be beautiful in a few day's time.
@Boeing727200F You poisoned the watering hole!
Use Gravatar, IBB takes ages to load.
I’ve been on the internet too long to be comfortable with this
+1Someone judge this, I can’t.
@EnglishGarden No.
Annnd 5.4 years later this account is actually leaving an upvote on this.
Who knows when the download will finally come...
@xiaofootball YOU!
YOU'RE ALIVE!
FOUR MONTHS! THAT'S BACK IN MY BOOK!
Haha
@Subsere what the hell were you thinking
This is RAW!
+1It needs PASSION!
Wonder!
What a peculiar automobile
@Boeing727200F What do you mean "forget"? How does it forget something?
@Boeing727200F Please translate for the non-railfan, thank you. And why can't you draw it in MS paint?
... I am a moron and tagged myself.
+1Boeing, see below comment. That goes for you too, please.
@OverlordPrime Seems a bit silly.
+1@LunarEclipseSP @Graingy Please do not fill the area above the signs on the mountain, I want to see if I can convincingly make it look like a slope (since it isn't in cross section there).
+1@Boeing727200F And limited pixels.
Have you upped your max? I'm at 1057 and level 146, but don't have many droplets since I've been buying colours. Still have 17 to go, though...
@nwa Why do you capitalize every word?
@Boeing727200F Ahhh got it.
Wait why would you prototype in WPlace when MS paint is right there?
Arguably even my train is too low...
Difference is it came first, however.
@Boeing727200F I notice you're starting another train. I'd rather you not cut into the space over the terrain since that's where related stuff goes, and it's already lower than the mountain (thus in the "sky"). Could it go elsewhere? Above your first one?
WHERE IS THE FUCKING NECTAR!?!?
+2@Boeing727200F fair
@OverlordPrime wdym related aircraft?
I never download anything (never have the time), I just think it looks nice.
+1I come here
+1And all I see are whippersnappers
all of you
each and every one of you
Well, that's pretty.
+1@JayStream Unless my memory failed me here, I believe plane crash "recreations" are not allowed. Or perhaps I'm misremembering them being discouraged but not necessarily against the rules? It's been a long time.
+2Okay now say that again in English /s
+3@Boeing727200F Even as a restroom?
@TheLoadingGorilla If we touched there would be an explosion of apocalyptic scale. I gotta say, I hate poetry which is just
badly laid out
sentences
with random
breaks in weird
spaces.
It is the most pretentious shit, I swear. That ain't poetry, that's a pile of formatting errors atop a sentence written by a kid in grade one.
@Ashdenpaw1 Language!
Nice
Limited shares, transfers (e.g. between computers or from SP1 to SP2), backups (if only I did more...), and, of course, private chats.
A lot of things in my unlisteds are posts I downloaded ages ago and wanted to find the actual origin of via the predecessor system.
@TheLoadingGorilla Yeah. I've had someone in the past tell me a story (actually the first one I ever posted!) wasn't quite to their tastes, though IIRC they meant the mood more than anything i.e. they preferred more comedic stories.
If ever, it'd be the far future. I need experience with longer forms of writing first. Ideally it'd be a webcomic, but of course that's impossible so something written would be the way instead. It's all a big "If" at the moment, so I wouldn't count on it. Years, at least.
Actually, I did very recently write on a whim a story with some fantasy elements, though it's not as "complete" as these others in regards to its worldbuilding. Idk how to describe it, might share after the rest of Grainthology Vol. 1.
I've heard of that story, read a summary once, but never read it itself. I'm really not a reader myself, just don't enjoy it. Once took me 24 hours without sleeping to get through 100 pages of The Hobbit and boy was that hell.
@TheLoadingGorilla Ahh, so you mean genre.
I've had an idea for a fantasy story bouncing in my mind for years, but it's not very developed and it'd need to be a long-form story. Who knows if that'll ever see the light of day...
3. Understandable. It's supposed to be metaphorical, but when introducing passages which are basically just metaphor things are bound to drag on a bit.
Unfortunately I don't have many places to go besides this website. I'd certainly never post these to Reddit; not only is there a much greater competition leading to zero people reading, but also because Reddit is full of selfish degenerates who I don't want anywhere near my stuff.
Just how it goes :/
Laugh track
+1@KorKaiorWhatever You'll rue this day.
@Boeing727200F Fiddlesticks.
@TheLoadingGorilla Thank you, and thank you for your response. Curious what your preferred style is?
+1The opening part with more descriptive language (which can be seen in several of my previous stories) serves three main purposes.
1: Outline's the character's worldview, giving insight into how she (and her kind) are.
2: As you guessed, it gets things moving. It can help generate momentum in writing.
3: It is intended to hook the reader. Start strong to get them in, end strong to leave a good impression. That's the goal, at least, like a literary shit sandwich ;)
The word count thing is something I have to wrestle with a bit insofar as its purpose. These multi-thousand word stories are fundamentally different than shorter forms in what they can contain and do, so trying to minimize word count wherever possible just isn't really what they're supposed to be. Of course, it's fine if that's not somebody's preference (that's what a preference is, after all), just that going into more detail and more abstract ideas is the point of these longer stories. This is doubly true for setting/character introductions, such as this one. These sort of occupy a middle ground between short stories and series anyways. Too disconnected to be part of one story, but too connected to be completely independently viewed - yet they still need to explain themselves enough for someone who hasn't read all the others.
Considering this is completely outside the purpose of this website, there's going to be some challenges.
I do have some shorter stories, in case that'd be more your speed.
@KorKaiorWhatever Whippersnapper.
@Boeing727200F oh boy!
... Do you have a car I can borrow? Usually I just get carried by the wind.
@Boeing727200F look mom im on tv
We're all taking a bite out of this bad boy
+1Yancy did not like that
+1@Boeing727200F Well tell them to get off and go around!
@KorKaiorWhatever Well, back then when this was posted there were four reflection options.
None (as seen here), Static Low (which couldn't get truly silvery), Static high (now just static), and SP classic.
SP classic looked very plastic-y. You can see it in old thumbnails.
No idea. I've never so much as touched Python.
+1And I doubt that, seeing as AFAIK FT doesn't have variables like that. Only input variables from parts.
@Boeing727200F They're allowing a portal, which I've already made. Not ideal, since people will still pass over us, but at least it won't be in the corner.
+1It's the best we're likely going to get, I wouldn't push it.
@TheLoadingGorilla Worth it.
@Boeing727200F Well then why can't I park on the tracks as is my god-given right!?