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    My avatar is the result my using AI art, very rare occurrence but I am content to stick with this one until I have the money to commission some art of my OC from a qualified artist. That commission will include published requirements for a user pic or two.
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    If I screw up and am ashamed and humiliated, I am not bad about apologizing and trying to make such amends as seem practicable and desired at the moment. But historically, I haven't processed it well. Generally I sit on it. Sometimes people pry, and I resist, and they get stubborn, and when they wear me down and get me to open up, then they retreat and wish they hadn't prodded so much. On and on it goes.
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    I'm just impressed to meet another pony who remembers Battletech...but somehow the crossover works. I wonder, would the Five Great Houses and the Clans get into it over which Side Equestria was gonna be on... Wouldn't each Species run the risk of trying to start their own clan? I think Princess Celestia and the Mane 6 (minus RD) would favor membership or alliance The Free Worlds League, The Lyran Alliance or the Federated Suns. Rainbow Dash might be vulnerable to Claner mentality, she and Falconer Joanna could easily become a ship! The Yaks would love this, the mechs would be like toys to them. So would the Griffins, they're already clan and warrior based societies to begin with, so are the Kirins and Dragons! The Sea Ponies always were paranoid... This is bad...this could be TOTAL WAR! An MMO with the same budget as Skyrim had would break the internet for the next 10 to 15 years!
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    You asked, and I cannot lie:
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    Maleficient is always at the top of this list, So is Evil Queen Grimhilde. Beyond them Professor Ratigan looms large... So does Jafar. Doctor Hans Reinhardt is probably the most creepy. Sark and the MCP occupy a special category of their own. Mother Gothel for spicing things back up again (kind of like an evil Counselor Deanna Troi, with magic). Disney villains aren't scary anymore, not like any of these, they're just annoying now.
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    VVelcome, I too was a fan when I was little, in the 1980's BCE, but only properly came out of my shelf and joined this fandom at the end of last year. The head canons of reformed Changelings, eh? That must be intense, I can only imagine what their fanworks must be like! Welcome again! You'll love it here.
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    It was nice to see Sweetie Belle and Rarity share some quality time together and navigate a stressful situation without clashing or experiencing yet more difficulties between them. The three stories were touching, and vivid and lush with whimsy and wonder. The series really began to benefit from upgrades to the animation by the later seasons, though the more rough work from the beginning is not without its charm. It is nice to see this ritual camping trip repeated, and with a slightly less disastrous outcome this time. Winsome Falls is a beautiful and mysterious destination. I wish the Lore went into more detail about this otherworldly and charmed destination. It seems to share geological and meteorological features with Rainbow Falls, but it is distinct and tantalizing in its own way.
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    No I wasn't. I pulled together a B to B+ ish average by the time I graduated. I got into a school that made a lot of kids who thought they were smarter than me give me the satisfaction of visibly cringing when they heard where I was going. I then proceeded to complete both a Bachelor's and Master's degrees with B++ averages. And I've never made a cent off of all my education, and am still tens of thousands of dollars in debt. In point of fact, I would do it all over again, because if I wouldn't, then I wouldn't even be me. It's a nonsensical question, would I do it all over again, of course I would. What have I learned? Don't peak in high school, and don't peak in college either. Academic honors have their merit, but they do not directly relate to either a fat paycheck or to fame. They can grease gears a little, maybe, they add polish and pizzazz, but they never seal the deal. Imho, of course, but I went to school with many great intellects who now work jobs I wouldn't even pretend to try and abide.
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    Frequently. Sometimes I'm right, sometimes I'm wrong. Sometimes, it's not as simple as that. After you've watched the Star Trek: TNG episode Night Terrors (S4E17) more than ten (10) times, you start to understand that these matters are not so straightforward as most ponies generally think them to be. This understanding deepens once you actually survive all five (5) nights at Freddy's. I work at nights, so I am doubly sensitive to whether I'm being watched, regardless of who, or what, is doing the watching.
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    Today in the mail, there was a great big package filled to the point of bursting with JACK SQUAT!
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    Sure, plenty of times. I only ever got a ticket once, usually they've all been warnings. The time I got a ticket I thoroughly deserved it, I knew I did at the time and I especially know it now. Getting that ticket was the best thing for me. I'm just glad that's all it took to give me a clue, so I could change my driving style.
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    Welcome to the Forum, we've got fun and Manes!
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    Welcome to the Forums!
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    This made me happy today:
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    A delightfully zany episode. Spike can be a great majordomo, but he's not much of a statesman. Ember and Thorax both come across as naive and insecure. Twilight and Starlight both fail to take the lead when it's obvious that Spike has lost control of the situation. They should both have known better. Fortunately it is hilarity which ensues.
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    !!!JOIN US!!! I can't say when exactly, because it depends on a couple things, but I imagine that tomorrow, sometime in the evening, say sometime after 5pm CST (17:00 / -0500 GMT), hopefully I will be live streaming Night Dive Studio's System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheEyeOfStone With luck, the download servers will not become too overburdened, and my lame internetz connection will not fail us, but I plan to start streaming this no later than tomorrow evening. To say that the System Shock franchise has been a big part of the life of my YouTube channel, and of my life as a gamer doesn't even begin to give any sense of it. I've already done full Let's Plays of the Regular System Shock 2 and Night Dive's System Shock, a reimagining of the ancient and venerable original. If you aren't familiar, won't you please join us and come aboard the Von Braun? The Many and SHODAN cannot wait to meet new meat and fresh blood.
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    Naps are good, especially when taken on clouds.
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    mega thread What are you thinking?

    Night Sky replied to Tabe's topic in General Discussion

    There ain't no seniority, they've retired that whole concept. They promote their favs. Sometimes they mark you and then it's game over. They don't like to fire anyone cause they don't like paying unemployment, so they just start acting nasty until you leave. They say they want people who go the extra mile, what they don't say is that they expect you to go two miles for one miles worth of compensation, and you're actually running in place.
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    mega thread What are you thinking?

    Night Sky replied to Tabe's topic in General Discussion

    Yeah, that's the challenge. Don't be like me and leave before you find something else. As for promotion, I don't know, I'm mystified. I put in my time, did all their (stupid) e-learning and attended some trainings, only to be told that any promotions, just like an across the board market adjustment was up to people above our department, who don't like any of us. So after telling me for six months that the sky was the limit if only I'd do a little extra, my bosses then notified me that the sky is made of concrete and it's not a battle they can really fight. They're not terribly concerned about retention because they feel there will always be folks coming in through the revolving door as old folks go out. I know everypony already knows this, that's how it is everywhere now. I got so sick of it that I just stormed off with no particular port in sight and now I am kind of adrift. Probably shouldn't have done that, but they were going out of their way to be nasty to me. You can't do that to a person or a pony day in and day out. That's how...I even went to bat for them, by removing myself...unbelievable.
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    mega thread What are you thinking?

    Night Sky replied to Tabe's topic in General Discussion

    Only you can decide if it's worth it to you. If it is, then you've got this, go for it. If it is not, do not let them work you too hard. Unless they're really, and I do mean really making it worth your while, they have no business working you like that. It doesn't do you any good if it drops you and you don't end up getting back up. That's not worth it.
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    I never laugh more than when the joke is so dry, it makes the Sahara Desert thirsty.
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    I put ghost, but that was down in the basement. I was actually convinced (and terrified) that there were aliens in my closet, every night between when I fell asleep the first time and when the sun came up fully. They were in there, watching me. I remember being terrified that the Tycho Black Monolith from Stanley Kubrick's 2001 would just appear spontaneously, and it would be all scary and messed up.
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    mega thread What are you thinking?

    Night Sky replied to Tabe's topic in General Discussion

    My legs are covered in bites atm...I get it.
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    Back in the 2000-00's and 2000-Tweens, I was active on many Forums...I suppose these below are the major ones worth noting; - www.ttlg.com (dedicated to the Thief and System Shock franchises) - Mystic Wicks (for us strange kiddos, and before I learned the truth about the owner) - There was a fan forum for the Goth Ethereal Band Cocteau Twins, I was pretty active there for a moment. - There was that forum where they did the viral marketing for The Ring remake, I fell for that one. - There were the old Beliefnet Forums, I was in those... - To be sure Forums are considered a bit dated next to the malignant social media platforms we have now, but I think they still have an important role to play and always will. - This is the ONLY traditional php style forum I am active on right now...TTLG is a tomb, and more a record of the fandom's history than a living sandbox anymore. - I don't count Reddit as a forum, even though it maybe is, I'm active there now...lucky me...
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    Sometimes I reheat it, sometimes I don't bother, depends on how lazying I'm being. If you're eating left over pizza to begin with, it's probably a lazy day... Sometimes I zap it in the wave, sometimes I don't bother...eh...
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