secret-stories-misc

[limpid ore]

[knotty sierra]

Born to write. Forced to deal with this:

[unkempt yew]

wha?

[limpid ore]

good looks

[knotty sierra]

Fire alarm. Either someone couldn’t cook, or someone put too many clothes in a washer for the hundredth time this semester.

[unkempt yew]

Ah, I see

[knotty sierra]

At least I’m not in the building next to us, they once had three fire alarms in the same day.

[unkempt yew]

I never heard a fire alarm in my life BUT I did heard an explosion like 4 years ago (nobody was hurt, it's that they forgot to close the gas tank)

[limpid ore]

i used to live in a state that saw lots of earthquakes

[unkempt yew]

Earthquakes were real

[limpid ore]

it was never the big building-destroyer ones, but there were 4 small shakers in 10 years when i was there

[unkempt yew]

A lil wobbly in the streets

[limpid ore]

its really scary when ur like 6 and ur room starts shaking

luckily im super cool and made it through em

[unkempt yew]

stroys has the cool people

[limpid ore]

i wish i knew which mod did this

figured it out

[boreal stone]

quick question, yay or nay to gay zombies

-# they would be gay after given the cure because the zombies I made have zero emotions

[austere hawk]

Always yay to gay

[knotty sierra]

Just came up with a different plot for one of my non-RW fics.
Now I have to throw out half the worldbuilding I'd already made

[sonic remnant]

Real

[boreal stone]

hello stories misc, I need ideas on how to write action scenes for my zombie story

[austere hawk]

wdym by ideas? are you having trouble with something in particular?

[trim tartan]

All my knowledge on it, condensed into something.

A general guide is to use less lengthy sentences.

And "smaller", though not any less powerful words.

[austere hawk]

Snappy, quick sentences definitely help when the action is fast

[trim tartan]

Instead of describing every action in excruciating detail, make them snappy.

[boreal stone]

not really? Just like how to write suspense because I don't usually write action scenes.

[austere hawk]

Would be easier to give pointers on a draft/example

[trim tartan]

Though I'm definitely no final authority and have since gotten even rustier, I'd like to take a bit of an example from my work.

"No. She couldn’t be distracted. Not now, not in a fight. She came back to her senses, and threw her bomb. However fast the king was, it wasn’t fast enough. It could never be.

Bang.

The bomb exploded, blowing them both apart. Arti landed on her feet. She caught her breath, and glared ahead. One of the three centipede shells on its back had fallen. Good. One less thing to worry about."

[boreal stone]

hm okay hang on, I do sort of have a rough draft on a scene I'm working on, but there's no like finite details yet. let me find it.

-# my docs is so cluttered I swear

[trim tartan]

This is an excerpt from a fight scene between Arti and SK.

Short, snappy sentences.

Lack of excruciating detail.

Simple, but equally powerful words.

[austere hawk]

For longer sequences, mix quick action with slower moments. For non-stop movement I’d try and keep the scenes on the short side

[austere hawk]

Yesss good stuff

[trim tartan]

For comparison, here's what I usually do.

Plink. Plink. Plink.

The Artificer made step after step through the hall. Her face was steady, battle-ready. She was holding a bomb in one hand, and a spear in the other. Not that she only had those - the ground was absolutely littered with spears, bombs, and pearls.

Pearls jingled from the steady night wind, glistening in the air, ebbing about. And though she didn’t look, she knew. She understood this was where the god-machine directed her .Five Pebbles, or something of that sort. What a powerless god, she thought - for all his grandeur, he couldn’t help her his way. Typical. But even though he was appalled by her way of life, and she of his, he offered her something.

Excerpt taken from an earlier part of the same fic.

Note the excruciating detail and decorations present. Very flowery.

And though professionals generally don't make them this flowery, there's a pretty clear difference.

[austere hawk]

One thing I see a lot during action scenes that (usually) doesn’t work very well is the pov character thinking too much mid-action. Taking in details of the surroundings, making detailed plans, etc — save that for between movements, not during. While action is happening your character needs to think quick.

[austere hawk]

That is very dependent on the professional :3

[trim tartan]

Unless their minds are literally built like an Iterator's, this serves as a great general guideline.

[austere hawk]

Hence the usually.

Works well when your character is a literal robot or has special abilities that would allow for it

[boreal stone]

ok wait, am I allowed to show stuff with swearing? Just to check.

[austere hawk]

When they aren’t, though, feels very off. The last thing you want when describing action is to slow things down

[plucky zenith]

I’ve seen published authors use techniques like this very well though, especially to drag out the tension

[trim tartan]

Don't you fucking swear! /j

[austere hawk]

Not mid movement

[boreal stone]

ok cool, that's answers that

[austere hawk]

Fast, then slow.

A moment to breathe.

Then movement again.

[plucky zenith]

Oh absolutely mid movement

[austere hawk]

It can be done for sure

[plucky zenith]

It’s more of a post modern thing

[trim tartan]

T13. Banan. I can't have you arguing. What will happen to my guild of proofreaders?

[plucky zenith]

Probably not a good idea for newer writers to play with

[trim tartan]

-# Light-hearted joking.

[austere hawk]

Discussion, not argument

We’re all novices learning things here

[trim tartan]

I only have, like, 4 times more than the usual!

[austere hawk]

Know the rules before you break em

I’d like to see an example of this you like, though, if you can find one

[plucky zenith]

I had one somewhere

I’ll have to dig it up

[austere hawk]

I wish to absorb the writing

[trim tartan]

Also, Stories chat is an absolute gold mine of great writers.

[boreal stone]

there's definitely a lot of thought before the whole action sequence, would that be fine>

[plucky zenith]

Yeah clearly

[austere hawk]

Examples I can think of is slowing mid movement to describe something, instilling a sense of anxiety (a strike about to hit, for example)

[boreal stone]

it's like analyzing before the fight happens

[austere hawk]

But I don’t think it should be done regularly throughout a fight

Has uh. 300 slow mo vibes

[austere hawk]

Absolutely

[trim tartan]

I want to use my STTM chapter so bad for this example, but I can't.

That would be spoiling.

[plucky zenith]

I think the best fight scene is like 90% build up for two sentences of actual fighting

[austere hawk]

And thinking can still happen mid-fight, I would just avoid it during movements

[trim tartan]

Speaking of STTM, where's the next chapter?

[austere hawk]

Isn’t yours today?

[austere hawk]

Absolutely

[trim tartan]

But Karessra is before me.

[plucky zenith]

I was gonna post it when I get home

[austere hawk]

If action scenes are too intense for too long it’s exhausting for the reader (but that can be used to an author’s advantage, too)

All of the ‘action’ in HFISH is very short. Mainly because that’s how it is in game

You’re good until all of a sudden there’s a vulture on top of you

[trim tartan]

And then the vulture either grabs you and kills you, or you manage to either escape or kill it.

Regardless, a very quick fight.

[austere hawk]

Yeah it usually isn’t a drawn out fight

Tension comes from being vulnerable (out in the open)

Rather than a specific build up to a fight

[trim tartan]

You're anticipating something, but not really.

[austere hawk]

RW likes to wait until you finally start feeling brave to beat you down

[trim tartan]

Same goes with the campaigns.

When you finally brave the journey to Pebbs in Saint, he's not there.

The mountain of steel and mind is gone.

[austere hawk]

Well, he’s not where you think he is

But yeah that’s a hell of a moment

Bridge just ends

[trim tartan]

It's supposed to go on. It can't be much worse than Rivulet, right?

Right?

Well, left.

[boreal stone]

okay, I have found the correct scene

just bits of scenes can be posted her right?

[austere hawk]

I’m sure he’s fine

[boreal stone]

I don't want to accidently break the rules

[trim tartan]

Yes.

It's fine.

[boreal stone]

ok, got it

[trim tartan]

If you were a new player, I'd be thinking to myself. "Sweet summer child."

Though you are neither new nor a child.

Pretty far from both, actually!

[austere hawk]

I’m just a banan

[boreal stone]

text might be a bit small

also if you need it in light mode lmk

[austere hawk]

I would suggest adding line breaks between paragraphs so we can see where they are easier

[boreal stone]

yeah, I haven't done the details for this scene yet

I've been waiting for advice

[austere hawk]

I think you are doing new lines before/after dialogue right?

It’s hard to tell

[boreal stone]

yeah, I do the dialouge breaks and I am going to do tabs and new paragraphs once I'm done writing this part

[trim tartan]

I think you can actually make this a bit snappier, though this might be injecting too much of me.

[austere hawk]

This is solid writing

I just want paragraphs breaks

[trim tartan]

I think the line breaks would let us read this clearer.

[limpid ore]

[trim tartan]

Now, the question is - would you like regular criticism or Celestium-branded criticism?

[boreal stone]

this scene is actually a bit slower compared to some parts, cause the "hoard" is technically like maybe 10? Any group larger than 5 is a hoard. It's meant to have some slower bits because he gets like 5 seconds to think

[boreal stone]

although I do agree that some parts could be split up into snappier bits

[trim tartan]

Be aware that Celestium brand is pretty nitpicky.

[austere hawk]

Since this a zombie fic, I would almost appreciate a few gorey details.

Ripped off with a squelch. Slipping on the bloody floor — stuff like that

[boreal stone]

give me a second to do line breaks just for this part and then I will definitely read more criticism

[austere hawk]

Here and there, though overall it’s already flowing well

[trim tartan]

Along with this, there's also what I'd say is preference, but I'd change some phrases into faster ones.

[boreal stone]

the gore and stuff is gonna be added once the scene is done because I like doing the finite details a bit later

same with details about injuries

[trim tartan]

As a little example, "With the creak of the floorboards beneath him" takes a while to read. I'd change it to something more like "The floorboards creaking beneath him," and the rest of the sentence continues as per usual.

[plucky zenith]

I can be more nitpicky

/j

[trim tartan]

Ha! Editing junkie like I am.

[boreal stone]

the "he winced" part is gonna be added as an injury detail, and the eyeball, arm, and knife slice part is gonna be gore

plus other stuff

added later

[plucky zenith]

I just don’t do it out of respect for my frens

[trim tartan]

I personally do this, but it might be preference.

[boreal stone]

here's some better line breaks, I will definitely edit them again

[plucky zenith]

In terms of actual criticism, I feel like the emotion in your scene is a little light — fighting a hoard of zombies should be utterly terrifying, but it reads a little mechanical

[boreal stone]

second one might be a bit chunky

[trim tartan]

A fight is as much emotion as it is action.

[austere hawk]

Thank you! Helps readability a lot

You should always paragraph break after dialogue when the speaker changes btw

[boreal stone]

Rick is kinda unemotionless when it comes to fights, there are gonna be bits where emotion is shown a lot more, but it's part of his character that he doesn't really "react" due to past trauma

this scene is just quick writing I thought of in like 5 minutes

[trim tartan]

Again, and I swear I'm not an egomaniac, I'll take a bit of an excerpt.

[austere hawk]

Like between Rick snapping and hitch replying

[trim tartan]

She spat on a rock, then threw it. The king, focused on getting her to leave, lost another shell. The Artificer smiled, a bloodlust glowing in her one good eye. Progress. That’s always great to see.

The Chieftain finally picked itself up, setting its gaze on her. It was incredibly warm—even after all this time, it still held out hope. A hope that she would falter in her fury, and cease her savagery. And for another moment, she did falter. She considered simply leaving.

And, for the second time, she refused. Though her heart tugged and tugged, she ignored it.

[boreal stone]

I think I did do another paragraph, it just doesn't show because the sentence goes on to the end of the line

[trim tartan]

I'd say the emotion goes between the action, though some of it can slip in.

[boreal stone]

yeah I did

[austere hawk]

Need that spacing between paragraphs so we can see

[boreal stone]

better?

[trim tartan]

Yes.

[boreal stone]

I just realized I said winced instead of flinched

whoops

[austere hawk]

Yes much

[austere hawk]

Haha they’re similar

Though flinched definitely implies more movement

[trim tartan]

I don't have an example where the emotion slips in, I'm not great at fight scenes.

[boreal stone]

also dialouge for rick during the fight scene (not talking, like grunts and noises) will be added

so more paragraph spacing !!

[austere hawk]

A moment of hesitation, jerky movements, held breath, etc are some quick things that can be slipped into lines

[trim tartan]

Remember that your characters, though not people, should feel like people.

Characters can have a defining flaw, yes.

They can rely almost solely on that defining flaw, absolutely, though it is advised for them to be deeper.

[boreal stone]

also I'm writing in that Rick was in a war so that's why he's a bit emotionless during fighting. He does react to like gore and pain a lot, but less so the actual fear.

his adreneline also is crazy during this scene so lots of physical signs showing fear but no emotional ones

[austere hawk]

You can easily juxtapose this by having other scenes where other characters do emote during fights

[boreal stone]

yeah, Hitch is very emotional whilst fighting because he had completely different trauma than Rick

[austere hawk]

Nothing wrong with having a focused/cold character during a fight

[boreal stone]

#abusivefamily (same with Rick but like Hitch was way worse )

also hang on, I gotta move so I may not reply for a second

[winged coral]

you're moving???

oh wait

also uhhhm

is there an offtopic stories channel

for non-rain world stories

[boreal stone]

this one

[sonic remnant]

This is I'm pretty sure

[winged coral]

oh

[sonic remnant]

There's also #1268412914671423538

[boreal stone]

any other advice before I continue writing?

[winged coral]

also forgot to add do stories for ocs from rw go in #stories-library★ ?

[austere hawk]

Yes :3 links to stories only though

[winged coral]

ok :3

[austere hawk]

I think you got this

[iron totem]

New stories members?

[austere hawk]

Has the propaganda been working?

[limpid ore]

dumpster blast

[iron totem]

Not sure but I try to spread the word to the best of my ability
How has Neva been like?

[austere hawk]

I’ve only played the opening (my gaming energy has been low) but oh my goodness it was absolutely gorgeous. I can tell this game is gonna rip my heart out

I’m waiting for a day that I feel like I could use a good cry

[iron totem]

I think I'll await a sale for it

Gotta save money

[boreal stone]

ok, I've got to go to class, but discuss this that I just wrote. (again no finite details yet!!! plus line spacing was done in 5 seconds so you can read better.)

also trigger warning for ||vomit||, even though it's not described a lot

[fringe anchor]

Maybe you should spoiler the message, then, though i'm not sure at which point does it warrant it, or if any mention mandates it

[fringe peak]

there's new discord notification sound for halloween

kind of meh though

[spiral matrix]

I already changed it back

After hearing it once

[meager moat]

I don't get notifications

[spiral matrix]

I only get em from places I care about lol, I think every server I'm in I've suppressed every notification

[limpid ore]

the only notifs i get are ping replies or direct @ mentions

[fringe anchor]

terminal duty but the away team lost the walkie talkie

[unkempt yew]

Holy shit, I'm back

After for so long, I can finally read Spooks to the Moon

[unkempt yew]

TILAPIA FOR LUNCH

[scenic escarp]

Fried tilapia is so good though

[unkempt yew]

We doin those

[scenic escarp]

OH HELL YEAH, thought you were angry hunterbarraging, but it was in fact a hunterbarrage of joy

[unkempt yew]

FISH

[limpid ore]

i havent tried much fish bc i do not trust walmart with fish

[scenic escarp]

@night lily Heart spotted in longbeans. Longbeans are eternal /lh

[night lily]

-=🪨 💚

💔
/j /lh

[scenic escarp]

SNORT LAUGHS

[unkempt yew]

Blessed be the string beans

[trim tartan]

Working on design for storage.

[iron totem]

Looks good! Barrel fan?

[trim tartan]

No, not a fan of them.

Just that they look closest to drawers.

[unkempt yew]

I'm still hang if I need to do art or writing

I'm just

[night lily]

rest if you feel

[open matrix]

lmao, got a friend request from a stranger and when i accepts that imidiatly popped up, thats a scam, right?

[fringe anchor]

Yeah, report, block, remove

[open matrix]

lmao

how do you do that?

report i mean

[fringe anchor]

Ah this is steam? Probably through the profile

[edgy scroll]

Surely they are trustworthy and generous
(It’s a scam, yeah)

[open matrix]

so trustworthy, i shall accept this strange generous stranger
(already blocked them)

[unkempt yew]

Don't worry man, maybe cup noodles would do the trick to get out of

Or maybe I should be doing chapter 7

[unkempt yew]

Consumed instant cup noodles

Working on furry fic, who wants a proof read of my 10k word unfinished fic

[edgy scroll]

maybe later boss! trying to work on my own project today

[unkempt yew]

[unkempt yew]

Maybe gettin some rest, the rain is soothing which makes me sleepy

later y'all

[lament blade]

So I did finish writing my first draft of my Halloween story and figured I'd listen to "Monkeys Spinning Monkeys" while doing so. Then I'm reminded that lizards tend to have the silly habit of just spinning around in circles when they grab you (especially those that climb walls). Think the Rain World equivalent of the song would be "Spinning Lizards?"

[lament blade]

Yup, that's exactly what I was talking about

[limpid ore]

[lament blade]

So...an entire room of lizards doing that while the song is playing... I'd have a silly smile on my face if it weren't me in the jaws of one of those lizards

[night lily]

a balatro session went very ~~wrong ~~ strange

[spiral matrix]

I've heard of balatro

What is it exactly

Because I can't tell just by looking at that screen lol

[night lily]

Poker but wacky
Each round you have a number of hands to play to get to the certain set score of that round, each round the score needed goes up. 3 rounds = 1 ante, a usual run has 8 ante
And every last round of an ante is the 'boss' round, score requirement is a bit higher and they have special conditions like 'all spade worth 0' etc

How you scale score to match the round is via jokers, they give extra effects so you can get much much higher than normal poker hands

[spiral matrix]

I assume this must be single player then?

[night lily]

Yeah

[scenic escarp]

Saint?!

[sonic remnant]

What kind of creature would evolve to do this? None, so they must be doing this of their own volition, meaning they really are silly little guys

[limpid ore]

dog chasing its own tail

[sonic remnant]

Yea!

[night lily]

Modded, but there's the whole gang RWvtheme jokers

[simple mango]

guys this is my oc hes called blitz do you like him /j

[unkempt yew]

[trim tartan]

We officially have a slime farm.

It’s not great, behaves a bit weird—might be because this was tested with a ping better than mine—but it works.

[scenic escarp]

[unkempt yew]

A slime farm in minceraft?

👀

[trim tartan]

The Stable welcomes you.

[fringe anchor]

Spoon: none
Real game: begins now

[unkempt yew]

Waz zat? 👀

[fringe anchor]

Factorio

[unkempt yew]

[unkempt yew]

In terms of writing, I have 4 fics, slow in progress, lil ideas for plot and big ideas for making one

-# ascend myself

[unkempt yew]

Speaking of ideas, now I want to make a NariLamb

[unkempt yew]

This gave me the feeling of "fear for my life" moments
https://youtu.be/-a-aK7F6qks?si=6lk4DgPVS17OaHb-

[austere hawk]

I wanted make bread today but I forgot to feed my starter last night

[scenic escarp]

They hongry

[winged coral]

hey stories misc

do you think i could do any improving for this? im only on the first few senteces and am pretty new to writing (although i know a few tricks)

ping reply btw

[open matrix]

sounds great to me
im not much of an export with first person so i cant say anything there, but i really like how you write. its really pretty!

[winged coral]

thank you! idk, something just feels off to me, especially near the starting sentence

[fringe anchor]

Eye's -> eyes
Soothing -> soothes (i think?)
Would remove comma after "earth in two", personally

[open matrix]

proofreading as always i see

[winged coral]

ty :3

[open matrix]

do you plan to space the text out or keep it as a block?

[fringe anchor]

Feedback? ✅
Looks good to me /lh

[winged coral]

when dialouge appears i will space it out

[open matrix]

hmmmm

i guess that depends on the writer

[winged coral]

thats how ive always written atleast

[open matrix]

i probably space out my stuff way too much anyway

[open matrix]

i think it wouldnt hurt to maybe seperate a few lines? just so the reader doesn't get as lost easily, but thats a personal preference and not a requirement

[fringe anchor]

Have you seen how I write /lh

[open matrix]

wait, lemmi check real quick

[open matrix]

LMAO

thats a lot of spaces, just how i like it

[fringe anchor]

Tbh i can't give much feedback besides grammar, punctuation, and rethorical stuff cause i'm bad at tenses but it looks pretty good so far

[fringe anchor]

"EVERYBODY GETS A LINEBREAK"

[open matrix]

same here, but even less, im usually just one to comment on the plot and not the writing itself

[winged coral]

thank you, when theres more people here i may ask again just for some more feedback

something feels off at the start

[fringe anchor]

Could ask cy, when they come online

[open matrix]

@edgy scroll we need a story helper 🫵

[winged coral]

[open matrix]

lmao, same idea

[fringe anchor]

... Or you could just ping them /lh

[open matrix]

he better be online, he still needs to go through my definetly already finished draft

which reminds me

back to writing i go

[fringe anchor]

Hmm, sounds like it's finished

[fringe anchor]

Good luck

[open matrix]

the best character just returned, im finally happy to write agian

[edgy scroll]

Okay, I took a look. There’s a few things that might be why you’re feeling this ‘offness’ in the start, but I think the main problem might be that it’s too slow. It’s nicely written paragraph, but it’s rather long and doesn’t really do much to ‘hook’ the reader.

[winged coral]

what would i do for a hook?

[edgy scroll]

Often, if you’re not sure how to start things, beginning with conflict is a good way to draw people in.

That, or… just put something really dynamic and interesting right at the forefront. Something ironic, or unique, or both, ideally.

[winged coral]

perhaps in this chapter i could show coyote's selfish nature and have the dogs chase after him

would that be a good idea

[edgy scroll]

Probably! After the initial idea, what makes people keep reading a story is the characters, so having a focus on that is important. What makes this coyote we’re following different from any other coyote?

[winged coral]

is that rhetorical or no?

[edgy scroll]

No

[winged coral]

oh ok

[edgy scroll]

What makes this coyote different?

[winged coral]

well he's very tied to outdated religious beliefs among coyote's, believeing that his goal is to take from others in order to serve his (currently unamed) gods

this causes the main conflict of coyote being kicked out of his long-time natural home

[edgy scroll]

Why does he still cling to his old beliefs?

[winged coral]

i havent really thought about that
-# sorry for being stupid

[edgy scroll]

That’s not stupid! But, you should consider this, as getting to the root of the character will make them much easier to write.

[winged coral]

perhaps a desire to have purpose or leave an impact on something greater then him

[edgy scroll]

Holding onto an outdated religious belief is a very interesting character trait.
Purpose and leaving an impact… those are noble aspirations, and probably what I would call ‘surface rationales’- what he would use to explain himself if asked. But often, the real reason can be something deeper.

Does he hold onto his beliefs, even in the face of being ostracized, because those beliefs give him a sense of security? Because they connect him to someone who is gone? Because, as you said with purpose and impact, he feels aimless without them?

[winged coral]

i wouldn't say to connect to someone who is gone, but yes definitely for a sense of security

fear of death maybe

[limpid ore]

[edgy scroll]

Fear. Fear is an interesting motivator. It seems like this coyote might be the type who clings to his beliefs because what he values isn’t the beliefs themselves but the stability they provide. A person like that would probably be the type to want to gather like-minded individuals, and could run the risk of falling into destructive fanaticism- or it could be that he must work to overcome his fears and find a way reconcile his own beliefs with the beliefs of others.

[unkempt yew]

What we talkin here?

[edgy scroll]

This

[winged coral]

about why my book feels off

[unkempt yew]

Ah, the coyote

[austere hawk]

this is such a good first try, what the heck, you're a natural

[winged coral]

ok, thank you, this has helped me alot

i'll try rewriting a bit

[austere hawk]

I agree with Cy that it could use some immediate draw

Maybe move the mention of dogs up. The intro could be them scenting that acrid whiff, then they could clarify: dogs. Then you could start describing the environment and mood setting?

[winged coral]

maybe that could work? i tried to place the scenting of dogs as high as i could while making it still feel natural to me

i'll try it

[edgy scroll]

You could even take it a step further and have it immediately open with the coyote being chased by the dogs. Opening with action is sometimes the best choice!

[unkempt yew]

But quick question, does the coyote know that there were other groups that believed in the (unnamed) trickster god, either one or more? 👀

[winged coral]

he know's i just dont plan for him to meet any in person for a while

[unkempt yew]

I see

The trickster god still have their followers, interesting

[unkempt yew]

I'm gonna type this in the misc

Anyone available for proofread? Need to finish what 18 year old me was cooking and to continue his legacy

Word count below of the fic I'm sending:

[unkempt yew]

This is not rw

[unkempt yew]

And also, it isn't finished actually, need to find my notebook for part 2

[edgy scroll]

alright, I'm taking a break from writing for the night. send this my way and I'll look it over a bit, though I probably don't have the energy for a full proofing today

but I just kinda wanna read it anyhow

[unkempt yew]

you up for it chief?

[edgy scroll]

I'm not doing anything else

[unkempt yew]

Alrighty then, do remember to take rest

[simple mango]

is... IS THAT A RAIN WORLD REFERENCE?!??!?!?!?!?!

[night lily]

Guess I'm really a hopeless idealist, I'm tearing up every time I listen to this song
https://youtu.be/lqfejIQfDT8

||Also, Project Moon fan sleeper agents check ||

[open matrix]

lmao, wth is that

is pebbs officially making rain or what

pfffffff

[iron totem]

This looks modded, i think it's create?

[unkempt yew]

What's goin on in minceraft?

[open matrix]

i have no idea

[unkempt yew]

[open matrix]

ehhhh, @night lily i think my game broke

i was building a beacon under pebbs, then put a water spot and trident straight up so i could make a hole in his can so the beacon could activate

then i fell back down, i got an achievment about sth with stars

then my game turned black

my inventory is also gone

and im invisibel and sitting???

i tried reentering but its still there

wtf

[night lily]

Oh, if you don't move, just shift(crouch) and you should go down

[open matrix]

[night lily]

I forgot to remove that one, it seems still not usable
Either holding crouch immediately after relog, or move to one of the light pillar thing

[night lily]

how

[open matrix]

idk

i did what you said and then just dead

[night lily]

Well, for now don't move into the beam of light

[iron totem]

Laser of death

[open matrix]

easier said then done

ehhhh

[night lily]

maybe place beacon last

[open matrix]

my boots and helmet didnt appear?

[night lily]

The death chest?

[open matrix]

yep, they arent there

ehhhh

where did they go

[night lily]

That shouldnt happen/should be unrelated

Can you remember the detail, lemme give you that back since it's probably a bug

[open matrix]

how does that even happen???

[night lily]

-# maybe it involves infinite fall damage are the other pieces in bad shape?

[open matrix]

nahh, i dont think so, onyl my helmet and boots have just vanished

everythign else is still there im pretty sure

[unkempt yew]

Many happen in minceraft

[open matrix]

fuck this beacon, me and all my homies hate this beacon

[night lily]

Do you have any other beacon with that exact configuration?

[unkempt yew]

B-but buffs

[night lily]

Maybe check around that other place

[open matrix]

huh?

i can

but its not maxed

the other one is

[night lily]

I mean the only ones with that exact level and composition?

[open matrix]

[night lily]

If you just immediately enter you can crouch immediately to get out iirc

[open matrix]

nope, nth there

back to grinding i go it seems

[night lily]

I have no idea how that could have happened
Were those netherite?

[open matrix]

of course, im not letting myself be seen in anthying but the best

tho redoing them will be easy

i still have bars

enchanting is simple with the enderman farm

i just have to delay my shaded citiadel consturction again

oh, also one of my shulkers disapeared but i mostly emptied it out before i died so its fine

[night lily]

Lemme give you back the cost tho, it's my fault for the bugs

[open matrix]

the mods keep killing me

[fringe anchor]

Holy shit we have create now???

the factory calls me

[night lily]

For safety, im gonna remove the probably offending mod and restart the server then, wait for a couple of mins

[fringe anchor]

Looks like it

[open matrix]

question, since i dotn really know how servers work

[fringe anchor]

@night lily create is on the server???

[open matrix]

but isnt there a backup option?

i didnt really do anythign before i died so is it possibel to just get me back to the point from the start?

[night lily]

Well, the server now is too big to do daily backup anymore so

The map is almost 10gb at this point

[night lily]

Not create, but something similar

[open matrix]

i sure hope there are still swift sneek books at spawn

reenchanting will be fun

[fringe anchor]

Hmm

[night lily]

Swift sneak is on pants tho?

[open matrix]

OHHHH

[fringe anchor]

Mind giving details?

[open matrix]

true, i forgor

(again)

gotta pull up the full enchantment tutoriel again

[night lily]

Restart done, hopefully no more mishaps

[night lily]

Well, similarly most things are powered by rotational force

There's machines for some automations from crafting to autoplanter to mixer

For logistics there are conveyor belts

And fluid pipes i guess

Recommend to use /polydex and browse 'by source' to polyfactory page and look around, there's quite a lot i haven't tried messing around with

[fringe anchor]

Ah, thanks

[open matrix]

ehhhh, eepchs, mind giving me a soul speed book, i dotn wanna famr that again

oh,

and maybe a moss cobble thing so i can dublicate the template again? i have none of those

im just leeching off now

hm?

[night lily]

Mistype

[open matrix]

should be all, time to redo the ROT

[open matrix]

back in the game and ready for some~~ revenge and world domination~~ peace and love

[unkempt yew]

I will join the ranks as a hired sword

Spreading Chaos and Suffering Peace and Love

[open matrix]

so true

[unkempt yew]

Oh boy

I'm gonna raze and pillage the villages help the community with love /j

[austere hawk]

It’s monster hunter beta dayyy

[night lily]

I was surprised a couple of friends( who are a bit of fanatics about MH series) didn't talk about this. apparently the beta is not available yet for PC

[austere hawk]

In a few days

PS+ gets it 3 days early

Non-subscribed PS users and PC gets it on the 31st I think

I’ll play with you if you want to

[night lily]

i'll see if I can get some time( maybe 2-3 nov since its weekend? i see that the beta is oct31-nov3 apparently) it's going to be a very busy work week ahead ( and month)

[austere hawk]

Hey no pressure! I’m gonna be playing plenty, but if you end up playing and want a buddy lmk!

[iron totem]

Hope you have fun

[scenic escarp]

What the fuck

[scenic escarp]

(Hides my elytra)

[fringe anchor]

@iron totem you were quite interested in create, no? i've dug up my old C:A&B save

also @scenic escarp behold industrial revolution

[iron totem]

Thank you

[scenic escarp]

The first room looks like fire hazard - just like the real industrial revolution /lh

[fringe anchor]

don't stand in front of the fans with lava, it WILL hurt you

[wind bloom]

heavy breathing
assembly lines..........

[fringe anchor]

male fantasy or sth idk /j /lh

[wind bloom]

i know I posted pics of my iron factory at some point

[limpid ore]

@iron sorrel story chat ping jumpscare

[unkempt yew]

Bringin the mighty god slayer would be the end of Stroys /j

[unkempt yew]

@limpid ore , may thee send Dumpter and Smelvin for reference

[unkempt yew]

[iron sorrel]

[limpid ore]

hehe

[iron sorrel]

Grabs yoy

Places you in #offtopic-agenderal

[limpid ore]

[unkempt yew]

I witnessed a kidnap

[boreal stone]

hello stories misc, how is everyone today

[limpid ore]

im orting

[meager moat]

hello, im doing well, working on making an AI Iterator, yourself?

[knotty sierra]

Daily reminder to never give up on a fic

[austere hawk]

Holy

[scenic escarp]

Brb gonna go on hiatus and finish ACTS after 30 years /j

[knotty sierra]

Considering the circumstances of it, I'll also post a link to the chapter. It's legendary in the PMD fandom, but this also serves as a lesson in fandom interest.
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4298303/147/Pokémon-Mystery-Dungeon-Silver-Resistance

[scenic escarp]

This hits the feels in some kind of way

Bittersweetness

[plucky zenith]

holy SR finally got finished??

[knotty sierra]

It’s gonna be. In its own way.
I’m just glad I was here to see it.

[plucky zenith]

god I haven't thought about that fic in ages

[fringe anchor]

/j

Long-term emotional damage, huh? /j /lh

[unkempt yew]

-# psssst, @limpid ore (if you have awaken)

-# When motherly instincts kicks in

[limpid ore]

[fringe anchor]

Returning from trip to germany

[spiral matrix]

How was it?

[fringe anchor]

Tried currywurst, it was okay, I guess? (Hope i did not just offend all the germans here )

[spiral matrix]

Whats currywurst

[fringe anchor]

Trip wasn't too long so it was just a bunch of wandering around one small town, did not get to flex my (lack of ) german language skills

[fringe anchor]

Sausage cut into slices with some curry spices and I think sth like ketchup?

And some bread

[spiral matrix]

Hmm, I mean food is food

I hope the bread was at least good

[fringe anchor]

Yeah

I mean, the whole thing was okay?

I could eat it, but would it be my 1st choice when it comes to food?

Or maybe i just ate at a bad place

[spiral matrix]

and there's nothing wrong with that!

Was currywurst recommended to you like the best food ever?

[fringe anchor]

No i just heard of it and thought it sounded cool

[spiral matrix]

Well you can say you've had it now .

[fringe anchor]

Yeah

[scenic escarp]

[iron totem]

You can flex them on amany and soulwing

[fringe anchor]

Notice the parenthesis /lh

[iron totem]

Hey, still good practice and I bet you're understandable regardless

[scenic escarp]

And me with my level 0.25 German

[fringe anchor]

No, I don't understand german for SHIT

[open matrix]

did i hear german

[fringe anchor]

I can assure you i'm worse /lh

[open matrix]

(also gambelign in suburban if someone wants to join)

[iron totem]

I just know some German swear words

[fringe anchor]

Not currently available

[spiral matrix]

I don't even know hello in German

It's more embarrassing that I took 2 years of Spanish and remember absolutely 0 of it.

[lime ingot]

I am very sadly busy writing (and getting brain rot)

[scenic escarp]

The school experience

[spiral matrix]

Literally the only reason I took it is because it was required lol

[unkempt yew]

oh no

Anton remembered that he took Spanish class yet failed in the exam

[spiral matrix]

I remembered enough to do the exams lol

But that stuff doesn't stick if you don't use it

[unkempt yew]

I forgot what Spanish gerunds are

I think my teacher was kind of disappointed in me as I didn't reach his expectations

[spiral matrix]

Learning a new language is hard

[unkempt yew]

I mean, I did Duolingo two years ago, still remember how to make a sentence but the exam was a bit different

[spiral matrix]

Ahhh duolingo

The only reason I remember "El Como Pan" lol

[unkempt yew]

"Yo como un pan"

But I did find fascination in Spanish because most of the root words here are from Spanish

We have like:
Lamesa
Sapatos
Hospital
Pandesal
Silla
Baso
Etc.

Man, If I did remember Duolingo, maybe I wouldn't be vanishing on spanishing

[spiral matrix]

Spanish is at least, one of the easier languages to learn

Is yours based on Spain or Mexico though? The dialect

[unkempt yew]

Well, we came from Spanish so... Ye, Spamish

[spiral matrix]

Spamish

[unkempt yew]

[winged coral]

hello stories misc

i was thinking

should i add a prolouge

and then that can be the hook for my book

[edgy scroll]

the 'prologue as hook' can work, but the need for action and intrigue upfront is still there, so bear that in mind as you write it!

[iron totem]

@open matrix You can use them to kill guardians, yes

Even gives you a free egg after they die

[open matrix]

ohhhh, i ment it more to boost inv similar to that first clip but thats even better

[open matrix]

stonks payed off or sth like that

[iron totem]

#1264300753816780820 has a lot of goodies

I bet there's something on there you do not know

[open matrix]

most definetly

i should probably do a run that istn arti. the only reason i do hers is because its not as movement reliable because i can just explode

[iron totem]

Monk is fun

I'm not feeling rw right now

There's a new cool mod I did try out, though

Riv OE mod

[open matrix]

[iron totem]

#mod-releases

There's also a fnaf rw mod now, apparently?

[edgy scroll]

Fish finds society, real?

[open matrix]

five nights at pebbsies finally real or what?

[open matrix]

nahhhhhhhh

i have never even toutched fnaf but now i really wanna play that

[edgy scroll]

Does look kinda funny

[austere hawk]

I can’t play spooky games

[open matrix]

Mod has been downloaded

[edgy scroll]

Are you gonna play it tonight?

[open matrix]

never try to play five nights at pebbsies at midnight, it might bring the five night at pebbsies to live

(i will)

[austere hawk]

[open matrix]

but i slept throuhgout the day so now i still have to finish that chapter of mine first

2hours should be enough, surely

[edgy scroll]

Perhaps you could stream it, whenever you do?

[fringe anchor]

Good luck

[open matrix]

the warehouse five night at freddies stream to ease ones self into the spooky day

[austere hawk]

My friend hang got cancelled so maybe I’ll pop in if I’m feeling brave

[open matrix]

NOTHIGN TO SEEEE

[austere hawk]

shouldn’t have told me that!

[open matrix]

well in that case you heard nth!!!

https://tenor.com/view/dog-hypnotizing-hypnotizing-dog-hyptonizing-you-hypnotizing-you-собака-гипнотизирует-gif-14437882061713379771

your just imaginign it

[austere hawk]

hmm

[open matrix]

[iron totem]

The pilgrimage server challenge is quite enjoyable

It's certainly unique though the cyan is stupid

"As survivor, lineage a cyan in outskirts and bring it to MC up through the leg and meet FP"

[austere hawk]

That sounds fun

Very silly

[iron totem]

It is

Pilgrimage is my current role

You can do it on console too, all you need to do is screenshot every gate you travel through with the cyan

Remember to turn on speedrun timer, it is required. You find it as an option in remix

[scenic escarp]

I feel like I wanna try Criminal

Would go well with angry Crown pic

[iron totem]

I found criminal fun, but several people consider it the hardest vanilla challenge

Expect to spend some hours on it, maybe

[scenic escarp]

Still crying in 90gb of Ascension fails

Dodging scav tolls is my jam though, maybe I can do it

[iron totem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jU56zGXtHo

Here's my submission if you need an example of which strats are used

[scenic escarp]

The Nine Sols critter

[open matrix]

the only criminal thing about this is how the neuron gets discarded imidiatly

also we can use skins for comunity chalanges???

[iron totem]

Oh yeah, for the first toll using a grub can be a good distraction

[iron totem]

Yup

You should use the "load inactive mods" option in dms, though

[open matrix]

well sign me up

[iron totem]

You definitely can!

I believe in you

[fringe anchor]

Challenges sound kinda fun, maybe, but I think I am kinda still burnt out from trying to get all achievements and also I like the shelper purple

[edgy scroll]

The stapler blurple is very nice

[scenic escarp]

Went out with a bang

[fringe anchor]

Accidental match with pfp

[iron totem]

<@&904855334588387398> ...

[fringe anchor]

Brand New (TM) color

(What's it for?)

[iron totem]

All arena unlocks

Bit of a hassle to get

[fringe anchor]

So do I just have to get them while playing or do I have to have proof of getting each one?

[iron totem]

UH, it's complicated

See the verification requirement

[fringe anchor]

I think I will check tomorrow

[open matrix]

time to set up some five nights at pebbsis

sadly the warhouse has been overtaken already

[edgy scroll]

We will have to find a new home

[open matrix]

i chose the suburbans

time to see if that mod works

[fringe anchor]

Have fun, i'll be off to eep

[open matrix]

you're better then me

[fringe anchor]

I'm only partially being forced to go sleep

[open matrix]

also first thing i did after applying the mod

[edgy scroll]

Gimme 15 minutes and I’ll hop in

[fringe anchor]

Ooooh it's a fnaf mod for rain world, not the other way around

[open matrix]

pfffff

[open matrix]

yeah, i started early so i woudlnt have to write the second pov

[fringe anchor]

-# /lh

Okay, now I shall go for real, goodnight

[wind bloom]

nooooo don't download me!

[buoyant pike]

what's happening in vc right now?

[trim tartan]

I think Karessra is streaming Rain World.

Or something?

[buoyant pike]

i might pop in...i've never vc'ed with you lot before so i'm a little shy but i might say hello

[iron totem]

fnaf rw mod

You don't need to have mic on by the way

[buoyant pike]

didn't know that was a thing

[iron totem]

Released today

[unkempt yew]

Everyone is on strem?

A must join

[echo halo]

damn I missed the fcap stream

would've loved to hear all the lore nerds' criticism of my writing as they played it

[meager moat]

you can still ask for it in here or in #stories-discussion

[open matrix]

eating good on food chats behalf

[fringe anchor]

Is that steak?

[open matrix]

yep

[fringe anchor]

[iron totem]

Enjoy

[open matrix]

already did

[iron totem]

How did fcap go, by the way? Did you win?

[open matrix]

fcap

[iron totem]

fnaf rw

[open matrix]

OHHHHH

i was very brave

and very pro gamer

it was eassyyyyy

[iron totem]

So ture...

[open matrix]

i bravely stood my ground while everyone else cowered in fear

but on a serious note, the mod is great, really well made, and a lot of fun

[fringe anchor]

Link?

[iron totem]

@fringe anchor

[fringe anchor]

Still can't see forwarded messages, but thanks /lh

[iron totem]

It's in #mod-releases

[meager moat]

Hold on, I'll have to download that

[unkempt yew]

Whoa

To continue my words in discussion in order to type something random

I do love waiting for a lechon delivery

[limpid ore]

that looks yommy

[iron totem]

That's a bit funny

[limpid ore]

[open matrix]

Poker in probably not too long from now? Just letting you all know

[trim tartan]

Worst possible time for me. Again.

Have fun, though!

[fringe anchor]

Me too

[unkempt yew]

Welp time for me to go do house chores

Here, have ensaimada

[simple mango]

stories i have successfully robbed people of their candy /j

for context i was handing out candy but decided "fuck it" and went to go "steal" peoples candy instead

[unkempt yew]

How goes the trick and the treating?

idk any of those, not a true westerner

[simple mango]

decent

[unkempt yew]

You did the trick of the treating

[unkempt yew]

I'm still grinding coconuts

[plucky zenith]

[unkempt yew]

-# my back hurts and I still have 5 more to go

[lament blade]

Bit of a Rain World question but more of a game question in general: So the arena mode I haven't had much experience with but seen videos of the chaos. It honestly reminds me of 007 Nightfire and Medal of Honor Frontline multiplayer

Does anyone else just...look at the supposed "knockoff" multiplayer mode and just see genuine fun? Even if it's just free for all or TDM on some basic maps, it's just compact and simple fun...

Know what I'm saying or is this just me?

[unkempt yew]

Idk bout those but seems chaotic in every arenas

[lament blade]

FPS games from thr Gamecube era

[unkempt yew]

I see

[lament blade]

(Forget the Golden Gun, the stupid remote controlled missile was one of the most unfair weapons in Nightfire... At least the grenade launcher you and to be smart about using...)

[unkempt yew]

I'm back

I grind all of the coconuts

My hand and back hurts

Now reading the latest Spooks to the Moon

[iron sorrel]

Hey stories

So y'all know how I'm like a huge Elden Ring nerd

I AM ELDEN RING

[unkempt yew]

Tarnish

thou'st maidenless 🫵

[meager moat]

[iron sorrel]

Aroace moment

[unkempt yew]

I see, I was being played

[iron sorrel]

[unkempt yew]

Also, Jounter, what is your reaction of being a cast in TSA 2? 🎤 /silly

[iron sorrel]

In what

[unkempt yew]

[unkempt yew]

/silly

[iron sorrel]

Huh

What's TSA

[unkempt yew]

The Swashbuckling Adventures

[iron sorrel]

This "John"...

[unkempt yew]

My silly fic about scugs becoming pirates

[iron sorrel]

What is their last name

[unkempt yew]

Christian

[iron sorrel]

WAIT WAS THE REFERENCE INTENTIONAL

[iron sorrel]

Oh lmao

[unkempt yew]

John "Hunter" Christian

[iron sorrel]

[unkempt yew]

[iron sorrel]

Wha- was it intended or- I'm so confus- 💥

[unkempt yew]

It was just as intended /silly

[iron sorrel]

Anton I'm tired just give it to me straight please

[unkempt yew]

Because putting their canon names would be kinda weird

[iron sorrel]

Cannon

[unkempt yew]

Shhhh

[iron sorrel]

The (edited) displays your sins for all to see

[unkempt yew]

Now all of China knows what I edited

[iron sorrel]

[unkempt yew]

But when I think Hunter, maybe John would do the trick to be fitting

-# To appease the mighty god slayer in the name of stories

[simple mango]

[iron sorrel]

[unkempt yew]

[spiral matrix]

@unkempt yew

Saw this and instantly thought you'd like this lol

[unkempt yew]

I love this

[unkempt yew]

I thank thee to show such great art

[spiral matrix]

Of course :D

[unkempt yew]

Gotta practice drawing Lamb and Wolf

sorry if it's not scug form

[spiral matrix]

Honestly I think they fit better not in scug form :p

It's hard for me to imagine Lamb as a scug

[unkempt yew]

White scug with mask

[spiral matrix]

White lizard with mask?

[unkempt yew]

Black lizard with mask

wofl

[spiral matrix]

Black vulture, mask included

[unkempt yew]

That could work

[edgy scroll]

Whataburger has good sauces and what I'd call 'novelty burgers', but nothing beats an In-And-Out burger when it's freshly made. Culvers is really good but you can feel your heart dying when you eat there. McDonalds is solid but more expensive than it should be. Freddy's burgers are excellently cooked but a bit small. Five Guys is very expensive for burgers but you get what you're paying for- they're really good.

That's all my burger chain opinions, off the top of my head

[fringe anchor]

I don't even eat burgers except for the McD cheeseburger so i can't say much

I like McD for their cheeseburger, KFC for their chicken, and i've been to five guys once and they had a nice hotdog

[austere hawk]

BK is the worst of the fast food burger options

[fringe anchor]

And tbh i hardly go to BK

[austere hawk]

I would take any other burger tbh

[austere hawk]

all true

except I've never been to in n out 🥺

[edgy scroll]

too far to the east

[austere hawk]

for a while we had all the chick fil a's, now we don't even have that exclusivity

we'll get in n out someday.... surely...

Ya'll don't know the joys of cookout though

[edgy scroll]

Central south texas is gonna give you a for this claim.

[austere hawk]

cookout as in the fast food chain lmao

best drivethrough burger around here

I would never claim texas can't bbq

[edgy scroll]

I just looked it up... it does look really good

[austere hawk]

it is pure american fat and grease

their milkshakes are legendary

[edgy scroll]

guh, I wanna try it now

[knotty sierra]

Was about to ask why I’ve never heard of this place. Just realized I’ve never lived near one.

[austere hawk]

well it's only a... checks google 10 hour drive to the nearest one

[austere hawk]

they're popular all throughout the southeast but dont have a huge number of locations

I actually don't have one very close to me ;0;

its like 30 min away

[meager moat]

No way, Whataburger mentioned

[edgy scroll]

Perhaps it's for the best. I feel like if I had one at hand, I would try everything on the menu and then die of heart failure from the sheer amount of grease

[spiral matrix]

I actually don't like Culvers

I love Freddys though

[austere hawk]

they have such a MENU. corndogs, hush puppies, BBQ, burgers, hot dogs....

[spiral matrix]

Five Guys is to greasy for me

[austere hawk]

honestly I do have this problem with them

the bottom buns tend to be soaked

[spiral matrix]

I actually like Diary Queen burgers though

[austere hawk]

those seasoned fries though

and they make a super good malt milkshake

[spiral matrix]

There's this specific one in Texas I love visiting

[edgy scroll]

haven't had a DQ burger in forever

[austere hawk]

I do not have good memories of DQ burgers

[spiral matrix]

It's an older one, no electronic menus at all

[austere hawk]

but I don't think I've had one in like two decades pff

[spiral matrix]

It's like the place is stuck back in time

AZ has almost no full service DQs

I only know of 2 in the entire state

So usually only time I ever go eat one is the one in Texas

What that?

[austere hawk]

nashville hot chicken

my roomie used to live in nashville and that was her choice for hot chicken

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nashville style hot chicken hits so hard

[austere hawk]

and then they built one heeeere

so she dragged me there opening day lmao

worth

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I always go for the sandwich with the coleslaw

[spiral matrix]

We have a couple Dave's around town that supposedly is based off of Nashville chicken? I think?

I personally didn't see anything special in it

But then again they served the combos with no drinks which is just baffling to me

[austere hawk]

at hattie's I always go for their tenders for maximum chicken

and their potato salad

[austere hawk]

not real

lots of places that are not from nashville sell hot chicken and 99% of the time it aint it

[spiral matrix]

LOL, fair enough

If we ever get a Hatties here I'll reevaluate

[austere hawk]

dave's is suspicially absent from all of tennessee

says it all

the states north and south have them lmao

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Nashville is one of those places I've been meaning to visit for a while

[austere hawk]

how did we get that lucky

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It's the south

[austere hawk]

wait no I'm wrong

[spiral matrix]

Yall always got the good food

[austere hawk]

there is one in austin :0

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It's slim pickings here

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on my way

[austere hawk]

pfff I would almost recommend the trip it's so good

if you're ever over there...

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I might actually do it at some point. Austin is only like an hour and half from me.

[austere hawk]

hattie B's takes another victim

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And there's other stuff to there, too...

[austere hawk]

I'm sure you know but when they say hot they mean it

I get medium and it's pretty friggin spicy

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As it should be. I gotta assume their 'Shut The Cluck Up' would kill me.

🫡 you know it

[austere hawk]

it's also got banan

[spiral matrix]

Can confirm enjoyed Atlanta the only time I visited

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Interesting

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real i dont like burbur king burbur

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Aight tho

Work time

See yall later

[limpid ore]

the cookout here stinks and burns all they burgers

[austere hawk]

nooooo

augh yeah that's the thing with chains

I feel like the only truly reliable chain is chick fil a lmfao

[limpid ore]

they also freeze every milkshake solid

[austere hawk]

besmirching the cook out name

[limpid ore]

im sure other locations are better but the cookout here sucks ass

they also cant get enough new hires i think so that may be part of the problem

[austere hawk]

pay is probably shit

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Yeah, sometimes it's not even regional. There's some chains where one location five minutes from me is the best and the other is terrible.

[austere hawk]

our food is shit because we're understaffed -> don't get enough business so we don't pay better -> our food is shit....

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Comes down to the kinda management the place has, too.

[austere hawk]

yeah

management doesn't care about quality quality doesn't happen

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It really only takes one really good person to make a kitchen that size work, but if you don't have that one person...

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Remember to treat the workers well
Working in fast food is not fun

[austere hawk]

so true v_v

it's a harder job to work than most office jobs imo

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I dislike fast food and fast food chains so I'm not giving them a penny

[limpid ore]

[austere hawk]

fast food is simply too expensive for what it is now 90% of the time

so I almost never eat it :c

mcdonalds is a joke, it's good but it's cheap good as in damn this is good for three bucks (is now 10 bucks)

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I saw that, I think it was burger king or somewhere had like a 'two burgers for 5$' deal or something, and I was like "wow, it's crazy that that is now a really good deal"

[austere hawk]

contentious issue

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Depends on the industry

Food service? Hell no.

[austere hawk]

yeah

companies fire and shut down entire restaurants if they get a whiff of unionization

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Can't get into that without breaking server rules

[austere hawk]

I mean I don't disagree, but a large chunk of americans are feral about it (but this is getting political)

[iron totem]

Oh, sorry

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np

it's understandable to be confused

[austere hawk]

it's such a normal thing in other countries

that it being so political in america is a bit odd yeah

but we do like to be special

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So uh, favorite food?

I like anything with fish

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Burger

[limpid ore]

barbeque ribs

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Fish burger

[austere hawk]

favorite ever?? thats too hard

[limpid ore]

furger

[austere hawk]

and probably changes once a month

I really like asian food though (yes I know how broad that is)

I cook a lot of japanese and korean food especially

[limpid ore]

mm i love ribs

eat half a rack in an hour

[austere hawk]

I wish I had a grill or smoker

[limpid ore]

we usually get the ribs from this really good small bbq place and that shit SO tasty

you can even buy their bbq sauce by the jar and im just feral over it

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I also have a special place in my heart for Chorizo cooked breakfast style and deviled eggs, since those are my Dad’s two specialty dishes.

[austere hawk]

yummm

[limpid ore]

foodchat people unite

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Ribs is one of those things where you gotta have ‘the place’ where you get em- there’s no consistently good chain restaurant ribs, in my experience, just individual barbecue joints throughout the country that do em well.

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[austere hawk]

honestly BBQ places are soooo hit and miss here

[limpid ore]

i also care less abt the sauce on em and more on how easy the meat falls off the bone

[austere hawk]

my brother makes better BBQ than 90% of the restaurants here

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Ngl I don't get the hype for bbq

[austere hawk]

it has to be good

[limpid ore]

yeehaw states love their barbeque

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Like sure it can be good, but there's so much else that's better

[limpid ore]

true

[austere hawk]

better than mid BBQ is easy, better than the best BBQ is hard

[sonic remnant]

Agree to disagree

[austere hawk]

best I ever had was at a friend's family cookout

[sonic remnant]

Also how was yalls Halloween?

[limpid ore]

omg yes. my favorite ribs ever were made by my friend's dad at a sleepover when i was in like 5th grade and nothing's tasted as good since then.

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So, crazy story about BBQ- some of the best I’ve ever had was at Legoland in California.

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Good

[austere hawk]

ended better than it started

[limpid ore]

my spooky moon chap dropped yesterday so i think i had a swell time

[austere hawk]

legoland?? haha

[sonic remnant]

There was so much less people out than last time for me

[limpid ore]

i havent been to legoland in over ten years

pulling memories from the vault lmao

[austere hawk]

man from texas: 'best bbq I ever had was in california'

bout to get run out of the state

[limpid ore]

[iron totem]

BBQ is really good

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Through a couple connections, I got to meet with the head of food management there, who was this Russian guy named Ivan- 60-70 years old and a giant, lean man (6’9, at least). He took me and my family to the restaurant in the park he was most proud of, the Barbecue place.

[iron totem]

Haven't tried it much but it's great

Hope you had a good halloween to you who celebrate it

And to you who don't

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Apparently, he sent all the cooks for the legoland barbecue place all the way to Texas to learn under native Texan chefs for like five years, and then had a specialized barbecue smoker built in-state and flown all the way to California, so that he could properly replicate the cuisine.

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It was good!

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[austere hawk]

dang

i gotta go to legoland

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But, yeah. Legoland, the barbecue place in the medieval section. As good as any bbq joint in Texas, or damn near close.

[austere hawk]

"the BBQ place in the medeival section"

[limpid ore]

knotts berry farm was fun when i was little too