Death by Summer

Blah! I haven't updated in a while again.

I guess the problem continues to be that I haven't been up to much, but I think I have something else to blame. Just recently, I've gotten back into some forum RPGs. It's fun to have something to do, but I spend a lot of time at the computer waiting for other people to post or responding to posts or whatever. It means that the fun little posts I used to put up about how I watched a movie that I enjoyed just aren't going to happen - since I feel the responsibility of being at the computer all the time I don't go to watch said movies.

Of course, I keep busy at the computer otherwise. Playing games, looking for work and checking classifieds, chatting with people - the usual computery things. I get bored a lot, of course, and I also get tired of waiting for people or waiting on people. But I've been feeling pretty happy lately. Upbeat in a way, I'm just enjoying myself in whatever I'm up to, for the most part.

This summer is going to be busy. Today I had to go out and pressure wash the back porch to clean it for painting I will also be forced to do. Oh, and even better - my parents are away to Texas for a week, and I'm being instructed to do this painting during said week. So not only do I have to do it by my goddamn self, but my parents are skipping town to get out of it!

So I have some plans. I'm calling for help! Even though they don't like me having people over when they're away, I'm not going to paint the whole bloody deck by myself in the sweltering heat of the summer for no pay, thanks or recognition. Particularly not alone.

I'm hoping the summer will go well. I can't do anything about the heat but I can work on what I'm doing in said heat.

That's all for now. I wish everyone a good summer, since it just started officially the other day. (June's weather fails to agree with the 'official start', but that's not really something I can fix.)

Night all.

Interweb RPGs

So, as some of you may be aware, I've kept myself busy on the internet for, hmm, about the last two years with forum-based RPGs. It started a long time ago when I followed a link from a fansubber's forum onto a One Piece RPG, which unfortunately was awful. But from there I met a lot of people and played in a lot more games that has pretty much been left as a shattered trial of failed sites and wasted time.

Well, just recently another forum I was on succumbed to a lack of activity and was shut down, and with a very short list of viable games I've had to look to the future.

Over at the AMRN there have been plans made for a Cowboy Bebop game, and with a character concept and the whole series on hand, I'd say that I'm into the idea so far.

My IRC games may start anew as an Exalted game with Lunar characters moves from real-life in Windsor online due to the moving of the GM and one of the players, both close friends of mine.

I also recently created a rules system for - try not to laugh too hard - a Digimon based freeform RPG. I liked it, but everyone else just rolls their eyes.

So it was recently suggested to me by a close online friend (As well as fellow forum RPer) that I should create an original RP concept. So the first thing I did was find something to copy.

I know, I know, I'm awful. I don't tend to have completely original ideas ever, but I'm really good at adapting things and expanding on specifics, particularly when its based on something broad like a genre.

I ended up picking Magical Lyrical Nanoha, though my concentration will be on the world and style, not on the characters. I played on a forum RP directly based on the anime before, but it fell through mostly due to the style of the players. I'm hoping that, well, 'stealing' elements of the series will give me a quick and simple system for players to enjoy. Besides, most of the players I know of are used to Naruto, and if you just arm the characters and get rid of their Ninja stuff it'll be almost the same. The main difference? Not having to tell something they can't copy the Uchiha or use Rasengan.

I've only got a little bit worked out, and the only thing I ever have a problem with is making and designing the forum - every time I make a new site I have to relearn what the hell everything does. It'll be just another distraction for me at the computer, but at least I have something promising to work on.

I'll keep you updated.