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allekhaThe OTW board got around to replying to a message I sent in July 2023. It was about as helpful as most of their replies to questions were at the last board meeting, i.e. they told me nothing. Do not recommend bothering. When I was filing that away, I also noticed that no action has been taken on any tickets I've sent in about AO3 works this year, dating back to January. They're not high priority items but also shouldn't be huge time sinks to deal with, so I'm a little concerned.
Anyway, in more fun things:
AMBER GLENN GPF CHAMP. đź’ś I cannot wait to see her in Boston. My mom, who is far less into FS than I am, must have seen the video somewhere, because she texted me the same thing last night.
The Morrowind fic is still at the 'denial' stage of the slow burn. I sure did learn some things reading up on toxic plants and volcanic minerals for the last chapter and have also sure done some squinting at the blurry 2002 clothing textures. Half tempted to try to make a hi-res texture replacer of my own for them, because the AI upscaled ones sometimes get weird results from things like folds or laces.
I DNF In the Shelter of the Pines, the 18th-century Japanese biography of a politician. I think I have a high tolerance for historical rich people antics, but by the time I was maybe a third of the way through, I just could not continue to read about everyone endlessly fawning over this guy. Gobs of silk and delicacies and swords and books were exchanged at this shogun's visit and another priest was impressed by his Buddhist learning and hey look, time to exchange nauseatingly expensive gifts again! I have instead started reading Frankenstein, which I never happened to read, and to be honest, I almost DNF that as well. Then I got to the part where we head another level deep into the embedded narrative and hear from Frankenstein's creation, which has so far been the most interesting part for me.
Anyway, in more fun things:
AMBER GLENN GPF CHAMP. đź’ś I cannot wait to see her in Boston. My mom, who is far less into FS than I am, must have seen the video somewhere, because she texted me the same thing last night.
The Morrowind fic is still at the 'denial' stage of the slow burn. I sure did learn some things reading up on toxic plants and volcanic minerals for the last chapter and have also sure done some squinting at the blurry 2002 clothing textures. Half tempted to try to make a hi-res texture replacer of my own for them, because the AI upscaled ones sometimes get weird results from things like folds or laces.
I DNF In the Shelter of the Pines, the 18th-century Japanese biography of a politician. I think I have a high tolerance for historical rich people antics, but by the time I was maybe a third of the way through, I just could not continue to read about everyone endlessly fawning over this guy. Gobs of silk and delicacies and swords and books were exchanged at this shogun's visit and another priest was impressed by his Buddhist learning and hey look, time to exchange nauseatingly expensive gifts again! I have instead started reading Frankenstein, which I never happened to read, and to be honest, I almost DNF that as well. Then I got to the part where we head another level deep into the embedded narrative and hear from Frankenstein's creation, which has so far been the most interesting part for me.
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Date: 2024-12-09 11:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-12-09 10:19 pm (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2024-12-12 07:00 pm (UTC)I really do think the low res textures do add something to the game, particularly as a fantasy game. There's an element of player interpertation that it lends the atmosphere.
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Date: 2024-12-09 12:19 pm (UTC)I only report “not a fanwork” to AO3 nowadays and even the turnaround for that is measured in weeks nowadays. It’s definitely worrying.
I need to catch up on GPF!
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Date: 2024-12-09 10:24 pm (UTC)Hope you enjoy it! I didn't watch everything, but I thought the women's FS was pretty good.