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The Blackangel

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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Withywarlock in Why do you visit a persons profile?   
    Loving your own profile that much? That's pretty narcissistic.
    That was always there. Ever since I signed up almost 4 years ago. It's on every Invision board.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Gonassis in Official Prize Recommendation Thread   
    I would like to see some things geared towards classic gaming. Maybe an NES cartridge or something.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Gonassis in Official Prize Recommendation Thread   
    How about something aimed at classic gamers, like an NES/SNES/N64 cartridge?
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Justin11 in Why do you visit a persons profile?   
    Loving your own profile that much? That's pretty narcissistic.
    That was always there. Ever since I signed up almost 4 years ago. It's on every Invision board.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from melanie_marie27 in Hi ~ New member here   
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from StaceyPowers in Thinking of writing my own book   
    I've written 2 full length novels, several short stories, and a hell of a lot of unconventional poetry.
    That said, I can offer some advice. I assume you're writing fiction?
    The first sentence of every story is always the hardest. After that let the story write itself. Never force it. You have to have that itch to get back to writing it. But before you get too far you need to think about a few things.
    1) Is it a narrative?
    2) Are the characters relatable?
    3) What kind of conflict will they be dealing with?
    4) Is it told through eyes of a certain character?
    5) Have you written a description of all the characters yet?
    6) Do you know where you want to go with the story? Have you thought about the beginning, middle, and end separately so you know what you want to tell the reader?
    7) Is it engaging enough to keep a person reading?
    8.) Can you describe what your story is about to someone who asks?
    9) Are you writing just as a hobby, or are you thinking about publishing?
    10) Can YOU relate to your characters? For example in my first book, the main character was based off of me. We share a lot of the same attitude and view of the world. The only difference is that my character in that story is male, and I'm female.
     
    If you need more just ask and I'll help as much as I can. As a note to what @Withywarlock said, one of my books is currently on its 8th draft ans the other is on its 7th. More drafts will follow. Until it's perfect in my eyes, it will keep getting edits and rewrites. So don't get discouraged if you go to 7, 8, or 100 drafts. If you don't like it where it is, no one else will either.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from DC in Thinking of writing my own book   
    I've written 2 full length novels, several short stories, and a hell of a lot of unconventional poetry.
    That said, I can offer some advice. I assume you're writing fiction?
    The first sentence of every story is always the hardest. After that let the story write itself. Never force it. You have to have that itch to get back to writing it. But before you get too far you need to think about a few things.
    1) Is it a narrative?
    2) Are the characters relatable?
    3) What kind of conflict will they be dealing with?
    4) Is it told through eyes of a certain character?
    5) Have you written a description of all the characters yet?
    6) Do you know where you want to go with the story? Have you thought about the beginning, middle, and end separately so you know what you want to tell the reader?
    7) Is it engaging enough to keep a person reading?
    8.) Can you describe what your story is about to someone who asks?
    9) Are you writing just as a hobby, or are you thinking about publishing?
    10) Can YOU relate to your characters? For example in my first book, the main character was based off of me. We share a lot of the same attitude and view of the world. The only difference is that my character in that story is male, and I'm female.
     
    If you need more just ask and I'll help as much as I can. As a note to what @Withywarlock said, one of my books is currently on its 8th draft ans the other is on its 7th. More drafts will follow. Until it's perfect in my eyes, it will keep getting edits and rewrites. So don't get discouraged if you go to 7, 8, or 100 drafts. If you don't like it where it is, no one else will either.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from melanie_marie27 in what do you all think about this gaming chair I just ordered?   
    It's a good chair. We have the same one, just in blue instead of red. You're going to enjoy it a lot. Ours has a retractable foot rest though, and if I'm seeing the pictures right, yours doesn't seem to have one.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from melanie_marie27 in Hotmail or Gmail? Which one do you prefer?   
    It seems to me that everyone these days is using gmail. I personally still use hotmail for almost all my email needs. Sure our gaming channel had to have a gmail address with it, so we signed up for one. But I find gmail confusing as hell, and hotmail is a lot simpler to me. Also, I have used hotmail ever since it was first implemented by Microsoft back in the 90's. But I'm curious what people think on these two email servers.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from kingpotato in I got addicted to dumb dirty videos of Indian Street food   
    Cooking standards vary wildly all over the planet. This may be the norm and totally acceptable in India. Hell, things like that are done here in the states in some locations. I know when I worked at Pizza Hut, we weren't required to wear gloves or anything. We used our bare hands to make the pizzas. A lot of mom & pop restaurants are like that too. It is what it is. But at least the guy in the video is using his right hand to cook and leaving his left hand away from the food.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from killamch89 in Worst business decisions ever.   
    New Coke is high on that list.
    GM passing on the Hemi for the Vortec was stupid.
    Nintendo not buying Rare when they had the chance.
     
    Those are all I can think of at the moment.
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    The Blackangel reacted to Empire Of Sight in Emilia Clarke Called 'Short, Dumpy' Girl by Foxtel CEO   
    If this is short and dumpy the world would be a much prettier place XDDDD
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Crazycrab in Emilia Clarke Called 'Short, Dumpy' Girl by Foxtel CEO   
    The apology is too little too late. He never should have said something like that. It's nothing but body shaming. She can't do anything about her height, but even if she is a little overweight (which I can't see at all) he has no right to call her "dumpy". This asshole needs to be fired and blacklisted.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Empire Of Sight in Emilia Clarke Called 'Short, Dumpy' Girl by Foxtel CEO   
    The apology is too little too late. He never should have said something like that. It's nothing but body shaming. She can't do anything about her height, but even if she is a little overweight (which I can't see at all) he has no right to call her "dumpy". This asshole needs to be fired and blacklisted.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Heatman in Best Survival Horror Games List   
    I've had it Darkwood in my wish list for a long time now. I just don't have the money to spare to actually get it yet.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Heatman in McLaren Is Putting a Car It Designed for a Video Game Into Production in the Real World   
    That thing is going to carry a million dollar price tag. The only ones that could afford to own one would be Elon Musk, Mark Zetterburg, and Bill Gates. From the looks of it, it's also not street legal. As low as that thing is, the driver better pray they don't encounter a speed bump.
    Ridiculous as hell, if you ask me.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Withywarlock in Emilia Clarke Called 'Short, Dumpy' Girl by Foxtel CEO   
    The apology is too little too late. He never should have said something like that. It's nothing but body shaming. She can't do anything about her height, but even if she is a little overweight (which I can't see at all) he has no right to call her "dumpy". This asshole needs to be fired and blacklisted.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Withywarlock in McLaren Is Putting a Car It Designed for a Video Game Into Production in the Real World   
    That thing is going to carry a million dollar price tag. The only ones that could afford to own one would be Elon Musk, Mark Zetterburg, and Bill Gates. From the looks of it, it's also not street legal. As low as that thing is, the driver better pray they don't encounter a speed bump.
    Ridiculous as hell, if you ask me.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Gonassis in How long do SD Cards last? Can I re-use older ones?   
    SD cards aren't like thumb drives. They are faster, more reliable, and more durable in certain circumstances. Thumb drives will degrade over time, but I have never had that issue with an SD card. They have a MUCH longer lifespan to the point that they're almost immortal. You want to stay with SanDisk as they're the best on the market. Also, I would highly recommend in not getting one smaller than 256g. The 64g that you have will barely hold anything these days. Even a 128g doesn't hold much. I have a couple, but only use them for documents. In my Switch however, I have a 512g card. As soon as I have the money, I'll be upgrading it to a 1t card, or if I can spare the money, a 2t card.
    Currently, at BestBuy, a 1t card is $90 (€90.10 / £75.91) and a 2t card is $180 (€180.20 / £151.82) here in the states at least. I don't know where all everyone lives, but as the majority seem to either be from the states, or Europe (or more commonly from what I can see, the UK) I only included the Euro, and British pound.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Gonassis in Hand symbol?   
    I hovered my mouse pointer over it and it just says you joined recently. So it seems to be a tag for new members. How long it will be there, however, only @Shagger or @DC can tell you that.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Gonassis in Am I allowed to invite people here?   
    I'm not staff, so the official word will have to come from either @DC or @Shagger, but I'm sure that you can invite anyone you want here, as long as they're not here to cause problems and that they follow the rules.
    New members is always a good thing.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Gonassis in A new UI theme would be cool   
    There are features with an Invision forum, related to this, but those forums are expensive. I don't know which package @DC has bought for this forum, but I didn't see any feature that would allow members to choose their own theme.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Gonassis in Should I build an old pc for old games?   
    I've built several, but that was during Win98. The parts you would need to build one are no longer made, so it would be just as expensive, if not more so, to build a current gaming PC. I still have an old PC that I use to play games like AOE2 and Diablo 2 on, but you're never going to find the parts to build one.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Heatman in High on Life   
    I just woke up sleeping off a lot of whiskey, but now after seeing that trailer, I think I'm drunker than before. That or I'm stoned as hell. Or maybe I'm thinking that the guys that made that game were the ones drunk and high.
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    The Blackangel got a reaction from Heatman in Count To 1000   
    Last month my dog farted at least 231 times within a single frickin' week.
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