Random Babbling Thread 120

I find the Internet to be fairly quiet if you stay away from the trouble spots. Steam for instance gets a lot of posts but IMO the quality if not that great. Twitter seems to be the popular spot but I stay away from there. I love nothing more than a good discussion but am finding that hard these days. Seems as if you disagree with someone lately they take it as a personal insult.

I made some friends here with people I disagreed with. One friend of mine described a discussion as a conversation among friends trying to arrive at the truth. Sometimes it is just an exchange of differing view points.

 

I disagree with people on principle even if I'm not actually representing my personal point of view. There's just nothing interesting about a discussion where people agree with each other.

 

I disagree with you on principle. It is possible to have a discussion where people are not so much disagreeing as simply giving their personal opinions. These can be very interesting and valuable discussions.

(Couldn't resist that but there is a core of truth in what I say. That is my opinion.)

 

I think we call that a circlejerk.

 

Ha, you call that a circlejerk I call it trying to confuse the other fellow. If the other guy has no idea what you are talking about you win by default.

 

After a long period of procrastination, I'm slowly waking up and gaining some motivation to get stuff done. Mostly thanks to the recent rainy period that caused a temperature drop. Hopefully, I'll finish what needs doing before the next heat wave hits and I regress to my passive state.

One of these days I'll pack up my sh*t and move someplace colder. Yep, any day now...

 

I am having a period of not gaming. I used to run to the store for every RPG, but now, I don't even have Witcher 3.

 

You don't even have Witcher 3?! What's wrong with you?

I don't have Witcher 3 either. It's not <5 EUR yet.

 

There are these rare moments in my life when I'm severely depressed and hypermotivated at the same time.

It's a really weird feeling...

 

"Don't hit your brother that hard with the sword!" was not a parental comment I ever thought I'd make ... I was obviously wrong.

 

Really? Seems like a common lesson, along with, "Stop throwing cars at your sister!" and, "No monsters at the dinner table!"

 

I keep getting stuck on painting my new NPC's portrait. I haven't been able to get into painting for the last few years and it's kinda throwing a wrench in my plans.

Couple that with the fact that my software and tablet are completely different than what I was used to and you get a project that's been dead for like 8 years.

 

Well, it took me all week, but I'm finally satisfied with it. It's still not perfect, but I was starting to go crazy and the details will be lost once I resize it anyway. What do you guys think?

I suppose it's worth noting that this is my first time ever painting leather. I gave up at the end and did the texture in GIMP with filters but I think it turned out alright.

Also, props if you can still tell who the model was. I did a pretty accurate trace of his face, so there should be a modest amount of resemblance.

 

That's by design. It needed to be a standard human eye color but not a shade usually found in nature.

It's actually the first clue that there's something not quite right about him. Nice catch.

 

Good eyes. Then again, Chris is pretty famous these days.

 

Wow, haven't been on here for a few years and it's all changed? What's with the sucky layout? I can't find a damn thing!!