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it's already over? D:

darn

Right, so, for all of you that haven't caught on by now, i feel i have to make this announcement...i REALLY shouldn't have to say this at all, because the general consensus is that people have read the comments and got the idea that just about all of the screenshots of my green-haired self are from Second Life, but i still need to say it...


I DON'T DO 3D ARTWORK.
PERIOD.
I DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS TO MAKE THEM.
SECOND LIFE IS NOT A 3D MODELLING OR ART PROGRAM.


...let me repeat that for those of you who didn't catch that the first time...

SECOND LIFE IS NOT A 3D MODELLING OR ART PROGRAM.

Now that that has been made clear, DON'T COME ASKING ME FOR STUFF LIKE THAT.



The reason i'm saying this stupidly obvious thing is because i recently got into a short talk with someone via notes here on DeviantArt. He was a kind person, obviously from the transformation community, based on his artwork (i won't name names), and he asked me for an AT (which somehow means an 'art trade' in the world of abbreviations...not some sort of advanced star wars battle mech).

I declined his offer, seeing as how i'm a lazy bum, i lack the motivation to make up a big story to display his character in, and that my first art trade in the inflation community will probably be my last because the other person didn't do as good of a job on his end of the story (and if you're reading this , i'm not talking about you. I love you, but i don't really consider anything we did as an art trade, so this isn't you)

so i declined this person's offer, and he said "Oh, that's a shame. i was really looking forward to my OC in 3D"

.....
seriously, this rather struck a chord with me. i'm not too sure why i'm as upset about it as i am. it could be a number of things, but I DON'T DO 3D ARTWORK. I DO STORIES, IF I EVEN -DO- ARTWORK! so i think part of it is that he saw all of this, forgot to read the artist's description, and thought that i do 3D artwork....

that's understandable, since i don't put on every single piece of artwork that i make that it was really a screenshot taken in Second Life. However, i usually have (or at least i'd like to think) that i have a small group of watchers that sees and examines all of the pictures i post with each new 'update' (basically a festival of me posting screenshots). I don't usually need to worry about people thinking my artwork is really 3D and not stories, because the watchers (i'd like to think) usually read the descriptions and have examined my older screenshots from Second Life and Mabinogi and have seen that they're not art programs of any sort.

now, i've had to explain to some people that some of this stuff isn't art programs. i had a few people confused with Mabinogi, since it's not a really huge game and nobody has really heard about it aside from short word-of-mouth and all the millions of ads that have been out for it here on DeviantArt. And i've had more than a few people ask about Second Life. I've been glad to explain to them that this was NOT an art program, and they were willing to accept that, and the conversation died down and stopped dead in its tracks.

i don't get many people that ask me for art trades. i really don't. so it's kind of a big deal to me that people DO ask me for art trades, even though i'm probably going to tell them 'no'. But this simply takes the cake.


please don't come to be asking about art trades. And for the love of God! if you DO ask me for art trades, DON'T ask for 3D artwork.

besides, i can't help but feel a little insulted by this one. others have asked about SL before, but never have gone so far as to actually confuse it for my actual work AND ask me to make his or her avatar on the program.


there. i said it. don't ask me for any 3D artwork. period. bugger off.

on the plus side, this is probably going to give anyone that might make an article about me on Encyclopedia Dramatica some cannon fodder.


also: i think i'm gonna leave Second Life...again...it's gotten a bit drama-y, and it's not as great as it was when i came back, so yeaaah, i think i'm gonna stop SL again.

Mabinogi shall be the bread and butter of my free time

EDIT FOR SEMI-IMPORTANCE:
forgot about the giants...yeah, one of the complaints i heard from the expansion chatroom was that when i tried to introduce mabinogi to everyone a while back, the giants weren't implimented yet, so a couple of people had lost interest fairly quickly, or wanted to just wait until the giants were released as a playable race along with the elves...but both are out now, so if you have a thing for really tall women, you can somehow fill that niche with mabinogi now.


MABINOGI! weakly catering to some of the odder fetishes (but not TOO much odder) fetishes around the internets!

and now back to the rest of my journal, which you all have probably read by now....

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So I've been having fun hanging out on Second Life, and i've been enjoying my little return to there ^-^ there's been many familiar faces, and many more new people that i've met that are also awesome <3 things have really been different for me, this time around...or so i'd like to think.


the other day, my friend (one of my guild mates from Mabinogi) sent me a comment asking me to pop back on Mabinogi to check out all the new stuff going on in the game. I figured it couldn't hurt, so i agreed, and i'm planning on hopping on Mabinogi again after i get back from my last exam tomorrow (got 2 exams tomorrow, and i'm just taking a little study break for lunch to post this).

but apparently things are changing for that game...and in a big way, too. For everyone that's complained about how free games are never TRULY free, you may actually be surprised to learn that Nexon (the creators of MapleStory and Mabinogi) are actually heading down that route to make the game more towards free...

basically: you don't have to pay for much of anything except for pets, premium items (which aren't that amazing, generally), the specific services they offer for people who pay, and new character cards in case you want to make a new character or 'rebirth' and make your character look awesome with the super-special "premium character card only" junk...

so what does this mean to you? it doesn't sound like a lot...
rebirthing is free after level 20 (if you can wait that long, you no longer are forced to buy a character card to rebirth)
Ego weapons are free (previously, you would need to pay for their premium services to have a unique, personal weapon...now you don't have to! the extra damage and awesomeness is free!)
you can now do all of the mainstream quests for Generations 1, 2, and 3 without having to pay for the premium services for those, either.

to some people, that may or may not sound like a lot, but to anyone who has played Mabinogi, those are pretty big changes...they've basically made the game as close to a true free game as they possibly can while still making money off of it...

i know i'm gonna sound like a bigot, but in all honesty, i don't really care...i'm tempted to go back and try things out again, simply because they've made things much less demanding (moneywise) to get good. i'd be willing to deal with all of the crummy, corny, cheap events just for that. i don't think i ever really did many of the events on Star Wars Galaxies anyways (ages ago, back when i played it), so i'm not totally ruined by the fact that they may have crappy events.



....now to figure out how to balance my Second Life and any Mabinogi time i make in the future... i'm sure i'll figure something out. all i really need is a new golden warhammer and i'll be set and happy xP

..what? oh! right, studying xD *runs back over to her textbook*

Valentine's day?
nono, forget that. that's for the people that actually HAVE a relationship.

For all the rest of us, whether we're heartbroken, lonely, or just not even bothering to find someone in real life to be with, tomorrow is known as Single's Awareness Day.

I know a few people i love and care about online will give me funny looks, but in all honesty, holding someone close online is nothing compared to doing it to that person in real life And since i'm single in real life, (and have been [for the greater portion] of 4 years), I am pretty tired of Valentine's day...

call me bitter or what you will. I honestly don't care. just keep your 'DA' to yourselves

Well, I'm not leaving, but i decided to go ahead and make an FA account simply because i wanted to support my friend,

and in all honesty, i feel a little freer whenever i'm on it >.> it's like...wow... xD


anywho, look me up on there, if you have an FA account ^^
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~Manji