2D8HP's extended mea culpa and Random Banter #218

[WarKitty]

Oh, I'm sor-Britishness quota exceeded, please input teabag to continue-but I'm out of custard creams.

What about spotted genitalia?

[2D8HP]

He could be made grumpier if you want, but I was trying to match the art I thought was of the 1e ranger. He seemed pretty chill overall.

Oh no, it's perfect.

I'm very grateful.

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Here is the ranger, 2D8HD style:

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By what witchcraft?!!!

I'm going to save "Grumpy Ranger" for special occasions.

Thanks again!

...About three years later I achieved ultimate Britishness...

AWESOME! ...er..

GEAR!

(Maybe it's just Ringo Starr who says that as an expression).

...I've recently started a new job (as in a month and a bit ago) and my accent has become a recurring joke among my colleagues because I just sound so much more posh than everybody (comes from growing up in the home counties and having speech therapy as a kid but working in central London)....

It's my dearest wish that you now sound almost exactly like Brian Blessed (or soon will).

[Anonymouswizard]

What about spotted genitalia?

Nobody said anything about puddings, get your hands off my Spotted Richard. And the custard!

(Which really isn't that popular anymore, people prefer sticky toffee pudding as a general rule.)

EDIT: unfortunately 2D8HP I sound pretty much like a posh git. Not in my head of course, but I might have been Anne to squeak a radio job even before regional accents we allowed (although I'm not BBC standard). I can be as loud as him though.

If I ever post something on my YouTube channel or turn up in the media you might get to hear my accent, but right now I'm too busy convincing the chef I won't knife myself.

And no, never heard that expression in my life.

[Honest Tiefling]

On the politeness issue, I have found that only Canadian Let's Players will apologize to zombies or other monsters attacking them. Just saying.

[WarKitty]

Nobody said anything about puddings.

Your puddings are confusing.

[Thufir]

Britishness quota exceeded, please input teabag to continue

Clearly you need a higher quota. Hang on, I have an old avatar for this purpose...

[DataNinja]

When the bar is that low, it's all too easy to trip over it.

Okay, that's a good one. I've never heard that particular response before.

We've been struck by a really unseasonable heat wave, pushing the temperature up to ~27°C in the afternoons. As a rather heat resilient person, I'm fine with this, albeit a bit taken by surprise. However, my apartment faces the south east with quite a lot of windows, so the temperature can push up to 29°C indoors while I'm at work, and even in the morning after a relatively cold night (~8°C), it can sport an indoor temperature of 27°C. Suffice to say, the dress code has changed from 'clothing optional' to 'clothing prohibited'.

What worse is, my landscape(-ish) at work is poorly ventilated, and now the sun rises high enough in the sky to shine through our windows, making this room really hot as well. I might be resilient to heat, but hot temperatures are still terrible for my work efficiency, as I can't focus very well when I'm hot.

Oh, geez. I like heat as much as the next Canadian (wait... I'm not sure if that's how that's supposed to go...), but that's excessive. I know my room in particular has that issue, and putting up thick posterboard in the summer really helped. (The fact that it's white still helped to let some glow in.)

Through your dragon one is pretty good, Peelee. I feel like it has really captured the essence of dragon while remaining true to the OoTS style.

The artists here on this site are really good at doing that. I'm always amazed, and sometimes feel bad about having abandoned my older adopted avatar to take on a non-stick-y personal. (But not too bad... I like this one.)

Well hello all, I hope I'm not breaking banter protocol by jumping in on this threadwagon

What? How dare you say hello in this open public forum? You should be ashamed of yourself for being polite, and acting exactly like this thread is supposed to enable (i.e. public random discussion). The nerve of some people!

On the politeness issue, I have found that only Canadian Let's Players will apologize to zombies or other monsters attacking them. Just saying.

...I definitely have never made apologies to inanimate objects before. Nope, not at all.

[Honest Tiefling]

The artists here on this site are really good at doing that. I'm always amazed, and sometimes feel bad about having abandoned my older adopted avatar to take on a non-stick-y personal. (But not too bad... I like this one.)

I'd personally like to hope so. Or a lot of people are just using awful avatars to make me feel better. People are pretty nice here after all.

[2D8HP]

...unfortunately 2D8HP....

...never heard that expression in my life.

Before your time I suppose.

[Strigon]

On the politeness issue, I have found that only Canadian Let's Players will apologize to zombies or other monsters attacking them. Just saying.

Look, it is said that many stereotypes have a grain of truth somewhere deep down. This is not the case for the apologetic Canadian; it's entirely true, 100%.
Honestly, it's a reflex for me at this point. High school was a nightmare for this; every day, each time I traveled from one class to another, it was just a constant stream of apologies. Doesn't matter if I actually slowed them down in any way, and it certainly doesn't matter if it's my fault or theirs.

[Peelee]

Here is the ranger, 2D8HD style:

Oh man. I love it. I love you. That's amazing.

Through your dragon one is pretty good, Peelee. I feel like it has really captured the essence of dragon while remaining true to the OoTS style.

All credit good to Cuthalion. Thats more or less just how I pitched it, and dude absolutely nailed it.

Okay, that's a good one. I've never heard that particular response before. l

I very rarely get to say this honestly, but thanks! I made it myself!

[Insane Jeenyus]

*sees all of the boxes left out by warkitty*

Oh! Way cool! this one is the firefly class named Serenity!

its love that keeps her in the air, fun out of love, she'll fall to the ground

Take me out to the black, tell 'um I ain't comin' back . . . . Reavers?!?! I don't want to to be eaten by REAVERS!!!!

[LaZodiac]

I mean, I'd get used to it and wouldn't have to pay the hospital fee for going in every day to get my stuff changed...

Wait you need to pay for that? That's lame.

[Peelee]

Wait you need to pay for that? That's lame.

Hoo boy, you should travel statistically a hundred miles south.

[enderlord99]

Hoo boy, you should travel statistically a hundred miles south.

Pretty sure Yellowknife is way more than 100 miles from the US.

[LaZodiac]

Hoo boy, you should travel statistically a hundred miles south.

Oh trust me I'm well aware of how terrible they are, I'm just shocked Finland doesn't cover for that. Up here it'd be all covered.

[Peelee]

Pretty sure Yellowknife is way more than 100 miles from the US.

Well maybe they'd let it be closer if someone cleaned the knife. Anyway, that's why I threw statistically in there.

[LaZodiac]

Well maybe they'd let it be closer if someone cleaned the knife. Anyway, that's why I threw statistically in there.

Hey man it's yellow because there's gold in them there hills.

...that said we've got like twice as many diamond knifes I should petition to change the place to Diamond Knife.

[AuthorGirl]

I have a shiny new avatar because Honest Tiefling is awesome

[Teddy]

You are supposed to offer us tea and biscuits first.

Nonono, we are supposed to offer them tea and biscuits...
first...
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I think I understand why this thread moves so slowly nowadays: People are slacking off on their tea and biscuit duties! How are we supposed to get new banterites if we don't bribe them with tea and biscuits?

Oh, geez. I like heat as much as the next Canadian (wait... I'm not sure if that's how that's supposed to go...), but that's excessive. I know my room in particular has that issue, and putting up thick posterboard in the summer really helped. (The fact that it's white still helped to let some glow in.)

The problem with that is that I really like the light. I style myself as some kind of nerd, but I'm secretly starting to suspect that I am in fact a highly confused plant. Like I'm really the son of a tree and no one ever told me I was adopted by this pair of human nerds.

Look, it is said that many stereotypes have a grain of truth somewhere deep down. This is not the case for the apologetic Canadian; it's entirely true, 100%.
Honestly, it's a reflex for me at this point. High school was a nightmare for this; every day, each time I traveled from one class to another, it was just a constant stream of apologies. Doesn't matter if I actually slowed them down in any way, and it certainly doesn't matter if it's my fault or theirs.

The important question is, though, did they apologise back to you?

ION:
Today I heard a song from the Halo soundtrack play in the background of a radio programme about social class and class contempt. That was some cognitive dissonance right there. A pretty fun way to be jostled out of your morning routine, though. Forces the brain to actually boot up.

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I have a shiny new avatar because Honest Tiefling is awesome

Ooo, shiny indeed.

[DataNinja]

I have a shiny new avatar because Honest Tiefling is awesome

Ooh, very nice.

Nonono, we are supposed to offer them tea and biscuits...
first...
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I think I understand why this thread moves so slowly nowadays: People are slacking off on their tea and biscuit duties! How are we supposed to get new banterites if we don't bribe them with tea and biscuits?

...oops. No one told me that was part of the curation business. >.>;

The problem with that is that I really like the light. I style myself as some kind of nerd, but I'm secretly starting to suspect that I am in fact a highly confused plant. Like I'm really the son of a tree and no one ever told me I was adopted by this pair of human nerds.

Very fair. Hence why I suggest white, as that lets a fair bit of light through, but it may not be ample for your needs.

[Goblin Slayer]

When it was 2d 8 hp was the whole dnd of old more difficult?

[factotum]

I think I understand why this thread moves so slowly nowadays: People are slacking off on their tea and biscuit duties! How are we supposed to get new banterites if we don't bribe them with tea and biscuits?

Oh, *I* see. This is like car insurance all over again, you dangle the incentives for the new people but just don't care about the loyal banterers who have been here for years?

[DataNinja]

Oh, *I* see. This is like car insurance all over again, you dangle the incentives for the new people but just don't care about the loyal banterers who have been here for years?

Well, go and switch to a different Banter thread, then. Oh, wait, you can't. There's a monopoly on bantering here. You're stuck. I'm stuck. We're all stuck here.

[Elanasaurus]

We've been struck by a really unseasonable heat wave, pushing the temperature up to ~27°C in the afternoons.

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You should visit the tropics sometime.

[2D8HP]

...People are pretty nice here after all.

Sure seems that wsy

I have a shiny new avatar...

Oh wow!

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Very cool.

...because Honest Tiefling is awesome

Indeed she is.

When it was 2d 8 hp was the whole dnd of old more difficult?

Only some parts, like rolling high enough stats to qualify for Ranger.

[Anonymouswizard]

Only some parts, like rolling high enough stats to qualify for Ranger.

Wait, you actually rolled stats back in the day? Not at home? In front of people?

How did you qualify for anything?

Also man, those Avatars are so spiffy, when the broadband's back I might have to look into getting one somehow. Which demon did you sell your souls to?

[Florian]

Wait, you actually rolled stats back in the day? Not at home? In front of people?

How did you qualify for anything?

Where´s the problem? Back then, even the classes you gained with the best rolls were more than fragile in the first levels, so while it was damn cool to have rolled a Ranger or Paladin, you basically didn't attach to your character until 5th or 6th level, the range they were beyond being insta-killed by some abilities.

[TheWombatOfDoom]

I just noticed the tags included apologizing. That made me smile. Can't believe I missed that.

Does anyone have a consistently bad day of the week? For me, never fails, Tuesday ends up falling apart. Always. You could make a movie out of my bad day yesterday, and the ending would be me finally settling into bed, closing my eyes, murmuring thank God it's over. And then the eyes shooting open again because I got a phone call from work.

[enderlord99]

No matter how far away I stand, I can't hear "yanny" without a bit of tone-shifting.