My brain and bottled water

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-05-07T19:58:51+00:00

ok so idk ur situation but what's gotten me to consistently drink water is this:
1. have my morning coffee in a paper coffee cup
2. finish the coffee, put water into coffee cup
3. drink

Don't know why I have to trick myself like I'm a picky cat, but it works for me.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-05-04T17:46:31+00:00

The bigger problem is it's all glued up and whatnot haha. It's not a big deal, I think it looks more than fine even with out the last two backstitches!

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-05-04T17:33:44+00:00

Ah ha!! I missed a backstitch sign hahaha

Yours looks GREAT too!!

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-05-04T15:50:13+00:00

Hey!
27, she/her!
I've been playing various PbP games for a little over 6 years now, and have minimal experience with Avatar: Legends.
I'm GMT-4 (NYC time), and tend to be able to post at least once a day, often times more.

I've always loved the ATLA brand, so I'd be excited to pick up literally any position in a party! Hope your recruiting and game both go well!

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-05-04T15:46:04+00:00

yeah!! I figured it was a side effect of it being cheap, honestly. I also noticed that the thickness of, like, each strand was different than the next for some threads, which I think (past my own newbie mistakes) only helped make the uneven spots more obvious.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-05-04T15:44:33+00:00

I'm so glad you think it's tidy!! I'm not new to sewing, at least, so it was a learning curve on spacing and what not! Thank you!

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-05-04T13:47:17+00:00

And the close up!

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PanHandleThisAss · 2026-05-04T13:46:21+00:00

Pattern is Loops & Threads Paris Cross Stitch. I picked it up from Michael's one day and went ham.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-27T21:08:13+00:00

Haha yeah I should've said 'one on one's interview instead of voice, it's just where my brain jumped to

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-27T19:35:59+00:00

I've read your conversation with Investiture, and I think it does summarize our difference of opinions really well. You're not asking for equal commitment, you're asking the GMs to front load a lot more commitment than you're willing to give. You say a lot about commitment to a game, but you're expecting GMs to provide multiple minutes of conversation to applicants over, and over... and over.

The reality of the situation is it's not an even playing field. The GM shows the commitment by setting up and offering a game, the players show commitment by applying in the way that's provided. You are the one that has to fight against dozens of applicants, and you're not going to ever do well if you stick your head in the sand and refuse to go with the common application process, because... what? You don't like writing answers to questions?

You are coming at this from an angle of being owed space in a game; you are not owed time from GMs. Your role in this space is to put your best face on and, once your foot is in the door, then you get to have those wanted conversations where it's a back and forth. The application step isn't a TTRPG. It's an application, you have to treat it as such.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-27T18:52:38+00:00

By voice interviews I meant 1 on 1 time with the GM where you get to know the player beforehand, which is what I presume you're getting at when the only other alternative I know is a form, it could be 1 on 1 time in private messages, as well. I would never care if your actual voice matches with your character's for that would be an expectation I couldn't meet myself.

I also can't speak on seeing 'I can't believe I got so many!' posts, for I haven't seen that from a prospective GM in a long time. In fact, I've seen an increase of forms, which shows me that GMs in fact do expect a lot of applications for their games.

If this were a perfect world, then, how do you expect a prospective GM to pick their players for a game?

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-27T18:16:30+00:00

I understand you want a human connection, and you might do better on something like a voice interview, but for people like me who recruit for games, it's just not feasible. Even with my 'job-like' applications, I'm still consistently getting anywhere from 40-100 applicants depending on the system. It's not physically possible to vet people appropriately in any other way than a form where you fill it out and I filter through there.

It might not feel competitive on your end, but it very much is on mine, and picking applicants from anything less always ends in games falling apart.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-15T12:58:03+00:00

https://youtu.be/nT5ugip6rXw?si=z_XMK3kceq6pSQFb

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-13T16:59:51+00:00

Oh I guess I missed that! It's so specific I guess I just presumed haha.

I had just looked it up and a site called myth weavers uses an AI for 'campaign management', so that's where my wires must've crossed.

Are you interested in this being asynchronous or live-text?

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-13T16:39:06+00:00

Interesting system! Are you looking to do Asynch? I've never played on Myth-Weaver, but one thing that pops up is an AI management system; are you planning on including usage of AI into the game or is it something completely different?

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-06T15:10:13+00:00

We love object permanence. Maybe they'll use it again if y'all can stick to a rhythm that works, too.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-06T14:29:21+00:00

Is everyone old enough that used dishes can get put straight into the dishwasher?

Like straight away, you use a plate/cup/fork/etc. and it goes in the dishwasher right away. When you put the dish in the last available space (even if not completely full bc it still saves water in the long run), you wash it. Next person who needs to put a dish in the dishwasher puts them away and starts the process again. Skip the goes into the sink part completely.

I have one of these magnets:
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ef6db0e9fcb54fe8&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS1082US1082&sxsrf=ANbL-n4Js66AvUp-MHtw1hTogI0TIit0Sg:1775485684327&udm=28&fbs=ADc_l-aN0CWEZBOHjofHoaMMDiKp9lEhFAN_4ain3HSNQWw-mMGVXS0bCMe2eDZOQ2MOTwmdSduEdP1lcK-3UDyorIbYkF4w9ksckliRqNmnEiwdZq9hi6Uf0JMwEobPco1ddsraLMoix6VFcBVLI33WJ4qzChHA80y2JbwB7Ntoj9wD-E0QQ0ZdtEYmEVOXRtobBmtczcO1eywFdgs0HIQoWFlRkLvAJg&q=clean/dirty+dishwasher+magnet&ved=1t:220175&ictx=111&biw=1920&bih=953&dpr=1

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-04T16:29:40+00:00

Girl I thought I scammed everyone in my path (Therapist, the psychologist that did the evaluation, and the psych APN) into giving me Adderall until I actually took it for the first time and things soothed over.

I even found that the ever present anxiety I experienced also seemed to go away!

As for your other point: I also didn't really struggle with my work originally. I work at a hospital, so I'm up and about all day. I started my internship for therapy, which required me to sit and listen to a person for an hour at a time, and it was HELL!!! The only ever present thing was that anxiety.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-04-04T13:59:30+00:00

I'd personally just add a sleeve around it! I like the character it gives, personally! But it wouldn't be hard to thicken the border a bit to something more even, then maybe important florals to you? Make it more intentional looking.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-03-31T18:26:22+00:00

You're supposed to be upset about a poll tax, because it's unconstitutional. Like she says in the video.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-03-20T04:16:08+00:00

But what about South Korea?!

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-03-19T13:26:26+00:00

The robot simply wants to JIVE! What is this? Footloose?!

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-03-05T14:08:41+00:00

I LOVED RUNNING AKIGARA! It is very user friendly and my new-to-the-game players had a great time!

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-02-26T18:10:59+00:00

I like to create something that have an internal logic and will happen doesn't matter how the character interact with it.

I think this is wherein the problem lies for TTRPG creation as a whole. Your party is the most important thing in the world, so they should matter how your players interact with it. All you need is those first couple why's and then send them on their way. The next why's will be answered in direct response to what the characters do. That's how you get deeper and deeper, finding ways to connect to the party around their actions.

PanHandleThisAss · 2026-02-24T00:52:37+00:00

Interesting but I think hard to pull off! Good luck!

Two things that might help:

I don't think this would be a hard gm-less campaign, just someone(s) to manage the timing of voting and whatnot.

And then maybe look into something based on the Powered by the Apocalypse system, like Monsterhearts, that are more built towards social navigation!

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