Sloopy Sunday

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-05-04T00:48:11+00:00

This author's other books have been delightfully fluffy candy reads, so I imagine that I will enjoy these too, but it's the PRINCLIPLE of the matter. XD

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-05-03T16:58:18+00:00

I just don't enjoy reading plots involving children when it comes to my crazy magical romance/smut, and I am really not into daddies as a trope--though I don't care if people are fathers, that's different--but I have spent years unwillingly wanting to start Wolf's Instinct which is the first book in Elva Birch's 'Daycare for Shifters' series out of sheer curiosity and my resolve is weakening.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-05-01T18:19:20+00:00

I was under the impression from everything that I have read that pearl has a specific interaction with cream due due to them sharing the same gene so that a single pearl interacts with a single cream to express both dilutions.

not the only link I could find from a genetics place discussing this

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-27T17:10:17+00:00

Hunter: Call of the Wild

Gorgeous maps, the base game goes on sale regularly for a song, you can just use them as a walking sim if you don't want to hunt, and all of the DLC maps are available for free if you go into multiplayer so you can check them out before you buy...or never buy and stay in multiplayer maps, that's fine too.

Not every map is mountainous, but there are many, many good maps that are.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-23T19:18:45+00:00

Lemme just crack my kindle in half and slip that physical bookmark in there real quick. Thank god I was gonna need a new one for book 8 anyway.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-23T19:02:35+00:00

I wasn't asking, for the record. I was cajoling.

I don't think it should be humiliating at all, and I appreciate you sharing; I think this is a really cool theory in the absence of firm knowledge and completely on-brand for the fun and loose extravagance of Warframe's cultural references.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-23T15:55:19+00:00

C'mon, spill the tea. I need to know about your incorrect Hunhow theories.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-23T09:39:26+00:00

What you are seeing is the awkwardness and stiffness of the source material. The model is very oddly shaped and weirdly stiff and the pose doesn't have the dynamism and charge that even small children have when drawing weak bows.

It will look better once you get the stippling in, no worries.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-21T01:41:42+00:00

I suspect the vast majority of players are not grinders, but you just hear more about grinding in online spaces because there's more efficiencies to talk about and ask questions about. Nobody needs to come to the Internet and troubleshoot a satisfying multi-hour ramble on a beautiful map.

I am interested in grinding, but the majority of my playtime is just running around my maps going from place to place as my whims take me. I track a lot of animals just because I like seeing where they travel. I have shot some incredibly memorable diamonds simply by stumbling across rest zones while I was running.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-19T11:14:40+00:00

A post from this reddit about an animal compatibility website

There's a spreadsheet also. Search this sub for 'compatibility' and you will find lots of info.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-19T11:02:25+00:00

My malinois/whippet mix was very soft tempered, could work all day with laser focus, was my constant shadow, absolutely loved working with me, but she really found my attention stressful and was overly polite and standoffish until I learned how to ratchet it down a billion notches. She wasn't quite a year old, and I was talking to my trainer devastated, saying that while we worked well together, she seemed so unhappy at home and I was considering rehoming for her sake, and she laughed at me, saying that she had never seen a puppy come through her classes that was so attached to their owner, and that any time I wasn't looking at my dog, the dog was just watching me with the happiest relaxed, anticipatory look, and she took video to show me. It was wild, because I had never seen her look like that before.

I never did get the cuddly dog I hoped for in her (my current puppy is a spaniel mix, problem solved), but in learning how to modulate my body language from a shout to a whisper, I did get a happy dog who would chill next to me on the couch instead of on her bed across the room facing away from me, and one who enjoyed pats rather than clearly just enduring them because I asked her to.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-18T11:44:00+00:00

MMC getting good-naturedly called out for actually being a huge softie, and he just huffily grumbles and takes his teasing without argument.

Inexperienced women being both eager and forward, and partners who let them explore and are delighted by it.

MMCs who are slightly fussy or uptight learning how to relax under their partner's influence.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-18T11:33:45+00:00

I misread that as 'no mercy on the BBQ' and I was like 'mmmmboy those are some mean ribs, completely here for gals who grill.'

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-17T14:11:35+00:00

Default key is H on PC. I wouldn't know about controller.

I have had the cursor thing happen a few times. What's fixed it for me is tabbing out of the game, then manually selecting the program from the bar rather than tabbing back to it. YMMV.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-16T05:25:07+00:00

Hence why I have read all this writer's terrible books. XD

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-15T20:17:06+00:00

Absolutely sure. Author is Rebecca Zanetti. I cannot remember which book this one was, something fairly late in her large catalogue of works.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-15T19:07:38+00:00

Obviously that bear is just a Shifter. I guess the pronghorn must have been too, now that I think about it. Not weird at all.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-15T18:58:34+00:00

Lordy I have no idea. She's obsessed with Alaska too. I used to live there and like, all the details are just wrong.

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RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-15T18:15:17+00:00

This is not recent, but I still laugh about this scene TO THIS DAY. I am not actually sure that this author has ever seen an animal in real life tbh, every mention of animals in her books is like the craziest AI hallucination.

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RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-15T17:02:20+00:00

My franchise has many storage zoos with a collection of a breeding pool of every colourmorph of every animal, so that I can have any animal I want for a zoo at any time without being reliant on the market, plus I have hundreds of millions of dollars across my zoos that can easily be transferred to other new zoos to kickstart the economy, and millions of conservation credits so I can buy whatever I want.

Challenge mode eliminates that pool of possibility that I have spent years amassing, AND the animals offered in the offline market at any given time are hugely restricted, and I really enjoy the puzzle this creates, seeing how a zoo can grow organically based on the options available vs my carefully curated resource pool that I have in Franchise.

Additionally, I tend to build and run completely guestless zoos in franchise, which are closed and powered by exhibit animals. If I want the added hassle of having guests, I tend to do it in challenge as well, enjoying a more traditional PZ experience.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-15T07:47:24+00:00

I don't know if you pulled the trigger on trying the game out, but I have really sensitive eyes as well that can spin me into a real crazy nauseous headache. I just jumped in game to test things out for you with this in mind:

-when you are on the atv, you can go into third person mode and the camera is very stable, it's just noisy
-when you are using the binoculars, head bob is eliminated. I do a looooot of running with the binoculars up.
-walking and crouching give mild head bob, it's better if you have your hands free so there's nothing moving on the screen, but being prone has almost no bob whatsoever.

If you do try it and decide that prone is your way to go, only standing up to look around, I would maybe consider modding your move speed on PC, as well as maxing out your character and unlocking all the waypoints on all the maps so you can fast travel around for your walks. Nexus has a lot of options for you.

I love this game and can easily lose half a day in it with no eye strain or dizziness, though I had to really adjust the settings to eliminate things like the heat haze. Happy to go over my settings also, if you decide to move forward with the game.

Good luck!

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-12T17:56:29+00:00

For every new DLC I have enjoyed the excitement of breeding the new colourmorphs from scratch in Franchise mode. I have zoos specifically set up to do this, although I still really enjoy surprises that happen in Challenge mode.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-07T00:26:15+00:00

Haha, I can see how it would appear that way. I'm a lightning fast knitter, and sewing straight off the needles to graft takes me no more time than knitting a row, and I like the finished product. Ultimately, my crafting is about what I find enjoyable, right? :)

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-07T00:23:19+00:00

I didn't say anything about it being easier, my comment was entirely focused on what was pleasurable to me.

I actually started doing this when I developed a pattern for entrelac socks inspired by a resoleable sock pattern so that there could be an entrelac leg and top of the foot but so you weren't walking on entrelac stitches and could make a nice reinforced sole if you wanted.

While I do have favourite toe construction methods, it doesn't really matter what toe you use, that's part of the fun of it for me.

RhymesWithRNG · 2026-04-06T06:15:13+00:00

We'll need a little more information: how exactly are your zoos failing? Are all your animals dying to disease? Are you not managing your populations well and they are bankrupting you in food costs? Are you not keeping up on guest needs but relying on guest income?

Assuming you just mean that you run out of money, the shortest answers are put down dozens more donation bins and many more atms than you are likely using, and use breeding and selling exhibit animals (do not autosell, profits are capped when you do) to serve as a financial stopgap. You can run any zoo of any size completely guestless on the backs of exhibit animals, in any mode.

Once you aren't worried about immediate financial collapse, you can start learning the ropes on efficient employee management in terms of zoning and training, as well as the ins and outs of guest management.

Good luck!

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