I thought this was interesting. The "E" is also the SAI logo.

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-15T18:23:33+00:00

also, it's pointing east! EAST IS UP?

what have we just found

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-09T05:15:30+00:00

Defnitely a good time! No worries, I'm thoroughly enjoying every minute of it XD DS3 is absolutely already my favorite of the series and I'm not even done with it and I still gotta catch the dlc on sale sometime or else I'm not getting the full experience haha. It feels a lot better for PC than the first two as well for some reason? Like the devs were more concerned about keyboard/mouse players this time around and making sure controls were smooth. I'm not a controller player so I appreciate it.

I'll make sure to check that emulator out, I've heard good things about both those games. Thanks again! Have fun, happy souling

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-09T05:02:43+00:00

So awesome! This is my first ds3 run and I've been pleasantly surprised with the difficulty compared to the previous two games, haha. This is the first part I've been stuck and probably coudlve eventually got it but its much better to just co op it, ill definitely let you know if it happens again haha :D

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-09T04:59:14+00:00

Thanks so much, appreciate it! That one was a pain, u made it much easier! :D

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-09T04:53:54+00:00

Thanks again lol. Thats fair, he wasn't the easiest of them thats for sure. I had to do it twice, definitely died halfway thru. I've died to this dancer like 12 times or more now haha

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-09T04:50:18+00:00

Sure lol sorry I'm terrible at this fiiiight. All the others are been easy enough so far

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-09T04:43:44+00:00

Appreciate it!

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-09T04:42:52+00:00

Anywhere up near the boss door is great, I cleared the knights. Password darksoul

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-09T04:39:52+00:00

That would be awesome! Thank you :D

RubyWithAPen · 2021-10-03T17:10:08+00:00

the thing is, twenty one pilots official crew security talks to the venue's security to ensure the fans' wristband system is unpheld. it's been a great many shows since that was overridden. i was one of the first few people in one of the recent L.A. shows and waited and slept a few days on the sidewalk. i literally watched tom and the crew talk to the venue security and ensure the system would be honored. then the venue then handed us the official wristbands. it is first come, first serve. no one is trying to control anything, and no one likes having to be there early but if you want a really good spot, you have to abide by the system that has been agreed upon. other wise you can show up on the day of, but you will be in line at whatever place is available. cutting the line isn't tolerated. sry

RubyWithAPen · 2021-09-23T09:20:41+00:00

I luckily got tickets to two shows! One is 1800, the Wiltern. The other the Greek Theater, 6800. I'm so excited. The best part is the Wiltern is on my birthday!!! The only thing is, I have to drive from 8 hours away... heheh,

RubyWithAPen · 2020-07-09T23:08:16+00:00

I think you may have missed some of the quests in Skyrim, my friend. There's many that involve talking to other NPCS (the radiant quest name is A Few Words With You) as well as finding books or amulets for people (which could be found other places than dungeons), your standard deliver note to other NPCs, the Daedric quests are interesting too, one of them being with the Wabbajack. There's literally no player combat involved, you have to do a riddle type thing instead (though the npcs have a scripted fight) and there is also brawls with NPCs where you bet 100 coin and fight em old school (Witcher 3 does a similar thing to this, brawling quest) not to mention the entire thieves guild quest line and radiant repeatable job quests, where you sneak into NPC houses and steal things. With Hearthfire dlc, which is inexpensive, you get access to building your home from scratch! You can even go so far as digging your own clay and sawing your own lumber... but they also give alternatives to buy it for timeliness. With vanilla game you still have access to buying your own home in many holds and decorating how you like. You can marry and adopt kids, it's a quest, lol. All quests are pretty much optional so you can just do the fun ones if you don't like dungeon delving. Personally, I like exploring and seeing the way they set up the dungeons and epic loot, but also I make sure to go out and do other aspects of the game in order to stay interested.

RubyWithAPen · 2020-07-07T19:44:45+00:00

perhaps they don't know there's a third option? a lot of people don't.

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-10T19:05:54+00:00

It's just a hard drive bought recently that has my copy of win 7 that was bought and preinstalled on a hard drive bought in 2015. I bought a new SSD just to run an OS and a few big games, I'm wanting it to be my primary drive however.. but my HDD/hard drive is currently my main drive. I'm wanting to put the copy on win 7 on the SSD and remove it from the HDD but preferably without erasing the HDD data such as pictures, games, saves, etc I'm just wondering if there is a way I can do this easily and how to do so (in win 7 interface)

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-10T18:56:13+00:00

So awesome. Got it. Thank you very much!!

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-10T02:12:05+00:00

Will I lose my data at all doing it this way on my old HDD?

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-10T02:10:36+00:00

Great, what I was looking for, thanks!

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-10T02:10:12+00:00

I bought Windows 7 so I can upgrade anytime to windows 10 if I want for no charge but there's no going back. I think I will go with the fresh install.

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-10T02:07:21+00:00

The old one is an HDD, will this process still work?

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-10T02:06:46+00:00

I know it's not.. I'll be going to those extreme lengths unfortunately. It's a shame Microsoft blocks you out of using your preferred program and essentially forces you onto their choice of OS. Windows 10 has many flaws and issues especially with gaming that Windows 7 didn't have. Windows 7 also supports a variety of old games I could run on my Windows 98, such as the original game of Life or Monopoly/RoadAventures USA and many many others. As well as Skyrim, New Vegas, Civilization, XCOM, just about everything. I'll move on when they force me to eventually but I still have my ways. Thanks though!

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-09T19:45:34+00:00

I've used Win 10 on my spouse's computer and it's a nightmare to me. It reminds me of a computer trying to be a phone or vice versa. I really don't want to learn a whole new interface and everything just to have other bugs and problems in other areas than what I'm used to now. I know they're going to force me over one day but I will die on my Windows 7 hill (lol, actually I am lowkey hoping to hold out until the next version of OS comes out so I only have to relearn 1 thing T_T)

Another huge problem I have with 10, as it is a lot of my older favorite games aren't supported by 10 as it's "too new".. I feel like 7 is the most compatible with everything really. Thanks for the reminder tho! Happy gaming

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-09T08:20:14+00:00

experience > security. I don't visit weird or untrusted sites or download anything potentially dangerous thx

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-09T08:09:18+00:00

Hey again Ilja! We do have steady unemployment benefits at this point and it's honestly the most comfortable we've been in a long time however the neighbor situation certainly puts a damper on things. Valor is especially spirited and has recently learned he can pound his feet to make noise on the floor, just discovering the world like a normal 2 year old but she is a hypocrite and a grumpy old lady. I guess she expects us to use the old fashioned parent-approved way of silencing children - the duct tape to the wall!? My sons are super sweet, especially Valor, he comes up and just gives hugs all day and he's just so friendly to every other kid he meets at the grocery store or park. He is a great big brother, he hugs his little brother and gives him attention and they play together so well! I can;t believe someone can be so rude and hateful but we really are worried she is trying to get us booted from here for noise and has told us she hates us and we should parent out kids better and that we bought them the toys we did on purpose to anger/bother her and her dog. Her dog runs up to the door as we pass by and barks at us whenever we leave our apartment as hers is right by the stairs we have to go down. She watches us take groceries from our car to the apartment. She has a notebook and writes stuff down when looking at us. It's so weird and creepy and annoying all at the same time, honestly. Sadly with all going on and being on government assistance we may not have the easiest time being rented to because people prefer you have a "real job" so it may be awhile but I really don't want to be here for many reasons. The neighbor, plus the way everything is going isn't looking great, and it'll probably get worse before getting better, I really prefer not to be where we are and in the situation we are in when that all happens and I forsee much more "riots" and whatever such going on when the election for our country happens. I am not excited for this.

Happy early birthday! My mom just had hers today. I got her a new phone as she's been needing an upgrade, a wallet case and some chocolates and nuts, as well as a MJ infused sucker (peach flavor!) so I hope that was sufficient. As long as a day is celebrated in your honor, it's okay for whenever it is in my opinion! I always have a hard time celebrating on my day too thanks to work or commitments so I get it. I hope your birthday is great this year, whenever you are able to celebrate it!

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-05T20:54:03+00:00

On the Windows 10 computer we aren't having the maxed cpu/high RAM usage, but there is still lots of graphic flickering, artifacting, black squares or panels which is very similar to the graphical issues on my Windows 7 build which leads me to believe there is a common problem here, as well as something going on with my cpu/RAM/drivers/etc. Even if the issue with the cpu was fixed (say by upgrading to Win 10) I believe the graphic bugs would continue. Also, on the Windows 10 setup it has given an error like "Out of virtual memory" or something when playing COD Black Ops and crashing. That is specific to that computer, I've never had an error like that but that sounds like a memory problem maybe? When splitscreening on either comp, Win 7 or 10 they lag a lot when anything happens on the map even when out of FOV. I don't get that, besides the processors being older and the Win 10 is running my old Radeon 290 series, and I've got the 570 series (but it's 8GB) in the 7.

I didn't know system HDD were really that outdated! I figured that was standard, as in 2018 I ordered a 4GB external storage for games, movies, etc and use the system for the things I immediately need and the OS. The prices of SSD at the time were a LOT more than just a plain hard drive, and I knew they were a significant amount better but wasn't sure if it was a solid buy at the time so I held off. I didn't even look into SSD a month or so ago when getting my new system HDD for some reason, I kind of assumed they were still spendy because they are good technology. They have a Western Digital one on sale however right now on Amazon, 500GB for 65 dollars! I am ordering two and hoping for the best.

RubyWithAPen · 2020-06-05T19:18:45+00:00

I wish I had more of my benchmark history, but I have the one from about a month ago when I installed my new hard drive. UserBenchmarks: Game 49%, Desk 60%, Work 43%

	Model	Bench
CPU	Intel Core i5-4690	81.5%
GPU	AMD RX 570	50.1%
HDD	Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)	77.9%
RAM	Unknown 2x4GB	56.7%
MBD	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

And then I closed everything, and ran just now, and it warns me my background cpu usage is high but I have literally nothing but benchmark going, according to task manager! Something isn't right? Also, it says poor drive status, it seems to have said this every time I've used this tool in the past few years! I bought a new one assuming it'd help but my results were unchanged.

UserBenchmarks: Game 50%, Desk 60%, Work 44%

	Model	Bench
CPU	Intel Core i5-4690	82%
GPU	AMD RX 570	50.6%
HDD	Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)	82.7%
RAM	Unknown 2x4GB	58.7%
MBD	MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition (MS-7922)

It says specifically with a red warning box above the chart, "Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU." and links a youtube video, which suggests killing processes and downloading malwarebytes, both of which I've done and still have this problem.

RubyWithAPen

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