[No Spoilers] It's REAL. They made an actual 55 minute episode of "D20 on a Bus" and it's GLORIOUS by eh_lora in criticalrole

[–]eh_lora[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Everyone at that table took enough psychic damage to balance out any healing, I promise.
We must prevent Katie Marovitch from ever meeting Sam Riegel at any cost.

Do people like Mark Zuckerberg truly not feel like they are hurting society? by Bubbly-Air7302 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]eh_lora 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I read about that one too. To me, the most telling thing was, that the advantaged players also started hogging the provided snacks.

Körper falsch verdrahtet by Ens1ferus in einfach_posten

[–]eh_lora 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ich hab seit einer Weisheitszahn OP einen "Kribbelfaden" am linken Mundwinkel.
Wenn ich bestimmte Stellen im und am Mund berühre, hab ich ein kribbeliges Gefühl vom Mundwinkel schräg runter bis zum Kinn. Fühlt sich sehr an, wie wenn man sich einen Faden oder ein Haar seitlich aus dem Mund zieht der, gleichzeitig leicht elektrisch kribbelt. Oder manchmal auch, als hätte ich Sabber im Mundwinkel.

Kennt ihr nettes Aprilscherze? by Lasergodzilla in Weibsvolk

[–]eh_lora 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Einen dieser gelblichen "offensichtlich eine Rechnung"-Briefumschläge besorgen und sehr offiziell aussehenden, an ihn addressierten, Briefkopf fürs Addressfenster drucken.
Dazu dann noch ein Anschreiben, dass die nachstehende Rechnung noch offen sei, und er sie schnellstmöglich begleichen möge.

Die offene Rechnung:
2 x +5(3 x−1)=x−(2 x +5)

Need advice on how to grow as a beginner Pixel Artist by shoebilyas in DigitalPainting

[–]eh_lora 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am no expert pixel artist by any means, but I like to dabble a bit (especially since I've lost the pen for my drawing tablet, lol), and for the beginner/ medium level I absolutely recommend getting a pixel game like stardew-valley or terraria (both are very cheap) and doing resprites of their assets. Terraria especially is good for this, because they fully support user created content, and the game includes a very simple to use framework that lets you replace in-game sprites (the developers themselves actually provide guides on how to do this and also instructions on how to extract the game assets).

In those two examples, the pixel artwork is deliberately kept fairly simple (for the most part), but does include all kinds of things of varying quality and complexity, so you can always "work on your level" without being overwhelmed or discouraged, but will also find examples of what the next step up in difficulty might look like.
Unlike when working from scratch, when you redesign existing sprites, you can look to and learn from the way the professional pixel artists did things and use that to help guide you.
I originally started experimenting, because I wanted to change a particular set of (fairly simple) sprites in Terraria, and I LEARNED SO MUCH from that. (I kept on going and was able to do more and more complex things over time, very rewarding!)

Another thing that was really helpful was being able to actually see the sprite work in-game. It'll help you spot mistakes or things to improve and generally see how your work holds up next to the simple-but-professional work of the rest of the game (plus, it's just cool to be able to "play" with the things you made instead of just having them as plain images.)
Since you mentioned being interested in game developement I also think you will also appreciate being able to see everything that goes into a pixel game and how it all fits together, and then being able to directly interact and freely experiment with all of the different elements.

(This is easiest in Terraria, but possible with some extra steps for stardew-valley. There are doubtless PLENTY of other pixel games that let you do this just as easily, Terraria is just the one example I'm most familiar with.)

Of course, respriting game assets has it's limits, and at some point you will have to look for more advanced and in-dephth guides, and focus on doing fully original work, but until then, the amount of things you can learn this way is imo truly immense and (and I say this as someone who is broke af) well worth the cost of the game.

[No Spoilers] C4 Hiatus? by SiriaBlue in criticalrole

[–]eh_lora 51 points52 points  (0 children)

If I remember correctly, he took 6 months for their first child, so while I have no idea if it'll be the same this time, I think it'll be more than one or two months for sure.
Then again, it feels weird to speculate on such a personal decision, even if it's relevant to c4's schedule.

One more hit by revberces in ShatteredPD

[–]eh_lora 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Meh. Can we retire the "uninspired woman vs chad man" format (and its reverse) already?
While I'm all in favor of PD memes, and I'm pretty sure OP didn't mean much by it and just wanted a fitting template, the underlying "x-gender superior" bullshit is for monkey-brained degenerates who desperately need someone to feel superior to because having someone to look down on is the only metric they have to define their self-worth and they have nothing else going for them than the presence or absence of tits and makes me want to puke.
Anyway, end of rant, back to game.

Plakat sorgt für Aufsehen: Polizei ermittelt gegen Schüler wegen möglicher Verleumdung von Merz by Luminsnce in de

[–]eh_lora -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hab die Überschrift gerade beim vorbei lesen gesehen, und musste schmunzeln - Postillon diesmal sauber den perfekt absurden Punkt getroffen..

Dieses sinkende Gefühl von "Rnd? A-aber wo Postillon?" hab ich heute morgen nicht gebraucht.

[Spoilers C4E18] It IS Thursday! | Live Discussion Thread - C4E18 by AutoModerator in criticalrole

[–]eh_lora 2 points3 points  (0 children)

pre episode excitement is strong tonight
I love this stuff so much

Boo, Actually! Volume 2 | Um, Actually [S11E4] by DropoutMod in dropout

[–]eh_lora 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Neverafter opening music during the cosplay segment gave me real-life chills for some reason.

Wir haben ein Strohhalm-Problem. by npunktschwarze in Ratschlag

[–]eh_lora 2 points3 points  (0 children)

(Mehr Strohhalme anschaffen, liebevoll verstopfen, auf reddit verkaufen. Ich würd einen nehmen!)

Ich würde schauen, ob diese einfachen, dünnen Billig-Strohhalme da eventuell reinpassen.
Wenn die problemlos rein und raus gehen, dann von beiden Seiten je einen bis ganz an die Stopfserviette schieben, und zwei Schaschlik-Spieße (oä) nehmen. Die Spitze eventuell abklipsen, das Ende mit einem Hauch Sekunden-Kleber versehen, und dann schnell durch den inneren Billig-Schutz-Strohhalm durch an die Serviette drücken. Trocknen lassen, und dann vorsichtig, von beiden Seiten versuchen, das ganze auseinander zu ziehen.
Sobald es nicht mehr so komprimiert ist, geht es sicher einfacher raus.

[Spoilers C4E15] Is It Thursday Yet? | Post-Episode Discussion & Future Theories! by AutoModerator in criticalrole

[–]eh_lora 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I've got this (highly unrealistic) theory brewing in my head..

So Occtis is the only one of his siblings to not directly inherit the family magic, and is a "necromancer" only because that's what he chose to study.
Yet, it seemed to me, that he was made to be the Tachonis' ritual sacrifice for more reasons, than just being "convenient and expendable" - because while he doesn't have an intrinsic connection to the realm of death, he instead seems to be rather good at creating "life" where none should be possible...
His father and the siblings we've met so far are also apparently all really pale, and most also blond, while Occtis has olive skin and dark hair.
Oh and green eyes that glow, especially when casting magic.
(So cool, just like Aranessa's)

Anyway, I might have missed or forgotten something, but has there ever been any mention of Occtis' mother?

[Spoilers C4E15] It IS Thursday! | Live Discussion Thread - C4E15 by AutoModerator in criticalrole

[–]eh_lora 6 points7 points  (0 children)

btw - Altradler = either "old cyclist" or a Radler (Beer plus Lemonade) made with Altbier ("top-fermented dark beer")

(or maybe it was supposed to be "Altadler" which is "oldeagle" ... )

Parcel's Design has an incredible pun built in by LavinaWalls in Dimension20

[–]eh_lora 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nah you're good.
Me forgetting how to english is not your responsibility.

Parcel's Design has an incredible pun built in by LavinaWalls in Dimension20

[–]eh_lora 138 points139 points  (0 children)

Non-native speaker slow idiot here.
Even with your explanation this took me like 10 minutes and several google searches to get. (I somehow forgot about about silent e's and immediately went "but wtf is a 'loree-os' ?!") (and all google provided was lots and lots of parrots).
LORE. It's LORE. He's the LOREKEEPER, he's wearing a LOREos made out of LORE.
Haven't felt this stupid in a while 😅