Monday Chat Nights

Post by **StarFyre** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 5:13 pm

The entire domain? .......... That's... that's odd. And also changes this problem to something more reasonable. What message do you get when you try to load anything on the domain? Anything specific, or just a blank page?

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Fri Oct 15, 2010 6:13 pm

The connection has timed out

The server at www.dragonbackdesign.com is taking too long to respond.

* The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

Everything else is just fine, including Avengaea which I couldn't load one night either, getting the same message.

*goes back to rewriting Skies of Fire*

LATER: Okay, system restore dose not fix it but it does speed up the internet (and I think it will allow the rest of the people in the house faster access as my computer is faster.) Grrr...I'm not letting my computer update itself right now until I know WHY it's makes our wireless connection so stinking slow for everyone. I may end up sending Microsoft a 'what's the deal' message and see if they can tell me what's wrong. Unless not having a virus protection (because I'm poor) is causing it. I think tax returns will be going toward getting it again...

Post by **Dray** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 10:35 am

I have a question for everyone! Is there a different night of the week that you all would prefer to have the chat night? I know that Mondays are pretty rough for some people, so if we can arrive at some kind of consensus on a night other than that, perhaps people will be happier?

For myself and JKat's part, Wednesdays are probably a better match -- we both have that day off, so she doesn't have to race home from school and I don't have to worry about accidentally getting a closing shift that will keep me away!

I think that Fri/Sat/Sun are going to be bad for the next little while due either to closing shifts or events with friends!

Post by **StarFyre** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 3:58 pm

Dray: We all know what my opinion on the matter is. Any day is cool.

Yakima: http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus Personal is free and it works. I use it on all three of my comps. If you really want to check if it's some virus or malware that's doing it, do a full system wipe and reinstall on your machine and put avira on it

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:12 pm

Truthfully, I would say the weekends and Friday usually are best for me but I'll be able to work around whatever you decide. I hope. lol

*has chat working again for now...* So we can do the hatching tomarrow evening to see how it goes.

Trial run, and if people prefer that, I may try to run more like that.

Xenoqueen · Post by **Xenoqueen** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:32 pm

Since I'm working morning shifts now, technically any day works for me since it's around 7pm my time before anything starts.

That said, Monday actually works well for me because Tuesday is a day off for me, meaning I can stay up late rather than have to go to bed 3 or 5 hours later. Friday would work well for me by the same token.

Any other day would enforce a bedtime upon me, which sucks considering how long the RPs run and how GMs have to rotate their attention. :\

Post by **Dray** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 6:19 pm

So far: two for Wednesday, two for Friday, one for any day, several for 'Monday's okay as it is'... I talked to Unyko and Mystic off of the Nexus and they said that Mondays are bad, however Mystic says that Tuesdays and Thursdays she might show up for some one on one RP! Seems like we're fairly evenly split as yet.

aireona93 · Post by **aireona93** » Sun Oct 17, 2010 7:25 pm

I can't do Tuesday or Wednesday.

Ochem lab and work those nights.

Xalia · Post by **Xalia** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:37 pm

Monday's just about the only day I /can/ make it...

Tuesdays and Thursdays are Jujitsu class, Wednesday is dinner with the bf's dad, Friday is Date Night, Saturday is usually up in the air but I'll often be hanging with Gail or the bf that day...and Sunday is usually up in the air too, but still usually busy...

Xalia · Post by **Xalia** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:08 pm

So, sorry for the double post but what with Yakima's Pernese RP Hatching being so fun I was thinking of doing one of my own...

Tripaldi's got a clutch that's been on the sands for years (again) and while it's a normal gold's clutch I could always have my branch of the FGPC sneak in and tinker with some eggs so that there's more variety... If anyone's interested I'm thinking of running it like a hatching/dungeon crawl in that the dragonets will be trying to skewer everyone in sight until someone takes them in hand...so dice rolls will be necessary with every action, etc...

So, I'll put a deadline on that clutch of whenever we have a free week? Unless people are wanting to get together for a one-time weekend shindig? That I could do, while an every-week weekend time would be not good...

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:09 pm

Ha! And chats dies on me at the VERY END! At least it lasted that long. Hope it comes back for next monday...i wonder why it does this...*sighs*

Well, I'm glad those who showed up had fun. Next week we get to kill things.

Post by **Dray** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:05 am

I admit that I was a little reserved about playing a Pernese hatching, but it wound up being really fun to mingle with other characters and then guess which hatchling was going to go with which. Poker with the Renos' was also pretty cool... I think Helion lost pretty much everything save maybe a shiny gold coin or two! X3

I'm looking forward to the fighting next week, though is it possible for people to bring in other characters? Like Jess was saying, her candidate was only nine!

So the breakdown of preferred RP nights is looking like this:

Monday: +4-2 =2
Tuesday: -3+1 =-2
Wednesday: +3-3 =0
Thursday: -1+2 =1
Friday: +4-2 =2
Saturday: +3-2 =1
Sunday: +3-2 =1

(I'm counting Mystic and Unyko in on these, otherwise Monday would be at 4!) It looks like Monday or Friday would be equally as good, so if you guys would like to alternate nights, or just try out a Friday at some point, feel free to! I can't do that on the 6th, as I'm DMing but have to close that night at work! But if anybody else is DMing and prefers a Friday, maybe we could work it out like that?

In any case, here's the schedule as it stands:

Monday, Oct 25th: Yakima's Falas Massacre (Dice-based) Undead besiege Falas Weyr, bring your characters to help fight them off!

Monday, Nov. 1st: Arx Infusco Halloween Howl (Freestyle) Villains deserve at least one holiday per year! Bring your not-so-goodie-two-shoe characters to socialize at Arx Infusco, perhaps plot some doom and destruction for future RP nights, and if you're lucky, take a few halloween-themed monstrosities off of Agate's hands!

Monday, Nov. 8th: Aireona (???)

Monday, Nov. 15th: (??? Potentially Aireona if she wants an extra night!)

Monday, Nov. 22nd: (??? Potentially Xalia's hatching at Tripaldi Weyr? Could be bumped up if Aireona doesn't need an extra night, or bumped to the 29th if Aireona requires three nights.)

Monday, Nov. 29th: (???)

jess d · Post by **jess d** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:38 am

I was thinking of having my character's mother being there (pretending she was there the whole time, or at least, in time to watch her daughter Impress). If that is okay with you, Yakima?

She's a gold-rider; should probably be some actual use in the fighting, and given my current queen wing, could be spared if the unfortunate happens >.>

(>.> of course, I still have to decide which queen rider she is...)

aireona93 · Post by **aireona93** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:55 am

Count me in for Nov 8th! I am working on getting my stuff together. If people stay interested, I would be willing to do a second night... but once I see how interested people seem once I start posting prep stuff I might know better.

And I am sorry that I have been missing so many nights! School has been insane lately. but it should get better for a while after this Friday.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:29 pm

You can bring different characters for the fight.

(hopes chat works by then...urg...why me? Why? *sighs*

)

*goes off to get the rest of the hatching work done* lol

Xenoqueen · Post by **Xenoqueen** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:22 pm

Dray wrote:Poker with the Renos' was also pretty cool... I think Helion lost pretty much everything save maybe a shiny gold coin or two! X3

I missed the Renos? Aw, cry! :< Cid may not have liked them but I sure did! XD I should have shown up to watch after all.

Post by **StarFyre** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:37 pm

Yep, you missed the Renos =P And a dramaticool entrance.

"Put me down! Put me down, you damn scaly beast!" Liukari hollered as she beat futily on Reno's broad back with both fists. The fact that she was making a scene didn't matter one jot - she was incensed that he'd actually had the terminity to pick her up and carry her like a sack of flour. She'd thought he was joking when he'd threatened to do just that if she didn't come with them! "I can walk just fine!" She snarled as she reached back and tugged on Reno's ponytail. Anything, anything to get him to put her down. This wasn't just undignified, it was annoying, and uncomfortable, and why did this sort of thing have to happen to her?! Liukari conveniently skipped over the fact that 'this sort of thing' happened because she hung out with Reno and Rieno all the time - annoying as they were, she did love them, though sometimes that love was stretched very, very thin...

Reno snorted, "I'll accept that from Rieno, yo, but not lil scamps like ya. I ain't scaly, an y'know it." he said as he changed his grip on Liukari's legs again, pinning her once more in his grasp. He continued his progress into the Weyr, ignoring the round eyes and slack jaws of some of the residents. So what if they were making a scene? These hidebound folk could just swallow a few hundred flies for all Reno cared. As far as he was concerned, he and Rieno were here to party, gamble, and otherwise have some fun. If Liukari left anything of him to do so with, that is. Her tail was thumping against his chest, threatening to leave whip-marks on his hide despite jacket and shirt, definite proof (as if he needed more than her bellowing in his ear and pounding on his back) that she Was. Not. Pleased.

Rieno chuckled and continued to saunter at Reno's side, making sure to place himself on the opposite side to where Liukari was hanging, to keep that much more distance between himself and that whippy-thin tail of hers that Reno had barely contained. Liukari thought she was being so very, very secretive whenever she went off to stare and sigh longingly over the little baby dragons that were in the Clan, but he and his brother knew very well what she was doing. They'd conspired to get her listed without her even being aware of it, and had taken matters into their own hands when she'd proved reluctant to leave her duties at the Clan. Truth was, they'd kidnapped her, right out from under Visarin's nose. That notable, never pleased with the brothers to begin with, was hardly going to be happy to find that his prized Tactician had been kidnapped a few hours before a war council. In fact, Rieno was positive Visarin's fury would reach them despite being on another world.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 2:38 pm

lol Dray was trying to find ways to tempt you to show up and the Reno's were part of the plot. XD

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:02 pm

*sighs* I just realized this morning that I messed up on the who-got-what in the hatching...urg...well, if everyone is content with what their character's Impressed I won't fix it but two of you are going to laugh if I tell what I messed up on.

Post by **StarFyre** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:12 pm

Let me guess, the black was supposed to be Liu's and the copper was Acha's? =P

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:28 pm

LOL, yeah. I thought Acha was the tactician for some reason and was going to give her a dark dragon so for 'camouflage' reasons, with a splash of color for added spice. Though, truthfully, the copper coloration matches well with Liu's personality which is probably why I sent the copper her way.

Post by **StarFyre** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:34 pm

HAHAHAHA. Yeah, Liu's hardly a quiet person, is she. =P I don't care either way -- Dray, verdict?

Post by **Dray** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:21 pm

I'm good either way! I like them both!

And Aireona, I'm dying to know what you have planned! Best of luck with the school business!

Post by **StarFyre** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 6:35 pm

DRAAAAAAY! *runs in, waving page wildly above her head* IT WORKS!

http://yaoi.kicks-ass.net/nexus/charentry.php

Well, this incarnation of it. I'm currently working on adding in those changes we discussed.

Please be aware that clicking "enter character" now attempts to enter whatever you dropped into the form into the database. It works if you've done everything right =P

Post by **Dray** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:16 pm

Human characters base damage is -2 their AP/AM, with a min of 0, right?

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:02 pm

Um, star, it wouldn't let me pick immunities...

Though I did get Zombie Type 1 entered to test it. lol

Post by **StarFyre** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:26 pm

Oh, I know why. I just made a change to the database table >.> and that change isn't reflected in the code. So it's looking for columns that don't exist anymore - Sorry! There, try it now.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:23 pm

Okay, to throw out more ideas here are a few things that I thought of that I would like to RP out at later dates.

Clutches and Flights that take place at any of my sites are open to RP if people want to. This goes for Falas, the FGPC, Dark Moon, Alair, Treval and the dormant LSI.

For Falas, I do have another big event coming up that could test out the RP Flight idea I know was being tossed around. The Sport Frenzy is after Nysheth's clutch and if anyone wants to RP the Flight and/or Hatching, let me know.

Other then that I have nothing else to offer at the moment.

Yakima · Post by **Yakima** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:43 pm

It froze on me again Star...sorry. I wasn't ignoring you.

I'm half tempted to say forget the massacre since it's obviously so hard for me to get one, even for 30 mins... I don't know WHY it's doing it. All i know is that when it does I can't get to any of Xalia's sites. I never had this problem with the first room...

It's really starting to make me mad...

The only alternative is using the forum but that would be highly annoying and I would get board and frustrated after a while, so, yeah...

Post by **StarFyre** » Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:04 pm

Realistically, another option is to set up a second copy of the chat on another server and see if it dies then. A true test of whether your comp is reacting to the server or the chat (and thereby blocking the server) is to gank a copy of the chat from Xalia and set it up, without modification, elsewhere. If your comp doesn't end up blocking that, then... well, I really don't know what issue it has with Xalia's server. If it DOES, then it's probably something about the chat, and I suppose we can go about it from there. Blar.