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Plagiarism

These posts on were recently pointed out on a friend’s LiveJournal:

Yes, stealing fan fiction is STILL Plagiarism (LiveJournal)
A Matter of Recent Concern (Dragon’s Mark)
Apology to the Community (Dragon’s Mark)

There were other posts I saw at rdi.dragonsmark.com that have since been deleted and/or moved to various holding tanks.  I don’t know anyone involved, so I’m not [...]

Wordless Wednesday: 07-30-2008

Ding

It was kind of a bad idea. Or at least, it was not a good idea, since I was groggy and dragging my feet all day Monday. And I definitely should have known better.

I stayed up too late Sunday night playing Everquest. But after almost a decade (including a five year hiatus from [...]

How sweet the moonlight

Imladris Moonrise, Lord of the Rings Online

How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!
Here we will sit and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony.
-The Merchant of Venice. Act. v. Sc. 1, William Shakespeare

More about metagaming

If you’ve roleplayed for any length of time, at some point, no matter how perfect you are, you’re going to make an IC reference to something which your character has no way of knowing. It could be something you read in a forum post.  It could be something you observed in live RP while playing [...]

Character profiles

Detailed roleplaying character profiles are often required in tabletop RPGs, online play-by-post RPGs, and even in most MMORPGs — but not in pure free form RPGs.

In Am I the Only One? at the FFRP venue Dragon’s Mark, there’s a discussion about whether or not it is appropriate for one player to expect others to give [...]

Skeksiscat says…

moar funny pictures

Ring-forges of Eregion

"Now to deal with you, Ranger!"

There’s yet another free content update in Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, as Book 14: The Ring-forges of Eregion has finally moved over to the live servers. The release notes are always good for a chuckle.  Here’s a sample:

Goblin-town: The sleeping goblin who [...]

Wordless Wednesday: 07-23-2008

Maintenance

I found a couple of WordPress themes that I really like, so don’t be surprised if you see the maintenance splash screen intermittently over the next few days.

I’d finish tweaking them tonight, only I think I’m coming down with a cold.  So I’m going to sleep early.