Clan Zorah

As we wind down to the midnight hour, gonna put my two cents in. Bothered me when BSN changed, panicked me when they announced it was going down. CZ's been one of the few stable things in my life I've enjoyed. Usually as a lurker, but then it all happened to turn out this way somehow. But I was glad...

Tali was, is, and will always be best girl btw.

For the record, I'd like to state, all my political opinions are true and correct, and always have been, even if they contradict.

Emails have been sent out to everyone who has an email registered here. If you're a straggler who didn't get one, it's probably because the admin email has been half-broken since I installed the damn thing. So grab the link in the thread here, or just wait until the 1st when a perma-link will be put...

Bump for any stragglers

What are you intending to go as? But yeah, hope you go, have a great time! Cons always looked remarkably friendly to our sort, almost like our version of a tribal gathering, heh.

You're a gentleman and a scholar. Since I'm capable of doing all scripting + writing myself, art + sound are what I'd have to raise money for, if I get serious and want to publish something. So if you, or anyone still here, has any ideas, be it for plots, themes, or even just characters, I'm all ears.

Don't have one yet! Spent most of today's productive time bashing my head into the limitations of a Python library. What should be very simple design for C/C++/Java isn't really supported in this limited a codebase. My thinking, once I'm ready to actually start making a story, is either: 1) A tavern...

I'd also like to help you any way I can. I'm able to do audio and music, so if you need some basic vocal recording or sound effects or atmosphere I can help with that. Well, that'd be mighty well appreciated. Right now I'm mainly figuring out how to finagle the library into something workable for a...

No worries. Are you planning to make your own at some point? I actually wrote a very half baked world and characters for a VN, not sure the word file made it over to my new computer though otherwise I'd post it for some laughs. Maybe another time If I ever look around my old PC again. Mhm. Getting ...

I probably should make some fotos wearing an old pair of pants when I'm done with my diet. :mrgreen: Whenever I see one of those photos, it's always really inspiring. Guys holding up their old pants and looking like they could fit inside one leg now. Okay my friend, let me hit you with a few on top...

https://discord.gg/PVMjX2Xs Good for 7 days, lads, so no rush. But on the 1st of August, I'll disable the board and put up a notice and a new invite link. So feel free to pass it around to any CZ members you know, or anyone you want to join, really. If you don't know how to use Discord, or don't hav...

Not even sure how only the HDMI cables could all die at the same time due to a power outage, but nonetheless good luck in bad luck. I know, it made no sense. It's why I assumed everything else first, especially since one cord was fairly new because the last HDMI had _just_ died. That it ultimately ...

I am the sample size! Wait, wrong franchise. But yes, never got into Garrus like basically everyone else did, but I'll rep Team Dextro when it comes up, fo' rizzle. Though it has been fascinating seeing how Tali has pretty steadily become the (nearly) uncontested waifu over the last decade. While Li...

My uncle is visiting, spent the afternoon and evening with him and my dad. Never thought I'd consider my teen years "the good ole' days," but he was a part of them, and in hindsight, I never realized how great that time was, compared to what comes after. Also, today is my birthday. 48, qui...

Well, today was stressful. Not long after I pulled myself out of bed, drinking 3 glasses of gin with only light snacks in my stomach was a mistake, power goes out. Fairly rare these days, used to happen all the time, but they fixed the powerlines after a bad storm. Go upstairs to see what's up, fix ...

I don't know the market enough to give an answer, but most visual novels I have plays have been fine, but then again I haven't played newer ones. How complicated is the average story? The one I've seen recently, which gave me the idea, was extremely simple (and poorly written), but still made a lot...

Trump has announced he's about to be indicted, yet again, this time for charges related to the Jan 6th protests. Not clear what specifically they're going with, but this one of the real serious cases, along with the Georgia one that's due to announce an indictment soon too. When I try to make the po...

The recipe said 10 minutes over medium, which was actually correct. However, I've always cooked porkchops in a pan, and because the heat isn't as contained, the meat around the bone is always raw at that point. So I left it on more towards 15+. Slightly tough, but at least now I know. Got a big pack...

Do any of you guys play visual novels? Erotic or non. I'm curious about the market, since there's a remarkably low barrier to entry, and the terrible looking 3D porn games on Steam all appear to be "mini games with boobs," rather than waifu simulators.

Re: Vidya game archiving - It's a civilization-wide problem in general. A lot of people, Boomers especially, possess special knowledge that keeps important systems running. And they haven't passed it on, and the people replacing them are never taught it. So beyond just classic vidya being lost, ther...

I made porkchops, starting to get the hang of this little grill. Came out pretty darn good, slightly overcooked because they had bones and I didn't trust they were cooked through so fast, but they were. But I did a 2 hour marinade in olive oil, soy sauce, a scoop of sugar, teaspoon of pepper, and fe...

Eyyy, the bugs won. Good for them. I suspect a lot of votes were phoned in specifically to see the spess mehrines take an L, heh. New forms are...well, just old forms with remixed size and features. Given the gimmick, tyranids should have more divergent forms than life on a planet, instead of a stoc...

Heh, I don't even know where the hell my GBA is anymore. But I still have my old, original Gameboy; the one I got back in 1992. Still works, too! They built those things to last, man! :lol: My old Genesis still worked as of 10 years ago. If my mother has tossed it out since then, might still! Thoug...

In lighter news, finished a run of Chrono Trigger. Used to play it every year or two, first time as a boy learning how SNES9x worked, but haven't in at least a decade. Still holds up, despite me knowing everything still. Got the normal ending, of course, and cleared just about every quest I could fi...

Well, good news. Visited her at the hospital today with my father. She's awake and alert. Very tired. But she already feels better (one would assume) after having the blocked artery cleared. They're not sure still if they should do the second 80% blocked one, but they might release her as soon as to...

NATO has denied Ukraine entrance, or a timeline, into the alliance. Presumably they will also continue to funnel weapons and aid into the country to send their men to die to bleed Russia a little more. So at the same time they're giving speeches about how Russia must be dismantled, a coup planned, i...

Well, my day was a bit stressful. Get up nice and early, have a light breakfast, out the door before 8 AM. Few hours later, find out my grandma had a heart attack. "Widowmaker," 100% blockage. Had been having chest pain for several days, though told no one, until today, when her arm went n...

I actually remember reading that in the newspaper. The Newspaper!!! It was specifically female Shepard and Liara, if I recall. This was back when Obama was running on "marriage is between a man and a woman," for context. Seems so quaint in hindsight, like an old friend you loved to fight ...

DisplayPort is better for high-resolution displays, and can transmit more data. I got two 3840 x 1600 ultrawide displays. I'm also planning on upgrading to a single Ultra-Ultrawide display (55' monitor with a 7680 x 2160 resolution) when a.) those monitors are widely available (the first one from S...

I didn't think you could deep fry with olive oil, 'cause the smoke point is sub-400. The last time we had a family Christmas dinner, my uncle seared scallops, but he used olive oil so there was...a lot of smoke, and a fire alarm always going off. Tasty tho! Hm. Fry low, let sit, fry high. I'll have ...

I prefer Displayport, anyway. Well, small mercies, the DP->HDMI cable came in today, got it working again. So it seems only the HDMI port is dead on the GPU. But the monitor now has a strip of lighter pixels along the top, and a little discoloration at the bottom right corner. Fairly sure it's the ...

Well, one of my monitors went out a few days ago. I was hoping it was a bad HDMI cable, but I got a new one today, and still nothing. Given this is an RTX 3070ti, I'd really rather not have to buy a new GPU for a good few years. And if one port goes bad, that worries me on the other. Thankfully ther...

Come on, Tyranids! You’re so close! Just a little more! Eat their faces off! Bullshit lol Who honestly believes the spess mehrines and the bugboys are naturally in a dramatic dead heat? C'mooooon. Hope the bugs win tho, to see the nightmare scenario. I'm still salty about my golden lads getting Wor...

I’ll keep this brief and simplistic, so as not to get too deep into the quagmire of a philosophical debate and to keep it in the specific context of Noz's example. Let’s see if my point won’t get diluted into absurdity or rendered childishly trite or vapid by doing so! :lol: *snip* WoW really needs...

Heh, had CZ, in one form or another, as my leftmost tab for over a decade now. Might still keep it that way.

Hm. Was making ribs and leftover baked beans, so I figured I'd make home fries for once, instead of using the frozen crap. Couldn't figure out how to cut the potatoes to get that shape and size right away. Ended up cutting the tips off, so it could stand flat, then cutting it nearly through in a gri...

Maaaan all this talk of grilling and steaks is making me hungry Every friend group in America looks like this btw Man, I'd kill for a good seared steak with some herb and garlic butter. But I just drank my brotein shake, it's too late for steak, ahhhh. Ha! Great for you. And do you have easy access...

How're the French riots doing tonight? Seemed like they've been getting crazier, scope of the looting and weaponry appearing, one alleged video of a Frenchmen who had his hand cut off by the Replacement French for defending his car, etc. But hearing tonight the cops are cracking skulls, maybe. Hard ...

Did Twitter just block non-account holders completely from seeing tweets at all? Yes, temporary measure. Musk is saying it's because a ton of companies, big and small, are training their AI scripts on Twitter and causing tremendous overhead. Nozdormu needs to stop moping and brooding and should tak...

I think the grill marks are the appeal of cooking outside. Get those grates HOT, so heat it up before hand. What's the first meal you're going to master? Yeah, looks nice, and easier than a consistent browning in a pan. I always struggle with preheating, to be fair. Because this grill is so relativ...

Affirmative Action was repealed just now. SCOTUS slapped it down, 6-3, on the basis that colorblindness is the correct approach to the law. Which while a considerable leap from the original liberalism we were founded under, is more true than racial preference systems. Just like Roe, never expected t...

Do propane grills need to preheat like charcoal ones? Got a small one as a gift, much more convenient than going through the process for charcoal, especially with how small of portions I cook, but the directions were very sparse. Only said to run it for 15 minutes the first time you use it to burn o...

Alright, lads, we're in summer. Canceled the auto-renew for the SSL cert, which expires at the end of August now. Downgraded the hosting plan (accidently) to bare minimum. Hope everything doesn't immediately break, since it only allows 1 SQL database and I don't know if there's more than 1 necessary...

For me this is way more acceptable, since we actively help Alexstraza escape from captivity and rape. That the incident happened in the past at all is okay writing, making us an active part of if continueing was the really, really disgusting part. Still very unhappy about the Amber Kearnen quest (I...

Took about six hours in total with the configuration, calibration and keybinding in Everspace 2. I guess I'll get to that game next weekend. Man, that's a comfy setup. Reminds me of what I was aiming for in the 00's, but lacked the funds for. Though 6 hours is a lot of work! Suppose it'll all be wo...

Haha, that's pretty funny, sorry for your new found deformity. Perhaps it's time to get some back exercises in to trim that lower back fat and strengthen the top. There's probably a funny line in there about being blind to your own back, but yeah, it is kinda humorous too. Definitely need to work o...

I read an article to the effect that NATO, as the funders of the defense, aren't happy with the counteroffensive thus far. Chipping away, as your maps show, seems like an attrition style of warfare, which doesn't seem tenable when arms still need to pass through all our collective systems to actuall...

Mazder wrote:So tonight Russia hit Wagner forces with some artillery and their leader is not happy.
There are reports of 2 Wagner convoys heading back into Russia via Rostov, measuring dozens of kilometers.

lol

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