Intrigue

Updated attempts, this time slowly instead of hacking at it. Just to reiterate the last post i made, this is probably NOT what you had in mind when you said a slow cut since the cigg is not stationary at all, and if so, no worries. Thought I'd just throw it out there anyway just in case it would work as well. First vid is kind of slow at an angle and then the other way I tried to do it from the other day. Neither cut is clean (both have tears). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5soNJUiHzQ Second vid is another slow with having the cigg spin across the blade, cut was clean so far as the paper, but it looks like the blade didn't reach deep enough to cut the tobacco fully. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ_laLRHmbg And, the last one was the same technique, with more force, which just resulted in bending the cigg right past the filter, and still didn't cut through the tobacco (big twig right there instead of a leaf). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaRe4Z44UVQ In case this is in fact very wrong, I'm going to keep trying to do the slow angle thing, since i got most of the way through, but the very last part is so tricky! I get down to maybe 3 mm of paper left, and it tears every time :(

You saw correctly, the last bit of mine tore on the first one, and the second two started tearing at halfway. I figured out a way to cut slow, but I wasn't sure if it counted as "One motion" or not. Will do it again tomorrow and upload. It's probably not what you had in mind at all, but it was the only way I could make it work with a kitchen knife. So far as them being already sharpened, the first had been previously sharpened, and used as well, so I put a bit of an edge back on the Kiwi with a stone and the strop (probably not more than half an hour worth of effort since it wasn't very dull), but the others were just as they were when I bought them and after a little bit of use (probably not enough to make a difference really).

I have learned... It's hard to come back to something you really enjoyed but left long ago, BUT... it's so easy to slip back into the old groove that made it enjoyable :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4WrbUjRSYA&feature=youtu.be Well, here we go. Tried a good Kiwi kitchen knife (the favorite in my knife drawer), a smaller Korean knife, and a big ol' monster of a knife (some Chinese brand i'm not familiar with from the asian grocer). Nearly got it with the Kiwi, so I'm going to try to finish out the edge a bit more, or improve my technique, one of the two.

RP- Roleplaying.... typing out actions and such (like in game)

When I can, and as I can, I make runs along the new-player path. Granted, it's not the whole of it, but I like to think it helps.

Just be inside the MDA gates (awiiya's way) at the time Roph's posts in the mood panel.

oh! Great work Azull! I hadnt tried it fast either, and going slow just caused lots of tearing after halfway. I'll have to try it your way... and with the pliers too, I like all my fingers where they are :)

work is wearing me out this week so i've not had time to touch this again yet, but i'm gonna see what I can do this weekend. I'll post another update in a couple days after I've had time to work at it a bit more and recuperate.

Well, my first attempt (the way I sharpen my shears and such) wasn't half bad, but far from good enough. Guess I'll be puzzling over this for a few more days, and trying out some different ways to get it just right.

I'm going to try this. I've got a set of fine files I use for my gardening stuff, and a leather strop, but putting that much of an edge on something isn't something I've tried yet. Will update sometime tomorrow after work. *edit: I can't spell simple words today.

Congrats! That sounds like an awesome opportunity! And, although we've had our differences, you'll be missed :)

Hmm. good question. In a way, yes, it does help me to be more creative, but, it's more-so in the sense that it focuses my creativity instead of letting to bounce around here and there. I'm always putting my hand to something (writing, drawing, painting, etc) and often, i have a half-dozen or so unfinished projects waiting on me to bounce my way back around to them. While in MD though, I have to focus those energies in one direction (rp/character specifics and basically, the literary side of my creative nature). A good current example is this: Others who've gone on the seed-walks with me know that from time to time, I have really good stories and poems, and other times... meh, I shouldn't have really even tried to tell a tale. I think there's a definite correlation between where I already spent all my creativity that day and how much of my imagination is left by the time I get around to making up a story on the spot.

Just now saw that Azull hit the 500 mark, here's my meager update: Volition: 100 (100.94) no grinding

Same issue

I don't have a clue how I found MD, especially since it's way different from anything else I was playing at the time i found it. What really kept me here (then) was that I could interact with people so much more easily (i'm a horrible introvert in RL) and if I didn't want to, I didn't have to. It does me a world of good in lots of ways to be able to be social without actually having to be social face-to-face. After my long absence tho, what brought me back was all the friends I made way back then. Granted, there aren't many of them here any more, but those that I can still talk to are valuable to me beyond comparison. :) All the hidden/deeper meaning/make you have to think about it stuff helps keep me here too. It's like a great big puzzle in a way, with lots of little puzzles imbedded in it. Just when you think you have something figured out, you have to go figure out something else instead in order to understand a bit more about whatever it was you were originally trying to figure out... if that makes sense ;)

Sounds good :) Not sure where I could help though other than the RP part.

yeah... i'm still stumped. This is a hard one for sure. Good job :)

It begins just inside the MDA gates, where Awiiya took root.

Personally, I think it's a really neat idea, even if it were just to remain a virtual reward for a long time. Especially if you can pick and choose between those you are awarded to display if/when your role within MD changes. With this not being retroactive though, how would activity be kept up with? Will there be some kind of new thing to measure activity besides the active days counter since it's going to be all new? a shiny new clickie perhaps? On second thought, I think a date stamp on the title itself would cover this well, unless the holder goes inactive for a long period of time.

Still working on it too. I'm sure it's something simple that I'm making way harder than it has to be (just because I do that A LOT), lol ;)

Site is back up, mods please close.

http://www.gamesites200.com/mpog/in.php?id=3037 gamesites200 site is down (or at least has been since probably 10pmCST last night. Left the tab open to try again this morning in case it was just a small maintenance thing, but I'm still getting the error that the website is offline (error 522). Going to try it again this evening to double check, again. http://imgur.com/6gb3uQv -link to image of error http://imgur.com/rB41XBf -still down this morning (1/14). update: Still down 1/15. *edit summary: fixed typo's & added link to error image, daily edits to update status.