Dowan's posts
Posted in SUPER BEAR QUEST (open: come chat!)
Posted 7 years ago
@superbearwars: Also dropping by to wish you good luck on your quest. ^^
Posted in The Sandbox [Art] ⇒ Shop: CLOSED ⇄ Freebies: OPEN
Posted 7 years ago
@Lunakiri: The worst kind. /DRAMATIC MUSIC INTENSIFIES
Visual novels with no choices and poorly drawn art.
Visual novels with no choices and poorly drawn art.
Posted in The Sandbox [Art] ⇒ Shop: CLOSED ⇄ Freebies: OPEN
Posted 7 years ago
/stops his chanting and looks at Saeyra with a curious look while holding a knife
/looks down at the sacrificial game cartridge
We aren't?
/looks down at the sacrificial game cartridge
We aren't?
Posted in [ Open Letter of Staff Appreciation ]
Posted 7 years ago
And now you may post if you so desire.
Posted in [ Open Letter of Staff Appreciation ]
Posted 7 years ago
Reserved for whatever may come.
Posted in [ Open Letter of Staff Appreciation ]
Posted 7 years ago
Dear Voltra Staff,
I am happy to write that this diverse city feels like a second home. I spend most of my time on here and while I'm not exactly the most active of posters, I do read almost every new thread that goes up with a mixture of excitement and curiosity.
There are a lot of people like me who you may know collectively as lurkers, and I don't personally see that as a bad thing. There are people who view Voltra as an actual game and treat it as such. They post a lot for the recognition and currency, and that's completely within their jurisdiction. That is their right and prerogative.
HOW I interact with Voltra may be entirely different from how others perceive "correct" interaction. The truth is that there is no 'right' way to socialize.
Theoretically, the only way to engage on Voltra would be to post, post, post, and not worry about the level of detail contained within. I for one don't know how to reply given a couple of words, one line, or a closed statement. "Hello" is a perfect example of something I would not be able to formulate a response to, but is it wrong to post such a thing? No.
The point of that particular tangent was to say this: if we are here, then we are contributing something to the site in our own way. If we post, we post because it's fun for us. If we lurk, we either can't formulate a response, like to see how others converse, or there's a myriad of other reasons. BUT there is no right way to be a person as there is no right way to be a Voltra citizen.
Unless the website is suffering from low activity, people shouldn't feel pressured to contribute. But consider it from another point of view: if people are feeling pressured to contribute, then there is no need to worry about contribution. Voltra is alive first because of Voltra Staff and the passion they clearly possess, and second because of the citizens that have been invited to revel in a project that is, while close to their breast, a labor of love and not a means of survival.
The Staff manage this site - no, this city - to provide us a safe haven to post or to be socially inept people. It is not a place that forces expectations or burdens. You are not required to shoulder donations alone or to pour your heart into helping the site evolve.
I believe the Staff have been giving this everything they got in the time they have without real life getting in the way, and I believe we have been doing all we can in our own ways to help run this city... but I think the Staff need a little more encouragement.
This letter is meant to give the Staff a place to come to look at positive feedback. Negative feedback or things to improve upon has its place, but this letter is not here for that. It exists purely to give encouragement, to give praise, and to provide positive energy.
Sincerely,
A happy citizen
I am happy to write that this diverse city feels like a second home. I spend most of my time on here and while I'm not exactly the most active of posters, I do read almost every new thread that goes up with a mixture of excitement and curiosity.
There are a lot of people like me who you may know collectively as lurkers, and I don't personally see that as a bad thing. There are people who view Voltra as an actual game and treat it as such. They post a lot for the recognition and currency, and that's completely within their jurisdiction. That is their right and prerogative.
HOW I interact with Voltra may be entirely different from how others perceive "correct" interaction. The truth is that there is no 'right' way to socialize.
Theoretically, the only way to engage on Voltra would be to post, post, post, and not worry about the level of detail contained within. I for one don't know how to reply given a couple of words, one line, or a closed statement. "Hello" is a perfect example of something I would not be able to formulate a response to, but is it wrong to post such a thing? No.
The point of that particular tangent was to say this: if we are here, then we are contributing something to the site in our own way. If we post, we post because it's fun for us. If we lurk, we either can't formulate a response, like to see how others converse, or there's a myriad of other reasons. BUT there is no right way to be a person as there is no right way to be a Voltra citizen.
Unless the website is suffering from low activity, people shouldn't feel pressured to contribute. But consider it from another point of view: if people are feeling pressured to contribute, then there is no need to worry about contribution. Voltra is alive first because of Voltra Staff and the passion they clearly possess, and second because of the citizens that have been invited to revel in a project that is, while close to their breast, a labor of love and not a means of survival.
The Staff manage this site - no, this city - to provide us a safe haven to post or to be socially inept people. It is not a place that forces expectations or burdens. You are not required to shoulder donations alone or to pour your heart into helping the site evolve.
I believe the Staff have been giving this everything they got in the time they have without real life getting in the way, and I believe we have been doing all we can in our own ways to help run this city... but I think the Staff need a little more encouragement.
This letter is meant to give the Staff a place to come to look at positive feedback. Negative feedback or things to improve upon has its place, but this letter is not here for that. It exists purely to give encouragement, to give praise, and to provide positive energy.
Sincerely,
A happy citizen
Posted in [ Open Letter of Staff Appreciation ]
Posted 7 years ago
Write your own love letter to the Staff! Remember to include positive feedback. Negative feedback or 'things to improve' can be posted in Feedback, but this is a haven for them as Voltra is a haven for us.
Dear Voltra Staff (or particular member/community)
<Body of your message>
Sincerely,
Important note: Staff can participate as well.
Dear Voltra Staff (or particular member/community)
<Body of your message>
Sincerely,
Important note: Staff can participate as well.
Posted in 【The Black Box】⋙ Deactivated ⋙ ERROR 33002
Posted 7 years ago
Posted in 【The Black Box】⋙ Deactivated ⋙ ERROR 33002
Posted 7 years ago
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Posted in Top 5 Movies and Bottom 5 Movies
Posted 7 years ago
@Addy: I can understand why because... man, I'm usually good at seeing twists coming from a mile away, but I was NOT expecting that. It was super neat!
His other movies, now...
His other movies, now...
Posted in Top 5 Movies and Bottom 5 Movies
Posted 7 years ago
@ghost:
You ninja'd a lot of what I posted. Dang you, ghost. LOL
Posted in Top 5 Movies and Bottom 5 Movies
Posted 7 years ago
@ghost:
@Another Movie Addict:
@Another Movie Addict:
Oh, I can definitely see it as a psychological film because it does feel like everything going on is in the mother's head. I just didn't have that mentality going into it because... for whatever reason, I bought into it as a horror film. Whether that's on me or whoever was responsible for marketing, I don't know.
I can also understand the ending as the mother accepting whatever part of herself the Babadook represented. She sealed her darkness away, in a sense, and so the Babadook was locked in a literal basement, and in a closet within her mind. 'Sealed' is a good word here because it implies she is putting it away for good, and it won't easily escape. This could signify her overcoming grief and, again, whatever else the monster represents.
It's also safe to say the Babadook was just the mother's own insanity, and she was slowly driving her child nuts. Everything 'supernatural' or cliche that occurred usually only affected her, and in the end she's the only one going to the basement. There's a lot of symbolism throughout the movie which I can analyze and appreciate in a vacuum, but it just didn't deliver on execution for me.
I can also understand the ending as the mother accepting whatever part of herself the Babadook represented. She sealed her darkness away, in a sense, and so the Babadook was locked in a literal basement, and in a closet within her mind. 'Sealed' is a good word here because it implies she is putting it away for good, and it won't easily escape. This could signify her overcoming grief and, again, whatever else the monster represents.
It's also safe to say the Babadook was just the mother's own insanity, and she was slowly driving her child nuts. Everything 'supernatural' or cliche that occurred usually only affected her, and in the end she's the only one going to the basement. There's a lot of symbolism throughout the movie which I can analyze and appreciate in a vacuum, but it just didn't deliver on execution for me.
Posted in Top 5 Movies and Bottom 5 Movies
Posted 7 years ago
@Another Movie Addict: Yeah. There were really so many ways it could have been improved. It had a TON of potential but the writing fell flat as a board.
I usually 'refuse' to see bad movies as well because I see it as a waste of time, but the significant other loves to see just how bad something is. I usually get dragged along. =D
I usually 'refuse' to see bad movies as well because I see it as a waste of time, but the significant other loves to see just how bad something is. I usually get dragged along. =D
Posted in Top 5 Movies and Bottom 5 Movies
Posted 7 years ago
@Another Movie Addict: Wow, I never knew. We picked it as a Halloween movie to watch because it was supposed to be a horror film... and, well, it wasn't. Even my girlfriend who is easy to spook wasn't majorly affected by it. XD
Can't really... blame him, I think? Unless he knew beforehand how bad it was... LOL
Oh. Another bad movie is one I don't really have to say, but it starts with 50. Watched THAT one with a bigger group of friends. Major delirium ensued.
Can't really... blame him, I think? Unless he knew beforehand how bad it was... LOL
Oh. Another bad movie is one I don't really have to say, but it starts with 50. Watched THAT one with a bigger group of friends. Major delirium ensued.