Ok, so I decided to create a new Chatroom, because the old one was getting pretty....old!
Everyone may post here, as well as in the good'ol Flameroom...I mean, Chatroom
I would like to keep this Chatroom civilized. Well, as civilized as most forum threads are (doesnt mean that you all have to be polite like Oatesy, lol).
So for this reason, I may update the OP of this thread in the future, posting certain thread rules, as I see fit.
For now though, post away, and everyone is welcome!
Currently these users are banned:
- ArcticBlunder
great, how did it go?
It was really good! We got beaten by the team we went up against, but for our league position we did very well. Got to do three different types of shooting, standard .22 at 25m, L98A2 assault rifle shooting at 200m (I was just 2 points off of the top cadet marksmanship award :/), and 7.62mm at 200m and 500m. Great weather too, about 30 degrees celcius (don't know what that is in fahrenheit, but it's warm as Britain and its surrounding isles go) so we had a great afternoon at the beach on the Saturday. So yeah, good tour.
I just finished the WarHammer 40k Space Marine campaign, and I have to say it is by far the best, most awesome WarHammer game I've ever played. It is one of the best in its genre, as well. I love the fact that it managed to combine the best elements of the RTS WH Dawn of War games, along with some great Gears Of War-ish elements, really made for an amazing game
The game gives you a unique feeling of excitement through each of the Campaign's chapters, and really puts you into the WarHammer saga (and thats coming from someone who has never read any related fiction, novels, Wiki stuff etc about WH).
But the best part of the game is that I really felt the Space Marines' valor, courage, and honor throughout the game. I WISH I was General Titus. No seriously. I WISH I WAS
I also finished the Dawn of War II and Dawn of War II Retribution campaigns, and they were both kinda MEH Dawn of War II got really repetitive and boring during the end, and Retribution was....more of the same. They also made me miss Dawn of War: Dark Crusade quite a lot, and thats never a good thing for a game sequel.
Anyways, that was my derp-bump kind of post, hope everyone is doing great, carry on
See ya
P.S. WarHammer games always remind me of Whiskey, probably because he's such a fanatic, and thats why I posted that here.
I feel honored that this is the case.
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Sadly it would appear that my day's downturn has not been averted. Merely delayed slightly. *sigh*
To dig into the cyberworld,
where information is both tool and treasure;
Oh, that I might know, know that
glorious new thing! But no,
I dig for other treasures,
of jewels dark, gloomy, and
lustreless. For such is my want-
Those dark gifts of knowledge and power.
And why?
What is this downturn of which you speak good sir?
Also, on a cheerful note, I really do think I'm getting somewhere with my guitar friend (a term now used to describe one who plays the guitar that you have romantic designs on). That or I'm hopelessly optimistic.
Limey Chaos Lord: "And to what do you owe this bout of nauseous optimism?"
I think I met the guy that my guitar friend has designs upon. I dunno though........makes me really wish I could do very illegal things with computers- it'd make it so much easier to figure out.
It doesn't help that my guitar friend's social networking consists of an email address and a phone. And that's about it. Compound this with the fact that I get to see her so rarely- especially now that I'm working, and I'm starting feel as if our friendship is beginning to simply slip away, and die.
The last thing is really what's got me down. The first bit is just the icing on that bitter, bitter cake.
You have my envy.
I echo the Limey Chaos Lord.
And again, I bump the poem that I wrote. On the spot. In that post.
You're playing volleyball with a poem you wrote. Just thought I'd point that out.
Morph just can't seem to stay away. Although I must give him credit, he's lasted longer than the rest of us who respectively decided to try to leave.
Oatesy.
Whiskey. What's up?
Krdax. Hi. (Just wanted to name everyone currently on this page.
-Twi
Usage of his excellency's name is strictly forbidden.
Krdax Drkrun is a taboo word, ever since attaining immortality along with Xrkke, also a taboo word...
And of course the ancient word that must not be said upon pain of instant interdimensional disembowlment.
I don't quite understand what you're saying here.
Every time I've seen my 'guitar friend', as Oatesy likes to say, I always come away in a much better mood. My day seems better, nicer, brighter (for lack of a better term), and I always feel happy that I had the chance to see her. If I get to talk to her in detail of some sort, then all the better.
Every. Single. Time.............
Except yesterday. Yesterday, I came away moody, borderline-depressed, and feeling as if my whole day had turned into.......honestly I'm at a loss to describe how that day felt without resorting to swearing, probably profusely. Something that I dislike doing, particularly in recent months.
Even watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen provided little in the way of lasting happiness in reference to the overall feeling of my day*.
Considering yesterday, I'm starting to get this feeling like my friendship with her has been falling apart, ever since I told her how I felt.........and quite frankly, I'm freakin' scared of what would happen if I lost her friendship. I consider her my closest friend, and I'm scared of losing her.
*sigh* That sounds emo. Way, way, waaaaay too emo.
*And no, I do not particularly care for Megan Fox in the Transformers movies- or really at all. She's okay-looking, but Transformers, for me, has always been about "transforming robot-aliens engaging in epic battles/fights".
Krdax Drkrun. Hah. I used it, and you can't do anything about it, since you do not have [Skill=Punch Stuff Through Internet]. Hahahaha.
...............
Nope. Didn't help my overall mood. *sigh* Back to the drawing board it is.............
If I actually had a drawing board.
Spill. NAO.
Krdax Drkrun wishes you well, though the frequent vain repetition of his excellency's name is somewhat tiresome.
Krdax is a forgiving person, and your forgiveness is with a constant remembrance of the temporary lifespan that you mortals enjoy. Have fun.
And I am off to explore more curiosities of the unknown world.
Enjoy your droll lifespan...
Wheheheheheh
Well, I just tried Crysis 2 today and I liked it.
P.S. Godzilla is the true immortal being
Crysis...
hmmm...
nope...
Don't like it...
I like Crysis and Crysis 2. Better than most of the FPS drivel being spouted these days.
You guys suck, you know that. I air out my problems, hoping for advice and help, and you two drown it out in MEANINGLESS DRIVEL.
WHY DO YOU VOID MY LEGITIMATE PROBLEMS WITH DRIVEL
I don't have any advice so...
*sigh*
You desire my limited wisdom?
...Don't end up like Xer07...
There, I said it, Xer07 seems to be the defining example of a person who can't possibly keep any kind of relationship together... (No offense, Xer07... )
My analysis as to why he cannot do so is somewhat limited, as I cannot meet him in person to discuss/emotionally dig through his life. Anyhow, Xer07 tries too hard to stay in relationships that were doomed from the get-go; not saying that your relationship is doomed, but that you might be in some kind of emotional depression that colors how you see others, especially those that you are close to.
I've found that baring your soul to someone else only strengthens that relationship if you are sure that that person is listening. I use listening in its purest sense, to mean one who actually absorbs the words that others give them and treasure them. Being an empathetic person, people that I hardly know somehow feel that I actually listen to them, so they tell me their deepest secrets... (*winces* I don't want to know some of the things that I am told...)
Anyways, I got off track with that, I'm not sure what your problem is exactly, for I have only somewhat vague indicators that you are fearing for a specific relationship. Clarify?
Back to another point that I've mentioned, that you have told her things about your feelings for her. Maybe she wasn't prepared? Maybe she has problems of her own? Social nuances have an extremely wide range of possible reactions, and the most glaringly obvious problem is that you don't have the time to talk to her...
Any relationship, friend, close friend, enemy, lover, requires time to cultivate all feelings that should be expressed on the common social medium... (I'm not a romantic, I'm telling you from experience.) Meaning that you need to spend consistent time with her, doing things that interest both of you.
If you have nothing in common, you are doomed. In the most dramatic fashion possible.
Any disagreements will be met with utter scorn and disinterest...
By far, I am not like that.
My problem is that I have a very close friend, who happens to be a girl. I had/have romantic inclinations towards her- I told her, she said "that's so sweet, but I only see you as a friend." We both want(ed?) to remain friends. Side note- that was the scariest thing I've ever done in my life.
Despite the fact that I have literally jumped off of a moving golf cart (I actually thought that that was pretty awesome rather than scary).
Anyways, with a single exception, every time I see her, and say 'hi' in passing, I come away from the encounter feeling much better. Except this most recent time I saw her. I come away in a complete and total emotional pit.
What I am afraid of right now is that my friendship with her is slipping away. And I'm scared out of my mind at the possibility that it will happen. I don't make very many friends, or even very easily to begin with. To make matters worse, I consider her my closest friend- though I haven't had the opportunity to tell her so.
She only saw me as a friend- I'd already resolved that if she did not have the same inclinations that I did, then I wanted (very much) to remain friends, a sentiment that she also seemed to have.
Yes, my interaction with her has been extremely limited time-wise. Generally I'd see her once a week, though over the summer that went up to around twice/week, before culminating in a week-long 'summer camp' that we both attended. I was able to spend quite a lot of time with her then- though it subsequently dropped off to a "once/week", and then "once/2 weeks" thing, on account of the fact that I work the very same day that I almost invariably used to see her.
.............
I really don't have a response to this off-hand, I'll have to think more in-depth on it.
By far, that isn't the problem.
Well then...
It seems that you are slipping away because you don't see her anymore...
I'm no expert, but I do my best.
I agree with you, whenever I'm about to talk to my guitar friend I feel like I'm walking on a glass bridge. Then once I actually start talking I'm fine. It does take guts to be assertive like that, especially when you value your relationship with the person in question so much.
It's going to be bloody terrifying to say it straight to her that I like her, though the way things are going we're sort of "drifting together," if you get what I mean, so hopefully it'll be a kind of mutual thing, and she'll know when I'm about to say it.
At least, that's the hope. If we're talking about love songs and romance films a lot, that's a good sign, right?
The thing is, it's not that I don't see her 'anymore', it's that I don't see her often. I do still get to see her, and say hi, but that sadly seems to be the limit.
*sigh* Maybe I'll try to see if I can nudge her into deciding to invite me to her 18th birthday party in a couple months' time..........and hopefully I will still have a friendship by then.
I've been in such a shitty mood today. It's taken all my willpower not to unleash my inner selfish prick on the first person who mildly inconvenienced me, but I made it through without upsetting anybody, so it's all good.
Feeling a lot better now too. Sorry to hear about your guitar friend issues Whiskey. It kind of makes me feel guilty that I'm getting increasingly close with my friend, so how about we move on to happier times, yeah?
Today's a new day...
Get over your problems...
You... I... What?
So, how's this for a kick in the balls. I've been organising a re-union with my Eton buddies from the renowned (just trust me on this one) Eton Choral Course. I suggested that we meet up and see a film in London, and about fifteen people expressed their interest. I then proceed to ask (this is all on Facebook, on the group we have for those who went on that week of the course, by the way) whether Saturday 22nd or Friday 28th was better.
No response.
So, not disheartened (I asked a relatively open question, which is the first major slip-up of trying to organise anything) I called up my guitar friend and we settled on the Friday, seeing as she couldn't do the Saturday. So, I set up an event on the good ol' book of faces, stating the plan, the date, blah blah blah. Guess what?
We're thus far the only people who can make it. Now, I have no complaints about spending a day in London with her, but you'd have thought that if Friday was completely unmanagable for so many people somebody would have piped up within the rather generous amount of time between suggesting possible dates and finalising.
Sometimes I hate being one of the pro-active few...
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