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>>6120952 >What is a quest? An interactive story in which a Quest Master (QM) writes and provides the readers with options on how to proceed — similar to a choose-your-own-adventure book or an old text adventure
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>QM question: How do you carve out around the holidays (or whenever you're busy) for questing, or do you just take a break? Do you have any advice for aspiring QMs who might not have the same time management skills?
>Player question: Do you ever not contribute to discussions in-thread because it feels like other players are more into it/more knowledgeable? Or do you try to drive discussion no matter what? Is there anything you wish QMs were more clear on?
>General question(a): If you could give one thing, even something immaterial, to one QM (including yourself) what would it be and who would you give it to?
>General question(b): Have the recent changes to the site made you less eager to quest? Do you sometimes open the post box and just close the window and walk away if you have to wait?
>Lurker question: Don't be a scrooge, vote!!!
>Miscellaneous question: Do you celebrate a holiday this time of year? If so, how do you celebrate?
Anonymous
>>6160470 >oh no, people are actively engaging with each other in my quest Wow, it must really suck to have posters. What a shame.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym8N5vnGZ58 Anonymous
>>6160476 Have you considered waiting until the QM has finished posting? Or at least deleting your post if it ended up in the middle of an update?
Anonymous
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>>6160479 No. Because I'm evil.
[GreyQM] !!93/W3iuzIST
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>>6160487 >>6160488 >>6160489 >>6160490 Grey Skies has updated. Be there or be chewed out by your hawk-like superior.
Anonymous
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>>6160479 being more serious, if you're really worried about it put a "cont" or 1/x at the end of your post to denote there is more. Sometimes people will post a single second after you have. Most people don't use the delete function because you have to wait a minute to use it and then repost and it's just a hassle. Ultimately it isn't that big a deal. I never got mad when it happened to me at least. [GreyQM] !!93/W3iuzIST
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>>6159625 Hope you get well soon, QM. I thoroughly enjoy your quest.
>>6160404 While I usually listen to all kinds of stuff, I practically limit myself to classical music when writing my quest. Nothing else lets me concentrate well enough to write proper prose. It's also lead me to discover many new artists within the genre. Might as well share one.
Johann Strauss I (the Elder) has some very well put-together compositions which are usually overlooked in favour of his son's work. I recommend listening to the 25-volume "Johann Strauss I: Edition" album series. Displays his work quite well.
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>>6160470 >>6160479 I have never once cared about that in my quest, except MAYBE if it was a big wall of text. It's usually not, and if it is, I delete my post and then repost that, instead, if I'm feeling anal enough.
IlvermoryQM !kCM7IdCDew
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Have a vote on if you should take a hit of goblin pipe-weed with your kind of hippy, though very competent Divination teacher after learning some... disconcerting information about how your soul is fucked up in Ilvermorny Quest!
Picrel >>6160945 >>6160945 >>6160945 Anonymous
>>6160479 we can delete our posts?
IlvermoryQM !kCM7IdCDew
>>6160953 Have to wait like a minute, then you only have like 5 minutes to do it. IDK, if you are on mobile, might be harder. I highly suggest getting Greasemonkey or Tampermonkey on your browser, installing 4chanX. Makes it a bit easier to do, IMHO; that extension also lets you see deleted posts as well as a bunch of other nice things. Used 4chanX for so long, I am spoiled.
Click the little radio button on your post. Go to bottom right of thread. Hit the delete button.
Boom.
Yes I know, lurk moar, spoon-feeding, ect but this is a small board. Might as well be hospitable. BananasQM !!41PmzC6RLY4
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>>6160470 It's very annoying when it happens, and I've very rarely seen someone actually delete their post when they chop up and update; I find this strange because whenever I post on the 4chans I always refresh just to make sure it went through so you'd think they'd see it, but maybe they don't know about post deletion or aren't paying attention.
The best thing you can do is post on a consistent update schedule. I've noticed that near my normal update times people tend to slow down a lot as if in anticipation; though sometimes this is just because there is nothing left to talk about. Finally, if I post my first part of an update and see somebody post right after me, I'll just go ahead and delete/repost my first post under their message so at least it's all together. It's not feasible to do if they chop up the update 2/3 posts in but most people don't do that as once they see the first post they wait until the update is over.
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>>6157002 >>6157189 >>6157197 >FEMALE SLAVE GIRLS literally the currency of Ireland I am super addicted to Mount And Blade Warband Viking Conquest from the Brytenwalda dev studio this videogame is so incredible lol, the sounds when you order a shield wall with the throwing spears and arrows whistling overhead and they even bash their shields hehe and then you scythe down all opponents from the flanks it is so satisfying yay
Anyway I have been inspired by reading a lot of Dark Ages legal sources, there is a disputed theory that coinage in this era 9th, 10th century may mostly have been used for paying fines and taxes, the actual economy may not have been monetised, though there are some arguments that also contradict this. I also learnt about Frisia and Dorestad lol (basically Netherlands, but Germanic) I had never heard of these places before but the game portrays them as the glitch / infinite money wool exploit vast wealth trading centres tee hee hee. Also I like keeping cows in my inventory alongside a collection of swords spears and axes, the cows give you free butter yay
Maybe the path of viking plunderer rapist slave trader is wrong, maybe becoming a BUTTER MERCHANT is the way
Here is an extract I found from Cain Adomnain, or Lex Innocentium promulgated by Iona Abbey amongst the Gaelic and Pictish Kings in 697 AD. It is essentially like the UN and the Geneva Convention, don't murder noncombatants except you can ravish women if you pay some milking cows as a fine afterwards. I looked up what currency this "cumal" (cum...?) is worth it is apparently one female bondservant or SLAVE GIRL, three cumals approximately the worth of one milking cow, this is the price of maidenly virtue
https://web.archive.org/web/20150708182128/http://travels-in-time.net/e/scotland12arteng.htm (excerpt from Cain Adomnain, The Law Of The Innocents 697 AD)
50: If there is rape of a girl, seven half-cumals is the fine for it. If a hand is laid on her, or on her girdle, ten ounces is the fine for it. If a hand is put under her clothing to her shame, three ounces and seven cumals is the fine for it....
51: If someone makes a good woman blush, by denying her children's paternity, accusing her of concupiscence, seven cumals is the fine for it, down to but not including the wife of an ordinary lord. Seven half-cumals if she is the wife of an ordinary lord. From there down to the wife of a chieftain, seven ounces.
This source gives the exchange
1 milch cow = 3 Cumhal (female slave) = 1 ounce of silver
https://irishfolklore.wordpress.com/tag/cumal/ Anonymous
>>6160470 1st time seeing a qm bitching about it
Anonymous
Fanon
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Reading "Spartan II War Reports" really makes me want to see the continuance of Halo Wolfpack. Hopefully Thunderhead will be back again soon.
ObserverQM !!W1X+5SlTLqC
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>>6160470 I'm always grateful for votes, and I'm happy whenever it happens since it shows my players are engaged. I usually apologize to them that I'm not able to count their vote for the current update.
RQM
Souv, fix the stock market pls. I can't commission more art unless this bounces back.
DrDragonfagQM !2gxW5JDLSc
DrDragonfagQM !2gxW5JDLSc ID:fECW2ojt Thu 19 Dec 2024 20:31:49 No. 6161151 Report >>6161127 >Oh no, End of december Spy (which always seems to take a plunge) is lower than mid-november; Oh the economy Admit it, you loaded 0DTE calls.
Anonymous
>>6161151 Nah, just a rehular amateur investor portfolio on a generic trading site.
Anonymous
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don't know if this is exactly /qtg/ related but what's this in the suptg archive? I can't tell if its spam or its that unwanted
Anonymous
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>>6161383 Probably some /tg/ shitflinging
Anonymous
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>>6161383 Were I to guess it's somebody who hates those threads or is a bitter former contributor that's meticulously votebombing each one.
That or if I were to look in the threads I'd find something unexpectedly ass.
Indonesian Gentleman
>>6158279 Bobs attract, simply put.
Then again, having boobs doesn't mean the character will be interesting, and vice versa.
>>6159043 SPACE OPERA HO! Crew of a scrappy lil ship that gets into shenanigans. Or a civ quest. Waifus abound, if you're brave enough.
>>6161383 The usual spite-powered bot war.
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>>6161529 >The usual spite-powered bot war. War has changed. It's not just autists flinging shit at each other for ten hours a day any more. Now there are drones. Hired mercs from the "istans". Shitposting is a business now.
Mojique !!4RCLTCHgFJV
>>6161535 >>6161535 >>6161535 Solarpunk update! You invite your dutch friend to talk to a tree. He's probably too into trees.
Anonymous
>>6161564 Is that a chocolate coin (modo: star)? Nice.
Anonymous
>>6161127 >>6161151 >>6161158 >FIX THE STOCK MARKET I tried to do this anon I am sorry but I feel like there are too many Russians in the way, you must first fight all of Russia otherwise spx will be ruined sorry
Of course the default reaction of most people (even some professional investors) is to look at a stock chart, visually measure the distance from the peak to the bottom or bottom to the top, and think ooohh I missed this or oohhh I could have made this etc. this is a behavioural error In reality this almost never happens, it would be impressive if you bought or sold anywhere near 200dma lol it is why day traders all lose money from over trading, most long only buyside institution portfolios barely churn or turnover at all the fund managers just browse the internet doing no work or fly around on holiday I mean attend important CEO conferences (see UNH investor event)
>>6156788 >>6155151 If you want to manage your own wealth moderately seriously, the basic CFA thing offers an outline or framework, you should establish your return objective, risk objective (it can be standard deviation or even something more simple like max drawdown) liquidity requirements and time horizon.
Just write down all of this, what money requirements inflows and outflows you anticipate over say 10-15 or even 20 years etc. and then compare this to the returns and volatilities achievable in the market. (There are also tax issues, I am not an expert on that get an accountant). If you adopt this level of planning and foresight you will attain better stewardship over your own wealth instead of the short-termism daytrading mentality etc. Another thing to remember which a lot of people never mention to young people early on in your career, but typically your lifetime earnings growth will flatten around 30-35 years of age (basically, unless you are super exceptional or some devious Machiavellian corporate assassin, many people in terms of income growth / earnings will not see salary growth around 35yrs age or so, this is just obvious because those early salary growth rates promotions cannot continue forever). So if you are younger or starting your professional career when you make your lifetime earnings and savings and costs planning extrapolation, you should take this into account etc.
Anonymous
>>6161583 Souv, care to discuss investment strategy privately? Got a mail or a discord where I can reach you?
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>>6161583 >(There are also tax issues, I am not an expert on that get an accountant). >motherfucker is in the money business >cannot into taxes Every goddamn time. CLOCKWORK
Anonymous
>>6161584 >They always ask Souv for financial advice but not me Anonymous
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>>6161587 Well give me your mail or contact.
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>>6161584 hehe anon I worked with long-only institutional portfolios in the past, mostly corporate pension funds, some charities and foundations etc I don't have any experience managing private individual wealth (especially regarding intricate tax, inheritance, health/family considerations) I don't really follow financial markets that closely anymore except when just browsing and harvesting for amusing memes, I am not sure if my antiquated techniques of analytical haruspicy, tarot cards and econometric divination from the flight of birds is still applicable anymore to modern capital markets
I would generally advise people to save more and to avoid daytrading, I don't think it is healthy lol (you can also just googl search the latest statistics from various brokerages on the percent of daytraders who lose money, you will see why they aggressively promote advertise and encourage it lol it is a great source of revenue for them)
Most financial management is just planning, your forecasts or plans don't even have to be very accurate it is more the thought process and introspection that helps you to anticipate and discipline your own emotional response to various scenarios (not just oh my god nvda went down I must sell everything, or I missed it now I must buy everything!!aahh!) but I wish you good luck anon I hope the markets favour you
Anonymous
>>6161587 In fairness, I didn't actually ask for advice, but rather juat flippantly quipped about the "vampire sorcerer" and his powers.
>>6161583 Legit pretty good advice, though. Thank you!
Even with the recent downturn, following a lot of this thinking and similar strategies (and a lot of good luck) kept me riding pretty high this last year, which enabled splurges like the King & Queen of /QST/ bonuses and gift art for QMs. Anonymous
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>>6161587 BananasQM are you also a practioner of the vile and accursed arts of VAMPIRE SORCERY? argh nooo there is no escape nooooo
Kektus !!J2DVx8oxjPt
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The Caretaker Quest has a new update!
As it turns out, Magic aint got shit against the Muggle power of PARKOUR, at least when it comes to our temporal female protagonist.
Now, you are deep in the Slytherin common room, what will you find in there?
Pick your choice and roll to find out!
>>6159531 >>6159531 >>6159531 Mojique !!4RCLTCHgFJV
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>>6161578 Yeah but I didn't draw it
I should do drawing but I've been so fucking slow and nocturnal lately I don't want to delay my updates any more than usual
YouAndYourWaifu !!S7iWoz56vJi
YouAndYourWaifu !!S7iWoz56vJi ID:Fd+/NF4u Fri 20 Dec 2024 15:03:49 No. 6161642 Report Quoted By:
The Prophecy Names Me, So The Demon General Betrays Her King?! has be updated.
>>6161638 >>6161638 >>6161638 If you give it a look Miranna might give you a present.
It's someone's skull, don't worry about it. IlvermoryQM !kCM7IdCDew
>>6161596 >King & Queen of /QST/ Still sad our girl Arty couldn't even get the consolation prize, but it was a bunch of fun. Hope we do it again next year or even year after if we dont have enough new contestants. Did spawn this amazing pic from Kektus at least as well leggy Arty from OlympusQM. I personally regret not holding my bitcoin a bit longer, as far as financial stuff goes.
PoképocalypseQM !!w58WRl7ypiG
PoképocalypseQM !!w58WRl7ypiG ID:aUu5YmKq Sat 21 Dec 2024 00:19:36 No. 6161844 Report Quoted By:
I have come to proudly announce that Walter finally made it to Sacramento!!! It only took
*checks watch*
2 and a half threads!! Yay!!!!!
Now go push him around someplace if you wanna!
Or don't! I don't care much either way, I just wanted to announce that he finally got there! Fuck me man, I've spent so long writing in anticipation of it, feels great to finally be there. >>6161836 >>6161838 >>6161839 >>6161840 >>6161841 IlvermoryQM !kCM7IdCDew
Kektus !!J2DVx8oxjPt
>>6161664 >pic holy shit, i completely forgot about that doodle, brings back salty memories, ngl
IlvermoryQM !kCM7IdCDew
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>>6162073 Yeah. I was sad. But that image makes me smile. For one, it is cute. Two, the racist Burger King crown meme. Three, I have worn one of those around while doing exams on patients with "King of [Hospital Name]" name written on a piece of paper and taped to it for like half a day before; picrel after I started doing it that day.
Good times.
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>>6150243 >How do you carve out around the holidays (or whenever you're busy) for questing, or do you just take a break? Do you have any advice for aspiring QMs who might not have the same time management skills? More often I just take a break, but there's always time in the day if you make it. One of the best ways to timesave is to prep. You generally have an idea of where a quest is going, so you can pregame and get it ready for revision and post.
>Player Question Yes. I usually ignore longrunner quests if I feel I can't catch up. Bad habit of mine.
>General Question (a) I'd like some drawing skills for me, but that sounds greedy. SO I want to give
>>6150502 a GOOD fantasy quest.
>General Question (b) Not really, but only because I have a Pass (I like having my VPN). I've been dodging starting a new quest or restarting one of my old ones because I need to work on my art and my schedule.
>Miscellaneous question: Yeah, I celebrate Christmas and New Years
Anonymous
What's everyone's favourite moment in /qst/ history? Not talking about the quests themselves but rather board drama. Someone shitposting so hard that a QM quits, a QM samefagging their own votes and accidentally forgetting their id/name/tripcode, an unbelievable dice roll or series of rolls, that sort of thing. Feel like I've missed a lot of that stuff.
DrDragonfagQM !2gxW5JDLSc
DrDragonfagQM !2gxW5JDLSc ID:fECW2ojt Sat 21 Dec 2024 14:48:36 No. 6162219 Report Quoted By:
>>6162209 Trannyspammer ban
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>>6162209 Rolling a critical failure while Mikhail was fucking Darzi. Instead of the sex being bad, he psychically-broadcast it to his entire party.
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>>6162209 I wasn't here long enough to really say. Quests feel like self-contained ventures and the board rarely interacts with itself outside of /qtg/, /qag/, and the tournaments. It's usually just no-name trolls.