Virella

The whole EU should function like Norway does with the other countries. I absolutely hate the EU interfering with local laws. For example, and one we are famous for. Our weed. We, the peasants, want our coffeeshops to be capable of just buying their weed legally. Instead we have this twisted thing in the law that they still buy it illegal, aka it is still a criminal business. Dutch people are sick and tired of illegal weed growth, because it happens a lot, and I don't have to explain the consequences of such. In the meantime, the EU is blocking the Dutch to pass laws onto getting growing it legally. We could make so much money on taxes onto it on top if it, not to mention we could control what is stuffed into the weed. Sadly enough it happens there are other drugs thrown into it. Whereas a lot of coffeeshops are very strict about checking the quality, it does happen. And it shouldn't. But hey, the EU doesn't want it, so our EU sucking up politicians are smothering any law change in its crib. While it should be so much better. Not to mention the EU demanded us to close the coffeshops in the bordercities with Germany and Belgium. It would reduce drugrunners from other countries coming over they said. It has been a very odd an selective thing as well on which cities shops got closed on top of that. Anyhow, most come with car, and if you drive like 15 mins further, you can get your weed anyhow, so it has no effect whatsoever. On top of that, having lived in one of these cities, and the other gone to school. Guess twice what happened? Instead of containing the folk to the coffeshops were they did no harm, they are all out on the streets dealing shit now. Whereas I didn't mind going trough certain parts of one city before the closing of the coffeeshops, I wouldn't dare to step a foot alone in there at night any more after they closed it. So all those places around the coffeeshops became super scummy and criminal, while before it wasn't bad at all. But hey, the EU said it would work, right? Fucking EU politicians and having no fucking clue how things work on a local level. And this is just one of the many problems the EU isn't solving, but making worse in the Netherlands. They have such a hard on for one united country and culture, while that simply doesn't work. As I said, the above examples involving weed is one of them. We want to decriminalize things, the EU still pretends they know better than the people actually living in the Netherlands. Fuck the EU in its current state.

Sir, did you ever Monk with rotating Fracture in, and not having to DK? Even with the new TP ability we get, I struggle massively at times near the end of fights. And that's outside the serious raids. Like Ozma? My damn, that fight is a TP heavy fight. I can't how much of a pain in the ass it must be outside 24 man stuff. Idk but I never have much issues with my TP as tank. That said, good ninjas will just give a look and throw it to whoever needs it first. Our nin back in the days used to throw it asap onto our monk at the start of a fight, and we always would have a second one up for when either our war needed it, or someone died. But that requires a ninja who doesn't tunnel vision 9000.

We know so far that Ala Mhigo had miqo'te. That some have wandered to Othard? Seems something that is likely to me! Perhaps Othard always had miqo'te for all we know. In any case, nope, we don't know for certain, but I don't think it is far-fetched to say we have miqo'te in Othard as well

Doomsaying Balmunger coming in. You ain't going to get into Balmung any time soon. It can literally /months/ before we might have a small window open. I'm talking about 1-2 minute windows. I'd... just go digging for gil irl, and just accept the fact you won't be capable of creating a char the normal way on Balmung, and got to transfer in. In any case, Twelve bless you if you are insisting onto trying. And welcome to the RPC regardless o7

That said though... Wasn't Tataru being the fist Lalafell the Ishgardians saw? I remember some NPC remarking on her race in specific during the MSQ.

If you're going to update weekly, I won't do mine then ! In any case, once I wake up, I will edit this and reply properly to this

This! I want my Ala Mhigans to remain dickish.

rNJ05NfM-4Y EU is great right? RIGHT?!

Nope, Balmung only goes open for a minute or two at best after server restarts. Thankfully you can transfer into the server still. However, it means paying for it, but on the upside, you can transfer up to 8 characters to Balmung for the price of one. Gilgamesh is pretty dead from what I've heard, but I'd suggest just playing the game first if you like the game still ect Welcome and all that!

Mind you, in the past Au ra were confused for Dravanians, and slaughtered in masses. Take that as you will. (DRK questline if you want to read where!)

Brexit sounded fucking stupid and that didn't stop them. Other consequences: Scotland might be considering a second referendum. "Dexit" Ireland is reconsidering reunification too. That kind of sound like some new dental product. "Try Dexit, it'll make your caries exit!" People are shouting for a Nexit ever since our gov ignore the outcome with the Dutch voting NO against Ukraine. Whereas I'm cautious about seeing the Dutch leaving the EU, my gov needs to go.

Gdi, can SE continue to make me even more salty about this all ;_; Well, I at least the good stuff in Germany by getting to see more in-depth looks ;___;

As for personally affecting? With the euro dropping, but not as hard as the pound is currently? It means having to pay more for goods from non EU countries for me. A shame, but one we all saw coming with Brexit. Maybe it will get harder to travel to the UK for me, given I do visit it on a yearly base since the past few year. It is a wait and see situation. But that is the direct thing I can tell as a Dutch citizen what will instantly influence me as of now. The rest? A wait and see situation. It may usher in the start of massive reforming of the EU, or it breaking completely apart, and certain countries starting a new alliance. Who knows? And this is the point I will hush, at OP's request I won't start fuelling a debate, unlike Nebs who's trying to bait it currently. I can start massive rants about the EU, and their wrongdoings, but I won't. (As well, most of my sources are made by Dutch journalists sadly enough. And I fear I won't get far with Dutchie gobbiespeak here:P) Nebs, go slap yourself on the wrist, and no tea for you tonight.

Some random screenies of the past couple of months of RP. In no particular order at all. ... There's a lot of Franz and Ave.

Sadly enough I only have vague screens of old rooms I had. First one was Ul'dah themed, the other Ishgard. The Ishgard one was sadly enough in a dark time when we couldn't adjust our light yet. Yup, I'm useless. I promise if I ever get a nice room together again, I'd screen it properly.

Nope. Can't do it. I can't even make 2.0 versions of old RP characters, doesn't feel right. So nope, I can't! But I've seen people doing it, and enjoying it greatly.

Sup my fellow RP nerds. After talking with a few of my friends, who don't use Tumblr, and still love the shit out of answering prompts and the like, I will just post one to start this thread of with. If it catches on, I will continue making these type of threads. However, as much as we like the "What pokemon fits with your character" (meanwhile I have art with Ave and her pokebro), I'm trying to toss some more serious questions and prompts into this section for folk to answer. So. Lets start this shall we? [align=center] Which person(s) or group(s) are they most loyal to?[/align] This can mean anything from family, homeland, close friends, lovers, organisation they serve ect. Go crazy and tell me all the things about your character involving this topic, I'm looking forward to reading it all.

I totally forgot to reply to this. Please give me a poke ingame on Avelyn! Once more, if I kicked you on accident, please PM me as well!

My old FC is going there (given I come from EU server), and I be joining them there. We all booked our hotel rooms already. Think we're only spending about 100 euros each, if I remember correctly, for five days. Yeah, we're staying longer to just have fun together in Frankfurt So well, Frankfurt hotels are pretty cheap if you're willing to share. And of course book way ahead. Getting tickets for the EU was pretty easy last time. I would have been at the Vegas one as well, seeming I had sneakily planned family trip trough the US around that time. Ends up my sister fucking up her days off, and everything had to be blown off. RIP. Well next year maybe

I wish we had RP addons like WoW had where we could throw descriptions into. So we didn't have to deal with that stuff. Unless people refused to read folk's descriptions, but that is their issue. Ave would be riddled with scars and tattoos if that was the case. I'm just too lazy to emote it out constantly, so I decided against it.

I sort of laughed when I checked the stream for giggles, and exactly as I opened it, someone whispered them to inform them not to use /e but /emote for custom emotes, and that person got blacklisted instantly. Well. Guess Jenova ain't that welcoming, and Balmung still reigns supreme. Quality wise and in terms of friendliness lol.

Welcome back !

[align=center]Erik's Extra Lore Findings Twelve Chakras? [align=left]He bangs constantly on about having opened 'all' twelve. "Erik: Ich habe davon gehört, dass du alle zwölf Chakren geöffnet hast." -> "I have heard, that you have opened all Twelve chakras." In the English Version we have FOURTEEN chakras. Fourteenth should be Vierzehnte. Whether this is a translation error, or they mucked it up from one version to the other, or things gone wrong at Erik alone, and not at the Monk Main Questline? I will try to dig into that later. With just simply switching between German and English, and having my "of the 14th Chakra" it seems to be a mistake on SE's part. [align=center]It goes from "Of the 14th Chakra" as title to.[/align] [align=center][/align] [/align] "(Female) Opener of the fourteen Chakras" (Yeah, you will see a lot of gender specific translations included, German, just like Dutch, has ways to change words to either male or female depending on the person's gender. Sorry Tumblr.) [align=left]From that alone I can kinda guess they just accidental mucked it up. Or perhaps the Quest is still stuck in Pre-60. I'm not sure. [align=center]Was the Autumn War about fertile Clay or Alumina? [align=left]While his first blurb about the Autumn War stays mostly the same, he speaks of "The area is a sedimentary basin formed by the deposit of the fine silts and sands carried by the river." in English, German he speaks clay, or alumina being there. Once more, I'm not sure which one of the translations is the correct one, but my best bet is Alumina because Erik says something along the lines "As a Scientist I should know of Alumina/Clay." I think Alumina is the better fit of the two. At the very least we get to hear of a reason WHY instead of just "We need more lands" basically. Meanwhile the Autumn War is known as the Purple Foliage War in German. I laughed.[/align] [/align] [/align] Was Vainchelon Injured/Sick Before He Died? [align=left]In the English version, we simply get 'He (Vainchelon) died, however, before he was able to see his plan executed.' Krankenbett in German is used, what means sickbed. So it is more likely that he didn't die when facing the Ala Mhigans on the battlefield itself, but fought for his life after clashing with them. Not that it changes much as he died in the end anyhow. [align=center]Seedseers Not a Permanent Ward but ONLY for TEN Years? Whereas the English text speaks of the Ala Mhigans demanding the Seedseers were taking as wards for an unannounced period of time, at least the German Ala Mhigans tell them one of them 'only' were forced to live in Ala Mhigo for ten years. [/align] [/align] Spying Patrols in the Autumn War [align=left]We don't really hear anything of it in the English version, and while it is scenario what ever nation in most wars engages into here, in the German version mentions spying patrols being used. Take that as you wish. [align=center]The Notorious Heavy Ishgardian Cavalry [align=left]While the English quests tells about how effective the pikemen of Ala Mhigo where against mounted combat, and Ishgard at best being just known for having a heavy cavalry, in the German text they speak of the Ishgardian Chocobo Cavalry being notoriously for what they did. [align=center]The Gridanians Alone Didn't Just Win with Raining Arrows Down at the Second Battle of Tinolqa English version proclaims they rained down arrows onto the Ala Mhigians as soon they pulled them into their trap. In the German version we hear of the Limsa Pirates and Ul'dahn Gladiators who were lurking around them. However the German text still agrees that the majority of the damage was done by the Gridanian bowmen. But still! A mention of Ul'dah and Limsa beyond they were just there! [/align] [/align] [/align] [align=center]Ul'dah and Limsa Were in it for the GAIN In the English text they go about that they simply wanted to curb the power of Ala Mhigo. In the German version? Erik says something along the lines that this was the OFFICIAL reasoning, but instantly adds that Limsa and Ul'dah wanted favours of Gridania in return. Ishgard is just still concerned about its own hide first and foremost. [/align] [align=center]Check Your Fist of Rhalgr Privileges[/align] They go on about the Monks got gifted a lot of privileges, and their influence on politics grew in the years. I'm sort of happy to read this, seeming I got a massive theory craft on the FoR + Ala Mhigo + the Purge of the Monks, and this sort of ish backing it up just more. Anyhow, I digress. To the next point! [align=center]Suicide out of Grief and Chakra Knowledge [align=left]The English version doesn't mention anything about the older Fist of Rhalgr and the Purge of the main temple. The German text does however. It states that the older monks committed suicide out of grief, and with them the secrets of the Fist of Rhalgr and the chakras got taken with them. Interestingly enough, it seems they make a difference between being a Monk with Chakras, and one without, while still both being Fist of Rhalgr. They specify the difference between Monks, the elders who knew of Chakras, and Monks who did not. So I'd say once more, fighting like a FoR =/= having knowledge of Chakras. It really seems something what well, trained folk only have access to.[/align] Ala Mhigo had a Parliament? Erik speaks of the Mad King killing not only rich merchants and nobles but also about killing people of what I can only translate as the members of the Parliament. So who knows? [/align] [/align] Aether on Old Battlefields Can Tell the Amount of Soldiers Who Died [align=left]Erik claims in this version that due to figuring out the amount of left over aether on a battlefield, that he, or scientists in general, can predict how many soldiers have died there. In the English version he only speaks of 'able to reconstruct details' (of said battlefield), but this makes it a bit more specific. [/align] [/align]

Given I was terrible bored yesterday, I started digging again. However keep in mind in order to do this, whereas I sometimes can translate stuff from German > English, sometimes I have to force myself to German > Dutch > English, and things may look like a bunch of drama lama grammar wise. However I will do my best to post things a bit coherent. German sadly enough isn't a language you can just literally translate due to with the use of certain words twisting the meaning of the sentence completely, let alone idioms being used. So yes, I will make mistakes, plenty of them. I'm not providing official translations, so take things with a grain of salt. On the upside, with myself being Dutch, we get taught four language mandatory, and German was one of them. And, even if I hate to say it, German is still somewhat ish similar to Dutch. BUT. If you have any subject, questline, you want me to go read into in German and post it up, I will do it! Like for example "Oh could you check into the WHM quests from 30-50" is totally acceptable. But not "GO LOOK FOR ALL THE WHM GERMAN LORE" seeming I ain't going to hunt for NPCs all over the place. However, if you end up providing me with the English names of the NPCs in question about WHM lore, I can dig into that as well besides the Questlines. So no, no need for their German names (although I've noticed this is mostly with nicknames and Hellsguard names so far. Names tend to stay mostly alike). So if you want me to go talk with some NPC in German, and see if they got something else to say. Go ahead, and give names. Questlines are acceptable as well. However unlike what I did with the Monk Quests, I won't provide the whole translation from German to English, just what is different. Anyhow. Here have my wonky translation of the German Quest Translation. There is more to come from Erik the Scientist, the Monk Questline, NPC though!

My friends and I levelled a FC to r6 in... 3 days x_X