Sunday, November 23, 2014

The Fantasy Collective


Originally, I was going to blog about a Game of Thrones
sim. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get enough
information about that sim, but I haven't given up. ;)

Instead, I hit the Celestial round of 
There's a ton of awesome stuff this round.
A bunch of the role play world's favorite creators
have a stall. Honestly, I wanted everything.

I like this look though. It's dark and versatile. 
The dress is almost fully customizable. The colors are
fairly limited- only coming in black and white. However,
the areas and textures that you can play with
can give you a pretty original look.







Hair- Criminal- Exile
Skin- Artemis- Glam Affair
Eyes- Utopia- IKON
Dress- *MESH* Elven Gown*- Yasum @ The Fantasy Collective
Pauldrons- Lotus Pauldrons- On A Lark
Necklace- Deco Sword Necklace- T.Arnished
Headpiece- Celeste// Ancient Gold- .Keystone.

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

That moment a scene is ruined by OOC chat...

Alright, well this whole post won't be focused on
Out Of Character (OOC) chat. 
I did find some great stuff at the new round of Fantasy
Gacha Carnival and was able to pair it all with
items already existing in my inventory.

Skin- !Imabee- Calaerneth
Hands- SLink- Elegant
Hair- Exile- Rising Dawn in Dark Blondes
Shoulders- Aisling- Lady of High Garden Shoulders
Mask- Illusions- Civetta Musica mask
Earrings- Mandala- Polly Earings

Dress- Luas- Oriana blue/gold @ Fantasy Gacha Carnival
Alright, now for the OOC chat part of my post.
This does not apply if you're on one of those community "RP not required" sims.
I have tried to review so many sims since my last post
and wound up leaving with nothing to go on. "Why?" you ask.
The people that I was able to find in RP areas were to busy talking about OOC things
to actually RP. For those of you that are new to the world of RP,
any and all OOC chat should be not only minimized, but
if OOC does take place, there should be double parenthesis around
what you are saying out of character. So, for example, your emote should be typed like
so.... /me reaches for the glass of water.
If the moment takes you to say something OOC it should look like this...
(( Ha! I see what you did there!))

Now, I don't mean to offend anyone with this post, and if you do talk
OOC often during your scenes, fine. But if I'm there and parathansis aren't
being used to designate between the two, I am 100% that I'm going to have
to leave out of sheer confusion. I can't keep it straight!

I should say that this post was more of a cautionary tale to new players.
Learn from other people's mistakes and don't get sloppy. If you want to hold an entire
conversation with the person or people your in the scene with, IM or group chat!
END RANT

Dress- The Annex- Snow Queen Gown- @ Fantasy Gacha Carnival

Now for a note on these pictures... I took them at a sim that I'm fairly sure that I
want to blog. But more research is necessary. So stay tuned and till then,
have fun role-playing. And remember, keep OOC and IC separate! 

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Just a Fae hanging in Estara

Skin- !Imabee- Calaerneth skin- @ We <3 RP
Hair- /Wasabi Pills/- Lea Mesh Hair
Hands- SLink- Elegant
Feet- SLink- Flat
Finger Cones- Bliensen- Rawwr claws- @ We <3 RP
Dress- :[The Plastik]:- Starias Dress- @ We <3 RP
Bracers- .random.matter.- Baratheon Bracers
Breastplate- Miamai::- Battle fairy breastplate- @ We <3 RP

I took the time to hang out on a new 
medieval fantasy sim today.

Let me start by saying that I was really impressed
by the over all look of the sim. Very well designed.

I was fortunate enough to be able
to talk to a couple players that call the sim home.
One of these players was able to boast
two years on the sim! I'm sure I don't have to tell you how rare that is.
When I asked her why she had chosen to stay
on the sim for that long, she said that she felt like her character mattered.
The sim is a small sim. It doesn't have as many players
as many other medieval fantasy sims that RPers are familiar with. However,
its big enough to find and make RP, yet small enough that each individual
character and story is important.

Wings- MiaMai::- Battle Fairy Wings- @ We <3 RP
According to the players that I was able to speak to,
the sim sometimes has sim wide RPs for players to immerse themselves in, the 
most recent resulting in the gates of hell being opened, releasing demons, and the ultimate
destruction of the elven city.
The last thing I was able to learn that really stuck with me was
the fairness of the admin and owner. They facilitate and encourage 
individual story lines. To often on RP sims, it happens that admin tend to suppress
story lines while taking liberties with their own. Apparently, that doesn't happen here.

Headpiece- [Keystone]- Forged Laurel
My over all recommendation is to give it a shot. In fact, 
I have been looking for a sim to call home myself.
I'm going to go work on my character sheet right now. See you in Estara!

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

A note on my absence

 First, let me apologize to all my readers for my absence these past few weeks. I can explain.

On October 22nd at 2:17 in the afternoon, I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. Labor was no problem. No complications. I didn't even get pain medication, a fact that I am very proud of.

Of course, these past two weeks since her birth, I've nearly blogged several times, only to fail miserably and wind up falling asleep at the computer. In fact, as I type this, I'm fighting back yawn after yawn and counting down the minutes till my little girl wakes up again.

This is all made all the more difficult given the fact that I also have a 4 year old girl, a 2 year old boy, and a 15 month old boy. But, now I hope to be getting back in the swing of things.

I haven't had time to review any sims, a fact in which I hope to remedy soon. So I just hit this month's FaMESHed and and nabbed a look that could pass as vintage or modern. Make sure you get there this round. There's tons of awesome stuff.


Skin- Glam Affair- Katya America 02
Hands- SLINK- Elegant 
Hair- TRUTH Hair- Thalia
Hat- Ariskea- Anya Hats collection @ faMESHed
Coat- erratic- misha wrap coat- @ faMESHed
Leggings- Maitreya- Leggings xtra small
Boots- **BAIASTICE**- Rochee ankle boots @ faMESHed