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bedlamgames · 6 years

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Q&A #89

As a heads up the usual Sunday stream is now going to take place tomorrow night on Monday.

Now onto some questions.

Anonymous said: Will you add longer term goals into the game? And the ability to upgrade your tools and such so you can stop your alchemist from blowing themselves up every other day. Plus will there be a way to learn skills from Slavers? Because it'd be an interesting mechanic to learn magic from your slavers and build that up, becoming stronger and stronger in each school... and are there any plans for more races/ Characters in the future?

Good sign I should tackle these Q&A’s more often as you can tell as I got this question prior to 0.81 which does include buyable upgrades.

More slaver interactions are coming and 0.82 which will be coming soon will include an entirely new full featured race.

joyfullyunadulteratedruins said: I just listened to Thriller amd started wondering. WIll there be undead creatures in the future. Like, how about a senario where you play a necromancer (or mad scientist) and the only way to get slavers is to go on a gravedigging assignments where the result determine what undead you get. (Crits are vamps and liches, failure is near useless zombies and ghosts, etc) and to compensate, the supply cost of everything is much much higher. And they drain life from slaves instead of using them.

Due to it being a lewd game while I do plan to do more with undead themes like I did with the wrights and with the blight magic traits and related assignments there’s limits on what I’m comfortable including.

I do though plan to have a zombie equivalent and vampires have been on the drawing board since before the very first update to the game.

minimen456 said: Living Nightmare morale lost, but Jenny is alone on a mission and don't have that skill: imgur /a/Qr1r0vs

That looks like the Living Nightmare not being wiped properly and so lingering. Do you remember what the previous assignment you started to that was? Also would be good to know if you just started it and cancelled, or confirmed the assignment.

Anonymous said: Hey man, just wanted to say everything's still going great. I actually went back and played Rough Landing 2 after I saw the post about the other game, and this time I actually managed to beat it! Nowhere near 100% completion but I got to an ending. Anyways, back in No Haven I've been trying to clear the Golem scenario and I feel I've hit a brick wall. I've put together some powerful slavers that can wreck shit on most missions, so now I'm just grinding to try and push through the last decision.

Congratulations! And good luck with beating that scenario.

Anonymous said: [0.805] imgur /a/lRnGyOz the corruption "critted" and triggered the tentacle arms twice on a mountain something lamia, according to the corruption text she should have 2 arms with tentacles and 2 normal arms, instead she has 3 normal arms and only one tentacle arm.

Tentacles should be a one of though containing multitudes. On checking there was an issue where it could apply the text twice like that.

Anonymous said: [0.805] imgur /a/jAhJKz6 she got mad schemes from complete profane ritual, the issue might be that the aspect says it needs creative but she doesn't have it, assignments still trigger the aspect though.

That ones working as intended as corruption can help bypass the requirements you’d need to take it from a level up.

Anonymous said: [0.805] imgur /a/HlmTLAg greedy ganed, greedy lost, and the venomchasm character didn't have that aspect so I have no idea how she lost something she didn't have.

update on the "lost" exhibitionist, she gained that somehow.

I was going to change that potential but people found the gain trait, lose trait in one corruption thing so I left it. I’ve changed the wording on that other one so it’s more understandable now that it’s applying the aspect and removing any outfit worn.

Anonymous said: [0.805] imgur /a/kZUhznT selected corruption by mistake, clicked cancel and that roles showed up and the PC moved below

Will see if I can recreate it to see what happened there.

Anonymous said: Tried the new version; now that levelling up the encampment no longer provides an encampment size bonus, it's possible to gain more slavers than you have room for. It seems like accepting a new slaver that would take you over capacity should either automatically charge you for the upgrade, or be impossible; as is, I can just ignore encampment size, and rely solely on level-ups for fresh blood.

Oops, missed that one. Thanks for letting me know so I can fix that.

nh-maikochan said: 0.812 Bug... maybe. Had a slaver who gained Flying through a levelup. They gained another level and one of the options for them was Fleet. I saved before picking it and sent them out on an exploration mission to see if the two stacked with the time reduction, and they don't, only Flying applied its time reduction effect.

Yeah was a bug. Was an extra ‘ ‘ that was causing the flying check not to work on gaining fleet.

anoisilyunlikelycollectorblog said:Tumblr is redirecting your download links to the dashboard so they're unusuable (tested with the ones on Whorelocks Revenge).

Gah tumblr why you got to be like that? While it wasn’t working at all on Friday when I checked it does seem to be working now thankfully as I don’t want to think about updating all the commission sources.

Still in case it happens again I’ve added full links for the downloads so worst case if it happens again you can always copy paste them.

evelelf said:Not a question but more of a bug report. Assignment in Ever Forest "Infiltration - Toll Bridge" keeps counting down to expire even when picked up and after completion.

Those are good too. Not entirely sure why that’s happening though. Is it on a specific day length?

sweetlyholywizard said:Hey, I encountered a bug in 0.812 of no haven where when I tried to raid a goblin village the timer on it ran out and the assignment didn't complete. Now it's just sitting there in my room objects screen and I can't do any thing about it. For some reason this has also caused me to get a "need more room or slavers" message whenever I try to go on an assignment to get more slaves, so basically if I can't get this fixed then the entire save is fucked. Any ideas on what the problem is?

I know this is my equivalent of the ‘have you turned it off an on again’, but as this is bad enough I’m surprised otherwise it would have gone unmentioned have you been following the safe saving and loading practice as warned at the beginning of the game? As that’s what is most likely to break the game.

If not let me know along with letting me know if there was an owned slaver involved and which length of days that assignment was. Thanks!

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sonjaeson · 2 years

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Week 5 and 6

Hello! Sorry it took me a long time update this series of unfortunate events lol! Kidding aside yeah I apologize for being not on time seriously. I don’t want to make any excuses and just be straightforward, YEP! I’m actually tired of making this a weekly update shit about my life but I must conquer and finish this what I’ve started to lezzzz gow! Before anything else this might be short but atleast I doing the best I can!

One of the highlights would be my new phone! HUAWEI P40 PRO. This might my first time having a phone that has an advance technology on its camera. I was really amazed on how it captures its photo it feels like I’m currently holding small DSLR. And until now I keep on capturing random stuffs on what I see because of this phone’s camera whenever I go outside I keep on staring to different angles and try to make it as beautiful as ever. Anywho, 4th yr 2nd semester started, OJT interviews are now filing up because nganong karon paman ko nag email different companies knowing nga free ra gyd unta kaayo ang akoa first and second week of February. However, first interview was starts with ICS niya feeling nako mao gyd n inga company that the great Jaeson will be working with. Hopefully, I can pass the final interview tomorrow *fingers crossed* pero it’s okay if I will not be qualified as long as I keep on being honest to myself. I mean dili raman pod sila nga kompanya ang akoa ge applyan and if I’m not mistaken 2 na nga company pod ang waiting nalang for may confirmation and next might be my deployed if ever sayo ko mo pasa but, still it would be better if I became one of ICS employees wow! Karon pako naka gamit ani nga word sa akoa self WTF! HAHAHAH Oh yeah, I thought I would be staying here longer pero I decided to go back to Manila as early as now kay naa koy mga papers nga makabwesit kay deadline would be on February 24. Plus it would be more beneficial since our progress in our fucking THESIS is on 0%!!!! FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!! I thought sa OJT rako maglisud but fooking THESIS is the main problem.. I thought every solution it creates another problem pero in this case every problem creates sub problem that would become another problem holy shit! Lately, I become useless on every part of the project that I was in. Wala ko kahibaw ngano like sauna consistent jod kaayo ko mangitas solusyon sa mga project and active pako as in active and mo tabang dayon after mahuman akoa part but these days it’s fucking different. Nawala akoa fighting spirit and akoa motivation like boom Nawala ragyd. I think gasugod ni atong C# ang klase and more on backend programming like wala jod koy matabang aside sa sigeg mando kung unsay mga panghbuhaton but at the end of the day I became a freeloader. Ga overnight pa gane mi sa usa ka balay sa akoa classmate and still wala gehapon koy natabang sige rakog katawa nangitag lingaw and worst is kadtong akoa ge studyhan is walay kwenta so nisamot kog ka way gamit YAWA! That’s why every night I keep asking myself ngano? What happen? I thought focus kos akoa future and slowly turning into a responsible adult but instead it feels like I’m slowly turning into a teenager again become young wild and free. I mean the feeling of not dealing with responsibilities and just keep on having fun is undeniably so far good but it’s the way to become responsible in life it’s not the way to survive if I become an independent person. I always look forward to myself to become an independent person paying rent on my home/room but what happen to me right now. I need to reset and focus on upcoming career, there might be a short assessment on the Final Interview later and I have no idea what might gonna be happen so JAESON if you want to become what you want you need to be living in the present right now stop fooling around you’re better than this. Don’t think about the regrets that you had don’t compare yourself to other people who had fun on their teenage life. It’s still not the end of the road and you can still have fun later on your adult life and it would be better since you’ll not be a freeloader anymore and dependent on the allowance that your mother give you. Soooooooooooooo baby steps, focus on the present focus on your OJT and focus on your fucking THESIS! FINISH IT! 3 MONTHS might be long but in this stupid world it’s faster than you think it is! SO I NEED YOU TO FOCUS FOR THE MEAN TIME FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS FOCUS!

Before I end this, I just want to share what happened on Valentine’s Day.. So of course wala napod tay kauban because the 2 girlfriends I had I runaway and broke up with them so here I am waiting for something to happen. Waiting for someone that will re-ignite this heart of mine to let me feel what’s romantic love again what and where was that Jaeson that was happily inlove years ago. Anyways, so these new friends of mine had a simple celebration a “BBQ Party + Empi” and I’m becoming envious again not because 2 of them are in love with each other but because one of us found someone who he can chat with and be happy for those moments with the girl. It made me envious because since the moment I go back here not even one that I tried to talk to continued the conversation or if ever lang based on my realizations and observations I’m trying to be also hard to get and keeps holding myself back to become a simp on someone. I just kinda miss the joy of flirting with someone albeit it’s on chat and at the same time the feeling of infatuation on that moment. Maybe I am too old for this kind of romantic shits and go for old tricks! But still loyal paman gud kung Nikka AHAHAH like any moments nga naa koy ipost and if ever mo react siya like wtf gahuna-huna dayon og wedding event and family HAHAHAHAHHAHA it’s fucking BS and literally pathetic on me expecting something on someone who doesn’t even try to know me better yet I keep insisting on being with her. I need to stop this ludicrous dream of mine and again live on the present. Stop the expectation of something that has a slight chance of happening and just go with the flow where ever this universe takes me. However, the valentine’s of 2022 is actually not that bad as long you have friends that joins you and have mini-celebration just because mankind created this day for humanity to forget everything for a day and be with their partner and reminisce on how they started dating. In short, drop everything and look for each other and just be in-love like the first you met. Just for a short night all you have to do is think how lucky you are to be with someone unknowingly what might gonna happen in the future. AND THAT’S MY FUCKING ENTRY ON THIS 5th and 6th I’m gonna call this PANO by Zack Tabulod “ Pano naman ako Nahulog na sayo ”

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keinart · 6 years

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Monday Update 30/04/2018

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Hello everyone. Let’s keep talking this week about what’s done or isn’t, shall we? I think I’ve already mention how I want to keep these short.

Programming

One of the hardest part that slowed down the dev progress after finishing the writing has been the programming. My previous game, One Thousand Lies, was made in Renpy. Something like the staple for indie visual novels. While Renpy works well for itself it is pretty limited once you try to go a bit further and making modifications can become complex. Also the system how Renpy manages new versions, translations and some other features is pretty pretty basic (if I had to update OTL right now for anything, I would destroy everyone save data in the process) as well as there being a few bugs I couldn’t never get rid off while developing OTL (like the Gallery not working properly RANDOMLY for example). I tried to use Renpy for some time despite all this, but I had to switch to something else at some point if I wanted to step up some features.

So my adventure looking for a new engine began. Among all the possible choices the new Visual Novel Maker for example, from the same guys that make RPG Maker, is probably the strongest VN engine oriented right now. However it is pretty new, so there’s not much documentation and once again it is hard to do anything beyond what it brings by default. Not impossible though, but hard, since everything is based on Javascript and I pretty much hate that programming language (sorry for those 2 of you who actually like it).

There are more engines I’ve tried, but at the end I went for what every indie does, and for a reason: I’m using Unity.

At the end of the day Unity is powerful enough for anything I may need now and in the future (reminder that this is an episodic game so I want to release several games and have an engine that can keep up with any new ideas I may want to try), and it is free for indies unless I make a lot of money so there you have it. Worth it.

Combined with the asset Utage, a japanese Visual Novel engine, Unity becomes a pretty powerful weapon. All the text part is handled by an excel file meaning it is really easy to edit without breaking everything. This compared with Renpy that for translation would search every line in the code then export them to a new file is a lot more convenient. Renpy had the nuance that any little change at the source would immediately not match with the translation and force you to copy paste them again, delete the old one, and if you wanted to keep some order you had to go through the code to make sure everything is in their right place.

For a Visual Novel, where changes to the text happen every single day, let it be for typos or editing, handling a translation was pretty much hell. With Utage however they are just two excel columns, one next to the other, making it extremely easy to work and edit. Even animations are included within the Excel document, meaning I can handle scenes easier always keeping control.

There are more functions like the file system management so you can even handle downloads of assets by batches, pretty useful for the phone version of the game to don’t destroy internet connections and to avoid compatibilities issues if you update the game. Another function for dicing images that I would probably talk about at a different update but that reduces the game size by A LOT. The main issue is that some (not all) of the engine documentation is in japanese, so is not really accessible for western developers, but the creators give support in english if needed.

In any case it took long to get the engine working to start scripting. But it is finally happening and all what’s left is just getting assets and spending time putting them all to work. This takes me to the next point...

What’s left?

For music we have some songs done already, but at the same time I don’t want to show them yet for particular reasons that I will explain when the time comes. Music production got delayed a bit but I hope I can give you guys more info soon. For Graphic Design in our team we have Winter. Graphic Design started a bit late so for now we only have the Textbox finished as you can see with the first image, and the logo is almost done (I wanted to finish it before announcing the game actually...). We have a lot of ideas and great designs coming for all the other menus and you have probably already noticed that the buttons at the screenshots are a bit unusual... Look forward for them!

Then for art we do have all main characters designed, but work for sprites is still needing around 4 characters (I will announce them as soon as they get done!). And from there we will go into CG work. CG will probably take the longest since they are really high definition and complex pictures, but you have seen what Naguri can do already so I’m sure you will love the results.

For backgrounds we are almost halfway done. 10 backgrounds finished, but we are going for a bit over 20. They are really detailed as you have seen already so they take some time but the quality is top-notch. At the end of the day quality is our main concern after all.

So there’s still a lot of work to get done. As I mentioned before the story is finished. Generally most indie VN devs has the issue that they don’t have their text finished and their development fail at some moment where they realize their story is not really that good, or they need to do many changes, and all their assets become unusable. This is something that many of you have probably already seen a few times with some Kickstarters for example. I wanted to make sure with Lotus Reverie that that wasn’t the case, that’s why I finished the entire episode text before getting assets, and that’s why it took so long to announce. Personally I have never understood those games promising more text and content for their projects if they reach some goals. I think any story has an optimal amount of words, making it longer doesn’t necessarily make it better, the opposite, it can affect the pacing and make it boring, and for that reason I wanted to make sure that part is handled beforehand properly.

In exchange the work that is left can be “reduced” to getting assets and putting them all together. This of course requires work but more than anything is just time and money. The story won’t change and there shouldn’t be situations where the entire development shifts to a new directions going into dev hell. However I hope you guys understand how I have real life responsibilities and work, and because of that I can’t really dedicate full time to the game. At the end I don’t really have much time neither money, but no matter if it takes longer or if it costs more than I expect, the game will come along. This is a project of passion first and foremost.

Until next update!

ESPAÑOL:

Hola a todos. Voy a seguir hablando esta semana sobre lo que ya está terminado y lo que no. Vamos al lío que como ya dije quiero mantener estas actualizaciones cortas.

Programación

Una de las partes más difícil y de las que ha retrasado todo el desarrollo tras terminar de escribir ha sido la programación. Mi juego anterior, One Thousand Lies, se hizo con Renpy que viene a ser algo así como el programa estándar para desarrollar novelas visuales. Renpy funciona bien para lo que necesita pero al mismo tiempo está bastante limitado si quieres ir un poco más lejos. Cualquier modificación que vaya más allá de sus funciones se vuelve excesivamente compleja.

Uno de los mayores problemas que tenía con Renpy era la forma en la que las traducciones se llevaban a cabo. Renpy te detectaba todas las líneas de texto dentro del código y te las exportaba para traducirlas. El problema es que si hacias algún cambio al texto a posteriori después de traducirlo (algo muy normal para una novela visual que siempre se está cambiando pequeños detalles como faltas o editando algunas frases) el juego ya no te lo iba a detectar, lo que requería volverlo a exportar, y de nuevo reorganizar las nuevas líneas, borrar a mano las antiguas. En fin un poco caótico. También Renpy tenía problemas con por ejemplo cualquier actualización o parche que quisieras sacar del juego, si actualizase OTL ahora mismo para cualquier cosa destruiría todas las partidas guardadas de los jugadores inexorablemente. Incluso también tenía algunos problemas con bugs bastante aleatorios como la Galería no funcionando A VECES al desbloquear imágenes. En definitiva, que Renpy ha sido el motor que he intentado usar durante bastante tiempo con LR pero estaba bastante limitado en muchos aspectos.

De ahí empezó mi aventura buscando un nuevo motor. Hay muchos y los he probado todos pero por ejemplo diría que Visual Novel Maker, de los creadores de RPG Maker, es el más potente de todos. Es muy nuevo y lleva poco tiempo en el mercado lo que hace que haya poca documentación y nuevamente, ciertas limitaciones, pero lo recomendaría sin duda si no fuera por un detalle: requiere Javascript si quieres hacer tu propio código para lo que sea. Cualquier modificación fuera de lo que ellos ofrecen se vuelve nuevamente más difícil de lo que debería y más si hay que usar Javascript que es el lenguaje que más odio (lo siento por las dos personas que os gusta esa cosa).

De manera que he acabado haciendo lo que todo desarrollador indie acaba haciendo: usar Unity.

Unity al final es lo suficientemente potente para hacer lo que sea tanto ahora como en el futuro. Mi plan es sacar varios episodios de LR al fin y al cabo por lo que voy a necesitar un motor que pueda soportar cualquier futura idea o problema que pueda surgir conforme pasen los años, y Unity además es gratis de usar para indies siempre y cuando no ganes mucho dinero así que es la conclusión lógica a elegir.

Combinado con Utage, un engine japonés para hacer Visual Novels de la Asset Store de Unity, desarrollar una VN se vuelve bastante más conveniente. Todo el texto lo lleva un excel de manera que es muy fácil de editar cualquier cosa sin romperlo. A diferencia de Renpy tengo los idiomas en columnas del excel de manera que puedo cambiar lo que sea en uno u otro sin romperlo. Incluso las animaciones las puedo manejar con excel permitiéndole tener todo mucho más ordenado.

Hay muchas más funciones como el manejo de archivos que me permite organizar descargas a través de grupos de manera que para teléfonos móviles puedo reducir la cantidad de archivos que se van descargando para no destruir conexiones lentas y también permitir que juegues mientras se va descargando todo de forma paralela. También puedo actualizar el juego sin destruir archivos de guardado o crear incompatibilidades de versiones. Más funciones incluye el Dicing, que sirve para reducir el tamaño de las imágenes enormemente y del que ya hablaré en más detalle en otro momento.

El mayor problema que tiene es que no toda la documentación está traducida, lo que lo vuelve algo inaccesible a desarrolladores no japoneses. Pero los creadores ofrecen ayuda en inglés si la necesitas por lo que si eres un desarrollador creo que es una buena idea si estás buscando un motor con el que trabajar.

En cualquier caso me ha llevado mucho tiempo hasta que pude empezar el scripting del juego debido a la búsqueda de motores, pero eso ya está encaminado y todo lo que hace falta es terminar el resto de elementos y ponerlos juntos, que viene a ser una cuestión de tiempo más que nada. Lo que me lleva a mi siguiente punto.

¿Qué queda?

Para música tenemos unos cuantos temas hechos, pero al mismo tiempo no quiero mostrarlos todavía por razones particulares que ya explicaré cuando llegue el momento. La producción música se ha retrasado un poco pero espero poder daros más información pronto.

Para diseño gráfico en nuestro equipo tenemos a Winter. El diseño gráfico ha comenzado algo tarde por lo que por ahora tenemos es la caja de texto como habéis podido ver en las capturas. El logo está casi acabado sin embargo así que espero poder mostrarlo pronto e ir ya de lleno al resto de menús y otros elementos con el que tenemos muchas y muy buenas ideas que espero que os gusten (imagino que ya os habréis fijado que los botones de las capturas son un tanto particulares...).

Para arte ya tenemos a todos los personajes principales diseñados, pero queda trabajo de sprites para 4 de ellos. Espero poder anunciar poco a poco los personajes que quedan de la plantilla tan pronto como sus sprites estén finalizados. Tras eso iremos a por CG, que es la parte más larga y compleja ya que son imágenes de alta definición y complejas, pero ya habéis visto lo que Naguri puede hacer por lo que estoy seguro que os encantará los resultados.

Y finalmente para fondos estamos a medio camino de terminar. Llevamos 10 fondos de unos poco más de 20 que el juego tendrá en total. La calidad y el detalle de los mismos es impresionante como ya habéis visto por lo que lleva un tiempo acabar cada uno de ellos. Nuestra prioridad sin embargo es la calidad por encima de todo por lo que espero que comprendéis este ritmo.

Así que todavía queda mucho trabajo por delante. Como ya he mencionado antes la historia está finalizada. La mayoría de Novelas Visuales independientes tienen el problema que el texto no suele estar acabado conforme empiezan el resto del desarrollo, y aunque esto es más inteligente desde el punto de vista de tiempo suele dar el problema que la historia acaba cambiando o los resultados no son los que se esperaban y se entran en situaciones complejas. Arte que deja de ser utilizable, canciones que no encajan en ninguna escena, fragmentos de la historia que cambian completamente. Incluso en más de algún caso de Kickstarter muchos habréis visto como los desarrollos cambian por completo y se tiran años hasta poder tener un producto listo.

Eso es algo que quería evitar con LR, por eso la historia está finalizada. Nunca me ha parecido bien esos juegos que prometen “más escenas” o “más contenido” durante sus campañas. Es algo que no comprendo porque añadir más texto generalmente no suele ser sinónimo de mejor, al contrario, puede destruir el ritmo de la propia historia. No pienso hacer grandes cambios a la historia y el texto se va a quedar como está, garantizando que todo lo que queda de desarrollo es simplemente terminar el resto de elementos y unirlos. Esto al final es una cuestión de tiempo y dinero. No es que tenga mucho de los dos por desgracia, pero al menos puedo garantizar que no tarde más o menos, cueste menos o más, el juego acabará saliendo y no recibirá mucho más cambios. Este es un proyecto de pasión por encima de todo, y cueste lo que cueste le daré la calidad que merece.

Hasta la próxima actualización.

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narahalara · 4 years

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a mini update to myself about my life that ive been procrastinating on for a week now lol

instead of reading my article that i have a quiz on tmrw im gonna type this cause ive been meaning to type this but been delaying it idk why.I wanted to write this i think cause i havent really updated myself in awhile, and i think it be good to look back on and reflect for future me to read or skim through if I am still the same LOL.

Ok so the last couple weeks, i actually got really stressed and sleep deprived and i was having a lot of high and low days. like some days ill be on fire and super productive and happy then other days i can barely get out of bed and was so tired. I was sleeping at like 2-3 am straight which is actually not normal for me cause yes i am a granny that sleeps usually around 11-12ish. Anyways, I was tired from studying for my exams, like i was pulling these all nighters, to the point where on wednesday last week, i burnt out literally. i had 2 midterms the next day (halloween) but i couldnt do it anymore so i just prayed that all the info i had studied would be retained and i slept at like 7 pm and did not wake up until 9 am the next morning so i felt like i temporarly died or hibernated for 14 hours lol but it helped me recuperate cause i was dead tired physically and mentally. Then I had my midterms, and thankfully they were “ok” they were still hard ofc but for the most part I dont think i failed so yeah. and then for halloween my roomies and i had dinner together and we drank and made desserts it was so cute and nice as like a treat for finishing those midterms.

so after that i got a chance to settle down cause for the weekend i only had to study for my final midterm that was this monday, and thankfully the material is pretty straightforward. The test was multiple choice and it wasnt hard, but there were some questions on the student presentations and i skipped that day cause it was wednesday when i fell ill and couldnt go to class :( so hopefully i can get at least a B but thats ok.

In addition to this, i also had to skip my gym session on wednesday which at first i was a little sad about cause i have been pulling a really good streak since like late june lol, but i really pushed myself on friday and sunday (and even today which is tuesday lol). and but heres the kinda like woah idk how i feel about thing like half happy but half concerned. i dropped 8 pounds this month unintentionally. which i have some theories? i think its 1) i walk ALOT back n forth from my apt to campus 2) ive been pushing myself pretty hard at the gym 3) i eat a lot but its really healthy like example salmon and brown rice and a ton of veggies, but think there has been a deficit in calories on some days?? idk like i dont think im eating less but maybe i am?? 4) ive been FAMISHLY HUNGRY LIKE ALL THE TIME LIKE RN I AM HUNGRY EVEN THOUGH I ATE DINNER A COUPLE HOURS AGO, idk why im sooooo hungry even though i eat alot but im not ganing weight.

Like my normal weight this year is 117-120 lbs. but now its like i wake up 110 lbs and by the end of the day im only like 112-113 lbs. like i havent seen those numbers since freshmen year of high school. and sometimes i wake up famished and fatigue, like a lil weak until i eat smth. idk, maybe i need to start eating snacks throughout the day. in all fairness i have been just eating like 2 meals a day but there like BIG. maybe i need to change it up. I have noticed i lost weight it my stomach which is nice, but i think i did lose weight in my legs which im sad about cause its really hard to grow my quads/hamstrings and glutes cause when i lose weight thats usually the area that will be targeted first which i do not like. so i guess i have unintentionally cutted this month lol so i might as well try bulking which is mean im gonna have to try to lift heavier (yikes im still trying to fix my unstable n uncoordinated ass lol) and eat a lot more than i already am even though i thought i was eating alot. ok for example this morning i ate an omellete that contained 3 eggs, mushrooms, tomato, spinach, brocolli, and a bunch of cheese with orange juice. then for lunch i had a blaze veggie pizza (since i dont eat meat) with a salad. then for dinner i ate baked salmon with mayo and a whole bunch of veggies WITH CHEESE and more juice, and i even had bang pre workout for my gym session today and a cup of coffee to keep me awake during my night chem lab AND I AM STILL HUNGRY RN MY STOMACH IS GROWLING AS I TYPE THIS LIKE WHAT. so yeah im just hoping i do not drop anymore like this is fine, once i start going below 110 thats like a danger zone and i probably should ask someone professional if this is normal haha.

ok next im deciding if i should go home, but i think i will because 1) need to do laundry 2) running out of food 3) miss my sissies 4) might wanna see my 8th grade loml LOL 5) allow me to reset, cause i feel like today is officially the ned of first half of fall quarter, like from this point forward its officially a new start again in a way since the finals are not “cumulative” for the most part. like i am resetting.

also as i said ive been having some highs and lows which has been kinda hard cause on the days im really happy i know that im gonna hit sadness again, and i do but then i get ok like its been really huge fluctuations lately, it can also possible be due to daylight saving but i dont think thats a huge factor cause this has been happening weeks before daylight saving (also my sleeping schedule is messed up lol)

i think i’ve just been busy lately with trying to balance school, work, volunteering tasks (yes i finally worked the courage to do health related stuff LOL like im getting training in a few weeks but i was stressing cause it interferes with my night labs but shoutout to my hella chill ta who said i can go to his other section i just gotta notify the professor so praying that it works out) and i know i am still in that not really sure what i wanna do in life but this is like a good thing i feel its stepping out of my comfort zone), and self care like going to the gym eating healthy, trying to give myself rest and breaks, remind myself to socialize even though im so introverted i know i still need human contact etc. so yeee.

ok last thing i dont wanna really write about but whatever its part of this. remember self when you said by one month you will be completely and utterly over him and you can move on with your life. well the first half happened, yeah your highly superficial stupid unrealistic emotions are gone but literally down 90% of my healing im talking like late october hes gotta hit me up again and you know me like i cant resist LOL i hate me whatever you know its fine its better i think im in a better place/my head is better screwed on and i know what i want which is nothing LOL like i still maintained my other side bois i didnt completely stop talking to them just to talk to this one kid like i did couple months ago and i feel like my mind is more occupied with other things lately (even if unfortunately some of those things give me stress) but yeahhhhhh but we were supposed to meet up but it isnt even happening honestly i think i might just keep moving and searching for another to just mess around with cause honestly i cannot wait forever so yeah.... future me forgive me in advance for being weak LOL

ok i think thats all for the most part right now im feeling good, I know lifes not always so happy and productive, but i have to remind myself theres always gonna be good days, and with every bad day is a day closer to a better one. so you got this narah! OK NOW I NEED TO READ MY ARTICLE CAUSE I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUIZ ON IT TMRW AND I DONT GET IT end rant here

#vent

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kpopbios2 · 5 years

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Starry Night

Group: Mamamoo

Album: Yellow Flower

Time: 3:31

Year Released: March 7, 2018

Lyrics: Kim Do-hoon, Park Woo-sang, Moonbyul

Music: Kim Do-hoon, Park Woo-sang

Highest Place Reached on Charts: 1

Average Age of Members at the Time of Release: 24

Lyrics

Hwasa

손끝이 시리더니 벌써 봄이 왔네

꿈같은 바람이 불어 곳곳에

sonkkeuchi shirideoni beolsseo bomi wanne

kkumgateun barami bureo gotgose

My hands were cold but now it’s already spring

Dreamy breezes blow here and there

Solar

여느 때완 다른 듯한 이 기분이 반가워

내일은 좀 다른 날이 되려나

yeoneu ttaewan dareun deutan i gibuni bangaweo

naeireun jom dareun nari dweryeona

Different from usual, I like this feeling

Maybe tomorrow will be a different day

Wheein

어둠의 그림자 깊은 이 밤에 남겨진

eodume geurimja gipeun i bame namgyeojin

The shadow of the darkness remaining in the deep night

Hwasa

달이 달이 밝아와

dari dari balgawa

The moon is shining

Wheein

빛을 그리고 있어

bicheul geurigo isseo

Drawing out a light

Moonbyul

내 몸에서 널 뺀 만큼

욕조에 물이 미련이 되어 넘쳐흘러

한숨이 가득 그 공간을 채워

nae momeseo neol ppaen mankeum

yokjoe muri miryeoni dweeo neomcheoheulleo

hansumi gadeuk geu gongganeul chaeweo

As much as I removed you from my body

The water in the tub becomes the lingering feelings and overflows

This space filling up with my sighs

Solar

새벽이 찾아오면

saebyeogi chajaomyeon

When late night comes

Hwasa

혼자 남겨질 때면

honja namgyeojil ttaemyeon

When I’m all alone

Wheein

Starry night 별이 빛나는 밤

니가 휘휘휘 불어와

Starry night byeori binnaneun bam

niga hwihwihwi bureowa

Starry night, it’s a starry night

You blow over to me

Solar

너와 나 나눈 수많은 밤

나를 취하게 만들어

별이 빛나는 밤

neowa na nanun sumaneun bam

nareul chwihage mandeureo

byeori binnaneun bam

All those nights we shared

Makes me drunk

Starry night

Hwasa

야야야야이야

yayayayaiya

Ya ya ya

Wheein

별이 빛나는 밤

byeori binnaneun bam

Starry night

Hwasa

야야야야야야야

별이 빛나는 밤

yayayayayayaya

byeori binnaneun bam

Ya ya ya

Starry night

Wheein

겨울이 지나고 또다시 꽃은 피고

따뜻한 공기 냄새가 날 감싸

gyeouri jinago ttodashi kkocheun pigo

ttatteutan gonggi naemsaega nal gamssa

Winter passes and flowers bloom

The scent of the warm air wraps around me

Solar

달라진 거 없는 똑같은 일상이 반복돼

그래도 내일을 기다려봐

dallajin geo eomneun ttokkateun ilsangi banbokdwae

geuraedo naeireul gidaryeobwa

Nothing changed, each day is the same

But still, I wait for tomorrow

Wheein

하루에 끝에서 이 자리에 남아서

harue kkeuteseo i jarie namaseo

At the end of the day, I’m here

Hwasa

날이 날이 새도록

nari nari saedorok

Day by day

Wheein

너를 그리고 있어

neoreul geurigo isseo

Drawing you out

Moonbyul

Do you want me to leave?

No 난 그 자리 그대로

까만 밤하늘에 가려

잠시 보이지 않는 거야

Do you want me to leave?

No nan geu jari geudaero

kkaman bamhaneure garyeo

jamshi boiji anneun geoya

Do you want me to leave?

No! I’m still here

I’m just covered by the dark night sky

So you can’t see me

Solar

새벽이 찾아오면

saebyeogi chajaomyeon

When Late night comes

Wheein

혼자 남겨질 때면

honja namgyeojil ttaemyeon

When I’m all alone

Hwasa

Starry night 별이 빛나는 밤

니가 휘휘휘 불어와

Starry night byeori binnaneun bam

niga hwihwihwi bureowa

Starry night, it’s a starry night

You blow over to me

Solar

너와 나 나눈 수많은 밤

나를 취하게 만들어

별이 빛나는 밤

neowa na nanun sumaneun bam

nareul chwihage mandeureo

byeori binnaneun bam

All those nights we shared

Makes me drunk

Starry night

Hwasa

야야야야이야

yayayayaiya

Ya ya ya

Wheein

별이 빛나는 밤

byeori binnaneun bam

Starry night

Hwasa

야야야야야야야

별이 빛나는 밤

yayayayayayaya

byeori binnaneun bam

Ya ya ya

Starry night

Moonbyul & Wheein

Starry starry night 니가 없는 밤

가슴이 공허해

Starry starry night niga eomneun bam

gaseumi gongheohae

Starry starry night, a night without you

I feel so empty

Moonbyul

우리의 풍경이 저물어가

현실을 부정해 눈을 감아도

니가 보여 왜 아른거려

Leave me alone

무너져 가네

uriye punggyeongi jeomureoga

hyeonshireul bujeonghae nuneul gamado

niga boyeo wae areungeoryeo

Leave me alone

muneojeo gane

The picture of us is fading

But I’m denying this reality

Even when I close my eyes, I can still see you, why?

Leave me alone

I’m breaking down

Hwasa

Starry night 별이 빛나는 밤

니가 휘휘휘 불어와

Starry night byeori binnaneun bam

niga hwihwihwi bureowa

Starry night, it’s a starry night

You blow over to me

Wheein

너와 나 나눈 수많은 밤

neowa na nanun sumaneun bam

All those nights we shared

Solar

나를 취하게 만들어

별이 빛나는 밤

nareul chwihage mandeureo

byeori binnaneun bam

Makes me drunk

Starry night

Hwasa

야야야야이야

yayayayaiya

Ya ya ya

Wheein

별이 빛나는 밤

byeori binnaneun bam

Starry night

Hwasa

야야야야야야야

별이 빛나는 밤

yayayayayayaya

byeori binnaneun bam

Ya ya ya

Starry night

Line Distribution

Score

Lyric & Line Points: 100

Total Chart Points : 289

Total Youtube Points: 37.07

Music Award Show Points: 90

Total: 516.07

Links

Korean Lyrics: https://colorcodedlyrics.com/2018/03/mamamoo-starry-night-byeoli-bichnaneun-bam

Youtube Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FB2EoKTK_Q

Notes

Youtube Data taken on: January 10, 2019

Youtube points will only be updated a monthly basis if the youtube views make the song in the top 25 ranked videos on my list. If not they will be updated in a year.

Lyric & Line Masterlist

Masterlist

#Kpopbios2 #kpop #kpop lyrics #lyrics #korean lyrics #korean #Mamamoo #Mamamoo Lyrics #Mamamoo Starry night #Starry Night #Yellow Flower #2018 #Hwasa #Wheein #Moonbyul #Solar

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juniperberries-canisroot · 2 years

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ANNIVERSARY EDITION ON SWITCH??? CREATION CLUB??? Whatever Saints & Seducers is??? FISHING????

I CAN PLAY THIS ON MY SWITCH NOW?????!?!!?!?

I MUST KNOW EVERYTHIN NOW

#AAAAAAAA #Is this why my gane was updating?#I hope this wont mess up any current progres my game has now #Skyrim #Elder Scrolls #Elder Scrolls V #tes #tesv #Skyrim Switch

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survivor-kalymnos · 4 years

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Ep. 4 - “What big legs you have! Well the better to carry my tribe with darling.” - Tristin

Sasha

When you get tribe swapped but never made significant bonds with anyone on your tribe so it’s whatever

Tristin

Fuck

cranjes

so i get put on a tribe with the person i want to blindside and the person who was gonna be gone if we lost again....great

Tristin

So a swap happened and I ended up swapping in the MINORITY with Franco who I LOVE

Rain

I’m fucked. I didn’t even get someone from my OG tribe that I particularly like.

Franco

JAY STOP PUTTING ME ON A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS I was just so happy about Eliza and I's plan to split votes being executed FLAWLESSLY, and then you do this to me. Swaps are scary enough, but THEN I GET PUT ON A TRIBE OF 5!! and Tristin and I are the only og Nera!! I'm not ready to be in the minority. I don't know how any of these people, and I feel like I'm starting at square one. I had such good relationships with everyone on nera now I gotta build that, at a disadvantage because of being in the tribal minority. I'm gonna have to put in some serious work sooner rather than later

FrancI already miss Michele and Eliza and Rain. The new Nera members are so quiet and I feel like I'm being annoying because they just! aren't giving me any tea! Ugh I hate this

lenny

I feel blindsided and anxious. This past tribal, two people voted for me and Gregg left me a message that made me feel really icky. I am sort of defeated right now and don't know how to deal with this swap or get my stamina up. :( :/ I want to cry. Not to be dramatic but I trusted people on my tribe and I feel naive for doing so.

lenny

trying to converse post swap. Not feeling like I am going to vibe with these people. they are not interested in getting to know me.

Elle

I really like the results of the tribe swap! Fae and Maxyne are with me which are two solid allies that I know I can count on. That means I am not in the minority at the moment! For now, though, I am scared about idols the other two may or may not have. Rain and Lenny are unknown factors which make them dangerous to my game. I need to use my social skills to get them under my thumb. I do not care if it makes me seem shady. I will take them out if I have to with a smile on my face. However, I know with this challenge that my tribe will certainly not be going to tribal council. I am very strong in this challenge so I have faith. My google account is trying to expose me. I forgot to logout of them so it showed my name when I logged into the google sheets. One other person was there. If they were smart then they could look up who I am. I hope it does not turn out that way. I hope they just ignored it and I can continue my alias identity.

Rain

Oy (and I cannot stress this enough) vey. Okay, new tribe. Me and Lenny are immediately a minority, so we need to win immunity because while voting her out is an option, if I do that I am CERTAINLY next to go. Except, what’s immunity? My least favorite challenge ever (aside from MAYBE lip syncs. Maybe). So basically... I’m fucked. Long term or short term. Who knows! So far, I think I like Elle the most of everyone on my tribe. Elle thinks I’m iconic for having mice. I also think I’m iconic for having mice. From what I’ve been told, Fae got separated from the people they bonded with as well, so that’s potentially helpful. But for now, once again, Oy (and I cannot stress this enough) vey.

Michele

Glad my new tribe is majority members of my old tribe. Eliza is my number 1 right now!

Franco

Okay so I'm gonna give a quick update about new Nera. I really like Cranjes, I think I like him more than most of og Nera?? Surprisingly? Like I really want to work with him on a close level, I just hope tribal lines doesn't act as an obstacle for that. We both already expressed to each other a desire to work together. Van seems kinda..... not all there. Like doesn't seem to take the game super seriously. I also think I notice some tension between Van and Cranjes, so i definitely wanna exploit that. Sasha is okay. They're super easy to talk to and have a very genuine personality. I love our conversations, but they even said themselves that they're not super active or invested in the game. At the very least they could serve as a number if I can get closer Tristin is still amazing. Besides Eliza and Michele I think I was closest to them on og Nera. And they're literally winning this challenge for us so I'm super grateful!! We both realize that we have to stick together now more than ever so we're doing that!

Maxyne

Well... it's over... i don't see why i should continue in this gane or fight to survive even when my heart lowkey isn't in this anymore and i don't think it would be fair for me to snuff the Nera minority just cause they're 2, there literally no reason why i should stay over them

Sasha

This challenge was just “I meant to contribute more to the group project but they did a bunch before I really got to it” but in an org for me tonight. At least we won so I wouldn’t have to face the consequences of that AND tribal.

Franco

we WON!!

by a LOT!! like a LANDSLIDE TBH!! i'm so excited. I'm one round closer to merge and being reunited with my allies. I really am starting to feel powerless, and it sUCKS because I was in a good position pre swap. but now I have at least a few more days!! and I intend to use them to my full advantage

cranjes

so we like kicked ass on that challenge, and i really like franco. that’s that. idk. i’m out of it. yay final 14.

Tristin

Me and Franco were in hot water after we swapped in the minority but I was determined to not to go tribal. After a frustrating attempt at the challenge, Tristin overcame as they masterminded a strategy to win, securing they and Franco’s safety. Oh I also told my tribe about an advantage for the challenge so next time we can win!! Hopefully I’m making strong impressions here. I also would like to say that I like Cranjes and think that they’re the strongest out of the 3 from Og Plati. Sasha is ok I guess and van seems useless as of now but coolish to talk to I guess???

Elle

It sucks that we have to go to tribal and that I had to do all the work for this challenge. However, I feel confident that I will not be getting voted out in this round. I have Maxyne and Fae on my side, and I have been making good connections with Rain and Lenny. In my eyes, no one should be plotting against me. In all honesty, I hope that, if its not either of the other two, that Fae goes because I have such a hard time connecting with them. They are someone I am willing to let go. Maxyne is my ride-or-die and I really feel connected with them, so I do not want them to go. Overall, I feel comfortable, but that is when I am most vulnerable. Let us hope that no one is plotting against me!

Tristin

So I am glad that Plati lost because the only people there from our tribe are Rain and um *checks blog* Lenny (forgot ab them cuz yk... irrelevancy.) Either one of them can go and I wouldn’t care. Hopefully they get out Elle which I doubt.

Tristin

Oh TRISTIN what big legs you have! Well the better to carry my tribe with darling.

Michele

I was really worried for that comp because I have never seen survivor but thanks to dumb answers and the alphabet I was able to help my team not lose!

Rain

It bears repeating. Oy vey. We lost. We lost and I’m in the fucking bottom a la random.org and I’m pleading my case and Elle has told me I won’t go home next round but if we go to tribal again and I vote out Lenny this round it’s way easier to go for me than their own tribe members!!! Oy fucking vey!!!

Michele

I really like Erick and Dusty! They really helped a lot in the challenge today. Sucks that theyre the top 2 on my current tribe hit list😈😈😈

Tristin

Y’all need to Trustin Tristin so we can Tristwin

Franco

okay so completely unexpectedly, Van just added Cranjes and I into an alliance chat. I wasn't anticipating this at all?? because I thought they didn't like each other, but I'm rollin w it!! It seems really fun, and at the very least I can ride it for a couple rounds and use it as a safety net

Lenny

Rain and I are scrambling to try and get majority. This is a mess and I know they are going to vote me out. I want to cry and I guess this karma for gregg osddndnncifud. I don’t know what to do. I need a hug.

Fae

[bernie sanders meme voice] i am once again asking you to change your pfp

Fae

So we swapped. I’m with Maxyne, Elle, Lenny and Rain. Sooo... I have an alliance with Elle and Maxyne, but I told Rain and Lenny I would gladly work with them. I have happily forced myself into the middle with an idol in my pocket. I’m sitting pretty, and not acting like myself.

Elle

I started an OG Plati alliance with Fae and Maxyne only because I feel that it is inevitable that we work together, at least for this one vote. We came to a consensus to get rid of Lenny rather than Rain. I attempted to pin the decision on Maxyne to keep my hands away from the situation. Plus, if I make other people feel in charge, then they will drag me along. I think I helped in this situation by lightly suggesting to Maxyne in PMs that Rain feels like they have a genuine connection with us. I also said that to calm Maxyne down. They are very nervous going into this tribal, and they know that the idol is gone from the Plati idol hunt. This signals to me that they do not have the idol. I am scared moving forward with this vote because I can feel a blindside in my bones. I just hope it is not me who is will be sacrificed in that scenario.

Lenny

Fae just suggested an alliance with them and Rain! This is big news. Last night, I approached Elle and Fae about why they should keep me. Elle said to not “count myself out yet” and now Fae did this. Of course I am still in jeopardy and don’t want to get my hopes up but who know what could happen now.

lenny

I've been reflecting on my friendship with Rain. During the first week, I was suspicious of them but now I am truly grateful to have an ally and someone to chat with. They are a really smart player and I hope they go far in the game if we can make this tribal work in our favor.

Dusty

So our tribes swapped and I could not have been luckier!!! I stuck with Erick, and even tho we were in the minority in terms of original tribe, I felt a lot better being with my closest ally. Not only that! But Eliza approached Erick saying she has the other half of the super idol! Now what the hell kind of good luck is that! Whew okay so now Erick, Eliza, and myself have formed an alliance, and i feel great about it!! I’m also really happy with the other members Worm and Michele, and we got a lot of bonding in through the challenge. Now this brings in the question who will i be working with moving forward. Will I stick with my original tribe come merge, or will i stick with my new tribe! All I know is that I will be working with Erick and Eliza until the end, well that’s my plan at least. I think that the tribal tonight will determine a lot. If original Plati sticks with the original tribe majority and takes out a Nera member, then sure that’s fine. But I would love to see smart players come together and maybe make an interesting play! I could see myself working with Fae come merge, and Elle I would be happy too as well for a bit, but losing Maxyne now could be more beneficial for me down the line. But hey! Theres so many possibilities and outcomes so I’ll just sit and wait and see what happens!

Eliza

Dear diary...

Jay asked me who I’d vote out if I had to so here y’all go I obviously don’t want to vote out Michele, A. I’m not interested in losing nera numbers right now and elfranchele is a group of people I want to work with at merge so keeping that intact is vital for my game right now. I don’t want to vote for worm because Michele wouldn’t agree and once again, numbers. I also love worm and find conversations come very easy when talking to them so someone I can bounce ideas around with is someone I want to keep. Dusty is someone who would come to my mind as a first vote but seeing as they have to other have of the super idol I can really do that, I decided to tell Michele about the super idol so that in case we lose she knows why we can’t afford to vote dusty out.

So numbers and idols wise that would leave Erick, only issue is, I really like Erick a lot and don’t want him to go. I could definitely see myself working with him in the future, but more importantly, I’d lose dusty’s trust if I voted out Erick, I losing dusty’s trust means losing any chance at having that super idol. So then we’re stuck in a position where no vote will benefit me and every single outcome would bite me in the ass, vote worm or Michele? Traitor, vote Erick or dusty? Losing a super idol. My best bet would be trying to have a heart to heart with dusty about why Erick has to go, but if dusty doesn’t agree with me and refuses to let Erick go? I’m royally fucked and would probably have to vote worm a good ally of mine out. Or I could trick dusty into giving me their half of the super idol although it’s unlikely it could happen but it’s not something that I think would happen realistically. So I’m simple terms, fuck

Eliza

Ndndbdbfbfh

Eliza

I forgot to say I have a steal a vote, that was meant to go WITH the key smash, oopsie

Fae

Sooo, I have successfully shoved myself into the middle. I am in the alliance with Elle and Maxyne, and the Kostas Alliance was just made. With Lenny and Rain. I also have the idol so I’m sitting pretty. Now I could completely get blind sided here. But I have chosen to work with Lenny and Rain. I trust them way more than I do the OG Plati.

“Erick”

So, tribe swap. I ended up on Vathis with Dusty, which was the luckiest coincidence of all time, thanks random.org for ur good will. Worm immediately said hey, followed by Michele and Eliza, and after Eliza and I talked for about one minute, she said she was happy to get the opportunity to talk to me because, one lucky coincidence after another, Franco was the person who got the reward from the other tribe and he shared it with her. She said upfront that she and Franco wanted to work with me and whoever I gave it to, which, Lucky Coincidence, is Dusty, also my most trusted ally here. But Eliza seemed sweet right off the bat, and I made an alliance with the three of us. I went looking for the idol and was afraid of the monkeys for a moment, so I didn’t approach, but I went back the next day and gave them an orange and they gave me a package with an idol in it!!!!!! I’m so blessed!! Lucky Fuckin Coincidence.

We started slow on the challenge, but made a killer comeback and took second when the third place tribe gave up two hours before results. It was an excellent tribe bonding experience where we roasted each other constantly for our idiotic mistakes. Michele is nice but was not contributing much, and what she did contribute was nominal. Worm is also nice but sometimes I’m at a loss of what to say to them. A lot of the time I talk they just respond “oooh nice” lol. But Dusty approached me today and said they found the place where the idol was, so I revealed it to them because I felt good about the situation, and because I think Dusty is too smart to have not considered that I may have been the one to find it. We have a nice little secret between the two of us now, and a bigger secret of the super idol between four of us. For the moment, I feel like we’re in a good place.

Worm

This tribe swap wasn't such a bad thing. I am very lucky that I am the only tribe that has a majority Nera members on it. This does have me worried because with us winning means that we are putting the rest of our old tribe members in danger so it does make me wonder that if it would every be a good idea to throw a challenge to keep some of them safe. Coming into Vathis with Eliza and Michele has me excited and slightly worried. I got pretty close with Eliza during the early rounds but I do still believe that her and Michele are very close based on how they interact in the tribe chat and how they mention each other in pms. But I do think that the still trust me enough to work with me over any of the new people. I'm also very happy that I have more time to strengthen relations with them, especially Michele. The two of us have been talking since day one but we never truly gotten over that hump of small talk so hopefully with us being trapped on a tribe together for a few more days will help ensure that we have a better working together. Now onto Dusty and Erick. So far I like them both and I do hope that they are good at challenges just for the sake of keeping our tribe safe. Honestly right now I have no opinion of one over the other of who I trust more. This kind of makes me nervous cause if I was swapped into a tribe as a minority I would be trying my hardest to connect with everyone as best I can to keep my ass safe. This has me wondering a little bit about if the other four are working together and if we lose then I'll be the one that gets voted out. Hopefully I'm just overthinking all this but only time will tell

Rain

So... Here we go. Vote is due in 1.5 hours and here’s how it’s going. According to everyone speaking to me. Elle and Maxyne are going to vote Lenny. Lenny and Fae are going to vote Maxyne. I love all of the people on this tribe. But I know If I vote out Lenny, I will be absolutely in the minority and near certainly the next to go. They can say it’s Fae all they want, but it won’t be. This early, tribes stick together. I’m leaning toward voting for Maxyne. I love Elle, but I think as long as I don’t vote her out, I can manage the damage (ooh that rhymes). And then we just don’t lose again.

Maxyne you iconic homie, you’re fun to talk to and I hope you succeed in redemption, but you won’t succeed for now.

Elle

I feel nervous all of a sudden going into tribal. I feel like people are lying to me, but there is nothing I can do about it now. I checked in with Maxyne and Fae. LEt's hope this goes well.

Maxyne

Okay, so this round could either end me or ummm end me later. I've been confessing to people that i barely did anything for the challenge which in hindsight is a TERRIBLE idea but i can't stay silent. I would hate for someone to take the heat for a mistake i made. It's the morals i guess, makes me stupid. So i've been telling the truth to people about how i'm feeling and what i've done. Basically to everyone except Lenny. Lenny is who we're planning to vote out. Or at least who I said should go. The OG Plati queens, Me, Fae, and Elle are sticking together. Obviously it irks me that The OG tribe is basically gonna Pagong the minority but my morals are only active to a point. I want Lenny out cause I feel like I could rally people to get him out. However, if the vote flips on me, I wouldn't be surprised. I feel like shit but if i can survive this round, I might start feeling better again. Tribal is about to start... wish me luck. MaxyneWASKFESACHFSCESHNCAWUSCKSJCASCFHUEHFCWYGIFWHY8OICIEJICESDCOI SHNUV BSYCB YSABC YHSAC YSHAJS Well that happened! I can finally take a nap. Sorry Jay. You know I can't win these games.

van

Yes this is late, but here we are. God this game is a whirlwind. WE WON THE CHALLENGE THOUGH. Actually fucking stomped the other tribes. I’m avoiding going to tribal with these tribes of 5 because honestly small tribes scare me. You never know what tf is happening. But it doesn’t looks like we’ll be playing the tribe line games on this one. Cranjes and I stuck together after the Big Alliance got fucking eviscerated by Jay’s expansion. We then recruited Franco because he is v scared of tribal lines and Cranjes and I think we can get him to vote our way to save his own ass. Yeehaw

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Building Blocks: Kevin Cancilla, Senior Director of Marketing at Vindicia Talks Marketing Tech

1. Could you tell me a little about yourself and how you came to be the Senior Director of Marketing at Vindicia?

I’m a native of Silicon Valley and I’ve worked here in a variety of roles including marketing communications and product management. I’ve worked with startups and established companies in the software and tech space. I moved to Portland for ten years in search of a change in scenery and loved it, but was longing to get back to the Bay area.

One day a recruiter called me to check out Vindicia, and while I wasn’t involved in the billing software space, the opportunity to go after CMOs intrigued me. I realized my desire was to go after marketing professionals, as most of my career was spent going after the IT buyer. They say everything happens for a reason and it must be true, because I’ve been at Vindicia for nearly three years and loved every minute of it.

As the head of global marketing responsible for Vindicia’s demand center and corporate communications the day is packed; planning, directing the team from the marketing programs staff that we’re executing on our plan—it’s all about growing the business building the pipeline to ensuring the SDRs are enabled for success toward hitting their weekly, monthly SAL/SQL targets. Like an Air Traffic Controller, I have many touch points on a daily basis; from PR to exec mgmt. meetings assessing our market growth by targeted segments to jumping in, working our growing demands for Marketo and Salesforce. KPIs check is where the day begins and ends paving the way for our next move. I challenge my team to reach beyond their core role. We’re able to effectively produce an enormous amount that is purpose-driven both pragmatic and experiential. From our SDR Labs to getting innovative when it comes to ABM, I have an exceptional team that allows each of us to elevate our game – impact to the business.

2. Are you happy with the buy-in for Marketing Technology that exists at Vindicia? Do you think the investments being made are adequate or could be more?

We’re definitely always evaluating, testing and assessing our solution set

We utilize a variety of marketing and sales platforms, including Salesforce, Marketo and Avention. We like what we have: it gets the job done and allows us to offer the best possible customer service.

Are we done building out our marketing stack? No. There’s always a need for more content marketing tools. We’re building out the overall infrastructure for 2017 and as part of that, we are increasing our usage of Avention and other players to help with ABM strategy. There’s more work to be done to enhance ABM specifically, but overall operations are looking at other tools to help.

3. What is the key problem you are attempting to solve with – could be 360 customer view, better customer experiences, crafting better journeys, full circle attribution?

We understood that accurate and updated data was the key to a successful ABM program, and we found the right technology partner to provide that data with Avention. In addition to providing us the best possible data, Avention also offers us integrations with Salesforce and other vendors that are part of our ABM technology stack. It’s the new capabilities Avention is bringing forward, like global contacts and building out this database, that are highly valued for our team globally. It’s key to our growth strategy.

4. What are some of the challenges your team faced from a technology & integration perspective?

Before Avention, we went through a process with prospects, but it wasn’t optimal. We received data that we had to roll back and pull stuff out of it. For me, ABM is too important not to get right.

5. What is your take on the massive explosion of MarTech cos across so many categories? Do you feel spoilt for choice or is it just more of a chore to evaluate additional options?

It’s absolutely a chore but it’s also a necessity. It’s how you get informed and how you keep your edge sharp.

There are a lot of people who probably don’t take inbound vendor calls, but I actually listen to their pitch. I always want to hear what’s involved in the marketplace, what’s a new trend and what’s effective

I take two to three meetings a week for the sole purpose of ganing technology insight. I value some of the forums and conferences to see what’s out there in the marketplace. In the case of ABM, I’ve always been doing account-based marketing. But it’s now the technology that’s advancing the whole ABM space.

6. What is the one area of investment you’d like to make in the immediate future from a marketing tech perspective?

There isn’t one particular investment I am focused on. Instead, I am looking at all the technology solutions that could be advantageous to my marketing stack. One area that I am looking to invest in is the next generation of ABM technology for 2017. It’s all about personalizing the content and tailoring the content for the audience, and I’m interested in seeing what technology will help me achieve this goal.

7. Build your own stack or buy into a pre-built martech cloud – what team are you on?

It depends – if the pre-built cloud stack can meet 80 to 90 percent of my objectives, I’m good with that. The beauty of building my own stack is that I get to pick and evaluate the players to meet our own needs at Vindicia. Ecosystem connectivity is key, which is why I vaue what Avention’s doing and why I value going to conferences to learn how things are evolving. When I started to deploy my ABM strategy, I quickly connected all the vendors I work with directly and Avention helped make that possible through easy-to-use technology.

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This article was first appeared on MarTech Advisor

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