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O, I haven't tested whether I can host without hamachi. I don't live there so I can't open any ports. If someone wants to join, they might want to install Hamachi

Might be able to test and see if yeh can host without hamachi, first

If y'haven't tried, et al. Knowledge comes after the poking!

Much better!

I find myself dubious that turning gonads into the Angry Hulktes would improve the situation.

It would, however, make an excellent excuse to begin spontaneously broadcasting AC/DC. Which... you know? Maybe that would make things better. I'm not sure how, but... sure.

... from what I can recall, I didn't even know the prom had happened until, like, a couple days after. I have... I can miss things, sometimes, especially when I'm terribly uninterested/uninvested in them. And even when I was younger (and almost especially so, now) I had a pretty strong disinterest in large-ish social gatherings.

Just... no. Generally not for me. Too noisy. Too many people, too busy ignoring most of each other. Often can't get my back against a wall. Hard to actually talk to people. All the jitter triggers, aiee. And coming down from the headache afterwards is always just kinda' miserable, even moreso than the gathering itself.

Can do it. Have managed, can manage. But they're fucking miserable to suffer through. Just... give me small groups, preferably of people interested in discussion or building something or... whatever. Something involved, fulfilling. Meat on it, y'know? Just not huge, noisy groups "socializing". Bleh. I have walls I could be staring at instead, and it would be more interesting.

What discussion?

Should...I not have used it?

Can't be arsed to do a search for it at th'mo, but let us say that for a notable few, they didn't realize that was a heart until just recently. They though it was something... else. Search of GD should bring something up, though, if you're interested in hunting it down.

... y'know, considering that discussion about that heart symbol a bit back...

Just... if you haven't already, make sure to emphasize to them to relax. Fear (Stress, anxiety, etc.) literally is the mind-killer. All other things being equal, if you go into a test relaxed you will do better on the test than if you go in stressed.

It's like the difference between your muscles before and after you stretch out before doing something strenuous. If you don't stretch, you tense up easily and run the risk of cramps. If you do, your body works more smoothly and things that would have been difficult become notably easier. By and large, the brain works very similarly. A relaxed and attentive brain will function much more smoothly than a stressed and distracted (by worry, tension, etc.) one.

It's definitely one of the things I stress when people ask for test taking tips. Do. Not. Panic. Even if you're unprepared, do not worry (everything else aside, it's just a test. Not the end of the world. A set back at the most.). Flat out guarantee that if you prepare to the extent you're able, review lightly a bit before the test, and then walk into it and through it relaxed, you will perform better than under nearly any other circumstances. The biggest trick to good test taking is to chill.

I've seen literally no other factor that has as much influence, none. I have actually seen cases where people of roughly equal intelligence and vastly different preparedness walk into a test, the prepared one stressed and the unprepared one relaxed, and the latter outperform the former greatly. I have seen many cases where people of notably disparate intelligence and preparedness walk into the test, and the prepared and more capable one come in stressed and their less prepared and capable counterpart come in relaxed, and the latter outperform the former. It makes an absolutely tremendous difference.

Fear, Skittle!Skyrunner. Beardman Cometh. Your delicious transfigured fruity flesh shall be his feast.

This thing's music. By and large, I say without hesitation, that is how you do video game music. I've actually had parts of the castle music earwigged for like the last four or five days, but the stuff's not intrusive during the game, quite competent playing outside the game (game's music is plain ol' .ogg files, whee!), and notably meshes and improves the areas in-game they're played with. Beyond the game itself, the music makes me happy.