Nil Admirari

Take a shot for every death.

I claim no responsibility for self harm. (I do, however, claim full responsibility for this thread title)

EDIT:

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Complete is the mod that Dagon and I suggested to you for your first run but I am aware that your system may struggle to run some of the more advanced features. While these can be turned down I have to wonder if it may be enough. For that reason i’m going to suggest the following alternataive: The Zone Reclamation Project.

Instead of adding new graphical tricks, models, textures, etc on top of quality of life improvements ZRP is strictly a bugfix pack. You’ll still encounter crashes and troublesome areas but the current version of ZRP is even more stable than Complete. You’ll miss out on some things like the better repair system, AI and tactics improvements and stuff like the Sleeping Bag but it’s the closest to Vanilla S.T.A.L.K.E.R. you’re going to get without most of the bullshit you’d run into unpatched. And without the graphical enhancements it may run a lot better on your system. Give Complete a shot, tweak it some, but know that you’ve got some options.

That said, either way you’re in for a treat. There’s a reason why two of the three are some of the most played on my steam games list – bearing in mind that these are single player only first person shooters.

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Or, well, my return to the show and its fandom anyway. Like many fans I had become enamored with Universe as it aired on Toonami in 2000. I loved the goofiness, the sci-fi aspect and the unique personalities of every lady in the household. I had a group of local friends whom all loved the series as well and we watched together. As the OVAs and Tokyo aired over here as well, I came to realize just how large the series was and took to lurking fansites and message boards but never posting. Around 2004-2005 I found myself too busy with schoolwork and my interests were taking me elsewhere and I left the fandom.

In the time between then and now however, Tenchi as a whole has remained a part of me. I would recall a piece of art, a powerful scene, a voice, a line of dialog. Often times I would envision a scene of my own creation when listening to music. Certain tunes will forever be associated with Tenchi and the crew, despite them having nothing to do with the show at all.

Last October I was throwing ideas around in another group for my book I was going to write in the following month. I spitballed a few, until at the apropos of (almost) nothing I decided to mess with them. For a while I upheld the joke that I was in fact writing a Ryoko x Kiyone lemon fanfiction and even pasted several (edited for readability) clips from various pieces over at TMFFA. It drove them crazy and I loved every minute of it.

I had not intended to get back into the series but a part of me kept saying I should rewatch some episodes instead of just torturing the others with bad fanfiction. Once my free time cleared up upon completion of my novel that month, I sat down with Universe and chained through it. I was in love again. It was all coming back to me, from the scenes and lines to some memories of the good old days with the local fandom crew. I’m so glad I gave in to my inner self that pushed towards hitting the Play button.

And to think, I have low-grade smut fiction to thank. kiyonesmile1

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In any case, we’ll take a look and see what’s giving Firefox the hangup since it seems to be working fine in Chrome, Opera, Safari and IE.