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Most are, but we usually manage to work with them. I don't know why TGW would particularly not get along with us.

"I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" - Thomas Jefferson

Little bit ironic, but I can get behind the sentiment.

Most are, but we usually manage to work with them. I don't know why TGW would particularly not get along with us.

There was some drama between TGW and Chanku because we tagged WZSB, which I wasn't aware had ties to Wintreath but it apparently does.

Most are, but we usually manage to work with them. I don't know why TGW would particularly not get along with us.

There was some drama between TGW and Chanku because we tagged WZSB, which I wasn't aware had ties to Wintreath but it apparently does.

They also tagged WZAU, which technically was still under Wintrean occupation, but we were mostly waiting for someone to kick us out and perhaps create a functional government anyway.

I actually considered WZAU to be New Hyperion's thing

There was some drama between TGW and Chanku because we tagged WZSB, which I wasn't aware had ties to Wintreath but it apparently does.

Chanku doesn't speak for Wintreath, and Wintreath isn't affiliated in any way with Warzone Sandbox, other than occasionally giving the native government assistance when needed. I'm aware of the Grey Wardens/North Pacific/South Pacific attempts to bait us in Warzone Australia...it didn't escape my attention that only the Wintreath and New Hyperion embassies were closed, and that someone from the invading force posted a random straw poll on the Wintreath and Warzone Sandbox RMBs.

However, just because Chanku considers the warzones worth losing his temper over doesn't mean that I do. I was actually amused that three large regions/orgs would dedicate part of their forces to try to provoke us, considering that we've never done anything to them and mostly just keep to ourselves and do our own thing. It's amazing the people who have an issue with that...

Ugh, I friggen hate myself today >.<

@Lumenland: Why do you hate yourself? You shouldn't.

Earlier today I ran into an article about Limp Bizkit, of all things, which provoked a lot of thought from me about nostalgia...when I first got into pop music back in the summer of 1999, they were one of the first bands that I heard, and I have to admit that I was a fan...their songs probably wouldn't be socially accepted now, but back then singing along to their songs was just...carefree, if not angsty, fun. It didn't last very long though...I'd quickly become more of a Linkin Park fan, which I suppose would make some people cringe even more.

But I got to thinking...it seems to me that everyone who remembers the 90s is nostalgic for those times. You see re-releases or remakes of 90s shows, movies, games, and bands, all targeted to appeal to those who were kids or teens back then...and at the end of the day, I think people around my age feel nostalgic for those times because, to be perfectly blunt, in a lot of ways life fucking sucks in the 21st century so far unless you're super rich. You have an economy that's been at best uncertain for the last 15 years, 9/11 and the resultant indefinite 'war on terror', Western governments that seem bent on becoming more Orwellian by the day, political turmoil that seems to be breaking down the government institutions in many countries (the 'politics of disdain' as one article I read put it), and uncertain prospects overall...some people predict that millennials may be the first generation in American history to be worse off than their parents.

By comparison, more than anything the 90s felt so...carefree in a way. Heavy topics like the ones I listed above existed of course, but they seemed far away...war was something that happened in second and third-world countries, the economy was doing great, and most people believed that things were going the right way. There was an optimism about the world and humanity and the future that has since been replaced with a malaise about the way things are today, and a lot of that optimism was reflected in the music at the time (not nu-metal, but a lot of other music). This is one of my favourite examples.

There's a lot of words I could use to describe society today, but 'carefree' certainly isn't one of them. We've gained so much in this century, not the least of which is the technological advances and cultural adaptations that make a community like Wintreath possible, but I sometimes wonder if we've lost so much more when it comes to the spirit, and I think that's why people who remember those times gravitate towards nostalgia for them in any form it can be offered...perhaps soon, even in the form of formerly popular but not particularly talented nu-metal band..

Because of my speech problems, I sound like an idiot when I try to talk ;-;

Because of my speech problems, I sound like an idiot when I try to talk ;-;

Have you ever considered that everyone else in the world has a hearing problem and you're the only one speaking normally?

Because of my speech problems, I sound like an idiot when I try to talk ;-;

Have you ever considered that everyone else in the world has a hearing problem and you're the only one speaking normally?

o.o
But but but when I was in kindergarten, my teacher and mom would laugh at me cause I couldn't say Mrs.Smith and instead called her 'Mrs.Sniff'

Maybe she really is Mrs. Sniff and she just doesn't know it.

Seriously though, nobody is perfect...everyone has problems, some more obvious than others. Regardless of any speech problems you may have, I know there are lots of things that more than make up for it with you.

I had speech problems as a kid because my ears were blocked for the first few years of my life and that led me to not start speaking until the issue was found and fixed when I was 5. Lots of speech therapy as a kid...ugh. lol. >_>

To be fair I do kinda speak weird too...then again I also went to speech therapy until high school :\

Chanku has a cute voice. I've heard it before.

Because of my speech problems, I sound like an idiot when I try to talk ;-;

There's no such thing as weird, only things which are different in a way people are yet to grow accustomed to. Don't put yourself down, Lumy, it's not on you to adjust how you speak for the listening convenience of small-minded simpletons