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3d printing a little Valentine’s Day gift!!

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Xmas original art my nephew made for me! I have two cats one house panther and a house lion - which he captured perfectly!!

#fineart #nephews #christmasgift

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I went to Pax Unplugged and all I got was this mini paint holder to help easily paint dice - love you can just swap with bottle tops (btw you use some sticky to mount the mini or dice to the lid)

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Sunday 7:30CST join me to raise monies for the The Trevor Project!! Will be going old school with OSE playing some great D&D!!

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WOOHOO playing a charity game tonight (7:30pmCST) for The Trevor Project - come check us out!! https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective

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👀 One down, 7 to go! 

Our #HSCharity event is in full swing, but we still have so many things planned! TONIGHT: Blades in the Dark from Evil Hat Productions, ran by Mike Raichelson begins at 8:30pm EST!

Donations of $10 get you entered in for not only tonight’s giveaway but every giveaway for the rest of the event, even THE BIG GIVEAWAY at the end. Help us continue to raise funds for The Trevor Project, an organization that is near and dear to our hearts!

#Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective

Donate here: https://tiltify.com/@highshelfcollective/high-shelf-charity-december-2022

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Tumblr Tips for the Twitter Migrant

Hey friends, as a long-time tumblr user who never left, allow me to offer a few tips to make your lives a little bit easier. This is targeted at the twitter community who moved here from the TTRPG community and are looking to run more “formal” blogs.

1. Use your tags!

It’s gonna make your own life ultimately easier. Yes, tumblr’s search functions are questionable, but you can generally rely on being able to find stuff via tag on your blog.

Reblogs do not show up in site-wide searches. So, if you tag a reblog as “pokemon,” it doesn’t show up in the site-wide pokemon tag. Not even if you added something in your reblog. But it will show up on your /tagged/pokemon. This is basically the best way for both you and your followers to be able to find and sort through your own stuff. So if a follower wants to find a specific post of yours, they can go to YourBlog/tagged/my stuff. And followers browsing your blog is pretty normal here—it is a blog, after all. Don’t be weirded out if someone suddenly likes your post from 8 months ago.

And for that matter, most people here also use tags for commentary. It’s generally less obtrusive than adding commentary to a reblog, so you can add some thoughts without necessarily interjecting - the OP doesn’t get any special notification unlike they do with replies or reblogs with text additions. It’s a little spice just for your followers. (Just be aware that they are visible in the notes.)

As a general rule of thumb, you shouldn’t use dashes in your tags (links get confused), but spaces are safe.

2. Reblog (& Reply Culture).

So unlike with twitter, replying to something doesn’t put it on your followers feeds. (In fact, your followers can’t even see your replies unless they actively interact with the post itself.) Your likes aren’t necessarily public. (They are, by default, but only if your followers have certain settings enabled will they be able to see posts you like on their dashboard.) Basically, if you have a post you want someone to see: reblog it.

Replies are mainly for quick comments. It’s a pain to hold a discussion in the replies, so it’s mainly just for a quick “this is a neat take” kind of comment. Responding by reblogging + adding commentary in the post is how discussion actually happens. That’s the equivalent of actually replying on twitter. Tag commentary is for informal thoughts that aren’t necessarily inviting active discussion. It’s the spot for anecdotes or funny commentary that whoever posted it doesn’t necessarily need to have put directly in their activity feed.

3. Use the Readmore

Unlike Twitter where nuance goes to die, you may have noticed there’s no such thing as character limits here. Tumblr does automatically cut long posts unless you change your settings, but it’s generally still considered courteous to put a readmore. This little button here (also ctrl + shift + k).

It’ll prevent people browsing your blog from having to scroll through a huge wall of text unless they actively want to. It’s a good way to keep things organized. I’m breaking my own rule here for the sake of accessibility, but in most other cases, if you’re doing a long thread-type post, you should usually cut it to be courteous. Especially if it’s image-heavy.

4. Post Types (Photo vs. Text Post)

Most of us are probably gonna be using image posts and text posts. You can put images in text posts, yes, but generally speaking, you shouldn’t. At least not large images. If you have multiple large images (like covers, for example,) a good rule of thumb is to put them all in one image post. It’s also more eye-catching when the pretty picture is at the top. This isn’t a hard rule by any means, but generally speaking, it should usually be either that or one flashy image at the top and a readmore to spare your browser.

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😮 Want to learn how to play #CyberpunkRED or #TheWitcherttrpg this weekend at #PAXunplugged? HSC is honored to be running some beginner games for R.Talsorian Games in Room 119 on the 1st Floor! Stop by to sign up; @potay-tayto @highshelfrich , & @highshelfdavid be waiting for you!

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Found @canadian-moose working the RTalsorium booth this morning!!

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@potay-tayto prepping for an early morning cyberpunk game!

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Hotel room gaming before Pax!!

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Friday if you find this little die with a note find me ok insta or tumble for a free set of retro dice!!!

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Just some of the things I like to do to fill the time

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Prepping for PAX come play cyberpunk with me Friday / Saturday 3pm to 7pm!

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the great crew I get to play with !!

WELCOME TO THE COLLECTIVE.

Hello Shelfies! We are High Shelf Collective, otherwise known has HSC. This ttrpg streaming group was created October 2nd, 2021 when High Shelf Gaming and The Con Save fused into one gargantuan kaiju-slaying, game-playing, podcasting, all-around mega-beast!

Our community plays games over on Twitch, exploring new ttrpgs & creating new stories everyday. We’d love to get to know you & have you share in our love for tabletop roleplaying game. Welcome!

Find us all over the internet:

Twitch - https://www.twitch.tv/highshelfcollective

Discord - https://discord.gg/U6VBVEgfbs

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/highshelfcltv/

Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@highshelfcltv

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/HighShelfGaming

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/highshelfcollective

Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/160978641144637/

High Shelf Gaming Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/6F9ugDbSUEJCjf1vA2KE3n?si=38f9605e04354d72

Hive - Coming Soon!

Also, be sure to learn about ‘Omega’, a #MassEffect based #CyberpunkRED hack created by our own @tabletoptrucker78, @potay-tayto, & Gavin: https://omegatalesrpg.wixsite.com/omega-sourcebook

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@kratrinas-cozy-nook used those bookmark molds and tried something new - got some ideas :)