#admin: Vitality

[forthedancingandthethriving]

X: Hey, you guys wanna play a little game?

SMG4: Oh, a game? Sounds fun.

Tari: Yeah, I wanna play!

FM: What is it?

X: it’s called “Past or Pressnt”. I’ll tell you things I’ve heard SMG4 say about SMG3, and you all have to guess if it was in the past or present.

SMG4, sweating:

SMG3: Oh, this should be good.

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Juliano: What if I put coffee in the cereal instead of milk?

Domain, taking away the coffee maker: What if you didn’t?

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Cody: LC does not feel that way about me.

Lily: Oh, come on! Coding would throw himself in front of a moving car for you!

Cody: That idiot would throw himself in front of a moving car for fun.

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Zeke, singing: I just want you for my own~

Tulip, singing: please leave me the fuck alone~!

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Luigi: Mario, where did you get all these traffic cones?

Mario: Oh, you know, around!

*sounds of a car crash in the distance*

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SMG4: You don't scare me, I have a short daughter!

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Tari: Mario, can you go in and get us a table, please?

Mario: Sure thing!

Meggy: You should’ve been more specific.

Tari: What?

Mario, carrying a table: START THE CAR!!!

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Marcy: It’s locked.

Bob: Allow me. Locks are my specialty.

Bob: *throws a brick through the window*

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Vitality, after Dale rambled about shop for like four hours: How long would you keep talking if no one stopped you?

Dale: Many before you tried to find out.

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Lil Coding: Lily? You awake?

Lily: No.

LC: Oh, okay.

*Several hours later*

LC, sitting up in bed: Wait a fucking minute-

[duckapus]

Of course, the question (that honestly need not be answered) is just what circumstances resulted in a version of Wario being close enough with CPU and Vitality of all people to be at a level of friendship where he can give them affectionate, semi-insulting nicknames and they'll just go with it?

[lupismaris]

I may not be able to contribute much but I can contribute an unnecessarily organized and color coded Google drive

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

admins happily fucking around with the players… yeah, the qsmp is gonna be fine

[ebitenpura]

me: I feel like i'm forgetting something plotwise. huh. well it's probably not important sleeps

me jolting awake at 4 am : EIGHT CAN'T WORK FOR THE REPUBLIC HIS PAST IS STILL THERE

[brave003]

KALAGA Welcomes New Admin

The spirit of KALAGA Ms.Lydia Raimand “Though we had studied in the same institution, my sister has reached miles in academic progress and Education. She is a specialist in the field of Agricultural Sciences and has an Ace up her sleeve in proficiency with Tutoring students in Chemistry and Learning German. I hereby take the privilege to honour and welcome my sister to take charge of the blog…

[raviniaraven]

Trying to clear up space on my laptop and I'm still pissed that Microsoft won't let me uninstall their shit browser

[so-i-did-this-thing]

Scenarios I am immediately preparing for:

1) Gender markers on my docs being reverted

2) Shadow ban of trans HRT (likely still accessible, but severely restricted for good chunks of the trans population - see FL, for example)

3) Tariffs making everything super expensive

4) Loss of same-sex marriage rights

5) Online presence as a trans person criminalized as pornographic

6) Disruption of supply chains, especially food

7) Being barred from federal work as a trans person

I expect the incoming admin to be making considerable progress on these outcomes within the first year. "Progress" does not necessarily mean "comes to pass"; it's too soon to know what the momentum and obstacles will be like for Project 2025 initiatives.

I'm not here to scaremonger, but it's incredibly important to be prudent as a trans person right now and start prepping for how to mitigate damage to yourself and how to support your community.

Your own lists of concerns will vary. But I suggest writing down your fears as specific as possible, taking a deep breath, then seeing how best you can plan for each.

There will be paperwork, there will be sacrifices, but also remember that building bonds with your community and taking care of yourself are also vitally important right now.

[dragonroilz]

The Lifesurger: Genetic Anomaly

**Given my track record, I'd like to state that there are no further plans for this concept.**

this concept was made because i hate how there's not a true support character in this game which i understand why thats the case. if youre in singleplayer theres no point for it. the medimarker and feedback loop passive gives a reason to want to pick up allies and heal people. maybe this game will never fit a true support archetype but as a permanent support class mf in games like OW, TF2, and LOL it scratches an itch in my brain lmao

Feedback Loop - Passive

Healing yourself(via items) or others will make your attacks stronger. Decays over time. Amount charged is proportional to healing done.

Feedback Pulse - Alternative Passive

Healing past a certain threshold creates a burst of healing around you, harming enemies and healing allies. The threshold increases with level.

Stimshot - Primary

A single shot that can be held down to do more damage. The projectile heals and pierces through allies, while dealing damage to enemies. A fully charged shot pierces enemies and heals more damage. While an uncharged shot is a projectile with gravity, the charged shot is hitscan.

DIRECTORY: MARK - Secondary

The Medimarker targets a selected enemy and attacks it. Additionally, all damage done to the target is tripled.

DIRECTORY: BLOCK - Alternative Secondary

The Medimarker targets an ally and shields them. The target is only able to take an amount of damage up to 50% of their max HP in one hit.

DIRECTORY: ESCORT - Utility

Recall the Medimarker and grab onto it to ascend upward. This skill recalls your secondary.

DIRECTORY: MOUNT - Alternative Utility

Recall the Medumarker and ride it. The drone is weighed down by you, but can be controlled for ten seconds. The drone has less gravity and is faster than your sprint speed.

Pulse Accelerator - Special

Empower yourself and surrounding allies, giving a 50% chance to critical hit chance, removing all debuffs(except void kills, cooldown debuffs like rings, etc.), and a slight healing aura to anyone within range of the skill.

THE MEDIMARKER V1.0.0 LOGBOOK ENTRY:

The Lifesurger(Patent pending) is a prototype firearm that is meant for quick healing on the battlefield. The Lifesurger(Patent pending) excels in its ability to both heal organic creatures and repair machines, meaning that cybernetic enhancements can benefit from the effects of the firearm.

The Lifesurger(Patent pending) is also able to hurt enemy combatants by disrupting cardiovascular tissue, genetic material, and electronic signals. Through the help of an accompanying MED-E to identify friendly and hostile entities, the Lifesurger(Patent pending) is slated to be one of the greatest supporting assets on the battlefield.

Side effects may include: Vomiting, nausea, soreness, sudden bruising, death, genetic scrambling of previous users, limb loss, fever symptoms.

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LIFESURGER LOGBOOK:

[CAM 3]

Patient 4-B is seen through the facility. She is escorted by a damaged MED-E.

4-B: COME ON MED-E. JUST A BIT FURTHER.

Something is pursuing them.

[Connection to this camera has been lost.]

[CAM 4]

Patient 4-B is seen using Dr. A. Kurosawa's keycard to access Restricted Section 2.

[Unauthorized access. Security has been alerted. No response received.]

Patient 4-B is seen entering Restricted Section B.

[Unauthorized access. Security has been alerted. No response. Automatic alert issued to UESC authorities. This is the last alert they receive from this station.]

Something is pursuing them.

[Connection to this camera has been lost.]

[CAM B-1]

Patient 4-B is seen running down the hall. Her IV is disconnected as she trips. The MED-E helps her up. They continue running. 4-B's vital signals are dropping as a result of loss of ?????.

She stops in front of ROOM 1.

Something is pursuing them.

[Connection to this camera has been lost.]

[CAM ROOM 1]

The door opens.

[Admin has been alerted to the breach. No response.]

Patient 4-B pulls the Lifesurger(Patent Pending) off of the wall. She misfires into her chest and falls unconscious.

The MED-E prods her body with stimulants. There is no response.

Something is pressed up against the glass. It's cracking.

[Connection to this camera has been lost.]

[EXT. CAM A]

Dr. A. Kurosawa is seen standing over the corpse of an unidentified creature. Her hands are up as UESC-dispatched enforcers approach her. The Lifesurger(Patent pending) is strapped over her back.

Enforcer: IDENTIFY YOURSELF.

KUROSAWA: I AM DOCTOR KUROSAWA.

Enforcer: DOCTOR KUROSAWA. WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?

KUROSAWA: I DON'T KNOW. THERE ARE MORE INSIDE.

Enforcer: GET TO THE SHIP.

Three enforcers enter the facility. Dr. A. Kurosawa moves out of the FOV. The escorting MED-E follows her.

[Post analysis: Patient 4-B did not report to UESC authorities following this encounter. Her current location is unknown.]

Detective's Notes: I don't know how, but she somehow passed the genetic and facial recognition tests. Someone please let Captain ???? know about the background of his alleged "doctor". Although somehow I doubt he'll really care, seeing as how he's got some real screwballs on board.

[54625]

I'm not sure if this is the end for the QSMP, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were shut down soon after this.

The eggs have been the lifeblood of the server since they were introduced, and having some of them permanently gone from the server is devastating for so many reasons, and bodes terribly for the future of this project. My optimism has run out. I will still wait for updates but I have no hope.

However, I wanted to write a piece for the community here on Tumblr. I know we're all very emotional right now, because while we have no confirmation that the QSMP will permanently close, we now have good reason to assume there might just be no other clear path out of this.

To the community:

Do not feel like you have to stop loving the server and everything it created. Do not stop creating art. Do not stop sharing why you loved the characters and the story and the world.

To completely boycott everything QSMP, you are discrediting the incredible work that the admins put into the server purely out of passion and the kindness of their hearts. Do not waste their sacrifices. Talk about the server and everything they did for it, give them recognition, let them know we love and appreciate all the time and care they poured into this project. Thank them by caring about their work that they put so much of themselves into.

To completely boycott everything QSMP, you are ignoring the beautiful friendships it created between content creators who otherwise would never have met, and the way it ignited such a fierce determination to learn about others' cultures in them. You are forgetting how much these streamers strived to tell engaging, relatable, fun stories, by themselves or with each other, and to have their fans talk about how much they liked their newest lore. You are refusing to acknowledge the effort put in by everyone on the project to tell amazing stories through the language barrier.

And to completely boycott the QSMP, you are denying yourself the fact that you loved this server; the eggs, the streamers, the stories, the cultural events, the laughter, the sadness, the friendships, the ship ships, the builds, the mods, the languages. You are part of this server for enjoying it's wonderful vitality and beauty and hilarity. As a community, we all are.

I have had my gripes with the QSMP fanbase, as anyone has gripes with the dysfunctional mad household they live in, but at the end of the day, I love it so much. This has been my first time actually being part of a fandom; interacting with people and sharing my art and my ideas, getting into silly debates and arguments, running my mouth off more than I should. I love this bizarre toxic fandom for all of it's worth; I love the fanfic writers (even if I think their characterisation is terrible), I love the fanartists (even if they give Pac those yellow scleras that always make me think of jaundice), I love the live bloggers (even if they clog up the main tag), I love the people who write analysis, the people who make animations and animatics, the people who webweave, and all the other things people in this fandom do to interact with the media we all collectively love and bond over.

We do not need to let this be the end of our community, as we can still share our admiration for the hard work put into this project, lift each other up, express praise where it is warranted.

And we can talk to each other, we can vent about how this has negatively effected us (provided we tag it appropriately 👁️👁️) and respond in kind to those seeking someone to speak to who relates.

The QSMP taught us the value of communication. While behind the scenes, it itself did not abide by it's own rules, we can. The QSMP itself is not the figurehead of communication; the content creators and the fans it sent this message to are. We can be an example of what the QSMP should have stood for.

I do not love the deeply flawed execution of the QSMP, but with my whole heart I love the idea; the ambition, the goal. It was noble. It, to some extent, worked.

It united communities.

Let it unite ours.

[forthedancingandthethriving]

Oh hey, these still happen

Dolion: What is the most illegal thing you can do with one gold?

Valiant: Exchange it for a hundred copper, put them all in a sock, and then beat someone to death with it.

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Lil Coding: Is… Is that meant to be on fire?

Lily: No… not really.

LC: Are you going to do something about it?

Lily: Hm… nah.

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Luigi: You borrowed a crane?

Mario: Not exactly.

Luigi: You stole a crane?!

Mario: Exactly.

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Bob: Fun Fact; the average person will walk by 36 murderers in their lifetime.

Meggy: I like how this is a "fun" fact.

SMG4: It's fun because they didn't decide to murder you.

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SMG4: I haven't slept in seventy-three hours.

Juliano: Eighty. Democratically elected leader of insomnia.

Tulip: It's been ninety for me. I'm going for an even one hundred.

Meggy: You guys are fucking terrifying.

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Mario: Are you laughing at that video of Lily and LC's fight?

SMG3: No.

SMG3: I'm laughing at the comments.

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Vitality: *looking at everyone (once she wakes up from her coma)*

Vitality: .. I have got to find these guys a therapist.

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SMG4: I think we should probably find a time to clip Coding's claws.

SMG3: What? Why?

SMG4: *gestures to the shredded couch* That's going to be our pants' legs next.

SMG3: ... I'll get the clippers.

[duckapus]

Nintendo World Online

So I mentioned that after the hell that is the current string of arcs in general and the Project Thunder situation specifically most of the main cast are gonna be going on a fucking vacation! Because they both need and deserve one. And I've figured out where they'll be going for said vacation.

In recognition of their services to Literally Everyone Everywhere, they've been invited for an all-expenses-paid two-week stay in a Server that's made up entirely of a Nintendo-themed resort and amusement park. The invitation comes from the park's Admin, owner and founder: an iteration of Wario who somehow got elevated to a Code-Level Entity and worked his way up to mid-level Admin. You wouldn't think that he'd be willing to let anyone stay there for free, let alone the massive SMG-Adjacent guest list we're dealing with here (All the Avatars and SMGs, whoever from their respective crews and major side characters is interested, a few of the main Admins, maybe some of the Grid characters if invites can even get through to them, possibly some of the ponies given their part in taking down Ozymandias), but he owed Vitality several favors, plus hosting the heroes of the Multiverse is great for his public image.

Unlike the get-rich-quick schemes of his more basic counterparts, Admin Wario has invested a lot into the quality and longevity of Nintendo World Online, and it definitely shows. It's one of the most popular tourism-based servers on the 'net even with the expected hefty price tags, and prides itself on allowing any program, be they Code-Level, Character-Level, Virus, Firewall or Anomaly... as long as they make sure not to cause any trouble while they're there. It's one of the few Admin-run servers to be officially recognized as neutral territory, and the staff works hard to maintain that.

[isenstar777]

I could do some filing for our sister company. But that will kill my ribs and I'm trying to be careful

It's 10:15am and I've run out of work until the post arrives

[musiclovingmoth]

after barely a day of my poll being up it seems like so many people know about and really love natural history collections which makes my heart sing!! i would love for my fellow natural history nerds to rise up and sign this petition to protect one!!

duke university is CLOSING its herbarium which holds over 800,000 plant/fungus/algae specimens including 2,000 types spanning 180 years of collection effort all across the planet. it is the second largest private university herbarium in the entire united states. this is really bad!! i will explain in short terms:

every natural history collection's purpose is to collect and maintain specimens, which are collectively supposed to be a thorough representation of biodiversity across time and space. when sampled at regular intervals at the same places, specimens can tell endless stories about changes in shape, abundance, range, genetics, and SO much more. basically, they are a big sample size to use in all manner of studies, including those that concern climate change and biodiversity loss! new species and evolutionary relationships are constantly discovered at collections even when specimens are like 100 years old. duke has recently championed itself as a global leader in biodiversity research which is honestly in jawdropping conflict with its move to close its herbarium. this herbarium not only supplies duke researchers with material but researchers all over the world. specimens have been cited in over 46,000 publications and over 13,000 since 2019 alone. we have old shit in our cabinets but the science is anything but history!

faculty and staff have 2-3 years to move the specimens elsewhere which is NOT enough time for 800,000 old dried plant/fungus specimens. this is an issue in even the BEST natural history collections at the biggest institutions but collections are pretty much always understaffed and underpaid. a university collection usually relies a lot on student labor and you know they do not have the time to be contributing to this move. to find collections that would take these specimens AND allocate the manpower and time needed to send them off is not feasible. types, especially holotypes should really NEVER be transported because they serve as the exemplar for the characteristics of the species it represents. i do not feel good about hurrying 800,000 old, fragile specimens including 2,000 types getting moved in a short amount of time by a few people. i do not want to know what will happen to the remaining specimens that don't make it out in time.

this sets a really dangerous precedent for other university collections across the world. this is not a random state school, this is duke university, which is practically an ivy league. if they close such a prominent and respected collection just because they're not 260% maximizing their profits, it may let other greedy university admins know they can get away with the same. i've only been in the professional collections world for a short time but shutting down a collection let alone one as big as duke's is almost UNHEARD of. i haven't seen scientists band together so strongly and quickly over an issue (i'm in an ENTOMOLOGY collections listserv and someone advocated for emailing duke admin against this decision), probably because they can all agree on how strongly this could impact climate and biodiversity research and policymaking down the road.

tl;dr if duke herbarium really closes, we would be losing a vital hub for ongoing and future research that helps us understand how our world is changing through the dynamics of our plants and their allies. other institutions might see this and follow suit with their own collections.

[trashfangirlsworld]

According to Pomme's admin, there has been no indication that they are going to get paid. This, combined with the fact that the egg figurines will only be available for a limited amount of time:

makes me unsure whether the money used from sales will go towards admin salaries (past or future). The only thing we have been told is that the money will go towards server costs (which, as far as a viewer is concerned, could be the infamous translation tool).

This is exactly what I was saying in the tags of my posts. It unfortunately makes sense that pomme's admin hasn't been contacted about payment yet, because, as it's been said multiple times, there are no current funds to pay her rn. If the eggs aren't back because there are no funds to pay the admins who still currently wish to be on the server, then there obviously aren't enough funds to pay back past work for any ex admins. It wouldn't make sense to ask pomme's admin about payment when she can't be payed rn. This would be another matter entirely if the qsmp was financially stable rn, which it isn't.

If the money made by the figurines goes to stuff like translator or server costs, then that is one less thing quackity has to worry about when it comes to expenses as that is vital to keep the server running and then he can start to figure out payments for past and current admins that wish to stay. Just because the money made by the figurines may not go directly into the admins bank accounts does not mean that this won't help them in the long run.

This does not mean that you are obligated to buy anything if you're not comfortable to, you have every right to simply decide not to for your own sake, but I think it's important to look at every angle critically because this situation is not black and white and requires a clear head. Thank you for the respectful ask and discussion!

[st-just]

🔥 no more empty inbox. Any hot takes on white collar employment, since iirc you changed jobs recently?

The average salaried white-collar employee contributes something like 1/4 of the labor-time they're ostensibly paid for to anything that actually produces value for their employer. This utter lack of efficiency is in one sense a sort of parasitism of your employer (and if your job produces actual social value, society at large), and on the other is absolutely vital to a the properly dignified and autonomous life.

Also, fake-seeming admin/pure bureaucracy work is absolutely vital to keeping any project of more than like three people running. Like, not 'running smoothly', just progressing at all.