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[noobscomic]

SALES FOR nOObs

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[doloresandfriendsandstuff]

THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING FOR "SALES FOR N00BS"

[falloutghoulzine]

The Fallout Ghoul Zine is proud to introduce the contributors for our second volume: Greetings From Gecko!

This team is creating some fantastic work for their fellow ghoulies to enjoy and we can't wait until we can share all of it with you! Please welcome:

Astely 99griffon Mercedes (Cherry-Pixels) Kuzmich-Isterich SpaceKase Meghan Snowball (Folly854) Beargrave Bedky Sinead Traecy Amanda Peep (plasma-packin-mama) Charles (pyrussprite) Selby (N00b-Vegas) Kelly Sapp (Dumplinhead) FinchMarie Drovenna Narschlob Nick R.x. CaptRedgrave hyperionrisen Badastronaut27 Feeblebeeble Jazz Terry Bee (thebigolbee) Dali Puff ghoulschooldropout Silas yeehawknight yennevii Zombee

We'll be sharing work from as many of our contributors as we can for Wednesday Shares tomorrow so be sure to check them out!

And don't forget to follow us on all our socials or even sign up for our mailing list so you don't miss when preorders go on sale!

[franki-lew-yo]

Two rants, one family

As someone who was scammed just last year by actual bots because the help I hired didn't know what they were doing, and then by actual grifters who told me everything I wanted to hear and took my money for my project promos and gave THAT to bots ---

I'm a little fracking tired of this idea that any online donations or transactions to small-companies MUST be scams because 'it's spammy'. Well then call it a 'spammer' then, not a 'scammer'. That's not the same thing.

It's not that scammer hand-outs don't exist. They do. They suck, but also they also don't last long. BUT- if you are ever in a situation where you've needed money asap and you're NOT an influencer with a huge audience, you have to get on track with dayly reblogging and self-promoting as much as possible. Otherwise, if people are anything like yourself when YOU feel like donating, people forget about you, they overlook your struggles, and they never even know you were having a 'sale' or a 'deal' at all!!

One thing that a lot of *bad* entrepreneur websites try to tell people, especially vulnerable people who can't pay for services that give them online marketing tips cuz that money needs to go to rent or food or pets or not dying, IS to flood people's inboxes from any blog they have (and any blog their friend has) to get the word out. They (crap companies who make all the 'free advice' or marketing garbage) tell a lot of people to do this and it's why a lot of n00b donation holders get dismissed as scams and/or bots -> because we get it, we're annoying and you don't want to be seeing us. Cept, UNLIKE actual scammers and bots, we don't have access to all your private information and we also don't want it. We don't have access to emails we get to fill up with crap. We/I have to do EVERY. SINGLE. THING. MANUALLY.

E V E R Y T H I N G-

Tumblr is the easiest website to use (at the moment) because of my queing system. You have to pay to que thing up on Instagram and Facebook. Yes. You do. Look it up. You do. In order to promo myself, my work, my brand, with little to nothing on me, I HAVE to do things manually. I hate it. I can't get good at it out of no where and with not professional training or, again, paying.

Just this last year I've had people on my TNBC comic blog be all "ugh can you not post this" or "can you just post tnbc". Quick solution to those folks: Use my tags -available to EVERYONE- if you JUST want to see my TNBC submissions. That's my blog as much as this one is and PARDON ME for wanting to promote my original artwork that I hope you'll give some attention to as much as my fanart for. I know it's hard to do/care about people's original work when you don't know/don't want to give money to something you don't know. I shouldn't act entitled to the reaction I want, and I'm not trying to.

But, personally, as an artist - nothing tells me "I don't care about you personally or your health/wellbeing" more than asking 'when's 'x' thing coming out?' again and again and AGAIN . . . And frankly, I've been slacking on reblogging as many people's fundraisers, commission prices and MORE because I was afraid of this kind of behavior. I'm sorry I have a life and maybe need a little help sometimes. I'm sorry my friends who are also writers and artists have lives. In the case of my TNBC blog specifically, I made that blog because I felt at peace and in love with my hyperfixation in Nightmare Before Christmas. Don't make me dread of associate these kinds of feelings with my hyperfixtion. Don't make me a moody-proody Jack Skellington who feels like no one understands me and just wants me to 'keep dancing'. Don't take this passion away from me.

You know that crapphrase that everyone says is Marilyn Monroe when it isn't: "if you can't take me at my worst you don't deserve me at my best" or however it goes? That one. The thing that sucks about that phrase, besides it not being from Marilyn, is that it's used and weaponized by shiddy gaslighter-type when it's not supposed to be about the right to be mean and get away with it. It's SUPPOSED to be a plea of acceptance. It's one of many philosophies that can be used for toxic self-care/self-harm, but in itself is not about forcing people to tolerate your bull. Believe me; I've been screamed at in real life and goaded into letting someone trashtalk me online because I was gaslit to 'sit there and take it' because 'I deserve it' one too many real times. I know what someone who truly does the "take me at my worst = me hurting you;disregarding your feelings" ACTUALLY acts.

If you can't take me at my self-promoty-cringey-social-justice-gawker awkward-autistic self, than you don't deserve me at my creative ~autistic gurl~ aesthetic self.

DM or PM me if you're having a legit problem and think something is wrong or I'm hurting myself/others/making an unwise choice. Other than that: cope. My blogs are my blogs.

[obeyfeline]

"See you at dah pahty Rousseau!"

I lowkey wanted a leather sportcoat for 30 years since seeing them in the ads that El Dorado photographed for Hermes, but knew that anyone wearing them at best would look like Michael Ironside in Total Recall. I was super tempted though when this vintage custom handmade leather sportcoat came on sale, made to my size by Claude Rousseau, one of the most illustrious alumni of Paris tailor Joseph Camps, which now as Camps de Luca is perhaps the best tailor in the world (for reasons I write about in my book). After a long career on his own, Rousseau merged with Cifonelli, as did another Camps alum, Gabriel Gonzalez. Camps had been a member of the Groupe des Cinq, a set of fashion-forward custom tailors that tried to break with conservative norms that tailors like Cifonelli had represented. Today, all of the surviving tailors in Paris lay claim to classic elegance, but Camps de Luca and Cifonelli do so with the greatest attention to detail.

Super smooth high quality leather, and notice that the jacket is made like a normal sportcoat and not a leather jacket in that the fronts go all the way down instead of being pieced together at the waist, You won't find that easily:

Rousseau used the very recognizable cran parisien notch on the lapel - it's what used to be called a fishmouth or cod's mouth lapel for the shape (like an open fish mouth), and wasn't widely used except by the Groupe des Cinq and its alums or during the 1970s or 1920s-1930s:

He even put on the milanaise very neat, raised lapel buttonhole - another feature only of the best Paris tailors, called "Milanaise" not because it was Italian but because the buttonhole thread came from a brand with an Italian-sounding name (thanks to Jeffery Diduch for chasing this down):

That's got to have been hard to sew on leather.

Working buttonholes are a trap. The reason they're on custom tailoring is because the sleeve length is tailored properly to your own arms. If they're on a ready-to-wear jacket, it's hard to lengthen or shorten the sleeve without it looking funny.

Actually opening them is something only custom tailoring n00bs do. It's a silly world.

Some reinforcement under the collar:

Camps and de Luca came up with a so-called secret inner pocket on the lining that became another trademark of the firm and their alums. Rousseau's was in the form of a circle:

In the end I didn't buy it. It went to someone else and I wish them well. All I would have gotten out of it was the same visual interest I have in posting about it, so I hope this was entertaining.

[playstonkers]

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[sldressup]

Location: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Blumfield/114/135/27

EEP: Annan Adored Optimal Skin (no shadows)

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New n00b, who dis? Here are their style notes.

[BODY] Reborn body @ L$3500

[HEAD] Logo Tillie head @ L$625 (special group only sale)

[HAIR] Vango Danny hair, free group gift no.match_ LeL EvoX hairbase " shaved " _FREE

[SKIN] VELOUR x VENUS HALLOWEEN for EBODY REBORN (GREY ALIEN) @ L$299

Heaux Elune Grey Alien, (The Fifty 2nd Anniversary Gift, event runs from February 25, 2024 through March 20, 2024)

[EYES] Senra Jamie in Linden Library

Nails: [TCC] BoM Nail Polish for CZ Slim body - Pack 02, free (Reborn body is mod, so I made the nails BoM)

AO components: Voir - BENTO (Almost) STILL AO for MEN, stand "AST8_bh" @ L$80 stand "AST11_bh" @ L$80

Walk & run animations extracted from AX-002 Basically Boy AO at Tabidachi-Hiroba

Empty Zhao HUD at Mystitool

Clothes: [PANTS] TECHNOFOLK_Slut! Pants_003. @ L$60 (weekend sale)

[SHIRT] SiK Tammy Tee Six Textures @ L$150

Upload fee for homemade alpha layer for shirt @ L$10 (SL hack for getting away without the V-tech add-on.)

[SHIRT] Duran Duran tee-shirts, free

[SHOES] Coco Chelsea Rain Boots (Dark Brown), free group gift

[crazyboredasians]

Gente que sabe cómo va Tumblr. Cuando mandas un ask y te sale una pantallita azul diciendo 'solicitud denegada, no tienes permiso para acceder a esta página' significa que ese Tumblr te ha bloqueado o es que simplemente las estrellas me están trolleando? Es una pregunta genuina, apenas uso esta cosa y no sé cómo funciona, soy n00b, help / A veces si es por eso, otras, simplemente, vuelve a intentar enviarlo. Algunas veces tumblr se vuelve gilip0llas.

Yup, a veces Tumblr tiene muchos Bugs @_@

✰ pride

[noobscomic]

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[doloresandfriendsandstuff]

MY HUSBAND AND I HELPED TO MAKE THIS BUT MOSTLY MY HUSBAND EXCEPT I DID HELP A LITTLE BIT CUZ THERE WAS SO MUCH TO BE DONE, EEEEE Anyway, please consider checking it out~

Thank you for sharing it, Russell! <3

A good friend of the toy box @fractiouslemonofficial has published comic book thingy. One character is slightly based on me, but I'll never tell which one!

[muaythai505]

Somebody should give Dana White himself some good hundred-dozen cold hard slaps to the face, to beat some sense into the guy.

People say money corrupts and I think he's been seeing dollar signs way too often and not focusing enough on the human side of his business.

As an entrepreneur - now the playing field is even, because I've been an entrepreneur for 11 years and still going on - I feel I am qualified to make the above statement because business is not just money, it is people, it is customers and staff, and all sales are transactions between human beings, not between corporations or machines.

Corporations are made up of lots of human beings. Machines are just hunks of metal and wires and sometimes some fluid power shit.

If you don't pay the people well enough eventually people leave, they stop putting up with your stingy bullshit and they jump ship, or they start competing businesses and work against you once their NDAs and noncompetes expire. If you pay your people well, they will remain loyal. They will fight up-cliff battles against larger competitors - singlehandedly if need be - for your glory as a corporate leader. Fail to honor the shoulders you stand on as a leader and soon you won't have any to stand on.

I know I may be a n00b at MMA and Muay Thai and fighting sports in general - I've only done 2.15 months of boxing, all of it before the age of 20, with no sparring experience... and after 30 (at age 35 to be exact) taking up Muay Thai for the past 7 months, still yet to do actual sparring - but I also know that, as a 11-years-on business startup expert (maybe, depends on who you ask & what their criteria of expertise is in my occupation / LOB), if I were to run the UFC, I'd pay fighters at parity with at least the ISKA or better yet, the WBC.

I wouldn't pay a purse of 50K or 100K a fight. If the PPV and the door ticket sales rake in $5M per fight, and fixed costs, overhead & marginal variable costs only amounted to $100K, the winning fighter would win the lion's share of the purse - around $1M-1.5M ballpark est., and the losing fighter would still get a small but decent amount (I haven't done the math on this part, but it would pay for medical, cornerman staffing, and admin/management bills, and still have enough left over for spending on his/her family members and maybe, if saved properly, send their kid(s) to a decent community college).

You put the people first in your business or you watch your business crash and burn.

It's not rocket surgery.

Why the fuck would anyone watch Dana’s stupid frat boy slap league when they can watch Russian farm boys slap one another in random Serbian malls on YouTube??

War dumpling!

[crazyboredasians]

Gente que sabe cómo va Tumblr. Cuando mandas un ask y te sale una pantallita azul diciendo 'solicitud denegada, no tienes permiso para acceder a esta página' significa que ese Tumblr te ha bloqueado o es que simplemente las estrellas me están trolleando? Es una pregunta genuina, apenas uso esta cosa y no sé cómo funciona, soy n00b, help // Mi estimado, es correcto, te han bloqueado. Cuando un tumblr/blog está protegido por contraseña te la pide y te muestra un cuadrito para que escribas. Cuando un blog te bloquea, te sale un anuncio muy creativo de Tumblr que te dice que no hay nada en esa página, y te la muestra en blanco.

Ahi queda la respuesta, muchas gracias!

✰ pride

[explosiveranga]

Games of the Heart (BTS fanfiction)

Rating: G (May change in the future)

Word Count: 1480

Fandom: BTS

Pairing: Jeon Jungkook x Reader

Summary:  You and Jungkook are rival live streamers and for the next month, you'd be stuck in the same building as him for a reality TV show. Will you be able to prove that you're the better gamer, or will his mere presence distract you and cost you everything?

Notes: This is my first BTS story, god help me but I couldn't resist purple mullet JK. I blame @youarejesting. Any complaints, take it up with her. Also, happy birthday stinky boy.

P.s. Stream Butter now.

                                                      CHAPTER 1

Day 1

The slamming of a car door woke you and your first thought was that the sun was too goddamn bright. The next thought that crossed your mind was that you needed coffee, badly. An older gentleman opened your door and you recognised him as the driver who had picked you up from your apartment at 6 am.      “We’re here, miss.”      Through your sleep-addled brain, you almost forgot your manners and you nodded your thanks before leaning over to the sleeping form beside you.      “Namjoon,” you nudged him in the ribs with your elbow and the man started awake, eyes wide and drool glistening off his chin. He blinked at you as a giggle fell from your lips. “Come on. They’re waiting for us.”

The facility was huge.      You weren’t sure how far out of the city you were but as far as your eye could see, trees surrounded you, a sea of red and burnt orange lining the horizon, broken only by a large, modern estate, all white stone and tall glass windows. It loomed over you as you approached with your bags, your friend right behind you as you followed a producer through to a large sitting room. Sliding doors lined the far wall and were open to a balcony that overlooked the district, the morning sun slowly rising higher in the sky. A group of people were gathered, a mix of producers and the other contestants. A few of them were leaning over the fence for a better look, others cradling cups of coffee or catching a few minutes of rest. One man was laid back over a banana lounge, dark glasses hiding his eyes, mouth gape as gentle snores fell from him.

There were ten players in total, including yourself. Jeonju would be your home for the next four weeks where you and the other players would test and play an early release of the newest MMORPG - DragonStorm. You’d spend 12 hours a day, 6 days a week playing, testing, gaming. Everything would be filmed; think ‘Survivor’ but instead of surviving the wilderness and drinking your own pee, you’d be trying to beat a computer game. It was a massive PR stunt, to hype the release of the game and boost sales.      The prize was 100 Million Won to any charity of your choice and there were only a few rules; no contact with the outside world: no fourth wall-breaking (which meant that everyone had to be in character while they were playing at all times) and no discussing the game with other players. Anonymity was key.      Each player would start with their own quests to complete over the duration of the competition and everything they did accumulated points. At the end, the one with the most points would be crowned the winner.

The host, an older, bespectacled man that introduced himself as Bang Si-Hyuk, explained all of this to you once you were settled. You were familiar with most of your costars. Everyone here had some kind of platform on MeTube or Snitch and so you knew each other by association, having attended the same events and running in the same circles. Everyone seemed nice enough so far.      Apart from him. Your rival.      Well, you used the term ‘rival’ loosely. Jeon Jung-Kook, JK to his fanbase, was a fellow streamer and gamer. You used to play together when you were both new to the platform but one day, he stopped inviting you to lobbies and your fan bases had taken it upon themselves to start a rivalry. What began with a playful comment here and there soon became a full on turf war.      You spotted him from across the room, his hair an obnoxiously bright purple. He might actually be handsome if he wasn’t so frustrating. He caught your eye and threw you a crooked grin. It was your management's idea; the ultimate test to prove who was a better gamer. MeTube feuds kept you relevant and trending and that kept the money in your management's pockets, so everyone was a winner. All you had to do was survive four weeks locked in the same building as him.

Introductions were made and coffee was served as the contestants disbanded, some retreating to their rooms for some RnR, others exploring the grounds. Your friend, Namjoon, was making conversation with heartthrob actor Teahyung, waving his hands animatedly as they spoke.      You’d known RM since you were in the 3rd Grade when your family moved to Seoul. He’d taught you Korean and in turn, you helped him with his English. Through that, a firm friendship was formed. At this point, he was like a sibling to you. He was the Sherlock to your Watson and there was no one else you would rather be in this competition with, not least of all because Kim Namjoon was absolutely appalling at games and you planned on kicking his ass.

Finally feeling a little bit human after your early morning - after all, you gamers weren’t known for being early birds - you loaded yourself and your luggage into the elevator in search of your room. You took a sip of your coffee, grateful for the caffeine, leaning back against the mirrored wall as the doors began closing.      “Hold the elevator!”      Without thinking, your hand shot out between the doors but your gamer reflexes must have been too quick for the machine and it closed around your wrist. Startled, you dropped your precious cup of liquid energy, the doors opening just in time for you to see it tumble to the floor and all over Jeon Jungkook’s shoes.      “Shit,” you cursed, dropping to your knees in an attempt to clean it up with the one napkin that had been between your hand and the styrofoam. A few staff members rushed over to help and you felt your cheeks burn with embarrassment. One held the doors as you both got cleaned up but Jungkook’s white trainers were now splattered with coffee stains.      Eventually, you loaded back into the lift, coffee-less and in a worse mood than when you’d started. JK, bags at his side, was right there with you. You could feel his eyes on you as the doors slid closed.      “You’re shorter than I expected.” The man grinned and you wanted to smack that pretty smile off his handsome face. This was your first time meeting in person and it was going perfectly. Sometimes, you forgot that the feud was all a PR stunt and that you didn’t actually hate him. Well, maybe a bit; you still hadn’t forgotten the time he’d called you a n00b on his podcast and these comments weren’t helping his case.      “You’re more insufferable than I expected,” you retorted, wanting nothing more than for this elevator ride to be over. The building had 4 floors - the ground floor was all communal, with a kitchen and living area occupying most of it. The crew and production team occupied the second floor, and the contestants had assigned, self contained rooms on the third floor. The upper most floor housed a gym and other recreational facilities that you’d be able to use on their downtime. You only hoped that your rooms weren’t too near to each other.      “Are you ready to prove once and for all who’s the better gamer?” You blinked at the man. “...Me. It’s me. I-I’m the better gamer.”      “Wooooooooooooooooooow,” you couldn’t hide the smirk on your face, quickly looking away from him.      “What’s that supposed to mean?”      The doors slid open with a ‘ping’, allowing for a quick escape, leaving a frowning Jungkook to rush after you with his belongings.      “No, no, nothing.”      “It doesn’t sound like ‘nothing’.”      “Well, you’re very full of yourself aren’t you?”      “I do have more subs than you.” You shot him a quick glare. You’d been neck and neck for years but these late few months, he’d taken the lead in sub count and you had yet to take it back. You blamed his handsome face and that ridiculous purple mullet.      “Fine.1 V 1 me then.” You stopped at a door that had your name on it and opened it, loading your bags into the dark room. Jk stopped across the hall and you saw that his room was right across from you. Great. “Name a time and a place and I’ll show you who’s better.”      “I don’t think a 1v1 would be fair on you. You wouldn’t be able to kill the EnderDragon even if you were in Creative.”      You frowned, skin prickling with annoyance, watching him lean back against his door with folded arms “Well, you… you wouldn’t even know an EnderDragon if it...landed on your house.”

Without letting him reply, you rushed into your room, cursing yourself. You closed the door behind you, not before you heard the giggle coming from the frustratingly handsome man.

[noobscomic]

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[samuraitroopersfanzine]

April Fools (not!)

Two years ago I was totally fooled by the Rascal-Troopers crossover. Remember this cute gag?

But then, a few months later, the crossover actually became kind of real with some fun 30th anniversary merch (keychains, pocket mirror, mug, card case, and acrylic stand):

Last year I was inspired to “finish” the collection of rascals with a set of the warlords (I only just realized I never posted them here! sorry!). May I present my fanart contributions to the crossover:

I even went so far as to have a company in China turn them into matching keychains!

I have 3 full sets that are available, plus extra of just Naaza/Sekhmet (I don’t know why the company printed extra of just the Warlord of Venom, but I’m not complaining!).

This offer is no April fools joke, though it is limited to USA fans only (because I’m a n00b at shipping things and, well, current circumstances and all), and payment by PayPal. The set of 4 rascal-warlords is $24 without shipping; most fans have opted for the cheapest shipping, First Class Mail, which was ~$4 more, so ~$28 total for the set. The individual Naaza are $5 each without shipping, which I’m unfortunately not sure what it would be at the moment.

If interested, please send an email to: rwfanzine (at) gmail (dot) com. Let me know your name, address (so I can calculate shipping), preferred USPS shipping method, and PayPal account name.

If you’re interested in purchasing the original rascal-trooper merchandise, it and a few other pieces are still available online >>>here<<<

Disclaimer for the original rascal-trooper merchandise store link: I’ve never shopped their online store, nor do I know if they ship internationally. I do not make any commission off of any sales through this link, nor am I in any way affiliated with the online store.

If you like to send some support for my art and this blog, you can via Ko-Fi!

Much love to you and all your loved ones!

[the-bjd-community-confess]

OPINION: 3 General Problems in the Hobby            

1. I think it’s fine for companies (or even private sellers) to make the dolls they are selling as attractive as possible in the sales photos without being deceptive but I also understand the cognitive dissonance experienced when a n00b on a budget reads about people ‘doing everything themselves’, sees a S00M MD page, orders a blank Rs, gets themself some paint and cloth and the end result of their efforts is…not as expected. So they look at some face ups  by artists they like, check out some clothes they might like to buy and some better eyes and whoosh, they are suddenly in deep water and way over their budget. I think this situation is a big stumbling block in the hobby. 2. I think people vastly underestimate the skill levels needed to do almost anything professionally in this hobby at a level to even fund your own hobby spending much less make any money above and beyond that and make part of your living from it. Much of what I see for sale made by hobby artisans in this hobby is not up to par. 3. I think the most visible sector of this hobby are the most vocal people who do NOT often represent any majority in preferences or opinions and I think it can easily put new people off from joining the hobby because they think most of us are ‘like that’.

~Anonymous