@electric-bulwark / electric-bulwark.tumblr.com
Over 200 blogs I just unfollowed (though that number could be wrong given that Tumblr is telling me I’m still following 21 blogs despite only 2 being listed), and it was a mix of SFW and NSFW blogs. Out of all of them, only 1 had updated in the last 12 months.
The Tumblr adult content purge didn’t just affect NSFW blogs. It affected SFW ones too.
The worst part about checking back on Tumblr is seeing the posts of people that moved to other places (Twitter especially), and trying to see if I can catch them before I unfollow them from here (I want to clear my dash so that when I come on - which will be rarely, Tumblr is dead for me - I only see the blogs that I wish to still keep in contact with) only to find that the accounts they’ve linked are deleted. Gone. That something happened to them and now I have no idea where they’ve gone.
“So.. The wreckage is his grave” ~ Charming
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Jesus christ, I’m losing so many artists I follow because they are deleting their accounts for no reason.
“In the next hour or so this account will be deleted. Be sure to follow my other sites. ❤️“
I CANT FOLLOW YOUR OTHER SITES. YOU FUCKING DELETED ALL YOUR LINKS BY DELETING YOUR BLOG. GOD DAMN IT.
STOP. DELETING. YOUR. BLOGS.
I was playing a completely custom game at a roleplay meetup today. We were 3 party members using premade characters for the game. We were on the final stretch of the one-shot and we were fighting the 3 bosses as a battle raged around us. The first boss, a chimera, had already been taken down and only two remained. A doctor (of science), with a sack of grenades and a baron with a lot of health.
I, being the useful mage (was a healer but healing spells were restricted for this session), saw a handy spell that did 50 damage to all within melee radius; Detonate.
Me: (To DM). So, could I use Momentum to double my movement speed and then when I get there in the same turn cast Detonate?
DM: We’ll say yes, because you’re going to cast it anyway.
Me: Ok good because I don’t want to be taking damage, otherwise this’ll kill me.
(The party members who come before me take their turns, and now it’s my turn.)
Me: Ok, (Rolls a 20 for the Momentum spell, meaning instead of double speed I get triple speed)
DM: Ok, so, instead of the normal speed increase and perception change, lightning actually starts coming off of you. You’d put a mask on, but you wouldn’t be fast enough to outrun DC’s lawyers.
Me: Ok, so, I run up between the doctor and baron, they’re in melee range right?
DM: Yeah, they’re close to each other
Me: Ok and I cast Detonate. (Rolls, gets a low roll so I use Luck which is an automatic high success meaning everyone in melee range takes 50 damage while I take 10)
DM: (Rolls a 1d12, getting 10), no he doesn’t have 10 grenades… (Rolls a 1d12 again, getting 3) Ok so all three of the grenades in the doctor’s sack detonate as you explode. The doctor is immediately killed and you take… (Rolls for damage and range for the grenades, getting high rolls for range and high rolls for damage. All in all my damage only affecting those in melee range, the entire party takes 60 damage. We all only have 70 max hp.)
Me: Ok so I get utterly vaporised with -30 hp
Duke (Party member): I’m also dead, on -2 hp.
Lorilei (Party member): I’m going to use Luck to dodge one of the 30’s, leaving me with 19 hp. Why don’t you two use luck?
Duke and I are both out of Luck, me having used the last of it to succeed the Detonate roll.
DM: The baron uses 2 luck to survive the detonate and one of the high damage grenades, leaving him with 160 hp.
We did end up winning the fight, having to swap out the dead premades for two other premades that were “in the background”. We killed the Baron and won the battle. The Duke got a funeral, while my character being poor only got a footnote in the funeral service. But I didn’t care, it was my first ever character death and it was a spectacular way to go.
We’re a homebrew group of 4 that’s playing a less than SFW D&D 5E. We were exploring southwest of a village as a sidequest, looking for, quoting the quest giver, “odd occurrences in the terrain”.
We came upon a camp with a large woman. Upon her back was a locked backpack, sort-of like a locked chest due to her size.
Me (OOC): She’s an Amazon Rogue (OOC): Death by snu snu
[As a group we decided to approach, seeing as we were three and she was one. We’d beaten things bigger than her, but we were still cautious. I’d tried, and failed, to identify what she was. She was friendly as she moved over her tent after killing an animal. She also told us that she was from an Amazon tribe]
DM: As she turns to the tent, you see that on her back is a large backpack with a lock on it. She turns back to you once she puts the dead animal away. Woman: Me and my tribe delivery packages over this area, once people order them. I’m actually heading off to deliver an order right now. DM: Congratulations, you’ve found the D&D equivalent of Amazon.com
[Naturally, my first response was to introduce my face to my palm.]
We’re a less than SFW homebrew group, and with being less than SFW came certain… Perks.
This is censored for your convenience.
[We’d just slept at an inn and during the night certain… Developments had occurred. I and an NPC companion we had acquired in our travels were both taurs, I a Cervitaur and she a Unitaur. Both of the other players were on the smaller side, one Medium and one Small, while I and the NPC were Medium and Large respectively. We’d gotten up for breakfest when I’d realised something due to another player’s predicament with the NPC.]
Me (OOC): Wait, do I have to shove food up the NPC to feed <player>?
We’re a less than SFW homebrew group, and with being less than SFW and Homebrew came certain… Perks.
Naturally, I had picked up one of these perks along our story, giving me the ability to summon slimes. I’d recently gotten an upgrade to that ability, however, but it didn’t take effect until a bit later. The process had involved experimentation on one of my summoned slimes, which resulted in it going from Medium size to Tiny size, but it now was much stronger than they normally are. In terms of size, it was the equivalent to an apple. I was rather attached to it because of that, because it was adorable, however it’s new abilites proved less so, right up until it carried the party in a boss fight.
We were fighting a group of plants that had sprung up to attack the village we were staying in, we’d had time to prepare and it was time for the fight. However, among their number was a large being of some sort with a singular eye.
Naturally, I thought that the eye would be a great target, but I didn’t have anything that I could hit it with, being a melee spell-caster cleric equivalent. Both of my party members were occupied, one being attacked by the thing, which tore down the village wall.
Deciding I didn’t have any options left, I attempted to throw the apple-sized slime at its eye, rolling a natural 20. The slime landed in its eye, and proceeded to roll high on all of its dodges and attacks, resulting in the slime dealing the majority of damage to the boss, including saving our party as during its attacks it had ensnared us with plants closing in. One particular attack had it releasing us and killing the plants.
Sadly, it didn’t last forever. And as the rogue dealt the killing blow, the apple-sized slime was struck and thrown into the distance.
The little guy forever lived on in the enhancements he allowed to be made for the other slimes I summoned.
omg stop with the bots.
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1. Please reblog this post with an image of your oc.
2. This is for my followers only, i’ll be checking! Though new followers are welcome to join! <3
I’ll be doing small raffles like this every month as thanks for the support!
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Nope. From what I heard, he was one of those nuts wanting “Ultimate Power”. He took magic from ponies, but as a means to an end. What he really wanted was Alicorn magic. It’s like that Storm King fella who showed up recently. Wanting Alicorn magic because it’s the most powerful. Moving the sun, moon, controlling the weather, etc. I’m kinda glad the Storm King didn’t know I existed. With a name like that, bet he’d be pretty interested in a pony that looks like an alicorn with the ability to control electricity.
What happened when Tirek came for your magic?
Tirek? You mean the big, red centaur? I saw him at Canterlot, but he didn’t come for me, no. As far as I heard, he just wanted Alicorn magic. I may look like an Alicorn, but I’m not. My magic is powerful, but in a one on one fight with Celestia I’d still lose. Spectacularly.
Besides, nopody really knows about me save a select few.
Everypony else thinks I’m dead.
Can you draw? If so, will you draw answers to asks?
(I’m afraid not. I can’t draw for shit and I do not have the patience to get better at it. I’m a writer, not an artist. I can spin a tale that will leave you on the edge of your seat, but put a pen in my hand and I can’t even draw a line.)
What if you wore the Alicorn amulet?
The Alicorn Amulet? You mean that freaky red, cursed amulet? No clue. I’d honestly rather not find out but if I had to guess, I’d say it’d give me more magic. Painless magic.
Extremely handy if you follow a lot of people and hate missing anything good.
Best Stuff First moves the best stuff on your dashboard—mhm!—right up to the top.
It’s rolling out this week on iOS and Android, and comes with this Help Center article.
Thanks! ✌️
I don’t have the option to turn it off yet, but chances are good that my dash is still affected. Chances are good that y'all have been affected. Whatever you do, keep checking your settings tab for the ability to TURN THIS OFF. Because we creators are gonna suffer from this.
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There’s a chance that y'all might not have gotten this option yet, but i finally did. For the sake of all creators out there, check your general settings and look for this option. If you have it, TURN IT OFF. Don’t let some algorithm dictate what you see.
Don’t just like this. It needs to be spread so people know. Not only will your feed be out of chronological order, but creators who aren’t hella popular are suffering lack of exposure because of this. This is the one thing i WILL pressure to reblog.
We don’t like reblogging stuff like this, but if this is turned on, you might not be able to see us! Our peeps just won’t be enough!
Tell your friends if you want this feature disabled! Help keep our peeps in your feed!
Well that explains that.
The "In your orbit" posts aren't limited to the top of my dashboard now. They're all throughout. Tumblr, just, stop. You're making it worse. I don't care if this post is similar to things I look at, I don't give a shit about it.
I would like to point out my policy when it comes to identifying bots:
1: If the blog is nothing but irl porn which says things like “Hot chicks in your area” OR gives details on a woman/man, then it’s a bot.
2: If the blog contains nothing but reblogs AND has no response to these reblogs OR the responses made to the reblogs do not show emotion or are grammatically incorrect OR the response to the reblogs are listed like tags, then it’s a bot.
3: If the blog’s avatar is the default tumblr avatar AND the blog contains porn with no description OR is any of the things in number 2 in this list, then it’s a bot.
4: If the blog is completely empty of any posts whatsoever, then it’s a bot.
5: If the blog’s name looks like the name of a person, i.e. John Smith, AND the URL does not reflect the theme of the blog or the name of the blog, then it’s a bot.
6: If the blog’s URL is pornographic in nature, OR looks like tags OR does not reflect the posts in the blog, then it’s a bot.
If I’ve blocked you, it was likely because you matched one or more of the things in this list and if you’re an actual person, then I’m sorry, you can contact me however to correct my mistake.
I like how the day after I posted this I got a message from a blog matching #5 saying "hello"
Yeah, nah. Bot activity always increases sharply when a post is made talking about bots, before it returns to normal bot activity.
Just because you're using tumblr messenger doesn't mean you're not a bot.
