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This is one step further away from all that bad water from my bridge.  The archaic (and childish) 'Daveykins' was grandfathered into the current site since there wasn't a way to change the account name.  Until now.  It's these little well-liked though seldom-used features that make me apprecaite being a subscriber to this site.

Fortunately, all your links are not affected; the old URL will make it here, but I'll be updating the links to my site with the new URL within the coming weeks.

Oh, in other news, I'm going to Dice Con 2012 over at St. Louis [link] .  I'm looking for someone to share a hotel room with on the Friday and Saturday night.  Anyone who can help me out is greatly apprecaited.




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They've been a real help for me, especially when I can't help but feel pretty agnsty over my birthday.  At one time, even disgusted.  It's been this way since my 40th.  Most people spend their big 4-0 with some sort of a party or some gathering.  But none of that happened to me then, and I felt disgusted over it ever since.

Now I'm 43, and when I look back at my life, with my poor online reputation, what Google retrieves when I search for my name, my lousy job record, the lack of a domestic life, and the thought that I was no better off than when I was in Junior High when I was the world's....I have to resist the urge to puke over myself.  When I started all this, I thought I'd be able to get noticed by someone or some group (of more than 24 people) that would see my work find any print above the internet, maybe a comic book title or an animated series.  Come on, it's not like I was on a Love Quest or anything.

(I still think that way at times, I mean I have to.  Keeps me from making the 'An Hero' list.)

Sometimes I feel that my life would've been better spent just playing video games from my teen years to now non-stop.  Perhaps it would've been a more productive use of my time.

But anyway, thank you for wishing me well this May 2, and that I hope to get back into art soon.  Later on this month, the beta-release of D&D 5ED is coming up, and I do intend on making a campaign world out of that.




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....or at least until Johnny shows up and kicks the rest of my non-existant @$$ off.




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It isn't as if they need another reason why people think that spending their money for a movie is a waste of hard-earned money...Has it every occured to you that what could possibly be the most important documentary that Michael Moore will never make, a well-produced documentary on bullying, got slapped with a PG-13 rating and deemed innapropiate for consumption by children, but the Hunger Games, which is basically child snuff--Yeah!  I said it!  Child! Fucking! Snuff!--gets the Third biggest Opening Day Ticket Sales Record in history?

The MPAA are a bunch of Pedophiles, I swear.  And now they're into Pedophile Snuff!

Where the fsk is Katniss, and why is she not sticking arrows into Movie Exectutives.

(Jamie McIndy:  You know, David, this is why you're not considered a fan of anything.)

Why don't you shut up and relieve that Beholder of his central eye, Mac?  That bastard caused a TPK on a party I was in.




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Ah, MMOs.  There's nothing like one of those to keep you away from meaningful productive work.  (Especially when you can reach the maximum level and could claim that you've actually done something.  For some people that's the most they can get.) And even though I avoid MMOs like the plague because of their addictiveness, there's one game that drew my ire with their free coin cards in Fortune Card Packs.  (That, and I'm able to play it on my cheap as bleep computer.)

It helps if it came from my RPG of choice:  Dungeons & Dragons Online Ebberon Unlimited.

Not only was I there since oh, since this season of Encounters thanks to the aforementioned promotion cards in the Fury of the Feywild packs, but I have my own guild now:  Children of Shendilavri, which the D&D/M:TG story is now named as.  (It's in the Cannith server, for your information, and you're more than welcome to join.  It's a casual clan, and the biggest rule is don't be a d*ck.)

But as in any game there is a pattern where I dive into it with gusto and pretty much have it gather all of my time, eventually coming to the point where I can factor my real life back into the calender easier.  For DDO, I think I reached that plateau, where I'm still playing the game, but not in a "OMG I've gotta stay on 24/7" way.

And it's easier to do so in DDO.  There are no penalties for walking out for time to time; your items won't degrade over time when you're offline (glares at 80% of all MMOS out there.  Runescape, WOW, Farmville, I'm looking at you.) If you want to just do a couple modules and set it down, you can do that.  And there's a lot of good content out there that is free to play; you can add content with your purchases if you don't want to spend a regular subscription.

Now that I've reach that stage...and that my insomina is kicking back in, Radio Edit Season Affective Disorder...I can go back to my project.  I'll have the Johnny Briz 2.0 script in the works in ClassicDisneyOC, so that some kindered souls over there can help me haggle over it.  (Still looking for an artist, unless you want to commission the pages for me, heh heh heh) and they'll be more conent for Shendilavri, as I make Day 1.

But the biggest update has to be for the Scarlet PI brand.  After  a long wait, I'm finally able to get Adventure in the Rising Sun published with the help of its author, JD2K.  I'll put it on LuLu this weekend and buy the proof copy then, and if all goes well, I'll release it in the middle of Feburary.  I assure you, knowing his skills in "The Legend of Mare-Do-Well," the story will be worth the long wait coming here.




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My dog in this fight is more personal than you think.  If SOPA is the law of the land, there's a good chance that my site, all of my books, and any possible means to write into fiction would be erased.  I would have zero means of having an livable income and I'd have to live with the realization that only being on SSI keeps me from being no better than who I was in Junior High School, where I was the village idiot.

And the cherry at the top of this depressing sunday is the realization that there are people out there who would be cheering for that scenario.  Some would even weep tears of joy reporting me to the authorities.  Not out of any infridgement but out of utter spite.

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I do not have it in me to seriously Troll anyone.  In fact it takes a lot to get me to do unto others what the ED has done to me.  Nevertheless on occasion, I do get snarky.  If you do find me acting snarky, it's more to get what I hope was a chortle or a laugh out of someone I'm ribbing.  And sometimes it's out of a combination of Jealousy over someone else's success and a "Hey, I can do better....Hell, I AM better than this," mentality. (Think: Twilight.)  And there are those times when I make a comment that some might think is humorous but then comes off as me not liking the 'victim' and me being a dick about it.

Such is the case with Chaos Croc.

At this point, I'd like to differenciate between the artist/writer who is behind Crockie and the character himself.  I have nothing against the Real Life Human, whoever the beep he is.  In fact, I might look forward to having a Cola Summit with him.  Shoot the breeze, talk about different taste, nod in agreement over the real dicks in this world, and in the tubes.

If you've heard me rib on Crockie as of late, it's the character.  For the uninitiated, Chaos Croc is a Sonic Fan Character which I think is taken from a old-school cannon character, probably in the Tails mini-series, correct me if I'm wrong.  He's bent on world conquest and is not above taking down Robotnik/Eggman over territory.  His two favorite methods are mind controll and a roboticizing touch.

He is also known, by his detractors, to be a Godmodding Jerk, and the cause of some splits in some groups of which I'll keep nameless at this point.  (You do it here, expect the hammer.)

That got me thinking:

I've been Godmodding back with Crockie the character was just machine code and a template, Number One.  (Age does have its perks.)

Number Two, he was just as polarizing with the Sonic Community as I was in the 90s.  Either you love Crockie or you hate him, either or.  It just reminds me why I'm not a Sonic fan anymore.

But here's the reason behind my snarking:  Every now and then, the guy behind the character makes a gag comic about Crockie going into some other universe, like the Marvel Universe, BlazeBlue, Gatchaman, and so on, and he ends up swooning and roboticizing some character out of random.  That got me thinking:  What do you think would happen if Crockie ever went to, say, Maatla?  Or the Central Florida region of Scarlet PI and Johnny Briz.  Or some other story world I made?

It wouldn't come to no surprise that someone would have warned the dezitens of said world about Chaos Croc (again, the character, not the human) and given them enough time to make preparations.  As I said it, "Croc wouldn't taken his second step before he got shot on sight."

If that came out of me not liking the man (behind the character) or the character himself, my bad.  It wasn't my intention.  I was just ribbing on the reputation that proceeds him.  It would be similar to someone coming to me and say "Man, Dave, you've come a long way since American Kitsune.  That Davey Kintobor was a total asshat anyway, I'm glad you've outgrown that."

If what I said rubbed someone the wrong way, I apologize. I didn't want to raise much of a stink outside of a good ribbing.  And it's not the hyper sensitivity of some people; that's just me, sometimes I didn't know that a line bombs until after the fact.  I assume that a lot of people have that problem.

UPDATE:  Allow me to explain the "Apples to Oranges" comparison one troll made:  (You refer ED, you're a Troll, and a block-hammer-worthy failing one at that.)  "God Mode" is a function in first person shooters that make you impervious to damage.  "Godmodding" occurs in fiction and comics, where a character tends to do whatever the Radio Edit he or she seems fit without any of the circumstances, some of which does not involve physical harm to said character. Sometimes, it affects the author, the all-too-human person manning the computer where said person makes said character.

Confusing, possibily, but I don't talk in Chan-iese.




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Commissions:

Rouge the Bat TF, by Anonymous: 4/6 done, page 5 in the works
Private commission, by Anonymous: 4/7 pages.  Page 5 and part of 6 finished
Private commission (In queue), by Anonymous:  6 Pages

Hubworld project:

NaNoWriMo: 33K, /50K by November 30, /100K by December 25

Just thought I put it up there, since I'm getting progress in this list.




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Dear friend,

I just emailed Congress to urge them to oppose the Internet Blacklist Legislation, known as the PROTECT-IP Act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House. This legislation seeks to give the executive branch power to conduct slash-and-burn campaigns against websites that allegedly host – or even link to – content that infringes on intellectual property rights. That would "disappear" whole domain names, fundamentally undermining Internet security, and/or choke off their financial support. The Internet Blacklist Legislation puts more sites than ever at risk, effectively upending the DMCA safe harbors that have been crucial to the growth of Internet innovation and creativity.

Sadly, these short-sighted and dangerous bills won't do much to stop online infringement – but they will jeopardize our ability to speak and read online with the kind of freedom we cherish in the offline world. Deep-pocketed Hollywood lobbyists are aggressively pushing to control and censor the open Internet, willing to sacrifice free speech and our Internet culture in hopes of controlling how people view their movies and products.

We need to stop this bill before it goes any further. Will you contact your representatives in Congress and urge them to oppose the Internet Blacklist Legislation? Visit: [link]




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But then again, I do have headers and footers in my journals.

Just a test post to see if my journal entry still works, as well as post a commission update:


Commission List:

Rouge the Bat TF, by Anonymous: 4/6 done.
Private commission, by Anonymous: 7 pages.  All laid out and ready for the final pass.
Private commission (In queue), by Anonymous:  6 Pages

Oh, and by the way.  Tomorrow, NaNoWriMo begins.  And yes, I always start off early, nobody's gonna kill me, and what the hell, it's Midnight somewhere on the planet.  If you've seen my group at this [link] , you'll know what I'm writing about.  I've gone purple for three years straight.  Can I make it four, with a possible double length project?  Wish me luck.




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I'm really having problems this week, well, it's been going for two weeks how:  Not only has my grandmother taken a fall and broke her hip, which I'm helping out with her, but I'm also having some bill problems, including a Final Notice from the power company which I'm taking care of this week.

All in all, I could really need a commission, or even a gift DA Subscription, at this time.  At the very least than to buy food and things.  It'll be greatly appreciated.

Edit:  Private Commission purchased. It'll take a while since it's in a queue, but you have my thanks.


Commissioned pieces are $10 for Black and White, $25 for Color, and I can do multiple pages.  If you have no ideas, you can always do some Amber dressing up as a classic cartoon character to play with Johnny as.

Commission List:

Rouge the Bat TF, by Anonymous: 3/6 done. Page 4 in the works
Private commission, by Anonymous: 6 pages.
Private commission (In queue), by Anonymous:  6 Pages




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It's true: [link]




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I decided not to go to Archon because I coulnd't save enough.  (My loss.  Make sure that my clicker button is close enough to that ban button, just in case.)  But that doesn't mean that I'm not accepting commssions, in fact, I wanted to have a new journal report to list them.

You can remain anonymous in the list, but I do require an viable E-Mail address so I can send you preview pages as they come.  You can also request that the commission be sent only to you and not posted here on DA.

Commissioned pieces are $10 for Black and White, $25 for Color, and I can do multiple pages.

Commission List:

Rouge the Bat TF, by Anonymous: 3/6 done. Page 3 in the works
[Private] Tinkerbell Dress-up, by Anonymous: 5 pages. 3 Pages in the works

I'll make it my New Years Resolution now:  To get to AnimeSTL, DICE, and Archon in 2012.  If at nothing else but to get my mind off politics.

Meanwhile:  I have an idea inspired by the JB script where Amber dresses up in her own costume in front of him.  She explains to the mouse why they're such a draw to the public as she does so.  In the end, she turns and starts to play with the mouse.  (G-Rated, of course, unless you count what Amber hasn't on at the start.)  If you want to buy a commission and don't have any idea, here's an suggestions, and you can request the kind of character Amber dresses up as.  (It'll be a more general version.)




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UPDATE:  Thanks to those who buy commissions from me; here is a list thus far:

Rouge the Bat TF--by Mr. Who*--6 Pages, just paid.

Prices are as follows:  $10 for Black and White, $20 for Color, I do discounts or multiple pages, and anything up to X-Rated material is permitted.

What I really need the commissions for is Archon [link] A convention that I'd like to go to, but I doubt I'll be able to afford it with just SSI and Family assistance.  I haven't been getting much takers from my books, so asking commissions for added income is probably the only way I can pay for the fees and hotel room.  Any and all assistance here is greatly appreciated.

*'Mr. Who' is a William Gibson reference to differ Anonymous the payer from Anonymous the Hacker.  You request to be one, not a Mr. Name.




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It's probably been answered before, but I'd have the need to ask myself: I've just got the Dungeons and Dragons 4th Ed Red Box and I'm wondering if someone actually made a My Little Pony expansion for D&D, where Twilight and Company can actually be the characters. (And I won't mind if they have the ability to become bipedial a la Bravestar) Any assistance here would be greatly appreciated.




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You've probably wondering what I've been doing in May; yes, I think my books have been lagging, and you can blame the Birthday Present I got for myself:  I'm a Beta Tester to Wizards of the Coast's D&D Virtual Table.

I always wanted to play Dungeons&Dragons but I haven't got a party to play them with, and I doubt they'll be a group in Granite City that would have me.  So I'm kinda glad to have this Online program available.

If you've seen my web site lately, you'll notice that I've included a wiki [link] where I stash my character sheets (and no, it's rigged so that you can't just edit/deface/put pics of feces in it.  Butthurt trolls be damned.) Some of them even resemble characters from my previous works.  What I want to know is, would some of you want to see my artwork from my D&D adventures here?  Let me know if you're interested.




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I've just recieved word that a certain millstone around my neck for over a decade, Encyclopedia Dramatica, was finally left without a 'Patriot' willing to part with enough money to feed a family of four for a year, and it ended up shut down because being vicious lul monkeys and getting their rocks off at giving other people grief does not exactly provide you with enough funding to run a web site. I love it when karma bites someone in the ass.

The [link] now takes you to a new meme site, "Oh, Internet dot com," [link] a brand new, Safe For Work, and hopefully less malicious wiki that doesn't keep prospective sponsors at ten-foot-pole distances from them.

And hopefully would allow me to get a job or a girlfriend without someone Googling my name and deciding in the next heartbeat to have me arrested for trespassing on their planet!




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As some of you know, I've made my own remix of Fanny Cottontail for the Johnny Briz blog: [link] .  Not only is she happily employed as a doctor--I've leveled her up from a nurse--but she also will have a budding relationship with Johnny, as opposed to Oswald.  Of course, this would be my answer to the whole Fanny/Sadie debate:



The story will be written after the Tiki Torches story on the blog.

Now as you know, I don't do really mature rated stories here like a slashfic. Nor do I usually do erotic artwork, but I feel a bit adventurous with this one, and I do want to know what others think on where I should take this.  I'll offer the mature-rated Fanny/Johnny pics up for commissioned work, but it'll be a higher price: at least $50 for a colored piece.  And it won't be put up on either DA or the blog, but will be available only on request.  (In other words, pay me enough and I'll do it.)

I'll also be open for other suggestions on how to do this story, and you can use Private Messages/notes if you want to.  You can also use E-Mail: davidgonterman@foxfirestudios.net .

I'm always am cautious whenever I get close to Rule 34 territory, for obvious reasons, so you'll understand my with to have someone else to bat ideas around. Or to just tell me the idea flat out sucks.  I prefer to hear that at this point in the writing, instead of after I invested X amount of man-hours writing it.




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If you were waiting for a deal to get my books, then here it comes:  I'm making a CD-ROM to pass out my books (BAM 1 and 2, Murder in Main Street USA, and Vixen in the Box) to others while I'm there, and it will also be made available online for now until the AnimeSTL weekend. (April 15-17)  Also, to sweeten the pot, I'm also including the Johnny Briz Pilot Script and previews of two more books that will be published later on in 2011:  Command Unit Delta, and Scarlet PI's Adventure Under the Rising Sun.  It will all be contained in a CD-ROM which can easily be copied and shared.

The cost of this disk is $10US and the payment has to come through PayPal.  (davidgonterman at foxfirestudios dot com)   The money will do into the actual burning and shipping of the disk, with the rest helping to pay my way to my first convention, so if you buy a copy of two, I'll gladly appreciate it.




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I've made my registration for Anime St. Louis, and I'm wondering if anyone else would be going.

Anyone who would stand to be in the same room as me, that is.

Edit:  As you can expect, I need to get more money for hotel fees and incidentals.  Not only would my books help ( [link] [link] [link] [link] ) but I'm also opening up for commissions.  $10 Black and White, $20 Color, and things have slowed down enough for me to work faster on the commissions.  Please let me know if you're interested.




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