NeuroPunkNonsense Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 As I mentioned in my last challenge my recent obsession has been the L.A. By Night web series and Vampire the Masquerade by extension. So I'm going with it. There are three categories of skills - Physical, Mental, and Social - and I'll be training one skill in each of them. Physical Skills (represent personal experience and training): Athletics (sports and movement) Go to the gym at least once per week While I would love to go a consistent three times/week I've been struggling to go at all. Something is better than nothing. I'll aim low and if I achieve more that's great. Every good vampire (and the bad ones as well) is stronger than a mortal. I must build strength and endurance if I want to survive the night. Follow the #journeytosplits program I'm pretty sure I have something called hypermobility which means I'm generally quite flexible. This won't take the full 30 days. A vampire never knows when they might be forced into cramped spaces or uncomfortable perches. I must maintain flexibility if I want to survive the night. Mental Skills (represent knowledge from formal education): Academics (knowledge in Arts and Humanities) Spend half an hour a day on the Brain Story Modules This is a work thing I've been neglecting. Half an hour a day is a reasonable goal to shoot for and it's much more than I've been doing. Vampires must have an intricate knowledge of mortals if they want to avoid detection and the Inquisition. I must understand humanity if I want to survive the night. Social Skills (represent practiced and honed natural knack): Persuasion (convincing others and inspiring their emotions) Attend Toastmasters meetings at least twice Public speaking is a fear for a lot of people, myself included. I've been tossing around the idea of running for municipal government so I need to learn to speak better. Persuasion is one of many methods a vampire may employ to get their way. I must be persuasive if I want to survive the night. 3 Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
NicTheRugger Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 I love your theme! Big fan of vampires and I've heard fun things about VtM! Following along 1 Quote Level 4, Amazon Ranger Current Challenge: NicBot-5000 enters Recovery Mode Previous Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, PRE REBOOT CHALLENGES: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Various links and sundry: Battle log, Respawn post, Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted June 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 2 minutes ago, NicTheRugger said: I love your theme! Big fan of vampires and I've heard fun things about VtM! Following along Thank you, welcome! Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
Cheetah Posted June 24, 2019 Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 I used to play a bit of VtM back in the day, when it was all shiny and new. Now I feel old. Great challenge though! You can do it!! 2 1 Quote Level 47 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted June 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2019 17 minutes ago, Cheetah said: I used to play a bit of VtM back in the day, when it was all shiny and new. Now I feel old. Great challenge though! You can do it!! Yeah my dad used to play it as well. He's actually the reason my brother and I got interested in tabletop gaming. 2 Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted June 25, 2019 Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 9 hours ago, Cheetah said: I used to play a bit of VtM back in the day, when it was all shiny and new. Ah, the 90s... when edgy goth kids finally got a chance to nerd out without having to sacrifice their cool to hippy elves and loinclothed barbarians... Good luck on your challenge! 2 1 Quote Lvl 56 Madman Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted June 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2019 5 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said: Ah, the 90s... when edgy goth kids finally got a chance to nerd out without having to sacrifice their cool to hippy elves and loinclothed barbarians... Good luck on your challenge! Thank you. Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
bker1370 Posted June 26, 2019 Report Share Posted June 26, 2019 LA by Night is great. Nice to see another member of the vamily here. 1 Quote B'ker Level 1 Half-elf Ranger | STR: 3 DEX: 3 CON: 3 INT: 3 WIS: 2 CHA: 2 Bker Survives December Challenge Tracking Spreadsheet Walking to Mordor (2019) Spreadsheet MyFitnessPal | FitBit | Instagram Walking to Mordor 1879.44 miles/1779 miles Mini Challenge: Week 1: | Week 2: | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Link to comment
DJtrippyT Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 I used to hang out with a bunch of people who did the Vampire the Masquerade LARP. It was so cool. This challenge sounds great! 1 Quote the year of living trippily Final Boss, Part 2 Boss, Part 1 Previous: Adult Content Brain Weasels Choose Your Own Adventure Woman of Mystery - Worth it Simplicity Spoiler Take it Outside II Take it Outside Even More Current: 52 Days Currently Current: 100 Days Current: Queen 2: Electric Boogaloo Queen of the Jungle THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE CHALLENGE Apart six: Amazon (part 5) (part 3: The Wickening) (part 2) (part 1) Link to comment
Cheetah Posted June 27, 2019 Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 51 minutes ago, DJtrippyT said: Masquerade LARP I had a LARP character once. He was Bob. Bob was a Malkavian. Bob's personal insanity was being utterly average and totally unremarkable. Bob was also completely unflappable and nearly incapable of emotional response. He was Bland Bob, Boring Bob. There was no situation Bob couldn't answer with a shrug and an "I dunno. Whatever." Bob's hidden secret was that once you actually convinced him to do something, he almost never failed to do it. I can't remember the exact game mechanic we used, but it was something like Bob acts as though his stats are maxed out for anything he attempts, but he can't make more than three attempts at anything per game session. Sadly, I only got to play Bob once, and the LARP group dissolved. I always wanted to recreate Bob for a tabletop game, but it just hasn't come up. 3 Quote Level 47 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted June 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 1 hour ago, DJtrippyT said: I used to hang out with a bunch of people who did the Vampire the Masquerade LARP. It was so cool. This challenge sounds great! I've never LARP'd but I've heard it's fun. And thanks! 36 minutes ago, Cheetah said: I had a LARP character once. He was Bob. Bob was a Malkavian. Bob's personal insanity was being utterly average and totally unremarkable. Bob was also completely unflappable and nearly incapable of emotional response. He was Bland Bob, Boring Bob. There was no situation Bob couldn't answer with a shrug and an "I dunno. Whatever." Bob's hidden secret was that once you actually convinced him to do something, he almost never failed to do it. I can't remember the exact game mechanic we used, but it was something like Bob acts as though his stats are maxed out for anything he attempts, but he can't make more than three attempts at anything per game session. Sadly, I only got to play Bob once, and the LARP group dissolved. I always wanted to recreate Bob for a tabletop game, but it just hasn't come up. Bob sounds awesome and you should definitely recreate him if you get the chance. 1 Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted June 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2019 23 hours ago, bker1370 said: LA by Night is great. Nice to see another member of the vamily here. Yeah, I like it a lot. Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted June 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2019 Today's positive: Out for dinner with the family tonight. I got full before finishing my dinner and instead of forcing it down anyway I asked for a takeout container. It's a small victory but a victory nonetheless. 2 Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
Cheetah Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 On 6/28/2019 at 11:27 PM, Atrytone said: Today's positive: Out for dinner with the family tonight. I got full before finishing my dinner and instead of forcing it down anyway I asked for a takeout container. It's a small victory but a victory nonetheless. Great job! Keep up the good work! 1 Quote Level 47 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted July 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2019 14 hours ago, Cheetah said: Great job! Keep up the good work! Thank you. I'm off to a slow start this challenge but I'm doing what I can. Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
DJtrippyT Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 hope you had a good weekend! You're doing great. Quote the year of living trippily Final Boss, Part 2 Boss, Part 1 Previous: Adult Content Brain Weasels Choose Your Own Adventure Woman of Mystery - Worth it Simplicity Spoiler Take it Outside II Take it Outside Even More Current: 52 Days Currently Current: 100 Days Current: Queen 2: Electric Boogaloo Queen of the Jungle THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE CHALLENGE Apart six: Amazon (part 5) (part 3: The Wickening) (part 2) (part 1) Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted July 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 6 hours ago, DJtrippyT said: hope you had a good weekend! You're doing great. Thanks. I've done nothing toward my goals this week though. Oops. Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
Cheetah Posted July 8, 2019 Report Share Posted July 8, 2019 22 hours ago, Atrytone said: Thanks. I've done nothing toward my goals this week though. Oops. It happens. Make this week a good one! You can do it! 1 Quote Level 47 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
NicTheRugger Posted July 9, 2019 Report Share Posted July 9, 2019 You've got this! 1 Quote Level 4, Amazon Ranger Current Challenge: NicBot-5000 enters Recovery Mode Previous Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, PRE REBOOT CHALLENGES: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Various links and sundry: Battle log, Respawn post, Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted July 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2019 As of August 1st I have a place! So very beyond stoked. 3 Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
NeuroPunkNonsense Posted July 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 I've spent an hour on my modules so far this week. That's an hour more than last week. 1 Quote Current Challenge Reboots: Sane Cholesterol / Perfectionism Horse / Charity Masquerade Wheel II Wheel Triumphant Present Stumbles Original Challenges: 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Link to comment
Cheetah Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 On 7/12/2019 at 12:15 AM, Atrytone said: As of August 1st I have a place! So very beyond stoked. That is such great news! Super happy for you. And keep up the good work! :-) 1 Quote Level 47 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
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