Recent content by Mongoose

Just want to point out that everyone submitted some great pieces- it was actually pretty difficult to determine the winners. So I hope you guys continue to keep being creative and contributing the the collective lore and worldbuilding at the next TRP!

You had one job, Scramble.... Actually, this is great timing, because we will be announcing our selections for first, second and third places TOMORROW.

It really depends on how you want to approach roleplaying in general- short spurts between action, long-form narratives, acting with less steps, etc. As someone who has come to find RP not the healthiest hobby long-term, start out by understanding your comfort level and what you want to get out...

I can be bribed with mortar shells or unnecessarily complex worldbuilding.

I'm a little iffy on scenarios based on real world events. With This War of Mine so heavily based on the Siege of Sarajevo and the Yugoslav Wars, it also feels like it would turn into a micro Stanford Prison Experiment depending on the factions involved, in addition to the above. This War of...

This is my last ride for Gmod RP and at TNB as a whole. I'm proud to have taken part in it and seen a TRP stride to a successful, happy conclusion. Thanks for letting me be part of this.

Back to limited activity during off-hours and weekends.

Due to the timely untimely demise of my 10 year old laptop, I’m on extended LOA from server stuff until I can find a replacement. Probably going to build a desktop with tax refund money but we’ll see. I’ll continue to manage Navajo stuff via forums and discord.

Been thinking about how to do a RR set in Navajo territory or one of the overseas Resistance theatres in my lore (which is why I spend all my time in the TRP backroom with Wikipedia and a world map). i’ll get back to you.

Already unofficially, but I'm going on LOA from server matters for the holidays. Feel free to reach out on forums, SF or Disc if you need something since I'll be around still.

I'm wondering if Gmod's November Update has increased the game's resource usage somehow. I have an older laptop and was doing fairly well on all TRP maps for several years until a month or so ago, then I had the exact same issue that Skyrim had (first noticed on Salvation, but apparently fixed...

Yeah, I've definitely had worse, but it'll suck to retire this workhorse. The silver lining is that I can play games made after 2012 and things won't take a century to render, at least!

Yeah, I suppose that's what I expected. I'm going to have to invest in a new PC anyway for Pix4D, ArcGIS, 3DSMax and stuff since I obviously don't have much of a powerful workstation on this laptop either. It just sucks that my modest gaming capabilities are falling off too.

I have a Dell Inspiron laptop with an Intel HD 4000 integrated chipset (yeah, yeah, I know), 8 gigs of RAM, 1 TB HDD. it's about 6 years old, can run most Unreal Engine games at 30FPS at medium settings, Source has never had a problem for the most part. I was never able to use dynamic shadows...

This is starting to affect my GMod as well. When I'm in fullscreen, it eventually connects to the server, but it freezes at the camera view of spawn before the menu shows up, forcing me to have to restart my computer (I have dual monitors so that may be part of it) When windowed, it simply...