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Well, most of you don't know this--mostly because I don't advertise it--but I am a writer and an editor. That would account for my lack of visual creativity on here: I don't have any! However, my 'zine, Literary Orphans, has a very special issue slated to come out this month, and we're looking for a few good artists to fit the bill. Do you have what it takes?

The process will be as follows.

1.) If you are interested, you will e-mail the art editor at least three pieces of preexisting art, or a link to an online portfolio. The e-mail address is art@literaryorphans.org.
2.) Your art will be reviewed. If your style is developed enough and catches our attention, we will end up sending you a story or two that will be in the upcoming issue.
3.) You will create a piece based on what you have read. After you submit it, we will pair it with the piece on our site, and you will be featured in the bio page.

This is a fantastic chance for exposure, my friends--it's a way to prove your artistic mettle in the superhero arena! 110,000 readers worldwide is certainly nothing to scoff at, wouldn't you agree? On top of drastically improving your personal marketability via your personal portfolio, you will also have your foot in the door for future issues, which may end up being paid on a per piece basis. Our magazine caters to a darker, grittier side of literary and visual art, but all styles welcome! Please check out the following links for a better idea about who we are and what we are doing. Bay12 is full of you really great artist types, and that's why I'm botherin' you at all.

literaryorphans.org
http://pitchengine.com/literaryorphans/wanted-artists-for-a-superheroic-bout-of-inked-fisticuffs

Love,

Kamin

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I'm not sure if this will get any hits, but it's worth a try. You guys tend to be wayyyy more creative and artistic than I am.

So everybody on Facebook has a Timeline now. Which sucks. But since everybody here on Bay12 is amazing, I was thinking that some of the more artistically-inclined might be able to make me a Timeline cover photo. I honest to God can't think of anything, and the big gray blotch looks so ugly and empty! I have some pictures of myself you can use upon request, and some themes you might be interested in: China (I go there often and have lived there on multiple occasions), the cold wintery North (my true and only home), or a post-apocalyptic wasteland (I'm just waiting for it to go down). I believe in artistic license, however, and those themes are simply suggestions. That being said, if you just want to browse pictures on my Facebook and maybe pick something randomly to make something with, shoot me a message on here and we can be "friends." 

For those of you non-Facebookers, the Timeline cover photo is wider than it is high. Here is a sample of a friend's profile for a rough reference. Ideally the picture would look cool without seeing the top half if it is indeed that high, simply because it only shows about half of it when you go to a profile without scrolling up (Yet another reason Timeline is stupid--thanks, Suckerberg).

If you win, you'll likely have some of your art at the top of a very public forum for a long time--I'm quite active on Facebook but hate change.

Tl;dr--Make me a Facebook Timeline cover photo. I can send you pictures of myself to include if you're interested. Winner gets lots of views and gratitude from me forever 

Edit: If you aren't artistic but know somebody who is, they are more than welcome to join! I've already written about this in my journal on deviantART in hopes of more hits, so it's not limited only to Bay12.

So there is a play-by-mail game that used to be called Duelmasters (which now goes by the name of Duel II). I played demos of it before and really enjoyed the depth of the whole setup. I am certain a game with similar mechanics must be online somewhere, or at least be relatively easy to recreate--Pit of War just isn't doing it for me. Is anyone aware of what I'm talking about, or perhaps in possession of some obscure knowledge about online gladiatorial combat sims? It'd be awesome to make an online version if there wasn't one, although with certain differences to avoid any potential legal disputes. I wonder if anybody would be interested in something like that?

Here are some links for context (the game is pretty brilliantly done):
Duel II Homepage
Duelmasters Official Battle Rules

This topic has been moved to Other Games.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=114920.0

Since Pogo has the rights to use Hasbro's Risk trademark online, I've found myself playing lots of it. I'd love to play with some fellow B12ers because I like you all and enjoy not getting trolled by single teen mothers. If anybody wants to play, we should engage in a deadly world-dominating tango.

Edit: I do not like Warlight, because the rules are not standard Risk rules. The place is also trolled by millions of multi-account Poles--Pogo is the only place I've found "real" Risk online for free.

Does anybody out there actually do this? I heard about it a long time ago, and then I appropriated the idea and started my own Drunk Fortresses (on the weekends, don't judge me!). For those who aren't aware of what it is, the name pretty much says it all: You get drunk and start a fortress. You are not allowed to play or continue this particular fortress unless you are drunk/re-drunk.

It seems to me that I've had amazing(ly bad) results playing Drunk Fortress. I love it. And of course if you're playing with friends it isn't hard to make a drinking game out of the whole ordeal.

Edit: It's a thing now. A real thing. Drink deep, friends--it's time to fuck shit up.

!!DRUNK FORTRESS!!

Since I had to make something, I figured I'd post it.