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General Computers and Gaming / Re: Japanese (riichi) mahjong?

Last post by Halian - June 04, 2019, 11:42:53 pm

Usually Mahjong Time.

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by Goujer - June 04, 2019, 07:19:57 pm

It's going pretty good. How about yourself?

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General Chat / Re: Weird dreams?

Last post by DrenVermre - June 03, 2019, 02:30:50 pm

I wouldn't necessarily call this one a dream, hut I was talking to my fiance in my sleep a few weeks back about how the ghosts thought of her and I thought it was sweet that they said hi.

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General Chat / Re: Topicless thread

Last post by DrenVermre - June 03, 2019, 02:16:43 pm

Just made a new account because I couldn't remember my login in. It's Simon. How is everyone?

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: SCRAP PAPER.

Last post by Aurora Borealis - June 01, 2019, 07:24:04 pm

Part 2:
Altair-tan will show up in the next part.

In 2008 at the Vintage Federation, a large farmhouse cooperative where various retired OS-tans live and work together, ZX Spectrum was in their library. She was sitting at a table, and had an open binder with some photographs and news clippings in front of her. She looked like a teenager, about 5 feet tall with long sandy blonde hair in pigtails decorated with multiple hair ties in both of them. Her hair ties were bright red, yellow, magenta, green and cyan. She was wearing a white blouse with an brown vest, a lilac tie, a black pleated skirt decorated with stripes modeled after the ZX Spectrum logo, and wore mismatched boots. The colors clashed, but this was normal for her.

Standing next to her was Windows 2.0, a younger-looking girl a little over 4 feet tall, with pale skin and short black hair that was long at the sides. She wore a long-sleeved blue dress with a white upturned collar, and white trim near the edge of the skirt, with lilac socks and black shoes. She had aqua blue eyes, and her hair was decorated with a white headband adorned with a "2.0" shape for the bow.

Windows 2.0 looked on while ZX Spectrum was arranging some news clippings and photos into the book. She was working on the genealogy book of the former Microsoft-IBM Family and their descendants. 

"Oh! That's of Xenix-sama!" Windows 2.0 exclaimed when she saw the photo ZX Spectrum had in her hand.
"This'll be a great addition to your genealogy book! Before finding this one, the only picture I've seen of Xenix was the one in 1.0's picture frame".
"Was it hard to find?"
"The current Windows Family didn't have any public records of her, so I had to rummage through other sources when I also found this!" ZX Spectrum held up a news clipping, and handed it to 2.0, who read it curiously.
"Huh? Who is this Altair-san? She met Xenix-sama, but she never mentioned Altair-san!" She handed the news clipping back to Spectrum and then turned away, feeling sad. "Why would she keep this secret?" She said with her voice trembling a bit.

Windows 1.0 was too far away to hear 2.0, but saw that she was saddened by something and walked over. 1.0 looked to be in her twenties with short green hair, green eyes, and was wearing a patchy outfit with a sleeveless orange top and a yellow skirt with orange dress shoes. She was holding a handkerchief, and offered it in case 2.0 was about to cry.

"I'm sorry that this report mentioning Xenix and Altair was such a shock to you, 2.0. I didn't know that Xenix never told you about her." Spectrum said.
"It's alright. I just needed a moment..."
"Was it unlike her to keep any secrets like this?"

2.0 took a few moments to think about it. "Hmm... Not entirely" she said.
"Were there other times she tried to keep secrets from you? Did she try to keep them from 1.0, PC-DOS, MS-DOS, and OS/2 as well?"
"I knew she could be ruthless. She never showed that side to us and was always nice to us. But it was an open secret to us that she could be ruthless to others."
"I remember something too!" 1.0 said. She sounded excited but then her tone changed to concern before re-enacting what she remembered overhearing from Xenix. "I overheard her yelling at staff members. 'You have to fold the laundry this way...', 'Nine o clock means nine o clock! Not a minute early!'"
2.0 added in "She didn't mean for us to hear this, but when she saw that we heard it, she would say that she wanted what was best for us".

ZX Spectrum was writing notes while 1.0 and 2.0 were talking. "I hope you don't mind I took some notes about this. I'd like to add them in to write a narrative about who she was, and how she shaped the history of your family. Genealogy isn't just about family trees".

"We're happy that you take interest in her. The whole computing world seemed to forget about her after she died" 2.0 said. ZX Spectrum remembered that one of the articles she picked up briefly mentioned Xenix's death. It was one of the only mentions and details were so sparse, as if the bare minimum was written to report it. "It is very sad that she's been forgotten" ZX Spectrum said.

"I'm sorry I don't have any more details I can give you about how Xenix-sama was" 2.0 said.
"That's okay, and what you gave is a good start! We will still find more information on Xenix, and whether the Altair she knew was the same Altair that inspired so many! We just have to search by other means and some good old-fashioned private eye work!" ZX Spectrum cheered up, and added "I know where to try next, and I'll go there tomorrow!"

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Forum Games and Role-Playing / Re: Forum Game: Context Quote

Last post by Penti-chan - May 31, 2019, 11:33:00 am

"Finally, your child can smell like an alcoholic!"
- Stuart Ashen

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General Computers and Gaming / Re: Japanese (riichi) mahjong?

Last post by Goujer - May 31, 2019, 09:46:44 am

I'd be willing to play with you. I know nothing about it though. What do you play it on?

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General Computers and Gaming / Japanese (riichi) mahjong?

Last post by Halian - May 28, 2019, 06:49:21 pm

I don't suppose there's anyone else on the forum who plays Japanese (also known as riichi) mahjong? While I'm a noob, I'd like to be able to have a consistent set of friends to play with instead of throwing myself to the proverbial wolves on Majsoul, Tenhou, etc. regularly.

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: A rise from the ashes - mo...

Last post by Halian - May 28, 2019, 02:20:16 am

A water tank.

[8:31 PM] Kattlanna: Cray-2-tan has water powers, and carries a cooling tank with her. She can't use fire magic because she will overheat trying to use it.

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OS-tan Fan-Fics, Comics and Fan-Stuff / Re: A rise from the ashes - mo...

Last post by Bella - May 27, 2019, 09:03:06 pm

What's on her back? She looks good, I like this design.