I don't like the follow up phone calls. I never know what to say. I am always so afraid I am going to seem too needy or something.

Have you thought about trying to sell a few things on ETSY?

I need to do my questing. Stupid GA ran out on me, so that means I only have 10 quests now right?

I really like your profile :D I haven't changed mine in a long time. I don't have a good paint program anymore, so I just leave it the way it is.

~ Does anyone know what to do with those components from the battle shop?

The components in the battle shop can be used in the genetech machine to create other items/weapons. For example, Simple Energized Turret - Genetech Lab Combination: Crude Energized Blasters + Simple Components Check this out: http://www.subetalodge.org/list_all/notes/components

Thanks for the info :D I guess I am going to have to look it up. I honestly thought I could just slap all the pieces together in the lab and make one weapon lol.

I made a Intricate Energized Helmet :D Now I need to figure out what I want to do with it lol.

I don't use them but I understand that you use the lowest level components to make something, then use that with the next level components to make something else and so on up the levels. Check out the link I posted for subeta lodge. :)

It was a little confusing, but I finally figured it out. I made the helmet so far. Not sure I want to make the suit thing or not. I am going to try the helmet out first.

So it is. Good luck!

congrats on the crystals!

I like you HA!

thank you, you too!

the lyrics are hit/miss for the recipient c: I couldn't wait for the blob. Zapping Pool Noodle!

that sucks. said what I couldn't. The dude's a sociopath.

I think being abused as a child is why you overlook your husband's abusive behavior. Someone like that during college befriended me and always snapped at me. She would always tell the same story which involved badmouthing her coworkers. It was the same alone with her as it was with other friends. Nobody had a chance to speak, Trying to meant she would getting louder and interrupt. She made it clear it was her feelings over my safety. I wish her other friends could stop being lenient with her attitude. But then again, a few of them were emotionally abused by their parents and conveniently forgetful, leaning towards introverted so they clam up. She's yelled at two professors when I was sitting next to her in class before because she — well her ego, couldn't handle criticism. It was magical, they spoke softer and slower to her as if she needed animal whispering 😬 . Out of all her friendships, she approached all of us, looking back it was probably because we seemed quiet and introverted. Her best friend was the kid in her middle school who she bullied for being gay and still does! Ironically, she's a lesbian. She was consistently awful, but not focused towards us. I could see that when I met him. We'd make plans to go to karaoke as a group, she'd agree upbeat about it like she enjoyed it but every time we're there she just mopes in the corner biting her nails or talks shit about him, either about his singing or his gayness. He shrugs it off or laughs back at her because he's been bullied by her most of his life. People at least try to reciprocate each other's interests if they like each other. We got into her games and shows. But when we brought up what we liked her automatic response was to badmouth it and lose interest. Her excuse for not trying was "Yea, but my stuff's more easy to be into unlike yours." She's an abused child herself yet she's so narrowminded and dismissive about reality and the people that even bother to care about her. Her telling us she's been abused was accepted, no judgment, no nastiness. Her listening for a change = not believing us, blaming us and judging us for speaking out. I don't hang out with her anymore because like you've said, she undermines anything wrong I experience whether it be her toxic behavior or the stuff I'm going through, the truth isn't good enough. 😤

Still have a couple more sets of quests to finish when I get home from work. But we're only at 600K. Can we get another 400K quests done over the weekend before it ends on Sunday night?

The helmet is good as a 100% freezer, and it has a blessing that protects you from being frozen for like 2 turns. The mecha is really good as a bomb because its blessing and curse last for a long time and it boosts your stats for the battle a bit.

If you have extra battle shop points and nothing really to spend them on, you could always make a second helmet to turn into the mecha so that you'll have both for your armory. That's what I've done, although I still need more Impossible tokens for the last components.

Quests won out for me. I have the time to do both, but I don't want to sit and stare at my laptop all day because I have other things to work on (like reorganizing a room or preparing to move again). I can't remember if Cinthia gave me any holiday items, I'll pay more attention today.

I've done follow up emails before and got very short responses in return. Kinda glad I never got the job at that company, because HR took months to email applicants back that the position was filled.

I've looked into Etsy, but I think there is a fee for listing items and that fee is determined by how long they are listed, then if you use paypal, they have a fee too. So I'm trying to find some alternatives that don't have numerous fees.

Yup, 10 quests/quest giver without a GA. My GA is probably going to run out on the last day.

Thanks! 😄 I like it too, just thought maybe it was time to switch it up, but I can't find any pre-made ones on Subetalodge that I like as much.

Thanks! I just noticed the ping this morning!

I think there's also a stigma on being abused and there's definitely a stigma on mental health. People chalk it up to being an excuse, even if its something they've been through.

Wow, that girl sounds terrible. I was bullied in high school but I never treated my friends like that. I just finally became Switzerland my senior year, I wasn't friends with the 2 girls that bullied me, but I wasn't their enemy either. One of them posted on Facebook weeks ago that they've always been self-conscious about their weight and how they look. So that was a possible reason I was picked on (I was the tall skinny one in my class).

My husband loves Star Wars (well, his whole family does). I've never watched any of the movies (fell asleep during one), but I know he likes that franchise so some gifts will be from it. He knows I love Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings and knows what games I love to play. For Christmas two years ago, he got me the Gold edition of AC: Syndicate and the hard cover game guide, totally surprised me. Always tells me he doesn't need any gifts because he has me, but I find or make him Christmas/birthday gifts anyway. However, whenever we argue and I try to explain how I feel or why I'm upset, there are times he'll blame me for always trying to make it about myself/woe is me stuff. Hubby's parents have told him they will disown him and adopt me if we ever broke up. They never had a daughter, so I've essentially become their first one. Hubby's grandpa and aunt and uncle have said the same thing to him too.

I don't understand what "becoming Switzerland" means figured it out ☺

At a sleepover, I was going to use the bathroom at night and overheard her mom complain to her dad about not liking me because of my figure and my age... During breakfast the first thing her mom said to their bulldog was "You stupid dog, you think she (me) loves you?" because it was begging me for food. He looked so hurt. My friend just took it as a cue to drag the dog out of the kitchen area. So I do believe at least her mother is abusive. Her mom fatshamed her since childhood. She depends on slim fast and we didn't have much dinner (one-serving microwaveable pizza). You're also right about people chalking up abuse as an excuse because she certainly did whenever things became "woe is me," she'd make herself out to be the bigger victim just to put off other people's feelings/problems because it always had to be about her — in pity or admiration, never responsibility for the sh*she started. Her: "Give me a reason. -- You're lying." Me: stops reasoning with irrational person Her: "I knew it, you were lying." Continues throwing a fit

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There is hope with the in-laws! 😄

Have to run out. I'll be back at night.

Anyone else dealing with terrible lag? It's making questing tedious and I about got stuck in a quest.

I hate confrontation, so I try to become the neutral party, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

That's terrible, that mom for sure has some issues. Maybe she isn't comfortable with herself and projects those frustrations on to those around her, make others feel worse so she feels better. My mom had gone back and forth between calling me a skinny mini and telling me I need to lose weight, so in turn I focus too much on my weight and am rarely happy with how I look. Hubby tells me I look fine and I don't need to lose weight and won't let me starve myself.

I know some people who do that, I soon stopped associating myself with them. One is a classmate that bullied me. Once she got to college she could never understand why she didn't have money and why she gained so much weight. She stopped being active and hit the bars on 'Thirsty Thursday' (the cheap night) every week. And some of those 'woe is me' people are the ones who post all the time on social media with their sob stories and then show off everything they have for attention. There are times when my husband and I argue, where he accuses me of pulling the "woe is me" when I'm not trying to, I'm just trying to explain why I feel a certain way or what happened to upset me. But I have to remind myself to not just look at the negative/bad things the happen in a relationship because then it can be blown out of proportion.

There is no way to reason with an irrational person (that I've found) because they will always come up with something to prove you wrong, even if they are incorrect and pulling crap out of thin air. And they seem to take offense at little things too. My mom told me to be quite when I made the suggestion that her sewing room needs to be reorganized so that way she can rearrange things. She made it out like other people (we were in an empty parking lot) shouldn't know that some rooms in her home are messy.

There is hope with the in-laws indeed 😄 And their dog loves me. She always comes to me for attention and then ends up falling asleep on my feet. My husband and I spent a few nights there, and the dog got used to me being there in the mornings, then looked for me when I wasn't there.

I just got a few Morostide items from Cinthia. Sure wish they hadn't done both quests and battling at the same time though. We're only 2/3 way to the quest goal, wonder if we can make it by the end of the weekend.

I got a few Morostide items from Cinthia as well. Rewards from Alexander weren't too great, and its been back and forth with rewards from Maleria. Haven't made it to the others yet. Lag seems to have gone away, as I'm getting quests done a bit faster than I was before lunch.

It almost seems like staff wasn't all on the same page. If the Quest-A-Thon had been last week or even at the beginning of August and the Gelatin Wars the last part of August, that would have been fine. But both of them during the same week is too chaotic. That's probably what some of the lag I encountered is from.

Right now there are 953 players online. If we assumed that all of those users have a GA and did all their quests that would be 128,655 for today which would get us to the goal by Sunday if that same number was completed each day. But we know not everyone has a GA so quests that could be added to the total are between 85,770 and 128,655 (based on 953 users online). They need to just stop mentioning the whole 'do one quest for participation to receive the rewards', because then there are people who expect everyone else to reach the goal and do all the work so they can get the prizes.

now I wonder if I'm cheap or just poor, good weapons cost more than I realized xD I'm starting to work on the hydragellos now. I can only hit it once before I die so the 2 weapons I'm using are Malerias Clawed Glove and Rapier of Error. The damage per battle I do ranges from 500-700 normally or double whatever when I crit. This will take a while lol

Pool Noodle is such a cute name :) for some odd reason I glanced at it and read it as Poodle Noodle lol.

Good idea! I only have 25 impossible tokens left. I need to see if I have enough to buy the rest of the components for another helmet.

Ugh there are always hidden fees! It is so hard to be able to create your own job/career. I need to find a legit job that I can do from home so that I can be with my daughter.

yeah those premade ones are cute, but none really leap out at me and say "This is the one!".

I don't remember getting anything special from Maleria or Alexander. I still have a few more Cinthia quests to get done before quest reset and then get to start all over again. Yeah, it was kinda stupid to start 2 events that require a ton of time at the same time. They should have waited until next week for the battle stuff. I see we're still under 700K quests and only 2 more days left. Darn. Wonder how many people are battling instead of questing. :(

do you have a shinwas temple shard by any chance? that'll buy you an extra turn and then you can freeze him on the first turn giving you another extra turn.

I do! I just changed my battle set somewhat because I should have a long time ago.