#Server Protection

[servermo]

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[noob2networking]

Server Saturday: The Importance of Antivirus Software for Your Servers

Welcome to another exciting edition of Server Saturday! 🎉 Today, we’re going to delve into the fascinating world of antivirus software and explore why it’s crucial for your servers. 🖥️✨ Why Antivirus Software Matters Imagine your servers as a bustling city, with data flowing through its virtual streets like busy commuters. Just like in any vibrant city, there are bound to be some unsavory…

[neebnabs]

1153984868804468756 is a copy/paste user id

Ban that thing ASAP. It's real, it was in literally all the servers I was in, even my private ones I used as folders and archives for my memes and art. /ban 1153984868804468756 is the command

[thetorturedlovergirl]

Me the whole week: okay after watching the trailer I’m 100% sure Ruby’s boyfriend will die damnnn

Me after watching the episode: GOD I wish he died it’d have been so funny and good

[wereadtoliveathousandlives]

just thinking about how Lockwood & Co is the perfect home for Lucy and Lucy is the perfect new member of L&Co because not everyone is going to be willing to join up with two other children, ones who are adamant that adults aren’t necessary, they’re better off without them—but Lucy, who has been failed by all the adults who were supposed to protect her, all the systems, built by adults, that were supposed to protect her, is made for that cause—and it’s no small miracle that she’s welcomed in by these boys when so many adults shut their doors in her face

[unpretty]

okay i definitely need to mute notifications about that post before people defending my coworker or complaining about The Cloud tempt me into revealing Too Much Information. i mean i've already revealed too much information quite frankly but so it goes.

[three-pens]

every day i am reminded of “i left, and they broke mapicc” and every day i am haunted by it

[feroluce]

So I spoke somewhat about my thoughts on Emanator Sampo here, but I never really thought of it from a design point of view or what kind of powers he would have until just recently. But I actually kind of love leaning into it from a "stage hand" perspective?

Because like. Aha's body in THEIR official art is completely black, giving attention to all the fun brightly colored things around THEM. And that's so fitting for Sampo! He usually prefers to be a side character. He likes to act from the shadows. His is a much more subtle hand.

So I wonder if as an Emanator, a lot of his clothes are actually very dark? Not necessarily plain, still extravagant and needlessly detailed in things like cut and quality with lots of different fabrics and textures and ornamentation, but dark. Or maybe even his skin itself becomes blackened further down his body; his hands in particular are dark, as a sort of sleight of hand reference.

The motif of a lot of straps wrapped around him like in his canon design is still present, but they're all loose and flowing off of him like paper streamers now instead of restraining him or holding him together. He is no longer contained! Or maybe they're still a bit more rigid/heavy, but just draped more like red stage curtains!

And this is like. Fully self-indulgent, but I love inhuman designs, and there's nothing in canon to say I can't do this, so screw it! Go for broke!! Maybe it's not visible to normal people, but Sampo having a second set of arms would be really cool, as further sleight of hand reference. One set is almost normal looking, but his hands are a bright, attention-drawing white, and the other is dark, set almost in the shadows of the first arms, to act less noticeably.

He also has something of a broken heart design to him in canon (the front of his black shirt with its jagged shape down the middle; his coat looks like a full heart shape in the back), and I actually like him keeping that element as an Emanator, because I think it suits him. Sampo says his taste in aesthetics and views on Elation involve human dignity,

and the story he helps create in Belobog involves the long and winding road of resistance and survival and eventual triumph in the face of some very adverse, oppressing odds. (I'm pretty sure I heard he once called Wildfire "artless" though, plus the man acts like he thinks Shame is some kind of dessert, so like ndkdjzjskkd) But the point being!!

I think Sampo is someone who can appreciate heartbreak and angst and tragedy in a story, because it makes the victory at the end all the sweeter. And this would be another thing he shares with Aha, because I think THEY did bless the Mourning Actors partly just to be a little shit, but also because Aha does recognize tragedy as part of THEIR Path, too, and you can see it in some of the game. So a broken heart motif can still suit him, and I like him having elements of both comedy and tragedy. Like his clothing having a happy sun/sad moon (like the moon in Aha's art) or him having both of the traditional comedy/tragedy masks in his design.

And as Emanator, Sampo can maybe play with the stage settings environment, too. Like lights sometimes behave strangely around him, appearing blindingly bright to someone or dramatically dark. Sampo wills it and suddenly there seems to be a metaphorical spotlight right where he wants everyone to look. And when he doesn't want to be noticed, his face seems to be cast in shadow, he seemingly just fades into the background, no one notices or recognizes him and he sneaks away easily. He can create smoke or fog literally out of thin air without his bombs now, too, the air will just suddenly thicken until his stage is obscured, and Sampo can set the scene as he pleases or disappear without a trace.

And in line with being a stage hand, Sampo can direct attention like no other. He was already extremely good at this as a normal mortal, and becoming an Emanator only took it up to 11, past human limits. Sampo points, and all present feel compelled to follow his fingertip. He looks away, and they all follow his gaze. He can even affect the mood of an audience; he can influence everyone to be calm and placid or he can whip them into a feverish frenzy. Sometimes a crowd will start to become unsettled, agitation stirring until it boils over, until it incites a full on violent mob.

And in the middle of all that chaos will stand one perfectly calm figure, face cast in shadow, until they quietly slip away out of sight.

[axoxo]

remembering that in my sprunki au, the whole horror mode basically happened bc of this silly

[piastrionpole]

baldpinto. ready for baldpine.

[boxesblr]

Rotating Etho's choice to protect his allies in my mind. Obviously they made incredible escapes and held their own but Etho also refusing to sell out Cleo and Grian meant that nearly everyone else died, some died multiple times, most lost additional hearts, hurt alliances (Scott: Gem has no band loyalty!), and did not gain something like 120 hearts total

Meanwhile, Cleo and Grian get to feel secure in their alliance, not go red, and actually finish their tasks. The playing field has obviously been levelled significantly and they still suffered, but Etho facilitated his alliance gaining the most where everyone else lost the most

Obviously it's a display his loyalty first and foremost but he also played the game, ran the numbers, and counted himself out of success knowing it would be diminishing returns to go after them and I just think that's neat

[horsemeatluvr23]

sashwammyvoid !!!! with alcohol marker and fineliners in my sketchbook :D i'm so so pleased w how this turned out n i had so much fun drawing all the little details

[mrstellmeafuckingsecret]

gay men who think theyre women and try putting themselves into women's spaces pmo actually, ESPECIALLY online spaces

[rosefires20]

God.

I love the QSMP so damn much.

All of the individual storylines, main plot points, and small interactions give me so much life.

It's just this close-knit community of characters that have come to love each other and become fast friends and family.

There's angst and drama and horror and mystery and just about everything else but there is always this core feeling of community and care that has been created.

It's not even exclusive to the server itself either. Seeing all of these different communities come together and get to know each other and become more comfortable with themselves has been so incredible. The streamers themselves have become such good friends they are all planning when they can next meet everyone or travel to someone's home country. It's just incredible.

The world feels so damn negative these days, but here is this Minecraft server actively standing a bright beacon of light. Yes. It's not perfect, but it's incredibly human and very enjoyable to be able to see and interact with.

Every admin and player who has even remotely had a hand in the QSMP has made something truly incredible, and we are shown that every day.

[dezyj1205]

No Cut Strings Chapter 13

IS UP! I know it's been a long while, but here ya go! I've worked really hard on this one so plz be nice to me >ᴗ<

https://archiveofourown.org/works/54353872/chapters/162140236

Here's the discord!!