Buggy.

Write journals about trying crazy random things.

Hardly anybug will care about them, but it's the action that counts, not the response.

Remember, everybug, do the things you wanna do. As long as it's not illegal or immoral, you don't need anybug's validation.

Buggy don't care. He does what he wants. Be like the buggy!

Have a powerful desktop computer that can run any game on the market at good detail settings.

Plug a USB game controller into a laptop.

Hook the laptop's audio and video up to a TV.

Cable/wi-fi both desktop computer and laptop on the same router.

Use Steam in-house streaming to run a controller-friendly game, preferably one with console ports.

PLAY DESKTOP PC GAMES ON YOUR TV AND PRETEND YOU HAVE A CONSOLE EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T. Buggy!

For, you know, all those artists who watch me for the sole purpose of selling me buggy artwork.

https://forums.furaffinity.net/thre.....s-and-Monsters

I am a dracobug now.

You look fun. Wanna swarm? Let's swarm. Can we swarm now? Don't you wanna swarm? Why aren't you swarming? Don't you like swarming? Try it, try swarming. You'll like swarming. Let's swarm already. Come on and swarm. Swarm swarm swarm swarm swarm.

I'm winning a vore fight against  tacokurt's Bloop! https://www.furaffinity.net/view/14648598/

Also, in case you missed it back in the day, I made  virmir draw himself as a dashing scolipede, because buggies are the best. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/13667734/

'Fielty' isn't a word, guys.

And hey, while we're here, great description on the King Reed Serpent.

As you all know, I was in Orlando this past week.

I recorded Turtle Talk With Crush, where Crush the sea turtle trolled people and answered their crazy questions.

There's a way to see what I recorded and spent a few hours putting together, but it's probably too complicated to figure out.

This is my favorite image of a dragon.

This is my favorite image of a gryphon.

This is my favorite image of a dragon devouring a dragon.

This is my favorite image of a dragon devouring a gryphon.

This is my favorite image of a gryphon devouring a dragon wait that can never happen.

This is my favorite image of a fluffy.

This is my favorite image of a feathery.

This is my favorite image of a leeeezard.

This is my favorite image of a giant buggy.

This is my favorite image from a TV show.

This is my favorite image of a computer game with EGA graphics.

This is my favorite image of a World of Tanks stat screen.

This is my favorite image of a Starcraft 2 stat screen.

This is my favorite image of a commission I've ordered.

This is my favorite image of the giant wasp from Doctor Who.

This is my favorite image of the minidragon from Surface.

This is my favorite image of a dragon whose name is Dragon.

This is my favorite image from Akinator.

This is my favorite image of my computer's desktop background.

This is my favorite image of character art from League of Legends.

This is my favorite image of a FurAffinity journal.

So I was just innocently watching Ben 10: Omniverse today, when all of a sudden:

Ben was hypnotized and nearly devoured by a giant bug.

Ben transformed into Upchuck and swallowed a gigantic beastie whole.

And then he filled another beastie with water, up to fantastic proportions.

Is someone trying to tell us something here??

Don't you agree? I'm always thinking about this sort of stuff when I'm bored, like when I suggested some alternate zergling quotes for Starcraft, rather than all that silly wordless growling and warbling, cute though it may be.

These would be the unit quotes for Lennox. Imagine him always speaking in a half-yell half-growl and as hammy enthusiastic as possible:

Selected
"YES?"
"COMMAND ME."
"WHERE AM I NEEDED?"
"SEND ME TO THE FRONT!"
"WHO NEEDS PROTECTING?"
"WHERE ARE THE VILLAINS?"
"WHERE IS THE FIGHTING WORST?"

Move command
"YES, I AM GOING."
"WHATEVER YOU THINK BEST."
"WHATEVER YOU COMMAND."
"FOR THE INNOCENT."
"I FEAR NOTHING!"

Attack command
"SLAY THE VILLAINS!!"
"I TAKE NO PLEASURE IN THIS."
"I DO... WHAT IS NECESSARY!"
"FOR JUSTICE!"

Annoyed
"Why am I always shouting? BECAUSE I AM HARD OF HEARING!"
"Why am I hard of hearing? BECAUSE I AM ALWAYS SHOUTING!"

Scale-chitin pile, waking up in the morning
Gotta skitter, gotta stretch six legs
Gotta have my snack, gotta have my gryphon
Waggin' antennae, half-insects are goin'
Dronin' on and on, everybuggy's buzzin'
Gotta get down to my lemonade stand
Gotta *squeeze the juice*, I see my swarm (My swarm)

Mixin' up the lemonade
Gulpin' sugar water
Gotta make my mind up
Which prey to seduce?

It's buggies, buggies
Gotta swarm with the buggies
Everybody's lookin' forward to the swarming, swarming
Buggies, buggies
Gotta swarm with the buggies
Everybody's lookin' forward to the swarming

Buggy bugs, buggy bugs (Yeah)
Buggy bugs, buggy bugs (Yeah)
Swarm, swarm, swarm, swarm
Lookin' forward to the swarming

Whenever you're doing online gaming, be sure to announce periodically that the game is running as the designers intended, and you are experiencing no Internet connection lag to speak of.

It boosts morale.

Remember this Apple II game?

I longplayed it.

Part 1

Part 2

...that very muscular anthros often seem to have really itchy backs.

This upcoming Spontaneous Christmas, gift one a backscratcher!

Collect all of your local dracobug hatchielarvae together and play this educational game with them.

Show them flash cards that depict different animals. Some of the animals should be mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fishes-es. Some of the animals should be insects. (No arachnids -- you don't want to scare the li'l impressionable hatchielarvae.)

As you show them the cards, have them vocally identify the animal being depicted.

"Treat! Treat! Treat! Treat! Buggy! Treat! Treat! Treat! Buggy! ..."

I don't play Nethack. Sorry! If I play any roguelike, it's Dungeon Crawl.

But I did play Nethack just a little, to try it. I have a fun fact, in story. ... Wait -- a fun story, in fact!

Scattered uncommonly about the dungeon, there are sinks filled with water. They're useful if you kick them, and they can also identify rings for you. You're not supposed to drink from them because the effect is more often bad than good.

Since I didn't know any better, I was drinking from every sink I saw. One time, it landed on the 5% probability effect to polymorph me into a random monster.

It polymorphed me into a black dragon.

Stop it.

How come whenever there's a question about statistics and probability, it will usually say something like "a fair die is rolled" or "a fair coin is flipped"?

I want to see some statistics problems about loaded dice and unevenly-weighted coins, just to keep you on your toes.

My previous list of things seemed to have upset some people. Here's a different list -- one that reveals things that I'd tap.

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Someone's shoulder, to get their attention.

A Magic: The Gathering card

Keyboard keys while playing Stepmania without a pad.

The floor, while wearing tap shoes.

Any hard surface in time to the drumbeat of some awesome power metal.

A touchscreen monitor.

A laptop's touchpad (just kidding! I always disable touchpad tapping.)

The floor, or my opponent if I wish to submit to a lock, choke, or overwhelming attacks during a mixed martial arts match.

A mine. (The digging kind, not exploding.)

Drinkable liquids, such as water or soda.

The side of a soda can (Oops.)

Screw threads.

A guitar.

A medical patient's lumbar spine. (Medical school first, kids.)

A phone line or network. (Only in my official capacity with the USA Federal Government, of course.)

Make sure your new vore chatroom character meets the minimum standards with this handy-dandy scoreboard!

Just answer the following questions, and apply the corresponding score to a running total if the answer is "Yes". Then, find out what your prize is at the very end!

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Species

1) Is your character a dragon? (+2)

2) Is your character a fox? (+2)

3) Is your character partially dragon and partially mammal? (+5)

4) Is your character partially dragon and partially human? (+5)

5) Is your character partially dragon and partially fox? (+5)

6) Is your character an animal-shapeshifter? (+2)

7) Is your character an animal-shapeshifter who can only change into a dragon? (+3)

8) Is your character an animal-shapeshifter who can only change into a wolf? (+3)

9) Does your character involuntarily shapeshift species when angry/emotional? (+5)

10) Does your character involuntarily shapeshift species during a full moon? (+5)

11) Is your character an incubus/succubus that can only use a human-like form? (+5)

12) Does your character have mammary glands despite not being a mammal (or fairly mammalian otherwise)? (+5)

13) Is your character a vampire? (+5)

14) Is your character a cartoon pony? (+5)

15) Does your character sparkle? (-5)


Profile image

1) Was your profile image not made by -- or for -- you? (+2)

2) Was your profile image made by a professional artist who does not use community art sites like DeviantART, FurAffinity, Weasyl, etc.? (+3)

3) Is your profile image a named character from another form of media, such as a game, TV show, or movie? (+5)

4) Is your profile image a significant hero, sidekick, or villain from another form of media? (+5)

5) Is your profile image in the art style of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic? (+5)

6) Is your profile image in the art style of Sonic the Hedgehog? (+5)

7) Is your profile image highly reminiscent of (not just inspired by) Japanese anime or manga? (+10)

8) Does your profile or image provide no way to identify the original artist nor source? (+5)

9) Do you mention that you will remove the image at the artist's request? (+15)

10) Is your profile image of that one black dragon lounging on the rock? (+10)


Merits

1) Is your character in (or formerly in) the military? (+5)

2) Is your character a space marine? (+5)

3) Does your character hold a military rank higher than Private First Class (or equivalent)? (+5)

4) Does your character hold a military rank higher than Sergeant First Class (or equivalent)? (+10)

5) Does your character hold a military rank higher than First Lieutenant (or equivalent)? (+15)

6) Does your character hold a military rank higher than Colonel (or equivalent)? (+20)

7) Is your character's military rank misspelled? (+10)

8) Does your character use experimental weapons and/or armor? (+5)

9) Does your character commonly use a vehicle? (+2)

10) Does your character use a vehicle powered by combustible fuel? (+3)

11) Does your character use a ballistic weapon? (+2)

12) Does your character use a weapon that should require rigorous maintenance? (+3)

13) Does your character share any of Superman's powers? (+5 per superpower, up to +20)

14) Is your character fabulously wealthy? (+2)

15) Is your character a time traveler? (+10)

16) Does your character have an inventory list greater than 3 items? (+5)

17) Does your character have an inventory list greater than 5 items? (+5)

18) Does your character tend to have in their pockets whatever they feel like? (+15)

19) Is your character highly skilled in a martial art? (+10)

20) Does your character ever fight with more than one non-natural weapon at once? (+10)


Backstory

1) Does your character have a hatred for all members of a certain species? (+5)

2) Has your character long wished to be a different species? (+5)

3) Has your character ever been permanently changed from one species to another? (+5)

4) Has your character ever been permanently changed into a species that he hates, or once hated? (+5)

5) Has your character ever been permanently changed into a species that he admires? (+5)

6) Has your character been unwillingly exiled from somewhere by their own community? (+5)

7) Is your character an orphan? (+5)

8) Has your character been an orphan for over 90% of their life? (+5)

9) Is your character royal or noble by birth? (+5)

10) Is your character royal or noble by adoption? (+10)



General profile

1) Does the character's profile address the reader directly? (+2)

2) Does the profile appear to hold a two-way dialogue (not just a one-way monologue) with the reader? (+3)

3) Does the profile ever voice any annoyance or exasperation directed at the reader, whether playful or genuine? (+5)

4) Does the profile refer to the reader with a pejorative term at least once? (Calling the reader "delicious" doesn't count.) (+5)

5) Is the profile explicitly said to be incomplete or a work-in-progress? (+10)

6) Does the profile contain a list of dislikes that includes fetishes completely unassociated with vore? (+5 per applicable dislike, up to +20)

7) Is the character's actual name (not screen name or nickname) also a common noun? (+5)

8) Is the character's actual name (not screen name or nickname) also an adjective? (+10)

9) Does the profile mention a physical attribute (age, height, weight, etc.) but not actually give a figure? (+5 per ocurrence, up to +20)

10) Does the profile contain more than 1000 words? (+5)

11) Does the profile contain more than 1500 words? (+5)

12) Does the profile contain more than 2000 words? (+10)

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And now, the scores!!

Less than 30: Come on, it's like you're not even trying. You've got a long road ahead if you want to make your character really shine.

Between 30 & 90: A good start, but you could do better. Try applying some of the ideas from this list to drive up your score to even greater heights.

Between 91 & 180: This level is the bare minimum for your character to be considered playable. You may occasionally find that your character lacks the motivation or tools to address a situation properly, but hey, maybe that's what you were going for.

Between 181 & 270: I'd say at this point that your character and profile are average. You might impress people with lower scores, but you haven't quite impressed me -- yet. You've got potential though. Keep revising, and maybe you'll reach a higher score someday.

Between 271 & 360: This is the level where the negative side of fame starts to rear its ugly head. You will get so many RP requests that it will be hard to keep track, or even think about actually finishing any of them. They'll understand.

Between 361 & 390: Incredible! I have to admit, I am impressed. It takes a special kind of person to reach a score like this. First give yourself a pat on the back. Then buy yourself some delicious Sunkist soda (Sunkist Ten will do, but not Diet Sunkist), and get out there and show off your certifiably awesome character to the world.

Greater than 390: Hey now! Some of these questions were mutually exclusive! What are you trying to pull, mister?! Go back and do it all over again -- correctly this time.

Dude, check it out. I'm playing the Landmark closed beta.

I made a museum of modern art.

I am the most artistic dragon ever.

EVER.

Now's your chance to ask a dracobug anything, anything you want.

Want to know all the secrets of swarming?

Want to know how soft a dracobug's belly is?

Want to know what brand of chitin polish is recommended by 9 out of 10 dracobugs?

Now's your chance. Don't waste it. Offer ends next time I post a journal. Buggy!

When you're listening to power metal, replace every instance of "dark" with "duck". It'll make songs much more awesome, especially Blessed by the Duck.

Or, try replacing every instance of "chaos" with "carrots".

I cannot understand you
To me you live in a world of carrots
Life is a play you star on
To you it's all a game of carrots

I just said that I was going down the street for a minute, and all of a sudden, a whole gaggle of dracobug hatchielarvae surrounded me, all chanting "Street! Street! Street!"

I blame Pavlov.

Also, I was playing Age of Wonders III and saw this poem about unicorns (bottom right of the image). Who dreams up these preposterous rhymes?