User blog:DiamondHound/A Prelude: Why I haven't posted a dang thing

Hullo there.

I know, I know. This isn't a fic. I promised a fic, but it's been... what, months, and I haven't delivered. I wholly blame college, I assure you. It's a bigger time sink than I think any mamono would ever dream to be. (Unless it's a Lilim, which a number of people waste time with complaining about/fawning over.)

But aside from that, I'd like to ask you all something. Do you know what an "instance" is?

Dictionary.com defines an instance as "a case or occurance of something." If you do MMOs, you know instances as dungeons or levels where you and a select number of players are at any given time. As an example, using the recent TPSMMORPG​ The Division, when you enter a safe house, you'll enter a specific instance of the safe house, so the game isn't trying to render, like, 50 agents at any given time trying to do everything. Especially considering the collision in the game...

But that's beside the point. Instances are helpful in allowing the teams/people inside just get THEIR loot. Instances, likewise, can include PvP (Player Versus Player, but you probably already knew that if you're reading this) elements, or be specifically FOR PvP.

That all is a very basic overview. But why am I posting this in a blog?

Airsoft games are annoying to plan, trust me. You either have to find a field (which is hard if you're in Small Town America) or organize your own among friends (which is easier if you have lots of friends and live in Small Town America). The private games, as we'll call the latter of those two options, are riskier since you really don't sign a waiver, and no one's enforcing safety rules (unless I'm the organizer, in which case you WILL wear eye protection). The public games, the former, are more organized, have dedicated fields that are controlled (to a point; one saw cows at one outdoor field) and have refs patrolling to watch for cheaters and safety hazards.

These fields or games are usually out of sight, though, as airsoft guns themselves can, ah, cause some panic in people that don't think there's a difference between ABS plastic and real steel. So they're not close to any residential areas. Or commercial areas. They're very much out of the way. Out of sight. No one's gonna bat an eye if they don't see it in their backyard, you know?

Since I did have that DM Gun idea (Still thinking of a better name)... hmmhm.

I'll try my best to put something up. I have finals coming up, so my time will be mostly occupied by repeated headaches and frustration at broken pencils.

Diamond Hound out.