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Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells...

Discussion in 'Sorcerous Sundries' started by Taluntain, Nov 30, 2008.

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  1. Aces Gems: 19/31
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    Aces, Dec 8, 2008
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  2. Morgoroth

    Morgoroth Just because I happen to have tentacles, it doesn'

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    While at first impression the snow seemed nice it's now causing me some trouble. While it certainly creates a festive wintery atmosphere reading longer posts has become a pain. I can't help but get distracted whenever a snowflake falls over the spot I'm reading that very moment. It gets quite difficult to read through longer posts because of this without getting distracted. It makes reading longer alley posts difficult. Or perhaps this is some sneaky way of telling me that Christmas is getting here and I should be thinking of more merry things than the financial meltdown or Mumbai bombings? Are there others who find reading troublesome while it's snowing or is it just me?
     
    Morgoroth, Dec 8, 2008
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  3. Caradhras

    Caradhras I may be bad... but I feel gooood! Veteran

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    I'm with Morgoroth on that one. I'm all for Christmas decorations as they are harmless and can be construed as a hope for peace or at least truce in troubled times (being a bit of an optimist right now) but truthfully the snow is a pain. What would be grand would be to have snowflakes on the main page of the forum and not on the others. Any hope for that Taluntain?
     
    Caradhras, Dec 8, 2008
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    *Tosses a snowball at Morgoroth*
    [​IMG]
     
    Aces, Dec 8, 2008
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    While the snow might be a nice touch, it certainly is a major resource hog, slowing everything.
     
    Erod, Dec 8, 2008
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  6. Disciple of The Watch

    Disciple of The Watch Preparing The Coming of The New Order Veteran

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    +1. The snow creates a horrible lag.
     
    Disciple of The Watch, Dec 8, 2008
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    I don't experience lag with the snow.
     
    starfox64, Dec 8, 2008
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  8. 8people

    8people 8 is just another way of looking at infinite ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran

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    [​IMG] I don't have lag either, only the death throes of my laptop :wave:
     
    8people, Dec 8, 2008
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  9. Loreseeker

    Loreseeker A believer in knowledge Veteran

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    Yay, snow! :D

    It looks absolutely lovely.
     
    Loreseeker, Dec 8, 2008
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  10. Montresor

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    As long as I don't catch a cold from reading the boards. :)

    (I wonder what the Australians and New Zealanders think of the weather on SP! :D)
     
    Montresor, Dec 8, 2008
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    @ Montresor

    It is....unnerving....
     
    TrueBlueAussie, Dec 8, 2008
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    It's better then the stuff we get down here I'm telling you now. Waking up to a 40c+ Christmas is VERY overrated. :bad:
     
    The Magister, Dec 8, 2008
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  13. Nakia

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    I love the snow falling gently on BoM. Just keep it there, please.
     
    Nakia, Dec 8, 2008
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    T2Bruno The only source of knowledge is experience Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    What snow? Perhaps people are seeing dandruff and blaming it on Tal. :p
     
    T2Bruno, Dec 8, 2008
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  15. Taluntain

    Taluntain Resident Alpha and Omega Staff Member ★ SPS Account Holder Resourceful Adored Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!) BoM XenForo Migration Contributor [2015] (for helping support the migration to new forum software!)

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    Unfortunately yes, the snow can cause lag depending on the computer hardware/software or available system resources. If anyone's having problems with it, just scroll to the bottom of the boards and in the left corner pick a forum style that works best for you.

    The default "BoM" has snow everywhere, while the two child styles only have snow on forum home or no snow at all.
     
    Taluntain, Dec 8, 2008
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  16. The Magpie

    The Magpie Balance, in all things Veteran

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    The snow's a nice touch, and I haven't experienced any lag, even though my wee Asus only has 512 MB RAM. Of course, it doesn't run obsolete, bloated Windows or Internet Exploder, so that probably helps. It's about the only thing (other than the chocolate advent calendar my girlfriend gave me) that's made me feel christmassy in ages! Sad, I know. :shake:
     
    The Magpie, Dec 8, 2008
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  17. Harbourboy

    Harbourboy Take thy form from off my door! Veteran Pillars of Eternity SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    The snow is cool. It never snows where I live. Especially at Christmas, where the days are long and sunny. Paradise.

    Not sure how some of you are getting lag from a bit of snow. I thought most of you guys had souped-up mega-rigs that could power a small town - at least that's what you seem to show off about in those techno threads.
     
    Harbourboy, Dec 9, 2008
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  18. 8people

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    [​IMG] Those with super mega compies tend to use most of it at the same time though :lol:
     
    8people, Dec 9, 2008
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  19. Cap'n CJ

    Cap'n CJ Arrr! Veteran

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    Snow on the BoM! Awh, it's nice! Almost makes me feel Christmassy... Almost.
     
    Cap'n CJ, Dec 9, 2008
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  20. Caradhras

    Caradhras I may be bad... but I feel gooood! Veteran

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    Thanks Tal, I didn't notice that feature.

    No lag, but reading was painful, the snow was freaking me out, got enough of it as it is. Feels much better now. :)
     
    Caradhras, Dec 9, 2008
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