3. Favorite Steamy Sex
Move/Embarrassing Moment
4. Ads
5. Poems
6. Fanboy/girl Love
7. Behind The Character: Meet Matej
8. Flirting...Is It Ok?
9-12. Screen Readers. Don’t understand
them read Taniis’ interview.
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So we here at Complex Times took the time to ask you what your
Favorite steamy sex move was and what your most embarrassing
Moment was. Here are some of your answers.
Favorite Steamy Sex Move:
I love to hang upside down from the trapeze and have my partner hang onto it
right side up as we are fused in a 69 position. It is nothing in this world better
than partners giving oral at the same time in such a unstable manner. After
all, we could lose our balance and crash on the bed or floor from that position, or
some other mishap go on, right?
Embarrassing Moment:
This actually happened to me in real life and I have to say that it left a lasting
impression on me for all time. I was a young man of 14 and I had known
already that I swung in both directions. The young man I had become quite
fond of was my same age and we were on the high school football team together.
After a game, we were wreckless and went out behind the gym and downed a
six pack together when all of a sudden while we were necking and making out
the flood lights came on in the yard and shined us to all of the world. We were
both naked from the waist down and boy did some folks get a show and a peak
at the goods. Myself and him laughed about it for weeks in silent company but
in public I have to admit I had to work out my exhibition issues.
(Both entries by Trick)
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~ If you are a newbie and need tips so you don’t look
like a fool, send a cop call. The groupies are here to
welcome you in any fashion they can. Look for
them in chat and try to interact with them. They are
here to help you feel less new. We want you to come
here, even if its your first site, like you’ve been here
before. Anything we can do to help is awesome and
just let us know via a cop call.
~ Hogwarts is always looking for new members and
has a sick reward and maxed buff. Feel free to join it
if you need a hand.
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Fireflies
You could barely see our eyes
Through the cornstalk rows
Dirt on our knees and hands
We whispered our plans
As the sun dropped low
We spoke softly
As the crickets began to sing
The stars chased the day
Twilight was grey
And played tricks on our eyes
The fields came alive
With the lights of the fireflies
Big glass jars and lids with holes
Within our hands we held
Hunters of the flittering glows
That raised into the air
We waited 'till the dew smelled fresh
Before we stole from our screen
Creeping quietly, grinning widely
Fireflies oblivious
As they danced their meandering path
We burst from the grasses laughing
Sending more into the air
Scooping them in our jars
Until they shone like lanterns
With lids capped tight
We lay near the brook
Facing one another
The two jars between us
Lighting our faces with the dancing orbs
Telling secrets and tales
Well into the night
We open the lids and lay on our backs
Dozens of shooting stars, it seems
As they dissipate into the night
And take to flight
Our little fireflies
A.G. 2011
Life on a leaf
Silent breezes make the days pass
As each day before
The slightest breeze shakes
The mountainous ridges to and fro
The clear drops of dew
Sit in pools
Making spotted lakes
Throughout my kingdom
A kingdom that will grow
With each passing day
Into a vast, green paradise
Life, in times of green, remain serene
Portions of my kingdom
Will be lost
To consumers of my land
No battles are fought
In time
The suns course will sink deeper
To the horizon
The nights will become stinging cold
And my land will change
Orange to yellow to red to dead
My kingdom will have
Completed its cycle
And fallen to your Earth
A.G. 2010
Philosophies of a wasted mind
Time
Each moment is a precious time
Which intertwine in memories
And philosophies
On life
A conscious mind of varied thoughts
The road we walk goes on and on
Through the dusk and dawn
Love
A word that is so hard to say
Can raise you up or bring you down
Spins your head around
And pain
It knocks you to your shaking knees
Makes you fear the coming day
Takes your breath away
I've seen the love
And I've seen the pain
Each very different
Yet all the same
I've seen the lives
And I've seen the times
One fading quickly
The other, sublime
Philosophies of wasted minds
A.G. 2010
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So you are a fan of someone? Want to show your love and
admiration? Then send them love mail or shout outs into the
magazine. (Text Sara). Below are some shout outs/letters of
endearment. Hope you enjoy!
Dear Cassy,
You are one of the bestest friends in my
life. I met you on Tynastera and talk to
you mostly on skype. We have become
so
close in the last 8 months and its been the best. I wouldn't
change it for the world. I love you!
Love,
Sara Nagarian
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One of my staffers came up to me
one day and was like, “Hey we
should have an article about the
players and how they are outside
the game.” I sat and thought
about it and really thought it was
a good idea. The idea of this article
is to go behind the character and
talk about them. We hope it will
help you to get to know them as a
person and a character. We are
calling this, Behind The Character.
Enjoy! (Text Sara if you wanna be in the next issue)
attley is an admin on The Complex. He’s one of the best. He knows how to treat
hings. He’s fair, fun, smart, funny, a good roleplayer and a great friend and most of
ll there for you when you need him. Outside of roleplaying people know him as
atej. One of his nicknames that makes me laugh is Trouble Maker Meanie Pants.
e’s cute, adorable, and loved by many women. If you need a friend you can come to
atej because he loves the attention. He loves sports like, basketball, european footall
(soccer), handball, and volleyball. He can speak 5 languages. Those languages
re, croatian, bosnian, slovenian, english, and serbian. He loves to sing and is an
ver all amazing person in my eyes. You wanna know more just shoot him a text. Did
mention he’s from Slovenia?
Written by Sara Nagarian
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We here at Complex Times asked some of you what you thought about flirting while
in a relationship. This is what you said:
Not unless you are in an open relationship; but even then I would look down on you.
I consider flirting while being in a relationship a hasteful way to end said relationship
as you can easily hurt the one you care for; I also believe you would be a fool to do
something so stupid.
-NeoDraconis
I don't think that it is okay to flirt while you are in a relationship, unless it is open. If
you are in a relationship with someone why in the world would you ever want to flirt
with others, it's something that I don't understand. If you are flirting with someone it
makes it look like you don't like the current relationship that you are in, and if that is
the case, then leave the person don't make it look like you would want to cheat on
them. If you do like the relationship then you shouldn't be flirting with anyone else
because you are already happy with what you've got.
-Lexi
I think it is quite alright to flirt with others while in a relationship. After all, nothing
gets the blood boiling and the fire stirred up better than watching your partner make
an ass out of themselves by flirting with someone that you don't like. Or, maybe a
spice in your life is missing and you need your partner to do just that to make you
reach for your cock and crank it up for action. I personally would love to see my
partner flirt or even do it with another just so I could be ready for her later.
-Trick
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Some of you dont understand what a screen reader is or how they work. So
Taniis went and interviewed his friend that uses one. We arent telling you to
stop or change what you do. We just wanna shed some light on what you do
and how it affects a screen reader. So we hope this interview helps.
Taniis asks:
So tell me about yourself
Des says:
I'm blind. I'm a Mom and have been blind since birth.
Taniis asks:
And you play lotgds?
Des says:
Yes, I do. Have played for almost ten years.
Taniis asks:
And you use a screen reader correct?
Des says:
yes. I do.
Taniis asks:
Now for the people out there, could you explain to us what it does?
Des says:
A screen reader takes text and turns in into speech output, making it possible
for a blind person to hear what is written on a computer screen.
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Taniis asks:
How is it to follow a busy lotgd village?
Des says:
It does very well, for the most part, however, if there are a lot of graphics, it can
cause problems.
Taniis asks:
Speaking of problems, what about spam? like all caps locks, or more then one
posting right after one another, or gibberish?
Des says:
That plays havoc with a screen reader as well...it can make it lose focus, or just
freeze.
Taniis asks:
So would it even affect it if its a busy village?
Des says:
The busier the village, the more it affects the performance of the screen
reader.
Taniis asks:
So its safe to say, spam isnt the main cause of problems with a screen reader,
but it is an annoying one correct?
Des says:
not the main cause of problems, but, it does contribute to them.
Taniis asks:
how many lines of text pass through before there are problems? if you have
the answer to that question
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Des says:
I'm not really sure,...much depends not only on the repeated text, but
also on bold or italic letters. Some screen
readers such as JAWS just do not handle those very well.
For example, if a char posts in the village in bold or italic or underline,
a blind person cannot post.
Taniis asks:
does that include bold and italics in their names as well
Des says:
Yes, it does.
It may look cool and wonderful for a sighted person, but, for a blind
person, it is a nightmare. When I ran my own site, i did not allow text
like that to be used.
Taniis asks:
so you would not even know that someone is interacting with you? or
would it just omit the name?
Des says:
You can see what they post, you just cant respond.
The more graphically enhanced the site is, the less a blind person can
interact.
Options for turning a lot of the graphics off have been added to the
game over the years, but, sighted people need to remember that bold,
underlined, and italics are still a nightmare for us.
Taniis asks:
So how would one know that plays Lotgds, that use a screen reader,
know that the site is graphically advanced?
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Des says:
By the way the screen reader behaves.
Mine will tell me that that are graphics, it just won't tell me what they are.
And in some cases, they prevent me from being able to use the links for navigating
the site.
Taniis asks:
Would a person such as yourself that is blind, message the owners or staff about
your situation if you came across a server like you described, or do you just dont
come back?
Des says:
There are site owners who will try to make it better for us to play, but some don't
care. they have a bad attitude about it, and those are the ones we don't go back to.
Taniis asks:
So it is safe to say, if no requests came along about offering changes, that means no
one on site uses a screen reader?
Des says:
not really. a lot of blind people are timid about asking for changes to be made, because
they don't want to let people to know that they are blind for fear of how they
will be treated.
I played a char on a site once and married a character. He divorced me when he
found out that I was blind and called me a freak. it happened to others as well.
I myself am an older player and don't much care about the opinions of some. but
younger players do care.
Taniis asks:
Anything you would like to say to the players of Lotgds?
Des says:
Just treat us like you would treat any others, and show consideration.
Taniis asks:
Thank you very much for taking time to answer my questions
That concludes Taniis’ interview . We hope you have a better understanding of
screen readers now.
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