1/8/2017 2 Comments AmigurumisAn Amigurumi is a knit or crochet, stuffed yarn creature (so it is basically of stuffed animal where you make the outside fabric by crocheting or knitting). The Amigurumis are different than pretty much everything else that I make, because for the part part they have faces, it really makes them come to life. There is just a different feeling to being able to snuggly Pikachu or Lich King Kitty, something comforting, most animals will want to snuggle with something like them or even with different types of animals. There is a special bond that is created. So even if the amigurumis aren't actually living, they seem to invoke a feeling of life, and of comfort. When I look at them I smile because of their happy little faces (I also smile because making them makes me happy, there is something extra special about getting to make something that smiles back at you :)). Happy salt is one of my favorites its cuteness mocks me as a salty gamer XD, and yet whenever I think of it I can't seem to stay salty for too long! When I made Psyduck I got rather attached to him, he was one of the first bigger scale amigurumis that I figured out how to make (I make up nearly all of my own patterns, I just kind of figure them out in my head and then go about trial and error until I get what I was picturing). It may seem cliche but I really do put love into each one of these, I mean when your making something cute and cuddly how can you not! They are very exciting to make, if it is something knew it is like a puzzle where I have to figure it out from scratch, but eventually I always do :). If I have made it before I get to see it come to life once again, and find the joy in its adorable little face! Some of them don't have faces but still mean a lot to me, because of what they represent. If you've played WoW I'm sure you've used this object a bunch, the hearthstone, and doesn't it just give off a certain amount of comfort? Knowing that you will being going back to whatever inn. Each one of the things I make has a special place in my heart because I got to make it, but the amigurumis have a little bit of extra umph (I mean who doesn't like stuffed animals XD). They are very special to me (and very warm if you put a bunch of them on you lol!).
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The short answer is no, even though it is a game that I play a lot, I don't believe that people in general have a thick enough skin to deal with the harassment that goes on in League of Legends. While a part of me thinks that it would be a good idea for everyone to play just to get a thicker skin, the other part of me realizes that people in dark places shouldn't be subjected to the League of Legends community. If you don't have a thick enough skin to handle to toxicity, well I wouldn't want to hear of people committing suicide because of some of the things that people say in that game (the straw that broke the camels back type of thing). Not to mention that the amount of times I see people say "Kill yourself" is ridiculous. Sometimes I honestly wonder what their upbringing was like for them to think it is okay to say to another person. To be that apathetic is a little scary. I know it is different because you can't actually see the person but honestly once you get old enough you understand that there is another person that you are talking to that way. And I can't seem to understand how some people think that is okay. The game itself is fun (although bugs last a long time, and I don't know how many times a "bug fix" has actually made it worse lol, at this point its kind of just an on running joke to be honest). I like a competitive game, and I do feel like League of Legends brings that, so I use the mute button liberally and go on my merry way. I always warn people when I know they are going to be trying League of Legends because of how toxic the community is (and how lackluster the punishments are). I don't know how many times people have told me they have stopped playing because of the toxicity and lackluster punishments or that they will only play the fun games modes and or with a full group of 5 because of this. I get really excited when I see this message pop up but with the way people talk, it should be popping up waaaaaay more often. I miss the Tribunal, I found a certain joy about knowing that I was making a difference using the tribunal, and that I had a hand in people being punished for bad behavior.
If you want to try it, just make sure you are prepared, people can definitely be assholes, and people being assholes happens in the fun game modes and regular games which I still cannot wrap my head around. Getting reported for a normal game and potentially getting punished just seems stupid to me, but that doesn't seem to stop those people. I would love to see a mass set of punishments go out on people, even if it was only once and while. I think it could be a good scare tactic, I mean how many times can you really make a new account after the last one got ban and level it up all over again XD. So while the game itself is fun, it requires a thick skin to play. This lesson isn't only in MMO's, it is in a lot of games. Like Thresh and Lucian bottom lanes in League of Legends or Reaper in Overwatch. And of course the Horde versus Alliance. So many epic wars have been fought between the two but some how they keep finding themselves coming together to defeat an even greater enemy. It is important to remember that not liking someone does not change the fact that you can still work with them to defeat a great enemy. Sometimes people get so wrapped up in hating each other that they forget what is really worth fighting for. What the truly important goals should be. It is okay to not like someone, people are different and not everyone is going to get along, but it's not okay to let those feelings get in the way of the greater good. I feel like this is an important message (especially with the way things have been going after the election in the USA, I was afraid of either person becoming president, they are both vastly flawed, but what I should have been afraid of was the way the people would react). There are considerably more important issues than those two people though, pollution and the people, plants, and animals (and most importantly the Earth itself) dying because of it, hungry, cruelty, war, poverty ect... these enemies are the ones that everyone should be working together to fight, to change and to make a better world. Personally I sign petitions to try and help changes these things but I want to do more, and I will find a way, even if I don't know what it is right now. I know it can be hard to see past the here and now, the angry that you feel towards one person or some people but that angry won't change anything. It will most like making things worse. So please try to remember this lesson, the one that is in so many games, movies, and shows, just because the enemy isn't a giant monster, doesn't change the fact that there are much worse enemies out there than people you don't like. And trust me I know how hard this is, I can hold a grudge like no ones business (there are 3 grudges that I still need to work on) but it doesn't change the fact that logically I know better, and I would like to believe that if it came down to it that I would work with those people if I had to, to fix something more important. Truly by holding onto that grudge I am only hurting myself, its not like that anger towards them hurts them any. A grudge is like drinking poison expecting the other person to die but in the end you are the one that ends up sick. One day I will let go of those grudges and stop drinking that poison (I actually had many many many more grudges that I have let go of at this point (people who had really wronged me)) and this is how I know that I will let go of those 3 grudges too. I hope that if you have any grudges that you will find a way to let go of them too, to let go of any hate or anger that has built up and that we all learn to work with people more often and in more productive ways to take care of our enemies, our "monsters" and to finish these boss battles once and for all. CategoriesAll Crochet Guild Wars 2 League Of Legends Life Overwatch World Of Warcraft 12/31/2016 0 Comments Happy Salt!! For the Salty Gamer!I was asked to make this happy salt as a custom order and I loved it!! I totally think of League of Legends or Overwatch players when I look at it. And it is so cute that it is like an extra slap in the face (like getting finished by rainbows with unicorns on them or a cow butt in Guild Wars 2 >.> <.<, it adds the insult to injury lol). I mean look at it?!?! It is like I know you are salty from that loss and my adorableness is mocking you. Happy salt is probably one of my favorite custom orders I've done because it is so funny. It seemed like such a great gag gift that I put it up on my Etsy too (Link to Listing). Happy salt actually has little spots on the top like the holes on a salt shaker too XD. And someone who is angry after a loss could throw happy salt with minimal damage to things (Still have to be careful with the eyes but definitely better than throwing a mouse, keyboard, or headset! Kind of like a "Damnit Doll" for gaming XD from what I understand they are usually for sports XD). All around I love happy salt, in all honesty I may have to make a happy salt for myself for it can mock me when I get salty after a loss, and I mean how salty can you really stay after looking at that adorable little face! I feel like it needs a song something like "Happy salt, Happy salt, for those moments when you are super salty, Happy salt, Happy salt (fade out) XD". CategoriesAll Crochet Guild Wars 2 League Of Legends Life World Of Warcraft 12/22/2016 0 Comments Tis the Season, League of LegendsYou have no idea how excited I am that the Summoners Rift is going to be snowy again. When I first started playing League of Legends, Summoners Rift became snowy around Christmas but for years it hasn't been. It has been as green and growing as ever! I missed it ever since. With the addition of the of the poros it feels even more festive (and the presents are a nice touch :)). Isn't he so cute :3? He almost looks huggable lol (be careful not to hug him from behind though, it hurts... XD Baron isn't very good at hugging unfortunately XD). A poro would make a perfect present! The new biscuits for snowdown look pretty cool too! I especially like the flamethrower one :3 so much damages, they all looked pretty cool though, from watching the All Stars event it seemed like a lot of mayhem! The main thing that I look forward to are the skins though. I don't really do the holiday game modes I stick with ranked (which is why I am so excited for the snowy map!). The Braum skin is really nice and Graves kind of getting back his Cigar is pretty funny (even if it is a much healthier version XD). I am still bitter about the Karma rework (I've held quite the grudge) so any new skins for her don't look great to me but I'm just bias. I like that the other Holiday skins come back too (a long time ago they didn't), it is nice to know that I can get one again at some point :). Maybe like a nice Bard skin (the hot coco is too good but I didn't really play him before so I never got the skin XD). I am definitely more excited for this years Snowdown than I have been! Snowy map full of poros and presents you are my friend :DD.
The pictures are from Surrender at 20 (since I am writing this before it is actually out) http://www.surrenderat20.net/2016/11/1116-pbe-update.html Flex Que and Solo Que, I found being forced into Flex Que last season super annoying, so I am glad that the Solo/Duo Que option has been given back. Even though it tried to party you with teams with a similar number of players playing together that one extra person can be a big deal. If it is only two people both teams are likely to have a pairing of two, so it ends up not being that big of a deal, but if you end up with a group where it is both bottom laners and the jungle, that becomes painful. I felt like getting ganked by extra people spiked last season (I was accustom to getting ganked a lot before but it became crazy). I also think it is neat that there are extra rewards that can be earned for climbing both. I have no idea what they will be but it sounds like surprise presents to me! I am a pretty competitive person, I do competitive game modes in pretty much every game I play (except World of Warcraft, because the amount of super long CC becomes too annoying, I don't finding sitting there afk for 7 seconds over and over again very fun, if they calmed that down some I would totally do arenas). In League I do ranked, Overwatch & Guild Wars 2. I like to win and if it isn't a challenge it isn't fun to me.
In all honestly even when flex can be annoying I will probably end up trying to get Gold in both flex and solo/duo for the extra rewards! I mean who doesn't want more rewards! Excited to see how this season plays out and what those extra rewards will be :). 12/13/2016 0 Comments Karma in Gaming and in Life.No, I'm not talking about the League of Legends (don't even get me started I am still bitter about the rework. Old Karma used to be before anyone else). I am talking about when you go into a competitive game and talk some smack in the beginning and loose. Whether it is full on shit talking or just little jests, it always seems to come back to bite people. I don't know how many times I've had little jest (I don't really shit talk, I think of that as some of the mean/toxic stuff) and lost the game. Now there is a rule, none of that before winning, even if the other team starts something. You don't want to jinx it (gotta be careful with her she is a bit crazy XD, I joke but you know what I mean). The other thing that has come back to haunt me just recently, is when I was little I used to think people were crazy for being so afraid of the dentist (I have a very good dentist). I wasn't ever mean to anyone about it or anything but I still thought they were crazy, and now I have come to realize that fear is very valid. After having a student use the wrong tool for an hour and a half on one too & finally the teacher came in and took another half an hour with the right tool to pull it, and a different student saying she would numb my jaw more (this one took an hour on 1 tooth) after pulling the tooth (both of these teeth were badly impacted in the bone, so they had to go into that too). I have come to realize how not trying to understand someone else point of view can come to haunt you. What goes around, comes around, it might even be that soon (like with the dentist it was years and years after thinking that stuff). But it will come back to you. I hope for everyone's sake that they are putting out good into the world so they don't have things like the dentist haunting me (I can deal with a couple of ranked matches hanging over my head XD). CategoriesAll Crochet Guild Wars 2 League Of Legends Life World Of Warcraft 12/11/2016 0 Comments Poro OrnamentI woke up one morning and thought, you know what would be awesome? A poro ornament! (seriously that was what happened lol, I hadn't even opened my eyes yet XD) I may have thrown him a couple of times because Snowdown >.> <.< One of the great things is that they aren't really breakable though XD, not like normal glass ornaments! On our tree he is almost in camo XD, but he has his adorable place! He is easier to see in real life, and probably one of my favorite creations :3 The button takes you to the Etsy listing :)
Now my love for League of Legends is very different from Guild Wars 2 and World of Warcraft lol. My MMO's built me up in a magical way, where as League of Legends broke me down. I will be completely honest, I have cried more than once because of how cruel the people are in LoL. One of the times was because of playing with someone I knew who was supposed to be my friend but was really a backstabbing jerk. We were learning how to play at the time low levels not even 30 yet and she was so mean about teaching us. Not only that but she was already level 30 so playing with her meant that we would be paired with mostly other 30s when I think was only 14-15 level, something like that. And a Swain and Cass tower dove me over and over and over again. She yelled at me and I did not take it very kindly especially seeing as I was doing nothing wrong I was under my tower alone because we had a jungle and they had 2 top. Needless to say we didn't stay friends for very long after that, she wasn't a very nice person in general, and eventually I found out how much she was talking behind our backs and that was pretty much that. The other time I cried I don't really remember I just remember the person was very mean "I hope you and your family die of cancer" type. I should have just muted them but I didn't and let them get to me. You are probably wondering why the title says "A Special Place in my Heart. League of Legends" at this point lol. And even though these moments sucked, they made me care less and less about mean people (not about the person themselves mean people are normally that way because they are having issues in their own lives that they aren't coping with very well) but what they had to say. I learned to not take things so personally, because those people didn't know me personally. There were many many more moments where people said terrible things that led up to me not giving a fuck (I try not to swear too much on the internet sorrys :3, but I don't know a more perfect description than that!). Mean people will come and go but whether they have power over me is up to me. So block and muted they are without a second thought, if they are mean it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things, I won't remember them in 10 years. And a report is definitely what they will be getting from me :3. If you are someone who knows they are an asshole be ware of that, because I and I hope many other people are not going to take your shit :). If you aren't remember that you don't have to just take someones harassment and report them, if they are doing something wrong they deserve to be punished for it. I have a special place in my heart for League of Legends because it made me tougher. It made me realize that an assholes words have no power here unless I let them, and I won't be letting them anytime soon :). Sometimes I feel like everyone should play League to learn how to cope with internet harassment because it is a crash course into learning that. But I am also not sure that everyone would be able to take it. Regardless ever instance I have been bullied has made me strong and I have come to a point in my life where I can handle much more than I could when I was younger, and I will only get stronger :) So even though I have a decent amount of not so great memories because of the League of Legends community it holds a special place in my heart because it made me who I am today. CategoriesAll Crochet Guild Wars 2 League Of Legends Life World Of Warcraft The other day I was doing ranked in League of Legends with my boyfriend and we were on a losing streak. Even though we were doing well bottom lane we just couldn't compete with the fed Riven, Fizz, Vi ect... It was just one of those days where the middle, jungle, or top lane were feeding like crazy. We lost a bunch of games and this one was going to be the one where I would get demoted if I lost it, but I didn't we finally won one! I was over here doing a happy dance and even though I lost a bunch of games I didn't lose the one that really mattered. The one that would make it so I had to go through promos all over again. Normally, people aren't exciting about winning one game when they've lost so many, its more of a meh experience, but that just isn't me. I find joy in so many little things, and when it comes down to it isn't life really made up of those little moment, the happy one that bring everything together. I look at so many things as presents, gathering nodes in Guild Wars 2, going into an old raid (or new one) in World of Warcraft and ending up with a piece of transmog gear (even when it wasn't the thing I went in there for). Making a good play in League of Legends or getting play of the game in Overwatch (or not getting play of the game but knowing I saved the game with that rez) ect... The amount of joy I get from eating one of these delicious masterpieces is pretty amazing (& I don't even eat a whole one in one sitting usually just half or less XD). Things like someone being very nice to me on twitter, getting a nice/good review on Etsy, making something, starting with a ball of yarn & crochet hook and ending up with an amigurumi (plushie) or gaming gloves ect..., then getting to someones reaction when they get the item. All of it, there are so many little things to be joyful about in any given day. Little victories that add up to a life time of happiness. If I've learned nothing else in life, that would be fine because I know that something doesn't have to be big to be wonderful. That joy is about counting your blessings and feeling the love. That even in your worst day there will be someone there for you (I include animals in someone) and that things will always look up again. Trust me I have been through some pretty terrible experiences (parents almost dying, decent amount of other family actually dying, anorexia, abuse from ex's ect...) even though those things sucked, I am stronger because of them, and I am able to see so many more wonderful things happening everyday. Always look for those little things. Those wonderful things and today will be a good day :)
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