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Meta thread Anonymage 12/11/2019 (Wed) 20:07:06 No. 5 [Reply] [Last]
Please note that this board is a bunker for those who browsed the late Magicchan, and therefore I ask that only those who posted on it use this board as we are still trying to find many anons who were lost. Many thanks for respecting this

Rules are the same as on Magicchan, and I also ask that if you find a lost mage to discreetly and subtly show them this board.
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>>2406 >another dead imageboard thanks to larpers and cliquers I don't think thats the case. Imageboards in general have taken a steep decline. Anyone playing the fool or an act doesn't have much of an audience unless they're probably schizophrenic. Believe it or not, some guys just choose to walk away from this and hobbymax. I still visit because I always aprreciated the site's moderation, laid-back atmosphere, and genuineposting.

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Welcome back, mages. Part II 05/22/2022 (Sun) 22:41:35 No. 2192 [Reply] [Last]
I'm not the same person who created the previous general thread (>>2), but since that one reached bump limit and it's about to fall off the front page, I thought it was time to start a new thread. So, like the original OP said, hop in this thread when you can and post about what you're up to or your thoughts lately.
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>>2479 Yeah, it's always been underage fags and a bunch of normalfags and larpers. Pretty sad, the Admin doesn't give a shit and has allowed them to destroy the site. It's highly likely he is a kiwifarmer or a normalfag himself. Do you know of any other sites beside this one for actual wizards?
>>2481 I have noticed on imageboards in general mods care much less than they used to. You're probably familiar with more places than I am at this point. Can't say I'm interested in finding any more places of refuge at this time. It's all the same. You might find one that's great for a period but they all get shat up eventually or best case scenario slow to almost a freeze or amicably shut down. After this happening so many times anyone would get tired of it.
>>2481 It's been a while since the last time I visited that place, but I remember Lizardchan being a good site for wizards, although they too have a certain fondness for shitposting, or at least that's how it was at the time. Unfortunately, I don't remember what their URL was, possibly something like lizardchan dot xyz, but I'm not sure.
>>2483 Lizardchan? Lol theyre cool. They don't take themselves too seriously. I only ever lurked there after wizardchan.org got nuked. I think im just aging out of all this. Funny cause im not that old to say something like that.

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Movie/TV thread Anonymage 01/28/2020 (Tue) 08:42:56 No. 256 [Reply] [Last]
I just finished watching Babylon 5. I'd say it's my second favorite sci-fi show after TNG. The best part is how well-planned it seems, there are subplots that are started the first season that get finished all the way in the later seasons. The character development is well done, no changes to a character seem unjustified, and no one stagnates. I think that by the end no one in the show is in the same position as when the show started, everyone both advances in their carreers and grows as a person, dealing with personal problems and all that. I think it's done well especially considering how most of these shows just keep everyone in the same position for the entire show, even TNG does this, everyone stays in the same rank and occupation for the most part. I guess the producers just leave it to the nerds who write the books and comics to finish it all up. The last four episodes are all pretty much the sendoff for all the characters so that everyone's story is completed and we know exactly where everyone ends up, which is a great contrast to shows where everyone just sort of leaves, or where it's never explained what they're going to do after the show ends. The makeup and costumes are also really well done, I think that the only part of the visuals that didn't age well is some of the CGI shots of spaceships and buildings.
I still haven't watched the two movies that are after the show so I guess I'll post about them when I do. I'm definitely looking forward to them. Also I guess there's a spinoff show called "Crusade" but I'm a little less excited for that since I don't think any of the original cast is in it and it only got one season so the complex and patiently thought out story that I enjoyed from Babylon 5 won't be there, or at least it gets cut off early. I guess it got cancelled by the executives who wanted more action and sex shoved in before the show even aired, which is just sad.
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A well done flick, in my opinion. They kept it real simple but did a good job of keeping it interesting, at least to watch until the end. I wanted to go to sleep at some point because I was feeling tired, but I kept going because I wanted to see the end and it didn't disappoint. The whole "is it real or is it happening in my head" is well done in my opinion and between its back and forth it lets you wander on a nice trip.
>>2370 Watch Murder Drones next lol
>>2388 Not him, but I just watched that. I don't have good taste, but I liked it. More than a few of the plot points are very normie highschooler experience focused, so I'd think plenty here might hate it though. The animation was pretty darn good for amateur stuff. Same with the voicework. The pacing was refreshingly brisk, with little to no wasted air time. The jokes are rapid-fire so even when they fall flat it's not too bad. Some of the characters, like N, were super "moe", not something I'd usually use to describe western cartoon characters. All in all something I'd consider very watchable.
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Watched Beacon 23, sci-fi about a space lighthouse. I didn't think it was too bad, it seemed to have bad ratings because it's a bad book adaption. Pretty much all happens on the "beacon". It's been a while since some new sci-fi. The pacing is a bit strange in how events happen one after the other, but I didn't find it too distracting I just noticed it. I think it's worth a watch, it's a "big mystery for the whole show" thing that probably won't have a super satisfying conclusion.
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A few weeks ago I watched the first two Carnosaur movies for the first time. They're nothing earth-shattering, but I can't deny that they're both quite entertaining. The first one is probably the most interesting. The plot has several interesting ideas and the director put some effort into shooting some visually entertaining scenes, such as the one that takes place in a dark chicken coop, where you can barely see the feathers of the chickens against the black background. I would have liked the villain's maternal side to have been developed more, and the film loses quite a bit of pace once the protagonist starts interrogating the villain. Either way, it's a fun movie. The sequel is pretty good too. It's much less original, in fact, it's practically a ripoff of Aliens, but it's full of action and fun characters. The only thing I didn't like about it is the final battle against the tyrannosaurus rex. The main character has no reason to kill the tyrannosaurus and the whole scene lasts more than 15 minutes. >>2388 >>2389 I gave this series a chance. I thought the first episode was terrible, mainly because it tried too hard to be funny. However, I found the plot interesting, so I decided to watch the rest of the episodes and I don't regret it. The plot gets more and more interesting with each episode and the fight scenes are great. I found the characters annoying at times, but I think that's because I'm a bitter old man.

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The Older IB Browser - End of The Line Anonymage 04/08/2023 (Sat) 20:12:37 No. 2322 [Reply]
How many of you are feeling you've reached this point? My twenties are coming to a close and it seems like I've been passively channeled out the front-door from various communities. As the age gap between me and the average poster stretches, the less inclination I have towards behaviors I'd use for entertainment or the illusion of social fulfillment through parasocial habits. Stuff like shitposting, memes, and your general imageboard behavior just aren't having the same positive effect as they once had, not helped by most online communities continuing to decline as of the date of this post. Leaves me wondering what comes next for people like me who were effectively raised on the net. I guess I could lean into what hobbies I've developed over the years and find a sense of community out of the net? That seems to me at the moment the only practical solution unless I resign myself to almost certainly becoming a bitter anon unenthusiastically posting among kids and husks. That sounds a lot like rotting in real time. Hopefully I'll be able to come back to this thread with a positive solution one day.
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>>2344 Sorry I do not communicate well. The users of those sites didn't really "know" me or who I was. They hated losers like me. They would have hated me if they knew me, but because of the anonymity they didn't. Only when I made the mistake of revealing anything about myself did they know to show their displeasure at my existence. We were not friends, or comrades, or like-minded, or similar, or anything of that sort. We were enemies calling out to each other separated only by a thin fog of war.
Online: bad loneliness, e-schizophrenia from bombardment of outside images/sounds/thoughts. Offline: good loneliness, quiet mind.
Really feeling that thread, ouch. >>2327 > going offline would be great but I keep finding excuses not to. I don't even come up with excuses to stay online, I just don't know what to do offline so I am online. Honestly, I hate it. The only things that are still enjoyable for me is downloading something I was searching for, looking up some information and the few posts a year when I feel really bad and try to cling to some stranger on an imageboard, who more or less understands me.
This has to be the most relatable thread I've read in the last 3 years. Really reaching the end myself. I wish I could know how OP and every mage who replied is doing. The future is so bleak.

/sad/ thread Anonymage 03/08/2020 (Sun) 01:50:14 No. 332 [Reply] [Last]
Depression, ventilation and other such posts go here. How are you feeling today mage?
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Sorry. I'll try to never again make a post. There is something inside me, I can be free in a way other people can't imagine, but I have been dragged down my whole life by things that should be unimportant, that shouldn't matter. Something went wrong in my life, I know it's not my fault but that doesn't change the fact I failed. I just wanted to do what I was supposed to do. I can't explain this, it's impossible to communicate, but I can see really, really nice dreams, and I wanted to explore them and show them. I just love dreaming, imagining, creating, thinking, I can do so every moment of my day and every day. This doesn't make any sense, it's the kind of thing that could only make sense through actions and works, but I'll never get to do so, so I have to try explaining it in words, but it's impossible. It's just that there are things I enjoy learning about, and things I wanted to try, but I'll never be allowed to. I wanted to show what I'm like, I wanted to be myself, but I'll never be allowed to. I just wanted to get into math and cs, or drawing, or music, at a very young age and dedicate every instant of my life to that just one thing. I wish I could go back to nursery school and get into mathematics back then. There's something very wrong with my brain, I'm very bad at certain things, but somehow I really enjoy other certain things in a way normal people can't enjoy, so I wanted to be free, and dedicate myself to something important, that only I could do. And even if I'm bad at everything and have no real skills, I still at least enjoy learning and trying, and could keep trying my whole life. But this life was a prison, I just never got to pursue my dreams. It's too late now, I'm not going to make it, I'm stabilizing my mental situation and trying to sort out my life but it's too late, my world is falling apart and there's nothing I can do. I don't know, it hurts, no matter how many times I try, I can't convey this. It's just that I feel I never got to be myself, like I was supposed to show what I really am, but I never got a chance like everyone else. Like something went very wrong. Like God abandoned me. I just wanted to be free, I wanted to try, I wanted to be myself, but everything went wrong, it's like I never existed, as if I was never born in the first place. I just wanted to be free and be myself. I feel like in an invisible cage, hitting my fist on the wall and screaming, but no one can see or hear me. And I feel like if I could break out of this cage, I would be the happiest person on the planet, and I could share my happiness with many people and make them happy too. But that won't happen. I'll just die here. It really hurts. I can't explain what's going on. I keep trying to but I can't. It's a horrible feeling. I want my spirit to be free but I'll always be confined. I feel like my life was supposed to be different but something went wrong and now I'll die like I never existed. Sorry for having made so many posts. I know I'm not welcome on this or any imageboard. But I felt like I had to say something. I'll never be free and I'll never get to live my life, I was born in a prison, so I wanted to at least leave a note that I existed, even though I still couldn't communicate what I am, what were my dreams and objectives, and what I could have done. Sorry. It sucks, I can't communicate what I feel, I just wanted to learn a lot and make a lot of things, I wanted to see how far I could go, I wanted to develop and achieve my full potential, I wanted to live in my own world and explore it fully. It really hurts. I tried to communicate but I can't anymore, I always end up making the same post, it's impossible to convey what I really mean. I'll just endure whatever's left of my prison life all alone.
>>2395 I should say sorry for being unkind to you previously. I'm sorry. I am not good at dealing with the pain of others. I cannot understand your burdens though I can see they are crushing you. My words mean nothing but I am envious of what you have. There is nothing inside me. I am just a soulless doll. To keep beautiful worlds within oneself, as you do, is something I've always wanted but can never have.
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Sorry.
The mind, it always fails.

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Hobby thread Anonymage 12/17/2019 (Tue) 10:34:46 No. 45 [Reply] [Last]
Post anything related to your hobbies.
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>>2431 Not spam, is self-advertising :) >JG Thirwell I downloaded all of his albums but haven't checked them out yet. Thank you for the compliment though>>2431 >>2431
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Felt like it'd be good to post some new stuff since the board is in a new location. To celebrate having a new home or something I guess. >>2410 Thought I replied earlier but I guess I forgot. The first one is actually digital, If memory serves I used a pencil tool at a bigger size than usual to get the soft lines. >>2413 I like the little frog guys they're pretty cool. The lizard guy selling tattoos is probably my favorite. All of these are nice.
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>>2457 seems like the last image I posted didn't go through.
>>2458 site admin here, it's set to 3 files per post (mostly to prevent spam on other boards). not sure if you can set a higher limit on specific boards
>>2459 I figured it was either that or I just forgot to attach it. Thanks for clarifying though. I don't mind 3 files per post I don't think there's a need to change it for this board now that I know that's the limit

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Interesting links Anonymage 01/28/2021 (Thu) 11:03:46 No. 1252 [Reply]
Anything to break up the monotony of NEETing >B-ok Online library, very extensive: https://b-ok.org/ >Project Gutenberg Online library for books that have had copyright expire: https://www.gutenberg.org/ >Classic Reload Loads of old and retro games online for free: https://classicreload.com/ >Retro Games Covers games not already covered by classic reload: https://www.retrogames.cc/ >DOS games Moderate selection of DOS games online: https://js-dos.com/games/ >FMovies Watch movies and TV series online for free: https://fmovies.wtf/ >Read Comic Online Pretty obvious: https://readcomiconline.to/ >The Eye

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>>2232 If they're dead, it's easier to keep track of them. >>2234 The real work is in integrating them into your mental schema.
These are the last sites I saved. Hope someone will find them useful or interesting. A web version of MS Paint: https://paint.js.org/ Some acient website about philosophy: https://friesian.com/ A guide on how to set up your own website: https://landchad.net/ A website dedicated to the manga Yokohama Kaidashi Kikō: https://alpha.cafe/ A TV simulator of the 2000s: https://www.my00stv.com/ A search engine for old sites: https://wiby.me/

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Anonymage 12/26/2020 (Sat) 02:40:21 No. 1187 [Reply] [Last]
It's a bit late but merry christmas to any mages who are actually still here.
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>>2415 Really nice drawing! Thank you for the good wishes and the cool picture. >>2420 Thank you, mage. I hope you had a nice Christmas this year. >>2421 I have a decent relationship with my family, but I find our regular guests kind of annoying. Anyway, I'm glad you could manage to avoid annoying situations this year. >>2422 I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it was nothing too serious.
>>2425 Unfortunately it was, the evening was ruined. Thanks anyway, mage.
It’s the new year Ayy

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toys, figures, etc. Anonymage 04/26/2020 (Sun) 21:58:59 No. 495 [Reply] [Last]
Because I can't be the only one here who enjoys them. Just got this magnificent little bastard in the mail today. I don't usually bother with Nendos, but the super-deformed look really works for him for some reason- he's like an overworld sprite in a classic JRPG.
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>>1602 I can't believe it was only two years ago.
r/sexybionicles is good.
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I've been messing around in Bricklink Studio a bit. I haven't used Lego Digital Designer in a long time, but I've found Studio to be much more intuitive to use, and the renders you can make with it are really nice.

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Anime/Manga/ thread Anonymage 10/22/2020 (Thu) 19:05:53 No. 1079 [Reply]
Whatcha watching/reading mages? A mage recommended Dungeon Meshi on the previous /tower/ and I finally got around to reading it. If you're still here, thanks for recommending it! I enjoyed it immensely, especially the worldbuilding.
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>>1380 never mind lizchan is working now
>>1216 Finally got around to watching this. God it's so comfy to imagine a peaceful carefree life in that little rural hamlet.
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I remember watching the tv series long ago, but I never got around to watching the movie for some reason. I really enjoyed it, I'll probably watch the sequel at some point too. Much more of a serious detective movie tone than the tv series, but it was good at doing that so I enjoyed it. Maybe if I had watched it immediately after watching the tv series I would have been disappointed it didn't have the same tone.

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