ionG

ionG

@iong.bsky.social

He/Him. Love mega man and TTRPGs, work clinical lab, dad of 2, simple as

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SSRI withdrawals are the worst feelings I've had in my life. Genuinely gaslighting myself thinking I'm going insane

following up my child posting with the admission that having these two kids has led to the most crushing isolation (and depression) of my life. no time or means for anything that doesn't resolve around them. Even my relationship with my wife is strained. I sure hope it magically gets better!

Been putting off getting a new certification for work due to newborn kids + brain doesn't work. But it would be nice to hit a sick promo.

Been having severe brain fog for years. Hoping that changing my meds helps with that! Meanwhile, my brain is snapping in half during the transition.

I need to post more so people know I'm a living person. Here's my daughter in a high chair eating broccoli with such enthusiasm that it stuck to her nose.

Really feeling the difficulty in doing fun things mid-dadhood with friends in gamer circles. Most of them have more free time and play games that require time investment. I could hop into one of three VCs where everyone is playing Deadlock every day. My ass would play like shit.

Taking a break from running TTRPG games has given me mixed feelings. I love playing them, but I put too much of myself into prepping and I have limited time. But minimal prep feels like a disservice to the players, and I have a lot less fun. Having a hard time convincing myself to run games again.

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@j8-bit.bsky.social asked me for help with their #balatro mod, so I made 3 cards for it. I like making stuff in this style, honestly. I should revisit this style later, I suppose. #PixelArt #MegaMan #RockMan #OC #BattleNetwork #RobotMaster #OpenCommissions #Art

Had a good NetBattlers session last night. Was mostly lore but I made it in the form of news articles and NY Times style game answers so my players enjoyed it!

I don't want to be a gloomy person! But I regularly shut the doors leading out because of strict criteria I hold onto. The consequential loneliness and self-hatred reached a peak last night. I can't share the contents, but I feel the need to shout into the void anyway.

Also realizing that, because my free time is so limited, I'm putting all of my social eggs into a few ttrpg baskets. Since I run one of those games, I feel like the fun starts and ends with me. When I can't prep, I get really stressed. Maybe that's not a healthy mindset.

A tournament arc is a cool sidequest for my battle network campaign, but designing interesting 1v1 fights is a challenge. Most of my ideas seem annoying to play against, lol. InvisibleMan sends his regards

Basically? I need a new group, I think. I'm already running one game, so hosting a second one isn't good for my fragile psyche. I need to prod people and see if someone's in need of a player.

Taking psychic damage from how often the same TTRPG group cancels. I hardly do any socializing because of kids, so having one of the blocks routinely taken away is driving me mad

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>Boot up Street Fighter 6 >Get mad that my inputs keep getting eaten >Get mad at ninjas and annoying spinning guys zoning me out >Half of the characters I'm fighting were in the previous game >They brought back the first villain for no reason >Quit Mega Man 3 and start playing Street Fighter

Protodude@protodude.bsky.social

News: Street Fighter 6 Adds Playable Mega Man 3 www.rockman-corner.com/2025/06/stre...

fighting with my wife everyday is eating me alive. And I can't even drive off a hill because my son needs me. We're both just so tired and fed up with being broke

Brainstorming my next campaign for whenever NetBattlers is finished. That probably won't be for a while, so I have time to shop for a good system. I want to run a game about MMO players, both in/outside the game. The main systems I've found a good fit are .dungeon//remastered and Infinity's Edge.

It is tempting to use an OSR style system for the online game, then a separate one for the offline characters. That sounds like too much on the players to remember, though.

If anyone has an idea for how to approach this, let me know! Or if you've seen any good systems for this idea, I'd love to read them!

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Me when a friend apologizes for picking a top tier: "Sorry for what? My daddy taught me not to be afraid of our picks, especially when they're such good practice and all."

Feeling adrift from my various friend groups. Like my interests have shifted and I'm not into what they are. Makes it feel like I'm not a good fit. Pursuing new horizons has been unfruitful so far. But I've never been good at that kind of thing, anyways.

If anybody is curious, I can ramble to you about my NetBattlers campaign that I'm stumbling through. I haven't run any games since high school (over a decade ago), so it's like learning from step 1 again!

1. D&D 3.5 2. A MegaMan X Play-by-post forum RP I ran for online friends back in 2008 3. 13th Age 4. That MMX PbP 5. Vampire the Masquerade 6. Root TTRPG 7. NetBattlers bsky.app/profile/deac...

Frankenstein Iscariot@deaconblues1979.bsky.social

1. First #ttrpg you ever played? 2. First you ever ran? 3. Played the most? 4. Run the most? 5. Favorite? 6. Most recently played? 7. Most recently run?

Shit my first to run *might* technically be a Zatch Bell PbP on that same forum, but that was freeform and without any rules. The MMX one had stats, so I feel like it fits more as a TTRPG.

The Unleashed PC release has me remembering fond childhood memories. Like how my first and only experience with Sonic 06 was at a GameStop demo kiosk, wherein a speed booster sent me clipping through the floor. I skipped all sonic games after that until Generations came out.

Wondering how people with jobs and kids can work on anything else - hobbies, studying, etc. I get home with half my energy gone and playing with my toddler until he goes to bed takes the other half.