Lucky in my Bad Luck

Hello, everyone of the Tumblr RP community!

As I mentioned in my previous post…I’ve been really floored and touched by the response to my original intention to shut down RPThreadTracker. I’ve gotten plenty of extremely kind messages from so many of you saying that it’s been a critical part of your roleplay experience, and I’d be lying if I said that enthusiasm hasn’t helped rekindle my own for the project (and programming in general, really; 2020 has been a tough year…)

However, a number of the things I said in the original shutdown post do still stand. I have other projects which are becoming a conflict for my development time, and hosting the tracker is (sadly) not free. With that in mind:

RPThreadTracker is not shutting down! But it could really use your support in the following areas.

Patreon Support

I have a Patreon for my web app development now! With Patreon, you can contribute a monthly amount of your choice to help support the site’s hosting fees and development time. If you can contribute, you will really add to the likelihood that I can keep supporting RPThreadTracker, and other applications, long-term.

You can sign up to be a Patreon patron here:

https://www.patreon.com/blackjacksoftware

Every bit of support definitely helps - and I have some perks offered in return! Definitely open to suggestions on other perks as well. (I don’t know if people, for instance, would be interested in merch with “RPThreadTracker” or my business logo on it. :D But I can make that happen.)

Even if you can’t contribute, I would very much appreciate anyone sharing this to get more eyes on it.

Development Support

RPThreadTracker is fully open-source, located in three projects on GitHub:

https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.FrontEnd https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTrackerV3.BackEnd https://github.com/blackjackkent/RPThreadTracker.BackEnd.TumblrClient I welcome anyone with development interest or experience to contribute to fixes or feature development on any of these projects. They are all furnished with documentation regarding how to set up a local development environment (ReactJS for the frontend, C# and SQL Server for the backend) and should hopefully be accessible to new developers interested in getting involved.

I will over the next few days/weeks be using the Issues tab on these projects to start collecting a list of outstanding issues and feature ideas that I have for the site, so that should be a source of ideas going forward for anyone who wants to contribute coding time. I will also be phasing out the contact form in the application in favor of redirecting users to log bug reports on GitHub as well to make it easier for contributors to address them as well as me.

Please feel free to get in touch with me if you are interested in contributing but don’t know where to start or have questions. You can also join the Discord server linked in my GitHub bio - it’s primarily oriented towards my Twitch gaming community but I also discuss programming stuff there and would love for it to be more of a forum for web development chat.

Again, Thank You

I really did not expect the support and response that came out of my previous announcement, and I hope that I can keep counting on your support in the future. Please contact me with any questions or suggestions, and best of luck in your writing adventures!

Hello, Loves! Would you like to interact with a muse who waddles in bad luck but has a hopeful outcome in life? And is in love with Duckburg’s luckiest inhabitant? Meet Linda Paper from the Disney Duck comics! Click on the little heart (like) or reblog this post! ❤

The mun behind this blog is best known as @thebandicootbombshell xo

Between Friday September 18th at sundown and Sunday September 20th at sundown in observance of Rosh Hashanah.

Between Sunday September 27th at sundown to Monday September 28th at sundown. in observance of Yom Kippur.

Between Friday, October 2nd at sundown and Sunday, October 4th at Sundown in honor of the first days of the Festival of Sukkot.

Between Friday, October 9th at sundown and October 11th at sundown in observance of the end of Sukkot, Shmini Atzeret, and Simchat Torah.

Curious how to greet your Jewish loved ones throughout these holidays and festival?  (This is ESPECIALLY important this year because so many of us feel alone– wish your friends a happy holiday!)  Hebrew and English variations are all appropriate.

“Shana Tova!” (”Happy New Year!”) – especially appropriate on Rosh Hashanah, but appropriate throughout the High Holy Day season.

“l’Shana Tova u’metuka!” (”Have a sweet and happy new year!”)  Similar to the above, especially appropriate on Rosh Hashanah, but appropriate throughout the High Holy Day season.

“Chag Sameach” (“Happy Holiday”) – appropriate on Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, and Simchat Torah

“Have a Meaningful Day”  – appropriate for Yom Kippur

continuing my trend of redesigning duck cousin love interests from the comics, i thought i would take a crack at linda paper and feather mallard, some love interests of gladstone's ! while i genuinely think gladstone's interactions with both of them in the comics are super adorable and i love the thought of him all lovestruck, i just cant resist a good "opposites attract" wlw....

Hello, Loves! Would you like to interact with a muse who waddles in bad luck but has a hopeful outcome in life? And is in love with Duckburg’s luckiest inhabitant? Meet Linda Paper from the Disney Duck comics! Click on the little heart (like) or reblog this post! ❤

The mun behind this blog is best known as @thebandicootbombshell xo

“Let’s go apple picking!”

“Oh, I love the smell of cinnamon.”

“Let’s go for a walk and take pictures of leaves.”

“Is this sweater too big on me?” / “Isn’t that sweater a little big on you?”

“Fingerless gloves make me feel powerful.”

“I have new boots and a PSL. Life is good.”

“I made you a scarf.” / “You made me a scarf?”

“This flannel is itchy.”

“My hair was made to wear beanies.”

“I want pumpkin-flavored everything.”

“Is it too early to think about my Halloween costume?”

“The trees are so pretty…”

“Ah, yes. Death is everywhere.”

“Make me hot chocolate.”

“Oh my gosh. Is that a PSL?”

“I don’t understand the Fall hype.”

“We should make a fire and cuddle.” / “We should make a fire so I can throw you in it.”

“You know what? I’m going to make a pile of leaves and jump in it.”

“This is my FAVORITE weather. The leaves are so crunchy.”

“I’M GONNA PUNCH A PUMPKIN.”

“It’s freezing in the morning and hot in the afternoon…I’m dying.”

“Autumn is when you find out who’s basic.”

“Red is your color.” / “Red is NOT your color.”

“If I see one more maple-flavored thing, I’m going to fight someone.”

Donald x Linda Paper