Round 16, Hour 39

[lolmac]

Good morning or whatever!  I have a cup of morning.  Have one too.

I see that the motorcycle space pirates didn't manage to clear out the Russian Cheese mafia entirely.  Yes, LJ is under a fresh wave of more or less constant attack.  And we are writing fic anyway!  Hah!  That'll show them!

Seriously, we knew when we picked this weekend that it might be dodgy.  So we'll post as we can in spite of the storms!

For those who might be interested, this is from a Friday post by LJ:

"As is obvious, we've been dealing with more DDoS issues. The latest attack has been focused on a single journal, in an obvious attempt to bait us into suspending it. If they were really upset about this journal, they would probably have more luck contacting abuse than attacking our service."

They also posted a map of the current attacks:  Big Scary Map

So, enough Serious Stuff.  Srsly!  Who's awake, still online, still writing in spite of the best efforts of the Bad Guys to knock us offline and make us shut up?

Comments

[insertcode11.livejournal.com]

*pokes LJ warily* It seems to be doing better...

I'm here! /o/

Wrote a bit last hour but mostly ate breakfast. Leftover Surprise. Where I cut up whatever leftover meat is in the fridge and scramble it with eggs and soy sauce.

I can be such a man sometimes. >.>

Right. Pleased with my progress! (I mean, I could ALWAYS go faster, but I'm mostly pleased, though I'm not going to sign up for another big bang unless they perfect cloning. I need two of me to write this fic.)

[lolmac]

We're good at support here, but we haven't managed cloning yet.

[insertcode11.livejournal.com]

Which is just really too bad. You guys need to be more technologically advanced. Or something. *nod*

[lolmac]

Well, you're now one of Us Guys now, aren't you? So get on it! You can repurpose Engine-X, now that JJPor's been rescued.

[floren8.livejournal.com]

Lj seems to be better then it was last night! We're holding on against the Russian Mafia! :D

Heh, I'll also think twice about doing this again next year (not sure I'll be able to resist anyway) ;)

[lolmac]

Woohoo! Is it time for more magical writerly pasta yet? It might be a bit early.

Maybe magical writerly pizza. Cold pizza is a breakfast food.

[lolmac]

Won't the people behind you on the couch be correct? Still, looking at pictures is not writing. I speak from experience, having spent far too much time on several 'rushes looking at pictures. *nods wisely*

[lolmac]

Yes!! For Science! Science!!

[insertcode11.livejournal.com]

But those pics are oh so sparkly. I gotta admit that I was actually almost getting tired of them. There's like ten more new pics each time I check my friends page. XD

[floren8.livejournal.com]

The space pirates are going for another attack soon, hopefully this will keep the Russian Cheese Mafia away for another hour! :D

Wrote only 200 words this last hour, but I have a plan for the rest of the chapter in my head, so I think I might finish it still today *nods*

[insertcode11.livejournal.com]

Good for you!! /o/ :)

[lolmac]

Good going!

[a-q.livejournal.com]

I'm out of little chocolate eggs, so writing has slowed down considerably... Maybe some coffee to get things going again?

[lolmac]

Try mocha. That covers all bases.

I can offer you virtual chocolate, but you might need to resupply with the real stuff. After all, we have ten hours to go still! You don't want to be out of essential supplies this early!

[a-q.livejournal.com]

Right? Excellent point right there! Blargh, how did I manage to make coffee this bad? *pours more sugar*
Ah, better. Now if I could only get my protagonist to co-operate and start doing what I want her to do... As in, follow the plot I have carefully crafted, dammit! :D

[lolmac]

Darn those uppity characters. Does she need a sandbox?

[a-q.livejournal.com]

Sandbox...Huh. Never thought of that, but maybe that does the trick!
Or I just turn the fic into a weird crackfic, that could be awesome too :D