#SteemMonsters, #Chibera, and now #Steempunk. It seems like I'm doing the rounds of all of the Steem-powered games at the moment! I'm learning about the whole Steem ecosystem as quickly as I can, and one part that particularly inspires me is the whole concept of being able to earn crypto by just playing games. That comes more naturally to me than even writing blog posts does. I was never really much of a blogger, as such. Sure, I've had my fair share of Wordpress sites in the past, on a variety of subjects, (mainly cyberpsychology, cybersecurity, and online-presence related blogs), and being able to earn crypto here from blogging is wonderful, don't get me wrong. But my mindset is such that ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐๐, whereas, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ = ๐๐๐. That is why I am so looking forward to seeing the gameplay elements of SteemMonsters and Chibera!
Yesterday 
I have had a bit to do with the steampunk subgenre in the past. The small inset picture in my post thumbnail here is actually me, at the height of my steampunk days. There we go, so for all those who were curious; that is what I looked like a few years ago, albeit in steampunk costume. I think that photo is from around 2011 or so. I was at the inaugural steampunk meetup at M.O.T.A.T. in Western Springs, Auckland in 2011, and I attended several other steampunk events, such as the meetup at Pukemiro Junction, where the Auckland steampunks first met up with the Hamilton crowd. I own a few collectible items from Dr. Grordbort's collection of commercially-produced steampunk paraphenalia, and I have crafted/upcycled a few items myself over the years from scrap. I still have a rather large wooden tripod out in my back yard, now collecting vines, but which was once the base of a steampunk-inspired laser canon. ๐
I haven't delved too deeply yet into the world of Steempunk.net, but I see there are two character classes at present: the Adventurers and the Aristocrats. I would really like to try out a Technomage character, but that character class hasn't been released yet, and it still may not, as there is no official word on this yet. So for now I think I prefer the Adventurers.
๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐'๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ , ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐พ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐...
๐ฐ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ - ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐จ๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ , ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐บ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ด๐ท๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ-๐ต๐ฌ๐ป'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐จ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐! ๐
โ Steempunk.net (PCSG).
That sounds like a bit of me! I haven't decided on a name for my character yet, nor a backstory. All I have so far is a bit of a sketch here. I generated this image using the DollDivine.com flash-based steampunk male character generator called "Lord Stevan Aristocrat". Note: that is the name of the character generator tool itself, and not the name of my new character, haha. My character here is wearing some fairly typical middle-class clothing, and the broach on his chest suggests that he aspires to better his current socio-economic status. But basically he's a guttersnipe, decorating his outfit with all manner of accoutrement and mismatched hand-me-downs.
My own former steampunk persona was a bit of a rarity. Rather than the common professions of mad scientist, pirate, airship captain, tinker, socialite, etc, my persona was an "๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐", that is, a minor government official who investigates temporal anomalies. At the time I was heavily influenced by the television series Primeval, haha. I don't know enough about the setting of Steempunk.net to get a handle on the types of professions that would be worthwhile pursuing in this game, but I'll continue reading voraciously, before I start creating my character in the game.
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