Sedjwick

Walking Down Memory Lane (Harry Potter Role Play)

Laying claim to Transfiguration. I should have a character sheet up soon-ish.

"Gaming" laptop on a college budget?

Thanks for the tips. I've looked over your suggestions, and I think I'm gonna go with a newer version of the Acer Nitro 5 that has a 1 TB SSD plus an additional 1 TB HDD. It's a bit more expensive than the ones you mentioned, but I have enough money in my savings account to justify the expenditure, I think. Once it shows up and I've seen how it works, maybe I'll post here again and let you know what I think, but for now, thank you for the help.

"Gaming" laptop on a college budget?

@BrokenPromiseUnfortunately, I move between home and college on a regular basis, so a desktop isn't really a good option for me as it would be a major hassle to transport, not to mention the fact that the dorms here don't exactly have room for a desktop computer and my laptop rig, so something more portable really is the best option for me.
As for games, like I said, I'm not really a hardcore gamer. Most of my stuff is retro games that have been fixed to be able to run on the newer systems, such as the re-release of the Myst series or the older Tomb Raider games (the more recent ones don't look to be quite my style, and are way more graphic than I would prefer). As for other more recent games, I don't have a whole lot of experience with what's available due to using Linux for the past few years.
@BeeLooks good, but is there a comparable model that has an SSD? I rather prefer the stability of a solid state drive to the traditional hard disk drive.

Also, a general question: can the new versions of Windows still run DOS games? I've been meaning to finish Castle of the Winds for some time now, and it ran fine up to Windows 7, but I'm not sure if it will still run on the newer versions. This isn't a sticking point for me getting a new comp, but I'm curious.

A New Harry Potter Role Play

Is this basically the same thing you tried some months ago? Anyway, interested again. I'm thinking of taking Charms or Transfiguration spot, not sure which one yet.

"Gaming" laptop on a college budget?

To be clear, I'm not really a hardcore gamer type, especially as far as more recent games go, but there are certain games that I would like to be able to play, but my current laptop isn't much good for gaming, mainly on account of it running Linux (about which I have absolutely no regrets, mind you).
So, basically, what I'm looking for is a relatively inexpensive laptop (preferably somewhere within a few hundred dollars, if that's realistic) that has reasonably good graphics and sound quality, a good amount of hard drive space, and runs Windows (obviously). Also, a built-in CD/DVD/blu-ray drive would be a nice feature, but I know that's becoming rare these days (not quite sure why since CDs/etc. don't seem to be going away anytime soon, but that's neither here nor there).
So, do any of you peeps have any helpful suggestions?

The Marauders (2018)

@Zoey White I'm as lost as @Akayaofthemoon and @Esailia seem to be. I have absolutely no idea what you're going on about.

Heroes of Camp Half-Blood: Waking Darkness

If we do decide to continue/reboot this RP, having read the books will also be helpful to participating in this RP, but I'm not sure if we're deciding to continue/reboot this or not.

Heroes of Camp Half-Blood: Waking Darkness

I'm pretty sure it was Diet Coke, but I don't think it was actually restricted to just Diet Coke. I think it was just anything as long as it wasn't wine/anything else with alcohol.

Also, I'm all up for continuing/rebooting this.

Heroes of Camp Half-Blood: Waking Darkness

Isaac woke up early in the morning as always. He got out of bed and dressed, strapping a sheath for his knife onto his belt. He then grabbed a pack with a few changes of clothes, a small canteen of nectar, a bag of ambrosia, and a few golden drachmas. He checked to make sure he had everything, then shouldered the pack, put a wide-brimmed fedora on his head, then walked over to Hecate's cabin. He rapped sharply on the door, then waited to be let in.

The Marauders (2018)

Valanx looked over the printout from the analysis of the powder. It was a strange mix of carbon-based compounds as well as some unknown materials. Maybe if he could isolate the unknown substance he would be able to analyze it more closely, but with it being indistinguishable from the carbon-based compounds at the macroscopic level, isolating it would take a long time, much longer than the half hour he had before the meeting the captain had suddenly called. Well, he could at least look up some of the files on the hard drive before the meeting. He looked up at the monitor. Navigating through a few of the files, he found that the cryo-pod had been meant to sustain an adult female human, Rendyl Manenson by name, age 26. If that was the girl they had found in the pod, she was awfully small for an adult, at least in Valanx's experience with the human species. Navigating to another file, he found the specs for the pod, including that it had been built on Earth, in a place called the United States. It also listed an unusually high level of electromagnetic protection for the pod. That was all he had time to find out before he needed to head to the docking bay lounge for the meeting.

He entered the lounge and sat down on one of the couches. Their demolitions expert, pilot, and engineer were already there, but the captain and the rest of the crew hadn't arrived yet.