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so, geek time: i'm trying to figure out a formula for damage per second in world of warcraft for poisons.

for instant poisons it's pretty easy: chance to hit, times damage, divided by speed of weapon. so for a poison with a 20% hit chance, 105 damage, and a weapon with 2.7 sec speed, the average damage per second is 7.778

however, for poison over time, it's more difficult. for example, a poison with a 30% chance to hit, 80 damage over 12 seconds, and a 2.7 sec weapon speed. having written it all out (based on the stats, on average it goes off every nine seconds, which means average 8 seconds of nothing, 9 seconds of 6.667 damage, then three seconds of 13.332 damage (as it goes off again, stacking with the first dot), then 6 secs of 6.667 dam, blah blah blah) i know that the average damage per second is 8.066. but how do i make a formula for that?

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in other news, i made a kimono. after this con i might rip the bottom open enough to sew a back seam, because i completely forgot about it and i'm sure *someone* will notice. okay, so they won't, but it still bothers me.
it's a lot harder to fold kimono without the crease lines years of folding the kimono exactly the same way create. also i curved the neck to make it more comfortable, and now it doesn't fold right. bah.

millia rage costume is almost done, only need to trim threads, tack down buckles, and SWEAR VIOLENTLY BECAUSE THINGS DON'T WORK THE WAY THEY SHOULD. ie, i can't go down stairs with the boot covers on the way they're currently designed, due to ankle flexing and lack of boot cover flexing. so i'm shortening them a little and hoping that'll work. the armtights are so not turning out as cool as i want them to be, due to me being completely incompetent when it comes to working with stretchy fabric. so i'm doing a halfassed job and calling it good enough. may or may not decide to improve them in the future.

garden is not dead yet. i count this as a victory.

after the con, i will have two new things to take up my time: figuring out how to do shingen takeda's oni mask, and actually going to the gym every once in a while. stupid gym. stupid girl scout cookies, why must you be so delicious?

we cleaned off the top of my dresser, put some climbable things on it, and let the chinchilla have at it. she got so excited that she'd jump up in the air and wiggle every once in a while instead of just turning a corner like a normal animal. also polished wood is not the surface chinchilla paws are designed to have traction on, so if she got going too fast she'd just slide over to where ever she wanted to go. i'm not sure how the hell she was steering, but she did pretty well.

next con: shingen takeda, kunoichi, jedi. and putting a bow on the back of da qiao's jacket because yueying.net didn't post the 360° picture until after i finished the costume. dynasty warriors 5 came out so i could do something from that, but shingen takeda is just too cool not to try before he gets too out of date.


i really want to make a kimono for me (the one i made was for stark), but i like the fancy ones with the painted design around the bottom, and i don't know anyone who can do that sort of silk painting.. everyone i know does abstract watercolor wash type things, not sharp designs like that.


also, i still like stark. in case you were wondering.