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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 30/05/2026

If you want to release them under some sort of license, that can be accommodated as well. The Tolkien Gateway has some examples tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Tolkien... Else there's a simple "used with permission" blurb that can be used.

Screenshot of a License section of a file on the Timescape Wiki. There's a large red copyright symbol. The text states: This work is copyrighted and owned by David Simons. However, permission has kindly been granted, by the copyright holder, to use this file on Timescape Wiki. Details of the copyright holder:
Name: David Simons
Website: ArtStation
Permission for use on the Timescape Wiki

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 26/05/2026

Theoretically users can add a css page to customize the skin on their end. Create the page (replace with your username): User:Username/citizen.css Add this to it: :root { --color-progressive-oklch__h: 70; } The "70" is the hue the skin is set to. Mess with it. Will need to hard refresh.

Screenshot of the timescape wiki with a green color tint. The browser inspector tools are open, showing a CSS variable that's being adjusted to see how different hues look.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 11/02/2026

An Epic Spell Battle happened

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 12/01/2026

Spent some time setting up a cool open source app that takes my security camera audio feed and identifies birds! It leverages BirdNET, which is the same technology used for sound ID in the Merlin app. github.com/tphakala/bir...

Screenshot of a webpage titled "BirdNet-Go". The bulk of the page is a data table showing various birds that have been identified and at what time. Below there are spectrogram images displayed for the latest bird call detections.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 24/12/2025

10/10, no notes for this Draw Steel high-level boss-fight encounter adjustments table...

Text table labeled "adjusting the encounter". The two columns are "heroes" and "adjustments". The line for 3 heroes says "remove all optacus demons and pray"

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 18/10/2025

Got to playtest @hellomcdm.bsky.social's Crows this morning. Our Apprentice Wizard accidentally caused a mosaic to turn into a giant spider instead of spawning a light. Then the giant spider fell into some magic pool and turned into an even bigger and nastier spider. Oh and someone died. 10/10

Miniatures on a grid, with a big spider.

Ttrpg minis on a grid, with a humongous spider mini.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 04/10/2025

Took me a couple games to figure out all the changes since v1.0, but I managed to get a full board clear! Will have to snag the other achievements in the future. danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper

Win screen of DungeonSweeper. Score: 365 (max 365). An achievement stamp is shown as well.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 13/08/2025

Just a small tweak to how stuff is done on timescape.wiki

Screenshot of the "recent changes" log of the Timescape Wiki. Showing nearly 100 edits to various pages by Lord_Durok

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 24/06/2025

I'm not shocked I got hate mail for having a pride flag up, and it doesn't bother me or scare me. But seeing all of my friends jump to support me, and be upset *for* me, really made me feel loved. The yard will be getting even more decorations. Love is better than hate. Take care of each other.

A printed letter.
"Dear new neighbors, how about taking down your disgusting so called pride flag and replace it with an American Flag as the previous owners proudly displayed. Your Christian and morally straight neighbors would appreciate it. Most folks in this area do not support your cause or philosophy. Thank you. The [redacted] area neighbors."

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 18/06/2025

If you've seen @mattcolville.bsky.social's Cry Havoc streams (run by @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social ) you've seen some of Seamus's Owlbear Rodeo extensions in action!

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 30/04/2025

All incoming packages go through a rigorous inspection. @hellomcdm.bsky.social

A very floofy brown dog with a black forehead and snout has his head shoved into an opened box containing unfolded bubble wrap. A smaller box nestled in the bubblewrap has "MCDM" printed on it, and a small slip of paper is resting atop it that states the container was packaged and shipped by Quartermaster Logistics.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 31/01/2025

Fun fact, you can get around the character limit by sending an embedded message via a bot. Embedded messages have a character limit of 6000.

Embedded Lorum Ipsum message in discord, with more than 5000 characters

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 29/01/2025

Veterans of that battle still have an icon next to their name in the discord!

Sprite styled flag of the Chain of Acheron, text next to it says r/Place 2022 Defenders

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 20/01/2025

Attempt #6, managed to clear the entire board finally. I can slumber now @thewillyboo.bsky.social. danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper

Screenshot of dragonsweeper game, entire minefield is cleared out and the dragon is defeated.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 17/01/2025

I made the best bonsai tree!

Completed game of Bonsai. Two bonsai trees are shown built out of hexagon tiles, with various game cards spread around a table.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 02/01/2025

Draw Steel is great because you can randomly open your notebook three months later to see "Forbidden Lore" scrawled at the top of a page and get really intrigued for a moment.

Top left portion of a gridded notebook page. Hastily written in purple ink is:
"Forbidden Lore
Reason + Magic roll
240 project points"
Beneath the notebook a blank Draw Steel character sheet is peeking out.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 20/12/2024

Always fun to hit this button

Discord message saying "hold up! By using @everyone, you are about to mention 10,000+ people. Are you sure?" with buttons to edit the message or send it.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 08/12/2024

Time for a pizza and then slumber.

John wearing a blue coat inside a pizza shop.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 07/12/2024

I have been watching this game for 10 minutes and I still have no clue how to tell who is winning.

Photo of people playing a boardgame called Darwin's Journey

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 04/12/2024

I'm sure nothing bad will happen while we cross this totally normal, not spooky looking, bridge.

Screenshot of a battlemap. Four heroes are on one side of a wooden bridge spanning a chasm. There is a green hue overlaid atop the entire scene.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 22/11/2024

Varjak can still be contained with his baby pen, even though he is humongous now and could just step over it. (He has a bigger one, this one is just for bedroom naps)

A large Belgian Tervuren dog standing in a small X-pen. The dog is much taller than the pen walls; his head and neck are over the wall and outside the pen bounds. His ears are up, and his tongue is hanging out of his mouth, tail is mid-wag.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 19/11/2024

I sparked quite the debate in discord today...

Message from John - Lord_Durok (he/they). "If you use an ability that grants everyone +2 damage on attacks targeting a specific monster. Is that: 'A' a PC buff, 'B' a monster debuff?" 27 people reacted with 'A', 32 people reacted with 'B', 6 people reacted with a blob sweating emoji.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 22/11/2023

Tis the season for writing letters and cards.

A plain beige envelope. A silver wax seal with an intricate lotus mandala has fixed it shut.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 16/10/2023

I got away from the Internet the other week for vacation.

Me, facing away from the camera overlooking a sunset across a lake.

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 07/08/2023

The hardest issue I'm running into with westmarch game is making it less intimidating for potential new players. Even knowing that the game is setup so you don't need to know what's happened in past sessions, I assume it's still intimidating to see a huge map...

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 01/08/2023

This cool thing I sorta helped with released today, you may have heard of it. "Flee Mortals" by MCDM. 339 monster stats, plus more goodies. Been using them for my westmarches game and they've been a killer hit. mcdm.gg/FleeMortals

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John Champion @lorddurok.com · 25/07/2023

What did I write for the last place... You may know me as Lord_Durok. I'm a mix of software developer, community manager, and general nerd. You probably know be because I do community management work for MCDM Productions. My Westmarches game Emergence has been my ADHD fixation lately.

A hex map with mostly "?" tiles, but a few revealed plains, forest, and hill hexes with a dotted line drawing a path from staircase labled "Glass Tombs" to an location marker that says "Party"

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