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I agree; Archie is a terrible mapper.
He's probably the worst.

"I can't feed you the bullshit about how you'll come out stronger. In my experience, one of the best ways to cope with rock bottom is to understand... it's going to happen again."

A good friend had this to say when I was mildly considering suicide a few months ago. I'm not even sure if it applies to you, but it helped me.

I actually used this with friends a few months back but never said anything.
Colossal win on this one.

Not feeling motivated to work for a company that kind of stabbed you in the back isn't so bad. Sorry it had to happen to you.

Why thank you.

Congrats, Archie.
Have another drink.

Did you mean for that to be an analogy to smoking? It sounds like an analogy.

"I ask because doing drugs is the maximum level of retardedness a person can reach in my book."
Using vs. abusing.
I used to think people hate "drugs" because there's something inherently morally wrong with feeling high. Then I actually thought about it. There isn't.
The umbrella term "drugs" is really far, far too vague.

"Why smoke? Stupidest thing you could do."
Edit: No, jumping off a cliff is much more stupid.

Cigarrettes are probably one of the worst things on the planet.
They smell terrible, they taste terrible, and they make YOU smell terrible. The buzz you get from them is also very minimal.

If you're going to smoke tobacco I'd really suggest just using a hookah--even if they're waaaay overhyped in the States now. As far as tobacco goes, hookah shisha is generally "healthier" than cigarette tobacco (no preservatives, etc.). The sheer volume of smoke you take in sort of offsets that, though. Regardless, it tastes great, gets you a nice buzz, is easy to breathe in, and doesn't leave anything smelling like shit.

Not that I really encourage smoking, but if you're going to do it you shouldn't waste your time with cigarettes.

Edit: Cigars and cigarettes are totally different, actually. As others have already said, cigars are all about flavor. You smoke a cigar for the taste--you actually don't even breathe the smoke into your lungs with cigars. Cigarettes, on the other hand, are all about the buzz--no flavor(generally speaking).

I sympathize with your client.
I also often find myself frustrated at being in two points of time at once.

It's probably that they liked Shephard's role in the HL universe, and they would like to see more of his role.

@Penguin: Noodles are almost never in American Chinese Food. Meat and vegetables (usually bell peppers, onions, or broccoli) smothered with copious amounts of sauce are the norm. You usually get rice in those little boxes, though.

Is Chinese food in Great Britain culturally authentic Chinese food, or is it the same sort of thing we have in the States?

Just zoom in and keep an idea of how thick the line is supposed to be

I mean drawing 2 vector lines at both edges of a black line that you're tracing, then using the fill tool to fill in the space in between. This is opposed to drawing one vector line that follows your outline, then using the stroke tool to trace.

They're definitely getting exponentially better over time, even if they're traces.
I cringed at that first one, but the third one is pretty great

I'd also recommend making vectors with "double lines" instead of one line that follows the outline.

Honestly, I think you do.
You just don't want to acknowledge it because you have some preconceived notion that you shouldn't like it.
In any case, it's pretty clear that you have some kind of overwhelming fascination with brostep.

I didn't see that this is part of an ongoing project.
Very cool!

Kinda looks like a hybrid of Pikmin and Mario.

Did you build this from scratch?

Midnight Request Line is one of the quintessential tracks for the entire genre. Great track.

I'd recommend looking into Martyn if you like something a little more laid back, or Datsik if you want to stick to the harder side.

PS: Kill Everybody is technically electro house

Didn't Nightfire use Goldsrc?

Congrats!
Now... I've been out of the loop for a while, so where did those spiffy HEV arms come from?

I thought it was funny, at least.
All of the mapping "mistakes" are so true.

1-unit walls sticking too far out? Vertices that don't actually line up? 45-degree ramps? Doors with no lip? Placing massive models that just clip through the ceiling? Holes poorly carved into textures with a picture of a hole? Arbitrary environment changes? Level transitions that don't spawn the player in the right spot? Mapping on a 64-unit grid?
That's funny because every new mapper does that shit. It's not the most clever thing in the world, but I thought it was pretty funny.

@Strider: Foregone destruction is textbook DnB. Fantastic song, the version from UT3 is my favorite.
The other two are some kind of breakbeat, not quite DnB because they're too slow and there's absolutely no emphasis on bass. I'm not very well-versed in subgenres of breakbeat, though.
There's no elements that are unique to dubstep in any of those, though. And if anyone is saying there is, slap them with a fish.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep
The very last section of the Wikipedia page actually says exactly what I said about "brostep." Funny.

@Strider: In short, there's sort of an old school and new school dubstep. The subgenres seem damn near endless, but "traditional" vs "brostep" are among the most common umbrella terms. Either way, 99% of the time you'll be listening to something around the 140BPM/70BPM range.

Traditional dubstep sticks to the oldest roots of dubstep--that includes influences from jungle (the predecessor of DnB), reggae, and 2-step hip hop. The focus is on a complex 2-step drum beat and a melodic bassline, but there might not actually be a clearly defined melody--the focus is on rhythm over melody. It's very relaxed, sometimes to the point of being ambient. Wobble is also significantly less prevalent, but might still be present.
Some popular examples:
Vex'd - Fallen Remix (original by Distance)
Shackleton - Blood on my Hands
Sukh Knight - Diesel Not Petrol
Notice the complex drums and basslines and how they form rhythms of their own, without being dependent on an overlying melody. Any midrange or treble just supplements the drums and bassline.
Some of the bigger names in this area are Skream, Distance, Martyn, and Digital Mystikz.

"Brostep," as it's come to be called, is the harder side of dubstep that's emerged since producers started taking influences from harder DnB genres like neurofunk. Think Skrillex, Rusko, or even Bassnectar. Like traditional, we're still looking at a 2-step drum pattern with an emphasis on heavy basslines, but the focus is more on melody than rhythm--drums are usually going to be much simpler(like just a bass drum on beat 1 and a snare on beat 3). The actual bassline might just be a sub-bass compliment to a midrange or treble melody. Sludgey sounds, mechanical sounds, screechy sounds, and other sound styles are very popular.
Some popular examples:
Downlink - Gamma Ray
Flux Pavilion - Gold Dust Remix (original by DJ Fresh)
Rusko - Woo Boost
Notice the simpler drums and basslines in favor of clearly defined melodies. Also notice how the bassline is usually just the melody toned down a few octaves.
Some of the bigger names in this area are Skrillex, Datsik, Downlink, Excision, and Rusko.

Those are two extremes, of course. Obviously it gets more complex, but you get the gist.
THE MORE YOU KNOW!

HOWEVER I won't argue that too many people insist on calling every single song ever "dubstep." These are the same people that think a wobble makes a song dubstep by default, even when it clearly isn't dubstep.

You already expect whatever we give you to suck going in. You're going to tell yourself it sucks regardless of what you're listening to. You're also actually taking offense to other people liking dubstep, which is just mindblowing.

There's no reasoning with people like you.

Edit: You also have some nerve, calling Archie narrow minded when you are outright insisting that one of the broadest genres of music today has no merit.

FREE BEER!
...
tomorrow.

I'm with Madcow on this one.
Why are you licking your father's armpit crystal?

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That really depends on whether you feel it was culturally insensitive or just stupid.

Did it star Hugh Raurie?
BADUM TISH

Also, if you're going to make a journal about this, at least provide us with some kind of semi-proper review. What's the film even about? Who are the characters?

Jump-at-you scares, also known as bullshit cheap scares, are neither fun nor remotely immersive.

YOUR SEASONS ARE WRONG.

My joke was not well-received.

Wait a minute...
That popcorn bucket sure does look odd.

Edit: Website broke.

You have shirts?

Wouldn't that be nice

Most people don't avoid checkpoints.

Archie, you know Luke is IEMC, right? Never mind, I missed the 2 on the end.
If Jimmi changed his name, that's news to me. I always thought he just left.

Random, inactive old timers:
-Habboi
-Ministeve
-Rowleybob
-BrattyLord
-Jaardsi (and his zombie mod that he never finished)
-Bllwnkl (first person to help me with a mapping problem)
-JB
-Vassy
-Tlax (Timefall)
-Craash40
-Marlborometal
-Dizzy Devil
-RacerX
-The 6th Monkey
-Esmajor (who am I kidding, this guy will probably pop up again in the near future)
-Steinen