I really enjoyed this. It was a good length and felt very Half-Lifey. Nice use of the textures, thanks for the credit
Brushwork is a bit blocky and there are a few glitchy bits, mostly with clipping but mine was exactly the same due to rushing. You seem to have gotten very good at mapping very quickly!
Commented 12 years ago2012-01-01 00:11:30 UTC
in news: Happy New Year!Comment #99981
Heh, not my room, striker - but yeah, no window. Gotta love dedo lights for those awesome attachments to add patterns to their beams. Only people on the list are those of whom I could find a real-life photo of. Except discostu because his aforementioned anonymity is something I still find funny. I tried to track him down through one of his photos metadata and it lead me to the wrong bloody continent.
"It really captures the feeling of the original Half-Life."
Exclusive Video Review
Bottom Line:
One of the best standalone maps I've ever had the pleasure of playing with an entertaining mix of puzzles and combat which instantly reminded me of why Half-Life was brilliant in the first place. With a bit of back story and a greater sense of purpose this would be just about perfect.Download it.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-31 22:46:56 UTC
in news: Happy New Year!Comment #99972
I have never been so offended, Moaby! There is nothing stereotypical about an Australian who wears a hat at a jaunty angle, enjoys cheap lager, has a mallet for crushing possums and uses the phrase "code kangaroo Sheila nineteen" while sitting in a room with only one ridiculously powerful spotlight.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-28 21:44:44 UTC
in journal: #7537Comment #43270
Imagine you woke up with a spare throat. You went to cut it out but it was the wrong one, you started bleeding everywhere and going dizzy. You'd be like that: "This shouldn't actually be happening anyway".
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-28 21:40:53 UTC
in journal: #7539Comment #63866
Hah, I find it quite surprising that you had to read that David Tennant is Scottish, but then I guess I'm so used to the main British accents that I can detect their differences very easily.
Also lol, what sort of question is that? Do many people look like me? Uhhh...
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-28 21:16:26 UTC
in journal: #7539Comment #63865
David Tennant was indeed the best Doctor. He didn't act it - he became it. Glad to see people outside the UK enjoying it. Have you come to the Weeping Statues episodes yet? Best ever, and fucking terrifying. Also be prepared to fall in love with Karen Gillan, one of Scotland's greatest exports.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-28 19:34:36 UTC
in journal: #7537Comment #43269
Office to yourself?
Lick something obscure that you couldn't lick in a public setting. Neil's monitor? Licked. Accounting's stapler? Licked. That box in the boss's office that nobody knows what it contains? Licked.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-25 16:10:23 UTC
in journal: #7529Comment #45444
only £75 (~$120 USD)
and "cans" is an extremely commonly used term for headphones in Sound Engineering, TV & Broadcast and DJing. Very surprised you haven't seen it used before.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-19 06:20:25 UTC
in journal: #7514Comment #62305
We've had many conversations and you're a really nice bloke. Just have the confidence to use your online chatty charismatic self in real life.
Well, maybe not when they're 15...
The infallible rule for men is you can date someone who is (half your age) + 7. e.g. I am 20. Half that is 10. Plus 7 is 17. The youngest girl I can date is 17. Works 100% of the time.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-16 22:12:06 UTC
in journal: #7510Comment #45425
Unfortunately pretty much the only work available to me as a camera op at the moment is boring interview stuff so I need to make it clear that I can compose good looking static interview shots. I'm aware they kinda suck the pace out of the reel but I kinda had to include them :<
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Commented 12 years ago2011-12-09 00:24:59 UTC
in journal: #7502Comment #50778
I think the most amazing thing about that photo is how straight the smoke is going. Really shows how windy it was that it's not dropping or rising at all. Hot air currents are no match for dat wind
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-08 22:21:46 UTC
in journal: #7502Comment #50777
Hurricane Bawbag almost killed me today. No joke.
Left the house at 7am, 2 hours of disrupted public transport later and I'm walking the remainder of the journey to college next to a main road. Huge gust of wind blows me and 3 other people straight onto the road. Literally could do nothing to stop it and if I wasn't so shit-scared it would have been an incredible experience being literally lifted up by the wind.
Luckily the driver approaching at speed was on-the-ball, because he emergency stopped and nobody got hurt.
Amazingly after that I arrived at college, happy to alive and indoors only to be told 30 mins later that they were going to close the college for health and safety reasons. Fucking exceptional. 3 hours back home.
I think the record gust was 185mph today up in the Shetlands. We only had 100mph in Glasgow, but that's a fuck when you're in it. Horizontal hail stones didn't help.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-06 05:42:29 UTC
in journal: #7497Comment #43228
I don't think anybody is denying that it's a fucking disgusting act - filming it in particular.
When he gets caught his life will be utterly ruined by a crippling fine and jail time, which is an extremely harsh - though in my opinion justified - punishment.
There's no debate to be had here. Dude does something sick. Dude will be punished severely. Crollo is just stirring up shit for the sake of stirring up shit, as per usual. Notice in particular the way skals made a fairly reasonable post and Crollo twisted it to such an extent that he managed to interpret that Skals was somehow suggesting that if a member of his family was killed it wouldn't matter.
Fundamental proof that pretty much everything Crollo writes is utter drivel.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-05 02:27:10 UTC
in journal: #7497Comment #43227
I can't believe I'm even bothering to respond since you must be trolling again, yet here I am.
Thirty grand is higher than the average yearly salary. It's hardly a "small fine". Half a year in prison as well? Yes, I do think he'd give a shit. And he deserves the punishment absolutely.
As for him being scot-free at the moment, how could you possibly wire your brain to make you think that's a valid argument for "the government letting these people get off so easy." Because he's not been found yet he's being let off easily and it's the government's fault?
Will you please stop finding the retard-angle of every fucking topic on this site? Despite what you might think, it's not actually necessary to have a totally idiotic opinion of everything for balance or whatever excuse you reason to yourself with.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-05 00:46:26 UTC
in journal: #7496Comment #45414
"Do you use any 3rd-party apps to change the look/feel/use of your phone archie? if so what?" None aside from widgets on my home screen. It might be Samsung's colour scheme or something pre-installed. Not sure.
"So she replied to that?" Yes, but the conversation stops being funny as I realise it's the hot one of the two options and I try to get back in.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-04 15:35:04 UTC
in journal: #7495Comment #50765
couple of things:
1. You can't install a new OS without losing all your programs. A non-destructive OS install will keep your files, not programs. The registry would get all fucked up if the programs were kept.
2. Why, why oh why oh why, WHY were your maps and custom textures in your PROGRAM FILES folder? God damn.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-04 15:31:48 UTC
in journal: #7494Comment #51403
I dunno, I'm still of a mixed opinion. I think they've dumbed down the story a bit too much, even though I like the plot itself. Spoilers inbound:
I don't think they ever should have shown Shane killing Otis. I think it would have been a far more interesting plot point if you only had Dale's accusations to go on and you were never sure if he actually did it or not. Keeps the viewer guessing and would certainly get the series a lot more discussion online as people debated whether or not he did it.
There're a few example of that throughout the series - where something would have been better left as something more subtle or hidden.
Gonna keep watching, but yeah, not 100% taken with it.
Nice use of the textures, thanks for the credit
Brushwork is a bit blocky and there are a few glitchy bits, mostly with clipping but mine was exactly the same due to rushing. You seem to have gotten very good at mapping very quickly!
May your 2012 be filled with much disco, some boogie and possibly even some funk.
Only people on the list are those of whom I could find a real-life photo of. Except discostu because his aforementioned anonymity is something I still find funny. I tried to track him down through one of his photos metadata and it lead me to the wrong bloody continent.
Skals:
I never said there wouldn't be.
Texturing — 8.8
Ambience — 9.9
Lighting — 8.5
Gameplay — 8.5
"It really captures the feeling of the original Half-Life."
Exclusive Video Review
Bottom Line:
One of the best standalone maps I've ever had the pleasure of playing with an entertaining mix of puzzles and combat which instantly reminded me of why Half-Life was brilliant in the first place. With a bit of back story and a greater sense of purpose this would be just about perfect.Download it.Bonus #1
Boner #2
Skals:
What videos?
There is nothing stereotypical about an Australian who wears a hat at a jaunty angle, enjoys cheap lager, has a mallet for crushing possums and uses the phrase "code kangaroo Sheila nineteen" while sitting in a room with only one ridiculously powerful spotlight.
Luke: Interesting thought.
Thanks for the comments, guys! I wonder what it's all about...
Legitimately analyse your life and what you're doing with it.
FAO Confused TWHLers: Urby is half-Scottish, allegedly.
Also lol, what sort of question is that? Do many people look like me? Uhhh...
Glad to see people outside the UK enjoying it. Have you come to the Weeping Statues episodes yet? Best ever, and fucking terrifying.
Also be prepared to fall in love with Karen Gillan, one of Scotland's greatest exports.
Lick something obscure that you couldn't lick in a public setting. Neil's monitor? Licked.
Accounting's stapler? Licked.
That box in the boss's office that nobody knows what it contains? Licked.
and "cans" is an extremely commonly used term for headphones in Sound Engineering, TV & Broadcast and DJing. Very surprised you haven't seen it used before.
round 2
Put your tower on the floor and put the secondary monitor somewhere sensible and level with the primary one.
Well, maybe not when they're 15...
The infallible rule for men is you can date someone who is (half your age) + 7.
e.g. I am 20. Half that is 10. Plus 7 is 17. The youngest girl I can date is 17. Works 100% of the time.
I truly think this should have got in the top 3, but that's not to say the winners weren't deserving. This must have been a real tough one to judge.
"Hurricane Bawbag" is just Scotland being Scotland. I think you'd have to live here to understand.
Left the house at 7am, 2 hours of disrupted public transport later and I'm walking the remainder of the journey to college next to a main road.
Huge gust of wind blows me and 3 other people straight onto the road. Literally could do nothing to stop it and if I wasn't so shit-scared it would have been an incredible experience being literally lifted up by the wind.
Luckily the driver approaching at speed was on-the-ball, because he emergency stopped and nobody got hurt.
Amazingly after that I arrived at college, happy to alive and indoors only to be told 30 mins later that they were going to close the college for health and safety reasons. Fucking exceptional. 3 hours back home.
I think the record gust was 185mph today up in the Shetlands. We only had 100mph in Glasgow, but that's a fuck when you're in it. Horizontal hail stones didn't help.
Excellent photo btw:
A wind turbine's generator literally explodes due to being overworked.
When he gets caught his life will be utterly ruined by a crippling fine and jail time, which is an extremely harsh - though in my opinion justified - punishment.
There's no debate to be had here. Dude does something sick. Dude will be punished severely.
Crollo is just stirring up shit for the sake of stirring up shit, as per usual. Notice in particular the way skals made a fairly reasonable post and Crollo twisted it to such an extent that he managed to interpret that Skals was somehow suggesting that if a member of his family was killed it wouldn't matter.
Fundamental proof that pretty much everything Crollo writes is utter drivel.
Ignore it as best you can.
You have a beautiful family and I wish you a very merry holiday & new year
Thirty grand is higher than the average yearly salary. It's hardly a "small fine".
Half a year in prison as well? Yes, I do think he'd give a shit. And he deserves the punishment absolutely.
As for him being scot-free at the moment, how could you possibly wire your brain to make you think that's a valid argument for "the government letting these people get off so easy."
Because he's not been found yet he's being let off easily and it's the government's fault?
Will you please stop finding the retard-angle of every fucking topic on this site? Despite what you might think, it's not actually necessary to have a totally idiotic opinion of everything for balance or whatever excuse you reason to yourself with.
"he faces six months in jail and a fine of $30,500"
None aside from widgets on my home screen. It might be Samsung's colour scheme or something pre-installed. Not sure.
"So she replied to that?"
Yes, but the conversation stops being funny as I realise it's the hot one of the two options and I try to get back in.
Yes.
"Heh heh. So how'd that turn out?"
Well. wiggles eyebrows suggestively
"What texting app is that or is it standard for you phone? beluga?"
Standard android gingerbread
1. You can't install a new OS without losing all your programs. A non-destructive OS install will keep your files, not programs. The registry would get all fucked up if the programs were kept.
2. Why, why oh why oh why, WHY were your maps and custom textures in your PROGRAM FILES folder? God damn.
Spoilers inbound:
I don't think they ever should have shown Shane killing Otis. I think it would have been a far more interesting plot point if you only had Dale's accusations to go on and you were never sure if he actually did it or not. Keeps the viewer guessing and would certainly get the series a lot more discussion online as people debated whether or not he did it.
There're a few example of that throughout the series - where something would have been better left as something more subtle or hidden.
Gonna keep watching, but yeah, not 100% taken with it.