Commented 13 years ago2010-07-04 22:24:49 UTC
in journal: #6632Comment #63607
Brendanmint, I think it's more unusual that the Brits were so persistent about driving on the left hand side when the rest of the world was eager to move on.
Commented 13 years ago2010-07-04 14:27:19 UTC
in journal: #6632Comment #63606
I will be a senior next year, so yes, I am still in high school.
Skals, in the U.S. that would be like graduating a year early and going off to college, you'd be doing very well for yourself indeed. Unless your schools start a year later or something, and I'm just fuckonfused and don't really know how it works over there.
Is that right? You're going to be 16 and going off to college? Is that common there? That'd be fucking scary for me.
And Brendanmint, I believe that the majority of long-time members here joined TWHL when they were in high school, or just before high school. This seems to be the age people typically get into mapping, if they get into it at all. Maybe it's something to do with having a lot of free time around that period of your life, I know it was for me.
Commented 13 years ago2010-06-04 16:28:33 UTC
in vault item: FacilityComment #18175
Pros: Lighting, brushwork, and texturing is all quite good. Not the most spectacular I've ever seen, and sometimes a little boxy and sparsely detailed, but it works well for what it is. The outdoor area in the beginning seems like it had a lot of work put into it.
Sounds are well utilized, lots of ambient noises, and stuff that pops up at you.
The combat seems thought out, not just random monsters scattered about.
The ending is pretty cool. I ruined it for myself because I noclipped at one point and could see what would happen.
Cons:
The combat isn't balanced very well in my opinion. You run across two alien grunts right near the beginning, but difficulty doesn't escalate after that. It just kind of wavers, and it's never difficult enough.
Floating stacked crates. The top ones don't break along with the bottom.
I wasn't really sure what to do after getting into the big storage room with the dead security guard. If you had some text there about picking up a passcard or something, sorry, I must have missed it. I just realized after a while there was probably a card in the room I had picked up without realizing it, and went back to that locked door. --
Overall, pretty good map, but I really did wish it was longer.
Commented 13 years ago2010-05-27 00:52:16 UTC
in journal: #6575Comment #52082
"I do want to see some sort of spin off / information thing explaining a lot of the other ideas they never explored. Like Walt..."
I'm pretty sure he was just annoying and they decided to write him out. He certainly left loose ends, but his character felt more like a bundle of scrapped ideas in the end. In the beginning he had a lot going for him as a major character, and there was a lot of mystery surrounding his "powers" and such, but I think the writers must have decided that the other characters had much more "meat" to their stories. On that same topic, what bugs me to this day is the touchy-feely romance of Rose and Bernard that they played out through so many episodes and in the end served no real purpose. All the space and time that they occupied during the show could have been put to much better use filling out other characters, such as Walt.
Anyway, it's unfortunate that the show had to come to an end the way it did, because it really made me nostalgic for the days when the characters went roaming around the island, constantly discovering new artifacts and mysteries. I'd say that was the pinnacle of the series, when there was still so much opportunity for a diverse and intriguing plot line, so many possible branches of stories yet unrevealed, it almost seemed like it could go on forever that way. And that's the mark of a good show, when you never really want it to end. But then they practically did a 180 degree turn and ended up destroying much of the intrigue and mystery in the process. And that's the point where I decided the series had better be done soon.
Commented 13 years ago2010-05-22 15:00:51 UTC
in journal: #6569Comment #47854
I'm not sure how the cat's waste products could have been that horrible. I mean, our cat poops and pees in a litter box in out garage and it stinks only mildly, but what you're talking about is outside. I don't know how you managed to smell the pee, seems like that would just dissipate so quickly on the grass. Well, at least it's not dog poo you have to deal with, eh?
Commented 14 years ago2010-02-13 02:43:12 UTC
in journal: #6396Comment #49009
I'm not really cool with the whole drug thing.
"Uh oh.. The end of akira is going to scare the hell out of you on shrooms"
It'll scare the hell out of you either way.
Edit: I also just learned about psilocin, which I then realized is probably the basis for Psilous's name, and actually explains a whole lot about him and his maps. Oh Wikipedia, what would I do without you?
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Commented 14 years ago2010-01-19 00:15:43 UTC
in journal: #6332Comment #55663
Of course there are, but he said they came in the mail, which seemed to me like he bought it. But you can order trial discs too if your connection is poopy.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-17 17:55:01 UTC
in journal: #6328Comment #34739
Holy shit Tito, you repaint your house once a year, if not more? Does everybody there do that? That seems downright ridiculous, not to mention costly. Do you strip all the paint off before putting a new coat on, or just leave it and and paint over? Seems like it would build up pretty fast at that rate.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-15 21:55:58 UTC
in journal: #6330Comment #47773
I think there were already several other forums focusing on the exact same topic as yours, meaning most new members will search out and join the one with the larger community. Not to mention, your target audience was kind of limited in the first place, and there's nothing stopping parents from just joining a regular gaming forum where there's 100 times more activity.
I remember when you first started the site, something like 90% of the members were just regular TWHL members just checking it out and playing around, but they were mostly teenagers, and none of them were parents. Did you actually advertise the site anywhere except TWHL? I think part of the problem is that word just doesn't get out about new sites like yours. It's really hard to establish an identity when there's so many popular sites out there that cater to a wider range of people. Most of us have no incentive to choose a small, slow-moving forum over one where you'll get fast responses from a wider range of people.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-12 22:31:32 UTC
in journal: #6323Comment #59759
I tried to watch the third Spider-Man once. What joke, it was like some kind of little kids movie. I cringed and turned it off in the first few minutes.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-12 21:36:10 UTC
in journal: #6321Comment #52046
I will Saw, I just need to get it running well enough first. I was a bit off on my statement about it running "beautifully." More like, it runs, but it needs a lot of fine tuning.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-08 23:24:14 UTC
in journal: #6314Comment #47752
I dreamt that the brakes on my car started failing while going down a very steep hill. Incidentally, the brakes in my car are scary as shit and need some serious work.
Commented 14 years ago2010-01-07 04:13:09 UTC
in journal: #6312Comment #45102
"the ability to write from a personal standpoint is very important"
Jesus, I sure wish it was considered even vaguely important in high school. I could effortlessly write the longest fucking walls of text ever if they gave me something to work with other than the standardized by-the-numbers persuasive essay bullshit they shovel at us year after year.
Commented 14 years ago2009-12-27 00:27:48 UTC
in journal: #6296Comment #52040
Might have been poison oak or ivy actually... I don't know if there's a discernible difference in the resulting outbreaks, but I thought poison oak was what the doctor said.
Commented 14 years ago2009-12-26 18:26:50 UTC
in journal: #6296Comment #52039
Yeah, I went to the emergency room twice (primary care physicians really book it out of the office come holidays) and ended up getting prescribed some epic dosages of steroids and Benadryl to alleviate the swelling. Thing is, I didn't even know it was poison oak until the second trip there this morning. Before they just blew it off as some generic rash and tossed me a prescription. Last night, I laid in bed and waited for the worst... I seriously expected to go temporarily blind, it was so swollen. And needless to say that scared me shitless.
Commented 14 years ago2009-12-26 18:19:01 UTC
in journal: #6297Comment #48949
Thanks to the overheating shutoff system programmed into most CMOS, most computers won't even let you overheat your processor like that. The same thing happened on our family computer, random blue screens and restarts for no apparent reason, until I pulled the fan off the CPU heatsink and found the cooling fins were literally packed with dust. A little vacuuming and the problem was solved. That's the point at which 90% of the population would have thrown that four year old eMachines in the dumpster and determined that they make unreliable junk.
Anyway, nice RAM you got there. I just despise mismatched RAM sticks like I have.
Commented 14 years ago2009-12-12 17:37:00 UTC
in journal: #6270Comment #56760
But Skals still bought it then. It still seems like you should get everything in the package, unless it was some cheap-ass discount version that included HL2 and nothing else. It's not like I paid extra to have those other games.
http://users.telenet.be/worldstandards/images/driving%20on%20the%20left.gif
Skals, in the U.S. that would be like graduating a year early and going off to college, you'd be doing very well for yourself indeed. Unless your schools start a year later or something, and I'm just fuckonfused and don't really know how it works over there.
Is that right? You're going to be 16 and going off to college? Is that common there? That'd be fucking scary for me.
And Brendanmint, I believe that the majority of long-time members here joined TWHL when they were in high school, or just before high school. This seems to be the age people typically get into mapping, if they get into it at all. Maybe it's something to do with having a lot of free time around that period of your life, I know it was for me.
Sounds are well utilized, lots of ambient noises, and stuff that pops up at you.
The combat seems thought out, not just random monsters scattered about.
The ending is pretty cool. I ruined it for myself because I noclipped at one point and could see what would happen.
Cons:
The combat isn't balanced very well in my opinion. You run across two alien grunts right near the beginning, but difficulty doesn't escalate after that. It just kind of wavers, and it's never difficult enough.
Floating stacked crates. The top ones don't break along with the bottom.
I wasn't really sure what to do after getting into the big storage room with the dead security guard. If you had some text there about picking up a passcard or something, sorry, I must have missed it. I just realized after a while there was probably a card in the room I had picked up without realizing it, and went back to that locked door.
--
Overall, pretty good map, but I really did wish it was longer.
I'm pretty sure he was just annoying and they decided to write him out. He certainly left loose ends, but his character felt more like a bundle of scrapped ideas in the end. In the beginning he had a lot going for him as a major character, and there was a lot of mystery surrounding his "powers" and such, but I think the writers must have decided that the other characters had much more "meat" to their stories. On that same topic, what bugs me to this day is the touchy-feely romance of Rose and Bernard that they played out through so many episodes and in the end served no real purpose. All the space and time that they occupied during the show could have been put to much better use filling out other characters, such as Walt.
Anyway, it's unfortunate that the show had to come to an end the way it did, because it really made me nostalgic for the days when the characters went roaming around the island, constantly discovering new artifacts and mysteries. I'd say that was the pinnacle of the series, when there was still so much opportunity for a diverse and intriguing plot line, so many possible branches of stories yet unrevealed, it almost seemed like it could go on forever that way. And that's the mark of a good show, when you never really want it to end. But then they practically did a 180 degree turn and ended up destroying much of the intrigue and mystery in the process. And that's the point where I decided the series had better be done soon.
Oh fucking Wall of Text.
I mean, really. You didn't even try.
"Uh oh.. The end of akira is going to scare the hell out of you on shrooms"
It'll scare the hell out of you either way.
Edit: I also just learned about psilocin, which I then realized is probably the basis for Psilous's name, and actually explains a whole lot about him and his maps. Oh Wikipedia, what would I do without you?
My cat coughs and hacks all the time and I can't do anything about it.
My mother refuses to take him to the vet.
Yes, it is in the Southern part of France. Apparently some little village outside of Millau.
I couldn't detect your sarcasm if I had a Sarcasometer(c) strapped to my belt.
You must be loaded...
...or have a serious rebate going on
EDIT: Oh, just realized it was a trial version.
I remember when you first started the site, something like 90% of the members were just regular TWHL members just checking it out and playing around, but they were mostly teenagers, and none of them were parents. Did you actually advertise the site anywhere except TWHL? I think part of the problem is that word just doesn't get out about new sites like yours. It's really hard to establish an identity when there's so many popular sites out there that cater to a wider range of people. Most of us have no incentive to choose a small, slow-moving forum over one where you'll get fast responses from a wider range of people.
Jesus, I sure wish it was considered even vaguely important in high school. I could effortlessly write the longest fucking walls of text ever if they gave me something to work with other than the standardized by-the-numbers persuasive essay bullshit they shovel at us year after year.
The troubled two-thousands?
Anyway, nice RAM you got there. I just despise mismatched RAM sticks like I have.
U FUNNAY