Finally bought this! = )

Wanted to get this too, but i relented, aww.... ='(

Hammer does some insanely weird stuff to the in-editor model textures sometimes:Moar!
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Aw how pretty awww...

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I missed the Mega Millions..... again!

Me right now:Aw Awwwwww. ='( ' ' ' '

Bad new google favicon is bad. Sad changes make me sad.

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While you're signing your petitions against and boycotting google, check out the newest release of Rooms!
Rooms Mappack
Rooms Hammer Files

Poll:
What movie would you see if you were going tonight?

a. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
b. Yes Man
c. The Unborn
d. Valkyrie

i already saw 7 pounds, it wasn't bad.

I'm collecting unemployment over the holidays and there is plenty of vodka and Redbull waiting for me in the fridge, and all i can think to say is:WOOHOO! = )

(SRRY YOU BROKE THE JOURNAL CHAIN MAKE EDITS)

[u]Category Review/Rant[/u]: The Day The Earth Stood Still(film, 2008)

Quite possibly worst movie I've seen all year, and that's saying a lot since this year has been a landmark of horrible movies.

I'm trying to think of a movie i enjoyed less than this one in the recent past, but nothing comes to mind. I texted through the whole thing because it was so stupid and boring, while also listening to people complain how stupid the movie was behind and to the left of me. (their banter was actually more interesting than the film)

Keanu Reeves performance is as you would expect, stupifyingly bad, just as in every single other movie he's graced (besides Constantine and The Matrix Trilogy). In his defense tho, the part they wrote for him was horridly inadequate, regardless of who played fucking Klaatu.

The cherry on top of this big piece of crap is Kathy Bates plays a major roll in the movie. Need i say more? Even though i don't i will: every time you think the movie might actually be going somewhere, you have to endure another scene with her trying really hard to play a strong world leader, and each time she finds new ways to fail, even harder than the last. I don't blame Kathy Bates, I blame the retarded moron who cast this women to play something other than a psychotic, evil bitch (Misery), which is the only thing she can do well.

I could go on the horrible liberties they took with the original story(1951), more poor casting choices, and other major letdowns like the only action scenes in the movie are shown in the trailer, but why? There is only one important thing you need to know about The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008):

DON'T SEE IT.

What is this? Nothing really except proof that i actually did some mapping yesterday. It didn't take long and not one leak (well, maybe a few). It's the pool and courtyard area (beyond the windows) of a local hotel that i like. The thing in the foreground is supposed to be a little whirlpool.

Once complete i may make it a cs, dm, or even possibly a vip.

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Work is slowing down and other neat things...

Category Computing
I've finally setup my new computer for goldsource editing. (when i bought the thing i didn't think Hammer and lots of the 3rd-party tools for HL1 editing would work--Vista, 64-bit--, but everything works so far like a dream--except muzz's HL Launchpad... = <

I'm most excited about it's speed in terms of compiling. This lil' guy drops my VIS calculations (compared to my old computer, for every map i've test compiled) substantially, and it reduces my RAD calculations rather substantially: My longest RAD compile ever on the old machine was 1 hour, 42 minutes; My new rig does it in a mere 6 minutes, 22 seconds! = O

BTW anybody want a map compiled, give me a link to it in here and i'll do it simply for fun/benchmarking purposes. I'm set up to compile HL and Counter-Strike maps--willing to try others tho. I'm not sure how my machine will fare with HL:S and CS:S, but i'm willing to try...

Category Mapping
So besides bragging 'bout my new computer, i'm going to start actively mapping, reviewing maps in the map vault where i left off eons ago, and start Source mapping as well. I've also started to build some low-res textures from scratch for HL1--i'm sooo tired of the standard ones--, but i won't show any until they start to look respectable. = )

I've kinda considered modelling too archaic for me, at least the texture mapping part, so i'm putting it on the back burner for now.

Category Overshare
Lastly and definitely not least, i was "seeing" this girl Jaclyn for a couple of weeks, and it was completely awesome. We don't see each other anymore--aw sorry captain terror <tear tear>--, but what a couple of weeks it was... = )

Found a...uh, pretty sweet site for breaking down notebook specs--fer noobs like me--from everything from processors to gfx cards, and just about everything else.

Notebookcheck.net

Eye-opening is all i can say. = )

Here's an Compile-Error/Hammer-Bug/Editing-Quirks list I'm working on:
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