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Here are the highlights of the retro HLDM tournament, painstakingly edited from five hours of footage.
Commentary by Daubster, Urby and myself.
Clickitypoo
The running order of the maps is in the video description along with links to skip to that part of the video.
Commentary by Daubster, Urby and myself.
Clickitypoo
The running order of the maps is in the video description along with links to skip to that part of the video.
A guy I often work with has a daughter. She just turned 15 and they threw a party. I was invited - to work for free. Along with 2 other photographers. Yes, this guy is a cheapskate.
She isn't very interesting. Her friends, on the other hand, actually were. You'd think they were 18 or something. 2 of them were drop dead gorgeous. But I boast a charisma stat of about 1, so I couldn't think of anything to say and went by completely unnoticed. I guess that'd make me a master of stealth.
It wasn't my camera we were using so I don't even have photos to post.
I then dreamed of overhearing the name of one of them was Julia, but that's about all that happened. Overhearing. You just know you'll die alone when even in dreams you don't try to get the chicks.
It's like passing by a Mercedes agency, knowing you can't afford one, and then dreaming you're told the price while still not being able to afford it. It's funny in a screwed up way.
Oh well. She was too young anyway.
Edit: Why am I even posting this? It'll make me come across as some sort of pedophile. Damn. In my defense, they weren't 10. They looked more like 19. I lost interest in 15 year olds by the time I was 17.
Edit 2: As a photographer I work with 15 year olds all the time but they never really grabbed my attention for the aforementioned reason. This one was just a looker. I'd prefer: a 19-20 year old with those looks.
She isn't very interesting. Her friends, on the other hand, actually were. You'd think they were 18 or something. 2 of them were drop dead gorgeous. But I boast a charisma stat of about 1, so I couldn't think of anything to say and went by completely unnoticed. I guess that'd make me a master of stealth.
It wasn't my camera we were using so I don't even have photos to post.
I then dreamed of overhearing the name of one of them was Julia, but that's about all that happened. Overhearing. You just know you'll die alone when even in dreams you don't try to get the chicks.
It's like passing by a Mercedes agency, knowing you can't afford one, and then dreaming you're told the price while still not being able to afford it. It's funny in a screwed up way.
Oh well. She was too young anyway.
Edit: Why am I even posting this? It'll make me come across as some sort of pedophile. Damn. In my defense, they weren't 10. They looked more like 19. I lost interest in 15 year olds by the time I was 17.
Edit 2: As a photographer I work with 15 year olds all the time but they never really grabbed my attention for the aforementioned reason. This one was just a looker. I'd prefer: a 19-20 year old with those looks.
My son Scott insists on sleeping with a headcrab every night.
He goes one step further than Dr. Kliner.
He goes one step further than Dr. Kliner.
I finished my finals on Thursday, and slept a lot since then. When it became time to rejoin the internet community at large I got a system notification saying that I have a HD failure imminent and to back everything up. I'd been getting disk errors recently, but I had hoped I could at least last until Christmas when I'd actually have another HD to back things up onto.
At least my computer is still under warranty.
At least, I think it is.
At least my computer is still under warranty.
At least, I think it is.
I suck
Looking for some constructive feedback on my showreel.
This was rather hastily put together for a specific job application and as such I didn't have time to get copyright clearance to include a lot of the commercial programs I've shot which is annoying.
Still, let me know what you think.
Clickity
This was rather hastily put together for a specific job application and as such I didn't have time to get copyright clearance to include a lot of the commercial programs I've shot which is annoying.
Still, let me know what you think.
Clickity
I recently came upon this video whilst stumbling through the darkest recesses of Youtube. One of those times in which you hop from a video on say, dogs, to a video of something really disturbing.
In this case, a "prank" in which a number of students at a pep rally in Rosement highschool are blindfolded and given a kiss from a special someone. Guess who that someone is? Their parents. And these aren't pecks on the cheeks either, go watch the video to see what I mean.
All I can say is: Congratulations, parents! You have successfully traumatised your kids. gg.
In this case, a "prank" in which a number of students at a pep rally in Rosement highschool are blindfolded and given a kiss from a special someone. Guess who that someone is? Their parents. And these aren't pecks on the cheeks either, go watch the video to see what I mean.
All I can say is: Congratulations, parents! You have successfully traumatised your kids. gg.
Heres a really cool video about some of the differences between unpatched WON HL1 and Patched WON HL1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKkJPFmDW9Q
Edit: This video was not made by me. I just found it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKkJPFmDW9Q
Edit: This video was not made by me. I just found it.
F**k finals.
Scott spent more than three hours this afternoon learning Source mapping.
He already knew the basics, but I taught him creating prop_static, creating water (with proper cubemaps), placing NPC (with info_nodes), creating displacement surfaces, and application of overlays.
He already knew the basics, but I taught him creating prop_static, creating water (with proper cubemaps), placing NPC (with info_nodes), creating displacement surfaces, and application of overlays.
Katrina? Naw , we in Scotland like to name our hurricanes somewhat differently..
.. hurricane bawbag.
.. hurricane bawbag.
The plush headcrab that my wife made for me many years ago has become Scott's best friend.
Unfortunately, when we were mapping together this evening, the headcrab I placed in the map that I was trying to modify the AI to be friendly did not work. It promptly started attacking me when the map spawned.
I had no choice but to grab the nearest crowbar and whacked it in self-defense.
He was so disturbed by the death of the headcrab, which he considered a friend.
He has such a good heart.
Unfortunately, when we were mapping together this evening, the headcrab I placed in the map that I was trying to modify the AI to be friendly did not work. It promptly started attacking me when the map spawned.
I had no choice but to grab the nearest crowbar and whacked it in self-defense.
He was so disturbed by the death of the headcrab, which he considered a friend.
He has such a good heart.
Whelp, after a week and some 20-30 attempts (I lost count after 16) I finally brought down Smough and Ornstein on Dark Souls.
Today, I am complete.
Today, I am complete.
Happy holiday, TWHL.
P.S. I just migrated to the Vertex 3 SSD, and I installed the Source SDK for my son. I think he is finally old enough for HL2 mapping.
P.S. I just migrated to the Vertex 3 SSD, and I installed the Source SDK for my son. I think he is finally old enough for HL2 mapping.
I don't know if you guys have seen this yet.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/315484
This kind of shit truly makes my blood boil.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/315484
This kind of shit truly makes my blood boil.