Calling all Mad scientists
Posted 8 years agoYou mad mutators, you exotic experimenters. All dabblers in the dark arts and messing with magic.
Do you like changing things or people, just because you can, or should?
Is Transformation not a question of yes but a question of how?
Well come on down. I am interested to meet all of you people. Everyone could use a friend and fellow conspirator. Lets talk. Message me, note me. I am here to meet new people.
Do you like changing things or people, just because you can, or should?
Is Transformation not a question of yes but a question of how?
Well come on down. I am interested to meet all of you people. Everyone could use a friend and fellow conspirator. Lets talk. Message me, note me. I am here to meet new people.
Tutorials
Posted 8 years agoI have entertained the idea of doing tutorials for a while now. Starting from the basics and working up slowly. What steps, lessons or other ideas would you like to see, suggest or be interested in?
Keep in mind, it needs to be something I already know.
Keep in mind, it needs to be something I already know.
Ask Brook
Posted 8 years agoIm here to answer your questions, or talk.
Were Creatures
Posted 8 years agoToday let us honor those moon beasts. You don't have to be a werewolf. You could be a werebadger, were elephant or werepossum too. So here is to you. Leave a comment below so we can hail you.
Can You Puzzle How it Ends Right?
Posted 8 years agowe were like a glass house, so breakable. stuck inside A Madhouse, trapped In the walls.
and all of the voIces iNSide of my mind will never be silenced until i cAN find a way to lEt go of what we left behind.
sOmetimes love deseRves to burn In flAMes. sometImes THE ending is yOur best escape. i've got a heart oN the edge and it wants to break. and i know that once i waLk awaY, i won't return to the ruinS.
beAuty iN the brEakdown, i'm nOt afraid. the love you Never gave mE is sLipping away.
and all of the voicEs inside of my mind will never be silenced until i can Find a way to let go of what we lefT behind.
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whaT do you tHInk of thiS One? aNy troublE With it? i Am Sure it will comE to All of you with just a little time. It just takeS a little thought and studY.
and all of the voIces iNSide of my mind will never be silenced until i cAN find a way to lEt go of what we left behind.
sOmetimes love deseRves to burn In flAMes. sometImes THE ending is yOur best escape. i've got a heart oN the edge and it wants to break. and i know that once i waLk awaY, i won't return to the ruinS.
beAuty iN the brEakdown, i'm nOt afraid. the love you Never gave mE is sLipping away.
and all of the voicEs inside of my mind will never be silenced until i can Find a way to let go of what we lefT behind.
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whaT do you tHInk of thiS One? aNy troublE With it? i Am Sure it will comE to All of you with just a little time. It just takeS a little thought and studY.
Happy Independance Day
Posted 8 years agoBeen working all this weekend and wanted to reflect how I shall celebrate my independence day. I will be at work like everyday this week, to make money for the big student loan bill, that is due on the 4th, to pay off my slave debt.
What a gloriously ironic world we live in.
What a gloriously ironic world we live in.
Dark Epiphany
Posted 8 years agoThere comes a moment in your life when you are given a glimpse of perfect clarity. The only way I could describe it is a mystery or conspiracy movie. When hero or the detective has that moment when the secret plan is coming into play and they have that flashback. All the little pieces add up, those little details and minor details they didn't think important, and suddenly, it's to late to stop it, but they understand perfectly. And if you told this theory to someone they wouldn't believe you. I call these moments a Dark Epiphany. I had one the other day, and it called everything into question. About my goals, my art, my work and what it all leads to.
I don't know what to do about it, I am not even sure if there is something I can do about it now. Combined with everything else that is going on I am not sure what to do next.
I don't know what to do about it, I am not even sure if there is something I can do about it now. Combined with everything else that is going on I am not sure what to do next.
Im Back
Posted 8 years agoYes I am. Hello all you crazy people. More art coming soon.
Recently I also had an idea. Why not try spreading the art around more? Why just one site?
Now obviously DA is garbage with all the art theft so I am sort of shopping for another site I could post art on. Any ideas?
Recently I also had an idea. Why not try spreading the art around more? Why just one site?
Now obviously DA is garbage with all the art theft so I am sort of shopping for another site I could post art on. Any ideas?
Sign up
Posted 8 years agoNew experimental test.
Looking for female subjects. Details are classified but subjects may have possible "side effects." If you are interested in this position please apply below, sign the waver and include a picture with your application. If you know someone who might be interested let them know. And remember we are a company that cares (about results.)
Looking for female subjects. Details are classified but subjects may have possible "side effects." If you are interested in this position please apply below, sign the waver and include a picture with your application. If you know someone who might be interested let them know. And remember we are a company that cares (about results.)
Old games
Posted 8 years agoWhat are a few Classic iconic or memorable games? Im not talking N64, Im talking about games from the pixel era. Gameboy, Nintendo that sort of thing.
Trying to drum up some ideas.
Trying to drum up some ideas.
The problem with the dark side
Posted 8 years agoEveryone loves the "Dark side" in star-wars and just the principle in general. Ooo I get to be cool and not play by the rules. I can punch a reporter! I can basically do whatever. Its partly why "Badass" characters thrive in gaming. But in reality they are just assholes. Being the bad guy, Rebel, not playing by the rules or just in general using underhanded tactics don't work for long. Yeah they work. But the thing is there is a principle. If you screw people, they will want to screw you; more than that people will eventually hear and will also want to screw you, or avoid you so you cant screw them. So you will lose that advantage. Also people tend to not trust or like people who use underhanded tactics. The kinds of people who use those advantages are the kinds of people who would lose a fair fight. And when you lose that advantage...
In the war with Japan they would wave the white surrender flag and then try to mow the enemy down. This worked and killed some people, however at the same time word spread, so it didn't work anymore, and more than that, it pissed them off that they were playing that dirty. And this was after sneak attacking pearl harbor during the peace talks too. So what happened? The marines just shot them down, they got out flamethrowers and started also playing dirty. They lost, and learned a VERY valuable lesson.
When you are not willing to play by the rules with those who are willing to play by the rules, you are playing with fire and you will get burned. This is why the dark side, thieves and other types of characters seem so edgy and cool. But in reality if Batman ever wanted to break the rules, he would break all the villains before they realized it was over and he would display their bodies all across Gotham. He WOULD win. But he does play by the rules and isn't willing to go down dark paths, which is what makes him such a unique hero. This is why good does better long term but loses initially in story's, games or movies. You get sucker punched once and then you expect it next time and you sucker punch them first. Because that is the new established rule. "Anything goes."
There are some lines that should not be crossed. You will regret them. The problem is these cases of people doing this is usually glorified in a way that makes it seem like there is not reckoning or consequences later. But there always is.
But these are just my thoughts on the matter. But I am interested to hear what you think.
In the war with Japan they would wave the white surrender flag and then try to mow the enemy down. This worked and killed some people, however at the same time word spread, so it didn't work anymore, and more than that, it pissed them off that they were playing that dirty. And this was after sneak attacking pearl harbor during the peace talks too. So what happened? The marines just shot them down, they got out flamethrowers and started also playing dirty. They lost, and learned a VERY valuable lesson.
When you are not willing to play by the rules with those who are willing to play by the rules, you are playing with fire and you will get burned. This is why the dark side, thieves and other types of characters seem so edgy and cool. But in reality if Batman ever wanted to break the rules, he would break all the villains before they realized it was over and he would display their bodies all across Gotham. He WOULD win. But he does play by the rules and isn't willing to go down dark paths, which is what makes him such a unique hero. This is why good does better long term but loses initially in story's, games or movies. You get sucker punched once and then you expect it next time and you sucker punch them first. Because that is the new established rule. "Anything goes."
There are some lines that should not be crossed. You will regret them. The problem is these cases of people doing this is usually glorified in a way that makes it seem like there is not reckoning or consequences later. But there always is.
But these are just my thoughts on the matter. But I am interested to hear what you think.
You can't look away
Posted 8 years agoI once loved a girl, and she thought well of me, we thought we'd be happy together.
But now I'm alone, as you can well see and she's cold in her grave forever
Yes, There's no happy endings not here and not now, this tale is all sorrows and woes
You might dream that justice and peace win the day but that's not how the story goes
Some people smile at the end of the day, some people laugh, I suppose.
But to me, there's nothing but gloom and despair, that's just how the story goes
But now I'm alone, as you can well see and she's cold in her grave forever
Yes, There's no happy endings not here and not now, this tale is all sorrows and woes
You might dream that justice and peace win the day but that's not how the story goes
Some people smile at the end of the day, some people laugh, I suppose.
But to me, there's nothing but gloom and despair, that's just how the story goes
Furfighters Legacy
Posted 8 years agoA while back I talked about an old nostalgic game called fur fighters. Well I have officially decided I am going to give this old gem an art reboot. That's right, I am going to work on redrawing many things from it.
I know its sort of a sleeper cult classic to most but if there is anyone who remembers this game and wants to talk about it, I'm fine with that. If there are places or parts you remember well and would like me not to miss feel free to let me know.
To those who do not know that Furfighters is, I am happy to spread its lore here and hope it picks up popularity.
If any other Furfans want to get in on this feel free.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22746487/ Bungalow
I know its sort of a sleeper cult classic to most but if there is anyone who remembers this game and wants to talk about it, I'm fine with that. If there are places or parts you remember well and would like me not to miss feel free to let me know.
To those who do not know that Furfighters is, I am happy to spread its lore here and hope it picks up popularity.
If any other Furfans want to get in on this feel free.
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/22746487/ Bungalow
Say no to College
Posted 8 years agoFirst let me say I am for learning. I think if you stop learning you become stagnate. That being said: DON'T GO TO COLLEGE.
I just saved you possibly a million dollars depending on where you might have gone. You can learn EVERYTHING you need to know online, but meeting people in person can give you their insight into the area but at $1000+ dollars per class you could just pay a professional to meet you for an interview. The College system is a cartel. They give you thick books that you use maybe only a third out of the book, and then update it the next book version 2.1005 so they can require you to buy your new books (for a few extra paragraphs and new pictures) and will only buy your book back that cost you $150 and you get maybe $25 for it. Wait a year and the book is .01 cents on amazon or ebay. So you can get premium old books for like the cost of shipping. Tuition costs are insane but I haven't even gotten to the best part. Let me guess, someone told you that you go to college and you get a good job afterwards right? Lies. You wont get a job, and people who got internships get the jobs. This delusion that you need to go to college so you are sufficiently "educated" is a lie. Do you need to know your stuff inside out? yeah, but college makes you look up a bunch of answers, cram for a test and then forget it next month with a new test. Its not designed to work. All its just a title, and for the price you pay, you could PAY to get a job, or better use it for bills.
Now for those who HAVE to get a job in college, you cant get around it in your field. Like say a brain surgeon, or NASA director or a Teacher, here are my tips.
-Go to college in small bursts you can afford and buy the book several versions old dirt cheap.
-Look for sponsored programs. I found a jobs program at a college and if you cram hard enough and work at it, I got a $11,000 scholarship for like7 classes and a job at the end. Maybe its better than a 6 figure job by not having massive debt you have to pay off later.
-Online classes are also cheaper sometimes (although establishment likes to make fun of it) or even just getting .01 college books and reading can work.
-When you go into an interview, IF you can impress them enough by showing them you KNOW off the top of the head what you are talking about, that's impressive compared to college students who are green, don't remember half of what they learned and nervously make mistakes. The only difference is if you will both have to be retrained but they want the person who takes less.
Why am I doing this? Because I am a victim of this Con and when you are conned, you don't want others to fall for it. I am JUST now beginning to turn things around and just barely at that. People with PHD's pretend like they are important when they research very inbred subjects. Ive met people who have blown my mind and most of them were self taught OR started it themselves. You don't need a degree, you only need to know the information. Don't know if this means anything to anyone, or helps but I'd like it helped at least one person.
I just saved you possibly a million dollars depending on where you might have gone. You can learn EVERYTHING you need to know online, but meeting people in person can give you their insight into the area but at $1000+ dollars per class you could just pay a professional to meet you for an interview. The College system is a cartel. They give you thick books that you use maybe only a third out of the book, and then update it the next book version 2.1005 so they can require you to buy your new books (for a few extra paragraphs and new pictures) and will only buy your book back that cost you $150 and you get maybe $25 for it. Wait a year and the book is .01 cents on amazon or ebay. So you can get premium old books for like the cost of shipping. Tuition costs are insane but I haven't even gotten to the best part. Let me guess, someone told you that you go to college and you get a good job afterwards right? Lies. You wont get a job, and people who got internships get the jobs. This delusion that you need to go to college so you are sufficiently "educated" is a lie. Do you need to know your stuff inside out? yeah, but college makes you look up a bunch of answers, cram for a test and then forget it next month with a new test. Its not designed to work. All its just a title, and for the price you pay, you could PAY to get a job, or better use it for bills.
Now for those who HAVE to get a job in college, you cant get around it in your field. Like say a brain surgeon, or NASA director or a Teacher, here are my tips.
-Go to college in small bursts you can afford and buy the book several versions old dirt cheap.
-Look for sponsored programs. I found a jobs program at a college and if you cram hard enough and work at it, I got a $11,000 scholarship for like7 classes and a job at the end. Maybe its better than a 6 figure job by not having massive debt you have to pay off later.
-Online classes are also cheaper sometimes (although establishment likes to make fun of it) or even just getting .01 college books and reading can work.
-When you go into an interview, IF you can impress them enough by showing them you KNOW off the top of the head what you are talking about, that's impressive compared to college students who are green, don't remember half of what they learned and nervously make mistakes. The only difference is if you will both have to be retrained but they want the person who takes less.
Why am I doing this? Because I am a victim of this Con and when you are conned, you don't want others to fall for it. I am JUST now beginning to turn things around and just barely at that. People with PHD's pretend like they are important when they research very inbred subjects. Ive met people who have blown my mind and most of them were self taught OR started it themselves. You don't need a degree, you only need to know the information. Don't know if this means anything to anyone, or helps but I'd like it helped at least one person.
The problem with Copyrights
Posted 8 years agoCopyrights are an interesting concept. Are they needed, or are they a hindrance? Yes.
Copyrights applied to creating something is a noble idea. You make it you have the right to make profit from it. But what happens when its taken to far or it is applied to non physical things? Thought control. Can you OWN a joke? Who made that first chicken crossing the road joke? is it even funny anymore? How about a concept? How about a word?
I think a person should profit from what they create, that's only natural, but only that person and only as long as they live. That's pretty straight forward, easily defined and very clear. I don't care if your Great great-...... -great grandfather made the first cart with wheels. does that mean anything with 4 wheels should profit him now that he is dead. the money going to people who had nothing to do with this idea? No. Same with concepts. There is a cold and evil thing creeping into the minds of people today. Owning abstract things. Like how candy crush will sue anyone for using the word candy or crush. Did they invent the words? No. Did they re design how they were used? No. They made a 'copy paste' been done before matching game with a theme. But they think they are entitled to it? That's downright megalomania there. Who thinks they are so great that they own a color, or a word, or a series of words, a pose, a look, an expression or even a thought? Someone who thinks to much of themselves that's who.
Disney has gone off the deep end with this as they have straight up STOLEN the grim stories and paid nothing for it and made it "their" cannon but will BREAK you if you DARE mess with 'their' ideas. That's hypocritical, (especially for people still fighting to keep copyrights on a mouse of a long dead artist while also trying to end others so they are free game) its unethical and it is in fact EVIL to do it while acting like a saint.
Pepsi technically OWNS the specific colors they use just like Mc donalds does. If that was formally legalized they could force you to pay them if you used that color in a painting or drawing. Does this sound insane yet? Monsanto or Satan.inc as some call them, even tried to patent genes. Yes, they could CHARGE you to have a baby with a particular color of eyes, hair color or other features. The scary part is the fact nobody really cares, well not until its to late and something happens.
There is a fine line between making a healthy compensation for your work, idea or effort on something, but there is also squeezing it for money as long as you possibly can for your great god, Profit. Particularly if it was not yours to begin with. Have I peaked your interest yet?
Copyrights applied to creating something is a noble idea. You make it you have the right to make profit from it. But what happens when its taken to far or it is applied to non physical things? Thought control. Can you OWN a joke? Who made that first chicken crossing the road joke? is it even funny anymore? How about a concept? How about a word?
I think a person should profit from what they create, that's only natural, but only that person and only as long as they live. That's pretty straight forward, easily defined and very clear. I don't care if your Great great-...... -great grandfather made the first cart with wheels. does that mean anything with 4 wheels should profit him now that he is dead. the money going to people who had nothing to do with this idea? No. Same with concepts. There is a cold and evil thing creeping into the minds of people today. Owning abstract things. Like how candy crush will sue anyone for using the word candy or crush. Did they invent the words? No. Did they re design how they were used? No. They made a 'copy paste' been done before matching game with a theme. But they think they are entitled to it? That's downright megalomania there. Who thinks they are so great that they own a color, or a word, or a series of words, a pose, a look, an expression or even a thought? Someone who thinks to much of themselves that's who.
Disney has gone off the deep end with this as they have straight up STOLEN the grim stories and paid nothing for it and made it "their" cannon but will BREAK you if you DARE mess with 'their' ideas. That's hypocritical, (especially for people still fighting to keep copyrights on a mouse of a long dead artist while also trying to end others so they are free game) its unethical and it is in fact EVIL to do it while acting like a saint.
Pepsi technically OWNS the specific colors they use just like Mc donalds does. If that was formally legalized they could force you to pay them if you used that color in a painting or drawing. Does this sound insane yet? Monsanto or Satan.inc as some call them, even tried to patent genes. Yes, they could CHARGE you to have a baby with a particular color of eyes, hair color or other features. The scary part is the fact nobody really cares, well not until its to late and something happens.
There is a fine line between making a healthy compensation for your work, idea or effort on something, but there is also squeezing it for money as long as you possibly can for your great god, Profit. Particularly if it was not yours to begin with. Have I peaked your interest yet?
Dangerous Ideas
Posted 8 years agoThe only dangerous ideas are ones that cant tolerate the existence of others.
Why? 'Are you daring to question our Idea?'
If you can't accept that other people may have differing opinions and ideas and YOU cant live with that. You are the problem.
You can usually pick these people out pretty fast these days. Its not relegated to one side either.
Fascism, plain and simple. Yes I hear some of you say 'Not all ideas are good.' but if you wont permit them to exist how can you tell?
Ever made a recipe with one ingredient? I bet it was rather dull in flavor.
"Variety is the spice of life."
Here is some cold truth for you. Someone is smarter than you. Someone is better looking than you. Someone is more skilled than you. Someone gets paid more than you. But that's alright. In fact that's a good thing. What happens in a city full of cooks but no farmers to make the food? What happens to a movie when everyone is the star? How about if everyone was a Taxi driver? Do you really want a world where everyone's favorite color is green, everyone loves clams, nobody likes painting and they all have the same opinion and produce the exact same thing? Everyone Looks the same, everyone plays sports at the same level of skill, everyone wears the same size shoe and same clothes. Everyone is the same person. Does that appeal to you?
How about a world where one person has serious parent issues but plays amazing basketball? How about someone who is a criminal but gives the cops a reason to exist? How about someone who loses an arm and struggles with the loss but makes the best pastries the world? How about a average person who likes to fix cars? how about the guy who likes to do art but doesn't know how to fix a car? How about a Cake with more than just flour an milk in it? Differences are not a problem, Unless that person has a problem with other peoples differences existing.
This sameness of mind out there is greatly concerning to me. Someone had to rock the boat first. Skydiving, there is no logical reason for doing it and its dangerous but some people Love doing it. Some people find turnips to be tasty. Someone had to try something first, something weird or controversial. Turning bike parts into a small plane. Mixing some paprika into muffins. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. But none of it would happen if people prevented others from having their differences.
I hope Ive given you something to think about. Maybe even change your mind. Maybe not. This could just all be a weird idea I had.
Why? 'Are you daring to question our Idea?'
If you can't accept that other people may have differing opinions and ideas and YOU cant live with that. You are the problem.
You can usually pick these people out pretty fast these days. Its not relegated to one side either.
Fascism, plain and simple. Yes I hear some of you say 'Not all ideas are good.' but if you wont permit them to exist how can you tell?
Ever made a recipe with one ingredient? I bet it was rather dull in flavor.
"Variety is the spice of life."
Here is some cold truth for you. Someone is smarter than you. Someone is better looking than you. Someone is more skilled than you. Someone gets paid more than you. But that's alright. In fact that's a good thing. What happens in a city full of cooks but no farmers to make the food? What happens to a movie when everyone is the star? How about if everyone was a Taxi driver? Do you really want a world where everyone's favorite color is green, everyone loves clams, nobody likes painting and they all have the same opinion and produce the exact same thing? Everyone Looks the same, everyone plays sports at the same level of skill, everyone wears the same size shoe and same clothes. Everyone is the same person. Does that appeal to you?
How about a world where one person has serious parent issues but plays amazing basketball? How about someone who is a criminal but gives the cops a reason to exist? How about someone who loses an arm and struggles with the loss but makes the best pastries the world? How about a average person who likes to fix cars? how about the guy who likes to do art but doesn't know how to fix a car? How about a Cake with more than just flour an milk in it? Differences are not a problem, Unless that person has a problem with other peoples differences existing.
This sameness of mind out there is greatly concerning to me. Someone had to rock the boat first. Skydiving, there is no logical reason for doing it and its dangerous but some people Love doing it. Some people find turnips to be tasty. Someone had to try something first, something weird or controversial. Turning bike parts into a small plane. Mixing some paprika into muffins. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. But none of it would happen if people prevented others from having their differences.
I hope Ive given you something to think about. Maybe even change your mind. Maybe not. This could just all be a weird idea I had.
Beware
Posted 9 years agoBeware the world for what you find, will surely strangle you with its binds. Today I see such wrath and violent, wishing that don't agree be silent. They claim to represent peace and love, but seem to only push and shove; those who disagree, be it you, or be it me. "Hate" they scream and point and leer, and fail to see their own so severe. For who likes to sit and be judged? To have rude names on wall smudged? To see the mindless chanting rage? To fear the condemning cage? None! So before you spit on one you despise, is there something that you would disguise? Are you hiding something, perhaps from your youth? Everyone has secrets, that is the TRUTH. Before you speak and say "Not I" come down from your throne so high. There is no secret you would keep from the world to see? If that is the case, you lie to yourself in a great degree.
So knowing now you do have faults, something you might keep in your vaults. Is it not fair to say, you would be willing to overlook someone else's today? Cause if we can agree that none are perfect, then aggression we MUST redirect. For if you let emotions be your master, you need not wait long before disaster. Respect is earned not deserved, rudeness and disrespect should be reserved. To those who act with apathy and rumor, cut them off like you would a tumor. And those who fight with fist and swears, ignorance and vice are their affairs. Let not others tell you what to see and hear, for you, they would not shed a tear. Believe not they who speak so emotive, for you cant see their motive. Believe only what YOU can hear and see, only then will you be free; of this age of destruction, this era of contempt. These rules and ideals of their own production, they strangely seem to be exempt.
So beware children, beware friends. The time for all aggression ends. If you are filled with the need for persecution, you are the problem to your own solution. If the one causing problems isn't yet clearer, Ill make it simple... go look in the Mirror.
So knowing now you do have faults, something you might keep in your vaults. Is it not fair to say, you would be willing to overlook someone else's today? Cause if we can agree that none are perfect, then aggression we MUST redirect. For if you let emotions be your master, you need not wait long before disaster. Respect is earned not deserved, rudeness and disrespect should be reserved. To those who act with apathy and rumor, cut them off like you would a tumor. And those who fight with fist and swears, ignorance and vice are their affairs. Let not others tell you what to see and hear, for you, they would not shed a tear. Believe not they who speak so emotive, for you cant see their motive. Believe only what YOU can hear and see, only then will you be free; of this age of destruction, this era of contempt. These rules and ideals of their own production, they strangely seem to be exempt.
So beware children, beware friends. The time for all aggression ends. If you are filled with the need for persecution, you are the problem to your own solution. If the one causing problems isn't yet clearer, Ill make it simple... go look in the Mirror.
Free Markets and Monopoly
Posted 9 years agoThere is a lot of talk these days about free markets, mostly in association with business. Im just going to talk about it in general.
The Free Market makes the world a better place. And I will stand by that.
Let's apply this to say, movies and shows. Lets compare them.
Closed market: a market of ideas or goods that are restricted to a person/s or group/s.
Free market: A market of ideas or goods that anyone can participate in.
In a closed market someone, oh lets say Gisney hold the market on the animation industry. And its because they became the BEST at it. So they earned it. And they Create a TON of great stuff for 10 years. Its amazing. But then they start to run out of ideas. Make sequels, prequels and reboots of generally the same characters or ideas. The bread gets stale. But because they own the market on this and use copyrights and other important legal ways to keep this market the quality of this stale bread stays the same. Instead of adding cinnamon or something to refresh the animation industry, they Know, where else are you gonna go? We are the only suppliers of this so we can make bland things and they people will have to accept it because its all they got. They can drive prices as far as they want.
Now lets run that same scenario in the Free market. Gisney has their golden era. People talk of it and it inspires artist decades to come. But since they dont own the market other people come out with their own stuff. Some of it not good, some almost on part with Gisney, although they have less resources. Gisney cant accept this and keep running with a standard they started with. Toonz a small company offers about as good bread but for almost half the price. Gisney could just keep things the same and let the brand standard and fan loyalty keep them going, but that will only last so long, and most care more about what they pay. So Gisney has 2 choices for change. 1. Lower their price to compete with the other guys, or 2. Raise their quality and standards. Why have sliced bread when you can get fresh sourdough? Toonz will also have to respond to keep control and profit of the free market by doing the same thing, lowering cost or improving product. Or they can stick to what they have, and not improve and slowly lose profit.
Free Market is best for ALL. It means, if you have skills, products or services you can offer, you either have to beat your opponent in price, or beat them in quality. Both require you to become better to keep up.
Imagine the computer industry. Would you want to be playing with a Gameboy, then a gameboy 2, and then Gameboy X... Or would you prefer the quality of the system and games to improve? Gameboy, NES, SNES, N64...
The free market forces people to either adapt to the market and offer new or experimental ideas and products or to breed quality. Some people just want a phone to make calls on, others just use it for texting and some use it for all internet and calls. A free market opens up all possibility's that are desired.
When I was a kid, there were two gas stations across from each other, both a fairly large chain. What happened was someone decided to undercut the other guy for 10 cents, therefore making everyone want to buy their gas. In retaliation the other guys lowered their gas 5 cents more than the other guy. This went on for months. The prices eventually reached almost $1.30 before both of them had to resume normal prices for fear of losing to much money. You know who won that day? The customers who bought gas cheaper than they will for years to come because of some healthy competition.
Ill end with this.
Would you rather have cheap competitive prices and quality with the freedom to put your try in and possibly fail, or a controlled market where everything is the same standard quality for the past 2 years because its 'more profitable' than taking a chance.
Why do you think black markets exist?
The Free Market makes the world a better place. And I will stand by that.
Let's apply this to say, movies and shows. Lets compare them.
Closed market: a market of ideas or goods that are restricted to a person/s or group/s.
Free market: A market of ideas or goods that anyone can participate in.
In a closed market someone, oh lets say Gisney hold the market on the animation industry. And its because they became the BEST at it. So they earned it. And they Create a TON of great stuff for 10 years. Its amazing. But then they start to run out of ideas. Make sequels, prequels and reboots of generally the same characters or ideas. The bread gets stale. But because they own the market on this and use copyrights and other important legal ways to keep this market the quality of this stale bread stays the same. Instead of adding cinnamon or something to refresh the animation industry, they Know, where else are you gonna go? We are the only suppliers of this so we can make bland things and they people will have to accept it because its all they got. They can drive prices as far as they want.
Now lets run that same scenario in the Free market. Gisney has their golden era. People talk of it and it inspires artist decades to come. But since they dont own the market other people come out with their own stuff. Some of it not good, some almost on part with Gisney, although they have less resources. Gisney cant accept this and keep running with a standard they started with. Toonz a small company offers about as good bread but for almost half the price. Gisney could just keep things the same and let the brand standard and fan loyalty keep them going, but that will only last so long, and most care more about what they pay. So Gisney has 2 choices for change. 1. Lower their price to compete with the other guys, or 2. Raise their quality and standards. Why have sliced bread when you can get fresh sourdough? Toonz will also have to respond to keep control and profit of the free market by doing the same thing, lowering cost or improving product. Or they can stick to what they have, and not improve and slowly lose profit.
Free Market is best for ALL. It means, if you have skills, products or services you can offer, you either have to beat your opponent in price, or beat them in quality. Both require you to become better to keep up.
Imagine the computer industry. Would you want to be playing with a Gameboy, then a gameboy 2, and then Gameboy X... Or would you prefer the quality of the system and games to improve? Gameboy, NES, SNES, N64...
The free market forces people to either adapt to the market and offer new or experimental ideas and products or to breed quality. Some people just want a phone to make calls on, others just use it for texting and some use it for all internet and calls. A free market opens up all possibility's that are desired.
When I was a kid, there were two gas stations across from each other, both a fairly large chain. What happened was someone decided to undercut the other guy for 10 cents, therefore making everyone want to buy their gas. In retaliation the other guys lowered their gas 5 cents more than the other guy. This went on for months. The prices eventually reached almost $1.30 before both of them had to resume normal prices for fear of losing to much money. You know who won that day? The customers who bought gas cheaper than they will for years to come because of some healthy competition.
Ill end with this.
Would you rather have cheap competitive prices and quality with the freedom to put your try in and possibly fail, or a controlled market where everything is the same standard quality for the past 2 years because its 'more profitable' than taking a chance.
Why do you think black markets exist?
Questions?
Posted 9 years agoGot any questions you want to ask or want answered?
First!
Posted 9 years agoIve never understood this strange obsession people have with being first. Now coming in first in a race, or contest that I can understand. But what I don't is this whole 'Im the first person' rush. Being the first to post a comment. Being the first to try something. Now if you are the first to invent it that's different, first person to make a plane, to build a phone, to make a nanite. Those are commendable, but being the first one to own an Iphone27, First to ride the roller-coaster 5000, first to eat a new food or first one to run to the top of a tower. I find these "titles" and "achievements" so empty and boring.
Imagine this at a dinner party:
"Oh hey, Nice to meet you, did you know I was the first one to touch the top of the Eiffel tower?" "oh, that's nice, I built a scale model of the Eiffel tower using Popsicle sticks." Which person do you think sounds more interesting?
Yes perhaps one beat the other in elevation reached, but one has accomplished something and has something to show for it.
I think this first obsession perhaps stems from people just wanting some self importance and cant think of any better way to attain it.
Imagine this at a dinner party:
"Oh hey, Nice to meet you, did you know I was the first one to touch the top of the Eiffel tower?" "oh, that's nice, I built a scale model of the Eiffel tower using Popsicle sticks." Which person do you think sounds more interesting?
Yes perhaps one beat the other in elevation reached, but one has accomplished something and has something to show for it.
I think this first obsession perhaps stems from people just wanting some self importance and cant think of any better way to attain it.
Monsters
Posted 9 years agoIm sure it is no secret I am a bit of a monster junkie. Love new and interesting enemies. In fact I love to draw and document them in books too. This is part of the reason I love games like, Warhammer series, Skies of Arcadia, Etherlords 2 and other games that really give each species or creature attention and detail. I think we can all say we have seen the dime a dozen Generic spiders, skeletons, zombies and no effort needed enemies before. In fact this might be partly where there is a large group of people who are tired of zombie games, cause there is next to no difference. Shoot em in the head, its a walking corpse, it wants brains. It takes a real special game to make something that isnt as forgettable as the last game you played.
What are some of your favorite examples of this? Any sleeper games or underrated game with fantastic monsters in it? What was so unique or different about them? Do just a few stick out or a whole bunch?
What are some of your favorite examples of this? Any sleeper games or underrated game with fantastic monsters in it? What was so unique or different about them? Do just a few stick out or a whole bunch?
Lets have a discussion
Posted 9 years agoPhilosophy, Theology, culture even yourself. Lets have a real conversation.
Philosophical Trick question
Posted 9 years agoThe classic.
There are 6 people. 5 on the left and 1 on the right. None of them notice the impending danger coming until it is too late for them to safely get out of the way. You can choose to pull the lever which will change the path of the danger to the one person, in essence saving the 5 at the cost of the 1 or not pull it and let the other 5 die.
This is less of a question and more of a test to see what a person believes.
ENDS>MEANS
You could see this as it is your Duty or the ends justify the means and saving 5 people is better than saving one.
You cause someone to die, to spare others.
Problem is this is very shifty ground. Because once you justify that one person is worth less that more than one you have to justify more. How many more is justifiable? 3? 2? are some people worth more than others? say, 1 doctor vs 3 lawyers? Its a quick downfall because one question leads to another.
MEANS>ENDS
You could see this as how the cards have been dealt, or that it is not moral to chose to kill anyone to save another person. Now this has merit, because you would be killing someone to save another. The workers were not paying attention or were not supposed to be there, perhaps someone else made a mistake and it is their fault. Some would still blame you because those people would have pulled the lever. Its not a popular pick but it can be justified.
OTHER
Then there is the out of the box thinker who would say something like "well this is a decision that is fully dependent on the situation and there is no moral formula for determining the answer." Which isn't wrong. So often people don't realize, the world is not a true or false question. You can forage your own path and choices. But it also does not answer the question, its just asking for more details. However the choice WILL have to be made eventually.
So often people say the "either you are for or against us" is bad logic. It isn't, its just badly phrased. If you see someone choking on food and you know first aid, you WILL either help them or you will not. By not choosing to do something, you are still choosing something. And again this is where morals come in. When something is happening there are sometimes multiple choices, however not always. Sometimes it is as simple as you either do it or you don't.
ALTERNATIVE (not really)
Now again there is another creative answer, however hardly any better. Some might say to pull the lever halfway and derail the train. but at this point you are still risking the lives of both groups, however you are also risking the lives of anyone on the train now too. Basically, the worst solution for trying not to be bad, but ending up doing the most harm at the same time.
Understand that ALL choices have consequences. Some immediate and others delayed. If you eat sugar puffs for breakfast with sweet tea every morning, it may not play a big role in anything, but down the line it may mean a kidney stone. Eating a bowl of deep fried jalapeno's with wasabi on the other hand will have a much more immediate reaction you may regret. Long term & Short term, both must be examined. Being short sighted is no better than overlooking immediate effects.
There are 6 people. 5 on the left and 1 on the right. None of them notice the impending danger coming until it is too late for them to safely get out of the way. You can choose to pull the lever which will change the path of the danger to the one person, in essence saving the 5 at the cost of the 1 or not pull it and let the other 5 die.
This is less of a question and more of a test to see what a person believes.
ENDS>MEANS
You could see this as it is your Duty or the ends justify the means and saving 5 people is better than saving one.
You cause someone to die, to spare others.
Problem is this is very shifty ground. Because once you justify that one person is worth less that more than one you have to justify more. How many more is justifiable? 3? 2? are some people worth more than others? say, 1 doctor vs 3 lawyers? Its a quick downfall because one question leads to another.
MEANS>ENDS
You could see this as how the cards have been dealt, or that it is not moral to chose to kill anyone to save another person. Now this has merit, because you would be killing someone to save another. The workers were not paying attention or were not supposed to be there, perhaps someone else made a mistake and it is their fault. Some would still blame you because those people would have pulled the lever. Its not a popular pick but it can be justified.
OTHER
Then there is the out of the box thinker who would say something like "well this is a decision that is fully dependent on the situation and there is no moral formula for determining the answer." Which isn't wrong. So often people don't realize, the world is not a true or false question. You can forage your own path and choices. But it also does not answer the question, its just asking for more details. However the choice WILL have to be made eventually.
So often people say the "either you are for or against us" is bad logic. It isn't, its just badly phrased. If you see someone choking on food and you know first aid, you WILL either help them or you will not. By not choosing to do something, you are still choosing something. And again this is where morals come in. When something is happening there are sometimes multiple choices, however not always. Sometimes it is as simple as you either do it or you don't.
ALTERNATIVE (not really)
Now again there is another creative answer, however hardly any better. Some might say to pull the lever halfway and derail the train. but at this point you are still risking the lives of both groups, however you are also risking the lives of anyone on the train now too. Basically, the worst solution for trying not to be bad, but ending up doing the most harm at the same time.
Understand that ALL choices have consequences. Some immediate and others delayed. If you eat sugar puffs for breakfast with sweet tea every morning, it may not play a big role in anything, but down the line it may mean a kidney stone. Eating a bowl of deep fried jalapeno's with wasabi on the other hand will have a much more immediate reaction you may regret. Long term & Short term, both must be examined. Being short sighted is no better than overlooking immediate effects.
Creaticide
Posted 9 years agoLately I have been thinking about this era. I have noticed that creativity is practically dead. What it stems from I think its an industry to afraid to fail. After all in today's society if you fail there is a heavy stigma connected to that. And yet they play it safe and still crash and burn. They hijack something that they did not create and try to steer it in a slightly new way they think is better.
Creative Suicide
Its been rather obvious they have mostly been rebooting things for lack of better ideas. Godzilla, a movie named after an iconic figure, that only appeared for 15 minutes in a 2 hour long movie. Ghostbusters, trying to be constantly funny and using crude jokes while pushing an agenda. The new Thief game, which is just an anxty teenager pitching a fit compared to is first first two golden story's. Several basically the same 5 nights at Freddie's games. Pokemon copy pasting the same game with new pokemon each time. Legend of Zelda doing basically the same. Rebooting jungle-book, Sleeping beauty, Petes dragon, jungle book again, Alice in wonderland and also starwars.
And many of these were at best... OK. Nothing more. Nothing new, just cooking the same hamburger in a different way. And some of them have lost as much money or more than if they had dared to try something new and failed.
And thats just movies and games. Thats not counting the carbon clone youtubers, books and music.
Creative Champions
Thats not to say that creativity is dead. There have been some amazing things done independently or by mainstream. Just not very often. Undertale, of course one of the most recent and well done that has inspired many. Ironicly its also created a ton of copycats who also Hijack it and make up their own memes, art and storys. Some good... some not. Dishonored, not an entirely original game mechanics wise, but a rich teslapunk world with also some spirit world mixed in. Rich plot, unique characters and good visuals. Yes it was based on Thief, but Bioshock was based on Systemshock. And those are just the successful ones. The failures or less sucsessful have sometimes explored neat ideas that others would not even try. Eitherlords 2, a unique but forgotten gem. Second sight, a game that dares to mess with your head and give you an engaging story. The Room, a game that blows your mind with boggling puzzles. Inception the movie. Sacrifice: A game that did so much in a way I have not seen used before. And last but not least Ori and the blind forest, a game so refreshing I got it twice to support it.
Granted this seems like a long list but it really isnt. The farther in time you go back the more experimentation you find.
Some of these games that failed to gain attention, favor or interest were new, and not just another Halo/COD "insert number here." Failure is important. I remember questions I got wrong on a test from years ago, and now I remember what the right answer is. I dont remember the ones I got correct. Having problems, making mistakes are natural ways of learning. The only True failure is not learning anything from your mistakes.
So now what?
I know what with the holidays coming on and the next wave of new games, movies and youtuber you will be eager to see or buy. But I caution you, evaluate these things. Creativity is a dying art, and if you reward those who just copy the same thing, or someone else, you are not supporting the person who expended MORE effort, thought and work into something new or original. Remember, you may only be one person, but each drop raises the sea. The more people who think, the better tomorrow will be.
Give your attention and patronage to those who work hard to bring You something new. Not those that are after the quick buck to take your money.
Creative Suicide
Its been rather obvious they have mostly been rebooting things for lack of better ideas. Godzilla, a movie named after an iconic figure, that only appeared for 15 minutes in a 2 hour long movie. Ghostbusters, trying to be constantly funny and using crude jokes while pushing an agenda. The new Thief game, which is just an anxty teenager pitching a fit compared to is first first two golden story's. Several basically the same 5 nights at Freddie's games. Pokemon copy pasting the same game with new pokemon each time. Legend of Zelda doing basically the same. Rebooting jungle-book, Sleeping beauty, Petes dragon, jungle book again, Alice in wonderland and also starwars.
And many of these were at best... OK. Nothing more. Nothing new, just cooking the same hamburger in a different way. And some of them have lost as much money or more than if they had dared to try something new and failed.
And thats just movies and games. Thats not counting the carbon clone youtubers, books and music.
Creative Champions
Thats not to say that creativity is dead. There have been some amazing things done independently or by mainstream. Just not very often. Undertale, of course one of the most recent and well done that has inspired many. Ironicly its also created a ton of copycats who also Hijack it and make up their own memes, art and storys. Some good... some not. Dishonored, not an entirely original game mechanics wise, but a rich teslapunk world with also some spirit world mixed in. Rich plot, unique characters and good visuals. Yes it was based on Thief, but Bioshock was based on Systemshock. And those are just the successful ones. The failures or less sucsessful have sometimes explored neat ideas that others would not even try. Eitherlords 2, a unique but forgotten gem. Second sight, a game that dares to mess with your head and give you an engaging story. The Room, a game that blows your mind with boggling puzzles. Inception the movie. Sacrifice: A game that did so much in a way I have not seen used before. And last but not least Ori and the blind forest, a game so refreshing I got it twice to support it.
Granted this seems like a long list but it really isnt. The farther in time you go back the more experimentation you find.
Some of these games that failed to gain attention, favor or interest were new, and not just another Halo/COD "insert number here." Failure is important. I remember questions I got wrong on a test from years ago, and now I remember what the right answer is. I dont remember the ones I got correct. Having problems, making mistakes are natural ways of learning. The only True failure is not learning anything from your mistakes.
So now what?
I know what with the holidays coming on and the next wave of new games, movies and youtuber you will be eager to see or buy. But I caution you, evaluate these things. Creativity is a dying art, and if you reward those who just copy the same thing, or someone else, you are not supporting the person who expended MORE effort, thought and work into something new or original. Remember, you may only be one person, but each drop raises the sea. The more people who think, the better tomorrow will be.
Give your attention and patronage to those who work hard to bring You something new. Not those that are after the quick buck to take your money.
Philoreincarnation
Posted 9 years agoEthos Pathos Logos.
Morals, Emotions and Logic.
These are the well established in Philosophical history. But I think we lost it somewhere. I think that somewhere on the road we split off. You have those who hail Logic, higher than Morals and Emotions. You have those who surrender to their emotions and tell Morals and logic to screw off. And you have people so obsessed with their Morals that they don't let logic or emotions get in the way of them. However you cant have a world that has sea and air but no land. You need all of them.
Single minded:
Ethos: That goes against what I stand for so get away from me or get behind me.
Pathos: Well that's how I feel and if you don't like it go **** yourself.
Logos: Clearly the facts speak for themselves, if you contest data your an idiot.
It doesn't matter which one you fall under, being single minded on any of these issues makes you obnoxious. The can say "Oh those Christians are such hypocrites, so closed minded." Yet you have Scientists saying "Well if they don't agree with us then those people need to be silenced." and Celebrity's "Well I just act for a living but you should believe me because I am popular. And it feels right." Fascists have many faces none better than the other.
Dual Minded:
Ethos Pathos: Yes I feel your pain, its wrong and I must fix it!
Ethos Logos: This is why you should listen to me, then this would not have happened.
Pathos Logos: Its wrong even if you feel that way, and you should have thought about that before you did that.
This is better because you can connect to other people better, but you still lack something. Perhaps you lack emotion, or have a little to much. "Religion without Science is blind, and Science without Religion is lame." "Those that cannot control their emotions will be controlled by them." Each one has a defining flaw. If you lack empathy and compassion, you will come off cold and heartless, even if you mean well. A lack of reason and sensibility may not only hinder you, but those around you. Those that have no morals will eventually cause more harm than healing.
Complete mindset:
Ethos Pathos Logos: I see this has hurt you, and it hurts me to see this wrong thing done to you. We must make sure that this does not happen to you again, or to others.
By using all aspects they control the flaws of the others.
Morals keep the Feelings from getting out of control. Feelings keep the Logic from becoming robotic and heartless. And Logic keeps the Morals from becoming fanatic.
People who are given to violent or irrational actions let feelings control them. Those that are condescending or arrogant behavior let their logic rule them. Anyone who holds standards on pure principle of 'because I/they say so' is brainwashed.
Everyone has points where they may give way to one, or forget another of these aspects, but we should still strive for holding all of them.
In this day and age, I see the violence, the hate, people lording over others and ignorance. Its time for change everyone, and it starts not with others, but yourself. Expecting others to change but not changing yourself first, that's hypocritical. If you cant bother to try and understand the other side even a little, and instead demonize them, insult them and treat them as inferiors you are in fact worst than them. You will NEVER completely eliminate mistreatment of others, lying, world hunger, jerks, poverty, corruption or evil. And those that strive for this absolution are foolish. No one ever won someone over with insults, hate or by force. Fascists are beginning to appear, and it was Fascists that first tried to kill Philosophy. Philosophy needs to be reborn today. So that ever person alive here with us can stand together, even if we disagree, we will at least understand each other and can be civil about it. We are stronger together than apart.
I realize some of these philosophical principles wont mean anything to some of you, and some may not even care about this at all. This may be forgotten but I made this because I though, perhaps, this might make a difference to some of you. I doubt I invented this, or even am the first to talk on it, but I hope that this has enlightened you, even if only a little.
Morals, Emotions and Logic.
These are the well established in Philosophical history. But I think we lost it somewhere. I think that somewhere on the road we split off. You have those who hail Logic, higher than Morals and Emotions. You have those who surrender to their emotions and tell Morals and logic to screw off. And you have people so obsessed with their Morals that they don't let logic or emotions get in the way of them. However you cant have a world that has sea and air but no land. You need all of them.
Single minded:
Ethos: That goes against what I stand for so get away from me or get behind me.
Pathos: Well that's how I feel and if you don't like it go **** yourself.
Logos: Clearly the facts speak for themselves, if you contest data your an idiot.
It doesn't matter which one you fall under, being single minded on any of these issues makes you obnoxious. The can say "Oh those Christians are such hypocrites, so closed minded." Yet you have Scientists saying "Well if they don't agree with us then those people need to be silenced." and Celebrity's "Well I just act for a living but you should believe me because I am popular. And it feels right." Fascists have many faces none better than the other.
Dual Minded:
Ethos Pathos: Yes I feel your pain, its wrong and I must fix it!
Ethos Logos: This is why you should listen to me, then this would not have happened.
Pathos Logos: Its wrong even if you feel that way, and you should have thought about that before you did that.
This is better because you can connect to other people better, but you still lack something. Perhaps you lack emotion, or have a little to much. "Religion without Science is blind, and Science without Religion is lame." "Those that cannot control their emotions will be controlled by them." Each one has a defining flaw. If you lack empathy and compassion, you will come off cold and heartless, even if you mean well. A lack of reason and sensibility may not only hinder you, but those around you. Those that have no morals will eventually cause more harm than healing.
Complete mindset:
Ethos Pathos Logos: I see this has hurt you, and it hurts me to see this wrong thing done to you. We must make sure that this does not happen to you again, or to others.
By using all aspects they control the flaws of the others.
Morals keep the Feelings from getting out of control. Feelings keep the Logic from becoming robotic and heartless. And Logic keeps the Morals from becoming fanatic.
People who are given to violent or irrational actions let feelings control them. Those that are condescending or arrogant behavior let their logic rule them. Anyone who holds standards on pure principle of 'because I/they say so' is brainwashed.
Everyone has points where they may give way to one, or forget another of these aspects, but we should still strive for holding all of them.
In this day and age, I see the violence, the hate, people lording over others and ignorance. Its time for change everyone, and it starts not with others, but yourself. Expecting others to change but not changing yourself first, that's hypocritical. If you cant bother to try and understand the other side even a little, and instead demonize them, insult them and treat them as inferiors you are in fact worst than them. You will NEVER completely eliminate mistreatment of others, lying, world hunger, jerks, poverty, corruption or evil. And those that strive for this absolution are foolish. No one ever won someone over with insults, hate or by force. Fascists are beginning to appear, and it was Fascists that first tried to kill Philosophy. Philosophy needs to be reborn today. So that ever person alive here with us can stand together, even if we disagree, we will at least understand each other and can be civil about it. We are stronger together than apart.
I realize some of these philosophical principles wont mean anything to some of you, and some may not even care about this at all. This may be forgotten but I made this because I though, perhaps, this might make a difference to some of you. I doubt I invented this, or even am the first to talk on it, but I hope that this has enlightened you, even if only a little.
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