I dunno whether to laugh, cry, or rejoice...
General | Posted 13 years agoWell, it looks like my favorite Freedom Fighter, Rotor Walrus, is finally getting more of the spotlight by becoming the leader of a new brand of homeland security Freedom Fighters, created to protect their home from any threats. That's the awesome part.
The fucked up part is the members of said team: Cream the Rabbit, her pet Chao Cheese, Big the Cat, and Heavy and Bomb from the Chaotix. The first two are annoying and too young to be fighting, the second is an idiotic stoner, and the last two were CREATED TO BE A HINDRANCE. Then again, it's said that Cream, Cheese and Big were the only ones who "applied" for the position (the team was made through auditions, so if that's true, that doesn't leave me with any faith whatsoever in the convictions of the people of New Mobotropolis), and Heavy and Bomb could be easily reprogrammed and upgraded, but still...
Consider this: Team Fighters, Sonic's new team, is comprised of himself, Amy Roze, Tails, and T-Pup, a robot made by Tails in an earlier comic. Team Secret Freedom Fighters, a team made to overthrow the corrupt government from within and reinstate the original king, is comprised of Silver, King Elias, Substitute Freedom Fighter Larry Lynx, two Wolf Pack Freedom Fighters, AND the original Metal Sonic. Why is our perennial portly purple penis-polishing pinneped dealing with children, dumbasses and junk piles while the other teams have actual COMPETENT people on their team? Jeez...
The fucked up part is the members of said team: Cream the Rabbit, her pet Chao Cheese, Big the Cat, and Heavy and Bomb from the Chaotix. The first two are annoying and too young to be fighting, the second is an idiotic stoner, and the last two were CREATED TO BE A HINDRANCE. Then again, it's said that Cream, Cheese and Big were the only ones who "applied" for the position (the team was made through auditions, so if that's true, that doesn't leave me with any faith whatsoever in the convictions of the people of New Mobotropolis), and Heavy and Bomb could be easily reprogrammed and upgraded, but still...
Consider this: Team Fighters, Sonic's new team, is comprised of himself, Amy Roze, Tails, and T-Pup, a robot made by Tails in an earlier comic. Team Secret Freedom Fighters, a team made to overthrow the corrupt government from within and reinstate the original king, is comprised of Silver, King Elias, Substitute Freedom Fighter Larry Lynx, two Wolf Pack Freedom Fighters, AND the original Metal Sonic. Why is our perennial portly purple penis-polishing pinneped dealing with children, dumbasses and junk piles while the other teams have actual COMPETENT people on their team? Jeez...
Looking for Poser props
General | Posted 13 years agoANyone familiar with Poser/Daz3D, I've got a question for you. I want to use Poser to set up scenes for some Rotor piics I'm going to be drawing for my Rotor/Cobar story, but there's a few props I don't have, specifically fucking machine props. ANyone who's read my story knows why I need this; it has to look like it's homemade or a modified power tool, not a sci-fi like machine. If anyone knows where I can get one, please let me know, thanks.
Who wants to make some money?
General | Posted 13 years agoI've got a model I made in Sculptris that I want to get set up for Poser, but it needs a lot of work that I just don't have the knowledge to do: retopo, texturing, rigging, and morphing. I'm willing to spend a good $100=#150 for someone to do it for me. If you're interested, please let me know. Thanks.
Oh, for the love of fuck...
General | Posted 13 years agoI hate Ian Flynn fanboys. I really, really do. They're just as bad as Ken Penders fanboys, which is saying something because I consider Penders to be superior as a writer than Ian, if not as a person.
Just now, I posted something on Ian's board. Something meant to be taken as a joke. Something that would normally be considered a GOOD thing. You see, my mate recently bought a hardcover trade of Ian's Sonic: Genesis saga, and thanks to it, he's starting to question his decision to quit the comic after issue 216 and is interested in getting back into it. I let them know about this in the post, jokingly saying that Ian "corrupted" him into coming back, and I even put a smiley face at the end to let people know I was kidding with that last part.
The first comment I got called me a dick for posting it and essentially told me to fuck off.
Seriously, what the hell? First of all, he's GAINING a new reader, because of this! Isn't that supposed to be cause for celebration among Ian fanboys? And second, did he NOT see the smiley face at the end of the comment, or the joking nature of the post? Evidently not, because otherwise he'd have realized I was kidding. That honestly hurt me; I wasn't meant to be insulting or anything, but once again my big fat fucking mouth draws in all of the assholes of a board no matter what comes out of it.
This is why I rarely talk on forums and imageboards, anymore; nothing I say will NOT be taken as an insult by SOMEONE, or get me into a stupid flame war. That's why I left Ian's board, in the first place; because I got into a flame war that I couldn't get out of, no matter what I did to stop it, with even one of the mods getting in on things (by that I mean, she sided with the flamers and started attacking me like they did, not intervene to get the topic back on track), but now... now there's no fucking way I'm going back. It's stupid, it's wrong, and I'm getting sick of it.
Just now, I posted something on Ian's board. Something meant to be taken as a joke. Something that would normally be considered a GOOD thing. You see, my mate recently bought a hardcover trade of Ian's Sonic: Genesis saga, and thanks to it, he's starting to question his decision to quit the comic after issue 216 and is interested in getting back into it. I let them know about this in the post, jokingly saying that Ian "corrupted" him into coming back, and I even put a smiley face at the end to let people know I was kidding with that last part.
The first comment I got called me a dick for posting it and essentially told me to fuck off.
Seriously, what the hell? First of all, he's GAINING a new reader, because of this! Isn't that supposed to be cause for celebration among Ian fanboys? And second, did he NOT see the smiley face at the end of the comment, or the joking nature of the post? Evidently not, because otherwise he'd have realized I was kidding. That honestly hurt me; I wasn't meant to be insulting or anything, but once again my big fat fucking mouth draws in all of the assholes of a board no matter what comes out of it.
This is why I rarely talk on forums and imageboards, anymore; nothing I say will NOT be taken as an insult by SOMEONE, or get me into a stupid flame war. That's why I left Ian's board, in the first place; because I got into a flame war that I couldn't get out of, no matter what I did to stop it, with even one of the mods getting in on things (by that I mean, she sided with the flamers and started attacking me like they did, not intervene to get the topic back on track), but now... now there's no fucking way I'm going back. It's stupid, it's wrong, and I'm getting sick of it.
How can I get these people out of my hair?
General | Posted 13 years agoLate last year, in order to get myself on SSI, I hired some healthcare advocates to do my case. They did jack shit with it and ended up costing me two denials, as a result. Now they're demanding I pay them $300 for "services rendered", which they admitted was ME calling THEM to get an update on my case, which amounted to nothing.
Right now, I'm judgment-proof, but after a long stretch of them backing off, they finally sent me another bill, a month after I had my latest appeal hearing. So likely they caught wind of the verdict, and it was favorable to me. However, because they did jack shit to help me, I don't want to pay them, but I'm afraid that, if the result IS favorable, I won't be able to deny them.
I threatened to go to the BBB against them if they continued to harass me, but that hasn't stopped them, and the person who referred me to them got everything he needed from me to put them in their place, but obviously he didn't do jack shit, either. So, how am I supposed to get them out of my hair? Has anyone had experience with this kind of thing?
Right now, I'm judgment-proof, but after a long stretch of them backing off, they finally sent me another bill, a month after I had my latest appeal hearing. So likely they caught wind of the verdict, and it was favorable to me. However, because they did jack shit to help me, I don't want to pay them, but I'm afraid that, if the result IS favorable, I won't be able to deny them.
I threatened to go to the BBB against them if they continued to harass me, but that hasn't stopped them, and the person who referred me to them got everything he needed from me to put them in their place, but obviously he didn't do jack shit, either. So, how am I supposed to get them out of my hair? Has anyone had experience with this kind of thing?
Question for anyone on SSI
General | Posted 13 years agoHow long did it take for you to get an approval or rejection determination after you had your hearing? I had my appeal hearing earlier this month, and I'm waiting for a response from hem, so I don't know how long it will take for them to get back to me. All signs look good, but I'm worried, so anyone who can tell me a standard timeline I should expect for it, I'd really appreciate it.
Anyone here a Yugioh expert?
General | Posted 13 years agoI got a few (well, one) response(s) to my last Yugioh journal, so I'm going to ask for some deck advice. Anyone who plays the game, please respond to this.
http://i.imgur.com/dSnNZ.jpg
This is the deck I have, so far. Like the furry I am, it's a full-on tiger deck, based around the King Tiger Wanghu "Anti-Meta" build that has become so famous, in recent metas. This is very much a budget build, as the side and Extra decks show. Likely, this is NOT going to be the final build, as I'm not that big of a fan of Synchro monsters, and I only really have two cards I can use to bring out one of the Synchros, but it's something that I otherwise like.
I await suggestions, criticisms, etc. Forgive me if this isn't allowed.
http://i.imgur.com/dSnNZ.jpg
This is the deck I have, so far. Like the furry I am, it's a full-on tiger deck, based around the King Tiger Wanghu "Anti-Meta" build that has become so famous, in recent metas. This is very much a budget build, as the side and Extra decks show. Likely, this is NOT going to be the final build, as I'm not that big of a fan of Synchro monsters, and I only really have two cards I can use to bring out one of the Synchros, but it's something that I otherwise like.
I await suggestions, criticisms, etc. Forgive me if this isn't allowed.
Top Ten "Logic" arguments Elitists use that baffle me
General | Posted 14 years agoAs a player of Yu-Gi-Oh, there's a lot of things I don't understand about the supposed "logic" of the tournament-whoring elitist players. They claim it's right, they claim it's sound, but looking at it from an empirical eye, it just doesn't make sense at all. So here's a list of the top ten "logic" arguments these elitists have made that just baffle me, in no particular order.
10. Life points are expendable, so high LP cost cards are acceptable if they benefit you. This is the argument made to justify why everyone has the card "Solemn Judgment" in their deck. FOr those of you who don't know, Solemn Judgment requires you to halve your current LP to negate a monster summon or spell/trap activation. I call crap on this; while having a card that can do all of that is good, cutting your LP in half to do it? Seems really risky to me, especially when you're forced to use it early. "But Synjo, you can use it late in the game and not have to pay as much". You're still halving your LP, LP that could be used to survive an attack from an opponent. In today's meta, keeping your LP up and preventing the opponent from nuking them is vital, as other deck types that do stuff like milling your deck for the win or something are few and far between. A few LP, up to a couple thousand (like with Solemn Warning), is fine, if the effect is kickass, but for a one-shot negation? No, I'm sorry, but that's just too much.
9. Using a card that can only affect one card in your deck is perfectly acceptable if it gives you an advantage. Why do people do this? Seriously, it gets annoying. Here's the scenario: I have a deck that only has 1 set of Normal Monsters. I get pressured into using Rescue Rabbit (which can pull Normal Monsters from the deck), because it "gives me an advantage". Why? What advantage do I get from wasting a card that can only be used to bring out a single monster? Or otherwise affect that one monster? If my deck is built around Beast/Beast-Warrior monsters, then it's fine that I use Horn of the Phantom Beast in it, but why would I use it in a deck that only has one or two? I'd rather have options for what I can use the card with, thank you very much.
8. Using a search engine that only works with a certain archetype in a deck that doesn't need it is perfect, since it causes deck-thinning. The argument used to justify people using three copies of Gravekeeper's Spy or Toon Table of Contents in a deck that doesn't need them. Like the above, the only purpose they have in a deck outside of their own archetype is to search themselves out, which I find wasteful. If you really want to "thin your deck", there's a ton of other options that DO fit into your deck. Note that this does NOT count toward "floaters", cards that ONLY search for another copy of themselves, like Reborn Tengu; those are designed to search out a single card (themselves), and are usually generic enough that they can fit in anywhere, though it still doesn't mean they should.
7. X card is the key in a deck, so losing it would ruin the deck entirely. Well, yes and no; you see, this argument came up with the onset of the Inzektor combo, a combo where one card (Inzektor Dragonfly) can summon another card (Inzektor Centipede) which can search out another card (Inzektor Hornet) that can be used to pop a card and force the second monster to search out another copy of itself for a loop. People insist that the first card is the key to the combo, and losing it would screw the deck over pretty bad. Granted, the first card makes the loop more stable and easier, but from my own research, I've found it IS NOT NECESSARY; all you need is the second and third cards and a way to summon multiple copies of the second card. It may not be as good, but the combo is STILL viable. Now, that's not to say that EVERY combo works like this; if the third card in the aforementioned combo would to be axed, for instance, then the combo would be killed, because it NEEDS it to get the ball rolling, but people tend to mixtake "card that makes the combo easier" with "card that makes the combo essential", which pisses me off. This actually dovetails nicely into...
6. X Broken card is limited/semi-limited? RUINED FOREVER!!! Remember Reborn Tengu that I mentioned in argument 8? The floater that searches for itself? It was "oh so broken" when at 3, but now that it's at 2, people are calling it crap. Why? If it was limited to 1, then yeah, I can see that, since it wouldn't have anything to search, but there are tons of ways of recycling cards that would allow you to continue the loop with its effect. It's even worse when we take into account the above argument; that an essential or presumed essential card, if limited, would ruin the combo. This is the argument made with the Agent and T.G. decks; they lost a key searcher to the limited bin, but at least the searcher wasn't out and out banned. So, okay, the usefulness of the deck has been diminished. So what? It's not going to be the end of the world; you've gotten used to playing these cards without that card, in the past, and it's still around, if in a lesser form, so you can still have your cake and eat it, too. People didn't bitch that Black Luster Soldier: Envoy of the Beginning was crap after it was limited, did they? Of course not; you just need to learn to adjust your tactics and make due with what you have. Speaking of...
5. X broken card is banned? Nothing can replace it, so don't even try. Jeez, I hate this argument. It's a clear sign that creativity and ingenuity are dead in the game; the argument that if a broken card is banned, similar cards with similar effects aren't even worth considering, because the broken card was just too useful to be replaced. It's the argument people are making with the "broken" Trap Dustshoot, and I don't like it. Just because a card with a similar effect doesn't work as well as the banned card doesn't mean that it's not worth playing; people didn't give up on finding a replacement to Pot of Greed when it was banned, did they? People found ways of getting around the Dark Hole/Raigeki ban, so why is it now so taboo to find a way around the ban of Dustshoot and other "broken" cards?
4. The Numbers Game. This takes a bit of explanation, so forgive me for being a little long-winded here: there's a thing called a "+/-1 Advantage" that people like to use to argue the worth of a card; basically, if you lose hand/field advantage as part of a cost or drawback for a card's activation that is more than the benefits, you take a hit in advantage. Otherwise, you either gain or break even. I'm not arguing against that; some cards do gain advantage when using them. The thing I'm arguing against is the logic behind it, mainly the logic that the card being played ITSELF is considered part of the negative cost. For example, say you play Pot of Greed; that lets you draw 2 cards. According to the logicians in the elite, this means you get a +1 advantage, because Pot of Greed ITSELF being played cancels out one of the cards you drew from its effect. Why? Clearly, you can't get the card's effect, and therefore its advantage, if you DON'T play it, so why figure its playing into the cost bin? "Well, you see, if you play it, you don't have it in your hand/field, so you can't use it later". Bullshit; you wouldn't be playing it NOW unless you were sure you could gain some kind of advantage from it. For me, any OTHER costs the card has needs to be compared to the benefits to get an accurate account of advantage. So, if a card cost you to discard a card to activate, and it destroys a card the opponent controls, THAT is breaking even, not a -1 that elitists like to claim it is.
3. You HAVE to play X card; it'll make your deck awesome! This argument was used especially during the Synchro days, but I've heard it used elsewhere; you HAVE to use Solemn Judgment or Reborn Tengu or whatever Synchro was popular at the time in your deck, otherwise it's a crap deck, no matter if it actually fit the theme or the strategy or not. I play a pure Beast/Beast-Warrior deck; why in the fuck would I want to flood my extra deck with Brionac and Stardust Dragon JUST to get an edge? Especially when it doesn't fit the strategy I'm playing? I don't need extra decks, I've got an ANti-Meta deck, a deck that specifically COUNTERS decks like that. What am I going to do with a Brionac, anyway? True, there are "staples" in the game, but frankly, that should be a matter of preference, not a solid rule. This also dovetails into...
2. Your deck sucks! Go with X cookie-cutter elitist deck! As I said, dueling should be a matter of preference; that's how new decks are formed. Saying that my Tiger-themed deck is worthless because it's not going to win tournaments is stupid; so what if it doesn't? As long as it's a viable deck that plays by the rules, and I have fun playing it, who cares if it's not Regionals worthy? You do not know how many times I've had to defend people's original or underrated decks from these assholes simply because they don't like the idea of the deck being played. Ironically, many of them were defending E-Hero decks, back in the day when those kinds of decks were looked down as crap. Why do I say Ironically? Because nowadays, it's one of the tournament decks that people rave about. The fact of the matter is, that almost ALL of the decks that aren't handed to us on a silver platter by Konami are a result of innovation and creativity; combination decks, Empty Jar, Synchrocentric, they all developed because someone decided to think outside the box and figure out how the cards can work to their advantage. A lot of the cards and decks that people laud about, nowadays, started out being frowned upon by those same people.
1. You have to play to win; otherwise, you suck! THe biggest reason why I hate elitists; they are so consumed by the belief that winning is the only option for playing the game that they don't get the concept of "playing for fun". They look down at casual players like me and get on their high horse and trample all over us in an attempt to make their way of thinking look pleasing, by comparison. Even worse is when they encourage people to change their decks to be more competitive; half of the time, if not most of the time, the casual player gets overwhelmed with trying to please the elitists that they stop having fun and get frustrated when their "tournament-worthy" deck fails to live up to the hype. As I said above, the game is supposed to be about preference, and that includes preference in how to play; some people like playing casually, some people don't. That doesn't mean that those who don't have to look down at the ones who do, or that they should act like dicks to those who do. I remember a local tournament where my mate got to the point of tears because, not only did he keep on losing to the same deck three times in a row, but mainly because those same duelists he lost to bitched at him for running a deck they didn't approve of and called him and the cards insulting names to belittle them. In other words, elitists don't have a sense of fair play or sportsmanship, not like the casual players do, and that can hurt even more than any of the other arguments above.
Thanks to the above arguments, I've stopped playing the game in any real sense of the matter; it's just too frustrating and disheartening to know that, for every casual player out there that bucks the trend, there's ten dozen elitists who try to hammer these arguments home and bully the casual players, as a result.
10. Life points are expendable, so high LP cost cards are acceptable if they benefit you. This is the argument made to justify why everyone has the card "Solemn Judgment" in their deck. FOr those of you who don't know, Solemn Judgment requires you to halve your current LP to negate a monster summon or spell/trap activation. I call crap on this; while having a card that can do all of that is good, cutting your LP in half to do it? Seems really risky to me, especially when you're forced to use it early. "But Synjo, you can use it late in the game and not have to pay as much". You're still halving your LP, LP that could be used to survive an attack from an opponent. In today's meta, keeping your LP up and preventing the opponent from nuking them is vital, as other deck types that do stuff like milling your deck for the win or something are few and far between. A few LP, up to a couple thousand (like with Solemn Warning), is fine, if the effect is kickass, but for a one-shot negation? No, I'm sorry, but that's just too much.
9. Using a card that can only affect one card in your deck is perfectly acceptable if it gives you an advantage. Why do people do this? Seriously, it gets annoying. Here's the scenario: I have a deck that only has 1 set of Normal Monsters. I get pressured into using Rescue Rabbit (which can pull Normal Monsters from the deck), because it "gives me an advantage". Why? What advantage do I get from wasting a card that can only be used to bring out a single monster? Or otherwise affect that one monster? If my deck is built around Beast/Beast-Warrior monsters, then it's fine that I use Horn of the Phantom Beast in it, but why would I use it in a deck that only has one or two? I'd rather have options for what I can use the card with, thank you very much.
8. Using a search engine that only works with a certain archetype in a deck that doesn't need it is perfect, since it causes deck-thinning. The argument used to justify people using three copies of Gravekeeper's Spy or Toon Table of Contents in a deck that doesn't need them. Like the above, the only purpose they have in a deck outside of their own archetype is to search themselves out, which I find wasteful. If you really want to "thin your deck", there's a ton of other options that DO fit into your deck. Note that this does NOT count toward "floaters", cards that ONLY search for another copy of themselves, like Reborn Tengu; those are designed to search out a single card (themselves), and are usually generic enough that they can fit in anywhere, though it still doesn't mean they should.
7. X card is the key in a deck, so losing it would ruin the deck entirely. Well, yes and no; you see, this argument came up with the onset of the Inzektor combo, a combo where one card (Inzektor Dragonfly) can summon another card (Inzektor Centipede) which can search out another card (Inzektor Hornet) that can be used to pop a card and force the second monster to search out another copy of itself for a loop. People insist that the first card is the key to the combo, and losing it would screw the deck over pretty bad. Granted, the first card makes the loop more stable and easier, but from my own research, I've found it IS NOT NECESSARY; all you need is the second and third cards and a way to summon multiple copies of the second card. It may not be as good, but the combo is STILL viable. Now, that's not to say that EVERY combo works like this; if the third card in the aforementioned combo would to be axed, for instance, then the combo would be killed, because it NEEDS it to get the ball rolling, but people tend to mixtake "card that makes the combo easier" with "card that makes the combo essential", which pisses me off. This actually dovetails nicely into...
6. X Broken card is limited/semi-limited? RUINED FOREVER!!! Remember Reborn Tengu that I mentioned in argument 8? The floater that searches for itself? It was "oh so broken" when at 3, but now that it's at 2, people are calling it crap. Why? If it was limited to 1, then yeah, I can see that, since it wouldn't have anything to search, but there are tons of ways of recycling cards that would allow you to continue the loop with its effect. It's even worse when we take into account the above argument; that an essential or presumed essential card, if limited, would ruin the combo. This is the argument made with the Agent and T.G. decks; they lost a key searcher to the limited bin, but at least the searcher wasn't out and out banned. So, okay, the usefulness of the deck has been diminished. So what? It's not going to be the end of the world; you've gotten used to playing these cards without that card, in the past, and it's still around, if in a lesser form, so you can still have your cake and eat it, too. People didn't bitch that Black Luster Soldier: Envoy of the Beginning was crap after it was limited, did they? Of course not; you just need to learn to adjust your tactics and make due with what you have. Speaking of...
5. X broken card is banned? Nothing can replace it, so don't even try. Jeez, I hate this argument. It's a clear sign that creativity and ingenuity are dead in the game; the argument that if a broken card is banned, similar cards with similar effects aren't even worth considering, because the broken card was just too useful to be replaced. It's the argument people are making with the "broken" Trap Dustshoot, and I don't like it. Just because a card with a similar effect doesn't work as well as the banned card doesn't mean that it's not worth playing; people didn't give up on finding a replacement to Pot of Greed when it was banned, did they? People found ways of getting around the Dark Hole/Raigeki ban, so why is it now so taboo to find a way around the ban of Dustshoot and other "broken" cards?
4. The Numbers Game. This takes a bit of explanation, so forgive me for being a little long-winded here: there's a thing called a "+/-1 Advantage" that people like to use to argue the worth of a card; basically, if you lose hand/field advantage as part of a cost or drawback for a card's activation that is more than the benefits, you take a hit in advantage. Otherwise, you either gain or break even. I'm not arguing against that; some cards do gain advantage when using them. The thing I'm arguing against is the logic behind it, mainly the logic that the card being played ITSELF is considered part of the negative cost. For example, say you play Pot of Greed; that lets you draw 2 cards. According to the logicians in the elite, this means you get a +1 advantage, because Pot of Greed ITSELF being played cancels out one of the cards you drew from its effect. Why? Clearly, you can't get the card's effect, and therefore its advantage, if you DON'T play it, so why figure its playing into the cost bin? "Well, you see, if you play it, you don't have it in your hand/field, so you can't use it later". Bullshit; you wouldn't be playing it NOW unless you were sure you could gain some kind of advantage from it. For me, any OTHER costs the card has needs to be compared to the benefits to get an accurate account of advantage. So, if a card cost you to discard a card to activate, and it destroys a card the opponent controls, THAT is breaking even, not a -1 that elitists like to claim it is.
3. You HAVE to play X card; it'll make your deck awesome! This argument was used especially during the Synchro days, but I've heard it used elsewhere; you HAVE to use Solemn Judgment or Reborn Tengu or whatever Synchro was popular at the time in your deck, otherwise it's a crap deck, no matter if it actually fit the theme or the strategy or not. I play a pure Beast/Beast-Warrior deck; why in the fuck would I want to flood my extra deck with Brionac and Stardust Dragon JUST to get an edge? Especially when it doesn't fit the strategy I'm playing? I don't need extra decks, I've got an ANti-Meta deck, a deck that specifically COUNTERS decks like that. What am I going to do with a Brionac, anyway? True, there are "staples" in the game, but frankly, that should be a matter of preference, not a solid rule. This also dovetails into...
2. Your deck sucks! Go with X cookie-cutter elitist deck! As I said, dueling should be a matter of preference; that's how new decks are formed. Saying that my Tiger-themed deck is worthless because it's not going to win tournaments is stupid; so what if it doesn't? As long as it's a viable deck that plays by the rules, and I have fun playing it, who cares if it's not Regionals worthy? You do not know how many times I've had to defend people's original or underrated decks from these assholes simply because they don't like the idea of the deck being played. Ironically, many of them were defending E-Hero decks, back in the day when those kinds of decks were looked down as crap. Why do I say Ironically? Because nowadays, it's one of the tournament decks that people rave about. The fact of the matter is, that almost ALL of the decks that aren't handed to us on a silver platter by Konami are a result of innovation and creativity; combination decks, Empty Jar, Synchrocentric, they all developed because someone decided to think outside the box and figure out how the cards can work to their advantage. A lot of the cards and decks that people laud about, nowadays, started out being frowned upon by those same people.
1. You have to play to win; otherwise, you suck! THe biggest reason why I hate elitists; they are so consumed by the belief that winning is the only option for playing the game that they don't get the concept of "playing for fun". They look down at casual players like me and get on their high horse and trample all over us in an attempt to make their way of thinking look pleasing, by comparison. Even worse is when they encourage people to change their decks to be more competitive; half of the time, if not most of the time, the casual player gets overwhelmed with trying to please the elitists that they stop having fun and get frustrated when their "tournament-worthy" deck fails to live up to the hype. As I said above, the game is supposed to be about preference, and that includes preference in how to play; some people like playing casually, some people don't. That doesn't mean that those who don't have to look down at the ones who do, or that they should act like dicks to those who do. I remember a local tournament where my mate got to the point of tears because, not only did he keep on losing to the same deck three times in a row, but mainly because those same duelists he lost to bitched at him for running a deck they didn't approve of and called him and the cards insulting names to belittle them. In other words, elitists don't have a sense of fair play or sportsmanship, not like the casual players do, and that can hurt even more than any of the other arguments above.
Thanks to the above arguments, I've stopped playing the game in any real sense of the matter; it's just too frustrating and disheartening to know that, for every casual player out there that bucks the trend, there's ten dozen elitists who try to hammer these arguments home and bully the casual players, as a result.
Artists and Pay Sites: A rebuttal
General | Posted 14 years agoThis is in response to a rant journal that someone I used to watch on here made about artists who use pay sites to get their art out or charge massive amounts of money for commissions. Just do a search if you want to find out who I'm talking about, I won't reveal it, here, to avoid a flame war.
My rebuttal: Grow the fuck up and shut your pie hole.
Now, please don't misunderstand, there are a few parts of his argument I understand and can generally agree on; some artists can be douches about art theft and their popufurity, and some furs do charge prices that would otherwise be extravagant. However, that's the exception to the rule, not the rule proper, and I feel he made a huge blanket statement with his rant that was unwarranted.
The truth of the matter is, the fandom has always been an institution with the potential for marketing and consumerism, and the more people get connected and the easier it is to get a hold of the tools for making artwork, the more likely consumerism will infect the fandom. Anyone remember when Antarctic Press and Radio Comix started producing the first Genus magazines? Or when Kaze: The Ghost Warrior was streamed and people were hoping it would be picked up as a full-fledged TV series? That was in the infancy of the fandom, when it was small, the community was more local than global and the artistic part of the fandom were more fanficcy and pet projects than anything. That was back when it wasn't possible for people to sell their artwork on their own, to publish it and get it out and actually make a living off of their talents. This is 2012, over a decade after the dot.com boom/bust, and it's been proven that not only is it possible to make a lucrative living off of one's artwork, but you can actually make a business out of it. We didn't have the kind of businesses like Bad Dragon or Rabbit Valley or even the option to make pay-for websites back in the day. This is just a natural progression of artist sensibilities in the growing age of technology, where anyone could make an app and make millions off of it. Who WOULDN'T want to get their hand into that?
Also, remember, it's gotten to the point now where a lot of these artists are LIVING OFF OF THEIR WORK, so naturally they'd have to raise the price of their artwork to make ends meet. Sure, you can argue that they could just make more artwork, but most artists aren't machines; they can't mass-produce pictures every day. Also, cost = quality + time, and most of the artists doing this have the time and the quality and talent to produce awesome work. You wouldn't pay Rembrandt or Picasso $50 for a custom painting, would you? Nor would you expect a talented and awesome furry artist like Cheetapaws or Todex that much for a fully-realized portrait. There's a reason why artists like Marc Leonhardt only charge $5-$10 for a quick livestream sketch; because of the time and effort they put into it; you would never, EVER demand that kind of price for a full-on color commission with fifty characters in it, like many people complain should happen.
The simple fact is that the artists aren't the ones tending to get greedy, it's the consumers; they are stuck in a cross-contamination of cultures where the reasons behind getting freebie art in the past collide with the free app/torrent age of today. The older furs remember how it was like in the past and want things to go back to how they were, while the new furs are so inundated by instant gratification shit that they don't know of anything else. It's actually sad, really. Granted, some artists DO let the fame and the money go to their heads, and as a result, they act like douches, but generally, from what I've found, they're willing to work with you if you're willing to work with them, and the only reason why they censor their artwork, pull it off the 'net and go apeshit over art theft is because you AREN'T willing to work with them. Does that mean you need to be stepped all over on by them? No, of course not; there's limits that even I don't dare cross when it comes to artists. But what I am saying is that you shouldn't condemn an artist for wanting to make a few extra bucks off of their work, because now is the time that they CAN do that, and if this fandom is going to thrive, such sacrifices have to be made to ensure it does.
My rebuttal: Grow the fuck up and shut your pie hole.
Now, please don't misunderstand, there are a few parts of his argument I understand and can generally agree on; some artists can be douches about art theft and their popufurity, and some furs do charge prices that would otherwise be extravagant. However, that's the exception to the rule, not the rule proper, and I feel he made a huge blanket statement with his rant that was unwarranted.
The truth of the matter is, the fandom has always been an institution with the potential for marketing and consumerism, and the more people get connected and the easier it is to get a hold of the tools for making artwork, the more likely consumerism will infect the fandom. Anyone remember when Antarctic Press and Radio Comix started producing the first Genus magazines? Or when Kaze: The Ghost Warrior was streamed and people were hoping it would be picked up as a full-fledged TV series? That was in the infancy of the fandom, when it was small, the community was more local than global and the artistic part of the fandom were more fanficcy and pet projects than anything. That was back when it wasn't possible for people to sell their artwork on their own, to publish it and get it out and actually make a living off of their talents. This is 2012, over a decade after the dot.com boom/bust, and it's been proven that not only is it possible to make a lucrative living off of one's artwork, but you can actually make a business out of it. We didn't have the kind of businesses like Bad Dragon or Rabbit Valley or even the option to make pay-for websites back in the day. This is just a natural progression of artist sensibilities in the growing age of technology, where anyone could make an app and make millions off of it. Who WOULDN'T want to get their hand into that?
Also, remember, it's gotten to the point now where a lot of these artists are LIVING OFF OF THEIR WORK, so naturally they'd have to raise the price of their artwork to make ends meet. Sure, you can argue that they could just make more artwork, but most artists aren't machines; they can't mass-produce pictures every day. Also, cost = quality + time, and most of the artists doing this have the time and the quality and talent to produce awesome work. You wouldn't pay Rembrandt or Picasso $50 for a custom painting, would you? Nor would you expect a talented and awesome furry artist like Cheetapaws or Todex that much for a fully-realized portrait. There's a reason why artists like Marc Leonhardt only charge $5-$10 for a quick livestream sketch; because of the time and effort they put into it; you would never, EVER demand that kind of price for a full-on color commission with fifty characters in it, like many people complain should happen.
The simple fact is that the artists aren't the ones tending to get greedy, it's the consumers; they are stuck in a cross-contamination of cultures where the reasons behind getting freebie art in the past collide with the free app/torrent age of today. The older furs remember how it was like in the past and want things to go back to how they were, while the new furs are so inundated by instant gratification shit that they don't know of anything else. It's actually sad, really. Granted, some artists DO let the fame and the money go to their heads, and as a result, they act like douches, but generally, from what I've found, they're willing to work with you if you're willing to work with them, and the only reason why they censor their artwork, pull it off the 'net and go apeshit over art theft is because you AREN'T willing to work with them. Does that mean you need to be stepped all over on by them? No, of course not; there's limits that even I don't dare cross when it comes to artists. But what I am saying is that you shouldn't condemn an artist for wanting to make a few extra bucks off of their work, because now is the time that they CAN do that, and if this fandom is going to thrive, such sacrifices have to be made to ensure it does.
Need help deciding on a laptop
General | Posted 14 years agoDoes anyone know of a recent tablet PC laptop that runs Wacom? I'm trying to find one to replace the HP Pavilion that crapped out on me, and it seems like the tablet PCs I find online are not built with Wacom inside. I need Wacom to start digital drawing, so if anything that people can suggest as a replacement would be appreciated. Thanks.
Goddamnit, Konami!
General | Posted 14 years agoThe moment I decide to leave Yu-Gi-Oh for good, you come up with another Tiger monster to draw me back in. Do you WANT me to go into a psychotic breakdown with this game?
STOP SOAP AND MARSHMALLOW PEEPS!
General | Posted 14 years agoSeriously, that "antibacterial" soap is bullshit; regular soap can clean just as good. False advertising, I say. FALSE ADVERTISING! And those peeps? Creepy little things, aren't they? Delicious, yes, but creepy creepy creepy...
What? SOmething about censorship? Feh, that'll never pass. The real evil is against the false advertising of soap and those damned marshmallow peeps!
What? SOmething about censorship? Feh, that'll never pass. The real evil is against the false advertising of soap and those damned marshmallow peeps!
Riddle me this, Rotor!
General | Posted 14 years agoFor some reason, each time I've searched for Rule 34 of the purple penis-polishing pinneped, nine times out of ten the pics I find are of rule 63 Rotor; that's right, FEMALE Rotor.
Now, I can understand the increase in Rotor stuff; he's been gaining a fan following that even Ian Flynn, despite his antipathy toward the character, cannot deny, but why make him female? I can kinda see why people draw female Tails (because of the misunderstanding of which gender he is thanks to some mistranslations down the line), and even the SOnic rule 63 doesn't outnumber the normal Sonic rule 34, but why does Rotor get to be flooded with female versions of himself?
I WANT MY GAY MALE WALRUS, DAMNIT!!!
On that note, can anyone tell me who drew this pic: http://img.booru.org/rule34//images.....3de.png?919140
The signature is rather indecipherable, but I can make out an M and an L, and it kinda looks like Marc Leonhardt's artwork, so if anyone knows who made this, I'd be much appreciated.
Now, I can understand the increase in Rotor stuff; he's been gaining a fan following that even Ian Flynn, despite his antipathy toward the character, cannot deny, but why make him female? I can kinda see why people draw female Tails (because of the misunderstanding of which gender he is thanks to some mistranslations down the line), and even the SOnic rule 63 doesn't outnumber the normal Sonic rule 34, but why does Rotor get to be flooded with female versions of himself?
I WANT MY GAY MALE WALRUS, DAMNIT!!!
On that note, can anyone tell me who drew this pic: http://img.booru.org/rule34//images.....3de.png?919140
The signature is rather indecipherable, but I can make out an M and an L, and it kinda looks like Marc Leonhardt's artwork, so if anyone knows who made this, I'd be much appreciated.
TV Tropes' Dethroning Moment of Suck.
General | Posted 14 years agoA couple of months ago, I was on TV Tropes, doing what any Troper does on it, when I got hit with a bunch of reports saying I was contributing "natter". I know I wasn't, and I was getting sick of the reports, so I went to complain, only to get everyone and their mother on the report board saying essentially "Get out until you can learn the rules", and ended up getting banned when I protested their treatment. Now, I just recently tried to get myself unbanned, thinking the amount of time that had passed had cooled down the situation enough for it to be solved amicably. WRONG; turns out, the mods are just as snobbish and trollish as before, and are steadfastly refusing to unban me, for any reason only known to them.
This is right off my getting bitched out of TWO Yu-Gi-Oh boards because I dared to state my position on an upcoming deck that no one wanted to hear, and ended up retaliating when they started getting snarky and abusive with me. As someone highly sensitive to that kind of verbal berratement, this isn't doing anything to my self-esteem, and is just pushing me further and further into the background.
I've already had a nervous breakdown over the drama of the Furry Fandom, and I had several anxiety attacks over the incidents with the Yu-Gi-Oh boards, so I don't want to get hurt, again, and I know some people will say I'm being a pussy and should man up, and I really don't like using this an excuse, but I've got some severe emotional and mental problems that make me way too sensitive to negativity and verbal abuse.
Interestingly enough, whenever I WAS able to fight against this shit, the mods ended up seeing that I WAS the victim of the trolls, and while my responses weren't exactly the best, they were certainly justified given the circumstances, so I KNOW I'm not doing anything wrong rather than going overboard trying to defend myself from the trolls, but I don't know why I'm becoming such a goddamn magnet for these assholes and pinheads. Really, why are people on the internet so calloused, cold, and self-righteous toward others?
This is right off my getting bitched out of TWO Yu-Gi-Oh boards because I dared to state my position on an upcoming deck that no one wanted to hear, and ended up retaliating when they started getting snarky and abusive with me. As someone highly sensitive to that kind of verbal berratement, this isn't doing anything to my self-esteem, and is just pushing me further and further into the background.
I've already had a nervous breakdown over the drama of the Furry Fandom, and I had several anxiety attacks over the incidents with the Yu-Gi-Oh boards, so I don't want to get hurt, again, and I know some people will say I'm being a pussy and should man up, and I really don't like using this an excuse, but I've got some severe emotional and mental problems that make me way too sensitive to negativity and verbal abuse.
Interestingly enough, whenever I WAS able to fight against this shit, the mods ended up seeing that I WAS the victim of the trolls, and while my responses weren't exactly the best, they were certainly justified given the circumstances, so I KNOW I'm not doing anything wrong rather than going overboard trying to defend myself from the trolls, but I don't know why I'm becoming such a goddamn magnet for these assholes and pinheads. Really, why are people on the internet so calloused, cold, and self-righteous toward others?
You got my Archie in my British Sonic!
General | Posted 14 years agohttp://images.wikia.com/stc/images/.....c/Joesushi.jpg
Oh, for the love of... I knew this "Joe Sushi" character eventually evolved in the west into Rotor, but did the British publication have to go so far as to make that evolution LITERAL?!
Oh, for the love of... I knew this "Joe Sushi" character eventually evolved in the west into Rotor, but did the British publication have to go so far as to make that evolution LITERAL?!
Need help with a Poser project
General | Posted 14 years agoI had an arrangement set up to get a model I made rigged and finished for Poser, but it looks like it may be falling through, at this point. IF it does, and I wind up having to ask for my money back, is there anyone here willing to pick the project up for me? I spent $100 on it, and it included the basics: rigging, texturing, morphs, and a few accessories turned into smart props for it (mostly clothing). Any advice on who I can go to for this? Thanks.
EDIT: Imago is a bitch and a thief, and the project fell through because of it, so I'm asking for anyone else knowledgeable with Poser to help me solve this issue. I'm not sure if I can pay (since Imago is selfishly refusing to give me back my damn money for the project), but I'll see what I can do. Thanks.
EDIT: Imago is a bitch and a thief, and the project fell through because of it, so I'm asking for anyone else knowledgeable with Poser to help me solve this issue. I'm not sure if I can pay (since Imago is selfishly refusing to give me back my damn money for the project), but I'll see what I can do. Thanks.
Who are these guys?
General | Posted 14 years agohttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Jsftf8k1X.....maza.com-2.jpg
Okay, I know these are characters related to Joe Camel, the now-banned mascot for Camel Cigarettes, but I can't find any info on who they are or what their names are. Anyone got any ideas? I'm planning on doing an...unusual fanfic based around them, but I don't want to start until I get at least their names. Thanks.
Okay, I know these are characters related to Joe Camel, the now-banned mascot for Camel Cigarettes, but I can't find any info on who they are or what their names are. Anyone got any ideas? I'm planning on doing an...unusual fanfic based around them, but I don't want to start until I get at least their names. Thanks.
Random FA question
General | Posted 14 years agoIf cub and cub-like material is banned, why do we still have a Baby Fur option?
Asking for donations
General | Posted 14 years agoI am in a serious financial crunch, and I need some donations. I need to get some presents for friends, get my laptop fixed (it's got a black screen on boot-up problem), get a haircut for work, etc. Anyone willing to help donate a few bucks, please give me a note so I can send you my PayPal account. thanks.
Asking for help with model.
General | Posted 14 years agoI've got a Rotor Model I'm trying to make and retopo, but thanks to my computer not cooperating with me, I can't do it. If anyone has experience with Topogun, and is willing to help me out with this, please give me a note. Thanks.
I hate people.
General | Posted 14 years agoSeriously, this isn't what I signed up for. Even TV Tropes, a supposedly "informal" wiki, is so anal about its administration that the moment I question one of their own harassing me with warnings about shit I don't think was necessary, I get harassed and then banned.
Is there really nowhere I can go online where I won't draw in the assholes and trolls of the internet? It doesn't seem that way; every single fucking site I go to, I end up pissing off the moderators for some reason or another, and they end up banning me shortly thereafter for no apparent reason whatsoever than simply because I offended them. No more, no less. I'm not usually that offensive, in the first place; in this case, I didn't threaten the mods or do anything that would net me a ban, just complained about being harassed, is all.
*sigh* Is it any wonder I'd prefer being by myself, most of the time?
Is there really nowhere I can go online where I won't draw in the assholes and trolls of the internet? It doesn't seem that way; every single fucking site I go to, I end up pissing off the moderators for some reason or another, and they end up banning me shortly thereafter for no apparent reason whatsoever than simply because I offended them. No more, no less. I'm not usually that offensive, in the first place; in this case, I didn't threaten the mods or do anything that would net me a ban, just complained about being harassed, is all.
*sigh* Is it any wonder I'd prefer being by myself, most of the time?
Now you know the power of the Dark Side...
General | Posted 14 years agoWell, now that I know a mono-Dark run on my Pokemon Black game is possible, I'm going to likely try for a pure run, later on this upcoming months. I do have a few caveats, though: except for a few Dream World pokemon, I'll only be using Pokemon I can actually get in the game, so nothing like a starter Poochyena or anything. The only exceptions will be Carvanha and Murkrow (so I can have a surfer and flyer on my team, respectively), but they won't be acquired until after I get the requisite HMs for them (Surf and Fly, again respectively). As such, my team will likely be made up thusly:
Purrloin
Zorua
Scraggy
Sandile
Carvanha
Murkrow
This will be subject to change, as I get more and more Dark-types, so just be warned. Dunno if I'll do this on a DS emulator as an LP or what, but I'm definitely going to be doing it. If I DO do it on an emulator, be warned that I WILL be hacking into the game to get Zorua, Carvanha and Murkrow at the proper times, and will likely do so to get a Purrloin with its Dream World ability, but that would be IT for cheating.
Give me your thoughts on this, if you would; I'd appreciate any constructive feedback you can give on this.
Purrloin
Zorua
Scraggy
Sandile
Carvanha
Murkrow
This will be subject to change, as I get more and more Dark-types, so just be warned. Dunno if I'll do this on a DS emulator as an LP or what, but I'm definitely going to be doing it. If I DO do it on an emulator, be warned that I WILL be hacking into the game to get Zorua, Carvanha and Murkrow at the proper times, and will likely do so to get a Purrloin with its Dream World ability, but that would be IT for cheating.
Give me your thoughts on this, if you would; I'd appreciate any constructive feedback you can give on this.
YOu want to see my stuff? Here's where you can.
General | Posted 14 years agohttp://sites.google.com/site/synjosden/home
In case anyone is wondering, there's my website. It's not much, but it does have most of my art and stories from the past years, as well as reviews and shrines to characters I find sexy (though most of them are unfinished). Please visit, will you?
In case anyone is wondering, there's my website. It's not much, but it does have most of my art and stories from the past years, as well as reviews and shrines to characters I find sexy (though most of them are unfinished). Please visit, will you?
Help finding a new place in Warsaw, IN
General | Posted 14 years agoFor anyone who cares, my mate and I in Indiana have had enough with living with his dad. The bastard is so goddamn ungrateful and self-absorbed, it's making us miserable.
So, we need another place to stay. I don't have any money, but will hopefully be getting on SSI, soon; my mate has Medicare. He can drive, I can't, we're both disabled, but we can still do stuff around the house to help compensate for our lack of funds. If anyone knows of someone who could take us in, or knows of a super-cheap place we can rent out, please let us know.
So, we need another place to stay. I don't have any money, but will hopefully be getting on SSI, soon; my mate has Medicare. He can drive, I can't, we're both disabled, but we can still do stuff around the house to help compensate for our lack of funds. If anyone knows of someone who could take us in, or knows of a super-cheap place we can rent out, please let us know.
Asking for donations
General | Posted 14 years agoSomething has recently come up and I need to ask for some donations. Basically, my mate and i have our funds drained a little due to a recent purchase, and we're expecting a bit of a crisis to crop up, soon, so we're asking for around $200 to help us out of this jam. Please note me for my Paypal if you're seriously wanting to help. Thanks.
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