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Deus Ex: Human Revolution... Your thoughts? (maybe spoilers)
Posted 14 years agoI just finished the new Deus Ex. Mind you, I've never played a Deus Ex game before, but this one has left me with very mixed emotions about it, ESPECIALLY about the final moral choice you're forced to make.
I'm not sure about others, however I loved the design principals of the game, how it lets you handle everything in several different ways depending on your personal preference. The story itself was solid and the environments while dingy were well made.
However, the game is not without faults. I quickly found if you didn't care about killing people, the only weapon you needed was an upgraded revolver and maybe if you're lazy a rocket launcher for turrets/robots. The fully upgraded revolver absolutely kicked the snot out of everything. First boss I shot in the face with 3 rockets and 2 sniper rifle 50 cal rounds with the 3rd sniper round to his heart to kill him. My friend did it with 10 magnum shots to the head.
There are many other problems with the game, including random bugs and glitches, but also the main one is with the inconsistency of the enemy AI. You could stun a guy right infront of his comrade and he may very well not notice it for another 45 seconds, or he may notice it instantaneously. It's all purely random it seems.
Oh and also: I shot a guy in the back of the head with a crossbow bolt while he was standing up and I was crouching. The bolt went through his upper spine, through his cerebral cortex, through the center of his brain and emerged out of his forehead. Naturally, that would mean he died before he even knew he'd been hit right? Instead, he falls to the floor, thrashing and trying to pull the bolt out of the back of his head for about 30 seconds before finally laying still. This is a ever present bug, mind you. It's not a once off.
However, what I'm interested in primarily is YOUR experience with the new Deus Ex. What did YOU think of it? Problems? Lack thereof? And especially, what did you think of the game's final moral choice before the credits roll? Which did you chose? Did you even like any of them at all?
I'm not sure about others, however I loved the design principals of the game, how it lets you handle everything in several different ways depending on your personal preference. The story itself was solid and the environments while dingy were well made.
However, the game is not without faults. I quickly found if you didn't care about killing people, the only weapon you needed was an upgraded revolver and maybe if you're lazy a rocket launcher for turrets/robots. The fully upgraded revolver absolutely kicked the snot out of everything. First boss I shot in the face with 3 rockets and 2 sniper rifle 50 cal rounds with the 3rd sniper round to his heart to kill him. My friend did it with 10 magnum shots to the head.
There are many other problems with the game, including random bugs and glitches, but also the main one is with the inconsistency of the enemy AI. You could stun a guy right infront of his comrade and he may very well not notice it for another 45 seconds, or he may notice it instantaneously. It's all purely random it seems.
Oh and also: I shot a guy in the back of the head with a crossbow bolt while he was standing up and I was crouching. The bolt went through his upper spine, through his cerebral cortex, through the center of his brain and emerged out of his forehead. Naturally, that would mean he died before he even knew he'd been hit right? Instead, he falls to the floor, thrashing and trying to pull the bolt out of the back of his head for about 30 seconds before finally laying still. This is a ever present bug, mind you. It's not a once off.
However, what I'm interested in primarily is YOUR experience with the new Deus Ex. What did YOU think of it? Problems? Lack thereof? And especially, what did you think of the game's final moral choice before the credits roll? Which did you chose? Did you even like any of them at all?
A question of ethics vs practicality in video games...
Posted 14 years agoBIG EDIT: I found a few short videos that give walkthrough guides on what I'm trying to explain.
After a rather serious... Blow out with a friend over the ethics of something in World of Warcraft, I've been thinking about the concept of when ethics should give way to practicality or vica versa.
For those of you who play WoW and know what I'm talking about, this concerns the spawn point of the rare mob Jadefang in Deepholm and how to reach it. If you're aware of this mob and the problems with getting to it and the exploitative ways of getting around relying on the daily quest to reach Jadefang, skip to below the line of === and read the rest. Otherwise; read on.
For those of you who don't know, there is a rare monster that appears once every 12 or so hours at one very specific place. For one class, it is a prized trophy pet and for everyone else, he offers a miniature companion version of himself to take home with you, and only one person each time can get one or the other of these two rewards on a first come, first serve basis. However, this rare monster is isolated by itself in a short dead end tunnel that cannot be walked, jumped or flown into high above the ground in a winding series of tunnels. The only way to 'legitimately' get up there is by being propelled up there by an explosion from a specific quest. However, this quest is not always available for you to pick up, and in my case this quest has not been present for the last 10 days in a row. The rules of WoW and more morally rigorous players state that if Jadefang is up but the quest is not available, then you just have to sit there and sulk and accept the fact that you can't have what you want.
Here's a video of showing how to do this the only legitimate way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhuq1I4YjiU
However, more than a large handful of people were unwilling to accept this have sought alternative ways of getting it. So far, two ways have emerged that are somewhat exploitative in reaching Jadenfang's ledge. The first is making use of a racial trait of the Night elf race. While since you are 'inside' a cave system, you are not allowed to use flying mounts, if a Night Elf dies inside this cave, they must run back to their corpse from the nearest graveyard as all other races do. However, Night Elves are not ghosts at this point, but Whisps, which allows them to fly, including flying in 'indoor' areas. Meaning that they can die at the base of the ledge and then resurrect on top of the ledge.
A video showing the night elf wisp exploit (with the monster up) can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlWzLq-c_UQ
For non Night Elves though, there is only one other solution. By sitting at the front of the cave on your flying mount, you carefully turn off your modem or pull your Ethernet cable out, thereby disconnecting you. However, the game itself will take approximately 6 seconds to kick you out of the game once you pull the cable out and since you have no connection to the game's servers, you are unaffected by anything and you cannot interract with anything, although you do have free movement for the remainder of the time you are in game for. Using these precious few seconds you have, one flies straight into the cave, not being forced to dismount because they are disconnected and then at just the right moment, they turn their modem back on or reconnect their Ethernet cable and quickly land on the ledge and spam abilities to force the server to recognize they are still there, and once they have reestablished a connection, they are on top of the ledge and are free to kill this rare monster if it is there.
Here is a video showing the disconnection exploit method of getting into this cave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHEIG-6M76U
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This gives rise to the philosophical debate I find myself in now. Should you always do things properly, even when circumstances dictate that you should seek a more practical, if less ethical or Terms of Service friendly method of dealing with a problem? Please, let's keep this out of real life. I'm not talking about interpretation of the law or criminal acts, I mean purely in fiction such as video games or maybe in day to day situations that do not involve the law.
I personally am a very utilitarian person. I am all for following the rules of the game if they make sense and if they are fair given the circumstances. I am not however, someone who will 'just suck it up and deal with it' when the rules of a game dictate I simply accept poor, flimsy or annoyingly designed mechanics or situations in a game. When confronted with a situation like that, I will attempt to find an alternate way to solve the problem, ethics or rules be damned.
I'm all for discussing this, however if you're going to be like my 'friend' and say things like: "IF I KNEW WHO YOUR CHARACTER WAS I WOULD REPORT YOU MYSELF. HOW DARE YOU RUIN THE GAME FOR ME, YOU SICK TWISTED FUCKWIT" then please keep it to yourself. Your opinion will not be the only one here and the attitude of "I am the entire universe and so my way of thinking is divine edict and all who do not conform are morally bankrupt trashborn and should all be executed!" is not something I'm going to put up with.
With that said, leave your responses here and discuss. :)
After a rather serious... Blow out with a friend over the ethics of something in World of Warcraft, I've been thinking about the concept of when ethics should give way to practicality or vica versa.
For those of you who play WoW and know what I'm talking about, this concerns the spawn point of the rare mob Jadefang in Deepholm and how to reach it. If you're aware of this mob and the problems with getting to it and the exploitative ways of getting around relying on the daily quest to reach Jadefang, skip to below the line of === and read the rest. Otherwise; read on.
For those of you who don't know, there is a rare monster that appears once every 12 or so hours at one very specific place. For one class, it is a prized trophy pet and for everyone else, he offers a miniature companion version of himself to take home with you, and only one person each time can get one or the other of these two rewards on a first come, first serve basis. However, this rare monster is isolated by itself in a short dead end tunnel that cannot be walked, jumped or flown into high above the ground in a winding series of tunnels. The only way to 'legitimately' get up there is by being propelled up there by an explosion from a specific quest. However, this quest is not always available for you to pick up, and in my case this quest has not been present for the last 10 days in a row. The rules of WoW and more morally rigorous players state that if Jadefang is up but the quest is not available, then you just have to sit there and sulk and accept the fact that you can't have what you want.
Here's a video of showing how to do this the only legitimate way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhuq1I4YjiU
However, more than a large handful of people were unwilling to accept this have sought alternative ways of getting it. So far, two ways have emerged that are somewhat exploitative in reaching Jadenfang's ledge. The first is making use of a racial trait of the Night elf race. While since you are 'inside' a cave system, you are not allowed to use flying mounts, if a Night Elf dies inside this cave, they must run back to their corpse from the nearest graveyard as all other races do. However, Night Elves are not ghosts at this point, but Whisps, which allows them to fly, including flying in 'indoor' areas. Meaning that they can die at the base of the ledge and then resurrect on top of the ledge.
A video showing the night elf wisp exploit (with the monster up) can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlWzLq-c_UQ
For non Night Elves though, there is only one other solution. By sitting at the front of the cave on your flying mount, you carefully turn off your modem or pull your Ethernet cable out, thereby disconnecting you. However, the game itself will take approximately 6 seconds to kick you out of the game once you pull the cable out and since you have no connection to the game's servers, you are unaffected by anything and you cannot interract with anything, although you do have free movement for the remainder of the time you are in game for. Using these precious few seconds you have, one flies straight into the cave, not being forced to dismount because they are disconnected and then at just the right moment, they turn their modem back on or reconnect their Ethernet cable and quickly land on the ledge and spam abilities to force the server to recognize they are still there, and once they have reestablished a connection, they are on top of the ledge and are free to kill this rare monster if it is there.
Here is a video showing the disconnection exploit method of getting into this cave: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHEIG-6M76U
=============================
This gives rise to the philosophical debate I find myself in now. Should you always do things properly, even when circumstances dictate that you should seek a more practical, if less ethical or Terms of Service friendly method of dealing with a problem? Please, let's keep this out of real life. I'm not talking about interpretation of the law or criminal acts, I mean purely in fiction such as video games or maybe in day to day situations that do not involve the law.
I personally am a very utilitarian person. I am all for following the rules of the game if they make sense and if they are fair given the circumstances. I am not however, someone who will 'just suck it up and deal with it' when the rules of a game dictate I simply accept poor, flimsy or annoyingly designed mechanics or situations in a game. When confronted with a situation like that, I will attempt to find an alternate way to solve the problem, ethics or rules be damned.
I'm all for discussing this, however if you're going to be like my 'friend' and say things like: "IF I KNEW WHO YOUR CHARACTER WAS I WOULD REPORT YOU MYSELF. HOW DARE YOU RUIN THE GAME FOR ME, YOU SICK TWISTED FUCKWIT" then please keep it to yourself. Your opinion will not be the only one here and the attitude of "I am the entire universe and so my way of thinking is divine edict and all who do not conform are morally bankrupt trashborn and should all be executed!" is not something I'm going to put up with.
With that said, leave your responses here and discuss. :)
Need to kill a boner/get dry fast?
Posted 14 years agoI know all you wonderful furries have problems with your libidos, so I thought I'd help! Yes, I have just the solution for you! Watch it, right here!
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/img/2011.....606_Yoda_a.jpg
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/img/2011.....606_Yoda_a.jpg
And I didn't think Nobel Prizes could sink any lower...
Posted 14 years agoI thought that the Nobel Prize awards couldn't sink any lower after giving Obama the Peace Prize, but then they went ahead and gave two cumsnorting wastes of skin the Nobel Physics Prize for doing this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ZBkpWqrzg
*farts loudly* There, I blasted out my own unique blend of flatulence. Can I have my Nobel Chemistry Prize now? Actually, no wait, keep your Ignoble SPED Awards. They mean nothing anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6ZBkpWqrzg
*farts loudly* There, I blasted out my own unique blend of flatulence. Can I have my Nobel Chemistry Prize now? Actually, no wait, keep your Ignoble SPED Awards. They mean nothing anyway.
Australian Police are Nazis...
Posted 14 years agoSeriously, am I not allowed to have ANYTHING fun? I've gone and looked up what's illegal and what's not after I had a 5mw (milliwatt) laser confiscated by customs as being illegal. Here's a list of everything that the police say you're not allowed to have: http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/servic.....weapon_permits
New South Welshemen are also not permitted to carry pepper spay, which I could not find in that article. Okay yeah sure, some of the stuff in there is legitimately illegal for obvious reasons, but for fuck's sake, come on, no laser with a rating of higher than 1mw? You couldn't even use that in a board room meeting during the day. No pepper spray/mace? No taser? No body armour? Fucking hell, are the pigs THAT scared of people putting a stop to them if they're violating their station (which in my experience they are exceedingly likely to do) or that scared of getting a fight?
New South Welshemen are also not permitted to carry pepper spay, which I could not find in that article. Okay yeah sure, some of the stuff in there is legitimately illegal for obvious reasons, but for fuck's sake, come on, no laser with a rating of higher than 1mw? You couldn't even use that in a board room meeting during the day. No pepper spray/mace? No taser? No body armour? Fucking hell, are the pigs THAT scared of people putting a stop to them if they're violating their station (which in my experience they are exceedingly likely to do) or that scared of getting a fight?
Hands up if you hate MLP!
Posted 14 years agoYeah, I've gotta say my tastes in entertainment are far more adult in origin. I'm also sick of this fad people call My Little Pony. The art is everywhere, and you know, I just get tired of it.
Thankfully ladies and gentlemen, there is now a group for us. Feel free to go and throw your support along with Francis behind the "I hate Ponies" group
Do it for Francis. ;)
Thankfully ladies and gentlemen, there is now a group for us. Feel free to go and throw your support along with Francis behind the "I hate Ponies" group
Do it for Francis. ;)
I had no idea watch menders were such scam artists...
Posted 14 years agoMy watch battery died today. Went into my local mall and asked them how much it would cost to replace it. The first one I went to wanted $30. The next wanted $45. The last one wanted $40.
Sorry, but I'm not paying lazy assholes $45 to unscrew 4 fillips heads, flick out an old button cell, put a new one in, squirt a tear drop of water resistant sealant on and replace the back panel. I'm sorry, I could buy all the materials needed screw driver included for $15 at most brand new and do it myself in 2 minutes.
Sorry, but I'm not paying lazy assholes $45 to unscrew 4 fillips heads, flick out an old button cell, put a new one in, squirt a tear drop of water resistant sealant on and replace the back panel. I'm sorry, I could buy all the materials needed screw driver included for $15 at most brand new and do it myself in 2 minutes.
This is brilliant... The Demo Knight.
Posted 14 years agohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-T2.....ture=topvideos
This is so well done. No wonder it's front page featured on Youtube.
This is so well done. No wonder it's front page featured on Youtube.
Alliance heed my call! I require your assistance!
Posted 15 years agoLong story short, ever since patch 4.0.1 the Alliance on mybattle group and ESPECIALLY my server have litterally become completely brain dead. Their level of retardation is.... Staggering. We lose 95% of all battlegrounds, we have no guilds capable of killing Lich King on 25m REGULAR let alone 10m Heroic and we have won Wintergrasp less than 15 times since patch. I'm done with this and like all the other good Alliance, I'm seeking elsewhere to go where I'm not surrounded by drooling Downers on all sides.
I need a PvP server where Alliance/Horde are either even in terms of win/loss or have the upper hand and can farm 25m Heroic LK. Any suggestions?
I need a PvP server where Alliance/Horde are either even in terms of win/loss or have the upper hand and can farm 25m Heroic LK. Any suggestions?
Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. My thoughts
Posted 15 years agoDon't worry, there's not going to be any specific or major spoilers in here, if that's what you're worried about and still plan to see it. I found out it was airing last night in the city at one specific cinema about an hour before it did. Luckily, I was able to book a ticket and rush down there to see it. I was disappointed and satisfied all at the same time. Trust Evangelion to leave me feeling a little... Confused and doubtful of myself and how I felt about it. XD
This movie unlike the last one begins to... Deviate a bit from the original plot, including the introduction of a brand new eva pilot character (and I don't know anything about her. She just kind of... Shows up and is there for the movie. Didn't even get her name. <_<) It's hard to go into depth without giving away spoilers, but I suppose for a lack of a better term, the movie is very NGE'ish, but like I said does deviate from the original a bit. Still plenty of funny moments, awkward romantic moments, fights, character development and depraved violence. All the ingredients of Neon Genesis.
The thing that really got me about this movie though got me before I even finished booking, and again when I picked up my ticket. The movie is rated PG. Parental. Guidance. Come on, this is Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's one of the most depraved, violent and adult oriented cartoons ever made. How the hell did it get that rating? I actually felt sorry for the few families who came in with their 10 - 14 year old kids to watch this with us, thinking this would probably be some perfectly family friendly movie. Their kids are scarred for life. XD
Other than that, go out and watch it. The proper subbed version for download may never happen at this rate, and besides it's good stuff.
This movie unlike the last one begins to... Deviate a bit from the original plot, including the introduction of a brand new eva pilot character (and I don't know anything about her. She just kind of... Shows up and is there for the movie. Didn't even get her name. <_<) It's hard to go into depth without giving away spoilers, but I suppose for a lack of a better term, the movie is very NGE'ish, but like I said does deviate from the original a bit. Still plenty of funny moments, awkward romantic moments, fights, character development and depraved violence. All the ingredients of Neon Genesis.
The thing that really got me about this movie though got me before I even finished booking, and again when I picked up my ticket. The movie is rated PG. Parental. Guidance. Come on, this is Neon Genesis Evangelion. It's one of the most depraved, violent and adult oriented cartoons ever made. How the hell did it get that rating? I actually felt sorry for the few families who came in with their 10 - 14 year old kids to watch this with us, thinking this would probably be some perfectly family friendly movie. Their kids are scarred for life. XD
Other than that, go out and watch it. The proper subbed version for download may never happen at this rate, and besides it's good stuff.
Shit Starcraft 2 story, bro!(Mainly for Oceanic SC2 players)
Posted 15 years agoSo I've found out a rather major problem with the way the new Starcraft 2 battle.net servers are set up, and there's a good and a bad side to this, so it's a double edged sword.
I've found out that Blizzard took a bit of a dare and actually -PHYSICALLY- located some of their battle.net servers in Singapore that were designed to service Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand only. Theres an upside and a downside to this, so we'll start with the bad news:
The bad news is that because these servers are completely and utterly 100% certified isolated from the rest of Battle.net, it means that people on these Oceanic/Australasian (whichever name you prefer) servers cannot add Real ID friends or face off/compete against others from areas outside these server's serviced areas, such as say Europe and the UK, mainland Asia, the Middle East (assuming they even have internet over there. Poor saps), Africa or from North or South America. That's the bad news.
The good news is that Korea is not considered part of these Oceanic servers. What this means is that down here, we don't get raped by Koreans in online matches of SC2. No, that honour is for the North Americans. Ha. Sucks to be you people. :P
That being said, if you are an Aussie, a Kiwi or from Oceanic Asia and want to add me to SC2 Real ID friends list, send me a note or leave a comment and we'll see if we can add each other. :3
I've found out that Blizzard took a bit of a dare and actually -PHYSICALLY- located some of their battle.net servers in Singapore that were designed to service Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand only. Theres an upside and a downside to this, so we'll start with the bad news:
The bad news is that because these servers are completely and utterly 100% certified isolated from the rest of Battle.net, it means that people on these Oceanic/Australasian (whichever name you prefer) servers cannot add Real ID friends or face off/compete against others from areas outside these server's serviced areas, such as say Europe and the UK, mainland Asia, the Middle East (assuming they even have internet over there. Poor saps), Africa or from North or South America. That's the bad news.
The good news is that Korea is not considered part of these Oceanic servers. What this means is that down here, we don't get raped by Koreans in online matches of SC2. No, that honour is for the North Americans. Ha. Sucks to be you people. :P
That being said, if you are an Aussie, a Kiwi or from Oceanic Asia and want to add me to SC2 Real ID friends list, send me a note or leave a comment and we'll see if we can add each other. :3
"Someone should build a Pylon near their brain!"
Posted 15 years agoRiiiight, so for those of you who aren't familiar with the braindead idiots known as Blizzard Entertainment, a while ago they unvelied a new project called 'Real ID'. Simply put, this is a Blizzard version of what Steam chat is for people who play games on Steam. You can chat to your friends on different servers and factions, different Blizzard games, etc. However, people are pissed the hell off by this. "Why?" you ask? Well, it's because Blizzard would make it mandatory that you would have to use your -REAL NAME- in order to use it, meaning everyone would know who you are. Obviously, people are jumping up and down over this, and for good reason. On top of that, Blizzard wants to make it mandatory that you would have to use your real name to post on the troll and 4channer infested, unmoderated World of Warcraft forums. There, that brings those not in the know up to speed.
For those of you who know what the brand new, bitchen' idea from Blizzard called 'Real ID' is, all you need to know is that one of the Blizzard staff posted his own name in good faith to defend the idea on the WoW forums. Would you like to guess what happened? Well, I'll post a copied log of the post made by the Blizzard employee and... Well, what happened before the topic itself was deleted for blatantly obvious reasons.
http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/A.....nction?gr_i_ni
*falls over on the floor laughing* Oh god this guy's life is -RUINED- because of his own stupidity and this is some funny ass shit. What the hell did he think was gonna happen?
Please, to any Diety that may hear this prayer... Please, don't make this act of insane stupidity and it's poetic justice of and ending a once off... It's just too fucking funny... If this doesn't get the point across to Blizzard, nothing will.
Ok, I'm going to have to stop laughing because my muscles are starting to cramp and I'm nearly choking on my own spit...
And while I doubt Blizzard is reading this in any way, I think this video perfectly represents most of the people's opinions and also gave me my new favourite quote.
"Someone should build a Pylon near their brain!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiauaGbxipA
For those of you who know what the brand new, bitchen' idea from Blizzard called 'Real ID' is, all you need to know is that one of the Blizzard staff posted his own name in good faith to defend the idea on the WoW forums. Would you like to guess what happened? Well, I'll post a copied log of the post made by the Blizzard employee and... Well, what happened before the topic itself was deleted for blatantly obvious reasons.
http://wowriot.gameriot.com/blogs/A.....nction?gr_i_ni
*falls over on the floor laughing* Oh god this guy's life is -RUINED- because of his own stupidity and this is some funny ass shit. What the hell did he think was gonna happen?
Please, to any Diety that may hear this prayer... Please, don't make this act of insane stupidity and it's poetic justice of and ending a once off... It's just too fucking funny... If this doesn't get the point across to Blizzard, nothing will.
Ok, I'm going to have to stop laughing because my muscles are starting to cramp and I'm nearly choking on my own spit...
And while I doubt Blizzard is reading this in any way, I think this video perfectly represents most of the people's opinions and also gave me my new favourite quote.
"Someone should build a Pylon near their brain!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiauaGbxipA
You can have too many friends? Wut? O_o
Posted 15 years agoI'll keep this short and too the point: Apparently people like talking to me a lot and it's now gotten to the point where I can no longer do anything by myself without having any less than two conversations going at once (in extreme off peak hours) if I'm lucky. I rarely have any less than six going at once normally and it's taking my life away. I'm actually afraid of logging onto IM programs because of the window factory and attention whore they've become (The programs, not the people :P).
As it stands, while I love talking to people, I'm going to have to stop adding new people who want to talk. I've also had to clear most of my contact lists of people who don't talk to me anymore and removed about a hundred contacts across the board. For those who talk to me regularly, don't worry we'll still chat.
As it stands, while I love talking to people, I'm going to have to stop adding new people who want to talk. I've also had to clear most of my contact lists of people who don't talk to me anymore and removed about a hundred contacts across the board. For those who talk to me regularly, don't worry we'll still chat.
To the artists I've commissioned and other artists...
Posted 16 years agoI've got six artists commissioned to do work right now. I've paid all of them in advance. For all of them but one, they've gone at least DOUBLE the length of time they originally said they'd need and have still produced absolutely NOTHING. That last one didn't give me a time frame exactly, but it's been 2 months and she's doing other people's commissions just fine. The worst one however has taken over nine MONTHS to do a commission to finish a piece properly that was supposed to, in her own words, take 3 weeks and has given me nothing but excuses and doesn't seem to actually work on my commission unless I prod her and ask how it's going. I'm tempted to name the artists I'm talking about here because they all seriously need a wakeup call and a good smack across the back of the head.
I'll out the worst one for now though:
Tierafoxglove She's taken 9 months and repeated failures, I guess for the lulz, to do a commission she promised me would take 3 weeks after taking my money up front. I've just recieved the first part of her second attempt and they failed just as hard as the first attempt. Tiera, sit down, stop failing, stop making excuses and do your damn job properly and then we can both get out of each other's hair. Most other artists would have been doing me some free gift art as an apology for taking as long as you have and you've given me nothing besides failed, half arsed attempts at these emeralds and stands sculptures. I'm not accepting another failure from you at all.
I'll out the worst one for now though:
Tierafoxglove She's taken 9 months and repeated failures, I guess for the lulz, to do a commission she promised me would take 3 weeks after taking my money up front. I've just recieved the first part of her second attempt and they failed just as hard as the first attempt. Tiera, sit down, stop failing, stop making excuses and do your damn job properly and then we can both get out of each other's hair. Most other artists would have been doing me some free gift art as an apology for taking as long as you have and you've given me nothing besides failed, half arsed attempts at these emeralds and stands sculptures. I'm not accepting another failure from you at all.Mario Brothers turn to a life of crime...
Posted 16 years agoYou know, there's some horrible things that happen in the world, and there's some massive dishes of ownage that get dished out, but there is NOTHING more humiliating than having the beatdown of your life given to you by the Mario Brothers. Yes that's right, apparently stomping koopas and saving princesses just wasn't cutting the mustard and paying the bills, so the Mario Bros have resorted to mugging unwashed cabbies. There's even video of it!
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt.....ral&fg=rss
Enjoy!
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt.....ral&fg=rss
Enjoy!
Feelin' accomplished
Posted 16 years agoSo I'm now completely over my depression rutt. On top of that, I've had a REALLY good day.
To start with, I've gone and weighed myself again and I've come in at a very healthy 69 (hurr hurr) kilograms. My muscles have been bulking and my work place where I was doing originally a one week work contract is likely to be extended because in my supervisors words "You're the only one from your agency we've had here recently that has like... A brain and uses it."
All this combined has given me the courage to once more begin flirting irl in the workplace, and I did so with two gorgeous and sweet young ladies today, both of whom reacted very positively despite being in relationships with other guys.
To give you an idea of my current look, here's a pic I took about... 10 minutes ago:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2991705/
To start with, I've gone and weighed myself again and I've come in at a very healthy 69 (hurr hurr) kilograms. My muscles have been bulking and my work place where I was doing originally a one week work contract is likely to be extended because in my supervisors words "You're the only one from your agency we've had here recently that has like... A brain and uses it."
All this combined has given me the courage to once more begin flirting irl in the workplace, and I did so with two gorgeous and sweet young ladies today, both of whom reacted very positively despite being in relationships with other guys.
To give you an idea of my current look, here's a pic I took about... 10 minutes ago:
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2991705/
Cut me some slack, people...
Posted 16 years agoSome of you are aware of my living circumstances right now and some of you aren't. For those who aren't, I'm surving (barely) on one meal a day and I'm also about $1300 in debt (and rising) because I can't get a job with the global financial downturn.
I don't want pity or sympathy or anything for it, I'll pull through eventually. However, what I do not need is so called 'friends' and 'loved ones' telling me to stop being so negative because it's depressing them. I can appreciate that I tend to be negative while I starve slowly and waste away and I know it affects some people. Fine, I'll do what I can to not be negative around them and try and be happy, even though it's quite easily one of the hardest things in recent times I've atempted to do, fine, I try to be a good friend, I'll give it a shot.
What I'm not willing to accept though is a number of people giving me this 'I'm not going to put up with your negativity or pessimissm' attitude and either threaten to stop talking to me for good or just ditch me until I'm a bit happier to be around again, or just expect me to asskiss to keep them around. Strangely enough, the only assholes who say or act like this are the ones who do not have to face issues of financial debt and aren't wondering if they're going to be able to cobble together and roll enough coins for some basic things to throw together a substandard meal for the day and have likely never had to really go hungry for an extended period of time.
I'm not someone who's going to tell anyone who doesn't outright agree with me to take a hike over this, but seriously, have some decency people and if you simply can't work with that, then the door's to your left. Don't let it hit your ass on the way out.
I don't want pity or sympathy or anything for it, I'll pull through eventually. However, what I do not need is so called 'friends' and 'loved ones' telling me to stop being so negative because it's depressing them. I can appreciate that I tend to be negative while I starve slowly and waste away and I know it affects some people. Fine, I'll do what I can to not be negative around them and try and be happy, even though it's quite easily one of the hardest things in recent times I've atempted to do, fine, I try to be a good friend, I'll give it a shot.
What I'm not willing to accept though is a number of people giving me this 'I'm not going to put up with your negativity or pessimissm' attitude and either threaten to stop talking to me for good or just ditch me until I'm a bit happier to be around again, or just expect me to asskiss to keep them around. Strangely enough, the only assholes who say or act like this are the ones who do not have to face issues of financial debt and aren't wondering if they're going to be able to cobble together and roll enough coins for some basic things to throw together a substandard meal for the day and have likely never had to really go hungry for an extended period of time.
I'm not someone who's going to tell anyone who doesn't outright agree with me to take a hike over this, but seriously, have some decency people and if you simply can't work with that, then the door's to your left. Don't let it hit your ass on the way out.
Character's hair...
Posted 16 years agoSo for a while now, I've been thinking about giving my two characters, Synica and Spectre, a hair style after Extorpid drew a comparison of Synica with the real life me that had my hair style on him.
What sort of hairstyle do you all think would work? Keep in mind that I'm not looking for something super bland like a standard real life hairstyle or super excessive like Super Saiyan DBZ hairstyles, but I need something suitably outrageous to offset their relatively tame 'unclothed' looks and their calm, professional 'silver-tongued' personalities. IE: Something practical, but with a hint of flair and flamboyance. Any suggestions? Feel free to include colouring suggestions as well as styles. :)
Thanks guys and girls!
What sort of hairstyle do you all think would work? Keep in mind that I'm not looking for something super bland like a standard real life hairstyle or super excessive like Super Saiyan DBZ hairstyles, but I need something suitably outrageous to offset their relatively tame 'unclothed' looks and their calm, professional 'silver-tongued' personalities. IE: Something practical, but with a hint of flair and flamboyance. Any suggestions? Feel free to include colouring suggestions as well as styles. :)
Thanks guys and girls!
Oh for fuck's sake... Can we drop this Chewfox shit?
Posted 16 years agoYou know because I seem to be one of the few furs who raised himself right, I need to point something out because this shit is disturbing my kitty naps.
I don't give a damn what Chewfox said or did on a show. I don't. If you raise as much shit as I've gathered people have so far, you're doing exactly what the media enjoys getting out of Furs. Stop it, sit down, shut up, kick the bitch out of the fandom if you feel the need, have a laugh at her and then go back to your daily lives. That's the only way you can smack this TV show host back in the face for her effort.
Before you decide to say 'oh, but that's hypocritical!' I know and I don't care and I'm only saying this because this shit is interrupting my early evening catnap. Night.
*puts his head down and grumbles something incoherently before starting to snooze*
I don't give a damn what Chewfox said or did on a show. I don't. If you raise as much shit as I've gathered people have so far, you're doing exactly what the media enjoys getting out of Furs. Stop it, sit down, shut up, kick the bitch out of the fandom if you feel the need, have a laugh at her and then go back to your daily lives. That's the only way you can smack this TV show host back in the face for her effort.
Before you decide to say 'oh, but that's hypocritical!' I know and I don't care and I'm only saying this because this shit is interrupting my early evening catnap. Night.
*puts his head down and grumbles something incoherently before starting to snooze*
Livestreaming! Making stuff in Second Life!
Posted 16 years agoFursona Meme
Posted 16 years ago1. What is your character's name?
Spectre.
2. What is your character's name in another language?
призрак in Russian.
3. How old is he/she?
Difficult to say, but at least 22.
4. What is your character's race/species?
Demonic British Wildcat.
5. Do they have a crush?
No.
6. Do they have many friends?
No.
7. What planet is your character from?
Earth or at least some alternate version of it.
8. Does your character like to eat?
Mostly as a neccessity, not for pleasure.
9. What's his/her favorite food?
Meat.
10. What's his/her favorite drink?
V Black or Monster energy drinks.
11. Is your character annoying?
Annoying isn't quite the right word. He trys to inspire terror, not annoyance.
13. Is your character loved?
Doubtful.
14. Is your character hated?
Yes.
15. Is he/she emo/goth?
He enjoys killing them for a living. He's not a hypocrite.
16. Is he/she straight, bisexual, or gay?
Straight.
17. Is he/she a virgin?
No.
18. Name 3 hobbies
Terrorizing people, murder, fucking.
19. Is your character normal?
Normal depends on your perspective of philosophy and is decided by the individual. This is not possible to answer under these circumstances.
20. Is your character attractive?
In a dark, sinister kind of way, yes.
21. How does your character handle emotions?
As long as it serves a purpose, he will enjoy employing them. Otherwise, he will distance himself from them.
22. Does your character have other forms?
Theoretically yes and no. It may be a different person, but he shares a body with Synica.
23. Does your character overreact?
In some circumstances, yes.
24. Is your character a criminal?
He will say he's only a criminal if he gets caught. But as far as the law is concerned, he is one of the biggest public enemies of this century.
25. Does your character go to school?
No.
26. What's his/her IQ?
125
27. Does your character have a disease/curse?
No, hes neither physically ill nor stricken with magic.
28. Is your character dead?
No.
29. Does your character have a family?
No, or unknown if he does.
30. Has he/she encountered any tragic times in life?
Considering he likes raping and mass murdering, it's hard to make this guy experience a tragedy.
31. What's the best time in your character's life?
No single best time, but many contenders.
32. If you could name 1 friend, which would you relate to your character?
None.
33. Is your character single?
Yes.
34. Has he/she developed any relationships?
Not really . . .
35. Does she/he have an element?
Magical element? None. Element to represent his personality? Darkness and Lightning.
36. Do you role-play your character?
Yes.
37. Do you write about your character?
Occassionally.
38. Does your character have a bad temper at times?
Yes.
39. Does your character get depressed?
Not really. Hes far more likely to get angry than sad.
40. What's your characters favorite animal?
Virgins. They're fun to rape.
41. Does your character have any fears?
The end of his existence.
42. Does your character have any weaknesses?
Everyone does. Spectre is no exception.
43. Does your character look up to anyone?
No.
44. Does your character like music?
Some.
45. What's your character's favorite type of music?
Eerie/creapy music.
46. Is he/she impatient?
Can be.
47. What's something funny about your character?
He's bat-shit insane?
48. Name 5 nicknames
Spec. Spectacular. It's him. Cute. Kitty kat. (use the last two at your own risk)
49. Does your character curse?
Yes, when he wants to.
50. This test is over, what does your character have to say?
You can pay me for revealing this shit... BY LETTING ME CHOP YOU TO FUCK!!! *hacks interviewer apart with a butcher's knife until all that's left is a bloody, nasty mess on the floor and chair*
Spectre.
2. What is your character's name in another language?
призрак in Russian.
3. How old is he/she?
Difficult to say, but at least 22.
4. What is your character's race/species?
Demonic British Wildcat.
5. Do they have a crush?
No.
6. Do they have many friends?
No.
7. What planet is your character from?
Earth or at least some alternate version of it.
8. Does your character like to eat?
Mostly as a neccessity, not for pleasure.
9. What's his/her favorite food?
Meat.
10. What's his/her favorite drink?
V Black or Monster energy drinks.
11. Is your character annoying?
Annoying isn't quite the right word. He trys to inspire terror, not annoyance.
13. Is your character loved?
Doubtful.
14. Is your character hated?
Yes.
15. Is he/she emo/goth?
He enjoys killing them for a living. He's not a hypocrite.
16. Is he/she straight, bisexual, or gay?
Straight.
17. Is he/she a virgin?
No.
18. Name 3 hobbies
Terrorizing people, murder, fucking.
19. Is your character normal?
Normal depends on your perspective of philosophy and is decided by the individual. This is not possible to answer under these circumstances.
20. Is your character attractive?
In a dark, sinister kind of way, yes.
21. How does your character handle emotions?
As long as it serves a purpose, he will enjoy employing them. Otherwise, he will distance himself from them.
22. Does your character have other forms?
Theoretically yes and no. It may be a different person, but he shares a body with Synica.
23. Does your character overreact?
In some circumstances, yes.
24. Is your character a criminal?
He will say he's only a criminal if he gets caught. But as far as the law is concerned, he is one of the biggest public enemies of this century.
25. Does your character go to school?
No.
26. What's his/her IQ?
125
27. Does your character have a disease/curse?
No, hes neither physically ill nor stricken with magic.
28. Is your character dead?
No.
29. Does your character have a family?
No, or unknown if he does.
30. Has he/she encountered any tragic times in life?
Considering he likes raping and mass murdering, it's hard to make this guy experience a tragedy.
31. What's the best time in your character's life?
No single best time, but many contenders.
32. If you could name 1 friend, which would you relate to your character?
None.
33. Is your character single?
Yes.
34. Has he/she developed any relationships?
Not really . . .
35. Does she/he have an element?
Magical element? None. Element to represent his personality? Darkness and Lightning.
36. Do you role-play your character?
Yes.
37. Do you write about your character?
Occassionally.
38. Does your character have a bad temper at times?
Yes.
39. Does your character get depressed?
Not really. Hes far more likely to get angry than sad.
40. What's your characters favorite animal?
Virgins. They're fun to rape.
41. Does your character have any fears?
The end of his existence.
42. Does your character have any weaknesses?
Everyone does. Spectre is no exception.
43. Does your character look up to anyone?
No.
44. Does your character like music?
Some.
45. What's your character's favorite type of music?
Eerie/creapy music.
46. Is he/she impatient?
Can be.
47. What's something funny about your character?
He's bat-shit insane?
48. Name 5 nicknames
Spec. Spectacular. It's him. Cute. Kitty kat. (use the last two at your own risk)
49. Does your character curse?
Yes, when he wants to.
50. This test is over, what does your character have to say?
You can pay me for revealing this shit... BY LETTING ME CHOP YOU TO FUCK!!! *hacks interviewer apart with a butcher's knife until all that's left is a bloody, nasty mess on the floor and chair*
Why did I say that?
Posted 16 years agoI know some people do this, and this is a problem I have to deal with the fallout of often. I tend to say what comes to mind before thinking about it. Most of the time I'm fine, but sometimes I'll blurt something out and then 15 minutes later I'll be like "Why the FUCK did I say that!?"
Like this one time, at band camp... Except it wasn't at band camp, I was speaking with a workmate of mine, my manager no less. I was only half listening to her while we were speaking about the media and newspapers and the like whie we worked. Here's the record of what happened next (I spoke first):
"Bah, I don't read newspapers or listen to the news. 99% of it is sensationalized so people will watch or read it, that's how they make money."
"Yeah, but do you read any of it at all?"
"No, and I especially hate the horoscopes. They're even more full of shit than the rest of it and so are the people who read them."
"..."
"What?"
"I read them."
Needless to say, despite the fact I was only there for two weeks before they raped my contract and shat on it for all it is worth, I pretty much destroyed any chance of continuing the job besides that. 15 minutes later while I was getting something out of the freezer, I was like "Why did I say that..."
Yes, I put my foot in it and I do it often. Just thought I'd share this little story with you so you can have a bit of a laugh.
Like this one time, at band camp... Except it wasn't at band camp, I was speaking with a workmate of mine, my manager no less. I was only half listening to her while we were speaking about the media and newspapers and the like whie we worked. Here's the record of what happened next (I spoke first):
"Bah, I don't read newspapers or listen to the news. 99% of it is sensationalized so people will watch or read it, that's how they make money."
"Yeah, but do you read any of it at all?"
"No, and I especially hate the horoscopes. They're even more full of shit than the rest of it and so are the people who read them."
"..."
"What?"
"I read them."
Needless to say, despite the fact I was only there for two weeks before they raped my contract and shat on it for all it is worth, I pretty much destroyed any chance of continuing the job besides that. 15 minutes later while I was getting something out of the freezer, I was like "Why did I say that..."
Yes, I put my foot in it and I do it often. Just thought I'd share this little story with you so you can have a bit of a laugh.
Moving!
Posted 16 years agoSo it's come to a head and I'm facing several problems with my country right now: Due to the social isolation from so many people and the sheer... Technological and general progressive destitution, attitudes and sleazyness as well as the stupidity of the general populace and ESPECIALLY the authority figures and groups that made me into the mild left-wing Anarchist I am today and due to my lack of overseas travel and the expenses of getting from Australia to the United States or Europe for annual events or to visit friends amongst other reasons, I've decided finally that I'm going to be moving overseas for the foreseable future, quite possibly to either the UK or Canada. There's a lot of work involved and the move won't happen overnight, but it's going to happen eventually.
Got fired... AGAIN...
Posted 16 years agoSo things finally, after years of being down in the dumps, seemedo be looking up. I'm putting money away for savings, keeping all the bills paid on time and my fridge full of food 24/7. Then, it comes to the end of my probationary period at work. I get called up to the HR office and I'm told that I am no longer needed because 'I'm not what they're looking for'.
I suppose I could have pressured them for a real answer, but who gives a shit? Any and all plans I had for the near future involving money went down the toilet then and there. I know for a fact that I don't mesh with EVERYONE at every workplace and I make mistakes, but hell, I have 4 years experience being a storeman, I KNOW what I'm doing. Again, the same old problem arises.
I make my bosses feel threatened because of how smart they perceve me to be, so I'm 'too smart' for blue collar work, and white collar jobs will NOT consider me without qualifications. I can't get qualifications because my rent and food won't pay for iytself and wellfare isn't remotely enough. Again, I face this problem where I feel society is holding me back and refusing to give me a chance to prove myself. Like always, it pisses me off to no end and there is no easy solution to fix this stubbourn problem. Why did I write this? Because I felt like having a bitch <_<
I suppose I could have pressured them for a real answer, but who gives a shit? Any and all plans I had for the near future involving money went down the toilet then and there. I know for a fact that I don't mesh with EVERYONE at every workplace and I make mistakes, but hell, I have 4 years experience being a storeman, I KNOW what I'm doing. Again, the same old problem arises.
I make my bosses feel threatened because of how smart they perceve me to be, so I'm 'too smart' for blue collar work, and white collar jobs will NOT consider me without qualifications. I can't get qualifications because my rent and food won't pay for iytself and wellfare isn't remotely enough. Again, I face this problem where I feel society is holding me back and refusing to give me a chance to prove myself. Like always, it pisses me off to no end and there is no easy solution to fix this stubbourn problem. Why did I write this? Because I felt like having a bitch <_<
Synica & Spectre commission by Darkzel.
Posted 17 years agoSo the moment I've been waiting for has finally arrived. George Bush has been assassinated? People have become decent and perceptive? Furries have stopped taking shit so seriously? We've made contact with another sentient species? we've found the secret to immortality? No! All of them pale into comparrison to the fact that Darkzel has completed my commission!
Synica and Spectre, the two halves of my whole fursona and inner ego and alter-ego have now been defined and immortalized in true artistic beauty. A big thanks goes to "
darkzel" for creating this masterpiece that is now front and centre of my 'favourites'.
Synica and Spectre, the two halves of my whole fursona and inner ego and alter-ego have now been defined and immortalized in true artistic beauty. A big thanks goes to "
darkzel" for creating this masterpiece that is now front and centre of my 'favourites'.
