Nyaaa~ Cute ^-^

-nodnod- Thankya ^w^

*giggles* Background's nice to.

Thanks again ^o^

You're welcome ag- Oh, wait. Didn't say it a first time.

I'm sure that works for both times ^.^v

What'you mean? *tilts my head*

Saying you're welcome after all other thank you comments can fairly well be construed as saying you're welcome for all previous thank yous, at least that's my viewpoint ^u^

But of course XP But as I didn't say you're welcome earlier, I couldn't say I've said it again, no?

*re-reads* Oops, now I get it ^o^; Ah well, there are countless grammatical errors here on FA so it really isn't any big deal ^.^

*corrects my tie* I do my best to keep my grammar up XD It's odd, since I learned English over Internet XD

Well done then, good show wot Pv^

Nyu? *tilts my head* Thanks I think

Just using some good old fashioned British-isms ^.^ "Wot" is used sort of like 'Wouldn't you agree?' and is a pronunciation based spelling of the more commonly used "what"

Oh, I just love British English ^-^

Pv^

Which makes me glad I don't live there XD

Me too ^0^ I'll just keep thieving their terms and having fun with it, while at the same time not having to put up with the wacky culture ^_^

I don't want to fall in love with every british guy who talks to me XD That's why. Of course I'd have to live quite far north or south though.

Sounds like a plan ^o^

Heh XD I don't think it'd go to well.

Ah well, worth a try at least ^.^

Maybe XD As long as I stay away from one brit I know -w-"

The plot thickens!

Well, I know perfectly well what he'd do XD Even where... EVERYWHERE *shudder*

Sounds like quite the scoundrel wot Pv^

I'm scared of him -w-"

I do believe there's an old saying somewhere to the effects of 'British people are all crazy' ^w^

Well, I wouldn't say much against it XD The Scotish are also awesome, I love that dialiect to~

Sean Connery style all up ons ^o^

I know nothing of celeberties -w-" I don't even know the name of my favourite actor XD

LOL then perhaps 'the demo man' from TF2 would be more recognizable ^w^

Hah XD Yeah... I don't like playing as him -w-

I've never actually played the game, but I'm delighted at the level of personality they gave each character- It's like you have to do is listen to be entertained ^U^

Oh, yes. It's a very well made game ^^ I like the Sniper XD He's Australian I think.

That he is -nodnod-

I like most of the characters really XD

Same here. I think the engineer and the soldier are a little too bland compared to the others though.

I like the engie XD I don't like the soldier to much though -w- to insane for my taste.

Well yeah, but the main thing for me is how many good lines they deliver. All the other classes make such funny and exaggerated sounds that the aforementioned two just sound like regular every day people by comparison...

Soldier? He's insane XD I don't think he sounds standard. But you're right on the others

Well I mean yes he's got the insane thing going, but aren't there like a million 'sarge' voiced loonatics in the entertainment business?

Yeah, but then again Soldier was never in the military XD

Heheheh

So technicly he's not a crazy sergant, he's just crazy ^-^

-nodnod-

Which is sort of stock I guess

Truedat ^.^

What meaningless subject shall we converse on now? >w<

Hrm, what about this whole rising demand for CG thing? I as a traditional artist find myself very disheartened by the lack of appreciation that is left for things like colored pen/pencil and monochrome art as compared to color CG. What are your thoughts on it?

I'm a traditional artist, and soon I'll be a 3D artist ^^ I don't really know what CG is, I've forgotten @w@"

Ah yes, I believe that in a loose sense 3d is also considered CG- Computer Generated Illustration started out as a fairly vague field, and seems to have been narrowed down to more commonly refer to a 2 dimensional image that is made primarily through computer programs.

Well, I love the traditional style you used here ^^ Which is a reason why I like commenting here XP I get to see it each time ^-^

Thank you very much ^w^

You're very welcome. The colouring looks great to, better than digital I'd think.

D'awww you're too kind ^o^

I am? Oh no!

*^w^*

*giggles* Couldn't resist.

Thanks again ^u^

For what? *tilts my head*

Having such a good appreciation of the quality of my pen coloring vs. CG colors.

Oh XD of course. Both have it's advantages ^^ So you're most welcome.

Good times as always

For example, my chara Neko more or less can't be coloured traditionally because of her odd fur colour XP

Ah yes, I remember a couple color schemes that had that effect when I was trying to do it traditionally.

Oh well, it's still worked out with traditional though XP She just looks a little more blue.

Ah, good stuff then ^u^

Blue fits her well XP

Sounds good ^.^

Her robe's blue @w@
Hm, what subject now then? >w<"

Hrm, maybe the state of electronic entertainment? I still play the N64 for my FPS titles and when I see modern FPS games I find myself losing interest- My theory is that because of all the extra memory developers build bigger environments just because they can and this results in players spending much more time just traveling and so they get less fighting done per map.

I wish I had a N64 xP I've allways wanted one. And I agree on some games like battlefield, where the maps are so huge it's annoying. But games like Counter-strike and Team fortress, the maps are small and have chokepoints you're forced to enter, so you have to enter the fight in one way or another.

Ah, then it's good to hear at least some companies are still thinking. I will say however that valve, while brilliant in making TF2, were absurdly overrated when they made the half life 2 games. I got the Xbox version of the original half life 2 and found it totally boring. Waaay too much walking around, the puzzles were never really as smart as they pretended they would be(and they seemed a lot like they were just tacked on), and worst of all the actual fighting in the game was just as simplistic as any other FPS title since Doom.

I guess, I still liked the game, and I think it might have been more for the story than gameplay. But at least it was long. Now a days, single player games are an hour short -w- I recently played Starfox Adventure. It took me more than a week XP

Hm, I guess that might a question of genre though, right? FPS games and fighting games are by definition short. Starfox would be more of an adventure genre game, so its job is to be long-winded.

But still, the campaign game for counter-strike was kind of long to. But that was Ritual who made.

Hm, but the question is if it worked well and was enjoyable- I believe the main reason that FPS games are so short as that the formula has such a strong tendency to drag on as the levels progress that its a risk most designers are unwilling to take.

Well, all FPS games are the same nowadays though.I can't remember last time I saw a truly difrent game. Now they don't even give difrent weapons. They're all the same with slightly tweeked stats

That's all too true, and I think the greatest failing of the weapon selection can be described as 'rapid fir' weapons. Looking at the new AVP game for example, they have a shotgun, flame thrower and a sniper rifle in the game but the ammo isn't regularly available for any of the three weapons and most of the fighting is mid range anyways- So the rapid fire weapons are your only real choice anyways. Similarly in other games, they have a few unique weapons but the fighting system is built in such way that for all intents and purposes you can't use them.

In Modern Warfare 2, there's only 4 weapons that aren't like the others I think XP Excluding the lanchers.

Makes sense, and even the launchers probably act in much the same manner right? There's really only two types of exploding weapons if you think about it- Impact(rocket launchers) and timed(grenades, mines, detonated explosives) so no matter how you dress them up they're either column A or column B. Personally, I think the ammo is what people should be thinking about rather than the gun- Like, how fast does it move and what happens when it hits.

Well, they have a little difrent manner, there's two unguided rockets, RPG and AT-4, one shooting straight the other going monkey-shit XP And I don't know if I'd want to have to constantly think of what bullets I'm using

Well I mean from the design standpoint- You can have all kinds of ideas about how cool your 'new' rocket launcher will be but if it just fires a normal speed projectile with a normal sized blast when it hits then all your designs on the launcher's graphics and sound will have gone to waste.

Basicly XD But it's still fun to see it run of randomly. Imposible to aim, but it's got a larger blast radius than the other lanchers

Ah yes, I'd actually say the one you just described qualifies as a unique weapon. I'd wager the others in its class behave more standard though right?

It's sort of unique, but not to much. The only difrent sniper is the bolt-action one, and the only AR is a semi-automatic one, it's clearly difrent, it's even got a custom reload animation

Ah yes, that can be pretty nice ^u^

It's actually a quite nice rifle, and a nice animation XP He flips the empty magazine off with the new

Ahh yes, every once in a while you get a nice little gem like that- I remember feeling kind of like it was a treat the first dozen or so times I reloaded the magnum revolver in the N64 game Perfect Dark. The character sort of flips their wrist to the side to make the six bullet chamber come loose, then they tilt the gun up to drop the used casings from said chamber and they push a bundled six bullets in to replace them. Lastly they the flip their wrist the other way to push the chamber back into place. It's little artistic details like that which make a player remember a game, rather than the miles and miles of terrain they had to cover to finish the level -nodnod-

Haha XD Just like Gordon reloads, I do enjoy that reload sequence ^^

-nodnod- It reminds you of how things would tend to happen in real life and makes the game more believable.

Yes ^^All though I wonder how he gets the bullets into the speedloader XD

Heh, that's always gonna be part of the video game experience- Maybe one piece of the chamber seems awkward or perhaps the hand position is slightly odd, all part of the gaming experience ^.^

Nah XD I do wish they'd make one thing in just one game to add realism. To get ammo from other wepons you'd have to pick up the weapon and take the magazine, that'd be awesome

Also a good point, seems like in general a character in an FPS has a really abnormal carrying capacity- Maybe they could do things by weight and volume, and the more you carried the slower you moved...

Bethesda FTW ^^ But then again, that's rpg XP But I still think it'd be cool to take magazines from weapons instead of collecting it when you walk over it

That, and of course requiring players to physically store their equipment after they pick it up. Of course this will cost time, but it will make greedy players who stockpile ammo more vulnerable- If winning so commonly results from grabbing the biggest gun and the best ammo, then imagine how the system would operate if they actually had to use them like in real life; Bigger gun means slower aiming, especially aiming upward, and ammo for an explosive weapon is heavy and requires much more careful loading procedures. Of course it would be disliked at first but in the long run it would make players more strategic and honorable.

It would be great for nerds XD I'd love something like that. Doubt anyone'll ever make them, the way non-asian games are made today, they're all the same really. And Japan only makes RPGs more or less (I know they make more, but they're not to known for it)

A good point, though I wouldn't count on anyone to reliably produce unique games, not even Japan ^w^;

Well, Japan's good at it XD But it's only RPGs, no good shooters

Great job man.

Thanks ^u^

No prob.

Aww, her hair looks so neat and soft!
I just want to pet her >w<
Great coloring job too, I like how minimal it is!

Thankya Kit, it's one of my experimental methods and I'm glad to get such nice praise on the results ^U^

You made a very cool draw (>w<)b
I like how you put soft colors in it, also the expression is nice :3

Thank you very much Bleok ^o^

You're wellcome :3

That looks so lovely! ^w^
Made me imagine she would have that artwork as a portait hanging on the walls of her mansion ^w^b

Heeheehee, thanks cousin ^w^ I actually based the background off of a 'sun room'(it might also be called a patio, not quite sure...) that I remembered from somewhere in my past years(though my memory never has been all that clear ^o^;) with a wicker chair in the place where I put the bean chair.