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Off Topic / [resolved] Can you play .FLACs on iTunes? Or do you need something else?
« on: October 09, 2012, 11:59:30 AM »
if you can't, which is a good alternative?
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Games / Hitchhikers' Guide To The Galaxy - "Ford, what about my home?"
« on: October 08, 2012, 08:26:53 AM »
Edition One (gfx by Nolan Worthington)
Edition Two (gfx by Andrew Wyld and others)
Basically a lost-forever text game, except actually playable and with graphics, which was unthinkable of when that game was made. Or so I assume.
Also progress saving.
Pitch black at start of game? Turn lights on.
Edition Two (gfx by Andrew Wyld and others)
Basically a lost-forever text game, except actually playable and with graphics, which was unthinkable of when that game was made. Or so I assume.
Also progress saving.
Pitch black at start of game? Turn lights on.
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Off Topic / I've been thinking about unique game control schemes for medieval games.
« on: October 07, 2012, 07:17:05 AM »
So basically you're a generic knight templar loitering around a field, when tally ho, an evil bandit gets in the way! All you have is a sword (and in metaverse, a mouse), but you're more than capable of defending yourself. You dash at the offender...
Enter the Wii Remote-imitating swing system. You're dashing at the starfish and when you finally get closer, the player presses and holds the left mouse button. Time slows, the player waits until you come closer, and swings his mouse to the right. BAM. Your sword comes down on his right shoulder like Thor's hammer on a kitten. The bandit is de-armed, you come closer to him. The player presses the left mouse button, but this time makes a slightly downwards-curved (like one of those brackets) swing to the left. The bandit's head goes flying and you get a kajillion EXP points.
Same could be done with a shield, you hold the right mouse button and move it slowly to modify the direction of the shielding hunk of metal, but try the sword tactic and you get a shove. Let's take you (the knight templar, remember?), give you a shield in addition, and pit you against the same bandit. The bandit charges at you with a dagger, and you have two options: absorb his blade's kinetic energy, or skin his blade hand with yours. In this case we choose to absorb.
As the bandit rushes closer, the player presses the right mouse button, and moves his mouse a bit to the side. As he does that, you brandish your shield and aim it at the blade. CLANG. The blade slams into the kite plate like a semi-stoppable force into a semi-movable object. The bandit then goes in for another swing. The player right-buttons again, but this time tries another tactic.
Did I tell you everything goes into bullet time when the player uses the mouse buttons? The player patiently waits until the bandit's blade comes closer, then quickly swings to the side. WHAM. You shield-bash at his blade, staggering the bandit. Then the player makes you do the exact same thing from the earlier scenario (disarm and behead if you don't remember).
I'm sure variations can be made for the bowmen (hold down left-click and scroll back to draw arrow, then release to send said arrow into a civvie's face) and magicians (draw runes in the air perhaps?), but the concept stays the same: make the weapon behave (semi-)realistically in the hands of knight templars (you).
/discuss
Enter the Wii Remote-imitating swing system. You're dashing at the starfish and when you finally get closer, the player presses and holds the left mouse button. Time slows, the player waits until you come closer, and swings his mouse to the right. BAM. Your sword comes down on his right shoulder like Thor's hammer on a kitten. The bandit is de-armed, you come closer to him. The player presses the left mouse button, but this time makes a slightly downwards-curved (like one of those brackets) swing to the left. The bandit's head goes flying and you get a kajillion EXP points.
Same could be done with a shield, you hold the right mouse button and move it slowly to modify the direction of the shielding hunk of metal, but try the sword tactic and you get a shove. Let's take you (the knight templar, remember?), give you a shield in addition, and pit you against the same bandit. The bandit charges at you with a dagger, and you have two options: absorb his blade's kinetic energy, or skin his blade hand with yours. In this case we choose to absorb.
As the bandit rushes closer, the player presses the right mouse button, and moves his mouse a bit to the side. As he does that, you brandish your shield and aim it at the blade. CLANG. The blade slams into the kite plate like a semi-stoppable force into a semi-movable object. The bandit then goes in for another swing. The player right-buttons again, but this time tries another tactic.
Did I tell you everything goes into bullet time when the player uses the mouse buttons? The player patiently waits until the bandit's blade comes closer, then quickly swings to the side. WHAM. You shield-bash at his blade, staggering the bandit. Then the player makes you do the exact same thing from the earlier scenario (disarm and behead if you don't remember).
I'm sure variations can be made for the bowmen (hold down left-click and scroll back to draw arrow, then release to send said arrow into a civvie's face) and magicians (draw runes in the air perhaps?), but the concept stays the same: make the weapon behave (semi-)realistically in the hands of knight templars (you).
/discuss
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Off Topic / AD&D Stats Quiz - Convert your real-life characteristics into MMO stats!
« on: October 03, 2012, 11:57:32 AM »
http://www.kevinhaw.com/add_quiz.php
STR:11
INT:12
WIS:14
DEX:9
CON:6
CHR:12
imo the CON and CHR bits are inaccurate
STR:11
INT:12
WIS:14
DEX:9
CON:6
CHR:12
imo the CON and CHR bits are inaccurate
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Off Topic / Cybercrime Prevention Act (R.A.10175) - Warning: contains illegal ranting.
« on: October 03, 2012, 07:56:01 AM »
There's a new law in philippines that gives people up to 12 years in jail for posting defamatory comments on facebook or twitter apparently.
Quoth the source I learned about it from;
Holy loving stuff, apparently protesting against Romney is illegal in the philippines? Even mentioning him can put you behind bars? The forget were they smoking? And apparently it's aiming to spread to other countries, one of my chinese friends said it's in his country too. loving stuff.
Actually forget mentioning. Doing anything with a blog/post that says anything against their politican can get you behind bars. Again, quoth my source;
Yeah so this douchebaggery is in the same category as Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act. Except CPA is special. Why, you ask? It's loving passed.
If you guys going to take arms for a country in need, here's some info. Once again, quoth the same goddamn source;
Also, according to this article, the Act was made to
OH WAIT THERE'S MORE
Argh the article is really long, I could be illegally ranting for hours. I'll just give you the goddamn article again. I've posted just a third or quarter of it.
SIGN THE PETITION
Source I used for three quotes
Quoth the source I learned about it from;
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The Philippines need media coverage around the world if they hope to have any chance at repealing this stuff.
To put things short, this bill is SOPA and ACTA’s demon spawn.
It was signed in at an inconvenient time, purposely for political reasons. This bill will restrict the voice of anyone who wishes to speak out against their politician, and is so vague and convoluted that 12-year jail time can be smacked on anyone for the most absurd reasons.
Holy loving stuff, apparently protesting against Romney is illegal in the philippines? Even mentioning him can put you behind bars? The forget were they smoking? And apparently it's aiming to spread to other countries, one of my chinese friends said it's in his country too. loving stuff.
Actually forget mentioning. Doing anything with a blog/post that says anything against their politican can get you behind bars. Again, quoth my source;
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A lot of the blogs I and my friend follow are suddenly either down or password protected; they didn’t even allow 2 days for this law to pass, certainly not enough time for the public to react, and began acting on it within half a day (this morning), and already have many people in jail for up to 12 years.
This is the ultimate social justice act; not only is it ACTA/PIPA/SOPA combined, if you reblog, post, follow a blog that posts, +like, or otherwise interact with material that could potentially be offensive to someone, you’re immediately in some form of trouble with the law. I don’t know how severe, specifically, depending on what the ‘crime’ is.
Yeah so this douchebaggery is in the same category as Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act. Except CPA is special. Why, you ask? It's loving passed.
If you guys going to take arms for a country in need, here's some info. Once again, quoth the same goddamn source;
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Senators who voted YES:
Sen. Tito Sotto
Sen. Bong Revilla
Sen. Manny Villar
Sen. Lito Lapid
Sen. Koko Pimentel
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada
Sen. Loren Legarda
Sen. Chiz Escudero
Sen. Ping Lacson
Sen. Gringo Honasan
Sen. Pia Cayetano
Sen. Bongbong Marcos
Sen. Ralph Recto
Also, according to this article, the Act was made to
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...fight online research, hacking, identity theft and spamming in the conservative Catholic nation amid police complaints they lack the legal tools to stamp out Internet crime.Bullstuff, just find an IP logger, track the friend down and jail him. Is it that hard?
OH WAIT THERE'S MORE
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However it also includes a blanket provision that puts the country's criminal libel law into force in cyberspace, except that the penalties for Internet defamation are much tougher compared with old media.Y'see, from the lower bit, they're loving tracking their social media accounts and probably even eavesdrop on Skype conversations.
It also allows authorities to collect data from personal user accounts on social media and listen in on voice/video applications, such as Skype, without a warrant.
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Teenagers unwarily retweeting or re-posting libellous material on social media could bear the full force of the law, according to Noemi Dado, a prominent Manila blogger who edits a citizen media site called Blog Watch.forget me they're full on fining innocent teenagers for reblogging rants. People aren't allowed to spill their soul out after a bad day at work. If someone does, the poor soul has to deal with a SWAT team and a bounty. A bit extreme for a rant. Tabloid reporters are at a good bit of risk too.
"Not everyone is an expert on what constitutes libel. Imagine a mother like me, or teenagers and kids who love to rant. It really hits our freedoms," Dado told AFP.
Compounding the concerns, those teenagers or anyone else who posts a libellous comment faces a maximum prison term of 12 years and a fine of one million pesos ($24,000).
Meanwhile, newspaper editors and other trained professionals in traditional media face prison terms of just four years and fines of 6,000 pesos.
Argh the article is really long, I could be illegally ranting for hours. I'll just give you the goddamn article again. I've posted just a third or quarter of it.
SIGN THE PETITION
Source I used for three quotes
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Forum Games / Try to solve this Boggle puzzle!
« on: October 01, 2012, 04:39:02 AM »
┌─┬─┬─┬─┐
│N│O│A│R│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│I│A│T│G│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│H│E│E│I│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│R│E│R│O│
└─┴─┴─┴─┘
There's 161 words.
3lt: 16/61
4lt: 7/49
5lt: 4/27
6lt: 2/16
7lt: 0/4
8+lt: 0/4
A classic game of untimed boggle. You all fairly work as a group to reveal every word you can note out.
│N│O│A│R│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│I│A│T│G│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│H│E│E│I│
├─┼─┼─┼─┤
│R│E│R│O│
└─┴─┴─┴─┘
There's 161 words.
3lt: 16/61
4lt: 7/49
5lt: 4/27
6lt: 2/16
7lt: 0/4
8+lt: 0/4
A classic game of untimed boggle. You all fairly work as a group to reveal every word you can note out.
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Games / Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit - Out now!
« on: September 29, 2012, 05:29:17 AM »
Clickable motherforgeter!
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Hell Yeah! is a crazy action-adventure platformer... In Hell.Kinda like Scott Pilgrim vs The World, except you're a skeletal rabbit, you're berserk mad and you're standing against the entire underworld. Using a sawblade jetpack.
You are Ash, a devil rabbit and the prince of Hell. When some jerk finds it funny to post your secret intimate photos all over the Hell-ternet, you get VERY angry.
Time to seek out the bastard and destroy him once and for all. While you’re at it, why not use this incredible journey to kill everybody else?
It’s you against all Hell. It’s Hell Yeah!
Which is why the game will be awesome as forget.
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Games / Cubemen - "Grill why are you running OH GOD IS IT RAINING SHRAPNEL"
« on: September 23, 2012, 11:04:45 PM »
"holy shiqt mincraf !121!!"
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Cubemen is a fast paced, action packed, original 3D Tower Defense game that mixes TD with RTS in single player & online multi-player awesomeness! Get ready for some crazy Cubemen action! It’s the age old struggle between Good vs Bad, Blue vs Red, Little men vs Little men. Use your own little Cubemen to defend your base from other little Cubemen that are trying to run it over. It’s the usual story, but with many very interesting twists.
Play a purely defense game in various modes on a sweet selection of levels, or go into Skirmish mode and play a new type of TD game against either the computer or another human opponent. That’s right.. Two way REAL-TIME TD against the computer or a real person! It’s TD like you’ve never seen or experienced before.
So basically a beautiful smush between tower defense and RTS with simplistic visuals and a lot of levels. Also, a cash as hell soundtrack.
IMPORTANT: If you've just bought the game, I recommend launching it, exiting it, then launching it again so the recent update kicks in.
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Off Topic / Facebook guy kills dogs for barking - ARGUMENTS
« on: September 23, 2012, 05:11:13 AM »
-url removed because gore and i don't think anyone cares about the post anymore-
I'd flip out but I spent all my hate for humanity in the last topic.
The gore? A dog bleeding from the mouth. Hover your hand over the red bit if you do not like blood.
I'd flip out but I spent all my hate for humanity in the last topic.
The gore? A dog bleeding from the mouth. Hover your hand over the red bit if you do not like blood.
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Games / Humble Bundle 6 - too lazy to make good OP
« on: September 22, 2012, 01:46:01 AM »
http://www.humblebundle.com/
this time it's Rochard, SPAZ, Torchlight, Shatter, Vessel and if you pay extra, Dustforce.
this time it's Rochard, SPAZ, Torchlight, Shatter, Vessel and if you pay extra, Dustforce.
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Off Topic / The Quiet Place
« on: September 19, 2012, 10:14:53 PM »
http://thequietplaceproject.com/thequietplace
Basically a small project with a deep meaning. Optimal experience: get speakers and full-screen your browser.
Basically a small project with a deep meaning. Optimal experience: get speakers and full-screen your browser.
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Off Topic / "OCTOBER 31, 2012 NATIONAL KILL A PITBULL NGIHT" - Update page 4
« on: September 19, 2012, 08:10:58 AM »
"DO THESE LOOK LIKE MURDEROUS DOGS TO YOU?!"
Congratulovinglations, humanity. Look how you've degraded. Declaring Halloween "universal dog genocide day".
I can't begin to describe my hate without punching my monitor but I'll just say this is just too godloving stupid. Several hundred "kill-a-pittbulled" dogs isn't a statistic, it's a deliberate loving attempt at genocide. Also, look at this gem:
JUST BECAUSE THEIR OWNERS SAY THEY HAVE A HIGH THRESHOLD FOR PAIN DOESN'T loving MEAN THEY WON'T FEEL ANY OF THEIR ORGANS GOUGED OUT. ARGH.
I need a cold drink, stat.
Congratulovinglations, humanity. Look how you've degraded. Declaring Halloween "universal dog genocide day".
I can't begin to describe my hate without punching my monitor but I'll just say this is just too godloving stupid. Several hundred "kill-a-pittbulled" dogs isn't a statistic, it's a deliberate loving attempt at genocide. Also, look at this gem:
JUST BECAUSE THEIR OWNERS SAY THEY HAVE A HIGH THRESHOLD FOR PAIN DOESN'T loving MEAN THEY WON'T FEEL ANY OF THEIR ORGANS GOUGED OUT. ARGH.
I need a cold drink, stat.
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Off Topic / Holy stuff russians might be cut access to youtube ;-;
« on: September 18, 2012, 09:09:45 AM »
http://news.rambler.ru/15566151/
tooforeign;didn'tread they want to completely bar YouTube for russians for a video
http://gigaom.com/video/russian-court-bans-youtube-over-extremist-videos/
here's a readable rundown on the whole thing, also about blocking a few sites for mein kampf
help
tooforeign;didn'tread they want to completely bar YouTube for russians for a video
http://gigaom.com/video/russian-court-bans-youtube-over-extremist-videos/
here's a readable rundown on the whole thing, also about blocking a few sites for mein kampf
help