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Off Topic / This is my one-thousandth post.

« on: September 20, 2012, 03:47:32 PM »

Oh yeah.

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Drama / StarHawk - Clan Flamer.

« on: September 20, 2012, 06:56:53 AM »

So me and Icosahedron have started a clan! But evil ol' StarHawk trotted over to our topic and posted THIS:

The following message came to me unprovoked, meaning I had no connection with Icosahedron nor did I even know that this clan existed until I was directed to it by the message.

StarHawk,

I am Icosahedron, co-founder of BLW with Ark. I am using his forum account, so do not be alarmed.

I understand that you have blacklisted Ark from OCNC and therefore show malicious intent to start a clan rivalry, of which you know you cannot win and will never prevail.

The fact is about the Cathedral's leaking is that information itself wants to be free. You have got to realize that you can only keep things secret for so long before they eventually leak.

Until you realize that if you don't want leaks you shouldn't tell anyone, you blacklist people for upholding the freedom of information and remain ignorant.

I await your response.

All the best,

Icosahedron.

I have a few points I'd like to address regarding your little message to me. I figured I'd post my response here on your clan page so it'd be more "direct."

In regards to

you have blacklisted Ark from OCNC and therefore show malicious intent to start a clan rivalry

I blacklisted Ark for three reasons: first and most importantly, he's an obnoxious twat that behaves like a six year old and is incapable of following the simplest of instructions from his superior clan officer; secondly, he has a history of build theft; and thirdly he attempted to ruin Oceanco by posting a save of our uncompleted flagship to the forums (which you even acknowledged in your message to me and which, by the way, completely backfired and ended up with him looking like an idiot).

Also, clan rivalry? "Malicious intent"? You're kidding right? What is this, CSI? No, this is a game about building with legos for Christ sake. I had no idea your clan existed up to the point that you decided to try and mark your territory all over my leg. Nice way to start off by the way.

In regards to

The fact is about the Cathedral's leaking is that information itself wants to be free. You have got to realize that you can only keep things secret for so long before they eventually leak. / Until you realize that if you don't want leaks you shouldn't tell anyone, you blacklist people for upholding the freedom of information and remain ignorant.

Stop trying to paint yourself up as some loving vigilante. "Information itself wants to be free." What kind of bullstuff is that? That's you saying "Hey I realized that Ark pulled a five-star forget-up here but I'm going to try and turn that into an argument.

And of course I have to respond to

of which you know you cannot win and will never prevail.

Um... prevail in what, exactly? Do you want to fist fight? You want some sort of epic duel stuff where we both take ten steps and then draw? There will be no clan rivalry because firstly clan rivalry is handicapped; we're all here to have a good time build things, not fight, and if you're going to sprint around the community flaunting your massive erections saying "LOOK AT US WE'RE BETTER THAN OCEANCO" after you've only existed for six days then the community is going to smack you down.

Secondly, there can be no clan rivalry because we're not the same type of clan. You build trains, we build boats. You saying that you are the superior clan is like me saying "I play soccer better than you play basket ball."

And thirdly, you've been around for a week and have nothing to show. Oceanco has existed for over a year now and has an entire fleet of ships of superb quality with which to smack you in the face with, never mind a following of many many fans. We've worked hard, built up a reputation and continue to churn out quality builds. You have no place saying your clan is superior to ours when you are freshly born and have yet to show us anything.

In conclusion, what you're doing is sickeningly transparent. You can't wait to be a big-shot clan, so rather than do your own hard work like we have done you'd rather slingshot yourself off of Oceanco's back by picking fights and having us give you attention by fighting back. It's obvious. It's also childish and pathetic. So if you take in anything from this response take in this:

I am not in the mood to fight you. I have no wish to see your destruction; quite the opposite. I really, truly hope to see you prosper because I love seeing Blocklanders organizing themselves and producing quality work (plus I've always been interested in trains. Built one or two myself, even).  However, if you continue to try and piss on my boot, you will be dealt with. You wave your richard in my face, I cut it off, simple as that. So I will leave you alone as long as you leave us alone. But if you start stuffposting our topics or continue sending us hollow ultimatums in garbage messages we're going to have a problem and we're going to deal with it.

Please stop your idiocy,
StarHawk

/discuss

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Off Topic / Would you buy the user above a Steam Game?

« on: September 18, 2012, 08:31:35 PM »

Simple:

Would you buy the user above a Steam Game on his/her birthday?


Go!

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Suggestions & Requests / Blockland Timelapse Add-On

« on: September 18, 2012, 07:21:12 PM »

Basically takes screenshots or videos and you can set a specific time so it will take it and then speed it up. I could you this for my new clan BLW. For the time-lapse of building our biggest train yet.

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Off Topic / Post your favorite song(s)!

« on: September 17, 2012, 04:14:14 PM »

/title

Post your favorite song(s)

Here's mine:

G A N G N D A M  S T Y L E

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Off Topic / the shockign true histroy of blockland - Part 7 released...?

« on: September 16, 2012, 03:53:10 PM »

so apparently some troll tried to write up a hilariously bad history of blockland a couple months ago and now he has part 7 released.

the shockign true histroy of blockland 1- robolx, legos & erik heartmin
the shockign true histroy of blockland 2- effialties & retrun to blockland
the shockign true histroy of blockland 3- kalfittor the crackehead
the shockign true histroy of blockland 4- teh deth of blockland
the shockign true histroy of blockland 5- badstops army and also lizzey dies
the shockign true histroy of blockland 6- legos suprise atack and the motersykal batle
the shockign true histroy of blockland 7- v21: shaderpocalypse and the retrun of kompresser

the forget is this stuff. thoughts?

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Off Topic / Post your favorite thebest404pageever video(s)

« on: September 14, 2012, 10:30:06 PM »

W W W . T H E B E S T 4 0 4 P A G E E V E R . C O M

Post yours.

D E R P I N G  A R O U N D

B I L L  N Y E  A I D S  L O O P

H E Y  N O  B I T I N G

S P A R T A  B A S S  S O U N D

C I R C U S  G A L O P

D O G  N  C A T  T R A N C E

P U S S Y

A S C I


/Go

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Off Topic / WhatPulse - Blockland Team 2.0 (Revived)

« on: September 14, 2012, 09:03:07 PM »

WhatPulse | Blockland2 Team | Download WhatPulse! (Win, Mac, Linux)

I have resurrected the Blockland team from the depths of the WhatPulse archives! Join the team and grow your e-snake by comparing your computer activity with other people interested in the same game as you! Incredibly pointless! Yaay! Or as Snow2 put it.
In short WhatPulse is a program that runs in the background and counts how many key presses and clicks you make while the program is running. It also records how many miles/kilometers/meters you have moved your mouse. It also keeps track of how many times what key was pressed and you can make pretty images using the program to display your keyboard activity. But wait. I hear you say, is this not a keylogger?



How do I join the team?

• Register an account and log in: http://whatpulse.org/register/
• Go here: http://whatpulse.org/my/teams/
• Click "Join a team".
• Search for "Blockland2".
• Make sure to change your country from your profile: http://whatpulse.org/my/profile/ It's always nice to know where everyone is from and your pulses will also be added to the national total.

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Off Topic / Stupid stuff that teachers say.

« on: September 14, 2012, 07:18:05 PM »

Post your stories of idiotic teachers.

Kibibyte v. Kilobyte

My computer teacher placed a chart next to his room's door that stated that a kilobyte was 1,024 bytes.
I myself knew that the SI decimal prefix kilo- meant 1,000, and pointed out that the teacher was referring to kibibytes, which are 1,024 bytes.

Upon hearing this from me, he goes into a rage about how I'm wrong and that a teacher is always right. He then, knowing that he couldn't win the argument, decided to give me a detention for disagreeing.

Later that day, I appealed to the principal, who then, upon hearing my case, decides to cancel the detention.

In the end, I didn't get in any trouble, but what the forget? You'd think that a teacher would know that 1,024 b != 1 kB.

END OF STORY

Now it's your turn! Post any funny, stupid, dramatic or otherwise entertaining stories involving stupid teachers.

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Clan Discussion / [BLW] Blokish Locomotive Works - DEAD.

« on: September 13, 2012, 08:25:03 PM »

This clan has been closed.

Due to our lack of materiel and personnel to work on projects, BLW has been temporarily closed.

I hope to re-open it soon, but our reputation has been irreparably tarnished.

Inter-clan partnerships shall remain intact until then.

This is not a leaving post, we just decided to decided to take a break from clans for a while.

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Off Topic / iOS 6 Megathread - Released!

« on: September 13, 2012, 07:10:39 AM »

Apple Website

What Is it?

iOS is "The world's most advanced mobile operating system", and with its easy-to-use interface, amazing features, and rock-solid stability, iOS is the foundation of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. And even as others try to catch up, the technologies and features built into iOS keep your Apple devices years ahead.

You know how to use iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch from the first time you pick them up. That’s because the revolutionary
Multi-Touch interface in iOS was designed for your finger. And the simple, beautiful Home screen is the easiest place to
start. From built-in apps to over 700,000 more apps and games available on the App Store. From making a FaceTime call
to editing a video with iMovie. Everything you touch is easy, intuitive, and fun.

The App Store features over 700,000 apps, many of which are free. That includes over 100,000 games — more than any other platform.* And you can go head-to-head with millions of other gamers in Game Center. No wonder iPod touch is the world’s most popular portable game player. You’ll wish you had more fingers.


Features

Here are the current features and specifications. There is alot more, but we'll get to the fun part later on.

Maps
Beautifully designed from the ground up (and the sky down), Maps changes the way you see the world. Map elements are vector based, so graphics and text are incredibly detailed — even when you zoom all the way in — and panning is smooth. Tilt and rotate to view an area, and Maps keeps the names of streets and places where they belong. Get visual and spoken turn-by-turn navigation and real-time traffic updates. Even soar over cityscapes to see the sights from the air in amazing, high-resolution quality.

Siri
With iOS 6, Siri understands more languages and works in more countries.2 So you can get more things done in more places around the world. Want to know the latest scores and stats for your favorite teams and players? Thanks to iOS 6, Siri knows the answers. Or maybe it’s movie night. Siri can show you the latest reviews and showtimes. Find the best restaurants in town and make reservations. Even have Siri open your apps for you — no tapping required. Say “Launch Flight Tracker” or “Open Angry Birds” and Siri does just that. You can also use Siri to post Facebook updates and tweet for you.

Facebook
Now it’s easier than ever to interact with the world’s largest social network. And there’s no need to leave your app to do it. Share a photo to Facebook right from Camera or Photos. Post your location right from Maps. Brag about a high score right from Game Center. If you have your hands full, just ask Siri to post for you. You need to sign in to Facebook only once, and you’ll be off and sharing. Never miss another birthday or get-together, since Facebook events are integrated into Calendar. And your Facebook friends’ profile information is integrated into Contacts, so when they update an email address or phone number you automatically stay up to date. Now that’s something to post about.

Photo Streams
Now you can share just the photos you want, with just the people you choose. Simply select photos from the Photos app, tap the Share button, choose who you want to share your photos with, and they’re on their way. Friends using iCloud on an iOS 6 device or a Mac running Mountain Lion get the photos delivered immediately in the Photos app or iPhoto. You can even view Shared Photo Streams on Apple TV. If the folks you're sharing with aren’t using an Apple device, they can view your photos on the web. People can like individual photos and make comments. And you can share as much as you want: Your Shared Photo Streams don’t count against your iCloud storage, and they work over Wi-Fi and cellular networks.
Multiple language support
Android supports multiple languages.

Passbook
Your boarding passes, movie tickets, retail coupons, loyalty cards, and more are now all in one place. With Passbook, you can scan your iPhone or iPod touch to check in for a flight, get into a movie, and redeem a coupon. You can also see when your coupons expire, where your concert seats are, and the balance left on that all-important coffee bar card. Wake your iPhone or iPod touch, and passes appear on your Lock screen at the appropriate time and place — like when you reach the airport or walk into the store to redeem your gift card or coupon. And if your gate changes after you’ve checked in for your flight, Passbook will even alert you to make sure you’re not relaxing in the wrong terminal.

Facetime
FaceTime now works over cellular networks as well as Wi-Fi, so you can make and receive FaceTime calls wherever you happen to be.3 You can even make and receive FaceTime calls on your iPad using your phone number. That means you can use FaceTime wherever you are, on any device. And never miss another wink, smile, air kiss, or eye roll.

Phone
iOS 6 adds new calling features to your iPhone. Now when you decline an incoming call, you can instantly reply with a text message or set a callback reminder. And when things are just too hectic, turn on Do Not Disturb and you won’t be bothered by anyone — except can’t-miss contacts like your boss or your better half.

Mail
Redesigned with a more streamlined interface for easier reading and writing, Mail in iOS 6 lets you set up a VIP list so you’ll never miss an important message from your accountant, your boss, or your BFF. It’s even easier to add photos and videos to email messages. And to refresh your mailboxes, all you have to do is swipe down.

Safari
iOS 6 brings even better web browsing to your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. iCloud Tabs keeps track of which pages you have open on your devices, so you can start browsing on one device and pick up right where you left off, on whatever device is handy. Safari now saves web pages — not just links — in your Reading List, so you can catch up on your reading even when you can’t connect to the Internet. And when you’re posting a photo or video to eBay, Craigslist, or another site, you can take photos and video — or choose from your Camera Roll — without leaving Safari. When you really want to see the whole picture, turn your iPhone or iPod touch to landscape and tap the full-screen icon to view web pages without distractions.

Accessibility
iOS 6 comes with even more features to make it easier for people with vision, hearing, learning, and mobility disabilities to get the most from their iOS devices. Guided Access helps students with disabilities such as autism remain on task and focused on content. It allows a parent, teacher, or administrator to limit an iOS device to one app by disabling the Home button, as well as restrict touch input on certain areas of the screen. VoiceOver, the revolutionary screen reader for blind and low-vision users, is now integrated with Maps, AssistiveTouch, and Zoom. And Apple is working with top manufacturers to introduce Made for iPhone hearing aids that will deliver a power-efficient, high-quality digital audio experience.

Camera
The new panorama feature for iPhone and iPod touch lets you capture everything from a momentous family reunion photo to a sweeping vista.6 With one simple motion you can shoot up to 240 degrees — even vertically, to get that redwood tree, say. Then hardware and software work together to create one seamless, high-resolution panorama.


iOS Users On the Blockland Forums

Ark - iPod Touch 4G, 8GB non-jailbroken, iOS 6 Beta 4.
Cheemio - iPod Touch 4G, 32GB non-jailbroken, iOS 5
Bahamut - ipod 4th gen jailbroken 8gb swag, iOS 5
Oasis - iPhone 4S - 32 GB non-jailbroken - OS 5
Add your name to the list! Add your specs, too!

As expected, Apple took the wraps off the latest iteration of its mobile operating system last week. And although it may not be quite the upgrade that its predecessor was, iOS 6 still includes a ton of new features and other enhancements.

Note: Some of them are device-specific, so make sure to check out iDownloadBlog's feature compatibility guide for more information.

Phone

The Phone app gets a slight upgrade in iOS 6 with a new look, and at least one significant enhancement:

• Decline options – now when declining phone calls, users have the option to respond with a preset or custom text message or set a callback reminder.

Facebook

iOS 6 includes deep, system-level Facebook integration:

• Photo uploads - users can now post pictures to the social networking site directly from the Photos app.
• Tap to Post - users can now update their Facebook statuses (and tweet) from the Notification Center.
• Like content - the Facebook option to ‘Like’ something is now available in the App, iBooks and iTunes stores.

Facetime

The video calling app gets two welcome new features in iOS 6:

• FaceTime over cellular – users can now make FaceTime calls over a cellular connection, instead of being forced to find a Wi-Fi network.
• Number/ID unification – users can now make FaceTime calls from their iPads and other devices using either their Apple IDs or their phone numbers.

Siri

Siri receives quite the upgrade in iOS 6, with the ability to answer a number of new questions, and perform new tasks:

• Restaurants - Siri can now search for restaurants based on price and outdoor seating availability, in addition to location and cuisine. It can also now pull up photos, Yelp reviews, and make reservations via OpenTable.
• Movies – in iOS 6, Siri can lookup showtimes, movie facts, and play trailers. It can also bring up movie ratings and reviews from Rotten Tomatoes.
• Sports – the digital assistant can now look up sport scores for current and past games, as well as schedules and team rosters for baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer.
• Launch apps – Users can now launch applications — both stock and third party — by telling Siri to “launch (insert app name here).”
• Siri for iPad - the once iPhone 4S-exclusive feature is now available on Apple’s latest tablet.

Maps



Phone

The Maps app has been completely redesigned from the ground up in iOS 6. And not only does it look different, but it also has a handful of new features:

• 3D Flyover view – thanks to the 3D technology from recently-acquired C3 Technologies, Maps now features gorgeous 3D models of buildings, landmarks, and monuments.
• Turn-by-turn – Maps can now give users audible turn-by-turn directions to help them get to their destinations.
• Traffic – Maps now uses real-time traffic conditions to calculate ETAs. It can also offer details about incidents and alternate routes to speed up travel times.

Clock

The Clock app in iOS 6 gets a minor new feature, and a fresh coat of paint for Apple’s tablet:

• MP3 Alarm tones - users can now set songs as Alarm tones in iOS 6
• New iPad app - iOS 6 brings the stock Clock app to the iPad. It doesn’t look exactly like its iPhone counterpart, but it performs all of the same functions.

Safari

Safari didn’t get quite the makeover that other apps did, but it did receive a couple of nice enhancements:

• iCloud tabs – open a website in a new Safari tab on your desktop, and it automatically populates in mobile Safari on your iOS 6 device.
• Offline Reading List – now Safari’s Reading List feature can save entire articles — not just links — for later viewing on any iOS device.
• Media uploads – users can now upload photos and videos to websites from within Safari.
• Full-screen – iPhones and iPod touches can now view web pages in full-screen when in landscape-mode.
• Smart Banners – allows websites to display an interactive banner at the top of Safari to promote their App Store applications.

Photos

There aren’t many new features in the Photos app in iOS 6, but there are a few notable changes:

• New share menu – There’s a new sharing menu in iOS 6 that allows users to upload photos and videos to Facebook, Twitter, and other services.
• Shared Photo Streams – users can now easily share media from their Photo Streams with their friends and family, either via the Photos app, iPhotos, or even the web.

Passbook

Passbook is a brand new application in iOS 6 that organizes all of a user’s digital gift cards, event tickets and boarding passes. Cards are location-aware, so if a user approaches a building connected with one of the cards in their Passbook app, they receive a push notification.

Mail

The new Mail application in iOS 6 is exactly like the old one, but with the addition of a few handy features:

• VIP Lists – a list of the contacts that you’d like to receive notifications from upon every email.
• Pull-to-refresh – users can now use the popular pull-to-refresh gesture to refresh their inbox.
• In-app attachements – users can now attach photos and videos to emails without ever leaving the Mail application.

App Store

After nearly four years without any major changes, the App Store gets a significant redesign in iOS 6, as do the iBook and iTunes stores. They look different, act different, and make browsing through content more enjoyable. Oh, and you don’t get kicked out of the app when you start a download anymore.


Settings

Apple made a few changes to the Settings app in iOS 6 in order to keep up with the other new features.

• Do Not Disturb - a new option for users to turn off all push notifications and alerts with a single toggle. You can also choose contacts and apps to not be muted by this feature.
• Relocated Bluetooth – the Bluetooth toggle has been moved to the main Settings pane in iOS 6, making it easier for users to access the option.
• Government alerts - users can enable native Government Alerts in iOS 6, but this will undoubtedly be region and carrier-specific.
• Privacy settings - users can now see what data each app is accessing — Calendar, Contacts, etc. — and have the ability to disable them.
• Guided Access – this allows users to put their iPhone or iPad in “kiosk mode,” restricting access to customizable aspects of the device.

Passbook

Other than the above-mentioned features and enhancements, there are a few other changes in iOS 6 worth pointing out:

• Color-matching status bar
• Separate Podcast app
• New Emoji icons
• ‘New’ app ribbons
• Stream or download songs in iTunes Match
• Retina-friendly shutdown spinner
• Custom dictionary in the cloud
• New UI in Music app
• Keyboard now capitalizes after quotes and emoji icons
• In-app iTunes previews
• Live wallpaper previews
• Folders labeled in Spotlight search
• Shared Photo Stream toggle in Settings
• Calendar items now show ending times and dates in Notification Center
• New Wi-Fi networking option in Settings > Location Services > System Services

I plan to continue to add to this list as more new features come to light. But if you feel like we’ve missed something, be sure to let me know about it and I'll add it.

So, what do you think of iOS 6 so far?

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Off Topic / ,

« on: September 12, 2012, 05:44:13 PM »

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Off Topic / ,

« on: September 12, 2012, 05:02:15 PM »

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General Discussion / Badspot imposter

« on: September 09, 2012, 11:20:16 AM »

Some guy named badspot's cuz is trying to be Badspot.

/discuss

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Off Topic / It's Ephialtes' Birthday

« on: August 31, 2012, 07:10:59 AM »

I saw this on his profile.

Age:   22

/discuss