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Off Topic / Clients From Hell: the ultimate ragefest
« on: January 02, 2014, 03:26:32 PM »


Clients from hell is a website where designers, private contractors and general self-employed persons share their stories of stupidity amongst their clients. I only recently discovered the site, and as someone who considers the field of graphic design a possibility, I find this de-motivating AND amusing (look like I'll stick to marketing.)

Anyways, go through and pick your favorites, share 'em and laugh at the simpletons or try and defend them.

AdinX's Favorite

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General Discussion / CityMod
« on: December 24, 2013, 11:00:30 PM »

CityMod is a cutting-edge, new-generation City RPG designed around the concept of the playerbase being completely self-reliant: Money circulates within an actual economy, every decision you make affects everyone else, and players are forced to rely on eachother to function properly. Whether you want to build an office-building or you want to prepare a burger, you need the right raw materials to make it, and you need to find the cheapest place to get those goods. Perhaps you wanna own a resteraunt, and feed the masses with 5-star quisine. Or maybe you want to be a farmer, to supply the resteraunts with the raw food to be processed. Or maybe you just need some fast cash, and are willing to work in a factory to create bricks? Or maybe even a life of crime! Need to kill someone before they spill the beans about a dirty trade gone sour? Better toss the body somewhere nobody will find it! The choices are endless, and every action you make directly impacts the entire server.


News/Updates/To-Do List

• ??/??/?? - Vaux Begins the CityMod Project
• ??/??/?? - Brian Smithers joins CityMod
• 08/12/13 - The Modification Discussion Topic is launched
• 11/??/13 - AdinX & Thorfin25 begin construction of the 'city'
• 11/25/13 - Data corruption, all build progress lost
• 12/25/13 - The General Discussion Topic is launched
• 12/25/13 - The General Discussion Topic is updated to fix formatting issues
• 12/26/13 - GD Topic modified to include new images! Check 'em out!


What will the map be like??

Realism is key, and the map is no excuse. Cities are intended for high-rises and sky-scrapers, suburbs include small businesses and farms exhist only out in the country-side. You can own property ranging anywhere from the coastline, to the middle of the secluded forest. Roads range anywhere from four lane city-routes, to single lane dirt paths carved into the ground by off-roading vehicles. You can live in the mountains, or you can live in the city; live by the ocean, or live near a lake. Crime lord looking for a place to make a deal? Go to the train yard when it's dark, nobody will see you! Wanna hangout with friends and chat about how cool the game is? Go to the beach and lay-out a towel! Need to get from the West side of the city to the East side? Take the train! The map (will have) has a planned 8 environments: City, Ghetto sub-city, Suburbs, Country, Coastal, Lake, Forest and Mountains. Though you may not fully climb the mountains, or travel from one end of the forrest to the other, it is intended to create a more 'complete' feeling of the server.
-INSERT MINIMAP HERE WHEN IT'S DONE-


Helpers / Administration

Vaux - 14597 - Project Leader, Mod Owner, Scripter, HOST
BrianSmith - 43325 - Scripter, Co-Project Leader, "Partner," CO-HOST
AdinX - 10832 - Public Relations, Build Manager, AdminX
Thorfin25 - 2199 - Builder, Assistant Build Manager, Admin
Palladium - 19856 - Prop Builder
Ultimadune - 17624 - Builder
The Brighter Dark - 3014 - Builder (country bank)
Conservative - 5012 - Modeler


F.A.Q.

• What does FAQ stand for?
loving Ask us some Questions.
Just kidding it means Frequently Asked Questions.

• Will there be drugs!?
No. There will not be drugs. At all. Don't bother mentioning them. They will never ever ever happen. EVER.

• What do you mean people will be "reliant" on eachother?
I mean the entire server is going to be limited to a set ammount of money, for example $2,000,000. If there are 200 players total, the total money those 200 players have cannot exceed $2,000,000. Money is not generated like other servers where you paid a set ammount of money every five minutes, you actually have to do your job. Factory workers have to make bricks, farmers have to grow crops, cops have to arrest people, etc etc.

• How often do we get paid?
I know you have a family to feed, but there are no 'ticks.' You will not be paid on a scheduled basis, you will be paid for actually WORKING. Not that you'll have a job, since there aren't any. Instead, your actions will pay you: making goods to sell or running a company.

• Hold up sassy-friend, there aren't jobs?
Nope. You will never have a "job," only tasks to accomplish. There is no signing up for jobs, and there are no teams. If you use teamchat, the entire server will see it. There is no /job policeman command, and there is no policeman-specific spawn. For example, rather than saying /job shopkeeper to be a shopkeeper, you just get the right skills for it, and bam! You can sell stuff to people, control your prices, buy raw goods to sell off finished goods, etc etc.

• Okay well what about edumacation?
You go to school. Literally. No more /education, but rather you have to go to a training facility/school, do tasks and earn your education. This is still being developed so this description may change with time, but this is a general overlook as to how this will work.

• How do I get a house?
You go to real estate to buy the property, and then you can do whatever you want with it. Clear all the bricks on it, add onto it, re-color it, sell it later once the land-value goes up, etc. This means there will be no giant holes imbetween roads where people place a bunch of misaligned 16x16 lots, as it will already be gridded and

• I'm gonna be a bad ass criminal! pew pew!
Careful there buckaroo, like I said before, there are no ticks. You don't just go to jail for six ticks for killing half the server, you could get LIFE IN PRISON. Criminals have to be sneaky about their crimes so they aren't put on the city's most wanted listing. Hide the dead body, stash the gun, clean up the blood splatters and lay low for a while, otherwise you'll have the 5-0 on you in no time flat! Though we have no real set 'crimes,' yet, this could go anywhere from obstruction of justice, to grand theft auto, to several accounts of vehicular manslaughter.

• My question isn't in the FAQ, help what do I do!?
Commit seppuku Ask! Write your question in a post and let us see! If I can't answer it myself, I'll show it to Vaux and we can work it out from there. If you're uncomfortable asking publicly, feel free to message me!


Poll History


Trial Poll:
How many songs should the server have?
0       10 (27.8%)
1-3       3 (8.3%)
4-6       6 (16.7%)
7-9       4 (11.1%)
10-12       13 (36.1%)
Total Voters: 36
RESULT - We will look into having 10-12 songs. We have to keep download speed in mind, but we'll do what we can.

How much weapon variety should there be?
ALL the weapons!       -8 (14.8%)
There should be good variety, but it should be logical.       -22 (40.7%)
There should be a few choices for each type of weapon       -15 (27.8%)
You only need one kind of pistol, why make seven?       -6 (11.1%)
You don't need weapons PERIOD. Just remove them all.       -3 (5.6%)
Other (please post)       -0 (0%)
Total Voters: 54
RESULT - The weapons are custom at the moment, created in a similar style to H&K. It may be a possibility to include more H&K weapons for mixed variety, as well as any future weapons they release.

What is the most important thing about a City RPG map? (POST WHY!)
Size       -4 (12.9%)
Realism       -11 (35.5%)
Low brick-count       -2 (6.5%)
uniqueness       -9 (29%)
different environments       -3 (9.7%)
Other (please post)       -2 (6.5%)
Total Voters: 31
RESULT - Luckily this has already been planned for, so not much to say. We'll try to make the map AS realistic as possible, with all other poll options kept in mind.

How important are bloopers/easter eggs? (POST WHY!)
There should be a lot to keep players interested       11 (28.9%)
There should be a good amount, but they need to be small       5 (13.2%)
amount doesn't matter, just don't make it affect gameplay       11 (28.9%)
there should be a few, hard to find ones       7 (18.4%)
they should be rare, but really big and cool       4 (10.5%)
Other (please post)       0 (0%)
Total Voters: 38
RESULT: We'll try to keep the GUI simple but attractive so it's not too much of an eyesore. Don't expect rainbow font and kitten backgrounds.

Which of the two GUI samples do you prefer? (They can be seen here)
The first one        -30 (53.6%)
The second one        -26 (46.4%)
Total Voters: 56
RESULT: We'll be using Vaux's original GUI, but may possibly modify it to have a more cartoony style, much like Blockland's GUI.


Server Rules

No rules agreed upon yet!


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Calendars

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Off Topic / Breaking news: school shooting in Colorado
« on: December 13, 2013, 02:36:22 PM »

FINAL UPDATE
The shooter wounded one girl, her blood was splattered into another girl who was believe to be wounded, but thankfully they were not wounded. A lot of students were treated for shock, and the one injured female was admitted to a hospital for surgical procedures whilst in critical condition.
The shooter was 18 year old Karl Pierson
Pierson invaded the school with "tactical gear," a brandished shotgun and 2 Molotov roostertails. One Molotov was found burning, the other was deemed "safe"
Karl killed himself inside a classroom supposedly with his own weapon.
He was a member of cross country, debate teams and he was working on his eagle at the time. People say he was a really nice guy.




Important - the shooter is stated as dead but information is still limited at the moment.

With tomorrow being the one year anniversary of the Gritty Grapnel School shooting, today may potentially be another anniversary.



Update 3:41pm EST-


Update 4:02pm EST-


If any of you live out in Colorado and have highschool age family/ teachers in your family, please reach out to them. Stay safe people.

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Off Topic / Special news for me today in the mail!
« on: December 10, 2013, 08:39:30 PM »


I got accepted into my #1 pick for college!
And then next week I'm gonna go see three military recruiters to see what kind of jobs I could get with my ASVAB scores (which most of them have been impressed by.) I'm considering Navy, Airforce and Army, but right now Airforce is my #1 pick because of their specific college plan. Navy was my top pick but the recruiter just doesn't seem interested in me, even though I told him I have an in interest in the jobs that need filling, like rescue diver, in which I have a scuba certification already (PADI) and he still just doesn't seem bothered.

Very excite
Much collage
So education
Wowe

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Off Topic / What's your mantra/life quote?
« on: December 05, 2013, 07:47:33 AM »
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that's why it's called the present

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Off Topic / No-Shave-November has ended! Post your results!
« on: December 01, 2013, 09:35:05 AM »


NO-SHAVE-NOVEMBER
Has officially ENDED

Now the hunt for the ultimate facial hair amongst a forum thriving with 12 year olds begins ends
Please for the love of god no neckbeards


What IS No-Shave-November?
No-Shave-November is an annual 'thing' guys do in which we/they grow out facial hair to raise awareness for colon cancer. A lot of people don't actually know that last bit, but that is ideally why a lot of guys do it (aside from the fact that facial hair is basically what makes you a man.) You can find a multitude of resources on how it works, why November (I actually don't know the answer to that one...), and why facial hair, just Google it for yourself and find out!
Because I know a lot of you are lazy, here are two links to get you started:
No-ShaveNovember.com
News article about the origin, the goal, etc

But I'm only 14, why should I care OR participate?
Hahaha well now little Jimmy, even though you can only grow peach fuzz, it's still RAISING CANCER AWARENESS, and because I know there's a 50% chance you are currently wearing or in the possession of one of those "I love boobies / breast cancer awareness" arm bands, you can PROBABLY raise awareness about colon cancer too. You don't HAVE to grow out your facial hair, but it certainly helps. And hey, if you can't grow facial hair, you can always just buy those fake adhesive mustaches you get at gag-gift shops!
!Disclaimer! OP is not responsible for you looking like an idiot with a peachfuzz rapist stache like Justin Beaver (Man I love that guy)

LOOK AT IT. LOOK. LOOK WITH YOUR SPECIAL EYES

Well how do I enter in my lack of facial hair?
Post. Get your phone/camera/scanner/skype+printscreen, take a picture, upload it at IMGUR or your image hosting site of preference, get the BBC code and post that puppy on here! You'll automatically be entered to win FABULOUS PRIZES!
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So without further adue and the horror of Justin Bieber's mustache now forever engraved in your brain, here are the current contestants! (Because really anyone stands a chance against DevilDogElite when he constantly has a beard...

ADINX



DEVILDOGELITE
if he doesn't give us a picture I'll just use one of his old ones that he posts up all over the place



YNDAAA~



Voting will end on the 10th of December, and the prizes are as follows:
One MILLION dollars!
An Xbox 360!
A date with your choice of research star / super model..
A pat on the back..?

Nothing you greedy bastards! Just grow your damn beards out!



Okay I actually don't expect any of you to have any facial hair what-so-ever but I'm hoping at least SOMEONE grew out some hair?

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Off Topic / Irony at its finest
« on: November 30, 2013, 09:52:18 PM »



ACTOR PAUL WALKER DIES IN CAR ACCIDENT
KNOWN AS THE CUNT STAR OF THE FAST AND FURIOUS FRANCHISE


He will forever be known to me as the actor that had a bitching contest over the "fairness" of street racing with vin diesel
Quote from: copy-pasta
It is with a truly heavy heart that we must confirm that Paul Walker passed away today in a tragic car accident while attending a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. He was a passenger in a friend's car, in which both lost their lives. We appreciate your patience as we too are stunned and saddened beyond belief by this news. Thank you for keeping his family and friends in your prayers during this very difficult time. We will do our best to keep you apprised on where to send condolences.

May his sole rest in piece

In all seriousness I find this a tragic event, and Mr. Walker will truely be missed, both for his brilliant acting skills, charming good looks, and his role in the fast and furious franchise, arguably one of the most manly franchises around. I'm a richard for making this topic ♥

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Modification Help / Add-on idea: leveling
« on: November 30, 2013, 04:09:22 PM »
Those of you who are familiar with CRPG (Cromedome is the most often host of said game mode) will find this fairly amusing. There's also a flash game (I think it's actually run by unity) that has this exact idea but I can't seem to find it at the moment, I will definitely link it later if I find it.

THE CONCEPT:
As you "play" you level.

This sounds really basic but hold on an lemme explain. As you spawn for the first time, you are given a notice: "this server is running leveler! Please be aware and if you need any help bla bla bla."
As they spawn, they are shown a list of levels, specifically their own: running speed, crouch speed, health, focus (ability to aim with right click weapons), stamina, jump height, hip-fire accuracy, etc.
Example:
AdinX spawns in the server, and all of his levels are 1
He walks forward, and his running speed reaches level 2 immediately. Now instead of running at .5 bricks per second (or something I don't know.), he can travel .62 bricks per second.
Then he jumps onto a plate and reaches level 2 jump height, allowing him to jump atop 2 plates, then a brick, then a 2x height brick, a 3x height, etc
But all of a sudden AdinX finds a sword, and an enemy
He runs up to the enemy and slashes at him, dealing 5 dmg out of a possible 50, but his slashing skill leveled so now he deals 8 damage per swing.
The monster hits back, and AdinX loses 5 HP, but his HP levels up so now his max HP is 15 instead of 10


This topic has been posted in the hopes that I can get some feedback, I know these types of mods are difficult to get people to like because at times they can create unfair advantages (lvl 50 player vs lvl 5 player, obviously the 50 wins), but I personally think this has a little bit of potential.
TL;DR-
Take the sims leveling system (level 6 cooking, level 2 music, level 5 speech, etc) and use that for basic stuff like how high you jump, how accurate you are, how fast you can sprint, etc

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Off Topic / Gaming PC building site
« on: November 29, 2013, 01:10:26 PM »
I'm trying to find a good site for custom building a gaming desktop, one that preferably doesn't list only THEIR products and rather lists a variety of them. If anyone knows any good guides or sites, I'd really appreciate it. I'm not planning on buying my own desktop quite just yet but I wanna start thinking about it so I know what to look out for in the next couple years

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Off Topic / Spending the week in Massachusets
« on: November 24, 2013, 10:43:02 PM »
So I'm spending the week in Massachusets alongside a river I've yet to identify. My parents booked 2 rooms, and somehow I ended up with my own room:
Open lower space, loft bedroom "second floor", 2 bathrooms, half kitchen, 2 TVs...
To make matters even better, my girlfriend sent me a text saying she's grounded and won't have her cell-phone until she gets her grades up.

All this means is I'm sharing a two person bed with me and myself in a too large space and my gf can't so much as text me
Who wants to make me not lonely? <3
I've got minecraft, an internet connection and a lot of time

Schmedit:
according to my iPhone's google maps, the river is actually the Lewis Bay, but it's an inlet off of it. Not too large, the inlet is about a mile wide at it's largest part

eerily enough I'm very close to "Veterans Memorial Park." Could've swore I heard dead people. Knew it. So knew it.

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Drama / "Anti-Brony Soldier" spam
« on: November 10, 2013, 08:16:00 PM »
Date/Time: 8:50pm EST, 11/10/2013
User (names are hyper-linked to their ID look-ups): Anti-Brony Soldier, Anti-Brony Soldier #2 & Anti-Brony Soldier 3
Point(s) of interest: All of them have a holy-hell high list of name changes, including some from the well-known TTT. I'm not connecting dots here, but I'm just throwing out a possibility.
Reason for Drama: spamming chat when told to stop/trolling/freekilling.

So I was on Krayn's Jail Escape server this afternoon around 8:00pm, and decided to go play on Pecon's. Being a mod, and the only online mod at the time, I told everyone before I left "if anything goes up, irc me."
not two minutes later, haven't even spawned in Pecon's boss battles, I'm getting complaints all over the place: freekilling, insults, rampaging, etc etc, and then SPAMMING. I handled all of the prior stuff, but the spamming wasn't anything I could handle. Being a mod, I only had the !k command for kicking, which of course doesn't work when it's multiple clients that have SPACES in their names.



Krayn, if you see this, I've got two things for you:
1. Stop going afk all the time, your server goes to stuff fast, and it's a jail escape, those always go to stuff first.
2. Get more admins. I'm pretty sure I'm the only mod on your server, and even then, I can't remove these guys because of the space in their name. !kBrony-Soldier #2 and !kBrony-Soldier_#2 do not work with my mod abilities. If you're going to idle while the early European/Late American playtime is going on, get admins who play in that timeframe.

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Off Topic / I think I have another kidney stone...
« on: November 10, 2013, 01:47:20 PM »
It's that time of year forums. The make it or break it for when I have a kidney stone. Looks like another stuffty year for Adin. :panda:
For those that don't know what a kidney stone is, here's a brief, completely scientific explanation:

Previous topics:
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=212829.0
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=224074.0
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=228815.0 - Most in depth topic, has pictures on page 8, no gore
I've done a little bit of research, and one thing keeps sticking out to me, and I've heard this recommended to me before:
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Lemon Juice, Olive Oil, and Raw Apple Cider Vinegar
This is one of my favorites and easily one of the most effective remedies for kidney stones and the pain they cause. At the first symptom of stone pain, mix 2 oz of organic olive oil with 2 oz of organic lemon juice.
Drink it straight and follow with a 12 ounce glass of purified water. Wait 30 minutes. Then, squeeze the juice of 1/2 lemon into 12 ounces of purified water, add 1 tablespoon of organic raw apple cider vinegar and drink. Repeat the lemon juice, water and apple cider vinegar recipe every hour until symptoms improve.
I dunno if any of you have family who have kidney stones, are going into the medical field, or just have sick twisted pass times and read about this kind of stuff for fun, but does anyone know if this is legitimate or not and/or if this has any negative side effects? Cause I'm half tempted obligated to try do it.

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General Discussion / Donation Systems for Servers
« on: November 07, 2013, 10:16:12 PM »
Let's all be honest, finishing some projects we start is hard. Right now I'm working on a lunar high security prison, and with almost 88k bricks and an almost constantly empty server, there's not a lot of motivation to continue.
So some people use a donation system for that extra kick to continue.

Now that's not all bad, and some servers genuinely are well maintained and worked on constantly (ex. - Pecon's boss battles, whenever I'm on there are admins.) however, there are instances where this is ridiculous. Without naming names, someone told me the info for Tezuni's donation system: he's made almost $700, with $20 per person. I've seen the files and everything over Skype and it's ridiculous. $700.
Tezuni is never on and when he is he plays his own game as opposed to working.
Does this seem like a lot? Maybe I'm blowing it out of perspective. I'd like to hear other people's opinions on donation systems.

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Games / Minecraft Bukkit Server - Help
« on: November 06, 2013, 07:28:16 PM »


It's my friend's server, and he can't figure out what's going on, so I offered to look into the matter for him in hopes someone on here would know.
He can't connect, however he knows the server is running in the background. His dad works on computers, and he says his ports are forwarded, and that he's got the right version. He can connect to other servers but not his own.
if there is any info you guys need, lemme know and I'll try and keep this updated.

Edit:
EXTRA ADDED INFO
He's using Bukkit, his versions ARE matching, and he's using v1.6.4

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Off Topic / AdinX has leveled up! Wait... AdinX is evolving!!
« on: November 04, 2013, 04:40:23 PM »

It's... it's becoming an... AN ADULT!


So today's my 18th birthday, as of 8:30PM EST time I'll be a legal adult. I don't feel different... I guess I can't grow up. Just figured I'd post because I'm kind of excited but it's been a slow day.
Just so this doesn't seem pointless, here's my bitch dog and I (in my PJs, except the dog is not in PJs.)


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