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Gallery / Re: Pnobio's AMAZING house.
« on: January 18, 2009, 03:08:01 PM »
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Clan Discussion / Re: [BA] Building Association
« on: January 18, 2009, 03:01:59 PM »I never said I wanted less bad builders. Read my post more carefully. We don't have any bad builders in the clan anyway. Most of them are average or above average.I think it was implied when you said that I should be less inclined to dole out yes's when rating applications.
And I never said less as in people in the clan, I meant you didn't want bad builders let into the clan.
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Creativity / Re: So this new guy comes prancing up asking for the job of sirrus' avatar...
« on: January 18, 2009, 02:46:51 PM »And so it begins....
:D
Oooh, if people make enough I just might make an animated thing scrolling through all of them.
I just ask you work off the original and don't go outside the outline of the square itself.
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Clan Discussion / Re: [BA] Building Association
« on: January 18, 2009, 02:45:33 PM »
I heard my name.
I understand you don't want too many people in the clan that stuff gets hectic, but you almost contradicted yourself by saying you're sick of having so many inactive people and would start making evictions, but then you turn around and say that you want less 'bad' builders in the clan.
I think as a community we need to embrace the fact that there are going to be less and less builders that fit the bill of 'epic', if I remember correctly, the build in question was the house with the garage, two stories, mostly brown, hedges around the outside.
It had a pleasing aesthetic. A certain realism that isn't enjoyed as much any more. I liked the build, and the beauty of a democratic system is that if you guys disagree with me, you can outvote me and it won't matter if I liked it or not.
I understand you don't want too many people in the clan that stuff gets hectic, but you almost contradicted yourself by saying you're sick of having so many inactive people and would start making evictions, but then you turn around and say that you want less 'bad' builders in the clan.
I think as a community we need to embrace the fact that there are going to be less and less builders that fit the bill of 'epic', if I remember correctly, the build in question was the house with the garage, two stories, mostly brown, hedges around the outside.
It had a pleasing aesthetic. A certain realism that isn't enjoyed as much any more. I liked the build, and the beauty of a democratic system is that if you guys disagree with me, you can outvote me and it won't matter if I liked it or not.
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Gallery / Re: Empire Tower working thread. [WIP] Check most recent page for updates.
« on: January 18, 2009, 02:41:40 PM »okay, they look terrible, make the front facade look like a face, and have no sense of positioning or proportion.
also I'm going to be dead honest, your build looks like a hodgepodge right now. Pretty decent in terms of technical brick placement, but you have like 5 or 6 architectural themes in there already and you're only on like the third floor. In order to make your build look cohesive, you need to put variations on already extant themes (like the diagonals that frame the doorway) throughout the build instead of creating new ones. Also, if I were you I'd mute my color scheme. I lived 5 blocks from the chrysler building for the better part of three months, and in person the black is very minimal; what stands out is how the black breaks the predominantly crisp white of the facade. You seem to be going for half and half, which is ultimately not very kind on the eyes.
In all honesty, even though you've ripped what's so far my masterwork a new starfish, this is the kind of response I've wanted. Not to fault you, but this is what I needed when I could've more easily done something about all the points you brought up.
Believe it or not, I did plan most of this and thought through a lot of it. I probably should have thrown together several drawings before deciding on a final design, in fact, I fault myself for not asking for feedback on the drawing before starting.
As for some of the planning stuff, here's a drawing I did around the time that I was halfway through the first grouping of three floors.
As you may or may not be able to see, a good bit of this was thought through in a way not necessarily presented in the first drawing. I did recognize that the facade was rather bland and I did what I could to break it up. In a way, there's differences between just making something that looks cool to break up the bland white exterior, and making something visually consistent with the rest of the build.
As for some of the 'architectural styles' you mentioned, could you list some? I fail to see how I have 5-6. The whole building is rather vertically oriented, being broken only by the bands of black, which are admittedly have somewhat odd placement.
It might be a little late to start fresh, but that doesn't mean I'm not open to drawing new things and seeing what you guys think.
I'd hate for all of this work to go down the stuffter, but you were rather vague. I'd like more pointed remarks on specific elements before I change anything besides the windows.
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Creativity / Re: So this new guy comes prancing up asking for the job of sirrus' avatar...
« on: January 18, 2009, 02:22:34 PM »
Go ahead and use my stuff, I'll take it as a compliment.
AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MESS WITH MY PISSY BLUE SQUARE. I WILL EAT YOU IF YOU USE HIM.
AS LONG AS YOU DON'T MESS WITH MY PISSY BLUE SQUARE. I WILL EAT YOU IF YOU USE HIM.
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Creativity / Attack of the pissy blue square knock offs! Get your horribly generic avatar!
« on: January 17, 2009, 11:04:02 PM »
THEY HAD TO HAVE PLANNED THIS!
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Forum Games / Re: What is the person above you avatar saying?
« on: January 17, 2009, 10:57:23 PM »
Rainbows 'n' all that.
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Games / Re: Helicopter Strike Force
« on: January 17, 2009, 10:52:03 PM »
I heard about these things in Vietnam that were basically human or animal feces on the end of long, pointed sticks that the Vietcong would put up in helicopter drop zones in the hopes that someone would land on them and get an infected cut and die.
That is what I equate the graphics to.
That is what I equate the graphics to.
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Off Topic / Re: Hao2tipe fast?
« on: January 17, 2009, 10:50:03 PM »
There was actually a period where I took all of my keys off the keyboard to clean the keyboard out and put them back on wrong for some reason and for two months or something I had a mixed up keyboard.
The worst thing about it was that each key had a different slant because the keyboard was slightly curved so it was kind of weird on my fingers, but not too bad.
The worst thing about it was that each key had a different slant because the keyboard was slightly curved so it was kind of weird on my fingers, but not too bad.
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Off Topic / Re: Hao2tipe fast?
« on: January 17, 2009, 10:45:08 PM »What the hell are you talking about, Marcem?Si yioy cab ckise niyr etes abd wauk ibn tge jetys>?
That's supposed to say "so you can just close your eyes and wail on the keys?", which I typed with my eyes closed. It might be a weird keyboard or desk, but I used to be able to type really well with my eyes closed or not looking at the keyboard, but now not so much.
Edit: Oh, and I have fat fingers.
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Games / Re: Wizards 101
« on: January 17, 2009, 10:42:59 PM »
My little brother plays it all the time, looks kind of stupid.
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Off Topic / Re: Hao2tipe fast?
« on: January 17, 2009, 10:42:13 PM »
I learned without the home keys, so if I look at the keys I can let loose, but I've gotten pretty good at not looking at either the screen or the keys and managing well. If I look at the screen and let loose, I'll make a lot of mistakes. If I just look at the screen and type, I'll go slower and correct mistakes quickly, and if I look at the keyboard and wail on it, I'll go pretty fast and make minimal mistakes, but be more inclined to make grammatical mistakes and ramble a bit.
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Off Topic / Re: Flying pigs.
« on: January 17, 2009, 10:38:43 PM »
Looking like a clever 'shop.