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Entertainment / Re: Apparently the author has not really delved deep into the depths of FF.Net...

« on: November 04, 2010, 07:22:13 AM »

I've read a couple decent fics on FF.Net, but I can't remember what they were and it took some serious slogging through the cesspool of Mary Sues and other horrible things just to find those.

Because you don't want people to know that it was you who wrote such awful trash, right?

That would be my guess.  But, seeing as how anyone who puts words on a page thinks they're a writer and thinks that their fic is the [parasitic bomb], then I doubt that really crossed the person's mind.  More than likely, she did it to fit in and "be cool."  Because pseudonyms are the way to go.

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Fan Creations / Re: Quickie's Stuff.

« on: November 04, 2010, 04:16:25 AM »

Sketch dump time, yay!

First up, a 4 am sketch done during our Halloween party.



Behold the crappy pentagram that I obviously didn't bother to use a ruler for or make it in the proper perspective!  That's what happens when you draw in the wee hours of the morning.

Next up, a half-finished group shot.



I'm gonna need to make some adjustments with a couple of the figures before I can finish it.  4-LOM and Dengar ended up being a bit too tall.

And now logo concept roughs for PB's production company.



These will go through a few more changes and tweaks before the final piece.

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Forum Games / Re: CTRL+V

« on: November 03, 2010, 08:47:30 AM »

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/T-40_flitter

A now-deleted article that I was reporting.

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Entertainment / Apparently the author has not really delved deep into the depths of FF.Net...

« on: November 03, 2010, 06:24:57 AM »

I found this to be just silly and decided to type it up.  But before we get to the article at hand, a bit of background.  Every Tuesday, the York Daily Record has a "Teen Takeover" feature in the "Living" section.  The articles are written by students from around York County.  Here is one of those articles:

By Usha Baublitz

A little more than a year ago, a friend of mine showed me a review she received on a story she had written for a website made for media fans.

I'm gonna jump in here real quick to remind you all that the author is in middle school. 

The site allows users to write and post stories about the casts and characters of their favorite books, movies, TV shows and cartoons.  I was immediately interested in fanfiction.net because I have always loved to write stories and the site allows you to post them anonymously--saving you the embarrassment of anyone knowing that it's your story they're reading.

Users and visitors can also review the stories written by other users.  Fanfiction.net is free, and it's the perfect way to waste time by reading stories by other people who enjoy the same things you do.

Like lemons, slash fics, and Mary Sues.

It's also considered to be an international journaling website, so there could be someone halfway across the planet reading your story.

Welcome to the Internet.

The site categorizes stories by genres, subjects, and status.  If you look hard enough, you can probably find a story about almost anything.  I once found one about pickles.

Wonder what those pickles were used for...

Though, pickle stories aren't common, there are stories for basically any form of entertainment you can think of, so there will always be something for everyone.

I love this site.  It's actually where I realized my passion for writing, and I love reading stories by other people from other parts of the world who I can relate to by talking about some book series we're both reading or writing about.  My two favorite parts about the site are that I have the freedom to make up any type of story I want--there are no restrictions on ideas.  However, there are restrictions on foul language and discrimination, and all violators will be banned from the site.

Apparently Baublitz hasn't seen the part of FF.net that I have seen...

Secondly, I enjoy getting e-mails about the progress of my stories.  When I get reviews, update alerts, or my story is added to somone's favorites list, I can't help but feel great, knowing that someone in the world enjoys what I write.  And it truly is a great feeling.

Now go read Half-life: Full Life Consequences and tell me if FF.Net is so great then.  Obviously Baublitz hasn't yet ventured into the darker depths of that place...

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Entertainment / Re: At The Movies With RPM

« on: November 02, 2010, 06:50:34 AM »

I watched Where the Wild Things Are with my mom this weekend.  Not too bad of a movie, actually.  I think anyone will be able to take away some meaning from it.  And it was nice to see the usage of real sets and animatronics in a movie for once.

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Off The Wall / Re: Full Costumes and Costuming

« on: November 02, 2010, 04:37:50 AM »

Well, from experience with wearing full-head masks, breathing in those things is very difficult.  It's best, when wearing those kinds of costumes, to keep strenuous activity to a minimum to keep from overheating.  And take frequent breaks.  Breathing through a straw helps, too.

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Off The Wall / Re: This is Halloween! (With Pics!)

« on: November 02, 2010, 04:34:26 AM »

The Giger Alien needs your votes!

We entered it into the Michael's Spook-Duck-Ular Halloween Costume contest.

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Off The Wall / Re: Fursuits and Kigurumi... and Other Full Costumes

« on: October 28, 2010, 08:40:47 AM »

Personally, when I design costumes, I like to design a full-head mask.  It's more challenging to do so, and the end result can be awesome.  I'd rather cover the face than allow it to show through, unless the costume I'm designing is clearly human.  The majority of my costumes, though, have been full-head masks and accompanying ensemble.  They are very restrictive, very stuffy, hard to see out of, and very, very hot, I can assure you that.  I don't envy mascot characters at all, or anyone who needs to stand under hot stage lights in a full costume.

Anywho, I've been monitoring this topic to an extent.  The discussion of costuming is fine, and I would rather it stay there.  If it starts going into fetishes, though, this bugger's getting locked.

QuickEdit: I changed the title to something a bit more broad.  Now, let us move away from the icky connotations associated with fursuits and to a general costuming topic of discussion.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: October 26, 2010, 09:03:02 AM »

I'm planning to take my niece and nephews trick-or-treating while wearing a very hot and restrictive costume.

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Fan Creations / Re: GP's crappy Artwoik gallery

« on: October 26, 2010, 06:02:51 AM »

Oh dear...  Now that I look closer, I think I can see some of PB's... um... accessories trying to make an appearance...  Or it may be a stray line.  Either way... it made me giggle...

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Fan Creations / Re: GP's crappy Artwoik gallery

« on: October 25, 2010, 09:57:07 AM »

The loincloth battle made me chuckle.

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Off The Wall / Re: The 'How Was Your Day' Thread

« on: October 25, 2010, 07:41:59 AM »

My day yesterday was pretty good.  We had a Halloween party, so I got to suit up as the Alien again.  We also all paraded down the street to Primo's for pizza, lightsabers ablaze, then had a few mock duels in the back yard.  Then, we played Zombies, goofed off, and filled ourselves up with sugar and caffeine.  I think I finally crashed around 5:30 am.

Today was cleanup.  Then, I carved a pumpkin, goofed off, ate candy and sugar cookies, and am slowly coming off of my sugar high.

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Off The Wall / Re: Why does everyone hate the Jedi?

« on: October 25, 2010, 06:51:16 AM »

It was a fear of power, as everyone pretty much explained.  Basically, Palpatine and his supporters (and even just the common folk) felt that the Jedi Order was just too powerful.  They could wield a power few understood, they were militaristic, secretive, lived by a strict code, sent emissaries to other worlds to snatch up Force-sensitive children just as soon as the child even began to demonstrate some proclivity to the Force, refuse to return the child if the parents suddenly decided that they would rather their offspring be a layperson, and in many a case, if some civilians were even working at the Temple and their child was inducted into the Order, that employee would be dismissed and barred from seeing their child again.  It was mainly the practice of sequestering children from their parents in some arcane order that drove the opinions of civilians. 

But to Palpatine, it was power.  The Jedi were powerful and he knew it.  They became wise to his schemes, they were a clear threat to him and his goals of galactic control.  Thus, they must be stopped.  And the sure-fire way to stop them was to out right destroy them.  Remove the Jedi, remove the threat, remove the power.

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Gaming / Re: ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE (The MvC3 topic)

« on: October 23, 2010, 09:15:29 AM »

Personally, if that track were to be done with just an orchestra assortment of instruments and without the techno beat, it would sound much better.  It's Captain America, his song should sound heroic.  Otherwise, it's like giving Flight of the Valkyries a driving bass.  It just... ruins the emotion of the arrangement.

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Off The Wall / Re: Latest Buys

« on: October 23, 2010, 08:59:50 AM »

Those are some nice boots indeed.  Are they comfy?

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Off The Wall / Re: This is Halloween! (With Pics!)

« on: October 23, 2010, 07:34:38 AM »

Oh, since I utilized this earlier today, here's a quick and easy (and messy) way to make bloody smeared hand prints without going through the trouble to slaughter someone.  First, though, you'll wanna make sure you have some really good hand cleaner.  Fast Orange, GoJo, Lava soap, Masters' Hand Soap, really heavy-duty stuff.  You'll need it.

Anywho, get out some butcher paper (or freezer paper, or just a big sheet of white paper) and lay it flat.  Get some red food dye and put a drop on the tip of each finger and the heel of your hand, then rub your hands together to get both palms evenly coated.

Slap your hands down on the paper, then drag them to one side.  Repeat if desired.

Immediately wash your hands using the aforementioned cleaner so that your skin isn't stained red.

Tape up your newly-made crime scene.

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: October 22, 2010, 05:25:01 AM »

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Forum Games / Re: CTRL+V

« on: October 21, 2010, 09:42:25 AM »

Bunyea, Kip

Yeah.

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Fan Creations / Re: AmethystViper, Lousy Artist since 1991

« on: October 21, 2010, 09:10:47 AM »

You need to invest in a cheap scanner some day.  Or at least light your images better, as the sketches I could barely see.

The sprites were pretty sweet, though.

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Fan Creations / Re: Quickie's Stuff.

« on: October 21, 2010, 07:50:01 AM »

Can't really submit the pumpkin, as it was stolen.  But, I'll colour in the other sketches and submit 'em.

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Fan Creations / Re: Quickie's Stuff.

« on: October 21, 2010, 05:41:39 AM »

Heh, I'll prolly need to wait til level ten.  They're starting to hit stuff at level 3 now, so there's some hope for these losers.  Dengar, though... he needs to equip a new and better weapon.

Dengar: Duh, where's da trigger on dis thing?

Posted on: October 16, 2010, 08:17:46 AM

Greedo the thief.  Oh, he may look like he knows what he's doing, but I can assure you, he does not.  He's no better with his secondary weapon, either.  From the game, during battle:

"Greedo fumbles with dirk."

Greedo, has, though, successfully picked two locks and disarmed two traps and killed at least low level rats.



4-LOM the bard.  From the start, I knew he was gonna have a hat with a big plume on it.  The rest of the costume was a bit fuzzy, though once I started costuming him, I just said, "What the hell?  Protocol droids tend to be a bit flamboyant, let's have some fun!"

Of the party, 4-LOM and Zuckuss are the only ones holding their own in battle.  They're actually competent!



IG-88 the fighter.  I'll be honest, I'm still not sure what I wanna dress him in.  I may toss him in Conan the Barbarian duds later, see how he looks.  Or just put armor on him.

Oh, and he can't hit anything with his Sword of Striking, either.

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Fan Creations / Re: The new SuperJustinBros Art Thread

« on: October 20, 2010, 05:56:42 AM »

I'm not sure if this one is as good as some of my more recent art, but I thought I might as well show it anyways.

I do like the texturing on the claws.  His shoulders seem a bit on the skinny side, though.  Men usually have broader shoulders than women, even girly-boys.

This one is quite nice, though. 

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Off The Wall / Re: Post Pictures Of Yourself

« on: October 20, 2010, 05:34:08 AM »

Ah.  We don't have such stores around here.  I'd need to go down to Maryland to see a Safeway.

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Gaming / Re: The "What are you currently playing?" Thread

« on: October 19, 2010, 07:41:34 AM »

Bossk and IG-88 are at level 4 with the rank of Warrior.  And since Greedo couldn't drink Captain Matey under the table, we decided to let the others have a go.  Zuckuss lasted four or five drinks before he hit the floor, Dengar downed seven or eight and was on his ass, and Bossk bolted ten and was still good to go.  Captain Matey, on the other hand, went down.

Oddly, though, even if you do best Captain Matey in the drinking contest, if you try to enter that room again, he'll challenge you.  So, we think we gotta fight him.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post Pictures Of Yourself

« on: October 19, 2010, 06:09:16 AM »

That looks like the floral aisle at my local Giant store.