At 10/23/08 04:57 AM, liaaaam wrote: Maybe if Denvish was here, with his whip..

You kinky devil you ;P.

At 10/23/08 03:04 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Multiplied my synth with an imported song's byte data before playing it.

Move the top/bottom one to the middle, and the other 2 to the left. It sounds like a retarded hybrid duck devil :O.

At 10/23/08 03:04 AM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/3308/257 _sound_copy.php

Multiplied my synth with an imported song's byte data before playing it.

As much as i hate the taste of glaiel dick in my mouth, i thought it was cool to submit experimentations with the new flash app. I wish animators were more experimental about stuff in general. I know Catoblepas got alot of shit for his halloween movie but it was pretty cool to have more experienced artists/programmers just submitting shit for the sake of trying things out and experimenting with different art styles/technologies/ subject matter / etc ...

At 10/22/08 01:04 PM, Depredation wrote: Sponsorship Woes

Any idea if Sponsors have been smacked upside the face by the global recession yet? The feel from the forum is that people aren't getting sponsorships as easily as they used to. I think I can salvage some dross I have incomplete on my hard drive and get it Front Page worthy...

Yeah, i've noticed that. A lot of people don't even get a reply (myself included). I don't care if they think it's a shit game, but i just want a reply. Armor games replied 4 months after i sent them an email :P.

Yeah! Me AND my friend have found that out.

I didn't get one reply, apart from Kongregate expressing their dis-interest. Most of them hadn't even seen the game yet (internet forms)

At 10/22/08 04:55 PM, mwmike wrote: Something I forgot to mention in my previous post, is that if you want to script it out yourself (which I wanted to do), it will not work, it can only be edited with the built-in tools.

Upload .html files to edit it yourself. If that's what you meant. Just use the files as your pages. It works fine. Also those ads are a pain but at least the subdomain is virtually invisible.

GCSE electronics: Nothing hardcore but today I finished creating my mono-astable. (Basically works like a car alarm (switch pressed buzzer and LED flash on and off for a set period of time.)) Next I'm doing a decade counter and then a combination of either the decade counter and astable or decade counter and monostable.

Wow theres a big storm outside. I had to walk home in it and was soaked through. Thunder and shizzle 0o

At 10/23/08 12:33 PM, tommattox wrote: Upload .html files to edit it yourself. If that's what you meant. Just use the files as your pages. It works fine. Also those ads are a pain but at least the subdomain is virtually invisible.

I figured that out a few hours ago. The built-in guestbook is annoying, and you need to sign it to see what everyone else have signed, so I copied and edited in a freewebs guestbook code.

Heres that menu i was working on. The fog moves and there's creepy music. CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT

Going away for a week.
Stay cool.

At 10/23/08 04:48 PM, UnknownFury wrote: Going away for a week.
Stay cool.

I'll miss you!

and nice menu =D i luff the fawg

At 10/23/08 03:33 PM, Blackfang wrote: Heres that menu i was working on. The fog moves and there's creepy music. CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT CLICK IT

That's just amazing. I love the creepy effect of the mist, and the insect thing that flies across looks nice too, very nice. Good detail too.

At 10/23/08 02:03 PM, mwmike wrote:

At 10/23/08 12:33 PM, tommattox wrote: Upload .html files to edit it yourself. If that's what you meant. Just use the files as your pages. It works fine. Also those ads are a pain but at least the subdomain is virtually invisible.

I figured that out a few hours ago. The built-in guestbook is annoying, and you need to sign it to see what everyone else have signed, so I copied and edited in a freewebs guestbook code.

Guestbook?!? I saw no guest book.#

Unknown: I'll be seeing you next week then.

Menu: Nice. Music kind of kicks off a bit later on 0o

If The World Could Vote

Sure it's pretty new, but if this site gets big enough the results could be very interesting. There's plenty of people in this group that aren't from the US, so VOTE IT UP.

At 10/23/08 05:12 PM, tommattox wrote: Guestbook?!? I saw no guest book.#

I accidentally deleted it, if I feel like it, I'll restore it tomorrow.

At 10/23/08 05:12 PM, Senti wrote: If The World Could Vote

Sure it's pretty new, but if this site gets big enough the results could be very interesting. There's plenty of people in this group that aren't from the US, so VOTE IT UP.

The results don't surprise me one bit.

At 10/23/08 05:12 PM, Senti wrote: If The World Could Vote

Sure it's pretty new, but if this site gets big enough the results could be very interesting. There's plenty of people in this group that aren't from the US, so VOTE IT UP.

That's obviously swayed by ignorant young internet users that don't fully understand the workings of a capitalist government, much less the genius of the republican agenda. If they knew one bit about the failures that are inherent in liberal policy, the results would obviously be much different. The celebrity status of obama is doing a great disservice to our nation by completely blindsiding the average voter, who doesn't seek out facts on their own. If only people knew what devastation liberal policy will bring on the world economy, everyone would vote for mccain.

At 10/23/08 05:46 PM, Coaly wrote: much less the genius of the republican agenda.

Because it did such a great job over the last 8 years.

At 10/23/08 05:46 PM, Coaly wrote: blah

Opinions. Let's not start a discussion on (american) politics again :)

At 10/23/08 05:50 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:

At 10/23/08 05:46 PM, Coaly wrote: much less the genius of the republican agenda.

Because it did such a great job over the last 8 years.

My thoughts exactly.

I don't mean to start up any political debates, I just think it is an interesting concept in the long run. Just vote and be done with it. To each his own.

At 10/23/08 05:12 PM, tommattox wrote: Menu: Nice. Music kind of kicks off a bit later on 0o

dont worry ill fix it

I was jk

At 10/23/08 06:44 PM, Coaly wrote: I was jk

ur mom was jk

At 10/23/08 07:01 PM, SweetSkater wrote:

At 10/23/08 06:44 PM, Coaly wrote: I was jk

ur mom was jk

ur mom was JFK

At 10/23/08 07:22 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:

At 10/23/08 07:01 PM, SweetSkater wrote:

At 10/23/08 06:44 PM, Coaly wrote: I was jk

ur mom was jk

ur mom was JFK

my mom was JFK

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At 10/23/08 07:34 PM, Depredation wrote: im gay

DEP DEP DEP! Wurmy doesnt have time to do. that means you have less then like 8 days to code this game if you want ;)

At 10/23/08 03:33 PM, Blackfang wrote: Heres that menu i was working on. The fog moves and there's creepy music.

I totally think you should put the Play, How To, and other button on the gravestones again like it was originally. I thought it was a neat idea to have the buttons on the gravestones. The fog looks nice and the music works. ^^

At 10/23/08 07:42 PM, Blackfang wrote:

At 10/23/08 07:34 PM, Depredation wrote: im gay

DEP DEP DEP!

Johnny DEPp is playing the mad hatter in Tim Burton's Alice in wonderland. that movie is gonna be fucked beyond belief. I'm so excited.

its funny how we change topics sometimes :P

Just got a free 80 GB Zune to help develop a "Woogi Zune" in Woogi World.

Seems to be really awesome so far. I'm loving .wmv compression/quality, I've got 12 full-length movies on it and only used 6 GB and they all look and sound great.

I also put the soundtrack from Rocky IV on it, theme from Superman, Starwars, and some select Metallica songs for my work-outs. Having music really pumps me up.

Anybody else turned away from i-pod to the dark side of Microsoft?

At 10/24/08 12:42 AM, BoMToons wrote: and some select Metallica songs

Megadeth is better then Metallica. >:3

I don't like either much for the record though.

Ever notice how Metallica fans will say Megadeth is ok, while Megadeth fans say Metallica sucks?
I noticed after hanging out with some of my towns metal heads for a few weeks.
METAL IS GOOD!

LET'S TRASH THIS LOUNGE! >:D

The Zune is the worst consumer electronic device I have ever purchased in my life. I WAS a zune lover. My love was lost, it was a tragic story.

My Zune was lovingly purchased from Amazon and arrived in my arms that beautiful Fall afternoon. The injected-mold soft-plastic shell was comfortable and hard to stratch which made it enjoyable. The screen was large for the time, lovely in colour and style. 30GB? That was 10 more than an iPod Classic back then! The screen? Large and impressive. The built-in radio? The iPod didn't have it, but I did.

But these initial loves wore off as our relationship left it's first week. Things got complicated, arguments started to arrive. Zune just never listened.

* Accesories were a bitch. Very few places had them. A basic plug cost $30. An FM transmitter for the car cost $85, and a car charger was $50 (so a car trip cost ~$125... for a MP3 player that cost $250).

* I stupidly bought into the whole "Welcome to the Social" aspect. I thought tons of people would have their Zune on so we could wirelessly find each other to swap music. I never found anyone. I soon learned that having this feature enabled drained the battery, so a majority of people kept it off. Sad. There was no "Social."

* I bought the Zune-Pass, the unlimited music service for $15 a month. It seemed worth it... I don't pirate music and it was unlimited downloads and plays. Worst music service I have ever used.

* The DRM on Zune-pass songs expires in about a week meaning I had to plug in my Zune at least once a week to sync... which means the moment I wanted music the most it would say "sorry, your music expired!" Expired? Didn't I subscribe and pay for this service? What if I went on a trip for longer than a week?

* The Zune-pass service constantly had problems streaming to my computer, constantly crashing and losing music.

* The Zune Pass service kept removing my favourite bands from the service which was bizarre... shouldn't they be adding more bands instead of subtracting? And even though I downloaded these bands before they were removed, the DRM eventually expired and I had dead WMA files.

* Zune pass was most deceiving for how their service functioned. It advertises unlimited music downloads and such, but not all the music was unlimited. Some music is locked down, meaning you had to pay for it even though you subscribed to an "unlimited service". So it was more of a "some is unlimited" service with no clear indication what that was. Also, you had to buy the music with Microsoft points, which translates to about 79 Points to 1 Dollar, and you could only buy points in blocks of 500. Yeah, I know.

* It could show video, but the Zune Marketplace had really no videos to offer. So what was I to do? Answer: I could buy music videos for it... that's it. Or maybe find some neat random wmv videos on the web I guess? Or maybe Zune was hoping I would stuff all my home videos on it for some reason.

* The software is Windows Media Player reskinned. Problem is that it has to run independently of Windows Media Player, meaning that if you made your playlists in one program it wouldn't work with the other... even though the software was virtually the same. Also, the software was very clunky and crashed frequently. Having both WMP and the Zune software open at the same time caused a rip in the space-time continuum.

* Advertised feature was that you could stream it to your xBox360. I don't know about you, but streaming gives me the idea that the Zune wifi could send music to the xbox360 without wires because the Zune has built-in wifi. However, that's not the case. It is actually your home computer that streams... not the Zune itself. So your computer Zune program does pretty much what your Windows Media Center is already capable of. Oh, and if you wanted to use your actual Zune with your 360 you had to plug it in with the USB cable... sometimes the content would work... if DRM felt like letting you today!

* Battery drained quickly, never really got the life it promised (never got 13 hours).

* Video was very incompatible. If the Zune software didn't like the format, it would either not show up or it would take minutes to hours to convert it to the right format for use on the Zune. During this conversion the software sometimes crashed, having to restart the process over.

* When watching video, there's no real good skip button. If your watching a 45 minute show you can't really fast forward that well if you want to start halfway in-between... it takes several minutes to fast forward.

* No podcasts :(.

* Not Mac compatible, meaning that my Mac wouldn't work with it. I would have liked that option.

* A new version of the Zune software came out, making the interface pink and also misplacing a lot of my playlists... even deleting them. Playlists take a while to organize, so it made me upset.

* I gave up trying to put photos on this thing. It just never worked quite correctly.

* Constant freezing and UI problems.

* What is the WiFi for? At the time, Zune couldn't even sync via WiFi... it was there to find other Zune users which I previous mentioned didn't really work since no one kept their WiFi on in fear that it would drain their batteries faster.

* I had a really tough time figuring out how to cancel my Zune service when I gave up on it. The Zune subscription service is not actually on the Zune website but on an alternative Microsoft website.

* iTunes content does not work, incompatible with iTunes to sync... had to burn my Apple AAC music and then rip it back to the computer.

* The Zune gained a dead pixel shortly after a month, which was mildly annoying. I decided to deal with it and not worry about losing my new toy. Six months later, 1 dead pixel turned into 4.

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Long story short, the Zune was probably the worst consumer electronic device I ever purchased. It was a terrible product, I was deceived by it's feature sets, felt ripped off by the music service, and was flabbergasted by the software it came with.

I went back to iPods. It was an overall terrible experience and it will take some act of God to get me to buy another one of these devices.

At 10/24/08 02:55 AM, jmtb02 wrote: The Zune is the worst consumer electronic device I have ever purchased in my life. I WAS a zune lover. My love was lost, it was a tragic story.

Nice rant, I havn't heard of a Zune, I guess they're not sold in New Zealand, I'm happy with my ipod though :)

I'm sorry, I use a Creative Zen Stone 2gb iPod shuffle-y style thing that gets strapped to my shoulder every day. If you have to spend more than £30 to listen to music it's too expensive a purchase, in my humble, broke opinion.

It's a recent purchase, bought on the grounds that I couldn't find a personal CD player when I needed to replace my broken iPod Nano. This is an interesting development - no where in Derby (which, while a boring place to live does apparently qualify for City status and does have the largest shopping center in the West Midlands) sells anything that plays CDs (with the exceptions of hifis that cost more than XBoxes)

And yet every music store sells CDs... They all have massive iPod sections. Bear in mind of course that it's technically still illegal to back up music in this country.

Hell even the DJ turntables had slots for iPods, but none for CDs.

Politics
I know it's a burning issue and that the Prez elections are in a week or two, but if you need to talk politics in this thread, be respectful of each other's opinions and don't resort to personal attacks or "the other side's pathetic..." blanket statements.