At 4/7/10 10:38 PM, Coaly wrote:

And tell me corporations don't control legislation. Not really democracy.

It was never really a democracy in the first place. It's a republic. We elect representatives that should be representing their people.

It is all about money and that's what many years of capitalism does...but without it we wouldn't have google or wal-mart so I'm not really complaining...

Also, I wish everyone could vote for the people that share the views closest to them but that can never be the case when whoever has the most money and coverage will win anyway because people watch too much tv and do too little reading....

At 4/7/10 11:54 PM, Starogre wrote: It was never really a democracy in the first place. It's a republic. We elect representatives that should be representing their people.

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At 4/8/10 12:08 AM, Coaly wrote:

At 4/7/10 11:54 PM, Starogre wrote: It was never really a democracy in the first place. It's a republic. We elect representatives that should be representing their people.

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i wish i had a big round badonkadonk

Elections are high farce. It's business as usual. Which consortium, keiretsu, allgemeine gesellschaft, or partnership can muster enough cash to influence policy in targeted jurisdictions, usually involving resources that no one is frankly entitled to? It's the sad tale of our world, at this time. I am a huge optimist though. I don't think we're all (as a species) checking out without a fight.

My solution:

I
The doomsayers need medical marijuana.
I'd smoke out with Sarah Palin.
It would do her some good.
It's not like she's gonna get more dim...right?

II
Politics and business don't mix. I am not a Communist, but Capitalist greed has already dealt this planet a blow I hope it can recover from. Monsanto, people. See?

III
Religion is fine, but not at the expense of someone else's beliefs. If people truly believed this simple credo, we would be so much better off...as a species. You get to think whatever the hell you want. Isn't that good enough? Do people need to die? Really?

Our midterm elections, so to speak, are shaping up to look more like "The Price Is Right" (a Mark Goodson production). Spay and neuter your politicians please.

:)

At 4/7/10 09:48 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: ELECTIONS

So it's election time again, how are you gonna vote?

http://www.votematch.org.uk/

I scored closest to UKIP and second closest to the BNP.
:(

I'm not racist but I would say I'm fascist.

Stuff this EU crap. It's a terrible idea. I know that if the EU became a country it would become the biggest country in the world but I hate superpowers that have that much wealth, power and diversity. There's too many different ethnicities in the EU for it to work well, it would be in the interest of the people. It's the kind of thing that causes revolution. Like Tsarist Russia for example. Their huge ethnic diversity made an unstable country as it was so big and so diverse it was close to impossible to control.

Britain should stop concentrating on crap like the EU and start concentrating on getting everyone equal rights, opportunities and work on mixing social classes and ethnicities together in order to create a less separated Britain. Stuff fringe parties like the BNP and their rascism. A strong fasco-communo country is what is needed.

Fascism and communism can mix.

It was cool when we could study different cultures' history in elementary school. In the future, the internet and fast travel will have brought everyone together into one 'race', 'social class', and 'culture'. Kinda weird....

At 4/8/10 07:37 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: I'm not racist but I would say I'm fascist.

Stuff this EU crap. It's a terrible idea.

I'd tell you to rot in hell, but clearly you have no idea what you're talking about, so I can't blame you for the outrageous statements you just made.

At 4/8/10 07:15 AM, HDXmike wrote: David cameron is such a douche , he acts all holy riding his bike around being "green" when half the time there are 3 cars following him, reduced carbon footprint my ass.

So is Al Gore and his McMansions, private jet, motorcades, etc. Mofo has a carbon footprint the size of Sasquatch.

At 4/8/10 12:07 PM, Toast wrote: I'd tell you to rot in hell, but clearly you have no idea what you're talking about, so I can't blame you for the outrageous statements you just made.

That's quite a bold statement you have there. Mind elaborating?
It's becoming an increasingly popular belief of the British public that being a member of the EU is doing more harm than good for the country (hence the rise of parties such as the UK Independence Party).
But if you have some sort of insider information which has not yet been considered by such individuals and parties, please do share it with us.

At 4/8/10 12:31 PM, doctormario wrote: So is Al Gore and his McMansions, private jet, motorcades, etc. Mofo has a carbon footprint the size of Sasquatch.

riding the success train uses a lot of coal

maybe we should go back to steam?

At 4/8/10 12:26 PM, Toast wrote:

At 4/8/10 07:37 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: I'm not racist but I would say I'm fascist.

Stuff this EU crap. It's a terrible idea.

I'd tell you to rot in hell, but clearly you have no idea what you're talking about, so I can't blame you for the outrageous statements you just made.

What is good about the EU? WHAT?

I have to make a system that efficiently sorts 50+ MovieClips at a time by their y-position. I liked AS2's depth system much better.

I may just end up improving on Mike's Method but even he admits that it is quite sloppy.

It's almost scary how similar our sorting methods were, though. I started writing my sorting class before I found that page, and when I saw it, I was shocked at the resemblance to mine. (or, my code's resemblance to his?)

Before I continue with the engine, does anyone know of a source for effective isometric sorting?

At 4/8/10 03:06 PM, Archon68 wrote: Stuff.

At 4/8/10 03:56 PM, Deadclever23 wrote: stage.setChildIndex(array[i], i);

How did I miss this method while I was looking through the Documentation? Thanks.

At 4/8/10 12:59 PM, Doomsday-One wrote: That's quite a bold statement you have there. Mind elaborating?

It's perhaps not a manly way to exclaim it, but it's true he doesn't seem to understand well what he's talking about. Ie., EU participation is voluntary in the first place, its goals have nothing to do with power, and such.

It's becoming an increasingly popular belief of the British public that being a member of the EU is doing more harm than good for the country (hence the rise of parties such as the UK Independence Party).

Of course it isn't, it only ever meant some of your money is going to be shared with other countries, and in return you'll get more low-class Latvian immigrants. What did you think?

This is turning into the "European Politics Reg Lounge".

At 4/8/10 05:11 PM, GustTheASGuy wrote: Of course it isn't, it only ever meant some of your money is going to be shared with other countries, and in return you'll get more low-class Latvian immigrants. What did you think?

Well, one issue is with that money thing. Granted, a touch selfish, but considering that the country (much like all others) is economically stuck in a rut and needs to pump as much money as it can into its own services, giving other countries money for what appears to be nothing in return appears rather foolish. The UK Independence Party put this cost at about £6.4 billion annually (although, as this value is from UKIP, I've no idea how close/far it is from the true amount).

But the bigger issues come from British policies being influenced and altered by the European Union. Very strong opinions are cropping up about the EU abusing their power at the cost of the United Kingdom, as well as a number believing that policies determined by the entirety of the EU will not always suit the UK, but will be forced into law regardless. Arguably, the further a society goes from the utopian situation of every individual determining the rules which they live by without infringing on that of others, and so the more individuals are represented by fewer individuals, the worse it becomes. Apologies to anyone who believes in autocracy.

Another issue is with the values of tradition and culture. Britain has absorbed various cultures, and is better because of it. The curry is the most popular dish in England I believe, and I had Chinese food for dinner this evening (it was delicious, thank you for asking). But still, giving up so much culture for, again, seemingly nothing in return seems like a terrible decision, and many draw the line at renaming "The English Channel" as "The Anglo-French Pond".

I like to keep an open mind about these things, so don't assume that I agree with everything I've just said up there.

At 4/8/10 07:00 PM, citricsquid wrote: So did you ever finish that game with JohnnyUtah HDXMike/Farza, or did the shit hit the fan, so to speak?

I can't wait to say I told you so.

It still coming along nicely, MercuryBD is an animator god. Check out my newspost if you want :)

At 4/8/10 07:00 PM, citricsquid wrote: So did you ever finish that game with JohnnyUtah HDXMike/Farza, or did the shit hit the fan, so to speak?

I'm pretty sure JohnnyUtah was never a part of it. ;)

And what are you even doing for these two games, Farza?

At 4/8/10 07:26 PM, Archon68 wrote:

At 4/8/10 07:00 PM, citricsquid wrote: So did you ever finish that game with JohnnyUtah HDXMike/Farza, or did the shit hit the fan, so to speak?

I'm pretty sure JohnnyUtah was never a part of it. ;)

And what are you even doing for these two games, Farza?

If i recall, Farza is the "game director" and he pretty much tells mike what to do on it, unless farza got fired again, as he's been fired before ;) Either way Mike sez he's doing all the art for that now after he kicked gonzossm from the team

In other news, i maded a noo patchman

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  Patchman: Production

  by RiverJordan

  Ever wonder how games are made?

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I dont see it doing very well though :P

At 4/8/10 07:41 PM, Duchednier wrote: If i recall, Farza is the "game director" and he pretty much tells mike what to do on it, unless farza got fired again, as he's been fired before ;) Either way Mike sez he's doing all the art for that now after he kicked gonzossm from the team

Oh, yes. "Game Director". As I recall we went over this before.

I call bullshit. I sure as hell would hate to work under a "Game Director". It'd suck and I wouldn't have any creative freedom.

I think you should start learning Flash, Farza. Nobody is going to have any respect for you as a "Manager" or "Game Director". You will feel so much better when you actually accomplish something.

I don't mean to bash you, I'm just saying what everyone else is thinking

I know you are planning to learn Flash over the summer, and I respect that. Good luck.

That's why I never like to bring up this stuff :(
And Archon, Johnny is part of it, but we probably won't be needing him since Mercury is just awesome.

And basically what I do (and still have to do)
Is I create the doc and make sure evrything gets done on schedule.Plus, I need to male sure theirs not a huge amount of pressure on anyone in the team.
And I'm helping out level designing.

Yah, I bet some of you hate what I do, but it's temporary.

Mabye it isn't D:

At 4/8/10 07:45 PM, Archon68 wrote: I call bullshit. I sure as hell would hate to work under a "Game Director". It'd suck and I wouldn't have any creative freedom.

Better pursue a different career. =)

Actually, programmers/artists do have creative freedom so long as they're within the bounds the director lays out. His job is generally to make sure every object and snippet of code work together, all follow the same theme, flow.. ect.. ect.

But any game bigger than a Flash game (and even quite a few Flash games) benefit from having a game director.

They're not Nazis. They're there to make sure all of the other people working on the game remain on the same page.

At 4/8/10 08:04 PM, Farza wrote:

And basically what I do (and still have to do)
Is I create the doc and make sure evrything gets done on schedule.Plus, I need to male sure theirs not a huge amount of pressure on anyone in the team.
And I'm helping out level designing.

See i dont want to be "That guy" but this is the reason i quit working with the game. It was going good, I talked to mike and we got rid of you because you were doing nothing and taking credit from both of us who were actually discussing and putting work into the game.

Then im starting to get annoyed with Mike and THEN he drops the bomb "oh and now farza is DIRECTING the game" and i was just like "aaaaand im out"

so for all of those who wanted to know why i quit ;) There u have it.

Let's just stop talking about this :)
I'm not gonna say anything until I have I something to show.

So where's Knugen been

Topic Changed. Lol

At 4/8/10 12:26 PM, Toast wrote:

At 4/8/10 07:37 AM, Deadclever23 wrote: I'm not racist but I would say I'm fascist.

Stuff this EU crap. It's a terrible idea.

I'd tell you to rot in hell, but clearly you have no idea what you're talking about, so I can't blame you for the outrageous statements you just made.

OH HI MY NAMES TOAST I'M BETTER THAN EVERYONE, RATHER THAN ENCOURAGE A DEBATE, I'LL SAY EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T SHARE MY VIEWS WRONG, WITHOUT EXPLAINING WHY.

At 4/8/10 08:47 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote:

OH HI MY NAMES TOAST I'M BETTER THAN EVERYONE, RATHER THAN ENCOURAGE A DEBATE, I'LL SAY EVERYONE WHO DOESN'T SHARE MY VIEWS WRONG, WITHOUT EXPLAINING WHY.

=D

I loled

But then again, its the internet right? So i mean this kinda stuff is going to happen quite literally EVERYWHERE and theres nothing we can do. I mean i'll be RIGHT NOW toast is sitting at a computer desk in his moms basement laughing maniacally because he's so devious

At 4/8/10 08:01 PM, zrb wrote: Its not really needed in Flash games as those don't require many people

My point exactly. With only two or three people, a Flash game is manageable. A "Director" is more of a hassle than anything else. With large production teams making actual games (well, you know what I mean) a director is helpful because he coordinates each group of people. I wouldn't want to work with 15+ people without some kind of leader. That'd just get messy.

A director is meant only to make suggestions and keep things on track, not to whore for attention and drop names.

Let's make fun of Toast now.

At 4/8/10 05:11 PM, GustTheASGuy wrote: EU participation is voluntary in the first place

No it's not.

its goals have nothing to do with power, and such.

You mad.

Of course it isn't, it only ever meant some of your money is going to be shared with other countries

Oh that's fine, because the UK has money to spare, because there's no poverty here, nor is our health system in debt.

Also, London to Strasbourg is about 400 miles. Land's end to John O' Groats is only about 800 miles. Government should be held at the lowest level possible.

Out of 736 MEP's 73 are from the UK. That means OVER NINETY PERCENT of MEPS are not elected by the British public, yet the EU can dictate to UK fishermen how much they can (or can't) fish.

The EU parliament also say in matters such as farmer's subsidiaries and environment reasons. The whole thing is complete bullshit.

The EU parliament also say in matters such as farmer's subsidiaries and environment reasons. The whole thing is complete bullshit.

Gollee...this is better than an episode of 'Dynasty'. Who is scheming with whom? Is it the Labour Party? The UKIP? Farza? Duchednier? Archon?

I'm gonna make popcorn and lurk. :)

Please...continue.