Attention whoring

At 6/4/07 08:08 AM, Fion wrote: Paranoia Paranoia Everybody's coming to get me
It's awesome that you are back, chances are you haven't a bloody clue who I am but you helped me out a bit when I was starting up with flash.

I remember your username :P

Sleep

I've had troubles sleeping too lately (I'm putting it down to a combination of the heat and staying in bed till half past noon), and Snoxie's thing about how annoying it is wasting time getting to sleep is pretty accurate. The most annoying bit is when you have exams or something early the next day, because you know that every five minutes you're spending awake are going to have a negative impact on how well you do (the only way I've found to counteract this is to drink a shitload of coffee the next morning, but that has its own consequences such as realising how badly you need a wee five minutes into four hours worth of sitting down). The worst part about it is that the more you think about how badly you need to get to sleep, the more annoyed or nervous you become, which means the more your heart rate and junk increase and as an end result the harder it actually is to sleep.

Actually, the other day I got so irritated about now being able to sleep that I decided to starve conciousness out of my body. I put the kettle on (about one in the morning), took three cups of pretty strong stuff up to my bed and played a full run of Pandemonium 2. Eventually my body blinked first and I got some shut-eye about five in the morning, shortly after destroying the giant Buddha XD No problems the following night, though.

The real thing is to get sleeping patterns in order. Got to start getting up earlier in the mornings and junk.

At 6/4/07 10:53 AM, Paranoia wrote: The real thing is to get sleeping patterns in order. Got to start getting up earlier in the mornings and junk.

Nice to have you back ;).

Sleep

I'm similar to Luis, i tend to get a rush of ideas, as soon as i get tired enough to sleep, then, just as i want to try something, my eyes are closed and i'm fast asleep. However, a good nights sleep really helps me concentrate, and say, if i had a test/exam, i'd probably try to get more sleep than usual.

Animating/Programming Jobs

At the moment i am really enjoying flash, both designing and programming, but i was just wondering, is it really going anywhere? Sure i've progressed, but the Technological world is progressing even faster. Just as soon as i've started learning AS2, Adobe boosts AS3 on me, which changes everything.

For example, i am trying to learn C++/C# so that i can take my programming to a different field, but as soon as i have learned C#, etc well enough to actually get a job or a career in it, a new language will have popped up which trumps C# completely.

Anyway, what do other people think about this sort of thing?

At 6/4/07 11:49 AM, Depredation wrote: a new language will have popped up which trumps C# completely.

i don't like c#, too high-level for a real programming language in my opinion.

but dont worry, i mean look at C++, thats been around since the 80's, its still the major language used now.

..::sleep::..

I used to get 4-6 hours of sleep every night and functioned just fine the next day. I would often go several days without sleep when I was really invested in some kind of project.

Lately, however, the medications I'm on cause me to sleep a lot more and still be drowsey when I get up. It's rather annoying, but it's better than not taking my pills. Since I've been unmotivated and uninspired anyway it doesn't really matter how much of my day I lose to sleeping for 9-10 hours. Blah.

Sleep

I used to be a warrior, who loved to flirt with danger and going on no sleep for the sake of proving dominance over a looming deadline.. I find that I cant do that anymore. I must be getting old. bah.
Sometimes the intervals which you eat at can conflict with your sleep. I mean its a long shot but sometimes its little things like that you overlook or dont think could ever having anything to do witwh your sleep cycle. Medications are other things to throw into the mix.. so yea sometimes its good to take a deep dive into your lifestyle and see what things could be contributing to your lack of sleep. Maybe youre really stressed out, maybe you arent getting laid/wacking off ... maybe you are burning out from work/hanging out here.

As for the animation/computer job industry ... i think its hard to say where its going... the fact that production costs are so cheap in places like India is going to really put a bind on back end opportunities.. I have a collegue that regularly flies out to india to supervicse his team of developers who he pays like 20 bucks an hour for like top of the line back end work that would go for 140/hr here in the states..

I think india is still far in terms of creative work though, i've seen some of the work that comes out of there and from a technical standpoint its kosher but it generally still looks second rate as far as design and innovation.

I think its the nature of the beast though.. the tech industry is a true tetst of survival of the fitest... i came into the industry as a print designer.. abandoned that.. added flash to my skillset.. abandoned that .. added css to my skillset.. etc etc.
Abandoned is probably the wrong word because of course flash is still my baby.. but more and more i find myself adding a new hat to wear.. and you kind of need to be flexible like that to stay in demand.

Another Ad

Somebody, go on a submission and scroll down past the review :(

At 6/4/07 01:01 PM, crushy wrote: Another Ad

Somebody, go on a submission and scroll down past the review :(

I can't really complain given that the pop up ads are virtually gone.

Its just that the ad doesnt even really fit well, its like they just lobbed it in...

At 6/4/07 01:01 PM, crushy wrote: Another Ad

Somebody, go on a submission and scroll down past the review :(

Wow, yeah I hope the re-design doesn't feature more adds like those. I'm fine with the banner adds, they're easy to ignore, except when they're Flash and make the Flash I'm watching more laggy, that always sucks. But, yeah, those big chunks of add space are quite distracting.

Pokemon

So i decided to get the new pokemon game (diamond version). It's the first new one i got since silver and man is it addicting. Seriously, it's one of the most addicting games I've ever played. Anyone else here get it? It kinda makes me want to try a flash game like it but I don't know how I could pull it off without it being called a ripoff.

That stupid puzzle a lot of pages ago

At 6/2/07 10:22 PM, Fion wrote:

At 6/2/07 08:52 PM, PinkSkull wrote: A classic puzzle
http://www.supuzzle.com/

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say that wasn't true.

Well, i remember that som etime ago i had to resolve a pussle like that, in which you need to connect stuff witout lines crossing, i guess it was just different....

. The best way to see that is by right clicking and playing inside the flash, you'll see the person didn't bother to even make a "you won" screen.

0= D:<

Here's a good puzzle that CAN be beaten, you probably have all seen it before though.

yeah, i know the answer... not that i resolved it, i always think inside the square..

At 6/3/07 09:19 AM, Radioactive24 wrote: http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/3683/supuz zlelo6.jpg

Fuck yesh :P

>:(
TV
watch it ocassionaly, not much, i think is boring just sitting and.. looking...
Planning
I write the idea superficially, just to not forget stuff, i ussuallly draw stuff as i imagine it, somewhat spontaneously... but not totally, cause if i do stuff totally spontaneously i find hten gaps where i dont know what to add, not like i have finished anything worthy, i need to work on my art...
My art....
http://denvish.net/ulf/040607/40587_visionsBe ta.php

^you wont understand what they say, it doesnt matter, just look at the art, the art, i know the animation, can improve, a lot.......

I been working on this.. not much.. remember my visions? well, this is, but, i think i'll only submit (i'll add subtitles)(later)(the sound sucks)(i hate sound, it always turns bad for me) it for the sake of having it on my account, because no english audio= low score. It is in spanish.. i am posting for 2 things:
· In the begining, i made a part where you just see thefeet of the guy running, IT LOOKS HORRiBLE, the thing is i know something's wrong, but i dont know what, i tried coordinating the steps more.. moving them forward/backward, but it still looks goofy...
· Some guy told me my art sucked, does it really sucked, i know my backgrounds arent exactly detailed, but i dont care much for them, i care more about he characters, somehow i always find my art looks kinda dirty or something, not like other's which looks smooth and clean, how can i improve?

(

Paranoia is back
I missed you :'(, tought you'll never coem back..

lol

now really i wondered how much could you resist without posting, you were very.. -regular- to just go..
Sonks spells bad
I guess he just types fast and doesnt check..

like me...

Sleep
I find sleeping a waste of time too, but i always try to sleep my eight hours so i am fresh the next day :)... the problem is that when i cant sleep i feel like its a waste of time too, i have really cool ideas when i am getting asleep, the problem is that by the enxt day i forget them.. why? i am too lazy to wake up and take paper or something and write them.. well, i didnt sleep much last night, i had waken up late so i just had energy, there were some fireworks tho , so i was watching them really late/early while everybody else was asleep :)

At 6/4/07 02:23 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Anyone else here get it?

I did :). It's a lot of fun, but I would have to say that people wouldn't be too thrilled about a nintendo game turned flash. I learned that lesson from some of my games.

At 6/4/07 02:23 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Pokemon
So i decided to get the new pokemon game (diamond version). It's the first new one i got since silver and man is it addicting. Seriously, it's one of the most addicting games I've ever played. Anyone else here get it?

I have been wanting to get a new pokemon version since... yellow.. (well, i frend lend me gold once)... but there's always something better to buy...

Never owned a pokemon game in my life...

But to be honest I barely play console games any more.

At 6/4/07 02:23 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Pokemon

So i decided to get the new pokemon game (diamond version). It's the first new one i got since silver and man is it addicting. Seriously, it's one of the most addicting games I've ever played. Anyone else here get it? It kinda makes me want to try a flash game like it but I don't know how I could pull it off without it being called a ripoff.

I was gonna make a flash Version with my friend. We started making custom sprites and everything. Tom, Stamper, Mindchamber, and Jeff (JohnnyUtah) were gonna be the elite 4 (And I made Stamper have the faggiest pose ever XD). Regardless, that game got dropped and Now I've been "working" on a Guitar Hero style game for the past few months. Note the quotation marks. All I've really done is brain stormed and looked for shit in the AP. This was months before the contest was even an idea.

Anyways, yes, the new version is awesome. I got a huge stiffy when I caught Dialga with a great ball. lol. Take that ultraballs!

Sleep

I find I run best on 3-4 hours. During the summer, I'll go to sleep at like 2 or 3 and wake up at 6:30 completely ripped and ready to go. Then on my one day off a week, I crash. Hard.

It's great for my body.
; </sarcasm>

At 6/4/07 01:01 PM, crushy wrote: Another Ad

Somebody, go on a submission and scroll down past the review :(

You seriously can't complain with the amount of money Tom gives away to newgrounds users.

Everybody loves..

At 6/4/07 10:53 AM, Paranoia wrote: Snoxie

why u make me sound like a pokemons :'(

At 6/4/07 02:32 PM, PinkSkull wrote: Sonks spells bad
I guess he just types fast and doesnt check..

like me...

yeap. we have alot in common, prehaps we could go out sometime ?

3rd 'banner ad'

just noticed it just now... seems so out of place... does anyone ever clcik these things?

Another ad

It looks so out of place... I really dont like it. But the sites gotta make money.

Pokemon

I never knew so many people on newgrounds played it. You should stop right now. I mean, jmtb02, your about twenty, and you play pokemon? Same with you Glaiel. Just grow up a bit.

I probably shouldn't of angered a mod...

At 6/4/07 04:45 PM, trig1 wrote: Pokemon

I never knew so many people on newgrounds played it. You should stop right now. I mean, jmtb02, your about twenty, and you play pokemon? Same with you Glaiel. Just grow up a bit.

I probably shouldn't of angered a mod...

Dude don't tell people to stop playing a video game, to grow up.
Just because it's popular amoung little kids doesn't mean it is a kiddy game.
I have it. It's not my favorite game, and I am not addicted to it, but really, older gamers don't have to play shooters etc. Let them play what they want.

Speaking of video games,
Video Game Chairs
I just got a video game chair, it has speakers in the side and I'm liking it so far.
Who else has video game chairs, etc and how good is it?
Doesn't have to be specifically manufactures as a "Video game chair", bouncy balls, couches anything.
I'm just glad I replaced my beanbags with something more comfortable.

I got the chair for my...
Birthday
Yay. SHOW CAH LATE CAIK

Panorama's game
Lol hi there, remember me? We made a game together i think

Your new game is awsome btw! Its so big and all the levels are designed really well and interesting :)

At 6/4/07 04:45 PM, trig1 wrote: Pokemon

I never knew so many people on newgrounds played it. You should stop right now. I mean, jmtb02, your about twenty, and you play pokemon? Same with you Glaiel. Just grow up a bit.

dude I did stop. I stopped when I was like 12 cause I thought it was stupid. I started playing again recently cause I realized that hey, the games are really fun so it doesn't matter that it's a "kid" thing (despite the fact that there's a lot of older people that play it too). It's not like I still wach the TV show or play the card game. Just the DS game.

At 6/4/07 04:51 PM, Meebs wrote: Dude don't tell people to stop playing a video game, to grow up.
Just because it's popular amoung little kids doesn't mean it is a kiddy game.
I have it. It's not my favorite game, and I am not addicted to it, but really, older gamers don't have to play shooters etc. Let them play what they want.

I'm not saying they shouldnt have a copy of a pokemon game, I'm saying that I think its a bit sad to be playing it.

I shouldnt have said anything, I cant be arsed to respond to all the 'dont tell them what to play' replys I'm gunna get.

At 6/4/07 04:55 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: dude I did stop. I stopped when I was like 12 cause I thought it was stupid. I started playing again recently cause I realized that hey, the games are really fun so it doesn't matter that it's a "kid" thing (despite the fact that there's a lot of older people that play it too). It's not like I still wach the TV show or play the card game. Just the DS game.

Hmmm.... I see your point. I change my statement: People reallying into pokemon (know loads of moves, pokemon, evolution stages, that kinda jazz) are sad. You can play it passivly and sidestep the sadness part.

Further whoring :P

At 6/4/07 04:52 PM, fuzz wrote: Panorama's game
Lol hi there, remember me? We made a game together i think

Your new game is awsome btw! Its so big and all the levels are designed really well and interesting :)

And it just might have got Daily Feature too :( Fucking Swain :P

Pokemon

Aww man, I really need to start Pokemon Blue again. Tonnes of people at college have those games - hell, trading just like back at primary school should be pretty fun. Certainly better than playing cards (badly) at every break in lessons.

A Newgrounds Pokemon would be awesome. Anything with the phrase 'A wild Fulp appears!' in it gets a fifen from me.

At 6/4/07 04:45 PM, trig1 wrote: I never knew so many people on newgrounds played it. You should stop right now. I mean, jmtb02, your about twenty, and you play pokemon? Same with you Glaiel. Just grow up a bit.

I'm sorry I don't conform to your age-rank system. Just because I play a video game that shares the same audience as other age groups doesn't justify a reasoning that I am somehow in that age group as well. I grew up with the Pokemon franchise and continue to enjoy it... I don't understand what is wrong with that or why that makes me a lesser person. The game might have cute little creatures, but so does just about half the other games made in this generation or the previous.

Hmmm.... I see your point. I change my statement: People reallying into pokemon (know loads of moves, pokemon, evolution stages, that kinda jazz) are sad. You can play it passivly and sidestep the sadness part.

Regardless, if someone finds joy in life by something like Pokemon, they should be allowed to enjoy it. I can't say that my fandom has extend to my bed sheets and wall hangings to be Pokemon adorned, but I feel like you shouldn't step on people for that. I enjoy a good game, and likewise, I'll continue to enjoy it even when people find elitism in discouraging others.

Pokemon

Aww man, I really need to start Pokemon Blue again.

Pokemon red more like >:(

Thats the one ive got so its awsome, i was playing it about 2 weeks ago but felt too geeky to come out about it

At 6/4/07 05:22 PM, ImpendingRiot wrote: Pokemon

SCREW YOOOU

I bought Diamong also, impulsively.

JTMB, Glaiel, gimme your friend codes.

Oh yeah, I'm 17 and perfectly content playing pokemon. Big deal, it's rated E. No guns or violence, boo hoo.

it's 1461 3034 1350

gimme yours too (and jmtb)

I'm not ready to battle yet as I'm still playing through the main game though. But beware i have some strong ones. gengar and alakazam ftw

Pokemon

At 6/4/07 05:19 PM, fuzz wrote:

Pokemon

Thats the one ive got so its awsome, i was playing it about 2 weeks ago but felt too geeky to come out about it

I don't know how it is for you guys, but here in merry old Lancashire it's generally pretty cool to go on about the stuff you used to play when you were a kid. People are pretty awesome about stuff like that here, especially when you bring up old references. I remember playing it with game with a deck of playing cards (how that was supposed to work I have no idea).

Anyway - disaster :( I think my parents went and trashes my old Game Boy stuff, which is well gay. Anyone know of anyone selling something like a GBC and/or battery pack and/or Pokemon blue at a decent price on eBay or something?

At 6/4/07 04:11 PM, Lord-Sonx wrote:

At 6/4/07 02:32 PM, PinkSkull wrote: Sonks spells bad
I guess he just types fast and doesnt check..

like me...

yeap. we have alot in common, prehaps we could go out sometime ?

yeah, since you live really near me...

Pokemons

i never had any pokemon games or trading cards or anything..

does that make me cool?

At 6/4/07 05:30 PM, Lord-Sonx wrote: Pokemons

i never had any pokemon games or trading cards or anything..

does that make me cool?

Unless you go out and buy 1000$ on pokemon cards right this moment, or i will put you on my uncool list for all eternity. ALL ETERNITY