At 10/20/06 10:37 PM, Johnny wrote: No biggy about my past. You either grow and get over it or dwell on it. Yeah, shit comes to the surface sometimes, but all in all... it helped put things in perspective. It's hard to get me angry or depressed anymore after some of that shit, lol.

I've grown to feel the same way. I have had a strange childhood myself. Right now I don't know where my dad is and my mother is in her second rehab center over 1000 miles away. All the drama is slowing down now, but a few years ago there was no way around it.

I now see myself as automatically optimistic. I have a hard time trying to pull bad things out of situations unless I am really mad, which doesn't happen very often. In fact just thinking about my childhood brings me to the tangent of how my sisters' childhoods must have been worse. Since they were old enough to understand what was going on during the crux of the conondrum, which was about the same time as the second divorce.

I'm only 14, so I guess I'm still in my youth, but my life is boooooooring. I want interesting dramatic lives like you guys.

At 10/21/06 02:12 AM, AniMoney wrote: I'm only 14, so I guess I'm still in my youth, but my life is boooooooring. I want interesting dramatic lives like you guys.

Well, if your family's stable, just wait for serious relationships. Those'll fuck y'up good.

Ok, lets get off the depressing topics....
I lol'd, good work Neg =)

At 10/21/06 02:27 AM, Vengeance wrote: Ok, lets get off the depressing topics....
I lol'd, good work Neg =)

Damn, you beat me to it!
I'm compelled to give Neg a cookie but I don't wanna picture spam those cookies.

At 10/21/06 02:32 AM, PaperBagMask wrote: I'm compelled to give Neg a cookie but I don't wanna picture spam those cookies.

I'll just eat one of the ones from earlier.
Heh, 'ppreciate the notice. Guess that's why Luis only locks and never deletes :P That guy had it coming though. I take a guilty pleasure when they don't realize they're mouthing off to a mod >: D

Trust me to miss the deep and meningful discussion. It'll probably go back to bumsecks now :(

All you guys have suddently grown an extra dimension :P Hugs all round.

At 10/21/06 02:47 AM, NegativeONE wrote:

At 10/21/06 02:32 AM, PaperBagMask wrote: I'm compelled to give Neg a cookie but I don't wanna picture spam those cookies.

I'll just eat one of the ones from earlier.
Heh, 'ppreciate the notice. Guess that's why Luis only locks and never deletes :P That guy had it coming though. I take a guilty pleasure when they don't realize they're mouthing off to a mod >: D

I can only imagine. I got that feeling when I locked my first topic on my forum. It gives you that feeling of power over the minions.

At 10/21/06 03:51 AM, Paranoia wrote: Trust me to miss the deep and meningful discussion. It'll probably go back to bumsecks now :(

Me first plzkthxbai/

Does anyone here have any helpful advice on using the Pen Tool?
At the moment I'm tracig apicture to get the hang of it but it is pretty tough for me to use.
I didn't want to post a new topic because a bunch of noobs will call me noob because they don't know about the super complex Pen Tool.

wow, jhonny i think your amazing. There seems to be a few people like this on the bbs (family troubles etc) not mentioning any other name. I guess its a place to escape? Say your true feelings with out any worries. There was me being all emo because i hadnt got any good feedback in ages and how "this shit stinks" was a comment on my stuff. I dont realy care anymore, i make my animation because i enjoy it and like the outcome. Im not fussed anymore on what some other people think. People have there own oppinion on things i guess.

At 10/21/06 05:33 AM, fuzz wrote: There was me being all emo because i hadnt got any good feedback in ages and how "this shit stinks" was a comment on my stuff. I dont realy care anymore, i make my animation because i enjoy it and like the outcome. Im not fussed anymore on what some other people think.

That's a good way to go about stuff. I'm kinda like that too, even though I havn't got any animations in the portal or anything yet (but will have some games in a few months), I'm not really gonna care about people's feedback too much. Just as long as I actually finish a project.

Dingo Eating Fuzz, watch out for a big naked man at your door someday soon. You are John Connor. Edward Furlong John Connor hopefully, not the older one ;)

At 10/21/06 08:58 AM, Cybex wrote: Dingo Eating Fuzz, watch out for a big naked man at your door someday soon. You are John Connor. Edward Furlong John Connor hopefully, not the older one ;)

Congrats on level 12.

At 10/21/06 09:03 AM, Mogly wrote:

At 10/21/06 08:58 AM, Cybex wrote: Dingo Eating Fuzz, watch out for a big naked man at your door someday soon. You are John Connor. Edward Furlong John Connor hopefully, not the older one ;)

Congrats on level 12.

Damn you, I was trying to get the first post on the 50th page.

At 10/21/06 08:58 AM, Cybex wrote: Dingo Eating Fuzz, watch out for a big naked man at your door someday soon. You are John Connor. Edward Furlong John Connor hopefully, not the older one ;)

That guy is so brilliant in america history x. One of the best movies evarrr

Gz on page 50 :P Let's make this BIG!

At 10/21/06 09:16 AM, Paranoia wrote: Gz on page 50 :P Let's make this BIG!

SPAM!!! j/k
Maybe someone should post something super neat-o here...like...Reg : Main!
Maybe we just bring up a topic that'll last us 'till page 60, 75 or 100!

At 10/21/06 09:15 AM, AloneInTheDark wrote:

At 10/21/06 08:58 AM, Cybex wrote: Dingo Eating Fuzz, watch out for a big naked man at your door someday soon. You are John Connor. Edward Furlong John Connor hopefully, not the older one ;)

That guy is so brilliant in america history x. One of the best movies evarrr

Yeah it's great. I was looking for it in my room the other night, but seem to have lost it... I borrowed it from my friends mum around a year and a half a go.

Have you seen the Neo-Nazi one with Russell Crowe in? It's called Helter Skelter or something simillar. I liked that but haven't seen it in a while. I watched Reservoir dogs again this morning and need to get Mean Streets out soon.

At 10/21/06 09:25 AM, Cybex wrote:
Have you seen the Neo-Nazi one with Russell Crowe in? It's called Helter Skelter or something simillar. I liked that but haven't seen it in a while. I watched Reservoir dogs again this morning and need to get Mean Streets out soon.

I havent seen it. I'll check it out sometime if its worth it

At 10/21/06 09:47 AM, Pyromaniac wrote: I had never posted in this thread, so I felt the need to.

Is this thread just all spam btw?

Well, more like general chit-chat Flashmaker to Flashmaker.

At 10/21/06 09:47 AM, Pyromaniac wrote: I had never posted in this thread, so I felt the need to.

Is this thread just all spam btw?

its a mixture of spam and e-hugs

Not been posting but reading through all of this.

Just wondering: what do you guys aim to do with your Flash productions? Is it simply to entertain or do you seek to perhaps educate or persuade? Is it just because you have nothing better to do? Are you perhaps making your Flash mainly for your own education? Is there something in the future that you're working towards, that you're slowly trying to pick up the skills for?

Basically - why do you guys bother making Flash games/movies/stuff?

I want to make fun games :) I also hope to develope my programming skills, that's the main thing I want to gain. Now what I dont really want to do is get a programming job that DOESNT involve making games. As long as I get to make games Im happy. I kindof hope I can get to the point where I form my own company, orginization, whatever and make games on my own.

unlikely, but I can dream right?

At 10/21/06 10:49 AM, Bezman wrote: Not been posting but reading through all of this.

Just wondering: what do you guys aim to do with your Flash productions? Is it simply to entertain or do you seek to perhaps educate or persuade? Is it just because you have nothing better to do? Are you perhaps making your Flash mainly for your own education? Is there something in the future that you're working towards, that you're slowly trying to pick up the skills for?

D) All the above.
I like entertaining. I like having people enjoy my work, and if that also happens to educate or share my view of the world then that's fine. Currently this thing's a hobby, but I'm thinking of making it my career - I might go back to Uni for a masters in web design or multimedia, seeing as I'm becomming even more jaded by the games industry. So I'm trying to work at this professionally and to make sure everything I do ends up being exceptional, to further the chance I can carry on entertaining with Flash and get paid for it.

At 10/21/06 10:49 AM, Bezman wrote: Basically - why do you guys bother making Flash games/movies/stuff?

I want my name all over the internet. :D
My goal is to have my games on as many flash-game websites out there as possible.

I just want people to see and acknowledge my work. To appreciate the work and energy I put in is a bonus, as is to have the frustration of all of those years of being unable to create most of my ideas resolved in some small way.

At 10/21/06 10:49 AM, Bezman wrote: Just wondering: what do you guys aim to do with your Flash productions? Is it simply to entertain or do you seek to perhaps educate or persuade? Is it just because you have nothing better to do? Are you perhaps making your Flash mainly for your own education? Is there something in the future that you're working towards, that you're slowly trying to pick up the skills for?

Just a little hobby. I suppose i don't really do it to entertain, because i'm not too bothered when i don't gfinish a flash and so don't get to show people. Although knowing someone likes what you've made is an added bonus. I guess i make flash for fun along with the knowledge that it could help me get money.

At 10/21/06 11:25 AM, Paranoia wrote: I just want people to see and acknowledge my work. To appreciate the work and energy I put in is a bonus, as is to have the frustration of all of those years of being unable to create most of my ideas resolved in some small way.

lol, on second read that sounds really weird and pretentious.

I'd like to make some sort of money out of it too :P To stop people nagging me to get a real job if nothing else.

You're all being a bit up yourselves, I just do flash for a laugh. I haven't really thought about it to be honest. I would rather be making dumb stuff that only me and my friends find funny than doing it or some paying reason. But saying that I feel very cliche, alot of people say simillar stuff to that "Yeah keeping it real, I don't need the man, man"..

At 10/21/06 11:35 AM, Cybex wrote: You're all being a bit up yourselves, I just do flash for a laugh.

Yeah, I guess :)

A day in the life of a Flash creator:

03:00 - 06:00 Wake up and meditate.

06:00 - 06:07 Eat simple breakfast.

06:07 - 11:00 Look for inspiration in the fields, tres, sun and sky.

11:00 - 19:00 Work, taking vitamin suplements where necessary.

19:00 - 20:00 Cry.

20:00 - 21:00 Cry.

21:00 - 22:00 Cry.

22:00 - 03:00 Cry, then sleep for a few hours.