General mods are being Nazis again...

Linky

Dobio:

I leave for a month, and this shit pops up.

Even if you ARE kidding, this is still a fucking stupid thread that doesn't belong on a site with 13 year olds on it.

Since when was the NG BBS supposed to be family friendly? It was a perfectly valid discussion, even if it may not be within everyone's experience.

At 7/8/07 04:42 PM, Paranoia wrote: Since when was the NG BBS supposed to be family friendly? It was a perfectly valid discussion, even if it may not be within everyone's experience.

Dobio is pretty much a mean guy. I doubt anyone would have been too disappointed if he turned that month leave into a permanent leave.

At 7/8/07 04:03 PM, Xeptic wrote:

Concerts
On a brighter note, I went to a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert with my mates a couple of days back. I wasn't expecting a brilliant show because I'd seen some live footage from their concerts on the internet which were kind of disappointing, but heck, they are pretty good live! A lot of great drum and guitar solos and we were only a couple of feet away from the stage (there were 50.000 people there). Anyway, any of you guys ever visit any concerts?

Also, pic.

I generally dislike larger concerts as you lose the intimate feeling of going to a club or smaller venue. The only bands I would really go see at a huge venue are either ones that are dead, stopped playing, or ticket prices are over 100 bucks... so for now larger concerts for me are a no go... but I go to local clubs quite often.

Depression

You guys make me sad, always sucks to hear about how peoples lives can be so drastically changed by a chemical imbalance. You have to give respect to those who deal with it though, with or without medication.
On the other hand it does make me appreciate my state of being in my life.

Luis W.A.C
I miss the weekly animation challenges, I hope Luis will start them again at some point... Please?

A week until the rockout contest deadline scrapped my old game for a better idea, the other one was to frustrating to play... this should be easier

At 7/8/07 01:25 PM, Mogly wrote: Am currently reading - High Fidelity.

I read another book by Nick Hornby in school a while ago, 'Fever Pitch'. Out of all the book analysis's I wrote in school the past year, 'Fever Pitch' was the only book that I actually read till the end. From this you can figure out two things; I'm not much for books, or school at all (still have great grades though ;D) and that book was darn good :)

Anybody else read it?

At 7/8/07 04:55 PM, DreamworX wrote:

At 7/8/07 01:25 PM, Mogly wrote: Am currently reading - High Fidelity.

I read another book by Nick Hornby in school a while ago, 'Fever Pitch'. Out of all the book analysis's I wrote in school the past year, 'Fever Pitch' was the only book that I actually read till the end. From this you can figure out two things; I'm not much for books, or school at all (still have great grades though ;D) and that book was darn good :)

Anybody else read it?

I love Nick Hornby, but I haven't read Fever Pitch yet. His books are always unique. I love the setup of "A Long Way Down" even if the different character's perspectives are not exactly individually defined that well. It must be hard to write with four viewpoints in a continuous narrative. Anyway; High Fidelity is one of my favorite books, read it through several times. It has such a great way of telling the story within the male mind, great example of how people think.

Learning How to Draw
Anyone heard of or used the book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain? I remembering hearing some good things about it awhile ago but I was wondering if I could get some input from anyone who had first hand use or knows anything about the book.

linkah
now that I just found this website I am reassured it can't be bad, but still...looking for some advise from the BBS.

AIM Actionscripter
Hey, is there anyone who will be on AIM in the next few hours (like 2) and that can help me for a little while with some actionscript. My AIM sn is MichaelR45. i'm hoping that someone will be able to help me. There's no one that I can see that's on right now, but if you are, please IM me!

AIM Name
Is it A.I.M or Aim

It's Aim :P

Drawing Brain
Never seen the book. Looks pretty cool, but it looks like they aren't great artists anyways. I think that it would help someone really bad with drawing, but after a while I think it looks like it would become useless

Drawing
Then I open up the floor to everyone to point out some books that are truly helpful. I know this might sound like I am trying to take someone else's style but I just want to develop a style of cartoonish art. So any books that you know of that would help out when maybe giving a road to start on in terms of the cartoon art style, I would appreciate it.

At 7/8/07 05:37 PM, El-Presidente wrote: AIM Actionscripter

You got MSN? I'm in a coding mood.

Sorry, that took a while. But no, I dont have that, but maybe I'll PM you. It's a simple question too, yet somehow I've never come across this problem in the games I've coded :'(

At 7/8/07 03:36 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote:
I have some good old fashioned depression, social-phobia and general anxiety. The pills I take are (I'm going to use the more common brand names rather than the generic names for the pills I'm prescribed):

This is fuzz
Wow, after reading this i just had to post my story too. I have made an alt cause my friends dont know about this shit really and they sometimes check my profile for games or w/e..

Okay, basically about 6 months ago I had a real fear, I had a fear of leaving a safe place, i still do. But it was worse then. I couldnt leave the house, going to school was hell (7 min walk) and i often ran home. Why did i have this? It basically started when I had a panic attack and thats when i couldnt go anywere further than 5-10 minutes away from my house. Although going to school had been hard before that but after the panic attack in a shop i "knew" It wasnt just school.

Things are getting better although you can imagine how hard it was to drive 40mins away from my house to be prescribed medicine to hep me fight the anxiety. But soon after taking the tablets and med I got better and slowely improved, I went round a friends house for the first time in about 4 months a while ago and now i find going out alot easier to go out f the house. My boundry of how far I can go without feeling I will panic is now alot bigger, like 30 mins :P

I can just keep fighting.

just to let you know that was me ^^

Um yeah. Anyway, i hope things get better for you BMK.
Are you getting counseling it might help?

Re:Depression, amongst other things..

Fuzz that sounds like being a teenager just a little belated. Maybe its just that youre growing up and constantly thinking 'Shit I hope I look alright' or 'Do I look like a twat right now?' 'Do people like me'. I think most people feel a little like this, but as I said in your case it looks a bit belated. Maybe one of the problems is 'making it an issue' rather than just hiding it a bit like most people would. Making it an issue makes it something rather than your silly little fear.

I have a friend who is pretty shy and is scared as hell socially. For example we had like an evening thing at college were people would show up, talk about there work, drink wine and watch a showcase. He wouldnt go to that because he wouldnt be able to face it to well mixing with people.

I bring him up because he has made his shyness into something. Like we'll be sat somewere (just a few of us) and he'll say something like 'Ive kinda got rid of my problem being friends with you guys', and its a little odd to here - If you know the problem, why cant you phase it out.

More later..

At 7/8/07 07:32 PM, fuzz wrote: just to let you know that was me ^^

Um yeah. Anyway, i hope things get better for you BMK.
Are you getting counseling it might help?

Thanks for that, and thanks for sharing your story. =]

Yeah, I have a therapist who I see about once a week. I'm working on getting myself to Denver where I have a friend and a sister, people who will help me out. I've come to the realization that I'll never be drug free, but that's okay, I just have to make sure I get my meds and take them at the right times. I'd rather not revisit the mental hospital for awhile, if ever.

At 7/8/07 07:41 PM, Mogly wrote: Re:Depression, amongst other things..

Fuzz that sounds like being a teenager just a little belated.

Hmm, i dont think you can truely understand unless you've been through it or are in it. Its not as simple as why the fuck will i panic? Why cant i go out. Why am i on anti-depressants/ anxiety med..

Have you ever had a panic attack?

hmm, hard to explain to someone else

Depression
I always see stuff like that on tv, internet, lots of places. I say IT'S ALL IN YOUR HEAD! I don't believe depression as an illness, pills can't cure it.

At 7/8/07 07:43 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: for that, and thanks for sharing your story. =]

np :)

Yeah, I have a therapist who I see about once a week. I'm working on getting myself to Denver where I have a friend and a sister, people who will help me out. I've come to the realization that I'll never be drug free, but that's okay, I just have to make sure I get my meds and take them at the right times. I'd rather not revisit the mental hospital for awhile, if ever.

Thats cool, its nice to know you have people there for you and your family care for you. Luckily for me the drugs arent addictive and basically when im strong enough i will be able to just stop taking them.

Anyone else feel like sharing their life story? :P

RE: Anxiety-related stuff
Apparently I have social anxiety, my psychology-taking friends keep diagnosing me :s
I also have a fear of pills and chewy sweets (like cola bottles, gummy bears). Well not so much a fear, but more of a it-could-kill-me type thing. 7 times I have nearly choked on chewy sweets, they just slip to the back of my throat and get stuck there. I have never taken a pill because of this; I just can't swallow them.

At 7/8/07 07:52 PM, caseyo wrote:
mmk pictures i know im still probably worse than lots of you but gimme a break thats a big improvement in 5 days

Definate improvement, much, much better. The eyes are lopsided on the new one... kinda distracting, but yeah you've done well in 5 days.

Extreme Makeover

Does anyone watch ABC? If so, do you know the show Extreme Makeover? Apparently, they are giving a makeover to a house just outside my town. Its pretty exciting, there is a traffic buildup on the street of all the people trying to get a glimpse. The construction starts on Monday, but i'm going to try to see them move the bus at the end of the week.

At 7/8/07 08:05 PM, Masterswordman wrote: Extreme Makeover

Does anyone watch ABC? If so, do you know the show Extreme Makeover? Apparently, they are giving a makeover to a house just outside my town. Its pretty exciting, there is a traffic buildup on the street of all the people trying to get a glimpse. The construction starts on Monday, but i'm going to try to see them move the bus at the end of the week.

Wow, no one really gives a shit :P. I mean, it would be much cooler if you were gonna be on tv yourself.

Congrats BMK and Kirk
Good job guys. I wish I was a mod :'(. Tell me what it's like :P. Haha, actually, I don't really give a shit!

Makeover
man I wish I lived near there, I still have some fireworks that smoke for like 2 minutes straight and I would've thrown it at the house. I've done it before but there wasn't a big crowd, which would be really funny.

Congrats BMK and Kirk

At 7/8/07 08:09 PM, El-Presidente wrote:

Good job guys. I wish I was a mod :'(

You'd have remove that referral link from you sig first.

Books
No one has any suggestions?

At 7/8/07 08:15 PM, crabwich wrote: Books
No one has any suggestions?

Anything by Chinua Achebe (Things Fall Apart) or Joseph Heller (Catch-22).

At 7/8/07 08:13 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: You'd have remove that referral link from you sig first, but you do deserve to be a mod.

What referral link ?

At 7/8/07 08:17 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote:

At 7/8/07 08:15 PM, crabwich wrote: Books
No one has any suggestions?

Anything by Chinua Achebe (Things Fall Apart) or Joseph Heller (Catch-22).

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No silly...the art books I was asking about. I am trying to develop my drawing and I am looking for any and all books that anyone knows are good.

Re:Books

At 7/8/07 08:15 PM, crabwich wrote: Books
No one has any suggestions?

The Beach is my favorite book, although ive only read about 5 out of my own choice.

Re:House makeover program

There was a ghost program come near to me. I live in Devon, and there's alot of places that could have ghosts, or atleast appear to for a program. A friend of mine went down to this one place, and wore a white sheet and made ghost noises. He couldnt get inside though, so he pretty much got no response - wasting his own time and one of his mothers finest.

Re:Depression amongst other things

Yeah it probably is hard to explain Fuzz. I think my attitude towards that sorta thing can be summed up a little like this - You couldnt go into a pub with your dad, and have your dad tell all his mates about you being a little upset, there response would be 'ooh dont be silly haha'. Same with missing school, people thinking they're iller than they are, to me i'd just say to them 'Dont be silly, you're not ill, getup'.

And as you can see my mind has run out of ideas.

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Caseyo, you should post your pic in the getting-there-again Artist showcase thread. This thread is bulging as it is.

At 7/8/07 08:19 PM, El-Presidente wrote:

At 7/8/07 08:13 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: You'd have remove that referral link from you sig first, but you do deserve to be a mod.

What referral link ?

lol, NG Mafia links to Kevan.org you sneaky trickster! ;)

Trust me, I'm thinking of making it even trickier. It would be cool if I just had them all link to kevan. The only problem is that now everyone is a freaking zombie so you can bite so few people. Luckily I ate your brain today I think, seeing as I went up 5 brains in the past like 3 hours.