At 9/30/07 05:13 PM, Mogly wrote: People like Liam, Kirk and Orb are people i'd say are the regs that I remember the most (as in a 'ooh

back in the day' sorta way).

Well 'back in the day,' he was TwinsenDude, not Orb. I fuckin' miss that guy! Where did he go?

At 9/30/07 04:27 PM, NegativeONE wrote: Even now, I'm kind of only borderline reg. I've been focusing a lot more on my Flash work. Which is a good thing, I suppose.

Yeah, thats what I meant. I check in from time to time and read what goes down in here but I don't really see myself as a reg now. I suppose borderline goes for me as well.

I am completely envious of your change of focus from the internet to Flash work. I wish I had the same determination. It is most definitely a good thing.

At 9/30/07 05:23 PM, Siggy0501 wrote:

At 9/30/07 05:13 PM, Mogly wrote: People like Liam, Kirk and Orb are people i'd say are the regs that I remember the most (as in a 'ooh

back in the day' sorta way).

Well 'back in the day,' he was TwinsenDude, not Orb. I fuckin' miss that guy! Where did he go?

I was gonna post about that, but i dislike when I double post. As to where he went, he's still around, just not very active. He was in the Sketchbook.

As far as I know, he went to college up in Boston. He actually lived somewhat close to me.

At 9/30/07 05:19 PM, Radioactive24 wrote:

:One hell of an argument

I definatly understand what you mean, but I don't NEED 80GB of storage; Heck, every day I use my current MP3 player. I just wanted something new and... smooth, I guess.

I'm the kind of guy who likes things small. I understand that the classic and video are both tiny, but I don't need them. I truly only want (and need) an Ipod to listen to music, so why not just get a nano?

If I can enjoy listening to 100 songs on my old mp3 player, then I can enjoy listening to 1,600 songs.

Homosexuality

It's an extremely hard subject to decide- for one thing, I'm catholic through and through. On the other side, it's nobody's fault that they're gay. So, I'm against gay marrage, but I'm not against people who are gay. I think that a "civil union" would be okay, though.

At 9/30/07 05:03 PM, Xeptic wrote:

I don't know if that 10 % nexttonothing speaks of is correct, but even if it's 1% or 0.1% it's still a group of people we're talking about,

quick google proves me wrong... that's a common used number though didn't feel like getting a source
http://gaylife.about.com/od/comingout/a/
population.htm
turns out the u.s government found 4% of the population identified as gay... who knows how many are in the closet though... that's still what 13-14 million people who identify as gay lesbian or bi
Can't imagine how hard being gay in this society is though...

Regs

I never really see myself as a reg... I just drop by for extended periods of time... as for the reg list I definetly see some people who from an outside standpoint I do not see as regs...

At 9/30/07 05:03 PM, Xeptic wrote:

At 9/30/07 02:33 PM, pixelz wrote:

At 9/30/07 02:24 PM, Masterswordman wrote:

RE: Homosexuality

I'm completely neutral on the issue. I feel it is the person's own decision and that preachy types shouldn't try to force the issue one way or another. Thats what it means to have freedom.

LOSTA STUFF

Minority Rights, Majority Rule.

At 9/30/07 06:00 PM, spare-jello wrote:

At 9/30/07 05:19 PM, Radioactive24 wrote: One hell of an argument

I definatly understand what you mean, but I don't NEED 80GB of storage; Heck, every day I use my current MP3 player. I just wanted something new and... smooth, I guess.

I'm the kind of guy who likes things small. I understand that the classic and video are both tiny, but I don't need them. I truly only want (and need) an Ipod to listen to music, so why not just get a nano?

If I can enjoy listening to 100 songs on my old mp3 player, then I can enjoy listening to 1,600 songs.

Meh. I have about 5,000 songs, and I am continuously adding more. Plus, I have videos and podcasts too!

The point being that it's sheerly a better deal. Even if you aren't going to use all 80 gigs for music, the point is that for $200 you get 8 gigs, but for $250 you get 80 gigs! It's like when you go to the grocery store. You have the real price of the item, but then you have the unit price (the price per lb, oz, w/e). often times, in smaller packages, it is more expensive per unit price vs. buying in bulk, even though buying in bulk costs more (rightfully so, you are getting more).

Point and case, even if you don't use all 80 gigs on music, you can still use it as an external harddrive also. I have a lot of files on my iPod from when I had to reformat my laptop. Even with an extensive porn collection, lots of music, and a shitload of other things, I'm only hitting about 50% of my 30 gig.

But, I also have a 120 gig external harddrive for everything (music, anime, movies, porn, etc.), so I really have two, but one plays music.

Still, I'd really tell you to consider saying "Fuck you iPod Nano v3.0, I like mas bitches with more cushion fo' da pushin' " and spring the extra $50 for a real iPod. Plus, then you aren't a consumer whore/ mindless drone of society who bought something because it was shiny.

Gum

I've never been much of a gum fan. I usually chew a peice maybe 2-4 times a year. Or durring a Wrestling or MonsterTruck show. Anyway my friend left a pack of Excel gum at my place and I find my self chewing a peice every now and then lately. I don't know why I suddenly like gum. Maybe I have developed a fetish for it in the last few days. I'm chewin' gum right now even! I don't know why! ...Maybe because it's nice to taste somethin' other then pickles, grilled cheese, or mr.noodles...

Thoughts?

Regs phasing out

I think that peoples expectations of this lounge or even this forum is a bit too high.

I've been on this site like 7 years, i think this forum and thread is just a catalyst to help you get to know your flash peers, it shouldnt be the lynchpin of what keeps you in touch with people.
This thread is sort of this mingle spot and naturally like all mingling spots it gets tiring and people go elsewhere.

I like that this thread/forum has made me friends that i probably would have otherwise not been friends with... people like poxpower and timfrommeyer are people who are by far considered regulars around these parts anymore but back in 'the good ol days' lol.. they were and it was cool.

Mingling here influences my work to be more community oriented.. i like to clash minds with others, it almost feels uncomfortable to totally go solo on my stuff these days.

..::gum::..

I've always been a gum chewer, I chew several pieces a day. I don't want to have bad breath or a nasty taste in my mouth and it's easier and more convenient than brushing my teeth more than 2-3 times a day.

Recently I've been getting bad dry mouth due to side effects of one of the medications I'm on, so I chew gum even more. They sell this extra pricey gum for people with dry mouth, it's a rip off, any sugar-free gum works just as good.

One other thing about gum: teeth whitening gum is a total rip off. Think about it, you don't chew gum with your front teeth, the teeth that you would most want to be whitened. I don't need the tops of my molars whitened. The packaging for whitening gum is stupid, normal gum is convenient because it comes with a piece of paper to spit it into, I hate that stupid pop out gum packaging.

I tend to over think things, I suppose...

At 9/30/07 08:28 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: ..::gum::..

Gum may get the shit out from in between your teeth, but you'll get cavities if you don't brush them. Also, sugarless gum is loaded with sorbitol (a laxative) as a sweetener, so if you chew like multiple packs a day, you are basically poisoning yourself.

As for me, I barely chew gum on weekends and in the summer, but for some reason, during the school day I chew tons of gum.

At 9/30/07 08:28 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: ..::gum::..
hate that stupid pop out gum packaging.

Ah, light-hearted bmk to the rescue. One of my dad's old friends used to put the gum back into the pop out packaging. Too bad about dry mouth symptoms, I'm a compulsive gum chewer, if I have gum, I will chew all 12 pieces in a day or something, I'll chew one till it's tasteless, spit it out and then get another a few minutes later.

I like how your post was all just comments, no questions.

Hey. So, I haven't posted in some time, and I hope to get back into posting. It's just that ever since the redesign, posting takes a long time due to the lag of the typing. It is really irritating. But I want to start contributing to the forum some more, like I used to. KAY!? :)

OrbMania

I finished it in a day, but I still don't think it's too shabby: OrbMania

orbmania
I think it's awesome, but I sometimes am in a hurry and keep clicking the next orb button and it keeps going for how many times i've pressed it not when I pressed it.

Outwar
Did anyone else notice the irony that Outwar now advertises on NG?

At 9/30/07 08:56 PM, TrueDarkness wrote: Hey. So, I haven't posted in some time, and I hope to get back into posting. It's just that ever since the redesign, posting takes a long time due to the lag of the typing. It is really irritating. But I want to start contributing to the forum some more, like I used to. KAY!? :)

Yeah, the typing lag can get irritating. If I'm in a hurry, I'll just type my posts into a notepad document and copy-paste into the bbs textbox.

At 9/30/07 09:51 PM, NegativeONE wrote: Outwar
Did anyone else notice the irony that Outwar now advertises on NG?

Yeah the first time I noticed I had a good lil' chuckle but, hey money is money no matter how or where ya get it from.

At 9/30/07 08:40 PM, Siggy0501 wrote:

At 9/30/07 08:28 PM, BlackmarketKraig wrote: ..::gum::..

Gum may get the shit out from in between your teeth, but you'll get cavities if you don't brush them. Also, sugarless gum is loaded with sorbitol (a laxative) as a sweetener, so if you chew like multiple packs a day, you are basically poisoning yourself.

As for me, I barely chew gum on weekends and in the summer, but for some reason, during the school day I chew tons of gum.

I brush 2-3 times a day, I wrote that in my post. I think brushing more often than that is inconvenient and thusly I chew gum.

I poison myself with things more toxic than sorbitol on a daily basis.

..::5,000 fucking posts!?::..

Man, I never catch my meaningful post count milestones. I just posted about my obsession with gum for my 5k post. What a waste. Here's a shitty screenshot of my little box, just ignore the secret buttons that I have there, I should try yo ban myself...

Choking bitches has never been so DREEEEEEEAAAAAAMYYYYYYY...

:3

Those are some sexy secret buttons buttons.
//Meaningless post

At 9/30/07 10:01 PM, Radioactive24 wrote: Choking bitches has never been so DREEEEEEEAAAAAAMYYYYYYY...

3

I think it's supposed to be how her eyes are blanking out from not getting enough oxygen to the head...but just a guess...and how did you find that pic?

..::BMK::..

You're original by not posting "omg 5000!!!" And mullet stealer is correct, those buttons are sexy.

I'm regular, I eat lots of fiber...

but seriously folks...

I lurk and read a lot, but rarely have much to say...I do make flash regularly though...

I don't see collabs that result in shitty productions a problem at all, even if it's KK level. It's easy enough to avoid those flashes/threads if you want and can help folk do something, whether having fun or learning.

Dying collabs can be a shitty experience for the others but I think the occasional death of a project is an unfortunately necessary part of a healthy creative community.

I think a great idea would be a collab forum with special ranks and privileges based on NG accomplishments. For example, maybe you wouldn't be able to start a thread until you'd successfully submitted, say, 1 solo project OR 2 collabs. Once you've successfully led a collab, a moderator would give you a bonus rank and if you've led a couple of collabs flawlessly, you could get the final rank. These would be shown alongside the normal NG level in the forum and would be a quick indicator for folk to see how much trust should be given to that user.

Maybe killing off a collab you've started would result in a 3-month ban on starting a new thread and also a 'broken' icon.

Your taste in music may not be the sum of your self, but it's certainly a good indication of the type of person you are. I think that just as the games you play, work you do and physical body make up who you are, so does your taste in music.

It's certainly a greater reflection of self imo than, say, your taste in films. Specially as it ties into so many social activities as well as individual ones.

Of course, a single band != your taste in music. Assuming of course that you listen to more than one band.

can be bad for you if you do it too much! I mean eventually your teeth can get ground away if you're obsessive enough...

RE: Halo 3

I finally played it at a friend's house this weekend, and I have to say I was not that impressed. Don't get the wrong, the game is awesome, but frankly I noticed too many similarities between it and Halo 2 to deserve that much special attention. Multiplayer definitely went downhill between the two.

I didn't play any campaign mode, though. My friends tell me it's great, so I'll hold off with the rest of my judging until I've purchased the game and played it for myself.

Premieres

So far, I've seen the premieres for House and the Office. Both were great imo.

At 9/30/07 11:15 PM, Siggy0501 wrote: I didn't play any campaign mode, though. My friends tell me it's great, so I'll hold off with the rest of my judging until I've purchased the game and played it for myself.

I didn't really enjoy campaign, or at least not until a few levels or so. But I liked the multiplayer more n such.

At 9/30/07 11:06 PM, Bezman wrote: collabs

I think a great idea would be a collab forum with special ranks and privileges based on NG accomplishments. For example, maybe you wouldn't be able to start a thread until you'd successfully submitted, say, 1 solo project OR 2 collabs. Once you've successfully led a collab, a moderator would give you a bonus rank and if you've led a couple of collabs flawlessly, you could get the final rank. These would be shown alongside the normal NG level in the forum and would be a quick indicator for folk to see how much trust should be given to that user.

Maybe killing off a collab you've started would result in a 3-month ban on starting a new thread and also a 'broken' icon.

I like it, definitely a new and good idea. The main problem I see with opening a new forum for collabs is that we would need new and enthusiastic mods, as, right now, mods in Flash and art are stretched a bit too thin and things sometimes get out of control fast, especially in art (*hint*). Mods for the collab forum would really have their work cut out for them, because of the ridiculous amount of posts those threads get. I really like this idea though, it would force people to really try with their collabs and not start them without giving serious thought to all areas of the collab.

brushing teeth...

can be bad for you if you do it too much! I mean eventually your teeth can get ground away if you're obsessive enough...

So I've heard... another reason to chew gum. =D

At 9/30/07 10:01 PM, Radioactive24 wrote: Choking bitches has never been so DREEEEEEEAAAAAAMYYYYYYY...

3

Is it wrong to find this very erotic?
Or maybe that's just me.
Also: ASing fighting combos is touph work. :S

At 10/1/07 12:09 AM, hashbrown wrote:

At 9/30/07 11:06 PM, Bezman wrote: collabs

sorry fo rbeing a total n00b, but how do you do that gradint thing :O

Ugh, let's not go through this phase again, on the left side of the post, you'll see html codes, use the <code tag in order to make "that gradient thing." Please do not use that in here though, a few pages back we had a big bout with that shit, not funny.

At 10/1/07 12:00 AM, Swirling-Venom wrote: Home-made tattoo!

Pretty sweet. How long did it take ya and what did ya use? I knew a girl that just used a thumbtack and ink from pens to do hers.