At 3/1/08 06:52 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: Career

I wouldn't mind being a university lecturer. They seem to have a lot of free time. I don't like the idea of working 9-5.

Ditto that.
And because I'd be an academic (preferably with tenure), I could have a vested business interest on campus. Say, a Flash Games company.

At 3/2/08 08:13 AM, Paranoia wrote: Have I ever mentioned how awesome screwing around with BitmapData is?

LOVELY.

Movie Soundtracks

I spent like 80 bucks last night buying movie soundtracks... they are my new crack.

Anyone know of any movies that had interesting soundtracks? I aint talking disney shit with singing...

For instance I bought the italian job, some tracks that danny elfman did on burton's films and some other stuff... I'm curious since you folks seem to watch way more movies than i do.. if you can steer me in the right direction.. I'm just shopping around for tracks to use in future animations.. so i dont want something like super well known like the theme song from e.t. or some shit.

thanks team.

At 3/2/08 08:14 AM, KaynSlamdyke wrote: And because I'd be an academic (preferably with tenure), I could have a vested business interest on campus. Say, a Flash Games company.

Plus you could hire college girls to help with your company.

At 3/2/08 08:14 AM, KaynSlamdyke wrote:

At 3/1/08 06:52 PM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: Career

I wouldn't mind being a university lecturer. They seem to have a lot of free time. I don't like the idea of working 9-5.

Im not at University yet but I did meet a lecturer and they seem really dull... he talked for ages and it wasnt even a lecture...

He kept repeating himself but saying it differently...

His face went all funny when he took a pause so it seemed like he had finished and when he carried on everyone groaned (including the adult volunteers) and then he talked for another ten minutes before actually telling us what we were there to do...

Lecturers

At 3/2/08 09:25 AM, Evion wrote: Im not at University yet but I did meet a lecturer and they seem really dull...

lol, what subject did he teach? Most of my lecturers are actually pretty engaging. What about all you other university going regs out there? Are your lecturers zeros or heroes?

At 3/2/08 09:29 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: lol, what subject did he teach? Most of my lecturers are actually pretty engaging. What about all you other university going regs out there? Are your lecturers zeros or heroes?

My lecturers were all engaging also.. thats one thing i always enjoyed about college... 1- being able to refer to teachers by their first name.. and 2- just the casualness of it.. you can really like talk to your lecturers like regular people.. like maybe have coffee or the occasional happy hour.. i enjoyed my college experience.

At 3/2/08 09:10 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: Plus you could hire college girls to help with your company.

Extra perks. :)

At 3/2/08 08:23 AM, citricsquid wrote: You spent $50 and you've not used it?!

Building the design as I type. See. Heres a logo and everything.
Why would you be concerned anyway? It's $50 you've got and don't have to worry about bandwidth for at the moment. :P

At 3/2/08 09:45 AM, Luis wrote:

At 3/2/08 09:29 AM, Kirk-Cocaine wrote: lol, what subject did he teach? Most of my lecturers are actually pretty engaging. What about all you other university going regs out there? Are your lecturers zeros or heroes?

My lecturers were all engaging also.. thats one thing i always enjoyed about college... 1- being able to refer to teachers by their first name.. and 2- just the casualness of it.. you can really like talk to your lecturers like regular people.. like maybe have coffee or the occasional happy hour.. i enjoyed my college experience.

Doesnt that make 1 and 2 the same :)

You know what is the same as college, a junior role in a company. Except of course you learn a lot more and you are treated as equal... Oh and the fact it doesnt cost and you're in fact getting paid to do it. But other then that it's the same :)

At 3/2/08 10:30 AM, Rustygames wrote: Doesnt that make 1 and 2 the same :)

Your right it does. BAH.

At 3/2/08 09:04 AM, Luis wrote: Movie Soundtracks

I love the House of Flying Daggers soundtrack, dunno if its the kind of thing youd be looking for thought.

Japanese music <3

Also youve gotta love the Gladiator ost, but thats over popular.

Also Matrix.

At 3/2/08 05:25 AM, Paranoia wrote: I'd much rather be a video game reviewer. Those guys have it sweet.

Oh of course, getting paid to play every single crappy game that comes out, then writing 10 pages on it, then repeating, while getting the occasional good game to review, which you have to rush through and not enjoy because there's a fresh stack of Disney-based games sitting on the counter next to you to be reviewed. Don't forget the fanboys yelling at you and sending you death threats when you give their game a 9.9 instead of a 10. Fun stuff.

I'm going to be a console game programmer. I get to test my game anyway, but leave the tedious work to the beta testers.

At 3/2/08 01:57 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Oh of course, getting paid to play every single crappy game that comes out, then writing 10 pages on it,

Way better than a desk job, though.

As far as my career goes, over the years i've been interested in architecture, and designing. But currently I want to do something art-related. I've been doodling random stick figures for years, but now I feel like I want to step up my art a bit more. My goal is to have a more interesting job than my dad. :P

At 3/2/08 09:04 AM, Luis wrote: Anyone know of any movies that had interesting soundtracks?

I am an addict, like you. Here are my 5 favorite.

Instrumental

Bram stoker's Dracula (GREAT ambient eerie music)
Bad Boys score (seriously. Action packed)
Final Fantasy Advent Children (Poetry in music. Fucking amazing)

With Vocals.

The Crow Soundtrack. (Great rock mix. NiN/Cure/Rollins)
Across the Universe (Especially if you love the Beatles like I do.)

At 3/2/08 05:25 AM, Paranoia wrote: I'd much rather be a video game reviewer. Those guys have it sweet.

At 3/2/08 01:57 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Oh of course, getting paid to play every single crappy game that comes out... [over-zealous rant]

Glaiel seems to have the same reaction for the gaming press as I do for gaming. Which leads me to wonder whether he's been rejected as a magazine writer before.

Didn't you leave and tell us you weren't coming back? :p

OSTs
A Beautfil Mind (classy)
GTA San Andreas (funky)
Need for Speed Underground (angry)
Then there's many awesome anime OSTs.
Gankutsuou ("The one who orders the Count of Monte Cristo is the Count of Monte Cristo and none else.")
Ghost in the Shell (dark techno)
Air Gear (really funky)

American beauty and road to perdition.. Thomas Newman is one of my favorite composers.. It's all a bit romantic though

At 3/2/08 02:57 PM, AloneInTheDark wrote: American beauty and road to perdition.. Thomas Newman is one of my favorite composers.. It's all a bit romantic though

No! You beat me to it... Forgot Newmans best work though; the soundtrack for The Shawshank Redemption, it's brilliant! I love listening to soundtracks actually, if you're into electrical check out John Murphy's soundtracks for 28 days/weeks later and Sunshine. Band of Brothers also has a very nice classical soundtrack.

At 3/2/08 01:57 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote:

At 3/2/08 05:25 AM, Paranoia wrote: I'd much rather be a video game reviewer. Those guys have it sweet.

Oh of course, getting paid to play every single crappy game that comes out, then writing 10 pages on it, then repeating, while getting the occasional good game to review, which you have to rush through and not enjoy because there's a fresh stack of Disney-based games sitting on the counter next to you to be reviewed. Don't forget the fanboys yelling at you and sending you death threats when you give their game a 9.9 instead of a 10. Fun stuff.

You forget - I'm British :P Moaning about stuff is one of the highlights of any job.

In all seriousness, I've always enjoyed writing about other peoples' stuff, good or bad. Engligh Lit's always been my favourite subject.

At 3/2/08 09:04 AM, Luis wrote:

Movie Soundtracks

Big Fish main titles is pretty nice sounds like a depressed intro maybe?

At 3/2/08 02:03 PM, El-Presidente wrote: Does anyone else have that sudden urge when they go on ngup.net to check out the uploads before them. I found one that's gold. It's the RENEGADE MUFFIN!

stop fucking doing that you faggot.

At 3/2/08 02:06 PM, KaynSlamdyke wrote:

At 3/2/08 05:25 AM, Paranoia wrote: I'd much rather be a video game reviewer. Those guys have it sweet.

At 3/2/08 01:57 PM, Glaiel-Gamer wrote: Oh of course, getting paid to play every single crappy game that comes out... [over-zealous rant]

Glaiel seems to have the same reaction for the gaming press as I do for gaming. Which leads me to wonder whether he's been rejected as a magazine writer before.

No, I hate writing period. But I just feel like crushing the dreams of people who think that they can get a job playing video games.

Didn't you leave and tell us you weren't coming back? :p

Nope, I'll pop back on occasion, but the flash games won't come out too often anymore. Like one a year if you're lucky.

Leaking

Anyone posting links from ngup to things that arent yours and in essence leaking someones hard work for all newgrounds to see will be banned on sight. Just cause you CAN do it doesnt mean you SHOULD. It's bad enough you are looking at peoples work in progress to begin with....the LEAST you can do is have a little respect and dont post a link on a busy forum like this.

Disgusting. I dont want to mention any names... EL-PRESIDENTE.

Ennio Morricone is the GREATEST composer ever.
His greatest works are in spagetti westerns.

look them up

At 3/2/08 10:24 PM, Luis wrote: Leaking

I completely agree. Thats why I absolutely hate the way that ngup has made it just numbers for each file. I use it to upload .swf files to send to people I'm working with, and knowing that someone can simply change a number and see whats in progress is just disturbing. They could at least md5 the name, take the first 10 characters and put an _ between that and the number. That would solve the issue.

At 3/3/08 12:19 AM, Vengeance wrote: take the first 10 characters and put an _ between that and the number. That would solve the issue.

Yeah, I remember discussing that problem as well earlier last week. It kinda grinds my gears when a site has easy accessible content, thats why I basically refuse to use a site that'll be able to view my work at their own free will or let others take a peak on it.

That's why for now on, I'm going to use an uploader that is just lowclass and not exactly having a owner that'll care what I upload, rather than a site like NGUP which lets anyone see your work.

I think its time to contact Atomicnoodle about this issue. Don'tcha think?

At 3/3/08 12:19 AM, Vengeance wrote:

At 3/2/08 10:24 PM, Luis wrote: Leaking

I completely agree. Thats why I absolutely hate the way that ngup has made it just numbers for each file. I use it to upload .swf files to send to people I'm working with, and knowing that someone can simply change a number and see whats in progress is just disturbing. They could at least md5 the name, take the first 10 characters and put an _ between that and the number. That would solve the issue.

I agree.. but i mean its a free service so its hard to really be demanding about it... i'll look into it nonetheless....

It's just really disappointing when a reg of the forum would do that.. i mean anyone that contributes anything to the portal knows how you bust your ass to bring entertainment to people.. why ruin it by blowing the suprise element. I understand theres lame noobs out there who will inevitably do it.. fuck them. Set an example as a reg to not do it.

Sorry to make such a big deal out of it .... k im done

Leak
I used to have public betas of some of my games because it's fun letting a lot of people test work and a group of people is usually easier to test with. But people started decompiling my files and distributing them across the web without permission, so I would have a half done game floating around the web.

It's too bad... I really want to trust people but it's like leaving your front door unlocked... sooner or later someone is going to bust in.

FUCK 3:35 AM MONDAY MORNING FUCK YOU

At 3/3/08 01:12 AM, jmtb02 wrote: Leak
I used to have public betas of some of my games because it's fun letting a lot of people test work and a group of people is usually easier to test with. But people started decompiling my files and distributing them across the web without permission, so I would have a half done game floating around the web.

It's too bad... I really want to trust people but it's like leaving your front door unlocked... sooner or later someone is going to bust in.

I know the feeling. I'm working on a Crash Bandicoot Flash game with TaroNuke, and we released a demo on Devart. It's literally all over the net now. Well, at least it has our logo in it. But someone actually submitted it to Newgrounds the bastard. He got his account deleted though so it's all good.

At 3/3/08 04:24 AM, ShirtTurtle wrote:
ahaha, that was so cool.
looks like it would be a really fun thing to work on.

It is when I can be assed to, lol.
Some of it is really tedious, particularly since I have quite a slow pc...