This campaign is terrible… in a good way.
Fight breast cancer by putting your head between a pair of these!!!
No, not b00bs (sorry Bong)… But you can help out by buying a pair of Special edition PINK Siberia v2 headphones from SteelSeries.
Between now and Halloween you can purchase these for 10%. SteelSeries has set a goal to raise $10,000, so if you’re a girl gamer or a guy who has no shame, you can get some nice headphones and help raise money to help the cure!
I know what Kaelis is getting for Christmas…
So Cyan takes a suggestion and actually does something this time.
The other day I talked about support (or lack thereof) on the MystOnline forum, since any support seemed to be under the Off Topic section while their other sections remained locked. Well, it seems Cyan actually listened to reason for once. KaelisEbonrai wrote an article over at SNews I’d like to share:
Nice to see things come together. 🙂
realMyst finally gets support forums!
Well, it looks like Cyan has finally realised that easy to access support is a prerequisite of success rather than an eventual result of it, and has reopened its iOS and other mobile devices forums, as the “Cyan World’s Other Games” forums.
‘Bout bloody time, I’d say.
Prior to this, it was suggested by Cyan’s forum moderators that iOS users should post their support queries in the “Off Topic” section of the forums, and that only if realMyst for iPad was successful would they consider opening a section for those users to get support.
Welp, good to see Cyan has listened to the fans, at least once in their existence. 😉
The Steam For Schools Beta Program
GLaDOS wants your children… That’s right. Valve has invited educators to participate in what they are calling the “Steam For Schools” beta program. Featuring a special edition of steam with only Portal 2 and it’s new puzzle maker. The goal is to use Portal 2’s mechanics to teach kids basic physics and to think. Because we don’t need anymore stupid people…
Taken from their FAQ
The interaction tends to be free-form and experimental and as students encounter new tools and challenges they may develop an intuitive understanding of physical principles such as mass and weight, acceleration, momentum, gravity, and energy. The games also put a premium on critical thinking, spatial reasoning, problem solving, iteration and collaboration skills, and encourage overall inquiry into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) learning.
Current lesson plans include: “Introduction to Parabolas with the Puzzle Maker,” “Spatial Visualization and Perspectives,” and “Building a Simple Harmonic Oscillator.” Where was this when I was growing up? Kids these days…
Also, you can’t do that on XBox!
Bringing You The Tour de France, with Ettetram!!!
Yes indeed, the Tour de France looks sooooo epic this year that I want to bring the thrills, chills, and spills to you via the Drunken Gaming Corner! This year, the Tour goes right through CHAMPAGNE COUNTRY on July 6th! Epernay, here we come! Party on, meh hearties!!!!
The fun overall begins in Liege on June 30th with the Prologue. So stock up now on your Champagne, bordeaux, and Le Roule Fromage cause it’s yumm!!!! Tour France with the Ettetram!!!! Wheeeees!!!!
This is what happens when I do things…
Okay so it’s been about, what, 6 months since I made the first episode of The Engine Room? Certainly doesn’t feel like it’s been that long; my brain’s been kind of on hiatus, focused on other things such as college courses and all that jazz. You know when they tell you school is like a full-time job? College just drives that point home.
Finished my college courses for the first year in early May. Why am I only posting this now? Well, there are a couple of reasons, but they both ultimately amount to my own laziness. Truth be told, I’ve also been looking for a summer job. I need some form of income to support my pixellated porn addiction through the summer, and until I graduate. Been making job applications up the wazoo, and waiting for a response (hint: nothing has come up yet, so I’m still waiting).
Then of course, there’s the project I’ve been working on in Second Life. I’ve been interested in designing some mesh items for some time, since Kaelis introduced me to it as a matter of fact. My training, however, is mainly with paints, drawing implements, and sculpting tools; I have very limited experience when it comes to mesh editing. I then looked at my TARDIS, which I originally modded after the Velvet Room from Persona 3 and felt it could really use a makeover. There was Blender, sitting on my desktop, practically begging for me to use it. I figured since I’m a total newbie when it comes to 3D programs like Blender, I would at the very least try to do something creative with it, if only for the experience.
I spent 2 weeks working non-stop, pulling my hair out in Blender, trying to make decent models, optimizing my models for Second Life, make clean UV maps, the works; I was going all-out on this one! Finished the raw edits in the first week, finished cleaning up by the middle of the second week, and just yesterday I finished all the scripting (and by yesterday, I mean before 12 AM in this case).
This is the result of 2 weeks worth of waking up at 4 PM and sleeping at 8 AM:
I give you, Hephaestus!
I completely redesigned the base Pod interior, and almost everything in this design is made using mesh. Most of the rust textures were acquired; I simply edited them to make them tessellate nicely. Was going for an old and tarnished aesthetic, leaning slightly towards the steampunk style, but what I really had in mind was a sort of submarine/bathysphere design. Outside the windows, you can see the orion nebula slowly moving around the pod.
The scripts for the texture effects inside the windows were fun to design; I wanted something that would keep a single texture when landed, and would randomly cycle through other various textures via UUID from a notecard when in flight. Of course, cycling through textures is a little messy, since they’re not actually saved clientside, and it only gets more awkward the more textures you need to cycle. To counter this, I created a texture preloading prim underneath the base of the console to keep all the textures loaded at all times. The rotor in the center keeps the same design as the rotor in the default Pod, ie. the sphere, but rather than shifting colours, it pulses while in flight and remains a fixed size when landed. Though personally, I like the cloister bell effect I added; the console turns red when the cloister bell is activated, and back to blue when deactivated.
So, I figured, a new TARDIS needs a new Chameleon form. Well, it just so happens, Bongmaster designed the perfect one. So I visited his store and yoinked it for L$ 500. Lovely little thing she is… the exterior, I mean. Get your mind out of the gutter!
Of course I realized when I flew outside the TARDIS, it would be awkward if someone cams outside their skybox and can look over to my TARDIS and see everything I’m doing, since I inverted the normals on the hull halves. Not to mention, seeing a plywood ball floating in the sky would look not only out of place, but incredibly boring. So what did I do to make the outside of my TARDIS more interesting…
Fucking Gallifrey…
This has been a fun little big project. While my meshes may not be the most optimal or cleanest out there, I’m still learning. Plus, I really hope to use my experience for certain upcoming SNews-related things (nudge-nudge, wink-wink).
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go back to masturbating in my TARDIS for the time being…
Things you never knew about women… So secret that not even women know about it!
Another fun read I found over at manboobz and by fun I mean Fucked Up Nonsense.
He found some real gems posted by the guys that put the fun in dysfunctional. Lets see what we’ve got to work with…
women gain a sexual satisfaction from lying. the bigger the lie, the greater the thrill.
And men get sexual satisfaction out of staring at trees, breathing, murder, morning wood is funny like that.
EVERYTHING relating to female appearance in based on deception. Women put blush on their face and lipstick to suggest that they’re sexually aroused thereby causing men to get stupid and malleable in their presence.
Better think twice before putting on that gloss or lipstick ladies… Nothing says rape victim like a fresh painted set of lips. Careful on the eyeshadow too, the deeper the shade the more slut you reveal.
They are organized into cunt coalitions. we are fucked.
ZOMG it’s teh uterati!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111
most women simply can’t hack it at that high of a professional level. Their minds and bodies are simply not designed for that. Not surprising given how nature has clearly designed them to bear and raise children.
and in other news man sticks dick in toaster.
Twats wear heels in order to not only appear taller but also to elongate the appearance of their legs.
Oh for fucks sake I can’t even wear them on my feet, so why would I want to shove them up there? Hell, awhile back I saw a dude wearing stilettos. He really knew how to walk in them too. I guess you can add that to the argument that men can do anything better than women.
They put hideous silicone filled sacs onto their chest to create a more alluring figure (although as any man who’s actually ever felt these knows it’s like playing with a skin wrapped basketball).
Yeah, and unlike that one guy that did it on a dare, they didn’t get the million dollars… Again, men do it better.
They paint their nails to create the illusion they’re always clean.
I think they spend more time talking about how much they hate women, than have actually been with one… ever.
They shave and wax and pluck to show off as much bare skin as possible – to conceal the fact that they’re hairy beasts.
In America anyway due to it being disturbing. Whereas it’s a norm in certain parts of Europe. If you want us to stop shaving and waxing please let us know. Stubble is fucking annoying. After all you’re always saying that the women over here should be more like the ones overseas.
It has already been said in several posts in this thread but it bears repeating since it is the simple quintessential truth: Women. Ruin. Everything.
I’m sure they have their own boys only tree fort to go with that talk. Remember those boys only clubs from age 12 and below? Good times. Where they would indulge in each others manliness…. giggity.
And they wonder why people think they’re all teh ghey…
What a fucking pussy.
It seems every other day people think I’m from another planet country. Today someone thought I was from Germany. Not sure why… Seems like every other day people either think I’m Canadian, Russian, British or whatever. Not complaining at all, I actually think it’s funny.
Now for the not so fun news, well in a way it was I guess… The sexist co-worker I work with seems to have some masculinity issues. He was spreading a rumor around work about me switching shifts with people to avoid him… Really? I told my boss about it, he talked to him. Then he forced him to apologize to me. Which was rather lolzy because never before have I ever seen that much fear in his eyes. Of course while he was stumbling with his words I had a smile on my face, similar to this.
It seemed he “misheard” our main boss talking about some woman getting her shift switched around because she didn’t want to work with someone. He assumed since I was the only she that I was the one that had a problem with him. I didn’t call him on anything because I had a lot of work to deal with, but 1: I RARELY ever request a schedule change. In fact the guy that has this problem with me changed his schedule more in the first 2 months he worked there than my entire 5 years there! And 2: Even if I did switch shifts with someone. Why the fuck would he think I was doing it to avoid anyone? Including him? Yes I think he’s a fucking pussy douchebag… But I am respectful. Sometimes a bit too much I think.
He also didn’t help his case when he said “I didn’t expect the guy who told you to say anything…”. I relayed that back to both my boss and the person who informed me and it’s agreed. He’s a fucking lazy pussy douche. He also went home 4 hours early because “his shoulder was hurting”. Jesus Fucking Christ. That reminds me of something I saw today. But that’s going to get it’s own post.
I’m just glad I don’t have to work tomorrow.
They seem to be asleep at the wheel as it were.
So I joined this forum a little over a week or two ago (I usually join each forum in the Uru community as I cross it) and it seems someone else got activated today while I remain in moderation. Interesting, no? I also read this:
In order to prevent spambots posting on the forum,
we require people to wait while Admin activate their accounts.
This is so that only genuine people who want join the forum do,
and the spambots don’t.In order to make it easier for Admin to know you are a Myst player,
it is suggested you register with your MOULa / TOC avatar name.
If this is not possible, or you think Admin may not recognise it,
you can email alien@guildofsleepers.org to confirm you are a Myst player.
You can also contact Alien in MOULa or TOC to say you might register on the forum,
and Alien (the current Admin) will look out for your registration.If Admin does not recognise the name you registered on the forum,
there is a good chance your registration will be deleted.Alien
My name in the community isn’t exactly an unknown name. After all I know at least 99% of the community loves to hate me for reasons I’ve yet to understand… 🙂
I just went to register to see if my name was taken, and sure enough I got deleted from the database! I just signed up again… And if no one believes that I registered the first time:
Welcome to Guild Of Sleepers forums
Please keep this e-mail for your records. Your account information is as
follows:—————————-
Username: TomalaBoard URL: http://62.176.105.9/guildofsleepers/forum
—————————-Your account is currently inactive and will need to be approved by an
administrator before you can log in. Another email will be sent when this
has occurred.Your password has been securely stored in our database and cannot be
retrieved. In the event that it is forgotten, you will be able to reset it
using the email address associated with your account.Thank you for registering.
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Yours snoozingly,
The Guild Of Sleepers.
Seeing as Alien has also been in the Slackers hood (I saw your name on the imager) they know who I am… I’m going to be polite and assume this was a mistake, but if it happens again… Things will get really interesting. 😉