My spoon is too big. My spoon is too big. My SPOON is too big.

I am a BANANA.Y'know, between you and Munkee totally seeing the whole universe down the wrong end of a telescope, the level of semi-coherent randomness in this thread is definitely on the rise.

Reeee-JECTED! Whoop whoop!

-Tuesday's coming. Did you bring your coat?
-I live in a giant bucket!
-WOOOOAAAAAH!!!!!
*alien*
-F$@%!

-Say, do you want to go see a moo-oovie?
-I'm feeling fat. And sassy.
-DO YOOOOOU?!!
-YEAH YAAAAAAH!!!
-WOOOOOOAAAAAH!
-RUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAARRRRR!!!!
-GRAAAAAWHHH!!!!!
-WAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!

No, I didn't think that was as good.

Splapp lives in a giant bucket and angry ticks fire out of his nipples.

Anything That Can't Be Solved On The Back Of An Envelope Isn't Worth Doing.
As long as there's Guiness world records, I'm sorry to say there's gonna be people producing larger and larger envelopes.

My anus is bleeding. For the LOVE of GOD and ALL that is HOLY... MY ANUS IS BLEEDING!!!! :eek:

For those people that are confused, we are quoting from the fantastically funny 'Rejected' cartoon.

As long as there's Guiness world records, I'm sorry to say there's gonna be people producing larger and larger envelopes.
Considering the complexity of some of the equations in moddern physics, it all makes sence.

Personally I prefer a beermat with the front layer of paper torn off for my equating needs.

From: Zero_72 | Posted: 2/3/2005 9:09:26 PM | Message Detail
In the next game, Fox and crew get bicycles and cricket bats and TAKE VENOM BY STORM! TOTAL ABSENCE OF ARWINGS! 98% LESS FUN! TOTALLY NEW -- AUTOMATICALLY BETTER!
---
Underscores suck.

And nobody on those forums has replied to that yet, sadly. :p

It's true, though. You'd think that after Adventures, they would've figured out that on-foot-action in Star Fox = DOUBLE-PLUS UNGOOD! No branching paths? No Andross? Falco looks like a marmoset and Peppy is 230 years old?! It's just not even Star Fox anymore. Next time I want to play Star Fox, I'll dig out my N64.

Not to mention Fox looks like he got his muzzle stuck in a blender, and then adopted the Klingon ritual of sharpening his teeth before heading into battle.

I also hear Slippy sounds a lot like Tricky now.

Jebus. This computer sounded like a jet when I turned it on just now. It's getting a bit quieter, but it's still loud. A lot louder than usual.

And nobody on those forums has replied to that yet, sadly. :p

It's true, though. You'd think that after Adventures, they would've figured out that on-foot-action in Star Fox = DOUBLE-PLUS UNGOOD! No branching paths? No Andross? Falco looks like a marmoset and Peppy is 230 years old?! It's just not even Star Fox anymore. Next time I want to play Star Fox, I'll dig out my N64.
...? Are you kidding? That is disgusting.

Was that post on the Nintendo Power forums, full of more 11-year-old fanboys than a Silly Putty convention?

Nope, the GameFAQs forums. And, what do you mean, "that post"? :confused:

Nope, the GameFAQs forums. And, what do you mean, "that post"? :confused:
Was it a PM?

From: Zero_72 | Posted: 2/3/2005 9:09:26 PM | Message Detail
In the next game, Fox and crew get bicycles and cricket bats and TAKE VENOM BY STORM! TOTAL ABSENCE OF ARWINGS! 98% LESS FUN! TOTALLY NEW -- AUTOMATICALLY BETTER!

No, that's what he posted on the Star Fox Assault forum after learning that there are no branching paths in it. :p

Jebus. This computer sounded like a jet when I turned it on just now. It's getting a bit quieter, but it's still loud. A lot louder than usual.
Turns out there was a rogue cable hitting the side of the case due to the machine's vibrations...

Of all the very strange pieces of information:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/funny_old_game/4245973.stm

The snooker player Jimmy White is changing his name by deed poll to Jimmy Brown as part of a sponsorship deal with HP sauce.

But what about the computer games, Jimmy? Surely you can't turn your back on Archer Maclean's legacy?

I declare myself Supreme Really Good Highly Awesome Better Than Quite A Large Number Of Other People F-Zero GX Champion.

If anyone hasn't heard Dire Straits before, go and listen to them. I just got into them and they are one of the best bands I have heard.

Well, I'm a Dire Straits fan.

What would you say the best Dire Straits album is? I've only heard Money For Nothing, which kicks ass.

I like Dire Straits. I'd recommend getting Band Of Brothers or Love Over Gold. Or Dire Straits " ".

I've not actually listened to many of their albums per se: most of what I've picked up came from a tape my dad made of some of his favourite songs (Sultans of Swing, Money for Nothing, Walk of Life, Romeo and Juliet, Tunnel of Love, Solid Rock, Industrial Disease and Love Over Gold). Like a lot of my musical heritage, it came from listening to what my parents play in the car.

On an unrelated note, a variation on a rather famous theme (and quite frankly it sounds like a more intriguing premise for a game...):

That reminds me, did anybody play Bionic Commando on the NES? That game ruled.

know what's a great feeling? driving your car, blasting music, with a bunch of your friends in the back singing along. i have no idea why it makes me feel so good, but it does. legally, i'm not supposed to have more than 1 other person in the car for 6 months, but 4 isn't that much more than 1 is it? ;)

If your rear view mirror isn't shaking, you need more bass.

Or you have a sturdy rear view mirror.

Anyway, I have FireFox now. Everything looks wierd.

And I have cashews. Yum.

If your rear view mirror isn't shaking, you need more bass.

Or you have a sturdy rear view mirror.My mom's minivan has a really sturdy mirror, but my dad's car's rear view mirror shakes a lot. my mom's doesn't shake even if you've got it on full blast, and it's dissapointing. :p

Honestly I don't like loud music - I much prefer to have the volume low.

My computer is always on the lowest volume setting.

I'm not normally a loud music kind of person myself, but sometimes I can't help it, especially with my awesome car stereo.

I just normally have the bass up somewhat high.

Honestly I don't like loud music - I much prefer to have the volume low.

My computer is always on the lowest volume setting.
Mine is always on the highest. It makes it quite comfortable to listen to music with the speakers turned off.

More dude-related mayhem...

Honestly I don't like loud music - I much prefer to have the volume low.

My computer is always on the lowest volume setting.
it kinda depends on the music, but if it's too low, you just don't feel anything from the music (emotionally as well as physically). I've been trying to cut back on the really loud music lately cause i don't want to completely blow out my eardrums and go deaf. :p

I think I'm going to go deaf one day. I like to listen to music loud and play games even louder.

Listening to the noise of your average blender for 15 minutes is enough to do irreversable hearing damage...

I finally beat Dagoth Ur in Morrowind

Now I'm at Raven Rock helping out Falco and the other 4 friends, yes I'm into this game

Not sure if this should go into the Negative thread, but...

http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/deus-ex-invisible-war/586825p1.html

I'm very upset.

WHERE is MARK?!

GRAAAAAWWWWRR!!!
Someone keeps deleting Quicktime in my computer.... grrrrr....
*kills*

Listening to the noise of your average blender for 15 minutes is enough to do irreversable hearing damage...
:eek: i am so screwed

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM AN IDIOT! LAUGH AT ME! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM AN IDIOT! LAUGH AT ME! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!You said it.

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM RETARDED! PUT ME IN A BLENDER! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Listening to the noise of your average blender for 15 minutes is enough to do irreversable hearing damage...
Is that consecutive, or accumulative?

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM RETARDED! PUT ME IN A BLENDER! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!Not likely, it might do irreversible hearing damage.

This is pretty cool, check it out:

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?ibqxo6i5ryg

Is that consecutive, or accumulative?
If it was accumulative, we'd all be deaf...


Wow, that's really nifty. http://artpad.art.com/?ibtfzm7qczk


I other news, I'm now a licensed ham radio operator.:D

Not likely, it might do irreversible hearing damage.

This is pretty cool, check it out:

http://artpad.art.com/gallery/?ibqxo6i5rygwow, that's neat.
http://artpad.art.com/?ibtgi2f8xyk

soon we'll need a thread for this :p

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM USELESS! REVEAL MY HAIR! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Yay my computer got screwed and now the CD drives won't work
My mom tried to uninstall InCD(which comes with Nero burning rom) and everything got screwed
Now I'm gonna have to reformat and that means a LOT of backup...
*dies again*

double post edit

Man this thing takes half an age to format...(I'm on the other computer btw, don't get wrong ideas)

I'm my own anti-virus!

I went into the System folder and, knowing I could use Knoppix Linux to replace them if need be, I moved over 20 .exe files into the recycle bin.

It's very helpful to look in the file properties. Many illegitimate programs use bogus stuff for various fields. Like comments might be "(", version might be "$", etc. Some try to seem legitimate by saying they're from a trusted company, (several used Intel) but if you look you can usually see inconsistancies compared to other programs by that company. (Microsoft always has a copyright notice, for example)


And now, finally, my system is clean of things that AVG anti-virus and Ad-aware were unable to find. And the computer works, so I guess I didn't remove any crucial system files.

Man this thing takes half an age to format...(I'm on the other computer btw, don't get wrong ideas)

I hate reformating. It takes forever to back up files and then put them back on. It's just so frustrating.

Ok, here's the facts:
Some months ago, Inuyasha was showed 2 episodes a day from monday to friday on Cartoon Network, but they suddenly stopped showing it when there were only 7 episodes left for the ending of the series
But they still showed it on saturdays, 5 episodes each saturday, altough they were showing earlier episodes, so I was stuck seeing all those episodes repeated waiting for the end of the series to come along again
Well, today they were going to show 5 of the 6 last episodes I saw last time, so that meant next saturday they would have to show the last episode I saw plus other 4 episodes I haven't seen, but guess what? They decided to show 6 episodes today, not only five, that means I got to see the last episode I saw again, so then I go and check CN's mx schedule, and guess what? they have YuyuHakusho instead of Inuyasha... that means they are, again, not showing the last 7 episodes of the series...................
WTF IS THAT?!?!?
I'm thinking 3 options:
1- either they didn't buy for any reason the last episodes,
2- the last episodes aren't translated to spanish(not likely tough, they use the same version for LA and afaik, they did showed the last episodes in other LA countries)
3- they are complete and utter sh*t

Whatever the reason is, I am completely ****ed off and from now on I declare war to CN and any thing sponsored by it
*kills cartoon network*

I guess they just like messing with people.

Ok, here's the facts:
Some months ago, Inuyasha was showed 2 episodes a day from monday to friday on Cartoon Network, but they suddenly stopped showing it when there were only 7 episodes left for the ending of the series
But they still showed it on saturdays, 5 episodes each saturday, altough they were showing earlier episodes, so I was stuck seeing all those episodes repeated waiting for the end of the series to come along again
Well, today they were going to show 5 of the 6 last episodes I saw last time, so that meant next saturday they would have to show the last episode I saw plus other 4 episodes I haven't seen, but guess what? They decided to show 6 episodes today, not only five, that means I got to see the last episode I saw again, so then I go and check CN's mx schedule, and guess what? they have YuyuHakusho instead of Inuyasha... that means they are, again, not showing the last 7 episodes of the series...................
WTF IS THAT?!?!?
I'm thinking 3 options:
1- either they didn't buy for any reason the last episodes,
2- the last episodes aren't translated to spanish(not likely tough, they use the same version for LA and afaik, they did showed the last episodes in other LA countries)
3- they are complete and utter sh*t

Whatever the reason is, I am completely ****ed off and from now on I declare war to CN and any thing sponsored by it
*kills cartoon network*
Heck, just go download the last episode somewhere.

Heck, just go download the last episode somewhere.
Alex (and to a lesser extent, me) can probably help you with that.

Alex (and to a lesser extent, me) can probably help you with that.
The Spanish ones?

I can't download the last episodes, at least not in spanish, no one seems to have them
Sure I can find them in english/subtitled, but it just won't be the same, I'm used to the spanish voices...

What I would like to find, even if it's a japanese version with subtitles, or the english version, is the Inuyasha movies, as for some reason I have the feeling they weren't translated to spanish

Maybe I should contact the company who did the translation and see if I can somehow purchase the episodes... aah I hate cartoon network

Why are the most profound things said in an otherwise innocent context?

http://forums.keenspace.com/viewtopic.php?p=802083&highlight=#802083

(Yes, I'm full of it tonight. Too much random O&M reading)

MADRE DE DIOS! ES EL POLLO DIABLO!

Are we allowed to post torrents here?

Hey, speaking of InuYasha...

As some of you may know, Pikkul harbors a deep hatred for InuYasha and everything related to it. In fact, I think it's safe to say he hates InuYasha more than anything else on Earth. Even though he's never seen an episode, though he has seen the characters.

Anyway, once I thought this up, I couldn't help myself -- I sent him the Japanese opening theme (Change the World, and it was labeled as just that, so as not to arouse his suspicion). Here's what happened...
Man, he's so gonna rip my head off if he notices I posted this.

Lol!
Hilarious

Here angelus, are these at all wanted by you?

I think this is two of the four...

Oi, Thanks a lot! :D

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM A RASTA-FROG! GIVE ME HEART DISEASE! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM A RASTA-FROG! GIVE ME HEART DISEASE! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!I'm spotting a theme here...

How observant of you!
Now, where was I . . .

Oh, yes!

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM COLLECTING PAPER! IT IS DEVELOPING IN MY SHINS! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

How observant of you!
Now, where was I . . .

Oh, yes!

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM COLLECTING PAPER! IT IS DEVELOPING IN MY SHINS! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
You leave me no choice...

UNKNOWN X, you TIT.

it's valentine's day. perfect time to go around stabbing people.

*stab stab stab*

LALALLALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA! l AM A TIT! BUT I HAVE NO TEAT! LALALALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

http://www.iy4ever.net/?goto=btarchive

(for the likes of angel)

damn doctors needed a blood sample from me today.
all i can say is... YE-OOOOOOOOOOOUCH!!!!!!! :eek:

damn doctors needed a blood sample from me today.
all i can say is... YE-OOOOOOOOOOOUCH!!!!!!! :eek:

Eek!. Needles suck.

The author of this software is David M. Gay.

I'm easily amused.

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Having a needle stuck in your arm to insert something into your bloodstream is bad enough. Having a needle stuck in your arm to remove part of your bloodstream... ick.

Sounds strange, the Inu Yasha series have stopped suddenly here too... Yesterday it was not on the tv anymore.. Maybe I'll buy the DVD on the next Anime event near here..


Speaking of no one, have one here that have watched Midori no Hibi????

Ha! I laugh at all you squeamish types, for I am a blood donor!

Well... I've given blood once.

And I do plan to go again, but you can only go every 6 months.

Plus there's a heap of red tape to sort out (Because, of course, the Welsh Blood Service and the National [ie English] Blood Service don't keep track of each other's records)

Plus there's a heap of red tape to sort out (Because, of course, the Welsh Blood Service and the National [ie English] Blood Service don't keep track of each other's records)
That's nasty.

I just recieved my ham radio callsign today!:D

I am KG6YKV!

I just recieved my ham radio callsign today!:D

I am KG6YKV!

So... who exactly are going to be able to talk to?:p

So... who exactly are going to be able to talk to?:p
Perhaps me, if I ever were to get a HAM radio.

For now at least I'm getting a 340mW HT (handheld transciever) 2 meter (wavelength, not actual size of the radio) radio mainly for talking with friends. (they all have radios) Oh heck, I'll find a link... http://aesham.com/display_pages/djs11t.shtml

And now I can use 5W power to control radio controlled vehicles. Which gives me a several mile range... Hooray for the ability to use R/C vehicles from farther than you can see them!

And now I can use 5W power to control radio controlled vehicles. Which gives me a several mile range... Hooray for the ability to use R/C vehicles from farther than you can see them!
Sweet. How do you use that power on your R/C controller?

Sweet. How do you use that power on your R/C controller?You make it yourself...

Or you can probably alter the wiring. But you can't simply up the power - you'd also have to change the operating frequency so it transmits within a ham band.

Or you might be able to get a special ham R/C controller thing, but I don't know.

That's nasty.Devolution has brought about some wonderful results, but it can be a bit annoying if you're effectively "dual regionality" like I am.

Ughh... I hate being sick. I've been sick since Monday and I missed school yesterday and today. I sure I'll be better tomorrow. Missing school is a real pain. And don't want to be sick for my upcoming birthday. :(

Hope you feel better soon.

Also, guess what? I just put up a new sprite comic on my DA page. I'm so special.

SOULS... COME UNTO ME! *shoes fly in from all directions* GACK

My hand smells like my foot, with a touch of Kraft Dinner. And I have no idea why.

Hope you feel better soon.

Thanks. I feel better. It seems my temperature is going down. Hopefully I'll be able to go to school tomorrow so I don't have to cancel my party, which I have been anticipating for a very long time. I mean, who doesn't want to play games till 3:00 in the morning with all your friends.:p

My hand smells like my foot, with a touch of Kraft Dinner. And I have no idea why.

I will refrain from asking...

Here's my current WIP model
I just started it an hour ago, so there's still a lot to be done
edit: a few changes

Looks like a motorcycle helment for an Alien. (Edit: This was before it had teeth.) What is it?

It's an alien like creature :p
Lots of details to be done, this is just the basic shape
And once again, I'm not planning anything, I'm just creating it from scratch, no references or anything, which some of you may know is the worst way to work when creating anything :p

Indeed. Most of my artwork I consider to be around mediocre, but I generally do at least twice as well with references.

Edit: Nevermind, fixed :D

Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy!

Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy!
That is MESMORISING. Boucy, bouncy... bounce...

Bouncy, bouncy, bouncy!
Now that is l33t. Reminds me of old days on my black-and-white Macintosh SE.

I made it using a rather nifty GIF animator called EasyToon, the link to which is here: http://www.dualtranslations.org/nyuu/easytoon.zip

Well, I've "finished" (for now) my Advance Wars 2 CO Medley. Here's what we've got at the mo (COs featured: Nell, Sami, Drake, Andy, Sensei and Colin):

I made it using a rather nifty GIF animator called EasyToon, the link to which is here: http://www.dualtranslations.org/nyuu/easytoon.zip

Well, I've "finished" (for now) my Advance Wars 2 CO Medley. Here's what we've got at the mo (COs featured: Nell, Sami, Drake, Andy, Sensei and Colin):not bad :)
though i'm still waiting for someone to make MIDIs of the CO Power / Super Power music *hint hint*

it's my birthday...

it's my birthday... HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLINX! :D
ohhh, 14 years old.

it's my birthday...

You don't deserve a happy one as you lied to us! Saying you'd be back on your birthday indeed. You were a day out! ;)

it's my birthday...

Happy Birthday. Be sure to tell us what you get.:)

Happy birthday, Blinx


though i'm still waiting for someone to make MIDIs of the CO Power / Super Power music *hint hint*

Not my speciality. I'm better at remixing/medleying stuff other people have transcribed than transcribing by ear.

Anyway: NEVAAR!!!!1

Happy B-Day, Blinx.

while scampering through the registry, i found this:
135
Lazy Write Flushes/sec is the rate at which the Lazy Writer thread has written to disk. Lazy Writing is the process of updating the disk after the page has been changed in memory, so that the application that changed the file does not have to wait for the disk write to be complete before proceeding. More than one page can be transferred by each write operation.
137
Lazy Write Pages/sec is the rate at which the Lazy Writer thread has written to disk. Lazy Writing is the process of updating the disk after the page has been changed in memory, so that the application that changed the file does not have to wait for the disk write to be complete before proceeding. More than one page can be transferred on a single disk write operation.lazy? LAZY?!? who calls something in computers LAZY?!?!?!?!

Someone who's lazy? :p

No, then it'd either be called foo or asd. (All programmers think exactly alike.)

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! There is no way you can get a normal game started in W:A online anymore! If only I could host!

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! There is no way you can get a normal game started in W:A online anymore! If only I could host!
Really, then? Alas.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!! There is no way you can get a normal game started in W:A online anymore! If only I could host!
It's not true, you just gotta ask for a normal game and catch someone at the right time, eg. me.

No, then it'd either be called foo or asd. (All programmers think exactly alike.)
You forgot bar.

Good idea. Let's go there now.

hmmm... while looking through an app's source code, i found a class named a F***edString. yep, a F***edString. still haven't found what it's for, and i don't think i want to. are programmers going mad or what?!?

If you remember when I gave K^2 the Gravity source, you may recall all my graphics buffers are invariably named after characters from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. There is a reason behind most things programmers do, but rarely a good one. Once I forgot the word "finalisation" for a while (you know how words do that sometimes) so I called my routine "Outitialisation". That seemed to work. It's generally best not to read source unless you really want to hack it about.

i finally know what fudge is, i saw it on a Seinfield episode!

It's my birthday today! I just turned 16. I got a Creative Zen Micro, Radiohead's The Bends, Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon, and a shirt. I'm happy and I had a good birthday, espicially my party in which we played games and watched movies until 4 AM and got all my friends hooked on HL2.:)

Happy B-day!:D

It's my birthday today! I just turned 16. I got a Creative Zen Micro, Radiohead's The Bends, Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon, and a shirt. I'm happy and I had a good birthday, espicially my party in which we played games and watched movies until 4 AM and got all my friends hooked on HL2.:)

Bappy Hirthday.

What they said!

Happy Birthday

(what a pity [though it's probably fairly sensible]) that you can't do quote ziggurats on this forum.

double post edit

Where does "It puts the lotion in the basket" come from?

I've seen it referenced quite a few times recently, but I've no idea where it's from. Any ideas?

Radiohead's The Bends, Pink Floyd's Darkside of the Moon
Whoo, they're my two favourite albums! :D

(apart from a few other Radiohead albums :p)

Happy Birthday! :)

Happy Birthday!


Btw, it seems that my brother's "send trash mail to CN" technique has worked, they are gonna put Inuyasha back starting in March :D

On an episode per day, and from the beggining, but that's good cause I haven't seen the first episodes(I started watching from episode 100 something)

The tragic demise of Aeris, considered by many to be the most emotional moment in any computer game, would have been far better if I hadn't named her "Bruce".

The tragic demise of Aeris, considered by many to be the most emotional moment in any computer game, would have been far better if I hadn't named her "Bruce".I never got to that part of FF7, but if I had, I'd have been mourning over "Ethel"...

Thanks everyone.:)

A word of advice: don't pronounce the ":" in "Worms 4: Mayhem" out loud.

"Worms 4 Colon Mayhem" puts an entirely different spin on the game...

I think that's true of most games.

Worms Colon Armageddon springing disturbingly to mind.

double post edit

In other news, Natasha Bedingfield has registered on this forum:

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=356355&postcount=11

Never mind. At least it's not Gwen Stefani.

I think I found a bug on CS:S, whenever I turn gravity to zero and drop a weapon, it freezes completely... Or it could only happen to me...

happy bday! Enjoy yourself!

And, for some fun, go to Google, go to Advanced Options, go to Language. Select either Bork Bork Bork or Elmer Fudd. It'll show Google in these "languages." Google in Bork Bork Bork is hilarious!

And did any of you know that Opera released a Bork version of Opera? MSN was blocking access to Opera users, so Opera retaliated by making a version of Opera that changed the MSN page to a load of Bork Bork Bork and a Swedish Chef logo!

http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/02/14/ : The proof, straight from the Chef's mouth.

"Firsht yoo skewer de mousey, den yoo cooke de mousey! Ho Ho Ho Ho!!! Bork Bork Bork!"

according to Gmail, there's now a Basic HTML version which works on all browsers:

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about_whatsnew.html

anyone care to tell me where it is? :confused:

according to Gmail, there's now a Basic HTML version which works on all browsers:

http://gmail.google.com/gmail/help/about_whatsnew.html

anyone care to tell me where it is? :confused:

Yeah. It's at the "Upgrade to Firefox" part of the internet.

I have firefox, but I don't like it, mainly because I can't seem to be able to configure it so links always open in a new tab instead of a new window... Opera looks nicer also.

I ate 4 cheese sandwiches today!

I'd been craving bread for so long... Eating nothing but soft food really gets to you.

The Sockets Where The Teeth Used To Be are acting up now, which is bizarre as I haven't eaten in a long time...

Rock, scissors or paper?

Paper! And no, my message isn't too short.

I ate 4 cheese sandwiches today!

Good for you! Cheese sandwiches are excellent...

... what?

I Am A Banana!!!

*hugs his new Fender 30W Amp*
*hugs BOSSME50 Multieffects*
*hugs ****ty guitar*

I Am A Banana!!!RUN! He's going to explode!

http://www.webhoststhatsuck.com/
apparently, there's not many webhosts that suck. we gotta fix that!

double post edit

and here i am, at 2.30am, bored out of my wits with nothing to do, but too bored to actually go to sleep. and then tomorrow, i'm gonna be regretting not having slept enough, as i struggle to keep myself from falling asleep during class and having the teacher stare at me with an evil look, or my classmates simply laugh at me. asses. all of them.

and suddenly the trend emerges where people pick really stupid and repetitive and brainless and dumb and plain songs and butcher them up into even more stupid and repetitive and brainless and dumb and like really super repetitive jingles for their retard commercials. KILL SELF 122222221111111 k not really

Does anyone know where I can find music videos online. I'm specifically looking for Radiohead. And even more specifically looking for their song 'Just'.

Depends on what you want with it. MTV has some music videos. http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/radiohead/audvid.jhtml
But it won't let you download them. You can try getting a stream ripper of some sort, but I've never found one that works well for video streams.

Surely, K^2, you have some Packet Interceptor 3001 Xtreme Plus or something you could use...

You'd think so, but no.

Whenever I see you guys start up with the computer jargon, I always start to feel like Hugh from Angst Technology...

[ link ] (http://www.inktank.com/AT/index.cfm?nav=990)

You'd think so, but no.
I bet he does now.

Depends on what you want with it. MTV has some music videos. http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/radiohead/audvid.jhtml
But it won't let you download them. You can try getting a stream ripper of some sort, but I've never found one that works well for video streams.can't you just record whatever your computer's playing, with Sound Recorder or something?

There are programmes that do that, but I find they're either expensive, rubbish, or both.

Plus it'd end up being compressed twice, so it'd be almost unwatchable by the end.

has Luther recently changed his avatar or i only noticed it now?
http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=2717

has Luther recently changed his avatar or i only noticed it now?
http://forum.team17.co.uk/member.php?u=2717

You only just noticed it now.

Does anyone know where I can find music videos online. I'm specifically looking for Radiohead. And even more specifically looking for their song 'Just'.
Awesome video. You should be able to download it from eMule.

Whenever I see you guys start up with the computer jargon, I always start to feel like Hugh from Angst Technology...

[ link ] (http://www.inktank.com/AT/index.cfm?nav=990)and thus Angst Technology becomes the 86th webcomic in my bookmarks.

FREE comics are something i always* enjoy :)



*with exceptions, but they also have exceptions, so i'm not mentioning them

double post edit

w00t sluggy is doing x-com strips for fillers. only them would come up with a filler I REALLY LIKE! :D

It's a bit late on in the day, and it doesn't matter to that many people here, but...

... happy St. David's Day!

Awesome video. You should be able to download it from eMule.

I heard at the end a man says something nobody knows and the band will never tell.

I think he says "There is no way out of this world". What d'you reckon?

It's a bit late on in the day, and it doesn't matter to that many people here, but...

... happy St. David's Day!
Thanks, but I'm no saint. :p

I think he says "There is no way out of this world". What d'you reckon?

I don't know. I just heard about it. I can't find the video for it.

This guy's got skill. Seriously.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/dj.php

http://wwwnotes2.leeds.ac.uk/pressoff/Events.nsf/pressoff/Events.nsf/FD5ABBDF331CE04580256F930048242A?opendocument

double post edit

Oh, and there's an exciting but ultimately disappointing event tomorrow at Apathy! Get over to the Apathy board and indulge in baseless and increasingly fantastic speculation!

http://andrewtaylor.proboards15.com/index.cgi?board=comic&action=display&num=1109673325

This guy's got skill. Seriously.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/dj.php
Heheh that was unexpected, funny! :D

being indecisive on whether to get DS and/or PSP (DS has this, but PSP has that, but DS has this and PSP hasn't got that, but... etc.) i've decided on this:
i'll get whichever is released here first
if they're released at the same time then...
i'll get whichever i find first at the store
:p

oh and you can direct any kind of DS better / PSP worst (or vice-versa) facts to someone who cares. namely, not me.

oh and you can direct any kind of DS better / PSP worst (or vice-versa) facts to someone who cares. namely, not me.
There aren't any vice-versa.

Oh, no, hang on, I'm wasting my breath. Energize can't read this forum.

There aren't any vice-versa.

Oh, no, hang on, I'm wasting my breath. Energize can't read this forum.well i'm pretty sure if i didn't put that someone would come up with some "PSP better / DS worst" facts. because that's what ALWAYS happens. otherwise i wouldn't have even put that whole line there.

True enough. We wouldn't want that argument again. Be a shame if this thread got locked. ;)

*has strange image of a moderator "protection money" syndicate*

Forget I said that <_< >_>

There's a special offer in GAME where you trade in a GBA SP and three games for a 50% discount on a DS.

I can easily think of three games I could live without (bomberman tournement, Rayman and Chu-Chu rocket) but I can't bring myself to part with my beloved SP. :(

Mars Bars are 6-for-99p in your local Co-op. While stocks last, subject to availability.

Well, we got snow today in Cambridge. We've had flurries for a few days, but today it stuck. Alas it is all gone now. A shame, as the weekend's here.

Maybe it'll snow again...

We'll give you some of ours.

*finishes his new "Jazzy" arrangement of Green Hills Zone from Sonic 2 GG/MS*

Fancy a listen?

Wow. I've never heard the original, but that's pretty cool. I like the part at about 53 seconds.

My inner sonic fanboy requires me ro poit out that you meant Emerald hill zone. ;)

Anyhoo that's quite quite stylish.

In height and weight compared to age, I'm in the 97th percentile in height and the 55th percentile in weight, giving me a DPI of 17.2 which means that I'm ever so slightly underweight (around the 20th percentile in DPI). Despite the fact that I'm always eating something. At the moment I weigh 55 kg (120 lbs), which means that when I'm 20 years old I'll be 75 kg (165 lbs) if I keep growing like an average person. Right now, I'm 179 cm (71"), which means that I'll be around 190 cm (75") when I'm 20. This will cause my DPI to drop to the 10th -15th percentile. This is all assuming that I follow regular growing patterns.

Amazing.

In other news, I made an African couple today. They're quite beautiful, you see. I'm probably going to make a Brit one and a Norsk one in the neearrrr future.

My inner sonic fanboy requires me ro poit out that you meant Emerald hill zone. ;)

Anyhoo that's quite quite stylish.No...

Green Hills Zone is Sonic 2 for the Games Gear and the Master System
Emerald Hill Zone is Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive/Genesis

(My word, I out-Sonicked someone!)

I'm not sure if you can even count that as a correction. First of all, Genesis and Genesis II were far more popular than Master System. NES unquestionably dominated the 8 bit market, but Genesis has created quite a competition to Nintendo for the 16 bit market. Also, the only thing that makes an emerald an emerald, and not just a sapphire, is the same thing that makes it green, so if you understand "emerald" as an adjective, these two are nearly synonimous.

I'm not sure if you can even count that as a correction. First of all, Genesis and Genesis II were far more popular than Master System. NES unquestionably dominated the 8 bit market, but Genesis has created quite a competition to Nintendo for the 16 bit market. Also, the only thing that makes an emerald an emerald, and not just a sapphire, is the same thing that makes it green, so if you understand "emerald" as an adjective, these two are nearly synonimous.*twitch*

Yes, but they're different zones from different games with (most importantly from the PoV of the conversation) different tunes! The games just happen to share the same name (I must admit, it had me confused when I first encountered Sonic 2 for the Master System and went "Wha? Underground Zone? Where's Emerald Hill?")

EDIT: Dammit, why won't CafePress accept debit cards? I want an O&M "Misshapen Blob Man" sweater...

You know what would be fun? A HL2 musical mod, in which you would have characers sing the lines to you with music and stuff, just picture the gman singing the first lines with a catchy tune :p

double post edit

And dancing combines and zombies through the game

*finishes his new "Jazzy" arrangement of Green Hills Zone from Sonic 2 GG/MS*

Fancy a listen?

Cool. I like it.

Nice Paul.

/pizza

*nothing happens*

Ah crap.

http://www.gamespy.com/articles/592/592860p1.html
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/?t=archives&date=2005-02-21

Cheers guys.

And just to clear this up: Zone lists for the two games

Sonic 2 (Mega Drive)

Emerald Hill
Chemical Plant
Aquatic Ruins
Casino Night
Hill Top
Mystic Caves
Oil Ocean
Metropolis
Sky Chase
Wing Fortress
Death Egg

Sonic 2 (MS/GG)

Underground
Sky High
Aqua Lake
Green Hills
Gimmick Mt.
Scrambled Egg
Crystal Egg

AHAHAHHAAHAH! I made Splapp do some international prank calls and then SEND them to ME! OH, the HILARITY!

No...

Green Hills Zone is Sonic 2 for the Games Gear and the Master System
Emerald Hill Zone is Sonic 2 for the Mega Drive/Genesis

(My word, I out-Sonicked someone!)

I thought It didn't sound much like emerald hill zone.

I bow to your superior knowlege.

The music to The Jungle (Sonic 1, MS/GG) is the best music ever.

No actually, it ties with both the music from the results screen of the 2 player tournament (Sonic 3/3&K, also the music obtained when putting a non-sonic/sonic 1 cartridge into the S&K cartridge for the pecial stages), and the music on the special stage of sonic 3D.

Woo!

The music to The Jungle (Sonic 1, MS/GG) is the best music ever.

No actually, it ties with both the music from the results screen of the 2 player tournament (Sonic 3/3&K, also the music obtained when putting a non-sonic/sonic 1 cartridge into the S&K cartridge for the pecial stages), and the music on the special stage of sonic 3D.

Woo!Jungle Zone's a good one. I've just tried listening to the others you've mentioned though, and I can't see anything special there.

TBH, if I was asked to name my ten favourite Sonic tunes... I couldn't. It'd have to be a longlist of fifty, or something. I used to have a Top 15 list, but for simplicity it only covered the four backbone Mega Drive games (S1, S2, S3, S&K). Now with the Adventures and the Advances, and looking back to the 8-bit tunes, all of which throw up good contenders, I really can't cope with that. Heck, even obscure games like Chaotix have some worthwhile tunes (Speed Slider's theme is astonishingly addictive) All I can say is that the definites for an all-time new Top 10 would include Casino Night, Metal Harbour, Hot Crater Act 2, the bit of Twinkle Park where you're outside the castle... wait, this is turning into a big list. But how could I stop it at ten? AAARGH!

Woot, woot! I made a CALCULATOR! It's a RAR-file in the ZIP file though. Zip files didn't compress it enough for the forum limits, and since you can't upload RAR files on the forum. . .

Woot, woot! I made a CALCULATOR! It's a RAR-file in the ZIP file though. Zip files didn't compress it enough for the forum limits, and since you can't upload RAR files on the forum. . .
Heh, I'd like to see it calculate the number of Pine Cones concealed within my FACE at the moment. Heheheheheheh... oh, MERCY.

Splapp you mug, you can't use a calculator for that, you'll cause a cosmological implosion!!!1111 For that we must invent teh SPLAPPULATOR!

Jungle Zone's a good one. I've just tried listening to the others you've mentioned though, and I can't see anything special there.

TBH, if I was asked to name my ten favourite Sonic tunes... I couldn't. It'd have to be a longlist of fifty, or something. I used to have a Top 15 list, but for simplicity it only covered the four backbone Mega Drive games (S1, S2, S3, S&K). Now with the Adventures and the Advances, and looking back to the 8-bit tunes, all of which throw up good contenders, I really can't cope with that. Heck, even obscure games like Chaotix have some worthwhile tunes (Speed Slider's theme is astonishingly addictive) All I can say is that the definites for an all-time new Top 10 would include Casino Night, Metal Harbour, Hot Crater Act 2, the bit of Twinkle Park where you're outside the castle... wait, this is turning into a big list. But how could I stop it at ten? AAARGH!
There are a few gems in Chaotix, like. It's a bizarre game.

Metropolis zone. Best sonic music ever.

The Jap/European version of Sonic CD has BY FAR the best music in a Sonic Game evar!

"Toot toot Sonic Warrior, Toot toot Sonic Warrior!" :D

amazing, an actual topic (Sonic music) has liven for quite a few posts on the 100% OT THREAD! and it was started by P.P! :eek:

back to off-topic-ness:
i quite like DeviantART's comments on IE:

OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Known Issues: Select All etc. buttons' hover effects are missing. Comments may not line up correctly in IE 5.0. PNG images with alpha transparency will have grey backgrounds in IE 5.0.

Notes: deviantART recommends against using this software for your day to day browsing, given its track record with security, and Microsoft's poor response times to security threats against the browser. To ensure the online safety of our deviants, we advise upgrading to Mozilla Firefox (free), Mozilla (free), or Opera (shareware, or free with banner ads). Each is as easy to remove as install, so you can safely try them out, if you're unsure.



OS: Mac OS
Status: deviantART enters a form of safe mode, to allow this browser to navigate the site, despite its, by modern standards, poor standards support.

http://about.deviantart.com/browsers/

The Jap/European version of Sonic CD has BY FAR the best music in a Sonic Game evar!

"Toot toot Sonic Warrior, Toot toot Sonic Warrior!" :D
I had all the mp3s from the Japanese version at some point, but I appear to have lost them. Nads.

Oh well, at least I've got the original game CD with its English tracks. They aren't half bad.

.cabbage

I Do Not Like The Hat

YOU ONLY NEED TO HAVE ONE LOWER CASE LETTER TO AVOID BEING CAPS-LOCK-REMOVED-IFIED BY THE FORUm!

OMG TEH Ux IS RITE LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL ROFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111!!!!!!!!!!!!222!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!"""!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????!!!!!!!!!!!!////!!!!1111111!!1!1!!!111

OK, that's my insanity dump for the day.

Mock exams in 2 days. I haven't studied.

This should be fun painful.

The Jap/European version of Sonic CD has BY FAR the best music in a Sonic Game evar!

"Toot toot Sonic Warrior, Toot toot Sonic Warrior!" :DIIRC, the music for that song is based on Green Hills Zone (ie, the tune I just arranged.

Metropolis Zone's tune is certainly very catchy.

amazing, an actual topic (Sonic music) has liven for quite a few posts on the 100% OT THREAD! and it was started by P.P! :eek:From order, chaos emerges. From chaos, order emerges.

I find the chaos persists longer.

I find the chaos persists longer.True indeed, for reasons I've already stated (somewhere...).

However, it is a property of most chaotic systems that some kind of order will emerge - hence (to a degree) fractals.

That's what I told my parents but they made me tidy it up anyway. Then I couldn't find anything.

IIRC, the music for that song is based on Green Hills Zone (ie, the tune I just arranged.

Yes. Yes it is!

From order, chaos emerges. From chaos, order emerges.
Don't make me start talking about time reversal. You'll never hear the end of it.

http://www.woodzone.com/articles/Read_A_Ruler.htm

Ahahahah! Quite funny how they ASSUME that the READER is RATHER STUPID!

I just bought a brand new Fender Telecaster, and a Marshall MG50dfx amplifier :)

I'm drawing a character sketch for my little-used Zelda fan character. I'll post a link to it when I'm done.

http://www.woodzone.com/articles/Read_A_Ruler.htm

Ahahahah! Quite funny how they ASSUME that the READER is RATHER STUPID!
Ha, this is even better: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/meas.cgi?A1=s&A2=1&A3=0
I just bought a brand new Fender Telecaster, and a Marshall MG50dfx amplifier :)
Woo, enjoy! :D

Voip

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/15896145/

"Dubya Tee Eff, Mate?"

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/end.php

Hokay, so, here is Earth. 'Tis chillin'. Dang, that is a fine Earth, you might say. . . WRAUNG!!

*has just realised something*

Splapp's beginning to remind me of Rhiannon House at Comp. They kept coming second in everything, too (well, Eisteddfodau and Sports Days, but given they were the only two inter-house competitions and the whole house thing was forgotten the rest of the year round...). Heck, even my house Tydfil managed to win one of each (Tydfil won the Eisteddfod when I was House Captain... dead chuffed with that, I was), even though we tended to prop up the pile the rest of the time.

...

See, THAT's how you go off-topic with style...

Hokay, so, here is Earth. 'Tis chillin'. Dang, that is a fine Earth, you might say. . . WRAUNG!!
He's saying "ROUND!", I believe.

It turns out that cashews are actually beans.

*looks at handful of cashews*

Now that I know it, it seems so obvious. *eats*

He's saying "ROUND!", I believe.I thought that, but "WRAUNG!" works better in the context, and now I listen more closely...

I saw an article in a game magazine earlier today that showed a version of Zelda: Wind Waker that isn't cell shaded. Apparently if you preorder the new Zelda game sometime this April you'll get a copy of it.

And no, it's not the same with a different shading engine - Link looks normal and his head is in proportion to the rest of his body. And the enemies have nice textures.

I've only played a little bit of Wind Waker and I kind of liked the cell shading.

And no, it's not the same with a different shading engine - Link looks normal and his head is in proportion to the rest of his body. And the enemies have nice textures.Sounds bad.

Yeah, the cell shading did work well.

From the few screenshots I saw it seemed to look okay without cell shading. The main thing I'm worried about is how the random people in the towns will look. They'd need to be remodelled too, and if they weren't it'd look absurd.

Made a VERY creepy ghost effect in Adobe Audition. Quite proud of it.

i recently contacted IPB on the whole "no longer free" matter, and it seems versions 1.x are still free for use as they have always been. they just don't support them anymore nor make them available for download on the website (money-hungry people :p).
so... if anyone wants it just let me know and i'll e-mail it to you.

why do i do this? because after being an admin of a phpBB forum, OH MY GOD it sucks so bad compared to IPB. true, it's extremely simple and easy, but i just don't like it! i don't think it even supports attachments :eek:

I'd like to take a look at them there IPB things.

Thanks, Super.

Thuper.

i recently contacted IPB on the whole "no longer free" matter, and it seems versions 1.x are still free for use as they have always been. they just don't support them anymore nor make them available for download on the website (money-hungry people :p).
so... if anyone wants it just let me know and i'll e-mail it to you.

why do i do this? because after being an admin of a phpBB forum, OH MY GOD it sucks so bad compared to IPB. true, it's extremely simple and easy, but i just don't like it! i don't think it even supports attachments :eek:

The admin panel sucks.
As for all the missing stuff, it's because it's anti-bloat.

Thanks, Super.

Thuper.That one's slightly unfortunate, as it makes you sound like you have a lisp.

I'd like to take a look at them there IPB things.

Thanks, Super.

Thuper.mailed :)

I salute you Andrew.

SARCHASM (sar-kăz-ŭm) ...
The giant gulf (chasm) between what is said, and the person who doesn't get it.

:D

A DUN KAR
1. Phrase of unknown origin that expresses disinterest.
2. A specific type of motor vehicle, following assembly.

BORK
To seek to obstruct a political appointment or selection; to attack a political opponent vicious.

VANCOUVER
One of those whirly brush vehicles used to clean streets.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/224148

I was wondering when this would come out, and it's on my own birthday no less. That's simultaneously cool and creepy.

BORK(Bǒŗķ)

1.Vb: Irreversibly damaged.
My soundcard is borked.

2.Nn/Excl: Exclamation commonly used by muppet swedes.
Bork bork bork.

3.Vb: To ruin a chance at; to botch, to fail, to mess up.
I completely borked my interview.

4.Vb: To have one's character assasinated;
as in the treatment by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee of Supreme Court Justice nominee Robert Bork.
You sure got borked on that deal.

5.?: Deteng whichen do unna chikee bean propured oven iten.
Zoyew takde chikee undye BORK BORK BORK!

6.Nn/Excl: The noise that the Swedish Chef from the Muppets makes.
Bork Bork Bork Bork!
- The Swedish Chef from the Muppets

7.Nn/Excl/Vb: Although confused to be a mixture of beef and pork sometimes; a word that means everything. Usually used as an exclamintation.
What the bork?;
Bork bork bork!;
A borker is one who borks.

8.Nn/Excl: A word that for some reason appears frequently of a certain page viewed in a certain edition of a certain browser.

Also used in place of numerous profanities until the discovery of "cactus."
"I'll bork you."
"I already borked you."

9.[CENSORED. IT'S NOT EVEN VERY NICE. TRUST ME ON THIS.]

10.[ALSO CENSORED. ALSO FOR A VERY GOOD REASON.]

11.[YEP, THIS SUCKER'S CENSORED TOO. FOR THE SAME REASON AS 9., BUT CRUDER.]

12.[THIS ONE'S JUST WIERD. AND THE AUTHOR CAN'T SPELL TO GUD.]

13.Excl: Bork
A nutter in a car forum that aimlessly keeps saying Bork Bork Bork!

-copied verbatim from UrbanDictionary.com. Searched for bork.

double post edit

Here's something else: search for ***. It gives you the origin of the phrase "***".

Internet casino buys Virgin Mary pretzel for $10,600 US.

http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/OddNews/ContentPosting.aspx?contentid=e7826c10766c4cd7b38e 956c71c1f165&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc

Internet casino buys Virgin Mary pretzel for $10,600 US.

http://news.sympatico.msn.ca/OddNews/ContentPosting.aspx?contentid=e7826c10766c4cd7b38e 956c71c1f165&show=False&number=0&showbyline=True&subtitle=&detect=&abc=abc
*wants to see a photograph*

double post edit

*finds one*

http://www.miami.com/images/realcities/realcities/11100/123212441000.jpg

I seem to have totally and utterly lost whatever miniscule amount of talent I ever had to begin with at drawing human Zero. :-/

Alcohol does that to me :/

Ah, more evidence that time is a drug.

*starts humming the "Puyo Puyo" music for no real reason*

*starts humming the "Puyo Puyo" music for no real reason*
If I could find a place to host files of 1.86 meg, I'd play casino night on the piano for you all!

a very popular and original portuguese blog has recently started an english version: http://webctionary.blogspot.com/
i seriously recommend you to have a look at it, it's very good and the english version only seems to be populated by portuguese people :p
actually, it's more like a webcomic than a blog, but... eh, just go see it, it's hard to explain. or if you can read portuguese, the original is here: http://webcedario.blogspot.com/

Both those links appear to be the same :p




Say hello to . . . [The Rappiest, Pappiest, Flappiest, Bappiest Rappah there is! (http://img188.exs.cx/img188/7558/gmconstruct00132ac.jpg)]

Both those links appear to be the same :p




Say hello to . . . [The Rappiest, Pappiest, Flappiest, Bappiest Rappah there is! (http://img188.exs.cx/img188/7558/gmconstruct00132ac.jpg)]fixed.

and... WTF?!?

'Tis a Half-Life 2 mod that lets you mess around with the ragdolls! Yes!

double post edit

Here are some more:

[Headache and Ruptured P*ssbags! (http://img56.exs.cx/img56/3193/gmconstruct00037hr.jpg)]
[A rubbish car! (Ba dum tshhh) (http://img56.exs.cx/img56/9334/gmconstruct00094rq.jpg)]
[STEAM powered! (Ahahaha). (http://img56.exs.cx/img56/3209/gmconstruct00280ub.jpg)] - Yes, this one actually worked as a vehicle. The one above too.
[*farting noises* (http://img56.exs.cx/img56/7649/gmconstruct00300wl.jpg)]
[Kennel! (http://img56.exs.cx/img56/8837/gmconstruct00319ig.jpg)] - This one worked too.

I was playing Smash Bros. Melee yesterday. After having taken on so many level 4 computer opponents, I figured I was about ready for level 5. Boy, did I regret that.

I was playing a teammatch as Pikachu, with Kirby on my side, versus Dr. Mario and Yoshi (all AI characters at level 5). In the first game, I grabbed Mario early on in the match. He threw me. Yes, he threw me, despite the fact that I was the one who grabbed him.

Then, Mario decided it would be an interesting tactic if he proceeded to shield against every projectile, attack, and word of profanity hurled at him. Attempting to get a little revenge, I decided to be a shield whore for a while myself. Only, the game didn't much care for the fact that I was shielding, as I proceeded to be hit every time someone was trying to hit me. The shield didn't break or anything, it just decided to phase out of existence whenever something made impact with it.

Anyone who's played will know how irritating the Bob-ombs can be in many situations. I actually managed to grab one and hurl it straight into Mario's face. He didn't shield against it, nor evade it in any way. He proceeded to take no damage, flick a few bits of ash off his nice clean suit, and kick me in the face.

Later on, I unleashed a beautifully timed, fully-charged headbutt attack on Yoshi while he was falling downwards after being bashed a distance by Kirby. Upon contact, I stopped dead in my tracks and fell, while Yoshi, much similar to Mario in that last incident, took no damage at all. Upon landing, he then kicked the air to his right, and, apparently owing to a freak gust of wind or something, the impact of the kicks landed on me, to the left.

By this point I was getting considerably ****ed. I grabbed a hold of a passing Freezie, and with a tribal war-cry, hurled it in Mario's direction. It shattered spectacularly in his face, and I suddenly found I was the one encased in a block of ice as a direct result. Mario then managed to raise my damage by about 40% while I was frozen.

Mario and Yoshi won 3 games in a row. As a matter of fact, I had -2 kills in one game, a new record-breaking low for me. I had taken all I could stand, and it was time to be cheap to unleash some pent-up rage.

I lowered Mario and Yoshi's difficulty levels to 1, raised Kirby's to 9, turned on manual handicaps, and gave myself the greatest possible advantage over the opposing team. During the following game, I smashed Mario's lifeless corpse into the stratosphere so hard I'm pretty sure he tore a hole in space-time.

Today, I set the AI difficulty back to level 4. All has been well since.

Before, when I was a smash freak, I could take on 3 level 9 bots with their handicap level on 9 and mine on 5.

Now I can barely beat a lvl. 3 bot. . .

Also:

"I decided to be a shield whore for a while myself. Only, the game didn't much care for the fact that I was shielding, as I proceeded to be hit every time someone was trying to hit me. The shield didn't break or anything, it just decided to phase out of existence whenever something made impact with it."

This is because your shield was too small. If a part of the body is sticking out of the shield, it may be hit. You may move the shield around with the control stick (but don't tap it too fast or you'll dodge.)

"Anyone who's played will know how irritating the Bob-ombs can be in many situations. I actually managed to grab one and hurl it straight into Mario's face. He didn't shield against it, nor evade it in any way. He proceeded to take no damage, flick a few bits of ash off his nice clean suit, and kick me in the face."

It is possible to hit nearly any attack/item back and not take damage from it. It requires nearly perfect timing though. And a lot of luck.

"he then kicked the air to his right, and, apparently owing to a freak gust of wind or something, the impact of the kicks landed on me, to the left."

Nearly all attacks hit a bit to the left if you are using it to the right and vice versa. So you have to be a bit careful.

This is because your shield was too small. If a part of the body is sticking out of the shield, it may be hit. You may move the shield around with the control stick (but don't tap it too fast or you'll dodge.)

It is possible to hit nearly any attack/item back and not take damage from it. It requires nearly perfect timing though. And a lot of luck.

Nearly all attacks hit a bit to the left if you are using it to the right and vice versa. So you have to be a bit careful.
Believe me, I may not be able to take on three level 9 AI opponents, but I know what I'm doing better than that. :p I know how to maneuver and change the size of my shield. I know you can block (and reflect) most attacks and objects with near perfect timing (not that I've been able to do so personally), but Mario was walking towards me while I threw the Bob-omb at him, and never paused -- and I was watching carefully. He made no attempt to shield at all. And, for your third point, I know attacks can hit to the left. I've played long enough to familiarize myself with the general hit detection range for most attacks, and this was definitely a fluke of some sort, as I was standing about 2 inches to the left of Yoshi, not half-merged with him where his kick might have made contact.

Oh :p . . . *feels fat*


Try jumping up diagonally then dodge down and forward IMMEDIATELY after jumping. If you do this RIGHT there's gonna be a rather FAT boost!

Incidentally, though I have played for so long, I'm not even quite to 400 VS matches. I wonder if I'll ever reach 700 and finally get around to unlocking the final characters and the music test. I want the music test so badly. o__o

Have you unlocked that Brinstar Depths level? Quite a pain in the buttocks, it is!

Have you unlocked that Brinstar Depths level? Quite a pain in the buttocks, it is!
I actually find that level quite fun. I think the only ones I haven't unlocked so far are Flat Zone and one or two of the "classic" levels.

w00t, i finally found an AW2 ROM on the web! now i can finally record all of its great music :D

it's perfectly legal, since i bought the original for GBA.