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VGMaps Social Board / Transformers Classic (upcoming G1-inspired line) *spoilers*

« on: May 26, 2006, 11:45:33 pm »

Okay, I thought it would be better to make a separate thread for these, since I can finally show pictures thank god !



I'm not going to comment on these right away, but I suspect many will be disappointed (but I'm not, ha!)



Hot Rod:







Optimus Prime:







Astrotrain:









Starscream:







Megatron:







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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / Bitey Castle (flash animation site)

« on: May 26, 2006, 08:03:18 pm »

http://www.biteycastle.com/content/animation.php



Recently, I was given the link to this site. It's owner, Adam Phillips, is a great, *great* flash animator. His two most recent pieces, "LittleFoot" and "The YuYu" are really fluid and dynamic as well as super fast on an average computer. It's just sad that he's protected the later ones so they won't play anywhere but on his site.



Most people might be familiar with "Taken", since it's a great example of a "shock" flash (instead of all those lame ones where the flash is about something then *bam* scary pic with scream). I just love the animation and the music of "The YuYu"; Even though I appreciate well-written cartoons, if the animation isn't up to par I'll have difficulty to fully appreciate it.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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VGMaps Social Board / I'll be less present around here for a while...

« on: May 04, 2006, 11:10:54 am »

Long story short, I'm addicted to my computer; addicted to surfing, addicted to message boards, etc. For the last few years, I've probably spent about 80% of all my free time on my computer.



Well yesterday evening, I don't why exactly but all of a sudden I just got sick to death of my computer. I *had* to turn it off, as if it was some huge bug crawling over my body that I needed to slap off and crush with my foot. It was probably the first time in I don't know how long that my computer at home wasn't open from the moment I come back from work to when I'm ready to go to sleep.



The sudden silence was almost bliss. It also made me realize that spending all my time on the computer is why I have no social life at all. I already knew it, but I guess I didn't really *accept* it. I wish I had that realization long ago.



So from now on (hopefully), I'll limit time on my computer at home to a few hours *maximum*, and even then, that might be too much, what with a possible relapse and all.



I'll still come here in my free time at work, but I won't be active much in the evening, and mapping is definitely taking a break for a while. I'm pretty sure that mapping Metroid Fusion intensely for several weeks only hastened the crisis.



Sorry guys. I won't be gone completely, but I really need to take a serious break for a while.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me

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Map Gab / Metroid Fusion (GBA)

« on: April 22, 2006, 06:10:20 pm »

Well, for those just dropping in, things are going well mapping this, which is why I haven't really posted anything on the new board yet. I'm also waiting to see if this board has tags like the old one for images and links.



Progress so far:



Main Deck   : 99.9% (actual maps complete with and without special blocks; missing map title and final presentation)

Sector 1 SRX: 99.5% (actual map complete with blocks, not without)

Sector 2 TRO: 80.0%



I had a question for those familiar witht the GBA Metroid games, though I'm also looking for Revned's advice considering we often talked about little details like this when mapping the Oracle Zelda games.



Now, this game is almost entirely event based. As such, sometimes doors will become locked, trapping you in a room until you've defeated the boss inside. Now, for one-time events like a boss, I'm leaning toward putting a regular door on the inside of the room to show that once the boss is gone, you can travel freely in and out.



However, there are rooms where you will always be trapped since the enemies inside you need to kill always respawn once you leave. Should I put locked doors inside the room or not? Right now, I put regular doors but I'm open to suggestions.



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"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censored, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably." [...] The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. - Captain Jean-Luc Picard



B*tch, meet reality. Reality, meet b*tch. - Me