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VGMaps Social Board / RE: Transformers Movie discussion

« on: May 23, 2006, 09:12:59 am »

* WARNING, SPOILERS ABOUND! *



I'm really disappointed in both reviews actually. The first one seemed to shower praises like it was the second coming of Jesus, and the second is basically saying "it's flawed because it's nothing like G1".



Of course, having followed the development on Transformers message boards for the last few months, I've known for a while that it will be G1-inspired at most. I think we can expect some familiar names and a few alt-modes, but that's it. The rest is yet another new TF universe, in the same way that Armada/Energon/Cybertron were, except this time it will be live-action.



Sure, some parts have me worried a bit (Camaro Bumblebee communicating through music on his radio, Starscream allegedly looking like a gorilla with wings, Soundwave/byte/whatever being decapitated by a girl, the TF searching for the "Energn Cube" instead of the more appropriate and better-sounding Matrix) but ultimately it won't diminish by enjoyment of previous comics, shows and toys. If anything, I'm looking foward to an entirely new take on the TF mythos in terms of designs and concepts (like Transtech might have been after Beast Machines with alien-looking technorganic vehicles and other futuristic goodness).



And please, *please* re-establish the ability to post pics at the very least, because there are tons of TF goodness I want to share with you guys!



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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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Gaming / RE: Super Smash Bros. Brawl

« on: May 22, 2006, 08:02:41 pm »

But then, the N64 was always pretty limited in terms of 3D graphics. Doing better wasn't hard.



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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 / RE: Transformers Movie discussion

« on: May 22, 2006, 07:01:14 pm »

So, can we post links yet? *hopeful*



Anyway, I'm suspicious of anyone who fully praises or fully flames a script without providing any significant details.



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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 Requests / RE: You know what we're overdue for?

« on: May 22, 2006, 06:55:07 pm »

As fun as it might be, you just know I won't get involved in this one since I really don't want to drop Metroid: Fusion again. I'm going to finish mapping that bitch if it kills me



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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 / RE: What are you doing with your long weekend?

« on: May 22, 2006, 06:52:51 pm »

Cool, the board's social life is active again!



Me, I've gone to visit my sister and her boyfriend for the weekend, and I just came back.



We played a lot of Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion as well as a really neat board game called Arkham Horrors, which is taking place in Lovecraft's Cthulhu universe.



We also watched two movies: The Darkness (really good psychological thriller that doesn't resort to gore to be scary) and a really cheesy sci-fi movie called Cherry 2000 that made us laugh a lot.



All that, plus great food and booze. What more can a guy ask for?



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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 / RE: What if...

« on: May 17, 2006, 10:27:31 pm »

About that 4th spatial dimension, after reading a bunch of sites on the subject I tried to imagine a Marvel-type of mutant whose ability was being able to move through a 4th spatial dimension. In effect, there would be no point in our 3D space where he couldn't freely travel, whether it was enclosed or not. The closest equivalent would have been Grimskull from the old Skeleton Warriors who could travel through "the shadows".



I also tried to imagine how that would look from that mutant's point of view but I just don't have a good enough grasp of mathematics for that. Still, interesting stuff.



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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 / RE: The Tetris Effect

« on: May 15, 2006, 08:18:06 pm »

Yes, I sure did. I remember talking about it recently. I was dreaming about aligning layers and sprites to make screenshot maps, but just that. It was completely divorced from the fact that I was there to do it. The dream was pure map making, and god did I wake up tired the following morning.



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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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Gaming / RE: My E3 2006 topic.

« on: May 11, 2006, 09:50:41 am »

Meh, I've always been a Nintendo whore, with only the occasional adventure on the side with Sega. XBox? What's that? The PlayStation? By Sony you say?



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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 / RE: Final Fantasy II (Dawn Of Souls) (GBA) CORRECTIONS

« on: May 10, 2006, 12:44:56 pm »

In a way, it's really cool that someone took the time to check your maps for accuracy. Otherwise, it's really just too much work to expect out of anyone to proof-check someone else's maps. Heck, in one map I did I found a secret that wasn't mentionned anywhere else on the entire net!



And of course, thanks for making the correction for everyone to see and wanting to give credit where it's due.



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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 / RE: Wow. This apricot cheescake is REALLY nice...

« on: May 09, 2006, 07:19:59 pm »

Out of curiosity, what's your favorite kind of desert? In fact, what are everyone else's?

(Did I write that right Revned?)



For me:



-Apple and sugar pie (doesn't feel as purely 'sugar' thanks to the apples yet is just as sweet if not more than regular sugar pie)



-3 colors Jello (you know, when you make one batch in a bowl, let it set, then add another color on top, repeat, and then the same with a third one)



-Fruit pies (the kind which is made of a flaky crust covered with a very sweet gelatine with fruits like kiwis, blueberries and strawberries on top)



-Tarte Tatin (a French variation on an appel pie which is served upside down, ending with the crust on top; my recipe is made with apples chunks and maple sirup)



-Blueberry pie



The one kind of desert I can't stand is the pure sugary kind, like brown sugar cubes (I don't know the real English name)



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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 / RE: Wow. This apricot cheescake is REALLY nice...

« on: May 09, 2006, 06:44:59 pm »

What!? There's no way in hell I'm ever mapping again with a guy who hates cheesecake, let me tell you that. It's almost, like, a crime against nature !



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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 / RE: digimon...pokemon...

« on: May 09, 2006, 06:43:45 pm »

In Inty's defense though, he might not have understood that he(she?) was actually talking about wanting to start a map without actually knowing how. I almost thought it was a semi-trolling post at first (although an unintentional one). Thanks for being on the lookout.



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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 / RE: Destiny of an Emperor (NES)

« on: May 09, 2006, 07:30:50 am »

Nice to see you're able to play with the coordinates like that. I tried doing it with other games but since they weren't simple overhead games like RPGs, I couldn't find any manner of coordinates to work with.



As for the overworld, it's not surprising. The game developers wouldn't waste time finishing and polishing parts of a map that has no chance in hell of being seen. What you're talking about is probably either a tileset or just garbage data since there's nothing definite there.



I think the hard thing about mapping is balancing accuracy and aesthetism, and I've had to take hard decisions of this kind before.



For example, in my Zelda: Oracle Of Season overworld map, one screen had a tree tile that didn't fit with those of its neighboring screens, so I opted to correct it since it served to purpose to keep it accurate but looked better when changed.



On my Ufouria map which is comprised of several interconnecting sections like a Metroid map, all the sections fit together perfectly except one spot where there was the height of one tile between the floors of two sections (in short, by aligning all the other room transitions, I was throwing the last one out of alignment), so I actually added a single tile row to align everything, and nobody would notice while using the map unless they counted the number of tiles in the changed section.



So in short, I suggest to remove those tilesets unless they are of some significance (for example, in could be an in-joke and seen from far away, the tiles might form a message).



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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 / RE: Wow. This apricot cheescake is REALLY nice...

« on: May 09, 2006, 06:59:55 am »

Cheesecakes are good, but in moderation only. They're just too rich, but oh so tasty...



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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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Mapping Tips/Guides / RE: Mapping Tools

« on: May 08, 2006, 03:54:58 pm »

I knew, but couldn't edit it. Blame the board



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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