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Oh the horror! Oh the pain!

fwed1fwed1
edited August 2009 in Tales of Monkey Island
I just rushed onto xbox avatar marketplace to finally snag me the stan outfit i've been wanting and the pattern moves with the jacket! Xbox has ruined Stan!

But does this mean that when (That's an order telltale ;)) Stan turns up in ToMI his pattern will also follow his jacket? Please do not make this mistake. It is 1 of the most recognisable things about stan and to see it removed would be an atrocity.

(Knowing my luck this exact thread has already been posted but I haven't been able to find it.)

Your Heartbroken Adventurist
Fwed1

Comments

  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited August 2009
    I think it is ridiculous that they are charging for avatar content now anyways... I mean it serves no purpose
  • fwed1fwed1
    edited August 2009
    Although I do agree with that I don't mind paying the small amount it costs to make my avatar look that lil bit better. There is still free content so there is something for everybody. Unless they love stan.
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited August 2009
    fwed1 wrote: »
    Although I do agree with that I don't mind paying the small amount it costs to make my avatar look that lil bit better. There is still free content so there is something for everybody. Unless they love stan.
    If you say so... its not me who is wasting my money on something that could go toward a really badass game.
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited August 2009
    Is there a video of that?
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited August 2009
    DjNDB wrote: »
    Is there a video of that?

    of what?
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited August 2009
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChADRwPEgOU


    Monkey Island Swag starts at 5:47
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited August 2009
    Well, as far as I remember in the "Moon" Episode of Sam&Max Season 1 they made a similiar effect for the villain. To be more clear
    when Bliss reveals he's a sentien bacteria
    they give him this moving effect on his whole body. So it might be possible to do something like this in TMI, though I can't be sure if it would work.
  • fwed1fwed1
    edited August 2009
    That reminds me! The rubber chicken with a pulley in the middle. Is a chicken holding a pulley! BLASPHEMY!
  • FuryFury
    edited August 2009
    The pattern has to move with the jacket. How can they stuff that up!

    Telltale rock at detail, check out the 4toed/3toed Gromit in W&G, they won't stuff up stan.

    Although paying money for an avatar is stupid, you're an idiot.
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited August 2009
    roberttitus wrote: »
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChADRwPEgOU


    Monkey Island Swag starts at 5:47

    Thanks, but i didn't see anything moving in those 800 ms i could see the jacket.

    EDIT: Now i get it. I had to take a really close look at stan to even notice it was not moving there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6OlsW5V8Aw
  • FuryFury
    edited August 2009
    DjNDB wrote: »
    Thanks, but i didn't see anything moving in those 800 ms i could see the jacket.

    Read this to yourself, and then edit it so it makes sense.
  • bigdondoobigdondoo
    edited August 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    ...Telltale rock at detail, check out the 4toed/3toed Gromit in W&G, they won't stuff up stan...

    See also Homestar and The Cheat in 3D. How to make the 2D cartoons and make them into 3D objects that still stay true to their 2D make up is the mark of a Genius!
  • DjNDBDjNDB Moderator
    edited August 2009
    Fury wrote: »
    Read this to yourself, and then edit it so it makes sense.

    In what sense does it not make sense? :D
  • LogicDeLuxeLogicDeLuxe
    edited August 2009
    I wonder, who invented this effect actually? It reminds me on Yps, the kangaroo: http://www.yps.de/
  • FuryFury
    edited August 2009
    bigdondoo wrote: »
    See also Homestar and The Cheat in 3D. How to make the 2D cartoons and make them into 3D objects that still stay true to their 2D make up is the mark of a Genius!

    Yeah, they've really pulled off a lot of visual styles. They won't forget something as big as Stan's jacket.
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    I don't know who the first was but the best implementation was definitely Gankutsuou
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited August 2009
    I have a questin on the monkey island avatars. What does a giant cotten swab have to do with monkey island?
  • Jace TaranJace Taran
    edited August 2009
    It's from the original MI. It's
    the key to get inside the giant monkey head.

    I know the "spoiler" I just posted is pretty much common knowledge among hard-core MI fans, but I figure those unfamilar with the original would still appreciate not being spoiled.
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    I have a questin on the monkey island avatars. What does a giant cotten swab have to do with monkey island?
    ...!!!...

    Get this man 1000cc of MI lore STAT!
  • fwed1fwed1
    edited August 2009
    LogicDeLuxe wrote: »
    I wonder, who invented this effect actually? It reminds me on Yps, the kangaroo: http://www.yps.de/


    I believe it was a problem with the programming in the original that turned into a running gag.
  • RawrRawr
    edited August 2009
    I think I'm more outraged at the price. 160ms points for a chicken... Combine that with an entire MI themed outfit, you'll be paying enouth to buy an actual game. XD

    That Stan jacket, if you ignore the fact that the pattern doesn't move, I still don't think it looks as good, it looks too shiny. Looks like plastic instead of material. Could just be me though and my picky nature. xD
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited August 2009
    Rawr wrote: »
    I think I'm more outraged at the price. 160ms points for a chicken... Combine that with an entire MI themed outfit, you'll be paying enouth to buy an actual game. XD

    That Stan jacket, if you ignore the fact that the pattern doesn't move, I still don't think it looks as good, it looks too shiny. Looks like plastic instead of material. Could just be me though and my picky nature. xD

    With the money it takes to buy Stan's outfit alone you could buy a cheap game. 240 for the outfit & 160 for the hat
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    I bought every piece of avatar clothing, I felt I hadn't given them enough money for MI:SE yet. :)
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited August 2009
    Avatar outfits shouldn't cost money, they should be the rewards for finishing games or completing certain objectives.
  • thatdude98thatdude98
    edited August 2009
    Doctor, I think he's going to live!

    LIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEE, DARN YOU, LIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited August 2009
    guitarsareboring wrote: »
    Avatar outfits shouldn't cost money, they should be the rewards for finishing games or completing certain objectives.

    That is also being implemented with avatar awards. Now we just need the devs to create them for their games.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited August 2009
    corruptbiggins wrote: »
    That is also being implemented with avatar awards. Now we just need the devs to create them for their games.

    I've heard avatar clothing rewards are going to be mandatory in some form.
  • onlyamonkeyonlyamonkey
    edited August 2009
    Pale Man wrote: »
    I've heard avatar clothing rewards are going to be mandatory in some form.

    Yeah, but that's the next season. I'm going for gladiator this one tho.
  • LuigiHannLuigiHann
    edited August 2009
    fwed1 wrote: »
    I believe it was a problem with the programming in the original that turned into a running gag.

    Not really a programming error. I think it's just that a texture like "plaid" is extremely difficult to convey using a low resolution and a small pallet, so they just painted a flat checkered pattern onto his jacket because it was easier, and it looked funny, so they kept it.
  • SpadgeSpadge
    edited August 2009
    There's no excuse for the FAKE chicken. I'm tellin' ya it's a knockoff. Real rubber-chicken-with-a-pulley-in-the-middle have their pulley IN THE MIDDLE!

    Spending money for avatars is beyond stupid.
  • TacobobTacobob
    edited August 2009
    Yeah! That's a rip-off! That's..ooh. They have light-sabers now...Hmmmm.

    400 Points? Eek.
  • musik103musik103
    edited August 2009
    Although I agree it's quite extortionate for the avatars, at the end of the day it's a couple of pounds, and they look like they take longer to create than the basic stuff (see the gears of war costumes and bioshock doll thing).

    The whole thing with the xbox is you pretty much pay for every add-on and I guess thta won't be changing any time soon.
  • RawrRawr
    edited August 2009
    Yeah but its a couple of pounds you could be spending on something that you could get use out of, other than looking at it, ofcourse. If you combine a couple of pounds, it can turn into a lot of pounds, if you get what I mean.
  • musik103musik103
    edited August 2009
    Rawr wrote: »
    Yeah but its a couple of pounds you could be spending on something that you could get use out of, other than looking at it, ofcourse. If you combine a couple of pounds, it can turn into a lot of pounds, if you get what I mean.

    Hence the 'xbox live makes you pay for everything' comment :) Some people will pay it, others won't. They'll probably put half price offers on from time to time I imagine (making them slightly more reasonable..)
  • RawrRawr
    edited August 2009
    Rarely though and you have to be a Gold subscriber anyway to get those sales, so you're already paying that money you get off to them every year as part of the sub. :P
  • alexonfyrealexonfyre
    edited August 2009
    thatdude98 wrote: »
    Doctor, I think he's going to live!

    LIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEE, DARN YOU, LIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

    What the hell are you talking about?
  • roberttitusroberttitus
    edited August 2009
    alexonfyre wrote: »
    What the hell are you talking about?

    Hey is talking about the person who is whining over something as minor as the jacket's pattern moving with it on the Avatar clothing.
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