I do, but I think you have more to offer than that. I don't much mind either way though.
Frankly, I'm honoured. Perhaps someday, and someday soon, when I've something to contribute or something, I'll reuse my real account and post here for realsies. In the meantime, however...
Instead of being concise and answering you - telling you what I'm doing, why and any other particulars you may think you require, I believe I shall ask you a question... Is a man not entitled to the sweat of their brow?
Isn't he?
Isn't a man entitled to the sweat of his brow? What about Caesar? What about God? Aren't they entitled to the sweat of their brow? I will quote you the ancient words of a wise Jewish zombie.
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and gtfo.
Also, I don't think you fine ladies and gentlemen are quite getting the point of trollplay.
I loves me some trolling, it's an artform in it's own wee way if it's done right. Plus you haven't gone the way of flat-out abuse which keeps it nice and more or less civil
Isn't a man entitled to the sweat of his brow? What about Caesar? What about God? Aren't they entitled to the sweat of their brow? I will quote you the ancient words of a wise Jewish zombie.
I may have paraphrased the end there.
Even in a book of lies sometimes you find truth. There is indeed a season for all things and now that I see you flesh-to-flesh and blood-to-blood I know I cannot raise my hand against you. But know this, you are my greatest disappointment. You can kill me, but you will never have my city. My strength is not in steel and fire, that is what the parasites will never understand. A season for all things! A time to live and a time to die, a time to build... and a time to destroy!
I loves me some trolling, it's an artform in it's own wee way if it's done right. Plus you haven't gone the way of flat-out abuse which keeps it nice and more or less civil
It's good to know *someone* appreciates my efforts. After all; trolling is a art. In all seriousness, the majority of you are great fun. That's why I think I'll come back here once the whole 'Andrew Ryan' thing has run it's course. That may be pretty soon, too.
I normally get annoyed at gimmick accounts, but our Andrew Ryan here is a hoot and a half. I applaud your ability to stay in character while adding to it as well. Most Andrew Ryans would be stuck on "It's the 1950's and what is this internets?" jokes.
As I've said before: if you were intentionally not following it, then you're still following other people, just not the same ones.
My bro-in-law learned that in college. He tried hard to wear stuff that would stand out when he was in high school, but in college he found that many other people did the exact same thing in the same manner for the same reason, so he was then still following people, just a different group.
Yeah, it's funny how "non-conformists" are just conforming to a different group. In fact, the "non-conformists" are doing so actively, so they're conforming more than regular people (who just conform because it's human nature).
You could always draw one in MSPaint, or perhaps shop a picture of yourself into unrecognizable awesomeness. Barring that, geometric patterns based upon subconscious thought. Really, the sky is the limit - or as we say in Rapture - the surface of the ocean is the limit.
I might make an avatar in MSPaint... good idea. I've still got my eyevatar because I've not got anything else to replace it. Also I was the first to have an eyevatar. Just throwing that out there. Do with it what you will (LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME)
I normally get annoyed at gimmick accounts, but our Andrew Ryan here is a hoot and a half. I applaud your ability to stay in character while adding to it as well. Most Andrew Ryans would be stuck on "It's the 1950's and what is this internets?" jokes.
A tip o' my hat to ye.
I thank you, and tip my oh-so 1940's fedora back at you.
I might make an avatar in MSPaint... good idea. I've still got my eyevatar because I've not got anything else to replace it. Also I was the first to have an eyevatar. Just throwing that out there. Do with it what you will (LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME)
You could always make an avatar that just says 'LOVE ME' three times in succession...
You could always make an avatar that just says 'LOVE ME' three times in succession...
I've decided to go for an avatar-a-day thing. I've got one design with different colour schemes. Monday is orange, Tuesday is blue, Wednesday is purple, Thursday is green, Friday is grey, Saturday is pink and Sunday is red.
Anyone who doesn't follow suit is a filthy conformist. Anyone who does is a copycat.
I've decided to go for an avatar-a-day thing. I've got one design with different colour schemes. Monday is orange, Tuesday is blue, Wednesday is purple, Thursday is green, Friday is grey, Saturday is pink and Sunday is red.
Anyone who doesn't follow suit is a filthy conformist. Anyone who does is a copycat.
Let's see how long I can keep this up for
What if we choose something different? What if we choose the impossible? What if we choose... RAPTURE!?
I chose the avatar I got back in 2008 when I decided I wanted to be a member of the forum community. I remember it like it was two years ago....I sent in a message to Telltale support asking "Hey, could I change my name from my real given and surnames to something else, so that I can join in the fun?" They said sure, what do you want it to be, and I picked something from Homestar Runner because that had been recently announced and I have absolutely no ability to name anything with any sort of proficiency.
I chose the avatar I got back in 2008 when I decided I wanted to be a member of the forum community. I remember it like it was two years ago....I sent in a message to Telltale support asking "Hey, could I change my name from my real given and surnames to something else, so that I can join in the fun?" They said sure, what do you want it to be, and I picked something from Homestar Runner because that had been recently announced and I have absolutely no ability to name anything with any sort of proficiency.
So there you have it. RD has been using the identity of a game (kind of) character for all these years. Up yours, Andrew Ryan! I'm taking my endorsement back.
Edit: Oh look, there's a little bone head above my post... wonder how that got there
So there you have it. RD has been using the identity of a game (kind of) character for all these years. Up yours, Andrew Ryan! I'm taking my endorsement back.
Edit: Oh look, there's a little bone head above my post... wonder how that got there
It's true. I've been doing it for YEARS. Specifically, TWO of them.
We at Videlectrix are against the idea of Identity Theft on the ARPANET computer graphics-motron. COMPUTERS should connect PEOPLE through ART GRAPHICS, not connect ART GRAPHICS controlled by PEOPLE through COMPUTERS.
We at Videlectrix are against the idea of Identity Theft on the ARPANET computer graphics-motron. COMPUTERS should connect PEOPLE through ART GRAPHICS, not connect ART GRAPHICS controlled by PEOPLE through COMPUTERS.
...and the artist's job is to depict the world as it aught to be, not as it is damned to be by some spasm of the lower mind. Your sort knows damn well how I feel about these celebrations of 'unconscious art.'
...and the artist's job is to depict the world as it aught to be, not as it is damned to be by some spasm of the lower mind. Your sort knows damn well how I feel about these celebrations of 'unconscious art.'
Computer art graphics have the power to deliver mind-blowing, 256-color vistas, and along with 2-bit mono internal speaker sound...the worlds we make can almost be TOO REAL. When talking to other people on the ARPANET box, it's almost TOO EASY to give into the magical fantasy of computers! Internet "tags", "avatars", alternate "identities", they create a web that connects COMPUTER ART PUPPETS, not PEOPLE.
Computer art graphics have the power to deliver mind-blowing, 256-color vistas, and along with 2-bit mono internal speaker sound...the worlds we make can almost be TOO REAL. When talking to other people on the ARPANET box, it's almost TOO EASY to give into the magical fantasy of computers! Internet "tags", "avatars", alternate "identities", they create a web that connects COMPUTER ART PUPPETS, not PEOPLE.
Well played, Videlectrix. So tell me, when can we see Thy Dungeonman IV?
Well played, Videlectrix. So tell me, when can we see Thy Dungeonman IV?
The Thy Dungeonman series always uses the very latest in interactive computer graphics interfaces! We here at Videlectrix don't want to craft another Thy Dungeonman epic until the state-of-the-art art computers can deliver another incredible interface innovation, the likes of which brought us Thy Dungeonman III! Future computer graphics machine innovations that Videlectrix is looking at include: COLORS, 2-bit mono sound, and a brand-new, smarter text input parser!
The Thy Dungeonman series always uses the very latest in interactive computer graphics interfaces! We here at Videlectrix don't want to craft another Thy Dungeonman epic until the state-of-the-art art computers can deliver another incredible interface innovation, the likes of which brought us Thy Dungeonman III! Future computer graphics machine innovations that Videlectrix is looking at include: COLORS, 2-bit mono sound, and a brand-new, smarter text input parser!
Look, it's quite alright. Computer graphics have actually improved substantially since TDIII, see exhibit A:
W.T.H.? That's obviously a painting, buddy. Can't fool us. Shyeah, maybe video games will look like that in like 1999....
Peh! We'll be there by '97. I hear they're already working on some sort of shooting game where you see through the character's EYES. It'll be just like VR!
(*sigh* Remember how exciting VR was? Kinda pooched that one, didn't they?)
Peh! We'll be there by '97. I hear they're already working on some sort of shooting game where you see through the character's EYES. It'll be just like VR!
Haha, okay, sure thing, buddy... if you saw through the character's eyes then the character wouldn't be able to move unless the developers were willing to draw the same scene from every conceivable angle. I call bullshit on this.
Haha, okay, sure thing, buddy... if you saw through the character's eyes then the character wouldn't be able to move unless the developers were willing to draw the same scene from every conceivable angle. I call bullshit on this.
Fine, look. Here's something more believable...
Isn't that less incredible?
Remember how good the Elder Scrolls was before BethSoft killed it?
There's a way better game from Bethesda than that.
Obligatory mention of Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth every time Bethesda is mentioned.
Look, I'm sorry. I have got to put aside my Lovecraft fanboyism and disagree. Morrowind is high in contention for my most favourite game ever. It rather makes me wonder why I don't trollplay as Dagoth Ur.
I gotta say, ever since I purchased a 360 and a PS3 I've been really blown away by modern graphics and a little spoiled I'll admit.
Can you imagine a classic adventure, for instance, made with such attention to detail? (Not cartoonised) What do you figure is the closest we've gotten to amazing detail in a graphic adventure game today? I'm thinking TMI is the closest so far....I want to say Heavy Rain but that's a completely different animal even though it has many attributes of an adventure...
I gotta say, ever since I purchased a 360 and a PS3 I've been really blown away by modern graphics and a little spoiled I'll admit.
Can you imagine a classic adventure, for instance, made with such attention to detail? (Not cartoonised) What do you figure is the closest we've gotten to amazing detail in a graphic adventure game today? I'm thinking TMI is the closest so far....I want to say Heavy Rain but that's a completely different animal even though it has many attributes of an adventure...
I remember seeing screenshots from one adventure game that had amazingly detailed graphics, but I can't remember what it was. Either way, there are quite a few adventure games with more detailed/realistic graphics than TMI. That isn't to say better graphics, though. If you want to see amazing graphics in an adventure game, you should check out Machinarium.
Isn't that 2D art, though? I'm talking 3D games specifically. I guess I should have stated that. What I'm wishing for is something with normal maps, spec maps, parallax maps, pixel shaders, dynamic lighting, real-time shadows, depth focus (which TMI has), and anything else they got out now to improve graphics.
Just for fun, what are the current features 3D games can take advantage of besides the ones I listed?
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I do, but I think you have more to offer than that. I don't much mind either way though.
Frankly, I'm honoured. Perhaps someday, and someday soon, when I've something to contribute or something, I'll reuse my real account and post here for realsies. In the meantime, however...
Isn't he?
Isn't a man entitled to the sweat of his brow? What about Caesar? What about God? Aren't they entitled to the sweat of their brow? I will quote you the ancient words of a wise Jewish zombie.
I may have paraphrased the end there.
I loves me some trolling, it's an artform in it's own wee way if it's done right. Plus you haven't gone the way of flat-out abuse which keeps it nice and more or less civil
Even in a book of lies sometimes you find truth. There is indeed a season for all things and now that I see you flesh-to-flesh and blood-to-blood I know I cannot raise my hand against you. But know this, you are my greatest disappointment. You can kill me, but you will never have my city. My strength is not in steel and fire, that is what the parasites will never understand. A season for all things! A time to live and a time to die, a time to build... and a time to destroy!
It's good to know *someone* appreciates my efforts. After all; trolling is a art. In all seriousness, the majority of you are great fun. That's why I think I'll come back here once the whole 'Andrew Ryan' thing has run it's course. That may be pretty soon, too.
A tip o' my hat to ye.
Yeah, it's funny how "non-conformists" are just conforming to a different group. In fact, the "non-conformists" are doing so actively, so they're conforming more than regular people (who just conform because it's human nature).
I might make an avatar in MSPaint... good idea. I've still got my eyevatar because I've not got anything else to replace it. Also I was the first to have an eyevatar. Just throwing that out there. Do with it what you will (LOVE ME LOVE ME LOVE ME)
I thank you, and tip my oh-so 1940's fedora back at you.
You could always make an avatar that just says 'LOVE ME' three times in succession...
I've decided to go for an avatar-a-day thing. I've got one design with different colour schemes. Monday is orange, Tuesday is blue, Wednesday is purple, Thursday is green, Friday is grey, Saturday is pink and Sunday is red.
Anyone who doesn't follow suit is a filthy conformist. Anyone who does is a copycat.
Let's see how long I can keep this up for
What if we choose something different? What if we choose the impossible? What if we choose... RAPTURE!?
Sure, if you are so inclined. Just ensure that the Parasites do not discover this city I have worked so hard to build.
So there you have it. RD has been using the identity of a game (kind of) character for all these years. Up yours, Andrew Ryan! I'm taking my endorsement back.
Edit: Oh look, there's a little bone head above my post... wonder how that got there
(Joking - I can really. Watch: 1... um, well... you get the idea, I'm not going to bore you by actually doing it)
...parasite.
them be fightin' words!
...and the artist's job is to depict the world as it aught to be, not as it is damned to be by some spasm of the lower mind. Your sort knows damn well how I feel about these celebrations of 'unconscious art.'
Well played, Videlectrix. So tell me, when can we see Thy Dungeonman IV?
New trend: end all of your sentences with COMMAS!!!!!,
Yes. Adopting video game characters as your telltale identity.
I'm Fealiks from the as-yet unproduced and undeveloped video game "Fealiks and the Time Machine Ran Off With his List of Phone Numbers".
"Machine" is the character's dog.
Look, it's quite alright. Computer graphics have actually improved substantially since TDIII, see exhibit A:
W.T.H.? That's obviously a painting, buddy. Can't fool us. Shyeah, maybe video games will look like that in like 1999....
Peh! We'll be there by '97. I hear they're already working on some sort of shooting game where you see through the character's EYES. It'll be just like VR!
(*sigh* Remember how exciting VR was? Kinda pooched that one, didn't they?)
Haha, okay, sure thing, buddy... if you saw through the character's eyes then the character wouldn't be able to move unless the developers were willing to draw the same scene from every conceivable angle. I call bullshit on this.
Fine, look. Here's something more believable...
Isn't that less incredible?
Remember how good the Elder Scrolls was before BethSoft killed it?
Obligatory mention of Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth every time Bethesda is mentioned.
Look, I'm sorry. I have got to put aside my Lovecraft fanboyism and disagree. Morrowind is high in contention for my most favourite game ever. It rather makes me wonder why I don't trollplay as Dagoth Ur.
Can you imagine a classic adventure, for instance, made with such attention to detail? (Not cartoonised) What do you figure is the closest we've gotten to amazing detail in a graphic adventure game today? I'm thinking TMI is the closest so far....I want to say Heavy Rain but that's a completely different animal even though it has many attributes of an adventure...
I remember seeing screenshots from one adventure game that had amazingly detailed graphics, but I can't remember what it was. Either way, there are quite a few adventure games with more detailed/realistic graphics than TMI. That isn't to say better graphics, though. If you want to see amazing graphics in an adventure game, you should check out Machinarium.
Just for fun, what are the current features 3D games can take advantage of besides the ones I listed?