Dixons Unholy Lair Place Thing.

Yo, Dead Demon!

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:32:53 GMT

Tried to catch you online but I keep missing you =(

More Deck help!

Monsters: 19

1 Phantom of Chaos
1 Herald of Creation
1 D.D.Warrior Lady
1 Morphing Jar
1 Injection Fairy Lily
1 Card Ejector
1 Sangan
3 The Dark - Hex Sealed Fusion
1 Mirage Dragon
1 Twin Headed Behemoth
1 Mask of Darkness
1 Exiled Force
1 Skilled Dark Magician
1 Skilled White Magician
1 Dark Magician
1 Buster Blader
1 Airknight Parshath

Spells: 12

1 Brain Control
1 Heavy Storm
1 Pot of Avarice
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Monster Reborn
1 Future Fusion
2 Polymerization
1 Premature Burial
1 Lightning Vortex
1 Swords of Revealing Light
1 Enemy Conroller

Traps: 9

1 Torential Tribute
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
3 Dust Tornado
2 Staunch Defender
1 Mirror Wall

Fusion Deck: 2

2 Dark Paladin

I know the deck can use a lot of work, how does one go about making a competitive Dark Paladin Deck?

Dragonball Z Heroes Untied (Illegalities)

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:10:16 GMT

Dragonball Z, Heroes United, has been charging for subscriptions to allow players to receive boosts in the game, as brought to my attention by a friend, Inu-kun.

Here's the forum post explaining the benefits and prices.

http://straygames.3.forumer.com/index.php?showtopic=1391

Also, proof of the in game subscription button, as well as an in game list of how many people they've suckered so far.

http://www.byond.com/members/Dixon/files/ DBZHU%20Subscription%20Evidence.jpg

I was going to report this directly to an admin, but meh, they'll see it this way too.

Edit: Another screenshot, in case they delete their forum posts.

http://www.byond.com/members/Dixon/files/ DBZHU%20Subscription%20Evidence2.jpg

To Dead Demon

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:11:04 GMT

Monsters: 20

1 D.D Warrior Lady
1 Asura Priest
3 Archfiend Soldier
1 Sangan
1 Exiled Force
1 Obnoxious Celtic Guard
3 Pyramid Turtle
3 Vampire Lady
3 Vampire Lord
1 Skull Archfiend of Lightning
1 Dark Ruler Ha Des
1 Byser Shock

Spells: 13

1 Heavy Storm
1 Swords of Revealing Light
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Triangle Ecstasy Spark
1 Lightning Vortex
1 Premature Burial
1 Card Destruction
3 Book of Life
3 Offerings to the Doomed

Traps: 7

1 Ceasefire
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Des Counterblow
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Magic Cylinder
2 Nightmare Wheel

Got rid of the Archfiends and scaled down to get cards out quicker. Found out that Vampire Lord was no longer Semi-Limited, so I completed my Vampire set with a third.

What do you think? A bit better?

To Dead Demon

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:10:53 GMT

Monsters: 20

1 D.D Warrior Lady
1 Asura Priest
3 Archfiend Soldier
1 Sangan
1 Exiled Force
1 Obnoxious Celtic Guard
3 Pyramid Turtle
3 Vampire Lady
3 Vampire Lord
1 Skull Archfiend of Lightning
1 Dark Ruler Ha Des
1 Byser Shock

Spells: 13

1 Heavy Storm
1 Swords of Revealing Light
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Triangle Ecstasy Spark
1 Lightning Vortex
1 Premature Burial
1 Card Destruction
3 Book of Life
3 Offerings to the Doomed

Traps: 7

1 Ceasefire
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Des Counterblow
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Magic Cylinder
2 Nightmare Wheel

Got rid of the Archfiends and scaled down to get cards out quicker. Found out that Vampire Lord was no longer Semi-Limited, so I complete my Vampire set with a third.

What do you think? A bit better?

To Dead Demon

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:10:37 GMT

Monsters: 20

1 D.D Warrior Lady
1 Asura Priest
3 Archfiend Soldier
1 Sangan
1 Exiled Force
1 Obnoxious Celtic Guard
3 Pyramid Turtle
3 Vampire Lady
3 Vampire Lord
1 Skull Archfiend of Lightning
1 Dark Ruler Ha Des
1 Byser Shock

Spells: 13

1 Heavy Storm
1 Swords of Revealing Light
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Triangle Ecstasy Spark
1 Lightning Vortex
1 Premature Burial
1 Card Destruction
3 Book of Life
3 Offerings to the Doomed

Traps: 7

1 Ceasefire
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Des Counterblow
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Magic Cylinder
2 Nightmare Wheel

Got rid of the Archfiends and scaled down to get cards out quicker. Found out that Vampire Lord was no longer Semi-Limited, so I complete my Vampire set with a third.

The strategy behind the deck is getting Vampire Lord out as soon as possible, which I can usually pull off on the second or third turn of the duel. Afterward, I rape my opponent with a series of Vampiric attacks, while protecting my Vampires from harm. I think it's a nice strategy, rounded off with a few combos to disrupt my opponent.

YuGiOh! Fiend/Zombie Deck

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:07:46 GMT

Hey, I started playing YuGiOh! again and as I dug out my old cards, I had the urge for something a little more sinister then my usual choices. So I developed a Fiend/Zombie Deck, focusing on Vampires and Archfiends. Tell me what you think, and if you have any suggestions, please let me know.

Monsters: 23

1 Exiled Force
1 Obnoxious Celtic Guard
1 D. D. Warrior Lady
1 Sangan
1 Spirit Reaper
2 Pyramid Turtle
3 Vampire Lady
1 Terrorking Archfiend
3 Archfiend Soldier
3 Infernal Queen Archfiend
1 Skull Archfiend of Lightning
1 Dark Ruler Ha Des
1 Dark Necrofear
1 Byser Shock
2 Vampire Lord

Traps: 11

1 Solemn Wishes
1 Ceasefire
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Dark Mirror Force
2 Nightmare Wheel
3 Soul Demolition

Spells: 16

1 Premature Burial
1 Serial Spell
1 Card Destruction
1 Triangle Ecstasy Spark
1 Heavy Storm
1 Nobleman of Crossout
1 Monster Recovery
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Lightning Vortex
1 Swords of Revealing Light
1 Falling Down
2 Book of Life
3 Soul Absorbtion

BYOND Developer Awards

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 20:40:30 GMT

I was checking things out on the new site, and this intrigued me. The money doesn't sound like much, but when you think about how popular BYOND memberships are becoming, and even if you just did monthly updates and didn't think about the money, it could add up pretty quickly with so many players. Every game that's actually had time spent in it usually has at least 50, or more, of those dedicated players that usually just play that game. That's a dollar a month(assuming they play yours exclusively) per person.

That could be 50$ a month right there, even more!

Of course, that will only work for a few of the really good ones, but that would just be more motivation to better your game. Make your game the one people want to spend time in, and adding BYOND Member perks, makes those people buy memberships, which means even more money goes to you, aswell as to the administrators of BYOND itself. All I can say to that is, Tom you sneaky, clever bastard, nice idea!

This will also cause us to see better games, more games worth playing, etc., and maybe even less "Power Trip" admins, because owners will pay some serious attention to player happiness if money is involved.

That said, I do have some thoughts concerning fangames. A lot of BYOND is made up of fangames, hell, MOST BYOND games are based on some sort of game, comic, TV, etc. universe, and even though the profit is marginally small, people would still be making money from fangames, which is illegal.

So is this system going to ignore fangames, or did the BYOND Team find some sort of loophole where making 12 dollars a month from that DBZ game was okay?

Chess Players Head Explodes

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:18:31 GMT

This is like, eight years old but I thought it was worthy of mention anyway, considering that would be the coolest thing you could ever witness in your life.

(Moscow) -- Doctors are blaming a rare electrical imbalance in the brain for the bizarre death of a chess player whose head literally exploded in the middle of a championship game. No one else was hurt in the fatal explosion, but four players and three officials at the Moscow Candidate Masters' Chess Championships were sprayed with blood and brain matter when Nikolai Titov's head suddenly blew apart. Experts say he suffered from a condition called Hyper-Cerebral Electrosis, or HCE.

"He was deep in concentration with his eyes focused on the board," said Titov's opponent, Vladimir Dobrynin. "Suddenly his hands flew to his temples and he screamed in pain. Then, as if someone had put a bomb in his cranium, his head popped like a firecracker."

Incredibly, Titiov's is not the first case in which a person's head has spontaneously exploded. Five people are known to have died of HCE in the last 25 years. The most recent death occurred in 1991, when European psychic Barbara Nicole's skull burst. Miss Nicole's story was reported by newspapers worldwide.

"HCE is an extremely rare physical imbalance," said Dr. Anatoly Martinenko, famed neurologist and expert on the human brain, who performed the autopsy on the brilliant chess expert. "It is a condition in which the circuits of the brain become overloaded by the body's own electricity. The explosions happen during periods of intense mental activity when current is surging through the brain. Victims are intelligent people with great powers of concentration. Both Ms. Nicole and Mr. Titov were intense people who tended to keep their cerebral circuits overloaded. They were literally too smart for their own good."

Although Dr. Martinenko says there are probably many undiagnosed cases, he hastens to add that very few people will die from HCE. "Most people who have the condition never realize it. Medical science still doesn't know much about HCE, and since fatalities are so rare, it will be years before research money becomes available." In the meantime, the doctor urges people to take it easy and not think too hard for long periods of time.

How to Tell if Your Head's About To Explode

Although HCE is very rare, it can kill. Dr. Martinenko says that being aware of the condition can greatly improve your odds of surviving it. A yes answer to any three of the following seven questions could mean that you have HCE:

1. Does your head sometimes ache when you think too hard? Head pain can indicate overloaded brain circuits.

2. Do you ever hear a faint ringing or humming sound in your ears? It could be the sound of electrical activity in the skull cavity.

3. Do you sometimes find yourself unable to get a thought out of your head? This is a sign of too much electrical activity in the cerebral cortex.

4. Do you spend more than five hours a day reading, balancing your checkbook, or other thoughtful activity? A common symptom of HCE is a tendency to over-use the brain.

5. When you get angry or frustrated, do you feel pressure in your temples? Friends of people who died of HCE say the victims often complained of head pressure in times of strong emotion.

6. Do you overeat ice cream, doughnuts and other sweets? A craving for sugar is typical of people with too much electrical pressure in the cranium.

7. Do you tend to analyze yourself too much? HCE sufferers are often introspective, over-reflective of their lives.

Source:

http://darwinawards.com/legends/legends1999-10.html

This public announcement brought you by...

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 06:34:22 GMT

Emperor Xenu.

HAIL XENU!!!

Henry Moore

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:27:05 GMT

Henry Spencer Moore, born July 30th, 1898, was an artist and sculptor of English descent until his death, August 31st, 1986. He was born in the Yorkshire town of Castleford, his father was a mining engineer. Moore became well known for his abstract, cast bronze and carved, marble sculptures. Substantially supported by the British art establishment, Moore helped to introduce a particular form of modernism into the United Kingdom.

Indeed, Moore had an almost tragic love of art, and wished that everyone felt the way he had. This did not show through the simplistic names his pieces were usually given. His niece once inquired as to the reasoning behind this, and he simply stated "All art should have a certain mystery and should make demands on the spectator. Giving a sculpture or a drawing too explicit a title takes away part of that mystery so that the spectator moves on to the next object, making no effort to ponder the meaning of what he has just seen. Everyone thinks that he or she looks but they don't really, you know."

Moore had seven siblings, all born to Raymond Spencer Moore and Mary Baker. His father was a mining engineer who rose to be under-manager of the Wheldale colliery in Castleford. Raymond was determined to deter his children from ever working in a mine, and so he saw formal education as the route to advancement for his children. giving them good lives.

Henry was an admirer of Michelangelo's, and took a great interest to sculpting. He won a scholarship to Castleford Secondary School when he was only twelve, not unlike several of his brothers and sisters. His art teacher was very influential, and encouraged him to explore vast aspects of art, widening his knowledge. Despite his showing early promise, Moore's parents were against him training as a sculptor which they saw as manual labour without much prospect of a career. Instead, after a brief introduction as a student teacher, he became a teacher at the school he had attended.

When he turned eighteen, he was called into the army to participate in World War I. The youngest man in his regiment, he was injured in a gas attack during the Battle of Cambrai. He was hospitalized, and made a full recovery, though he did not return to battle. He spent he remainder of the war as a physical training instructor. He did not find the war personally troubling, stating "for me the war passed in a romantic haze of trying to be a hero." After the war, he received an ex-serviceman's grant to continue his education and became the first student of sculpture at Leeds School of Art in 1919. The school even set up a studio, personalized for him.

While attending Leeds, Moore met Barbara Hepworth, and a very long standing friendship resulted. It was during this time that Moore was introduced to African Tribal Sculpture by Sir Michael Sadler, who happened to be vice Chancellor at the Leeds school. Later on, Moore won a scholarship to attend the Royal College of Art in London. Hepworth had attended this school a year before.

In 1924, Moore won another scholarship, allowing him to stay in northern Italy for six months. He spent his time there studying the works of Michaelangelo. Upon his return to London, Moore spent seven years teaching at the RCA. Luckily, he only had to teach two days a week, giving him plenty of time to spend on his own art pieces.

Moore did many things in his life, including a marriage to Irina Radetsky, having a daughter named Mary, after his dead mother, and doing countless pieces of art for various commissioners around the world. Towards his death he, with the help of his daughter, set up the Henry Moore Trust in 1972. He had hoped that this could protect his legacy from Death Duties. Soon after, the Henry Moore Foundation was formed, and much of his artwork could be viewed in exhibitions hosted by the Foundation. He died a happy man.

Unfortunately, on December 15th, 2005, one of Moore's artworks were stolen by thieves. The Henry Moore Foundation is willing to pay a very hansom sum for the return of the piece, though it is feared that the sculpture was melted for scrap metal. The 1969/1970 work, known as Reclining Figure LH608 is 3.6m long, 2m high by 2m wide and weighs 2.1 tonnes. If you have any information surrounding the sculpture, please contact the Henry Moore Foundation.