The Dark Lab

What does this picture look like to you initially? [small edit]

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:03:47 GMT

Just made it a tad bit smaller to help enhance the view... per say. Click the picture for a full view (don't worry, page will stay the same).

One thing I never got about Naruto games...

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:35:32 GMT

...Why the hell do they have you cross a bridge to access "Hidden Village of the Mist"?

The Land of Wave (remember Naruto's first "C-class" mission?) is located past the "Great Naruto Bridge", which if you watched the anime and remember the conversation held shortly after leaving [or at least in most fanfictions], have no ninjas of their own.

Stupid Narutards, the Hidden Mist is not in the Land of the Waves (which can be accessed to by taking a boat or crossing a bridge).

Mist is in the Land of Water, which is pretty much accessible via boat only.

Map: http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i31/aquamoony/naruto/ country.gif

And if you don't like what I said, watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJYRHA0

How bad does your breath stink?

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:11:04 GMT

http://www.testyourbreath.ca

I love some of the various, random responses.

Pokemon TCG Alpha Test 4

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 14:00:43 GMT

Download: http://www.byond.com/members/GhostAnime/files/PkmnCard.zip

Deck editor is in. Try it out and comment if you can. Battle with it as well!

For fun, you can try out edit/create as well >_>

For commands or basic playing methods, see http://www.byond.com/members/GhostAnime?command=view_post &post=42292

Why the heck would they ask this?

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:17:09 GMT

I'm applying to have my bone marrow type tested (one of my cousin has Leukemia) and while filling out an online application (the first step, to see if I meet the primary condition), the following question came up:

Male donors: Have you had sex with a man, even one time, since 1977?*
If female, please select "No"

OK, I can understand them asking if I had AIDS, kinda get the reason for the question "At any time since 1977, have you taken money or drugs for sex?*", but why worry about the above if you're just donating stem cells from the bone marrow? Afraid that the bone marrow may be damaged or just prejudice?

These questions are real, and in case you don't believe me (or want to sign up for bone marrow donation, which is always nice):

https://www.blood.ca/CentreApps/Internet/ UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/ Join_OneMatch?OpenDocument&CloseMenu&p=OMSplashEnter

Oh, and today marks the day that I joined BYOND 5 years ago. Man, time passes by.

Asking for Alpha Testers for Pokemon TCG (for Test 3)

Tue, 20 May 2008 01:59:43 GMT

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Alright, I programmed in the Pokemon Powers and Trainers as well as made the AI smarter.

I need your help to find any bugs and/or suggestions You can either post it here or in the forum (you do not need to be a member to post in the forum).

In addition, GameBoy promos (anyone remember the GBC pokemon TCG game? Heh) and two other misc. cards (my own due to bordom: Kyuubi the Ninetails and Energy Doubler) were programmed in. The Alpha themes has at least one of these GameBoy cards but only the Fire Storm Alpha theme has both the misc. card

Yes, Kyuubi's attack is overpowered ... hence why the info mentions it to be banned

Request for Alpha Testers for Pokemon TCG game

Sat, 03 May 2008 20:20:08 GMT

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I would like you to test this out, primarily with the trainer cards as I had the most problems with them. Fairly simple, neh? Please comment with any problems you have noticed or with any suggestions.

See the previous post about mouse shortcut/selecting choices.

In some instances, you'll have a choice to make in your hand, the mouse shortcut to select the card is left clicking with CTRL being held. When discarding a card in this option mode, you'll note it goes to the discard pile but does not remove from the hand (as it isn't updated), I'll fix that up later.

Oh and the AI is still in dummy mode, per say

For those curious about what theme decks are chosen randomly, here they are (lazy to reformat it):

Testing
AlphaGrass{name="Forest - Alpha";Cards=list("Baseset"=list("Bulbasaur"=4,"Ivysaur"=4," Venusaur"=4,"Weedle"=2,"Kakuna"=2,"Beedrill"=2,"Koffing"=2," NidoranM"=3,"Nidorino"=3,"Tangela"=2,"Grass"=22,"Revive"=2," Potion"=2,"Imposter_Professor_Oak"=1,"Super_Potion"=1," Gust_of_Wind"=1,"Switch"=1,"Computer_Search"=2))}

AlphaWater{name="Tsunami - Alpha";Cards=list("Baseset"=list("Squirtle"=4,"Wartortle"=4, "Blastoise"=4,"Magikarp"=3,"Gyarados"=3,"Seel"=2,"Dewgong"=2, "Staryu"=2,"Starmie"=2,"Water"=22,"Super_Energy_Removal"=2," Defender"=1,"Pluspower"=1,"Energy_Retrieval"=2,"Full_Heal"=1," Maintenance"=1,"Pokemon_Center"=1,"Pokemon_Flute"=1," Computer_Search"=2))}

AlphaFire{name="Fire Storm - Alpha";Cards=list("Baseset"=list("Charmander"=4,"Charmeleon" =4,"Charizard"=4,"Growlithe"=2,"Arcanine"=2,"Ponyta"=3," Vulpix"=3,"Ninetales"=3,"Fire"=20,"Devolution_Spray"=1,"Bill"=2," Double"=2,"Pokemon_Trader"=2,"Pokemon_Breeder"=2,"Item_Finder" =1,"Clefairy_Doll"=1,"Lass"=1,"Scoop_Up"=1,"Computer_Search"= 2))}

Baseset
Zap{name="Zap!";IS="zap";Cards=list("Baseset"=list("Abra"=3, "Kadabra"=1,"Gastly"=3,"Haunter"=2,"Jynx"=2,"Drowzee"=2," Mewtwo"=1,"Magnemite"=3,"Pikachu"=4,"Bill"=2,"Gust_of_Wind"=2," Switch"=2,"Super_Potion"=1,"Potion"=1,"Defender"=1," Professor_Oak"=1,"Computer_Search"=1,"Psychic"=16,"Lightning"=12))}

Overgrowth{IS="overgrowth";Cards=list("Baseset"=list(" Weedle"=4,"Kakuna"=2,"Beedrill"=1,"Bulbasaur"=4,"Ivysaur"=2," Magikarp"=2,"Gyarados"=1,"Staryu"=4,"Starmie"=3,"Super_Potion"=2," Switch"=2,"Gust_of_Wind"=2,"Bill"=2,"Potion"=1,"Grass"=16," Water"=12))}

Brushfire{IS="brushfire";Cards=list("Baseset"=list(" Charmander"=4,"Charmeleon"=2,"Growlithe"=2,"Arcanine"=1,"Vulpix"=2," Ninetales"=1,"NidoranM"=4,"Weedle"=4,"Tangela"=2,"Pluspower"= 1,"Potion"=3,"Gust_of_Wind"=1,"Switch"=1,"Energy_Removal"=1," Energy_Retrieval"=2,"Lass"=1,"Fire"=18,"Grass"=10))}

Blackout{IS="blackout";Cards=list("Baseset"=list("Machop"=4, "Machoke"=2,"Sandshrew"=3,"Onix"=3,"Hitmonchan"=1,"Staryu"=3, "Squirtle"=4,"Wartortle"=2,"Farfetchd"=2,"Energy_Removal"=4," Super_Energy_Removal"=1,"Gust_of_Wind"=1,"Pluspower"=1," Professor_Oak"=1,"Fighting"=16,"Water"=12))}

Playerset{name="2-Player Starter Set";Cards=list("Baseset"=list("Diglett"=3,"Machop"=3," Machoke"=2,"Rattata"=2,"Dratini"=1,"Potion"=2,"Energy_Removal"=1," Pokedex"=1,"Fighting"=14,"Ponyta"=4,"Charmander"=4," Charmeleon"=2,"Growlithe"=1,"Bill"=1,"Gust_of_Wind"=1,"Switch"=2," Energy_Retrieval"=1,"Fire"=14,"Machamp"=1))}

Pokemon TCG fans, I need your help

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:29:50 GMT

I just finished the "battle system" for my pokemon TCG game, excluding having a "smart" AI and programming in Trainers effects as well as any other card series besides the baseset.

When you run the game, you'll go into battle (after a moments delay) and obtain one of the four theme decks of the baseset series or th two-player starter set.

This is in alpha, just want to catch any obvious problems. If you notice any problems or suggestions, please post it here :)

Here's all the buttons/mouse shortcut you need to worry about:
- Drawing
+ Don't worry, done automatically since you HAVE to draw.

- Placing down basic pokemon cards
+ Select the card, press the set down button
+ OR drag the card onto the field

- To start/pass the battle
+ When you want to start the fight (at the very beginning after placing the basic cards down) or pass a turn, press the 'Pass Turn' button. It is a purple hourglass icon on the bottom left area.

- Attach energy
+ Select energy card, press attach button (which looks like from Yu-Gi-Oh, Crosshair), select pokemon card you want to attach on, press attach button
+ OR drag the energy card on to the pokemon card

- Evolving
+ See above, use evolution button instead of attach button.
+ Mouse shortcut is the same as above

- Attack
+ Select the pokemon card, click the attack's name when sufficient energy is given

- Retreat
+ Select card, press retreat button, select other card, press retreat button
+ OR Select card, press retreat button, click other pokemon by holding SHIFT

- Discarding energy
+ Select card, press discard
+ OR drag card to field

+ If the discarding is optional, press the X button to cancel

- To quit
+ Press the white flag button on the bottom left area (yes, I know it doesn't look like a button)

- To check pokemon card info
+ Press magnifying glass button after selecting hard
+ Hold CTRL + SHIFT and left click the card

TCG Rules:
In case you do not know the TCG rules, if you WISH, you can read about them here

...Or guess on your own, it's not too hard to guess.

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I'm so happy

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:29:23 GMT

I'm finally done my 4 years of college (3 years learning + 1 year co-op).

Finally! I'm so happy ^_^

Oh, and to those who didn't know, my last post was a joke. I never released those sources... read the key words for the previous one :o

Seriously, I am very happy that I am finished college... four months before I suffer from university though :(

Giving away DBO2 + NWOTS + BSOC Source Files

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:03:35 GMT

Here ya go.

[Please do not release sources without the owners permission]