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Tis the Season for GUNDAMU!

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:50:17 +0000

For over a year, I've watched as SD Gundam Online became popular to varying levels. I've watched as many nerfs and buffs occured, I've watched even a Dive Team occur.

And finally, that bliss comes to Americans.

http://sdgo.ogplanet.com/en/teaser.og

(Edit: I hear bad things about OGplanet, let's hope they DON"T fuck it up)

For those who say "It's SD!", do not think this is like "SD Gundam Force", it's more akin to SD G Gen or SRW, in that it's using chibisized icons simply to make it cheaper to produce.

Although it's not amazing, the gameplay is quick, and lethal. A second's lapse of concentration and you could be dead. Think the One Year War for you Gundam fans, but in a Zaku II during A Baoa Qu.

For those who doubt it will be good, try it anyhow.

It can't be worse than most FPS/Third PS, and trust me, I've tried a lot, this and Golden 007 for the N64 are the only two that passed my test.

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT:

Gundam 00[Q]ant

Wing Gundam Version Katoki (This is the Version Heero Yuy used in the movies universe instead of the Wing Gundam from the Anime!)

God Gundam on Fuunsaiki (Yes, On a HORSE) (Apology for the YuGiOh 5Ds at the beginning)

Lu Bu Tallgeese from SD Gundam Brave Battle Warriors Sangokuden (DO NOT PURSUE AFTER LU BU!)

And because I'm a biased fuck, none of you get Jesus Yamato, but rather

ALLAH ASLAN (Athrun)! Oh, and the Infinite Justice

FOR TIBERATH!

Gundam Exia: 7 Swords Version

Gundam Epyon (Yes, the Guy painted it Blue)

Karma is a neverending cycle of **** yous.

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 09:58:01 +0000

Normally, I don't believe in religious stuff. But there's often bits and pieces in each religion that's truth. I myself am an Atheist, well, technically. I don't believe in any God. I don't believe in any religion. I live life as it comes. Juuza of the Clouds would be proud of me. Meh.

Well to get at hand: my Karma's been in the crapper recently. Those who know me on MSN know my computer broke down 2 mornings ago. A power outage hit my house hold with a nice big bang (attack) accompanying it. When my computer came back on, I met my old nemesis from my computer 6 years ago: The Blue Screen of Death. Oh how I never expected to see him again.

Well after that I spent 2 hours trying to get it to work. I figured there was a virus that ate up the system and prevented the keyboard and Mouse from working. (I really didn't think it was the motherboard all along).

So some time later, I took my computer to a Neighbor, he offered to check my computer basically for free, clean out the thing for free, and if he could repair it, it would cost only $40 for an OS Reinstall. Mind you, Windows XP is unsupported anymore by Microsoft OR Compaq. So I doubt (still do) that they produce Recovery Disks for it anymore.

Well, suffice to say, My graphics card burnt into my motherboard, and permanently damaged the thing. To make it worse, the Processor chip might have also been burnt out. To make it even worse, only one or the other, or even both, might need repairs. $200+ job. Whoo boy. Better off being a new top-end computer!

Now, there's no way I can get -that- repaired without at least 100 dollars for just one as I said. My lame ass karma hits a low, I'm thinking at this time "Well, there went everything I've known and used!"

But here's where my karma always kicks back. Whenever I have bad karma, good karma kicks in after. Hell, great karma. It's not that I have to do anything, it just happens.

See, this guy, he's been friends with my family since forever. So he offers to get me a NEW (Used however) computer from the Flea Market, all parts working. They cost $40-$60. To make it better for me, all my superior parts from my computer not damaged (Fan, Hard Drive(?), DVD Driver/Lightscribe, RAM Sticks, Graphics card) will be added to this new computer. What does this mean? For $40-$60 bucks, I might end up with a better Motherboard AND Processor, hell, maybe even a new OS, for cheap as hell, and take that new computer to heights I couldn't obtain with my luck before now by adding a 2nd Fan (Godsend considering my Graphics card produces enough Heat to be used by Shin Mazinger Z) on top of said new Motherboard and Processor.

But again, this relies on me getting a superior model of processor and motherboard out of used computers. I have a 2006 Computer mind you. So my Karma's riding heavily on lady luck.

Will the guy there be selling pre 2006, or post 2006? I could end up with a lesser model or a better model, as I got a Compaq 2006 XP system. If I get anything older, well, you know what I mean, high chance of upgrade, and amazing karma. Anything before, I got a high chance of decent karma (just having a working computer works!) or meh karma (bad processor = not so much fun anymore).

I sometimes wonder "Why the hell though, is it that I can almost literally plot my karma out like a flow chart"?

It always hurts.

Sat, 23 Jul 2011 22:30:29 +0000

Whelp, it's always a pain, y'know?

Finally (seems anyhow...) that my Ex for 9 years now and I finally broke off our last shreds of communication.

Knew it was going down hill, but man it hurts regardless.

Known her since I was young, she literally helped forge me into who I am today. She gave me a purpose really, and now? All gone.

Project TH wouldn't be where it was were she not there to help support it in it's book days. She literally helped give it life. Hell, part of it's backstory was formed just by my knowing she existed.

Kinda hurts, she has been really my best, truest friend this whole time. But when they are literally cold hearted to you and give you no breathing room to be yourself, it just has to decay.

I don't know what to do right now.

Suicide obviously isn't on my agenda, but I just... don't know what to think feel or do right now. She was a driving force to me, even if I am a lazy selfish bum, she helped keep me in line.

I just felt a need to post this, get my feelings out. Stupid as I am, I guess I just needed to say something to someone. Had this blog almost 3 weeks reinstalled thanks to Teka.

Inb4 Drama in the comments section.

Requesting Action from BYOND staff

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:32:31 +0000

I filed a report yesterday about a player who spammed Duel Monsters Genesis with links to a DBZ Rip BYOND Game.

Today, a new key did the same exact thing.

TWO Days in a row.

On request of Duel Monsters Genesis' players, I am requesting action.

The 2nd users' CID is given.

Both players linked to the same game. I am basically CERTAIN it's either the same player, or the game's TELLING it's players to spam DMG and other games.

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/Latoma/Spammer.png

http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k10/Latoma/ DragonBallSpam2.png

LOL, oh wow Sony!

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 21:16:40 +0000

http://gbatemp.net/t278556-court-delays-sony-s-attempt-to-ge t-ip-logs

&

http://gbatemp.net/t278670-judge-grants-sony-s-requests-sele ctively

WOW Sony! And this isn't even including the fact they accidentally had one of their staff release one of multiple access codes to the Ps3.

Absolute Dodge Vs Barely dodge

Sun, 19 Sep 2010 18:41:51 +0000

This is part of a system for a new game I'm designing, and I wanted the community's opinion.

The system in question is to be used for a Turn based system. All I will say is about the game is the theme is a "Realistic Fantasy MMO Game", I will not go into any more detail than that.

I want to know what people would want to have for an evasion System. We are currently going with 2.

The more standard and favored system, involving rolling a single number versus a set Evasion %, and hitting a number Higher than that out of 100 is a hit.

Or a "Realistic" Dodging system, wherein damage is proportionate to the accuracy. If I had to explain it, only 0% Accuracy would equal a Total Dodge (might break it into 5% intervals). Anything higher would result in damage, although appropriately less than needed. Accuracy over 100% would not apply except for 150%+, wherein special status effects would apply (temporary amputation of an arm by an attack, "hole in chest", etc) to represent an attack being perfectly on target and/or fatal where a weapon/attack would apply.

This system represents scenarios where for example, someone tries to dodge to the side of a stab, but their arm is still caught. Although it's not as big a deal as a full on blow, it still hurts, and adds onto later complications.

Comments, fixes/suggestions for the "Realistic" system would be welcome too.

Edit/Note: Accuracy would not be shown to the player, not even any bonuses on accuracy from an individual attack. Accuracy is decided by an equation of certain stats.

Certain Map ISO Moding?

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:22:25 +0000

Would it be possible to make certain Maps into ISO Modes? IE: On map 1 I wanted it to be ISO mode for world exploration, Map 2 however is normal Mode (Normal RPG style battling, side view), but map 3 is also Normal mode (IE: A Mario-esque Dungeon), but wanted Map 4 ISO mode again (Normal ISO Dungeon map)

A "micro" icon/mapping function

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:03:40 +0000

BYOND sould allow us to work in reverse size, like a 16x16 or 8x8 size. There are some games which just would look better if managed on a smaller level. As it stands now you can't input icons at a 16x16 size or 8x8, and the same for mapping, unless you make it a miniature icon with blank space around it, which still doesn't really allow you to icon maps at 16x16 easily without complications.

Remove the "Anti-Mash"

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:20:48 +0000

I don't know what you call it, but I'll use a side scrolling BYOND Game as an example.

Most players will spam-mash attacks in most BYOND games with high levels of action (IE: in a side scroller it's not uncommon to find a player spamming Right/Shoot in a shooting-scroller non-stop to keep progressing forwards while firing).

The issue is, thanks to a certain update sometime in V4 of BYOND, this becomes a MASSIVE pain. Games like a Street Fighter POrt (poorly made, but a port), Megaman, etc, are harder, if not impossible, to do because the system will store these button mashes, and continue to do them.

Imagine if you will, a player who wants to do three Hadouken in street fighter, but to cover up his own inexperience, spams the Down, Downtowards, Forwards Attack combo over and over. For BYOND as a result, you would get not 3, but roughly 8 Hadouken because that person spammed it over and over.

I would seriously love to see a function where this can be turned off, so that it will not spam, but instead work like back in 3.5 where if you spam it only happens until it stops. Most Action-based games really just SUCK in actual gameplay with this problem. *Examples: Super Smash Bros BYOND, try pressing Right + Attack roughly 20 times within roughly 2-3 seconds, and then stop, you'll continue to move and attack for roughly 3 more seconds...)

Example 2 to show what system I'm complaining about:
(This is an extremist example, there's no real reason to do this exact one)

Step 1:
Program in the following Macro into your macro board, then play any of the standardly bad BYOND Anime Games (Nbotls, BSoc, Etc):

.north\n.south\n.east\n.west

Step 2: Hold button you set the macro to (on Repeat) for roughly 5-10 seconds.

Step 3: Let go, and watch your character run around like a headless chicken for roughly 2-3 minutes, :S.

Request for new Site Features

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:03:47 +0000

Request: Add on multiple levels of ban, including right to Vote, Right to View one's memberpage entirely (only shows a "You have been Banned from this memberpage" post), inability to comment but can vote, etc.

Also Request the Feature to REMOVE the right to vote "Yea/Nay" on a post.