Blightmare

They sure do, and the worst part about it is their logic on their conclusions is so flawed and broken that you simply can't reason with them because you can't logically argue against their point. Just look at Daniel Shenton from the Flat Earth Society who believes that no one has ever actually provided proof that the earth isn't flat. Even without the principles of orbit, if consistent mathematical equations and laws of physics aren't proof beyond his "Well I think different" then you're SOL in ever trying to break through to him.

Getting ready for day 2 of working Blizzcon. Found out my friend works for Blizzard and never told me lol. Can't really say much(NDA's fer days) other than my feet muscles are pulled and I somehow threw out both my knees and that was the easy part.

Edit: WAIT, I found better. My favorite picture on all the internet right now.

I was bout ready to throw down at that challenge until I realized you played the piano part of the song AND everything else. I'll stick to my plastic guitars where I know I can win. XD More seriously though that was impressive.

On the contrary. The school was an art school focused on game design (primarily 3D and engines) and considering I'm a programmer who was making his own 3D models for his game, 2 years should have been more than enough time for the actual 3D artists to learn their craft, identify their weaknesses, and work to overcome them and get better. But people in my SENIOR THESIS class were turning in work of the same quality and effort I saw back in Intro to 3D. Their problem wasn't that they weren't good enough, it was that they had quite literally no motivation and no drive. A lot of people went there because they were mislead by the prospect of video games, not understanding that to make a game you need more than just a good idea and half a thought. Also if I sound like I'm ranty, it's residual frustration and disappointment with my graduating class and friends seeping through. I know they were and are capable of doing extremely well but most of them would rather sit in the library swearing at League of Legends than working to secure a successful future. :/ I'm still awestruck by the modeler that showed up to Senior Thesis 1 with less models than I had, and I made 2 games to put those models in. -.- Also to clear the air a little, at that school, "good enough" usually meant "Bare minimum" and by bare minimum I mean N64. Thankfully. XD In fact I'd say her work is already ahead of my graduating class. If it needs any more pointing out, OT: A bit ranty lol.

my favorite moment ever playing games with friends was when I was winning and fucked up so bad my friend described it as "Wrestling defeat from the jaws of victory."

As bad as it feels from the first-person, I always viewed the imperfectionist mindset as a rather healthy mindset. Without it we wouldn't have drive to get better at something, or at least not much of one. If all those years at college showed me anything, it's that "good enough" became "dropping out" because everyone who worked only to the point of "good enough" had ended up being no better than they were when they started 2 years before. Don't beat yourself up too much over that, it's beneficial in the long run.

It's probably also the safest method to just use DOSBox, especially for the non-technically inclined. And while I don't consider myself technology-blind, I wouldn't trust myself to try that out outside of a low-budget "for kicks" project with old, cheap hardware.

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I don't think I could do that. For one I have a slight fear of the dark. Nothing bad, like I'm perfectly, 110% fine if I'm in a place I'm comfortable with (room, house, friends house, etc) which extends to a much stronger fear, an actual phobia I have, of deep, dark water. Like my biggest 'logical' fear is drowning in the ocean. As fascinated as I am with the ocean and sea creatures (I really really love the aquarium and any nature/science shows that talk about the ocean and what's in it) I'm absolutely terrified of it as well. XD While I know it's not the same thing, just imagining being in the shower while it's that dark gives me close to the same feeling as imagining being in the deepest parts of the ocean without light. I think I'll pass. ^_^ Glad it works for you though! But do be safe. Slipping in the shower with no light could lead to dangerous situations. I slipped once and getting up was difficult enough with the pain and that was lit. XD Bit of a deviation: I always see a lot of guests viewing these forums and wonder to myself how many of them are new users waiting to happen, how many are old users who are silently keeping track of the place, how many are long time visitors that just never registered, how many are first time/last time, and how many are just search engine bots documenting pages. I don't know why that's so fun to think bout. Maybe cuz I know I'll never get an answer and my imagination can run?

Yesterday when I went to take a nap, I joked to myself by saying "I'm so tired that I'm not taking a nap, the nap is taking me." Which reminded me of the old Shel Silverstein poems I used to read and I ended up channeling him for a few minutes. Because I wrote a poem inspired by his style lol. A Wild Nap Took Me I find myself in trouble, as maybe you can see, 'cuz yesterday, mid-afternoon, a wild nap took me. It dragged me to its lair and held me down with dreams, and tied me up in gnarly knots, spun from nightmare strings. It's asking for a ransom; compensation for its crime. But I cannot pay, for here's the thing, it wants it payed in time. I said to it, "I cannot give the currency you seek. To get the day I need to pay it could take me all week!" It told me that's MY problem, and that it doesn't care. It can wait til any date for me to bring it's fare So if I'm late to dinner, or lunch, or bunch, or tea, just remember that the reason is a wild nap took me. I was also very tired when I did this so I'm amazed it even has a rhyme scheme at all. XD

Working on homework. Gonna be a lot of visual junk to do this weeks. Charts and stuff. Bleh.

pft hahaha It looks best actually side by side. Idunno if I can make it this perfect again. Kinda on accident.

Still not entirely sure what this means in the end. I can say this may not be entirely accurate since some of those were met with "what does that even mean?" or "I don't agree OR disagree."

It's in there somewhere I'm sure.

^_^ OT: Trying to exhaust myself with exercise to see if that'll make sleeping easier. Not insomnia this time, I just took too long of a nap earlier. Oops.

I ran out of trashy romance so now I'm watching comedic youtube videos. Mood is improving. Incidentally, just looking at my avatar makes me happy. So adorable...

That actually sounds quite nice. I think I'll go make one.

Skyrim. Overhaul mods too stronk. Vampire wood elf assassin doesn't even need a knife. I just bite everyone and they die.

Get no sleep, head hazy, grumpy, decide to check in on forums to see if it can lighten my mood. Negativity. Front and center. Just all kinds of things further souring my mood. Fuck it. I'm a hermit today. See you all tomorrow. I'm gonna go read trashy romance novels featuring gay people being completely gay in the gayest way possible. Also if I have to come back and start swinging the "stop being a jerk" hammer I'm gonna come swinging hard.

Slowly chewing on a PayDay candybar while silently fearing what kind of damage I did to my liver last night. 4 beers, 2 mixed drinks, and 9 shots. How did I let my friends convince me that was a good idea and how did I not even get tipsy? I didn't even know they MADE shot roulette...

I know quite a few of them actually. Guess it just depends who you hang out with and where you live. Also genderqueer and transgender are 2 different things. Genderqueer is basically the blanket term for any gender that's neither male nor female. In my case it's gender fluid which the easiest way to describe that is my identity changes overtime. Basically, to simplify things, transgender is anyone who feels their gender is the opposite of their sex(male to female, female to male) and genderfluid covers everything else. I wonder how many times I can fit the word gender into one post. Gender. This is why I don't like labels. Too damn many of em.

9/10 Adorable pixel Alucard.

I had been sitting on that avatar for months cuz of how adorable it was and it got even better when you pointed that out. XD This is great.