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@  furrykef : (24 July 2015 - 11:25 AM)

Also I still have to figure out how to set up our e-mail accounts on the new host.
@  furrykef : (24 July 2015 - 08:19 AM)

As soon as I figure out how to restore it. Sorry, I know I said it'd be done by now, but I didn't expect to have to put up with this DNS crap and other issues that popped up.
@  Uncle Ben : (24 July 2015 - 07:56 AM)

So when's the black theme coming back??
@  Uncle Ben : (24 July 2015 - 07:56 AM)

"Should"
@  furrykef : (24 July 2015 - 07:27 AM)

That DNS took longer to propagate properly than I thought it would. *Now* we should be back for good, though.
@  furrykef : (23 July 2015 - 08:48 PM)

Or it might be because Bluehost *finally* got around to that server wipe (one week after we'd asked for it) and that wiped out our DNS settings. I'm not sure which and I don't really care. In any case, we've severed our last ties with Bluehost, so this will not happen again.
@  furrykef : (23 July 2015 - 08:08 PM)

Looks like Bluehost yanked our DNS since our hosting account expired. That's why the site went down a while ago. But as you can see, it's fixed now.
@  Misk : (23 July 2015 - 04:55 PM)

No, they do not.
@  furrykef : (23 July 2015 - 04:27 AM)

The goggles do nothing?
@  Misk : (22 July 2015 - 05:50 PM)

My eyes.
@  furrykef : (22 July 2015 - 12:24 PM)

Looks like forum uploads might have been broken since last night. That should be fixed now too.
@  furrykef : (22 July 2015 - 01:33 AM)

Heh, whoops! Server went down for a few mins when I borked the config. Looks like it's back up now.
@  Uncle Ben : (21 July 2015 - 09:09 PM)

It looked like a napkin
@  ILOVEVHS : (21 July 2015 - 09:04 PM)

Fan-fuckin-tastic.
@  furrykef : (21 July 2015 - 08:25 PM)

As for the beaver picture while the forum was down, I think Tim drew it. On a napkin.
@  furrykef : (21 July 2015 - 08:24 PM)

No kiddin' about that "Finally!", Shadow. I am *so mad* at Bluehost for never responding to our support ticket. I submitted it early Friday morning and they *still* haven't answered it!
@  Uncle Ben : (21 July 2015 - 06:37 PM)

Maybe he did that himself
@  Shadow : (21 July 2015 - 05:25 PM)

Say, who made the cute picture of Beaver Chief?
@  Shadow : (21 July 2015 - 05:24 PM)

Finally!
@  RedMenace : (21 July 2015 - 05:02 PM)

Woooo! The site's back up! Three cheers for Kef!

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10'000 Pages Or Bust

Started by chief, Jul 16 2009 08:30 PM

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#13981 RedAuthar

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 08:36 PM

...Sigh...Don't worry little LEGO Riddler Minifig, you're not being swapped for a pony any time soon.

#13982 Reed Teran

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 09:26 PM

And my self portrait will not vanish as well...for I have yet to even watch this stuff unless my little agreement is fulfilled...and I don't think it will be.

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 09:32 PM

The problem in general seems to be that there are too many writers who insist on downer endings to stories where the conficts could certainly have ended well. They seem to be making the story end badly just for the sake of "art", or because they were depressed when they wrote it or something. They get people invested in their characters and then toss the characters into the meat grinder just because they can. That's really no way ot treat one's characters or one's audience.

Personally, I tend to save all the gruesome stuff for my villains, becuse they're really the ones who deserve to die and you can get a really dark and twisted "happy" ending out of it... Ever notice that most horror movies tend to make all the people who get killed off be the jerks? That's because it makes horror fans want them to die. Jason Voorhees gets aplauded when he kills the jerkass jock. But even Kane Hodder stated flat out that Jason woudn't kick a dog. Similarly, take most action movies. The badguys tend to be terrorists or criminals of some sort. So people like it whan Chuck Norris gives them a one-way ticket to Hell...


As a writer myself, I would like to dispute this.

I am very guilty of treating my characters like dirt. Very often I create a likable character, and then kill them off in a very brutal way.

However, I do not do it to be "artsy" or "because I can." I take advantage of the emotional investment the audience has to make them on the same emotional wavelength as the rest of the main cast.

For example, I had once had a characer named Mia. She was very well-liked, by both the audience and the characters. This I planned for, and had her die (in a very painful fashion, I might add) as a result of the main antagonist, a monster known as the Black Spawn.

The characters were sad, the audience was sad. Both were also angry. Not at me, but at the Spawn itself. Her death served as a fuel source, as a drive to personally see the end of the Spawn.

Anger and revenge are very realistic motivations, and as such I use them quite a bit in order to drive my characters closer to the final battle

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 10:44 PM

I feel like there are a lot of people in this thread who should read this:
http://www.hotdigged...ndship-is-magic
"These hands of ours are BURNING RED! Their loud cry tells us..."
"To grasp happiness!"
"ERUPTING GOD FINGER!!! SEKI..."
"HA!"
"LOVE LOVE TENKYOKEN!!!"
-Domon Kasshu and Rain Mikamura, G-Gundam

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Posted 11 February 2012 - 10:53 PM

Hay guys!


Ride me into town, Kef. We're going to the bookstore.

#13986 furrykef

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 12:41 AM

And my self portrait will not vanish as well...for I have yet to even watch this stuff unless my little agreement is fulfilled...and I don't think it will be.


Here ya go.

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#13987 Shadow

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 01:23 AM

I hear Chief promises shuffle truffles for everyone

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 06:57 AM

Not switching my avatar either. I will change who I am for I am...the Gamemaster.

(Sorry...trying to go for a bit of drama there.)

Oh and...we're at 700 now! YAY!

#13989 Gojira007

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 08:44 AM

Just 300 more, guys! And to celebrate this milestone, here's Batman. On drugs.


"These hands of ours are BURNING RED! Their loud cry tells us..."
"To grasp happiness!"
"ERUPTING GOD FINGER!!! SEKI..."
"HA!"
"LOVE LOVE TENKYOKEN!!!"
-Domon Kasshu and Rain Mikamura, G-Gundam

#13990 Bakuda

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 10:51 AM

Just 300 more, guys! And to celebrate this milestone, here's Batman. On drugs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJstmxb8vyw

That's.....something special.....
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Posted 12 February 2012 - 11:47 AM

For those wondering what the source is...

Ah, it never gets old. :D

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 02:04 PM

And my self portrait will not vanish as well...for I have yet to even watch this stuff unless my little agreement is fulfilled...and I don't think it will be.


Here ya go.

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Reed, you were kinda asking for it.

For the record, it's a nice picture.

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 03:49 PM

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#13994 Reed Teran

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 06:43 PM

@furrykef veeeery fonneh. I made da bet with tennyo, shadow, and someone else. So...(throws into garbage and resumes usual rant)

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#13995 Vlad Yvhv

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 07:09 PM

I changed my Avatar recently. Purely by accident, though. And I swithced it back after I realized that "photo" is the new term they're using for "avatar". For anyone who saw it an wondered, it was an isiolated Thing cell from the prequel.

Projection: If Intruder Organsim reaches civilized areas...

Entire world population infected 2,7000 hours from first contact.

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 08:24 PM

@furrykef veeeery fonneh. I made da bet with tennyo, shadow, and someone else. So...(throws into garbage and resumes usual rant)


Oh?

Oh, by the by, there is still no ponified Reed Teran out thar.
Ill make you bronies a deal...(might as well be a deal. With the debbil!)
IF you can find/create a good and impressive ponified Reed Teran, then I will(cough) watch the first three episodes...
My reference is my profile picture.
Ready....GO!


I don't see nuthin' in there 'bout no tennyo, shadow, or no one.
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#13997 RedAuthar

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 08:27 PM

....Ordinarily I'd point out the legal failings of the contract but......

....I think they have you Reed.

#13998 Reed Teran

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 08:30 PM

Remember, there are specific details in this pic...like the missing piece of ear.
You know what? Smurf it. Ill watch 'em. Tomorrow.

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 08:38 PM

Watch your *smurfing* language.

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Posted 12 February 2012 - 08:44 PM

Don't you smurfing tell me to watch my smurfing language!!

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