Troper Updates II, Part II

For what it's worth, I'm working on a game project that's supposed to be an upgraded version of an old school Metroidvania (so, the background's made of a 14x16 grid of tiles, but the tiles are 64x64 pixels instead of 16x16, enemies have better AI and so on).

It's mostly being slowed down by a) the fact I need to learn to draw (for the sprites) and b) I'm me.

Okay, I got two details wrong. Still, people are pissed at certain things going on with game companies.

Bioware's founders left the company. And now we're getting a Dragon Age ripoff that's Kickstarted.

Just linked some guy on another forum to this page (the link text was "LOOK IT'S A TV TROPES LINK") to attempt to send him on a Wiki Walk- it was one of those "one group counts forward, the other counts backward" threads, except the group that guy was in (the Kits, people who have "kit" in their username, apparently from an old fad on that forum), after posting, restore the count to 0.

edited 30th Apr '15 6:13:50 PM by SmartGirl333

Learning to draw sprites is a valuable skill, though. You can make a lot of indie games that way.

Watching Game Grumps play Sonic The Hedgehog 2006. Their suffering because of the game's legendary shittiness combined with the unfair difficulty makes for good comedy.

So I'm playing Star Drive 2 and my race is weak in ground combat. My solution? Use my profound economic and scientific might to purchase large quantities of Tyrannosaurus Rexes on the galactic black market and then graft miniguns onto them. Then juice them up with Super Soldier Serum.

None shall withstand the assault of the Imperium Von Lewis' shocktroopers - motherfucking dinosaurs with guns.

Some bad luck, nothing too drastic, but ain't liking it. Maybe similar's happened to some of you guys.

Some guy, who looked like a rapper and must've been on speedy, came going on about how he must be filthy rich and better than anyone else, flicked off and otherwise acted like he'd read a guide for being an over-the-top jackass. I was all "Yeah, that's nice" and walked away. The guy just suddenly threw some punches and kicks. I blurt out "What the heck?!" so loud the whole train station must've heard it and a few guys do. The guy tries throwing another kick, but stumbles and starts running away.

Cops found him pretty fast. The guy was all on about how he's a tough guy millionaire or something like that. Dunno what he told the cops, but clearly just trying to cover his ass.

Funnily, it was some bystanders, who kept saying the guy must've been on speedy. Wouldn't wonder.

Whew, just a few small bruises and I fell on my ass. Taken care of.

Watching One Hundred And One Dalmatians after a decade of having not.

I remember things, and I understand things I never did before, and the old feels and tastes are coming back...

edited 1st May '15 10:01:11 PM by Keybreak

Now I'm watching the sequel...

After forty years the Pongos finally move to the country. Their voices have changed and the puppies grew into their British accents.

The animation is traded for the effort of the pacing, but you know Disney sequels. I've never really thought that they were "bad", but obviously not treated with the same love as the originals.

edited 1st May '15 11:02:14 PM by Keybreak

The celebrations of May 1st are continuing for the fourth day. I don't think my body can handle these types of marathons any more.

Are you referring to May Day or the Jonathan Coulton song?

May Day. I'm not sure how one can celebrate a song for four days.

If you knew the song, it would be obvious.

Just saw the big fight through, *ahem* various means, and let me tell you. That was some authentic-ass shit. It was more pixelated than a Japanese porno and the streamer was like the chief engineer on a rapidly disintegrating USS Enterprise trying to save the ship. The fight on the other hand was total bullshit. Either a gateway to an alternate reality spawned in front of the judges and they were giving out scores accordingly, or trained psychics were somehow involved. It's all the proof I need that boxing is nearing its end as a respected professional sport and armored gladiatorial duels will rise again.

edited 2nd May '15 10:44:22 PM by MaxwellDaring

From what I've seen of the fight, I can only agree.

don't I wish◊

Everyone's busy and I have time to fill.

Youtube to the rescue!

edited 3rd May '15 5:13:44 AM by MerryMikael

Last week of clinical/intern hours and it can't be over soon enough. I can only take so many more days of leaving the house no later than 7am and not getting back until 9 or 10pm because of work or school afterward. (Not to mention a clinical instructor whose instructions often consist of just trying to kick my ass into going faster while I'm sticking a needle into someone.)

As far as the fight goes, as much as I'm a Pacquiao fan, absolutely detest Mayweather, and wanted to see Mayweather get his ass kicked, Mayweather won. He did it in his usual way of making the other guy ineffective rather than being effective himself and doing just enough to win, but he did it. Although how blatant he was in running from Pacquiao was a sad display.

Bleh, it's a bank holiday and I'm working today and tomorrow.

Also, for some reason I can't shake the feeling that the customers at work don't like me...

They don't. Always assume customers hate you, operating under those pretenses forces you to find a way to serve them quickly and without accidentally pissing them off.

But I don't like being disliked.

Don't take it personally. Don't take anything that happens at work personally.

Anything involving serving the public is bound to have you feeling hated.

Try working in banking where you end up worried about being hated if you're front line, and where you end up wishing you were in the back offices.

Customer service has spoiled customers. There aren't all that many who feel entitled to get exactly what they want when they want how they want, with the royal treatment, but it seems like they're everywhere because you serve hundreds of people every day and the bad eggs are all you remember.

edited 4th May '15 8:05:12 AM by TParadox

Man, tonight on Star Talk they have Dan Savage on and it seems the science of relationships is gonna be the topic. Dammit I'd rather hear Neil deGrasse talk about space and astrophysics and REAL science.

Most of his topics are interesting, but I did subscribe to the podcast for astronomy/astrophysics stuff. The show has basically expanded into the US version of The Infinite Monkey Cage.