MALADROITHIM'S PROFILE

author=demondestiny link=topic=266.msg3372#msg3372 date=1190260463
GIRLS!

The thing that i can hate the most are girls. In my life i have been out with so many girls and not once have i been the one to end the relationship. Girls can dump you for the most idiotic things such as "Appearance", "Hair", "Hobbies". These are just some of the things that i have been dumped for.

IS THERE ANY GIRL OUT THERE THAT IS SANE!

Dude, you're just dating stupid girls, that's all.

Also, I disagree with the statement about effeminate men. I think that in our culture we glorify homosexual men and effeminate men, and it's the distant minority that have any sort of problem whatsoever with either group.

I have been writing some music lately! You guys should listen to it and let me know what you think.

Rapture, written September 11, 2007. Get it at: http://www.brandonabley.com.

This song written specifically with a small chamber ensemble in mind, in this case two violins, a cello, and a harp. The second violin is playing double stops almost the entire time, in case you were wondering. This song could easily be converted into a string quartet, with the lower second violin harmony being played on viola, I guess, but I doubt it will ever be performed anyway so who cares!

Direct link: http://www.brandonabley.com/Music/Dragoon%20Legends/Rapture_Album.mp3

I thought that Double Agent was an excellent game!

I've been playing a lot of Blue Dragon recently. Halfway through Disc 1, I heard of the difficulty fix available in Japan, so I made a phoney Live account, downloaded the fix from the Hong Kong martketplace, and started a new game in Hard mode (I couldn't "upgrade" my current playthrough). I have to say, the subtle complexities of Blue Dragon really emerge when the enemies are difficult enough to require you notice them. Character customization becomes a lot more fun, too, because the game has a lot of game-breakingly powerful customization combinations, and on Hard mode, these game-breakers cease being game-breakers and simply became basic requirements to getting through the game. Some bosses are a uncomfortably hard, though.

I also continue to play Jeanne d'Arc on PSP whenever I am away from home and idle. Excellent handheld game and probably the best title on PSP! The only handheld game I have liked as much is Final Fantasy IV Advance, but I am a completely worthless Final Fantasy IV fanboy and my recommendation is assuredly biased.

author=Tribal Tail link=topic=240.msg3132#msg3132 date=1189112128
To respond to brandon: I prefer doing 32x24 sprites, myself. But that may be because I have not tried many rmxp size sprites.

I'd probably prefer them, actually... now that I think about it.

I was just making a generalization, and I think you'd agree that, generally, it applies. third-rate spriters can almost always perform at a BASIC ability in a lower resolution (see: all of Gaming World), but once a pixel artist has a modicum of experience, it's easier to make spriters larger. This is because, with higher resolutions, you can be less selective about which details you choose to include or not. Spriting very well at a low resolution requires a keen eye and the ability to trick the viewer into seeing things that you aren't actually fully representing in pixels. But, you know, maybe you just have more experience with 32x24 sprites!

But I typed all this before I read the second line of your post, so yeah, I guess you do agree! I've found that hi-res spriting feels a lot more like drawing or something, which is a much more natural way to thing, while tiny lo-res sprites are really technically demanding and a unique skill in and of themselves.

author=Ultimaodin link=topic=158.msg3108#msg3108 date=1188977727
Is it just me or does everybody on this forum appear to be utter piss-heads? ???



PS Canada pwns the USA! ;D

It's usually not a good idea to insult every member of a forum and then make a crack about the home country of almost everyone here!