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Facepalm

Welcome to my new series of blog posts featuring things that I completely overlooked with repairs and fixes every month... Facepalm! To kick it off... Fail #1: This is a TF2 related one. You should probably know that for a while I was having issues with constant crashing. Go figure that I start prying through the Lua scripts and my computer settings when all I really had to do was set compatibility mode to Windows XP SP3. Fail #2: I have a Team Losi Mini-8ight 1/14 sc
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Game Review - Robot Arena 2

This is a game that I want to review, but at the same time I dread to review. This is a game that is both innovative and lackluster, both fun and boring, and both a technical marvel and a glitchy mess that makes Sonic '06 look like a masterpiece. This game is called Robot Arena 2. Made by Infograms, arguably one of the worst games developers ever. I really don't know how to define it. A lot of people call it a hack-'n'-slash RPG combined with a simulator, but I consider it more o
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Your Basis Belongs To Us Entirely, It Is!

In 2101 war was begining War had started with announcement 2101 What Happen? Something happens? Somebody set us up the bomb! Someone placed us on the bomb! We get signal! We obtain the signal! What? What? Main screan turn on! The main screen is attached! It's you! That! How are you gentlemen? It is the gentleman vigorous? All your base are belong to us! Your basis belongs to us entirely, it is! You are on the way to destruct
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My Ideas For An Overhaul Mod: Fronteer Miners

Alright, I don't have LRR installed on this computer yet, but once I do I will attempt an overhaul mod. Fronteer Miners Storyline: A group of miners from a frontier colony have discovered a new resource, Ununoctite, in a nearby system. This crystalline compound contains a stable isotope of the heavy element Ununoctium (No. 118, atomic weight 294 in most common isotope), Ununoctium297, which in theory bonds with silver to create the metallic compound required to manufacture the extrem
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Metal Drift - A Review

I've been playing Metal Drift recently, and I have to say it is the must have game of today. Alright. The game is a hybrid Sci-Fi Sports/Racing/FPS game where you are essentially playing Soccer with hover tanks. In order for your team to win they must score more goals than the opponent. The game has decent graphics quality, on par with the XBOX 360, though a little shiny for the quality level like Trackmania Original/Sunrise/Nations/United. Energy effects are TF2 Cow Mangler level and
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Is Team Fortress 2 Crashing With The Windows Generated Message: Hl2.exe Has Stopped Working? Here's A Possible Solution.

First off, we need to figure out the problem. This is not a replacement troubleshooter, rather this is a solution to a problem that VALVe has failed to acknowledge. First off, try EVERYTHING they suggest in the troubleshooter. You can find it at https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9402-MKEN-1517 If that doesn't work, there's a fix that they mentioned in my support ticket that seems to help with some issues. If none of those work, then we've identified th
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Fitzroy's Storm Glass - How To Read It

I might as well just cough up my secrets to accurate weather forecasting, since some members might want to know. I don't go by NOAA, The Weather Channel or Accuweather. I use a Fitzroy's Storm Glass - a glass tube filled a water/ethanol mixture and two different salts. The dissolved salts form crystalline structures that change form with the barometric pressure. How to read: If the liquid is clear, expect fair weather. If the liquid is cloudy, expect overcast skies with a chance of r
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Writing ideas - setting

I'm rolling some ideas through my head, and I would like some opinions on them. I'll list the setting factors in the order of how this page on TVTropes lists them Base genre: Science Fantasy and Dieselpunk with a bit of Cyberpunk thrown in for variety. Mythology: Ancestral with an emphasis on specific heroes, similar to ancient China. Mainly there just for a bit of background flavor. Population: A handful of races. Humans (not quite - they have a few characteristics that in o
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Trackmania2 - My Experiences With The Open Beta.

Prenote: sorry about the JPEGs. Steam doesn't render in any other format. Well, the newest version of Trackmania has been in open beta for almost a week. Trackmania2, as it is called, isn't a 100% new game (it still runs the same engine with a few changes to allow for the addition of new environments as they are released, as well as the addition of the rumored Shootmania and Questmania games upon release). However, it has undergone a much needed graphics update. A lot o
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Success! Well, Sort Of...

Well, a friend and I succeeded in creating a variant of the fabled Black Hole glitch in Super Smash Bros. Melee, as you will see in the screenshot. Unfortunately, the game hanged and I couldn't get any more pictures, but I'm sure one image is proof enough. How to create a Black Hole in Super Smash Bros. Melee (Double Ness/Flipper Method - Requires Action Replay MAX or equivalent): You will need the "Super Ness" code active. Debug Mode helps too. I used Debug Mode
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Traveler

Traveler I have walked the streets of the Dark City, and crossed blades with graceful alien gladiators. I have explored deep caves of green glowing gems, and have claimed the heads of stone golems. There is not a more beautiful sight then a sunset over an ocean of mercury. I have seen the great spires of a metropolis long ago, and raced great flying chariots through sprawling deserts. I have trekked through rainforests and grasslands, and befriended the amazing creatures that live t
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RC Review: E-Flite Blade mCP X v2 - First Flight Impressions

I know it's been a long time since I reviewed any RC stuff, so let's begin. I must confess, I'm a total newbie with RC helicopters (at the time of writing). I'm still learning to fly a true CP heli, which is actually nothing like a FP helicopter like the Blade mSR. A CP heli is set up with blades that can change pitch in-flight based on the throttle setting, potentially allowing the helicopter to be able to fly inverted. FP helis cannot do this, and in addition many FP helis are designed to
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IT'S ALIVE!!!

I've finally gotten my prototype in the air. I'll post more info later, but right now I can say that this quadcopter is going to be a success in the local market. Not to mention it's currently one of only two racing quads that aren't made in china, so that's a bit of a plus.
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Sirius Wars

Alright. I'm finally ready to distribute an early alpha of Sirius Wars, a bullethell shooter I've been developing and have kept relatively under wraps until now. https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9Je_ziVneIOeVY4NzNXTFlnelk Version alpha 2 The game is being developed on the Danmaku Time engine, an open source (BSD License) bullethell shooter engine written in Java. The game itself is being distributed under a modified BSD license. Do not use any files in the res/snd, res/img, res/s
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An Update On Servers - Mc On Hold Until Tomorrow, Gmod Spacebuild W/ Stargate And Carter's Pack Is Open

Alright, I have to admit that I'm taking my pleasant time with the Minecraft server, since the most recent updates have made me hesitant to start it up again. Until then, I have started a new Garry's Mod Spacebuild server. In other news, my IP address has changed to 97.95.232.155. Garry's mod is on port 27015, Minecraft will be on port 25565, Trackmania2 will be accessible through port 2350, and TF2 will be available through port 27016 in order to avoid line interference. The Garry's M
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Glitch City

I've been working on documenting different glitches in different games. Check out my Glitch City gallery and tell me what you think.
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A Bit Of A Brag Post... Not A Serious Post, I Can't Back It Up, But...

I was playing TF2 a few days ago. Jarate Sniper on Dustbowl. Anyway, we were on the final point. We were holding the other team back well, but that's not too much to brag about on the 0% Seriousness of Dustbowl. I usually can't snipe, but for some reason my aim was particularly good that day. I got a total of 10 kills and a ton of assists during the round. Four were no-scopes, three were melee with only one of them being a crit due to Jarate/Bushwacka'. We still ultimately lost, but it
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Scientists discover a new Earth-size Exoplanet orbiting Alpha Centari B, but don't expect to fly there any time soon.

Alpha Centari B, the secondary star of the closest star system to earth besides our own, apparently has a new companion. First noticed on October 18th, scientists have recently revealed that a rocky planet 1.13 times the mass of earth orbits this neighbor of ours. However, this planet has orbital period of 3.236 days, meaning that it's extremely close to its parent star, and thus way to hot to be habitable. Xavier Dumusque of the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland and his colleagues discover
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Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 Tier list - the good, the bad, and the uncategorizable

I haven't played UMvC3 much, but I have watched a ton of videos and am well-versed with fighting games in general. Thus, I've decided to come up with a tier list of my own. Above everything else, keep in mind that tier lists should not be focused on at any level of play. This is just to categorize each character in terms of in-game capabilities and in no way takes strategy into mind (with one exception, see below). Standard Tiers Top Tier+: Zero, Morrigan Top Tier: Wesker, Vergil,
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Smash4 - Roy Combos

I've been messing around in Smash 4 lately, doing some practice and experimenting with my current main, and I've come up with a list of combos. Combos marked with a [*] are ones I discovered myself. Combos marked with [^] are ideal combos. Note that these combos may not work on all characters. This is also not a complete list and I have likely missed quite a few. Jab -> D-Tilt Jab -> F-Tilt Jab -> F-Smash Jab -> Dash Grab -> D-Throw -> any combos out of D-Throw U-Tilt ->
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A Beetleweight Build Diary Part 1: Bot's got HIPS

So, I decided to start work on a new combat robot earlier today, and I actually decided to 3D print it. Which is an especially odd choice for me since I don't personally trust 3D printed components on combat robots. 3D printed robots tend to not hold up that well, as the material tends to split from hard impacts.   But then I discovered a material called HIPS, or High Impact Polystyrene. This material can take some pretty decent impacts, and although the separation issue is still prese
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A Beetleweight Build Diary Part 2: Well, that didn't go as planned...

As the title says, things didn't go as planned.     It may not look too bad, but I have to show you some trouble spots.     Severe warping around one side of the print, resulting in a malformed motor mounting point.     CURA actually thought I wanted to print the interior of the holes of the upper frame mounts, as opposed to the geometry of the frame mounts themselves. I don't know if this is CURA's fault or Sketchup's, though, but seei
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