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Steampunk is an interesting thing. It's a broad genre with lots of possibilities for exciting stories and interesting characters, and very popular with LEGO fans. Despite this, LEGO has never produced any steampunk-themed sets, much to the dismay of steampunk LEGO builders. Adventurers is also an interesting thing. Through multiple sub-themes over the course of five years, LEGO chronicled the expeditions of Australian adventurer Johnny Thunder and his team, who thwarted the plans of various treasure thieves while recovering ancient artifacts. The characters and theme became very popular, and even though Johnny Thunder hasn't been seen in a LEGO set for ten years now, the theme still lives on as a core element of LEGOLAND parks, with the characters also occasionally appearing in other places like My LEGO Network and LEGO Universe. But wouldn't it be great if LEGO actually made a steampunk themed set? And wouldn't it be cool to see the Adventurers theme get a real LEGO product once more? From the creators of the Thinking with Portals project comes The Adventures of Steamrod, a CUUSOO project that aims to do both of these at the same time. http://www.flickr.com/photos/brickthing/sets/72157632701790895/ And the results so far have been fantastic. Despite only being added to the site hours ago, Steamrod already has over 200 supporters, and that number is growing very fast. And while the proposed set makes heavy use of new decals, it uses no entirely new LEGO pieces, making the production of it more plausible. Steamrod doesn't directly use any Adventurers characters, instead, it's set in an alternate steampunk universe. With the hero Sir Jonathan Bolt being distantly related to good 'ol Johnny, and the villains being a battle-scarred steampunk-armored alternate version of Lord Sinister and his Slybot henchmen, Steamrod is essentially a steampunk-themed Adventurers reboot, with enough ties to the old characters to keep that Adventurers feel while still remaining a fresh, new concept - something LEGO has truly never done before. Now let's make this idea a real set! Sources: LEGO CUUSOOOfficial Flickr Set

I'm going to take over this thread with an outstanding order. Quotes are to be ONLY from RRU members. If there is a group conversation with multiple people and there is only a few non-RRU people, that is acceptable, but if it's a one on one quote, or a one person quote from non-RRU people, it does NOT belong here. Do not post those quotes, because most of the time they aren't even funny. Thank you.

Here is a little project I'd like to introduce, It's called LEGO Island Racers, a pack that reskins all characters (and soon tracks) to match LEGO Island! Not sure why the title looks so bad, the source file and the BMP look great, so it's probably auto compression. Look familiar? (*Cough* http://www.rockraidersunited.org/topic/4201-lego-racers-island/ *Cough* [FYI, the "ISLAND" there was edited in.]) Studz Linkin : In singleplayer he will be known as... Studz Linkin, best LEGO Racer, he even beat Rocket Racer! He has a red belt to differentiate his leg's from Bradford's. Buck Pounds : Uses mostly starter parts, replaces no one. Bradford Brickford : However, in singeplayer... he is known as... Bradford the Batlord!

You may remember that the first The Legend of Zelda project on LEGO CUUSOO to reach 10,000 votes was rejected last year. However, this was not due to licensing issues as might be expected. The reason for rejection was actually the project creator specifying that a number of new LEGO pieces should be created just for that single set - over 20, in fact, far too many for LEGO to realistically produce: Notice the last sentence in the quote. It turns out an official LEGO Zelda set might not be too far off... This project by Ragaru stays mostly within the realm of possibility with its new element requirements, and is currently less than 400 votes away from official LEGO review. It could easily hit the 10,000 mark within days - sooner if it gets a final push. So what are you waiting for? Sources: LEGO CUUSOOThe Official LEGO CUUSOO Blog

Why is it that I feel much more excited about this project than I have felt about anything LEGO is releasing this year (even Galaxy Squad)? It's the homage to the Adventurers, I bet. Damn, these guys know how to strike at my nostalgia and use it to their advantage. That's how LEGO got me to purchase a couple Pharaoh's Quest and Dino sets, after all. Still, if this somehow gets through review... LEGO better keep the minifigs as close to the original concept as possible, because that concept is simply awesome.

Did a very small update (0.9.1). It's mainly a internals update, but I did add a option to roughen the heightmap as that is a feature I realized I needed when making a level and I added joev14's request of only filling caverns for hidden area. EDIT: Did another update just for fun (0.9.2). - Fixed Object Number problem when export OL files. - Finished erosion editor. 5 Pre-Eroded speeds and 5 Erode path speeds. EDIT 2: Last update for tonight (0.9.3) - Map Saving and Loading. - 1 bug fix. PEACE!

THE SOCK RUSE WAS A......... .... .. DISTACTION i HAVE the car On this day: Feburary 6th, 2013, Lair of Rockwhales was found inside a stolen car that had been backed into a lake.

All right, here it is. This changes the Powerups on all except three tracks. Some of these Layouts were originally created for JimbobJeffers' Rock Racers Overhaul mod. https://ore.rockraidersunited.org/legacy/PWB_Pack_708131.zip Really not much else to say here. If you want a somewhat new experience, feel free to check these out.

I lied, I'm going to sneak in one more update before bed, just for Cirevam. - Height levels now range from -7 to 40. - 1 Fix.

Looking pretty darn awesome. Keep it up!

I've finally started documenting the structure that all **B files follow. My documentation is available HERE. As of 24/01/2013 it covers basic datatypes and decompression. A list of file formats and what they do (used in my LR1 Binary Editor): ADB - Skeletal Animation BDB - ? BVB - Collision Mesh CCB - NPC Car List CDB - Cutscene CEB - Cutscene events CMB - ? CPB - Checkpoint Layout CRB - Circuit Listing DDB - NPC Driver List EMB - ? EVB - Event Script? FDB - ? GCB - ? GDB - 3D Model GHB - Time-Trial Ghost Path HZB - Hazard Script? IDB - 2D Image List LEB - ? LSB - Loading Screen Layout MAB - Material Animations MDB - Material List MIB - Menu Interface Layout MSB - ? PCB - ? PWB - Powerup Layout RAB - Track header RCB - Race Listing RRB - NPC Path SDB - Skeleton Structure SKB - Skybox Gradient SPB - Start Positions TDB - Texture List TGB - ? TIB - ? TMB - ? TRB - ? WDB - 3D Scene

Heheh, look like The Hub parodied the "Most Interesting Man in the World" (Dos Equis) commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBxuc5uE8UI Welp, you heard them, stay pony! ...Just thought I'd post it. Edit: And now suddenly private...? YAY! 26 EPISODES CONFIRMED FOR SEASON 4! http://www.equestriadaily.com/2013/02/26-episodes-in-season-4-confirmed.html

So, as you may have seen, I made a topic about radio improvements, and the radio has now disappeared with no changes made. What's been going on is I've been investigating operating my own internet servers, including a few gamer servers and the RRU radio. I've got the software set up and the playlists set, and a mic is ready for recording, but I now need to get a new job so I can afford the last few pars for the server machine and for my own private ISP connection so I can host everything without connection problems. Until such time as everything is finally ready and I've got time to host the show, a couple times a week I'm going to be using ubroadcast to play a variety of random songs, to test out a couple things. I'll notify through status updates when the radio is online. To access the radio, you simply need to enter the following: Link: http://www.ubroadcast.com/show/rru-testing-channel Password: extremerunsthissite Enjoy!

no dude. AGAIN with the socks what IS it even with you and SOCKS MAN? it's like you must be TOKING up on a joint to make you STON STONED or something, i can't even think of WHO leaves all there SOCKS lyong around like that. AUUUUUGH!

I misread the title...

Yaaaay another python person. Not like I can talk, with me and my terrible java. +1 for Fedora. -0.5 for KDE. Bleh. So hi. We have an unoffical mc server on mc.rru-stuff.org, but we'd have to white list you first. Just talk to anonymouse or MSSSSM if you see them. We're almost all on skype, and a few of us are on #rru on freenode. I'm on both. I'm round a lot. Everywhere. I think there's some branch of ORR in python, but I've lost track of all of them that aren't addict's. If you know enough C++ maybe you can help addict along. He just needs the manpower. Edit: Also you should know that Lair is insane and anything that comes out of Sonic(322)'s mouth should not be taken seriously.