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Your other topic was closed to prevent flaming. Starting another topic straight after your other was closed is just going to cause the same thing. You've already introduced yourself, lets leave it at that. Please don't make another introduction topic.

FLAME INBOUND! EVASIVE MANEUVERS!

I have decided to kill myself. Rather, I have decided to draw EVERY Kanohi mask. All of them. I have the names and powers for 106 109 masks (plus heads) right now. If there is something wrong, or I have forgotten something, let me know. We have enough insane people around here someone is bound to actually read through that. I plan to make at least one Kanohi a week until I have them all and then do something with them. Perhaps I'll make a poster. But it's the dedication and practice that I actually need, so I can show all of you guys my art, and in return you can all yell at me if I'm not making the masks. Every Monday (excepting times where I am unable to access a computer on a Monday) I will post the Kanohi I made the week before. If anyone wants to, they can critique it, or I will just use this as a more enjoyable reminder for myself to practice. As it is not yet a Monday, I won't post any new Kanohi, but here are the Kraahkan I made previously. Is it Kraahkan or Kraahkans for the plural? Completed Masks are displayed in the spoiler below. Edits- Added Avohkii / Kraahkan Combo mask to the list. Added Mask of Elemental power (from Bionicle: The Game) to the list. Added Kraahkan Face to the list. Do not use any of my art without permission and crediting me. Thank you.

I was messing around with the LEGO logo from the classic games and ended up with this: Personally I think having something like this at the start of LEGO games would have been much more exciting than the gentle falling bricks of old. Although I am a fan of the falling bricks, but that might just be nostalgia :P

QFT. I'm out.

It's nice to see that you like to share the spotlight...[/sARCASM] O.T. Hey, he used it first. Someone had to show him how to use it properly... EDIT: I wanted to clarify my response so I don't trip any accidental flame wars. New members who come to this site are usually VERY courteous, and eager to get involved in our forum discussions. I have never seen a new member who has, in an introduction topic (late or not), demanded that they be the focus of attention. All new members understand that they are just that, new, and that they have an expectation to build a positive reputation on the forums. Ben24x7, however, has demonstrated that he feels "special". That, because he has already made an impact within the site, that he doesn't need to continue working on a positive reputation. He is under the belief that when a topic is made, there must be a strict adherence to the subject matter, and there can be no diversion from it under any circumstances whatsoever. Ben24x7, I do not like to be in this position, but unfortunately I feel as though I must step forward. I am not saying I want you to leave, however, I am saying that you have major attitude problems, and your understanding of how a forum works in completely wrong. You have gained yourself a highly negative reputation within a few days of joining, and every post you make continues to lower the respect threshold we maintain. RRU is, as I'm sure most members would agree, a family. We might argue with each other and be at each others throats from time to time, but at the end of the day we still work together and cooperate and try to work together to build a respectable modding community for games that the rest of the Internet has forgotten. Your actions here, though, continue to shame and embarrass us, and quite frankly even bring some of us to the point of complete rage. I respectfully request that you lurk more around this site to see how we, as a community, function, and learn why we get so aggravated about things you have said and done here. I also respectfully request that in future you do not backseat moderate, and that if you do not like the course of a topic, you report a post and otherwise ignore it, allowing the actual moderators, who do a fantastic job here, to take up your complaints with the offending member in a professional manner. I would have reported your post, but I feel it's important that everyone sees this response and can acknowledge that you have been told that we are near the very end of our tether with the constant disappointment you bring to our forum topics. We do not hate you, but we wish that you would stop with your current childish and disrespectful behaviour, and attempt to become a part of our community. Thank you. EDIT 2: BTW, the topic title should say "Should've introduced myself first, shouldn't I?" Grammar and spelling, sir.

I wish they were making the robotic parts also, I've never really been keen on the NXT parts.

This is my latest creation. It has some flaws (e.g. the engines), but it was sometimes very hard to find the right pieces etc. Otherwise I chose this scale, because it was a challenge to build a smaller version which contains lot of details too. pieces: ~5000 to ~5300 bricks (depending on the version) building time: hmm, maybe 30 to 50 hours scale: not exactly 1:8 but very close to it (~1:8,25) (compared to my 1:1 scale version of the LMS Explorer, which is 975 studs long) construction program: LDD (but I have converted the model into ldr (MLCAD) and lcd (LeoCAD) files, too) dimensions: Length: 116 studs/ 91,36 cm/ 35,97 in. Width: 17 studs/ 13,49 cm/ 5,31 in. Height: 16 studs/ 12,70 cm/ 5,00 in. Picture (made in bluerender): Rotation Video (made with the bluerender rotation mode): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jI5mtplVLlk Older Render Pictures:

GOG.com wishlist search for LEGO games: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games#search=lego&order=votes_total EDIT: Perhaps contact LEGO via Twitter or email to let them know you support this idea. tl;dr: This RRU n00bie/big LEGO and GOG fan is interested in trying to bring classic LEGO games to GOG.com, and was wondering if anyone had any support, suggestions, and feedback. Hey RRU community, I've never posted on your forum before, so I hope I don't speak out of turn, but I have a proposal of sorts that I'm interested in. Some of you may be familiar with the PC/Mac games digital download service GOG.com (formally "Good Old Games" or as I call them, "Good Old Games and more"); despite having moved into new games territory, they are still very well-known around the interwebs as the service dedicated to preserving classic games and tweaking them to work on modern machines. I frequent the forums there A LOT, and thus have a decent reputation and a few developed "digital friendships" over there. A few months back I created a topic dedicated to raising support for bringing the Humongous Entertainment classics (which some of you may be familar with) to GOG, as although they are children's games (which GOG doesn't have very many of), they are very fun point and click adventures of yore. (Plus, the company that bought HE - Atari - is already on GOG, and indie developer Nimbus Games is re-releasing them for iOS and eventually for PC/Mac.) I bring this up because I'm considering doing something similar with the LEGO games (although not tonight; I'm too tired), the pre-movie titles of which are somewhat like the HE games as they are beloved classics that kind of been swept away in the mists of the mind. (Or, both HE games and Lego Island are some of the most posted "nostalgia" images on Reddit Gaming.) GOG will go after games their community shows interest in (look at the recent re-release of System Shock 2) or ones they believe will sell well. They help judge that via the Community Wishlist; I've posted a link to the LEGO titles here: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/games#order=votes_total&search=lego (Please only vote for the ones you're interested in, to keep it accurate.) Also, you can contact GOG saying you would like to see LEGO on GOG here: http://www.gog.com/support/contact/other_questions_issues (just realize you'll get a generic response about how bringing games to GOG can be tricky due to legal and liscensing issues) Having browsed just a tad before posting, it does seem like this community has developed some connections with people who have worked on some of these games, I was wondering if you all could think of anyone who might still have "sway" with those in the LEGO world. I'd be willing to contact them if you don't really want to. In essense, I'm looking for support if you like this idea (email GOG and vote on the wishlist), and for your ideas as to how I can help make this happen. I plan on making a thread on GOG dedicated to this eventually, but again, I'm tired and am partially focused on the HE titles. Thanks everyone. EDIT: Free bonus content is also big over at GOG, so some sort of Lego Island soundtrack would be nice (although getting The Torpedoes music for that release would probably be next to impossible, unless they were desperate for money. ); also, the Lego Island comic book was really fun to look at.

I took addictgamers opinion and I agree...it wasn't too original. so I MADE IT MORE ORIGINAL. check it out!

Despite my usual aversion to fanfiction in general, I decided to try my hand in it anyway, perhaps earn the award while I'm at it. I decided to frame it as sort of a log book or journal. Have a read. Tell me what you think. Entry 1 Entry 2 Entry 3 Entry 4 Entry 5 Entry 6 Entry 7 Entry 8 Entry 9

It would be posted if there was. It really seems like you enjoy trying to post as much as possible, and don't care about what you're actually saying.

Woah, that's quite a commitment. The two you already have look great, I eagerly await more. Just a thought - you could sell these as stickers on RedBubble.

I found this. You guys can have it.

You're absolutely despicable.

That sounds... Glorious. Then you can put that stuff on BZPower afterwards. Yesssss....

wow. Thats... thats quite a list. Good luck.

This news is a bit old by now, but better late than never. Ever wanted to combine a Raspberry Pi with LEGO Mindstorms? Here's a kickstarter project that helps you do just that. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFH-dxR6Neg The BrickPi is two-part device created by Dexter Industries. The first part is a board that connects directly to the Raspberry Pi, giving it a power supply and the ability to connect with and use up to 4 Mindstorms NXT sensors and 3 motors. The second is a case that can be directly connected to LEGO Technic pieces. The entire platform is open source, and very hackable. The board's firmware is written in Arduino, and like everything else in the project, is open source. The kickstarter project had an initial goal of $1,889. It is currently at $42,844. Sources: Kickstarter

le717, Addictgamer, jamesster, Alcom1, BobaFett2 and Rob Explorien - thank you all for the welcoming! Also, Addictgamer, good to see a fellow Linux user! On an other note, I'll be around sometimes, but don't expect too much activity from me. I prefer reading.

I somewhat doubt much discussion (if any) actually took place, the response was far too quick for an actual organized meeting. I'm not surprised, TLG only cares about the now.

It's been a while since I've dumped off some quotes, but I think we had some good ones today in the Skype chat. Here's just the highlights (probably missing a few): And of course, Alcom's brilliant and riveting tale of woe...

...And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how you do it properly. Kudos, McJobless. I knew you had it in ya.

What is your favorite theme? Favorite set? Favorite brick type?What is your favorite color? Favorite song? Favorite show? What kind of computer do you use? Pirates or ninjas? Boxers or briefs? Beethoven or Mozart? Rousseau or Hobbes? Creation or evolution? Nintendo, Sony, or Microsoft? Speed, strength, or vitality? What does your username mean? Do you have any pets? Have you ever broken a bone? What school subject are you best at? How many fingers am I holding up? Pick a number one through ten. When you wake up in the morning what is the first device you turn on? At any given time, what are you most likely to be doing? What is the meaning of life? How did you find this forum? If you are stranded on a desert island what three tools would you like to have? (No duct tape) Someone makes a fighting game where every character from every franchise ever is playable. Who do you play as? Do you believe animals have souls? What is the longest book you have read? Am I doing it right?

In response to your youtube comment, what do you think of this?

For all you Bandit fans, here are pictures of all his lines from the comics in the Adventures issues I have: Unfortunately, it looks like he wasn't really used for much here either. He never really had anything helpful to say.

I like you already.

... fornication raider Cerberus? wtf?

Am I in hell now?

No, because that would be plain stupid.

Yes, I do run HumongousSoundtracks. Unfortunately it's been nine months since I did anything on there. The Fat Man actually has the Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo soundtrack on Vibedeck for free, if you want to check it out (it's beautiful sounding too, as if you were listening to the original masters in full stereo!). We're still waiting for his others, but that one's there in the meantime. I'll be sure to show some support for them when I get the chance. About being unable to save through ScummVM's save system...apparently they disabled that on games that use a different save system other than through the typical SCUMM method (the Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion games save through the SCUMM system, for example). I find it to be a really dumb move, but if it's what they want, it's what they want. Wait, you torrented it? Uhhh...if the dev team for SVM were here right now they'd kill us For LEGO games, here's what my experience is with compatibility... LEGO Island: This one was wonky when it came out, and it still is. My best advice is just kill off Direct3D HAL altogether -- it's a terrible mode that should have never made it past the QA testing. On XP it's usually fine, on Vista and 7 (I'll call them Aero, because contrary to popular belief, they're actually near identical in terms of compatibility. Anyone who says Vista wasn't needs to actually use it before they jump to conclusions) it's annoying. On 8, the frame rate can be a bit low (I don't know what it is with old games on Windows 8, but for some reason they never seem to run at the right frame rate). LEGO Island 2: Already covered above. LEGO Island Xtreme Stunts: Again, covered above. LEGO Racers: I have yet to find a computer that can't run this game flawlessly, though it's not very good with higher resolutions; I usually just play it in its default resolution. LEGO Racers 2: Same as above, in fact the only thing I really think needs to be done is get rid of the RAM check altogether (not just fix it, kill it entirely). You see, this game has a bug that prevents it from being installed on machines with more than 2 GB of RAM, because it checks it with a signed 32-bit integer that overflows there. LEGO Alpha Team: On XP, it has that dreaded looping glitch, where the voices and music get stuck in an infinite loop and prevent progress without being turned off. Aero plays it fine, Windows 8 has a bug where you get a window border around it unless you use a QRes fix, but it otherwise works fine. LEGO Stunt Rally: I've heard reports about it crashing on some screens, and I hear some versions won't even run without a printer (I've been able to do it though, which makes no sense), and it's also one that doesn't cooperate well with Windows 8. I haven't had any issues other than the W8 issue, but I dunno. LEGOLAND: Works fine, except for its dreaded 16-bit installer, but thankfully that can be worked around. It also has to be run as an administrator if you're on Aero or above (Screw the start screen, the UAC is the stupidest thing Microsoft has ever invented!). LEGO Rock Raiders: On Windows 8 it runs at a super low frame rate unless you're windowed. No clue what that's about. Most other OSes run it fine though, but the music will often not play. At first I thought it was because it was one of those that called cdplayer.exe to play the music which was scrapped out of 9x versions, but it plays on my current computer so I don't know. LEGO Chess: I've heard of all kinds of problems with this one. It uses a 16-bit installer from what I hear, but that's only the beginning. Some others might be able to inform you more about this. Creator: Haven't tried this one on any other computers besides XP, so I don't know if it runs on Aero or 8. Drome Racers: Have no clue, but the fact that nobody's ever asked anything in the support forum about this makes it look promising. Soccer Mania: The game runs, but I hear it has a messed up save system. Others can probably tell you more about this. LOCO: The biggest issue is that if your resolution width is not between 800 and 1280 and the height is not between 600 and 1024, the game will not run. Your resolution can be anywhere between there (even if it's completely illogical and irregular, like 1142 x 689), but if it is not, the game won't run. I imagine this could probably be fixed by making it automatically switch to a resolution though. So, that's my knowledge on most of it.

Oh heck YES. These games have suffered Keep Circulating the Tapes for a while now, not to mention as time goes on, compatibility naturally becomes more difficult, and LEGO has not done diddly-squat to combat that. It would be my dream to have these updated for modern computers; Lego Island Xtreme Stunts is one of the worst cases of these, as it is not only the least known game in the series (despite being miles better than its predecessor), but it is also notoriously difficult to run on modern computers. In fact Windows 98 and XP are pretty much the only ones where it will actually run without any issue, not to mention it also has that evil saving glitch. Some have aged better than others, but all in all I am all for LEGO games on GOG. I'd love to see the Humongous games on there too, given I'm also a big fan of those (more so than LEGO, in fact), since those have also had some issues on modern machines, like how the older ones use 16-bit launchers that cannot be run on 64-bit computers without a workaround. But I wholeheartedly think LEGO deserves a spot as well. They're hit-and-miss games to me, but the ones that are good are really good.

Wait what? You mean you've never noticed that every RRU competition has had a prize of a free game(s) from GOG? I've never entered any contests, so no. :P