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I'm done here.

What have I done. o.0

Thank-you for pointing this out, the fix has been applied.

ITT: people getting bear and bare mixed up. It's unbareable.

I'm working towards switching my major to Game Design and Development. I actually made this decision back in July, after finally deciding that I cannot enjoy my Mechanical Engineering major. My original intent with the ME major was to enter a non-art major that could complement my interest in LEGO, and while I have the skill sets for Mechanical Engineering, I cannot maintain an interest in it or be happy with it. Thus I have decided to switch my major to something else. Despite the competition and capped enrollment, my primary interest is the Game Design and Development major at RIT, the same University I was perusing my ME major at. My fallback plan is the Game Development major at the nearby Finger Lakes Community College, and then maybe bounce back to RIT after I get some good credentials at Finger Lakes. My interest in Game Design and development has been built on several scatted things: my previous practice with the FreeSpace Open engine, my interaction with Project BUILD, my increased attention and interest in the game industry, my competent yet still amateur 3D modeling abilities, and my experiences at RRU. As I have sampled various elements of game design, I find it to be easy on my brain. Unlike Mechanical Engineering work which took a great pile of mental effort to motivate myself, I find the programming, modeling, and design in Game Development to be almost addicting; it's the same feeling I get with LEGO projects and keeps me on them for hours. As I work through the GD&D application process with the application being due on December 18th, I have also been taking two courses closer to home at Syracuse University. I'm taking Discrete Math as it is a required course under the major. Also, as the only programming courses I took for my ME major involved MATLAB and Visual Basic, I'm also taking Introduction to Computer Programming, which turned out to simply be a course for learning C.

[10:51:00 PM] jamesster: And the hippie dressed as a wizard is voiced by Morgan Freeman [10:51:34 PM] jamesster: The directors said the basic idea for the character was to have a hippie version of Gandalf voiced by Morgan Freeman who sounds respectible but is utterly looney [10:53:11 PM] Sophie Mewsalot: I'm not sure how to respond to that.

Finally found a perfect animated gif to express what I think of these minifigures. http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130309231004/random-ness/images/d/d5/Head-Exploding.gif

Options: Crazy die-hard LEGO collector (emphasize crazy) that blindly purchases anything that relates to the company. Person who sacrificed himself by purchasing, and will proceed to destroy the minifigures mutantfigures once he receives them in order to partially save us from this horror.

Only one thing to say about this...

Gotta find an animated .gif to fit in and show my terrible dislike for what we can see here. Now I'm just going to go into a corner and bang my head against a wall to try to forget what I have now seen.

Screw you, LEGO, I'm going home.

(this is now a gif reaction thread)

What is this, AND WHY IS IT IN MY LEGO THEMES?! NO! NO, I'VE HAD IT! I'VE HAD IT I CAN'T TAKE IT ANY MORE!

Similar to the existing quotes topic, except geared specifically with more meaningful quotes in mind rather than the more nonsensical and inane ones.Although there already exists a topic within which to dump things that are deemed quotes-worthy, it would be nice if the more meaningful of those quotes were condensed within one singular place wherein they're easily accessible. And just to clarify, that isn't to say the more silly quotes aren't important, because they are in that they provide humor and happiness to the forum, effectively making for a more positive community atmosphere. As such, if you have any meaningful RRU quotes, please post them here on which for people to reflect and hopefully improve themselves as people and members of both the community and society in general. Any further quotes I find and deem suitable to this topic I'll edit it into this post provided someone doesn't reply between now and then. I'll start us off with a quote of Cyrem's in reply to McJobless' "Wot I Fink: Family" blog entry: Cyrem: "Despite there being member ranks I think it is important to remember that all members are valued regardless of their rank. Every single one of you makes the community, without you(and I'm talking to everyone here) there is one less person to talk to. There are less posts/ideas/opinions and that wouldn't be enjoyable. Tensions build, stupid things get said... things you generally wouldn't have said otherwise, I'm no exception. It happens, everyone has to deal with it. Sometimes you get into an argument and say things without thinking it out, but by the time you realize this... it's too late. This is no different from most families, we all need to knock each other back in-line again once in a while, it's a good thing. We do this because we care. People just need to see it this way. Every now and then a member of the family leaves, usually a result of some argument. But arguments aren't forever, they are this little tiny thing that can occur in seconds and can somehow destroy days, months and years of work and friendship. Are you going to let something like this get in your way, or will you resolve the problem?... or even just forget it occurred? It's something to think about. In a lot of cases it's not reasonable to leave over petty disputes, after all RRU is not about two individuals, it's about everyone. A lot of these things tend to work themselves out in time... enemies become friends etc... Unfortunately some people leave before any healing can begin. " _______________________________________________________________________ Additional quotes: McJobless: But over the course of the year, I have since dulled down a lot. Also, I am sorry for over-reacting to the truth. In marching band, we had a special chain that we would bring to every competition. This chain had a link for every person it our marching band. We would pass that chain around, hold it, feel the bonds between the links, remembering the famous saying: "We are only as strong as our weakest link", and pass it on. I have 3 families. My home family, my marching family, and of course you guys, my RRU family. Each of my families work together and helps each other out, but when one member of the family doesn't work well with others, it drags the entire family to a screeching halt. I can't think of anything better to say than that. A family is not just a group of people, it is a group of friends who bond together, stay together, STAND together. Through sun and rain, a family must provide for each other in order to stay strong. I am proud to be a part of this family, and as I look ahead to my 1 year anniversary, I want to thank all of you for taking me in." Cirevam: This is the core issue with our community. Read this over a few times then look at the people who do modding research and make tools. Everyone can come up with ideas but only a few people can implement them and even fewer give us the ability to do even that. For Lego Racers it's something like THREE PEOPLE researching the game. Rock Raiders was roughly the same way on the old forum. And even when we get good ideas for mods it either takes us bloody forever or the end result is not too significant. Why? We're all lone wolves here. It doesn't take a geologist to see that. None of the community overhauls even got off the ground. A few people make one or two things, a texture or something just to act like they're interested. But the community doesn't band together because only a few of the elite have the capability to create expansive mods. But that's not the only reason, since we do have enough people to create small teams. The main reason is that we're all dicks to each other! I don't even have to point out names due to the recent topics and blog posts. And it's all avoidable. Why? Well, the shoutbox only appears on the forum index. You can click away at any time, turbo goblins, don't let the mean people get to you. You don't have to read every single blog or status update. I certainly don't. And I believe there's an Ignore Member feature if you're so easily offended by someone's words. At the end of the day, if someone here is getting on your nerves you really have to ask yourself, "why am I on this forum?" If you can't come up with a reason or if it's "forum games lol" then you might as well leave since the only thing you're contributing is anger or padding your post count. Don't bother making a goodbye topic just to come back a week later, simply ask me to ban your account and I'll do it since I really can't stand how childish some people are here. Granted, there are a lot of what most would consider children here, but that's not really the point. The mods don't have time to babysit you guys, so either get it together or pack your bags. Better yet, contribute to the forum community. I have plenty of stuff that I don't have time to do since I have a full-time job, I'm looking for a better job, and I'm looking at the process of buying a house for next year. I have maps and other simple things that I would gladly let other people handle if they were willing. Even if you yourself don't have much time, it helps. And that's what a community is about. Cyrem: "RRU was greater in it's younger days and I've had a hard time trying to find the reason it has changed over time. The reason I believe, is that back then members didn't know each other well, they didn't see each others faults, nor did they look for them. Over time, you get to know more about the people you talk to, you see their faults, you learn their opinions etc. People judge other people more often and this carries on in their future engagements with them. Eventually, you've built this wall where you dislike certain people, ignore them, hate them and hold grudges.The only solution to this issue I can see is: dropping those grudges and forgetting/ignoring their personal faults.I have said this before, only the community can make RRU a better place. It cannot be done by one person, everyone must take part."

and where are those "2x2 round bricks" ?! ... You're kidding, right?

no Red, you have to be at the tool store to upgrade you're not even a Rock Raider