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I totally didn't even plan that pun 4 years ago. So. 27/03/2014. Heh. Never really thought I'd make it this far without dying by train, being sent to a loony bin or wasting away on alcohol. And while those things have all been pretty close to happening, here I still am. The Austrexican Lives. The Pants Enforcers reigns supreme. 4 years ago, I found a little email in my old High School email account. Supposedly, I had seen RRU at some stage, and signed up for a newsletter...without registering. The logic is mind-bending. Regardless, a much younger, and grammatically-incorrect, smilie-hating me made some kind of odd judgement call. I want to join this website. Maybe it was the tools. Maybe it was the chance for a community. Maybe I was bored and drinking lots of coke. We'll never really know. What we do know is that stupid me posted all my personal information and a link to a broken free forum for a mod project that was never feasible in the first place, and yet probably is the reason I'm in Game Design right now. Talk about lunacy. I'm not exactly sure why I decided to stay for longer than it took to write the introduction. Most of the time, I join a website to download the cool stuff I need, and then run like a panicked maniac. Yet, somehow, the illustrious charm of RRU shined through. The awesome members, the active modding community (in the Renaissance period of LegoRR modding), the chance to get one of the useless things I say quoted...I didn't know Heaven could be coded in HTML. I don't think I have enough time, coke or words to describe the vast history that's happened, or the magnitude of the effects RRU has had on me. Frankly, the way I see it, if I hadn't of click that link in 2010, life would be a right PoS. I'm not exactly sure what to do to say thank you. If I'm honestly, I've been pretty lazy about preparing for this entire thing. Lazy being one of my main attributes, as I'm sure every member who ever heard of 7EPS knows about. I guess I might as well do two things. The first is "The Package". It's kind of a nice collection of RRU tributes. All the images I've collected from our Skype chats, alongside all of the RRU-related audio, and some other stuff I located. It's not really the super amazing present I'm sure some of you would be interested in, but hey, at least it's not a screenshot of a poorly constructed LDD model... I've also dumped in a few images from my travels in Australia. Again, nothing fantastic, but hopefully you'll get a bit of a chuckle from something. DOWNLOAD Secondly...I guess a few kind words are in order for some of the older members. No disrespect intended to the newer members (even those who I regularly have a go at), but it's hard for me to say much when our entire conversations were "DO NOT BUMP THIS 50 YEAR OLD THREAD HOW COULD YOU THREAD BUMPING KILLS KITTENS DO YOU LOVE KITTENS YOU ARE A KITTEN MURDERER HOW COULD YOU?!?!?!?!?!1111?" Without further ado, and in the order of greatest hair; Sideburnsy. Let's get the record straight. If your glorious chops were any larger, I could probably climb them like Jack and the Beanstalk. Seriously though, I don't know if any other single member has really inspired me as much as you have. You're like Einstein without the accent. Whether or not Time Raiders will ever reach the door is irrelevant. You're an incredible dude, so keep at it. Thanks for not sending this account to the deepest pits of hell! Addict. I don't know if you're reading this, but with the insane programming quirks you've developed, I'm pretty sure you've built some kind of surveillance system capable of detecting terribly constructed praise. I don't doubt for a second you've got a legendary status ahead of you. You have a dream, a passion, skills with programming languages I can't even imagine in dreams of having, and the rampant insanity to knock the other freeloaders in line. Whatever happens with your projects, I look forward to seeing what you create. It's going to be crazy. Antilles. If anybody can put up with me delaying watching their favourite show for a good long while, that deserves a badge of honour. More importantly, somebody who can bring a smile to a really pissed of Australian probably deserves a cold, frosty beer on the house. I swear, if you keep up the logical and sound reasoning you always have, I'm probably going to start imagining you as my conscious. Then again, considering you are the smart one, that's probably not a bad thing. As with the above two, you've got a huge amount of talent. You know what to do. Finish the fight. McStudz. Where would I be without the Can-I-be-LZ-adian warrior? That said, I think we all know you're the one who's doing his best to try and get the News Team to be doing their job...reporting stories about Twitch Plays Pokemon. But, who am I kidding? A cheery attitude, a positive thinker, apparently a very talented musician and a good friend. These forums wouldn't be the same without our resident Maple Syrup Aficionado. I can't really say just how big you're going to be, mainly since I haven't seen your dongle. But, seriously, you've got a f****ing future ahead of you. Just be ready for whatever comes your way. Now, let's just promise not to slice each others necks next time a forum war lashes out, right? Alcom the Acorn Baker. I'm not sure what's more hilarious, your constant deadpan snarkiness or the image of your pants-on-head-wearing-Minifigure roasting over a chestnut fire. Of course, I'm kidding. You remind me of one of the Master Builders. I can't say which one, since you seem to be better than all of them combined. Normally I get jealous of skilled LEGO builders easy, but with you I think I might just be a fan. You've got an incredible talent, and I know you're also trying your damned hardest to be an awesome Game Designer/Programmer/someone in computers in case my memory is mistaking you for another LEGO nut. I can tell you, you're going to achieve everything you want to achieve. Just don't ever let go of that snark; it's sometimes the only thing that cheers me up on a s***ty day. Drill Master. I'm not really sure one can master drilling, but you've proven you can master just about everything else. So long as that doesn't include driving, choosing between lyrics and not lyrics, and figuring out if I know what a pound key is. If I were a Forerunner, I'd sure as hell be praising you right now. I know things might not be looking so grand, but with a little bit of optimism, you'll reach far. Just remember to keep creating. It doesn't matter what, just so long as it's awesome, which I know you can do. And please, if you get the Forward Until Dawn set, don't brag about it. I will actually hunt you down and kill you. Maybe. (Cell) Shading. Once upon a time far, far ago, two mortal enemies duked it out constantly in the Shoutbox. Who could ever imagine them becoming good friends? I surely can't, WHO THE f**** SAYS HALO IS SH...I mean, coming all the way from my first RRU enemy to my trusted sauce of what's good or not in Sony/gaming in general, I don't think I could be happier with the result. You got an amazing charm, and we share pretty similar opinions about the leagues of stupidity on the Internet...aka, Tumblr. Don't ever let the assholes get to you. You're a damn inspiration, and I have many thanks to give you for the f****ing incredible 4 years. Let's go raid Micro$hit sometime. Pascal. I think we both know exactly what's up. Loud beats, enough weed to cover a forest floor and a bunch of girls who need a right slapping. There's really not much I can say to you without coming off as a kind of insane, obsessed lunatic. I'll spare you the details and keep it short and sweet; you've got the passion and the talent to make crazy and awesome games. I'm pretty sure you've also been hiding from me some DJ talent. Don't ever give up. You're going to run The Pascalands soon enough. Tauka. I still remember the early days, and you decided to charge head-first into the fray. So long ago. We've spoken so little since, which is a real shame, since you're a f****ing nice guy. I'm pretty sure you've done some awesome drawing work, so keep it up. You've got a great talent. Kir(k)by. If I knew programmers could come with the fantastic British wit and accent that you do, I probably would have signed up ages ago. I'm not really sure why we got lucky enough to draw you into this muddled mess of insanity and sloppy hardcode, but frankly, I'm pretty glad you're in with the rest of us. You're an awesome, level headed coded with industry experience and somebody who I respect far more than the things they work on. You've got a crazy awesome future ahead of you, so long as you don't get nailed by Nintendo QA first. I'm excited to see where you're going to go from here. Xiron, Le717, Fush, pranciblad, jimbob, prototyke, gryhpon. Unfortunately, I can't really say we've had enough interacts for me to give you a personalised message that makes no sense, and I know a fair few of us have had..."creative" differences in the past, but needless to say, you've all grown on me in some way. And thankfully, I don't mean like genital warts. You're all pillars of the community, as far as I'm concerned. Don't ever stop being as awesome as you have, especially in the face of assholes like me. You keep this community together. And insult the living s*** out of Tumblr, which I like. Doc. Hi. Joe. If you're reading this, GET BACK TO WORK. WE HAVE AN ISLAND TO CONQUER. There's people I've probably missed, and members who will likely never return again, so to anyone who is missing a message, just imagine a generic thank you being shouted by an army of killer robots shooting fireworks. That'll be exciting enough. Now, there's two members I did miss. Not to pick out favourites or go insane fanboy or anything, but for whatever reason, my brain's decided these guys deserve a few more crappy jokes than the rest. Jamesster. Jimmy Jams. Customer Sir Mounted. I'm not sure if you're actually a LEGO manager who happens to be so disillusioned by the new LEGO games but can't get access to the old products and their code, and so goes undercover as just a regularly-incredible fan in some kind of weird bid to try and save LEGO Media from itself. If someone were to tell me years ago I'd be even able to talk to the Lord of LEGO Fans, I would have punched them in the face to make them sure they're probably dreaming. I still remember seeing your obsession with everything LEGO start to spread through the forums, and going, "I'll never get respect from that guy. How the hell is he even on RRU? We're just some pokey old game website..." I'm pretty sure you're probably waiting for the day you can finish me off, steal my game design books and run into GDC screaming "I am now the Confucius of Game Design! Fear me and my bricky ways!" Nonetheless, you've been one of the most interesting people to talk to, and to watch you develop your game ideas has been nothing short of inspiring. I don't want to start any wars or say anybody is better than anybody else, but as far as you are concerned, I can already see this brilliant designer with the awesome ideas right in front of him. Just keep calm, get the spicy pizzaz, and do what you were born to do. Make me look like one of those LU fangame kiddes. Cyrem. Lord Mercy. Darth Vader. Every name under the sun. Being a part of this...*vibrant* community probably wouldn't have been possible if I didn't have another fellow Australian to share some sweet tunes with. I don't even know what words can describe what you've done for me. It's not just music, it's not just member ranks, and it's not just the things we've discussed. This whole experience has been more-or-less your doing. In a way, you're like a crazy being in the sky. You've created this little world inside the middle of world's greatest battlefield, and even with all the nukes we've dropped on ourselves, you managed to keep this ship (or building) running as long as possible. There's no denying Cirevam's incredible ability to be an awesome admin, and you've moved on to some FANTASTIC things which I look forward to seeing more of in the future, but nonetheless. I think legend would be quite insulting to you. You're way above that. Thank you for everything, sir. I remember sometime ago being called a "Kangaroo-loving Douche-bag". Well, I can tell you that now I'm a kangaroo-loving douche-bag...with purple hair. Keep up the awesome times, RRU. Let's hope for another awesome 5 years.

http://www.simplyscripts.com/2014/03/15/the-lego-movie-script/ http://www.screenplaydb.com/film/scripts/lego.pdf Whoa. Is this seriously legit? It certainly fits the early descriptions we heard of the movie, with Emmet being a descendant of these ancient Master Builder people (http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/03/14/lord-miller-talk-lego-movie), and the title being "LEGO: The Piece of Resistance" (http://www.slashfilm.com/phil-lord-chris-miller-offer-title-plot-details-warner-bros-lego-movie/). There's also this: http://writetoreel.com/forum/showthread.php?4895-REQUEST-quot-The-Lego-Movie-quot-(2014)-script&p=18486&viewfull=1#post18486 I've signed up for the forum but my account isn't approved yet so I can't download the file, but it's the same size as the one previously linked to. So unless it's something different that just happens to be the same size, that would date this draft to September 27, 2010 (the movie started development in 2008). Here's an analysis of it: http://www.filmdivider.com/the-lego-movie-we-didnt-see-with-indiana-jones-harry-potter-and-a-love-of-kubrick/ Sources: Simply Scripts

Brilliant once again Alcom. I would have never thought of making proper symmetrical versions. (non-nuva) Akaka: (non-nuva) Ukaku: Not as cool as the Nuva ones, but they needed to be done too.

Akaka: Ukaku:

I HAVE BUILT A BOX! IT SHALL KEEP ALL LIONS, EAGLES, AND GORILLAS AWAY! IT TOOK THOUSANDS OF YEARS AN HOUR, AND MANY MEN JAL DIED IN THE PROCESS, BUT IT HAS BEEN BUILT! IT SHALL STAY UNTIL THE CONTENTS THEREIN ARE COMPLETE. UNTIL THEN, DO NOT DARE ENTER THE BOX!!! or else!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup, I killed the skyline and scenery. There are other signs I did not take a picture of as well.

[22:15:59] McJobless: f**** bridges. [22:16:22] McJobless: Bridges are bulls***. [22:16:36] McJobless: Last time I check, gravity was in effect. [22:16:37] jamesster: I used to live in a city with a huge bridge that would raise its deck up to let ships pass underneath [22:16:49] Stan McStudz: that s*** is scary. [22:16:59] jamesster: they had to stop letting people ride on it early on as people kept falling or something [22:17:28] McJobless: What's a thin piece of concrete lying on two sticks against a stuff wind? [22:18:14] McJobless: My friend dragged me on (literally) one of those bridges. [22:18:25] Stan McStudz: Man, there's engineering to that stuff. [22:18:33] McJobless: The f****ing thing had HOLES in it. [22:18:39] Stan McStudz: ...oh. [22:18:41] Stan McStudz: nvm [22:18:54] McJobless: WHO DIGS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BRIDGE? [22:19:03] Stan McStudz: Diglet? [22:19:05] McJobless: THERE'S NO GOLD THERE. [22:19:13] McJobless: JUST PURE AIR.

I did see it was as a joke (smiley included. I don't know why it didn't show up in my quote). My apologies if you assumed I thought down about the comment; I simply saw using it the way I did as a method to again thank you all for your advice without seeming trite, and as a good transition for my counter-advice for aidenpons without seeming irritated. If it came off wrong, I apologize again. (And yes, I get you're not irritated now either, but still am posting this long explanation. Just roll with it.) On to less serious topics! I think (please, please, please) that I am done with the Akaku nuva. I estimate that it took roughly 2.5-3 time longer than the average mask thus far, beating the record previously held by the Olmek. I give thee the Ridiculouslyovercomplicatedmasko'seeingthroughstuffthatisactuallyprettycoolifyoulookcloselybutnolessdifficulttodraw,whichcausedmetocomplainagreatdealbutwasactuallyquitefuntomake,andisthehardestcolortoshadewell. This is my 100th post!

NO I'M DONE I'M MEGABLOKING DONE THIS IS MEGABLOKS THIS IS MEGABLOKING MEGABLOKS WHAT IS THIS WHAT IS THIS WHAT IS MY LIFE I CAN'T DO IT, JAMESSTER I CAN'T MEGABLOKING DO IT ANYMORE LOOK WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, MAN WE GOTTA DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE WE GOTTA DRAW THE MEGABLOKING LINE IN THE SAND, DUDE WE GOTTA MAKE A STATEMENT YOU GOTTA LOOK INSIDE YOURSELF AND SAY, "What am I willing to put up with today?" NOT! MEGABLOKING! THIS!

We have been impressed and encouraged with the dedication of our Rock Raiders fans, and after years of requests we are looking at creating a new Rock Raiders. We are considering combining a mine craft style world, so you can build and dig in more ways, please tell us what you think?

O.T. I hope this goes here with the new categories and all... I was bored Saturday, so I attempted to do a let's play of the beginning of the horrible LEGO Island 3 Unity game. It failed, so I took the best clips and compiled them into a LEGO Island Gone Insane-style video: LEGO Island 3 Gone Wild. In case you did not get this earlier, I shall repeat: I made this because I was bored. That's better.

Thanks for reading the newsletter & thanks for being the Pants Authoritah for so many years. It's been great having another aussie here that I can easily relate to and get on ( unless it's orgin, then it's war ) And of all the jokes, I'll remember you as a coke addict I have no doubt you'll be working on some big stuff in the future and I'll be the dude going "I know that guy!!" ... and who knows, one day my might even see eachother. And if Leonardo D is even in a movie about RRU, this is the crying scene he's been waiting for: (The download is broken btw)

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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lego-movie-2-village-roadshow-691087 Well that's something.

"Well, I can tell you that now I'm a kangaroo-loving douche-bag...with purple hair." And (an ever-important) pair of pants.

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I just realized that we joined about 7.77 (+- 0.2 months) months apart.

I've always loved Metroid Prime. It's always been one of my favorite games. So you can imagine I was ECSTATIC when I found a copy of Metroid Prime TRILOGY for super cheap at Gamestop recently. ...Some context. There are 3 Prime games. Metroid Prime Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Metroid Prime 3: Corruption Prime and Echoes are both Gamecube games, and play very similarly. But Corruption is on the Wii and has a unique control scheme. Metroid Prime Trilogy is, as you can guess, a collection of all 3 games on 1 disk. In addition, the first two games have been redone with Corruption's control scheme. It's incredible. ...However, it was a limited release. So copies of the game are both super rare and super expensive if you can find one. But I managed to find one, in mint condition, at Gamestop for about $45. So I bought it. And decided to play through all three games. In order. I'm currently about 1/3 of the way through Echoes, but I've been ranting about the game so much I decided to organize all of my thoughts in a blog post. Here is my experience so far. PRIME Prime will always be one of my favorites. The game is brilliant. It perfectly recreates the metroidvania formula in 3D. After an epic opening sequence, in which you face off against the first boss, find out that Ridley is still alive and has been rebuilt with cybernetic implants, lose all of your suit's abilities, and escape an exploding space station, you are dropped on an alien planet with no direction other than that you should find Ridley. From this point you explore the planet, known as Tallon IV, looking for upgrades to restore your suit to full power. The plot is never directly told to you, but hidden in scan logs scattered all over the map. If you want, you can ignore it completely, because all you really need to know is "upgrade suit, find Ridley." The only bad thing I have to say is that to get the 100% ending you have to fill up your logbook completely, and some scans are one-shots that if you miss them, tough luck. And some of them are things you wouldn't even think to scan. I missed the 100% ending because I didn't scan Flaahgra's tentacles. I scanned Flaahgra, just not the tentacles. Otherwise, I just love the game. End of story. The sequel, however... ECHOES Now I'm only about 1/3 of the way through this game, like I said, but already I just want it to be over. Unlike Prime, which felt like a true 3D Metroid title, Echoes just feels like a generic FPS with a Metroid skin. Now, from a technical standpoint it has improved over the first game. The lighting and textures are better, etc. But the gameplay is far inferior. First of all, the map is boring and poorly designed. Prime had several areas that connected in different ways, and overall was a very irregular layout but one that still fit together very well. Echoes is a triangle. Three unique areas with one "hub world" in the center. Also, it introduces a new gimmick: A dark world. That's right. Another map that is identical to the regular one, but darker. Joy. BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE. The dark world DRAINS YOUR HP merely by being in it. Unless you are in a safe zone, which are thankfully very common, then your HP restores very slowly. So, navigation through the dark world consists of running to a safe zone, waiting for your HP to refill, then running to the next one. Rinse and repeat. WHO THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE FUN? The entire game is a giant fetch quest. In each area you have to find keys to get into the temple and fight that area's boss. It's very formulaic, tedious, and repetitive. To make matters more annoying, your weapons now use ammo. Weapons that are required to navigate the map and exploit enemy weaknesses, can run out of ammo. And they run out very quickly. Echoes tries to have more of a plot than Prime. And by more of a plot, I mean the exact same amount of plot, only now it forces you to sit through cutscenes and tedious dialogue to tell you things that, in the first game, you could figure out on your own. The game reuses a ton of enemies from Prime, only they try to pass them off as new by giving them different names and descriptions. And confusingly, the enemies that have the same names look different (though still behave the same). What. I have to say, Echoes isn't really a BAD game. It''s definitely better than many games out there. But compared to the first game, it's very... disappointing. I haven't started Corruption yet, but when I do I'll have updates. I have played the game before in the past though, and it's much better than Echoes, so I cant wait to start it. ...That is all.

I think this deserves a new post (sorry if it doesn't and I'm lynched for double posting) Original text: "A landslide landslide land lan landslide slide has a a a slide occur land occur has slide a land land slide slide has slide slide occur a occured a landslide has a landslide has has occur occurred. This is what I get from listening to landslides." ...35 translations later, Bing gives us: "Victory and push-push-push-push, even though two local Fanmi strength, honesty is not ready for the ear and pushes the glissemen Search." My rection: - - - - - - - And the history. READ IT, I TELL YOU TO. It deserves it.

Awww, he's so cute like lolz you should totes register him as a real pet and attack any1 who touches him.. hes like so cutest!!one!1 [/extensive_sarcasm] Oh wow. And this too. *scrolls down to the bottom of the first page* Implications of LHC results for TeV-scale physics? What's that got to do with a bunch of Lego bricks? And I was 0% surprised to find that 'Clom' is something from Dr. Who. EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doctor_Who_planets This sounds remarkably like Doctor Who to me. Someone has TOO MUCH TIME on their hands.

Crystals and ore will not be generated if there are no ground tiles adjacent to the seam. Crystals and ore stored within the wall in the cror map will always have a valid ground tile so those are safe. And I've already made a drilling boat. >

PTL files handle some level-specific AI functions. They're almost always the same across levels, so copy one into the folders for your new levels.

Wha? I don't even... Wha? When I saw his name was Gary, I thought It was going to be a snail...Nice model though, I like the eyes. Well, I call almost everything I own 'Jimbob', but this model was just so deserving of the name 'Gary' . Also, thank you! Close, but he's actually a rare species of Tri'impli from the planet Clom. And yes, I did just make that up on the spot. Oh gosh... I'm getting too attached to this thing.

It burns us, yesss, it burnses us! Don't be so cruel to poor aidenpons... RRU really needs a :sick: emote.

When I saw his name was Gary, I thought It was going to be a snail...Nice model though, I like the eyes.

Well... That certainly was interesting! Could somebody inform me how to resize an image?

[12:37:12 PM] Cirevam: And I [12:37:20 PM] Cyrem: will always [12:37:25 PM] jamesster: love you [12:37:32 PM] jamesster: (how could you do this to me)

i was going to say the LMLC but with baz's mod it can go over lava and in some of his levels that is nice to get around with still having some drilling power

Really, I think I agree on that front. I'd like to see something based around the mechanics and general idea of the original game, but more up to snuff with today's games. I, for one, would be glad to see this separate from Lego. Being a separate entity allows the developers to pursue a more mature audience which is something I would LOVE to see happen, something with more action, deeper strategy, more combat, etc. A few years ago I had toyed around with some drawings of what RR would look like as a 1920's near-steampunk mining operation as opposed to a sci-fi interplanetary mission and liked the results. That's a direction that could create a cool final product. I know I'm starting to ramble now, but if it's going to be based on the original, what about making it truly interplanetary? They could add a mechanic that allowed for the mining of multiple planets by dividing up your raider groups or something. Really, I feel like we could be a prime resource for the developers. They could take a NFS: World approach and use us as a control and suggestion group to determine what players of the original game would like to see in a new version. </ramble> Edit: One more thing I would really like to see is "enemy combat prioritizing". I can't tell you how many times my little Rock Raiders have gone off and ignored the rock monsters / slimy slugs immediately surrounding my base in an effort to hunt sleeping monsters on the other end of the map. Some sort of intelligent threat assessment would be greatly appreciated, so that they know what to attack first in order to minimize damage to RRHQ.

"And the little pig ran all the way home." ...56 translations later we get: "Wild boar on the road." "face punch" ...56 translations later we get: "Dale preventyon." I tried Face Book... but 56 translations later it was still Face Book ( Something fishy is going on ) "Something fishy is going on" ...56 translations later we get: "Therefore,"

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