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http://youtu.be/6_v3SOREh6s Description copy-paste: What happen here? Well, to simply put it, when the two AI racers made contact with each other, it acts as if they made contact with the player. O.T. I'm surprised it took me over 10 years to find a not very well known bug in this game.

Here is everything you need to know about adding a new static object into the world: Mobile objects are practically the same principle, so use this for them as well. Tools needed: Hex Editor: http://mh-nexus.de/en/programs.php Coordinate Viewer: http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/5050-coordinate-viewer/ WRL Topic: http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/5176-all-about-wrls-everything-you-see-and-do-in-the-worlds-warning-large-post/

A TFOL's Response to Greenpeace's LEGO Petition By Brigs Generally, I don’t waste my valuable time on petitions senseless as this one. Nevertheless, this fallacious pile of KRE-O has gained considerable circulation in the LEGO Community, and thus merits a well-articulated response. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhbliUq0_r4 http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/en/ Let’s break this down piece by piece, starting with the video itself. When the video begins, you will notice the title and background music references the LEGO Movie and its incessant song, “Everything is Awesome.” This is an ironic choice for Greenpeace’s assertions, since the benevolent Octan Corporation, LEGO Town’s fictitious “Big Oil” company is portrayed in an antagonistic light in the film, and has certainly received more publicity than any Shell promotional polybag. As the video proceeds, you see the inviting Arctic animals, a fisherman, hockey players, and… Halo’s Master Chief. Following a panoramic view of the new wave of LEGO City Arctic sets, the video changes tone as the viewer first notices a Shell chemist, tanker, and finally, a menacing oil platform, recycled from a Cars 2 set, which notably had a rather preachy message about “Big Oil.” But the most infuriating and stereotypical elements of the film are yet to come. The “executive” Minifigure can be seen smoking a cigar (with a “no smoking” sticker visible behind him, no less.) At the bottom of the oil rig oozes a depressing black liquid. This “oil spill” slowly consumes the LEGO world and its inhabitants, including the distinguished Emmett and Wyldstyle, until only the Shell flag unscathed. Any objective AFOL will notice Greenpeace’s clear appeals to emotion, specifically fear for the vibrant LEGO world and anger directed at Shell and the LEGO Group’s “association.” We’re just getting started. The description contends to surpass the ludicrosity of the video itself. “We love LEGO. You love LEGO. Everyone loves LEGO. But when LEGO's halo effect is being used to sell propaganda to children, especially by an unethical corporation who are busy destroying the natural world our children will inherit, we have to do something.” Greenpeace apparently needs to check their definitions. Of course colorful plastic bricks and smiling Minifigures have a welcoming aesthetic. But these allegations of the LEGO Group propagandizing on behalf of Royal Dutch Shell plc are not only extreme, but absurd. Children playing with an oil tanker or gas station are not being brainwashed that “Big Oil” or environmental pollution is good. They are merely delivering the LEGO citizens with gas to power their trucks, spaceships, and racecars. These loaded accusations of propaganda are so laughably ironic one could easily mistake this as a work of satire; especially for a claim that can easily be thrust upon Greenpeace itself. “Children's imaginations are an unspoilt wilderness. Help us stop Shell polluting them by telling LEGO to stop selling Shell-branded bricks and kits today.” So what is the objective here? By the LEGO Group from discontinuing Shell gas stations and race cars, converting LEGO City into eco-utopia, will the Minifigures suddenly become enlightened and band together against a tyrannical CEO plotting to destroy their way of life? To quote Lord Business, “that’s just a bunch of hippy dippy baloney.” I am not here blatantly supporting Shell, or “Big Oil.” There are risks involved in any drilling operation, which can potentially be catastrophic on the ecosystem. LEGO Bricks themselves, composed of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene, are partially derived from oil. The LEGO Group is renowned for its environmental awareness and responsibility, and by next decade will be completely sustained by renewable energy. The issue is not the LEGO Group, nor necessarily Shell, but Greenpeace’s exploitation of a responsible corporation and its politicization of a legitimate concern. Humans must be thoughtful stewards of the world, and potential threats to the environment merit the discussion. Of course businesses will try to make money, and in doing so may jeopardize the environment. Royal Dutch Shell has been endeavoring to create a drilling operation off of Alaska for a few years now, but has postponed until the safety of the operation is elucidated. This issue of drilling in the Arctic should be resolved between Shell and those concerned about environmental safety, but they should leave the LEGO Group out of this. If Greenpeace wants to preserve the “unspoilt” imaginations of children and leave a positive impact on our world, it can start by repudiating this political gobbledygook and withdrawing this petition on the front page of the Greenpeace website.

Ah, Comic Con, the Mecca pilgrimage of many a nerd. I've yet to go myself, but for the last few years, LEGO has been announcing new sets from here. Notable sets would include the DeLorean Time Machine, a bunch of Star Wars sets, and a handful of small exclusive-to-Comic-Con models and minifigures which can go for top dollar on the aftermarket. But yesterday, we got a first OFFICIAL look at a set that's been rumored for ages: The UCS Batman Tumbler. Yes, this sucker will have 1869 pieces, making it $200 USD while it's available in retail. The model features a fact sheet on the "real" vehicle, detailed interior, and... The Minifigs. We'll be getting a Batman minifig based more on Christian Bale's Batman, and an honest-to-God minifig incarnation of Heath Ledger's Joker. And it's about bloody time, too. The set will be ready for sale by September, and demand will likely be huge. Probably just for the Joker alone, but that's just my opinion. Sources: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2014/07/20/lego-dark-knight-tumbler-toy-exclusive/12909645/

Because Shadowblaze asked for Orange-Dark Gray when he saw my red, and then I thought: Why not do a bunch of other colors? http://oresome.rockraidersunited.com/download/59 Character folder goes in: Game Data Images:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq4XlauEwfE

Heya. This is a tribal Drumstep with a crazy second drop. I hope you'll like it, it also has a guiatr in it! http://youtu.be/yAW47TntWLM Listen on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/c24dubstep/c24-slammer EDIT: AW YEAH WOULD YA LOOK AT THAT LINK

You act like that number is not manually inflated daily, much like the month long competition to build the Nexus Tower. There are plenty of server-side ways to realistically inflate an number to make it appear as if you have a lot of supporters for your cause. With as much lying, false facts, and deceit that is going on in this campaign (not to mention the timer that was present when the then-email spam site up went was an actual timer that automatically counted up to 600,000 and reset on page load (Ayliffe and others in the SBox at that time can confirm this)), I would not rule out some clever inflation techniques going on here.

TLG actually did make Shell sets...about 20 years ago. My Dad (and by extension, I) own a LEGO Shell fuel station. They didn't last long though. Nowadays, the only mention they get is associated with Ferrari, and IIRC that's only in their F1 sets.

I'm not quite sure what has happened with the status of the video: when they first had Emmet and Wyldstyle in it, it was taken down by Warner Bros. for using a trademarked minifigure... or something. It was interesting to read the comments. a) There were hordes of them, and probably when I'd finished a page another would pop up. b) About 1% of the comments were "yes i must stop supporting lego they are ruining the arctic pls help," about 60% were 'This is absolute rubbish' (and about one quarter of that 60% made a long rant about how it was rubbish, and half of that quarter said 'Lego comes from petroleum. Imagine how much petroleum from the Arctic you'd need to make that video... hypocrites' ), 15% said 'You're right, Shell shouldn't be drilling in the Arctic, but why take it out on a toy company?' and the remaining 14% I have failed to allocate accurately. What even is Lego doing with Shell anyway? Last time I checked it was just a bunch of Ferrari sets - oh yes, that's what that 14% was - saying 'Lego isn't partnering with Shell - it's partnering with Ferrari. I recall having a long talk with Ayliffe and Ayliffe Arthuriel about this; I think Ayliffe completely smashed their argument on their blog or somewhere and I can bet you he'll find the link.

Well, most of the files people have submitted so far appear to use either "Zay-lacks" or "Zah-lacks". And, since Xiron asked. The X as a Z sound is fairly common in any version of English. US, Canadian, UK, Australian, or what have you. "Xavier" is often, (but not always) "Zay-vee-er", "Xylophone" is "Zie-low-fone", "Xeno" is "Zee-no" or "Zeh-no", etc, etc. (Also, one of the main reasons I'd suggest avoiding the hard X for Xalax, is that Ex-lax, pronounced "Ecks-lacks" is a laxative brand...)