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I don't intend for this to come across as something in the vein of self-pity, as I know we all have our own hardships with which to deal, but rather I intend it simply as a venue through which to express some of my deepest feelings. I don't necessarily know that anyone is necessarily any happier than I, as I know nothing of their lives in their entirety. But I do know that for a long time now I've felt significantly unhappy due to a multitude of things, one of which is something among the more paramount facets of my life and of myself, but which I don't feel comfortable elaborating on in-depth here. But it's something that poses a hindrance to my becoming more independent, and because of it I'm very much a recluse, and it's uncertain whether it's something I'll be able to surmount. Another thing is that, however much I aspire to be as understanding, compassionate, kind, and perceptive a person as I have the aptitude to be, I haven't always shown or employed such attributes with some people, and unfortunately to the detriment of my relations with them. And whilst some have been more forgiving, others outright hated me and showed no willingness to attempt to understand me. It's very disheartening though to see these people harbor such resentment towards me, because I care for them deeply, especially so because they're very emotionally damaged people, and it makes me feel almost as though I failed them as a friend, I failed to help them and to make them ultimately happier. It hurts me so because I don't want them to continue on in life in such emotionally tortured states of mind, I want nothing more than for them to be happy. But we're all very flawed, imperfect, but yet beautiful unique individuals. And I suppose what we did in our pasts is nothing more or less than could be expected of us, because we only ever can think, behave, and deduce as far as the immediate expanse of our knowledge-base, as far as what we immediately know in the present moment. I only wish this understanding were shared with the aforementioned people. Moreover, I try to don a personality with which my subconscious conflicts because of my current circumstances, and so often to no avail. But in light of all of this, even if I can't fully live a life of happiness, I try to make a concerted effort to live one of meaning through the resulting contributions of the development of my various archives, through providing emotional support to others wherever and whenever possible for me to do so, and generally trying to enrich the lives of others and their individual happiness. This is why I do the work that I do to research and archive every known retro LEGO comic, storybook, and animated cartoon as thoroughly as is possible, because I know that it's something important to at least some members of this community, and something that provides them happiness and enriches their lives. I do this because I care about you, and it would be a tremendous waste of my life to forever be self-absorbed in my own problems and be oblivious to the struggles of everyone else I share this beautiful world with. In conclusion, I hope you never forget how much I care for all of you and for this awesome community as a whole, just as I hope I never forget how much you in turn care for me. I hereby extend my deepest and sincerest thanks to those of you who have shown me forgiveness, tolerance, and most of all friendship, however difficult I might be sometimes. And I extend my deepest and sincerest apologies to any of you I've unnecessarily hurt in any way. With love, ~Sadie

Idle: Sorry to double post, but I noticed something about the game; When you hold 'A' to go Left, then you hold 'D' the RR will go Right. BUT When you hold 'D' to go Right, then you hold 'A' in an attempt to go Left, the RR will keep going Right. I don't know if its a bug but I don't think the character should even be moving if both direction buttons are held. Maybe, if possible, you could code it so that when the player holds both 'A' and 'D' that the RR stops/stays still?

Will it be Green with Red stemmed White Flowers with Glasses and a long torso? *Joke about Infoperiac* I meant to say Boomba, but instead i said goomba. Yes, they're called boombas, because they look like bombs. (The red flying one is called a Kaboomba because it has dynamite as its main weapon) And yes, how could i leave out an infoderpiac reference Edit: Done. "And, you can change flowers!" Edit: Done with the infoboombiac. It took a long time to make and i still don't like how it turned out.

VideoGamer.com brings us word of another new LEGO title, this one angled toward competing with the likes of Skylanders, where you can buy a LEGO model in order to unlock related parts of the game. Nothing else is known at this point, but it seems possible that this is related to the LEGO/Nexon partnership game we heard about a while ago. Sources: VideoGamer.com

Just thought I'd post a bit of concept art I tossed together yesterday using a couple of WIP elements I am working on. Everything is put together is layers, allowing for a parallax camera movement (where the background moves slower that the foreground). I blurred the background and extreme foreground to simulate a depth of field effect. I also made the greadient sky and a small vignette it give it some style. The grass is not done yet. I just painted that grass on in photoshop, I have yet to create an actual grass texture (I have an idea of how I need to do it, but still need to try it out). The flowers are not done yet. All feedback is appreciated.

I know it sucks when people actively show dislike for you. I struggle with this too, but really I think it's important to let things like that go - there's no way in the world that anyone is going to please everyone. Someone resenting you or whatever doesn't have to be a reflection on your character in any way. In any case, I think you're a pretty rad person with a rad approach to life.

Sign with blood here, here, and here. The induction ritual begins tomorrow at nine teen hundred and one hours sharp. Do NOT be late. <Insert stuff here> Final boss is potato king. Not arguing this point.

"Oh no, not another one of these topics". Before you make any presumptions about this topic, I want to make two things abundantly clear: 1) Forget the stigma. The justice system generally works as "innocent until proven guilty", not "guilty until proven innocent". Unfortunately there seems to be a mentality around RRU that any large project will not be completed, and while this is quite often true, approaching this particular topic with such a pessimistic view isn't going to do any favours. See this topic as innocent until proven guilty, a.k.a. destined to succeed until proven a failure. 2) Let me define "game". When I say game here, I'm talking at its most basic technicality, let's make a game featuring a character who can move and jump, maybe swing a sword too. Let's not even consider making more than one level, in fact let's not consider making a fully-functioning first level. When I say "game", I mean let's produce a bare-bones interactive project we can be proud of. Forget your AAA games, forget even your Indie games. I'm thinking of a toddler's drawing in comparison to a Da Vinci masterpiece. Alright, with that out of the way, I have a proposal for RRU. Let's make a small game together! Let's make a little character who can move and jump, and if we get far enough, maybe even have them able to attack or interact with an environmental object. To reiterate above, I'm talking about the basic mechanics of a game, don't think about anything beyond a character and small environment. Interested? We'd need a few different roles to be filled: Designer Someone to decide what the game will do. Will it be a top-down game where a square floats around a tiled board? Or a front-on side-scrolling platformer where a character jumps about? Programmer - JimbobJeffers I'll happily fill this role. This person will program the mechanics of the game, making the character actually do what the designer wants. For those interested, I'd be working in Flash as I'm very familiar with it and have programmed several different types of games in the past. Artist - Aokpisz, Ben24x7, MaelstromIslander, rioforce The artist will design the visuals of the game. They'd draw the character, or the square, but they probably wouldn't animate it. They'd also draw the environment. Animator - Ben24x7, MaelstromIslander Animates the character and anything else that moves. This person breathes life into the artist's work. Musician - Drill Master, Shadowblaze Some music in the background to complement the game, no matter how small it may be, would be great to liven it up. SFX - JimbobJeffers, rioforce, Xiron The audial feedback for the player, while not necessary, definitely makes the experience much more engaging. Would anyone be interested in this project? Play Now! Version 0003 Source Version History Version 0002 Version 0001

Hey all, I'm rioforce. I'm the brother of le717. I joined this forum because le suggested it, so that's why I'm here. Now, a little about myself: I am a LEGO fan I make LEGO stop-motion videos I like the classic LEGO games like LEGO Island and LEGO Racers I have never played Rock Raiders. I like organizing things into lists I am a graphic designer and artist I am a Johnny Thunder fanatic My username is a mixture of the words "Ryo" and "Exo-Force" And that's pretty much it. -rioforce

monkey boy If there isn't any death in the fifth nigth i'm going to haunt you forever Ayliffe, because permanent death doesn't always affect the ability to rise as a ghost.

Sounds about right.

So fush is having emotional distress, ayliffe drank too much coffee, xiron thinks he's a monkey, and BrickKeeper/Pereki are wondering what a fire is. WHERES THE DEATH?!?

The five who would not die... Coming to theater when someone dies.

Today, I tried to MOC for the first time. I've never moc'd before, always just building to play. The result was nothing like what I was planning, and I have no idea how good it is.

Thanks Mael, I'll get to work adding those new animations in. For those that didn't see it in the shoutbox, I've put together the current assets into something with basic function. Move left and right with A and D or the arrow keys, the coins will add to your score. Check it out in the first post!

To help with us moderators and our moderatin', could players who change their Minecraft usernames please alert us whenever you do? PM or posting, here or on the RRUCraft forum, is fine. While the server does automatically update its whitelist due to the recent UUID system, it doesn't actually notify us of username changes unless we are in-game with you at the same time. Being lost is part of surviving. Exactly, I've made the new Survival server as Survival-y as it can be. Daylight cycles and no coordinates for example were included because they make in-game items such as the clock and compass actually useful.

Being lost is part of surviving.

Can I just point out a major complaint about the lack of the coordinates being visible on the survival server? Just knowing they aren't there makes me feel lost on the map even if I know where I am.

I just tried to do the rotation right now; I encountered a lot of issues, like the coin turning lower quality and the numbers going backwards. It'll just have to go up and down for now. Edit: I'm done.

jamesster suggested a game for me to let's play that I think is going to be really fun, but while that's in the works, have this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyXOrbb5BhE&feature=youtu.be This video brought to you by INTEL INSIDE PENTIUM 4.

Basically, I mean something like this;

It's closed source, no official modding support. Sorry. Not even minecraft's?! sick burn m8, ttly rekt

After an hour (roughly) of trying to make a character that was A. Original, B. Not too Stereotypical and C. Not Shameful Self-advertising (A.K.A using my own characters which were created before this project was proposed). The other problem reoccurring with the character creation is that since the story (and the "stage" for the character to preoccupy) hasn't been developed yet, if not at all, then it makes the design of the character harder because you need to make the character look like they "fit in" to their surroundings, but then sometimes the enviroment the character preoccupies is made AFTER the character creation. Stimuli messes everything up, that's for sure. So, because I can't think of designs for the protagonist, for now the main character will be a Rock Raider; This is a temporary fix, once I can understand what the game is like, I'll do a proper character. Sorry for now...

[7:51:29 PM] Will Kirkby: "well eat my dingus *****" [7:51:30 PM] Will Kirkby: oh boy [7:51:32 PM] Will Kirkby: here we go [7:51:53 PM] bartvbl: is that an actual kitty species? [7:53:15 PM] Alcom Isst: Felis Catus? [7:53:33 PM] Alcom Isst: That sounds like a fake latin name. ._. [7:55:39 PM] jamesster: misread as cactus [7:56:09 PM] The Flaming Pirate of Nagamaki: Ben [7:56:16 PM] The Flaming Pirate of Nagamaki: Draw us a prickly green kitty [7:57:02 PM] bartvbl: > [saturday, 14 March 2015 19:55:50 jamesster] misread as cactus misread as ****tus [7:57:21 PM] The Flaming Pirate of Nagamaki: > [saturday, 14 March 2015 19:55:50 jamesster] misread as cactus misread as ****tus misread as cockatoo

I'm not even going to try to open this after how much Xiron's image caused my computer to freeze.

I started work on updating the visual on some of the content and I wanted to show off the before and after: As you can see the right is way more defined and the models are higher quality, though the majority of the 3D mesh is still the same. I'm also doing Ambient Occlusion where ever possible, the effect can be best seen on the Chainsaws (The shadowing effect).

[3:15:51 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: I'm going to be attending the pants party this year. [3:15:58 AM] /)¢( Krysto: shows up without pants? [3:16:12 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: Don't you dare make those filthy jokes around me. [3:16:24 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: You either wear pants or you get a mouthing from me. [3:16:25 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: uhhh [3:16:35 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: Probably not the best way to put that. [3:16:35 AM] jamesster: ,,, [3:16:41 AM] Hugh Wotmeigh: I'm going to get back to my studies now. [3:16:50 AM] jamesster: right [3:16:57 AM] /)¢( Krysto: I'll just pretend you never said that