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Just found the game from my childhood. I remember these levels being hard, but now I realize it was only due to me not using the mini-map or priorities appropriately. These levels give you so much to work with... So I decided to fill in every single tile of Frozen Frenzy (a level nostalgic to me, because I could never beat it) with all sorts of buildings. Any building that fit, I put in. It's not pristine like an empty cavern floor, but it is a bit cool. https://www.pinterest.com/chameleonred5/rock-raiders/?etslf=1931&eq=rock raiders or http://imgur.com/a/I9uLx Of course, to do it with proper variety I had to basically turn off nearly every building. Though my army of over a hundred Raiders loved the Support Stations... before said glorified sandwich shops glitched out and I had to teleport 90% of the Raiders out (hadn't even used enough crystals for that to happen). In order to get enough ore I abused Ore Refinery mechanics by teleporting away Super Teleporters, collecting the ore, turning them into studs, and using them to build the Super Teleporters again, creating 12 extra ore to use on other buildings. Only one building didn't get built. That's because a 'small ice monster' was in the way and wouldn't despawn. Ah well. Nearly five hours for this. Kind of felt satisfying.

New video from Faber to send off Bionicle. Most of it is old news, but there's a fair bit of new Voodoo Heads goodness in there. Too bad there's an old-timey black and white filter over it all, lol. Screencaps of the interesting stuff + thoughts below.

i heard a rumor the bionicle devs were gonna maake a sequel

deleting stuff just makes people want to re-upload it themselves not "move on" lmfao

So re: that post right above mine, he deleted the video and replaced it with a video with a single image, a more recent piece of his. I guess he wants people to move on and stuff so, ok? All I can say is I'm glad I had the foresight to see this coming after he deleted that Hero Factory post on his blog. I have the original video saved on my hard drive.

Terrev-Today at 1:02 AM we didn't even get killed by anything just weight loss drinks and ??

I updated the MOC... Flickr My entry for the Makuta contest going on over at Rebrick. My goal for my entry was to portray Makuta as more of a king or general who commands a shadow army while circling back to the part of the story that was emphasized at the beginning of the new BIONICLE of Makuta and Ekimu being brothers and including parallels to the 2016 version of Ekimu such as a shield that utilizes the same clip system, a staffed weapon, and a similar stature. The "gold" bits on the knees are homemade stickers to distribute gold lower on the body. To get the color close enough to LEGO's I researched the color codes that Bricklink or other websites documented as the official LEGO color, printed out a sheet of square labels in the color, applied them to the knees, and cut them to fit. Another small thing that I researched was military uniforms and different articles used to denote honors or power, which I worked in with something akin to an Aiguillette, which is a cord worn on ceremonial uniforms.

See also: The Barbara Streisand Effect.

Bionicle rn

So my birthday was two days ago. Yay! With that came a purchase from Amazon that included the NECA 7" Ultimate Gipsy Danger and I haven't been this excited about something arriving in the mail for a long time. This figure is fully articulated and comes with a plethora of accessories such as two plasma cannons, two chain swords, a reactor burst, and interchangeable hands. On top of all of that, it also incorporates a light feature into the chest reactor while retaining upper torso articulation! After purchasing it I knew that I had to get the other four main Jaegers from the movie and immediately started searching for Crimson Typhoon, Cherno Alpha, and the Ultimate Striker Eureka in the 7" size range. Initially disheartened by the fact that the latter costs nearly $50 on Amazon and the former two cost almost $40 each despite being standard edition figures, I took to ebay to see what I could find. Fortunately, I found somebody selling Ultimate Striker Eureka for $19.97 w/ $8 S&H and quickly jumped on that bargain, so yay for ebay! I've also found a seller in China who's selling Cherno and Crimson for $27 each with free shipping, but I'm waiting until after I get a new phone and take on another dogsitting job before I get those two. Also because NECA's a corporation hell-bent on sucking every single penny out of your wallet, I have to buy the 7" Hong Kong Brawl Gipsy Danger that includes the boat bat. Because you can't have a Gipsy Danger without having the boat bat. I'm looking forward to having the Jaeger resistance on my shelves...

Haha thanks. Barely didn't handle it, if the many glitches were any indication.

this is so silly and I love it

Alright. Tried imgur. Hopefully better.

[8/25/2016 10:14:48 PM] Terrev: body and fisherman head models [8/25/2016 10:15:06 PM] Terrev: that x texture is replaced by the game with the desired face texture [8/25/2016 10:15:17 PM] Will: neat [8/25/2016 10:15:26 PM] Terrev: except for one character/model [8/25/2016 10:15:27 PM] Terrev: https://gyazo.com/668ff8728cae7d38346783565fa850ba [8/25/2016 10:15:29 PM] Terrev: achu [8/25/2016 10:15:34 PM] Will: bless you

Why not just post in the same topic? Anyhow, the fact that the download link isn't working means that maximum bandwidth people can download off his account for the month has been reached (a stupid thing imo which in the end cause me to leave box.com) Anyhow, I've already reuploaded the file some time ago and that can be found here: http://www.rockraidersunited.com/topic/2963-lego-racers-2-cheat-engine-hacks/?do=findComment&comment=119542

There are elements of the AI that take away from gameplay (such as their inability to shoot at enemies from the correct range, their tendency to 'shut down' if the map is too active, or their love of running straight into dynamite in search of the perfect rubble to sweep). But then there are some elements that mostly just add some personality to the raiders (their random deviations when moving towards a task that can lead to them running on walls or through otherwise ordinarily unpathable areas, the way that the hungrier they are, the more groggy and even unresponsive they get until they are able to fill their stomachs back up with sandwiches, or the way they are hindered by harmless NPCs like bats and spiders). Perhaps I am alone in this, but I feel that the latter examples are a part of what makes the original raider AI so much fun; unlike the units in a typical RTS which respond perfectly and instantly to 100% of your commands, the raiders in rock raiders act like they are just following orders to the best of their abilities, which leads to the player having to adapt to the sometimes unexpected ways that the raiders respond to the player's inputs. I just don't think a remake would be complete without re-introducing these mechanics in a somewhat less game breaking, but still fun and unpredictable way.

Another update from Wes:

I wasn't gonna have most of my G2 stuff out on display anyway, so I disassembled some of 'em and, well, here he is. the bionic man himself He's big. Very big. "Probably the biggest makuta," you're saying. well sorry, friend, but you're wrong EDIT: Oh yeah, he has the wrong mask right now, but there's a pretty accurate one that'll be on shapeways soon. thanks fanbase!