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witeasprinwow                   Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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| Funny that I choose to poke around the board in time to see this...
I almost applied to Digipen, had the application and all. What changed my mind is a summer workshop that I went to. I actually posted to the board from the workshop, and would be able to show it to you guys if you hadn't managed to fuck up again and delete everything. Anyways, at the workshop I met a lot of people and learned a good bit about the game industry. I'm sure you've all heard that the game industry is "not all fun and games" a million times over from game industry reps. Let me tell you: It is most DEFINATELY not. You get to go to a game design school and sacrifice your Typical American College Experience (Meeting new people, drinking, learning about a variety of things, sexual expiermentation, and / or watching women who like to experiment wrestle in a jello pool _¬) , and all you get in exchange for your loss is... MORE WORK. Cymoro will be busting his ass for the next four years. Then, if he decides to go into the video game industry, he gets to work even more than he used to be. In the video game indsustry you are basically expected to make sacrifices in other areas of your life in order to make video games. You will not have the same life that, say, an econ major from a good school would have, even if you are making good money in programming. Not to discourage anyone from chasing thier dreams. Cymoro is certainly going to be making some sacrifices, and while that's unfortunate, it also makes his pursuit of his goal that much more admirable. If you really want to go for it, just make sure you know what you're getting into first. If that's not quite what you want then... Virginia Tech is a good east coast school that has a good computer science curriculum, a high ranked ACC football team and an unranked basketball team that would have upset #1 Duke if it weren't for a miracle 3-pt shot at the buzzer  , and plenty of alcohol. Enjoy your jello wrestling. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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| Picks:
Wild Card: Patriots over Jaguars (Injuries make this an easy pick) Bengals over Steelers (I predict this to be close, home field may be the difference) Giants over Panthers (Tiki and Eli are on a roll, and Feely is over his streak) Redskins over Buccaneers (Payback for the incorrect call at the end of thier last meeting that almost knocked the Skins out of the playoffs) Divisonal Playoffs: Patriots over Broncos (Patriots are Shanahan's Everest - This could be close though) Seattle over Washington (Joe Gibbs is a great coach, but it will take a lot to gameplan a stop to Alexander that doesn't leave holes for Hasselback. The Redskins' only hope is to suddenly fix thier turnover problems, as if they accidently give the ball to Alexander they won't get it back.) Colts over Bengals (The Bengals might take a page from the Chargers and blitz every down, but they do not have the D-line and Linebacker strength and speed that the Chargers have and will fail at it. 14-2 is still really scary) Chicago over Giants (Eli will be forced to take minimal/no yard passes or get coverage sacked, making the Giants offense one-dimensional and forcing Tiki to beat Urlacher for any sort of gain) Conference Championships: Colts over Patriots (Patriots have gotten better, but they are in Indy's house and no longer have the same psychological advantage they used to have. This could easily be close but I believe the Peyton's ability to read defenses and the D-line's ability to pass rush will win the game for the Colts.) Chicago over Seattle (Chicago, with the addition of Grossman, is playing a nearly complete game that the mediocre Seattle defense will have trouble stopping. Alexander and Hasselbeck will probably not get entirely jammed but will have trouble producing like they usually do. Watch for turnovers here, as they could easily be generated and may well decide the game) Super Bowl: Colts over Chicago (Grossman is much better than Orton, but is rusty and still not fully developed. The Colts pass rush will pressure him and cause a mistake or two. Peyton must be very stingy with the ball, as a risky pass against a defense like Chicago can easily become an interception. Close, low-scoring game that the Colts will win.) I think these are pretty conservative picks overall. Giants v Carolina, Bucs v Skins, Pats v Broncs, and Seahakws v Bears will probably be the most interesting games to watch this year. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by neotransotaku That was just an ABYSMAL game to watch. Both teams put up terrible performances, and the only reason the Redskins won was because thier recoveries resulted in touchdowns while the bucs couldn't score with ANY field position. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by Danielle If you want this Danni to have any interest in you, I'd suggest the opposite of Danielle's advice. But I really suggest just getting over Danni alltogether. It sounds like you made the right call. Most women want stuff they can't have, and most women think that a guy who has other women is more attractive than the same guy who doesn't have any other women attracted to him. Some women are mature and will understand and control these drives. Other women, like Danni, either aren't mature enough to have control over those drives or just choose to ignore societal norms and willingly give into those drives. It sounds like Danni falls under that second category; She's either too physically or mentally young to recognize what she's doing to you, or she doesn't care about you any more than wanting you. To quote that computer thing from Wargames, the only winning move is not to play. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by neotransotaku Dungy benched him for too long. Apparently in the past 3 weeks - almost a MONTH - he'd only played 4 series in actual game situations. The whole colts offense looked rusty in the beginning. They're a very rythm-based offense, so it takes a lot of practice in real game situations in order to maintain thier ability. You saw in the fourth quarter they got it together again and were picking up the blitz pressure - But way, way too late. Petyon was obviously throwing to recievers that he thought should be open that were running entirely different routes than he thought they were. The offensive line did a pretty bad job of picking up the blitz, but I think Peyton gets overeager and sends out too many recievers against a blitz - Keep Edgerin James or a tight end back to help out your line. And NO, you cannot challenge another coach's challenge. The whole game was really poorly officiated, shown by the refs being unwilling to call false start or offsides that one time there was obviously one or the other (Video shows a Steeler lineman moving early and drawing the Colts offsides, which would be a false start on the Steelers and not an offsides or encroachment on the Colts) Thier JOB is to make a call, they HAVE to make a call there. It was funny watching Cower get FURIOUS over them not calling a penalty that should have gone against his own team, though. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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| Final score:
Seahawks 10 Levy and his officiating crew, 21 Three BLOWN calls that DIRECTLY involved points. Not saying that it was stolen per-se, but the Seahawks would have had a legitimate shot at the game if the calls had been made properly. Awful, terrible, embarassing game. I wanted to see Bettis get a ring, but not like this. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by Young Guru They're not the first 6th seed to get into the Super Bowl, or the first 6th seed to win the Super Bowl... But they ARE the first 6th seed to defeat the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd seeds of thier own conference on the way to the Super Bowl, and then defeat the 1st seed of the other conference in the Super Bowl. Honestly though, I'd be surprised if the steelers went any better than 75% on the season next year. They put on an awful show in the Super Bowl - Defeating a Bengals team that lost thier pro-bowl QB on the first snap, a Colts team using the same plan the Chargers had laid out week sago, and a Broncos and Seahawks team that failed to show up. Add this on top of 11 of thier starters going up for free agency, and the loss of thier short-yardage back... I think Bengals win the division again next year, Steelers stay somewhere between .500 and .750 on the season. My favorites for the big teams next year: Chicago Bears (Rex Grossman at QB obviously - He took a team that was struggling to put up 7 offensive points a game and put up 22 against the Panthers in the playoffs), Miami Dolphins, Washington Redskins, New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks (If they keep Shaun Alexander), Denver Broncos (If they get T.O. they basically have one year to win it all before he explodes the team), Iniannapolis Colts. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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| “From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the fictional time-travelling vehicle, see time travel A time capsule is a historic cache of goods and/or information, usually intended as a method of communication with people in the future. Time capsules are sometimes created and buried with much hoopla during celebrations such as a World Fair, cornerstone laying for a building or other event. They can also be unintended caches such as at Pompeii. The phrase "time capsule" has been in use since about 1937, but the idea is as old as the earliest human civilizations in Mesopotamia. They can generally be classified into four types. Intentional and unintentional (such as Pompeii), and those scheduled for retrieval on a certain date (often 10, 100, or 1,000 years later), and those not.“ --- I came to this board over five years ago, a 15-year old teenager who was still getting used to high school. I saw in-jokes and a fun, happy community. I signed up. I was in posting sprees. I was in ACS. I was in Big Threads about posting something about the person before you 30 posts a day. I got PMs from Colin telling me to lay off the stimulants. I didn’t fucking “get it.” I was about as self-aware as a slug. The thought of monitoring myself as a person was a foreign concept to me. Why did I do things? “Who cares?” I was oblivious to my own shortcomings, and because of this I had the delusional idea that I had none of them. Why do I feel the need to post "OH NOES" 300 times in the hidden forum? Why the fuck not? Everyone else is doing it. --- I used to see bits and pieces of what other, generally respected people did and just emulate it. I was an abstract of different things I had seen. I didn’t measure myself by the value of my own thoughts and feelings, but instead by the results my actions got from other people; and what better way to learn what actions work but to emulate those who have proven successful to the point of bland monotony? It’s a morbid, disturbing theory, but it’s put to use in the real world all the time. That doesn’t work. That never works. You can fake it for a while, but in the long run, if it isn’t real, then it won’t work. There’s not just a moral or spiritual value to being yourself, but practical value, too. Nothing cuts through bullshit better than truth. I could fake what I think, and get lots of people to like me. I don’t do it because it’s pointless in the end. It achieves nothing for either party. If you meet me today, I tell you what I think, and you have to make your own decisions about it’s validity. If it upsets you, so be it. I’d rather my interactions with people be meaningful, even if they are negative more often. --- My hard drive is always fucking full to the brim. I download something and then forget to delete it, and the files sit there eating up a few gigs a piece. I also have the organizational skills of an ADD riddled 3-year old, which means that every time I run out of space I have to manually browse through all the folders in my computer until I find stuff to delete. This happened again, a few weeks ago. In my search to purge my hard drive, I decided to poke around in a seldom-used folder. I found a lot of saved AIM conversations in there. Old ones. We’re talking 2, 3, even 4 years old. It was a relic from my past. I was preserved perfectly, completely unadulterated by the fuzziness of memory. I was forced to see chunks of how I used to be just as they were. I was awful. I was a god damn fucking douchebag. I had no social skills. I made awkward jokes. I am funnier, more sociable, and overall more charismatic on a bad day today than I was at my best back then. Sometimes I felt sick as I read them and thought about how, at one point in time, I must have thought this was hilarious. There was one of a girl obviously trying her damnedest to flirt with me over AIM, and the best I could muster was a fluttered, overly modest response that completely dodged the issue. I was terrible. I went over each one of them, about 12 in total, and forced myself to read them in totality. I saw myself progress over time. I was still socially retarded two years ago, but not nearly as bad as I was four years ago. This is the thought that made me realize: What if I look back in two years on what I’m doing now, and realize that I was an idiot? What if I’m acting embarrassingly retarded right now? This fear is totally inescapable. First off, I’ve been far from self-conscious about my behavior, so I don’t have the proper information to evaluate my behavior and make a decision. Furthermore, even if I was that self-conscious, I wouldn’t be able to evaluate myself properly. I didn’t think poorly of myself four years ago, when I was more of an ass, so why would I think any worse of myself now? And even if I did know how I fared, I wouldn’t have the tools necessary to do it until too late! I would be under its power, posting "OH NOES" 300 times in the hidden forum, totally oblivious to the thought that sometime down the road I might look back and be appalled at my actions. This is something that I’ve come to accept to be an endless cycle. It’s a never-ending purgatory. Every two years or so I get better as a person, but better than before is still not necessarily good. Every two years I will shed some of my stupider behaviors, but that just forces other ones to the bottom of the list. I left the files there. Some day, two years later, I’ll come across them again, and be reminded of this. -- I came to this board over five years ago, a retarded 15-year old teenager who was still getting used to high school. Here I am five years after, a slightly less retarded 21-year old adult who is well into college. This board is something of a time capsule for me. Although it doesn’t shove my face into my past the same way the AIM conversations do (Thanks for losing all the posts assholes), it is a symbol for what I know I used to be, and what I have become since then. Back when I first joined this place, I didn’t fucking “get it.” Today, I can proudly say I “get it.” It has been a long trial and error process. I have fucked up on the way. A LOT. I have done a lot of things I wish I could take back, and a lot of things that I wish I could go back in time for and punch myself in the face for. Yet, at the same time, if I could do it all over again, I think I’d do it the same way. You see, without my fuck-ups, I am nothing. Without being an ass again and again and again, I never learn what makes an ass, and how not to be an ass. Sure, if I went back in time I could change all my actions, but then today I would have nothing to show for myself. I would have made no progress. I would still be as naïve as I was back then. So thank you, Acmlm’s Board. Thank you for showing me what it’s like to be a douchebag. I will seriously, honestly, never forget it. -- I can see this thread going two ways: 1. Talk about the little story I just shared with you (Feel free to ask questions), or 2. Share your own growing-up stories. What made you stop, turn around, and go "God DAMN I have come far"? (edited by witeasprinwow on 05-27-06 01:41 PM) |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by Thexare Oh. WOW. Thanks for showing me that Originally posted by witeasprinwow That was my first post. Maybe I wouldn't change anything significant if I went back in time... But I would definately have to punch myself in the face. Just because of sheer principle. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by DarkSlaya Experience is big. Sometimes people do something wrong and take it as a blow to their confidence, which is wrong. No matter how confident you are, you still have to see things as they are. For example, I know there is no way I could just, say, pick up a SMB rom and hack a new game out of it. I know jack shit about how that kind of thing works. If I tried it and fucked it up, it shouldn't come as a blow to me, but as an expected setback. A more realistic goal would be "If I keep at it and learn from my mistakes I'll be good at it one day." Thinking you are already great at everything is just arrogance; Thinking you can be great at anything is true confidence. Confidence is also a bit of a catch 22. Low confidence breeds worse confidence, and high confidence breeds even better confidence. You just have to go out on a wing and believe that you can do anything if you really set yourself to it. It's not something you can fix overnight; It needs lots and lots of experience to back it up. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by Vyper Dude; You are sixteen. You will not be sixteen forever. Your mindset will change somehow. I can't say it will change on any one specific topic or exactly how it will change, but it WILL change. I know because I have gone through it myself, and recognize it in other people. As to what I would do... It depends on my situation in the future. Right now I would just sorta shrug it off, as I plan on not having children for at LEAST three more years, probably more like five. I want to be at least done with undergraduate college and on towards a masters (Or a career path if I want to go that route) before I even start thinking about children. But if I had a wife who wants children... I'd look into other means. Artificial injection if that's available... whatever method lets me pass on my DNA, if that is at all possible. If for some reason I'm sterile because my little soldiers are all fucked up, a sperm donation would not be out of question. And guys, don't get all excited about not having to wear condums. STDs are a bitch. You better TRUST that girl. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by MathOnNapkins I just did a search on my computer. Nothing. I'm pretty sure it got deleted somehow. Unless it's stored in some internet archive somewhere, it's gone for good. |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by Sukasa + These last few months have been an exercise in drawn-out monotony for me, but I've felt like that in the past. Sometimes I wonder how I manage to accomplish so little in so much time. College is really a time sink; Between classes and having a social life, I don't have much time to work on projects. My only real hobby anymore is guitar. (I'm trying to get into the swing of writing too, as you can see.) Some of my classes teach interesting subjects, but at the end of the day I can't say that I've really learned anything that I could apply in the real world yet. To contrast that, I have some friends that are training for the Navy. So what if I learned all about modern american history or ancient rhetoric? He learned how to kill a man with his bare hands by snapping his neck, and given his strength I don't doubt that he could do it to me twice over. What the fuck have I learned that holds a candle to that? (edited for spelling) (edited by witeasprinwow on 05-30-06 02:18 AM) |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by neotransotaku Dude; it's not being behind. You and me, we're "Super Seniors," better than those stupid only-four-year seniors. If we're really lucky, maybe we get to be "ULTRA Seniors" or something. Most people I've talked to seem to be divided on high school graduation going into it, being either extremely excited and unable to wait for it, or being bored at just the idea of going and wanting to skip it. I found a nice middle ground, I guess. It was a nice little ceremony, but it got blown out of proportion by a group of people who hyperventilated at every quasi-emotional school event. You know the type; they don't understand that there is still life after high school. Every school has at least one. To the graduating class: Go, and enjoy it, as it is probably your biggest accomplishment yet. Bask in the moment for now, but do know that there are bigger things ahead in life for you all than this one night. Originally posted by Yoshi Dude One of the girls in my graduating class had been in a wheelchair all her life. I forget what her problem is, but she was unable to walk, had poor control over her arms and face, and could barely talk. Alphabetically, she was towards the tail end of the graduating class, meaning she got her diploma late into the ceremony. They had a "no applause until the end" rule when handing out the diplomas, and so far there had only been one real violation. Whe she got her diploma, the only thing on my mind was "Please, treat her like a human being, don't make an example out of her..." The place fucking EXPLODED. Almost the entire crowd was up on their feet. I could not believe my fucking eyes; This girl had spent four years trying to fit in and be normal, and we go and fucking ruin it for her during the consumation of the biggest, hardest accomplishment she had ever achieved. Anyways, since I haven't really made a point in this story yet: I hope this happens to you and you are horribly embarassed over it for years. (edited by witeasprinwow on 05-31-06 01:06 AM) (edited by witeasprinwow on 05-31-06 01:06 AM) |
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witeasprinwow Since: 12-29-05 Last post: 6419 days Last view: 6419 days |
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Originally posted by AilureOriginally posted by maxNo, you shut up and stop flaming people. True it was uncalled for, but it was pretty clever and funny. Have a sense of humor. I have made all sorts of fun things, and all of them are miserable failures. Whee! I made a bigass lego plane once. 1000 pieces came in the damn box or something. Took me forever. It's probably somewhere in the basement, missing one crucial piece, making the 999 other ones perfectly designed to make a badass starfighter into completely useless hunks of plastic. Once I made a phone. Seriously, it had buttons and a bell for the ring and an on/off button and a phone line plug and everything. Might have been cooler if it had actually worked, though. I made a badass wooden race car for cub scouts once. Got 2nd place in the state or something crazy like that. My grandfather is an aerospace engineer, so how much of it was really made by ME is debatable. I've also made a lot of music, and a lot of it sucks. You can PM me if you want a sample, but seeing as I can't sing, leaving everything to be instrumental; You probably don't want a sample. Someday down the road, maybe. |
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Originally posted by Darkdata The bluriness actually makes them look better... More real, even. Sorta like how Myspace retards fiddle with the camera angles until they look hot? Yeah, like that. I'm always impressed with people make something new out of legos for other stuff. (edited by witeasprinwow on 05-31-06 02:45 PM) |
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| You're the 2nd Acmlm here. What is it with people who work with this place being indifferent about it? You'd think that the people who rise to the top would care the most, not the least. | |||
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Originally posted by Cjuarez2 I hate it when people say "The teacher fails me," and not "I failed a course." I have failed a course before, and despite the fact that the teacher was batshit crazy, it was ultimately my fault for not taking action to ensure that I succeed in spite of my insane teacher. PS: I bet that if you ever had a chance to touch someone like shakira you would jump all over it. (edited by witeasprinwow on 06-01-06 01:49 PM) (edited by witeasprinwow on 06-01-06 01:50 PM) (edited by witeasprinwow on 06-01-06 01:50 PM) |
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Originally posted by Thexare Actually, I think you ruined MY fun more than his. It was sorta funny to imagine someone screaming at his computer in angst, in disbelief over his precious message board. |
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, not to mention the dropped pass by #86 of the Bucs that would have ties the game
