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 Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1291/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Mike-Tech, I'm afraid that you haven't completely understood everything that's happened during the timeline of this topic, and that you didn't completely understand everything in my post.Posted by Mike-TechYou don't seem to know me, my nature, or my commitment to helping other ROM hackers and seeing projects through very well. If the majority of people were willing to invest more in a collaborative project, then I would have kept putting forth all the time and effort that I already have been, because it would have been much more motivating to keep going. My pure, individual encouragement wouldn't have had to be what kept pushing me for the most part, on top of the few contributions made by some other people. This whole collaborative idea and topic wasn't even started by me; I was merely the person who tried to keep it going. The whole idea behind this Balloon Fight *test* project was to get people familiar with one another, and to get their hacking hands dirty. It wasn't exactly working as intended since I was still doing most of the work though, and while I did offer to take level drawing templates so that people could still contribute to the project, hopefully you can tell that that obviously isn't other people actually hacking. Only  Mattrizzle actually inserted a level into the ROM, and very effectively. This is what I personally believe that everyone is capable of achieving, but that's if they bother to try, which wasn't happening. You're blaming me for believing in people, even when evidence kept establishing for me through this whole process that I was setting myself up for disappointment? My personal fault is being too overly positive. That's all that I'm guilty of.Posted by Mike-TechPlease feel free to post images of your problem, instead of just immediately deciding that you're not going to use it just because you're stuck on something. See, this is the general mentality of the people who weren't contributing anything. They don't want to try something different, even though the rewards and benefits could achieve a different kind of personal fulfillment, and help keep the board that they supposedly so much approve of and enjoy alive. This is why I don't feel as motivated to keep going anymore. However, if people were more active and invested (and actually even bothered downloading the demos to become more involved), then maybe it wouldn't just be me doing all the work. Maybe this can still be saved as a Board 2 collaboration, but it can't still be just me, or then it's not a Board 2 collaboration, in my opinion, and based on the evidence presented before us. Posted by Mike-TechThis is where I feel like you didn't bother reading even the early part of my post. I explained this. Posted by Quick CurlyThis is why an IPS patch for this project won't work. Not because a patch *can't* be created, but because it would *fail* in supplying only the changes to this project, and not the original data and code as well. Posted by Mike-TechIt's not my fault if you don't understand it. The thing is, if you ask, people would probably be willing to help you. However, you immediately decided that you didn't like the BPS patching format, even though the reason you provided is just saying that you got stuck with using the utility. That doesn't mean that there's anything wrong with the program. The way you described it, I can't tell if you just aren't successfully saving some file, or because you're using the wrong original ROM file that the patch wasn't created from. That's one of the additional features of BPS that I touched upon in my previous post. It's an advantage, not a disadvantage or restriction. It prevents a person from applying the patch to the wrong ROM, which would result in the data and code overwriting unintended parts of the game, and causing it to become broken. That's not a problem - it's preventing a potential problem! I included proper patching instructions in the text file. If you follow them accordingly - make sure that your original "Balloon Fight (U) [!]" ROM has the correct checksums - then you should be successful. Posted by Mike-TechThank you for offering. If you're looking for an easy ROM hacking credit to your name as well, you could try drawing out and contributing a level design for the hack, too. More individual contributions outside myself would make this more of a Board 2 collaborative hack again. With 5 Phases left to design, if it's up to me to design them, however, then that means that I contributed most of the levels, as well as put the majority of the project together, which would mean that this wasn't the majority of Board 2. Posted by Mike-TechWe all do. It's not like I don't have a bunch of personal life things, including family and work, going on. I still made a point to keep updated with the board's activity and the activity (or lack thereof) for this project multiple times on a daily basis, whether I logged in or not, and still contributed as much time and effort as I have. It's not that difficult. This is why I don't feel that people care enough about a Board 2 collaborative hack to make it worth it. Again, please, prove me wrong. Posted by Mike-TechGlad we agree. Posted by Mike-TechAgain, I don't think you completely understood everything. Trinitronity posted a 2-word response. They hadn't posted in this topic for over a page, and it wasn't even to try to contribute anything to the project. You completely interpreted the situation backwards and chose to focus on me, without even realizing what anyone else was doing here. Also, you have the nerve to threaten me and my place on this board - a board that I've been trying to help contribute to and keep alive, especially with this collaborative hacking project topic, which again, wasn't even my idea from the start - and continue acting like you're still in some sort of higher up position here? Dude, you don't have the right. I wasn't being critical about his project or anything like that. Again, you obviously don't know me very well, so you shouldn't be judging anything yourself. I've established before that I'm anything but critical. I'm happy with anything, and I'm an overly positive person with life and everything in between. I'm in a good place, and I don't need to corrupt it with negativity from everybody else. However, that doesn't mean that I'm a pushover, and that I'm going to stand for someone else trying to push me or my friends around. I was taking my own personal time and trying to help put together a collaborative hack, the first of hopefully many, to keep people here active, and establish that Board 2 isn't dead like everyone has been trying to say for years. If you're already against any of that, then it's already dead. If you even have the nerve to threaten to get rid of me, you're getting rid of one of the last positive contributors on this board. If anything, you're the one who is always going around being critical of everybody, and you're the one who has been warned by staff at least once in recent times. If it's true what you said about previously being a staff member, but having your powers removed, I didn't even want to believe that there was a reason to be explored as to why, but I guess that there was. Have you already forgotten how unfairly and overly critical you've been lately of  Googie; a guy who has absolutely nothing bad to say about anybody here. You haven't even thought twice about sarcastically expressing how he apparently wasn't fulfilling an obligation to the banner thread, or how I shouldn't expect anything from him for 5 to 10 years. Dude, that's so hypocritical. Lay off.
But yeah, if you want to report the one guy who has actually been trying to keep this board going, and whose only fault is caring too much, well then, have fun with that. It just further establishes that everything that I've already said is true. But if you actually want to do what's best for the board, then you can try to save this project, or just post more around the board in general. Try to get people more involved, like I've been trying to do here. Don't go around continuously trying to do the complete opposite all the time. Have a great and safe week. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1292/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
MegaEliteGamers emailed me about the posts in this topic, though I normally try to check on the board everyday anyway, even if I don't actually sign in.
While I could definitely add a lot to what has already been said here, it'll just be the same continuous cycle with people still not focusing on committing to a Board 2 collaborative project or doing anything towards seeing one work out to completion, so I'll be the bigger person and just ignore it. The focus this entire time was supposed to be working together as a community to create something to express our unity. Instead, it's just caused more and more friction, the complete opposite goal. Still, none of these posts that are expressing the desire to see the project through have even taken any necessary steps to actually contributing physical progress. So, let's just drop all of this unnecessary ego-driven madness and focus on working on a project, if you're actually still sincere about doing something. Before anyone misinterprets my words as angry or malicious, like I've already been trying to do, I'm focusing on the potential existence of a Board 2 collaborative hack. I speak as calmly and generally as positively as I possibly can whenever I post. For those who believe otherwise, please go back and read my other posts in this topic, or basically anywhere. Any beliefs that my posts have ever been losing my temper are just from an oversensitive perception. As far as Board Fight is concerned, it's completed and I don't want to have to worry about it anymore. I greatly appreciate the time and efforts of the people who took a few minutes to draw out a level design for me to insert into the hack. Special acknowledgement for the following super special awesome folks: Mattrizzle
MegaEliteGamers mrrichard999 Static Thermoptic Vicious Poetry  Zieldak
I also very much appreciate  blackhole89's interest and attempts to come up with ideas to help bring the project's progress forward.
So, like MegaEliteGamers already pointed out, a collaborative attempt will have to be a new project at this point. While it's been suggested that kuja killer's/Thanatos-Zero's and Trinitronity's Mega Man 3 hacks and Googie's Dark Mario Super Mario Bros. 3 hack be joined and worked on together, it's my personal opinion that those aren't really community original projects, but rather individual projects that would be attempting to bring other people in to work on what is already there. A Board 2 project should be something that we all come up with together, and contribute equal efforts together.
Despite everything that's happened during this topic and past attempted Board 2 collaborations, and how it's ultimately caused me to feel concerning people actually pulling one off, for whatever overly positive reasons, I would still be willing to try yet again. However, I'm not going to be the one who tries to get a project that no one else is interested in working on going again. It's up to other people who have so far only talked about it and now should be the ones who do something about it. Consider this. If this was a school assignment, time would have expired before a game to hack was even decided and agreed on, and you all would have flunked it. When it comes to school, even for a test, if you don't know the answer to a question, you would still try your best. That's all that I was ever asking. For my own attempted contributions to be met. Not just overly criticized and not helped. Even if willing individual participants managed to each set aside 15 minutes every day to commit to this project, there would be more progress in a week than there was in this topic over the past month with me basically putting everything together for Board Fight. Even just coming into the topic to post that you won't be available to work on the project for a couple days or so would still be better than not saying, let alone doing anything. Offers to beta test before we even have anything are, evidently, not helpful so early in a potential project. Physical contributions are what are needed. The first step is still the same basic one that none of us ever really agreed on. Which game(s) should we make a hack of? There have already been a few suggestions aside from suggestions to join projects that already exist as works in progress: one of the Mega Man games, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Wheel of Fortune, and a Game Boy Advance game (though I don't believe that we're ready for something bigger like that yet). After we decide and people actually volunteer, depending on the specific game, we can determine which utilities are available to use (if any), share resources for information, and make a to-do list for figuring out where we can each start. Once again, I have my own projects that I would like to work on, so I'm committing my own time and effort to Board 2 for this, just like last time. It's not necessarily all about me wanting to see one through, since I'm not the only person who would enjoy and appreciate a Board 2 hack being completed, but I can safely declare that I made the most effort the previous try. If everyone else would share that same ROM hacking passion, we wouldn't be where we are right now. So Mike-Tech, if you really do want to see any Board 2 project work out as much as I do, then please help us out here. Help us figure out a game to hack, and then offer to do some of the tasks for it that are necessary to hack the game. I asked you at least once if you wanted to earn the easiest ROM hacking contribution that you could have asked for and draw out a level for Board Fight, and all you said was that you would wait for the project to be completed. How is that helping at all? Please actually answer my questions if you want to reply, and hopefully contribute. Ignorance doesn't create a hack out of thin air. You don't truly know the full joys and pains of committing to a thorough, complete ROM hacking project until you do one yourself, so there's no possible way that you can rightly judge as much as you have in this topic until you actually do what the entire topic was created to achieve. I have the most right to judge here because I had the greatest stake and investment in it so far. If you really would have contributed anything concrete to the Board Fight collaborative project attempt, your name would have been included in the above list. It's time for all of us to refocus, or just admit that it's time to call it quits, and we can all proceed with our own hobbies, whether it's playing games, making hacks of them on our own, or collecting air in glass jars. Thank you in advance for any focus, direction and contributions that anyone can help return to this endeavor. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1293/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Would blackhole89 taking his time and changing anything with the board give any of you more motivation to bother to post and contribute to anything going on here? Perhaps more community activity driven events could go on like the "KCS" post events and the "Mosts" voting events, but we need more active people and reasons to post for that. When people are referring to other forums and message boards and claiming that they're better for whatever reason, what drives more activity there? It's not about leniency because every online message board needs some degree of form and structure. People can talk about anything anywhere so it's not like there is a wider range of potential discussion that isn't possible here too. So, is it laziness? Availability? When the claims are made that most of the staff generally isn't active here, does that affect your decision to bother being active too? If things were different, would it truly make a difference?
Either way, I feel that any posts at points in time that are suggesting that blackhole89 isn't upholding anything for anyone is, as he put it, a bit silly. If you want something done with the board, then we as members have to prove that we care by engaging more in the community. Perhaps if there's more activity, it would be more motivating and warranted for more updates and engaging activities to take place.
Instead of waiting for action, be the first one to make the effort and take some action. All you know, it could be rewarding and fulfilling. To any of the staff, is there anything that any of us can do? |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1294/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Posted by Mike-TechThanks. Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to you too. Now, do you want to stop posting about every possible subject other than the collaborative hack, so that anything that you've said actually means something? EDIT: Okay, look. I've asked you twice now, and you still aren't trying, despite your claims that you've already helped (which you haven't). I'm really not seeking out an argument because that's not the kind of person I am, despite your threat to report me to staff (ironically, you're the one who should be reported). The way that you continue to reply to everybody, always thinking about yourself and acting like you're in control of the entire board, you've seriously got to be trolling. Nobody can honestly be this hypocritical and egotistical without it being intentional. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1295/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
I appreciate that specific interest in the Balloon Fight level hack project, but I wasn't looking for someone to test it. While it was going on, what we needed was content. Romhacking.net doesn't even recognize beta testing as a potential credit for a hack's page. I don't doubt that it takes time and effort in its own right though, but it's still not creating something. It's just judging something in a fraction of the time that it took to create it. I realize that I'm alone in this perception, but to me, criticisms are pointless because nothing is perfect and when someone looks at something, they're always going to find something wrong with it, so what's the point? Everyone likes something different, so even appealing to some people means that you won't appeal to others.
You can reread my posts that kept establishing that project as a means of familiarizing everyone with working with one another. It was supposed to lead up to a bigger project. The fact that there wasn't a user-friendly, game-specific utility was an opportunity to learn more about working directly in a hex editor. While I can understand and sympathize that you don't currently know how to hex edit, you're holding yourself back by not believing and acting on attempts to learn. I could even put together text and visual tutorials to provide you with personal guidance to teach you at your own pace, but I also offered to do the same thing to help you with your BPS patching related issues, and you didn't take me up on it. Not that I'm immediately coming to a negative conclusion, but I have doubts that you will take me up on this offer either. Again, the Balloon Fight level hacking project is done. When it comes to a Board 2 project, you're still referring to the Balloon Fight project, but I'm not. It will really help to wait to receive input from other people besides just the two of us, but what game would you be interested in hacking? Preferably not Super Mario World since that's what everybody makes individual and group projects of anymore, but it wouldn't really be right of me to completely leave out the possibility; even though, in my own personal opinion, it's not a very original, interesting, or groundbreaking choice. Either way though, you have an opportunity to suggest a game that does have specific utilities that help you visually modify the game and avoid having to open the ROM file in a hex editor, and work with multiple other people (provided there are any) to build a hack of it. If you don't act on the opportunities presented before you, you have no one to blame besides yourself in whether there's success or failure. Excuse me for continuously trying, but at least I am. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1296/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Mike-Tech: You could clearly see that I was logged out, and you went and tried to say this:Posted by Mike-TechSee, I can quote and put lines through everything someone else said too. Does that really make you feel like the big man on campus? Anyway, someone who was sincere about what they only just said within 2 hours and truly wanted to see a Board 2 collaborative project succeed wouldn't try to say that the person who came back to try yet again had to reply and repeat what they had already stated or else it means that the topic should be closed. How obnoxious and hypocritical. Once again, I do have to repeat myself because you refuse to actually read posts and use plain logic while replying, but if you're not going to help try to keep this project going, then you should just stop posting and stay out of this thread. For how many times you've replied in this thread and haven't contributed anything, you're obviously just doing it for the "postcount++" intention. Having your negativity show up in every other post is probably not helping to encourage other people to make on-topic replies about any attempt at a collaborative hack. You still haven't even made any suggestions on a new game to hack. You're still going on about the Balloon Fight project. I already confirmed that it's done, and now so has Zynk. I clearly bolded and underlined it in my previous post so that you could more easily take that in. However, that doesn't mean that a new project can't still work out, or that we shouldn't all try again. Close this topic and get ready for 2016? Get ready for what? What can you offer to continue trying to encourage more Board 2 activity and participation instead? Posted by Mike-TechBut you keep doing the opposite actions of someone who wants to see a project succeed. Yes, you have options - an unlimited potential list of games to choose from and any number of possible ways a project could go. Participate in the brainstorming. Posted by Mike-TechNot trying is never the best route. Calling it quits just because it's easier is no way to get on through life. Who are the 4 people who supposedly think this? So far 6 different members have posted on this page, but none of them have stated this specifically. Zynk mentioned the idea of closing the topic, but primarily because the Balloon Fight hack (the first attempt) is already done, but there's always the potential for another try. Plus, if you're including yourself in that count, well then, you're proving your hypocrisy and bull crap yet again because you're trying to establish that you're for a Board 2 collaborative effort. Posted by Mike-TechWhen you say "BPS patch", you're basically saying that you're still going on about the Balloon Fight project. The 1.0 version has been submitted to and is available on Romhacking.net. It's hosted. So what are you going on about? Forget about the Balloon Fight project. It's too late for you to do anything about it. Posted by Mike-TechPlease stop provoking me and everyone else then. You stated before that you didn't ask for any of this, but you are by continuously posting about everything besides just focusing on suggesting and acting on purely hack ideas. If you want the drama to stop, then stop creating it. Zynk's post wasn't even trolling, so how dare you attack him too. Posted by Mike-TechThen you were basically asking for a ROM. You can reread my explanation about how both the IPS and BPS patching formats work. It sounds like you still don't understand what I said. Posted by Mike-TechThen why are you still asking it to be hosted? The completed version of the second Balloon Fight level hack is available. When I'm referring to a Board 2 collaborative hack now, it's the potential for a new project. There's no point in continuing on about the Balloon Fight project. I already got it. People didn't want to hex edit because it's too difficult for them. They need many visual utilities. Though we'll see how much more of a difference that it'll make. Zynk: Thank you for your support and understanding, and for being the Romhacking.net staff member who has approved my most recent hack submissions.  With regards to your submission reply, I tried to create a group community page for "A Bunch of Folks" only because I believed that other collaborative projects might work out in the future at some point, similar to the BaddestHacks.net group community page, but I definitely agree that there was little payoff to, considering history. This is probably not the best place to try something serious, even though there are generally 20 or so people who bother to log in per day, but then never post anything; so I still figured that there was maybe a slight chance, given the right timing and circumstance. The Balloon Fight attempt probably didn't get too much participation because most people didn't want to bother editing hex directly. Perhaps another honest try with a more commonly hacked game could potentially draw some people in. Yes, the chances are extremely slim to none, but I've always wanted a Board 2 collaborative hack to succeed, so when Termingamer2-JD started this thread and people were replying positively to the idea, I thought that it was a good indication that chances were better, only for nothing to really even be decided. I guess I'm too much of an optimist and too passionate when it comes to ROM hacking, but at least it makes up for the people out there who aren't. I like being able to participate in and contribute to the ROM hacking communities, when I have the time and opening to get involved.
MegaEliteGamers: I haven't hacked Super Mario Bros., but it's well documented, and I definitely played through it countless times while growing up, so I believe that I could figure things out with it. My good friend dougeff actually was looking into a potential Super Mario Bros. project over the summer and asked me if I wanted to participate; however, unfortunately, it was at the time when I was still working on Cosmic Balloon Assault and the Balloon Fight Level Hacking documentation, so I wasn't truly available enough to get involved at the time. It's been a while so I could always check in to see what he's been up to lately, and see if he would want people to get involved with it, if he's worked on it along with his homebrew games. |
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I saw your earlier thread elsewhere confirming this. I'm excited for you, my great friend! You can do it!  Please keep us filled in! |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1298/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Posted by Mike-TechWhat does that have to do with what I said?  There are visible statuses for a member's last post and last view. Mine at the time were from hours ago. You could have easily realized that I hadn't been around the board since posting earlier that day with you and that there was a good possibility that I wouldn't have seen your outrageous, out-of-place demand to reply to you before the next day.
Not that it really matters, because it seems like no one else besides me and MegaEliteGamers are willing to try a new project so far, so why should we waste our own time on what's supposed to be a ROM hacking community, but doesn't even want to work on a ROM hack together, or even feels like they're capable of doing so? Why are some of you even here at all then? I don't mean that maliciously either. I'm honestly curious as to what motivates some of you. Posted by Mike-TechAgain, what does that have to do with anything that I said? You continue to avoid the situations at hand. I was gone for almost a month because I realized that I had to go elsewhere to try to get help to finish what should have been a Board 2 collaborative hack, but didn't turn out to be. I came back after encouragement from a great friend of mine to give people the benefit of the doubt from last time and try again, but once again, my own contributions have no chance of being equally met. So yeah, as far as I'm concerned, while Board 2 in the past had a better chance of potentially pulling off a group hack, even though it unfortunately never did, today's Board 2 doesn't at all. It really hurts for me to conclude that, not that it probably even affects anybody else emotionally, and it's one case that I didn't want to be proven right. I'll send personal messages to staff to please close this so that it can't be dug any deeper into its grave. MegaEliteGamers: You're still free to collaborate with me on any other projects that you might wish, and I can still check with dougeff if he's made any progress with his Super Mario Bros. project idea. His homebrew projects always amaze me, and he's a very friendly person. People should check him out and support him. Mike-Tech: I would greatly appreciate in advance that if I'm to revive one of my old topics on here to serve as a personal projects thread that you don't contaminate it with random, self-serving, unhelpful off-topic posts like you did with this attempted Board 2 collaboration thread. If you ever do decide that you'd want to collaborate, you're welcome to. However, otherwise, I'll ignore you and/or report you for off-topic, nonsensical spam. Thank you. |
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Posted by Mike-TechYou threatened my place on this board first. I was willing to work with you, but every other multiple instance that I asked you for help, you made a random post that had nothing to do with working on a project. I'm going to focus on my own projects, which I should have done from the start. I already asked ninjablooper to close this thread. It's not what I wanted to happen, but it's your fault. I have more patience than most people, but I still have my limits. Next time, try from the start, or get out and stay out to allow a chance for people who care to actually be able to work on something constructive. Before you try to say that I should reply to you before the end of the day again for whatever reason, I have to go to work now, because I actually do constructive daily tasks with my time to build towards something greater with my personal life. So, I won't be available to "play" with you anymore today. EDIT: P.S. For the last time, the Balloon Fight project is done. Stop referring to my documentation and acting like Board Fight still needs to be worked on. Unless you're saying that Balloon Fight should be hacked again, as you still never actually suggested or confirmed a game that could be hacked for a new project, but I'm going to be taking the break from Balloon Fight that I wanted to take after Cosmic Balloon Assault so that I can work on my Kickle Cubicle level hack. So, that's what I'll be doing. You can do what you want, since that's what you'll be doing anyway. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1300/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Welcome to Board 2. I saw you register a few days ago and that you describe yourself as a "gamehacker, modder, coder, gfxer". What kind of stuff do you like working on?
You had to have joined for more than just commenting on the inactivity. Otherwise, why bother? Most of the sections only average a couple posts every few months that aren't necessarily conversations, but there are more involved discussions here and there. What "wannabe hacks" and "kiddos"? In my personal opinion, kiddos are more the kind of people who just want something and contribute nothing. Kiddos are the kinds of people who quit just because it's easier than trying. Instead of just giving up on Board 2, considering that you registered, please try to make a positive difference. From your self-described multiple talents and capabilities, I'm sure that you should be able to jump right into the fold, but that's if you sincerely want to. Considering the most recent activity at the same time that you registered, I'm guessing that one of your main focuses is the attempted Board 2 collaborative hack? It was better to try than not. Regardless of how little progress and group activity there was overall, and despite some things that were said at different points, there was still one meaningful achievement that came from it all. Do you mean 2016 or 2017? If 2017, what more can be done in 2016 that wasn't already tried in 2015? Considering that this is the first ROM hacking community that I ever joined, way back in 2008, this board is especially meaningful and special to me, which is why I perhaps care and try as much as I do here. However, one and only a few other committed people can only do so much. To all of the people over the years who engage in one of the few most active communication sessions that Board 2 has within a determined period of time concerning the board's activity as a whole, I ask what any of them ever tried to do to make a positive difference about any of it. I agree that the staff altogether should consider where Board 2 is going, but the members are just as responsible for participating. So, like I've asked recently to the staff, what more can we do? Life does happen, but people still bother to log in on a daily basis. What specific discussions and activities will draw you all in and motivate you to actually post? Sure, the easiest and most common conclusion for people is to just give up and not do anything. However, that's not my own personal outlook on life. It might seem like a fault to most, but I refuse to give in to negativity when there's still a small flicker of hope, no matter how small it might be. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1301/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Congratulations on your newest releases! Even though I'm not as familiar with the Mega Man games as most other people, I've still enjoyed playing a few of them on and off over the years. Your time, effort, and passion for this series definitely shows, and all of the work that you've done is amazing. Excellent job! 
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1302/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Hi Termingamer2-JD. It's been a while since we've been able to catch up directly. How have you been? What's been going on?
Thank you. I do try my best. It's the kind of person I prefer to be. Yeah. I remember that. Your enthusiasm and interest helped to bring back some of that good ol' activity from years ago, and I enjoyed being a part of the posting frenzy as well. Great times and memories. Board 2 could benefit a lot from that kind of enthusiasm and interest again from everyone. It's never too late for more posting activity and project progress. Concerning your current ROM hacking projects, how are they coming along? - Termin's Land (Vanilla SMW Hack) - Dixie Kong Country (DKC1 Hack) - Mario Kart: Home Circuit (SMK Hack) I can understand that we might have ups and downs in motivation and ideas, and I figure that that's what happened with most people who at first expressed interest in a Board 2 collaborative hack, but then seemingly disappeared or chose not to participate. Perhaps my own eagerness pushed for immediate progress and I should have been more patient and understanding. Even so, when a game to hack can't even be chosen within a few days, it seems to me like that's the kind of situation where people are sending mixed messages, which is probably why I tried to motion for a more swift response time. I've been wondering what you've been up to though, since you truly were the one individual member who brought back daily activity to the forum over the summer, and I always enjoyed reading your next post and seeing if there were any subjects familiar to me that I could jump in on as well. Since you're just getting into ROM hacking, perhaps I'm too eager again to see what you come up with as you explore your potential avenues and develop your skills. I get that you do other activities and tasks on any given day now and haven't been as active as before, but at least you're still here, for which I'm happy and appreciative, and I just hope that you don't disappear, because I consider you a great friend, and it's been great communicating with you for the last few months. While I might not be as familiar with the games that you're currently trying to hack, if there's anything that I can possibly do to help your active projects continue with progress, please always feel free to let me know. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1303/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
I just started playing "Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee" for the Game Boy Advance. I found out about it from a friend at work. It's not the usual kind of game that I play, and it's definitely an acquired taste, but I dig it so far. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1304/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
That's understandable, as there are plenty of things nowadays to do, and generally, people tend to do whatever is easier and requires less concentration so that they can relax.
A method to help with progress for projects that you do want to work on, but find yourself not getting anything done for, is to try setting aside a specified amount of time each day so that, no matter what, you have to sit down and focus on what you aim to achieve. Even 20 minutes over 3 days would result in an hour of focusing on your projects, although admittedly, since it takes time to settle in in any case, I don't really know how much work would get done before 20 minutes fly by. Either way, it can definitely be difficult sometimes, especially when family emergencies occur (although, positive thinking, hopefully that rarely happens, if not never). However, if your projects are something that you truly do want to work on, then you'll find a way. I believe so. As for Board 2 activity suggestions, are there any new ideas? Like I mentioned recently, some of the old board activities that took place while there were more people around could always come back, even if just for the sake of trying. If people notice an opportunity to earn first place and recognition in something and there haven't already been many people posting, they could try to post believing that it should be an easy lock for first, and then, in turn, other people could follow suit to try to "go for the win". I'm not always available, but I could possibly try to run such a thing during my free time. If staff believes it's even worth bothering, anyway. Then again, I haven't worked on my Kickle Cubicle project since November, before the Board Fight hacking project came about. Perhaps I should stop getting sidetracked myself.  |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1305/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Happy New Year, Board 2! Last year's Happy New Year! thread almost made it halfway down the second page in General Chat. I was going to revive it if I was the first one to bring in the New Year. Oh well. 
Hopefully everyone has great, safe and fun times!
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1306/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
So I've finally been working on my Kickle Cubicle level hack again over the last couple days. So far, I've just been figuring out and documenting some more data in order to be able to further customize each individual level.
I was planning to create a workaround so that each level could have its own individual starting time, but as I discovered this morning, it turns out that the original game already has a table for individual level starting times! One less thing to do!
Now, I need to get back into the level designing mindset again.
Hopefully I'll have some physical and visual progress to share sooner or later. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1307/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Posted by hakarlThe way you put that reminds me of every single kid on the Call of Duty games anymore. If they win, they shoot off their mouth and say that you suck. If you annihilate them, they still shoot off their mouth and say that you suck. Hmm, where have I heard that before? Just another unoriginal copycat who can't just play the game and allow others to enjoy playing it too. Though regardless, for whatever reason, they feel like they always have to one up everybody because they feel that they're the most important player of the game and the most important person in the world. Similar to not being able to form one's own opinions, they basically repeat what they hear in the popular FPS YouTube videos and try to do the same thing hoping that they can fulfill their lives and everyone will love them. Ironically though, they're showing a negative side that is not by any means appealing. Just to clarify, I wasn't suggesting that you were doing such a thing, Termingamer2-JD. I was simply making a comparison based on my own personal experiences. So, basically, I'm not really saying anything important. However, in all honesty, you might not want to say such things and cuss on the occasion that you still have been, as that doesn't help anyone and it certainly can't help you in situations like this. If you really feel negative about a specific person, it's better to either not say anything, or if the case comes up that you have to defend yourself because you feel that your reputation is at stake and people are perceiving you differently, just stick to the facts of the case at hand, and don't try to make cheap shots and cuss just because you believe it helps make a stronger case. So many people resort to such a maneuver, and it only makes them look worse every time. Posted by Termingamer2-JDEven a post is a contribution to the board itself; but like we were touching upon earlier, it can be difficult sometimes to stay focused on one's hopeful projects. It doesn't mean that the opening for you to make such contributions isn't always there. Have you tried following my suggestion yet for setting aside a little period of time per day or night? Such a method could be applied to any activity or task, really. I know that you can do what you hope to accomplish if you truly commit to the cause. Yesterday might be gone, but today is always an opportunity, so do what you can to make the most of it. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1308/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
I don't want to peel off old band-aids, but I admit that I got overly emotional and critical when it came to the Board 2 collaborative hack topic, only because of how long I've hoped that a Board 2 hack could work out. I regret that things were said by both of us that I wish weren't.
As for my tolerance level for people in general, I consistently attempt to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and encourage positive outlooks first and foremost. I consider myself to possess greater patience than the majority of other people, but I do still have my own limits, unfortunately. They were compromised by my personal investment in the aforementioned instance, and I'm afraid that one isolated case has caused a drastic change in perception of myself to you. I do hope that we can go back to our more cooperative and friendly considerations for one another from before that all happened. As for all of the people over the years that have been against the Board 2 community in general, and now this: It all worries me. Board 2 is the first ROM hacking community that I discovered and joined back when I was starting out. It feels like it was just yesterday, but so much time has passed by since then. This place is very important to me, as I'm sure it is to others out there, too. Why can't we just exist in peace? Does the board still remaining open after all of those instances that people came and said that it should just be closed down and archived due to inactivity really drive people to waste so much time and effort that could be used to help build the community to instead try to ruin it for us? Why? 
Does anyone with the experience and insight believe that Board 2 is at high risk because of this threat? Is there anything that we can do? (The last time that I asked that question, it was about encouraging activity. Now it's about our survival overall.  ) |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1309/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Yes, such bold claims are normally empty threats, but given that things were happening that shouldn't have been, and when something means a lot to you, you tend to believe the possibility of something negative happening against your will more seriously. Either way, I was just hoping that this isn't/wasn't serious.
As for the recent case of Termingamer2-JD, that kind of hit me for a hard surprise too because I consider(ed) him a great friend, only for the apparent takeover to focus part of his verbal attack towards me. If it was somehow the actual person trying to get his account banned (which I have a hard time believing) I would wonder why he suddenly decided to turn against and focus on me when all I ever tried to do was help him with his Board 2 stay and get along with everybody here. I could attempt to contact him elsewhere to try to get a hold of him, not only to stay in contact with him, but also in case there was a way to somehow manage to get him to come back. However, I was still wondering if there was a way to find out for sure if it truly was him who did that, or despite being a more recently created account, it somehow got taken over and taken advantage of like some others in the past and recent times. |
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Giant Red Paratroopa Level: 77 Posts: 1310/1443 EXP: 4176180 Next: 14949 Since: 06-15-08 From: Earth Last post: 32 days Last view: 32 days |
Hello, Danger X! Thank you for registering and joining Board 2, and welcome!
Thank you for the information. I grew up playing the original Adventure Island game on my 110-in-1 and 115-in-1 multi-carts. I also came across someone who owned a 260-in-1 multi-cart, and the menu for that collection is actually based on the original Adventure Island game. I'm aware of Macbee's work, but I wasn't aware of those other Adventure Island hacks. However, they appear to be mainly graphical hacks, and they don't really seemingly change much else with the original game to give it a full, new playing experience, which the original topic author was aiming for. However, unfortunately, there was a lengthy bump to this topic in order to provide this new information. Normally, that would result in the bumped topic immediately being closed. Although, in this case, being a ROM hacker and knowing that sometimes, it just takes a little interest to generate more, and knowing how you have already created a lot of hacking projects to your name yourself, I would like to believe that this could be the beginning of something more. Perhaps by exploring this game in FCEUX/FCEUXD, we could manage to log, find, and decode the level format for this game, which could be a great start to lead to Adventure Island level hacking. There is a level editor for Adventure Island III called Agave. I'm kind of curious now how difficult it would be to figure out the first Adventure Island game.
If staff believes that, given the circumstances, this topic is better off locked due to the almost 2-year bump though, I or someone else can close it. Danger X: I'll leave it open for a few days or so to provide you/us with a chance to perhaps look more into this, if you feel motivated to do so as well. If nothing further comes of this, I'll probably end up closing this, just as a heads up. Thank you, and again, welcome to Board 2. I hope that you enjoy your stay. |
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