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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Setekh on December 19, 2001, 04:06:00 pm
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Because The Array™ (//"http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/array/") is beginning to rival you! Check it out, as I go through the last ten renders, the number of comments per render is getting higher than in the Forums - in reverse chronological order:
The Masarea - Atmospheric Tactical Station.
6 Comments
Beware, Fire and Brimstone...
22 Comments
The Valley of the Kings...
10 Comments
Generation Gap 1: The Age of Exploration.
16 Comments
Forum headers: they're just mini-renders.
10 Comments
If there was a Band of Brothers...
12 Comments
Having an Identity Crisis?
9 Comments
Mmmm, a cool-looking starmap. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
9 Comments
Relive some great memories..!
8 Comments
And not only that, but it's the same people visiting over and over again. The same ten of us are making all these posts... you should be ashamed! And to rectify that, you should check in more often... As Sandwich put it so well...
"sheeeesh! You been busy... I was just here the other day, and now you've added a whole other page + 1!"
So check back often, foos! I'm up to #174 already, and I have plenty of renders coming up, not least of which is the Christmas render, which will be released on... surprise surprise, Christmas Eve. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) So, what are you waiting for peeps? The Hard Light Array (//"http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/array/"), go there!
NB. Yes, this was the biggest p1mp of the century. But I haven't p1mped for about a century before this, so it balances out. Kinda. Ahhh, just go (//"http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/array/"), will ya?
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Hmm.... let's see, I post because.... oh that's right, because you pester me. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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I just figured... you guys might want a preview of what's there. Fine, here. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/masarea.jpg) (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/brimstone.jpg) (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/val-kings.jpg) (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/gg-explore.jpg) (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/forumheaders[15-12-2001AD].jpg)
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(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/bandofbros.jpg) (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/id-crisis.jpg) (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/[size=7pt]starmap.jpg) (http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/thumbs/mems.jpg)
Okay, that's enough. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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wow, that's alot of faces...
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Originally posted by Setekh:
...Mmmm, a cool-looking starmap. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
9 Comments
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If that's the one i think it is then it's 10 now (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Time for a dedicated art/render forum yet?
[This message has been edited by Ryx (edited 12-19-2001).]
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oh, I missed the whole last set (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
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Originally posted by Shrike:
Hmm.... let's see, I post because.... oh that's right, because you pester me. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Yeah, I'll be talking to you about something one minute then you yell at me "GO VISIT THE ARRAY!!!" and you threaten me if I don't comment (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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I thought it was forumers or forumners or something
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There are too many renders to look through. A nice easy browsing menu would be nice. Ie you can click 'battle' or 'terran ships' etc etc. People get scared when they see 'Page 1 of 35'.
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people on dialup get scared...
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Oops......I seemed to have missed the entire comment system is now up and running thread! ACK!
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LOL!! I must admit, Setekh: when you warned me that you were going to do a bit of p1mping for The Array™ ("http://www.3dap.com/hlp/hosted/array/") (Edit: Go there now! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)), I didn't quite expect this much. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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America, stand assured that Israel truly understands what you are going through.
Know how to use Rhino3D? Want to put your ships into Freespace 2? You've come to the right place ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/fs2/rhino_fs2/")!
"He who laughs last thinks slowest."
"Just becase you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
"To err is human; to really screw up you need a computer."
Creator of the Sandvich Bar ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/index.html"), the CapShip Turret Upgrade, the Complete FS2 Ship List and the System Backgrounds List (all available from the site)
[This message has been edited by Setekh (edited 12-19-2001).]
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BTW, it wasn't really Setekh who edited my above post - it was me framing him. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) I just felt too guilty about it to not say anything... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/redface.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)
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America, stand assured that Israel truly understands what you are going through.
Know how to use Rhino3D? Want to put your ships into Freespace 2? You've come to the right place ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/fs2/rhino_fs2/")!
"He who laughs last thinks slowest."
"Just becase you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
"To err is human; to really screw up you need a computer."
Creator of the Sandvich Bar ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/index.html"), the CapShip Turret Upgrade, the Complete FS2 Ship List and the System Backgrounds List (all available from the site)
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If i had a fish, I'd hit you with it right about now.
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Originally posted by an0n:
If i had a fish, I'd hit you with it right about now.
Who, me or Setekh? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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BTW, it wasn't really Setekh who edited my above post - it was me framing him. I just felt too guilty about it to not say anything...
Guess. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)
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Originally posted by an0n:
Guess. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif)
Yeah, but I did say something...! Honest I did! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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America, stand assured that Israel truly understands what you are going through.
Know how to use Rhino3D? Want to put your ships into Freespace 2? You've come to the right place ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/fs2/rhino_fs2/")!
"He who laughs last thinks slowest."
"Just becase you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you."
"To err is human; to really screw up you need a computer."
Creator of the Sandvich Bar ("http://www.geocities.com/sandvich/index.html"), the CapShip Turret Upgrade, the Complete FS2 Ship List and the System Backgrounds List (all available from the site)
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Hey Us aussies arn't exactly slackers you know!
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Didn't Australia used to be a prison colony? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wtf.gif)
[edit]I'm ton dyslexic![/edit]
[This message has been edited by Thorn (edited 12-19-2001).]
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Originally posted by Thorn:
Didn't Australia used to be a prison colony? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wtf.gif)
[edit]I'm ton dyslexic![/edit]
[This message has been edited by Thorn (edited 12-19-2001).]
Only a very small part of it. I know that Adelaide was not, nor I believe Melbourne, Darwin or Perth. Basically New South Wales and Victoria were penal colonies originally, and Sydney once was the site of a leper colony. (all of this from my wife's fuzzy recollections of her public education).
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--Mik
http://www.404error.com
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If even a tiny part of it was packed with criminals, eventually they were released into the general populous. And they bred. They bred like rabbits. Mwuhahahahahaha.
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Setekh I know you just recently done the array design in the past few months, but an0n has a point, there are too many pages to browse through. Perhaps redesigning the interface using flash and dividing a years worth of images in 4 quarters or something similar to that. And by the way Thorn I have a dial-up 56k and I view the Array fine.
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Max
Flash Developer
Ps6 Beginner
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Originally posted by Max:
Setekh I know you just recently done the array design in the past few months, but an0n has a point, there are too many pages to browse through. Perhaps redesigning the interface using flash and dividing a years worth of images in 4 quarters or something similar to that. And by the way Thorn I have a dial-up 56k and I view the Array fine.
Flash? I think that would be overkill. On the other hand, a quarterly->monthly->weekly breakdown would be helpful. Also a cookie to set if you wanted to see the comments or not and another to set comments in forward or reverse temporal order would both be nice.
Those are just minor things. The Array as it is now, is pretty groovy.
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--Mik
http://www.404error.com
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Originally posted by Max:
Setekh I know you just recently done the array design in the past few months, but an0n has a point, there are too many pages to browse through. Perhaps redesigning the interface using flash and dividing a years worth of images in 4 quarters or something similar to that. And by the way Thorn I have a dial-up 56k and I view the Array fine.
huh, people are never happy... I'm fine with your site, steak (Muhuhuhuhohohohahaha!!!!)
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Nothing wrong with a good old 56k.
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I just noticed Setekhs newest name underlined tag (instead of member), it says steak of steaks..................ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OOOOH MY GOD.... thats funny err dead wrong lol............
BYE!
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New Project Leader of the New Dawn Resolution Project in conjuction with the Metal Siren Network and staff member of The Eden Project.
The Metal Siren Network: Freespace 2: New Dawn Resolution - The Eden Project ("http://www.angelfire.com/realm/nd_resolution/")
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Originally posted by mikhael:
Flash? I think that would be overkill. On the other hand, a quarterly->monthly->weekly breakdown would be helpful. Also a cookie to set if you wanted to see the comments or not and another to set comments in forward or reverse temporal order would both be nice.
Those are just minor things. The Array as it is now, is pretty groovy.
Cool ideas, thanks guys. I'll buzz Cobalt and if he's not busy (heh, not likely - he's in demand (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)), I'll direct him here and ask him to see what can be done. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Sandwich... you should be ashamed of yourself. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) But thanks for rectifying it. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
And yes deep_eyes, Steak of Steaks is me, because my Steak seems to be a good 3 or 4 times larger than a regular Steak... everyone seems to render it that way. Go figure. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
PS. To all those complaining on dialup... I have dialup (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Dude... what about the -you know what-...? that'll make it easier to browse things...
That said, monthly breakdown would be good...
I use 56K, it works just fine for me, and yes - the SoS is much larger than your average Steak...Don't know why though (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Heh, I don't know either. First it was Starwing, then it was Carl... I think you're one of the few people to have actually rendered a proper Steak in correct proportions (though sometimes you do have an SoS... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)). (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Ah... artistic lisence - Sometimes I wanted you in a render, other times I wanted a vanilla Setekh (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Don't blame you. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) Heheh... you know, I've been in a lot of renders. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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im not bleddy surprised - nobody sees my renders!
lol.
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have you ANY idea of how much trouble you're in?
assault on a police officer.
Theft of police property.
Illegal possesion of a firearm.
FIVE counts of attempted murder.
That comes to...
twenty-nine dollars and 14 cents.
cash, cheque or credit card?
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I do... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
I drool over your drydock, the Shivan base and the Havok whenever I have spare time. Your motion pics 0wn. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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I feel it would be a good idea to start either a render/art specific forum or an http based site with open submission.
That way most of the artists here could get more exposure.
Having said that, everything on these boards DOES turn up on google search
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Could do. But speaking of rendering, that's what the Hard Light forum started for in the first place. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Yeah really, this is supposed to be for art, but it seemed to have turned into the general purpose forum. (which was also one of its roles)
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Yeah. This forum has grown like crazy. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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Yup. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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And we are doing what about this?
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Bah, you could get your *** to work on the renders I asked!
[mafia boss voice]
Remember who trusted your art skills you when you were just a lowly skinner... I said "you have a future, bambino". I put you in the team. Don't betray that trust (you know what happens to people who do that).
[/mafia boss voice]
* ahem *
Er... sorray. Kinda lost control for a sec. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Look I ain't saying and never was saying the array looked bad but it seems the community is opposed to Flash. Now if there is one thing on the net I don't see enough of, its flash. Static websites overall are very dull unless art or graphics are integrated into the site properly. I just don't see why flash is bad, I use it and my site is coming along fine. I think people are not learning enough around here!
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Max
Flash Developer
Ps6 Beginner
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Originally posted by Styxx:
Bah, you could get your *** to work on the renders I asked!
[mafia boss voice]
Remember who trusted your art skills you when you were just a lowly skinner... I said "you have a future, bambino". I put you in the team. Don't betray that trust (you know what happens to people who do that).
[/mafia boss voice]
* ahem *
Er... sorray. Kinda lost control for a sec. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
jus' rememba who da boss, i got ya spacecrack!
im getting on with it...now i have a nice GVX1 pro i can handle those higher polycounts (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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have you ANY idea of how much trouble you're in?
assault on a police officer.
Theft of police property.
Illegal possesion of a firearm.
FIVE counts of attempted murder.
That comes to...
twenty-nine dollars and 14 cents.
cash, cheque or credit card?
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Originally posted by wEvil:
jus' rememba who da boss, i got ya spacecrack!
wEvil, the pusher of HLP (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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I just got here and this thread is already on page 2!?
Well, my comments. I think the Array is perfectly fine... with the exception of these comments (ie. here comes my 2cents along with everyone elses (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)).
1) I think the comments should come up with the full image first, rather than getting the image page, then having to click on the comments link. This way us dial-uppers can have comments to read while the image is loading. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
2) I should bookmark the Array page (the one with the thumbnails) that way I'd get to it quicker than going to the Array's front page first (which doesn't say when there's any updates)... OK, that's a comment for something I should do, nevermind. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
3)... but it does bring up the point that I never know when to look not knowing when it's updated.
4) And another general comment: I just like to look at the pretty pictures, even if I don't comment. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Joe.
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(http://www.joek.com/cgi-local/fs2rev_image.pl) ("http://www.joek.com/other/freespace/")
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Originally posted by Max:
Look I ain't saying and never was saying the array looked bad but it seems the community is opposed to Flash. Now if there is one thing on the net I don't see enough of, its flash. Static websites overall are very dull unless art or graphics are integrated into the site properly. I just don't see why flash is bad, I use it and my site is coming along fine. I think people are not learning enough around here!
Flash is groovy when done well. The problem is that Flash is very seldom done well. Besides that, some of us are coming in on browsers that don't handle flash exactly gracefully (like Netscape on FreeBSD). Besides that, most Flash developers don't leave other means of navigating the site for the Flash impaired. Just this morning I was browsing Bloody-Roar.com and couldn't do anything with part of the site because they used pure flash on the US english section. That's a gross oversight.
I'm not saying all Flash is bad, but it is mostly unnecessary.
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its hard to get away from the cartoony look in flash.
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have you ANY idea of how much trouble you're in?
assault on a police officer.
Theft of police property.
Illegal possesion of a firearm.
FIVE counts of attempted murder.
That comes to...
twenty-nine dollars and 14 cents.
cash, cheque or credit card?
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Great renderings there Setekh... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/icons/icon14.gif)
I personally don't like Flash a lot, but that is really because I have seen very few sites that really use it well. (and of course, it takes longer to load than a conventional HTML-only webpage (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif))
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Originally posted by CP5670:
Great renderings there Setekh... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/icons/icon14.gif)
I personally don't like Flash a lot, but that is really because I have seen very few sites that really use it well. (and of course, it takes longer to load than a conventional HTML-only webpage (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif))
See that's another beef. A properly put together flash page should load just as fast as HTML. Too many designers want to preload everything because they're focused on making it movie like. On the other hand, you can build a Star Trek style computer interface in flash and have it smooth and clean if you're careful. Too bad most of them won't make that effort.
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--Mik
http://www.404error.com
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Whoops, how'd I let this slip down here? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
To all the people who proposed changes, most of them have been made, and are awaiting uploading by Cobalt. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
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Originally posted by Thorn:
wEvil, the pusher of HLP (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Does that make me, Setekh and Shrike the big boss leader people who employ him then kill him?
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you cant kill me.
im too valuable.
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Is that a challenge? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/devil.gif)
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merry christmas to you too
(http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Originally posted by Thunder:
Originally posted by Thorn:
wEvil, the pusher of HLP (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Does that make me, Setekh and Shrike the big boss leader people who employ him then kill him?
[/B]
You should change your title to "The Don" (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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I prefer this new one better myself (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)