I'm not much of a gamer, but I was boppin around in the mall yesterday and managed to pick up Valve's Orange Box on sale.
Half Life 2 and Portal are really cool (already beat the main campaign on Portal), Team Fortress 2's pretty neat, though I can't really say much more about it as I haven't played much of it, and I haven't played either of the Half Life episodes yet.
So, for old games they're all really sweet, so far.
And now, I'm going to go throw sawblades at headcrabs with the Grav
Current Bonus Point Ranking System
Obscurity: +1 B.P. (MOC was unexpected on my part OR is pretty unknown)
Originality: +1 B.P. (first to recreate a specific MOC OR first to take a specific MOC in a specific Direction)
Extra Difficulty: +3 B.P. (more advanced building techniques were used OR MOC was harder to recreate in a recognizable but different manner)
Unique Parts Usage: +2 B.P. (usage of uncommon parts in interesting ways)
Shaping and Technique: +4 B.P. (MOC achieves a sign
So, I should prolly build some more stuff, cuz I'm most likely not going to be around my parts too much from Oct-Dec, and where's the fun in not building?
I've got at least three things that I want to get done by the 28th.
And I definitely want to send something to BrickCon, probably going to be something really solid, though. Though, I'll be at my dorm when it gets shipped back, so I dunno.
But I really do want to send something.
I only have 16 more days of work left. And then I head off to start my school term.
It totally doesn't feel like I've been working for nearly three months now.
So, Black Six totally highlighted my Midnight Dragon.
Also I'm POBZPC (I think that's the right acronym?) now, which is pretty solid.
I was definitely surprised when I saw the head of my dragon on the front page.
If y'all are thinking about getting in on my contest and winning some awesome prizes, you only have 21 days to do so.
That being said, I'm going to put a little countdown in the upper left corner of my blog just because I can.
Also, I might give out a prize for third place, but as it is so far that's not going to happen. I'd need more entries and stuff to consider that.
So get building. Sheesh.
The person with the most Bonus Points (who isn't in first or second place) wins that little guy right up there^
Enter The Challenge (Nombre Deux) and you (yes, YOU) could win!
... that I started college the same time my friends did. It seems like it's pretty solid @ college, and it feels kinda odd being one of the few people who didn't go in August.
One more month till I move in, and then three more till i move back out.
If you build one of these:
You will have the opportunity to get more than the regular 11 Bonus Points. This is just giving you the opportunity, this is not a guarantee that you will get more bonus points for using one of these as the MOC you are basing yours on.
Though, if you get more than the regular 11, you end up with a better shot of winning the (soon to be coveted) BONUS Prize.
Also, Bonus Points are flexible, so there's nothing that says that what your score is toda
Yeah, I actually do keep my stuff together nowadays.
Also, I picked up the shelf at Goodwill for 7 bucks.
No really, I picked it up. I carried it out of the store, up my stairs and into my room (after I put it in my car and drove it to my house of course).
SOOO, dear blog readers (yes, YOU), if I were to hold a contest, with a real, physical prize (A Technic Fig !!11!!!!!1!) would you want to participate?
Cuz I think I have a pretty good contest idea.
Basically, just shout out if you're game for it and I'll put up the details in a later entry.
What's 64x32 (studs) and is forcing me to make a new photo setup?
My newest project, that's what is.
I've got it built, I just need to get it photographed
Oh sweet goodness this album is awesome.
EDIT: By this album I mean Justice's "A Cross The Universe" album. Though the sound track to Across the Universe is also pretty dang sweet.
You totally forget you went to Pizza Hut on Friday, and when you look at your bank statement online it says that it happened at a Pizza Hut in Louisville, Kentucky (As the transaction gets processed through Louisville)? And then you go and freak out about it because it's 11 at night and you're waaaaaaaay tired and cannot think straight? So then you go and make a savings account (which you needed to, anyways, but that's beside the point) and also make an additional checking account on accident th
So, at Brickfair, I was talking to Pat (DV) about the swords on his Smeag MOC. He said that he had first seen it on one of Amalga's MOCs (or something like that). Anyways, I didn't really know who Amalga was (I kinda had a working knowledge, as the name wasn't unfamiliar), so I decided that I was going to look them up on Brickshelf. So, I'm pretty sure that this was one of the MOCs (if not the MOC) that he was referring to.
Side Note: Even though this is a 4 year old MOC, it's still better co
