First off, in no way am I through with BZPower. BZPower is one of my favorite things in life, and I have no plans to leave it permanently (especially since I paid money for my Premier Membership).
I was at a camp from Monday to Friday and had no computer access at all during that time. I was talking to Kohaku Sunday evening, and we decided that instead of just saying "I'm off to camp; see you all in 5 days", it'd be funnier to say "I'm done with BZPower". I wasn't looking for more comments
Semifinal Polls for The Observatory's Second BBC Contest are here!
There is one poll for you to vote in, and all you need to do to vote is the following. Post in this entry stating which three entries you want to win out of the poll.
Preliminary voting begins now, and ends Thursday, July 10th at 11:59:59 PM Central Time.
The reason for the long voting time is that I will be at a camp from early Monday morning (the 7th) until late Friday afternoon (the 11th) where there is no internet ac
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Can you tell me which one it is?
Argy
Preliminary Polls for The Observatory's Second BBC Contest are here!
There are two polls for you to vote in, and all you need to do to vote is the following. Post in this entry stating which two entries you want to win out of the first poll, and which two entries you want to win out of the second poll.
Preliminary voting begins now, and ends Wednesday, July 2nd at 11:59:59 PM Central Time.
The top 4 entries of each poll will advance to the next round.
Poll 1
RoboCop A-13 (Primus)
Ok, I'm in the process of updating all the contest entries, and I'll get polls up tomorrow.
Once more, we have a reminder of the prizes.
1st - Banner and/or blog award stating that you took first! Special mention on the MOCotW page on nathan8472.com! Kanoka Disk of Time (yes, a real one)! 1 Banner and 1 Avatar of choice hosted at nathan8472.com (no brickshelf or maj downtime)!
2nd - Banner and/or blog award stating that you took second. Special mention on the MOCotW page on nathan8472.c
Well, my ultimate absence from BZP over the last several days can be attributed to mostly one thing; one of my cousins died a few days ago, and we're in a hurried rush right now to finish up our vacation and travel to Williston for his funeral Saturday morning. Unfortunately, my absence will continue until either late Saturday or mid Sunday.
Argy
There was a fire yesterday at the campgrounds that we're vacationing at. I was on duty as night watchman (security guard) when the fire started (at about 8 PM), and I was the 4th or 5th person at the scene. The fire started in the stove of a camper trailer in the RV area. It quickly spread to most of the camper, and I and a friend of mine were able to remove two propane tanks from the camper before they ignited. We also managed to hook up water hoses to a nearby water tank and we got the fir
Yes, the deadline for entries for The Observatory's Blog Contest has passed, but I just found out that I won't have time to organize polls today as I had intended. As a result, I won't be able to make polls at all until the 26th. Because of that, I feel as though it makes since to extend the contest deadline another week. New (and absolute final) deadline is June 25th at 11:59:59 PM Central Time.
Those of you who missed the deadline now have one more week to finish up your entries.
Arg
Your mission in this blog-based contest is to build an MOC of absolutely anything! The catch is that the MOC has to include two or more launchers (Cordak, Midak, Kanoka, Rhotuka, etc.). They can be two or more of the same launcher, or a combination of different launchers. Be as creative in their placement and use as possible (whether or not they function is up to you, but still, try to be creative).
Creations can have up to 50% system parts.
Entries will be accepted starting now, and to
Bought a new game the other day. Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Best flight simulator I've ever seen. The features are absolutely amazing, and the graphics are incredible. Needless to say, my absence from BZP in the last 24 hours has been caused by the game. I definitely recommend that you buy it, but only if your hardware can handle it (my computer = gamer computer).
Argy
As suggested to me, I'll join the fad by asking 10 questions to all of you.
1. Red or Green?
2. Lol, what?
3. Were you born on your birthday?
4. Mac or PC?
5. Got OCD?
6. What made this emote look like this?
7. When I say Awesome, you say _____?
8. Argy pronounced with hard G or soft G?
9. Right or left eye dominant?
10. Was ist los?
Answer them.
Argy
Well, as all of you know, the deadline for entries in The Observatory's contest is June 18th, but I found out recently that we're going on vacation the 19th, and we'll be gone for a week. I'm not really in the mood to manage polls while on vacation, so I ask you; do I keep the deadline at June 18th, or do I extend it to June 26th?
Argy
Well, nickel sized hail, that is. There's a very large and dangerous storm heading directly towards me, and it'll be here in about an hour. They say there'll be 60 mile an hour winds and nickel sized hail. Hmm, first large storm of the season. At least they aren't predicting tornadoes.
Argy
Haven't decided on a name yet, topic will come later, when I think of a name and backstory. More pictures and information will also be in the topic.
Click on the picture to see a full body shot.
No, I didn't do any computer graphical effects on the heartlight, but rather something better.
What do you think?
Argy
That massive update I had talked about before is finally up, and it's new banner shop brought to you by me! I think you should see it (that link takes you to the homepage, where I also did a bit of updating).
Argy
It would be greatly appreciated if you could help spread word about The Observatory's Blog-based contest. Especially if you have entered or plan on entering. I've made this awesome banner for you to use, and I'll be using it as well. Also, I finished my entry late last night and I'll post it tomorrow some time. Finally, there's going to be a massive, massive update to nathan8472.com later tonight or tomorrow (as in a new page), and I'll put up a blog entry when it's finished.
Here's the
And I'm quite pleased with them. You can bet the I'll be using blunt shooters on my MOC for this blog contest; which reminds me, YOU ALL NEED TO ENTER IT!
Much larger picture.
Another much larger picture.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to build my contest entry.
Argy
Want to know the current phase of the moon?
It's been added to the Astronomy page of nathan8472.com. Oh man, I've got so many updates I want to get done, it's not even funny. Not sure how long it'll take to get them all up though.
Argy
Ok, so I'm sure some of us would be interested in knowing whether or not time travel becomes a reality in the future. I personally doubt it, but there's an interesting way to find out right now. Take a sheet of paper and write something similar to the following:
If I, or anyone I know, come into contact with a time machine of any sort, I will, totally and completely will, travel back in time to Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 6:00 PM at (insert your current location here).
You need to make sure
