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    Dead Authors

    in Comics

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    Definitely really sad to hear you might be leaving soon, but I'm glad for all the opportunities you've been getting in your life. Sounds like you've got some really awesome plans and aspirations!

     

    -Rez

    The Musician's Community

    in Completely Off Topic

    Posted

    I play the piano, guitar and a bit of drums, as well as sing. I'm primarily a composer, but I've been learning to play classically for about six years. I also work quite a bit on producing EDM (like Jeordon [Dark Blue] and Arc). Music is pretty much my life, so I love it a lot. I'm planning on getting a degree in Music Composition and Audio Engineering after finishing school.

     

    -Rez

    Official Pictures Topic

    in BZPower Q&A

    Posted

    Link.

     

    Looks like I'm able to hyperlink it. If using the hyperlink button doesn't work for you, try adding in this code when in the BBCode editor (just click the switch on the top left of your post editor):

     

     

    [url=http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=550205]Insert Text Here[/url]

     

    -Rez

    Official Pictures Topic

    in BZPower Q&A

    Posted · Edited by Reznas

    Could you give us an example? Maybe a screenshot or something? I'm not entirely sure what your issue is. Are you having trouble accessing your gallery when you link to it in a post on BZP? Or are you having trouble hyper-linking to your gallery when you are posting?

     

    -Rez

    Masks and Rahaga And Things

    in BZPower Q&A

    Posted · Edited by Reznas

    The masks are called "Yearly Masks." You get a new mask for each year since you joined BZP (you start out with a lack of one). The title under your profile picture is called a "Member Title" or "Post Rank." You actually can't change this yourself. You will get a new title after each increment of what is generally 100 posts (sometimes it may be 50 posts). Under some circumstances, a staff member may manually change your title, but you have to do something special in order for that to happen. :P

     

    You can read more about both of these here in the Q&A Compendium. :)
     

    -Rez

    Review: BZ-Koro: To Bring Back Bionicle

    in Epics

    Posted

    This is pure bliss! I'm already on the edge of my seat waiting for the next chapter. Great work, xccj! Absolutely wonderful writing, and I personally liked how intriguing you've made some of the characters. :D

     

    One thing, my name was spelled as 'Raznas' in the first chapter. It should be 'Reznas.' Just a minor thing. :P

    -Rez

    A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Likes

    in General Art

    Posted

    Just for reference, since YouTube banners function cross-platform, they do not scale in the same way banners do in other Social Media. Instead of taking an image 800x600px and scaling it to 600x400px, it takes the original image and cuts pixels off from both dimensions. This essentially means the banner is being cropped instead of scaled.

     

    An important rule when creating a banner for YouTube: keep the bulk of the banner in a height zone of about 423px. Unless you're planning on displaying the banner on a 2560x1440px screen all the time, the banner will only display a height range of 423px (this applies for nearly every smart phone up to most desktop displays).

     

    You can read more about this here. If you follow the template Google provides, all will be well. I'd recommend copying the middle section, of about 2560x423px, and creating a separate image for use in other Social Media. This means that you can use the bulk of the image on Facebook and Twitter. If you take an image that is 2560x1440px and use it as a cover photo on Facebook, it will scale significantly, so keep that in mind.

     

    -Rez

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    Where should post this?

    in BZPower Q&A

    Posted · Edited by Reznas

    Generally, planning threads aren't allowed on the forums. But there a few things you can do:

     

    1. Ask for advice in your signature. Something along the lines of, "Need help writing Bionicle fan-fic!

     

    2. Purchase Premier Membership and ask for advice in your blog.

     

    3. Message the forum leader (GSR) of the Library forums and see if it would be okay to post a planning thread.

     

    -Rez

     

    EDIT: By the way, Bionicle Storyline and Theories is a forum for the discussion of subjects related to the Bionicle storyline or theories regarding it.

    Problems uploading pictures to the gallery

    in BZPower Q&A

    Posted · Edited by Reznas

    So is there a limit to what you can upload to site? As in ever, as opposed to one go?

     

    Yes, there is a limit. For non-premier members the limit [in kilobytes] is 2,000, while the limit for premier members is 10,000 (this information is from the Q&A Compendium). If you want to learn more about premier membership, which includes a significantly higher limit in the Gallery, you can read about it here.

     

    -Rez

     

    EDIT: By the way, welcome to BZPower! I hope you enjoy it here. :)

    The New Children of BIONICLE

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    You have to be 13 or older to join this site if their under that age they shouldnt be here.Anyone over 13 should be able to learn those terms and understand the old storyline while following the new one.

     

    I don't like the sound of BZPower being an exclusive site. :\ We've always welcomed members of all ages to join, seeing as Bionicle has always been a children's toy-line.

     

    -Rez

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    Feminizing BIONICLE

    in Bionicle Discussion

    Posted

    See, the thing is, Fishers is also saying the other side is downright wrong, but also openly admitting that it's because she has a different definition of established and accepted ideas and she disagrees with and does not respect her opposition's entire lifestyle and potential basis for an argument, to the point of being "intolerant". This is very different from Fishers being told that she is downright wrong about factual concepts that exist and mean a certain thing; there really is no disputing facts, you cannot claim that someone's argument is weaker for them telling the other side that 2+2=5 is wrong. Feelings may be hurt on both sides, but the damage for one side is due to a bruised ego from being told they're misinterpreting things completely, and on the other side they are suffering a personal offense that was pretty uncalled for considering the discussion was not yet flirting with the subjects Fishers brought up and made clear she thought very little of. I definitely felt pretty terrible after reading that, and while I can't claim to speak for anyone else, I really think it was uncalled for. Both sides should've handled that better, no doubt about it, but one argument is a lot weaker, as far as the debate conduct you described goes, than the other because of it.

     

    Also, what about when you are not talking about making official Lego sets for 8 year olds? Obviously, marketing requires you to do things in a different way than when you're building something for yourself and strangers on the internet to look at. The merits of showcasing "ideal proportions" will be very different in those two situations. I think we've already had enough of the ideal, and it's time to try something new, at least once, for the first time in almost 15 years of constraction. 

     

    I think the discussion hasn't been at a standstill at all, both sides got new information and perspectives from the other and had an active back and forth discussing them. While in the end it appeared that neither side backed down, they did concede to certain points and leave the discussion with new information. I thought it was pretty good, all things considered, aside from the hostility and unpleasantness at the very end.

     

    I may be wrong, but from what I've read so far, fishers never directly said the words, "You are wrong." I think there's a fine line between having confidence in debates (we all think we're right, otherwise we wouldn't debate in the first place) and bashing the other opinion in a debate. The latter is, plain and simple, ad hominem. "You are wrong," ignores the opposing opinion and doesn't support any argument.

     

    I don't really think the '2+2=5' argument is really a fair comparison. I see what you mean, but this topic is far more complicated than just "telling people they are misinterpreting things." There are two legitimate sides to this argument. There is only one legitimate argument for 2+2=5, and that being the fact that it is mathematically impossible. I really don't think that either side of this argument has the right to assume their opinions as fact.

     

    What fishers said probably wasn't necessary. I won't argue with you there, and I definitely agree that both sides have made mistakes. I just don't like seeing blatant statements like, "You're wrong, and I'm right," in semi-civilized debate, because it honestly just defeats the whole purpose of debating, in the end.

     

    If I were the manager over the Bionicle theme, I would do a lot of things differently. Certainly. I would, first of all, do away with the horrible gender ratio. Then I would work on better female character development (and give female characters more important roles). I'm not sure what I would do with the builds. Like I said, while the "average" or "ideal" woman is only a stereotype, some "feminine" qualities need to remain intact so as to help customers and followers differentiate between male and female. How I would do this, I'm not sure. There's always color assignments, but that seems awfully stereotypical. Another idea, which has already been mentioned, is just slight differences from the male builds, like breasts, slightly wider hips, etc. Proportionally, I would like to see a variety of different female builds. Some with broader shoulders, some with a petite waist, some with a muscular build, etc. In a nutshell, I would want to keep "femininity" in the picture, yet at the same time keep build variety as well.

     

    I agree. It was very civilized for most of the debate, until now, of course.

     

    -Rez

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    Feminizing BIONICLE

    in Bionicle Discussion

    Posted

    Telling someone that they are downright wrong in a debate shows that you are unwilling to respect other's opinions, which also shows that Click is entirely right in saying that this debate is going nowhere. In the end, no one is going to change their opinion on the matter.
     

    Personally, I think that fishers is right in saying that there has to be some kind of traits to distinguish between male sets and female sets. Assigning "female" traits does not mean that all females have those traits. In fact, the proportions of men and women are incredibly diverse. So, yes, taking "ideal" body proportions is kind of inaccurate. But the point isn't to tell 8-year-old children that all women have the same proportions and characters as a female Bionicle character. The point is to help 8-year-old kids differentiate between male and female characters.

     

    -Rez

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