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  1. TBH I was kinda joking around when I posted the entry, but I stand by my phone.

     

    It sounds like you just have bad luck

     

    My droid has never crashed in any app, nor has its accelerometer messed up.

     

    Also, what are you talking about; the res is 8??x480, the video site is 480p default, and it works a ton better than the iphone/touch version.

     

    Why would you get a case, it defeats the point of the excellent industrial design, speaking of which, is da best. (you're entitled to your opinion, of course, not arguing here)

     

    and yeah the keyboard isn't perfect, but you get used to it rather quickly, and if it was more raised, the phone would be way too thick.

     

    The web browser is fine, its fast and does what it needs to.

  2. I've been like this for a while

     

    No motivation, I just want to work on my computers or watch video or music or talk to people

     

    But my IM program is no longer on auto-start so that could be why I haven't been talking to intarfriends

  3. ...and considering how they said that they'll have a successor of sorts, and that theres plans for a separate theme aimed at kids (presumably ben 10). I can only hope that the successor will be more geared to older audiences

     

    meaning better set design, smaller pieces, etc

     

    this has the potential to be awesome

     

    but they could end up releasing bionicle sets with a different name and story :/

     

    Beginning in summer 2010, The LEGO Group will debut a new, more flexible buildable figure property created by the same people who brought you BIONICLE. At the same time, we are also expanding the category to appeal to a younger audience through an established third-party property, starting in January.

     

    Flexible = versatile = less inika torso #####?

     

    or stretch armstrong with pinholes

     

    Me on another forum

     

  4. That method of thinking will inevitably lead to the encouragement of conformity over creativity, which, IMO, is the worst possible thing that can happen.

     

    As in, a terrible non-humanoid is better than a toa-mod because the creator had to think in the creation of the former.

     

    And as for the admin contest, your example has its merits, but if someone did a very good abstract representation of an admin, I would think it more worthy than a plain humanoid with the correct mask, even if the model itself is outstanding. And therein lies another point: most people building the admins probably created their standard humanoids, with the added idea that they should fit the role - so your example works in reverse. One lacks the motivation to create a new MOC, the other lacks the motivation to change their style or use creative ideas.

  5. Yes, but the means of reaching that purpose allow a wide variety of approaches, hence the label freebuild

     

    56: freebuild, add pins

    55: build something that is probably alive, put an admin's name on it

    54: freebuild with part restrictions

    53: build large humanoid, stick canisters on back

    52: buld something with a trigger and barrel that should somewhat resemble a gun

    1: Freebuild (literally)

    2: Freebuild+counterpart of some kind. The "main" model can be anything whatsoever.

    3: At least as much of a freebuild as #53, and probably moreso.

    4: build non-humanois

    5: build something inanimate that looks like it moves

    6: First thing we can't call a freebuild

     

    Really, to say that there's some recent trend towards freebuilds is nonsense. BBC contests always allow a lot of freedom, and the voting decides which stuck to the theme best. Otherwise, BBC rules would be a lot more complicated and any person new to MOCing would be auto-disqualified for some silly rule infraction before they got to see what separates the good MOCs from the bad. It's also worth noting that the admin contest, in particular, had been done before, and the rules weren't considerably different in regard to "it must look like this".

     

    In short, I can't find a single reason recent BBC contests are any different than those of the past. Perhaps you ought to clarify...

     

    Voting is supposed to choose the best MOC, not the best fit. (at least in theory) 53 is an exception, as the designers were probably choosing based on the moc's convertability in to a set.

     

    also, fun fact

     

    there was no argument made in my post for either viewpoint

  6. Yes, but the means of reaching that purpose allow a wide variety of approaches, hence the label freebuild

     

    56: freebuild, add pins

    55: build something that is probably alive, put an admin's name on it

    54: freebuild with part restrictions

    53: build large humanoid, stick canisters on back

    52: buld something with a trigger and barrel that should somewhat resemble a gun

     

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