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  1. Vezok's Friend

    Uss Intrepid

    By Vezok's Friend,

    Now, before you ask, you can not drive Golfballs of the back of the A-12 Blackbird, don't let "I am Legend" fool you, that was just a movie!  
    Other then that, it is pretty awesome hanging around a decommissioned Aircraft Carrier for a day.
    Very interesting, specially with the Audio-Tour and especially with the Jet-Simulator.
    It turns up and down and all around and you're supposedly controlling the aircraft. And it is FUN!
    That particular ride ended when I was halfway through and upside-down looping...oh well ^^
     
    Other then that, being the aircraft-nerd I am it was amazing and since they have a Concorde on display I went to check that thing out as well, it is a beauty indeed.
    On the way out I bought a US Airforce Cappy and then I went here to chill for the rest of the day.
     
    What about you people? ^^
  2. Vezok's Friend

    Windom

    By Vezok's Friend,

    Procrastination sucks. Especially if the procrastination consists of serious mocing which left me faced with having to write the last 4000 words of my story in less then three hours.
    November is one of those months that need a 31st.
    But it is done. Thanks to fast-paced soundtrack and a sudden increase in the ability to write coherent sentences while typing fast.
     
    I shall celebrate by bombing bad guys from high altitudes with highly explosive bombs dropped from hyper modern jets, aka HAWX2...or I could defeat an evil army of sandy soldiers in Persia. Or fly a sweet helicopter armed to the teeth...
     
    And so the cowboy rides off into the sunset again.
  3. Vezok's Friend

    Spread The Joy

    By Vezok's Friend,

    I just wanted to shout out another big thank you to all you awesome people I met at Brickfair! It's been such a rush leaving and going to NYC and getting settled in here that I couldn't truly appreciate the greatness yet.
    It's just an amazing feeling to leave something like that with the knowledge to have made a bunch of new friends ^^
    And just to add some more detail (in no particular order):
     
    Rob, you are truely a master of sarcasm and a master of alternate storytelling. Plus you're from BC, which is plain awesome!
    Joe, thanks for letting me room with you! It's just fun being in your company. And to look at that purple Brick on your badge ^^
    Andrew, like a Boss. A truly great Boss. They always told me if you think your teachers are bad wait til you meet your first Boss. Those people are just WRONG!
    Deb, thanks again for helping me out with that Gali-scribble. It just a fact that if it weren't for your art I would not be here. Like, at all.
    Ray is just plain awesome, no matter what the situation.
    Aaron. Your man-jump was the awesome icing to an awesome cake (which in this metaphor, is a video).
    Jason, for baking that cake (filming that video) and all the other videos.
    Ben, you helped me out in dire need. I had no place for that last night and even if it was invisible, I was really worried that I might be stuck with no place to go. And for helping me with shipping those 10 pounds of bricks home.
    Maddison, just for being cool. Hope this gets better again.
    Cameron, the man-jump partner in crime and awesome mocist. I salute you.
    Josh, I kept my promise, I rejoined the RPG. A small thankyou for such big an amount of coolness.
    Ean, your hair and your humor, my thanks!
    Yannick, your blue shirt just rocks. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
    Pat, I almost forgot to add you here. RayG straightened me out, that's why he's on here. You are in fact so awesome, I don't know where to begin the list and where it would end.
     
    And everybody else who was there, Waffles, Raptor, Speaknspell, Levaklah...*continues*
     
    Just THANKS!


  5. Vezok's Friend
    So, after one week of settling back in and PC troubleshooting and family-business and school organizing and cleaning up my room I finally found the time to update the blog. 
    My flight back home was a bit of an adventure. I left the hostel on time, I caught the bus on time, or rather, I was quite early for my flight. Of course that advantage was completely turned around a 180° when the actually boarding began. The plane was 15 minutes late which resulted in a 30-minute delay for the departure. First and executive class getting special treatment and getting to go on board first in a terribly slow pace is not good for anger-management either.
    It wouldn't bother me at all under normal circumstances, but if there is an inter-Atlantic flight waiting for you in Toronto and you arrive in a rush, things get quite stressful. So stressful inf act that when I killed the time by reading up on Wikis to pass the waiting time before boarding, that I totally forgot to grab my Laptops powerchord when packing up my carry-on, so the first half of this week was spent without any Internet.
     
    But I made it home safely in the end and enjoyed a good in-flight movie as well and finally got to buy that airline-exclusive Lego-Set you can only purchase in board ^^ It's pretty neat.
    Unfortunately on arriving I found that my backpack, due to the short timeframe of my first flight did not make it onto the plane. 5 months and not once I run into trouble...but try to get back home and trouble begins...maybe it's a sign?
    Anyway, mom and dad picked me up, were happy that I was safe, were not so happy that I bought so much stuff while under way and all in all it's back to normal in Germany.
     
    I miss all you cool people on the other side of the ocean though.
     
    Which leads to the purpose of this entry: Thankyous!
     
    Giant (I'm talking "that's no moon that's a spacestation"-sized) thanks to CJ, Nukaya, Sisen, Lady K and families. Without you the last 6 months would not have been possible in the way they were. Thanks for taking me along, being awesome friends and just for sharing a great time. And thanks for putting up with this strange guy from Germany. He is a funky/odd fella. ^^
    That being said, let me just put in a little disclaimer and say that there is no scale in this universe with which one could measure the awesome of the aformentioned people.
     
    Peace Out!
     
     
     
  7. Vezok's Friend
    Maybe some of you will remember this entry from a few weeks back? 
    Yesterday was the final day of working on the characters we designed for the module. There will be a presentation on Monday and I need to hand in my character-sheet then as well, but the important part is that it is finished:
     

     
    Some people from the courses above us said that my charie probably was the most detailed figure as it is relatively small compared to others.
     
    To top things of we decided to take some quality photos of our models and used our studio there. As it turns out, I am quite comfortable with using aa professional camera. ^^
     


  9. Vezok's Friend

    Nyc

    By Vezok's Friend,

    The Temperature is rising, the Barometer is going low. Tonight, for the first time, just about half past ten, I will be sleeping in NYC.
  10. Vezok's Friend
    Ok...maybe it is time for a list of things I am not too fond of here on BZP and why.
     
    And I want to start with my main-grudges right away:
    Comedies and Artwork III. Now, I do not want those forums to be gone, but there are things about them that haven gotten so lame they need a wheelchair with NoS boosters to keep up to speed. I remember back in the day there was TKs adventures of Makuta and Takanuva or Dark709's comics, and those were pretty funny for the incoporation of original elements. However, some people propably thought that Pie, Cheese and Cookies are the new "beeing cool in comics" and there was a great disturbance in the force. It felt as if hundreds of voices cried out in unison "D'oh!" before beeing silenced by the new obligatory insane food-addicted sidekicks. Bob, you're not alone. Unfortunately. I think the mental homes of Metru Nui must run out of rubber-clad cells soon. Besides owning a trading store and suddenly beeing raided by a horde of food-addicts more violent then zombies in Evil Dead doesn't sound very promising. One Vahki per food-store...dang, what's the world coming to?
    And I am not basing the criticism on any fact from when I checked the AWIII forum regularly 2 years ago, I checked back and the madness is still rampaging. And good comics are hard to spot.
     
    While we are in the comic-cast overused-lameness here: The evil mastermind plus dumb sidekick taking over the comics but failing everytime in a worse way then Arthur Peuty, the original 16-tons Pythons victim. Espescially when the mastermindedness is about either disguising and infiltrating the good guys or kidnapping one of the good guys, mostly the food-addict that nobody will miss anyway. Man you are SO evil. Espescially with that collective heap of unintelligence right next to you who in fact even has a good heart and makes friends among the good guys. Good luck. You won't have any.
     
    The rest of the crew is more or less insane but that diminishes in the unpopularity of those mentioned above.
     
    What else is there? Ah right. Setting: A building. Somewhere. Consisting of a single room. Maybe sitcoms are ok, but they have scenes playing in the kitchen sometimes too! Notice anything?
     
    The comedies forum propably isn't any better. It is the same madness in written form. At least we can maintain eyesight due to the lack of cancer-causing colours, thank Mata Nui.
     
    However, "Ask xxx" is not funny anymore. I doubt that there is any charie left in the Bionicle universe who didn't have to take part in the prose form of Jerry Springer yet. And I find it even more surprising that nobody has died yet through extensive mutilation during a vendetta of humiliated Bionicle villains who don't like beeing made fun of.
     
    Now, on to the next bug that sticks here like a fly to the yellow paperstrips: Sig-fads.
    And I am not talking about making tons of sigs for the joker from TDK or new bionicle sets and putting up quotes from movies. I am talking about these reoccuring things like: "ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US!" and "70% of xxx do xxx, if you belong to the 30% of xxx who don't, copy and paste this into your sig."
    Let's start with the "All your base...", ok? First thing: I do not have a base. And I don't plan on buying one. Not now, not in the future, not in an alternate reality. And even if I did, I would have put up 40mm grenade launchers to protect it. You wouldn't be anywhere near my base, nor in it, and it belongs to me alone. Besides it doesn't belong to multiple you. You are not many. Unless you are schizophrenic. Tough luck. And I will not consider inviting you inside. Go build your own base.
     
    And then the statistics: Did you know that 100% of sig statistics suck? Yes, it is a developement taking place here. Some years back only 75% sucked but the original users grew out of it. Rap might not be my favourite music either but it is music. Let people listen to it if they like (the poor fools). Also let people who like the Mistika like the Mistika.
    Do you seriously think that people who are in an online Bionicle community will stop buying Bionicle because a small part of the online Bionicle community thinks so? Personally I own all the Mistika and all I think is they are cool though TLG could have done a better job with them.
    Also, do not belive any statistic that you haven't manipulated yourself.
     
    As we are already among the member fads, lets continue with another big one in S+T. So, there is our poor, spammed by hundreds of questions daily, Greg Farshtey who does a really good job at writing the stories and beeing active here, and yet every word the man says is made into a theory.
    Posting a topic like "I think xxx works in x and y way because Greg said xyz in this quote, so it must be true" is not a theory. Did you see NtM's "Matoran universe guide". THAT is a theory, not only based on quotes but on a long time of thinking and figuring out stuff yourself and finding storyline evidence.
    And while we speak of that, "I can't tell you about that" doesn't mean Greg is telling you you are right. It means he can't tell you at the moment. It's not a backwards approval of your theory.
    And I think after he told us the first time "Matoro will not come back in any way" there is no need for a dozen of "RIP Matoro" and "How Matoro can come back" theories. This is war, charies die, deal with it.
    And this didn't only happen with Matoro. Carapar: Dead, lots of topics in the aftermath. Botar: Dead, lots of mourning. The guy only appeared twice in the storyline so far. Like Omi once said: No need to celebrate a charies death like that of a real person. And he most definately is not in heaven alongside JFK, be realistic. It doesn't hurt.
     
    Mentioning Omi leads to my next point of criticism: Praise the mods. They do their job and I am happy they do it well and that it worked out so far. But I see no need to carve every word by B6 into gold. He is a good moderator and admin and what he says is right often, but please stop the moderator-worshipping. I am pretty sure if you told them "OMG you are so awesome" a hundred times in real life just because they attended brickfair you would get snapped at. They are busy people who squeeze BZP and real life under one hat and if I was a Moderator or FA i don't think I would like groupies.
    Especially when it comes to news reports. "OMG thanks Moderator xy for that find!" Excuse me. It was a member who found the news and reported them. The mods depend on the community to find news.
    And besides, when did the idea occur that beeing the sherrifs' sidekick will get you a promotion? It is perfectly fine mentioning to others that they broke a rule, to link them to the topic with the rules and report a violation. This is helpful and good. Giving tips too. Busting into a topic with your caps-lock-gun cocked and writing "YOU CAN NOT DO THIS IT BREAKS THE RULES" is however, not helpful. It might be considered spam too. Especially when somebody who posted before you mentioned exactly the same thing in the helpful manner above.
    Don't play Chuck Norris here, try to be helpful.
    PS: Chuck Norris jokes have started to grow a beard as well. And there is no third fist behind it.
     
    My next point on the list are RPGs. Leading one myself and having played in several others I noticed some things I do not really like.
    And I am not talking about choices of characters here, that is ok. Most plots are cool too and are real fun to play.
    I am talking about the dependency of players on the game-mods. It seems to me, as soon as an RPG Moderator dissapears for a week all action dies down. Even though you might have left tasks. For example in BK I left the players to search Metru Nui for a Matoran beeing chased by some Shadowcreatures because he is going to be important. I gave the setting and the task, but apparently it isn't cool to go and do such a thing as long as I am not babysitting the scavenger hunt. Or I am doing this wrong, I don't know. But it happened in other games as well where I tried to keep things going.
    Thats why people are called players: To play. And thats why moderators are called moderators: to Moderate. Keeping the game going is the players task. Throwing them new tasks so that they can do that is the GMs task.
    Another thing about RPGs: Naming things. Excuse the mods for not beeing deeply familiar with every MMORPG, tabletop and fantasy game out there. We also are no experts on ancient cultures and weapons. And espescially not on every Anime or Manga in existance.
    So not everyone will know what a "Shuriken" is. And I don't feel like looking it up. And spare us describing your charie with foreign words. Just because you watch Naruto it doesn't mean you are a Ninja and can talk like one. Besides I am sure some native speakers will be quite ashamed of the abuse of their langugage.
     
    Enough of RPGs, back to Artwork I.
    I know there are a lot of kids on this site. I know there are a lot who are not DaVinci and might not be able to draw art like Nikira does, or colour something in Photoshop like Lyger or work a 3D program like Populus. But a stickman with two eyes and circle for a mouth doesn't make Toa Tahu. It is ok if you get a bit of perspective wrong or if you can only draw 2D. But take a look and notice that just because you have a scanner and know how to use it your stickman turns into a masterpiece. Or to be more fair here, I know art isn't easy, if you post your stickman and accept contructive criticism it is perfectly fine. But don't post your 5-minute instant Tahu and claim Van-Goghs throne.
    Oh and by the way: Who are you to judge if someones art is bionicle enough or not? Or accurate enough or not. Who made you head of the storyline team so you can decide what Lariska has to look like and how not? And what is it with the extreme Phobia of female proportions? Take one look at Roodaka and be silent. And don't critizise someones style. Each has his/her own and us artists draw mostly for ourselves, not for you, at least not entirely. If you don't like someones art, go look at something else. (Yeah, I know it applies to me and the stickman as well, but first of all I give constructive criticism, or I keep my mouth shut and do look at something else.)
     
    That's all I can think of now and it is more or less pet-peeves that annoy me and not something big and world-threatening.
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    Rpg Frustration

    By Vezok's Friend,

    You know what I actually despise?  
    That lack of reason, or rather that assumption of omnipotence sometimes displayed in RPGs. What do you pro's call it? Metagaming?
     
    Why should I bother with a long setup and chain of posts to get a character to a certain secret location, just by his own means if it apparetnly is just as legit to conjure up some random NPC who will willingly give all the information on that secret location one needs.
     
    I am not angry at anybody specific, I am just angry that all the RPing I did with one charie for the last two days is pretty much void now.
     
    Whood-di-frikkin-doo. -.-
  14. Vezok's Friend
    Well, I finished my Wip from an entry back ^^

    Look! She's got boo...*cough* female features.
     
     
     
    Comission info:
     
    -rough sketch: 3€
    -clean sketch: 5€
    -cleaned and shaded sketch 7€
    -inked: 5€
    -inked and shaded: 10€
    -simple coloured: 15€
    -full coloured: 25€
     
    -additional characters: +25% of the price
    -for a background on a coloured picture: +50% of the price
     
    Now, for all the others except the two categories mentioned above I will include a simple background free of price increase.
     
    So if you are interested, send me a note or an email.
     
    Payment is via paypal.
     

    ^^
     
    Enjoy!
     
    -VF
  15. Vezok's Friend
    Just a few add-on facts about me, that have changed in the last two months: 
    I am 18 now (well, since a month, duh -.-), means I have come of age and I have me drivers license!
     
    I am on summer holidays for another 3 weeks now.
     
    I have a job next week.
     
    And my artistic amition is low right now.
     
    I will use these few days to make this blog work, before I buy myself a Premier membership. ^^

     
     
  17. Vezok's Friend

    New Art

    By Vezok's Friend,

    As promised, I've finished a new artwork. Fast this time too. For your enjoyment, head on over to Artwork I and check it out if you like.
     
    http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=4376
     
    Cheers!
  18. Vezok's Friend
    And if you thought "Internet-Drama", all I can say is: "gotcha".

    I just spent the last night mostly lying with my head on my left arm which apparently cut of the circulation and led to some very mild nervous damage in my left hand. Long story short: It tingles and feels weird.

    Guess that happens when your head becomes too heavy for your own good. At least I didn't hit myself in the face like last time this sort of thing happened...

    In other news, I will be relocating again. Next time I post it will probably be back from Canada, Montréal to be precise ^^
  19. Vezok's Friend
    ...without music. And even if this entry seems pathetic, I mean it.
     
    I might not have seen or experienced the things some others here have but some things I know for sure about music:
     
    It keeps me going even when I feel stuck or down.
    It motivates, it is a vent for good and bad emotions.
    It unites people and gives hope.
    It can be a mighty weapon or a safe haven.
    It says the things we can't say normally without sounding incredibly cheesy.
    It inspires and offers wisdom and advice to those who listen carefully.
     
    So turn those speakers up when times get hard and I promise you'll feel better
     
  20. Vezok's Friend
    Is there a way to turn back time? 
    Or to teleport?
     
    I am in desperate need of a Vahi right now. Or an Olmak. Ignika wouldn't be bad either. I'd right a lot of wrongs. (Mine included)
     
    Seems life just doesn't work that way, does it, eh? I recall a time where I was pretty blue-eyed, but I was taught better. I guess in the end it all just comes down to how you deal with it. One can dwell in self-pity (or sadness or whatever it is you feel when you fail big-time) or suck it up and move on. And as a quick word of advice: The first option ranks right along emotional suicide. So better get all stuff together and start walking again. Because bad things happen no matter what.
     
    And sometimes your best just isn't good enough. And for those of you who think it is: Do not put yourselves on a pedestal just because you are convinced for some reason you are better. Because one day, sooner or later, your little tower of ego will crack. And then it's all about how you handle beeing no better then the rest, having the same flaws when you fall down back into the puddle. And do not blame or judge people only because they are human.
    And try not to give advice that you yourself can't follow. Or at least, try to follow it yourself if you give it.
     
    And no, I am not upset, depressed, angry, vengeful, spiteful, jealous, sad or anything right now. I've just done a lot of thinking lately. I suggest you do the same from time to time. Take an hour and reflect on where you are, where you want to be, what you got to do to get there, and where you need to improve and then do it.
    I am pretty sure everyone has an area where he/she can improve.
     

  21. Vezok's Friend
    Well hello there ^^
     
    It's me, typing from a small internet cubicle with a ridiculous cold aircondition where 15 minutes of internet cost 5 bucks, letting you guys know that the sun is shining here, the water is warm and I've seen a lot of cool fish already. I found Nemo, so to speak.
    For the record:
    20+ Morays
    10+ Firefish
    4 Seaturtles
    2 Jellyfish
    2 Napoleon
    2 Whitetip Reefsharks
    3 Octupi
     
    And lots of other smaller cool things that swam about. And tomorrow there will be a full-day trip to the "Manta-Point". Name is program there.
     
    So all in all I am enjoying myself and I look forward to seeing you guys again in 1 and a half weeks.

    -VF
  22. Vezok's Friend
    Hey guys!
     
    Just giving you a little heads up before I head to the airport, here's my general areas of action. (Answering the "where's he gonna go?" part from last entry^^):
     
    May 5th-28th: Alberta
     
    May 28th-June 15th: British Columbia
     
    June 15th-July 5th: Oregon
     
    July 5th-12th: California
     
    July 12th-28th: West Virginia
     
    July28th-August 5th: Tennessee
     
    August 5th-8th: BRICKFAIR
     
    Afterwards hasn't been really planned yet. Possible destinations inlcude New York, but around Agust 20th I'll head back to Canada, maybe staying in Ontario for a couple of days before going to Québec and head back home September 10th.
     
    So, if anybody is really curious about meeting up, drop me a PM, I'll be online from time to time ^^
     
    See y'all around!
  25. Vezok's Friend
    Sunday will be my grandfathers birthday, and since my grandparents live 400km away, I'll be gone for the weekend.  
    I will take my sketchbook though and maybe work up something that'll be worth showing on here Maybe something for Halloween *hint,hint* ^^
     
    In the meantime, I'd like to play another round of "ask me anything!" with you. So, if you have a question, random, serious, philosophical, ask away! I'll answer every single one when I get back!
     

     
     
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