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Here is some inside information on my soon-to-be entry for BBC #38: Functions include: Lights Steering (Uses gears, and lots of 'em! No, I've changed it now. . . now it's using a steering mechanism) Spinning wheels And also, it'll be ______-______! (Removed so people don't steal this idea!) Can you guess what it is? If you can't. . . well then I just feel sorry for you. The steering is what's taking the longest. . . and BTW, for those of you who have played the game, it's a vehicle from Jak 3. . . wanna guess which? (CLUE: Because it has wheels it has to be one of the many Dune Buggies. . .) If you do guess right, I'll PM you so everyone doesn't find out. StF EDIT: Awesome! Two pages.
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Cause the Empress said so. So I'm pimping the BBC Forum. Firstly and foremostly, BBC Contest 38 has started a few days early. You'll have to see it to believe it. Be sure to read all the rules -- many have been added and changed! Demonspawn Nuparu has also been unleashed, and has taken over the Latest Creation area of my blog. -Kex
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Because it seems to be the new hit, and everyone is blogging it, I might as well jump on the bandwagon. BBC 38 will rock your socks off. -Omi
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... one of the most fun themes ever! That's right, it's going to be fun, I can't wait to see what you guys come up with. Don't disappoint me. EDIT: dang, someone took revenge for my teasing. Bummer, my rating went down.
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Well, yeah. The party was shut down tonight: BZPower's fifth anniverary officially came to a close. As the staff sweep up the confetti and mop up the forum, the members just stare in amazement asking themselves where those blasted rank images went off to. Short answer? Janus ate them. I hope everyone enjoyed their premier perks while they lasted. But now, I laugh at each of you who shoved my blog to the back pages, and can now no longer access your blog. -Kex
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You heard right. A teaser for BBC contest #38 has been posted in the BBC Forum by our very own BR. Be sure to check it out, and come back see what all the commotion is about on August first. This will be the sixth contest I've assisted in, and I have to say that I'm really looking forward to this one. You're all in for a big surprise, and an awesome contest. -Kex
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Did you all know that you could edit and/or delete comments that are in your own blog? It was really weird. I was just looking at this comment Bioran wrote, and I saw an "Edit" and a "Delete" button next to the quote and reply buttons. It was freaky. Then I thought to myself: This must be what forum leaders see when they look at a topic. It does sound right. FL can delete and edit someone's post. It's very odd. I guess just about on any blog on earth you can edit and/or delete someone else's comments, but it's weird for BZP, because you'd think that's what the Blog mods would see. That's probably what they do see. EDIT: I also wondered something else. You all know about that "lock" button you see on all of your entries? What does that lock button do? Does it stop people from viewing? I doubt it because you could just make your entry a draft to do that. Does it stop people from commenting on it? I suppose so then... I wonder if the blog mods can see all of these things you can when you are on your own blog. ~U Save the Eyesight! Read the entry and fight for a good cause!
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So I've been asked why I use the particular sign-off I do? So I'll just take this time to explain... because I can. Well, the copyright means the post or whatever belongs to me. If you don't know about copyright, look it up: I'm not a dictionary or legal expert. I just know what I know, and that's the truth. As is customary, the copyright year(s) will follow after the copyright symbol. If you haven't figured it out, 1984-2006 is how long I've been around; in other words, it's how long I've been copyrighted. Put simply, do the math from my birth date until the date you are reading this, and you will know how old I am. On an unrelated note, it's five months and one day until my next birthday, so start buying those gifts now... beat the rush! I accept money, BIONICLE, and anything that can be constituted as a bribe. I gladly accept all bribes: I won't do anything because you bribe me, but I will accept the gifts... I'm twisted that way.* If I have to explain the name that follows the years, someone hasn't been paying attention. Toaraga is who I am... you didn't think I was Chameleon or something, now did you? Okay, so you've probably already figured out everything that doesn't really need an explanation, which means you're probably wondering what those three letters at the end are. Well, wonder no more; they're my initials. Okay, so that's a cop-out answer, but I'm not telling you my real name unless I know you better... or you're some sort of authority or legal figure. Now about the art lesson: Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V are your friends. What? I never said I was a good teacher. Next lesson: "How much is that (post) format in the window?" *I don't really accept bribes: go ahead and try it. See just how much trouble you'll get into. ©1984-2006 Toaraga EAM
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How's that for teamwork?
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Yes, that's right folks. Save The Eyesight campaign is here. We are here to go on a wild fundraiser to raise money for our poor judges. With this newfound money, we will buy contacts and glasses for all the judges. If we're lucky, we can buy some laser eye surgery for those extreme cases of judgetoolongandyoureyeswillgobad. Yes, we know. Judgetoolongandyoureyeswillgobad is a terrible case of eyesight loss, brought on by reading too many entries. If not treated right away, a judge could go mentally insane, and worst of all: have blurred vision. So please, if you want to help fight the disease known as judgetoolongandyoureyeswillgobad and fight for a good cause, please put this banner, graciously provided by bonesiii, as your sig. ~U (Note: This is purly sarcasm folks. No...we aren't going to actually start a fund. Would be nice though...) However, it would be really funny if we could get some people to put this in your sig. So who would like to put this in your sig? I say it would be pretty funny. Savvy anyone?
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Decided to renovate this thing. At first, there were just going to be some minor additions. But then I decided that I wanted to add some spice, personality, you know? Here's what I came up with.Latest Creation - My latest MOC will be showcased for all to see.Music - In this area I will share images of some of my favorite bands. I will elaborate on the band, images, song lyrics, or general musical information in future blog entries.Useful Links - Very basic and general information that every member should read and fully understand.The BBC Empire - The important BBC topics are shared here, along with any new information regarding the BBC Forum. As well, every week I will personally select a MOC to place in this section as "MOC of the week". Be sure to check this section for updates!-Kex
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I felt like writing... have some things to say today, as that is usually what these are here for First off, I've wondered why people have pictures that are bigger than their content blocks. Maybe it's just a mac thing () but it gets terribly annoying. Everyone does know that you cen set your content blocks to a certain pixel width? I have mine set at 325px right now because it fits my picture. A truly fitting display, of how people shouldn't do stuff like that Anyhow, I guess that if I can ever find anything to write about, I will. Currently I'm gonna show some behind-the-scenes for folks from a comment Turakii said. You call that bad? Well...actually it is, but what I'm talking about is much, much worse Because BS01 was/is down, I had some free time. I could see that bones was having a bit of trouble with the S&T contest because of Real Life things. I'd thought I'd give him a hand. Come take a look at my past two days: At first it started with a simple PM. I asked bones if he needed any help. He PMed me back and told me to find and compile a list of every single contestant who had a name change. So think about it. I'm sifting and opening each page, trying to see if anyone had a name change. About 10 or so did. (About 8 made it on to the semis) So then I ask if poor bones needs anything else. He obviously seemed like he wanted to take a break and go eat something, so I took over and finished his list. So he PMed me his list. What list is this you ask? It's the one bones posted with the S&T poll timeframe with who moved on from each poll. (Thank goodness that all the polls I did, I didn't have to randomly pick a number and stop someone from going on ) That list didn't take too long. Not that bad. Bones didn't come back till an hour later, so I was bored for about an hour. During those last five minutes, I started to get the polls ready. No kidding. I was that bored. Bones couldn't believe it either. But we worked things out: Since I already had started the Metru Nui polls, bones would take Mata Nui and I would finish up with Voya Nui. Now tell me, can you sift through a total of 6 polls, one reall freaking huge list, and yet another list of who made it on to the semis and keep your eyesight, let alone your sanity? I barely did. My eyesight I mean. My sanity is doing pretty well. So here's how it works: I have 3 polls. So-so many people make from the polls. I go down the list. First name. I check the first with the list I completed for bones to see if that person made it or not. If not, forget it. If so, I copy what bones has paste it in a PM that I would later send to bones. (Ya see, I couldn't take the direct code because bones locked that topic, so I had to do it the hard way *glares at locked topic*) So I basically do that until everyone from the first poll who made it is in. I do this for all the polls. Now I have everyone, but here's the rub. Poll B must be broken down because there are only two polls for Metru Nui. So I had to sort the people from poll B by word count, them move them to their correct poll. Then I add in the list. Basically I use the list tags and whatnot, so those weren't that hard. As I went on, I learned to put the list tags down first, and fill them in as I go. That way I would make sure I had the right number. So anyway, the hard part is yet to come. Because bones locked the topic, I had to go to the leftover topic and sift through the list post bones has, which is what literally caused my eyesight to go bye-bye. So I see a name on the make-shift poll I have in PM. I look down the list till I can find his/her name on the really big contestant list. Once I find it, I have to open that topic, copy the URL, and intergrate it into the PM I would give bones. Now the finishing touches. The URL's are all there. The List tags are there. So just because I'm me, I copy what bones has at the beginning of his poll posts (Please make sure to read all 10 entries! etc.) and I added those in. Basically I had the polls literally ready for bones just to copy and paste. I saved bones a lot of trouble and time there. So I completed the Metru Nui polls. Wanna know at what time? Let's say that I went from one day, and went well into the next. Go figure it out people. So basically I did that and went to sleep. Next morn, I got up and did the Voya Nui polls. Now that I was used to it, it wasn't that bad. So, once again being me with a day off with not much to do in the morning before the afternoon, I quoted bones's leftover list and cut out everyone who didn't make it. That was really tough... Try quoting my list sometimes, and look at how much code you have to look over. I'm used to seeing a lot of code, because I work with the BS01 Wiki, but sifting through was hard on me ol' eyes. So I did that, read one story, and was bushed. So the Dreaded Real Life took over for the rest of that day, although it wasn't actually that dreaded. My sister and I played around. She's in college, so it's cool to have a chance to have some fun again. Then the next day. What did I do the next day? Well you're lookin' at it Final note: I forever give my pity and sympathies to contest hosts on BZP. Seriously....give them a hand folks. ~U P.S. - I did this on the fly so I don't really care for spelling right now Or as I say it now..righs...
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As most of you will know, I've been part of the BZPower Staff for quite a while now. Close to three years, I think, though it's not nearly as long as the senior staff members. The Staff Page may mention that I've been a Staff Member since April 2003, but you should know that I took a six-month break once. I don't quite remember the specific reasons behind it, only that I was too busy at the time to fulfill my captain's duties. It was probably a combination of summer playground work and Scouting, I surmise. I still spent time on the forums, of course. After all, Bionicle and BZPower are my hobbies, they're not a job. Shortly after resigning, probably due to wanting to further break with my staff position, I changed my screen name to Thancerthas, meaning 'divided unity' in Sindarin, which you can interpret as being a rough translation of my current (and at the time previous) screen name. I later changed it again, to Schizo Revolution. Don't ask me where the revolution moniker came from, I don't remember that, only that it didn't have anything to do with Nintendo. But after having taken a break from moderating, I signed up for the Support Team (the current Forum Assistant team) again, and shortly thereafter rejoined the Moderator fleet (Forum Leader team). But why? What moved me to return, what moves me to stay? Because it makes me feel part of a group of peers? Because the larger part of my BZPower circle of friends are staff? Partly, I guess. But mostly it's because I feel I have an obligation towards this site and its creators: by creating this site and making it available, they have made it possible for me to rediscover my playfulness and creativity, my inner child; they have made it possible for me to improve my art skills; they have made it possible for me to discover other talents I never knew I possessed. And they have shown me that friendships can be forged on the waves of the net as closely as in real life, for which I thank them. Cleansing the seas of spam harriers is my way to repay them. It's just another reason for me to celebrate this 5th anniversary, and to congratulate them as well as my fellow staff members on a job well done. I won't use a certain over-used acronym or its unabbreviated form, but I will say this: thank you for your continued efforts to make BZPower a fun place to be. A toast! *raises mug o' grog*
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You know, there's so much you can do with the layout of these blogs, yet so little at the same time. The first adaptation was to add a border with ship-related images, which I think worked out quite well. The problem is that every content block needs a title, which reduces the graphic impact a bit. I was actually looking for some simple drawings, but I didn't find that many, so I settled for photographs instead. Too bad the background, header and colours aren't customizable. Despite the fact that this would greatly help in customizing a blog, it would break with BZPower's colour scheme continuity, creating the impression of different webpages rather than community blogs. Still, it would be nice, but I guess that's what other blog sites are for. Mostly I would've liked the possibility of adding horizontal blocks in addition to the current vertical ones. In any case, if you've got suggestions for customizing the Quarters within the blog system's limitations, feel free to offer them.
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I've had some different constructions I've wanted to tackle for ages, but even when I get the chance to MOC, it's usually during a contest. And even then I often lack time to properly finish the darned things. I still want to make a unicorn and a griffin, HOMM V style. Examples: unicorn and griffin. Unfortunately, I'm not up to tackling those yet, as my animal MOCing skills are still at a low level. I'll probably do a few Neo Toa first. I usually try to build Neo Toa anyway, but they tend to turn out bigger than planned every time. I should probably make more liberal use of my liftarm supply. One of them will probably be a red and oxblood Toa of Fire, the other a smaller, cooler version of Wildchild. I want to make use of a new cape idea on the latter, as well as a different incorporation for the cloth cloaks found in the KK sets. Abarai's Zabimaru (from the anime series Bleach) has inspired a tool design I want to try, though it won't be nearly as cool as the source of inspiration itself... I don't have enough minifig katana to pull that off. I'll probably try and incorporate the light-up part from an Inika tool, use Hewkii's and Vezon's chains somewhere else, use a few Zamor (not sure which colour), perhaps even an Inika head... I also need to rework the chest and upper leg design. Oh, and I've got a rather interesting shield idea, but I don't know whether it'll work or not. As you can tell, a Wildchild redux is currently my favourite MOCing project. But even were I to have the time required to build it, I still don't have the necessary pieces - I don't have any Inika yet, and Vezon & Fenrakk aren't even on S@H for Belgium to begin with, so the set most likely isn't in stores yet either. Oh well, I'll just have to endure and practice patience... I just hope the store price isn't actually €12.99 as indicated on S@H, because that's a rather discriminating price difference. Especially considering the fact that the Inika are the most alluring Toa sets to date.
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Since Lord Survurlode temporarily conquered BZP last Thursday, the voting period deadline for the S&T#2 preliminary polls is being extended to noon EST Friday July 21st. Paracosmos fans, note that the lastest update to the RPG Part 1 is available for download now. Today I'm trying to get through my inbox... *dives into giant mess of PMs*
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I didn't open my mailbox for a week, and now I've got 140 reports... I'd hate to think what Globals and Admins get were they to do that... Of course, I must thank everyone who took the short time it takes to report something. We really appreciate the effort. And to the perpetrators, here's a little acronym for you: RTFR. Read The Freaking Rules. Really. >_< I like to think of myself as a patient man, but only today I've taken PE twice, whereas I usually only have to do it once in every two or three weeks. You should know that for every reported post, there's an average of two extra posts in a thread that need to go as well. Sure, there are a lot of dupe reports, which I don't mind, but it still means that one reported post is actually three times as much work. Thank Bink that the new software allows for bulk moderation. Time-saver to the max.
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Yup, after 3 weeks away from the computer, (Don't ask ) I'm back! So expect to see more BLOGing, posts, MOC's, etc. Now all I need to do is catch up where I left off on the world of BIONICLE! StF
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I'd just like to give out a special thanks to Toa Nui Inika for posting the first coment! Thanks again! StF
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Well, nothing lasts forever, and now I have to go fix those blog entries... or not. It's not that important for now. I've decided I liked that sign-off I had as the Chameleon (or am I still him now?) that I decided to dedicate one of the content blocks to him. He's like a virtual pet that needs no attention: I just hope he doesn't die like the last one... I knew I shouldn't have given a virtual animal real water. Oh well. RIP, Spunky, RIP -<+,=,~ ©1984-2006 Toaraga EAM
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Due to several situations in my life right now, I will be absent from BZP far more than normally, starting this afternoon. I do not know how long this will last, or how long I will actually be able to be on BZPower for the rest of the summer. Hopefully, once my life finally slows down a bit, I can get back into the flow of things here. ~*~ Art update: I've finally colored those linearts of the Inika Matoran! I should have those up either today or tomorrow. And I'll also have that av ready for you, Millenium Slizer. DigiTrinity, your request's pencil sketch is finished. Again, I'll probably scan it today or tomorrow, whichever works out the best. For those BZPers who already know what it is: My great big art project's getting closer to being finished. ^^ I'm really running out of colored pencils, however, so I'll need to go fetch some more sometime this week. ~Nikira
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Let's see in the past two days I've been mistaken for a girl. (Much like Kex when he was Princess Peach and his current name Gwen Stacy.) Now then for the proof: First Time - My Reply Second Time (It may be edited by the time it's read.) - My reply (This qoutes it so it doesn't matter, and it continues a couple of posts down, not many though.) So, let's just say Kohaku = 100% Male. Kohaku
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Ha, that's the best title ever, and it works for just about everything because it means nothing and something at the same time. There's no deep thought behind that statement... just trust me. Anyway, on to today's "BZP Breakdown," as these little staff segments should be called. *Hint, hint* Okay, so how important is a title, and why should you care? As someone who constantly names his creations without much problem, I know that a name can sometimes make or break something. If I give something a strange or unique name and people actually know the item exists, they might ask about it; in fact, I might later go, "What was I thinking?" and try to figure out how I started something and explore further possibilities. If I put something generic, people are less likely to go, "Hey, what were you thinking when you named that dog MOC 'Spot'?" In fact, they might be less inclined to care because Spot is such a common dog name. If you say "air" is inside a box, it's obvious and means nothing; if you say "money," there's something worth checking out... whether it's true or not, it's still worth investigating. Okay, so I wrote that tangent to get to my point. A lot of times (mainly in Q&A), there are topics with generic titles like "Question" or "I have a question." Well, that's obvious you have a question, or you wouldn't (or shouldn't) have made a topic, but if you want fast help, it's better to have a title with words related to your question. It's like going up to store associates in a grocery store and asking if they can help you find food. Or it's like going to Toys 'R Us and saying, "I'm looking for a toy; can you help me find one?" If you say what you're looking for, people can help you find it better and more quickly. Not only does being specific with your title get your question answered faster and more efficiently, it also helps those that may not know about what you're asking decide they're not going to try for a random guess approach-- random answers are spam: if you don't know, don't post. Or it might even help someone else who doesn't know but wants to find an answer without having to make a similar topic. Also, titles about specific subjects help people with similar interests find your topic, or if your title and subject are unique enough, people will actually want to stop in and see if the topic is worth their time. Now suppose you want to know something about a particular forum like COT, so you put "COT" in part of the title; someone who knows COT is more likely to see your topic and answer your question rather quickly. Granted, if you actually have a question about a particular forum, it's best to just ask one of the Forum Leaders or Assistants of said forum. Yeah, we're the store associates in this grocery store, and we're more likely to help you find the bread... it's aisle ten, next to the toy aisle. So how important is a title of a topic? Let's just say there are two important parts of a topic: content and title. Content is the most important thing; title is second. Everything else is third. ©1984-2006 Toaraga EAM
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Pictures are worth a thousand words. B) -Omi
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I just wanna let ya guys know that I look good in my personal pic. -Omi
