Baron Samedi

Yes. This post shall be entirely OOC. However, I just want to say this- I don't think the Bladerunner should be returning home. We need to have a decent ending to this. We need something exciting. We need... vibrancy, death and glory. Don't kill the menace. Leave a way open for a sequel. I have an excellent idea for an ending... if KOTR shall permit me to use it. I just think it would be the best way to end this RPG. You guys can leave in escape pods if you really want to. But my character will not be a winner. All that cliched good guys winning is shit. We need a dramatic, conclusive and final ending to this. But one which leave us open for another RPG. How do you all feel about that?

Haha. Nice work DW. These animations looks great. Dane is only a test dummy though- not important enough to recieve expert colouring. Poor fella. lol. Really, though this looks great, I am perfectly content to see stick figures. Then we can view your comic genius quicker. It is your choice- but these animations do look excellent.

Ruben woke at 6:00am to the sound of the Radio. 'Innocent Eyes' was playing. Sighing, he rolled over and turned it off. Sitting up in his bed, his arms trembled, and he fall over backwards. Too tired. Ah well... he could play computer games later in the afternoon then. He turned the radio back on, and lay there for the next fifty minutes, listening to it, his mind in a haze. At 6:50, his watch alarm went off, and he got up top make his lunch. Round and a half of peanut butter. Nice. Almost twelve minutes later to the dot, he finished making lunch, and proceeded to breakfast. Three pieces of toast. Then feed the fish, make his bed and half an hour of listening to music before the bus came. The blaring tones of Red Hot Chilli Peppers must have roused his father, so who should stumble blearily into the room at 7:45 than daddie dear himself? "What the hell are you doing? It's a quarter to eight!" "Yeah... and" "Your bus comes at 7:40!" Ten hurried minutes later, Ruben clung tightly to his seat as the small hatchback slipped between peak hour traffic. After all that... the tight corners and eveyrthing- he was Five minutes early to school. Fishing in his backpack, Ruben scrabbled around for the new timetable. Pulling it out, he checked what he had up first... [i]English Math Lunch Swimming Computer Tech Gym[/i] The last two made him grin... computers were his love... and gym his passion. Here, he was going to make a name for himself... he was not going to be the weak one anymore. With a determined step, he headed for English, his mind lost in the haze of Techno pouring out of his earphones. English was simple... and easy. Introduction activities, a few poems. Mainly Shakepseare, quite dreary, but not terribly difficult. Math was next. Nobody had really paid any attention to him yet... Ah well. As an only child, he was used to it. Math was a breeze- something else he really enjoyed. Heading out into the grounds for lunch, Ruben sat in a corner and half dozed. Luckliy today was a half decent day. Better than should be expected. The bell rang. Swimming. Bleh. Not the most fun thing to do... but better than Society and Environment at least. Heading into the change room, he yanked off his jeans and stuffed them into his bag. He already had his board shorts on underneath. All set.

It isn't the best quality picture ever >.> and the background is rather plain too. As a matter of fact, the font could also be improved... however, overall, this banner isn't too bad. Quite simple, not really very exciting. There isn't anything that I really dislike as such... just a lot that could be improved upon. I don't really think the border is suitable for the banner either, sadly. Aesthetics: 6.5/10 Technical: 5/10

I'm gonna call mi kidz.. Ushamiga Yotsuru and... uuummm. Karane Nolokie. Thats it!!!!11! lol. I hope these people grow out of anime names. How awful that would be. I would call my kids... I don't know. Heh. It would be a decision with my wife. I like Ethan, Nathan, Matthew, Sara, Sarah, Chloe or Lauren. I would, of course, have to use different names regarding what gender my kids are. [center][i][u]First day of School[/u][/i][/center] Teacher: Matthew? Matthew: Here I am Miss! Teacher: But you're a girl! Teacher: o.O Matthew: Indeed ^_^

That may be the case CB Shin, but people aren't like that. That is where these philosophies really fail- with the people. People [i]will not[/i] want to work harder, for the same benefits. People are lazy, people are resentful, people do want to get ahead. Why should all of their hard work benefit someone else who is on Easy Street, hey? The hard answer to face is- they won't. People don't care if they need the job done... people want fairness on one level.. and on another they want to be better than everyone else. Humans will be selfish. All these ideas are marvellous, but the flaw in the system is humans. With ants it would be fine. But you can't have a society like that- the people won't be happy. Classes will happen. Always. People have different personalities, different habits. They will separate, we can not mesh all classes together. It just won't work.

OK. To answer the original question at hand here folks [for those of you getting sidetracked]. I think, around 16 is a good time- with a person that you care about. 16 is probably the lowest I would recommend for having sex. Now to get sidetracked. If you want to save sex until after marriage that is fine- however what if you're spouse doesn't feel that way? What would you do? What if she makes you choose between your religion and her? You choose religion- you obviously don't care about her. Therefore you shouldn't even be with her. You choose her- we get to my point. Intentions matter. Not some little thing, a piece of paper, official stamps and all. Marriage is something of the heart, not of this plane. Whilst getting 'married' has some materialistic meaning, it should have no other bearing on your life. Marriage of the heart is what matters. Not a piece of paper. If it makes you feel better- go for it. But I think it is kind of foolish. Before you can truly be bonded to your partner, you need to know them on every level possible. And the physical world is one of those levels. [quote][i]Originally posted by Blanko[/i] [i]Some[/i] are gay and will probably never commit to one person... some straight people for that matter.[/quote] That is a horrible statement. I can and will draw several things from this. One- you think gay people are bad. Why are they so sleazy, eh? Why are they so much more likely to cheat than straight people, hey? Two- if it isn't that, then you must be referring to gay's not being allowed to marry. Doesn't mean that they'll cheat. They may stick with the one partner. You obviously consider marriage to be some legal document- not sanctity of the heart. Time to finish of with something light-hearted. [quote][i]From Blanko's signature[/i] [size=1][b][i]People I'm married to[/i][/b]: Nate [/size][/quote] So much for the sanctity of Marriage. You planning on marrying any more people ~_^. Haha.

Aside from the mess all around it >.> The cabinet looks good. better than anything I could have made. lol. Uuh. Good workwomanship there [XD]. You should be happy with that.

Uuh. I think that was her mother who wrote that.. not her. According to what she said anyway >.> OK. Let me step in here. I may be Australian, but these kind of events affect most of the world. I don't know who are the conservatives of the American system, and frankly Australians are a lot more laid-back about Politics. But let me say a few things. Bush may have some sort of 'reputation' as such for being an idiot, and stupid, but I highly doubt that that is the case. As mentioned he has gone to top schools, been trained exceedingly well, and became President of the USA. Give the man some credit, please ~_^. He deserves it. I think there has been some overreaction in this thread- but justified. You came in here, made a rash, faulty and presumptous statement, and now expect to get some sort of... discussion? When you haven't done anything to encourage it? Nobody knows if there were any ulterior motives in the Iraqi war. Maybe it was a mix of private and public reasons. Maybe he did it entirely for the right reasons. The US shouldn't have gone against the UN's orders [and then beg the UN to help]... but that is just me. You have no idea what went on. Unless you have access to the President's thoughts. Sure, Congress could have been bought. Any number of things could have happened, but for you to come and say what you did, with no proof or even half truths to support in some way your claim... that is foolish. I think the end results in part justify the means. The next generation of Iraqi's will be a hell of a lot better off for this war. Presumably. Oh... thanks for picking up the 'EQ' thing Boba... I was going to kill people if no-one saw that. IQ points- Intelligence Quota.

This is a great banner. I have no problems with either of the stocks used, nor the layout of the banner. However, two little things I feel I shoiuld recommend to be changed. One- the font for 'Cloud Strife'. I don't like it- there is no disputing that it is a [i]good[/i] font, but maybe it isn't the best style of font possible for this banner. Try something more regimented and straight perhaps? Two- The white glow behind the rightermost stock- it should extend all the way to the edge of the banner, not merely directly behind it. It looks silly with the rest of that other green coming out behind it. Overall, a great banenr though. I like it. Aesthetics: 8/10 Technical: 7/10

It looks like that older sister from the Thornberry's lol. Haha. I was thinking this was going to be some kinky fetish piece... what with all this talk of collars and leashes. I was sadly disappointed. Nice drawing though. You did a pretty good job here.

Ruben flipped the switch on the mike off and dropped it back into it's holder, before dashing up the corridor. Reaching into his breast pocket, he unbuttoned the armoury key. Unlocking the massive mesh doors inside the armoury, Ruben noticed for the first time [i] exactly how much firepower[/i] their ship had. It had never really struck him before... but they had lots of weapons. Too many for what should be a mere salvage mission. Ruben's eyes scanned the racks of weapons.. and then he saw it. A flamethrower. Out of place, yes, but... damn useful. Hefting the fourty kilogram tube onto his back, he secured the girth straps. Selecting as well a small automatic sidearm, Ruben felt a lot safer. Whatever it was.. this... this thing was going to get it's own today. Ruben ran back towards the Loading Bay... this was going to be over. He mumbled under his breath. Swear words, lamentations prayers... clicking? No.. that must be his imagination. [i]Ruben hurried down the corridor. If one had looked, one could have seen a faint glowing mark inside his arm.. at his wrist incidentally. Where he had been bitten[/i]...

INspired by Hittokiri's marvellous recent Gundam banner, I am creating what is one of my firt anime-themed banners. I have, like 5 or 6 different versions of this... but I'll put up my favourite one first, and the one whihc looks best. I don't have an avatar as such yet- however if you would like to use this just say so in this thread, and put a thanks to me in your sig. I'll make an avatar if you want one too. Anyhow, I'm just looking for crits on this really. So, go for it. [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?postid=543473[/img]

Just a little thing to think about for that CB Shin... what about specialisations? People who work harder in more difficult jobs aren't going to want the same amount of pay as someone who has an easy job are they? Specialisation counts. What do you think of that? Eventually nobody will do anything hard [i]because they won't get ahead[/i]. Humans want to get ahead. You can't change that.

This Ivy one isn't too bad. It gives it an interesting button style effect by having it embossed. The stock is clear and high quality... that slashy purple overlay/effect looks awesome... overall, a lot better than your last one. However, your text is too understated. It needs to stand out. Perhaps a different colour, and a newer, flashier font would work well, and maybe some form of defintion behind the text- a spot of airbrushing or something like that. It would just cap this banner off I feel. Aesthetics: 7.5/10 Technical: 7/10

Hhmmm. The only place my name looks good is there. Anywhere else- it doesn't look right. I didn't crop the banner at all. lol. I'll try anyone's advice. And I am sure your advice is a lot better than you profess it to be ~_^ Anyhow, here is the avatar if you're interested. [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?postid=542758[/img]

OK. I took your comments to mind Mimmi and faded the Akelda, as well as rotating my name. How do you feel about it now? Please, all, when commenting say which one and why, please. [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?postid=542754[/img]

That is quite a good piece there. Your cropping is great, and it looks very smooth. The text looks quite effective there, the man behind the text gives me goosebumps, and overall, that is 'one damn sweet banner' you've done there. The border keeps it sleek and overall... while there isn't many effects or such on this, it is quite an effective and crisp banner. It looks good, and gets the 'haunted' type message across very clearly. Bravo. Aesthetics: 8/10 Technical: 7/10

Welcome. Here is my latest, and certainly pretty damn good banner, entitled 'Markup Helix'. I was inspired for this name due to the appearance of the very back layers of airbrushing... which you can barely even see now. A lot of layer blending and such went into this piece, as did a lot of time. The character you see was cropped from a piece called Lost Akelda which I found online. I will probably append this to my signature tomorrow if I recieve favourable reviews of this piece. I quite like it. I have an accompanying avatar as well- which is a cutout of the "Akelda's" head. So... go for it. [img]http://www.otakuboards.com/attachment.php?postid=542723[/img]

[OOC: God, being an invalid really reduces how many posts you make >.> Enough of [i]that[/i]] Ruben came to. Feeling sore, but not too bad considering what had happened, he glanced at his arm. A nasty scar, but it was healed. Damn, that was amazing. Looking around the med bay, he didn't see anyone. Groggily, his arm shaking, Ruben reached over and switched off the IV drip, before pulling it out of his arm. Swinging himself up, and dangling his legs over the edge of the bed, Ruben felt a wave of lightheadedness overtake him. Gingerly getting to his feet, he took a few steps across the room towards the rack where his overalls were hung up. Dots danced in fornt of his eyes, hanging and spinning like the pieces on a mobile. Falling to his knees, and then on his face, Ruben took comfort in the cold steel of the floor. Eventually, his head stopped spinning, and he crawled over the floor to the clothes rack. Pulling himself to his feet he pulled on his overalls, and checking the rounds left in his guns, buckled them on. Looking out of the corridor, he checked up and down the hallway for any of the crew. No-one. Feeling a thousand percent better than when he had first woken up, Ruben headed down towards the Loading Bay. He could feel the hum of the engines. Finally they had departed form the Event Horizon. They were safe. Turning to head back up the corridor, Ruben saw something glisten wetly on the doorframe of the Loading Bay. Looking closer, it was soem kind of gel, or liquid. It continued up the wall of the bay, until it reached the rafters. There, in the maze of construction bars, designed to hold the hull of the ship out, due to the massiveness of this Bay, something was lurking. Sharp clicking sounds echoed around the bay. Ruben turned and fled back up the passage, looking for someone, anyone to alert. Ducking into one of the periodic intercom stations, Ruben yelled into the speaker " We aren't free yet- something is on the Bladerunner! In the Loading Bay!"

*is freaking out* What is that horrible white smear across there? Where is the border? Aarrrggh! Basically, this could be drastically improved upon. It needs a border. I don't think that 'bass relief' looks good in any sense of the word. It looks pretty damn bad, sorry to say. The banner would have been good with a border and without the bass relief. Show us it with/out both of those things. I could almost guarantee it would look much better. Sorry for the whole nasty Simon Cowelledness of this review, but compared to your last magnificent piece, this is a bit of a let-down. Aesthetics: 4/10 Technical: 6/10 Nice cropping at least. Heh.

Hhmmm. Not too bad. The images you used are high[ish] quality, and the cropping is a world away from your older images. I don't like how the stock image's legs are faded off... but that is the artists doing. I like how you faded/effected them images and places them a bit further up as well. That adds a bit more of something- interest- to the banner. I think it looks a bit strange how they're sitting on the air though o.O lol. Also, perhaps some fancy airbrushing or something around the text would look good. Put a grid behind the text or something. That would make it more interesting, and look better. The background of this is rather plain, but sometimes simplicity is best, and I feel for this piece that that is the case. Aesthetics: 7.5/10 Technical: 8/10

I suppose Dragon Warrior.. but please *gets down on knees* if Lynx has Helios... please. Heh. I don't care if all Angel swords are made that way... but from other signups here I see a variety among weapons and other such properties. It's up to you... but I really would rather keep it like that. It isn't magic or anything though ~_^.

Wow. That is excellent. It looks so cool. I love the font, I love the border, the edging you have done. Marvellous. It looks so much better now than it did before. Impressive. Aesthetics: 9/10 Technical: 8/10

[Well Haze, if you looked into the future, you would see one right about now] Ok. This newest banner... tis OK. I think if you want something like this, you should centre the banner and have a matching avatar. Thats just me, but yeah >.>. It would be much better... with a little bit of spice. lol. Not very helpful I know, but... yeah. A matching avatar would work wonders. Centreing is precious as well. This banner isn't really my style... however, there isn't anything as such wrong with it. Aside from the way the font you used makes the 'H' i don't like that H. Just doesn't sit well with me. Overall, there isn't anything as such 'wrong' with this banner. It just doesn't suit me. Aesthetics: 7/10 Technical: 6/10 Rawr: This background is quite nice. I love it actually. The yellow swirls are precious on it. The picture isn't too bad, and the cropping is decent quality. Better than my few stingy attempts >.> lol. It isn't too bad at all. Aesthetics: 8/10 The Darkness: The dark explosion looks funky. About the only thing I can suggest to improve upon is the font... put a glow of some sort around it, or lightly airbrush behind it. Give it some depth and style. Finally, the object of contention... Ring: This background for it looks fine- the stars are pretty and a good idea. However, the cropping is pretty bad. I don't know how PSP works, but this 'Magic Wand' sounds good. Also try to have a slight black glow inwards on the character layer... if PSP does that o.O Aesthetics: 6/10 Overall- you're improving at an impressive and rapid rate.