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[COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]My name's Alan and I'm an alcoholic.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]The group was quiet as they followed Unhate through the now eerily quiet complex, somehow sensing that talking wasn't going to liven the sombre atmosphere Gold Team were generating. All walked with their hands close to their respective weapons, uneasy since the hearing the voice. Even Arachnid wasn't talking for once. To a casual observer, it would've been an unsettling scene. They continued like this for some time before Kaida snapped, sick of the suffocating silence. "So, err... where are we going?" Kaida she ask, her voice in a whisper. Unhate glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, but didn't respond. There was no use, he reasoned, they would reach their destination eventually. Or, at least, he assumed theu would. The voice seemed to be a new development - perhaps there was other surprises in store for them as well. "Well, are you going to answer me?" This time Kaida's voice was irritated. She expected an answer, and as Team Leader this treatment was insolent, even if it was Unhate. Unhate merely shrugged and walked on in silence, somehow sensing that they were getting close to their destination, and the woman would see soon enough. Defeated, Kaida gave up. If Unhate didn't feel like speaking, Unhate didn't feel like speaking. There was very little one could do about it. "Unhate!" Face's terse whispered seemed loud in the silence, and a hint of fear was evident in it. Unhate turned toward the invisible man immediately, sensing something was wrong - something much more pressing than their final destination, Kaida noted. "What is it? What's wrong?" Face's floating clothing seemed to shift uneasily for a moment before the man's disembodied voice sounded again, the fear in it growing. "Th-the walls..." Face stuttered. "The, uh, the w-walls are reflecting things th-that aren't, uh, a-aren't there." A gulp. "H-uorrible things." Unhate frowned and looked to his immediate left, his eyes searching for anything out of the ordinary on the shimmering gold surface. Nothing caught his eye, just the same party he was with before... but then he noticed it. Almost unnoticeable, but definitely there, was the faint reflection of a scientist, a long scalpel held in it's hand. The scientist appeared to be of African heritage, and was in a large lab, a patient strapped to a table in the centre... a patient being 'operated' on... a patient Unhate new... a patient named Unhate. With horrified eyes Unhate watched as the scientist's wicked scalpel pierced his flesh, and instantly cried out in pain, gripping his shoulder where the reflection-scientist had sliced. He was bleeding. Where the scientist had cut - but surely that wasn't real, it was just some side effect of... of... something. Nightmares didn't come true. Tearing his eyes away he looked back to the small party who'd been following him and grimaced in pain. The gash in his arm bled freely, but it wasn't fatal. The others were shocked as to how it came to be nonetheless, and seemed scared. "Face, are you okay?" he asked, blood running through his fingers. "I'm uh.. I'm okay," the Legionnaire replied, clearly shaken by Unhate's mysterious and spontaneous wound. Unhate nodded curtly, but kept his eyes away from the reflections. He didn't want to see that scientist ever again. Turning to Kaida, he let his skin harden to close off the wound and gestured at Melinoe. "If I fall, she knows this place as well as I." "What do you mean if you fa--" "A precaution," Unhate said stonily, gesturing for the group to continue down the hall, and into the large room where he'd first seen the Sun Cult. ---- OOC: Obviously I've had this 'disease' manifest as worst nightmares appearing in the reflections - and inflicting real damages and pain on the people. Do with it what you will. If I've ****** anything up, tell me.[/font][/color][/size]

[COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial]Having talked to Shy about all this, I can say in confidence that most of your guesses as to how it works are wrong.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[quote]I was never in said RPG... Anyway, I think these internet relationships are cool, Imi, good luck with that. I just can't imagine what it will be like... do you guys know what eacht other look like?[/quote] [color=indigo][size=1][font=arial]Err... duh. You know, couples, in general, know what each other look like, even if it started on the internet. I have roughly 60-something photos of Hevn, two videos of her and some soundbytes, personally. And I'm always bugging for more, cause I'm a romantic idiot. It's just kind of expected when you can't have physical contact. On another note, I think it's funny that you went out of your way to get a 'girlfriend' (I put it in quotes cause it hardly seems you're fo real) - I mean, geez, I knew Hevn for six months before we became a couple, and we were always, [i]always[/i] close before hand... but you bitched and moaned about being ignored for a good five posts, have someone pay you some attention, almost instantly become 'us' and then can't imagine meeting her IRL? I don't know who you're fooling, man. lol I was making plans to fly to Hevn within hours... [Note: I do remember you, I just never found you especially interesting - you only seemed to post in Play It, and my games interest is like, 1... out of 1000. C'est la vie.][/font][/size][/color]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]It reminds me somewhat of Zidargh's 'Plumber Bros. Inc.' Hopefully you can get your RP past the first round, heh.[/font][/color][/size]

[QUOTE=Outlaw]You know what I would like to see come back, the Introductions/This is Me forum. I remember when we used to have this for new or returning members to say hello, give themselves a little intro, and show off pictures of themselves to try and make things a little more intimate. I also feel like this could make Panda's job a little easier, since I've noticed quite a few new members trying to introduce themselves on the Otaku Lounge. But, thats just my opinion. Stay Strong, Live Long And Follow the Outlaw Life[/QUOTE] [font=arial][color=indigo][size=1]This comes up every few months... the latest was: [url]http://otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=48350&highlight=introductions+forum[/url][/size][/color][/font]

[QUOTE=ThoraxtheImpaler]Wow, all the new members seem really nice (at least compared to the old ones

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]I held a competition at my blog. Our very own Lore won the honour of giving me my OB screen name. This is in contrast to James, who lost miserably with '*** No Questions'.[/font][/color][/size]

[QUOTE=Doukeshi][SIZE=1]Can anyone help me with this problem? I have a new game (city of villains if anyone is interested) and apparently it only works on DVD drives. I myself only have a regular CD-ROM drive and I was wondering if I can do anything to get the disc to work (short of buying a DVD drive myself). Any ideas?[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]Nope. Buy a DVD drive or the CD version of the game, cause CD-Roms don't play DVDs no matter what you do.[/font][/color][/size]

[COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial][quote name='Delta][SIZE=1']I heard Illustrator's geared mainly for photo manipulation (for color balance, hue/saturation and all that jazz, yeah?) so you'd probably be better off with Photoshop. "Make work path from selection" just wont cut it; you gotta use the Pen tool. Tedious work but it does the job really well.[/SIZE][/quote] Illustrator is for vectors [u]Photo[/u]shop is for photos. You got mixed up, yo. On a side note, I attached the results of my tinkering with make work path from selection. It's somewhat angular, but I think it did a decent job of making a small image into a good high quality big image.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]It's kind of complex, but here goes. Select the black. Select the free transform tool, and right click your selection -> Make working path. Delet the original layer, and resize the image to whatever size you need. Then go to the 'Paths' tab (in my Photoshop it's on the layers palette, after channels), right click the layer 'Work Path' and select 'fill path'. Should work, tell me if you have troubles.[/font][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]Hevn. 10 months on the 12th. Flying (!!) to the Philippines on the 27th to see her, and I ring her daily, as well as almost daily chats. We've never bothered with the pretty crap 'sig marriage' thing, partly because it cheapens the whole thing and is all kinds of tacky. So yeah.[/font][/color][/size]

[COLOR=Indigo][SIZE=1][FONT=Arial][QUOTE=SunfallE][COLOR=DarkOliveGreen]You don?t have to get an iPod if you are just looking for something that will play mp3?s and hold lots of songs. I bought myself a Sony Walkman D-NS505 CD player earlier this year, as I wanted something that could handle the constant jarring of a Semi Truck and also hold lots of music and not be a battery hog. You don?t have to keep hitting next as you can organize your songs into folders and albums and the software that comes with it lets you use your computer to created disks that hold right around 490 songs. Which means I carry around two Disks, one with my regular rock music and one with the classical and that?s it. All my original disks stay at home. You don?t even have to create anything special for mp3?s you just copy them on a disk and it reads them. Basically it works great, it doesn?t skip when you are driving, the batteries last around 50 hours and it cost less than a hundred dollars. I?ve had mine for about 7 months and so far it works great. [/COLOR][/QUOTE] Utilising that method I'd still need to carry about 10 CDs... I know people who would have to carry more than a hundred. lol And I don't think people are really getting the point of mp3 players that hold excessive amounts of music. It's not that we'd listen to all that music all the time - far from it, I have about 800 songs I rarely play - but it's the fact they want the power to have all their music on them at all times, so if they *do* want to listen to something they wouldn't normally carry, they can. When you have that one song stuck in your head, would you prefer waiting all day to hear it, or just finding it on your mp3 player and listening to it immediately? I know what I'd prefer, heh. Combined with the fact that they're smaller and more convenient, it's just a better choice for those people who have plenty of music.[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]I'm agnostic. I used to be Christian, but felt the whole basis of the religion was kind cracked, and kind of left it behind. I have a more specific set of beliefs that I've formulated over time, regarding various things, but on the most basic level I'm agnostic, and short of divine inspiration that isn't going to change very soon. lol Human concepts of God right now aren't all that appealing. On another note, I feel praying for a non-Christian, or ex-Christian to '(re)find their faith' is one of the ruder things you can do, especially if you tell them as much. It's about the same as saying "Hey, I think you're wrong, so I'm going to ask my God - who's right, mind, like you aren't - to make you see my way. Kthxbye." Or something like that. That thought isn't particularly well composed, but yeah. It shows a lack of respect for their views, and I really dislike people who do it. I've also always had a problem with Missionary activity, especially in places where there is an established faith (Hinduism, Buddism, Islam, etc). Yet again, you're going to these people and telling them they're wrong - just saying it nicely. Then you tell them about how [i]your[/i] God is correct, and, obviously, it'd be in your best interests to throw your lot in with him. Missionary activity does have a lot of positive side effects (education, building, etc), but the core ideal of it is something I disagree with.[/font][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial][quote name='Lrb']And on that note, what's so bad about the ear phones? I have no problem with them. The sound is very crisp and clear and they can go fairly loud. If you get them in your ear right (most people stick them in wrong) then even if you tug on them they don't fall out.[/quote]Crisp and clear? Have you [I]ever[/I] tried your iPod Shuffle with [i]other[/i] headpbones? Stock headphones are usually muddy and horrid qualityand iPods headphones are one of the worst quality stock headphones around. It's one of the biggest complaints about the system.[/font][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]The problem with iPods is that, lately, it seems as soon as you get a model they release something new and smaller. Also, they're somewhat overpriced, especially when compared to other alternatives (Creative have always been a fantastic alternative) and, put simply, the Shuffle is a complete and utter joke. Only Apple could think they'd get away with an mp3 player without even a rudimentary screen, honestly. If you want to be cost efficient, try something Creative puts out. They're comparable, and much better value. Otherwise, apart from questionable sound quality and some Apple particulars that are somewhat irritating, iPods are okay. I'll never buy one though.[/font][/color][/size]

[color=indigo][size=1][font=arial]The Simpsons. It's been sliding into mediocrity for years now, and at the current rate doesn't look like it'll get any better. The Golden Age of The Simpsons are gone, just let the damn show [i]die[/i]. Then again, it's such a fan favourite people will watch it even if it's utter trash, so I guess Fox won't lose that cash cow any time soon.[/font][/size][/color]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]Justin is trying to set up the multi-server setup now. Velegant Media bought a new server for SQL, and it's not completely in operation yet, so they're still setting it up. You'll be able to tell when it's all working well.[/font][/color][/size]

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[font=arial][size=1][color=indigo]It isn't entirely the parents fault. You have to remember that there's been a huge backlash in recent years to physically discipling children, and as telling them to stop/yelling won't work, parents are at a loss as to what to do when their kids start exhibiting these behaviours. The idea they'll mess the kid up psychologically or whatever is becoming increasingly prevalent among parent, unjustifiably (in most cases). I was physically disciplined when I messed up as a kid, and I don't think it messes with kids psychologically at all. Grabbing you around the arm or delivering a smack on the bottom when you mess up is hardly life altering, and usually gets the message across that, yes, you messed up. Stop it. I'm not messed up, and I'm not a complete societal **** up. But I digress There was a recent case in Australia, where a father was taken to court on assault charges on his daughter. She had been consistently misbehaving (taking lollies when told not to) so he disciplined her and took her out of the kitchen. An aunt saw the marks on the girl's arms (I think it was just red grip marks), and told the police. [b][i]The assault charges were successful[/i][/b]. As if to rub salt in the wound, the child was seen eating lollies in the news section from which I saw it. I don't see this trend getting better. Also, on hip hop dancing: There's nothing wrong with it, I know, but some of the moves these girls are taught at such a young age, [i]are[/i] extremely inappropriate, and really doesn't help in the log run.[/color][/size][/font]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]I notice it more with girls than boys in Australia. Most of my brother and his friends are just like me at his age (11), ie, into videogames, soccer on weekends and not giving a damn about what they're wearing as long as there isn't a hole in the crotch. They all take the time to gel their hair, of course, but that's about the only exception in their case. I can't vouch for the rest of the Australian male pre-teen population, of course, but that's what I've noticed. Girls on the other hand... geez. My step sister isn't yet 12, and is starving herself thin. She does hip hop dancing that seems more like breast thrusting than legitimate [i]dancing[/i]. Personally, I don't see why they need to teach these young girls how to thrust their breasts out and be sex objects [through these classes] when they aren't even filling out a training bra. But hey, her Mum lets her do it and it keeps her fit, so I guess that's a minor plus. Anyway, her friends are similar, they're all [i]extremely[/i] trendy, and more than a little concerned with their appearance. Why they're so concerned when they still think boys are icky and gross mystifies me though - you don't wear a halter top and hotpants for nothing, regardless of your age. But oh well. I guess media penetration has gotten to such a level that you don't even need to know why you're doing something as long as celebrity rolemodels are. It's a Sick Sad World. [Whoever didn't catch that Daria reference doesn't deserve to breathe. :p][/font][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]Will I do it? Will I be painfully corny? Oh God, I think I will. My perfect woman is this girl: [img]http://img466.imageshack.us/img466/7609/464tb.jpg[/img] who so far hasn't failed at being perfect to and for me. I can only [i]try[/i] to be as perfect.[/font][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial][QUOTE=Adahn][size=2]Oh dear Lord, I just wrote a very long post, and when I clicked reply, it says I wasn't logged in. I am very, very sad.[/size] [size=2][/size] [size=2]To your benefit, I will have to shorten everything I said.[/size] [size=2]1. School attendance is required of millions of impressionable children.[/size] [size=2]2. Evolution is an atheistic, but also anti-Christian theory.[/size] [size=2]3. ID was developed as a response to Evolution in defense of Christian theology.[/size] [size=2][/size] [size=2]Evolution is a state-sanctioned attack on Christianity administered to millions of children in the United States. The evidence for or against either theory is unimportant in the social context. All things are fallible, including evolution and ID, so arguments for or against either of them are important in a scientific/theological/philosophical context, but those arguments mean very little in a social context. The introduction of ID into schools as a counterexample to evolution gives the children a choice in what they can believe.[/size] [size=2][/size] [size=2]I am all about morality. You decide for yourselves whether or not it's right to exclude ID (or some other theory that allows for a theological explanation) from schools. Many of you who have posted are Christians, and many are not. I ask both groups, however, to make a moral choice.[/size] [size=2][/size] [size=2]Is it right to force children to learn a theory that contradicts Christianity without allowing any defence? We Americans pride ourselves on the choices our citizens have. One of them is the choice of religion. The freedom to choose a religion. Evolution taught as fact in schools denies children that freedom. The 'separation of church and state' is being subtly violated. Evolution is atheistic, and anti-Christian. The fallability of evolution must be presented to children in some way or another, else we are depriving them of their right to choose.[/size] [size=2][/size] [size=2]I don't have to argue for or against the technicalities of ID and evolution in order to make my point. The bottom line is that there is a question here, and in order to best answer it, we must understand the consequences of the decision. You may continue to argue the technicalities as you desire, but please keep in mind that your choices have effects, and if you truly want to show your intelligence and moral capacity, you will attempt to forsee as many of those effects as you are able.[/size] [size=2][/size] [size=2](copies the post just in case)[/size][/QUOTE] Okay then, will you allow them to start teaching the flying spaghetti monster concept as well? Buddhism? Hinduism? ID, by definition, isn't an inherently Christian principle, and it's been established mutliple times in this thread. Yet, you're painting it as a Christian principle (this is despite claims by those who want it that it's not), and evolution as atheistic, which simply isn't true. By believing in ID to begin with, you're [b]embracing the concept of evolution[/b], just putting it all down to God instead of playing with more scientific principles of the creation of life, the universe, and everything. Your post is contradictory. It's people like yourself, who put a large Christian slant on the concept and want a theological idea taught in a science class room - a place that requires more explanation by default than 'So, like, there was this big bearded dude in the sky and one day he made Earth and - get this - PUT IN PLACE EVOLUTION' - that is making so many people opposed to the idea. Many people arguing against the concept of ID in this thread have said it would be fine if it would be taught in the proper context - a religion class, as it deals with the concept of [b]religion[/b], not science. They aren't wholly against the idea, they're against it in the wrong context. And that's fine, really. I mean think about it... Science requires empirical proof. We have proof for evolution, albeit limited, and it's that same proof that they're applying to ID. [b]However[/b], to believe in ID, you have to believe in the great unprovable - the existance of a higher power. There is no way, we will ever proove there is a God, or Allah, or whatever deity you choose to follow. It can't be proved, [i]ever[/i]. Evolution, over millions of years, has at least the [b]potential[/b] to be proved, to become fact. The existance of a God can never be proved through scientific means, or any other way beside. You have to have [b]faith[/b] that s/he's there. That's what makes it a religion. This is in contrast to scientists, who don't rely on faith to prove their findings, they rely on facts. That's all there is too it, and it's what makes it unappropriate as being taught as scientific principle - because it's not. Faith as the basis for science cannot work, because it can never be proven, and therefore shouldn't be taught in the context of a science classroom.[/font][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]No.... it's adult Naruto, apparently. See this thread for proof: [url]http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=48692[/url][/font][/color][/size]

[size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]Otakuboards isn't [i]really[/i] part of theOtaku. It's hosted on the network, and has ties to it in different forms, but the demographic is different and it could run pretty much self-sufficiently without theOtaku at all. It's a different entity to myO/theO pretty much, so it doesn't plug in to theOtaku's login and membership structure. Also, there's software barriers in the way too. So yeah. That's why. lol[/font][/color][/size]