Desbreko

[color=#4B0082]I do too. Once things settle down, I'm going to try to make a new Caramelldansen skin.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]And before anyone mentions it, we're aware that all the thread directories are broken. They'll need to be manually fixed by replacing all the links in them, which will take a fair bit of time.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]There's a few people on OB and theO who play Guild Wars regularly, and some others not so regularly. I don't play as much as I used to, but I still sign in to do stuff with SunfallE and Allamorph here and there. My primary character name is Arik Desbreko.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]This subject always amuses me, considering that without fansubs and even R1 DVD rips, I wouldn't have bought the official DVDs that I have. Incidentally, there are also people in the fansub community who say fansubbing is dying. Funny how that works.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]I guess I'll post some quick thoughts in here. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11262][b]K-ON!![/b][/url] Mmm... Cute, soft, and fluffy moe blobs. There aren't many other series I know of that are on the same level as K-ON in this area. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11037][b]Kaichou wa Maid-sama![/b][/url] Pretty generic high school romantic comedy so far, but still plenty fun. It looks like it could turn into one of the better series of its kind. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11188][b]Arakawa Under the Bridge[/b][/url] My weekly dose of SHAFT WTFery. There's lots of Zetsubou Sensei-esque vibes coming off this one, which I like. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11017][b]Working!![/b][/url] More moe blobs, or at least one. I doubt this'll turn out to be particularly great, but it's cute and funny. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11249][b]Hime Chen! Otogi Chikku Idol Lilpri[/b][/url] Magical girl sparkles 'cause I gotta feed the addiction. But it hasn't been very good so far. My main complaint is that the the girls have barely done anything with their power since initially getting it. In ep2 and 3 you get, like, thirty seconds of transformation sequence and CG dancing and singing, and then bam, everything's resolved. Hopefully some more interesting stuff will happening soon. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11286][b]Hakuouki[/b][/url] The first couple episodes are pretty slow, but it's got my interest piqued. I'm looking forward to seeing where the story goes. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11228][b]Senkou no Night Raid[/b][/url] Same as Hakuouki, only I've just seen the first episode as yet. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11199][b]B Gata H Kei[/b][/url] Mindless, fanservicey fun. It's been kind of cute, but I wonder how well they can keep it going without getting stale. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11219][b]Yutori-chan[/b][/url] I've taken a liking to these odd, little short episode series. The fact that a full length ED is included in such short episodes baffles me, however. [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=11215][b]Shin Koihime Musou ~Otome Tairan~[/b][/url] Cute girls with big weapons. Also: lolis... Some of whom also have big weapons. I watched the first two series without getting bored enough to drop them, so why not a third? [url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=10885][b]Angel Beats![/b][/url] Neither the characters or setting particularly interest me, but I'm giving it a shot because it's from Key and I've liked their other stuff.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]The expiration time for the cookies that checking the Remember Me box sets is a year. So if you do that when you log in and you still get logged out after a while, it either means your browser blocked the cookie or else it got cleared somehow.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]I make fansubs and I have an odd love/hate relationship with the job of typesetting. It can be fun, it can be agonizing, and it can even be both at once. Here's a screen shot of some complex typesetting that I recently did for Shugo Chara! Party! ep25. [URL=http://img52.imageshack.us/i/theendia.jpg/][IMG]http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/9031/theendia.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] This is what that "The End" sign looks like in the subtitle file:[/color] [code]Dialogue: 1,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an5\be1\blur8\fad(859,0)\fnCharcoal first\fs68\fscy1000\fsp0\bord0\alpha&H50&\pos(687,142)\c&HEAB5E3&}??????{\c&HEDC084&}???????{\c&HAFE9A5&}????????????{\c&H78D5F4&}?????{\c&HAEB8DC&}???? Dialogue: 2,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an2\be1\fad(859,0)\fnCharcoal first\fs68\fsp20\bord5\pos(693,175)\c&HFFFFFF&\3c&HFFFFFF&}The\h\hEnd! Dialogue: 3,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an2\fad(859,0)\fnCharcoal first\fs68\fsp20\c&HE691FF&\3c&H73268D&\pos(693,175)}T{\c&HE58648&\3c&H953836&}he\h\h{\c&H55F063&\3c&H3A9221&}En{\c&H128FF0&\3c&H0555AE&}d{\c&HA05FE9&\3c&H532B8C&}! Dialogue: 4,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an5\blur0.5\fad(859,0)\fnArial\fs22\bord0\c&HC95CE7&\clip(m 483 115 l 484 124 469 124 469 165 458 163 461 150 459 126 448 125 447 116)\pos(464,142)}♥ ♥ ♥\N♥ ♥ ♥\N♥ ♥ ♥\N♥ ♥ ♥\N♥ ♥ ♥ Dialogue: 4,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an5\blur0.5\fad(859,0)\fnArial\fs22\fsp-1\bord0\c&HE7A752&\clip(m 540 118 l 540 164 532 163 533 146 517 145 517 164 510 163 509 116 517 117 520 131 531 133 531 118)\pos(522,138)}♠ ♠ ♠\N♠ ♠ ♠\N♠ ♠ ♠\N♠ ♠ ♠\N♠ ♠ ♠ Dialogue: 4,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an5\blur0.5\fad(859,0)\fnArial\fs22\fsp-1\bord0\c&HE7A752&\pos(594,138)\clip(m 603 159 l 597 163 567 163 565 155 566 137 564 121 604 118 603 127 595 127 580 126 576 135 602 136 601 142 576 142 577 153 601 153)}♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠\N♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠\N♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠\N♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠\N♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ ♠ Dialogue: 4,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an5\blur0.5\fad(859,0)\fnArial\fs22\fsp-1\bord0\c&H50D032&\pos(715,138)\clip(m 737 123 l 728 125 711 125 708 129 708 135 727 136 725 142 709 143 708 151 716 153 734 152 732 163 695 163 698 157 698 144 695 141 695 119 701 116 736 116)}♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣\N♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣\N♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣\N♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣\N♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ Dialogue: 4,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an5\blur0.5\fad(859,0)\fnArial\fs22\fsp-1\bord0\c&H50D032&\pos(787,138)\clip(m 810 119 l 811 162 797 165 795 148 775 134 774 163 769 161 761 163 763 139 765 118 773 118 777 125 796 134 797 120)}♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣\N♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣\N♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣\N♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣\N♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ ♣ Dialogue: 4,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an4\blur0.5\fad(859,0)\fnArial\fs22\fsp-2\bord0\c&H006BE3&\pos(830,138)\clip(m 885 145 l 886 139 879 125 856 115 844 116 836 115 836 132 835 150 834 158 834 163 851 163 866 163 878 155)}♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦\N♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦\N♦ ♦ {\alpha&HFF&}♦\h\h\h{\alpha&H00&}♦ ♦\N♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦\N♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Dialogue: 4,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an5\b1\bord0.2\blur0.5\fad(859,0)\fnArial\fs10\fsp0\c&HB971FC&\3c&HB971FC&\pos(925,143)\clip(m 917 151 l 911 151 909 147 912 116 920 117)}\h\h\h\h\hpuchi puchi\Npuchi puchi\h\h\h\h\h\N\h\h\h\h\hpuchi puchi\Npuchi puchi\h\h\h\h\h\N\h\h\h\h\hpuchi puchi\Npuchi puchi\h\h\h\h\h\N\h\h\h\h\hpuchi puchi Dialogue: 4,0:09:11.61,0:09:16.94,TS Sign1,,0000,0000,0000,,{\q2\an5\b1\bord0.2\blur0.5\fad(859,0)\fnArial\fs10\fsp0\c&HB971FC&\3c&HB971FC&\pos(925,143)\clip(m 916 165 l 917 158 909 157 909 164)}\h\h\h\h\hpuchi puchi\Npuchi puchi\h\h\h\h\h\N\h\h\h\h\hpuchi puchi\Npuchi puchi\h\h\h\h\h\N\h\h\h\h\hpuchi puchi\Npuchi puchi\h\h\h\h\h\N\h\h\h\h\hpuchi puchi[/code]

[color=#4B0082]A few months ago, I was all ready to start working on the template modifications we'd need after upgrading. But then when I went to download the upgrade, the log in info I have for the vBulletin.com members area no longer worked, so that put a halt to things. I PMed James about it but never got a response, so I don't know what's happening anymore. I'm still willing to do the template modifications. Harass James to get me the correct log in info if you want the upgrade.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]It's most likely due to faulty color management settings. On my wide gamut LCD monitor, some pieces don't match up if Firefox's gfx.color_management.mode is set to 2 (the default for 3.5 and newer versions) because that only color manages images that are tagged with an ICC profile. Some pieces in the worm are tagged, others aren't. I have to set the color management mode to either 0 (no color management) or 1 (manage all image and CSS colors) to get them all to match up. In my case, since I have a wide gamut monitor, 1 is the correct setting. By managing all colors, everything displayed by Firefox uses the same colors as on a standard sRGB display.[/color]

[quote name='Desbreko'][color=#4B0082][b]Fail.[/b] I will be waiting for the thin pack. And since it's coming out in six volumes I have a feeling I will be waiting another year or so. I guess they get to hope my interest holds that long. At least liner notes for the references is cool.[/color][/QUOTE][color=#4B0082]So over two years later, I made good on this statement. Bandai is [i]finally[/i] releasing a collection with all six volumes on April 6, and for cheap, too. $50 MSRP, $37.49 from Right Stuff, and only $30 until March 15 if you use the coupon code from their newsletter. ("lucky" without the quotes.) I just ordered it and the OVA together for only $42 shipped. Time to crank the Lucky Star hype back up to 11.[/color]

[color=#4B0082][b]Who:[/b] Member since September 2001, staff since February 2002, administrator since July 2005. [b]Where:[/b] Northern California, so close yet so far from many other members. [b]What:[/b] Working part time after graduating from high school. Should probably go back to college at some point. Been a bit detached from OB lately while focusing on other stuff like watching anime, fansubbing anime, learning about video encoding so I can encode anime better... I mainly lurk and do back end work on the site. [b]When [i.e. Back Then]:[/b] I was the resident Legend of Zelda guru and spent most of my time in the Zelda and Nintendo forums. I was as big a gamer as my small budget allowed but didn't actually get into anime until years later, so I hardly ever visted the anime forums. I dabbled in RPGs and had a lot of fun in a few but my interest waned after a while. I've always primarily been a lurker on forums but I participated in a lot of AIM chats and got to know a lot of people over the years. And, of course, there was always moderating to do. [b]Why:[/b] "Hmm, I should find a new forum to post on... Hey, I think that theOtaku site with the page of dancing Pikachu GIFs I happened upon a while ago had a forum. I'll check it out." Thus was the thought process behind my becoming a member. Anymore, I still hang around because I get to do cool stuff as an admin. [b]Favorite Things About OB:[/b] ? Helping to run the place ? Way too many people to list (except Shinmaru, he's special) ? The QKT Guild Wars guild ? Crazy AIM chats ? The DailyOtaku ? Drama ? Final Fantastic Survivor II ? The Caramelldansen skin ? The original Padded Room Party ? #4B0082[/color]

[color=#4B0082]What are you talking about? I don't see anything wrong. :catgirl:[/color]

[color=#4B0082]I would've liked to make it so you could just paste the entire URL of a video between the tags, but with the way vB's custom bb code works, that isn't possible. The reason your videos were getting duplicated is probably because the tags use the same code as the Embed option on YouTube, so that was getting inserted twice.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]I've yet to see any LPs that were actually entertaining, not counting Retsupurae's riffing on the terribad ones. Most of the time, people suck at the game, they take way too long to do anything, and their commentary is annoying. Instead, I watch speed runs (both real time and tool-assisted) for entertainment.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]It's certainly a lot harder with four people but not impossible. I played through the entire game with three and four players and, yes, there were times I raged at people for killing us all, but we made it. It [i]really[/i] helps, though, when people are actually coordinated, know how to take turns, and are familiar with the game. Me and my brother both grew up playing tons of classic 2D Mario so we were instantly familiar with a lot of the game mechanics and generally the best ways to get past stuff. Because of that, we had much less of a problem with getting in each other's way than we did with my friends. Some advice for when you're the only really good player in a group of three or four: Just stay the heck away from everyone else as much as you possibly can. Either try to lead them along from the front of the pack or, if you can't get out in front, hang back and go last. (But pay close attention to the person in front so you don't get scrolled into oblivion.) Once I figured that out, my survival rate increased dramatically. About the propeller, I can see why they made it that way but I still don't like it. With the raccoon tail and cape, you had to get a pretty long running start before you could fly, and with the way scrolling works with multiple people that could easily lead to tons of deaths. So they needed to let you use it from a standstill. The cape can still be abused far more than the propeller, though. The cape lets you fly through entire levels without ever even seeing the ground after you take off. With the propeller you at least need to find safe places to land.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]Oh, right, the penguin suit. I completely forgot it existed because most of the time you can get exactly the same kind of movement with smart use of sliding on slopes. Which I would do and keep up with my penguin-suited friends just fine in the ice levels. The shake and tilt controls don't bother me that much but I do wish they had let us use a classic controller instead. It would've been simple to map spin jump to the A button, like it was in SMW, and tilting to L and R. Also, I wish you had the same amount of control over held items as you did in SMW. I miss the ability to throw things straight up and being able to set them down. Several of my friends have died because I had to toss a Koopa shell at an inopportune moment and they failed to get out of the way.[/color]

[color=#4B0082] I distinctly remember planning to add these as soon as I had some time for it but somewhere along the way I completely forgot. Whoops.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]This game is basically what you get when you combine Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, then mix in some moves from the 3D games. I'd say it's as fun as either of those two when playing solo. My only real problem with the game is with the power-ups. The fire and ice flowers are too similar; you rarely get other kinds of power-ups; and the propeller hat isn't as fun as the raccoon tail and cape were. The mini mushroom is the only new power-up that I thought was really fun.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]Uh... guys? Height needs to be 450 pixels, not 400.[/color]

[color=#4B0082][b]UnpredictableEd:[/b] Your piece is only 400 pixels tall. It needs to be 450.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]'Kay, time for more image spam.[/color] [b]CANAAN[/b] [URL=http://img509.imageshack.us/i/liangcreambbqdreamswaff.jpg/][IMG]http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/176/liangcreambbqdreamswaff.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img29.imageshack.us/i/liangpewpewpew.jpg/][IMG]http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/9599/liangpewpewpew.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Chu-Bra!![/b] [URL=http://img704.imageshack.us/i/nayuhearyourbreasts.jpg/][IMG]http://img704.imageshack.us/img704/6199/nayuhearyourbreasts.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime[/b] [URL=http://img515.imageshack.us/i/nagiohothamburger.jpg/][IMG]http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4818/nagiohothamburger.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img130.imageshack.us/i/romaninvincible.jpg/][IMG]http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/729/romaninvincible.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Kiddy Girl-and[/b] [URL=http://img40.imageshack.us/i/diaspecialsecurity02.jpg/][IMG]http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/8426/diaspecialsecurity02.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img706.imageshack.us/i/diamoremilk.jpg/][IMG]http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/2991/diamoremilk.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img85.imageshack.us/i/eyecatchboobs01.jpg/][IMG]http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3680/eyecatchboobs01.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Kimi ni Todoke[/b] [URL=http://img526.imageshack.us/i/sawakodictionariesaream.jpg/][IMG]http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2973/sawakodictionariesaream.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Letter Bee[/b] [URL=http://img255.imageshack.us/i/nichewearunderwear.jpg/][IMG]http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2105/nichewearunderwear.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img6.imageshack.us/i/nichelickit.jpg/][IMG]http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1228/nichelickit.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Princess Lover![/b] [URL=http://img262.imageshack.us/i/groupvivaluckypervert.jpg/][IMG]http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/929/groupvivaluckypervert.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img147.imageshack.us/i/motorcyclelegs03.jpg/][IMG]http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/236/motorcyclelegs03.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Saiunkoku Monogatari[/b] [URL=http://img32.imageshack.us/i/kourinsmallyetstubborn.jpg/][IMG]http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/118/kourinsmallyetstubborn.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Sasameki Koto[/b] [URL=http://img252.imageshack.us/i/ushiosmallsoftandadorab.jpg/][IMG]http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/459/ushiosmallsoftandadorab.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img121.imageshack.us/i/miyakofiveheadtookdaddy.jpg/][IMG]http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/1564/miyakofiveheadtookdaddy.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Seitokai no Ichizon[/b] [URL=http://img689.imageshack.us/i/chizurutalkingwithalock.jpg/][IMG]http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2091/chizurutalkingwithalock.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Shin Koihime Musou[/b] [URL=http://img121.imageshack.us/i/bataiboobinequity.jpg/][IMG]http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/6139/bataiboobinequity.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Shugo Chara! Party![/b] [URL=http://img62.imageshack.us/i/hikaruandnagihikotrytou.jpg/][IMG]http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2134/hikaruandnagihikotrytou.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Toaru Kagaku no Railgun[/b] [URL=http://img266.imageshack.us/i/ruikoandkazariskirtlift.jpg/][IMG]http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/469/ruikoandkazariskirtlift.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]The Tower of Druaga: The Sword of Uruk[/b] [URL=http://img36.imageshack.us/i/coopabowelmovements.jpg/][IMG]http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/6739/coopabowelmovements.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [b]Yumeiro Patissiere[/b] [URL=http://img134.imageshack.us/i/ichigotasteslikefrenchr.jpg/][IMG]http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/9894/ichigotasteslikefrenchr.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

[color=#4B0082]That's good, thanks. Uploaded now.[/color]

[color=#4B0082][b]Delta:[/b] That works perfectly, thanks. I've uploaded it in place of the old version. [b]jigglyness:[/b] There's a really strong green tint in the background of your #020 piece that makes it not match up.[/color]

[color=#4B0082]This thread will never die. I just got a shiny new 24" 1920x1200 H-IPS LCD monitor and figured it was time for a change of wallpaper. (I think it had been over a year since my last change.) So I went hunting for some good Touhou ones and ended up with Hakurei Reimu and Lily White. The black bar on the bottom right is because my secondary monitor only goes up to 1280x1024.[/color] [URL=http://img193.imageshack.us/i/destopu.jpg/][IMG]http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/7114/destopu.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL]