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[size=1]Yeah, I didn't feel like ending the list yet, to be honest. But now that we've got a number 35!.. Here we go: [b]#34: [[url=http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1125/gw34001mk8.png][b]Boom baby, baby went boom[/b][/url]][/b] ... There's a deep meaning to that image, I tell you. Maybe I should stick to my regular graphics style from now on. My Graphic Worm entries are mostly kind of awkward...[/size]

[quote name='AzureWolf'][COLOR=green]It's not what you have. It's what you do with it - at least when it comes to humor.[/COLOR][/QUOTE][size=1]Not only when it comes to humour, really. But seriously, are we still intending that OtakuBoards'd be dying because of the poor humour? I thought that was one of the bad jokes.[/size]

[color=sienna][size=1]Perhaps you could be a little more specific about what you are requesting. Do you want people to use those pictures for your banner and avatar, do you want any text on them? Your post is sort of unclear. If you elaborate a bit, it's easier for people to help you. :)[/size][/color]

[quote name='Nerdsy'][color=deeppink]Threads like these are the cancer that is killing OB.[/color][/QUOTE][size=1]I'm not disagreeing. :x But I'll use the change to say: [b]What happened to our pretty anime characters in the sitebanner[/b]? It was thé attraction that attracted all the members! :o I want my random manga/anime portraits![/size]

[size=1]I'm not entiiiirely sure what's going on, because the sprite is sort of hard to see, but I imagine it holding up a shield. :P Anyway, I really like it. v2 is quite an improvement on v1. There's just that bit more going on that v1 lacked. The blue looks very fancy and the fire is well done too. Oh and I'm digging the reflections that give the picture this extra dimension. Nice job. [/size]

[quote name='James'][color=#606060]It's the only real design flourish on the page so I'd take full advantage of it.[/color][/QUOTE][size=1]Good point. Using the horse a bit better would be great. I also agree on the text. Being a big fan of Tahoma 10 myself, I'd choose that, but a lot of people might think it a bit hard to read, so 11 points should work, I think. You can also give them the option themselves to choose between "medium, big, bigger" caps, somewhere in a corner, if necessary. I'm not sure how bad the eyes of some of the visitors are, so I don't know how big an issue this is. Though the fact remains: the font has to go. And the centering of the font too. I'd go with smaller divs/tables anyway, because e.g. the About Us part has quite a lot of information and now it's just too frightening to read. It's not organized at all. You need clearer indication (Titles, bolding and perhaps even seperate subpages) and a smaller surface. Divs/tables of 800 in width would do fine (with some padding around the text, too), leaving enough room for a picture and the load of text you plan on putting in it. I wouldn't seperate them, though, unless you have a sidebar menu which would keep the site together. There are some links on the main page that are really unclear and messy (this is not Wikipedia, you can't just throw links everywhere you please :whoops: ). You might want to make them look a bit more neat and make it clearer that those are links. In most fonts, just [u][b]bolding and underlining[/b][/u] them should do the trick (you know you wanted to click that phrase). You could also turn them a different colour, but I'm not a huge fan of that myself. Maybe if you hover over them, like OtakuBoards has. And please keep the same header on each page... Euh, [url=http://www.boris.vain.nl/][color=blue][u][b]here[/b][/u][/color][/url]'s a site I had to quickly make for my last study a year ago. It's dull, but it's clear, I think and it has some basic principles that a neat site should have. :P[/size]

[size=1]Hungry kid is surely no match for [center][b]Brussel Sprouts![/b] [IMG]http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/1377/checkitom1128267pl9.jpg[/IMG][/center] Feast on that, kiddo.[/size]

[quote name='Jeremiah'][b]Dragon Ball Z:[/b] It should have stopped at Cell. He was designed to be the number one villain, having a design that incorporated all Goku's previous nemesis' into the one 'perfect' creation. Gohan's defeat of Cell should have ended the series... The ultimate villain defeated, and Goku passing the torch on to his son... but no. [/QUOTE][size=1]Yeah, I'd suddenly lost my complete interest for DBZ after Cell, though the final battle could've been more epic if it would've been the final battle. :P I'd try to think of a part where [b]The OC[/b] went downhill, but it had never really been uphill.[/size]

[quote name='AzureWolf']EDIT: Interesting... See? Is that Gavin inside joke funny? No, because the timing and delivery sucked. This is only marginally worse than the inside jokes at OB - at least the ones I've seen.[/QUOTE][size=1]Yeah the delivery and timing were very horrid. Everyone knows it's "[size=1]Interesing, most interesting.[/size]" in small caps at the beginning of your posts. Psh. Anyway. I must say that there's a bit of truth in what's said. For example, the "Rat Boy"/21st Century Digital Boy - or whatever he wants to be called now - jokes are really overdone now, while I still have no idea where the fun in them is, even though I've been here longer than the majority of the people who make the jokes. :whoops: But meep. As Charles stated it, OtakuBoards pretty much always dies. Can't do anything about it. Soon it'll turn to ashes and become the grass. The antilopes eat the grass and OtakuBoards eats the antilope. It's the circle of life. Can't do anything about it at all.[/size]

[size=1]To keep it simple:.. [center][b]PNWED[/b] [IMG]http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/7684/hc02002cc6.png[/IMG][/center] Thought it was effective enough what with all the blood on the wall and all. Adding the scope took slight effort. ---New Handicaps!---[color=red][list][*][b]Image Handicap - [/b]Use this elephant somewhere in your piece: [url=http://www.kidnet.de/images/00607/elefant.jpg]Elefant[/url]. [*][b]Colour handicap - [/b] Happy colours[*][b]Quote handicap - [/b]"Es Ist Was Es Ist", sagt die Liebe (translation: "It Is What It Is", says Love). You can pick any translation you want. There's Dutch, Russian, Italian, Spanish and French versions too, I'm sure.[/list][/color] Enjoy![/size]

[size=1]Songs I like to dance to. Whee! [list=1][*]Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out [*]Arctic Monkeys - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dancefloor [*]Wir Sind Helden - Aurelie [*]Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger [*]Jamiroquai - Love Foolosophy [*]The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So [*]Arctic Monkeys - When The Sun Goes Down [*]Wir Sind Helden - Guten Tag [*]Blur - Song 2 [*]Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better [*]Jamiroquai - Deeper Underground [*]Wolfmother - Woman [*]Wir Sind Helden - Gekommen Um Zu Bleiben [*]Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity [*]Daft Punk - Technologic [/list]Yeah, those are quite dancable. They all have pretty good rhytms to them, though the dance style may vary. :whoops: Next up: a list of favourite love songs.

[size=1]Time to give a new set of handicaps by completing the last one. Whee. I'm not too happy about this picture, but well, it'll do for now, I suppose. Near the end I decided that I put enough layers on it, so I didn't quite clean up the end piece. :x [IMG]http://apoco.250free.com/HC-004.png[/IMG] ---Next Handicap--- [color=red][list][*][b]Text handicap -[/b] Insert the line: "My mind is like a vulcano" [*][b]Font handicap -[/b] You can only use fonts that have names starting with a B, C, L or a T. [*][b]Colour handicap - [/b] You can't use pinks. [/list][/color] Have fun! [/size]

[size=1]I'd say skip them and start claiming dibs on the next spot with a 72 hour limit, or something.[/size]

[quote name='Odin M Yggdrasi']Also, in Titanic, who played Jack Dawson, and who played the younger Rose? I like those two as well.[/QUOTE] [size=1]Leonardo di Caprio and Kate Winslett.[/size]

[size=1]Let's just reuse the pictures from last time and edit the comments a bit. :][/size] [quote=Me, and I'm cool :)][size=1][center][b]Catherine Zeta-Jones[/b] [img]http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/4310/catherinezetajonesck9.png[/img][/center] Come on. A woman who can wield a sword without leaving everyone around her dropping limbs and gushing blood. This woman has style. Besides being !@#$!&ing gorgeous. [center][b]Emmy Rossum[/b] [img]http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7314/emmyrossumlr8.jpg[/img][/center] To be honest, I have never seen her in a movie yet, though I am still planning to go see Phantom of the Opera sometime soon. Wait… I did see her once. I saw The Day After Tomorrow and had no idea she was in it. I saw her being interviewed in a making the movie thing about Poseidon once upon a time ago, and thought she looked pretty. :3[/size][/quote][size=1] Now there's two men who should be in every post. It doesn't matter what you are, male or female, these two can't miss out from your list: [/size][quote=Still me ^^] [center][size=1][b]Johnny Depp[/b] [IMG]http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/2668/johnnydeppsmallbz2.png[/IMG][/center] No explanation needed. [/size][/quote][size=1]Oh and to quote Lunox:[/size] [quote=Lunox][font=tahoma][center][img]http://xs319.xs.to/xs319/07380/ewan-mcgregor.jpg[/img] [b]Ewan McGregor[/b] - I'm sorry, but if you're a girl and you need to know why Ewan McGregor is amazing 1) you're weird :p and 2) go watch [i]Moulin Rouge[/i].[/center][/font][/quote][size=1]True facts. So, let's see if I can think of more people to add... ... ... I might think of some later, but right now these will do. :)[/size]

[size=1]I know that in Call of Duty 2, they increase the AI when you play a more difficult level. This is to maintain realism (it wouldn't be really realistic if you'd perforate someone in half, who'd then continue running), but still being able to make it harder on the player. Works for me. Besides, I've never liked those enemies in games that are way stronger than you. :([/size]

[quote name='Jakehammaren']BUT TEH MARZ VOLTAS IS THE BEST GUITARSISTS EVAR!!1!!1!one11!!!1 ZOMGS ALL OTHER SUGGESTIIOLNS ARE WORTHLESS LOLZ!!!!!111!11!!!one1![/QUOTE][size=1]Not [i]all[/i]. Mainly the ones that you seem to name. The ones that play music that's a violation to your ears and that doesn't have any feeling in it whatsoever. :whoops:[/size]

[quote name='Sandy']I don't get it. Are you saying you don't want to be friends with your future boyfriend? Then what [I]do[/I] you want from him (besides the physical aspect)? To me it sounds you're just not ready for a relationship. Or maybe you've just lost all hope in finding a suitable man to actually care about. Or maybe you're a lesbian after all (well, you never know!). Of course you [I]can[/I] have a relationship without the emotional bond, but that'd be one crappy relationship to be in for both of you, I'd say.[/QUOTE][size=1]Might as well shoot me, I agree with Sandy. Hm. Sounds like a catchy song. [/size]

[size=1][img]http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/5314/spartaquiz2yw4.jpg[/img][/size]

[quote name='Lunox'][font="trebuchet ms"] You can just hit the "Print Screen" button, which should be located at the top right hand corner of your keyboard, or around there. Then you can paste it into some sort of art program (paint works) and save it.[/font][/QUOTE][size=1]The rest is just talent to the extend that you need a bucket. So, here's a few of last night. They're dead awesome. [URL=http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture001obvslunoxfp2.png][IMG]http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5542/capture001obvslunoxfp2.th.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img115.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture003obvslunoxfd0.png][IMG]http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/261/capture003obvslunoxfd0.th.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture002obvslunoxpl4.png][IMG]http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4885/capture002obvslunoxpl4.th.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture002obvslunox2cm6.png][IMG]http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/796/capture002obvslunox2cm6.th.png[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://img74.imageshack.us/my.php?image=capture002obvslunox3bo3.png][IMG]http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2530/capture002obvslunox3bo3.th.png[/IMG][/URL] [/size]

[quote name='SunfallE'][COLOR="DarkRed"][FONT="Lucida Sans Unicode"]Besides, if Hot Chocolate drinkers can't appreciate the divine taste of Hot Apple Cider... they need to be banned as well. Both drinks are divine. :p[/FONT][/COLOR][/QUOTE][size=1]I might be able to appreciate the drink, but I can not appreciate "hot chocolate is so-so, but apple cider rules!"-comments in my hot chocolate thread. :p[/size]

[quote name='Desbreko'][color=#4B0082]Wait a minute. . . . You're saying people actually read the forum descriptions? :confused:[/color][/QUOTE][size=1]I had my "Hot Chocolate!" thread in mind when the 'hot coffee' part of the description caught my eye. Seriously, I wouldn't have been able to tell you what the description said before I created this thread. I just figured that I'd rather have it say "have a cup of hot chocolate", than "have a cup of hot coffee". It's the whole intention of this thread really. Later someone suggested me to add the "have a joint" part. Actually, I couldn't care less about the descripition, as long as the coffee part changes. It's all about the hot chocolate, darnit! I demand acknowledgement! [b]Edit:[/b] The above works. You go, Debbie![/size]

[quote name='Avenged666fold']I never thought Omar was anything spectacular. He would be like top 30 for me.[/QUOTE][size=1]Out of all the guitarists in the world, top 30 is pretty nice. Besides, he isn't really one of the best when it comes to skill, he's one of the better guitarists in style and feeling. [/size]

[size=1]Rachmaninoff and Aaryanna are banned from the thread. Until proven otherwise, we can hereby conclude that lounge moderators have no taste when it comes to divine drinks. I just tried marshmallows in my Hot Chocolate and it didn't really add to the flavour or to the whole experience. It was more of a nuisance, though fun for once. Whipped cream is really the way to go. [/size]

[size=1]The difference between OtakuBoards and other forums is that here the standards to replying lie a lot higher. You can't say "nice banner, 7/10 crap colors tho", but instead you have to be constructive and descriptive. It's really good for the artist and the quality of the forum, but not so much for the postcount. :( [b]Edit:[/b] Mind linking me through to a good example of one of those forums? Then I can analyze what they do right and we do wrong. :P[/size]