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[quote name='Retribution'][font=Arial]And surprisingly enough, that's all I've really got to say on this.[/font][/QUOTE][size=1]Dun, dun, dun. There are strange powers at work. Cultures are silly, anyway. People are too uptight about maintaining cultures. [center][spoiler][b][color=red]They are obsta[/color][color=white]cles to world peac[/color][color=blue]e and global Utopia[/color][/b][/spoiler]![/center] Moo, it's not a matter of thinking [i]outside of the box[/i], it's a matter of [i]not thinking [b]in[/b]side of the box[/i]. Moo, again! Anyway, on the subject of languages. Languages change too much over time, anyway, so the idea of maintaining them is pretty laughable. But a lot of things in cultures are based on language. I can't imagine the Dutch culture without our silly proverbs and stuff. Now, there is my fine contribution to the topic. Hey, did anyone notice that [i]contribution[/i] looks a lot like [i]retribution[/i]? Dun, dun, dun! I told you strange powers are at work.[/size]

[quote name='Sirius'][INDENT][COLOR=#35425e][CENTER][IMG]http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/8025/hbjn0.gif[/IMG][/CENTER] [SIZE=1][COLOR="Black"][b]Handicaps[/b][/COLOR] Aside from the deadline, the tournament presider will also place a set of restrictions/“handicaps” on submissions for each round. These restrictions may range anywhere from size limits to a total ban on certain graphics elements. [INDENT] • To make the game a bit more interesting, handicaps of the previous rounds will be carried over to the new round.[/indent][/SIZE][/COLOR][/INDENT][/QUOTE] [size=1]As I recall, that was the worst thing about last time. No clue how I ended up there in one of the last rounds, but we had the same handicaps as the round before. That was not a challenge of skill or anything, that was 100% annoying. So it wasn't just lame. It was god awful. If you promise not to make two following rounds with the handicaps "150x500, only black & white" again, I'll join in for the heck of it.[/size]

[size=1]I just wanted an excuse to PM Disenchanted, of course. :rolleyes: Edit: 'xactly![/size]

[size=1]While I'm busy commenting on art anyway, I'll finally post in your thread again too. :] Here we go. - [b]Breath[/b] of life – I like the stock and it's placement on this banner. Not too big of a fan of the kind of sharp-ish texture the whole banner seems to have. For example, like the pixels around the stock's neck. You might want to clean that up a little, at least at the centre of the stock, because now only her face seems to stick out, suddenly being cut off by a choker of pixels. And overall the grainy background doesn't seem to fit the stock very well, I think. The text works really well though, also where the B is just at the side of the burst, because it's obvious enough on it's own to not need the full burst as it's background. - [b]Believe[/b] – Blub, first thing to catch my eye is the stock, which ehm… isn’t quite great stock material. It’s a bit too rough and the eyes seem awkward. You made real good use of the iris’ colours though, and I love how the left side of the banner is that colours and the right side is more based upon the hair colour of the right side of the stock. The word ‘believe’ seems to blend in a lot, which isn’t too bad really, because you can still read it, but doesn’t take all the attention of the ‘spectator’. The left background seems a bit sharp though, as the colour you used easily does that (turn things sharp). Hm, but all in all, the banner is good as it really fits the stock well. It’s just a pity that the stock itself isn’t too great, as the banner resolves pretty much totally around it. - [b]Fin[/b] – Fancy stuff. I especially like the whole diagonal theme of the whole banner, where it comes back in the text, the lines and the stock itself. And then the background isn’t, which gives a cool effect. The stock doesn’t really seem to fit the lines in the corner, though, but I can’t seem to come up with some better as I like how you worked with the stock anyway. Hm, for some reason I can’t come up with much to say about this banner. - [b]dream[/b] ‘till you can’t – Good cropping and placing of the stock. And I really dig the green colour. The border is nice too and the text works with the stock. All in all only good points, but nothing that really stands out and makes me go ‘wow’. Maybe that’s also part of it’s beauty. It’s peaceful and soft on the eyes, and just all works together. Period. - keep me in your [b]Memory[/b] – ‘… and leave out all the rest’. *Ahem* Pardon me. Anyway, the banner. I really love it. The text and the stock are lovely and really work extremely well with the nice soft colour in the background. But the colour is lively enough to make the banner appealing. The pixel art gives a nice touch to the whole thing. Can’t think of much to improve. Perhaps the border that I don’t really like right now, but if it were darker, it’d probably lose part of the soft effect that it has now. - [b]shadows[/b] swallow[strike]s[/strike] us whole – Hm, the stock has amazingly cool eyes, but for the most the banner isn’t really special. I like how the text ‘blocks’ go with the border, but I don’t know what the text has to do with the rest of the banner at all. It doesn’t seem to add anything to it’s feel. It’s a rather nice looking banner, but that’s it. It seems kind of empty without much thought or anything in it. Don't really like commenting on requested banners that much for some reason. I'd be delighted to have gotten such a pretty banner for myself, that's all I know. :P Okay, this is probably long enough, I should really go get lunch now.[/size] [quote name='AmnesiacKaiten']They are alll really plain... Nothing really ultra appealing to the eye. I would have to say that most of them are too flat, especially the Serene one. Bliss is too white... Gah, I can't CnC them all :( but that's my input.[/QUOTE][size=1]Speaking as an artist myself, I'd say that a bit more constructive criticism would've been nice and helpful so that, in this case, Jigglyness knows what she could improve on and what to do differently next time. Or at least to give her some ideas to toy around with. If you can't CnC on all of them, perhaps CnC'ing a bit deeper on one of them would've been a lot more helpful.[/size]

[size=1]I don't care if you make more threads in this forum. I sort of like it. It almost looks like OtakuBoards like it used to be, but then with better grammar. :] You could try saving up a banner every now and then and post two or three per thread, though. Anyway, about the banner, to keep on topic. Nice idea how the stock fades to the left and how that divides the right and the left parts of the banner. I'm not too fond of the pink colour. Not so much because I don't like pink, but because it really curses with the fancy yellow/gold-ish orange. I would've made more use of that colour instead. Plus, the glasses seem a bit too sharp for the rest of the banner, almost like pixel art glasses on top of a real photo, but while that would've been pretty awesome in a way, this just seems to clash. I'm digging the background though, especially the other colour. Oh and I love those fonts myself, too. X] Overall, nice job, but the pink seems slightly out of place - especially when combined with the soft gold/yellow in the banner. [/size]

[size=1]And here I was thinking I'd end up in a gore-filled verbal battlefield. Titles can be deceiving.[/size] [quote name='John']Well, I hope all you ***holes like coal. >:'([/QUOTE][size=1]I love you, John. :animesmil Well, I dislike Santa Claus, anyway, existing or not. Saint Nicholas would totally beat him up if they ever met. Of course, since Santa is only a cheap copy of Nicholas in the first place. He didn't even bother coming up with an entirely original name. Pft. [/size]

[quote name='boothten'][size=1]Anyway, is it just my computer/iTunes, or is there less GBs of available space then what was advertised? Example, as I said, I bought a 30 GB iPod Video but in reality whenever I hook up my iPod and it shows me that page that shows me all the statistics about my iPod and what's on the iPod itself, it says I only have about 28 or 27 GBs of available space, somwhere along those lines, I can't remember the exact number. Haha, false advertising, I say![/size][/QUOTE][size=1]The 60 GB one only has 55,68 GB that you can actually use. The rest are silly software files and everything, I suppose. It's a bit of a pain, because you'd expect them to just add 5 GB more to it for their own apple crap, so that the costumer could have their full 60 (or 30, in your case) GBs. Moo. Oh yeah, I also finally figured out how the notes and the address book work. It's handy to always have your addresses around, but I still don't use the notes. I had one whole note, apart from the instruction file, which were tabs that I made, but I think I just got rid of that one. :x Does anyone use notes [i]at all[/i]?[/size]

[size=1]I've made two avaters, because. :x [center]001 [simple cut-out] [img]http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3976/001om1.png[/img] 002 [[i]almost[/i] the same as 001 except for the border] [IMG]http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8020/002cx2.png[/IMG] 003 [thought I'd add some of the newspapers from the picture] [IMG]http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/1195/003xk4.png[/IMG] [/center] Hope you like them. :] [/size]

[size=1]I can't live anymore without my 60 GB iPod video and the 6376 songs (17,8 days / 30,51 GB) and counting that it contains. There's a few videos on it, including Advent Children, some Paul Simon documentary, a Charlie Chaplin movie (The Immigrant), a commercial and an art project I had to make for school. As for Podcasts, I only have the Avenue Q podcast on it. For the rest, I use my iPod as a harddisk to back-up my photos. I've only had one problem with it before and you can easily solve it by resetting it (menu+center button). This thing is pure quality, and more vintage than the 80 GB, anyway. Oh, and I don't think it's called anything else than "iPod". Don't intend to change it either.[/size]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]Ah fair enough, I could tell the "Annoying Catchphrase" one was Alan's because he was the only one to ever object to it's usage, and couldn't even get when it was used right. :animesmil[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [size=1]Yeah the rest only made fun of it. :animesmil[/size]

[size=1]Okay, I thought it was time to finally make a photo thread to post some of my photos in (I won't use one for longer than a season, really), because I like making photos and I make a lot of them, really. Anyway, the type of photos I make are barely ever planned out or anything. I don't let anyone pose, I don't move any of the things in the photos, I just snap. :P Afterwards I might edit them on the computer. Though my photoshopping skills lack when it comes to photo-editing, so yeah... Well, enough talk. Photos! [center][b]The Flowergirl[/b] [URL=http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=editdscn5241sm4.jpg][IMG]http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1809/editdscn5241sm4.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [i]This photo was made in the church garden of Taizé, France. Loved the composition and tried to get the sepia kind of feel, but with the colours of the flowers standing out.[/i] [b]Not Just Bright [i]Eyes[/i][/b] [URL=http://img513.imageshack.us/my.php?image=editdscn5041verzhv8.jpg][IMG]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5697/editdscn5041verzhv8.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [i]Took this photo in Taizé, France, as well. The girl in the photo was sitting on a wall that stood at shoulder height for me. She had a very bright background that I just cleaned up a little bit and I fixed the photo a little bit to make the feeling work... hopefully.[/i] [b]Scribble Away[/b] [URL=http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=editdscn5242lw2.jpg][IMG]http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/1661/editdscn5242lw2.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [i]I liked the simpleness of this photo, whereas [b]The Flowergirl[/b] was more busy and had the colours stand out and such. I think I like this photo most. Her bare feet seem to add to the simpleness or something, I don't know. And her expression is just great. :][/i][/center] Okay, first three photos. C&C always welcome. [/size]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]Anyway, hopefully we won't get too many people demanding that the first title be "[B]n00b Scum[/B]" or something along those lines. :animesmil[/SIZE][/QUOTE][size=1]... The title [i]is[/i] part of the representation of a person's status at the boards.[/size]

[size=1]To go on with James' earlier post in the thread. We could, at least for now, make a "Who Are You?" thread in the Otaku Lounge with a list (like mentioned before) where people could just say their hellos by answering questions describing themselves. Plus, older members also get to tell about themselves. Aaaand, we could implement the repeating threads like "how did you choose your username?" or "how did you wind up here?" in the same list. How convenient is [i]that[/i]?[/size]

[size=1]Since a week I have my internet back, finally. This also means I'll occasionally show my face in Guild Wars. When it comes to healing I'm quite good, so if you ever need help with anything, just yell. Just don't ask me if I can come to places in Nightfall, because I can't and I doubt that I'll soon be able too as I don't want to spend money on it. I might get GW:EN, though. The increased map of Tyria caught my eye. My Monk is named [b]Sylvia Esterbeek[/b]. If you'd asked me a year before I would've also offered you my running skills, but since ANet nerfed the running with Nightfall, I can't do much good. W/Mo can't cut it anymore at Droknar's, though I got reasonably far. :P[/size]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]What, you mean like Rat Boy?[/FONT][/QUOTE][size=1]Otaku! [u][b][i]OTAKU![/i][/b][/u] Rat Boy would be nice, though. Might have to take that into consideration for my entry to the community event thing if it would appear. Perhaps we should make a new thread in the Suggestions & Feedback area and throw all of the posts there. :][/size]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]Maybe we should reintroduce the post count titles, but instead of having the set ones, have a little competition to come up with new ones and maybe even increase the number of titles available. The titles themselves would have to be centric to OB lore as well. Thoughts ?[/SIZE][/QUOTE][size=1]Yes please, let's put in more effort to get ourselves names that are supposedly [i]NOT good proclamations[/i].[/size]

[size=1][b]Connection:[/b] Car, road, night, you name it. [img]http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/5696/roadcarwrecknightdy0.png[/IMG] This was a carwreck that I saw standing along the road somewhere in the middle of the night. All of the glass were out of it and were lying a few meters further, as well as some of the car parts.[/size]

[size=1]I could just put [i]Extreme Otaku[/i] in my custom title right now, but it wouldn't be half as much fun. Plus, I'd rather have people think that I think of myself as an extreme otaku. Because [i]Otaku is NOT a good self proclamation![/i] Let stand [i]extreme[/i] Otaku. Ahem. Yeah. I've always wanted to see what came after: [b]Newbie[/b] 0-250 [b][strike]New[/strike] [color=red]Junior[/color] Member[/b] 250-500 [b]Member[/b] 500-1000 [b]Otaku[/b] 1000-2000 [b]Extreme Otaku[/b] 2000-3000 [b]No Life[/b] 3000-[strike]4000[/strike] [color=red]5000[/color] [b]I Live Here[/b] [strike]4000[/strike] [color=red]5000[/color]-??? [b]???[/b] ???-N/A Something like that right? James, please tell the world once and for all what came after that so we can finally stop spamming posts in the hope that the title system might come back. [b]Edit:[/b] Okay, to quote how I put it a few versions ago: [quote=dark_apocalyps]0 newbie 250 jr member 500 member 1000 otaku 2000 xtreme otaku 3000 no life 5000 i live here[/quote] Now mistery posts (I'm still looking for the revealing post): [quote name='James'][color=#707875]There is a rank beyond "I Live Here", yes. But you'll have to wait and see what it is. ~_^[/color][/QUOTE] After spending almost half an hour of searching I still haven't found the answer. [b]We need the answer for the survival of the community![/b] [/size]

[quote name='vegeta rocker']they should have just labeled the sub forum Spam Lounge.[/QUOTE] [size=1]More like [b]Fun[/b] Lounge. :([/size]

[size=1]The list system is doomed to die when one person lacks in their duty to respond rather soon. Perhaps we should claim once more if it keeps being troublesome, like we did later during the last worm. :3[/size]

[size=1][b]Connection:[/b] Music. [img]http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/2185/newcam20070726081re2.jpg[/img] I took this during my band's jam/practice. Figured it was time for a photoshoot. :][/size]

[quote name='2007DigitalBoy'][COLOR="DarkOrange"]and the biggest misconception that most people have about me is that I'm an ignorant, stupid dumbass with no brain whatsoever.[/COLOR][/QUOTE][size=1][color=blue][02:47] no futurist:[/color] There are just so many smartass things I could reply to that last line with that I won't because I can't pick the best one. ... The greatest misconception people have about me is that I am a sarcastic ***hole. :[[/size]

[size=1]Yay, my internet is back to work so I can finally join in. Now to at least get the grass out of sight... [b]Connection:[/b] Castle ruins. My piece: [[url=http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6479/bb000011rb5.jpg]Bavaria[/url]] He has an obvious red shirt. Just a hint for a next idea, because I don't want you to abuse the green of the trees to create another [color=green]green[/color] connection![/size]

[quote name='Charles']The signature size is finally being updated after all these years (terrorists take the credit, like it or not), so that's even quite a noteworthy thing to write about.[/QUOTE][center][IMG]http://www.otakuboards.com/signaturepics/sigpic2223_2.gif[/IMG][/center]

[size=1]I was about to vote for BabyGirl for a bit too obvious reasons, but I decided that someone else is even more [FONT=Franklin Gothic Medium][size=2]what OtakuBoards is all about[/size][/font]. [b]Juuthena[/b] gets my vote. She has taken part in the chaos in the former Newbie Lounge, the chaos in the chatroom (... she was a mod there, though), she was in about everyone's signature (your friends list was socially inacceptable without Juujuu's name in it), plus she has the great O[b]B[/b] ability to post a rather large amount of posts on one day while maintaining quality in each post. [i]And[/i] she's an artist. There are more arguments, but well... she left for a bit too long for me too remember everything correctly. ;( Juuthena is soooo Otaku[b]Boards[/b].[/size]