James

This topic belongs in one of the games forums. I'm going to close it here in GD, but if you want to continue it, just copy and paste the text into a new thread on any one of the game forums.

Hmm...there are so many places I'd love to go. Primarily, I'd love to go to Japan. I'm dying to go to Space World! lol. After that, I'd have to go to the USA. My cousins have been about three times...and I've never been. I'd love to see it. I'd like to go all around Europe, especially France, Germany, Italy and Sweden. I'd like to see Ibiza too...since anyone who's into techno has an obligation to go to the holy grail of electronic music. lol Hmm...where else...I'd like to go to Egypt. My uncle went there and said it was incredible. And I'd love to go to China, South Korea and Singapore. Whew. There aren't many places I don't want to go. lol

Glad you like it. It's just a quick edit. Transtic is correct in saying that the horizon line should have been blurred, that's something I missed. :) I do a lot of pictures like this, to test out the different new plugins I occasionally receive. I'll post more here later.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by firemac [/i] [B] maybe I do, but this is concerning the jobs of mods, and I want some sort of reply from an admin, because I want this to be answered, and then I can die happy. [/B][/QUOTE] Firemac, there is certainly some level of spamming going on here. Kuja, in my experience with him, is not a terribly unfair person. However, I think that the issue here is that perhaps you don't understand what constitutes spam all the time. For example, if you post a message with an error, but rather than editing your message, you post a second message to correct it. That is spam. Kuja has stated that you've done that on numerous occasions. Posting the same message in multiple threads. That is spam. Once again, Kuja has found posts like that. Posting a totally irrelevant message on a thread. Spam. :) Posting a message like "Sure." or "Yeah" or "YAAAAHHHHH". lol I think you get my point. A lot of spam happens by accident, but it is still deleted. So for the most part, we don't punish or accuse someone specifically. I only ask that you watch your posts more carefully in the future, so that none are deleted. If they are deleted, then they were considered spam by the moderator. Don't worry about that, just keep making sure that your posts are relevant. If, after looking at your posts carefully, you still have a genuine complaint, then you are most welcome to discuss it with me and I will look into the matter further.

Since a few people have posted threads with their art, I thought I'd do the same. :) I've been working on a few things lately (outside theOtaku) that I thought I'd share with you. The first is more of a test, I seem to do this kind of image a lot. It's a good way of testing the various special effect plugins I use. This image is Alucard from Castlevania. Tell me what you think :)

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by kuja [/i] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=century gothic][COLOR=crimson]"im dreaming of a white x-mas" lol james litterally has to dream cause it is summer for him there... lol id die... i love snow on x-mas!!!!![/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/B][/QUOTE] I love the fact that Christmas is in summer here. It's really cool :) The great thing about the city I live in, is that we have a real version of every season. We have a real tropical summer...we have a winter with snow (in the nearby mountains), we have an autumn with colourful leaves...and a spring with bright flowers. It's great living here :)

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by KAMAKAZI [/i] [B] Heh, then that is where I would be right about now, but I do believe its winter and getting near spring down there is it not? [i]Kamakazi out[/i] [/B][/QUOTE] Yep, we're moving into spring. And then summer...*drool* lol...oops. :)

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by MysticBabe [/i] [B]Tec-9 was banned. He is wanting to know what he did and why he was banned. if anyone has this information, please reply, [message by tec-9] JAMES! GO SUCK MY MUTHAFU-CKEN COCK YOU CUM LICKIN' *****! [/B][/QUOTE] Umm...Mystic, do not [i]ever[/i] relay messages like that from banned members again. Especially when they contain such language. Tec-9, you're behaving like an idiot. If you want to be unbanned, I told you to talk it over with Adam. But after this...well, this isn't the way to go about things. I don't take kindly to insults. There is absolutely no chance of you being unbanned now.

Although come to think of it, in Australia it depends where you go. If you go to the Outback, you're going to see a lot more ugly people (sorry to all of you living in the Outback lol). But in the city I live, if you walk along the street...you'll constantly find yourself walking into poles from staring at good looking people lol. And there is a mall near my house, which in summer, is constantly filled with goregous people every single day lol. It's so weird...all the teens hang out there in the summer, and it's wall to wall eye candy. hehe

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Voodookanaka [/i] [B]puh, wwf isnt nearly as good as when I was a kid, undertaker was cool coz he used to wear a stupid hat, and there was the hart brothers, shawn micheal, hulk hogan, those 2 wierd clowns, yokozuna (kinda sad how I can remember I know) yep, those were the days. I used to hae to work 26 hours a day, 8 days a week, down mines with nothing but a toothpick, and when Id get home my father would cut me in half with a butchers knife and dance around on my grave..... anyway enjoy it :D [/B][/QUOTE] I just don't understand how people can go for one particular wrestler...when it's all pre-scripted lol. It's like watching a ballet...and going for one of the dancers. It's totally non-competitive. I've always wondered why people really get into something like that.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sephiroth [/i] [B]it would seem that a lot of people consider UK people to be ugly, even though I'm not actually british, I still consider this thought to be utter nonsense, you can't say that ANY country is full of ugly people, thats just idiotic thinking, I could just say that US people are all ugly, but it would just be stupid, and I also don't think that way, as you all probably know.... personally, I would prefer to have an ugly looking friend then a friend who is drop dead gorgeous, why? because the friends who consider themselves beautiful are often morons, who have been spoilt throughout their whole life, lets take into account that woman who starred in notting hill, I can't remember her name, but she is classed as very beautiful, but if you take a look at her relationship, you will find she can't hold a long term relationship, everyone she has been with dumped her after a while because she was so d@mn spoilt, and her attitude sucks as well.... why am I making a thread like this I hear you say? because I'm sick of hearing people say that british people are ugly.... [/B][/QUOTE] You can get really hot British people as well as ugly British people. Despite the stereotype that all Australians have golden skin and are beautiful lol....we have ugly people just like every other country. It all comes down to the individual :)

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sephiroth [/i] [B]well, I ain't no brad pitt but, ugh, ummm.... well, I ain't no brad pitt.... [/B][/QUOTE] Nah, we're just not that lucky...

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Sephiroth [/i] [B] tournament? *scratches head* erm, what tournament.... thank for the welcome guys, glad to be back on the boards, I see james has the admin status, thats cool, it would have been difficult for adam to be doing all the admin work on the boards by himself.... [/B][/QUOTE] Yeah, it was too cumbersome. People were asking me to do things and asking questions of me constantly, so Adam and I decided that we needed two admins to handle it, especially since I'm often on when Adam isn't. Good to have you back, Seph :)

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Altron Gundam [/i] [B]make that four... [/B][/QUOTE] I'm still not 100% familiar with our new Control Panel. So I'll speak to Adam about it and see if we can make this forum visible to [i]all[/i] moderators.

Don't worry, it should appear for you soon, you will then have access.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by zanza [/i] [B]Can I have access to the staff forum anyway? Or can you just make me a mod? Either will work fine. [/B][/QUOTE] lol...sorry, the forum is only open to staff. :)

Welcome back, Seph. We missed you...it's good to have you back with us.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Final_Flash [/i] [B]Wait, that's Miyamoto in your avatar!? I thought it was you James!! :eek: :eek: ...j/k [/B][/QUOTE] Heh, nope. If I were religious, Miyamoto would be God. ;)

I just want to send a reminder to all moderators and super moderators at OtakuBoards.com, that you should all be able to access our Staff forum. The staff forum isn't used much now, but I want everyone to go there. This will be a good place for mods to discuss issues relating to the boards and to talk about general moderator guidelines and rules. If any moderator doesn't have access, please PM me.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by kuja [/i] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=century gothic][COLOR=crimson]EXACTLY you made my point for me... everyone can be everything that is gay... you need them to be a little less versitile... as in you have to pick the best char for your style of play not he best looking or what not... FF 7 u could make every char practicly as good as the next[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE] [/B][/QUOTE] Actually, that is a strong point of FFVII. Without classes, you can essentially individually customize your characters however you want. Which means that, in the end, your party is very personalized. Having said that, the class system had its merits. But I don't think that it was a major enough inclusion to make one game better than another. FFIX's battle system was better, but FFVII's characters and plot were far superior, thus making it the generally better game. About the remake topic...wouldn't it be cool if Square released FFVII, VIII and IX on [b]one[/b] DVD? :)

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Deranged Gerbil [/i] [B]hold on a sec, I thought that when safer was a god, he was still considered to be an admin, so your telling me that only you and adam are considered admins, and that safer is merely just a super mod, and not to be considered as an admin? [/B][/QUOTE] Safer's specific administrative capabilities aren't really relevant. He is to be given as much respect as myself or Adam. He has the highest authority of any moderator/super moderator on our forums.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Final_Flash [/i] [B]I only have one question.. James - I only ask you one thing; on what grounds did you ban Tec-9? I only want to know. I'm not picking a fight, I'm not trying to hassle anyone, I just want to know why my friend, Tec-9, was banned from these fine boards. Because I know, like me, Tec-9 liked these boards a lot too, and he'd never [I]actually][/I] do anything to get himself banned. [/B][/QUOTE] Tec-9's first post was very questionable. As you know, in the last boards, we had "groups of spammers". The implications in his post were very negative in this regard. I don't think that spamming should be made light of as it has. A few spam messages here and there can be dealt with, but widespread spam is a big job for our moderators to clean up! It's a big deal for our moderators, and anyone who insights that kind of major spamming has to be dealt with. Having said that, if Tec-9 wants to be unbanned, he should talk to Adam personally. Adam [i]might[/i] let him return, I don't know. But he should have read our rules and understood the situation before he posted that message.

Yeah...Wario Land 4 looks really nice, too. I want to get that game.

To be honest, I really loved the very first Super Mario Land. I remember playing it years ago...the first game I ever played on a Game Boy. I was fairly young then, and I remember that a few friends had Game Boys (when they had just been released) and I couldn't afford one! :( I was really jealous...but I never bought a Game Boy until the GB Pocket was released. I got a limited edition gold one :) Some of the old school games were truly the best...

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by gundamcat17 [/i] [B]Also james don't i remember you saying something along the lines of yeah the custom avatars are cool i could get one if i wanted to but i will just wait till i have 500 posts like everyone else{when you were mario} Log on to icq [/B][/QUOTE] Actually, the reason I said that was because I thought that our software would not allow a custom avatar for staff [i]before[/i] 500 posts. But it turns out that it can be done afterall.