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strike rapier // User SearchHelp us rally to bring our sky backJul 31, 2005, 1:58am
How can much higher resolution graphics and advanced features make them look
worse (unless your buildings look crap compared to said features) -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] Help us rally to bring our sky backJul 31, 2005, 2:19pm
If they are priceless then, as much as I hate saying this...
Get a world. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] Alphaworld Ground Object [HTML]Aug 1, 2005, 10:04pm
Enable terrain.
-- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] Unfortunantly, AWE stretched the ground object to the theoretical max size the rendering engine would allow, and, it only helps a lil. Roughly doubles the altitude you can reach before seeing the blue background. They'd need a skybox to fix it. [View Quote] This is a picture of the Alphaworld ground object when viewed from 57 meters high. The blue even starts to show out at 20m high. Don't you think its time for a ground object that stretches infinitely and DOESN'T show a blue blob at low altitudes? :\ I don't think this is too-demanding of a request. :P -- - Syntax - http://www.swcity.net http://forum.swcity.net (please dont complain about HTML posts either.. its a tired argument) what does this mean?Aug 3, 2005, 7:03pm
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q191687
Port in use. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] The discoveries...Aug 5, 2005, 3:37am
The discoveries...Aug 5, 2005, 4:56am
No restriction on who can build them (at this time). If you are infact
reffering to build mode, thats CT for god knows what reason. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] The discoveries...Aug 5, 2005, 2:50pm
Object command to make object move like a butterflyAug 9, 2005, 8:18am
Float like a butterfly, sting like a Bee
Did the guy never realise that a Bee dies after stinging something? -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] CY UpdateAug 9, 2005, 9:06pm
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Firstly, let me thank you all for the support you have all shown to the CYs and Myself. Regrettably however, I find myself in a situation that is quite impossible to deal with; one of needing to assume an operational control to carry out a task (in this case, the CYs), to in essence take up the responsibilities of someone whom will not, or cannot carry them out themselves. I have now invested a significant amount of time in the CY's this year, from the creation of a team, to the mapping of prospective features we could use. I believe that most of you consider me to be the forward face of the CY's and the reasons why are clear. I do however feel that while I can deal with a great many things, being consistently targeted and balled at by Lady Teal for my efforts to get things up and running is not one of them, as I have come under intense bombardment with each member I appoint, and each decision I make. I find it most disheartening. For this reason I no longer wish to be involved with the CYs when, in my opinion, the 'current management' is unable to perform to a suitable level to even come close to success. I encourage the team I have put together to make up their own minds if they wish to stay with the CYs or not, you know my decision. Thankyou to everyone who took the time to apply, I personally do appreciate it. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com CY UpdateAug 10, 2005, 3:41am
How rude 0_0
Not to mention factually incorrect. o_0 -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] CY UpdateAug 10, 2005, 9:39am
Good god man I tried!!!
I spent ages making web pages, and sifting through people who would be suitable to get the very best, and then when Teal did come on (which would be for about twice a week for 1 hour a time) and I would find myself with 10 telegrams complaining about doing this, or doing that to the extent I ended up spending more time dealing with those than I am a person who will dive in head first, get down and dirty, and not stop until the job is done and for all the PITA people I have worked with in my time in AW / AWTeen I have never, ever, EVER had to work with someone whom is so much of a brick wall, there is one way to get past a wall that thick, and thats by taking it out completely, should I have made every attempt to get rid of Teal? Hell yes, Did I think it would lose a lot of support for the CY's? Absolutely, I for one wasnt sure if it was worthy goal. You want these CY's done? Then get me someone who actually knows what they are doing; a tip from MY supervisor at work a month or so ago (I am / was also a supervisor while I worked there) 'I managed restuarnts, and we went on a training day, and we were made to clean floors. Do you know why? Because one you know how to clean a floor better than another person, you are fit to manage them to do it' -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] CY UpdateAug 10, 2005, 12:30pm
With pleasure.
<rant rating="PG13"> Lady Teal is 'CYO' a title she is quite happy about, as though it actually means something without doing anything. Lady Teals online time is at a maximum, 3 or 4 hours a week from what I have seen from my (near rediculous) online time watching my contacts. To the end from day once since capaigning to do the CY awards Teal and I said we would WORK together. When Rick Noll first gave me the CT passwords for CYAwards I decided to hold a party, 2 days later I was faced by an irate LT on Yahoo IM, who would not, or could not get on AW. Blaitantly attacking me holding the said party (average user count: 30) without telling her, all without her actually logging on to AW to check her telegrams or herself being online at all for several days before. During said party Maki asked me some questions for AWNews.org Teal and Myself then spent 2 days arguing, the most hillarious of which was when I said that a meeting room served 'no functional purpose' and Teal went crazy as if I had it selected ready to delete. I also maneged to get her to agree to 'Technical Director' A few odd discussions with Rick in the alpha uni turns up that he wants the 2005 CY's to be around the time of 4.1 to take advantage of its new features. I relay this information to Teal, along with a list of 4.1 features that we could use (this is before the entire feature list got leaked) I then set up the CY email and used my website to create the update pages, as for some reason, Alphabit refused to ever hand over those passwords to Teal. I then waited several days for Teal to 'ok' them. Personally I think the respective pictures show it all. By this time I was in a 'just keep her in a bubble and out the way' frame of mind. I recruited the best AW has to offer, people like world CTs, expert modellers, technical staff... Exactly the kind of people who are good at what they do. I even managed to get professional film producers like SW Chris to help with graphics. Despite explicitly checking/informing Teal, 2 weeks later she has no idea who they are and has never heard of them before, and goes on the offensive when I give them sufficent rights to enter CY world for discussing ideas. During this, I find out, via misswhisper, that Teal is extreemly happy to have me there because I am able and willing to do everything. Teal talking to 2 different people, and 2 different stories. Come on. There are 3 CY accounts, Rick gave me one, the other 2 are unaccounted for, Teals 'CYO' role meant that she was do this form of liason with AWI and get this information, weeks later, and she had still not acomplished this, or even come close. By this time I have created potentially the strongest team I have ever seen in AW, had received pages of feedback on the CY's from these newsgroups, hell Andras even stopped slating my ego for long enough to offer to help. AWNews then publishes an article naming me as the leader, whoopy do and holy Mary I am. I manage the content, the recruitment, the design, the PR, the communication, therefore, for all intensive purposes and as many of you rightly think, I was acting as the manager, the 'Guy who gets things done' as Teal said. I should point out here that I asked Maki to hold off on posting the article, but hell its his news website. I come online, and Teal is IRATE, accusing me of WRITING the article myself, despite being marked 'By Maki' and quoting me and referring to me in the 3rd person, and immediately starts spamming the entire universe with messages saying, and I quote. Telegram from Lady TeaL, sent Tue Aug 9, 2005 6:52 PM: This is to inform anyone who is working with the Cy awarrds. That Strike Rapier is just a tech with the Cy awards nothing more. Lady TeaL is the CYO and if you have any problems please let me know. Thank You Does anyone except the obvious flamers really care what she claims to be if she doesnt do anything to warrant it? I think not. At this point I was writing the origional post of this thread, and having it checked over by a few people for wording, at this point, despite teal having no idea about me being in process of writing this, she resets CY world rights, removing all access for anyone but herself and 2 people she wanted, I of course still could enter because I have the CT account. At this point I am being flooded by telegrams asking what the hell is going on. I then post the origional message of this thread and tell Teal she is on her own, instructing her to contact Rick for the CY passwords I held. I woke up this morning, caught a glimpse of the bot I left there to monitor the situation and make a backup, to see a nice little conversation where Teal is trying to identify an invisble bot, and Tart Sugar is running around calling me an idiot. How very fun. --- The CYs on Closure, in terms of periods contributed to CY related activities. --- Teal Contribution: < 1 hour Mark Contribution: > 40 hours So folks, if you do want your CYs this year, you better get on and start deciding if you feel a person who is online for a miniscule amount of time a week, does not check telegrams before starting an argument about communication, has so far failed in ALL of her 'CYO' related activities and believes that '»§«*´`*»§«*´`*» GROUP HUG «*´`*»§«*´`*:»§«' is a more effective medium of getting an awards show done that will take hundreds of man hours, as opposed to getting down, and working on something... Teal decided to accuse me of hurting 'Rick, JP, and the Community', yet has not once said any comment on the CYs, contributed anything to the CYs, and as far as I can see the only thing she has done is this telegram bombardment of everyone which is negative and harmful to the cause. As far as I am concerned the only thing I have harmed here is my reptuation of managing to pull off events. Now how about LT says something, instead of having TS bark. I am sure you would all like some comments on the CYs from the CYO, wouldent you? </rant> -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com XML Compliant. [View Quote] CY UpdateAug 10, 2005, 6:35pm
Leading a GK team which involves going through an odd log is one thing, as
the GK's dont particually have any distinct skills worth noting. Leading a large team of _extremely_ skilled people in AW, when you have no experience of doing so, and no actual contributed skills yourself to know how to do these things is quite another. It has been a fact shown time and time again that for effective management you must posses at least one of the skills required for the group, and that you must put in as much time as is needed, not just as much as you want to. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] CY UpdateAug 11, 2005, 11:18am
Tart my dear.
What does you immediatly getting to be a section leader for CY's have to do with your input in this newsgroup, hmmm? :) -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] CY UpdateAug 11, 2005, 12:04pm
<quote>
Tart Sugar Cy Public Relation Director </quote> -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] CY UpdateAug 11, 2005, 12:24pm
Just before E N Z O got around to changing the PPW, I nipped in to clean up
the odd thing (I'd filled a not insignificant amount of the world with signs etc detailing information) and remove some technical info I had put up about various things. http://zetech.swehli.com/pics/cy_public_relations.jpg Ohh the irony =\ -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] Personal avatarsAug 10, 2005, 4:13pm
Each av would be screened by AWI I think is the plan, and it will probably
cost. Each will get a rating, and world owners will be able to set max rating. I THINK. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] Personal avatarsAug 10, 2005, 4:48pm
Hmm lets see, PKs (and especially GKs) policing avatars...
Lets not, shall we. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] Personal avatarsAug 10, 2005, 5:09pm
AWI would screen them before uploading them; as they must be placed on a web
server that AWI controls, not just any old place. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] Personal avatarsAug 10, 2005, 7:03pm
I imagine you pay for the hosting of it, as in addition to the world object
paths, there is a 'universe' object path for such things. -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] Possible Names....Aug 11, 2005, 11:16am
Possible Names....Aug 11, 2005, 12:06pm
AFPPTFA - Awards for Popular People to Feel Appreciated
PPPNs - Popular Peoples Popular Nominations DNTTA - Definately Not the Teal Awards ;) CABWTAK - Cyborgs are Boring When They Arnt Killling HSA - Happy Smiley Awards XRGTOAS(S) - X Rated Get Their Own Awards Show, Show IA2PA2 - Its All About Popularity Anyway Awards -- - Mark Randall http://zetech.swehli.com [View Quote] AW Reunion 2005Aug 16, 2005, 1:55am
Objects makers in AWAug 16, 2005, 11:51pm
Paragraphs plz. Then I can read it.
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