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[Lauri]

It's not possible to make a new one, only to replace some that are unused, or replaced someone that are used

For example, in T4A I don't have a Balrog summon or Army of the Dead, so I have two that I can replace. Of course, if I were to replace them with 4 different armies to summon, I would be in a shortfall with 2, but there are leftovers from EA that were used in CC Generals unless I'm mistaken.

[Námo]

... studying architecture and 8 hours sleep are basically exclusive

Good observation; I've worked with architecture most of my adult life, so I know the problem. For your consolation I can tell that it probably don't get any better, when you start working ... best thing to do might be some hard physical work also, like in between doing some work as carpenter or mason ... it might even improve your skills as architect.

... and btw: I guess that your statement above explains why you make such beautiful mapping! [and whether this remark refers to the architecture part or your lack of sleep is your own choice ]

[drogoth232]

I vent that Namo didnt vent... I was expecting some serious stuff!!!

Edited by drogoth232, 18 October 2010 - 06:52 PM.

[_Haldir_]

Good observation; I've worked with architecture most of my adult life, so I know the problem. For your consolation I can tell that it probably don't get any better, when you start working ... best thing to do might be some hard physical work also, like in between doing some work as carpenter or mason ... it might even improve your skills as architect.

... and btw: I guess that your statement above explains why you make such beautiful mapping! [and whether this remark refers to the architecture part or your lack of sleep is your own choice ]

Haha, so i've been told. The craftsmanship idea is a good one, my course is pretty practical so we get to do a fair bit of hands-on stuff. I'm only first-year at the moment, but i'll definitely keep that in mind

And yeah, the architecture definitely comes into my mapping, especially with maps like Erebor. I'm also quite a keen outdoor instructor (rock-climbing, bushwalking, kayaking etc), so the combination of architecture and geography really makes mapping a pretty logical choice for me

[Yarrum]

I vent that tonight was an atrocious night. It's a long story for anyone who cares enough to read it, but someone is guaranteed to be bored. Anyways, here goes nothing...

The background is that two Halloween parties were going on tonight. Each was hosted by someone who I'm friendly with but not friends with, one by one of the 'popular' girls who wear slutty costumes, get wasted, hook up with random guys and vomit a lot, the other by an odd but nice guy. The 'popular' girls and their friends all went to the girl's party, while basically the rest of the 11th grade went to the guy's party. Some 10th and 9th graders showed up as well, but that's hardly relevant. About an hour before I went to meet up with two of my friends, Mike and Ryan, I texted another of my close friends, AJ, who I though was going to the girl's party. It turns out, he and two of our other friends, Tim and Jake, were getting drunk and then going to the guy's party. The three of them left Aj's house at around nine, and Tim told me later that right before they left, Aj had been shouting something about me texting him, though that had no bearing on the night's events.

Anyways, I met up with my friends Mike, Ryan, Evan, Ethan, Greg and Alex at the guy's party. The party itself was fun and way exceeded our expectations. Evan and Ethan were both buzzed, although Evan was reasonably clear-headed. Ethan and Greg had a falling-out earlier that day over plans that the two had made which Ethan uninvited Greg from for no good reason. Ethan was being generally insensitive, hooking up with multiple girls and pissing off a lot more. Meanwhile, Evan received a call from Tim, who was lost with Jake and Aj and freaking out. Tim used to live in our neighborhood but transferred schools a few years back and didn't know the part of the town we were in. Meanwhile, Jake had a bit too much to drink and thought he was on vacation. However, Jake didn't even compare to the state Aj was in. Aj's a small guy and he had drank a large amount of Vodka, more in fact than Jake who is forty pounds heavier. Knowing they needed help but not knowing nearly how bad of a state Aj was in, Alex, Greg, Evan and I left the party despite knowing we wouldn't be allowed back in, to go find them. We met up with Tim, Aj and two sophomores, one of whom was stoned, while Jake had run off somewhere to hook up with drunk freshman girls.

Tim had to keep Aj in a neck hold to stop him from running off and getting killed, and we had to slowly drag him towards his house amidst his drunken rage and hysterical sobbing, and he tried to punch Alex at one point. The two sophomores were laughing at Aj and generally making the situation worse, and the one who wasn't stoned was carrying illegal fireworks. We couldn't get them to leave and were soon joined by Ethan and our other friend Barry, who was also slightly buzzed but still sensible. At one point, Tim got exhausted from struggling against Aj and let him go for a second, at which point Aj took off his jacket and tried to sprint away, but he didn't get far before Evan caught up to him and Tim was able to restrain him again. We were finally able to get him to the end of the road we were on but we were stuck at a five-way intersection and faced with getting a drunk kid across a dangerous and busy street. We sat Aj down on a bench, at which point the two sophomores left and we started arguing about what to do with Aj. Evan and Ethan were trying to convince us to bring Aj to the girl's party, to which Aj agreed, but the rest of us said that we needed to get Aj home to his parents. Knowing that his parents were going to find out about the night's events, Aj started sobbing about how sorry he was that he was getting us into trouble over his drinking. After arguing for a while, Alex saw Aj's parents drive by and followed their car back to Aj's house, bring Aj's dad back a few minutes later.

With Aj taken care of, we had to figure out what to do with ourselves, which caused even more arguing. Evan and Ethan wanted to wait for Jake to turn up and head to the girl's party, but Greg, Alex and I had promised Mike and Ryan, as well as a group of girls, that we would meet up with them after we took care of Aj. While waiting for Jake, Barry and Ethan had a falling-out, causing both of them to leave the group. Jake finally turned up after about twenty minutes and planned to go the the girl's party with Evan. Greg, Alex and I were hesitant to go since we weren't invited and didn't want to deal with more drunks, and Jake managed to punch Greg in the face trying to give Alex a high-five. At that point, Greg, Alex and I went to meet up with Michael and Ryan while Jake, who nearly got himself run over crossing the street, went with Evan and Tim.

All three of them managed to get home all right, but the night really sucked, especially for us completely sober guys. Tim was upset for letting Aj leave the house that night, Evan was kinda being a dick, Greg and Alex were pissed that they had to take responsibility for our drunk friends, and I had a generally shitty night. I'll probably yell at Evan on Monday, but Aj won't remember any of this. Well, props to you if you read all of that. I hope I entertained you for a couple of minutes. I think I'm going to be hungover without having drunk anything...

Edited by Yarrum, 31 October 2010 - 05:11 AM.

[Lauri]

Well isn't that the perfect script for a drama

[Allathar]

Well, it beats a night sitting at home in pain after having your wisdom teeth removed

[Mathijs]

Such typical American names.

[Vortigern]

Yeah, where's the ethnic diversity in your group, Yarrum? Doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun. I'm sure most of us (at least, most of us over the age of about 16) have dealt with irritating and drunk friends at some point. And probably been those irritating and drunk friends too. If it's any consolation, they'll probably end up looking after you at some point too.

[Gfire]

I prefer Grack to Greg, anyway.

[Yarrum]

Well, one of our close friends is Indian, so he's named Krishan, but he's a bit reclusive and doesn't hang out with us as often as we'd like him to. Really though, my group is mostly 4th-5th generation American, so the diversity is in the last names, not the first names.

[Mathijs]

Oh, I wasn't talking about ethnic diversity persé, that was Vortigern. It's just that those names you mentioned are the kind of names every American teen show calls its lead characters.

[Yarrum]

Yeah, it's true. We also have a Matt in our close group who wasn't mentioned in this story, so we've really got all the major names except for Erik.

[Ganon]

Oh, I wasn't talking about ethnic diversity persé, that was Vortigern. It's just that those names you mentioned are the kind of names every American teen show calls its lead characters.

You watch American teen shows?...
That's the funniest thing.
I never liked teen shows, even when I was a teen. I always thought they were too stereotypical. I've spent my life throwing these stereotypes out the window.

Edited by Ganon2020, 11 November 2010 - 09:48 PM.

[Yarrum]

Remember a couple of months back when I made the thread on the TATW forums about the material SHREDDER ripped from BFME and then got flamed to hell by the community? Well, I had put it behind me, but SHREDDER just added insult to injury. I was looking through the sub-mod section and found a post by SHREDDER from earlier today, telling an honest modder to give credit to another submod. Needless to say, the modder was busy getting his mod ready for release and hadn't gotten around to updating his credits list despite giving credit every time he posted a render of a unit. What right does SHREDDER have to come in and nag people about credit when he never even responded to the thread I made. AAAAARRRRRGGGG!

So here's the question: should I let it go (the sensible option) or call him out on it and start a massive flame-war which I will almost certainly loose?

[Lauri]

Well that depends.. If you think it's gonna be fun, why not start a flamewar?

[drogoth232]

What Kwen said.... If you start a flamewar I'll have your back

[Spartan184]

I think you mean Lauri
Edit: I got your back too

Edited by Spartan184, 11 November 2010 - 11:07 PM.

[Kwen]

What Kwen said.... If you start a flamewar I'll have your back

It appears my influence reaches even those whom I do not speak in front of

[drogoth232]

Doesnt matter. I take up ideals that I think benefit those that I care for (as long as they are leagal).