Same goes for me. When my dad, sister, or anyone asks me.

When my freaking Warcraft III WOULD NOT WORK ON MY NEW MAPS. An update, thankfully, solved the problem.

TRIED TO BAN VIDEO GAMES?!!? What an ASS! (Sorry for the out rage lol)

I never heard of that happening

Heh, same when the phone rings and and nobody gets it, but also when Citicorp Credit calls and REALLY makes me angry when the computerized message starts playing, makes me want to go over there and bomb the place!
(Even though I can't) Oh and windows acting sh*tty... I could go on... lol And if you ask me, I HATE OUR GOVERNMENT, THEY DON'T DO SH*T as far as i know, i could be wrong, and I'm not taking it out on Bush or anything, hes an okay guy..

I also hate it when the phone rings and everyone waits for me to answer. Hell, sometimes I see the phone sitting on a table next to my mom and she doesn't answer...

Bjossi: The most pissed off member of Runestorm.

just kiddin'

When no one is to answer the GODDAMN phone.

When people act like a giant moron.

When I have no Mountain Dew.

Better not get him mad!

I actually am an above-average angry person.

Whats the deal with answering phones and you guys?

You guys seriously need to learn about the virtue of patience... it'd make you all just a little bit less angry...

Phone's not my biggest thing, it's the Mountain Dew.

If thats what really makes you mad, you should probably get your priorities straight...

Yeah, trying to kick the habit.

Betcha can't beat this guy on GFAQs for the most a-hole person named Bendilin! Don't try.

FANBOYS. As of now, FANBOYS. Damn.

Here's the story. On another forum, there's a contest going on where you can submit an AMV (Animated Music Video). Since nobody has submitted one of their own works, i have applied as well with a kick-ass video i found on another website. Now my video has literally crushed for 4 rounds long, and is very close to the final now. Though, the goddamn problem is that it's up against a simple ♥♥♥♥♥ video that people vote on like herd animals because it happens to have a popular character in it. Just because of that!

Here's the video i submitted (i even uploaded it to my webhost in a DivX player).

And here's the lazy other video that my video is losing from.

I mean, come on! The opponents of my submission in previous rounds looked even better than that! Also, the posts in the voting topic indicate that most of the people don't even look at the videos and just instantly vote for that damn character.

I hate fanboys. Goddamn.

I wonder what 'patience' is, anyone else heard of it?

How long are these!? I'm getting really slow buffer rates... O_o

Edit1: Just finished your submission of those 2 people's AMV. Really good, but the song... some parts ABSOLUTELY don't fit up. Other parts felt perfectly spot on. Good job for the people who made it.

Edit2: The other video... It actually does beat the first one. Okay, before you decide on killing me, here's why:

1. Song actually fit with the AMV at all times.
2. Popular characters help a lot ALWAYS. If I could make AMVs, I'd make them over certain popular characters (including ones I personally hate).
3. Catchy song in a way. I had to listen to some German music to make sure that one didn't get stuck!
4. NOT SO F'ING LONG. It actually ends in a reasonable time. The first song was like Freebird length. Except it didn't have a 5 minute solo.



Edit3: BTW, I've never heard of any of these animes before. I've heard of the name Haruhi before, but from something else. Someone did a fanfic of Wangan Midnight on the WMExpressway forums. Here's what animes I know of (and watched at least one episode of):
no particular order

Initial D
Wangan Midnight
Naruto (blegh)
Rurouni Kenshin
Samurai X (those Kenshin movies)
Sonic X (I watched because of Tails (dude, he's kickass no matter WHAT))
Pokemon

(was Digimon Japanese originally? if so, add to list)

FYI, Magic Pad already was an award winner. You should also keep in mind that the factor of dedication applies. The Haruhi AMV was 1 hour work, Magic Pad was 3 months work. Also, Magic Pad contains 40 different series, Haruhi IS one of them. Also, 5 minutes is normal for an AMV, in fact, it's SHORT considering there's 40 different series in it. The maker of the 2nd AMV couldn't even DREAM of making video's like Magic Pad.

Here's my short and incomplete list: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Chavez

As the description said in the Haruhi one, that was 18 hours. Either way, what I'm seeing (as an UNBIASED PERSON) is that the song fit in the Haruhi AMV a whole crapload better. Song fitting better = better in AMVs. I could make the most KICKASS AMV ever, but it'd suck if the song wasn't just right for the kickass scenes I'd have showing. So... I'm placing the other higher from the song fitting 99% of the time. It was about 65% on-time with the Magic Pad one. Sorry, but I really don't see how yours is better. As in the name AMV suggest, it's about the MUSIC. I can make a wall of text here if you like going on about how AMVs need more towards the music than just the edit work. If the edit work doesn't match up the song 99% or more, then it's not a great video in my eyes. Good effects don't auto-beat good scene timing for the song. That's also how I like games: graphics are total **** when you wanna compare to the gameplay. Gameplay = song timing > graphics = scene effects

Sorry but that last part merely ticks off the importance of your opinion in my perspective. Not to be offensive, but i find graphics very important. Just as important as gameplay. Gameplay, Graphics, Storyline and Concept all have an even value in my eyes. A good game consists of a high score on all 4 of these subjects. And so is the same with AMV's. That AMV's video fits to the music, but that's where it all ends.

To all his/her own. If you play racing games, you should try out the Tokyo Xtreme Racer series. They all have sub-par graphics, but are great games none-the-less. A good game needs something of graphics yes, but gameplay is most important. A great game has gameplay (read: storyline doesn't matter. Who's to say this isn't a racing game like Forza?) and concept. Graphics that look great are just extra eye candy. Look at the comparison of UT2004 to UT3: I like UT2004 a ton better for many reasons, but none as important as gameplay. While both obviously are moddable, but take their stock forms, and UT2004 is a lot better. UT3 has those pretty graphics, but I can't see **** in half the maps (a problem I had back in Gears of War also) from how they were made. I'd rather be able to see what I play, yes, but those extreme graphics games advertise don't impress me much. Oh yay, I see better graphics in real life! WHOO-HOO... right...

Maybe I have lower standards than you, or maybe I have higher ones, it doesn't matter. The AMV you submitted isn't as good as the other. As you yourself said, a good game is great in those 4 fields. Now with AMVs, your submitted AMV doesn't have one of those things: scene mood. The other vid was missing effects, yes, but look, it was DESIGNED AS A NO EFFECT VIDEO (as per the description).

Hardware-triggered software interrupts.

Scene mood? HA! Have you even finished watching the movie? What planet are you from anyways?

You're a perfect example of what happens when game designers release shit nowadays. Hello? You don't have to be afraid to be a little demanding? It's your $80,- that you spend in the first place, you could ask great graphics and gameplay at the same time. Your standards aren't high at all.

Besides, since that AMV was put together (you can barely call it designing) as a no-effect video, where is the originality in that? You're that kind of guy aren't you? You choose gameplay over graphics, so i could safely say you bind a value on originality as well. So, considering that, your arguments are conflicting greatly, as an effect-less Haruhi AMV has NOTHING in originality. In fact, it carries the same originality as a Bleach AMV based off Linkin Park's 'In The End', if you still don't get it, it means 0.

Putting 40 series in a small 5 minutes with special effects is what i call original and innovating. Blending your Windows Movie Maker production among hundreds of others, only using a different song, isn't originality, not in the least.

40 series in 5 minutes sounds like a pointless cramming of things together, but thats just me, I have seen neither and probably wouldn't care to either.

I'm on Adam's side with graphics vs. gameplay. I don't care how modern your graphics are or what it looks like. If you have a crap game, the only thing those pretty graphics are doing is putting that crap in a pretty package. I'm not saying you can't have both, but I honestly don't care how the game looks if it plays good.

Plus I never spend more than $30 on a game unless its really worth it anyways, and so far, that's only been System Shock 2, which has poor graphics but excellent game play. Only game that was good enough for me that I'd actually play it from beginning to end, over the span of 2 or 3 weeks.

But anyways, could you take this debate elsewhere, please?

Yes, I watched the entire AMV on BOTH of them. Earth.



$80!? Where do YOU buy your games? That how much it cost me to buy GH2 with the guitar controller, not normal games! I'm very demanding of the developers: GAMEPLAY>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>graphics

I want a game that I will come back and play 7 years from now because of the gameplay being awesome. Graphics are definately not what make me keep playing Goldeneye!



Originality is not always some complex issue. I actually noted after watching 10,000BC (great movie BTW) that it wasn't a complex storyline whatsoever. Basically it's a story about (slight spoilers?) a guy who wants to rescue his woman, and has to end up conquering some place to get her back. Not an original plot, yet it was a great movie!

Being original usually means you have something new in gameplay anyways, not graohics. A graphics filled game isn't original at all: most developers want higher graphics (oh how original).



I'll agree the 40 series in 5 minutes is innovative, but it is not original at all. There are probably ones that put HUNDREDS of things together in a small time span also, but I haven't really cared to find it myself. All I did was watch the two AMVs and gave my piece. You aren't liking what I'm saying, so you are now attacking what I think is right for games (which I did bring up to prove one point I had if I must add). It's a MUSIC VIDEO. Now, will you shut up and have some tea? Or Coke if you prefer.

I'm done with this arguement. My point is this quite simply: The AMV is losing because it is just not able to gather enough people who liked the video. BTW, do they leave comments on why they voted for the other AMV or that one you submitted? If not: Why do you think it's because of the fanboys/girls? Hell, I don't know of either, and yet I think the (apparently unoriginal) Haruhi one is better. Both are good, much better than the usual Youtube **** I normally see.

Let me quote one for you:



Fanboy or not?

I'm done here.

Xavious, if you want, please take a look at my new topic: http://www.runestorm.com/pl/forum/forum ... .php?62312

I pumped some time in there, hope you can find any useful ideas in there.

Well, that's one comment. Got a link for ALL the comments? I honestly am unable to trust just one comment (blame that from knowledge of how some people twist stuff to their way (and how the person they were talking about responded when the OP didn't know the one they blamed was on that board!!!)). That one is a bit of a fanboy/girl. At least they aren't going the way of how some CERTAIN Sonic fanboys/girls go... @_@

BTW, I don't mean the artists, I mean the ones that are very weird... like this one site.... blegh.

Yes i've heard about it before. I think 'patience' is something that you need when the phone is ringing

No, they're the people in hospitals getting operated on.

That would work if they were spelled the same.

Fine, don't appreciate the humour of a good pun..