I'm toying with the idea of getting my hair cut like this... I know it's a boy's cut but I think it looks feminine enough for me without being too girly - I'm just not sure. Fortunately hair grows back so if it is a mistake it isn't permanent but growing my fringe out was a pain in the backside ¬¬ But I've wanted an Asian hairstyle for so long... *torn* Edit: Dude! WTF is wrong with Blogger today?! It keeps eating my damn paragraphs! ¬¬
Tuesday, 29 March 2011
DECISIONS DECISIONS...
I'm toying with the idea of getting my hair cut like this... I know it's a boy's cut but I think it looks feminine enough for me without being too girly - I'm just not sure. Fortunately hair grows back so if it is a mistake it isn't permanent but growing my fringe out was a pain in the backside ¬¬ But I've wanted an Asian hairstyle for so long... *torn* Edit: Dude! WTF is wrong with Blogger today?! It keeps eating my damn paragraphs! ¬¬
VAMPIRE THE MASQUERADE
I'm actually very anxious at the moment because I think I have been too harsh with someone in particular. I'm new to the judging scene and I try to be as honest as possible - when I'm faced with so many wonderful entries scoring them is extremely difficult and so when I see something that -to me- looks like the entrant didn't even try... it irritates me. I'll feel absolutely awful if I've completely misinterpreted the picture but being active in the modelling community myself I know how much time and effort goes into some of these shots and... well I just didn't see it. I didn't really see anything; not even the model and certainly not the assignment brief. I'm so nervous about how they'll react to it though. A part of me is thinking that I should've tried harder to score it but at the same time I kept pouring over it, trying my damndest. I've never seen this happen before in any competition I've been in and I honestly have no experience in it. I think... I'd like for someone to say that I did the right thing or that they got the same vibe that I did just to make me feel better. I'm actually scared ^_^; Scoring freakin' sucks! XD
Sunday, 27 March 2011
NEW HOUSE
Just a small build although it actually took me quite a long time to do. I went at it with a different approach than I normally do with builds and I think it worked out quite well ^_^
Saturday, 26 March 2011
BATTLE OF THE BANDS - FINALE FINAL 3
Hurrah! I finally got my ass into gear to finish :D
-and here are the end products:
After the unfortunate and tragic death of Mihoki after an outdoor charity concert overran, exposing him to the sun’s deadly UV rays F.u.u.k.a was left to give birth to and raise their daughter with her other two band mates Ryutaro and Niwa’s assistance; a member short, still grieving and with a tiny little life to think of the band went on an indefinite hiatus much to the anguish of their loyal fans.
As the months slowly passed them by she began to grow particularly close to Ryutaro who had been her rock during those difficult times and a new romance soon blossomed.
However; Mihoki who had regretted his carelessness that day had lingered behind in the mortal world instead of passing on to the netherworld like all spirits are supposed to. In fact he had stayed by his girlfriend’s side all this time becoming bitter and twisted with jealousy and remorse as he not only watched her grieve for him but also move into the arms of a new lover… his close friend no less!
Enraged by the turn of events and overcome with spite he became a man possessed; a vengeful spirit consumed by his own hatred and jealousy he now frequently expresses this anger through a series of fearsome screams in a disembodied voice that no living being can hear.
Between touring the country and taking some much needed down-time Despairsray can most commonly be found in the recording studio cutting tracks for their next album. Mihoki and Ryutaro collaborate on the lyrics with Niwa and F.u.u.k.a providing their musical expertise to get the sound just so.
Song-writing is a long, thought out process the beginning stages of which tend to be done in the confined space of their tour bus where entertainment is minimal at best.
Recording even just one new track for an album can take hours if not days and the recording studio is a close and stuffy environment to work in; as a result the band often dresses down from their usual elaborate style for the sake of comfort – recording is a strainuous and frustrating task in itself without adding sharp pointed accessories and heavy layers upon layers of fabric to the mix.
Wish me luck guys! & Good luck to Mintkiss too :D
-and here are the end products:
After the unfortunate and tragic death of Mihoki after an outdoor charity concert overran, exposing him to the sun’s deadly UV rays F.u.u.k.a was left to give birth to and raise their daughter with her other two band mates Ryutaro and Niwa’s assistance; a member short, still grieving and with a tiny little life to think of the band went on an indefinite hiatus much to the anguish of their loyal fans.As the months slowly passed them by she began to grow particularly close to Ryutaro who had been her rock during those difficult times and a new romance soon blossomed.
However; Mihoki who had regretted his carelessness that day had lingered behind in the mortal world instead of passing on to the netherworld like all spirits are supposed to. In fact he had stayed by his girlfriend’s side all this time becoming bitter and twisted with jealousy and remorse as he not only watched her grieve for him but also move into the arms of a new lover… his close friend no less!
Enraged by the turn of events and overcome with spite he became a man possessed; a vengeful spirit consumed by his own hatred and jealousy he now frequently expresses this anger through a series of fearsome screams in a disembodied voice that no living being can hear.
Between touring the country and taking some much needed down-time Despairsray can most commonly be found in the recording studio cutting tracks for their next album. Mihoki and Ryutaro collaborate on the lyrics with Niwa and F.u.u.k.a providing their musical expertise to get the sound just so.Song-writing is a long, thought out process the beginning stages of which tend to be done in the confined space of their tour bus where entertainment is minimal at best.
Recording even just one new track for an album can take hours if not days and the recording studio is a close and stuffy environment to work in; as a result the band often dresses down from their usual elaborate style for the sake of comfort – recording is a strainuous and frustrating task in itself without adding sharp pointed accessories and heavy layers upon layers of fabric to the mix.
Wish me luck guys! & Good luck to Mintkiss too :D
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
THE SIMS...
Lately I've been feeling somewhat torn. I've been getting an overwhelming urge to play TS2. There is just something very lacking in TS3 and that is becoming more and more apparent as I go back to actually playing the game as opposed to just messing about on it. There's no warmth in TS3 IMO, all the neat little quirks and whatnot found in TS2 just aren't there in TS3. If Generations can add to that then I may well decide to get it although I still have a feeling EA are going to half-ass it as always.
The downside of going back to TS2 isn't the loading screens as such, I'm used to waiting to play games since pretty much everything wants to install itself onto my PS3 before I can use it (¬¬) but I think I'll really miss the Create a Style and the graphics. Oh sure EA's sims look like pudding and I want to just lock them up and burn them to get their disgusting pudding heads out of my damn town... but the game is gorgeous. It's just a shame that EA totally missed the mark with everything else and took out what made The Sims truly great.
I don't know. Maybe I'll run both games; shouldn't stress the computer out to do that. I'll have to find my disks though. Or maybe I won't bother *shrug* I've just been getting the urge lately.
LOL maybe I just miss having proper apartments (and damn, I do miss them XD)
...yeah this post was pointless XD
The downside of going back to TS2 isn't the loading screens as such, I'm used to waiting to play games since pretty much everything wants to install itself onto my PS3 before I can use it (¬¬) but I think I'll really miss the Create a Style and the graphics. Oh sure EA's sims look like pudding and I want to just lock them up and burn them to get their disgusting pudding heads out of my damn town... but the game is gorgeous. It's just a shame that EA totally missed the mark with everything else and took out what made The Sims truly great.
I don't know. Maybe I'll run both games; shouldn't stress the computer out to do that. I'll have to find my disks though. Or maybe I won't bother *shrug* I've just been getting the urge lately.
LOL maybe I just miss having proper apartments (and damn, I do miss them XD)
...yeah this post was pointless XD
Sunday, 20 March 2011
BERRY SIMS
I have decided to challenge myself and have put myself forward for the Berry Sim modelling competition. I've never done one of these before and in all honesty I don't have a lot of experience in the way of berry sims but it's been something I've wanted to get into for a while. I just hope I get accepted.Due to a slight in-game mishap I haven't done my in-game shot yet, I was going to do it tonight but technical difficulties have pushed that back. I'll hopefully get his other shot in tomorrow along with a bio for him. It's in my head, I just haven't written it out yet.
His name is Burumun Sorube btw - Bluemoon Sorbet in Japanese ;)
MANGAKA - ASSIGNMENT 1
Technically Kai is already dead; unfortunately that apparently does not excuse him from continuing on in the world of the living as though nothing has happened – that means attending university on a regular basis and essentially picking up his life from where he left it after his passing. Somebody really needs to teach the lingering spirits some appropriate behaviour; such as not breaking down into fits of tears in public. What was he to do? He couldn’t leave the poor girl and so he tentatively patted her back in the hopes of trying to calm her down… fortunately while the campus library was busy that afternoon people were far too engrossed in what they were doing to notice a fellow student petting thin-air.
**Note: I know my ghost looks weird. I really don’t know why. I used to be able to cheat and make them look like proper ghosts but now this looks as best as what I can get. It’s frustrating but I honestly swear that she IS supposed to be a ghost ¬¬**
CONTACTING EA
I need to get in touch with EA regarding a certain someone that is polluting the forum with his bile. Unfortunately I've never had to contact EA before and living in England I don't want to go ringing California just to report this. Is there an e-mail address I can use instead? I have a couple of screenshots (thanks to a very kind simmer who capped them for me while I was at work) and I just wanted to alert them of what this little puissant is doing and how (he claims) he's able to do it.
Any suggestions? :)
Any suggestions? :)
Saturday, 19 March 2011
RANDOM POST IS RANDOM
OK this is something that I've been wanting to ask because it has been bugging me lately but I haven't really found a thread in General Discussion where it would be appropriate; what is the deal lately with people having some guy in their sig?
Usually it's animated which has a tendency to lag my internet to hell when it's a long sequence or fairly large in size and... I just don't get it. :/
If it were me, I wouldn't want the same kind of signature that loads of other forum users have; if I liked something and found out that lots of other people already had that as their sig, I'd pick something else. Maybe that's just me though. I'm not complaining about it per-se I just find it really strange that so many people all seem to like this guy and I don't have a clue who he is.
Usually it's animated which has a tendency to lag my internet to hell when it's a long sequence or fairly large in size and... I just don't get it. :/
If it were me, I wouldn't want the same kind of signature that loads of other forum users have; if I liked something and found out that lots of other people already had that as their sig, I'd pick something else. Maybe that's just me though. I'm not complaining about it per-se I just find it really strange that so many people all seem to like this guy and I don't have a clue who he is.
VANITY ENTRY
The city had become overrun within a few nights. At first the ghosts or ‘spirits of the un-dead’ as they preferred to be known had been relatively peaceful towards the living and had brought countless individuals brief moments of happiness as they were given a rare opportunity to say things they never could to their loved ones.
Unfortunately such an amicable co-existence could not last. The spirits became jealous and resentful towards the living, their souls becoming bitter and twisted as they watched those whose lives had not yet ended and questioned – why us?
They turned on humanity, deciding that if they could not live in happiness then neither should anyone else. Everybody should just be dead… initially no one knew why they had taken such a sudden turn until a mysterious red-haired vixen appeared on the scene; something about her drove the spirits wild and as it turned out she had single-handedly turned them against the living.
That was when Zokai and Chiagi took it upon themselves to make a stand and defend humanity; together with a pair of devices they had knocked up in Chiagi’s workshop they set about cleaning up the city; one ghost at a time in the attempts to get to the twisted, maniacal woman behind it all.
All done! Major props to PistolKitten for the wonderful picture especially since the original plan was for me to take the shot since she was so busy - really you've truly outdone yourself here :D and really gave me a lot to work with story-wise :D
Sunday, 13 March 2011
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
Right. I am officially done with trying to be the somewhat snarky voice of reason on the General Discussion board. From now on if I see someone being an utter prick I'm just going to report them and have done with it.
I'm tired of people turning things around on me and making me out to be the bad guy (or accusing me of being the damn 'nice police') when all I'm doing is trying to instill some fucking human consideration. I'm losing my cool far too much lately and sooner or later I'm going to say something that'll give the gurus a reason to ban me. It's also making me look bad. I'm pretty sure I've said things over the past couple of days that were out of line so yeah, I'm done with it. If you piss me off you're getting reported, end of.
Today was a prime example of why there's just no reasoning with some people :/
I'm tired of people turning things around on me and making me out to be the bad guy (or accusing me of being the damn 'nice police') when all I'm doing is trying to instill some fucking human consideration. I'm losing my cool far too much lately and sooner or later I'm going to say something that'll give the gurus a reason to ban me. It's also making me look bad. I'm pretty sure I've said things over the past couple of days that were out of line so yeah, I'm done with it. If you piss me off you're getting reported, end of.
Today was a prime example of why there's just no reasoning with some people :/
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
My first entry for the final round of Battle of the Bands; this picture actually represents part 2 - 5 years on ^_^
Description: After the unfortunate and tragic death of Mihoki after an outdoor charity concert overran, exposing him to the sun’s deadly UV rays F.u.u.k.a was left to give birth to and raise their daughter with her other two band mates Ryutaro and Niwa’s assistance; a member short, still grieving and with a tiny little life to think of the band went on an indefinite hiatus much to the anguish of their loyal fans.
As the months slowly passed them by she began to grow particularly close to Ryutaro who had been her rock during those difficult times and a new romance soon blossomed.
However; Mihoki who had regretted his carelessness that day had lingered behind in the mortal world instead of passing on to the netherworld like all spirits are supposed to. In fact he had stayed by his girlfriend’s side all this time becoming bitter and twisted with jealousy and remorse as he not only watched her grieve for him but also move into the arms of a new lover… his close friend no less!
Enraged by the turn of events and overcome with spite he became a man possessed; a vengeful spirit consumed by his own hatred and jealousy he now frequently expresses this anger through a series of fearsome screams in a disembodied voice that no living being can hear.
Description: After the unfortunate and tragic death of Mihoki after an outdoor charity concert overran, exposing him to the sun’s deadly UV rays F.u.u.k.a was left to give birth to and raise their daughter with her other two band mates Ryutaro and Niwa’s assistance; a member short, still grieving and with a tiny little life to think of the band went on an indefinite hiatus much to the anguish of their loyal fans.
As the months slowly passed them by she began to grow particularly close to Ryutaro who had been her rock during those difficult times and a new romance soon blossomed.
However; Mihoki who had regretted his carelessness that day had lingered behind in the mortal world instead of passing on to the netherworld like all spirits are supposed to. In fact he had stayed by his girlfriend’s side all this time becoming bitter and twisted with jealousy and remorse as he not only watched her grieve for him but also move into the arms of a new lover… his close friend no less!
Enraged by the turn of events and overcome with spite he became a man possessed; a vengeful spirit consumed by his own hatred and jealousy he now frequently expresses this anger through a series of fearsome screams in a disembodied voice that no living being can hear.
LADY GAGA - JAPAN RELIEF BAND
Knock her all you like but I really have to hand it to Lady Gaga to put her name behind something like this. Not only is it a really cool looking band but all the proceeds are going to help Japan - which is awesome.
£3/$5 isn't a steep price to drop on something like this either. I just wish shipping to the UK hadn't been $15 for the absolute basic shipping (8-24 working days; I can send a hefty parcel to Australia for less than that and have it arrive within the week :/). Why is shipping from America so expensive anyway? Whenever I import things America always seems to add the most in shipping costs - I don't think they do it to rip me off either. Anyway to make the extortionate shipping a little better I ordered two; one for me and one for my friend so we're splitting the carriage costs.
The cynic in me however questions one thing - how many assholes are going to buy this, inflate the price and sell it on ebay for a tidy profit? I know it'll happen and it sickens me.
You can preorder the band here http://ladygaga.shop.bravadousa.com/Product.aspx?cp=14781_42444&pc=BGAMLG88# - the website policy is a bit odd though, it's the only site I've seen where you're not allowed to cancel a preorder :/
If you live anywhere but America I would really recommend clubbing together with a friend like I did, the site lets you get more than one and it balances out the extortionate shipping costs when you can split it. Each band only adds another $1 to the shipping cost.
£3/$5 isn't a steep price to drop on something like this either. I just wish shipping to the UK hadn't been $15 for the absolute basic shipping (8-24 working days; I can send a hefty parcel to Australia for less than that and have it arrive within the week :/). Why is shipping from America so expensive anyway? Whenever I import things America always seems to add the most in shipping costs - I don't think they do it to rip me off either. Anyway to make the extortionate shipping a little better I ordered two; one for me and one for my friend so we're splitting the carriage costs.
The cynic in me however questions one thing - how many assholes are going to buy this, inflate the price and sell it on ebay for a tidy profit? I know it'll happen and it sickens me.You can preorder the band here http://ladygaga.shop.bravadousa.com/Product.aspx?cp=14781_42444&pc=BGAMLG88# - the website policy is a bit odd though, it's the only site I've seen where you're not allowed to cancel a preorder :/
If you live anywhere but America I would really recommend clubbing together with a friend like I did, the site lets you get more than one and it balances out the extortionate shipping costs when you can split it. Each band only adds another $1 to the shipping cost.
Saturday, 12 March 2011
ARRRGH!!!
Goddamnit! The General Discussion board is so infuriating right now. If the Sims & Modelling section wasn't so slow and if I didn't like having a general chit-chat with other simmers I'd ditch the whole damn thing.
I mean really; who the fuck do people think they are? Somebody makes an obvservation in a calm manner based on their own opinions and suddenly they get a whole heap of shit in return from a bunch of people that are 'offended' that not everybody likes what are aspects of American culture appearing in a game that is supposed to be neutral (which is why they speak Simlish as opposed to English) :/
For FUCK sake! Grow up. UGH!
I am so pissed off right now.
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/351803.page - this is the thread in question.
I mean really; who the fuck do people think they are? Somebody makes an obvservation in a calm manner based on their own opinions and suddenly they get a whole heap of shit in return from a bunch of people that are 'offended' that not everybody likes what are aspects of American culture appearing in a game that is supposed to be neutral (which is why they speak Simlish as opposed to English) :/
For FUCK sake! Grow up. UGH!
I am so pissed off right now.
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/351803.page - this is the thread in question.
JAPAN
What has happened out there is absolutely horrible and it is a good thing that they are so acustomed to quakes and the like otherwise it could have been a great deal worse. I really hope that anybody who happened to have relatives out there know that their loved ones are safe and sound.
I've donated some money to the red cross to help them out a tad :) I hope other people do the same. Not just for Japan but for any country that needs aid.
I've donated some money to the red cross to help them out a tad :) I hope other people do the same. Not just for Japan but for any country that needs aid.
Friday, 11 March 2011
GENERATIONS TRAILER
I'll be blunt, I thought it looked terrible. Perhaps I'm just being far too cynical but a lot of that so-called 'content' looked staged;
1. Weddings. Yeah big fucking deal EA. Guess what? We've been able to stage pretty much that exact scene ourselves since day one.
2. Strip-tease parties. OK first of all what they showed us was basically a couple of sims in cop uniforms dancing... um with the right positioning and buydebug you can re-create that entire scene out of the base game.
3. Sims passed out, implied they'd had a heavy night. Again you can forcibly alter their needs to suit what you want and I believe EA has done this before; crank down the energy needs and poof, sim passes out.
4. Prom. Yeah fine example EA, just show a sim jumping into another sim's arms. Base game interaction. Staged.
As for the pranks... well I can see those getting right on my bloody nerves. I can see all the houses in my sims neighbourhood eternally covered in egg, my sim constantly disturbed by fucking pranksters leaving a flaming bag of poop on their doorstep and another violent vomiting epidemic caused by a bloody stink bomb.
If I put this EP on my damn computer my community lots will be deserted because some asshole sim will do something to make them all leave. NO THANK YOU!
Absolutely nothing about this trailer actually caught my interest and turned off that cynical part of my brain. Prove me wrong EA - show me that you're not doing what you've done for every other fucking EP and SP by staging the shit out of it. Sure Late Night is my favourite EP but it's not as dynamic as the trailers made it look and they made such a big deal out Fast Lane because of the fucking cars and the 'groups' but what was it really? Just a bunch of weird-ass cars and non-interactable furnature that does NOTHING for the game.
Perhaps this is a premature rant but EA have brought this on themselves. Granted this doesnt' seem like my kind of EP in the first place but I wouldn't have been so irritable about it if EA's constant bullshitting hadn't made me such a cynic about their products.
Right now, EA can stick this EP up their damn ass. I'm not jumping through their hoop and getting all excited about shit they're showing me that I can already bloody do!
1. Weddings. Yeah big fucking deal EA. Guess what? We've been able to stage pretty much that exact scene ourselves since day one.
2. Strip-tease parties. OK first of all what they showed us was basically a couple of sims in cop uniforms dancing... um with the right positioning and buydebug you can re-create that entire scene out of the base game.
3. Sims passed out, implied they'd had a heavy night. Again you can forcibly alter their needs to suit what you want and I believe EA has done this before; crank down the energy needs and poof, sim passes out.
4. Prom. Yeah fine example EA, just show a sim jumping into another sim's arms. Base game interaction. Staged.
As for the pranks... well I can see those getting right on my bloody nerves. I can see all the houses in my sims neighbourhood eternally covered in egg, my sim constantly disturbed by fucking pranksters leaving a flaming bag of poop on their doorstep and another violent vomiting epidemic caused by a bloody stink bomb.
If I put this EP on my damn computer my community lots will be deserted because some asshole sim will do something to make them all leave. NO THANK YOU!
Absolutely nothing about this trailer actually caught my interest and turned off that cynical part of my brain. Prove me wrong EA - show me that you're not doing what you've done for every other fucking EP and SP by staging the shit out of it. Sure Late Night is my favourite EP but it's not as dynamic as the trailers made it look and they made such a big deal out Fast Lane because of the fucking cars and the 'groups' but what was it really? Just a bunch of weird-ass cars and non-interactable furnature that does NOTHING for the game.
Perhaps this is a premature rant but EA have brought this on themselves. Granted this doesnt' seem like my kind of EP in the first place but I wouldn't have been so irritable about it if EA's constant bullshitting hadn't made me such a cynic about their products.
Right now, EA can stick this EP up their damn ass. I'm not jumping through their hoop and getting all excited about shit they're showing me that I can already bloody do!
Sunday, 6 March 2011
NEW SIM - CHLOE RIVERS
I've made a new sim. Her name is Chloe Rivers and she's a vampire hunter. She lives with her douchebag boyfriend and her spoiled little girl whom she loves dearly. She works during the day and patrols the local vampire hangouts at night - unfortunately she's also fallen head over heels in love with a vampire. Whoops. Not only is she cheating on her boyfriend but she's also heading into enemy territory ;)Download Link: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=3845280
She's pretty much CC free except for the usual default replacement skintone and eyes. Her makeup is also CC (the lipstick is from lemonleaf, I forget where the eye makeup came from :( )
Friday, 4 March 2011
COMPETITIONS
I've extended my Vampire the Masqerade competition to Monday to give people more chance to get their entries in over the weekend ^_^
I'm also planning to start my Heavy Rain competition tomorrow. I would've liked to have had more contestants in that one (and admittedly less in VTM but what can you do eh? XD) but I don't want to keep people waiting and I've got enough to get going with.
Hopefully no one'll drop out.
I'm also planning to start my Heavy Rain competition tomorrow. I would've liked to have had more contestants in that one (and admittedly less in VTM but what can you do eh? XD) but I don't want to keep people waiting and I've got enough to get going with.
Hopefully no one'll drop out.
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Right! Here it is, my entry for the final 4 of Battle of the Bands. I'm so happy that I'm already guaranteed a place in the semi-finals but nonetheless, this picture took me absolutely forever. I may regret using all the Visual Kei/Lolita outfits straight away but eh, that's what recolouring is for (besides the male attire is severely lacking in general so...)I apologise for the rather lame Japanese name for my attire. I was going to rip off a H.Naoto brand Hangry & Angry, Punk Rave or RQ BL but it just didn't seem right to do that. Yami no Hikari translates to Dark & Light.
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