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At 10/1/08 06:10 PM, 4urentertainment wrote: That's all good and nice. But why is America attacking those "terrorists" in Iraq when all those terrorists want is for America to leave us alone and live by the rules of Islam.

In trying to "help" Iraq, they are making matters worse, they all just want America to leave.

The argument is that if we pull out now the secular violence will increase if we leave Iraq, and that the weakened Iraqi military wont be able to prevent the toppling of their government, which will most likely end with Iraq becoming a Theocracy or a Dictatorship.

At 10/1/08 04:55 PM, 4urentertainment wrote: We wish to abide by our religion's laws, we don't want other laws interfering that's the problem.

The Arab world wants to make its own laws. Why not let it?.

Allegedly we are. We're trying to instate a Democratic government in Iraq which will allow the people to elect their representatives and shape the law, instead of dictators.

At 9/29/08 04:56 PM, Memorize wrote: McCain suspends his campaign to go over and do his job... Obama objects... and Obama is getting shit done?

LOL

I wouldn't call what McCain did "suspending" his campaign, considering that he gave interviews and speeches for his campaign after he "suspended" it, instead of rushing out to Washington like he claimed he was doing to Letterman. It was more of a political ploy to try to look good while getting out of the debate at the same time, which totally backfired on him.

And I know Obama isn't totally exempt from playing politics, but he certainly has been doing it a hell of a lot less than McCain has.

At 9/29/08 04:43 PM, SolInvictus wrote: yup, because the Great Depression destroyed America and everyone knows this is just like it.

I can't believe you actually just tried to downplay the Great Depression.

At 9/28/08 03:45 PM, Toast wrote: - It's fun

I guess I just don't get this then. I don't see what so fun about manually typing in the coordinates of every vector image on the stage.

- It doesn't require the trouble of getting an animator

It does require the trouble of manually typing in the code for every piece of art. it also looks ugly.

- It's a good programming e-peen boost

Why? It's not necessarily an impressive feat. It's just tedious.

- The file size is really really small. Seriously, you could fit dozens if not hundreds of API games for the same file size as the red glove in your NG user pic.

A vast overstatement. The file size for that image is about 7kbs. Assuming you're able to make each game less than a kb, you would still be stretched to fit even a dozen games in there (though that still would be impressive). Your point about filesize is noted, I'm just not sure it makes it worth it.

- API games usually take little time to complete.

Well, more time than it would to make a game without API with similarly simple graphics.

I'm not saying API games are wrong and anyone who does them is stupid or anything. I just don't get why anyone would want to. I just don't see the appeal.

I never really understood why anyone would want to make an all code game. They're ugly, the improvement in performance is most times negligible, and they're not really appealing to anyone who isn't a programmer.

At 9/23/08 07:57 PM, Elfer wrote: they lack the competence and rationality to do anything important with it.

Dangerous thinking there Elfer. I hope you don't actually believe that.

I dunno if it's really hate directed at the US (at least the criticism coming from europe), its really more of a disapproval of the US's actions as of late. The US being the unipolar power of the world tends to flaunt international law and break treaties that it's agreed to, which is frowned upon by the international community.

for(i=0; i<boxcount; i++){
		if (_root.square.hitTest(_root["b"+i])) {
			_root.yspeed = 5;
			trace ("meh")
		}
	}

Should work.

The problem with your code is that you referenced boxcount instead of i. boxcount is the variable that you used to to set the movie clips on the stage I'm assuming, but if you want to make effective use of the for loop, you have to reference the changing variable "i".

I'm not sure if I'm being very coherent so I'll explain in more detail. When you declare a for loop, you specify 3 parameters.

(i=0;i<100;i++)

i=0

is the parameter that defines where the variable "i" starts. so in this example "i" will start at 0.

i<100

is the parameter that sets what conditions must be met for the for loop to continue. so in this example, "i" will end when "i" is no longer less than 100.

i++

is the action that is performed to "i" at the end of the loop. so in this example, at the end of the loop, the variable "i" will be increased by one at the end of each loop.

now that you understand what these parameters are for, this is how a for loop works.

in this example:

for(i=0; i<boxcount; i++){
		if (_root.square.hitTest(_root["b"+i])) {
			_root.yspeed = 5;
			trace ("meh")
		}
	}

i will loop through this code several times, depending on how high boxcount is. since i starts at zero, the first cycle the loop performs will be the equivelent of this:

if (_root.square.hitTest(_root.b0)) {
	_root.yspeed = 5;
	trace ("meh")
}

at the end of this cycle, the for loop will perform the action stated in the third parameter (i++), and add one to the variable i. it will then run through the loop again using the new variable of i. thus the second cycle will look like this:

if (_root.square.hitTest(_root.b1)) {
	_root.yspeed = 5;
	trace ("meh")
}

The for loop will continue like this until the second parameter (i<boxcount) is no longer satistfied.

Understanding that, the error in your original code:

for(i=0; i<100; i++){
		if (_root.square.hitTest(_root["b"+boxcount])) {
			_root.yspeed = 5;
			trace ("meh")
		}
	}

was simply that you did not reference i inside of your for loop. so instead of checking hitTest for every bullet, it only checked the hitTest for 1 bullet 100 times (the 1 bullet presumably being the last on being placed on the stage).

At 9/25/08 10:59 AM, poxpower wrote: Ok well tell me this: are any of the ultra-rich wallstreet people who own those business going to be accountable for anything? What's going to happen to them?
They can't go to jail. They won't be punished as far as I see. They're just laughing they asses off aren't they?

Basically they're probably going to be fired, but they'll recieve gigantic multimillion dollar bonus' just for leaving the company. They wont have to deal with any consequences for their actions, and they wont go bankrupt because the government is going to completely bail them out with American tax dollars. It's absolute bullshit.

At 9/24/08 09:48 PM, Blackfang wrote: INGLOR. WE MISSED YOU. Haha its actually really cool to see your name on the forums.

Read the date of the post.

At 9/22/08 07:33 PM, cellardoor6 wrote: I knew it. You put absolutely no effort into understanding the context of the argument before you came in here as you always do and started talking trash. As is always true, you haven't addressed the topic whatsoever.

Have a nice day.

He said: If Europeans vote based on whats best for them, why would they vote towards the downfall of the US?
You said: Because they think that the downfall of the US would benefit them because they're uninformed and blinded completely by their bias.
I said: What evidence are you basing this assumption off of?
You said: My evidence is several people who posted on this board who are from Europe and are uninformed/biased. This backs my claim that Europeans in general are uninformed/biased.

At 9/22/08 07:00 PM, cellardoor6 wrote: For the latter, the countless opinions and "stupidity/bias" that is paraded around Newgrounds by Europeans (And Canadians, and Australians) is evidence. Such as this or this as recent examples. You have people saying the US "fails" while their economy is doing worse, or you have people rooting for the UsSeconomy to collapse for their own financial opportunities they think will arise from it. Pay attention to the posts of JudgeDredd in the latter, he is doing exactly what I said people do... denying the effect a collapse in the US will have in the world economy. And before you say something like "lolz, you think they represent all of those countries?!", consider the context (which I'm pretty sure you didn't do before bombarding this thread with your irrelevant personal attack).

See this is my problem. You're assuming that the posts of several Canadian/Australian/European kids on Newgrounds accurately represents the beliefs and knowledge of their nations as a whole.

I love how cellardoor's entire argument against Rideo is that europeans are too stupid/biased to understand that the US is one of the main support beams in the western world's economy. But he doesn't have anything to back this up besides his own opinions based on stupidity/bias.

At 9/21/08 10:43 PM, Dante-Son-Of-Sparda wrote: COMMUNISM AND TRUE COMMUNISM DOES NOT WORK FACT!

Pure capitalism doesn't work either.

At 9/21/08 12:10 PM, Technozeus wrote: I also want to know how to make smart AI and that tutorial doesn't really have it. Like I want the AI to be made in such a way where they would go directly to you and then attack you. I would also like to know how you can make your character rotate to where ever your curser is.

I believe that is covered in the pathfinding chapters of tonypas tutorials. Just a note though, tonypas tutorials do assume you have a firm understanding of actionscript. So if you don't you may have to start a little smaller than tile based.

At 9/18/08 05:34 AM, n64kid wrote: I do because he's a democrat and when he realizes how fucked up spending is, he will raise taxes.

Or he'll cut spending in other areas. Or he may just continue to run us into a deficit and keep borrowing money like every recent president except Clinton seems to be doing.

Fist off, that only proves my point that he is too scared to state his own specific plan or his own stance on virtually any controversial issue.

Uh what? Your "point" was that he was opposed to nuclear power and then changed his mind, which is clearly false.

Secondly, you linked to a blog with someone else's analysis of what Obama specifically said to prove he never said he is against it.

It's sourced by actual statements by Obama where he specifically said that he would not rule out nuclear energy. Pretty clear cut if you ask me.

Third, he has stated that he is against building nuclear power plants because "it's not change", "it creates waste", and "not what America needs" when I saw him at the Kohl Center in Madison. Straight from his mouth.

Hearsay. I'm not going to take your word for it I'm afraid.

Fourth, if Obama last year said he does not oppose it, yet doesn't state that he favors it, but then states he opposes it, then goes back to his original beating the bush on his stance, then yes, he FLIP-FLOPPED.

So where did Obama actually say this?

Fifth, I've heard him in other speeches mention that Nuclear is not the way to go, he is not a fan/proponent of nuclear. (etc)

Obviously not, but you tried to make it look like he was opposed to nuclear power when he never was. Obama isn't the largest fan of nuclear power, but he realizes that it would be foolish to rule it out entirely.

What do you make of that?

Linking to his current stance and one of his previous stances cannot refute what he said between those points. Maybe he blurted something out by mistake and no one cared because he was speaking at a College, but he still said it.

Maybe you misheard or misinterpreted him? Maybe you're right and he did blurt it out, but do you really expect anybody to believe you when you have absolutely no proof? Sorry, but I don't base my views on rumors and hearsay.

Thats insensitive to those living there.

Maybe, but it is a separate country from the US. I'm really much more concerned with our country right now.

Maybe we should talk about giving California and Texas back to Mexico, since it's a center piece.

There isn't an ongoing hostile conflict between the US and Mexico.

Do you know what he said? It was more than Jerusalem that he backtracked on.

Care to enlighten me?

He's all over the place with taxes.

Maybe, but he has never differed from the plan of cutting taxes for the middle and lower classes. That has been his plan since announcement. Now, you may be right that the specifics of how much will be charged to whom, but that doesn't give you a basis to say he'll completely flop and start raising taxes for everyone.

-2003 Born-Alive abortions
-2005 Stated he was not Pro-Choice
Since then, he's been in favor of abortion, so 2007 and today will fall in line with each other.

Back it up man. You have not backed a single thing you have said thus far. Though, here's an interesting tidbit from that link I provided you earlier

Sen. Obama received the following scores on NARAL Pro-Choice America's Congressional Record on Choice.

* 2007: 100 percent
* 2006: 100 percent
* 2005: 100 percent

Yet you don't see Obama just as much a flip-flopper than McCain, moreso if you only count important policies.

I will accept Obama is a flip flopper when you can actually show that he is. As of now, you just look like the victim of right wing misrepresentation.

It really scares me how well the pictures have been contained by the government. I mean, pictures posted on 4chan in regards to this have been removed almost instantly. Every rapidshare and photobucket upload has also been removed quickly. I mean christ, if it wasnt for the gawker.com link, I would have marked this as some elaborate hoax.

It just scares me is all, how effectively the government has censored the emails.

They have computers in Alaska?

Not to say that the OP is correct, but all of you have missed the point. The OP is referring to an economic take over, not a military take over. For example:

when the US falls from it's position as the sole world power (it will happen eventually don't deny it), many countries invested in the US will no longer have much of a reason to keep the US consumer machine operating, and they'll call in their debt. Seeing as we're about 10 trillion in debt, even if the world only calls in 25% of that debt it's still 2.5 trillion dollars which is not chump change. The US government needing to pay off the debt somehow will turn to their only source of money: The american people.

Large taxes will have to be instated in order to pay off the debt to the rest of the world, taking trillions of dollars out of circulation and most likely causing a nation wide economic collapse. Desperate citizens will then turn to selling their assets to citizens of foreign countries.

That's how I interpreted his argument anyways. Once again, I'm not neccisarily siding with the OP, but I felt the need to clarify what he was saying to rebutt idiots who are asking how a foreign country might "overturn the constitution" and such.

From what I can tell there's nothing obviously wrong with the code. What I would do is remove the tween and see if it works like that. depending on the result, you'll know if the tween was causing it or not. If it's not, try placing a trace(); within the onRelease function to see if there's an output.

damageCaused = random(20)+50

That's how you would calculate the integer anyways. How you're going to apply the damage is more involved and depends on how you program your game.

At 9/16/08 03:35 PM, Luis wrote: Harsh Bans

Pretty much my thoughts. It's why I never really come here with my actionscipt related problems. There are too many angsty thirteen year olds who think they're hot shit because they know what an if statement is.

At 9/16/08 03:54 PM, Musician wrote: Secondly, it's smart for him to allow Jerusalem to be negotiated over, seeing as it's a center piece

a center piece in the conflict between Isreal and Palistine.

Also, a link on Obama's statements on abortion.

At 9/16/08 03:08 PM, n64kid wrote: Only time will prove either of us right, then more time to prove if either candidate was right.

You have no substantial reason not to believe Obama wont implement his proposed tax plan.

This whole election, Obama has been saying whatever is popular, and then he changes his mind the next day.

Nuclear power- First opposed, then mixed feelings, now almost supports it

Wrong. Obama has never been opposed to nuclear power.

Israel-Mixed views, speeks to AIPAC, then retracts what he says when he spoke to Palestinians the next day.

You're talking about his statement on Jerusalem remaining a part of Isreal. First of all, that's incredibly minor. Secondly, it's smart for him to allow Jerusalem to be negotiated over, seeing as it's a center piece. Third, all he meant by his statement that Jerusalem will remain undivided is that it wont return to its previous state, being divided by barbed wire, as it was before 1967.

Taxes-He has a new tax policy every 2 weeks. Raising corporate taxes, lowering corporate taxes, only tax windfall profits, raising capital gains, lowering them if you're a small business, tax the rich, tax the rich then give cuts to the poor and middle class, only give cuts to middle class who pay a certain amount.

Wrong. Obama's tax plans have been the same since he announced in 2007.

Abortion-Opposed, mixed feelings, Pro-choice, mixed feelings

Wrong. Obama has never been opposed to abortion and even voted against the ban on partial-birth abortion in 2007.

He just changes to contradict critics and only contradicts himself.

Conservatives have to skew because the facts are too liberally biased :)

At 9/16/08 12:58 PM, n64kid wrote: You honestly think if Obama gets elected, he and a democratically controlled congress will lower taxes?

Yup, that's what Obama is doing. Giving the people what they think they want.

This whole election, Obama has been saying whatever is popular, and then he changes his mind the next day.

Give some examples.

At 9/16/08 05:42 AM, n64kid wrote: They raise them for everyone, Obama is trying to sucker Middle America.

This is the best argument you have? "Obama is lying"? You need to take off the republicunt goggles for a bit bro.

At 9/15/08 10:38 AM, TheKlown wrote:

At 9/15/08 10:37 AM, Musician wrote: I'll just leave this here.

Thats a fake poll stupid

nah bro, it's legit

I'll just leave this here.

You're a bad troll and you should feel bad.