You gotta have him as a portal buddy first. Go to My Account -> Flash Portal Options -> Portal Buddies and add the person you'll want co-authored there. He will receive a message in which he is asked to agree. After he does, the option to add him to the list will be available on the submit page.

Not a very good month for movies I guess, but the games were really nice this time. I enjoyed Miami Shark more than Hanzel and Gretel though, but oh well.

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At 11/9/09 11:59 AM, jk182 wrote: 1) How long does it typically take for an audio submission to be processed? Its been a few days for me and im not sure if thats normal.

It can take up to several weeks. I know that may sound like quite long, but remember that the audio mods don't get payed or anything and are already busy with lots of other submissions as well. So just be patient.

2) Where should questions like this be posted?

This is the right forum ;)

I'd love to see a 3D version of the Golden Sun series. I think that game could work really well in 3D with a graphical update and a bit of expansion.

At 11/8/09 08:04 PM, gamerguy23 wrote:

At 11/8/09 06:45 PM, andre800 wrote: Legend Of Zelda Ocarina Of Time was a really good game. I think they should remake it

How could could you add anything to perfection?

They could update it to Twilight Princess graphics and add a few elements from that game. The fighting on horseback for example would be a very nice addition. Also adding the sword skills would be great. Along with expanding some other things like dungeons and a new big sidequest, I think it could become something that satisfies most fans.

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At 11/8/09 09:02 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/7/09 10:41 AM, Auz wrote:

At 11/7/09 05:36 AM, Bahamut wrote: We need ZAAL clones, it's the only way. The closest we'll get now is Gagsy.

Yes! And the Kitty Krew. And koreaman. And we're gonna have to recruit us some 4chan members quickly.

You're not thinking big enough. We need all the big spammers and not just the KK.

Right. We must get the Milanos, Glocks, Socks, Blocks, Duck Divisions and Lucky 7's along with the Clocks, Stars and Locks to keep a little bit of quality in here. Also we need fellas like BBQBeefBurgerMan, Fleek, Err0r and _guardian_ .

And if we could somehow get some twitter people in here. We can be sure that they fill up 8 posts an hour with random crap nobody cares about.

However, I will give you points for mentioning 4chan AND the legendary koreaman. Too bad most here won't know who he is. :(

Yes, he was one of the general forum's biggest attractions back in '05. Maybe we should nominate him for the "I Miss Jew"-BBS Award.

He's been gone for 4 months now. :D Now this is a taste of victory.

I'm afraid we have no choice :(

NOOOOOOOO, keep him away!

For this one time, we must put our differences aside and work together. Without him all hope is lost.

At 11/8/09 03:48 PM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/1/09 04:19 PM, Auz wrote: None. Halloween isn't such a big thing in Holland, luckily. Only stores use it as a lame excuse to get some extra income by selling crap nobody needs.

Now if only the whole world put more effort into making Christmas less big of a deal than it should be.

Meh, I like Christmas. Christmas diner and Christmas trees are awesome. But I don´t think it´s such a big deal here compared to other countries. We already have a big holiday on the 5th of December called Sinterklaas (I believe it is actually where the whole Santa Claus thing is derived from (no, not vice versa)). It's practically the same idea as Santa Claus, kids gets presents and all kinds of candy if they have been good. Most people don't feel like celebrating stuff like that twice in one month, so Christmas is usually being kept at a family diner.

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Not such a good pace from my side, but I crawled pretty close to Voidist and pwroftheseagoat. Next week I should pass both since I only got two days of school =)

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At 11/8/09 11:26 AM, BGuardian wrote: What exactly do i delete if i do that? What does it do?

Not exactly sure about this one, but nothing harmful I can assure you.

but it won't clear my savegames, or any already achieved medals will it?

No it won't deleted any received medals. I believe those are saved on an NG server anyway so there is not even a possible way to delete them yourself. It won't delete save games either.

also. there probably is a hotkey combination for it, any1 know what that is? :P

Ctrl + F5 ;)

I don't have anything against Wikipedia although I don't use it that often anymore. In highschool we had to write reports often and it was alright for us to use Wikipedia as a source at most subjects. We all used it since it was the quickest way to look up information. Nowadays at my university I usually go to other, more reliable sources. Occasionally I just look up a formula or some property tables at Wikipedia but that's about it. Only other thing I use it for is looking up random, unimportant facts.

Anyway, I think it's fairly safe to assume that whatever is written on it is correct.

Today, all I'm gonna do is eat (and buy myself a squash racket).

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At 11/6/09 12:39 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/6/09 12:15 PM, Auz wrote: Indeed. Especially since there are always a couple of subjects out there of which I have no idea how I am going to pass them anywhere in the near future =/

With a mixture of great skill and luck. And by "great skill" I mean "luck". That's how I passed my maths examns. At least that's what my friends say... ^^

Yes, I guess I'll need lots of luck as well. Usually I just try to learn the answers of older exams and pray that they'll ask those.

At 11/7/09 05:36 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/6/09 12:15 PM, Auz wrote: Oh shit, I just realized we can only make 192 posts per person per day at most. We gotta find us some real hardcore spammers to help us out!

We need ZAAL clones, it's the only way. The closest we'll get now is Gagsy.

Yes! And the Kitty Krew. And koreaman. And we're gonna have to recruit us some 4chan members quickly.

At 11/6/09 12:15 PM, Auz wrote: Oh shit, I just realized we can only make 192 posts per person per day at most. We gotta find us some real hardcore spammers to help us out!

Oh yeah that's right; post limits. Where is darknessdweller when you need him. :)

He's been gone for 4 months now. :D Now this is a taste of victory.

I'm afraid we have no choice :(

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At 11/5/09 05:00 PM, knuxrouge wrote: I think the only franchises that had good water stages were the ones where you didn't actually have to go into the water.
And Megaman.

Or the games where water does not disrupt your movement so much. Like in Metroid Prime 2 there was a water like level, but since you got a heavy suit on you could simply walk across the bottom of any lake or pool. Along with that you could still jump and use all your weaponry. The only downside was that you moved a little slower, but for the rest I thought the water level of that game was alright.

At 11/5/09 06:10 PM, boloneyman wrote: Oh I just missed it. Earlier today I reached 10K blams. Oh well. I'll probably have 10K saves by the next update, so I can premier as a triple.

Nice, I got triple-listed as well first time. The same way Coop entered as quadra-listed, on gfox' final update. There was more than a year in between if I remember it correctly, so it wasn't such a big deal.

But congrats on making it to this list and good luck with the triple-listed thing. 650 more saves in 30 days is not gonna be easy.

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At 11/5/09 08:15 AM, Bahamut wrote:

At 11/5/09 07:53 AM, Auz wrote:

At 11/4/09 01:18 PM, reverend wrote: Let's see 2,500 pages and it's been 2587 days since this thread was created so about one page per day. 10,000 days is a little over 27 years; so subtracting out what's already done and on this pace well hit it in about 20 years; 2029. :)

But if from now on we all do about 500 posts per day, we'll be there by Christmas =D

I don't want to imagine what we must do in order to achieve that. :P

Oh shit, I just realized we can only make 192 posts per person per day at most. We gotta find us some real hardcore spammers to help us out!

At 11/5/09 02:14 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/5/09 07:53 AM, Auz wrote: That's kinda what I thought. It sounds like a weird system to me, since I guess you'll end up with all kinds of people specialized in different things while they still have done the same basic study. But I think I'd like the freedom of being able to choose your lectures instead of ... finishing a pre-made list like we do here.

I like the system, gives you more freedom. Not like the Bachelor system, where you get that pre-made list. "In semester 1 or 3, you have to attend this lecture, in semester 2 or 4 you have to do this and that" and so on.

Indeed. Especially since there are always a couple of subjects out there of which I have no idea how I am going to pass them anywhere in the near future =/

Can you also change lectures if you find one too difficult?

You can, but it's a bit difficult during the semester. If a subject is too difficult you simply do not sign up for the examn, but it's kinda hard to do something else instead, as you would have to catch up all the stuff in the other subject you already missed.

With which you might have to wait until the next year I suppose?

At 11/5/09 11:56 AM, TheNanoBeat wrote: i am new here and i don't know how i can put music on this site..?
someone.. helpe me!
thanks

Lol, it probably would've been better if you made a new topic instead of asking it in this one, but:

Go to this page and fill in the form. Make sure your audio file is in an MP3 format. Also, since this is your first time a moderator must check your work before it can be visible in the portal. This process can take up several weeks so be patient.

Heh, I just played Toss The Turtle for the first time in weeks and now I finally managed to hit the UFO on my second run.

At 11/4/09 08:00 PM, Rhete wrote: Also they may have pulled another literate/illiterate scheme

"Spend less than 5 minutes on the tutorial"

Lol XD

Didn't like the game that much, but a 100 points medal for finishing it is not bad. Plus I was very bored anyway.

At 11/4/09 08:57 PM, Duffle wrote: If you have your Portal Preferences set to "Classic", medals no longer appear on the page, but they will still appear on your profile.

That kinda sucks. I prefer the classic lay-out over the newer one =/ Guess I'll never know what medals a game might have, but the surprise might make it all the more fun.

At 11/3/09 10:23 PM, DsHacker14 wrote: Actually you guys, I know this is kind of epic fail but, nintendo is releasing a new DSi called "DSi XL" (DSi LL in japan). It's intended for older people but could also be for people with big hands/poor eyesight.

The picture is comparing the DSi XL to the already existing DSi. Shocking right? :\

It doesn't look like something I would be interested in, but I don't care much about a DS either. Anyway, I guess it's likely that this is becoming an epic fail. I doubt the group of old people/poor eye-sighted who are actually prepared to pay money for that thing is that big. People who already have a DS don't need one and people who don't care about a DS (like me) aren't gonna buy it anyway.

But we'll see.

At 11/5/09 06:13 AM, TurkeyOnAStick wrote:

At 11/4/09 10:11 AM, Auz wrote: Also, I'm not sure, but I thought there was a special topic in the art forum where people could advertise themselves.

There's no such thread, and I doubt there ever will be. Just post 4 pics so you appear on the unscouted page.

Hmm perhaps I was confused with something from the audio forum.

Anyway to the OP again, I see a lot of big topics in the art forum where people ask for criticism on their work. I don't know if there are any rules before you can create such a topic, but in case your work still goes unnoticed after you created four pieces of artwork you could perhaps start such a topic and ask for some opinions.

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At 11/4/09 01:18 PM, reverend wrote:

At 11/4/09 08:01 AM, Auz wrote: Woohoo! 2,500 pages. C'mon guys, only 225,000 more posts and we'll be the first topic to reach 10,000 pages!

Let's see 2,500 pages and it's been 2587 days since this thread was created so about one page per day. 10,000 days is a little over 27 years; so subtracting out what's already done and on this pace well hit it in about 20 years; 2029. :)

But if from now on we all do about 500 posts per day, we'll be there by Christmas =D

At 11/4/09 02:19 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/4/09 08:01 AM, Auz wrote: Sounds a bit like the EC system, but with much more freedom. So your basic study is business studies and within that study you can educate yourself in certain fields?

I'm studying "Business Informatics" and I'm not entirely sure if I understand your question correctly, because it's really hard to translate all those terms correctly.
I'm finished with the "basic study period", now I'm in the "main study period" (or "advanced study period"). And within the main study period there are certain requirements I have to fullfill, like getting 10 bonus points in "ABWL" (which I tried to translate as "universal business studies"), 10 bonus points in "Wirtschaftsinformatik A" (=Business Informatics A), attending 2 out of 3 given lectures (and passing the examns, of course) for "Wirtschaftsinformatik B" (=Business Informatics B) and so on.
But within those "fields" I named (well except for "Business Informatics B", where I can only choose between 3 lectures) I can choose between a wide range of lectures.

That's kinda what I thought. It sounds like a weird system to me, since I guess you'll end up with all kinds of people specialized in different things while they still have done the same basic study. But I think I'd like the freedom of being able to choose your lectures instead of ... finishing a pre-made list like we do here.

Can you also change lectures if you find one too difficult?

Yeah, the second date is called "Nachschreibetermin" which basically means, everybody who flunked the test on the first date can have a second try there. But it's not mandatory to write the examns on the first date.
Also, it's not mandatory to write the examn again on the second date if you flunked on the first date.

Heh same here. Exams for one subject are offered twice each year, but if you prefer to skip them you can do so and it won't have any consequences. I skip a lot of exams the first time that way because I'll need the time for other subjects.

You can not change it yourself anymore. Nowadays you gotta PM an admin and ask him kindly to change your username. However, they'll only do it if you got a really good reason though.

If you don't care about any stats in your current account, you might wanna consider creating a new one.

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And happy birthday!

I guess we should wish each other good luck then.

Last time I went to the dentists (about six months ago), he noticed something odd about one of my front teeth and said I might have to go through the same treatment as you do. He said he would look at it again next time and if it started to hurt in the meantime I should give him a call.

Next time is gonna be in two weeks and to be honest I've never been so scared to go to the dentist. I haven't felt any pain in the meantime so I hope everything is alright. I never had a root canal treatment before so I'm not sure what it feels like, but I heard it's one of the most painful things a dentist can do to you =(

But good luck to you in any case.

Well you only got one art submission so far and you need at least four before you even have a chance to be scouted. After you got four submissions, I guess it's a matter of patience. You can only get scouted by someone who is already scouted, but you shouldn't go and beg those people because then you'll only be annoyance. Just wait patiently and eventually someone will notice you.

Also, I'm not sure, but I thought there was a special topic in the art forum where people could advertise themselves.

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At 11/3/09 10:22 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/3/09 04:50 AM, Auz wrote: Alright. We don't really have anything like that here. At the university you simply do a Bachelor and then a Master. If you graduate however, you get to pick whether you want to be a Master or an "Ingenieur" (the Dutch title for Engineer). Personally I prefer Master as a title :p

We have a proverb in Germany... "Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör" which basically means, someone who is an Ingenieur is an expert in (almost) all fields. So, I'd prefer "Ingenieur". :P

Lol :p Yeah, but Master sounds something like Martial Arts expert or a wise old Chinese/Buddha guy, which is way cooler.

Hmm that kinda sucks indeed. I have something similar here. They came up with a new system with all kinds of new subjects and I was among the last to go with the old system. So I have to be at a certain amount of EC at the end of each year, otherwise I'll have to go do the new system (which is gonna cost me a year). Since my study is quite difficult, I must say I have lots of trouble trying to stay ahead =/

For me, it's not that difficult, it's more like, that subjects I need to finish my studies simply aren't offered anymore. I then have to learn a script and find someone who is willing to offer an oral examn...

Oh that's kinda lame. In our case we simply have to do some other subjects in the new system that are sort of the same as the old one. That seems like a better solution to me since you're not pretty much forced to solve it yourself if you screw up.

Oh okay. I thought you said you had several tests that all counted to one grade for one subject.

It's a bit complicated. I have certain "fields" (like "universal business studies", there's also a field which is called "specific business studies") where I have to gather a certain amount of points, but to get those I have to attend specific lectures that are part of this field and take a test in this lecture. If I pass the examn, I get points (basically I get 3 points for a lecture, but it may be different, depending on how many semester periods per week the lecture had, and if there was some kind of tutorial, etc.).
I need at least 10 points to pass a certain "field" (there's no limit on how many points I can gather in a field, so if I want to attend more lectures than necessary I can do that).

Sounds a bit like the EC system, but with much more freedom. So your basic study is business studies and within that study you can educate yourself in certain fields?

But all those examns are at the end of each semester, and there's a second during the semester break. Usually I write my examns on this second date, gives me more time to prepare for the examn. ^^

Oh and are those second ones like resits then?

It seems similar to my year. My year is divided in periods and two periods is one semester. There are exams at the end of each period and if you fail, you can (usually) do a resit in the next period. Unfortunately, if you fail exams in June you gotta resit them in August which kinda sucks =/

At 11/3/09 01:51 PM, puddinN64 wrote: Pretty much every coin challenge in Diddy Kong Racing made me want to kill myself.

Oh God, I remember those as well. There were a few levels in the snow, space and medieval world that took me weeks of practice before I was finally able to get all those damn coins. But it really became hell once you had unlocked the mirrored adventure. Coins appeared at the strangest places in that mode.

Do you mean the size your flash movie should have to make it fit in the wide screen lay-out? If so, then it doesn't matter. NG will automatically make the flash fit on the screen and add borders if necessary.

At 11/2/09 05:13 PM, EpicFail wrote:

At 11/2/09 04:52 PM, Auz wrote: Is Final Fantasy II any good? I got the Dawn of Souls remake and only finished the first one (which I didn't like that much by the way). Haven't bothered yet with the second, but I heard a lot of bad stories about the leveling system...

Personally, I love it... And so far the leveling system is alright.

I heard it was something like: You gotta use a certain attack often to raise a certain stat, but while you raise one stat you might decrease another stat =/ I guess in the end you will still end up with a strong fighter type and mage type etc, but I don't think I'll like it very much.

But perhaps I should give the game a try sooner or later then, after I'm done with Final Fantasy VI.

At 11/3/09 11:23 AM, sumguy720 wrote: Not to change the topic entirely, but does anyone know if Nintendo is releasing a new handheld system this Christmas? The DSi was a letdown IMO.

Nope, I haven't heard any news about a new system.

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At 11/2/09 05:57 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 11/1/09 12:25 PM, Auz wrote:

I don't know if the Bachelors here have something like a BSA, but I don't have it, and I'm glad about that. I'm not a Bachelor, I'm a "Diplomer", which means I get a licentiate degree [=Diplom] once I'm finished.

Alright. We don't really have anything like that here. At the university you simply do a Bachelor and then a Master. If you graduate however, you get to pick whether you want to be a Master or an "Ingenieur" (the Dutch title for Engineer). Personally I prefer Master as a title :p

Too bad that all the study courses are now being converted into Bachelor/Master. When I began my studies I was in the last "Diplom-year" and now I have to finish everything until 2012. Time is getting pretty short now. ^^

Hmm that kinda sucks indeed. I have something similar here. They came up with a new system with all kinds of new subjects and I was among the last to go with the old system. So I have to be at a certain amount of EC at the end of each year, otherwise I'll have to go do the new system (which is gonna cost me a year). Since my study is quite difficult, I must say I have lots of trouble trying to stay ahead =/

Yeah, we only have examns at the end of each semester, no tests in between as well.

Oh okay. I thought you said you had several tests that all counted to one grade for one subject.

At 11/2/09 07:28 PM, JKMonkey wrote: I wish all weekends were three day weekends.

I'm gonna have five day weekends pretty soon ^^

So your question is if it is highly likely that your flash movie will get blammed because of its length?

Well that totally depends on the quality of the submission. I've seen plenty of short flashes pass with a great score, although I can't think of any examples right now. But I would say, just submit it and you'll see. It's not like it's such a disaster if it gets blammed.

At 11/2/09 04:52 PM, Auz wrote:

At 11/2/09 01:46 PM, MrSaint wrote: Also be careful when fighting Shadow Link, he copies all your moves. Jump Attack worked for me, it usually pwned him.

NO! Do not use the Jump attack! He will jump sideways and instantly counter you with a jump attack. Not sure if that will deal double damage to you, but it's very hard to hit him with that move anyway. I would advice the diagonal slash. The third strike of the combo will almost always hit him. Oh and don't try to stab him either because he will jump on top of your sword and hit you while you're defenseless.

Oh shit, sorry for double posting but I just remembered something about the Water Temple in Master Quest: Unlike Ocarina of Time, the Water Temple in Master Quest is the easiest out of them all! I don't know if you played the original, but that last part you normally had to go through to get the boss key, well you don't even have to go through that part. As soon as you get the boss key (which you get after fighting dark link I thought) and the longshot, you're basically done. I assume you know where the boss' chamber is. If not then I don't wanna spoil too much, but you don't have to look far ;) You can get there and fight the boss without visiting like... the other half of the rooms in the temple.

It was a major let down to me =(