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Okay, it's kind of a dumb question but noone else can help me so I've turned to the forum where all my questions are answered.

I'm trying to view some video game ads, such as: http://gameads.gamepressure.com/tv_game_commercial.asp?ID=3267

I seem to have an embedded player, which I -think- is Media Player 7 because I right clicked and that's what it said... awhile ago. However, for some reason, I can't right click on the video anymore.

Anyway, the video is playing fine except with no sound at all. It plays fine for everyone but me. If I download the file and play it in a stand alone player, it's fine. I just can't get any sound in the embedded player.

I am using Firefox.

What should I do?
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I just re-read my post and although IS awesome, I feel I went off on a tangent of backpedalling too much and my point was lost a little.

What I really want to say is that I really only want to talk to my peers (best term I can think of), people who are at least as old as I am and have similar experiences to me. Most people are like that. I just don't have a lot of patience for listening to the opinions of people who think Monkey Island 3 is a 'classic'. May sound harsh, but it's the truth, that's just what I'm interested in and it's one of the reasons I like these forums so much.

Although I do think Fluke has the capacity to fit in here with time, he's still annoying and has a LONG way to go. Still, I think he'll be fine in time.

That all said, I guess my real point is that I don't think silence is always the best way to deal with a "bad" thread. Sometimes, sure. There isn't a collective mind here though. We can't all link minds and decide to ignore a thread. I think it's best that individuals state their opinions and in the end, a collective, general opinion on a thread will emerge.

Afflict: Thankyou for the props but I think you missed my point somewhat. The General Forum -isn't- for pointless threads. It's about non-adventure threads. If the occasional silly thread starts up, that's fine with me, but it has to be well timed and you have to have a good sense to make it work. You have to be genuinely funny. It's the difference between being a DG, who posts greatly timed and executed replies, and a ... well, any one of a thousand other people whose 'funny' replies get lost or misconstrued because they just don't work.

For the most part, pointless threads should be discouraged because most people won't be able to pull them off. However, I don't think we need to lose our heads when one does start up.

If any of you are too new to remember Tanker - there was a guy that needed a post limit.

You'll PM FLAME me? Jesus christ, 2ma2 @_@

It is a general forum and of course, ultimately, what stays and what goes comes down to the moderator's discression. However, when I see certain threads, I roll my eyes. Now I make some retarded threads. Purposely too, sometimes. But I believe it's an art to be able to make a retarded thread you know people will enjoy. Most of my purposely retarded threads have ended up generating a lot of discussion, retarded discussion as it may have been, and work pretty well. I think I'm mature enough, smart enough, and know the community well enough to pull it off, as are most people who have been here awhile. If everyone gave me flack for it though, I'd apologise and think twice before doing it again.

The reality of it is that when the majority of people here enjoy a thread, it'll go over nicely, regardless of the content. When they don't, some will do the "right" thing and ignore it and some will make a comment about what a *whatever* thread it is.

Part of why Fluke gets so much flack isn't just that people hold a grudge over his initial bad posts, but that he's still too young to be able to post in way most people here can relate to. I mean, I personally wanna talk with people who I have things in common with and in this community, that means people who 'get' old school adventure games and have similar memories to me in regards to gaming, life, etc. Now, age isn't the problem here as it has been stated over and over, a lot of very young posters here fit in really well. Heck, I wouldn't even know a lot of them were young. This is because of the way they post. They're mature enough, internet savvy enough and well spoken enough to "get away with it", as it were. Some kids aren't.

This isn't an attack on Fluke, just using him as the obvious example. Personally, I think he's coming along nicely and learning how to post well and fit in with the general community here. As he gets older and spends more time here, he'll "learn the ways" and fit in as well as anyone here.

Part of the reason for that, though, is BECAUSE people here make a big deal about his posts. I know it sounds like I'm a dickhead advocating bullying, but really, if a stink wasn't kicked up, the message wouldn't hit home. It happens with me all the time, it's like getting a slap in the face. It's just like when people come here with horrendous spelling and speaking leet. We make fun of them a lot and they get that people don't want it here.

I think the point I was trying to get to though is that there's still a real 'tone' of immaturity to Fluke's posts (speaking specifically about the height one). It's hard to miss. It's like when you can tell you're speaking to someone for whom english isn't their first language, even though gramatically it may well be correct. It's picking up on that that makes people see a real distance between them and said youngun', and it -can- be annoying when you've enjoyed having a forum full of essentially mates and peers for so long.

This is the way I read it anyway, and to be honest I'm pretty sure I'm 100% right on this one. We've been through it before with young RoXoRz!!1! posters and a lot of them are now awesome members of the community that post fine. If Fluke hangs around enough and continues to pick up the vibe of the place, he'll start to become a valued member here too.

I think you have to let the free market go on it's own merry way within reason. If people think a post is stupid, let them say. If everyone else thinks that person is being a negative dick, let THEM say. It'll balance out eventually.

EDIT: Now, my case in point, and I'm not doing this to piss anyone off, just trying to show what I mean. Fluke can still be a little immature or whatever, but he's growing on me. I think he's really starting to fit in bit by bit. LJUBI, on the other hand, still irks me to no end because they've been here long enough and had enough people spout opinions at them to know to start checking their spelling, grammar, whatnot and they don't. To me, I just haven't seen any posts that "fit in" with this community, and just about everything they post comes out sounding very... well, either severely controversial, not thought out, or just plain weird.

No specific offense intended, but that's the way I feel. I think others feel the same too, given the reception they usually receive.

Joke, Mord, Joke.

Oh, thanks so much! I'm going out right now so I dont have time to check it tonight but will give it a look whenever I wake up tomorrow ^_^

If I didn't mention it before, the reason I used the stars as the background was because I didn't know how to make part of the "floor" background transparent.

I'm curious. Surveillance on your kids to see that they aren't looking up boobies? Your wife to see that she isn't visiting #sex chat rooms? Surveillance on your roommate to see if he's looking up boobies so you can make fun of him?

Everywhere I've seen people mention that Aust. is in the world cup, John Saffron has come up.

He's gotta be feeling smug right now ^_^

I'm at work so I can't show any screenshots, but I'll do my best to describe this one scene.

Basically, there's a floor suspended in space. So, beneath the floor, you can see stars. To make them appear far away, I want two layers of stars moving at different speeds.

What I tried was having the bottom layer of stars as the actual room background. On top of that is a layer of stars, and then the floor as a layer above that. Obviously, the character and all objects are on top of -that-.

The thing is, I'd like to use the parallax in other parts of my game, making use of layers on top of my character/backgrounds etc. So, the plugin theoretically should be perfect for what I want. It's just not working... as such. Whether it's the plugin or my code, I don't know.

I vote we kick Mord out of the forums. For shame, man. Shame.

As for the picture, the first thing that stood out for me was the benches. They're all -exactly- alike and it looks very sterile and strange. This is exactly where a paint over can come in handy, to give it some life.

Yes and I'm sure he'd join me if he could

Sideshow Bob is voiced by Kelsey Grammer (Frasier Crane)
His brother, Cecil, is voiced by David Hyde Pierce (Niles Crane) - who I would gladly bed.

I'm actually -amazed- they went to the trouble to replicate this in the Spanish version!

Also very true. You'd have to be willing to part with a decent amount of mney, or find some very, very dedicated people who are willing to work for less (which is unlikely since it's your idea).

I encourage you to give it a try and see though You've already drummed up some advertising with this thread alone.

The general way to go about this sort of thing, I think, is to find individuals you want and ask them directly.

You're essentially talking about seting up a team here. It may only be for one project, but that's what it is. Think of yourself as the head of a company here - a company that will exist for only the length of one project (perhaps).

So, whereas others look for perhaps one or two members to form a team, for example a writer, a background artist, an animator... you want the lot.

At a guess, I figure you'll be needing a scripter/coder/programmer, a script writer, someone for music and sound, an artist (either one only or background + sprite + animator) and you'll need someone to tie the lot together, a team leader. Someone who actually comes up with the skeleton of the game and puts it all together, then giving the rest specific info of what they need to do.

If you have no confidence in your ability to do any of these things, you're gonna need to find other people to do them, which means either advertising for the specific jobs and waiting for offers, or looking at the work of people in the community and directly approaching them with your offer/request. I recommend the latter, personally.

Of course, you may be lucky enough to find someone willing to do the whole lot by themselves, in which case you're really lucky ^_^

Way too many problems with this thing, so many have been mentioned already.

The way I see it, the forum is here, people chat on it and whatever. If there's a general concensus that someone isn't acting like they should, people let them know. It's working pretty well as this is the most decent and friendly (while still being relatively free and interesting) forum I've ever come across. There's no need to introduce quirky games and systems.

I really hate the word 'noob' anyway. It's usually something people who haven't been in the "community" very long use to those who have been around for an even shorter time than them. The fewer labels, the better. People are just people and if they act maturely and fit in, then who cares what their imaginary internet status is?

Since I arrived before the storm, let me give you some advice.

Unless you follow the rules and add 2 screeenshots of your game pronto, as well as some more info (what's the point of announcing a game when you don't give any info on it?), you're topic is going to be locked in no time.

EDIT: Please, if you're a Monty Python watcher, fix your grammar and spelling up least. I can't understand what, "I can't even get the website thing to exept me again." is supposed to mean.

Just how big is too big though?

You can't find -anything- in the library on it? I'm stunned o_O That must either be the worst library in existance or you just didn't find the right books.

Yes, er, I'm going to bed now too so I don't have time but Andail is exactly right, you do it using crosses. Doing a search on google for perspective should pull something up about it.

I looooove the colours and character design. Very impressive!

But... I don't understand what you mean, Tuomas. ALL the spaces will get smaller as they get further from the camera. Making some smaller and keeping others the same size is going to look really odd, surely.