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All in all, Badger, while you may not want to reveal any spoliers, a bit more explanation on "risky" would be useful.

I believe the word that Badgey is seeking would be: risqué

Would if I could but i'm already working on something, and I just started working on another game that if all goes well I would like to be my first community-released project. Maybe I'll spill the beans on what my idea was when it gets to be the day before.

Raybot is a deep seas surveillance robot designed after trench dwelling sea creatures; outfitted with an ultra-bright LED array and a compact medium resolution camera to log viewable footage for general research and to aid in scouting ideal locations for deploying manned-submersibles. Thanks to a state of the art polynylon-elastane "skin" covering Raybots skeleton drag resistance is near naught, allowing for minimal power consumption. The Raybot surfaces periodically to wireless transmit its (up to) 32GB worth of video data to oceanographers at surface level and to recharge using the photovoltaic solar cells along its spine and tail.


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I know what this looks like, but I honestly came up with this just a moment ago.

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Andail:

The fact of the matter is that the rules are not what they once were and will not continue to be what they currently are. You made the point that SSH believed an adjective was something contrary to the definition that the majority was aware of (myself included) and yet you discussed the possibility that in the future his word could be considered an adjective. Also considering that SSH pointed out that our understood definition of an adjective is flawed, there is another layer to adjectives (archaic as it might be.) Based on these admissions you agree that language is not static, that it is constantly evolving. Now, I agree that I can't genuinely claim that we can "all be right," that is true (forgive me for living in my head where everything is drenched in rainbows and unicorns =P ) I can claim, however, that stretching grammar like SSH has done is all right because that's why linguists accept that language is. in fact, dynamic: people simplify, expand and explore and as a result language is ever changing. SSH is part of a process, not a problem. The point that I was trying to make, but failed to explicitly state, is that you can easily say that SSH has an incorrect belief of what the accepted usage of an adjective is, however, by your own admission there is the potential that in the future his usage could be considered correct (maybe even proper) and for all we know perhaps it was the case in the past. Additionally, the dusty old tome makes the point that many of the accepted rules are meaningless and in some cases confuse the content of a communication in which case they are obstructive and should be ignored, even if it means that it breaks from what is accepted.

As a side note, it is difficult for me to not Anglo-centric; The United States is essentially culture locked. Mexico (the most accessible "other" culture) is a half of week away, Canada is approximately the same distance and for all practical purposes is culturally identical. I have extremely limited exposure to other cultures and I don't feel comfortable commenting on other cultures when I lack real-world experience with them. Europe is great in many ways, one of which is the radically unique cultures in relatively close proximity. Not being exposed to other cultures is probably more difficult than being exposed. There is a saying: when in doubt, go with what you know and ultimately (and probably unfortunately) the Anglicized world is all I know. =' [   Keep in mind that I did specify languages that i am familiar with that ARE NOT constructions of cultural assimilation: Hangul is the written Korean language, the creation of which was commissioned by a former Korean King to bring Unity to his Country and to differentiate it culturally from China and other Asian countries; and, Esperanto, constructed with the ideal of becoming a universal language, it DOES have static rules and a set of standards in order to facilitate pan-cultural communication, something other languages like English are not necessarily built for.

To reiterate my point: If spelling the word "Armor" as "Armour" is incorrect today but correct tomorrow, is it proper to have called it incorrect previously? Also, when something IS dynamic it is very difficult to ascribe value to "rules" that change apparently on a whim, an illustration of different rules can be observed by examining British-English versus American English. Plurals, verbs, compliments, titles, proper nouns, prepositions, dating and tenses are all treated differently between British English and American English, and not meaning to ignore the lexicographic rules such as the aforementioned "armor" versus "armour," but I find this information sufficient enough to dispute honestly claiming that anybody is wrong! At the end of the day though, the important thing isn't adherence to rules it is coherence of content and while it is true that standards help establish coherence they can never guarantee it and (as mentioned before) can often obstruct it.

All in all, your litigiousness is astonishing.

Beastiality.


'nuff said.

Oh God... I just had a brilliant idea for this, and it ends in a week. I feel like a moron...

SO, shall we move on to a less contentious subject like religion or healthcare?

Not yet. I think it's important to understand that (written) English is not a constructed language. It's a homogenization of many other languages (it's why English dictionaries state the origin of words) and spoken English. As such, the "rules" are not clearly defined as some like to pretend they are.

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jlawler/punctuation.html
Lewis Thomas has an essay dealing with the farce that is the governing rules of punctuation. Just as the laws of punctuation are fluid, so is almost every part of the English language. What we've done with our language is come up with reason for certain things existing AFTER they came into existence. To pretend like the English language is Black and White is stupid... it doesn't even HAVE black and white, it's all just shades of gray.

It's also important to be aware that "English" isn't a unified language, as well. British English, Australian English, Canadian English and American English (and etc.) are tightly related but all have their own unique philosophies (even when ignoring dialect and local words.) Any rules that and of you point out about the English language are suggestive at best because there is no ubiquity. We're not talking about Hangul or Esperanto. We're talking about (arguably) the most fractured and f****d up language on the face of the Earth.

So honestly, I think you're ALL right. I've seen truth from every individual post here... that's the great thing about the English language, at the end of the day, if you dig deep enough, nobody is wrong (and if they are: consider it slang.)

Here's a few movies that I think are scary:

Requiem for a Dream
Funny Games
Irreversible
Audition
Labyrinth

If that's considered having artistic flaws then I wish I had such flaws.

Now when I think about that I start to believe my problem rather lied in sphere of psychology; I just couldn't make myself draw something without having fear of image appear non-realistic, non-mathematically perfect, etc. Then one day I decided that I had enough of that shit, and that I should simply draw, paying less attention to how straight lines are and how correct shadows are layed. That was how I came to this style  

In other words, you stopped being a pussy and just went for it... This is a lesson I have taken to heart and applied in quite a few avenues of life. Ever heard the saying: "Life favors the bold." It's true, and I'm glad you decided to be bold and just start drawing because this is looking awesome so far! Being bold is important but so is being humble, don't be afraid to reach out for help or even just support! Keep up the awesome work!

I realized that this background is too hard for me, but it was late then.
I don't get how you guys draw so good and detail, I try hard, but nothing good happens...

Anytime I see loominous enter one of these, I run into a corner and cry. BGs are my weakest point and the lvel of just sheer QUALITY that some of these cats can knock is, for lack of a better word,  dumfukstarstruck-bat-shit-insane.



EDIT: Okay, inspiration finally struck me! I'll give it a go...

Nice idea, Questionable. To aid you in bringing this thread off topic, I think the BioShock universe would be an excellent setting for a business simulator. I imagine something like 'Plasmid Tycoon' where you play an up-and-coming entrepreneur stretching ethics and profit margins to their limits within the capitalism-gone-mad system of pre-collapse Rapture. And of course the game should be unwinnable, similar to Oiligarchy.

Do I smell a prequel?

Drug tests on  competitors mandatory. Anyone found not intoxicated will be disqualified!

What about Finnegans Wake style nonesense? That should be easy seeing as how it's St. Pat's day...

Mmmmmm, Jameson and Journals.

But I didn't knew any song that would fit it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZuVHQcZlNA

This one goes out to ALLLLLLLllllllllll the Laydizz..... Oh Yeah...

You never know, until you try... 

Seriously though, nice work!

I think it was posed here because they don't want to divulge to much info about the game yet... Makes sense to me. The regulations for starting a thread in the game announcement forum are pretty strict and it would make sense that on occasion people would want to tease a new project but not necessarily in the way that the "Coming Soon" forum kind-of forces you to.

It's not a remake but I would love to see a clash up between Left 4 Dead and the Total War (Shogun, Rome, etc...) series...

Imagine the anally detailed and accurate warfare system of Total War allowing you to mashup hordes of various zombie archetypes, ultimately battling for control over Earth. I always preferred the hyper-simulation style RTS to the arcadey feeling Warhammer/Warcraft/Starcraft games...

6DA - I've been in love ever since.

It wouldn't be the first time the dictionary lied...

One of these things once tried to steal a young lady away from me and I had to explain very clearly what the situation was.

They are not to be trusted.

This sounds like the premise for a movie...