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I've been thinking of learning how to play the acoustic guitar.  But I don't really want to pay for guitar lessons.  Anyone know the best way to learn how to play without pay? lol

Also I don't have a guitar and I don't even know the type of guitar I should look at if I were to even consider this.

I find electric to be easier to play than acoustic, but then again that's my style.

I'm teaching myself right now. You can easily learn chords and scales on the internet. It just takes practice.

Work on the Petrucci exercise. That'll help your speed and accuracy immensely. Always play with a metronome, and don't play faster than you can play with accuracy--then slowly push the boundaries to expand this.

I don't have a metronome, but I can probably find an online app for that right?

Oh, and John Petrucci is a beast. XD

Hey, I've been playing guitar now for almost 6 or 7 months, and I'm getting better at it.

I'm a straight up metal head. Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera...

I've been learning Metallica songs for now, but enough of that. I came to ask if maybe you have some techniques that you yourself use that might be able to help me?

I'm working on sweep picking at the moment. I got it a lot better, but only 3 string sweeps. I learned by playing the intro solo to Metallica's Fade to Black. I'm having trouble still though, mainly with my fingering on the frets.

I'm also having a hard time getting harmonics and slides. The first verse of Master of Puppets by Metallica is killing me with the slides. >.<

Also, I can't seem to find any songs that are semi-easy to play, that I can actually learn all of. Maybe it's me, or maybe my tastes, but I find myself always looking up metal songs I can't play yet, or songs with a tempo of 200 or higher...

So what is your take on this?

I'm gonna vote for Daniel H and olaf.

Tonight's The Night - R4L

As the dark, mischievous night takes over a bright and pinkish sunset, and the sunlight starts to fade away and evaporate out of every window and blind of every home in this small town, I sit and watch how the hours seem to turn into minutes. The photo in my hand is a recent love, a beauty of a woman, with long, curly black hair, an astonishing figure, and a smile that lights up the room. I'm reminded of her past and personality as I speak of her. Sexual, physical, and verbally abused, she truly is broken. A wretched mess of pain that has swelled up inside her for all these years...

And how I'd love to make it worse, so that she'd feel what I feel right now as I sit here, downing liquor and sleeping days away while she's off acting like nothing has happened. I want her to feel bad. She has so much personality, yet she seems inanimate in these times. This isn't the woman I fell in love with. This isn't the woman who made me feel uncomfortable with myself, only to comfort me after.

I throw the picture away from me. I can't be reminded of those days. More recent events have washed them away like a monsoon. I'm angry, and disgusted, not only with her, but with myself. The countless hours of work I put into our bond only to receive nothing in the end but this departure... it was heartbreaking. I feel like I have no heart left, and it's getting harder to live. I comforted her in her times of need, and my God did I love hard. I loved her, and it changed when I spoke out of term.

I'm weeping... This is a feeling I would have hoped to never encounter ever again, yet here it is taunting me and playing with my emotions like they were toys. It's OK though. I don't have to feel this way, because tonight is the night that everyone will pay. I've been so misunderstood, so neglected, so alone... Heh, I'm weeping again...

She will pay. I didn't deserve this. My self-minded, so called friends of mine will pay. Tonight is the night I will make things right. So darling, I hope you're ready for one last encounter, because after you see me, you'll see nothing at all. Friends, a toast to you, because this is the last toast I have, and the last toast you'll ever receive. I shouldn't have to live like this.

As I step out of my apartment into the long, plain hallway, I am losing myself. I am slowly becoming something I fear, yet welcome at the same time.

It's a perfect night outside. So long...



This was pretty tough for me. I don't usually like to write about such things, but I get engrossed somehow.

Christian Bale looks like Max from the 2nd one A LOT.

Also, I fear they might do the same as the director of Silent Hill did. Good approach, but got the stories mixed up.

In the trailer I saw, it showed Mona Sax. Now I haven't played the first game, I only have the second one, so correct me if I'm wrong. Mona Sax only appears in the second game right? She isn't a part of the same story in the first one?

I haven't played the games, but fuck me does this trailer look good.

http://www.maxpaynethemovie.com/

I saw this trailer when I saw Babylon A.D. I can't wait. Mark Wahlburg will make that movie good.

I have it, but I can't run PJ64k anymore because Windows keeps telling me that there isn't enough memory to allocate a jump table, or something. I have about 25GB free on my HD, with 512 MB ram, and I've had less available and it worked so idk...

I do, however, play a lot of MAME on kaillera. Mostly Marvel Vs. Capcom and Narc, but hey, if you want to play anything, I will.

I'll list the emulators I have with kaillera capability. I have Nestopia (NES), Gens (Sega Genesis), Virtual Boy Advance (GBA), ZSNES (obvious...), and I do have PJ64k, which doesn't work...

I caught this episode too. I still think it was a hoax. The flag waving around didn't seem realistic to me, but then again:

Spoiler

The shadow test they did with the little moon setup is real...

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This looks awesome!

Wonderful game!

I enjoyed the conversations a lot. They were well thought out, and the branching made every conversation new. I also enjoyed the fact that there was a heap of people you could talk to, and it gave the feeling that they really were working together.

The plot was great! It was executed very well! The ship was a little confusing to navigate at first, but I finally got the hang of it. I still have yet to find the other endings so I'll have to replay it and choose my actions differently, another element of the game I highly enjoyed. Should I trust this guy and give him this, or should I keep it? These choices were exciting because the outcome was completely random.

All I can say is, excellent job my friend!

Me like!

The noise when animating, IMO, would be awesome if it's a sort of movie cutsene (the road, the first fan) because it would look like a old movie, a very nice effect for the game I think. But in a in-game backgrounds it doesn't fit, and with a character in there it would probably look messed up.

I agree. However, I think the first and second screenshots would be marvelous in game, like some sort of twisted reality like in the first LitN.

If you're looking for a Max Payne 2 style noir comic effect, take a look at this:





That's me, I took the picture with a webcam, and used Photoshop to apply some filters and mess around with the colors. It's basically the Sumi-e or Charcoal filters, mixed with some color editing and tinting. Looks like the Max Payne style though.

About your pictures. I like the style a lot. The ceiling fan picture eerily reminds me of something in a Silent Hill game, and I have not so fond memories of those games.

DarkBASIC Pro isn't bad. It's nothing great... but that doesn't mean good games can't be with it.

AGS is the only thing I've really used.

So no one's tried DarkBASIC or Genesis 3D? I own Classic DarkBASIC, and Genesis 3D is still alive.

OK, well, I have some good news.

I've been getting some therapy sessions at my school, and learning some ways to control my anger. Most of my aggression comes from my lack of confidence. This is something I knew already but my therapist said the same, so I think she knows what she's doing.

Anyway, to prove that I had it under control, my ex called me last night to talk about things, and there were a lot of things she said that I wanted to explode on her about, but I just think carefully about what I say. Then I count to 5 and take some deep breathes, something I'm sure all of you have heard of. It's a common process, but it works for me, so I'm sticking to it. It's been helping a lot, because she's been having thoughts about being with me again.

Anyway, thanks for the help. I really appreciate it.

R4L

Wow! This is fantastic!

...but something always happens and I end up saying something that makes her think I am an asshole.

I think this describes her feelings and trust for you very well.

When two humans, carnivores by nature decide to not treat each other as danger and decide they're "together", this should be a pact of both non-aggression and mutual trust.

If even tiny word could make your both earths spin other way, I'd say that is a damn fragile pact. How long were you together? Did she made up her mind, or she's not totally sure if you're an asshole or not?

You're 17. Man.
Love hurts, heard that one?
But a secret is that this pain grows over time if you don't let it go.

I suggest to forget about her and use the time you have wisely to sign a better pact with someone more reliable.
Doing endless CPR to a failed or too fragile relationship is totally the worst way to go, I know it because I lost 7 best years of my life over this. A well-learned lesson.

And as chauvinist this might sound, let no woman tell you how to think or talk. You're man. Act like one.
If she doesn't respect you*, and thinks that this is the way to go, let her waste her life figuring out why she can't have normal relationships.

You asked for help, and here it is: Don't let any girl, ever, make you think that something is wrong with you just because she didn't like you. EVER.

* - this sentence doesn't apply if you REALLY, willingly act like an asshole and hurt her, you know, out of evil

It's not just this girl that thinks I can't treat people. It's also my friends, which makes this a lot harder on myself. The truth is, who I am on the internet is not who I am in person. It's like that for everyone.

In person, I tend to not have anything to say or talk about, and I find that if I do something with my friends I get annoyed with the situation, because I don't want to be there and tell myself I have better things to do when in reality I would just go sit home and do nothing. It also doesn't help that I have almost no support from them either.

My friend Richard is making fun of me because I told him I have anger issues and need to get them worked out. This is why I can't say anything to him or any of my other friends. They always seem to gang up on me and press my buttons until I finally freak out and give in and become an asshole to them. They've even told me a bunch of times that it's fun to pick on me and get me mad. I hate them for that, but they're my only friends. They would help me if I had to fight, or if I needed some money.

InCreator, as much as I don't want to say it, I think you're right about her. The funny thing is, we've only been dating for about 3 months. I just felt so good with her, because we both could relate on so many things. It got deeper when she told me that she had childhood issues with sexual, physical, and verbal abuse, and how she tried to commit suicide, and lost some of her friends, just real, heavy personal things that she hadn't told anyone. When I heard that from her, I didn't understand how someone could do that to someone like her. It really got to me, and I wanted to be the person to make her happy, but she doesn't feel the same. I love her, but she doesn't love me.

She told me today that she thinks that I need to learn how to treat people, and that I have trust issues. I got pissed because she threw our weekend plans to go to camp away so she could go to the movies with some friends, and she didn't even ask me if I wanted to go. She says that it's because she never gets to hang out with her friends, because she has school during the day, and work after that, every day. What was I supposed to do about that? It was like she was asking for me to get pissed.

I suggest to forget about her and use the time you have wisely to sign a better pact with someone more reliable.

This would be possible if I knew girls who were local. Or single. I can't really forget her though. She says she wants to make it work still, and this is the only real, fulfilling relationship I've had. I'm looking for a long term relationship, not a one night stand. That's why I haven't been too successful with dating. All the girls I've encountered are after one thing: guys who don't care, and sex, and that's not what I'm about. Sex is great, don't get me wrong, but a girl who doesn't care is not a girl for me. Also, I'm not very popular, or good looking, so that could explain why I have trouble...

And as chauvinist this might sound, let no woman tell you how to think or talk. You're man. Act like one.
If she doesn't respect you*, and thinks that this is the way to go, let her waste her life figuring out why she can't have normal relationships.

She was talking to me about this as well. She told me that she can't ever have a normal relationship, and with some of the stuff she's told me, I'd believe it. She was engaged at one point, which is so fucking stupid because she was only 16. She was almost a mother as well. I realize why she would think that.

Ask yourself: Is it possible to force yourself to change? Do you even want to be a different person?
By me, both answers were no.

I can't change, but I can control myself. I do want to be a different person. I've been like this for a long time. Maybe I act like my friends too much. My two best friends are always sarcastic, and like I said, they find fun in hurting people sometimes. They aren't always like that, but it's definitely rubbed off on me I think...

As for your attitude and manners? Probably not. She probably was just looking for an excuse to move on.

I don't think this is true. All her relationships have been with assholes. She just got over someone who treated her like shit. She doesn't want to move on, not yet, I hope not.

To end this terribly long post, I'm very thankful that everyone is talking to me about this. I don't really have anyone to talk to about this; my brother is in South Carolina...

Anyway, I want to thank all of you. It really does mean a lot.

My relationship just ended today because of who I am. I'm a young man, 17 years old, and I'm admitting I have a problem that I need help with.

The girl I am so in love with, who I've spent a long time with, told me I don't know how to treat people with manners and respect, because I am always an asshole.

I tend to think I know everything sometimes. I lie to get out of things I'm too scared to do, which could be from riding a rollercoaster to meeting someone new. I always try to get out of it. That means I am a pessimist because I always look at the bad things first.

I DO have manners. I do everything I can to make her happy, but something always happens and I end up saying something that makes her think I am an asshole. I realized that this has been happening ever since I was old enough to have an ego.

I feel that if I lose her forever, that I'll never be able to do this again. I put so much into making it work, and in the end, my own fucking personality got in the way and ended something that shouldn't have. It's because of who I am, which has fucked up so much for me and others in my life. I've lost friendships, I've lost everyone's trust, and I'll never gain it back.

I know I haven't posted here very much, which makes this really hard to say. Most of you probably don't remember me, or remember the younger me, who pretended to be black and forever became Rap4Life42o who didn't know how to be an adult. Some of you might think that because of this post I might not act like an adult. My best friend told me to get over this whole thing and stop being a fucking little girl about it. Most of you will say the same. This is the internet after all.

I'm asking if someone will help me. I really, desperately, need to learn how to control myself. It's seriously a problem that I have to get rid of or I'm going to end up throwing a lot of important things away. I need some sort of solution. I need her so much, and it hurts so much to know that I'm in the way of it all. I need some sort of control.

If you ignore this whole thing, I understand. It's not anyone's job to help someone they don't know, and I doubt anyone wants to anyway. If anyone cares though, I really need help. I have to change, because I don't want to be like this... this isn't who I am.

Mario Kart Double Dash, RE4, RE1...

If I could I would buy every single game you're selling.