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I was only trying to teach him a life lesson. If you want society to turn into a bunch of Youtube comments, then enjoy it as much as you like, Calin.

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I wish all the best to you all... creating good stuff, if it's random crap, i should be free to speak out " my opinion", even they are short and hard.

Yes, but what does "This game is crap!! Avoid this!!" teach the person who made the game? If you're going to spend the moment to comment then be constructive. For example: "I found this game too hard. I felt the timing was too short to beat a level. The controls were too finicky. Graphics were a little bland. As it is, I don't recommend this game."

Both are basically saying the same thing, but one is a warm pile of shit on a person's feelings while the other is helping them understand why their games didn't receive well with you. That way they can improve and make a better game - or others reading your comments can learn from it as well if they're making a similar game.

Just imagine if you spent weeks/months/years making a game and posted it on here. Waiting excitedly for your first comment, then you suddenly get: "Screw this game!! I hated it!! NEVER PLAY IT!!"
You not only got punched in the gut, you didn't learn anything from this person's hatred towards your game.

I realise that not knowing me causes you to doubt my intentions. I am prepared to turn inactive and return only with new games, not through comments. I would not hold it against you.

My apologies, springthoughts. I don't have access to view people's IPs and was only trying to help uncover this troll issue.

You are in fact *not* a troll, you don't need to turn inactive. Simply ignore my attempts at solving a case.
My only question though, is why do your comments have a manual return after only several words? It makes your comments take up quite a bit of vertical space in the game's page.

Eg:

The game is based on a very fresh,
very interesting idea. Do yourself
a favor and read the manual because
it leads you into the game's world
through a very elaborate story. [..]

vs

The game is based on a very fresh, very interesting idea. Do yourself a favor and read the manual because it leads you into the game's world through a very elaborate story. [..]

Where that took up 5 lines instead of 1.

I don't know what I'm looking at.

But no. Unfortunately AGS is quite lacking in scripting features (I'd use Lua but I'm too stubborn to use that old-school looking language ha!).

There's a gay scene in Back Door Man (and the title is overly gay ). Other than that, I don't know.

Just out of curiosity, what modification has caused this issue?

I know that AGS caches the Character/Object sprites in a separate dynamicsprite. That way you constantly have 1 sprite in memory of the original size and 1 in memory for the scaling/tinting and possibly transparency.

It probably does recach this every game loop, but I can't be certain.

Stroumf and springthoughts wouldn't happen to be the same person, are they?

Both registering around the same time and rating nearly the same games.

I didn't actually mean for it to sound like a disability defect, but now that you've mentioned it, for all purposes of procreation it kind of is...? I don't consider a gay person as defected though, just unfortunately different from the expected norm.

Edit: Oops. I don't mean disability. I meant defect.

There's no evidence to the contrary. Nor will there ever be, because it is a choice. And as for the dozen links that you'll send about the gay gene and so forth, there's two dozen more that show evidences that refute it.

But you're not looking at this clearly. Are you at all attracted to men? If you are, then maybe that's why you're confused with what gay actually is, and therefore you believe there's a choice. Maybe you're bisexual and have chosen women over the other attractions you feel towards men.

If you're heterosexual then it should be completely and 100% clear to you. I know when I look at a woman (as Snarky pointed out), I can be mesmerized in an instant. Completely infatuated and turned on. Or in some extreme cases an immediate erection - or at least blood flow towards that certain member. But on the other hand, if I try to look at a man with sexual thoughts, the exact opposite occurs. My anus practically puckers up tightly with the sheer idea of it. Now that right there is my immediate telltale sign that not a single person would want to choose against that (in my case, my feeling towards women over men). I don't need a doctor or scientist to study gay people to know this to be the case.

You make the "gay gene" sound like it's super rare for someone to be attracted to men or attracted to women. There aren't two separate factories that makes women and men. We're developed in the same womb as your sister or brother, from a single cell turning into the trillions and trillions of cells you have at birth. One hiccup and you're blind, missing a leg, bad heart, no fingers, autistic, etc. Why is it so hard to believe that your brain was developed with the attraction towards women, while your brother may have had a hiccup and is attracted to men.

Hell, we can't even get a house concrete contractor to do his job properly and pour a foundation without issues; cracks, pits, unsquare, etc. And you're supposed to believe the human mind, which is the most complex organic thing I believe we've ever studied, can develop 100% without accidentally having the female attraction or male attraction in the wrong sexes.

And you say you're scientific.

I'm absolutely loving Abs's metro splash screen.

Hey Ryan, what the fuck are you talking about?

Obviously you're passionate and angry over something.

Do you think you know what I choose for my life? Seriously, do you?

Nope, but your argument defending parents saying it's the hardest job in the world told me your parents passed their religion on to you:

Raising a kid in a religious household is like brainwashing them.

Well, Khris, raising a kid is much more than that. It's the hardest job in the world and it really doesn't matter what religion the parents follow or don't follow. In fact, your assumptions are pretty much old-story, ignorant hate-rants against religious people are so gone this days that I think you're just trying to pick up a fight.

I only responded to that quote earlier because of your attitude towards Khris with the whole "hate-rants against religious people" and thinking he's trying to pick a fight, JUST because of him saying what is in fact true. Perhaps you were confused by what Khris actually meant. He was saying that the majority of all children born into a religious or non-religious family will adapt their parent's beliefs (I'm quite positive I don't need to show you statistics on this - you yourself should believe this to be true). His comment didn't warrant your response, and quite frankly neither did mine. Put the pitchfork away when you're in a debate. We're not trying to pick fights here, we're simply just expressing our own (albeit, bias) views in a religious debate.

You also never did acknowledge if your parents passed their religion onto you or not (so from here on out, I'm still going to assume that is a yes).

And, seriously, "go to hell and never see my family again?", really? Did somebody did that to you? Poor child.

Again, I haven't a blasted clue what your immature attitude is about. Poor child? I've seem to struck a cord with you. You're passionate about your religion and can't have a logical debate. I don't care that you have accepted your religious upbringings. I'm not against you. I do not dislike you (well, with that attitude, maybe I should?).

What I meant with that sentence you've quoted was that IF for the odd chance you decided to ditch the religion your family has instilled on you, whether you've chosen to be atheist or found another religion, there will always be that thought in your head that your choice was wrong and you may have consequences and go to hell - or whatever consequential punishment your religious views believe.

How could someone "have done that to me"? It doesn't make any sense at all. It's like you're just rambling after a few drinks. Are you asking if I went to hell? Because I clearly didn't.

Why in the hell do you believe that people don't have options?

Everyone has options, but will you necessarily choose one after it has already been chosen for you? Especially with something so powerfully impressionable as your family.

I think you consider yourself pretty smart, way too smart.

Actually no. I don't at all. But, you seem to forget that this is a debate. It has diddly squat with how smart that I think I am. Merely if you think I'm right or wrong.

if he chooses to be gay

Say what now?
Was this spur of the moment talk or do you really think gay people chose to be gay?

I love arguing with people and how they still believe being gay is a choice. Who in the world would want to choose ridicule and embarrassment for "attention" or whatever other ridiculous claims there are. The only choice about being gay is being in the closet or not. Pretending you're someone you're not to avoid the fallout.

It was actually this forum that convinced me that even sexual identity disorder was something you're born with. I always believed it was something that was passed down on you during growth.

My best friend's little brother used to cry about why he was attracted to men and not women. If it was a choice, he'd simply "choose" women instead of crying over why he's attracted to men.

Don't get me wrong here, my knowledge on Mormonism is quite small. But reading about it on wikipedia earlier today, it sounds like it wasn't a thing until 1820s when a man named Joseph Smith, Jr., claimed "he wrote the Book of Mormon after finding buried Golden Plates by being directed to their location by an angel".

What makes him different from, let's say, Hitler? Hitler was a man who was convincing enough to turn the majority of a country into a destructive uprising against the world - not to mention turning his people against Jews and other races. He was a very dedicated and convincing man.

What's to say this Smith person wasn't just as dedicated? "Hey, I'm not overly happy with Christianity, I'm going to make my own spin off of it". He was obviously convincing enough to have led anyone into believing him, let alone having people like you, 200 years later, still defending him and his claims. To each their own, I suppose.

That fact that the various different belief systems in the world are concentrated in different parts of the world, to me, is very strong evidence that none of them are right.

You know what, if this entire planet only had one single religion, you bet your fancy ass I wouldn't be atheist. I just absolutely know I'd believe in it.

Edit: Basically what I want to say, Monkey, is: If a man happened to run up to you today, telling you he wrote a religious book after finding some golden plates would you believe him? (were those golden plates ever shown to anyone, or were they strictly just part of Joseph Smith's story?) The only reason these claims have any weight on your belief is mostly because you were raised with them, and secondly, because it happened 200 years ago and there is now a numerous amount of followers.

No one wants to be the first follower when it comes to a religion. But when you see a large group, you're all over that shit - especially when you're actually conceived and born in this group.

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There is a huge flaw in your logic, and I'd like you to stop overlooking it. Or at least accept that atheists are equally responsible of brainwashing children, who then grow into adults who by-and-large are able to make their own decisions.

Wrong. From my standpoint, one is faithfully believing in magical beings written by men who used to think the world was flat. The other is completely logical and correct in a scientific standpoint. (side-note: this can be your exact response to me - except my faith doesn't have powerful almighty beings who love and protect me and want us all to dance in glee when we're all dead)

But yes. I agree that me raising my child without religion, even if I didn't express my own opinions, will undoubtedly make them faithless as well. They just likely will not know why they're faithless or atheist. At least this is a much better way to raise a child rather than telling them that Santa Claus is actually real (replace Santa Claus with religion, because in all honesty, what's the fucking difference? ha).

Again, they are obviously doing what they genuinely believe is right, after all they want their own child to be looked after by their god.

You know what. About 5 years ago when my brother had his first child, I believe a family member asked when he was going to baptize her. I can honestly admit that it felt as though I was punched in the gut with a sense of worry.. What if I'm wrong in my beliefs and when it came time to have my own children, what if I didn't baptize them? I was baptized when I was younger, so I started to wonder: should I just do it out of security, as a just in case thing?

It really made me question my choice in being atheist and if there are some things I should do out of security OR do I firmly believe in my choice of not doing it. It didn't take me long to decide that no, I won't do it, but I've never felt such a wave of panic and worry before - which is exactly why parents push their own religion onto their children.

Not to mention the fact that we're hardwired to believe there is something out there watching us - to keep us alert from potential predators that could be stalking us. But in today's predator free world, we're now likely to believe that the "watching" feeling is God, or whomever.

I think you mentioned this earlier (or maybe in another thread?) but I'm really not sure about the validity of this. Perhaps you are a sufferer of paranoia?

Yes I posted this in the other thread. And no, I'm not paranoid. I mostly mentioned it because there was a study done on it recently. You can Google it.

You may not notice this feeling. It's not like you think someone is sitting outside your house looking in your windows. It can also be replaced with the feeling that you're simply not alone.

When you're alone in your room, driving down a lonely backroad, walking through the dark alleyway, you always have that underlying feeling that you're not alone or that someone is watching you. And today with camera tech being so popular, the feeling is even more pressing.

The part of the study wasn't that you believe it's God or a dead relative watching you, that's just my own personal belief that people have turned that feeling into a comfortable feeling of being watched over.

Calahan's Crosstime Sallon?

Yep!

AGS game: Murder in a Wheel

Edit: Because I know I'm right (which is a good game btw), I'll post mine:

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Well, Khris, raising a kid is much more than that. It's the hardest job in the world and it really doesn't matter what religion the parents follow or don't follow. In fact, your assumptions are pretty much old-story, ignorant hate-rants against religious people are so gone this days that I think you're just trying to pick up a fight.

Are you seriously going down this road? Do you honestly think you "chose" the religion you believe? Hell no. It was chosen for you (unless you did actually find a religion your parents didn't believe, then kudos to you). These were the options you were given as a child:
A: Accept their beliefs as your own
B: Objectively disbelieve in their faith
C: Find another faith.
All of these options, except for A leave you with this: what if I'm wrong and go to "hell" and never see my family again!!?

I doubt you can say "I was just lucky my parents believed the best religion. If they believed in another religion, I would've found Christianity (etc) on my own!" Blah! Your argument hurts my brain that you can honestly believe it's something you chose (in the actual definition of: to choose). What happened to you as a child was a complete definition of: brainwashing (albeit, for the lack of a better word, it can sound a little harsh)

I was born into a Christian family. I had strongly believed in this faith that my parents passed down on me. I went to church. I went to bible camp. I did many religious things. And all my friends were heavily religious, even more than I.

Then around 12-14 years old I started to look at why I believed in Christianity and not one of the other numerous popular religions. My answer: because I was simply raised to believe it. So I started to question religion and why my parents believed it. Turns out their parents believed it too (no shit)! And guess what, they're parents did too! Odd that my entire family of aunts and uncles, parents and grandparents are all Christian. With your definition of how people choose faith, that's like winning the lottery isn't it? Since you know, you're given the option the moment you come out of the womb, what religion you want to believe. Oh wait, no, that's not right. You're taught what to believe by your parents and friends (brainwashed by the masses).

The biggest reason why I started to disbelieve my own faith: I don't trust humans enough. We are amazing at telling stories and we're unbelievably creative.
I cannot for the life of me trust that any of these religions are real because humans have had their hands all over them. Bending them, twisting them, to their own creative desires. Not to mention the fact that we're hardwired to believe there is something out there watching us - to keep us alert from potential predators that could be stalking us. But in today's predator free world, we're now likely to believe that the "watching" feeling is God, or whomever.

When I was at the point in my young age to fully believe that I do no have faith in any holy, divine powers, I actually told my mother in a conversation about God. I was expressing how I felt, I said, "There isn't a God". What did she do? Did she accept my beliefs and allow me to express myself? No. I was immediately grounded for a week, then yelled at and then scolded and scolded more, making me feel like I was the scum on the earth and that my own mother didn't love me because of the choice I made.

Luckily I didn't have a super die hard religious family who could've decided to bring me to numerous religious schools and whatnot trying to push that belief back in there, to basically re brainwash me in a forceful way.

Anyway, I don't dislike anyone for being religious. I'm also certainly not trying to make anyone become atheist. I don't want to force my beliefs onto others, I want to let them choose on their own (just like I would with my own children). I am just trying to get you to accept that it is, in all definition, a form of brainwashing. And that you in fact did not "choose" for yourself (unless, like I said, you actually found a religion your parents didn't pass on to you).

Khris, where in the world did you get your sprite sheet? I'm trying to add some new features and would like to just temporarily use the Mario Kart sprites and I can't for the life of me find one with all the dirt/dust/smoke effects and such, plus any other cool sprite.