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I don't think I ever hated Kerry. I just didn't care, or see him as much better than Bush because I hadn't seen anything impressive. A lot of that has to do with the little bit I saw of him in the media during that time. I saw some pretty wacky stuff about him and Vietnam, mainly him talking about Vietnam. Things that kind of made me question him, but not hate him. However he didn't make me think dictator, which Bush does, so that was the only reason I was going to vote for him. Now, after the debate, he has come off as a strong leader. So my reason for voting for him has flip-flopped to actually casting a vote for someone I think is capable of doing the job. It's all a popularity contest and Kerry just hadn't made his entry until the debates. It was a well played hand. He will hopefully be able to ride this brief wave of victory all the way to Nov. 2, which I imagine was the plan. His big sprint at the end of the long race where his opponent is already spent.

Concerning the media: I'm not very well educated on the matter, so excuse me while I talk out of my ass for a moment.

A while back I became interested in Columbia and the FARC. Finding information about this became somewhat difficult. Very few news stories actually appear on events in Columbia. I had to dig to find out about it. Basically this is the case with almost all media coverage. You are told only what you seek out. I read both the BBC news site and CNN. There are always different spins on the same story. However, I rarely find that at the core it is all that different. I feel that the media falls somewhere in between. Not to the left or the right, but not balanced either. I think the whole "Pepsi commercial/Woodstock" thing was a good example of how I feel the media acts. It presents the whole package but, different parts are filtered out by other stories. There is fairly constant coverage of Columbia on CNN.com (virtually none on BBC) but it is buried. Buried under "news" that is barely news, repeated stories, and the latest movie/rock stars wedding. It's all a matter of reading between the lines and paying attention to what is RIGHT in front of you, and the mass of American Society has no desire to do so, which explains why they like Bush so much...At least in my opinion.

later,
-junc

lol, great shbaz.

Did ANYONE else notice when Bush said "September 10th" and not "11th"?

I guess Bush's Bushisms are all taboo now, because somehow it's okay to have an idiot for a leader.

Personally, I don't get that argument. If he can't out-debate someone then should he really be representing our country? Can you just imagine the things he says to other world leaders!?

Going into the debate my vote was for Kerry. Not to elect Kerry, but to get Bush out. I must say that Kerry performed very well and I no longer feel the guilt of giving my vote away to someone I don't like.

I must say though, I didn't think Bush did as bad as everyone thinks. I think he did just what he needed to do. The repetition, stubbornness, and cockiness is exactly what makes him so "lovable". His bad-ass-we-blew-stuff-up attitude is what will get him votes. That and his ignorance. He appeals to many Americans on a very personal levelÃ, 

I thought the ultimate ZING! was when he quoted George Bush Sr.'s book, stating that "there is no exit strategy for a war in Iraq" (this was given as part of the reason he pulled troops out of Iraq in the first gulf war). He used Bush's OWN FATHERS words to nail him, it was great.

I'm pretty excited about the next debate. It really got my "politics" rolling. I checked out the other issues and elections on my ballot and I'm feeling all inspired.

Darth: Bush sincerely and truly frightens me. I really do believe that his intentions are to establish a dictatorship. Yep, that's right, I'm that much of a paranoid nutbag, but that's what I believe (because I know that I'm right and god is on my side). Please vote. If Bush wins again on just an electoral vote and not a popular vote...I will be the first to sign up with a revolutionary group and attempt to restore freedom to my nation. Your vote is important, the votes of all of Gore's supporters still prove today that our president has not been elected by the people. There is no end to the importance of this fact. Join the revolution and vote for your president, even if he doesn't win.

later,
-junc

let's just use these:





I would say at the very least the yellow ones REALLY need to be replaced.

later,
-junc

I like netmonkey's set.

I've been trying to get juncSource updated with these things. I really need to do something else with the site. Perhaps remove all of the screenshots or automate the adding process(too difficult for me to do alone). I have no problem with updating files, it's just adding entirely new ones that I tend to take forever to get around to. So, yes, if you could create a very concise list of everything you want on the site I will put it up on juncSource.

For all of the hits juncSource gets, not many people tend to get very excited when I ask what needs to be added. These leads me to believe that it's a lot of non-AGSers or non-forum users accessing the site so much. This basically means a lack of pressure on me to update things, hence the stagnant state.

Even if Darth and Farl want to put up the same files, I don't think it will hurt to have them hosted in several different places. In fact, seeing as how people disappear or neglect things so often, I say the more the better.

later,
-junc

- NPCs having their agenda, like in Ultima 5. On set times of the day and night they breakfast, go to work, dine, go to a pub, sup, and go to bed.

Since finishing my first game this is ALL I have been trying to do with AGS. I started out with smuggler, which was supposed to be a "sci-fi economic sim", started a similar game set in ancient Rome, and now I'm back at smuggler. I'm using RPG graphics because when I think of a simulated environment like that it seems like the best way to present it.

The CCS plug-in makes this very possible with AGS. Using the plug-in in Keptosh is what made me want to make a "sim-like" game.

Basically, I see the whole "interact in a world that moves without you" as the evolution of games in general. I think that Adventure games were so popular because for the first time you could explore this whole world. Now, GTA (as someone already mentioned) fills this role. However, the goal hasn't really been reached yet. I think there needs to be a full world with ALL characters doing a daily routine. This will be the ultimate game.

The game Brataccas managed this fairly well. This little asteroid was populated with people that "did their thing" and you just solved the game on your own terms. It is more of a fighting game than strategy and the solution and character design is crap, but the games tumultuous history is responsible for that.

I don't think RPG's are the evolution of anything, I just think they have grown and been able to achieve this goal a little easier. I honestly believe that the reason First(and third) Person Shooter games are shooters is because the technology has only recently reached the point where doing a full on adventure game (in a fun way) is possible.

I actually attempted to create a world like this using the half-life engine. The limitations however kept that from happening. It COULD be done. But, it would be easier to do with something like AGS.

later,
-junc

Although there were fears of many more dead on La Tortue island, Deslorges said: ``The government has been in contact with officials on La Tortue. Nothing happened there.''

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4504189,00.html

Still, a lot of people dead in Haiti. Somewhere between 500 and 600.

-junc

Well, why I agree that there isn't much need to sticky this thread, perhaps a more detailed history and explanation of Adventure Games would be good for the main AGS page.

Basically I have this theory:

AGSers between 25 and 30 started out with King's Quest and Sierra and moved from there.

AGSers between 15 and 25 started out with Monkey Island and LucasArts and moved from there

However, those generations are getting older. Those that joined AGS at 15 when it first started up are nearing 20 now. This brings in a whole new generation that may not have had exposure to "proper" adventure games. There are a large number of people that come here and say they just "downloaded" Monkey Island and loved it. They may love adventure games just the same as all of us, but they've only been playing for a few months. I don't see any problem with catering to these new adventure game fans.

An addition to redruM's post: I don't think AGS should be considered for any type of "arcade" type of game. While it is possible, someone new to programming and AGS is probably not going to make it very far with one. (so, as he said, "ONLY for creating adventures")

later,
-junc

Hey Chris, from the bottom of the orkut page:

in affiliation with Google

good call.

I find these "online communities" interesting. I also think it's a pretty good way to promote my music. I'm on Live Journal and just signed up for MySpace.com, so why not another...

Name: juncmodule
Email: junc (AT) juncmodule.com

later,
-junc

http://www.nailhead.org/agistudio/

You can view and export all of the graphics using AGI Studio. I doubt you will find many of them already ripped. Besides, you would probably spend more time searching for them than it would take you to rip them.

later,
-junc

They would be used to build a lunar colony.

Woot!

That is much more exciting to me!

Besides, I think that is the point of the idea. There will already be a moon colony. The "DNA backup" would come after. So the "restore" process would be done by those already on the moon (I love the fact that everyone is referring to it in terms of a computer "backup").

I think by the time all of this is actually capable of happening the "storage" process will be a bit more simple. I don't see why all of this information couldn't be stored on a computer and recreated by a computer. Keep in mind I'm not talking about something we consider a computer today. I expect that within another 20 years our computers will be vastly different than our computers today. I'm thinking wet wiring, quantum computers, etc. We can just launch our big "database" of life off to orbit the sun. We could then access the "database" in the event of a catastrophe.

Of course none of this will be of any use if we step out of our nuclear/asteroid induced cloud wearing loincloths, throwing rocks, wielding clubs, and humping things.

later,
-junc

Over the past year or two I've been thinking about this a lot. After finishing my first game I couldn't seem to get anything else started up so I stopped hanging out on the forums. I kind of gave up for a while. I sporadically came back sometimes for a few months while I worked on some new great idea, but always drifted away as I lost interest in the idea. I feel like I can't really leave completely though. Even if I'm not making adventure games this community offers a group of open minded (and sometimes not so open minded) people to bounce ideas off of.

My Socialism thread a while back has completely affected the way I view myself politically. I no longer call myself a socialist because of that thread. Granted, I'm ten times more confused about it now than I was then. But, I did find out that I wasn't really a socialist, which was the basic goal of the thread.

People like Timosity, c.leks, and Darth Mandarb have also gone above and beyond being "just some people on the forums". When referring to people like this in real life I tend to say "my friend". It's funny for me though because I'm not a big IRC/chat person so I don't really know any of you. Yet you all make me feel welcome and like a friend.

I think what I get out of this community is "a community". That's really it. It isn't about Adventure Games so much as it's about community. We all just so happen to share a great interest in making Adventure Games.

later,
-junc

 

http://www.juncmodule.com/pub/desktop.jpg

later,
-junc

I'm assuming that when you get that WinXP Blue Screen of Death it is giving you a list of errors? Right?

I was having this weird problem where when I shut down the computer it would just restart instead of shutting down. I set it up so that the blue screen would come on (disabling restart on critical errors). I copied down the code it gave me and looked it up. It told me that I had some driver issues.

Since you are having the same type of problem I would assume it is drivers. As far as the corrupt RAM thing...that just sounds fishy. I think your problems would be a little bit more common than what you are talking about if it was actually a hardware issue.

Also, why don't you have SP1 installed? Having an out of date OS and having strange problems isn't really much of a suprise. If you are on dial up and can't get SP1 let me know and I will mail it to you.

In order to fix it I would recommend reinstalling ALL of your drivers. If you have any drivers that are unsigned, DON'T install that device until you find one that is signed.

That's how I fixed my problem.

Good luck.

later,
-junc

If I'm not mistaken there is a version of Linux out there that will boot from the CD. Perhaps you could use that if they make the same version for MAC?

I've never really heard of a Linux emulator (or looked) but perhaps you should attempt to find that instead of a Windows emulator.

Odds are the Linux version will be developed more fully before a OSX port ever even begins. Hopefully the editor will be ported to it soon.

Is there a difference between Linux for MAC hardware and Linux for PC hardware?

eh, just some ideas.

what the heck is up with this -->

If a mod would like to edit the link in the first post:

http://www.yonkis.com/mediaflash/yeti_gorez.swf

Porn free link

My high score was 860-something...eh

EDIT: I just found a non-bloody no mine one: http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b7506051/games/swf/yeti.swf

later,
-junc

You could have PM'd me about that... :

And you could at least post your opinion on the subject.

Anyway, it's done.

later,
-junc

Do you have a banner Junc?

And now to quote myself:

I don't have a banner to "exchange" so...whatever.

Did you read the post dude?

but no one seemed interested

Hmmm...that's a bummer. If no one shows intrest then I won't do it. I just kind of expected people to jump on it.

eh.

Well, how about a contest to make a AGS banner? Moderators? Could I do that?

I will change the title of this thread to see if there is any interest.

later,
-junc

This thread was changed...Here's the new topic :

Well, how about a contest to make a AGS banner? Moderators? Could I do that?

I will change the title of this thread to see if there is any interest.


If anyone else is still interested in a banner exchange please post here too...

My original post:
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I am sure that this has been mentioned before...

I'm interested in starting up a banner exchange with AGSers. I put the FoY banner up on my site along with an "allposters.com" ad (which is supposed to pay money...yeah right...). I would also like to put up a AGS banner, I can't seem to find one. Perhaps someone would like to start a competition to make one or something. Same goes for games.

Anyway, the point of this thread is that if you want to promote your game on my site post the banner and link in this thread. If it is of good enough quality I will use it, if not I won't. Another thing, if you've never released a game, I won't be putting your banner up (sorry, but common sense should tell you why). I would also love to put up banners for completed games. I don't have a banner to "exchange" so...whatever.

later,
-junc

This sounds like the problem I reported here:

http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?topic=14152.0

If you guys can make the error happen could please let Chris know what you are doing. This happens is several of my games on several different computers. I have been unable to pinpoint the exact problem. Of course, Chris couldn't help because I didn't have enough information about the error.

thanks,
-junc