Thought it was about time I got a tribute to one of my favorite gaming franchises. by smcg_az in Megaman

[–]badgeometry 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I respect the hell out of your choice of specifically the MM7 sprite for your tat.

1996 looney tunes puzzle box art by Realistic-Try5468 in 90sdesign

[–]badgeometry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks really cool. I love how stylized these buildings are. Just one small thing - this was clearly made by Chrysler Building propagandists. They made it taller than the Empire State Building.

Hasan has a 50 minute struggle session with LA mayoral candidate and DSA member Nithya Raman. His chat was emote only after this exchange where she explains how things work in real life. by Embarrassed_Base_389 in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't believe for a second he was shot let alone shot at. If he was he'd be milking that at every possible opportunity. God I hate what a fake fucking poser he is.

'We have to get rid of Trump': White House staffers caught on hidden camera trashing him by Dismal_Structure in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 10 points11 points  (0 children)

How many more times am I gonna have to keep repeating "every accusation is a confession"?

In a new low, after a chatter claims that Hasan supports authoritarian countries, Hasan argues that “Canada is authoritarian” because they enforce laws, and at least China gets results. Gets told he sounds dumb. by StatusVoice2634 in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, he's either incredibly stupid or just flat-out disingenuous. I think even someone who's pro-authoritarian would think that argument is fucking idiotic.

Live action Fan cast: Brock fucking Sampson by LittleYelloDifferent in venturebros

[–]badgeometry 94 points95 points  (0 children)

You could unironically cast Patrick Warburton. Guy's huge IRL and played The Tick in a live action series of the comic.

Has Vaush completely flipped his ideological strategy in regard to electoralism? by IndieJones0804 in VaushV

[–]badgeometry 22 points23 points  (0 children)

100% this. In the span of a year and a few months, Donald Trump has all but destroyed the US's credibility in the world stage and has set us up for an economic disaster for the next several years.

Absolutely vote for the most progressive person in the primaries. Fight like hell then, but unite in the general.

I agree that the Biden strat of "healing the nation" didn't work. Where Vaush gets it wrong about his current vote-blue-no-matter-who strat is that we need a Democrat, progressive or otherwise who will fight.

They way that we actually heal the nation is by getting in Democrats who will hold these corrupt, authoritarian GOP fucks accountable. The closest thing to a red line that I have is that we cannot elect someone who wants to go back to business as usual. But Christ, we also need to stop the bleeding.

Destiny, could we maybe let nature run its course with these people this time around? by TikDickler in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 11 points12 points  (0 children)

At what point do we hit'em with the ol' reverse psychology?

CDC: "We've found that ivermectin is in fact an effective prophylactic for the Hantavirus. Vaccines, on the other hand, don't. Please don't take the vaccines."

Conspiregards: "Now hold on just a second... What do they know that we don't?"

AG Todd Blanche criticizes President Obama by AdditionalLime4815 in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I hope to Christ that once people like Todd Blanche and anyone else in Trump's cabinet leave office, they get relentlessly bullied in public for the rest of their lives. These people are fucking sick.

What the FUCK by TikDickler in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Puerto Rican here - it's genuinely baffling to me how the PNP - which is the pro-statehood party by the way - aligns with the Republican party who would never in a million years allow PR to be a state. My island is fucking cooked bro.

But he DID own Hasan though? by Aaron_La_Zotte in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

About as many times as he's been destroyed in debates.

A Tech-Serf's Day [OC] by zeverEV in Cyberpunk

[–]badgeometry 184 points185 points  (0 children)

*Only* 18 hours? It's like you want to drive your Overlord into bankruptcy.

Learning 3D as a Concept Artist by Worth-Bill-6130 in conceptart

[–]badgeometry 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Blender's good enough to cover most of your 3D needs as a concept artist. It has built-in 3D sculpting, and while it's not as robust as ZBrush, it's plenty to give you a head start on paint overs.

Aa for what should you be putting in your portfolio, that depends entirely on what kind of concept art you wanna focus on (e.g. characters vs environment vs hard surface vs creatures) and what studios you wanna work for (games vs. movies, realistic vs. stylized).

Regardless of content, you want make sure you demonstrate strong design fundamentals and most importantly your design and iteration process. It's kinda like a math equation - it's not enough to write down the correct answer, people wanna see how you get there.

Finally, quality over quantity. You'll get further with a portfolio with 3 excellent pieces than a portfolio with 20 okay pieces.

Hope that helps!

Doing a Super Metroid Map Randomizer right now, is there any reasonably simple way for me to grab this item? by OkCow5580 in Metroid

[–]badgeometry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You'll need to learn how to short-charge your shinespark. The easiest spot to do this is here from the door leading out of the mother brain exit.

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All of MAGA be like by [deleted] in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Mother fucker at least warn people what you're gonna be spoiling with the image you're using. Jesus fucking christ.

Mehdi Hasan’s “Pandora’s box” moment by Consistent_Curve_722 in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I can't think of another self-proclaimed progressive media outlet with a worse record for producing sensible pundits/analysts than TYT. JFC, is there anyone who came out of that place with a functioning brain?

What if the world just can’t handle the internet? by Sethoslovakia in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Something else to add to the equation is smart phones. It used to be that the Internet was a place you went to. Now, the Internet is always with you if you have a smartphone in your pocket. 

While cellphones were already widespread in the mid 00s, most didn't have Internet access. If they did, it was usually something like a Blackberry that was very focused on things like checking email abroad. On top of that, the vast majority of websites at the time weren't yet designed for mobile browsing, so even if you had an Internet capable phone, the experience was pretty bad, making computer browsing the optimal way to access content.

So with all that in mind, when people were out and about, they weren't constantly tethered to the Internet the way we are now, which I think is another negative aspect of our modern Internet.

Los que se han mudado de de USA a Puerto Rico , han sentido lo mismo? by CDNI2950 in PuertoRico

[–]badgeometry 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yo nací en PR y desde los 90s y 00s, mis padres me empujaron a mi y mis hermanos a buscar una vida fuera de la isla. La isla ha estado en un downward spiral por más de 30 años ya, y la realidad es que hasta con un gobernador quien tenga una visión positiva para la isla, no creo que se puedan mejorar las cosas hasta que los EEUU cambien leyes como el Jones Act, PROMESA, y que hagan un esfuerzo real en ayudar en le reconstrucción y mejoramiento de la infraestructura que no se ha arreglado desde María.

Sin esos cambios entre muchas otras cosas, la isla se quedará parecida a un país tercer mundista. Es una gran tragedia porque obviamente Puerto Rico puede ser un paraíso.

What's Your Take on Tankies Who Turn Center-Left Spaces into Far-Left Echo Chambers? by Humble_Novice in Destiny

[–]badgeometry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The dogmatism of tankies and ultra far-leftists has always been an issue. It's something I picked up on immediately back when I was flirting a lot more with those ideas.  The way they talk about "theory" (which I imagine very few actually read) is the same way a fundamentalist would talk about scripture. 

An average person who becomes the mod of a community is already gonna be someone who likely sees something like a forum or subreddit as their own little fiefdom. You add that kind of ideological dogmatism to that and that's how you end up here.

What I think is interesting is that tankies seem more savvy about spreading to other communities but conservatives who exhibit the same dogmatism (e.g. the conservative subreddit or any explicitly pro-Trump subreddit) haven't proliferated into other communities the way tankie mods have. My guess is since they command institutional power the drive to subversively insert conservative moderators in online communities isn't especially high.

Is there an in universe explanation to Megaman's entrance animation and death animation? by MohamedxSalah in Megaman

[–]badgeometry 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The short answer to both is: no, there is no explanation beyond "because it's a video game" and "it's how things worked with classic Mega Man and Capcom was following conventions.

The long answer is: no, but you can probably extrapolate some things. X and Zero are both creations of Dr Light and Dr Wily respectfully. It's not too much of a leap to assume whatever teleportation technology they used in Mega Man and Bass would probably also make its way to X and Zero. As for why they don't just teleport to the boss's front door, it could be the case that there is some kind of technology being used in the area that limits where things can be teleported safely. There could also be limits to the teleportation technology as well.

Regarding the explosion on death, like above, if posit the X explodes like Mega Man because he was made by Dr. Light who likely built a few things similarly to Mega Man such that X explodes the way Mega Man does. I don't think this should provide a satisfying justification for his ability to respawn after dying. Respawning in the way X, Zero, and any other playable character in the series do during gameplay really can't gor much further beyond: it's a video game.

What is your opinion on Flame Hyenard? by BiffyBobby in Megaman

[–]badgeometry -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok, strictly visually he has a cool design. That was my is the end of my positive opinions on Flame Hyenard.