Posts by Sprony

You all know I'm old school. I still play Quake. Hell, I still play Doom. I love UT/Quake 3. I would throw money at it like the government does with banks that fuck up. Having said that, do you still think that there's a viable market for that kind of game? Other attempts to bring them back have failed. Serious question.

With proper duck face!

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I would prefer a game like UT 2004 which for me is still the best. I didn't like UT3.

It makes me really sad that so many of you are having problems. Even if you don't have hope, hang in there brothers! Because everything seems impossible until it's done. Let me clarify:

I had a dream childhood and I was very spoiled. Got into a good school because I'm good learner. Everything was going according to plan and I was on my way to become an archaeologist. But then shit hit the fan. My parents separated. Not long after my mother, who had tried it several times before (regardless of therapy), finally succeeded in her suicide attempt. My father was gone with his new girlfriend, my mother was dead and at 15 and I was alone (due to my mother's illness there was no contact with the rest of the family because she hated them all). I got kicked out of school and found refuge in a life of drugs and crime. Most figured I would be dead before my 21st birthday. Leaving that world behind seemed impossible and I spent 6 years doing all the wrong things.

Then I connected to my ex girlfriends mother. She saw me as her child and tried to save me. Because of her I was clean for a while, she found me a school and a job in computers and me and my father grew close again. After I broke up with my ex I had a relapse but because of her mother I kept in school and managed to keep the job. After a devastating speech from her husband about me needing to stop complaining and man the fuck up, I convinced myself that I wouldn't go down like that. The hardest decision of my life was to move away and break contact with my old friends. After several attempts it became clear that this was the only way to escape that world. When I was 22 I decided to buy a house with another ex girlfriend in a different city. Within 6 months she left me. Now I had to work for a mortgage that I couldn't afford. Another relapse followed.

It was the summer of 2007. Even though I managed to get a better mortgage, received several diplomas and managed to find a new better paying job, I was full circle again. New drugs/crime friends, lots of partying and random sex. Then I misbehaved at a work party. I felt so guilty the next day that I decided enough is enough. I didn't come all this way to drown on the fucking beach. I turned my life around. I stopped doing hard drugs/hard drinking since 2008 and I even quit smoking. I met my wife. I rebuild a social life with "normal" people. I keep getting promoted at my job (including new diplomas). Now we've got our own house, our own cars, a well paying job, a good social life and we're becoming parents soon.

Which is a big contrast with 15 years ago. Then I had a mattress on the floor in the corner of a empty room. Now I'm going to play family guy. I've lost a lot of people and I had to relearn basic social stuff. Because being on your own for so long, without supervision, kinda makes you an asshole. Everyday is a struggle not to fall back to whatever vice I used to be addicted to. Something nobody in my environment can relate too. It's hard and it drains you. Being manic doesn't help either. But I'm here, writing, getting jobs, trying to make my dreams a reality.

The point of this history of Sprony is that you all can make it. I used to spend weekends in jail cells but now I'm playing with kids at a party. I used to be addicted to a lot of things, now I only eat too much. I used to be alone, now I have a family. I used to be broke, now I got money in the bank. Everything you ever want can be accomplished by sheer determination and help from the people that love you. Because nobody can make it out here alone. Also, never be ashamed for being you or for your past. It has made you the man you are today. Thanks to my history I can tell wild stories that most people will claim that they're bullshit. In those 15 years I had enough bad and good experiences for a life time. So you see my friends, everything seems impossible until it's done

That's weird because they recently said they were not returning to their old franchises and were exclusively working on new IP's like Fortnite. This will probably be an HD make over, a mobile game or something similar.

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The idea of this thread is people talk openly about how they're currently feeling, good or bad. If too much spotlight is put on discussing just depression (assuming that's what you mean) I'm not sure it'll work so well. A 'depression thread' doesn't seem quite right, whereas it's less pressure to bring such personal matters up in a thread like this. I might have misunderstood what you meant though.

I do hope that this thread will exist for a very long time to come though, as I always want to know what's up (and down) with my MapCore family. People never want to make threads all about themselves even though many of us care about each other.

Your rejection of my idea really makes me feel insecure about my social acceptance at the Core.

Nah, just kidding. Valid arguments dude.

I'll never presume to tell anybody what to do but I'm against medicine for depression. I've seen too many people ruined by that. Also, if you're manic like me, they prescribe you pills. These pills zombify you. You don't feel ups, you don't feel downs, you feel nothing. You go numb. So I refuse to take them. Depression is a battle, a never ending struggle. But with proper planning (like Thrik already said) you can beat every wave. I have a complete set of rules to follow when depression hits. It drains you but it always works (for me at least).

Looking at the replies a lot of people could really benefit from this. I recommend splitting this into a separate thread. Pin it and let's take it from there.

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So i stopped smoking one and a half weeks ago and started doing some exercise and walking because i got more and more fat recently and didn't feel good due to smoking and being fat. But not smoking i actualy gained more weight already, d'oh! And now even doing some easy exercise i feel like i'm getting carpal tunnel in my left hand, my fingers feeling numb. Same thing happend couple years ago when i did a bit of weight lifting. Wonder what i can do about that because it sucks and nowadays i actualy need my left hand due to job.

Other then that i've started learning Modo this week but so far i've spent more time fighting with the interface and keyboard mappings then actualy modeling something.

Stopping with smoking always leads to an increase in weight. Smoking kills your appetite so stopping that will make you feel hungry. Eating also gives you something to do instead of smoking. I quit as well and that's why I became fat. Well that and my love for brown mm's. Don't try and change both at the same time. Focus on quitting first and then tackle eating. Chewing gum helped me a lot. Maybe it helps you too.

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I'm in the best shape of my life. I have the job I've always wanted. I have a lot of money saved up in my accounts. I have a nice decent wage. I live in a nice flat. Have nice things. An ok social life. And I'm incredibly depressed, stressed and fed up. I've suffered with depression all my life, but only recently am I starting to think I might actually be bi-polar with how up and down I'm always feeling. I watched a tv show about bipolarism by stephen fry who happens to be bi polar and a lot of it struck a chord, so yeah.

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I was on medication for years. I don't want and don't need to (in my opinion) take medication anymore. I'm also agoraphobic, hence why I work the way I do and have really bad anxiety. Basically I'm a fucking mess. Living in a big city, or even another country would put me into meltdown and no future studio employer would need or want to put up with that. Plus I can't model for shit anyway and that's all working in the games industry is these days. Models and programming lolz generalisationz, Again, this is why I live in the middle of nowhere doing what I do. Probably all of you think I'm crazy but it is what I find helps me best.

Dude, you are probably not going to respond to my offer, but seriously, you can talk to me. I already figured that stuff was going on. You're a hard man to reach and I tried. Anyway, unfortunately I have a lot of experience with depressions. It runs in my family and basically my entire life has revolved around it (I'm manic myself). There have been multiple suicides in my family and I've seen a lot of mental wards because of those people. So I think I can bring years of experiences to the table. No doctor Phil stuff and telling you what to do. No, simply being someone you can relate too helps. The offer stands.

I just watched it and this happened.

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So predictable.

Why? If they had a problem with him working on it why let him work there part time? Why let him quit and work there fulltime? But no, now there's money involved and bam, within a month they sue them.

Wow, call it naive but I really didn't see this one coming:

Zenimax accuses Carmack of stealing Oculus

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/461676/zenimax…ulus-rift-tech/

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According to documents obtained by

The Wall Street Journal, lawyers for Zenimax Media sent claims to Oculus VR, stating "it was only through the concerted efforts of Mr. Carmack, using technology developed over many years at, and owned by, ZeniMax, that [Oculus founder] Mr. Luckey was able to transform his garage-based pipe dream into a working reality."

This is not a spoiler but a piece of history which I think relates to what we saw in the last episode. So only watch this if you're up to date.

Well, let's be honest guys. Book 4 really wasn't that good. It felt more like a filler and was actually pretty boring because it kept dragging on. Even if you don't agree with this you can't deny that book 4 is the weakest entry. Besides who could keep track of all the side things he kept introducing. I needed a wiki just to keep track of all the names. Anyway, I'm glad they decided to trim a lot of the fat and make it far more cohesive. Because let's face it, having Bran walk around North of the wall for 2 seasons isn't really that interesting. Not to mention the fact that it's new for us as well

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This shit gave me nightmares for weeks back in the days

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That worries me because it made me laugh my ass of back in the day.

Yeah, this game made quite the impression on me. Really loved it even though it was a bit rough around the edges. I also liked the sequel a lot. Which reminds me, I still have to play Call of Pripyat to conclude the trilogy.

The Stalker series has a very active modding community. I normally don't play with mods because I want the original experience to remain authentic, however, does anyone have mod suggestions for Call of Pripyat? Preferably mods that don't stray to far from the original?

Wow, talk about some major changes. Doesn't matter if you read the books now this is new for all of us.

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You mean that Master Chief totally ripped the Doom Guy

I was sarcastic! Duuuh! ;D

That's why we have emoticons. Text doesn't translate meaning

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Couldn't see an obvious thread for this.

So, as many here know I've recently decided to make life as complicated as possible by simultaneously moving home, getting a new job, and breaking up with my 3.5-year girlfriend.

Right now things are going pretty well, all moved into my new flat. No internet access until next week, so basically my only source of entertainment has been my PS3's wonderful world of Blu-ray, DVD, and games. Even my 3G mobile internet ran out so I'm currently in Subway writing this.

Except now my PS3 has just died as I'm about four missions away from completing GTA5 — looks permanent. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!!!

You know, life has a way of testing a person's will, either by having nothing happen at all or by having everything happen all at once. When it rains it pours I suppose but as long as it doesn't flood you'll be ok. So far you've passed with flying colors mate. Respect!