submdl

I simply wish people wouldn't take freedom for granted. If we actually strictly enforced our laws, then we would be so much better off. Look at Singapore. Their crime rate is quite possibly the lowest there is simply because they enforce the rules that they create. Here are some statistics of various crime rates...

Murders per 100,000.

1. Russia Federation 18.07

2. United States 6.32

3. Malaysia 2.73

Taiwan 1.17

Spain 1.08

Japan 0.58

Rape per 100,000.

1. United States 34.20

2. England and Wales 14.69

3. France 13.38

Taiwan 8.82

South Korea 4.38

Spain 3.23

Japan 1.48

Serious Assault per 100,000.

1. Australia 713.68

2. England & Wales 405.20

3. United States 357.94

Taiwan 37.30

Spain 23.94

Japan 15.40

Robbery/Violent Theft per 100,000.

1. Spain 169.85

2. United States 169.02

3. France 144.10

Taiwan 14.35

South Korea 11.74

Japan 2.71

Now, look at the United States. We are in the top three for every single category. How fucked up is that?

Video of vicious beatings leads to fight crackdown

"One young man fell and struck his head on a curb and lay motionless as his opponent continued punching him. When the young man was dragged away, a patch of blood remained."

What the fuck is wrong with most of America's youth? It really pisses me off to see how people will actually pay to watch people brutally beaten. Of course such things can happen in other countries, but when only one city in an entire country has hundreds of fights within a few weeks, most of them being absolutely pointless, it really shows that America is quite low on the totem pole for decency in our world.

That is just one of the many reasons why the U.S. keeps getting shittier and shittier by the hour. The amount of conformity that takes place is simply pathetic, with teenagers (hell, even children) discussing how they are going to beatdown so-and-so, or how they are going to get wasted after school. I could rant on and on, but I don't want to turn into Maddox.

In all seriousness though, I guess you could dictate I'm not proud to be an American. As the saying goes, "Only in America".

The money at the top looks very similar before and after.

Yeah, I accidentally made the mistake of modifying the base texture quite drastically, and I hadn't realized it until afterwads, and I was too lazy to go back and fix it.

lol...Klein FTW.

BTW, submdl, interesting you bring up a professional question when your sig is about as unprofessional as it gets. gg.

Ok...

I sense a long conversation is about to erupt...

So add more grime and dirt, or reduce the current wear and tear? By the way, they are side-by-side images (256x512, 256x128) for comparison purposes. They aren't on one canvas.

Each took about 15-20 minutes each. The left one is a clean variation, while the right is a beat up and dirtied version. Comments and constructive criticism are welcome.

If the developer was smart, then they wouldn't have to worry about someone blabbing their mouth. That's why you have applications.

Looks good Nysuatro, but the base texture and the trim at the bottom simply do not fit together. Try changing it to... say.. a brick texture?

I realize I’ve only just registered, but I’ve been lurking these message boards for approximately 6 months, give or take. Now, I want to bring a topic up which seems to take place quite a bit in the mIRC channel (or so I have noticed). The influx of modifications resulting to an NDA is simply astonishing. Is the world really coming to a state where absolutely no one can be trusted?

First of all, a modification is just that: a modification of a game, with intent (usually) to distribute freely. So I asked myself, why are groups of people that are bent on creating a free product becoming so tyrannical with their property? Is it because they fear people stealing their work, or for them to become the egotistical sons of bitches they truly are, and so they can place the fear factor? Too many modifications are becoming “professional”, in hopes they will get noticed by development companies. Well, I’ve got news for them, Cliffe and Gooseman didn’t get noticed by Valve because they acted professional (quite the opposite actually), but because they created a masterpiece that millions of people have downloaded, and hundreds of thousands are still playing 6 years later.

People are so paranoid that someone is going to steal their work, that they have to put stupid shit in place to protect their IP. There isn’t even a use for a damn NDA with a free product. Say if someone does actually join a team, sign an NDA, and claims work as his own and leak material to the public, which of the team members is going to waste a year of their life and thousands of dollars on a petty transgression, and the only fault caused was making the evil-doer look like an asshole?

Not only that, but if you are going to create an NDA, know how a fucking NDA works! I recently applied to a modification, unmistakably stated that I was 16, yet they send me an NDA to sign. Ok, well, an NDA isn’t legally binding (null and void) when signed by a minor (18 and under) in the United States, so it’s pretty damn useless. I realize I am quite redundant, but redundancy seems to be the only way to get my point across.

And to simply put it, an NDA for a non-commercial project is total bullshit.