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Cutstuff => Cutstuff Discussion and Feedback => Topic started by: LlamaHombre on December 31, 2012, 06:39:53 AM
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2012 was the year of the doomsday, where we all died of a horrible, brutal Mayan purge that took place 10 days ago. It was a year people made fun of, a year where the world seemed to be grinding to a halt even if there was no physical chance that it would. 2013 seems like a year of wonder. A year that shouldn't exist, to say the least. We've seen the releases of the MM8 and RnC expansions this year, and we've had some opportunities to really bring the community together. Next year, I hope we'll all take steps together to really strengthen our bonds and truly get to know the superpower of this community. Before we do, let's take some self-reflections and make our vows together.
To me, 2012 was a horrible year. I did some really stupid shit in the beginning of the year, and it still haunts me. Life went too fast for me, and I never got to enjoy the good things I wanted to last for centuries. I'm sure others lost a lot of respect in me, and I felt I couldn't trust myself. I decided to make changes, and it eventually evolved me into the person I am. This was the year I was promoted to a Global Moderator status, and whether or not you approve of me, I don't think I could ask for a better community to watch over.
I hope to grow bonds with the set of community I never really involved myself in meeting, as well as get a good footing on my academic career this year. Who knows? Perhaps I might even get a chance to contribute to the MM9 expansion whenever that starts up.
Enough about me, though. What about you? What do you wish to see in yourself this upcoming year? What did you think of 2012? Are you optimistic about the future? I'd appreciate hearing what you all have to say!
For the record, this is what inspired me to make this thread in this particular format (http://cutstuff.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1798)
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Let's see. This year, my entire life just went kablam. Basically all negative things happened. Although, a good thing that happened was that I became friends with all of the people in this community that I am currently friends with, and uh. yeah...
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What about you? What do you wish to see in yourself this upcoming year?
I am the most contradictory person I know. I'm organized yet my stuff is scrambled all over my computer and my school papers are compressed in one 2-inch-thick folder.
I am the coldest person I know and yet I have sympathy
I am an intelligent person and yet I am the dumbest person ever
I still don't like myself and it's just been a gradual spiral into sadness ever since. I easily mask it just because I don't even feel like I have emotion.
People barely even put me down; it's me causing most of my own pain. I don't even know anymore someone help
It's probably just me being sleep-deprived even more. Don't listen to me I have nothing important to say and you should just close your web browser this instant
This was the year where I didn't sleep as much and it sometimes shows. Good thing Algebra was in the morning.
I want to learn how to time manage all of this free time I somehow have.
I also should have more of an initiative for work. I dropped a texture pack in the making and all of this useless winter break work [good thing everyone did this 3+ page paper on a topic of our choice before the break] is totally going to break my face tomorrow [today? I don't even count the day as tomorrow until after I sleep]. How does someone assign a powerpoint due before 6 PM of the end of the year?
also technicolor equines are a thing
they are a painful thing
but they are a thing
I would tell you to go watch them
but then I would tell you to stop
their exterior promises cuddliness and happiness
their interior is actually pain and torment
don't give into the impulse
don't do drugs, kids
What did you think of 2012?
2012 was a year of stuff. Games did stuff. 8th grade was full of awesome and equally-insane people. The descent into depression started there, though. 8th grade ended, high school happened and I was thrust into a school of idiots people of lower intellect. [This is probably why I get 'depressed' easily; people don't understand me (and I don't understand them; all of that slang gets confusing) and things I do aren't appreciated as much.]
Some parts of the school year were cool, though.
My Algebra II teacher done did disappeared because of something about family, so we got a sub that didn't take control of the class as much; for better or worse I could actually sleep or do work for other classes.
There's at least 1 or 2 people in each class that I associate with frequently (but often only in those classes).
My English teacher is the best teacher ever and even though everyone complains about his workload (the aforementioned 3+ page paper) I don't mind too much.
4th blocks suck though; A-day PE is no and B-day AVID is boring and the people there are even dumber than the average intelligence of people from all of my other classes + the dreaded shuttle bus]
Then the apocolypse apocalypse came and went without fanfare. Damn Mayans.
Fresh Toid Sandwiches, Toidball Subs, Rainbowball Sherbetoid ice cream, and a whole bunch of other Toid-related products started existing today [yesterday? Fuck time]
As Tengu once said, "Toid should be a word in the dictionary" [Or however it went, I forgot how it actually went]
Are you optimistic about the future?
I'm barely optimistic about anything so yeah
If anything though, this community gives me solace when I have to be content with idiocy and isolationcy loneliness at school
I'd appreciate hearing what you all have to say!
you wouldn't appreciate hearing looking at what I have to say
everything I do is crap
Shut your face
I am bored.
I have no creativity so you should just skip everything I ever said and go read the next person's post
Also someone help me be less alliterative and assonant [damn it, I did it again [and again]]
I blame the pink one
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Well, then. In the beginning of 2012, I was working on Sword Man's map while the MM8 expansion was being kept a secret. Since then, I completed Sword Man, made 4 more maps for v3a (including my CTF map), made 7 maps for SHARP (plus Vortale's maps which I edited) and made/redid 5 maps for RNC. That means I worked on at least 17 maps this year!
To be honest though, the time I spent mapping for RNC felt like a bit of a waste. The expansion was in development hell for some time, and it wasn't very successful upon release (plus it's currently incompatible with v3a). The maps I made for RNC were all layouts and concepts I could have used for SHARP, or possibly MM8 instead. Then again, it's likely that no one would mind if I stole a couple of my RNC maps, retextured them and used them in another project anyway. Considering RNC's popularity, it's possible no one would even notice if I already had done so!
In the future, I would like to focus more on SHARP, along with any official expansions that pop up, I suppose. I doubt I will make as many maps as this year, but we'll see.
...And yes, I know that all of this is just about maps. I have other feelings about the year, but this seemed to be the easiest thing to put into words.
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This year was even worse than 2010, I feel like I'm still being an annoying dick to everyone, I don't even think I've changed at all, I just hope that my life becomes less boring in 2013
at least I got decent grades in school and that is all that matters
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From a not internet point of view, 2012 has been the worst thing ever. Even today, the last day of the year our car decided to not turn on. There's a lot more things that happened, but I would rather not go into detail.
From an internet point of view, at least for me it's been going ok. I've been starting some projects both in and outside this community, and I don't feel like I'm being shot in the face. Though for a good chunk of this year I got really sick of Cutstuff as I felt that the entire community was at each others throats, but now I got over that.
I also said "wooo" a lot.
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2012 was the year I became more active on Cutstuff. I had marching band activities every waking minute last year so I was quite inactive. Of course, I didn't make a very good impression, mostly around March/April (Who could forget? '>_>). I cringe every time it's brought up, but I'm just going to swallow that stone and move on.
Academically, my grades are at an all-time high. I needn't worry about that in the slightest.
Socially, I'm still terribly lacking, mostly due to being an extreme introvert both online and offline (moreso offline, but still). I avoid conversation if I can unless it's with someone I know and somewhat trust, though this is a result of having been denied sociality and having been insulted and rejected for as long as I can remember. This is what I really need to improve upon for the duration of the next year.
I also want to get to know some of the community members, as right now I'm moreso active in a "splinter group" of sorts.
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Get a job... need money baddddddddd
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well, i'd like to see CSZ finnally get done,
so i dont have to deal with all the bullcrap, so i can release my first game.
there is one really crappy thing i did at the beginning of the year. at the mmn community. i was all like shouting out how a colonel servbot fangame is gonna come out. it will, i guarantee it. but it'll come out slowly. but i'd like to release it and show it to the guys at my forum homeland. the mm community.
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My new year's resolution is to release ALL of my expansions.
DOS, R&F2, Joe Classes, hell even the Game Boy Expansion
I'm just tired of people knowing me as "that idiot who has a bazillion projects sitting in the WIP forum"
I wanna be known as "that idiot who has a bazillion projects sitting in the COMPLETED project forum"
Also would prefer to be a little more social and maybe find out how to play Mario Party 3 on netplay
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and maybe find out how to play Mario Party 3 on netplay
The Mupen64 emulator can do netgames on Kaillera. I have done it before, and can teach you if you want.
I'm rather disappointed to read that so many people had an upsetting year. I hope everyone improves in the future and enjoys the following year much more.
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The Mupen64 emulator can do netgames on Kaillera.
Funny thing about that.
When I tried it on Kaillera, it showed the map (like all the blue spaces and that) really small, but the background was still huge.
Plus, that game has some serious disconnect problems.
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I remember having that problem once, but it was on local play, not netplay. I think I remember it being an issue with the rom or something.
Desynch problems most likely are due to bad connection between you and your playmates, or from the host having a laggy computer. I'm willing to try a netgame with you to see if any of the problems persist.
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That's funny, because me and a group managed to play online between 3 different people using a recent version of Project 64. Really, the key to smooth gameplay is turning up the amount of allowed lag. In project 64, turning the lag up to 15 allows me and another person to play Mario Party 3 without any desync.
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Yo hey so I'm just going to make this quick
2012 sucked
2013 should result in a more unified community
Hopefully
Maybe
Please
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The most hellish year in my lonley carrer of being alive has finnaly come to a close. Though most would be celebrating the arrival of a new year, I'll be sitting here, drinking my heart into oblivion in hopes that I lie unconsious until the next week. Only then would I fake, onto myself, the belief that 2012 was naught but a dream. Lemme explain why this past year was abyssmal to me: an injury that my mother sustained has caused me to be house-ridden for practically half of the entire year. Dad doesn't drive unles he really needs to, but he spends most of his time in the basement, watching television until his time of demise. Sis moved out to pursue a life as a carrer jumper in an attempt to gain the money she desparately needs to punp into her constantly ebbing clothing collection, with the only negative part of her storyling being that she's currently siphoning off of my 80-year old grandfather's electricity and water bills. And I, hardly an intrest in driving or school as considered by the superiors to be a suggesively crucial matter, lie awake past 3:00 AM every night thinking of the future that gets farther and farther away everytime my mind shuffles through the harmful, personal memories of my childhood that make me want to speak out in questionable phrases and chants. And the one mentally exausted soul I even have close to a "friend," is some go-to guy for whenever we get bored and have nothing to do. He drives, but I don't want to take advantage of it. That shows that I'd be a good, caring friend, but only in the crumblung chaos of physical life and if I even have the sense to walk outside and talk to someone. I can't be friends with a bunch of 10-year olds (not referring at all to CutStuff.) Then nearing the end of the year, when everything in my twisted world of sanity is un-shuffled, the actions of fear start with the overwhelming. With Hurrica...Tropical Storm Sandy? I don't freaking know. No serious damages were inflicted with any of us, though sitting alone in the dark, devoid of anything that I normally do within the matter of killing time, were inoperable. Slowly, the outer shell of my sanity began to rot. Plus I was sick at the time. When all that was over and order was, once again, restored, more fear rang out. The Mayan Doomsday, of course. When I first heard about it, about the end of all days, I would lie awake, shivering tover the very fact of nothingness that all would become. As everything that I stated above started to happen, I hoped more and more that the prophecy was indeed true. End it all. A life of twenty-one years deserves to end here for all it's worth. But, when all patience was near to paying off...nothing catasrophic happened. Absolutey nothing. So I live another lifetime or another seventy-five years or so, hoping that for once anything considered eventful would be neutral. Nearly everything that I've mentioned so far is probably the very tell-tale reasons why I acted like such a heartless jerk throughout 2012. For that I only ask for all's forgiveness. I'll try my best, as my resolution for this new year, to remain a simple person and attempt to socialize more with the more stronger crowd.
May the lasting memories of the year before now burn forever in the abyssmal fires that deluge from the rings of hell.
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Get motivation to be able to study for over 30 minutes straight. I'm aiming for 3 hours, so I have better chances at the tests required to enter good colleges here.
I'll be doing a lot of special things and slowly ascending to 3 hours. 30 minutes per day, 45, 1 hour, raising in a weekly rate.
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One of the most depressing posts I have ever taken the time to read.
God damn, dude.
Just damn.
Hey, hope you have a good 2013, since you seem like you could use a good year.
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Get a job... need money baddddddddd
You're still unemployed? It's been so long! Why isn't anyone employing you?
Anyway, my new years resolution is to make more music and put it up on my Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/kickstorted).
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My Resolution for this New Year will be to get less people to hate me for who I am. Really, this whole year has just been one great mess. I would explain all of it, but my grammar/punctuation skills are just not enough for right now. I also want to do a lot better in World History this year.
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Well um
I enjoyed 2012 a lot, actually.
It was much better than 2011 because school wasn't awful and I was less of an idiot than in 2011 (you guys over at Skype can confirm this)
I know this sounds stupid but my new year's resolution is to play more video games (I've generally lost interest in them and I want to get it back like really badly)
so um yeah
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It seems many people have had bad years in 2012... I'm one of them. Probably one of the most unfortunate years ever for me. It's just one thing after another. Friends and family getting injured, people being rude or mean, you name it. Worst of all though, I got stabbed in the back by someone I was just trying to help... it ruined my entire senior year in high school and the way I see my local community. Now I watch as everything I've worked for in my high school band program falls apart, but
I've had to keep a terrible secret about the person that betrayed me since he's holding a dear friend hostage.
I can't get into detail about it, but that's just the way it is.
Positive things that have happened in 2012:
-Accepted into the University of North Texas
-Made many new friends
-Got to try a few new things. I played drumset in my school's talent show for a rock band performance :D
Negatives:
-Too much to list
My resolutions:
-Learn to program (currently learning Javascript)
-Get a job to save money for college
-Make that game, "Netplay"
To those of you that have had a disappointing 2012, I wish you the happiest new year possible. There's no telling what could happen, but I certainly hope things turn in favor for everyone. It just seems as though everyone I know has had a very unfortunate year, IRL and OTI alike.
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I'll be a bit more detailed, similar to Jmans.
Positives:
-I have barely gotten sick this year, which usually doesn't happen
-I have a better understanding of certain computer programs I've wanted to get good with
-I have an almost set plan as to what I want to do after my senior year next year
-My past Birthday was probably my best one.
Negatives:
-My parents got divorced seemingly all of the sudden out of nowhere, no warning.
-I got informed that I'm being forced to move out of my house because of financial issues
-I got diagnosed with depression and now I have to go to weekly counselling shit
-I lost a good deal of friends, and didn't really make as many to accommodate for it
-I discovered that my mom is greatly disappointed that I didn't become the person she expected me to
-I rarely see either of my parents anymore, and I basically take care of both houses I live at by myself since they're always at work, and my sister lives nowhere near us in college
-My grades are at an all time low and it's hard for me to concentrate on anything
All I can say is that I hope 2013 is better.
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I... don't really know you guys all that well, so I rather not go into details, but I have to say 2012 was a real mixed bag. A lot of bad, and some good. I suppose I could share some of the good. I managed to graduate despite all odds being against me. I ended an extremely poisonous relationship. I started getting more into my religion, and stopped thinking of it as "just a thing that I sometimes believe in." I've started getting my creativity back. I've made some amazing friendships, and strengthened others.
So, I'm still unemployed. So, several of my problems (which I haven't mentioned) still persist currently. So what? 2013 looks like it might be a pretty good year.
As for resolutions? I don't really make any, but I'm a writer, and I'm going to finally start making strides in my work this year. I'm going to make sure to live life to it's fullest. Hopefully I can actually get more active in this community. I've been a member since V1A of 8BDM, and yet I hardly know any of you. I intend to fix that someday.
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Everything went wrong. More than 3 people in my family died last year, lots of bullying in school..it was terrible. I'm glad it's over.
Resolutions? I'm gonna try to learn to code, get some more money, stuff like that. Hey, I'm in middle scool. Anything's possible.
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Jesus H. Christ, I really feel sorry for those of you who had a rough 2012, and I hope you all have a good 2013 and onward, you seriously deserve it.
If anybody cares, this is how my 2012 went.
Positive:
-Succeeded in freshman year, surprisingly.
-Got (back) into a loving relationship.
-Became a bit more social, something I was capable of but regrettably never pushed myself to doing.
-Got to go to Portcon Maine for 2 days in a row. If anybody from maine is reading this you should seriously consider going.
Negative:
-Dealt with a seriously degrading freshman year filled with mockery and harassment, from one lone class. I CAN explain in detail, but I'd rather not at this current moment.
-My sister almost committed suicide, leading to a bit of a emotional time for me. Thankfully, she is better now.
-Dealt with harassment outside of school, not detailing this but it's all water under the bridge now.
-Probably a few other things I missed.
As you can see, my year had it's fair share of ups and downs.
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ok now that i think about it my year wasn't that crappy
i'll be more detailed even if nobody gives a fuck
don't read this, you'll waste your time
Positives
-I had good grades in school this year, somehow.
-I got more interested in music
-I learned that even if I'm an annoying dick to everyone, people love the fact that I'm an annoying dick.
-My keyboard skills improved a lot this year
Negatives
-The world didn't end.
-I realized that I really can't speak english
-2 persons of my family almost died because of heart issues
-My drawing skills haven't improved at all and I doubt they will
-I had a bad habit of hurting myself, usually cutting my hands or just biting my nails until they bled
-I felt the same every day: "Too tired to do anything, not tired enough to sleep."
-I lost interest in a lot of things
-I regained interest in Touhou
-I'm underweight, again.
I think that's all
no i don't have any new year resolutions
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How my year went well there is the good and the bad...
The Good:
I graduated high school
survived a few near death encounter's
joined this awesome community
My big bro is no longer in jail
The Bad:
A few of my family members died
I still have no job
my grandma is getting very old
My mother has bad health
My father is in jail and most will likely die of a heart attack in jail soon
So yea i need to get my act together and get a job very soon....
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So many horrible 2012s, jeez. My 2012 wasn't so bad.
Pros:
-Loved and lost
-Made lots of new friends
-Played lots of great videogames
-Improved my drumming and music skills
-Went to some good places
-Ate great food
-Honed my skills at MM8BDM
Cons:
-Loved and lost
-Failed at getting women on many occasions
-Fought with my mom quite a bit
-Got lots of painful pimples popped
-Dodgeball mode is still sitting at the bottom of the W.I.P forum (Still hoping to find someone who can help me compile it all into a single pk3)
-Had to sit through Geometry class. God that class was awful.
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2012 was actually pretty good for me.
* I got to be a beta tester for the Portal 2 level maker D.L.C.
* I got to go to A-con in may (And while I didn't like it nearly as much as S.G.C. 2009 and S.G.C. 2010 it was still pretty good.)
* I got to have a pretty good 18th birthday (Best birthday I've actually had in years.)
* I got to upgrade my P.C. so I can play Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2
* I got to witness (almost first hand) SlyFox's spike in MM8BDM players
* I got to vote in the/a U.S. election for the first time
* I got to re-visit quite a few memorable places that I haven't seen in a long time
As for my resolutions?
* This year, I'm going to try to post more here on CutStuff and on the BlitzBasic forums
* This year, I'm going to try to contribute a good amount to MM8BDM
* This year, I'm going to try to appreciate the good weather outside more
* This year, I'm going to try to get a lovely girl friend
* This year, I'm going to try to play some games that I've been wanting to play/try for a long time now
* This year, I'm going to try to complete The Maze Guy before this next summer, That's right folks. IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS TIME I MEAN IT.
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Welp, I'm jumping on the 2012 was terrible irl band wagon, not going into detales about it.
The few positives I had was being able to feel how it isto be a cosplayer, and I now have an Abra Irl
This year hopefully, I'll be able to get my own computer meaning I'll actuallybe able to work on stuff more. Hopefully this year will be better @_@ The constant misfourtunes of last year has caused me to develop slight stess problems and a slight deep seated hatred towards a certain sub group of cutstuff... Other plans include, try to find a more reasonable job, find ways to make money online, try to sort out my stress issues, and try to figure out that floor bug in Blender 3D so I can actually make a working game