Blog - AlCool

42 comments by AlCool on Mar 18th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

3 words. I LOVE IT.

I seem to be one of the outcasts on this website criticized for thinking that the source engine is an overrated spawn of rotting feces, and for liking the Unreal engine beyond anything else. Every mention of "engine biasm" gets negative replies telling me that I'm stupid, there is no biasm, source r0x, and such other moronic comments from moronic people. The thing people don't understand is the engine mechanics. Source was based off the principles of the Unreal 2.5 engine, but they made physics their main game-play feature. You'd think that it is cool if the physics weren't garbage and as horridly unrealistic as physics can get. Nothing against source-mods or any others, it's just that I abhor valve, steam, and the source engine. I always look at source-games and imagine what they could have done on different engines, instead of the limited lag-fest they chose instead. Don't even get my started on the Crytek engine.

As many can tell I'm the whore of modding. I loves em. Regardless of engine I will try each mod and do it justice before stopping and saying yay, or nay. I don't base my impressions off graphics, although style is a big part. I'm not genre bias, for I play them all. I seem to be one of the few looking forward to RAGE but also one of the few disappointed that ID Tech 5 will lose much of the modding compatibility that ID Tech 3 and ID Tech 4 were known for. What bothers me most with nowadays gamers is they base their expectations from 1 game or 1 genre. It's like when you get those "Too much like CS" comments that are nothing but BS said by someone who has little brain capacity to actually understand a game they are playing.

"Why do I/you love this UT 3 engine?" some may ask. Hard to say. I've been an Unreal and Quake fan since they became multiplayer, and since I bought such titles as quake 2, quake 3, and UNREAL GOTY. I've always loved how the server side mos can completely change the gameplay, and you don't even have to go onto the internet to download them. For Unreal in particular I like how every map can be made into basically a full mod, with hordes of new vehicles, player models, weapons, and various other things. I love how it can go further then just an FPS in it's racing modes, RPG modes, space battles, bunny tracks (Obstacle courses <3), and even as far as a Command and Conquer styled map, and with a weaker version of something that people would call a "Garrys mod ripoff" nowadays even though it came first.

One of the best things about Unreal in particular, is the community. The community is dedicated, and the hackers are limited. You'll find mostly the same players in the same servers, and their isn't much arguing, people calling hacks, and 3 word slurs questioning everyone's sexuality. There is no mic spam, 5-year-old's who won't stfu, or any problem when someone is being a douche and needs to be kicked.

Another great this is mutators. Instead of just server side mods that cause nothing more then extra admin features UT offers mutators to drastically change the game-play without having any effect on the servers ability to run the game. The voting system allows game-modes, game mutators, and maps to be voted for at near ANY time during the game with the simple pushing of a default key.

People who are still avid UT2K4 fans will still hold that special place in their hearts for mods like Killing Floor, Alien Swarm, Frag ops, Tactical ops (even though the original is still the best, but 3 is on the way), and even the mod version of Red Orchestra and Mount and Blade. Unreal Tournament GOTY holds thousands of players 24/7 the same as quake 3 online, at all times. Unreal 3 still has a large player based and UT2K4 also holds thousands of players on thousands of servers. UT3 hopefully begins to develop a larger player base when more mutators, and more mods start to release to really improve the re-playability of the average death-match.

For all you Unreal fans out there! I call out to you! Come play sometime then eh?

~AlCool

1 comment by AlCool on Mar 11th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

I post this today, for today lacks BALLS.

Been working a lot on 3D (There are many good reasons most of it won't end up here) so no-one can really expect me to be around very often for a bit. This college quarter is coming to an end and my workload has skyrocketed. I'll put some of my shits-and-giggle work up here and start taking down some of my older stuff (Most of the stuff I have here has better copies done but my lazy ass has yet to post em up) when I get around to it.

Now for MODDB... Moddb.com

The modcast of lulz. I'd really like to see some better speakers or someone with better experience in either A) Making complete sentences or B) Making convincing statements or arguments.

For all of you who were immensely disappointed with this years MOTY, as I, we have been called idiots in this modcast. We don't know what a mod is or anything about modding. Ever since the add-on DB and the MOD DB merged is seems moddb can't tell a mod from a pimple on their ass without having to look at least 5 times and through a fricken microscope, and even then it's still in question. I'm sorry but stupidity this bad will not be forgotten, and we have our right to be angry for the moronic decisions that those we are supposed to look up to and who are supposed to hold authority over this website have made. The rules they made seem to be rules to be broken; if they were ever followed at all we will never know. The only advice they seem to take nowadays are from pre-pubescent 10 year-old's with negative karma coming out their ass and at least 3 dozen member reports.

I've been finding great amusement in the amount of modders shutting down stupidity recently. It's simply great and I think I'll start to join in to this brutal practice and show some idiots that "Modding is Serious Business" (Seriously there has got to be a pic of that. My comp is full of self-made lolmaya, if anyone understands my meaning

This means you!

Lastly, wtf is with the 9 million stupid groups on this MOD-site. I didn't come here to "Make friends", for this isn't lavalife or any of that shit. Who didn't expect MODS when they came to MODDB. I just expect mature people who mod (make custom content or full games) and can be interacted with to improve my own modding and design development. Not to sound full of myself but a lot about this site seems to be full of complete shit I never would of thought I would find here. Whats worse is the FAN-GROUPS. The ones with 5 members that updates weekly for supposed FANS. Everyone seems to be lying about their age or the world is being stupidized as we know it. The day I listen to someone over 18 that can't write a proper English sentence ON A COMPUTER (FFS THERE IS SPELLCHECK FOR THOSE TOO STUPID TO DO IT THEMSELVES) is the day I'd rather stick it in a bee hive while eating dog-feces. I should NOT have to decode a sentence to understand wtf it's talking about. When it is done on purpose it can be funny but when it's done just because of plain stupidity then it just gets annoying as hell. Only legit abbreviations are acceptable to my standards. Yeah, I've had a bad day... Can you tell?

Oh and about those luls you were promised: (I, at least, found these a tad funny)

Moddb.com Bullshit this guys 18
Moddb.com Seriously.
Moddb.com The right attitude <3
Moddb.com Just lulz. This guy has lots of em. F 4chan tho.

Teh lulz, I loves em. Don't you? eh?

~AlCool

7 comments by AlCool on Feb 28th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Umm let's see what's on todays list of MODDB blasphemy... Hmm... Oh yeah!

Moddb.com

How about we go up to every mod developer who's spent hundreds of hours of their life making something that thousands are waiting to download and just kick them in the balls, yeah I think that will work just fine.

It's also funny that the key people I expected to see posts from on this topic never even bothered, I'm sure they saw the shit that was happening, and turned their heads in disgust.

There is no way you can argue that such an abomination of a contest was played fairly because "People spam voted for a map AS A JOKE" and therefore it wins a modding contest. A modding contest where the best of the best put up their hardest efforts in an attempt to please their community.

A recount? Why have one? Because I doubt that a map actually beat 2 of those mods in particular without cheap spam (AKA Unfair multi-voting) or unless they counted the GUEST votes which are only supposed to be used in the case of a tie. the #1 rated UT3 mod and the near #1 rated Sourcemod BOTH UNRELEASED beaten by a map thats been around (For L4D anyways) only a few months.

I Don't even want to see what the best mod is going to include, for I'm already pissed off enough as it is.

MOTY is a joke

'Nuff said.

19 comments by AlCool on Feb 22nd, 2009 digg this super bookmark

It's like this website had some kind of "Lack of trolls" so they started making advertisements to get some or they had some kind of "troll shortage" so they brought in a new shipment. Yes I know these aren't even cheap laughs but I care not for your amusement.

Some people come here and to many places like here to develop and be recognized for your hard work, while others come to see whats new and try out what these people have spent thousands of hours of their lives working towards, but then there are that select few that come to complain about every stupid act of theirs that is challenged and decide that trolling is the answer to keep their e-peen above 1 pixel in size. They demoralize others for thinking for themselves instead of following senseless biasms and trends as directed by "The Community". Is there a lack of testicular droppage in the vicinity? or did someone just skip the stage of maturity. What does someone who throws their opinions at you want more then anything? Respect. Respect that they can express themselves without penalty or destructive feedback. Respect that someone will read and THINK before they reply with nothing more then a waste and a mockery of our reading abilities.

Away from individuals there are also groups that because someone has an issue with any small thing with or around it, they think it is their job to attempt to destroy it.

As if a modders life isn't hard enough trying to finish their moddb legacy to need YOUR help in order to kill their hopes and dreams and send them into the deep void of modding depression along with every other hard working modder who got slapped in the face for their hard labour. People that work hard for nothing more then OUR amusement don't deserve your scrutiny. If you are one of these so-called plagues of the internet and destroyers of all that this website stands for next time you step up on the high ground I'll be there to kick it out from under you.

Have a nice day, eh?

*Cheers*

~AlCool

2 comments by AlCool on Feb 19th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

Reading the comments on that page was only a good 30 minute waste of my life. Having 25% of the comments buried and bias American nationalism it got beyond out of hand, and really should have been locked before it got this far.

Why would anyone make a big deal out of the Airforce supporting the MOTY awards?  It isn't just looking for recruits, they are supporting the awards for hard working computer game technicians who are making the games, animations, and computing technology of tomorrow.

I personally dislike the US as much as the next Canadian but I understand how they relate to the rest of the world and I respect them as people. How Politicians run the country has nothing to do with me personally although their dicisions can effect the way we live the rest of our lives. I only really dislike the biasm of "The United States AND the rest of the world" that I've heard far too many times.

Seriously, grow up and look at the world around you WITHOUT the aid of your TV and internet.

For all you Canucks out there I leave you with a good 'ol high five, eh?

Cheers

~AlCool

0 comments by AlCool on Jan 20th, 2009 digg this super bookmark

I am definitely not a source fan or valve fan but I am a mod whore and therefore play alot of sourcemods. If anyone has interests in playing sourcemods and other such valve supported games check out the steam group The Sinister Urge. We may recruit if we see potential in a good team gamer.

Anyways....Smurf.

2 comments by AlCool on Jan 2nd, 2009 digg this super bookmark

First off, Gears of War and God of War mods.

Gears is for PC and a basic TCM of UT3 that is both as moddable and playable. Modding Xbox version would be a garbage waste of time considering you have to watch your frames 10X more because YOU CANT LEGALLY UPGRADE YOUR XBOX HARDWARE. Also I believe Xbox is a garbage system and a very unoriginal waste of time and money profiting the monster that is Microsoft.

God of War. If it could be modded... What usefulness could be added? What does it need? Nothing. The only mods that would be brought to light would be useless skins and variant weaponry that is worse then those currently present. Its all sequenced so all that could really be done is mapping, but even then the time it would take to use a custom engine that really didn't have a map editor would probably end in horrid maps that just look bad and are made either far too easy or far too hard for any God of War player. Its a good game but lets leave it as a game and not a mod-able interface kthxbai.

I love how half the voters for Modding Consoles just reply with, "It would be cool" and such. Then you check their profiles AND NONE OF THEM ARE MODDERS. WTF is up with that?! People don't realize that systems like the Xbox (Sorry for bashing it to hell and back but I just can't stand its overrated-ness) have limited hardware and are basically mediocre computers jam-packed into a fat box that has nothing more to offer you then a ring of death. The PS3 actually came up with custom hardware that even PCs don't use and also has free internet, as well as modding capability via the PC as well as CUSTOM games that don't make it to any other system. Every shooter that makes it on the Xbox makes it on the PC, oh boy. The Wii is at least original and can be very good but for FPS the makers need to rethink a little. It needs a GoldenEye style play where you don't default-ly strafe and need to hold a button to do so, that would at least make the shooters playable.

Lastly, consoles were made to be played the way the makers wanted them too. PC's were made to advanced technology (not ironic at all). Lets try not to kill our warranties by befuddling our consoles hardware then hmm? Its surprising to see a modding website filled with unexplained comments by underaged console gamers instead of at least a notion to why.

As a Great North-Eastern Canadian once said. Eh?