Re: [spoon-discuss] About the grid reborn

["Baron von Skippy" <baronvonskippy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm glad you like it.  Here's the answers to some questions, and a bit 
> more:
>
> Yes, I did _mostly_ use preconstructed models, a bit of my own, and 
> assembled them in a program - not really a raytracer.
>
> What program did I primarily use?
>
> The Warcraft III World Editor
-So called it... the orcs gave it away.-
> That's right - this is a Warcraft III map that you see.  Not an ordinary 
> one, of course; I have a lot of modding experience, and had to do some 
> crazy stuff to get this right.  (Modding is modifying a game to turn it 
> into something else.)  My only regret is that you cannot see it in motion; 
> my custom stuff doesn't move, at least right now, but lots of stuff is 
> animated.  Warcraft III doesn't have support for making movies; otherwise, 
> I'd make for each nweek, showing what everyone did.  (Orc eats a sheep 
> gnome ;P).  I'll try to figure out something for the future.
-That would be really, really cool. The one problem would be file size, 
wouldn't it?-
> As for why some of the models don't quite match:  pretty much I thought 
> that I would try what would look cooler; Even though a simple speech bubble 
> would be easy to make, the 'Ethereal Ghost Thing' (TM)
-"Ghost thing?" ...Maybe "Entity?"-

> seemed to me to be appropriate to The Voice, even though it's nothing like 
> what she described.  And for bd's avatar, you are the black gaseous thingie 
> right next to me on your airspeeder.  You said:  "I'm the guy your eyes 
> just won't focus on... Nobody ever remembers how I look...", and I already 
> had that model in mind when you said you were an @.
-/I/ recognized bd when I saw him...-
> In any case, everyone feel free to make suggestions about how you would 
> like to be represented.  Be sure to keep you declared gender in mind! 
> Athena, I and idea for you, a priestess-looking wooman, and I have an 
> alternate Wonko for when (not if) he manages to go from rags to riches 
> again.  Oh, and BvS, I have 1 for you too, your evilness.
-*nods appreciatively* Sweet. What picture thingy did you use? One from W3, 
or something else?-
> When I finally got done setting everything up and looking at, I was kinda 
> hurried with the pictures, as it's not an easy process to get them out.  
> I'll try to get a better view of everyone, maybe lined up in roll call 
> fashion, and maybe even put them on the roster page?
-File size again. That would make the roster big. Also, if we're gonna have 
portraits on the roster page, I think we should pick our own, no offense to 
your efforts.-
> Orc In A Spacesuit
> is contemplating the future.

                                                  [[BvS]]


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