Twig

SF is one of my top "I would like to live there" cities, both because of the qualities Sean has expounded upon - qualities that I've heard tell of from many other people - and also because the top video game companies I would like to work at all exist there, except for Valve. (Not to say there aren't other great companies elsewhere... just that my preferences all lie there.) I already live near Valve, but... I don't expect they'll be willing to hire me for many a year, yet. Which is fine. grumblegrumble Anyway, SF seemed cool the two times I visited it for GDC, but being GDC, I didn't have time for much else. I would like to visit it for real some day. Also, yes, the high rent is a bit of a deterrent for me, since I'm without a job. I'd have to be hired there before I moved there. U:

That reminds me: http://animalsbeingdicks.com/ The latest:

I'm pretty sure that's one of the requirements for cat-lady-hood? obvious jokes

Oh. If I had known a reset was on the recent horizon, I'd never have made plans to dig a huge pit and do shit with it. I still hop on every now and then and dig another layer. If only it was already dug, I could start building. ):

Probably not intentionally, though. Many developers also share that same obsessive nature and probably fool themselves into thinking they also enjoy it. I know damn well I don't enjoy stuff like that, but I find myself doing it often anyway, because there's something else I enjoy and those mundane, repetitive tasks give me an excuse to continue enjoying that Something Else. Usually it's the core mechanics, like combat, or the idea of really getting into the role of my character. (Which is why I have no interest in Skyrim, unfortunately.)

Wow, these guys are out of touch. Do I have to pledge to get a more acceptable resolution?

Well, I don't really care either way. I have an amazing ability to suspend my disbelief to levels most can't achieve. I can accept the most outrageous bullshit. I'M JUS' SAYIN'

Ehhhh, I dunno. It could easily be construed either way. "Available" for an organization like SHIELD could very well mean everything, even if it's not publicly available. At any rate, it was a fun movie. And the trailer for the new Spider-Man movie had a Glitch Mob song which is awesome. I wonder, if DC were to do a Justice League movie, would they use a totally different Batman? I'd assume so. The Batman movies are pretty self-contained for superhero movies.

GAvS1ndtEKg

I rarely have issues with people actually using the mic. It's when I get comments like "I have sound off" or "I don't have speakers" that I rage.

I talked to my advisor and he said he'd talk to my professor but that he can't really do anything about my grade. Which is about what I expected. So I guess I have class at 5pm today. Ugh. On the plus side, it's Advanced Game Engine Design and never been taught before. Maybe it won't be completely horrible and I'll get a game engine out of it that I can use for making games in the future. Although I expect it'll be a 3D engine we're making, which makes it infinitely more complicated, and also not something I particularly want right now. Hummm.

I think he's talking about the Sin City poser. How indecent!

I mean the problem with Dagon is that there are better items for the team. Mek, Pipe, Drum, whatever. Get more disables with Eul's or sheep. Dagon gets you kills. Lion isn't a carry; he's a ganker/support.

You only ever buy Dagon on Lion if it's a stomp.

Seriously, I never play well as Lion, and always end up raging and doing shit like this. But only if we're very obviously winning, of course! I always try until the end (even though I often say I'm quitting). 1-9-5 on a winning team is just not a good score though. And it's not even the score that matters. It's just so frustrating when you're always target numero uno, and even if you wait for the teamfight to start and then come in a few seconds late, they always switch to you and kill you first, and Lion doesn't have long enough range to stay out of the fights effectively and and and ughhhhh.

Yeah, I've decided I'm going to do just that - talk to my advisor. I know he is generally pretty lenient in his own classes. The material he teaches is hard, but he's not super strict about the grades. I dunno how much he can use that in a class someone else teaches, but... we'll see. At the very least, he'll tell me what I can and can't do, so I know for sure. And now I've got a whole weekend of waiting ahead of me before I can talk to him in person. D:

That can happen?!

I don't know if he knows I was supposed to graduate or not. I informed him in my latest groveling email. Haven't yet talked to him in person because he hasn't been around, and today was the graduation ceremony. I dunno if I would be able to talk to him face-to-face in a calm manner. I know he's well within his rights to not make an exception, but BROKEN RECORD SO STUPID TO FAIL OVER THIS BROKEN RECORD. Friends are telling me that I should try to go over his head, since the point difference is so small. I guess I will, just because I have nothing to lose, but it makes me feel kind of dirty. \:

Well, good news is he accepted the paper. Bad news is he accepted it as late, so it's only worth 1/5 the credit it should be. So, the paper is 15% of the final grade, as I said earlier. One fifth of that is 3%. Yes, that large of a chunk is missing just because I failed to include a goddamn PDF file in a goddamn ZIP file. My new grade is 70.4%. I need a 73% to get a C, which is passing for Master's... even a C- is a failure. He won't give it to me. I just need two fifths of the credit, instead of one fifth. That is it. Three percent more. And the worst part is I like him. I think I mentioned that he did a lot to help me out when some teachers would have left me in the dust for being so far behind. But why does he have to be like this? THIS ONE GRADE is between me and never having to take another class again. I feel like such shit for having forgotten to submit this thing. I think I was literally so excited at having gotten the physics engine to a good enough state to pass (as he'd previously informed me where I'd need to be) two hours prior to the time it was do that I forgot all about the paper. And that's going to screw me over.

YOU SAY THAT BUT I just found out that one of the major reasons I had such a low grade was that I fucking forgot to submit the final paper with the final project. (It's a project class: Physics Simulation). The paper is worth 15% of the grade. I had it DONE, I just fucking forgot to fucking submit it with the engine. THAT IS THE STUPIDEST GODDAMN Fucking hell, I really hope he takes it at this point. I don't know what to do if he doesn't. I have a lot of respect for the professor right now, because he spent a lot of time helping me out near the end, despite my being weeks behind, but if he doesn't accept this paper late I might go ballistic.

RAGE DOUBLEPOST

That is amazing.

Ungh. I failed a course and now have to remain in school a semester longer. I'm over the initial depressing shock that left me dryheaving in an Apple Store (this didn't actually happen, unfortunately), but it still sucks. Blehhhh. I mean, it's my fault, and I know it. I made a mistake, mixed up my priorities, focused too much on finding a job, not enough on schoolwork, among other things. Shit happens. Time to move on. BUT IT STILL SUCKS. BLEHHHH. On the plus side, I've a couple avenues opening up for potential jobs, and I could definitely handle a fulltime job and one class. Plus, I could finally financially support myself for the first time ever, instead of relying on loans and the 'rents helping me out. I mean, sure I've had internships before, but they didn't pay enough to LIVE on. I'm so sick of having to ask my parents for help. It's the worst. And failing this course didn't help that much. Ahhh! So close to reaching that point of financial independence - the only aspect I've been missing for years now - and it just slipped further away. Just a little longer. It is hard to remain optimistic under such circumstances. I'm trying.

I thought we'd all agreed to call it Lords Management?

I don't think you could. Blizzard has been "Activisioning" since long before they merged with Activision. At any rate, they better make the combat actually fun. It's already dull as hell, and MMOs rarely have good combat. U: