Posted January 30, 2015
moonshineshadow
Ghost
Registered: Sep 2011
From Switzerland
ddickinson
Battle Sister
Registered: Feb 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted January 30, 2015
I'm out in the cold for most of the day. Still working on the first greenhouse - the glass fitting can take quite a while, especially on the roof (it's a big greenhouse). It's very windy as well, which makes it a little dangerous, but the worst part is it's a very cold wind. Luckily I'm wrapped up warm.
toxicTom
Big Daddy
Registered: Feb 2009
From Germany
Posted January 30, 2015
No winter here, rather English weather.
Yes this and maybe a captcha at account creation.
Yes this and maybe a captcha at account creation.
Ghorpm
Zielony Brzydal
Registered: Jan 2012
From Poland
Posted January 30, 2015
Morning! Finally going home today :) I can't wait!
moonshineshadow
Ghost
Registered: Sep 2011
From Switzerland
Posted January 30, 2015
Good morning :-) *hug?* Sounds good, it is always nice to come back home. How long were you away?
Post edited January 30, 2015 by moonshineshadow
ddickinson
Battle Sister
Registered: Feb 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted January 30, 2015
So nice and Sunny then. ;-)
Have you been getting any snow yet in Germany?
Even just a captcha would help a lot. And they are not that hard to integrate, just a few lines of code. It seems strange that they keep allowing it to go on, especially when it's so easy to fix, or at least to limit.
Have you been getting any snow yet in Germany?
Even just a captcha would help a lot. And they are not that hard to integrate, just a few lines of code. It seems strange that they keep allowing it to go on, especially when it's so easy to fix, or at least to limit.
toxicTom
Big Daddy
Registered: Feb 2009
From Germany
Posted January 30, 2015
Bleak and rainy :-P
Some regions had/have snow, but here we only had a little bit of it for a few days.
Well Firek wrote me than they are working on a long term solution, but I think a temporary way to deal with it right now is urgently needed too.
Some regions had/have snow, but here we only had a little bit of it for a few days.
Well Firek wrote me than they are working on a long term solution, but I think a temporary way to deal with it right now is urgently needed too.
ddickinson
Battle Sister
Registered: Feb 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted January 30, 2015
I just hope the long term solution doesn't effect any of the regular users. Would captcha be classed as a short term or long term fix? It does only require a few lines of code, and there are many scripts out there already that GOG could use.
Ghorpm
Zielony Brzydal
Registered: Jan 2012
From Poland
Posted January 30, 2015
Not that long, since Tuesday. But I've traveled ~4500km in four days and that's a it too much. Plane/train/car, 1 hour long meeting, plane/train/car, another meeting, hotel, sleep, wake up at 6 AM or earlier, repeat.
moonshineshadow
Ghost
Registered: Sep 2011
From Switzerland
Posted January 30, 2015
Treasure
Cartoony Corsair
Registered: May 2013
From Cyprus
Posted January 30, 2015
Hi everybody! How are you today? Hope you're fine. :-)
Btw, I'd like your opinion on something: Regarding the Grim Fandango fan art contest, the "honorable mention" prize is quite enticing to me (a $5.99 game? Sign me up!), but not so much the winning prize -I didn't exactly get what is this prize. (Schafer's signature or something?). So, anyways, I thought I'd participate. Problem is, I'm not very good at drawing (which also includes the problem "pretty much everybody else in the contest thread is better at drawing than myself"), so even though I've got a pretty good concept idea of what I could draw (I'm good at thinking up ideas at least!), the execution is a whole other issue. I thought of making a matrioska (russian nesting doll) edition of Manny Calavera-I'd possibly even make the Calavera matrioska opening up to reveal another character of the game (maybe the orange monster thingy...), if it weren't for my bad drawing skills (it's simpler to draw a closed matrioska rather than an opened one...). I drew a very basic edition of what I'm thinking to do in MS Paint and I'd like your opinions on how it looks (because the finished drawing won't be much different in style-I suck at drawing both on the pc and on paper...), and, more importantly, if there's any chance I could possibly win "honorable mention" with this thing (highly unlikely imo, judging by the other entries, but anyways...Funny thing is GOG claims in the thread that drawing skill doesn't matter, but seriously? In a drawing contest, drawing skill matters by default!). Oh well...
tl;dr How does the attachment look like and is there any chance I could win "honorable mention" with something of a similar style?
P.S. I'm asking because making a full-fledged drawing will take quite some time (the basic edition took a bit to make too), and if I'm not going to get something for my effort, it just isn't worth it (I have other things to do, than trying to draw with my horrid drawing skills... For example doing some work or some personal projects or something...)
Anyways, thanks in advance for your help and your opinion.
edit-I had forgotten to actually attach the attachment !!!
Btw, I'd like your opinion on something: Regarding the Grim Fandango fan art contest, the "honorable mention" prize is quite enticing to me (a $5.99 game? Sign me up!), but not so much the winning prize -I didn't exactly get what is this prize. (Schafer's signature or something?). So, anyways, I thought I'd participate. Problem is, I'm not very good at drawing (which also includes the problem "pretty much everybody else in the contest thread is better at drawing than myself"), so even though I've got a pretty good concept idea of what I could draw (I'm good at thinking up ideas at least!), the execution is a whole other issue. I thought of making a matrioska (russian nesting doll) edition of Manny Calavera-I'd possibly even make the Calavera matrioska opening up to reveal another character of the game (maybe the orange monster thingy...), if it weren't for my bad drawing skills (it's simpler to draw a closed matrioska rather than an opened one...). I drew a very basic edition of what I'm thinking to do in MS Paint and I'd like your opinions on how it looks (because the finished drawing won't be much different in style-I suck at drawing both on the pc and on paper...), and, more importantly, if there's any chance I could possibly win "honorable mention" with this thing (highly unlikely imo, judging by the other entries, but anyways...Funny thing is GOG claims in the thread that drawing skill doesn't matter, but seriously? In a drawing contest, drawing skill matters by default!). Oh well...
tl;dr How does the attachment look like and is there any chance I could win "honorable mention" with something of a similar style?
P.S. I'm asking because making a full-fledged drawing will take quite some time (the basic edition took a bit to make too), and if I'm not going to get something for my effort, it just isn't worth it (I have other things to do, than trying to draw with my horrid drawing skills... For example doing some work or some personal projects or something...)
Anyways, thanks in advance for your help and your opinion.
edit-I had forgotten to actually attach the attachment !!!
Post edited January 30, 2015 by Treasure
toxicTom
Big Daddy
Registered: Feb 2009
From Germany
Posted January 30, 2015
Hey, anyone care to give p1na a "lift"? ;-)
Post edited January 30, 2015 by toxicTom
moonshineshadow
Ghost
Registered: Sep 2011
From Switzerland
swatkat
Razor Clawson
Registered: Dec 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted January 30, 2015
low rated
Btw, I'd like your opinion on something: Regarding the Grim Fandango fan art contest, the "honorable mention" prize is quite enticing to me (a $5.99 game? Sign me up!), but not so much the winning prize -I didn't exactly get what is this prize. (Schafer's signature or something?). So, anyways, I thought I'd participate. Problem is, I'm not very good at drawing (which also includes the problem "pretty much everybody else in the contest thread is better at drawing than myself"), so even though I've got a pretty good concept idea of what I could draw (I'm good at thinking up ideas at least!), the execution is a whole other issue. I thought of making a matrioska (russian nesting doll) edition of Manny Calavera-I'd possibly even make the Calavera matrioska opening up to reveal another character of the game (maybe the orange monster thingy...), if it weren't for my bad drawing skills (it's simpler to draw a closed matrioska rather than an opened one...). I drew a very basic edition of what I'm thinking to do in MS Paint and I'd like your opinions on how it looks (because the finished drawing won't be much different in style-I suck at drawing both on the pc and on paper...), and, more importantly, if there's any chance I could possibly win "honorable mention" with this thing (highly unlikely imo, judging by the other entries, but anyways...Funny thing is GOG claims in the thread that drawing skill doesn't matter, but seriously? In a drawing contest, drawing skill matters by default!). Oh well...
tl;dr How does the attachment look like and is there any chance I could win "honorable mention" with something of a similar style?
P.S. I'm asking because making a full-fledged drawing will take quite some time (the basic edition took a bit to make too), and if I'm not going to get something for my effort, it just isn't worth it (I have other things to do, than trying to draw with my horrid drawing skills... For example doing some work or some personal projects or something...)
Anyways, thanks in advance for your help and your opinion.
edit-I had forgotten to actually attach the attachment !!!
ddickinson
Battle Sister
Registered: Feb 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted January 30, 2015
I like the idea of the Matrioska, especially with different characters nested inside. Unfortunately I can't really offer any kind of indication about if you would win, drawing has never really been my strong point, and so neither has drawing competitions. If GOG says that drawing skill doesn't matter, then maybe you could win, but I wouldn't know, maybe someone else has a better idea of what would get and honorary mentions.
I guess it would all depend on if you would enjoy making the image, so that even if you did not win, at least you had fun entering.
I guess you are right, but still, adding a captcha should not be too hard. I just hope that if they ever do redesign the forum, it doesn't spoil it and ruin this lovely community.
I guess it would all depend on if you would enjoy making the image, so that even if you did not win, at least you had fun entering.
I guess you are right, but still, adding a captcha should not be too hard. I just hope that if they ever do redesign the forum, it doesn't spoil it and ruin this lovely community.