[Jahanjahan]

Happy New Year folks! I hope that 2007 turns out to be a great year for Shadownessence and the Middle Kingdom forum. What would you like to get out of this forum this year? Do you have anything you want to try? If you have any ideas or suggestions then please post them below.

J

[Incisors-of-Doom]

That card is absolutely lovely, Jahan. I'm not sure about my expectations of the forum itself in the coming year, but I am hoping that I can begin to fulfill your original expectations of the Shen in regards to monthly contributions. I need to flex my creative muscles and finally produce something for the MK forum beyond inane one-liners.

A good New Year to everyone!

[Kuroukaze]

I'm moving out this year to a new home. I'm hoping to find a better job. I seek to better myself, physically and mentally, through school and (hopefully) regular excercise.

I also hope to re-invigurate the Mage forum.

[Badly Oronparser]

Happy New Year JJ.

This year I hope to get my Shih project up on the net and use this forum to discuss and develop it. Work on it continues and I am currently wondering whether to release the splats one at a time or get everything done at once. I also had an idea to run a Shadow War online but as there was almost no response to original suggestion I have not developed this project any further.

Hopefully this year will see me return to working away 3 days week and being home for the other four so my presence should be a bit more consistent.

Sadly my seemingly never ending player crisis continues, having got back up to three players another of my players has had to go onto a difficult shift pattern and has dropped out indefinitely. Once again I don't have the players to continue my KotE game and if we do anything it is unlikely to be a WoD game. It seems to be the curse of 30/40 something gaming groups; players are keen, experienced and commited but life constantly has other ideas.

[Microhard]

I plan to earn a Certificate in Graphic Design on the way to finishing my degree, so that I can hopefully land a real job by mid-August or so. It'll be nice to make some serious money instead of this supermarket bullshit. Either way, my main goal for 2007 is to get the money and credit hours needed to graduate in the summer of '08. That's still 19 months away, so my time is gonna be tied for quite awhile. I still want to make some contributions to the Werewolf and Middle Kingdom forums, though. I'll be working less hours as per my request (mostly for school), so I should have a bit more time to get on here.

This post has been edited by Microhard: 03 January 2007 - 09:24 AM

[I Hate All Life]

Very nice card, bad timing: the Chinese New Year isn't until the 18th of Feburary, barbarian. *Pats you on your head.* But your mistake is understandable; you can't be expected to know better, cracka.

As far as my plans for this year, I plan to play damage control for the mucking fess I made of last year, and I hopefully won't engineer any disasters in 2007. It's all I can really expect of myself; growth or advancement is an unrealistic expectation, so I'll be happy if I can merely slow the rate of decline in my personal corner of the universe. Less generally, I plan to write and finish up some of my projects (MK-related and otherwise), get an actual game started with a local group, pay off some of my debts, cook more, and get a full body wax.

Oh, and get Internet re-established soon so I can keep in touch with you guys better.

[Jahanjahan]

Very nice card, bad timing: the Chinese New Year isn't until the 18th of Feburary, barbarian. *Pats you on your head.* But your mistake is understandable; you can't be expected to know better, cracka.

I knew when the date for the Chinese New Year was 'cause I've been preparing a post about the Chinese Zodiac. Regardless of whether or not the Chinese New Year has started, the Japanese celebrate their New Year at the same time as Westerners do, but the year is named in the Chinese fashion.

Bakatcha baka.

J

[Annael]

What a beautiful picture, Jahan!

I can't think of any suggestions to make about the forum at the moment. I have a lot of fun here as it is. I suppose I could wish for more people, but the ones we've got are just stellar.

[Lasombra]

Mmmhhhh... pork... *drools*
First and foremost, I plan to stop dodging my responsibility and actually join a project for the Shen.
Second, I hope to continue my KotE game after a 6-month snag.
Third, I hope to finish taking college classes, and start my dissertation.
Fourth, I hope to also have some MUGEN stuff done by the end of the year.
Fifth, I hope to be more original and less repetitive when writing lists of what I want to do the next year.

[LostSoul]

2007 Year of the Akiyume

[Jahanjahan]

Incisors said,

That card is absolutely lovely, Jahan. I'm not sure about my expectations of the forum itself in the coming year, but I am hoping that I can begin to fulfill your original expectations of the Shen in regards to monthly contributions. I need to flex my creative muscles and finally produce something for the MK forum beyond inane one-liners.

Thanks mate, though I didn't paint the image myself. Yes, I too want to get the Shen back on track. I hope to do a lot more work in both the Usergroup and the Projects forum. I look forward to seeing what you can come up with.

Oron said,

This year I hope to get my Shih project up on the net and use this forum to discuss and develop it. Work on it continues and I am currently wondering whether to release the splats one at a time or get everything done at once. I also had an idea to run a Shadow War online but as there was almost no response to original suggestion I have not developed this project any further.

Hopefully this year will see me return to working away 3 days week and being home for the other four so my presence should be a bit more consistent.

Sadly my seemingly never ending player crisis continues, having got back up to three players another of my players has had to go onto a difficult shift pattern and has dropped out indefinitely. Once again I don't have the players to continue my KotE game and if we do anything it is unlikely to be a WoD game. It seems to be the curse of 30/40 something gaming groups; players are keen, experienced and commited but life constantly has other ideas.

I'd release your material bit by bit because that makes it easier for us to give you feedback. Re: the Shadow War idea, don't toss it in the bin yet. Let's develop it in the MK work forum, we might consider running it later in the year. Sorry to hear about your ongoing player shortage. I haven't run table top since I came to Japan but this year I've lined up three players so I'm going to do my best to get a game going.

Microhard said,

I plan to earn a Certificate in Graphic Design on the way to finishing my degree, so that I can hopefully land a real job by mid-August or so. It'll be nice to make some serious money instead of this supermarket bullshit. Either way, my main goal for 2007 is to get the money and credit hours needed to graduate in the summer of '08. That's still 19 months away, so my time is gonna be tied for quite awhile. I still want to make some contributions to the Werewolf and Middle Kingdom forums, though. I'll be working less hours as per my request (mostly for school), so I should have a bit more time to get on here.

Microhard, I didn't know you were interested in graphic dsign. Please show me some of your art! I worked in a supermarket too while I was in university so I can sympatise with you.

Kuro said,

I'm moving out this year to a new home. I'm hoping to find a better job. I seek to better myself, physically and mentally, through school and (hopefully) regular excercise. I also hope to re-invigurate the Mage forum.

Mr. D, you and I should work on a Mage/MK forum collaboration. It'd be good to get a bit of cross-traffic between the two forums.

IHAL said,

As far as my plans for this year, I plan to play damage control for the mucking fess I made of last year, and I hopefully won't engineer any disasters in 2007. It's all I can really expect of myself; growth or advancement is an unrealistic expectation, so I'll be happy if I can merely slow the rate of decline in my personal corner of the universe. Less generally, I plan to write and finish up some of my projects (MK-related and otherwise), get an actual game started with a local group, pay off some of my debts, cook more, and get a full body wax.

Oh, and get Internet re-established soon so I can keep in touch with you guys better.

I hope this year turns out better for you than the last and I really hope that we get to talk to each other more and playtest Vampire: The Middle Kingdom.

Annael said something about doughnuts and quantum mechanics that I didn't really understand.

Lasombra waffled on at length about Rhesus monkeys.

Everyone else realised JJ had become too tired to continue this post.

Ah.

[Jahanjahan]

Rest and refreshed I can take up where I left off.

Lasombra said,

First and foremost, I plan to stop dodging my responsibility and actually join a project for the Shen.
Second, I hope to continue my KotE game after a 6-month snag.
Third, I hope to finish taking college classes, and start my dissertation.
Fourth, I hope to also have some MUGEN stuff done by the end of the year.
Fifth, I hope to be more original and less repetitive when writing lists of what I want to do the next year.

Mugen?

Lostsoul said,

2007 Year of the Akiyume

I hope so, mate, I hope so.
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As for me, well, I hope to start studying Chinese this year. I've found a teacher who is willing to do a language exchange with me but we are yet to hammer out the details. I want to improve my Japanese and start studying Kanji more. On SnE I hope to finish off some of the projects I have started and motivate the Shen to become more active.

J

[Lasombra]

Mugen?

Those who don't like 2D fighters, stay away!
For those interested, here is one of my other hobbies:
http://randomselect....l.com/mugen. htm

(from http://randomselect.i-xcell.com/ )

This allows for some really interesting battles (Darkstalkers characters VS Samurai Shodown, for instance, plus the chance to make your own 100% original characters).

[Jahanjahan]

Hey, that's pretty cool. I didn't know they had fighting game engines like that on the net. I think one of my friends will probably be interested in MUGEN. Have you made any of your own original charcters yet? Is it very difficult? If it's not too hard to make original characters then we should organise some KotE fights.

J

[Lasombra]

Well, making a complete character is fairly complex. The whole set of sprites is one hellish work, due to the fact of having a make each animation from scratch, and each sound, and the code for each and every single thing. An average char takes 4/6 months to make, or so say those who make'em.

Making a whole stage, luckly, isn't that hard. To check my stages, go to:
http://randomselect....sombrademon. htm


PS: For those who think that WW never had anything to do with 2D fighters, a surprise!
http://www.arcadefly. ..m...657&image=1

[Jahanjahan]

Well, making a complete character is fairly complex. The whole set of sprites is one hellish work, due to the fact of having a make each animation from scratch, and each sound, and the code for each and every single thing. An average char takes 4/6 months to make, or so say those who make'em.

It's a shame it takes that long. Like most fanboys I'd enjoy pitting my Twice Crimson Tiger aginst a Hakken.

[Lasombra]

Jon Talbain of Darkstalkers VS Galford of Samurai Shodown.

There's your hakken.

Searching for a Twice Crimson Tiger might take a while. For now, this should suffice your quota of bloodlust.