Quote: --- Original message by: D4NO
Sounds to me like opinions are just that.

I bet 90 percent of you listen to Gaga/Kanye/Bieber and the rest of the gang.

I'm going to give you some personal criticism if you do:

You have bad taste.

I will not accept opinions from people with obviously bad taste, jaded opinions and invalid critiques. It'd be like me, as a guitar player, having some piece of filth tell me to play a 4 chord song, because those sell money and are popular.

Artistic style or colour or premise is of no concern to you. Criticisms regarding 3D art are supposed to fall within build quality itself. Artistic direction is all a matter of perspective. You can voice it sure, but in this age of this particular community, all it does is waste time and we need to get things moving now.


This is how it works:

Me make something, we ask people who know what the F they're talking about.

We post the thing on community forums to you know....let people know things are happening and give some insight on where things are headed and or just to plain share something we think is cool.


Some clown on some forum thinks he has input on my creative process? Pfft. Yeah, the last thing I need after being at work all day dealing with clients and their feedback, is coming home working on something till 3 in the morning and some candyass telling me how to do my hobby with his broken feedback.


The problem is, this invalid "every voice shall be heard" criticism way of thinking is what broke the modding scene in this community. Now everything has to conform to this ideal mindset and fall within some invisible bracket no one can see or follow, and progress doesn't happen. People spend too long on a project and it falls apart.


This doesn't happen in other modding communities, who also, seem to produce better more consistent work. All your "criticisms" are, are reflecting ideologies 90 percent of the time and hold no weight what so ever.

This too fat, this too thin, this not bassey enough, needs more cowbell. It will never end. You look for some sort of "problem" as if it's always there and exists and you must find it. "Oh this thing here, I have to find something to pick apart, this must be it here, I dunno derp"

We stare at this stuff for hours on end as we make it. After a certain point you need to realize all of it is intended and we know about it.

In the case of my current work:

Yes there are flaws, some areas painted quicker than others, some parts that aren't as special, but I am well aware of them, and none of you brought them up. You didn't bring up valid criticism. You brought up "design choices" which, in my opinion, you have no real call to make.

Personally my current way of doings things, is I try to get out my stuff in less than 5 nights (I have lazy days to you know, have a break in between those) so I'm not spending too long on one thing.
Years ago I'd spend weeks or even longer making one thing, only for it to be bad anyway in the long run just because I wasn't as good at the time as I am now.
In the last month or so I've knocked out a whole bunch of stuff, and it's much better this way. Everything get's polished later, but what's posted is what it will look like, minus some tweaks and more time spent on painting. The important part is that things get done, and stay fresh. I don't want to be staring at the same thing for all that time again to get sick of it and lose flair and then have some grubby people spitting all over it.

People accept criticism and take it on the skin of their teeth, but I feel deep down it's the reason many have moved on from this community. After a point it just becomes frustrating to never just being able to be happy with something you just wasted weeks of your life on.

So I knock it out and give it as much attention as I can within a timeframe and then I move onto the next. If somethings taking longer than expected, I take a breather from that particular piece, get back to life, distract myself, come back, knock something else out, and then return to the piece again with fresh eyes.


Every artist strives to make the best he can at that present time, but there are boundaries to this so called feedback you think your giving.

All this stuff we post is PR to basically say "were still here". How I'd wish Black Mesa Source would post some damn proper updates.



This forum is nothing but a wailing wall and the mantra that goes on along with it is half the reason the community is so fragmented. Modacity is no different.


I also know for a fact that this is ALL Tall Poppy syndrome. I can bet good money on a resident well liked halomaps guy posting these same images getting blown and jizzed all over like a shemale train in thailand.


I don't really know what to say anymore. There it is. Feel glad, It's 3:20 in the morning and I just became a sucker, yet again. This will be the last time I post here at least until things improve, because I won't put up with this.

Quote: --- Original message by: teh lag
Can everyone please calm down

look

look here's a thing

they're rigged and I tried to make their necks and hairs longer guys [within the aforementioned animation and collision constraints]

*pics*

...the thread is burning again..........

Quote: --- Original message by: Lone Warrior
Ah yes, the hair looks much better now :).
Edited by Lone Warrior on Nov 7, 2011 at 11:52 AM

Quote: --- Original message by: DarkHalo003
Also, Lag, I figured out why it's so odd making H2 Elite animations; the Halo 1 bones don't include foot and shoulder nodes where the H2 bones do. Of course, this is just through observation, so correct me if I'm wrong.
Edited by DarkHalo003 on Nov 7, 2011 at 12:23 PM

Quote: --- Original message by: teh lag



H1's Elites have both feet bones (bip01 l foot/r foot) and "shoulders" (bip01 l clavicle/r clavicle). IIRC the only things H2's Elites have bone-wise that H1 doesn't are facial animation stuff and fingers.

To answer your previous question more seriously: we're not looking to deviate too much from what you'd expect from a Jackal with a Carbine. Somewhere in the range of "reasonably balanced" is where we're trying to put them.
Edited by teh lag on Nov 7, 2011 at 01:12 PM

Quote: --- Original message by: Choking Victim


Why would a professional artist need crit from a bunch of amateurs? This goes for both Dano and Neuro. To sum it up, NOBODY here is in a position to offer crit on ANY work that gets posted here. In any artistic profession, the notion that a professional would get any form of advice from an amateur aspiring in the same field has always been ludicrous. Do professional chef's get advice from frycooks at Mcdonalds? Same. Thing.

Get that in your thick skull.
Edited by Choking Victim on Nov 7, 2011 at 08:45 AM

Quote: --- Original message by: Higuy
Not only this, there is actually some decent people here that aren't drama queens like half the people located over on modacity.net.

Quote: --- Original message by: Higuy
Why would a professional artist not act professional to any criticism, even if it came from a amateur? You want to be professional and popular within your community, right?

Not only this, there is actually some decent people here that aren't drama queens like half the people located over on modacity.net.

Get off your high horse, and stick it into your goddamned thick skull.
Edited by Higuy on Nov 7, 2011 at 03:28 PM

Quote: --- Original message by: neuro
i'm absolutely better than all of you.

Quote: --- Original message by: Igotaname13_


I swear higuy, you're so beautiful and wonderous. You could possibly be the best person on this forum. I mean you probably are the "High Guy" in everyone's life.
So chill. So cool. Just laying back, smoking his dope and debating on forums.

I swear man, you are just so awesome. I would obviously give you a blowjob if you presented yourself to me.

Quote: --- Original message by: neuro
i'm absolutely better than all of you.

Quote: --- Original message by: Igotaname13_


alright lets do it



what a great joke, actually had me cracking up there for a minute!!1

Quote: --- Original message by: Higuy
Thats why they call me, bad company, till' the day I dieeeeeeee

Quote: --- Original message by: Skidrow925

On to the topic of CMT:

Are you guys going to use brutes a lot? I don't remember it being said anywhere. Also you you going to still have a Splazah? Just wondering.

Quote: --- Original message by: HaloIsAHorribleGane
I don't care how good of an artist someone is. But if they're a bunghole they have no respect from me, regardless of how much skill they may have.

Quote: --- Original message by: roviet1337
*stuff*

Quote: --- Original message by: Masters1337
We've been trying a lot of things with the Brutes this time around. As of now the idea is that you engage in combat with an Elite 3 times: once when you find it, once when you try to kill it, and then again when it's weak. As a result we've been playing with a 3:1 ratio of Brutes to Elites for each encounter. Encounters are being redone so for areas we deem appropriate, there will be 3 Brutes for every Elite in the squad that would have otherwise spawned. The Brutes are much easier to fight one on one than the elites, but they make up for it in their numbers. Except in areas where we deem Elites to be the prefered enemy, you will have a 50% chance of encountering Brutes instead, although we can scale an area to be more partial to one enemy or another. So far this has worked really well. It brings a new level of unpredictability to old areas, and with all the classes of brutes (spiker, bpr, bruteshot, needler) and elites (carbine, pr, needler, pp) we have that can sometimes spawn in an encounter there are probably around 6 or 7 ways your encounters can change through each play through.

As for the laser we haven't decided anything yet. It's not important to what we're doing with a50, so we'll have a discussion about it at a later time.

Quote: --- Original message by: roviet1337
/end irrelevance (?) /

those jackals look very well made and are looking good. while i realise they are wips i do have one question/concern: why is there a green reflection on the marksman jackal? is that from something else? i dont understand why its there.

also not that anyone will listen but people who are "giving crit" please TRY to be civilized. please?
you know inserting attitude with your crit will return more attitude and be meaningless. stop craving that. please. if someone disagrees with your OPINION, (because yes thats what it is) that is that. they have disagreed and everyone knows damn well that little to no CONSTRUCTIVE criticism was given. please for the sake of everyone try and be mature. if some start others will follow. so i am starting, i did not denounce any one individual but you know who you are, try and keep it relevant and nice. please. again im just asking this of you, i realize i have no place to do so.


please.