So Lee-Yoshi.

Prepare to DIE!
Or something. =]

Anyway.

Congratulate/worship as you will. ^_^

Cracking good fun.
Heroes of Mana is gonna be even better. Wi-fi! =D
Anyone else got it?

ComputerAndVideoGames.com Wrote:Spend £1280 on games and get just 2000 free Wii points
Thursday 1-Feb-2007 10:01 AM
4-1 conversion rate means your Stars Points won't get you many VC games

Gamers looking forward to swapping their currently useless Stars Points for Wii Points will have to trade in an estimated 8000 Stars to get just 2000 Wii Points when the offer opens later this year.

If this rumour, reported by German magazine N-Zone, is to be believed, you'll need to register 32 Wii or GameCube games, each getting you 250 Stars points to afford one 2000-point Wii Points Card. With each game costing £40, that works out at a whooping £1280, not to mention a tiresome code-entering chore.

It's all free stuff at the end of the day, which is a good thing but the European Stars Points Catalogue is still some way off the ultra-cool Japanese equivalent, which offers exclusive DS games and Nintendo figures.

Ok i got the episode 2 quest once, got half way through normal, lvl 85 at the time, and got slaughtered! so i went to lvl up and when i'm came back i couldn't acess them, the just weren't there! Someone give me a clue, how do i get them!

As was suggested in my other topic, I'm making a topic to compare Needle and Shots, in terms of sheer killing ability and versatility. ^^

Needles are faster, but lack too much power to be better than Shots. Fact or fiction?

Fiction. While the Spread Needle is terribly weak in terms of ATP, its counterpart, the S-Rank Needle, is gifted with the ability to possess specials such as Berserk and Demon's, crushing enemy monsters. The only shots that could compare are the Baranz Launcher, which hits only four enemies to the Needle's five, and the S-Rank Shot -which can, admittedly, get the same specials.

Now the S-Rank shot can hit the same number of enemies, has higher ATP, longer range, and access to the same specials, so why would someone pick a Needle? Speed -the Needle's primary advantage. While the Shot may do more damage per hit, the damage isn't enough to make up for the Needle's speed of slaughter, even if a God/Battle is used with the Shot.

S-Rank Needle
ATP: 10
Grind: +70
[COLOR="Red"]Total ATP after grind: 150
ATA: 40[/COLOR]

S-Rank Shot
ATP: 10
Grind: +125
[COLOR="Red"]Total ATP after grind: 260
ATA: 40[/COLOR]

Unfortunately, the ATP difference amounts to right around squat when one factors in the speed of the Needle, and the fact that it's versatile in the important situations where speed is required to ensure the player isn't raped by being hit before firing.

Take, for example, the following scenario:

*Keep in mind that this is being fairly wishful on an S-Rank, to connect with each of these hits with only 40 base ATA on the weapon itself.

The below chances to hit in a H/S/S combo applies to both weapons:

Combo A
Hit 1: 60% (59.8%)
Hit 2: 45% (45.35%)
Hit 3: 100% (102.1%)

Max ATP RAmar, Lv30 Shifta, Berserk S-Rank Needle
vs.
Arlan, Ultimate Ruins, Online, 3000 HP

Heavy: 410
Berserk: 720
Berserk: 720
Total: 1850
*Weak: 217
*Heavy: 410
*Berserk: 720
Total: 3197
[COLOR="Red"]Arlan status: Deceased
Combo count: 2[/COLOR]

*Combo B

Hit 1: 100% (146.6%)
Hit 2: 100% (120.49%)
Hit 3: 100% (102.1%)

Max ATP RAmar, Lv30 Shifta, Berserk S-Rank Shot
vs.
Arlan, Ultimate Ruins, Online, 3000 HP

Heavy: 447
Berserk: 783
Berserk: 783
Total: 2013
Heavy: 447
Berserk: 783
Total: 3243
[COLOR="Red"]Arlan status: Deceased
Combo count: 1.66[/COLOR]

While the Shot could potentially kill in one less hit than a Needle (see best-case scenario, above), by the time the Shot actually gets to that hit, the Needle is at least there as well, given it's speed. If the Shot opts to take the safe rout, and do a Combo B like the Needle, it loses the advantage of killing in less hits.

Thus we are left with a weapon (Needle) that takes only half of the risk of the other weapon (Shot) while still killing at an equal or faster rate. The only advantage that the Shot is left with is its range, and it does not make up for the quicker response time of the Needle.

At least HEAD SHOT is a cooler name than DRUG NEEDLE. ^^

Disclaimer: This is by no means an article to tell players how to play. It is a statistical analysis of the pros and cons of two weapons.

Sources:

-Arlan stats
-"To hit" calculator, Combo A
-"To hit" calculator, Combo B
-Damage calculator
-Damage formula
-RAmar stats
-S-Rank Needle stats
-S-Rank Shot stats
-Thread that said I could do this

Kay, I'm done. If you have questions, comments, complaints, or threats, please speak! I am human; I do make errors!

Yes, I never thought I'd ever need to say this, but my life (or Leonoxe's life at least!) is in SEGA's possibly capable hands! My subscription was supposed to renew today, as it is a recurring subscription, and GUESS WHAT?! "There was a problem taking the payment for your subscription, and it has been put ON HOLD." I've tried resuming my subscription a few times tonight, but the same error just keeps on coming up!
Now, I do have separate characters on separate accounts, so this is a very odd issue. Every detal of both of these accounts is exactly the same; yet only onew of them is not working tonight! Poor Leo, I hope she survives!
I've just e-mailed SEGA through their official site, hoping they reply between now and... whatever the time limit is for character deletion on an inactive account. I don't want her to die, but it looks like my poor Leo is just about stuck at the crossroads of life and death! If nothing miraculous happens, or if SEGA isn't timely enough (SEGA... timely...ehe...)... Then I'll be sad. So I'm just telling you, Leonoxe may not be on for a while now... or, in the worst case scenario- EVER...
Curse you cruel fate....

<strong>Valentines gets Sonic Team in the mood for love!</strong> <img src="/images/BlueBurst.jpg" alt="BlueBurst" width="8" height="8">
<font size="1">[ Lee_yoshi - January 31 2007 - 7:12 PM ]</font>

<P><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sonic Team of Japan have recently updated the Japanese version of <EM>Phantasy Star Online: Blue Burst</EM> with a few extra's, mainly just for Valentines, but with a couple of other special gifts to!</FONT></P><UL><LI><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><STRONG>Valentines Day Lobby Decorations</STRONG> </FONT><UL><LI><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available until 20th February 2007</FONT></EM></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_01.gif" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_02.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Valentines Event</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode I</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available until 20th February 2007</FONT></EM></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_03.gif" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_04.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Everyone's (Well, at least the girl character's) favourite quest returns as the chocolate making sisters return to Pioneer 2 for the Valentines holidays! Gather together the special ingredients, and churn them together in the right order (In the medical centre of all places) to produce some lovely valentines chocolate! The problem is... do you keep it for yourself, or pass it onto your loved one this Valentines?</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This quest is playabale for one female player only.</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Valentines Event II</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode II</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available until 20th February 2007</FONT></EM></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_05.gif" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_06.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Valentines Event II - The Return of the Chocolate once again hits <EM>PSO</EM> seeing your character get to <EM>Episode II</EM> for some Valentines themed fun... and choco tasting! This quest is playable for 1 - 4 players.</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Maximum Attack 3 - Version II</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode IV Expansion Pack</FONT></EM></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_07.gif" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_08.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Wow, how's this for a nice little extra pressie for the holidays from Sonic Team?</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The third episode in the Maximum Attack series of quests returns for a more permanent amount of time, but don't let the fact that it's not for prizes fool you into thinking that they've made it a slight bit easier for you!</FONT></P><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_09.gif" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_10.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hit the <EM>Episode IV Expansion Pack</EM> for some timed slaying VR goodness. Can you last the whole 30 minutes without a single team member dieing on you? Can you reach the end of the quest intact and with time to spare? Well, there's only one person who can answer that question, and that's you! Good Luck!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This quest is playable for 1 - 4 players.</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">In the Wilderness [Version II]</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode IV Expansion Pack</FONT></EM></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_11.gif" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_12.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Made your way through Maximum Attack 3, Version II alive and gained yourself a 'Lucky Ticket!'? Well then, you'll need to head on over to this quest so that you can redeem it to gather special prizes - Yes, there's some very special prizes available indeed! This quest is playable for 1 - 4 players.</FONT></P><UL><LI><DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Transaction #3</FONT></STRONG></DIV><UL><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Episode I</FONT></EM></DIV><LI><DIV align=left><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Available until February 27th 2007</FONT></EM></DIV></LI></UL></LI></UL><P align=center><EM><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_13.gif" align=baseline border=1><IMG alt="" hspace=5 src="http://www.ragol.co.uk/uploads/news_images/31_01_07_14.gif" align=baseline border=1></FONT></EM></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The merchant/client of this quest makes a third appearance with (For the last time) some completely different stock... Quick! Collect the items she requires or you'll miss out on your chance to recieve in return something very special, oh yes!</FONT></P><P align=left><FONT face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">This quest is playable for 1 - 4 players.</FONT></P>

Heya all, As i was going to show pink how i would go about creating lineart from a sketch, and a coloured picture, i thought it might be better to give it a thread of its own, instead of cluttering up pink's lovely one :p

so, here goes...


(Note: i Use adobephotoshop 6, things might be a little different in other versions, but it should still be roughly the same)

Creating Lineart From an uncoloured Sketch:

1: Scan in your sketch, if possible, set it to 300DPI (dots per inch) and the mode to Grayscale, this will make the scan fairly big, and keep it black and white, so no random colours sneak in.

2: If need be, rotate, or adjust your sketch to get it the right way up, then select Adjust > Mode > RGB colour. this will allow you to use colours on your picture again, as it was set to grayscale before.

3: Adjust the levels (shortcut: CTRL + L ) this will help clean up the sketch for the next step, and darken your image making your grey pencil/pen lines closer to a true black. Level adjusting is quite tricky to get the hang of, so i hope this picture helps.

have a play around with it, it'll click before long ;p

4: from here, take the eraser tool (shortcut: E) and clean up any stray lines and smudges until you are happy with it, this is my least favourite area of digital art, but themore time spent at it, the better your overall picture will look. You should now have a nice clean sketch, on your background layer in RGB mode. like so:


5: Now head over to the bottom right pallette, and click the tab marked Channels, and click the small dotted circle icon:

This will select all the white areas on your sketch:


6: Now press SHIFT + CTRL + I This will instead select all of the black pixels of the sketch:


7: Reclick the layer tab in the bottom right pallette, next to channels. Create a New layer ( shortcut: SHIFT + CTRL + N ) and name it lineart, or something to that effect. and keep this layer selected.

8: Set your Foreground colour to black (shortcut: D ) :

And press ALT + BACKSPACE , this will fill in the selected area black, onto the new, lineart layer, effectively taking the white out.
Select the marquee tool (shortcut: M) and click on your picture to deselect the selection.

9: Select the original background layer, in the bottom right pallette, then right click it, and delete it.
you should be left with something like this:


10: Create a new layer, the name is not important. then select LAYER > NEW > BACKGROUND FROM LAYER. this will turn your blank layer into a background layer instead.
this leaves you with white on the bottom layer, your lines on the top and your lines seperate on top! like this:


11: now you can create additional layers between the background, and linart, in which to colour your picture and never have to worry about going over your lineart!


This is how i would go about cleaning and setting up one of my sketches to colour, if i was to go about working the lineart for a picture that has been previously coloured, the above method would be void. and i would do it using vector art, and the pen tool ( shortcut: P)
This is also the best way to clean up a picture, so can be used ona plain sketch and will leave NO stay marks or smudges,but it takes a lot more time and effort than the above method.
I will post up a Vector art/Digital inking tutorial in the next few days, as this one's taken long enough :p


PHEW! i hope you are able to make sense of that! please post up any questions about it, or point out any errors i have made, and hopefully the second tutorial will follow soon

Could you get an episode 4 mag on PSO episodes 1 and 2? If not, what mag could you get that is purely one color (I want a close to pure black mag)?

if anyone wants to play CS 1.2 or CS non steam ask me on msn and i will give it a shoot........a headshot to be more accurate

i will play with anyone who wants to KILL
i warn you that i speak alot with orders, i will also obey any received order and teamwork is essential, if you start shooting, i will liten and go for the rescue, i will only ignore my teammates when the bomb needs to be defused