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Re: Some Bad News

tompl — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 12:42:40 -0000

For the same reasons I don't turn the Paper Mages server into something like Happle Craft is atm I couldn't pick up the server plugin side, I'd just end up neglecting it but if there's someone who knows they could handle that but isn't too keen on sucking up the monthly cost then I'm more than happy to partner on that.

Re: Winston Churchill in a bathing suit

tompl — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 14:03:08 -0000

He intended to fight them on the beaches... in that?

Re: Sea of Dust Adventure (video!)

tompl — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:10:46 -0000

He needs to share his process with me, using Fraps to capture but resolution etc. keeps nuking compression options... Video editing etc. on that was great, assuming you've done a lot of machinima in the past for other stuff? <3

Re: Patch Notes for 7/08b

tompl — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 10:51:20 -0000

Damn you God, I need those goldses... and nice one on the Disqus, got it sorted on the new version of Paper Mages. Artemis Pelt building is going to be fiendishly difficult though perhaps not so much if I focus quite tightly on the heart of that natural spire...

Re: Doctor Who corset

tompl — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:52:49 -0000

If The Doctor clicks his fingers she'll sure have a containment problem.

Re: Doctor Who: Steven Moffat's first series ends in triumph, review

tompl — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:23:08 -0000

Yeh, because those episodes weren't an RTD deus ex machina in a bucket were they? :rolleyes:

Re: A long overdue holiday…

tompl — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:33:36 -0000

Missed this during my little blogging hiatus

Re: Opening Pandorica

tompl — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:07:47 -0000

Everyone is getting hung up on what was said when she was seven and is missing the vital clue in the quote... IT ISN'T IMPORTANT. The reviewer said that was the key and it is but the important thing was actually in the quote, it isn't what was said it is that Amy remembers anything was ever said in the first place.

If we're looking at a crack erasing things from time and space, something linked/tied to Amy then it makes sense that her ability to recall events may have an increased importance... She certainly remembered the Clerics, suggestive that she can remember things she shouldn't for some duration. Who else? The Doctor we presume but other people in the episode lacked dialogue or opportunity to show they had forgotten/remembered the Clerics that had been erased.

We have the Doctor telling Amy she can see things differently now because she is a time traveller, which helps some way to explain why she knew they existed even after the crack gobbled them up.

Re: phodroid |

tompl — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:59:56 -0000

You're just trying to tempt me into ordering another set of books! :D

Re: In which I tell of my own laziness…

tompl — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 06:44:20 -0000

Not sure how I caught you with such a natural, lovely smile in that first picture... you're slipping!

One of the dangers of me being unsure on the best day to travel, I had expected to have been in Edinburgh on the Sunday, the failure of local transport broke my delicate plan into cumbersome chunks. :(

I was also in great danger of buying lots of geeky merch and never returning home. :D

Disqus is very shiny, there is a new rival out there but I think I'll stick with them for comments.

Re: Free-culture: Music 2.0 and the digital download

tompl — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:02:40 -0000

For me, the rampant sharing of music will be proven as a win-win when we find that lyrics and the music behind them have reached untold heights of intelligence and ingenuity... I don't just follow the likes of Ben on Twitter because his music is so easy to access and share for free, the ready access hooked my attention sure, but he writes witty songs and tries new things... If I see that an artist like Ben is upto something special or offering some form of paid content, I trust the personality and character on the back of the quality of the free content, I know that he/she/they deserve my support.

I suppose there comes a stage with free content where good people will always find a fierce loyality towards the content provider, especially when that content is of a high quality.

The sort of person who never wants to give back to a community, or culture as a whole... never will and I think (or hope) over the next decade we find that there are scant few of that ilk.

Re: phodroid | happymrlocust

tompl — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:16:15 -0000

The scary agent of our would-be bunny overlords! I think I'll be needing a stiff drink and the comforting bosom of a young lass! Dark times ahead...

Edit: Oh, regarding the earlier tweet about superhuman sewing, could you not needle felt them instead?

Re: Volunteers Wanted!

tompl — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:00:28 -0000

Done & done on promotion, I would like to help with moderation and regarding the logo & button, I think I'll be joining Angela above and many others in having a go.

(Edit: Also EU coverage, via UK.)

Re: Would you be interested in…..

tompl — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:22:43 -0000

I would be interested in helping out, I like the idea but also think it would work as an aside to entries made by regulars who identify as being a very specific sort of individual within the development - consumer - management - academia arena.

Really like the idea of an entry where a developer posts a view on a facet of an MMO, followed by a casual player, a hardcore player, a community manager (who may or may not be part-developer and a player) and so on...

Re: Bringing sexy…err..social back

tompl — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:30:14 -0000

Excellent points, the greatest barrier for me regarding the social side of an MMO is the US/EU server divide (and other regional divides depending on title)... The number of times I've wanted to play with a person or group but been unable, frustrating really when you are interacting with people on Twitter and cannot then join them on say, Azeroth.

No MMO can hold me unless it secures the loyalty of people I really know, when they leave I tend to lose something. On many levels the quest structures become stale, it is the social aspect that allows me (and perhaps many others) to overlook that.

One key thing a subscription MMO could provide is a lower rate or free service for communicating when you are forced to drop the subscription for a month or two. If you can keep in touch and be reached even when you aren't paying for that month it may draw you back or remind you about who and what you are missing. It also means that if you haven't had much time to notify people of your absence that you can give a vital heads up. Combining in-game mail with a web available service on that particular games portal is inspired and something that would be valuable to many. Even if they provided a single month of communication after the subscription drops, it would do wonders.