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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
 Hm for me...I've been on the news in 2nd grade I think, reporters interviewing us and our teachers and we showed them our hermit crabs. I've also been in my local newspaper once for being part of a research program during the summer of one of my high school years. Got an article for working in a biochem lab at UC Davis and was really surprised when school started again because apparently some of my teachers actually read our town's newspaper, which is really small. Also have performed at Carnegie Hall as part of a music competition/festival thing. I think I actually may have more completely random small moments of fame actually, but those are three I can remember. As always, great job and enjoyable read Maybe break up more paragraphs, sometimes it hurts my weak little eyes ;__; but otherwise of course amazing blog again! | ||
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MtlGuitarist97
United States1539 Posts
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Zaranth
United States345 Posts
"They don't realize that there are BILLIONS of people in the world and that the likelihood of them becoming a celebrity is about the likelihood of a mobile home burning to the ground because a menorah tipped over inside." loooool | ||
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a_flayer
Netherlands2826 Posts
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starcraftmastersix
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 15 2012 01:59 starcraftmastersix wrote: why is there a bunch of seaweed on the carpet in the first picture? It's bird shit obv | ||
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 14 2012 22:12 MtlGuitarist97 wrote: Dunno if this counts, but I post so much on the b.net forums people recognize my account when I play them in StarCraft :D That definitely counts. I'm sure that weird Finnish guy that created mIRC gets asked for autographs all the time... | ||
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 14 2012 22:07 Aerisky wrote: Well-said. With the advent of modern-day media, fame is something rather miserably easy to attain. Congrats on the win also esgthebear Hm for me...I've been on the news in 2nd grade I think, reporters interviewing us and our teachers and we showed them our hermit crabs. I've also been in my local newspaper once for being part of a research program during the summer of one of my high school years. Got an article for working in a biochem lab at UC Davis and was really surprised when school started again because apparently some of my teachers actually read our town's newspaper, which is really small. Also have performed at Carnegie Hall as part of a music competition/festival thing. I think I actually may have more completely random small moments of fame actually, but those are three I can remember. As always, great job and enjoyable read Maybe break up more paragraphs, sometimes it hurts my weak little eyes ;__; but otherwise of course amazing blog again!Do you live in the Los Angeles area? | ||
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9-BiT
United States1089 Posts
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
Nope, but close! I'm in Norcal, somewhere between the east bay and the bay area (no big cities where I live per se, but San Francisco is a 30-minute drive without too much traffic. | ||
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 15 2012 13:13 9-BiT wrote: I was in the newspaper for getting top8 at the pokemon world championships. Sure enough I was tough shit in middle school. Holy shit. You can actually play that game competitively? Wouldn't the person with the best pokemon always win? Or is it balanced... Also...when you say something like "My Squirtle BUBBLEBLASTED your ass!" How do you know how powerful the bubbleblast was? | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
Basically, yes, it's balanced. You get tiers of pokemon called Ubers, Overused, Borderline, Underused, and Not Used in order of power. And each pokemon's inherent abilities, moves it can learn, effectiveness against other pokemon etc, creates a competitive environment with a metagame and everything. Also noticed you semi advertising this blog entry. If it was supposed to be meta for "forcefully making yourself famous" in a way, GG  | ||
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surfinbird1
Germany999 Posts
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 15 2012 23:49 surfinbird1 wrote: Completely agree with the fame and tv bullshit. I think it's appalling what kind of talentless hacks are parading around these days. For shame modern civilization, for shame! You understand. I would kill myself if I didn't think it was a small percentage of the people. Maybe one day I will make a difference. | ||
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 15 2012 23:48 Aerisky wrote: Hmm will in a nutshell, pokemon actually has a formula behind it. So each pokemon has base stats and you can also increase each pokemon's stats by training it by defeating certain pokemon--these trained stats are called EVs, or earned values. Each pokemon has a set amount of EVs (for example, for attack) which it gives upon being beaten. It's sort of complicated to explain in one go, but it's not too bad. There are also IVs, for inherent values, I think, which are random for each pokemon and also boost stats essentially. Basically, yes, it's balanced. You get tiers of pokemon called Ubers, Overused, Borderline, Underused, and Not Used in order of power. And each pokemon's inherent abilities, moves it can learn, effectiveness against other pokemon etc, creates a competitive environment with a metagame and everything. Also noticed you semi advertising this blog entry. If it was supposed to be meta for "forcefully making yourself famous" in a way, GG The best artists throughout history have always been the best marketers. | ||
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NoodleFish
South Africa198 Posts
For me, I ended up being the first person in my country to repolymerize non-distilled, depolymerized polytetrafluoroethylene as a research project during my final year of engineering at university. Took months and months of work. Sadly I'll never really get credit for it since I was working under a lecturer's supervision (something to do with a contract I signed when applying for varsity), but I still feel good about it :D | ||
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 17 2012 07:30 NoodleFish wrote: great read. And so true! Everyone wants to be famous, but nobody wants to really put in the effort. For me, I ended up being the first person in my country to repolymerize non-distilled, depolymerized polytetrafluoroethylene as a research project during my final year of engineering at university. Took months and months of work. Sadly I'll never really get credit for it since I was working under a lecturer's supervision (something to do with a contract I signed when applying for varsity), but I still feel good about it :D Holy shit. Your accomplishment looks like the ingredients in frozen food. Did you get in the newspaper or anything for that? | ||
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Facultyadjutant
Sweden1876 Posts
On July 15 2012 13:13 9-BiT wrote: I was in the newspaper for getting top8 at the pokemon world championships. Sure enough I was tough shit in middle school. Holy fucking shit!! Dude you got to elaborate. I dreamed of entering those after seeing the trailer. | ||
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 17 2012 09:38 Facultyadjutant wrote: Holy fucking shit!! Dude you got to elaborate. I dreamed of entering those after seeing the trailer. Are you kidding me? He doesn't have time to tell us his story...he's too busy slaying chicks with his pokemon cred! I am interested too, 9bit... | ||
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NoodleFish
South Africa198 Posts
On July 17 2012 08:27 KING CHARLIE :D wrote: Holy shit. Your accomplishment looks like the ingredients in frozen food. Did you get in the newspaper or anything for that? Nah, don't think I ever will. My lecturer will probably write a journal article or something on it, and I might be in the acknowledgements or something lol. Personally it was great experience | ||
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eSgTheBear
United States47 Posts
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KING CHARLIE :D
United States447 Posts
On July 17 2012 23:24 eSgTheBear wrote: Hey KingCharlie thanks so much for the money man. I bought myself a wacom tablet!!!! Time to draw. Thank you again. No Problem man. Thanks for always reading and commenting. Stay tuned for more giveaways. | ||
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Brindled
United States508 Posts
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ggrrg
Bulgaria2716 Posts
I made the local newspaper a bunch of times (news about the foreigner and varsity stuff), but pretty much everybody made the newspaper there ^^Probably the biggest "moment of fame" was when I was asked to make a speech at graduation. Besides the principle and the valedictorian I was the only one given this honor. So for 5 minutes several hundred parents, students and teachers listened to me (and I made it into the newspaper again^^). | ||
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endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
I guess that at least subconsciously they know they have no talent and no chance to become famous, so the illusion of a lottery gives them some hope. I'm glad I don't own a TV for over 10 years. | ||
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Release
United States4397 Posts
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Bagration
United States18282 Posts
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