Caption Contest (Week 61) Updates Saturdays

[Exüberance]

I'm on my last week of assignments now. Then there's a bunch of weeks I have free (minus the 5 exams I have, which are are pretty spread out). Then when next term is done, I got 4 months of free time.... except for when I'm working on my job... well, it's still way more time than I have now. Like way more.

Caption Contest now updates Saturdays. That should work with my schedule better. Update coming soon.

[player_03]

Update coming soon.

Excellent.

I think you broke the record, though- Week 57 has lasted a month and two days so far.

[29403]

Update coming soon.

Excellent.

I think you broke the record, though- Week 57 has lasted a month and two days so far.

That is so totally amazing! :D

[Exüberance]

Update coming soon.

Excellent.

I think you broke the record, though- Week 57 has lasted a month and two days so far.

No, I was just moving really really fast. It's time dilation!
In fact, I was going so fast, I went FASTER than the speed of light. I still had the proper time of course, but everything else relative to me has complex time! As I attempted to fathom the meaning of unreal time, the universe imploded, but by some bizarre miracle of physics (I guess that's a contradiction) I escaped to a parallel universe, and eventually made my way back here, all in the timeframe of only a month!! So, how was your weekend?

Haha, anyways.. (all my stories are differentiable. That's why I always go off on tangents. But sometimes I forget my constant of C, so when I take the integral to get back on track, I actually get a different function and start talking about something else! Wait... have I used that joke already?)

Go figure, the forum dies as I'm about to update, pushing me back yet another day! But here it, THE UPDATE: (Comming soon [again]. Updating as we speak.. ok as I type... ok as you read. As I type, I'm typing, not updating, so I'll shut up now and start updating)

NOTE: This season will end whenever I'm finished with it. At which, points whoever has the most wins this season, wins, and I make the sig tag collection based on that (I don't know what size to make it since I don't know how many wins that will be)

UPDATED FOR THE WIN

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Week 57 Winners



1st When the blue team decided to hire a mercenary, the didn't realize that all he wanted was the gold part at the top of the flagpole. ~player_03
2nd N-Online got a little dirty after a while... ~PNI (who's name is now apparently Laurie as of a few hours after this post. Thanks for making me think I got a new reply. You made me waste 2 whole clicks. That's time I'll never get back! Just like the time spend typing thi- wait...)
3rd He intended to sneak, but he tried to run away from the snake, and got noticed. ~Rule

Other Great Captions
N decides to take time off from being blown up over gold to be blown up over a flag. ~player_03 //It's kind of tragic when you think about it

This week's video-game theme: Halo 3
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Exüberance's mini-review:
Why do I like this game? See my comment below for multiplayer! Aside from that, there's one thing they have in Halo 3 that I really like: the replay theatre. It records everything that happens in 3D, and you can zoom around with your camera and record pictures and video from different angles. There is one thing about it however that's really really stupid: You can't jump to different sections of the recording and the fastest you can play at is 2x speed, so if you want to watch something funny, amazing, and/or peculiar at the very end of a 40-minute game. You have to wait just under 20-mins to see it!
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My rating: (1-5... 0 or 6 in epic cases)
Solo Gameplay: 4.5 //good mechanics, varying difficulties. Good AI
Graphics: 4.5 //pretty good graphics. I like how you can actually see your feet in first-person and what you see corresponds with what others see
Story: 4.5 //As far as FPSs go, it's got a good storyline and it doesn't mess with the fast-paced action. (Originally had a great typo here: pace-paced action)
Multiplayer: 6 //[not co-op, but local vs.]Other ratings include 8/5, +Infinity/5, and k+1/5 where k is the biggest number you know how to say. Seriously, when me and my friends get together and play this, it's impossible not to have a great time. Lot's of LOL's! You can customize every aspect of the game type [we made one where everyone has gravity hammers, can't pick up any weapons or vehicles, and everyone moves at 300% speed. It gets boring after a while, but it's pretty funny] and you can download new maps [Rat's Nest, ftw!]. The new weapons are a great addition (I'm a really good shot with the Spartan laser no matter if you're walking, running, or driving. I'm not so great with the sniper rifle though)
Replay Value: 3.5 for solo, 6 for multiplayer //the skull system kind of helps with replay value I guess, but I never use them
Overall: 5 //five out of five just for the multiplayer. Of course, it's not as good when you're not playing with your friends, but it's still pretty good then

[Pixon]

Second! Woo! Yippee!

[player_03]

[/color=green]^For those of you who haven't played portal *gasp*, N goes in one portal, comes out the other. Speed is conserved, momentum is not.[/color]

It's always bothered me how GLaDOS gets that wrong in game...

You might also want to take another look at those tags.

[Exüberance]

[/color=green]^For those of you who haven't played portal *gasp*, N goes in one portal, comes out the other. Speed is conserved, momentum is not.[/color]

It's always bothered me how GLaDOS gets that wrong in game...

You might also want to take another look at those tags.

Yeah, that bugs me too.
She get's it right the first time, but then contradicts herself later.

First she says, "...you will see how momentum is conserved, or rather how it is not". EDIT: \/\/ Nevermind, then. But then she later says, "Momentum, a product of mass and velocity is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out" which is not correct. The MAGNITUDE of momentum is conserved, but momentum is a vector quantity, and portals can change your direction. Speed IS conserved, and momentum IS a product of mass and velocity, but velocity is a vector quantity and is not conserved between portals unless they are on planes that share the same normal vector.

What do you get when you cross a mountain climber with a mosquito? (Click me)

Nothing, you can't cross a vector with a scalar.

[player_03]

First she says, "...you will see how momentum is conserved, or rather how it is not".

Actually, she says "...how a portal affects forward momentum, or to be more precise, how it does not." Unless you want to define "forward momentum" as the magnitude of the momentum, this one is incorrect.

But then she later says, "Momentum, a product of mass and velocity is conserved between portals. In layman's terms: speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out" which is not correct.

Actually, the second part of that one is perfectly accurate.

[Exüberance]

Portals violate the law of conservation of momentum (unless maybe it DOES and the thing the portal is connected to is given momentum as the object passes through or comes out of a portal), but they do nicely demonstrate conservation of energy.

Now... what happens if you put a portal on a thin, movable object, then slowly (to prevent the portal from popping) move that portal into the other portal.... THIS SOUNDS LIKE A JOB FOR SCIENCE!

But, yeah what if the momentum of the system is actually conserved, just not if you only look at the thing moving through the portal as the entire system?

Either way, portals break simple physics. If you can move portals, then you can create what seems to be an illogical event (maybe not, but I sure don't see how it would work). If you can't move portals, they should not exist for an observable amount of time before they collapse. Actually, they probably shouldn't exist at all.

[Exüberance]

Week 58 Winners


//Sorry for the JPEG'd image. What would ever drive a person to set that as the default save type? Why? Whhhyyyy?

1st Why can't the guy in front of me hold still, I want that gold! ~Rule
2nd Oh no, simply pulling the rope at my ankle towards me is too easy. Im too smart to take the simple option. I know, Ill try some science, get millions of dollars of investment, and come up with something that makes the easy impossible but **** sexy to look at ~GTM
3rd Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out. Speedy thing goes in again...~player_03

Other Great Captions

Thank you for helping us help you create funny images for online forums. ~player_03

This week's video-game theme: Portal

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Exüberance's mini-review:
This game instantly became an instant hit for a reason. Actually, multiple reasons. So to explain why I like this game so much, I will list these reasons:

• It's a new, well-done concept. It introduces a whole new type of gameplay unlike anything ever done before in 3D.
• Playtesting. Playtesting. Playtesting. This game actually has it. I've played so many games with obvious glitches that anyone could easily find, but for some reason, still exist. Go through the developer's commentary. They actually deal with the problem of the players not looking up, and they actually respond to how playtesters learned to make the difficulty curve. This was a triumph. And I'm making a note here: HUGE success. It's hard to overstate my satisfaction! I'll stop quoting very applicable and true quotes from GLaDOS now, which brings me to my next point:
• Memorable Moments. It's hard to not enjoy a game narrated by a sarcastic robot that says things like "Please place the Apearture Science Weighted Storage Cube on the Aperature Science Heavy-Duty Supercolliding Superbutton" or "...as prolonged exposure to the button is not part of this test" or "exposure to the high-energy pallet has and will cause permanent damage, such as vapourization", or (last one), "I have your brain scanned and backed up, so killing me is the last thing you want to do. Don't believe me? [Mocking voice] Hello?[/voice] That's you, THAT'S HOW DUMB YOU SOUND" and many more.
• Ending... song... is win...
• It's simplistic, but it looks good. It's not at all distracting, which is perfect for it's gameplay style. (This is also made fun of in-game)
• Story? Well, there's not that much story in game, aside from some interesting things GLaDOS says in the final fight that relate to the Combine invasion of Half-Life. (ex "I have an infinite capacity for knowledge, and even I don't know what's going on out there", or even more interestingly, "I'm the only thing standing between us... and them". If you've played Half-Life 2, Episode 3, you'll notice the reference to Portal at the start (or was it the end) of the last level. Also, http://qntm.org/?hl
• There's probably something else I'm forgetting, but this about sums it up: Win on all fronts.

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My rating: (1-5... 0 or 6 in epic cases)
Solo Gameplay: 5 //INNOVATION!!
Graphics: 5 //You don't need any fancy graphics card for this, but I'm giving it 5/5. Why? SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES YOUR GRAPHICS CARD TO EXPLODE DOES NOT MAKE A GOOD GAME. THANK YOU FOR REALIZING THIS, VALVE.
Story: undecided //A lot of the story of Portal isn't actually in-game, so I'm not going to rate it
Multiplayer: Not Applicable //Either it doesn't exist, or I divided by zero. Yes, I tried L'Hopital's rule. Didn't work, so I'm guessing it doesn't exist.
Replay Value: 3.5 //Well, the advanced maps are good. You can go through again for developer's commentary, or just for GLaDOS's quotes, but the challenges are impossible. How the heck are you supposed to even get close to bronze in the time trial for the turret level? Also, the least steps goal IS STUPID
Overall: 6 //one of my top 7 games of all time. Too bad it's more of a 1,2, or 3 time-through and your done game. And it's so short! *sigh* All the good things are over so fast (Unless I'm forgetting something epic, my top 7 would be (not in any particular order): Portal, Halo 3, Half Life 2, Assassin's Creed, World of Warcraft, Super Smash Bros, Rock Band)

[isaacx]

i guess i won't be submitting anytime soon because i have never heard of this game

[Exüberance]

Awww, figures. The one time I have an image ready on time and there's not enough submissions to move on.

From now on, I'll update at the end of the week if either there's 3 obvious winners or there's at least 6 submitters (not submissions, but contestants). Otherwise it will update the next week no matter what.

In other news, next week will be the second last game-related image. Then it's back to normal.

[Exüberance]

Week 59 Winners



1st Not now, Jessica! There's a fly in my gold! ~Turiski
2nd Gordon Freeman, demonstrating a practical application of the mathematical axiom gold > life. ~player_03
3rd Not now... gosh, my appraisal score sucks!~Eternal Boredom


This week's video-game theme: Half Life 2 (episode "0",1, and 2)

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Exüberance's mini-review:
What makes a good game? Good graphics? Intriguing storyline? Intelligent enemies? Uniqueness? Realism? Or is it just a game that's fun to play? Half-Life 2 certainly has good graphics, and there's a lot of story outside the game. The live action videos instead of cutscenes make the game somewhat unique as does the 'silent hero' style. It's got a great physics engine that works brilliantly with the game (though momentum isn't exactly conserved when you use the magnum). It's series of puzzles also set the game apart from other FPSs. It's also got the gravity gun and brief discussions on quantum physics. Enough said. Although it may not have the best gameplay of all the FPSs out there, it's definitely worth a try!
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My rating: (1-5... 0 or 6 in epic cases)
Solo Gameplay: 4 //It can get a little monotonous at times, and some puzzles are annoying, but overall it's a great game, and the gameplay changes enough so it doesn't get boring too fast
Graphics: 5 //There's a "cheat" you can type into the console on the PC version that will cause the graphics to be so sharp and clear that your graphics card will explode, burning with the intensity of a thousand suns. For everyone with a normal graphics card, you can also enjoy the game
Story: 4.5 //So, it's mostly you running along on a path, but there's still some neat events in both HL2 and the 2 episodes that follow it
Multiplayer: Not Applicable //There exists something called Half Life Battlegrounds (I think that's what it's called anyways), but I've never played it
Replay Value: 3 //It's not that great, but you may still enjoy it a second time through on a harder difficulty, or mess around with the gravity gun and zombies :D
Overall: 4.5 //this game makes it into my favorite games list, though it's probably number 6 or 7. I'll definitely be getting HL2 Episode 3 when it comes out.

[player_03]

Story: NA //Unless they added a story in 1P mode in Brawl, not applicable.

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... playnext=1

Also see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhRGweLMCD0

[Exüberance]

Update Next Week. Next week will be the last game-themed caption image.

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Exuberance now has another contest, which is updated realtime more frequently! It's a puzzle to uncover the identity of my secret N-related project (it's not another level editor or comic) Letters are filled in to a hang-man type puzzle every time someone solves a riddle. At that time, a new riddle is posted, which will place another letter if solved in time! There's sig tags to be won for solving riddles and for solving the whole thing! What are you waiting for, head on over!

[Pixon]

When are we going to see the results?

[Exüberance]

Explanation for epically long week:

Last week I was out of the house a lot on the weekent, forgot about this Monday and Tuesday, then Wednessday decieded to just updated next week. Guess what happened that week? My computer died on me (any Microsoft program would crash upon pressing any key or the mouse. Any non-Microsoft program would run fine for 30 seconds to 90 seconds, then would spontaneoulsy crash. Had to redo my whole computer. Luckily it worked fine in Safe Mode so I could back up everything... except I forgot to write down my links in Firefox, and noiw there's a space for 2 or 3 links that I can't remember and it's really bugging me. :D All is fine now, though. (I hope)

[Pixon]

Could we switch to the next caption sometime?

[Exüberance]

Between all the thing happening this weekend: friend's house, church, WoW raids, homework, homwork, homework, and did I meantion homework yet? I haven't had much time for anything else, and I'd much rather spend that time coding or gaming. The contest is slowly dying out anyways. I had starting making an image this week, but got interrupted, so I'll finish that tomorrow and post it. This contest will likely be comming to an end in less than 10 more images. If there's still interest after that, I may continue it, may pass control over to player_03, who's been helping out with images and dominating the contest, or I may just call it quits. We'll see.

EDIT: Sorry, I forgot to mention, that I'm working in Blizzard Time. ("no more than 4 hours" == "a probability distribution, for which the probability of being finished at that time starts at 0% for 4 hours, increases to it's maximum at around 5 hours, and then approaches 0% from there.")

[Exüberance]

Week 60 Winners



1st Chaingun finally unleashes years of buried anger at his former college roommate. ~Turiski
2nd * Ninja sets mode: +b Thwump *!*@128.2.120.45
* Thwump was kicked from #Finaldestination by Ninja (right + A) ~player_03
3rd That's for killing me in 97-3!~Laurie

Other Notable Captions

Exüberance (me)
Thwump: OK, I take it back! This isn't madness!

Exüberance (me)
Thwump: OH NOES! ALL I HAVE IS A DOWN-B!


This week's video-game theme: Super Smash Bros Brawl (SSB Melee works too, but I'm reviewing Brawl)

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Exüberance's mini-review:
Maybe I should just copy-paste my Halo review for this. Multiplayer makes the game. Like Halo was the game that sold the Xbox, Smash Bros Melee was the game that sold the Gamecube, and now it's back bigger and better on the Wii. It doesn't have a replay mode like Halo, but Brawl allows you to pause and take funny pictures in game. (Melee does to, but you needed to be in camera mode for that, which was kind of dumb) I'd say the characters are pretty well balanced, and the fact that many people each have their own different best characters proves it... sort of. (My best character is still Marth). The new Final Smash in Brawl is interesting. It adds a bit to the game, though these powers aren't really balanced at all, with some being much weaker or stronger than others. If you don't like them, you can turn it off: that simple. The great thing about items is that if you don't like it, you can take it out. If you think it's a great idea, turn it on. The levels are good (though I absolutely hate how it's hard to recover on Final Destination now (in Melee, doing a swift attack up would slide you to the edge to recover. Now you won't make it unless you position yourself right) and you can even make your own in Brawl (though the built-in ones look much nicer). I played through the story mode, and it was OK. I liked the bosses. I don't believe any character actually says any words in the whole thing (or did Snake say something at one point? I seem to remember that happening once... maybe not). I like how you can unlock all characters in it (all but a few the first time, then once you've completed it you can find the other characters behind new doors in old levels). The level creation is also pretty awesome, though it's restrictions and inability to sync moving platforms is stupid. Can still make some awesome levels though.
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My rating: (1-5... 0 or 6 in epic cases)
Solo Gameplay: 4 //It's fun playing against the computer for a while, but it got old for me pretty quick just going against the computer. Then again, I played Melee for a long time on Gamecube, so that's probably part of it. I wish they added a level 10 difficulty. Oh well. (Is it just me or do CPs shield a LOT more than in melee?)
Graphics: 5 //The graphics are perfect for the game style. Well done!
Story: 2 //well, the story mode was somewhat interesting, and it was kind of unique. It's really more of a multiplayer game though
Multiplayer: 5 //It was made for multiplayer, and it excells at it
Replay Value: 6 //the whole game in Smash Bros Melee is replay value, really. Same for Brawl
Overall: 5 //Smash Bros Melee is still my favourite GC game. Brawl is definitely a great improvement.

[player_03]

I'd just like to point out a few things about this week's image that probably aren't obvious but which make the image more interesting.
The program on the left is NReality, while the program on the right is N v1.4, and the ninja on the left has beaten most of the game, while the ninja on the right is probably on his first run through 00-0. At least, that's my interpretation.

[Darkandroid]

Whups

[Turiski]

darkandroid, you're supposed to PM him your captions. The thread only exists for his records, if I'm not mistaken...

Edit: this is my 144th post. 144 is a pretty nifty number...

[Darkandroid]

>.> whups.
oh well.

[Exüberance]

Looks like it's going to be another "long" week. Only got 1 entrant.

EDIT: I think this contest may be dead now. I think what I'll do is shut it down for a month or two, then start it up again later, and see if anyone is still interested. Not sure what I'll do about this "week". It's a good image, but there's only 3 entrants.