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That's a fairly biased poll... Two PoP games? Fantastic 4 was a joke. LoTR: TTA is pretty awful and so easy. DDR? That's a red herring in that group. Haven't played Shaolin Monks. Looked alright...

Oh not for that one. xD I thought you meant the Princess one. But yes, ban yourself if you wish. :P

Actually, you've missed out 56.

He's glued to the floor, silly. Nothing more to add to my post on GU.

Does Manny count as a human? ;) Grim Fandango is an awesome game.

:0 ! Go ban yourself for that. :shame:

Amazon Princess piece is very nice. However, I think it would look better if the border/edges of the piece were darkened. Maybe not full, but darkened. It would add to the effect with the skulls etc. I suggest putting a gradient (burst/reflected) behind the render, setting it to overlay and the change the contrast/brightness of it slightly. Otherwise, it's pretty good. I haven't made a large piece in ages.

He stole my answers, except that Koopa Troopas > Kirby.

Either he's stoned or he's seen a muffin as big as a table. Generally, eyes are thinner than that and the pupils and the eye don't fit the whole eye. Usually the top and bottom of it are cut off. Nose looks... awkward. Make the line going up, come towards the centre between the eyes. Uhm, funky hair. Apart from that, I think it looks quite good. Not that i'm any good at anatomy or anything. :-w

Theme is obvious? Or am I just ignorant?

She's a man. :shock: *runs* I agree that I only draw things when I want to, although i'm never near anything/anyone near interesting to draw. The nearest I come to interesting is my Sooty & Sweep puppets. I am never going to get rid of them, they were my childhood. I'm not really sure what your mother or those shells looks like in real life, but somethings about the can doesn't seem quite right. It might be because I lack artistic talent, or I may be on to something. The top half seems a bit flat and the top edge seems to curved compared to the bottom. Really, I don't think you should be able to see the (near) whole of the drinking metal part thingy ( Shut up, I don't know what to call it. =( ). Oh, and interesting blue for a shadow. Otherwise, good. Comparative to my art. ^_^;

Generally, the camcorder will come with a CD which installs the software required to put the video onto the computer. The camcorder should also come with a cable required to transfer to computer, this is usually a fairly average cable - an official one, with Panasonic etc. printed on it. If you want faster transits, I recommend getting a Firewire cable, although the only one sold on Argos.co.uk is only compatible with Apple and Sony products. PC world, Dixons and computer shops like that should sell a universal one. Really, any camcorder these days are made user-friendly. I'm sure you will be able to find/buy professional know-what-you're-doing kit at the specific manufaturers or even at proper photographical shops/sites. You can run it direct from camera to computer, atleast you can with mine. If not, you need not buy extra tapes, you can record for as long as the tape lasts (~3 hours), put it onto the computer and then over-write the tape. If you don't want to over-write things, then yes you will need to buy extra tapes. One thing I do recommend if you will be going out (when I say out, I mean far from electrics etc.) get hold of an extra battery. Argos may sell extra batteries or you can order one from Panasonic direct. You never know when a battery will run out and it always happens at the most inconvenient moment, right? ;) What I do is keep one battery in the camera and one with me in the bag, then when I get back I just re-charge the battery if it ran out and put the other in. One thing to remember if you want maximum life from your battery; never charge it unless it is dead. Batteries don't take well to be constantly on charge, or being charged when un needed. If it's nearly dead, just put it into the camera and wait until it dies. They won't stay perfect all of their lives, this just helps it last longer. Hope i've helped, and if you do get a camera: Have fun. :)

Yarr, we be kinderin' spirits.

Apparently it records direct to DVD, which is fine if you have no software to convert film to CD/DVD, but isn't really necessary if you have a computer and RW software. One thing you must check with products such as cameras/camcorders is the optical zoom and digital zoom. 1200x digital zoom sounds all manner of awesomeness, but is very different to optical zoom. Optical zoom increases image size, like you'd expect it to, but doesn't lower quality. Digital zoom allows to pinpoint certain things, but lowers video quality as it zooms in. LCD screen size shouldn't matter, using the screen for recording (and well, anything) drains the battery very quickly. You can view the video and stills through the eye piece as with the LCD screen, but with lesser power use. Having extra digital effects and exposure modes will make the camera seem better, but you need to stop and think. Will you use these? If so, will they be put to good use? Really, you should do some quick research to what these exposure modes etc. do. Just getting the camera and saying "wow, that exposure is good. Let's use it for everything!" doesn't teach you much. Know your market before you buy into it. Measure your hands and compare (roughly) with the size of the camera. You don't want something so small and fiddley you'll be constanly having to move the camera or your hands to push a certain button. You may lose the moment or if you're recording, the focus or direction. Then again, you don't want something you need to hands to hold up. Allow for something slightly bigger than you're hand. Personally, i'd go for the Panasonic NVGS27B. It's much cheaper than the one sjiskebab5 posted, it's got very similiar features aswell. Overall, it's very similiar to that one, except it doesn't record direct to DVD. I'm not sure whether the other one has a guarantee (it hasn't said so), but this comes with a 1 year guarantee. It lists much more features than the other one, although i'm sure many of them are pointless frills. Take the "one touch navigation joystick" and "soft skin detail" for examples.

With a chance to win my userbar, how isn't there a contest? :o

All of our teachers at my school are pedantic. You always have to ask the right question. For example, if you asked "Can I go the toilet please?" would be responded with "I don't know, can you?". One of my science teachers also told all the new year 7's that methane (that comes out of the gas taps) was highly poisonous and could kill within minutes. And now, from time to time, he just randomly turns it on and off. He claims that traumatising young minds is fun.

They're full of natural sugars and potassium. Great for energy.

No, you lucky person. :(

It can't have been a very big or fast moving rock for a branch to divert it. :uhh:

As if his momentous post-life releases aren't enough. To be fair, we could have a R.I.P rememberance thread every day for a great person who died, so I can't see this going anywhere. Heck, I just found out i'll die in around 60 years. Better get mine ready. :(

Leva's Polka - Loituma. :-w

ZING! Oh, and is this an attempt to overshadow the Steve Irwin RIP topic?

1337 kb? That's a big file. ;) It's 1337 bytes. Pjb, mods disabled polls. Only mods can make. And I doubt they'll make one for this. Only moderator/admin endorsed competitions get polls.

You spelled FRIES wrong. I smell irony. For me, chips are fatter and shorter than fries. I only ever call them fries if they are from McD/BK etc. Otherwise, they are chips. As in, Feesh and cheeps.

Wow, um... That signature is... yeah. Colours are horrible... Sharp brushings. No blending at all. I might do a signature in his honour sometime.