Still In Town

My my... it's been a long time seince I posetd a blog entry... A lot has happened. Biggest of all was my 18th birthday.

But, moving along from that, I said some time ago that this would be a developer's journal, and I broke that rule to, so now I'm going to keep it as a developer's journal and keep you posted on the going-ons of BAA Productions.

First and foremost, I've been pretty active on deviantART and I have found that it is a good place to keep a small community, My personal dA is www.blackarmsgeneral.deviantart.com, but I will be creating a BAA Productions account soon. The BAA Productions account wil be a group, so any body interested in us can keep tabs on us. I will be doing a simeler thing on Facebook.

Now that thats out of the way, I'm going to talk about the Youtube profile. The BAA Productions profile is currently my own, but that may be changing. I've been thinking of making a separate account for the group, but I need people who wish to join. Feel free to send any Emails to mailto:blackarmsgeneral@hotmail.com with the tagline "BAA PRODUCTIONS REQUEST" and be sure to include any type of talent you would be wiling to provide for eather the dA account, or the Youtube account.

Moving along, I never announced any thing about the comic I'm now working on here, so here is a link to my dA post about it. http://blackarmsgeneral.deviantart.com/journal/24287331/

I won't go too far into it right now, becuase this is a pretty long blog post already, I'll just finsh up by saying...

Keep on rockin'... I know I am once again!

With The New...

Well, first off, I should mention that when the new website is up (2-3 months? *crosses fingers*) this blog will become irrelevant.  Bu I won't delete the posts, they will all be moved to the new site.  Just thought you should know.

I got some more info from school today, and boy are they cracking down on the little things...  I'll try to enplane the stupid things in a segment I call...

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*BaG's List Of Stupidity*
*School Rules*

1. No Food In Class: Stupid, especially in the heat we get at the end of summer.  I predict at least 2 cases of heat stroke in the first 2 months.
   
2. No cell phones on campus: Again, this is understandable, it's the requirements and punishment of the rule that make it stupid.  "No cell phones are allowed an campus for any reason at any time. Any cell phone found on a student's person will be confiscated until the Friday of that week and will only be returned to the parent/guardian of the child.  If the student is at or above the age of majority, the cell phone will be returned to the student."
3. No electronic devices: Same as above, but covers all other devices such as Game Boy's, DS's, Mp3 player's, PSP's, anything like that... The punishment is still the same as the the above rule.
4. Attendance Policy: I (again) understand that, as a student, I have to show up to school on time and be ready for class, but I have to take the city buss this year.  The buses in my area a notorious for being at least 5 minuets late, and they are supposed to get me to school 5 minuets before it starts.  With the "7 tardy's" rule, I'll fail my 1'st hour class every quarter, unless of course, I get on the bus before the last possible bus, but then I would be there before the doors are unlocked.
5. (The best of them all) No Hats: I under stand that this rule is quite common in schools.  Granted it is to be expected if your school has a uniform policy, but this new school only states the the hats are "distracting to the other students".

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There you have it, my first "List Of Stupidity"!  Everyone mentioned, give yourselves a big slap on the forehead, as you have been caught in the act of stupidness!

Monotony...

Wow, summer is over ladies and gentle men, and I'm almost happy...  Don't get me wrong, I love vacation, but, this summer just seemed to drag on without any thing important happening.

But I suppose I'm to partly to blame for that.  I just didn't motivate myself
 for anything at all, I didn't get a job, I didn't work out, no girlfriend, nothing but taking a trip to Ohio to see my dad and grandparents.  The best thing that happened to me this summer was my promotion to moderator at Tonycomix.com, and thats just sad.

So, what now?  I'm starting a year behind my classmates because I messed up the past few years, I'm supposed to graduate at the end of this year, but now I'm only a junior in high school.  I'm starting a new school this year because the school board decided to shut down my old one, and I don't know much about what is going on, someone told me that the credit requirements to graduate have done down, which would be a good thing for me, but I'm not going to get me hopes up again.

Ah, I suppose you don't really want to here about my personal life anymore, so I'll get to the good stuff!

I have started a new comic strip I call "Life... Or Something Like It".  It's random, and not the same kind of random you see in Defusion, no, this is just-a-little-half-a-thought-that-I-had-earlier-in-the-day kind of random.  And speaking of Defusion, I should have the season finale up in the next few weeks.  Sorry about the huge delay, but I'm having a hard time getting myself to work on the comics...  I also made a little flash the other day, but don't expect to see it on the site anytime soon, it's unfinished, and I'm very board with making it.

I suppose it all comes down to weather or not you're motivated to accomplish your goals and dreams.  Maybe I lost sight of my goals a while back, but I think things will be different here on out.  The Dark Lord is working on a new flash, I have a few sprite sheets to work on, and as soon as I get a job, the new site will be up and running.  Count on that!

A Review?

So I broke code with the title of this post, but I even surprised myself with this one. I decided to review a game, but remember, I'm not a professional game reviewer, so take it with a grain of salt.

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Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess – Nintendo Gamecube

Where to begin... THIS GAME IS FREAKIN' AWESOME! To date, it is the second best Zelda game, in my opinion of course, and it breaks the “Next Gen Gap” with its Gamecube version. The story it tried and true Zelda form, Hyrule is in danger, Zelda is kidnapped, and only a young man by the name of Link can save the kingdom. A bit of a tired plot, but once you get started, you won't even notice it.

The game starts with you, that is to say Link, working as a farm hand in a nice little village at the southern end of Hyrule. Soon, you get acquainted with your trusty steed, witch you can name this time around, and you meet the 3 children of the village, and Lilya, the mayors daughter and your childhood friend. After you get to know the rest of the village, you are suddenly attacked by a gang of monsters lead by King Bulbin, who knocks you out and kidnaps the children, and Lilya. You are soon draged into the Twilight Realm and transform into a wolf. You awake inside of a prison and meet Minda, a smart mouthed little imp who becomes you partner for the rest of the game. Blah, blah, blah. You can figure out the rest of the story from there.

What, you want a run-down of the different aspects of the game? Well, fine, have your silly numbers!

Graphics: 10/10

The graphics in this game make me wounder why they stopped making games on the Gamecube.

Sound: 9.5/10

The lack of voice overs still makes me angry, its been what, 25 years and link hasn't said a single word? But the dynamic music system is a true saving grace, theres nothing like a quick change in music to let you know how hard your kicking a bosses ass.

Controls: 7/10

Have you played Ocarina of Time or Wind Waker? You know the controls.

Entertainment: 9/10

Same story, new coat of paint. But the Zelda story line is one of the stories that never get old.

Replay Value: Medium

Once you've beaten the game, theres not much left to see.

Over All: 9/10

This game is very good. I highly recommend it to any jaded Zelda fan or to any new comers to the series.

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So yeah, there you go.

When Things Change...

Not much to talk about lately, I guess when you don't you don't do much, you ether run out of ideas, or you lose interest.  I have started two new sprite sheets, one is actually a revamp of my old InuYasha sprite I made last year.

It's not bad, I'm still working out the finer details, the rage form will soon not have a shirt and a different posture.  I'm not sure how I'm going to do his sword, but I'll keep working on it.
Timber here is being made for the Cougar Sprite League (CSL).  His head is completely custom and his body is edited from some old SNK sprites.  I'm making him as a villain for TonyComix.

BAA Productions is not doing to well, it turns out that making TDL my partner couldn't help that...  We are now affiliated with Lol Industries who run their site off of BlogSpot.  Maybe this can give BAA Productions the kick it needs to get started.

I've been reading a lot lately.  I got my hand on a HUGE collection of manga and I haven't been able to pull myself away from them for long.  I also picked up World of KungFu, which is a very high quality rip-off of World of Warcraft.  The biggest plus is that it's free, so I can play it without worry.

I'm really not sure what else to say.  Things are just slow, I guess.

Unexpected...

Ever make a big decision and live to regret it?  Everyone has at some point in time, it's a given in life.  I may have jumped the gun on such a decision...  BAA Productions is now run by two people, myself, ans a young man calling himself The Dark Lord.

TDL is a nice enough guy, he's great with flash, and a good planer!  But, I'm having a few regrets
with shearing the company that I started.  I don't have a problem with TDL, no, thats not the case, really, I think I'm just afraid of losing what I worked so hard on for so long on...

Am I being selfish?  Is this healthy for me?  For BAA Productions?  I don't know, and I'm not sure I want to find out...  It would rip my heart out to see my pride and joy come down around my ears.  But I don't see TDL causing that at the same time.

I want to blame him, I stress want, but he hasn't done anything and now I feel guilty.  Bringing him in can only help BAA Productions, and thats what I want to see.  But, why do I still feel afraid?  I can't shake this feeling of remorse...  I guess, only the future can tell me if my fears are just or not...

Extention of Dreams...

Why do I do this?  What is my goal?  I ask myself those questions all the time.  I mean, its not like I have a bunch of people who constantly check my site for updates.  Half the time, making comics and working on new projects cuts into my real life, just the other day, I wanted to walk the dogs with my mom, but I couldn't because I had a deadline I set  for my new sprites.  So I made up a bogus excuse tho not go with her.  I love walking the pups, its relaxing, and it gets me out of the house.  I felt bad for letting her down, but I put my work first...

Hell, I still feel bad about it.  Moments like that make me second guess what I do with my life, make me feel like what I'm doing doesn't mean anything.  But, as always, I push the thoughts out of my head and the sprites turned out better than I could have ever imagined.

You know, maybe its like my step-father said, maybe its self-gratification.  But, is that such a bad thing?  Think about the repercussion the my sprites could have in the community I'm a part of.  I submitted them to the Cougar Sprite League, a sprite tournament ran by a couple of my friends, somebody on the site could see those sprites and think, "He would be perfect for that game and/or comic I'm making!"  That in turn leads to a creative mind being able to express it self through my creation.

So, I'll ask myself again, why do I allow myself to continue working on something so time consuming?  I do it because I love it, I do it because I have friends who appreciate my work, I do it for me.

Something A Little Different...

This is a blog, not what you see at the BAA Productions main site, but my blog. Think about it as a developer's journal / personal log. Where as the Archive on the site keeps track of updates, this will keep track of me.

I'm not used to this kind of writing, in fact, it's hard for me to express myself in a true way, such as blogging. I'll just let the words flow out and prey that it makes sense to all of you. I hope this will give you some insight into my mind, how it works, and how I come up with ideas.

This is me, not as a creator, not as a friend, but as a person who lives life the way he wants. No censoring, no holding back.