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Planetcrap: Just to keep it all in one place.
August 17th 2006, 09:30 CEST by lwf

Planetcrap is the best website on the internet, that much is a fact, but has the recent trend of crappers starting up so-called "blogs" taken away from the main planetcrap website? Most experts agree that "maybe."

Not that anybody pays any attention to the things I say, but I can't but feel a little hypocritical in writing this topic, since whenever anybody complains about the state of PC I am the first to tell that person to "stfu, planetcrap is the greatest." Lately, though, I am beginning to feel like the decay of planetcrap is not just another Jokeresque conspiracy theory.

Analysts have observed a trend at planetcrap over the past few years. Topics have become much less frequent, partly due to voter apathy but mainly due to a submission bin that has been as barren as an old hag. Many regulars have abandoned the site, citing family, friends, work, and WoW as the cause. Nevertheless there remains a core group of seemingly die-hard crappers who refuse to walk away and let this site, not unlike PC gaming, die an honourable death.

Speaking from my own point of view, I truly love the culture of planetcrap. Planetcrap is good people. I try to think about what life would be like without planetcrap and all is gray and empty. Perhaps what we're experiencing is just the natural aging process of an internet community, or perhaps it is something much more sinister, yet preventable.

I'm referring of course, to blogs. Many prominent crappers have starting "blogging". Crapper blogs are the thermite that will eventually bring down PC. At first it was just a trickle, but now it seems like every signature links to some kind of off-site content by the poster. It's difficult to pinpoint where exactly this started. Caryn has been blogging for years, Bailey and Ashiran combined for some ill-fated project, and then there was the venerable UAC. Now we're at the point where Px, Shadarr, m0nty, Caryn, Perkins, jjohnsen, jibble, and many more who I am too lazy to link, are all blogging to some extent. In many cases it is innocuous enough, planetcrap doesn't have any img tags, so people like Marsh and Penguin are justified in their off-site operations.

Of course most people wouldn't want anybody (friends, family, co-workers) to come and read their comments at planetcrap. Because it would too much work sifting for who they're interested in, and also due to the occasional discussion of flapping wind-ravaged vaginas and the like. Planetcrap can be hard to keep up with. As far as I know, there are no relatives on planetcrap. So it is easy to understand why people want a place of their own where they can post their comments and have non-crappers read them.

What is perhaps disconcerting is the thought that, with all this effort put into their blogs, our discussions here at planetcrap are suffering. Planetcrap is the place where you know you'll get read, or at the very least scrollwheeled, by a diverse group of mostly interesting and intelligent people. I am not saying that planetcrap shouldn't blog, but I like having it all, as they say, in one place. All the crappers, I mean. I think that discussion is better than blogging, but maybe that's just my preference. I was considering the suggestion that maybe planetcrap users could merge their blogs with planetcrap proper, but I don't think that would work any more than would merging IRC with the front page. Maybe what is needed is a Planetcrap based reality TV show.

People used to [blog]blog[/blog] inside of planetcrap posts, and there was much complaining. But now that so much of the blogging has moved off-site, doesn't anybody else miss it? Planetcrap has obviously degenerated into the ultimate in off-topic and current events discussion, but who is to blame? PC gaming for dying? The Sports Thread? Jibble? Or is it just an unwillingness on the part of some people to contribute, for whatever reason. I don't feel like I contribute personally very much to the discussion here, except rarely. But I appreciate those who do, even the fukkan morans. When there are no new posts I read old posts, and it becomes more and more the depressing the further back I go. Nevertheless planetcrap holds a special place in all of our hearts. It is a funny place.

The problem is you, planetcrap, it's you. Every time to blog off-site, morn weeps.

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#101 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 01:37:32

Bob, I have a DivX of it from my Sage setup; I am pretty sure I didn't delete it. No commercials, 16:9, etc.

Pick a Hitchcock film. Find the leading man. Lookup their body of work. It's usually good stuff. That's how I'm branching out. This way, I find some other directors I like and let it flow from there.

SKETCHBLOG.
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PX AIN'T GOT NO SPEAKERS POINTS
Dum ... 2
Gaggle ... 2
Marsh ... 2
Warren ... 1.25(++)
Anonymous ... 1
Jibble ... 1
Shadarr ... 1
YF ... 1
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OH SHIT [double bold] THREE [/double bold] WAY TIE

#102 by Caryn
2006-08-21 01:46:16

We watched "Bringing Up Baby" the other night again. It's a fun movie.

Current novel word count: 18,400 words (I'm hoping by putting it here it helps motivate me)

#103 by Hieronymus
2006-08-21 02:02:20

In general, anything by Howard Hawks is a good bet.

#104 by BobJustBob
2006-08-21 02:06:59

Yeah, I've got it on my hard drive somewhere from a TCM recording. Letterboxed but no commercials.

"That probably entirely useless path, that probably lost day, that probably futile hope. What's the point of it all?" - Franz Kafka, The Castle

#105 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 03:45:05

TCM has been running the movies widescreened as of late. I'm realy, really happy about that. I lined up a fuckton of stuff for TCM to record over the week.

#106 by bago
2006-08-21 06:42:52

I just saw SoaP and am getting ready to play dead rising.

We need to keep our arms open, our head up, smiles big and our middle fingers raised.

#107 by Squeaky
2006-08-21 07:21:19

Thanks for the update, chief!

It's alive!
Planetcrap Gamertags

#108 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 07:42:39

Speaking of updates, I decided to do a drawing of a character I've had in mind. Spade, member of the Red Death Squadron. In doing so, I used him for my orthagonal view instead of the generic guy I linked earlier. My portfolio site is in the middle of the nameservers transferring over. By the time most of you will read this it should be done. Whew. LONG weekend. Now to send the link to a certain art director...

#109 by gaggle
2006-08-21 09:15:00

For what it's worth I think the colored version of Spade is the weakest link now. He's got a slightly awkward pose and illdefined details imo. The orthagonal view looks great though. Overall I think it's a good looking portfolio. I was wondering if the transition between images should be faster? I'm not sure it's necessairy, but do you think someone who's in a hurry would go insane having to wait while the lightbox changes size? Just a thought.

I like go-carts! Wroom Wroom..

#110 by gaggle
2006-08-21 09:16:24

Necessary. Jeez.

I like go-carts! Wroom Wroom..

#111 by lwf
2006-08-21 09:41:04

Pretty cool shit, Ray.

Today Officer Coon, Officer Nigger-hater, and Officer Keep-darky-down were acquitted of all racist charges.

#112 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 14:04:03

Gaggle, I'll look at the lightbox javascript and see if there is a way to speed it up. lwf and gaggle, thanks.

#113 by Jibble
2006-08-21 15:23:06

That's awesome, Penguin. I'm surprised UAC made a cameo...good call on omitting the dialogue ;)

Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.

Blog. 210 lbs. 30 to go.

#114 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 15:49:12

Thanks, Jibble. I sent the link over this morning. I have das butterflies in my stomach now.

Re: UAC. Haha. Yeah, I opted for a cleaner aesthetic on that one. It has a good layout and text just gets in the way at such a small size.

Once the new PC gets here, I intend to do a whole bunch of new stuff for the actual Illustration part, in color. Painter chugs too much at a decent res right now.

#115 by Gunp01nt
2006-08-21 15:59:17

Yeah, I like the UAC page. The art shows you've come a long way. Looks like a prime candidate for a "DIY UAC" template.

Best of luck on getting the job!

If lusting after Alyson Hannigan is wrong, fuck being right. Fuck it in the ear.
- Warren Marshall

#116 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 16:20:42

Thanks; if I don't, I know what I need to work on. I need to get environments and vehicles in there (and just generally up the quality, too).

Time was a big limiting factor in this. I didn't really have the time to plan out the concepts as if from a brief for a bonafied client. I was told Thursday night to have a portfolio by Monday morning to pass on to this art director by a mutual friend. I just drew it all and let the drawing dictate the end result with no real thing in mind. Now, though I can make better stuff under a normal timeframe and replace or add it all there. Finally.

Shout out to m0nty for mucking with the CSS. He's my dawg. Yo.

#117 by Jibble
2006-08-21 16:39:27

You needed help coding a web site and you asked m0nty?

Hanging head, walking away slowly with sad Charlie Brown Christmas music playing in the background...

Lady, people aren't chocolates. But you know what they are, mostly? Bastards. Bastard-coated bastards with bastard filling.

Blog. 210 lbs. 30 to go.

#118 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 16:49:04

Haha; I needed help with positioning in CSS; that, and I m0nty wanted a logo for me so it was more an even handed trade than me constantly bugging you with nothing to give in return, heh.

#119 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 16:49:26

...m0nty wanted a logo from me...

#120 by CheesyPoof
2006-08-21 17:51:32

For classic movies I complete the Marx Bros. trilogy last week with Duck Soup. It was OK. Their style is growing on me. On the DVR I have Bridge on the River Kwai dying to get played. I've seen it in chunks, but never all the way through. I'll have to be in a mood to sit for a while to watch that one.

#121 by Ng Yo
2006-08-21 18:36:02

does anyone in europe want me to visit them next month ???
i'll be there for a month.
let's meet... (i'm not gay)

anonymous - if I knew for sure you were the legendary Ng Yo, I would gladly answer you.

http://www.taxi583.com

#122 by Greg
2006-08-21 18:46:39

Gunp01nt will. (he's gay)

こんにちは

#123 by gaggle
2006-08-21 18:57:12

You couldn't possibly be a little more specific Ng?

I like go-carts! Wroom Wroom..

#124 by Caryn
2006-08-21 18:59:17

Gaggle, he's a troll.

Current novel word count: 18,400 words (I'm hoping by putting it here it helps motivate me)

#125 by mgns
2006-08-21 19:34:57

Caryn, that doesn't mean we can't question his sexuality.

Tears of pleasure we weep, Inside our big sleep
Begging you please to keep, Your fist elbow deep

#126 by Warren Marshall
2006-08-21 19:41:56

Gaggle, he's a troll.

Now you've got gaggle all excited...

Jesus Christ, that is unbelievably retarded! - lwf

#127 by CheesyPoof
2006-08-21 19:44:08

Zing!

#128 by anaqer
2006-08-21 19:47:05

Nicely played, Warren.

zzz

#129 by Gunp01nt
2006-08-21 19:58:30

greg:

Gunp01nt will. (he's gay)

Once I become post-op, I'll be totally straight again!

If lusting after Alyson Hannigan is wrong, fuck being right. Fuck it in the ear.
- Warren Marshall

#130 by gaggle
2006-08-21 20:11:33

Ouch Warren.

And ah.., I.. thanks Caryn. I honestly had no idea what I was stepping into. *adds to ignore list*.

I like go-carts! Wroom Wroom..

#131 by Shadarr
2006-08-21 20:25:32

How come it's always the trolls that want to meet up? I went to Vegas to see Yot and Px, and instead I got Nutty and G-Man.

I am not part of the solution.

#132 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 20:26:59

Hey, I went to Wisconsin; the last one just fell really funny on a series of days where there was no chance of departure.

#133 by Duality
2006-08-21 21:02:38

There was a meet up in WI?

#134 by CheesyPoof
2006-08-21 21:05:24

Yea, like a week or two before you started posting aging. WW was WW'ing at an airshow in Milwaukee. AND YOU MISSED IT!

#135 by Duality
2006-08-21 21:14:44

Goddamn you people. Why couldn't you guys have planned a meet up like UAC updates?

#136 by Greg
2006-08-21 21:26:43

You mean, like never?

こんにちは

#137 by Duality
2006-08-21 23:07:32

Yes. At least then I wouldn't miss out.

#138 by Ergo
2006-08-21 23:19:29

The wife and I are meeting up with Caryn in two weeks.

Ergo is right, as he always is except the times when his opinion is different than mine.--Mr. Nutty
DVDs

#139 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 23:24:05

Cool, Ergo. She's good people.

#140 by Shadarr
2006-08-21 23:29:29

Caryn's just someone we know who works in the game industry. It's her husband who's a goddamn superhero.

I am not part of the solution.

#141 by Penguinx
2006-08-21 23:37:07

I didn't get to meet Superlen.

#142 by Ergo
2006-08-21 23:42:52

Unfortunately, Len won't be there. Job wouldn't let him get away.

Ergo is right, as he always is except the times when his opinion is different than mine.--Mr. Nutty
DVDs

#143 by jjohnsen
2006-08-21 23:43:25

I hope they'll visit Utah at some point. I have a feeling Superlen could finish my basement in about 20 minutes.

Actually, the liberalism of the media - as a general thing - IS a major fallacy. What the media is, is a whore. -LP Johnsen Family

#144 by schnee
2006-08-22 00:07:17

I'm in San Diego, and I'd be up for meeting anyone who made it here.

... well, almost anyone.

New MP3ot2or3W: RJD2 - Ghostwriter

#145 by mgns
2006-08-22 00:18:05

I'm not sure he's a superhero. I think he's more of a modern day Jesus.

A holy diver if you will.

brown sugar how come you taste so good, just like a young girl should
brown sugar, like a black girl should

#146 by Dumdeedum
2006-08-22 00:31:09

Interesting homepage you've got there.

MP3 Of The Week: Look, Zulus!

#147 by Caryn
2006-08-22 00:48:23

Yeah, unfortunately Len can't make it to my dad's wedding. He's got a dick for a boss who wouldn't give him the time off. When Len asked for one day off on around a weekend so he could go, the guy asked him for what dates, as if he was going to put him down for it. When Len told him, the guy said, "no, and if you're out sick those days you won't have a job to come back to."

Asshole.

I realized recently I forgot to mention in the Len Facts that he once chased down a shoplifter and then tackled him to the ground in the store parking lot.

Current novel word count: 18,400 words (I'm hoping by putting it here it helps motivate me)

#148 by Caryn
2006-08-22 00:48:47

Hahaha, that picture is awesome, mgns.

Current novel word count: 18,400 words (I'm hoping by putting it here it helps motivate me)

#149 by yotsuya
2006-08-22 00:51:09

That's pretty jerkish of that guy.

"It's only make-believe until it becomes flim-flam."

#150 by mgns
2006-08-22 01:01:48

Dum,

I'm so last century, it's just a homepage. Not even a blog have I managed to piece together. Woe is me. By this time 2025, I might have migrated to xml, but don't stake your mortgage on it.

brown sugar how come you taste so good, just like a young girl should
brown sugar, like a black girl should

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