It’s a slutty job but somebody has to do it! Jumping ship to @Staabula on Twitter
All I wanted was a new Juri icon, but then somehow I turned that into drawing all the SF4 girls in 100x100 pixel art and uh
yeah
new video game development term i just made up: “Flash Game Valley”
similar to the concept of the Uncanny Valley, the “Flash Game Valley” is when a 2D video game uses high-res art assets instead of pixelated art assets and ends up looking worse instead of better
for example, here is the game Chicken Wiggle on 3DS
fairly standard 2D pixel art. looks alright.
here’s a mockup for Chicken Wiggle Workshop, an HD remake of Chicken Wiggle for the Nintendo Switch
you see how, despite all of the assets being higher resolution, the end result looks like less effort was put in to it than the original? the whole thing feels “cheaper?”
that’s the Flash Game Valley
My favorite story to come out of the internet lately: For those of you who don’t know, for April Fool’s Day, Reddit launched this massive collaborative art project where you can place one pixel every five minutes on this massive canvas, so in order to do anything meaningful you have to work together collectively to make pixel art.
/r/YumeNikki decided to put the sprite of Madotsuki onto the canvas. Because of a lack of space, they decided to put it on the yellow stripe of the Swedish flag.
/r/Sweden, despite having no idea who Madotsuki is, absolutely fell in love with her, and have taken it upon themselves to fiercely defend her from any vandals. They even drew Pippi Longstocking next to her holding her hand. They’ve also made several visits to Yume Nikki’s sub and left friendly posts.
So that’s how a small community for a relatively unknown Japanese video game became best friends with the entire country of Sweden.
Some Little Witch Academia pixel art I made. I’m looking forward to the new 2017 TV series!
Also please go watch it it’s great :0
1870s soda bottles looked like rpg potions
cowboys facing the decline of the “wild west” era due to continued U.S. settlement & industrialization, along with the decline of the latest gold rush, make do
snape could’ve been an awesome teacher if he wasn’t a disgusting waste of a human being. he knew from age 16 that the instuctions that the textbooks were giving weren’t as good as they could be. he improved the potions and recorded his methods at age 16. if he weren’t such a shitbag, he could’ve either written the damn textbooks himself, or taught his students his alternate methods. he could’ve revolutionized how potions were being brewed, teaching whole generations a superior method of potion brewing. instead, he spent his time bullying children.
What a brilliant point.
Apart from the fact that canon rather hints that Snape did teach the kids the revised instructions.
Prisoner of Azkaban:
Didn’t you hear me say, quite clearly, that only one cat spleen was needed? Didn’t I state plainly that a dash of leech juice would suffice?
It’s evident from this that Snape wasn’t solely teaching from the textbook; he clearly instructed the class verbally.
Order of the Phoenix:
“The ingredients and method” — Snape flicked his wand — “are on the blackboard”
and, in another lesson:
Determined not to give Snape an excuse to fail him this lesson, Harry read and reread every line of the instructions on the blackboard
Snape doesn’t instruct them to use the textbook; he puts the instructions on the board.
Order of the Phoenix gives us some other clues.
“And I must tell you that Professor Snape absolutely refuses to take students who get anything other than ‘Outstanding’ in their O.W.L.s,”
So McGonagall knows that Snape only takes Outstandings, which means it’s been an ongoing decision - it’s not new for Harry’s year. And why would Snape get away with only taking the best?
Well:
“Moronic though some of this class undoubtedly are, I expect you to scrape an ‘Acceptable’ in your O.W.L., or suffer my … displeasure.”
He expects everyone - even Neville, Crabbe and Goyle to gain an A. That’s his absolute baseline. He doesn’t anticipate anyone getting a P, T or D - which is a huge ask, expecting his class to attain the three top grades, without any one of them getting one of the three bottom grades.
“I advise all of you to concentrate your efforts upon maintaining the high-pass level I have come to expect from my O.W.L. students”
Yet evidently, he’s been succeeding.
So doesn’t that rather suggest that he’s teaching them from his own textbook? Is it really plausible that every student would succeed, and not a single one would fail, if he was only teaching from the textbook?
After all, Umbridge says:
“Well, the class seems fairly advanced for their level,”
And the real litmus test?
Well, in Half Blood Prince,Slughorn doesn’t write on the blackboard at all. Not once. Instead, he points the kids at their books:
“Scales out, everyone, and potion kits, and don’t forget your copies
of Advanced Potion-Making… .”
So let’s look at Hermione and Harry. Hermione’s potions are perfect under Snape. She can follow instructions to the letter, and she always creates a flawless potion. She enters Slughorn’s class, continues to follow the instructions from the textbook, and she flails.
In contrast, Harry was continually distracted in Snape’s lessons - usually because of their joint animosity. Harry was less inclined to concentrate, and Snape made it impossible for him to relax - and for the most part, Harry was preoccupied with other events (e.g. Triwizard Tournament).
Under Slughorn, Harry finally follows the Prince’s instructions to the letter (he can follow Snape’s instructions, as long as he doesn’t realise Snape’s at the helm), and he creates flawless potions.
It suggests that neither of them is capable of seeing instinctively what’s required; both only succeed when they’ve got the notes before them and follow them to the letter. Snape, by contrast, was an instinctive Potions maker - it appears Slughorn is teaching in the same way he always did, and we know he taught Snape - so his flair wasn’t taught to him.
It all rather indicates that Snape was teaching the kids his revised methods. It’s plausibly less apparent during the early years that we see him teaching, because presumably, the easy potions do not require intense modification.
Potions and elixirs are literally just energy drinks I fucking hate this
Imagine going on a hike and seeing guys beat up giant bees while chugging Monster
Anonymous asked:
bobacupcake answered:
Caught in a rather good romance
It sounds like I’m playing a video game and someone is trying to sell me potions. :D
…that is exactly what it sounds like
Tracklist:
“Welcome to beam.ng.drive”
“Smashing Cars with the bf”
“Ima need you to get your whole dumb body in there”
Busto 1.11(The cool one)
Busto 2.22 Appears
Rainbow Road Vacation
Busto’s Rage
No Brains Hill(Busto’s sick ass grind)
nickandgriffinkillgod.mp3
Epilogue
Because I feel obligated to throw it in there
OFFSPRING AND INITIAL D YES PERFECT
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