#and would instead write these intricate instructions for how stuff was to be played using symbols not accepted by the musical world at large

[heavywoolcoat]

[screechthemighty]

OKAY TIME TO RAG ON T*M C*SSIELLO YET AGAIN.

So. Here’s the thing. The deal. The scoop. My meta complaints can basically be summed up in three sentences. One: T*m kept trying to sell us a friendship that wasn’t there, which only adds to how abrupt it falling apart is. Two: I do not trust this writing team with this plot line, and the way they handled parts of it in the comic itself only cement that distrust. Three: Why the HECK are they putting lore on TWITTER and only twitter. I won’t expand on that one because...that kind of speaks for itself, not everyone has twitter and it’s dumb that they’re confining important plot/character info to just twitter. But for more explanation of the other two, check under the cut.

Part One: T*m Stop Tweeting I’m Begging You

So, in my last post, I referenced the fact that this argument feels really contrived due to a lack of in-canon friendship between Mirage and Wraith. I’ve talked about this before, but tl;dr for those who don’t read my discourse: outside of some banter and bickering, there is little to no interaction between Mirage and Wraith pre-season 6 comics that implies a real connection. The s1 trailer comes close, but with everything else, it’s mostly just “Mirage says dumb thing while Wraith rolls her eyes in the background”, which establishes Literally Nothing.

But we all know they’re friends, right? This isn’t just wistful thinking by us Miraiths? No, we do know...because T*m said so on twitter. Think about it. He’s gleefully sold every interaction they get (or might get) as being food for the Miraith fans who ask about interactions, he’s the one who said Elliott is in her top three people she can stand (she NEVER explicitly names Mirage, only Natalie), and he also said this:

(screenshot orginally posted by @apexmirxith​)

Read that description. Read it again. Think about what we’ve actually gotten in the lore, both before the twitter comic and in it.

Something does not add up here. Literally nothing he said has been reflected in the canon at any point. And I would love it to be! Nothing would make me happier! If I could think of moments that lined up with that, I’d never shut up about them because I’m a single brain cell Miraith shipper and everyone knows it! But it’s not there, T*m!!!!!

Basically, Word of Author and The Actual Text are in conflict in a BIG way. It’s like T*m KNOWS he can just fill in the plot blanks with his twitter canon, but that’s NOT GOOD WRITING, and it makes what should be really interesting character moments SUPER hollow because again, none of the building blocks are there. They’re just in T*m’s mind, and then he offhandedly mentions them while replying to fan art. I swear, this dude should not keep tweeting about the plot of the games, because if he’s not doing stuff like this, he’s actively making promises he can’t keep. It’s so frustrating.

Okay, now that we’re done with that rant...

Part Two: Y’all Don’t Know How To Handle Abelism, Is The Thing

I discussed a lot of this during headcasegate II: the quickening, but for those of you who don’t read my complaining-disguised-as-analysis, the big issues are as follows:

I don’t think the intricate character work needed to grow out of abelism is actually something you can do in Apex Legends as a means of storytelling due to time constraints, the fact that plots can and will be dropped at any time (they did this with Bangalore this season, for instance) and a large cast all vying for attention in the plot.

T*m has repeatedly proven he has blind spots wrt abelism, starting with him implying autism could be cured (he walked this one back and admitted he was wrong, but still), to using abelist language as a plot device more than once, to being dismissive of people pointing that out instead of trying to understand why people were criticizing it. I don’t see any signs he’s actively learned (except the autism thing), so I don’t expect this angle to improve.

Elliott exhibits several traits of neurodivergency, from social anxiety to several HEAVILY ADHD coded traits (chronic tardiness, rambles heavily, impulsive spending, misunderstanding instructions), and has a stutter on top of that, but so far this has been ENTIRELY played for laughs and to make him look like a dumbass, not taken seriously.

And those three points really do stand, and are the basis of a lot of my concern. But there’s another angle that became more of an issue for me as I was reading the latest comic, and it has to do with Wraith. 

The game has already been really, really weird with how they’ve treated mental illness related when it comes to Wraith. They leaned heavily into the “owo scawwy mental patient! owo” imagery with banner frames and arguably her Liberator skin (I do love that skin because shaved head = chef’s kiss, but it does draw on mental illness imagery with the straight jacket look of her outfit), and she has on-and-off talked about/reacted to the voices as if they’re more a harmful influence akin to true psychosis and not helpful alternate selves. All of that leads to her being very heavily psychosis-coded, which has been noted by a lot of people.

And yet.

When the abelism is finally addressed, her breaking point, the thing the comics treat as The Thing You Shouldn’t Be Making Fun Of Her For, is...her amnesia.

Now, don’t get me wrong, it’s also wrong to make fun of her for having amnesia. But why is that the trait they chose to focus on? When I hear Elliott call her “brainwreck” my first thought isn’t “wow, he’s making fun of her for not remembering her past”, it’s “wow, he’s making fun of her for hearing voices.” It’s not even logical for that to be the thing that he and Bangalore are pointing out by calling her names, because like...who does that?? I don’t think even awful abelists do that. If they wanted to target her amnesia, they’d use completely different language. Brainwreck I can kinda see tying into her amnesia, but how does “headcase” relate back to that?? Literally, how??

Basically, when given the chance to address the abelism thrown at Wraith, they focus on the one thing that’s not the issue, rather than the thing that everyone points out is what makes her a mentally ill icon. And you might say, “but Screech, but it’s not a mental illness, the voices are real!” And to that I say, then why in the hell did they lean so heavily into mental illness imagery and her reacting negatively to the voices as if they are true hallucinations?? It’s just plain inconsistent, and almost feels like they don’t really want to tackle psychosis (in which case they are COWARDS, other devs have proved you can do that in a video game), so instead they focus on her amnesia and call it a day.

Dude. That’s totally not it in any way. What are you doing. What is my life. What is this GAME.

...anyways I hope all of that makes sense.

[shining-red-diamond]

Shallow Waters (Part V)

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Pairing: Hendery x Brittany (OC) (feat. WayV and Louis)

Rating: PG-15

Genre: fluff, some angst

Warnings: mentions of sex and mating, blood, mentions of abandonment and infidelity

Brittany’s lunch consisted of ham, broccoli, and mac & cheese, while Hendery chowed down on some raw salmon. He hated that he wouldn’t be able to try the foods that she or other humans enjoyed, but he was grateful she was willing to find him a variety of different fish. That way, he didn’t feel as if he was eating the same thing over and over again. The drinks, however, didn’t affect him, yet he preferred to drink just water.

The weather cleared up by the time the couple had finished their meals. While still cloudy, the rain and thunder had come to a halt. Hendery glanced out the window and watched the ocean as Brittany cleaned the dishes.

He then thought about his siren friends. It had been almost two months since he last saw them, and he figured they had to have been finished with helping the other sea creatures. What better opportunity for Brittany to meet the sirens?

Turning to Brittany, he asked her, “Would Brittany like to meet Hendery’s friends?”

She paused midway through loading the dishwasher when he spoke. There was a moment of silence before she answered, “Oh, the sirens?”

“Yes.”

“Of course, I would,” she smiled as she closed the dishwasher and started it. “When?”

“Would Brittany like to go now? The storm has stopped.”

She glanced out the window to see he was right. The clouds still looked heavy as if the bottom might fall out again, but if they were only gone for a few minutes they should be fine.

“Alright,” she nodded. “I’ll go change.”

Knowing they might have to swim again, Brittany went back to her room and slipped on her blue bikini before putting on a loose cover up. Hendery was in awe of her when she returned to the kitchen.

“Let’s go quickly before it rains again,” she said as she grabbed the merman’s hand, almost ignoring his admirations of her.

When they reached the beach, Hendery transformed into his merman form. He led her out in the same direction of where they first hung out about two months earlier; but instead of stopping there, they swam a little further until there was what Brittany could describe as an oasis. Palm trees as tall as a two story building produced coconuts, golden sand surrounded the sapphire-colored lagoon, and various birds inhabited the surrounding trees. A few stray cats and dogs drank from the water, but they never bothered the couple.

“Wait here,” Hendery instructed his lover before swimming off into the ocean.

Brittany sat down on the beach and patiently waited. Looking around, she spotted a shaded area by the lagoon and decided to wait under there. The moment she sat down a soft mew came from her left. When she took a glance, the sound had come from a Siamese cat sniffing at her wrist before licking her right on her dove tattoo. The cat then stared up at her with large blue eyes and sat down.

“Where did you come from, little buddy?” Brittany giggled. “You don’t seem to have a tag on you.”

Holding her hand out with her palm facing up, the cat sniffed her hand again and nuzzled its face in it. She scratched his head and smiled. The cat purred as he (she checked) brushed against her hip before resting his head on her stomach.

“Am I warm?” Brittany asked as she pet his back.

For a few minutes, she bonded with the cat, petting his head as he purred happily. She even named him Louis, despite him not being her pet.

“Brittany!” Hendery’s voice called to her, followed by a few splashes.

His head emerged, followed by his body and tail crawling up on the beach. He looks so gorgeous soaking wet from the ocean, Brittany thought as he adjusted himself in a comfortable sitting position.

The cat didn’t mind being carried in Brittany’s arms as she walked over to where her merman was sitting. When she sat down, the feline leaped out and scurried over to Hendery’s tail.

“Did Brittany make a new friend?” Hender chuckled as the cat tried playing his scales.

“He just came up to me as if he had known me for a long time,” she explained. “He’s a very social kitty.”

Hendery pet the furry friend for a second before he told Brittany to look out towards the ocean. “The sirens are about to appear.”

Sure enough, six heads popped up and moved closer towards the couple. Frightened by the sudden movements, the cat jumped and ran off.

“Funny creatures,” the merman commented before turning his attention back to the six sirens, who were now seemingly wading in the water.

“Hello, Brittany,” a siren with round eyes and a broad nose greeted with a friendly smile. “Hendery has told us great things about you. I’m Kun.”

All of them were well built with toned abs and strong biceps, but in a way that was pleasing to the eye and not so much body builder. It was more of them gaining strength and being fit from doing whatever it is they do. They each had a distinct tattoo somewhere on their arms, neck, or torso. Kun had a fatherly presence as he seemed to be the leader figure of the group and sported a mark shaped in a sort of sun with rays on his shoulder.

“Sirens who are opposite of the myth,” the tallest one with a deep voice jokes.

“I’m aware,” Brittany nods. “What’s your name?”

“Lucas.”

One by one, the sirens introduced themselves to Hendery’s lover. Lucas’s skin was more tan than the others, and he had a sort of flower tattoo on his left side. Xiaojun was well-mannered with sharp eyes and a mark of a starfish shape on his hip. The second tallest, WinWin, had a unique ears shape where one was more pointed than the other and a softer jawline with some sort of mended heart shape etched the center of her sternum. A feline faced siren of the bunch called himself Ten and sported an intricate tattoo on his right forearm; and the smallest siren YangYang was the youngest and had a more boyish aura about him while his tattoo was displayed over where his heart would be.

“Hendery has told me how you took him in,” said Brittany as she sat up a little straighter.

“We were all very young,” Ten explained. “YangYang was almost one and Kun was five. When we were all swimming around the Gulf of Mexico one day, we saw a tiny, two year old merboy so weak and crying.”

“So, you raised him when you guys were basically children?”

“Sirens’ brains age differently from humans and merfolk,” WinWin added. “However, we still lived with another mermaid who cared for us until Kun was fourteen.”

“Once Hendery turned eighteen, he ventured off around the world,” the merman finished. “He settled in Florida, because his friends lived there.”

“And that’s where he found you, Brittany,” Kun finished.

The sirens continued telling their stories about adventures with Hendery and updating their friend on what they were doing in the ocean. Each of them were extremely kind and didn’t hesitate to help others in need, even going to war to protect a race of sea nymphs in the Mediterranean. Yet, whenever Brittany asked what makes Hendery different from the other merfolk, they just gave her the same answer her lover did: sharp teeth with an appetite for only raw fish.

“I mean, who were his parents?” she asks.

“Well, we know for a fact his father is the king of a mermaid city off this coast,” Ten answered. “We found that out about a year after we took him in. The king was infamous for sleeping with other creatures before he crowned a mermaid his queen. So far, Hendery was the only result of his affairs. We’re not quite sure who his mother was.”

Brittany examined Hendery as he chomped on a flounder YangYang had caught for him, fish blood trickling down a little bit.

“He could be only half-merfolk,” she concluded.

“That’s what we have thought as well,” Kun agreed. “But we never brought it up as to not make him feel that he wasn’t worth anything by being different.”

“He is different” -she looked at her lover once more- “but special.”

His cheeks blushed as he wiped his mouth.

Louis returned to the small gathering, and he immediately wanted some of Hendery’s snack. The merman happily tore off a piece and fed it to him.

“So, are you guys mates yet?” YangYang asked as he tried to reach out and pet the cat.

Brittany was confused. “In what sense?”

Kun thumped the youngests forehead. “You can’t just ask couples stuff like that.”

“Sorry,” the youngest yelped. “I just noticed she doesn’t have a mark yet, and I was curious.”

“Brittany and Hendery are lovers,” Lucas added. “There’s a difference.”

His comment is what switched on the lightbulb in Brittany’s brain.

“Wait, mates?” she repeated. “As in, have we...done the deed? And what’s a mark have to do with anything?”

Kun explained everything to Brittany. For merfolk, the mate’s mark was given to females in the space between the neck and the shoulder, and the male would have an imprint of the wound in the exact spot on his skin. In a sense, it was like a marriage ritual between the two beings who truly loved each other.

“But as you have guessed,” the eldest siren finished, “it’s done during intimacy.”

Brittany nodded. Hendery held her hand and kissed it. He knew sooner or later they would have to follow through with the ritual, but he respected his lover enough to go forward with it if she was ready.

“I apologize if I said anything out of turn,” YangYang piped up. “I say things without thinking sometimes.”

“You’re fine,” she reassured him.

WinWin glanced behind him towards another end of the beach. “We have to go,” he informed.

Kun nodded. “We’ll hang out again, soon,” he promised. “YangYang put the cat down.”

WIth a finish trick splash, the six sirens swam off to whatever task they had been called to do, and Louis shook himself dry.

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[the-awkward-outlaw]

Hi, how are you? Can you write Arthur taking reader out to the theatre( instead of Mary) and maybe have touch each other inappropriately, making them constantly look around to not be spotted as the show continues in front of them?

Hello, Anon! Thanks for this request! It turned out quite a bit steamier than I imagined it would. Hope you enjoy it!

You walk down the street, hand in hand with Arthur. The proud buildings of Saint Denis stand around you. Arthur brought you here in order to get you both away from camp as a treat. Now that Jack’s back, everyone can settle down (or at least as much as camp ever can). You and he haven’t been out on a date in what seems like forever, so Arthur decided to bring you here. He offered that whatever you wanted to do, you could do. 

You haven’t been to a city this large in many years. You’ve been living out in the country for a long time and you’ve forgotten the noise and the stench of cities. Those are aspects you surely haven’t missed, but there are parts of the city you find yourself enjoying. You love the architecture of the buildings, the swirling columns and the proud statues standing as monuments. 

Arthur guides you down the main street, your horses tied up near the hotel. You wanted to just walk down the street to take it all in. He obliged with a big smile, clearly enjoying your company. You glance down a street and see what must be a park on the right side and a tall white building across from it. There’s a large lit up sign above the door, but you can’t see what it says. 

“What is that?” you ask. Arthur follows where you’re pointing. 

“Oh, that’s a theatre. Saw it when we came to see that Bronte feller.” 

“A theatre? We should go!” you say excitedly. “I haven’t seen one in years!” 

Arthur chuckles. “A’right, sweetheart. We can go.” 

He guides you down the street, his hand still wrapped around yours, and you finally see that the signs says “Theatre Raleur”. Arthur guides you into the building and you’re welcomed by marble walls, carvings done in gold leaf, and a large, bright chandelier. Arthur goes up to the vendor and buys two tickets, then guides you down a beautiful, wood paneled hallway with two more chandeliers and intricate oil paintings. You turn a corner and see a set of double doors, a bar standing across from them. 

Arthur opens the door and holds it for you. You pick two seats in the back and sit down. Arthur takes the seat to your right, his hand on your knee. No one else is sitting this far back, but the theatre’s well attended. After a few moments, the curtain splits open and a man in a waistcoat and tophat comes out and introduces himself, and then the first act. You roll your eyes at his cheap jokes and annoying banter, but then he goes into the curtain and it opens a second later. 

A woman comes out holding a long stick. She lights both ends of it and begins twirling it around. The audience applauses and encourages her dancing, but Arthur just yells out “Catch on fire!” 

“Arthur!” you giggle. He chuckles and puts an arm behind you. You look over at him. In the firelight, he’s even more handsome. His blue eyes flicker in the soft light. Your eyes travel down to his neck and then the small triangle of his exposed chest. You bite your lip a bit. You’d be lying if you said you didn’t think of him inappropriately when Arthur asked you on a date earlier. You tell yourself that when the show’s over, you’ll have dinner, a bath and then you’ll pounce on him. 

The dancing fire woman does her final trick of spitting fire up into the air and then heads off the stage. The host comes out and introduces the next act, which sounds like a troupe of French dancing girls. 

They come skipping out, accompanied by a dancing man who instructs them on what moves to do. The girls begin dancing to the music and then they lift up their skirts to show their bloomers. Men around the theatre wolf-whistle at them. 

“Right on ya, girls!” Arthur hollers out.

You can’t help but giggle. You know Arthur really isn’t flirting with them, he’s just trying to rile you up. 

“Show them bloomers again!” he yells. 

“Arthur!” you squeak next to him. He squeezes your shoulder a bit, a big grin on his face. Two can play at this game you decide. 

You lean into him, placing your hand innocently on his knee. He’s clearly distracted by the show, so you glide your hand up his leg until you reach his groin. He sucks in hard when you squeeze him.

“Darlin’, what are ya doin’?” he hisses as you palm him. 

“Just want you to really enjoy the show,” you say, kissing the skin of his chest. He stifles a groan as you do, your hand pressing against his hardening cock. 

“We…. we shouldn’t, darlin’. Anyone could look back and see us.” 

“Who cares? They’d be getting an actual show if they did.” 

Despite himself, he spreads his legs a little more. His jeans are too tight for you to really work at him though, so you pull them open and slip your hand inside, unbutton his union suit just enough and then grab onto his firm cock. He breathes in sharply again when you do. His hand leaves your shoulder and winds into your hair, bringing your face up to his so he can kiss you. He stifles a groan again as you slip a finger over his head. 

“God damn it, darlin’,” he hisses into your mouth. “You’re really testin’ me.” 

Encouraged by this, you slip his cock out of his pants. If anyone looked over, they’d have no trouble seeing him. You start pumping him, making him stand even firmer. 

“D-darlin’,” he whimpers, breaking the kiss so he can look around to make sure no one’s watching. Luckily everyone is focused on the dancing girls. You lean into him further, working even more on his firm length. He hisses again when you trace the slit on his head, aware of the moisture seeping out. You wish he could feel how wet you are right now as you kiss his neck. 

His free hand suddenly comes up and finds your chest. He grabs onto a breast and presses it on you, making it your turn to gasp. 

“See? Awkward, isn’t it?” he says cheekily.

“On the contrary. I find it exciting.” You take his hand off of you and bend down, slipping your mouth around his length. He can’t help but groan as you run your tongue along his shaft and then begin sucking. His hand winds into your hair, pulling on it slightly. You begin bobbing on him, encouraged by his reaction. He twitches in your mouth. You slip him almost entirely out of your mouth so you can suck on his tip. His hips suddenly buck up slightly and he releases into your mouth, his hot spend going down your throat. 

“God damn it, sweetheart,” he hisses as you release him. You grin up at him cheekily and sit up while he stuffs himself back into his pants. 

“How’s that for a show?” you say as the girls stop dancing and the curtain closes. The host comes out and introduces the last act. The curtain opens again to reveal a man who claims to be a magician. Its seems his only true talent is talking people into a stupor so he can pretend to do magic. You lean back in your seat, content to finish the show properly. 

The man’s talking so long, Arthur reaches over to you, a sly grin on his face. “What are you doing?” you ask. 

“Karma, sweetheart. Keep an eye out.” 

He starts kissing your neck, his hand unbuttoning your pants. You put a hand to your mouth to prevent you from gasping when he slips a finger into your soaked folds. He begins sliding up and down your slit from your opening to your clit, stimulating your swollen, pulsing nub. You have to grit your teeth in order to not make any sound. 

As the man on the stage hands his assistant a gun to shoot him with, claiming he can catch a bullet with his teeth, Arthur slips a finger into your opening. He slides another in and then begins pushing in and out. It takes all your self control to not buck into his hand, to make him fuck you even harder. Your hands latch onto his arm, making him chuckle. 

“See? Not as easy or as pleasant as you thought, hmm?” 

“I… I wouldn’t… say that, Ar-Arthur. God, I… I’ve never… been so…. Turned… on,” you say as he pushes his fingers into you. The only way this could be better is if it was his cock as he can brush your spot with ease. 

“Hmm, you are pretty wet. If we were somewhere proper, I’d suck you dry.” 

“That better be a… promise for later.” You slide down into your seat, giving Arthur an even better angle. His fingers slip out and go back to your pearl, pressing it, tickling it. He starts rubbing it hard and fast. Thank God the performer’s assistant shoots the gun, it covers the sound of the wet sounds coming from between your legs. 

You try continuing to watch the show, but your vision’s fogging as he rubs even faster and harder, it almost hurts. You push your hips up, allowing him to grind his hand against your clit even more. Your head suddenly tips back against the seat and you grab the arms so tight you’re surprised they don’t break as your orgasm pulses through your body. You cover your mouth so you don’t make a sound. 

When your peak simmers down, leaving you a trembling puddle beneath Arthur’s arm, he chuckles and buttons your pants up for you. “Hope that did the trick, darlin’.” 

“Oh not quite. Let’s get out of here, do the deed properly.” 

You stand up, taking his hand in yours and rush out of the theatre. Within moments, you’re at the hotel and he buys a room. As soon as you’re in the room, you push Arthur down onto the bed and hop onto him, straddling his hips. 

“Now let me give you a real show, Mr. Morgan.”

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Well as I am almost done with the original track update, someone on this forum sent me 2 tracks asking to take a look at them. They are basically broken and useless for now. I got to thinking, maybe just MAYBE I can take my track editing to another level. I want to try and fix the 'broken' tracks of NR2003. So i wanted to see if you guys could send me tracks via links on this thread. Maybe this can bring some of the other nr2003 players back to this community or even new people to the game. I'm not sure, but I would like to try and fix these tracks! Not sure when or even if I can fix them but I am willing to try over time. Also, tracks that need graphics updates or mips and such might be last on my list. I've been wanting to learn how to do all of that and I have somewhat of an idea not am not experienced with that yet. So with that being said send me any links you have! The message I received was for Melbourne. So i am working on that track and it is a pain! Haha.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I haven’t blogged in months. It should be expected by now, lol. There’s been a ton of things that’s happened since my last blog, much too many to write about here. Basically in the end, a bunch of things went down, none of it really bad, and I just neglected the blog for a while, and I’ll end up neglecting it again. But as the title of this post suggests, I’m slowly returning to my old ways. What does that actually mean to anyone that reads this? Well, let me think here…

I’m a fan of the racing sim NASCAR Racing: 2003 Season (NR2003), this blog was intended to showcase work I do for the game, provide me a private space to share files, and allow me to blog any ongoing projects. Instead I kinda posted a lot of stuff on other topics, which I’m sure I’ll do in the future as well, but hopefully not as much. So with that said, I’ve been working on a project that is mainly intended for NR2003, but anyone can enjoy this one. I’ve been making some new Sprint Cup Series models. It’s a big project for me, 5 makes in total. I just got tired of not having something that was much more accurate to the real cars to play with. Originally I wanted to get back into painting a few cool cars I seen from the 2016 NASCAR season, and I found out the models we had, just were not accurate. It forced me to change the scheme a bit, much of which was a pain because it really was quite a intricate paint job. so much of what I recreated after using photos for reference didn’t fit on the model. This was the reason why I quit painting cars in the first place. So instead of doing a half-ass conversion and ruining the original artist’s interpretation, I decided I’d just go ahead and make my own damn model. I made the Chevy SS and was just gonna leave it at that, but I had a lot of fun that I haven’t had in a long while so I decided to make even more models. In the end, I made 5 models total, the 2016 Chevy SS, 2016 Dodge Charger, 2016 Ford Fusion, 2016 Toyota Camry, and even the 2018 Toyota Camry. The models were a blast to make, especially the Charger. Seeing Dodge pulled out of NASCAR a few years back, I had freedom to kinda freestyle how I think it would look in NASCAR trim. And I feel I nailed the look. Even if I didn’t, the model looks bad ass nonetheless.

You can’t be a NASCAR fan and not love the looks of that, lol. So far, the bodies are complete, the mapping is mainly complete, though I might have to add a couple of things before release, and I’m almost done with the chassis and interior for the Chevy. These models, once finished, will be posted online for all to enjoy. I will be including the models (3ds Max 2009, 8 formats and obj), textures, and whatever else is required. They will be free to use for non-commercial use only, so you can use them in other games, apps, or whatever as long as you’re not profiting from them in any way, shape, or form. And you can bet your ass, they work in NR2003, I’ve already tested them in there. I did this once before with the Xfinity Series cars. only difference is they did not have any textures, it was just the bodies, rollcage, and wheels. In fact, here’s the link if anyone wants them…

These weren’t perfectly modeled, but they’re pretty damn good. In fact, I’ve actually started updating the models a little because I came across some reference to help make them way more accurate. But I won’t be able to get to them all till a while after I’m done with the Sprint Cup Series models.

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So for now, this is what I’ve been doing with my time. I’ve returned to my NR2003 roots, and man I can’t wait till this project is finished and people can get a up close and personal look at these models. I hope people get to enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them. Catch ya’s later. 🙂

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(I'm sorry if asks like this get annoying but this is really fascinating to me) So I know some stuff, based on another ask I did. But you make dark so intricate and believable. The way he snakes his way into things and his way of wording things (giving you an answer and providing 5 more questions off of it) and I just wanted to know if you could explain how you decide to word it, or when to know he would be best to come in- (this is rlly vague and long and I apologize-)

It’s not annoying at all. It’s actually very flattering. 

When writing Darkiplier’s dialogue, there are a few traits that I try to consistently maximise, based off the videos he’s actually been in.

Commands. Dark tends not to ask a question if he can give an instruction instead. “Tell me X“ instead of “Why are you doing X”. 

Concise dialogue. I try to make all of Dark’s dialogue as short as possible. This leaves less room to say something weak or foolish, and makes each phrase relatively stronger. Every word counts for as much as possible without sounding like he’s some kind of walking thesaurus. For example, ‘when you return’ instead of ‘when you come back’. 

He certainly doesn’t use filler words much, if at all. Words like ‘um, well, eh, like, really’. He is more likely to remain silent until he has a proper sentence structured. 

If Dark can use words to give himself an advantage or make the other person in the conversation sound stupid, he will do so. Every interaction is strategic for him. 

He tends not to answer questions. Answers will either be indirect, require more information, or if they are straightforward, are of no consequence to him at all if you know the answer. 

It regards to when I place him in a story, it’s basically as close to the action or interesting bit as possible. Dark is patient, but he’s not going to waste all day on something if it’s at all possible to avoid doing so. This also makes for more interesting writing, as boring bits at the beginning or end can be trimmed, so you get straight into it. 

I think of it in terms of Dark being condensed. He’s not present for any longer than he has to be to accomplish his goal, he doesn’t waste and words so packs meaning into less. There’s not much ‘spare’ to his character, he plays things close to his chest and controls what he reveals, though it’s always implied that he knows everything and intended for everything to happen. (Sometimes he does, sometimes he’s planning to take advantage of a situation regardless of which of the two possible outcomes occurs). Compare this to Anti, who can literally be all over the place. 

He definitely uses slippery phrases from time to time, where the implied meaning is different from the actual meaning. Compare “I should apologise” to “I am sorry”. Both sound like they should mean the same thing, but they definitely don’t. 

I have the advantage writing him because I can make the other character fall into his verbal traps more easily than some people would, which was a pretty major premise in ‘my mistake’.

I’m always happy to talk about these things, and I hope that feeds some ideas. 

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Sure, slap an Android touchscreen on some headphones

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Sure, slap an Android touchscreen on some headphones

Appearance: I’m not pronouncing that the Vinci headphones, which places a full touchscreen interface on wireless headphones, are an awesome concept. But they may be surely an idea that managed to elevate over 1,000,000 dollars on Indiegogo. The concept is simple: you just want your track to your headphones instead of for your cell phone, However, surely you furthermore might need Spotify and the only correct way to do that is to use a touchscreen. Bam: personalize Android a bit and positioned it at the facet of some cans — properly they’re more like Altoids tins because they’re rectangular — and away you go.

What can I let you know about the Vinci headphones? I will inform you that they in reality sound like nothing special for on-ear headphones, mainly ones that value $129. I’m able to tell you that once you get over the ridiculousness of getting a display on the side of your face, there is something barely smart approximately making a fully self-contained track device that nonetheless works with Spotify. I can inform you that you may turn the display screen off robotically once they’re on so you don’t Look absolutely insane. I’m able to inform you that you may slap a SIM card in there and use it to movement track

Hell, I can even inform you that despite the fact that touch controls on headphones are universally bad, the touch controls at the Vinci paintings midway decently, because the contact surface on the aspect is so large that you may simply make large, extensive gestures which are less complicated to pull off. I’m able to inform you that the custom construct of Android right here is clearly well designed, speedy and simple. My 2016 Honda Civic has a custom version of Android, too, and it’s rubbish in comparison to how nicely this works. cross figure!

I’m able to inform you that there’s a custom clever assistant in them so you can use voice manipulate to manipulate Spotify and SoundCloud — one that didn’t definitely work all that well for me.

I will tell you they threw Alexa in there, too, because why not

What I will tell you is to shop for them, due to the fact even though these are much better done than I would have anticipated, they’re nevertheless executing on a peculiar idea. And they don’t sound proper enough to justify everything that’s happening right here. But I like that they exist and that I even like that’s there’s a “Pro” model with higher sound and extra storage coming out later this yr.

Android Mobile Application Development – The Essence of Any Business

Android is the open supply operating system by way of Google. Since 2008, it has come to be the most favored alternative to traditional working systems especially in terms of mobile gadgets. This is why android cell software development has emerged as crucial to any business that would love to get noticed, attain out to extra clients, and provide the best-quality customer service. There are many benefits to developing an app for Android gadgets, most extensively flexibility. App porting is problem-unfastened, and app developers can easily control the gadget sources.

When you have an Android mobile app to your enterprise, you could make it be had in Google Play Save wherein purchasers download the majority of their packages. Play Keep has greater than 1.three million programs (and counting) thus far. This indicates the recognition of Android apps with millions of users around the arena. A reputable Android utility development business enterprise with years of experience in developing mobile apps for this operating device ought to be able to help you get started out in growing a custom and cellular app that could help increase your ROI and improve your customer service.

Android cellular utility improvement is cost-effective, and this makes it best for small and medium-sized organizations that may not have the assets to invest in apps for every other OS. Being open supply is the reason why Android mobile app development calls for a lower funding. This means developers can use the software development package freely and broaden apps based totally on Java, ensuing in a development technique that is less difficult to grasp and conduct. Likewise, developers can without problems make the application extra intricate at a more reasonable fee.

App improvement for Android has a tendency to have a quicker turnaround, too, for the reason that stages usually involve only three steps: (1) utility development, (2) testing, and (3) deployment to Google Play. Seasoned developers comply with a streamlined approach for growing Android mobile applications, too, and that they offer similar protection and guide on your apps, so you do no longer have to fear about accomplishing periodic updates and addressing bugs and vulnerabilities with the aid of your self.

Android cell software development may be realistic for a business that is implementing a BYOD policy. With Android, an enterprise will find it greater possible to undertake a BYOD coverage, When you consider that many Android devices are moderately priced, and the fee for utility development can be lower. builders can create an app which has diverse functions for an enterprise, even as ensuring that it’s miles relaxed.

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What Is the Technology Behind a Touch Screen?

Have you ever questioned simply how the contact display screen in your cellular smartphone, pill, LED tv or every other device really works? It’s far brilliant to think that we can now trouble commands to our gadgets with the contact of our hand and whilst this generation would possibly appear new, it has genuinely been around since the 1960’s.

In fact, the generation at the back of the touch display can sincerely trace proper returned to the 1940’s however it turned into only many years later that it, in reality, have become possible to apply on a big scale.

ATMs had been the usage of technology in view that 1965 that is when E.A. Johnson invented the primary finger-driven touch display screen that honestly used the equal capacitive contact mechanism this is still used in cell telephones and other gadgets to at the present time.

Despite the fact that there are other kinds of contact display screen generation together with resistive contact or multi-touch generation, capacitive contact technology is only that is desired for mass produced purchase products.

How is a Capacitive contact display Made?

Nowadays, a capacitive touch display works thru the use of an ITO touch film this is attached to the display screen. This touching film is basically a semiconductor that has been published out the usage of semiconductor production strategies which includes roll to roll processing which uses a roll to roll evaporator machine to create an electronic tool on a bendy plastic.

A roll to roll evaporator gadget from enterprise main producers are capable of mass produce ITO touch movie that may be used on diverse gadgets along with clever phones, Liquid crystal display or LED monitors, tablets, and Pc video display units.

Roll to roll generation is the desired approach over other technology inclusive of the roll to plate and plate to plate technology because of it providing a non-stop system and higher throughput than the others. That ITO touch film is then programmed the usage of software that allows us to present our devices instructions thru the usage of our fingers on the screen.

How to Choose Headphones That Will Pleasure Your Leisure Time

The journey of the headphones changed into in no way been clean. Once upon a time, the headsets had been so big, that putting them in the ears were a bit hard for the listeners. However, with the development of technology and making use of the evolving person of the machines, people have now produced something that we are able to call ‘wireless’.

The word ‘wireless’ can itself depict much stuff. It reveals the bodily benefits and the fitness benefits one could have in the event that they use those headphones. You should not deliver the notable wired thing around your head all of the time. As a substitute, just loosen up and placed the set on and voila!

The fitness advantages that you can get from the nice wireless headphones can be of numerous kinds. Well, no one can deny the blessings of taking note of the song even as the gym, going for walks, strolling or writing. It soothes the nerves of the brain and enhances the productivity, which continues you active. Now not only that, these headphones have their own speakers settled in the front of your mouth so that if a name comes, you could without difficulty pick it up and speak. those speakers are also adjustable which you can regulate with the aid of transferring right, left, up & down.

There is some functions extra which you need to be aware of.

The water resistant earphones Spilling of water can sincerely damage your headphones if they don’t have the water resistant facility on them. However, some headphones come with the earbuds which are a product of such a fabric so one can face up to the water from ruining it. This lets you run or walk putting them on your ears even inside the rain.