Hello everyone! I wanted to know what people do while waiting for their render to finish, do you play games? read books? watch TV? or anything else. I'll start you off with my list of pass times: Games: I play mostly Rogue-likes because they don't take much CPU power or memory. I play:
nethack http://www.nethack.org/
dwarf fortress http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/index.html
and ADOM http://www.adom.de/
For books I just started David Sedaris' Barrel fever, seems pretty good so far.
I also doodle a lot.
Ok there you go no add to it ;)
I stare at the screen and cheer it on.
lol old_blaggard.
If it is a short render I read books like Lone Survivor, Basic Economics, and Bankrupt. If it is really long I do it while I'm at work or when I'm asleep. ;D
Hmm perhaps I am truly alone in my activitys then
I work ;)
Well I encourage you all to take a look at my stuff to ,you know, broaden your vision.
Perfecting my plot for world conquest.
;D
.... ohhhhkay sure..um I'll be over here if ya need me, okay? okay.
hmm Perhaps I'm am just a renaissance man.
I work at programming, etc. or read.
Hmm.. where do I start?
Listen to music - Bob Dylan (fanatic), Neil Young, Steve Earl, Captain Beefheart, Cold Play, and 10.000 more), Read (currently Stephen Fry), watch movies (last one Deja Vu), Grow and tend veg garden, Cycle, Fish, Ski, go to Gym, Cook, Drink single malt scotch, Drink wine , Drink lager, get drunk, sun bathe, use digital camera etc.etc. ( How do I have time for TG2?).
It's an age thing Will!
Regards
Kevin.
I don't render much any more sense summer began. Ah Poopie! I have to wait for the winter so my PC stays cool for hours of TG2 render times. If i do render anything it's with other software so that it's shorter lived, it has to be for the time being. :P If i did render TG2 images i would listen to my music, clean the house, work on my story concepts or sleep. ;D
Quote from: Sethren on July 11, 2007, 05:12:49 PM
work on my story concepts ;D
Yeah, what's that about? Sounds intriguing
Kevin.
Yeah, I agree. You don't have to tell us your ideas, but this sounds delightful.
Quote from: Kevin F on July 11, 2007, 05:56:15 PM
Quote from: Sethren on July 11, 2007, 05:12:49 PM
work on my story concepts ;D
Yeah, what's that about? Sounds intriguing
Kevin.
Well, one night back in the early 90s, probably late 92' i found this new age/ambient music station sponsored by PBS called Echoes and all these cool images started popping in my head and it has not stopped since. Basically it's a series of incomplete science fiction stories and literally hundreds of pages of various ideas all relating to these stories in some way. It's huge, just way to complex to really give a general idea of the overall synopsis. It's a really a story of humanity, good vs the bad, human conflict told by a huge assortment of colorful characters. A lot of film had inspired me and of course the music. The sub-genre is say a mix of classic sci-fi, cyber-punk and suspense. Not much film inspires me anymore. I have matured a lot since my early years of writing. I find that most science fiction stinks full of cliches and the same stories told over and over. It's lost it's appeal i think, it's all cardboard characters and mindless action. Anyways i don't want to get into a huge discussion onto why i dislike 90% of sci-fi out there as that can go on for days. In my mind i just have always wanted to do what others have only hinted at. There is so much potential for this genre still.
I don't know if i will ever fill in all the gaps to my stories. Honestly i am more of a conceptual person and have a serious case of writers block. ;D
oh neat, those sound cool.
Maybe it isn't writers block. Maybe it's taking time to finish the idea.
What did you think of the last film by Kubrick that Spielberg finished? If this is too off-topic, I'll switch to a new Topic.
Quote from: Sethren on July 12, 2007, 02:10:08 PM
I don't know if i will ever fill in all the gaps to my stories. Honestly i am more of a conceptual person and have a serious case of writers block. ;D
no no I'll give you permission...this time
Quote from: calico on July 12, 2007, 02:59:27 PM
Maybe it isn't writers block. Maybe it's taking time to finish the idea.
What did you think of the last film by Kubrick that Spielberg finished? If this is too off-topic, I'll switch to a new Topic.
You mean AI. It was OK. The last hour of the film IMHO dragged and had a very depressing meaningless ending. It's like it lost all substance and honestly i really did not care for this robot child. I think if he would have had more time to develop with his assigned parents then maybe it would have been more plausible to care for him. Also we really did not get to know the human characters to well. There roles where to short lived. The film had potential.
what are your opinions on the new star wars trilogy?
This is exactly what I thought, but you know Kubrick passed on just before the movie was finished. Spielberg completed the film and some think it was not his best work. I bet that would have have been difficult, but maybe that last hour should have been left alone for awhile for artistic reasons. And then again I would only guess the moguls wanted their $$.
Quote from: Sethren on July 12, 2007, 05:22:41 PM
Quote from: calico on July 12, 2007, 02:59:27 PM
Maybe it isn't writers block. Maybe it's taking time to finish the idea.
What did you think of the last film by Kubrick that Spielberg finished? If this is too off-topic, I'll switch to a new Topic.
You mean AI. It was OK. The last hour of the film IMHO dragged and had a very depressing meaningless ending. It's like it lost all substance and honestly i really did not care for this robot child. I think if he would have had more time to develop with his assigned parents then maybe it would have been more plausible to care for him. Also we really did not get to know the human characters to well. There roles where to short lived. The film had potential.
HEre's my opinion -
They're fun and a lot more light-hearted than the first three (which are the middle three in context). For whatever reason, Lucas seemed a lot more patient with the crew on these recent films. It's almost like being in character wasn't as important. The story was cool, the graphics cool, some of the scenes were magnificent; but the problem I have (which I overlook every time I watch any of them) is that the characters don't seem real. Easy for me to say, I guess, since I don't act.
Nevertheless, I love sitting down over a period of a few weeks and watch all six in order.
Quote from: Will on July 12, 2007, 05:24:56 PM
what are your opinions on the new star wars trilogy?
yea, I thought they were a bit too focused on the romance than having a true epic feel. But we did get to see yoda fight and that makes it all worth it.
They annoy me. Lucas has lost it IMHO. They are nothing like the old episodes. To me they seemed more like effective eye candy then anything else. It's to cutesy, to kiddy. There are a lot of inconsistencies as well. I liked The Empire Strikes Back the best, well done, dark, the characters suffered, good plot. This is Star Wars at it's best i think. ROTJ could have been better though. Known fact that Lucas' wife had the idea of having Wookies but after there divorce he decided to include the Ewoks and to me that turned the film into a more light hearted element. I mean Ewoks helping defeat The Empire? Please! ::)
I read somewhere the the Wookies were used as slave labor the build The Death Star so having them to replace the Ewoks would have made a good vengeance plot and all that much more meaningful.
Episode III was OK. I liked the fact it was darker but still can not stand Haden Christansen as Anikan. I still see a whiny cardboard actor every time i see his performance. Overall i think the last film brought a decent closer to the series leading up Darth Vaders beginnings (Minus the "Nooooo"!) and the construction of The Death Star.
I did like the first one though, or at least parts of it. Not so much the story being told in it but that universe it implied. The Wookies were going to be in a scene in episode three but it got cut for time. personally I though the scene rocked but that just me.
Quote from: Sethren on July 12, 2007, 02:10:08 PM
Well, one night back in the early 90s, ..........................
I don't know if i will ever fill in all the gaps to my stories. Honestly i am more of a conceptual person and have a serious case of writers block. ;D
Very interesting, I hope you get to pull it all together some day. I used to be a big Sci-fi reader years ago. Read all the Philip K Dick books which are varied but can be excellent when you get used to his style. My favorite Sci-fi book of all time though is Non Stop by Brian Aldiss, highly recommended, If you haven't read it but are going to, don't be tempted to read any of the final pages. The ending is amazing.
Kevin.
hey, semi off-topic, but I play Lux Delux (which is just risk, but has various maps to keep variation). Its light in CPU usage, so you can play while you render! ;)
I sleep