Re: Tzeentch's Thread of Everchanging Topics

by **Kristeas Sunbinder** Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:27 pm

Dref, I think the point is that they don't have a government at the moment.

by **Dréfurion** Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:30 pm

I know.. Because the politicians fail at working together -> bad politicians. Who is running the country now anyway?

by Guest Sat Jul 30, 2011 4:31 pm

Nithel wrote:let me tell you, I'm belgian and we know a thing or two about politics. so gather round and listen up kids. Its campfire time

Tzeentch's Thread of Everchanging Topics - Page 14 Emot-a10

I think Belgians should vote for Nithel!

by **Nithel** Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:17 pm

Cirenae wrote:
Nithel wrote:let me tell you, I'm belgian and we know a thing or two about politics. so gather round and listen up kids. Its campfire time

I think Belgians should vote for Nithel!

Yay! Nithel for president!!

You'll get to be my PR minister.

by **Shaelyssa** Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:50 pm

Cirenae wrote:

While this is what an american would see:

(I'm so diplomatic I know...)

Rofl I have to confess that's all I saw too

by **Seranita** Sat Jul 30, 2011 10:33 pm

that immage just remindes me of an episode of the simsons with the fat bart simson in his 20's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSJQEl5vcAo&feature=player_detailpage

by **Jakins** Mon Aug 01, 2011 12:15 pm

Ho geezus:

Tzeentch's Thread of Everchanging Topics - Page 14 Futurama_by_darey_dawn-d3upto9

This artwork is just gold.

by **bloop** Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:20 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYw8HjN21bk

by **Yarnaat** Mon Aug 01, 2011 2:22 pm

by **Morinth** Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:43 pm

by **Dréfurion** Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:45 pm

by **Rmuffn** Mon Aug 01, 2011 4:45 pm

LoL'd.

by **Lavian** Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:30 pm

Breakthrough in computer graphics inc?

by **Lini** Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:43 pm

Eira wrote:Breakthrough in computer graphics inc?

Looks pretty neat but I don't think we should be holding our breath just yet.

by **Seranita** Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:45 pm

o.O if that is real *drools*

by **Jayse** Mon Aug 01, 2011 11:19 pm

Wholly.. shit..

That is literally.. (if it's not bullshit) As groundbreaking as the very first version of Pong..

I need to show this to some guys at work

by **Saevir** Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:06 am

The tech is very interesting, but I can think of a few things that could stop it from seeing widespread adoption, which the video didn't really cover.

1) How does the demands it make of hardware compare to current game engines? This is the big one. If it requires a different emphasis on hardware components (like heavy dependency on the CPU and RAM with little effect from high-end graphics cards), then it'd be hard to convince the industry to shift, especially as current generation console hardware is geared toward polygon rendering. If this tech can't leverage current hardware compositions -and- console hardware just as well, it won't break through. Developers makes games for the hardware that is in use, and hardware manufacturers make hardware for the games that are being made. Voxel rendering never took off for the same reason.

2) How much control and flexibility does it allow over the visual style of the game? Does it allow for deliberately non-realistic cartoon styles such as in WoW of Team Fortress 2 as easily as polygon rendering does?

3) The video didn't really show any non-static geometry. How well does animated geometry perform? Can existing skeletal animation systems be used with this rendering?

4) How easy is it to implement this tech with existing non-graphic tech (collision detection, object physics, engine scripting, etc)?

5) <TinfoilHatMode> Big established tech companies and hardware manufacturers buying out and burying the tech to avoid upsetting a status quo that they are comfortable with?

by **Lavian** Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:24 am

Also on a side note of that vid. I cannot listen to that guy without thinking in Mikasa's voice.

by **Valerias** Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:32 am

Eira wrote:Also on a side note of that vid. I cannot listen to that guy without thinking in Mikasa's voice.

Hahaha. Oh... dear. You are so correct.

by **Mandui** Tue Aug 02, 2011 12:51 am

First of:

Eira wrote:Breakthrough in computer graphics inc?

Hoooooly shit if this does become widespread Shocked

Also:

Eira wrote:Also on a side note of that vid. I cannot listen to that guy without thinking in Mikasa's voice.

Hoooooly shit you are right! Shocked

...though Mikasa is a bitter harder on the consonants, with random high pitched tones now and then.... *ducks*

by **Timna** Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:28 am

Long text, though it's my favourite poem I can currently think of.

- In the movie 'The Haunting in Connecticut', spoilered due to large amount of text.

Spoiler:

by **corleth** Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:46 am

My face when the Dragon cave thread has more pages than the music you listen to thread and its only been around for a few weeks.

Spoiler:

by **Rmuffn** Tue Aug 02, 2011 1:57 am

Corleth/Greagoir wrote:My face when the Dragon cave thread has more pages than the music you listen to thread and its only been around for a few weeks.

Spoiler:

Well do bare in mind that the music thread has restarted a good amount of times. ;p

by **Ron Sexton** Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:52 pm

http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/photos/25-accidentally-naughty-headlines

by **corleth** Tue Aug 02, 2011 2:58 pm

"Keagan fills Schmelchel's gap with seaman" is just brilliant.

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