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Sorry guys, I haven't visited the func properly in months, so I haven't been actively ignoring posts; just inactively ignoring them, or something. Eh.
Anyway, in answer to people wondering whether I've abandoned my quake project I was pimping about 18 months ago (or whenever). Here's the current status: The work has not been abandoned - but it will no longer be for "quake" - as it is being turned into a free, standalone game made in a modern engine, although the game will closely adhere to the aesthetics of quake (i.e. low poly chunky geometry, point-filtered textures etc.) It will look quakey, play quakey and have a quakey atmosphere etc. - it definitely won't look like a "HD remake" or any such bullshit. Here's the thing though - it's not even close to being finished because it's currently sitting in third priority behind two commercial projects which are taking all my time up for now. I'll let you know once things start really moving on it and/or I have stuff to show. whats your problem with a new chthon?
Did you even read the rest of my post, you useless, permanently drunk shite? I'm not trolling. I love the fact that whether you believe the mainstream science take on our history or not (which includes the conclusion that we have had very strong intelligence, speech and hearing for well over 100'000 years) it is given that the age of the Sphinx is almost impossible to truly determine because you cannot carbon-date stone.
Not they have found CITIES of ruins underneath 30 METERS of sediment in South Africa. I mean 6-10 thousand years is one guess, but it wouldn't shock me if in a few years, after some more excavations, they start unraveling more evidence for our origins that points to something different from 6000 years ago. More like 100'000 years+. And the missing link is still missing. is that I love the fact that people instantly dismiss this as BS. Like they KNOW that the know better. Yeah right. I like to keep an open mind.
I watched the whole video, a friend mailed me this one too..
If those numbers are correct (20 million or more of these structures), then archaeologists have too explain that. I wonder what they will present as an explanation. Ricky, link us to some actually scientific sources. Then we a) have a base to talk about and b) found a link. An open mind can be easily misled. The video you linked is esoteric rubbish, I mean just look at the topics he goes into and how he cites zero sources (I only skipped through it because I found it a waste of time). Wake up, sheep!
alternative archaeology is lots of fun in Lovecraft, but I'll wait until theories are accepted as mainstream science before strongly believing in them.
Especially about the specifics of the Adams Calendar site being anything near to what he says it is. I'm just saying that I think it makes sense, actually. At makes sense to me that we might not have got to be here in the way that we are told in mainstream science.
Some what the guy said didn't convince me at all, especially when he starts talking about psychics and channeling and suchlike. I mean how the FUCK do you explain, for example, how the Egyptians knew about the existence of the planets that we didn't even discover until 100-200 years ago, because they aren't even visible through any kind of conventional telescope?!?! It's undeniable that there are documented ancient carvings and paintings depicting them. So, go on then, mainstream science - explain. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Hieroglif_z_Abydos.jpg
Yeah - sorry - not the Egyptians, the other lot, but the Egyptians knew about HELICOPTERS dude... blah blah blah...
I highly doubt the ancient egyptians knew about 20th century technology. An open mind is sheer laziness. An open mind is simply hedging one's bets whilst indulging in pseudo-intellectual claptrap. Either you believe or you don't.
Yeah, I've got an open mind about the non-existence of God. Let's discuss world religion. G'night. I once found what appeared to be an Elder Thing in my back garden. Remembering that Lovecraft described them as part vegetable I watered and nurtured it, patiently waiting for it to communicate, or, as a second best, sprout wings and fly off.
A week later, the ungodly stench permeated the garden, causing much alarums in my neighbours. My brother came over and asked me why there was a partially digested star fruit covered in puke sat in my back garden. Undaunted, I changed tack and tried to discover the mysterious chain of events that would a) cause someone to make a star fruit curry and b) puke it up in my back garden without visible means of ingress! "The truth might be out there, but the lies are in your head" If you ever find Dargaia�s nectar, you�ll probably be one of the ones who have been looking for it all their lives, and thus won�t need any instructions on what to do with it.Dargaia s Nectar by Pillorian
MasartorioAdded by Masartorio Just the same, it�s pretty simple, at least to start with. Make sure your affairs are in order (in case you have a bad reaction), and then? Bottoms up. The coming months are the least pleasant part. You�ll find yourself unable to keep food down long before you�re far enough along to stop needing it. Same with sleep. The color of your blood will be off, and your veins will consequently stand out more. Expect a few ingrown body parts; little things, just fingers and ears and teeth, usually pressing up against the skin. Make sure you�re caught up on your booster shots because you�re never going in for a checkup again. Or wearing anything more revealing than a trenchcoat in public, most likely. Eventually, a little cut on your belly will start �unhealing�, becoming a puss-filled wound in a few days. Over the coming week, three things will emerge from this. The first object resembles a greasy black beechnut with maybe a tooth or two growing from it. When you�re dead someone will eventually find it and use it to make a new batch of Dargaia�s nectar. Hide it well, make things fun for future generations. The second object basically looks like a softball-sized cluster of veins, many of them broken and leaking oily black stuff, all wrapped around something. Then it�ll squirm and you�ll notice the twisted little skinless fetus in the middle. It will only survive for about twenty seconds. Burn the remains. The third object will be a� Well, let�s just call it �object 3″. It�s easier that way. You can plant it anywhere you want. I advise some place where you don�t mind spending all your time and no-one else would go. Your back yard or under your cellar works if you don�t have any roommates; as long as there�s fertile soil. Dig at least five feet down. It won�t want to be buried, but just keep piling dirt onto it. If you can still hear it when you�re finished you haven't gone deep enough. Its veins (or roots, I guess) will eventually spread in all direction about a foot and a half for every year of your life. Grass and weeds will grow stiff and bony, or black and oily, or take on the color and texture of a spider bite, or rice paper. Wood will be infected too; you�ll hear the arteries in your walls pulsing on quiet nights. The ground will rot with dead insect and animal life. Don�t mow your lawn; it bleeds like hell. This is your sanctuary. No matter what threats or injuries beset you outside, here you will be safe and healthy. Well, what passes for �healthy� for you now. And if you really hate someone, bring them here. Trick them into coming. They�ll get infected, one way or another; a lungful of spore, a thorn-prick, a bit of residue on their hand. They will vomit blood and the blood will have tiny centipedes in it. They�ll shit out their own spinal fluids. Their eyes will milk over and hatch, little spines and brambles will grow from the sockets. They�ll survive for months or years, doctors will be baffled, it will be completely fucking great. That�s all for starters. You�ll learn more as you go. Much more. But if I told you everything now you might not do it. Whatever you do, just guard it with your life, with your very soul. If you think you�re in danger of losing it, dig it up, kill it with a silver needle, let someone else make a new one some day. You�ll feel as if you�ve pierced your own heart, but it�s better than letting it fall into the wrong hands. Because you�re a Holder now. And you�d better not let them come together. the whole "ancient aliens" /Von Daniken / "aliens built the pyramids" thing is actually ripped off of Lovecraft, through a bad French translation iirc (see the book "H. P. Lovecraft and the Cult of Alien Gods." It was so awesome seeing the ancient aliens stuff on the HISTORY channel! like really! what's next?
Of course the achievements of some ancient civilizations are impressive. But why are we so easily impressed with those things, when we have the internet, the beginnings of commercial space travel, nanotechnology, neuroscience, physicists figuring out what happened a second after the big bang... we figured all those things out without any alien help! tronyn, cos the scale is mind boggling? Seriously they are worth checking out in person.
well I have seen the pyramids (I would be more hesitant to travel to Egypt now!) and other ancient ruins in Egypt, and yes, they were amazing (and I hope to see more such places in the world). But when you think about it, your average ugly skyscraper or (ugh) sports stadium is a more impressive engineering achievement, while mapping the human genome pretty much dwarfs 99% of all civilization's accomplishments before it.
The coliseum is tiny when you see it.
Whilst the work scanning the stars or mapping the genome is so big it doesn't fit in my head.
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