If there's one thing I really hate, it's when people don't notice or appreciate something I do.

On a very related side note:

I don't have a tumblr, but I do have a long list of them bookmarked. This means that sometimes I don't see updates, and sometimes I get pretty far behind. Sometimes one or two blogs get lost in the shuffle.

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No, not referring to my favorite DooM weapon. And in the Raridoom mod it's called the spreadshot, so that's not it either.

No, I'm talking about my writing style, and referencing the method for genetic sequencing. Basically, they take the whole strand (whole story in my case), and slice it up into many little pieces, and then stitch it all together.

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...when you're exporting your sprites, and you've gotten all forty little pictures perfectly exported and all lined up, and you test the game... and then realize you forgot to copy over the ear.
The ear.
I remembered the tail! I remembered the horn! I remembered the magic glow! I even added derp eyes on the third-to-last frame of the death sequence! But nuuuuu.... I forget the freaking ear.

Stupid great and powerful Trixieling... I'll be coming after you with the freaking hoofblades now.

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So I've been avoiding homework working on a personal project. I've been adding ponies to Doom.

I'm almost done with the first six or so levels, but I am going to need beta testers, and feedback from someone who is not me and who doesn't know where the ambushes and secrets are. I'll be posting the download link when I'm done.
Good idea? Bad idea? Heck, who knows, but hey--ponies and changelings.

What I would do if I were in charge of season 3 (and why you should be glad that I am not)

10) I would relegate Trixie to a background character--a shot of her tail here, a shot from behind there, a poster elsewhere--and not give her any lines until the season finale, where her actions would be pivotal to the salvation of Equestria. Then I would sit back and watch to see the bronies figure out if they should love me or hate me.

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So I've been working on modding the DooM engine so it's Rarity versus an army of changelings. I have had more fun with this than I should have.
But, of course, it comes with its own set of problems.

> Draw changeling
> Scan drawing
> Vector said changeling
> Think that it looks good for what little talent I have
> Export to .png
> Resize the .png file so it fits the DooM engine
> Realize that it has been resized to 20x60
> Lose all the detail

....
okay.jpg

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Some people do massive social experiments, involving switching of stories and testing to see if an author's popularity affects how well a story is received, and apparently, it does.
In my defense, I don't look much at the author, anyway. I mostly look at the title and description, and I'll probably skip it if there are any spelling mistakes (and HiEs I skip automatically). But I digress.
And then there's me.

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Rarity versus an entire realm of changelings...
using the DooM engine.

Best idea ever, or best idea ever?

http://iwl.me/
This is a web page that apparently analyzes your writing style.
I tried a chapter of one unpublished story (working title: "Griffons and Magic and Nightmares, oh my!" ...yeah, it needs work, doesn't it? I was always bad with names...) and it gave me the result J R R Tolkien.

This, of course, made me feel really good about myself.

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...the condition of being unable to focus on one project for more than a certain amount of time.
After realizing that I have eight Writer windows open (one of which has very sketchy lines for a four-part story, and one is a sequel to another story that I'm not even halfway done with yet), or nine if you're counting the notepad file with the Epic Rap Battles of Equestria, I have decided that I might possibly have project ADD.

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