Signs You've Been Using the Toolset too Much
Ever feel like you've been using the toolset too much? Here are some common warning signs.
1) You walk past the doors at your local hardware store and want to rotate them 45 degrees by clicking your mouse.
2) Your surprised when books on a bookshelf aren't one interconnected group, but are actual individual books.
3) You are startled when common objects have non-transparent bottoms.
4) You feel the need to bake your living room after re-arranging the furniture or rebake your front yard after mowing the lawn.
5) You can no longer change light bulbs, you spend all your time looking for the light source object and try to change the brightness.
6) You spend entirely too much time wondering if your dishes and silverware have been converted to environmental objects.
Please post your own and contribute to the fun.
(Note 2/28/2008 - people are adding to the list in the comments section. Absolutely hilarious stuff. You've got to read the comments for this post.)
1) You walk past the doors at your local hardware store and want to rotate them 45 degrees by clicking your mouse.
2) Your surprised when books on a bookshelf aren't one interconnected group, but are actual individual books.
3) You are startled when common objects have non-transparent bottoms.
4) You feel the need to bake your living room after re-arranging the furniture or rebake your front yard after mowing the lawn.
5) You can no longer change light bulbs, you spend all your time looking for the light source object and try to change the brightness.
6) You spend entirely too much time wondering if your dishes and silverware have been converted to environmental objects.
Please post your own and contribute to the fun.
(Note 2/28/2008 - people are adding to the list in the comments section. Absolutely hilarious stuff. You've got to read the comments for this post.)
1) You find yourself uttering the words "2DA or not 2DA"
ReplyDelete2) You wonder how hard it would be to tint your couch
3) The horizon looks strange without a grid on it
4) You become Agoraphobic because there is no fog in the distance
5) Whenever you pass someone you look for the bounding green box
6) You can see the NWN Toolset logo when you close your eyes, its now burned onto your retina
7) You write blog entries about signs you have been using the Toolset too much ;)
omg I'm glad I'm just the writer!!! lol
ReplyDeleteawesome post! bake your lawn! Tint your couch!
I've noticed a few things
ReplyDelete1. I try to navigate webpages and screenshots the same way i do in the toolset - holding down to mousewheel to rotate the camera - the number of times I do that when i'm just looking at a jpeg is crazy
2. I walked past a sloping grassy bank yesterday, and my first thought was - "I'd not be able to make that in the toolset because the texture would look too stretched." I catch myself looking at fields and wondering about translating them into the game too
1. I want to hold down the S-key when placing myh coffe mug on the desk (so it would stack and not drop to the floor)
ReplyDelete2. When looking on NWN1/2 screen shots on web pages I often try to rotate and tilt them as in the toolset.
3. When biking to work every morning I can see orange collision boxes everywhere in the corner of my eye.
4. When taking a walk in the nearby
RL exterior area, I said to my wife that the texture blending of a small ditch was wrong. (She laughed at me)
5. I'm saving my files in other programs then the Toolset very often to prevent crashes.
6. I'm measuring the world in tiles. We're moving or company office to a new place and on the last meeting I said somthing like. "It's almos three tiles big! Of course all the developers can sit in it together."
7. When looking at my self in the mirror I think that I accidently must have changed the x, y proportions and want to change them back to 1,1,1.
Similar to a few above, but I've found that I now have a heightened awareness for and increased admiration for various textures I encounter in real life. ;)
ReplyDeleteThese are FANTASTIC. I am laughing my ass off. What a great way to start my day. Thanks for the contributions everyone. Please keep them coming! Too funny.
ReplyDeleteI love these! There are more great ones in this thread from last year
ReplyDeleteMy own personal RL one (besides trying to rotate screenshots...): I wish I had a PowerBar plugin for MS Word 2003. I keep pressing the PowerBar maximize workspace key combination (crtl-M by default) to close the Word side panel (like what you get when you look up a synonym).
Great items from that thread. Some of my favorites were:
ReplyDelete* Worry that the world is going to crash due to too many tree types.
* Look at pictures of a wheat field and wonder how they got so many blades of grass in one area
Signs you have been playing Neverwinter Nights 2 too much:
ReplyDelete10) You read peoples moods by looking at what colour circle is at their feet
9) You wish there was a quick slot bar in real life
8) Your partner looks at you incredulously when you lose the next argument muttering "I rolled a natural ONE!"
7) You find yourself running everywhere you go
6) You try to put a GEAS on your kids to keep their rooms clean
5) The next time you are out with your mates and one of them farts you yell "Fortitude Save!"
4) When you meet someone new, you ask what sub-race they are as a conversation starter
3) Your caught with your hand in the cookie jar and just WISH that "Hide in plain sight" was real!
2) When someone asks what you do for a living you say you are a 16th level Programmer/Analyst/Writer/Adventurer
1) Everyone nearby is looking at you wierdly because your screaming "Alright!!" at the thought that a Mana Potion REALLY exists
You know you have played to many Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2 Modules when..
ReplyDelete1) All your dreams consist of elves, dwarves and taverns!
2)When real life gets in the way of the part 2 module series released that weekend.
3)When your cooking dinner and think your wooden spoon could work great with a +1 Enchantment.
4)When the first thing you do when you log onto your computer is check comments on the vault. "what email?"
5) When you have a routine of blog watching!
You know. This list could go on forever!! "stopping now"
"When real life gets in the way of the part 2 module series released that weekend."
ReplyDeleteThat's not funny. That's REAL!!! That happens all the time. (lol)
When ever I succeed or fail I comment that I've made or failed my saving throw vs [insert task name] (I really do)
Your wife can't fall asleep without the soothing sounds of you screaming the F word at your computer monitor.
ReplyDeleteOh my...
ReplyDeleteI had a funny feeling this topic would generate a lot of posts.
The F word? Flowers? aww, that is sweet, "giggles"
ReplyDeleteThese are TOO FUNNY!! ROFLOL!!! You know you been playing too much when you come a RL locked door and think "should I bash it?", then you look around to see were Neeska is. HA!
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely hilarious! :D I've not managed to come up with one myself but if I do, I'll be sure to post it here. Good stuff! :D
ReplyDeleteBy the way Enoa4, I have added your blog to my own blog so if you feel like it perhaps you could add mine to yours? Advertising is always good, isn't it? :D
My blog can be found at berra-nwn.blogspot.com
Good luck in future works!
@Berra I'd be happy to set up a link to your blog. Thanks for including a link to mine.
ReplyDeleteThis thread is pretty good.
@Liso and @Gruizzer you should find some good ones of the bioware thread a year ago, and perhaps some good ones from this post and do a top ten on an upcoming podcast.
Way a head of ya Ernie :)
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