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HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*
Posted By: padraig08Date: 12/14/11 3:08 p.m.


ok, thought you guys would enjoy a little anecdote from earlier today.

So, there's this girl... yeah I know most stories start this way, but whatever...

Ahrem! So, there's this girl, right? and totally like cute and stuff, and we're in the same project team for something that isn't important to the story. So, we're talking about classes and other BS like that, and she was telling me about an assignment she had for a class where they had to design snowboard designs (the decals and such) based on themes. She said, "I got basic geometry and Halo, do you know anything about that?"

CHA-CHING! YOU HEAR THAT MOM AND DAD, IT FINALLY HAPPENED! MY NERD KNOWLEDGE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE USUAL TO ANOTHER HUMAN BEING! A GIRL EVEN! THAT I KNOW!

(ok, ok deep breath)

Alright, where was I? Oh, yes. So as I tried to hide the squeals of excitement, I said "Oh yea, I know a bit about that."

So she showed me what she had so far, and for not really knowing anything about Halo, she had some good stuff. She had big lasers coming down from the sky from silver hexagons and an explosion. I told her I liked the lasers and stuff (could pass for glassing, really pretty glassing), then showed her some Forerunner designs and architecture, some plasma explosions (she really liked those, the splash and electric effects are boss), and some space scenes with planets and stars.

I ended showing her the Forerunner key ship for reference, then realized I was wearing what I was wearing, unzipped my hoodie a little and showed her it was on my HBO shirt. She laughed and said "I did ask the right person."

So, knowing about Halo and being a bit nerdy helped me connect with a girl, who doesn't really play video games. I couldn't have predicted that one.

-Padraig

P.S. She said her theme was "Halo" but she had to do generic and generalized designs over some copyrights. My question was, "If you can't break copyright, then why would they give you something as brand specific as Halo?"

P.P.S. Also, apparently this is a part of some competition, where they could pick hers and make it into a snowboard for reals. then it would show up here as a "Look who ripped off Halo" thread. Ahh, the circle of life.


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HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*padraig08 12/14/11 3:08 p.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*Hedgemony 12/14/11 3:31 p.m.
           Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*Avateur 12/14/11 3:45 p.m.
                 Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*bluerunner 12/14/11 3:48 p.m.
                 Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*Hedgemony 12/14/11 4:01 p.m.
                       I'm Avateur, and I approve this message *NM*Avateur 12/14/11 5:36 p.m.
                             HBO: Talent, wit and prose. *NM*MoltenSlowa 12/14/11 11:29 p.m.
           Don't stop me now!Chris101b 12/14/11 3:47 p.m.
                 Don't you mean....munky-058 12/14/11 3:51 p.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*Revenant1988 12/14/11 3:47 p.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*Stephen L. (SoundEffect) 12/14/11 4:05 p.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*Kermit 12/14/11 4:09 p.m.
           Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*Hedgemony 12/14/11 4:19 p.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*DMFanella 12/14/11 5:13 p.m.
           Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*GrimBrother One 12/14/11 5:21 p.m.
                 Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*DMFanella 12/14/11 5:24 p.m.
     I love that this got front paged.LostSpartan987 12/14/11 6:29 p.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*stabbim 12/14/11 6:39 p.m.
     jilly and tex r hotter *NM*SonofMacPhisto 12/14/11 6:55 p.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*Robofin117 12/15/11 12:25 a.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*JDQuackers 12/15/11 6:37 a.m.
           Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*padraig08 12/15/11 10:52 a.m.
     Re: HBO don't fail me now! *sOT*TheSparbiter 12/17/11 4:25 a.m.



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