Logan Felipe

An RTS/RPG/FPS might be cool. You could start out as a soldier or low ranking officer, then rise through the ranks with an experience base level up system. You could upgrade your tactical effectiveness with different unlockable bonuses that can be used during battles, and specialize in different areas of combat (special ops akin to Republic commando or rogue squadron, fleet/ground commander eaw style etc.). Your squad/legion/fleet could have customized design options. Additionally, for another rpg twist, the campaign mode's story could be affected by certain decisions you make (think star fox 64, but more complex and up to date). You could also defect, perhaps sell information (with the risk of being exposed). As say, a fleet admiral, you could promote or demote different subordinates based on their tactical prowess (think kotor party management mixed with the tech level upgrade system in Age of empires III/ Age of Mythology). Each mode of combat (e.g.: BF-like skirmish mode, Republic Commando-like special ops squad mode, tactical mode, etc.) could also be played sandbox style, either through a main menu or an ingame option; for multiplayer or single player. Thoughts?

I'm having trouble logging into FoC multiplayer. Whenever I try logging in, it gives me this message: "Failed to connect - you have been disconnected from the server. Please try again." I've tried creating a new account, but their user interface to do so is clumsy and not user friendly, and, though it registers that I've made accounts with certain user names, when I try actually logging into those accounts, it comes up with the same "Failed to connect" message. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Behold! The first trailer for Star Wars: The Treaty of Reticence. Copyright Disclaimer: All Star Wars trademarks are property of Lucasfilm, Ltd.

Here's one of mine I wrote a couple years ago: I wrote it in the campy style of the spider man radio program and 60s batman tv show (Sorry about the format; indentation translated poorly from microsoft word). The character is based on a seemingly invincible comet feeder fish I once had (whose name was comet). The Adventures of Comet the Super Fish! Comet and the Belligerent Bivalve. It is the first week of the salmon fly hatch. Thousands of salmon flies head for Blue Bay to ensure the survival of their species. And at the bottom of Blue Bay sits the underwater city of Icthopolis. Icthopolis depends upon the salmon fly hatch as part of the Icthopian diet. On an average day, Icthopolis is peaceful, yet bustling with aquatic life. But today, something smells fishy in Icthopolis; and it’s not the inhabitants! The evil scientist Dr. Shellfish, a selfish oyster bent on ruling the world, has designed a terrible device to aide his takeover of Icthopia. Zoo keeper Fred Flounder is concerned about this threat. But before he can investigate, he must change into his alter ego. Faster than a speeding pike! Stronger than the jaws of a Great White Shark! Able to lift up to 500 times his weight: Comet, the Super Fish! His identity concealed beneath his mask and cape, our hero makes a bee-line for Dr. Shellfish’s secret lab. He breaks down the door with his powerful tail and bursts into the room, blocking the main entrance. Dr. Shellfish swims towards the rear exit. “Not so fast, Shellfish!” Comet shouts. “You’re too late, Comet!” Shellfish snarls. “Nothing can stop me now! Once I activate my Algae Ray, the Bay will fill with algae. The Mayor will be forced to adhere to my commands! And then Icthopolis will be mine, MINE!! Mua-ha-ha-ha-ha!” “You can’t do that!” demands Comet. “The massive amounts of algae will suffocate the city! I won’t let you do that!” “…which is why I’ve called in my best mussels to deal with you!” Shellfish snaps his shell closed and opens it again. All around them, doors burst open and dozens of mussels burst into the room, surrounding our hero. Dr. Shellfish swims to the exit. “So long, Super Fish!” He locks the door behind him and gets to his Algae Ray’s transportation craft. “I’ve got to stop him!” exclaims Comet in desperation. “You heard the boss; you’re not goin’ anywhere!” says one of the mussels. “We’ll see about that!” Comet retorts. The mussels start rushing towards him. He knocks two of them away with a swat of his tail. He smacks away another with his right fin. One mussel manages to clamp onto his left fin. Comet slams it against the wall of the lab, and the mussel releases its grip. Another clamps onto his tail. Comet swims up to the glass window in the ceiling, slamming the mussel against it. The window shatters, glass cascading into the lab, bouncing harmlessly off of Comet’s scales. Free of the mussel, he soars through the empty window pane, using his super senses to follow Dr. Shellfish. He can see a trail of algae leading to Icthopolis. “Flipping flounders! I hope I’m not too late.” Suddenly, he feels something. “My Super Senses are tingling!” He turns around and sees a swarm of mussels chasing him. “They must have been following me; I’ll have to loose them!” As he turns back around, our hero sees an enormous octopus also heading for him. He sits still, watching both the octopus and the swarm of mussels race towards him. “Wait a minute, I have an idea!” He sits still, waiting for the right moment. Then, just as the octopus spreads his tentacles to devour our hero, he uses his Super Speed to dart out of the way of the impending collision. The swarm of mussels and the octopus meet head-on; both parties stunned. Taking advantage of this, Comet grasps all eight tentacles and envelopes the unconscious mussels with the octopus. Using his Super-Strength, he spins the octopus around rapidly, the tentacles gathered in his mouth. Once he has the desired speed, he lets go, sending his assailants soaring off into the distance. “That was closer than a chitin on basalt!” he exclaims. He then resumes his desperate flight. Meanwhile, in Icthopolis, Dr. Shellfish has begun to unleash his Algae Ray on the City. Algae begins to fill the water in thick clouds. “Citizens of Icthopolis!” he shouts from the top of Sturgeon Tower, his voice amplified by his loofah microphone. “I, Dr. Shellfish, the greatest scientist in all the seven seas, am willing to spare you, but only if you cooperate with my demands! Submit to me, and I will show you mercy!” “Stop right there, you bloated bivalve!” It’s Comet to the rescue! Dr. Shellfish is enraged. “Comet? But how- what did you do to my mussels?” “You all right, Doctor? You seem a little steamed there.” Comet taunts. “Get him!” Shellfish yells. More of his mussels speed towards our hero. Comet aligns himself properly. Then, just as the first mussel is about to hit… CRACK! Comet smacks the mussel back at the Algae Ray. He does this over and over, until the machine is riddled with Shellfish’s henchmen. Suddenly, sparks skip across the surface of the machine. And then… BOOM! The Algae Ray explodes in a plume of hot bubbles. “My Algae Ray!” exclaims Dr. Shellfish. “Now its time for me to clean up your act!” Comet begins swimming rapidly in a circle, making a small whirlpool. The whirlpool sucks in the algae, clearing the waters of Icthopolis once more. Then the whirlpool catches Dr. Shellfish, who shrieks as he is pulled in: “I’ll get you, Comet!” Ignoring the oyster’s protests, Comet then launches the massive ball of algae out of the water, nearly missing a picnic table on the beach. Back in Icthopolis, the citizens rejoice, and Comet is awarded the Medal of Honor for defending the city. The End Tune in next time for the next installment of The Adventures of Comet the Super Fish: Comet and the Mole Crab King! Note: for added fun, have Word 2003's microsoft Sam read the text. The word emphasis is humorously inaccurate.

I'm currently working on a Fan Film for a school project. The film is set one year after the signing of the Bastion Accords (a.k.a. Pellaeon Gavrisom-Treaty). Here's the Current Poster: http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w32/Logan_Felipe/StarWarsTheTreatyofReticencePosterL.jpg Links: Star Wars: The Treaty of Reticence at Star Wars Fanon Wiki More to come...

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w32/Logan_Felipe/Friendcardimg_1.jpg An image I shop'd for a friend's B-Day card (his face and name have been censored to conceal his identity). As you can guess, he's a Star Trek/Stargate fan. The caption was inspired by Teal'c Dialogue from a Stargate episode: Teal'c: "On Chulak, it is customary to honor the day of birth of a friend with song. ... Fortunately, we are not on Chulak." Coincidentally, all of the characters (except teal'c) weren't smiling in the original pictures. I used the smudge tool at 100 percent to lift the corners of their mouths. They turned out good except O'neill, who looks like he's muttering something to picard. Which actually worked, since it could be said that picard finds what O'neill is muttering slightly humorous. I had to reconstruct part of each character because their aren't any good pics of them in the correct pose. They turned out ok, except Daniel Jackson, whose left shoulder turned out weird.

Saw it today. some mental notes... - Opening sequence: apparently, 10 year olds either can't read or have attention spans too short to watch a 1.5 minute long text crawl. - Zero the Hutt: A hutt who's a drag queen. Perhaps the only time a sw movie has made reference to the hermaphroditic nature of the hutt species. Also, the first time a hutt speaks basic. - Futurama reference?: This was done before with HK adopting Bender's use of the term meatbag. Now Zero has a droid that is essentially a mute version of "Clamps" of the Robot Mafia. - Music: The least sw sounding music I've ever heard. - Obi-wan: some really good voice acting here. - Dooku: still christopher lee, but with an easter island head. - battle droids: behaved much like they did in RotS, though executed much more successfully. - SBDs: voices reminiscent of SW:GB and Republic Commando rather than RotS (thankfully). Windu: his appearance is cameo at best. about three lines. "something important blah blah blah something important. I'll take my paycheck now, please". Threepio: Small role, yet is one of the most humorous in the entire film. Fleet Admiral: voiced by the voice of Madine in the Rogue Squadron series. don't think he is madine, though. Ahsoka: Uses nicknames to the point of utter gratuitousness (Stinky for rotta was ok, but Sky-guy? Artooey? ) Force powers: rarely ever used at all. there were plenty of instances where these would have worked nicely. Has the pace of a children's action cartoon show (think samurai jack). sneak peak at the TV series will air saturday, august 31st, 10 am (during Ben 10: Alien Force season finale).

From any sci-fi: SW, ST, SG, Firefly, BSG, etc. post its name and a pic (if available), or more if you like. Mine as an example: Slave I (Firespray - class patrol ship) http://www.javierayuso.com/starwars/ships/Slave.jpg

Those ships look great! can't wait to use the vehicle editors...

One of the best Triceratops heads I've seen Awesome sound, too.

Here's some more of mine. Got the idea for the first one after making my attempt at Inostrancevia.

Pretty cool! I like the concept too. I think I'll try giving it a go... EDIT: Here's my attempt at the same creature... http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w32/Logan_Felipe/CRE_Inostrancevia-068a01b8_sml.jpg

Thanks for the compliments! Nice Velociraptor! I like the croc too. For reference, this was an earlier concept of the Raptoridaner... http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w32/Logan_Felipe/Raptoridaner.png Another Dino: Apatosaurus WIP http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w32/Logan_Felipe/CRE_Apatosaurus-06885a22_sml.jpg I would make some more changes, but I can't open it in the editor...

My Creations A couple of my favorites: Troodontid (Raptoridaner in tribal stage and beyond) Acklay Saltasaurus

I've been over at gamingsteve talking about spore lately, and there is no comparison in activity. The problem with keeping a FoC mod forum up and running is this; A small percentage of people: 1. know about modding 2. know how to mod 3. have the correct modding software 4. have the game 5. have the time The 2 problems are 3 and 5. few people who fit all other criteria can afford the appropriate modeling software, and even fewer have the time; most are in college now. Another issue is the economic situation in the US. Higher expenses means a $600 modelling program is the last thing on your list of thing to get. And because there are fewer modding specialists, the newbies just starting out and the people who can't afford all of the software hit dead ends in their progress, and most give up. This is the main reason spore has picked up in popularity; all the software is included in the game. if you have the right computer and the game, you're set to make pretty much anything you want. EaW's engine was just too restricting; the coding was the best aspect, it made coding easier, but unless you had a modeling program like max, most modding options were dead in the water. IMO, the programmers left too much responsibility to the modding community, which then cracked under the constant pressure of newbies constantly asking for help, requests, and a lack of people with the right software. And I'm getting around to that ship you requested, kalo. I've just been really busy.