Matt Bellamy

Posting a topic like this, in this specific forum, was just asking to start a discussion on it. If you just wanted to post a news article, the General section might have been a better place. In fact, the entire point of the post seems to scream Religious discussion. If that is not what you wanted, I can close the topic if you so wish. However, the fact you keep on posting more and more about it clearly suggests otherwise. That being said, are you Christian by chance? Because my views come from me not being of any religion, and have my own moral code that does stick pretty close to Laws Governed by Federal Governments. As well, as a profession, I am a Security Officer, and have had to deal with smaller, but similar incidents. Honestly, going to a Festival for another Religion, and trying to spread your Religion is a shorthand version of all that exactly wrong with the world today, no matter if you are doing it nicely or not. If this were the Middle Ages, they'd have been stoned to death or mobbed by the faithful they were trying to convert. It's not just Christians who do it (Though it does sound awfully "Crusade-ish" in this case), but Religion is a very touchy subject, and one that has brought pain and suffering to many, for incidents such as this... Even in this day and age. And obviously they made some sort of scene, or they wouldn't have been noticed by Security. Just the fact that there was security and Police there does mean that, while on Public Property, it was a planned, and approved function. Perhaps even with City Permit. If it was Private Property, the Christians wouldn't have been allowed on the premises at all. But because it was Public Property, they were allowed to be in attendance. However, ones behavior should still be respectful of the subject matter at hand. Which theirs was not. Now, if the Christians had walked into the area, completely ignorant of the event that was taking place, and just doing what they normally do, I could see the giant outrage due to the misunderstanding. However, it's painfully obvious they were aware of it. And if indeed it was booked as a public event by the city, then it was no doubt posted in the news days or weeks before. They knew what they were doing. The functions that I have handled in the past were Neo-Nazi marches in our public streets. I mean, literally, the worst of the worst White Supremacists. They however, filled out the proper forms, and paid the fees to block the public property streets to hold their demonstration. The whole city was warned in advance about the road closures, and let know the exact reason why. And a lot of protesters showed up. And Security and Police stopped numerous people from interfering( again, the police in questions tactics are a problem, but not the real issue. Police corruption and nasty methods are more commonplace everywhere). So, I'm not saying they broke any actual Laws, so much as they start to give both Muslims and Christians more reason to hate each other. Let's say one of them did get hurt by a Muslim man and that Muslim man was arrested for assault. Yes, the Muslim man did commit a crime, while the Christian man was a victim of assault. In the news next day however, it'd probably be all over the news in Muslim countries, saying he was justified in his assault, as he was provoked by the Christian for spreading their "Lies", and giving them more reason to hate Christians than they already do. Sounds unbelievable doesn't it? How one little incident could cause an entire Country to get into an uproar... But these days, it happens nearly on a constant basis. It's just more fuel for their Propaganda. Sorry, but as I mentioned earlier, if they were there to learn about the Muslim religion, they wouldn't have been handing out pamphlets of their own. If that is what they claim, then they are outright lying. Unless they were there to learn about way to exploit the religion in order to convert more people to Christianity. There is no way they could claim that and not have anyone ( especially a Lawyer) throw that back in their face. Because I've never heard of Jehovah's Witnesses being that disrespectful. Maybe it has happened, I don't know. Feel free to correct me with any news stories you might have of it. Though I HAVE heard of people charging Jehovah's Witnesses for harassment for constant visits by the same Jehovah's Witnesses follower. They are usually dropped of course when they offending faithful agree to never bother them again. It's really not uncommon for people to get asked to leave for disrupting anything on public property. And while, as you say, some of the Muslims there seemed a bit interested, it probably wasn't them that alerted Security. The MAJORITY of the people there ( key word here) were there for the Muslim Festival. Publicity laws favor the Majority, and if removing 4 people from a group of hundreds keeps the majority satisfied, then that is what they will do. If the Christians really wanted to "Spread the Gospel", they should have booked their own Festival. And in this case, it just so happens that Christian America is currently at war with Muslim countries in the Middle East. That's the only reason why this made any sort of national news.

This is one of those odd cases where I despise the "Right of Free Speech" and the "Right to Practice ones own beliefs", which I would normally defend. But, where does one draw the line? Considering the Muslims also have the same Right to Practice their own beliefs, do the Christians have the right to attempt to interrupt them? It's just one of those things that morally, one has to say "No, they shouldn't", but groups like the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) will stand up and say "Yes they can" because of some loophole, or play on a wording in the Constitution. I bet the American founding fathers never had the slightest idea that their good intentions could be used in such a way. I won't go into the Police practices, or how the incident was treated ( unfortunate as it may be)... Because the real question here, is should those Christians have even come close to the festival at all, if they weren't interested in learning about it? If they were there to spread the Christian word, Security should have removed them immediately. That's like going to a Horse race, with a racing Dog. Then trying to get the Dog into the race, because you believe your Dog is faster than a Horse. It's not necessarily an absurd idea, but the majority of the people there do not want to see that, they came for Horse racing. So you start to chat them up about it, and some people complain about it. And once a complaint is made, you'd be asked to leave/removed from the premises. This example has no "Free Speech" interference, so it sounds like a stupid thing for someone to do, right? Yeah well, it's EXACTLY what the Christians tried to do. Just replace "Horse race" with the Muslim Festival, and "Faster Dog" with Christianity. And it is WRONG. You don't walk into a Festival that is trying to promote one thing, and then try and promote the exact opposite. It's not against the law, but it is stupid. It's only a shame that Security/Police handled it so poorly after the fact.

It occurred to me, after re-watching the first 5 eps of the Guyver TV series on Blu-Ray, that I haven't ever posted my chibi Guyver pics on the forum here... Dunno why... But I can safely assume that laziness, or absent-mindedness probably plays a bit part. Some of them are kind old, and a few characters need newer pics... But that Blu-Rays are helping me get in the mood for that =P The first batch is kind old, 2-3 years old, and done in an inferior paint program ( ie Shii Painter Paintchat). And unfortunately, quite a few of them suffer due to my silly reasoning at the time, and not using references >_< These next 2 were done completely in Photoshop, and the quality difference really shows. The last 4, are WG.com fanfiction characters. The First, like the first batch of pics, is old, and done in paintchat. Thelast 3 however, are much newer works from Photoshop. Again, the quality of art program really stands out. I really need update more often... Especially my Guyver stuff... I'm surprised I haven't done Aptoms new form(s) yet...

I am really digging the fact that he keep their facial features in a style of his own, rather than Manga copies, which I noticed he kind of did for some of the Gundam based pictures on that gallery. Nothing wrong with that if that is what the client asked for of course. I could totally nitpick the Guyver armor in the background of the first pic... But honestly I like to see an artist, who doesn't know much about the Guyver and the design, take a stab at it. Thank you for posting these! I know a lot of people who commission artwork, don't like to post even the sketches of the work they paid for.

Sorry, not a request, but a bit of a critique... Takumi and the Wolf Orphenoch look really well done... But might I suggest taking another look at Faiz's helmet? His head looks like it's been squished pretty good... As a point of reference, his visor should almost be a perfect circle.

I see that you used the Max Factory Guyver 1 figure as the basis for your sprite... Which is definitely a good thing! It'd certainly help with the posing for movement and attacks. I won't go too in depth with a critique... As mine can usually throw off a lot of young artists... But a few things I've noticed design wise: - Guyver 1 only has 4 armor plates on his stomach area. While the Max Factory figure makes it look like 6, the piece attached to the top of the torso under the megasmashers are for a visual trick for when the figures torso in leaned forward, to make it still look like it has 4, and the plates had bent with the torso. When his back is straightened however, the effect is thrown off by the extra pieces. It's a simple mistake that a LOT of artists have made since the release of the figure. - The legs are not the same length. The forward leg, mostly the boot, is stretched quite a bit longer than the back leg. A simple tool for helping that, is using your own fingers in a "pinch" pose. Take a brief measurement of one of the boots with your index and middle fingers, and then compare it to the other. It doesn't need to be exact measurement with a ruler of course, but it gives you a better idea... Because eyes are sometimes horrible at judging sizes. I agree with thickening up the lines as well, however, smoothing them out would also help tremendously. It's a small part you can do to make it look less like a flat image, and more like an image with some depth, and not so hard and jagged looking. I could whip up a description in photoshop of critiques... But as I said... I can be a bit harsh when I do that >_>

We certainly shall see... He's gone quite insane by the end of Dark Reign. Time for a rant! Woooo! I'm a little pissed with Marvel at the moment, and DC has fallen into it's "Infinite" Universes so badly again that they will need to do another "Crisis" within a year or two ( and yes, they just did one a few years back) Granted... It's not a BAD thing what DC does... The idea behind "Crisis" is just getting old... And they don't seem to care. The biggest difference here is that when Marvel does a large crossover story, it's main series, like The Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America etc... ALL get involved in one way or another. They all play a part of the larger storyline. What DC does when they have a large crossover, is that only specific books are involved, even though some of the effects are felt in ways after wards. Take Blackest Night for example... The two Green Lantern books shifted their focus to it, along with the 8 part Blackest Night books. But did Superman? No. Batman? Nope. Yet, the characters were involved in Blackest Night... As well as Aquaman and Martian Manhunter coming back... Both really have their ups and downs. When it's a good story arc, Marvel can do it right, and it's freaking awesome. But, while DC's may lack the overall "power" the Marvel crossovers do, they are able ( not often though) to do multiple good stories at once, without each effecting the other. Rant is going into spoiler mode as it's a rant with some spoilers... Though 5-6 year old spoilers, lol... *end rant* So yeah, I'm reading western comics. Ooooh the fanboy drama, lol. So far I'll be picking up some of the Heroic Age stuff... Avengers, Secret Avengers, Iron Man... While with DC I'm still reading Brightest Day, Green Lantern, Green Lantern Corps, Bruce Wayne Returns, and Red Robin ( Tim Drake/Wayne is awesome). And anytime a new issue of Atomic Robo comes out I am all over it.

Nope. Will never happen... Again... Long long ago, we did have an RPG forum, and due to many issues, which I will not go into, as it is long in the past, it was closed and eventually all posts removed. So sadly, we're not looking into that happening again.

Hahaha! See! I'm not just talking out of my ass! ...all the time... some of the time... probably never again... I actually know stuff! ...just not all that much... Anywho, small things... The head is a bit big, and round... Might be a style thing, or part of the design, but just something that jumps out at me. Plus, if you are going to go for long legs, you kind of have to go for all the limbs being long ( unless of course, again it's part of the character), as the arms look a bit shortish. The energy effects kind of blur the image a bit too much, but the actual energy ball looks great. Keep it up! Draw more! More! MORE! MOAR!!

Of course he does... He's a full blooded Irshmen, living in Ireland. He'd be filthy rich if it wasn't for the drink. Granted, that is incredibly common... I've known people who blow more than that in 2 weeks of eating out and partying on the weekends... AND it is only a Netbook.

I'm actually looking at one of these for next weekend... http://www.memoryexpress.com/Products/P ... ME%29.aspx Though, I'm going to toss another gig of ram on it. Bought it this morning! Thought you couldn't afford one? ...Could it be possible that you've given up on beer for a week or two? ...Or maybe food...? Yeah, probably food. There is no way you'd give up your beer

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This is exactly why my friends list is so small. =P I only play with my friends, because of the very fact of the online experience stereotype... I have lived it, and I shall never again subject my ears to that kind of crap. I may not play online that much, or get the coveted achievements... But if I can co-op play a game with a friend(s), it all makes up for it. Hell,the Halo series, Gears of War 1 and 2, Crackdown ( #2 coming soon! Wooo!), all very good games overall... But made only more awesome by Co-Oping with a pal or two ( or three =P) Having a friend HELP you is so much more rewarding them them trying to blow your ass up. I just hope finding a party in FF 14 won't be so frustrating...

Damned Hulu... Not available outside of the stupid US... Oh well, not like it matters... I own it on DVD, and once them Blurays come on out... I'll be gettings them too. And yes, nice to see some actiivity from you Will, was wondering if Chronos finally managed to silence you, or would that be Agito now... It's so hard to tell these days...

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Topic Locked Sorry folks, topic was brought back up from the depths of 2006 by a spam bot. If the user Guyot is still here, and has written the fan fic, please start a new topic for it.

Guyver: The Bio-Boosted Armor the complete TV series has been announced for release on Blu-Ray disc, on June 22, 2010. I may already own it on DVD... But the Blu-Rays are tempting.

Looks like DA came through on the side of good! Account is now disabled.

Hey folks, this is NOT meant to be a smear campaign, or the go ahead to spam their Deviantart site (Please don't, Dave is having it handled on his own, and you may only hurt his case, along with your own accounts). However, the user account http://evilfx.deviantart.com despite being on there for over a year now, in indeed a false account, created by someone with a personal grudge against David Carpenter. I know a lot of us have fav'd the account, and this is why I brought it up. You see, the real David Carpenter, Evil-Fx, finally started his own account a few months back. The other day, I am sure the few of us who watch the "evilfx" page, noticed a journal go up, saying they are the "real Guyver", and that someone else is pretending to be them. I have confirmed with Dave, and the account under "evilfx" is indeed a fraud. David Carpenters real DA page is http://evil-fx.deviantart.com . Please note the dash between the "evil" and "fx". So, if you do have the old account fav'd, or the few images they did post fav'd, please remove them, and follow the man himself. Thanks Matt Bellamy/GuyverC

I'm currently not sure with White Knight Chronicles... While it was supposed to be a PS3 launch game, the changes they made to make it online kind of dsiturb me a bit too much. The simple fact you have an "Avatar" character to play as, rather than someone actually involved in the story. But I love the armored knights designs, so I'll probably wait until after I read some of the reviews. Besides, I'll probably still be busy with Mass Effect 2 on my 360 ( damn release dates being so close!) Star Ocean I've not bothered with on the 360, and as my console of choice, I'll probably not get the PS3 version either. And as for Final Fantasy 13? I'm not impressed... But then I haven't been impressed by the last 2 or 3 non-MMO Final Fantasy's, so I will be skipping it. However, I am eagerly anticipating more info on FF14...

Unless your a fan of thin plot lines forcing large busted, armored females to fight, and strip each other pretty much every episode... It's best you avoid it. Truthfully it was an H-Game that became too popular for it's own good, but was never hardcore, so they figured a very fan-servicey heavy show would work... And I guess it's fans followed because they have a PSP game that is coming, or is out now.

Now, now, let's not get too carried away... Remember what his signature says… Pretty sure that speaks for him as well =P

japan-legend.com, of which I am also an admin, has up to date chapters of the manga, fully translated to English. They are also the only place to find them translated... So unless we get the raws ourselves and translate them, we will not be uploading Manga chapters. That would be entirely doable. I don't think it would be very frequent, as normally it'd probably only contain updates to the site, chapter information on new stuff... But then I have heard that the Imakarum figure from Max Factory is finally being released... So new news is coming... Pretty much a big no. The series is still being published by Funimation, and the new box sets are super cheap. If you want the 2005 series, please go buy it! As for the older series... Still probably not. You can find it on certain sites like that... you... tube... Probably fits more with the newsletter idea... But the option to buy from the site is probably not going to happen ( too much hassle) Definitely. The Manga, Out of Control, the 12 episode OAV and the 2005 TV series are all separate Guyver universe's. Each will receive it's own section. I don't know about the novels so much, as we don't really have much info on them... but at least the 2005 TV series added some of them to it.

About 2-3 hours for the most part. Sometimes more if it's not a design I know very well, or is really complicated. Ok! =P

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