Title: Re: I go into DigiPen.
Post by: Smoke39 on June 13, 2008, 07:41:00 PM
Good luck. I hope your experience there is better than mine was.
Title: Re: I go into DigiPen.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 13, 2008, 07:46:20 PM
Thanks, ya I remember your thread.
Hopefully already knowing how to program is helpful.
Title: Re: I go into DigiPen.
Post by: EasyCure on June 13, 2008, 07:49:53 PM
i'll only congratulate you if you fix the title
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 13, 2008, 07:55:47 PM
****
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: UncleBob on June 13, 2008, 08:17:52 PM
Congrats
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: ShyGuy on June 13, 2008, 09:03:57 PM
You heading to Redmond?
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 13, 2008, 09:13:02 PM
Redmond/Seattle area :) Probably not for a couple months. Maybe we should game together a little first.
I'm secretly moving to the Seattle area to get with GP ;)
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: bustin98 on June 13, 2008, 10:56:46 PM
LOL. Yay! We need more rumors around here!
Congrats on being accepted. I hope it works out so you'll be our 'In' on the industry. ;)
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: ShyGuy on June 14, 2008, 03:20:10 AM
You definitely need to attend PAX now.
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: Dasmos on June 14, 2008, 07:06:16 AM
whut is DigiPen(is)?
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: ShyGuy on June 14, 2008, 08:00:22 AM
You know DigiMon (Digital Monsters) ? Exactly like that except with writing utensils.
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: Dasmos on June 14, 2008, 08:44:27 AM
that is awesome, props 2 u daaaman.
i have always wondered what it would be like to exist in the digimon world, didn't know it was so close to reality. so let me try and work this out though. do the pencils evolve or "digivolve"? perhaps they digivolve from a ordinary hb pencil to maybe one of those mechanical penicls. that would be sweet. although maybe an HB would digivolve into another grade of pencil, perhaps a 4b or something. what would be more of a evolution; a hb to a 4b or a hb to 4h? i gotta say the hb to the 4b, from lighter to darker. it's sort of a step up in a way. feel free to disagree though, this is definately a topic that should and NEEDS TO BE debated.
thinking about it though, what would a pen digivolve into? today the standard is a ballpoint, there isn't too much that can be improved apon from the ballpoint. maybe a standard ballpoint to a clickable ballpoint, that's the ony thing i can think of. maybe the material could be the evolution, from say plastic to a metallic substance. what metal do they use in metal pens? aluminium maybe? who knows? maybe you do, shyguy. wait WAIT WAIT!, it just came to me like some sort of express idea delivery service. a regular ballpoint could be superseeded by the gel pen, gel pens are far more advanced than a ballpoint. it seems logical, no?
i gotta say, all this thinking about pens got me think about the origins of the pen. basically the quill would be one of the earliest forms of pen. a quill is basically just a feather dipped in ink. i wonder if i dipped a stick (from a tree, of course) in ink whether it would be considered a pen? who would i ask if i underwent such a feat? are there pen experts? i guess the heads of those pen making companies would probably be considered pen experts or at least be considered pen enthusiasts. bic would probably be the first pen company that comes to mind, i dunno if they are the biggest or not though. although i tend to think if i sent an email asking such a question it would be seen as some sort of joke question and tossed aside like my copy of super smash brothers brawl after i unlocked captain falcon and realised he was too floaty. why is everything so floaty in brawl? if i meet sakurai i will surely pose this question to him.
back to pens, what is ink? how is it made? who created ink? was ink named after the person would invented it? or was ink maybe discovered? i tend to think it was probably discovered over invented, but i don't know if ink is a natural substance or not. perhaps there is an ancestor of the person who invented/discovered ink that i could ask. where would i look for such a person though? would their first or last name be ink? maybe it wasn't a last name at all, but part of a last name. for instance john . m. inkstein. it would be interesting to find out. i also wonder if they receive royalties based on the invention/discovery of ink? if so you'f think they'd be one rich MF. who would be richer than they guy who invented/discovered ink? no-one is my bet, if such a man exists.
oh i could go on about pens forever given the chance so i'll stop there.
p.s. a q (a q stands for the word question, it's sort of the ultimate abbreviation of the word.) for DAaaMan64, i gotta ask what is with the 3 a's before the Man64 part of your username? two i can accept, but three seems to be pushing it a little, i don't see the need for three a's. unless of course there is some historical or personla hitroy behind the htree a's, then i can accept that. i'd really like to hear the tale actually, maybe i am making too big a deal of it and it can just be easily explained with a sentence or two. i dunno, but i'm all ears.
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 14, 2008, 12:38:49 PM
LOL, best comment eva?
So yaaa... the username is the same username I've had for everything since 1997. It's been unique enough for me that I can be found easy, and I don't usually have duplicate username problems when I sign up at a website. Also, the 3 a's is because my mom was impatient trying to enter my username when she asked what I wanted it to be for AOL 4.0. LOL ya it's an old username, but I've kept it all these years. I actually don't like it anymore :P
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: EasyCure on June 14, 2008, 02:31:43 PM
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: Bloodworth on June 15, 2008, 05:32:24 PM
Sweet. Good luck. I almost applied there back in the day. More than 10 YEARS AGO. How crazy is that?
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 16, 2008, 01:53:54 AM
Thank you guys for the encouragement :)
Okay, I'm running around trying to figure out student loans and financial aid! Does anyone have any advice on this?! Quite confusing, and I owe almost 10k in a week!
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: nickmitch on June 16, 2008, 03:19:35 PM
Student loans are terrible.
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 16, 2008, 03:35:36 PM
no choice
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: decoyman on June 16, 2008, 04:45:51 PM
Doesn't the school have financial aid officers to help you? I'd look into that before you fry your corpuscles* trying to figure it out.
*I had forgotten about the word "corpuscles" until just now, and just had to use it. What an awesome word.
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 16, 2008, 04:49:39 PM
Ya I'm in touch with them. Seems they'll extend the dead line :P. but wow. haha I have know idea what corpuscles means.
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: Ceric on June 16, 2008, 06:03:46 PM
Best of Luck.
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: BeautifulShy on June 16, 2008, 06:58:48 PM
I would like to add that Digipen is going to get Wii and DS development kits in September. Also Good Luck!:)
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 16, 2008, 07:09:37 PM
lol VC ports
Title: Re: I got into DigiPen.
Post by: DAaaMan64 on June 16, 2008, 07:39:05 PM
