NationStates Jolt Archive

You rock.

Meh, GURPS or even better, Man to Man is ALL :)

Cheerio!
Not a fan of GURPS, even though two of my friends have written sourcebooks.

You rock.
I know. ;)

Bah, 2nd Ed AD&D is ALL.

Welcome to 2 editions ago. :p

Personally, I like 3.0 and 3.5. Haven't had a chance to peruse 4th Ed. yet, but hopefully soon I will.

mine... friendly, a bit silly, understated and trying to be nice and smiley http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2226/smileis1.gif

i just picked something randomly really, that was different then what i have in the GM forum, though i am tempted just to use that one as well...

what precisely qualifies as a crappy avatar anyway? what you think sucks someone else may think kicks ass. 'sides if someone has an avatar you don't think fits, its your problem, just have to get used to a new insight on the poster won't ya? ;)

*waits for time when i don't listen to advice of own avatar*
I love your avatars. I especially like the way PM's is basically a sugarcoated way of giving us the finger.

At least you are thinking of it. I wager most people have no idea who Bob Ross is. Was. Ever will be?
Nah, I think most people have seen him before.

I found my new one on Starwars.com and had to use it. How can you not vote for him?

Not a fan of GURPS, even though two of my friends have written sourcebooks.Really? Who are they? Most probably I have the books and there's a good chance I know them since I'm one of the gazillions of MIB :)

I used to argue with people who doesn't like GURPS - when I was yound and hot blooded that is. Now, I can even be persuaded to host 2nd edition games if the PC's are persistent enough - but that's because gaming is a social experience not because I like the system least bit.

Cheerio!

I know the fellows who wrote GURPS Autoduel -- they also wrote a number of articles and stories for Steve Jackson's AutoDuel Quarterly a million years ago -- Rob Garitta and Chris Burke. Met them in college, and we still see each other on a fairly regular basis.

I thought they'd worked on other books as well, but it seems I was incorrect. I think they did some playtesting as well.

I also wrote a couple of short stories for ADQ waaaaaaaaaay back.

Welcome to 2 editions ago. :p

Personally, I like 3.0 and 3.5. Haven't had a chance to peruse 4th Ed. yet, but hopefully soon I will.

There's a 4th edition?

aka Let's squeeze more money outta people by making them think they need to scrap a perfectly good system.

What do you guys think of mine?

Envious, jealous. I want an animated one. It's cute! But it reminds us that cute and cuddly things are the ones we must fear.

:( and no one has yet to say anything about mine.

I love your avatars. I especially like the way PM's is basically a sugarcoated way of giving us the finger.

thx, i feel better now :)


love Pure Metal's avatar as well, really gets out the sentiment that i sometimes feel towards some posters here and elsewhere

Excuse me, I don't want to intrude, but I'd really, really, really be interested in what people think of my avatar.

Excuse me, I don't want to intrude, but I'd really, really, really be interested in what people think of my avatar.

Yours is what would happen if the avatars of Katganistan and Frisbeeteria had a child.

Excuse me, I don't want to intrude, but I'd really, really, really be interested in what people think of my avatar.
i like cat eyes.

Aww.... it's supposed to be cute, not threatening....

*wonders if she can alter her avi to a six barrelled gun*

It is cute.

My cat tells me I should relax more.

aka Let's squeeze more money outta people by making them think they need to scrap a perfectly good system.

Sounds like what White Wolf did when they released Vampire: Requiem *gag*


So, how emo does my avatar make me seem?

There's a 4th edition?

It came out in June of this year.

So, how emo does my avatar make me seem?

About 67%

What do you guys think of mine?

She's cute. Just a bit threatening, though, 'cos of the claws.
Like one of those cats who thinks it's funny to suddenly claw the lap it's sitting on! ;)

Er... I've had it a long, LONG time....

I remember the one before, she was cute too. More classical manga, with the ears that wiggled.

Avatars are great, better than names to remember who is who.

We are duly grateful to Jolt or Max or whoever decided we could have them. Personally, I'm glad ordinary users can't have animated avatars, too many would choose ones that flashed or had a huge long cycle. Visual pollution, like a screenful of popup ads.

Sounds like what White Wolf did when they released Vampire: Requiem *gag*


So, how emo does my avatar make me seem?

Are you on the White Wolf boards? If so, do you know Calliope?

I know the fellows who wrote GURPS Autoduel -- they also wrote a number of articles and stories for Steve Jackson's AutoDuel Quarterly a million years ago -- Rob Garitta and Chris Burke. Met them in college, and we still see each other on a fairly regular basis.

I thought they'd worked on other books as well, but it seems I was incorrect. I think they did some playtesting as well.

I also wrote a couple of short stories for ADQ waaaaaaaaaay back.Hmmm - never been a fan of Autoduel since the kits (sets, whatever) are nigh findable around here. Since the line is not very well supported (as far as I can tell, I may be wrong) anymore, I'm not thinking about ordering them either but I may someday when I have all the bits and pieces I want (: Did those short stories got published? Pyramid maybe?

aka Let's squeeze more money outta people by making them think they need to scrap a perfectly good system.
Hear, hear! I love it when developers upgrade a system / setting when it is full to the brim with new and improved information compared to what you had when the edition first came out but to upgrade 3.0 to 3.5 to 4.0? Well, the upgrade doesn't seem to include and incorporate new ideas from supplements and make them work seamlessly and in a balanced manner - it is a completely new system that looks like the old but feels like "dungeons and template forced unbalanced skills based leveling dragons" (:

Anyways, sorry for the off topic and game system bashing (:

Katganistan, you avatar was an issue of interest long before we were given the avatars (: I have it both on my office and home PC's ;) I don't think it can be related to your apparent personality here at Jolt (as far as I can tell, of course, I'm fairly new here) but it surely gives you an air of congeniality :D

Cheerio!

So, how emo does my avatar make me seem?

Like the fangirl of some doof band I've never heard of?

*googles*

I was close.

I love your avatars. I especially like the way PM's is basically a sugarcoated way of giving us the finger.




love Pure Metal's avatar as well, really gets out the sentiment that i sometimes feel towards some posters here and elsewhere

lol! you know, i hadn't seen it that way. but now you mention it... :p

WHAT avatars? i'm not seeing any HERE. just about every place else i go i see and have them. is there something to chainge in personal preferances to see them? or is this just a discussion of avatars in general, wherever they might happen to appear and be used?

i guess you could say each nation's flag is a kind of avatar. i think that's how the (whatever) "bb/forum" (system this is) engine sees them. is THAT what's being refered to?

=^^=
.../\...

Go to "User CP" and then "Edit Options" and then the part titled "Thread Display Options". There's a box there labeled "show avatars".

well i'll be (something anyway). now i wonder why in the heck did that darn thing ever default to not showing them? hmm. something i'll have to play with.

gee, now i see what people ment about my sig twice too.

Envious, jealous. I want an animated one. It's cute! But it reminds us that cute and cuddly things are the ones we must fear.

:( and no one has yet to say anything about mine.

It's cute, in a petulant anime rich-kid looking way. ;)

Excuse me, I don't want to intrude, but I'd really, really, really be interested in what people think of my avatar.
Watching... waiting... then POUNCING when no one expects it!

Sounds like what White Wolf did when they released Vampire: Requiem *gag*


So, how emo does my avatar make me seem?

I agree, the White Wolf reboot blows (having bought Requiem and Forsaken out of curiousity).

Not too, to me

Did those short stories got published? Pyramid maybe?
AutoDuel Quarterly -- yep, published and paid. ;)

kati's makes me want to hug it a squeze it and get all scratched up. i guess i'd better not go to any anime cons.

as for junii, whell, that one reminds me of a teacher i had in grade school, 50 years ago, and she was 60 then. which is totally unlike all the other junii ones i've seen.

there seems to be a junii on every other forum i'm on too, other then trainz classics. or wait, no, on hips there's another name, but with the same me picture in their gallary as another one where she does go by junii. (that one's a furry/ninja/d.j.) i'm guessing the junii here might be someone else. but only might be.

i can hardly wait to see those of the others in my region.

i think i'll go there now.

well i'll be (something anyway). now i wonder why in the heck did that darn thing ever default to not showing them? hmm. something i'll have to play with.

gee, now i see what people ment about my sig twice too.

Quoted for Great Understanding.

You put the "Cat with praying paws" in your sig. You didn't see it there ... because you had sigs turned off ... so put it at the end of each post, assuming the "sig" thing hadn't worked.

I think we will all like you more, now that you don't do your neolithic ASCII sig TWICE.

And no, it doesn't look like a cat. At all. Now you have an avatar ... use it well brother.

About 67%

You'd be better off with no avatar at all.

What the hell is that ... the manicurist the Bee-Gees fired for artistic incompetence?

It's cute, in a petulant anime rich-kid looking way. ;)

Actually... it's a prosecutor from a game series I enjoy (Gyakuten Saiben). There's three characters who all dress like they've stepped out of another era.

Are you on the White Wolf boards? If so, do you know Calliope?

Nah, I try not to frequent gaming/fandom messageboards, as I've seen too many of them turn into total wankfests. Plus, I'm one of those losers who used to LARP and get rather physical with it. *scratches head* People kinda look down on that as of late..

Like the fangirl of some doof band I've never heard of?

*googles*

I was close.

I'm a Yoko Kanno fan. I admit it! I actually obsess over a composer,lol

I picked mine because I thought it was funny. An ass reading A Brief History of Time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Brief_History_of_Time). I also considered this (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cit_Trigun_vash_glowing_eyes_of_doom.jpg). Of course I'd also like an Avatar avatar.
I thought it was quite clever from the first time I saw it.

Nah, I try not to frequent gaming/fandom messageboards, as I've seen too many of them turn into total wankfests. Plus, I'm one of those losers who used to LARP and get rather physical with it. *scratches head* People kinda look down on that as of late..
Funny enough, when Hunter was released, I met a good number of friends on the WW boards -- we started doing a cross-game RP there and GOT THROWN OFF -- not for breaking rules per se, but because apparently you couldn't have an RP as a vampire on the Hunter board, regardless of the fact that we were in an RP with hunters.

That led to us getting annoyed and starting our own board, UDG, (ultimate diceless gameroom) where we RPd to our hearts content for two years -- when the site owner became too busy with work to maintain it, we went to EzBoard and created "Players of Darkness", and though I haven't been involved in some time, that board still exists (in much diminished form) on yuku.com. Funny enough, one of the Players of Darkness members turned me onto NationStates and, well..... ;)

:) So don't feel embarassed about playing WW games (though I admit, I never LARPed, myself).

Snip
Cheerio!

I thought your avatar showed you were a fan of former Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan

<snip> (though I admit, I never LARPed, myself).Oh, it is a very good experience if you can find yourself a well managed, well written LARP where people can afford good costumes or designed so that you don't need expensive costumes. The only thing one should look out for is if the group is making a big ad campaign about how "the rules are not necessary, this is the ultimate roleplaying experience" or not :) If they are, you're probably in for a powerplay session with an "inner angst" disguise (I remember the Phoenix (one of the GM's) coming into the room where a powerful fire sorceress, a demon and a fire elemental was about to strike a deal that would end the game in a "blaze of glory" so to speak and saying that "I throw a fireball at you, you're dead" since the LARP was running an hour long than expected). If they know what the rules are for and are professional about it, you really can enjoy yourself for a few hours.

I thought your avatar showed you were a fan of former Deep Purple lead singer Ian GillanThanks - although I like him for his musicianship it is nice to hear that I resemble a great artist ;)

Cheerio!

I'm sleepy.

Also, whose avatar is most fitting to their personality? Can't say LG, I already said that.

ok i have an opinion now

chumblywumbly has the best avatar.

Oh, it is a very good experience if you can find yourself a well managed, well written LARP where people can afford good costumes or designed so that you don't need expensive costumes. The only thing one should look out for is if the group is making a big ad campaign about how "the rules are not necessary, this is the ultimate roleplaying experience" or not :) If they are, you're probably in for a powerplay session with an "inner angst" disguise (I remember the Phoenix (one of the GM's) coming into the room where a powerful fire sorceress, a demon and a fire elemental was about to strike a deal that would end the game in a "blaze of glory" so to speak and saying that "I throw a fireball at you, you're dead" since the LARP was running an hour long than expected). If they know what the rules are for and are professional about it, you really can enjoy yourself for a few hours.

Thanks - although I like him for his musicianship it is nice to hear that I resemble a great artist ;)

Cheerio!
Costumes -- not a problem. I'm a former SCAdian and a Rennie Rat, and in college my friends and I liked trying to top each other on making superhero costumes that didn't look like you only spent $30 (or in some cases, MUCH less) to pull it together.

I've seen some very very VERY bad LARPing at conventions and I think it's turned me off the idea -- though I do TT with props a lot.

What does my avatar say about me?
ahhh....that you can't draw so good?

Our beagle :)
A pain in the wazoo but very loveable.

ok i have an opinion now

chumblywumbly has the best avatar.
Cheers ma dears!

Are you a fan of Mr. Cutler?

Cheers ma dears!

Are you a fan of Mr. Cutler?
i have no idea who he is.

all i know is that the avatar changes (or solidifies) my opinion of you.

its quite odd since i know very well that internet impressions are almost always wrong, not to mention that you are a fairly long term poster here (and for all i know are the re-incarnation of someone else that i had a different opinion of), so to have a freaking picture make me give you more mental respect means that it is a great avatar.

i have no idea who he is.

all i know is that the avatar changes (or solidifies) my opinion of you.

its quite odd since i know very well that internet impressions are almost always wrong, not to mention that you are a fairly long term poster here (and for all i know are the re-incarnation of someone else that i had a different opinion of), so to have a freaking picture make me give you more mental respect means that it is a great avatar.

Ivor Cutler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVK2jUCAjlw

I have to say, I'm quite surprised with the new avatars. .
Aha! So I wasn't going crazy, they did turn on avatars for non-moderators.

Ivor Cutler

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVK2jUCAjlw
yeah i put "cutler" into google image and looked until i found one that looked like chumbly's avatar.

then when i read that he had been on bbc i put his name into youtube.

i liked his "looking for truth with a pin"

he was a goofier guy than i expected him to be. id like to see an interview of him.

Aha! So I wasn't going crazy, they did turn on avatars for non-moderators.
you can make your own forum category thingy too.

oh...

after you have enough posts.

why do you only have 1666 posts?

why do you only have 1666 posts?

Jolt threw quite a few old posts away. Which means I am now under 10k :(

Let us mourn our lost and beloved posts. *somber*

it hasnt hit me yet. i look at my post count every now and then, expecting it to be cut in half but its always about the same.

I made mine in college to use on forums because I thought it would be funny.... I still think its funny. Need more be said?

all i know is that the avatar changes (or solidifies) my opinion of you.

its quite odd since i know very well that internet impressions are almost always wrong, not to mention that you are a fairly long term poster here (and for all i know are the re-incarnation of someone else that i had a different opinion of), so to have a freaking picture make me give you more mental respect means that it is a great avatar.
Thanks.

It's funny how avatars do that, and although I look little like Ivor Cutler or my avatar, I do like the image it portrays. Euroslavia mentioned earlier in the thread about how many posters presume on the back of his avatar (a picture of a girl) that he is female. I confess I made the same assumption. But that isn't really strange; we're very visual creatures, and (those of us who can see) rely a huge amount on the appearance of others to form beliefs about them.

[Cutler] was a goofier guy than i expected him to be. id like to see an interview of him.
There's a wee biography here (http://www.ivorcutler.org/content/view/62/1/), and there's at least one TV program in existence about him and his life, though they will probably only have been broadcast in the UK.

I'd highly recommend his albums of songs, poetry and general Cutler ace-ness, especially Jammy Smears and Dandruff.

Thanks.

It's funny how avatars do that, and although I look little like Ivor Cutler or my avatar, I do like the image it portrays. Euroslavia mentioned earlier in the thread about how many posters presume on the back of his avatar (a picture of a girl) that he is female. I confess I made the same assumption. But that isn't really strange; we're very visual creatures, and (those of us who can see) rely a huge amount on the appearance of others to form beliefs about them.


There's a wee biography here (http://www.ivorcutler.org/content/view/62/1/), and there's at least one TV program in existence about him and his life, though they will probably only have been broadcast in the UK.

I'd highly recommend his albums of songs, poetry and general Cutler ace-ness, especially Jammy Smears and Dandruff.

loooking

i had no idea that euroslavia's avatar is someone famous. i thought it was an elf and that he (assumed she due to avatar + name ending in A) was a lotr/fantasy fiction fan.

i enjoyed the article. thanks.

A cookie for whoever guesses where my newest avatar comes from!

some game?

A cookie for whoever guesses where my newest avatar comes from!

One of the x-com games?

i fuse pokemon sprites (and am a member of the pfn, a club on newgrounds thats 'the pokemon fusionists of newgrounds') those are some of my favorites that were small enough to allow me to include more than one
theres plenty more ive done, and in fact, those are some of the worst of my favorites :s
---
brief history of the pfn (http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/735575/1): although on newgrounds there is a 'clubs and crews' section it was never meant to be a club, it was originally posted in the 'art' section where the op (and now leader) would take requests and make pokemon fusions
over time others joined in and made pokemon fusions as well, and eventually a club was formed of it, i saw the thread back when it was much smaller and had been fascinated by the fusions - only having ms paint im limited to what i can do in it, and not having a tablet and sucking at drawing im even more limited - however i am fairly good in paint at using the spraycan to draw or using sprites to make fusions - no where as good as many of the other members of the pfn, but good enough
a while ago i was bored and had been meaning to try my hand at pokemon fusions, i hadnt seen the thread in ages but decided to try - it worked out great but ng (abbrv for newgrounds) only allows pictures that are gifs or jpeg to be uploaded
i didnt have the foresight to save my original pictures as .png and either convert it using an online converter or just post a jpeg raped version while keeping the png version
after a while of improvement i decided to take a chance and post in the thread, i wasnt looking to join, just for feedback - i got the feedback and it was mainly positive, so i continued to post there and overtime without my asking the leader made me a member of the pfn (they also wanted to give me a title, something older members usually get - but i declined because a friend who had been there much longer did not (and still doesnt) have a title)

A cookie for whoever guesses where my newest avatar comes from!

Xenon 2 megablast - shopkeeper. Super Nashwarn for me please barkeep!

*aaaaaaargh*

*has geekgasm*

some game?
Yes...
One of the x-com games?
No, although those do bring back good memories!
Xenon 2 megablast - shopkeeper. Super Nashwarn for me please barkeep!

*aaaaaaargh*

*has geekgasm*
Have cookies!!! http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:hsPUpcmxPOimPM:http://www.schmertys.com/inc/images/home/Website%25207%2520010.jpg

I hate you all for giving me feelings of inadequacy. Perhaps its only fitting then that my avatar shall be the one I choose for my livejournal when I was an emo-17-year-old.

if I ever put up one It'll be Winston Churchill with A big cigar, a bowler hat
and holding the Thompson SMG and a 50 round drum.
Man I love that photo, it's like everything cool about England and the USA.

I think I've finally settled on an avatar for good, after changing it four or five times. There are so many images that represent "me" in different ways on NSG, it was hard to decide which route to go--political (West Wing), geographical (East Bay), poetic (Mayakovsky)?

Then I was looking randomly through the pictures on my computer and found this one, and I think it suits me pretty well. Naked picture to anyone who knows what it is. ^_^

I think I've finally settled on an avatar for good, after changing it four or five times. There are so many images that represent "me" in different ways on NSG, it was hard to decide which route to go--political (West Wing), geographical (East Bay), poetic (Mayakovsky)?

Then I was looking randomly through the pictures on my computer and found this one, and I think it suits me pretty well. Naked picture to anyone who knows what it is. ^_^

Raw Shark Texts - the eponymous shark?
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:euboW6gO_73EDM:http://www.annotatedrawshark.com/f/Flickerbook20.jpg

Oooh, I get a job as avatar riddle solver! I have m4d 5k1llz!!1!

I read Moomin books as a kid, I still read them as an adult, and it was the only avatar-sized picture I had on my pc.

My avatar is a screenshot of my fantasy storm planet in a planetarium software. :fluffle:

Although I doubt anyone's interested. :(

EDIT: Awww, man! I got the last post in the page. my luck sucks. :(

Looks like either a sonographic image of a shark or what Cheese and Shoes said.

If its a sonographic image than I think its a reaf shark of some sort.

Raw Shark Texts - the eponymous shark?
http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:euboW6gO_73EDM:http://www.annotatedrawshark.com/f/Flickerbook20.jpg

Oooh, I get a job as avatar riddle solver! I have m4d 5k1llz!!1!

Win!

Your naked picture. (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/17003920_56fc7357d4.jpg?v=0)

My avatar is a screenshot of my fantasy storm planet in a planetarium software. :fluffle:

Although I doubt anyone's interested. :(

EDIT: Awww, man! I got the last post in the page. my luck sucks. :(I read your post. I also liked your avatar.

Is your ago suitably soothed now?

My avatar is a screenshot of my fantasy storm planet in a planetarium software. :fluffle:

Although I doubt anyone's interested. :(

EDIT: Awww, man! I got the last post in the page. my luck sucks. :(
Which software is that? And would it happen to be freeware, by any luck?

I am. I've been looking for a proggy to make planets for quite a while. Never found a good and free one. Can you help?

Not to worry - some people have more posts per page enabled. On my screen, your post ain't the last one. ;)

I read Moomin books as a kid, I still read them as an adult, and it was the only avatar-sized picture I had on my pc.

Moomins rock.

Actually... it's a prosecutor from a game series I enjoy (Gyakuten Saiben). There's three characters who all dress like they've stepped out of another era.

Is that the game being picked on here (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=262)?

Win!

Your naked picture. (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/13/17003920_56fc7357d4.jpg?v=0)

Nice brazilian.

This explains mine. (http://www.witchvox.com/va/dt_va.html?a=ustn&c=trads&id=3276)

Which software is that? And would it happen to be freeware, by any luck?

I am. I've been looking for a proggy to make planets for quite a while. Never found a good and free one. Can you help?

Not to worry - some people have more posts per page enabled. On my screen, your post ain't the last one. ;)
Yeah, there's a free program called "Celestia". That's the program in my avatar. And it is entirely freeware! :D

you can download it here (http://shatters.net/celestia/download.html). I also have a link to it in my sig. :) Be sure to check for updates once in a while. Now, here's the catch: you gotta manually type out the parameters for planets and stars in a writing program, such as notepad and wordpad (in windows, anyway), and also draw the map for the planet in a paint program. However, a few people on the celestia forum (http://shatters.net/forum) may be able to point you to some free programs that do the writing for you. :) As for drawing maps for the planets, there's a program called "lunarcell" (http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Misc__Graphics_Tools/LunarCell.html) that plugs into adobe photoshop that may be able to draw maps for you. (I haven't tried it myself, so I really don't know for sure.) Unfortunately, it's shareware, but you might be able to download it for free from the site I linked to.

And thanks for the optimism!
I read your post. I also liked your avatar.
Thanks! :D
Is your ago suitably soothed now?
Yes. :fluffle:

Moomins rock.

they're also finnish

keep it up with the avatars, gives me a chance to steal the good ones for my own use ;)

I see a little of myself in the joker, hence the avatar.

What can I say, I like footy & the Pies had a great win last night. Bring on the finals!

My avatar is actually quite simple, it's a symbol for chaos. -snip-

First time I saw it I thought it had something to do with Hank Jr. haha

Bocephus (http://cdn.nextsmallthings.com/coolchaser.com/thumb-4827322.jpg)

I did notice the head was facing a different direction than his tho. I never new that symbol was of/for anything. I figured he made it up.

What can I say, I like footy & the Pies had a great win last night. Bring on the finals!

oh bleedly hell it's that time again :eek:

oh bleedly hell it's that time again :eek:

Yep, the WA teams are a bit down on their luck this year! :tongue:

Yep, the WA teams are a bit down on their luck this year! :tongue:

good they done nothing but piss fart around

Meh. I made my avatar myself, so I suppose it says this about me: I make my avatars by myself.

Yeah, there's a free program called "Celestia". That's the program in my avatar. And it is entirely freeware! :D]
Hooray! You honestly wouldn't believe how long I've been looking for something like it. Years! (Dreaming of it for decades!)

you can download it here (http://shatters.net/celestia/download.html). I also have a link to it in my sig. :) Be sure to check for updates once in a while. Now, here's the catch: you gotta manually type out the parameters for planets and stars in a writing program, such as notepad and wordpad (in windows, anyway), and also draw the map for the planet in a paint program. However, a few people on the celestia forum (http://shatters.net/forum) may be able to point you to some free programs that do the writing for you. :) As for drawing maps for the planets, there's a program called "lunarcell" (http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Misc__Graphics_Tools/LunarCell.html) that plugs into adobe photoshop that may be able to draw maps for you. (I haven't tried it myself, so I really don't know for sure.) Unfortunately, it's shareware, but you might be able to download it for free from the site I linked to.
Wow. Thank you for the links provided, I've already checked them out. I have quite a few picure-maps I wanted to turn into a planet but didn't have the proggy. And the numbers...? Well, I'll figure it out, I'm sure.

Since I don't have Adobe Photoshop installed, that's not much of a problem.

So, thank you again! :hail:

(Nice avatar, btw.! Did you make that yourself? :p:rolleyes::)

And thanks for the optimism!
You needed it - as does everybody sometimes. ;)

Draaaaaiiiiiinaaaage!

Your point being, Vittos the Apathetic?