Hmm... will I make predictions this time? Lets find out!
To expand later, of course.
* In Marble Blast Platinum, I will finally get around to beating BCF. I've probably tried a thousand times already.
--- Haha, nope.
* Aaryl will continue to delay MBF until sometime after 2014.
--- Totally true.
* The PQ staff will release a video of PQ, then release it late-December, only for me to realize that this computer will not run it.
--- PQ? Where? If my computer runs MBP 1.50, PQ should be fine.
* The internet will go down.
--- Do finicky Broadcom drivers and/or corrupting TCP/IP stacks count?
* The Earth will remain intact.
--- *tap, tap* -- I'd say it has.
* My lame self will survive and not do anything horribly stupid.
--- Don't think I broke anything, I'm pretty sure I'm alive, and don't think I did anything
too stupid.
* They will discover life on Mars, which stirs up commotion for a few months, but then settles down.
--- Life? Don't think so. But I really haven't checked the news much recently, since Yahoo changed their layout to be stupid and also break everything in the process. I suppose I could look at other sites.
* I will learn how to program something. <<
--- Basic BASH scripting, as well as 2-3 lines of various other programming languages. I did make myself several neat scripts. Some of my attempts weren't perfect. It sometimes took forever. I made this "MBShifter" command script which I never made public that takes my Library/MarbleBlast folders and archives it in a totally stupid (hierarchic) fashion that would probably break NTFS and FAT filesystems. It allows for me to choose between profiles (me/the girls), and versions (MBP, MBG, MBF, MBPb if I wanted to, etc.), as well as having some safeties and allowing it to launch the game from the command line, if you wanted, with paths listed in a editable resource file. It has a setup script/function which is totally not implemented or functional, and remains dead code. The file is several kilobytes in size, too! I can definitely improve it. Some of my other ones was one that boots MBP 1.50, with some additional things for possible debugging in the future. Basically, it writes info to my console.log and analysis it for a few things, then archives it. No extra launch parameters needed! Then I made something that basically translated the names of the webpages I saved from the forums so that it was NTFS-compatible for Matan. It also stripped the directories that I stored the pages in of those annoying .DS_Store dataspace files. I may have also grepped my entire custom level store and used some regular expressions for a few Hangman answers, that was about custom levels and authors and such. I tried to learn bash and stuff of the system shell when my HD's filesystem corrupted (due to what I believe was a few bad sectors), and I couldn't get past Single-user mode without the boot processes fatal-ing out. So I learned what I could by the power of Google and man pages. The few files that were on there we copied off from the terminal on the install CD, and we reformatted it. But it had perked my interest ever since.
* I will make a world on Minecraft that lasts more than a month. Then, it drops support for this system.
--- I don't believe I made a world that lasted that long on this computer, but on one of the laptops I'm fairly sure I have. And Minecraft did drop support for this system. Aren't I amazing? They moved to Java 6, while the JVM is only on Java 5. It sort of blows the point of a JVM.
* I will make more predictions next year. I wouldn't know for sure until the year after.
--- I already made new predictions! I've noticed that they tend to follow an "I will..." format, though. But then others probably just omitted that bit in theirs where it would appear. I know I made them this year, and I will know I made them next year.
* Everyone here will ditch their obsession with ponies. Unless they are actually girls.
--- Unfortunately, I don't think everyone has. Oh well, you can keep on wishing.
* Multiplayer will be released, then I'll get bored of it and do something else.
--- Multiplayer beta released!
I haven't gotten bored of it yet, because we just got it! I'll definitely play it more once they get all the quirks out and the features in.
* I will not be using a new forum skin.
--- Not on the old Proboards! I am a bit using a new skin now, since the forum move. I kind of like it.
* Proboards will go down for a significant period of time.
--- There were definitely hiccups and that stupid ad server that was canceling the load requests. Stupid ads. Then we lost the domain and switched forums. The old forums was upgraded to v5 (why?!), which made it like all the other social media. Ugh. At least we won't be going back.
* Marble Blast will be remade and available on the market once again.
--- Haha, not really. The rights are still stowed away in some obscure location. Matan pointed out that we could distribute MarbleBlast as long as the people managing all that stuff don't complain, so that could be making it available. I'm sure MB uploads have gone up 500%.
* I will still have two cats.
--- Mrrow! Yes! I love my cats. They were both trying desperately to get me up this morning, nuzzling me and meowing at me excessively. All because they were hungry for breakfast. Once they were fed, they went back to their normal selves. Mrrow!
* We will get a foot of snow sometime after October this year. Aaryl will make another surprisingly-accurate weather forecast, and we will all stare in amazement.
--- I don't think Aayrl made any prediction this year. But we a whole bunch of snow mid-December in 2013, I would have to say in was definitely at least a foot, at least taking away the melt period between the two major snowfalls.
* I will not organize this post.
--- Ehh, I've organized it slightly, it's not just a long jumble of words (is it?). I've formatted it during this review, though.
* I will play MB at least 4 times this year. I will get bored each time.
--- Probably true. Interest is currently peaking up again, though. I think I lost interest fairly quick for each occasion that I did play.
* I will eat cake. No duh.
--- Totally true.
* Staff will not change further, unless there is further inactivity. Some staff will be slightly less active.
--- Not sure what the old staff listings were, but I can say that some have stepped down from inactivity, and there are definitely some who are ever less active.
* Aaryl will not release that MBF beta build, even though it looks ready for testing.
--- Actually, Aayrl did! However, I'm sure he's withholding something. Did I spell his name wrong? I've probably done it or nearly done it over a dozen times.
* Matan will eat a cheeseburger.
--- I'm sure he has. Haven't you? Correct me if I'm wrong.
* I will become a year older. Unless I meet up with some guy in a police box.
--- I am a year older! Not quite 16! Feels old. I do believe I may have accidentally wiped out the dinosaurs, though.
* Intelligent aliens will still not be found.
--- Of course not. If they did, the government would surely be covering it up. The universe is just too
big.
* I will take a long break now. I will sleep.
--- I'm quite sure I did sleep.
* I will make a useless edit in my post.
--- If my posts were useless, any edits would be useless, too. I'm sure I'm made useless edits numerous times.
* Um, a few old members go, and is replaced by several new ones?
--- Totally true. Old members always tend to go away. There have definitely been some new members, too. A whole year's worth. Some older members have come back to visit, though. More will come as the website and MBP approaches completion. That doesn't mean the completion is quite final, though.
* I will actually open and play MBG, not the MBP version. (if at all)
--- I think I may have! Probably near the beginning of the year, I've got a vague feeling about playing it then. Not sure how long I played it though, probably just did it for a bit of nostalgia.
* My favorite color will still be blue.
--- Totally true.
* Some long-gone member will make a comeback for at least a month.
--- Memory fails me. Could someone list a few? I'm sure that there were.
* Less of half of my predictions will be true, but I will still get at least 4, not including this one.
--- Haha, I made most of prediction so likely. I certainly did get at least 4.
* I will somehow get 150 posts.
--- What was it? 110? 75? I somehow got over 300 whopping posts in total in that one year. I have 328 posts on the old forums, and almost 300 here. Stupid bananas, they probably corrupted everything. I hope that gets fixed. I've probably made about 14-15 posts here so far (actually, probably a bit more than that), so I have 340-350 posts. I think the Pro Marbler requirement was lowered, so I will be Pro! Awesome! I once checked and I have way over 1000 posts, including spam and the such. Probably about 20-25 posts are locked away or deleted.
* I will get nicer.
--- Why, you're welcome! I'm much more optimistic, too!
* About everybody here will still think I am weird.
--- I totally am. Don't get me wrong.
* I will play a new game.
--- Some in-browser flash games? MBP 1.50? I suppose that this was true.
2013 Predictions :: Right or Wrong?
