M.E.R.255
Merry of all traits ;P
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- Ilex Forest, Johto (if only...)
- Seen May 17, 2017
Short introduction
Reason of joining
Traits
Favorites
Problems with me
Pokémon related info
Mertual team ;D
I spend WAY too long on this topic (like 5 hours trying to come up with what to write, how to write it, and several edits XDDD) so I hope this looks good enough for you. =)
Update: Let's make it day's worth of hours, because I keep editing it. XD
Don't be afraid to ask me questions here on in PM, I love them! =D
Thanks for reading! ^^
M.E.R.255
Some may not know this, but you can use [span=...] and [div=...] to change the look of your text, background, etc. with the help of CSS.
That's what mine looks like:
This can be written much shorter and include soooo much more! ^^
You can learn CSS here if you want: https://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
Hi! My name is M.E.R.255 and I'm a pixel artist, bit of a website developer, and a Germerican (my term for German American :P).
I might move to Canada, which means I'd be a... Germerinadian? :D
It only took me 6 months to make a reply in this forum. :P
I was... well... a little afraid to say anything, to be honest. ._ . Haven't had good experiences with some forums, while other times I get attached to users and then lose contact. -_-
I might move to Canada, which means I'd be a... Germerinadian? :D
It only took me 6 months to make a reply in this forum. :P
I was... well... a little afraid to say anything, to be honest. ._ . Haven't had good experiences with some forums, while other times I get attached to users and then lose contact. -_-
Reason of joining
I'm hoping to...
- rekindle my passion of doing Pixel Art
(it's no fun to make stuff when no one cares about nor uses what I make >_>)
- talk with people again
(I talk to my best friend and... that's about it ._.)
- find a purpose for smilies and sprite edits I work on
(you can use whatever I make ^^ just don't claim you made them >_>)
- work with others or help out again
(it's so much fun to share and create with others! =D)
- learn how to make Pokémon ROM hacks and get the most out of the tools
(me and my buddy really want to make a couple, but we keep running into problems or our lack of understanding how the 3rd Gen. tools works, so hopefully we can clear up some of these questions by asking you professionals or getting directed to topics that already discuss these issues ^^)
Traits
I am...
- a perfectionist
(I spend more time editing than creating o.O)
- a smiley lover ^^
(I tend to use them quite much to show how I feel and because they're cute ^^)
- one who thinks deeply about... well, anything
(I make a Fakémon and end up writing 10-20 pages of info >_>)
- informative
(if you had a very young user CONSTANTLY asked you "Why?" then you understand how I became that way XD)
- Pixel Artist
(being a Nintendo fan since the SNES and Game Boy era, it only makes sense that I have a passion for pixels and sprites ^^)
I'd show some examples, but it seems new users don't have the permission to use IMG or URL tag (got an error message), so maybe next time. :P
- website developer & web designer
(Only as hobby though and I don't get to code much anymore. =P Maybe one day I'll have more motivation to continue making myself a website from scratch. ;P But till then, maybe I can help out somewhere. =3 I overfilled my forum with BB codes and kept messing with the design. XP)
- one who loves improving stuff
(all thanks to me being a perfectionist who hates limitations >~<)
- one who does hobbies for fun, not for money
(I've never done a commission because it would feel so forced... but at the same time I'm not going to just make everything people tell me to do. >_> I have a life too, you know.)
- an ex-admin
(No, not from this website, but I have 3 years of experience in a Nintendo clan I owned, and few forums I wanted to make but lacked members in. =P I'm not looking for that position again, because I think I had enough experience. =3)
Favorites
Pokémon related favorites are in another section. ;)
- color: darkblue
(so dark and mysterious ^^)
- number: 255
(for whatever reason it was love at first sight, and later I loved it even more for all the meanings behind it =D)
- day: Friday the 13th
(Oddly enough, I was quite lucky on those days, because I kept finding money on the ground outside. =O One person's misfortune is my fortune, I guess. ;P)
- shape: triangle ∆
(they're easy to draw, interesting in Math, have 3 sides and points, and just look great to me =O)
- food: french fries
(I LOVE them! =D However, I cannot stand those cheap ripple-cut french fries which remind me of caterpillars. >_> Never have I tasted fries this bland! oO)
Problems with me
I have no idea if I have any disabilities, thanks to a doctor claiming stuff like Autism while also claiming I could never talk or ride a bicycle, so... Yeah! No clue! *sweat*
BUT! I do have these issues:
(if you do not like depressing or negative material, you may want to skip to something else to read)
BUT! I do have these issues:
(if you do not like depressing or negative material, you may want to skip to something else to read)
- thanks to constant punishment and abuse in my childhood, I'm afraid to make errors, so I edit almost every post several times =/
- Being forced to live in isolation as a child (parent telling me that I'm embarassing her for looking at people, while my sister made kids in my village laugh about and run away from me when they see me) I can get quite shy when I'm around many people... It's fine in the forum, but a chatroom with many people may intimidate me. ._. That's why I only had a clan of 10-20 active users back in the day... That was all I could handle. .#.
- I tend to get quite depressed... actually am fighting it everyday. If I don't stay occupied, I'll get bored, and boredom will make me remember... and memories will make me depressed and make me question why I should even exist... Sorry for being so negative. >#<
- my depression can lead to me isolating myself from people, making me stay away for days to weeks to months, even though isolation is one thing that depresses me, so I get stuck in a loop =/
- I apologize a lot, but you could guess why =(
- My replies can get massive, because I'm afraid to upset people by leaving out details, leading to misunderstandings... But also because I like looking out for others and try my best to make sure they get as much info as possible out of me. ^^
- I'm half German, that's a disability on its own. :D Just kidding. ^^ With so much negativity, I had to put something silly in here. =)
Pokémon related info
Favorite...
Least Favorite / Disliked...
What I do (when motivated to, that is... not with money, but with a reason to do it =/)
Pokémon is fun to edit and make sprites for, but really, I actually...
- Pokémon Game: Pokémon Crystal
(The game is very precious to me... My dad lived across the ocean, driven out of the country because of my mother, and send me this as a gift. It was one of very few things I had of him at the time... When I played the first generation games, I was quite young. Even though I couldn't speak English, all of them were in that language, so that I could learn how to speak with my father. The second generation games gave me a feel of wonder. The designs of the starters, the legendaries, the expanded world, it felt amazing and I can't help but get a little teary eyed when remembering how love and happiness I felt back then when playing it. I miss those feelings...)
- Regular Pokémon: Few too many to list!
(If it's tough or adorable, it's most likely my favorite, much like Chikorita and Aggron. ^^)
- Mythical Pokémon: ♥ Celebi ♥
(She was the most beautiful Pokémon I've ever seen... I always wanted to capture her, but I didn't know that wouldn't happen due to not knowing of the event... One day I will use a code to get the GS ball and capture her. I say "her" despite most mythical Pokémon having unknown gender because she's my "Poké Princess" ^^)
- Types: Water, Grass, Ghost, Dark, Steel
(Water- and Grass-type have much to do with nature; Ghost- and Dark-type look mysterious and more edgy; and Steel-type look and are tough)
- Teams: Rocket, Skull
Team Rocket is the classic, original team, I can't dislike them. =) Plus Jessie, James, and Meowth are hilarious! XD Why Team Skull though? Well... at first I thought that since the Alolan region has a worthless police force and is so peaceful that maybe the team exists because someone went "We gotta teach them guys to wake up and stop snoozin' about!" *tries imitating poorly* In other words, I thought the team tried to help the island by keeping people on guard for worse bad guys and only acted like villains to actually aid them. Doesn't seem like they were thinking that deep when creating the game... Nevertheless, they made me smile and I'll pretend that was their intention when making Team Skull. ^^
Least Favorite / Disliked...
- Pokémon Game: Pokémon Moon
(I'm sorry, but I cannot stand that game... Even if I would have played it as a child, it would be my least favorite. Being forced to go through hundreds of forced dialogues and cutscenes, hours of exposition just infuriated me. I enjoyed the games for feeling like I could explore a new world and befriend myself with creatures, never did I complain about a lack of story. The Anime has provided loads of that. What also bugged me was the lack of humanity of my character. He would always have that smile on his face, even in intense moments, maybe change his expression twice throughout the entire game. The fact that they zoomed onto his "always smiling" face only irritated me more. Also, saying your region's name to greet or say bye to people seems silly to me... It's like me saying "United States of America, everyone! :P")
- Regular Pokémon: Klefki
(I like the design... but it's the idea of a Pokémon shaped like a key. There are man-made Pokémon like Porygon, but keys weren't around for millions of years. What purpose does it have when doors hadn't been invented back then? What lead it to be a keychain? Unless it's also man-made or someone can convince me to reconsider, it will only bug me... Sorry. HOWEVER, if it was a Steel-, Fairy-, and Ghost-type I'd understand it a lot more, seeing how a ghost can imitate or possess objects, much like how Honedge seems to be that case. ^^)
- Legendary Pokémon Trio: Forces of Nature
(Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus are the first legendaries that I did NOT want to capture or encounter. They don't resemble Pokémon to me at all. If you said that "Dr. Robotnik put on tons of make-up and hopped on a cloud-shaped vehicle to trick Sonic", I'd believe you. =O)
- Types: The fact a Pokémon may only have up to 2 types at a time.
(There are Pokémon that beg to have 3 types, because you can clearly tell there is more to them, like making Charizard Fire-, Flying-, and Dragon-type.)
What I do (when motivated to, that is... not with money, but with a reason to do it =/)
Pokémon is fun to edit and make sprites for, but really, I actually...
- learned how to sprite by making Super Mario RPG ones! =D It's way more difficult with its isometric view, so it was a great way to
- did many N64 renders (animated, by pain-painstakingly taking screenshots of the game as a ROM and removing the background of each frame by hand) when I get the motivation to, uploading them in wikis or deviantART ^^ I'd love to find a way to utilize them more...
- create an animated cursor for the computer, or cursor for websites ^^ (unfortunately I only had the motivation to make one set of cursors as a gift...)
- draw in MS Paint sometimes, which isn't all that great, but good enough to show what the Fakémon or NPCs look like ^^
- make some badges, icons, headers, and other stuff in Photoshop =3
- write massive bios which can range from 5 pages to 20 pages of info. Per character / Fakémon! XD
(That includes blood types, height, weight, favorites, dislikes, diet, family relations, thoughts on family members, backstory, nicknames received from people, type of being, role in society, age, zodiac sign, maritial status, occupation, sexual preference, philias, phobias, behavior, friends, relation to other species, comparability, and whatever I can add! I get quite into it! ^^)
Mertual team ;D
Me and my buddy (Merry + virtualboy2558 = Mertual ^^) have been supporting each other for 5+ years! Everything we make we show, discuss, and improve with/for another. ^^ He's actually a better Pixel Artist than I am. =) At least from scratch. ^^ I am quite good in detail when it comes to editing and improving stuff, but he can make several sprite Fakémon in 3rd Gen. style a day! =O It takes me many hours to days to just make one. *sweat*
I'm not trying to promote him, I'm just pointing out how much I see in him, because he means the world to me. ^^ ♥
I'm not trying to promote him, I'm just pointing out how much I see in him, because he means the world to me. ^^ ♥
I spend WAY too long on this topic (like 5 hours trying to come up with what to write, how to write it, and several edits XDDD) so I hope this looks good enough for you. =)
Update: Let's make it day's worth of hours, because I keep editing it. XD
Don't be afraid to ask me questions here on in PM, I love them! =D
Thanks for reading! ^^
M.E.R.255
Spoiler: How I altered the background of my info
Some may not know this, but you can use [span=...] and [div=...] to change the look of your text, background, etc. with the help of CSS.
That's what mine looks like:
Code:
[PLAIN][div=background-color:#224;background: -webkit-linear-gradient(#445, #113);background: -o-linear-gradient(#445, #113);background: -moz-linear-gradient(#445, #113);background: linear-gradient(#445, #113);color:white;font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;border:none;border-radius:20px;box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,0.2);padding:20px;]
[/PLAIN][S-HIGHLIGHT]Text goes here.[/S-HIGHLIGHT]
[PLAIN][/div][/PLAIN]
You can learn CSS here if you want: https://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
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