User talk:Bioshock123/Archive 1

Welcome
Hi, welcome to BioShock Wiki! Thanks for your edit to the File:200px-Prime Health Unit-1-.png page.

Please leave a message on my talk page if I can help with anything! -- BlueIsSupreme (Talk) 02:13, February 9, 2010

Using Images
I can see that you have been confused about how to use images on wikis.

For instance, on the Vending Machines page it is not necessary to make a large composite image out of smaller images that have already been uploaded. If you want to use more than one image together you can make an image gallery.

Also, you need to be careful with exactly where you put an image in a page.
 * Be careful not to put it in a subject heading (Like you did in the Businesses page)
 * Never put an image at the very top of an article before any templates (like you did on the Mark Meltzer Writings pages.)
 * Do not place images inside of paragraphs; it is better to put them immediately below a section heading.

On the businesses page when you reverted my edit you said "On the project page, it asked for pictures on this page." The project page for business articles is here: BioShock Wiki:Businesses Project, and it did not ask for images on that page. I think you are referring to the wikisticky notes on the MyHome page. The notes on those stickies are randomly generated and the advice they give is actually not very good. I suggest not paying any attention to them. ~'''Gardimuer  ''' { ʈalk } 05:15, March 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I guess I was not clear enough. Some pages do not need images. The wikistickies that say they need image are just a randomly generated message that does not give good advice. Also, as I said above, we don't need images that just combine the icons we already have on the wiki (such as all of the ammunition images that you keep uploading and I keep deleting.) If you want to add lots of ammunition icons to a page you can use an image gallery.


 * For example, here is a gallery of the pistol rounds:


 * Please do not upload those ammunition images again. ~Gardimuer   { ʈalk } 22:55, March 2, 2010 (UTC)


 * I don't know what else I can say to get you to understand. This is the fourth time you have uploaded those redundant images and it will be the fourth time I have to delete them. Uploading duplicate images is discouraged, and doing it repetitively is actually a bannable offense. Please, if you disagree with what I have told you, tell me why on my talk page. It is hard for me to understand why you keep repeating the same mistake if you don't talk to me about it. I will wait two days for your reply, and if I don't hear back from you I will delete the images again for the final time. If you upload them again after that point I will block you from editing for a short period of time so you can read what I have written here and respond. ~Gardimuer   { ʈalk } 00:21, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

WikiStickies
The WikiStickies are a program created by Wikia (The company that hosts the BioShock Wiki and others,) and administrators of each site have very little control over them. The messages on the stickies often contradict the policies on individual wikis because they are randomly generated without any regard for what actually is needed. Many administrators have complained about this. (You can see many of their complaints in the comments of this blog: User blog:Toughpigs/WikiStickies - new feature launching on My Home)

As an administrator of this Wiki, I am more informed about how the site should look than the flawed algorithm in the WikiStickies. Please trust me when I say you should ignore the notes about adding images.

If you would like to help out around the wiki, try looking at the list of things to do on the Community Portal.

Since you like to add images, it would be good for you to learn how images are displayed, included galleries. This is probably the best tutorial you can find: MediaWiki:Help:Images ~'''Gardimuer  ''' { ʈalk } 03:04, March 3, 2010 (UTC)

Speculation
"If u were to go and take off all the contriversal info on this wiki, you would remove about half of the entire website!!!"

Not really. The majority of information in the articles of this wiki are facts shown or stated in the game. If you see anything in an article that you think is just speculation you can go ahead and move it to the talk page of that article. As I just told Danthemanglitcher, on this wiki we try to follow the Wikipedia policy of "No original research" which says "Wikipedia is not the place to publish your own opinions, experiences, arguments, or conclusions." ~'''Gardimuer  ''' { ʈalk } 02:27, March 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * The information is interesting, but the trivia section isn't the place for it. Really, placing it on a talk page is best because then other editors can discuss it and come up with more neat ideas. Check out the BioShock Wiki:Trivia Policy for more information about what goes in trivia sections. ~Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:37, March 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * If you see something that you think is speculation and it doesn't have any source information, please move it to the talk page. You will be helping the wiki if you do. The tabs for viewing the talk page are prominent at the top of each article, so I have good faith that anyone who is interested will be able to find that information.


 * I apologize about the previous link; here is the correct one: No original research~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:59, March 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sometimes it takes a little time and experience for a newcomer to notice what goes on at a wiki. I don't know about your friend, but since you have only been an editor here for less than a month it is understandable that you might not notice such common things as talk pages. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 03:15, March 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * Interesting; so, why did you wait till now to sign up? Did you never get tired of the page ads in all the articles? ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 03:35, March 5, 2010 (UTC)

Credits
No, I would not include the concept art on the credits page. I believe that the concept art should go on the related article. For example, the Big Sister art on the Big Sister page. <font color=#COCOCO>EDlTʘR  <font color=#COCOCO>•taIk• |undefined 02:11, March 6, 2010 (UTC)

About Wanted Listings
All Wanted pages, including that Wanted Templates page, are generated from broken links to the type of thing listed. If someone were to put " ", then it would be added to the wanted listing since it doesn't exist, but is being called for. ~<span title="Never harmed a kitten... Just cats!" style="cursor:crosshair"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ <font color="#009900">ᶒ <font color="#00aa00">ɠ <font color="#00bb00">ą <font color="#00cc00">§ <font color="#00dd00">ɔ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00bb00">é <font color="#00aa00">ɳ <font color="#009900">č <font color="#008800">ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t <font color="#ff8800">al <font color="#ff4400">k <font color="#ff0000">} 03:40, March 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * As MegeScience said, the "Wanted" templates aren't really wanted. It is just an error report. Usually if something shows up in those lists it means an editor misspelled a template or article name when linking to it or an admin deleted a page without removing any links to it from other pages. So the things in those lists are not wanted. Also, thank you for informing me of the vandalism. The person has been banned. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 05:34, March 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * If you would like to request a template, you can tell me what you want it to look like and I will work on it. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 14:45, March 7, 2010 (UTC)
 * For the previous "Weapon of Choice" templates I used the icons of the weapons in game. At the moment we don't have any icons for the BioShock 2 Weapons. What image would you want to show in the template? ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 17:25, March 7, 2010 (UTC)

Here is the machine gun template: WeaponOfChoice

I noticed you have a Big Daddy one on your userpage as well. If you want a template version of that you can replace your image with this:

~'''<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> ''' <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:33, March 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Your poll works well. I will add the Big Daddy template to your page since your computer can't handle it. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 05:02, March 8, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ah. I understand now. It isn't a problem with your computer. You use "Rich Text Editor" and the wiki automatically puts you in the normal editing mode whenever there is an advanced template on a page. Have you ever tried editing it source mode? People make less formatting mistakes with the plain text editor.


 * I have simplified the template so you should be able to use it on your page now. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 13:34, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

About the picture:
As a gamer, my favorite weapon in BioShock is the wrench because it can be tied in with tonics. For the picture, I'm looking for a Breadwinner splicer picture for my fake Austin Moore character.

About the Shutterbug Template
That template basically means the user goes ingame a lot to get screenshots that aid the wiki, such as very good pictures of specific advertisements and such. ~<span title="Never harmed a kitten... Just cats!" style="cursor:crosshair"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ <font color="#009900">ᶒ <font color="#00aa00">ɠ <font color="#00bb00">ą <font color="#00cc00">§ <font color="#00dd00">ɔ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00bb00">é <font color="#00aa00">ɳ <font color="#009900">č <font color="#008800">ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t <font color="#ff8800">al <font color="#ff4400">k <font color="#ff0000">} 00:38, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

That's great, but
That would be the biographical picture for my gamer; I would need one for my fictional Austin Moore. Did you read my story? You liked? I liked yours, a bit of sad humor is nice in BioShock. Some minor editor that doesn;t even have BiShock 2 yet, still! 00:40, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Okay, thank you
and the following is what comes up when I "sign"

An edit fro some minor editor that's named Austin The Elite 00:52, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for that catch and that's how i do it, with those 4 sgilies An edit from some minor editor that's named Austin The Elite 01:22, March 8, 2010 (UTC)

Rapture was finished in 1951, right? Then...
why do you have in your biography that Mike arrived in 1946?

okie dokie, just makin sure
sorry,

An edit from some minor editor that's named Austin The Elite 00:45, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Distilled Water etc.
About the distilled water page: we can't know for sure that "Artisan Distilled Water" is a business; it could just be a brand name for the water. Since we don't know anything about the business itself we can leave it as part of the Distilled Water article for now, just like the different brands of cigarettes are part of the Cigarettes article.

Your pages were well made. One thing I noticed though, you are linking to articles the long way. You have been using the url location inside of brackets to link, like this:. Usually that is only done for outside links. It is more common to just use the article name inside of a pair of brackets, like this:. ~'''<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> ''' <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:13, March 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Could you show me an instance of it not working? Try putting a link on my talk page the double bracket way. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:20, March 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * The link you put on your userpage is working fine. Does it show red for you? ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:42, March 9, 2010 (UTC)
 * If it appears as a broken link for you then there may be something wrong with your browser. You could try asking for help on the Wikia forums; someone there might know what the problem is. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait">  <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:56, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Summon Eleanor Page

 * 1) You are removing a relevant plasmid video snapshot.
 * 2) You are removing my painstakingly converted Summon Eleanor plasmid video.
 * 3) You are inserting a overly huge image of Eleanor, which may be relevant to the plasmid, but is not required how you are setting it.

Here, I will compromise it. ~<span title="Never harmed a kitten... Just cats!" style="cursor:crosshair"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ <font color="#009900">ᶒ <font color="#00aa00">ɠ <font color="#00bb00">ą <font color="#00cc00">§ <font color="#00dd00">ɔ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00bb00">é <font color="#00aa00">ɳ <font color="#009900">č <font color="#008800">ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t <font color="#ff8800">al <font color="#ff4400">k <font color="#ff0000">} 02:31, March 9, 2010 (UTC)


 * Because my computer internet sometimes double-sends things by accident. ~<span title="Never harmed a kitten... Just cats!" style="cursor:crosshair"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ <font color="#009900">ᶒ <font color="#00aa00">ɠ <font color="#00bb00">ą <font color="#00cc00">§ <font color="#00dd00">ɔ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00bb00">é <font color="#00aa00">ɳ <font color="#009900">č <font color="#008800">ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t <font color="#ff8800">al <font color="#ff4400">k <font color="#ff0000">} 02:37, March 9, 2010 (UTC)

Hello
Hello Bioshock123

My name is D.Ryan

I read your User Page it was good. See how you are Andrew Ryans brother. I am his grandson and Bridgette Tenenbaum is my aunt

I liked your user oage I thought iw was very creative see ya around P.S. (you should read mine sometime)

Thanks
Thanks Uncle

I will place it on my page when ever I find a place to put it talk to you soon

―D.RYAN― 03:10, March 12, 2010 (UTC)

Plasmid Of Choice
Hello, I left this message of D.Ryan's page, but I wanted to give you a heads up as well:

It is better to make a template for userboxes, not to upload images that look like them. Think of it like this: The image you uploaded will only work for one person, and to change it someone would have to go through the long process of dowloading it and manually changing the image in an image editing software.

A template would be easier to change and customize because anyone can switch out the images or text on the page. A template can be customized so that any user can put their name in it. If you decide you want a "Plasmid of Choice" userbox please let me know. Here is a template version of the Electro Bolt choice: PlasmidOfChoice ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 08:06, March 12, 2010 (UTC)


 * I will start making all the Plasmid Of Choice templates soon. However, I probably won't make templates for weapons or plasmids that we don't have icons for. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 15:32, March 13, 2010 (UTC)

Videos
Sorry, there is no way to upload/embed a video that isn't from one of the supported sites. You may have to wait until that video is uploaded on youtube, or if you don't want to wait you could download the video from CollegeHumour.com and upload it to youtube yourself. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 02:52, March 13, 2010 (UTC)

About Ryan
They kept Subject Delta's DNA on file. In removed audio from the game, Eleanor explains how Sofia Lamb used your DNA from record to make her. Of course, that didn't make much sense, so they removed it. But if they had Delta's, why not Ryan's? Then you'd just need a woman... ~<span title="Never harmed a kitten... Just cats!" style="cursor:crosshair"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ <font color="#009900">ᶒ <font color="#00aa00">ɠ <font color="#00bb00">ą <font color="#00cc00">§ <font color="#00dd00">ɔ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00bb00">é <font color="#00aa00">ɳ <font color="#009900">č <font color="#008800">ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t <font color="#ff8800">al <font color="#ff4400">k <font color="#ff0000">} 23:39, March 13, 2010 (UTC)

Images
As I have said before, the best way you can learn about displaying images is to read what is on this page: MediaWiki:Help:Images That page will tell you how to put images side by side in a gallery or to align them to different sides of a page. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 22:48, March 16, 2010 (UTC)

Problem, videos, etc.
Could you explain what exactly looks different to you? I can't help you if I only have such a vague statement to go on. Sometimes Wikia changes something in their layout for all sites, so it affects our own. If you see some minor changes that might be the cause. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 12:52, March 17, 2010 (UTC)


 * The reason the videos are showing up in 2 columns is that you are using a video gallery. The only way (that I know of) to use more than two videos on the same line is to make a table for them and give each video a set width.


 * For example, if you type the following on a page you will get a table with three videos in a row. All of these are set to 100 pixels wide, but you can change the number after "thumb" to get smaller or larger videos.


 * Example Text:
 * ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 01:57, March 19, 2010 (UTC)

Need help (what else is new)
Every time I try to add a video to my user page it dissaperes and the name of it apperes on the top of my user page but there is no video (by the way fixed the problem with the look it was my internet settngs were all screwed up)

Suchong splattered in blood
Yes yes, obviously he only dies in one of his recordings, but it's the same photograph for all of them. It's as if, when he got killed, his portrait got smattered with blood. This all took place in the past, before Jack even finds his first audio diary, so the portrait has already been smattered with blood, and that's the one you see for all the audio diaries, even the first one.

I find the existing explanation that it's due to the nature of his work unsatisfactory. After all, Tenenbaum was involved in some pretty terrible experiments too, and Fontaine has a lot of blood on his hands. This explanation of him being the only one to have been killed during his audio recording was suggested by Gardimuer and imo it's the correct one. I don't see why it doesn't deserve to be mentioned as well, especially when the only other explanation provided has some logical problems. Clicketyclick 03:00, March 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Ok that's cool. I hope everything is fine with you (re: the hospital business). I get that he died in his last audio diary but the blood splatter appears on every audio diary. But consider the other explanation. Why would there be blood splatter on his image "because of the nature of his work" back when he was just making audio diaries about testing telekinesis and strapping people down when they get angry after Enrage is used on them? It was only his later experiments that were bloody messes. So that objection you bring up applies equally to both explanations... yes including the one already appearing on the wiki page. Do you understand what I mean?


 * And here's my explanation: the 'photo' you see, it's not picked up with each audio diary. It's not like you gathered 16 identical pictures of Suchong along with his 16 audio diaries. And after all, why would each person glue a picture of themselves to their audio diaries? It's just a pic the devs used to visually represent the voice you're hearing so the player can easily tell who's talking. It's a single picture. And that one picture that's used to identify the audio diaries got symbolically splattered with blood when he got killed during his final audio diary. Since it's the same portrait that's used to represent Suchong on all audio diaries, that's why his pic always appears splattered in blood. Clicketyclick 23:54, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

So is it okay with you if I add my edit back in? Do you have any suggestions for how it could be phrased to make it clearer or something? Clicketyclick 00:05, March 21, 2010 (UTC)

oh please
Is it not obvious why I removed the edit by Massive Cu- I mean "Cassive Munt" who changed Andrew Ryan's page to add: "Although this is never really covered in the games very much, Andrew Ryan was also a homosexual gangster rapper who went by the gang name of Wang Gobbler."

For godsakes, sometimes the reason for an edit is so bloody obvious that it doesn't need an explanation. The only reason for the edit explanation box is if you need to explain things because they're not obvious changes.

Also, do you plan on getting back to me on the message I left for you above, over your repeated undoings of my edits? You know, the explanation box on edits cannot and should not be used as a substitute for discussion on a talk page. Clicketyclick 20:26, March 20, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh, like you did here ? Please.


 * Again, I don't mean to harass you over this, but can you please answer if you plan to get back to me about undoing my edits? Clicketyclick 21:28, March 20, 2010 (UTC)

Your questions
All the problems have been taken care of. Thank you for keeping me informed.

As to how to customize your signature...

You can find a lot of information about how to customize your signature here: Help:Wikisig.

Basically, to customize your signature you would need to create a subpage of your userpage titled User:Bioshock123/Signature. Then you would put your name (with a link to your userpage) and any other customizations you want there. For instance, here is my signature page: User:Gardimuer/Signature. Remember to add a link to your userpage (User:Bioshock123) that way people can easily reach your talk page after you leave them a comment.

After you have made you signature page you go to your preferences (Special:Preferences) and type  into the signature box and put a check mark next to "Custom signature". ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 00:34, March 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * As I said in the summary of my edit to your userpage, I replaced a duplicate image. You had uploaded a low resolution duplicate of File:Adminicondaddy.png. I frequently go through the list of new uploaded files to categorize them and check for duplicates. Since that file was a duplicate I replaced it with the original before I deleted the low resolution version. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 22:55, March 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Unfortunately I will not be able to take any screenshots again for at least a month, so I can't get any more images like that for a while. If you wanted to take high quality screenshots yourself, you could try doing some key bindings of console commands. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 05:05, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Special Corpses
These are not burnt corpses. They look like they simply died. They are not bloody or charred, just decomposed very badly. I will have to show a picture I guess.

BioShockGuy52

Alpha Series
Okay, tomorrow if I can. It seems they are classified as "Mad Daddy" in game files. I've only found very brightly colored versions of their textures, although I haven't really looked, so I'm sure regular textures are in there. I know I've found Delta's model, which is probably used for Alpha Series directly, instead of a variant.

By the way, you shouldn't change the name displayed in your messages for talk pages. We need to know who sent the messages, not some fun name you've given yourself. Else wise, we have to check manually and such. ~<span title="Never harmed a kitten... Just cats!" style="cursor:crosshair"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ <font color="#009900">ᶒ <font color="#00aa00">ɠ <font color="#00bb00">ą <font color="#00cc00">§ <font color="#00dd00">ɔ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00bb00">é <font color="#00aa00">ɳ <font color="#009900">č <font color="#008800">ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t <font color="#ff8800">al <font color="#ff4400">k <font color="#ff0000">} 01:02, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Chechnya Vodka
Did you know that if you go to the undetailed trash heaps [I've only done this in Fort Frolic] such as the one in front of the slot machines surrounding a pool table in one casino[ I will get the name later], and use Telekinesis on it, you will pull out objects like empty cat food cans, small fedoras, old cheese wedges, and best of all, Chechnya Vodka? A slow but free and effective way to replenish Eve if you have Boozehound, and any Extra Nutrition tonics. Though, they will dissappear if you don't use them quickly. You can also pick up infinite old food from piles in the Farmer's Market.

BioShockGuy52 21:32, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Scrounger
Hey, you ever used Scrounger and found less than what you found before, or even NOTHING? The little commercial movie is a total lie. X-Ray vision my ass!

BioShockGuy52 21:31, March 23, 2010 (UTC)

Deco Devolution
Micheal

Do you have the bioshock 2 artbook?

―D.RYAN― 03:04, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

Dco Devolution
Oh well it just looked like you took it out of a book

―D.RYAN― 21:13, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

Missing from Rapture
Can you explain why some of the following things are missing from Rapture's cityscape?

Variety of animals. With the exception of cat corpses and the occasional stranded, flopping fish, animals are absent. Other types of pets, such as dogs or birds, are not anywhere to be found, living or dead. You would think that there would be more dogs than cats, seeing as cats hate water. Though, it may have been due to sanitation issues, if you want to get technical.

Male adolescents or childrein in any form, aside from the voice of Jack as a boy in "Mind Control Test". Where the hell did they go? No corpses, no Splicer kids, no survivors, no references, no ghosts, nothing! And the kid on the Nico Time Cigarette ad doesn't count. They are just gone. Maybe due to possibility of complaints from parents? But then again, Deus EX: The Conspiracy features multiple little boys in many places in the game, which can be killed in the same horribly violent ways as adults, and their corpses interacted with, even being destroyed. There are no teens in the game of either sex, which is odd, as kids are capable of surviving, albeit not as well as adults. Plus, children were allowed use of plasmids, and therefore ADAM, and therefore, the same effects apply to their bodies and minds. Where are they!!!!!!!!???????????

Certain logical factors, such as body cleanup. If Suchong was dicovered by Sullivan, having been killed at the time in which they were still testing the Little Sister-Big Daddy bonding factor, which was before the total downfall of Rapture, then why the hell would you leave the man screwed to his desk? Or the bodies that are A L L O V E R Apollo Square. In connection with this, due to the multiple fires found throughout Rapture, especially in Apollo Square, Rapture would have exploded. This is because of the large amount of methane gas that would be released from the many decaying corpses. Also, about the cracks and small, leaky holes in the windows; NO. I am all for aesthetics, but as far as reality goes, one crack in the glass walls of Rapture would allow the pressure of the... oh what is that thing... oh, the OCEAN to break through, and then Rapture is a fish tank. Another thing, where do they get food? They ate more than fish, and they had dairy products, so where exactly did it all come from? Arcadia aint that big. Oh well. It was put together really well and it worked out. I'm just saying...

And another thing: Where the f*** did the rest of the Apollo Air flight passengers go? They are also gone from every aspect of the game. GONE!

On a another topic, there is a kitchen in Mercury Suites that contains a crazy (no shit) female Splicer, and several dead people, with a considerable amount of blood in the area. One of these bodies is on the food preparation island in the center of the kitchen, covered in blood. Cannibalism...? I mean, what do the Splicers eat, since they apparently have no clue how to operate a Vending Machine?

Well, I'll allow some time for thought on these before I add more. Please get back to me on this.

BioShockGuy52 23:31, March 25, 2010 (UTC)

Galleries
Wikia recently changed the way their galleries work. Now all the images in a gallery will have a set height, and the gallery will expand to be as wide as your screen. If you have a very wide screened computer then it is normal for the gallery to just be one row. The way to add images to the gallery is still the same as in the linked info I gave you. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 05:34, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

Sinclair
Prentice Mill, Atlantic Express' founder, said in one of his audio diary Austen Bathyshpere, Anton Kinkaide's company, wanted to buy the railroad. I don't remenber when Sinclair said he bought it or when it was mentioned, so where's your proof ? Pauolo 17:36, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

In which video or article ? And also, directors can make errors : in an interview, one of them named Wales as Dr. Simon Wales while he was an architect. Pauolo 17:45, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

The video was taken down ? From which website ? Go take a look on Gametrailers or IGN : they don't remove interviews. Pauolo 18:03, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

And which website ? you didn't answered me. Pauolo 18:09, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

I suppose you can't give the video's name or a link to youtube, because it's the last website where it can be found, right ? Pauolo 18:19, March 27, 2010 (UTC)


 * This is one of those times when a source is needed for information. If you can find a source video for it then feel free to put it in the article, but until you have a source it should be removed. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 18:46, March 27, 2010 (UTC)

Mo' Info and Questions
OK, since you did well with the last post, I have more for you.

One, I think that the aged corpse in Arcadia's "Tea Garden" is that of the promiscuous Angelina.

2: How is it that NOBODY found Jasmine Jolene's corpse? This murder happened before the freakin riots! There is no way that nobody found the body.

3: I don't know if this was discussed before, but there is a crab in the bathtub with Anna Culpepper's corpse. It is actually kinda weird, since there is really no other crab sightings in the game that I know of.

4: Here is another wierd one: All of Sander Cohen's plaster covered bunny masks will bleed when hit, even the GIANT ones on the wall in his bedroom. Also, the two plaster coated corpses in his room are the only two I know of that can be moved or knocked over.

5: The corpses of Cohen's disciples can not be moved except by picking up another object with telekinesis, then sliding it across them.

6: On easy, and maybe other levels, Big Daddies up to Arcadia and possibly further can be killed with a single Incindiary Bolt. Also, Armor piercing Auto Rounds will put bloody bullet holes in Big Daddies.

7: What are the little revolving disks on the side of the Shotgun? I can't think of any function for them.

8: There is a cat corpse in the area of Apollo Square where Atlas was camped out, in the little recessed area that has a double staircase leading to a basement type area that is partially flooded, with the corpse of a man who seems to have shot himself, which is not labled as 'Corpse' and does not flop or loll around when moved. It is all stiff, as though stuffed.

9: In Failsafe Armored Escorts, there is a recessed area full of dark water, under which Splicers play dead, somehow without drowning. On that note, in Worley Winery, in the area that is flooded and has 2 huge wine containers, next to the Gene Bank, if you watch the Splicers walk into this area of water, they will crouch down to look for who knows what, all the way under water, seemingly oblivious to lack of oxygen.

10: Armor piercing rounds will put large black holes in metal and glass surfaces, instead of the usual dent or broken glass effect.

11: In Arcadia, near a U-Invent, there is a crawlspace door in the wall overtop a raised area that is damn near impossible to get to. Every time I stack boxes to get up there, they fly off when I jump. I did it like, twice though.

12: In the Little Sister place in Point Prometheus, where all the cells are, there is a room with a couple of dead bodies, and there are two screens, one depicting a Big Daddy, one depicting a woman. Both have buttons underneath them.If you press the one under the woman, you are hurt. If you keep pressing the one under the Big Daddy, you get infinite Salty's Potato Chips. I guess so the girls would associate Big Daddys with good things.

13: I'm not sure, but I think the man in the little movie that plays if you leave the menu on for a little bit is Jack. He is wearing Toasty's clothes, but he has Jack's voice, similar shirt sleeves, and is not very visibly mutated. I will have to watch it again to check for the tattoes. If it is Jack, then the movie is just a representation of how things are in Rapture, because he gets FUCKED up by the Big Daddies.

Well, I will let these get answered and commented on. Please acknowledge as many as possible, for verifications and the like.

BioShockGuy52 00:00, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Nice answers.
The menu I was talking about is the main menu BTW, not the pause menu, in case I confused thee. I appreciate your patience with my inquiries; I can be rather annoying with details. I will try to bootleg the movie and post it for Ye.

Danke, mein Freund. [Thank you, my friend]

BioShockGuy52 00:51, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Portrait
Well he actually copied it from me I mean that is my picture I have on my user page

Answer: take a male's diarie icon and edit it on any random picture editor

―D.RYAN― 00:53, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Also...
Also, I will get some video of Anna's crab problem, the water crouching Splicers, the One Shot kill of a Big Daddy, the possible corpse of Angelina, The IMPOSSIBLE CRAWLSPACE, the Bleedin' Bunny Masks, the moving plaster statues, holes in the Big Daddies with the Machine Gun, and some other junk, specially for your viewing pleasure.

Well then, I will have them at least by tomorrow, if not sometime tonight.

BioShockGuy52 01:10, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Crabs [Pun intended]
If you go to Anna Culpepper's page, click the picture of her body in the tub, and gt it to max resolution, you can see the ends of two of it's legs.

About Adminship
Sure, I've thought of it, but jokingly. I'm way too incompetent, with a random bad temper, and I don't always check before undoing someone else's edits. Besides all that, I'm quite sure they've said they don't need anymore Admins as of now, although Stigma has gone dormant here. I could ask her, but I wouldn't suggest myself for the spot. ~<span title="Never harmed a kitten... Just cats!" style="cursor:crosshair"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ <font color="#009900">ᶒ <font color="#00aa00">ɠ <font color="#00bb00">ą <font color="#00cc00">§ <font color="#00dd00">ɔ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00bb00">é <font color="#00aa00">ɳ <font color="#009900">č <font color="#008800">ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t <font color="#ff8800">al <font color="#ff4400">k <font color="#ff0000">} 04:56, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Got Some Video for you
OK, now, these are not super-quality, CGI upgraded, Hollywood grade movies with beautiful screenshot quality or anything. I took these with a handheld Polaroid i534 5.0 Megapixel Digital Camera. They aren't even good enough to come up on an Internet search fo Biohock videos, reall, as I recorded them this morning specifically so you could see them. They contain my very deep, gravelly normal voice; that one you use when you are not talking to other people, just being yourself. My voice being so deep is one: an effect of advanced puberty [I am 17] Two: a side effect of speaking German in a deep, growling voice for several hours for almost a week Three: A side effect of calling military drill commands, cadence, and the like. So, enjoy my little cheap videos. I reserve all rights to my voice, my TV screen, my DVD player which can be seen in one video, and any other objects in the video (ha ha).

Go to www.youtube.com and search The Impossible Crawlspace and Anna Culpepper's Crab to view them. The description should read "Specifically for D.Ryan on the BioShock Wiki".

BioShockGuy52 13:27, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

D. Ryan as in Dr. Ryan. It's a compliment on your intelligence. Shoulda put the 'r' in there.

BioShockGuy52 13:33, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Your Name
Because it is a Russian name that sounds like yours, just like Andrew Ryan's name is Andrei.

BioShockGuy52 16:26, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Suchong's Death
Is the idea that an Alpha Series killed Suchong not disputed or anything? I thought it was.

BioShockGuy52 16:44, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

BioShock 2
Dude, what is the cheapest price for the PS3 version of BioShock 2? And where? I live in North Carolina, BTW.

BioShockGuy52 16:46, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Chechnya Vodka
Hey, you never got back to me on the post labeled Chechnya Vodka. I find this to be a neat discovery, man!

BioShockGuy52 16:51, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Injury in Water
Maybe this is just my system, but I noticed that inf you attack Splicers in water with a gun or wrench, they usually sustain no visible damage, like gunshot wounds. It is just a graphic error or something I suppose. How did you like my long-ass made up story? I was waiting for someone to notice. You actually scared me when you asked about it right after I finished it.BioShockGuy52 17:03, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Curious
Are you on this Wiki all day every day? You always seem to be right there. Just wondering. BioShockGuy52 17:04, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Just had a thought
This might sound wierd, but if you think about it, in BioShock, the good guys are the Splicers, except Saturnine and Spiders, and so are Big Daddies and Little Sisters. The bad guys are Ryan, Fontaine/Atlas, Tennenbaum, and Jack. Tennenbaum is trying to make it right, though.

BioShockGuy52 17:10, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Innocent Splicers
Not all of them are, and I did not say they were allies, but with the exception of the Spider Splicers and the Saturnine, the Splicers are just the poor victims of the ways and ideals of Rapture's society, even if they brought some of it on themselves. Listen to Toasty: All he wanted was love, and never found it, and he spliced to make himself look better. No matter what he was still rejected ["I sent her flowers every day, but she always sent them back."], and then, he turned violent. They do not know or understand what they are doing, they just want ADAM, because it is addictive. They are afraid of Jack, so they try to kill him, because of natural instinct. They are the citizens who wanted a better life, and this is what they got. Now, it is kill, or be killed. Pick one. The game package even asks, "Do you exploit the innocent citizens of Rapture to save yourself, or do you risk all to become their savior?" They are survivors, and will not allow themselves to be killed without a fight. They are people on the inside.

BioShockGuy52 17:23, March 28, 2010 (UTC)

Wiki Maintenance
Thank you for telling me about the page that needed to be deleted.

About the edit I made to your userpage: I did not change the appearance of anything on your page. I only performed a simple maintenance action. I hoped that you would always trust me to never change the appearance of your page. The edit I made was to replace a template that was going to be deleted. Before I could delete the old template I had to remove all links to it on other pages, including your userpage. If I had asked your permission I might have had to wait several days before I could finish performing a simple maintenance action. However, since this bothers you I will be sure to ask your permision in the future. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 23:47, March 28, 2010 (UTC)


 * As I mentioned in the summary of the edit to your user page, I consolidated (combined) all of the WeaponOfChoice templates into one, WeaponOfChoice, and all the PlasmidOfChoice templates into one, PlasmidOfChoice. I did this in order to simplify the upkeep of those templates and avoid the redundancy of so many nearly identical pages. Check out the template pages or BioShock Wiki:Userboxes if you want to know more about how they work. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 21:54, March 29, 2010 (UTC)


 * It is still in color because I have not made an icon for it yet. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 23:46, March 30, 2010 (UTC)
 * I made a possible icon for Summon Eleanor. You can see a preview of it here. Let me know if you like it or if you would rather just have a version of the plasmid icon like all the others. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 00:19, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Dude, come on
i'm asking you kindly to stop deleting my web page, why. are you jealous that i came up with an awesome idea and you can't stand that! so stop, would you kindly.

OK
We, can agree to disagree, but still, you see where I'm getting the idea from, right? I mean, really, they aren't all bad: Steinman say's "I'm Sorry." when he dies, Lady Smith is trying to have a picnic ["Pack a picnic lunch and we'll make a day of it! I just adore the summertime."], Waders is a man of God, although a bit too enthusiastic with a hint of I N S A N I T Y, Ducky cries to himself like a little bitch, we went over Toasty already, Baby Jane just wants fame, Breadwinner really is a jerk, Rosebud wants her baby back so very badly, Pigskin is just a boy in his personality, and so on and so forth. You get me?

PS: Where did the color of the buttons on this editing screen go?

BioShockGuy52 12:03, March 29, 2010 (UTC)

Is it mean to call Ducky a little bitch? I mean, he cries like a whole lot. Jack was forced down there and has to deal with the insand denizens of Rapture and is subject to other people's whims, and his entire previous life was not even real, so he has nothing to go back to. But you don't hear him whining and crying. Actually, he doesn't say much at all. Hmm...

PLASMID OF CHOICE
How do you change the picture on the Plasmid of Choice template? The Plasmid icon, I meant.

BioShockGuy52 14:31, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

Big Daddy
Is the Rosie walking in the ocean only seen before certain things are done or at a certain time period in the games progresion? Is it only seen in that little room in the basement of the Fighting McDonough's Tavern? How often does it appear? Will it appear if you have repaired the basement door and allowed the other Big Daddy into the basement? I actually want to see this one!

BioShockGuy52 17:07, March 30, 2010 (UTC)

Are you Army Strong?
Hooah, that is a picture of me, from an odd, sideways angle. Is this not allowed?

BioShockGuy52 12:54, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Oops!
The category thing was an oopsy. Not what I meant to do, so... OK then.

BioShockGuy52 13:03, March 31, 2010 (UTC)

Artemis Suites
What is the creature referenced in the Artemis Suites page? It says that all the creepy sounds seem to be from the same creature residing on the top floor. I asked on the discussion page but have recieved no answers. Can you help?

BioShockGuy52 http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/thumb/a/a1/Physical_Tonic.png/15px-Physical_Tonic.svg.png 23:05, April 1, 2010 (UTC)

Any ideas as to what the thing is? Any at all?

BioShockGuy52 http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/thumb/a/a1/Physical_Tonic.png/15px-Physical_Tonic.svg.png 12:22, April 3, 2010 (UTC)

Making Userpage Subpages
Well, all I do is go to my main userpage, put "/WhateverIWant" after it, and click enter. It says "Page doesn't exist, want to make it?" and I do. ~<span title="Never harmed a kitten... Just cats!" style="cursor:crosshair"><span style="border-bottom:2px dotted green; border-left:4px double green; border-right:4px double green; border-top:2px dotted green"><font color="#008800">Ṃ <font color="#009900">ᶒ <font color="#00aa00">ɠ <font color="#00bb00">ą <font color="#00cc00">§ <font color="#00dd00">ɔ <font color="#00cc00">î <font color="#00bb00">é <font color="#00aa00">ɳ <font color="#009900">č <font color="#008800">ę  <font color="#ff0000">{ <font color="#ff4400">t <font color="#ff8800">al <font color="#ff4400">k <font color="#ff0000">} 03:31, April 4, 2010 (UTC)

I told you!
I told you the masks bleed!!! It is freaky as hell!!!!! Any news on the creature? Read the Artemis Suites page to find out what I'm talking about. I have heard the noises, but seen no evidence that a creature made them. I think it is probably for creepy effect, like the ghosts are. What say you? BioShockGuy52 http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/thumb/a/a1/Physical_Tonic.png/15px-Physical_Tonic.svg.png 12:10, April 4, 2010 (UTC)

I know the video was for something else, I was just mentioning it.BioShockGuy52 http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/thumb/a/a1/Physical_Tonic.png/15px-Physical_Tonic.svg.png 12:25, April 4, 2010 (UTC)

Oh, ok. That's cool. A non rendered Houdini Splicer. One that makes squeaky and buzzing sounds. O_o

BioShockGuy52 http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/thumb/a/a1/Physical_Tonic.png/15px-Physical_Tonic.svg.png 12:54, April 4, 2010 (UTC)

Help
It is unlikely that anyone "hacked" your account. If you left yourself logged in on a public computer then someone may have used your account to post something, but they would not know your password, so they would not be able to post anything else after you have been automatically logged out. Otherwise there is really no way anyone could use your account unless you gave them your password. If you think that someone has taken your password you can change it at Special:Preferences. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 19:17, April 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * It is not possible to add a summary to an edit afterwards. However, if you think it needs to be explained you can leave a note on the talk page of the article. ~<font style="font-size:105%" color=#006622>Gardimuer  <span title="Evolve today!" style="cursor:wait"> <font color=#33CC66>{ ʈalk } 17:18, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

RE:Poll
its a very good idea, go ahead and put it on that blog. GeneralOwnage55 The Message Box 23:17, April 5, 2010 (UTC)

Toasty
Hey, do you think this is a good image for the Toasty page?

http://gameinformer.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00.00.00.00.09/5773.Toasty.jpg

BioShockGuy52 http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/thumb/a/a1/Physical_Tonic.png/15px-Physical_Tonic.svg.png 00:14, April 6, 2010 (UTC)

Lady Smith
Here is a picture for the Lady Smith model:

http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/610x0/__key/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles/00.00.00.00.09/8865.Ladysmith.jpg

BioShockGuy52 http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/bioshock/images/thumb/a/a1/Physical_Tonic.png/15px-Physical_Tonic.svg.png 00:16, April 6, 2010 (UTC)