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It would not be THAT complicated if there only was an addon for nifskope that would copy each vertice from imported mesh to the opened nif. Because this is the original mesh from oblivion i just reshaped it so it has exactly the same vertice count.

OK, I'm going to stick my neck out again and talk about this subject I know clearly nothing about. According to this article,  Working With Nifs 201 : Meshes, Data, and you, nifskope can already do what you want.

"-Back in nifskope, right click the pauldron's triShape, and do .OBJ>Import. Nifskope will give a warning about .obj not having skindata, but that's ok, we're professionals. (The trishape already has our skindata, we just moved the vertices, so the skining work stil applies)"

If this works, I think I'll be buying this game.

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They are saying tuesday or wednesday… im getting aggrevated, you ahve no idea how picky Visa is, they didnt like i have nonhuman characters on my website, and they wanted it removed, which would mean removing one whole section and 2 models from my website… I had to speak to CCBill's Visa specialist manager to tell them that i will find another company if visa wont accept me, so they "fought" for me with visa – and thay won hehe.. so CCBill rulez! its just a matter of time now… So please be patient it WILL happen 🙂

Man, Visa are getting way too big for their boots if they think they can pull crap like that. I think I'd better get a MasterCard to give myself more options. Also, don't forget that you could always add a PayPal checkout option. I see it on lots of mainstream sites as an alternative to a direct credit card payment these days.

By the way, the interactive Flash room sounds absolutely awesome! I take it you'll be able to do things like request different poses, etc. It would also be cool if you could throw a victim into the room as well, and request different ways for them to be crushed (as long as Mr Visa approves of course). The only problem is how long it's all going to take. Can't you clone yourself or something.

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I was thinking about siging up for that.  Which site did you see that on?  HD physquie, or another one?

Same mob who took that photo (ftvideo).

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Does anyone have video footage of bodybuilding champ Man Ann Mendoza training or pumping up backstage at a contest?

CongaRonin

She's on the following pump room DVDs that I know of:
2001 NPC USA WOMEN'S PUMP ROOM It's available on DVD even though it doesnit have the option on the website, but you can request a DVD in the special comments section. This is the contest where she won her pro card, I believe.
Backstage at the 2002 USA Pro Cup
Backstage at the 2003 Jan Tana

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The HD video is worth signing up for as well. I love how expressive her face is when she goes through the different poses.

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Well, that was weird. Somehow the link got munged. This one should work.
http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/3ds_Max:_Exporting_Rigged_Models

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Nifskope imports OBJ, besides i can make this mesh in 3ds no problem. Import it to 3dsmax and save it as 3ds

I use 3dsMAX as a convertor basically cuz it imports almost all formats and you can export as any format

I would say that OBJ importing in Nifskope is only for static meshes. I would have thought the procedure would be to import your mesh into Max, where you would skin it with the standard skeleton and then use the plugin to export it as a character for Nifskope.

This link seems to confirm that I may not be completely talking out of my ass.
http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/3ds_Max:_Exporting_Rigged_Models

The procedure would be similar with Maya if you are more familiar with it, but not sure what TC2 meant about "limited functionality".

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Man, how good are normal maps for this sort of character! Thanks a lot of for sharing.

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Can we rehabilitate the word "schmoe", then?

From what Alex was saying, I think that's pretty much what has happened, and you can light-heartedly refer to someone as a schmoe and they wouldn't be offended. But my problem is that the word schmoe still has its original meaning of jerk or loser, so there's always going to be that negative connotation if we continue to use it.

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Maybe not a make bodybuilder,, but most of those guys are wusses. If they were good athletes they would not be in bodybuilding on the mens side.Most of those guys are nothing if you are a skilled fighter..trust me.
Secondly, I do know men bigger than 250 who kind of joke about beoing schmoes. I personally don't care for the term, but I ahve heard some normal and bigger size guys call themselves that.

The female fbbs often gravitate to the male fbbs for 2 reasons. One is the lifestyle second is the roids.
The best ahtles combine strength and speed with speed being primary. Male bodybuilders are often short little guys who couldn't make it in any other sport. There are exceptions of course, but most of these guys are just little juiceheads.

The females tend to come from a sports background. there is much more oportunity for men in sports. Most people have no idea who the mr olympia is …including me. I think young kids aspire to be Tom Brady or Cal Ripken first…then about 10 other sports. If all fails, then hit the gym and try bodybuilding. That has been my general experience. Not one make bodybuilder has ever done anything big in another sports…unless you count the WWE.

Well, I don't understand why you think the psychology of male and female bodybuilding would be so different. However, I do agree with your point that it makes sense that male and female bodybuilders would tend to date one another, but I think that's slowly changing as more women take up bodybuilding by being inspired by other female bodybuilders instead of being introduced to the sport by their bodybuilder boyfriends. I've heard some female bodybuilders say that they don't date male bodybuilders as they tend to be overly conceited or can get jealous if their partner does better in competitions than they do. For example, Klaudia Larson told me on an online chat that she was going out with an ordinary guy and not a bodybuilder.

Back to the schmoe issue – if a guy is going to start stalking a female bodybuilder, then they deserve to be called a schmoe, (that and having criminal charges laid against them), but I don't think it's fair to put that label on anyone who is a fan. I mean football fans who take it too far and get violent are called hooligans, but that it doesn't mean that all soccer fans are hooligans. And what about female FBB fans? I don't think you would call a girl a schmoe, although schmoette does have a nice ring to it :).

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