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The Creation: A short story by Briguy9876

Part 3

I sat down against the wall on the other side of the room to keep my distance from the cube. I tried to recap my situation to try to focus. Stuck in a lab with a cube that can remove all light in the area when provoked? Yeah, that makes me less focused. What options do I have? If I wait, the cube might activate again. If I start more testing, it might activate again. If I even look at it funny, it could activate again. I knew nothing of how the cube works. That’s when I knew what I had to figure out next: what activates the cube so that I know to not do it again.

I was taking a risk with this, but if I didn’t know what triggered a response, I wouldn’t know how to protect myself, and the rest of the lab, from it’s powers. I walked over to the machine that the cube was in when it activated. I wasn’t completely sure of how this machine got it’s readings, but I hoped it was pretty obvious when I opened it. Unfortunately, I had no tools in the room to open it. Well, if count gravity as a tool, then I did.

The machine smashed into the ground, breaking it’s casing so that I could pry it open to get a better idea of the process. Most of the workings was some gears, motherboards and other assorted scripts, but the main part appeared to be a blue lightbulb. I removed the bulb from the machine and brought it over to where some more tools had been left. I found the flashlight in the group and replaced the regular bulb with this blue one. I made sure the light coming off this wouldn’t reach the cube, and I turned on the light. A faint blue glow was visible from it.

It was a UV light, or a black light. This is why the machine needs to be closed to the outside before testing – it needs to have no external lights adding to the readings. But why does a black light trigger the cube? Does it even trigger the cube? I needed to be sure. I brought the cube to the center of the room and secured everything to make sure nothing would be added to the experiment. Just the cube and a black light. I got a few feet away from the cube, braced myself for what could come, and turned on the light.

One thing I didn’t know about the testing machine was that it makes the blacklight very dim for proper testing. My flashlight gave off 1000% more UV light than the first event. Whoops.

In a matter of seconds, the cube spun up and blacked out the room. However, the hum of the cube never seemed to stop. It grew even louder and louder. I turned of the light. The hum started to get lower, but it never completely went away. The lights never returned. I was standing in pitch black that never went away. I was consumed by the darkness.

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The Creation: A short story by Briguy9876

Part 2

This should be impossible. No material in the world of Robloxia should be this pitch black. The only way it could be this pitch black is if it was taking all the light hitting it and throwing it into some unknown location. It was a black hole housed inside a cube. But I wasn’t here to look, I was here to experiment, and the only way to do that was to take the cube out and hold it myself. I made sure my gloves were secure, and I pulled the cube out of it’s final enclosure.

A piercing alarm cut through my delicate processes, and made me drop the cube back into it’s enclosure. The alarm was clear, even through my safety gear. I started to fix the cube to fit properly into it’s protective box when I heard the blast doors in the lab lock fully. I stopped putting the cube away, because the doors will lock if there’s been a breach in the labs. I don’t know which specific lab was breached, but it had to be one nearby to trigger a lock in this lab block. Or worse yet, it could have been my lab.

I could hear more security doors closing, making the alarm fainter and fainter. There was no way for me to communicate with the outside because they didn’t want to wire communications through several feet of concrete and steel. Right now, there wasn’t much I could do except to wait, and since I was stuck inside, I might as well continue testing on the cube. Saying I worked through a containment breach might get me some respect around the lab anyways.

The testing proceeded normally. Cube had a smooth surface, but I didn’t want to take off my gloves for a better feel. Cube dimensions were exactly 1 by 1 by 1. Zero radiation from the cube, which is a bit odd considering the background does have some minor radiation. Cube weighed exactly one unit. Nothing seemed too odd until I got to the last section: age.

We test the decay of certain elements of the cube to gather it’s age. Normally we’d have to break off a sample of the object in order to test it, but I was specifically requested to put the material in whole. The tester will be less accurate because it’s open to the rest of the lab, but it will get close. I brought the cube over to the machine, and placed the cube inside on a metal stand, leaving the door open. The machine began to power up, spinning the cube in order to get more testing area.

However the machine quickly began to rattle, and I thought the door was loose because I had to keep it open. On closer inspection I noticed the cube was spinning much faster than the machine should be able to spin it. I tried to shut the machine down, but it was stuck in it’s testing cycle, feeding data out until it was sure of what it was looking at. The machine began to move, and the table with it. Not wanting to have a table fall on me, I backed away until the machine finished, or destroyed itself. Whatever came first.

The cube began spinning so fast, a hum emanated from it. Faster, and the machine stopped rattling. Faster, and I could see the cube had become airborne. Faster, and the lights in the room began to dim. Faster, the lights dimmed more. Faster, and I could barely see the black cube in the nearly black room. Faster, and it was pitch black. I heard the hum grow louder and louder until finally it ceased, the lights returned, and the cube was floating just over the machine.

I approached slowly, not wanting another accident. The cube was silent, sitting in the air like it was anchored there. I didn’t want to grab it at first, but I felt like it would be worse to leave it there. The instant I grabbed it, the cube lost it’s power of flight and became a servant of gravity once more. I hustled over to the container for the cube to protect me from it, but it didn’t fit. It wasn’t too obvious at first, but the cube had grown during that incident. It wouldn’t fit in it’s container anymore. I brought it to the other side of the lab, and went to go check on the machine.

It was still functional, and was ready to give a readout of it’s findings. I found my notes and began to write down what it said. Test: Complete. Accuracy: 95% Age: 5,000,000,000 years old. Wait, five BILLION? That can’t be right, but the machine said it was sure of it’s findings, and I didn’t want to test again. But, that number…

Robloxia is 5 billion years old… this cube was part of the creation of Robloxia.

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I think the video states it pretty well. The best option for avoiding death shouldn’t be the easiest. I guess the appeal is in the absurdity, not the gameplay.

In other news, the post asking for applications about a month or two ago never got any decent responses. Some were neat and some were worthwhile ideas, but no one seemed to get the idea. Briguy’s Roblox is about trying new things, experimenting with different forms of media to find what works best to continue to generate content on a good level of quality and at a consistent pace.

You are always free to submit community articles in the Submit tab or e-mailing me at briguy@briguy.us.

–Briguy

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This is the insanity I have to make in order to fit a review in 30 seconds. It’s really fast paced and I do screw up a bit (I call it a “title screen” when it’s really the class selection screen) That being said, there wasn’t too much of a process behind this video. I filmed about ten minutes of gameplay and cut in the parts that I needed to convey the gameplay part of the review.

Base wars is a nice place but it’s very overwhelming and I don’t think I’ll understand the place unless I sit in there for another hour or two. It’s very off-putting to new players but I saw players with 500+ kills so there’s something to the place that makes people really want to stay and continue killing other players. My other gripe, other than the learning curve, was the shoddy vehicles. You either have to play in first person or zoom REALLY far out to get some good controls. Any middle ground just gets blocked by the plane or vehicle itself.

I hope to do more of these Rocket Reviews soon. I like them a lot: I can’t go rambling on with 30 seconds so it’s clear and concise, but quick editing and quick jokes are my style and I can work with it and make it funny. They also don’t take very long (about 1-2 hours each) and players can upload them for their galleries since it’s under 30 seconds. Later on I’ll probably be open for requests, but right now I’m doing RRs on places that I want to do them on.

–Briguy

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Starting now, I’m going to explain a bit of the process behind these videos

This one took a long time, mostly because I tried to revamp the series but with not a complete effect. The biggest difference is the opening which took a while to get right because I had to learn how to use Masking to get the videos to be split side by side and to get the text to change colors.

I finished the opening and saved it seperately so I can reuse it. I had no clue what I was going to review at the time. I think the idea to put old vs new came in the middle of the night. Yeah, Roblox is in my head a lot.

You’ll notice during the end that I managed to get up to the rocket launcher on the hill and kill myself. This was the first time ever I’ve reached that rocket launcher. And I blew myself up. I was pretty mad, but then I started laughing when the “Hacking Detected. Log file sent to Roblox” thing popped up. I apparently caused a hacking report. Yaaaaay.

Writing the script turned out to be the hardest part of the video because it was hard to settle on what to say. I wanted to put more emphasis on the fact that I’m trying to review the game based on the first ten minutes and how it’s supposed to grab your attention and blahblah. That didn’t happen at all in the final draft.

It was fun to make, and I’m still playing with this series and trying to see where it’s going.

–Briguy

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Hello friends! Did you see that new feature that shipped today? No, not the Relevence button. I mean the gallery and the ability to use videos to advertise your place!

What is the Gallery?

Every place has a gallery which you can add to. To access this gallery, go to any of your places, hit Configure, then click on the Gallery link under your place picture. The gallery is a, well, gallery of pictures a player will see when he or she views your place page. It is a good way to show people more than one static shot of your place, and you can even put videos in the Gallery!

So what? I can’t make videos!

Yes you can! Roblox ships with a video recording feature built in. Plus, Windows comes with Windows Live Movie Maker, and Macs come with some other video editing program whose name I can’t remember iMovie. These programs are very easy to use and will give you decent results, as long as you use it right.

Tips:

• Don’t try to cram your whole place into 30 seconds! Look at commericals on TV, they only show you the best of the best of what they have to offer. You should do the same! Find some awesome action in your place! Obbie? Show some awesome jumps and try to taunt them into your place (ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH TO JUMP OVER THIS LAVA?!?!)
• Find fitting music. I don’t want to hear in your videos LET THE BODIES HIT THE FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOR and I doubt anyone else does too. There’s a bunch of really great places to find some free music. (I get the music for my videos from here!) Find something that fits. Don’t worry if the music starts pretty boring and gets awesome near the end. You can always edit it and just make it that 30 seconds.
• Don’t voiceover unless you have a good mic AND a good voice. Please. Also take into account background noise. Try to get a “clean” recording without any noise. Some programs, such as Audacity, can edit it out.
• If you can’t fit it in your 30 second video, just take pictures and upload those instead. Videos are nice, but just having something static that people can analyze and take in is always good too.
• Experiment! Not only with videos and styles, but even having the the videos on or off in the gallery. The gallery is the last line before someone decides to enter your place or not. You don’t want someone to see a video and decide AGAINST going into the place! Watch your visits, experiment with items, and see what gives you the best visits!

If you’re really into videos, you might want to upgrade to some better programs. They’ll cost some money, and there’s going to be a big learning curve, but they will get the job done better.

However, it’s still super easy to get some videos made! Try it out!

–Briguy

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There’s some awesome changes coming to 10 Minute Reviews soon!

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I’m going to be at Roblox Convention 2012! Woo!

More information soon. Will Briguy’s Roblox be covering the event? Will I be up on stage? Will I have a booth? Will an irritated user punch me in the face? All that (minus the punching) will be explained! Eventually!

-Briguy

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Sorry, I forgot to post this when I made it.

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