After GearBrain was disbanded it seemed like Phun would return to the stagnant state it was in before. The new Collab Forum was getting some posts, but none of the collabs sought to create new technologies at the time. Shortly before the demise of GearBrain, however, Conundrumer had uploaded an elegant Helicopter like none before the classical era. And after this, RaRaMalum revealed that by opening Phun scenes in notepad he could edit the airfriction of objects. Entranced by the amazing prospect of flight in Phun without geometry controllers and still believing in the power of collaboration, Paradigm 29 joined Conundrumer and RaRaMalum. And going off of Conundrumer's original helicopter design, they started the Apache Collab. As the Collab took off, the group realized that posting in a thread wasted time. With a 60 second wait per post there was no instant feedback. Eventually they retreated to the unofficial phun chatroom where they could collaborate instantly with each other and others in the chat room. As time went on, advancements on the Apache were made and a pattern arose in the collaboration. As RaRaMalum searched for exploits that could help stabilize the Apache, he discovered a glitch that self righted an object with a certain arrangement of springs. This was to become the Raunit and would be the best stabilizing device in 4.22. Piss On CombotAs time dragged on, the three focused less and less on the Apache and instead began to work on individual projects. However, the same chatroom based collaboration was so useful that the three continued to share scenes and collaborate from there. On the day that the Apache Collab was unofficially give up by the three, a name change was in order. Not having any ideas, RaRaMalum suggested the name be changed to the Piss on Combots. Combot, who spammed the forums endlessly too Rack-up his post count with small meaningless posts was a nuisance and so the name was agreed on. During this time it was also decided that the newly formed Piss on Combots should elect a leader. The election ended in a landslide voted with Paradigm 29 receiving 2/3 of all votes. Unfortunately, being leader of the PoC meant absolutely nothing. As time went on Combot became the mascot of the PoC because he was emo and Paradigm 29 didn't want him to kill himself. To this day however, Combot holds more positions and duties in the PoC than any other member - making him the most highly decorated member of the PoC. He holds the titles of: Honorary member, Financial Manager, Mascot, Janitor, Ring Bearer, and Hockey Puck. The PoC TodayThe PoC is alway making things. They're always here and their goal of improving Phun technologies still holds true.
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