The Twintowers4u92 Hat Retexture Contest!

Hey guys! It's me, twintowers4u92! Well, I decided; as a boost to the blog; to create a contest. A retexture contest. You can make a hat, a gear, and/or a face.

Here are the prizes and categories:

First Place Winner - Total - 500 Robux, my reccomendation to multiple admins, your own blog post.
Runner Up - Total - 50 Robux, my reccomendation to multiple admins, your own blog post.
First Place Winner - Hats - 10 Robux, my reccomendation to multiple admins, your own blog post.
Runner Up - Hats - 5 Robux, my reccomendation to multiple admins, your own blog post.
First Place Winner - Gears and Faces - 10 Robux, my reccomendation to multiple admins, your own blog post.
Runner Up - Gears and Faces - 5 Robux, my reccomendation to multiple admins, your own blog post.
*Note to robux: If you are NonBC, PM me your submission as everyone else would but ask me about alternate robux prizes. We'll talk/negociate from then on.
*Note to custom blog posts: If you are announced winner or runner up or such, PM twintowers4u92 your post you would like posted on the blog. I will review, revise, and then publish the post.

How do I submit and what can I submit? - You need to PM me your work to twintowers4u92 by 5/25/12. I may accept submissions after that if you have a good excuse. You can submit a hat, a gear, and/or a face.

Good luck!
~Twintowers4u92, Proud Blog Poster

MAY - FUNNY VIDEO CONTEST!

To celebrate our opening, we are having our first contest! And it's my favorite - A VIDEO CONTEST!

Rules

1. Video must be hilarious

2.  Must be appropriate for ages 11+

3. Must have some kind of editing

4. Add music!

Wait... What's the prize?

PRIZES

Grand Prize - 2 FREE Custom Logos and 500 robux (4 free logos and no robux if you don't have a BC membership)

Runner-Up Prize - 2 FREE Custom Logos and 100 robux (3 free logos and no robux if you don't have BC)

3 HONORABLE MENTION PRIZES - 1 FREE Custom Logo

Post entries by 5/25/12 on comments below!

Featured Sandbox Creation #1

BANE995's Castle/House

Gear day: 4/27/12

NEW BREAKING NEWS:

There was a break where Roblox fixed it tonight and they will fix it permanently on 4/28/12! Any Robloxian will be able to get these gears if you can afford them. 

This Gear day has turned out to be like a disappointment like two weeks ago with the Windforce, Swordbreaker, Sword of Light, and Sword of Darkness. All three items were frequently reported to have not been purchasable through the catalog. Some lucky users got their hands on these expensive gear. Hopefully, ROBLOX will fix this and let people get the new gears but I am afraid that might not happen. And with the new Katana coming out many Robloxian's were excited about getting a possible extreme value item like two week ago's Windforce.  These three gears were supposed to come out to everybody but instead the same hack as last week there is a hidden website where you can get it,  but almost nobody knows:

Katana of the Ninth Moon

Adalinda's Anlance 

Crossbow of the Blades

From your newest RDN member-

ihatesumox567

Top 5 Roblox Bloopers

Hello fellow Robloxians!
Here is the list of top five Roblox Bloopers from Youtube:
Enjoy and if you want to create a blooper like this get some friends together and follow the post on how to make a video, it is the same.

5

4 (TIE)

3

2

1

From your newest member of the RDN team-

ihatesumox567

How to Create a Successful Place Preview - Part 1

1 - TAKE VIDEO WITH A HIGH QUALITY RECORDER

WHAT NOT TO USE: a real camera, such as a canon or flip or cell phone, because it won't come out looking good (at all).

If you are worried about RAM and Data, don't install Hypercam. Otherwise, Hypercam is an OK choice.

For my videos, I use the Roblox in-game recorder. It's simple and looks pretty good, though it's not really HD Footage. Here is a good example:

2 - GOOD EDITING WITH GOOD SOFTWARE

WHAT NOT TO USE: Youtube in-browser editors. Barely do anything and look tacky, not a wide selection of transitions.

The best video editor out there is Sony Vegas Pro 9, but it costs a ridiculous $748. So, unless you have that much, I would reccomend AVS video editor or Windows Live Movie Maker, which you can download for free with Windows.

A good example is shown above.

3- ADD GREAT MUSIC

WHAT NOT TO USE: Pop music like Eminem or Katy Perry because it doesn't go well with the videos.

The best thing to use is always instrumental - so electronic for a dance club and dramatic action music for an RPG.

Here is a video I made with cool music:

Staff Update!

Hey guys! It's me, twintowers4u92!


Today, I am going to let you know a little about all of the writers for this blog. Enjoy!

EvilScizor

Revolver3879

AgentRockit

Tomo0o0/Froobio

twintowers4u92

RobyTobyRobot66

This is all I can supply for now, but stay tuned!




~Twintowers4u92, Proud Post Writer

Green Warrior Hat Review

Roblox's Rocking Reviews! Feat. Twintowers4u92!

Hi guys! Today, we are interviewing a fairly new but interesting hat. It's called Green Warrior.

Here are some basic eye-spotting facts about this hat:
 -If you look closely, you can see vines on the hat. Lime green, pretty cool.
 -It would probably go good with a pumpkin or a hat with tall horns or the gold valkyrie.
 -The horns have a cool eye-catching shade to it. Pretty cool, huh?

Now, it's time for the ratings! First, let's start with Texture and then end with Overall.

 -Texture ~ 10/10 ~ Very good overall. Nice shades and colors.
 -Mesh ~ 7.6/10 ~ It would go well with most hats, but the horns aren't that high of quality.
 -Price ~ 6.2/10 ~ Not that good of a hat for that price. More like a 350 robux hat, not 500.
 -Overall ~ 7.9/10 ~ Cool hat if you can afford it. I do reccomend it if you have spare money lying around somewhere.

~Twintowers4u92, Proud Hat Reviewer

Roblox's Quest for New Characters - Win or Fail?

ROBLOX has been looking into new character designs, and they are looking for User's opinions. Personally, I hate them - call me old fashioned, but I love my current blocky character. The new ones, shown below, are a bit too, shall I say, LEGOish? 

While according to most users in the forums is a big "NO" to new bodies, ROBLOX is conducting a poll on their blog which you can participate in here: http://blog.roblox.com/2012/04/character-explorations-v2/


Feedback Thus Far


Patrizl001 says,


"wait wait….. our feedback has been important? YOU ARE NOT EVEN READING THIS! WE TOLD YOU NOT TO DO IT LAST TIME AND LOOK-YOU IGNORED OUR FEEDBACK AND CONTINUED ON THE “TURN ROBLOXIANS INTO MUTANTS” PROJECT!"


Tristan says,


I LOVE THE NEW BODIES :D


Firestorm3 makes a good point by saying,


"I really don’t want these new bodys to be the default. Yeah, they might look cool, but then roblox would be dead. All the clothes would really work as they were ment to and frankly it needs to be BLOCKY not round and bent. Make the new bodies something you can buy not the default of ROBLOX."


What do you think? Comment below! 

Ice Cream with Rainbow Sprinkles Hat Review

 

Ice Cream with Rainbow Sprinkles

Limited Status: Not Limited
Cost: 125 Robux
Mesh: New Mesh
Fit: Ice Cream scoop goes on top of your head

Nice, funny hat that makes other's laugh when they see it. The price is affordable. Not a very original idea or anything too hilarious, but still a well made hat. My only concern is it is too similar to the "Melted Ice Cream" hat. But, the latter has been taken offsale and this one looks more realistic and I like it more.

8/10

New ROBLOX Buoyancy Features

The ROBLOX Physics Team have recently been working on a project for ROBLOX Studio to make ROBLOX game play more realistic! The feature is called Buoyancy.

WHAT IS BUOYANCY?

In real life, have you ever dropped an ice cube in your soda? It submerged under water, and came back up and bobbed up rapidly, while floating. Or perhaps you put a marble in a glass of water. Did it float? Of course not, it sank! The tendency of an object to float or sink when submerged in a fluid is called buoyancy.

BUOYANCY IN ROBLOX

When Water is added, Buoyancy will be one of the key differences between water and a Terrain Block. Certain ROBLOX parts will float and bob in water, while some will sink. Density of an object determines whether or not the object will float or sink. If an object is lightweight, like a plastic cup, it will bob above the surface and float. If it is something heavy, like a metal stapler, it will sink to the bottom. The Water Buoyancy Update has not been released yet, but should be soon! Stay tuned!
-RobyTobyRobot66, RDN Reporter

Earth Day Limited Items Review

I know there's been lots of fuss about these Earth Day Limiteds and it turns out they were both pretty good.

Aluminum Recycled Bowler Review:
This Bowler has 1000 in stock and was 250 robux. Not bad pricing. Alot of people could afford so it was pretty fair - the stock was good too. 1000s - not to bad and the price was cheap. We all questioned if it was gonna fail or not. The colors of this bowler are "Alright," I mean it is all Grey :\ The retexturer could have used something a little more bright. I think they could have put a little bit more effort into it....BUT the limited profited! The Bowler is now going for about 2x its price we bought it for so pretty good it also sold out fast it. In fact, almost sold before it hit the catalog.

Earth Rocks Shades Review:
These shades had 500 in stock and were 120.0 Now as for pricing i mean it could have been atleast to 1k. I don't really think it was a reasonable price for the 500 in stock. Like the bowler it sold out fast but quickly the prices anchored and were pretty much stuck between the prices of 1.3k-1.5k, which kind of shocked us all. It kind of failed. ALL THOUGH I must say these shades look amazing - I mean, they go good with alot of things and they get me in the spirit of Earth Day. I like em', I do not regret buying them - I would regret selling them.

You can buy these items in the catalog from other sellers here:
http://www.roblox.com/Earth-Rocks-Shades-item?id=78002464
http://www.roblox.com/Aluminum-Recycled-Bowler-item?id=78002486

Evilscizor, RDN Item Reviewer

Place Gallery Quality Upgrade

Quality Upgrade

As we have been informed by Shedletsky on Twitter, there has been an update regarding the new place gallery feature. As some users had been reporting, ROBLOX screenshots appeared blurry on the place gallery. Luckily, the Web Team did something to improve the quality. 

OLD

                                                              NEW                                                                 

This was a well needed update and we are happy to say that all users who spent money on their screenshots have had their photos updated. The old photos look like garbage that someone took a picture of on a 60's TV. The quality was absolutely awful. But the new ones look perfect, and make the games front page jump out.