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    iCron
    09/03/2012 11:37 am
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    No problem!
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    iCron
    09/02/2012 11:53 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    I'll help. I consider myself quite good at building interiors and furniture. I have skype and Hamachi.
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    iCron
    08/31/2012 7:16 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Can't do Youtube
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    iCron
    08/31/2012 7:15 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    I'm so sorry, I can't do youtube backgrounds
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    iCron
    08/31/2012 7:08 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Finished! I made 2 Versions too!



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    iCron
    08/31/2012 12:54 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

    Although you may think this shop has been forgotten, It has not and is still up and running! Here's why this store has been inactive:

    I have been at camp for 2 weeks.
    I was unpacking.
    Family was over for 4 days.
    I had a high fever.

    I am now back and ready to work on your pixel art!
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    iCron
    08/28/2012 8:01 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    This is a story from one of my favourite books. There is some learning in there, so BEAR with me (see what I did there ) This story is not just scary because it's about a very gruesome bear attack, it's also because it's told in 2nd person, which means instead of saying "I", "She" or "Harry" it says "You"

    Oh, and this story is quite gory, so if you can't handle that, than this is not for you.


    MAUL OF THE WILD

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    This is not a bluff charge: A 550-pound female grizzly is upon you in mere seconds, slamming you to the ground like a defensive back for the New York Giants. All you see is a blur of fur—and then you’re face down in the dirt, choking on the pungent breath of your attacker, which reeks of rotting meat. You struggle to your feet but the grizzly clamps her jaws around your torso, hoisting you off the ground. You’re six feet tall and weigh 190 pounds—not petite by any definition—but the mighty grizzly shakes you like a rag doll.

    There is nothing predictable about a grizzly bear—except maybe its massive size and uncanny ability to kill you. The grizzly of North America is called Ursus horribilis, and this species is aptly named. Each one weighs between 250 and 750 pounds and is basically indestructible; when a bear attacks a human, the results are almost always gruesome.

    There are about 35,000 grizzlies living throughout North America, but only about 1,200 can be found south of Canada. Most of these roam in or around Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. But for all the hype that bear attacks receive, only nine people have been killed by grizzlies in the United States since 1980. And serious maulings add just fifty-seven additional tally marks to the body count.

    With these reassuring odds on your side, you confidently take off on the Yellowstone River Trail for an overnight stay in the backwoods. Park rangers report that there have been no recent bear sightings in the area, but you still take the necessary precautions, like making plenty of noise as you walk along the trail and clapping your hands as you round blind curves. As you ascend the trail, circling around a large boulder, you spot a large grizzly about one hundred feet up the trail. No reason to panic, you figure—a few loud noises and some careful backstepping should deliver you from harm’s way. Then a soft rustling in the leaves causes you to look over your shoulder, arid you see two small bear cubs eating blackberries. Now, this IS a reason to panic: By unwittingly walking between a sow and her cubs, you have positioned yourself as a threat—and a startled grizzly becomes very angry very quickly. Her charge is fierce and lightning-fast—a grizzly can cover a distance of fifty yards in three seconds.

    You try to protect yourself by hitting the bear with your fists, but this only further provokes your attacker. For the record: A grizzly bear has six pointed cutting teeth, two strong, sharp, curved canines, and molar teeth that are superior blades. When you raise a hand to the bear’s salivating mouth, the appendage is severed at the wrist bone.

    You are now aware that you are losing copious amounts of blood—yet it’s not nearly as painful as you’d expect, because the sympathetic
    division of your autonomic nervous system has been activated. This helps your body respond to stress by directing the adrenal glands to secrete two hormones: epinephrine (adrenaline) and norepinephrine (nonadrenaline). In concert, these chemicals accelerate your heartbeat, increase muscle tension, raise your blood pressure, and divert blood flow from the internal organs and skin to the brain and muscles. All of these biological responses make you less sensitive to pain, because your body is otherwise preoccupied.

    Once the grizzly perceives that she has killed you (and thus ended the threat to her cubs) she stops shaking you and backs away. Drawing on energy supplied by the adrenaline, you manage to rise to your feet. Big mistake—you should have just played dead. The bear swipes again, this time at your torso, and your ribs snap like a bundle of dry twigs. As you fall to your knees, the bear puts your head in its mouth—an absurdly unnecessary, instinctive movement to prevent you from biting back. Blood is streaming from your head and pooling in front of your eyes. Another swipe to the chest pierces your rib cage and punctures a lung; your breathing becomes laboured as air escapes through a hole in your chest. Your facial and neck muscles contort and throb as they work to replace the oxygen escaping from your lungs. Luckily, you feel strangely detached from everything that is happening. Victims of grizzly attacks describe the experience as numbness, often accompanied by matter-of-fact thoughts like “I am going to die today.”

    Once you finally stop moving, the grizzly leaves you alone, gathers up her two cubs, and resumes her walk down the trail. But it’s too late for you. Blood flow to the brain is slowing and you feel consciousness slipping away. The effects of the adrenaline begin to abate and your brain starts registering the searing pain delivered by millions of nociceptors in the tissues and organs of your body. The last thing you remember is a flurry of gnats and no-see-urns flitting over your face, attracted by the blood spilling onto the trail.

    In another hour or so, a troop of boy scouts will come marching around the large boulder, chanting songs, clapping hands, and doing everything else their scouting handbook recommends to ward off bears. Your corpse will serve as a not-so-gentle reminder that they can never be too safe.
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    iCron
    08/25/2012 5:35 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Thanks! When will the next contest be? I want to enter this story!
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    iCron
    08/25/2012 3:39 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    I'm no good with scary stories and I don't expect to win, but here it goes:

    CLOWN:

    Izzy, Sally, Emily and Hannah were all very close friends. They did everything together, from shopping to school work, they would all always been seen together.

    Izzy one day decided to throw a large sleepover for the 4 of them, and everyone happily accepted their invitation. Everyone had a wonderful time. They played party games, ate pizza, talked about boys, everything you would expect from a teenage girl at a sleepover. Everything was fine until Emily suggested something:

    "Hey, you know what? We should watch some scary movies!"

    Everyone agreed except Hannah, who was know to get scared easily. The group pleaded Hannah to agree and watch the movies, and she eventually gave in to the group.

    Exited, Emily and Izzy ran downstairs with a large armful of DVD's. They had everything from old films to ones that came out this year.

    By the end of "The Blair With Progect" Hannah was shaking with her head in her knees crying. Izzy, Emily and Sally seemed OK. Izzy was even smiling.

    By the end of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" Sally and Hannah were both terrified, but Emily and Izzy were still unaffected.

    By the end of "The Exorcist" Emily, Sally and Hannah were all scared half to death. Izzy STILL just sat there.

    "You call this scary? Haha! This is nothing!" said Izzy.

    Suddenly there was a knock on the door, which made everybody jump, even Izzy.

    "It's 2:00 in the morning! 2:00 IN THE MORNING! Who comes at a time like this?" said Izzy, as she walking over to open the door. When she opened the door, there was nothing but a blank DVD sitting on the door step, with "WATCH ME" written on it in sharpie. When Izzy picked it up, the sharpie smudged on her fingers as if it had just been written there.

    "Must be a prank from my neighbours trying to scare us..."

    She put it in the DVD player and waited for it to start. No Trailers. No main-menu. It just appeared to be a video of a dark bedroom with a man staring at the wall in the corner. As he turned around, the group saw he had a clown mask on, and started dancing around the room holding a knife, laughing maniacally. This continued for another 2 minutes. Sally and Emily were laughing at this little prank, and you could even hear a small chuckle out of Hannah, but Izzy remained still and silent. At the end, the clown stopped, walked towards the camera and started into it. It cut to text which read "I"M COMING".

    Sally and Emily were still laughing, and Hannah looked much better, but Izzy looked as pale as a ghost.

    "Ha! That was silly!" said Sally as she turned to Emily. Hannah turned to Izzy, as saw her shaking.

    "Izzy, are you OK?" she asked.

    "No" she replied. "That's my bedroom"
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    iCron
    08/10/2012 1:03 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Ok, I'll get working on it as soon as I get back from camp!
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    iCron
    08/08/2012 7:52 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Ok, what size is your desktop?
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    iCron
    08/08/2012 4:19 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Here you go! I tried a little bit of a different technique, so I hope you like it!

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    iCron
    08/08/2012 3:27 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Ok. I'll get on it right away!
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    iCron
    08/08/2012 3:26 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Ok, what do you want on your YouTube Backround?
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    iCron
    08/08/2012 12:05 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    bump?
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    iCron
    08/07/2012 9:17 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    bump
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    iCron
    08/01/2012 12:03 am
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    I'm working on it, but I've been extremely busy packing for camp and looking after my little brother. Your skin will be finished soon. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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    iCron
    07/30/2012 1:19 am
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Thanks! I'll get working on it as soon as I can tomorrow (it's 3:30 in the morning here )
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    iCron
    07/29/2012 7:50 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    I'll do the skin, but do you have another picture of him? It's OK if you don't, but I just can't his body too well
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    iCron
    07/27/2012 6:37 pm
    Level 9 : Apprentice Narwhal
    Username: iCron
    Your best work: http://www.planetminecraft.com/skin/pen ... ving-eyes/
    Why you want to join: I adore skinning. I do it when I'm bored and its one of my favourite activities. I enjoy feedback and like the feeling when I made something another person likes.
    Your rules:
    Nothing Inappropriate
    Nothing that's extremely complex.
    No Remix
    No "Creeper" Skins
    If something's too complex or I can't do, I can reject it.

    I'll do anything you want, just follow those rules.
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