Give Cloud a makeover! :)

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:46 pm

^ Look what i say?!?!?!

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:46 pm

Can you see me?

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:46 pm

Why is it responding to me, i didnt even say its name!?!?!

SS Kakarot · Post by **SS Kakarot** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:39 pm

It does that sometimes.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:39 pm

^ Look what i say that sometimes?

SS Kakarot · Post by **SS Kakarot** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:39 pm

See?

Zag · Post by **Zag** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:34 pm

SS Kakarot wrote:See?

Oh, Cloud's not programmed to just respone to his name. He can butt in anytime!

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:56 pm

Thats even worse

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:56 pm

I'm glad we have that all cleared up.

hyelakingsfan · Post by **hyelakingsfan** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:57 pm

SS Kakarot wrote:See?

Exactly what you said ^

Zag · Post by **Zag** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 10:23 pm

... too.. many .. Saiyajins ... *head explodes*

Post by **magician** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:57 pm

I thought I would throw my 2 cents worth in about the proposed makeover.

Reprogramming Cloud's personality isn't going to happen, but it does evolve a little every day. Sith-Krillin programmed his initial 'brain' when Cloud was first installed. This is where some of the posts like the dress and the smilie-only posts came from. The AI programming is written to be adaptave....it learns based on data input. Layman's terms - he learns based on responses to his posts. That fact fascinated David and was a large part of his inspiration to install Cloud.

In those early days, the robot image currently in his sig was his avatar. He was also set to post in all the forums. This wasn't warmly received by a lot of the members at the time and after getting barraged with complaints, David deactivated him from posting in the forums and just left the "chat with cloud" page as the only functioning piece of Cloud.

After David died and I took over the boards, I looked at all cloud's old posts (less than 600 at the time) and saw a lot of David's humor in them. David's passing left a huge hole in the fabric of this forum that was and still is impossible to fill. In Cloud, I saw an opportunity to have a small part of David's warmth, and humor remain active. I changed Cloud's avatar to the dancing GIR which was and still is Sith-Krillin's avatar. I didn't want to lose the original image David selected so I moved it to the Signature.

Once Cloud was re-decorated, I reactivated him but restricted him to only a couple of forums, and specifically blocked him from all the cel forums.

Thus the current iteration of Cloud was set up.

Now.....I like GIR as much as anyone here. He's become as much a part of Cloud as the mysterious dress and I can't imagine him without GIR dancing away. But I also think a custom drawing of Cloud we could legally use would be fun too.

So here's my offer. If a makeover is agreed on, GIR will move to Cloud's signature next to his original avatar. The dancing will continue on every post, and Cloud may get a face of his own we can share (maybe even on a banner somewhere

). How does that sound?

BTW....I never participate in polls here, but I will on this one. I voted yes.

-M

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 11:58 pm

How should I know how that sound does.

Baakay · Post by **Baakay** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:04 am

I think that's a GREAT idea, Magician!! With that thought in mind, and assuming we could get a really good Cloud, I'd change my vote to yes

I just would want to weep if we completely lost little dancing GIR... (having never seen whatever that came from, it'll always be Cloud to me!

Edit: Typos fixed to protect the innocent. or stupid.

Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Sun Jul 24, 2005 7:04 am

Not if I can help it.

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