5 Year Anniversary
(If you’re just looking for the Pixel Art thing, see the project tab listed below)

5 years ago today I made my Stick Nodes account. Not even 2 months later, I uploaded my first figure. In truth, what got me into the site was the goal of badges; Crusader, Noder badges, etc. I wasn’t known well in the community, but I wanted to be. Well, I was younger then, and of course, like most users, I wasn’t the most likable or mature person; but I’ve always thought it was interesting how you can see how someone grows here. I remember users 5 years ago acting completely different, and it’s admirable how they’ve grown.

That being said, I know that even though compared to a lot of users here, I am not that well-known, this site has still influenced who I am and who I will be. Meeting new people, interacting and participating in unique projects, and receiving feedback; behind the mess of drama and cynical bickering, are these not the core values of this site and community? I’m not going to waste your time and say cheesy stuff, but I can say this; my time here has made those 5 years much better.

The People

There’s been plenty of people I’ve called friend on this site, and though many I have not seen for months, years even, I still get the privilege of talking to some. I’m not going to make a list of every person I’ve ever interacted with, since honestly, that would take hours. Still, though, some users here are genuinely good people, and that is the greatest challenge; to remain good. Below I’ve listed some of the best users.

Some of the ones I truly appreciate: Manny, CWD, and Arda.
3 users I feel I can say I consider friends.

The real respectable users: Lemon, Humble Damien, DownwardGhostly, NARR, and Master Strike.
Clean reputations, great opinions, calm and collected, I can’t help but respect these guys.

My inspirations: EB, Vincent, ThoughtsofEverything, InfiniteGuess, and K-ZILLA.
Some of these are obligatory, some of the best 5 members in this entire community with raw talent and ability.

That is not all, of course, just names that come to my head. To everyone else; whether you’re a kingpin of the community or one of the ones that people kinda say ‘that guy?’, you’ve still contributed to the structure of the site. People used to say that the site was devolving, getting worse, and dying even. I used to agree, but honestly, in recent times, I’ve been proven wrong.

Community Interaction

One of the best parts of this site is the occasional gem of interaction and teamwork. Most prominently, the Site Log; without a doubt one of the best things to ever happen to the site. You can also see the other projects that, though ‘little’ by standard, still influence the community and bring it together. Seasonal collabs, that Starship group, the Silly SMP, and even those Forge Competitions (Who remembers those?). Those are just the more recent ones, of course.

The Pixel Art Project

To say the least, it’s the kind of thing to keep someone around for 5 years. But to stop the cheese and get to the center of the post, I’ll cut it short. A little while back, I announced I’d be drawing some of you, and I picked 20 (21 if you count the Stickguy reference) to do exactly that. Sorry to all who I left out. It was not biased or anything malicious, I either couldn’t fit you on the base or didn’t have enough room at all. There were some I included that did not ask to be put, and I hope it’s alright that I went ahead and included you anyway; I suppose you were too good to be left out.

This piece isn’t supposed to be a masterpiece or anything remarkable, just an attempt to show my appreciation for this community. Though there are many people from the past (not that long ago at all) that I’d like to have included to fully represent the community (Stew, Soup, Slap, to name a few) I couldn’t find the space or actual reason to do so, as it would’ve seemed like plain bias. So to put it simply, this is not a representation of our entire community, just a gift.

I would like to note on some characters presented minor changes had to be made to be recognizable in pixel format. Body shape, design, or face changes are notable examples. Just think of it being done in my style. I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

(List of users included will be in the comments)

What else?

I’ve already typed a lot (I ain’t readin allat) but I’m going to use this time to shamelessly advertise and self-insert. On Saturday, I’ll be hosting a game night, join my discord server (Warlock Imperium) to play some Gartic Phone with some of us. I kind of want to revive the server to be fully active and get a good community running with very frequent game nights, movie nights, and other fun events, so it would be cooler if you joined.

Who knows? Maybe I’ll be here for another 5 years. Maybe I’ll leave in a month. I’m excited to see what this site can become now that the drama has started to die down.

Below I’ve attached the Pixel Art project, a…[Read more]

For Honor just got a new hero, the Sohei – absolute gold. Also introduced the Photo Mode, pretty fun to play around with. If you want to try the game out, now’s the best time – new hero, free play days, and an increased player base because of recent updates. I included some Sohei pictures I took just for fun, thought they were pretty cool.

As an update for the Pixel Art project, it’s nearly done. I will say in advance sorry to those I didn’t include. If I get enough new submissions, which is unlikely, I will add another row. We’ll see.

On another note, my server, Warlock Imperium, is going to have two game nights in the coming week, Gartic Phone on Saturday and Among Us next Wednesday. Come play with community members, it’s usually fun. Yes, this is a shameless advertisement.

Nothing else to say. Have a good day.

July 23rd 2024 – Tuesday

Shenanigans

Before anything is said, I’d like to say that since everyone is aware of that Anti-Furry Guy and whatever, I’m not going to cover too much of it. That out of the way, today was a good day, great animations, figures, projects, etc… To add onto that, Day 9 of no drama; let’s keep it going. In the meantime, though, check out some of the posts below:

❗ Linked Posts ❗

OC Update from Humble Damien
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/firedino32/activity/1710053/
Also includes shitpost images
(IMAGE PROVIDED)

Amazing OCs by Scarlett!!!
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/scarlettamber/activity/1710058/
(Actual Post:)
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/whatadub/activity/1710056/

“he takes to the air, what an amazing sight”
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/thinkgames246/activity/1710042/
(IMAGE PROVIDED)

Near-completed Tank Figure by Chrisshark
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/chrisshark/activity/1710017/
(IMAGE PROVIDED)

Renders from Gigan
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/giganshowaera/activity/1709819/

Radio Frankenstein
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/n0ob1sh/activity/1709812/

More Comics from Sherlock
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/sherlockholmes/activity/1709926/
Always find these very enjoyable, great work

Youtuber Apology (Anti-Furry Guy)
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/antifurryguy/activity/1709892/
Missing some ukelele.

Ralph Remake by IWATCHTELEVISION
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/h2op/activity/1709602/
Not sure if that’s what you want to be called, but again, display name

Jojo Figure by the Jojo Fanatic
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/crafted/activity/1709596/

Post of the Day

Iron Man figure – basically a photo
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/tmn-anims-1/activity/1709951/
I have no words for this except imagine what this would do to the common device.
(IMAGE PROVIDED)

Stickfigure of the Day

The Austrian Empire Movieclip
By Anistudio
📎 https://sticknodes.com/sticks/the-austrian-empire-movieclip-nodemc/
Nice variety and versatility, I picked this because I already picked a console pack last log and I’m a Playstation hater.
(IMAGE PROVIDED)
INFO: 3.5/5 (6 votes) / 50 Downloads / 2 UC Votes
Quality: 7/10
Style: 6/10
Usefulness: 5/10

Question of the Day
None for today, no applicable posts
📎 N/A

On This Day in History...
Austria-Hungary issues ultimatum
On July 23rd, 1914, the country of Austria-Hungary issues a harsh ultimatum to Serbia, caused by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, that aimed to result in an absolute Austrian victory. This would later lead to the outbreak of the Great War, or WW1, not even a week later.
📎 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/austria-hungary-issues-ultimatum-to-serbia

Final Notes
If there are any mistakes please point them out and sorry in advance.

Have a good day 🙂

July 19th 2024 – Friday

Animations and Popularity Contests

As mentioned by yesterday’s log, there has been a very noticeable trend of users posting relatively harmless question pictures asking the community to rate their ‘popularity’ on the site. Though it all mainly happened yesterday, we did see some posted today (See Question of the Day section). This wasn’t my focus for the day, though; instead, the quality and quantity of animations from users today. Always great to see the app used masterfully and we saw a lot of it today, check it out below:

❗ Linked Posts ❗

Willow (Brawl Stars) Drawing by IG
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/infiniteguess/activity/1708119/
(IMAGE PROVIDED)

“I reckon August will be a big month…”
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/scarlettamber/activity/1708077/

DanielMaster’s Birthday
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/idanielmasteryt/activity/1708098/
Happy Birthday

InfinitePoll
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/infiniteguess/activity/1708227/
If there was anyone to be known for footwear, it would be him.

The White Test Anim by DownwardGhostly
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/downwardghostly/activity/1708025/
The post also features a lot of great feedback and critique in the comments.

Gaming
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/kingcreed/activity/1708022/
Is this gaming?

Chino Dance Animation
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/salamanderdude/activity/1707959/

Duck Photos, Magnificent
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/presence-of-a-british/activity/1707921/

Dash Animations from CWD
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/thinkgames246/activity/1707910/
(IMAGE PROVIDED)

Tynamo’s Tornadoes; the Infamous
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/cybermouse/activity/1708247/

Post of the Day

Opal Short Combat Testing by Lucky
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/luckyanims/activity/1708028/
A short test animation and thumbnail from Lucky, presumably for his series “Exiled”.
(IMAGE PROVIDED)

Stickfigure of the Day

Xbox Pack
By… Sigmaman. What a name.
📎 https://sticknodes.com/sticks/xbox-pack-zip/
My personal favorite of the consoles, clean pack and expansive to fit 9 console models in the pack.
(IMAGE PROVIDED)
INFO: 5/5 (10 votes) / 107 Downloads / 5 UC Votes
Quality: 7/10
Style: 7/10
Usefulness: 6/10

Question of the Day
How well do you think YOU are known in this community?
Some example posts:
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/mannyanims/activity/1707852/ (Yeah, I’m Man)
📎 https://sticknodes.com/members/unknownghidorah/activity/1707893/

On This Day in History...
The Great Fire of Rome
On July 19th, 64, the grand city of Rome was devastated by a fire that ravaged much of the populus, and would be used to further the terrible Emperor Nero’s political agenda. Screw that guy. He sucks.
📎 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/neros-rome-burns

Final Notes
Sorry for late log, due to last night’s late log I had to wait just a bit to get material. Last log had a very embarrassing amount of mistakes, I hope I didn’t fumble the ball again. Thank you for your time.

Have a good day 🙂

Current Roster for Pixel Art Project:
(When the final project is posted, your name and character name will be there)

Ralph, the Default, Lemon, Humble Damien, EB
Warlock, Manny, Asry, NARR, Cheese Biscuit
Gigan, Golden//Ralsei, SillyWizard, Presence, Challas
DownwardGhostly, Revenant, Fedora, Jerell, InfiniteGuess

If you don’t see yourself there, don’t worry, I will be including easter eggs, too (And you can always submit if you haven’t, no time limit yet). I have Stickguy’s hat and SillyWizard’s slime planned, but that won’t be all. If you DO see yourself there, but never submitted your character, I figured you’re too iconic to leave out and just put you there. If anyone wants me to, I can remove or shuffle the layout.

It is subject to change, of course. I may add/replace some if I get more entries. The entire project will be released hopefully on August 1st, my 5-year site anniversary. Thank you to everyone who put their characters down, I hope I can do them justice with this.
(Image definitely related)