I know I sound like a n00b when I ask this.....

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:59 pm

Buy the DVDs, borrow the DVDs, rent the DVDs, steal the DVDs, etcetera. Good software for beginners? Studio9. It's Movie Maker with a tutorial and they charge you money for it. In other words, stick to Movie Maker then buy Sony Vegas or Adobe Premiere when you have the money.

Whatever you do, DON'T rip files from You Tube. Even RealMedia is better than that.

Radical_Yue · Post by **Radical_Yue** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:56 pm

ayanefan wrote:
Radical_Yue wrote: Too young to get a job eh? Well, until I could get jobs, everyday when my mom gave me lunch money, I'd just keep it instead of buying a lunch and secretly bring goodies with me x3

And believe it or not, picking up every piece of loose change that you see works okay too.

Also, you should talk to your parents about an allowance. Or maybe instate a curse jar, then get them really pissed off everyday x3
When I was a kid, I had to work for my dad at his garage, I had to sweep the dirt floor until there was no more dust. I didn't get paid either. He was a harsh man, took a bagfull of hammers and beat up on my sock puppet when he though I was turning into a fruit.
We didn't have computers back then, we could go to the movies with $2 that we'd collect by finding bottles in the field and going to the store to get the nickel. We didn't need computers back then, Y2K was a looong ways away.

What was my point again???

Stop it with your fruity memories. Your sock puppet should have been beat more.

Panther385 · Post by **Panther385** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:02 pm

My parents aren't that great, trust me. Whenever I find enough money to buy something, I hide it, but my parents find it anyway and say that colledge is more important than anime. my mom is the type that says 'Family members should do work for each other because they're family...' blah, blah, blah. So I won't get any money out of her. Dad's oblivious to the world, my grandma treats me like trash, the other one speaks only in spanish, both my grandfathers dies from drinking... the list goes on.
The area I live in isn't so keen on people either. It's like living in a deserted suburb. Kinda creepy. I'm homeschooled, so I don't get lunch money. No friends, 'cause that originally was the reason for my homeschooling. Got beat up by a fat kid and was backstabbed by my best friend.
Heh, I tried stealing a DVD once.... dang mall security. Since I was I kid, I got off with a warning. Not trying that again.

It sounds like I'm making this up, don't it? It ain't fake, trust me. I'd work my butt off for three weeks to get my hands on a Full Metal Alchemist DVD. *shrugs*

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:16 pm

netflix >.>

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:21 pm

Your stories don't matter... you're going to continue to get the same answer because this is a public forum and to keep up apperences we have to have the outward apperence of the types of ethics those in the business of cracking down on illegal downloading and such find to be of their liking.

Panther385 · Post by **Panther385** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:22 pm

Oh. >> <<

...Netflix?

BasharOfTheAges · Post by **BasharOfTheAges** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:29 pm

Panther385 wrote:Oh. >> <<

...Netflix?

Yes, you rent movies for a set fee each month. Rip and copy what you need for archival purposes. and send it back for a new one. It's highly illegal, but not frowned upon here for some reason.

Panther385 · Post by **Panther385** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:51 pm

Huh. I'll try that then.

Shinodude · Post by **Shinodude** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:54 pm

why not give your mom the "I need money for anime and family members are sopposed to suport others with the things they love" >.> I did that once .....

Melanchthon · Post by **Melanchthon** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 8:44 pm

BasharOfTheAges wrote:Yes, you rent movies for a set fee each month. Rip and copy what you need for archival purposes. and send it back for a new one. It's highly illegal, but not frowned upon here for some reason.

It's impossible to catch someone unless they admit it... or unless companies start watermarking rental releases. At the very least, it's better than buying bootlegs (which funds all kinds of unsavoury things) or downloading source for nothing.