Michael Hopcroft

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Where do you want this machine that goes "PONG!"? A: I hit the beach, the theatre and the mall. But enough about my grenade launcher....

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Lipstick for pigs! What do you think of my newest product? A: And that's when I set the building on fire, Your Honor.

Re: Yeah, I went there! A rap version of Elvis Costello's "What's so funny about Peace, Love and Undertanding?" NT: What is so funny about Peace, Love and Understanding?

Re: Answers & Questions Q: There a sign on this horn, but it's in Polish. Anyone know what it says? A: The one global language that nobody knows.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Look! Don't you like my Turkey Cannon? A: Soon there will be one trillion connected devices in the world.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Sting's cover of the Jimi Hendrix classic "Little Wing", off his Nothing Like the Sun album.

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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "They said Paris Hilton couldn't get elected dogcatcher! We'll show them!" And thus Beverly Hills got a new dogcatcher. NT: Subtle signs that the operators of the local animal shelter are out of their collective minds.

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Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "In Iran, everybody has their freedom from choice!"

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Would you like it if I sucked out all of your internal organs through a straw and then took some Polaroids? A: If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: So, Mayor Mayor, where do you keep the pickles? A: That Ball is GONE!

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Re: Answers & Questions Q: Was that you in the LSD research center? A: It's a dog! It's a cat! It's a dog AND a cat in one!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat They've finally run out of moose. NT: What Sarah Palin will hunt when moose finally go extinct.

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Re: Seemingly Silly Things to Model And Get a Free Cardiac Arrest with Every Can!: You have created a stimulant so powerful that it can, if sufficient quantities are ingested, make the heart race so fast that it loses track and has a chance of causing an immediate heart attack. A single can is probably safe, but a six-pack in one sitting is asking for it. Hot and Cold Running Death: The description of this power is best left to the imagination of others.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares The World Destruction of Henry Orient

Re: "Heroes that Wreck the World" Well, one concept I've seen in other series is that "destruction" results in a new, different rebirth. It's the Buddhist idea of reincarnation applied on a global scale. The idea seems to be if you "reboot" the universe, the next universe will be a better one -- and most of the people will get another chance to be part of that universe. The world of World Destruction is described in several places as on its way to an end. Sand covers everything in place of ocean -- obviously there's some sort of magic at work, otherwise the planet shouldn't be able to support life at all. The Destruct Code is much sought after by a variety of people, whether or not they want to use it.

This is the weekend of Anime Expo, where the major importers of Japanese and Korean animation announce many of their plans for the year and what series they've acquired North American rights to. One series of special note is a series called World Destruction. And it is interesting in that the goal of the principal protagonist is to destroy the world. And she's the good guy. She's one of the few people of any ability who treats people halfway decently, whether she want to or not. She gets angry, but won't murder no matter how mad she gets (kill in battle, yes, but murder no). And she possesses an orb with the Destruct Code for the planet. If she can figure out to use it, she plans to use it to destroy the world. Her opponents, the World Salvation Committee, come across as ruthless, vicious bastards. They have no objection to practices like human sacrifice, tend to react to annoyances with automatic weapons, and make little distinction between friend and foe. With the world at stake for them, mercy is a foreign concept. So if World Destruction was used as a game setting, the players might have some difficulty figuring out whose side to get on. Everybody seems to think the world is wearing down and getting ready to come to an end, with life getting worse and worse for people. If you had the Destruct Code and the world was in such disarray, would you have what it takes to use it?

Re: Confused about 6th edition I'd buy one, but the term "wonk" has been getting a bad reputation in Portland of late due to the Sam Adams scandal (the disgraced mayor was frequently referred to as a "policy wonk" in his earlier career as a city commissioner and as an aide to one of his predecessors, Vera Katz). Still, it should be fun to pick it up, especially on PDF (I can always get it printed out later). This division of the ruleset worked really well for SJG in the 4th edition of GURPS, so I see no reason not to think it'll work here. GenCon can't come fast enough -- even though I can't possibly be there. BLEEP!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "You Pariah? I've got a package for you. Twenty thousand nuns and orphans who were eaten by rats -- or at the very least what's left of them. Sign here."

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