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  3. A Thread for Random Musings

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    I saw this on my "New Urban Legends" module. The amazing thing is, Snopes says it's true.

     

    Many of the signs and billboards in the Orlando area were no match for Hurricane Charley. However, one billboard resisted the 100-mile per hour winds of the eye wall of the storm. While the billboard still stands, the advertisement that was there when Hurricane Charley hit was peeled back to reveal an earlier message. When the sun rose the next morning on Sand Lake Road in Orlando the words on the billboard clearly read:

     

    WE NEED TO TALK

    GOD.

     

    I'm not a religious man, but if I were...:angst:

  6. Musings on Random Musings

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    The number of seemingly innocent words that bring up Porn on a search engine is truly frightening.

     

    Tell me about it. It can be quite a challenge to lead a group of students on a perfectly innocent reference quest sometimes.

     

    And can someone please tell me why every hacker with a site has "free porn" tattooed all over it? Not every visitor wants to see that!

     

    My porn comes from somewhere else.

  11. Musings on Random Musings

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    Ok let's get the bandwagon moving. I also support the Vallejo Fist for Ben.

     

    Sorry, I can't support the Vallejo Fist thing. My mom used to go to the moose club lodge in vallejo...I just can't see it any other way. It sounds to me like "Moose Club Lodge Fist," and that's just not right.

  12. AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED opinions

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    Come on' date=' is it really that hard to accept that Spiderman and Wolverine will be on the Avengers.[/quote']

     

    Honestly? Yes, yes it is. It's a question of personalities, of continuity. Spidey's been very well established as a solo hero, and even when teaming up he's much too independent a spirit to really fit in with the Avengers, a rank and file team. He works well in the team-ups short term. He could even work well on a band of misfits team like the Defenders. Wolverine...there's too much baggage to go into there, the least of which is his obligations with the X-Men. Both choices were made to add the most popular characters to the roster, not to add the best members to the team.

     

    Change is not necessarily a bad thing. Poorly executed change for the sake of marketing is always a bad thing. Remember the Death of Superman? Remember how absolutely dumbed down Supes had to be for that storyline to occur? Remember how frustrating it was? Now, from everything I've heard, this Disassembled storyline is doing the same thing. Five words:

     

    "Take the damn quiver off!"

  13. AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED opinions

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    Ok, I guess this is a moot point now, but I just saw the #502 cover, and I have to ask...what's with Hawkeye's cyborg arm?

     

    ...But who knows' date=' at this point they'll probably do a post-Dissembled story where the Red Skull and Vermin unearth Diamondback and Hawkeye's corpses and commit necrophilia upon them.[/quote']

     

    Not in california, they won't--it's illegal now, you know. :winkgrin:

  14. AVENGERS DISASSEMBLED opinions

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    I can't really think of a specific story arc, but my favorite Avengers era was when Hank was trapped at ten feet tall and became Goliath. The team was Cap, Hawkeye (his heyday), Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Wasp, and Goliath. I believe this is what is referred to as "old school." :D

  15. A Thread for Random Musings

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    I give up. I've really been fighting my depression for the past few weeks, and I'm losing. I've spent so much time here lately because it keeps me distracted. As soon as I'm not doing something, I'm overwhelmed. I just got back from watching Monday night Football at a friend's house, and I was fine during the game. Now that I'm home I feel like crying. No reason for it. Nothing particularly stands out as miserable, I'm just filled with hatred, guilt and self loathing. Why am I telling you this? Well, I'm a little punchdrunk from lack of sleep, and I just took some vicodin, so why the hell not? I'll probably regret this in the morning. I just feel...tired. I really need to rest.

  18. Musings on Random Musings

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    I can just hear the people in Florida saying through gritted teeth 'You wait all year for Hurricane season and then three come all at once'

     

    And Jeanie kills 700 odd as a Tropical Storm. What on earth would it have done as a Hurricane had it hit ?

     

    Umm...Hurricane Jeanne did hit. It just went through our area yesterday.

  19. Alpha Male Contest

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    Nobody has explained why Fireball or Meteor Swarm is somehow more "manly" than Insect Swarm or Creeping Doom.

     

    Because Fireball can't be stopped by a can of Raid? :)

     

    Seriously, though, these particular summon spells don't seem to be the ones in question. The original topic (if I understand correctly) seemed to take issue with effects such as Gate or Clone which create another independently minded adversary, one who would/could keep fighting after the summoner had been defeated, for example.

     

    Interesting thread, but there seems to be a base disagreement here. Some are arguing that the Alpha male battle is an elemental survival type fight, where you do whatever it takes to win, it's all good. The other interpretation is that it is a show of dominance in a social setting, battling for supremacy within a group by defeaty of an individual.

     

    I find I'm drawn more to the social definition. The term "alpha male" is a social one, not a physical one. It encompasses physical (energy, magic, strength, whatever) as well as personal (intelligence, willpower, charisma, style) power. When an individual has exhibited the right measure of both, he is bequeathed the title or honor by the rest of the group. As someone alluded to before, if you can't get the group to follow you, you're not the alpha. Again, take the case of Guy Gardner in the JLI. Physical power? He had it in spades, over everyone else in the group except perhaps J'onn. Thus, he felt he should be the leader. The rest of the group made it abundantly clear that this was simply never going to happen. No personal power. The group made the decision. Even if he had somehow beaten Bats, they never would have followed him. Also for consideration, what happens when the alpha male leaves the group? Does he meet a group of strangers as an alpha? No, they don't know him thus he has no status. He can certainly try to gain the honor again with this group, but it does have to be earned.

     

    Now the real question...is this happening between two players in your game?? That sounds like bad news!

  20. New Campaign Start Idea - Critiques Wanted

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    I like the general idea of the campaign. I've always wanted to play in this type of scenerio. The only problem I have is...I'm not sure I understand your character creation process. Are the players designing the characters and you'll translate into a character sheet? Or are you choosing the powers to give to them? Also, if they are really random average people, then you're going to have a lot of characters with 8-12 dex and str, unless they're specifically super powered exceptions, right?

     

    ...Now, I'm going to make a character questionnaire up to get all the characters' backgrounds, personalities, hobbies, interests, etc etc, and have the characters as fleshed out as possible, then get input on the powers; when designing the characters, I intend to make the powers dead LAST on the sheet, shrinking them as need be to make room for the appropriate skills.

  23. National Warrior Archetypes

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    I got to thinking about the common traits Cowboys, Soldiers, Plains Indians etc all had in common. What Americans tended to want in their iconic warriors.

     

    How to build the Archetypical American Hero/Warrior:...

     

    Wow, that's a fantastic deconstruction! I think you've really hit on something here, especially this part:

     

    Defining Physical Trait: I'm of the opinion that most Americans value in their warrior archetype, for entertainment purposes at least, not Strength, nor Agility, but rather Endurance and Stamina...

     

    I know that I certainly feel this way. Hmm, perhaps I'm more typical american than I thought. It all fits so well. The vehicle is the only thing I would really debate. Way to go above and beyond with the answer, I'm archiving this for future reference.

     

    So, anyone else want to define the characteristics of their national warriors? (I know some are still being debated.) Honestly, I'm more interested in hearing first-hand accounts, too, which I know a few of you can offer.

     

    (btw, Did anyone else think of the Thing while reading Hermit's analysis?)

  24. Musings on Random Musings

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    Odd injury, huh? Thanksgiving, 1987. I was using a knife to cut bread for the dressing. I was pulling the blade across the bread with relative ease, when after several strokes I noticed a streak of red on the knife. Huh, what's that? I thought as I glanced down at the bread seeing a pool of red liquid. The realization that it must be my own blood was more of a "Duh!" moment than a "AAAAAGH!" one. I looked at my finger, one on my deformed left hand, and saw that I had cut cleanly halfway through and that it was hanging there. Those fingers have no bones--I was very lucky not to have sliced the entire thing off. Funny thing is, there was no pain. I could feel something, but it didn't hurt. So I said in a matter-of-fact voice "Hey Mom, look at this." I remember being surprised at her reaction. She was horrified. I couldn't understand the panic even though the blood was now trickling down my arm and all over the bread. I was fascinated. Of course, her reaction was really the more apprpriate one and probably saved my finger. I still have a scar running across that finger. I should add that even though it never hurt beyond some slight throbbing the next day, I later developed phantom pains. Not really pain, but...ok, lemme see if I can explain it. Run your wet finger along a chalkboard slowly sometime. Then imagine that sensation coming from the inside of your finger...just bleah.

     

    Now, as for stupid injuries, don't get me started...!

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