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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Was there ever a better cartoon than The Tick? =)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Sounds like GenCon is fun. Maybe I'll go one of these days... as soon as the kids are old enough to battle their way through that many gamers in one place. =) Then again, maybe I'll not make my wife suffer quite that much and just go with some friends... hehe.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Oh boy... look at Susano, name-dropping and big-stuffing it at GenCon... hehe. I never do understand why gamers get intimidated by other gamers who can actually put words on a page. I mean, heck, on the social scale at large that puts you what... below those that JUST play? =) "Now that guy.. he's REALLY into it..." hehehe. Honestly, though, if I were at that table, I'd just bug ya to sign my Ninja Hero book maybe. Then PK you... on accident... with a blueberry muffin. BTW, thanks, I enjoyed the book.

Re: Good Zombie flicks Okay, found some of them... Cemetary Man, cuz its just wierd and kind of funny. Tries to be artsy. Let Sleeping Corpses Lie has been recommended to me... Warning Sign was interesting, if a bit... meh. And wow... the film with the girl all pierced if Return of the Living Dead 3. There are a lot of zombie flicks outthere... just search netflix and you'll see. I got tons of hits. I just added a ton of movies. =)

Re: Good Zombie flicks If only I weren't so bad at remembering titles... *sigh* yes, check out Evil Dead... and Evil Dead 2, which is kind of a remake of the 1st with better effects and some comedic tones. Evil Dead 3, otherwise mostly known as Army of Darkness is funny as heck. Return of the Living Dead series isn't bad, there are several, though its kind of hokey and very old school, but there are some newer ones that are... mildly entertaining with the right mindset... for at least 5 of that series. Romero rocks... Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, and I think Day of the Dead. All fun. Land of the Dead was okay, but mostly just because I love these kinds of movies. Dead Alive is on my netflix list for some reason, it was recommended for whatever reason. Zombie, which is foreign, is supposed to be good. On my list, again. There are at least 3 of those. I know there's one involving a lawn-mower scene, and I've seen several others that I can't remember... if it has zombies, I'll typically watch it, no matter how bad it is, just because. =) I remember watching the Screaming Dead, though i think it was terrible and I remember nothing that happened in it. Check out foreign film listings, they usually have a bunch of wacky stuff... like Uzumaki, which isn't a zombie flick really, but its WEIRD to the point of fascinating and definately creepy. A lot of creepy japanese flicks, come to think of it. DARNIT, I can't believe I can't remember any of these films... argh... there's a series of zombie movies where the zombies don't ever really die unless you completely trash them but I can't remember what they're called. One of them had a cover wth a girl all messed up who looks kind of punk, but is really a zombie with all sorts of things pierced through her...

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... YES! That's it! I wasn't about to open a bunch of boxes to make sure (one of these days, I'm going to get around to donating all these books), so thank you very much!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... what are "Bishi"? My anime days are long behind me. Heck, Record of Lodoss Wars is still one of my favorites. Nowadays I only watch Miyazaki films and some Ghost in the Shell because I just can't wade through the 5 billion titles to watch 50 bad films before seeing something I like. Off thread, but if someone couuld PM me some recommendations then that would be great. As a guide, I am not into magic girl anime, I hate Dragonball of any flavor, (sorry to fans) but I did enjoy Macross Plus (OAV), Gunsmith Cats, El Hazzard, City Hunter, and Lupin. Neon Genesis Evangelion was crap, Ranma 1/2 was fun in the early episodes and got worse as it went on. That should give a slice od my tastes. I know there are some big fans here, so help a long lost enthusiast out?

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... So its a Champions game and we've just bee recruited by the beautiful Sidney Viori, daughter of the Senator, who has recently been assassinated. She is also a powerful mentalist in a limited way. She is giving us the tour of the Viori Mansion, explaining the huge estate, the various rooms, the immense library, the state of the art holographic computer display, the hangar bay, the medical and equipment bays, the pool, training areas, etc. Chimera, the genegineered martial artist/scientist comments: "This is very impressive." Heavy Metal, the tank of the group who comes from the Low-Downs (slums), "yeah, but does it have a basement?"

Re: Help with a name please hmmm.... I personally liked "Corona" since it was related but less obvious. Silverage, eh? I liked the glowey features costume idea. Done with black would contrast well, but be a bit featureless. Cutouts and the belt aside, you need to bring balance to it. Everything is up top or center, leaving the legs ignored. It might be beneficial to go with boots to match the belt or bare glowing feet. A collar of the material and even rings on his arms would tie the costume together better... possibly also adding bracers to the arms. A simple stripe running from legs to body, tying it all together and directing the sight upwards from the boots to the collar via pointy bits.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I would change and eventually change back. So I spent half of all of our combats as a rabbit for every time I fumbled.

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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Because I'm on a memory roll... the additional stupid adventures of Te'kuro Tu'Shek. (the guy from the earlier stories) So we roll into a town for some R&R, and the other guys go shopping again. Except me and the archer fellow, who I can't remember the name of. We, of course, go to a bar. We, of course, get into a brawl. It starts with a couple fellows intimidating Te'Kuro (teh-cer-oh) and his archer buddy, which, of course, we can't take. me: "Now listen here, you can pick on my buddy here all you want but leave me alone." Thug: "Don't you like your buddy?" me: "Well, not overly, but -" GM: *clatter* "He stabs you." me: "What?!" GM: "You have a reputation." me: "Oh... yeah... I forgot... irony sucks." And another time... We're fighting a dragon. Its kicking our butts. I'm down, no bunny power, I'm at zero but able to still crawl around. me: "Do dragons have the usual anatomy?" GM: "Uh... yeah..." me: "I'm behind it. Can I limp up to the base of its tail?" GM: "uh... sure..." me: "Its standing, right, on all fours?" GM: "this is going somewhere, right?" Me: "Yep." GM: "This is going to be retarded, isn't it?" me: "Yep. I kick it in the brown eye. That way, I can go out and still tell everyone in the afterlife I kicked its @%#!" "You're a moron. The dragon looks at you, annoyed for a second before it kills you with a casual swipe of its tail." me: "... it was worth it." This is kind of like being that kid that has to keep telling you about his character... except, in this case, you can just skip it. Ah, the idiocy of boredom...

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Continuing with my amusing character who kept turning into a fuzzy white bunny... I must add, however, that the source of much of this was the fact that the game was incredibly boring for me most of the time as the other three players were only interested in two things: treasure, and killing things for their treasure. Well, I guess I could add shopping at magic stores, which is another pet peeve of mine... but I digress... So we've made it into a laboratory where the most evil bad guy was hanging out and he begins his bad guy soliloquy, describing his nefarious plot (boring and obvious as we'd just hacked through most of it) and where he came from. So happens the villain is of the same race as me, so I interrupt him (which has been the norm thus far): me: "I'm sorry, where did you say you were from? I missed it, I'm a bit hard of hearing." Villain: "From [insert place]! It is a majestic -" me: "[ooc]I throw my sword at him with all my strength." GM: "What?!" me: "I throw my sword at him. This hamhock ought to hurt. I did take proficiency in throwing this thing, y'know." GM: *sigh* "I hate you. Roll. Major penalties for throwing that giant thing." me: "Whatever." *clatter* 100% *clatter* 98% GM: "NO WAY!" *clatter* *clatter* *checks charts* *hangs head* "Your sword catches him full in the chest, flinging him into the wall, sticking him into it." me: *much rejoicing* "Stupid villains, always talk talk talk when they should just die die die. I'm glad they're so civilized, though." But, not to be outdone, and being annoyed with my luck and my arrogance, his evil bodyguard arrives! Me: "Oh c'mon, what good are bodyguards if they only show up after you're dead?" GM: "Vengeance, my friend... vengeance." Me: "Avenging you or avenging the bad guy?" GM: "Yep." And so battle ensues! Having very nice rolls and stupidly ridiculous stats due to those as well (which has never happened since) I get to go first! Hurrah! Me: "Batter up!" *clatter* 2% "Crap." GM: *maniacal laughter* "The guards eye the pile of armor and clothing that is where you used to be... and do a hat dance on it!" Me: "Ouch." GM: "Just feel lucky I don't have them suck you through a straw." Much eeewwing.... and the battle continues. My compatriots, no slouches themselves, are doing all right but there are quite a few of them. The quivering pile of goo that is me slowly forms together again while the battle continues... eventually, I return to my whole self, albeit naked. Me: "HAHA! Revenge shall be sweet! I charge!" *clatter* "Crap." GM: "You're kidding... " *more maniacal laughter* "As you leap forward and transform midair, one of them turns around and cuts you in half. Me: "Cripes, stupid random freakin' dice!... uh... I didn't just say that..." And so that battle continued. If I remember right, I think I got one swing in, and it became a long fight. The dice had fallen the other way. Honestly, that character, while extremely retarded, did have a lot of entertaining moments. I could probably go on about this for awhile... much stupidity epitomized that game, and not just a lot of criticals and fumbles either. My apologies if all these idiotic stories annoy, just let me know and I'll quit. Eventually, he did change his critical tables a bit.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... If you'd been at the sessions, maybe not... but still, probably. =) Side benefit GM didn't foresee: slightly suicidal player with dice that fall all over the range, but somehow manages to go into regenerating bunny form most of the time when he's hurt, and occasionally when he's not.... which would result in another story, if I weren't in a hurry at the moment to get to my champions game. =)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... *shrug* I don't like Punk music, so I guess I can't be punk. And I know a guy whose in that scene and he does wear a suite and tie. =) BTW, what the heck is "emo"? You kids these days... hehe. Now, to stay on topic... So we're playing this guy's custom game, which I vaguely understand, but pretty much only the GM does. It has pretty lethal critical effects, but overall its a modified D&D. I'm playing a big old warrior with a two-handed magical butt-kicking sword [Hackmaster +12? hehe]. There are two stories... but to give it some background, it was given to me by a very powerful wizard (big surprise) that I had an unfortunate incident with. Y'see, he had been cursed, apparently (I'm still sure the GM made this up on the fly to get back at me for the incident), to live forever as a little white rabbit. Now, our GM actually has a pathological irrational fear/hatred of rabbits. Well, we found this rabbit randomly, and it kept following us. I wanted to eat it for dinner, but the others had some random notion that he was special because he was so random. (I think we found him in a desk drawer) So I was kept from eating him. Unfortunately, the rabbit didn't take well to the idea (how he understood me, i don't know) and kept biting me and getting in my way. During one combat, I actually slipped and fell because of it (don't ask) and got quite irritated with it. So, I stuffed his little bunny self into a bag and proceeded to use the bag to try and bash down a wall. After letting the goo out, we went on. And then returned the rabbit a little while later. Thoroughly annoyed, I repeated the process with similar result... to only have it return. Another party member now kept the rabbit from me. We returned from our adventure and somehow (I can't remember) the rabbit was returned to his normal state.. that of a grand and powerful wizard, to my chagrine. So the rest of the party commenced to the butt-kissing, and I wandered away only to be summoned later. (sorry, I know this is getting long) Expecting my demise, I came a bit timidly and annoyed by the jeering of my fellows, who had spent many an hour smooching this guy's angry spider. At this time, he gave me a nice speech about helping him, told me he had forgiven me, and to show his gratitude he gave me the very nice enchanted sword. Now, finally, fast-forwarding past all the attempts to identify and assure it wasn't cursed... I had grown quite fond of the enchanted sword, as it had helped me to smite many enemies. And thus story 1 begins... The GM describes an eerie corridor through which we must pass to get to... something I can't remember. It has been a thoroughly boring dungeon, at a point where I hate dungeons. We come upon an undead knight who starts with the spooky speech of doom. "Thou shalt not pass, I am a knight doomed to protect these corridors from all who wish to pass, I..." Me: "Did you say you were a knight? From what house are you?" Doomed Knight: "I was once from house - " Me interrupting: "I cut him in half and move down the corridor." GM: "Oh, that's cold, you're not even going to let him finish his -" Me interrupting: "I SAID, I CUT HIM IN HALF AND MOVE DOWN THE CORRIDOR." (I was being really arrogant) GM: "Fine, you can attack him. So roll." Thus follows a 100% percentile, followed by a 99%. GM: "*sigh* You cut him in half..." Me: "...and move down the corridor!" And incredibly, we meet another... and the same parlay ensues... GM: "No way you can do that again." Me: "I cut him in half vertically this time. You'll regret it if you make me roll." GM: "ROLL. You gonna die this time!" Me: "I warned you... " *clatter* 99% *clatter* 97% GM: "FINE! SKIP IT! You're at the end of the corridor already!" ...and there was much rejoicing. And now I discover the sword's secret... it has been a fairly exciting adventure, and we find ourselves on a disc of rock floating down a river of magma, fighting for our lives against terrible monsters. The dice are not with me this time... I'm hurt bad, the others are doing okay, but I've taken the brunt thus far. I've just taken a crit, disabling one of my legs. Me: "I roar my defiance and leap at the nearest enemy with the leg that still works!" GM: "Okay, you're gonna take a penalty though." Me: *clatter* "Crap! I rolled a freakin' 1%!" GM: *Maniacal grin* "What did you say?" Me: "I rolled a natural one." *sadness* GM: *WIDER MANIACAL GRIN* "Okay, so you leap into the air towards your nearest enemy. Midleap, you notice that he seems to be getting bigger and bigger, especially his shield which you smash your face into, falling to the ground... as a wittle white wabbit." Me: "WHAT?!" And the irony is cruel, and loud with the jeering.... even that of our enemy, who promptly stomps on me. *SQUISH* *cry* ... only to reform, and live. *moan*

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... All these labels, such a shame... Then again, what's so punk about any of it when its commercialized and homogenized like that? Tsk tsk, what's happened to today's rebels? Oh yes, they're regurgitating the same old stuff... *sigh* And they call us t-shirt and jeans guys conformists... =) Though, if I had the money, I'd probably go for the modernist yakuza w/ a touch of the old west, myself. Mostly because I like black suits, cartridge belts, revolvers and well broken-in leather. I call it, tre' cool nerdo gear w/ a touch of stupid.

Re: Superhero Images Well, last thing I want to do is post my flabby butt wearing anything anywhere... so you won't be seeing me on any of those kinds of threads. =)

Re: Superhero Images Ah, okay... I see. Must have been a fun thread while it lasted. =)

Re: Superhero Images There was a possibility of copyright violation from what? I guess I'm not understanding the thread... I was thinking it was just a thread about someone working on their costumes for cons and other gatherings.

Re: How evil is this? Yeah, you could just build a EB, does no body, double knockback, damage shield w/ no range. Give it AoE for a "bubble" that goes with ya. You just roll the dice for stun and count body only for knockback. I think that's how it works. *shrug* =)

Re: Superhero Images Umm... start a new one? Though I'm not sure what thread ya'll are referring to.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Following the french vein... mercenary game... Wailing away with his new discount rifle, Pendergrass manages to miss anything remotely resembling a geurilla fighter. He even misses the giant tree he shoots in frustration. He looks at his FAMAS and drops it in disgust. "I knew I shouldn'ta bought that thing. Like new, never fired, just scuffed from being dropped. Stupid french guns."

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... hopefully I'm remembering this correctly... From this week's game... We're at a luxurious breakfast at the Viori mansion, with our beautiful host Sidney Viori, enjoying a five course breakfast except for my character, Heavy Metal, the brick of the group. He's enjoying a mixing bowl of Coa-Coa Puffs and Rice Krispies. I've just finished telling about some of my history growing up in the Low-Downs in the slums of Epic City. Sidney informs me that the rich actually own the area as a tax shelter and a place to hide their money. Quartermain and Chimera, both wealthy, inquire if there is any more bacon. We are informed there is an entire plate of it. A sweep of the arm later, there's a mumbled, "nope, we're out of bacon." as much chewing ensues...

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread. From what I've seen Storn is one of the few artists who have researched martial movements at all. His Cat's Paw comic is actually a good example of that. Amongst the many comics that have portrayed martial arts, very few show anything outside of your basic TKD/Karate/Judo movements and often poorly. Having spent half my life (16 years) studying and teaching martial arts its nice to see someone bother with a few techniques from less popular styles. As far as high kicks go, it's like anything else: when the tool fits, use it. I have personally seen a fellow who was so good with his feet that he could use the classic TKD hurricane kick to bat aside a punch with the lead leg and kick a person with the follow leg. That's the classical example that not many can actually use! But returning to Storn... I always appreciate that he presents characters doing interesting things in a anatomically correct style that is so uncommon in comics. It makes the Liefelds of the industry look like the morons they are...