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[color=crimson] Being somewhat an advanced junior wordsmith, I can tell you the precise origin of "Gooditude" and it's meaning today. Gooditude ended up being defined by good CD's, shotguns and Shinmaru. However, before this utter travesty was etched onto the word, forever altering it's meaning. It defined something completely different. It's origins stem back further than the altered gooditude, to a much simpler time, 2003. It was actually spelled and pronounced good-itune and simply meant that you had a good iTune on your iPod. Example. "Wow, your iPod selection has gooditune man!" [quote=Wikipedia's gooditude article.] Eventually, when iPods stopped being referenced in pop culture as much as they were back then, gooditune was morphed by the Skull and Bones society so it meant something completely different, DeadSeraphim's description above. Why the Skull and Bones society decided to change the menaing of gooditune instead of plot their evil takeover and domination of all mankind remains a mystery to this day.[/quote] So here we are, with gooditude. It's an awesome word, no doubt. Yet my iPod still has gooditune, stick that in your pipe, blasted secret society.[/color]

[color=crimson] Interesting, most interesting.[/Gavin] Zachariah is the name of a biblical prophet, and a bilbical book, which is pretty cool. It's acutal meaning is "The Lord has remembered." So yeah, the Lord has remembered me. Zachariah is also one of the most apocalyptic of the books found in the Bible, so booyah. I'm the end of the world, baby![/color]

[color=crimson] Thanks for the advice DW. The angle being taken in this series is a satire of those films about taking a rag-tag loser school, adding Mr or Mrs "fix-it", and injecting spirit into it, spurring the deviant classes to excel. (To Sir with Love, Dangerous Minds etc..) With a littlke bit of a "Sky High foir villains" approach. I need help if I'm deviating from this premise. Thanks for the tip-off about the grammar and spelling. Jokes about those lose thier potency when they happen outside of the joke. [b]EPISODE II: High School, Hi! Mistress Deathscythe, Daddy Dots and Mrs. Asgard venture into the secret lairooms of the Academy. As they pass from dungeon to dungeon, Mrs. Asgard gets more apprehensive about what the school can offer. Finally they reach a lairoom down the end of the corridor, and continue on inside... Mistress D: [/b]This is Lairoom one. Timmy, er, I mean, the Pianist, will be tutored in this room by one of our finest, Dweebs McGraw. [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] Dweebs McGraw? That's no name for an evil tutor, I thought Timmy was going to be tutored by Master Deathbreath? [b]Mistress D: [/b]Usually most first-timers are, but I can sense an abnormally high potential in your little hummingbird. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] We didn't call him the hummingbird. [b]Mistress D:[/b] It was a euphemism. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] No it wasn't. [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] It was metaphor. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] "This school is a little inadequate." There is a proper euphemism! [b]Mistress D:[/b] Shut up already, who gives a flying fuck what it was! The point is, Timmy is special and Mr. McGraw is one of our finest. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] How so? [b]Mistress D:[/b] He's only tutored the most villainous of us all. Perhaps you've heard of his star pupils... Godzilla? Frankenstien's monster? King Kong? The Beast from Beauty and the Beast? [b]Daddy Dots: [/b]They're not villains, they're just misunderstood creatures! [b]Godzilla:[/b] I tried so hard to be villainous. It's hard as hell when you fucking lefties keep thinking I'm "Misunderstood!" [b]Mistress D:[/b] Calm down, Godzilla, we're all Republicans here. [b]John Kerry:[/b] I'm not a Republican. [b]Mistress D: [/b]Yes you are. [b]John Kerry: [/b]Yes miss. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] Ahem! [b]Mistress D: [/b]You don't just say ahem, you klutz. You cough it out! [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] Khakheem! [b]Mistress D:[/b] What is it? Can't you see I'm shaking hands with John Kerry? [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] I've seen enough. I'm giving you one last line to convince me that our little Pianist needs to come to this school! [b]Mistress D:[/b] We're evil. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] That does it for me, Timmy's going to be schooled here! [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] What? You've critiqued Mistress Deathscythe and her school to death, nitpciking every bloody thing you could. Now, you're willing to settle for a pathetic deus ex machina? [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] It was a good deus ex machina... [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] Says the man who's most evil accomplishment was to dot and cross the "i's" and "t's" on capital lettering! [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] Mwahaha! Fun times. [b]Mistress D:[/b] I though our Hallway cat had got your Tongue, Mrs. Asgard. Until you regretfully spoke. [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] I'm appaled that you can just use the excuse "we're evil!!1" and have gullible parents swallow it up! [b]Mistress D:[/b] So, what's your claim to fame, Mrs Asgard, that you can criticise me like this in front of Godzilla and John Kerry! [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] I'm Lady Marmalade! [b]Mistress D: [/b]Oh, what do you do then? Jam people to death? [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] Dots, honey, she's grilling me! [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] I am so in her camp. [b]Lady Marmalade:[/b] No sex for you tonight. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] There is so much wrong and plain retarded with this school! [b]Mistrees D:[/b] Whatever, sex crazed loon. What say your credentials then, Lady Marmalade? [b]Lady Marmalade:[/b] I'm not the jam, I'm the song. Not just the song, the cover version that was mixed up by Pink, Lil' Kim, Missy Elliot and Whal Wallabangie. I was used in the film Moulin Rouge. I caused millions of deaths from radio play alone! [b]Mistress D:[/b] Aaah, not you! I barely survived your popularity run! [b]Lady Marmalade: [/b]Yes, me, I barely survived my own popularity run! [b]Daddy Dot's:[/b] She's a real tiger in the sack... [b]Lady Marmalade:[/b] Choke on your Viagra. [b]Mistress D:[/b] Yes, well, I've heard enough. I've considered the applicant's credentials, and I've come to a decision. I have declined the Pianists entry into our school. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] Wait, weren't we putting you to the test? [b]Mistress D:[/b] Probably, but who's counting. [b]Lady Marmalade:[/b] You're being unfair! [b]Mistress D:[/b] Booh Hoo! You didn't even want him to come here! Cry me a river and then teach our dunce pupil J.T how to do it properly. [b]Lady Marmalade:[/b] It's the principle. [b]Mistress D:[/b] I'm the principal. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] She was using another meaning of the word prinicipal. [b]Mistress D:[/b] You make me want to cry. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] Dang, how is our Pianist going to become and evil genius now that you won't take him? [b]Mistress D:[/b] I didn't, I accepted him. [b]Daddy Dots: [/b]Accepted him? You just said you rejected him, crazy old magpie! [b]Mistress D: [/b]Yes, and considering we're an evil school, and require all our students to fraudelently gain tuition from us, being declined is being accepted. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] This school is mad insane! [b]Mistress D: [/b]It sure is. Welcome aboard, now get the fuck off our property you tresspassers... [b] In the next episode:[/b] Timmy "the Pianist" Asgard takes his first look at the school, and makes some new friends. But does he like what he sees?[/color]

[quote name='Your Mother][size=1]First off, if Iran and Syria got involved? That would drag everyone into World War III, buddy. And if you're naive enough to think that Israel can stretch its army to fight against Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah.....well, if that happened, you could kiss Israel goodbye, 'cuz, unlike Lebanon, Iran and Syria have [i]militaries [/i] and air forces and even a fair share of [i]nukes[/i'] (in Iran's case).[/quote] [size=2][color=crimson] I seriously doubt Israel taking on Hezbollah, Iran and Syria would kick-start World War III, Considering that most of the world knows and understands why Israel are doing what they're doing. If Iran and Syria decide to kick stuff off against Israel, that's their perogative and they would most certainly pay for it. Israel has the 3rd most advanced Military in the world. It's strongest ally is the USA, which has the most advanced Military in the world. It's naive to think that Israel couldn't wipe them off the map should the situation call for it. [/color][/size] [size=1][quote][/size] [size=1]Haha. Ahahahahahaha. I'd like to know where you learned your history, man. Israel may have more firepower than Hezbollah, but do you really think that the entire Middle East hates them just because they're Jewish?[/size][/QUOTE] [size=2][color=crimson] History? You don't need to go to far back to see the mouse and cookie analogy at work. Israel gives Palestinians the Gaza area, Palestinians elect HAMAS to leadership. Hamas, the organisation more than happy to see Israel exterminated. Stupid, stupid, stupid. You're being hoodwinked man, these militants like to play the innocent. They're keeping you in this collective hell by their continued aggression toward Israel. They're like the yapping pitbull that grabs on and doesn't let go. It's time for people to get mad, no, let's get downright pissed off with the pitbull here. [/color][/size][/size]

[color=crimson] -------- I've been kicking this idea, as a number of skits around in my head for most of today, and thought I'd take a shot at writing a screenplay based on them, that basically ties them all together. I'd like to know how If there are any ways I can improve on the concept, a comedy about Villains and their need for a proper education. think "Sky High" for villains. [b]EPISODE I Meeting Mistress Deathscythe.[/b] It is open night at [b][i]Mistresses DeathScythe's Academy for the Giftedly Wickeded[/i][/b], as prospective parents gather to meet their offsprings future mentors. Mistress DeathScythe has sat down to talk to a couple fo prospective parents about their sons future enrollment. [b]Mistress DeathScythe: [/b]Greetings. I am Mrs. Deathscythe, principal of Mrs DeathScythe's school for the Giftedly Wickeded. I understand you're looking for a fine institution where you can school your children in evilness. How can I help? [b]Mr. Asgard:[/b] Well, I was a little apprehensive about sending my son to a prep school, until my wife insisted I check this place out. I must say, I'm more worried about it now. [b]Mistress DeathScythe: [/b]Well, we do pride ourselves on being a rather impeccable institution for the learning of evilness, what seems to be the problem? [b]Mr Asgard:[/b] For a starter, the name of the school is one serious grammatical disasterpiece, it should be aptly named "Mistress Deathscythe's School for the Gifted and Wicked." [b]Mistrees Deathscythe: [/b]We're evil. [b]Mr. Asgard: [/b]Well, that doesn't excuse anything. If I'm sending my son here, I want proper grammar, dammit! I also want you to kick that cat out of the hallway, and gawddammit, it's Villianry, not Evilness! [b]Mistress Deathscythe:[/b] An evil school negates the rules of proper grammer, thus, it is rule-bending and evil. So? [b]Mr Asgard:[/b] Vilains need grammar and discipline too, and for goodness sake, you can't spell either. It's "grammar", not "grammer!" [b]Mistress Deathscythe: [/b]How could I have mis-spelt grammer? I said it, I didn't write it, you cuckoo. [b]Mr. Asgard:[/b] Well, they don't call me Daddy Dots for nothing! [b]Mistress Deathscythe:[/b] Oh, why do they call you "Daddy Dots" then? [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] My Villainous superpower is the ability to envision words spoken as their written counterpart. [b]Mistress Deathscythe:[/b] How does your name have anything to do with your powers? Besides, isn't it your mistake if you envisioned my spoken words with a spelling mistake in them? [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] I'm evil. [b]Mistress Deathscythe:[/b] That excuse only works for us. [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] That's not fair then, is it? [b]Mistress Deatchsythe:[/b] We're evil. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] Well, as a fellow evil person. I must say you're tone is rather rude, considering the amount of money we're worth to you. [b]Mistress Deathscythe:[/b] We're an institution for Evil-minded people, most of our students steal their tuition. Besides, being able to envision spoken words isn't neccesarily evil really...Are you sure you weren't named for anything else? Think back to your first evil deed. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] Oh, I remember that, I sabotaged a printing press so it dotted the "t's" and crossed the "i's" [b]Mistress Deathscythe: [/b]Oh bother... Let's move on from here, who's the young lad you're wishing to enrol today? [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] Timmy Smalls. [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] His evil alias is The Pianist. [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] He robs banks. [b]Mistress Deathscythe: [/b]Robs banks? Why the fuck did you called him the pianist then? [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] Because he hums a supersonic tune capable of rendering anyone completely helpless. [b]Mistress Deathscythe:[/b] You people are seriously fucked in the head. Good grief, why didn't you just call him The Hummingbird? [b]Daddy Dot's:[/b] Too floury an ill-conceived. [b]Mrs. Asgard:[/b] Besides, we already have one "The Hummingbird in our family." [b]Daddy Dots:[/b] His ability is the ability to name villains super-cool names. [b]Mrs. Deathscythe:[/b] I'm not convinced. Anyway, let me show you around our campus.... [b] In the next episode:[/b] Lady Deathscythe concludes the tour and interview. Does the Pianist have what it takes to get accepted to the prestigious academy?[/color]

[color=crimson] Let me get this straight, Sojiro tells anybody reading this thread that they are jealous because you have SongOfMemories, and that you should construct a 'memborable' thread? [size=4]o_O;[/size] Try adding [strike] a topic, perhaps?[/strike] a little clarification to the intention of your thread, if it lasts that long. -Peace out.[/color]

[quote name='DeadSeraphim][size=1][color=indigo][font=arial]I saw it... It was mediocre, but it had it's moments. [spoiler]The ending especially was horrid, though, "Join my secret task force you foursome who have barely known eachother!"[/spoiler]. It's trying to be Shrek but failing, but at least it does so with its tongue firmly planted in-cheek.[/font][/color'][/size][/quote] [color=crimson] I know, the ending was a load of tripe. [spoiler] "Join my secret taskforce"[/spoiler] was eerily similar to the plot I thought this movie was going to take, based on the awful TV spot. Initially this movie looked like it was going to completely bastardise the story and just put Granny, Red, The Wolf and the Woodsman in as some [spoiler] secret crime-fighting taskforce!!1[/spoiler] If it hadn't been for the police mugshot poster advertisments, I would not have given this movie the light of day, lol. Suffice to say, I'll boycott the planned sequel, because it's so boviously [spoiler] secret crime-fighting taskforce!!1[/spoiler][/color]

[color=crimson] Has anyone here on OB had the chance to see Hoodwinked? I absolutely adore this movie. I guess it comes down to the twist-an-old tale plot, which cleverly takes the tale of Little Red Riding Hood and turns it into a Usual Suspects type interrogation movie, built on the premise that the tale we all grew up with is only one part of the story. The traditional tale is spun from 4 angles, with each major character giving their narration of what happpened intertwined with interrogation/questioning scenes breaking the stories up, as each story gets told, the previous story is backed up by certain events from the different perspective. It's all very well done and thought out. I've seen that this movie was criticised quite a bit for it's animation, but I didn't notice any animation problems, at least ones major enough that they could have yanked me out of the story to go "oh, that CGI, it's so crappy." To be honest, I didn't give it a thought. I went to see a spin on the olde fairytale, I got quite the hilarious take on it, I'm satisfied. [spoiler]The singing goat is a hoot.[/spoiler] I'd highly reccommend Hoodwinked to anyone up for a good laugh, and to those who have seen this flick, how did you find it?[/color]

[quote name='Your Mother][size=1'] After all, who's the side opposing the cease-fire? [/size][/quote] [color=crimson] I have not seen either Hezbollah or Israel talk of an unconditional cease-fire. The anger should be directed at Hezbollah, Iran's little attack dog that couldn't care less about the Lebanese people they cower behind. It's their rockets and the continued launching of them that digs Lebanon into a bigger, deeper hole. Can't you see that?[/color]

[quote name='Chabichou'] There are no militants in my dad's neighborhood. No one in my dad's neighborhood has ever given the Israelis trouble (and hence they have never been subjected to collective punishment either). Why is Israel bombing them now? They have done nothing wrong.[/quote] [color=crimson] You see, these militants do not have a tangeable base per say, they're essentially nomads, going from town to town with their truck and missiles, striking from wherever the hell they want. So while nobody in your Dad's neighborhood has given Israel trouble, Hezbollah probably has, and that has to be enough to strike when faced with an unconventional enemy. [quote=Retribution]In the light of this Qana incident, I now realize that Israel is taking things too far. With 50-some civilian deaths and zero Hezbollah casualties, this was no collateral damage; this was murder. If there's going to be collateral damage, make sure that you're actually damaging the target so that the collateral is actually collateral. Israel needs to stop the offensive and negotiate for peace -- this aggression isn't doing anything except killing civilians.[/quote] Israel is taking drastic steps here, no doubt. While this is every bit as unwanted as the Katyusha strikes on Israel, they simply cannot let up. Hezbollah will not stop until Israel leaves Southern Lebanon, Israel will not stop until Hezbollah is crushed and destroyed...fair enough. U.N resolutions will not do anything here because neither side is going to let up. Both sides think that they're in the right and the other is the devil, whatever. Lebanese people have a right to be pissed off right now, but their anger should be directed at Hezbollah and the actions taken by this group that started the conflict, and their eye for eye rubbish keeping it going. Anti-Israeli marches for peace are oxymoronic.[/color]

[QUOTE=DeadSeraphim][color=Indigo][size=1][font=Arial][color=Indigo][size=1][font=Arial] Hey man, it's your crazy government. I don't make the rules. But I do know, in Australia, [i]bandwidth costs money[/i], and MySpace and pals suck up a lot more bandwidth than research or job search materials. Libraries and schools already charge an internet connectivity levvy here, AND additionally pay thousands a month cause levvies just don't cover it, since students and losers with nothing better to do piss it up the wall at MySpace and YouTube. Now, I don't know how it works in America, but I can't see it being much different. 10 000 people a day (at least) accessing MySpace across the country through a library can equal tens of thousands of dollars, and libraries and schools don't have an unlimited budget to deal with that ****.[/font][/size][/color][/font][/size][/color][/QUOTE] [color=crimson] Here in New Zealand, or Christchurch at least, our public libraries have two tiers to their internet access. one is completely free and lets you use the net for research on a list of pre=approved websites, exception seems to be Cheat Code Central however that got on there, anyhow, this free internet doesn't let you access much outside the realm of reasearch. MySpace, YouTube and Otakuboards respectively are blocked off. The second tier costs you a couple of dollars for half an hour or so, sometimes you can book and hour if it isn't busy. This tier allows unrestricted access to the internet, because you pay for the bandwith costs. So if you want to use myspace or other such non-educational sites on the Library computers, it costs you. Now that's how libraries shoudl run their net. Take note, Dubya. (who is that? :p )[/color]

[color=crimson] Hey, DK, that confetti is sure getting messy... Oh what the helk ~*confetti*~ I prefer OtakuBoards to have game threads every once and a while, as long as there is, well, a game to it. Most of the game threads you see on The OB are well though out and they are a heck of a lot of fun to play (Caption games, 6 Degrees of Wikipedia etc..) I wouldn't disagree that a few of the games woiuld have been shut down in V4 times, but a community, and any community is a great example of this, evolves and changes from time to time. Doesn't stop you from going to all those serious thread we have in there. Personally, I'm sick of those. On a slightly different note to Boo, why have you gone back and vandalised your own posts? :animestun [/color]

[quote name='CoLoR_Me_EviL][color=DarkOrange][font=Trebuchet MS]V for Vendetta, in my opinion, has to be one of my favourite movies EVER, let alone of the year. I absolutely loved it. Natalie Portman did a great job, as usual, and I totally fell in love with Hugo Weaving. I just found the entire story very interesting, and it was very entertaining. One of the few movies I'd consider buying.[/font'][/color][/quote] [color=crimson] Oh, How could I forget V? I was absolutely thrilled with that movie, right from when I saw the first trailer and got the eerie Orwellian 1984 vibe. The movie was great but the trailer was way better. :p [/color]

[color=crimson] It's pretty good. Usually I'm not a big fan of Photoshop's chrome gradient, but here it is used to good effect and doesn't come across as tacky, which is an easy thing to do with that style. I'd suggest, however, that you center the text more toward the enemies to help balance it out just a tad more evenly, and a 1 pixel wide black border around the banner itself would help it look more crisp and stand out when displayed on the forum. Not a bad effort though, a few tweaks and it will be great P.S - Place a 1 pixel wide border around your avatar as well, borders help keep things looking tidy and prevent any unfortunate bleeding into the forum background, fo which I can note a couple of examples in the avatar. [/color]

[color=crimson] Our schools have always stopped students from visiting all websites that aren't in some way or form, educational, despite having to pay for that net access and using it in your lunchtime. School net access is pathetic and restrictive, so why even bother? I would have to doubt those kids sending suggestive messages and pictures are doing it from school, this ilk must surely come from home in the first place! Most useless peice of legislation in 2006? You bet.[/color]

[color=crimson] I might as well bite the bullet and show you all my desktop... [url="http://img106.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wpdt3.jpg"][img]http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/3198/wpdt3.th.jpg[/img][/url] Full view will reveals a couple of subtle revelations. [/worth1000-type-advertising] [/color]

[color=crimson]#7: Adam's Angels.[/color]

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[color=crimson] I feel your story could have done better by leaving the menace unseen, it turned from suspenseful into bad B-movie as soon as I got a "Hulk" vibe. [quote]"This doesn't seem like too hard of a job, eh, Comrade?" asked Ivan Boroskvy, the KGB agent on the other side of the door. "All we do is sit tight and hope we don't freeze to death before our [b]Comrade Ministers[/b] leave. Then, a nice hot meal and excellent 'compensation' for our efforts."[/quote] This wordplay doesn't sit with me, it's ill-fitting. It shoule either be "comrades" or "ministers" not "comrade ministers". All in all, it's got potential. Leave the Guillotine character unseen for a few scenes, the unseen menace is usually the most effective, as it also plays on the fear of the unkown. You can play two different fear angles in one story if you set and pace it right. Lastly, just a preference thing, don't call the villain Guillotine, because he kills with the blade. Iit's got a strange X-men vibe to it.[/color]

[color=crimson] I would still say Pirates of the Carribean 2. I wasn't a big fan of Clerks 1. That movie rocked my socks off. I enjoyed the first movie immensley and was waiting with anticipation for the sequel to hit the theatres. Johnny Depp may be one of the most entertaining personalities in modern cinema, his performance as Jack Sparrow makes the Pirates franchise what it is, In fact, the dialogue as a whole, witty and quick-paced as it is, makes for a rather enjoyable film. I can't wait for the third movie, and there better be one or so help me. Arrgh.[/color]

[QUOTE=Leon Fury]same here. I mean if they're going to scale down e3, I'm for it. because this will draw away attention from the big three [sony / microsoft / nintendo] and the ever awe inducing booth of EA, and could bring more attention to the more unkown development teams, like the guys at Irrational Games, go BioShock, Silcon Knights, the guys behind the Too Human trilogy, etc. etc. this [B][I] will [/B][/I] be good. [/QUOTE] [color=crimson] How can you be so sure? My experiences with the scaling down of certain events like this around my home country suggest that it will be the little guys who miss out, big time. With less room for E3 extravanganza, the little guys could feel the squeeze from the big 3 moreso than they do right now. For all intents and purposes, E3 might be scaling it back down to just the big 3 major players. I seriously doubt it will be the little guy's answered prayers.[/color]

[color=crimson]Here's a couple I cooked up this morning... [img]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/5269/motivator7610635rx8.jpg[/img] Because everyone needs to remember.... [img]http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/8278/motivator7818747uv3.jpg[/img][/color]

[color=DarkSlateBlue][i][size=1]Digital Sphere's populate our planet, they pop up in the most random of places, the sad thing is; their existence has been covered up by successive government cover ups, and conspiracies. Not alot is known about them, those who have been fortunate enought to find a sphere before the governments take them swear they are portals to other worlds, and that everything ever written about is in fact, another dimension accessible by a sphere, and that no fictional universe convieved on earth is actually original, every idea stems from the fading essence of a Digital sphere portal..... [/size] [/i][/color][size=1][color=DarkSlateBlue]And so the book entitled Digital Destiny goes, chronicling one organisations desire to find the Digital spheres, and a government hell-bent on making sure they don't. Zack didn't care for conspiracy hocus-pocus, he had merely picked the book up out of sheer curiosity at what the successor to the chemtrail files could be. "Interesting Idea, but the Simpsons did it." Zack sighed as he tossed the book back on to the library shelf. That's hwen he spotted the stone. It was crimson red, glowed like no normal stone did, and had the words "Enlightenment, Excellence, Endurance" wirtten on the side in some kind of old-english neo-gothic font. Curious, Zack picked up the stone and felt his whole body tingle, without too much warning, Zack was travelling through some kind of tunnel at a breakneck speed, like a hydroslide on steroids. When the terrible ride came to an end, Zack opened up his eyes, and to his surprise, he saw none of the bustling inner-city suburbia he had just come from, instead, he saw a pixellated forest, an expansive, beautiful forest it was. Then, as if that wasn't spacey enough, a mysterious creature came bounding out of the forest. Thinking it was a tiger, out to eat him, Zack started running for the hills, with his eyes shut, thinking over and over "there is no place like home!" when the creature called out. "Hey!" "Huh, who was that?" Zack said as the creature neared. "I'm Sabremon." The creature replied, much to Zack's astonishment. "Yo'ure a human aren't you?" "Uh, yes, I am" Zack stammered, bewildered he was talking to a tiger, was he mad? "Oh, I thought the digital portals closed up a few years back, the Digimon said in an inquisitive tone." "Well, I don't know, is the portal this thing?" Zack replied as he showed Sabremon the red rock which had bought him here.... "Oh, no, ****, where'd you get that." The digimon eyes widened and it took a step back. "It bought me here, I found it..." "That thing is evil, eeevil!" Sabremon replies as he turned and bounded back into the forest, and out of sight. [i]Huh? what was his problem? Zack though as he pondered the actions of the strange creature. "Hey! wait up!" Zack yelled out as he went after Sabre, "I, I don't know where the hell I am!" [/i]Something wasn't quite right about this.... In this game, everything ever written down or concieved to film, games etc, actually exists in the real world, through government-hidden Digital Spheres. Some of these Spheres have fallen through the cracks, and now your first, human character, will stumble across another character from another dimension by randomly chanceing across these Digital Spheres. Eventually, all characters and their newfound friends will end up in the same place, but that's for later in the story. Post your sign-up like this; Name: Zack Age: 18 Encountered/befriended "fictional" Character: Sabremon from the: Digimon universe. Backstory: Write discovery of sphere, first interactions with other-universe character here Side note: Be creative! Not all the characters have to come from Digimon, the whole fictional world is your playground, take your character there! [/color][/size]

[QUOTE=The13thMan][font=Century Gothic][color=DarkOrange] McDonalds. As a nation we (USA) are the fattest in the world. McDonalds makes me angry sometimes. It's really disgusting. It's marketing campaign is mainly planned to get kids addicted to their food at an early age. For Christ's sake, their spokesman is a clown! Then the happy meal has their little plastic toys that kids absolutely must have. And even now McDonalds is taking advantage of the nation's new concern over health by offering "healthy solutions" like f-ing apple sauce instead of fries in happy meals! That's absolutely ridiculous. [/color][/font][/QUOTE] [color=crimson] It's funny, because even as a kid, Ronald always struck me as being just some stereotypical clown, and I always hated the fact that when something was aimed at me, some giggly, ridiculous and annoying clown had to talk down to me, ergh. He and his warped mind effects had no affect on me whatsoever. Stick that in yer pipe, you evil, happy-go-dancing clown. I'm kind of dismayed that the rest of the McClan have been dropped from the ads. Ronald is just some creepy red and yellow suited clown, probably though up in 5 minutes flat. We miss you, Mayor McCheese! As far as their advertising goes, I've never had an issue with it, sone New Zealand ads are freaking outrageous; Like the ones they used to launch the Filet 'O Fish with the burger either getting hooked on a line, or scaring the crap out of a submarine as a "great white." The evil commercials are the boring shampoo or skin care ones, that show slow-motion hair flailing about like it's 80's Hair Metal all over again, with some guy droning on and on about the latest 5-minute-wonder-chemical-we've-just-added-in! They do nothing for me other than put me to sleep.[/color]

[color=crimson]Great idea, here's one I came up with.. . [url="http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thatcrowdvb8.jpg"][img]http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/7599/thatcrowdvb8.th.jpg[/img][/url] Charles, I can't see your one, it's not showing for some reason. Might be my connection, which is insanely dodgy. Illikon, the steroid one is great, the combination of the picture with the wordplay is superb. Great job on them all. [/color]