TheShinje

Uh, these ponies do not look like ponies to me. They look like mishapen and melted Barbie dolls. I thought they should at least look a little like horses!

*blieep blieep* May I have your attention please? I, The Shinje, have just recieved an email from Raw's anonymous General Manager. And I quote: The General Manager wants to see more action in this thread as Wrestlemania XXVII is just around the corner. This years Wrestlemania looks epic, especially since The Rock is goign to be hosting the show, and the WWE has certainly missed his presence over the years. To see him a few weeks ago come back and rock that mic like he never left was pretty darn awesome, he's still got the skills, I look forward to seeign what his role with the WWE will be when he returns after 'Mania, and you bet he will. Triple H V Undertaker will be a good one to watch. I can't predict this one. I can't see Triple H ending the streak but at the same time I can't see them torttign this out as a storyline yet again, only to have it end exactly the same way, with 'Taker keeping the streak and yet another victim being added to the list. Yeah, 18 times, but most of those victims were not part of an 'oooh I'm ah gunna break teh streak woo!' type storyline. Cena v. Miz is predictable. The Miz has not learned the unwritten law, that if you 1) are constantly owning your opponent in all the pre 'big event' hype and 2) you are a heel, then it equals you opponent scoring the big victory and getting the last laugh. Duh. It's how I predicted Shawn Michaels would not end 'Taker's streak. So, Wrestlemania anyone? Let's get this speculations flying.

[quote name='Roxie Faye' timestamp='1300671467' post='705825'] [color="#9933ff"]Hey! Someone spammed by PM, and I decided that was a good reason as any to pop in and say hello. (Especially since I've been thinking of OB lately, huh...) Reading the names in this thread makes me smile - I remember all of you! Hopefully you remember me: I was "MistressRoxie" for a long time. If not, please tell me you remember this obnoxious font color. :P The appearance of OB is so different! Different software, different layout. I never thought I'd see a layout with a "bright" color like orange. James was always so partial to shades of blue and gray. ;)[/color] [/quote] I remember you and those epic Digimon RPG events. I went by S@bretooth at that time, which fits, because I have tiger's blood. :)

[quote name='chibi-master' timestamp='1300157550' post='705703'] I spend way too much time on Memebase and then feel pathetic whenever I use a meme reference at school and no one gets it... [/quote] I saw a double rainbow the other day and shouted WHAT DOES IT MEAN? and people just looked at me weird. Look weirdos it's not my fault you don't get out on the net more often, now acknowledge my intelectual superiority and my internet connection, hmph.

That they come to this conclusion form the Bible, when half the end time prophecies they profess to believe in haven't even happened yet, proves the depth of their research.

[b]Current Display Name:[/b] Tahkyn D. Zhen Username: Sabre [b]Previous Usernames:[/b] Ginyu_Frogz, Saiyangohan2002, Nuchlear, S@bretooth, Shinji Ikari, Shinje, Rapture Ruckus, Jeremiah.... [b]Join Date: [/b]02/11/02 [b]Usual Name IRL:[/b] Gary [b]Age:[/b] 26 [b]Gender:[/b] Male [b]Member Picture/Description:[/b] It's Portgas D. Ace from One Piece [b]Desktop screenshot:[/b] It's a Scott Pilgrim wallpaper. [b]Do you play any sports?:[/b] Tenpin Bowling [b]What do you study?: [/b]Anime and Manga [b]Job:[/b] Trolley recovery technician/specialist [b]What languages do you speak/write?: [/b] English [b]Location: [/b] New Zealand [b]Faith:[/b] Christian [b]Opinion on Religions:[/b] Don't like religion personally. [b]Sexuality:[/b] Straight [b]Opinion on homosexuality:[/b] It's not natural, like alot of things in this broken world. [b]Political opinion:[/b] Swing to the left. [b]Opinion on Political Opinions:[/b] I like to listen to other points of view. [b]Operating System:[/b] Windows XP [b]Opinion on Operating Systems:[/b] They all have their pros and cons. [b]Do you text/call while driving?:[/b] No way, it's illegal over here. [b]Opinion on Texting/Calling while driving:[/b] Too much distraction and easy for accidents to happen, don't do it! [b]Opinion on Evolution Theory:[/b] Some theories within the evolutionary theory can be concilliatory towards faith. [b]Opinion on Tasing: [/b] I like tasting. Food! and. Drink! [b]Opinion on Health Care:[/b] It's available to everyone in New Zealand, which is not a communist country. [b]Opinion on Abortions:[/b] A life is a life, no matter how small. [b]Opinion on Euthanasia:[/b] I'll get back to you on that. [b]What does your user name/display name mean?:[/b] Tahkyn Zhen is a character of mine, the middle initial D. is a One Piece inside joke. [b]What members would you like to meet?:[/b] James, Lady Shy, Adam, Amibasuki, Japan86, Sephiroth, Chibi-Master, Rachmaninoff, Desbreko, Charles, Brasil, DeadSeraphim, SaiyanPrincessX, ChibiHorseWoman. Most of these people don't even come here anymore, lol. [b]OB Family:[/b] I'm an orphan. ;_; [b]Ninjas or Pirates?:[/b] Pirates hands down. Avast ye scurvy dogs! [b]Chicken or the Egg?:[/b] God made the chicken and rooster first. XL Basic or Wet Paint?: Wet Paint. [b]Why did the chicken cross the street?:[/b] To be more batteries for the hens. [b]How wrong was Kanye for disrupting Taylor's MTV Awards moment?:[/b] I think that */? [b][color=blue]Hey Tahkyn, I'm really happy for you and imma let you finish, but Charles had some of the best pop culture references of all time. Of all time[/b]![/color] [b]Are you from 2001-ish?:[/b] Yep [b]The Nerdiest Thing You've Ever Done:[/b] Reformatted my laptop. Not very geeky really. [b]Your celebrity crush:[/b] Kirsten Dunst. [b]Do you like cooking?:[/b] Not really. [b]Do you procastinate much?:[/b] I'll answer that one tomorrow. If[b] you could go back in time five years, what's one thing would you tell yourself?:[/b] Life gets better! [b]Your worst crime ever:[/b] Trespassing without knowing it was private property. What. A. Rebel. [b]What book are you currently reading?:[/b] Nothing, but I have a Terry Pratchett novel lined up for some point in time. [b]Best April fools Moment:[/b] Telling my sister a cat fell off the garage roof and died. [b]Valentine's Day ideas:[/b] Choclatey and yeah. [b]What did you get for Christmas?:[/b] Cell phome and clothes. [b]Best birthday gifts you ever received:[/b] PSX [b]Favourite Sandwich:[/b] Beef and tomato sauce (ketchup). [b]Favourite Recipe:[/b] Anything inclulisve of meat. [b]Favourite Class In School:[/b] Social Science [b]Favourite Sock:[/b] Fluffy back work socks. [b]Least Favourite Sock:[/b] Thin black work socks [b]Your Theme Song:[/b] One Piece opening 6 - Brand New World. [b]Favourite Anime:[/b] One Piece! [b]Favourite Manga:[/b] One Piece! [b]Favourite Film:[/b] One Piece 10: Strong World [b]Favourite TV Show:[/b] [b]Favourite Actor/Actress:[/b] Kirsten Dunst [b]Favourite Director:[/b] Hayao Miyazaki [b]Favourite Video Game:[/b] GTA III [b]Favourite Board Game:[/b] Monopoly [b]Favourite Game Console:[/b] PS2 [b]Favourite OB Thread:[/b] Adam makes fun of COPPA [b]Favourite OB RPG:[/b] Final Quest for Glory 2 [b]Favourite OB Member:[/b] Lady Shy [b]Favourite OB Staff Member:[/b] Lady Shy [b]Favourite OB Memory:[/b] The people I have met [b]Favourite OB Version:[/b] 6 [b]Favourite All-time OB Forum:[/b] Dragonball [b]Favourite OB Inside Joke:[/b] [size=3][font=century gothic][color-crimson] kuja[/font][/color][/size] [b]Favourite LolCat:[/b] I hate them all. [b]Favourite Youtube video:[/b] Chad Vader I couldn't be bothered answering them all.

Do you have any plans to release Nimble Strong on any other platforms, you know, for guys like myself who either a) can't afford, or b) think the iPhone is overrated and will not get one? Looks like a game I'd enjoy playing, but I doubt I'll ever be an iPhone user, not in the short term at least.

[size=3][font=century gothic][color=crimson] But you must admit, 'minature avatars' has a certain ring to it, yeah? I think I'll start a revolution! Or... Maybe not. [/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='Gavin' date='05 August 2010 - 06:07 AM' timestamp='1280941663' post='698781'] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"]Hush, it's bad luck to even invoke that name here lest his local JAG office deliver their long awaited legal action against us. Besides the use of capitalisation and punctuation clearly indicates this could not be kuja.[/size][/font] [/quote] [size=3][font=century gothic][color=crimson] Hah I was just venting at losing my SuperMod status, you thought I was serious? No I created this account not long after my banhammering and kept my past under the radar in hopes it would one day just go away. People here have memories of the elephants but hoepfully I have improved in the realms of spelling,grammer and attitude! Love the new miniature avatars by the way , or were they called smileys? I can't remember. XD [/size][/font][/color]

[quote name='eleanor' date='19 June 2010 - 02:27 AM' timestamp='1276867665' post='695545'] [SPOILER]ALL UPSETS WILL BE MADE BY TEAMS THAT START WITH 'S'[/SPOILER] [/quote] Trust us kiwis to throw a spanner in the works there. Seriously, our rank outsider team forcing world champions Italy to catch us up for a draw is a major upset. We're the 2000-1 odds minnows and they are serious competition for the world cup. It was amazing. Our team are national heroes no matter what happens next!

Hannah Montanna is dead but Miley Cyrus is still alive, with a hot new look! The Hannah Montanna starlet has ditched her Disney alter-ego and her new album is called [i]Can't be Tamed.[/i] Do you think she will survive the transition away from her Disney character's shadow? Or will she fade away without that Hannah Montanna brand?

[quote name='Gavin' date='16 June 2010 - 06:01 AM' timestamp='1276621260' post='695339'] [font="Tahoma"][size="2"] [b]Should each anime subforum cover a single anime or groups of anime?[/b] As I said before, I think given how the FMA forum died rather soon after its opening, it might be best to dedicate the next one to WSJ's adaptations.[/size][/font] [/quote] ...With multiple threads allowed for each anime. I'd be happy to see OB run with something like that. I still think we should give Bleach and One Piece a go with their own forums, and if they turn to die the same as FMA, merge them into one forum (unusre if FMA is Shonen Jump, never did pay attention to it.)

[quote name='Tonks' date='16 June 2010 - 07:07 AM' timestamp='1276625259' post='695344'] Fixed! [/quote] You call [i]that[/i] fixed? We're on a slippery slope towards musical armageddon my friend, and Lady Gaga was the point of no return. Prepare for the apocalypse!

[b]â?¢Should subforums continue to be anime-only, leaving the related manga thread(s) in Manga Alley?[/b] Anime-only sounds like the way to go here. Including discussion on manga storylines inside the anime forum could be a little confusing. They can also be very different beasts from one another, as some animation companies make slight changes to the manga, add filler etc. Keeping them apart would be ideal, unless a subforum within a subforum could house the manga in another way. [b]Should each anime subforum cover a single anime or groups of anime?[/b] I'd like to see the anime subforums cover single anime. I've always disliked having only one thread for an anime, a forum encourages discussion about different issues in a particular series. With one thread, the only discussion that thrives revolves around the latest storylines. There is no room in the thread for discussions on anything else, lest the thread become jumbled with multpile topics and it becomes another Padded Room Party.

[quote name='Magus' date='15 June 2010 - 10:23 PM' timestamp='1276593805' post='695326'] I didn't really read the chapter. I read the last page, and it looks like this set of flashbacks is coming to an end, yes? (Not trying to sound like a broken record or anything) At least that's how it seems but then again I can see Oda going into another set of flashbacks showing them when Ace and Luffy were a little older. (I'll probably read that batch if it were to happen) [/quote] I think you're on the right track. There really isn't much point in exploring the flashback any further given the major event in the last one. There's only so much backstory exposition you can get away with before your audience tires of it. I'm sure there are many fans who just want to see the [spoiler] crew re-unite and onwards to Fishman Island![/spoiler] I won't read another set of flashbacks, even if Oda forwards it to their teen years. I get it, I get it, Luffy and Ace were inseparable. Heck, I understood that even before [spoiler] the tragic turn of events at Marineford.[/spoiler]

[quote name='Dot.Hack//LOVER' date='14 June 2010 - 04:03 PM' timestamp='1276484635' post='695238'] Wow, I agree with EVERYTHING you said! I first got an otaku 4 years ago almost 5 and it was AWESOME but slowly it got turned into a blob of horrible non-communicative place called TheOtaku! I deleted my account later after because, no one EVER talked, I don't even get comments on my art anymore... :/. I miss all my old friends because I lost them ALL! Good thing I have my old account username back (MyDark2). I still like the otaku in general but I love MyOtaku better....I wish they'd bring it back...it was the best! [/quote] It's always been called TheOtaku. o_O; I've been a member here since all TheO had in terms of user-created content was the chatroom and OtakuBoards. To say that it has evolved into a "horrible non-communicative place" is a little naive. TheO has evolved from it's origins as a place where anime news and screenshot captures were it's backbone into a place where user blogs and fanart now lie at it's core. Put simply, [i]TheOtaku is now more user content and interaction driven than ever before[/i]. MyOtaku was a huge step towards getting the site to where it is now, and the worlds are simply built to intergrate with the site better. I would compare it it to a relay race; MyOtaku has passed the baton on to TheO: Worlds. It's great that Adam kept MyO around for the users that put a lot of time and effort into their pages, most website admins in his situation would have just thrown it into the dustbin of history and forced their members to start over.

This song immediately gained entry into my "so bad, it's good" pile, as opposed to my "so awful, it's awful" pile (leave that to the likes of Lady Gaga.) The song is hilarious from start to finish. In hindsight I probably wouldn't have burned it to disc and listened to in on my car stereo. All good, no accidents. XD Who knew that a rapping soprano, banjos, bagpipes and holiday themes could mush together [i]so well[/i]. Well worth a listen, if only to hear what a rapping soprano sounds like. (Mickey Mouse from the streets, yo.)

[indent]1. Gavin tried to organize his very own soccer team in honor of World Cup, but he had one problem: Gavin doesn't have any [i][b]goals[/b][/i]! 2. Raiha tells me that one of the many translations for the word 'Otaku' is 'House.' If OtakuBoards were a house Raiha would spend all of her time in the[b] Recreation Room[/b]. 3. Did you know that Japan 86 worked at McDonalds? Once she accidentally dropped [b]real beef[/b] into the meat grinder, and they charged double for the hamburgers. 4. Adam's huge passion for movies inspired his 100ThingsILearned website, but I would never see a movie with him. The problem is that he won't stop [b]scribbling notes [/b]during the picture. 5. Superman said, "The strangest thing happened to me. Ever since I was exposed to Kryptonite my[b] "pencil"[/b] glows in the dark!"[/indent]

[quote name='rotlung' date='12 June 2010 - 09:57 AM' timestamp='1276289850' post='695095'] Well the Kidd theroy doesn't fit his personallity..... Kidd is ruthless and uncaring. Law is much more methodical and seems to be on Sado's lvl of intellect. (Law a Doctor pirate after all) [/quote] Depends on what his life experience is throughout the next 20 years though. His entire ideology could change, or be changed by the people he encounters, which would make the Kidd theory, or even the Doflamingo theory, somewhat plausible. [spoiler] I've read the latest chapter, it looks pretty conclusive that Sabo is dead, but I'm keeping great escapes from the past such as Pell, who I was certain had died, in mind. Part of me is skeptical, the big question would be; If Sabo really died, why doesn't Luffy ever mention him to his crew? Surely Sabo'd death at the hands of the world government would have been a major influence on Luffy's life, to go to sea and become a pirate. It just seems odd that he would never mention him, unless the pain of his loss is to great ro something like that.[/spoiler]

In the FIFA world cup, you don't kick the 'Jabulani' football, it kicks you!

[quote name='Ryan' date='12 June 2010 - 03:16 PM' timestamp='1276309000' post='695110'] 2001 member here, as well. I definitely remember you (along with a large majority of the usernames of people I see responding to this thread). I was more of a lurker rather than a well-known member (my original username being /*NoodleZ*\ or something similarly annoying and immature considering I was eleven when I first found OB). [/quote] I remember you, In fact, I remember just about everyone here. I joined the forum in November 2002 as Saiyangohan2002, I'm probably best known by this name, Shinje. I'm not the infamous, blown-out-of-porportion-into-a-mythical-devil-like-dude Shinji of V2 fame, just named myself that before I knew of him, hence, why the last "I" is now an "E" and I pronounce it to rhyme with "fringe" I've been around for nearly ten years. It is quite a scary thought!

I'll be seeing this movie on [b]Saturday[/b], although the idea of an A-Team without Mr. T is still a [b]foreign concept[/b]. Either way, the action sequences look sufficently outlandish and improbable [spoiler] mid-air tank battles, anyone?[/spoiler] Quinton "Rampage" Jackson will fill in [b]Mr. T's [/b]role as B A Baracus, and from the few seconds I saw of him in the movie trailer, looks like he pulls off the character as well as can be expected. Liam Neeson was a good choice to play Hannibal. Not too sure about the others, didn't see too much of them in the trailer I saw. [b]I love it when a plan comes together[/b], especially when that involves a night out watching a classic [b]TV[/b] show transferred to the big screen with some justice done to the original. A few minutes is too little material to say, I'll come back to this tomorrow night.

[quote name='gallowsCalibrator' date='10 June 2010 - 10:18 AM' timestamp='1276118331' post='694962'] [font="Comic Sans MS"]That's a pretty interesting theory, actually, yeah. I can see it happening, all it requires is for [spoiler]Law to have dyed his hair[/spoiler]. [/quote] Which is understandable, given [spoiler] Sabo's need (at least in earlier years) to escape his father, who is determined to bring him back every time. A change of hair color and a new identity, it would also explain why Luffy doesn't click that Law is Sabo.[/spoiler] I like that one, as well as the [spoiler] Dofla-Sabo theory[/spoiler] Either of them could be the case, although I agree we porbably just haven't seen him yet.

[spoiler] Dr. Birkin's final form[/spoiler] in Resident Evil 2 fits this definition. [spoiler]Nothing but a big blob in a train carriage, a shadow of his former self.[/spoiler] I had more trouble fighting [spoiler] T-80's final form[/spoiler] and I usually have a couple of rockets left after that, which makes [spoiler] Birkin, with his easily avoidable acid "attacks"[/spoiler] that much easier.