TheShinje

Jeremiah looked to the sky, perhaps it was a futille hope, but he pined for the rich blessing of the martyr Naps to fall upon the jihad and OBCTU to enable them to overcome the great enemy of the boards. He could not believe that it had come to this, hell, five months ago if somebody had suggested to him that he'd be fighting alongside Grape Ape and Ploppy like he was perparing to right now, he'd have laughed in their face. Alternatively, had it been suggested to him that he'd end up standing against the Beast, he would have perished the thought... Jeremiah looked to the sky once more, before throwing down his Naps icons. 'I knew there was nothing to your legend other than useless Mow, Meows and Therepaws...' Jeremiah joined his jihad borthers and their newfound CTU allies in solemn silence, and perparation, for the greatest tribulations to come...

[quote name='The Boss'][color=darkred][size=1] This is a grown, middle-aged man who apparently thinks he's better than me. He thinks he's going to goad me into trying to fight him, but I know the stakes. I'm a young waiter and he's an old lawyer. He could fight me, and if he wins, what am I gonna do? I'm just a kid. If he loses, he could sue me for everything I got, ruin my life, put me in jail maybe. That kind of man is called a coward, and it infuriates me to know that I'm going to have to put up with him again. [/color][/size][/QUOTE] I don't know if I could have put up with that... I'd have exploded and cracked his skull....wide open. Jerks like him piss me off the most. Another story from my McJob: I was working front counter the other day when I notice this dude standing off center. Now it's company policy to ask any customer that you suspect hasn't been served if they need any help. So I aks the guy and he orders his food. Just as I was about to ring it up on the till, my co-worker says to the man that he is getting the order. The guy then proceeds to say that I had offered him help with his order and that obviously meant he could be a smart-"donkey" about it. All through the time he waited for his burger, he would not let up on taunting me about how I must have been "learning my job" and random bull like that. It took every ounce of strength I had to grit my teeth and resist the urge to jump the counter and clobber the guy. If I was faced with that lawyer jerk, even if I was sure he would totally omgwtfpwn me, I'd have taken my chances and attempted to crack him one, damn the consequences. I'm such a hothead sometimes. :D

I'm liking the new dimensions. It is quite interesting to note the difference that just a small increase can make. The new banners look smarter, slicker and they seem to fit the dimensions of the postbit more than the original restrictions did. So kudos to everyone who made it all possible, Admins, terrorists or otherwise. ^_^

Gut reaction: I think he totally got what he deserved. If the whole setup is devised to catch these pervs because they're meeting underaged kids for immoral practices, then these people get what's coming to them, right? If they guy was innocent, he should have stuck around on this mortal coil and wtfpwned NBC for millions in damages, and scooted off to a new life in Honolulu....or something. o_O Food for thought: We get year-old America's Most Wanted re-runs here, and about 2 months ago, two "catch-a-predator" type episodes aired. I thoguht it was odd that, while NBC Dateline gets scorned for being ratings-hungry pariahs, America's Most Wanted does a very similar show, and it doesn't even rate a mention )in either thread). In allegorical terms, the Fox runs away with the rabbits while the Peacock gets a beatdown.

[quote name='Premonition'][COLOR="Navy"][U][SIZE="1"][CENTER]WARNING: repeat thread.[/CENTER][/SIZE][/U] For me it's people who fall in love with a band then abandons them. A couple of my friends have and I'm like WTF? I've loved Breaking benjamin for a [b]few months [/b]now, and I always will. I wonder if they'll be making a new album anytime soon. All I need to do is find Saturate and my collection is complete.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [size=1][color=indigo] Fact of life: Peoples music tastes change, it's no big deal. People who shouldn't be driving because they are incompetent grind my gears. I get sick and tired of having to look out for these loons who have no sense of direction or are oblivious to the fact that I am even there. Drivers who use their cellphones while driving also irk me to no end. Oh, and not placing my foot down on the clutch before a gear change grinds my gears too. ;p[/size][/color]

I have quite a storied history here, lol. I first registered for the boards in 2001 unde rthe name [b]Ginyu_Frogz, [/b]I thought it was quite cool at the time, sicne it referenced Captain Ginyu from DragonBall Z and his transformation into a frog, in one name! I later grew to think of the name as retarded, and never made a single post with the account. Then I registered a year later as [b]Saiyangohan2002,[/b] when I was most active in the Dragonball forum. I made about 150 posts or so with that account, somewhere close to moving on from the newbie title, if I recall. I decided to ditch the account and start over, using a locked thread as a catalyst. It was, however, more to do with the looming year 2003 than anythign else! [b]Nuchlear[/b] followed SG2k2, it was intentionally mis-spelt in order to get me a hotmail account by the name without having to add any numbers to it. I used nuchlear for some time in any forum or image hosting service that I registered for in that year, and only lost my final tie to that name last year. When the first official name change rolled around, I became [b]SunRiZe,[/b] to reflect the anime/manga I was working on. This lasted for all of two weeks before I felt the name I had taken on was rather girly, and I ditched my account again for the new account names [b]S@bretooth. [/b] It would be my last full account change and I used it to further my argument concerning not caring for post counts in a suggestions thread fo the time. S@bretooth was partially inspired by Foredaddy and his carefree, often humorous persona and an attempt to reflect some form of humour in my own username. I felt that, in the end, it was too n00bish and changed it to [b]Shinji Ikari,[/b] when I felt that any possible connection between myself and the Shinji of V2 had died down, I took the name "Ikari" off and posted as [b]Shinji.[/b] I'm perhaps best known for the name Shinji and 3 variations of it. [b]Shinji Ikari, Shinji[/b] and later [b]Shinje.[/b] I spent the best aprt of my OB experiences under those names. In the end, I felt that the disticntion between the V2 Shinji and myself would never diminish as logn as I carried the name. So I changed it to [b]Rapture Ruckus[/b] for about 6 moths, to reflect my newfound spiritual side and promote the Christian rap group I had become fond of. This tired out and I reverted back to a Shinji based name, [b]Shinje.[/b] I did this for two reasons: I didn't feel like my new name had resonated with people and I wanted to be recognisable to two older members who had rejoined the forums. Earlier this year and 1 year to the day I became Rapture Ruckus, I grew some cajones and became [b]Jeremiah, [/b]naming myself after an Old Testament prophet To once again reflect my beleifs on the OtakuBoards. This coincided with Otakupedia, which I felt adequately catalogued my storied name change history enough that I could move on from Shinji and still be recognised as an old member of these here forums. Phew! 11 names in total, that must be some sort of *nifty* record, eh? Future name changes? I'm not ruling that out. 2K7 Digital Boy is challenging my name-change throne! But seriously, I'd expect my [b]12th [/b]sometime next year, and I'd bet it has something to do with Springfield on my mind.

[size=1][color=midnightblue] If we need to sign up again, I would like to go after Jigglyness please. :D[/size][/color]

[size=1][color=midnightblue]Try Font Creator Program by High Logic. It's the font software that I use to muck around with font creation. Alternatively, try a program called Softy, I think it's still available, just try googling for "softy font creator" I guess. Not as powerful as Font Creator Program, although it's much easier to get a handle on. Softy is great for sandboxing and learning the art of font creation for the first time. If you're into high-end font creation, Adobe have a program called Fontographer, which is the big mack-daddy of font creation and editing appications. ^_^ Softy and Font Creator Program both come as free trials that you can use to muck around with and get the hang of font creation, so I suggest starting there. Hope that helps.[/size][/color]

We should make this attack a success first. The media is ours, the Jihadist newspaper rips the infidels to shreds! Even OBCTU has yet to thwart the newspaper, they counter-terrorise for nothing. There is no resistance to our latest attack, the infidel rolls over, they know their place in hell is set! So come on Jihadists! Pick up your pens and slash at their lies! Make the infidels fell the pain they so richly deserve, for Naps the Cat and for fun everywhere! Napsahu Akhbarrrrr!

[size=1][color=midnightblue]The problem with sequels is, as time goes by and more get churned out, character gets lost. Axel Foley was, in the first movie, a wise cracking man from the streets who was forced-by-circumstance to team up with law enforcement. By the time a fourth one rolls around? Die Hard IV is a good example of how to do the multiple sequels right. John McClane is still John McClane, and his character hasn't diminished over time, nor has the premise slipped away. McClane is still the everyman, fighting impossible odds to save the day, and this has been constant since the first film. Die Hard is a film franchise that is sequelised easily, as long as they don't depart from the everyman fighting the uberterroist, complete with the tacky one-liners and yippie-ki-yay motherf.....'s, it will do just fine. Beverly Hills Cop is different because the premise that it originated with is limited and nich'e. There's only so much you can do with the Axel Foley character before the character goes from the antihero, reluctant cop to just another cop. Shrek is an example of this. While it began as one Ogre's quest to win his swamp back, it's become nothing more than a thin excuse to mush 3D renditions of fairy tale characters together, complete with dated pop culture references and lame name puns. Ye Ole Foot Locker? Farbucks? puh-lease! It's potential success will be gauged by wether they're bringing back the character out of a genuine desire to tell a new story, or bringng back the character to make a cookie-cutter film out ot make quick bucks off the originals name.[/size][/color]

[size=1]Well, since we've got the bad retailers thread, I thought I'd start onbe about awful customer interactions. ^_^ I work at McDonald's, so every bad customer I've had thinks that a) the sun shines out of them and b) they're always right. Even if they made the mistake of ordering the wrong burger, it's you who didn't hear them correctly, because you're, as the retialer, always the wrong one. :p This one lady we had come into the store today took the cake. She got upset at me for not ordering her meal for her. Short story long, she came in to the store about lunch time and jumped the queue. I ignored her until the line had dissapeared and only then did I attend to her. When I did go to take her order, she just barked some random nonsense about having me suggest and order her what I felt like she would like. Trouble was, anythign I suggested was quickly followed up by "I don't like that!" [/size][size=4]o_O;[/size][size=1] Seriously, what the f... fudge topping? I politely told her that we, shock horror, have a menu. This did not sit well with her and she continued to kick up a stink. Trying my best not to laugh and cry at the same time, I entertained her ramblings, all the while hoping she would just give up and go away. Fortunately, my manager was passing by and, upon hearing her nonsense, politely told her to leave the store. Vindicated, I continued on with my job, serving the poor, rational customers who had to wait through the nonsense ot get their burgers. Bad customers? Care to share?[/size]

[size=1][color=midnightblue] I once had a pet goat. Strange because we lived in an urban environment, with close proximity to our neighbours. When I first saw the goat, I thought it was a lamb. It blew me away to have such an exotic pet, lol! The final straw for the goat came when the neighbours got sick of it's bleating (at the time, we had to wean it from milk) and complained to the city council. Before they went ahead with proceedings, we gave up the goat out of good will. George Bush may have read about My Pet Goat, but I had one! [/color][/size]

[color=darkorange] Speaking from experience, the next person may not know they're up yet if they're going by the list in the original post. :p On another note entirely, I'd be happy to work with Boss's artwork in my next submission, if he would like me to. ^_^[/color]

I am pro life. [quote=retribution][size=1]I'm personally pro-choice, but I'm against partial birth abortion. That truly is infanticide in my opinion. The line is pretty blurry between fetus and human baby. I put it somewhere at the end of the second trimester unless the pregnancy will result in the death of both baby and mother.[/size] [/quote] Now this, I do not understand. Why is it more acceptable to abort a child that, in it's present state looks like a fish, than it is to abort a child that has taken on the more human look? Both have the potential to become human beings, regardless the stage of development, and this is why I view both as bad as each other. Even without a "sanctity of life" religious conviction, I don't understand why it is accpetable to abort some child's life at all. Ther emust be something I'm missing here.

[quote name='Retribution'][size=1]There?s always that possibility, but as it stands, ?Intelligent Design? is a theory that attempts to explain the inexplicable. I mean, a few thousand years ago people idolized lightening and fire because ultimately, they could not understand its nature.[/size][/quote] The only time that ligthning and fire are clsoe to idolisation in the Bible is when they are used by God to show his power, and are never set up as idols in themselves. [quote][size=1] Therefore labeling what we cannot grasp at the moment as evidence of ?intelligent design? is imprudent to say the least, and moreover discourages scientific inquiry. When you say that ?God did it? you are outright rejecting additional examination via scientific method. Once you say ?God did it,? it becomes an untouchable statement? sort of like when a parent tells their child ?Because I said so?. [/quote][/size] Anything occuring through nature is God's work. It is his method of implementing these things, that we learn from the sceinces. I believe that God always had a learning curve in mind for humanity, and that he would encourage us to learn, and discover, how he designed things to work on this earth. Take for example the water cycle. The Book of Job records that God draws up the water from the ocean. Now we know that it is through evaporation and condensation that this is achieved. Scientific discoveries are awesome in the sense that, as we advance, we come to a greater understanding of just how God works his "mysterious ways." According to the Christian faith, we are on a path of redemption to God. It makes sense that, as we go forward on this raod, we gain the greate understandings lost to us in the fall. Keep in midn that I'm merely speculating here, and It is not official church doctrine. ^_^ [quote] [size=1] Or it could be a mythological tale. And if you want to base things off of fossil record, then no, humans and dinosaurs never existed concurrently. To support that argument that the authors of the Bible knew of Dinosaurs, you would have take one of two stances. 1) Dinosaurs existed concurrently with humans, or 2) these humans had divine knowledge of the past. Considering the first is almost entirely debunked by modern science, I?ll assume you mean #2. And that is a leap of faith I?m unwilling to take, that ancient humans had divine knowledge, and for some unknown reason, we don?t have that anymore.[/size][/quote] Agree to disagree? To me, the fact that so many cultures have mytholgical stories about dragons indicates to me that such large lizards were living amongst humans. I would say that whole fire-breathing part was the exaggeration of awestruck humans, not fact. The Chinese zodiac has a year of the dragon. This is significant because every other creature on the Chinese zodiac is an existing creature with no fantastical qualities whatsoever. Could this hint at the possibility of such a creature existing, at one point in time, concurrently with humans? [quote][size=1] Not necessarily. A regional flood of Mesopotamia is possible, which to Noah would be his entire known world. And a regional flood of parts of Australia I probably doubt, but again, it could be fiction.[/size][/quote] But think about it. Various cultures across the globe have the same flood story, with a few given discrepancies. The three I mentioned all have the central theme of a righteous family and the animals being brought to safety on a boat. Cultures with no familiarity between them concoct the same flood story? It doesn't seem right to me. [quote][size=1] Is it valid to teach a child that gravity is a constant (i.e. it ?exists?) and also teach him that [i]others believe[/i] that god is pulling him to the earth, and that this is a possibility as well? Absolutely not. The job of public education is to teach what we know as scientific fact, not hearsay or unsupported speculation.[/size] I agree with the idea of gravity, and I beleive that this is another example of the greater understanding of creation science gifts us. An intelligent God would create physcial laws like gravity, he'd have better things to do than hold us down on the ground all the time! quote][size=1] Not if one has little to no support and the other have volumes of it. Rarely is there two sides to an issue concerning science, and evolution isn?t really one of them. Of course our knowledge is finite, but to the best of that, everything points to evolution, while the notion of an intelligent designer is unsupported.[/size][/quote] Yeah I guess. You can look at the scientific discoveries and see a creator in there, but ultimately faith in the creator is just that, and this crucial element is sceintifically impossible to prove/disprove. [quote][size=1] Please point me to some hard facts that support intelligent design. I mean things that have been heavily scrutinized, tested, and after the scientific process, have results that now bolster intelligent design.[/size][/quote] I won't quote the material here, but the website carm.org does have a good resource on the creation/evolution debate that supports the creation theory, and there is even a live debate going there concerning the issue. They're better at this than I am, so I'd say it's worth your time to check out their material. [quote][size=1] Sorry if that was ranty/preachy at any point. I'm bored at work. :p[/size][/QUOTE] ^_^ I thought you brought up some good points there, certaintly gave me a few things to think about. I agree that there should be more than a "God said so" explanation to things Bilbical, because such cop-out answers have done little to place Christianity theory relevant to revelations made throught the sciences. I hope at least some of that made sense!

[quote name='Retribution'][size=1] I am personally opposed to the idea of intelligent design. It seems to me that evolution has all the evidence on its side, and intelligent design is standing on the leg of "You gotta believe!". I'm heavily opposed to the idea of teaching it in [public] schools. America's already far behind her European and East Asian counterparts, we need to pick up the slack... and teaching a totally unsupported theory isn't getting us there.[/size][/QUOTE] Not necessarily, It's all down to how you interpret things, I guess. I view science and scientific explanations as complementary to the Bible, and it is not necessarily against the word of God. I think of examples like the big bang theory. It works with the creationist account of a creator speaking into his creation, and BANG, there is light... I believe that Dinsoaurs are recorded as creatures in the bible, but given names such as "Leviathan" and "Dragon," both of which are used to describe large lizards and sea monsters. Dinosaur is such a modern word, isn't it feasable that the dragons of old could be the dinosaurs we hear about today? Then I look at the fact that there is multiple accounts of a world wide flood (Gilgamesh Epic, Noah's Ark) not as "zomg plagiarism," but evidence that such a worldwide flood could have occured. Did you know the Australian Aboriginal culture also has a flood story? All the way over the other side of the world. It speaks volumes. I do think both should be taught in schools , and taught as theories. Creationism may be fish-out-of-water in the science lab, but it would go quite well in a social studies enviornment, given that a religion of some sort is the foundation stone of many nations around the world. Teach them both, give the kids some credit and room to make their own minds.

[quote name='Starwind']Don't ask me why I watch these kinds of shows, because by the end of them I am always fuming mad and filled with yet another deep psychological scar.[/quote] Where, oh where, was your remote? [quote] Anyway, this was something I wanted to put forth here on my online stomping grounds of the OB.[/quote] Hmmm. It scars you so much psychologically you just have to debate it further? [quote]Personally, I think the idea of intelligent design is just another attempt for bible thumping rednecks to put god in school.[/quote] Good to see you can refrain from personal insults when discussing peoples personal beleifs. [quote]I know I starting to rant a bit, but it just drives me up the damn wall to hear about people trying to debate science with religion ...[/quote] And yet, you create a thread with the purpose of debating it. Go you! [quote]I'll never understand how people can by into this stuff or how it can even be with a 5 minute discussion on any college campus, but sure enough this has become a topic of debate. [/quote] Because maybe, just maybe, you're not giving the creationist side the light of day, and you're too damn biased to do so. You're mind is already made up, so flip the god damned channel next time! [quote]I sincerly hope that no one here is all for this intelligent design mess, cause the more I've botherd to learn about it the bogus it starts to sound.[/quote] The more I've bothered to learn about this thread the more bogus it starts to sound! *click*

[font=times new roman] Yeah. That white space is starting to grow on me, so I'll keep it as is. I'm satisifed with how it turned out. Thanks again. ^_^[/font]

Friday the 13th is no more unlucky than any other day. It's the nitpicking and fine tooth combing for unlucky anecdotes that make it [i]seem[/i] more unlucky than most. Superstitious in general? Nah. When you've cracked as many mirrors, and walked under as many ladders, as I have, you simply cannot afford to be. ^_^

That's what I meant by no text overlay. Perhaps I should have just said, no text. I like the set thus far, those are fantastic images of Bumblebee, and they look great. Spot on with the correct era too. I'm going to use them as is for now, but if you're still working on the banner, I will come back for the finished product. Thankyou very much. ^_^

[b] The Razr Incident[/b] The Razr Incident refers to a thread titled "Motorola Razr" that was started in August of 2006 by DaSilva, who wanted to obtain an unblock code for his "aquired" Motorola Razr. Things quickly backlashed against DaSilva when the suspiciousness of his acquisition was questioned by the other members, who feared that it had been stolen. DaSilva attempted to pour water on this fire by denying that he had stolen the phone... he had merely found it in a park and decided to keep it. Members were at pains to point out that keeping the phone just because you found it was still stealing by definition. However, DaSila had discovered that the phone belogned to the captain of the wrestling team, who was allegedly a jerk. It wasn then that he decided to take the moral high ground, and claim the aquired phone was an act of karma, punishing the original owner of the phone for his misdeeds. It was quickly pointed out to him that keeping the phone could only result in bad Karma in and of itself, a point that was apparently lost on him. The thread took it's best, and most amusing turn, when member John conducted an investigation into DaSilva that ended with him calling up DaSilva's school and advising the vice principal. John was hailed as a hero by the member base, and a flurry of "DaSilva got pwned" replies ensued. Deathknight ran with the idea and casually suggested that they could form a taskforce that would go about "wtfpwning crime" on OtakuBoards, and thus, Super Otaku Force was born. A force consisting of, at it's peak, 10 members. They were; John, Deathknight, White, Sangome, Illikon Retribution, Revelation, SunfallE,[size=4] Aaryanna[/size] and Lunox. This includes Gavin, who claimed the spot of the disembodied master, existing inside a giant tube. [img]http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/2162/sofcopyfc4.jpg[/img] DaSilva remained defiant in the face of this new crime fighting elite, claiming that John was either lying about calling up the school, or got the wrong one. However, Retribution was quick to point out that, yes, they had the right school and that follow up calls would be made in the morning. After one last-ditch attempt to convince the Otaku members that he was the good guy, painting himself as the modern-day equivalent of Robin Hood. James closed the thread on him. It was never known wether or not the school caught up with DaSilva, or what became of the phone.

[b] Fuel-Saving tips with Jeremiah[/b] Here's how to get the most mileage out of your petroleum, use these tips and beat the next oil price hike which will only serve to make petrol more of a luxury than an affordable living expense. Firstly, it's best to have a manual, or stick shift, transmission when trying to conserve fuel. Manual transmissions allow you to be in control of when and where you change the gears, a human can scrape by on a higher gear for a slower speed, while a computer brain cannot comprehend this at all. Always try to change gears up before the revs start to get too high. Less revs = less fuel. When changing up gears, it's always a good idea to change gears before you hear the enginge struggle, but not too soon that the engine struggles to find grip. In the right zone, you may find yourself a little bit slower on the take off from gears, but the savings in your wallet will soon overpower the feeling of "tortoiseness." Now, ket's adress the mis-information and urban legends out there concerning fuel saving tips. DO NOT: Put sugar in the tank to make it taste nicer for your car. The car will not thank you for your consideration. An honorable car will spit you out before it explodes, but a good, self-concious car will lock you inside for your stupidity. DO NOT: Dilute your petrol with water to make the gas go further. This isn't cordial, people. All you will serve to do is wreck your existing petrol by reducing it's combustion factor. The car will struggle, drown, and blow up. Again, a self-conscious car has every right to take you down with it should you cause it's destruction. A car will not run on dishwashing liquid, soap, play-doh, wine, vodka, beer, pat'e, pasta, noodles or anything else you can shove down into the tank. Awlays remember that your car is not a garbage disposal. Contrary to rumors: You cannot "Flintstone" the car and goofily run it on foot power! A pelican won't sit still as your car aerial and rocks don't necessarily make for good tyre choices. I guarantee that if you follow my easy steps, as a fuel miser, you will become rich beyond your wildest dreams and eventually own an island complete with luxury cars, swimming pools, a five-star hotel and personal servants.* Happy scrimping! *[size=1]subject to the scrimpers original income. Individual gas savings may vary. [/size]

Hello everyone. ^_^ I would like to request a Transformers avatar/banner set. The only prerequisites I have for the banner/avatar is that it features Bumblebee, not the movie Bumblebee, but the one that comes from the Generation 1 80's cartoon. No text overlay please. You can throw the Autobot logo in the background if it looks good. Thankyou for your time.

I enjoyed the movie as a good CGI-laden actioner, but not much more. I enjoyed the original series direction of having both an Autobot and Decepticon narrative. You got to see both sides and their operations, whereas the movie is almost exclsuively told from a Sam Witwickty/Bumblebee narrative and thus, the Autobots are fleshed out charactires while the Decepticons become one-dimensional "baddie" caricatures. The movie was a good one on a technical/action level, and enjoyable as a stand-alone take on the franchise rather than a continuation of it, as James pointed out. It's your typical Michael Bay film. Go in expecting that and you will enjoy it. As a hardcore loyalist to the original series, you will most probably hate the liberties taken in regards to the original story & characters.

[quote name='Premonition'][COLOR="Navy"]If I recall, the [B]Newbie Lounge[/B] was a failure. Wouldn't that just make the situation worse? Plus from what I read, the Padded Room Party's newest installment had hardly anything problematic with it. Unless I read the wrong way.[/COLOR] [/COLOR][/QUOTE] Sandy was being sarcastic. I reckon there should be a place for RP's like the iPRP! I quite liked the idea that everyone was allowed to join in on the fun and add their little bit to the growing story. The posts before the closure had structure, they had a direction. The penguins were more than just some random spammy nonsense, they served a point. If there was a re-writing of the rules in the wake of all this, I suggest that there be an allowance for threads like iPRP! RP's that don't require a signup should not need a forced and irrelevant signup for want of a place here. I enjoy the games like FQFG2, and the picture caption games that don't require a long, lenghty signup in order to play. It is a reflection on my general gaming attitudes. I prefer games where you just throw the disk in and start playing. Which is why I still keep my Amiga500 ready. A little less legalism, a little more Ultra-Fun, please. :)