Shinmaru

[size=1]"Yay!" The children of the classroom shouted as they realized that Shinmaru felt like updating the RPG. "We're not going to die without resolving the plot!" "For now," Shinmaru said. "But you never know." He winked at the children. They were scared because he resembled a young Michael Jackson before he decided to change races. "Well," Sennen said in a monotone voice void of any emotion whatsoever. "Muffins are tasty and well-bred." "Tasty and well-bred?" "Yes, because they are made of bread." "...you're an idiot." "Thank you." It was at this point in the post that Shinmaru declared that he would not use dialogue for the remainder of the post. Because he was above the use of such atrocities. Yeah, right. Shinmaru paced across the room because he was nervous. Would he be able to last the remainder of the post without writing a bit of dialogue. Maladjusted chomped on a fudge muffin while juggling a chainsaw and talking to the Chinese Calculus team. Kazuko was busy spriting in the corner...at least, that's what he thought he was doing but he really wasn't doing anything because he was painting the walls white and he got some fumes in his nose. Syk3 had a problem. A problem that would take some thinking to get through. He was so very close to a hot make-out session with his beloved picture of Mei...but she wasn't letting him get close. He could taste Mei's delicious lips but he wasn't getting any! Poor Syk3! So, how did he solve it? By telling Mei to look in one direction and sneaking a kiss. What a rascal! And yet...Shinmaru was drained of ideas. How could he continue to make a post in this RPG when he had no original ideas in his head? What could he do? Could he really go through with a crappy post?! Yes.[/size]

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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Desbreko [/i] [B][color=indigo]Metroid Prime: Best Finishing Time (Volume 164) Shay O'Neil, New Mexico.........3:58 - 100% Teepu Khan, California............5:03 - 100% Michael Williams, California......5:33 - 100% David Leferink, Ontario...........5:57 - 100% JJ Hendricks, Colorado............5:59 - 100%[/color] [/B][/QUOTE] There is only one suitable reply for this: Sweet Jesus, that's a low time! *dies* Shay O'Neil is crazy. Although, he does live in New Mexico, so that's probably all he has for fun :p And two of the top three are from California! Whee! *wishes his name was on there* I need to practice more on my games, so I can get my name onto one of these ridiculous lists at least once before I die.

Yeah, I bet the Zelda Collection disc (plus the $80 price tag) helped convince more than a few people to buy a GameCube. I mean, how often can you get a console [i]and[/i] a game (which is four games in one, no less) for the same price as a handheld console? Not very often, I'd presume. With that said, I still suscribed to Nintendo Power (and sold my soul, as Shy told me yesterday) to get the disc, heh. Source: [url]http://www.allrpg.com/rpgnews/news_show.php?newsid=1420[/url] [quote]NEW YORK-Dec. 2, 2003-Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) announced today that it has completed the purchase of TDK Mediactive, Inc. ("TDK"), a California based publisher of video game franchises based on popular licensed properties, including The Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Land Before Time, Robotech, The Muppets and Corvette. The terms of the acquisition were modified from those previously announced on September 3, 2003 principally to reflect the termination of TDK's videogame publishing rights for future versions of DreamWorks LLC's motion picture Shrek. However, the consideration payable to the shareholders of TDK, other than TDK USA Corp. ("TDK USA"), TDK's majority stockholder, has not been reduced. Take-Two has purchased TDK for approximately $12.8 million, consisting of $0.55 per share for each of the 23,005,885 shares outstanding (approximately $12.6 million) and approximately $0.2 million to retire outstanding stock options. In addition, as a condition to the purchase agreement, Take-Two has satisfied approximately $9.7 million of outstanding liabilities (which as of the closing date constituted all of the liabilities of TDK to TDK USA) consisting of working capital advances and debt between TDK and TDK USA, by paying $4.3 million in cash and issuing $5.4 million in restricted shares of Take-Two common stock (or approximately 165,000 shares) to TDK USA. The working capital advances were principally for product development milestone payments, marketing expenses and advances to licensors incurred since July 18, 2003. These amounts are effectively reduced by approximately $8 million owed to TDK by Take-Two principally for products distributed by Take-Two under the terms of the distribution agreement with TDK. Commenting on the acquisition, Jeff Lapin, Chief Executive Officer, said, "The addition of TDK's well established mass market and children's licensed properties will complement our portfolio of proprietary brands, and will provide an excellent platform for Take-Two to further expand and diversify its product offerings. In addition, we believe our proven product development and marketing capabilities will enhance TDK's product offerings and our distribution resources will offer additional outlets for TDK's products." Effective immediately, certain trademark license agreements covering the TDK and Mediactive trademarks have been terminated, except for limited sell-through rights respecting existing products. Also, effective immediately, TDK Mediactive is changing its corporate name to Take-Two Licensing, Inc. TDK was represented in this transaction by Europlay Capital Advisors, a Los Angeles, California based private advisory firm specializing in media and entertainment companies. Averil Capital Markets Group, a Los Angeles, California based private investment banking firm specializing in small- and mid-cap publicly-traded companies, was a co-advisor to TD[/quote] Interesting stuff here - both Take-Two and TDK have been around for a while and I'm curious to see what kind of games can grow out of Take-Two buying TDK.

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PoisonTongue [/i] [B]Des, I'm not sure, but isn't the percentage complete only reliant on items collected? Like, the 51 missile upgrades, the beam weapons and upgrades, Morph Ball, Spider Ball, etc. I thought the scanning was just for obsessive compulsives who needed to have that entire menu full? [/B][/QUOTE] I'm fairly certain that you have to scan just about everything (enemies, bosses, etc.) in the game to achieve the best ending, as well. Although, you'd have to be obsessive compulsive to get the best ending, anyway. :p

[size=1]And so the people in this story went to high school, even though several of them were already in other high schools and several others would be in high school eventually. Yeah. Right. "The initials are not PMS, you idiot," maladjusted told Syk3. "Whoever heard of a Migh School, anyway?" "The people who go to Migh Schools?" Syk3 replied. "Quiet you." Now our [strike]joyous[/strike] annoyed adventurers trekked off towards English class because none of them know how to read and/or write. Which is obvious if, you know, you've read this story up to this point. "I don't need an English class," Shinmaru said with a hint of annoyance. "I already know how to read and write." "But you're wearing an elf cap," maladjusted told him. "My bad." "Step off!" "Whoa, whoa, chill, girl..." "...never do that again." "Okay." And so the Fellowship of the Soul [copyright Shinmaru 2003] stepped into English class. But surprise, surprise; they were being taught by everyone's favorite butcherer of English, Fleur Dealcour! "Ello, claus," Fleur said with a heavy French accent, deepened by years of smoking and drinking. "Oh my god!" Kazuko yelled. "We're being taught English by a French girl!" "Quiat!" Fleur yelled. "Now, ve vill be redding ze tweenty-zecond boooook en ze Harrrrry Pooter saga, [i]Harrrrry Pooter und ze Tax Return.[/i]" "Why?" Kazuko asked. "Becoose Madame Maladjoosted und Mistair Shenmahrew are big dorks and Harrrrry Pooter fahns." "Oh." And now, we bring you an excerpt from that book... "Harry looked down at the tax return sitting in front of him; he knew he would be in for the battle of his life. Did he have 1,000 galleons or 1,200 galleons? He could feel the blood pulsating through his brain as he struggled to answer the question that all wizards ask themselves at least once in their lives. No, not "Am I gay?" The other question. The one that was in the first part of this paragraph. Harry threw his quill down with angsty teen frustration, even though he was currently thirty-three years old. If there was anything [i]Order of the Phoenix[/i] taught him, it was that you had to act like a total and complete jerk so that other people would solve your problems for you and die. Just like [spoiler]Sirius Black.[/spoiler] Oh, how Harry missed the man that was mentioned in the spoiler tags that were conveniently put around his name! Almost as much as he missed Draco Malfoy...but we won't elaborate on that because Shinmaru is writing this post and not maladjusted. So boo on you. Suddenly, Harry realized the true origin of his torment. It was not Ron and Hermione, whom had raised a ranch full of Blast-Ended Skrewts. It was not Fred and George, whom had died in a tragic broomstick accident in the Bermuda Triangle. And it was certainly not Malfoy...oh, how Harry had lusted after Malfoy... Hey! I'm writing this post! Not maladjusted! Sorry. No, you're not. You're right. ANYWAY, Harry realized the true creator of his torment was none other than J.K. Rowling. Yes, J.K. Rowling whom cashed off of his image to make billions. And Harry did not see one cent of these earnings! Not one at all! Well, he'd show that b---- (not sure if it should be censored :/ ) what was what..." "Und zat is vere ve vill be ending ze book," Fleur said, disappointing the hopes of dreams of millions of Potter-holics around the world. Fools. "Somehow that doesn't quite live up to the magic of book number 12, [i]Harry Potter and the STDs[/i]," Shinmaru said. "Or book number 14, [i]Harry Potter and the Bootleg Anime[/i]," maladjusted agreed. "You two really are nerds," OtakuSennen said with a flat, monotone voice completely devoid of any emotion whatsoever. Yes, a dull sounding voice that bored the life out of whomever had to listen to it... "Hey!" OtakuSennen yelled, forgetting for a moment that his voice was supposed to be dull since, you know, his sould was missing. "I am not dull!" "Yeah, right," Shinmaru said. "You're duller than Severus Snape after a night of binge potion drinking." "Enough of the Harry Potter jokes!" Syk3 yelled, the antics momentarily distracting him from the task at hand. He was so close to making out with his picture of Mei...he just had to make a few subtle moves... "Aren't we supposed to be saving Sennen's soul?" Japan asked. "No," Shinmaru replied. "We have to be as off-topic as possible." And to prove his point, he jumped on top of a desk and did The Mario. The dance, not the plumber, for that would be weird. Not that this already wasn't. "I am finished!" maladjusted yelled, holding a stalk of celery in the air. Then, she threw that away and held up the Syk3/Shinmaru shonen-ai picture she had drawn. Everyone was disgusted by the mere thought of it...yet, they were strangely attracted. And, of course, maladjusted had made OtakuBoards history; this was the first time a fangirl had drawn a shonen-ai pairing of two mods (unless I'm unaware of something o_O). Then, in a blaze of golden light, Link ran into the room. His long blonde hair danced around as several women (and one weird guy) swooned in his prescence. He walked towards Shinmaru, whom bowed in respect. "What is your request, O Master of Swords?" Shinmaru asked. "Give me my hat, jackass," Link replied, snatching his hat off of Shinmaru's head. Now, Shinmaru was, again, a broken man. He went off to compose a 12-track album full of teen angst songs about suicide, heartbreak and stealing hats. The album drops January 5th. Word. "Again, these posts make no sense!" Xra yelled. "That's the point," KKC pointed out (pun intended :p). "That's the exact reason why I chose all of these people, because I knew that they would make freaky posts about teen angst, monkeys, frosted cupcakes and the ebola virus!" And how right she was. How right she was. Yes, I'm aware that was redundant. I don't need you telling me! I have feelings, too! *runs off*[/size]

Shinmaru focused in on Persona. It was quite obvious at this time, that each person involved in this fight was well aware of whom the others were. All, that is, except for himself. He had never seen Persona in his life, though the name struck a chord. Shinmaru had heard the stories, of course; ghastly tales of people murdered in the most brutal of matters with naught a single vital organ left as evidence of the deed. However, the violent splatters of blood across the walls were always a grim reminder of the deeds Persona committed. "There are certain advantages and disadvantages to not knowing your foe well," Shinmaru started. "Though, it would help me to know your tactics, I believe that killing you will be much more fun since I am not aware of your fighting style. Do you agree?" A slight narrowing of Persona's eyes was the only response that Shinmaru got. Up and down Shinmaru's penny went, set in an infinite course that would only stop when Shinmaru himself ceased to be. Shinmaru continued walking around Persona, much akin to the way a lion circles its prey before making the final blow to put the poor beast out of its misery. "Are you sure this is the right thing to do, Jamie?" Josh asked. "Shinmaru seems far too cocky and confident to me. He could make a vital mistake in this fight." "I believe Mr. Sadist has come out to play," Jamie replied. "Shinmaru will be fine. I know the stories about Persona; the stories about Shinmaru are equally impressive." "I suppose," was Josh's only reply. The adrenaline was still flowing through his veins and being held out of this fight was the last thing that he wanted. He knew that Jamie was concerned for his well-being, but Persona would be far easier to dispatch in numbers. "Well, I believe that's enough pretense," Shinmaru said, turning to face Persona. "Would you like to make the first move or are you leaving it up to me?" "You first," Persona replied with an ever so slight inflection of annoyance. This cocky upstart was really pissing him off. Not only had he totally disregarded the threat that Persona posed but he had goaded him into speaking. Either Shinmaru really was as good as he thought he was or he thought that he could push Persona into making a mistake. Either way, Persona knew that Shinmaru would not be leaving this fight alive. With speed akin to the crack of a whip, Shinmaru flung his deadly penny at Persona, which made him very suspicious. Using the same attack twice in a row was a rookie mistake that Persona saw all too often. Although Shinmaru was cocky, Persona could tell that he was not stupid and prepared himself for the worst. With speed equal to Shinmaru's, Persona slashed at the penny once again. Shinmaru quickly changed directions and leaped into the air, arm stretched out to catch his beloved penny. The penny landed softly in the center of Shinmaru's palm and Shinmaru rolled shoulder first along the ground into an upright position. "Just testing your reflexes, of course," Shinmaru said with a smile. Persona's stony glare revealed that he was still none too pleased about Shinmaru's actions; even the seemingly emotionless can reveal an emotion or two. "But now the real battle begins," Shinmaru said, the grim stare on his face revealing his resolve. Shinmaru moved his index finger very slightly and touched it down for a fraction of a second upon the eye of Abraham Lincoln. The penny slowly stretched into the size of a small, Romanesque shield. The sharp edges along the outside of the penny had become much more protracted and noticable; three inch blades on the outside of a small shield, after all, weren't very hard to miss. "Now the fun begins!" Shinmaru yelled as he ran over to Persona. The other stood ready in an attack position, waiting for Shinmaru to make any mistake. Shinmaru executed a perfect baseball slide under Persona's legs as Persona slashed his first axe at him. Persona swung his hips around with the grace of a dancer, as he swung his second axe down at Shinmaru, whom got away with a fraction of a second to spare. Several strands of Shinmaru's crimson red hair floated slowly to the ground as a reminder of the close call that Shinmaru had just lived through. "Yes, I can see that you're repuation is much more than word of mouth," Shinmaru mused as he patted the dust that had accumulated on his black jacket. Persona twirled his dual-axes back into attack position in reply. "Like I said," Shinmaru noted. "This will be very fun." OOC: Sorry for the blah quality of the fight so far...I'm not very good at fight scenes -___-;

OOC: Am I the one begging Syk3 for help? lol [size=1]Shinmaru was being viciously attacked by the monkeys and by Dragon Warrior, but he was too concerned by the immensely entertaining picture that maladjusted drew. And our dear Shin was sad, for he knew that he would never be able to approach such artistic ability as maladjusted possessed. "This sucks," Shin growled as a monkey bit him and transmitted the Ebola virus into his body. "How come I don't get to make good drawings like that?" "The picture's not exactly flattering," Syk3 mused. Of course, he was smooching a picture of Mei in this drawing and was close to rounding third base with the picture, so it was not likely that he would find the drawing flattering. But oh well. He's not posting in this RPG, so his opinion does not matter. "That's what you think," Syk3 stated as he repeatedly poked Shin in the eyeballs. "Ow!" Shinmaru yelled as an elongated finger was jabbed into his pupil. "That's it!" Kazuko yelled, whilst unsheathing his Magical Stick of Doom and Pain. "Ewwwww!!!!!" Syk3 yelled, rather girlishly. "Your Magical Stick?!" "This isn't one of your stupid chats," Kazuko replied with a frown on his face. And it wasn't; though, Kazuko had to admit, that since this is an RP post written by Shinmaru, it's basically the same thing as one of their chats. "Besides," Shinmaru said to Kazuko. "Turning things that people say into perverted comments is one of my powers, after all." "But Syk3 said it!" "But who's writing this post?" "But...!" "Ah, ah, ah..." "Jackass." By then, the monkeys were staring in confusion at the mass chaos that had developed around them. Party member had been set against party member in a vicious fight, though all that developed into was everyone making fun of Syk3 and kicking Shinmaru in the arse. "Screw this," the leader of the monkeys said. "Let's go watch some George of the Jungle." "The TV show or the movie with Brendan Fraser?" one of the other monkeys asked. "...get him," the leader of the monkeys commanded. The other monkey whom had made the suggestion was immediately killed and his chestnuts were roasted upon an open fire. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night. "This post made absolutely no sense at all," maladjusted said, while drawing an incriminating picture of a Syk3/Shinmaru shonen-ai pairing (Note: Never, ever draw this, please). "Just because I'm KKC's dad and Syk3 is her mother doesn't mean that we're a couple!" Shinmaru yelled. "I don't care. I'm getting you back for publishing that list." "But I didn't write it!" "You posted about it." "Well, yeah! What was I supposed to do with it?" "Pretend it never existed." "Oh, now you tell me!" "..." Yes, he really was that stupid. And, yes, he does deserve to have that picture drawn. But, hopefully, there is enough sense in the world for that to never come into fruition. If there is not, then may God help us all. And, if you're an atheist, may some guy named Frank help you. And I also enjoy frosted cupcakes. Delicious. EDIT: In accordance to KKC's post, it should be assumed that the monkeys are still here. lol EDIT #2: Apparently, KKC's post is deleted. o.o[/size]

In the past few years, I've improved substantially as a writer - there's no doubt about that, heh. I look back at some of the stuff that I wrote as recently as last year (my Junior year in high school) and some of the work (essays, short stories, etc.) that I've written this year and the difference in the quality of my writing amazes me. Unfortunately, since I'm at school right now, I don't have access to the "dark ages" of my writing but I'll think about posting up some of the cringe-inducing work that I've put out before, heh. Actually, if you want cringe-inducing, check out some of the work I've put up at Fan Fiction.net. Blargh, is it ever terrible; though, it still makes me laugh, heh. So, yes, the Shin of today is a vastly better writer than the Shin of yesteryear. What's cool is that I'm still improving both in style and mechanics. My problem with all this stuff before was that I was worrying about writing and planning too much in advance; I find that I write best when I improvise and just let the words flow from my mind to my hand to the paper without all the pretense. Sure, to write essays you have to know what you're talking about, but what I actually write down on paper is never planned. Same with my posts on OB, heh. For example, this post was actually way longer than I intended it to be. lol

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by PoisonTongue [/i] [B]I remember when I first got Metroid Prime...it was back last year at Christmas. I spent most of Christmas day playing it, lol. I couldn't tear myself away. :D [/B][/QUOTE] That's when I got it, too. It's almost been an entire year that I've had Metroid Prime and I still haven't beat it - now [i]that's[/i] replay value! :p The most likely reason why I haven't beat the darn thing yet, is because this was part of a glorious few months of gaming for me when I got a ton of games (Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker and Skies of Arcadia: Legends). That's a ton of gaming, heh. The well has been pretty dry since then, though, so I've been playing through these games more lately; when I have no homework to do, at least. -__-;

*is glad he's not posting right after PoisonTongue's post* ^_^; Anyway, even though it's probably been drilled into your head by now, the first paragraph is fantastic. Very easy to picture a land of such magnificent description and atomsphere. The stark contrast in the rest of the story to the first paragraph is very interesting, as well. You can really picture the scene transitioning from a beautiful land of color and cleanliness to a filthy, ruined land. I'm a bit embarrassed that I didn't pick up on the influence of T.S. Eliot, heh. I did a project on him last year and I got to know his poetry very well...amazing stuff, that is. Great work, Charles.

In ten years, I'm pretty sure I'll still be obsessing over Nintendo. Whether or not that is a good thing is for others to decide :p I'm sure I won't be visiting OB regulary in ten years because, you know, I'll have a job. But eh. I'm not even thinking about it that much right now - I'm still enjoying OB [i]right now.[/i] Though, some imported moon cheese would be something to look forward to in ten years...

My sister has been counting down the days until RotK gets in the theater ever since she learned the date it comes out. Of course, she reminds me of it daily, heh. I'm really looking forward to the movie. I felt that Fellowship was more story driven (though, there was a ton of action in the latter half of the movie) and Two Towers was more action-oriented; I'm eager to see if Return of the King can strike a balance between great storyline and great action (as the Lord of the Rings book trilogy did so well). And damned if the scene with [spoiler]Shelob[/spoiler] isn't going to be kickass :D

I saw the movie and it was decent. The ambience of the entire movie was pretty good; the entire movie looked quite stunning to me and every detail contributed to the atomsphere of the mansion. The movie itself was pretty much basic stuff. I was ready to kill Eddie Murphy's character by the end of the movie (I probably would've if he had said Evers and Evers along with that cheesy grin one more time). The story was okay: family problems, haunted house, [spoiler]happy ending.[/spoiler] Yay. I did see a funny preview for Shrek 2, though I'm not sure how much can be done with [spoiler] Shrek and Fiona's honeymoon.[/spoiler]

OOC: Wow, I have so much to work with. :/ [size=1]With small font in hand...er...post, our heroes continued to run like little pussies away from the Elmo creature. Because it is frightening and they are not. Whee. "There is only one thing to do to stop these creatures!" Shinmaru yelled while pointing a finger in the air to signify that he had an idea. Yes, that sentence needed to be overly long. "Shut up!" DW yelled while kicking Shinmaru in the arse. "I'm the hero, so I come up with the ideas!" DW turned to face all of the E.T. creatures. "I will use my ultra-sexy powers to put you to your doom!" The E.T. creatures approached Dragon Warrior with a steely gaze; steely because a bronzey gaze would make no sense. None at all. "I want me some Dragon Warrior!" one of the E.T. creatures yelled just before signing to Dragon Warrior's club. Yes, he wanted DW and he wanted him bad. But it was not to be because DW killed them all with a spatula in an action scene that can not be shown in this post because of lack of funding. "Am I too late to appear in this story?" OtakuSennen said before stepping out of the shadows and appearing in this RP for the very first time. "I thought we were gonna leave him at home," Shinmaru said. Then he was beaten with the dead carcasses of the E.T. creatures. Sennen stared at the body of Shinmaru. "Isn't that running gag gonna get a tad old?" Sennen asked. "Of course not," maladjusted replied. "He stole my font, so he has to pay." "But didn't you guys started beating him up before that happened?" "No." "Okay then." So, The Fellowship of the Soul [copyright Shinmaru 2003] completely forgot about the Elmo creature and trudged along through the house. And the Elmo creature was sad; so sad that he hung himself. Oh well. "Isn't there an outlet in here?" Syk3 asked. "I need to talk to Mei." "No," Sennen replied. "We need to find my soul." "Screw you and your soul!" Syk3 yelled. "Mei has first precedence over your soul, any day!" "..." Everyone stared at Syk3. "It's true..." Syk3 stated with a frown. He was then beaten for insolence. "We need a new plot device to add some intrigue to the story," maladjutsed mused. "Just walking around in random situations is getting a bit boring." "I have just the thing..." Sennen said, while searching through his pocket. He searched for two hours, before finally recovering what was the only item in his pocket. "Tada!" It was a small piece of paper. "What is that?" Shinmaru asked. "Why, it's a list of potential partners for a romance for maladjusted to partake in during the course of this story," Sennen replied. Maladjusted turned angrily towards Sennen. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, SENNEN?!" "Well, as the only girl in this story, you need to fill the stereotypical romance." "You idiot, KKC and Japan are girls, too!" "Yes, but they don't have lists dedicated to them, do they?" "...what?" Sennen took out the list, which was made entirely by Sennen as was this particular section of the story (~_^), and showed it to everyone. The list looked like this: [b]Potential people that mal likes:[/b] [list] [*]Syk3 [*]Shinmaru [*]OtakuSennen [*]AzureWolf [*]Shy [*]Double_B_Daigo [*]Taylor Hewitt [*]OtakuBot [*]James [*]DeathKnight [/list] There were more people, of course, but the author of this section has a god-awful memory. "How did D_B_D and Taylor Hewitt make that list?" Kazuko asked. "Because, as AzureWolf, who is not in this story, I might add, put it, Sennen is a lousy guesser," Shinmaru replied. And it was true; for this list was compiled by OtakuSennen when it was revealed in a very old chat (which Shinmaru was not a part of, so he only has the rumors of AzureWolf and OtakuSennen to go by) that maladjusted liked someone on OB because of their "intelligence and humor." So, you could count D_B_D and Taylor Hewitt out of the equation immediately. "That was not meant to be taken so seriously!" maladjusted yelled while choking Shinmaru with her bare hands (as she would be likely to do in a chat later on today when she sees this). "But I have proof of the seriousness of this list!" Sennen stated. "What?" "THIS little tidbit was found in the Recruitment thread for this very RPG..." [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by maladjusted [/i] [B][size=1][b]Why do you want to Sennen's soul[/b]: I'm madly in love with him, you see. [/size] [/B][/QUOTE] "THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT!!!!!" maladjusted yelled while beating up Sennen and using his glasses, along with the sun, which had somehow managed to be in the house, to burn out Sennen's eyes. "This is not good," Shinmaru mused. Then he was kicked, very accurately I might add, below the belt by Syk3. Our dear Syk3 should play in the NFL as a placekicker because he's good at kicking balls. [b]What will happen now? Why do Shinmaru's posts do nothing to advance the story? Will maladjusted kill both Shinmaru and OtakuSennen? What about the fate of AzureWolf? Why are there so many questions? Who is saying all of this? Am I really the voice of Dagget from Angry Beavers? Why is Gavynn so damned sexy?! All this and more on the next episode of...[/b] "WAIT!!!!" A herd of teenagers shouted. [b]What is it?[/b] "Before we end this ridiculous post, we have a song to sing!" [b]Be quick with it.[/b] "Ahem." Captain Planet He's our hero He'll bring pollution Down to zero He's our powers Magnified And he's fighting On the planet's side We're the Planateers You can be one, too 'Cause saving our planet Is the thing to do Looting and polluting Is not the way Hear what Captain Planet Has to say "I'm getting too old for this..." Captain Planet sighed, as he trudged away from this awful, awful post. [b]I'm so getting a new job.[/b][/size] OOC: Yes, I know my posts are too long. But there's too much stuff I like including in these :p OOC EDIT: Yes, that list is real. And, no, I did not create it. It was all OtakuSennen and AzureWolf. I just used it to further the plot because 1) I'm a jerk and 2) I'm a jerk who uses the torment of others to further the plot of a story :p

[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Ben [/i] [B]he is the "Food Service Manager" at Sacred Heart School, my old elementary/middle school. [/B][/QUOTE] My dad pretty much does the same thing, except he works for Queen of the Valley Hospital, heh. My mom used to be a secretary but now she sells books online. She gets some good money from it and she gets to work at home, which is nice. My personal preference is to work in journalism, preferably in the video game industry (which is a dream I've expressed to many a person). I wouldn't even care if I ended up at GamePro, just so long as I got a job, heh.

OOC: I just barely noticed the RPG had already started. lol The members of the Fellowship of the Soul [copyright Shinmaru 2003] slowly ventured towards the ominous house that lay ahead of them. Ominous because it was big. And scary. Can't forget scary, now. If you forget scary, then you are a foolish fool. "I tire of my regular font," Shinmaru said. "I demand smaller, maladjusted style font!" "Thief," maladjusted insulted Shinmaru before smacking him with a wet trout. [size=1]"Yay! Small font! In your face, mal!" Unfortunately, Shinmaru had neglected to notice that he looked like a dork when he said this. So he was beaten up. Viciously. "Ow..." "Wait," DW said. "Who is saying all of this, if our narrator was killed?" "Dude," Shinmaru said. "I had no idea DW from Darkwing Duck was in this!" Dragon Warrior glared at Shin with a mighty glare. Mighty, indeed. ">:o" DW...er...said. "Gavynn are not a duck with red hair!" ":/" Shinmaru made a face. "Well, that sucks." He was beat up yet again. "Enough, already!" KKC shouted while simultaneously glomping every single guy that was here. "We need to go into that house!" "Why?" Xra asked while petting his rock and fulfilling the Gollum position of the group. "Precioussss..." "To further this sad, sad plot, of course!" KKC shouted while pointing a finger in the air. Who knew whether or not she pointed fingers in the air in real life, but she did so here. "Double Dash!!" Syk3 suddenly shouted. "Your mom!" Shinmaru shot back. He and Syk3 proceeded to do a parody of the Smash Bros. commercial. "Imagine me and you...I do...I think about you day and night...it's only right...to think about the one you love...day and night...so happy together..." ... There is no way to put in the words the horror and shock that everyone felt when seeing that. Let's just say they were shocked and horrified. "Die, Yoshi!" Syk3 shoulted, not shouted as is the correct spelling, while bludgeoning Yoshi with his lipstick. "Who's Mario now, biatch?!" Shinmaru yelled as he threw his giant green Kuribo's Shoe at Mario. "Let's just leave them alone..." maladjusted suggested. After all, Syk3 and Shin were weird, sad people and they should be left alone. It's for the best. "No!" Shinmaru yelled. "I am writing this post, so I must be in the story!" "What about Syk3?" Kazuko asked. "Eh, he can come, too, I suppose." ------------------------------------------- When you first come into a haunted house thingy, your first impression is that it's dusty. Dusty and old. Kind of like Shinmaru's Nintendo 64 except that you can't play games on it. The Nintendo 64, I mean. Your second impression is one of Mr. T, because it is easy to do an impression of him. Anyway, our intrepid adventurers walked into the house. "Man, it's dusty in here!" maladjusted exclaimed as she frantically tried to avoid getting dust on her beloved picture of Shinji and Kaworu holding hands. "And old..." Kazuko said as he looked around. "Older than Shinmaru." "I pity da foo who thinks I'm old!" Shinmaru said, using a horrible, stereotypical Mr. T impression. Nobody thought it was funny, so they stabbed him with various objects. You know how it is. And if you don't, then you are also stabbed. "Perhaps we should go into that door," Japan said, pointing at, of all things, a door. "Yes! We should go into the door!" Syk3 said as he immediately copyrighted the idea so that he could sue Japan for millions. The person, not the country, for if he sued the country, then he would be sad. "Yes, we shall go into that entrance portal!" DW said, careful not to committ copyright infringement. That Syk3 was a tricky one, indeed. As soon as these freaky people opened the door, they came upon a room. But not an ordinary room. They had entered upon... [b]A Parody of a Commercial.[/b] DeathKnight stood atop a podium laughing at all the reporters asking him questions. Because they were stupid and he was not. And he stole Sennen's soul. Whee. "There he is!" Shinmaru shouted. "Quiet!" Everyone yelled at Shinmaru while throwing wet books at him. DeathKnight pointed at Shinmaru. "Next question!" He demanded, while shaking the jar that held Sennen's soul in it. "Do you hold any sort of platform at all?!" Shinmaru shouted. "Uh...er...no parodies!" DeathKnight retorted, before throwing a Koopa Shell at Shin, which struck him in the nadular area. For those not in the know, the shell hit him in the balls. Which hurts, trust me. "Holy Mother of Mario!" Shinmaru shouted in dismay. Because his lower region hurt, you see. DeathKnight slowly walked off stage to somewhere. Somewhere where he could rest. Because throwing Koopa Shells is tough work but somebody has to do it. "He's slowly but surely getting away!" Sky3 shouted before correcting the grievous error that the person writing this post made; his name was Syk3, not Sky3. Oh horror of horrors! "Er...why don't we go after him?" Kazuko asked. "Because then this RPG would never be more than one page long." KKC replied. "Oh yeah." So, instead of going through the door DeathKnight went into, our Fellowship went into the one next to it. Because they're idiots. The room in which they entered was big. Okay, it was not big, because of budget restraints, but it was green. Green and green. An old woman walked by them carrying some sort of jar. "Can we see what's in the jar, ma'am?" Shinmaru asked. "I don't want to haggle!" the old woman yelled. "So, piss off!" She slapped [strike]mirai[/strike] Shin across the face and walked away muttering about birds and crucifying monkeys. "That was odd," Xra told his rock. "Not often you see something as weird as that." Our odd (not Oddish) heroes continuing walking across this short, green room until they came to a hill. "Whee, enough room in the budget to buy a hill!" KKC shouted. "How did you manage that?" Shinmaru asked. "Extortion." "Oh yeah." Shinmaru looked at his wallet forlornly. A hop, skip and a jump, that was not needed, later, everyone was on top of the hill. Which was just a pile of paper mache, mind you. "What is that over there?" Syk3 said while peering through binoculars. Binoculars, I might add, which were made of lipstick. Shows you exactly what he does with his life, that one. "It appears to be a Pikachu..." Shin said. "SHUT UP, SHIN!" DW said, while smacking him. "It's obviously a Pikachu." "Go get it, Shin." maladjusted said. "Why me?" "Because you are the one designated to recieve all physical pain in this story." "I'd better get paid extra for this..." Shinmaru approached the Pikachu cautiously, ready to beat it to death with Kuribo's Shoe. All of a sudden, and with cheap puppetry, the Pikachu jumped up and started biting Shinmaru's arm. "Sweet Jesus, it's biting my arm!" Shinmaru flailed to and fro while trying to throw the Pikachu off of his arm. "Should we help?" Syk3 asked, whilst applying lipstick to a picture of Mei. "No, I'm enjoying this," maladjusted replied with a grin. A grin, I might add, that she probably would not be grinning had she realized that OtakuSennen had made not one appearance so far, except for the fact that DeathKnight was carrying his soul in a jar. "I already realized that," maladjusted said, while chastising the narrator. Then why are you still grinning? "Because Shinmaru is being attacked by a Pikachu," maladjusted replied. Oh.[/size] OOC: This is where I decide to end it because I'm a little short on time. I hope it's long enough for you. lol

It's worth mentioning that I still haven't beat the game. lol The game is definitely a modern classic (and I don't throw that term around lightly, heh) that people will be talking about for ages. One of the few games that I have just about no problem with...I see few flaws to speak of. Graphics are amazing, music and sound is usual amazing Metroid quality, controls are fantastic, game is amazingly fun, etc. I shall now play Metroid Prime today. Whee.

You're wrong, Tony. Raiders! 3-8! *gets *** kicked* Seriously, though, I have a feeling about the Titans...I just think they're going to the Super Bowl, even though I don't like them. And I agree with Transtic, either Dallas or Carolina is going to the Super Bowl, though I'd have to choose Dallas over Carolina since they actually, you know, [i]beat[/i] the Panthers this season.

Glad to hear you had such an awesome time, Tony ^_^ I must admit that all this has gone over my head (except for the couple Apocolypse Hoboken songs that I've heard) because I'm nowhere near as much into music as you (that sentence barely made sense). But I'll be damned if this isn't how a concert should be enjoyed. Great music, good crowd, lots of energy, stuff to buy and great memories...again, glad you had such a kickass time, man.

Super Mario Kart (SNES) Mario Kart 64 (N64) Mario Kart: Super Circuit (GBA) Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GCN) Q: How many Boos does Luigi have to catch in order to gain access to King Boo in Luigi's Mansion?

Grass Land, Desert Land, Water Land, Giant Land, Sky Land, Ice Land, Pipe Land, Dark Land and the Warp Zone. Q: Who played Mario and Luigi in the infamous Super Mario Bros. movie (I hope I'm not rousing any bad memories with this question, heh)?

His name is Little Mac - I love that little guy lol. To keep this in Punch-Out... Q: Name all the boxers you fight in Punch-Out. Doesn't matter if they're in order or not, heh.

Yes, that is absolutely correct ^_^ Post your question now.

Well, here's my desktop. I included my current AIM Buddy List just because I felt like it. Whee. Just a simple wallpaper that I've been using for the past couple months...I think it looks cool, anyway. I bet everyone was expecting me to have some sort of video game background. Fooled you! :p I'll probably end up changing it and posting here again, though lol. Maybe a Super Mario Bros. 3 wallpaper...*trails off*