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[CENTER][FONT=Arial]Why does this win? [IMG]http://dailystupid.animetopten.com/images/cbed0906.bmp[/IMG] Because Ed is Ed.[/FONT][/CENTER]

[quote name='Raiha][COLOR="DarkOrchid"][FONT="Times New Roman"]That'd be the cat from Trigun.[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote] [FONT=Arial]....who's exact title is, thank you very much, [B]Lady Black Cat[/B]. [QUOTE=Gavin][SIZE="1"][url=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Shahdee_in_Prince_of_Persia_the_Warrior_Within.jpg/412px-Shahdee_in_Prince_of_Persia_the_Warrior_Within.jpg][b]Raiha[/b][/url] - Linked for the sake of the sensetive. [b]Why ?[/b] Because she is OB's definition of sex-appeal, at least in my opinion.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] Dude, you need to get out more. In a bad way. 'Cause seriously, man? [CENTER][IMG]http://www.canmag.com/images/front/movies20052/bloodrayne.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Third, for [COLOR=DarkRed]Korey[/COLOR]: [CENTER][IMG]http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs30/300W/f/2008/092/2/a/2ad89e36a9181edc.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/FONT]

[quote name='Aceburner][FONT="Comic Sans MS"']Eh, they're like most of Disney Channel's stuff to me. I'm not a fan at all and I wish I could walk around a public place without seeing their faces plastered over every freaking wall.[/FONT][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Spoken like one of the few people left with minds in their skulls. However, I see the Jonas Brothers more as a testament to Disney's current motto: "Who Needs Fresh Material?" Disney's shows were stale back in the nineties, so why are they continuing to use the same old tired gags and over-hyped adolescent "talent"?including Li'l Miss Cyrus?and better yet, why does every show they air have to cast perfectly good actors as fluff-heads? I mean, look at what it did to Lebouf. He got Disney's claws sunk into him, and now he's only good for the same annoying, arrogant, half-bumbling sidekick role because that's all producers associate with him, much like Tommy Lee Jones has been stereo-cast. Or cloned. My mouth is frothing. That's not good.[/FONT]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff]Besides, [I]weirdo[/I'], I didn't say they weren't greasy, just that the others here were worse. =P[/quote] [FONT=Arial]Right back at ya, ya upstart punk. Verbatim, even. [/Snagglepuss] [B]Update:[/B] New upper-crust ranking admission, and pun-worthy to boot. Bellacino's Pizza and Grinders is quite the digs, and an establishment whom I had completely forgotten about hitherto. Very good pizza, served [I]mitout grease[/I] :p on a small polished tin stand, so your plates aren't pushed off the table. Not only that, but their grinders are rather tasty, and their motto?"Toasted, Schmoasted, We're Oven-Baked"?is a fun poke at Quizno's. Just had lunch their today whilst up taking care of some collegiate meetings and what, so I decided to test out their Stromboli grinder (Italian sausage, peppers, onions, and mozzarella) and was met with complete success. Also, for those who are familiar with Cici's Pizza: opinions?[/FONT]

[QUOTE=Aceburner][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]3 guesses. [IMG]http://www.pokemonfans.de/Images/rattata.gif[/IMG][/FONT][/QUOTE] [FONT=Arial][COLOR="DarkRed"]Aber[/COLOR]. Because obviously his "master" is [I]this[/I] one: [CENTER][IMG]http://soluciones.solucionesytrucos.org/pokedex/raticate.gif[/IMG][/CENTER] Unless, of course, you were banking on the whole impotent angle, in which case I wholeheartedly concur.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Dang it, Raiha, you went and got my hopes up, and now that I've read the thread I've completely deflated. Shoot. Where am I to discuss the various methods of inflicting pain with a parsnip now? Although, I prefer a nice scalpel..... [I]*ahem*[/I] I was never able to stand the acoustics in my room, so I never really practiced at home during middle or high school, getting all my work done in the band halls instead. Luckily, I'm extremely fast on the uptake, so I still stayed top of the section for the entire time and had regular high scores in the All Mid-State auditions, sliding backwards only when I switched to a much larger horn than I'd been using previously. (Small-bore trombones are nice and all, but you just can't get the same sound on them.....and I'd played one for almost six years.) So by the time I actually started practicing alone, my sound had matured to the point where I no longer made small children cry, and could approximate (again, acoustics of small enclosed spaces) a performance-worthy sound. My first younger sister tried instruments, but she is much more visual-artistically inclined, so she and my mother are the only two members of my family who do not play. My second sister plays trumpet?although it's an uphill battle getting her to break the fifty decibel mark?and my youngest sister plays clarinet and wants to switch to alto saxophone. And for those who wail about torture, go buy a good pair of headphones. :p My mother [I]begs[/I] us to emanate our various and sundry screeches, and she refuses to acknowledge that my room sounds like the inside of a tin can. So yeah. I don't brook with the whole torture idea. At least, not in [I]that[/I] vein. [I]*mumbles incoherently about hot needles*[/I][/FONT]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff']At least not in my opinion, many of them are just too damn greasy for my tastes. So when I really want some pizza I just stop off at Sbarro's and get some to take home.[/quote] [FONT=Arial][CENTER][IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/hahaha-wut.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Funny, because I make it a point to [I]avoid[/I] Sbarro's because of the sheer grease factor. I can literally fold a slice in half and soak six napkins, and part of the seventh and eighth. So that is confoosing to me. As far as favorite combos go, I love pizza with pepperoni, Italian sausage and green peppers, and garlic-crust bread is a major bonus. Chicken and Tabasco is also pretty dang good, but only in moderation. Domino's is the absolute bottom of the chain for me, including Sbarro . . . although sometimes it's a toss-up, because at least Domino's sausage isn't the consistency of bloated ambergris. Sbarro's cheese is light years better, and they have (grease-packed >_>) stromboli, so I think they have the mild edge on Domino's. Because the Papa John's in our town absolutely sucks, Pizza Hut is my typical preference. It's too bad, because Papa John's can be amazingly tasty if the management knows what they're doing. It's also too bad that there's no Little Ceasar's or Pizza Inn here, so variety is pretty stifled. I much prefer the home-owned places, though. We had a great pizzeria here about five years ago called Twin's Pizza who made the absolute most fantastical food ever, as well as linguine that my mother raved about. But then they fell under new management, and their sauce shifted from amazing to spaghetti, so they lost all their business in the span of five months. Rafael's (also local) is okay, but their cheese tends to come in sheets, so one bite and you might have mozzarella slapping your chin. For frozen, I swear by Red Baron and my father swears by Tombstone. And we both swear at Chef Tony's?for fun, of course, because who buys Wal-Mart pizza? I think the absolute best pizza I've ever had was up at Pizzeria Uno's in Chicago. I mean, damn.[/FONT]

[quote name='Nerdsy][color=deeppink']You can't. You have to wait until the match actually starts to see who you're fighting.[/color][/quote] [FONT=Arial]I had figured that would be the case by the time I finished typing. And I don't like it. I understand it, but I don't like it. Kinda takes some of the camaraderie out of the game, I think.[/FONT]

[quote name='Godot]Also,....[U][B]WOULD YOU EAT THIS!?!?!?!?![/B'][/U][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Hakuna Matata, dude. It's be like spaghetti with legs.[/FONT]

[QUOTE=Zen][color=royalblue][size=1] I call Raiha's.[/color][/size][/QUOTE] [quote name='Sabrina][FONT=Tahoma']Thank you. I'm glad you like the idea, however, unlike the graphic worm you can't claim a challenge, unless you are literally working on it and will be posting within say an hour. In that case you can claim it and then come back and edit the post. [/FONT][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Read the thread, man. Just 'cause you're not [COLOR="DarkRed"]Aber[/COLOR] doesn't mean the thread creator's rules don't apply.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]It's admittedly much more easy in four-ways, since you can use opponents as buffers to pull it off. But still, it's not worse (or better) than that grapple-beam extension mash in Melee. Now, you know how to start as Zero, right? I only ask because it seems to me that you'd know who you were going up against before you even selected a stage, and holding the shield button before exiting the character select screen is much easier than timing three taunts, so I'm wondering why you would need to be switching right at the start of the match since you could have set up for the start by just watching who your opponent chooses to play. Unless, of course, you can't see that during Wi-Fi games. I haven't played any of them yet, so I don't know how they work.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Awesome. Welcome in, man. Drop by the [URL="http://www.otakuboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=48"][COLOR="Blue"]Auditions[/COLOR][/URL] sub-forum first up; if you don't see anything of the recruiting games that you like, go right ahead with your own. I'm sure there are members waiting in the wings for another. After that, feel free to browse the Theater (and my forum, later :p), and see what other gamers are already concocting. And have fun. Good to see ya here.[/FONT]

[QUOTE=Desbreko][color=#4B0082]So I've been trying to master Samus's taunt transformation, for changing into ZS Samus mid-match. It's freaking retarded, to the point where I actually gave myself a blister while practicing. I'm pretty sure the Dojo lies when it simply says to quickly input up-down-up taunts. Never have I gotten it to work with only that.[/color][/QUOTE] [FONT=Arial]I agree that it's a stupid sequence, but back when I was playing (before the semester ended and I still had access) I remember having gotten the move down pat. By "quickly", I think they mean initiate the opposite taunt as soon as the previous one ends. I tried the rapid mashing thingy for a while and then quit and started trying to time it, and I'm pretty sure that's when I got it to work consistently. And oddly, I took to Zero Suit almost instantly?'odd' meaning that I'm pretty gosh-darn pathetic with Power Suit. I personally love that neither of her rescue moves count as rescues, and that you can basically chain them. Getting used to her jump making her intangible until she returns to her initial height was a trip, but it's extremely useful for my style of combat: strike from as many directions as possible as close together as possible and totally piss people off.[/FONT]

[quote name='Whoa, Mann][SIZE="1"][COLOR="hotPink"]Haha... You yourself, a mod, and you don't even know that the point of these threads is to actually [I]discuss[/I] the music. But I hear you mods have a way with linking. Interesting, indeed.[/COLOR'][/SIZE][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Try following it next time. 'Cause that was where I had discussed it already. [strike]And keep your sass to yourself.[/strike] (^_^)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I'm honestly not too familiar with NES games at all, but some quick digging turned up [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra_Triangle"][COLOR="Blue"]Cobra Triangle[/COLOR][/URL], which looks like your game. Given that Rare developed it, I'm not surprised at the replay value you claim it has. Go Rare. :animesmil[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]I think it'd be easier to just [URL="http://www.theotaku.com/worlds/allamorph/view/11415/thoughts/"][COLOR="Blue"]link to it[/COLOR][/URL].[/FONT]

[quote name='Andrew][size=1']So, maybe it's a little off topic (but whatever), but maybe somebody could give me some suggestions on something to read. I'm really partial to anything that has maybe Vampires, magic or some kind of fantasy setting. Never hurts to have a little horror/scares in there either![/size][/quote] [FONT=Arial][I][U]The Dresden Files[/U][/I], by Jim Butcher, is my gut reaction to that statement. Bram Stoker's [I][U]Dracula[/U][/I] is also a good read, and very well-designed. I'm not too partial to the whole garlic/wafer deal, but Stoker [I]did[/I] research the Carpathian wampyre lore to write the novel so I suppose deference is due. Also, check out Kelley Armstrong and tell me what you think. I'm still undecided whether or not to give her a spin.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Yeah, that's the one. I remember Bust-A-Move being a staple of the old Pizza Hut mini-arcades, along with three other game choices on the same machine, and usually beside some terrible off-road truck racer.[/FONT]

[quote name='Gavin][SIZE="1"']Props to anyone who's actually still around long enough to get this.[/SIZE][/quote] [FONT=Arial]OR maybe we just do our homework, you tenured elitist snob. :D [CENTER][B]Sabrina[/B] [IMG]http://www.gameguru.in/images/mysims-ss1.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [B]Edit:[/B] Well, minus the hippie pants. I mean, the design. Not the pants themselves. That'd be lecherous.[/FONT]

[quote name='Dagger']Not to drag the issue out , but I'm not sure that I get the structural difference between manga and comics (or between comics and graphic novels) that you guys are hinting at.[/quote] [FONT=Arial]Good, because I'm saying that I find it irrelevant?namely because there is almost no difference save the language. For the record, Conan Doyle's works about Sherlock Holmes were also episodic and were published individually in [I]The Strand[/I] magazine, and yet they are literature. I could even make a case for Lillian Jackson Braun's series being episodic in nature. Certainly all of her [I][U]The Cat Who....[/U][/I] books are standalone, though they share the same main character. So the only real reason for having Moore's works discussed here, then, is because they are not Japanese language, and they are not Japanese art style. Which raises a question: why do I never hear of Chinese graphic publications? Or why not Thai, for that matter?[/FONT]

[quote name='Matt']His latest work, Promethea, is a basically just like every other comic book in terms of how the plot slowly unravels. So, I consider that a comic book, and not a graphic novel, in that it was meant to be read with some time difference.[/quote] [FONT=Arial]I read Hellsing, Tsubasa (reservoir), Kenshin, and other manga in one sitting just as I read [I][U]The Dresden Files[/U][/I] and such in one sitting. Chapters and episodes do not factor in for me; they are mere separations and forced mental pauses during which you can either wait and come back or skip over immediately. Basically, since comic books are not manga (by cultural separation) and because the demand for discussion seems to be quite dry, I see no real reason to discuss them anywhere else but here. Moore has more of a draw for me because his works are written with a definite literary intent. I can't say the same for The Fantastic Four or Naruto. Although, I did see a novelization of Vampire Hunter D in the manga section of Books-A-Million last time I was there. I found that extraordinarily entertaining. At any rate, Moore belongs here, and no comic book forum just yet. Back to discussing Moore. :p[/FONT]

[quote name='Aberinkula][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"][SIZE="1"]And it's because of a misunderstanding (of coarse) that I'm lossing another friendship.[/SIZE'][/COLOR][/quote] [FONT=Arial]Sucks, I know. I've [I]still[/I] got one on the rocks because of a misunderstanding. Lemme tell ya something about myself, man. When I was in the fifth grade, my family relocated to Tennessee because of job stability issues at the plant where my father worked. I understood completely at the time, but regardless, it meant that I was completely uprooted from all the friends I had made and forced to start from scratch in a foreign environment. My mother found a local homeschooling "co-op" group and tried to plug in, but I think she quickly realized that those teaching in it were not academically competent?just as I quickly realized that my peers were not socially competent. (And given that this is [I]me[/I] talking, that's saying something.) So I ended up in public school PDQ. This presented me with another serious handicap: I was not only an outsider, but an outsider who could outperform ninety percent of my class with minimal effort at all, and no hubris. (Curse my objectivity.) If I had been less smart I would have streamlined into the social strata, but because I was "upper echelon", I was automatically estranged; new kids shouldn't know all the answers and still look bored, or read [I][U]Moby Dick[/U][/I] for the hell of it. (An act I thoroughly regret.) Knowing this, I spent basically the entirety of my sixth grade year watching and not intruding where I wasn't outright invited. If people came to me, I let them and opened back in exchange; otherwise, I didn't interfere. I made a few acquaintances, but no serious friendships. The same thing happened the next year, and it wasn't until I was even in the eighth grade that I began forming hard relationships. And even then I kept things tenuous, because almost no one possessed the combination of discernment and control that I could resonate with?I didn't want to find another clone of me, but I prefer hanging out with intelligent people who don't like to start conflicts for no reason and don't enjoy being jerks. Kinda hard to come by on the west side of that town. (I think one of my coworkers recently described it as "all this ghetto bull****". Translated: people who ain't nobody and think they [I]are[/I] somebody.) So although I can make friends really quickly if I decide I want to, I generally don't. I wait and watch, and if someone decides they want to find out if I'm really as creepy and arrogant (I'm still trying to figure that one out) as I seem, then I'll give them the chance, but if they are fine with assumptions then I don't really mind letting them continue their self-deception. All this to say, because of this habit I have ended up being surrounded by friends who don't get bothered by the little things and don't flip out unless there's a definite reason for flipping out. I saw plenty of drama happening the entire time I was in school, but I chose the group who by and large were immune to trivial wastes of time and preferred to laugh at stupidity instead of blowing it out of the water. That, and I had a very profound conversation with my uncle the summer after my sixth grade year which left a permanent impression how to deal with the little things. But that's another epistle. So my real advice? If she wants to break all ties, let her. Find people who don't blow up for no reason at all. Find people with heads on their shoulders. And if your "image" gets in the way, start altering it a little at a time. I mean, my image still suffers because the majority of my T-shirts are black or red. Got nothin' green or orange or light blue or whatever, so sometimes I accidentally look goth, especially with my massive black overcoat. (Which has literally sent people running and screaming away from me. :p) Don't search for people who will "accept" you for "who you are", because I guarantee you that's not who you are. Wait for them to come to you; don't help them, but don't shove them away either. Trust me, man. I've been doing that very thing for eleven years, and I can literally pick my enemies. If I don't want you near me, you'll hate my guts. Otherwise I just wait.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]'Course it is. No one else has bopped in and claimed lately, as evidenced by the post dates, so go for it. (^_^)[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial]Novels in graphic format are still novels, and therefore under the jurisdiction of The Basement. Also, manga is much more episodic, and is more like a collection than a unified work. I have not yet read V for Vendetta, though I intend to. I did, however, greatly appreciate The Watchmen. More later when I remember why.[/FONT]

[quote name='Darren']....and the development of a social hierarchy.[/quote] [FONT=Arial]You have seriously got to be kidding me. That system is usually already in place by that age. [QUOTE]=Aberinkula][COLOR="DarkSlateGray"][SIZE="1"]No Allamorph I just think OB has some weird spirit stalking me cause everytime I post about my life problems, they solve themselves the next day >.