Gavin

[SIZE="1"]Spoilers for this week. [spoiler]Naruto reaches eight tails of release before being stopped from taking down the final seal (that is the one actually on the cage within his mind) by the Yondaime. Apparently the two have a chat and Naruto finally learns about his true parentage.[/spoiler] [/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus']As for the Quincy.. Are you talking about Uryuu or the Quincies in general, botar15? Because Uryuu's alive and kicking. Standing there with Orihime, well, that's the last time I saw him anyway.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Indeed though based on this week's spoilers [spoiler]he's managed to lose a hand trying to buy time for Orihime to heal Ichigo...unfortunately the latter appears to be undergoing Hollowification again. Cue Shirosaki's return[/spoiler] at the end of the chapter. [/SIZE]

[quote name='botar15']"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth." - Have no idea.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Exodus 21:23?27 Personally I prefer Gandhi's "An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind".[/SIZE]

[quote name='Dagger']I'm biased, of course, but I think he has pretty incredible range. Grain of salt: I say this because I've heard him play such an astonishing variety of roles in BL drama CDs. :devil: ~Dagger~[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"] Fair enough, I'm actually quite a fan of his work myself but his characters usually have much lighter voices which contrasts with the way Okawa portrayed Mustang. I'm sure when he actually does the voice it'll be fine but I just couldn't help think "Urahara is going to be a State Alchemist?" when I read he was to portray Mustang.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]O...k... moving on from the question of Renji's sexual orientation Chad and the 6th Division Vice Captain are currently battling enemies at the base of the tower with Rukia if memories serve correctly and therefore are probably unable to come to Ichigo's aid (and probably wouldn't be any help anyway).[/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Oh, Ichigo now has a large, gaping hole in his chest. No points for guessing where this is going. ;)[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"] According to the more insistent fans "that blast would have blown through his lungs, heart and spinal cord he's got to be dead" neglecting to remember that souls don't necessarily have the same anatomy as the living. "You think that's air you're breathing now ?" comes to mind. Either way I'd rather see Isshin and Ryuuken come in to kick some *** rather than Shirosaki. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Hmm the only thing I'm concerned about is if Miki's voice is actually suited to Mustang as a character, Okawa's voice in my mind fit the bill where as if Miki usually his usual voice for characters (ala Lockon Stratos and Urahara Kisuke) it might come off a bit too light.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][spoiler];_; I keep forgetting we'll have to watch him die again.[/spoiler][/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]As far as I'm concerned it's better than [spoiler]having had to see him as a Nazi in our world.[/spoiler] [/SIZE]

[quote name='Ezekiel'][SIZE="1"]I'm honestly feeling a little lost on what to do seeing as Gavin just isn't posting, it seems. Any suggestion on how to fix this without Esther having to follow Dawlish around like a lost puppy would be really appreciated D:[/SIZE][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Sorry Jamie I would be posting more often but my life has become very hectic lately with exams for college. If you like part of a post I was going to write was Dawlish meeting up with the Czenovian Constabulary (are they still called that Josh?) to go over the details of a new patrol craft they'd ordered from him and if Esther would go in his stead explaining he's visiting his recently hospitalised uncle it'd make sense.[/SIZE]

[quote name='chibi-master']Bad Irishman, BAD!!! *slaps Gavin* :animeangr (Yes, yes, I realize I'm being stereotypical, but so what?:p)[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]*Shrug* I don't really need one day to make me appreciate a culture I live in every day.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff'][URL="http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/a-scientific-at.html"][U]MP3: Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever[/U][/URL] Beth linked me to this, I think she got it from Anomaly. Anyway it's twenty minutes long and though it's [I]supposed[/I] to be the most annoying song ever, it's actually pretty funny to listen too. I don't know if I could tolerate it again, but the opera rapping was hilarious. =P[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]You have been designated Fair Game.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]If it's going to end up being an RP, it should really be in the Theater, right?[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Technically speaking no we have had RPGs take place here in the Convention Center if an event is specifically stated to be an RPG that is to cater to the entire community. If you want I have no problem in moving the thread but if that is the case I might be as well off to move this to the Backstage so there's continuity between the threads. Also Botar, rather than creating new threads for each stage of the event I'll just edit the polls and the title to reflect it OK ? It'd help to keep the forum tidy looking.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]OK guys I'm going to ask that we try to bring the quality of this thread up a little, while I've been content just keep an eye on it so far it's in danger of degenerating, which would require further work from me which I try to avoid wherever possible. All kidding aside, Botar while I'm somewhat intrigued by your idea of using polls to allow people to craft the event bit by bit I would like a little more information of the structure of this game. If you don't want to give it away feel free to PM it to me.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Growing up a mostly wanted to be a doctor, interspersed briefly at different points to be an archaeologist, astronaut, lawyer, writer and an actor but mostly it just kept coming back to doctor and oddly something I still think about even these days.[/SIZE] [quote name='Shy'][size=1]I wanted to be King of OtakuBoards and 8 years later I'm still waiting.... :rolleyes:[/size][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]*Mutters something about him holding up the queue* [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]*Prepares a long dull speech about how in the old days we weren't worried about how busy the site was and just enjoyed it* Back in my day...Zzzz...Zzzz...Zzzz[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]*Laughs* Every man's favourite ex-President. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/political-pictures-obama-biden-blank-tape.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/political-pictures-barack-obama-rcmp-time-space.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] He's coming for you next Michael Moore. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/political-pictures-charleton-heston-guns-kill.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/SIZE]

[CENTER][SIZE="1"][B]Me[/B] (Yes I do straighten crookedly hanging pictures on sheer need) [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/funny-pictures-ocd-cat-fixes-your-picture-frame.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[SIZE="1"][CENTER][IMG]http://zeitgeistglee.250free.com/Smithers.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] I just couldn't resist, it was the first thing that came to mind. :animesmil[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]If you want a series that truly crushes optimism Ace you need to be watching Gundam 00, not only would Hinata most certain be dead having tried to save him, but she'd have died in a completely gruesome way at Naruto's hand. Yeesh there are times when that series makes Evangelion look light-hearted...actually wait I take that back, nothing could ever out-emo that show. While the running commentary on the fight from all quarters is starting to get a bit irritating, when you know they should be trying to get all the survivors together and away from the battlefield it's apparently reaching the climax between Naruto and Pein which is welcome at this point because it too is starting to drag on a little. The reference to Kabuto was interesting hopefully we'll get to see the mad scientist appear again in the future.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Agreed, just coming back here and going "Oh interesting plot development this week" wouldn't really make for any kind of conversation in this thread. A small bit of discussion on the manga's story (and yes even it's plot holes) might allow us to see something we hadn't seen before, or hadn't realised that might explain something going on currently. Having read this week's chapter though the one statement that comes to mind was Shirosaki's "If you want to control my power don't get killed before I reappear." Guess we'll find out next week whether the Horse will make his reappearance.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Excellent to get to see the finished product of all the votes Josh, the banners themselves always give me a good laugh in reflecting the person they've been assigned to (Debresko for the win). :animesmil I can only take my hat off to the phenomenal effort you put into this in all its aspects. *Thumbs up* Congratulations to all who won and thanks to everyone who took part in this year's Nifty Fifty, hopefully we'll have just as good, or even a better turnout for the Nifty 50 of 2009.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Time does fly when you're having fun, or are overworked to the point of exhaustion from college, either way I need to try to keep up with this more often. Interesting two chapters D, and regards of Neil's opinion on my supposed servitude to him it's more like I'm just got biological permission to move in, not pay any rent and use up even more of his resources than before. Of course then we went and wrecked the house at the end there, so useful in the modern property market to go doing stuff like that. I'm sure there's going to be a very violent showdown now over this so I look forward to reading it.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus']I've also come to like Maka's father (Can't remember his name).[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Usually he's referred to as Papa or by other characters later in the series Spirit, Deathscythe and senpai. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]Depends. It can be saved. To me, the only way out would be to have her fall into a coma; not dead but incapacitated, that Naruto can still feel guilty but we don't necessarily have to have the romance element. Or, once naruto's finished (presumably) slaying Pein, then she'll have a touching death scene.[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Oh God no, there's enough bad drama in this already without us bringing in coma love triangles, or depending on who you ask it could stretch far beyond even this web of complexity. Oddly enough I don't believe that it's entirely lose-lose in this situation, yes if Hinata dies it will have been a waste of a perfectly good character in a very out of character move for her. If she lives though (and it's not played up too much) Naruto having to deal with exactly where his feelings lie could make an interesting sub-plot. It was I suppose an irrational move made on her part out of love, and I think we have to look at it in that context. Besides it's debatable whether or not Naruto still has the same level of feelings he had for Sakura from before and whether or not she's developing feelings for him. Sure there's the Jiraiya/Tsunade parallel there but I think one of the big things about the new Sannin is that they won't repeat the formers mistakes. Or at least Naruto won't remake Jiraiya's ones if he can help it. Overall I'm happy Hinata lived (at least for now) so Kishi gets another chapter extension on my reading.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus']And then while I'm thinking about it now, and I've stated it before. I think people are giving way too much credit to Ichigo's bankai. Sure it gave him a powerup, but I don't think it gave him that boost people are over exaggerating him to have. (And this is also why I believe Byakuya vs Kenpachi would end in a draw.) Byakuya stated something about Ichigo's bankai condensing his spiritual pressure to increase his speed.. (not the exact words) Untill the end of that fight Ichigo didn't do any damage to Byakuya. (And his hollow is what caused the damage) Grimmjow stated that Ichigo's bankai increases his speed. Sure, Getsuga got through, but it was nothing pretty much. [/rant] Had to get that off my chest.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Have to disagree with you about Ichigo's bankai being actually less-credit than its given. True it's primary function is to give Ichigo a gigantic speed boost (to the point where Byakuya had difficulty just keeping up with him) and make his cleaver-like shikai into a much more usable daito. But taking these facts together it basically transforms him from being a powerhouse bruiser like Kenpachi (or Komamura if you go by the databooks) into a warrior who's capable of channelling all that immense power into direct, precise and very bloody fast attacks. The point about his fight against Byakuya doesn't really stand, in fairness Ichigo had just (literally hours beforehand) attained both his bankai and mastered shunpo and then set himself against one of the more powerful captains who was also a master of shunpo. The fact Ichigo didn't die in the first ten seconds from simply a lack of experience at fighting at that kind of speed, as well as the fact he was pulling his punches (never intended to kill Byakuya, only beat him) speaks volumes about his ability. It was only his own lack of knowledge about the effects of his bankai beat him in the end and forced his Hollow to take over. I mean what I find the most difficult is that Grimmjow took on Bankai Ichigo (at what we assume to have been above his Soul Society ability) barehanded, kicked the crap out of him not once but twice (though the second was a lack of energy) before being defeated by Vizard Bankai Ichigo after a severely protracted battle. Then two captains he's beaten before (and thus we assume have lower ability than him) just using his previous strength whiz in and one outfights an opponent stronger than the one Ichigo just nearly died fighting (and if not for trying to enjoy the fight would likely have killed him earlier) while the other utterly outmanoeuvres the 7th Espada to the point where it looks like he's not even trying. Either Soul Society never intended to kill Ichigo or the captains themselves have received a big power-up since the Soul Society Arc.[/SIZE]