Gavin

[SIZE="1"]Meh I have to admit as cool as it sort of is to see Yama-jii rip Allon the Chimera a new one every few pages it still just feels like well disguised filler to me. Effectively all this creature did was *****-slap about a few lieutenants to show how badass it was and then get absolutely wasted by Yama. Perhaps if Matsumoto croaks or Iba was indeed killed by that cero I'll change my opinion by right now I just want Kubo to move on the something else.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Clearly this is a prank and someone has hacked Al's account as I can't imagine the real one leaving out the [I]question mark[/I] at the end of his proclaimation. :p All kidding aside my most sincere congratulations to Crys and Nathan and best wishes on their engagement. Now all we have to do is find some absurd reason to fly as a group to the US for the wedding whenever it occurs. I think Beth and Darren can now relax having been replaced as OB's major couple. ^_~[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][quote name='Solo Tremaine'][COLOR=#503F86]Are we sure some fanfic writer hasn't hijacked his studio?[/COLOR][/QUOTE] Fairly, I imagine the writing might actually improve if that happened. Anyway spoilers for this weeks chapter are out and if people thought that the fights in Konoha nerfed Kakashi you're just going to love this: [QUOTE][FONT="Tahoma"]捕まる木の葉丸。助けようとエビスが突進するが跳ね返される。捕まりながらもペインの能力を見 定めはじめる 木の葉。が、魂が抜かれていく。そんな中、ナルトとの修業を思い出す。 Konohamaru gets caught. Ebisu charges in attempt to rescue him, but gets fended away. Even when caught, Konoha (maru) tries to decipher Pein's powers. But, his soul gets slowly dragged out. During that moment, he remembers the training he went through with Naruto. そしてペインに捕まっていた木の葉が煙りに、そして螺旋丸!!! Smoke surrounds Konoha(maru) and then Rasengan!! 猿飛一族の下忍、性は猿飛名は木の葉丸。覚えておけ、コレ!!! I am genin of the Sarutobi clan, last name Sarutobi, first name Konohamaru - remember that!! ペインやられる。 Pein is defeated 綱手とペイン。会話から弥彦と気付いたみたい。 Tsunade and Pein. From conversation, it looks as though she realized that this is Yahiko. ナルトの居場所を問いただすペイン。 Pein asks where Naruto is. そのあと何やら人柱力、戦争について話す。そして協力するなら助けるとペイン。五影をなめるな と綱手。そし てナルトは手に入らない、ナルトは強いぞ!!!!!! Then they start babbling about Jinchuuriki's and wars. Pein says that he will spare her life if she cooperates. Tsunade tells him to not underestimate the 5-kages. And tells him that he won't get Naruto, as Naruto is strong as well. ペインの情報を暗号部と話し合うシズネたち。 Shizune's group is talking to the Angou-bu (code-deciphering group) about the information they have on Pein. 死体を操るチャクラ信号の秘密に気付き始める。 They start to realize the nature of the chakra signals manipulating these dead bodies. そのとき長髪のペインが登場。シズネの頭を掴み、うかつに動いたらこの女を殺すと一言。 The long-haired Pein appears. He grabs Shizune's head, and threatens to kill her if anyone moves. そして頭の中を覗かれ、妙木山にナルトがいることが知られる。 He peers into her head and finds out that Naruto is in Myoubokuzan. 天道にも信号が送られ来週へ。 Tendou-pein gets this message - on to next week[/FONT][/QUOTE] I have to say I really find this baffling if this is indeed what happens. I like Konohamaru as a character for some inexplicable reason and do believe he's next in line for the big seat in Konoha after Naruto, but really this defies all belief. Firstly it means Konohamaru has learned an A-Rank jutsu (I'm curious whether or not he needs the clone to do it like Naruto) and secondly it means he's been more successful than Kakashi which is ludicrous. Anyone else got thoughts on this or shall we go back to debating who gets Kakashi's eye now that he doesn't need it anymore ?[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Afraid you are in the wrong forum here with this Rick, I'm going to move it to Anime Central given that this deals with the genre in question. That said, congratulations on your upcoming radio piece. [b]Thread Moved[/b][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Well it's not exactly news really but having just rewatched Afro Samurai again I felt I might as well post some of the stuff about the up-coming second season Afro Samurai Resurrection which is due out in 2009 and see if we can't generate a bit of discussion. Obligatory teaser trailer. [CENTER][YOUTUBE="Afro Samurai Resurrection Trailer"]Z37G8kjhFxE[/YOUTUBE][/CENTER] The basic plot again concerns our titular hero who apparently having [spoiler]killed Justice at the end of the last season and claimed the title of Number 1[/spoiler] has fallen into a bit of a malaise regarding the warrior culture. This changes when a woman from his past played by Lucy Lui shows up (also wearing a headband) forcing Afro to engage in his usual variety of murder and mayhem in the name of some cause or other. Interestingly [spoiler]the Afro Samurai from the title may not regard Afro but rather his father who is being resurrected to lead some kind of undead army.[/spoiler] Anyone else sense an awesome face-off here ? Mark Hamill lends his copious voice talents, as does [spoiler]Yuri Lowenthal as Kumo/Jinnosuke[/spoiler]. So thoughts/feelings ?[/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus']I laugh at you and anyone else that've put faith in the series. However, I am also an idiot for getting so bored to the point to where I'm forced to read it.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Yep so let's all just mope here together in our collective stupidity.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Feh fine I'll just keep that little slice of perfection to myself then. ¬_¬ On the Gattai! segment Ace Naruto is already permanently combined with the Kyuubi so technically he would be attempting a triple combination rather than a double variety. Mayhaps if the Kyuubi was developed more than this point would be a little more obvious as opposed to him being just a super-powered evil side. Oh well. Fine, fine we'll leave the TTGL crossovers and just go back to complaining how bad the plot is, how haxed Sasuke can become, how nerfed Naruto and Kakashi become and generally what idiots we are to keep faith in this series.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][b]Soul Eater[/b] Someone recommended this to be a few months ago just after it started and for the life of me I just can't remember who it was. I started watching it last week out of curiousity and have enjoyed quite a lot so far, it's mostly a typical shounen show with plenty of action, speil about friendship and the like but enjoyable all the same. Favourite character so far has to be the awesome [spoiler]mad scientist/most powerful Meister alive Franken Stein[/spoiler] for pure comic relief and ***-kicking with that chair of his.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Kei'][color=darkblue][size=1]...At this point, I don't know what to expect. And not in the good CLAMP way. In the bad "WTF are you doing writing?" way.[/color][/size][/quote] [SIZE="1"]Yeah that's pretty much what I meant, at this stage with the plot and Madara's multiple personalities you just really don't know what is going to happen. And I actually just had a really morbid thought, if Kakashi is actually 100% definitely dead who's getting his Sharingan eye ? We know they keep working even after the user dies and a Mangekyou variety of the eye would be a powerful asset to any ninja of Konoha. Naruto would be one possible candidate but I don't think the plot would allow it, Sakura doesn't need it, though she'd probably try to have Uchiha babies by using the DNA. Thoughts ? [/SIZE] [quote name='Kei'][color=darkblue][size=1]No GIGA DRILL BREAKAAAAA!! for him. His awesome level isn't high enough. Not even Kamina can save Kishi now.[/color][/size][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Feh Naruto has his moments when he's not acting like an idiot, I think he's plenty capable of earning the right to use a Giga Drill Rasengan. ¬_¬ I mean imagine this: Naruto drops down into the centre of Konoha during the battle against Pein on Gamabunta in his father's old clothes with the sun cast against him so people can't see his face. Pein looks up and asks "Who is it?", while a couple of people starting saying out "Yondaime" and "Yondaime has come back to save us". Happily Ever After from TTGL is playing in the background as Pein dispatches Fat Melee Pein to deal with the new intruder who promptly leaps from Gamabunta charging a Rasengan with one hand and slamming it into the FM Pein who laughs off the attack saying it's not going to harm him: "Hissatsu! GIGA DRILL RASENGAAANNN!!" Rasengan curls into a drill shape, goes through FM Pein killing him and Naruto lands about ten or twenty feet from Pein asking him "Who the hell do you think I am ?" Tell me that isn't awesome ? Fanfic-y as hell yes, but awesome none the less. [b][Edit][/b] [url=http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ls5IP-SCA]TTGL Simon Giga Drill Breaker[/url]. Actually listen to that while reading that idea and substitute in some of the dialogue like "My father's dead, but in my heart and on my back he lives on" and then tell me it's not composed of 100% Gar-ness.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus']I wouldn't even mind seeing a hadoken/kamehameha version of it at this point. I just want to see some variety.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Any form of mobility/range with the attack would be nice, though from all the toppled trees in front of, rather than around Naruto do suggest that his latest Rasengan variant does indeed possess some degree of range. Sure just throwing the thing would turn it into a glorified holy hand-grenade but it would still be something more than "I can haz bigur razengans ?" On a side note I'm also betting Sasuke will develop some kind of Force-Lighting version of the Chidori so he can scream "Power, Absolute Power" at the top of his lungs as he fries the Elders. That is of course until Madara reveals he's actually all of the Elders at the same time thereby mind-****ing Sasuke yet again for the lols.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Magus']Anyway, so is Sasuke going for those 2 elders and Danzou or the entire leaf village? Chances of reviving his clan has gone from slim to bleak. Then again, with Naruto and Konohamaru always turning into women...[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]*Decapitation with non-cardboard, rice-paper cutting Zabuza sword* We'll have none of that talk here there's enough bloody people who obsess over that particular concept thank you very much.[/SIZE] [quote name='Magus']So I saw that Naruto movie Saturday for the first time... Clash something in the snow. Seeing the rasengan and then turn around and read the chapter with the rasen shuuriken made me realize how tiring the rasengan is altogether. I'll admit the rasen shuuriken was impressive to look at, but as a whole it's just not impressive when you see Naruto keep charging in the way he is. At least we've seen different variations of the chidori. (body, sword, 2 hands)[/quote] [SIZE="1"]This I do agree with, I don't just want to see bigger and bigger Rasengan creations until Naruto gets sued by Goku for ripping off his Spirit Bomb. I mean seriously, the Rasengan is the "pinnacle of shape manipulation of chakra" and yet isn't all that useful in battle given how up-close you have to get with it. It worked for Minato because the man was faster than practically anyone, but with Naruto...well you see my point. *Prays for Drill Rasengan*[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I actually have to agree with Solo even though that chimera creature was sort of cool in ripping most of the fuku-taichous new ones I really don't feel the need for Kubo to go through every potential fight in Karakura town at the expense of say Stark/Kyouraku and Ichigo/Ulquiorra. Sure some of the Fraccion fights were cool but I'd much rather get back to the Espada fights, more specifically the big one back in Hueco Mundo as what we're basically getting at the moment is well disguised filler that's doing nothing to move the plot forward. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]The problem with older games like Grim Fandango Matt is that people mightn't be able to get a hold of them, I know I went through hell to try and get a copy of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis off eBay without paying through the nose for it. That said this is a novel idea and I quite like it, it reminds me of when we used to generate 500 post threads on the latest GTAs when they came out going through every nuance of the game. As for OoT, great game I really must buy a Wii since my Gamecube broke to play the Collector's Edition again.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Metallica. I don't even know how I liked these guys originally, perhaps it was because they were the first metal band I listened to but now I go back and compare their stuff to other artists in my library and it's like "Oh God this is crap". [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Oi, oi, no picking on Chouza just 'cause he's fat. He kicked *** at the last invasion like all the other elder generation and is one of the few other ninja with what I consider to be the "Iruka factor" whereby he gives a crap about other people, sure it's mostly Chouji but he's still a decent guy as compared to the ninja parents. Of course perhaps this is because my esteem for Kakashi has drained further and further away as the manga progresses to the point where I did occasionally think "Just die already". On the plus side this clears the way for Naruto to become Hokage right after Tsunade and for yet another Sarutobi to ascend to the throne after him. Good Lord I don't even know why kids aim to try to be Hokage it seems to be mostly genetic. Anyway chances are obvious that Kakashi will pull through and go on to continue causing indifference from me for a while more to come. Tsunade will be the last Sannin to fall clearing the way for the next generation to hax themselves to beat the older uber-haxed characters (unless they're Kakashi who'll probably get nerfed...again). Yeah as Solo said if only this was a decent shounen manga, but then we're still here reading, week after week. Oh and lastly I LOLed at the ANBU who used the word "only" when referring to a five second cap considering these guys can move hundreds of meters in a few milliseconds.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Glad to see I'm not the only one who believes the plot has been stagnating over the last few weeks. It's a shame really everything seemed to be picking up steam and now suddenly we're back stuck in the mud again of pointless filler fights that make no real difference. As for the random killing of a characters, yeah it doesn't make much sense beyond a lame attempt at "the next generation will be stronger than the previous" well exthough I don't particularly care if Kakashi is or is not dead at this point, as Kei said he's become so nerfed over the timeskip he just doesn't have an impact any more. Hopefully things will change sooner rather than later.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]I'm kinda hoping it involves Kyuubi. I'm honestly getting tired of the clones, and I think it seems fitting that the problem is fixed by what caused it in the first place.[/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Agreed, as he's just getting interesting as a character again I don't Naruto to slip back into his Mr Bunshin stereotype again. Lord knows he might hopefully run into Killerbee and between his lyrics impart the ability to control the Kyuubi as well as his Sage chakra.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I've been toying with the idea of writing a few new RPGs for a while, and this is the one I believe has the greatest chance of success given the trend of RPGs on OB over the last while of being original concepts so I'm going to give a brief outline of the plot and if it's met with interest I'll finish it and posted the completed product over my Christmas holidays. The concept behind The Discarded is that in the early part of the 21st century the planet Earth is rendered uninhabitable following a battle between two opposing extra-terrestial groups in our solar system. One side, the effective UN of the galaxy moves to save our "primitive race" from extinction by transporting inhabitants off the planet. Unfortunately they cannot accomodate all seven billion humans, limiting their rescue effort to approximately half a million people. Judgement on who is saved is based on their "genetic worth" for future generations as well as some of the more obvious factors like high intelligence and athletic ability...as you can imagine very few of Earth's politicians were chosen to be saved. The survivors are moved to what is regarded as a "small" refugee star-station to continue their existence as a planet is sought for them to move to more permanently. However as is the case with human history and disasters, the plight of the human race in the galactic community moves out of galactic focus and they're effectively left to fend for ourselves. The plot would take place about three or four generations after the destruction of Earth as humanity continues to etch out a living on "The Ark", the station which they've continued to live on for the last hundred years. As suggested from the title humanity have been discarded by the galactic community for the most part and forced to find our own way in the galaxy. the big plot will revolve around the search for and (possibly) the discovery of a new home world. Characters would be descendants from the original survivors, obviously they know only of Earth what's been passed down in stories and saved media but anything is considered to be better than The Ark (a term used sarcastically). Most humans have adapted and become comfortable with alien technology although being able to afford top-of-the-line tech is very rare and most simply make do with repairing and upgrading old technologies and equipment. As a society humans are very far from the Utopia figured to occur after our venture into deep space. Govenment is still democratic although voter apathy based on the state of constant degredation of The Ark and lack of upgrade and repair for the most part is reaching peak degrees. Education is basic and mostly technically-oriented effectively trying to raise children to the point where they can go find work. Old religions are practically non-existent with the vast majority being actively cynical about the concept. Crime rates are high to the point where police forces don't even address minor crimes. Genetic engineering and cybernetic augmentation are available but relatively uncommon due to the expense involved, genetic engineering, in particular eugenics became a fad after the desutrction of Earth in order to "give future generations the best possible chances to rebuild society". Unforunately a lack of familiarity with the human genome on behalf of ET doctors as well as human lack of skill in genetic resequencing lead to deaths and mutations. Economically humanity exists fulfilling a variety of low-level or low/medium skill jobs such as mining and transport. Few humans actually live in alien society preferring to call The Ark home, though some of those in the few human merhcant fleets live oboard their own ships permanently. So thoughts/questions ? As I said this is just a very rough draft and some things may change with time. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I don't any more about people who are "emo" aside from the stuff that's already been said. I don't get how they expect anyone to take them seriously as a social grouping given they're whole outlook on their own lives is generally heavily distorted from the truth to comform with being emo. As Crys said it's not as if they're actually suffering from depression or other psychological conditions. [CENTER][IMG]http://www.windycitizen.com/moms_minivan_conformist.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] *Snicker*[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][B]Mimmi[/B], this cat/caption really epitomises her. [CENTER][IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/funny-pictures-cat-loves-you.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff']Finally a real religion! [I]*laughs*[/I] =P [CENTER] [IMG]http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/11/19/128716314617333172.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]BOO !! Everyone knows Ceiling Cat is the Lord of All Kittehs. [CENTER][IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/funny-pictures-cat-caught-his-tail-and-might-fall.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/funny-pictures-cat-wins-a-cheeseburger.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[SIZE="1"]I've been away from this thread too long, damn crappy computer at home. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/political-pictures-barack-obama-oprah-attention.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Seems they're the same in any country. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/political-pictures-independents.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] It's probably true you know. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/political-pictures-putin-you-think.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[quote name='Lrb'][FONT="Tahoma"][COLOR="DimGray"]But I think Gavin more meant the pointless sort of posts like Tetra's right after his, lol. [/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Exactly what I meant, thank you Lrb. Just try to keep that kind of stuff to a minimum guys, that's all I'm asking.[/SIZE]

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[SIZE="1"]Guys can we keep the OOCness in this to a minimum please ? If it doesn't directly involve the game itself discussion needs to be confined to PMs, IMs or just not posted here. I'm going to try to avoid posting here if possible given I'm not a participant but I do keep a regular eye on this and I don't want to have to step in further than this one warning.[/SIZE]