Gavin

[SIZE="1"]I swear if we don't get an exploding volcano behind Naruto and Fukusaku when they "Gattai!" for the first time I'm just going to stop reading the manga altogether. :animesmil Honestly I still didn't think much of this chapter, although having actually read it now it's not quite as bad as I originally estimated it to be. Kakashi really should've used his Mangekyou as soon as he got that break from fighting Pein, after all if you can't attack him from close-range, simply use that lovely vortex move you used on Deidara twice Kakashi. D'uh. Seems though between the lot of them they've managed to kill Puppet-Pein finally (unless he's like the T-1000 from Terminator and can just reform) which for one main character, two supporting ones is not a bad job in fairness. [/SIZE]

[quote name='Phenom']Turns out that that spoiler is real, but that last page was definately too obvious. Look like the nail could've been to the eye with the sharingan.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Yeah, I think that's the big question lining up for next week. Really though this whole fight is moronic, Kakashi pulled out his Mangekyou for [I]Deidara[/I] during their first encounter and yet is content to fight without it against an opponent who is leagues beyond Deidara in terms of power, sorry Kishi that just doesn't make any sense. Iif Kakashi loses his Sharingan eye he can kiss goodbye to the Rokudaime slot too, given most of his combat prowess will disappear along with it based on how much he seems to rely on his donated eye. I don't mind whether or not Kakashi lives or dies, as I've never been too partial to him, but I do want his death to be justifiable in terms of both his opponent's skills and his own. Based on this fight, he's shown all the strategic planning of a Genin rather than the legendary Copy Ninja we saw against Zabuza.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Kaimaster']Konoha High Musical game lol that would be funny to see.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"][b]Thread Merged[/b] Kaimaster I've merged your Kononha High Musical idea in with the other Event Brainstorms because it's doesn't seem to be a finished event ready to be presented to the Boards. You've got very little info in regard to what you actually expect out of this. Are you referring to something similar to the High School Musical series set in Naruto's Konoha ? I've never seen them myself, but clearly you need to define roles for applicants to fulfill, as well as how exactly this is going to be a community event. Are you going to adapt songs or try to write your own ? I'm not trying to be negative towards you, it's simply my job to make sure events are ready and this one isn't I'm afraid. It's also my job to help people with their events so feel free to PM me for advice if you need it.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][B]Thread Moved[/B] Again Kaimaster I'm afraid this isn't an event, it's a game, and therefore belongs in the relevant forum to it's genre which in this case is Anime Central. I'll move the thread for you and hopefully you'll get some attention there. -Gavin[/SIZE]

[quote name='James'][font=franklin gothic medium]And Lrb, I like your idea...I am just not sure if there is enough will/time with a lot of OBers to do something that involved. Plus it'd need a [i]very[/i] committed person to run it and keep it going. I think right now with so many people being committed to RPGs and stuff, it's unlikely. We're better off to focus on short-term, "light" events. And the best way to find out if it'll be a success is to test it. Remember, now all members can make their own events. Gavin's role will be to assist/support you where he can.[/font][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Seems you beat me to the punch James. [B]Lrb[/B] I have to agree with James' point, at the moment I don't think people are really ready/willing to get involved in large protracted events where there's a lot of work before we even get to the test stages. Believe me I've been working on a sort of game event for the last two months and still having trouble getting everything together. So yeah, if you want to try to shorten down, or lighten your event in some way it'd certainly stand a greater chance of success.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]You don't have to black out latest chapter spoilers before the week's chapter is release KKC as it's already mentioned in the thread title, and most of us can't help but read spoilers, I know I can't anyway. As for this week's chapter, well from what I've read so far I'm not that impressed honestly. The whole thing about Robo-Pain's faking being beaten was obvious, no offense to the Akimichi men but there's no way he was going down from just what they dished out. Kakashi then ending up facing both Peins, or rather Jedi-Pein alone was equally obvious, that one ref to Naruto learning to fuse was unecessary and finally the nail/whatever to the head from no distance away seems rather un-ninja like. Whatever happened to the dreaded log-no-jutsu that was so prevalent pre-Time Skip ? I don't know, for me this whole chapter seems like about five pages dragged out. I don't particularly care what the other Peins and Konan are up to, and what fodder-nin they kill along the way, in the end we're all just waiting for Naruto to show up so the plot can advance. [/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]Don't ask. Someone showed this to me earlier today and I just can't seem to stop playing it in the background. It's just too damn chirpy and addictive, and reminds me of the first videogames I played as a kid of the NES. [CENTER][YOUTUBE="Atari 800 XL - Passionately"]tiX8Ba2L4u0[/YOUTUBE][/SIZE][/CENTER]

[quote name='silpheedpilot'][SIZE="1"][COLOR="SlateGray"]I'm not going to lie; This game IS Oblivion with guns but that's what makes it good.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Well that's me set to buy this then, as soon as I can scrape the cash and time together. I figured with Bethesda behind the wheel this would be something similar to Oblivion and given how much time I've clocked in that game I'm sure Fallout 3 will earn similar playage. Oh and course there's fact it actually looks like an awesome game...probably should've had that at the start of the post rather than now.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Europa'][COLOR="Blue"]I mean, America's been America long enough for people to get over their issues with another race, right?[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Given that racism plagues cultures that are thousands of years old at this point, I think the length of time America and other nations have existed has little to do in reality with overcoming these kinds of social issues. Granted more strides have probably been made in the last fifty years on a global scale than in the preceeding five-hundred towards the elimination of racism. As Korey said more people need to vote based on stances on issues and policies rather than skin colour, gender or creed. Killing a man because of such things is moronic, and believe me I'm Irish so I know how retarded it sounds to kill someone because of one aspect of their overall being.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Phenom']But then again, y'all want to see her out there just to see her death? Evil people :D[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Not entirely true, sure I want to see the hag bite the dust sooner rather than later, but a lot of that stems from that fact she's just not acting as a Hokage based on what we've seen of her predecessors. If she bucked up and did something other than paper-work and delegating my opinion of her might actually rise.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Phenom']Useless, not likely. Think of it like the US military. You don't put the president on the frontline because he/she would become an easy target. You take out the president, you just won the war. Same applies here, and like Jiraya said, if the Hokage were to keep changing, it'd show that the leaf is a weak village.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I have to disagree with you there Phenom, the Hokage or any Kage for that matter are acknowledged as the strongest ninja in their entire village. It is their job to protect the village with their lives if necessary, not to keep themselves out of harms way so that they're the last ones killed should the village fall. Every time an S-Rank enemy has attacked Konoha it has been their Hokage has stepped up to the challenge of defeating it. With Madara it was Shodaime, for the Kyuubi it was Minato and finally when Orochimaru attacked and it was Sarutobi who defeated him. Sure two of the three mentioned lost their lives to end the threat but the village survived. I'm not saying that Tsunade should go out and try to take on all of Pain's bodies at once, I'm saying that for the sake of morale Tsunade needs to be more than Konoha's chief bureaucrat and actually go out there and fight with her troops. It's part of her job, plain and simple. You know it's not as if she can't fight either, the battle between the Sannin showed she can. I swear if Naruto is the one to drive Pain out of Konoha, Tsunade better turn over the office to him right then and there.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"][CENTER]Word to the wise, don't drink tea and browse Pundit Kitchen at the same time. [IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-seduce-me-mrs-palin.jpg[/IMG][/center] [quote name='Rachmaninoff'][CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-sarah-palin-john-mccain-borrow-the-card.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/QUOTE] [center][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-cindy-mccain-150k-amateur.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/SIZE]

[quote name='Carbon Series']Heh, i've made a couple of posts already but i must say i didnt even know this was here lol. Some of you may remember as Kenji/Syn but yeah, been a few years so i thought i'd have a look see at what was goin on. So yeah, hey everyone and I look forward to gettin' to know everyone again.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Hey man welcome back to OB, it's always good to get some old members back on the boards again. I'm sure you'll settle back in just fine, things haven't changed that much at all.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Ace'][FONT=Comic Sans MS]Gavin is... probably the origin of my DNA, which was cloned and planted inside an unsuspecting giraffe or something. We have a lot in common, but I seem a bit more generic and WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?.[/FONT][/quote] [SIZE=1]*Vader voice* I am your father ?![/SIZE] [SIZE=1]Sorry I just couldn't resist doing that. :animeswea All joking aside Ace, I am quite honoured you chose me as your genetic progenitor.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]An interesting little story Lrb, I've enjoyed what you've written so far although one little detail has been plaguing me for a while and I can't figure out if it's an error or part of the story. In the first chapter you mention that Blaine joined Team Rocket and yet he was the one to send Jonas the note, is he a double agent or something ? Sorry that line just isn't very clear to me. Otherwise though, keep writing and I'm sure I'll keep reading.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I thought of Grampa Simpson with this one for some reason. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-john-mccain-stop-waving-reflection.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] Now to Toshi's Station to get some power converters. [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-picture-soldier-arriving-at-tatooine.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] *Snicker* [CENTER][IMG]http://punditkitchen.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/political-pictures-queen-elizabeth-ii-always-nice-to-see-you.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/SIZE]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff']Star Wars reference or rather this just might be your room Gavin. =P [CENTER][IMG]http://images.icanhascheezburger.com/completestore/2008/10/10/128681328104535790.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"][strike]How the hell did they get into my room?[/strike] Oh wait, Boba's on the wrong shelf, it can't be mine. :p [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-waited-in-bird-bath-but-the-birds-did-not-come.jpg[/IMG] Basement Cat claims another soul... [IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/funny-pictures-cat-insists-your-roommate-was-already-dead.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I believe it's been a while since we had this distinct thread, as opposed to it's "sexuality" counterpart which rears it's head every four to six months without fail. Fortunately for debating purposes my opinion on the concept of sexuality is rather similar to those on gay rights, I don't have an opinion one way or another. I support their rights as human beings to be given the dignity to express themselves, but would stop short at pride parades and other self-aggrandizing forms of expression. I'm not sure if that's a case of "live and let live", "just don't ask, don't tell", or a mixture of the two. Really I just don't care for those "pride" parades of any description, yes, that includes Saint Patrick's Day, I'm Irish and don't feel the need to tell the whole damn world on March 17th. At the same time though, those who would vocalise homosexual, transgendered and hermaphrodite people to be stoned in the street should have their right of expression severely curtailed. Yeah, probably is a "live and let live" line of thought. I find such ignorance to be repugnant, especially when backed up simply because "it's OKed by the Bible", remember first and foremost Christ is about loving your neighbour, not hating and ostracising him/her. So yeah, that's my opinion, let anyone be themselves as long as they don't feel the need to broadcast it in other people's faces. People are made up of far, far more than just their sexuality or gender.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Kaimaster']Does Star Wars have Incest? Luke's sister kissed him on his lips. Does Bleach have girls trying kiss girls? Does Please Teacher have a Teacher go out with one of her students?[/QUOTe] [SIZE="1"]1) Star Wars doesn't count considering neither of the two knew they were related at the time, and Leia kissed Luke simply to make Han jealous, there was no romantic intent there. While you could also bring up the "Kiss for Luck" from Episode 4 I would also debate its legitimacy. 2) Yes it does, but Chizuru is a source of comic relief only, she will never actually get to kiss Orihime no matter how hard she tries. In fact romance seems to be simply used for comic relief in Bleach as opposed to a genuine aspect, while there are more serious notes between Ichigo and Rukia, Rukia and Renji, and Ichigo and Orihime it is almost never overt (the only exception being where Orihime nearly kisses Ichigo and then doesn't before Hueco Mundo). 3) I have no idea, but seeing are your previous two points were incorrect, I don't hold heavy hope that this one is accurate either. While I don't mean to sound as blunt as Allamorph, this does seem to have been written purely for ecchi purposes.[/size]

[quote name='Raiyuu']Soi Fon wasn't trying. She had her opponent pinned and didn't bother Flash Stepping to give her the old double-Suzumebachi-prod. Ggio says as much ("you should have Flash Stepped in to finish me off"). Not using her full speed was undoubtedly complacent on Soi Fon's part, but in all probability Ggio is not faster than her.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]That is a fair point actually, though I was referring more so to the exchanged blows after the cero when Ggio seems to have been able to match Soifon's speed. Of course I'm assuming that Soifon chose to move at shunpo speeds, so perhaps I am wrong there.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Rachmaninoff']Seems to me that the true parent is you and Raiha based on this:Because unlike you Gavin, [COLOR="Indigo"]Indi[/COLOR] doesn't have a husband yet where you have an online wife... oopsie? Darren's just putting it politely so Raiha won't attempt to rip something vital out. =P [I][SIZE="1"]*laughs*[/SIZE][/I][/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]:p Better get out of that habit of not reading other people's posts Rach, already dealt with my relation to Aber though in fairness it also meant I had to take responsbility for Alex/Papa Smurf. Surely I can't be accused of fathering every demon on OB now can I ? Hmm...on second thought don't answer that... I'd deal with that necessity of a husband comment too except for Crys' repeated threats of yaoi art, which I take very, very seriously.[/SIZE]

[SIZE="1"]I sent this one to Beth on her birthday a while back, about time I posted it here I suppose. Gave me a quick chuckle. [CENTER][IMG]http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/02/funny-pictures-birthday-cat-can-count.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER][/SIZE]

[quote name='Phenom']I knew that someone would remember that Rukia was qualified to be a seated officer and throw it in my face. Actually, yeah I know Rukia is qualified to a seated officer. I'm just not giving her the benefit of the doubt to be higher than 5th-7th seat. (Dag flammit, Yumichika is 3rd seat, and Ikkaku is VC alongside Yachiru.) The stupidity she displayed when she 1st met Ichigo ruined it for her lol. That's true about people thinking arrancar are stronger than other shinigami because I'm of that same opinion, somewhat. (It's Hitsugaya's fault I tell you.) Since the release of these recent chapters, I've completely forgotten about there being other types of arrancar. (Gillian, Adjucha, Vastorlordes. I'm slippin.)[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]I agree actually, based on her displayed strength so far, I think somewhere around a 5th or 6th seat would be Rukia's actual position. It's clear she's always been displayed as a kind of support rather than combat character, especially when she was the only Shinigami Ichigo actually knew. As for other characters, I don't think we can use seats just to distinguish relative strength any more because so many characters seem to have seats that don't reflect their actual strength. It comes down to the whole Bankai/Captain thing whereby people assuming you have to be a captain to have bankai rather than having to have bankai to become a captain. [/SIZE]

[quote name='RiaBinx']but unfortunately I can't find the english or Japanese version of episode 1 on r2.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Most video streaming sites (I wouldn't use Youtube because they'd be broken into 3 parts) have the Japanese episodes of R2 available. Actually it was the first season I found difficult to find episodes of. Hope that helped.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Kaimaster']What about an Art contest? The Moderators could pick the jugdes for each contest or they could be the jugdes themselves if they want. I'll start the first contest. The winner of the first contest will pick topic the next topic. The winner of the second contest will pick that next topic and so on and on.[/QUOTE] [SIZE="1"]Art contests are actually the purview of the [B]Art Studio[/B] rather than here at the Convention Center Kaimaster. As for the contest design itself, it sounds familiar but for the life of me I just can't remember what it was called. Boo would know I think he won it at one point if memory serves. So yeah, this idea belongs more in the Art Studio than here.[/SIZE]