Sandy

Why don't we just call quits for this debate, then? There's not going to be a hentai forum in OB, not now, not ever, and each and every one of you knows it. Problem solved.

Peacock refused to switch to first person, since he liked his nickname so much. Instead, as he saw the lonesome Gurt sitting around the dining table. She looked somewhat depressed. [B]"Hey"[/B], he greeted. [B]"What are you doing up this late?"[/B] [B]"Oh, nothing"[/B], she replied. [B]"Just mulling over my uselessness. I really didn't have anything to contribute in the Great Hentai Battle."[/B] [B]"Pfft, don't worry about it! I didn't do much either"[/B] Peacock comforted, taking a big jar of ice cream from the freezer and two spoons to deal with it. [B]"Here, why don't you exchange this for the bottle? Despite what they say, [I]ice cream[/I] is a girl's best friend!"[/B] [B]"You're so sweet for trying to cheer me up, Peacock"[/B], Gurt smiled thinly. [B]"But why are we here then, if we can't hold up to the vicious terrorists?"[/B] [B]"I don't know about you, but I'm here to get some color into this dunky dungeon"[/B], Peacock said lightly, glancing around and faking disgust. [B]"Hey, I've got an idea! Why don't we come up with some questions for Mother to interrogate the suspects with?"[/B] Gurt thought it over. [B]"Yes, we could do that."[/B] [B]"Grrreat! Now, how about this..."[/B] [quote]If you were shipwrecked with a Christian priest, a flamboyant homosexual and a woman in bikini, but there would be room for only three in the lifeboat, who would you allow to board it?[/quote] [B]"Huh?"[/B] Gurt exclaimed. [B]"See, if the suspect is a terrorist, he would allow all three to board the lifeboat and then blow it up! He would then sink as a martyr."[/B] [B]"And you honestly think someone's going to answer like that?"[/B] Gurt asked scornfully. [B]"Well, they might!"[/B] Peacock retorted.

[font=Century Gothic]This is [I]so[/I] not fair. I have to decide between these two magnificent dioramas, both of which were obviously made with time and dedication. I find it a bit funny that despite the theme being "survival" in general, both of you connected it to this game. It's totally okay with me, as the outcome was suberb anyway. In Bethany's work I really like the amount of detail and mixed materials. The egg-characters are cuddly (although you are missing a few contestants) and the setting is fun. I love the floor of spikes, too. ;D As for Jamie's diorama, it has a great mood, the characters are gorgeous, and the sunflower monster is innovative. It's clearly the more stylish of the two, with a more consistent color scheme and technique. However, and this is a really hard decision, I have to give the victory to Bethany, and thus [color=gold]the Sunflowers[/color]. Her diorama is a celebration of color and fun, and it really shows the essence of survival. Congrats, and thanks to both of you for your awesome input! [B]Scoreboard[/B]: [center][b][color=red]The Aces[/color] 1 - [color=Gold]The Sunflowers[/color] 2[/b][/center] [center][size=5][color=Red]Stephen, the Albino Master[/color] VS [color=Gold]Darren, the Rach-Man in Off[/color][/size] [b]Mission:[/b] Write a rap-song where you put down the opposing team, and then counter your rival's rap with another one. That means two posts from both of you. [size=5]DUEL!!![/size][/center][/font]

Peacock watched Ploppy the Spaceship get busy with the encryption, but he didn't seem to get anywhere with it. [B]"Damn, someone go buy me a vowel!"[/B] Ploppy shouted in anguish, scribbling letters to a piece of paper and then trying to match them. His own joke had turned against him in a cruel way. Peacock then sneaked behind him and took a glimpse on the code. [B]"[I]It has come to the attention of our leader that there is an important matter that must be discussed. Our leader would like to arrange a meeting with your leader in a secluded place that no one visits. Our leader would like to meet the Grape Ape in the Manga Workshop.[/I]"[/B] he read. Then he gave a pitying look at Ploppy and gave him a gentle whack on the head with his paper fan. [B]"What was so hard about that?"[/B] The Grape Ape put his fingertips together and took a sinister look on his face. [B]"To the Manga Workshop, then... To meet my archnemesis!"[/B] A gasp ran through the ranks of the CTU agents.

[color=DarkGreen]Welcome to the Adventure Square, [B]lazyweird1[/B]! Before you post anything here, please read carefully through the [B]Adventure Square Basics[/B], sticked to the top of the thread list. There you'll find out just how things work here. This game is lacking most of the things required - a rating on the title, a sign-up sheet for the characters, a decent story and proper grammar. Please work on those before making another effort. I will have to close this one, now. I suggest that you join a game created by another member first, as well. If you have any questions about this place, don't hesitate to send a private message to any of us moderators! Cheers! - Sandy[/color]

Peacock marched to Grape Ape's office, waving his paper fan in fury. [B]"This is outrageous, absolutely unbelievable! First they announce that they have summoned the Blue Bastard, and now they have set a bomb to [I]my[/I] thread! Look, [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=57066][color=Red]OtakuBoards Survivor 4: The Aces[/color][/url] is rigged! They can be thankful that I found it in time. Otherwise I would have bitchslapped the whole lot into next year!"[/B] Peacock snapped the fan shut to emphasize his words. Grape Ape nodded, mildly amused. [B]"Thank you, Peacock, the bomb will be deactivated. Now, go search for more."[/B] Peacock bowed melodramatically, and left the office. After the door closed, he encountered Mother. [B]"I owe you one, sweetie"[/B], he said with a smile and gave her a wink. Obviously he was too busy shopping for suitable curtains to deal with some indifferent firecrackers.

[color=DarkSlateBlue]Etamet woke up first. The story that Delita - or the one inside her body - had reflected into their minds had been a confusing one. Etamet couldn't quite grasp what this "Eternal Onlooker" had been talking about, but he trusted Dafine would, with her superior intelligence. Etamet sat up, but to his amazement he was no longer with the others. Instead, he was sitting in a small, white room with a black door on each of it's four walls. Was he still inside the onlooker vision? It took him a while to notice that he was sitting on a text written on the floor. He stood up, and saw that it read "FIND THE WHITE DOOR". Etamet looked around at the four black doors, and entered through the one in front of him. It lead to another white room with four black doors and the same text on the floor. ------ Sastasha was starting to panic. Using his new body to his advantage, he sped through the continuous rooms, desperately seeking the white door. [B]"Shit!"[/B] he cursed as he stopped to catch breath. His tail swayed frantically. [B]"Man, I gotta figure this out!"[/B] If only the woman inside his own body was there, she would know what to do... ----- [I]How ironic[/I], she thought. [I]For an eternity I've been watching this place, but actually being here, experiencing these hazards myself... It feels so different.[/I] Delita stood in the center of one of the rooms, trying to listen to her surroundings. If one of the others were to approach this room, she would definitely hear it. Before that, she would not move. She would fight for her survival, and keeping her calm was the best way to do it. But beneath, she was bursting with excitement. [I]I feel so alive![/I] ----- Dafine was lost. She was huddled into a corner of one of the rooms, sobbing miserably. She felt so weak in this frail male body! The muscles were so limp, the joints so stiff, and even her mind felt so limited. It was like she had lost half of herself. In her own body, she would have solved this puzzle already. Now she could do nothing but cry by herself! Damn Sastasha, damn Panopticon, damn that Eternal Onlooker! At that moment Dafine could care less about any Inertiatics or Cicatrizes, she just wanted to go home to Bastet! Suddenly the door to her right opened, and her body entered. Just as it was going to pass through the door in front, it saw Dafine from the corner of it's wide eye. [B]"Finally!"[/B] Sastasha sighed in relief.[/color]

Peacock got fed up by all these sudden pointless attacks from the terrorists, and decided that it was time to do some renovating to appease his demanding aesthetic eye. His first order of business was to order a small army of hunky workmen to move their base - as well as the terrorists' base - from the dusty Underground up to a bustling square. [B]"Hmm"[/B], he pondered afterwards. [B]"Now that we have actual windows, I'm wondering what type of curtains would go well with this world-saving theme of ours?"[/B]

[B]"You really are a fool, Al Haswiri"[/B], Peacock said, putting a wide grin to his boyish face. [B]"This is our base, you've been being surveilled by a dozen cameras from the moment you stepped in. Our guards are prepared to rush into this hall at any second and put you down. You're playing in [I]our[/I] terms now. You can't make yourself a martyr here."[/B] Peacock was irritated by the man mistaking him as a small fish, but he let it slide by. [B]"Now tell us your terms, or you will share your bed with Engel the next night."[/B]

[B]"I see you, Al Haswiri"[/B], Peacock said as he stepped out into the hallway to confront the negotiator. [B]"I assure you, we are not like your kind - we don't torture our prisoners. You can lay out your terms to me, and I will take them to our leader. I promise you nothing, as it is not in our customs to negotiate with terrorists."[/B] Al Haswiri was seemingly nervous, as Peacock observed. Perhaps it hadn't been such a great idea to march into the lion's den unarmed...

Ooh, can the callsigns be birds, like in Alias? If so, then I want to be [B]Peacock[/B]! ... For multiple reasons, many of which none of you want to know. ;P

[QUOTE=James][COLOR=olive][font=arial]On the first point, I just don't know. More restrictions on new members? It's interesting that just after this issue came up recently, where we were talking about OB being too restrictive, some are calling for even more restrictions. That point is just worth bearing in mind. In terms of my thoughts, at this stage I don't know how useful it would be to punish new members because we have a problem with bots. We should be focusing on how to eliminate the bots without restricting new members. Not producing intro threads is probably enough of a restriction. Unfortunately it is very difficult to stop the bots at the point of registration, especially for a mid-to-large sized message board. I am investigating the possibility of upgrading our software to assist with this but at the moment we have to rely on good Moderation - which, thankfully, we have.[/COLOR][/font][/QUOTE] I fail to see how making new members post into existing threads a few times before they could make a new one would be punishing them? If not else, at least it would keep those occasional intro threads at bay, since some new members just post them without thinking we might have something against that. It's not like no other forum restricts the beginners this way - I've seen it being used in several places, and as long as the amount of required posts is kept slow (like 5), I see it as a very positive feature. How well it would work against the bots, I don't know, but at least it would disable all those automatic spam threads that put some of us mods in a nasty position - there are things in those threads even [I]we[/I] wouldn't want to see, and [I]we[/I]'re a twisted bunch!

[QUOTE=Aaryanna][COLOR=goldenrod] Oh and one question for you Sandy. Even though SunfallE isn't going to help me come up with an idea I assume it's okay if she loans me materials? Since she does ceramics and has a nifty set of acrylic paints and brushes. (I'm too broke to buy my own) I assume that's fine? ^_~[/COLOR][/QUOTE] [FONT=Century Gothic]Of course that's okay. ;D You don't have to overdo it, though. Most dioramas are done with just a shoebox and some paper and coloring pencils. But your materials of choice certainly sound interesting. Take your time with it, there's no rush.[/FONT]

[quote name='Akuya Astarios']Basically my outlook on Human Evolution is this. A guy who wanted to be famous came up with all this stuff like humans came from monkeys (which is totally absurd) and stuff like that so he could go down in history. Those who go to church and who believe in God, know that this isn't true, so why, I ask you do they force us to "learn it" in school?[/quote] Ignorance is a bliss, isn't it? ;D The next thing you know, they'll be saying things like "Earth is round" or "Sun doesn't revolve around the Earth" or something else as [I]absurd[/I], even though the Bible clearly doesn't mention them. I ask you, why do they force us to learn things like [I]maths[/I] or [I]grammar[/I] in school? Jesus didn't have to learn them, why do I?

[QUOTE=i.luv.kiba]Haha that's actually what i think is BEST about him XD Evil guys, in my opnion, are the best =3 They seem to be very, very, very smart. The fact that they're evil isn't what scares me the most but how intelligent they can be O___O ....But then of course we come to the subject of whether one believes Light is evil or not.I support Light so obviously I don't find him evil *shakes head* A little crazy perhaps but not evil ^-^ ~Colleen the Great~ X_X[/QUOTE] I don't believe Light would be evil without the Death Note. His temporary absence from it proved it, and I think Ryuuk hinted something in that direction as well. But he [I]does[/I] have the potential in him. He believes that evil should be punished, and that the humankind is best off with him in the lead. Of course that makes him totally oblivious to his own evil deeds and twisted morals (that the end justifies the means, for example). Like BKstyles said, Light is an interesting character, and people like him despite the fact that he's not very likable. [SIZE=1]But he is hot. ;P[/SIZE]

[QUOTE=Ezekiel][SIZE=1]I have to build a miniature world. ... Please excuse me while I go crumple in this dusty corner and cry. [Even though my mouth is still open and I'm kind of 'WTF?!?!ing', I think I have a plan. >_> Muaha] Also, Sandy, just to clarify: I don't have to have an entire stretch of world, do I? I mean, I could build up a shot into someone's house or something. I have read the article, just thought I'd check.[/SIZE][/QUOTE] Umm... huh? Who said anything about the whole world? The article spoke of a mini-world in a [I]symbolic[/I] sense, like in paintings - it can be said that each painting is a window to another world. The actual content of the diorama can be whatever your imagination comes up with. I honestly thought that the concept of diorama is familiar to everybody, but if you want examples of what dioramas look like, [url=http://gaygamer.net/2007/04/chocobo_tales_diorama_contest.html][U]take a look at these[/U][/url]. A diorama is practically a miniature stage of a theater. Just remember that the theme of this challenge is "Survival".

[font=Century Gothic]I'm glad that the duelists took their mission so well, and I especially respect Kathy's words that she won't post the thread just for this game, but for the greater good of this place. I've read through both of the suggestion threads, and the amounts of replies in both of them is really nice - it means they both hit the spot. However, there is a clear winner in this duel. Shy's thread wasn't even nearly as current, constructive or valid as Kathy's. To be frank, the whole deal with Naps the Cat, and what it lead to, sounded more like a joke. I honestly thought it was a joke at first, until I finally got your point. Even then, the fact that [I]you[/I], of all people, complained about overmoderation was kind of absurd. It doesn't help that evidence points towards Naps the Cat actually being Tony. Kathy, on the other hand, had a clear structure in her thread, and all three of her suggestions were to-the-point. Excellent job, Kathy, you have earned [color=Gold]the Sunflower's[/color] their first point, bringing this challenge to a tie! [B]Scoreboard[/B]: [center][b][color=red]The Aces[/color] 1 - [color=Gold]The Sunflowers[/color] 1[/b][/center] [center][size=5][color=Red]Jamie, the Girly Tomboy[/color] VS [color=Gold]Bethany, the Bichon Friend[/color][/size] [b]Mission:[/b] Build a [url=http://www.ehow.com/how_12761_make-diorama.html][u]diorama[/u][/url] with the theme "Survival" and send a photo of it here. [size=5]DUEL!!![/size][/center][/font]

[QUOTE=Nerdsy][color=deeppink] I could certainly include each variation as a seperate forum, but can anyone else think of something better? (Read: Easier.)[/color][/QUOTE] I have to admit, the current staff timeline is a mess. It definitely needs the clarity you are looking for. Since currently there are two formats of listing used in it (chronological for newer staff, and sorted by person for older staff starting from Drix D'zanth), I would suggest that it would be turned entirely chronological. It would start from the first known roster of mods, and whenever someone would quit, join or change position, there would be a mention of it. So it would be just a simple, yet long, timeline (and that way you wouldn't have to separate what forum became what).

[QUOTE=BKstyles][FONT=Tahoma] [b]Edit[/b]: Well, that seemed impending. Sandy if you would please explain to us if the situation has changed any since Shy's proposal thread has been locked? [/FONT][/QUOTE] The situation hasn't changed at all. Remember that the mission I gave Shy and Kathy was quite vague in the first place. Now we'll have to see what Kathy comes up with...

I have to say you've piqued my interest, but with so little being said about this game, it's not certain you'll get people to sign up... ... Oh, who am I kidding? Just the [I]names[/I] of you two are enough to pull hundreds of members in! ;P Anyway, innovation is always good in this section, and for that, count me in.

Hmm, I was going to say that there were more females to begin with, but now that I counted them, the ratio is only 16 women against 14 men. So yeah, men have been getting much of the heat in this game. XP I, too, have killed one female (Eloris) and one male (Merik), so I've been equal on that part as well. ;D

[quote name='Rachmaninoff']And first blood for this round is spilled! I've edited the list to show that Merik is no more. Haha! Sandy kills first in both rounds. Proving that of all the players, he is the most bloodthirsty![/quote] Meh, it only proves that I'm the most impatient of the players. ;P Besides, none of my posts are very gory or bloody, so I'll hand out the title of the most bloodthirsty player to someone else. ;P [quote name='Rachmaninoff']And to add to the mystery, both he and SunfallE have now saved a character from poison. Though if you think about it, Sandy saved someone twice. Dafine by switching bodies and then Oromis directly by antidote. :p [/quote] What if I only wanted to make things more interesting? What if two of my characters have already died in the first round? You never know in this game, now do you? ;D

[QUOTE=Adas]If anyone would still like to RP, send your sign-up info in a PM to me and I'll still read it over. However, at this point, sign-ups are [center][SIZE=4]Closed[/SIZE][/center][/QUOTE] [COLOR=DarkGreen]Are you serious? You only gave it less than four days! I wouldn't be that impatient if I were you... Give it time, man, give people [I]at least[/I] a week. What's the rush?[/COLOR]

[color=DarkSlateBlue][CENTER][U]Group Two[/U][/CENTER] Merik Jeffers stared at the boardgame. The symbols must've meant something, but neither he or Lucia could figure them out. The stakes were against them from the beginning. It wasn't a fair game, but Merik had come to accept that nothing in this place was fair. [B]"Okay, let's give it a go"[/B], Merik said, grabbed one of the yellow pawn, and slid it towards a blue one. It only moved two squares until it jammed. Then the blue light switched on, and the blue piece Merik had been aiming moved three squares into the square where the yellow piece was. A small bolt of blue lightning jolted from the blue piece, evaporating the yellow piece into dust. [B]"Hey!"[/B] Merik groaned. Now that it was their turn again, Merik moved another yellow piece towards a blue one that was only two squares away from it, but this time the yellow piece only moved one square. The blue piece then proceeded to eliminate that piece as well. [B]"Shit!"[/B] Merik cursed, slamming his fist to the board. [B]"You have to focus -"[/B] Lucia started, but went quiet after getting a murderous glare from the man. She was constantly glancing behind to Oromis, seeing if the unconscious old man still breathed. She was clutching the vial of antidote desperately. The stakes were now against them four to eight. Soon there was only one yellow pawn remaining. Merik was sweating and heaving. [I]This game is insane![/I] [B]"That image of forest in the corner must mean something"[/B], Lucia noted, pointing at the board. [B]"Try to move the last piece there."[/B] [B]"Sure, [I]now[/I] you're ready to help"[/B], Merik muttered. That dumb bitch had only been a deadweight for them from the moment she had appeared in place of Julian! Merik clutched the final yellow piece, which was almost surrounded by the blue helmets. Hoping and praying that this pawn could move enough squares, he slowly started to slide it, first to the right, then down towards himself. He was one square from the forest pattern when the piece jammed. Merik Jeffers only heard the words [B]"Game Over"[/B] before a great blue bolt of lightning struck him, slaying him instantaneously. Lucia Travera stood shocked for a moment, then rushed to Oromis and made him drink the antidote. An hour passed until Oromis came to. Then the two of them approached the gate leading to the flowery garden. It swung open with ease.[/color] [center][IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/deathcardpanopticon.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b269/MetalSonic700/merikhv9.jpg[/IMG][/center] [B]OoC:[/B] Oromis Tu'wail is saved from the poison. To the player who owns him, no need to thank me. I would rather we keep an original character like him than one of the many generic bastards like Merik.

[color=DarkGreen][B]Starwind[/B], you need some serious work on your grammar. I believe the word you're looking for, instead of "Shelid" or "Sheild", is actually [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/Shield]Shield[/url], am I right? Your text is riddled with similar typoes and miswritings ("soilder" instead of "soldier", "neccestiy" instead of "necessity", "fazing" instead of "phasing" etc.). I really hope you pay attention to these in the future, because mistakes like that fall more into the category of laziness than pure ignorance. Also, doing some reading (outside internet message boards) helps you to remember the correct form of words, and if novels don't attract you, then immerse yourself into the world of quality comics, for example. The reason why I'm giving this lecture to you (and to those countless of other people with similar issues in writing) is that it hasn't ceased to amaze me how I, who started studying English in the 3rd grade and have rarely spoken it aloud, can actually write it much better than such a large part of people who have spoken it their entire lives. Maybe it's because of the difference in the level of education, maybe it's something else, but as a moderator of these boards, I feel it's my duty to bring this up here. Thanks for reading, and [I]mind your language[/I]! ;D - Sandy[/color]