(I know it's super-early but some stuff happened and today might get out of hand so I'm getting this up while I can) It’s time to decide who’s going to represent in the next Technic Tournament, and that decision will be made by you! Please feel free to vote even if you haven’t played the previous Tournaments, and please don’t feel like voting means you have to play Tournament 3—the more votes the better! We’ll have eight lines with 2 fighters each, so there are several stages to this process.
Merry Christmas!* *If you celebrate something else, have a happy one of those!** **If you don’t celebrate anything, then have a nice day-before-Boxing-Day!*** ***Seriously, what is Boxing Day?
Strike of the Hour introduced a new character into the Okoto 579 universe: Max, the Ice Region blacksmith who discovered the secret to becoming a Mask Maker. The person who designed this character, Karios, is currently writing a spin-off story featuring Max making his first journey across the island, exploring new lands and distributing his masks to villagers far and wide. When the story is complete I'll be posting a link to it, so please be on the lookout!
Well, there are a few weeks left, but it looks like I’m going to survive 2015, thank you God. Really, really hoping next year goes better, but hey, no way of knowing that now, so I’ll just blindly make plans until events play out and I watch them all crash and burn! There are some things I hope to work on in the coming year. Obviously I aim to continue Okoto 579, and my first story adapting the 16 arc, The Age of the Hunter, is already underway. (Not exactly far, but…underway.) If my outline
For some reason I got to thinking "If the Seven Guardians of Light for Kingdom Hearts III were Star Wars movies, who would be which movie?" The answer may shock you! -Ventus would be Episode I, because they tried to recapture something classic but the result kinda just sucked -Lea would be Episode II, because of his half-baked romance subplot -Aqua would be Episode III, because while not universally loved it is generally accepted this is the best thing that came out of the prequel -Mickey wou
Well, for starters, I decided to suck it up and go to an 11 PM showing of Star Wars on Thursday. It was an excellent decision and if you have not yet seen the movie I highly recommend you do so. There’s basically nothing else I can say about it, because I’d rather have friends than spoil it. Also, it was announced that Steven Universe is going to be back on January 4th! Not just that, but it’s going to be a full-fledged Steven Bomb, and the brief descriptions we’ve been given for the episod
That was awful I am never holding a poll again. Anyway these are the fighters I’m putting in Technic Tournament 3 & Knuckles: -Kopaka Mata -Tuma -Umarak -Narmoto -Jet/Judge Slizer -Blaster Slizer -Boss RoboRider -Virus Rider -William Furno -Dragon Bolt -Nick Bluetooth -Gorm -Danju -Vladek -Hybrid Rescue Tank -Mobile Devastator & Knuckles And whoever wins will fight Pridak in the Title Match. Now go away.
For no reason whatsoever. -Gen I: It's a difficult choice between Charmander and Bulbasaur, but as cool as Charizard is, I just really, really like Venusaur. I even defeated a Charizard with a Venusaur once, back when I was playing LeafGreen. Anyway, plant dino is best. -Gen II: Cyndaquil. Without any doubt, it's Cyndaquil. My early days with Pokemon were a little weird, and to be honest I don't remember a whole lot of what I did before Diamond, but I clearly remember Blaze, the Cyndaquil
Thanks for the feedback everyone! I think I’ve decided which changes I’m going to make for the next game. -The 500 W bonus to fighters going against who made the most last round has been removed. -Rerolls are free, they will calculate using half of the original Widget value put in. -Round 1 will be one week, the remaining rounds will be 4 days each. I may also have a blog entry for early sign-ups. The exact release date hasn’t been determined, but there probably won’t be as much time betwee
So Technic Tournament 2: This Time It’s Personal! just wrapped up, with Pridak becoming Champion after gaining nearly one million Widgets in the final round, and then proceeding to curbstomp Granite in the Title Match by raising over six million Widgets (what the heck). Since everyone spent all their Widgets in the last round (and everyone but one player sponsored Pridak), everyone but the one guy who sponsored Granite ended up tied. Super weird…but, thanks for playing everyone! I’ll probabl
Recently a reshowing of the Steins;Gate anime has been streaming online as a lead-up to Steins;Gate 0, and included as part of that was a new version of Episode 23 with an alternate ending! The episode is mostly the same, but when Kyouma and Suzuha come back after their attempt to save Kurisu, it diverges and shows what occurred on the beta worldline that Steins;Gate 0 will take place in, and after the credits there's a brief teaser for the 0 anime! English subs are now available, so, of cours
Standing from the throne was a titanic figure with pitch-black armor, broken up by a few plates of gleaming crimson. His face was obscured by a cloud of black flame, pierced only by two narrow, burning red eyes that traced the visitor’s every move. He strode forward, saying, “Tell me, Umarak. Are you fond of this world?” “Of course, Protector. You have shaped Okoto into a wonderful land, where all can live in peace under your rule.” “Good. I have a very important task for you. If you d
So my story-novel-thing Divine Strength has been pretty much dead for a while now, with most of my time trying to brainstorm for it over the past few months being spent on the mechanics of how the main character’s hair color changes. That is a 100% true statement. Unbelievable. (I mean I think I also found a potential way to make one of the other characters interesting but most of it has been the hair thing, and that sounds funny out of context. Always lead with a joke, or something, I don’
If you live in America, try to avoid going out if possible, since I hear Black Friday gets really, really intense. But if you do go out, and if you play Pokemon, try stopping by a McDonalds with free Wi-Fi to get Hoopa via Nintendo Zone. Or, maybe put that one off, since it's available until December 23rd. Safety first! Pokemon close second!
In a super surprising surprise turn of surprising events, the newest of the XIII Darknesses is… You thought I had forgotten about these posts didn’t you
If you muster up enough shounen willpower, anything is possible, right? Then…I wonder if somebody could actually do it. Maybe…if circumstances aligned, and they found the right path…then just maybe… Someone could rewrite Galidor and make it good.
Do you ever wonder what it would be like to experience so-called “late arrival spoilers” for the first time? Like, how you might have felt if you had seen the Doctor’s first regeneration? Or the first time Goku went Super Saiyan, and when all the higher levels were discovered? Or how about finding out that Darth Vader was Luke’s father? They’re all presented with such shock and drama, but I know there’s no point in putting them in spoiler tags now because people know these things even if t
Someone disagrees with the Piraka No No Piraka Green light Go Go Piraka Someone asks the Piraka how they’re doing today So-So Piraka You see a Piraka set on clearance Low Low Piraka The Piraka get in a boat Row Row Piraka It’s winter Snow Snow Piraka “Hey we need a gimmick for these villains’ skull pieces” Glow Glow Piraka You need to do lawn work to raise money for Bionicle sets Mow Mow Piraka You laugh condescendingly at the Piraka Ho-Ho! Piraka!
It’s been a while since I mentioned Amalgam Atlas. It’ll probably be a while still before that idea makes any real progress. I’ve gotten a bit of brainstorming done, though. Since this is reworking my old Bioni-Lords series, I’m trying to figure out how much gets carried over/redone, and one of the things that I was reminded of recently is a set of four Spirits who each wielded a different type of sword and were important to the lore (sort of). As a way of changing this up, and making it mo
Looks like the Nintendo Direct was basically things that might be fairly cool but I don't actually care enough to pay for! I mean, it's great that they're celebrating the 20th anniversary of Pokemon, but if it's not a full remake (and we probably can't even transfer our Pokemon out of the VC versions) then I don't feel compelled to buy it. Which is good, because I should not be spending money. And, I understand that remakes would take a lot of time and effort that's surely better-spent on othe
Technic Tournament 2: This Time It’s Personal! will open Thursday, November 12th! The reroll rule has been implemented, and I’ve also added an option for ending rounds early if all players can agree to do so. Last game it seemed players usually got their work done over the first few days of the round and the rest of the week we were dead, so I figured it might be best to have an option to speed up play. This won’t be available until round 2—again, players can join any time, but it gets harde
A few months ago I did a super short story with Hahli giving the Crystals from MNOGII to a group of Rahkshi made by Melding Teridax, and I’ve been thinking about revisiting the idea. However, in that story I changed things around a bit, and I’m wondering if I should change them back. See, it’s long been accepted that Melding Rahkshi would replace the regular Fear, Poison, and etc with the Principles that the Crystals represent. The thing is, not all of those Principles and “enemies” are from
