The Captain

No new episode tomorrow, there's a one week break.

Does anyone know where one can legally download the original MNOLG game? I managed to do it last year but my hard drive crashed since then and I lost it, and since I haven't been able to find a playable version. Can anyone help me out?

Is it safe to say that since Greg has been AWOL for over 8 months, we're never going to find out?

Congratulations to all the winners

Of the two, the latter seems like a better and more engaging idea for an RPG, but it still needs more plot development and incentive that makes it stand above other candidates.

Um, I'm using an Xbox, not a PC. :/

Just watched Paprika today

Is there anyway to get back a companion after they've disappeared completely? I've tried all the standard methods of getting them to pop back up (waiting 3 days, fast-travel), and I know they're not dead because whenever I try to get a new one they tell me someone's already following me.Lydia disappeared after I used the Elder Scroll to learn the Dragonrend Shout. I just beat Alduin in Sovngarde and she still hasn't returned. Did the game just glitch and I'm stuck forever without another companion?

I forgot about the AM hitting Makuta in the head. That was awful too, seeing as it was a water planet. Of nothing but water. That he had previously been standing on. *le sigh*

Hoenn was the best geographically, but had the weakest Pokemon (bar Groudon and Kyogre) of all Gens, IMO.

Also keep in mind the toys were built before the story, so they had to wait and see what the new theme (underwater, technological, flying, etc) was for that fiscal year and adapt to it. 2010 kinda stunk too because it was just a rehash of older, shrunken themes that couldn't really be played upon due to shrinking sales and the search for a new audience. I think if 2010 had had normal sized, more complex sets, the story might have benefited as well. The STARS sets mirror the end result of 2010 pretty well, if you think about it.The more complex the sets (2004), the more complex the storyline, it usually worked out.

When it comes down to it, it's always the numbers that are the issue (4815162342)

Hm... Good point... Alright, conceded. Unless the chutes were made later (as I had thought, but I guess we don't know that).Well, "assuming" isn't the right word. Theorize, yes. It comes down to when the chutes were built. But it does make more sense that they'd be built early, before the seas covered them. What I'm basically asking is, are there any specifics you still think don't make sense, after considering my and others' answers in here to the points raised by jimmybob, or others he didn't mention, etc.? I do get, though, that our answers in here can't change the fact that you didn't think it made sense when you first saw it. Just curious about the details. ^_^In other words, it's not just a matter of the real-world logistics, IMO. I have seen many people saying certain things don't make story sense, when IMO they really do, and some of them are pretty clear. (Like the quakes thing.) Also, in the vein of LOST, I don't think it's wrong for a story to require more thought to make sense of. LOST would often do things to intentionally confuse, for example, and not everyone likes that, but I love it. And maybe your reaction to that can change. At least in the here and now; obviously we can't change the past. Wouldn't that be good, if we could improve that? :)Another thing I'm driving at is, I really think most of the dislike of the details of the end are probably just redirected frustration with the mere fact that it was ending. Or ending early. Are you certain that wasn't all that it was? Because personally I was fine with it ending, and (probably as a result) I didn't have many issues with how it ended, in the story (and again, I'm not just talking logistics here, but specifically the details in the story).fishers, are you talking about the length of story spotlight time spent developing Mata Nui's character? Because I would say that at least in the later years Mata Nui got some of the best character development. The later years focused on him primarily as the main protagonist, and he faced tough challenges, both psychological and practical, and made hard choices, etc. Where was his character development lacking, in comparison with others in Bionicle like Makuta?Keep in mind the mysterious nature of the story required us not to get to know Mata Nui personally until near the end, so he couldn't get as much spotlight time as the main antagonist. I would argue that once we met him personally after 2008, it was very much shown, not just told. Especially in the comics and the Mata Nui Saga.First of all, there is no greater LOST fan than I, so I definitely am one to enjoy complexity and confusing stuff worth discussing and figuring out. :PThe ending of Bionicle was really anything to discuss or theorize about. It was definitive and a bit "too perfect." You got your physically impossible giant robot fight, the bad guy died (despite his near invincibility, which I know has been discussed to death already), you got the unification of the planet with magic glue (because gravity fixes broken planets), and all the different cultures merge and live happily ever after with random stuff going on with Greg's abandoned blogs. If you liked it, that's fine. If you didn't, that's fine. I personally didn't like it. I thought it was a very large shift downwards from the quality of years prior. Different tastes and preferences is all. Can't please everyone.But I do agree with the point of this topic, in that, for the most part, without serious assumption and guesswork and retconning, the finale simply doesn't work out when you put numbers and thought to it.

Why is it every time I pop up during an RPG contest everyone starts panicking? I'm like that old retired veteran guy who keeps escaping from the mental home to say hi to the kids before they drag me back

Again, I'm speaking about my own opinion, not the logistics of the fall of the franchise. As a fan, I personally thought the end of Bionicle was nonsense, from a narrative perspective, like the originator of the topic. I understand the logistics, and I understand the constraints. That does not mean the disappointment of the last year fades away.I think this topic was meant to get some of that disappointment out as fans, not as a complete ignorance of actual logistic and financial issues of Lego's most beloved franchise. As many pro's as there are to be found in the 2009-2010, I find the cons outweigh and outnumber them too much to be comfortably "okay" with the end. So my head canon ends with 2008.

I will clarify - I do not think Lego was insulting us, nor do I think they intended too. However, I feel that after the reboot in 2009, (whether they knew that had a year left or not), I feel that a lot of the logic behind the series had left. I understand the need to simplify the series for newcomers (which ironically wasn't needed, or perhaps killed the franchise because it was cancelled the next year), but simplifying does not equate to dumbing down, and it certainly felt dumbed down. The setting and environment weren't very believable or original (the over-use of Latin was a bit corny too, but that's a bit nitpicky), and the laws of physics that applied to a lot of the pre-2009 years (even the elements followed certain common rules) seemed to just fade out of existence as soon as cancelation was imminent.It was like, they knew what would be the coolest idea (giant robot fight), but they didn't really think about the repercussions and just threw it together. Even Greg didn't seem that thrilled about it. The repercussions were very clearly explained in this topic.I find the insult in the abandonment of intellect present in the story, not the simplification of the narrative. An unfortunate side-effect of cancelation and rushed timetables, but avoidable, I think, and regrettable.

... so, when do we actually find out? Hasn't it been close to a year since we were teased with this?

I agree with this wholeheartedly, and have had the same gripes since early 2010. My head canon ended where 2008 ended - anything past that was like EU via Lego.2001 - 2008 Bionicle = Star Wars Episode IV - VI (maybe Episodes 1-3)2009-2010 Bionicle = Star Wars EU2010 was an unbelievable mess and kind of an insult to the seven years of fantastic and above-average story telling, especially for a toy brand.I know a lot of it was last-minute decisions and minimal planning, but for a story that prided itself on intricacy and detail, everything just went out the window as soon as 2008 ended.

That was a fast three months. I'll mull over if I'll re-enter this time, now that my account is back to normal. Best of luck to everyone.Whoops, look's like I missed the deadline anyway. I should check up here more often. Oh well.Best of luck to everyone

Twilight Princess and Wind Waker have the best music on a technical and atmospheric level, but OoT music takes the cake for how memorable and quirky it is

If anyone's interested in a WiFi battle, hit me up. I have WiFi for the next week

For those complaining about the difficulty of finding Heart Scales in B/W, you can buy them in Black City if you get the right random item distribution in the market.

Has anyone else been unable to connect over WiFi for online trades outside of the GTS? I've tried a few times with several different people and it just simply will never connect.

PM me. I actually just finished breeding some DW Pokemon and have some spares.

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