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Nintendo and Pikmin

I heard somewhere that Nintendo makes Pikmin just for fun, not for profit, and wouldn't care if it makes a loss on the series. Can anyone here confirm if that's true?

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

We've Moved!

Due to issues with the "free" web host provider now charging excessive amounts of money to keep the website running, apparently due to the site getting a large amount of unique visitors, we have had to move the website to a new host, and therefore change its domain.   As part of the move, I have also given the site a minor overhaul. Its banner has been updated, the unused chatroom removed, and other parts of the website tidied up.   In addition, I have added a large number of games to the Games

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Issues regarding the club's website

Our club's official website has recently reached a big milestone: 1,500 unique visitors in a single month! Because of this, our host, Free Hosting Cloud, has started to charge me money to keep the website online.   Although I have attempted to move the site to another host, none that I found have the capacity to hold our expanding website, which is currently in the process of adding a number of large games that once graced Bionicle's website. Because of this, I have found no alternative but to s

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

The Bring Back Bionicle Club, Bzpower Branch

Welcome to the BZPower branch of the Bring Back Bionicle Club! We're a group of stubborn Bionicle fans who want the sets back.   Other branches of the club do exist, but BZPower rules prevent me from linking to, or in some cases even mentioning, any of them. You'll have to find the other branches on your own.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Updates Regarding Projects On Lego Cuusoo

It has just been brought to my attention that the Bring Back Bionicle project has also been removed from LEGO CUUSOO's site. Naturally, this is a massive blow to our project. Following is a blog entry by LEGO CUUSOO regarding this and similar projects:   The projects I mentioned in my previous BBBC entry have also been removed. Curiously, my project regarding the baterra remains active, which means the reason for their removal remains unclear. A comment on said project also points against Bion

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Re. A Short Message

I'm not going to name names, but are you sure the member who made the thread mentioned in this entry's title wasn't hacked?   I wanted to ask the member himself, but he appears to have been suspended, and I cannot access his page at all.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Pokémon X and Pokémon Y

Because every Pokémon fan knew there'd be huge reception.   OK, my opinions on this new game are:   1) THAT WAS QUICK! A new generation only two years after the release of the previous! 2) This is the first generation EVER where the first revealed Pokémon are its starters! 3) I believe Pokémon sprites as we know them are no more. There is WAY too much animation now! 4) WILL MACHOP AND THE EEVEELUTIONS BE AVAILABLE??? 5) on the topic of Machop's availability, it may be a version exclusive, whose

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Baterra flog

The baterra near 100 supporters on CUUSOO, and not a moment too soon too. Please help me get it there.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

It's time for my annual World VGC rant

I have just heard from a highly-respected Pokémon forum that once again, Australia has been banned from participating from next year's Video Game World Championships. Once again, Australia has failed to prove themselves worthy of matching skills with the rest of the world.   Are we not good enough? Is our Government that pathetic? Are we as a people too criminal? What exactly did Australian Pokémon fans, as a group, ALL do wrong to deserve being banned?   Of course, we CAN participate if we buy

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Getting Bionicle games on my website?

I'd like to add some official Bionicle flash games to my website, such as the MNOLG, the Command Toa Mahri games and the Phantoka minigames. How might I go about doing this?   Sorry if this is in the wrong place.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

I'm not 100% sure, but...

...I think the login issue wih the Archives has been solved!   It may be old news, but I only noticed when I clicked on the new link on the new forum's home page. Whether or not that new addition solved the problem, I don't know, but it still looks like it has been solved, because I can access the archives without getting logged off!   Thank you staff for fixing it!

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

That Awkward Moment...

...when you submit something to the news and then discover you got a detail wrong.   And THEN they post it on the front page with the wrong info!   That's actually what happened with the Purdue Pete news story. I told BZP the other day it reached 10,000 supporters in 36 hours, when in actual fact it took 9 days! Either way it was bloody quick!   I'm sorry I misled everyone with my mistake.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Victorian Railways

So I've started a new series of stories on my [Removed. Please do not mention sites with forums.-Nukaya], called Victorian Railways. It's a fact-based fiction about the railways of regional Victoria, and the trains that run on them, set from 1986, eventually leading up to now.   Each story will be told from the point of view of the trains themselves. Some stories will even be about real-life events.   The first episode has been published, and a second is in progress now.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Triskaidekaphobia

Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13, and I suffer from it. This is because I suffer from being stalked by the number 13. Everywhere I look, the number 13 appears. EVERYWHERE! Even when I used an online random number generator to find my Spirit Pokémon, the number I got was 13! THAT was the biggest sign of all of my 13-based bad luck!   I have 13 pages of blog entries on BZPower too, which I don't like.   EDIT: this entry, ironically, makes it 14 pages! Good riddance!

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

One day...

...the original Makuta of Oz (with spaces) will return to BZPower and see my activity. When that day comes, it will not be pretty! :s

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

I'm considering making a model railway!

Decided to add a new category tag: trains! I'll update some of my older train-related entries with it shortly.   When I move out, I might build a small model railway in or under my house, using HO scale models of V/Line trains. At this stage, I'm considering using a few A-class locomotives (which look like the N-class I have pics of in past entries, only with bulldog-nosed cabs instead of square cabs) hauling carriages, and Y-class locomotives (again, no image available) shunting. DERM and VLoci

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

The countdown has begun

... to my leaving BZPower forever. I REFUSE to be seen with such a horrible spinny next to my name! It goes against EVERYTHING I stand for!

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

My Assignment: Create an Unreal Tournament level!

That's right, an assignment I just got requires me to create a level on Unreal Tournament's Unreal Development Kit!   I need to make a simple 1v1 DeathMatch map. "Simple" means no skins or backgrounds at this stage, but I might get them later on my own.   The map I'm making will be inspired by Bionicle's Karda Nui. Players will fly around upside-down cones (stalactite villages) on Cicada vehicles (Rockoh/Jetrax). One cone will have a cave (Mutran's lab) which will contain a few good powerups, b

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

I feel like advertising CUUSOO proposals

(can I just say that the new character limit has ruined one of my biggest tags?)   This is probably not the most prudent decision after my last entry, but I feel like advertising some LEGO CUUSOO proposals I've made. They are in a thread I've created, but I feel like they need more attention.   http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/3654 - baterra http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/16686 - the rest of the Toa Hagah http://lego.cuusoo.com/ideas/view/19422 - Toa Tuyet   If someone has a 3D model of Lari

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Yesterday's tournament

So, there was another Pokémon tournament in the city yesterday!   The tournament used the same rules as the past 3 Nintendo-run tournaments did, so I didn't bother to build a new team. Besides, my last team did well, and there's another tournament next week that uses different rules.   My first round was put on the big screen, this time not by design but by coincidence! I almost lost the battle but then a communication error (not the only one on the big screen) forced us to restart the battle

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

Back At Square One

My application to become a train driver for Metro just got rejected.   I am now reduced to looking for part-time work at fast food restaurants.

Makuta_of_Oz

Makuta_of_Oz

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