Behold the power of friendship and collaboration and synergy and stuff. We would write more, but we're off to get a pizza and Funyuns. [[Drug references aren't allowed, even in LEGO form. -Valenti]]
Hey BZPower! As a writer, style is very dear to my heart. Another thing dear to my heart is having fun. While I was working on some basic sentence manipulation exercises this evening I had a thought: wouldn't it be cool to see how different people treat the same sentence? Yes, yes it would! Take the following sentence and modify it stylistically. Yes, feel free to add a bit more detail, but the main focus of this little game is how you manipulate what's already here. "The shore was q
"Moreover, the early constellation of symptoms can have a paucity of findings with unidimensional presentations: the onset of solitary problems such as vertigo, or recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. Over time, as the untreated LD percolates, symptoms accrue to the burgeoning clinical picture until a multisystem presentation is created. Other patients can have their manifold symptoms complex develop in the manner of an avalanche. These patterns represent the extremes of a clinical cont
Dear All, Yeah, yeah... I'm not writing in the RPG. Sorry, my arm is still not up to par, so I'm typing this with my left hand and giving my right a break. I wrote this about three months ago... Enjoy! --Karen Because sometimes - Just sometimes It might help someone To cast off the net of fear, Staring unblinkingly At the Vision in a mirror Because sometimes - Maybe Sometime If I give up for once Let my Jaw slacken from the prize It might help someone
Sitting somewhere between reality and perplexity. Wait, that was a fragment, right? Let's try to fix that, shall we? (Ugh.. this voice sounds terrible.) Take TWO: Sitting between the fixed perplexities of reality and the variable inconsequential laws of nature, I type frantically with no theme in mind. I could gripe at my lack of readers, my inability of writing, or the fact homework makes the world look like an unwelcome plane of existence. Ugh. Go figure, I'm procrastinating. I spent
The Mata-Nui Weekly Will No Longer Be A Podcast The Mata-Nui Weekly is needing to evolve and change with the arrival of 2014. I don't have the time anymore to do audio recordings, and the podcast is now going to become a weekly blog post linked to the General Discussion Topic. Dr. O (GearDirector) and I have been talking about where we'd like to take things, and this is what we've decided: it's time for more members, it's time to become more interstitial to the game world, and it's time to les
Archivist Entry 001.01 Following the announcement of the six warlords' ascension to power as universal leaders of change, it seemed peace was finally at hand. Metru-Nui citizens felt little impact in their day to day existence, and even the citizens of other island nations seemed in capable hands. The brotherhood bore the yoke with a semblance of grumbling, namely for having intruders finally look inside their laboratories. Vortixx factories continued to produce technology under Barraki Pri
I've just tuned into the
with a new pair of Bose headphones, and for some weird reason I have this burning urge to write a blog post. Not a "I shall take over the world with comments and spam" post, but an actual, heart to heart blog post. I'll admit I don't really have any idea what I plan to write about. Honestly, I think that's a bit like life: we open up the window and start typing on a blank form. Of course, the web-page has been provided by someone else, but the actual content we cr
I've begun the task of compiling information on architecture, locales, and information regarding each Wahi of the BZPRPG's 2013 arc with the goal of creating a slew of illustrations serving as maps for the entirety of player locations. This is a monumental task, but I've already made incredible progress with Po-Koro, and will be working on the final map in the next few days for the city of stone. If you have a suggestion for a location to be incorporated, please feel free to leave it in a comm
I made a connection in my mind many years ago when I played "Dress up" at a late friend's home: High heels = falling on face. A few years ago I saw a woman walking down a city street in stilettos and made connection no. 2: tall heels do NOT equal sexy. (Well, I made this connection back when I fell on my face, but that's another story...) Somehow, women have decided heels are the wheels for trapping men. Somehow, men are dumb enough to think the same. Then again, when has the male portion o
Well I'll be a Ga-matoran-- I actually DID come back to the party. This blog is now reopened with the celebration of my purchase of lifetime premier!!! I look forward to a grand celebration of writing, music, comedy, and general Bionicle artistry. I will attempt to insert purple prose, the moving lines of literature often attributed, as is the case in many old English novels, of causing the reader, a young, quizzical being with a passion for plastic toys, to fall into a brainless stupor
I really didn't want to put this up in the art forum because, hey, it's really just a sketch (or a dump, whatever you prefer to call it is fine), but I was just doodling around on the Wacom and getting the hang of digital medium art and suddenly realized I'd begun drawing an anatomy concept for matoran in the BZPRPG, where characters are far more organic than in TLG canon. Orange is inorganic components, cyan is eyes, heartlight, and brain; yellow for auditory, and deep blue for organic compone
Editorials As Summer approaches and the hold of schools on our players' lives begins to diminish the RPG has seen a rising of the tide. It's rather enjoyable to have some older players like The Doc come back and pull beloved favorites out of the closet for a little dusting off and curb stomping. In the larger scope of things the main plots seem to be moving forward as well: we've got the party happening soon, the Piraka are laying waste to a town, and in the past couple weeks we've even seen
Editorials "I'm happy to have joined the Mata Nui Weekly team! Interaction's picked up over these last couple of weeks, what with the party and the Piraka attack, and Kentoku is the topic I most reliably follow, so I've picked either the best or the worst time to join, depending on the point of view... Anyway, I look forward to delivering to you the exciting news that will undoubtedly come from the Archipelago in future weeks!" ~Ghosthands "I would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to everyo
EDITORIALS "OMG WE NEED JOURNALISTS. Please, if you're a regular player and want to help keep up the game's largest form of OOC news take up a topic listed HERE and help. Thanks! Now, as for other things and my personal feelings about the week... Post the creation of a Feedback topic for the BZPRPG, which seems to have really improved overall game interaction speed, The MNW decided to highlight in blue down in the News section any major events such as staff plot updates or story arcs of im
Editorials "This week saw a good dose of player activity across the board. A special mention goes to Tyler & Co. for the Xa-Koro expedition, and also to EW's continued awesomeness with Yumiwa. And of course, there's also the recent happenings in Pala-Koro to take note off. Things are happening again, let's make the most of it." ~ Geardirector "The past week was a little rocky in some cases, full of one-liners, but also stuffed with details and plot. Things are moving forward, and forw
KENTOKU ARCHIPELAGO KINI-NUI Venixa in the form of a kofu-jaga leads 'Gray' to a main junction of tunnels. While leading she reveals that Syvra lied about there being a hidden tunnel yet when 'Gray' doubted Syvra's ability to trust Venixa corrected this and revealed a slightly softer side of Syvra. With a slightly different view of Syvra 'Gray' continued on her way heading for Onu-Koro relying on the directions Venixa gave. TA-WAHI Lana jumps in on Zomma and Exa’s conversation Kidona Vorske i
KENTOKU ARCHIPELAGO The party continues to be planned. The First Son Paero game is about to begin. More hackling between the Tajaars' and Soraya. Eiyu's Gotsoko, Ankora, and Kwaiya all convene in the Lorekeeper's (Gotsoko's) office to study the ancient texts regarding Mata-Nui. KINI-NUI The vault is opened, revealing the secrets within! TA-WAHI The Treasure Hunters get the details of their quest laid out before them. Kohra escapes prison by way of a syringe that gives her new power. Kor
KENTOKU ARCHIPELAGO Enyo sells jewels to a precious stones to a jeweler in the marketplace and gets enough cash to sleep comfortably for the next month. Nihila (guard for Toroshu Kilanya) reports her uncertainties about First Son Kulrik to her master. The next morning Kulrik is summoned for an audience with the toroshu Ageru, who promptly invites him and his retainer to sit down to breakfast with her and the Ageru advisers. Kilanya invited Kulrik to walk the Ageru lands and Kulrik readily acc
KENTOKU ARCHIPELAGO Reporter needed! KINI-NUI Darvin fell asleep while tanning and suffered a massive sun burn. But he had loads of energy as a result. TA-WAHI The Piraka decide to “enjoy the playground” of Ta-Koro Lana asks Exa and Zomma how to go about opening a tavern in Ta-Koro Wanderer finds and aids a weakened Forerunner The Darksteel Duo return to town GA-WAHI Tivanu and Hahli discuss Surina's fate, and Tivanu warns Hahli not to trust Mar or his employer, Rhea. Lohkar, Gunner, F
Editorials The MNW apologies for the lateness in this issue being published. Enjoy the game! News KENTOKU ARCHIPELAGO The party continued, dominating events. Korae Inokio's Toroshu scolded him on his continued bachelorhood, but he succeeded in silencing her. Plangori Morie requested that her daughter Shuuan be admitted into the military, in order to improve her discipline. Desdemona was frustrated with Yumiwa's inebriation. Conversations continued on a range of topics, including Toroshu Nosh
Editorials Apologies for the lateness of this MNW. ~Kughii News KENTOKU ARCHIPELAGO Awaiting information from the reporter. KINI-NUI Karnakie tamed a kraata of chain lightning. Ishi Polzin pretended to be Ahkmou. TA-WAHI Ryzen left for Ga-Wahi after a long nap in search of a job. The Treasure Hunters fought the Giant Scorpion, now trying to get the stone out from under it. The Infernavika crew boarded the larger pirate ship, quickly joined by Gray. The Fowadi bombarded the Pirate Vessel
KENTOKU ARCHIPELAGO Toroshu Noshima of clan Hogo has a flashback about her relationship with Kamari. Akone and Akimatai eat. Daikura Sakrayo and Eiyu Ankora finish their conversation and the latter goes into the markets, discovering a raging debate... Senavysh Angavur convinces Tutkee to turn off Nortti’s time machine. Enraged, she begins interrogating Tutkii for the reasons of the machine’s construction, but quickly changes to attempting to wake the unconscious Nortti. When Nortti does awa
KENTOKU ARCHIPELAGO KINI-NUI Syvra and Echelon discuss why syvra is interested in Echelon. Syvra reveals the information he holds and that he wishes to serve under Echelon in return for the information. Echelon accepts and tells Syvra to meet him back there in 3 days. Syvra leaves Kini-nui heading towards Onu-koro while Echelon heads towards Ko-wahi. Two voices talk in Kini-nui. The details of the conversation is questionable and debatable. KO-WAHI Lieutenant Icha helps Veneras and Sukot urn
