The S&T official topics policy is planned to change soon (the one shown in the One-Stop Rules Topic is currently still in effect). Please give feedback about my planned future policy in this topic.
Various little updates on S&T, EM, and other stuff:
1) See the blog entry below for the Denizens Tiebreaker. Sorry for the delay, that crazy ole' real life again. On the plus side, that computer is fixed. Think it'll be a month before it conks out this time? XD And sorry for pushing the tiebreaker off the top spot with this entry; I felt this shouldn't be delayed. I plan to repub the tiebreaker tomorrow morning.
2) I'm for Kinetics as a canon element (there's a poll about it now). If
Today the Bones Blog brings you an exclusive interview over the phone with the Cheif Minion of Evil Lord Survurlode--the sole architect of BZP's doom, or so he hopes. Yes, that's right, the Cheif Evil Clock himself has agreed to do an interview! He's graciously provided images to act as visual aids for his propoganda comments. No idea how he got the pics to go over the phone. Read on...
bones: Well, thanks for your, um... time, Evil Clock. Why don't you begin by introducing yourself for t
Deadline Extension! Enter by December 9th!
Okay, this "everybody hates 'Teridax'" myth is getting out of hand. Easy mistake to make, but it's just a myth.
The vast majority of BZPers like "Teridax". Only a relative handful of vocal complainers dislike it. Which is their right -- but let's keep it in perspective. That is, let's actually put it in perspective in the first place, since we have already taken "it" far outside perspective.
What's going on here is what happens on BZP an
Name That Epoch!
Help us decide around what event the BRC timeline should be centered in that poll.
And comment in my last entry about the next blog contest.
Two major Multiverse updates today.
(1)
Swert's episode has begun. Go there. Read it. Review it. Enjoy.
(2)
RESULTS
Myself, Ojhilom, and Swert all went through all the entries, and we have made our decision. The following works of art have won the contest and are now in the draft of the next version of the Multiverse Guide PDF (which I hope to get online for download tomorrow).
There are three twists we must announce to this.
First, in a tiny number of the art sl
Bionicle Paracosmos: Enigma Pacman
Inspired by Pacman, taking place in the Bionicle Paracosmos location Twisted Island (from my fanfics), this is a one-map arcade game with a short "Adventure Mystery" storyline. You play as Enigma, a good-guy shapeshifter, collecting energy fruit to get Attack Mode, and earn points to earn more Attack Mode forms and other unlockables. The storyline parts can be skipped and played later if you prefer to get right to the gameplay.
After the story end you can
Expanded Multiverse updates:
Cipher Chronicles Episode 1: Safety in Numbers has begun! This is a short epic of ten total chapters, the first chapter of which is up now. Enjoy!
Also, there's a Mini-Guide in episode one's review topic, with some new information especially about characters' tools and about three new species. This Guide focuses specifically on what's featured or mentioned in this episode, not the overall Multiverse per se.
The Denizens contest has been extended by
Wayback on the old forum we had a contest to decide the powers and appearances of the Tyrant species in the Expanded Multiverse (rulers of the volcanic planet Tanuuk). Someone asked in the discussion topic where the list of their powers is. Answer is it WAS in a topic in the archived S&T, which is now blank, and apparently we never put it up on the wiki (which is now offline due to webs.com no longer offering that function, but I couldn't find it in my backup of the wiki either). So I guess
Alright, the judge submissions are in for the Name the Expanded Multiverse Contest, and Swert and I have discussed them. We are decided for the names for Central, Industrial, Tribal, and Tyrant; those will be announced later. For the others, we have narrowed the choices down and need you guys to select the final winning names. Here we go.
Multiverse Tiebreaker:
Comment which name you like best for the overall multiverse.
1) Aethion
2) Scionus
3) Olmania
Warzone Tiebreaker:
C
A while ago we asked you guys to invent names for a secret character in Cipher Chronicles Episode 4. We decided to use several of the names for characters in the episode, and now we are ready to announce the results. Thanks for the suggestions!
Here are the results, and see the note in bold for another related opportunity to help us out.
Arrik Xell
A two-part name; Arrik is by Kini Hawkeye and Xell by LukaRhotuka.
This is the secret character.
Regnius
By Lewa Krom
A Toa of Air on
Here are the instructions for judging the Name the Expanded Multiverse Contest.
Step 1: Judges (RKs and BS01 staff only) open a notepad file (or Word, etc.), and go through the entry topic, copypasting the "Multiverse/planet name: Blahblahia" lines you like best into your note file. In the case of a rule-breaker entering more than three planet names consider only the first three (if more than one multiverse name, only the first).
Step 2: From this list, select your top three favorites for
The following top winners of the Multiverse Guide Art contest (see the Results entry for the full array of winning images) are invited to create more art in specific remaining art slots. Congratulations to:
Chrome -- photorealistic style
A-Janus -- good at logos and other simple things
Veq -- good at sketches and stylized computer art
lewathetoa -- incredibly detailed paper art
MechaFizz -- very good at computer art
Shadow Velocity -- stunning computer art
Kayru -- high quality paper ar
Random Updates:
1) NOTICE for EM Discussion Topic:
If yall could hold off on asking more questions for a few days, 'twould be appreciated. I'm very far behind right now, and am focusing on going through the whole Discussion topic from the start and grabbing copypasted quotes of important stuff to put in the FAQ or something, as well as those things Swert and I still have to pin down.
Will try to catch up answering questions on Sunday or Monday.
But don't take my request as a demand.
Tahu held up his new magma blades and frowned at them. The energized protodermis had changed his old firesword, just when he was beginning to feel confident with its use. It had changed his mask power, just when he'd gotten the hang of all his powers. He wore new armor. His elemental power was changed, its source now coming from a strange symbol on the Suva.
The changes affected his emotions. He felt unstable -- as if everything he thought was dependable had been crushed. He sensed a vague t
2008 is full of Makuta -- even the canister villains are Makuta. These masters of power have quite a lot of, well, powers. Remembering them all can be tricky, but rewarding for fun roleplaying, fan fiction writing, or even just enjoying the Bionicle story. So today the Bones Blog brings you an easy way to "decode" and memorize all the Makuta powers.
Basics
First, all modern Makuta have transcended normal life and death. This means they all:Exist as antidermis energy-gas inside strong Prot
Every once in a while someone accusing Greg of lying. People wanna know what's gonna happen ahead of time, and sometimes there are Big Theory Debates that get everybody madly curious. What's a poor author to say when someone asks point-blank, is it true?
Recently, a member whose name won't be mentioned here said this:
So Greg lied? When people PMed him asking "Is Takua Takanuva?" or the like, did he just say "no", knowing full well that he'd be caught in the lie eventually? Why would h
I'm really short on time today so I'ma gonna use a quote from one of my posts. This is from Emperor Kraggh's topic: How Do Newcomers View Nostalgia? which is, BWT, almost dead despite being an interesting topic. (Revival is 30 days in GD so there's still time to post as of this moment!)
Bold is for important points, not emotionalism.
This is just my view of it; I'm no scientist, but it fits perfectly with my observations of myself, you guys, people in real life, etc. It seems that not
TIEBREAKERS:
Please add a comment here with the category and letter, then the number for your vote as to which tied entry should move on to the next round of polls.
This tiebreaker ends at midnight EST Wednesday January 13.
(These links go to the entry posts. Don't press any scroll buttons while it's loading and it should go right to the post you need. If server messes it up, wait a bit and refresh, or just scroll till you find it. NOTE: each member was allowed to enter up to three en
TIEBREAKERS:
Please add a comment here with the category and letter, then either "1" or "2" for your vote as to which tied entry should move on to the next round of polls.
This tiebreaker ends at midnight EST Wednesday December 23 (tomorrow night EST).
(These links go to the entry posts. Don't press any scroll buttons while it's loading and it should go right to the post you need. If server messes it up, wait a bit and refresh, or just scroll till you find it. NOTE: each member was al
EMC updates:
1) Denizens final polls for Description and MOC categories are now up. All shalt voteth betwixt now and yonder deadline of January 25th!
2) Multiverse art blog contest deadline is in four days. Anybody need an extension of a week or two? One person has said so, but I probably won't extend it unless more than one person need it. It's been three months after all.
3) No real news about Tyrants except that there are already a lot of great entries in both categories. Keep 'em
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The results for both recent S&T contests are in! Go congratulate winners!
S&T#5: Time Capsule Results
EM#2: Name the Expanded Multiverse Results
Blog Question: Sidebar Content Block length. What do you guys think? Is it best if I cut out a lot of that content so that there are barely any sidebars at all and it's kept really short? Or do you guys like having lotsa stuff on the sidebars to read? I'm torn between cutting out all the quotes and the complaint topic archive, putting them in blog entries and keeping the images only except for the lists of award winners stuff -- or between cutting out just a few things to tidy up.
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