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!
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
This Time It’s Personal! Because after all the attention given to the entry on the name of this game, I expect the player list to be pretty darn long, you hear me?!
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
I’ve finally decided to give up on the idea of writing Chronicle of Heresy. I think it could’ve been a decent story, but I just could never work up the motivation to restart it after it got deleted. Oh well. Because of this, I’m thinking of dissolving my Heretic Stories Collection post. There are only seven stories listed, and four of them are already in the FFFC Collection post, so the other three could just be tossed onto the Unsorted Works post and there, everything feels more streamline
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
The trailers won't be uploaded for another 14 hours, I guess. Let's see what's available that I can find now... Heheheheheh "There's a new Nobody." Ahahahahahaha! HA! HAHAHAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! EDIT: Um, well, this is embarrassing. Eh, it turns out whoever told me it'd be uploaded at 1 was incorrect, sorry for the confusion. I'll definitely make a post with links once they're up, though. (That is, once it's up and I'm up and not at work, so even if it gets uploaded soonish I pr
References to G1 tend to bring with them surges of people advocating a connection theory, using said reference as proof of said connection. It seems that there's a misunderstanding of something that shows up a lot in reboots: allusion. Any reboot will naturally allude to the previous iteration(s) of the concept. Allusions tend to enrich the enjoyment of a work for anyone who gets them, and when they’re specific to a certain franchise, the creator has a much higher chance of providing this en
With the Pokemon anime changing to XY&Z a few days ago, I figured that would be the signal for some news on the next main series game. Nothing on that yet...BUT! Apparently Pokken Tournament received an update, and included is a hidden boss fight against a Mega Evolving Dark Mewtwo! I mean, since Mewtwo is super popular it made sense they'd show up at some point, but I don't think anyone was expecting it to be in the form of a corrupted boss thing. A lot of people are wondering if t
I fruitlessly check Toys R Us how many times looking for a Greninja amiibo, but one trip to Best Buy I mean, the excitement is stronger than the irritation, this is awesome thank you God (I feel like the picture is not very creative but I couldn't think of anything, it's actually impressive I was able to balance the thing)
For a while now I’ve had an urge to try developing my comedy-writing skills, and after starting and stopping a few things, I finally decided to just roll with a short idea, put it out there, and see how it goes. So I wrote The Yesterday Jest to poke some fun at some of that serial’s key things. Well, the Toa, mainly. Honestly the main driving force was my disdain for Orde, but I tried to balance things at least a little more fairly. It’s under 1000 words so it’s a quick read, hopefully good
Strike of the Hour is now live! Barring any last-minute decisions, this is my last Okoto 579 story for the 15 adaptation. In addition to introducing Karios’s character into the mix, I tried to take a look at Ekimu as well, plus give one or two nods towards 16. As for the first story of the 16 adaptation…well, don’t be surprised if you get some news on that soon!
First you were a Keyblade Master! Now, you're a Pokemon Master! Back in June I went to a convention and bought a Mega Charizard X plushie and a 3D Riku figure. The opportunity to take pictures like this almost makes that trainwreck of a weekend worth it.
So a few months ago the grocery store I work at said we were getting a sushi stand. I thought that might be fun, so I asked the manager if I could possibly train there and he said yes! Then he got fired and no one else seemed to know anything about the sushi. But now, it looks like we really are getting sushi (as soon as December, even), and while I dislike the new manager I think I’m going to ask him the same thing. Even if he says yes I’d probably still work some shifts in the deli, at l
As I said previously, Karios has been working on some art for the story that started my Okoto 579 series, and it's now ready! The work has been linked in the first post of the review topic for The Time of the Mask Makers! Included are a few versions of a cover for the story and artwork of Makuta and Ekimu as they appeared during their days growing up in the Region of Earth. It's some great stuff, so please take a look at it!
Strike of the Hour will release Friday, October 23rd! Karios has been kind enough to work on some illustrations for the Okoto 579 series, so as thanks I have agreed to write a new short story starring a character of his design. Set after the end of The Failure‘s Claim, Ekimu’s journey across Okoto has taken him to the Region of Ice, where a fellow blacksmith offers him shelter. The smith has a secret, however, and Ekimu may come to realize that a very shocking change is coming.
Still holding off just a bit on starting the game, but I was thinking and I had a new idea. Once per round, after a promotional attempt fails, a player can reroll. As for how exactly that works, I’m still deciding. Maybe the player needs to add a few more Widgets to activate it (10% of what they tried using in the promotion?), or maybe just use the same amount of Widgets. The Widgets received would definitely be lower. The reroll might even guarantee success, but at the cost of very low Wi
I was hoping to get Chapter 9 of Shooting Star Sonia done within a month of 8's posting, and thank God, I was able to do just that! ...Cutting it close, of course. But the chapter is up! The thing is, um...it's long. Like, even longer than Chapter 2 long. Hopefully it turned out better than Chapter 2, though--that one feels like a bit of a mess, with a bit too much crammed in for so early, and me still trying to feel out how I was going to adapt each scenario. There's a lot going on in 9,
Though you probably already guessed, since I said I would give the release date last week. Due to some Technic-al difficulties... ...Well, actually, I have a certain deadline approaching and figure I shouldn't start up something that will distract me from meeting it. Plus there are a few other things I'd like to kick myself into doing, so it may be just a little longer before an opening presents itself. I will try to start the tournament soon, though!
Hm, I have these projects that I should be working on, things people are actually waiting for me to make progress on. But what if, instead of doing those, I think up a completely new idea! …I swore I was going to get more writing done yesterday, and instead I get the bright idea to do a massive crossover story and fixate on the brainstorming process until 2 AM. So now I have to share what I’ve got, partially to see if anyone’s interested and partially to publicly shame myself for it. Okay
Eh, you know, the idea got in my head, I’m impatient, the starting post is already typed up. But, like I said, I want to make at least a few more pre-release entries. Specifying on some points from my last post, I’m going to go with 13 points for profiles this time, and the headstart for fighters going against the fighter who made the most last round is going to be 500 W. I’m also considering that, with my next entry on the subject (which will have the release date), I’ll open early sign-ups
So I’ve been thinking I might want to run Technic Tournament 2 soon. My original idea was that future versions of the game would each have a specific theme in what fighters were involved, but now I’m thinking I should hold off on that—TT2 will be more or less the same as the first, just trying out some new system tweaks so that I can perfect the basics before trying any of the theme ideas. As for what changes will be made, Nevermore gave me two suggestions at the end of the last game: that th
