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"Aye-aye-aye! The pirañas are too estrong for us!" "Look, Hahli, just because you have those moustache tubes, doesn't mean you're allowed to do an offensive Mexican accent."

Now write a piñana rap.

Oh wow, I didn't realize that that topic was also full of people complaining that little kids were ruining BIONICLE! And just three years after the theme's introduction! Classic! That aside, the fact that teenagers were being teased for liking BIONICLE even back then does effectively put the final nail in the coffin for the argument that classic BIONICLE was aimed squarely at teenagers while the new BIONICLE is aimed at kids. Not that it was ever a really solid argument to begin with... The topic in general offers me some great insights into the community back then since I wasn't active in the online fan community until around 2006.

Haters gon' hate. That is the way of the Bionicle. -Turaga Vakama

While I won't defend the quality of MoL, it's pleasant to know that it wasn't the fatal crash of Bionicle but merely an unfortunate bump in the road. Or otherwise known as "EVERYTHING AFTER 2001 WAS A COPYCAT WANNABE." Ah, the memories.

The link isn't working for me... but yeah, this is good to keep in mind. If there's one thing the online BIONICLE fan community has always been good at, it's complaining. As such, online complaints are no reason to assume the theme is doomed to failure (especially since a lot of the things people online complain about are of little consequence to the actual target audience). I'm still in the camp that believes that the Kolhii match between Takanuva and Makuta was way more meaningful and poetic than any violent, Transformers-style robot smackdown ever could have been. It's a bit like the "chess with death" trope as seen in works like the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia or the book Coraline. The villain is convinced the hero is no match for him, so to toy with him he proposes a competition on the hero's terms. Ultimately, though, Makuta was wrong about Takanuva, who was not the same hesitant, uncertain Matoran he had been at the beginning of the movie.

If you're considering hanging out in a hotel in between, keep in mind there will be a lot more to do in Baltimore than Chantilly. The Inner Harbor is really nice and there's shops and the aquarium. There's also a zoo in Baltimore. All of it is within a pretty reasonable proximity, and there's the light rail if you don't want to walk.

LOOKIT DIS PHOTOGRAAAAFF ERRY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAFF

I accasionally use my GC controller and forget the jump and special buttons are effectively switched from the gamepad/3DS/pro controller. Which basically means I flail lucinas sword around wildly and fall off the stage from reasonable jumping distance.

Got an idea for not one, but two 'neutral' secret roles now. Both powerful.

Half-Life 3 confirmed.

The deed is done. -L

Seconded. That is _significantly_ better than my idea. =P

do it.

... With 24 characters as the maximum, I could do "This character limit suc" Which might actually be hilarious. -L

"The character limit sucks for making something wi"

Pff, that's not Sumiki. The guy in that pic is an amateur. Sumiki does hatpiles while standing. Like a boss.

Sumiki - hat-wearing ladies man.