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    Choose My Next Name?

    By Eyru,

    If any of you frequented my blog before the downtime, you'll know that I regularly (every 45 days or so, in fact) put on a contest of sorts to choose my next name. This has led to some interesting names, like Lady Gaga, for example. And I'm not about to change that tradition any time soon!
     
    So, for those who are unfamiliar with the rules, here's the deal: you suggest a name or two in the comments. I'll put all the names in a list, and post an entry for voting. The name with the most votes after a certain amount of time will win, and will become my next display name.
     
    Simple, no?
     
    So get out there and make your voice heard!
  3. Eyru
    Today I realized that I didn't want these polls to take another four days, so I decided to take out all of the suggestions with zero votes. Yay! Quicker results! Who doesn't love that?
     
    Here are the names remaining:
     
    EYRU BEAM LASERS - 4
    Delicious Chocolate Milk - 5
    Eyru - 2
    Dreams of Farm Animals - 1
    Mushroom Exterminator - 1
    Eel Your Rump Understands - 2
    A Wonderful Pistachio - 1
     
    Holy Bieber! Suddenly the end is almost upon us! Vote quickly, before I change the rules again!
  5. Eyru
    Day three has ended, and here are the names that have been eliminated:
     
    Eyru
    Dreams of Farm Animals
    Mushroom Exterminator
    Eel Your Rump Understands
    A Wonderful Pistachio
     
    All fantastic names, to be sure (I like A Wonderful Pistachio in particular), but none of them measured up to the following two names, the final contenders:
     
     
    EYRU BEAM LASERS - 12
    Delicious Chocolate Milk - 14
     
     
    This is it, ladies and gents: the chance to make history! So go out, and make your voice heard!
  6. Eyru
    Welcome, one and all, back to the polls for my next name! I have received a huge number of suggestions from you, the members, and now comes the chance to vote!
     
    The rules for these polls are nearly identical to those for the last polls: every day, I will remove from the polls the six names with the least votes. There were twenty-six names entered, so tomorrow I will remove six and bring that number down to twenty. Day two will see that number brought down to fourteen, then eight, then two, then, finally, one.
     
    You may vote once in each individual entry, voting for any name you choose.
     
    Without further ado, here are the names!
     
     
    EYRU BEAM LASERS - 0
    UREYRU - 0
    Delicious Chocolate Milk - 0
    Eyru - 0
    Dreams of Farm Animals - 0
    PUFFERFISH - 0
    Great and Powerful Eyru - 0
    Mushroom Exterminator - 0
    Chinese Biscuit Enunciator - 0
    Guy Who Licks Gravy - 0
    Fabulous Salmon - 0
    Eel Your Rump Understands - 0
    A Wonderful Pistachio - 0
    Deodorant - 0
    Sprinting Muffin - 0
    ermahgerd eyru - 0
    Eyrufig - 0
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - 0
    Electric Penguin Toaster - 0
    Eyrurye - 0
    Uryeyru - 0
    Agent Know-it-all - 0
    Usain Bolt - 0
    EyRuMAGERD - 0
    Edible Yams Roll Uranium - 0
     
     
    Voting begins now! Go, and make your voice heard!
  7. Eyru

    Clusterphobia

    By Eyru,

    For the uninformed, a team of seven evil Toa called the Daedra captured a Toa to hold her hostage. Almost immediately, half a dozen warriors descended on the team to rescue her, even though the Daedra were in the middle of the desert.
     
    Anyway, EW speaks truth.
     
    -Gaga
  9. Eyru

    The Gender Ratio

    By Eyru,

    MY LITTLE PONY HAS ONLY GIRL PONIES WHAT IS THIS MEN ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. ALSO THE LEGO MOVIE DOESN'T NEED MORE WOMEN; IT HAS ENOUGH.
     
    If you agree with this, go read this post.
     
    If you don't agree with this, then good job! Go read this post instead.
     
    If you're confused, go read this post.
     
    If none of the above apply to you, then this post is the one for you.
     
    #tylerbomaye
     
  11. Eyru

    What's In A Name?

    By Eyru,

    It's really cool seeing my name in bold.
     
    Ever since I went Premier, my name's been different. Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga... both nice names, but more for fun than anything else. They weren't really me. It felt like I was slightly a different person using them. Kinda.
     
    But Eyru is me. This is my name. I've had it for years, and it feels good to get it back.
     
    What's your favourite name out of all the names you've used over the years? Like I said, mine's Eyru, but Justin Bieber comes in very close second.
  13. Eyru

    Bad Movie is Good?

    By Eyru,

    You know when you're watching a bad movie, but it's so bad that it's good? As in, the acting is wooden and the dialogue is terrible and everything sucks but it's stil an enjoyable movie?
     
    Why is that? It's seriously so weird.
  14. Eyru

    Opinions, Empathy, and Pizza

    By Eyru,

    Opinions are good things. They are what make us different. If everyone liked the colour blue best, the world would be boring. But we also have people who like green and purple and yellow and brown, and those differences make us interesting.
     
    Along with those differences come the opportunity to look at a situation from a different point of view. If everyone in the whole world liked pepperoni pizza, we could all get together and eat pepperoni pizza and laugh and enjoy each others' company, and it would be a great time. But in our world, not everyone likes pepperoni pizza best. Maybe they like hawaiian pizza, or vegetarian pizza. Not only is that okay, but it also provides a valuable opportunity: we can try to empathize with someone else.
     
    Wikipedia says that "empathy is the capacity to recognize feelings that are being experienced by another sentient... being."
     
    If everyone were the same, we would have no opportunity to recognize other feelings or opinions or points of view. The only way to experience something different would be to actively change yourself. But why in the world would you want to change yourself? If you like pepperoni pizza best, why would you want to force yourself to like hawaiian better?
     
    That's where empathy comes in. Practicing empathy allows us to recognize the points of view that others hold without sharing them ourselves (the key word is recognize).
     
    It's like you temporarily get to become another person. You get to understand their opinion, and you don't have to sacrifice your slice of pepperoni pizza to do so. You can understand that someone else likes hawaiian better; you can listen to countless details that support their decision; you can empathize with their feelings towards hawaiian pizza, and you can do all this without actually having to give up your favourite pizza.
     
    Whether you like pepperoni pizza or hawaiian pizza doesn't matter. What does matter is that every disagreement and difference in opinion is an opportunity to walk a few steps in someone else's shoes, and briefly experience life through their eyes. You don't need to change, and they don't need to change. Instead, you both get to learn and experience something new (which is really one of the best parts of life I think you'll agree), and then return to what you like best, whether it's pepperoni or hawaiian.
  16. Eyru
    The downtime cut the suggestion period a wee bit short, so I'll allow another day for suggestions before we get to voting. :3
     
    Again, any name goes, save for one stipulation: all names must contain the name 'Eyru' in them somewhere.
     
    Go for it guys! We'll vote tomorrow.
  19. Eyru
    I was just throwing around BZPRPG ideas when I stumbled upon what may possibly be my greatest idea yet. Which isn't hard, cause this is really only my second year.
     
    (side note: many people seem to think I'm an all-powerful veteran with limitless knowledge and vast experience. Seriously guys. If I were to attend Hogwarts, this would be the year my wand broke and made me start spewing slugs)
     
    Anyway, I'm going to start an organization dedicated to the eradication of all "impure" elements on Mata-Nui. This organization will be led by a Turaga named The Elder of Elders, and will quite possibly be a lot of fun. Twisted fun, but fun nonetheless.
     
    Or not.
     
    But I'm super excited. If enthusiasm were measured in bubbles I would be a bubble machine.
     
    Um, so if anyone is interested in a rather racist faction that promises to kill people, let me know. Cause I'd hate to be racist all by myself.
  20. Eyru

    So... Um, Name Change?

    By Eyru,

    So it's actually been just over 45 days since my last name change. Wow. That went really fast.
     
    I felt like I had another month to go. Don't know why, but I probably forgot at some point that I only have 45 days between name changes and not 90. Oops.
     
    Anyway, that means I'm accepting name suggestions again! However, for the first time, I am posting criteria for the name!
     
    ...well, actually criterion, because there's only one: the name you submit must have 'Eyru' in it.
     
    Aside from that, it's business as usual. Go crazy!
     

  21. Eyru
    Welcome to day two of the voting for my next name! Let's get straight to business: here are the first six names to be eliminated:
     
     
    UREYRU
    Great and Powerful Eyru
    Guy Who Licks Gravy
    Deodorant
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Usain Bolt
     
     
    And here are your remaining choices!
     
     
    EYRU BEAM LASERS - 2
    Delicious Chocolate Milk - 3
    Eyru - 1
    Dreams of Farm Animals - 1
    PUFFERFISH - 0
    Mushroom Exterminator - 0
    Chinese Biscuit Enunciator - 0
    Fabulous Salmon - 0
    Eel Your Rump Understands - 1
    A Wonderful Pistachio - 1
    Sprinting Muffin - 0
    ermahgerd eyru - 0
    Eyrufig - 0
    Electric Penguin Toaster - 0
    Eyrurye - 0
    Uryeyru - 0
    Agent Know-it-all - 0
    EyRuMAGERD - 0
    Edible Yams Roll Uranium - 0
     
    Vote now, and make your voice heard!
  22. Eyru
    Recently in the BZPRPG, we discovered that Makuta has had two unknown articles stolen from him. The following paragraphs are a collection of my thoughts and deductions on the identity of the artifacts and also the identity of Makuta. This may be vaguely interesting to any BZPRPG player, and may also come in handy when trying to solve the staff plot.
     
    ***
     
    What is it that Makuta wants back? We have a two clues:
     
    One: there are six that were stolen, but Makuta possesses more than six. Two: these six are more valuable than the others of their kind; they are, as Makuta says, special.
     
    We can also inference a few things: judging from Makuta's anger, these unknown artifacts are extremely precious to him. Why? From what we know of Makuta (which is, admittedly, very little), he is a being of shadow and malice. What qualities give something value in his eyes? If we take what we know of Makuta, it's likely that power is an attractive quality to him. He likes having power over Mata Nui and watching its inhabitants scurry around in vain quests to defeat him.
     
    I hypothesize that these artifacts are either a) a source of his power, or 2) a source of power than can be used against him. Nothing else is likely to incur such anger on his part.
     
    Now, let's backtrack briefly. We can all agree that Makuta likes power, yes? We can draw this conclusion from this fact: Makuta wants to have dominion over Mata Nui. He threatens the villages with Rahi, and he took the island's most powerful heroes so they would no pose a threat to his dominion. If Makuta didn't care about ruling Mata Nui, he wouldn't infect Rahi and he wouldn't have done anything to the Toa Mata when they confronted him. In addition to this, Makuta's treatment of Heuani suggests that he enjoys oppressing others from his position of power.
     
    So if Makuta likes feeling powerful, then why would he lock something in a vault? If you are invincible and all-powerful, you don't have vaults. Vaults are for people not powerful or intimidating enough to protect what is valuable to them. But Makuta, the most powerful, intimidating villain of them all, locks these unknown artifacts in a vault because, despite his power, he cannot risk them being stolen.
     
    Think about it: the Makuta, the lord of darkness, shadow, and fear, is afraid.
     
    So what does Makuta have to be afraid of? From what we know of him, he wants to rule Mata Nui. Therefore, his fear most likely has something to do with losing his dominion.
     
    But wait! How could this happen? The Toa Mata, explicitly named as the six most powerful Toa the island has ever seen, were unable to conquer Makuta. So Makuta has no reason to be afraid, right? If those six legendary heroes couldn't take him down, then why would he possibly be concerned about our chances?
     
    Because these artifacts, as I hypothesized earlier, are either a) a source of his power, or 2) a source of power than can be used against him.
     
    If Makuta loses these artifacts, either he will lose enough of his power to be defeated, or those who find the artifacts will gain enough power to overthrow him.
     
    What could grant this type of power? Golden Kanohi and Toa Stones have already been mentioned, so I'll take a look at them. First: golden Kanohi. The Toa Mata, more powerful than any PC Toa, had golden Kanohi, and Makuta defeated them with ease. So there's no reason for him to be worried us getting the Kanohi, because if the Toa Mata didn't stand a chance with them, then how would we?
     
    Second: Toa Stones. Makuta has nothing to fear from regular Toa Stones, but, as he stated, these unknown artifacts are special. If Makuta has lost six abnormally powerful Toa Stones, then that might be something that would cause him some concern. If we assume that these artifacts are Toa Stones, then Makuta's first concern will be to recover the Stones, and if that fails, his second strategy will most likely be to eliminate any Matoran that could use a Stone to become a super-Toa.
     
    What has Makuta's only measurable action been prior to the release of the Rahkshi? He's ordered the elimination of the Chroniclers Company, the bravest, most likely candidates for Toa. This means that, should we gain possession of a Stone, we'll need to find a PC Matoran eligible to become a Toa.
     
    There are two things that Friar Tuck has said in the past that are extremely relevant now: only Matoran that are roleplayed exceptionally well will be allowed to turn into Toa, and the Staff quest will put your characters in mortal danger. If player A is roleplaying a Matoran well enough to become a Toa, and he's involved in the Staff quest, then Makuta's first action is going to be to try and eliminate that Matoran.
     
    These last two paragraphs are only applicable if the unknown artifacts are, in fact, Toa Stones, but the rest of my post should be taken into consideration when guessing at the identity of the artifacts stolen from Makuta. What else do we know of that can grant enough power to put fear in the heart of the Master of fear?
     

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