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Captain Fatbeard looked over at the dancing party while he was in midair and decided to let six cannonballs join in the fun. "Yarg!" he shouted, as he fired his cannon into the morass of dancing people. -don't touch my pocket protector

I'm not going to post my grand ideas on the internet for anybody to steal . But assuming unlimited resources, time traveling powers, and the ability to raise people from the dead, I would create an ensamble film starring Matt Damon, Tom Hanks, Harrison Ford, Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Natale Portman, Billy Mays, Marlon Brando, Billy Dee Williams, and whoever did the voice for Admiral Ackbar. Along with camoes from Adam Levine, Brett Favre, and the reanimated corpse of Ronald Reagan. Not Ronald Reagan brought from back in time, but his reanimated corpse. Yeah, that would be something.... -don't touch my pocket protector

Sprite. Now don't get me wrong, I like Sprite, it's just that I like Root Beer and Coke much better. However, whenever I'm out at a resturant they never have Root Beer, and the Coke is always caffinated, and if I have caffine at dinner or later, I can't get to sleep. So I settle for Sprite. As for the rules of CoT, I think that was mainly for topics totally discussion one food. Like "the official fries topic" or "the official bacon topic". That's spam. But this is different. -don't touch my pocket protector

No. The Cowboys are a talented team that finds ways to lose games. The opener against the Jets was a typical example. They were up with a solid lead in fourth quarter. A couple of turnovers and some bad defense later, they lose the game. It's what the Cowboys do. However, they are really fun to watch because the play (and lose) a lot of close games. As for "suck for Luck", right now my money's on Miami. The Colts might need a QB within the next 2-3 years, though, but I don't see them taking a QB with a number one pick when they have Peyton Manning on their roster. -don't touch my pocket protector

Ussal, is that in flash? -don't touch my pocket protector

I don't think so. The styles class much too much, and I don't think Bionicle is the right fit for Anime in anyway. -don't touch your pocket protector

Captain Fatbeard looked around and wondered why he wasn't fried by the electricity. Then he looked down and saw he was supported by ToD. "Ahoy Mateys! We be have'n a pirate ship! Yarg!" But the feeble supports couldn't hold up Captain Fatbeard's massive bulk up for long, so he took this opportunity to jump 300 feet into the air. Midway through his jump, he shot a spray of salt water at Kokahu's eyes, along with a stream of various pirate cliches such as "Shiver me timbers!" and "Walk the plank!" While he was in the air, he aimed himself to land right on top of Kokahu... -don't touch my pocket protector

Captain Fatbeard was thawing out, but his beard remained frozen no matter what. What's more, when he turned the water in the salt water, it made it easier for that water to conduct a current, thus increasing Kokahu's Tesla Toaster's power even more. He readied himself to jump 300 feet into the air to avoid the electric shockwaves...only to stumble on his peg leg and fall face first into the electrified water. "Shiver me timbers..." He managed to say before his mouth filled with saltwater. -don't touch my pocket protector

Captain Fatbead looked up from his rampage to see the 3.2 metric tons of water coming down on him. "Yarg! Water'll never hurt a soul! Yarg!" But this super-cooled water may have damaged Captain Fatbeard's soul, as it fell on him and froze his beard, biceps, shoulders, and 2/3 of his massive belly. Blinking icicles from his eyelashes, Captain Fatbeard concentrated and began turning the now-frozen water into saltwater. This lowered the water's freezing temperature and as such it began to melt. Of course, Captain Fatbeard didn't know the science behind this; he just wanted to be closer to the sea. Yarg! -don't touch my pocket protector

I can see what the staff is saying about religious banners maybe sparking flame wars about religion. However, I'm not sure if that will happen. In a similar vein are the kissing banners. Not only do they support a specific political view, but they also present a subject matter that is not apropriate for discussion on BZPower. If somebody posted a homosexuality thread in COT, it would get shut down, just like a thread on Christianity. My point is that while there have been several of these banners on the site, they have not sparked any sort of political flame wars to my knowledge. So is a simple banner of a guy who happened to be a saint any different? -don't touch my pocket protector

Go Titans! We might have a chance this year with Peyton being injured on the Colts, Mario Williams and Andre Johnson being injured on the Texans, and the Jags just being the Jags. I seriously think that we could go 9-7 and win the division. Oh, and the Packers are totally kicking butt. New England is the kind of team that goes 12-4, wins their division, and then fails in the playoffs. January in New England demands a running game and defense. The Pats have neither. -don't touch my pocket protector

Captain Fatbeard jumps from 200 feet in the air and slams onto a lily-pad, splashing an estimated 3.4 metric tons of water in all directions. With a single "Yarg!" he spins himself randomly around in all directions, firing his cannon at anything that moves. -don't touch my pocket protector

What are your thoughts on the 2011-12 NFL season so far? Right now I'm rooting for the Titans ('cause their my team) and the Lions ('cause this is finally their year). The Titans might have a shot this year with Manning being injured from the Colts, Mario Williams and Andre Johnson being injured on the Texans, and the Jags being the Jags. Who do you think will win it all? -don't touch my pocket protector

I disagree. You can always discuss something, and most of the time swearing or picspam just isn't needed.... While I generally think that the userbase on BZPower is relatively mature, BZPower is and always should be open to any fan of Bionicle no matter the age. We should never, ever, create an environment that would offend or alienate younger fans of Bionicle. Now, does this apply to the 13+ forum? I believe it does. Under-12's will just change their age to get in. And the few honest ones there are will constantly wonder what goes on inside the sacred "13+ land". In reality, there is absolutely no way of knowing whether somebody on the internet is over 13 or not, and really the only way GregF can make sure he's not talking to 12-year-olds is to only talk to members that he knows for sure are over 13 (like Black Six). While this does hurt BZPower, I think I can understand the reason why Lego would do this. Lego mainly markets to the 6-12 crowd, and if one of it's employees was some sort of online predator of 12-year-olds then that would seriously hurt the company's image. Now, I know GregF wouldn't do anything like that, but they don't want to take that chance. However, there is really no way of making sure how old the person really is, so it's totally unenforceable. -don't touch my pocket protector

Cool, I'll join: Name: Captain FatbeardWeapon: A large repeating cannon with six barrels the size of a ship's cannon and a war-hammer attatched to the end.Power 1: The ability to jump very high in the airPower 2: Control over salt waterPower 3: Supernatural upper body strengthAppearance: A bearded ,500 lb former sailor with a peg leg who took off running cargo routes throughout the Matoran Universe so he could live out his dream of fighting to the death in gladitorial combat. Accent: pirate -Yarg, you don't be touchin' me pocket protector, Yarg!

Just so everybody knows, the post per day on your profile is not actually correct. I know it isn't because I've been on since Jun 28, 2008, which is 1210 days. In that time, I've racked up about 1200 posts, so that would be a little less than a post per day. However, my counter says I'm only averaging 0.03 posts per day. Why is this? Well, the post counter on your profile only counts posts that you've made after BZP got back up online, but it counts the full number of days you've been on BZPower. I've made 36 "active" posts (posts after the re-boot). 36/1210 = 0.029752... which rounds off to 0.03 (my "posts per day"). Technically, I should have about 1.2 posts per day if you discount the six month long downtime. However, in reality, my posting comes in spurts. I'll be off the site for a couple of weeks, and then I'll get back on and post a bunch, inflating my post count. So on a day when I post, I usually make around five posts or more. But for the next five days, I might not post at all. However, I'm trying to change that now and get on BZPower more. -don't touch my pocket protector

I disagree. While Bionicle was a continuous story, it was released in an episodic way throughout each year (or season ). That episodic release of content could be transformed into a television show rather easily in my opinion. -don't touch my pocket protector

I don't really like them or find them to be necessary. They get in the way of my "topic scan". -don't touch my pocket protector

Fixed it for you. Anyway, I would probably play more towards Lego's economic interests by saying that they could cash in on new fans coming into the series as well as older, more dedicated fans that would buy these sets out of nostalgia. Because Bionicle has what most un-licensed Lego themes don't have prior to their release: a large fanbase. -don't touch my pocket protector

I could see hand drawn animation working for 01-03, but not beyond. The rest of the story was much less tribal and does not suit that kind of artwork. As far as the plot itself, I always invisioned the story of Bionicle as a TV show, so I don't think they should change too much story-wise, except perhaps to edit it for commercial breaks and to fit into the time slot. -don't touch my pocket protector

Personally I would like to see Bionicle brought back, however, my reaction to its return would depend on what it was when it came back. If it was just some random clobbered together globbery gook with the name "Bionicle" at the top of the sets, then I would probably just facepalm. However, if it turned into a worthy re-boot of Bionicle, then I would probably shell out some cash . -don't touch my pocket protector

Well, I was one of those people that thought Lewa was female back in '01... As for my favorite female character, I'd have to say Roodaka. Cunning, devious, backstabbing. She makes my top five list of best characters in bionicle period. -don't touch my pocket protector

That would have been one coup de ta by the Turaga wouldn't it? Tricking all the matoran into believing them only to manipulate those matoran for their nefarious schemes. Yeah, that does seem a little over the head of the average 10 year old, so I don't think it was intended that way from the start. In my opinion, the turaga were there to add to the mysterious flair that Bionicle had in 2001-2003. -don't touch my pocket protector

This was a triumph. Seriously, the whole model flows really well. The way you combined system and technic is fantastic, and it looks great overall. 10/10. You deserve some cake. -don't touch my pocket protector