Toa of Nerds

I wonder how well the Lego Star Wars sets are doing...-don't touch my pocket protector

I sent a question in to the BZPowercast that inspired a whole "How-to BZP" segment about signature guidelines. Just a couple of months later the signature guidelines were completely changed rendering that entire segment obsolete. I also sent in an audio question to the last powercast which was answered.Beyond that, I've written one terrible and since abandoned epic, one mediocre-at-best short story, and three moderately successful comedies, one of which is still running. -don't touch my pocket protector

I had this problem, too, but it stopped ever since I switch from Internet Explorer to Firefox. What browser are you running?Anyway, when I had Explorer I fixed the problem by going into the BBCode mode (click the little light switch button at the top left). When I switched over, I saw that the code was a complete mess. If you know BBCode well, you could just type out your message in the BBCode mode with the proper tags and everything. If you don't know it well enough, try typing out your entire message in the BBCode mode, and then switch back and start formatting it.If you aren't that familiar with BBCode, you can also find some common BBCode tags here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBCode.-don't touch my pocket protector

Absolutely not. Matoro's sacrifice was not in vain; he saved the life of Mata-Nui! The fact that Makuta later took control of Mata-Nui's body does not mitigate Matoro's sacrifice. Also, from what I understand, Makuta took over Mata-Nui when Mata-Nui awaked, not after he died. So Mata-Nui was still in his body after Matoro saved him.-don't touch my pocket protector

So, what are the chances we can raise enough money to buy Andrew a plane ticket to Denmark by next week? Oh well...Regardless, I think the development of Minecraft Lego Bricks started when Minecraft was released. It's just such an obvious pairing (actually, PC Gamer even listed "Lego" as one of the influences for Minecraft). I'm eager to see what kind of sets come out.-don't touch my pocket protector

They can age, it just takes a long time for them to age. The reason why no matoran or toa has died of old age yet is because the MU hasn't lasted long enough (only a measly 100,000 years). Maybe as they continue to live on Spherus Magna they will eventually become old, but not at the moment.-don't touch my pocket protector

Maybe next time you could go out and buy the absolute biggest Friends set, and then Smeag and DeeVee could do a Joint Review of Awesomeness. With Smeag's experience from the Pink Box, and DeeVee's exposure to Friends, I think you could produce the best review in BZPower history.-don't touch my pocket protector

I'm sorry, I just can't get the image of DeeVee (formerly known as Darth Vader) walking up and down the pink isle trying to decide which Lego Friends set he should buy out of my head.-don't touch my pocket protector

Neat! I like how you took a humanoid base and turned into a quadruped. The only complaint I really have is that it seems like it's missing something. I don't know, but maybe a weapon or something extra would really make it pop. Still, nice job. 7/10.-don't touch my pocket protector

I don't think there would be any point for them to do that even if they could. They could just channel their inherent powers through their tools/weapons/whatever whenever they needed to use them.-don't touch my pocket protector

Just a note, this week I will not be posting a new chapter on Saturday. Instead, I'll post a Valentine's Day special on Tuesday and resume the normal comedy the following Saturday.-don't touch my pocket protector

Wow, just wow. All of those pictures look fantastic. If I had to pick a favorite, it would probably be the first one because it looks like his weapon is shooting, however, all of them are amazing. I hope you make more in the future! -don't touch my pocket protector

Interesting theory, but it brings up another question: why would the GBs want to mess with the burrowers?-don't touch my pocket protector

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Very interesting. I won't be entering, but I'm excited to see what others come up with. I think the idea of having a comics contest was fantastic, and I hope it goes great. I wonder what these creative comic makers on BZPower will come up with...-don't touch my pocket protector

Don't be ashamed! You never outgrow the things you love, and if somebody looks at you funny, hey, it's their problem. Just let them go rot their brains with Call of Duty while you build up some grey matter. It will be their fault when your their boss someday .-don't touch my pocket protector

I'm glad my question got answered. I'm also glad that several people sent in questions. This Q&A forum was a really good idea, and I think it turned out great, hopefully more people will send in questions in the future.-don't touch my pocket protector

Hmm, so it looks like it will be a molded head. It also looks like the arms attach like battle droid arms. I'm quite pleased with the look of it; I was always curious as to how they would do Gollum.-don't touch my pocket protector

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Short, yet beautiful. The concept is brilliant and perfectly executed. This story strikes at the very heart of what makes us human and not machines. Why are we human? Because we care about things, and other people care about us. Once again, brilliant. 10/10-don't touch my pocket protector

I love it. The art is simple yet elegant. It captures the essence of every character and does each one justice without doing too much. Really quite perfect. It would be neat if you could implement these into some sort of trading card game, as they are the perfect kind of artwork for that.-don't touch my pocket protector

Lego and Minecraft were meant for each other. I'm just surprised it took them this long to figure it out.-don't touch my pocket protector

I like him. The fact that you put so much into something so small is remarkable, and I like how you incorporated system pieces with technic. 9/10-don't touch my pocket protector

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