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  1. SPIRIT

    Delay Schedule

    By SPIRIT,

    This is for listeners of TotA, readers of Wildfire, and viewers of my PSAs. I am sorry to say this, but I'm going to have to put all three of those on hold for the Artwork III contest (which is actually a really short PSA). Once I have that voiced and animated, I'll put out the next chapter of Wildfire, then edit Episode 12 of TotA, get Episode 16 recorded and editted, then another chapter of Wildfire, then I'll start working on the next PSA and hopefully things will get back to normal. *smiles weakly*
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    Destiny War 5

    By SPIRIT,

    Okay, I'm not exactly going to say how, but I've come across a sneak preview of the next part of Destiny War. This takes place right after Axonn and Brutaka fall into the green liquid and leads right into the next part of their mission.
     
    Here it is.
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    Why, Dobby? WHY!?!?!?!?!? Your death was sadder than Moody, Burbage, Hedwig, Bathilda, Dumbledore, Sirius, and Cedric's deaths put together times a billion!
     
     
     
     
    Also, they left out Phineas Nigellus, so how did Snape find them?
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    Does Anyone Else Do This?

    By SPIRIT,

    I refuse to make a group or fanpage on one of those social networking sites, so I'm going to make a blog entry about this.
     
    Do you ever find yourself sitting in class, bored, and you decide to take apart your pen and put it back together... several times?
     
    Let me know if you do so I don't feel weird about compulsively doing it, myself.
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    Dooku Vs. Saruman

    By SPIRIT,

    Differences:
    Dooku wears black, Saruman wears white. Dooku has short hair, Saruman has long hair. Similarities
    Formerly good, turned evil Expert user of magical powers Played by Christopher Lee Carries around a magical stick Wears robes Really only a puppet controlled by the main bad guy who is having him create an unstoppable army Waaaaaaaaaaaait a minute.
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    Doom!

    By SPIRIT,

    Repent! The end is near! I have essays and exams by the truckload in every single one of my eight courses which all must be done in the next 3 weeks.
     
    Science: Giant exam on everything since September on the 19th.
    Careers: Oral presentation next week and portfolio containing EVERYTHING due by the 12th.
    Technology: Hard stuff complete, but not out of the woods yet. Only one last teeny, little assignment.
    English: Huge 15% essay next week, but luckily no exam.
    Spanish: Oral exam on Monday and written exam on the 16th.
    French: Oral exam on the 9th and written exam on the 16th.
    History: Essay on Monday, exam on the 14th.
    Math: Giant exam on everything since September on the 15th.
     
    Well, better get cracking.
     
    EDIT: I'm done my Spanish oral exam and my History essay!
    EDIT2: Finished my Careers presentation!
    EDIT3: Finished my English essay and my mini technology project (which was a 3D rendering of Jupiter exploding- very cool).
    EDIT4: Finished the French oral exam; only one assignment to go until exams!
    EDIT5: Finished my Careers portfolio which is my last homework assignment of the year!
    EDIT6: Finished the Math exam, probably shouldn't have wasted so much time on question four though...
    EDIT7: Finished the History exam, but it was a little tricky because it was written in leet. Yes, I am completely serious.
    EDIT8: Only one exam left... and ironically it's the hardest.
    EDIT9: I'M FREE!!!!!!!!
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    Doppelgänger

    By SPIRIT,

    Have you ever met or seen someone who looks like, sounds like, acts like someone else you know? It's freaky, isn't it? Especially that brief moment where you suddenly realize why they were so familiar.
     
    I imagine this is how LEGO minifigs feel when they see a certain minifig face reused.
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    Double Post

    By SPIRIT,

    Whoa, that’s a full post. All the way.
     
    Double post, oh my god.
     
    It’s a double post all the way.
     
    Whoa, that’s so intense. Whoa, man. Wow. Whoa. Whoa.
     
    WHOAAAA-OH OH. OH MY GOD, WHOA MY GOD. WOOO! AW, OH MY GOD. OHHH, OHHH WOW. WOOOOOOOOO! OH MY WOWWWW. WOOOOOOOOO! YEAHHH- OHH MY—
     
    OHH MY AHHH aw my god, look at that! It’s starting to even look like a triple post!
     
    Oh my god it’s full on! Double post all the way across the forum.
     
    Oh my god, [sobs] oh my god, oh god…
     
    What does this mean?
     
    Oh my god, oh, oh god, it’s so bright, oh my god, it’s so bright and vivid. OHH! OHH! [sobs]….it’s so beautiful.
     
    [sobbing]
     
    Oh my god, oh my god.
     
    Oh my god [whispered]— it’s a double complete post, right in my forum.
     
    [sobs] Oh my god! Oh my god. what does it MEAN? Tell me. [sobs] TOO MUCH [sobbing] I don’t know what it means.
     
    Oh my god [whispers] it’s so intense. Oh. Ah. Oh. Oh. Oh my god.
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    Dumbledore's Speech

    By SPIRIT,

    Dumbledore: Good evening and welcome to Hogwarts! This year's houses: where all the smart, attractive and/or weird people go -- Ravenclaw! Where all the evil, ugly, and/or stupid people go -- Slytherin! Where all the cool, important, and/or plot-relevant people go -- Gryffindor! And where everyone else goes -- Ryan Stiles, I mean, Hufflepuff! And I'm your Headmaster Dumbledore, welcome to Hogwarts! Come on, let's have some fun.
     
    *Takes his place at the table.*
     
    Dumbledore: Welcome to Hogwarts, the school where everything's made up and the points don't matter. That's right, the points are like the difference between Fred and George Weasley. Doesn't really matter.
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    Feature Movies

    By SPIRIT,

    Now that I'm free from school, I have so much free time on my hands, it's not even funny. To entertain myself, I've decided to re-watch some of the movies I have. Today, I watch Fellowship of the Ring and I'm glad to say that I actually understood what was going on this time. Although the Gandalf vs. Saruman scenes could have used a little more pyrotechnics, I have a much better appreciation for the movie. In the days to come I'll be watching the rest of the series and a few other random movies, other than that, I'll either be sleeping or being on BZP. Ahh... life is good.
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    First Day On The Job

    By SPIRIT,

    I finally got around to posting my first official topic as part of my job as a Fact Team member and I have to say that even I'm impressed with how it turned out. It took soooooo long to do and now that it's done, it is a thing of beauty: a list of ever single known member (minus the Piraka) and a brief summary of their history and powers. Anyway, now that this is over, I can get around to finish the next chapter of my epic which is two weeks late.
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    Flash Plans

    By SPIRIT,

    Today I finally finished that Flash movie I told you about (link) and now I can move on with my BZP life. What with the glowing response this movie got, I think I can safely say that I will be making another one... eventually. My ultimate plan is to make a series that continues from where my comedies left off, but I can't start until Little Miss Krahka finishes the sprites for the Director and GregF (but I'm patient and willing to cut her lots of slack because of her generous offer and skill). Since it will have practically every Bionicle character that there are sprites for, it'll probably end up having over 30 members in it as voice actors. Until then, however, I'm going to work on making an über banner so that I won't ever need to put a zillion links in my sig. If I can format it, I might even open up a banner shop.
     
    Life with Flash is good. B)
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    Flashy Flash

    By SPIRIT,

    Okay, so sometimes I'm pretty bad with updating my Message of the Fortnight, but the last I updated this current one was about six weeks ago. Well, the thing about that is that I'm currently in a period of transition with my Flash. I've ordered a copy of Flash CS4 (the latest version) and it's supposed to arrive at the end of October, but until such time, I'm afraid things are at a bit of a standstill. As for my old version of Flash, that's living on a virus-ridden computer several kilometres away from where I'm living now -- plus, it was a trial version, so it's not too much of a loss.
     
    When I get my version of the brand new Flash, though, expect the unveiling a new secret project.
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    Follow Up 1

    By SPIRIT,

    Okay, the survey's been out for a week, so let's see what people want.
     
    1) Is having the BIONICLE logo as the map with each forum section being an island a good idea? If not, what would be better?
     
    Most people seemed to like the map, although Great Being #1 has proposed an alternative (see below).
     
    2) Do you agree with the island names? If not, what are some better ones you can think of?
     
    Once again, no one had any major qualms with these. Terakk, though, has suggested some of his own (see below).
     
    3) Do you agree with the elemental designations of the forums? If not, what do you suggest?
     
    Very few issues here, though see GB's map for his suggestions.
     
    The other 3 :annoyed2:) Where should blogs go?
     
    Voting was more split here, but the majority of you wanted it to go in people's homes.
     
    4) How do homes work?
     
    This was probably the closest vote, but most people decided that you live in a home in one of the forums.
     
     
    So now the follow up:
     
    1) If things stay this way will you be so totally disgusted by this project that you'll boycott it entirely or can you live with it?
     
    2) a- Do you like GB's suggested map better than mine (barring the fact that mine is interactive)?
    b- Do you like Terakk's island name suggestions (Pheskal, Zatovas, and Arventos) better than mine?
     
     
    I'll tally up the results in a week or so and then we can move onto phase two!
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    Follow Up 2

    By SPIRIT,

    Okay, this was a doozy. Here's what I've come up with, let me know your thoughts and whether you're strictly opposed to anything that's been decided here:
     
    1) What are members?
     
    Most people liked my suggestion, but not so much the Makuta thing. To justify, what I meant was that they get the 42 Kraata powers and are charged with making sure the universe runs smoothly. If you still don't like it, then how about admins get to have Exo-Toa suits?
     
    2) How does BIONICLESector01 work?
     
    Looks like it's a separate island on a different map. That was the original plan, but just wanted to see what people thought first.
     
    3) How does BIONICLE.com work?
     
    Okay, this one was rather on the edge and most people wanted to leave it out. Going with TtW's idea somewhat, how about we just get news or such delivered from there, though we never visit it?
     
    4) Is there anything else that you can think of that has not been mentioned?
     
    Just proto and post count needs to be explained, it seems. Um... any suggestions?
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    Forum Bios

    By SPIRIT,

    Not too much activity on the last follow up, but oh well. I'll just leave post-counts and proto alone for now unless someone gets some really good ideas. Now, however, onto the fun part.
     
    So we've seen the map, we have a general idea of how things work, now let's get a better picture of each of the individual forums. To recap, the forums have been given their elements for the following reasons:
     
    Fire: Bionicle Collectibles -- Ta-Matoran make masks.
    Fire: LEGO Bionicle Sets -- Ta-Matoran make the parts for things like Vahki, etc.
     
    Water: New Member Q&A -- Ga-Matoran are teachers.
    Water: General Discussion -- Ga-Matoran talk a lot? (Kind of grasping at straws here. )
     
    Stone: Buy/Sell/Trade -- Po-Koro had a thriving marketplace in MNOLG1
    Stone: Marketplace Banter -- (See above.)
     
    Ice: Bionicle Storyline & Theories -- Ko-Matoran ponder the future.
    Ice: Voting Booth -- Ko-Matoran use information they collect to extrapolate the future (also a bit of a stretch).
     
    Air: Comedies -- Le-Matoran joke around.
    Air: Bionicle Artwork III: Bionicle Comics -- (See above).
     
    Earth: Bionicle Reference Center -- Onu-Matoran archive things and study the past.
    Earth: Bionicle Movies & Books -- The tales told in the movies and books are about the past, which interests the Onu-Matoran.
     
    Light: BZP Reference Desk -- Nothing more bright and painful to the eyes than a bunch of rules (also, it's like the "ultimate" element).
    Light: BZPower.com News Discussion -- Shines a light into the darkness of ignorance (once again, mostly because it'd be unfair to give another forum Light).
     
    Plasma: Completely Off Topic -- Plasma is full of energy and all over the place, just like COT.
    Plasma: Bionicle Games & Trivia -- Once again, full of energy
     
    Magnetism: Bionicle Software -- Information is often stored magnetically.
    Magnetism: Fan-Made Games -- (See above.)
     
    Plant Life: Bionicle Artwork I: General Art -- Plant Life is serene, graceful, and beautiful, just like artwork.
    Plant Life: Bionicle Promotions -- Plants also try to spread themselves everywhere, which is what Promotions are for.
     
    Gravity: LEGO General Discussion -- Gravity is things being held together, like LEGO sets.
    Gravity: Bionicle Artwork II: Shops & Kits -- The various sprites and banners are also things that are being held together.
     
    Iron: Bionicle Based Creations -- BIONICLE creatures are metallic and Fe-Matoran are industrious, building many things.
    Iron: BBC Contest Voting -- (See above.)
     
    Sonics: Epics -- De-Matoran like the quiet, making it easier for them to read.
    Sonics: Short Stories -- (See above.)
     
    Lightning: Bionicle RPG -- Nikila, the only Toa of Lightning we've seen, was a strategist and Tahnok-Kal was said to be the fiercest of the Bohrok-Kal. Sounds like an RPG player to me.
    Lightning: RPG Contest Voting -- (See above).
     
    Also, here is the map so you can see where each forum is roughly.
     
    What I want from you is a small bio on each of the forums. Maybe a paragraph or so detailing scenery, lifestyle, and maybe a brief history if you want. You can submit as many as you want and we'll vote on the best in the next entry.
     
    I'll get you started with the island of Hapori Nui.
     
    BZP Reference Desk: Built on the remains of the ancient village of BZ-Koro, where the earliest colonists once lived, this region has since become the capitol of the BZ Nui archipelago. After the denizens branched out to the surrounding islands, the island was used as a central hub for maintaining order between the early settlements. Now a shining golden fortress stands there in whose many rooms the staff spend their leisure time, conduct official business, and where proclamations are made to the people of BZ Nui.
     
    New Member Q&A: An entire coastline filled with schools to educate newer (and sometimes older) members on the workings of the site. Situated near to the official list of rules, it isn't difficult for students to quickly learn everything they need to know about membership. It is often frequented by experienced members and staff, especially Forum Mentors, to pass on their knowledge of the site.
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    So for fun, I thought I'd go through the different forums to find out which is the highest voted topic by Reputation Points. And then hand out pretend Internet Medals to the ones with the best score.
     
    Obviously Reputation Points are totally unbiased and a completely accurate metric for the quality of a post.
     
    ... Actually, I don't think anyone really looks at them. BUT I DID. FOR SCIENCE.
     
    The following is a list of the top 10 Comedies on BZPower based on the Reputation Points held by its first post... at the date and time that this blog entry was posted. Obviously there's nothing to stop people from going around and adding more points to their favourite Comedies, but I'll know that you did it. And I'll do the "shame on you hand gesture".
     
    Uh... so yeah, the list:
     
    10. ~♥~ Kokoro no Ice ~♥~ by GSR with 13 Points
     
    9. Staring Contest Continues by Onuki with 16 Points
     
    8. WHAT IS THE POTOO?! 2 by Voltex with 17 Points
     
    7. The Adventures of Sumiki's Dad - by Sumiki's Dad's Son with 20 Points
     
    6. Wedding Announced by Onuki with 23 Points
     
    4. (Tie) WHAT IS THE POTOO?! by Voltex with 26 Points
     
    4. (Tie) Hakuna Vakama by Onuki with 26 Points
     
    3. Poor Kongu... by SPIRIT with 28 Points
     
    2. Game, Set, Match by Eyru with 30 Points
     
    1. The Kaita and the Storyteller by GSR with 35 points
     
    Congratulations to GSR for getting the gold, Eyru for getting silver, and me for getting bronze. Special mention to Voltex and Onuki, the only people not in the top 3, but still in the top 10 multiple times. Ordinarily, I'd make the winners wonderful medals in Microsoft Paint, but as we all know, Microsoft Paint is being discontinued, and that's totally the reason not because I'm lazy.
     
     
    So what forum should I do next?
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    Since I'm not really interested in going through the rigmarole of getting patents for these things, here are four inventions that need to exist. Go ahead, steal my ideas, just someone please invent them.
     
    1) An iPhone that doesn't cost an arm and a leg. All I want to do is have all the features of my iPod Touch, but also be able to make calls so that I don't have to carry around both my cellphone and my iPod. I don't want 4G Internet, GPS, or any of that crazy stuff, I just want to make calls and texts from my iPod Touch without the expensive smartphone plans.
     
    2) Brake lights on the front of cars. I can't tell you how many times I've seen cars approaching yellow lights when I'm turning left and I don't know if they're stopping or not. Seriously. Why can't the people in front of you know when you're braking? What's the big secret?
     
    3) WiFi adaptor for phone jacks/adaptor cable for wireless devices that can plug into a phone jack. As an owner of a Nintendo DS and an iPod Touch, I can't even name the number of times I've seen an open phone jack with access to the Internet, but no way to connect to it. Sure, wireless is nice and all, but not everywhere has it and there needs to be an alternate solution for those devices.
     
    4) Knee pads for baby pants. Simple one, really. Tired of your kids wearing out their pants by crawling around on the floor? Sell pants with built in knee pads. Problem solved.
  22. SPIRIT
    So, hello everyone. Been kinda busy lately and I just thought I'd catch you guys up to speed on what's been going on.

    As some of you may or may not know, I had a birthday on April 8th. As far as birthdays go, it was pretty lame. It was the second last day of class, so in wanting to know what to study for exams, I wasn't able to go home and instead had to stick around during the 8th and the 9th. I played a bit of LEGO Universe, so that was okay, but that was about it... The actual celebrating happened on the evening of the 9th, when I got to go home. There was cake and presents (most of which were travel-related, but more on that later), which was a large improvement on the previous day. After that, I got a whole week of no school until exams (which are done now, so I'm home for the summer), ordinarily, the perfect time to study, but if you know me, procrastination's the name of the game. So about the travel thing, I guess now is as good a time as any to announce it, starting in September, I'll be moving from Ontario, Canada and living in Nice, France for the year as I do a year of school abroad. Pretty excited for it and still partially unable to internalize it, so, this should be quite the adventure. Noticing a great deal on Future Shop for free shipping on orders of over $39, I decided to use some of my birthday money to purchase Pokémon HeartGold, Yu-Gi-Oh 5s Reverse of Arcadia, and a webcam. Both games deserve their own bullet points, but the webcam was pretty neat to try out, plus it was on sale. Ironically enough, they were delivered while I was in the garage searching for the C key from my laptop keyboard as mentioned in my previous blog entry... Now, I've never played a Yu-Gi-Oh game before (card game or otherwise), but the anime was always interesting with the twists and turns their card games took, so I figured "heck, how hard can it be?" Let's just say, whenever I manage to win a duel, I feel like the smartest freaking person on the planet. I haven't gotten very far yet, still getting my bearings as a duelist, but it's pretty fun, I have to say. Some of the subtler rules are a little hard to understand and it seems that sometimes the game picks and chooses when certain things apply, so to that I say, screw the rules, I have money (and a million nerd points if you got that reference or even care about this bullet point ). On Monday the 26th (yesterday), I got all four wisdom teeth out. So yeah, I've really gotta stop starting my summers with surgery... Still recovering from that (my face is already pretty swollen) and I'm excited for when I'll be able to eat solid food again. And rest assured, once I'm recovered sufficiently, I'll get around to doing the last chapters of my comedy. Speaking of which, the entries for the Comedy Contest have been posted and yes, I have entered. I'm intrigued to see how I do in this contest, given that I can no longer rely on the crutch of my reputation as I have been able to in past contests. I'll give you a hint as to which one it is, though: mine's the one with the Bohrok in it. And lastly, Pokémon has been fun. If there's any region I played to death in my younger days, it was Johto. Quite a few bursts of nostalgia going through this game, though, and I do like how your Pokémon follow you around. As I type this, I have just beaten the Elite Four for the first time with the following team: 
    Ampharos Lv.45 (Discharge, Thunder Wave, Focus Blast, Signal Beam)
    Poliwhirl Lv.44 (Waterfall, Wake-Up Slap, Hypnosis, Belly Drum)
    Togetic Lv.44 (Extrasensory, Magical Leaf, AncientPower, Fly)
    Forretress Lv.45 (Bug Bite, Payback, Explosion, Spikes)
    Mamoswine Lv.45 (Ice Fang, Avalanche, Earthquake, Mud Bomb)
    Typhlosion Lv.45 (Flamethrower, Swift, Lava Plume, Defence Curl).
    And that is what is new for me.
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    Funny T-shirts

    By SPIRIT,

    I used to wear funny t-shirts all the time, but eventually stopped after getting tired of people trying to one-up my shirt's joke. For instance, wearing a camo shirt that says "You can't see me" and having everyone you meet come up to you and say "hay i can c u ololololol" gets old fast.
     
    Anyone else have this problem? People ruining funny shirts for everyone?
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    GameBoy Color

    By SPIRIT,

    So long story, but I ordered a GameBoy Color game off Amazon and it just arrived today.
     
    So I popped it in and turned it on and goodness gracious me.
     
    I used to play on this? For multiple hours at a time? WITH NO BACK LIGHT?! How do I have any eyesight at all???? This screen is so absurdly tiny. A 2.32 inch display? Are you joking me?
     
    I got my GameBoy Color almost 17 years ago. I can't wait to see what gaming is like in 2034.
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