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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: April 01, 2011, 04:52:58 AM »

Just you wait until what comes after that.

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Comic Jam / Re: CJ016 - "Can I Really Be the Hero?"

« on: April 01, 2011, 04:00:47 AM »

Because I made a DBZA reference?

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Comic Jam / Re: CJ016 - "Can I Really Be the Hero?"

« on: April 01, 2011, 03:25:42 AM »

I'm gonna imagine you with one.

*imagines Flame with an evil goatee*

So. Evil.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: April 01, 2011, 02:20:00 AM »

Projects in teams of around 18 people that want you to make a professional looking music video in one week for an actual music group that if they consider yours the best of the bunch they'll actually use it as their official video for that song. I'd give more details about what I'm doing but I'm under NDA.


Another random fact, I've always wanted to say something like "that's classified informtion" to someone, and I just totally did. Sweet.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: April 01, 2011, 02:11:44 AM »

Did I mention that I had to pull 3 all nighters in a row? Because I totally had to.

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Off The Wall / Re: Post a Random Fact About Yourself

« on: April 01, 2011, 02:06:55 AM »

This week I've only been at home for like literally 2 hours. The other 70+hours I've been at school >.<

Thank god for laptops and fellow students bringing 360s/Wiis.

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Comic Jam / Re: CJ016 - "Can I Really Be the Hero?"

« on: April 01, 2011, 02:02:26 AM »

What does it spell backwards?

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Comic Jam / Re: CJ016 - "Can I Really Be the Hero?"

« on: April 01, 2011, 01:53:29 AM »

and Im sure some other RPMers can be thrown in as good guys for good measure.

Not me though, I totally want to appear as an evil, black fire using pyromaniac at some point.

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Anime & Manga / Re: One Piece

« on: March 31, 2011, 05:59:10 PM »

Holy [parasitic bomb] a One Piece and Toriko cross over

I knew Toriko was getting popular but not THAT much.

Edit: Oh man that ending, I expected it but still

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Gaming / Xenoblade is getting localized...

« on: March 31, 2011, 10:23:31 AM »

in Europe.

XENOBLADE CHRONICLES TO REACH EUROPE

Nintendo of Europe can confirm that it will be bringing the epic RPG, Xenoblade Chronicles to Europe for Wii. The title, already launched in Japan, brings to life a universe where two worlds called Bionis and Mechonis fight a war that knows no end.

Join the battle for Bionis to repel the invasion of a terrifying mechanical army and uncover the secrets of a mystical sword called the Monado.

Xenoblade Chronicles will be launching later this year for Wii featuring both English and Japanese voice-overs and will be fully subtitled in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Keep checking www.nintendo.dk for further information on this epic new adventure for Wii.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=425989

Well it's better than nothing.

Hopefully NoA says something tomorrow.

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Comic Jam / Re: CJ016 - "Can I Really Be the Hero?"

« on: March 31, 2011, 10:03:22 AM »

Well, I kinda want to but I have no way of doing anything right now (and a certain fanart constest kinda has priority over comic jam anyways, you know, deadlines, etc x__x)...nor do I have any idea of where to take this anyways.

You go ahead and take the next page.

Edit: Oh, that's what I get for standing up and doing something else before pressing the post button.

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Off The Wall / Re: See ya later!/Welcome back!

« on: March 31, 2011, 09:56:07 AM »

Oh wow, it's been 2 years already since the puppy escaped? Sheesh time flies.

Welcome back

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Comic Jam / Re: CJ016 - "Can I Really Be the Hero?"

« on: March 31, 2011, 09:53:19 AM »

Reverse-Quickie is sexy! 

In-[tornado fang]ing-deed

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Gaming / Re: The Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Topic (ITS MAHVEL 3 BAYBEE)

« on: March 31, 2011, 02:00:54 AM »

Until I see any confirmation that that's the real Lupinko (and a twitter comment he made this morning saying "accept no substitues" makes me really doubt it is) I'm calling fake.

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Anime & Manga / Re: 4kids loses Yu-Gi-Oh. They get sued too.

« on: March 30, 2011, 11:42:11 AM »

Kinda but yeah, that's the one.

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Anime & Manga / Re: 4kids loses Yu-Gi-Oh. They get sued too.

« on: March 30, 2011, 10:06:28 AM »

If you mean season zero then yeah, that's usually what people mean by it since AFAIK it and the first 7 volumes of the manga it's based on (before the whole card game thing became the focus) are similar yet still quite different.

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Anime & Manga / Re: 4kids loses Yu-Gi-Oh. They get sued too.

« on: March 30, 2011, 12:16:36 AM »

4kids lost Pokemon years ago =/

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: March 29, 2011, 11:43:56 PM »

Speaking of yaoi, who in the ringht mind who would pair up Harry with voldemort? Voldemort of all people?! 

If there's more than 1 male character in any series, they will all be paired together in every possible combination no matter how squicky, wrong, or how little sense it makes. It's not a rule of the internet AFAIK but it should be.

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Anime & Manga / 4kids loses Yu-Gi-Oh. They get sued too.

« on: March 29, 2011, 11:05:00 PM »

4Kids Entertainment has made quite a business out of taking Japanese anime programming like Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! and dubbing it into English for the pleasure of U.S. children. Just how lucrative? The Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, including a popular TV show and various merchandising, is said to have earned 4Kids over $152 million in income between 2001 and 2009.

But now, the Japanese animation studio that first created the anime hits is attacking, claiming that 4Kids owes it millions of dollars for making secret agreements with TV networks and home video distributors as well as making improper royalty deductions, including for the cost of the actual dubbing. As the result of alleged contractual breaches, the Japanese companies behind the show reveal they have just terminated their licensing agreements with 4Kids. They now want past money owed too.

TV Tokyo Corporation and Nihon Ad Systems filed the lawsuit last week in New York federal court.

According to the complaint, the plaintiffs exercised their right to audit 4Kids' financial books in 2010 to see whether they were getting paid 50% of gross income, minus pre-defined expenses, as agreed upon in the original licensing agreement.

The auditor allegedly turned up some questionable accounting concerning deals made by 4Kids with the Cartoon Network and other parties.

For example, 4Kids is said to have made an agreement with  Funimation Productions, giving it the right to exploit the YGO series on home video. "4Kids conspired with Funimation to fraudulently hide from Plaintiffs more than 45% of the total income Funimation paid to 4Kids from the sale of the home videos," the complaint states.

Allegedly, 4Kids not only licensed YGO, but also several other Japanese animation series it didn't own. Under the terms of this supposedly secret deal, which allegedly included a strict confidentiality clause, 4Kids didn't have to do much besides perform certain marketing services. It was Funimation's job to produce and distribute the series, and for this right, Funimation paid a $1.3 million advance and gave over nearly $4 million in a service fee, which was allegedly then hidden from the plaintiffs.

4Kids is said to have made a similar "strictly confidential" deal with Majesco Sales Inc. to produce and distribute videos of the YGO episodes on Nintendo's Gameboy Advanced game system, and allegedly never turned over any royalties.

The complaint also details some improper deductions, including more than $2.5 million worth of international withholding taxes, bank charges, insurance coverage, YGO style guide art, the cost of the audit itself, and even the cost of the dubbing. TV Tokyo says 4Kids "expressly agreed to bear [such costs] under the agreement."

After the auditor's report, the parties met in February to discuss the situation. The plaintiffs are said to have made an offer, which was rejected. After further discussions, on March 17, 4Kids wired $1 million as a "good faith" initial payment. The next day, reps for the Japanese companies flew to the U.S. for a final meeting to see if they could resolve the mess.

"4Kids abruptly terminated this meeting without a resolution to any of the outstanding issues," says the complaint.

In response, TV Tokyo Corporation and Nihon Ad Systems have cancelled the agreement and filed a lawsuit, seeking more than $4 million in damages and other relief for breach of contract and fraud. The legal dispute also leaves the future of some of the most popular Japanese programming on U.S. television in some doubt.

Attempts to reach 4Kids for comment were unsuccessful.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/yu-gi-creator-terminates-us-172273


Yeah, the company is done for.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: March 29, 2011, 09:50:42 PM »

It was at ROA, Doc, Ares, and Alma were there, and I think I remember some yaoi shippings or something like that, it's been a while

So I guess maybe the uncomfortable part is correct.

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Forum Games / Re: "What Are You Thinking Now?"

« on: March 29, 2011, 08:46:31 AM »

I see.

Personally I just try to remain monotonous when posting on forums. IRC and other real-time chats, not so much. Just ask THW Dr. Wily II about that.

Yeah, the one time I've been on a chat with you was definitely quite different from here

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Off The Wall / Re: See ya later!/Welcome back!

« on: March 29, 2011, 02:58:28 AM »

Off the top of my head, the only three people who have just up and left and never come back are Michelle, Hitomi, & Tsuyoshi. It was bound to happen with Hitomi & Michelle, given their personalities, and Yoshi can pretty much still be seen drawing awesomeness on the dA. What these three have in common was that the just up & left without really saying a word. Those are the people I never expect to come back.

Oh, and Asvel.

Actually I do remember Yoshi saying he was leaving and never returning, don't remember if Hitomi did too, but knowing her, if she did it would've just been a quick mention if anything at all, so it's more like they just said a quick good bye, didn't make a big deal out of it and just left. Michelle just disappeared before I joined, and god knows what happened to Asvel, did he ever post anything after that last comic jam of his?

Oh, and shame on you people, the sheep god (and with him Alma) left recently and you don't remember >.>

So, of the top of my head, Michelle, Asvel, and Nobo left without saying anything, while Yoshi, and Ares said their good byes and kept their word. Hitomi as I said I don't remember >.>

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Comic Jam / Re: CJ016 - What If Saga

« on: March 28, 2011, 10:06:46 AM »

... *head explodes*

*cleans*

Well, I'm not opposed to being in any crack pairing as long as it's not a yaoi love pairing.

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: March 28, 2011, 01:53:37 AM »

I'll be staying with an uncle in Kansas. I would do what you say, but I'm short on money right now and was hoping I could convince my parents to get it as an early (as in 3 months early) birthday present with the "it'll literally cost double back home" argument >.>

Worst case scenario I get it the same way I got my 360, working with my uncle in Kansas during summer.

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Gaming / Re: Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

« on: March 28, 2011, 01:46:23 AM »

Well, a friend told me that doing that I'd get taxed so much that it'd barely make a difference so yeah...That's why I asked if anyone thought I'd be able to find one without trouble next month when I'm going to the US.