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Entertainment / Re: New Thundercats HO
« on: March 15, 2011, 09:20:10 AM »
Oh? This is interesting.

Its nice to see some of these great older cartoons getting their due. I guess we'll see how it is then. (though Im sure it will be great)


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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)
« on: March 15, 2011, 04:52:11 AM »

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Off The Wall / Re: Japan has been hit by a massive earthquake.
« on: March 15, 2011, 02:41:02 AM »
Just BTW, but seems Inafune and Ariga are fine. He posted on his blog yesterday, the 13th. and Ariga himself also made his own comments. (you can see that on Protodude's corner)

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Off The Wall / Re: Japan has been hit by a massive earthquake.
« on: March 15, 2011, 01:23:24 AM »
Oh, you haven't seen the worst, believe me.

There are a ZILLION facebook accounts with "Yay! God has finally given us payback for Pearl Harbor!" on their pages.
Thos kinds of folk dont seem to know what HIROSHIMA is.
Or NAGASAKI for that matter.

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General / Re: Computer Problem Thread
« on: March 15, 2011, 01:06:05 AM »
Help please? My dad recently bought an HP Photosmart wireless D1100 printer for his new 2 month old HP Windows 7 laptop. And cant install it. The installation always fails. the Printer just isnt recognized by the computer, even with drivers, disks, nothing.

Thing is though, it installed just fine on MY computer. A 2 year old Acer Windows Vista.

Figure that [parasitic bomb] out. It should be the other way around! XD
Weve tried just about EVERY way to get this thing on, and even the Geek Squad is stumped. (3 hours. 3 hours we spent in best buy. 3! Just on this thing!) The only solution they can offer is that it may be some sort of system error, and therefore, try resetting 7 to factory settings.

He doesnt really have much on there yet, (just some pics, all of which are already backed up) so there isnt much issue, but it would be a hassle, and Im almost dead certain the problem wouldnt be fixed.

We even tried it WITH the wire. Nothing. It says that if it has the USB cord it should automatically install drivers. But it doesnt. this printer just doesnt exist.

Help? Before our heads go through the wall in frustration?

the error it gives is 0x00000057

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Gaming / Re: Metroid Discussion Thread
« on: March 15, 2011, 12:37:07 AM »
Do people really forget that The baby was stolen by Ridley?

If he was talen by pirates, then one can assume that not only did Mother Brain control him, but they experimented on him, making him aggressive. After he nearly kills her, he regains his senses and stops. In fact, he sorta lingers there, almost as if confused.

And then yadda yadda, comes to save Samus.

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Gaming / Re: Metroid Discussion Thread
« on: March 14, 2011, 09:27:27 PM »

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Perfect species to control through the means of cloning evil entities, huh?

Mother brain was not made an evil entity, a clone of her would not be evil either.

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You're both implying that cloning in Nintendo works at the level or actual cloning, and that a computer is anything without its programming. You honestly think they went that far in terms of characterization? Oh, and she was previously programmed to be evil, huh? The Chozo, masters of technological superiority, programmed a superior computer and it turned evil. Oh, the humans shall SURELY SUCCEED AT THIS. And before you start calling it a metaphor on human arrogance because the game has suuuuuuch a good story, I'll just say it's not arrogance. It is prime stupidity.
Cloning is cloning. The act of creating a genetically identical copy of the original.That is the definition of cloning. MB has the same technology behind Mother Brain, she is basically a clone of her. Mother brain was never made as evil, therefore, MB had no prior risk of being evil.


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What? What does it have to do with the Metroids? They made her a kawaii uguu girl because they're japanese and they eat that [parasitic bomb] in spades. If they could give her big tits and have panty shots every 5 seconds, they would have.

I think somebody's just upset that Nintendo got sum emotions and animu in their Ripley and Alien.

The baby Metroid immediately bonded with Samus like it's mother. Which means apparently, that works. So, they made MB with the sole purpose of being able to interact and control those metroids like their mother. She would bond with them, and they would obey her. I mean come on, she is even BLONDE like Samus is. I cant see how it's so hard to see that they were basically emulating Samus for use with the Metroids.

I love also, how many people complain about Samus' relationship with the baby as "nothing special" when back in Super, at the end of the game, they would have interpreted it quite the opposite. The baby came to rescue it's "mother" and got killed. Samus, having regained her strength, takes down Mother brain in an emotionally intense curbstomp. (which the opening cinematic represents awesomely too)

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Gaming / Re: Metroid Discussion Thread
« on: March 14, 2011, 07:38:16 AM »
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She was MOTHER BRAIN. They replicated an entity which had turned evil before. What the hell did they expect to happen? It's the biggest cliché in "evil science experiment" there is. The whole game is a bunch of clichés badly tied together, with a story which would make even Michael Bay leave the room in complete and total agony.
I repeat. The Auroras are also Mother Brains. They are just fine.

Mother Brain herself is a HAL 9000 cliche. If we are to assume that the Primes happened in relation to other M, then considering that the Aurora Units were a success, why wouldn't they try to go the next step, and basically make a version with a body and emotions?

Because surely,if anything can keep her from coming to the same conclusion that drove Mother Brain to her position, it is Human emotions. And for the most part, they worked. Until they betrayed her and tried to reprogram her. As a robot with not quite the grasp on emotions that Bergman would have hoped, she wants revenge. Only in her twisted vision, this revenge is against Humanity in general.

She didnt go bad because she was Mother Brain, she went bad because she became twisted with anger. Of course, abandoning her emotions by that point. If they hadnt pulled a dick move on her, she wouldnt have snapped.

Also, come on. This is the federation. The ones who actually tried to use a potentially GALAXY ending lifeform as a biological weapon.

The ones who despite the disaster aboard th Bottle Ship, still went ahead and decided to keep on making bioweapons, AND TAKE RIDLEY ALONG WITH THEM.

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Gaming / Re: Metroid Discussion Thread
« on: March 14, 2011, 12:44:53 AM »
Not to mention the only reason Mother brain ever even became "evil" is because she is a cold, emotionless logical being who came to her decision almost entirely logically. She also wasnt evil by default simply for the fact that she was made by the Chozo, who as we know, are pretty peaceful.

Mother Brain herself is basically the Hal 9000 stereotype you were complaining about, Flash. :P

In fact, I think even the Auroras have more personality. But perhaps thats simply because Mother brain never got the chance to speak or do anything other than be a boss. Hmm. Although, no, the Manga confirms it pretty much, she is a cold emotionless thing. With very little personality.

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Gaming / Re: Metroid Discussion Thread
« on: March 13, 2011, 09:17:29 PM »

Cliché = Better than what we got, which was [parasitic bomb]
When it gets to the point where one of the biggest metroid "memes" dare I say; Is about how Samus will always lose her upgrades if a pebble so much as brushes her foot during a new mission, then not really.

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She keeps monologuing it for weeks, all by herself. That is crazy [sonic slicer] talk.
I recall only monologues being right after she is picked up by the federation in the intro and tutorial, which is pretty much right after Super Metroid, and is the first time she has been conscious since her fight with Mother Brain.

Then she gets a "baby's cry" distress signal, the name of which reminds her of what happened very recently.

After that, she sees a baby metroid near the end of the game, and is reminded of her meeting with the other baby metroid. she isnt monologing at this point, simply contemplating.

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Yeah, same Samus we've ever known. Completewith livejournal entries, moistness whenever she sees Adam and complete subservience to superior male.
Somebody missed the point about EXCLUDING ADAM AND RIDLEY from the equation. Without Adam and Ridely, around, Samus is the same Samus as usual, killing alien species in isolation.

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Sure there were Space Pirates. They've been appearing all through the game. All of her old enemies. She's be hella dumb if she didn't predict Ridley to pop up along with them.
I recall the space pirates only coming up after they learned that The federation was cloning them for some reason. Thats no reason to believe Ridley is there too. Why the hell would they clone the one who can control them against the Federation? From their perspectives, thats how it is. Federation was simply cloning the pirates, to have soldiers.

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Suuuuuuuure they can control the Zebesians. That's why they took over the ship, right? Cloning Mother Brain was a MASTERPLAN as well. SHITTY WRITING. NO POSSIBLE JUSTIFICATION.
They took over only when MB turned against the ship. Also, do mind she only went bad because she thought she had been betrayed. She began to develop emotuons, and was criticizing things. So naturally, what do you do when a robot is making you butthurt? Try to reprogram it! *Of course.jpg* And that made it worse. But she is still a robot, and after she went bad, it was too late. she had already decided that her answer was logically correct. the Humans had to be "punished".

If say... Scientists hadnt been asshats to the damn robot that was only trying to do what she thought was right, then the [parasitic bomb] that went down on the Bottle ship might not have happened. I say Might of course, because Ridley was still there, meaning eventually he might have attacked and then led the Pirates to revolt.

Also, dont forget the Auroras. they are even MORE blatant Mother Brain clones. or did you forget the blueprint trailer showing what totally looks like the final stage of Metroid? (AKA Mother Brain's room) They worked rather well. Only problem was when they were kidnapped due to their lack of mobility or defense. And even then, Its safe to assume that after 3, they STILL use he remaining Auroras.

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She had a joint mission before. Can't remember if the dudes in MP3 were in the Federation. Since being "under the command of a superior" [tornado fang]'d up the game, I'd say it's something bad.
What, you mean the bounty hunters? They arent federation. And shes never had a joint federation mission before Other M, unless you count lending a helping hand to the federation base, even though she was simply hired to do that. The only OTHER joint mission was the beginning of Fusion where she gets infected by X. But even that was just a job to escort the scientists. (and defend them if necessary)


BTW, you mentioned earlier, Super Metroid's intro with Ridley to be worse? Like Zan said, thats in her ideal surroundings. And even then, we never got ANY characteriation from Samus. Even when the baby dies. The only emotions are the one that the player feels, and assumes Samus does too, since we ARE Samus.

meanwhile, while she is already facing a VERY unexpected emotional situation, since she was unprepared to run into Adam, She sees Ridley rising from the fire, in what is a very obvious metaphor for Ridley rising from the firely pits of Hell for Samus, when she also did not expect to ever see him again either, ESPECIALLY after destroying the space pirates that would bring him back. There was just no way he could have come back. So, she recently had a sad experience with the baby, which she was just about getting over, then she unexpectedly runs into Adam, catching her off guard and dragging back up unpleasant and conflicted memories and emotions, and THEN, to top it off, Her arch Nemesis returns from Hell itself. In this case, Ridley was the final stresser. She couldnt take the pressure, and cracked. ALL of those factors influenced her PTSD meltdown.

Flash, did you read the rest of this thread? we have already discussed ALL of this to hell and back....

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Off The Wall / Re: Japan has been hit by a massive earthquake.
« on: March 13, 2011, 04:43:43 AM »
the world can only provide us with so many resources, so we'll need to find another good, cheap, 'safe' and clean power source soon.

Hydroelectricity, Wind, Solar, Geothermal... None as dangerous as Nuclear Energy. Even if a Reactor were to be perfectly fine, there is still no way to dispose of nuclear waste fully.

The WORST among them is Geothermal and Hydro, Geothermal because extracting water from the earth can bring with it gasses and toxic chemicals and [parasitic bomb], but most of the time, they can be injected back INTO the earth, reducing them. Hydroelectric unfortunately has the need for a reservoir, meaning large portions of land are needed for it. But thats it.

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Tbh I think nuclear would be great if you were sure you could contain it. It's sorta like a yandere. When things are working out all is right with the world, but when something stuffs up, you are deader than dead.
The problem is that they are almost ALWAYS in the vicinity of a city, or close enough that any disasters would require evacuation of the area.

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Entertainment / Re: The RPM Boob Tube Thread (56k warning)
« on: March 11, 2011, 11:34:33 PM »
This man, has just won at life. twice over.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzc8vS-ac-g[/youtube]

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Off The Wall / Re: Japan has been hit by a massive earthquake.
« on: March 11, 2011, 01:17:40 PM »
I heard the wave was 23 feet actually. Damn, its scary. Especially when you think how a nation that is used to and has systems in place to deal with earthquakes and this type of thing, was still hit horribly.

Seeing that wave carrying houses across the countryside is terrible. And a few Nuclear Power plants issued states of emergency, after one had a cooling system failure, forcing them to cut power. (Apparently some of the others were issued more as preventive measure, although there was no major issues with them.)

Hope they recover. Wish them all the best.

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)
« on: March 11, 2011, 07:04:15 AM »

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Off The Wall / Re: See ya later!/Welcome back!
« on: March 10, 2011, 10:22:25 PM »
A past member who also leave without saying anything and never came back.
Like as in, just disappeared? Cuz I recall DZ dropping off the face of the map.

Oh and lets not forget Sparky himself.

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Off The Wall / Re: See ya later!/Welcome back!
« on: March 10, 2011, 04:09:46 AM »
Hitomi, and who else? I can't recall now....

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Roleplay / Re: RPMVania
« on: March 09, 2011, 01:11:07 PM »
I know, but I'm at a lack for inspiration. Especially if I want to keep Flame's OH SO MYSTERIOUS CHARADE up 'till Dracula.

Dont wory, Ill come up with something. :D

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Roleplay / Re: RPMVania
« on: March 09, 2011, 05:31:13 AM »
*Dan and Morder attack Death*

(Cant for the life of me figure out how to "break the ice", so to speak, so ill just start with a generalization)

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Zero / Re: What if Mega Man X was the bad guy?
« on: March 08, 2011, 11:55:59 PM »
There would be VERY little in the way of WHY X would go bad. His heart feeling nothing is pretty sad, yes, but not something that would suddenly make him the complete opposite of what he has been forever. I mean, Zero doesnt really care much about the Mavericks he kills, you dont see HIM becoming a tyrant. What happened to X was simply a sad case of a pacifist becoming battle hardened.

X suddenly becoming the bad guy just wouldnt be a good idea. It wouldnt make a deep story, In fact it's deeper without X bad guy. Because we have a copy, a story BEHIND the copy, and the original, who is tied in with the story of the copy. We wouldnt have that with bad guy X.

I don't want to argue or anything... but what part of FALLEN HERO you don't understand?

the exact same part Inti Creates apparently didnt understand, because Blackhook pretty much just stated EXACTLY why Inti changed it last minute.

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)
« on: March 08, 2011, 12:47:33 PM »


:3

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Zero / Re: What if Mega Man X was the bad guy?
« on: March 08, 2011, 06:52:25 AM »
Hasn't this been discussed before?

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)
« on: March 07, 2011, 12:52:26 PM »

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)
« on: March 07, 2011, 03:07:50 AM »
That was funny.

particularly the one where he is trying to stab himself in the crotch.

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All by Udon In house Artists, from the upcoming Megaman Tribute book.

personally, I LOVE the first and Second ones.
courtesy Protodude

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But now she has DEM LEGS, man.
DEM LEGS!
I noticed, I noticed. But that doesnt quite cut it for me. There was nothing wrong with her previous design. She looked a bit like some sort of Robo Miku, and that was fine. Now she has... That weird spiked head... Thing..

I just liked her previous design better. It worked.

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