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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: November 02, 2009, 02:00:23 AM »

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Off The Wall / Re: Your Desktop! Post It For Great Justice!

« on: November 02, 2009, 12:57:08 AM »

So I should DL FL studio and she comes with, or I can DL her seperately?

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X / Re: Robot Prejudice: Has this been explored in the X series?

« on: November 02, 2009, 12:24:06 AM »

Yeah. we aren't shown drivers, so we cant say

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: November 01, 2009, 10:37:31 PM »

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X / Re: Robot Prejudice: Has this been explored in the X series?

« on: November 01, 2009, 10:25:28 PM »

Quote from: Hypershell on November 01, 2009, 05:49:03 PM

Well, this is why I said "borderline". It is true that Epsilon is a lot less aggressive than your regular Maverick. But at his core there is still the dismissal of humans and the obsession with Reploid evolution, regardless of risk, or for that matter, the will of those affected.

Even if Epsilon himself tried to keep it clean compared to the likes of, say, Lumine, the core philosophy still attracts a lot of scum. Once you have labeled a group as inferior and/or irrelevant, disposing of them as opposed to herding them is only a small leap. It's a leap that Epsilon himself didn't want to make, but can we say the same of his henchman? Whatever code of honor he held pretty much ends once you get past Ferham and Scarface. And it's not as if there was not aggressive action taken within Giga City; Lagrano was destroyed and Jango attempted to blow up the Central Tower. If you spread that same influence that's affecting his henchmen across the world, it's pretty much asking for hell. I think that started to dawn on Ferham when she decided to abandon the "ideal" and destroy the remaining Supra Force Metal rather than risk it being abused by someone like Redips again.

All of this demonstrates why Epsilon was still dangerous. Where you draw the line in defining "Maverick" is beside the point after that. Whether or not he himself will attack humanity, his idea of evolution still encourages it, and he was utterly determined to force it upon the rest of the world.

"Deferred" doesn't mean he wasn't Maverick. It means the people who have to make that call were not confident enough to pass judgment either way. Hence, borderline. Redips was effectively the scapegoat that allowed them to dodge the issue. In reality he was not responsible for Rebellion, but he was the biggest threat in the end, so blaming it all on him was the easy way out.

Thats true... While Epsilon and his 2 right hands Ferham and Scarface were clean, so to speak, (ferham was even willing to help out the hunters by removing one of the SFM fragments, and later, deciding to get rid of it since it was too dangerous to leave lying around when the rebellion was all killed.) the rest were pretty much your average aggressive maverick. Especially Silverhorn, and Botos, who really only cared for his own power. I still like to view Epsilon in a different light, borderline, like you said. It really gives meaning to his thing on "only future generations can judge" I mean, any reploid could really do what he did, out of free will, since they have it, if they so decided to.

Quote from: Saber on November 01, 2009, 07:13:56 PM

What did he do to her anyway, aside from strapping her into that chair, leaving all possible accounts of sexual harassment out of the discussion for the moment. Did it serve any purpose?

Well he also stepped on her.

Quote from: Zan on November 01, 2009, 08:52:25 PM

You forget, Robots had proven themselves to be great drivers a century earlier; Battle and Chase.

In my opinion, humans are much less trustworthy behind the wheel than robots, and Roll Caskett is more human than your classical robot.

As for the Hunters, they abide by law of cool and are equipped with self exploding bikes that have no brakes.

I seriously dont think ALL the car had reploids in them though. Its likely a few were humans.
and in any case, for the majority of the X series, we have not been shown humans to any large extent outside of Cain.

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General / Re: Change my nickname, please

« on: November 01, 2009, 10:15:45 PM »

Quote from: pianochan on November 01, 2009, 09:21:17 PM

oh no
i never actually used this username here, and i figured everyone was too stupid to remember my email address. that'll show me

Well you were the big Pianochan fan here, so its only obvious. plus its easy to tell. Just by personality alone. >_>

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Fan Creations / Re: MM Fanprojects

« on: November 01, 2009, 04:47:32 PM »

Oh lawl, Metroid music.

pretty awesome.

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Entertainment / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: November 01, 2009, 03:13:57 PM »

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG7qhRzWf_0[/youtube]

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: November 01, 2009, 03:11:59 PM »

Quote from: Quickman on November 01, 2009, 08:49:08 AM

Fuckin' saved.

That picture really reminds me of how epic the first movie was when it came out.

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X / Re: Robot Prejudice: Has this been explored in the X series?

« on: November 01, 2009, 03:09:00 PM »

Yeah. CM 2 would be greatly appreciated.

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Gaming / Re: The Nintendo DSi Thread

« on: November 01, 2009, 08:02:58 AM »

There we go. Thats much better.

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Gaming / Re: The Nintendo DSi Thread

« on: November 01, 2009, 07:51:57 AM »

This thread needs "It prints money.gif".

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Off The Wall / Re: Man killed by ice-skating bear

« on: November 01, 2009, 07:48:42 AM »

Quote from: Keno on October 31, 2009, 06:33:05 AM

Have you seen Charlie Sheen outside of married couple & family geared shows?

I think so. I dont really remember.

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Off The Wall / Re: Best coffee shop ever

« on: November 01, 2009, 07:48:05 AM »

Quote from: Kallen on November 01, 2009, 05:28:20 AM

If i have Coffee its White Chocolate Mocha.

Yum. thats great.

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Off The Wall / Re: The history of male's underwear

« on: November 01, 2009, 07:47:12 AM »

I prefer the boxer brief myself.

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Off The Wall / Re: Reposted Picture Thread (56K Warning)

« on: November 01, 2009, 07:43:46 AM »

Quote from: Hypershell on November 01, 2009, 07:34:06 AM

Proof positive of Bowser's awesomeness would be how badly Daisy takes rejection by him. Poor girl.

Oh wow. Poor Daisy.

She really wants some action.

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Rockman Series / Re: Ancient Theories/Fanon

« on: November 01, 2009, 07:40:34 AM »

Quote from: The Great Gonzo on October 31, 2009, 07:58:33 PM

My copy of TOGTMM arrived today, and it's just as interesting as I hoped it'd be.

(click to show/hide)
Megaman 1:

* Dr. Jerome Wily was apparently turned evil by a chemical explosion in his basement laboratory. (That, or it was the straw that broke the camel's back)

* Bombman's bombs are made out of "plastique". Plastic/plasticine?

* S. Smith, to General K. Watson, notes that Megaman is "superior" to humans in many aspects. Oh dear.

* Cutman is also known as "Clipper Head".

* "The Mega Man Project" is said to be quite promising.

* Megaman is said to have complete freedom of direction. Doesn't explain why he can't duck.

* Robot Masters are always referred to as "super robots", in MM1 and beyond. Another thing that carries over from the MM1 coverage is the maps; they look like they were drawn on a computer running ASCII (if it wasn't an OS, just bear with me).

* Their recommended order (and Capcom's) is Cut, Guts, Elec, Ice, Fire, and Bomb.

* Defeating the final boss is described as "destroy[ing] his spaceship and then Dr. Wily himself". So much for the Three Laws.

* Megaman's default weapon is called the "Plasma Cannon".

Megaman 2:

* Wily was banished from "his beloved Monsteropolis". Dr. Wright, after Wily grovelled a bit, sent him some robot parts out of sympathy. Derp derp, Dr. Wright, derp derp.

* The resulting robot apparently built from those parts and the remains of Wily's super robots. Its capabilities were "crude", but over time Wily refined it; during one winter, it constructed the MM2 RMs. (Could this be Protoman or Enker?)

* Wily returns to Monsteropolis and stations his castle in the middle of it.

* E-Tanks are "Energy Crystals".

* The Items are (in order) the Levitation Platform, the Jet Sled, and the Elevator.

* Metalman's weapon is the "Metal Gear". Heh heh.

* The Mechadragon scared the crap out of the author; Guts-Dozer is "one of the most amazing creatures you'll meet".

* Suggested order is Air, Metal, Bubble, Heat, Wood, Crash, Flash, and Quick. Sounds about right.

Megaman 3:

* Forgot to mention this, but pics from MM3 are used to preface all the chapters. In fact, apart from the enemy and boss thumbnails, MM3 is the only game whose illustrations the guide uses.

* Dr. Wily was sentenced to life imprisonment on the farm colony of Agri 4 after MM2. He underwent Neurotransmitter Therapy while there, which of course worked SO well.

* Resources such as oil and timber have fallen low, and Megaman's job is to destroy robots that hoard/steal them.

* Doc Robot vanishes from Dr. Wright's lab on 1/6/2043; it's presumed to be the leader of the MM3 RMs.

* Megaman's slide is described as a "Strider-style" move. Who knew that Megaman once trained under Strider Hiryu, eh?

* Rush was built so that Megaman could more easily traverse the various mining areas. The interview says that Rush's brain was modeled after that of a Malamute puppy (and that he caught a buried a mail truck once).

* Suggested order is Top, Shadow, Spark, Magnet, Hard, Gemini, Needle, and Snake.

* Breakman is training Megaman.

* The Yellow Devil MK. II is called the Cyclops (and it's the same as the one from MM1, apparently).

MMGB1:

* K. Watson is now the President of Earth. Buh? (Also, S. Schwartz seems to want to have Wily shot/lobotomized)

* The areas overtaken by the first set of RMs are a shopping center, an amusement park, "buildings", and a factory.

* Wily was once director of the Industrial Museum, and he had the foresight to build a base underneath it.

* Enker is simply "Mega Man Hunter" here. Poor bastard didn't even get a proper name.

* The stages aren't elaborated on; I guess they ran out of time, or the stages are similar enough to their NES counterparts that it doesn't matter (I haven't played MMGB1).

End of book interview:

* They got around Megaman's lack of vocal chords by hooking Megaman to a video terminal.

* When Dr. Wily stole the other MM1 RMs, Megaman was getting a tune-up and oil change. Lucky him. (He jokes about hiding in a broom closet instead)

* Megaman admits that Rush isn't as bright as he hoped.

* Megaman had the chance to see rough drafts of The Official Guide to Megaman.

* Mega asks readers to look out for future games. I guess that, at some point, they stopped being historical simulations.

Oh wow... What is this...

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