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[quote name='Retribution][size=1']Wow, and I thought that White was the biggest suck-up 'round these parts.[/size][/quote] [color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]I still am. And you know it. If you want to make it to the top, you'll have to do a few important things (aswell as getting 50 posts). You will have you put "Do it right, do White. I did White, why don't you?" into your signature, you will have to mail me 50 dollars Monopoly money, you will have to get 5 honorable kills (slay 5 Newbies) and you will have to completely disregard this post.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Congratulations to you both, you're very deserving of the places you got to. Now, before I cast my vote I'd like you to answer my question after you answer Solo's. [b]If you could re-do one thing during the course of the game, what would it be and why?[/b] Once again, grats to the two of you. ^_^[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Master Chief. ::nod:: I wouldn't exactly call him a 'super' soldier. But he is an excellent fighter, anyways. I cannot wait for Halo 3 to come out (which unfortunately means buying an XBOX 360). Here is mine, [b]New Scramble:[/b] [i]wolsh vomgni tlacse[/i] A popular movie recently released on DVD. Some of the cast includes the wonderful Christian Bale. This film was also originally a novel, and has a decent fanbase here in OtakuBoards.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Hah! Those were all amusing. However they can be improved upon. All three videos were very pixelated and not very visible. You should maybe get a better recording device because it looks a lot like it was recorded with a digital camera. Other than that they were pretty funny. The cat one was... a bit out there. But they all were. You could also make them longer. I realize they are shorts but they still have room for 3-7 minutes of extra footage. I'm curious, though. What program did you use for the third video?[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Well, this looks good. The idea of making it 3D is a great one. I always wished they would make the old-style Final Fantasy game three-dimensional. And here it is! I also enjoy(ed) Crystal Chronicles very much, so that is another bonus. I'm not too happy about a few things, though. They changed the characters looks a tiny bit too much if you ask me. The Red mage should have long, white hair, not a short, blond, ponytail. And the White Mage's hood isn't on in the screen shots! They also made Black Mage female. I think they should've kept the Vivi look. But these are just small things that I'll learn to ignore as I play along. The battle system looks promising, and the graphics are great for a DS game (I have to keep reminding myself it isn't for Gamecube). Thanks for the link, Sandster.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS]The two plumber brothers viewed excitedly as the two teams raced up and down the stairs, selling (and not selling) various coins to customers. Watching the clock, Mario anxiously glanced at Victor and Pikachu who seemed to be taking their sweet time selling some coins. Pikachu was having difficulty communicating with the large dinosaur, and Victor was fighting with another for not wanting to buy his coin. Finally, a whistle blew and all the competetors jumped. They stared at where Mario and Luigi stood. [COLOR=DarkRed]"Time's up!" [/COLOR] yelped Mario. [COLOR=DarkRed]"Come back to-a us, will you?"[/COLOR] The teams obeyed and were soon lined up in front of the Mario brothers. Luigi slinked off and recieved a letter from a short, red speckled toad. He walked up to the front of riser and cleared his throat. [COLOR=DarkGreen]"In this-a envelope, are the statistics of-a all the points-a gathered. I will read it now."[/COLOR] Luigi ripped open the top of the letter and pulled out a piece of white paper. He gasped and stared at the expecting contestants. [COLOR=DarkGreen]"With-a [i]six[/i] more-a points-a then the losers, Team [b]Alpha[/b] are the-a victors!"[/COLOR] he announced, satisfied with the outcome of the first challenge. After all the cheering and high-fiving, the brothers continued to explain what would happen. Team Alpha would go to the [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=52553&page=1&pp=15][color=#555555]Pipe Plaza[/COLOR][/url] and decide on a team name, while Team Beta would wait in the [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=52554][color=#555555]Lobby[/COLOR][/url]. Beta's team name would be decided by [i]Bowser[/i] and he would say it after Alpha had chosen their's.[/FONT]

[CENTER][font=tahoma][size=4][b]A Mushroom, Sir?[/b][/size] [size=4][I]CHALLENGE OVER[/I][/size][/CENTER] The first challenge of OBA:PE! is now over (see post [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?p=721610&posted=1#post721610][I]here[/I][/url]). The winners are Team Alpha. So, you guys should get started on a Team Name. If you don't get one by Saturday, I'll pick (a good) one for you (as I want to get the next challenge up by Sunday). If you can't decide between some names, just ask me to choose one of them or get people to send their vote to me. As for you, Team Beta.. Unfortunately, you lost. But that's okay! Nobody will be fired since it was a straight reward challenge (luckily for you). Unluckily for you, Bowser ([i]me[/i]) will be creating you a [i]horrible[/i], [i]embarrassing[/i], and [i]stupid[/i] teamname. I'll base it on Team Alpha's name (example: Team Alpha chooses Team Gold Fist, I'll make you Team Copper Kidney).[/font]

[FONT=Tahoma][color=#555555]Hehe, fanks. :3 This next one is the original image I was going to use for the GFX Battle between Retri and I (see the one I chose [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=52756]here[/url]). [img]http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/624/criminalwithout6vy.jpg[/img] It's not that I chose this one over the other one, it's that I had forgotten I made this one the day of the challenge. So, I ended up making and posting the new one. [SIZE=1](I just know Retri will comment on that. >.>)[/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT]

[quote name='Nomura][B']HHHmmm... I can't tell if Zeke wanted to try out or not. She said nevermind, LOL. Okay JJ, PM me whenever you're ready to start. I would make the format like that....but...I'm afraid it'll take too much! We only have a certain ammount of time, and it's already a pain to write these articles. LOL. Ill try it though, if you can get me that format.[/B][/quote] [color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Oh, sure. Let all these people in first even though I signed up (somewhat) first. ;_; Am I in this, though? You said I could help but you never said what with. I put a whole list of areas I'd be willing to work on, so just PM me. Anyway, the second issue was five times better than the first. The spellcheck was very apparent and you took my advice on the images! Bravo. I like how you changed the font colour for each article to match the writer's normal font. A good idea. I want more![/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Eh, we're both a little late. At least we talked to eachother about it. [CENTER][img]http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/8033/criminal2hg.gif[/img][/CENTER] The first thing I think of when I hear criminal now is V from V for Vendetta. So, I used him. A criminal for all the right reasons.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[QUOTE=Nomura]Ads: [IMG]http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/192/dowhitecopy9kf.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] [color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]That's [I]right![/I] :smirk: At first glance I thought this was just going to be a carbon copy of the DailyOtaku, but now that I've read it I can see it is very different. The whole idea of having a newspaper for Otakuboards members to come a read to see the current going-ons and hypes of OB is a great idea. It could use some work, though. The spelling and grammar is alright, but I'd suggest pasting the final post into MWord or something of the like and do a spellcheck. You should also work on the pictures. The first picture should have been (in my opinion) centered and possibly bordered. The second picture is very small and the third/fourth pictures should also have been centered (or thumbnailed). Anyways, I wouldn't mind taking part in this growing online paper myself. So, if you have any spots available for the Adventure Inn/Square/Underground/Play/PC Mac... then I am your man. I could also help with things I mentioned above.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]I think Retri and I thought of that, but the only problem is that when we finally did get a site, there would be so many pictures to attach (ontop of the ones already in the thread) that it would be too much of a hassle to do. It's all up to Alex, though. If he wants to continue the chain without a site then he will. But I sincerely doubt it (I hope he does though! :3).[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]The first thing I thought of when I saw Yuna was Final Fantasy (der..). And what artist (who has come a long way) loves FF? Well, CloudsOnly189 of course. Not only that, but I believe I've seen that banner before. Plus, she [i]has[/i] come a long way since, now going under the name of [b]Keyblade Wielder[/b].[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Yeah, it is true that a lot of gamers are looking for superior graphics nowadays. However, I think that it will be far too hard to resist the enormous aspects of the Revolution. And who knows? The graphics in the Revolution may be something nice to look at aswell. There are always going to those fanboys (for all [I]three[/I] systems) that just stick with what they've had for ages, but I'm sure the Revolution will move [i]some[/i] of them (the same way the XBOX originally moved me :)). I'd really like to hear the opinion of someone who thinks PS3 will be greater that [i]isn't[/i] a hardcore fanboy.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Today my friend and I were talking about the next generation gaming systems (PS3, XBOX360, Revolution) and we started discussing the probabilty of another company (new or old) coming in and releasing their own gaming console. We had a lot of laughs about it, like Apple releasing the "iGamingSystem." Anyways, I was wondering what your thoughts on this are. Do you think that a new company will ever enter the business? What companies would and would not? Also, feel free to make up your own gaming system, wether it be made by yourself or another company. :P Personally, I think the chances of [I]SEGA[/I] ever releasing another system is pretty low. They have so many (not a lot, actually) agreements with Nintendo and Microsoft that it just seems pointless. And I'm not sure it would do all that well anyways. On the other hand, it would probably do better than anyother new company making a gaming system. I think it would be amusing (and not very surprising) if Apple made their own gaming console. The iBox? iBox 180? Not sure they would do all that well, but they can always try.[/FONT] [/COLOR]

[quote name='Illusion][COLOR=Blue']Do we have to sell a coin to each person or stop after one? (forgive me if this was obvious)[/COLOR][/quote] [quote name='White][color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]I'm going to go ahead and add that I'll only allow a maximum of five posts (though I doubt anyone will post five times) per person for this challenge. Once you have sold a coin to someone, you cannot sell it to them again.[/FONT'][/COLOR][/quote] [color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Sell one coin to a customer in one post. Any other posts [B]you[/B] write will have to be a different customer.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]I found that picture aswell, but that's not the picture I see in Delta's post. Meh. Here is mine. [img]http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/1301/dididreamit5wg.jpg[/img] [b]HINT:[/b] Disasterpiece, Funny Guy.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[FONT=Tahoma][color=#555555]You know, after much web surfing I have come to a conclusion. Although I never found the actual picture, I do think it is [b]Sun[/b]. The background is [i]very[/i] similiar to his banner style and it definitely looks like it was made by him. He's also an Otaku Deviant on dA so that's just more proof. Cool idea, by the way.[/COLOR][/FONT]

[color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]Well, my favourite album by Metallica is definitely the Black Album. So many Metallica classics in there. Too good to resist, really. As for my favourite S&M song... I would have to say Battery. Most likely because the introduction is just so [i]awesome[/i]. I'm certainly loving the big bang when the [i]real[/i] song begins. I'm okay with St. Anger. It's a love and hate relationship. I'm not very happy with Metallica for releasing songs so different from others, but it's better than nothing and the songs themselves are still decent listening.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[FONT=Tahoma][color=#555555]Actually that [i]was[/i] the best picture of a nail I could find. There were others but they didn't have white backgrounds and I was feeling lazy. :( As for the NAIL font... I did that on purpose. Yup, I was making fun of how ads... always have... bad fonts. >.> .> I couldn't find a better font in my FONTs folder! ;-; [/COLOR] [/FONT]

[quote name='Keyblade Wielder][COLOR=Black][SIZE=1][FONT=Tahoma]Oh yes... and would you mind me being a regular in posting pros about your art in this thread? I'm always looking at it and thinking, "Wow.. I wish I was an awesome artist so I can post stuff about White's cool art... I'm so lame..." XP[/FONT][/SIZE'][/COLOR][/quote] [color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]You certainly do not have to be a great artist to critique my artwork. I encourage anyone who likes or dislikes my art to post their comments. Besides, your artwork is good, Key. ;D Anyways, I made a new advertisement (fear not, there will be more White ads!). It's basically making fun of cheesey ads (hence the product). Probably not one of my better pieces but I played around with it for an hour once it was done and this is what I got. [center][img]http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/6747/nailcopy1ph.jpg[/img][/center] Enjoy! :3[/FONT][/COLOR]

[quote name='Sakura][COLOR=Navy']Hm, I guess I should have asked this before I posted, but are we doing this one by one, like in my post? Or all together? And are all the customers there at once, or one at a time? If my post is wrong I'll go back and change it. These things just occured to me so I thought I'd ask.[/COLOR][/quote][color=#555555][FONT=Tahoma]This will be very similiar to the Pokemon challenge from OBS (but much shorter). Each post contains your character getting one coin and selling (possibly) it. There is another difference aswell, if I so feel like it (remember I said it wasn't a counting game?), I'll change the score with my ending post depending on quality of posts. So, this is as much quantity as it is quality. Basically when you get to the top of the stairs, the five customers are lined up and waiting. I'm going to go ahead and add that I'll only allow a maximum of five posts (though I doubt anyone will post five times) per person for this challenge. Once you have sold a coin to someone, you cannot sell it to them again.[/FONT][/COLOR]

[FONT=Trebuchet MS]The castle doors swung open for the twelfth time, and in came Wario, the biggest baddie around. He held a Bob-Omb in his right hand and tossed it up and down playfully. Mario nervously walked towards his rival and stuck out his hand. But Wario rejected. "Wah! As if I would touch [i]you[/i]" he said with a smug look. Mario jolted back in the apparent rudeness and huffed. [color=#006600]"I-a knew it was a bad idea to let-a you in. You-a know you're on your third strike, right?"[/COLOR] said Luigi, who had come inbetween the feuding plumbers. [COLOR=DarkGreen]"Wario, why don't you go with your group."[/COLOR] [I]*[b]SMACK[/b]*[/I] Luigi lay on the ground with a large red mark covering his face. Wario had really whopped his nose badly. Immediately afterwards, however, Mario took off his hat and clenched his fists around it, to stop himself from doing anything he would regret. He looked up and smiled at Wario. [COLOR=DarkRed]"That-a is your third and-a final warning, friend. I'm afraid that blowing up the interviewers room during your interview, attempting to steal coins from the building and assaulting a host only gets you one thing. A-fired."[/COLOR] Without giving him a chance to reply, Wario disappeared in a few sparkles and was replaced by a tall asian girl wearing all green. "What? Where am I?" said Gum, a Rudie from the Jet Radio games. [COLOR=DarkRed]"Welcome to-a Plumber Extraordinaire!" [/COLOR] yelped Mario, apparently excited that Wario had been replaced. "Please, get in line with Team Beta and we'll-a begin the first task." Gum quickly frolicked towards Team B and everyone turned their attention to the two plumber brothers who were about to announce the first challenge. Luigi was still rubbing his nose, so Mario decided to do all the talking. [center][size=3][b]A Mushroom, Sir?[/b][/center][/size] [COLOR=DarkRed]"Your-a first-a task will-a be very easy. The losing team-a will not-a have to go to the-a boardroom, either. Behind you are large yellow floating blocks with white question marks on them. Everytime you hit one, a coin will pop out. Some of the coins have skull faces on them while the others have mushrooms on them. The ones with mushrooms are worth a lot of money. "Up those stairs, are five customers per team that would like to buy these coins... As the seller, you'll have to convince the customer that the coin you got is worth a lot of money and sell it to them. You get 1 point for selling a Mushroom Coin and 2 points for selling a Skull Coin. "Oh-a, and one more thing. The stairs will be filled with obstacles such as Pirahna Plants, Thwomps and Paratroopas to stop slow you down from running from the blocks to the customers! "Before we begin, I'll tell you-a your reward. The losing team may not be going to the board-aroom, but they won't be getting off easy. The winning team will get to create their own team name, while the losing team will have a random team name generated for them. [SIZE=3][CENTER]"Now, let the challenge... [b]BEGIN[/b]!"[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER][/SIZE]

[B][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=3]A Mushroom, Sir?[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [FONT=Arial] The first task has launched! Basically, you will post your character hitting the block, going to the customer and (possibly failing) selling a coin to the customer. One coin per post. This isn't a counting game, though. The challenge will end April, 3rd where I will add up the total score and post the losing team name. The five customers you'll be selling to are... (click the name for a picture) [indent][url=http://smashbrothersonline.com/Bosses/BossPeteyPirahna.jpg][B]Petey Pirahna[/B][/url] - [i]A very intimidating person. Petey Pirahna is very hard to work with, as he almost never changes his mind once he has decided on something.[/i] [url=http://www.smrpglegacy.com/Nintendo%20Pictures/Super%20Mario%20RPG/render_blooper01.jpg][b]Bloopy[/b][/url] - [i]Bloopy is quite the opposite of Petey. He is a very easy customer and very gulliable.[/i] [url=http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/images/mparty4/mparty4_shy_guy.jpg][b]Howdy[/b][/url] - [i]Howdy, the ShyGuy, can and can't be a good customer. The only way to get him to buy is by impressing him with either the product, or by yourself.[/i] [url=http://www.mariomania.net/medias/news/2005/septembre/mlss2_3.jpg][b]Baby Bowser[/b][/url] - [i]Baby B. is one [U]smart[/U] cookie. The only reason he isn't ruling the world is because he likes to copy everything his father does.[/i] [url=http://www.smrpglegacy.com/Nintendo%20Pictures/Super%20Mario%20RPG/artwork%204.jpg][B]Bowser[/B][/url] - [i]The King of Koopas. This baddie will do anything to help the villains. An advantage to some, a disadvantage to others.[/i][/indent] There you have it. Remember: you may not always get a Mushroom coin, but no matter what you get, you'll have to try and sell that item. Some of the obstacles you may want to include are Goombas, Thwomps... basic Mario enemies.[/FONT]

[FONT=Tahoma][color=#555555]Hah, that's right. Dragons. It occurred to me the other day that at some point in time, it would be very possible for dragons to have existed way back when. Think about it, stories are passed down of giant lizards and such. I think it's plausible that they once could've roamed the Earth, and just went extinct for one reason or another. Of course, it's very possible that all the stories are just made up, much like other myths. But that's all in opinion. The opinion I want to hear from you guys. What's your take on this? Do you think dragons (most likely didn't breath fire) existed at any point in time?[/COLOR][/FONT]