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Gryphon
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03-26-02, 09:46 AM (EDT) |
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"While I'm giving stuff away for free..."
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... here's a little taste of Battle 06: The Great White North. While I got some of the big russets out from under the sink, washed them, and started chopping them for home fries, I thought about my old friend Logan. I first met Logan eight years ago, on my first trip with Rose to Japan, where I was to learn to handle myself abroad and defend myself against bladed weapons by spending the summer touring the country alone and being randomly attacked by ninja. It was a pain in the ass, but I can handle a swordsman now, and it did wonders for my ability to swear in Japanese. Anyway, I was getting my jusan-sai gaijin butt kicked in a teahouse in Osaka when one of the guys trying his best to skewer me knocked over this little hairy guy's tea table. The little hairy guy didn't appreciate that, and in expressing his displeasure, he made one hell of a mess. Then he bought me some squid. Rose turned up for one of her periodic spot checks while we were eating and didn't seem very pleased, since A, I was supposed to handle the ninja on my own and B, she apparently knew Logan and didn't like him. The feeling seemed to be mutual. She backed off a little bit when she discovered that the ninja involved in this altercation hadn't been part of the Ibuki Clan, with whom Rose's arrangement to help with my training had been, and that these had, in fact, been trying to kill me - but she still didn't like Logan. That was all right with me; she was welcome to her opinion. I, on the other hand, liked him quite a bit. I hung out with him for the rest of the summer, traveling all over Japan, Okinawa and South Korea, learning far more than Rose ever thought I would (and in some respects more than she ever -hoped- I would, but that's another story) and getting into all manner of trouble. After a while the Ibuki Clan didn't need to bother me any more; they could see I was getting quite enough practice without their help, so they switched to observing and providing backup where needed. You may have noticed that there isn't a ninja crime syndicate in Japan called the Order of the Emerald Dawn any more. That's because of Logan and me, eight years ago. At the end of the summer I went back to Maine and Logan went wherever he damn well pleased. We meet up every few months to eat teppanyaki, talk about what we've been up to since last time, and, if we can spare the time and have enough open space, do a little sparring. Logan likes to project a tough-guy image and pretend he's too gruff and nasty to bother with friends, but the truth is he's a softie. For the last year or so he's had his wing over Jubilee, a runaway from a California orphanage who'd been living in a shopping mall for months when he found her - or maybe she found him. It's hard to say who's adopted whom in that relationship. Which is why it was so alarming that she'd turned up on my doorstep without him. The last I knew they were in Arizona, hiking the mountains around Flagstaff.
--G. -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
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Blob
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03-26-02, 10:12 AM (EDT) |
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1. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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LAST EDITED ON Mar-26-02 AT 11:03 AM (EST)
> While I got some of the big russets out from under the sink, >washed them, and started chopping them for home fries, I thought about >my old friend Logan. > I first met Logan eight years ago, on my first trip with Rose to >Japan, where I was to learn to handle myself abroad and defend myself >against bladed weapons by spending the summer touring the country >alone and being randomly attacked by ninja. It was a pain in the ass, >but I can handle a swordsman now, and it did wonders for my ability to >swear in Japanese. Anyway, I was getting my jusan-sai gaijin butt >kicked in a teahouse in Osaka when one of the guys trying his best to >skewer me knocked over this little hairy guy's tea table. The little >hairy guy didn't appreciate that, and in expressing his displeasure, >he made one hell of a mess. Then he bought me some squid. > Rose turned up for one of her periodic spot checks while we >were eating and didn't seem very pleased, since A, I was supposed to >handle the ninja on my own and B, she apparently knew Logan and didn't >like him. The feeling seemed to be mutual. She backed off a little >bit when she discovered that the ninja involved in this altercation >hadn't been part of the Ibuki Clan, with whom Rose's arrangement to >help with my training had been, and that these had, in fact, been >trying to kill me - but she still didn't like Logan. > That was all right with me; she was welcome to her opinion. >I, on the other hand, liked him quite a bit. I hung out with him for >the rest of the summer, traveling all over Japan, Okinawa and South >Korea, learning far more than Rose ever thought I would (and in some >respects more than she ever -hoped- I would, but that's another story) >and getting into all manner of trouble. After a while the Ibuki Clan >didn't need to bother me any more; they could see I was getting quite >enough practice without their help, so they switched to observing and >providing backup where needed. You may have noticed that there isn't >a ninja crime syndicate in Japan called the Order of the Emerald Dawn >any more. That's because of Logan and me, eight years ago. For some reason I'm thinking of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill now. ^_^; >For the last year or so he's had his wing over Jubilee, a >runaway from a California orphanage who'd been living in a shopping >mall for months when he found her - or maybe she found him. It's hard >to say who's adopted whom in that relationship. > Which is why it was so alarming that she'd turned up on my >doorstep without him. The last I knew they were in Arizona, hiking >the mountains around Flagstaff. And again something happens to a friend of WL Gryphon. I'm sensing a theme here. ^^; (Edit: Gotta hate typos)
---------- Benjamin Brill Master of the Turtle Rabid Crack Weasel #667 Commander in Chief of the Otaku Colony Armed Forces |
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Sirrocco
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03-27-02, 01:20 AM (EDT) |
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15. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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>>Wolverine?! Okay, this one tops it in this curious mirror of our own >>world... > >Well.. Capcom and Marvel have had several crossover games now. Are >you really surprised to see Marvel characters popping up? I'm rather >fearing the concept of Jubilee and Sakura teaming up, even briefly, >and getting in trouble.. Because you know they will.. and the >property damage that will probably result. For that matter, even without bringing mutant powers into it, Jubilee and Wolverine can be reasonably well explained within the previously established Genre. You'ld have to give Jubilee a bit more marital arts training than is normally suggested, but the sparke-blast isn't all that far from any one of a wide variety of chi-blast powers, the claws are well within the limits set for experimental cybertechnology, and Logan's supertoughness/regen isn't even a stretch. So, will we see some lost scion of the Order of the Emerald Dawn, show up later, having devoted him/herself to perfecting his/her martial skill in order to wreak revenge? Might be fun to have show up at the worst possible moment, completely out of left field with regard to the rest of the plot. On the other hand, having an entire ninja crime syndicate introduced and disposed of in one throwaway line, never to be mentioned again, has it's own over-the-top panache. Other scary thought - the Tick is *also* easily explainable within the established genre. Now he isn't in any fighting games that I know of, so he probably won't show up, but he could, and it wouldn't be a stretch. As for Sakura and Jubilee, neither of them is the sort to break things except in self-defense, and Sakura doesn't even seem to be into high collateral damage when she is attacked. Oh, and Gryphon - nice teaser. Sirrocco Zen Weasel |
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Silverex
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03-26-02, 11:01 AM (EDT) |
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3. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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Kewl. Though if you went with the movie that should have been Rogue. However, I don't care cause 1.) I like the story so far. 2.) Jubalee is better at being a nearly kelpless sidekick than Rogue. 3.) It's not up to me. ---- Posted just for the halabit. The Lurking Invisble Rabid Crack Weasel.... ---- Or at least I was... |
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goldenfire
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03-26-02, 11:58 AM (EDT) |
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4. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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>Though if you went with the movie that should have been Rogue. yes, but in the comics, it was Jubilee (at least, it was when I was hanging out in comic shops, reading them...I dunno if Marvel has restarted the universe since then) >1.) I like the story so far. agreed there :) >2.) Jubalee is better at being a nearly kelpless sidekick than Rogue. I hit him with a left hook...he eeled over. It was a fluke, but there he was, flat as a mackeral. sorry, sorry...the quote, for those who don't recognize it, is from the song "wet dream" by (IIRC) "Kip Odada" (which I think I mis-spelled). It is a long series of fish-puns, loosely strung together :) SO, does wolverine have his claws, or did he avoid getting adamantiumed...for that matter, is he a mutant? (do such things exist? I would imagine so, if that funky russian THING from some of the SFAlpha games exists) Are any of these questions going to be answered with anything other than "wait and see"? :)
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Silverex
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03-26-02, 12:45 PM (EDT) |
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5. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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LAST EDITED ON Mar-26-02 AT 12:46 PM (EST) >>Though if you went with the movie that should have been Rogue. > >yes, but in the comics, it was Jubilee (at least, it was when I was >hanging out in comic shops, reading them...I dunno if Marvel has >restarted the universe since then) >Sounds to me like they did, about the time the movie came out. But having not read a comic in over a year... I am not one to know. <snip> >I hit him with a left hook...he eeled over. It was a fluke, but there >he was, flat as a mackeral. > >sorry, sorry...the quote, for those who don't recognize it, is from >the song "wet dream" by (IIRC) "Kip Odada" (which I think I >mis-spelled). It is a long series of fish-puns, loosely strung >together :)
Great song that. I enjoy torturing my friends with the Dr. Demento CDs every now and then. >SO, does wolverine have his claws, or did he avoid getting >adamantiumed...for that matter, is he a mutant? (do such things exist? >I would imagine so, if that funky russian THING from some of the >SFAlpha games exists) > >Are any of these questions going to be answered with anything other >than "wait and see"? :) Well... My guess is we could expect a Marvel Vs Capcom type deal since it was one of the more interesting SF games in recent history. But what do I know? I am just a poor little rabid crack weasel. ---- Possible side effects include death by cute puppies. The Lurking Invisble Rabid Crack Weasel.... ---- Or at least I was...
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Griever
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03-26-02, 01:42 PM (EDT) |
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7. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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>SO, does wolverine have his claws, or did he avoid getting >adamantiumed...for that matter, is he a mutant? (do such things exist? >I would imagine so, if that funky russian THING from some of the >SFAlpha games exists) >That ought to be fun to see , though I kinda doubt that WL-Logan is the stainless steel inlay version ... then again , why not, in a world where an untrained rookie martial artist can blow an armored Merc up with a ki ball anything is possible. As to being a mutant , well , that healing factor should be mighty useful with the type of life he leads. Heh, never expected WL would feature a version of my favorite Marvel character(from when I was still into Marvel stuff anyway). Gryph, it's official , I'm getting deprivation symptoms just waiting for the damn thing after that trailer ... <finishes before going into full drooling fanboy mode> -Griever RCW XIII ... no the _other_ thirteen. 'Back, he spurred like a madman, shrieking a curse to the sky, With the white road smoking behind him, and his rapier brandished high!' |
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Matrix Dragon
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03-26-02, 07:56 PM (EDT) |
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13. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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Weasel Sense... tingling! This is getting better and better. Random theory: Bison got his hands on Logan. Although I really hope not. Every time Logan gets captured, something really stupid seems to happen. - Matrix Dragon, RCW #123 "What happened to -you-?" "I had an argument with the United States Air Force." "Oh. Who won?" "Her Majesty's Special Air Service." |
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KitFoundation
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06-13-02, 02:27 PM (EDT) |
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18. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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>Weasel Sense... tingling! > >This is getting better and better. Random theory: Bison got his hands >on Logan. Although I really hope not. Every time Logan gets captured, >something really stupid seems to happen. Yes, but I wouldn't exactly call the kinds of havoc that are unleashed when Wolverine vanishes 'stupid'. . . . (Anyone remember his stint as the Fourth Horseman after he vanished for a couple days?) >- Matrix Dragon, RCW #123 >"What happened to -you-?" >"I had an argument with the United States Air Force." >"Oh. Who won?" >"Her Majesty's Special Air Service." And would somebody please explain what the heck that quote is supposed to mean? The First Foundation was only the beginning. |
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Ebony
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06-13-02, 07:15 PM (EDT) |
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20. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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>Weasel Sense... tingling! > >This is getting better and better. Random theory: Bison got his hands >on Logan. Although I really hope not. Every time Logan gets captured, >something really stupid seems to happen. You forget; Capcom also has Sabretooth. Now why, I ask you, would Bison concern himself with a sawed-off (5'4" to be precise), hairy, bushido-following, Canuckleheaded berserk (with the obligatory Asian-American sidekick), when he can get a monstrous (7'+ to be precise), hairy, dirty-dealing, Of-uncertain-origin berserk (with the obligatory blonde, stacked, precognitive, machinegun-toting sidekick)? Victor Creed, man; accept no substitutes. Ebony the Black Dragon aka Draco Draconis Ebenium known to Marvel Comics as Aaron F. Johnson, Senior Editor, Living Room Games http://www.lrgames.com (pleased as all get out when they made Sabretooth a hero, however briefly) |
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drakensisthered
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06-14-02, 03:37 AM (EDT) |
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21. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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>You forget; Capcom also has Sabretooth. Now why, I ask you, would >Bison concern himself with a sawed-off (5'4" to be precise), hairy, >bushido-following, Canuckleheaded berserk (with the obligatory >Asian-American sidekick), when he can get a monstrous (7'+ to be >precise), hairy, dirty-dealing, Of-uncertain-origin berserk (with the >obligatory blonde, stacked, precognitive, machinegun-toting sidekick)? > Victor Creed, man; accept no substitutes. > Two patsies are better than one.or One for the dungeon, one for the guardposts. drakensis the red "Unicron! I'm coming for you!" - Scorponok, a rare moment of courage |
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Gryphon
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06-14-02, 03:43 AM (EDT) |
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22. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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> Victor Creed, man; accept no substitutes. Gosh, yeah! Why would you want the original Weapon X when you could have a professional wrestler who smells bad? Yeesh. Give me Wade Wilson if you're gonna saddle me with one of Department H's bargain-bin specials. :) --G. (not a Sabretooth fan) -><- Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor in Chief, Netadmin Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
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Shaithisx
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06-14-02, 01:35 PM (EDT) |
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25. "RE: While I'm giving stuff away for free.."
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>One of these days I'd like to put him up against Scud the Disposable >Assassin. Heck yea! "Hippy Haiku, Brother Trucker!" Sorry, big time Scud fan. Had to say it. ShaithisX Crack Weasel, Third Class (On Double Secret Probation) |
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