>LAST EDITED ON Jul-25-01 AT
>05:23 PM (EDT)
>
>>Just a little bit of absurdity...what do you think probably *won't*
>>happen in UF? Mind you, there can't be any confirmation or denial of
>>1) Gryphon collects all 251 critters on Pok, becoming a Pokemon
>>Master.
>>Let the absurdity begin, and remember...it's just a joke. Really.
>>:-)
>Uhm Doc, they added some carts to the series so I think they upped the
>number a few.

I know. That's why I put 251 critters instead of 151.

--DocMui, who's waiting for the latest installment of that game.

>I know. That's why I put 251 critters instead of 151.
>
>--DocMui, who's waiting for the latest installment of that game.
I thought they added more on Yellow and alot on Silver and Gold, 200 or more.
Then again I don't play the game, even though it looks to be fun.

>4) A planet with characters from Ranma and DBZ is discovered, then
>promptly destroyed by an alien invasion.

Alien invasion? In true DBZ style, the story should be 30 pages of infinite and repetative detail describing MegaZone building up the proper ire to mash the 'fire' button on the reflex cannon with his thumb, spiking said planet with the beam and causing it to twitch out of existance with a Death Star-esque explosion. All while the other major UF players stand around him and tensely argue reasons for and against him doing so. This probably would also involve Zoner saying 'Nnngh!' a lot. Actually, everyone would probably be doing that, for no good reason.

>5) Tabloid headline: "I had Optimus Prime's baby!"

Actually, I can see this. It seems right on par with the usual tabloid fare. The fact that it's probably physically impossible would just sell more copies.

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"saaaausaaaage... "
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Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company

LAST EDITED ON Jul-25-01 AT 05:56 PM (EDT)

>>5) Tabloid headline: "I had Optimus Prime's baby!"
>
>Actually, I can see this. It seems right on par with the usual
>tabloid fare. The fact that it's probably physically impossible would
>just sell more copies.

Non, mon ami! Remember that in UF Reality at this time, Optimus Prime is his OWN Powermaster. His engine transforms into an armored human. And the armor can come off. And 'Olaf Peterssen' served in Eight-Ball Squadron.

"I don't belive this, Prime! How could they print something like that?"
<shifts> "Actually... it may be true."
<WHANG> "WHAT?"
"During the time when my body was being rebuilt and I was serving with the Wedge Defence Force as Olaf Peterssen... some of my fellow pilots took me out one night to show me the town, as they said. When I woke up again, I was lying in a bathtub in one of the hinterlands of the SDF-17, my head pounded like Devatastor had used it as a practice dummy and I had no idea where my pants were."

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Tech Support Professionals

<snip>
>"I don't belive this, Prime! How could they print something like
>that?"
><shifts> "Actually... it may be true."
><WHANG> "WHAT?"
<snip>

<shatter>

Bastard.

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"saaaausaaaage... "
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Chad Collier
Digital Bitch
J. Random VFX Company

>>5) Tabloid headline: "I had Optimus Prime's baby!"
>
>Actually, I can see this. It seems right on par with the usual
>tabloid fare. The fact that it's probably physically impossible would
>just sell more copies.

The picture would be Nadia, stained with machine oil, holding a spanner and smiling like she really accomplished something. The fact that her accomplishment was finally getting the warp coil into alignment won't get in the way of a good story.

--rR

• The WDF using EVAs as destroids.
  
• The Dyson Sphere being stolen.
  
• The apearing of a ranma character
  
• The apearing of a dragonball character
  
• Lord F acting like a sane person
  
• Vaughn ignoring this universe causing it to stop existing
  

Pangaro, Say with me, I love nonsense
Member of the Narn Bat Squad (Narn Bat Squad FAQ Here )

Actually, I could see Jusenkyo being a plot.

My addition to the madness:
1. One of the core WDF people falls into a random
Jusenkyo pool!
2. Genma turns out to be a descendant of Lord F!
3. Three sexaroids named Ranma-chan, Akane, and Nabiki!

TLA

>Actually, I could see Jusenkyo being a plot.

I can't.

--G.
-><-
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>>Actually, I could see Jusenkyo being a plot.
>
>I can't.

And for this we are eternally grateful, so we are.

All hail Team Eyrie, who resist adding That Damn Show to their worlds.

Mr. Fnord, rampaging author.
--
The Jihad to Destroy Barney the Dinosaur
http://www.jihad.net/
"WE'RE STILL HERE, GODDAMMIT!"

>Actually, I could see Jusenkyo being a plot.

I can't.

-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
Personal Homepage http://www.megazone.org/
Eyrie Productions FanFic http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
See what I'm selling on eBay

I see a certain symmetry here...

--Kylone

A: "What is the difference between a fighter and a warrior?"
Q: "The warrior is defeated, especially at higher levels."

>Actually, I could see Jusenkyo being a plot.

I can't.
-Eliot "Not like I would know, but still" Lefebvre
-=()=-
We're only given a little time in our lives to waste. Make the most of it.
Electronic Transcendence Productions
Producer of, um, stuff for an unspecified time-period.
Thoughts of the moment, and such

1. Lord F loses the Dyson Sphere in a hand of Sabacc with Ikari Gendou (NXE version)
2. Kei decides that she's too violent and has hypnotherapy to emulate Kasumi Tendo
3. The Q consortium kidnaps Selene and convinces her she's Sailor Moon
4. The Sailor Senshi exist, go to High School with Corwin, and are the founding members of the Experts of Justice
5. Kaitlyn dumps the piano and starts a Death/Speed Metal Band called Tenth World is Hell.
6. Anthy proves to be a character we actually like and is worthy of Utena*
7. Devlin is actually Edison Bell
8. Corwin fights a Rose Duel -- and loses
9. Eve goes crazy and slowly takes over the universe ala "The Matrix"
10. Honor Harrington will become a Freespacer
11. Tiny Robo is actually the reincarnation of Largo, Mark II.
12. Yui is dumped in a Chinese pond and turns into a red headed boy
13. Dorothy decides the Lovely Angels are her heros and begins to wear plastic bikinis
14. Rent-A-Zilla will destroy Worchester.

T.
* Who admits that she doesn't really like Anthy at all, and doesn't think she's worthy of the Utena that our august authors have developed.

Trigger Argee
trigger_argee@hotmail.com
Manon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

>6. Anthy proves to be a character we actually like and is worthy of
>Utena*
>* Who admits that she doesn't really like Anthy at all, and doesn't
>think she's worthy of the Utena that our august authors have
>developed.

Hmm, odd, most people I know (myself included) really dig Anthy.

>8. Corwin fights a Rose Duel -- and loses

I don't think that would be unusual - he isn't a duelist, he never uses a sword.

>14. Rent-A-Zilla will destroy Worchester.

Well, as long as they leave Worcester alone...

-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
Personal Homepage http://www.megazone.org/
Eyrie Productions FanFic http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
See what I'm selling on eBay

>>6. Anthy proves to be a character we actually like and is worthy of
>>Utena*
>>* Who admits that she doesn't really like Anthy at all, and doesn't
>>think she's worthy of the Utena that our august authors have
>>developed.
>
>Hmm, odd, most people I know (myself included) really dig Anthy.

Admittedly, if you've only seen her in the first thirteen episodes (which are all that CPM has managed to come up with in English), you don't really know her...

>>8. Corwin fights a Rose Duel -- and loses
>
>I don't think that would be unusual - he isn't a duelist, he never
>uses a sword.

Well, almost never.

--G.
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>5. Kaitlyn dumps the piano and starts a Death/Speed Metal Band called
>Tenth World is Hell.

Kate groks metal. She also groks classical. The two ain't exclusive. }:-{D

>6. Anthy proves to be a character we actually like and is worthy of
>Utena*

Stranger things have happened. After all, -Washuu- proved to be a character we actually like (although she sometimes scares the living shit out of us).

>10. Honor Harrington will become a Freespacer

Um, no. Not for lack of recruiting, but no.

>13. Dorothy decides the Lovely Angels are her heros and begins to wear
>plastic bikinis

No, and fashion gurus the universe over thank their Gods for that.

Redneck

Red wizard needs money badly...
www.wlpcomics.com
White Lightning Productions - don't tell the Pope

>
>>5. Kaitlyn dumps the piano and starts a Death/Speed Metal Band called
>>Tenth World is Hell.
>
>Kate groks metal. She also groks classical. The two ain't exclusive.
>}:-{D

Indeed. The Art of Noise does a killer cover of "Crazy Train". :)

--G.
["This song is for our friend Kyouichi."]
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

LAST EDITED ON Jul-27-01 AT 12:29 PM (EDT)

What about the Apocalyptica versions of Master of Puppets or Sad But True or Harvester of Sorrow OR Creeping Death?
I think their pretty good.
But that's just me.
Fan

>Kate groks metal. She also groks classical. The two ain't exclusive.
>}:-{D

I know. I was actually making fun of the idea that she'd stop playing the piano. That and I listened to some online Metal (not Trash, something worse) at a Kinkos and wasn't appalled..but bored by the lack of variety. It seemed funny when I posted. This caffeine-free existence is not working for me.

>Stranger things have happened. After all, -Washuu- proved to be a
>character we actually like (although she sometimes scares the living
>shit out of us).

True, and if any one could do it, it would be Eyrie. Btw I only saw and read scripts for the first 13 episodes. The episode listing at Blood and Honor did nothing to improve my opinion of Ms. Himemiya. The last episode in particular sorta set my teeth on edge.

>>10. Honor Harrington will become a Freespacer
>
>Um, no. Not for lack of recruiting, but no.

Damn. Aral Vorkosigan and Honor Harrington would have been sweet. I mean, you have other Manticorans in the Freespacers, why not get someone worthy? No chance of getting White Haven I guess, hm? or Tom Theisman?

and yes, I am adicted to Baen books.

>>13. Dorothy decides the Lovely Angels are her heros and begins to wear
>>plastic bikinis
>
>No, and fashion gurus the universe over thank their Gods for that.

<grin> A-men.

t.
Trigger Argee
trigger_argee@hotmail.com
Manon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

>>>10. Honor Harrington will become a Freespacer
>>
>>Um, no. Not for lack of recruiting, but no.
>
>Damn. Aral Vorkosigan and Honor Harrington would have been sweet. I
>mean, you have other Manticorans in the Freespacers, why not get
>someone worthy? No chance of getting White Haven I guess, hm? or Tom
>Theisman?

I'd hope the Freespacers would be trying to get Shannon Foraker over all of them.

"oops" indeed <g>

Regards,
Jeanne

http://www.jhedge.com
http://go.compuserve.com/Anime

>I'd hope the Freespacers would be trying to get Shannon Foraker over
>all of them.
>
>"oops" indeed <g>
>
>

I bet... However I'd expect that UFP replaces the Solarian Leauge, so they did have a chance at folks like Amos Parnell and other refugees from Hell. But I also would bet heavily that they'd love to get an Alfredo Yu or a Warner Castlet as well.

___________________

Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<

>>>>10. Honor Harrington will become a Freespacer
>>>
>>>Um, no. Not for lack of recruiting, but no.
>>
>>Damn. Aral Vorkosigan and Honor Harrington would have been sweet. I
>>mean, you have other Manticorans in the Freespacers, why not get
>>someone worthy? No chance of getting White Haven I guess, hm? or Tom
>>Theisman?
>
>I'd hope the Freespacers would be trying to get Shannon Foraker over
>all of them.

It would be nice.

However, the Haven equivalent in UF is -VERY- badly in flux, as there are no current story plans requiring it or its people. The best vision I've had of it in UF- and this is so unofficial it's not funny- is as a part of an older personal vision, the New Paris system.

New Paris is not a world, it's a solar system where not less than -SIX- M-class worlds exist. Haven (or, if I change my mind, Nouveau Paris) was the only one to be scouted by the robot probe, and it turned out to be the worst of the lot. You also have Aquitaine, Burgundy, Normandy, Britanny, and the two largest moons of the system's gas giant, Sardinia and Corsica.

The New Paris system secedes from the United Galactica during the economic turmoil following Sonfall. Before then, it had become -the- tourist/vacation mecca of the Galactica. During the early Exile, it became a conquering star empire, but by 2365 it had been checked, stopped, and effectively destroyed except for its home system, and efforts by various parties to either bring peace or gain advantage left the system with no fewer than five governments claiming some or all of the system, all at war with each other.

The place of the canonical Havenite commanders in such a situation is, to say the least, very fluid, but it doesn't admit easily of extraction therefrom.

Redneck

Red wizard needs money badly...
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>The place of the canonical Havenite commanders in such a situation is,
>to say the least, very fluid, but it doesn't admit easily of
>extraction therefrom.
>
>Redneck

Well, you could always have Shannon Foraker be a distant relative of Arms Akimbo. StateSec didn't pay its "Oops" insurance, after all...

Patrick Chester
"...could you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"

>Just a little bit of absurdity...what do you think probably *won't*
>happen in UF? Mind you, there can't be any confirmation or denial of
>how likely it is. Your best bet, then, is to try for the *really*
>outlandish.
>
>Let the absurdity begin, and remember...it's just a joke. Really.
>:-)
>
>--DocMui

The "Great Enemy" that Lord F spoke of finally arrives, and it's name is Happosai. Or Cell.

Gryphon finds out that he actually becomes Lord F, and is stuck in some horrible causality loop.

An examination of parallel universes proves that the Exile was the best thing that could have happened to the WDF.

GENOM is forced to deal with a hostile takeover led by a pair of genetically modified lab mice.

One target, two teams of hunters: Lovely Angels and Gunsmith Cats.

The SDF-23 is struck by a train.

Peter Eng

>Gryphon finds out that he actually becomes Lord F, and is stuck in
>some horrible causality loop.

'Crickey, I've doubled in height all the sudden. Well, I guess it's obvious what I should do now: go back in time, steal a dyson sphere, create a strange and bizarre seed of change, and then vanish for a beat. See you all next Christmas!'

>GENOM is forced to deal with a hostile takeover led by a pair of
>genetically modified lab mice.

This would rock... as an out-take or random side-story.

>The SDF-23 is struck by a train.

Not all that unlikely, what with all the various space-trains in fiction (most notably 999, but why do I get the feeling nobody likes that?)

I personally think the most unlikely thing to happen is that there will be peace and harmony in the universe forever.

-Craig

>>The SDF-23 is struck by a train.
>
>Not all that unlikely, what with all the various space-trains in
>fiction (most notably 999, but why do I get the feeling nobody likes
>that?)

Well, I don't know about nobody - it's supposed to be some kind of classic, after all - but I don't, particularly. I'm not much of a Matsumoto fan in general.

>I personally think the most unlikely thing to happen is that there
>will be peace and harmony in the universe forever.

Ye gods, that would be so boring.

--G.
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>One target, two teams of hunters: Lovely Angels and Gunsmith Cats.

i actually want to see that

>>One target, two teams of hunters: Lovely Angels and Gunsmith Cats.
>
>i actually want to see that

Yes sir, I like it. ^_^

Benjamin Brill
who lives near one of the (former) largest cities of the world and is still as far away from civilisation as Tatooine.

LAST EDITED ON Jul-27-01 AT 07:59 PM (EDT)

>Just a little bit of absurdity...what do you think probably *won't*
>happen in UF?

1) The WDF being faced with an enemy they can't beat and the Dragons of the rising Sun (from my STILL NOT EVEN CLOSE to finished fanfic) arriving thruogh a Plot Hole and bailing them out. ^_^;

2) Ranma saves the day.

3) Goku saves the day.

4) an appearence of the SDFs 1-16 and 18-22

5) And now for something completly different.

I've got a little question: Will the Zentraedi (Did I spell that right?) ever appear in UF? And what about Queen Emeraldas? I bought the DVD at AnimagiC 2001 and I think that the Queen Emeraldas (the ship not the person) kicks ass.

Benjamin Brill
who lives near one of the (former) largest cities of the world and is still as far away from civilisation as Tatooine.

>I've got a little question: Will the Zentraedi (Did I spell that
>right?) ever appear in UF?

They've been mentioned, they're around; they haven't appeared on screen yet, but they're available if we need a huge fleet of extremely large fellows for some reason. :)

>And what about Queen Emeraldas? I bought
>the DVD at AnimagiC 2001 and I think that the Queen Emeraldas (the
>ship not the person) kicks ass.

mmm, space zeppelin...

(As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, I'm not a big Matsumoto fan, though.)

--G.
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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>Just a little bit of absurdity...what do you think probably *won't*
>happen in UF? Mind you, there can't be any confirmation or denial of
>how likely it is. Your best bet, then, is to try for the *really*
>outlandish.

10) the EPU Authors re-release UF under the GPL
9) the EPU Authors re-write UF:Core 1 as a musical
8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai
6) "But, Corwin, I was made anatomically correct and fully functional for a _reason_! now, get in this bed!"
5) someone embroils themselves in an engineering project to build something Really Cool.. and fails miserably.
4) Redneck writes some more tales of the Freespacers
3) a UPS truck appears in the story, thus legitimizing Otaku Rising.
2) Zoner (Real Life or written) decides thats chaos thing's really not all that and becomes a Jehova's Witness

aaaaand, the number one "Thing most likely NOT to happen in UF" is!
*Drum Rollllll*

1) The Clay Pigeons reunite, and give a concert, and forget the lines ~_O

>8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai

Well, no, but she is a huge Ramones fan.

(Go on, just picture it - Bell puttering around the kitchen, quietly singing in that soft sweet voice, "20, 20, 24 hours to go-o-oh / I wanna be sedated... ")

>5) someone embroils themselves in an engineering project to build
>something Really Cool.. and fails miserably.

Oh, it's happened, just not on-camera. Some of that stuff on the shelves in Corwin's workshop looks broken for a reason... :)

--G.
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>>8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai
>
>Well, no, but she is a huge Ramones fan.
>
>(Go on, just picture it - Bell puttering around the kitchen, quietly
>singing in that soft sweet voice, "20, 20, 24 hours to go-o-oh / I
>wanna be sedated... ")

*Ack!*

That was evil.

Zack Seaholm - Anime fan, weathernut, worshipper of the goddess Belldandy.
Eeeeevilllll!

LAST EDITED ON Jul-26-01 AT 11:46 PM (EDT)

>>>8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai
>>Well, no, but she is a huge Ramones fan.
>>(Go on, just picture it - Bell puttering around the kitchen, quietly
>>singing in that soft sweet voice, "20, 20, 24 hours to go-o-oh / I
>>wanna be sedated... ")
>*Ack!*
>That was evil.

You think that's bad? My current set of notes for Drunkard's Walk V: Holy, Holy, Holy... Cow! (working title) includes a passage where Doug Sangnoir teaches Belldandy Metallica songs... Megumi's response is pretty much the same as yours, plus threats of physical violence... <grin>

-- Bob
---------------
"Shinji. Same name as the master key -- well done, Ikari. Shinji can't be copied. Splendid plan." -- Tabris, in Tenshi Muyo! Rei-o-ohki

Take a look to the sky just before you die/it's the last time you will

Heheheheh.

Blessed be.
Nathan Baxter
(Bob knows what I'm talking about.)

>(Bob knows what I'm talking about.)

Sadly, I do. <grin>

-- Bob
---------------
"Shinji. Same name as the master key -- well done, Ikari. Shinji can't be copied. Splendid plan." -- Tabris, in Tenshi Muyo! Rei-o-ohki

>You think that's bad? My current set of notes for Drunkard's Walk
>V: Holy, Holy, Holy... Cow! (working title) includes a passage
>where Doug Sangnoir teaches Belldandy Metallica songs... Megumi's
>response is pretty much the same as yours, plus threats of physical
>violence... <grin>

I'm trying to see Belldandy singing "Master of Puppets" and it just ain't happening. My brain just seems to wipe the image away when it forms. :)

Zack Seaholm - Anime fan, weathernut, worshipper of the goddess Belldandy.

>I'm trying to see Belldandy singing "Master of Puppets" and it just
>ain't happening. My brain just seems to wipe the image away when it
>forms. :)

Start with the easy ones, you know something like 'The Unforgiven' and then once you have that image in your head transform it into 'Master of Puppets'

Pangaro, I wonder if she likes Pink Floyd...
Member of the Narn Bat Squad (Narn Bat Squad FAQ Here )

>>I'm trying to see Belldandy singing "Master of Puppets" and it just
>>ain't happening. My brain just seems to wipe the image away when it
>>forms. :)
>Start with the easy ones, you know something like 'The Unforgiven' and
>then once you have that image in your head transform it into 'Master
>of Puppets'

Actually, I was thinking of "Enter Sandman"; I was visualizing Megumi walking in just as Belldandy got to the "hush little baby" part, thinking, "oh, how cute..." for about 5 seconds until the lyrics head off in their own inimitable direction...

-- Bob
---------------
"Shinji. Same name as the master key -- well done, Ikari. Shinji can't be copied. Splendid plan." -- Tabris, in Tenshi Muyo! Rei-o-ohki

>Pangaro, I wonder if she likes Pink Floyd...

I could easily see her singing "Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun", "San Tropez", and "Wish you Were Here".

Dammit, I'd really like to hear Inoue sings these. That would own me.

Reverend Hammer
Don't mind me, just babbling musically...

>>Pangaro, I wonder if she likes Pink Floyd...
>
>I could easily see her singing "Set the Controls For the Heart of the
>Sun", "San Tropez", and "Wish you Were Here".

Yeah you are right. But try picturing her singing something of La Renga, my personal sigestion is the 'Blues de Bolivia', there's something about her singing to marihuana tah doesn't click as right...

Pangaro, Cocaina marihuana por turista voy en cana...
Member of the Narn Bat Squad (Narn Bat Squad FAQ Here )

>>I'm trying to see Belldandy singing "Master of Puppets" and it just
>>ain't happening. My brain just seems to wipe the image away when it
>>forms. :)
>
>Start with the easy ones, you know something like 'The Unforgiven' and
>then once you have that image in your head transform it into 'Master
>of Puppets'

*Trys to use the technique*

Nope. It just isn't working. I guess some things were never meant to be imagined.

Zack Seaholm - Anime fan, weathernut, worshipper of the goddess Belldandy.

>>You think that's bad? My current set of notes for Drunkard's Walk
>>V: Holy, Holy, Holy... Cow! (working title) includes a passage
>>where Doug Sangnoir teaches Belldandy Metallica songs... Megumi's
>>response is pretty much the same as yours, plus threats of physical
>>violence... <grin>
>
>I'm trying to see Belldandy singing "Master of Puppets" and it just
>ain't happening. My brain just seems to wipe the image away when it
>forms. :)

Now I've got the image of Belldandy singing songs from Blind Guardian's Nightfall in Middle Earth CD stuck in my head. ^_^

Benjamin Brill
who lives near one of the (former) largest cities of the world and is still as far away from civilisation as Tatooine.

LAST EDITED ON Jul-27-01 AT 04:13 PM (EDT)

>>I'm trying to see Belldandy singing "Master of Puppets" and it just
>>ain't happening. My brain just seems to wipe the image away when it
>>forms. :)

unfortunately, mine doesn't- At first glance.

the idea stuck, and I was halfway through a rather horrifying (at least to me) filk-song-scene-thing with belldandy, heroin, a guy with a knife, and some other nasty things, set to master of puppets.. and a dead Keiichi.

fortunately, about that time my mind rejected the whole idea, part and parcel.

BLECH!

>>8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai
>
>Well, no, but she is a huge Ramones fan.
>
>(Go on, just picture it - Bell puttering around the kitchen, quietly
>singing in that soft sweet voice, "20, 20, 24 hours to go-o-oh / I
>wanna be sedated... ")

<SNERK!!> (Actually, she seems more the type to be singing "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker"...)

A friend of mine claims to have an audiotape of Inoue Kikuko at karaoke singing "Fly me to the Moon". Due to the main appearance of that song in the past five years, you can understand why THAT scares me....

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>>>8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai
>>
>>Well, no, but she is a huge Ramones fan.
>>
>>(Go on, just picture it - Bell puttering around the kitchen, quietly
>>singing in that soft sweet voice, "20, 20, 24 hours to go-o-oh / I
>>wanna be sedated... ")
>
><SNERK!!> (Actually, she seems more the type to be singing "Sheena Is
>A Punk Rocker"...)

Perhaps so, but when I originally had the image, I was listening to "I Wanna Be Sedated" on headphones while one of my roommates was watching the part of the OMG OVAs where Bell is singing in the kitchen, and it stuck in my head that way. :)

--G.
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>Well, no, but she is a huge Ramones fan.
>
>(Go on, just picture it - Bell puttering around the kitchen, quietly
>singing in that soft sweet voice, "20, 20, 24 hours to go-o-oh / I
>wanna be sedated... ")

Becouse of you now I injuried my shoulder while rolling on the floor with laughter and my girlfriend thinks I am demented.

Pangaro, Better yet picture her singing 'blues de bolivia' by La Renga
Member of the Narn Bat Squad (Narn Bat Squad FAQ Here )

>>8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai
>
>Well, no, but she is a huge Ramones fan.
>
>(Go on, just picture it - Bell puttering around the kitchen, quietly
>singing in that soft sweet voice, "20, 20, 24 hours to go-o-oh / I
>wanna be sedated... ")

Hmmm... Belldandy, a closet punk rock fan. Ya know, I could see that.

Would be strange to hear her sing a few Sex Pistols tunes, though. :)

Reverend Hammer

>>Just a little bit of absurdity...what do you think probably *won't*
>>happen in UF? Mind you, there can't be any confirmation or denial of
>>how likely it is. Your best bet, then, is to try for the *really*
>>outlandish.

>4) Redneck writes some more tales of the Freespacers

Ha fucking ha.

Watch for a short-story release as early as possibly Monday.

Redneck

Red wizard needs money badly...
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Yeah!!!!

now _that_ made my afternoon.

t.

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Denton, never leave home without it.

LAST EDITED ON Jul-26-01 AT 11:42 PM (EDT)

>
>Ha fucking ha.
>
>Watch for a short-story release as early as possibly Monday.
>
>Redneck
>

I'm surprised... I thought you were quite firmly fixated on MilkMaids at the moment. ;p

Actually, here is my list:

#1: A planet with charecters from R1/2 or DBZ appear and IS NOT destroyed along with all its inhabitants by the end of the story!

#2:Zoner stops brooding for a whole episode while he takes the kids to Disneyland.

#3: Kei and Yuri are framed by Sexaroid clones who go on to rampage acros the galaxy, placing a strain on their marriage as Zoner and Gryph have to try and Find the Sexariods, prove the frame, and rescue the girls repuation...

Hey Gryph... I also realize there was one Title Derek forgot to write:
So your about to have 'relations' with an alien species....

___________________

Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<

>#2:Zoner stops brooding for a whole episode while he takes the kids to
>Disneyland.

Zoner stopped brooding - see his appearances in SOS.

>#3: Kei and Yuri are framed by Sexaroid clones who go on to rampage
>acros the galaxy, placing a strain on their marriage as Zoner and
>Gryph have to try and Find the Sexariods, prove the frame, and rescue
>the girls repuation...

I don't see the strain on the marriage, since, if this is in FI (the only place it really could be) they definitely know their wives better than that.

>Hey Gryph... I also realize there was one Title Derek forgot to write:
> So your about to have 'relations' with an alien species....

That's by Derek Bacon and Tom Russell... ;-)

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>>#2:Zoner stops brooding for a whole episode while he takes the kids to
>>Disneyland.
>
>Zoner stopped brooding - see his appearances in SOS.
>
>>#3: Kei and Yuri are framed by Sexaroid clones who go on to rampage
>>acros the galaxy, placing a strain on their marriage as Zoner and
>>Gryph have to try and Find the Sexariods, prove the frame, and rescue
>>the girls repuation...
>
>I don't see the strain on the marriage, since, if this is in FI (the
>only place it really could be) they definitely know their wives better
>than that.

Which is EXACTLY why its one of the least likely things to see in UF!!! ^_^

___________________

Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<

LAST EDITED ON Jul-30-01 AT 02:45 PM (EDT)

>>#2:Zoner stops brooding for a whole episode while he takes the kids to
>>Disneyland.
>
>Zoner stopped brooding - see his appearances in SOS.
>
>>#3: Kei and Yuri are framed by Sexaroid clones who go on to rampage
>>acros the galaxy, placing a strain on their marriage as Zoner and
>>Gryph have to try and Find the Sexariods, prove the frame, and rescue
>>the girls repuation...
>
>I don't see the strain on the marriage, since, if this is in FI Ľthe
>only place it really could be¤ they definitely know their wives better
>than that.
>
>>Hey Gryph... I also realize there was one Title Derek forgot to write:
>> So your about to have 'relations' with an alien species....
>
>That's by Derek Bacon and Tom Russell... ;-¤
why not include Larry Niven? xref rishathra, or Man of Steel, Woman of Tissue Paper

>
>-MegaZone, megazone@megazone.org
>Personal Homepage http://www.megazone.org/
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>why not include Larry Niven? xref rishathra, or Man of
>Steel, Woman of Tissue Paper

That would be because Larry Niven can just fuck right the hell off.

--G.
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>>why not include Larry Niven? xref rishathra, or Man of
>>Steel, Woman of Tissue Paper
>
>That would be because Larry Niven can just fuck right the hell off.

Like, have some venom?

*shrug* Oh well.

Blessed be.
Nathan Baxter
(wonder why...)

LAST EDITED ON Jul-29-01 AT 05:43 PM (EDT)

>>That would be because Larry Niven can just fuck right the hell off.
>
>Like, have some venom?
>(wonder why...)

Well, it could be because his writing isn't enjoyable. Or it could be because his theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, his methods are sloppy, and his conclusions are highly questionable. Or maybe it has to do with his misogynistic streak, though admittedly that has been eclipsed on my personal contempt scale by that of Dave Sim (which isn't so much a streak as a load-bearing member). Or it could be because he destroyed the WPI Science Fiction Society's con, Technicon, back in the 80s, and nearly destroyed the SFS itself in the process.

Or you could boil all that down and encapsulate it in the more concise phrase, "he sucks."

--G.
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eep! okaysurenoproblemthinkwhateveryoulike! {/small terrified furry critter}

LAST EDITED ON Jul-29-01 AT 10:53 PM (EDT)

>Or it could be because he destroyed the WPI Science Fiction
>Society's con, Technicon, back in the 80s, and nearly
>destroyed the SFS itself in the process.

"Teww me a stowy, Unca Gwyphon".

:)

Eric J. Heckathorn
ericjh@stargate.net

>>Or it could be because he destroyed the WPI Science Fiction Society's con, >Technicon, back in the 80s, and nearly destroyed the SFS itself in the >process.
>
>
>"Teww me a stowy, Unca Gwyphon".

That story's not for young ears, Timmy.

(Check your browser or something; the broken wrap on your reply-with-quote quoteback is way irritating... )

--G.
-><-
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>That would be because Larry Niven can just fuck right the hell off.
>

Come now Gryph, don't hold back, tell us all how you REALLY feel about the guy;)

-={(Astynax)}=-
"I'm sensing a small amount of hostility here..."

>"I'm sensing a small amount of hostility here..."

Wrong, you sense a LOT of hostility. Geez, that was quite a rant earlier.

Matrix Dragon

>>Hey Gryph... I also realize there was one Title Derek forgot to write:
>> So your about to have 'relations' with an alien species....
>
>That's by Derek Bacon and Tom Russell... ;-)

sitting over there, on the Pig couch.

-jer (pork, the other White Meat..)

--
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Ceci n'est pas une .signature

>6) "But, Corwin, I was made anatomically correct and fully functional for a >_reason_! now, get in this bed!"

WHAM!!!
(Attempts to recover from facefault.)
You'll pay for that one. I don't know how, but I'll find a way.

Matrix Dragon
Fighting for freedom for machines that don't have a huge fleet behind them.

Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino start an underwater exploratory branch of the WDF.

Largo returns... as a good guy.

The UFP goes bad, so the WDF institutes operation Meteor, which fails miserably due to the operatives involved having too much yaoi sex.

Zoner builds the Daytona from Hell MKII on a '69 Dodge Charger Daytona.

Deckers the galaxy over get zinged by a strange blue-skinned person who runs around in underwear.

TRB

"I wish I was reaper, culling lost souls. I wish I could cast them into deep and lonely holes."

>Zoner builds the Daytona from Hell MKII on a '69 Dodge Charger
>Daytona.

Mmm, those are nice cars...

>Deckers the galaxy over get zinged by a strange blue-skinned person
>who runs around in underwear.

Wow! Hey Gryph! A planet full of a race that are all Freakazoids!

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>>6) "But, Corwin, I was made anatomically correct and fully functional for a >>_reason_! now, get in this bed!"
>WHAM!!!
>(Attempts to recover from facefault.)
>You'll pay for that one. I don't know how, but I'll find a way.

Count me in .
although .... my hentai nature's trying to get
through ....arg ... must ... stop ... stay under
....control .

>Dirk Pitt and Al Giordino start an underwater exploratory branch of
>the WDF.
>

*snar...gurgh...bla...cough*
In case you're wondering , that's the sound of peanuts
going down my airtube and up again
(glad they didn't go out through the nose though)

-Griever
the Gunsmith Cats idea is very appealing too .

>8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai

So I take it that you've read Twoflower's _Ah My Hentai!_? :)

BTW, you forgot number 7.

>3) a UPS truck appears in the story, thus legitimizing Otaku Rising.

You've now got this image stuck in my head of a UPS truck flying through space ala Lone Starr's Winnebago in _Spaceballs_. Thanks.

But could they still have your package on your doorstep by 10:30 AM the next morning anywhere in the Federation? :)

Reverend Hammer

Better yet would they want Dale Jarret's decendant to race the big brown flying trucks?
Fan
PS I'm waiting to ask the UPS guy whose route this building is on IF He wants them to race the BBT.
PSS YES I know it's plain silly, but that's the point...

LAST EDITED ON Jul-27-01 AT 06:11 PM (EDT)

>>8) the Belldandy/Verthandi from this universe is a raging hentai
>
>So I take it that you've read Twoflower's _Ah My Hentai!_? :)

nope.
though he does have "Hentai Belldandy" as one of the participants in his hilarious "2Forum" feature.

www.pixelscapes.com/twoflower";>

check it out.

though, err.. the "Ah my Hentai!" link is toasty-fried.

>BTW, you forgot number 7.

ah!

THERE IS NO #7!

>>3) a UPS truck appears in the story, thus legitimizing Otaku Rising.
>
>You've now got this image stuck in my head of a UPS truck flying
>through space ala Lone Starr's Winnebago in _Spaceballs_. Thanks.
>
>But could they still have your package on your doorstep by 10:30 AM
>the next morning anywhere in the Federation? :)

I doubt it- After all, if the image holds, they've got a Druish princess, a Mog, and a slacker delivering for them.

>1) Gryphon collects all 251 critters on Pok, becoming a Pokemon
>Master.

Pokemon Hunter more like it, with all 251 of the blinking things stuffed and mounted on a wall somewhere.

>4) A planet with characters from Ranma and DBZ is discovered, then
>promptly destroyed by an alien invasion.

And the name of the planet would be: Z'ha'dum. Therefore linking these two evils to the Shadows.

>7) Washuu says "duh." In a lecture hall. Addressing thousands of
>sentients on her latest theory.

No doubt it would be during a lecture on where the socks that go missing in the wash flit off to, or why toast lands butter/jam/spread/Vegemite side-down, most of the time.

• Washuu and Redneck have a kid and they name her Ryoko.


• Chibi-Usa shows up from a future and dates Leonard Hutchins.


• Corwin is Tuxedo Mask. (Bwaa!! Blame Trigger for this 'cause that's what popped into my mind after I read his post.)


• DocMui adds another Leap Years tale.


• The Bajoran wormhole is discovered and the Prophets make as much sense as a stoned Vorlon. The Pah Wraiths just demand coffee, doughnuts and directions for the nearest pleasure planet.


• The Citation From Hell make an appearance.


• The Red Dwarf is found embedded in the hull of the Dyson Sphere.


• Vaughn finds the Heart of Gold.


• Gryphons' mom is discovered on Jurai, living as an avatar of Tsunami.

--Rod.H
Aw, nut bunnies!

>The Bajoran wormhole is discovered and the Prophets make as much
>sense as a stoned Vorlon. The Pah Wraiths just demand coffee,
>doughnuts and directions for the nearest pleasure planet.

Now THERE'S a twist to the Alien Invasion story!

"Sir, we finally have managed to translate the aliens demands!"
"What are they?"
"...they want 100 tons of Colombian coffee, 100 tons of Krispy Kremes in various flavors - they'll give us the secret to interstellar travel and a nearly invulnerable allow for it - and want to know if we can tell them how to get to Risa. They apparently missed a turn."

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>Now THERE'S a twist to the Alien Invasion story!
>
>"Sir, we finally have managed to translate the aliens demands!"
>"What are they?"
>"...they want 100 tons of Colombian coffee, 100 tons of Krispy Kremes
>in various flavors - they'll give us the secret to interstellar travel
>and a nearly invulnerable allow for it - and want to know if we can
>tell them how to get to Risa. They apparently missed a turn."

"Go that way for 2 parsecs then turn left, I say again, turn LEFT, say it with me, turn _LEFT_ at Albuquerque and go straight for 7 more parsecs and it's on your right. You can't miss it."

-Z

---
We are Dyslexic of Borg. Your ass will be laminated.

>Vaughn finds the Heart of Gold.

I've always figured that if the Heart of Gold showed up in UF, it'd be because Vaughn and ReRob got stoned together one day, and woke up the next morning with an Improbability Drive sitting in ReRob's workshop.

-- Sean --

http://www.thebrokenlink.org The Broken Link 4.0 is live!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein
"It's not easy being green." -- Kermit the Frog

>>Vaughn finds the Heart of Gold.
>
>I've always figured that if the Heart of Gold showed up in UF, it'd be
>because Vaughn and ReRob got stoned together one day, and woke up the
>next morning with an Improbability Drive sitting in ReRob's workshop.

Vaughn stoned- I have enough trouble grokking Vaughn as it is! under the influence, he'd probably use a language made out of one word- "Chicken"

and the Eyrie crew would STILL be able to understand him!

"Pssst- hey admiral type dude.. wanna beam over and smoke up with us?" the bleary-eyed alien commander made the universal (!?) guesture for "smoke a bowl" into the commscreen, then quickly checked over his shoulder.

Zoner blinked.

"I'll pass, Captian Fr'Toh, I've ah, got to take a piss test"

>Zoner blinked.
>
>"I'll pass, Captian Fr'Toh, I've ah, got to take a piss test"

1. No organization I'm involved with would ever do random drug tests.

2. Detians can metabolize out any toxins, etc - which is how they can go from shitfaced to sober in 30 seconds. It is a learned talent - basically accelerating natural effects. So with something like booze you sweat profusely and suddenly need to piss *right now* - and you may get an instant hangover from dehydration. The effects of speeding up metabolizing THC aren't as severe so it probably doesn't have much of an effect - maybe killer munchies.

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>>Zoner blinked.
>>
>>"I'll pass, Captian Fr'Toh, I've ah, got to take a piss test"
>
>1. No organization I'm involved with would ever do random drug tests.
>
>2. Detians can metabolize out any toxins, etc - which is how they can
>go from shitfaced to sober in 30 seconds. It is a learned talent -
>basically accelerating natural effects. So with something like booze
>you sweat profusely and suddenly need to piss *right now* - and you
>may get an instant hangover from dehydration. The effects of speeding
>up metabolizing THC aren't as severe so it probably doesn't have much
>of an effect - maybe killer munchies.

good point.. and I don't imagine the WDF would feel it nessecary to piss-test, either.

but it is a VERY convienient excuse for use when socializing with those who consume drugs you'd rather not consume- I've been using it as such since I arrived back in Alaska.

>I've always figured that if the Heart of Gold showed up in UF, it'd be
>because Vaughn and ReRob got stoned together one day, and woke up the
>next morning with an Improbability Drive sitting in ReRob's workshop.

ReRob doesn't get stoned. When Vaughn takes the right stuff, he stops seeing tracers.

Now, if Vaughn got back together with Zoner the Chaoswalker (regardless of the chemical states of either), you might have something.

--rR

(Bwaa!! Blame Trigger for this 'cause
>that's what popped into my mind after I read his post.)

Not sure about the person here, but Trigger Argee from the Telzey books was most definitely not a him. =)

And, for this whole thread, I'd like to rip a line from Blood Soaked and Honor Bound: "There is NOTHING I can say that can add to this..."

--"I invoke the rites of fiery Muspelheim, and give thy soul up to the inferno's embrace..."

>Not sure about the person here, but Trigger Argee from the Telzey
>books was most definitely not a him. =)

I'm definitely female. I have affidavits.

t.

Trigger Argee
trigger_argee@hotmail.com
Manon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

>>Not sure about the person here, but Trigger Argee from the Telzey
>>books was most definitely not a him. =)
>
>I'm definitely female. I have affidavits.

Is that what they're calling them these days.

--G.
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>>>Not sure about the person here, but Trigger Argee from the Telzey
>>I'm definitely female. I have affidavits.
>Is that what they're calling them these days.

Well, it is rude to stare at someone's affidavits when talking to them.

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>>>Not sure about the person here, but Trigger Argee from the Telzey
>>>books was most definitely not a him. =)
>>
>>I'm definitely female. I have affidavits.
>
>Is that what they're calling them these days.
>

"She's got 'uge..... affidavits!"

somehow, that doesn't quite have the same ring... oh well...

-Z

---
We are Dyslexic of Borg. Your ass will be laminated.

>"She's got 'uge..... affidavits!"

>somehow, that doesn't quite have the same ring... oh well...

True; however, it'd be nice to go up to a woman at a con and say, "May I examine your affidavits?"

Redneck (well, ladies, are you affidavits in order?)

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>

Washuu and Redneck have a kid and they name her Ryoko.

Washuu and Redneck already have a kid; her name is Wapiko (see the ending of Wilderness) and she is the star of the short story currently being edited for release either this weekend or next week.

As for Ryouko, she's in UF, and she'll have a major role in the next Privateer story, after Rianna and Mayl break the seal on an ancient Santovasku temple...

>

Vaughn finds the Heart of Gold.

Vaughn -is- Infinite Improbability. What's he need the Heart of Gold for?

Redneck

Red wizard needs money badly...
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>>

Washuu and Redneck have a kid and they name her Ryoko.

>
>Washuu and Redneck already have a kid; her name is Wapiko (see the
>ending of Wilderness) and she is the star of the short story currently
>being edited for release either this weekend or next week.
>
>As for Ryouko, she's in UF, and she'll have a major role in the next
>Privateer story, after Rianna and Mayl break the seal on an ancient
>Santovasku temple...

As long as Ifurita isn't in there, too, I won't be irritated....

(Great minds think alike. Fanfic authors use the same inspirational source.)

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>As long as Ifurita isn't in there, too, I won't be irritated....

No way, man. The ancient Santovasku never sealed more than one astonishingly dangerous female in the same building. It's bad feng shui.

--G.
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>>As long as Ifurita isn't in there, too, I won't be irritated....
>
>No way, man. The ancient Santovasku never sealed more than one
>astonishingly dangerous female in the same building. It's bad feng
>shui.

Well, I guess you could keep them next door to each other.....

--
Geoff Depew - Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Malakite of Lightning and Angel of Tech Support Professionals
(They won't give me LARTs, they say that's restricted to Michael.)

>>

Washuu and Redneck have a kid and they name her Ryoko.

>
>Washuu and Redneck already have a kid; her name is Wapiko (see the
>ending of Wilderness) and she is the star of the short story currently
>being edited for release either this weekend or next week.

Ack, forgot 'bout that. It should be: they have another kid and name her Ryoko.

>>

Vaughn finds the Heart of Gold.

>
>Vaughn -is- Infinite Improbability. What's he need the Heart of Gold
>for?

Infinite Improbability squared perhaps?
Obviously someone might want the Heart of Gold and Vaughn is the one most likely find it in his wanderings, especially if it's trapped in the non-space it traverses when the drive is activated.

--Rod.H

>>1) Gryphon collects all 251 critters on Pok, becoming a Pokemon
>>Master.
>
>Pokemon Hunter more like it, with all 251 of the blinking things
>stuffed and mounted on a wall somewhere.
>

Damn. Just kittened my root beer.

Something about visualizing...

"Now this 'ere, this is a Charizard! Bloody dangerous, these are! Get one mad, and 'e'll flame your head right off your shoulders!"

Peter Eng

>"Now this 'ere, this is a Charizard! Bloody dangerous, these are!
>Get one mad, and 'e'll flame your head right off your shoulders!"

*shatter*

Bastard.

-- Sean --

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LAST EDITED ON Jul-28-01 AT 06:26 AM (EDT)

>>>1) Gryphon collects all 251 critters on Pok, becoming a Pokemon
>>>Master.
>>Pokemon Hunter more like it, with all 251 of the blinking things
>>stuffed and mounted on a wall somewhere.

{Snip}

>"Now this 'ere, this is a Charizard! Bloody dangerous, these are!
>Get one mad, and 'e'll flame your head right off your shoulders!"

Warning: Channeling the Bloody-nutter-that-chases-crocs-and-other-dangerous-critters who lives in the Land of Cane Toads(1) can be a snarf hazard.

Note: Not all Australians act like 'Him'(2). However, load one up with enough beer (eg. a few slabs{3} of VB) in the right conditions it could be possible to duplicate 'Him'.

1) The state of Queensland.
2) The Crocodile Hunter.
3) A slab is a carton of 24 375 ml cans or stubbies.

--Rod.H

My whole family loves Steve Irwin - but now there's about eight hundred imitators. But that's not what I came for - I'm sure you all know this, but Sluggy Freelance has an excellent segment with an Irwin rip-off in it. While it has it's ups and downs as a comic, it's worth reading just for that arc...

'Ouch! I'm bruised and cut, and my leg is gushing blood, but it was worth it: I got to touch a pregnant orangutang!'

-Craig

LAST EDITED ON Jul-30-01 AT 01:25 AM (EDT)

>"Now this 'ere, this is a Charizard! Bloody dangerous, these are! Get one mad,
>and 'e'll flame your head right off your shoulders!"

Actually, I'd rather be shooting that jerk. Makes us Aussies look and sound like fucking wankers!

>Note: Not all Australians act like 'Him'(2). However, load one up with enough
>beer (eg. a few slabs{3} of VB) in the right conditions it could be possible
>to duplicate 'Him'.

Not a chance in hell pal. That jerk takes croc dundee to extremely bad level. In fact, I have NEVER seen anyone that acts like him. Beer won't have any effect on that.

Matrix Dragon
Plotting the death of the Australian Shame.

>Actually, I'd rather be shooting that jerk. Makes us Aussies look and
>sound like fucking wankers!
>
>Matrix Dragon

A lot of herpetologists don't like him either. They think he encourages people to do stupid things with venomous snakes, not to mention the fact that he doesn't do wonders for their profession's image.

Interestingly enough, I talked with one of the people who works at Clyde Peeling's Reptiland (a zoological park specializing in reptiles and amphibians, located in Central Pennsylvania). He had seen Steve Irwin at a conference a number of years back, and said he didn't have nearly that much of an accent then...

Eric J. Heckathorn
ericjh@stargate.net

>>Actually, I'd rather be shooting that jerk. Makes us Aussies look and
>>sound like fucking wankers!

naaaahhhh... Mick Dundee did that already >:)

>>Matrix Dragon
>
>A lot of herpetologists don't like him either. They think he
>encourages people to do stupid things with venomous snakes, not to

If anyone is stupid enough to actually try those stunts at home, they desrve the Darwin Award they'd be nominated for.

>mention the fact that he doesn't do wonders for their profession's
>image.

Say what you will about him, but he has to either know what he's doing pretty darned well or have the devil's own luck to still be alive after however-many seasons...

-Z

---
We are Dyslexic of Borg. Your ass will be laminated.

>LAST EDITED ON Jul-30-01 AT
>01:25 AM (EDT)
>
>>"Now this 'ere, this is a Charizard! Bloody dangerous, these are! Get one mad,
>>and 'e'll flame your head right off your shoulders!"
>
>Actually, I'd rather be shooting that jerk. Makes us Aussies look and
>sound like fucking wankers!
>

Well, Crocodile Hunter really needs to come with a footnote:

"Steve Irwin was dropped on his head shortly after birth, and is in fact barely intelligent enough to survive the stupid stunts he does on this show."

I always assumed that he was the only Australian dumb enough to think that the CH gig was worth doing, good-looking enough to pull it off, and desperate enough for money to do it. (The looks department is what disqualified Yahoo Serious.) :)

Peter Eng
--
Can we have a version of 'Survivor' where we get to vote bad television shows off the air?

>I always assumed that he was the only Australian dumb enough to think
>that the CH gig was worth doing, good-looking enough to pull it off,
>and desperate enough for money to do it. (The looks department is
>what disqualified Yahoo Serious.) :)

What a shame, it might have actually been amusing then.

>Can we have a version of 'Survivor' where we get to vote bad
>television shows off the air?

Yup, it's called the Neilson Ratings....the funny thing is, I don't watch them at all, and they still seem to be out there.

Tom 'Dreamshadow' Tjarks
------------------------
"There are no answers, only cross references."

Can we have a version of 'Survivor' where we get to vote bad television shows off the air?

Um, considering that the people who'd be doing the voting would be the same people who appear as contestants on 'reality' shows... you might not want that. Then again, given Nielsen ratings, we already have that, so, um, sucks to be you.

--Zenigame, who hasn't watched TV in ages-- all the good shoes have already been 'voted off the island'

>Can we have a version of 'Survivor' where we get to vote bad
>television shows off the air?
>
>Um, considering that the people who'd be doing the voting would
>be the same people who appear as contestants on 'reality'
>shows... you might not want that. Then again, given Nielsen ratings,
>we already have that, so, um, sucks to be you.

OK, well, failing that, can we at least vote the linguistic construct "vote x off the island" off the island?

--G.
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>>Can we have a version of 'Survivor' where we get to vote bad
>>television shows off the air?
>>
>>Um, considering that the people who'd be doing the voting would
>>be the same people who appear as contestants on 'reality'
>>shows... you might not want that. Then again, given Nielsen ratings,
>>we already have that, so, um, sucks to be you.
>
>OK, well, failing that, can we at least vote the linguistic construct
>"vote x off the island" off the island?

"You are the weakest catchphrase. Goodbye!"

-- Sean --
...I can't believe I just quoted two shows I loathe in one fell swoop
http://www.thebrokenlink.org The Broken Link 4.0 is live!
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." -- Albert Einstein
"It's not easy being green." -- Kermit the Frog

>"You are the weakest catchphrase. Goodbye!"

Ha! I've seen the US version of the Weakest Link, and your host has nothing against the Australian versions host. Cordelia makes yours look like Belldandy

Matrix Dragon
"She spent years acting in a Soapie..."

>Pokemon Hunter more like it, with all 251 of the blinking things
>stuffed and mounted on a wall somewhere.

ummm....pikachu steak
although scrambled togapei or hunan eevee might not be too bad

>>1) Gryphon collects all 251 critters on Pok, becoming a Pokemon
>>Master.
>
>Pokemon Hunter more like it, with all 251 of the blinking things
>stuffed and mounted on a wall somewhere.
>
>>4) A planet with characters from Ranma and DBZ is discovered, then
>>promptly destroyed by an alien invasion.
>
>And the name of the planet would be: Z'ha'dum. Therefore linking these
>two evils to the Shadows.
>
>--Rod.H
>Aw, nut bunnies!

I dunno.. after all, when you think about the evils of Pokemon,
isn't it highly likely that the annoying little buggers are a
secret plot by the Shadows?

I can see it now.. Gryph and Zoner leading an all out strike on
Z'ha'dum in order to destroy the evil that is Pokemon.

*blinks* That's one "Crusade" I could definitely applaude.

Heh.

Ed Becerra.

I dunno.. after all, when you think about the evils of Pokemon, isn't it highly likely that the annoying little buggers are a secret plot by the Shadows?

I can see it now.. Gryph and Zoner leading an all out strike on Z'ha'dum in order to destroy the evil that is Pokemon.

*blinks* That's one "Crusade" I could definitely applaude.

Now hey now. Not everybody in the universe thinks Pokémon is the next Barney, y'know. It's a very cheesy show, yes, and the translation makes it worse, I think (I've read a fansub of the first movie, and it made a lot more sense than the 'fighting is bad, mmmkay?' moral of the American version), but I personally find it rather appealing. I mean, cute fuzzy critters pitted against each other in gladiatorial duels... what's not to like? n_n

Heck, I think it'd be cool if Team Eyrie made use of some Pokémon elements in their fics (feel free to point me in the right direction if they have already, 'cause I've missed it). Heck, if they want to file the serial numbers off and have generic cute fuzzy critters bashing other cute fuzzy critters, that's fine by me. That depends on how they feel about it, of course, but I draw hope from their not having declared Eyrie a no-Pokémon zone; they're pretty open about stuff they don't like.

And hey, they could always write a story that is to Pokémon as NXE is to NGE. I wouldn't mind. n_n

--Zenigame, whose name makes it pretty damn obvious what kind of pokémon he is

>

>
• DocMui adds another Leap Years tale.

>

>
>--Rod.H
>Aw, nut bunnies!

Ouch. O ye of little faith.

I *am* working on several more, although they're technically under the "Dimension Hopping" banner. Still, it covers what happens in Leap Years.

BTW...the subject *is* about what's not going to happen in the UF verse, not ours. :-)

--DocMui

Doc accidently absorbs the essence of the GigaShadow and becomes His Divine Shadow, leader of the League of Twenty Thousand Worlds?

IHNJ, IJLS the "Brunnen-G Battle Chant".

Patrick Chester
...who probably is a bit too much like Stanley Tweedle than he'd care to admit.
"...could you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"

>Doc accidently absorbs the essence of the GigaShadow and becomes His
>Divine Shadow, leader of the League of Twenty Thousand Worlds?
>
(snip)
>Patrick Chester
>...who probably is a bit too much like Stanley Tweedle than he'd care
>to admit.
>"...could you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"

...and I say, with the utmost sincereity...

"Bwah?"

If this is anything like UFme going down Hal Jordan's path...you're right, that's pretty unlikely.

--DocMui

>>Doc accidently absorbs the essence of the GigaShadow and becomes His
>>Divine Shadow, leader of the League of Twenty Thousand Worlds?
>
>If this is anything like UFme going down Hal Jordan's path...you're
>right, that's pretty unlikely.

Yeah, I can't see Doc being anywhere near as pretentious as His Divine Shadow, or using the undead corpse of the lead singer of Information Society as his personal assassin, either.

--G.
-><-
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>>>Doc accidently absorbs the essence of the GigaShadow and becomes His
>>>Divine Shadow, leader of the League of Twenty Thousand Worlds?
>>
>>If this is anything like UFme going down Hal Jordan's path...you're
>>right, that's pretty unlikely.
>
>Yeah, I can't see Doc being anywhere near as pretentious as His Divine
>Shadow, or using the undead corpse of the lead singer of Information
>Society as his personal assassin, either.

Hey, the question was asking for UNlikely things. :)

Patrick Chester
"...could you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?"

>1) Gryphon collects all 251 critters on Pok, becoming a Pokemon Master.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but thanks to a certain redneck, they're in the UF universe now. There's a chance of this happening, although I think Wapiko would be the first one.

Matrix Dragon
"If Pokegirls turn up, then I'm running. Simple as that."

>>1) Gryphon collects all 251 critters on Pok, becoming a Pokemon Master.
>
>I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but thanks to a certain redneck,
>they're in the UF universe now. There's a chance of this happening,
>although I think Wapiko would be the first one.

No, no plans for Wapiko to visit Pok. After all, she gets her own Gyopi when she turns seven. (Note: Gyopis are NOT Pokemon.)

>Matrix Dragon
>"If Pokegirls turn up, then I'm running. Simple as that."

You don't read my company's comics, do you?

Bootleg issue #5. All P*k*m*n parody issue. Filthy as hell, but two of the three stories involve humanoid pokemon.

Of course, such won't ever appear in UF, at least not to my knowledge. Humanoid Pokemon would be impossible to tell from the -usual- alien species we have. }:-{D

Redneck

Red wizard needs money badly...
www.wlpcomics.com
White Lightning Productions - don't tell the Pope

>Of course, such won't ever appear in UF, at least not to my knowledge.
>Humanoid Pokemon would be impossible to tell from the -usual- alien
>species we have. }:-{D

And as such, how would you ever know?

Man... now I'm flashing back to that dream I had at Katsucon 2000.

--G.
("Ninja nin. Ja nin nin? Ninja ja nin.")
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>>Of course, such won't ever appear in UF, at least not to my knowledge.
>>Humanoid Pokemon would be impossible to tell from the -usual- alien
>>species we have. }:-{D
>
>And as such, how would you ever know?

Man. Human. Hu hu man, man hu man. }:-{D

(Or IOW, anyone with a more-or-less one word vocabulary would be -suspicious.- }:-{D )

Redneck (remembers the day he formalized the rules for Pokemon Charades)

Red wizard needs money badly...
www.wlpcomics.com
White Lightning Productions - don't tell the Pope

>>>Of course, such won't ever appear in UF, at least not to my knowledge.
>>>Humanoid Pokemon would be impossible to tell from the -usual- alien
>>>species we have. }:-{D
>>
>>And as such, how would you ever know?
>
>Man. Human. Hu hu man, man hu man. }:-{D
>
>(Or IOW, anyone with a more-or-less one word vocabulary would be
>-suspicious.- }:-{D )
>

Not a guarentee, remeber that there are Pokemon who are quite capable of SPEAKING english (or whatever Pok uses) such as SlowKing, Meowth, and Mew2.

Hmm, I may have to actually order something from WLP... If I can ever get enough space free on my card to charge something new. >>looks at calendar<< Darn. Sept, at the earliest proboboly.

___________________

Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<

>Not a guarentee, remeber that there are Pokemon who are quite capable
>of SPEAKING english (or whatever Pok uses) such as SlowKing, Meowth,
>and Mew2.
Uhm I don't know about SlowKing, But the Meowth that talks learned how to do it to impress this rich lady's Meowth who he had the hots for. I don't remember the name of the episode but Brock, Misty, Ash and Pikachu where going to Hollywood for a movie premier and they showed Meowth's backstory.
Fan "I just busted myself huh?"

>>"If Pokegirls turn up, then I'm running. Simple as that."
>You don't read my company's comics, do you?

'Fraid not. Hard enough trying to get anime in Australia, let alone anything else. I'm still trying to recover from the Ash/Misty/Pikachu threesome some smartass set as the wallpaper for my school's computers. All of them.

>>Of course, such won't ever appear in UF, at least not to my knowledge. >>Humanoid Pokemon would be impossible to tell from the -usual- alien species we >>have. >}:-{D
>And as such, how would you ever know?

Easy. The humanoid pokemon would just keep saying their names.

Matrix Dragon
"I'm just worried about what'll happen to this fic if you guys turn it into a lemon."

>"I'm just worried about what'll happen to this fic if you guys turn it
>into a lemon."

I shouldn't think there was much worry of that; I can't write explicit sex scenes up to my standards of quality. I end up feeling too silly about it all. Hell, I rarely cross the 'R' line.

There are those in the group who have attempted it, but as I'm E in C, I still shouldn't think there was much worry of that.

--G.
-><-
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>>>"If Pokegirls turn up, then I'm running. Simple as that."
>>You don't read my company's comics, do you?
>
>'Fraid not. Hard enough trying to get anime in Australia, let alone
>anything else. I'm still trying to recover from the Ash/Misty/Pikachu
>threesome some smartass set as the wallpaper for my school's
>computers. All of them.

Ah, jeez, now I've got that frelling image in my mind. Both normal and Pokegirl versions. That idiot needs to experience either a Boot To The Head or the Holy Cricket Bat of Doom.

You could try Borders or a comic shop (e.g. Minotaur, Alternate Worlds) for your anime/manga fix. As for anything published by WLP, 'I don't think so, Tim'.

>>>Of course, such won't ever appear in UF, at least not to my knowledge. Humanoid Pokemon would be
>>impossible to tell from the -usual- alien species we have. >}:-{D
>>And as such, how would you ever know?
>
>Easy. The humanoid pokemon would just keep saying their names.

It could be that some types of humanoid Pokemon can speak, but they keep on talking in third person like Shampoo and Remy leBeau.

--Rod.H
Fearing and loathing Pokemon since, whenever.

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>>I'm still trying to recover from the Ash/Misty/Pikachu threesome some
>>smartass set as the wallpaper for my school's computers. All of them.
>Ah, jeez, now I've got that frelling image in my mind. Both normal and
>Pokegirl versions. That idiot needs to experience either a Boot To The Head or
>the Holy Cricket Bat of Doom.

He got found, and suspended, along with being inflicted serious amounts of
pain. The idiot logged onto the network and made the changes while in his own
account! Dickhead.

>It could be that some types of humanoid Pokemon can speak, but they keep on
>talking in third person like Shampoo and Remy leBeau.

That could work. I've still got this annoying fanfic idea, for a pokehuman setting without the slavery and rape. Might try it, just to see how it turns out.

Matrix Dragon

>Just a little bit of absurdity...what do you think probably *won't*
>happen in UF?

Yuri got up from the floor rubing the lump on her head and had a somewhat dazed look in her eyes. Zoner looked worried at her and asked, "Hey, yuri, everything okay?" Yuri looked suprised as he talked, as if she noticed him for the firs time. Then without warning she launched herself at him with a cry of "AIREN!!!" and glomped him. "Ah... Yuri, what are you doing?... Yuri?" stammered Zoner but Yuri only said. "Wo ai ni."...

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And the winner is... THE HYPNOTOAD! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

>what do you think probably *won't* happen in UF?

Kaitlyn: "Here is our next song, 'ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS'!"

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And the winner is... THE HYPNOTOAD! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

>>what do you think probably *won't* happen in UF?
>
>Kaitlyn: "Here is our next song, 'ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS'!"

Basic Nastiness played that in "Roadtrip to Jersey: Don't Nobody Tell Tim".

Then again, we also did "Smells Like Nirvana."

--rR

>Then again, we also did "Smells Like Nirvana."

I once played a cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" with a couple of buddies in college at a Battle of the Bands. (We also did "Cherub Rock", which actually went rather well.) The guitarist/singer could not remember the second verse for the life of him, no matter how many times he wrote it down or memorized it, so he wound up singing the verse from "Smells Like Nirvana" that goes:

And I forget the next verse
Oh well I guess it pays to rehearse
It's hard to garble nawdle zouss
With all these marbles in my mouth

(We also had a kazoo player come up to do the guitar solo with the guitarist. This was after Cobain's death, too, and we felt it was a better tribute than getting all wanky and pretentious. Oh, yeah, and I played a funk bass line.)

-- Sean --

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Follow my creative process

>The guitarist/singer could
>not remember the second verse for the life of him, no matter how many
>times he wrote it down or memorized it, so he wound up singing the
>verse from "Smells Like Nirvana" that goes:

Jim Tyrrell, wandering minstrel of WPI during my time there, once covered "Smells Like Teen Spirit" at a WPI pub show; he couldn't remember any of the lyrics, and instead sang:

(murmury)
Blah blah blah blah, bla-ah blahblah
Blahblah blah blah, blah bla-ah blah blah
Blah blah blah blah, bla-ah blahblah
Blahblah blah blah, blah bla-ah blah blah

Blahblah, blahblah, blahblah, bla-a-ah
Blahblah, blahblah, blahblah, bla-a-ah

(screaming)

BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH,
BLAHBLAH BLAAAAH BLAH!
BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH,
BLAHBLAH BLAAAH BLAH!
BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH,
BLAHBLAH BLAAAH BLAH,
BLAHBLAH BLAH BLAH,
BLAHBLAH BLAAAH BLAH,
BLAH!

It was quite amusing. Somewhere I've got the whole thing on tape, along with his cover of Weird Al's "Generic Blues".

--G.
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>>>what do you think probably *won't* happen in UF?
>>
>>Kaitlyn: "Here is our next song, 'ANOTHER ONE RIDES THE BUS'!"
>
>Basic Nastiness played that in "Roadtrip to Jersey: Don't Nobody Tell
>Tim".
>
>Then again, we also did "Smells Like Nirvana."
>
> --rR

It's not that I can't see them playing some Weird Al songs. In fact I can't get the image of them playing 'Amish Paradise' or 'Pretty Fly For A Rabbi' out of my head. It's just that I can't see them playing 'Another One Rides The Bus', or the Pokemon Polka.

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And the winner is... THE HYPNOTOAD! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

Absolutely least likely thing to happen in UF:

Gryphon and MegaZone lift the moratorium.

Ebony the Black Dragon
aka Draco Draconis Ebenium
known to the SF-FWA as Aaron F. Johnson,
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com

The Duelist Society is gathered in the Wedge and a thin blonde guy walks up to them.
AMANDA: "What do you want?"
GUY: "I'm selling these fine leather jackets."
AMANDA: "Really?"
GUY: "No."
AMANDA: "In that case I don't want one."

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1)The Borg appear, assimilate Planet Funkotron, then start flying around in giant ultra-tech disco balls.

2)Station and ReRob meet.

3)Someone finds a way to make man-portable Reflex Reactors/Cannons.

4)Vaughn gets physically hurt by something.

>1)The Borg appear, [snip]

Dude, you could have stopped right there.

--truss.

>>1)The Borg appear, [snip]
>
>Dude, you could have stopped right there.

For the record, it's conceivable that the Borg might appear in UF, but if they do, they'll be significantly altered. As they appeared on Star Trek, they were poorly-designed villains; they were utterly invincible, to the point where the heroes could not defeat them without the writers resorting to Extreme Hokiness. This is a very bad quality for a villain to have, so if they appear in UF, they won't have it.

The UF universe already does have the SF race the Borg were obviously inspired by, anyhow. :)

--G.
-><-
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>
>The UF universe already does have the SF race the Borg were
>obviously inspired by, anyhow. :)
>

Bwaa? I seemed to have missed something important then... which race were they inspired by? Certanly NOT the Cybertonians!

___________________

Vaughn doesn't know I exist. I guess this explains why the rest of reality keeps ignoring me as well. >_<

>>The UF universe already does have the SF race the Borg were
>>obviously inspired by, anyhow. :)
>>
>Bwaa? I seemed to have missed something important then... which race
>were they inspired by? Certanly NOT the Cybertonians!

The Cybermen, Doctor Who. Human species (originally from Counter-Earth, as a matter of fact) who, in a search for self-perfection (and to survive the harsh conditions of their world), slowly replaced bits of themselves with cybernetic parts until there was pretty much no organic material left. In the process, they programmed out their emotions (at least the positive ones) and dedicated themselves to mechanized conquest. They capture members of other humanoid species and cybernize them to increase their own ranks, since they're unable to reproduce naturally any longer. Their goal is the conquest of the universe.

They don't have a hive mind or that ridiculous "anything you can do we can counter automatically" ability, but I should think the parallels are obvious...

In UF, there are several different "subspecies" among the Cyberrace, and not all of them are malevolent. Perhaps I should post the informational file on them; I've had it for some time, but never really had anything to do with it.

--G.
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>For the record, it's conceivable that the Borg might appear in
>UF, but if they do, they'll be significantly altered. As they
>appeared on Star Trek, they were poorly-designed villains; they
>were utterly invincible, to the point where the heroes could not
>defeat them without the writers resorting to Extreme Hokiness.
>This is a very bad quality for a villain to have, so if they appear in
>UF, they won't have it.

>--G.

Data showed that the Borg Collective was eminently crackable. In the UF universe, the Borg would be a very vulnerable race, especially for someone like Slappi Squirl. The state of the art in computer intrusions is much higher in UF than Star Trek, so we have the one needed weapon the Federation lacks.

I suggest that, by the time of Future Imperfect, the Borg are a very powerful military threat if you went head-to-head with it. But one 31337 script kiddie with a laptop and an attitude should be able to blue-screen the entire collective straight to hell.

--rR

>I suggest that, by the time of Future Imperfect, the Borg are
>a very powerful military threat if you went head-to-head with it. But
>one 31337 script kiddie with a laptop and an attitude should be able
>to blue-screen the entire collective straight to hell.

Blue screen? Why do that?

The Borg fairly -scream- for a DDOS (distributed denial of service) attack. The irony there is just far too amusing to pass up, if they ever -do- show their wired-up faces in UF.

-- Juniper

"Lift the world's lid!" ... "For the Revolution of the Restaurant!"
-- Saionji and Miki

>The Borg fairly -scream- for a DDOS (distributed denial of service)
>attack. The irony there is just far too amusing to pass up, if they
>ever -do- show their wired-up faces in UF.

"We are the Borg. We will add your cultural and - ... NFS server cube not responding, still trying... NFS server cube not responding, still trying... NFS: connection timed out."

--G.
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>"We are the Borg. We will add your cultural and - ... NFS server cube not
>responding, still trying... NFS server cube not responding, still trying...
>NFS: connection timed out."

"Resistance is... A: Drive not found. Abort, Retry, Fail?"

Or, of course... SPAM!!!
Crash the Hive Mind with Junk mail!
Matrix Dragon

A Ork points at a picture of the Dyson Sphere.
ORK: "We go to this place! We make good fight! It's a WAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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And the winner is... THE HYPNOTOAD! ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!

>A Ork points at a picture of the Dyson Sphere.
>ORK: "We go to this place! We make good fight! It's a
>WAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
>

Been reading "Grunts" have we? Or just playing too much Warhammer?

Ebony the Black Dragon
aka Draco Draconis Ebenium
known to Games Workshop as Aaron F. Johnson,
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
http://www.lrgames.com

("In da beginning, dere wuz da Word, and da Word wuz WAAAAAUUUUGGGGHHH!!!!")

>>A Ork points at a picture of the Dyson Sphere.
>>ORK: "We go to this place! We make good fight! It's a
>>WAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
>Been reading "Grunts" have we? Or just playing too much Warhammer?

Start worrying if th UF universe ever has a planet called Armageddon. Although Gaunt's ghosts might make an interesting addition.

Matrix Dragon

>("In da beginning, dere wuz da Word, and da Word wuz
>WAAAAAUUUUGGGGHHH!!!!")

This broke me for entirely inside reasons....

-={(Astynax)}=-
"..who now has funky mental images"

>>A Ork points at a picture of the Dyson Sphere.
>>ORK: "We go to this place! We make good fight! It's a
>>WAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
>>
>
>Been reading "Grunts" have we? Or just playing too much Warhammer?

Actually I haven't played WH40k in over a year, I have never played WH and I don't even know what "Grunts" IS.

"We go to this place..." Is from the Epic40K computergame "Final Liberation" which I found when I looked through some of my old stuff.

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>Actually I don't even know what "Grunts" IS.

Very good fantasy/sf novel by Mary Gentle. Think Lord of the Rings crossed with Starship Troopers (the movie) from the perspective of the Orc Marines. Not a book for the sqeamish.

drakensisthered

Pass me another Elf. This one's split.

>
>>Actually I don't even know what "Grunts" IS.
>
>Very good fantasy/sf novel by Mary Gentle. Think Lord of the Rings
>crossed with Starship Troopers (the movie) from the perspective of the
>Orc Marines. Not a book for the sqeamish.
>

With just the right amount of satire:

"Sir, request permission that squad be known as the Black Squad, sir!"

"No! We already have 65 Black Squads, 13 Shadow Squads, 4 Gray Squads, and one Pink Squad. Frankly, we're a little worried about the Pink Squad."

Ebony the Black Dragon
aka Draco Draconis Ebenium
known to the Black Legion as Aaron F. Johnson,
Senior Editor, Living Room Games
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>>
>>>Actually I don't even know what "Grunts" IS.
>>
>>Very good fantasy/sf novel by Mary Gentle. Think Lord of the Rings
>>crossed with Starship Troopers (the movie) from the perspective of the
>>Orc Marines. Not a book for the sqeamish.
>>
>
>With just the right amount of satire:
>
>"Sir, request permission that squad be known as the Black Squad, sir!"
>
>"No! We already have 65 Black Squads, 13 Shadow Squads, 4 Gray
>Squads, and one Pink Squad. Frankly, we're a little worried about the
>Pink Squad."

I absolutely HAVE to buy that book!

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>what do you think probably *won't*
>happen in UF?

Some of the made up mecha from the 'Kick-Butt Vehicle/Mecha/Fighter?'-threat (Zürich Heavy Industries 2000XXL, Cobra Jetbike,...) actually appear in UF.

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>>what do you think probably *won't*
>>happen in UF?
>
>Some of the made up mecha from the 'Kick-Butt
>Vehicle/Mecha/Fighter?'-threat (Zürich Heavy Industries 2000XXL, Cobra
>Jetbike,...) actually appear in UF.

That does seem less than likely, since I stopped reading that thread several weeks ago.

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While testing out the new ship design, entitled Glorious Heritage, Megazone and Andromeda (one of EVE's children, akin to Shakespear) get caught in a blackhole for three hundred and have to rebuild the WDF after it's fall to the combined forces of the Kilrathi and Klingon empires (I figure it's a close combination/approximation to UF Nietzscheans). Along the way Zoner and Rommy pick up Beka Valentine and her crew aboard the Beebop (yes, I realize the Cowboy Beebop is UF-canon circa 2405, but the amalgamation suits my hypothesis better than the Eureka Maru -- whose Japanese conotational name does lend itself nicely to the anime usage) to help them drive back the coming Beast Planet (another amalgation) and reform the WDF. Only then, after saving the universe, does Zoner get a trip back courtesy of DocMui...

Well, you know, they said least likely.

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> (yes, I realize the
>Cowboy Beebop is UF-canon circa 2405,

It is? That's news to me...

(Oh, and there's only one 'e' in 'Bebop'.)

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I ASSUME -- one of my more dangerous traits -- that it is, what with Ed and Ein... But again, no one asked me. ;-)

Static-Pulse
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>I ASSUME -- one of my more dangerous traits -- that it is, what
>with Ed and Ein...

That was rather silly of you. Next you'll be assuming that the Klingons are somehow hostile just because they're Klingons...

... oh wait...

:)

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>what do you think probably *won't*
>happen in UF?

The Orion 8 showing up. That ship is seriously too overpowered for UF... I mean, a fast crusier with a crew of 6 and a omega-class weapon that can cheerfully blow up a planet withou much effort, that is just too much, even for UF.

oh, and another one. Just two words: Alrighty Then!

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>oh, and another one. Just two words: Alrighty Then!

Space Ghost? He's around. We just haven't met him yet.

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>>oh, and another one. Just two words: Alrighty Then!
>
>Space Ghost? He's around. We just haven't met him yet.

Actually I meant Ace Ventura...

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>>>oh, and another one. Just two words: Alrighty Then!
>>Space Ghost? He's around. We just haven't met him yet.
>Actually I meant Ace Ventura...

Either way, I'm scared.

Matrix Dragon

>The Orion 8 showing up. That ship is seriously too overpowered for
>UF... I mean, a fast crusier with a crew of 6 and a omega-class weapon
>that can cheerfully blow up a planet withou much effort, that is just
>too much, even for UF.

Oh, if that happens, Derek Bacon will show up with the Lexx to blow it to kingdom come.

Hmmm...does this tie into the Bugrom War God thing?

--rR

>>The Orion 8 showing up. That ship is seriously too overpowered for
>>UF... I mean, a fast crusier with a crew of 6 and a omega-class weapon
>>that can cheerfully blow up a planet withou much effort, that is just
>>too much, even for UF.
>
>Oh, if that happens, Derek Bacon will show up with the Lexx to blow it
>to kingdom come.

It's not that easy, the Orion is a _FAST_ crusier after all. By the time the Lexx needs to power up its weapon the Orion has already sliped behind it and blasted it into the next week with its secondary weapons the Ligh Throwers. The Overkill, too, needs some time to power up. Not to mention that IIRC the Orion could outrace anything short of a fold-drive... gotta love those late 60s scifi series. ^^;

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More odd stuff that won't happen...

1) Corwin trades in Nall for Keroberos from Card Captor Sakura. In plushie form. ("Konyayachiwa!" "Oh, *no*...")
2) Liza Broadbank falls into the *bad* cliche of "I hate you, therefore I love you" with Kaitlyn.
3) Pfloyd is replaced as head of the Hammers by Solid Snake.
4) Odin reveals that one of his hobbies was to turn into a black cat and follow Vash the Stampede around.
5) Psycho Mantis brainwashes Bester into becoming his personal lapdog.
6) Kei and Yuri play against a bunch of 5 year-olds in laser tag...and lose.
7) Ben veers away from The Shadow as an inspiration, instead heading more towards Doc Savage.
8) The CID's greatest detective? Columbo.

Just some odd thoughts.

--DocMui

A few additions and extraneous thoughts:

>1) Corwin trades in Nall for Keroberos from Card Captor Sakura. In
>plushie form. ("Konyayachiwa!" "Oh, *no*...")
So Nall just goes to hang out with Utena :)

>2) Liza Broadbank falls into the *bad* cliche of "I hate you,
>therefore I love you" with Kaitlyn.
2a) And Kaitlyn reciprocates (NOT!)

>6) Kei and Yuri play against a bunch of 5 year-olds in laser
>tag...and lose.
6a) ...and admit it.
6b) ...and don't get upset about it.

>8) The CID's greatest detective? Columbo.
8a) Followed closely by Scooby Doo and tha gang :)

9) Gryphon and Zoner get real pissed at each other and have a duel with Wave Motion Guns at thirty paces...

Offsides

#include <silly.h>

Doc, I -REALLY- wish you'd started a new thread for this.

It takes me two minutes to get any post on this thread as it -is.-

Redneck

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>Doc, I -REALLY- wish you'd started a new thread for this.

Seconded.

Since people can't seem to think of it themselves, I'm now going to "remind" them by locking this thread.

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