Tuesday's "Dinner and a Movie...." night.
Theme: "And now for something completely different...!"
 
While no Python is on the playlist, this week we've decided to do something a bit different this week. Instead of beginning a new series, we will be watching a "sampler" of many different TV series. (Not neccisarily the first episodes- just ones that have been picked to represent the series.)  If we have a good response on one series, we can always start up that series regularly on a later date...
 
To stick with the theme, this upcoming Tuesday we will be preparing a  classic Indian dish instead of dining out.  Those wishing to attend, please bring a small donation to help off-set our costs for ingredients. ($5 or so would be plenty, and would still be cheaper than what you'd pay at a resturaunt. You cheap bastards...)
 
If there are no exceptions, a stay-at-home cooked meal may become a regular event.
 

Caroline--48 to 50 is way too close, even if they did need 60 votes. Most of the senators who voted against it did so because of the wording (they just want it to say that marriage is between a man and woman, only, and not mention civil unions at all). I'm afraid they will try again with the simple wording, so it isn't over yet..... But we should be thankful for the victories, right?

John--But I did read the posts. :D

Anyhow, the "Federal Marriage Amendment" failed horribly. *glee*

Hey Dustin- Where are you usually on Thursdays before you head up to the comic shop?

Either the alternator on the Olds is dead, or the voltage regulator is out (which is on the alternator) so until the replacement arrives, I'm not going to be driving anywhere. So I'm gonna' need a ride...

Unless you want to use this as a convient excuse not to run the game tomorrow, and just stay home and watch Anime. 0:)

Dustin--Well thanks for the compliment. Of course you know that means I have to find something even better. I currently have my eye on a move called Undead.

http://www.zombiekeeper.com/reviews/undead.html

So how goes it for everyone?

Jeremy--Did you think you were going to attend the LAN party on the 24th? We have 4 Wavebird controllers, a gamecube, and a copy of Hunter. Could be fun.

Suicide Club was amassing, shatzman really outdid him self on that one.

And John, when are you in a normal mood???

If you read the posts and stayed informed you would know!


....oh no he didn't.....


....yes he did.....



I'm in a strange mood. Don't know why but I is!

Of what? :P

SHATZER IS IN CHARGE!

Dusty, yes I am still playing swg. Dont be sorry, I am having fun with all the credits you gave me. Talk to John about the Lan party, he is in charge. I am only providing the space. We had a great time at the first one and this one looks like it will be even better. Hope you can make it.

Jeremy--Atari?

I want to watch some movies tonight, if you guys do. How about some anime, or I still have Suicide Club.

Movies...? Sure.

I'm gonna' go play some Atari. Yeah...

Hello lydda,Are you sill playing swg, and if you are, Im sry. I should be able to make the lan party this time, but im gonna need directions, and a time frame, I work alot and need to shceule that day off. Ill also need a list of games were playing, and what all i need to bring. The games i have are: ut 2k3, mechwarrior vngence, and starcraft. Oh and wormz.Unreal tourniment with a lill setup, can be propigated easily with a crack or two, I tested it on 2 seperate machines.

Movie night im assuming is a go, or a least ill be here, I have netflixed spaceballs, I still havent wached it though, but I heard that pizza tha hut is a main charm, souds interesting.

Jeremy--Movies, yes, no? Also, you'll have to tone down that boss a bit; pre-movein apt inspection conflicts.

Hello everyone, it is nice to be here. Hello again Dusty and Jeremy and of course John. Thanks for the invite.

Dustin and Jeremy--LAN party part Deux is set for Saturday July 24th. What do you think?

Yo Yo Yo where is everyone?

Movie Night Crew--Had much fun last night. Cowboy Bebop rules the hizzy!

Okee Dokee...... Dustin sucks monkey butt! lol

John--Bring 'em and we can decide there?

Movie Group--I have purchased the Cowboy Bebop movie, and Suicide Club (supposedly kick ass Japenese flick!). Interested?

Jeremy--A day in advance. Dogma should also be put on the list at some point. Dustin's very deprived and nowhere near depraved... *shakes head*

Also, I'm interested in some of the videotapes, but should wait until next paycheck at the earliest, preferably until after I move (early August). If some "good ones" are gone by them, no big deal. *shrugs*

John--What, you didn't need a pregnancy workout? ;)

Dustin didn't post an update on the blog, but he informed me that he was in error about his schedule. He worked tonight and tomorrow- but he'll be here Tuesday.

Meat Market and Spaceballs, perhaps? Dustin needs learn'd.

Jeremy--It was Meat Market. Dusty wasn't in attendance for that one. Do you think due to his work schedule perhaps we should call this week off? Just asking. If I hear otherwise I'll be there.

Daymn...! We'll make sure to keep the volume down for ya'. If anything is even going on...

Speaking of movies- Carline, Shatzer- either of you planning on coming? I'd like to get an RSVP at least a day or so in advance from now on.

By the way, Shatzer- What was the name of that movie with El Diabo and the lebsian vampires? I coulda' swarn Dustin was there when we watched it, but he claims no memory of the vampiros lesbos.

Anime group-- This Monday, I work 18 hours from 11p till 3p on tuesday, and work again on tuesday at 11p, I will be there, but dont wake me up.

I would just like to say that the Buns of Steel is NOT mine. My sweet ass is entirely genetic. That is all.

Farva, you said you wanted to see this. For anyone else, this is a list of a bunch of VHS tapes (Mostly Shatzer's) that he'd like to sell.

We've been trying to move them at $2.50 a tape. If anyone might be interested, let me know. If you're interested in buying quite a few, we can even make little bit of a deal...



Ace Ventura, Pet Detective
American Tail, An : Fievel Goes West
Austin Powers
Babe, Pig in the City
Backdraft
Batman original TV series, Vol 1
Batman original TV series, Vol 2
Batman Returns
Bed of Roses
Best of Saturday Night Live: The Mr. Bill Collection
Bio-Dome
Black Hole, The Anniversary Edition
Blade
Blade Runner
Blair Witch Project, The
Blues Brothers, The
Buns of Steel 8: Pregnancy Workout
Camelot, 25th Anniversary Remastered Edition (2 Tapes)
Classic Scooby-Doo Episodes
Craft, The
Curly Sue
Dante's Peak
Deceived
Dick Tracy
Die Hard
Die Hard 2: Die Harder
Dorf on Golf
Dr. Doolittle - Eddie Murphy
Drive Me Crazy
El Dorado
Ernest, Scared Stupid
Faculty, The
Fall of the House of Usher, The
Ghostbusters
Godzilla (1998 American disgrace to Toho Studio.)
Hamburger Hill
I was a teenage Werewolf
It Conquered The World - Peter Graves
Jackie Brown
Jerry Maguire
Joe versus the Volcano
Jurassic Park
Kull the Conqueror
Legend of Grimace Island, The
Leslie Nielsen's Bad Golf Made Easier
Little Rascals, The
Little Shop of Horrors, The (1960. Jack Nicholson as the Dentist)
Making of Die Hard: With a Vengeance, The
Men in Black
Men in Black
Mission: Impossible
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mrs. Doubtfire
Mummy, The
Planet of the Apes
Puppet Master, The
Replacement Killers, The
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Save the Last Dance
Saving Private Ryan (2 tapes)
Schindler's List (2 tapes)
Scream
Sherlock Holmes Trilogy (3 tapes)
Speed
Star Trek: The Animated Adventures
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Arsenal of Freedom
Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Naked Now
Stigmata
Strictly Ballroom
Superman, Classic Cartoon Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Movie
They Bite
Twister
UHF (Not in original box)
Untamed Heart
Vampires
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
When a Man loves a Woman
When Harry met Sally…
X-Files, The Movie
Young Frankenstein
You've Got Mail
Zoo Life with Jack Hanna

Woo Hoo it's Friday!

John-- that would be kewl, exept that im gonna be working, sry for getting your hopes of asskicking up.

Holy crap! People are using the blog! For gaming stuff no less! I'll shall be in attendance this evening.

Wayne--What server are you guys on?

Dustin--Do you mind a 9 ft. tall hot chick as your sidekick?

Okies. I'll bring you the list of things I currently have (especially when different from the rulebook), and show you some things I'd like to have.

I'm more interested in altering ammo properties than weapon properties (like having the different types of grenades), but I just want to see what's workable/allowable/reasonable. ^_^

Mundane weapons (everything on those charts) do the damage listed, regardless of merits and flaws. Customizations to those weapons will be limited only to what you're allowed with "Portable Armory." Anything more specific would need to be built as an "Item of Power."

I think I'm going to have to re-work the characters slightly. I know Dustin and Farva both asked if they could slightly re-tweak their characters, now that they've seen how limited Magic can be in combat first-hand, so this option would of course be open to everyone.

I awarded all characters free personal gear, to a point. Some obviously took more than others...

I'll still be giving "assigned" mundane gear, but I think I'm going to limit it to 1 point of "Personal Gear." (1 major & 4 minor. 1 Major = 4 Minor, exchangeable both ways.)

Major items being mundane vehicles, among other things. Minor would include just about all common military weapons. Anything more advanced (say, lazer weapons) would most likely be Major.)

That would set a hard limit on the number of guns you actually posess at any one time, and would prevent any problems with you "grabbing a new LAW" every round, etc. Ammo would still be considered unlimited, so you could take the time to re-load (Rockets would be fired at a rate of 1 every 3rd round- (1: Arm & Aim weapon (Slow Disability), 2: Weapon fired. 3: Reload.)

They're also a bit more limited than I first thought. Due to the Slow and Static disabilities combined, you are unable to make a defense roll for those two rounds while aiming and making the shot- since you're basically standing in the open.

This will be counterbalanced by an increased blast radius. Grenades have a kill radius of 15 feet. Portable rockets will be upped to 30.


Leon, I know you have a few points coming back to you this way- assuming that bike of yours is just a regular cycle (no armor plate, weapons, etc...) then that wouldn't cost you mech points- it'd just be your Major item. The Katana as you have it now would be minor. If you want to buy the Katana as a Major item, I will be boosting it's power level slightly...

Coo' :)

BW3's works for me. Loud *grumbles*, but good food and not too bad prices.

I'll talk to you more about that weapon mod system then. I just want to be able to switch abilities/disabilities around to make new logical combinations, and fiddle with damage.

No need. Consider this one a go.

Anyone else want to hit BW-3's again?

Jeremy--I'll keep checking until around 4PM to see whether anyone else is coming. *shrugs*
Shouldn't Dustin be around to ask though, or is he working? *blinks*

Caroline: Bring Laputa. I've got Nausicaa. We'll do a "Classic Anime" night.

Assuming anyone is going to show up? I keep forgetting to ask multiple days in advance.

Dustin--A few game suggestions:

*Pretend that cleric was a bunch of levels lower. Change her to an instructor or a high-ranking student or something. It doesn't make all that much sense for a cleric of that high level to be coming after us anyhow...
*If you do want to have people scrying on us, we technically get checks to notice (that something's weird, pretty much). They're straight Intelligence checks unless we have ranks in Scry, so you can roll them for us and let us know ifwhen we actually notice anything.

Jeremy, John, Dustin--I've got temporary copies of Castle in the Sky and Kiki's Delivery Service, if you're interested in either or both of those for Tuesday.

BESM 2nd ed pdf (Some typos, but the basic content seems to be there, sans illustrations)

Jeremy--Could we standardize on a weapon mod system, even if only for Heavy Weapons for me? With the following system, the two Heavy Weapons listed (Machine Gun: 15pts, 1a, 1d. Rocket Launcher: 30 pts, 2a, 3d) work.

Discard the "Limited Shots" disability, but keep the "Slow" disability to avoid brokenness.
Starting damage = 15 pts
Ability = -15 pts
Disability = +15 pts

Still not sure how to make any mod system work with melee weapons... *shrugs* Not too important to me, at the moment.

John- Im playing on gardian, im either "kid mercury" or "hello nurse" but im like lvl 13-16, you gonna have to be my sidekick or ill have to not be in group with you, or neither of us will get xp.

John-Welcome to the CoH addition. If you give your info, I can hook up with you also. We have a samll group that is all people who are from eric's and the wooster area in one supergroup. If your interested, let know. Once again, Welcome to the CoH addition.

I guess Dustin just doesn't want to play with you, John. ^_^

Dustin--Can you please post your City of Heroes information on the Blog so that I may join you to fight evil! Thanks :)

I demand food this Tuesday night. Yes. Food.

Shatzer- I'm sorting through your Illuminati cards right now, so I know exactly what to advertize on E-bay. Got a few questions about the makeup of the cards.

First- Many of the cards come in more than one color, or have a slightly different text design. Is this an edition thing? Limited and Unlimted? And do you know how to tell them apart?

I'm trying to sort through and pull out that "complete set" you said you had... not sure what cards are supposed to go with it.

Also- did you buy that "one of everything..." box set?





One background is dark purple/black, the other is red.

One background is black with purple text, the other has a slightly purple background with red text.

One card uses a standard block font, the other a decorative font.

Suck (NSFW Google Search)

AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! MUST KILL! You guys suck :)

Jeremy--Tuesday's on for me. And that makes four of us.

John--Chibi is not quite the same as Bubblehead



Dustin--Meh. With my current budget, I may not be able to go anyhow... *sigh*

You're going to have to get used to them. Or else we'll just have to break you...

Dance, Shatzer! Dance! Kawaii! Kawaii! Kawaii!

Jeremy--I would like to Tuesday to happen..... as long as we don't have any of those damn bubble heads! They make me want to kill..........

Tuesday is a go, so long as I hear from everyone in advance.

Origians sounds fun, I would only be able to make a day trip though, anyone wanna drive?

John & Dustin-- :P at the both of you.

Dustin--Depends, of course, on whether Jeremy will be there.

All--Origins is next weekend (Th-Sun). Well?

Okay, why don't we take this one further and take the political correct spin on it and call her a "socially inept individual"...just kiddin...

Soooo... anyways, is everyone gonna show up for the tuesday shindig, and are we still having it?

Caroline--Okay nerd girl. Unless of course you are offended by the gender specific, then nerd person. :)

John--Am not! :P

Jeremy--Congrats you are cool! Well Battlecry III is so freakin' cool. The new races look cool. I've just started with the snake men (they have kick ass Dinosaur mounts!) and it rocks. The game is very pretty. They added lots of game content again without changing the basics. Why can't other companies do this? Way too much cool stuff to talk about here in detail.

Battlecry III is out? I didn't know that. The two release dates I'd had for that was the 19th and the 25th....

Woo. The MAME station is working again. Huzzah!

The next person that posts is cool... the rest are nerd boys!

Warlords Battlecry III is out. WHY DOESN'T ANYONE TELL ME THESE THINGS? Okay I'm fine now... I think....

*er* okay so like I didn't know that..... :-P

Oh, you're not? See you on Thursday then.

That's nice. I guess I should leave the door unlocked then, since I'm not going to be there...

Shatzman will be attending the shindig tonight! Yipee Skippy the evil!

Jeremy--Why not offer the winning bidder a "free gift" of some (or all) of the rest of the cards? *snickers*

Also, what's playing tomorrow, if anything? More Lodoss despite cliches?

Roger roger...

Jeremy--Me wants cash. If you want to give the non foils away I don't care.

Shatzer- Question for ya'...

These MLB Showdown 2000 cards- they aren't selling for anything on E-bay right now. (Lot of 200 of them just sold for under $3.)

I might be able to squeeze a few more bucks out of them by stripping out the foils and selling them separately...

S'up to you. You want to go ahead and keep these, or should I just try to make a few bucks, and pitch what's left?

Yeah. I plan to rent a few of the "Party" games for the GC to bring along. Don't plan to be playing much Battlecry... =P

BTW- dis' thing is going to need rescheduled. Turns out I got a prior engangement on the 19th as well.

Jeremy--Battlecry II works just fine. So bring your PC..... El Diablo de Rojo will crush your puny forces! We actually have an X-Box, PS II, and a gamecube (if you bring it!).

Dustin & Shatzer - If you still wanted me to take care of that Star Wars credit sale, I need your Login/Passes. You can e-mail them to me at Lamune_Baba at Yahoo dot com.

Guess you'll have to upgrade to Battlecry III, then. :)

What do you think Jeremy?


If it's on the PC, I couldn't give a damn. I'll be playing with the X-Box.

Gettin' Jiggy with it!

Okay bummer news. A windows XP patch has finally killed battlecry I compatability! So we scratch that off the games list. I'm down to Serious Sam, Star Craft, and Doom. I heard that Tribes was pretty cool. What do you think Jeremy?

I need a new game...

Been playing "Black and White" again. Just reminding myself why I got tired and quit in the first place...

OMG.... so like I hurt my back on Sunday. Can you say medicated John? Tuesday passed without me acknowledging it's exsistance. Sorry Jeremy :(

All-- The game this week is cancled, im working 3-11 tommorow, sry.

John-- coh server is gaurdian, im either "hello nurse" or "kid mercury"

Damnit...

Dustin, do you have my Etherlords disks?

John-- as well you should be, alone...all alone...with the darkness creeping in...

I will be able to make a brief apierence at the lan party, im kinda working 24 hours that weekend.

All-- you earned 1200xp for the last session.

Dang no one is posting...... I'm all alone *sniff*

Jeremy--Nope I don't have your Etherlords disc.

Dustin--Even if you work you could stop by :)

All--Okay all of you that play City of Heroes (Dustin, Leon?) I have just purchased a copy of the game. If you could let me know what server you are on and your character name I can join you. Also I've been playing around with a tank character, any suggestions on what works?

Did I lend my Etherlords disks out to one o' you? I just dug through my entire box of CDs and I can't find 'em...

Dustin- Is it not possible to finagle your schedule with two weeks notice?

John, Im not sure but i think i work like alot that weekend, I might not be able to attend.

Jeremy--But blood on the carpet and losing your deposit wouldn't matter if Dustin killed you too, now would it?

Jeremy & Dustin--Athena's brother is coming to Kent for a while to help her out while she hobbles around on crutches. She asked whether he could play in the Wooster game and I told her I'd ask the DMs. (This, of course, all relies on whether he doesn't annoy me too much for an hour-long ride.) Based on current planning, he won't be around that long... the next two sessions of Dustin's game and the first session of Jeremy's game.

Jeremy and Dustin-- Actually it is the 19th, so two weeks from this Saturday. My bad...

Jeremey and Dustin--Lydda (Galaxies handle) is having a lan party next weekend. She had a house fire and is being put up in a townhouse with very little furniture (thus lots o room). She really would like you guys to come. We are going to console game as well as play on the pcs. Hey Dusty you could get owned in Star Craft again :) Really though she would like to you guys to attend.

Gee I never knew Dustin was that violent..... oh wait yes I did lol

Alright... just don't get any blood on the carpet. I don't want to loose my deposit...

*twitch* Time to snap and kill everyone at anime nite.*twitch*.......just kidding...:)

Yep, I'm getting jiggy with it....

*twitch* Time to smack Dustin...... :)

Super Deformed- Many typical Anime character designs feature heads that are just somewhat larger than would be proprotionally correct. Super-deformed characters, SD for short (also called "Big Head", SD Mode, CB or Chibi Body or Chibis for the plural) exagerate this deformation in the goal of appearing cute and funny.

Artists often Super Deform characters in order to show an extreme change in the characters' mood. While the characters' mood may change to anything, seriousness, anger, embarassment, feigned cuteness, the goal of the animators is always comedic cuteness. Often done at the punchline of a joke for an extra comedic oomph.

In most Anime the SD-Mode only lasts a few seconds, however there are a fair number of Anime where the character designs are completely SD, very often in childrens' shows, and in parodies such as Scramble Wars.


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Okay the anime last night was..... odd. What the hell is wrong with Japanese people? Lol just kidding. So how goes it for everyone today?

I could bring some stuff..... if you want?

I've got nothing on DvD at the moment. If we want Anime again, I can always run the Van Helsing anime through the MAME station. We'd just have to re-arrange the chairs a bit.

RIP Atropos Zerem... The second coolest black guy in Star Wars. I shall miss you :(

Are we having a movie night tonight? If so what is on the schedule?