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March 9th, 2008
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A new challenger!
Shortpacked!@TNI: thheee eeeenndiiiing
Shortpacked!: Increasing dementia-icus.

It is true. Super Smash Bros. Brawl is upon us. And even though Columbus was hit with 20 inches of snow, I dug Maggie's car out of its wintery tomb (with incredible help from Graham) so that we could hit the treacherous streets at the stroke of midnight, descend upon a Wal-mart, and return home with delicious new Smash Bros. goodness.

Smash Bros. is serious business.

Yesterday was a beautiful day. Around dinnertime, Graham and I went out on foot looking for food. Sure, most places would be closed, but the adventure was finding a place that was not. Every other intersection, we would come across a car in trouble, so even if we didn't eventually discover an open Johnny Rocket's, the trip would have been worth it measured only in philanthropy. There was one unpleasant screaming cursing man who was kind of a pain, but I choose to forget him.

I regret only that I didn't bring my camera with me. It was a stupid mistake. There is so much I wish I had a record of, like the snow covering the logs crossing the steam in front of the apartment complex. And the logo for the graphic design studio that looks like a schlong. I guess I can go back for the second one later.

The day was chaos, and we tamed it.

We were men.

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From:[info]lbd_nytetrayn
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:07 am (UTC)
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Re: Smash Bros.: Good man. Who's your chosen?

--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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From:[info]shortpacked
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:11 am (UTC)
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I like Diddy and Pit so far. And then Luigi was unlocked, now with an awesome orange and blue outfit. That's the me-est thing ever.
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From:[info]lbd_nytetrayn
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:54 am (UTC)
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Hah, cool. I'm not so good with Diddy, but Pit I'm enjoying. Wario is fun, in his original outfit of course. But I mainly stick to Mario; I just wish they hadn't forced FLUDD in.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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From:[info]shortpacked
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:03 am (UTC)
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FLUDD is awesome! I wish Mario's sleeves rolled up when he deploys.
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From:[info]lbd_nytetrayn
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:54 am (UTC)
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It's less anything against FLUDD, I just prefer the spin-attack there; frankly, I think FLUDD would've been nice as a general item anyone could use.

I really wish Luigi had the Poltergust as a parallel of sorts; after all, he's the one everyone's always harping on as a Mario clone, even with his own uniqueness mixed in.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"
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From:[info]style92
Date:March 10th, 2008 02:13 pm (UTC)
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Here's the thing about Pit. It's total C tease. Especially his stuff in Subspace Emissary Mode. It's all Nintendo saying. "No, we're not making a new Kid Icarus game. Nope. No plans to do so at this time, or in the forseeable future. Of course, if we DID make a new K I game, it would be totally awesome, wouldn't it?"
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From:[info]icedteabottle
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:08 am (UTC)
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i ordered mine online and had it shipped overnight, itll be here tomorrow.
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From:[info]animal_co
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:21 am (UTC)
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You aren't really men until you have chainsaws.

I don't make these rules. I'm just telling you what they are.
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From:[info]cholma
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:26 am (UTC)
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Do you *really* want to put a chainsaw in the hands of the Evil Genius?
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From:[info]animal_co
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:34 am (UTC)
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It's all part of the plan.
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From:[info]dvandom
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:17 am (UTC)
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Any plan where you lose your hat (or head) is a bad plan.
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From:[info]animal_co
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:21 am (UTC)
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Well, I won't be the one losing my head.
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From:[info]brassydel
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:28 am (UTC)
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Aren't you the man that had to borrow my husband's chainsaw?

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From:[info]animal_co
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:48 am (UTC)
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I have a chainsaw. I just don't have a functional chainsaw. That's not in the rules.
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From:[info]maggiemarmalade
Date:March 10th, 2008 02:36 pm (UTC)
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LAWLS.

Also, I'm pretty sure I'd sooner use a chainsaw than David. >:)
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From:[info]sntint
Date:March 10th, 2008 09:25 pm (UTC)
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Are you Cable?
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From:[info]someidiot
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:47 am (UTC)
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Do I detect a Captain N reference in your title? :O
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From:[info]z4nd4r
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:57 am (UTC)
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Whaticus would you meanicus by thaticus?
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From:[info]someidiot
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:10 am (UTC)
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I don't know, it seemed mega familiar to me. Like a mega meme or something. :\ Mega weird.
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From:[info]wingus
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:08 am (UTC)
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Out of my head, Willis!

Nine and a half hours of Smash is NOT too much.

It's just getting started.

And SSE makes unlocking folks crazy-easy.
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From:[info]lazymetaphors
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:31 am (UTC)
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Only nine and a half? But the Donkey Kong Masterpiece unlocks at ten hours!
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From:[info]wingus
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:37 am (UTC)
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Point...but I kinda need that thing called sleep, heh.
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From:[info]kiruppert
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:48 am (UTC)
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Wimp
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From:[info]wingus
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:50 am (UTC)
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Well, I don't wanna fall asleep at work, so...

Then again, I'm not helping my case by catching up on forum stuff.
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From:[info]sabre_justice
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:16 am (UTC)
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As an Australian, I say to you:

Fuck you America. Fuck you all to hell.
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From:[info]bj_l
Date:March 11th, 2008 01:03 am (UTC)
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Yeah. Pretty much my thoughts, too.
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From:[info]kiruppert
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:48 am (UTC)
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No link to TNI? What's wrong? Afraid to admit your affection to an obviously inferior Batman?

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From:[info]shortpacked
Date:March 10th, 2008 06:38 am (UTC)
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Dude, that strip went up AFTER the update. Now that I know it's up, I can include it. Chill pill!
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From:[info]kiruppert
Date:March 10th, 2008 07:11 am (UTC)
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I'm just giving you shit, man. I don't really care WHAT Batman you like.

Even if it DOES suck.
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From:[info]style92
Date:March 10th, 2008 02:16 pm (UTC)
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The Batman does not suck. People who never again want another Batman cartoon made after BTAS suck. I love BTAS and TNBA too, but I can't let them be the definitive, all time animated Batman.
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From:[info]coffeejedi
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:44 pm (UTC)
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I think most people who say it sucks never got past the first season, which did suck, a lot. I gave it a second chance almost by accident and was pleasantly surprised. Still not as good as the Timm/Dini series, but far far better than all the "kids collecting crap then battling through proxies" anime crap that airs Saturday AM.
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From:[info]mumble_bee
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:26 pm (UTC)
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I hated what little I saw of the first season, and only picked up with it this season because there was a Superman episode and I liked what happened there, and so have been watching it since. I don't even know how long it's been on, I saw a DVD for season four last week. And about a month ago I found the Superman figure for The Batman and now I'm collecting those toys, curses.
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From:[info]kiruppert
Date:March 11th, 2008 09:58 am (UTC)
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Truth be told, I can't say that The Batman sucks because my entire experience with it consists of a promotional comic I found lying around. It came out at a time where I had already abandoned first-run TV due to the fact that nothing I was interested in was on when I was able to watch it. I can say for sure I don't like some of the character designs, but I can't say for sure that I wouldn't feel differently had the show not come at a time of my life where I actually was able to watch an episode or two.

Perhaps I should crank up my purist impression to more patently ridiculous levels, but really, attacking someone because their cartoon is different from your cartoon is pretty fucking ridiculous on the face of it already.
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From:[info]kiruppert
Date:March 11th, 2008 09:47 am (UTC)
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Yeah? Well, your MOM sucks!
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From:[info]b_rian
Date:March 10th, 2008 08:36 am (UTC)
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I went to Gamestop in Lima, they told me every single copy of Smash Bros Brawl they had there(And I saw about 50 in a box behind the counter) were being saved for pre-orders, and I should come back in two days because they might get another shipment... maybe... probably not("Give us more trade-ins, though!"). I walked into a Walmart and and they just handed me a copy.

The evil corporation wins my business again. Funny how that keeps happening.

Adventure mode is pretty badass so far. It's like they created the ultimate crossover 2D game. Though I'm definitely anxious to unlock Snake and Sonic simply so I can- well, shoot Sonic with a machine gun.

What can I say. He has it coming.


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From:[info]raptorck
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:16 pm (UTC)
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Well, you *did* go to Gamestop without a pre-order. I maintain that those fuckers would turn you away for trying to buy a used N64 without a pre-order.

Anyway. Penny-Arcade said it far better than I can a while back.
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From:[info]style92
Date:March 10th, 2008 02:03 pm (UTC)

Okay, here we go...

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From:[info]style92
Date:March 10th, 2008 02:06 pm (UTC)
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But while I'm waiting for friends code bites, I too happened to catch "The Spectacular Spider-man." It was full of Awesome, or Win, or whatever the good thing to be full of is these days. Much more awesome than the horrible MTV series.

But is just me, or... does Eddie Brock seem a bit too nice for anything unfortunate to happen to him? At this point, I think if he really did become slimed by you know what, he'd become a Superhero.
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From:[info]raptorck
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:20 pm (UTC)
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Well, it does seem that they're playing fast and loose with the comics continuity, so I can see Eddie getting slimed, but lacking ANY semblance of control/dominance. We've already seen one instance of unexpected powers making someone go stark raving mad, after all.

Regardless, the show is pure awesome, and the theme song WON'T GET OUT OF MY HEAD.
From:(Anonymous)
Date:March 10th, 2008 03:32 pm (UTC)
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Walky, I know you mocked Pat Lee only a few weeks ago, but I'd really, really appreciate it if you could mock his latest TF work (assuming you haven't seen it yet):

http://www.alivenotdead.com/rosannewong/A+MASTER+IN+DISGUISE-ANDREW+LIN+vs+PAT+LEE-MR.+TALENTED+%28round+2-2%29-profile-113669.html

So, he's also called 'Mr. Talented' now.

- FFN
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From:[info]shortpacked
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:13 pm (UTC)
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Man, Prime must have trouble leading the other Autobots if he can't see them over the 10-foot edge of his chest.

(It also explains why he has to fire in random directions without looking where he's aiming. He can't see anyway!)

No wonder he looks so depressed.
From:(Anonymous)
Date:March 10th, 2008 04:59 pm (UTC)
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Not only is he firing in random directions, it's not even his gun.

They're not going to get their bond back for that apartment, are they?

-FFN
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From:[info]sntint
Date:March 10th, 2008 09:29 pm (UTC)
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The shoulder, man. The shoulder. It makes my head hurt.
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From:[info]hideyuki_tah
Date:March 10th, 2008 05:38 pm (UTC)
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I myself find busty Prime to be quite funny.

That gun seemed unneeded though. Especially on such a difficult surface.
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From:[info]ironbite
Date:March 11th, 2008 03:36 am (UTC)
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Dude....gonna kill you in Smash. No questions asked ok?

PIT FOR THE WIN!
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From:[info]ultraboy
Date:March 11th, 2008 12:25 pm (UTC)
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So where's your friend code bub?
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