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General Chat / Re: Attacks

« on: September 12, 2001, 10:48:56 AM »

It makes sense to a Mid-East perspective:

Oilman gets elected president.
A close "friend" of large, unscrupulous oil companies, he decides to open up drilling in Alaska.
Middle East oil nations see that their own oil will lose value.
Middle East takes initiative.

Is it any wonder?  Last time a Bush was in the white house there was war with the Mid East.  George W. Bush is simply following in his father's footsteps..

Desert Storm 2:  Desert "Dubbya" Storm.

(Oh, and try not to take my comments the wrong way.  I've got a rather cynical view of politics and humanity.)

Go Moon!

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Forum Games / Re: What the monkey meant

« on: August 04, 2001, 09:46:26 PM »

"OOopmph!"
Mario fell into a room direcly below.  Immediately in front of him there sat the backside of a bookcase (he could tell because all of the books' spines were facing the wrong way.)
"Mama Mia!"  He said, "this-a must be some kinda secret room in the library!"
He got up, dusted himself off, and took a better look around.
The room was rather small, compared to the rest of the library, but kept the same style of architecture.  A few tables and pedestals supported random decor and pieces of art.  Opposite the bookcase was a crude wooden door, locked, barred, and gaurded.
Mario did a double take as he saw the two mole gaurds standing on either side of the large door, but calmed again once he noticed that both were fast asleep.
Curiosity got the better of reason as Mario proceeded to tip-toe towards the door.  About halfway across the room, he noted a large cookbook sitting open on one of the tables.
"Holy Ravioli!"  He said, noting the caption on the picture.  He altered course slightly, veering toward the table.  He immediately grabbed the book off the table - he wanted to know as much as he could about this recipe.  Perhaps he could make it when he got home - completely oblivious to the fact that the book was supporting the corner of a large blue vase.
*CRRASCH!*
The noise startled Mario, who lept into the air with a yelp.
And into the chair behind him.
"Whooaa!!"  He yelled as the chair toppled over backwards, knocking into a pedestal, which supported another blue vase, not unlike the first.
Mario collected his bearings just in time to see the vase teeter to the edge of its platform and tilt slowly over the side.
"Ah noo!!"  Mario jumped for the vase, catching it with both hands, and slid head first into the base of a bookcase in the middle of the room.  Mario clamped his eyes shut as the books all fell noisily to a pile on the floor, the entire case falling backwards.

Mario slowly pryed his eyes back open and turned his head dreadingly to look at the door...

To see both gaurds still fast asleep.
"Mama mia!"  Mario said aloud, "You could-a tear down this-a building around them and they'd never even know!"  He promptly got to his feet and stepped over the clutter toward the door.
As Mario began lifting the bar from the door, the gaurd to his left let out a small chuckle.
"Ipe!"  Mario jumped to the air again, dropping the bar upon his foot.  "Ow!  Owowow!!" Mario said, hopping about.
The gaurd laughed again, slightly louder than before.
"Hey, what's-a so funny?"  Mario asked the sleeping mole.
"It's about Mario," the mole chuckled in his sleep.
"What about me- uh.. him?"  Mario went on.
"Tatanga's got his brother," the mole said mirthfully, "who's agreed to kill Mario in return for his own freedom."
"Tatanga!?" Mario gasped.
"Yup," the mole quipped smugly, "E's finally gonna get his revenge!  And through Mario's own brother, too!"
The other mole, who'd been silent until now, began stirring.  "Masterful, that," he said drowsily.

Mario wasted no time.
He snatched the key from the mole gaurd's belt and quickly unlocked and opened the wooden door.
"No purple-a freak is-a gonna turn my brother against me!"  Mario said as he headed down the staircase behind the door.

Luigi, meanwhile, had been given his provisional freedom, though he felt quite sick and unesay, he knew exactly what he had to do.  The first step would be to...

Go Moon!

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Mario Chat / Re: SSB Versus Records & Fighter's Tactics

« on: July 29, 2001, 02:55:23 PM »

I always use Yoshi.

His normal A button attacks and smash attacks seem stronger/more effective than most other characters' (though not as strong as Link's.)  His double jump is very nice, as it geos a long way and can even resist attacks on occasion (helpful when your "freind" is waiting for you on the ledge.)
And the down-A move in the air as powerful; a rapid attack, like Mario's punch or Samus's twirl, but does 6% per hit instead of 1%.  I think some other characters (like Kirby) have a similar move, though a bit harder to hit with..

Move-wise, I think Yoshi is one of the more versatile characters of the game.  The simple swallow attack, while not particularly useful, is quite annoying to the oppontent.  Plus it's perfect for delaying an enemy who's also going for the falling heart/whatnot.  And the inexperienced always fall into the "cheap" trap of sending them off a ledge in an egg.
Yoshi's "throw egg" move does little damage, but a good arc can send a barage of eggs into a remote squable, keep an opponent away with perfectly-timed explosions, or deliver that final blow that knocks someone too far off to triple jump.
The "butt-stomp" move is simple and easy to dodge (most of the time,) but it's the best way to enter a fray, and a great means of easily taking out that player who's at 200+%.
Slow, long-distance throw.  Not much to say there...

As far as my tactics go, I usually rely on Yoshi's unusual reseliance and go for smash attacks.  Hit 'em if they're near, block if they attack, use a move when appropriate.  If an enemy's trying to jump back to the mainland, wait for 'em on the edge.  If he falls, do a victory stance (just for the sake of it.)  Oh yeah, and items.  I always love items, even if it's just picking up a sword or something and flinging at my opponent's head from across the screen, in what I call a "happy vector."
I never use throw, though.  I always consider throwing another character a "low" move.
I guess the best tactic is probably not to rely on any one thing too much.  It becomes predictable, and easy to overcome.

One more thing:  what's everybody's favorite item?  Mine would have to be the home run bat, as one can rack up so many simple one-hit kills.  Also why everybody I play against hates it.


Go Moon!

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Forum Games / Re: erg. . .

« on: July 28, 2001, 04:29:23 PM »

Indeed, I've been following your story as it's progressed, and I must say that it's very good.  As I mentioned in another thread, it's always fun to read works that obviously have a lot of talent and foresight behind them, so I'm always eager to find such creative/original pieces as yours.

Go Moon!

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Forum Games / Re: What the monkey meant

« on: July 28, 2001, 04:17:24 PM »

Ta'ni (thanks,) Roy.  I figured that this pointless topic could lend itself to the kind of logical nonsense I once loved on the Plotless Board (before InsideTheWeb went down.. good ol' Plotless Board.)  "In a way, everything would make perfect sense if you ignore the simple fact that it doesn't."

Furthermore, I must commend you for your skillful authorwork in your own Mario Adventure topic as well as your additions to the Paper Wario topic.  'Tis always fun to read through a well-planned out and well-executed storyline.

Anyway, the story :

Luigi hit the hard dungeon floor with a loud *THUD* and a thick cloud of ratherunpleasant dust.
"AaaHHH-KPLRMBPHFMKF!"  Luigi sneezed, sending the dark grime across the room.
"Where am I?" he asked himself, wiping his watery eyes.

The dungeon, Luigi saw, once the dust settled, was no more than a small, dank, grimy room, being lit by a narrow shaft of light coming through a single grated window on one of the walls.  Luigi tried to look up to find the passage whence he fell, but saw only darkness; there was no longer a way up there.
"Mama mia!"  Luigi said out loud, "How am I-a gonna get outta here?"
"Ya say ya want out, hmm?"  a voice spoke from directly behind him.
Startled nearly out of his hat, Luigi spun about to get a look at the speaker.
"Wh-who are you?" Luigi ventured to ask, shaking slightly.
And into the light in front of him step a formidable mole, wearing a pair of dark glasses.
Luigi breathed out a sigh of relief.
"Ah, good.  I thought you-a might have been a ghost."
"I c'n get ya outta here, see?"  The mole responded, "But ye'll hafta help me first."
"I'll do what I can."  Luigi assured, "What do you need?"
"Follow me,"  Said the mole, and darted off.
"Mama mia!  Not again!"  Luigi remarked, as he dashed after the mole towards a hole in the wall.

"The name's Moxie, see?" the mole explained en route, "Me an' the boys of da 'underground syndicate,' we'd normally have ya outta here in no time flat."
The mole stopped moving and turned to Luigi.
"For a small 'favor' of course."
Luigi merely rolled his eyes as the mole continued on.
"But there's been problems, see?  Big problems wit'da sydicate leader, and so de entire sydicate structure."
The mole stopped again.
"Yea c'n see how that'd be a problem, 'course."
"Of course," Luigi agreed, annoyed at the stop.
"But we's gotta do sumthin'," the mole went on, "er we's is gunna be in big trouble here, see?"
The passage suddenly opened to a larger chamber, flooded with bright (relatively) light.  Luigi immediately wished he had a pair of glasses like Moxie's.  The place was a great rift in the solid stone.  Various passages lined the walls, as narrow bridges and walkways joined them.  Luigi noted several other moles darting across these from time to time, occasionally meeting each other with violence.  Luigi also heard the distant sounds of greater struggles.

"Dis 'ere's our official 'sydicate headquarters,'" Moxie explained, "Jus' head down that there hole.  Tell da boss that Moxie sent ya."

Luigi didn't exactly trust what he'd gotten himself into any more than he trusted Moxie's character, but he knew that he had to get back to the surface somehow.

Luigi clambered through the hold into the adjacent chamber and beheld...

Go Moon!

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Forum Games / Re: What the monkey meant

« on: July 27, 2001, 05:25:06 PM »

Luigi started out on this "quest" of his, this quest that seemed a most normal, simple, mundane, routine, run-of-the-mill-type quest; he quested to understand the words of the great purple monkey and to divine from them the reason why he hadn't been on any true adventures for all of two decades.  Little did he know exactly what was in store for him when he set out that fateful friday morn...

He knew where to go for information of this sort:  The Great Mushroom Library.  He set out at once, taking nothing but his plumbing uniform and an optomistic outlook.
He soon reached the library's whereabouts:  the crossroads of Knowledge Road and One Way.  Unfortunately, what he saw was not reassuring.

It was a small mushroom shack, with a crude sign that said "Books hear" and an open counter, manned by a rather close-to-earth looking toad.
"Hey.." started Luigi, "is this, uh.. the Mushroom library?"
"Well ahl be!"  Beplied the fungus, "'taint you that Mahryo fellah's brother?  'Lu-jii' or sump'tn?"
"Yeah, that's-a me, Luigi..  But isn't the Library supposed to be-a here?  At Knowledge Road and One Way?"
"Aw dan'g!"  The toad replied, "you's be-a wantin' that there thing across the street!  I don' give th' books, I jus' listen'm!"
"Across the...?"
But Luigi didn't finish, as he beheld the great monolith of the Great Mushroom Library as he turned about!
"Mama-mia!"  Luigi exclaimed, "how'd I miss a thing like that?"

The building was immense and impressive.  The masterful architect, Craff T., managed to create a wonderful fusion of ancient Goomba and Koopa architecture.  It stood gloriously, six stories of carefully chisled stone pillars and buttresses, as a wonderful cache of all that can ever be known by the mushroom people.  It took several moments before Luigi actually realized he was just standing there and walked into the building.

The inside was no less impressive than the outside.  Luigi walked up to the lobby's desk to the scholarly-looking toad behind it.
"I-a need ta find a book."  Luigi prompted, "Could you-a help me look for it?"
"What book did you have in mind?"  The toad asked, peering at Luigi from over his bifocal glasses.
"A big purple monkey said something," Luigi explained, "and I'd-a like to find out what he said, and what it-a means."
"Ah!" the toad said, hopping off his chair, "You'll want a language book, then.  Follow me."  And with that he darted towards one of the stairwells, Luigi trotting quickly behind.

The toad led him through rows of various history books.  Luigi noted a neighbor of his, Russ T., rifiling through the titles, but didn't stop to chat, lest he lose sight of his guide.

He was led up to a reading level, and noted several Goombas, seemingly caught in the stories, amongst the toads here.
"I wonder how they turn pages," Luigi mused, "without any hands.."

Up again, up a wonderful spiralling starcase, past more and more books.  Luigi didn't realise how large the library really was.

And then down another staircase, past the front desk, and across the hall to some more shelves.

And up again, through rows of various history books.  Luigi noted a neighbor of his, Russ T., rifiling through the titles, but didn't stop to chat, lest he lose sight of his guide.

"Whoa, hold it!"  Luigi said to the toad in front of him.  "We've-a been here!  Why are you-a goin' 'round in circles?"
"Truthfully, the toad said, leaning close to Luigi, "I think we're being followed."
Luigi followed the direction of the toad's hand to see a dark figure, looming silently closer.  As it neared him, Luigi saw that it was none other than....

Go Moon!

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Forum Games / Re: Mario Word Association

« on: July 22, 2001, 10:00:26 PM »

Space Michael Jackson!

Aid

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Mario Chat / Re: SMRPG2 with rpg maker 95...

« on: July 21, 2001, 10:41:13 PM »

You might try http://www.mindlick.com/programming/
I think it's a fairly good site, though I've not really been through it myself.

Aid

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Mario Chat / Re: SMRPG2 with rpg maker 95...

« on: July 20, 2001, 05:17:45 PM »

JoshTheN64Guy2000, if you're dissatisfied with the limitations and inconveniences of RPG maker 2000, maybe you should use a more versatile program (go Multimedia Fusion!) or even a raw programming language (such as C) instead..

Aid

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Mario Chat / Re: Favorite Paper Mario boss/level

« on: July 20, 2001, 05:11:14 PM »

I'll go with Lava Piranha for the boss, only because I was ill-equipped and ill-prepared (I used all my good healing items on the first phase, not expecting the second,) and just barely succeeded with a tactic of "disable main plant, hide with bow from spores."  'Twas a successful though close battle, and quite intense.

Aid

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Mario Chat / Re: SMRPG2 with rpg maker 95...

« on: July 19, 2001, 06:33:26 PM »

June 5, 2000...
hmm....

Sorry, Link.
I truly doubt that this conversation is still going on..
Though it would be an interesting concept...

Aid

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Mario Chat / Re: Fav. Character?

« on: July 18, 2001, 09:22:27 PM »

Another one of these little "very slightly different name" situations.
I know of another forum that has two patrons: blackyoshi and blackyoshi1.
Just a similar situation, and I think much harder to notice than Kamek and Kamek2k, especially since they were both friends and had similar personalities...
No matter.  If nothing else, I'm sure we'll be able to notice the signatures.

Aid

Edited by - Fifth on 7/18/2001 8:23:23 PM

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Mario Chat / Re: Ressurrect Kamek!

« on: July 18, 2001, 04:25:19 PM »

I always assumed Kamek went mad.
His pre-boss remarks seemed to become more and more iritated and desperate throughout Yoshi's Island (that is something like his speech before Raphael the Raven seemed more deranged than that before Bert the Bashful.)
By the end, he had put all the power he had into his lord, Bowser, in a final attempt to stop Mario and Yoshi in theri tracks.  When this was ended in embarassing defeat, he simply snapped, and flew off to live happily on the moon.

Dunno.  That's always just the impression that I get.

Aid

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Mario Chat / Re: The Presidentsy

« on: July 11, 2001, 04:13:06 PM »

Fictional, KinopioToad?  Let me put in a few words here:
Yoshi, I'll concede, is probably ineligible to be a candidate, but you cannot refute the existance of Mr. Face!!
He's posted in these very fora several times (just comb through the original "Mr. Face?" topic in the "Site Discussion" forum if you doubt me!)  Does this allow him the candidacy?  Or do you still claim that he doesn't exist?
First off, what's to define "existence," anyway?  Who are we to add such labels of "factual" and fictional?"  You may now argue that the so-called "Mr. Face," is really either a concept of Nintendorks, used in promoting the site (which seems to be your opinion,) or (by another term) just some random board-goer who happens to use the name as his or her persona.  If we can stick to the latter here, does it really justify his fictionality so?  Could not we say the same about everybody who visits this site, barring those who use their actual names as screen names?  Why, I can just as soon believe that such a "Mr. Face" exists as does a "$$Wario$$" or a "Marionut#1."  I claim that Mr. Face, as he obviously has a forum identity in one way or another, is still in the running.

Back to Yoshi:
I have seen several users who have had Yoshi-related names, but as I've seen no "Yoshi" who could step up to his nomination, I will rescind that nomination.
But I still root for Mr. Face.

Vote Nintendorks party!  Vote Mr. Face!!

...

*ah the fun of politicking!*

Aid

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Mario Chat / Re: The Presidentsy

« on: July 10, 2001, 06:52:27 PM »

Oi, $$Wario$$!!  No voting yet!

We still need more special interest candidates!

I nominate..  Yoshi!  Of the .. erm... Yoshi's Island party.  Yeah.

"Vote YI party!
Federal support for those who suffered in the transition to a next-gen system!
...And assurance that eveyone has plenty to eat!
Vote Yoshi!"

Aid