War of the Forums

[mr_pikachu]

DS: It is a risk, yes. But considering that they've been trying to recover TML for over 100 pages, maybe the aliens think it's worth the risk. Still, Saffire had better watch her back...


Ada: What does Ryan have to do with this? Who is Ryan, anyway? And this "Chris" is a robot... maybe it has to follow its programming. This is what happens when bureaucracy goes too far!


Blade: So, which description is the one that's turning you on?

Ryan = Roy? But... Roy = Roy. And when have I shown him with Mr. Roboto, anyway? *is confused*

*mutes Blademaster*


Faiz: Really? It could just as easily be a different Chris. Watarimono, maybe?

Last Exile as Kenshin? Interesting theory. But that's a bit of a character clash, don't you think?


Orange: Oh. Those back troubles. *blushes slightly*

Hehe, coloring books. I was more of a puzzle fan, myself, but I can appreciate some good art outside the lines. ^_^


Mike: Of course! It's all part of my secret, elaborate plan!

Life after death is more fun than you think, especially when you spend it tormenting people for entertainment.

Green Miltank? I wouldn't want to drink the milk from that thing. And I should really watch Avatar more often... haven't caught so much as a dozen episodes, all in all. *feels ashamed*

Hooray for femme fatales! Why is it than anime girls always look so much cooler than their male counterparts...?

I saw a writing contest awhile back where entrants had to create the worst possible first sentence of a novel. The winning entry was a space captain's command. It was about page long and concluded with "or we will self-destruct in two seconds."


Gabi: Glad you finally found #141. If that ever happens again, visit my alternate download page. A permanent link is in the first post of this thread.


Dark: It would seem that the Karrde is eliminated from contention. Then again, maybe I'm pulling a fast one on you...

Why is Chris a robot who reports to Saffire? Possibly for the same reason that "Saffire" is not always referenced as "Saffire Persian."


Weasel: Hippity-hop straight to a natural 20, huh?

Who could "Ryan" be? And what's his devious plan? More importantly, how long will it be before you have the answers?


Kristian: More interesting, huh? Let's hope so. Maybe we have some stealth techniques, too... Suspense is very fun, especially when it invites several dozen theories. Curveballs would be my specialty were it not for spitballs.


Sike: Yes, that's from the DearS opening theme. Good stuff, huh? There may be more to see...

Ryan is what? Really? But... what's a what?


Good news, everyone! Now that I'm done with the extraordinarily long series of generic forms I've been completing for over a month, WotF might return to its normal state of daily activity!*

*not a guarantee

#143: The security hack is at last complete! Let's see what they discover...

This time around, the title is based on a popular tech support company.

[Mew Trainer Rose]

I saw a writing contest awhile back where entrants had to create the worst possible first sentence of a novel. The winning entry was a space captain's command. It was about page long and concluded with "or we will self-destruct in two seconds."

My mom actually entered (and won) one of those back in 1985 or so. Her sentance also involved a rocket, and had something to do with the countown stalling and the captain looking over at a female gorilla with big, rubbery lips who smiled at him. It was indeed rather bad. And yet apparently she got a few people asking her when the book that the sentance supposedly started would be published

[mr_pikachu]

Mike: Yeah, I hear you. When you're staring down impending doom, it's hard for anyone to be jealous.

Sometimes, eccentricities are signs of brilliance. Sometimes.


DS: That certainly would make things easier. But what would the aliens stand to gain from such a partnership? Would the extra force be beneficial or would it distract them from their goals?

As for Blademaster, he's been relegated to our distant memories. 77 plot-based pages ago. Yup.


Blade: Hah! So you'd rather hunt vicious snapping turtles than unlock the powers deep within yourself? Shame.


Jack be nimble, Jack be quick...

#146: Someone's smarter than he looks. Then again, you'd have to be either an idiot or a genius to wear a candle-hat.

"One More Thing" is a partial reference to Jackie Chan Adventures: specifically, to Uncle's favorite phrase.

[Dark Sage]

An idiot or a genius? Maybe an eccentric genius.

An it looks like the gauntlet has officially been thrown...

[mr_pikachu]

DS: Well, they do say there's a fine line between genius and insanity. Perhaps Paradox is straddling that line as we speak.

I'm not sure that it's officially been thrown, though... That seemed pretty informal to me.


Faiz: Hey, Martin wasn't as foolish as he looked, either! A few correct readers analyses revealed that much.

Why do you think that Mewfour is speaking like a stereotypical "big, dumb lackey"? Isn't it just as possible that he's a stereotypical egomaniac?


Mike: See, I never played the JCA game. It just didn't look very good to me.

Humor is always good, particularly in tense situations. It's nice to have the option of an occasional mood breaker, and I wanted to maintain that until things really get serious. (They aren't yet, even if you've gotten a taste of what's to come.) And while I knew that MoP's character, Onizuka, was diverse... I had no idea just how many emotions he really displayed. Hooray for candle-hats!


Blade: I should make you MH's lackey.


Gabi: It's like a real-life game of chess. Advantage: MoP!


So what do you do when your devious hack goes horribly wrong?

#147: This is one of those pages that was very difficult to create simply because of the amount of text. The more things you have in the frame, the harder it is to ensure that you don't unduly block anyone's face.

If you've ever seen a slasher movie, you know what happens when somebody attacks the killer and is repelled.

[Mystic_clown]

*raises hand* is it too late to join Paradox's side?

[Blademaster]

*raises hand* is it too late to join Paradox's side?

See?! I TOLD you, Brian! Now make me one of MoP's guys or else!

[mr_pikachu]

Mystic: Patience. One must appear before he can demand alliances.


Gabi: Aww, you think the comic's lousy... *pouts dramatically*


Mike: Sounds like a simple code. Fitting for what looked like a simple game.

I like the "May The Source Be With You" line. For some reason that just strikes a chord with me. I'll have to file that in the "shirts I wish I owned" bin, along with the VG Cats version of Eat, Drink, Sleep, Videogames. Level up!

Of course, anyone who knows me in person knows I'll wear anything. Especially if I don't have to pay money for it. Apparently the same goes for candle-hat MoP, who's either a genius or a lucky fool.


Blade: Considering that you constantly break my Randomizer anyway, I don't think that threat is very... threatening.


Let's switch gears, shall we?

#148: We're back to mr_pikachu. And it seems he's finally found what he has long sought, whether or not he really wants to see it.

In case you hadn't already guessed, the sixth panel is not from Pika's series of origin, Neon Genesis Evangelion. But the title is another reference to Jackie Chan Adventures: in the Demon Portals arc, the Book of Ages was a complete record of all history. Let's see if this particular tome has the same or different purposes.

[Crystalmaster Mike]

Good to see you never lose your wits, no matter what you're wearing or what type of literature you're searching.

[mr_pikachu]

Mike: You'd be surprised. Put an archeology textbook in front of me and my brain will decide it wants to run far, far away.


Kristian: A little faster than LTL, eh?

I do love comedic titles and characters. But was DS showing incomprehension or apathy? At any rate, fireguardian doesn't seem to be on his team, whatever that means.

How does an oven melt, anyway? However much plot advancement may have been in this page, it certainly seemed like the right move character-wise. And if you enjoyed it, all the better.

MoP's gang is not to be taken lightly. But would a killing spree be so bad? It might take everyone's attention away from a devious plot just beneath the surface...

I made that panel using an image I got of precisely that - static. As for the rest...

Okay, either you're reading my mind or I'm getting predictable. Glad you thought the first panel was well-crafted, though. With all the text to relay, #147 took ages to craft.

Hey, everyone else seemed to think I was focusing on the mods too much. But this is rather necessary, yes. We'll see what comes of mr_pikachu's foray into the book... And no, I'm not all that into metal, even if I have heard of Def Leppard.


Gabi: It's definitely not something you could just check out from the local library.


Blade: You break my Randomizer whether or not I act against your wishes. I'm still not seeing the threat...


Shonta: Hehe! Well, hopefully it doesn't quite work the same as that Death Note. Actually, the Fanfic mods may soon be wishing it did.


Charles: Thanks! Nobody likes being served in a steaming bowl. It's just not kosher.

It's hard to say what Charles' motives are as of yet. He could be playing any number of angles in lending support; perhaps he's like Blademaster, who begrudgingly aided Dark Sage. But at any rate, he's just handed the "Master" an exceedingly powerful tool.


In order to make things darker, sometimes you have to light them up.

#149: "End Times." The prophecy of the end of the world.

[mr_pikachu]

Blade: Something about that last page makes me doubt that plan would work very well in this instance.


Faiz: I actually finished that sentence when I was writing this, and only cut off the end because I'd exhausted the limits of the page. Still, why not keep you in suspense for awhile?

Nice theory about the other references. We'll see if it holds true or if you have to shamefully eat crow.


Kalah: Haha, flaming! You're clearly not a fan of We Didn't Start the Fire.

Thanks for the compliment about the prophecy. That took me a long time, actually. It surprised even me, although I was even more surprised by the text rotation actually working decently.


DS: Everybody loves prophesied doom!

Considering that things haven't begun to deteriorate yet... perhaps.


Charles: *tries to remember the last PM I sent you*

Well, perhaps it's a good thing that you're at least partially oriented with Team Chaos. ^_^;


Laura: Heh, thanks for the compliment!

If anything significant was on the preceding pages, it's likely already in the past, which means that the mods have lost the chance to stop it. However, a close analysis might reveal some useful information. I'm glad you want to know more about the identities of the unnamed; I actually plan to reveal a lot about that very soon. Which, in my case, means about 20 pages from now. Maybe.

As for the possible literal interpretation of blood and fire... no comment. How enlightening!


Mikachu: Thanks, man. I'm glad you appreciate the occasional deviation from my six-panel pattern. It's not something I do often (or plan to do much more frequently in the future), but hopefully it serves as a nice jolt at choice moments.

And I saw the whack. If I could draw half that well, I wouldn't be doing this fic in the Ctrl+V style.


Ada: Haha, nice quote! Not that I've ever heard the song, but... yeah!

(Which reminds me that I haven't done the ringtone thing in awhile. Hmm.)

One could assume that Ms. Blue Hair is She. But then again, each group, tightly formed or loosely dispersed, has gotten information from a variety of sources. It may be hard to rule out anyone from any role just yet. As for MoP, while he could have held it as an ace in the hole, it was an interesting psychological ploy. Mewfour's fearsomeness also adds to the potential for a psych play. Perhaps he can get DS to hesitate and second-guess himself...? The mental battle can be just as important as physical combat.

You wonder why DS and MoP hold hostility for one another? Very good question.


Book Three ends as 2008 begins. Happy new year?

#150: Jay lives!

This page was completed before #146. Needless to say, I've been planning this twist for quite awhile. The setup, if you've forgotten, happened in #88.

Aside from the headers on the Cover and Extra pages and the boxes in #128, this is the first time that text spaces have been of my own creation. I thought a first-person thought bubble was necessary, and it adds some needed drama.

The sad thing is that I spent most of my time on this page making the little "eye opening" layers. It was a fairly simple process once I knew what I was doing; just draw two circles, flood fill everything but the intersection, and add a little blurring. But it took awhile to refine my technique... and to choose a good "darkness" color.

[Crystalmaster Mike]

Whoah! Revelation time! Armaggeddon and Apocalypse, scheduled for next Thursaturday!

... Seems the prophecy wasn't made to keep our hopes up for a chance at survival, huh? ... It looked to me Brian was swearing because the prophecy ended in the middle of the sentence, but it seems that wasn't planned, you say. Although it seems unlikely the text would continue for just a half sentence on the next page, that's actually exactly what happend in HP&TDH, too, so meh...

And woah, wow!? Jay returns? If he can, so could Martin, right? But, it's still a forbidden technique, so... Does this mean Kijoni and fandom can return too? And will he have gained any special necromancing powers from the experience?

What a way to start the year... (Happy '08, by the way! May the horse be with you!)

[Toxicity]

Happy New Year! And like Crystalmaster Mike said, the beginning of the end is an awesome way to start the year.

I laughed at the last panel, though. But that was only because the picture made me immediately think of Nathan Explosion. Although on a serious note, looks like the prophecy is coming true a lot sooner than to a Fanficcer's liking. But now that there's He, could She also be of relevance to the same troll group order?

May health, happiness, and the schwartz be with you in '08.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

And I saw the whack. If I could draw half that well, I wouldn't be doing this fic in the Ctrl+V style.

To be exact (I am not sure if I use the correct English words though, I bold them) I drew the Shinjis through from printed WotF pages with my lightboard. But Ranma I drew all by myself, only looking at the first Ranma manga cover. I Ctrl+V:d a part of the same Ranma to the fifth panel. And 'WHACK!' is my handwriting.

And keep this coming, I predict you shall even include my character here, the signs are such, you see, you even quoted Crazy Elf Boy in one panel!!

[Crystalmaster Mike]

Ah, seems it isn't Thursaturday today, but Funday! (Yeah, we really miss an 8th day in the week...)

About my earlier HP:TDH: I wasn't referring to any prophecy mind you, but to a letter... Almost forgot what I was referring to in the first place. *thwomps self* And there I am, calling myself a dedicated reader.

Anyways:

"You can't do that in War of the Forums!" - And there I was expecting some good-for-Jackass material.

"... and a good writer dare not break these hallowed rules!" - Yet Playboy is probably one of the most succesful pieces being "read".

"You can't make fun of the dead." - But being dead, you can't hurt their feelings!

"You can't substitute nudity for a plotline." - *exits*

"You can't make real people look like morons." - "... while they have you at gunpoint. In other cases, good ducking capabilities are a prerequisite."

"You can't censor your own characters." - Luckily for the virgin ears, the board's configuration can.

"You can't make a cliffhanger and then leave it hanging for an entire book." - *pictures Brian, at age 65, hanging from a steep cliff in the Grand Canyon as he loses his grip* "Curse you, writer's block!"

[Charles Legend]

Charles: *tries to remember the last PM I sent you*

Well, perhaps it's a good thing that you're at least partially oriented with Team Chaos. ^_^;

How in the world could you of all people forget you gave me a me a Spamming Infraction?! I even made a Reference to it in my comic "The Misadventures of Charles Legend..." btw I'm not mad at you Brian, you were just doing your job...

Yeah, I guess it is, but I was more or less telling Bademaster to take a chill pill... anyways JAY is back which is Interesting, also Extra #3 was very funny...

~Charles Legend