Much to my girlfriends disdain XD

Yeah, a few weeks ago, I was asked by a friend to get a Yu-Gi-Oh pre-con deck, so as I could "duel" with him, gave me some cards as levrage (Dark Magician) I decided, why not, they're 4.50 at Forbidden Planet [/shameless plug], I may as well get two, for doubles. Now, I wanted the Spell caster's Judgment deck (Cause I love me some Wizards) but wouldn't you know, fresh outta stock. So I got the next best thing (which at the time was "It's purple, as well, let's go") and picked The Dark Emperor.

Best choice ever.

So far, it has been undefeated, and looks hella cool. It's basically a simplified "Chaos" deck, that I am calling my D.D. Beat down deck.


Second card game

We're Bringing the Pokemon TCG back, and no one can stop us XD

I threw some old cards together and have made a damned good Water/Psy deck, and this weekend, plan to buy a Lefeaon Pre-con deck (Cause I luuurve Eevee's) and some boosters, so yeah. Things are looking good for cardboard now.

Except Magic. No one plays Magic anymore =P

I used to quite frequently go to a little house, Number 14 Camberwell Avenue. All was well, just a group of nerds hanging out, playing games. Fun times had by all.

Of course, nothing fun ever lasts long when you want it to, eh? A few months back, during the summer, one goer thought it would be a rip-roaring good idea to spread a rumor about my girlfriend and a friend of mine... not very happy about that...

But I tried to put it past me. One guy, didn't go very often. But any respect I had for that houses' patrons was trashed a few weeks ago. One of the three guys that mainly own the house, Stuart, visited family for the weekend. Wanna know what the main conversation was around the house? Any time they weren't playing a game (And even when they where) all they would do is talk the poor guy down, and insult him. All stuff they wouldn't have dared say to his face. Over what? Cause he GMed a wee bit different than what they wanted.

Oh, and did I mention that on another guys first time GMing, all they did was "rule-lawyer" the hell outta the poor guy?

Man... looking back, a lot of the people there were complete dicks... but I still miss the good ones... still miss RPGs in general, actually... but ah well, life moves on.

An update!?

YOU LIE!

Nope, nuh-huh, not happenin' mate.

I haven't been on this in what... a year?

Well, A lot has happened in the space of a year. two of my best friends moved into England due to extremely paranoid parents, I've got hooked on World of Warcraft (Main, Rhys, 44 Blood Elf, Ravenholtd, secondary, Giygas, 12 Dranaei Shammy, Xavius), and a lot of games have come into and out of my hands, including House of The Dead 2 and 3 (Wii), The Force Unleashed (Wii), Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit (360) and Rawk Band (360).

I also came into an R4DS card, so I need never pay for a DS game again!. Unless they re-make Pokemon Gold and Silver. Then HELL YEAH!

So yeah... I'll try and be active from now own... blogging can be a good way to get you opinions across without people interrupting ever other line.

I'M ALIVE!

Yeah, I'm back and more awesome than evar, now I come fully equipped with a barrage of games, and am thinking with Portals!

So yeah, I'll acctually post here... Marc, AWAY!

*Woosh*

A while ago, I got bored of just staying at home and in Belfast. So me and my friend Robert went hiking in the south of Ireland. The countryside was beautiful, rolling hills, fields of pure green and crystal clear water. The local farmer's were really nice as well... the sad thing is that even surrounded by all this nature all i could think was "Wow. This would make a great LJ entry..."

Just a little thing here. Now that Sonic has become a Confirmed Character in Brawl, the confirmed release dates have been pushed back slightly. And all I here are americans complaining. WELL AT LEAST YOU HAVE A RELEASE DATE! Europe and Australia are still TBA! (Okay, Eu is 1st Quater of 2008, and Aus is TBA)

Pretty much what I'm saying is: STOP BITCHING! You get pretty much EVERY game before the rest of us (With the exception being Japan, but only in a handful of games) I think you can wait a little bit longer when the rest of us have to yait untill sometime next YEAR!

/EndRant

So, we start off with Cortana telling us why she picked John 117, and what he had that no one but her saw: Luck. We then witness our dear Spartan crashlanding into a jungle. Sergeant Major what's-his-name (the cool black dude everyone's so fond of) and his squad pick John up and bring him back to normal, at which point he also gets to see the Arbiter again, and find out that "they're with us now". You then fight yourself back to base, where Master Chief barely gets briefed before the whole place is overrun by Covenant forces. You get to shoot some guns and throw some 'nades and before you know it you've armed a bomb that's gonna blow the whole place to smithereens. Enter: Level 3, where you're going hog wild with the Warthog, racing down highways, beating stuff up, et cetera. You do a bunch of semi-important "oh and btw uhh new objective" stuff such as taking down an Anti Air cannon, while the Covenant is still digging happily into whatever the hell it is that's buried deep under Africa.

And then they light it. Now, the general theory is that, duh, that's The Ark, and it's here on Earth, and goddamn did the Prophet of Truth just fire all the goddamn rings in the entire universe from The Ark? But fuck us, we were all wrong. Turns out that wasn't really The Ark after all! Instead, it lighted up the sky, and brought upon us a motherfuckin black hole teleport portal, which some Covenant ships dive into to figure out just what the fuck is going on. However, there's a ship coming out of the portal as well ...

Yes. The fucking flood, they're back again, and goddamn if you're not gonna backtrack through the area you just finished to fight some more flood. I'm being completely honest when I say that they're not nearly as annoying as before. Could be that you now actually have people on your side as well, could be that they're better balanced, could be lots of things. Anyway, you eventually board the godawful ship the crashed into your beautiful planet, and lo and behold, there's a message from Cortana aboard.

Basically, she's saying that the solution to all this is through that portal, and that we must risk everything, blabla. Seing as Master Chief is one charismatic bastard, we go through, and my oh my, end up at some distant place in space, at another Forerunner built structure: No, not another Halo, but The Ark. It's kinda similar to the Halos, in that it's created by the Forerunners, but has a different shape I'm not quite sure how to describe. You crashland and fight some covenant shit, revisit places that remind you alot of Halo (you need to get a cortagropher, for example) and pull some wires to get inside some important places, and you even team up with the flood while you're rushing the Prophet of Truth (which is just chillaxin here at The Ark), which the Arbiter eventually kills. So yay, right? No, not yay, not yay at all actually, because Gravemind and the Flood just turned evil again, and goddammit you're so tired of this shit, and then another, unfinished Halo replacement ring (yes, yes, yes) rises up from the ocean of The Ark. So you're thinking "oh shit lets get out of here Gravemind is here remember" but then you're all like "oh shit Cortana I miss her" and you go on a journey deep within this hellhole to find Cortana, and you do. So you get the fuck off the Ark, get on the Ring, meet up with 343 Guilty Spark at one point as well, and you're gonna light the fucker. As you guys remember, you need all 7 rings to blow up the universe, while a single ring will just blow up shit that's in its immidiate vicinity. So you board the goddamn ring (also forgot to mention, but that female captain you work closely with? Yeah, Prophet of Truth killed her), and the Flood is dropping pods on your ass like nobody's business, but you meet up with that black Sergeant Major (Johnson, is that his name? I'm real bad at names, sorry) and you're all set to activate the ring when 343 proclaims the ring to be ready in "a couple of days". After realising that you don't actually have a couple of days, shit goes bad and 343 tries to kill you all. However, you are the hero and therefore you win. However, activating the ring prematurely will result in not only the destruction of everything that's close by, but also, tadada, The Ark, for some reason. This however is just dandy, seing as Gravemind is still on the goddamn Ark.

So you activate it, and run like fuck. PS: Johnson died. And so, the best fucking finale they could have ever pulled off: The last section is a getaway on a warthog, just like in Halo. And goddamn, it's glorious. There's no timer (except Cortana frantically yelling "go go go go!" all the time), and even some checkpoints en route. So you barely make it, land in the ship Johnson left behind, Arbiter gets in the driving seat and speeds off towards the portal.

So, cut to memorial on Earth, where it's revealed that, yes, Master Chief is in fact dead. However, The Arbiter made it, which seems kinda funky, right? He also says something along the lines of "were it only so easy" when the General proclaims that The Arbiter was with him when he died.

Credits.

But wait, just like in this post, there's more after the credits! Turns out the Portal got blown up as well, and only half the ship made it through (ie Arbiter making it to earth, as he was in the driving seat up front, while Cortana and MC were chillin in the back), and yay, MC is still alive. Cortana drops a beacon but says it might be years before anyone picks it up. MC however, says "fuk dat" and goes into hypersleep in a pod like the one you woke up from in Halo, with his final words being someting along the lines of "Call on me when you need me". I forgot to mention, but along the way you fight several of those badass walkers you took down one of in Halo 2, visit areas almost identical to areas in Halo, participate in some huge badass battles, and generally having a good time.

Why did the chicken cross the road? Being a chicken it has no such thought processes so it crossed the road with no purpose or direction.

A man goes to a doctors with a strawberry up his nose. The doctor uses the correct professional procedures to remove the food item and offers a nasal spray to ensure the passage ways are clear and free from infection.

What do you call a man with a spade in his head? If the man is unconscious, immediately contact an ambulance. Leave the duty of tending the stranger to the professionals, but it may be possible you’ll be asked to find any personal items, such as a wallet, that will shed some light on their personal details. If he is conscious, still contact an ambulance, but keep in constant communication with the gentleman.

A man walks into bar with a cat on his shoulder. The barman says animals are not allowed in the bar, so the man leaves.

A chav girl is caught in a horrible road accident. The doctor approaches the girl and says, “How many fingers am I holding up?” She is unable to answer as she traumatised and dies in the hospital later that day.

What’s the difference between a thunderstorm and a lion with a thorn in its paw? One is a form of weather characterised by the presence of lightning and its attendant thunder produced from a cumulonimbus cloud, the other is large cat mostly found in Africa with a sharp growth from a plant impaled in it’s paw, though it’s most like an allusion to the story of Androcles.

How many elephants can you fit into a Mini? Logistically none, as it the average Mini has a width of 1.40m and a height of 1.35m where as the African Elephant is 6 to 7.3m long and 3 to 3.5m tall. The Asian Elephant can grow to be approximately 4m tall. It may be possible to place an elephant calf inside a mini, but sizes vary.

There was an Englishman, a Scotsman and a Japanese man in a plane crash. They all die on impact.

A blonde woman is doing the ironing when the phone rings. She answers the phone and her husband asks if they need anything from the supermarket on his way home. She gives him a small list of items, hangs up and returns to the ironing.

Two Irishmen are walking down the road and one falls down an open manhole. He yells up to his friend, “I’ve broken my ankle! Call me an ambulance!” The other Irishman quickly phones the emergency services and assistance arrives swiftly.

Now you all know
The bards and their songs
When hours have gone by
I'll close my eyes
In a world far away
We may meet again
But now hear my song
About the dawn of the night
Let's sing the bards' song

Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow will take it away
The fear of today
It will be gone
Due to our magic songs

There's only one song
Left in my mind
Tales of a brave man
Who lived far from here
Now the bard songs are over
And it's time to leave
No one should ask you for the name
Of the one
Who tells the story

Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow all will be known
And you're not alone
So don't be afraid
In the dark and cold
'Cause the bards' songs will remain
They all will remain

In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarfs and men
And elves
Come close your eyes
You can see them too

1. I'd really rather you didn't act like a sanctimonious holier-than-thou ass when describing my noodly goodness. If some people don't believe in me, that's okay. Really, I'm not that vain. Besides, this isn't about them so don't change the subject.
2. I'd really rather you didn't use my existence as a means to oppress, subjugate, punish, eviscerate, and/or, you know, be mean to others. I don't require sacrifices, and purity is for drinking water, not people.
3. I'd really rather you didn't judge people for the way they look, or how they dress, or the way they talk, or, well, just play nice, Okay? Oh, and get this into your thick heads: woman = person. man = person. Samey = Samey. One is not better than the other, unless we're talking about fashion and I'm sorry, but I gave that to women and some guys who know the difference between teal and fuchsia.
4. I'd really rather you didn't indulge in conduct that offends yourself, or your willing, consenting partner of legal age AND mental maturity. As for anyone who might object, I think the expression is go f*** yourself, unless they find that offensive in which case they can turn off the TV for once and go for a walk for a change.
5. I'd really rather you didn't challenge the bigoted, misogynistic, hateful ideas of others on an empty stomach. Eat, then go after the b*******.
6. I'd really rather you didn't build multi million-dollar churches/temples/mosques/shrines to my noodly goodness when the money could be better spent (take your pick):
1. Ending poverty
2. Curing diseases
3. Living in peace, loving with passion, and lowering the cost of cable
I might be a complex-carbohydrate omniscient being, but I enjoy the simple things in life. I ought to know. I AM the creator.
7. I'd really rather you didn't go around telling people I talk to you. You're not that interesting. Get over yourself. And I told you to love your fellow man, can't you take a hint?
8. I'd really rather you didn't do unto others as you would have them do unto you if you are into, um, stuff that uses a lot of leather/lubricant/Las Vegas. If the other person is into it, however (pursuant to #4), then have at it, take pictures, and for the love of Mike, wear a CONDOM! Honestly, it's a piece of rubber. If I didn't want it to feel good when you did it I would have added spikes, or something.