Hey, I don't mean to be rude, but should the judging be taking as long as it is? I mean you said a couple days and it's almost been two weeks. Am I missing something?
Sure I think we have free will. I don't see how we could not.
Kind of a weird thing to say, but no I don't think you're wrong.
I find myself permanently unable to decide whether I want kids or not, but I could think of some things I'd want to make sure they know if I did have them. So in no particular order: People are awesome. Sometimes people are jerks and sometimes people are stupid, but as a whole humanity is awesome and a few bad ones, no matter how bad or how publicized, don't change that fact. Nothing is impossible, as a human your biggest asset is that you get to set your own limits, you can do anything if you just believe that you can do it, but you'll have to put the work in to get it done. Hurting others is wrong, period. That means hurting them emotionally as well as physically. But remember that it's not just that easy, sometimes you'll hurt people without meaning to, sometimes you'll hurt people on purpose for one reason or another, maybe you'll have to hurt one person to protect someone else, just remember that hurting people is wrong and be ready to deal with consequences. And sometimes people are going to hurt you, that doesn't mean it's okay for you to hurt them. I don't expect you to never have sex, I'm not that naive, but I do expect you to make sure you/the girl you're with don't/doesn't get pregnant and that you don't get any STDs. I also think it would be better if you waited until you were married to have sex. The world is a big, scary place, but you shouldn't be afraid of it. God loves you and he has a plan for you, sometimes you'll just have to trust in that. You won't always be able to see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel, but that doesn't mean it isn't there. Machismo is definitely not the same thing as manliness. You should never hit a girl/you should never hit a boy because he shouldn't hit you back. If you're going to get in a fight be prepared to get hurt. Believe in yourself. Pride is stupid, be humble instead. Always listen when somebody gives you advice, because good advice can come from anywhere, and if it's bad advice then just forget about it after they give it to you. I just realized I could make this list go on forever, so unless anyone's especially interested in the stuff I'm leaving off, I'm gonna stop there.
Generally there are two things I try to go for with my avatars: the first is that I like to have an avatar that reflects my general attitude, or a major facet of my personality (like a Dante avatar as a reflection of my generally relaxed, fun-loving, and positive attitude). The other category is uniqueness; I like my avatars to be different from everyone else's, even if it's an avatar of a character that plenty of people are going to have as an avatar. This is for online avatars only by the way, gaming avatars I just try to give them an appearance I like.
Al looked from the man he had been watching towards the sound of gunshots, lots of gunshots. The sounds were coming from the direction of the city. He scowled, not wanting a battle between him and his home. He fired a grappling hook into the top of a nearby tree and pulled himself, then l aunched out of the tree and opened his glider. He needed to get back to Neostice now and stop wasting time with his mystery man. When he reached the edge of the forest he was rewarded with the sight of a large zombie horde attacking a small group of people, who seemed to be taking down a decent number of them. Still the horde seemed to be getting bigger. That was when he noticed the corpses pulling themselves out of the earth. "Crap, since when have the zombies been able to pop up out of the ground?" He wondered of they could do the same thing inside the city.
I just thought of something: I know the characters forget about the hub world and the competition whenever they're in a challenge, but do they forget about the other challenges? It'd get kind of annoying having to have characters introduce themselves every time.
Garen was surprised at the kind response from the girl, "Mae," he had expected more of her previous attitude. "Whatever," he thought. She'd already earned his respect by her former bravery, if she wanted to be friendly now that she had it, it didn't make much difference to him. He was about to introduce himself as well when she spoke again. He turned to adress the whole group. "Yeah, I'm pretty sure we're not from around here, or at least I know I'm not." He pointed upwards. "I distinctly remember the sky being one color. And it seems a little far fetched to think we'll just find someone who has all the answers for us. Personally I'd prefer chasing thieves, might get some action that way." He stopped talking briefly and looked down at his hammer, "Skullcrusher agrees with me, if his vote counts." Then he looked back at Mae, "I'm Garen by the way," he moved his hammer where it was easily visible to her, "and this is Skullcrusher."
Garen smirked down at the small girl as she scolded him; she was brave, standing up to someone so much bigger than she was (to say nothing of the hammer). He leaned down so that his face was closer to hers. "Y'know what kid? I like you, you've got guts." "Huh?" As he heard a meek voice behind him he stopped talking to the girl and looked behind him to see a short, scrawny guy trying to exit. "Yeah come on out." He stepped to the side to let the guy out, and looking from him to the other two muttered, "Lotta short people here." He surveyed the area, looking at the colors dancing in the sky, at the myriad of browns and greens and blues in the crowd, and at all the stalls selling who-knows-what. "As for looking around," he brought his eyes back to the small group forming outside the carriage, "I'm more interested in what we're doing here. This doesn't look like anyplace I've been before." As he said this he turned his head back toward the sky to illustrate his point. "Sky's kinda pretty though." He wasn't aware that he'd said that out loud.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I think it'd probably be fine if you went back and edited in the right name.
Garen woke with a start to a pounding sound. He instinctively brandished Skullcrusher in response to the shock, then relaxed when he realized it was just someone banging on the door. Briefly, he looked around the inside of the small room he was in, the walls were a dark wood and had windows on all sides, he was sitting on a bench that extended out from the walls all around except two spaces for the doors placed opposite each other, the bench was topped with velvet cushions and the floor was carpeted. "Skullcrusher, you awake." He shook the large hammer to be sure that it was. "Any idea how we got here, or where here is?" His conversation with his weapon was interrupted by the continued banging on one of the doors. Irritated he stood up to go deal with the pounding, and felt something very wrong. His movements felt...restricted somehow, and there was a rough texture moving against his skin, plus his feet felt cramped. He looked down and realized for nearly the first time in his life he was fully dressed. He was wearing a dark woolen coat and a pair of shining leather shoes. Interestingly enough his pants still seemed to be the same ones he always wore. He quickly stripped off the shoes and moved to the door that was being banged on, enjoying the feeling of the soft carpet against his bare feet. He pulled the coat off as he was walking. He slammed the door open with force enough to shove back the girl who was rattling on it and stepped out, his hammer held lazily in his right hand. He looked down at the small girl and almost felt like she wasn't worth the effort, but still demanded that she stop pounding on the door because it annoyed him.
Name:Garen Torok Age: 26 Gender: Male Appearance: Over 6 feet with brown hair just past his neck, his left eye is brown and his right one is a dark red, has tanned skin, is extremely muscular, he never wears anything except a single pauldron and bracers on his upper body, also never wears shoes, does wear a pair of tan pants, is almost never seen without a large and well-used hammer Personality:He is extremely brash and quick to act without considering the possible consequences of his actions, he loves to fight and is easily bored whenever he's not fighting or eating, he's also extremely rude and arrogant, loves meat and considers himself the epitome of manliness, is not happy with his situation with Lee Bio: N/A What scene do you want to do first?: Let's sing. Anything else: He has affectionately named his hammer Skullcrusher, he is occasionally seen talking to it, and he will tell others what it has to say. Due to some strange magic, he now shares the same position in reality with Lee and changes into her at random, he shares her senses when this happens Name: Leanna "Lee" Morova Age: 23 Gender: Female Appearance: just over 5 feet, very feminine in appearance (translation: she's drop-dead-gorgeous), with brown hair, bright green eyes and light skin, usually dressed in short-shorts and a tight tank top with an unzipped hoodie Personality: Very arrogant, feels she has something to prove as a result of being picked on until high school, likes to think she's tougher, smarter and just generally better than everyone else, tries to think things through, annoyed by her appearance because she thinks people will see her as a sex object and won't take her seriously, but is also proud of how much better she looks than every other girl, is not happy with her situation with Garen Bio: Leanna was always a bit of a tomboy and was often picked on for it. After a particularly nasty bullying incident when she was young she began studying martial arts. Which she used both as means of defending herself and as a way of coping with the stress in her life, this eventually lead to fanatical levels of training as the stress continued to build up throughout middle school. Early in her last year of middle school she finally hit her breaking point and went berserk on one of her worst bullies, after that everyone mostly left her alone, afraid that she might do the same to them. Then in the summer before starting high school she hit puberty, or rather it hit her, and she developed a figure that'd make any boy drool and any girl jealous. At first this seemed to solve the problems, but when she learned why everyone was really being nice to her it only pissed her off more. But with a body, brains and abilities like hers, no more bullying and a chip on her shoulder the foundation was now laid for her to become more and more arrogant. What scene do you want to do first?: Let's sing Anything else: She claims to dress the way she does because it makes her martial arts easier, this is partly true. Due to contrived plot conveniences she now shares the same position in reality with Garen, and changes into him at random, she shares his senses when this happens.
I don't remember anything about the Realm of Darkness' time being different from the time in the Realm of Light, where did you learn this?
As much sense as this theory makes, Eraqus didn't have that scar under his eye until Old Master Xehanort hit him with darkness in the birth by sleep flashback. Though, the guy on the right does look like Eraqus and I wouldn't be surprised if the developers forgot that detail.
Probably not, no. Sure Terra always did what he did for the right reasons, but the how of what he did was usually the wrong way to go about it. Let's start by looking at his fight with Eraqus. Terra wasn't just trying to stop Eraqus from hurting Ven, he was trying to kill the man he thought of as a father. Notice the way he acts in the cutscene after the fight, he behaves like he's lost himself in anger, and he clearly regrets it. He had very good reasons for being mad, but he shouldn't have let his temper rule him like that. To address the Riku vs Terra argument, look at their different darknesses and their behavior when using the darkness. Terra's darkness has more of an inky look to it, it flows out of him like liquid, and it's sort of a black-purple mix, like the Heartless. Early on in the series Rik's darkness had this inky look too, but as the series has gone on it's gotten a more solid look, by 3D it stays close to his body, tightly packed in whatever area he formed it in, or solidly in one shape, and it's either a flat black or black with white streaks. As for their behavior, Riku's doesn't change when he's using darkness, Terra's does. Terra pretty clearly becomes more aggressive when he's using the darkness (look at his dark impulse command style and darkness based attacks). Basically while Riku has control over his darkness, Terra's almost being controlled by his. Plus Terra usually shows pretty poor judgment. Look how easily he was fooled by Captain Hook. Captain Hook. One of the most obviously evil characters in all of Disney, and Terra just takes him at his word. Actually look just how often Terra was hanging around the villain of whatever world he was in, and all they had to do to get his help was tell him that they were the good guy, even if the evidence suggested otherwise (Jumba in a jail cell, the evil queen asking him to assassinate someone for him, etc.). Even Sora, all-loving, friend to everyone Sora, can usually tell who the villain is as soon as he meets them. Terra though generally wound up as their pawn before he learned that they were actually bad guys. And the way he reacted when Aqua questioned him in Radiant Garden? Run off like an annoyed teenager. Actually that pretty much sums it up. tl;dr Terra acts too much like an inexperienced and immature teenager to have earned the mark of mastery.
Definitely Terra. Ven had it relatively easy (compared to the other two) in that he doesn't have to be conscious for it; he's going to wake up and, at worst, have a few of Sora's memories, but he's more or less unaware of his own unhappy ending. And Aqua, despite being trapped in the realm of darkness, doesn't have it nearly as bad as Terra does, she has company (Ansem the Wise), she has her friend's hearts looking out for her, and most importantly she still has her free will. Whatever happens Aqua still gets to decide her own course of action, she gets to make choices, Terra doesn't.
Alright, I'm in. Username: Allen Tor What you would like to be called: Allen Where are you from?: America Time Zone: Pacific Standard Time Your buzzer: attached
Are you saying I could sign up now, and it's fine as I long as I get a mic before the actual tournament starts?
Here's hoping I can get a mic before the 13th so I can play too.
As Al glided over the forest he noticed a human figure walking in the direction of the forest's edge. Cautious as always, Al landed in the top of a nearby tree and looked down at the figure. It didn't move like a zombie and it was too solid to be a spirit; that meant it was either a vampire, a possessed, or an ordinary human. Al used his grappling hooks to lower himself closer to the figure. At this distance he could see that it was definitely male, and he appeared to have hair, so he probably wasn't a vampire. Al also noticed that his clothing was in tatters and he was covered in a dark liquid, most likely blood. "Poor guy's a gonner, if he's not one of the Scares already," he thought. Still he wasn't moving like he was injured. Al decided to watch him for a while and see what else he could find out.
