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Misty! My girl!

Time to update to a new Misty avatar! :3

Thread by: Amaury, Jun 24, 2012, 15 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Thunderstorm Time!

There's thunder going on with light rain.

Thread by: Amaury, Jun 23, 2012, 7 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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KHV, I think there's something wrong with me.

It's 6:28 PM, and I'm feeling tired.

Also, ever since school ended, I've always been feeling hungry.

Thread by: Amaury, Jun 22, 2012, 27 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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The Kingdom Hearts Quote Game

It's simple. I start by saying a quote from Kingdom Hearts, and the next poster has to figure out who says it and during what, which can be either a cutscene quote or a battle quote, and then they post their on quote for the next poster to guess.

That aside, let's go.

"Owwwwww!" - Said in both Kingdom Hearts and Kingdom Hearts II.

Thread by: Amaury, Jun 22, 2012, 272 replies, in forum: The Playground
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No Thanks Renamings of Sections Suggestion

Since so many people seem to be getting confused and posting in Feedback & Assistance for assistance instead of Site Assistance, why not rename it to Feedback & Suggestions so it clearly indicates it's only for feedback / suggestions. Since links to the sub-forums have been showing on the index page after the forum re-arrange took place, I don't think it'll be a problem.

What also said he was thinking the same thing on MSN.

Same with the Introductions & Departures section, really. It could simply be Introductions, while Departure Hall stayed the same or was changed to just Departures to match, which leads me to a question, actually. Why didn't we stay with Chamber of Waking and Chamber of Repose? I honestly thought those were good games, and, if possible, would actually like those back. :smile:

Discuss.

Thread by: Amaury, Jun 21, 2012, 4 replies, in forum: Feedback & Assistance
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YouTube Will Be Blocked in Japan on Monday, October 1, 2012
Get ready to hear some really stupid news. Seriously, what is the world coming to? First, it's the bills, and now this? I mean, I know I'm not in Japan and everything, but still, everyone in the world deserves the freedom to watch YouTube and other related things.

Even if you're a Japanese person that became an American citizen, you're potentially in danger of being carted off to prison, as seen in the second to last paragraph.
- Source: Kotaku
- Publication Date: 6/21/2012
Kotaku said:

While the Japanese public watched a cult terrorist get arrested, its leaders in government quietly made a move that could make watching YouTube illegal in Japan…

SOPA and PIPA are still rather fresh in people's memories. For those of you who don't know what SOPA and PIPA are, and yet are tech savvy enough to check our site, you've obviously been hiding under a rock the better half of last year (and can easily use the Google or some other search engine to research and get yourself up to date on how close the US got to a very terrible thing), or you're just browsing the internet for porn and stumbled on here by accident. Either way, you're either smart enough to already know (or if not, look up by yourself) pretty much all you need to know, or you're hopelessly clueless, in which case I really don't think I can help you in the limited space I have...

Anyways, SOPA and its evil twin PIPA were shelved indefinitely back in January thanks to the heroic level of protest by the public in the US. Sadly, other countries are not faring so well. Japan has recently passed a stricter revision to its copyright laws making, among other things, the download of illegally uploaded materials punishable by a prison sentence of less than 2 years and/or a fine of up to Â¥2,000,000 (US$25,106).

While some could argue that this is a step in the right direction for Japan, which for the longest time had been fairly lax in the area of illegal downloading, some finer points of the revision are raising eyebrows. For one, while the Japanese media was churning over the capture of the last Aum cult member, (in fact almost the moment the story broke) the House of Representatives quietly passed the revision with virtually no coverage and almost no public announcement, leaving some to question the coincidental timing. Second, the revision was rushed through and passed without council or discussion. Members of the Ministry of Education who could potentially place a vote against the revision have been switched out so there is no opposition in place. Of the public, the only major group of people who are aware of what is going on are the 2-channel using sub-culturalites, a group often spoken of by the mass media as social outcasts and potential criminals and as such does not have much political swaying power in the public eye.

As to the actual effects of the revision, attorney at law, Toshimitsu Dan recently spoke on what Japan can look for in the future.

The Effects:
1. Ripping and copying of copy-protected and encoded materials like DVDs and games is no longer considered "for personal use" and is punishable.
2. The sale of software and hardware that circumvents copy protection and access protections is forbidden.
3. The intentional download of illegally uploaded materials is now punishable.

Basically, according to Toshimitsu Dan, video sites like YouTube and Nico Nico Douga that download temporary data to your computer will potentially be targets for regulation in Japan. That, and/or anybody who uses those sites could face prison time. Not only that, but thanks to the arbitrary wording of the revision that leaves it wide open for abuse by the authorities, the law can even affect Japanese citizens outside the borders of Japan. Even a Japanese citizen in America who watches a video on YouTube could potentially be a target for criminal proceedings.

While not nearly as destructive or far-reaching as SOPA could potentially have been, the new copyright law revisions were born of the same mindset of a recording industry attempting to throw out the baby with the bathwater because they can't figure out the intricacies and complexity of modern day plumbing. Sadly, the Japanese public is not as well-informed or vocal as in the US. Come October 1st when the revision will come into effect, we can probably expect a string of arrests. *sigh*
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Thread by: Amaury, Jun 21, 2012, 7 replies, in forum: Current Events
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More Proof That I Am Awesome

I, Amaury, am hereby declaring that I am even more awesome.

I haven't timed once today since getting online around 6:00 AM PDT; in other words, I've been online all day.

You can all start loving me now. :3

/commenceloving

Thread by: Amaury, Jun 20, 2012, 40 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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The Amaury Reached 2,000 Posts Earlier Today Thread

[insert obligatory Amaury is awesome here]

Thread by: Amaury, Jun 20, 2012, 7 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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Funny Internet Things
- Son: Dad, I'm gay.
- Dad: And I had sex with your mother.
- Son: What!?
- Dad: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought we were stating the obvious.
Thread by: Amaury, Jun 20, 2012, 0 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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NC School Strip Searches 10-Year-Old Boy for False Accusations
Talk about an invasion of privacy. However, I do have to give some credit to the assistant principal, because she had the courage to hug and apologize to the boy for what she had done.
- Source: The Raw Story
- Publication Date: 6/19/2012
The Raw Story said:

An elementary school in Clinton, North Carolina says an assistant principal was within her legal rights when she stripped a 10-year-old boy down to his underwear because he had been accused of stealing $20.

Clarinda Cox told WRAL that her son, Justin, was forced to take off everything but his underwear and undershirt earlier this month after several students said he had stolen $20 from another student.

Justin insisted that he had picked up the money and given it back to the girl after she dropped it. The girl later said someone had stolen the money and several students pointed to Justin.

The boy recalled that Union Elementary School Assistant Principal Teresa Holmes took him into a bathroom and ordered him to take off his clothes.

â€œShe didnâ€™t ask me if she could, she told me, â€˜Now I have to strip search you,â€™â€ Justin said.

â€œShe came up to him and rubbed her fingers around inside of his underwear,â€ Clarinda Cox explained. â€œIf that isnâ€™t excessively intrusive, I donâ€™t know what is.â€

Sampson County Schools spokesperson Susan Warren told WRAL that Holmes had not violated any rules because a male janitor was present for the search.

â€œThe assistant principal was within her legal authority, her legal right, to do the search,â€ Warren insisted. â€œShe may have been overzealous in her actions.â€

But that didnâ€™t matter to Clarinda Cox, who said she was â€œfuriousâ€ about the search and because no one notified her.

â€œIf I felt he needed to be searched, I would have brought him into the bathroom,â€ she said. â€œYou could have had a witness in the bathroom with me. I would have searched my son.â€

School officials admitted that the money later appeared under a lunchroom table. Holmes said that after the strip-search, she hugged Justin and apologized for what she felt she had to do.

Watch this video from WRAL, broadcast June 18, 2012.
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Thread by: Amaury, Jun 19, 2012, 4 replies, in forum: Current Events
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List of Time Zones
I want to use our original usernames this time, so I will need a lot of you to let me know.

Pacific Time:
1. Amaury
2. Charonus Rex
3. Doc
4. Darkness Falls
5. Sorax
6. Exile
7. Jayn
8. Libregkd
9. Slaughtermatic
10. Beezy Gee
11. Fuzzy Blue Lights
12. Moshi Moshi
13. Kam Sage
14. Starseeker
15. Hesteen
16. Burn It Up
Eastern Time:
1. Haseo
2. DPWolf
3. Okabe Rintarou
4. Misty
5. Plums
6. Kingdom Hearts 530
7. Reptar
8. Boy Wonder
9. Makaze
10. Princess Ariel
11. Sabby
12. Luna Lovegood
13. Keyblade Spirits
14. Kayate
15. Cat
16. Fearless
17. Llave de Espada
18. Andrew Temari 101
19. Sforzato
20. Final Form 32
21. What?
22. Rienzel
23. Kai Leng
24. Aqua
25. Natural Harmonia Gropius
26. Tale Wind
27. Krowley
28. Deadpool
29. Droid
30. Chevalier
31. Nashida
Central Time:
1. Terra
2. Stardust
3. Accalia
4. Jaden Yuki
5. Mixt
6. Dark Helmet
7. Britishism
8. Saxima
9. Noroz
10. Void of Self
11. Mad Doctor Maddie
12. Rena 88
13. Miaulement
14. Krown
15. Soap
Mountain Time:
1. Loxare
2. Hayabusa
3. Ventus108
GMT +0 /+1:
1. Nate River
2. Midnight Star
3. Dark Traitor
4. Ienzo
5. Korosu
6. Mish
7. Oerba Yun Fang
8. Bushy Brow
9. Daxa
10. Feenie
11. Clawtooth
12. Cherry Berry
13. PhoenixKH93
E. South America Time:
1. Phantasmagoric
2. Machazo
3. Excasr
4. Anti-Sora
5. Moonlight
6. Alex 856
Central European Time:
1. Forsaken
2. Christopher
Australian Eastern Time:
1. Dr. Wigglz
Asian Time:
1. Dinny Grayson
GMT +2
1. Axel91
  - Note: This is a temporary time zone. The user will return to Eastern on 7/31/2012.
Atlantic Ocean Time
1. Peace and War
Thread by: Amaury, Jun 17, 2012, 33 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone
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List of Users Affected by the Post Counters Update
I thought it'd be nice to have an organized list of who was or wasn't affected by the post counters update.

Post Count Increased:
- Amaury - Gained around 20 posts
- Myst - Gained 2 posts
- Acy XIII - Gained 4 posts
- Ventus108 - Gained 1 post
- Evil Man - Gained around 1,000 posts (?)
Post Count Stayed the Same:
- Axel91
- Agent T
- Aqua
Post Count Decreased:
- Kingdom Hearts530 - Lost around 25 posts
- Soap - Lost 13 posts
- Moshi - Lost 50 posts
- Misty - Lost around 1,200 posts
- Llave de Espada - Lost around 30 posts
Thread by: Amaury, Jun 17, 2012, 52 replies, in forum: The Spam Zone

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