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[Watta]

That Wall of text. I salute you.

[Jmorphman]

I have very strong feelings about Batman. And superhero comics. And Gundam. And [continues forever]

Who was the coolest bro' ever on this planet you had to ban on mfg for a while ?
And since you are pretty familiar with comics, whats the first comic you ever read / or one of the first?

- you wouldn't actually know them; you see, for the past few years I have used my chronoviewer to look into the future and discover the MUGEN superstars of the future, and using that knowledge I ban those users just when they're starting out, and I absorb their potential MUGEN energy to power my own creations!!!
- it was a Batman comic, I think, had Man-Bat and maybe Two-Face also? I don't really remember it that well. I definitely remember and still own something that isn't quite my first comic but is sort of close to it: a trade paperback collection of Marvel/DC crossovers from the late 70s/early 80s. It's pretty fucking rad! (seriously the Batman vs Hulk story is fucking great, Hulk throws a car at Batman and Batman has to jump through it and it's amazing)

Oh that reminds me something. Whats your best horror story in mugen?
What about the opposite, a time where a mugen related event melted your soulless icecold heart

- Good god, there's just too many. One can just open up a thread dating back to when the rule change was implemented in 2007 and just go to town. Or the way various people are/were decided to be pariahs and forced out of the community (Warner, et. al.). Or hey, maybe how BigSally's minstrelsy was totes hilarious, lol.
- most recently that marriage proposal in the Superjail character, that was really cool and heartwarming

Oh I must've messed up the image, this was the one:

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Oh the S Gundam yeah that's cool, though personally I feel like it goes a bit overboard with the kibble and stuff (but not anywhere near as close as some of its variants, like the Deep Striker, I mean Jesus look at that thing!)

You get to cast a Legion of Superheros movie.  Who do you pick?

I have no idea! Legion should start off as teenagers (they don't need to be teenagers forever, but they need to start as teens, it's very important to the core concept!), and I can't think of enough really good teenage actors to fill out the roster!

I'm not so sure Legion would work that well as movie regardless; not everything needs to be a live action movie, after all. I think an animated series could definitely work, though (yes I know there already was an animated series but I would argue it wasn't entirely successful at translating the Legion and also they just did not get Brainiac 5 at all and that was depressing, he's supposed to be an arrogant prick, guys!)

- Have you assembled your own model kit? Which one? Was it fun?
- Why is Turn A Gundam SO LAME?
- Why is G Gundam SO AWESOME?
- Most preferred woman in the Gundam anime?
- Why is dropping a colony on the Earth such a good contingency plan? Or is it?
- Did you like playing the Gundam Battle Assault/Battle Master games? Which Mobile Suit/Armor was your favorite? Let me guess, is it RX-78-2?
- Why did Bandai let Gundam Battle Assault 3 get turned into a pile of garbage?
- If you were to exist in any Gundam Universe/Century, and you were to become a main villain, what would you call yourself? What Mobile Suit/Armor type will you choose to pilot? Will you have a ridiculous contingency plan, too?
- Why do you think people back then hated Gundam X?
- Why does Gundam Seed suck so much, but their mech design rock?

- yes, mostly Master Grades and one Perfect Grade (MG RX-78 ver 1.5, PG RX-78, MG Char's Zaku ver 1.0, MG Alex, MG GM ver 1.0, MG RX-79[G]), and I basically screwed up every one in some way, but they were still fun!
- your heresy is unforgivable. I will not deign to answer this question.
- because it has, among other things, a giant robot horse that is piloted by an actual horse that other giant robots can get on and ride. Pure poetry.
- either Emma Sheen or Sayla Mass
- it's relatively cheap, there's lots of "ammo" in the Earth sphere, and it does an incredible amount of destruction
- yeah I liked it, and I actually like playing as the Full Armor Double Zeta Gundam best!!!
- their souls were weighed down by gravity. Also, the corrosive effect of SEED
- I don't wanna be the villain! But uh I would be forced to wear a mask for some dumb reason because Bandai needs Char clones even though we got by fine without 'em for 15 years, and I would probably have some ridiculous name that makes no sense (Full Frontal is still such a stupid name!) like Rear Entry or some shit, and I'd have some Zaku-looking red mobile suit, and my contingency plan will involve gathering newtypes into space colonies and dropping them... on Mars! How's that for a twist.
- Gundam fatigue, mostly. There was what, 4 straight years of non-stop Gundam series? The brand got tired and diluted, there was no way to sustain it. And that's too bad because Gundam X is great!
- I personally don't care for the designs that much so I can't really answer that! D: but IDK, the whole pseudo First Gundam remake thing might've been the thing that seeded (oh my god, I did not fucking mean this pun, I'm typing this stream of consciousness I swear to god seeded Gundam SEED what the fuck is wrong with me) all the things that led it to be so bad. Gundam needs to do new and interesting things, and stop treading the same ground but this time with more homoeroticism and also different backpacks, Bandai!

[Umezono]

why is rinko iori the best gundam character?
why is war in the pocket the best gundam series?

[Kirishima]

Favorite palette makers?

How did you found out about Scott Pilgrim?

If Scott Pilgrim had access to any mecha, which model suits him the best?

[Markpachi]

- In your own words, what is "G-Saviour" to you.
- Explain Gendo Ikari's plan oh "Human Instrumentality", and please do compare it with Seele's plan.
- Gendo Ikari started wearing that Cyclops mono-eye goggles thing, right? What was your first impression?
- If you were given a chance to change ANYTHING regarding the original/Universal Century's plot, character, etc., what would it be, and why?
- Noting Shiro Amada's quote "Even a Ball can do it", can a mere and simple mobile ball make a colony fall onto the Earth? How? Is it with the help of Kyoji?
- A standard Mobile Ball VS an Acguy, who would win?
- Which one is closer to your heart: Mobile Suit Gundam or Neon Genesis Evangelion

[Warden-San]

* Do you think it should be mandatory that all who read Maximum Carnage do so while listening to The Mob Rules?

* How would you feel about Morbius draining your plasma?

* Is not being racist the new racism?

* Does it make you feel better that Sherry has appeared in Resident Evil more than Billy ever will?

[Japanese Jesus]

How do you feel about the lolicon/moe garbage that has recently infected the Gundam franchise? (Build Fighters)

[Do not even ask]

- I already explained this in this thread!

Well maybe if your posts weren't buttlong I would've seen it, ya dumb hipster. Also no linking to that post? For shaaaaaaaame.

[Jmorphman]

Such brazen laziness.

why is rinko iori the best gundam character?
why is war in the pocket the best gundam series?

- because she's obsessed with shipping her son and his friends, and is aslo secretly Sailor Moon, probably.
- because it's short and sweet, no fat needs to be trimmed; it achieves its story goals ruthlessly and efficiently, and executes them masterfully. It is exactly what a sidestory should look like, small and contained so as not to overshadow the main series, but still meaningful and interesting in and of itself. No other Gundam sidestory comes even remotely close not only in this regard, but in overall quality as well. I'm not sure I'd say 0080 is definitely the best Gundam has to offer, but it's easily up there: if it's not number one it's number two, for sure.

Favorite palette makers?
How did you found out about Scott Pilgrim?
If Scott Pilgrim had access to any mecha, which model suits him the best?

- if I choose favorites there will be war! D:
- don't remember exactly, but it was around 06/07, and I must've heard about it through some comics site or forum. Maybe it was on Chris Sims's Invincible Super Blog?
- I was gonna say something that was a super robot and was powered by love, but then I remembered his final sword was of UNDERSTANDING... which means he'd clearly have to use the 00 Qan[T] Gundam!

I guess I could've also gone with the AGE-FX but jeez saddling Scott with something from A Wakening of the Trailblazer was bad enough, no one deserves an AGE suit, and especially not Kio's.

- In your own words, what is "G-Saviour" to you.
- Explain Gendo Ikari's plan oh "Human Instrumentality", and please do compare it with Seele's plan.
- Gendo Ikari started wearing that Cyclops mono-eye goggles thing, right? What was your first impression?
- If you were given a chance to change ANYTHING regarding the original/Universal Century's plot, character, etc., what would it be, and why?
- Noting Shiro Amada's quote "Even a Ball can do it", can a mere and simple mobile ball make a colony fall onto the Earth? How? Is it with the help of Kyoji?
- A standard Mobile Ball VS an Acguy, who would win?
- Which one is closer to your heart: Mobile Suit Gundam or Neon Genesis Evangelion

- Gundam: A SyFy Original Movie. Not ruinous to the franchise like several other subsequent works, but by no means good. At least it's sort of entertaining as a bad movie, I guess?
- I don't remember the specifics but it was basically "turn humanity into tang, reunite with dead wife somehow (???, figure this part out later)". That's a direct quote from a whiteboard in his office, BTW. SEELE similarly had almost the same thing written on their whiteboard, minus the dead wife part, of course.
- he thought it was cooler than his normal shades. He was right!
- remove 0083 and Unicorn from the timeline, and heavily restructure 08th MS Team so it isnt as dumb as it is and make it live up to its potential (step one, no goddamn Gundams, you get fancy GMs at best and you'll like it). Also, I know every non-animated story is not considered official by Sunrise already but I'm gonna go ahead and blanket decanonize all of them just to be doubly safe, except for a few things like Crossbone Gundam and I dunno, Rise From The Ashes. Blue Destiny too. And why not Zeonic Front while we're at it.
- I don't think it's physically possible, short of the Ball seducing a bunch of large ships (with its sultry, supple shape) to ram into a colony and try and push it out of orbit. Kyoji can watch but he'd be no help in this.
- well aside from the fact that Balls are space-only and Acguys are Earth-only, definitely, definitely the Acguy. It doesn't get enough credit! It's one of the few suits of any faction to have working mega particle cannon technology in it (although it's only mounted in one arm, compared to the Z'gok's dual MPCs), and that's despite the fact that it's mostly made out of recycled Zaku II parts! And it's super stealthy, with an incredibly small heat signature! The Ball would be no match!!!
- Gundam, not even close. I don't care for Evangelion that much.

* Do you think it should be mandatory that all who read Maximum Carnage do so while listening to The Mob Rules?
* How would you feel about Morbius draining your plasma?
* Is not being racist the new racism?
* Does it make you feel better that Sherry has appeared in Resident Evil more than Billy ever will?

- no one should read Maximum Carnage ever, under any circumstance. If one really wants to experience the 12 part epic story they can play the pretty fun Genesis/SNES beat-em-up (which limits one's exposure to the story by a significant amount!), and which features a sountrack by Green Jelly for some reason, a soundtrack that most certainly does not have a ripoff of any Black Sabbath songs in there, no sir.
- those weird leech hand things he had in the cartoon were still pretty creepy, I gotta say. Not preferable to just being a straight up (living) vampire, but a pretty good substitute, I guess.
- no
- Barry's still got her beat by a wide margin (RE1/REmake, RE3, Gaiden, RE5, Mercenaries 3D vs. RE2 and RE6), and just counting canonical appearances they're still tied!

... wait, did that always say Billy, and not Barry? Shit. Oh whatever, double bonus answer: given that the Arklay forest was absolutely crawling with all manner of monsters, it wouldn't be a stretch to assume he got swarmed by zombie dogs 5 minutes after leaving Rebecca. Of course, it's Resident Evil, they would never kill off a main character, and especially not like that, but it's fun to think about.

How do you feel about the lolicon/moe garbage that has recently infected the Gundam franchise? (Build Fighters)

You best check yourself before you wreck yourself. Also it's not that bad and mostly ignorable so I don't care a ton.

[The 100 Mega Shock!]

it's better than that time char literally took children back to his large spaceship-shaped van

ot: Zeta or Double Zeta? (As whole TV shows)

[Koop]

-Is Doctor Doom fleeing from the Invisible Girl when she disarms him a reasonable response?
-Does anyone else besides me have a cool nickname/s for you?
-Why don't your characters folders have unique names? What happens if Pots randomly comes back and releases Rolento? Whose do I rename!?

[Markpachi]

Last Questions for today:
- Have you watched the Gundam 00 movie? The one with them aliens, time travel, Setsuna turning into that white being thing? How was it to you? Do you consider it as canon to Gundam 00's story line? Did it make any sense?
- Ez8's beam saber clashed with Gouf Custom's sword. Why wasn't Gouf Custom's sword slashed in half?
- I don't really remember, but was there a homosexual Gundam character, ever? No, not counting Ribbons Almark and his weird clothing. That guy's just plain weird.
- Why did you add that Evangelion intro in your Rare Akuma Shadow Lady character? PLEASE EXPLAIN. IT ... DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
- Do you also share the same hate I have for the Unicorn series? It's so dumb! Am I right?
- Did Amuro and Char really die at the end of Char's Counterattack?

[Jmorphman]

it's better than that time char literally took children back to his large spaceship-shaped van
ot: Zeta or Double Zeta? (As whole TV shows)

- I still have no fucking idea why Shinta and Qum exist as characters, where they came from, why Char is in charge of them, and why the fuck everyone decides an active warship is the best place for them. Reeked of studio interference, and Tomino couldn't have cared less about trying to integrate them into the show, I suppose.
- Zeta, easily, though ZZ is nowhere close to being as bad as its reputation: it's pretty solid, overall.

-Is Doctor Doom fleeing from the Invisible Girl when she disarms him a reasonable response?
-Does anyone else besides me have a cool nickname/s for you?
-Why don't your characters folders have unique names? What happens if Pots randomly comes back and releases Rolento? Whose do I rename!?

- Yes. Always.

- no, you're the only one who's cool enough to do it
- because that's how PotS did it!!!

Last Questions for today:
- Have you watched the Gundam 00 movie? The one with them aliens, time travel, Setsuna turning into that white being thing? How was it to you? Do you consider it as canon to Gundam 00's story line? Did it make any sense?
- Ez8's beam saber clashed with Gouf Custom's sword. Why wasn't Gouf Custom's sword slashed in half?
- I don't really remember, but was there a homosexual Gundam character, ever? No, not counting Ribbons Almark and his weird clothing. That guy's just plain weird.
- Why did you add that Evangelion intro in your Rare Akuma Shadow Lady character? PLEASE EXPLAIN. IT ... DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
- Do you also share the same hate I have for the Unicorn series? It's so dumb! Am I right?
- Did Amuro and Char really die at the end of Char's Counterattack?

- yes, it's canon, but it makes no goddamn sense and I wish 00S2 and the movie were handled better, they squandered most of the promise of 00S1
- it's a heat saber and thus has a much, much higher melting point than the rest of the Gouf; prolonged contact with the beam saber would've eventually melted it but the clashes were quick and infrequent enough for that not to happen.
- nope, not that I can think of, at least. There might've been a prancing stereotype somewhere but I can't recall any, and I'd be loath at the idea of including something like that.
- I thought it would be funny, but, like everything in that character, that simply wasn't the case.
- I seriously fucking hate Unicorn, and that hate is only getting deeper and deeper as time goes on. Fuck that shitty ass Nazi/Imperial Japan apologia fanwank piece of shit >:[
- yes. It's the only thing that makes sense, thematically, plot-wise, and dramatically. It's only because of the studio that Tomino wasn't allowed to confirm it onscreen, though it's pretty clear that they die, even if that's only conveyed indirectly.

[Saikoro]

Awesome replies thus far. I love this thread.

-Where did you get your handle from??

-What got you into your passion/love for Gundam??

-And what sparked your desire to get into Mugen??

[ELECTR0]

Q JMorphMan : Have you ever been known as FigureFan?

[Nucka]

Original, SVU or Criminal Intent...what's your favorite Law & Order series and why?

Who's your favorite detective?

Who's your favorite ADA?

[Gennos]

What did you think of the Court of Owls arc from the new 52 Batman?
Favorite non mecha anime?
Did you play the Batman Arkham games? which did you like the most? and did you like the ending of Arkham City?

[Bea]

Comfortable, cute, fitting Bra that offers great support. Myth, legend or fairy tale?

[Eddie Hunter]

-Which character in Street Fighter would you date?
-Which character in King of Fighters  would you date?

[Jmorphman]

-Where did you get your handle from??

Why the username JMorphMan?

-What's the meaning of your nickname? (I mean the background to it)

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
I'm not gonna explain it again, guys!

-What got you into your passion/love for Gundam??
-And what sparked your desire to get into Mugen??

- a demo (and later full copy) of the Dreamcast game Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes, Toonami airings of the first Gundam that was yanked off the schedule before finishing its run, and a deep and abiding yearning for a franchise of giant, fighting samurai robots

Original, SVU or Criminal Intent...what's your favorite Law & Order series and why?
Who's your favorite detective?
Who's your favorite ADA?

I don't feel like I've watched anywhere near enough Law & Order to answer these but I'll try
- original
- gotta go with Briscoe
- gotta go with McCoy

What did you think of the Court of Owls arc from the new 52 Batman?
Favorite non mecha anime?
Did you play the Batman Arkham games? which did you like the most? and did you like the ending of Arkham City?

- it was OK, but it didn't grab me
- .hack//SIGN, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, Paranoia Agent
- Yes, except for Blackgate (which I was disappointed to hear was not very good because Batman + Metroid sounds simply wonderful!). I liked City the most, and the ending was so, so dumb. Not in the sense of "oh this is bullshit Batman wouldn't do that" or anything, it's just really dumb and poorly written, almost reaching the "so incredibly dumb it's amazing" threshold, but not quite reaching it. Much like the rest of the game's story, which is a shame, but not a huge deal to me. Although, if it had shit like, I dunno, nuclear uterus bombs and the totally original idea of evil Superman, I'd probably be singing a different tune.

Comfortable, cute, fitting Bra that offers great support. Myth, legend or fairy tale?

I don't understand how bras work and like all things involving women they frighten me with their arcane secrets.

-Which character in Street Fighter would you date?
-Which character in King of Fighters  would you date?

- date Ken (he seems like a loving partner... and also he's super rich), be fuck buddies with Cody (he is so not relationship material)
- hmm, does Rock count? Wait, no, he's only a kid in KOF, eww gross never mind never mind never mind. Uh OK, date Ramon.