[1:38:39 PM] Jake Newton: xD
[1:39:08 PM] Jake Newton: Michael Bay is the Matt Ward of movies
[1:39:16 PM] Jake Newton: just putting that out there
[1:39:18 PM] Tom Newton: XD
[1:39:48 PM] The Bus: D=
[1:40:14 PM] Jake Newton: pretty much
[1:40:23 PM] Jake Newton: he just likes mindless exlosions and stuff
[1:40:29 PM] Jake Newton: and the us military
[1:40:33 PM] Jake Newton: and AMERICA in general
[1:41:30 PM] HarpyKuro: MINDLESSEXPLOSIONS
[1:41:40 PM] HarpyKuro: I guess that means Mookie is the Michael Bay of webcomics
[1:42:03 PM] Jake Newton: i read that as "mindless sexplosions" and thought "well that's a nice life that person has got right there
[1:42:11 PM] Jake Newton: am i a bad person, y/n
[1:42:16 PM] HarpyKuro: n
[1:42:18 PM] HarpyKuro: mindless sexplosions
[1:42:24 PM] The Bus: nay
[1:42:25 PM] HarpyKuro: they sounds pretty good really
[1:42:30 PM] Tom Newton: n
[1:42:31 PM] HarpyKuro: *sound
[1:42:31 PM] Jake Newton: xD
[1:42:39 PM] HarpyKuro: especially in bed
[1:42:44 PM] Tom Newton: oh lawd
AAAAW YEAAAAAAAAAAH
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
A Re-Introduction
I was just looking back at my own posts in this blog and wondering.. how the heck would anybody who doesn't know me from Zoofights understand whatever the hell I am saying, aside from a few posts here and there? I kinda want to expand my horizons a little. Make it more accessible to not just my fellow RPers on Zoofights, but also to people who know me from other places. Sooo, time to introduce meself.. in profile form! (Feel free to skip this if you already know all this stuff :V )
Name: Mariann Fortuna
Prefered Names: HarpyKuro, Mari (or AlextheJanitor if you know me from ZF)
Age: 19 as of January 31st, 2012
Home: Fort Washington, MD. Read: Between DC and VA, only to be forgotten.
Gender: Rather female, thank ya very much.
Occupation: Lazy College Freshman
And Maor:
I'm essentially just a gamer girl with an interest in helping animals. I love RPGs and Platformers, although I'm nooot always the best at them. As for that animal thing, I volunteer my time to animal shelters whenever possible because KITTIES, KITTIES EVERYWHERE. So adorable! When I have the time (and patience), I do LPs for teh lolz and entertainment. I usually don't talk much IRL, but blab a lot on the INTERNETS! Sometimes I'm shy on there too, buuut thaaat depends. Either way, I love to have fun and do derpy stuff to entertain the masses. Oh, and MMO too, I guess. :V Writing is another specialty of mine, but I haven't been doing much with it because SO BUSY ARGH
Current Writing Projects: Random short story, Dark Tide
Aaaand there ya have it. Enjoy your stay here guize!
Name: Mariann Fortuna
Prefered Names: HarpyKuro, Mari (or AlextheJanitor if you know me from ZF)
Age: 19 as of January 31st, 2012
Home: Fort Washington, MD. Read: Between DC and VA, only to be forgotten.
Gender: Rather female, thank ya very much.
Occupation: Lazy College Freshman
And Maor:
I'm essentially just a gamer girl with an interest in helping animals. I love RPGs and Platformers, although I'm nooot always the best at them. As for that animal thing, I volunteer my time to animal shelters whenever possible because KITTIES, KITTIES EVERYWHERE. So adorable! When I have the time (and patience), I do LPs for teh lolz and entertainment. I usually don't talk much IRL, but blab a lot on the INTERNETS! Sometimes I'm shy on there too, buuut thaaat depends. Either way, I love to have fun and do derpy stuff to entertain the masses. Oh, and MMO too, I guess. :V Writing is another specialty of mine, but I haven't been doing much with it because SO BUSY ARGH
Current Writing Projects: Random short story, Dark Tide
Aaaand there ya have it. Enjoy your stay here guize!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Time to feel like a piece of turd
I really hate it when I want to eat something and I end up having no appetite whatsoever. I hate it when I can barely swallow my food and keep it down when I feel like puking all over the place. My anxiety issues are beginning to annoy me because I can't seem to talk to this guy who I'm fangirling over (Ohai LPer) without clamming up and being nervous. What the fuck.
Add onto this stomach problems, tiredness, cramps associated with a certain time of month, and stress from school and you have a recipie for disaster.
Hold on to your girders, guys.
On the brighter side, in two weeks, I'm going back home. Yaaaay~
Add onto this stomach problems, tiredness, cramps associated with a certain time of month, and stress from school and you have a recipie for disaster.
Hold on to your girders, guys.
On the brighter side, in two weeks, I'm going back home. Yaaaay~
Monday, February 13, 2012
Valentine's Day
Ah, tomorrow is the sweet, sweet excuse to be ultra kind to your lovers to make up for past mistakes. Or, if you're single, its a great excuse to indulge in chocolates you buy for yourself and party hard. I never really got the whole idea of being sweet to your lover just this ONE day. Shouldn't every day be valentine's day?
Ah, well. I already sent a gift over to Joe. Its just a Gamecube memory card, but considering his frustration with no-saving in most Megaman games and his recent acquiring of Megaman Anniversary Collection for the GCN, I figured he'll need it. Besides, he needs to witness some of the unlockables! I'll be making a card for him, too, but that won't happen until tonight. Mwahahaha.
In other news, worldbuilding with Levia has been going pretty smoothly. I figured that Elves and Dwarves were pretty overdone, so I used a few different races instead. I mean, no use using an overused race if you don't know how to rehash them. I already doodled out a rather crude map, so sooner or later, I'll start compiling information on the different kingdoms, locales, and races found in Levia. I already have a pantheon of gods, including the ones that were mentioned in the Bar waaaaay later: Lady Fortuna (Goddess of Fortune), Thor (God of Fertility and Thunder), the Dragon God (God of Dragons and Fire), and Narleshaow (really, he's the god of Empathy, but at the time he was at the bar, he got the God of Gods status. You guys will see how.. eventually!). I might ask for a bit of help with the pantheon, since my mind kinda poops out after a while D:
As for ZFVII, I have two new characters planned out. One is a Tiefling Warlock, and the other is a normie. Weeeell, relative normie. You'll get a teaser on him later. Oh, these two are going to be fun to write out.
One thing I'm also looking forward to is a Dungeons and Dragons session. An actual session. Jake (Del), Tom (SK), Carl (Erebus), and I are doing practice encounters with the mastermind behind Zephyrus (Joe/RedSpy). Things are going well so far. So far, anyway. I'm just itching for an actual session, though. I guess too much RPing and writing has made me eager to show off.
And lastly... I succumbed to temptation. I bought things on Amazon.com. With a gift card. A Mario hat (which will end up getting here sometime in march god fucking damn), an Amateratsu keychain (because PUPPIES), and a headset. I could have gotten a Kirby plush or a mario backpack, but I didn't want to blow ALL my money spoiling myself. I have to save some money to spoil other people, you know!
Huh. Now I wonder what .gif Goops will end up making of Alex and Sarah for tomorrow. Such thoughts fill me with glee. Mweehehehe!
Ah, well. I already sent a gift over to Joe. Its just a Gamecube memory card, but considering his frustration with no-saving in most Megaman games and his recent acquiring of Megaman Anniversary Collection for the GCN, I figured he'll need it. Besides, he needs to witness some of the unlockables! I'll be making a card for him, too, but that won't happen until tonight. Mwahahaha.
In other news, worldbuilding with Levia has been going pretty smoothly. I figured that Elves and Dwarves were pretty overdone, so I used a few different races instead. I mean, no use using an overused race if you don't know how to rehash them. I already doodled out a rather crude map, so sooner or later, I'll start compiling information on the different kingdoms, locales, and races found in Levia. I already have a pantheon of gods, including the ones that were mentioned in the Bar waaaaay later: Lady Fortuna (Goddess of Fortune), Thor (God of Fertility and Thunder), the Dragon God (God of Dragons and Fire), and Narleshaow (really, he's the god of Empathy, but at the time he was at the bar, he got the God of Gods status. You guys will see how.. eventually!). I might ask for a bit of help with the pantheon, since my mind kinda poops out after a while D:
As for ZFVII, I have two new characters planned out. One is a Tiefling Warlock, and the other is a normie. Weeeell, relative normie. You'll get a teaser on him later. Oh, these two are going to be fun to write out.
One thing I'm also looking forward to is a Dungeons and Dragons session. An actual session. Jake (Del), Tom (SK), Carl (Erebus), and I are doing practice encounters with the mastermind behind Zephyrus (Joe/RedSpy). Things are going well so far. So far, anyway. I'm just itching for an actual session, though. I guess too much RPing and writing has made me eager to show off.
And lastly... I succumbed to temptation. I bought things on Amazon.com. With a gift card. A Mario hat (which will end up getting here sometime in march god fucking damn), an Amateratsu keychain (because PUPPIES), and a headset. I could have gotten a Kirby plush or a mario backpack, but I didn't want to blow ALL my money spoiling myself. I have to save some money to spoil other people, you know!
Huh. Now I wonder what .gif Goops will end up making of Alex and Sarah for tomorrow. Such thoughts fill me with glee. Mweehehehe!
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Let's Play DQ9 Part 1: Days of our Celestian Lives
Where we last left off, I made us a main character, and now she was off to go do wonderous things! But... what SORT of things? (heads up: gonna be using dis color for LP commentary. )
"If you're there, say something. Show yourself."
I'm here! I'm here! You...you just can't see me! Yep, definitely can't!
"Thus do the mortals plead, ever hopeful of our existance.
For how long have we watched over their realm...?
For how long have we Celestrians existed?"
I hope long enough so that we could have ridden a dinosaur! That would be fun! Wait...
(This is raaather image heavy, sooo I'll be typing out some of the dialogue as I go along. Sometimes I'll just skip it altogether and summarize. Fair enough, eh?)
Welcome to town, where two angels are watching everything you do. EVERYTHING. EEEEVERYTHING
I did? I did. Yeah, I did... What did I do again? How'd I get this far, anyway? Why do you remind me of this kid from DBZ?
Baldy: When Apus Major bade me, 'Aquila, take Sonia as your apprentice,' I never imagined that I would see you bloom so. You are worthy of your title indeed, Sonia, Guardian of Angel Falls.
That doesn't sound like suspicious foreshadowing at all. Nope, not at all. And wait, your name is Aquila? It rhymes with Tequila! Teehee! (Shoot me.)
Whaddya mean, "Hm?" Whats with that look on your face? What is going-
*FLASH*
Tequila Aquila gets some vision or farsight or something ,and we zoom in on...
Goddamn, Aquila, you have odd tastes.
Who's this Erinn girl he's talking to, anywa-
Aquila, why the hell are we spying on a touching moment between a girl and her grandpa? You're not checking out dat ass, are you?
...He's not answering me, guys. This could be bad.
Some monsters pop out of a bush and hide behind a rock. Weird...
So a cucumber and a blob are checking those people out. Wait, why the hell does the cucumber have legs? WHY IS IT EVEN ALIVE?!?
I solemnly swear that they are up to no good. And they look pretty happy about that. That cucumber scares me, though.
You say that as if I was going to let them hurt a girl and her grandpa! Come on, lets kick some ass!
We spread our wings like angry, angry birds and fly our asses over there, posthaste-
Hello, my name is Sonia. You're about to hurt my people. PREPARE TO DIE. Oh yeah and there's Aquila over there.
*BATTLE TIME*
And now we have our wonderful battlescreen! Ain't it lovely? Although green doesn't suit me. I'll change that eventually, though. At any rate, this is the first screen you get to once you get into a battle.You have four options here: Fight, Examine, Flee, and Misc. Fight and Flee are self-explainitory. Examine allows you to examine the enemies and see what statuses they have or see any cues they may give for their next attack. I don't really use it much, though. Misc options allow you to change your equipment (weapons only), change whether you're in the front line or back lines (ala Final Fantasy), and also give orders to your other party members. We can't order Aquila around since he's our superior and all, so lets go ahead and select Fight.
Now we have a ton more options. Well, sorta. Most are self explainatory, but there's a difference between spells and abilities. I'll go into more depth about it later, but basically, it boils down to "Spells are learned by mage-types, Abilities can be learned by all." And Coup de Grace... Well, for now, think of it as a One-time-use ability thats really, really awesome.
We can't do much else aside from attack, so lets start swing-
OOOOOW. You asshole! How dare you!
Take THAT, you awkward, weird-looking, stupid vegetable!
And while I wasn't looking (read: forgot to screenshot some of the action cuz I slow), Aquila murdered the slimes. Its safe to say that he one-shots everything in this battle, based on the fact that HE'S LEVEL 20 WHAT THE HELL.
Just seven EXP and 13 measly gold for our good deed. Hmph, no respect! None at all! I also got an antidotal herb out of it, but I won't be needing that for a long, long time. Or ever.
And with that done...
Hi guys hows it going?
*Aah, I honestly believed that I'd never set my tired old eyes on the place again. But here we are at last. Home.
Erinn: Oh, don't be so melodramatic, grandpa! The village Guardian will have been watching over us all the way. Nothing bad could have ever happened to us.
Unless I was taking a coffee break somewhere up in heaven. I mean, I can't watch over you guys all the time! An angel's gotta eat, too!
But but but I'm right over THERE. LIKE TWO FEET AWAY FROM YOU.
Holy shit this thing spawned out of that girl's chest. Did we just steal her soul or something, Tequila?
Aquila: No, we did not. Also, my name is not Tequila. :I
A benevo...what? Can I just call it a McGuffin?
Baldy then goes on to explain that its the kind of essence we try to get out of people so we can give it to this world tree called Yggdrasil and make it bloom. I don't know how the hell some shit that spawned out of some girl's torso is gonna help that tree, though. Souls for the soul god? I don't know. But apparently its so important that now we must deliver it unto the heavens.
SONIA PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Next time: We actually get to control our heroine and talk to some other people, as well as go over some stats! I know that this would probably do better in a video format (like a lot of things), but Hypercam doesn't really agree with me most of the time and this game is laggy. I don't want to lag it too badly. I have patience issues.
"If you're there, say something. Show yourself."
I'm here! I'm here! You...you just can't see me! Yep, definitely can't!
"Thus do the mortals plead, ever hopeful of our existance.
For how long have we watched over their realm...?
For how long have we Celestrians existed?"
I hope long enough so that we could have ridden a dinosaur! That would be fun! Wait...
(This is raaather image heavy, sooo I'll be typing out some of the dialogue as I go along. Sometimes I'll just skip it altogether and summarize. Fair enough, eh?)
I didn't even do anything! Its the first hour of the game, you weirdo!
Baldy: When Apus Major bade me, 'Aquila, take Sonia as your apprentice,' I never imagined that I would see you bloom so. You are worthy of your title indeed, Sonia, Guardian of Angel Falls.
That doesn't sound like suspicious foreshadowing at all. Nope, not at all. And wait, your name is Aquila? It rhymes with Tequila! Teehee! (Shoot me.)
Whaddya mean, "Hm?" Whats with that look on your face? What is going-
*FLASH*
Tequila Aquila gets some vision or farsight or something ,and we zoom in on...
Goddamn, Aquila, you have odd tastes.
Who's this Erinn girl he's talking to, anywa-
Aquila, why the hell are we spying on a touching moment between a girl and her grandpa? You're not checking out dat ass, are you?
...He's not answering me, guys. This could be bad.
Some monsters pop out of a bush and hide behind a rock. Weird...
We spread our wings like angry, angry birds and fly our asses over there, posthaste-
Hello, my name is Sonia. You're about to hurt my people. PREPARE TO DIE. Oh yeah and there's Aquila over there.
*BATTLE TIME*
ENEMIES ENCOUNTERED:
Angel Falls Slime (8 HP. Gives out 2 EXP. Difficulty: Easy)
Cruelcumber(10 HP. 3 EXP. Difficulty: Easy)
Now we have a ton more options. Well, sorta. Most are self explainatory, but there's a difference between spells and abilities. I'll go into more depth about it later, but basically, it boils down to "Spells are learned by mage-types, Abilities can be learned by all." And Coup de Grace... Well, for now, think of it as a One-time-use ability thats really, really awesome.
We can't do much else aside from attack, so lets start swing-
And while I wasn't looking (read: forgot to screenshot some of the action cuz I slow), Aquila murdered the slimes. Its safe to say that he one-shots everything in this battle, based on the fact that HE'S LEVEL 20 WHAT THE HELL.
And with that done...
*Aah, I honestly believed that I'd never set my tired old eyes on the place again. But here we are at last. Home.
Erinn: Oh, don't be so melodramatic, grandpa! The village Guardian will have been watching over us all the way. Nothing bad could have ever happened to us.
Unless I was taking a coffee break somewhere up in heaven. I mean, I can't watch over you guys all the time! An angel's gotta eat, too!
Aquila: No, we did not. Also, my name is not Tequila. :I
Baldy then goes on to explain that its the kind of essence we try to get out of people so we can give it to this world tree called Yggdrasil and make it bloom. I don't know how the hell some shit that spawned out of some girl's torso is gonna help that tree, though. Souls for the soul god? I don't know. But apparently its so important that now we must deliver it unto the heavens.
SONIA PREPARE FOR LIFTOFF
Next time: We actually get to control our heroine and talk to some other people, as well as go over some stats! I know that this would probably do better in a video format (like a lot of things), but Hypercam doesn't really agree with me most of the time and this game is laggy. I don't want to lag it too badly. I have patience issues.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Lets Play: Dragon Quest 9 Intro
Hello, everybody! HarpyKuro here, welcoming you to my first Lets Play! I've been replaying this game a lot lately, so I might as well show off why its so great!
Dragon Quest has come a long way. It started off as one of the earliest JRPGs, up there with Final Fantasy. It was the standard fare: Your hero needed to rescue a princess and had to go slay a dragon to save the world, all that standard stuff. What really made it stand out was that Akira Toriyama, the artist for the Dragon Ball series, contributed his art for this series. Not to mention, back then, Enix had no right to "Dragon Quest" (so the first few games were known as "Dragon Warrior") and was sort of rivals with Squaresoft.
Fast Forward to today, where we now have the best of both worlds. Technology has advanced, and with it, so has the game quality. We now have our fancy Wiis and PS3s pretty much chugging out high-definition graphics. The Nintendo DS was no slouch, either. Hell, the 3DS is pretty much a portable Wii! Only the 3D function hurts your eyes like hell. Or maybe its just me...
Anyway, Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies is a Square Enix game for the Nintendo DS. It pretty much involves your angelic character chillin, relaxin, and protecting people until shit happens and you gotta fix the problem. Like all good JRPGs. And of course, it will be a fun, fun, FUN ride. Sure, there is a lot of grinding involved, but there are just so many colorful characters and combinations of abilities you can use... But I'm getting too deep into it. Say hello to the intro.
Dragon Quest has come a long way. It started off as one of the earliest JRPGs, up there with Final Fantasy. It was the standard fare: Your hero needed to rescue a princess and had to go slay a dragon to save the world, all that standard stuff. What really made it stand out was that Akira Toriyama, the artist for the Dragon Ball series, contributed his art for this series. Not to mention, back then, Enix had no right to "Dragon Quest" (so the first few games were known as "Dragon Warrior") and was sort of rivals with Squaresoft.
Fast Forward to today, where we now have the best of both worlds. Technology has advanced, and with it, so has the game quality. We now have our fancy Wiis and PS3s pretty much chugging out high-definition graphics. The Nintendo DS was no slouch, either. Hell, the 3DS is pretty much a portable Wii! Only the 3D function hurts your eyes like hell. Or maybe its just me...
Anyway, Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies is a Square Enix game for the Nintendo DS. It pretty much involves your angelic character chillin, relaxin, and protecting people until shit happens and you gotta fix the problem. Like all good JRPGs. And of course, it will be a fun, fun, FUN ride. Sure, there is a lot of grinding involved, but there are just so many colorful characters and combinations of abilities you can use... But I'm getting too deep into it. Say hello to the intro.
Aw, maaaaan. Why does Japan always get all the good music?
Yep, there's class changing and a lot of mix-and-matching involved in this game, and I absolutely love it. Of course, its hard to do a few things until you get to the post game, but you shouldn't worry about that on your first run. Unless you're really THAT concerned about maxing skills and capping levels...
As for how I'm gonna do this? I'll probably post small bits at a time. I will post all enemy info and show off a battle with each one, at least once. Once it gets to the point where I'm actually level grinding, I'll just skip it and just post a few pictures depicting all the character levels after said grinding. I may make fun of a few plot points along the way.... And who knows? Maybe a few characters I know from other places might pop in...
Since I still have some time left, I might as well show off character customization.
You get to customize your hero to whatever kind of style you want. Its a limited to Akira's artstyle, but meh, I'm fine with it. There are a multitude of styles and colors to choose from, although it may seem like only a few at first.
As for who our hero is...
Welcome Sonia! She will be our angelic hero and always be in the party. ALLWAAAYS. Hell, you could probably solo the game if you grinded a lot. But eh, thats boring.
Next time, we eat dinosaurs we will plunge right into the game! Sadly for all of us, I WILL have to go over all of the technobabble. ALL OF IT. Read: Attributes. After thats out of the way, though, we'll be clear for fun!
Harpy, Out!
Harpy. Officially 19. And tire.
I am surviving with 6-7 hours of sleep erry day weee~
Better than going to bed at 4, though.
At any rate, on January 31st, 1993.. on the day of the Super Bowl, a mother managed to give birth to a baby girl. This girl would grow up to be a geek/nerd/lazy butt/college girl, and strangely, not like football. Said girl turned 19 three days ago.
I am that girl. Its me. And I am going to party hard tonight. And by party hard, I mean "watch movies with my friends and eat cake."
I got a 3DS and Nintendogs (early) for my birthday, along with 50 dollars to buy books, an SA account (that I bought myself, for shits and giggles), and a sweet birthday card from Joe. All in all, thoughts that count.
In the meantime, I think will also start emulating Dragon Quest 9 and LP that for laughs. Sadly, I am somewhat limited by the customization system. I mean, everything is DBZ-esque. Then again, this IS Akira Toriyama's artwork. I already have some semblance of a team in mind, somewhat based off of my own team in my real-life copy of DQ9. No savestates, since they're probably weird to use in a DS RPG.
I should also work on that Kirby fanfic, too.. but uurgh work
Better than going to bed at 4, though.
At any rate, on January 31st, 1993.. on the day of the Super Bowl, a mother managed to give birth to a baby girl. This girl would grow up to be a geek/nerd/lazy butt/college girl, and strangely, not like football. Said girl turned 19 three days ago.
I am that girl. Its me. And I am going to party hard tonight. And by party hard, I mean "watch movies with my friends and eat cake."
I got a 3DS and Nintendogs (early) for my birthday, along with 50 dollars to buy books, an SA account (that I bought myself, for shits and giggles), and a sweet birthday card from Joe. All in all, thoughts that count.
In the meantime, I think will also start emulating Dragon Quest 9 and LP that for laughs. Sadly, I am somewhat limited by the customization system. I mean, everything is DBZ-esque. Then again, this IS Akira Toriyama's artwork. I already have some semblance of a team in mind, somewhat based off of my own team in my real-life copy of DQ9. No savestates, since they're probably weird to use in a DS RPG.
I should also work on that Kirby fanfic, too.. but uurgh work
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