Oh, yeah, right -- one other thing. Eva just made 37, and exhausted her nest egg of 2.1 million+ influence buying L40 SOs... but was unable to finish the job. Now back a while ago, when the influence-prestige tradeoff kicked in for Eva, I kept her in SG mode when folks promised to throw Infl her way. Well, the time has come for me to beg for that Infl... (Or some L37-L40 invented double-headed enhancements, now that I think of it -- anything that includes end reduction in it.)
Whatever happens, thanks.

-- Bob
---------
The Internet Is For Norns.

Would anyone be interested/available to work up a team for the Manticore TF on Virtue? I want to send Evangelia off on that one next, but I don't particularly feel like standing around next to him waiting to see if one forms, either spontaneously or from Eva's plaintive pleas to the ether.
On a related topic, is anyone going to be playing their L50 char(s) any time soon? I'm still hunting False Nemeses -- I'm about halfway to the badge for them -- but I haven't seen anyone I could ask to SK me for a while.

-- Bob
---------
The Internet Is For Norns.

So I just finally got my hands on disk one of the Funimation dub of Mahou Sensei Negima, and watched about an episode and a half last night (after which Peggy fell asleep). I was quite pleasantly surprised. I've heard all manner of complaints about Funimation, but based on what I saw, they've gone quite a good job here. The voice cast is all quite good -- they've got a few familiar names from ADV, such as Monica Rial and Luci Christian, who of course are always good, but the folks I don't know also turned in very good performances.
And my hat's off to the folks who wrote the dub script. Whoever they were, they appear to have enjoyed themselves while translating the spirit of much of the dialog without using the exact words -- the trash-talk between Ayaka and Asuna in the first episode, for instance, is nothing like I remember seeing in the fansubs, but works beautifully.
Of course, I'm basing all this praise on 45 minutes' watching -- I could get ambushed by a sudden drop of quality later in the series. But I was just so impressed with what I've seen already that I had to tell folks.

-- Bob
---------
The Internet Is For Norns.

I dont know when it'll be all done and I'll have internet back, so don't miss me too much!

First, an article from satire site The Onion.
Now, an article from The L.A. Times.
'Nuff said.

-- Bob
---------
The Internet Is For Norns.

I'm quite sure that Doug could get along with Honey Kisarigi(any of them), even though she tends to make smart-aleck comments during a fight. The fact that she has a Demon Lord(Panther Zora) coming after her would also add to it. Although that is not for Cutey Honey Flash or Re: Cutey Honey, just for the manga, original anime, and OVA versions.
The reason given in the manga was that Honey's soul is free of all evil(no original sin) and Zora wanted her because of it. No, I don't but it either. Especially since there WAS a person in another Go Nagai work who truly had an unblemished soul until he perforemd an insane ritual to save the world. Which brings us to him.
Now then, the one that would have Doug ripping out his hair in fustration. Heck even Paradox/Godboy would have headaches with this guy. Akira Fudo. Akira placed his eternal soul at risk during a Black Sabbath ritual and reversed the possion to take control of the Demon Lord Amon. Lord Xenon seems to have two morivations for targeting Akira. One is to kill him, for taking Amon down like that and th other is that Xenon wants to seduce Akira becuase he is who he is.(sort of like Tabris dealing with Shinji in Evangelion)
Is Devilman a Celestial or something else? In the Blackjack manga, alll the various Blackjacks merged into one person(Devilman) and then he proceeded to trash Hell
By the way Chris, how would Pardox deal with Devilman? The Holy and Infernal forces must have sat up and took note of that little stunt. It doesn't help that Ryo Asuka, did a falied stunt and merged with Satan himself. Akira is in control of Amon, or the two have merged perfectly. Ryo was slowly took over by Satan and Akira killed him. --------------------
Tom Mathews aka Disruptor
--------------------
Tom Mathews aka Disruptor

Wow. I can hardly wait.
The Vanguard Shield on ParagonWiki
Global: @Jimmy Amp
"Broad-minded is just another way of saying a fellow's too lazy to form an opinion." -- Will Rogers

The Scroll of Bokol: penned by those who believe life here began out there...
The Book of K'Gar: The holy text of an alien religion from the future, it has been prophecied that no one will be able to decipher it until 2260

--Sam
"How dare you! I know evil is bad, but come on! Eating kittens is just plain... plain wrong, and no one should do it! EVER!"

I just got on a Dresden Files kick and read all 8 books (I'm looking forward to getting book 9 in something other than hardcover) and I have to wonder.... How would Doug fare in Dresden's Chicago? (and how would Doug's helmet survive Harry?)
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
----
If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.
-Z, Post-reader at Medium
----
If architects built buildings the way programmers write programs, the first woodpecker to come along would destroy civilization.

I just added a review to the Anime Primer, which reminded me that my irregular request for new Primer writeups now has its own webpage.
This is a chance to try some ultra-tight writing - if there's an anime you like that isn't in the Primer, and you can write a short description of it (preferably 250 words, but that's not set in stone) that doesn't include spoilers, feel free to send it in! Either e-mail it to me at the address in the Primer, or post it here. I include attribution for all writeups.
No, I'm not doing this because I'm lazy. (Well, that's not the major reason. ) There are only so many hours in the day, and I do need to earn my pay, so I can't possibly watch all the anime that's out there. Getting volunteers to provide writeups increases the number of eyes watching the new (and older) shows...
("What's the new review?" This one, that really should have been added a few years ago. Obviously, there's no time limit for new writeups.)
(Edit: Helps if I provide the right link...)

-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012