The Volcano that Asuka dived into is erupting today.

linky
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''

-- James Nicoll

Things that occured to me on the way to the university:

1) Wow, the snow's way heavier than it looked from my window... note to self, never try to judge weather conditions from eight storeys up. 
2) Jeez, I'd much rather be walking on the snow than the pavement. This is freaking slippery. I know bipedal locomotion is supposed to be 'controlled falling', but this is freakin' ridiculous.
3) I am wearing shoes. I should not be wearing shoes. I have my old Army boots in the closet, and if I could track through the jungle in those things, I could go through snow in them, and why the hell didn't I remember until now. Curse you, military training! You have forsaken me! Ranma Saotome, this is all your fault!
4) Oh, gee, y'know, the streets look pretty good snowed in, actually, it's very white and pretty. Pity it's a deathtrap.
5) Hm...that's interesting, there's no buses on the road. Plenty of cars, but no buses. And the electronic signs on the bus stops are displaying the website address for travel updates instead of bus times. And the phrase 'Countdown', for some cryptic reason. Which is odd because it doesn't look like New Year's to me. Maybe this is nuclear winter.
7) Wait, if the -buses aren't running-, maybe there's no school today
8) Man, that'd be hilarious. I'd feel like a complete ass.
9) ...yup. Bwahahahahahahahaha.
...
Look, I'm from a tropical country. We don't have snow where I come from.
Which is why I'm typing this now, in a computer lab. I really gotta start checking my e-mail BEFORE heading out, they sent out a 'no classes today due to zomgwtf weather' notice at 8.30 am. 
Admittedly, since I left for school at nine this isn't that huge a margin. =D And I'm not the only mildly disgruntled student in here.
-- Acyl

my computer has decied to up and die on me, so i probaly wont be abel to play for the 2 - 3 days it'll take to fix it, luckly it's still under
warenty

As y'all know, I've returned to the whole Facet magical girl concept just this week. At the moment, what I'm intending as a goal for zap-blaster
Kei's primary build is heavy on the 'control' aspects of her powersets, via energy drain and holds, with 'team leader and quasiscrapper'
for the alternate. Unfortunately, all my previous builds have tended to ignore powers secondary effects in favor of hurting things, so I'm not really sure
how to balance them. Here's my first try at the Primary... and no, I'm not rejecting sets or frankenslotting, I just wasn't sure where to start.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401

http://www.cohplanner.com/

Kei V1: Level 50 Magic Blaster

Primary Power Set: Electrical Blast

Secondary Power Set: Electricity Manipulation

Power Pool: Leaping

Power Pool: Fitness

Ancillary Pool: Electrical Mastery

Hero Profile:

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Level 1: Charged Bolts

(A) Accuracy IO

(3) Damage Increase IO

(9) Endurance Reduction IO

(23) Endurance Modification IO

(46) Endurance Modification IO

Level 1: Electric Fence

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(5) Immobilisation Duration IO

(15) Range IO

(34) Accuracy IO

Level 2: Lightning Bolt

(A) Accuracy IO

(3) Damage Increase IO

(7) Endurance Reduction IO

(15) Endurance Modification IO

(46) Endurance Modification IO

Level 4: Charged Brawl

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(5) Endurance Modification IO

(9) Accuracy IO

(40) Damage Increase IO

(46) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 6: Combat Jumping

(A) Defense Buff IO

(7) Defense Buff IO

Level 8: Swift

(A) Run Speed IO

Level 10: Short Circuit

(A) Endurance Reduction IO

(11) Endurance Modification IO

(11) Endurance Modification IO

(34) Recharge Reduction IO

(43) Multi Strike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

Level 12: Ball Lightning

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(13) Accuracy IO

(13) Damage Increase IO

(34) Endurance Modification IO

(43) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 14: Super Jump

(A) Jumping IO

Level 16: Health

(A) Healing IO

(17) Healing IO

(17) Healing IO

Level 18: Tesla Cage

(A) Hold Duration IO

(19) Hold Duration IO

(19) Endurance Modification IO

(37) Endurance Reduction IO

(40) Accuracy IO

Level 20: Stamina

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(21) Endurance Modification IO

(21) Endurance Modification IO

Level 22: Acrobatics

(A) Endurance Reduction IO

(23) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 24: Havoc Punch

(A) Accuracy IO

(25) Damage Increase IO

(25) Endurance Modification IO

(37) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 26: Lightning Clap

(A) Accuracy IO

(27) Disorient Duration IO

(27) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 28: Thunder Strike

(A) Accuracy IO

(29) Damage Increase IO

(29) Endurance Reduction IO

(37) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 30: Voltaic Sentinel

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(31) Endurance Modification IO

(31) Endurance Reduction IO

(31) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 32: Thunderous Blast

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(33) Endurance Modification IO

(33) Damage Increase IO

(33) Damage Increase IO

Level 35: Power Sink

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(36) Endurance Modification IO

(36) Recharge Reduction IO

(36) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 38: Shocking Grasp

(A) Hold Duration IO

(39) Hold Duration IO

(39) Accuracy IO

(39) Endurance Modification IO

(40) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 41: Shocking Bolt

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(42) Hold Duration IO

(42) Hold Duration IO

(42) Endurance Reduction IO

(43) Accuracy IO

Level 44: Charged Armor

(A) Resist Damage IO

(45) Resist Damage IO

(45) Endurance Reduction IO

(45) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 47: Static Discharge

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(48) Endurance Modification IO

(48) Endurance Reduction IO

(48) Accuracy IO

Level 49: EM Pulse

(A) Endurance Modification IO

(50) Endurance Modification IO

(50) Accuracy IO

(50) Endurance Reduction IO

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Level 1: Brawl

(A) Empty

Level 1: Sprint

(A) Empty

Level 2: Rest

(A) Empty

Level 1: Defiance

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"V, did you do something foolish?"
"Yes, and it was glorious."

Can y'all check around your local used game stores for "Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army"? (Yes,
that's the real name.)

It's a PS2 game I'm trying to get, and I can only find it for $60-80 locally, and I'm sure it sells for far less used. I'll repay you whatever
you spend of course, assuming it's a reasonable price.

Trailer and Frame by Frame
screenshots

Given confirmed information, we get our first glimpses of Ravage, one of the Constructicons, and TF2 incarnations of Starscream and Barricade, returning from
the previous movie.

Also confirmed is that, big as it is, the enormous bot at the end is not Devastator, but merely one of his seven components.

....Watchmen may be awesome, but I sincerely doubt it will get me to geek out as much as this is going to.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

Level 50 Build for Enynn, my Fire/Fire Scrapper. Note, if I ever find the Inf for it, I'll be placing purples in where I can.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Deprecated.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

Thank you to everyone who came out for the Citadel TF on Saturday.

We had a full team of 8, including three Dark Defenders. Only 3 "deaths", a lot of lag and DC'ing for Ankh, which I'm told is fairly normal.

So, Manticore next Saturday? :-)

Protip #1: Insulting the niche to which your niche market is
sold is a Bad Idea.
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"Oh, silver blade, forged in the depths of the beyond. Heed my summons and purge those who stand in my way. Lay
waste."

According to an news post on Sankaku, they're trying again...

"New Negima 3rd TV Series Likely Due" - http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/0 ... ikely-due/

(This particular article is safe if you ignore the sidebars, but much of the site is NSFW, thus the requirement to cut-n-paste the URL)
--
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