Playground Squares XI: And here we go again!

[The Bushranger]

Clearly, what you need is a Ninja Zombie Pirate Robot. Who is an arcanist pixie.

[smellie_hippie]

I'll take Smellie Hippie.

...say champ, can I also have some of that beer of yours?

*offers Mordy a bacon beer* Trust me...

First square right out of the gate? My my my.....

Okay, I suppose I should get a list and let people chose a category, but we'll start things off with a classic question that I don't personally ever recall asking before.

Okay, Hippie, you've been around on the boards longer than most of us, so this is right up your alley....well, we don't really have alleys in the Playground, ummm...right up your....swingset?

In any case, according to the Giant's start date, what year was the GITP Playground forums actually open?

Start of the forums? What do you mean "start"? They've always been here! Why, I distinctly remember playing Convoy 3 back in 2001... and don't forget the "grunge thread" in the music thread back in '93.

Didn't they base BBS sites off our forums?

But if you go back and check, there was some concern about the Millenium transition. Something about a dragon tattoo... so they closed up shop, and picked up the whole sandbox to move it over to something else in technicolor. I don't remember all of the details, since I was seeing phish in Florida on New Years Eve that year....

It took a little while to get everything re-stabilized. I blame archie. *stab* So I think is was actually sometime in early 2002 that we got everything back up and running the right way... except for still letting archie re-register. THAT was a mistake. *stabs again*

Yup. 2002.

*Gets ninja gear on to go battle some pirates*

Ye'll be keelhauled fer that..... then shot with Nerf darts.

[Tychris1]

*pulls out rifle*
*Lines the shot*

Ninjas? Pirates? Give me a rifle and a slug and i'll end this feud.

[super dark33]

Its a nice ship you have there.
It would be a shame if BAM! BAM BAM BAM!
Eat black flames!

[Mordokai]

*offers Mordy a bacon beer* Trust me...

First square right out of the gate? My my my.....

Bacon beer, you say? Smoked bacon? Ah,what the hell, it's beer and bacon, how can it be anything but good? *takes a powerful swig*

Start of the forums? What do you mean "start"? They've always been here! Why, I distinctly remember playing Convoy 3 back in 2001... and don't forget the "grunge thread" in the music thread back in '93.

Didn't they base BBS sites off our forums?

But if you go back and check, there was some concern about the Millenium transition. Something about a dragon tattoo... so they closed up shop, and picked up the whole sandbox to move it over to something else in technicolor. I don't remember all of the details, since I was seeing phish in Florida on New Years Eve that year....

It took a little while to get everything re-stabilized. I blame archie. *stab* So I think is was actually sometime in early 2002 that we got everything back up and running the right way... except for still letting archie re-register. THAT was a mistake. *stabs again*

Yup. 2002.

I have no idea what you're talking about, but you have beer, bacon, music, are fellow pirate and speak of stabbing. How could I not trust you?

Agree!

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

BZZZT

2003 was the correct answer. It kinda sounds like Hippie has been sampling a little too much of the bacon beer for his own good.

Sorry for the delay, llama has a new job. *Points to the applause sign* and the training and actual job have messed up his schedule.

So Superdark gets the square and its his turn to answer a question. Lets see who he'll pick and if my henchpixie comes back after her tea.

[super dark33]

Evil is a great and magnifiecent power that can be found anywhere in the world, at its profane and dirty form.

Yet Pure and clean Evil is found only in some cases of evil, leading the rest to conquer the multiverse.

Tychris1! Join me! lead my armies, and together we will destroy all opposition!

[Lex-Kat]

Yaaaaay!! *Applauds loudly* Woohoo!! Mister Llama, you're the best!! You are so awesome and cuddly. And the disguises you wear, one would think you really were a ninja, or a princess. *Nods emphatically, then posts current board*

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[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Thanks, my loyal Henchpixie. I appreciate the support!

Sorry for dragging the game down, everyone. New job isn't physically draining, but soo much to learn and keep track of makes me a brain dead llama at the end of the night.

In fact, the only reason I'm up and here is because of a large McDonald's Sweet Tea running through my veins.

But we need a question! Okay, Tychris, lets see what you know about evil. Evil has many names and takes many forms. However, in the Megaman X series of video games, it make take many forms, but it only has one name. What is the name of the villain in the majority of the Megaman X series of video games?

[Tychris1]

*Yawns*
*Strolls out of crypt, cracking knuckles and popping a shoulder or two*

Damn kids and their damn vidya-games! In my day, we didn't play Castlevania, we bloody stormed Draculas castle! Alien Invaders? We hurled meteor swarms into space for the heck of it! Heck, now you don't even have to tear people asunder with games adding damn "Executions" with the slightest touch of a button!

I tell yah, evil's getting more and more distilled by the media every day.....

BUT!

There is a good thing out of all of this. At the very least evil is now readily accesible to the masses of any age, and now we don't have to worry about goblin/kobold strikes for "Equal Opportunity Evil" Still, my memory of the megaman series is fady at best (Having relapses of senility doesn't help) Hmmmmm..... I remember a good drinking buddy I had, nice enough Wight, name was Sigma so i'll go with that. Sounds evil enough anyway. Come on, you can trust me Sure evil inherently lies to everyone, but I swear that I speak the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth, swear on my shallow grave (Which I lied for to get, hmmm, the evil lying conundrum seems to be coming full circle. Huh. Oh well, guess you'll never know for sure).

*Continues casual strolling*

[super dark33]

Sigma it is!
You are right!

I say CORRECT!

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

DING DING DING

You are correct. Sigma often vexes MegaMan X with a variety of vile robot minions!

Mordokai, pick a square and category

a) Things that rocks like to eat
b) Coming the world champ in 1372 easy steps
c) I'm sorry i stuffed cookies in the VCR
D) Miscellaneous.

[Lex-Kat]

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[Mordokai]

Lets see what Grue Bait knows about Miscellaneous.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Okay, Grue Bait. As you probably know, Hulk Hogan battled Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania 3 in what many consider to be one of the biggest moments in professional wrestling, so I'm not going to ask that question. I will ask "Which weasely mouthpiece was managing Andre the Giant during his Wrestlemania 3 match against Hulk Hogan?"

[Grue Bait]

Well at least you gave me Mr. the Giant. He's the only wrestler I know anything about, and that's only because of Princess Bride. Well, if my wiki memory serves, around that time his, uh, whatchacallit, was a less than reputable man from Montreal named Jimmy Valois.

[Mordokai]

I think I'll disagree with that.

[Lex-Kat]

Well, to keep things going, and because I happen to know the answer to this....

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Ding! Ding! Ding!
The correct answer is Bobby "the Brain" Heenan, or more affectionately known as "The Weasel".

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[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Lex is right! There will never be another quite like Bobby Heenan. Okay, we need some categories again. Lets try

Its Dangerous to Go Alone, Take This
What a terrible night to have a curse
Its me, Its me, its DDP!
And that's when I bought the horse a prostitute

[super dark33]

Ill chose Its dangarous to go alone! take this!

and i will continue with the theme of EVIL, and pick penguinator.

[Penguinator]

In a flash of smoke, the Dyviil appeared, arms crossed and brow furrowed. "You rang?"

[super dark33]

In a flash of smoke, the Dyviil appeared, arms crossed and brow furrowed. "You rang?"

Yes i did.
i summoned you in order to do a task of magnificent value:
We ran out of chocklate.
go get some.

[Penguinator]

Yes i did.
i summoned you in order to do a task of magnificent value:
We ran out of chocklate.
go get some.

The Dyviil snapped his fingers, and his subordinate appeared. "Rico, fetch the man a snack." The Dyviil bowed low, then disappeared.

[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Hey! Hey! Hey! No summoning minions! They have to buy a ticket like everyone else. Cheapskates!

In the newfangled Legend of Zelda games, Link rarely goes alone. He often has a sidekick and they are usually pretty interesting. We've seen everything from fairies who hate being ignored to robotic talking swords obsessed with telling me my Wiimote batteries are low.

what is the name of Link's sidekick in Majora's Mask?

[Lex-Kat]

Hey! Listen! Hey! Hey! Listen! *Circles Penguinator excitedly* The Master Sword resides in the Temple of Time.

[Penguinator]

Buh... I've only played two LoZ games. Navi was in one of them... so this one is... Tatl?

[super dark33]

Buh... I've only played two LoZ games. Navi was in one of them... so this one is... Tatl?

Id say WRONG!

[Tom the Mime]

I'll post to keep things going given I know the answer to this one.

So you think Penguinator was telling a Tael then? In that case...

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BZZZT
The correct answer was indeed Tatl, sister of Tael, separated from each other at the beginning of the game.

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[Atreyu the Masked LLama]

Thanks Tom!

Okay, Mordy, pick a square and a category. Our categories are

A)“I’ll give you a TKO from Tokyo!”
B) “My barber didn’t know when to quit…... Do you?”
C)“Watch the jaw!! Don’t hit my jaw!”
D) “Hey! Mr. Referee Mario… I like your hair!

Also, make sure that parrot doesn't make a mess in here. We don't have a janitor anymore, so you have to clean up his messes.

[Mordokai]

...you mean we had a janitor? You always had me clean the mess I made before. Why wasn't I told that?!?

Oh well, lets see what Elemental knows about barbers. By the looks of it, not much, since his seems to quit. At least by judging how much hair he has.

Yeah, that was pretty horrible. No, I'm not cleaning after all the rotten tomatoes the public throws at me.