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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2008, 05:56:55 am »
Meta Knight wins by the game selling ridiculously well. Thus he wins on a level above where all the other characters are playing.
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2008, 06:48:32 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on March 19, 2008, 05:41:32 am
A character in Super Smash Brother brawl is called Meta Knight, and I know that he is a Kirby character, but... is he Meta? How is he Meta?

He is meta in the sense of "the Japanese think Meta sounds cool as a prefix". There's a boss in the game called Meta Ridley too.

Frankly I don't care what Meta Knight calls himself. To me, he is awesome for being a complete badass despite being essentially a purple puffball guy.
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2008, 12:51:30 pm »
Quote from: theinevitable on March 19, 2008, 05:41:32 am
A character in Super Smash Brother brawl is called Meta Knight, and I know that he is a Kirby character, but... is he Meta? How is he Meta?

I want to be Meta-Knight because I imagine that if I hit the right combination of buttons he will act Meta in a way which allows me to win.

OH, also, maybe A-CAP is Meta Knight.

Snake is way more meta than Meta Knight. Perform the right series of taunts on the Shadow Moses stage and Snake will have Codec conversations with his commanding officer in which he appears to recognize that he's a videogame character. Can't get much more meta than that.

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He is meta in the sense of "the Japanese think Meta sounds cool as a prefix". There's a boss in the game called Meta Ridley too.

Alas, Meta Ridley can't be blamed on the Japs. He's a product of the American-developed Metroid Prime series.

And there it sort of makes sense, if you're willing to accept that a Ridley with automaton bits is "beyond" a typical, fleshy Ridley.

(Edit: That's easily the least explicable autocensor I've ever seen.)
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2008, 01:22:34 pm »
Quote from: MagFlare on March 19, 2008, 12:51:30 pm
(Edit: That's easily the least explicable autocensor I've ever seen.)

Keep your ##### on.
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #19 on: March 19, 2008, 03:13:08 pm »
Quote from: MagFlare on March 19, 2008, 12:51:30 pm
(Edit: That's easily the least explicable autocensor I've ever seen.)

You're new(ish).  Give it time. 

Nice edit, tho.  Here, have a strawberry daiquiri on the house. 
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #20 on: March 19, 2008, 03:24:33 pm »
Quote from: jldunston on March 19, 2008, 03:13:08 pm
You're new(ish).  Give it time. 

Nice edit, tho.  Here, have a strawberry daiquiri on the house. 

Cheater. That should be a much more... interesting daiquiri flavor and you know it.
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #21 on: March 19, 2008, 04:13:31 pm »
Quote from: CortJstr on March 19, 2008, 03:24:33 pm
Cheater. That should be a much more... interesting daiquiri flavor and you know it.

Clamato?
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #22 on: March 19, 2008, 05:00:18 pm »
Quote from: jldunston on March 19, 2008, 03:13:08 pm
Nice edit, tho.  Here, have a strawberry daiquiri on the house. 
Ah - the reply editor revealed JL's secret.  I was going to ask about awesome mod powers.  Once I made a Farklish reference to cocks (there is a common euphemism over there) and nearly felt the sting of Jough's pimp hand for filter circumvention.

Edit: oh, the subtleties of the Touamb system!
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #23 on: March 19, 2008, 05:04:34 pm »
I, too, have been struck down by the mighty fist of Jough. 

But when the cat's away, and all...
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #24 on: March 19, 2008, 06:25:45 pm »
Quote from: jldunston on March 19, 2008, 05:04:34 pm
I, too, have been struck down by the mighty fist of Jough. 

But when the cat's away, and all...

Waitwaitwait.  Are we saying that when Jough's cat runs off, he gains super powers?  Can he attain this 'mighty fist' by simply throwing the cat out, or must it leave of its own accord.  That would be the best super-power-with-disabling-twist ever!

Well, pretty good, anyway.  I mean, it's no "I read minds, but can only see the things you've forgotten."
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #25 on: March 19, 2008, 06:35:32 pm »
Quote from: Pedro Picasso on March 19, 2008, 06:25:45 pm
I mean, it's no "I read minds, but can only see the things you've forgotten."

That would be a very useful power for a secretary to have.
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #26 on: March 19, 2008, 06:43:10 pm »

Me?
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #27 on: March 19, 2008, 07:14:17 pm »
Quote from: Pedro Picasso on March 19, 2008, 06:25:45 pm
Well, pretty good, anyway.  I mean, it's no "I read minds, but can only see the things you've forgotten."

Dear, did you forget that these people don't all live in my head, and therefore have no idea what you're talking about?

We all know that TOUAMB lives in wombat's head. 
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #28 on: March 19, 2008, 08:10:13 pm »
Quote from: jldunston on March 19, 2008, 07:14:17 pm
We all know that TOUAMB lives in wombat's head. 

Hey, that's where the migraines come from.

How did I never make the connection before?
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Re: March 18, 2008 -- Already mining dark veins in the service of your craft.
« Reply #29 on: March 19, 2008, 08:22:03 pm »
Quote from: AugustWest on March 19, 2008, 06:35:32 pm
That would be a very useful power for a secretary to have.
Quote from: Pedro Picasso on March 19, 2008, 06:25:45 pm
Well, pretty good, anyway.  I mean, it's no "I read minds, but can only see the things you've forgotten."
I would think its in the job description.
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