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I'm in the same boat here. Kansas has a 600 million dollar budget shortfall and no one thinks to drop a few hotels and a few cons out here, when it's the center(ish) of the god damned map for christ sake, which makes travel easier for everyone. The one convention center I know of out here is so surrounded by eateries and other random crap it should be perfect for something other then . . . apparently a bronyfest (why). look at this, that's homestuck cosplay and a lady with a CRT monitor on her head (also why). It's got everything. like 18 Mcdonalds, an einstien Bros, a few burger King/wendys/hardees/carl's Jr, one of those KFC/Taco bells/pizza huts, one of the two Jack in the Boxes in the loving state, a hobby/game store that is within segway of the convention center, a great mall, a lovely about to be closed mall that has only a sears left, a comedy club, a comedy theater, a barnes & noble, a half price books, 4 wal-marts & targets (each).
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Anora posted:and a lady with a CRT monitor on her head (also why). That lady(?) was probably cosplaying as Prince Robot IV. It's from Brian K. Vaughan's current scifi comic book, "Saga." All the robots (from the Robot Planet, duh) have monitors for heads. You can tell heir robot-society status by how nice their screens are. The robot king has a giant flatscreen, and Prince Robot IV has a future-retro scifi television for a head. There's also a robot janitor who has an old beat up B&W television for a head. Brian K. Vaughan is a good writer. Liked everything else I've read by him (Y: The Last Man and Runaways.)
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May 1, 2015 20:06
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Fiddling around with MP Starsaber I discovered his shoulders have a hinged panel that pops out for extra posing power. drat, I love this guy more and more.
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May 1, 2015 20:25
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As soon as I saw that Insecticons event pic I thought "I bet T.Reaper will post about this saying how that's a preview of an upcoming legends Kickback". I taint reaped myself preemptively.
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May 1, 2015 20:47
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Anora posted:I'm in the same boat here. Kansas has a 600 million dollar budget shortfall and no one thinks to drop a few hotels and a few cons out here, when it's the center(ish) of the god damned map for christ sake, which makes travel easier for everyone. I've been to Kansas. Nobody should ever go to Kansas.
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May 1, 2015 21:45
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Well, I didn't want to disparage Kansas. Didn't do me any harm. In other news: Apollyon is coming. All hail Apollyon.
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May 1, 2015 22:19
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Louisiana has a $1.3 billion budget shortfall (Thanks, Jindal!), let's all go to New Orleans and spend our money.
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May 1, 2015 23:29
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Anora posted:I'm in the same boat here. Kansas has a 600 million dollar budget shortfall and no one thinks to drop a few hotels and a few cons out here, when it's the center(ish) of the god damned map for christ sake, which makes travel easier for everyone.
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May 1, 2015 23:46
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:That lady(?) was probably cosplaying as Prince Robot IV. It looks nothing like Prince Robot, nor his wife. The_Doctor posted:Louisiana has a $1.3 billion budget shortfall (Thanks, Jindal!), let's all go to New Orleans and spend our money. I'm just imagining some of the TFW fans down there while Mardi Gras is going on. Those not coated in beads they're to shy to hand out would probably be complaining about how G1 boobs were better. Also isn't that debt related to Katrina, and not the Governor going, "No more income tax!" Then not knowing where to make up the money. (Gotta love when basically every news outlet is like "WTF, Brownback?")
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May 1, 2015 23:52
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I found a non-Armada Megatron  He's pretty neato. Not perfect and he's got a few obnoxious flaws, but he's Megatron!!
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May 2, 2015 00:30
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For Canadians, good news if you want a "slightly" cheaper Megatron: http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transformers-generations-leader-class-megatron-figure/6000191398500 But don't worry they'll make it back charging $20 on the deluxes. Hurray!
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May 2, 2015 00:53
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Anora posted:It looks nothing like Prince Robot, nor his wife. Well, I guess that person is cosplaying wrong*? Who knows what kind of budget they have? Maybe an old CRT monitor is all they could find to fit on their giant melon? *Cosplay is wrong and will be forbidden when I am in charge.
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May 2, 2015 01:15
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FFS it's an old TV, there is a speaker hole in the side.
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May 2, 2015 01:38
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In MTMTE last, why was there an insecticon (Bombshell?) hanging out when Ratchet said goodbye to the human on earth?.
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May 2, 2015 04:42
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Captain Magic posted:In MTMTE last, why was there an insecticon (Bombshell?) hanging out when Ratchet said goodbye to the human on earth?. Bombshell abducted and experimented on that human later
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edit: already answered
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May 2, 2015 04:50
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So did he finish Battlestar or what?
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May 2, 2015 08:13
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According to All Hail Megatron he and Sunstreaker tried to watch it through, but Sideswipe didn't let them. Got Breakdown, Off-Road, and Dead End. They're all nice, super tight joints, especially Breakdown. Just need to stuff them all together.
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So I just finished Vol 6 of MTMTE, and while I loved it, I had a couple questions. Why are the Decepticon Justice Division so strong? Why can they just destroy everything when vastly outnumbered with no issues? Also, what did every think about them bringing back the character they did? I was happy, of course, but I worry they will get into a place where things stop mattering and things won't have consequences.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:So I just finished Vol 6 of MTMTE, and while I loved it, I had a couple questions. I don't get why they're wasted hunting down AWOL Decepticons when it seems like they'd be better utilized kicking the poo poo out of Autobots. But then I remember it's comic book logic and it's all good
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Nah, the DJD as they were introduced makes sense. There's a point where the conflict started to go galactic, and Megatron's methodology didn't work so great when the 'cons under his command would naturally just want out. The Autobots were built out of Transformers who wanted to fight the 'cons, (guys like the Circle of Light or the neutrals just left) the 'cons were just a bunch of dudes who wanted to be free. So you need an elite squad to track down traitors and to spread fear, as well as keep phase sixers on their toes. The DJD as executed, well, you know... Hiro Protagonist posted:Why are the Decepticon Justice Division so strong? Why can they just destroy everything when vastly outnumbered with no issues? Oh and yeah I didn't really like the resurrection but I think it's going to be used to do something extremely horrible in the future, so I forgive it. I don't think original Rewind or Overlord are actually dead.
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I assume they rely more in teamwork and strategy to bring down P6ers than just raw strength. I'm always curious about, for example, how strong is Megatron if Overlord was so excited to fight him? How strong is, say, a Combiner compared to a phase sixer? Because they build up guys like Overlord to be nearly unstoppable killing machines that require complex tactics to even slow down. Not that I want power levels in my TFs or anything.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:Why are the Decepticon Justice Division so strong? Why can they just destroy everything when vastly outnumbered with no issues? I think in that case they surprised the crew that they wiped out. In a lot of the other cases it seems like they just pick off individual guys.
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Spiderdrake posted:Nah, the DJD as they were introduced makes sense. There's a point where the conflict started to go galactic, and Megatron's methodology didn't work so great when the 'cons under his command would naturally just want out. The Autobots were built out of Transformers who wanted to fight the 'cons, (guys like the Circle of Light or the neutrals just left) the 'cons were just a bunch of dudes who wanted to be free. So you need an elite squad to track down traitors and to spread fear, as well as keep phase sixers on their toes. It's not that the DJD in and of itself doesn't make sense, it's that it's current lineup is wasted talent. Get a group of second string badasses together for the DJD; they'd be adequately tough enough as a group to deal with most any individual deserter. I think we agree, it's just bad writing.
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Maybe it's a case of motivation. DJD team needs not only to be a team that can take down a phase sixer but they also must never, ever betray the cause themselves and must be okay with murdering former teammates. Any tough con will probably be okay with being a phase sixer and murdering billions of organic species, djd work takes both physical and mental specifications. This team of nasty asswipes just happened to also be able to take down an autobot ship (taken by surprise, post-war) but that's not their job. I also don't see why the return of That Bot means there's no consequence. They didn't bring him back to life, they found another version of him in another universe that they only accessed under very, very special circumstances and it becomes clear he's not quite the same guy later.
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catch22 posted:I think we agree, it's just bad writing. I re-read Remain in Light to dig up the Cyclonus/Tailgate conversation about how he was basically a newborn and man I forgot how many plot threads were left going after that.
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There doesn't seem to be any point in the DJD teaming up with Deathsaurus if they killed all those hundreds of Autobots so easily the first time. They didn't get any help from Brainstorm or Overlord, but I sort of wonder if Rewind had something to do with it, since they did leave without trying to find him or kill him. Maybe they'd just gotten bored.
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He's not just going after the list, Megs, and the lost light, he's going after everyone that isn't a decepticon. He's basically going to war with the rest of the Transformers.
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Is there a new That Bot From A Mirror Universe from one of the more recent issues, or are we talking about the first one?
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I don't think there's much of an in-depth explanation as to why some dudes are way better at fighting than other dudes. So long as the whole dynamic of who can beat who isn't front and center of the narrative, I kind of just assume it all works on Dragonball Z rules. The DJD haven't really done that much absurd damage either. They normally take down rogue decepticons one at time, using their numbers. We don't know the full story of the alternate Lost Light, but they probably had the advantage of surprise going for them, and even then they lost two people. Both times that the DJD announced themselves beforehand, they were successfully fended off. Overlord's the one who is just unfairly powerful, being basically invincible and unstoppable because of some vague quirk of his birth and effortlessly taking out people left and right. Of course, Megatron technically has him beat from that one time he squared off against that giant monster made up of the bulk of all cybertronians.
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SlothfulCobra posted:I don't think there's much of an in-depth explanation as to why some dudes are way better at fighting than other dudes. So long as the whole dynamic of who can beat who isn't front and center of the narrative, I kind of just assume it all works on Dragonball Z rules. Yeah overlord kinda sucks. The writer's made it pretty clear that he's meant to be modelled off The Master from Doctor Who, but one of the Master's key features is he's likeable/charming and also fallable. Having an utterly unlikable utterly unstoppable character is more annoying than anything else.
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SlothfulCobra posted:The DJD haven't really done that much absurd damage either. They normally take down rogue decepticons one at time, using their numbers. We don't know the full story of the alternate Lost Light, but they probably had the advantage of surprise going for them, and even then they lost two people. But yeah, they mostly haven't done much, except kill at least one if not more Phase Sixers.
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Spiderdrake posted:They didn't lose anyone against the Lost Light. It's implied they walked in, saw Drift, began killing and basically made a joke of it. Even though they didn't technically lose anyone to the LL crew, it's implied that if they hadn't gone
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3 posted:Even though they didn't technically lose anyone to the LL crew, it's implied that if they hadn't gone Alt Ship Brainstorm signals the DJD that he will drop the cloak on Overlord so they can kill him. It isn't really explained why he does this, or what the difference between the two Brainstorms is. The DJD flies up to the lost, gets on board to kill Overlord, then they see Drift and go nuts. It's implied to be a cakewalk. They lose no one. They execute scores of Autobots. They kill Overlord, and leave. Months later they recover Nickel from the lost colony of Prion, Nickel finds out they left a Quantum Foam equipped ship floating out in space, calls them rude words til they go back. They go back, find the Galactic Council (Admiral Hat's bunch) fighting with the Black Block Consortium (We don't know much about these guys I don't think, except that in the alternate history they successfully take ownership of one of Cybertron's moons.) The two fleshling groups join forces against the DJD, Vos and Kaon go down to the surface just as the DJD ship is driven off and are later saved by Trailcutter and First-Aid Later they go back, teleport them up from the surface and they have the copy of Towards Peace that Trailcutter was reading Interesting note is there's an odd little error in MTMTE #8 when compared with #39. Kaon claims in #8 he found Overlord. #39 contradicts this. Then again, who expects decent editing when #39... Well there's this thing I'm surprised no one in the thread mentioned.
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Spiderdrake posted:No, that's not what happened. Spoilers because this is in the most recent volume. You're right, just went back and checked. Guess my reading comprehension still needs some work v  v
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Spiderdrake posted:Interesting note is there's an odd little error in MTMTE #8 when compared with #39. Kaon claims in #8 he found Overlord. #39 contradicts this. Then again, who expects decent editing when #39... Well there's this thing I'm surprised no one in the thread mentioned. Brainstorm on LL2 contact the DJD, says he'll drop the cloak. But it might be that it takes a while or he has to avoid suspicion. So the DJD continue going down the list while Kaon is doing an active scan for the signature. It is after they go after Misfire that LL2's Brainstorm drops the cloak and Kaon finally gets Overlord's signature and thus the DJD have a merry slaughter of 200 odd Autobots, one Decepticon and one "not a Decepticon".
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Is there a Goon League for TF Tactics? I got to Recruit 2 today and it prompted me to join one. Also, how impossible is it to get BW Megatron on that? Serperoth fucked around with this message at 19:26 on May 3, 2015 |
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KO Mp-20 dropped to $32 shipped on Ebay so I pulled the trigger. Here's hoping the first run are not crap!
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Serperoth posted:Is there a Goon League for TF Tactics? I got to Recruit 2 today and it prompted me to join one. BW megatron is getable. For some reason CW Megatron appears as an opponent but not in the character unlocks at the moment.
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Asphyxious posted:BW megatron is getable. For some reason CW Megatron appears as an opponent but not in the character unlocks at the moment. Nice, thanks. Good to know I don't have to rush.  I'm still pretty early, just Recruit 2, but I saw him in one of the tabs and wanted to keep up hope. Should I join a random league, or do any goons wanna punch robots together?
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