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ThurDSay: Dexter Is Leaving So He Left Me In Charge Edition (Also, Pokémon!)
vexed alex | 7:33 PM on 04.03.2008 15 comments




Yeah, the bastard's going away, but do not worry! Although I am a noob in all things Nintendo Wifi, I've figured out how to get this sucker to work. I even tested it out by having a practice battle with Styos. If it wasn't for me forgetting to leave my Magikarp in my party I would of won too...

Anyways, I'm going to follow in Dexter's footsteps by kicking this sucker off at 7 PM PST and 10 PM EST. Don't forget to hand me your Pokémon friend codes so I and other D'toiders can add you to my/their Pal Pad so we can get things started promptly. I wanna' battle yous all!

EDIT: ThurDSays has started early, folks! Get in on this action.

Bring any Pokémon you'd like. The game auto-levels your Pokemon if we set the cap to 50 or 100. If your Pokemon is at a higher level it will temporarily reduce it down to 50 or 100. If it's lower it'll temporarily increase it to whatever we set it at. That way we have an even playing field. If people would like to battle without the level cap that's perfectly fine. I'm really excited for double battles though. I hope we can get that set up (meaning, I hope we get enough people to play).

If you'd like to trade, go ahead and leave a comment with which Pokémon you're looking for. With any luck some fellow D'toiders will have what you're looking for. I myself am looking for a ditto and a Bulbasaur.

Pokemon already has a voice chat feature. I'm pretty positive it uses the built in microphone, but don't quote me on that. If you need another communication option, join me in IRC. #destructoid at irc.dynasty.net is the place to be. PM me if you have any other questions, or check me out on g-talk. My e-mail is alexandorator@gmail.com.

With that said, please join up. The battle I had with Styos was surprisingly fun, and this may prove to be the perfect place to find those last few Pokémon you need.

My Friend Code: 3136-6608-5633
E-mail: alexandorator@gmail.com
IRC: #destructoid @ irc.dynasty.net

P.S. - Fuck Twisted Imp. I thought of having a ridiculously large title first....

ThurDSays is over? No battles going on now.



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CrocBox's Destructoid Blog
Hmm... I mayhaps take part in such a pokebrawl. Be on IRC I shall for people that wish to challenge me :P
Wexx's Destructoid Blog
1461-6117-7675
sco sco sco
Passionate Styos's Destructoid Blog
First I beated Alex, and now Wexx, I'm on a roll today.

Anyone who wants to challenge me, mi Friend Code is: 0215-9559-7365
Aziel13's Destructoid Blog
oh I wish i wish I had pokemon
Spartacus's Destructoid Blog
I wish my wifi worked.
The Bez's Destructoid Blog
Im up for playing tonight I just need a little help, how do I find my FC and add others, and how do I get on irc
Thanks for the info
vexed alex's Destructoid Blog
@ The Bez

For adding and finding your Friend Code just go into your key items and use your Pal Pad.

For IRC download MIRC and go into irc.dynasty.net and then go to channel #destructoid.
The Bez's Destructoid Blog
ok thanks and my FC is 2105 5617 0181 and I'm gonna add everyone whos posted theres so far
vexed alex's Destructoid Blog
Alrighty. If you I see you online I'll send you a battle request. Just click on my name when it says Ready To Battle or something.
braulio09's Destructoid Blog
pogeymanz? screw that

*wishes dudes had JUS*
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
Gotta go get my DS, which is currently occupied by Professor Layton.
ceark's Destructoid Blog
what? when the heck does that grad student have time to goto freaking cancun?
Dexter345's Destructoid Blog
Alex, thanks for taking over for me. I am nearly positive that I will be able to finally get back into it starting this week.
Aerox's Destructoid Blog
I think he is going to Mississippi, which is like the exact opposite of Cancun.

Lucky for me I just found out that I don't have to go out there for our project next month. Yay!


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Frank Millar - Steven Grant - Juan Jose Ryp
Avatar Press

The original Robocop was fantastic. It was funny, violent, and it had some things to say about society (though not intelligently). The movie bordered on a thin line of acceptable ridiculousness, and was rather enjoyable cyberpunk flick. Robocop 2 and 3 on the other hand, were awful pieces of shit.

Everyone seems to place the blame on poor old Frank Miller for the dreadful sequels, but he says otherwise. According to him, Hollywood took his screenplay and made drastic changes. Producers of the film claimed that most Miller’s vision was “unfilmable”. Nevertheless, it left a bad taste in his mouth. Miller wasn’t too happy with the way Hollywood worked.

From 2003 to 2006 Avatar Press published nine issues of Frank Miller’s Robocop, now deemed to be the real Robocop sequels by nerds across the globe. The book follows Miller’s original Robocop 2 script, and bit off of Robocop 3 as well. He didn’t write it though. The adaptation was written by Steven Grant, but was looked over by Frank Miller.

With all that said, I don’t know if what Miller had written in his original script was worth all of the drama. The outlining story is practically the same. Detroit is still shitty, OCP still replaces the cops with a private military of criminals, and there is still a “Robocop 2” that Robocop has to battle.

I won’t tell you what differences there are between the movie and comic specifically. What I will say is that they make very little difference towards the end quality. Lewis still has no character, as well as everyone else in the book. Nothing is explored -- a generic and tired formula that begs to be ignored.

Grant does inject a bit of that satire found in the original film, and while it isn’t as good, he still manages to land a few on the bullseye. What is landing one hundred percent is the violence. Some of you could have fun with watching a woman’s burning, melting corpse slam against a wall.

The art was a tad difficult for me to review. While I can’t say it’s necessarily bad, it sure is “busy” (for lack of a better term). Too busy. Many times I’ve had to take a while to figure out what I was looking at. The detail work was somewhat impressive. In a way, it sort of channels that sense of chaos that comes from this universe’s version of Detroit. You can take it either way.

I can’t recommend this to everyone. I can’t even recommend it to most Robocop fans. You gain nothing from reading it. If you’re looking for something violent, or just want to rinse out some of what you saw in Robocop 2 and 3, then this could be for you. Everyone else should just…



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