THE 10,000 Post Thread

[Vahr 341]

2612

Getting the PFB out of the way...

[Larks2242 251]

2613. We need to squash the bug!

[Duke87 1,070]

(2614)

Duke Nukem lost in round one of GameFAQs character battle... to Charizard.

Clearly people have no sense.

[Vahr 341]

2615

lol, right now its Kratos vs Tails.

But yeah, Charizard over Duke... eh, I'm leaning slightly to Duke.

[Larks2242 251]

2516. Was he burnt to a crisp Duke?

[Duke87 1,070]

(2617)

Originally posted by: Blue Lightning

lol, right now its Kratos vs Tails. quote>

Kratos won. Duke and Tails both lost handily, even (~36k-20k and ~47k-30k).

Samus has an early lead on Prince of Persia now (okay, predictable).

[Skimbo 304]

2618

I guess that's because I'm not from USA, but who is Kratos, who Tailor and what did they doo?

[GlobexCo 33]

Originally posted by: Duke87

(2614)

Duke Nukem lost in round one of GameFAQs character battle... to Charizard.

Clearly people have no sense.

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2619

Well... probably because nobody made a cartoon or palying cards with DN....

[Korot 6]

2620. That and I've heard of Charizard before (from Pokemon, right?), and also of Prince of Persia, but not of anyone of the others.* Which just means that overseas marketing isn't up to spec regarding the characters I've never heard of.

*) The only reason I know of the existence of Duke Nukem, is because of you, Duke87.

[Vahr 341]

2621

I guess Pocket Monsters are limited to mostly Japan and USA

[Duke87 1,070]

(2622)

The problem is twofold. Firstly, Duke Nukem is largely a thing of yesteryear nowadays. Last new game in the series came out in 2004. People have heard of it, but only the cult follwing (people like Globex and I) really still care about it. To boot, it's my understanding that Duke Nukem never got the popularity overseas that it did here. None of the games were ever released in Japan, and the European and PAL versions were often subject to some considerable censorship.

Secondly, Pokemon was and remains a very popular series... so Duke kinda got unlucky and got paired with an opponent in the first round that he had no hope of winning a popularity contest against.

[Larks2242 251]

2623. I have only heard of it, never played it i was too young then anyway.

[astronelson 339]

2624. Like many people, it seems, Duke87 was the first time I had ever he Duke Nukem.

[Korot 6]

2625. I think I already stated an opinion about this. So, to avoid having no topic at all, a new one, one that apparently, we, Dutchmen, can't get enough of: The weather. So, how's the weather in your neighbourhood?

[Vahr 341]

2626

Dual value.

Oh, snowy-ish. Its melting and growing at the same time

[Skimbo 304]

2627 lol, n the forumgame "How is the person aboth you going to die" most of you say that I'm killed by a dragon or because somone thinks I'm a dragon.... why?

[Korot 6]

2628. The dragon avatar might be the reason.

[Duke87 1,070]

(2629)

Yeah, definitely the avatar.

[Vahr 341]

2630

I'd have to agree with the two above, but its nothing to be embarrassed by, take me for example

[Korot 6]

2631. Yes, but we don't say every time that you're banned because you love Sonic, or that Sonic is the reason for your dead. I did, once, but no-one else did. I think it has something to do with us, Westerns, associating dragons with flame throwing creatures, causing death and destruction everywhere we go, while we consider Sonic as the good guy. Therefore, we find it more likely that you are killed by a dragon, than by Sonic, even though both don't exist.

[Skimbo 304]

2632 Well,...... genetic engineering,........ sonic would be easier, but both possible

@ Korot: Dragons can also be seen as very whise and intelligent creatures with a very strange type of mind.

[Vahr 341]

2633

Well, a real Sonic would be quite near impossible to achieve, even with genetic engineering. I guess reasons why are:

a: hedgehogs don't turn out a sapphire/cobalt blue regardless of genetics (and dying the fur blue doesn't count)

b: the quills (obvious reasons)

c: skeletal structure would have to take huge pounding, and in order to take that amount of pounding, would require a configuration that no animal would ever evolve to have (see article)

d: To reach such speeds with the best possible skeletal structure would require a lower gravity (which partially explains why the fictional planet Mobius is smaller than Earth)

e: hedgehogs aren't bipedal, upright, and 1 meter tall.

There probably are more reasons (aside from the obvious) that I forgot, but thats all I can pull right now.

[astronelson 339]

2634. There's already a real Sonic Hedgehog, although not quite what people usually have in mind...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_hedgehog

[Larks2242 251]

2635. Currently have nothing usefull to add to this convocation carry on.

[Philadelphia 25]

2636

This isn't really related to the convo, but I'm helping aren't I?

[Duke87 1,070]

(2637)

Random thought: you know you're a nerd when sad things make you feel #0000FF.

[Skimbo 304]

2638

@Blue: You are right, a Sonic is very difficult, but still easier as a dragon

[Korot 6]

2639. Really? Than please tell us why a dragon is difficult to achieve, so we can make our own judgement.

And regarding your earlier comments about dragons being considered wise things: In Western culture, ergo Europe and the USA, they aren't. Normally they are portrayed as guardians of a treasure, and has to be killed if you want to own the treasure, or as terrorists, burning people in nearby villages, just because he can. I know that in Eastern cultures, more specifically China, dragons are considered a thing of fortune and wisdom and the like, which is why there are so many dragon sculptures in the Forbidden City, but I was talking about dragons in Western culture.

Edit: ROFLyoshi, please add the post number in your post, thank you! And before I forget:

PFB Warning: please check if the next page exists before posting, thank you!

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

SPAAAAM! Why are you guys dicussing a real sonic?You should be talking about Yoshi.

Moderator Edit: 2642

[Vahr 341]

2641.

ROFLyoshi, please don't tread around this thread like that.