Hey there, Kamisama here for our weekly cultural development post. This week I would like to approach the crazy side of Japanese people, the Garu genre.

Now these people are like the Japanese emo, to the extreme. They got these insane hair cuts, all colored up, with random clothes and a deep tan skin like they've been under the sun for years.

Scary Stuff Right There

For a long time, the Garu genre was exclusively for girls. But now, it seems that even the guys are getting into the trend, although possibly under another name.

Even Scarier Stuff

People like these are usually harmless. It is unwise to feed them, as they tend to stick around afterwards. They're usually not that smart, too, as they are mainly dropouts in search of an identity. It is safe to assume that 99% of them return to normal society around 20-21 years old.

They're funny... XD

Oh guys, see you all next week !

Birthday Bashes and more

Birthday Bashes

We have two who have reached the ripe old age of 250.  Now, normally I would tell you that anyone that old would be easy to back stab, but not these two. Redwood18 is a scary looking demon with a rather nice hat that accents her horns. If only it covered more of her face. Gloryinchaos is a male darkelf (no dancing) who seems rather relaxed in his slippers and belt of pure magic. How he stays relaxed with the leech on his neck is anyone's guess. Last one to the party this week is Jmardo, a cute girl with a scar (so hot).  Her fashion sense is a little whack with her mailbox chest and demon belt.  Still, I would like to see her letters (get it ... letters?) she reached 225.   Hmm, last week 95% Club, this week birthday .... any connection?

95% Club

Bain, ninastar, woopydoo, Ghettoforce, Redwood18, Pizzar, Jmardo, Alyxyn, Melange, Wordplay, Koshka, Bloodshadow and Rido Fatesmiter would like to welcome one new member to the club this week, Morhdd. That makes 14 getting excellent bonus.

Deep 6rs (those under 60%)

Not a prestigious club, but they help make the curve for the rest of us.   Special notice to Akhdar, CrusaderBin, Kossar, Duncan Grehawk, Keldonhing, and Zimmi ... our thanks for letting the rest of us catch up some in levels.

Morphine

There's no mistaking the distinctive sound of the sliding bass guitar used by Mark Sandman in his band Morphine. This band, formed in 1989 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is mostly known for its minimalist, low-end sound and its lack of a guitarist. The band consisted of a slide bass guitar, saxophone and drums, with Mark Sandberg voicing a deep, laid-back croon.

Morphine never gained a commercial success, but has gathered somewhat of a cult following. This style of music either turns you on or turns you off, there is no middle ground.

To start you off on an intimate meeting with this great band, here is possibly one of their best songs, The Night



And while you're at it, check out this other gem of them. There's a lot of Arabian influence in it, and they are pulling it off brilliantly in this song Rope on Fire



I'll finish this little musical session with I Know You (Part III). Yes, Parts I and II also exist. This song is what the core of Morphine is all about: low sounds, a haunting saxophone and preciscion-timed drumming. Plus of course, the bone-chilling sounds of Mark, who regrettably is not amongst us anymore. He died of a heart attack on stage in 1999, thereby ending one of the most interesting musical acts ever to see stage after Frank Zappa.



So, stay tuned for a review of another one of my favourite bands next week! I seem to have found my inspiration, because most of these songs have some kind of connection to that dear hunter girl Ciciz.

Let the good times roll!

Nargoth

Here I am. Hidden, hoping to catch the warlord. I have my Acme warpack, my Acme rocket, and my Acme daggers and stealth plane.  I lay waiting for days. Eating my Acme war rations. Too bad I forgot my water to make them taste better!

Then he comes, toting his bags and looking all frazzled. I cannot wait! I fly my stealth bomber over him, waiting for the perfect moment to drop that bomb. . . now? .. no .. now?  Ohh yeah NOW!

Wait? what?!! No way! He ducked into a health food store?! Okay, Plan 2 ... let's try out this rocket launcher. I can rest around the corner, wait for him to past and then WHAMMO! Mwahahaha.

Hours pass. No warlord. Bored. Nap. Nothing.  I give up, no rocket launcher, and decide to head this off when he goes to fetch his war dragon. Poison in the food and the dragon was all woosey.. ready to plummet to their deaths as he rides away into the night. 

Just to make sure the Warlord Ghetto has a most satisfactory death ... I offer this homage:

Wahl howdah howdah howdah. Welcome ta da wide wide world o sum witcher announcah Alyxyn Cosell.

Dis week saw the continuashun o da great dorfen festival Oktoberfez. Bein a gobbo, diz holiday don't make much sense tah me but 'parently fez's are great tah drink outta. While sum pipples are complaining dat dere's no happah hour on quests, it seems many o' da scum have heartily embraced da great dorfin rites an 'r keepin demselves pritty well drunk. Dis week da scum spent so much time in dere drunken revelry dat we gots 79 levels bigger. Two particular scum have embarrassed even da green menace's efforts by advancing 6 levels apiece. Gif it up fer Magnumpower and Jmardo.

Pipples haz been beatin dere chests like Orc in da arena but none more so den Gruel who haz risen in the rankings by 85! Akhdar and Kamisama have been werkin dere ways up too by 30 un 21 ranks 'spectively. Still uther arena news iz dat in de past week Quilp finally fought hiz way to da number one ranking.. at least fer a few minutes.. way ta go allahyalls.

Morhdd has been busy beatin newbs un lickin stamps, having acquired 9.6% uf da stampbook on toppah a lot of papercuts on 'r tongue. Ah iz proud tah announce dat with only a couple exceptions we iz all above 50% uf our stampbooks completed. Hopefully doze two will be able tah ketch up soon.

Un now.. fer da bad news. Ahr click in fer offense and defense haf been slippin. We need all hands on deck for such events as de uther guilds've been reinforcing un buildin un cheating on dere dodgin. Lets all git clickin un beat dere tails so's we kin all feast heartily on de hearts 'n elf bootses uf de enemy!

... week beginning Sep 26, 2011

Dog-ears, scribbles, highlights, coffee cup stains, bookmarks .. sometimes these are the things that mark our favorite books.  In an age where you can easily reach around the world to a shop in India or peek at an illustrator's desk in Oregon, favorites are stored electronically.   Still, both the feel of the smooth text under your fingers and the glossy bling of a website have one thing in common ... pages. 

As I thumb through my alternative fiction library or my collection of webcomics, I'll be sharing them with you in the hope that you find a few minutes of entertainment or a new favorite of your own.  I'll also be listing webcomics somewhere on this page so you'll have a handy link.

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What happens when Satan needs some demons for a project and all the A-listers are out dealing mayhem?  Well, if you're in HR department Down Below, you look for the B-list imps to fill the role and send them off to the big guy.  Sadly, Hell's mailroom is as efficient as the post office ...

A millenia after being mailed to the big guy, the imps Pain, Tears and Misfortune arrive, in their dusty travel bottle, at the home of Luci Phurr, a pixieish first-grader. Since the imps (and most parents of first-graders) know that lurking behind the cherubic smile might also be the spawn of hell, the imps come to the safer conclusion (safer than querying the powers that be) that the bosses are never wrong, and vow to do her bidding.

With mixed results.

The imps will grow on you, I promise.  Follow along on school trips, t-ball coaching, and the annual general meeting of Hell.  Although cute and family friendly, you'll not be wanting your pre-teens to pick up any great ideas from this strip.

Click the logo below for the link.

Kamisama here for our weekly finger pointing, laughing and awe at what other countries do. This week's post was inspired by Iola with her comment on my last post. She said : "omg. I thought peeing in the bushes while drunk was tough, But this .. you have to do sober ... in public. Eeeeee!"

Most of it is obviously drunken gibberish, but the words that gave me the idea were "in public". Which made me think of public toilets, which made me think of something my girlfriend told me once.

Boys usually have in their minds that really cute girls don't use the toilet. Well they know they do use it, biologically speaking it is logical to assume they do go once in a while. But guys don't like to think about it, it's a myth only seen in extreme circumstances.

Well girls in Japan like to keep that myth alive, so you will never hear them burp, fart, and they will possibly avoid to even go to the toilet unless they are at their limit. And if they do, you won't hear a sound.

Now the funny thing about all of this is that they continue to maintain that pure and perfect front even amongst each other !! Yes, that means in the public bathrooms of any public building, too ! And to help them do that, I present to you :

The Otohime (Sound Princess)

This little device will allow you to produce a sound when pressing the little button, so that people around your stall can't hear what you're doing. It can come in little music formats, but it is usually the sound of a toilet flushing, over and over, as if you're actually just flushing the toilet for fun. Men's toilets do not have those little devices. And as scum and proud to be, I don't see why they even bother to go in the stalls in the first place.

That's it for today folks !
Looking forward to your comments !

Here ye Here ye Another chapter in the world of the high fashion of duct tape. Since the boys were so kinds to model their hats; I have to pick on the girls. And what a showing they did!!!

And here the first model to walk the runway we have the lovely Ninastar in her gown of duct tape twirling her parasol. She was quite creative in the fact that mounted inside of the handle of the parasol lies her sharpest throwing knives so I suggest you walk very carefully around her.

And here comes Zimmi walking gracefully down the stage herself quite lovely in her dress of shimmering silvery gray duct tape. I am quite positive that her weapons of choice are very close to her finger tips.

And there you have it the latest and greatest issue in the world of duct tape. So what will next week bring? Cooking with duct tape? Building with duct tape? Stay tuned till next week.

Stealin' Chairs

Not saying there are shenannigans going on while you're away, boss, but ...

.. just sayin'.

Birthday Bashes and 95% Club

Ninastar, a hot night elf that makes you wish she could dance like in WOW, has reached 275,  is also ranked 27 in HoF.  Look out world (back stab at your own risk)!   Thats it for this week - we have a couple very close and our Gboss who is moving slowly should have a few more next week. Gloryinchoas gets the honorable mention for this week.

Bain, ninastar, woopydoo, Ghettoforce, Redwood18, Pizzar, Alyxyn, Melange, Wordplay, Koshka, Bloodshadow and Rido Fatesmiter would like to welcome one new member to the club this week, Jmardo. That makes 13 people just over 25% of us getting excellent bonus.

ScumFlash: The Dungeon that keeps Cheating

Scum,

Sadly, we didn’t beat the dungeon again (during that last attempt it evaded Bain 11 times… ELEVEN times… that is just wrong). We also didn’t beat our best effort of last week. Which proves that luck is a very important part of any dungeon attempt. 

We didn’t even have a perfect check in. But with only one person missing for either dungeon (luckily it wasn’t the same person), I want to applaud you scum for your efforts to beat this cheating graverobbing bastard.

Furthermore, I would like to thank all of you for your generous gold donations. But remember, you can help the guild more by maxing your stats then maxing the bank. So put that gold in your stats as much as you can, and only donate your leftovers.

On different news. Give your praise and luckwishes to Quilp Da Round. He managed to finally get that #1 spot on the Hall of Fame. Which makes him the 3^rd lowlife to do so. We’re all rooting for you Quilp. Next time you’re gonna keep it longer!

Grtz.

Ghetto

In Flames

I believe it's still Wednesday in some parts of the world, so consider this post on time.

Since there's such an abundance of music out there, I find it hard to really pin down any music at all. So, I have put my hand into the lion's mouth and grabbed its tongue, and when I yanked it hard a gold pellet poppped out of its hind quarters. This pellet turned out to bear the name of a group I have loved for 10 years or more: it's that Swedish ragtag band of no-good low lifes named In Flames.

This "melodic death metal" band from Gothenburg, Sweden was formed in 1990 and has made 10 studio albums, of which Sounds of a Playground Fading is their latest release, having come out in 2011. Although I like most of their albums very much, there is one album I am particularly fond of, namely Reroute to Remain, with the subtitle Fourteen Songs of Conscious Insanity, or, should you buy the remastered version, Fourteen Songs of Conscious Madness. You can see it fits right in with us scum.

Since I can't review all of the songs, I will post two gems from this album. The first one, System, starts out hard and heavy but transforms into a melodic song about loss and fate. The singer, Anders Fridén, goes through a whole range of emotions and pulls it off rather well, I might say.



Another great song from this album is Cloud Connected. Something to do with the internet, and since I spent most of my waking moments online I thought it's a proper song for me to share with you.



Hope you enjoyed this tiny tidbit into metal land. Stay tuned for more Music with Rocks in it.

The little mistress is missing. Rumors are that there were a t on of shipping vehicles outside her door. Another scum actually snooped in the lillypad home to discover tons of boxes from ACME corp. Instruction sheets seems to give the idea that trouble lay ahead for some mighty warlord.

Where oh where could that little fairy gnome vampire assasin have gone?!

Staggering out of the bilge with an odd portside list, Alyxyn makes his way to the galley and grabs some 'napkins' to begin setting rattail to paper. After a couple of loud belches and a few messy quaffs from his Oktoberfest mug, he uses some discarded rat components to scratch the latest news to paper. The following scribbles can eventually be descriphered from the disquieting green and yellow of the 'ink':

Welcum to anudder weekly bulletin frum yer halfpint halfwit in da bilge. Dis week kicks off an Oktoberfest celebration in which dat moronic grins of fresh young barmaids are found littering da bar und yer mushrooms can be turned in an unlimited number ah times wit dat barkeep. Be careful tho. In da words dat echo frum da forums and frum Gboss, da Gods Dat Be ahr watchin out fer bot use and will lock accounts fer it.

Now dat stated, in mah brief moment of sobriety between trips ta da bar un questin to get up to my favorite elfbootseses, ah figgered ah needed to bring ya'll up ta dat wit stuff.

In breaking news, Endless has been busy upgrading their ranks. Whether this is a temporary measure to do raids or if it is permanent is uncertain. What is certain is that we lost several battles in a row to them which actually did drop us below 10k honor for a lil bit. Lets be click in and kickin in everyon. We can still beat them but we need everyone on the frontlines to do it.

Second.. in an editorial.. dit dit dit dot dot dot.... don't worry if Jaded Tickler is spam attacking you. Da lowly green menace dat is me is NOT spamattacking him no matter what he sayz. JT however IS spamattacking guildees while da green menaces uses him as an honor milkcow. Mah mushies are better spent levelling, especially during Oktoberfest. When he attacks you, thank him by email for contributing to the number of victories you have and that you will be awarded for. He has contributed himself a few dozen times to this lowlife green menace's victory award.

Third, in our ever continuing push to get everyone well into their scrapbooks, we have one of the big bosses now leading the way with a 12.41% increase. YAY! Go Zimmi! She is followed by Morhdd and Rizzo34 with over 3% apiece. Overall we are at 81.35% average. Remember, every little stamp counts more for your own Exp acquisition. (ha! bet ya didn't think ah gnew dat 5 gold piece werd) The more ya got, the more exp ya get. The more exp ya gets, the better da guild does. Kick butts! Take stamps!

Finally in "As Da Scum Turns," we continue to build of course. Iola and Zimmi have been holding cal.. exe.. jumping jacks in da lounge to help get everyone in shape and it seems to be showing. Other than the bulging eyes, the slack jaws and puddles of drool over da bosses, da Scum gained 61 new ranks this week with the average now raising to 210. Rizzo34 and Redwood18 even managed so much 'training' that they grew 3 ranks! With this week's Oktoberfest, ah suspects this will jump up still further for next week. Keep up dat good werk.

Death from Below! Go Scum!

*with these words written, Alyxyn molds his face under his ducttape Batman mask, belches loudly and passes out to perfect his dwarven impression.*

... Week of September 19, 2011

Wanna rock a new look?

Just in time for Halloween, from Spirit Halloween, comes this bright idea that will soon have your friends in stitches.  Talk about an easy costume! 

Now, a man with a fancy 'stache, like Dolgan Elfbane, might not be so impressed.  For the rest of us wannabes, however, this might fit the bill!

ScumFlash: Don't use a bot!

Scum,

I know there are bots for Shakes & Fidget. In case you are using a bot to do your thirst for you, be warned they're going to ban people for it (source: S&F forum):

During Oktoberfest, the Happy Hour (spend one mushroom to immediately finish a quest) is disabled.

2) A bot detector is now online. It will detect illegal bot-using and lock such accounts. For those of you that are using illegal tools the time has come to stop - save your account and play fairly!

Even though i find the measure rather silly: Don't lose your account. Don't use bots.

Grtz.

Ghetto

ScumFlash: The Fight for #2

Scum,

As you might have noticed, the Endless got themselves a serious power injection with the best from Malendoor. You also might have noticed they beat us in the last 3 battles. They’re a lot stronger than they were. That means it is time for you to start earning your living again.

Gone are the days we could afford to not have a perfect check in and still win to keep our #2 spot. If we want to get it back, we all have to work harder for it. Work on your scrapbook, keep leveling, but above all check in for battle. ALL battles.

The Endless is not unbeatable, all depends on checking in power. So prepare for some interesting weeks, to determine who really deserves the number 2 spot.

There are plenty of players that want to join us (from unexpected places too), and I love to keep telling them we have no room because all our players are active. Let’s keep it that way!!

In the end Scum WILL be victorious, or really drunk!

Grtz.

Ghetto

Kamisama, aka The French-Canadian Teaching English Using Japanese, is now officially part of the group of scums writing stuff on these boards. But I wanted my posts to be a little bit different. Put that on the fact that I was a teacher for a few years, but I wanted you guys to learn something with my posts. Not any piece of information either, nooo. My desire is to teach you things that are completely useless to know, but are still interesting. What a challenge !

So what I'll try doing, is to comment about my travels around the world and the things I see. My main focus at the moment will be Japan, as I passed the last 4 years there (I'm now in Canada for work). Let's get to it !

In Japan, they have two types of toilets, because they like to have complicated things. There's the Western style and the Japanese style toilets. Usually, big public places and most houses these days have the Western style toilets, the ones that you have in your own bathroom (unless you do your stuff in a hole like a real scum should!)

Then, you go in a less public or private bathroom (like the ones in a park, in smaller train stations, at the amusement park, etc), and this is what greets you, grinning wildly with its ceramic contour.

Now the trick with that horizontal urinal is to crouch over it to do your stuff. You have to crouch towards the flush, especially you boys; that round part sticking out of the floor is there for a reason. There's always a little water in there, so watch out for the splishy splashies. There's some kind of technique used for your pants (as you get in a crouching position, it's harder, even impossible to have your pants on as your legs are too wide apart), but I never got around to asking anybody.

It is relatively uncomfortable and quite demanding physically (because you don't want to touch anything to hold yourself, I mean, everything is so CLOSE, you just don't know what has touched what in the past).

It's a great experience, you guys should give it a try !

I'll see you next week for other Japanese goodies !

New Hats!!

Today we have one of the many uses of duct tape. Three of the scum were kind enough to donate their modeling services in a reduced sentence of being live art so that you can see some of the usefulness of Duct Tape.

My first model is Alyxyn who insisted on the batman mask, somehow he actually forced the issue so that his ears could work their way out of the mask. If you look to the left you can see where a nail has actually started to move out. And that evil grin? Well the non scum believers beware!!!!

Next we have Dolgan ElfBane with that fiendish grin upon his face. He is wearing the Roman style with the nose guard but with his spiky red hair that keep threatening to force the helmet off the nose piece is falls short. Elves beware when you stare into this ones eyes. They are hunting you!!!

And finally we have Duncan Greyhawk who is better known as the chef of the scum. Just ask Revliss some day as she has stolen many a fine steak and meal from him. Somehow his frown is forbidding I think that he would rather be wearing a chefs hat. I may be wrong.

Birthday Bashes and 95% Club

Aaylia has reached 225. She is a cute little gnome who will smile at you while she slits your throat. If you can congratulate her with a couple knives in the back aim hard and aim low. If you win it might just help your scrap book as she has the chicken masher, the brain stimulater, and ghetto's favorite the leather harness. Rumor is she wears this one on orders from the boss.

Bain, Ninastar, Woopydoo, Ghettoforce, Redwood18, Pizzar, Alyxyn, Melange, WordPlay, Rido Fatesmiter, and Bloodshadow would like to welcome one new member to the club this week. Koshka. that makes 12 people or just under 25% of the guild.

LIES lies lies!

Pay no attention to the man who posted that cancellation. Those are not handcuffs, and this is not a jail. I am simply touring. Yeah. Touring a new home. Yeah that is the ticket.

Problem is - these things are tricky. Like Chinese finger cuffs. I should be free soon. Maybe. If not.. help?

...

Really. SEND HELP. These are stuck, and these bars. Well the bars zap me and sting. Who coats jail bars with garlic and holy water anyway? Egad. Please please let me out! I will reward you heavily when I am the queen. Which will be soon. I hear the liege is ailing.

Tes weekly article has been cancelled for today.

This is due to the fact AAylia has been arrested for planning the painful demise of your beloved Scumlord. Luckily her plan was discovered in time and your beloved Scumlord is unharmed and well.

Long live the current guy!

*A voice billows up from da vents to da bilges*   Wahl ya scums, here'z allah da newz dat stalks da decks. It'll be short iffn not shweet but mah pillow continuez ta call mah loudly.

Last week we gots close ta take da dungeon. Effen missing several membahs, we got wittin 38M ah kickin da bad boy. Dat we were soooooo close pushed da mightah steel toed boots o GBoss tah lash out. He dun kicked a coupla scum dat hadn't bin clickin, in addishun tagh da alien dat seems ta haf been abducted hisself.

Ta fill dere big shoes, we staged a raid on da stable o' da Little pwnies to 'acquire' a couple of new scum. After dey had been properly hogtied, transported and rebranded, Morhdd and Venkman were released inta da holds. Frum da holds da newbscum we bouts dere bidness and clicked in as soon as dey could. Welcome to ar ranks ya newbscums! :)

Wit da newbscums ar avage lebel sank a little so dat Nargie is actually now a bedder den avage scum amazingly enough. Ahr total lebels actually dun climbed by 67 lebels. Stroke bah stroke we gettin largah. HEY! ah dint mean it dat way! Filthy minded talls *sigh*

Some people bin payin tention to dere stamp books but nun as well as our newbscum Morhdd. Maybe dere's elfbootses in her future since she pumped in ovah 11% uf her book. 'Member efferone, da GBoss wants uz no less den 75% un prefers us ovah 90% tah hep ahr lebelling. Zo letz git out dere an spank da lil guys fer dere gear!

Speakin' o spankin peoples, I saw in de gladiatorial sheets dat Revliss is startin ta git a bit of a reputation, having shot up 87 ranks in da arena, shootin up to 311 on da sheets. Nice goin! Remembah dat aftah such a thorough werkout ya shood showah, change, un get some great eatin inta ya. Dere's nuttin like sum good ol' fashuned Rat TarTar fer kippin ya in fightin trim!

Perhaps, just perhaps ...

... its time to make someone other than Tofurkey handle kitchen duties.  I think he's off his meds.

The Beginning ...

Once upon a time there was a little family of duct tape. And the little family consisted of a mother and a father and the child. They were a happy family, serving their masters well by binding the screaming scum to the walls of the guild hall.  And yet they were not totally satisfied, until that fateful morning when the little duct tape came come in a shining coat of camouflage grays and greens.

And then the little family started expanding into the world of design and color… The walls of the Guild hall started to shine as the screaming scum learned to wear their new clothes of purples, greens pinks and paisley to start…..

Wye Oak

After a lot of threats by that master of scum himself, I finally caved and promised I'd write about something I love to do: mast... no, wait. Music, that's it!

Prepare to gaze into the abyss called Nargoth's musical taste every now and then. It will be a review of some of my favourite bands and artists and who knows, maybe there's something in there you will like yourself!

The first band I will review is Wye Oak, an indie folk rock duo from the US of A. Their last album, Civilian, was released in March 2011 and has been a great hit with yours truly. I bought the extended version on iTunes and I love the diversity of the songs. The voice of Jenn Wasner is quite different from other female singers and I love the way she sings so very very subdued but yet powerful and colourful. The other part of the duo, Andy Stack, is bound to be ambidextrous, because with one hand he plays the drums and with the other he pounds out the bass line on a keyboard. The song "Dogs Eyes" was the very first song I sent to my girl Ciciz and I am of the opinion it's what set us off... amongst others.

A review is incomplete without a song from the album. There's one song I like in particular, and it's The Alter. It's a showcase of what these people can do. I hope you enjoyed this post and you might actually see more of me!

Now, get back to work!

Birthday Bashes and 95% club

CrusaderBin, an ugly demon with his own special talking head friend, has finally donned his pretty slipper and raised his level to 175. Congratz everyone who does not have the slippers feel free to give him a couple of knives in the back for his birthday.

Ciciz, our own chicken-torturing friend, has reached the big 200. I wish I could back stab her for her birthday but those chickens hurt me. Btw, I think the brain stimulator she was wearing is dead - it must have starved.

Honorable mention for the weak Aaylia - so close yet so far away - and our own Gboss who might make 250 by next week. Le;ts all cheer him on by duct-tapping his staff to the floor. Bain is 280 and still #1 in HOF - glad he is on our side - even if his clothes do tend to smell.

95% Club

To those of you who have not taken the time to join this club get to work. (Secretly I thank you. I like the chance to catch up to you all.)

Bain, Ninastar, Woopydoo, Ghettoforce, Redwood18, Alyxyn, and Rido Fatesmiter would like to welcome 4 new member to the club this week. Pizzar, Melange, WordPlay and Bloodshadow.

That makes 11 out of 50 who over 95% in their scrapbooks. Let's keep it up - this is a great added bonus to have.

FreshScumFlash: Venkman and Morhdd

With a waitinglist as long as the memory span of the average lowlife… wait… that is not right. Retry! With a waitinglist as enormous as Bloodshadows patience… ehm… Ok… Never mind. What i try to say is: We have a long waitinglist of future scum that wants to be part of our pool of festering madness. So filling two spots isn’t that hard for us atm.

I would like you to welcome our two latest newcomers.

Venkman a level 181 dragonriding warrior (77% scrapbook) that looks like he just woke up or is about to fall asleep again. Be careful around here Venkman, bigger man then you have fallen victim to property theft when they didn’t pay attention. I can understand why Zimmi likes him though, and I’m sure it has nothing to do with those unicorn boots.

Morhdd a level 184 mage (68% scrapbook), that looks very familiar. I’m sure I’ve seen that face before… One would think, owning a Swashbuckler hat of the pirate captain is a nice attempt to integrate here. Just remember Morhdd, there is only one captain on this sinking tub of scum.

Both need to start working on their scrapbooks a bit harder, because they’re dragging down our average ;-)

They have some mighty big shoes to fill. But active players that do check in and participate in guild activities, beat inactive players even twice their size in my book. So give them a warm scummy welcome . And please scum, at least give them a day to unpack before you are going to try to rob them blind…

When you're a discerning orc ....

... such as Nargoth, just what do you wear for shuffles between the kitchen for popcorn and the guild rec room for late night horror films?

Why .. these, of course.

Found 'em under the coffee table. Or as close to 'under' as slippers that big could get. I gotta say, Nargoth, they're rather smelly. Perhaps you could make sure they stay in your room? Or near Alyxyn's bilge .. he'd like that.

Because you need to know

... how to fold an Origami Yoda.

Here's the link.  Marigami Origami. 

No need to thank me.  You could toss a few coins my way though.  Or maybe a dozen Yodas.  I'd put them on top of my TV set ... or watch my cats try to match Yoda's kung-fu.

So. Where was I? Ahhhh yes. With most of the realm locked in the dungeons or dying, my realm grew weak. The armies of The Severed Tongue started to attack. And all the while, the silver tongue of the warlord whispered sweet things into my ear. Every night I looked out upon the battlefield, watching my princesses fight, forcing the slaves to battle. Many fled, many died. Yet, our armies managed to win a few fights, and sneak in skirmishes that surprised them.

I was tired, and saw my princesses Veha and Revliss tiring. So I took an entourage of 6 with me, and I went to the mighty Warlord. I abased myself at his feet, and asked him to take me as a warprize in exchange for protections of my people and the end of war. The princess Veha took over the realm, holding it in my absence, not knowing it would be a long time before we would meet again. Revliss, Oak, Squee, Andelucian, and StevieeeeeB were tossed into the depths of the scum pond, to see if they could become the warriors required of the warlord, and I was placed upon a lilypad in the center.

Why the lilypad? Rumors say that the Warlord thought I would kill him. Not that the rumors were false... But he need not know that. I will. One day I will take my place back as the Queen.

But for now? come visit me. Come feel my ways of gathering information.. take a tour of my dungeons so lovingly built below the lilypad. Come feel the touch of steel against your wrists as I flay your skin...

So dere ah wuz still sleepin in mah nest in da bilge when da GBoss' heavy tread thumped down ovah mah head. In his usual soft voice, he bellowed "whar's mah danged Bulletin ya mangy fleabitten cur?" I tried tah 'splain bouts it bein a holidah but ya knows da big guy, he ain't rill fergiffin iz he?

I den stumbled to da head un got summa da printin papah ah uses un here iz da latest EEEEEdition ov da Bulletin.

Dis week our warz haf been haffin sum problems. Da Zombunnies haf been tryinta shed sum honor so's dey kin git some exp by storming our vessel, but da GBoss duzzen't much lahk dat. Aftah some frenzied negoshia.. negotisa.. talks wit utter guilds, it 'pears dat we gots buncha dem 'tackin us zo dat da Zombunnies will haftah look elsewhere iffen dey wantsta lighten dere load. We iz in a similar state wit de Endless but we keeps 'tackin dem. Iffen deys smart, dey will be 'tacking da next lower fer some honor ah put dem closer to us. Den we kin all git back ta da fun ov de wars. Fer summa deh Severed Pwnie Tongues, ahm sure ya kin prolly heah Emanon's rantin bouts 'attack attack attack' but da GBoss un ahr WarBoss' ahr shmarter den dat. Itz a matter of who and when we is 'tackin and 'tacked by dat iz important.

We all did fah better inda dungeon dis week... to widin 18M of finishin da big gloater off. Keep up da good werk pipples. Keep honin yer weapons un swallerin dem potions at da raht time, wez almost dere!

On utter frunts, looks lahk JMardo and Rido have gone a bit rabid and are really trainin hard, haffin gotten 5 new levels each with Woopydoo and Wordplay not far behind. Deyz all lookin mightah buff. Maybe deyz hopin ta replace da Situation on da JShore?

Wit da GBoss' admonitions (hah! dinna think ah hadz it in me didcha?) to min ahr collections, Rizzo seems ta have been hauntin de entry uf da arena and emergin wit lots of new trophies. I do hope he says 'thankya' ta all da pipples he wuz conjurin clothes frum dis week as he expanded his trophy book by 11%. GoodPhantom must have takin pity on summa dem as he straightarmed'm fer 6.5% of his stampbook as well. Nahc Going Scummies!

Is it not nifty?

Let me introduce you to Sluggy Freelance, a webcomic that's been around since the dawn of webcomics.  There are at least 10 years of archives to sift through .. more than enough time to get to know Torg, Riff, Zoë and the gang.  Click the picture below above for the link.

You can thank me in about two weeks, after you've caught up on the back story.
*evil grin*