Whispers of the Heart turned out to be one of the best movies I've seen in a looooong time, probably years. No cheeseball comedy or the like, just a wonderfully solid, wholesome, feel-good story. The animation was amazing, as expected from Studio Ghibli. The real treat, though, was hearing the movie open to John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Road". Throughout the movie, you hear different versions of that song, and an especially nice Japanese choral version at the end. The movie gave me another thing to cross off the list of things I never thought I'd see in an anime - a five piece band complete with violin and bass breaking into "Country Road" and singing about West Virginia. I want that mp3 so badly now. I'm tempted to just record the audio with the microphone in my MP3 player, from the DVD. It made my pre-birthday celebrations complete.
I LOVE Whisper of the Heart. It's the only Studio Ghibli movie I own (and the only one my sister doesn't own :)) It's a touching love story that is one of those anime movies that could've even been made IRL. It's not flashy or out of this world. It's real and it makes me cry every time I watch it
Happy birthday, man! *Alacar brings Mr. Stuff a CoffeeHouse cake with :cookie:s
Thats a really interesting and funny background there, i sort of spit soda all over the screen when i opened it up, wasnt expecting it.
Also, i still dont understand the whole Shyft thing, but id probably have to say that i am for saving the shyft, just because the art on it is so random.
I think Alacar needs to tell us which characters in the game we are suppposed to represent. I know I am Bowser, and Mamelon is Zelda/Sheik, because of her ability to instantly switch between being Coffeehouse-Mamelon (a dainty princess tank), and Debate-Mamelon (a precise and deadly combatant of the debate forums).
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Here's the list, people, and a small reason why:
Starting from the top, going left to right: (note that hidden characters were given to people who post less often than the normals, usually) Shadowfox = Dr. Mario He's a hidden character, and Shadowfox has been off and on recently. Arguas2617 = Mario Obvious. He's the headline for the House. ethersphere = Luigi mamelon told me Josh loves Luigi, and him being with Bowser (Photon) is a funny image. That and Luigi's got a pretty flambouyant alternate pink costume. Photon Eater = Bowser Should be obvious by now. Bowser's the main villain! All glory to King Koopa. Omna15 = Peach See Arguas' reason above. She's the headline! Lord Moo = Yoshi For reasons I'm not sure. I guess I was running out of slots to put people in. Yukora = Donkey Kong He's a big monkey. Yukora's a big demon. That and he suggested it himself. Crimson Avatar = Capt. Falcon He wanted it, so he got it. Patron of the Nerds = Ganondorf He wishes to destroy Internet Explorer with his evil Triforce powers! That and he's also a hidden character. Mortal Wombat = Falco I was running out of slots, he's an animal, and a hidden character. Yamaneko = Fox I dunno. The avatar just seemed to fit. That, and the cute kitty avvy BuzzDX = Ness I know ethersphere loves Mother, but he's Luigi! So what am I gonna do? BuzzDX is fairly new, and Ness is a kid, so.. Nemcon = Ice Climbers No one likes the Ice Climbers. But no one dislikes Nemcon. He's just not frequently around, just as Ice Climbers are not frequently used. Sterling Angel = Kirby So cute and adorable and huggable! Though Kirby might eat you, you might end up eating Kristina up! SnoopDoggAtog = Samus She's hardcore, intelligent, and bad***. That, and she's quoted as saying the following to Yukora:
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And hit me with that newspaper again, and I'll personally come after you, hold you down, and denude your nutsack with a long strip of duct tape. Think I'm kidding? I once walked 16 miles in the middle of winter in Minnesota just to gag and bind a drunk who crashed his car into a row of mailboxes.
mamelon = Zelda/Sheik For those of you who don't know, mamelon's gender is rather special. The only character that can change from solid magical princess into slick ninja-fighter matches mamelon Alacar Leoricar = Link He's my second best character in the game (I'm best with Young Link, but I'm too old and I'm a regular). That and mamelon and I are good friends Spanglegluppet = Young Link He's a hidden character; he's a kid; he's second to me in awesomeness of card creation. I used the kittybread avatar because at one point, Spangle was the king of the Kittybread. Janus = Pichu He's SO cute! I used the ol' VGCats avatar because, well, it's cute Shinobi = Pikachu He's a regular, and he's just so adorable. I can't say anything bad about Shinobi! Phyrexian = Jigglypuff I know it's a stretch. But I was out of options. SapphireTri = Mewtwo If SapphireTri were a pokemon, he'd be Mewtwo. All powerful, a little emo, and just plain sick. All power to the mod of the Legacy format. HugaTron = Mr. Game & Watch Get it? A machine, and a small little 2-bit pixelated man? I like it too, especially the idea of a hug throw smash. PurpleD = Marth He's a regular, and he goes with Roy/KoolKoal for being in Dimir. KoolKoal = Roy He goes with PurpleD as the two Dimir guys from Fire Emblem
That's that. Whew! Now I gotta go, my gaming group is coming by soon!
I was gonna say the thing about omna and arguas being peach and mario...but they were not in love as far as i know. Obviously im not the biggest fan of Super Mario...and since when did you steal omna photon...Arguas will jump on you for that XD.
I'll kidnap anyone for a cheap thrill.
He can jump on me all he likes. At best, I'll be moderately annoyed and crush him in a waffle iron, at worst I might like it.
Oh well, it can't be an exact fit.
Now eat cannons, jerk! *hops into airship and begins firing cannonballs and Bullet Bills in random directions all over the coffeehouse*
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Luigi makes some mad love to Bowser.
Photon secretly wishes to kidnap Omna?
Janus evolves into Shinobi!
Spanglegluppet has a lot to look forward to in life!
Arguas is secretly Shadowfox!
Hehehe... they can't all be winners... About my choice... well it may not fit all that well but then again none of them really do. I just decided Cap'n Falcon cause I got REALLY good w/ him on the original Smash Bros.
Also, I'd like some more feedback on the preview cards I posted up here.
And thanks to Shadowfox for the comment he's already provided. And yeah I like to get real original on my rares...
Yay, I'm Falco. It's rather fitting, too, since in real life I'm impatient and hotheaded, like Falco. So good pick there.
Yesterday I was at my summer house, and I just got back today. I watched some of the Brazil-France soccer game, and I was rooting for France, despite the fact that my parents were rooting for Brazil and the houseguest we had over didn't really like France (I guess they have some bad taste about them because of the riots there earlier this year). But I hate it when one team wins too much (except for the Yankees, which are my local team). I incurred the wrath of my Brazilian neighbor today, but she understood why I rooted for France. And now I'm back at my apartment in New York, and I'm going to start work at the Turkish restaurant on Monday. Hopefully I get paid well.
Shinobi has been around the Coffeehouse since the beginning, joining the forums on the same day as fellow regular Mamelon. He chose his screen name after attempting a variety of other Japanese inspired names, ultimately settling on the more ninjutsu-oriented moniker.
He joined after spending considerable time lurking, but joined in order to correct someone in some thread or another. He currently enjoys spending most of his time in the Coffeehouse, for many of the same reasons others have stated- friendliness, community support, and the conversation. When he isn't here, he likes to hang around in the card creation threads, and in Speculation in the Rumor Mill, although his general lack of enthusiasm for Coldsnap has caused this last one to be less frequented by him as of late.
When asked about his favorite card, he was quick to name Silhana Ledgewalker, due to it's innate synergy with certain quality auras like Moldervine Cloak and Blanchwood Armor. He says he also likes fairies, as a creature type, and is currently working on an Elvish Bard fairy deck.
Clearly an anime fan, Shinobi also enjoys console gaming and MMORPGs, reading, and playing Saxophone. He hopes to someday visit Japan, and perhaps become a game designer (I'll warn you though- that dream is not for the weak-hearted!), and wants to become first chair Saxophone in his junior high band.
Shinobi's age, a mere 13, is fairly common knowledge now. He has an older brother, who is 16. He also plays basketball and volleyball, is asthmatic, and has his second queue brown belt. Currently, his free time is spent working on his own MTG expansion set, Crystalyx, and designing his own .hack characters.
He says his favorite thing about the Coffeehouse is the warm, friendly environment, and he also loves that they serve Coca Cola BLAK, despite it's high caffeine levels.
Shinobi says his favorite regular is Alacar, because he has taught him a lot about card design.
And there you have it!
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Here is how it works. You play Azami, and then play Vigilance, Spirit Link, and Holy Strength on her. This leaves you with a 1/4 vigilant creature that can attack, gain you 1 life and deal one damage, and then be tapped to draw a card! THIS IS SO HOT IN UW BEATDOWN CONTROL!!111
You may not know this, but being able to draw cards is a good thing. You may be tempted to run more wizards, but the beauty of this combo is you don't need to, because you can get by with just one Azami. Since she is a legend, you probably should only run one in your deck, too. But be sure to run plenty of your auras, which will turn this faded flower of the Orient into a brickhouse of power and madness unheard of in blue!
The lifegain is always good, and you may even want to run a few Sacred Nectar, Benediction of Moons, or Peach Garden Oath in order to keep your life totals up (for some reason, people playing this combo tend to get dropped to low life totals for some reason. It's probably because WotC hates blue).
Some would argue that you may be able to pull this off better in green, but I am 100% certain that there is no better way to dothis sort of thing.
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You're not serious with that combo, are you? That gets disrupted with a simple killcard. Auras are a liability in most decks, and I don't like how Wizards has been shoving them down our throats as of late.
You're not serious with that combo, are you? That gets disrupted with a simple killcard. Auras are a liability in most decks, and I don't like how Wizards has been shoving them down our throats as of late.
Good job to Shinobi and Kraj!
Yes, that was the joke.
*smacks Mortal Wombat hard enough to leave a nasty bruise*
You Water Wurm, pay attention. For ****'s sake, of course it's not serious. Did you really think I would try and sneak a real one in after such gems as "Cheatyface + playing against the blind?"
I'm Eledin, and I'm 15 years old, 16 in September. I'm going into 12th grade next year. I have no summer job and I'm not going to any camp, so I'm kinda bored. I jam with my band, go on Salvation (a lot), read, write music, and add to my CD and DVD collection and watch/listen to those CDs and DVDs. And I just started guitar lessons as a second instrument. My first is drums.
I've been lurking here for a few days after realizing that around half of the active R&D members are part of the Coffeehouse, and now I decided to join.
Shinobi, Crystallize looks really cool. It can be used in so many ways. It's great how the cost can be anything, so the mechanic is so wide open.
Wow, I come here from R&D and the first thing I do is comment on a custom keyword. Maybe that's why so many R&D members are here?
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KoolKoal, welcome to the world of Raisin Bran.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Stuff!
Current New Favorite Person™: Mallory Archer
She knows why.
I just want to say that the Shyft would actually be pretty playable in Frontier. Transguild Courier is strictly better, but that's irrelevant, really.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Stuff.
Happy birthday, man!
*Alacar brings Mr. Stuff a CoffeeHouse cake with :cookie:s
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Also, i still dont understand the whole Shyft thing, but id probably have to say that i am for saving the shyft, just because the art on it is so random.
Edit:Happy Birthday Mr. Stuff
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Mr. Stuff!
@Kraj: Is that actually Marylin Monroe? I ask because it kinda looks like Geena Davis dressed like her to me.
Edit: @***_Hater: What do you think of the faerie in Coldsnap?
Windmills do not work that way!
Starting from the top, going left to right: (note that hidden characters were given to people who post less often than the normals, usually)
Shadowfox = Dr. Mario He's a hidden character, and Shadowfox has been off and on recently.
Arguas2617 = Mario Obvious. He's the headline for the House.
ethersphere = Luigi mamelon told me Josh loves Luigi, and him being with Bowser (Photon) is a funny image. That and Luigi's got a pretty flambouyant alternate pink costume.
Photon Eater = Bowser Should be obvious by now. Bowser's the main villain! All glory to King Koopa.
Omna15 = Peach See Arguas' reason above. She's the headline!
Lord Moo = Yoshi For reasons I'm not sure. I guess I was running out of slots to put people in.
Yukora = Donkey Kong He's a big monkey. Yukora's a big demon. That and he suggested it himself.
Crimson Avatar = Capt. Falcon He wanted it, so he got it.
Patron of the Nerds = Ganondorf He wishes to destroy Internet Explorer with his evil Triforce powers! That and he's also a hidden character.
Mortal Wombat = Falco I was running out of slots, he's an animal, and a hidden character.
Yamaneko = Fox I dunno. The avatar just seemed to fit. That, and the cute kitty avvy
BuzzDX = Ness I know ethersphere loves Mother, but he's Luigi! So what am I gonna do? BuzzDX is fairly new, and Ness is a kid, so..
Nemcon = Ice Climbers No one likes the Ice Climbers. But no one dislikes Nemcon. He's just not frequently around, just as Ice Climbers are not frequently used.
Sterling Angel = Kirby So cute and adorable and huggable! Though Kirby might eat you, you might end up eating Kristina up!
SnoopDoggAtog = Samus She's hardcore, intelligent, and bad***. That, and she's quoted as saying the following to Yukora:
mamelon = Zelda/Sheik For those of you who don't know, mamelon's gender is rather special. The only character that can change from solid magical princess into slick ninja-fighter matches mamelon
Alacar Leoricar = Link He's my second best character in the game (I'm best with Young Link, but I'm too old and I'm a regular). That and mamelon and I are good friends
Spanglegluppet = Young Link He's a hidden character; he's a kid; he's second to me in awesomeness of card creation. I used the kittybread avatar because at one point, Spangle was the king of the Kittybread.
Janus = Pichu He's SO cute! I used the ol' VGCats avatar because, well, it's cute
Shinobi = Pikachu He's a regular, and he's just so adorable. I can't say anything bad about Shinobi!
Phyrexian = Jigglypuff I know it's a stretch. But I was out of options.
SapphireTri = Mewtwo If SapphireTri were a pokemon, he'd be Mewtwo. All powerful, a little emo, and just plain sick. All power to the mod of the Legacy format.
HugaTron = Mr. Game & Watch Get it? A machine, and a small little 2-bit pixelated man? I like it too, especially the idea of a hug throw smash.
PurpleD = Marth He's a regular, and he goes with Roy/KoolKoal for being in Dimir.
KoolKoal = Roy He goes with PurpleD as the two Dimir guys from Fire Emblem
That's that. Whew! Now I gotta go, my gaming group is coming by soon!
edit: Attached is a new avatar for Nemcon
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I'll kidnap anyone for a cheap thrill.
He can jump on me all he likes. At best, I'll be moderately annoyed and crush him in a waffle iron, at worst I might like it.
Oh well, it can't be an exact fit.
Now eat cannons, jerk! *hops into airship and begins firing cannonballs and Bullet Bills in random directions all over the coffeehouse*
*BuzzDX tried Psi Flash a. Alarcar Leoricar began crying uncontrollably.*
Ha! Take that! In all seriousness, I'm glad to be Ness as Earthbound is one of my favorite games of all time.
Windmills do not work that way!
Ya know Alacar, I'm a proud Dimir, too:-/
Luigi makes some mad love to Bowser.
Photon secretly wishes to kidnap Omna?
Janus evolves into Shinobi!
Spanglegluppet has a lot to look forward to in life!
Arguas is secretly Shadowfox!
Hehehe... they can't all be winners... About my choice... well it may not fit all that well but then again none of them really do. I just decided Cap'n Falcon cause I got REALLY good w/ him on the original Smash Bros.
Also, I'd like some more feedback on the preview cards I posted up here.
And thanks to Shadowfox for the comment he's already provided. And yeah I like to get real original on my rares...
*Note: The actual cost of the ability is supposed to be UU, but I uploaded the wrong one on Photobucket
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Yesterday I was at my summer house, and I just got back today. I watched some of the Brazil-France soccer game, and I was rooting for France, despite the fact that my parents were rooting for Brazil and the houseguest we had over didn't really like France (I guess they have some bad taste about them because of the riots there earlier this year). But I hate it when one team wins too much (except for the Yankees, which are my local team). I incurred the wrath of my Brazilian neighbor today, but she understood why I rooted for France. And now I'm back at my apartment in New York, and I'm going to start work at the Turkish restaurant on Monday. Hopefully I get paid well.
Shinobi: I don't remember if you ever said what crystallize does, so can you tell?
This week's Regular is Shinobi, or Mark.
Shinobi has been around the Coffeehouse since the beginning, joining the forums on the same day as fellow regular Mamelon. He chose his screen name after attempting a variety of other Japanese inspired names, ultimately settling on the more ninjutsu-oriented moniker.
He joined after spending considerable time lurking, but joined in order to correct someone in some thread or another. He currently enjoys spending most of his time in the Coffeehouse, for many of the same reasons others have stated- friendliness, community support, and the conversation. When he isn't here, he likes to hang around in the card creation threads, and in Speculation in the Rumor Mill, although his general lack of enthusiasm for Coldsnap has caused this last one to be less frequented by him as of late.
When asked about his favorite card, he was quick to name Silhana Ledgewalker, due to it's innate synergy with certain quality auras like Moldervine Cloak and Blanchwood Armor. He says he also likes fairies, as a creature type, and is currently working on an Elvish Bard fairy deck.
Clearly an anime fan, Shinobi also enjoys console gaming and MMORPGs, reading, and playing Saxophone. He hopes to someday visit Japan, and perhaps become a game designer (I'll warn you though- that dream is not for the weak-hearted!), and wants to become first chair Saxophone in his junior high band.
Shinobi's age, a mere 13, is fairly common knowledge now. He has an older brother, who is 16. He also plays basketball and volleyball, is asthmatic, and has his second queue brown belt. Currently, his free time is spent working on his own MTG expansion set, Crystalyx, and designing his own .hack characters.
He says his favorite thing about the Coffeehouse is the warm, friendly environment, and he also loves that they serve Coca Cola BLAK, despite it's high caffeine levels.
Shinobi says his favorite regular is Alacar, because he has taught him a lot about card design.
And there you have it!
ANd I'm happy to have finally hit my 1,000th post. I figured there's no better place to share the love than in the Coffeehouse.
Current New Favorite Person™: Mallory Archer
She knows why.
This week's combo is Azami, Lady of Scrolls + Vigilance + Spirit Link + Holy Strength!!
Here is how it works. You play Azami, and then play Vigilance, Spirit Link, and Holy Strength on her. This leaves you with a 1/4 vigilant creature that can attack, gain you 1 life and deal one damage, and then be tapped to draw a card! THIS IS SO HOT IN UW BEATDOWN CONTROL!!111
You may not know this, but being able to draw cards is a good thing. You may be tempted to run more wizards, but the beauty of this combo is you don't need to, because you can get by with just one Azami. Since she is a legend, you probably should only run one in your deck, too. But be sure to run plenty of your auras, which will turn this faded flower of the Orient into a brickhouse of power and madness unheard of in blue!
The lifegain is always good, and you may even want to run a few Sacred Nectar, Benediction of Moons, or Peach Garden Oath in order to keep your life totals up (for some reason, people playing this combo tend to get dropped to low life totals for some reason. It's probably because WotC hates blue).
Some would argue that you may be able to pull this off better in green, but I am 100% certain that there is no better way to do this sort of thing.
Good job to Shinobi and Kraj!
Yes, that was the joke.
*smacks Mortal Wombat hard enough to leave a nasty bruise*
You Water Wurm, pay attention. For ****'s sake, of course it's not serious. Did you really think I would try and sneak a real one in after such gems as "Cheatyface + playing against the blind?"
MotW, and Kraj for 1000 posts.Anyone up for mws? hopefully academy sealed, but anything else is ok.
@KoolKoal: Motw? You mean RotW. Ok. And here is Crystallize:
Crystallize [Cost] (When this comes into play, you may pay its Crystallize cost. If you do, it is considered Crystallized.)
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I'm Eledin, and I'm 15 years old, 16 in September. I'm going into 12th grade next year. I have no summer job and I'm not going to any camp, so I'm kinda bored. I jam with my band, go on Salvation (a lot), read, write music, and add to my CD and DVD collection and watch/listen to those CDs and DVDs. And I just started guitar lessons as a second instrument. My first is drums.
I've been lurking here for a few days after realizing that around half of the active R&D members are part of the Coffeehouse, and now I decided to join.
Shinobi, Crystallize looks really cool. It can be used in so many ways. It's great how the cost can be anything, so the mechanic is so wide open.
Wow, I come here from R&D and the first thing I do is comment on a custom keyword. Maybe that's why so many R&D members are here?