I need some of your opinion: who do you prefer between these characters?

• Akari Ichijou
• Beauty Yu
• Hakumen
• Kliff Undersn
• Quan Chi

I would like each of you to make only one preference with a motivation!

Thanks!!!

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So there's this ranking system of wikis that they call WAM.

http://community.wikia.com/wiki/User_blog:BertH/Introducing_WAM

Out of 5000 wikis, we actually place. I was impressed as it was. However, we placed 1555th. I still think this is such a small wiki, but it's grown so much! Glad to be working with you guys through the twoish years I've been here!

The place has grown, and the people have shifted every couple months it seemed. I bet some of you here today will just one day leave without notice. And that's ok. The Game Ideas wiki will still be here. (knock on wood) And someone will be around to welcome you back.

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Okay, I've got BIG news for everyone here.

I am making... a GRAPHIC NOVEL.

Yes, a graphic novel. This isn't some kid crap either. This is the real deal. Like, we're actually going to try and get this published. Oh, and by "we", I mean a group of four people looking to make this. We're very serious.

If you want to know what the graphic novel is about, I'll fill you in.

The novel is called Paranormis. It is about Shawn Tanner, a young man working for the vice sqaud in the police department for Aether, a fictional metropolis set in the northeastern region of the United States. If you want a visual, consider it the US's version of Tokyo. 

Aether is a technological marvel as well as a commercial hub. With various cyberpunk influences, Aether is cons…

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New template and a new theme!

Unfortunately, this is a really finicky tool, so you will need to use the source editor to insert the template.

When you do, you will be rewarded :D

Insert 

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Yes, I know what you're thinking.  This is a rather unusual blog, at least for me.  But there's this video that I really find enjoyable and insightful about the Top 10 most necessary sequels to video games.  It's by this well-known YouTuber by the name of JonTron, of whom I am a HUGE fan, and it's the first one of his videos I ever saw.  Since I think there are a few as-yet-unfulfilled sequels that he mentions in this video, I thought I should share it with you guys to see if anything sparks your interest!

Or, you could just watch it for the fact that it's incredibly funny.  In fact, a lot of JonTron's videos are like that, so if you watch this and enjoy it, I advise you to check out more of his stuff on YouTube, because it is choice stuff.

Now,…

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Hello all. I've been incredibly busy with school, which is why my edits here have been relatively minor and infrequent. Anyways, here's where I make my BIG COMEBACK!!!

If you didn't know, the comeback is big. You can tell because... yeah. 

So, before I start, let's just pretend that this blog post is a press conference made by Prodigal Games, and I'm the bigshot talking to everyone. You got it? You sure? Okay.

Alright, first off, I'd like to reveal to you all that Prodigal Games as we know it is being scrapped. The company and possibly some game titles that never really took off are nixed. Instead of Prodigal Games, I will be starting OnyxWare, the new and improved version. This is where things get mighty serious.

Now that I've announced the n…

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Just wanted to notify all of you that the next big console of the generation will be the PlayStation 4! Today, Sony officially announced the PS4 as well as some games that will be ported on the system. They also gave us a first look at the Dualshock 4 controller. I'm pretty pumped.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_4

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Hey gents. 

Just wanted to make this quick blog post to let everyone know that I am still alive but I've been away from my computer due to schoolwork and personal issues. Don't fret though; I've actually got Prominence figured out as well as Salvation! I hope to begin on both soon. 

Game on everyone.

- XG (Robert)

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Welcome to my first blog post on this wiki. Today, I'm here to talk about All-Stars Brawlers, an idea created by me. It's basically Super Smash Bros. Brawl meets Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale. If you haven't already, check out the page. It has the gameplay elements of SSBB, but has Arcade mode elements of PASBR. I'm currently making movesets for characters in order of reveal time if it becomes a real game. All I need is you support. Should All-Stars Brawlers be a real game?

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Hello all!

Two Three things.

1) Yay, update! New community message! ...Anyways, I'm always happy to see new users around here contributing. I apologize publicly if I haven't said a personal hello to you. While we get many users showing up just to look around or troll, I won't always personally say hello. If you make an constructive edit and you still don't get a warm welcome, I apologize deeply.

2) Some of you know that I acquired the VGI wiki a little while back. Right now, I have a proposal about a potential direction it should go in. I ask you users to look at it and let me know what you think.

3) Under the top Silver Navigation Menu, under Popular, under Forums, there is a link to a forum challenge. This is open to all users here. Take a lo…

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Title says it all. Got a recommendation for Salvation? Drop it a line below.

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Brand new Wiki Lab available to the GIW. New Wiki Forums.

• Appears in the "On the Wiki" Tab of the top navigation menu. (The white one). 
• It looks like a message wall for the entire wiki
• Auto archives the Forum:Index page. (The one we never use)
• It has its own announcements board
• Instead of using "Forum:" as a prefix, it uses "Board:"

I don't know exactly how this changes things for existing forum pages, like those with the "Forum" category. Then again, the current forum page seems broken, as it neither has EK's Gaming Forum, nor the Dream Team forum challenge. Regardless of the "Forum" or "Forums" category, or the "Forum:" prefix.

...Though upon looking into this, it does appear the "archive" must be updated manually. [*]_[*] So ignore that point…

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Hello all. Hopefully everyone had a magnificent Christmas. I know I did. 

Anyways, I wanted to share a new idea... not a game idea, but an idea for the wiki. It goes like this:

Every year or so, a game awards show is held to commemorate the best video games ever made in that past year. So... what I'm thinking is...

What if the GIW kickstarted an awards thingy of its own? What if we got together in the chat and nominated the best game ideas of the past couple months or something like that? I think that would be cool as hell. They can each have their own category too like "Best Written Story" and so on.

Let me know what you all think. :)

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We have already made over 700 articles on Game Ideas Wiki. For the past year, I have made at least 130 pages in all, I'm guessing. Then one thing came to my mind yesterday - more than just pages on games alone. Many people have already made pages on main characters in there games, as well as some pages about other stuff like Dubbing, Stages, Weapons, etc. I think if more of us do something like that, making pages about characters and locations, then our wiki shall go up highly.

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With the Wii sadly on its way out of fashion with the release of the Wii U, I felt it would be a good idea to tell those of you who have or are getting a Wii U which Wii games I think you should get to play on it.  There is a definite rationale for this; when I got my Wii, I largely ignored the fact that GameCube games could be played on it.  As a result, I missed out on a lot of big hits on the GameCube, like Wind Waker.

So with the Wii U coming out, I want to prevent the same thing happening to you guys by suggesting 10 or 20 Wii games I personally really enjoyed, so that you can consider getting them and make sure you don't regret not getting them later on.

For now, I'm just going to list some games, but I'll describe them shortly later. …

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Hey all. Just want your thoughts on what we should do for Christmas. New theme colors, seasonal logo button, coupla gifs? A new forum challenge? Related celebratory videos? I'd like your thoughts on what we could do for this year.

No doubt, Wikia will do something this year exciting and seasonal. Something relating to "what your wiki is doing to celebrate the season". 

Related video brought to you by Brawl in the Family.

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You see, I have gotten the Wii U a few days ago. Although I haven't played as much with the exception of New Super Mario Bros. U, I can tell this would be a suseccful gaming system. Now, this wiki has had many, many pages on the Wii U long before it came out because of E3 2011 and 2012. But one thing I like a lot on the Wii U is the Home Menu and the TVii. If you have not already gotten the Wii U, I suggest it for now or Christmas.

Games that have been announced to come out later on Wii U include The Legend of Zelda HD, The legend of Zelda Majora's Mask and Link to the Past remake. If your a big Zelda fan, good luck on Wii U because there coming late 2013- early 2014ish.

The other thing is an official list of new games I, Al129023 will have …

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My mom told me today that she wanted to show me a news story she was really excited about, and it turns out that MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) has acquired copies of 14 different games that they feel are exceptional in their design, such that they can elicit thoughts about life, aesthetic complexity, space, and time.

They're featuring 14 games right now, among them being Myst, Katamari Damacy (that one deserves it), Pac-Man, Tetris, The Sims, and Portal (full list and news story here). They also plan to add a ton more games in the future, like Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Minecraft.

The reason I'm so excited about this is that even though general consensus, particularly among gamers, is that video games are an art form, the fact…

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Hello all. I'm sorta new here, but if you need me to identify myself better, I'm the author of the Prominence article. If you've been keeping track, you probably have noticed that I haven't got much of a foothold in the game idea. This is mainly due to schoolwork and me constantly thinking of new ideas and not wrting them down, which is kind of dumb since I'm a walking machine of ideas and brainstorming. 

I'm an ambitious person, but not enough to plan things too far ahead, but I think it's high time I show you all something different. In the coming months (hopefully some time after I have figured out what the hell to do with Prominence ;O), I will be adding new, fresh ideas that I've been thinking of other than Prominence. To add some hype …

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Hello everyone! I have some updates for you!

Halloween draws nearer everyday. I don't have too too much planned as of yet, so comment some ideas. Thusfar, there will be little change to the main page but a single halloween picture; that picture links to a halloween celebration page. Beyond that, I'm open to suggestions!

I begin work on the VGI wiki to make it into the VGI+ wiki. More on that on that site.

And, finally a welcome. Hello to all the new users of the wiki. In order to meet our new team of users, could everyone who edits here regularly with a username to please leave a comment. Being leader of this wiki, I want to know who are active as of now. With recent comings and goings, I wish to here from those part of our next round of work…

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Wario Game Take looking. Wario: Master of Disguise: Finale WarioWare Pad Wall Wario Land 5

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While I was gone , I've discovered many, many new ideas to put on this wiki. I've already started using some ideas like The Legend of Zelda: Medallion Saga ,' which will have 7 games. I've also started on Warriors series, which will have 36 games overall.

I've also started to think about a new Al and Zach game, When the series is almost finished.

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Seeing as we're on Facebook, what do you think we should "like"? What do you think we collectively appreciate/admire?

I know that we all love the internet and Wikia, but what else? Let Genius Guy 445 know!

That's all, folks. Remember to brush your teeth, eat your veggies, and contribute to EK's Gaming Forum daily!

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I made some ideas for TellTale games cross over spin-off. Who wants to help me with the Smash Brothers clone?

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WoooOOOoooOOOooo! Go Commies! Er... uh... Olympics are this week with notably performances from China and Kazakhstan. China because of how well they're doing and Kazakhstan because who'da thought that they'd make it on the scoreboard to begin with? Strikes me as odd.

I'm cheering for Canada for obvious reasons, and most of you the US for such obvious reasons. Those outside America should let me know what country, as to make me proud of leading such an international wiki.

On the wiki scene, there is a cool video game themed contest going (well obviously, a. for being mentioned in such a post on such a site and b. because applying video games to life is a national past time of the news. (Mainly in violence, like connect WoW to the theatre shoo…

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Okay,so i've been writing an oc since the other night but then my laptop broke,and now I don't have the rest of thestory,the only reason why the others are up is because i remeber it,and i'm using my dad's laptop,but after that,nothin'so i'd like for you guys or at keast one of you,to contribute by adding new characters,just message me and i'll get them into the story.All I need is:

Name:

Alias:

Age:

Birthday(if like your character has an ancient prophecy on their b-day or whatever):

Height:

Weight:

Appearance:

Race:

Gender:

Eye Color:

Hair Color/style:

Weapons:

Afilliations:

Allingment:Good,Neutral,Evil

Powers:

Limits:

Strenghts:

Weaknesses:

Possesions:

Personality:

Likes:

Dislikes:

History:

Family:

and that's all.Affiliations include:The Black Star Academy,Drago…

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Continuing...As I forgot to describe the heroes,Yomi has a witch outfit resembling Blair's(from Soul Eater),but also has a secondary outfit,and the UHero is the same as my avatar minus the overly pale skin and the blue eyes(my avatar pic is a male version of black rock shooter,the main character of the anime of the same name)and he has headphones that constantly plays dubstep music of any kind.

Continuing..

September 15th,01:23,London,full moon

...The Hero then crushed the glowing soul in his hand,making him stronger.But..he didn't remember anything.He put away his knives,then got on his motorcycle and rode away.Yomi looking on,was a bit upset.It seemed that he only cared about one thing,that he had to do everything himself,that he was alone…

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Actually, not quite. Ouya is more like it.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ouya/ouya-a-new-kind-of-video-game-console

Ouya: $99 open source console running on Droid. Awesome.

I mentioned the console in a previous blog, but this thing is important enough to have a second blog. You see, this company is running the console much like this wiki. Open to all, freely sharing ideas for free.

So let's make some noise, and celebrate updates in the field!

PS. Both logo and console are on our BRAND NEW BACKGROUND! Which NONE OF YOU would remeber me dying to finish. BUT HERE IT IS~ ANNOUNCED WITH CAPITALS!

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(This is partially inspired by Bleach and Soul Eater Btw)

November 2nd,02:00,European City of Angelo,Now

Blood is seen in the air,everyone hurries out of the area,(sigh) only if it didn't have to come to this.

Septemer 14th,21:02,London,full moon

The London streets were slightly peaceful right now,typical sounds of the city below.Up above,sitting on the Big Ben was a mysterious figure.For one,he dressed in all black,save for his jeans,a dark blue in color,he had short,black hair that hung in his face.Most would describe him as handsome,others would describe him as death.He was accompanied by his female companion,a witch simply known as Yomi,by his side in a revealing outfit.The two rarely spoke with each other but at times it seemed like the m…

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Yo everybody! It's mah birthday! WOOT!

So because of that fact, I thought I'd use this special occasion of mine to tell you about an idea I had not too long ago; I looked at some of the most terrible games I'd ever seen, like Sonic R, Sonic '06, and Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts, among others. That made me start thinking about exactly why the games were so bad, and I realized that many of the worst executed games have great or at least salvageable concepts, such that a better-done remake sequel to each of them could be excellent.

At the same time, I was thinking about how despite the fact that I'm pretty prominent on this wiki, I haven't been doing a whole lot to launch creative initiative among the users. You probably know where I'm going wit…

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So there I was... Browsing Kotaku... when suddenly, BAM out of the blue, and article describing a console REMARKABLY similar to my own idea.

Weird.

No, I'm not going to claim aliens or even Spy's for that matter, but it seems notable. Albeit unusual.

You see, this is an example of the types of ideas I have. There are some that are off-the-wall and completely unique. However, there are some that are very close to a legitimate product release of the future.

One example. Less then a decade ago, I thought up a "touch screen laptop". Sure these days, a laptop with a touch screen is not all that impressive. But the fact that I had thought of the base of a laptop with a touchscreen replacing the keys was much more unique. At that point, walking in a …

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So y'all know about how Wikia is upgrading to MediaWiki 1.19 and HTML 5, right? That little pop up box telling you about kittens and sorcery that makes websites look cool? Yeah, that.

Because our wiki is mainly coded by me, and I never realized that most html works on pages, our wiki is also basically HTML 5 compatible. Yeah! Programming CSS helped.

However, there were a few html tags eg. which will not work when the change is made. That's how I center most of my text.

THUS, IF YOU SEE AN MISALIGNMENT ISSUES, LET ME KNOW. In other news, i have a full time job, I can't go on here till 6 and i go to bed at like 8:00. So count yourself lucky when I'm on. Taataa!

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Ouroburos.TheNewSaurian has resigned. Our new leader is the one who updates these messages. How cryptic.

Check out the navigation at the bottom of some pages. I hope to expand that site wide.

Glad you voted.

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I am slowly working my way up if I do say so my self. I have been making more edits and have been on the wiki more often. I'm trying to make alot of edits.(The good kind.) Hopefully I can help make this wiki a better wiki than any other. TAKE THAT POKEMON WIKI!!!

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Well the Al and Zach series have been created by me on this wiki. I made my own wiki, Al and Zac Wiki. Please check it out.

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(This is not due to the hostility I now find my self in).

I am leaving this wiki in a few hours. Of course, I'm not able to discuss the details, but needless to say, I'm not coming back.

Though it pains me to leave on a sour note, I still must go. Leaving will be tough. Especially as I get older it gets harder and harder to leave everything behind.

Unfortunately, I won't be able to contribute anymore. I think you can understand why. I've honestly enjoyed doing this wiki thing over the last few months. I've had a chance to get some things off my chest, and have a bit of fun in the process. But now it's time to do what I do best, which won't leave me much time for posting blog updates.

Oscar Wile once said, "Men know the price of everything, and…

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If you haven't already noticed there is a vandal on the loose. He is tearing our wiki down. Whoever you are vandal...please stop wreaking your havoc. We need this wiki!!! If you find out who the vandal is please show the world.

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I know it has been out for awhile now and alot of people seem to have and are bragging. I haven't gotten one yet and I'm saving up. COME ON!!!!! I can't wait untill I finally have enough money. I'm gonna die!!!!

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I created a new article called Super Smash Bros. New Characters and its for anyone who wants to add new characters to the game. It also applies for items. When you get a chance, stop by it to edit and contribute. If anyone has a Super Smash Bros. Picture, that would be nice to add to the article. Thanks.

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Hey go and check out my newest page on the Game Ideas Wiki. It's called Animal Crossin: Peaceful Days. I hope you like it alot. Especially you Animal Crossing fans out there. GO CROSSERS!!!!!

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I believe that culture can be transmitted through various mediums, and just as Marshall McLuhan’s famous dictum expressed, “the medium is the message,” I believe that video games—at least in our present age—is one such medium. Whatever people may feel about the significance of video games influencing our culture, one thing is certain: it has become a medium for entertainment that is every bit as popular as books, music, and television.

Having said that, this article is about one of my favorite games of all time: Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell, a stealth-based video game developed by Ubisoft. And although it’s debatable just how much input Clancy has put into the series, one thing is certain: a lot of people love it.

The series centers on the sto…

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I broke the 2K edit mark! Woot! Thanks everyone for stickin' with the wiki and by extention me. Oh great, I'm stuck with him too? I'm leaving. Ha, stuck? I'm just part of the bonus package!

In this momentous occasion, I will actually review a game! Oh my goodness. The game, out of the many, many i've played will be...

Solipiskier.

Hmmm, Solipiskier. A tough name to spell, but an addicting game to play.

Solipiskier takes a little while to load, but is quite worth it once you understand how the game goes. You use your mouse to paint hills for a skier to ride. Paint down to increase speed, paint up to gain altitude. Paint long rides down and short rides up to make the guy jump. Release the mouse button for him to do tricks. All the while, a pleasan…

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Welcome, i am new here, this site is so cool, it's full of fake games, just like Fantendo, Fanon Wiki and more. I will make a fake megaman fangame crossovering named MegaHeroes. :D

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Many ruder-than-scientific words exist for "homosexual"; the faceless internet crams my inbox with them every day.

Usually, they're in YouTube comments.

I like when I get a YouTube comment from someone who says something interesting—or nice, though interesting is more fun than nice. I like to immediately engage that person in conversation. I like using the internet for conversation: that's why I write articles and blogs. I like talking to people in the comments.

Because I sometimes get interesting comments, I leave inbox notifications on for YouTube. Every time I get a comment on YouTube, a mail pops into my inbox.

Nine times out of ten, it's from a person telling me that they disapprove of my existence. They use some objectively not-nice word…

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So. For the wiki to finally have a bureaucrat, we have to vote on a leader. Oh, look at this happiness. We've had this sort of conversation before. And rights were changed by the same guy, too.

Anyway. Here's how this breaks down. There are like four active users here. Me, Element Knight, Sammyfun1, and Al129023.

Sigh, anything I say now will be seen as biased. Carrying on. I have been here longer than the mentioned users. I have been an admin longer than they were here too (March 2011). Our past leader named be next in the royal line. The community trusts me, and I'm only a jerk when I write blogs like this one. Which has happened, twice previously. My lengthy resume is on my page somewhere.

Element Knight is trusted here by all, and a very …

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(Note: This is a blog I wrote around 2 years ago at Kotaku I thought I'd share it with you guys, enjoy)

I've lived in Japan for a long time. When I first came here, I liked living here. Now, I don't. I haven't changed. Japan hasn't really changed, either. Something else, however, has.

Maybe all three of these things are part of the same problem.

I would like to say that I intend to flesh out each of the following bullet points in such a way as to minimize hate mail, though that would be undermining the creativity of hate mailers. Instead, I'll just say that, yes, I live in Tokyo and I have for many years, and that I do understand that many of the complaints here are maybe particular to Tokyo. Maybe if I moved out to Osaka, things would be bet…

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Beeeeeg updates. Liek huuuuuuuge.

Ouro resigned, and I am the new leader here. I've request bureaucrat rights, and have posted the wiki for community help for the look and design. We'll see where that goes. (If it sounds like I'm not sad, 1. He's not vanishing off the face of the earth 2. I expressed my feelings elsewhere 3. I have his Facebook. Mwa ha ha.)

The game reviews site will get a new favicon when I make one. They're discussing what it should look like. The game reviews wiki will get a new theme at a later date. Won't be on there unless you message me.

I will rarely be on the Epic Saga wiki unless you message me. Too busy making games here. And being busy. Generically.

The VGI wiki is being reconstructed as the GIW alliance sandbox wiki. Ta…

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Since pretty much everyone is hyped up about the upcoming Super Smash Bros. video game, I feel that I should make a blog about which characters should be in the game and what movesets they should have.

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I was a particularly nerdy kid, growing up. I was raised by a Dad who was plenty nerdy himself, and I usually opted out of sports-related activities in favor of playing as many video games as I could get away with. I have this excellent picture from my 8th grade Little League baseball team. On the day where everyone got action shots, I asked to have my picture taken on the bench, math binder in hand, since most of my game time was spent there doing homework. (I’m pretty good at math, too.) Never in a million years did I think that I would be the kind of guy to watch other people play video games, cheer wildly, and yell “OH MY SHIT DID HE JUST DO THAT”. In other words, I never thought I’d be into sports. Until I went to Evolution 2004. That…

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{sighs} Your very own Chaotic Lord hasn't been on this week for about several weeks. Why, you may ask? Because I've been thinking about a rough decision. It didn't actually hit me at first, but I've decided to make one of the most uproarious and depressing thoughts ever... and apparently I don't like this one bit, either.

Ladies and gentleman, I, Ouroburos.TheNewSaurian, will be leaving immediately after this blog is finished.

• I finished Pokemon Black at least two to three times; the first one almost didn't count since at the time, I was unable to fight the Unova Region Champion (Alder). I also received both Reshiram and Kyurem, as well. I'll play some more if I'm up for it.
• I'm planning to stay at the Epic Saga Wiki. That's still okay, right…

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