Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang! The Witch Doctor OT

[Queen Mebd]

It seems that the new DIII community forums are missing the one thing that makes dii.net so inviting; Off Topic Threads. So put on your voodoo mask :devil:, grab a cold one, and raise some OT, or zombie walls, or both.

Keep in mind forum rules (http://forums.diabloii.net/faq.php?faq=rules) still apply, so keep the foul language, flaming, and mindless spam out (I can read all I want about how people are getting uppity about the possible lack of necromancers in DIII in the rest of this particular fourm).

[Zarniwoop]

Oddly, your choice of topic, is exactly how I picture the WD speaking during the game.

[Thyiad]

I've stuck this thread for a bit, because I found the title amusing and would like to see it more. :)

[Erwwwd]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMEZvZSWFQ

[Es Mors]

Wait a minute... which doctor are we talking about?

:rolf:

[Queen Mebd]

Thanks Thy, I think this has to be my first stuck thread!

Funny you mention that Es, I was originally thinking of naming the thread something to the effect of: Which doctor? Witch doctor?

[Gorny]

AAAAAALLLLLVVVIIIIINNNN!


-Sorry couldn't resist.

[Mad Mantis]

That devil emoticon is perfect as a voodoo mask.

[Queen Mebd]

It was either that or my favorite :propeller:, but you're right Mad Mantis, the :devil: is quite befitting.

[Mad Mantis]

I'm trying to get into the spirit of the WD, so I'm making a mask like that. I've already got a cardboard box and grass. All I need is some crack and a place that looks like the jungle. The crack is the easy part. I don't think the zoo will allow me near the jungle.

[Queen Mebd]

Just don't get into any trouble with the law for your cracked-out, grass-wearing, jungle hobo antics. ^_^

[Cynt]

He gives new meaning to "Blow" pipe?

[Flux]

we were joking about a d3 OT forum in the chat yesterday, and how weird a concept it would be. after all, why do you need more than 1 OT forum, when the purpose of such a forum is to not talk about the game? And yet here we are, 12 hours later, and it's a serious request. heh heh heh

[Queen Mebd]

I don't know about others, but as someone who doesn't play as much as I used to, the OT's are nice place to shoot the breeze. I also think there's nothing wrong with each forum having it's own OT; they all have their own character (probably because it's the same regulars and inside jokes). Speaking from experience most of the older shapeshifting druid players on our respective realms are pretty tightly knit and have spent hours pubbing together, so the druid off topic forum seems like a much more natural place to keep up than say the PvP OT (though Kiba will still spam that for the heck of it).

I think it'd be neat if OT's eventually sprang up in some (though not necessarily all) of the d3 forums as those begin to take on a character of their own. I can see myself enjoying a witch doctor should I end up playing d3 when it comes out, so I decided to plop one down here and make it a little more hospitable.

[Rashiminos]

So, how many WDs are going to be named some derivative of Alvin and/or Chipmunk?

Furthermore, there has got to be a WD-40 joke around the bend somewhere...

[Mad Mantis]

Well the WD seems like the class I would be spending the most amount of time on, so I figured the same thing as Queen Mebd, why not come over here. Most sub-forums attract a certain kind of people. It is not surprising that they would also like to OT together. And OT threads are great for those comments that just don't fit anywhere else.

[Erwwwd]

So, how many WDs are going to be named some derivative of Alvin and/or Chipmunk?

I'm going for Endugu (http://www.diabloii.net/wiki/Superuniques#Witch_Doctor_Endugu). But I think I must be quick to take the name on B.Net.

[Mad Mantis]

Dr Feelgood also has a high chance for abuse. Not to mention any character from a hospital series.

[Queen Mebd]

You'd be surprised what don't snag for names, you just may be able to secure Endugu when d3 comes out. I'm thinking Dr Strangelove could make for a neat witch doctor name.

[aSimpleFear]

I'm going to name my witch doctor GeorgeClooney.

[LinkHimself]

Perry Cox
John Dorian
Turk/Turkleton

Oh yes, I love Scrubs : D

[Swamigoon]

Thompson_Twin. "Doctor, doctor! Can't you see I'm burnin', burnin'!"

[Ter]

I'm shooting for Dr. Bombay

[Mad Mantis]

Dr. Mindbender. Finally a use for the name of the most deranged of the COBRA's.

[vendrox]

Dr Evil or Dr Who is what I'm going for :D

[Queen Mebd]

Dr. No could be fun too. I love how this has gone from the OT to what I'm planning on naming my witch doctor thread.

[Mad Mantis]

Normally people would warn that a thread needs to get back on topic. I've never seen someone call for a thread to be taken back off topic.

[Queen Mebd]

Heh, that happens more than you'd think (well in the druid forum that is). I just think there have been some neat names that have popped up, and might try and snag a few of the aforementioned if they don't get take on whichever realm I end up on.

[lukefojut]

I'll be going for Dr Acula personally....

[Mad Mantis]

Heh, that happens more than you'd think (well in the druid forum that is).

And here I thought all druids were raving loonies who could only talk OT. Then again I think the last time I was there Garbad was still Mod.

[Felix]

Maybe ThisDoctor, or Dr Whats.

[melianor]

Dr. Drake Remory :whistling:

[Tsumaru]

I've stuck this thread for a bit, because I found the title amusing and would like to see it more. :)

That has got to be one of the best reasons I've ever seen a forum moderator give for stickying a thread. =P

[Mad Mantis]

Dr. Drake Remory :whistling:

Wikipedia has a handy list of fictional doctors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_doctors).

[zarfen]

Character sub-forums need OT's :grin:, there like-minded players can talk jibberish in between their "strafe or multi" debates, while the OT forum consist of rather lot of serious OT talk like religion or news (I'm definitely not saying the OT forum is a serious place :rolleyes:).
I'm just saying I favour the sub-forums OT's (EMB :cloud9:) rather than the OT forum.

Aherm, anyway:
Dr. Jan Itor

[Mad Mantis]

Well, we could totally start a religious debate in here if that would make you feel more at home.

Damn. I think I'm turning dyslexic. I keep reading and typing complete sentences and when I press post it appears I missed a number of letters. Either that or Gremlins.

[melianor]

Wikipedia has a handy list of fictional doctors (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_doctors).

Nice list. Where is Dr. Schiwago. Old time classic movie 8) Not so fictional though.


Well, we could totally start a religious debate in here if that would make you feel more at home.

Damn. I think I'm turning dyslexic. I keep reading and typing complete sentences and when I press post it appears I missed a number of letters. Either that or Gremlins.

Gremlins eat letters?

[Mad Mantis]

Nice list. Where is Dr. Schiwago. Old time classic movie 8) Not so fictional though.

As far as I know Doktor Schiwago is the German name for Doctor Zhivago.



Gremlins eat letters?

Letters and planes.

[vendrox]

Ah, OT thread amuse me at work..

I also hear gremlins eat children, but that might just be hearsay.

Dr. Hannibal Lector is miiiiiine! :D

[Mad Mantis]

Don't think I've seen that in any of the movies.

[Erwwwd]

Don't feed the Mogwai after midnight!

[Crowd Control]

Hmm, this seems like a comfortable OT. I might stick around here.

I think I'll pick the legendary Dr. Phil. Losers first, you know.

[Mad Mantis]

How could I not think of Dr. Phil? :rant: That trumps all!

[zarfen]

I changed my mind, I'll totally go for Doktor Kosmos

[Crowd Control]

Doctor Dolittle is still available too. And Doc Octopus isn't that bad either.

[Erwwwd]

My female witch doctor will be

Sabrina the teenage

[skorpiostouch]

well i have a necromancer called Doktor-Makabre. if i can use that name, i will settle for it. otherwise, ima take Dr. Death.

[vendrox]

Just realized I missed the best doctor of all times.

Dr.HOUSE

[AxlStrife]

I'm claiming Doogie Howser.

[melianor]

I'm claiming Doogie Howser.
*giggle*

Add "Pille" to the list.

[Mad Mantis]

I'm claiming Doogie Howser.

Damn. That name rang a bell and I had to IMDB it. I can't believe I watched that show as a kid.

[Hephaestos]

How will I name my Witch Doctor?
Dr. Livingstone, I presume....

[rykuss]

Medicine_Man, oh yeah I'm all over that when D3 comes out!

[Cwicseolfor]

I've stuck this thread for a bit, because I found the title amusing and would like to see it more. :)

Haha I still remember being forced to 'sing' this in primary school. Although 'forced' is perhaps the wrong word as it didn't take much to convince a bunch of 8 year olds to chant along to a random little ditty.

[Jcakes]

Dr Jekyll is mine.

Hmm maybe we need a new thread for WD names

[Crowd Control]

Definitely not!! I'm already taking about 2 hours per character to figure out a cool name which hasn't been taken and doesn't include xX[SkillName]xx in it. Dr Phil is mine, that's all I want to make clear. All other names will definitely be kept to myself.

[Mad Mantis]

Generally coming up with names also takes the longest when I'm building a character. I'm slowly building a stockpile of names that aren't found 1 million times when typing them in Google.

[Tsumaru]

I hope somebody has brought up Doctor Who by now. But I'll leave "the Doctor" to someone else, though. I believe that Dr. Emmett L. Brown shall be mine for the keeping. GREAT SCOTT! And I shall name one of my pets Delorean. At least in my head I shall.

[andytheavs]

That's Heavy. I never got into the Necro, so I probably won't get into the Witch Doctor either. Naming one as a mule could be worthwhile though.

[Erwwwd]

That's Heavy. I never got into the Necro, so I probably won't get into the Witch Doctor either. Naming one as a mule could be worthwhile though.

Welcome to the forums. Great thread to start in.

*Steals wallet, pants and other shiny objects*

[KiLLJOi]

I hope New Tristram has a kiropraktor ready for this guy...

[Crowd Control]

I hope New Tristram has a kiropraktor ready for this guy...

Haha indeed, and a personal trainer for the Barb to maintain the muscle.

[KiLLJOi]

I think we just discovered another class
a kiropraktik/personal training mage :thumbup:

they have "magical hands", it all fits together

[lionheart]

Yes and since we are at it lets put some prostitutes as well for in between fights fun for the heroes... :whistling:

[Crowd Control]

Yes and since we are at it lets put some prostitutes as well for in between fights fun for the heroes... :whistling:

Only if they restore health and morale :yes: .

GTA ftw.

[Mad Mantis]

they have "magical hands", it all fits together

Class items include a big syringe and massage table.



Yes and since we are at it lets put some prostitutes as well for in between fights fun for the heroes... :whistling:

And ale. True adventurers spend their gold on just two things.

[lionheart]

I dont think our heroes would end up finishing that game then. There would be just going out of town for a little to get some gold and get on again with the fun :grin:

[KiLLJOi]

I dont think our heroes would end up finishing that game then. There would be just going out of town for a little to get some gold and get on again with the fun :grin:

This could be the determining factor in allowing gold to be the new currency:thumbup:

[lionheart]

This could be the determining factor in allowing gold to be the new currency:thumbup:

lol basically turning the diablo world into a place filled with killer alcoholics that cant get some in a normal way :grin:

[Matora]

Nice, why not just go and spend the money for the game on actual real world hookers then, rather than pursue a gaming habit, stick to real life? Because stabbing people in real life is still mostly illegal..... well, it all depends on how much they'd amp up the graphics for those characters =D

[Crowd Control]

Blizz can easily pay for the hookers. They can even pay them to play digital hookers. Hell, they can even teach the hookers to program so they can have additive 'value' to the programmers team.

[Matora]

Ah, I love the good corporations.

[Queen Mebd]

I'm away for a week and the thread certainly takes an, interesting direction. Oh well, time for dinner.

[AxlStrife]

WhatCHA havin'?

[lionheart]

Yea i think this thread took a wrong turn somewhere along the way lol Too much speculation leads you in strange places :grin:

[Mad Mantis]

I dont think our heroes would end up finishing that game then. There would be just going out of town for a little to get some gold and get on again with the fun :grin:

One wonders how those types of civilisations function. What is stopping people from becoming adventurers and just getting on with a much more interesting life style than being a sanitation engineer in the Rogue camp?

[lionheart]

One wonders how those types of civilisations function. What is stopping people from becoming adventurers and just getting on with a much more interesting life style than being a sanitation engineer in the Rogue camp?


Hahaha well i think its all based on preferences. High sense of duty, family and religion lol In one way im happy there are those people otherwise civilisation would have been pretty different today lol

As regards the diablo world i dont think you would care much to save a world where people do just that, i would let those bastards rot in hell :grin:

[Queen Mebd]

One wonders how those types of civilisations function. What is stopping people from becoming adventurers and just getting on with a much more interesting life style than being a sanitation engineer in the Rogue camp?

Oh oh oh, sanitation engineer must be one of the other three classes in d3!!!1!!111

All the speculation does make for some pretty interesting threads; I think I've been reading up on most of the threads in the d3 forums for entertainment mostly (you can't take them all toooo seriously or you're bound to post something silly, and occasionally find something interesting (that's not people arguing in circles).

Now I'm probably thinking way ahead, but does anyone else think that the witch doctor's getup would make for a spectacular Halloween costume? :devil:

[Crowd Control]

Now I'm probably thinking way ahead, but does anyone else think that the witch doctor's getup would make for a spectacular Halloween costume? :devil:

I think a pin up dress would suit both the male and the female better.

[Queen Mebd]

Pulling off the grass-wearing jungle hobo part wouldn't be too bad, however if I really wanted to look the part I'd have to get working on the vomiting leaves routine.

[AxlStrife]

Pulling off the grass-wearing jungle hobo part wouldn't be too bad, however if I really wanted to look the part I'd have to get working on the vomiting leaves routine.

If I didn't buy a Spartan costume the day after Halloween last year ($10 for helm, chestplate, shinguards, shield, and armguards sounds like a sweet deal to me) I would SO go as a witch doctor. That vomiting leaves sounds painful though.

[Jcakes]

It shouldn't be too hard to set up, attach an old vacuum cleaner of some description to your back (to aid in the hunched look). Fill the bag with leaves and turn on reverse (with the nozzle pointing forward). It could be difficult to make it look realistic, but I think it can be done.

I would so dress as one ... if we had halloween here.

[AxlStrife]

It shouldn't be too hard to set up, attach an old vacuum cleaner of some description to your back (to aid in the hunched look). Fill the bag with leaves and turn on reverse (with the nozzle pointing forward). It could be difficult to make it look realistic, but I think it can be done.

I would so dress as one ... if we had halloween here.

Would you be hardcore enough to drill a hole in the back of your head to put the tube through to get the realistic "vomiting leaves"? *pulls out chisel and hammer*

[Jcakes]

Yeah *if haloween was celebrate here* however it is not recognised, so I won't. For those that are less hardcore then me you could just rig the nozzle up to the masks mouth, so the mask vomits leaves

Edit: Or better still take up smoking a million packs a day so that you develop throat cancer, then attach the nozzle to the hole in your throat so you can blow the leaves out your mouth.

Edit 2: I do not condone smoking for any reason, however I think Edit1 is as good a reason as any :)

[AxlStrife]

Yeah *if haloween was celebrate here* however it is not recognised, so I won't. For those that are less hardcore then me you could just rig the nozzle up to the masks mouth, so the mask vomits leaves

Edit: Or better still take up smoking a million packs a day so that you develop throat cancer, then attach the nozzle to the hole in your throat so you can blow the leaves out your mouth.

Edit 2: I do not condone smoking for any reason, however I think Edit1 is as good a reason as any :)

:rolf: good stuff. If I had a sig I'd sig this.

[Mad Mantis]

The hobo part is easy. So far all the vomiting I seem to be able to do includes barf and not leaves.

[melianor]

Who the hell came up with "Jungle Hobo". Hobo = Someone who is travelling in search of work, possibly also homeless. Or what do you define hobo as. I think it sounds both negative and mispalced.

[Mad Mantis]

The hobo bit came from kontankarite. When I hear "hobo" I always have to think of Dr Hobo (http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=92).

[Queen Mebd]

I personally like the "jungle hobo" nomenclature, closest thing to The Dude (http://youtube.com/watch?v=iTkXBD508vo&feature=related) as a d2 or 3 character can get.

[AxlStrife]

I personally like the "jungle hobo" nomenclature, closest thing to The Dude (http://youtube.com/watch?v=iTkXBD508vo&feature=related) as a d2 or 3 character can get.

:rolf: good stuff. Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang!

[Es Mors]

So I thought the thread title was just something you made up and then I went and searched for it on youtube and... oh my god! :rolf:

[Queen Mebd]

So I thought the thread title was just something you made up and then I went and searched for it on youtube and... oh my god! :rolf:

Heh, I think I'm pretty creative but not that creative. The song is pretty catchy though eh? :jig:

edit: Erwwwd posted the link on the first page too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMEZvZSWFQ

[Crowd Control]

Ohhh references to 'the DUDE' are always in place. Maybe that should be a whole different character class.

[Cynt]

The Dude abides.

[NKlint]

Dr. Leonard McCoy

I hope I can create a Witchdoctor fast enough :D

[Mad Mantis]

To take this OT-Thread completely OT, has anyone here been following Fallout 3?

[Es Mors]

I've been following Fallout 3 and looking forward to it more than anything else. And if this turns out to be another place where people bash Fallout 3 just because it exists, I'm going to give you all the silent treatment. Yes, the silent treatment.

[Crowd Control]

Haven't actually ever been into Fallout. Is it worth checking out the previous two games?

[Mad Mantis]

I've been following Fallout 3 and looking forward to it more than anything else. And if this turns out to be another place where people bash Fallout 3 just because it exists, I'm going to give you all the silent treatment. Yes, the silent treatment.

Well, I wouldn't want the silent treatment. Don't mistake this for bashing, but I really want to know what you are looking forward to in Fallout 3.



Haven't actually ever been into Fallout. Is it worth checking out the previous two games?

Yes. They are marvellous examples of crpgs. Great choices and consequences, good quests and marvellous humor. Turn-based combat makes it all more enjoyable in my opinion, but some people hate it. Fallout 2 is more about the gags than Fallout 1 is. Play them in order.

[Es Mors]

They are marvellous examples of crpgs. Great choices and consequences, good quests and marvellous humor.

That's what I'm looking for. And yes, I believe it will be like that in Fallout 3. I'm an optimistic person. :yes:

[Mad Mantis]

That's what I'm looking for. And yes, I believe it will be like that in Fallout 3. I'm an optimistic person. :yes:

I'm having a hard time believing that they can deliver that. So far I'm on the fence. The gameplay trailer looks decent, but the interviews have not given me much hope. So I will remain on my fence until the game comes out and the first fan reviews (written by people with more than 10 hours of play time) appear.

[NKlint]

*snip*
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Witch Doctor = top half of a Flayer Shaman = cracked-out, grass-wearing, jungle hobo = bobbing clown who vomits leaves. And people thought Necromancers had an image problem.

Clowns frighten me more than a Necromancer does :D

[Mad Mantis]

True, but as far as I know both aren't in Fallout 3. Unless Todd Howard decides they need to be. Just like the Teddy Gun.

[Es Mors]

I'm having a hard time believing that they can deliver that. So far I'm on the fence. The gameplay trailer looks decent, but the interviews have not given me much hope. So I will remain on my fence until the game comes out and the first fan reviews (written by people with more than 10 hours of play time) appear.

Well I figuered that there's absolutely no way I can know how the game will be before I actually try it, so I simply choose to be positive about it, because it makes me feel better. :thumbup:

The gameplay trailer was actually quite uninteresting for me, but I guess they couldn't start showing the rpg factors of the game in there, because it would make a less striking trailer than the boom bang squash destroy splatter version.

[Crowd Control]

The higher the expectations, the bigger the disappointment.

[Mad Mantis]

Well I figuered that there's absolutely no way I can know how the game will be before I actually try it, so I simply choose to be positive about it, because it makes me feel better. :thumbup:

That is as good a position as any. I'm thinking that as long as I stay a bit apprehensive I can't be too disappointed if it tanks completely.



The gameplay trailer was actually quite uninteresting for me, but I guess they couldn't start showing the rpg factors of the game in there, because it would make a less striking trailer than the boom bang squash destroy splatter version.

I thought the exact same thing when I saw the trailer. I do really wish he'd taken the three minutes it would have taken him to actually talk to someone and show some of the dialog. Just one unimportant dialog with an unimportant person. Just to get a feel for the quality of the writing. Hell, even some screenshots with this would be preferable to what is available now.

[Erwwwd]

I didn't know it was coming. If it still has a turn-based combat system I'm very interested.

[AlexanderM]

I have my fears about it becoming "oblivion with guns", especially as I wasn't a big fan of Oblivion, liked Morrowind much better. Fallout 2 is among my favorite RPG games, and I'd hate to see Fallout 3 if it didn't have the humor and gore of the old games.

[Mad Mantis]

I didn't know it was coming. If it still has a turn-based combat system I'm very interested.

Nope. Straight up real-time FPP or TPP with a pause system straight out of KotOR.



I have my fears about it becoming "oblivion with guns", especially as I wasn't a big fan of Oblivion, liked Morrowind much better.

At first the Devs really tried to avoid that term saying that is wasn't like that. Nowadays they use it to fuel the hype machine. It has been called Oblivion 2 on more than one occasion.
Still that doesn't bother me as long as the writing is good and the quests are interesting. But we don't get information on that. It is something that really worries me.

Also the quest compass from Oblivion is back. I hated that thing with passion. You couldn't disable it since the quests weren't written to give you enough info without the bloody thing.

[NKlint]

yada yada yada KotOR.




yada yada yada yada

Do you think the Lightsabre will look like a Lightsabre in D III?

[Mad Mantis]

No. It will have real life particle physics and parallex bump mapped filtering for enhanced immersion. And if I could remember more buzzwords it would have them to.

[NKlint]

Will it force z-buffer and anisotropic filtering using a conformant texture clamp too?

[Mad Mantis]

Yes, but only for the blade. It uses procedural generation of ragdoll physics for the interaction of the grip with the fully destructive environment.

[Es Mors]

If Fallout 3 will suck, then this will be the true fallout 3: behold. (http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/19754)

[Mad Mantis]

Is STALKER any good? I kind of tracked that game for a while and then lost interest. Never did play it.

Also I heard that Deus Ex 3 is in development. Anybody know any juicy details on that? Will it be Deus Ex style, or DX: Invisible War style?

[melianor]

I played Stalker a bit, though i must say, that my expectations form the screenshots i saw was not satisfied. The mechanics in the game and the playstyle and feel are very nice, also the reactions of the AI were alot different everytime i reloaded to try a different approach. I did not progress any further past the first bigger skirmish with a couple of AI based on a small farm though, due to not having time to play :p

That said, its hard nowadays to get your hand on quality games that you will actually want to buy!

[Mad Mantis]

Considering that I do not really have any expectations, would you recommend that I try it? I know that you can't know if I'll like it, but I want to know if the game is polished enough to be enjoyable and if the game mechanics are decent enough without getting overly annoying. Basically if the game is decently playable or broken beyond repair. Considering the state of gaming these days I'm happy if I don't have to add about 3 gigs of mods to make games enjoyable.

[Simon Grim]

Here's something to get you guys in the Witch Doctor spirit. HAHAHA!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdGh4ICeAIY

[Queen Mebd]

That is certainly, um, interesting, though I don't see that meshing well with the witch doctor's jungle hoboness.

[Mad Mantis]

But just imagine it in the jungle. And instead of a ring you have a cardboard box. And they fight over hooch instead of just a big belt and some cash.

[Torvaldr]

Just help jump back and forth a bit... kinda like a bunny hop... On names I can't believe no one got this one. Since it is unlikely in the extreme I will ever play a WD I toss this one out for grabs.

Dr. Watson. It is so elementary!

[Mad Mantis]

Everytime someone mentions a good WD name I have to facepalm myself for not thinking of it before. I've been facepalming a lot since the beginning of this thread.

[NKlint]

Dr Patch Adams

I bet if he walked into the Gesundheit! Institute dressed as a Witch Doctor from Diablo III he could cure someones cancer.

[Mad Mantis]

Dr Patch Adams

That movie was terrible. I would make it my job to PK that guy, just to feel that I'd gotten some of the time back that I spend watching that movie.

[melianor]

That movie was terrible. I would make it my job to PK that guy, just to feel that I'd gotten some of the time back that I spend watching that movie.
Luckily i only saw like the first 5 minutes and then switched to another channel.

[Queen Mebd]

Heh, that's on the list of movies I haven't seen yet, and given everyone's ardor for it, will probably stay on that list. :grin:

[LarryPaul]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dlPVuIDsCag

beats the crap out of those squirrels

[Mad Mantis]

beats the crap out of those squirrels

I'm all for violence against those squirrels. The hair on the blonde dude in the video is cool. I wish I had that kind of hair.

[Chard]

Franz Boas

[vendrox]

Everytime someone mentions a good WD name I have to facepalm myself for not thinking of it before. I've been facepalming a lot since the beginning of this thread.

Stop that, or we're gonna need a new moderator! :@

Also if Bnet allows it (which it might not do), I'm gonna get Dr. Dick aswell as a reference to those pun filled E-Rotic songs of the nineties!

[Mad Mantis]

Those name filters tend to be hit or miss. I've seen screens of some really crazy names in WoW.

[NKlint]

Attorneys have filed lawsuits against the makers of violent games, alleging the violent content causes real-world violence. I think that violence in video games is inspired by the real world.

What do you think, Data?
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l4/NKlint/NKlint%202/Datalaugh.gif

[Mad Mantis]

They stopped the sale of GTA IV in Thailand after some complete idiot murdered a cabby and claimed that he wanted to act out a scene from the game. When will people learn that the cause was not videogames, but the fact that the guy was a complete nutjob? Some people are just mixed up and anything could set them off.

[NKlint]

I wonder if another guy in Thailand would murder a family saying "The Devil made me do it!" if they would Ban the practice of Religion?

[Jcakes]

I wonder if another guy in Thailand would murder a family saying "The Devil made me do it!" if they would Ban the practice of Religion?

That is sort of a good point, how many suicide bombings do we here about due to religion ....

[Mad Mantis]

Ah see, but religious people have total fanatics. They also have influence. Religion is accepted. Nowadays if I say that I like to play videogames half the people I say it to look at me as if I am retarded. Gamers are sitting ducks and still looked upon as immature simpletons.

[NKlint]

If half the people look at you like you're retarded, then we're only 1% away from being accepted!

Yay, Video Games! :D

[Mad Mantis]

If half the people look at you like you're retarded, then we're only 1% away from being accepted!

I hadn't actually thought of it like that. Somehow that makes me feel a lot better.

[Jcakes]

I hadn't actually thought of it like that. Somehow that makes me feel a lot better.

I think the main issue is that violent computer games and TV make good scapegoats for societies problems. It is much easier to blame computer games than to blame a breakdown in mental health/care.

[NKlint]

I think the main issue is that violent computer games and TV make good scapegoats for societies problems. It is much easier to blame computer games than to blame a breakdown in mental health/care.

Just like how people blamed sickness and other maladies on witches and bad spirits, it's easier to fabricate blame rather than research what's causing the problem. A lot of people just listen to what some individuals have to say instead of identifying all of the contributing factors.

[Mad Mantis]

True. It is also almost always the clueless that advocate that violent games must make children more violent.

[NKlint]

I wonder what Video Game inspired this...

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l4/NKlint/NKlint%202/th_Lobster.jpg
(http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l4/NKlint/NKlint%202/Lobster.jpg)
Cause I'd LOOOVE to play it!

[Mad Mantis]

http://www.hilariousbabybob.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/natselec1.jpg

Spore is responsible for this.

[NKlint]

No words... They should have sent... a Poet...

I'd think it'd require a hefty amount of genetics to spawn a gerbil growing a knife from it's back. Sort of like the rat that grows human ears. :D

[Moaf]

I think it would require also a hefty amount of genetics to grow so long fingernails...

[NKlint]

genetics... long fingernails...

Genetically engineered PG-13 Beer Fingers (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/975843/longest_nail_beer_luge/)?

[Moaf]

Uh. This beer must have a unique taste

[NKlint]

5...4...3...2...1

[NKlint]

Happy August 8, 2008!
*screams* *confetti*
*fanfare* *paper horn*

[ill logic]

You remind me of the babe

[NKlint]

You remind me of the babe

Also, I heard Yoda is broken is Soul Calibur 4. True?



Goblin: What babe?

It's true, Yoda and Darth Vader are in Soul Caliber 4.

[ill logic]

Goblin king: The babe with the power

[NKlint]

Goblin king: The babe with the power

Goblin: What power?

[ill logic]

Goblin king: The power of voodoo

[NKlint]

Goblin king: The power of voodoo

Goblin: Who do?

[ill logic]

Jareth: You do

[NKlint]

Jareth: You do

Goblin: Do what?

[ill logic]

Goblin king: Remind me of the babe

[NKlint]

That's funny, I just saw a preview of "Fat Guy Stuck in the Internet" which was lampooning Labyrinth.

[ill logic]

I've had that song stuck in my head for going on 8 years now. Labyrinth brings me back.

LOL, I didn't know about fat guy stuck in the internet. Sounds hilarious: "Gemberling and Chains must negotiate their way through a maze of puzzles and tricks…all the while, enduring the Maze Master’s flamboyant songs."

[NKlint]

Yeah that show...

They sure show a lot of uh, Camel Toe. I still think the "Kazaa!" character was the best villain even though he only shows up in one episode.

[Mad Mantis]

I have no clue as to what you are talking about. Can someone give me a link?

[vendrox]

Oo ee oo ah ah ting tang walla walla bing bang!

I have a feeling this OT will be even more successful than the necromancer one, and that's prestigeous!

:thumbsup:

[NKlint]

Could Tam Tam (http://samuraianiv.snkplaymore.co.jp/english/character/tamtam/index.php) from "Samurai Showdown" be a good character name.

[vendrox]

Haha, yeah!

Man I need to remember some jungle hobo's from different animes I've seen :)

[NKlint]

Is it me or does the Edit button last a little longer now?

[ill logic]

The second. And the edit buttons from my posts from weeks ago are back...

Anyway, I spy with my eye something that is green.

[NKlint]

The second. And the edit buttons from my posts from weeks ago are back...

Anyway, I spy with my eye something that is green.

Mad Mantis?

I spy something that begins with "M".

[Mad Mantis]

Is it me or does the Edit button last a little longer now?

As part of our ongoing experiment the management has decided that the EDIT feature will now stay open for longer. I think the plan was indefinitely, but they might have shortened it a bit.

[vendrox]

The second. And the edit buttons from my posts from weeks ago are back...

Anyway, I spy with my eye something that is green.

Green Jelly?

I spy something that looks like a woman.

[Crowd Control]

A dragqueen?

[ill logic]

Mad Mantis.

Mad Mantis?

[NKlint]

Mad Mantis.

Mad Mantis?

His name is green, isn't it?

[Mad Mantis]

Maybe I'm green IRL as well.

[NKlint]

Maybe I'm green IRL as well.

You suppose ill logic was stalking you through your bedroom window while posting what he spied? :)

[Mad Mantis]

That would be really creepy. Even more so than the garden gnomes my neighbour has.

[Crowd Control]

You're a green woman then?

[NKlint]

Stay away from captain Kirk!

[Mad Mantis]

Wait! When did I become a woman?

[NKlint]

If you're still alive and you are teaching mantis children in a cave... then you're female! Otherwise you're a headless male.

[Mad Mantis]

I could just be a creepy child abducting male.

[Crowd Control]

Or a freaky male abducting child. :coffee:

[Jcakes]

He could also be an undead mantis and thus not really need a head.

[Mad Mantis]

The removal of the head generally makes zombies less terrifying than keeping the head but making the look of the eyes unnatural.

[ill logic]

A green hermaphroditic headless zombie mantis that is a freaky, creepy malenapper?

That screams Necromancer and Witch Doctor Moderator, lol :)

I will make you part of my collection

[Mad Mantis]

Ah man, not more pins.

[Frostraven]

Seriously.

This could be dubbed the Witch doctor ON TOPIC thread, reading the rest of the topics.

[Mad Mantis]

True, however I can't change the quality of the posts. All I can do is hope that Blizz releases some more info on the WD soon. Hopefully things will get a bit better after that. But the hate won't subside until the game is out for a little while.

[Wirt]

Let's do a little game. Try to get post nr 500 in this thread.

Wirt

[Wirt]

Ooh have to wait 30 seconds. Number 190.

Wirt

[Wirt]

30 seconds... number 191

[Wirt]

etc etc etc. See you near 500. Number 192.

Wirt

[Mad Mantis]

That is considered spamming. Games are good spamming isn't. I believe we threaten with reduction of post count in these cases. :scratchchin:

[Wirt]

I don't want that, so sorry for the bad idea...

Wirt


(Number 194)

[psuedoenviro]

So any recommendation of a game to keep me occupied until Diablo iii comes out Xmas 2010?

[Mad Mantis]

TF2 is a good game. For the rest, I was looking forward to Fallout 3, but that turned out to be not so great. They are working on Deus Ex 3. That might be released before D3. But I welcome any game suggestions myself.

[psuedoenviro]

Have you played Fallout 3? I was considering buying a PS3 to play it. I'm such a big fan. In fact, Fallout 1, 2, and Tactics are the only game on my laptop besides D1. I had to leave my D2 when moving for fear that I would load it. Sometimes I get the shakes just thinking about that game......

TF2 looks cool.

[Mad Mantis]

Have you played Fallout 3?

I've seen the youtube videos from the pirated version. The game itself is not yet out. To be honest, the game looks nothing like Fallout. It plays nothing like Fallout. They dropped all the choices and consequences and went with a more Bioware-type of RPG. If anything, it is a Fallout-themed modification to Oblivion. I was not that impressed with Oblivion. I might buy the game if it drops in price enough.

[Es Mors]

I've seen the youtube videos from the pirated version. The game itself is not yet out. To be honest, the game looks nothing like Fallout. It plays nothing like Fallout. They dropped all the choices and consequences and went with a more Bioware-type of RPG. If anything, it is a Fallout-themed modification to Oblivion. I was not that impressed with Oblivion. I might buy the game if it drops in price enough.

I'm wondering what you think now that the game is out, if you tried it?

I'm a long time fan of the Fallout series, in fact Fallout 2 is my all times favourite game. I have been waiting for Fallout 3 for more years than I can bother to count and I have to say, that this game met all of my expectations. The fallout atmosphere is all there, the grittyness, the humour and all other post nuclear goodness. Bethesda knew exactly what was great in the Fallout franchise and exactly what to include in the new game. I simply love it and I praise Bethesda as geniouses for their effort on the game. :yes:

[Mad Mantis]

I'm wondering what you think now that the game is out, if you tried it?

I tried the game and was unimpressed. I have to give them credit for capturing more Fallout elements than I first anticipated, but overall it is not enough. There are too many faults for it to be a good Fallout game. Even if you look at it as just a game I find it lacking. The animation is unimpressive, choices are superficial, consequences immediate and predictable (if existent) and the combat feels clunky.

[penthesilea]

a prayer to a WD totem..


ee uuu tula tula eeek muuush wabi biwa
muushh taktak yufu wibwib bwa kakekeke
immimm fododoeso muuu lalala feee iikk tah!


(he/she circles around the totem while chanting
this stuff!)

[billking]

The removal of the head generally makes zombies less terrifying than keeping the head but making the look of the eyes unnatural.
The most terrifying option is to choose both. Just have the head fall off as the hero fights the zombie. Zombie doesn't care, keeps attacking.

Actually, I don't know whether that's terrifying or funny.

[Mad Mantis]

Actually, I don't know whether that's terrifying or funny.

Horror movies have shown us that it can be both. It depends a bit on the context and whether or not you expect it.

[billking]

Horror movies have shown us that it can be both. It depends a bit on the context and whether or not you expect it.
In my opinion, the scariest zombies are the 28 Days Later (TM) brand. I like my zombies to be fast, drooling, rabid, and unpredictable as hell. A slow, predictable, stupid wall of undead is only stressful if you don't have enough ammo to shoot them all in time. The heroes normally don't, and end up spending time of the roofs of malls like they are on an abandoned tropical island. Dawn of the Dead is about as scary as Robinson Crusoe. The new version has an awesome cover of Down with the Sickness, though, so I still give it my thumbs-up.

[Caligunero]

In my opinion, the scariest zombies are the 28 Days Later (TM) brand. I like my zombies to be fast, drooling, rabid, and unpredictable as hell. A slow, predictable, stupid wall of undead is only stressful if you don't have enough ammo to shoot them all in time. The heroes normally don't, and end up spending time of the roofs of malls like they are on an abandoned tropical island. Dawn of the Dead is about as scary as Robinson Crusoe. The new version has an awesome cover of Down with the Sickness, though, so I still give it my thumbs-up.

It's Diablo meets Left 4 Dead!

[billking]

My favorite moment in all of Diablo 2, hands down, was the very first time I jumped through Nihilitak's portal and got flanked by a bunch of reanimated skeletons, led by Pindleskin.

Similarly, one of my favorite moments of BioShock (anyone ever play that?) was when one of the hundreds of corpses I'd seen to that point in the game actually got up and ambushed me. Man, are there ever a lot of corpses in BioShock.

So yeah, I think it would be cool if you're going through Diablo 3, come upon scenes of past slaughters, and sometimes nothing happens, sometimes everything is just playing dead and you get jumped. It would keep you on your toes whenever you see corpses. The trick on Blizzard's part would be keeping it random enough that you never assume it's one way or the other.

[Mad Mantis]

Happy New Year!

[Mizantrop]

Did you know that Witch Doctors in Africa kill albinos to use thier organs in thier witchcraft?
My question is: can albino people overcome this kind of brutallity against thier brothers-of-white and play the Witch-Doctor class?

[Mad Mantis]

Did you know that Witch Doctors in Africa kill albinos to use thier organs in thier witchcraft?

It is the law of the jungle. Very few albinos, of any species, survive until adulthood. They just don't blend in well.

[AxlStrife]

Albino liver is exceptionally scrumptious. *licks lips*

[Mad Mantis]

Apparently the government is revoking the license of all witch doctors. They think that this will stop the random killings of albinos. I have no idea how they think that will work.

[AxlStrife]

*facepalm* That reminds me of Prohibition (American illegalization of liquor). Do they really thing witch doctors will stop practicing their magic because they don't have a license?

[Mad Mantis]

Don't know. Governments do really stupid things sometimes. Mostly they react to gut feelings and fight symptoms.

[AxlStrife]

Don't know. Governments do really stupid things sometimes. Mostly they react to gut feelings and fight symptoms.

I wonder how any albino children are born in those parts of the world to warrant such a reaction. Sounds more like a bad gene problem than a cultural conflict.

[Mad Mantis]

Their albino percentage is probably similar to ours. Just because there suddenly is a focus on them makes it appear as if they are much more common. And albinos stand out more between black people than between white people.

[AxlStrife]

Their albino percentage is probably similar to ours. Just because there suddenly is a focus on them makes it appear as if they are much more common. And albinos stand out more between black people than between white people.

True, but the reaction is still unwarranted IMO.

[Mad Mantis]

The reaction is indeed unwarranted. More often than not governments like to pass laws that target symptoms. These allow them to LOOK effective and on the case, when in reality the problem is still there. These laws are then never revoked and so you get some very amusing legacy laws and a maze of government regulations.

[AxlStrife]

The reaction is indeed unwarranted. More often than not governments like to pass laws that target symptoms. These allow them to LOOK effective and on the case, when in reality the problem is still there. These laws are then never revoked and so you get some very amusing legacy laws and a maze of government regulations.

Indeed. Sounds like there are some "witch doctors" in government right now. The "Eat the raw heart of a chicken and call me in the morning" approach that government usually takes doesn't accomplish anything, as you said so yourself (redundancy fail?).

*goes to call Haitian connections*

[Mizantrop]

It seems I've created a two-faced monster (Mad Mantis and a crazy-looking lizard monster) so I am going to try to :hijack: this topic once again.

Witch Doctor! or That Weird Uncle You Always Try to Avoid?

[Mad Mantis]

Generally I avoid all family as I find their presence a bit annoying.

[AxlStrife]

Crazy-looking Lizard monster (or Atma Weapon (Ultima Weapon for the newbies)from FFVI) says:

I never had a weird uncle, so I don't know what that's like. Being born and raised in Louisiana and taking multiple trips to New Orleans definitely got me a li'l contact with voodoo, and I didn't mind it.

What if that weird uncle you're trying to avoid happens to be a witch doctor? BIG problem!

[Mizantrop]

What if that weird uncle you're trying to avoid happens to be a witch doctor? BIG problem!

Yeah! how come we got TV shows like "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" where we learn how to comp with witching aunts but not shows like "Mombosa, the Adolescence Witch Doctor" to learn about our weird witching uncles?

[Nightswipe]

Thinking of the title being a song.
You can always listen to
The living end - witch doctor.
Good song,.

[AxlStrife]

*imagines the WD as a cheerleader in high school*
...
*contacts FOX and makes millions*

[Es Mors]

It seems I've created a two-faced monster (Mad Mantis and a crazy-looking lizard monster)

That should be in the game as a witch doctor summon! :thumbup:

[AxlStrife]

That should be in the game as a witch doctor summon! :thumbup:

:rolf: That would be wicked.

[Mizantrop]

Crazy-looking Lizard monster (or Atma Weapon (Ultima Weapon for the newbies)from FFVI) says:

I never had a weird uncle, so I don't know what that's like. Being born and raised in Louisiana and taking multiple trips to New Orleans definitely got me a li'l contact with voodoo, and I didn't mind it.

What if that weird uncle you're trying to avoid happens to be a witch doctor? BIG problem!

Weird stuff happens in New Orleans in general:

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[AxlStrife]

Weird stuff happens in New Orleans in general:

GSbqGgqc4TI

This site never fails to give me a good :lol2:

[Es Mors]

Weird stuff happens in New Orleans in general:

GSbqGgqc4TI

That was SO old school! http://www.metal-rules.com/bb/images/smiles/headbang.gif

[Mad Mantis]

Those old school adventures were great. Whatever happened to that genre?

[Es Mors]

Those old school adventures were great. Whatever happened to that genre?

I have no idea, but when in doubt - blame EA!

[Mad Mantis]

That seems like a good idea. I'll go a step further and blame EA for the death of gaming.

[Mizantrop]

That seems like a good idea. I'll go a step further and blame EA for the death of gaming.

Actually gaming is far from dead. It's one of the entertainment methoods that are practically unharmed by the recession. Unless you mean the death of hardcore gaming and the rise of casual gaming, than you are right.

[Mad Mantis]

The details are trivial and pointless. The most important thing is that some form of gaming is dead and that we can blame EA for it.

IMO the rise of casual gaming is because the companies got greedy. Instead of wanting to make a good game they are looking at the bottom line and thinking about how to make a lot of money.

[Mizantrop]

I think we can blame Blizzard for the death of the questing genre tbh. If they didn't cancel WarCraft Adventures (http://http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft_Adventures) we would have seen every other company making a clone for Blizzard's latest hit and the market would have been flooded with quests.

[Mad Mantis]

Lucas Arts should have continued to make SCUMM games.

[Slipin]

Lucas Arts should have continued to make SCUMM games.

Is this the Necro OT continued MM? Ha.

[AxlStrife]

I hate George Lucas with a passion.

[Mizantrop]

I hate George Lucas with a passion.

Yeah what a Steven Spielberg ripoff!

[AxlStrife]

I'm reminded of South Park: the Indiana Jones episode. It was indeed rape.

I should've added PB at the end of my former post for lulz.

[Mad Mantis]

Is this the Necro OT continued MM? Ha.

Hard to say with OT threads.



I hate George Lucas with a passion.

He got lucky. After that he got arrogant. It happens a lot. I did enjoy the southpark episode though.

[jel]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlPVuIDsCag

^^ ^^

[AxlStrife]

IIRC that vieo was posted WAY earlier. It's still as entertaining as a hooker with a li'l extra something.

[jel]

IIRC that vieo was posted WAY earlier. It's still as entertaining as a hooker with a li'l extra something.

I expected so much, but after seeing it hadn't been posted at pages 1-7 or 22-25 I stopped searching for it and just posted it.

[AxlStrife]

^_^ No complaints here.

[Mad Mantis]

Anybody see the trailer for the new Star Trek film? Can't say I'm over the moon. Looks like the story is some generic soap opera cliche and I'm not too fond of the design of the bridge.

[AxlStrife]

Anybody see the trailer for the new Star Trek film? Can't say I'm over the moon. Looks like the story is some generic soap opera cliche and I'm not too fond of the design of the bridge.

I vomited kittens when I saw it. While I'm not a Trekkie in the slightest, it pissed me the hell off to see J.J. Abrams destroy another genre (Cloverfield sucked as a monster-fiction movie. THe idea wa a neat one, but the delivery...). While Gone Fishin' made me laugh my *** off and Armageddon was alright, everything else was meh at best.

[Mad Mantis]

I'm attached to my Sci-Fi. I wouldn't say I'm a Trekkie, but I enjoy what that specific series gives in terms of Sci-Fi. I don't like them altering the show to end up with such a departure of the source. Why can't they leave a genre alone and make Dawson's Creek in Space with a new franchise?

[AxlStrife]

I'm attached to my Sci-Fi. I wouldn't say I'm a Trekkie, but I enjoy what that specific series gives in terms of Sci-Fi. I don't like them altering the show to end up with such a departure of the source. Why can't they leave a genre alone and make Dawson's Creek in Space with a new franchise?

No wonder we get along! Hahaha!

To answer your question: I blame it on the glaring dark side of capitalism: greed. Specifically, the making the most money with the least amount of effort while appearing to give a damn about that which one is ripping off or destroying.

[Mad Mantis]

To answer your question: I blame it on the glaring dark side of capitalism: greed.

Sometimes I wish greed had a personification. I could go to it and kick the ever living **** out of it for all the things destroyed. Then I would go to the personification of government and kick its *** for all the stupid decisions and money wasting.