07:22	FractalDawn	Yup
07:22	FractalDawn	and arranged essentially by Kalarus and Dorotea
07:22	Artell	Right.
07:23	FractalDawn	Except Tavi stole her safety net, so she ran, and Tavi's theft actually saved his life by delaying him when Crassus tried to get the purse back
07:23	FractalDawn	Just-- damn. I like that there is a /reasonable/ and valid cause for him being the one left standing.
07:24	Artell	It's almost as if Jim Butcher is a competent writer!
07:26	FractalDawn	I know!
07:26	FractalDawn	Such an astonishing thought.
07:26	FractalDawn	And all from a Lost Roman Legion with Pokemon.
07:28	Artell	Indeed.
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07:57	Artell	Well, there goes my Saturday, I rediscovered Ashens. [Show YouTube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpIVAzPdQMo&feature=related)] [Getting info...]
07:58	Pieguy	Ashens rocks.
07:59	Artell	His voice is so nice.
07:59	Artell	I could listen to it all day.
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08:48	CrimsonFlight	The forum I frequent is offline due to someone deciding to hack it. Again.
08:48	CrimsonFlight	Why does this always happen?
08:49	CrimsonFlight	I mean, the ones responsible last time did it because LEGO used Maori names for the names of some BIONICLEs.
08:59	Pieguy	Well, Molten Core was nice
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09:14	FractalDawn	...CF: Bionicle fan?
09:20	CrimsonFlight	Yes.
09:21	CrimsonFlight	I still am, despite it ending two years ago. I follow Hero Factory as well.
09:24	FractalDawn	Oh, Bionicle finally ended?
09:24	FractalDawn	I need to catch up on the sets, then. Even if I'm sad I missed most of Gen1
09:24	CrimsonFlight	Two years ago in fact.
09:24	FractalDawn	Damn.
09:24	CrimsonFlight	The ending was rather rushed.
09:24	CrimsonFlight	But better than nothing.
09:24	FractalDawn	I should find out what happened. Takanuva was kind of one of my favorite little darlings ever.
09:25	FractalDawn	Just. He was 'dorable and sweet as Takua
09:25	FractalDawn	and then shiny and 'dorable and sweet as Takanuva
09:25	CrimsonFlight	When did you stop following the story?
09:25	CrimsonFlight	He was a Adorkable yes.
09:26	FractalDawn	Um, I think I had ~ish through Metru Nui? And I heard that Jaller, Hahli, Hewkii ... was it Matoro or Kopeke?, and I cannot remember the last two got elevated up to Toa
09:26	FractalDawn	went through two forms, because requisite
09:26	CrimsonFlight	Yeah.
09:26	FractalDawn	And, um, last I knew there was something about killing Mata Nui?
09:26	CrimsonFlight	It was Matoro.
09:27	CrimsonFlight	Oh, he was dying. 2006 - 2008 were about bringing him back to life and reawakening him.
09:27	FractalDawn	Oh yeah, and Takanuva got hit with something and was Shadow for a while 'cos something screwed with his light and he was all half light half dark and I think I got that set?
09:27		FractalDawn had a favorite, 'key
09:27	CrimsonFlight	The giant one.
09:27	CrimsonFlight	2006-2008 were interesting due to all the story serials.
09:28	CrimsonFlight	Like Lesovikk McAngsty-Awesome.
09:28	FractalDawn	Anyway, I lost track a lot--the Toa Nuva were off doing one thing, the new Toa off doing... something. Never was quite clear
09:28	CrimsonFlight	Basic summary.
09:28	CrimsonFlight	2001: Fight the Makuta
09:28	CrimsonFlight	2002: Fight the Bohrok.
09:29	CrimsonFlight	2003: Fight the Bohrok-Kal, Hi there Takanuva, Fight the Rahkshi, Destroy Makuta's body.
09:29	CrimsonFlight	2004: 1000 years before. Toa Metru! Fight Makuta! Seal him.
09:29	CrimsonFlight	2005: Mutation into Hordika, Toa Metru, fight Visorak. Free Makuta by accident. Or on purpose, because Vakama did it.
09:29	FractalDawn	(I own Mask of Light and the Metru Nui one--but seriously, Mask of Light. OMG, has Gali Gee actually finished that story? I should check)
09:29	FractalDawn	...
09:30	FractalDawn	[insert expletive verb] Vakama
09:30	CrimsonFlight	Vakama was awesome.
09:30	FractalDawn	Heh, I could never stand him. Drove me crazy as Turaga, never got past that
09:30	CrimsonFlight	He hit a Rahkshi in the head as a Turaga.
09:31	CrimsonFlight	HE. AS AN OLD GUY. HIT A RAHKSHI.
09:31	CrimsonFlight	He also threatened to destroy the universe in Time Trap.
09:31	CrimsonFlight	That was awesome.
09:31	FractalDawn	Sure. Still annoyed the crap out of m-- what?
09:31	FractalDawn	O.o
09:32	CrimsonFlight	The climax of Time Trap involved Vakama bargaining with the Makuta, wanting safe passage for the Toa Metru to the island of Mata Nui, and one year of safety.
09:32	CrimsonFlight	He did so by threatening to destroy the Mask of Time.
09:32	CrimsonFlight	Which would have lead to the universe collapsing as time went weird.
09:33	CrimsonFlight	Also, managing to bargain with the Makuta is something not many can do.
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09:33	FractalDawn	Okay. I'll give him that much.
09:33	FractalDawn	But only reluctantly, you understand
09:34	FractalDawn	Maaaan I am so sad Gali Gee never did finish Into the Light. I kind of love it. Four years later I still look wistfully in its direction.
09:35	CrimsonFlight	He started off as a wimpy leader with a lack of confidence, begins to grow, then gets crushed by Lhikan's death, then turns into an arrogant hot-headed idiot, then after he leads the Metru into a trap, he becomes very angsty, ends up betraying the Metru and becomes an awesome villain, before then getting convinced by Matau and returning to their side.
09:35	CrimsonFlight	Then he defeats Roodaka, freeing the Makuta in the process.
09:35	CrimsonFlight	And he knew that would happen.
09:35	CrimsonFlight	He just didn't care.
09:35	FractalDawn	...Okay. He's got a character arc. I will give him that. But seriously, [verb of choice] Vakama
09:35	CrimsonFlight	Because he wasn't scared of Makuta.
09:36	CrimsonFlight	GaliGee? I think I remember that name.
09:36	CrimsonFlight	Something about BZPower.
09:37	FractalDawn	Yup
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09:37	FractalDawn	She had some really odd but some really great fanfic
09:37	CrimsonFlight	Yeah
09:37	CrimsonFlight	I remember.
09:37	EllipsisFlood	Hi.
09:37		FractalDawn wistfully starts rereading Into the Light
09:37	FractalDawn	hi, EF
09:37	FractalDawn	Sorry, "Journey into the Light"
09:38	FractalDawn	I miss it so much
09:38	CrimsonFlight	Hey EF.
09:39	CrimsonFlight	Her account got hacked and banned I think.
09:39	CrimsonFlight	That's why I remember her.
09:39	CrimsonFlight	Also, you know how I was ranting earlier? BZPower got hacked. Again.
09:40	FractalDawn	Yes, I gathered that
09:41	EllipsisFlood	How, hacked?
09:41	CrimsonFlight	http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?
09:41	CrimsonFlight	When I try to access the forums, this comes up.
09:41	CrimsonFlight	A community message.
09:42	EllipsisFlood	Ah, I see.
09:42	EllipsisFlood	What forum software do they use?
09:42	CrimsonFlight	IP Board.
09:42	CrimsonFlight	I think they've been using that for a long time.
09:42	EllipsisFlood	...what. It costs money?
09:43		EllipsisFlood builds herself a phpBB sandbox.
09:43	CrimsonFlight	?
09:43	FractalDawn	But yeah, CF, her account was hacked. She started piecing some stuff back together, but... my fic has apparently never been finished
09:43		FractalDawn just sits and mourns
09:43	EllipsisFlood
09:44	EllipsisFlood	Security leak or did they get her password somehow?
09:45	CrimsonFlight	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotearoa_Cafe
09:45	CrimsonFlight	What.
09:47	EllipsisFlood	What are you whating about?
09:48	CrimsonFlight	http://www.bzpower.com/story.php?ID=631
09:48	CrimsonFlight	They launched cyber attacks on a forum aimed at toy fans.
09:48	CrimsonFlight	WHAT.
09:48	CrimsonFlight	Just because of use of Maori words?
09:49	EllipsisFlood	You know why Bionicle was discontinued (or rumored to have been discontinued).
09:49	CrimsonFlight	It is discontinued.
09:49	CrimsonFlight	Wasn't making enough money for LEGO.
09:51	EllipsisFlood	Wait. Does that mean Hero Factory makes more?
09:51	CrimsonFlight	BIONICLE was getting old.
09:51	CrimsonFlight	They needed fresh stuff.
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09:53	EllipsisFlood	Ah.
09:53	EllipsisFlood	Dunno, I found both a bit weird.
09:54	FractalDawn	Heh, I have a weakness for elemental magic systems and group casts
09:54	CrimsonFlight	BIONICLE is ROBOTS WITH MAGIC.
09:54	CrimsonFlight	Or at least, Biomechnical MAGICAL BEINGS.
09:54	FractalDawn	Yeees
09:54	CrimsonFlight	Hero Factory is SUPERHERO ROBOTS.
09:54	FractalDawn	...Meh, I like elemental magic systems, I'll stay in happybionicleland
09:54	FractalDawn	Oh hey, you never did tell me how it ended
09:55	CrimsonFlight	Well after Matoro did a Heroic Sacrifice and revived the dead Mata Nui, saving the universe, the Toa Nuva came back to awaken him.
09:55	EllipsisFlood	Yeah. These are two words that don't really fit together.
09:55	CrimsonFlight	Yes. A main set character died.
09:55	FractalDawn	...Meeep, Matoro!
09:55	FractalDawn	Nuuuuu
09:56	FractalDawn	Welp, I guess the Toa Nuva did their job...
09:56	CrimsonFlight	I cried when he died.
09:56	FractalDawn	You know what always made me sad? My MNOLG2 attempts kept breaking. I never got to finish it. And I wanted to, so badly!
09:56	CrimsonFlight	Well, the Toa Nuva fought against the Brotherhood of Makuta (Including a female one) in Karda Nui.
09:56	CrimsonFlight	MNOLG 2 works for me.
09:57	FractalDawn	Is it even still accessible anywhere?
09:57	CrimsonFlight	Yes.
09:57	FractalDawn	and if it is, get me the fragging link I have an old screenname for Hahli okay I love her to death
09:57	FractalDawn	(Bionicle was my first real fandom, I used to hang out on BZP aaages ago and tried some fanfic-ing. It led to my OC group cast in the end)
09:58	CrimsonFlight	What was your name on BZPower?
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09:58	CrimsonFlight	http://tronec.org/bmp/games
09:58	FractalDawn	I honestly cannot for the life of me recall
09:58	CrimsonFlight	There you go.
09:58	CrimsonFlight	It's got MNOLG, MNOLG 2 and VNOG.
09:58	FractalDawn	--!
09:59		FractalDawn quietly goes to die in a happy place
09:59	CrimsonFlight	And BIONICLE Colgate.
09:59	CrimsonFlight	OH MY GOD GLATORIAN ARENA. HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS?
09:59	FractalDawn	THEY HAVE THE FLASH EPISODES OMG
09:59		CrimsonFlight starts squeeing.
09:59	FractalDawn	CrimsonFlight: you have earned my eternal gratitude
10:00	CrimsonFlight	Thank the guys in charge of running it.
10:00	FractalDawn	So. So. Much. Omg.
10:00	FractalDawn	squeeeee
10:00	CrimsonFlight	I'm friends with one of the staff on that site.
10:01	CrimsonFlight	Wait, Crystal Matrix contributes?
10:01	CrimsonFlight	...
10:01	CrimsonFlight	MY GOD.
10:01	FractalDawn	Well, pass on the thanks of a grateful child-at-heart who thought the opportunity to play through MNOLG2 had been forever lost
10:02	CrimsonFlight	They have a Shout Box for stuff like that.
10:03	FractalDawn	...Okay. I will refuse to admit to the existence (or sadly I will weep for the crap writing I was doing, oh god I was older than you are) of most of that stuff
10:03	CrimsonFlight	?
10:04	FractalDawn	but I had an at-least-half-decent Hahli-centric fic
10:04	FractalDawn	from the immediately-post-MoL days
10:04	CrimsonFlight	I rather liked her during 07.
10:05	FractalDawn	I'd fallen off fandom by then
10:05	CrimsonFlight	Possibly because everyone kept on doing ambiguously moral things.
10:05	FractalDawn	(Also, uh, Hahli and Jaller may have contributed to my love of Water-Fire element pairings, cough)
10:05	CrimsonFlight	The Ko-Koro Tram! I'd forgotten about that!
10:05	CrimsonFlight	Looking through the videos on BioMedia.
10:06	CrimsonFlight	They have nearly everything that counts as BIONICLE Media.
10:06	FractalDawn	I saaaw
10:06	FractalDawn	I'll have to look later, when I am less time-crunched
10:06	FractalDawn	right now I gotta head out soon and I cannot for the life of me remember where I put my music
10:06	CrimsonFlight	Yeah.
10:06	CrimsonFlight	Anyway, I'm off to brush my teeth.
10:07	FractalDawn	ohman, MNOLG2
10:07	FractalDawn	my day is /made/
10:19	FractalDawn	...Opening a door in your own face is not recommended
10:19	CrimsonFlight	I see.
10:19	CrimsonFlight	By the way, how goes your MNOLG2 Adventures?
10:20	FractalDawn	Heh. I am about to leave the house, I'll start my game when I get back.
10:21	CrimsonFlight	I see.
10:21	FractalDawn	I DO have Bionicle: the Game rattling around here somewhere, though!
10:21		FractalDawn is a proud little fan
10:21	CrimsonFlight	BIONICLE the Game was awesome.
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10:22	FractalDawn	This was before I owned a PS2, so I haven't actually finished it
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10:22	Tray-Gnome	Mrrblrrr.
10:22	FractalDawn	but I believe I was stuck on a racing bit, so... meh.
10:22	Tomash	Hello.
10:22	CrimsonFlight	Hey.
10:22	Tray-Gnome	Hey Tomash.
10:22	CrimsonFlight	Ah, that racing bit.
10:22	FractalDawn	we'll see, I'll probably try to play again sometime (behind my interminable queue)
10:22	FractalDawn	Hullo!
10:22	FractalDawn	Kopaka's level?
10:23		Tomash dodges Tray's tackle.
10:23	Tray-Gnome	Not tackling people for the foreseeable future.
10:24	Tomash	Darn.
10:24	CrimsonFlight	Also, found another site for BIONICLE media.
10:24	CrimsonFlight	This one for games.
10:24	FractalDawn	Oooh, shiny
10:24	CrimsonFlight	Run by GATANUI, youngest evar staff member.
10:25	CrimsonFlight	http://bionicleonlinegamesarchive.weebly.com/index.html
10:25	CrimsonFlight	BOGA is more professional than BMP, but BMP has more content.
10:25	CrimsonFlight	They're both still good though.
10:26	FractalDawn	Mmm
10:26	FractalDawn	but also useful for different things, probably
10:26		FractalDawn bookmarks with joy
10:26	CrimsonFlight	Yeah.
10:26	CrimsonFlight	Still surprised Gatanui managed to become staff at the age of fourteen.
10:27	Tray-Gnome	I don't think I'm familiar with BMP?
10:28	CrimsonFlight	Bionicle Media Project, it's a site dedicated to archiving all BIONICLE media.
10:28	Tray-Gnome	Aaah.
10:28	Tray-Gnome	Linky?
10:29	CrimsonFlight	http://tronec.org/bmp/
10:29	Tray-Gnome	Danke.
10:29	Tray-Gnome	And now I go breakfast.
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10:29	FractalDawn	Okay. I am off to sing, and now with much happyjoy because Bionicle will be waiting for me, after my trip to GameStop! Oh, gamey-filled day...
10:29	FractalDawn	Ta!
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