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Avatar: The Last Airbender
« on: July 19, 2008, 11:58:15 PM »
Who saw it? Who loved it?

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Azula versus Zuko?

Awesomest. Fight. Evar.
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2008, 12:04:37 AM »
My cable was out :(  Now I have to wait 2 hours for it to get on youtube and other sites so I can stream/download it.
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2008, 12:12:57 AM »
I strongly recommend anyone who missed it to torrent it instead of streaming it; someone's sure to have captured the transmitted raw, which will be much better quality than a streamed video. PirateBay is my personal favorite. [/yar]
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2008, 12:18:22 AM »
I planned on doing both. :D I'll download it, but if the streaming is up first, I'm not waiting. I'm gonna watch it multiple times. :D
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2008, 01:03:02 AM »
Do you mean Southern Raiders finally got out?

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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2008, 01:06:46 AM »
Southern Raiders was Thursday.

Ember Island Players was Friday.

Sozin's Comet, a 4-episode "movie," ended an hour ago.

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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2008, 01:10:33 AM »
:)

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EDIT: Curses! I can't find Sozin's Comet.
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2008, 01:18:10 AM »
Very nice indeed.

(I just saw the Ember Island one - I missed the #16)
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2008, 01:20:58 AM »
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2008, 05:56:40 AM »
Just finished watching it: wow, mind-blowingly awesome ! Best stuff I've seen in a while. *All* the final combats are cool. <insert long listed of over-excited comments> ;)
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2008, 10:40:45 AM »
Okay...

THAT WAS AWESOME! :D :clap
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2008, 03:11:14 PM »
 :weep :weep :weep :weep :weep

Who wants to start an Avatar PbP game?
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2008, 05:50:25 PM »
:weep :weep :weep :weep :weep

Who wants to start an Avatar PbP game?
Give me two months.  My CO PbP was supposed to be avatar inspired.
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2008, 06:29:31 PM »
:weep :weep :weep :weep :weep

Who wants to start an Avatar PbP game?

We got a system if you're interested.

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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2008, 07:45:51 PM »
Hey, I've already got a waterbender.
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2008, 07:50:16 PM »
I'd be interested, but I'm not sure if I could keep up with 1 RL game and 3 PbPs.  :-\
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2008, 08:42:14 PM »
I'd be interested, but I'm not sure if I could keep up with 1 RL game and 3 PbPs.  :-\

I could come up with a story...  :eh

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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #17 on: July 20, 2008, 08:43:52 PM »
I'm aware of the system, but I haven't read it too thoroughly. Is it fully fleshed out? If so, I'm sure a PbP would attract some players :D
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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #18 on: July 20, 2008, 08:58:42 PM »
I'm aware of the system, but I haven't read it too thoroughly. Is it fully fleshed out? If so, I'm sure a PbP would attract some players :D

Its ready to play, but still under check-out. We did find some errors and corrected them, but it isn't perfect yet, so every game could qualify as playtesting.

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Re: Avatar: The Last Airbender
« Reply #19 on: July 20, 2008, 11:45:15 PM »
I've found many errors in the system (some seeds are worthless while others are crazy awesome), but they refuse to address them.  Eighth_Sepheraph (or whatever) has actually said "I don't want to change them because it is too much work" (i.e., I'm lazy).  That's partly why I stopped working with them for a while, because (s)he kept getting POed at me, and even sent me a harsh PM about it.  Which I did respond to, in kind.  But yeah, I digress, the core system is solid, but the seeds themselves need some work.  Something that I have worked on with SiFir for his game (we made the seeds worth taking and toned down the ones overpowered for the waterbender).  Others have been more accepting with what I have said (I'm not perfect (I know, hard to believe, isn't it?), and have been corrected though).

On the last episode: nothing actually needs to be added.  Firebenders get levitation from Burning Rush (and really, it's been close to doing that for a while now, thanks to Burning Rock), and that's it.  Everything else can use the seeds they have already.
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