Flux

Man, your band's garbage. :c

That's pretty much perfect... Not bad. Mine turned out pretty decent too, though my band name is kind weird: If anyone is looking for an easy way to put the text onto your picture, I'd recommend http://ipiccy.com/. It's a free online image editor with a lot of fonts to choose from.

Man, this gets me so hyped for Cloud. He's looking more and more like the main I've been looking for in this game. Meta-Knight's where I'm at so far, but as of yet, nobody's been that perfect fit for me.

Just wanna say, you look way older than 17. Makes me wish I could actually grow a decent beard. Looking good, though!

Turn your volume down boy, you're gonna damage your ears. But really, that looks pretty cool. Rainmeter's always awesome. <3

Well, any of you can find me on Steam as "Fluxator." I'm the only Fluxator on Steam right now, so it shouldn't be hard to get me. I'm the first result when you search.

Pssh. All you people with your Gameboy games or DS games or NES games. Let's take things back even farther, to a system released in 1977 - the Atari 2600. Honestly, I'm not old enough to have been around when that was released, but my dad was. He had it when I was a young boy, probably around 5 or 6, and the first game that really got me hooked was "Spiderman" for the Atari 2600. Any time my dad let us play, that was the game I wanted to play. Unfortunately, the controllers for the Atari broke after a couple years, and they would've been expensive to replace, so we never got new ones. Though knowing what I do now, I wish we had. If not that, the next game I would point to would be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 for NES. I never owned a NES, but I had a friend that did, and I remember that we always played that game whenever I came over. We barely got past the first boss if we ever did, and my friend got bored of playing long before I did, so I'd reluctantly quit after a run or two. I think that was the first game I could say I was addicted to, if I were to go that far. Then again, I hadn't really played many video games at that point as we owned no "functioning" systems anymore, so it was kind of like a treat I only got every so often. While Spiderman was the first video game I really enjoyed, TMNT 2 was the game that made me want my own system, though that wouldn't happen until around 3rd or 4th grade, when my parents bought us a used PS2 as a surprise. And it was the best surprise for me at that point. After that, things sorta just continued from there.

How does this exist so perfectly?

Anyway, we should all play some RoA some time, and maybe even organize a tournament at some point if there are enough of us. The game's pretty fun.

That's pretty cool. Also, Ally looks a lot like Lucky.

He's talking about the Ken Combo, which is the "F-Air, double jump, spike" at the end of that video, where Ken shouts "Ken Combo!" It's a true combo that Ken invented for Marth way back in like 2005, and Forsburn can do the equivalent in this game. (Which is something Lucario can't do.)

I love watching Ken do Ken combos <3

The title made me think it was Bibs' birthday too at first. Anyway, Happy Birthday Ikaru! We haven't talked that much, but from what interaction I have had, I can say without a doubt that you're one of the coolest guys we've got around here. You're right at the top of my list of people I need to get to know better. Hope you have a good one!

I can only associate that first one with Tacos since he used it for so long.

Oooh boy.... My first character was pretty rough. The first time I'd ever really written a character somewhat seriously on my own time was for Acqui's RP, Aftermath - And it was baaad. I'll see if I can dig it up... And here it is: Name: Flux Description: Flux is tall and has long black hair with a blonde highlight in the middle. His bangs extend far in the front and his hair reaches a little past his shoulders. He wears a long white lab coat and glasses just below his eyes which bear an intense gaze. He does not speak much, but rather watches is silence, contemplating every possible option. He is very intelligent and does not spend much time around people. Instead, he prefers the company of his large and powerful Aggron, Ogre. Despite the power of his Pokemon, he prefers not to fight unless absolutely necessary.. He spends much of his time researching the DNA and genetic builds of all the species of Pokemon and uses this information to his advantage in battles. While he may be seen as cruel and uncaring, Flux has the interest of Pokemon held first in his heart, and however the League may turn out, he will be ready to face it. So yeah. It was a really brief bio, very unorganized, written pretty poorly, and I tried too hard to make it sound cool. To this day I have a hard time describing a character for a character sheet without it sounding stupid. But yeah, my RPing wasn't much better at that point. I broke tons of rules, and I'm honestly surprised I didn't get any warnings of any sorts. I was 15 or 16 at the time, and I'd never really written anything besides reports for school at that point. I remember being so nervous and afraid to say anything in the OOC since I was the new guy, so I pretty much never interacted with anyone outside of the IC thread (Besides Murdoc and DarkLight, who joined the RP around the same time as me.) Anyway, I'm still grateful to Acqui for putting up with me because without the good experience I had with that RP, I probably wouldn't have ever gotten involved in anything else in this section, and I honestly would have probably left Reborn for good years ago.

... The main reasons I can see that anyone would be upset about Cloud are: 1. They just dislike Cloud as a character, which is an understandable reason to be upset if that's their opinion, but it doesn't decrease his legitimacy at all. We all have some characters in Smash that we dislike. 2. They think he's only in the game because he's overrated/fanboyed too much, which could potentially be true, but that's also Nintendo's job. They're trying to pick characters who will be the most popular, and Cloud obviously has a large fanbase. 3. They think he is the illegitimate/undeserving candidate chosen from the Sm4sh poll, which is most likely not the case. As many people have theorized, it's likely that Cloud was intended before the poll was even released. There's another announcement next month which may delve into the poll. 4. He's not Nintendo. Granted, I doubt many people have this as their reasoning, as there have been/are already non-Nintendo characters in Smash. This is nothing new. 5. They think there are other characters more deserving of the spot. This largely ties into #1 and #2. It comes down to personal opinion here, and in the end, popularity and notoriety will win out. Plus, as I've said, it's likely that Cloud has already been planned to have this spot for a while, so nothing would have changed that. I could name off a bunch of characters in Smash who I think are less-deserving than other characters who aren't, but then again, we all can. Tldr; It's understandable if people are mad about this, but in the end, Nintendo just followed through with their logic. Overall, I think more people will be super hyped about this than upset, which is their end goal. Plus, this is a huge milestone for Smash. If they can get a character as famous and well-known as Cloud from a third-party title, pretty much anyone could be fair game from here on out. (Barring those of a few exceedingly stubborn companies)

I missed the direct, but

Not sure if Acqui is waiting on me or not. I have the latest post, but I don't know if there's anything else she wants to do or not, so I suppose I'll just wait to hear about that.

Silva and Frog "Hmmm... You see it anywhere?" Frog's question hung unanswered in the air. Sylva was already a block down the street, her face and hands pressed up into the glass window of the bakery display. Her eyes were wide with wonder as she looked at all the different cakes. They had so many flavors that she'd never even heard of. And so many styles! Rectangular cakes, round cakes, multi-tiered cakes, even little mini cakes... It would be so hard to choose... "Aaahhh, I don't know which one!" Sylva threw her hands up in the air as she peeled herself away from the window. She looked frantically at all the cakes before suddenly locking on to her target. She had missed it the first time. It was a fairly small circular cake, covered in a brown frosting. The label read: Extreme Chocolate Caramel Brownie Fudge Cake Her face lit up with a smile. She turned back towards the direction of her disoriented Master, calling out at the top of her lungs. "Mister Frog, I want this one!"

Are you just copying the URL from the address bar? If so, try right clicking the pictures and selecting "Copy image URL." That should make sure that you're getting the image rather than a webpage (Which may look like it's just an image, but can sometimes trip up forums).

I've got a different Richard prepared for you. Let me know if he needs any balance changes.

Vinny is the king of broken links D:

This can be changed from "Prologue Chapter" now since it includes the whole thing, right?