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Sylva and Frog "UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH?!" ...was the cry that emerged from the lump in the middle of the bed as Frog threw himself onto it. In the same instant, the lump disappeared, sending Frog plummeting the remaining few inches to the mattress. A moment later, Sylva reappeared, standing over the side of the bed with her hands on her hips, her face twisted into a pouting expression. "...I don't know about you," she started indignantly, "but where I come from, it would be considered very rude to jump on a lady, especially when she's sleeping." She wagged a finger as she spoke, as if disciplining a child. It was a somewhat funny picture coming from one of her stature -- much like a child mimicking its parents.

Hey... I remember that quote. Sounds like the succubus has returned... or some illusion of her at least.

I'll get a post up sometime, but I don't think I'll be able to do it today, unfortunately. I don't think I'm holding anyone back, but feel free to interact with Phantom or whatever if you had the plan to. Otherwise he'll start on his goose-chase whenever I have the time.

Aw yehhhh, Smite's above League. But in reality, I should probably make something like this. The problem is that I'm such a procrastinator that I'd never stick to it. And probably never get around to it in the first place.

I'd suggest not cropping it at all, actually. Or if you do, don't crop the height. The forums tend to like rectangular shapes in the Y direction much more than squares.

The image is really long, so I'm just going to link it, but it's well worth scrolling through. http://i.imgur.com/eIjlEIz.jpg

My body. :Kappa:

I'll try to get a post up later today. And as a quick note for Acquie... If you intend for us to be active right away, Vance might need to be woken up. It would be severely out of character for him to be up at 8:00 in the morning.

So this is where I'm at right now... My goal is to eventually remove all desktop icons and have them integrated into the Rainmeter desktop thing I have now.

I would definitely agree that they should not be compared. I think I also said that somewhere in one of my posts about it, but yeah. They're so different fundamentally that you can't really compare them. As for the MMO aspect of both of them, I actually felt completely opposite about Log Horizon. For me, it seemed like Log Horizon was basically a fantasy world simply given the name MMO as a sort of eye-catcher and a basic set-up for the plot. The fact that the People of the Land are no longer simple NPCs, the fact that they use skills with their bodies now rather than a menu, and the fact that cooking and crafting and whatnot no longer follow the old MMO paths made it seem much less like an MMO and more like a real fantasy world to me, which I think is part of the point of the show's plot. There's also never a legitimate reason given for how they arrived in that world, leading to a deducement of "magic," as one would expect from a fantasy world, rather than technology, as one would expect from a VR anime. The only real MMO aspect Log Horizon retains that is noticeable to me is player levels/stats and raid battle strategies. I agree that you could also take the MMO out of SAO and it would work fine as well, with some adjustment to the character's personalities and backstories, but to me, it seemed more determined to stay on the MMO path. The anime doesn't portray it as well as the light novels do (Actually, I'm having trouble thinking of a time they even speak with an NPC in the anime), but NPCs in SAO all have set dialogs that must be triggered by certain "keyword" voice commands in order to carry a conversation with them and receive quests, much like NPCs would be expected to in an MMO. The levels/skills thing is basically the same as Log Horizon, so there's no real difference there, but I suppose the items SAO introduces, such as teleport/healing/corridor crystals, healing potions, and map data also make it feel like an MMO to me, alongside the pet revival quest and whatnot. Log Horizon had items and quests too, but we see very few items, and the majority of the quests were major requests from the people of the land, such as "The Return of the Goblin King." It felt like they gave events like that the title "quest" purely as a reminder that it was once an RPG. Those are things you would expect any person in an actual fantasy setting to request help with, as they are actually a threat to the world, unlike SAO's pet revival flower quest for Beast Tamers or the "Sick Daughter" quest for a new sword on floor 1 (In the LNs). Tl:dr, I felt like Log Horizon was purposely steering itself away from MMO and towards a true fantasy world, as a large focus of the story is that the world is their "new reality." SAO, on the other hand, seems to be much more dedicated to the video game theme, as seen by the numerous MMOs introduced in the arcs. Neither one of these paths is any better or worse, but it's just the way I saw things.

The best of all face-swaps. Also:

Personally, while there were some predictable factors, I highly doubt that you predicted everything and that absolutely nothing was a surprise. I find it hard to believe that (Spoilers incoming)

Done and done. We're all set then.

Really? What about it threw you off? I consider it the second best arc after Aincrad...

That feel when the last episode of the Mother's Rosario arc in SAO. THE FEELS! I cried very unmanly tears as I watched that. And I have no regrets about it. That scene was very well-written and well-acted in my opinion.

Actually, he probably is an imp. I was just basing it on the voice, but imp makes a lot more sense considering that he's... tiny and all. I'd be interesting in reading any of your guides though. I could always use more info about the meta.

...Dan's majestic.

Speaking of which, where do I get this mystery egg? Or can I not get since I was already so far in the game?

Sounds like me with Tiny Knight of Evil. I mostly love it for the art, but the lines aren't bad either. I didn't even know it was a Goblin until I finally played it though. I always thought it was just wearing a helmet that covered its face, but now that I look closer, you can see it too. (It was better the other way, but I still love it.) That card alone makes me want to try a discard themed Demonlock, even though I know how bad that would be. Needs more discard support. I don't know if he's overthrown Sylvanas for my overall favorite though.

I think you should treat all the Arcana as literally as you do for the Chariot, so the Hanged Man just hangs him.

Vayne had little doubt that Dust's fist would triumph over his sword. Normally, that would not be the case, but Dust was no normal man. He doubted that Dust would have made such a maneuver if he were not sure of the outcome. ...But what Dust didn't account for was Vayne's speed and dexterity with his blade. He may be a ranger, but it was his sword that earned him his fame among the warriors of his hometown. As Dust's fist came down towards the blade, Vayne loosened his grip, allowing the blade to rotate downward around his wrist. With a nearly imperceptible flick, he whipped the blade around in a spinning motion, passing right around Dust's fist. At the same time, he skirted his body to the right, attempting to dodge the remaining trajectory of Dust's gauntlet.

I'll just be ready with my EMPs...

These are really cool! I realize you have a lot lined up, but if I could also make a request... If I could get a sig of Kayaba Akihiko, preferably using this image: And with either of these quotes (Or both if you want. As long as it looks good. You're the boss on that.) "Now then... I must be going." OR "In every world, once you die, you're gone." If you can make it look as good as the others you've made, that would be awesome! I realize there are a lot ahead of me, so I can wait.