“Harky, why is Penk getting all the loot? He’s a total noob! He only JUST joined!”
“I uh, like his spirit.”
[Fireseye of Tectonicus] (1 charge, 3 year cooldown, binds to guild) has cooled down.
[Penk] receives loot: [Fireseye of Tectonicus]
“HARKY WTF”
[Penk] has been promoted to Champion.
“omg”
“Sorry guys, uh, RL issues. Penk volunteered to take over though.”
I’m gonna assume it’s sort of like in the U.S., where we frequently call our former presidents “Mr. President” despite the fact they no longer actively hold the office; like a King or Emperor, they are still referred to by those titles in the history books, and thus it is still academically valid to refer to them by it.
Either that, or it’s similar to how the Pope can become the Pope Emeritus, as in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Which would make Harky “Avatar Emeritus of Tectonicus”.
Keeping a troll around makes sense too, it’s just an easy source of food that doesn’t spoil. Only question is where the troll gets its regeneration nutrients from. Would make sense to take off the flesh in a way that’s less painful than slow gnawing, though. Also for a half-cow man to eat grass instead of meat, but maybe living on an improper diet is what makes them crazy in the first place?
Pragmatism is easy to confuse with Low Standards. Personal feelings aside, their use as an additional ‘strong fighting force’ would be a very small gain for the potential losses that would come from having what sounds like a Whole Race of Ed Geins as both allies and comrades in a Apex-Stakes War of Collective Survival.
The Goblins’ Don has proven to be reliable in spite of his nature, and brings with him both Goblawrence and his people’s more developed arsenal. Iver most likely won’t consider his allies to have outgrown their usefulness until after the humans and elves are no longer a problem, and besides he encourages things in his people that, unbeknowest to him, will lead them to outgrow his dark influence before it can do more damage than good to the future of the Sarvasi. Arfa alone makes an argument for including the Gnolls, Auraugu only stacks in favor of that case. Landsharks are merely wild animals at their worst, and natural shock troops at better than their worst. Minotaurs not only have made Harky’s S**t List, but don’t even sound like they traditionally value working with others, or any of the other fundamentals the Rebellion is looking for, aside from being good at killing, which they’d probably do to their allies just as much as the actual enemy: A problem the Trolls, Goblins, Avians, Gnolls, Sarvasi, and even the Landsharks generally don’t have trouble with.
Even the shadier World Rebellion members have shown to bring fortune to the big picture, even if not intentionally. Are the Minotaurs even worried about their people’s future in the first place?
Reading this has given me a great idea for a new SciFi channel movie: Landsharktopusdinocondataur. Only problem is that I can’t think of an original plot… but then, who cares?
You could have the lead character as a dental assistant who dreams of being a pro-wrestler but even against 7 man teams he has more limbs then the rules allow.
Then aliens turn up and claim that if a worlds champion can’t beat their greatest wrestler then they will destroy the planet but because Landsharktopusdinocondataur never made it to pro-wrestler status some other guy is picks and looses and everyone dies.
Ok, it’s not very good and now that I think about it probably not original either :-)
A minotaur there was, a mino-tower!
All black and horny, his demeanor sour
Come on, they said, don’t be so dour
“Dour?” he said, “I’m a minotaur”
“All black and horny, my demeanor sour”
And down the road to Baphomet’s Tower
A maiden he met, his passion’s flower
So pure and fair in her final hour
For such a maid he would devour
And chain to a wall and gnaw her legs off and wait for them to regrow like a troll’s would. But they never did.
An excellent point. Although let us be clear that is specifically a Cretan labyrinth; I’m quite sure other Greeks less concerned with minotaurs would have opted for a less linear design.
That depends.
Do you hold them under the milk for a couple of seconds first, just to see them struggle to bob back up to the surface?
Do you live in a labyrinth?
Too many of ’em make the S**t Lists of Phantom Limbs, and are eventually are found dead from invisible hand electrocutions. Can’t have your allies turning up dead all the time when you need’em, can you?
Awwww… no “Not at all a direct transcription of a Wildly Obvious Wargame”‘s fuzzy cowfolk? /sigh
That’s too bad. I mean, you’ve got everything else….. sortof. I just don’t even know with those Landsharks…
Isn’t he no longer the avatar of tectonicus
Ah, but he didn’t say “The Avatar of Tectonicus”, just “Avatar of Tectonicus”. Do we know for sure that there can be only one? (Highlander)
He’s not THE Avatar, but he’s still AN avatar.
Alternatively: Penk is his alt.
If so, I’m glad he quit dual-boxing before he got caught.
“Harky, why is Penk getting all the loot? He’s a total noob! He only JUST joined!”
“I uh, like his spirit.”
[Fireseye of Tectonicus] (1 charge, 3 year cooldown, binds to guild) has cooled down.
[Penk] receives loot: [Fireseye of Tectonicus]
“HARKY WTF”
[Penk] has been promoted to Champion.
“omg”
“Sorry guys, uh, RL issues. Penk volunteered to take over though.”
I’m gonna assume it’s sort of like in the U.S., where we frequently call our former presidents “Mr. President” despite the fact they no longer actively hold the office; like a King or Emperor, they are still referred to by those titles in the history books, and thus it is still academically valid to refer to them by it.
Either that, or it’s similar to how the Pope can become the Pope Emeritus, as in the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Which would make Harky “Avatar Emeritus of Tectonicus”.
Which is still an AWESOME title!
Umm, this is great and all but what we really want is the juicy details of how Harky and Gondolessa got together….<3
Well I can understand fixating upon human maidens.
Keeping a troll around makes sense too, it’s just an easy source of food that doesn’t spoil. Only question is where the troll gets its regeneration nutrients from. Would make sense to take off the flesh in a way that’s less painful than slow gnawing, though. Also for a half-cow man to eat grass instead of meat, but maybe living on an improper diet is what makes them crazy in the first place?
Mad Cow Disease. (Someone had to say it.)
Dang, even Harky draws the line on inclusion somewhere.
Pragmatism is easy to confuse with Low Standards. Personal feelings aside, their use as an additional ‘strong fighting force’ would be a very small gain for the potential losses that would come from having what sounds like a Whole Race of Ed Geins as both allies and comrades in a Apex-Stakes War of Collective Survival.
The Goblins’ Don has proven to be reliable in spite of his nature, and brings with him both Goblawrence and his people’s more developed arsenal. Iver most likely won’t consider his allies to have outgrown their usefulness until after the humans and elves are no longer a problem, and besides he encourages things in his people that, unbeknowest to him, will lead them to outgrow his dark influence before it can do more damage than good to the future of the Sarvasi. Arfa alone makes an argument for including the Gnolls, Auraugu only stacks in favor of that case. Landsharks are merely wild animals at their worst, and natural shock troops at better than their worst. Minotaurs not only have made Harky’s S**t List, but don’t even sound like they traditionally value working with others, or any of the other fundamentals the Rebellion is looking for, aside from being good at killing, which they’d probably do to their allies just as much as the actual enemy: A problem the Trolls, Goblins, Avians, Gnolls, Sarvasi, and even the Landsharks generally don’t have trouble with.
Even the shadier World Rebellion members have shown to bring fortune to the big picture, even if not intentionally. Are the Minotaurs even worried about their people’s future in the first place?
Reading this has given me a great idea for a new SciFi channel movie: Landsharktopusdinocondataur. Only problem is that I can’t think of an original plot… but then, who cares?
An original plot would ruin it.
You could have the lead character as a dental assistant who dreams of being a pro-wrestler but even against 7 man teams he has more limbs then the rules allow.
Then aliens turn up and claim that if a worlds champion can’t beat their greatest wrestler then they will destroy the planet but because Landsharktopusdinocondataur never made it to pro-wrestler status some other guy is picks and looses and everyone dies.
Ok, it’s not very good and now that I think about it probably not original either :-)
Sell that script to SyFy, now! You could claymation that with cow manure, and it would still be the best movie SyFy has made in a decade.
There now has to be a comic that includes Minotaurs and maidens. IT WOULD BE A BEAUTIFUL THING.
I’m pretty sure I’ve seen one, but I remember not liking it very much :\
Then someone should make another, better one. Ben Solo’s on to something.
Yeah, but the control freak maidens would keep the minotaurs enslaved. Every maiden would learn how to take the bull by the horns.
Aw but but
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/252728880/the-clay-that-woke-an-rpg-about-minotaurs
Let’s make a song, “the minotaur and the Maiden Fair”.
oh, am I ripping of some one ?
(innocent smile)
A minotaur there was, a mino-tower!
All black and horny, his demeanor sour
Come on, they said, don’t be so dour
“Dour?” he said, “I’m a minotaur”
“All black and horny, my demeanor sour”
And down the road to Baphomet’s Tower
A maiden he met, his passion’s flower
So pure and fair in her final hour
For such a maid he would devour
And chain to a wall and gnaw her legs off and wait for them to regrow like a troll’s would. But they never did.
The end.
“Dour” rhymes with “tour.”
I tried to put a sarcastic faux-HTML tag at the end of this, but it got parsed out.
Escape code test: $lt;test%gt;
Did… did I just type very wrong escape characters, differently, twice?
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In summation: Yes. Yes I did.
So does Minotaur, kind of. But I like “minotower” better, its more in line with the Greek “minotavros”.
In hindsight, I probably should have thrown in “sore” instead of “sour” in there somewhere.
You need a ‘Hey, nonnie nonnie’ in there somewhere.
Not enough lu lu lu’s.
I applaud with both hands !
(while they’re still regrown and not gnawed off again yet)
Now why would Prince Adam of Arcadia be the one asking a question about minotaurs?
Am I missing some obscure MoTU reference ?
I just assumed it was a real person named Adam who lived just east of Pasadena, CA.
Ah, but a Greek labyrinth has no dead ends.
http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=25
An excellent point. Although let us be clear that is specifically a Cretan labyrinth; I’m quite sure other Greeks less concerned with minotaurs would have opted for a less linear design.
I like to pretend that my Cheerios are life-preservers and I’m a shark. Does that make me a minotaur?
That depends.
Do you hold them under the milk for a couple of seconds first, just to see them struggle to bob back up to the surface?
Do you live in a labyrinth?
Maze and labyrinth were once interchangeable terms, IIRC, now they are effectively opposite in meaning.
A maze is something you solve,
A labyrinth solves you*
*Many walk a labyrinth as a meditation practice.
Let’s ask Jareth (and his mighty mighty codpiece) which term he prefers, shall we?
So it’s like a maze, but Russian?
What about manotaurs?
Too many of ’em make the S**t Lists of Phantom Limbs, and are eventually are found dead from invisible hand electrocutions. Can’t have your allies turning up dead all the time when you need’em, can you?
Wait, what? o_O
A ‘manotaur’ is like a ‘centaur’, just bullish (the opposite of a minotaur)
Awwww… no “Not at all a direct transcription of a Wildly Obvious Wargame”‘s fuzzy cowfolk? /sigh
That’s too bad. I mean, you’ve got everything else….. sortof. I just don’t even know with those Landsharks…
I cannot tell…is my AUHWHOOWHOOHOO sad, or just tuckered out from all the haha’ing?
Couldn’t resist. I present to you, Minotaur China Shop:
http://blurst.com/minotaur-china-shop/
http://blurst.com/minotaur-china-shop/
“Let me tell you what I know about the Minotaur”
Not a good way to start a sentence