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Although I have to ask Ix, did you know my Top 500 team *before* banning half of it? (despite only one of them now being banned on the Doubles OU ladder?) :p

Oh well, time to come up with a different team.

All I can say for the moment is. Winds will change.

We'll see if it comes together before someone else does him.

hS

And yes, I fully expect that it will be done by the book. *g*

~Neshomeh, not volunteering to write it, since she still has to do Kaitlyn/Lorgar.

He wasn't that bad, and he looks like Daniel Craig in the official artwork.

For the Emperor! Hydra Dominatus!

But seriously (not seriously), imagine a Roboute Guilliman ship:

"I will now demonstrate the CORRECT missionary position."

• Beedrill
  - Nihilego
  - Nidoking
  - Gengar
  - Crobat
  - Venusaur
  - Reserve: ZE RETURN OF DOKTOR TROLLENFISCH

Who wants to be the very best, like no-one ever was?

That's right, it's time for the PPC Pokémon Tournament signups to begin!

In keeping with the pattern I have going so far—normal rules, special rules, normal rules, special—this year, we're doing a slightly different format. Instead of singles battles, the format this year... is doubles.

Since last time, the double elimination bracket took us literal months to complete the tournament, we'll be going back to a single elimination format in the hopes of wrapping the tournament up by June.

See the rules list here, along with the team lineups, bracket, et cetera, et cetera.

And I do apologize for not starting signups at the beginning of March like normal; it just totally slipped my mind.

You have one month to sign up and/or finalize your team. April 20th will mark the last day for signups, and then the bracket will be posted and the battles can begin.

Happy battling!

I think I said this to someone else, but I'm so glad we gave it that urple armor so we can actually take a smidgen of credit for it. ^^;

Also glad there was some impact from Derik blowing his stack. With someone actually willing and able to restrain him on hand, I could finally let him go a bit flamethrower-crazy (sledgehammer-crazy?).

I don't know about that Quenya bit. Whose idea was that, anyway? ^~

Thanks for commenting so long after the fact!

~Neshomeh

Some of my favorites:

"Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline
Yes, in know, but if you like video games and 80's pop culture then this is a book for you! (I can't wait to see the movie, and forget all the haters.)

"Soon I Will be Invincible" by Austin Grossman
An somewhat different take on the superhero genre, with interesting characters and concepts. Shame there's no sequel, the universe on display is worth another look.

If you like superhero comics, I highly recommend the novelization of "Kingdom Come", which takes an already good story and adds more to it. The only downside is a lack of Alex Ross' gorgeous artwork.

Enjoy!

I'm reading Dune, Mr. Flood's Last Resort, (those are the books) and Paranatural, Kill Six Billion Demons, and lots of other webcomics.

But when it comes to 'actual' books, the ones I'm reading at the moments are Sanderson's. Warbreaker and Stormlight more recently, but I received pretty much all of them (sans the Mistborn ones I already had)... and have to find the time to read them, despite usually being able to read quite fast.

I also been thinking about reading a trilogy from a certain Justin Cronin. If I got it right, it would be 'zombie apocalypse, except the zombies are replaced with vampires'.

(And to discreetly feed your videogame distraction problem, did you heard about this mod of FFVI with its own story with Ponies, aptly named Filly Fantasy VI?)

Welcome newbie! Here, have some chocolate and enjoy your stay! And don't worry, we don't bite... much.

*flying tackleglomp*

I haven't read anything new lately—all rereads—but I'd recommend the Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney. It's about witches and boggarts and things that go bump in the night, and the people who fight them. It's also genuinely scary at some points, so if you like horror lite I'd recommend it. :)

Canonically, Dorn does not have a moustache. But he looks less handsome without it.

I've been reading a whole lot of great sci-fi lately. I recommend the Keiko trilogy by Mike Brooks, the ongoing series The Expanse by James S. A. Corey, and the Remembrance of Earth's Past trilogy by Cixin Liu (you may know it by its first book, the immensely popular The Three-Body Problem).

Also, anything by Brandon Sanderson. That's always a good recommendation.

So, I came to a startling realization recently. It has been almost two whole years since I last read a book. Now, I've cracked open a book or two, started reading, only to find myself stopping and playing video games instead. This cannot stand. So, in my efforts to get back into literature, I would like some recommendations. Anything you've been reading recently? What's been taking your attention recently.

Also, due to a certain game about a literature club, I've found myself more interested in poetry. So, if you have any poets to suggest, throw them out there too.

I think I can definitely call myself a passing acquaintance of the fandom. Meaning: I don't really know it, but my closest friend does, and he talks about it a lot, so I've got a pretty decent idea about things.

I have probably read the least actual 40k novelizations of any of you (I have so far finished one). This is also why my characterizations of the primarchs are (probably) wildly off. I'm not really shooting for accuracy so much as I'm shooting for humor anyways, but still.

And yeah, I've been trying to vary these up more over time because otherwise it will get dull.

Anyways, I AM trying to work my way down the list. For anyone who wants to help...

PRIMARCHS REMAINING (description links NSFW):

-Conrad Curze

-Sanguinius

-Angron

-Roboute Guilliman

-Mortarion

-Horus Lupercal

-Lorgar Aurelian (Reserved by Neshomeh)

-Corvus Corax

Here is a list of boarders who have given consent to be shipped but haven't been shipped with Primarchs (known 40k fans are *ed, people who may be fans are *?ed, but don't let that limit you, because I certainly haven't):

-Iximaz

-Maxewell

-*Scapegrace

-Akrinor

-Larfen

-Delta

-*?Hardric

-Leto

-*Novastorme

-Zingenmir

-doctorlit

-SkarmorySilver

-AC

-*Guardsman Tom

-RemnantShadow

-twistedwindowpane

-Voyd

-*?Quincy Jones

-Matt Cipher

-Hieronymus Graubart

-Alleb

-*?Badger421

I'll assume the first story posted for each primarch is the "canon" ship (for the weird little aftermath interlinkage we've been doing), but don't let that limit you either: if a primarch has already been shipped, that doesn't mean they're off the table.

Which has made things somewhat patchy; they don't actually have False Gods, so for Lupercal's actual fall, I'm relying on memories of reading it a decade back, plus references in later books (A Thousand Sons revisits it).

The patchiness continues throughout the series, which makes the repetitive nature of the series a godsend: I've visited Isstvan at least three times so far, and I know I skipped another one.

Speaking of Isstvan! I've read your mission now. Utterly bonkers stuff. I have to say the biggest thing that stuck in my head was the Warsheep, but Derik's freakout over the idea of killing dragons also ranks up there. (Also the fact that some weirdo made you stick an entire paragraph of Quenya in the middle... :D)

hS

Phobos has been reading the HH books for years now, and he finally got me hooked last fall. I've got a whole shelf of 'em lined up for me.

It makes sense, though. Everyone is shocked, shocked, that Horus would turn traitor. It's absolutely, totally, and in all other ways inconceivable. Because he's awesome. QED.

Alternative ending: Horus/Everyone. I'm sure there's enough of the Warmaster to go around. {= ) (Although, the Emperor assuming that was part of what started the trouble in the first place... hmm... )

~Neshomeh

This shovel digs up fancy cosplay!

So, uh, have a bonus Barnum costume from The Greatest Showman!

Have one of my own shed feathers and a complimentary kit of Spikes!

And if you'll excuse my being self-serving, there's my own PPC writings if you're interested in explorations of continua that weren't previously visited in the PPC, and I especially recommend starting with Falchion and Rashida due to them being my first pair. "Connecting The Dots", my very first PPC mission published, is still one of my absolute favorites for sentimental value, though it might not be the best place to start if you aren't fond of fetishes, gore, and eleven different continua smooshed together. :/ A lot of other missions of mine require a bit more context to get up to speed on, but another rec from my archives is "In Other News, Water is Wet", co-written with Voyd, which we tried to write as a relative standalone and is still one of the missions I am most proud of. Ditto for my most recent collab mission, "Girls' Night Out" with eatpraylove and James Shields, for the same reason (though that one may still take quite a bit of Steven Universe canon knowledge to understand).

And as for recs of other PPC writers... Florestan and Eusabius, full stop. One of the first RCs I archive-binged and still one of my favorites, they're the reason I wanted to write a DIC team in the first place and their characterization is hilarious and awesome. Kinda sad that I haven't seen any new missions from them since late 2013...