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Huzzah, Flukes!

Flukes


Time for some flukes YALL! And this week is a doozy with me coming out of fluke-making retirement and Ozwalled throwing his hat into the ring! Also, this week I have an announcement to make. As noted before I was planning on getting a badge for the section. I have decided that after 15 submissions to the flukes section (after the revive) you get the "Fluke Fluke" badge. As seen heer:



On the top row we have my fluke(Blades) and Ozwalled, on the second row, both flukes are from Blue Bomber


FLUKES | READ COMMENTS (7) 2012.02.03 @ 13:08 CST by Blades0fEB

New and Improved Fridays!

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Radio PSI starts TONIGHT at 6 PM ET.
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6 PM ET - DJ Amztrak - The Musical Curator: Hitting all the right notes, historically speaking.

Take a walk through history with DJ AmzTrak and listen to the events of the week. From births and deaths to the launch of Project MKULTRA and the London Beer Flood of 1814, he’ll play all the relevant music he can find.

Have a date in history you want remembered? Send it in, and he’ll add it to his calendar — with music, if you have any, and a citation where applicable (he can take your word that it’s your birthday or anniversary, but if you tell him it’s Estonian Independence Day, or the first dog won the international chess championships in 1982, he’s gonna need some proof). Send them in as far in advance as you like, but please no later than the Wednesday of that week. It takes a little while to get the show in order, after all.


URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsiamz.ogg.m3u
REQUEST EMAIL: amzrigh[AT]gmail[DOT]com


8 PM ET - DJ Eggstreme – Name That Tune!
DJ Eggstreme makes his Friday debut between a train and a cute place. Tonight features a block of Rush, and you can send in your own tunes if you like. Bizarro Jeopardy starts around 9 PM, Radio Medley (formerly Golden Medley) starts at 9:30 PM.

URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsiegg.ogg.m3u
REQUEST EMAIL: dj.eggstreme[AT]gmail[DOT]com (six minutes or less, must be radio-appropriate)


10 PM ET - Edo the DJ Alchemist - Princess of All That is Cute and Awesome

This cute little DJ loves to play musics from video games, animes, and jpop. Edo’s favorite kind of music are remixes. Sending her a remix music definitely makes her day. One week she’ll do her segment of Video Game of the Week and the other she will do her segment of Anime Spotlight! The main segment she has is Who Arted?!, a participating segment which originally belonged to Ozwalled. And even her best friend Izumi will join in on the ride as co-host. Even though Edo’s show is from 10pm to Midnight EST, Edo tends to go on the overtime side. But that’s not a completely bad thing…is it?

With all the sweet music and her high voice, you’ll get sucked up into the cuteness.

URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsiedo.ogg.m3u
REQUEST EMAIL: edothedjalchemist[AT]gmail[DOT]com [ around 4min / no profanity]


MIDNIGHT ET - Buddy Indie Anna – Heard of before he got popular.

Indie Anna WOULD normally be on at this time, but cannot be with us tonight. Edo might go overtime, or someone else might go on during this time. Stay tuned.

URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsisub.ogg.m3u
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RADIO PSI | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.02.03 @ 11:52 CST by Radio PSI

Club Trivia

Trivia

Hey, welcome back to another week of trivia! We had a whole bunch of winners this week, congratulations to: Absoltastic, Alxprit, Artemis251, Captain Boxo, fed306, firej7, Giygas' Twin, Miles of Smashwiki, SimonBob, Strawberry Tofu, With a Hint of Lemon, Vid, and xXNessofOnettXx!

This week's theme is "Clubbin'"! Take a look at the questions, and submit your answers before Wednesday!

Oh, and here's a tip for everyone: In case you haven't noticed, I post the answers to the previous week's questions in the box underneath the current questions. It might be helpful in figuring out the kinds of questions I'm likely to ask and the answers I'm looking for, and you also might learn a thing or two about the game in the process. Don't be afraid to use every tool at your disposal!

TRIVIA | READ COMMENTS (3) 2012.02.02 @ 21:11 CST by aurilliux

MINI THEORIES UPDATES WITH BOZO:

Articles
Theories!

MINI-UPDATE:

Firej7 is approaching the first badge, so I made a new badge, which you will get at 7 Theory of the Week wins:

BEHOLD:

*its beautiful*

ARTICLES | READ COMMENTS (3) 2012.02.02 @ 18:46 CST by Captain Bozo

Brrrrrr...

Articles
Articles!
No Articles this week! SORRY FOLKS <3
Theories!

But there were plenty of Theories submissions! Congratulations once again to BB Gang Zombie and his very clever rhyme:

The refrigerator? You knocked it off the cliff!?
You don't realize the effort that went into getting it up there...

Once upon a time, in a small mole cricket hole... er, well it wasn't small, actually. I mean, full grown human-beings could probably walk through it...
Er, let me start over.
Once upon a time, in a happy mole cricket hole, little mole cricket Stu, who was no more than two, was watching TV with his family of few.
(That's like... 90 in mole cricket years. Seriously, I Googled it.)

The TV showed a commercial advertising a support group for penguins who lost their homes to global warming.
Little mole cricket Stu found the idea simply charming.

Stu had a plan. No... Stu had a vision.
He said, "Let's get to work," as he turned off the television.

Looking at the nearby green mountain, Stu got to work.
"This will make a great habitat," he said with a smirk.

But, the nearby mountain was not nearly cold enough,
and the many bears and poor weather made relocation efforts rough.

Stu hadn't given up. Stu wasn't quite through.
Calling for his family of Stu, Stew, Stewie, and スチュー,

he did what any inspirational and important mole cricket would do--
he watched TV until the night was through.

Then he saw a commercial for the E-Z Freeze Beta...
"Ah, this is the solution to this dilemma!

"Aha," said Stu, who was no more than two,
and he looked at the freezer on top, then he knew...
"this will solve the problem for not just one penguin, but two!"

Then out dashed little Stu, with a smile.
But, he knew the project would take quite a while.

"Elder Stuart! Elder Stuart," he shouted with glee,
"I have a plan! A plan! You must come see!"
"That is incredible," the elder said with glee,
"maybe we can arrange housing for not two penguins, but three!"

And so, then the order came in.
And then, all the Stus in Stu-ville begin.

The work was a chore,
but never a bore.
Because, as mole crickets always say, "this doesn't rhyme with the previous sentence!"

Working together through thick and thin,
to the top of the mountain and back again.

They brought the fridge there, but the plug wouldn't reach!
"Oh, no," exclaimed Stu, as the mole crickets gasped. "We'll need to bring at least one extension cord each!"

But mole crickets are not powerful, with their offense stat of ten,
and little Sue-Stu said, "Well, here we go again!"

On the way down the mountain, a penguin met their eyes.
The suffering habitat caught the mole crickets by surprise!

And so, with newfound motivation,
working diligently and quickly for the penguin's nation,

the mole crickets found their strength to raise tenfold!
The strength of the crickets was a sight to behold!

Each working quickly, no time to delay!
I'd think of a rhyme, but I've not much else to say!

With the fridge at the top, the mountain froze over.
I'd say more, but the story is over!

So I hope you're happy. All that work, and you ruined it. You are an awful, awful person

- BB Gang Zombie
You can read all of the GREAT Theories on this topic here!

The Theories topic for the week of February 1 - February 8, 2012 is:

Who were the original inhabitants of Osohe castle, and where did they go? If the ghosts are their spirits, how did they... well... pass?

Submit a theory for this week's topic!

That's all the info for today, folks! Be sure to read the rules, and then submit to Articles and Theories today!
ARTICLES | READ COMMENTS (7) 2012.02.01 @ 14:55 CST by Captain Bozo

What A Turn Out This Week!

Fanfiction




About this story, ohboy wrote, "I like the way that the two main characters are depicted." In order to read ohboy's entire review, check out the comments.

Optional Prompt


Write about friendship. Analyze the friendships between the main characters. Demonstrate how friendship relates to the events in the Mother series. There's a lot to work with here!

Tip of The Week


Do your research. If you don't know how far a duck can fly in one day, don't make a guess about it in your work. People will call you on it. You've got the internet - use it!

So we've had lots of submissions this week, but we need to refill the queue! Keep sending in stories.
FANFICTION | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.29 @ 23:20 CST by Emily

New Tutorial: Advanced Map Editing with HyperBound

PK Hack Happy Monday everyone! I’d like to take a moment to thank everyone for their continued feedback in the PK Hack Revival Project forum thread. Your comments are currently being absorbed by the PK Hack staff, and we’ll be creating new content based on your needs over the course of the coming months.

In fact, I have already put together brand spankin’ new tutorial for all you wonderful hackers out there. Well, it isn’t really a NEW tutorial – I made it shortly after I completed my first hack – but it has been stuck in forum limbo since 2008, unavailable to the masses. Over the last day or two I’ve put it into a viewable format and just this morning I’ve added it to the PK Hack website. So with great pleasure I present: The Advanced Map Editing Tutorial!

Map editing is often the first step in hacking, and can trip up a lot of new game developers. In this tutorial I take an in-depth look at map editing that goes a little bit beyond simple tile re-arrangement. More specifically, I show you how to re-arrange current elements and add new graphics to the map tilesets. It’s not as difficult as you think!

Sadly, there were no new progress updates for this week. I blame the weak economy. So intead, enjoy this 9 minute speed run of EarthBound. It’s about as close to hacking the game you can get without using PK Hack.

PK HACK | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.29 @ 23:06 CST by HyperBound

The Return of Miserable Muriel

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Starts TONIGHT at 7 PM ET
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7 PM ET - Buddy 3rd Strongest Indie Anna – Heard of before he got popular.

This guy right here will lead you into the valley of NME’s bearing Pitchforks, Spinning their tunes at you, and bring you out alive with a new appreciation for what’s good today in music. Be sure to catch his segment “Name That Riff”, in which he attempts to play a guitar riff in a manner where the listeners might be able to guess. Thursdays, join him for his Album Listening Parties, as he unravels the true beauty of the concept album. Be astounded as he grieves over such trivial things, like Sonic Youth breaking up. And leave, comfortable that you’re in the know of what’s late and great in today’s tunes. Grab your PBR’s, your skinny jeans and your scarves, it’s about to get hip in here.

URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsibudy.ogg.m3u
REQUEST EMAIL: claemonster[AT]gmail[DOT]com


8 PM ET - Buddy Third Strongest – Miserable Muriel, Book Snatcher- erm, "Borrower"

Yes kids, it's the long-awaited return of Radio PSI fan-favorite Miserable Muriel! She'll be sure to entertain you with her crippling depression and laments about ex-DJs. Also she might play music (really depressing stuff, according to reports).

URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsibudy.ogg.m3u
REQUEST EMAIL: buddythirdstrongest[AT]gmail[DOT]com


9 PM ET - DJ Aquazition - Master of Shooting

The first half of his show consists of non-game music and the second contains game music. Favorite genres are hip-hop / rap, progressive and electronic. In game music you can expect the latest and greatest tracks and probably something from a shooting game (Gradius, Raiden etc.) DJ Aquazition may spontaneously rap or freestyle over the music. He is also known to give performances of video game music on fingerstyled acoustic guitar and to commentate on live-audio retro or arcade game play (he’ll say funny crap.)

URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsiaqy.ogg.m3u
REQUEST EMAIL: dj.aquas[AT]gmail[DOT]com


11 PM ET - Miss Kame – Your Local Turtle Talkshow Hostess!

Miss Kame is a part time talkshow hostess, part time international turtle of mystery. Every other week she hosts a talkshow based on various topics from the silly and nerdy to the hitting and poignant. Along with her she’s joined by guests from IRC or SM.NET. Special guests sometimes drop by and they’ll be announced when it’s going to be aired. In addition, she like to air episodic nerd dramas (again, every other week). Some of her segments include: Know Yer Vidja Gaems, Name That Movie (with SimonBob), Keep Out of Reach From Listeners, and Choose Your Own Adventure. She likes to plays lots of different types of music (various decades) but has a special place for video game remixes.

Miss Kame and friends starts at 11PM (Eastern)/8PM (Pacific, the cool kids’ time). Wanna join the insanity? Then make sure you’re on IRC in the RadioPSI channel!

URL STREAM: http://icecast.starmen.net/radiopsika.ogg.m3u
REQUEST EMAIL: n03113ch4n[AT]gmail[DOT]com (your request < 6min, plz)
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RADIO PSI | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.29 @ 12:09 CST by Radio PSI

Mother 1+2 Signed by Shigesato Itoi for Sale!

Starmen.Net Fellow EarthBound Central followers already know this, but I've got a couple things to announce!

Last month I finally tied the knot with everyone's favorite PoeTrader! Rest assured that it was a geeky wedding, she was even wearing that same Fangamer shirt at the ceremony. I think this now makes us Starmen.Net Couple #98 or something, heh. But we're the third strongest.

We're both big-time gamers and also game merchandise hoarders, so one thing we've started to do is consolidate our collections of stuff and declutter the place as it's pretty crazy right now. So we've been slowly selling neat game stuff on eBay here. This week I'm selling an actually more recent item I got: a copy of Mother 1+2 signed by Shigesato Itoi himself!



I'm also including a ton of rare items only available at the official Mother 1+2 event in 2003:



I have a lot more details and info (and a video of the Mother 1+2 event!) on EarthBound Central and on the eBay page itself. While I'm here, I'll also quickly mention that I'm also selling my official Mother 1+2 poster, the auction ends in like half an hour.

Anyway, I also have plenty of more cool items to put up in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out on EarthBound Central!
STARMEN.NET | READ COMMENTS (15) 2012.01.29 @ 10:01 CST by Tomato

Clad in Rad...so disappointing live. :(

Fan Comics While your favorite band may or may not be all they're cracked up to be, this Fan Comics update certainly is thanks to the talented duo, Gekko and Meedee! Now's a great time to catch up on Memoria if you haven't been already on the forums!

Memoria
Kudos to all of you hard-working comic artists and writers out there! Without your talents and dedication, the submissions and section would be awfully dead!
FAN COMICS | READ COMMENTS (0) 2012.01.29 @ 9:07 CST by Artemis251

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