May 14

[Zeke]

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Okay, here's that explanation I said was coming. There's only a few days left before we find out whether [i:post_uid0]Enterprise[/i:post_uid0] is renewed or not, so I've decided to do an Enterprise Week -- kill as much of my backlog as possible and use the event to promote the Save Enterprise campaign. My original plan was to start on Wednesday, and here, I did. Unfortunately, I then discovered that my Trek Nation fiver-posting system is down, and while I've talked to Christian about the problem, he hasn't been able to fix it yet. So the start of Enterprise Week has been delayed; with any luck, the system will be working again tomorrow so I can post "E²" at TT, and then the next new fiver will be Sunday.


However, to tide you guys over, tomorrow's update will be [i:post_uid0]awesome[/i:post_uid0]. Tommy Kvarsvik has made us another comic book fiver! If you missed the first one (for Five-Minute [i:post_uid0]Star Trek: The Motion Picture[/i:post_uid0]) it's here (../startrek/tmpcomic1.html) until I change it over to PHP. And hey, I haven't actually linked to it anywhere in 5MST, have I? That seems a pretty big omission... but I digress. Come back tomorrow for a comic book version of another of my fivers -- and just for fun, first person to guess which one it is gets a cookie.


As for today, here's a link: 1UP.com (http://www.1up.com) is the sister site of several gaming magazines, including the well-known OPM (Official PlayStation Magazine) and the excellent one I got a free subscription to, GMR. I link to them today because they've got detailed coverage of the coolest thing that's been going on this week: E3, the massive annual videogame-industry trade show where all the big gaming companies show off the new games and products they're working on. This year, visitors got to see the new Nintendo handheld system, the DS; Sony's handheld PlayStation product, the PSP; and countless games, including the awesome-looking [i:post_uid0]Metroid Prime 2: Echoes[/i:post_uid0], a new Zelda game that has IJD jumping up and down, and several Mega Man games that have me doing the same. Go to 1UP for first-hand reports on all the cool games we can expect this coming year.[/color:post_uid0]

[Michiel]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Is it "Nemesis"? :)[/color:post_uid0]

[Derek]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Is it "Broken Bow"?

E3 once came to Atlanta while I was in school up there. I had a lot of friends who either went or wanted to go, but I've never been as into games as other computer enthusiasts, so I didn't go.[/color:post_uid0]

[Michiel]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh wait. One of Zeke's fivers. Nemesis isn't Zeke's. Alright, First Contact.[/color:post_uid0]

[MaverickZer0]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]*eyes go glassy at E3 coverage*

MegaMan Zero 3...
MegaMan Battle Network 4...
Ooooooo...

*is left speechless*[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]OPM...that brings back memories. Anyway, more illustrated fivers! Yay! I'd have a go at doing one myself if I could get to my Trek DVD's.[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I'm rather hoping for "All Good Things..." myself :D

I'm sure looking forward to it and all those Enterprise fivers :cheesy:[/color:post_uid0]

[Standback]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Offhand, I'd guess [i:post_uid0]Broken Bow[/i:post_uid0]. Why? Ummmm... because when I saw the ST:TMP comic-fiver, I thought, "Kewl! That looks like fun! Maybe I should do one too! Hmmm... Broken Bow's good..." That lasted me all of five minutes.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Is it Encounter at Farpoint? :D

;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Awww.. lol I was just going to do that, Cat.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Well, you're 4.5 hours late. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Nic Corelli]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Another proof of the theory that cats are devious, :D[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, I can attest to that.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Will you knock that off now? ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]NEVER! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAHAH!

Sorry. I get a bit carried away sometimes.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]So I've heard. :eyeroll:[/color:post_uid0]

[Michiel]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]It's conversations like these that give you guys such an insanely high post-count. :)[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Where do you think I got mine? Serious conversations?[/color:post_uid0]

[Michiel]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]'You guys' included you. :)[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I know that. :)[/color:post_uid0]

[NeoMatrix]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I helped her get the high post count. We use to do round robins which sometimes lasted all night.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]All night for me, yes. For you it was just the evenings. :p

Ahh, the good old days... Neo and me versus Sa'ar and 17...

Obviously, we won. :D[/color:post_uid0]

[Gatac]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Persistence and making long, sense-filled posts doth have it's own reward.

Yeah, a big paper bag of NOTHING. Grr.

Gatac[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Eh, you'd be surpised how quickly it can add up. I'm not doing so badly myself, and I'm hardly the most prolific poster here.[/color:post_uid0]

[admiral sab]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Hey I got like 10 in one day yesterday just by posting in one or two threads! YAY go me![/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Please do check my average number of posts per day. ;)[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Ahh, the good old days... Neo and me versus Sa'ar and 17...[/quote:post_uid0]

Only because some of us had to move back home onto malfunctioning dialup where we couldn't spend all day posting.[/color:post_uid0]

[NeoMatrix]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I feel sorry for you Sa'ar. Dialup sucks[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I won't bore your with my Internet tribulations, but suffice it to say that crappy dialup that works after a fashion is still better than high-speed that refuses to work.[/color:post_uid0]

[catalina_marina]

[quote:post_uid0="Sa'ar Chasm"][color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]Ahh, the good old days... Neo and me versus Sa'ar and 17...[/quote:post_uid0]

Only because some of us had to move back home onto malfunctioning dialup where we couldn't spend all day posting.[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]Maybe so, but you still haven't asked for a rematch. :eyeroll:

I mean, you could have tried again at some later point.[/color:post_uid0]

[NAHTMMM]

[color=#000000:post_uid11]The added strain from the increased pace of posting that that would have required would have undoubtedly caused his keyboard to explode. :O[/color:post_uid11]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Oh, those are nasty. I tired rigging one to do that once as a practical joke on somebody, but he ended up in hospital with the backspace key embedded in his forehead. True story.[/color:post_uid0]

[Celeste]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I remember when I was the top dog around these parts. Can't compete nowadays.[/color:post_uid0]

[Sa'ar Chasm]

[color=#000000:post_uid0][quote:post_uid0]The added strain from the increased pace of posting that that would have required would have undoubtedly caused his keyboard to explode.[/quote:post_uid0]

Which it did anyway yesterday. It just would have happened much sooner.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]I've heard of exploding keyboard pictures elsewhere ont he fora. I bet they still exist somewhere...

I wanna see em. :D[/color:post_uid0]



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[taya17]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]::watches the thread swerve wildly out of control in amusement::[/color:post_uid0]

[PointyHairedJedi]

[quote:post_uid0="Nan"][color=#000000:post_uid0]I've heard of exploding keyboard pictures elsewhere ont he fora. I bet they still exist somewhere...

I wanna see em. :D[/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#000000:post_uid0]If you mean Owen's keyboard, they are long, long gone. It was pretty funny at the time though.[/color:post_uid0]

[Nan]

[color=#000000:post_uid0]Darnit. :([/color:post_uid0]