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quote:Originally posted by Kalshion:quote:Originally posted by Fractux:"You could run out of ammo but with lasers you have unlimited fight" - well you can't, you have reactor energy as well. Trust me, the reactors can't recharge fast enough for you to keep using your lasers if you are decked out with them.Cheers!
Rubbish
You can have an unlimited fight. I should know I play JG as well When ever I get into a fight I always lower my thrust power to 40-50% and when at that level I can fire my lasers continuingly =) makes it for a preatty light show to.
btw
EnB Costs $69.99 (for one year)
Jumpgate costs $19.99 (every 2 months I beleave)
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Well I'll say this.
Our societies in N.A. rely on resources to keep their economies stable, and to provide everyone with a nice high standard of living.
Many wars are fought over resources, and there's no denying that.
However, a countrie's most valuable resources is its people. So when we get sent off to die, it's costing the country quite a bit as well.
When a country says that it needs to go to war, then it SHOULD be for a reason/ideal that is more highly prized than human lives. But coming back to reality, in the 21st century, we are all still not over this hump.
Many people know its about oil, but it's being sold as another fight against terrorism. And who's going to stand up to the US and say, "Whoa!, listen, I don't think this is a good idea. This is a bad can of worms we're opening. This is going to make people hate us more. What is this going to mean for us later down the road?"
The build up in the middle east kind of makes me think about the fact that for countries in The Great War, "mobilization meant war". The situation is very different, and i am not applying the old rules to new cicumstances. I'm saying that the buld up of forces itself warrant military action. And so far, the build up is not stopping.
When you load a rifle, you will either shoot it, or unload. I wonder what the US will do once its done filling up the mag and sliding her in? I can't think of one good reason that will stop the US from puilling the trigger.
Well, unless the weapon breaks down. But that's what the war against terrorism is fighting to stop. Damn, that's one vicious circle.
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Oh yeah, I'm not trying to strike up an E&B defense here.. heh... but Epslon 5, there's just a lot of inaccurate stuff in your tables about E&B, and somewhat bias towards JG with your points system.. heh...
A few minor things :
As far as systems availability goes, you can only use items at certain skill levels, but you can purchase them at any level, and purchase them from other players. And you get special items from completing missions. Like, got a special sheild that you can't buy for completing missions.
"You could run out of ammo but with lasers you have unlimited fight" - well you can't, you have reactor energy as well. Trust me, the reactors can't recharge fast enough for you to keep using your lasers if you are decked out with them.
Live events - they plan events for people all the ime. They have in game events to train people, like they just had one about the manufacting skill, and they have ones coming up about explaining the exprience point system to new players. They also had space market days that let you go to specific areas that they told traders to go to to sell a certain item.
Anyways, I still have yet to play JG in a while. So i can't comment on it. As far as BCO goes, well it ain't ready so I don't know
Cheers!
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quote:Originally posted by Fractux:*DELETED*Next time, stick to the topic. If you want to cover BCM tech support, post in one of the tech support threads.
Anyways, I'll post my edited version, taking out the tech stuff, so others can read what I have to say.
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edited post:
All I'm going to add is this.
I agree that E&B is very limited in comparison to BCM.
However, I play the game regularly and I'll tell you what keeps me interested. And from a previous post I made where I aid it was getting boring, my recent dealings in game have shown me what makes E&B fun.
Yes, the entire game model in nothing new, different factions, trading, missions.
The fact is that E&B has a very good system of getting people to work and play together in groups, not only in everyday play, but also in forming the large organizations [referring to guilds].
E&B has a really good system for getting people to play together, to cooperate and keep them interested not only in the game itself, but in the in game community.
The game is NO FUN AT ALL IF YOU PLAY SOLO. By your self, this game offers nothing spectacular. Combat isn't all that intense (though is not as easy as point and click. You do have to manage your resources and skills) and the trading and mission system is nothing new.
Now that I've gotten back into the guild I was in, I finally have people to talk with while I warp. Some people dock E&B for the warp times, but in fact, it gives you time to chat with other players, make posts on the market channel and plan groups.
OK, I'll cut it short so I don't ramble. E&B's strength is in its push to get people to group together and cooperate. This is where it shines. Outside of this fact, E&B doesn't have much more to offer.
All I can say is while I wish it could have more to offer, the game is very stable and I never have any problems with it. It may be a simple model but everything pretty much works and works well.
E&B, for me, allows me to keep my character all the time, which is why I have kept playing it. If I could keep my character in BCM going I wouldn't be playing any other game.
Cheers!
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There, spared everyone the technical problems.
Cheers!
[ 12-04-2002, 02:00 PM: Message edited by: Fractux ]
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Pte Kolyvas
Royal Montreal Regiment
Service: 2001-_____
The regiment has their own (dare I say cheezy looking ) website at http://www.royalmontrealregiment.com
Cheers!
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Next time, stick to the topic. If you want to cover BCM tech support, post in one of the tech support threads.
[ 12-04-2002, 01:45 PM: Message edited by: Supreme Cmdr ]
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Congratulations to both you and your wife, Jaguar.
Cheers!
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quote:Originally posted by Grayfox:quote:How about this, we will give you all our liberals and socialists, and we will take all of your conservatives. Which means that you would probably want to move south. Then we lock the border and let them spend themselves into oblivion, and we can actually keep the money we earn down here.
LMAO!!!!
wouldnt work... too many people would cry about it.
i say send em and sin loi.
the canadian government is having a field day over the "trial" about those illinois reserve pilots that dropped ordinance on a bunch of canadian troops.
thing is they dropped the ordinance because the canadians opened fire on their aircraft, so they thought they were being attacked.
so much for training ground troops about aircraft target recognition eh?
Get the story straight.Go and read the report on these sites
Now I took the following is from the AMERICAN report so you can't acuse me of Bias:
quote:E. FINAL INCIDENT SEQUENCEAt Tarnak Farms Range, the _____ crew had fired two of their remaining three rounds but were having difficulty properly loading the last round. Corporal _____ completed loading the final round and Corporal _____ was preparing to fire the weapon. Sergeant _____, the soldier furthest to the south, was observing the tank stalk crew.The _____ gunners, Corporal Dyer and Private Smith, directed by Master Corporal _____, had fired all their ammunition and the gunner manning the _____, Corporal _____, was firing at a slow rate (3-4 round bursts with about a 10 second pause between bursts) because he was conserving his ammunition. He occasionally fired faster bursts to assist the _____ gunners in sighting the tank target as necessary. Sergeant L├®ger and Master Corporal _____ continued supervising the tank stalk team.At 2124:54Z, in immediate response to direction to hold fire and request for information on the SAFIRE, COFFEE 52 told _____"Okay IÔÇÖve got a, uh, IÔÇÖve got some men on a road and it looks like a piece of artillery firing at us. I am rolling in in self defense.ÔÇØ _____responded four seconds later, ÔÇ£_____ copies.ÔÇØ Immediately after, COFFEE 51 reminded COFFEE 52 over the UHF frequency, ÔÇ£Check master arm, laser arm.ÔÇØ At the same time, _____ relayed to _____ COFFEE 52ÔÇÖs declaration of self-defense. COFFEE 52 then called ÔÇ£bombs awayÔÇØ over the UHF radio frequency and released one 500 pound GBU-12 laser-guided bomb. Thirty-eight seconds after _____call concerning COFFEE flightÔÇÖs declaration of self-defense, _____ told _____, ÔÇ£_____, _____, be advised Kandahar has friendlies, you are to get COFFEE 51 out of there as soon as possible.ÔÇØ This call was received by _____ during bomb impact and was immediately acknowledged.As the bomb was released, Sergeant L├®ger began walking from the _____ team towards the machine gun crew. Private Green was kneeling. Sergeant _____ and Corporals _____ and _____ heard a whistling sound that Sergeant _____ immediately recognized as incoming fire. The GBU-12 impacted the ground approximately three feet to the left of the machine gun crew on the west lip of Wadi East. The main force of the explosion hit the south end of the line of ten soldiers. Sergeant L├®ger, Corporal Dyer, Private Green and Private Smith died immediately. Two minutes and 20 seconds had elapsed from COFFEE 52's request to employ his 20mm cannon until the GBU-12 impacted at Tarnak Farms.After the bomb detonated, COFFEE 52 called ÔÇ£shackÔÇØ over the radio frequency, indicating a direct hit on the target. This call was not acknowledged. Nine seconds after the bomb impacted the ground, COFFEE 52 began a radio call to ____. _____ interrupted and relayed the CAOC's directions to COFFEE flight to "Disengage, friendlies Kandahar." COFFEE 52 acknowledged the order from _____ and said, ÔÇ£ÔǪdisengaging south.ÔÇØ COFFEE flight then proceeded southwest on their original heading of 230 degrees to rendezvous with an assigned air refueling tanker.Approximately five seconds after informing _____ that he was disengaging south, COFFEE 51 called, ÔÇ£Copy, uh, can you confirm that they were shooting at us?ÔÇØ _____ replied, ÔÇ£COFFEE 51, ______, you cleared self-defense [unintelligible] ___ wants you to work south. There may be friendlies Kandahar.ÔÇØAfter air refueling, COFFEE flight returned to their deployed location. The return flight lasted approximately____ . While en route to the air refueling tanker, there was considerable communication, both internally between the two pilots, and externally with _____, concerning the location and the nature of the reported SAFIRE. Upon arrival at their deployed location, the pilots were met planeside by the 332 AEG Commander, Colonel Nichols. He informed the two pilots of the friendly fire incident.AWACS remained on station for another _____ after COFFEE flight departed the area. They then returned to their deployed location. The crew was met at the debrief by their squadron operations officer, Lieutenant Colonel _____, who gathered information from them regarding their involvement with the friendly fire incident....B. GROUND SituationA review of the environmental conditions, procedures, and the specific ground events of 17 April 2002 provide overall context for this incident.Environmental ConditionsWeather was briefed to the COFFEE flight approximately nine hours before the incident. The forecast weather for eastern Afghanistan called for a few scattered clouds at 8,000 feet and at 20,000 feet, unrestricted visibility, with upper level winds (at 24,000 feet) from the west at 20 to 40 knots. Actual conditions did not differ significantly. In addition, both COFFEE flight aircraft indicated that no clouds or other weather obscurations (e.g., fog, smoke, or dust) were present during the incident.The incident occurred in the middle of the night, at approximately 0050L Afghanistan time. The moon had set, yielding low light conditions for both ground troops and airmen, with and without NVGs. Some ambient light was available from starlight and cultural lighting, e.g., artificial light sources emanating from the ground. The most significant source of cultural lighting would have been emitting from the detention center at Kandahar Airport, five nautical miles to the north of Tarnak Farms Range. This lighting consisted of 43 1500-watt floodlights spaced around the compound and aimed to light up all areas within the fence line. C-130 crews commented that these lights could be seen up to 70 miles away on a clear night.Tarnak Farms RangeTarnak Farms in Afghanistan was used by the Taliban and al-Qaeda as a training camp. After securing control of the area in January 2002, Task Force _____ used Tarnak Farms as a training range. Upon arrival in theater at the end of January, Task Force (TF) RAKKASAN also began using this site as a live-fire range consistent with both Canadian and U.S. regulations. Shortly after relieving Task Force _____, TF RAKKASAN published the Task Force Range Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for all ranges located within the ____ Area of Operations (AO). The SOP provided guidance for safe and efficient training on ranges. These SOPs were updated and re-issued in April 2002 prior to the Alpha Company exercise at Tarnak Farms Range on 17 April 2002.Annex D to the Range SOP covers the specific requirements of the Tarnak Farms Range. Weapons authorized for use on the Tarnak Farms Range, with the Canadian equivalent weapon designation in brackets, are _____ . Several live-fire maneuver scenarios are authorized.The Tarnak Farms Range SOP required a Liaison Officer (LNO) to be in the Kandahar Airport control tower with direct communications capability to the tactical operations center of the unit using the range to ensure that all firing ceased when aircraft intended to land.The Tarnak Farms Range SOP was drafted in compliance with U.S. and Canadian orders and instructions applicable to this type of range training facility. The actual conduct of the Alpha Company range exercise was organized and conducted in accordance with the Tarnak Farms Range SOP.i. Capt _____, the 3 PPCLI Battalion Training Officer, reserved the time on the range 7-10 days in advance, in accordance with TF RAKKASAN Range SOPs, and attended the appropriate Task Force Weekly Resource Training Meeting to coordinate the use of the range by Alpha Company the night of 17 April 2002.ii. The Alpha Company Second-in-Command, Captain _____, acted as the overall Range Safety Officer for the range. He was present on the range at all times for the Alpha Company range practice conducted the night of 17 April 2002.iii. Alpha Company positioned an LNO, Corporal _____, in the Kandahar control tower during their use of the Tarnak Farm Range. This LNO was in constant contact with the range via radio relay through the 3 PPCLI tactical operations center.iv. After arriving on the range at 1530Z, Capt _____ conducted a range safety brief to all personnel. Capt _____ established communications with his LNO in the Kandahar tower.v. Before commencing the live-fire training, Capt _____ verified that his communications with the LNO in the control tower via relay through the 3 PPCLI tactical operations center were good. They had notified TF RAKKASAN that they would be firing tracers IAW the SOP.vi. The radio was positioned with the range ambulance and constantly manned.vii. Medical coverage for the range consisted of a Bison armored ambulance and three medical assistants under the direction of Sergeant _____. The ambulance was positioned in the administrative area to the immediate rear of the range firing area, with the rear of the ambulance facing the range and the ambulance doors open.viii. Capt _____ marked the range limits with chemical glow lights. When Alpha Company requested permission to open the range at 1545Z, Capt _____ indicated that all range requirements had been met.The layout of the range was organized according to established US and Canadian procedures for this type of range training and included an administrative area, an ammunition point/waiting area, and a designated range area. (See figure 4.1). The company had approximately 100 personnel on the range that evening, including both range participants and support personnel. At the time of the incident, they were all wearing combat uniforms, including personal protective equipment such as helmets and flak vests.To maximize the use of available training time, the range was split into two concurrent activities: a close quarter battle range (CQB) with Capt _____ acting as the Safety Officer and a tank stalk range with Sgt L├®ger acting as Safety Officer. The CQB was conducted with small groups of four or five personnel training and moving along a dry river bed, referred to as Wadi South. No tracers were used on the CQB. As previously discussed, the tank stalk training was firing from Wadi East to the west against a tank hull. Although there were nearly 100 Alpha Company soldiers on the range the evening of 17 April 2002, the number engaged in training on the tank stalk and CQB ranges at any one time was limited to a 10-man tank stalk team and a 5-man CQB team....CAUSES OF THE INCIDENTThe Coalition Investigation Board found by clear and convincing evidence that the cause of the friendly fire incident on 17 April 2002 was the failure of Major [Y], the 170th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Weapons Officer and the incident flight wingman, to exercise appropriate flight discipline. This resulted in a violation of the rules of engagement and the inappropriate use of lethal force. Under the circumstances, Major [Y] acted with reckless disregard for the foreseeable consequences of his actions, thereby endangering friendly forces in the Kandahar area.The Board also found by clear and convincing evidence that an additional cause of the incident was the failure of Major [X], the 170th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Commander and the incident flight lead, to exercise appropriate in-flight leadership. This resulted in his wingman's violation of the rules of engagement and inappropriate use of lethal force. Under the circumstances, Major [X] acted with reckless disregard for the foreseeable consequences of his actions, thereby endangering friendly forces in the Kandahar area.I take the above comment rather personally, as I myself am a Canadian Forces member.
What if it had happened the other way around... think about that. I don't think you'd find me laughing at the fact that some of your fellow Armed Forces members got whacked because of people ignoring protocols.
Shit like this happens in war, yeah, but don't go insulting the people who were sent there to do their job.
A pilot ****ed up, and killed some troops.
That's not funny, it's a horrible tragedy. And shit like this happens every day.
It's not a thing to even joke about.
[ 11-28-2002, 01:58 AM: Message edited by: Fractux ]
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Ya I replayed it (again). I had the shuttle tow the diplomat all the way to the station, so that as soon as I made him stop towing, the diplomat docked right away.
This time, I kept the fighters in the launch bay until I got to my final destination. I sent 2 out to patrol around the base, and delpoyed 2 to defend the diplomat, while I warped to the starstation and set myself up for a fight. Luckily there was none, and everything was fine and dandy. Now on to the nextmission.
One question though, how do you guys make a lot of money during the campain to upgrade? I don't have time between mission to go and get my mining drone cargo all the way back in Earth sector or do any trade runs (especially hard since I end up in different sectors with high inflation prices and no way to know a good route).
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ACK!!!
Ok I'm rather upset. Still on the first mission.
So I make my way with the diplomat to the station. I launch my fighters after I warp there, and the diplomat warps, and starts going to the station. I set the fighters to defend the diplomat. Then, all of a sudden, the diplomat is under attack, and then he blows up.
Ok, fine. So Next time, I say to myself go there, warp to the station, and leave the diplomat back at the jump point with the fighters. Secure the area and clear out the cloaked ship.
So, 2nd time around. I get into Arima, and 2 of the 3 fighters I assined to defend the diplot warp over to the station, and go get themselves killed before they even get out of warp. ACK!!!
Now what is the only way for me to get these stupid idiot pilots not do that? Do I have to not let them fly around when I am in a sector with an enemy starstation?
I just want to know because if they do that, then I'll make sure never to launch them when in the same region as an enemy starstation.
It would be nice if there would be some setting that would allow me to set whether or not the fighters are allowed to warp to starstaions. That way, you can stop them from blowing themselves up mindlessly, but can get them to warp to an enemy station if you are launching a fleet assult.
Ack, that's 2 hours wasted!! 1 because of those damn pilots... aarrggg...
[ 11-27-2002, 07:05 PM: Message edited by: Fractux ]
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SC, I'm wondering if old save games [i.E. 1.0.0.8 R.C.25] would work with R.C.28. Just asking because after install all the save files were deleted, but I did not see it anywhere in the VCF stating that old saves would not work. I just wanted to make sure.
(Stupid me forgot to back my newest ones up before I did this though... uggg )
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Jaguar, don't be so serious about this.. hehe..
I personally don't agree at all with Bush's way of keeping his political carreer on high groud.
In THAT respect he, nor his advisors, and policy makers etc. etc., are morons, I agree. His father was a very good statesman who knew who how it all worked, and how to play the system in his favour. And so Bush has got a lot of support.
You're right he will burn people every time, I'm not denying that at all. But being #1 comes at at cost, especially in the league Bush is playing in.
Anyways, politics are one big messy game that I won't delve into further.
Well, I don't want to be serious anymore so I'm going to go nuke some Gammulans, which could help advance my Terran political career if I had one.
Cheers!
[ 11-27-2002, 03:52 PM: Message edited by: Fractux ]
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Well I had a reply to that, and then it disapeared... oh well. I'll post it anyways.
The BBC had this story as well, and so did the CBC
After all, many world leaders are morons. It's not hard to face the truth. Even Chretien is a moron sometimes. Anyways, the opposition parties were the ones pushing for her resignation, in the constant political smear battles that blow everything out of proportion. Her comment was in a private interview too, so I'm guessing someone knew what it was worth, and what a story it would make and leaked it.
Anyways, I think we all know that this article would not be getting so much press if it didn't have any truth behind it.
Cheers!
[ 11-27-2002, 10:06 AM: Message edited by: Fractux ]
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quote:Take the world's fate in your hands (or at least have an omelette)
lol fun fun fun!
Wow, they even have "Chicken Invaders 2: The Next Wave"
This will serve as a wonderfull distraction
[ 11-27-2002, 08:26 AM: Message edited by: Fractux ]
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On thing I hate is coming acrross a huge space battle only to find myself on a trade run in my trusty old MK1 shuttle craft.
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quote:Originally posted by Epsilon 5:quote:too bad I prepaid for 6 months, it's already boring me...
*dies off laughing*
sorry, couldn't resist. You DON'T prepay when you haven't played enough to get the feel.
I did preplay it for more than two weeks, and I really enjoyed it. I dunno, right now it's not my thing.I really liked the mission structure, and having things to do. I think it's probably because right now my character is in between missions, and I have to keep flying around until I rack up enough Ex. points to get my next upgrade.
And you see, E&B's universe isn't as free form as BCM, so I think that's why I also am kind of bored, since all I can do is fly around and shoot it up, or trade.
Anyways, I just have to get the guild I'm in to reinstate my character again, and that makes the social atmosphere really fun.
The expeirences in enb are much less rewarding though than BCM. What I do like is the evolving story line.
Cheers!
[ 11-27-2002, 07:49 AM: Message edited by: Fractux ]
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I used to, I haven't played it in months. I may give it a try in a couple of months to see how it's progressed.
I'm going to have to wait for my e&b subscription to be over with though... too bad I prepaid for 6 montths, it's already boring me...
I need my... I need my... I need my BCG...
If I do log on sometime, I'll look up your nick in WWIIOL.
Cheers!
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well, another person is having the same problem as you.
see the thread here.
I have yet to deploy my marines/assests on an enemy base to test this out in RC25. If/when i do, I'll tell you what happens to me as well.
Cheers!
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I agree as far as the planet side aspect goes. But then, we'll all get to do that in BCG, so no worry.
In roam, my objectives is just to beef up my ship, gain enough EP to get fleet C&C, then go seige some stations and generally wreak havoc.
Also, read the text that goes with the roam scenario, it tells you what its there for. It lets you do whatever you want to do.. that's it that's all.
We just have to wait for GBSII to come out, and then we can get more scenarios going.
I like Roam. But It'll be alot more fun when BCG comes out... looks at clock... hmmm... better keep busy until then
Cheers!
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I can see a person receiving that type of media now:
"OK, 36 hours before the media self-destructs...
now I only have 36 hours minus to copy the darn thing..."
I'm sure it'll have its uses for some people/companies, but as far a public use goes, I don't see a market at all.
That is, unless they plan on selling them in practical joke shops... hehe..
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They had something similar recently on madblast.
Always fun though, and this time I took my time
Cheers!
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I guess when kids get to watching WWF and see chairs being used as potentially lethal weapons musical chairs could take on a whole new meaning.
Formerly being a prized gift as a child playing musical chairs could sit down and proclaim, "This is my chair! There are many like it, but this one is mine!!"
Now, the chair will be reduced to a simple utilitarian object, on which children can slump to watch their fabled TV sets, and see their formerly prized chairs become the next victim in the ring.
But is this the chair's fault?
No!!
Long live the musical chair!
I love you guys!
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For some starnge reason this post made me think about care-bears.
The kind of crazy stuff TV fed me as a kid.
No creature should ever have gotten the name "Playful Heart Monkey" or "Love a Lot Bear" or "Bedtime Bear"... it's just plain wrong.
Someone, shoot me