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Pit’s Revenge — Part One

A short non-story. Just for the lulz 😀

Pit suffers Great Aether
Ike unleashes Great Aether on Pit.
'No! Stopicus!!!!!!!!'

down smash
Pit returns to Skyworld to lick his wounds.
'You'll pay for this, you rotten eggplanticus!!!!'
Kid Liquorice informs him that Ike is on his way to Skyworld to settle the matter, so Pit spends a bit of time practising his attacks.

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Silver Arrows’s Pit Screenie Bonanza!!!!!

I got my SD cards :mrgreen: The pics look better on the TV screen, they look very pixelated here though 🙁 For some reason the pics are anti-aliased on the Wii, but not when transferred to PC. I don't get it [Edit: you moron. It's because the game is rendering the 3D models, but the JPEGs are like thumbnails]. Click to view full size

Pit arrows
Pit's just fired a light arrow. Or I think he just stopped the angel ring.

Pit Sky World Flying
Gold Pit in Sky World

Pit's down taunt
Pit's down taunt

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Silver Arrows’s Nunchuk o’ Luck

I've started playing Smash Bros with the nunchuk now and - wow - what a difference! I can actually do Pit's glide move now. Very funky! Grabs are also a lot easier. Smash attacks took a bit of getting used to but now I've got the hang of it I'm on a roll!!

Also, we've been trying to do the 100 man brawl for a long time, I don't know how many times we've attempted it, at least 30 I'd say. The most we got was 99 and then I fell off. (Usually though (9/10 times) it'd be my sis who fell off cos she plays as Ike and Ike's recovery is the biggest load of rubbish I've ever seen). That was, of course, until I started using the amazing
nunchuk of luck
and first go, we got all 100 before we even realised it!

That is one lucky nunchuk.

We also got a record of 128 in Endless brawl! Yay!

Now even more impressive - hold your breath - I have been able to take on 2 CPUs at LEVEL 8!! Yes, level 8!!! I've also unlocked Toon Link, he was a pain in the butt, but here is the strange thing. Smash Wiki says:

Complete Classic Mode with Link after beating the Subspace Emissary or find and defeat him in a secret room in "The Forest" after completing Subspace Emissary. Some people have reported not being able to unlock Toon Link in any way after unlocking Luigi.
Link and Toon Link

We haven't even completed the Subspace Emissary yet. We got stuck on The Cave (25%) and had to get our big sis to play it for us, but we didn't do any levels after that. So how did I unlock Toon Link if the only way to get him is to finish Subspace???

Oh wait, hang on, I get it now. You can either get him that way, or by playing 400 brawls. I see, you don't need to do both. Crumbs! All righticus, all we've got left now is Wolf.

Smash Bros Brawl Theme Lyrics

Yes! It's the Brawl main theme. Well of course I had to post it, what kind of fangirl would I be if I didn't? I've just posted the official translation here. If you want the literal translation, it's ici. Agent T particularly likes the soprano bit. He collapsed into hysterics when he heard it and got me into trouble.

Copyright Nintendo / HAL Laboratory, Inc.

Audi famam illius.
Solus in hostes ruit
et patriam servavit.

Audi famam illius.
Cucurrit quaeque
tetigit destruens.

Audi famam illius.
Audi famam illius.

Spes omnibus, mihi quoque.
Terror omnibus, mihi quoque.

Ille
iuxta me.

Ille iuxta me.
Socii sunt mihi.
qui olim viri fortes
rivalesque erant.

Saeve certando
pugnandoque
splendor crescit.

I’ve heard legends of that person
How he plunged into enemy territory
How he saved his homeland

I’ve heard legends of that person
How he travelled the breadth of the land
reducing all he touched to rubble.

I’ve heard legends of that person
I’ve heard legends of that person

Revered by many — I, too, revere him
Feared by many — I, too, fear him

Now that person
Stands at my side

Now that person stands at my side
Now my friends are with me
Some of them were once heroes
Some, my mortal enemies

And as we face each other in battle, locked in combat
We shine ever brighter

I don't get the reducing all he touched to rubble bit???? Pit didn't turn anything to rubble.

ETA: Someone reminded me about the Skyworld level platforms crumbling, so you see, I was right all along, they are singing about Pit love love

How Daft Can You Get?

Someone from the-prism.com asked EA technical support about a problem with HomeCrafter Plus not working. HomeCrafter Plus was made by EA for The Sims 2. EA's response as follows:

Thank you for contacting Electronic Arts Technical Support regarding on your concern with The Sims 2.

As to your concern, we do not support or advice the use of this program (Homecrafter Plus) since it's considered as a game modifier. It may cause conflict(s) with the game itself.

Should you have any other concerns or problems regarding EA Games feel free to contact us or you can review our extensive Self Support Knowledgebase (http://support.ea.com).

Sincerely,

Jay P.
Technical Support
Electronic Arts™

So, how daft can you get? Very, if EA's tech support are anything to go by.

SecuROM IS Also Used on Non-Gaming Software

I can confirm that it WAS the DSA Driving Theory Test CD that infected our PC with SecuROM again smack That nasty bit of malware was back on my sister's profile, so it definitely wasn't the Castaway this time. I CureSecurom'd her profile again, deleted cmdline-whatsitsname.dll and checked regedit. SecuROM was nuked. We then put the DSA CD in, launched the program and checked regedit again: lo and behold, Screw-u-ROM was back. However it does seem to be a "lighter" version, as a lot of the things reported by Securom-infected Sims players weren't present. Even so, I am not happy about this.

What makes this even worse is the fact that this is OFFICIAL DSA software - DSA being the Driving Standards Agency and an agent of the Department for Transport, which is a government department - meaning that an agent of the government now sees fit to infect our PCs with malware.

Beware guys, it's infected, and even worse, you can't even get a crack for it, because who would want to make one?

Update: For those who need to use this software and are wondering what to do: I'm not sure about the most recent release, but on the version my sister used, the SecuROM wasn't as aggressive as the one from Neverwinter Nights that infected our PC the first time. So running CureSecuROM (available here) after you use it each time, and deleting cmdlineedit.dll and uaservice7.exe if present, should be enough to stop any problems. Just remember that even profiles that didn't run the software can still get infected, so be sure to tell other users to check their profiles for the malicious files.

The next thing to do is write a very strong letter of complaint to the DSA for installing malware on your PC without your consent or knowledge, which I'm pretty sure is illegal. After all, with the crazy new EU cookie law, surely installing malware secretly is worse than a cookie file?

More Poké Pics and Art Lessons

I've been doing a bit more practising... what do you think?

by silver arrows

What I'm having most difficulty with is getting the actual head shape right. It either comes out too wide or too narrow, too long or too stout. As you can see above! I dunno what happened the last times I drew, because I got the head shapes pretty accurate back then, but lately, I dunno. Anyways, next picture:

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