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Too much :spam:? Or too much Gheb?
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The latter. *urp* *gurk*
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I said a na, nana no na, nana no na, nanona, nanona, nana no na...
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I didn't read it all... Is it really that bad, Isk?
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You can never have too much Gheb.
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>_> I'm not sure I want to read it now...
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Hm. I'm out of FE fads D:

Dude, you ran out? With an attitude like that, you will forever lack the CON to wield axes.
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'cuz the night has a thousand eyes
And a thousand eyes can't help but see...
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I like spam, I cannot deny~
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The lady and the Lego

Once long ago in a far, far away kingdom there lived a semi-retarded King. He had a beautiful daughter named Duplo. Now Duplo just happened to love the head cook whose name was Ed. Duplo was 16 and her semi-retarded father thought that she should be married. Ed was 17 and Duplo wanted to marry him.
“After all,” she said “He makes a lovely apple pie.”
But the King wanted Duplo to marry a fine prince.
“So what if he makes good apple pie?” Said the King,
“After all,” he said “You need a royal groom. HAHAA!”
The King laughed at strange things no one else thought was funny. So the semi-retarded King decided to hold a competition to see which prince would get to marry Duplo. Ed was sad. He wasn’t a Prince. He was a cook. How could he enter?
A large number of Princes showed up the day of the tournament. They were all slow and stupid except for one. He was from French Guiana. The slowest and stupidest one was from Kazakhstan. It was Monday night, which meant everyone was at their homes watching football. So the King moved the tournament to Wednesday. When Wednesday arrived the King gathered all of the Princes to the Royal Obstacle Course. Duplo was watching from her window. The King addressed them all.
“Hear ye! Hear ye! You are all here to marry my daughter, no?” Then without warning, the King said “HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA” Everyone tried to go along with the joke but no one knew what it meant. “Now. To marry my daughter you have to go through this obstacle course. You will go one at a time. I will time you. First is the Prince from India.” The Prince from India came forth. He went up to the obstacle course. The first obstacle was to get through a pile of cocoa crispies. He just ran right through. The next obstacle was to get through a pile of jellybeans. He just ran right through. The next obstacle was to spell cat. He spelled it ‘kat’. He was out. But then, he pulled out a magic lamp and rubbed it. A genie came out.
“The Genie of the Lamp has heard your summons… and will obey.” The Prince from India told him to shut up and wished he could go back in time to respell ‘cat’. So he did.

The next obstacle was to spell cat. He spelled it correctly. The final challenge was to run to the finish. The only problem was that there were man-eating butterflies and landmines and Barneys along the way. The Prince from India ran through but got caught by a Barney.
“Time for a squishy wishy lovey dubby Barney hug!” The Prince from India said something that sounded like,
“AAAAAYAYAYAYAAYAYAYAYAAAA!!!”
So he was out of the competition. Ed was happy. Maybe none of the Princes could make it! The next Prince was from Cuba. It looked like he had a miniature nuclear warhead under his coat. The King started to laugh. He clapped his hands. Then he clapped his hands again. After he had clapped his hands for a third time, the obstacle course changed. It looked different. There were new challenges. The semi-retarded King spoke.
“You have new challenges! BAD LUCK! HAHAHAAA!”
Everyone started to laugh along with the King but all of the sudden he put on his very angry face. So everyone stopped laughing.
The Prince of Cuba’s name was Fidel. They didn’t know his last name. Fidel went to the first challenge. There was a Gamecube and an X-Box and a Japanese lady sitting behind them. She spoke to Fidel.
“Owinaka. Habu ean chi-haw ean X-Box ud habu chi-haw Gamecube?” Fidel was baffled.
“I don’t speak Chinese.” The Japanese lady got very, very angry.
“EEEEEEEEE! Owinaka ean goobaloe monkey brain!!!”
Fidel hurried off. He was scared. The King started to laugh. Everyone started to laugh. Then, the King said,
“SHUT UP!” So they did. The next prince was from Uganda. He went up to the Japanese lady.
“Owinaka. Habu ean chi-haw ean X-Box ud habu chi-haw Gamecube?” The Prince of Uganda knew Japanese.
“Ukuytinu. Habu ean chi-haw Gamecube.” The Japanese Lady smiled and pointed to the two controllers. The Prince of Uganda understood. He got the player two controller. The Japanese Lady turned on the Gamecube. It was Super Smash Brothers Melee. She sat down to play. She chose Marth. The Prince of Uganda chose young Link. She kicked his butt. The score was 67 to minus 784. The Prince of Uganda was out.
Before he knew what happened, Ed was pushed out to the stadium. He had to play the Japanese Lady. The King said,
“What country are you from?” Ed had to think fast.
“Udmud.”
“Udmud? Where is that?”
“Ummm… Over by Poland.” Whew. That was too close. He sat down to player two. He chose Fox. The Japanese Lady was very good with Marth. But Ed had a Gamecube in the kitchen and he had practiced. He won. The Japanese Lady was pleased.
“Okinowa. Ed ean gud atz sooba zmash bothers.” Ed went to the second challenge. The King scowled and said,
“Aren’t you my cook? I feel like apple pie.” Ed was nervous. Suddenly, the King’s face brightened.
“If you can make me a good apple pie you can marry my daughter.” Ed laughed with relief. He was great at apple pies.
“I accept.” Announced Ed.
“Good. Now make me a pie.”
So Ed started to make and apple pie for the semi-retarded King. He put in all of the secret ingredients. sugar, piecrust, cinnamon and his super secret ingredient, apples. He then cooked it in an oven. It was done in an hour. He presented the steaming apple pie to the King. He took a bite and chewed it. Then he swallowed it.
“This tastes like my cook’s apple pie.” Ed had to think fast again.
“Maybe it is the same recipe?”
“HAHAHAAA” Everyone started to laugh with the King. As usual he put on his angry face and screamed,
“SHUT UP!!” But this time everyone kept laughing. The King got so mad he yelled. And then he yelled again. After he yelled for the third time he started throwing gold coins out back by the parking lot. Everyone emptied out to gather the coins. The only people in the stadium were the Prince from French Guiana, Ed, Duplo, and of course, the King, who glared at the Prince from French Guiana.
“Why are you still here?!” He snapped at him. The French Guinean Prince answered,
“Because I already am rich.”
“Well go back to French Guiana!”
“Why?”
“BECAUSE! Why do people ask so many questions?! Go!”

So he did.

The King then spoke to Ed.
“I like your apple pie. You may marry my daughter. The ceremony will take place tonight.” With that he left. Ed looked at Duplo. She was asleep. Ed shouted for her to wake up. She looked at Ed and teleported down to him.
“Hello Ed.”
“Hello Duplo. My name is Ed.” Ed was still nervous even though the competition was over.
“So. The cook marries the Princess.” Said Duplo with a smile. The King had heard her. He hurried back.
“HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! You lied to me! You will now-“

You can’t hear the rest of the story. It is a surprise. What do you think happened? Did Ed and Duplo marry? Or did the King kill him?

The end

DISCLAIMER - I wrote this when I was in 8th grade
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*decides to bump up the number to ten thousand*

People can no longer cover their eyes
If this disturbs you, then walk away
You will remember
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Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones! 8D

To start, this game’s plot revolves around an evil entity, known as the Demon King (obviously a euphemism for SATAN), and the efforts by a group of followers to resurrect him. I don’t even know where to begin. To start, even IMPLYING that the DEVIL can be brought back to earth is ridiculous and will NOT BE TOLERATED. To make matters even more sacrilegious, one of the DK’s (I refuse to give him the power by using his real name) main followers is a BISHOP who uses LIGHT MAGIC. First of all, outright stating that a BISHOP, a devout follower of God could betray Him is HERESY, plain and simple! This is an obvious attempt by the foul game developers to try to CORRUPT people into thinking that the Church is an evil entity. I saw through that one! Also, the use magic of any kind is forbidden by our Lord, and insinuating that there is such a thing as LIGHT MAGIC is just hogwash. Getting back to my original point, this DK POSSESSES one of the characters in the book, and he is unable to be exorcised. All true believers should know that DEMONS can always be EXORCISED, and that the developers are once again trying to DESTROY the power of the Church. This is UNACCEPTABLE and will NOT BE TOLERATED! Another one of this foul game’s many moral low points is that two playable characters and countless other characters can STEAL things from other, unsuspecting, innocent civilians. This is a direct violation of the 7th Commandment, and anyone who wishes to escape an ETERNITY IN HELL should reflect on this “skill” and the poor values the creators who made this game have. The females in this game wear horrible clothing that accentuates their sexuality, so any true believer in God should cover their eyes or look away when one of these scantily clad women appears on the screen. There is absolutely no reason for these women to wear such revealing clothing. The creators of this game are trying to POISON the minds of our children by exposing them to such provocative images. To make matters even worse, this game also contains sexually implicit scenes. That’s right, this game contains implied pre-marital SEX! The work of the DEVIL himself. It is unbelievable that any game company would put such TRASH in a video game! At one point, one of the female characters is the victim of a sexual predator, a male who bares his shoulder to her. Who KNOWS what else he meant to show her as well? This is sick, disgusting, appalling, and disgusting. If you happen to come across this scene, I suggest skip it as quickly as possible so that your soul isn’t corrupted FOR ALL OF ETERNITY. I also suggest that you not think anymore about that topic, unless you want your soul to be TORTURED forever. I genuflected and said the rosary three times after writing that, just to cleanse my soul from this work of SATAN. That’s how horrible it is. Like my topic says, this game is morally outrageous, and I recommend that you seriously think and pray before buying it for yourself, or God forbid, your children.
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The 3-13 Archer is a popular NPC Archer in the 13th chapter of Part 3. He is first located on the map's upper left ballista. A ballista is a large device used for firing various projectiles. The earliest form of ballistae was developed from early Greek versions of crossbows, and were generally used to fire large darts or rounded stones. The power available was not sufficient to be used successfully against hoplites and phalangites. Bigger and heavier constructions, the oxybeles employed a winch and were mounted on a tripod. They had a lower rate of fire and were used as siege engines. With the invention of torsion spring bundle technology, the first ballista was built. The advantage of this new technology was the fast relaxation time of this system. Thus it was possible to shoot lighter projectiles with higher velocities over a longer distance. For an oxybele, the rules of a torsion weapon demanded that the more energy could be stored, the thicker the prod had to be and the heavier the projectile, otherwise it would only fly with a share of the stored energy. The earliest form of the ballista is thought to have been developed for Dionysus of Syracuse, circa 400 BC. The Greek ballistae are primarily thought to have been a siege weapon. All components that were not made of wood were transported in the baggage train. It would be assembled with local wood, if necessary. Some were positioned inside large, armored, mobile siege towers or even on the edge of a battlefield. For all the tactical advantages offered, it was only under Philip II of Macedon and even more so under his son Alexander, that the ballista began to develop and gain recognition as siege engine and field artillery. Polybius reports about the usage of smaller more portable ballistae, called scorpions, during the Second Punic War. Since these weapons delivered lighter munitions (thus delivering less energy on impact) it is a widely held opinion that they were used more as a counter-battery role, or to destroy lighter offensive or defensive structures. A less accurate weapon like an onager or other single-arm artillery could hit with more force, and thus would be the more useful weapon against reinforced wood or heavy masonry. Ballistae could be easily modified to shoot both spherical and shaft projectiles, allowing their crews to adapt easily to prevailing battlefield situations in real time. As the role of battlefield artillery became more sophisticated, a universal joint (which was invented just for this function) was integrated into the ballista's stand, allowing the operators to alter the trajectory and firing direction of the ballista as required without a lengthy disassembly of the machine. After the absorption of the Ancient Greek city-states into the Roman Republic in 146 BC, the highly advanced Greek technology began to spread across many areas of Roman influence. This included the hugely advantageous military advances the Greeks had made (most notably by Dionysus of Syracuse), as well as all the scientific, mathematical, political and artistic developments. The Romans 'inherited' the torsion powered Ballista which had by now spread to several cities around the Mediterranean, all of which became Roman spoils of war in time, including one from Pergamum, which was depicted among a pile of 'trophy' weapons in relief on a balustrade. The torsion ballista, developed by Alexander, was a far more complicated weapon than its predecessor and the Romans developed it even further, especially into much smaller versions, that could easily be carried. The early Roman ballistae were made of wood, and held together with iron plates around the frames and iron nails in the stand. The main stand had a slider on the top, into which were loaded the bolts or stone 'shot'. Attached to this, at the back, was a pair of 'Winches' and a 'Claw', used to ratchet the bowstring back to the armed firing position. The slider passed through the field frames of the weapon, in which were located the torsion springs (rope made of animal sinew), which were twisted around the bow arms, which in turn were attached to the bowstring. Drawing the bowstring back with the winches twisted the already taut springs, storing the energy to fire the projectiles. The bronze or iron caps which secured the torsion-bundles were adjustable by means of pins and peripheral holes, which allowed the weapon to be tuned for symmetrical power and for changing weather conditions. The ballista was a highly accurate weapon (there are many accounts of single soldiers being picked off by ballista operators), but some design aspects meant it could compromise its accuracy for range. The maximum range was over 500 yards (460 m), but effective combat range for many targets was far shorter. The ballista's relatively lightweight bolts also did not have the high momentum of the stones thrown by the later onagers, trebuchets, or mangonels; these could be as heavy as 200-300 pounds (90-135 kg). The Romans continued the development of the Ballista, and it became a highly prized and valued weapon in the army of the Roman Empire. It was used, just before the start of the Empire, by Julius Caesar during his conquest of Gaul and on both of his campaigns in subduing Britain. Both attempted invasions of Britain and the siege of Alesi are recorded in his own Commentarii (journal), The Gallic Wars (De Bello Gallico). With the decline of the Roman Empire, resources to build and maintain these complex machines became very scarce, so the ballista was supplanted by the simpler and cheaper onager. Though the weapon continued to be used in the Middle Ages, it faded from popular use with the advent of the trebuchet and mangonel in siege warfare. The crossbow and eventually the longbow supplanted it as sniper weapon. They all were simpler to make, easier to maintain (no anointment) and much cheaper. Due to the limited influence of the (now mostly dissolved) Roman Empire, the ballista could rarely be found in use across both Europe and the Middle East in the Middle Ages. However, I am not here to discuss the ballista or its origins, just to tell you about the 3-13 Archer, so I will continue to write about the 3-13 Archer instead of the history of ballistae. Please excuse my wandering. Back to the point, the thing that makes the 3-13 Archer so unique is that, unlike most NPCs, he shows some semblance of AI. Around the eighth turn of Chapter 13 of Part 3, laguz appear, ready to kill the guards blocking the gap leading to the 3-13 Archer's ballista, which is now probably out of ammo. That was likely a run-on sentence, but I'm not going to bother to fix it. At this point, the 3-13 Archer leaves his ballista, jumps off of the ledge, and proceeds to kill, or attempt to kill, the laguz ready to maul the guards. He fights for his friends. Surprisingly enough, he manages to kill the 3 laguz, more often than not,before they kill him and he becomes an hero. This makes to 3-13 Acher, i mean Archer, or actually, I mean "I mean Archer"... um, where was I again? Oh, yes. This makes the 3-13 Archer a standout among NPCs, and is why I'm writing right now. Sorry for the confusion. However, on a more interesting note, the 3-13 Archer isn't really an archer, but a Sniper. That is to say, he is an archer, as in someone who fires a bow, but his official class title in the game is Sniper, as in someone who's really good with a bow, not someone standing in a window with a rifle trying to shoot the President. A sniper is usually a highly trained marksman that shoots targets from concealed positions or distances exceeding the capabilities of regular personnel. Snipers typically have specialized training and distinct high-precision rifles. In addition to marksmanship, military snipers are also trained in camouflage, field craft, infiltration, reconnaissance and observation techniques. The term sniper was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word 'sharpshooter'. The verb to snipe originated in the 1770s among soldiers in British India where a hunter skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe was dubbed a "sniper". During the American Civil War, the common term used in the United States was 'skirmisher'. Throughout history armies have used skirmishers to break up enemy formations and to thwart the enemy from flanking the main body of their attack force. They were deployed individually on the extremes of the moving army primarily to scout for the possibility of an enemy ambush. Consequently, a "skirmish" denotes a clash of small scope between these forces. In general, a skirmish was a limited combat, involving troops other than those of the main body. The term 'sniper' was not in widespread use in the United States until after the American Civil War. In the last few decades, the term 'sniper' has been used very loosely. Gun control advocates used this term so loosely that some people even called it sniping when a handgun was used; the term 'sniper rifle' was considered very "scary sounding" and was very effective in inciting fear, evoking a lot of unsettling images, such as "a lone gunman, undetectable, on the hunt". The term 'sniper' has been used in more serious tones especially by media in association with police precision riflemen, those responsible for assassination, any shooting from all but the shortest range in war, and any criminal equipped with a rifle in a civil context. This has rather expanded the meaning of the term. It has also given the term 'sniper' mixed connotations. Official sources often use more positive connotative terms to describe snipers, especially for police snipers: counter-sniper, precision marksman, tactical marksman, sharpshooter, precision riflemen, and precision shooter. Some of these alternatives have been in common use for a long time; others are closer to undisguised euphemisms. Different countries have different military doctrines regarding snipers in military units, settings, and tactics. Generally, a sniper's primary function in warfare is to provide detailed reconnaissance from a concealed position and, if necessary, to reduce the enemy's fighting ability by striking at a small number of high value targets, especially officers, communication and other personnel. Soviet Russian and derived military doctrines include squad-level snipers, which may be called “sharpshooters” or “designated marksmen” in other doctrines (see below). They do so because this ability was lost to ordinary troops when assault rifles (which are optimized for close-in, rapid-fire combat) were adopted. See the "Soviet sniper" article for further details. Military snipers from the US, UK, and other countries that adopt their military doctrine are typically deployed in two-man sniper teams consisting of a shooter and spotter. A common practice is for a shooter and a spotter to take turns in order to avoid eye fatigue. In most recent combat operations occurring in large densely populated towns such as Fallujah, Iraq, two teams would be deployed together to increase their security and effectiveness in an urban environment. German doctrine of largely independent snipers and emphasis on concealment developed during the Second World War have been most influential on modern sniper tactics, currently used throughout Western militaries (examples are specialized camouflage clothing, concealment in terrain and emphasis on coup d'œil). Typical sniper missions include reconnaissance and surveillance, target marking for air-strikes, counter-sniper, killing enemy commanders, selecting targets of opportunity, and even anti-matériel tasks (destruction of military equipment), which tend to require use of rifles in the larger calibers such as the .50 BMG. Snipers have of late been increasingly demonstrated as useful by US and UK forces in the recent Iraq campaign in a fire support role to cover the movement of infantry, especially in urban areas. The longest range recorded for a sniper kill currently stands at 2,430 meters (2,657 yd, or 1.51 miles), accomplished by Corporal Rob Furlong, a sniper from Newfoundland, Canada, in March 2002 during the war in Afghanistan. Furlong made this record-breaking kill while he was participating in Operation Anaconda. He was serving with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) at the time. To make the kill, he used a .50 caliber BMG (12.7 mm) McMillan TAC-50 bolt-action rifle. If one takes the time-in-flight of the bullet with air resistance to be conservatively about 1.5× the flight time without air resistance, that would be about 4.5 seconds (2,430 m ÷ 823m/s[9] = 2.95s). Over that time, neglecting any aerodynamic lift on the bullet in flight, it would drop almost 100 m on its way to the target. The previous record was held by U.S. Marine sniper Carlos Hathcock in February 1967 during the Vietnam War, at a distance of more than 2,347 yards (2,146 m) using a scope-mounted Browning M2 .50 machine gun. By contrast, much of the U.S./Coalition urban sniping in support of operations in Iraq is at much shorter ranges, although in one notable incident on April 3, 2003, Corporals Matt and Sam Hughes, a two-man sniper team of the Royal Marines, armed with L96 sniper rifles each killed targets at a range of about 860 metres (941 yd) with shots that, due to strong wind, had to be “fire[d] exactly 17 meters (56 ft) to the left of the target for the bullet to bend in the wind.” During Operation Enduring Freedom, Spanish Navy Marine snipers shot cables hanging from the mast to the bridge of the North Korean freighter So San, smuggling Scud missiles through the waters of Socotra Island. These cables were preventing it from being boarded by fast rope for an arms inspection. The shots were made at a range of 400 yards (370 m), with rough sea, from the deck of SPS Navarra (F85), and the Marines were armed with Barrett M95 rifles. During Operation Harekate Yolo in Afghanistan, one Norwegian sniper of the Kystjegerkommandoen, aiming from a trench, hit a Taliban insurgent from a distance of 1,380 meters, using 12.7 mm multi-purpose ammunition. Law enforcement snipers, also commonly called police snipers, and military snipers, differ in many ways, including their areas of operation, training, and tactics. A police sharpshooter is part of a police operation and usually takes part in relatively short missions. Police forces typically deploy such sharpshooters in hostage scenarios. This differs from a military sniper, who operates as part of a larger army, engaged in warfare. Often as part of a SWAT team, police snipers are deployed alongside negotiators and an assault team trained for close quarters combat. As policemen, they are trained to shoot only as a last resort, when there is a direct threat to life; the police sharpshooter has a well-known rule: "Be prepared to take a life to save a life." Police snipers typically operate at much shorter ranges than military snipers, generally under 100 metres (109 yd) and sometimes even less than 50 metres (55 yd). Both types of snipers do make difficult shots under pressure, and often perform one shot kills. Police units which are unprepared for tactical operations may rely on a specialized SWAT tactical team, which may have a dedicated sniper team member. Some police sniper operations begin with military assistance. Police snipers placed in vantage points, such as high buildings, can provide security for events.The need for specialized training for police sharpshooters was made apparent in 1972 during the Munich massacre when the German police could not deploy specialized personnel or equipment during the standoff at the airport in the closing phase of the crisis, and consequently all of the Israeli hostages were killed. The use of snipers of the German army was impossible due to the German constitution's explicit prohibition of the use of the military in domestic matters. This situation was later addressed with the founding of the specialized police counter-terrorist unit GSG 9. n one high-profile incident, a SWAT sniper in Columbus, Ohio prevented a suicide by shooting a revolver out of the individual's hand, leaving him unharmed. But it seems like of gone off topic yet again, and if it happens another time I give up with the writing. Anyways, most people's reasoning for the 3-13 Archer's title is either that "3-13 Sniper doesn't sound as good" or "I'm too much of a lazy ass to care". Thus, the 3-13 Sniper got his title as the 3-13 Archer, and continued to inspire me as I wrote this.
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