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Favorite Ninja Turtle?
The meat is rotten, but the booze is holding out. Computer translation of "The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak."
Raphael (Score:2)
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QFT =) He's also currently the least popular so far, it seems. That's ok by me. I like the 'underdogs'.
Cheers,
Fozzy
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To everybody who asks "which version are we talking about?" - it doesn't matter. The one you identify with.
Re:Raphael (Score:5, Funny)
Shh! I keep telling my girlfriend that "Sais don't matter". I just bring my Bo Stick to bed to overcome my shortcomings....
S
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What are you supposed to yell, something stupid like "spoon"?
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Cause sais are awesome, and so is sarcasm. :-)
Sarcasm is not awesome!
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I've actually recently started training [seidomd.com] with sai.
A basic technique is rotating them around the "guard", so that it flips from the long "tine" lying along the forearm and the butt of the handle being availabe to strike with, to the "tines" being out.
Good sai (not the cheap chome kinds) are rather heavy.
You know that problem people have with the Wiimote, where it goes flying out of someone's hand? Imagine that occuring with a good heavy piece of steel.
Sai are indeed awesome b
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Re:Raphael (Score:4, Funny)
One member of the focus group involved in the testing stated "They'll do in a pinch..."
Go Nerd Turtle! (Score:4, Informative)
Plus I always liked his weapon best in the NES game.
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Not only were the graphics and sound effects better, it lacked those annoying bulldozers that kept running me over.
Re:Go Nerd Turtle! (Score:5, Funny)
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I submit that there is only one TRUE TMNT game, and that's it. Forget the sequels, forget the ports. TMNT1 in the arcade, with 4 players.
Turtles in Time was okay....but still.
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However, and being able to save at any time was a nice feature. However, one thing the NES version had far superior was lack of loading time. I recall playing the Amiga version when I was 6 or 7, luckily I was a patient enough kid to look at "Please Wait. Loading." for at least 4 or 5 seconds
I understand the game had the ability to install to a hard disk, however the Amiga HDD was rare. I certainly never saw one, and Amigas were quite popular a
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I think it says something that we cast our votes specifically based on the games and little else
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I believe it was on the NES where he swung low enough to actually hit the smaller enemies with his reach. That was handy.
Been a long time since I've played that. I always thought the concept of fighting the massive "Technodrome" one on one at the end of a level was kind of strange. Yeah, I'm
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On a more turtley note though, I remember taking on the tank, but I don't think I ever got to Shredder. I always got stuck on that last level.
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talk softly and carry a big stick (Score:2)
WORD
I really related to Donatello for some reason, and before I voted I was betting that most /. would also due to the fact that he was the technical one of the group, and frankly, not the most funny character, but the most interesting.
Turtle Soup (Score:5, Funny)
Happy green new year!
--LWM
For those that don't know... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:For those that don't know... (Score:5, Informative)
Leonardo was the one with the paired katana (two swords) although katana tend to be paired with a slightly shorter wakizashi. He was also given a blue eye mask/knee pad combo in the cartoon, along with an L on his belt, to make identification easier for kids. He was the de facto leader with the strong sense of honor and justice.
Raphael was the one with dual sai (a three pronged, generally unsharpened, dagger). In the cartoon, his color scheme was red based. He was the angsty anti-hero on the team.
Donatello was the one with a bo staff. His cartoon color theme was purple. He was the wise cracking geek inventor on the team.
Michelangelo was the one with a pair of nunchaku (two sectioned staff). In the caroon, his color shceme was orange based. He was the easy going, pizza obsessed one who kept yelling cowabunga.
If you need more, try the wikipedia [wikipedia.org].
Re:For those that don't know... (Score:5, Funny)
Leonardo leads
Donatello does machines
Raphael is cool but crude
Michelangelo is a party dude.
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Give me a break.
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Unless, of course, you're a badass. For a good take on why this is, read Musashi's 'Book of the Five Rings'. I think I'll follow his lead and use a style with a cool name like "Two Heavens as One" than the same old tired sword style everyone else uses...
Then again, I voted for Donatello...
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Just a suggestion.
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Leonardo - Katana (K, L are consecutive in the alphabet)
Raphael, Sai (R, S)
Donatello, Bo staff (D, B--close)
Michaelangelo - Nunchucs (M, N)
On a related note, is there any connection between sai [wikipedia.org] and psi [wikipedia.org]? They sound the same (in English, any way) and look similar.
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Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines
Raphael is cool but crude
Michaelangelo is a party dude
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Why, exactly, did they wear masks?
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You vote for the ugly one! (Score:2)
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xkcd (Score:5, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:5, Informative)
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why Donatello? (Score:2, Insightful)
So is there a proper reason for educated slashdotters to choose Donatello or is his lead just a coincidence?
Re:why Donatello? (Score:5, Informative)
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Give me my karma :)
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TMNT Trailer (Score:2)
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I liked Leo more (Score:2, Funny)
Mike was bipolar, Don had social anxiety disorder at least, and Raph was borderline sociopathic. Just taking care of family members with mental illness is hard enough, much less having to work and live with them all day.
Plus, th
Re:I liked Leo more (Score:4, Funny)
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I always thought it was 'rude', but I looked up the lyrics and (close but no cigar) it was actually 'crude'. Here's the lyrics [ninjaturtles.com].
Cheers,
Fozzy
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Isn't Donatello... (Score:2, Funny)
http://www.fakenews.thetunafish.com/?p=19 [thetunafish.com]
What about Venus? (Score:2)
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A) There was another turtle.
and
B) I didn't know about it.
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As a shinobi, she had cool mental powers. First time she met Shredder, she reached into his mind and brought Oroku Saki to the surface, along with all the guilt and shame over all the evil he had done. *poof* no more Shredder.
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Don't blame me, I didn't decide what to call her.
Speaking as a citizen of the UK (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Speaking as a citizen of the UK (Score:5, Funny)
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Until I read your post, I'd seen so much usage of the word "ninja" that I was beginning to turn angry and violent like the guy behind that realultimatepower website.
Praise be unto allah for the calming effect of the word "hero". Mine could have been a childhood tainted by brutish vigilante ninjas. Instead it was a joyful time. A time when I could watch my "hero turtles" beating the living shit out of their enemies without the evil word "ninja" in the back of my mind, compelling me to
Tough to choose... (Score:4, Funny)
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Raphael was the rebel one.
Donatello was the geek one.
Michaelangelo was the funny one, who liked pizza even more, so that's the one you're looking for.
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Turtles based on what? (Score:2)
Almost Donatello (Score:3, Interesting)
In this way, the Michaelangelo aspiration, and adult choice of Donatello in Slashdot poll, could be dishonest and indicative of a repressed regret, an admission of failure - that I have settled for Donatello, just like I have settled for an undesirable life-path or self-image, while wanting to be and admiring Michaelangelo, the confident trickster.
An interesting study in human self-esteem and aspirational dynamics, this web poll is.
uhhh (Score:5, Funny)
Err, don't answer that, I knew which weapon in a video game was the most powerful.
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Same reason here...
Leading poll choice is Donatello: Makes Sense (Score:2)
What.... (Score:2)
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We were geeky kids.. (Score:2)
What about..... (Score:2)
Well, I'm getting laid regularly these days so... (Score:5, Interesting)
Leonardo: Currently getting laid. (19%)
Raphael: Were getting laid, but got dumped, and not the least bit BITTER. (16%)
Donatello: Will start getting laid as soon as I finish this kernel module! (41%)
Michelangelo: Dude! Girls?! EWWWW. Maybe when the other one descends. (23%)
Actually seems to hold true to what I'd always thought was representative of the
Dana Carvey. (Score:2)
It's "Michaelangelo," not "Michelangelo" (Score:4, Interesting)
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle is "Michaelangelo," two A's. That is, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle's name is a misspelling of the Renaissance painter's name.
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-uso.
Donatello (Score:2)
Missing Option (Score:2)
Which TMNT? (Score:2, Interesting)
The ones in the comic book (which almost nobody ever really read)
The ones in the cartoon (which pretty much everyone saw)
The ones in the movies (which we dragged our parents to)
The ones in the arcade game (which we spent our parents quarters on)
The ones in the console games (which we spent our own money on)
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Am I forgetting any? Other than the pencil & paper D&D styled game, which hardly anybody ever even heard of?
The point is, prefe
Artist? (Score:2)
http://xkcd.com/c197.html [xkcd.com]
Ob Canuck Reference (Score:2)
Turtle to Mod conversion (Score:5, Funny)
Voted Raphael -- You're often modded Flamebait or Troll
Voted Donatello -- You're often modded Intresting
Voted Michelangelo -- You're often modded Funny
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Where's Comboynealo? (Score:3, Funny)
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is... (Score:5, Funny)
oh... Ninja turtles (Score:2)
TMNT87 FTW! (Score:2)
-uso.
WIPO: CowboyNeal (Score:2)
April O'Neil (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:TMNT? (Score:5, Insightful)
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Now, do any of you remember "Melting Pot"? Same artists, theme was a prison colony of aliens? They realeased an issue or two, I used to have a glow-in-the-dark shirt from their promo.
Re:TMNT? (Score:5, Funny)
I see Raphael right there in the list.
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Much love and 'nuff respect... (Score:2)
Re:Donatello (Score:4, Informative)
Leonardo leads
Donatello does machines
Raphel is cool, but rude
Michelangelo is a party dude
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He also wrote some eps of The Real Ghostbusters. (Score:2)
Are you a nerd or what? (Score:2)
Nerds?