Heroclix - Colesium of Comics Venue - 1/31/2009

Okay, remember when I said I took a Hiatus? Well, I guess that's why they call them "Hiatuses" because I got completely hammered during this event. lol.

It took at place at the Coliseum of Comics Orlando Fashion Square Mall

But it was all in good fun!

To RE-cap, this was my 1,000 Pt Team

I liked the way it was run though very creative.

Basically, you had a 1000 point team, then you had 2-200 point RESERVE teams. The ran like this per our judge Tyroclix (Click on his name, and you'll see the FULL Results, you can also click on the "Full Results" to get the "FULL results". lol)

TYPE: Constructed (Pyrrhic Victory 5)
INFO: 1000 point, + 2 200 point Reserve teams to come in if a player loses more than 100 points in a round, 30 points in Feats, 5 actions - all damage and KO's carry over throughout the tournament. Shock the Turtle in effect as well on any turn no figure is KO'd.

My 2- 200 pt RESERVE Heroclix teams were

1 - Ant-Man, Grim Reaper, and S.R. Quicksilver
2 - Karnak, Shang Chi, and Shang Chi

I got a total of SIX points. LOL. These guys were good though. I got taken out by the series of "Omacs" in the second round. And had a fledging reserve team left (Ant-man, Grim-Reaper, SR Quicksilver) - going up against Dream girl, Doctor Strange, and Green Lantern.

"Curses I was foiled by those crazy kids! And I would've one if it weren't for those pesky Perplexers!"

- Evil Tony

Evil Tony's Hero Clix Tournament - Coming Tomorrow!

Well, I have been out of the loop playing Heroclix for a time now. But I will be taking a trip to Orlando.

The tournament setup.

1 - 1000 pt game

and apparently from the Heroclix Judge he wanted us to bring 2- 200 pt teams with us as well. I am assuming we're playing 2 games with 2-200 pt teams, is that right Tyroclix?

So I am looking forward to this. Even though this is last minute, I am ready to go with my teams!

I took a picture of the 1000 pt Team


Time: 6 pm
Place: Colesium of Comics at the Fashion Square Mall in Orlando, FL

(CoC's MySpace Page)

Been a long time, had to print out some old Players Abilities sheet. LOL

Anyhow looking forward to this, I can finally play some HEAVY hitters!

The Tale of Two Jokers Part II - Interview with Safire (Flames of Blue)

I talked with this cutie in blue with the same lines of questions about The Joker Comparisons. She goes by the name of Safire.
She's able to shoot blue flames (natural gas?), fly and heal quickly.

www.myspace.com/safiremodel

E.T. How do you feel about Heath Ledger now being dead and not being able to play the joker anymore?

Safire: It's definitely a shame that Heath Ledger is gone. He was an excellent actor and his portrayal of the Joker was really well done.

E.T. If you thought the Dark Knight Joker was great, do you think anyone could do just as well performance-wise in the next Dark Knight?

Safire: While I'm sure there are other actors who could do a great job as the Joker, I'd prefer if they didn't bring back the character. There are plenty of other enemies that can be used in future Batman movies. Harley Quinn would've been cool to team up with the Joker, but with Ledger gone, I wouldn't do anything with either of those villains.

E.T. How does Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson; please compare and contrast.

Safire: What I liked about Ledger's Joker is that he played it so differently than Nicholson's Joker. Nicholson was really entertaining as the Joker, but was a lot less serious and had some great interactions with his underlings. Ledger seemed to be misunderstood and not diving into another Joker origin story (that would attempt to humanize him) was a great idea. It allowed him to just be a supervillain.

There you have it, straight from Safire! "Extinguishing crime one flame at a time!"

Don't Get Mad, Get Pwned!

Okay, ever had that friend who, for some reason when physically nuts playing video games, be it in public at an arcade or at home playing on a game console?

I have, and sometimes it isn't pretty, lol. Back when I was about 18 or 19 years old, I hung out with this friend of mine who was a Street Fighter II Fanatic! He'd play it religiously and quit constantly.

When he would be getting slaughtered by the computer, he'd always blame it on the block function, you know the function where you pull BACK on the joystick to block an attack? Well, apparently it wasn't working for him, and finally, when again the block function would not work.

I swear I thought he was going through a seizure or something and all his veins in his forehead were about to explode. He would yell, (in a public place mind you....I think it was a in-mall drug Dollar General store,lol), obscenities and other colorful metaphors as he YANKED as hard as he could on the joystick pulling the machine about a foot or two.

He would say, "blankity blank, BLOCK.... BLOOOOCK you stupid..BLANK!!...BLOOOOOOOCK!!!!"

I would be thinking, "Man I don' t know this guy!" But this was my first experience seeing someone get mad at a video game.

Anyone care to share their experiences with people they know getting mad at video games?

Comment below if you have

The Tale of Two Jokers - Interview with Bobby Nash

I just had the pleasure of conducting interviews of some people I know from MySpace and other internet personalities I have known for a while. Basically, I had posed some questions to the latest Dark Knight movie, asking certain personalities to compare and contrast the JOKER character and the actors that had played them.

Let me first start with Bobby Nash "Writer@Large!:

www.myspace.com/bobbynash

He is known for his titles "Evil Ways, Domino Lady and Lance Star. ( I take it the Rocketeer was your favorite movie, right Bobby? ;-))

Anyhow, I posed a few of these questions to Bobby (and later to other personalities) about his thoughts on the "Two Jokers". Here is what occured:

E.T. - How do you feel about Heath Ledger now being dead and not being able to play the joker anymore?

B.N. - I feel bad for the next actor who plays the role because of the inevitable comparisons that will happen. I enjoyed Heath's performance in the movie. He was a very talented actor.

E.T. - If you thought the Dark Knight Joker was great, do you think anyone could do just as well performance-wise in the next Dark Knight?

B.N. - Sure. I'm sure the comparisons will be there between both actor's performances, which is understandable. I'm just afraid that aspect would overshadow the film itself.

E.T. - How does Heath Ledger and Jack Nicholson; please compare and contrast.

B.N. - Well, they both played the Joker in a Batman movie. The comparisons end there. Both of these movies were aiming for a different feel. Burton's Batman was a stylized approach where as Nolan's movie had more of the real world aspect. Different films, different times, different performances. I do like both of them in the role.

E.T. - Anything else you want to add, feel free. :-)

B.N. - While I like both Nicholson and Ledger in the role, my favorite actor to portray the Joker remains Mark Hamill.

E.T. - Oh man, I almost forgot about Mark Hamill! He did the cartoon Joker! He did a pretty darned good job. It was funny, because I did not realize he did the voice for the cartoon Joker until I saw him on a show that listed the Top (X) Villians or something of that nature (can't remember the title.) Because he did it in front of the viewers, and I was thinking, "Holy Cow! It was him?!" Amazing

Anyhow, thank you Bobby Nash for your answers. I'm sure Heath will be missed, and had probably disappointed a lot of other fans that he wouldn't be playing any FUTURE JOKERS.

The Two Jokers - Let Me Compare

I'm going to give an opinion here about the recent Joker played by Heath Ledger vs. the older Jack Nicholson counter-part. I have to say, for a while I thought Joker er....Jack Nicholson was a good actor for The Joker. In fact, at that time, I thought they picked a good character for the Joker. Well, Jack Nicholson has always been one of those actors that played a good scary guy, ever since the days of "The Shining" which probably landed him in that kind of part. I mean, if you thinking "The Joker" played by Jack Nicholson, you're probably also thinking, "Yeah, 'The Shining'!"

The face of him in the shining compared to his face when he said, "Wait'll they get a load of me!"....uncanny and very well suited to the part.

At that point, I figured no one could compare to Jack Nicholson's part. Then Heath Ledger came around. I was thinking, "Holy cow! Totally Crazy!"

He played a perfect style of The Joker. The mannerisms, the nervous ticks (both facial and motor skills as well). Every time I saw him interact, he gave me this feeling of bugs crawling on my back, it was as if I was anticipating him attempting to do something almost Hannibal Lector-ish or even worse, but he never did because it wouldn't be suitable for that movie rating, but he DID give you that feeling he was about to do something atrocious.

I liked the way the butler Alfred described the personality of the Joker was pretty much dead on. Just did what he did for the sake of doing it, no motive behind what he did. It was more of a hobby to The Joker.

I like how he referred to Batman as in "Kill THE Batman"

All in all, Heath Ledger REALLY took the cake in this part, in fact, I think it'll be a major dissapointment to not see him anymore in any futre Dark Knight movies.

Over A Billion Plus ME Served!

Well, I saw this McDonald's advertisement for their Double Cheesburg special value meal for $2.99. What a deal! I call it the "Recession Meal"!

With it you get a DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER!


Medium Fries!!


And a Medium Soft Drink (I got a SPRITE!! Mmmm!)