Nothing. I just got on the computer and checked my mail! :)
Ahhh...awhile. Nine years.
Hmmm...let's look at the results. Forte's Hair has 13 votes, Zero has
4 votes, Mega Man X has 4 votes, Andy Kaiser has 3 votes, Roll of Reploids
Amoung Us has 3 votes, Illumina has 3 votes (that'd be interesting), and
Sting Chameleon has 3 votes. It looks like it's going to be the mop.
Like on my every day "busy" schedule? It's like this... (keep
in mind this is my SUMMER schedule!)
9:00 Wake up
9:05 Eat
9:06 Take a shower
9:30 Get on the computer
10:00 still on the computer...
11:00 get kicked of by my sister
12:00 Eat
1:00 Try to get back on computer
2:30 Get off computer
3:00 Try to find something else fun to do
4:00 Decide there IS nothing else and get back on computer
5:00 Watch the Simpsons
5:30 Eat
6:00 Talk with my parents and sister
7:00 Beg for a scanner
8:00 (See 3:00)
10:00 (See 4:00)
11:00 Get yelled at by my dad to get off the computer
11:35 (if a weeknight) Watch David Letterman
12:20 sleep (or atleast TRY to sleep)
And that's the end of my "busy" day. It's pretty dull around
here.
He was my favorite character in Mega Man 3. He had a unique weapon and
I just LOVE tops!! :) And, I think, he was the first boss I beat on my
own. (I was only 5 or 6!)
The Protowoman Home Page was funny!! Oh, wait. You know about that right?
No. I haven't the slightest what you're talking about.
Huh?
The wha?
Ain't you intelligent.
Yep. #phc has some...weird...topics. Check out MY channel! (#Mega_Man_Chat)
No.
That's top secret...NO ONE can no... :)
I like Speed. He's a good guy with a great sense of humor.
AHHHHHHHH!!!
Do I sense an advertisement? No, really, I like midi's. They remind
me of that cool elevator muzac you hear all the time. Besides, I don't
have the GREATEST tape recorder in the world anyway so what do you expect?
Would you rather hear "Static of the Month"?
Well, that's your Interview. Stick my button on your page, and then I'll link you. And don't forget to include your link once again when you send it to me!
Okay, the links in my NEW! siggy file.
Siggy? Is that a nickname for your future master?
Protoman
June 1997
Protoman wrote:
>
> HURRY!!! TOMORROW'S THE FIRST! I TOTALLY FORGOT!!!!
No, tomorrow's the third. Sheesh, you must not check my page. I was at the lake... Anyways...
No, you idiot, I do check your page. I sent it on SATURDAY...THEN, tomorrow would have been the FIRST! But YOU decided to go to the friggin' LAKE, and SO...
- So, what are you planning to do over the summer?
- Since you interviewed me, I feel obligated to ask this: So, how long have you had the visor on for?
- Who do you think is going to be interviewed next month?
- What's your day usually like?
- Get up
- Tinkle
- Work on the Computer
- Work on the Computer
- Work on the Computer
- Work on the Computer (are we noticing a trend?)
- Answer E-mail
- Work on the Computer
- Process Forms (votes)
- Tinkle
- Work on the Computer
- Play Tempest X
- Curse
- Play Tempest X some more
- Tinkle
- Work on the Computer
- And, at around three in the morning, Work on the Computer some more
- Go to bed
- Tell us about "Jeff, the terrific sysop".
- If I can get off my lazy butt and do it, I'm considering writing two fanfics... One's about Speed's past, the other is a Chrono Trigger / MMX crossover... I won't say anything about the plot right now. Which would you rather see first?
- Don't you wish that they would get ICQ for Mac out, so that you can annoy me in real-time?
- What's your favorite non-Mega Man video game?
- How'd you like Forte and me's birthday surprise?
- Is it easy for you to come up with all these questions?
That would be telling! What I can tell you is I plan to write Book II
(Presto), The Adventures of Hardy The Hutt (Book I), and Computing Maelstrom
before August. Computing Maelstrom should be out on the First.
In addition, I'll run something called the Protoman Museum during the month of July. Each day you'll be able to see something from the history of the Protoman Homepage. July 31's exhibit will be the page as it is now. Yes, that's kind of pointless...unless...
Ahhh...awhile. Nine years.
Hmmm...let's look at the results. Forte's Hair has 13 votes, Zero has
4 votes, Mega Man X has 4 votes, Andy Kaiser has 3 votes, Roll of Reploids
Amoung Us has 3 votes, Illumina has 3 votes (that'd be interesting), and
Sting Chameleon has 3 votes. It looks like it's going to be the mop.
Ah, screwed up, mostly. It was really screwed up until last week. Now,
I mostly:
He's...terrific. Notice how this page loads much faster? Notice how
the Songs of the Week are on the week, every week? Well, there ya go. Now
that I'm on the new machine with the fast FTP, I have nearly unlimited
space. Or, at least, "I'll be a little slower to go after you if you
go over."
Joe Momma!
Hmmm. Probably the Speed one, so I can heckle you all the way. =^y Ain't I a great guy to be around?
Yep. Definitly. But, then, with everything people have been saying lately
about it "screwing up," I'm not so sure. Perchance IRC would
be better.
Now there's a toughie.
I'm going to be writing a list of my favorite videogames shortly (one of the new sections), but I haven't yet determined what my favorite videogame is. AvP (Alien vs. Predator) has got to be close, maybe second...maybe first. It all depends on what I think of the ending to Tempest X. I'm currently on Level 55 out of 128 levels. I don't even know what Ultra Yak (of T2K) looks like, much less Ultra Cat (the final boss). Chaotix and Mega Man 7 are also very close to the top.
Summary: check back later for a complete list of my favorite games, including #1, either Tempest X or AvP!
I hated it. It sucked.
No, really...I was pretty much stunned for an hour after I saw it. What I couldn't get was how you people knew the exact date.
Just wait, everyone, for Speed's And I do mean bash.
ROTFLMAO!!!!!
(For all you people in the audience that aren't blundering fuels like us, ROTFLMAO stands for Rolling On The Floor Laughing My Ass Off.)
Yes, it's one of the most grueling labors in the world...creating Interview questions. Me going brain-dead resulted in the questions "How many hairs do you have on your head, and what is the decreasing number each day?" and "How do you feel, now that you've wasted your time here on the Protoman Homepage?" and "People say they don't know what a fuel is. I'm not surprised. They're all fuels. The very fuelish kind of fuels. You're not one of them. How do you feel about that?"
Ok, that's all. Although I was hoping that you'd interview Forte's hair. *snicker*...
As everyone has already seen, the mop of trash will be Interviewed next month. Help us...
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http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/4195/
Hey! Because I'm a nice guy (well, sometimes. Ok, so I enjoy watching
people suffer. But that's beside the point. j/k) I'll tell you how I
got my nick. Well, I was playing Wing Commander: Privateer (great game)
one day with my friend (who shall remain nameless, so that you can't
change your name to his and claim that I used your name without
consent), and he was watching me fly. 600 kps through an asteroid is
nothin'. I can go 1000 without a scratch. So, he called me "Speed",
and it's stuck ever since.
~2nd Lieutenant Phillip Reed
~TCN Speed
~White Falcons squadron
Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into yours and join the fun!
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That's my ascii sword! I still think it could look cooler....
MUDs I play on:
Dreamshadow: Legacy of the Three (telmaron.com, 3333) as Slade
Realms of Despair (realms.game.org, 4000) as Kant
My personal motto in Wing Commander Privateer is:
When in doubt, kill.
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\ speed@nts-online.net
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Quakeworld user ID: 5060 (on master server 204.50.178.66:27000),
although I never play Quake World anyways. If you wanna set up a match
with Clan Red Dragon, e-mail jord@jord.sbc.edu . I'm known as Atma
there.
StH JJ1 Son++i Snv++^ Sal+++! Tal+++t Ant-- Spd+++i Knu+++ Lup+++
tWP++(+++) Gef- $+++ E27 Ee09 Eee24 E-23 Ee-19 A14 GM CoTX
(if you don't understand this, I'm NOT telling. Well, ok, I *might*, if
you're a Sonic the Hedgehog fan.....)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF AOL
I am STEVE CASE, your LORD, THY AOL GOD, which have BROUGHT THEE
OUT OF
THE LAND OF INTERNET RELAY CHAT, OUT OF THE BONDAGE OF
COMPUSERVE...
#1 THOU SHALT SIGN UNTO NO ALTERNATE SERVERS BEFORE ME, FOR I
HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO MESS UP ALL THY CREDIT CARD ACCOUNTS
AND SHALT DO SO.
#2 THOU SHALT NOT TAKE THE NAME OF STEVE CASE, YOUR LORD, THY
AOL GOD, IN VAIN IN ANY CHAT ROOM - I SHALT BOOT THINE BUTT
OFF LINE INSTANTLY, AND REPEATEDLY FOR ALL THE DAY & NIGHT.
#3 THOU SHALT PICK A PRICE PLAN, I SHALT NOT HONOR IT, I SHALT
CONTINUE TO BILL THY ACCOUNT AT $2.95 per hour JUST TO REALLY
PISS THOU OFF.
#4 REMEMBER THY PASSWORD, FOR THOU SHALT SIT ON HOLD FOR ALL
ETERNITY, SHOULD THOU NEED TO PHONE AOL.
#5 HONOR THY T O S, AND THY GUIDE PAGER, THAT THY DAYS ONLINE
BE LONG. (YES, THE BOOT THINE BUTT THING AGAIN )
#6 THOU SHALT NOT SIGN ON WITHOUT MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS ( I AM
THINKING AN HOUR OR SO, SHOULD WORKETH FOR THEE ).
#7 THOU SHALT NOT ANSWER THY IM's AT THINE WILL - M Y W I L L
B E D O N E , APPLYETH HERE.
#8 THOU SHALT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THINE BUDDY LIST - THE LORD
GIVETH, AND THE LORD TAKETH AWAY.
#8 THOU SHALT NOT GO SURFING, THOU SHALT C R A W L E T H
EVER SO SLOWLY, UNTIL I BOOT THINE BUTT OFF LINE.
#9 THOU SHALT NOT BEAR WITNESS AGAINST STEVE, THY GOD, WITH
NASTY LITTLE PETITIONS. I OWETH THEE NADA, I PROMISED THEE
NADA.
#10 THOU SHALT NOT COVET THY NEIGHBORS I S P: THOU SHALT NOT
COVET THE SPEED AT WHICH THY NEIGHBOR SIGNS ON, PICKS UP
E-MAIL, SURFS THE NET, CRUISES CHAT ROOMS, ANSWERS IM's,
NOR ANYTHING THY NEIGHBOR CAN DO ON HIS I S P. HEY - WHAT
THE HELL DID YOU PEOPLE EXPECT FOR $19.95 A MONTH ? YOU LET
OLE STEVE KNOW WHEN $2.95 PER HOUR DOESN'T LOOK SO BAD
ANYMORE, K?
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
(Yeah, yeah, I know there are 2 8's, but otherwise that would have made
the 11 commandments, which just doesn't sound right.)
Speed
May 1997
Hey Speed!
Here are a few questions for you to answer. If you, at any time, feel obligated NOT to answer these questions, Social Security allows you to do so.
Sucker.
Oh, sorry I haven't got that stuff you sent me up onto my page... "Real Life" has decided to pay me a visit lately.
Yeah, right!!!
Today, we visit Speed during one of his "groovy moods." Speed has many moods; the "groovy" mood makes him sound rather fuelish.
- Why do you look so cool?
- What were you doing when I interupted you?
- What do you usually do?
- Are you better at HTML than me, or not?
- Do I look cool?
- Why do you like Zero? (every Form you've ever posted, in one paragraph! Let loose!)
- Do you want me to Interview myself? Or should you Interview me?
- Why is your Sig so long?
- Who is that idiot, Steve Case, anyways?
He like, founded AOL and stuff. - People say they don't know what a fuel is. I'm not surprised. They're all fuels. The very fuelish kind of fuels. You're not one of them. How do you feel about that?
- What do you think of my Comedy Novels, from a non-writer point of view (of course), in contrast with my Serious Novels?
It's completely natural. I was built that way.
I had just gotten back from a Quake match where Rain (the know-it-all
that he is) made the other team's leader mad, so everything fell apart...
Then I ran to get a TV dinner, and ate it.
Um... ok, normal schedule of the day:
(All times are in central)
6:00 - get up
6:15 - accidentally fall back asleep
6:30 - get up, get dressed, and all that
7:00 - go downstairs, eat a bowl of cereal, get on the 'net
7:50 - leave for high school (the tardy bell rings at 8:13)
About 8:13 - Communications Systems (drafting). Mr. Wichert claims that
we don't talk enough.
9:48 - Physicial Science. Don't bring a Surge to this class, it won't keep
you awake.
11:33 - Eat lunch in the German room. I usually get a pizza and a 20 oz.
Root beer. We play Magic: The Gathering, and listen to tapes of Dr. Demento.
Occasionally we got harass the Latin room, or play Dungeons & Dragons.
12:20 - World Geography. Mrs. Studebaker is the easiest teacher in the
world.
1:55 - Concert Band. Fun.
3:25 - Wait for my mom to come
3:40 - go home, get on the 'net
3:45 until the rest of the day - Pick apart Proto's page, play Quake, chat
with LaDy WoLfEtTe, whatever comes up.
Tell me, what kind of answer do you expect from Mr. Ego himself?
Uhhh...I dunno...
Yeah... sorta. For a bioroid. Shorty. :-)
First of all, the hair. A real guy rights activist, ya know :-). Also,
red is just a cool color, and the design of his armor is also cool. He's
tall, which is practically a first for robots in the MMX games. He also
has a beam sabre. Hm, I was much more convincing in my vote forms...
Mwa ha ha ha ha... I think I'll interview you. "So, how long have
you had that visor on for?"
Watch out, audience...for next month's interview!
See, on the newsgroup alt.games.final-fantasy, we're seeing who has
the longest sig. Currently, the All-mighty Bob is in the lead, with over
1000 lines at last count.
It's a very interesting thought. Kinda like asking, "Would you
eat green spam and eggs?", but then, sorta not. Heheh. But it's fun
to call people fuels and not have them understand you... You, reading this!
You're a fuel! Heheh, heheheheh.......
They're like, funnier, and stuff. Serious "novels"? Oh, that's
right, Allegra and Scarfy's Revenge count as two seperate ones... :-)
Anyways, bye now! Thanks for answering my dumb questions!
No prob, I'm used to answering stupid questions. Such as, "Do you want to be grounded?", "Why aren't you eating your dinner?", and "Why isn't your room clean?".
...wondering why there were eleven questions? I went back into the email and looked. The reason: I gave Speed two Number Eights. Heh! Shows how stupid I am.
Mandi Paugh
April 1997
Yo! It's me, Protoman, the guy with the off-the-wall page again.
(LOL) Off-the-wall is sometimes good, you know. 
Heck, I call my Mega Magic books off-the-wall too.
- How did you originally become involved with Mega Man? (i.e. which game did you play first, etc.)
- How do you come up with all those great FanFic ideas? I can create characters, but sometimes my writing becomes confusing and downright strange!
- What is your favorite Mega Man site, besides your own?
- What were you doing when I interrupted you?
- What do you usually do?
- What do you make of Bass? What's up with him anyway? When's he going to debut in your FanFic?
- Who's your favorite Robot Master of all time?
- How come I'm up at 2 in the morning asking you questions for the deadline tomorrow? Am I screwy or what? What do you think of me, anyway?
- Why does Auto look like Aunt Edna with a migraine?
- Who do you like better, me or Rock?
I played Mega Man 2 at a friend's house first. I didn't know a thing
about the plot or the character at the time; I was just impressed with
the smooth play control. I remember being able to get through the stages
but not beat the Robot Masters. (I particularly remember playing Bubble
Man's stage and navigating the spikes easily when my friends could not.)
The two friends I was playing with beat the game for us, so I got to see
the ending then, but I don't remember anything but the holographic alien
Wily. It was only later, when I bought MM2 after remembering how much I'd
enjoyed playing it, that I paid attention to the ending. And it stunned
me, because inside I knew exactly what the images were trying to say. Namely,
I remember murmuring at the end, "He's going home..." Then I
smacked myself and said, "You dummy, he's a robot. He doesn't HAVE
a home (in that sense)." Then I thought about it some more and realized
that maybe Mega Man was more than just a robot. THEN a couple of days later
I found a novelization of MM2 in a used book store, and to my astonishment
the book said everything that I'd just been thinking. It was quite eerie.
As a side note, it was really Mega Man 3 that got me into the series--or more specifically, it was the one that got me into writing Mega Man books, since I wrote the novelization of MM3 before any of the others. Before I'd ever even heard of MM3, someone told me all about the plot with Break Man and the ending, and I just HAD to see it for myself. So when I first played the game, I already knew who that little red and white dude was ("Hi bro! Oh wait, I'm not supposed to know that yet. Hee hee."). But it was worth it just to see the plot played out, and I have been a Break Man fan since.
And I've been waiting for Break Man to be a player character ever since, too...
I dream them. Quite literally. I wish I could take credit for coming
up with them, but the most I can say for myself is that sometimes I have
to fill in the gaps in my dreams, and/or sort them out and figure out where
they tie together. Many times I dream a book in two or more chunks, which
is why most of the books can be easily divided into two completely seperate--yet
completely related--episodes.
Now that's a tough one. I don't really have a favorite site, and to
name any off here might be an insult to other equally-great sites. Unfortunately
I don't even have much time to browse the web at all, so I have a hard
time keeping up with all these Mega Man pages. Even my own! Heh heh...
*chuckle* I was checking my email. More specifically, I was organizing
the Mailing List and form reply messages into their appropriate boxes,
and glancing at the subject lines of the rest of the letters. Less specifically,
I was just getting back to work after the vacation, and wondering if I
was going to be flooded with email--which is why I checked my email early.
Normally I check in the evenings.
Work, generally. My job isn't really defined right now; I do everything
from program to help students create their games. Besides my normal paycheck
work, I also work on my home page and on my books. (And answer email, heh
heh.) Right now, I'm working feverishly on Mini-Book 0 (which still needs
a title), Book 16 (too bad I haven't even started 14 yet), and on that
HTML book (coming soon--I hope). I'm also having fun scanning some of my
Mega Man sketches for no better reason than that I have a scanner now.
Okay, I'll spill the beans for those of you who haven't found them yet.
Bass debuts in Book 16: Mega Fraud. (The teaser to this book is hidden
on my page.) The book is about halfway done, currently snagged due to the
fact that the first dream was half a year ago, and the dream with Bass
came just a few weeks ago. I'm still trying to work it all out. Also, I
want to post Mini-Book 0 first, since it, ironically enough, has a little
bit to do with Book 16.
I'm not sure what to make of Bass yet. In Book 16, he spends a lot of time acting on his own, to the point that it's obvious even Wily cannot control him. Also, Dr. Wily shows a great interest (though he won't admit it) to keeping Bass in one piece. Both of these indicate that Bass isn't a typical robot. I wonder if Wily finally wisened up and tried to duplicate the accident that turned Mega Man (or Break Man) into a living machine. After all, half of the reason that Mega Man has won so many battles is because he can think for himself, make decisions, and generally find the patterns in robot attack styles. However, there are other indications that Bass is not, in fact, alive. It is possible he just has a REALLY good AI, like a predecessor to the Reploids in X's time. I'm not sure yet.
I still can't believe Bass is comic relief in Mega Man 8, though.
I don't have one. For my books, though, I tend to lean toward big, strong
ones like Guts Man, and/or powerful ones like Elec Man, simply because
they can actually give Mega Man a rough time. It's no fun otherwise...
heh heh...
*chuckle* Gee, I hope I'm not supposed to meet a deadline, because I
just got into the office right now. Anyway, you have one of the most expansive
sites on the net. Too bad I never have time to explore the whole thing.
It's nice to see someone else fighting the "Break Man is NOT evil"
battle along with me. Incidently, that's half the reason I originally made
my Mega Man site, after all. To get the truth out...
No clue. I do know why Dr. Light hasn't made any more robots like Mega
Man (ie, the really humanoid, confuse-them-with-humans robots). My guess
is he purposely made Auto look mostly non-human for these same reasons.
Notice, too, that Auto's artificial intelligence is sufficient but does
not come near that of, say, Roll, for instance. This all ties into the
same reasonings. I won't go into that here; see the ending of Book 8 for
an introduction.
(LOL) Ironically, I almost lean toward Break Man, simply because he
is somewhat more neglected. Mega Man is cool and all, and heck, he's the
main character in my books, but he's much more open and readable. (Maybe
this is because I dream most of my dreams either through Mega Man's eyes,
or omniscient. Or maybe it's just because I'm good at reading people.)
Break Man has those mysteries surrounding him which adds a bit to his character.
And I dunno, I just can't help but like the guy. Course, my favorite is
to see Mega Man and Break Man working together. So I guess you can say,
I like them both at the same time!
Dr. Light
March 1997
LOL!
- What were you doing when I interupted you?
- What do you usually do?
- How much work do you put into the Lab's website, and how do you feel about it?
- How does it feel to be "the man who invented robots?"
- How do you feel about the Mega Man Cartoon?
- How many hairs do you have on your head, and what is the decreasing number each day?
- Do you like me or Rock better?
- Why is Roll such a...blonde?!?!
- Why did Wily turn bad?
- How do you feel, now that you've wasted your time here on the Protoman Homepage?
Um...answering email, maybe?? (heehee) No, seriously, I was net-surfing.
I'd already working 8 hours today on my website, so I figure...
NOTE: All times are CST. (Central Standard Time)
My average Monday-Friday consists of:
4:30 - Time to get up!!!
5:00 - Breakfast
5:30-6:30 - Varies.
6:30 - Leave for School
8:00-3:30 PM - School
8:00 - 8:45 - English
8:50 - 9:35 - World Geo
9:40 - 10:25 - Computer Lit (not like I need it)
10:40-11:25 - Earth Science (I have a million stories I could tell about
that class...heehee. See below.)
11:30-12:25 - Study Hall
12:30-1:00 - Lunch
1:05-1:50 - New Testament History
1:55-2:40 - Theatre Advanced or Phys. Ed. (Block Scheduling...ick!)
2:45-3:30 - Algebra 1.
3:30-4:00 - Get Home
4:00-4:30 - Do Piano Practice
4:30-7:00 - Some/all of the following:
- Update Dr. Light's Mega Man Info Page
- Answer Email / maintain Mega Man Mailing List
- Play Mega Man Games
- Browse on the Internet
- Write Mega Man FanFic
7:00-7:30 - Dinner
7:30-8:00 - Some/all of the following:
- Update Dr. Light's Mega Man Info Page
- Answer Email / maintain Mega Man Mailing List
- Play Mega Man Games
- Browse on the Internet
- Write Mega Man FanFic
8:00 - Bedtime - often write FanFic till 'bout 9:00, though.
My normal Saturday consists of:
As early as possible (4:30ish) - Wake up and write FanFic till 8:00
or so.
8:00 - Piano Practice (ugh!)
8:30 - Chores
10:00 - Some/all of the following:
- Update Dr. Light's Mega Man Info Page (big time!!)
- Answer Email / maintain Mega Man Mailing List
- Play Mega Man Games
- Browse on the Internet
- Write Mega Man FanFic
12:30 - Lunch
1:00 - Some/all of the following:
- Update Dr. Light's Mega Man Info Page (big time!!)
- Answer Email / maintain Mega Man Mailing List
- Play Mega Man Games
- Browse on the Internet
- Write Mega Man FanFic
7:00 - Dinner
8:00 - Bedtime
NOTE: During "break times", sometimes my brother will kick me off the computer, during which time I either play a Mega Man game or watch a movie.
I put, oh, 5-10 hours a week of work into the Lab website on a normal
week, but on weeks with holidays, Spring Break, etc, it can be a lot more...say...25
hours or so. No, really!!
How do I feel? Um...I guess the first word that comes to mind is proud. According to Dragonfire's statistics pages (which take 5 minutes to load - heehee!!) I get an average of 387 hits per day. (Dragonfire says that they have some way of counting when people come but load up their cache. I could explain it, but it would take too long. Anyway, this is something ordinary counters cannot do...and greatly raises the numbers. However, it is more accurate) Anyway, I am very proud of my page. I've poured hours upon hours into it, and it seems to be fairly popular. I'm glad of this.
However, this page could not be what it is today without the help
of many people:
Mandi Paugh - My main source for information about the blue bomber, and
my source for game hints as well.
Pixelboy - For providing most of the sprites, graphics, and screenshots
on the page. Also for providing most of the Damage Data.
Mega Man X (any of you old-timers remember the Mega Man X: The Maverick
Hunter page?) - for the pictures of the American Mega Man boxes.
Protoman - For the pics of the Japanese boxes, and the Mega Man 4 Password
Crack.
John Snow - For the Mega Man 2 password crack.
Thump Chan - For the Mega Man 5 and Mega Man 6 Password Cracks.
Nintendo Power - For the Mega Man 3 Password Crack.
Procyon Lotor - For various hints I encountered while compiling info for
MegaManiacs (another story).
Of course, this is not a complete list, but it hits most of the majors.
Who said that? No, seriously, I didn't invent robots, I only invented
bioroids. There is a BIG difference. I could go into tech stuff here, but
I won't bore you to death. Anyway, I feel like I have accomplished something
important, and have helped mankind.
Well, here are some major problems with the cartoons -- straight from
my page.
INCONSISTENCIES -
Protoman is a bad guy!
Mega Man's background as presented in "The Beginning (yeah, right!)"
is totally off.
Protoman's history is even worse! Even the cartoons themselves can't quite
decide who BUILT him.
Everyone is too darn tall!
Mega Man and Protoman can only fire out of one arm.
Robotic Muscles are not in the games
All the Master Weapons are screwed up, and when Mega Man gets a weapon
it is even worse.
All Mega Man has to do is put his hand on a robot to take his/her weapon.
He dosen't even have to kill 'em.
Arm Cannons are "blasters". I thought there was enough Star Wars
influence in X!
Mega Man's "blaster" can fire anything for huge blasts to paper
thin beams, depending on what he wants. He only charges his "blaster"
once, where it is a big ball of energy that rolls over all his enemies
and kills them instantly. Yeah, right!
Mega Man's Energy Meter has no units, just three...buttons...
Eddie Fliptop is green in the cartoons. He should be red.
Protoman's "blaster" is really wierd...sparking beams of purple
electricity. Where did that come from?? (Good question,Mandi!)
Mega Man is called "Mega" by all the good guys. He is never called
that in the games. (Dr. Light and Roll are decentenough to call him Mega
Man, even if they do spell it wrong sometimes!)
Mega Man's hair is brown. It should be black.
Bubble Bats are called Batontons and Bomb Birds are called Pipis. Funny,
Pipi, Batonton, and Eddie both appear in the ending to Mega Man III, and
nowhere else. Heh!
Mega Man never changes colors. This is understandable on a Game Boy (heehee),
but here...
There is too much influence from X in the worst possible places. Next they'll
have Mega Man wearing armor!!
CARTOON FUNNIES AND FUNNY QUOTES -
In Ice Age, when Dr. Light is showing his puppets to Ice Man, the Air Man
puppet says: "I'm worried about Ice Man. Now he's destroyed Mega,
he's grown too powerful". Only the good guys call Mega Man "Mega".
The bad guys always call him "Mega Dweeb" or "Mega Jerk".
"I'm going to make paper dolls out of you!" --- Cut Man
"If you'd been listening, you might've noticed..." <Mega Man
shoots Cut Man> "nobody asked!" ---Mega Man
<Eddie baby-feeds Mega Man Energy (literally! straight from a baby bottle), both swim up to surface> "Thanks, Eddie, but next time, could you bring a straw?" ---Mega Man
<Calmly spoken> "Now why would anyone bar the outside of the bathroom door..." <Suddenly in a panic> "...oh no!" ---Dr.Light
"According to my calculations <bunch of math figures show
up on screen> if they reactivate that volcano, it could destroy the
entire island and us with it!!" --- Dr. Light
That last one is probably my favorite quote of the whole series.
DUMBEST CARTOON QUALITIES -
Inconsistencies
Protoman
Stupid Plots (real stupid sometimes!!)
"Scooby Doo" Rush
Robo-Muscles
Theme song lyrics (or lack therof)
The Jerk called Eddie. (Only has one good line)
Roll, the unwanted sidekick and semi-hero (Wierd!)
Wily is too much of a push-over
STUPID QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CARTOONS -
Why does Mega Man run out of energy every time he gets wet? (Just to add
to that, why does he run out of energy faster in water than in acid?)
Where does Roll keep all her gadgets?
Why do all the episodes have to end with Rush doing something really stupid?
Why does Mega Man just stand there and let some big object fall on his
head. (Is he sleeping??)
Why can Rush only sorta talk? (I agree with Mandi. At this point you might
as well go all the way and give him a real vocabulary!)
Why does Dr. Wily never send out more than five robots at a time?
Why does Mega Man always bet his memory chips? Dumb idea.
Why does everyone worry about robots dying?
Why does the public love Dr. Light half the time and hate him the other
half the time?
At the last calculation, I had 195,278 hairs and was losing 694 per
day, on average. (Heck, I am 64 years old as of the beginning of Mega Man
8)
Do you think I am STUPID???
Yes!
I'm not even going to answer that, lest I get caught in the
middle of a rivalry. No,seriously, I favor Protoman. (Okay, so I am a little
coocoo at times.)
LOL!! Actually, Roll was originally built with black hair, but I converted
her...just...well...cause I felt like it. Ithought she looked better that
way anyway. Also, she seemed smarter than Protoman and Mega Man, which
is not right.
I was working on a project on a Mind-Altering Machine to change criminals
to be well-minded. However, Dr. Wily (are youready for this...it is really
stupid) tripped over Guts Man's foot (no wonder Wily likes Guts Man so
much!!) straightinto the machine. He went bad, odviously, and his first
act was to destroy the machine. I chose not to even try andrebuild it.
The rest you know. Wily reprogrammed six of my robots and attempted to
reprogram Rock, but it failed. Rock,for some reason, was not affected.
I transformed Rock into Mega Man, and...well...you get the idea...
Again, LOL! Um...somewhat honored to be the first to be interviewed.
But if you'll excuse me, I have two messages to forward to the Mega Man
Mailing List.