X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,f9038f5f2adfba03,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-30 17:10:47 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!213.242.128.42!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episodes 143-150 Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 02:12:40 +0100 Lines: 294 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.242.128.42 X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1009761044 23324628 213.242.128.42 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:13156 Without any further ado, here's the Christmas Eve strip: --- _________________________________________________________________ |.---------------------------------------------------------------.| || | | | | | MERRY X-MAS! | | | | | || || | | | | `--------------' | | | | || || | | | | | | | | || || | | / / \ \ | | || || | / / / \ \ \ | || || | / .' .' `. `. \ | || || / .' _.-' _.' Woah. `._ `-._ `. \ || || .'.'.-'__.-' Deja vu. `-.__`-.`.`. || || | | \ `. ___ ,,, , __ __ .' / | | || || | | | \ ()~~) --/ ~.. OO ~~# ==~ ..' / | | | || || | | | | .||. .\\ .>>.||. .|(. [[ .( ). | | | | || ||_|_|__|___|___||______>\_____||_db____||__||___||___|___|__|_|_|| | | Why did jg reuse It's Christmas, *plink!* a panel? Isn't that , give him __ cheating? `OO ..~ a break. #.. vv ==~ || .<<. .)|' `[[. ____ bb ___ || ____________________ || __ || ___ And isn't Christmas The author is from *That explains tomorrow? Why are we , Sweden. They do , a -lot-.* celebrating now? `OO ..~ things a bit ==~ *meep* || .<<. differently... v[[. jg_____ bb ___ || _______________________ || ___ --- Originally intended as a total rip-off of the "128th episode" celebration. --- What did you get A new computer! When I play Ragnarok for Christmas? , now, the maps load so fast `~.. OO it's.. it's scary! And .>>. -||- do you know what else? ____ || ___ dd ________ Shut up for a minute OK. Where and take a look at , is it? -my- Christmas `~.. OO present! .>>. .||. ___________________ || ___ dd _____ I'm wearing it! Looks like your I got a new dress! , old one. `~-- OO .>>. .||. _____________________ || ___ dd ____________________ Ow. , --~ #O << || jg __ /| ____________________________________ dd __ --- I like Mandy's second line. :) --- *His fate is uncertain, not dangerous. The Council will decide .--, Anakin's future...* / / | .----- OO -----, ..~ +-+-+ .-'_______||___.-'| << | | | ||______ dd ___|__| /| You're watching "The Phantom *That should be enough Menace"? I thought you hated for you. Now get that "midi-chlorians" stuff. on board!* .--, , / / | .----- OO -----, ..~ +-+-+ .-'_______||___.-'| .<<. ________________ | | | __ ||______ dd ___|__| __ || ___________ *I've been wondering... LALALALALALA! What are midi- .--, ` chlorians?* / / | .---- ----, oo~ +-+-+ .-'_______||___.-'| .<<. | | | ||______ dd ___|__| || I'm sorry, what did you say? "Midi"-something? .--, ` / / | .------ OO ----, --~ +-+-+ .-'_______//___.-'| .<<. jg | | | ||______ dd ___|__| || --- The only way to watch Star Wars: Episode I. (Note: In the web version, "The Phantom Menace" links to http://ter.air0day.com/phantommenace.html and "midi-chlorians" to http://www.synicon.com.au/sw/midichlorians/bloodtest.htm) --- Go watch TV or something. Can't, I'm working on I want to use the computer. _ , my programming project `~.. (_| O for Java class... .>>. [__]_.)_| __ || _______ | |d| | _________ Or so you claim. What is I'm making a this alleged project of _ , game... yours, if I may ask? `~.. (_| O .>>. [__]_.)_| ____________ |\ ___ | |d| | ____________ Oh deary me, why am I Uh.. me. not surprised? So what _ , is it about, then? `~-- (_| O .>>. [__]_.)_| _ || __ | |d| | _ You?! How egocentric! Why not make a game about -me- instead; now THAT _ would be interesting! `~.. (_| O' .>>. 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[__]_.)_| ____ |\ __ | |d| | _____ Pretty nice digital doubles, Yeah. but why the metal armour `,,, _ , on the Green Goblin? '.. (_| O .||. [__]_.)_| ____________________ || _ | |d| | ___________________ Don't you hate it when they Yeah. change stuff in movies? ` ,,, _ , You know, I haven't seen '..(_| O Harry Potter yet, because I .//,[__]_.)_| think it might just suck! _ //_ | |d| | _ Not to -mention- Lord of the WAIT a second, who ARE you, Rings! I'm terrified! `,,, _ , anyway?! I haven't seen '.. (_| OO you around here before! -||- [__]_ -||. _ jg _____________ || _ | | dd _|_ --- Finally, the plot thickens. --- So what games I dunno... Mostly stuff like Zelda... do you play? Wolfenstein... Phantasy Star... ` ,,, , '.. OO .||. .||. ____ || __ dd _____ Ah yes. Ocarina of Time, What the heck are you talking Return to Castle Wolfenstein about? "Ocarina"? "Return"? and Phantasy Star Online. ` ,,, , "ONLINE"?! '.. OO .||. .||. ____ || __ dd _____ Don't tell me you There are play the old games! new games? ` ,,, , '.. OO .||. .||. ____ || __ dd _____ And you call yourself I do no such thing! a gamer... Sheesh. TAKE THAT BACK! ` ,,, , ..' OO .||. -\\. jg____ /| ____ d d ____ --- Yes, folks, I introduced a new character. This one is here to aid Nerd Boy in showing my loathing for the gaming industry, or whatever else there is. --- Look. Who the heck I'm... are you, anyway!? , That's Fan Boy! ` ,,, , OO ..' ..~ .||- .||. << __ bb ____ || _______________ /| ____________ "Fan Boy"..? Yeah. A fan of everything. ` ,,, , You name it, he's the OO '.. ..~ biggest fan ever. .||. .||. .<<. ________ bb ____ || ______ || ___________ That can't be possible. nnng.. You can't be the biggest , fan of opposites like ` ,,, subjectivism and OO oo' ..~ objectivism. .||. .||. .<<. _________________ bb ____ || ______ || _ If you were, you'd also be the biggest -opponent- of NNNGGGK! both beliefs, which must , Keep going! Maybe we can be totally impossible. ` /// , make his head explode! OO @@` ..~ .||> .||. -<<- jg _ db ____ || ______ || _ --- Yes, it's Fan Boy, the proponent of everything. On a related sidenote, we here at Nerd Boy have been using pure logic to make people's heads explode since just now. -jg