An amusing read. Actually, writing a whole novel where a drunk guy recounts the nights actions is a neat idea. You wouldn't even have to worry about spelling mistakes ;)
When Eternal is out the door (hopefully it will happen), I'll need a story guy for Giotto Island. If you're still interested then...
: well, if i get any overtly hostil responses to this, i will utterly apologize
: and promise never to post to this forum while drunk again. but i feel like
: going WAY off topic right now. maybe some of you are geeky/enough like
: me/dumb/witty enough to find this entertaining.
: it has nothing to do with marathon. or even bungie, for that matter. its more
: of a gonzo jounralism account of my evening. gonzo in that i was fucked up
: while it happened, and i continue ot be fucked up while i recount it.
: tonight bega benevolently enough. a few vodka shots, maybe some super monkey
: ball to curb the anxiety of going back to school on monday, me and my
: friend abe, or as he could, conceivably be nicknamed but isn't, Token,
: felt like doing something, but we didn't know what.
: we began by going to a movie. the movie was "Hostage," starring
: bruce willis. well, it was actually a surprisingly enjoyable action
: thriller. the psycho-kid did a good job being creepy, and, though it was
: an utter CROW knock-off, the shot of him walking iwth the two molotov
: cocktails was pretty fuckin badass. overall, though, it restored some
: faith in bruce willis in me. it made me even more excited to see Sin City,
: though, cause the opening titles looked like they could have very easily
: been the opening titles for Sin City.
: on a side not, Sin City ahs fast become my second most anticipated movie of
: the year, after Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. and i have much more
: faith in Sin City to be a good movie. i have seen nothing to make me
: question the quality of the Sin City flick, but the Hitchhikers one, while
: it loks at least 87% good, could still dissapoint. we'll see.
: anyway, Hostage was a surprsingly enjoyable, surprisingly violent little
: action/thriller. bruce willis did a decnt job as a serious (i.e. non
: comedic (e.g. John MacClane)) badass. you want a nights entertainment? you
: could do worse than to watch this flick. the opening scene, with willis in
: a beard, is pretty fuckin cool. he looks good in a beard.
: anyway, we came back, and couldn't figure out what to do. we got bored, and
: were about to fire up the old SatanBox(the xbox) when Joe called and
: invited us to come watch a movie. we went, and we watched: two episodes of
: The Office(bbc)
: half of George A Romero's vampire flick, Martin
: 1/3 of Russ Meyer's flick Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens
: and all of the MST3K episode "Escape 2000"
: "please LEAVE THE BRONX."
: while we were watching these, we were continually drinking Red Hook IPA,
: Deschutes Brewery Cindercone ale, Guiness and Vodka. a volatile mix to say
: the least, so i was sober when at the point that Gareth got his stapler in
: Jelly, but by the time that Trash and Toblerone were kidnapping the
: president of The Very Large Corporation of America, i was utterly
: shitfaced. as shitfaced as i am now.
: also, much smoking occured tonight. but only of various legal substances, so
: its ok. the heaviest thing we smoked was a popular Tea Additive, so im not
: worried about broadcasting it on the internet.
: throughout this, i was emailing my girlfriend, the love of my life (here's
: hoping i don't get sappy here, also" with
: updates/rants/recommendations for weird japanese action movies/rambles
: about morrowind.
: anyway. on the off chance that anyone reading this ALSO wants bungie (only
: vaguely marathon) stuff, here: played Halo 2? y'know gravemind? it gave me
: an idea. what if it was not actually an advanced flood form, but instead
: an AI. imagine a vast, wetware AI, designed and created to govern Halo 05.
: but, the flood got loose, and it infectd this huge biological AI. i got
: the inling of the idea from Rubicon ( i think there was a wetware AI in
: there somewhere), and i just ran with it. i suppose bungie has more or
: less demonstrated this not to be the case, but it is an interesting idea
: to consider.
: now, as for the Marathon Connection, here's where it is. not in the existing
: storylines, actually, but would anyone be interested in brainstorming
: about plot ideas for a new marathon scenario? i have many interesting
: ideas, and portions of the above theory could fit into it. I have many
: ideas that, i at least, think are interesting. if you are interestied in
: working on a storyline, email me.
: My mapmaking experience is essentially nil, so anyone interested in working
: on this would either have to commit to handling the mapmaking (my talents
: as i see them lie in storylines, terminal writing, and MAYBE MISSION
: CONCEPT, but probably not creation or execution), or at the very most, a
: great deal of email based forge tutoring for me.
: if this thread doesn't get any responses, then i may post this on topic stuff
: again, seperately, in a new topic cause i would be interested in working
: with someone on it. but hopefully some of you will be able to work through
: my drunken ramblings and find something interesting enough to consider.
