You thought it was over & done with, but this winter prepare for

The camera zooms in on a K-NIT TV-47 Viewer

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

We zoom out to see his house

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

We zoom out to see his town

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

We zoom out to see his state

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

We zoom out to see his continent

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

We zoom out to see his planet

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

We continue zooming out (you get the idea) until we see the entire galaxy...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cut to to aliens on a planet far away from earth.

Alien 1 (to Alien 2): Did you hear something?

Well I was bounced from not one, but TWO juries yesterday, but I had a fun day of shopping so I'm cool. Assuming it hasn't been done already, please ignore my last sugestion.

I'd comment but I have no idea what a KWISTANAKADON is.

Do a search on the LICC boards for it.

darn. Not there. It's the Generic All Purpose Holiday, sponsored by K-NIT.

It was originally spelled Kwistanakahdon. (But then this should be board 10 not X. Double-whoops!)

It was first mentioned on LICC 3 II & last mentioned on board III.

LOL at the K-NIT Viewer.

We have really been having a problem with storylines lately.

We haven't had a real proper storyline for months, which wasn't discontinued because everyone was getting fed up with it.

I think the journey into the afterlife was the real turning point in the LICC's fortunes for the worst: It was a good storyline but Tacoman's effortless return was a major anti-climax.

The Mary Worth (mirror demon) storyline was also good, but it was really only a sub-plot. Also, it was the victim of very bad timing, having Artsy's "death" so soon after Adon and Tacoman's deaths and resurrections.

Then there was the author storyline, which started out quite good but dragged on for six boards and everyone was glad to see the back of it when it ended.

Then we had the Disinfectors, a fairly short storyline which didn't go anywhere after the Disinfector was captured.

Then we didn't have another storyline for a while, until Artsy's return and the Red Ship (Seeker). A good storyline, but it was another 'space battle'.

Then we had the short pirates storyline, which was ANOTHER space battle and didn't go anywhere.

Then we had Alt-Terra, the less said about it the better.

And now we have this K-NIT storyline, which, it would appear, is fast becoming tired, because often days go by and no-one posts anything.


As you can see, for months LICC has not been up to shape. I think the problem is that JD has been our main storyline creator in the past, so everyone else seems to have either lost their touch, or always expect JD to come up with something. But JD doesn't post nearly as often any more. So often an entire board will pass where nothing at all happens!

So, why isn't anyone starting any storylines, or coming up with good plot twists to forward other people's storylines any more?

Oh now, no singling me out here, Pad. I don't want to be seen as the Important Storyline Fella, coz it isn't true.

Anyway, I do have the Taconator storyline in the chute, expect that about New Year's. We'll see some enemies turned friends in that, and more information relating to a villain not yet seen...if all goes well.

But I think Paddy's right in that apathy levels for LICC have increased. LICC was a fun, rollickin' adventure, and it can be again with just a little effort.

Let's see:
The Gerber Elf seemed to have disappeared.
The metal box and the lieutenant that made it seemed to have been resolved with the Alt-Earth story.
What happend to Gene Windward? Did I miss the end of this guy?
The ghost woman still seems to be roaming the ship (Kira's storyline?)
Enesku seems to be in trouble again.
There's some guy on some planet somewhere.
And a new cheesy villain.

I have one story idea, but I have to run it by Paddy first, since Insane would be the central character (he'd have to be, if that gives any clues *wink wink*). I'm still working out the perticulars, but I should have it in the e-mail by Monday.

Let's see, I come up with an idea I think people would find fun, throw it out, watch it splatter against the wall, flop to the floor and get stepped on by everyone else.

Times that by a hundred and I think you can see why I've given up plotting on the LICC boards.

When it comes to plots that no one wants to participate in & fewer people want to read it's just easier to use them in a LICCFic. I still end up playing 47 characters, but I'm no longer banging my head against a wall trying to get, at least, one other person interested.

Look, KAM, I for one want you back - come up ith more storylines and we will participate! Didn't we discuss this before? It's just that some of your storylines in the past haven't allowed for much group-effort since they centered around one character - one of yours. But I'm sure we'd all be happy to tak part in something you've started, as long as *something happens*!

In hindsight, I think a big problem with the Author storyline was that one person was writing the villains, so when the authors outthought him he would pull out the convenient Dues ex Machina. If we had all been involved in writing the villains as well as ourselves the villains might have made a better showing of it.
Also the fact that the villains were basicly knocks-off of LICC didn't help. Beta = Colanator, Shooting Star = Hamburger Pattie

but it was another 'space battle'
And what's wrong with space battles? Part of what makes up LICC is a parodying of Star Wars & Star Trek. I see space battles as a perfectly legitimate venue.

Of course, I tend to think of LICC as a general parody anyway. Too often the storyline people try to make it serious, at which point LICC becomes what it should be parodying.

And a new cheesy villain.
Run! It's Limburger Man! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

Nothing wrong with space battles, but three space battles in a row gets very repetitive.

come up ith more storylines and we will participate!
HA!

I have thrown out dozens of ideas for storylines & they have been ignored. NOBODY is interested! Too put it bluntly, I'm out of touch. What I think of as a fun idea, no one else does. It's much better that I'm not wasting bandwith, polluting the boards with bad ideas.

It's just that some of your storylines in the past haven't allowed for much group-effort since they centered around one character - one of yours.
I'm sorry, but I'm drawing a blank on this. Which storylines?

I do try to keep the storylines open so others can participate, it's just that rarely do people willingly participate.

They center on one of my characters because people would get upset if I started writing one of theirs.

I have tried to tie my storylines into others storylines usually to no avail.

When Webber had the Sith go to Enimaf I thought it would be fun to have Patricia & Donna there fighting the Nevesytrof researchers there at the same time as a way to combine both storylines, mix, match & overlap. Didn't happen.

When most of LICC went to Archangel I tried to start up a storyline that I thought could be linked in with BF's Celestial Musician & ScottN's Generic Evil Villain (I actually thought GEV was written by BF & that the storylines were linked) but nobody noticed the comments that would have linked them.

But I'm sure we'd all be happy to tak part in something you've started, as long as *something happens*!
Well, I've tried creating storylines & situations that are open-ended that people can add to rather than having a strict storyline that must be followed exactly since LICC was a chaotic, round-robin storyboard, I thought that would be a good direction to try.

And I have had storylines where things happened. Remember the Spidermobile being stuck between 4 or 5 ships taking potshots at each other??? Hello? Anyone think of taking action against those ships? Hell, Picard would have kicked ass and taken names before LICC did!

You could remove most of my posts from LICC 3 and no one would notice that anything is missing because nobody reacts to them.

I was thinking of the Soyburger Patricia one... it was mostly based what happened to her, and din't involve the rest of the LICC much.

Well, I suppose if you want to stop psoting, that's fine, and the LICC will continue to do nothing but go on uneventful vacations and sit whining in Zen-Forward.

But I for one think it would be a good idea to start a new storyline around now, when you can take advantage of the lack of competition.

And by the way, I wasn't accusing you of only coming up with storylines where nothing happens. I was saying that right now nothing's happening, and any storyline, even one of yours (which you say are usually unpopular) will be welcome because it means something's going to happen.

Patricia's a tough character to write in a group setting. Trust issues. And truthfully I hadn't really intended to put that story on the board, so when I did decide to write it (I think when Pesti had Donna confront Patricia) it was tough to work it into the overall storyline because Patricia is such a loner.

Stop psoting? Who said I had stopped psoting? It was plotting I had stopped. Although I will be adding my Funky Horror plot to JD's Taconator storyline.

But I for one think it would be a good idea to start a new storyline around now, when you can take advantage of the lack of competition.
Oooh, that sounds almost as unsatisfying as pity participation. I'd prefer to come up with plots people actually liked rather than, "Eh, it's better than nothing."

You could also start a plot, Paddy.

I think part of my problem with GEV is I *DON'T* plan out storylines in advance. I'm also the "throw spaghetti against the wall and see what sticks" kind of author. So, I didn't have any plans for him, I was just reacting to other people's posts. Of course, GEV was himself a parody.

BTW, KAM, I'm pleased that you didn't realize he was mine, but BF's????? -- J/k BF.

GEV was himself a parody.
No! Really? A guy named Generic Evil Villain was a parody???

He did seem unusual for a BF character, but the fact that he seemed to be a part of the Celestial Musician storyline made me think BF was pulling a KAM and playing several characters to get people interested.

No! Really? A guy named Generic Evil Villain was a parody???

Are you making fun of me? Curses! Now I must dramatically swirl my cape! Uh... where's my cape! Generic Evil Henchman, is my Generic Evil Cape back from the cleaners yet?

Oh, and shouldn't the "K-NIT Coming Attractions" and the "K-NIT Viewer" posts be over on the story board?

One of my favorite Marvel Comics villains was Doctor Doom. And here's why. No matter what he did, the Fantastic Four could never really put him down. They could thwart him, but that's about all. Why? Diplomatic Immunity! So, here's a question. Why can't we have a baddie that the LICC goes against but can't finish the job, not cause the baddie is too powerful (like the probably-never-gonna-die Taconator), but becasue they CAN'T without throwing the entire galaxy into a chaotic war that would be devestatiing for any and everybody! It could make for some great storytelling.

We could do a plot in which somehow Jackson Tacoman is becoming dead again... and we learn this when Jackson and Butrfli's ship show up near the Spidership or something...

ScottN - Are you making fun of me?
Me??? Make fun of you? That's sooooooo unlike me. I never make fun of my elders. ;-)

Doctor Doom was good, IMO Marvel's second-best villain, but they used him too much and made him too powerful, even without diplomatic immunity.
And even diplomatic immunity isn't perfect. Just ask Hitler, the Taliban, Saddam Hussein...

Haven't we done the Dead Tacoman Sketch enough?
Butrfli: This Tacoman you sold me is dead.
LICC Quartermaster: He's not dead he's just sleeping.

Butrfli: I tell you, he's dead! Sleeping with angels! This is an ex-Tacoman!

KAM, you young whippersnapper! Why, back in my day {mumble, grumble}....

Yeah. I like JD's 'villian about to turn ally' thing he talked about. Especially if there is a lot of mistrust and the ex-bad guy has to prove himself repeatedly, and and slowly, member by member, gains approval with the League. I imagine the ones with mind powers would come to trust him/her first, right?

I think that it's way too sudden to have Jackson dying again.

A hero going to the dark side could be interesting too. Sure, many, many sci-fi programs and stories have done it but still...

Yeah, JD mentioned that villain turned hero thing to me. I couldn't believe he's going to turn Taconator into a hero. OOOOOOPS!!!

It feels good to be back and posting on LICC without knowing what I'll post next.

But we do. Muhahahahahahahaha!!!

Quiet you!

Was I mistaken?

For some reason I thought people had gotten bored with the K-NIT plot & wanted to end it, so I came up with a possible way to end it*, but people seem to be continuing on as if they still want to do the story.

Which is it?

* I know I said I wouldn't plot any more, but I can't help it. It's an addiction. I post, therefore I plotz.

Looks like they want it to continue!

Well, that's my take anyway.

Apparently you're right.

I've tried to end it with Ensign Hart's work. Haven't posted a follow up though...

I'm going to be moving into a new home (yeah!) this wekk, so I'll come up with an excuse to get rid of Banshee sqaudron for awhile. in fact, I think I'll do it right now. 'Scuse me.

Time for the Story to go to part XXXIII. It's well over 100K.

I agree!

You may have won!

Padawan has Masked Enigma & Enesku storylines going. I wonder if they'll combine?

Enesku: I am your daughter.
Masked Enigma: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Enesku: Search your feelings. you know it to be true.



OK, why don't we have the people on the Bridge close the rift and any K-NIT characters left on board (i.e. their writers still want to write them) can go home via the Portable Portal Generator in Zen Forward?

Who says the Masked Enigma storyline is mine, Keith?

Isn't Enesku yours?

I think that that is to what KAM is referring.

I thought Masked Enigma was Padawan's. Seems like a Padawan-style character. Also didn't Lt. Tupper first appear in a Klassikos post?

Yes, Jon, Padawan (Not KAM) is right in my Plot-ot-ot Twist-ist-ist post on December 9/02 - 07:12 am I wrote
After getting the go-ahead from the captain (some time passed during the commercial break), they try ensign Hart's idea and successfully
break the connection with the K-NIT dimension

I also tried to imply that some time had passed so that any author who wanted their K-NIT characters (or regular characters) off the ship could say they had left then.
Also there is that Portal Generator in Zen Forward for any K-NIT people still on board.

It just seems like this K-NIT idea has been idling since August (?) and every time somebody came up with something to do or a way to end it it would peter out and the characters & authors were stuck with it. So I ended it.

And if anyone is still confused, it's just the Spidermobile & the people on it that are having things backfire. Bob Negative's ship is native to the Negative Zone and it works fine. (With the exception of dying greenshirts.)

Also I have no idea how LICC is going to get out of this. It's a wide-open plot, boys and girls! Think fast!

Well, I thought it was an interesting idea. Put LICC in a situation where they couldn't use the usual technofixes & having their powers backfire on them, but everyone seems to be bored with it and Artsy was the only one who even attempted the reversed powers bit *sigh* so if someone can think up a way to get LICC back to their dimension you might as well try it as I don't think people want to go along with this anymore.

KAM: How do you like my idea for geting them out? I'm hoping it can expand a little bit. Say, that when the LICC leaves that negative universe the personalities don't return to normal right away so when another crisis hits (which it will) the secondary heroes like Grant Lopez and Ensign First and whatnot get to step up to the plate and knock it out of the park the way the big boys like Milkshake get to all the time.

Yeah, that's fine.

And having some consequences to the storyline would be nice.

Although truthfully, I thought Lopez's description of Milkshake was consistent with Commander "Don't call me captain" Milkshake's past behavior.

First as a secondary hero? *snicker* The only reason I've been using her so much is because I didn't have too many other characters to use. I almost had Ensign Tai & Redshirtmon disagree with Lopez' reading of the console. (Although I didn't think Lopez would be very interested in their breasts. )

I am wondering however how Cardiac was able to get around that "superpowers are reversed" situation, though, Observer (ex-Observer?)

Just in case you guys didn't notice, there is FINALLY a new segment of Ask LICC up.

LICC Up? Sounds like a new carbonated beverage. ;-)

JD, were you going to create a new board? The current one is pretty huge.

Also wasn't there going to be a scene posted to foreshadow an upcoming storyline?

Seeing as LICC3 is going to end so soon, if JD created a new board, it would probably become too small.

No, it seems like we still have a little ways to go before the storyline ends, I'll make a new board.

And I will in a bit, KAM.

Make LICC Up Yours!

Somebody's due for a good ol' LICCin'!

Same to you!

I just want it noted that I DID NOT write that random blueshirt post in which the B5 ship appeared. However, whoever did post it, clearly read the last post in Archangel, where a chunk of Grey's fleet (not to mention his battle station) was being scattered across the multiverse by the rings of the Avalon system's gas giant. However, there were two serious nits in that post, and I'd be remiss in my duties as a Guild member if I didn't point them out.

1: The title of the post is a minor nit. The remnants of Jake Grey's fleet? Um, not quite. He's still got more than half of his war machien (metaphorically referring to his fleet, not to any particualr indvidual wepaon OR to the comic book character War Machine).

2: It was established how totally random the enrgy of the rings is, so it's HIGHLY unlikely that that entire B5 ship would've turned up there intact.

I admit it... that was me... I just thought that since things were being scattered across the multiverse, that the LICC should be one of those places... and it just happened that the B5 ship arrived relatively intact, with lots of damage.
I apologize.

No biggie.

Am I correct in that people are bringing their characters back in preparation for what appears to be the grand finale?

I assume so.. I just thought that it was time for Jackson and Butrfli to come back for a visit

Looks like we'll wrap LICC3 up with this storyline, I suppose. There may be a little bit of a hiatus time between the end of LICC3 and the start of 4, I thought this might be good for us to figure out how to advance our characters during the downtime, how we want to make LICC4 more newbie-friendly, and maybe even propose solving some unresolved issues, I don't know.

Opinions?

Well, not me. I had planned on bringing back Jadlad regardless. I had brought him back during the thing with the Goudafellas but got writers block (darn the luck).

I had already started my revamp of Jadlad a few months back when I had him leave his position at Psuedoscience. Now he has a new blue and gold costume and I don't know what else I'm going to write/change for him, if anything.

If I decide to do any further changes to him, I'll just save them for LICC 4. Just don't hold your breath that I WILL do any more changes to him.

I didn't expect to have him do that fight scene yesterday. It really was fun. It's been a long time since LICC was fun for me. So that felt good. It makes me think we're starting down the right track.

Yep, the fight scene was straight out of "Classic" LICC, rather than "Modern" LICC.

Well done, Nawdle!

Thank you. Of course I didn't do it alone. Good job everyone.

I'm so proud of us.

Heh. I just wanted to bring Rocket Ranger back, and figured having him stop that grenade would be the perfect way to do it.

(Writer's block is why Da Big Ch'eeze and the Goudafellas sort of dropped off the radar. I ran out of ideas. May have them pop up again eventually, aligned with another villain, or something.)

The formal invitation thingie that RR gave to Commander Milkshake in my latest post is NOT a set-up for a possible storyline, or anything. Its basically just to show that the Galactic Order still has some interest in LICC. It could be used to help explain part of what the LICC is up to during the break (or would that be hiatus?) between LICC 3 and 4, though.

figure out how to advance our characters during the downtime
Yes, nothing worse than character development happening onscreen. ;-)

LICC 2, 3 , 4, I've said it before, but I think LICC should have just stayed LICC & ignored the Arabic numerals. (I guess that would make the current board LICC CXIX.)

When we start LICC 4, we could just have everyone returning from that Galactic Order lord's wedding and say it's February or something. ;-) Then of course comes news of you know who and how the Spidermobile is the only ship in the quadrant who can deal with him (because most of the other ships are off in another dimension).

As for newbies I think the most important thing would be not to ignore their posts. I think one thing that Jon did that got LICC started was that he would try talking to the odd & occasionally one-shot posts & that encouraged participation. Several of my one-shots became recurring because of that. Now it seems like the only way a new character gets accepted is if they have posted on a couple of boards first.

I agree with your newbie comment, KAM. I remember trying to feel at home at LICC when I first started, and not feeling at ease until Jon acknowledged my presence. It's a good idea to do that with all new characters. (Means I, for one, will have to change the way I post. :-))

I hit the button too soon. When Wayne was talking about the Verdaium missiles, it was supposed to say "It might either stop it dead on space, or at least slow it down long enough to give us some time to figure out how to stop it!"

Now excuse me. My main wrestler finally won the Hardcore championship back in the e-fed I'm in, and I need to go start work on an RP I need to post there.

Yes, QM's status was deliberately left ambiguous.

I suppose it's about closing-up time now...

Cute, Observer, cute.

Well Josh, act now and The Gerber Elf plot (such as it is) can be ended!

Then end it I shall.

Since the elf was shorter than Rikard does that mean that Rikard was Dooku and the elf was Yoda? ;-)

The elf had Dooku's line, but had Yoda's moves.

Except at the end when the elf lost.

How long is this Epilogue thing going to last anyway?

Good question.

I think part of the problem may be that since LICC has successfully gone to the land of the dead, twice, and recovered dead members, a simple disappearence in a black hole doesn't seem so tough anymore. Maybe if the booming voice of the all mighty Sc*ttN declared, "He's gone! Get over it!" a memorial service for Quantum Man would finally be held.

Except, KAM, if you read above, I am deliberately leaving his status ambiguous. He's supposed to be "missing, presumed dead in a black hole".

the all mighty Sc*ttN - KAM

Don't you mean "Sc*ttEnnius"?

ROFLMAO. I forgot about the Epic History of Nitworld!

Everyone forgets about Nitworld.

ScottN, what part of did you not understand?

It just seems that with QM's ambigious absence LICC is left with nothing to do, but figure out a way to try to discover what happened which can theoretically go on forever since the Epilogue isn't supposed to have a new storyline pop up to distract them.

Fine. Whatever. Who cares?

Padawan, if you want you could have Roxy bring up the image of the Masked Enigma's fate on the viewscreen. Thought about doing that in my post, but didn't know what to show. Also I figured someone would ask about Quantum Man and I didn't want to spoil Sc*ttN's ambiguisness.

Oh... um... maybe something about the Masked Enigma's fate still being undecided or something, or the Masked Enigma having to 'work it off' but still having hope, or soemthing like that...

I'm not sure myself...

KAM, what part of ROFLMAO did you not understand?

The fact that it seemed to be referring to Padawan's post, not mine.

BTW everyone Kilaev is Kira's character, not mine. I thought by mentioning her Kira might post again. Guess I was wrong. (Maybe we should have Frangelica hunt Kira down?)

Oh, I can't think of anything else to post for the Epilogue. If other people are having trouble than maybe someone should make a post wrapping it all up?

Oops! Dopey me!

Yup, let's wrap it up. Who'd like the honor?

How bout the EE? He could put it on hiatus for the summer?

Why not?

Yeah. He could want to give Archangel a better time slot, and maybe try to bring back Spinrkle Boy.

Last Posts, people. EE shuts the door at 2:00 PM PST. (That's 56 minutes from now by my watch).

OK, Done, JD.

See the second post on this board for my reaction to the "Late Late Movie".

Hoo-boy.

So, I just finished reading all of LICC3. It's... uh... really something.

An outsider's view! Wonderful! Well, was it enjoyable, at least, in parts, Sparrow? :-)

There certainly points in which I had trouble figuring out just what in blazes was going on. For example- when everyone just up and moved to the Archangel board. Oh, and that leads me to ask, did Greymoran ever find out that his son was alive? Hmmmmm...

Other than that it was just a matter of trying to keep track of all the characters. Since there were so many Taco clones running around, this was occasionally hard to do. But I did enjoy things. The storyline in which the characters were replaced by their authors, I thought, was particuarly inspired.

The only suggestion I would make would be that authors get in a huddle and come up with a way to format the way things are posted. I had trouble when authors shifted because there would be differences in how things like thoughts or actions were expressed. But that's just me.

So, keep up the good work, and who knows? When LICC4 starts, you might have someone...ah... new... show up.

Oh, and what was up with the thing there at the end with Patricia and Absurdity? That didn't quite seem to fit in with anything. Or will that be part of LICC4, too?

Sometimes there are characters & ideas that just don't work out, Sparrow. There'll probably be one last post featuring Patricia & Absurdity and they'll never be seen again. Promise.

As for how it relates, wellllllllll it sorta relates to an upcoming storyline. At least in my mind. Basically it will explain why the Spidermobile is the only ship in the quadrant^OMT to deal with an upcoming threat. Most of Earth's ships are in another dimension and what's left are border patrols and a few others.

Other than that, just ignore them like everyone else did.

Maybe JD should post a note on that board mentioning what Archangel board LICC went over to?

And on a related note, maybe for the other crossovers those boards should be posted at the Archives?

During LICC 1 Q forced LICC to return to Phantom Returns, but that board isn't at the Archive.

X also forced a crossover with PR & Port Mike.

LICC2 had LICC go over to the Sprinkle Boy boards.

The formatting differences have been going on since the beginning, Sparrow. Personally I hate reading italicised text on a computer screen, but I am in the minority.

BTW have you read the earlier boards? You can find the original Phantom Return LICC adventures & the original LICC boards at http://www.geocities.com/TheLICC/

The JARSO & Port Mike boards can be found here at NitCentral in Mystery Science Theatre 3000 under the Soap Operas folder.

Sparrow: Well, Greymoran has been a little busy lately. I'm not sure he knows much of anything about what's happened to the LICC since the funeral.

Speaking of Archangel, what did you think aboput the ending of Space Station Down? I've had some people tell me it was a bit heavy handed.

I wonder if LICC would benefit if everyone tried to write their posts in a more 'novel' style, emphasizing the narrative a bit more, making the characters just a bit more three-dimensional...

Sometimes there are characters & ideas that just don't work out, Sparrow. There'll probably be one last post featuring Patricia & Absurdity and they'll never be seen again. Promise.KAM

Okay, if you want it that way. Maybe when you're wrapping it up, you could do away with the nit that when "Absurd" showed back up all they did was a DNA test. If they're worried about his being replaced, and they know for a fact that his building was dimension-hopping, wouldn't they run other tests to make sure he came from the right universe?

The formatting differences have been going on since the beginning, Sparrow. Personally I hate reading italicised text on a computer screen, but I am in the minority.KAM

Fair enough. These are just my uninformed ramblings, after all.

BTW have you read the earlier boards?KAM

No, and I suppose I'll get around to it... eventually...

Speaking of Archangel, what did you think aboput the ending of Space Station Down? I've had some people tell me it was a bit heavy handed.Brian Webber

Um... I hope that question wasn't directed at me, as I have no idea what you mean.

I did actually have an idea for a post about that. But no one ever posted as someone asking the question.
I suppose it depends on what kind of test would show what universe a person came from and would excessive dimensional travelling affect the results.
Also it's never been established which universe Mr. Absurd came from.
He's not from the LICC Universe. He's not from Phantom Returns. A post in LICC 2 even indicated that he was an imperfect duplicate of Mr. Obvious from when Mr. O had visited the Melonpool Universe. (Heck, I'm not even sure what the truth is. )
It would have been a good question, but nobody cared enough to ask. (Odd, considering how everyone reacted when Absurd disappeared that 'his' reappearance would be greeted with tumbleweeds rolling across the boards & crickets chirping in the distance.)


You are no more uniformed than anybody else. Just boils down to personal preferences in posting.


Don't look at reading the early adventures as a chore. We were wild, fun and zany back then. I still crack up at some of those things when I reread them.


I think Brian was asking you if you had read the Archangel stories, specifically the Space Station Down part. IIRC the last board of that was the one that LICC went to during the crossover.


And I remembered another crossover on LICC 1, the Bizarro Universe. (Easy for me to forget since I was not paying much attention to the boards at that point.)


JD, while there are times I think a more novelistic approach can work I don't think it's necesarily right for all posts.
(Heck, we ain't a novel & some people might not read us if they thought we was. )
Sometimes a different style of writing, like say, script or play, can work just as well in conveying an idea. Not to mention the spontenaity of just posting a comment, or short description.

You are no more uniformed than anybody else. Just boils down to personal preferences in posting.

Yes I am! Why, last Sunday, I wore my team uniform to the game!

I suppose it depends on what kind of test would show what universe a person came from and would excessive dimensional travelling affect the results.KAM

Well, in the TNG ep "Parallels," they were able to figure out that Worf came from an alternate universe via his quantum signature. Could something like that be done in this case?

Don't look at reading the early adventures as a chore. We were wild, fun and zany back then. I still crack up at some of those things when I reread them.KAM

Well, I don't want it to look like I think it's a chore, it's just that there's a lot of material to get through and I don't have a whole lot of time at the moment. That whole school thing, y'know.

I think Brian was asking you if you had read the Archangel stories, specifically the Space Station Down part. IIRC the last board of that was the one that LICC went to during the crossover.KAM

Okay. No, I haven't read that. The only thing I read was LICC3. But speaking of, I didn't quite catch how DS9 was destroyed with all hands and then the characters went back as if nothing had happened.

With rereading the LICC's early adventures, I'm struck by how I've become a better writer... For instance, the early Tacoman would use "I" a lot in the actions... plus, my descriptions of things have beocome more...descriptive...

b{Okay. No, I haven't read that. The only thing I read was LICC3. But speaking of, I didn't quite catch how DS9 was destroyed with all hands and then the characters went back as if nothing had happened.}

Reset button.

I frequently cringe when I read what I have written in the past few years. Sometimes it's pretty ugly.

b/{Okay. No, I haven't read that. The only thing I read was LICC3. But speaking of, I didn't quite catch how DS9 was destroyed with all hands and then the characters went back as if nothing had happened.}

Reset button.

I frequently cringe when I read what I have written in the past few years. Sometimes it's pretty ugly.

Okay. No, I haven't read that. The only thing I read was LICC3. But speaking of, I didn't quite catch how DS9 was destroyed with all hands and then the characters went back as if nothing had happened.

Reset button.

I frequently cringe when I read what I have written in the past few years. Sometimes it's pretty ugly.

Third time's a charm.

You want me to take those dup posts out, Josh?

Plot devices really aren't good or bad. It's how thier used. I think in the context of that Chapter, the Big Reset Button fit. If I'd tired it in any other chapter, it would've just been stup!d.

Although there's actually an upcoming Archangel chapter, Rebuild Chapter 2: Suggestions of Physics which was orignally titled, something, I forget what it was. (Oh crud I forgot to e-mail the name change to JD! Jakey, could you change the title please?), in which I intend to mercilessly mock such craven plot devices. It takes place in a Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe so I think I can get away with it.

Done, Webster.

Thanks.

Nah, JD. There are too many.

Stone age.

ScottN - Why, last Sunday, I wore my team uniform to the game!
Yes, but it was that tacky lavendar uniform that blinds people when they look at it. ;-)

Sparrow - Well, in the TNG ep "Parallels," they were able to figure out that Worf came from an alternate universe via his quantum signature. Could something like that be done in this case?
Could be, but what reason would they have had to test Mr. Absurd prior to this?
Also Tricia was going around digging up info so that Absurdity could pass as Absurd. She might have tampered with the findings.
Ah, I wish you had posted these questions at the time as a character on the story board. It's so much fun trying to think up passable answers. It's frustrating coming up with ideas and then having no one react to them. Like having a ball, but no walls to bounce it off of. The old LICC was so much better at that sort of thing. The current LICC tends to be more isolated.

Muwhahahahahahaha! Thanks for the idea, KAM. When LICC 4 starts up, prepare to meet the LICC reserve member.....

BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS MAN!!

Sounds like a grown-up version of Bouncing Boy or Speedball, The Masked Marvel. ;-)

Although Plastic Man could be pretty off the wall too.

See QM's last appearance on the bridge!

Maybe I'll be "Captain Frisks-a-lot", or one of the other "Who's Line" superheroes!

Captain Hair is here!

We could start LICC4 with someone mentioning (in a log perhaps) that the search for Quantum Man and Absurd have all been in vain. Or it could begin with the Spidership heading back to Earth to investigate "Absurd"'s reappearance. That way, the LICC would finally make contact with Absurdity and Patricia.

Actually I'm working on an Intro for LIC4 as we speak. It will be irreverent and funny and the best part is, it won't be violating ANY rules because there will be NO plot points, no theme song, and no character dialouge.

Which rule does a theme song break?

Yeah! I was planning a new theme song sequence...

Maybe Brian Webber's introduction can be the 'teaser', and then we go into JD's theme song?

Shouldn't discussions for LICC 4 be on the LICC 4 Pre-Discussion board?

Josh why would the search for Absurd still be going on? And frankly Absurdity & Tricia did not work out at all like I hoped they would & I just want to end that plot.

I just hope that the LICC 4 theme is better than the Enterprise theme.

I just hope that the LICC 4 theme is better than the Enterprise theme.

And that's why you-know-who will sing the theme song. Mwuahahahaha!!!

KAM: Why does everyone keep picking on that song?

JD: Can I still write the teaser? It's basically just an announcer giving a funny 'disclaimer' of sorts.

I don't see why not, Bri.

Webber - KAM: Why does everyone keep picking on that song?
I won't speak for everyone, but I pick on that song because I think it's a piece of [CENSORED].

a funny 'disclaimer'
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KAM - a funny 'disclaimer'

Don't you mean a 'funny' disclaimer?