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TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#18126: Jun 3rd 2015 at 5:23:23 PM

I liked Gohan and Piccolo's farewell in GT.

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#18127: Jun 3rd 2015 at 5:23:42 PM

[up][up][up] I might. Haven't done RP in a looooong time, but I think I'd be interested.

edited 3rd Jun '15 5:23:52 PM by LOLypop1224

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#18128: Jun 3rd 2015 at 5:33:51 PM

Action, drama, comedy, bit of romance if players are so inclined. End of the world, the usual. Probably set in the reasonably far ahead future so the player characters aren't overshadowed. Or not. Not sure yet. Anyone with a creative mind that wants to help, feel free to PM me.

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#18129: Jun 3rd 2015 at 5:40:28 PM

Hmm... That is so, so tempting but I've long since promised myself to not join another RP and instead focus solely on original, publishable works.

edited 3rd Jun '15 5:40:38 PM by Zelenal

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#18130: Jun 3rd 2015 at 6:20:09 PM

Piccolo's final death was...

One of the most emotional moments I've had in my life.

There are very few things that can make me cry.

Very few things.

This is one of them.

It's... it's just perfect.

The music, the scenery, the backdrop, the setup, everything is just perfect for it. And the performance on part of the dub actors was just amazing, too.

It reminds me of why I love Dragon Ball so much.

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#18131: Jun 3rd 2015 at 6:23:16 PM

Piccolo's GT death is also completely unnecessary. What is he atoning for? Lol

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#18132: Jun 3rd 2015 at 6:25:40 PM

"Atoning" for?

Piccolo wasn't atoning for anything. He was simply making damn sure that the Black Star Dragonballs stayed inert.

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#18133: Jun 3rd 2015 at 6:45:51 PM

Pretty sure the death had an air of "he's making up for his sins" or some such nonsense. I remember his death there pissing me off since he just showed up to die after being missing for most of the series.

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IAmNotCreativeEnough himitsu keisatsu from asa kara ban made omae o miru Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#18134: Jun 3rd 2015 at 6:53:51 PM

... Uh, no.

Piccolo's death was never about atoning for his sins.

He was dying with Earth to prevent the Black Star Dragonballs from ever being used again. Also he saved Goku's bacon while doing it and he ultimately confirmed how much more of a father he was to Gohan 'cause his last words to him were "Take care, son". At least, that's what they were in the latin dub, anyway.

And, speaking about things better than GT...

I just looked at the timespace delivery building in Xenoverse and... Seriously? I know that the Dragon Ball buildings have always sort of looked like dicks, but the Timespace Delivery buildings have balls.

edited 3rd Jun '15 6:57:45 PM by IAmNotCreativeEnough

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#18135: Jun 3rd 2015 at 6:59:27 PM

GT, uh? Uub fusing with Majin Buu was a good idea. Nova Shenron was a cool concept...turning super saiyan four in Budokai 3?

Yeah, that's about it. And I think female super saiyan is the most common create a character in Xeno verse for a reason. Bra and Pan missed it?

Back to 718. What sort of KI tricks would a size shifting evil diva have? Maybe something baseball related, so Yamcha can defeat her with his steerable spirit ball? Or maybe some You Will Not Evade Me technique to call back to that time Yamcha got beat by that mummy. He would know how to deal with it the second time around? Stealing energy from listeners is obviously a nod to the energy draining androids.

For the sea monsters, I'm thinking cybernetic enhanced jellyfish with mind control powers, which don't work on Majin Buu because there isn't a physical brain in his head, retroactively explaining why East supreme kai and Bibidi couldn't use their mind mumbo jumbo on him. Maybe Buu is also immune to their venom, or just bypasses it by turning them into sweets? The big boss of the army would be a one eyed crab turtle that once studied under Master Roshi but has since surpassed him.

edited 4th Jun '15 6:34:06 AM by IndirectActiveTransport

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#18136: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:11:03 PM

Also he saved Goku's bacon

Hm?

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#18137: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:19:40 PM

Could Bacterian have won the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament if Krillin wasn't there?

edited 3rd Jun '15 7:19:49 PM by VeryMelon

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#18138: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:19:50 PM

I know it was out of the question due to the earth about to blow up, but I think that the best way to make sure the black star balls were gone for good would be to kill black star Shenron. That way the balls would stay inert unless Piccolo remade them.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#18139: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:20:24 PM

What were the black star balls?

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#18140: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:20:39 PM

I've had some plans for a Dragon Ball RP, so I'd definitely be interested. At work now, so would you be able to PM me Shark with what you're thinking so that I can respond when I get home?

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#18142: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:23:42 PM

[up]X4

.........

Huh? Shame they never thought of that.

Although they'd need to re-gather the balls to after.....

Oh wait. That's right. The dragon's dead so they wouldn't need to do that.

Speaking of, I had no idea that back then Daimou straight up murdered Shen-ron to prevent him from being a threat. I didn't know that was possible.

Original Piccolo was Genre Savvy in a dangerous way. There hasn't been any other villain in the series that was that smart bar Super Buu.

edited 3rd Jun '15 7:24:10 PM by HandsomeRob

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#18143: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:24:40 PM

A roleplay.

Kind of like running a tabletop RPG without the game aspect.


The Black Star dragonballs were, according to Pilaf, a set of dragonballs that the Namekian who would become Kami created before he divided into Kami and Piccolo. After the two fused again, the black star balls became active once more. They're "more powerful", but scatter across space and will destroy the planet if not gathered in a year.

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#18144: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:24:47 PM

Role play. It's a forum game where users make their character, then post together to play out the story.

We have a subforum on here for them.

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#18145: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:26:39 PM

[up][up]So is that why Piccolo stayed dead?

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#18146: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:28:07 PM

Yeah, the idea was that with Piccolo dead, those dragonballs could never again be used and threaten the earth.

Killing the dragon might have worked too, though.

Or... can the guardian unmake the dragonballs?

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#18147: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:29:07 PM

Why didn't they just destroy one of the dragonballs?

They can't be used if one is destroyed.

edited 3rd Jun '15 7:29:24 PM by BaconManiac5000

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#18148: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:29:30 PM

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I'd assume no, or Kami would have gotten rid of them the moment he knew Daimou was after them.

edited 3rd Jun '15 7:36:28 PM by HandsomeRob

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#18149: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:30:31 PM

Not that different from an RPG. Just....one less letter in the acronym. tongue

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#18150: Jun 3rd 2015 at 7:30:38 PM

[up][up][up] I'm not sure if they can be broken. We never did get to see if Krillin could manage it, thanks to Guldo.

edited 3rd Jun '15 7:30:48 PM by Enlong

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