Saturday, February 13, 2010

W3 Trailer

Coming soon, probably not to a theater near you... Watcher 3.


Thursday, February 11, 2010

Optional Tournament Final Match: TEAM Vs. The Horsemen of Apokolips

TEAM is Yogurt, Futar #7 & 8, Valkyrie #12 & 13, Tlielaxlu Master #7 & 8, & Animal.
The Horsemen of Apokolips are Phoenix, Dark Jedi Master #2, Amazon #18, & Miss Piggy.
 
“I don’t think this is a good idea Josh“? Nick says to his cousin just outside of the lower level men’s bathroom. Josh says nothing but Alyssa answers for him: “Don’t worry Nick, we’ve thought of everything”. “But we’ve never brought that many people upstairs before at the same time, I think it’s suicide, I mean 10 people…. All at the same time, we’re going to get busted for sure”. “Don’t be a wuss, if I’m going up there with you kids, then we better make it worth it” says Jake the oldest cousin going on the mission. Jake was reluctant to go up at all considering that he originally said that he was retired from the upstairs trips at the beginning of the day, but it’s hard to not go upstairs at least once at the hall; so it really only took Josh & Alyssa a few minutes to convince him to come up. As Jake finishes this statement the cousins creep over to the elevator where Nick and Eddie stand in front to block the view from the parents, once they are in position Josh nods to Kristopher who pushes the button for the elevator. The door opens immediately do to the fact that Alyssa went up the stairs and sent the elevator down to the first floor a couple of minutes ago. This solo mission was executed swiftly and perfectly (per usual, Alyssa has always been a great soldier). As the elevator door opens, Jake, Josh, Nick, Alyssa, Julie, Shannon, Kristopher, Eddie, Mary, & even Richard (what is he like 5 years old or something) pile into the elevator. Not one of the cousins is good enough at math to figure out whether or not the 10 cousins are breaking the weight limit for the elevator, but we just assume that we are (it adds more danger to the mission that way). The elevator door opens just as the lady from the bar is walking out of sight past the stairway “that was to close” says Nick to a giggling Eddie. Alyssa puts her hand up and says: “Do you hear that noise, I think it‘s coming from the other hall”. “I’ll check it out” says Kristopher in his usual hasty fashion. “Hang on, we’ll cover you” says Josh, as him and Alyssa move into position; but Kris doesn’t listen and runs ahead of them anyway. Kris then opens up the double doors as Jake moves down the hallway to make sure all of the office doors are closed. Kristopher, who is not at all easily scared instantly shuts the door and says: “Holy S**t, there are a ton of people in there, and D**n are they weird looking”. Just then the doors blow open and knocks down most of the cousins just from the shear force. The cousins scatter as 11 combatants and a grayish looking dead body are revealed. A woman in a bright red costume, a dark cloaked individual, and 6’ 5” tall woman and well I don’t even want to say it, but it looked like Miss Piggy to me back up to the stairs to regain their fighting posture. Josh yells: “take cover” to his cousins who follow him into the dark upstairs hall and onto the stage. Even as they run into the room they are followed back in by the combatants who pay little attention to the kids that are witnessing their epic mini-battle. Mary & Nick are the first one’s into the small room off the right side of the stage. Eddie and his little brother Richard are next into the room, and the rest of the cousins follow, but as Josh tries to close the door behind them, the huge chick throws this huge hairy dude into the door which makes it impossible to close. Miss Piggy karate chops Animal but then gets knocked onto the stage by one of the stealthy woman warriors from the other strike force. Yogurt attacks Dark Jedi Master #2, but the DJM quickly evades. Yogurt then loses his one hit point from a lightsaber strike. Watching from the still open door of the room off the stage, the cousins witness the 2 smaller, but obviously faster women take out the taller woman with their knives. The cousins are all scared but excited as they have definitely gotten all the adventure that they expected from their upstairs journey. The chick in the red bodysuit blasts the other hairy dude with some flames to completely torch him. The 2 Valkyrie spin around the Dark Jedi Master and end up sticking him in the chest with their Bene Gesserit blades. Josh, Alyssa, & Jake run out of the room to move the hairy disgusting body away from the door so it can be shut, but as they are about to close the door Miss Piggy runs into the room with them. “We better take cover” yells the pig as the cousins begin to close the door. As the door closes the cousins inside see the girl in red start going crazy shooting fire everywhere. The 2 Valkyrie and Animal manage to dodge the attacks and get in close to return this battle to a melee one. Valkyrie #12 inflicts a fairly deep wound to the side of her opponent while Valkyrie #13 throws Animal onto her back so he can begin chewing on the neck of the outnumbered mutant. Phoenix can feel that she is defeated, but just because her physical body is about to die, doesn’t mean that there aren’t other forces at work. From inside the little room atop the stage Miss Piggy yells “trust me you crazy Pollocks! Shut that door“! Julie & Shannon pull closed the door just in time while Rachel Summers unleashes the Phoenix force from her body. Every person outside of the stage room are vaporized by the cosmic heat that is released by this action. It is unclear how the entire building and every person in it were not destroyed by this phenomenon or how the young cousins were protected from this blast in the nearby room. I guess there really is just something magical about The Hall.
THE HORSEMEN OF APOKOLIPS ARE VICTORIOUS!

Optional Tournament Final Round

Prize: The Time Traveling Delorean DMC 12 from Back to the Future

TEAM (Team 3) Vs. The Horsmen of Apokolips

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Season 3 Draft Rules

The Season 3 Draft will take place this Saturday Feb. 13th at the humble abode of your friendly neighborhood Fantasy Fantasy League Comissioner. The Rules are as follows.

-There will be 32 rounds in the draft. No team owner is required to draft any longer than they wish. If at any time you wish to be done with your draft you can be done.
-Your first Round draft pick is undroppable and is untradable for 2 seasons.
-Your 2nd-5th round picks are undroppable for all of season 3.
-When drafting commons you may take 100% of the total number available only in the first 2 rounds.
-In round 3 up to 75% of the total number can be taken.
-In round 4 up to 67% of the total number can be taken.
-In round 5 and in all the following rounds only 50% of the total number can be taken.
-You will be given a total of 5 off-list picks (characters that are not on the list). These are all subject to the apporval of the comissioner. If you are unsure if your off-list picks will gain approval you may seek pre-approval by contacting the comissioner before Saturday. I will be glad to help out anyone, and I will of course not divulge the information to any other FFL member.
-One of your 5 off-list picks can be a group pick. There is no limit to how big or small the group must be, but for this pick I highly suggest you talk with the comissioner in some way so the group can be validated.
-The rest of your off-list picks are all single characters.
-2 of these 4 picks may be zombies. Every owner has the rights to 2 zombies. Zombies can be any character off of the FFL Graveyard only.
-The other 2 off-list picks are just single characters from anything at all.
-If you do not have a group that you wish to use for your group off-list pick and would prefer to pick 4 single characters and then use your group pick for both of your zombies, this is permitted as well.
-Any unused zombies will be used at the end of the draft by whoever is still there in person.
-The draft begins at 12:00 PM but if you wish to get there early to go over anything with me that is fine. I simply ask that if you do wish to have "face time" with the comissioner on Saturday that you do get here early.
-This year, in an effort to both speed up the draft & make the league more efficient I am going to ask all owners to aside from filling out sheets for their own purposes to fill out one for the league as well. This will not entail anything more than simply writing down your pick a second time in a designated notebook.
-Thank you all very much, and if there are any questions or anything at all that I can help you with than please do not hesitate to contact me.

-Josh

Monday, February 8, 2010

The Horsemen of Apokolips Vs. Pop-Superstar Hannah Montana & President Barack Obama's "Best of Both Worlds" Touring Battalion of Commandos (Team 2)

The Horsemen of Apokolips are Elrond, Dementor #17 & 18, Amazon #18, Droideka #7, & Miss Piggy.
Pop-Superstar Hannah Montana & President Barack Obama’s “Best of Both Worlds” Touring Battalion of Commandos is Harry Potter, Jedi Master #24, Sardakaur #14, Gungan #9 & 10, & Doozer #13.
 
Both of the teams are instantly transported to what all Zacharski cousins at the hall simply refer to as “upstairs” (you know the area with the couch). This of course is really just a lobby off of the main floor entrance, but that doesn’t really matter right now. Dementor #17 remains somewhat invisible and flies high above both teams, but Harry instantly spots Dementor #18 and yells Expecto Patronum as he points his wand at The Dementor to take him out. Dementor #17 swoops down and takes the soul of Gungan #10 before Harry can use the Expecto Patronum spell once again to destroy the second Dementor as well. Droideka #7 does not even notice that he is rolling over Doozer #13 before he stops to shoot Gungan #9. Miss Piggy valiantly jumps onto the back of Sardakaur #14 who is taken off guard by the Muppet. Miss Piggy gets cut on the wrist by The Sardakaur’s strand of wire hair and is then thrown to the ground. The Sardakaur pulls out his lasgun and aims it at Miss Piggy who covers her snout, but she is saved in the nick of time by Amazon #18, who clubs the Terror Troop in the head with, well a club. Miss Piggy looks up at her savior, but before she can thank her The Amazon picks her up and says “us girls got to stick together, now lets go”. Jedi Master #24 is keeping Droideka #7 at bay while he blocks the droid’s blaster bolts with his lightsaber. The Jedi yells to his young captain: “I can keep him held back, but I can’t take him out until he starts rolling”. Capt. Harry replies with: “No problem Master Jedi” as he waves his wand and makes the Droideka start rolling backwards. The spell did not actually take over the mechanized creation that is the Destroyer Droid but it sent it backward enough that the droid reverted into its rolling mode which of course it must deactivate its shield to do. Jedi Master #24 then uses his Jedi speed burst to rush in and finish off the droid before it can get back into attack mode. The Jedi Master is now behind the couch where he finds himself toe to toe with Elrond. Elrond seems to be a better swordsmen then the Jedi (he does have a couple thousand years more practice under his belt), but the Jedi’s superior weapon does majorly damage Elrond’s Elven sword. Elrond throws down his long sword, but in doing so uses the act as a distraction and spins around quickly while he pulls out his Elven Knife and sticks it into the gut of Jedi Master #24. Harry is quite enraged at the death of the teammate that he has been thru so much with; thru the course of this tournament and jumps into action. He knocks both Miss Piggy and her amazon friend to the side on his way to Elrond who he attacks with every attack spell he can muster. Elrond resheathes his curved Elven Knife and uses some magic of his own. Elrond knows that his own power is significant, and is shocked to find that his magic is not as powerful as that of this human boys. Elrond does not know what to do nest so he pulls his Elven Knife back out and begins to charge. But as if he has the force Harry merely puts out his hand and uses magic to suck the fallen Jedi Master #24’s lightsaber into his palm like so many lightsabers have been picked up over the centuries and says: “Fine with me Elf-Lord, we can do this however you want”. As he says this, the young Commando Captain sticks the green lightsaber of his friend, Jedi Master #24 into the chest of Elrond of Rivendale. Harry gets a hint of satisfaction in this act of revenge and barely notices that Elrond’s knife just barely grazes his right hand which is holding his wand. This causes the young wizard to drop the wand for just a second. Harry is not badly injured by this and quickly turns off the lightsaber and reaches for his wand; but while he is doing this he is hit in the back, not by a weapon or projectile but by Miss Piggy who was just thrown at him by Amazon #18. Harry is knocked even further away from his wand, and as he lay on the ground wrestling with the pig, the fierce Amazon #18 rushes toward the 2 and grabs Harry by the neck. Harry musters up some magic, despite being wandless but as his wand is flying to his hand he hears the sound of his own neck breaking in the strong hands of Amazon #18.
THE HORSEMEN OF APOKOLIPS ARE VICTORIOUS!

Pop-Superstar Hannah Montana & President Barack Obama's "Best of Both Worlds" Touring Battalion of Commandos (Team 1) Vs. TEAM (Team 3)

Pop-Superstar Hannah Montana & President Barack Obama’s “Best of Both Worlds” Touring Battalion of Commandos is Vorian Atreides, Jedi Master #21 & 22, Gungan #1 & 5, & The Map.
TEAM is The Kurgan, Futar #5 & 6, Valkyrie #10 & 11, Tlielaxlu Master #7 & 8, & Animal.
 
Hundreds of Pollock’s go running out of the K of C Hall as the 2 teams are both teleported in to the back of the main hall. They are all positioned in, around, and on top of the tables that have been pushed to this back area, where the 2 teams start battling with each other immediately. The 2 Tlielaxlu Masters both instantly hide under one of the tables and meticulously take pot shots at the their opposition with their wrist bound poison dart shooters. Vorian Atreides takes a step back and takes on a purely leadership role, while The Kurgan’s idea of leadership is to unsheathe his sword and begin swinging wildly with his strike force about 5 steps behind him. Vorian stands on a table to shouts out orders for his squad to remain in a strong defensive posture, which are orders that his teammates execute with perfect precision. The only TEAMmember who jumps into action immediately is Animal. No matter what the orders would have been, had they been given chances are Animal would have disregarded them anyway. The Mad Muppet leaps over to the side of the opposition and begins ripping The Map to shreds. At one point he even takes a bite as if it were a Burger King drink carrier. The Map’s skills were not as easily utilized in a match where the 2 teams are teleported within feet of each other, but he still was an integral part of the team and will be missed. The Kurgan, in his rage lops the head off of Jedi Master #21 as if he was an opponent of no skill whatsoever. He then takes out Gungan #5 on his way to Vorian Atreides, who The Kurgan realizes is the real prize in this match. Vorian pulls out his gun and ceremonial sword, but The Kurgan Knocks these weapons out of Vorian’s hands as if they were toy’s in the hands of a child. The Kurgan then picks up Vorian by the neck and smiles as he slowly plunges his broadsword into the belly of Vorian. “Nooooooooo” yells Gungan #1 as he picks up the lightsaber of his fallen Jedi comrade and ignites it in one fluid motion. The Gungan then jumps into the air and cuts off the head of The Kurgan to kill him the only way that he can be killed. Jedi Master #22 says “Holy crap, tarquwar (that’s Gungan #1’s name) nice work”. To which he replies “Meeesa”? The Jedi Master then takes over leadership roles and yells: “Hey Tarquwar, this battle’s not over yet. Let’s finish these guys”. The 2 lightsaber wielding Commandos rush in with the utmost confidence despite the fact that they are outnumbered over 3 to 1. They rush right past The Tlielaxlu Masters knowing that they are not the cream of the crop of this TEAM. This does not prove to be a problem as the Tlielaxlu fire their last few poison darts at the Commandos, but all of them miss. Once the Tlielaxlu’s darts are gone the 2 of them still do not come out from under the table to help their TEAMmates. Tarquwar, the mad gungan goes rushing in with his new lightsaber and lops off the arm of Futar #5. The Futar knocks down Tarquwar with his other arm, with such force that it probably broke several bones; but the gungan still manages to take the lightsaber and clumsily plunge it into the heart of Futar #5. Futar #6 almost instantly rips the wounded gungan apart, but Tarquwar is revenged by his buddy Jedi Master #22, when the JedI stabs this Futar in the heart as well. The 2 Valkyries then surround the JedI and begin sparring with the Master. They work together as they attack the JedI, but this JedI uses his mastery of the Form 3 technique and goes into a defensive posture. It is not until the JedI sees the 2 Tlielaxlu finally popping out from under the table and Animal leaping down from the ceiling at him that he is thrown off guard. The 2 Valkyries both go in for the kill, but one of them is met with a lightsaber in her neck (#10) and the other one is killed when JedI Master #22’s lightsaber is plunged into her side, right as she is sticking her knife into the Jedi’s neck.
TEAM IS VICTORIOUS!

Optional Tournament Round 3

Prize: Enterprise Space Shuttle

-Pop-Superstar Hannah Montana & President Barack Obama's "Best of Both Worlds" Touring Battalion of Commandos (Team 1) Vs. TEAM (Team 3)
-Pop-Superstar Hannah Montana & President Barack Obama's "Best of Both Worlds" Touring Battalion of Commandos (Team 2) Vs. The Horsmen of Apokolips